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Word astronautics has
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- 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.
- saturation
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noun,
the act or process of saturating.
- transacts
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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.
- Naucratis
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noun,
an ancient Greek city in N Egypt, on the Nile delta.
- strontias
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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.
- contrasts
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noun,
the act of contrasting; the state of being contrasted.
- astronaut
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noun,
a person engaged in or trained for spaceflight.
- sacristan
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noun,
Also called sacrist [sak-rist, sey-krist] /ˈsæk rɪst, ˈseɪ krɪst/ (Show IPA). an official in charge of the sacred vessels, vestments, etc., of a church or a religious house.
- turncoats
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noun,
a person who changes to the opposite party or faction, reverses principles, etc.; renegade.
- arcuation
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noun,
the state of being bent or curved.
- suctorian
-
noun,
a suctorial animal.
- antirusts
-
noun,
something that prevents or resists rust.
- 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.
- causation
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noun,
the action of causing or producing.
- saturants
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noun,
something that causes saturation.
- croissant
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noun,
a rich, buttery, crescent-shaped roll of leavened dough or puff paste.
- 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.
- anacrusis
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noun,
Prosody. an unstressed syllable or syllable group that begins a line of verse but is not counted as part of the first foot.
- 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.
- cassation
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noun,
annulment; cancellation; reversal.
- suctions
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noun,
the act, process, or condition of sucking.
- anacusis
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noun,
total deafness.
- turncoat
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noun,
a person who changes to the opposite party or faction, reverses principles, etc.; renegade.
- instruct
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verb (used with object),
to furnish with knowledge, especially by a systematic method; teach; train; educate.
- Croatian
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noun,
a Croat.
- turistas
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noun,
tourista.
- nocturia
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noun,
a condition in which one often wakes up during the night to urinate.
- cistrons
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noun,
a segment of DNA that encodes for the formation of a specific polypeptide chain; a structural gene.
- 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.
- antirust
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noun,
something that prevents or resists rust.
- ructions
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noun,
a disturbance, quarrel, or row.
- cantoris
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adjective,
of or relating to the gospel or liturgical north side of a church (opposed to decani).
- incrusts
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verb (used with object),
to cover or line with a crust or hard coating.
- rainouts
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noun,
a contest, performance, or the like, that has been rained out.
- 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.
- tsarinas
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noun,
czarina.
- stations
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noun,
a place or position in which a person or thing is normally located.
- arsonist
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noun,
a person who commits arson.
- ocarinas
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noun,
a simple musical wind instrument shaped somewhat like an elongated egg with a mouthpiece and finger holes.
- arnattos
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noun,
annatto (def 2).
- raincoat
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noun,
a waterproof or water-repellent coat worn as protection against rain.
- cautions
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noun,
alertness and prudence in a hazardous situation; care; wariness:
- Siracusa
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noun,
Syracuse (def 2).
- sautoirs
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noun,
a ribbon, chain, scarf, or the like, tied around the neck in such a manner that the ends cross over each other.
- arcanist
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noun,
a person professing special secret knowledge concerning ceramics, especially concerning the making of porcelain.
- 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.
- astricts
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verb (used with object),
to bind fast; constrain.
- Asturian
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Asturias.
- Asturias
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noun,
Miguel Ángel [mee-gel ahng-hel] /miˈgɛl ˈɑŋ hɛl/ (Show IPA), 1899–1974, Guatemalan novelist, poet, and short-story writer: Nobel Prize 1967.
- transits
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noun,
the act or fact of passing across or through; passage from one place to another.
- 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.
- ricottas
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noun,
a soft Italian cheese that resembles cottage cheese.
- carotins
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noun,
carotene.
- oscitant
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adjective,
yawning, as with drowsiness; gaping.
- taciturn
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adjective,
inclined to silence; reserved in speech; reluctant to join in conversation.
- courants
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noun,
courante.
- traction
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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.
