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- naturalist
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noun,
a person who studies or is an expert in natural history, especially a zoologist or botanist.
- scarlatina
-
noun,
scarlet fever.
- Saturnalia
-
noun,
(sometimes used with a plural verb) the festival of Saturn, celebrated in December in ancient Rome as a time of unrestrained merrymaking.
- ultrasonic
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or utilizing ultrasound.
- Australian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Australia.
- salutation
-
noun,
the act of saluting.
- Alcoranist
-
noun,
a person who believes in an absolutely literal interpretation of the Koran.
- saturation
-
noun,
the act or process of saturating.
- sac-a-lait
-
noun,
the white crappie.
See under crappie.
- natatorial
-
adjective,
pertaining to, adapted for, or characterized by swimming:
- lactations
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noun,
the secretion or formation of milk.
- titanosaur
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noun,
any amphibious plant-eating dinosaur of the genus Titanosaurus, from the Cretaceous Period, having a long, thin neck and a long, whiplike tail.
- Australia
-
noun,
a continent SE of Asia, between the Indian and the Pacific oceans. 2,948,366 sq. mi. (7,636,270 sq. km).
- turncoats
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noun,
a person who changes to the opposite party or faction, reverses principles, etc.; renegade.
- contrails
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noun,
a visible condensation of water droplets or ice crystals from the atmosphere, occurring in the wake of an aircraft, rocket, or missile under certain conditions.
- Anacostia
-
noun,
a section of the District of Columbia, in the SE part.
- sanatoria
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noun,
a hospital for the treatment of chronic diseases, as tuberculosis or various nervous or mental disorders.
- Naucratis
-
noun,
an ancient Greek city in N Egypt, on the Nile delta.
- natatoria
-
noun,
a swimming pool, especially one that is indoors.
- saltation
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noun,
a dancing, hopping, or leaping movement.
- insulator
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noun,
Electricity.
a material of such low conductivity that the flow of current through it is negligible.
insulating material, often glass or porcelain, in a unit form designed so as to support a charged conductor and electrically isolate it.
- coattails
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noun,
the back of the skirt on a man's coat or jacket.
- antisolar
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adjective,
(on the celestial sphere) opposite the sun.
- rationals
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noun,
Mathematics. rational number.
- artisanal
-
adjective,
pertaining to or noting a person skilled in an applied art:
- auctorial
-
adjective,
of, by, or pertaining to an author:
- astronaut
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noun,
a person engaged in or trained for spaceflight.
- Scarlatti
-
noun,
Alessandro [ah-luh-sahn-droh;; Italian ah-les-sahn-draw] /ˌɑ ləˈsɑn droʊ;; Italian ˌɑ lɛsˈsɑn drɔ/ (Show IPA), 1659–1725, Italian composer.
- tractions
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noun,
the adhesive friction of a body on some surface, as a wheel on a rail or a tire on a road.
- calutrons
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noun,
a device for separating isotopes by atomic mass, operating in a manner similar to a mass spectrograph.
- cantorial
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adjective,
of or relating to a cantor.
- cast-iron
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noun,
an alloy of iron, carbon, and other elements, cast as a soft and strong, or as a hard and brittle, iron, depending on the mixture and methods of molding.
- tarantula
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noun,
any of several large, hairy spiders of the family Theraphosidae, as Aphonopelma chalcodes, of the southwestern U.S., having a painful but not highly venomous bite.
- Catalonia
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noun,
a region in NE Spain, bordering on France and the Mediterranean: formerly a province.
- catatonia
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noun,
a syndrome seen most frequently in schizophrenia, characterized by muscular rigidity and mental stupor, sometimes alternating with great excitement and confusion.
- arcuation
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noun,
the state of being bent or curved.
- cat-train
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noun,
a train of sleds and other vehicles mounted on runners, the whole procession drawn by a tractor with caterpillar treads.
- causation
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noun,
the action of causing or producing.
- cilantros
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noun,
the strong-scented leaves of the coriander plant, used in salads or to flavor and garnish food.
- tarlatans
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noun,
a thin, plain-weave, open-mesh cotton fabric finished with stiffening agents and sometimes glazed.
- scalation
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noun,
an arrangement of scales, as on a fish.
- suctorial
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adjective,
adapted for sucking or suction, as an organ; functioning as a sucker for imbibing or adhering.
- suctorian
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noun,
a suctorial animal.
- tantalous
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adjective,
containing trivalent tantalum.
- lactation
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noun,
the secretion or formation of milk.
- Aaronical
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adjective,
Aaronic.
- Tantalus
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noun,
Classical Mythology. a Phrygian king who was condemned to remain in Tartarus, chin deep in water, with fruit-laden branches hanging above his head: whenever he tried to drink or eat, the water and fruit receded out of reach.
- tutorial
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noun,
a class in which a tutor gives intensive instruction in some subject to an individual student or a small group of students.
- turncoat
-
noun,
a person who changes to the opposite party or faction, reverses principles, etc.; renegade.
- Carlotta
-
noun,
a female given name, Italian form of Charlotte.
- titulars
-
noun,
a person who bears a title.
- nautical
-
adjective,
of or relating to sailors, ships, or navigation:
- Anatolic
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adjective, noun,
Anatolian.
- Anatolia
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noun,
a vast plateau between the Black and the Mediterranean seas: in ancient usage, synonymous with the peninsula of Asia Minor; in modern usage, applied to Turkey in Asia.
- carinula
-
noun,
a small carina.
- rat-tail
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noun,
grenadier (def 4).
- contrail
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noun,
a visible condensation of water droplets or ice crystals from the atmosphere, occurring in the wake of an aircraft, rocket, or missile under certain conditions.
- altruist
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noun,
a person unselfishly concerned for or devoted to the welfare of others (opposed to egoist).
- contrast
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noun,
the act of contrasting; the state of being contrasted.
- coattail
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noun,
the back of the skirt on a man's coat or jacket.
- saturant
-
noun,
something that causes saturation.
- naturist
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noun,
a person who appreciates the beauty and benefits of nature.
- naturals
-
noun,
any person or thing that is or is likely or certain to be very suitable to and successful in an endeavor without much training or difficulty.
- rutilant
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adjective,
glowing or glittering with ruddy or golden light.
- cantoris
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adjective,
of or relating to the gospel or liturgical north side of a church (opposed to decani).
- titanous
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adjective,
containing trivalent titanium.
- taciturn
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adjective,
inclined to silence; reserved in speech; reluctant to join in conversation.
- cantatas
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noun,
a choral composition, either sacred and resembling a short oratorio or secular, as a lyric drama set to music but not to be acted.
- strontia
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noun,
Also called strontium oxide. a white or grayish-white, amorphous powder, SrO, resembling lime in its general character: used chiefly in the manufacture of strontium salts.
- also-ran
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noun,
Sports.
(in a race) a contestant who fails to win or to place among the first three finishers.
an athlete or team whose performance in competition is rarely, if ever, a winning or near-winning one.
- rational
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noun,
Mathematics. rational number.
- coal-tar
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noun,
a thick, black, viscid liquid formed during the distillation of coal, that upon further distillation yields compounds, as benzene, anthracene, and phenol, from which are derived a large number of dyes, drugs, and other synthetic compounds, and that yields a final residuum (coal-tar pitch) which is used chiefly in making pavements.
- nocturia
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noun,
a condition in which one often wakes up during the night to urinate.
- laotians
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Laos.
- raincoat
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noun,
a waterproof or water-repellent coat worn as protection against rain.
- cattails
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noun,
any tall, reedlike marsh plant of the genus Typha, especially T. latifolia, having long, sword-shaped leaves and dense, cylindrical clusters of minute brown flowers.
- tuataras
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noun,
a large, primarily nocturnal, lizardlike reptile, Sphenodon punctatum, of islands near the coast of New Zealand: the only surviving rhynchocephalian.
- cattalos
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noun,
beefalo.
- arcanist
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noun,
a person professing special secret knowledge concerning ceramics, especially concerning the making of porcelain.
- Caulonia
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noun,
a town in S Calabria, in S Italy: ruins of ancient Achaean colony.
- ocarinas
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noun,
a simple musical wind instrument shaped somewhat like an elongated egg with a mouthpiece and finger holes.
- tactions
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noun,
touch; contact.
- cautions
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noun,
alertness and prudence in a hazardous situation; care; wariness:
- castrato
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noun,
a male singer, especially in the 18th century, castrated before puberty to prevent his soprano or contralto voice range from changing.
- cilantro
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noun,
the strong-scented leaves of the coriander plant, used in salads or to flavor and garnish food.
- arnattos
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noun,
annatto (def 2).
- courants
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noun,
courante.
- urticant
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adjective,
producing a stinging or itching sensation.
- cislunar
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adjective,
of or relating to the space between the earth and the orbit of the moon.
- carousal
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noun,
a noisy or drunken feast or social gathering; revelry.
- carotins
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noun,
carotene.
- Clairaut
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noun,
Alexis Claude [a-lek-see klohd] /a lɛkˈsi kloʊd/ (Show IPA), 1713–65, French mathematician.
- Carolina
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noun,
a former English colony on the Atlantic coast of North America: officially divided into North Carolina and South Carolina in 1729.
- antirust
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noun,
something that prevents or resists rust.
- clarinos
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noun,
a valveless trumpet used in the 17th and 18th centuries for playing rapid passages in the high register.
- clarions
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noun,
an ancient trumpet with a curved shape.
- Carniola
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noun,
a former duchy and crown land of Austria: now part of Slovenia.
- notarial
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adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of a notary public.
- tonalist
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noun,
a person who works with or uses tonality, especially one who uses traditional tonality rather than atonality in composing music.
- Alsatian
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Alsace.
- lacunars
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noun,
Architecture.
a coffered vault, ceiling, or soffit.
coffer (def 4).
- cantalas
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noun,
a cordage fiber obtained from the leaves of a tropical plant, Agave cantala.
- auctions
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noun,
Also called public sale. a publicly held sale at which property or goods are sold to the highest bidder.
- Asturian
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Asturias.
- curtails
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noun,
a horizontal, spiral termination to the lower end of a stair railing.
- ructions
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noun,
a disturbance, quarrel, or row.
- curtains
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noun,
a hanging piece of fabric used to shut out the light from a window, adorn a room, increase privacy, etc.
- Austral.
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- orinasal
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noun,
an orinasal sound.
- lunatics
-
noun,
(no longer in technical use; now considered offensive) an insane person.
- transact
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verb (used with object),
to carry on or conduct (business, negotiations, activities, etc.) to a conclusion or settlement. Synonyms: enact, conclude, settle, manage, negotiate.
- Tatianas
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noun,
a female given name.
- Laurasia
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noun,
a hypothetical landmass in the Northern Hemisphere near the end of the Paleozoic Era: split apart to form North America and Eurasia.
- instruct
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verb (used with object),
to furnish with knowledge, especially by a systematic method; teach; train; educate.
- Lusatian
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Lusatia.
- oscitant
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adjective,
yawning, as with drowsiness; gaping.
- actuator
-
noun,
a person or thing that actuates.
- Atlantic
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noun,
Atlantic Ocean.
- Atlantis
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noun,
a legendary island, first mentioned by Plato, said to have existed in the Atlantic Ocean west of Gibraltar and to have sunk beneath the sea, but linked by some modern archaeologists with the island of Thera, the surviving remnant of a much larger island destroyed by a volcanic eruption c1500 b.c.
- Tantalic
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adjective,
of or relating to tantalum, especially in the pentavalent state.
- salariat
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noun,
the class of workers in an economy who receive salaries.
- tarlatan
-
noun,
a thin, plain-weave, open-mesh cotton fabric finished with stiffening agents and sometimes glazed.
- intortus
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adjective,
(of a cirrus cloud) having very irregular filaments that often look entangled.
- osculant
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adjective,
united by certain common characteristics.
- Tarascan
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noun,
a member of an American Indian people of Michoacán state, in southwestern Mexico.
- tantaras
-
noun,
a blast of a trumpet or horn.
- Luristan
-
noun,
a mountainous region in W Iran.
- Clairton
-
noun,
a city in SW Pennsylvania.
- Alastair
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Alcinous
-
noun,
king of the Phaeacians and father of Nausicaä and Laodamas.
- courlans
-
noun,
the limpkin.
- calutron
-
noun,
a device for separating isotopes by atomic mass, operating in a manner similar to a mass spectrograph.
- Croatian
-
noun,
a Croat.
- crotalin
-
noun,
a protein in the venom of pit vipers, used as an antigen in the preparation of snake antivenins.
- traction
-
noun,
the adhesive friction of a body on some surface, as a wheel on a rail or a tire on a road.
- linocuts
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noun,
a cut made from a design cut into linoleum mounted on a block of wood.
- ricottas
-
noun,
a soft Italian cheese that resembles cottage cheese.
- autocrat
-
noun,
an absolute ruler, especially a monarch who holds and exercises the powers of government as by inherent right, not subject to restrictions.
- rainouts
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noun,
a contest, performance, or the like, that has been rained out.
- lutanist
-
noun,
lutenist.
- Catalan
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Catalonia.
- oralist
-
noun,
an advocate of oralism.
- Carlist
-
noun,
a supporter of the claims of Don Carlos of Spain or of his successors to the Spanish throne.
- canular
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adjective,
cannular.
- oilcans
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noun,
a can having a long spout through which oil is poured or squirted to lubricate machinery or the like.
- Tournai
-
noun,
a city in W Belgium, on the Scheldt River.
- caritas
-
noun,
charity.
- Toscana
-
noun,
Italian name of Tuscany.
- Latinus
-
noun,
the father of Lavinia and king of Latium at the time of the arrival of Aeneas.
- tourist
-
noun,
a person who is traveling, especially for pleasure.