- surcoats
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noun,
a garment worn over medieval armor, often embroidered with heraldic arms.
- acrasins
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noun,
a chemotactic substance, identical with cAMP, secreted by myxamebas of cellular slime molds and attracting other myxamebas to aggregate and form a pseudoplasmodium.
- contrast
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noun,
the act of contrasting; the state of being contrasted.
- naturist
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noun,
a person who appreciates the beauty and benefits of nature.
- scarious
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adjective,
thin, dry, and membranous, as certain bracts; chaffy.
- autocrat
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noun,
an absolute ruler, especially a monarch who holds and exercises the powers of government as by inherent right, not subject to restrictions.
- urticant
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adjective,
producing a stinging or itching sensation.
- intrusts
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verb (used with object),
entrust.
- titanous
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adjective,
containing trivalent titanium.
- tactions
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noun,
touch; contact.
- saturant
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noun,
something that causes saturation.
- saurians
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noun,
a saurian animal, as a dinosaur or lizard.
- narcosis
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noun,
a state of stupor or drowsiness.
- sarcinas
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noun,
any of several spherical, saprophytic bacteria of the genus Sarcina, having a cuboidal cell arrangement.
- actuator
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noun,
a person or thing that actuates.
- intortus
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adjective,
(of a cirrus cloud) having very irregular filaments that often look entangled.
- 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.
- issuant
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adjective,
Heraldry. (of a beast) represented with the body erect and only the forepart visible:
- nutrias
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noun,
the coypu.
- Tournai
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noun,
a city in W Belgium, on the Scheldt River.
- astatic
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adjective,
unstable; unsteady.
- tourist
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noun,
a person who is traveling, especially for pleasure.
- Canossa
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noun,
a ruined castle in N Italy: scene of the penance of Emperor Henry IV of the Holy Roman Empire before Pope Gregory VII in 1077.
- straits
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noun,
Often, straits. (used with a singular verb) a narrow passage of water connecting two large bodies of water.
- casinos
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noun,
a building or large room used for meetings, entertainment, dancing, etc., especially such a place equipped with gambling devices, gambling tables, etc.
- strains
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noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- casitas
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noun,
a small crude dwelling forming part of a shantytown inhabited by Mexican laborers in the southwestern U.S.
- taction
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noun,
touch; contact.
- ocarina
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noun,
a simple musical wind instrument shaped somewhat like an elongated egg with a mouthpiece and finger holes.
- aurists
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noun,
a physician specializing in the treatment of ear diseases; otologist.
- Cassatt
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noun,
Mary, 1845–1926, U.S. painter.
- natator
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noun,
a swimmer.
- Statius
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noun,
Publius Papinius [puhb-lee-uh s puh-pin-ee-uh s] /ˈpʌb li əs pəˈpɪn i əs/ (Show IPA), a.d. c45–c96, Roman poet.
- auction
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noun,
Also called public sale. a publicly held sale at which property or goods are sold to the highest bidder.
- castors
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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.
- statics
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noun,
the branch of mechanics that deals with bodies at rest or forces in equilibrium.
- station
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noun,
a place or position in which a person or thing is normally located.
- toucans
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noun,
any of several usually brightly colored, fruit-eating birds of the family Ramphastidae, of tropical America, having a very large bill.
- tantras
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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
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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.
- tarsias
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noun,
intarsia.
- stators
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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).
- Toscana
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noun,
Italian name of Tuscany.
- Tarasco
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noun,
Tarascan.
- Cassino
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noun,
casino (def 3).
- octants
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noun,
the eighth part of a circle.
- cassina
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noun,
dahoon.
- incross
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noun,
a mating between organisms that are both homozygous for the same allele.
- attains
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verb (used with object),
to reach, achieve, or accomplish; gain; obtain:
- stratas
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noun,
a plural of stratum.
- Tristan
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noun,
a male given name, form of Tristram.
- carious
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adjective,
having caries, as teeth; decayed.