- octants
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noun,
the eighth part of a circle.
- canasta
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noun,
a variety of rummy in which the main object is to meld sets of seven or more cards.
- attorns
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verb (used with object),
to turn over to another; transfer.
- Catalin
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- cantala
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noun,
a cordage fiber obtained from the leaves of a tropical plant, Agave cantala.
- latinos
-
noun,
a person of Latin-American descent:
- oscular
-
adjective,
pertaining to an osculum.
- attains
-
verb (used with object),
to reach, achieve, or accomplish; gain; obtain:
- lariats
-
noun,
a long, noosed rope used to catch horses, cattle, or other livestock; lasso.
- carious
-
adjective,
having caries, as teeth; decayed.
- auction
-
noun,
Also called public sale. a publicly held sale at which property or goods are sold to the highest bidder.
- Carlson
-
noun,
Anton Julius [an-tohn,, -ton] /ˈæn toʊn,, -tɒn/ (Show IPA), 1875–1956, U.S. physiologist, born in Sweden.
- Sultana
-
noun,
a small, seedless raisin.
- toucans
-
noun,
any of several usually brightly colored, fruit-eating birds of the family Ramphastidae, of tropical America, having a very large bill.
- Austro-
-
- Carlton
-
noun,
Stephen Norman ("Steve"; "Lefty") born 1944, U.S. baseball player.
- cantata
-
noun,
a choral composition, either sacred and resembling a short oratorio or secular, as a lyric drama set to music but not to be acted.
- Carlota
-
noun,
1840–1927, wife of Maximillian: empress of Mexico 1864–67 (daughter of Leopold I of Belgium).
- Tacitus
-
noun,
Publius Cornelius [puhb-lee-uh s] /ˈpʌb li əs/ (Show IPA), a.d. c55–c120, Roman historian.
- carinas
-
noun,
Zoology. a keellike part or ridge, especially a ridge of bone on the ventral side of the sternum of birds.
- Scutari
-
noun,
Lake, a lake between NW Albania and Montenegro. About 135 sq. mi. (350 sq. km).
- autoist
-
noun,
motorist.
- oculist
-
noun,
ophthalmologist.
- Carlita
-
noun,
a female given name.
- surcoat
-
noun,
a garment worn over medieval armor, often embroidered with heraldic arms.
- linocut
-
noun,
a cut made from a design cut into linoleum mounted on a block of wood.
- carnous
-
adjective,
carnose.
- latrias
-
noun,
the supreme worship, which may be offered to God only.
- Transit
-
noun,
the act or fact of passing across or through; passage from one place to another.
- Austria
-
noun,
a republic in central Europe. 32,381 sq. mi. (83,865 sq. km). Capital: Vienna.
- transl.
-
- Carolus
-
noun,
any of various coins issued under monarchs named Charles, especially the broad of Charles I of England.
- carotin
-
noun,
carotene.
- canulas
-
noun,
cannula.
- oculars
-
noun,
Optics. eyepiece.
- Clarion
-
noun,
an ancient trumpet with a curved shape.
- Catania
-
noun,
a seaport in E Sicily.
- 2,4,5-t
-
noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- Lusatia
-
noun,
a region in E Germany and SW Poland, between the Elbe and Oder rivers.
- curiosa
-
plural noun,
books, pamphlets, etc., dealing with unusual subjects.
- starlit
-
adjective,
lighted by the stars:
- talaria
-
plural noun,
the wings or winged sandals on the feet of Hermes, or Mercury.
- Stalino
-
noun,
a former name of Donetsk.
- tincals
-
noun,
a former name for crude native borax.
- strato-
-
- crustal
-
adjective,
of or relating to a crust, as of the earth.
- curtail
-
noun,
a horizontal, spiral termination to the lower end of a stair railing.
- Laconia
-
noun,
an ancient country in the S part of Greece. Capital: Sparta.
- Croatia
-
noun,
a republic in SE Europe: includes the historical regions of Dalmatia, Istria, and Slavonia; formerly a part of Yugoslavia. 21,835 sq. mi. (56,555 sq. km) Capital: Zagreb.
- cratons
-
noun,
a relatively rigid and immobile region of continental portions of the earth's crust.
- craniol
-
- cranio-
-
- cranial
-
adjective,
of or relating to the cranium or skull.
- courlan
-
noun,
the limpkin.
- strati-
-
- talions
-
noun,
lex talionis.
- natator
-
noun,
a swimmer.
- stoical
-
adjective,
impassive; characterized by a calm, austere fortitude befitting the Stoics:
- tantras
-
noun,
(italics) Hinduism. any of several books of esoteric doctrine regarding rituals, disciplines, meditation, etc., composed in the form of dialogues between Shiva and his Shakti; Agama.
- Taranto
-
noun,
Ancient Tarentum. a fortified seaport in SE Italy, on the Gulf of Taranto: founded by the Greeks in the 8th century b.c.; naval base.
- Tarasco
-
noun,
Tarascan.
- intrust
-
verb (used with object),
entrust.
- Tarlton
-
noun,
Richard, died 1588, English actor.
- stratal
-
adjective,
of a stratum or strata.
- insular
-
noun,
an inhabitant of an island; islander.
- incrust
-
verb (used with object),
to cover or line with a crust or hard coating.
- curtain
-
noun,
a hanging piece of fabric used to shut out the light from a window, adorn a room, increase privacy, etc.
- Stilton
-
- Lucania
-
noun,
an ancient region in S Italy, NW of the Gulf of Taranto.
- tartans
-
noun,
a woolen or worsted cloth woven with stripes of different colors and widths crossing at right angles, worn chiefly by the Scottish Highlanders, each clan having its own distinctive plaid.
- Tatiana
-
noun,
a female given name.
- lunatic
-
noun,
(no longer in technical use; now considered offensive) an insane person.
- station
-
noun,
a place or position in which a person or thing is normally located.
- curtals
-
noun,
a 16th-century bassoon.
- courant
-
noun,
courante.
- Costain
-
noun,
Thomas Bertram, 1885–1965, U.S. novelist, historian, and editor, born in Canada.
- cations
-
noun,
a positively charged ion that is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis.
- cistron
-
noun,
a segment of DNA that encodes for the formation of a specific polypeptide chain; a structural gene.
- tantara
-
noun,
a blast of a trumpet or horn.
- clarino
-
noun,
a valveless trumpet used in the 17th and 18th centuries for playing rapid passages in the high register.
- Laotian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Laos.
- clarain
-
noun,
the coal forming the bright layers in banded bituminous coal.
- nutrias
-
noun,
the coypu.
- citrons
-
noun,
a pale-yellow fruit resembling the lemon but larger and with thicker rind, borne by a small tree or large bush, Citrus medica, allied to the lemon and lime.
- citrals
-
noun,
a pale yellow, water-insoluble, liquid aldehyde, C 10 H 16 O, having a strong lemonlike odor, consisting in natural form of two isomers (citral a or geranial and citral b or neral) usually obtained from the oils of lemon and orange or synthetically: used chiefly in perfumery, flavoring, and the synthesis of vitamin A.
- Sinatra
-
noun,
Frank (Francis Albert) 1915–98, U.S. singer and actor.
- nostril
-
noun,
either of the two external openings of the nose.
- Sinaloa
-
noun,
a state in W Mexico, bordering on the Gulf of California. 22,582 sq. mi. (58,485 sq. km). Capital: Culiacán.
- torulas
-
noun,
a highly nutritious yeast produced commercially on a sugar recovered from the manufacture of wood products or from processed fruit.
- caution
-
noun,
alertness and prudence in a hazardous situation; care; wariness:
- ocarina
-
noun,
a simple musical wind instrument shaped somewhat like an elongated egg with a mouthpiece and finger holes.
- taction
-
noun,
touch; contact.
- cattalo
-
noun,
beefalo.
- cattail
-
noun,
any tall, reedlike marsh plant of the genus Typha, especially T. latifolia, having long, sword-shaped leaves and dense, cylindrical clusters of minute brown flowers.
- Sno-Cat
-
- coastal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, bordering on, or located near a coast:
- lacunar
-
noun,
Architecture.
a coffered vault, ceiling, or soffit.
coffer (def 4).
- contra-
-
- cortina
-
noun,
a weblike, often evanescent veil covering the gills or hanging from the cap edge of certain mushrooms, particularly those of genus Cortinarius, and sometimes persisting as a ring or remnant of fibrils around the mushroom stalk.
- natural
-
noun,
any person or thing that is or is likely or certain to be very suitable to and successful in an endeavor without much training or difficulty.
- lacunas
-
noun,
a gap or missing part, as in a manuscript, series, or logical argument; hiatus.
- titular
-
noun,
a person who bears a title.
- contras
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) a member of a counterrevolutionary guerrilla group in Nicaragua.
- tailors
-
noun,
a person whose occupation is the making, mending, or altering of clothes, especially suits, coats, and other outer garments.
- suction
-
noun,
the act, process, or condition of sucking.
- consult
-
noun,
a consultation.
- tactual
-
adjective,
of or relating to the sense of touch.
- constr.
-
- Trianta
-
noun,
Trianda.
- conatus
-
noun,
an effort or striving.
- solunar
-
adjective,
pertaining to or listing the rising and setting times of the sun and moon, phases of the moon, eclipses, etc.:
- nitrous
-
adjective,
pertaining to compounds obtained from niter, usually containing less oxygen than the corresponding nitric compounds.
- solatia
-
noun,
something given in compensation for inconvenience, loss, injury, or the like; recompense.
- solaria
-
noun,
a glass-enclosed room, porch, or the like, exposed to the sun's rays, as at a seaside hotel or for convalescents in a hospital.
- Conrail
-
noun,
a government-supported corporation that combined six bankrupt railroads to provide freight and commuter service in 17 states from Boston to St. Louis.
- lictors
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) one of a body of attendants on chief magistrates, who preceded them carrying the fasces and whose duties included executing the sentences of criminals.
- atonics
-
noun,
Grammar. an unaccented word, syllable, or sound.
- arnicas
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Arnica, having opposite leaves and yellow flower heads.
- turista
-
noun,
tourista.
- turacos
-
noun,
touraco.
- antiars
-
noun,
the upas tree.
- anurias
-
noun,
the absence or suppression of urine.
- ranulas
-
noun,
a cystic tumor formed beneath the tongue, caused by obstruction of the sublingual or submaxillary gland or of a mucous gland.
- Rantoul
-
noun,
a city in E Illinois.
- Araucan
-
noun,
Araucanian.
- Sarcina
-
noun,
any of several spherical, saprophytic bacteria of the genus Sarcina, having a cuboidal cell arrangement.
- rainout
-
noun,
a contest, performance, or the like, that has been rained out.
- aristo-
-
- arnatto
-
noun,
annatto (def 2).
- tuatara
-
noun,
a large, primarily nocturnal, lizardlike reptile, Sphenodon punctatum, of islands near the coast of New Zealand: the only surviving rhynchocephalian.
- anattos
-
noun,
annatto.
- tsarina
-
noun,
czarina.
- artisan
-
noun,
a person skilled in an applied art; a craftsperson.
- Aruntas
-
noun,
Aranda.
- asarota
-
noun,
(in ancient Roman architecture) a painted pavement.
- satanic
-
adjective,
of Satan.
- outsail
-
verb (used with object),
to outdo in sailing; sail farther, more skillfully, or faster than.
- asocial
-
adjective,
not sociable or gregarious; withdrawn from society.
- Troilus
-
noun,
a warrior son of Priam, mentioned by Homer and Vergil and later represented as the lover of Cressida.
- outlast
-
verb (used with object),
to endure or last longer than:
- astatic
-
adjective,
unstable; unsteady.
- tritons
-
noun,
a positively-charged particle consisting of a proton and two neutrons, equivalent to the nucleus of an atom of tritium.
- rations
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- rattans
-
noun,
Also called rattan palm. any of various climbing palms of the genus Calamus or allied genera.
- Astolat
-
noun,
a place in the Arthurian romances, possibly in Surrey, England.
- uracils
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a pyrimidine base, C 4 H 4 N 2 O 2 , that is one of the fundamental components of RNA, in which it forms base pairs with adenine. Symbol: U.
- ruction
-
noun,
a disturbance, quarrel, or row.
- urinals
-
noun,
a flushable wall fixture, as in a public lavatory, used by men for urinating.
- Aaronic
-
adjective,
of or relating to Aaron.
- acinous
-
adjective,
consisting of acini.
- uranias
-
noun,
uranium dioxide.
- acrasin
-
noun,
a chemotactic substance, identical with cAMP, secreted by myxamebas of cellular slime molds and attracting other myxamebas to aggregate and form a pseudoplasmodium.
- Acrilan
-
- Roscian
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving acting.
- actinal
-
adjective,
having tentacles or rays.
- actino-
-
- Uralian
-
adjective,
of or relating to the Ural Mountains or their inhabitants.
- uncoils
-
verb (used with or without object),
to unwind from a coiled position.
- rattons
-
noun,
a rat.
- rituals
-
noun,
an established or prescribed procedure for a religious or other rite.
- uncials
-
noun,
an uncial letter.
- saltant
-
adjective,
dancing; leaping; jumping.
- Alarcon
-
noun,
Pedro Antonio [pe-th raw ahn-taw-nyaw] /ˈpɛ ðrɔ ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), (Pedro Antonio Alarcón y Ariza) 1833–91, Spanish novelist, short-story writer, and diplomat.
- Alastor
-
noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) an avenging spirit or deity frequently evoked in Greek tragedy; a male Nemesis.
- Alcoran
-
noun,
Alkoran.
- ricotta
-
noun,
a soft Italian cheese that resembles cottage cheese.
- alinota
-
noun,
the plate to which the wings are attached on the notum of an insect.
- rialtos
-
noun,
an exchange or mart.
- Alsatia
-
noun,
name formerly given to the Whitefriars district in London, England, which was a sanctuary for debtors and lawbreakers.
- Santali
-
noun,
the Munda language spoken by the Santal.
- outcast
-
noun,
a person who is rejected or cast out, as from home or society:
- altoist
-
noun,
a performer on the alto saxophone.
- sautoir
-
noun,
a ribbon, chain, scarf, or the like, tied around the neck in such a manner that the ends cross over each other.
- tricots
-
noun,
a warp-knit fabric of various natural or synthetic fibers, as wool, silk, or nylon, having fine vertical ribs on the face and horizontal ribs on the back, used especially for making garments.
- astrict
-
verb (used with object),
to bind fast; constrain.
- astrol.
-
- Tristan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Tristram.
- saurian
-
noun,
a saurian animal, as a dinosaur or lizard.
- Atlanta
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Georgia, in the N part.
- outacts
-
verb (used with object),
to outdo in acting.
- tauto-
-
- Lurcat
-
noun,
Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1892–1966, French painter and tapestry designer.
- ultras
-
noun,
an extremist, as in politics, religion, fashion, etc.
- tiaras
-
noun,
a jeweled, ornamental coronet worn by women.
- Alaric
-
noun,
a.d. c370–410, king of the Visigoths: captured Rome 410.
- curios
-
noun,
any unusual article, object of art, etc., valued as a curiosity.
- Octans
-
noun,
the Octant, a southern constellation that contains the south celestial pole.
- trinal
-
adjective,
threefold; triple; trine.
- uncial
-
noun,
an uncial letter.
- ticals
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Siam, equal to 100 satang: replaced in 1928 by the baht.
- ultra-
-
- rictus
-
noun,
the gape of the mouth of a bird.
- Stalin
-
noun,
Joseph V (Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili or Dzugashvili) 1879–1953, Soviet political leader: secretary general of the Communist Party 1922–53; premier of the U.S.S.R. 1941–53.
- Culion
-
noun,
an island of the Philippines, in the W part of the group, N of Palawan. 150 sq. mi. (389 sq. km).
- tincal
-
noun,
a former name for crude native borax.
- tinct.
-
- tincts
-
noun,
tint; tinge; coloring.
- C-star
-
noun,
carbon star.
- lutist
-
noun,
a lute player; lutenist.
- Curtis
-
noun,
Benjamin Robbins, 1809–74, U.S. jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1851–57; resigned in dissent over Dred Scott case.
- curtal
-
noun,
a 16th-century bassoon.
- lunars
-
noun,
a lunar observation taken for purposes of navigation or mapping.
- tarso-
-
- Lucian
-
noun,
a.d. 117–c180, Greek rhetorician and satirist.
- Icarus
-
noun,
Also, Ikaros. Classical Mythology. a youth who attempted to escape from Crete with wings of wax and feathers but flew so high that his wings melted from the heat of the sun, and he plunged to his death in the sea.
- Lucias
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “light.”.
- Tartan
-
noun,
a woolen or worsted cloth woven with stripes of different colors and widths crossing at right angles, worn chiefly by the Scottish Highlanders, each clan having its own distinctive plaid.
- Salina
-
noun,
a saline marsh, spring, or the like.
- iatro-
-
- stator
-
noun,
Electricity, Machinery. a portion of a machine that remains fixed with respect to rotating parts, especially the collection of stationary parts in the magnetic circuits of a machine.
Compare rotor (def 1).
- tatars
-
noun,
a member of a modern Turkic people living in the Tatar Autonomous Republic and adjacent regions of eastern European Russia and in widely scattered communities in western Siberia and central Asia.
- Curtin
-
noun,
John, 1885–1945, Australian statesman: prime minister 1941–45.
- scalar
-
noun,
Mathematics, Physics. a quantity possessing only magnitude.
Compare vector (def 1a).
- Tatius
-
noun,
a Sabine king who, following the rape of the Sabine women, attacked Rome and eventually ruled with Romulus.
- uncoil
-
verb (used with or without object),
to unwind from a coiled position.
- taunts
-
noun,
an insulting gibe or sarcasm; scornful reproach or challenge.
- ritual
-
noun,
an established or prescribed procedure for a religious or other rite.
- cut-in
-
noun,
Movies. a still, as of a scene or an object, inserted in a film and interrupting the action or continuity:
- static
-
noun,
Electricity.
static or atmospheric electricity.
interference due to such electricity.
- tauro-
-
- Alcott
-
noun,
(Amos) Bronson [bron-suh n] /ˈbrɒn sən/ (Show IPA), 1799–1888, U.S. educator and philosopher.
- Stacia
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Alcuin
-
noun,
(Ealhwine Flaccus) a.d. 735–804, English theologian and scholar: teacher and adviser of Charlemagne.
- narco-
-
- Santal
-
noun,
sandalwood.
- Rialto
-
noun,
an exchange or mart.
- Alston
-
noun,
a male given name.
- COSTAR
-
noun,
a performer, especially an actor or actress, who shares star billing with another.
- costal
-
adjective,
Anatomy. pertaining to the ribs or the upper sides of the body:
- Altaic
-
noun,
the Turkic, Mongolian, and Tungusic language families collectively, spoken over a broad expanse of Eurasia, from southeastern Europe to the Pacific: variously considered to be a single, genetically related family, with Japanese and Korean sometimes also included, or a group of languages with shared typologies and histories, but not genetically akin.
- Coruna
-
noun,
La Coruña.
- Altair
-
noun,
a first-magnitude star in the constellation Aquila.
- titans
-
noun,
Classical Mythology.
any of the sons of Uranus and Gaea, including Coeus, Crius, Cronus, Hyperion, Iapetus, and Oceanus.
Also, Titaness. any of the sisters of these, including Mnemosyne, Phoebe, Rhea, Tethys, Themis, and Thia.
any of the offspring of the children of Uranus and Gaea.
- Sorata
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in W Bolivia, in the Andes, near Lake Titicaca: two peaks, Ancohuma, 21,490 feet (6550 meters), and Illampu, 21,276 feet (6485 meters).
- corita
-
noun,
a boat resembling a large, woven basket, used by Indians of the southwestern U.S.
- cotula
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) a measure.
- santir
-
noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- corals
-
noun,
the hard, variously colored, calcareous skeleton secreted by certain marine polyps.
- Altona
-
noun,
a metropolitan district of Hamburg, Germany: formerly an independent city.
- tutors
-
noun,
a person employed to instruct another in some branch or branches of learning, especially a private instructor.
- ratton
-
noun,
a rat.
- Rattan
-
noun,
Also called rattan palm. any of various climbing palms of the genus Calamus or allied genera.
- Anatol
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Greek word meaning “sunrise.”.
- contr.
-
- anatta
-
noun,
the doctrine asserting the nonexistence of a personal and immortal soul. Sanskrit, anatman.
- cottas
-
noun,
a surplice.
- coulis
-
noun,
a sauce made with puréed vegetables or fruit and used as a base or garnish.
- tarsal
-
noun,
a tarsal bone, joint, or the like.
- Alnico
-
noun,
a permanent-magnet alloy having aluminum, nickel, and cobalt as its principal ingredients.
- narcos
-
noun,
narc.
- narial
-
adjective,
of or relating to the nares or nostrils.
- Cronus
-
noun,
a Titan, son of Uranus and Gaea, who was dethroned by his son Zeus.
- Alison
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Alice.
- NASCAR
-
noun,
National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing.
- Crista
-
noun,
a crest or ridge.
- riatas
-
noun,
a lariat.
- craton
-
noun,
a relatively rigid and immobile region of continental portions of the earth's crust.
- soucar
-
noun,
a Hindu banker.
- sancta
-
noun,
a sacred or holy place.
- natals
-
noun,
a province in the E part of the Republic of South Africa. 35,284 sq. mi. (91,886 sq. km). Capital: Pietermaritzburg.
- Crania
-
noun,
the skull of a vertebrate.
- craals
-
noun,
kraal.
- nastic
-
adjective,
of or showing sufficiently greater cellular force or growth on one side of an axis to change the form or position of the axis.
- coutil
-
noun,
a sturdy fabric constructed of a compactly woven herringbone twill.
- Cousin
-
noun,
Also called first cousin, full cousin. the son or daughter of an uncle or aunt.
See also second cousin, removed (def 2).
- courts
-
noun,
Law.
a place where justice is administered.
a judicial tribunal duly constituted for the hearing and determination of cases.
a session of a judicial assembly.
- Cairns
-
noun,
a seaport in NE Australia.
- ottars
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- triols
-
noun,
a compound having three hydroxyl groups.
- counts
-
noun,
the act of counting; enumeration; reckoning; calculation:
- tarsia
-
noun,
intarsia.
- Salian
-
noun,
a Salian Frank.
- tarots
-
noun,
any of a set of 22 playing cards bearing allegorical representations, used for fortunetelling and as trump cards in tarok.
- strunt
-
noun,
the fleshy part or stump of a tail, especially of a horse's tail.
- urinal
-
noun,
a flushable wall fixture, as in a public lavatory, used by men for urinating.
- rutins
-
noun,
a bright yellow or greenish-yellow substance, C 27 H 30 O 16 , obtained chiefly from buckwheat, and used in the treatment of capillary fragility.
- tactus
-
noun,
the basic metrical unit in medieval music.
- atonal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or marked by atonality.
- Li-sao
-
noun,
a poem (c320 b.c.) by Ch'ü Yüan.
- lanais
-
noun,
a veranda, especially a fully furnished one used as a living room.
- Tailor
-
noun,
a person whose occupation is the making, mending, or altering of clothes, especially suits, coats, and other outer garments.
- urials
-
noun,
a wild, bearded sheep, Ovis vignei, of southern Asia, having a reddish coat.
- Stuart
-
noun,
a member of the royal family that ruled in Scotland from 1371 to 1714 and in England from 1603 to 1714.
- tainos
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- urino-
-
- sacral
-
adjective,
of or relating to sacred rites or observances.
- Rosita
-
noun,
a female given name, Spanish form of Rose.
- Acarus
-
noun,
a mite, especially of the genus Acarus.
- lacuna
-
noun,
a gap or missing part, as in a manuscript, series, or logical argument; hiatus.
- lacto-
-
- acinus
-
noun,
Botany. one of the small drupelets or berries of an aggregate, baccate fruit, as the blackberry.
- acious
-
- Rosina
-
noun,
a female given name, Italian form of Rose.
- strict
-
adjective,
characterized by or acting in close conformity to requirements or principles:
- attain
-
verb (used with object),
to reach, achieve, or accomplish; gain; obtain:
- lariat
-
noun,
a long, noosed rope used to catch horses, cattle, or other livestock; lasso.
- urano-
-
- ruanas
-
noun,
a poncholike outer garment of heavy wool, worn especially in the mountains of Colombia.
- lianas
-
noun,
any of various usually woody vines that may climb as high as the tree canopy in a tropical forest.
- sunlit
-
adjective,
lighted by the sun.
- linacs
-
noun,
linear accelerator.
- Sutton
-
noun,
a borough of Greater London, England.
- lauric
-
adjective,
of or derived from lauric acid.
- Uticas
-
noun,
an ancient city on the N coast of Africa, NW of Carthage.
- lauras
-
noun,
a monastery consisting formerly of a group of cells or huts for monks who met together for meals and worship.
- atonic
-
noun,
Grammar. an unaccented word, syllable, or sound.
- lauans
-
noun,
Philippine mahogany.
- latria
-
noun,
the supreme worship, which may be offered to God only.
- suitor
-
noun,
a man who courts or woos a woman.
- Latona
-
noun,
the goddess Leto as identified in Roman mythology.
- rustic
-
noun,
a country person.
- latins
-
noun,
an Italic language spoken in ancient Rome, fixed in the 2nd or 1st century b.c., and established as the official language of the Roman Empire. Abbreviation: L.
- Rustin
-
noun,
Bayard [bey-erd] /ˈbeɪ ərd/ (Show IPA), 1910–1987, U.S. civil rights leader.
- Latino
-
noun,
a person of Latin-American descent:
- Latina
-
noun,
a woman of Latin-American descent.
- sultan
-
noun,
the sovereign of an Islamic country.
- lascar
-
noun,
an East Indian sailor.
- Ruston
-
noun,
a city in N Louisiana.
- taints
-
noun,
a trace of something bad, offensive, or harmful.
- Talara
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Peru.
- consul
-
noun,
an official appointed by the government of one country to look after its commercial interests and the welfare of its citizens in another country.
- actual
-
adjective,
existing in act or fact; real:
- tarata
-
noun,
a tree, Pittosporum eugenioides, of New Zealand, having elliptic leaves and fragrant, yellow flowers, grown as an ornamental.
- Tarlac
-
noun,
a city on N central Luzon, in the N Philippines.
- action
-
noun,
the process or state of acting or of being active:
- intros
-
noun,
an introduction.
- intro.
-
- intra-
-
- sailor
-
noun,
a person whose occupation is sailing or navigation; mariner.
- intact
-
adjective,
not altered, broken, or impaired; remaining uninjured, sound, or whole; untouched; unblemished:
- insult
-
noun,
an insolent or contemptuously rude action or remark; affront.
- insula
-
noun,
a group of convolutions situated at the base of the lateral fissure of the brain.
- triacs
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- attorn
-
verb (used with object),
to turn over to another; transfer.
- instr.
-
- instar
-
noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- instal
-
verb (used with object),
install.
- insoul
-
verb (used with object),
ensoul.
- inlaut
-
noun,
medial position in a word, especially as a conditioning environment in sound change.