- surcoat
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noun,
a garment worn over medieval armor, often embroidered with heraldic arms.
- casuist
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noun,
an oversubtle or disingenuous reasoner, especially in questions of morality.
- autoist
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noun,
motorist.
- Trianta
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noun,
Trianda.
- atonics
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noun,
Grammar. an unaccented word, syllable, or sound.
- instars
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noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- tricots
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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.
- strunts
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noun,
the fleshy part or stump of a tail, especially of a horse's tail.
- suasion
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noun,
the act of advising, urging, or attempting to persuade; persuasion.
- carinas
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noun,
Zoology. a keellike part or ridge, especially a ridge of bone on the ventral side of the sternum of birds.
- suction
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noun,
the act, process, or condition of sucking.
- nitrous
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adjective,
pertaining to compounds obtained from niter, usually containing less oxygen than the corresponding nitric compounds.
- carotin
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noun,
carotene.
- Austria
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noun,
a republic in central Europe. 32,381 sq. mi. (83,865 sq. km). Capital: Vienna.
- Austro-
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- strato-
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- carnous
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adjective,
carnose.
- strati-
-
- caisson
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noun,
a structure used in underwater work, consisting of an airtight chamber, open at the bottom and containing air under sufficient pressure to exclude the water.
- astrict
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verb (used with object),
to bind fast; constrain.
- Tacitus
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noun,
Publius Cornelius [puhb-lee-uh s] /ˈpʌb li əs/ (Show IPA), a.d. c55–c120, Roman historian.
- attorns
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verb (used with object),
to turn over to another; transfer.
- stratus
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noun,
a cloud of a class characterized by a gray, horizontal layer with a uniform base, found at a lower altitude than altostratus, usually below 8000 feet (2400 meters).
- Susiana
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noun,
Elam.
- intrust
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verb (used with object),
entrust.
- caritas
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noun,
charity.
- cortina
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noun,
a weblike, often evanescent veil covering the gills or hanging from the cap edge of certain mushrooms, particularly those of genus Cortinarius, and sometimes persisting as a ring or remnant of fibrils around the mushroom stalk.
- tritons
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noun,
a positively-charged particle consisting of a proton and two neutrons, equivalent to the nucleus of an atom of tritium.
- sustain
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verb (used with object),
to support, hold, or bear up from below; bear the weight of, as a structure.
- incrust
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verb (used with object),
to cover or line with a crust or hard coating.
- Transit
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noun,
the act or fact of passing across or through; passage from one place to another.
- sautoir
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noun,
a ribbon, chain, scarf, or the like, tied around the neck in such a manner that the ends cross over each other.
- outcast
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noun,
a person who is rejected or cast out, as from home or society:
- anattos
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noun,
annatto.
- uranias
-
noun,
uranium dioxide.
- cratons
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noun,
a relatively rigid and immobile region of continental portions of the earth's crust.
- rustics
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noun,
a country person.
- uncross
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verb (used with object),
to change from a crossed position, as the legs.
- scotias
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noun,
a deep concave molding between two fillets, as in the Attic base.
- 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.
- Russian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Russia.
- ruction
-
noun,
a disturbance, quarrel, or row.
- tocsins
-
noun,
a signal, especially of alarm, sounded on a bell or bells.
- 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.
- Scutari
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noun,
Lake, a lake between NW Albania and Montenegro. About 135 sq. mi. (350 sq. km).
- Ascaris
-
noun,
any parasitic roundworm of the genus Ascaris, found in the human small intestine and causing colic and diarrhea.
- turista
-
noun,
tourista.
- Roscius
-
noun,
Quintus [kwin-tuh s] /ˈkwɪn təs/ (Show IPA), c126–c62 b.c, Roman actor.
- Roscian
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adjective,
of, relating to, or involving acting.
- Sinatra
-
noun,
Frank (Francis Albert) 1915–98, U.S. singer and actor.
- antiars
-
noun,
the upas tree.