- uracil
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a pyrimidine base, C 4 H 4 N 2 O 2 , that is one of the fundamental components of RNA, in which it forms base pairs with adenine. Symbol: U.
- incurs
-
verb (used with object),
to come into or acquire (some consequence, usually undesirable or injurious):
- incult
-
adjective,
wild; rude; unrefined.
- actins
-
noun,
a globulin that is present in muscle plasma and that in connection with myosin plays an important role in muscle contraction.
- Attius
-
noun,
Lucius, Accius, Lucius.
- uranic
-
adjective,
of or containing uranium, especially in the tetravalent state.
- isotac
-
noun,
a line drawn on a map connecting all points where ice starts to melt at approximately the same period in spring.
- Locris
-
noun,
either of two districts in the central part of ancient Greece.
- locust
-
noun,
Also called acridid, short-horned grasshopper. any of several grasshoppers of the family Acrididae, having short antennae and commonly migrating in swarms that strip the vegetation from large areas.
- talion
-
noun,
lex talionis.
- attars
-
noun,
Also, atar, athar, ottar, otto. a perfume or essential oil obtained from flowers or petals.
- Itasca
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in N Minnesota: one of the sources of the Mississippi River.
- tricot
-
noun,
a warp-knit fabric of various natural or synthetic fibers, as wool, silk, or nylon, having fine vertical ribs on the face and horizontal ribs on the back, used especially for making garments.
- strata
-
noun,
a plural of stratum.
- talons
-
noun,
a claw, especially of a bird of prey.
- Lorain
-
noun,
a port in N Ohio, on Lake Erie.
- lorans
-
noun,
a system of long-range navigation whereby the latitude and longitude of a ship or airplane are determined from the time displacement between radio signals from two or more fixed transmitters.
- actin-
-
- tanist
-
noun,
the successor apparent to a Celtic chief, usually the oldest or worthiest of his kin, chosen by election among the tribe during the chief's lifetime.
- lorica
-
noun,
Zoology. a hard protective case or sheath, as the protective coverings secreted by certain protists.
- Attica
-
noun,
a region in SE Greece, surrounding Athens: under Athenian rule in ancient times.
- Strait
-
noun,
Often, straits. (used with a singular verb) a narrow passage of water connecting two large bodies of water.
- Attila
-
noun,
("Scourge of God") a.d. 406?–453, king of the Huns who invaded Europe: defeated by the Romans and Visigoths in 451 at Châlons-sur-Marne in France.
- sacro-
-
- Urania
-
noun,
uranium dioxide.
- Strain
-
noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- Tantra
-
noun,
(italics) Hinduism. any of several books of esoteric doctrine regarding rituals, disciplines, meditation, etc., composed in the form of dialogues between Shiva and his Shakti; Agama.
- Uralic
-
noun,
a family of languages that comprises Finno-Ugric and Samoyed as subfamilies. Hungarian, Finnish, and Estonian belong to Uralic.
- anatto
-
noun,
annatto.
- aloins
-
noun,
an intensely bitter, crystalline, water-soluble powder composed of the active principles of and obtained from aloe, used chiefly as a purgative.
- Auriol
-
noun,
Vincent [vin-suh nt;; French van-sahn] /ˈvɪn sənt;; French vɛ̃ˈsɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1884–1966, French statesman: president 1947–54.
- ratals
-
noun,
the amount on which rates or taxes are assessed.
- racial
-
adjective,
of or relating to the social construct of race:
- Citrus
-
noun,
any small tree or spiny shrub of the genus Citrus, of the rue family, including the lemon, lime, orange, tangerine, grapefruit, citron, kumquat, and shaddock, widely cultivated for fruit or grown as an ornamental.
- situla
-
noun,
a deep urn, vase, or bucket-shaped vessel, especially one made in the ancient world.
- Rascal
-
noun,
a base, dishonest, or unscrupulous person.
- Tucson
-
noun,
a city in S Arizona: health resort.
- Carina
-
noun,
Zoology. a keellike part or ridge, especially a ridge of bone on the ventral side of the sternum of birds.
- Carian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Caria.
- arsino
-
adjective,
containing the arsino group.
- nutria
-
noun,
the coypu.
- Sarton
-
noun,
May, 1912–95, U.S. poet, novelist, and playwright.
- Antlia
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Air Pump, a small southern constellation between Vela and Hydra.
- carats
-
noun,
a unit of weight in gemstones, 200 milligrams (about 3 grains of troy or avoirdupois weight). Abbreviation: c., ct.
- scrota
-
noun,
the pouch of skin that contains the testes.
- Austin
-
noun,
Alfred, 1835–1913, English poet: poet laureate 1896–1913.
- Citron
-
noun,
a pale-yellow fruit resembling the lemon but larger and with thicker rind, borne by a small tree or large bush, Citrus medica, allied to the lemon and lime.
- antiar
-
noun,
the upas tree.
- Catlin
-
noun,
George, 1796–1872, U.S. painter.
- Saturn
-
noun,
an ancient Roman god of agriculture, the consort of Ops, believed to have ruled the earth during an age of happiness and virtue, identified with the Greek god Cronus.
- claros
-
noun,
such a cigar.
- satori
-
noun,
sudden enlightenment.
- aroint
-
verb (imperative),
begone:
- cation
-
noun,
a positively charged ion that is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis.
- clino-
-
- outsit
-
verb (used with object),
to sit longer than; outwait:
- 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.
- clints
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Clinton.
- canula
-
noun,
cannula.
- astro-
-
- Carnot
-
noun,
Lazare Nicolas Marguerite [la-zar nee-kaw-lah mar-guh-reet] /laˈzar ni kɔˈlɑ mar gəˈrit/ (Show IPA), 1753–1823, French general and statesman.
- anuria
-
noun,
the absence or suppression of urine.
- trouts
-
noun,
any of several game fishes of the genus Salmo, related to the salmon.
Compare brown trout, cutthroat trout, rainbow trout.
- Tucana
-
noun,
the Toucan, a southern constellation between Octans and Phoenix.
- oilcan
-
noun,
a can having a long spout through which oil is poured or squirted to lubricate machinery or the like.
- carnal
-
adjective,
pertaining to or characterized by the flesh or the body, its passions and appetites; sensual:
- Arcata
-
noun,
a town in NW California.
- trains
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- Catton
-
noun,
(Charles) Bruce, 1899–1978, U.S. journalist and historian.
- sarco-
-
- artist
-
noun,
a person who produces works in any of the arts that are primarily subject to aesthetic criteria.
- Tuinal
-
- Artois
-
noun,
a former province in N France: artesian wells.
- astron
-
- causal
-
adjective,
of, constituting, or implying a cause.
- Triton
-
noun,
a positively-charged particle consisting of a proton and two neutrons, equivalent to the nucleus of an atom of tritium.
- Aralia
-
noun,
any of various plants of the genus Aralia and related genera, several of which are cultivated as houseplants or have been used medicinally.
- ranula
-
noun,
a cystic tumor formed beneath the tongue, caused by obstruction of the sublingual or submaxillary gland or of a mucous gland.
- Arunta
-
noun,
Aranda.
- austr-
-
- torula
-
noun,
a highly nutritious yeast produced commercially on a sugar recovered from the manufacture of wood products or from processed fruit.
- Carlos
-
noun,
Don [don;; Spanish dawn] /dɒn;; Spanish dɔn/ (Show IPA), (Carlos Maria Isidro de Borbón) 1788–1855, pretender to the Spanish throne.
- aortas
-
noun,
the main trunk of the arterial system, conveying blood from the left ventricle of the heart to all of the body except the lungs.
- aorist
-
noun,
a verb tense, as in Classical Greek, expressing action or, in the indicative mood, past action, without further limitation or implication.
- ocular
-
noun,
Optics. eyepiece.
- truant
-
noun,
a student who stays away from school without permission.
- Siouan
-
noun,
an American Indian language family formerly widespread from Saskatchewan to the lower Mississippi, also found in the Virginia and Carolina piedmont, and including Catawba, Crow, Dakota, Hidatsa, Mandan, Osage, and Winnebago.
- racist
-
noun,
a person who believes in racism, the doctrine that one's own racial group is superior or that a particular racial group is inferior to the others.
- Tunica
-
noun,
a tunic.
- Sarnia
-
noun,
a port in SE Ontario, in S Canada, on the S shore of Lake Huron, on the St. Clair River, across from Port Huron, Michigan.
- toucan
-
noun,
any of several usually brightly colored, fruit-eating birds of the family Ramphastidae, of tropical America, having a very large bill.
- trails
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- citral
-
noun,
a pale yellow, water-insoluble, liquid aldehyde, C 10 H 16 O, having a strong lemonlike odor, consisting in natural form of two isomers (citral a or geranial and citral b or neral) usually obtained from the oils of lemon and orange or synthetically: used chiefly in perfumery, flavoring, and the synthesis of vitamin A.
- Carola
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Carol.
- Catano
-
noun,
a city in NE Puerto Rico, SW of San Juan.
- cantus
-
noun,
cantus firmus.
- clonus
-
noun,
a rapid succession of flexions and extensions of a group of muscles, usually signifying an affection of the brain or spinal cord.
- scoria
-
noun,
Metallurgy. the refuse, dross, or slag left after melting or smelting metal; scum.
- trans.
-
- tolans
-
noun,
a crystalline, water-insoluble, solid, unsaturated compound, C 14 H 10 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- Scotia
-
noun,
a deep concave molding between two fillets, as in the Attic base.
- carton
-
noun,
a cardboard or plastic box used typically for storage or shipping.
- Caruso
-
noun,
Enrico [en-ree-koh;; Italian en-ree-kaw] /ɛnˈri koʊ;; Italian ɛnˈri kɔ/ (Show IPA), 1873–1921, Italian operatic tenor.
- casual
-
noun,
a worker employed only irregularly.
- anlaut
-
noun,
initial position in a word, especially as a conditioning environment in sound change.
- aurist
-
noun,
a physician specializing in the treatment of ear diseases; otologist.
- Castro
-
noun,
Cipriano [sip-ree-ah-noh;; Spanish see-pree-ah-naw] /ˌsɪp riˈɑ noʊ;; Spanish ˌsi priˈɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1858?–1924, Venezuelan military and political leader: president 1901–08; exiled 1908.
- totals
-
noun,
the total amount; sum; aggregate:
- aniso-
-
- coitus
-
noun,
sexual intercourse, especially between a man and a woman.
- Canara
-
noun,
Kanara.
- nitro-
-
- Castor
-
noun,
Also, castoreum. a brownish, unctuous substance with a strong, penetrating odor, secreted by certain glands in the groin of the beaver, used in medicine and perfumery.
- Scotti
-
noun,
Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1866–1936, Italian baritone.
- scato-
-
- Nistru
-
noun,
Romanian name of Dniester.
- arnica
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Arnica, having opposite leaves and yellow flower heads.
- lictor
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) one of a body of attendants on chief magistrates, who preceded them carrying the fasces and whose duties included executing the sentences of criminals.
- Caslon
-
noun,
William, 1692–1766, English type founder and designer.
- casita
-
noun,
a small crude dwelling forming part of a shantytown inhabited by Mexican laborers in the southwestern U.S.
- colins
-
noun,
any of several American quails, especially the bobwhite.
- Tocsin
-
noun,
a signal, especially of alarm, sounded on a bell or bells.
- casino
-
noun,
a building or large room used for meetings, entertainment, dancing, etc., especially such a place equipped with gambling devices, gambling tables, etc.
- sonata
-
noun,
a composition for one or two instruments, typically in three or four movements in contrasted forms and keys.
- Calais
-
noun,
the winged son of Boreas the north wind. As Argonauts he and his brother Zetes chased away the Harpies.
- Tuscan
-
noun,
the standard literary form of the Italian language.
- Tustin
-
noun,
a city in SW California.
- octant
-
noun,
the eighth part of a circle.
- turion
-
noun,
a small shoot, as of asparagus or certain aquatic plants, from which a new plant can develop.
- Cantal
-
noun,
a department in S central France. 2231 sq. mi. (5780 sq. km). Capital: Aurillac.
- coatis
-
noun,
any tropical American carnivore of the genus Nasua, related to the raccoon, having an elongated body, long, ringed tail, and a slender, flexible snout.
- nocti-
-
- Cantos
-
noun,
one of the main or larger divisions of a long poem.
- outsat
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of outsit.
- Cloris
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- astral
-
adjective,
pertaining to or proceeding from the stars; stellar; star-shaped.
- tonsil
-
noun,
a prominent oval mass of lymphoid tissue on each side of the throat.
- Carson
-
noun,
Christopher ("Kit") 1809–68, U.S. frontiersman and scout.
- Arista
-
noun,
Botany. a bristlelike appendage of the spikelets of grains or grasses; an awn.
- tra-la
-
noun,
nonsense syllables sung as a refrain, expressing gaiety.
- ratans
-
noun,
rattan.
- outact
-
verb (used with object),
to outdo in acting.
- turaco
-
noun,
touraco.
- clouts
-
noun,
a blow, especially with the hand; cuff:
- Cantor
-
noun,
the religious official of a synagogue who conducts the liturgical portion of a service and sings or chants the prayers and parts of prayers designed to be performed as solos.
- norias
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- racons
-
noun,
radar beacon.
- coalas
-
noun,
koala.
- outran
-
verb,
simple past tense of outrun.
- noctis
-
adjective,
(in prescriptions) of the night.
- ration
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- asonia
-
noun,
tone deafness.
- turco-
-
- cantar
-
noun,
a poem consisting of four-line stanzas, each line having eight syllables.
- Toluca
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Mexico state, in S central Mexico.
- social
-
noun,
a social gathering or party, especially of or as given by an organized group:
- aslant
-
adverb,
at a slant; slantingly; obliquely.