- cranio-
-
- conatus
-
noun,
an effort or striving.
- anurias
-
noun,
the absence or suppression of urine.
- acinous
-
adjective,
consisting of acini.
- saurian
-
noun,
a saurian animal, as a dinosaur or lizard.
- Costain
-
noun,
Thomas Bertram, 1885–1965, U.S. novelist, historian, and editor, born in Canada.
- satoris
-
noun,
sudden enlightenment.
- costars
-
noun,
a performer, especially an actor or actress, who shares star billing with another.
- satanic
-
adjective,
of Satan.
- Aaronic
-
adjective,
of or relating to Aaron.
- sarcous
-
adjective,
consisting of or pertaining to flesh or skeletal muscle.
- courant
-
noun,
courante.
- Sarcina
-
noun,
any of several spherical, saprophytic bacteria of the genus Sarcina, having a cuboidal cell arrangement.
- consist
-
noun,
Railroads.
the rolling stock, exclusive of the locomotive, making up a train.
a record made of this rolling stock.
- contras
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noun,
(often initial capital letter) a member of a counterrevolutionary guerrilla group in Nicaragua.
- 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.
- contra-
-
- santirs
-
noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- sanious
-
adjective,
characterized by the discharge of sanies.
- Sanctus
-
noun,
(italics). Also called Tersanctus. the hymn beginning “Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of hosts,” with which the Eucharistic preface culminates.
- constr.
-
- actino-
-
- cistron
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noun,
a segment of DNA that encodes for the formation of a specific polypeptide chain; a structural gene.
- cuirass
-
noun,
Also called corselet. defensive armor for the torso comprising a breastplate and backplate, originally made of leather.
- turacos
-
noun,
touraco.
- tanists
-
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.
- aristo-
-
- outacts
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verb (used with object),
to outdo in acting.
- rainout
-
noun,
a contest, performance, or the like, that has been rained out.
- sonatas
-
noun,
a composition for one or two instruments, typically in three or four movements in contrasted forms and keys.
- tsarist
-
noun,
an adherent of a czar or of czarism.
- artisan
-
noun,
a person skilled in an applied art; a craftsperson.
- caution
-
noun,
alertness and prudence in a hazardous situation; care; wariness:
- Socinus
-
noun,
Faustus [faw-stuh s] /ˈfɔ stəs/ (Show IPA), (Fausto Sozzini) 1539–1604, and his uncle, Laelius [lee-lee-uh s] /ˈli li əs/ (Show IPA) (Lelio Sozzini), 1525–62, Italian Protestant theologians and reformers.
- outsits
-
verb (used with object),
to sit longer than; outwait:
- 2,4,5-t
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noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- 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.
- Aruntas
-
noun,
Aranda.
- ricotta
-
noun,
a soft Italian cheese that resembles cottage cheese.
- rations
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- Curtiss
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noun,
Glenn Hammond, 1878–1930, U.S. inventor: pioneer in the field of aviation.
- arnatto
-
noun,
annatto (def 2).
- arnicas
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Arnica, having opposite leaves and yellow flower heads.
- Sno-Cat
-
- aorists
-
noun,
a verb tense, as in Classical Greek, expressing action or, in the indicative mood, past action, without further limitation or implication.
- curiosa
-
plural noun,
books, pamphlets, etc., dealing with unusual subjects.
- racists
-
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.
- soucars
-
noun,
a Hindu banker.
- rattons
-
noun,
a rat.
- cations
-
noun,
a positively charged ion that is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis.
- curtain
-
noun,
a hanging piece of fabric used to shut out the light from a window, adorn a room, increase privacy, etc.
- tsarina
-
noun,
czarina.
- rattans
-
noun,
Also called rattan palm. any of various climbing palms of the genus Calamus or allied genera.
- aristos
-
noun,
aristocrat.
- 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.
- intro.