- toluic
-
adjective,
of or derived from toluic acid.
- Lorca
-
noun,
García Lorca.
- roils
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- Lorna
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Satan
-
noun,
the chief evil spirit; the great adversary of humanity; the devil.
- Lorin
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- Loris
-
noun,
Also called slender loris. a small, slender, tailless, large-eyed, nocturnal lemur, Loris gracilis, of southern India and Sri Lanka.
- raias
-
noun,
rayah.
- LORAN
-
noun,
a system of long-range navigation whereby the latitude and longitude of a ship or airplane are determined from the time displacement between radio signals from two or more fixed transmitters.
- ocul-
-
- strut
-
noun,
the act of strutting.
- 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.
- ruana
-
noun,
a poncholike outer garment of heavy wool, worn especially in the mountains of Colombia.
- lints
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- Scott
-
noun,
Barbara Ann, 1928–2012, Canadian figure skater.
- routs
-
noun,
a defeat attended with disorderly flight; dispersal of a defeated force in complete disorder:
- Linos
-
noun,
linoleum.
- Scot.
-
- scorn
-
noun,
open or unqualified contempt; disdain:
- runts
-
noun,
an animal that is small or stunted as compared with others of its kind.
- scat-
-
- suint
-
noun,
the natural grease of the wool of sheep, consisting of a mixture of fatty matter and potassium salts, used as a source of potash and in the preparation of ointments.
- ontic
-
adjective,
possessing the character of real rather than phenomenal existence; noumenal.
- 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.
- orans
-
noun,
orant.
- scatt
-
noun,
scat5 .
- linac
-
noun,
linear accelerator.
- ruins
-
noun,
ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay:
- scion
-
noun,
a descendant.
- Linus
-
noun,
Saint, died a.d. 76? pope 67?–76?.
- roust
-
verb (used with object),
to rout, as from a place:
- locus
-
noun,
a place; locality.
- scuta
-
noun,
plural of scutum.
- racon
-
noun,
radar beacon.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- Orcas
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- loans
-
noun,
the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something:
- Ostia
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, SW of Rome: ruins from 4th century b.c.; site of ancient port of Rome.
- scart
-
verb (used with or without object),
to scratch, scrape, mark, or scar.
- 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.
- lotas
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- rutin
-
noun,
a bright yellow or greenish-yellow substance, C 27 H 30 O 16 , obtained chiefly from buckwheat, and used in the treatment of capillary fragility.
- litas
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Lithuania, equal to 100 centai.
- stunt
-
noun,
a stop or hindrance in growth or development.
- Scout
-
noun,
a soldier, warship, airplane, etc., employed in reconnoitering.
- Sturt
-
noun,
violent quarreling.
- scour
-
noun,
the act of scouring.
- 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.
- liras
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- rotls
-
noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- Stout
-
noun,
a dark, sweet brew made of roasted malt and having a higher percentage of hops than porter.
- Stoat
-
noun,
the ermine, Mustela erminea, especially when in brown summer pelage.
- stour
-
noun,
British Dialect.
tumult; confusion.
a storm.
- Notus
-
noun,
the ancient Greek personification of the south wind.
- snout
-
noun,
the part of an animal's head projecting forward and containing the nose and jaws; muzzle.
- naso-
-
- snort
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- Nasca
-
adjective,
Nazca.
- ottar
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- scant
-
adverb,
Scot. and North England Dialect. scarcely; barely; hardly.
- nasal
-
noun,
Phonetics. a nasal speech sound.
- Soult
-
noun,
Nicolas Jean de Dieu [nee-kaw-lah zhahn duh dyœ] /ni kɔˈlɑ ʒɑ̃ də dyœ/ (Show IPA), (Duke of Dalmatia) 1769–1851, French marshal.
- narcs
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- ratan
-
noun,
rattan.
- orial
-
- snarl
-
noun,
the act of snarling.
- Srta.
-
- sruti
-
noun,
the Vedas and some of the Upanishads, regarded as divinely revealed.
- snail
-
noun,
any mollusk of the class Gastropoda, having a spirally coiled shell and a ventral muscular foot on which it slowly glides about.
- sluit
-
noun,
(in South Africa) a deep, dry gulch or channel formed by erosion due to heavy rains.
- Sloan
-
noun,
John, 1871–1951, U.S. painter.
- Oscan
-
noun,
one of an ancient people of south-central Italy.
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- nuci-
-
- riata
-
noun,
a lariat.
- noria
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- Luton
-
noun,
a city in Bedfordshire, S central England, NW of London.
- Natta
-
noun,
Giulio [joo-lyaw] /ˈdʒu lyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1903–79, Italian chemist and engineer: Nobel Prize in chemistry 1963.
- Sonia
-
noun,
a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.
- ratos
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- Niort
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- naut.
-
- SONAR
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- ornis
-
noun,
an avifauna.
- Otaru
-
noun,
a city in W Hokkaido, in N Japan.
- Santo
-
noun,
a carved figure of a saint, usually of wood, as from Puerto Rico, Mexico, or the southwestern U.S.
- sauna
-
noun,
a bath that uses dry heat to induce perspiration, and in which steam is produced by pouring water on heated stones.
- nitr-
-
- natl.
-
- noils
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- Solti
-
noun,
Sir Georg [gey-awrg,, jawrj] /ˈgeɪ ɔrg,, dʒɔrdʒ/ (Show IPA), 1912–97, British orchestra conductor, born in Hungary.
- Santa
-
noun,
Santa Claus.
- sanit
-
- rials
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- solar
-
noun,
Informal. solar energy.
- noct-
-
- ratio
-
noun,
the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- solan
-
noun,
a gannet.
- Natal
-
noun,
a province in the E part of the Republic of South Africa. 35,284 sq. mi. (91,886 sq. km). Capital: Pietermaritzburg.
- start
-
noun,
a beginning of an action, journey, etc.
- ratal
-
noun,
the amount on which rates or taxes are assessed.
- lotic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or living in flowing water.
- stola
-
noun,
a long, loose tunic or robe, with or without sleeves, worn by women of ancient Rome.
- stilt
-
noun,
one of two poles, each with a support for the foot at some distance above the bottom end, enabling the wearer to walk with his or her feet above the ground.
- stint
-
noun,
a period of time spent doing something:
- sonic
-
adjective,
of or relating to sound.
- Stoic
-
noun,
a member or adherent of the Stoic school of philosophy.
- salat
-
noun,
prayers, said five times a day: the second of the Pillars of Islam.
- louts
-
noun,
an awkward, stupid person; clumsy, ill-mannered boor; oaf.
- octa-
-
- octal
-
noun,
octonary (def 6).
- lours
-
verb (used without object), noun,
lower2 .
- Louis
-
noun,
louis d'or.
- Salic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the Salian Franks.
- Lotus
-
noun,
a plant believed to be a jujube or elm, referred to in Greek legend as yielding a fruit that induced a state of dreamy and contented forgetfulness in those who ate it.
- 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).
- roans
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- 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.
- octan
-
noun,
an octan fever.
- 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.
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- rails
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- Lotta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Charlotte.
- Orcus
-
noun,
the ancient Roman god of the underworld, identified with the Greek Pluto, or Hades.
- Lucan
-
noun,
(Marcus Annaeus Lucanus) a.d. 39–65, Roman poet, born in Spain.
- Lucas
-
noun,
George, born 1944, U.S. film director.
- nurls
-
noun,
a small ridge or bead, especially one of a series, as on a button for decoration or on the edge of a thumbscrew to assist in obtaining a firm grip.
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- Salto
-
noun,
a city in NW Uruguay, on the Uruguay River.
- stat.
-
- rason
-
noun,
a long, loose, black gown with wide sleeves, worn by the clergy.
- slant
-
noun,
slanting or oblique direction; slope:
- slain
-
noun,
sley.
- 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.
- OSCAR
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter O.
- Salta
-
noun,
a game for two, resembling Chinese checkers, played on a board with 100 squares.
- sito-
-
- Saran
-
noun,
a thermoplastic copolymer of vinylidene chloride and usually small amounts of vinyl chloride or acrylonitrile: used as a fiber, for packaging, and for making acid-resistant pipe.
- lunts
-
noun,
a match; the flame used to light a fire.
- sinal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving a sinus.
- Sino-
-
- sarc-
-
- Sault
-
noun,
a waterfall or rapid.
- salon
-
noun,
a drawing room or reception room in a large house.
- lunas
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess personifying the moon, sometimes identified with Diana.
- Ocala
-
noun,
a city in central Florida.
- lunar
-
noun,
a lunar observation taken for purposes of navigation or mapping.
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- Lucia
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “light.”.
- orals
-
noun,
an oral examination in a school, college, or university, given especially to a candidate for an advanced degree.
- nails
-
noun,
a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
- Ciano
-
noun,
Count Galeazzo [gah-le-aht-tsaw] /ˌgɑ lɛˈɑt tsɔ/ (Show IPA), (Ciano di Cortellazzo) 1903–44, Italian Fascist statesman: minister of foreign affairs 1936–43.
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- caus.
-
- sural
-
adjective,
of or relating to the calf of the leg.
- torts
-
noun,
a wrongful act, not including a breach of contract or trust, that results in injury to another's person, property, reputation, or the like, and for which the injured party is entitled to compensation.
- cions
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- anal.
-
- Altus
-
noun,
a city in SW Oklahoma.
- Alton
-
noun,
a city in SW Illinois.
- Torun
-
noun,
a city in N Poland, on the Vistula.
- alto-
-
- alti-
-
- altar
-
noun,
an elevated place or structure, as a mound or platform, at which religious rites are performed or on which sacrifices are offered to gods, ancestors, etc.
- Clair
-
noun,
René [ruh-ney] /rəˈneɪ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1981, French motion-picture director and writer.
- naira
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Nigeria, equal to 100 kobo: replaced the pound in 1973.
- toric
-
adjective,
noting or pertaining to a lens with a surface forming a portion of a torus, used for eyeglasses and contact lenses that correct astigmatism.
- cauls
-
noun,
a part of the amnion sometimes covering the head of a child at birth.
- tutor
-
noun,
a person employed to instruct another in some branch or branches of learning, especially a private instructor.
- Altai
-
noun,
a territory of the Russian Federation in central Asia. 101,000 sq. mi. (261,700 sq. km). Capital: Barnaul.
- toti-
-
- carls
-
noun,
Scot.
a strong, robust fellow, especially a strong manual laborer.
a miser; an extremely thrifty person.
- anoia
-
noun,
extreme mental deficiency.
- anoas
-
noun,
a small forest buffalo, Bubalus (Anoa) depressicornis, of the island of Celebes, having a brown coat and straight, sharp-tipped horns: an endangered species.
- Anita
-
noun,
a female given name: Spanish form of Anna.
- carns
-
noun,
cairn.
- Carol
-
noun,
a song, especially of joy.
- carts
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- anat.
-
- total
-
noun,
the total amount; sum; aggregate:
- anis-
-
- cata-
-
- Tosca
-
noun,
an opera (1900) by Giacomo Puccini.
- torus
-
noun,
Architecture. a large convex molding, more or less semicircular in profile, commonly forming the lowest molding of the base of a column, directly above the plinth, sometimes occurring as one of a pair separated by a scotia and fillets. and column.
- anils
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- clans
-
noun,
a group of families or households, as among the Scottish Highlanders, the heads of which claim descent from a common ancestor:
- Alta.
-
- Carin
-
noun,
a female given name.
- coati
-
noun,
any tropical American carnivore of the genus Nasua, related to the raccoon, having an elongated body, long, ringed tail, and a slender, flexible snout.
- Alcon
-
noun,
a noted archer who helped Hercules abduct the cattle of Geryon.
- Alas.
-
- coala
-
noun,
koala.
- coals
-
noun,
a black or dark-brown combustible mineral substance consisting of carbonized vegetable matter, used as a fuel.
Compare anthracite, bituminous coal, lignite.
- coast
-
noun,
the land next to the sea; seashore:
- Tolar
-
noun,
the basic monetary unit of Slovenia until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 stotins.
- Coats
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- tonal
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having tonality.
- coils
-
noun,
a connected series of spirals or rings into which a rope or the like is wound.
- tolan
-
noun,
a crystalline, water-insoluble, solid, unsaturated compound, C 14 H 10 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- arias
-
noun,
an air or melody.
- Alans
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Celtic word meaning “harmony.”.
- alani
-
plural noun,
a nomadic Iranian people who flourished in the 2nd–4th centuries a.d. and are ancestors of the present-day Ossets.
- coirs
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- tolas
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India: the government tola is 180 ser and equals 180 grains (11.7 grams), the weight of a silver rupee.
- Alcor
-
- Clara
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “clear, bright.”.
- Clint
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Clinton.
- claro
-
noun,
such a cigar.
- clast
-
noun,
a grain of sediment, silt, sand, gravel, etc., especially as a constituent fragment of a clastic rock formation, as distinguished from a chemical or biogenic component of such a formation.
- ulans
-
noun,
uhlan.
- torcs
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- Alost
-
noun,
a city in central Belgium, NW of Brussels.
- Aloin
-
noun,
an intensely bitter, crystalline, water-soluble powder composed of the active principles of and obtained from aloe, used chiefly as a purgative.
- alist
-
adjective,
inclined to one side; heeling or listing.
- alias
-
noun,
a false name used to conceal one's identity; an assumed name:
- toran
-
noun,
(in Indian Buddhist and Hindu architecture) a gateway having two or three lintels between two posts.
- tonus
-
noun,
a normal state of continuous slight tension in muscle tissue that facilitates its response to stimulation.
- tonic
-
noun,
a medicine that invigorates or strengthens:
- clots
-
noun,
a mass or lump.
- ulnas
-
noun,
Anatomy. the bone of the forearm on the side opposite to the thumb.
Compare radius (def 7).
- tonia
-
- clout
-
noun,
a blow, especially with the hand; cuff:
- Carla
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- Caria
-
noun,
an ancient district in SW Asia Minor.
- uncia
-
noun,
a bronze coin of ancient Rome, the 12th part of an as.
- Asura
-
noun,
(in Indian mythology) a god or demon.
- Tulsa
-
noun,
a city in NE Oklahoma: center of a rich oil-producing region.
- 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.
- Astor
-
noun,
John Jacob, 1763–1848, U.S. capitalist and fur merchant.
- astr.
-
- Tunas
-
noun,
any of several large food and game fishes of the family Scombridae, inhabiting temperate and tropical seas.
Compare albacore, bluefin tuna, yellowfin tuna.
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- 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.
- aorta
-
noun,
the main trunk of the arterial system, conveying blood from the left ventricle of the heart to all of the body except the lungs.
- triol
-
noun,
a compound having three hydroxyl groups.
- tunic
-
noun,
Chiefly British. a coat worn as part of a military or other uniform.
- atilt
-
adjective, adverb,
with a tilt or inclination; tilted:
- ation
-
- ATLAS
-
noun,
a bound collection of maps.
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- Asian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Asia, or a person of Asian descent.
- trial
-
noun,
Law.
the examination before a judicial tribunal of the facts put in issue in a cause, often including issues of law as well as those of fact.
the determination of a person's guilt or innocence by due process of law.
- Tsana
-
noun,
Lake. Tana, Lake.
- arils
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- Arion
-
noun,
flourished 7th century b.c, Greek poet: inventor of the dithyramb.
- Arius
-
noun,
died a.d. 336, Christian priest at Alexandria: founder of Arianism.
- arian
-
noun,
an adherent of Arianism.
- 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.
- arcus
-
noun,
a dense, horizontal, roll-shaped cloud sometimes occurring at the lower front portion of a cumulonimbus.
- artal
-
noun,
plural of rotl.
- Ascot
-
noun,
a necktie or scarf with broad ends, tied and arranged so that the ends are laid flat, one across the other, sometimes with a pin to secure them.
- Trust
-
noun,
reliance on the integrity, strength, ability, surety, etc., of a person or thing; confidence.
- asana
-
noun,
any of the postures in a yoga exercise.
- Trout
-
noun,
any of several game fishes of the genus Salmo, related to the salmon.
Compare brown trout, cutthroat trout, rainbow trout.
- trots
-
noun,
the gait of a horse, dog, or other quadruped, when trotting.
- asco-
-
- Arcas
-
noun,
a son of Zeus and Callisto, the ancestor of the Arcadians who was set among the stars with his mother as the Little Bear and the Great Bear respectively.
- ascon
-
noun,
a type of sponge having an oval shape and a thin body wall with pores leading directly into the spongocoel.
- atria
-
noun,
Architecture.
Also called cavaedium. the main or central room of an ancient Roman house, open to the sky at the center and usually having a pool for the collection of rain water.
a courtyard, flanked or surrounded by porticoes, in front of an early or medieval Christian church.
a skylit central court in a contemporary building or house.
- TUNIS
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Tunisia, in the NE part.
- Turin
-
noun,
a city in NW Italy, on the Po: capital of the Kingdom of Italy 1860–65.
- canst
-
noun,
a sealed container for food, beverages, etc., as of aluminum, sheet iron coated with tin, or other metal:
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- antic
-
noun,
Usually, antics.
a playful trick or prank; caper.
a grotesque, fantastic, or ludicrous gesture, act, or posture.
- Tours
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Indre-et-Loire, in W France, on the Loire River: Charles Martel defeated the Saracens near here a.d. 732.
- anti-
-
- canal
-
noun,
an artificial waterway for navigation, irrigation, etc.
- Canso
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in SE Canada, the NE extremity of Nova Scotia.
- Cant.
-
- Cairo
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Egypt, in the N part on the E bank of the Nile.
- canto
-
noun,
one of the main or larger divisions of a long poem.
- cants
-
noun,
insincere, especially conventional expressions of enthusiasm for high ideals, goodness, or piety.
- antas
-
noun,
a privately supported organization, chartered by Congress in 1935, for the encouragement and advancement of professional and nonprofessional theater.
- Caras
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Italian word meaning “dear one.”.
- Ansar
-
noun,
the first inhabitants of Medina to accept Islam.
- carat
-
noun,
a unit of weight in gemstones, 200 milligrams (about 3 grains of troy or avoirdupois weight). Abbreviation: c., ct.
- Caius
-
noun,
Saint, died a.d. 296, pope 283–296.
- cairn
-
noun,
a heap of stones set up as a landmark, monument, tombstone, etc.
- attar
-
noun,
Also, atar, athar, ottar, otto. a perfume or essential oil obtained from flowers or petals.
- Aural
-
adjective,
of or relating to an aura.
- Attic
-
noun,
the part of a building, especially of a house, directly under a roof; garret.
- atto-
-
- triac
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- aulic
-
adjective,
of or relating to a royal court.
- Aulis
-
noun,
a port in ancient Boeotia, in E central Greece: the Greek fleet set out from here for Troy during the Trojan War.
- aulos
-
noun,
an ancient Greek wind instrument, a double pipe played with a double reed.
- Auric
-
adjective,
of or containing gold in the trivalent state.
- cains
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- Aust.
-
- auto.
-
- trait
-
noun,
a distinguishing characteristic or quality, especially of one's personal nature:
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- trail
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- Tract
-
noun,
an expanse or area of land, water, etc.; region; stretch.
- touts
-
noun,
a person who solicits business, employment, support, or the like, importunately.
- toils
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- coins
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- Colas
-
noun,
a carbonated soft drink containing an extract made from kola nuts, together with sweeteners and other flavorings.
- incus
-
noun,
Anatomy. the middle one of a chain of three small bones in the middle ear of humans and other mammals.
Compare malleus, stapes.
- Tanta
-
noun,
a city in N Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- Irons
-
noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- tanto
-
adverb,
(of a musical direction) too much; so much.
- Iran.
-
- iotas
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- Aalst
-
noun,
Flemish name of Alost.
- Tarai
-
noun,
Terai.
- intr.
-
- inst.
-
- Aalto
-
noun,
Alvar [ahl-vahr] /ˈɑl vɑr/ (Show IPA), 1898–1976, Finnish architect and furniture designer.
- insol
-
- Aarau
-
noun,
a town in and capital of Aargau, in N Switzerland.
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- incur
-
verb (used with object),
to come into or acquire (some consequence, usually undesirable or injurious):
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- incr.
-
- incor
-
- Aaron
-
noun,
the older brother of Moses, usually regarded as the first high priest of the Hebrews. Ex. 28; 40:13–16.
- incl.
-
- incas
-
noun,
a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
- 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.
- colat
-
- Urial
-
noun,
a wild, bearded sheep, Ovis vignei, of southern Asia, having a reddish coat.
- ictus
-
noun,
Prosody. rhythmical or metrical stress.
- icons
-
- acari
-
noun,
plural of acarus.
- tarts
-
noun,
a small pie filled with cooked fruit or other sweetened preparation, usually having no top crust.
- Tartu
-
noun,
a city in SE Estonia.
- ta-ta
-
interjection,
goodbye.
- Isaac
-
noun,
a son of Abraham and Sarah, and father of Jacob. Gen. 21:1–4.
- talus
-
noun,
the uppermost bone of the proximal row of bones of the tarsus; anklebone.
- taunt
-
noun,
an insulting gibe or sarcasm; scornful reproach or challenge.
- lanas
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- Surat
-
noun,
a seaport in S Gujarat, in W India: first British settlement in India 1612.
- 30-30
-
- Liana
-
noun,
any of various usually woody vines that may climb as high as the tree canopy in a tropical forest.
- sutra
-
noun,
Hinduism. a collection of aphorisms relating to some aspect of the conduct of life.
- Laura
-
noun,
a monastery consisting formerly of a group of cells or huts for monks who met together for meals and worship.
- lauan
-
noun,
Philippine mahogany.
- Utica
-
noun,
an ancient city on the N coast of Africa, NW of Carthage.
- Latin
-
noun,
an Italic language spoken in ancient Rome, fixed in the 2nd or 1st century b.c., and established as the official language of the Roman Empire. Abbreviation: L.
- tacit
-
adjective,
understood without being openly expressed; implied:
- Larsa
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city in southern Iraq: archaeological site.
- tacos
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- Laris
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- tacts
-
noun,
a keen sense of what to say or do to avoid giving offense; skill in dealing with difficult or delicate situations.
- lansa
-
noun,
langsat.
- Lanai
-
noun,
a veranda, especially a fully furnished one used as a living room.
- Talos
-
noun,
a man of brass made by Hephaestus for Minos as a guardian of Crete.
- Laius
-
noun,
a king of Thebes, the husband of Jocasta and father of Oedipus: unwittingly killed by Oedipus.
- tails
-
noun,
tail1 (def 6).
- laics
-
noun,
one of the laity.
- Taino
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- lact-
-
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- taint
-
noun,
a trace of something bad, offensive, or harmful.
- Taira
-
noun,
a member of a powerful family in Japan that ruled the country 1160–85.
- USLTA
-
- talas
-
noun,
a repeated rhythmic pattern of stressed and unstressed beats played on a percussion instrument in Indian music.
- Talca
-
noun,
a city in central Chile.
- talcs
-
noun,
Also, talcum [tal-kuh m] /ˈtæl kəm/ (Show IPA). a green-to-gray, soft mineral, hydrous magnesium silicate, Mg 3 (Si 4 O 10)(OH) 2 , unctuous to the touch, and occurring usually in foliated or compact masses, used in making lubricants, talcum powder, electrical insulation, etc.
- Ital.
-
- talon
-
noun,
a claw, especially of a bird of prey.
- Tatar
-
noun,
a member of a modern Turkic people living in the Tatar Autonomous Republic and adjacent regions of eastern European Russia and in widely scattered communities in western Siberia and central Asia.
- tarot
-
noun,
any of a set of 22 playing cards bearing allegorical representations, used for fortunetelling and as trump cards in tarok.
- acorn
-
noun,
the typically ovoid fruit or nut of an oak, enclosed at the base by a cupule.
- uncos
-
noun,
something extraordinary or unusual; a novelty.
- Tirol
-
noun,
Tyrol.
- cutis
-
noun,
the true skin, consisting of the dermis and the epidermis.
- Crius
-
noun,
a Titan, the son of Uranus and Gaea.
- until
-
conjunction,
up to the time that or when; till:
- crit.
-
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- craal
-
noun,
kraal.
- Unit.
-
- Court
-
noun,
Law.
a place where justice is administered.
a judicial tribunal duly constituted for the hearing and determination of cases.
a session of a judicial assembly.
- Count
-
noun,
the act of counting; enumeration; reckoning; calculation:
- cotta
-
noun,
a surplice.
- Costa
-
noun,
a rib or riblike part.
- Corti
-
noun,
Alfonso [al-fon-soh;; Italian ahl-fawn-saw] /ælˈfɒn soʊ;; Italian ɑlˈfɔn sɔ/ (Show IPA), 1822–76, Italian anatomist.
- cornu
-
noun,
a horn, especially a bony part that resembles a horn.
- crust
-
noun,
the brown, hard outer portion or surface of a loaf or slice of bread (distinguished from crumb).
- corns
-
noun,
Also called Indian corn; especially technical and British, maize. a tall cereal plant, Zea mays, cultivated in many varieties, having a jointed, solid stem and bearing the grain, seeds, or kernels on large ears.
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- coria
-
noun,
plural of corium.
- Titos
-
noun,
Marshal (Josip Broz) 1891–1980, president of Yugoslavia 1953–80.
- Coral
-
noun,
the hard, variously colored, calcareous skeleton secreted by certain marine polyps.
- CONUS
-
noun,
the most anterior part of the simple tubular heart of lower vertebrates and embryos of higher vertebrates, leading into the artery that leaves the heart; in mammals it forms a part of the upper wall of the right ventricle, in which the pulmonary artery originates.
- cont.
-
- Const
-
- Cons.
-
- UNCIO
-
- Titus
-
noun,
a disciple and companion of the apostle Paul, to whom Paul is supposed to have addressed an Epistle.
- toast
-
noun,
sliced bread that has been browned by dry heat.
- Colin
-
noun,
any of several American quails, especially the bobwhite.
- tirls
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- Croat
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Croatia; Croatian.
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- Curia
-
noun,
one of the political subdivisions of each of the three tribes of ancient Rome.
- uran-
-
- runic
-
adjective,
consisting of or set down in runes:
- acron
-
noun,
the unsegmented, preoral portion of the body of an arthropod.
- Cunas
-
noun,
a member of a group of American Indian people inhabiting settlements on the Isthmus of Panama and islands in the Gulf of San Blas.
- acro-
-
- cunts
-
noun,
the vulva or vagina.
- curio
-
noun,
any unusual article, object of art, etc., valued as a curiosity.
- Actis
-
noun,
a son of Rhoda and Helius who, when banished from his home for fratricide, fled to Egypt, where he taught astrology. The Colossus of Rhodes was built in his honor.
- tical
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Siam, equal to 100 satang: replaced in 1928 by the baht.
- curls
-
noun,
a coil or ringlet of hair.
- curns
-
noun,
a grain.
- tiara
-
noun,
a jeweled, ornamental coronet worn by women.
- curst
-
noun,
the expression of a wish that misfortune, evil, doom, etc., befall a person, group, etc.
- cutin
-
noun,
a transparent, waxy substance constituting, together with cellulose, the cuticle of plants.