-
- intra-
-
- cut-in
-
noun,
Movies. a still, as of a scene or an object, inserted in a film and interrupting the action or continuity:
- intros
-
noun,
an introduction.
- counts
-
noun,
the act of counting; enumeration; reckoning; calculation:
- cottas
-
noun,
a surplice.
- iatro-
-
- COSTAR
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noun,
a performer, especially an actor or actress, who shares star billing with another.
- 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.
- 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.
- tarso-
-
- 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.
- custos
-
noun,
(italics) Latin. a custodian.
- crasis
-
noun,
composition; constitution; makeup.
- 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.
- tincts
-
noun,
tint; tinge; coloring.
- curios
-
noun,
any unusual article, object of art, etc., valued as a curiosity.
- tauro-
-
- incurs
-
verb (used with object),
to come into or acquire (some consequence, usually undesirable or injurious):
- instar
-
noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- taunts
-
noun,
an insulting gibe or sarcasm; scornful reproach or challenge.
- tauto-
-
- instr.
-
- tiaras
-
noun,
a jeweled, ornamental coronet worn by women.
- Curtin
-
noun,
John, 1885–1945, Australian statesman: prime minister 1941–45.
- tinct.
-
- C-star
-
noun,
carbon star.
- Tatius
-
noun,
a Sabine king who, following the rape of the Sabine women, attacked Rome and eventually ruled with Romulus.
- Tissot
-
noun,
James Joseph Jacques [zham zhaw-zef zhahk,, zheymz] /ʒam ʒɔˈzɛf ʒɑk,, ʒeɪmz/ (Show IPA), 1836–1902, French painter.
- intact
-
adjective,
not altered, broken, or impaired; remaining uninjured, sound, or whole; untouched; unblemished:
- cross-
-
- Cronus
-
noun,
a Titan, son of Uranus and Gaea, who was dethroned by his son Zeus.
- tarots
-
noun,
any of a set of 22 playing cards bearing allegorical representations, used for fortunetelling and as trump cards in tarok.
- Crista
-
noun,
a crest or ridge.
- craton
-
noun,
a relatively rigid and immobile region of continental portions of the earth's crust.
- 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.
- tarsia
-
noun,
intarsia.
- Crania
-
noun,
the skull of a vertebrate.
- Cousin
-
noun,
Also called first cousin, full cousin. the son or daughter of an uncle or aunt.
See also second cousin, removed (def 2).
- Tarsus
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. the bones of the proximal segment of the foot; the bones between the tibia and the metatarsus, contributing to the construction of the ankle joint.
- Straus
-
noun,
Isidor, 1845–1912, U.S. retail merchant and politician, born in Bavaria: congressman 1894–95 (brother of Nathan and Oscar Solomon Straus).
- 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.
- rosins
-
noun,
Chemistry. the yellowish to amber, translucent, hard, brittle, fragmented resin left after distilling the oil of turpentine from the crude oleoresin of the pine: used chiefly in making varnishes, varnish and paint driers, printing inks, and for rubbing on the bows of such string instruments as the violin.
- Russia
-
noun,
Also called Russian Empire. Russian Rossiya. a former empire in E Europe and N and W Asia: overthrown by the Russian Revolution 1917. Capital: St. Petersburg (1703–1917).
- Scotti
-
noun,
Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1866–1936, Italian baritone.
- Scotts
-
noun,
Barbara Ann, 1928–2012, Canadian figure skater.
- Scotus
-
noun,
John Duns, Duns Scotus, John.
- ruanas
-
noun,
a poncholike outer garment of heavy wool, worn especially in the mountains of Colombia.
- scours
-
noun,
the act of scouring.
- scouts
-
noun,
a soldier, warship, airplane, etc., employed in reconnoitering.
- scrota
-
noun,
the pouch of skin that contains the testes.
- rousts
-
verb (used with object),
to rout, as from a place:
- Rosita
-
noun,
a female given name, Spanish form of Rose.
- Rosina
-
noun,
a female given name, Italian form of Rose.