- tilts
-
noun,
an act or instance of tilting.
- Arica
-
noun,
a seaport in N Chile.
- Acton
-
noun,
a quilted garment worn under mail in the 13th and 14th centuries; gambeson.
- tints
-
noun,
a color or a variety of a color; hue.
- Actor
-
noun,
a person who acts in stage plays, motion pictures, television broadcasts, etc.
- tious
-
- actos
-
- Ural
-
noun,
a river in the Russian Federation, flowing S from the S Ural Mountains to the Caspian Sea. 1575 miles (2535 km) long.
- runt
-
noun,
an animal that is small or stunted as compared with others of its kind.
- tuts
-
noun,
an exclamation of “tut.”.
- uro-
-
- Ulan
-
noun,
uhlan.
- USRC
-
- SALT
-
noun,
a crystalline compound, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring as a mineral, a constituent of seawater, etc., and used for seasoning food, as a preservative, etc.
- USAR
-
- unto
-
preposition,
to (in its various uses, except as the accompaniment of the infinitive).
- uria
-
- Utas
-
noun,
any of several iguanid lizards of the genus Uta, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico.
- unco
-
noun,
something extraordinary or unusual; a novelty.
- 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.
- Tura
-
noun,
Cosimo [kaw-zee-maw] /ˈkɔ zi mɔ/ (Show IPA), c1430–98? Italian painter.
- USTC
-
- SARA
-
noun,
a member of a people of the Central African Republic.
- USCA
-
- tuis
-
noun,
a black New Zealand honey eater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, having a patch of white feathers on each side of the throat, sometimes tamed as a pet.
- Rust
-
noun,
Also called iron rust. the red or orange coating that forms on the surface of iron when exposed to air and moisture, consisting chiefly of ferric hydroxide and ferric oxide formed by oxidation.
- Saar
-
noun,
Also called Saar Basin. a coal-producing region in W Germany, in the Saar River valley: governed by the League of Nations 1919–35; returned to Germany 1935 as a result of a plebiscite; under French economic control following World War II until 1956.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- ulna
-
noun,
Anatomy. the bone of the forearm on the side opposite to the thumb.
Compare radius (def 7).
- sala
-
noun,
a large hall, living room, or reception room.
- uni-
-
- sail
-
noun,
an area of canvas or other fabric extended to the wind in such a way as to transmit the force of the wind to an assemblage of spars and rigging mounted firmly on a hull, raft, iceboat, etc., so as to drive it along.
- Uris
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- USIA
-
- Rus.
-
- uric
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, contained in, or derived from urine.
- tuns
-
noun,
a large cask for holding liquids, especially wine, ale, or beer.
- Saco
-
noun,
a city in SW Maine.
- USNA
-
- Tula
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, S of Moscow.
- ulto
-
- tuna
-
noun,
any of several large food and game fishes of the family Scombridae, inhabiting temperate and tropical seas.
Compare albacore, bluefin tuna, yellowfin tuna.
- Sura
-
noun,
any of the 114 chapters of the Koran.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- Sra.
-
- taur
-
- tics
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- tilt
-
noun,
an act or instance of tilting.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- tint
-
noun,
a color or a variety of a color; hue.
- tils
-
noun,
the sesame plant.
- tion
-
- Sour
-
noun,
something that is sour.
- tart
-
noun,
a small pie filled with cooked fruit or other sweetened preparation, usually having no top crust.
- tirl
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- Soul
-
noun,
the principle of life, feeling, thought, and action in humans, regarded as a distinct entity separate from the body, and commonly held to be separable in existence from the body; the spiritual part of humans as distinct from the physical part.
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- Tit.
-
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- Tito
-
noun,
Marshal (Josip Broz) 1891–1980, president of Yugoslavia 1953–80.
- tits
-
noun,
a titmouse.
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- Soni
-
- tats
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do, or make by, tatting.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- tola
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India: the government tola is 180 ser and equals 180 grains (11.7 grams), the weight of a silver rupee.
- Tala
-
noun,
a repeated rhythmic pattern of stressed and unstressed beats played on a percussion instrument in Indian music.
- sur-
-
- Surt
-
noun,
the guardian and ruler of Muspelheim, destined to defeat Frey at Ragnarok and destroy the world with fire.
- Taal
-
noun,
Afrikaans (usually preceded by the).
- taco
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- suit
-
noun,
a set of clothing, armor, or the like, intended for wear together.
- tact
-
noun,
a keen sense of what to say or do to avoid giving offense; skill in dealing with difficult or delicate situations.
- tail
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- stun
-
noun,
the act of stunning.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- talc
-
noun,
Also, talcum [tal-kuh m] /ˈtæl kəm/ (Show IPA). a green-to-gray, soft mineral, hydrous magnesium silicate, Mg 3 (Si 4 O 10)(OH) 2 , unctuous to the touch, and occurring usually in foliated or compact masses, used in making lubricants, talcum powder, electrical insulation, etc.
- 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.
- Tana
-
noun,
thana.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- str.
-
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- Tara
-
noun,
a village in the NE Republic of Ireland, NW of Dublin: home of the ancient Irish kings (Hill of Tara)
- stot
-
noun,
a springing gait of certain bovids, as gazelles and antelopes, used especially when running in alarm from a predator.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- STOL
-
noun,
a convertiplane that can become airborne after a short takeoff run and has forward speeds comparable to those of conventional aircraft.
- 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.
- toil
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- soln
-
- Sat.
-
- scar
-
noun,
a mark left by a healed wound, sore, or burn.
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- sial
-
noun,
the assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and alumina, that comprise the continental portions of the upper layer of the earth's crust.
- scut
-
noun,
a short tail, especially that of a hare, rabbit, or deer.
- scr.
-
- Toul
-
noun,
a fortress town in NE France, on the Moselle: siege 1870. 16,832.
- Tour
-
noun,
a traveling around from place to place.
- scil
-
- sci.
-
- tout
-
noun,
a person who solicits business, employment, support, or the like, importunately.
- tri-
-
- tost
-
noun,
an act or instance of tossing.
- SCAN
-
noun,
an act or instance of scanning; close examination.
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- saur
-
- Saul
-
noun,
the first king of Israel. I Sam. 9.
- trit
-
- tRNA
-
- tron
-
- Trot
-
noun,
the gait of a horse, dog, or other quadruped, when trotting.
- 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.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- tots
-
noun,
a small child.
- silo
-
noun,
a structure, typically cylindrical, in which fodder or forage is kept.
- Sola
-
noun,
an Indian shrub, Aeschynomene aspera, of the legume family, the pith of which is used for making helmets.
- slot
-
noun,
a narrow, elongated depression, groove, notch, slit, or aperture, especially a narrow opening for receiving or admitting something, as a coin or a letter.
- Sol.
-
- soil
-
noun,
the portion of the earth's surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus.
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- torc
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- slut
-
noun,
Disparaging and Offensive. a sexually promiscuous woman, or a woman who behaves or dresses in an overtly sexual way.
- slur
-
noun,
a slurred utterance or sound.
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- silt
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- SLIC
-
- slat
-
noun,
a long thin, narrow strip of wood, metal, etc., used as a support for a bed, as one of the horizontal laths of a Venetian blind, etc.
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- situ
-
noun,
in situ.
- torn
-
noun,
a drop of the saline, watery fluid continually secreted by the lacrimal glands between the surface of the eye and the eyelid, serving to moisten and lubricate these parts and keep them clear of foreign particles. Synonyms: teardrop.
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- tort
-
noun,
a wrongful act, not including a breach of contract or trust, that results in injury to another's person, property, reputation, or the like, and for which the injured party is entitled to compensation.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- runs
-
noun,
an act or instance, or a period of running:
- 1080
-
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- 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.
- ins.
-
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- NASA
-
noun,
National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
- narc
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- int.
-
- Nara
-
noun,
a city on S Honshu, in central Japan: chief Buddhist center of ancient Japan; first capital of Japan a.d. 710–84.
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- intl
-
- art.
-
- nail
-
noun,
a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
- NACA
-
- crat
-
- Inca
-
noun,
a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
- Asat
-
noun,
(in Vedic mythology) the realm of nonexistence, populated by demons.
Compare sat2 (def 1).
- asc-
-
- asci
-
noun,
plural of ascus.
- cat.
-
- Asia
-
noun,
a continent bounded by Europe and the Arctic, Pacific, and Indian oceans. About 16,000,000 sq. mi. (41,440,000 sq. km).
- Lust
-
noun,
intense sexual desire or appetite.
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- Lunt
-
noun,
a match; the flame used to light a fire.
- Luna
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess personifying the moon, sometimes identified with Diana.
- clar
-
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- 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 = .
- clan
-
noun,
a group of families or households, as among the Scottish Highlanders, the heads of which claim descent from a common ancestor:
- cit.
-
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- 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.
- cist
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- Nor.
-
- anus
-
noun,
the opening at the lower end of the alimentary canal, through which the solid refuse of digestion is excreted.
- clot
-
noun,
a mass or lump.
- CLOS
-
noun,
a walled vineyard.
- cast
-
noun,
act of casting or throwing.
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- nous
-
noun,
Greek Philosophy. mind or intellect.
- Casa
-
noun,
a house.
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- not-
-
- clit
-
noun,
clitoris.
- nos-
-
- Aras
-
noun,
Also, Araks. Ancient Araxes. a river in SW Asia, flowing from E Turkey along part of the boundary between NW Iran and Armenia and Azerbaijan into the Kura River. About 660 miles (1065 km) long.
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- noil
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- Clio
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the Muse of history.
- NOAA
-
- arca
-
noun,
a chest for valuables, used in medieval Spain and Italy.
- ARCO
-
adverb,
(of the performance of a passage for stringed instruments) with the bow.
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- Inc.
-
- Aria
-
noun,
an air or melody.
- NIRA
-
- Nils
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- aril
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- ARIS
-
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- NCAA
-
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- Asur
-
noun,
Assur.
- ANTU
-
- lasa
-
noun,
Lhasa.
- lin.
-
- Lias
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- liar
-
noun,
a person who tells lies.
- Liao
-
noun,
a river in NE China, flowing from Inner Mongolia to the Gulf of Liaodong. 900 miles (1448 km) long.
- aunt
-
noun,
the sister of one's father or mother.
- aur-
-
- AURA
-
noun,
a distinctive and pervasive quality or character; air; atmosphere:
- Aus.
-
- aut-
-
- ruin
-
noun,
ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay:
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- lats
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Latvia, equal to 100 santimi.
- Lat.
-
- last
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- ciao
-
interjection,
(used as a word of greeting or parting): hello; goodbye; so long; see you later.
- ious
-
- Lars
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- Lari
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- LARC
-
noun,
long-acting reversible contraceptive (or contraception):
- Cato
-
noun,
Marcus Porcius [pawr-shee-uh s,, -shuh s] /ˈpɔr ʃi əs,, -ʃəs/ (Show IPA), ("the Elder"or"the Censor") 234–149 b.c, Roman statesman, soldier, and writer.
- Laos
-
noun,
a country in SE Asia: formerly part of French Indochina. 91,500 sq. mi. (236,985 sq. km). Capital: Vientiane.
- Laon
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Aisne, in N France, E of Paris.
- caul
-
noun,
a part of the amnion sometimes covering the head of a child at birth.
- 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.
- Lani
-
- Lana
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- LAIS
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- lair
-
noun,
a den or resting place of a wild animal:
- lain
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- laic
-
noun,
one of the laity.
- Lina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- lino
-
noun,
linoleum.
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- cir.
-
- lout
-
noun,
an awkward, stupid person; clumsy, ill-mannered boor; oaf.
- lour
-
verb (used without object), noun,
lower2 .
- loun
-
noun,
loon2 .
- att.
-
- Loti
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Lesotho, equal to 100 lisente.
- Lota
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- cis-
-
- lost
-
Idioms,
get lost, Slang.
to absent oneself:
to stop being a nuisance:
- Lorn
-
noun,
Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
- atar
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- Lois
-
noun,
a female given name.
- loin
-
noun,
Usually, loins. the part or parts of the human body or of a quadruped animal on either side of the spinal column, between the false ribs and hipbone.
- loci
-
noun,
plural of locus.
- loca
-
noun,
a plural of locus.
- loan
-
noun,
the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something:
- Lins
-
noun,
a city in E Brazil.
- LISA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- lint
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- Lion
-
noun,
a large, usually tawny-yellow cat, Panthera leo, native to Africa and southern Asia, having a tufted tail and, in the male, a large mane.
- Attu
-
noun,
the westernmost of the Aleutian Islands: Japanese occupation 1942–43.
- attn
-
- Lira
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- cion
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- ator
-
- atic
-
- LIST
-
noun,
a series of names or other items written or printed together in a meaningful grouping or sequence so as to constitute a record:
- lit.
-
- lits
-
noun,
litas.
- litu
-
noun,
a plural of litas.
- 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.
- Atli
-
noun,
Attila, king of the Huns: represented in the Volsunga Saga as the brother of Brynhild and the second husband of Gudrun, whose brothers he killed in order to get the Nibelung treasure.
- ICAO
-
- ANTA
-
noun,
a privately supported organization, chartered by Congress in 1935, for the encouragement and advancement of professional and nonprofessional theater.
- lacs
-
noun,
a resinous substance deposited on the twigs of various trees in southern Asia by the female of the lac insect: used in the manufacture of varnishes, sealing wax, etc., and in the production of a red coloring matter.
Compare shellac (defs 1, 2).
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- rit.
-
- RISC
-
noun,
reduced instruction set computer: a computer whose central processing unit recognizes a relatively small number of instructions, which it can execute very rapidly.
- 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.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- cur.
-
- curl
-
noun,
a coil or ringlet of hair.
- Rico
-
noun,
Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act: a U.S. law, enacted in 1970, allowing victims of organized crime to sue those responsible for punitive damages.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- rial
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- ACAA
-
- Acis
-
noun,
the lover of Galatea, killed by Polyphemus out of jealousy.
- Carl
-
noun,
Scot.
a strong, robust fellow, especially a strong manual laborer.
a miser; an extremely thrifty person.
- ACLS
-
- ACLU
-
- RNAS
-
- acr-
-
- rasa
-
noun,
(in Hindu aesthetics) flavor, sentiment, or emotion: regarded as one of the fundamental qualities of classical music, dance, and poetry.
- curn
-
noun,
a grain.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- curs
-
noun,
a mongrel dog, especially a worthless or unfriendly one.
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- rain
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- rail
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- Raia
-
noun,
rayah.
- Acta
-
plural noun,
official records, as of acts, deeds, proceedings, transactions, or the like.
- ACTS
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- Acus
-
noun,
Surgery. a needle, especially one used in a surgical operation.
- Cara
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Italian word meaning “dear one.”.
- cunt
-
noun,
the vulva or vagina.
- AAAS
-
- iso-
-
- cts.
-
- Cost
-
noun,
the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
- crus
-
noun,
the part of the leg or hind limb between the femur or thigh and the ankle or tarsus; shank.
- crut
-
noun,
crud (def 1).
- CART
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- Cort
-
- rout
-
noun,
a defeat attended with disorderly flight; dispersal of a defeated force in complete disorder:
- CORN
-
noun,
Also called Indian corn; especially technical and British, maize. a tall cereal plant, Zea mays, cultivated in many varieties, having a jointed, solid stem and bearing the grain, seeds, or kernels on large ears.
- ROUS
-
noun,
(Francis) Peyton, 1879–1970, U.S. pathologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1966.
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- ROTL
-
noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- Cori
-
noun,
Carl Ferdinand, 1896–1984, and his wife, Gerty Theresa, 1896–1957, U.S. biochemists, born in Austria-Hungary: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1947.
- Cora
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. Kore.
- Cor.
-
- ctr.
-
- Con.
-
- AAAL
-
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- ARCS
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- ROTC
-
noun,
a body of students at some colleges and universities who are given training toward becoming officers in the armed forces. Abbreviation: ROTC, R.O.T.C.
- 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.
- COLT
-
noun,
a young male animal of the horse family.
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- RONA
-
- roil
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- Carn
-
noun,
cairn.
- rocs
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- cult
-
noun,
a particular system of religious worship, especially with reference to its rites and ceremonies.
- Roca
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in W Portugal, near Lisbon: the western extremity of continental Europe.
- Cuna
-
noun,
a member of a group of American Indian people inhabiting settlements on the Isthmus of Panama and islands in the Gulf of San Blas.
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- itol
-
- ails
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- NTIA
-
- alt.
-
- Alco
-
- oils
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- coal
-
noun,
a black or dark-brown combustible mineral substance consisting of carbonized vegetable matter, used as a fuel.
Compare anthracite, bituminous coal, lignite.
- Alis
-
- ALIT
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
- Cnut
-
noun,
Canute.
- Oct.
-
- Also
-
adverb,
in addition; too; besides; as well:
- Cana
-
noun,
an ancient town in N Israel, in Galilee: scene of Jesus' first miracle. John 2:1, 11.
- Can.
-
- ocas
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- CALS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Calvin.
- iana
-
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- alts
-
noun,
in alt, in the first octave above the treble staff.
- Cal.
-
- Anas
-
- Cain
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- IATA
-
- clou
-
noun,
a major point of interest or attention.
- Anil
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- ano-
-
- anoa
-
noun,
a small forest buffalo, Bubalus (Anoa) depressicornis, of the island of Celebes, having a brown coat and straight, sharp-tipped horns: an endangered species.
- ical
-
- ansa
-
noun,
Archaeology. a looped handle, especially of a vase.
- nurl
-
noun,
a small ridge or bead, especially one of a series, as on a button for decoration or on the edge of a thumbscrew to assist in obtaining a firm grip.
- ANSI
-
- ant.
-
- coat
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- Alar
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having wings; alary.
- outs
-
noun,
a means of escape or excuse, as from a place, punishment, retribution, responsibility, etc.:
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- out-
-
- oust
-
verb (used with object),
to expel or remove from a place or position occupied:
- cols
-
noun,
Physical Geography. a pass or depression in a mountain range or ridge.
- ours
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- Coln
-
noun,
former German name of Cologne.
- Curt
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Curtis.
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- Ainu
-
noun,
a member of an aboriginal population of northernmost Japan, having lighter skin and hairier bodies than other Japanese.
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- COLA
-
noun,
a carbonated soft drink containing an extract made from kola nuts, together with sweeteners and other flavorings.
- otic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ear; auricular.
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- Col.
-
- Alan
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Celtic word meaning “harmony.”.
- Ont.
-
- Olin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- coil
-
noun,
a connected series of spirals or rings into which a rope or the like is wound.
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- coin
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- Alai
-
noun,
a mountain range in SW Kyrgyzstan, part of the Tien Shan. To 19,280 feet (5880 meters).
- Ala.
-
- onus
-
noun,
a difficult or disagreeable obligation, task, burden, etc.
- orcs
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- oral
-
noun,
an oral examination in a school, college, or university, given especially to a candidate for an advanced degree.
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- coir
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- Orca
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- Catt
-
noun,
Carrie Chapman Lane, 1859–1947, U.S. leader in women's suffrage movements.
- run
-
noun,
an act or instance, or a period of running:
- CIA
-
- CLI
-
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- Clo
-
- CLR
-
- CLU
-
- CNO
-
- 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.
- CNS
-
- TNT
-
- tlr
-
- tlo
-
- TLC
-
- Tiu
-
noun,
an English god of the sky and of war, the equivalent of Tyr in Scandinavian mythology.
- COS
-
noun,
romaine.
- tot
-
noun,
a small child.
- ASA
-
noun,
a king of Judah, 913?–873? b.c. I Kings 15:8–24.
- CAS
-
verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- 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.
- AIC
-
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- ur-
-
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- uns
-
- UNO
-
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- ACS
-
- unc
-
- Una
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “one.”.
- ALC
-
- ult
-
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- UIT
-
- UCR
-
- USA
-
- ACT
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- Uri
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- ALU
-
- al.
-
- AAA
-
- uti
-
- UTC
-
- ac-
-
- Uta
-
noun,
any of several iguanid lizards of the genus Uta, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico.
- AIA
-
- USR
-
- USO
-
- USN
-
- AAU
-
- an.
-
- Ar.
-
- USC
-
- AUC
-
- urs
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city on the Euphrates, in S Iraq: extensive excavations, especially of royal tombs.
- urn
-
noun,
a large or decorative vase, especially one with an ornamental foot or pedestal.
- Aar
-
- AAS
-
noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- UAR
-
- Tut
-
noun,
an exclamation of “tut.”.
- CAR
-
noun,
an automobile.
- CIO
-
noun,
a federation of affiliated industrial labor unions, founded 1935 within the American Federation of Labor but independent of it 1938–55. Abbreviation: C.I.O., CIO.
- ASU
-
- at.
-
- ATA
-
- ATC
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- AUA
-
- ca.
-
- Co.
-
- Tro
-
- cr.
-
- cs.
-
- ct.
-
- cl.
-
- CAA
-
- tra
-
- tr.
-
- CAI
-
- ast
-
- ASR
-
- ANC
-
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- ANU
-
noun,
a twining herb, Tropaeolum tuberosum, of the nasturtium family, found in the Andes, having edible tubers and large flowers with yellow petals and red spurs.
- AOA
-
- aor
-
- AOU
-
- ARA
-
noun,
the Altar, a southern constellation between Triangulum Australe and Scorpius.
- tun
-
noun,
a large cask for holding liquids, especially wine, ale, or beer.
- tui
-
noun,
a black New Zealand honey eater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, having a patch of white feathers on each side of the throat, sometimes tamed as a pet.
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- Tu.
-
- TTS
-
- 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.
- TSI
-
- ARS
-
- ARU
-
- ASI
-
- ASN
-
- COT
-
noun,
a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
- Ir.
-
- CRS
-
- SLA
-
- NRA
-
- NRC
-
- NSA
-
- NSC
-
- NSU
-
- SLR
-
- NUL
-
- NUS
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- Oc.
-
- OSA
-
- SNU
-
- OTC
-
- oar
-
noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- OAS
-
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- OAU
-
- Oca
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- OCR
-
- nr.
-
- SOC
-
noun,
sociology or a class or course in sociology.
- OCS
-
- CRT
-
- LST
-
- LTA
-
- ltr
-
- STI
-
- Luo
-
noun,
a member of a people living mainly in southwest Kenya.
- NCO
-
- NUT
-
noun,
a dry fruit consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shell.
- NAA
-
- Sta
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- NOC
-
- Sr.
-
- Sou
-
noun,
(formerly) either of two bronze coins of France, equal to 5 centimes and 10 centimes.
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- NIA
-
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- SIC
-
adverb,
so; thus: usually written parenthetically to denote that a word, phrase, passage, etc., that may appear strange or incorrect has been written intentionally or has been quoted verbatim: (sic).
- LSI
-
- ROI
-
- RCN
-
- RCT
-
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- RNA
-
- ROA
-
- ROC
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- Sal
-
noun,
salt1 .
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- SAR
-
- SAC
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- SAA
-
- SRO
-
- So.
-
- rut
-
noun,
a furrow or track in the ground, especially one made by the passage of a vehicle or vehicles.
- Rs.
-
- RSA
-
- rt.
-
- RTS
-
- RCA
-
- 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.
- oic
-
- orc
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- oil
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- OIr
-
- OIt
-
- Ola
-
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- ONI
-
- ONR
-
- ons
-
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- ot-
-
- OTA
-
- sc.
-
- OTS
-
- oui
-
adverb, noun,
yes.
- our
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- Sau
-
noun,
German name of Sava.
- RCS
-
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- STL
-
- St.
-
- LSC
-
- 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.
- il-
-
- ILA
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- ILO
-
- ILS
-
- in.
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- IOC
-
- ion
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- ior
-
- IOT
-
- IAS
-
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- IOU
-
- IRC
-
- IRL
-
- IRO
-
- IRS
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ISA
-
- Isl
-
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- ICA
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- TAT
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do, or make by, tatting.
- ist
-
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- cru
-
noun,
(in France) a vineyard producing wine of high quality, sometimes classified by the government as either a Great Growth (Grand Cru) or a First Growth (Premier Cru)
- CSA
-
- CSO
-
- CSR
-
- CST
-
- CTA
-
- ctn
-
plural,
carton.
- 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.
- Cui
-
noun,
César [French sey-zar] /French seɪˈzar/ (Show IPA), Antonovich [Russian uhn-taw-nuh-vyich] /Russian ʌnˈtɔ nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1835–1918, Russian composer.
- TIA
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- TCS
-
- TCA
-
- Cut
-
noun,
the act of cutting; a stroke or a blow, as with a knife, whip, etc.
- ics
-
- TAU
-
noun,
the 19th letter of the Greek alphabet (T, τ).
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- ITU
-
- io-
-
- Ia.
-
- ial
-
- ISR
-
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- uts
-
noun,
the syllable once generally used for the first tone or keynote of a scale and sometimes for the tone C: now commonly superseded by do.
- TAL
-
- Sui
-
noun,
a dynasty ruling in China a.d. 589–618.
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- SUN
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the star that is the central body of the solar system, around which the planets revolve and from which they receive light and heat: its mean distance from the earth is about 93 million miles (150 million km), its diameter about 864,000 miles (1.4 million km), and its mass about 330,000 times that of the earth; its period of surface rotation is about 26 days at its equator but longer at higher latitudes.
- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- LCT
-
- Stu
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stewart or Stuart.
- LCI
-
- LCA
-
- Las
-
noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- LAR
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- LAO
-
noun,
a member of a people of Laos and northern Thailand.
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- LAC
-
noun,
a resinous substance deposited on the twigs of various trees in southern Asia by the female of the lac insect: used in the manufacture of varnishes, sealing wax, etc., and in the production of a red coloring matter.
Compare shellac (defs 1, 2).
- Lai
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noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- Lt.
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- Lot
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noun,
one of a set of objects, as straws or pebbles, drawn or thrown from a container to decide a question or choice by chance.
- La.
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- LON
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- LOC
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- Lou
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noun,
a male given name, form of Louis.
- IUS
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- ITO
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noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- ITC
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- ITA
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- A.
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noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- NI
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- RO
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- TI
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noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- SU
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- AA
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noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- RU
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- TN
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- NC
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- AO
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- SA
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- TL
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- AU
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plural,
to the; at the; with the.
- NA
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adverb,
no1 .
- N.
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- UT
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noun,
the syllable once generally used for the first tone or keynote of a scale and sometimes for the tone C: now commonly superseded by do.
- AI
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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.
- LU
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noun,
a male or female given name, form of Lou.
- CU
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- ln
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- LO
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adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
- SL
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- S.
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- TC
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- OA
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- i.
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- ol
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- U.
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- O.
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- UC
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- L.
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- UI
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- NU
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noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- UL
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- LC
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- LI
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noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- LR
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- SI
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noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- SN
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- L1
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- ic
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- L2
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- No
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noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- NL
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- TA
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noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- T1
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- OU
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noun,
a rare Hawaiian honeycreeper, Psittirostra psittacea, having an olive-green body, a parrotlike bill, and in the male a bright yellow head.
- t.
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- R.
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- RA
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noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- RC
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- IT
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noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- RI
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- RN
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- TT
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