- rustic
-
noun,
a country person.
- 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.
- roasts
-
noun,
roasted meat or a piece of roasted meat, as a piece of beef or veal of a quantity and shape for slicing into more than one portion.
- sitars
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- rictus
-
noun,
the gape of the mouth of a bird.
- riatas
-
noun,
a lariat.
- snorts
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- ratton
-
noun,
a rat.
- Rattan
-
noun,
Also called rattan palm. any of various climbing palms of the genus Calamus or allied genera.
- ration
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- ratans
-
noun,
rattan.
- sonars
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- Russo-
-
- Rustin
-
noun,
Bayard [bey-erd] /ˈbeɪ ərd/ (Show IPA), 1910–1987, U.S. civil rights leader.
- sonics
-
noun,
the branch of science that deals with the practical applications of sound.
- Sanusi
-
noun,
a member of an Islamic brotherhood established among the anticolonial Bedouins of North Africa.
- saunas
-
noun,
a bath that uses dry heat to induce perspiration, and in which steam is produced by pouring water on heated stones.
- 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.
- satori
-
noun,
sudden enlightenment.
- satins
-
noun,
a fabric in a warp-effect or filling-effect satin weave, as acetate, rayon, nylon, or silk, often having a glossy face and a soft, slippery texture.
- scants
-
adverb,
Scot. and North England Dialect. scarcely; barely; hardly.
- Sarton
-
noun,
May, 1912–95, U.S. poet, novelist, and playwright.
- 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.
- sarco-
-
- sarans
-
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.
- scarts
-
verb (used with or without object),
to scratch, scrape, mark, or scar.
- Santos
-
noun,
a seaport in S Brazil: world's largest coffee-exporting port.
- Ruston
-
noun,
a city in N Louisiana.
- santir
-
noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- sancta
-
noun,
a sacred or holy place.
- scato-
-
- saints
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- sacro-
-
- scatts
-
noun,
scat5 .
- scions
-
noun,
a descendant.
- scoria
-
noun,
Metallurgy. the refuse, dross, or slag left after melting or smelting metal; scum.
- scorns
-
noun,
open or unqualified contempt; disdain:
- 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.
- Scotia
-
noun,
a deep concave molding between two fillets, as in the Attic base.
- sonata
-
noun,
a composition for one or two instruments, typically in three or four movements in contrasted forms and keys.
- racons
-
noun,
radar beacon.
- taints
-
noun,
a trace of something bad, offensive, or harmful.
- 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.
- struts
-
noun,
the act of strutting.
- norias
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- Stuart
-
noun,
a member of the royal family that ruled in Scotland from 1371 to 1714 and in England from 1603 to 1714.
- noctis
-
adjective,
(in prescriptions) of the night.
- nocti-
-
- sturts
-
noun,
violent quarreling.
- nitro-
-
- Nistru
-
noun,
Romanian name of Dniester.
- suints
-
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.
- suitor
-
noun,
a man who courts or woos a woman.
- Nassau
-
noun,
a seaport on New Providence Island: capital of the Bahamas; seaside resort.
- strict
-
adjective,
characterized by or acting in close conformity to requirements or principles:
- NASCAR
-
noun,
National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing.
- narcos
-
noun,
narc.
- narco-
-
- Susian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Susa or Susiana.
- sutras
-
noun,
Hinduism. a collection of aphorisms relating to some aspect of the conduct of life.
- Sutton
-
noun,
a borough of Greater London, England.
- Itasca
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in N Minnesota: one of the sources of the Mississippi River.
- tactus
-
noun,
the basic metrical unit in medieval music.
- isotac
-
noun,
a line drawn on a map connecting all points where ice starts to melt at approximately the same period in spring.
- Isaacs
-
noun,
Sir Isaac Alfred, 1855–1948, Australian jurist: governor general of Australia 1931–36.
- tainos
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- strunt
-
noun,
the fleshy part or stump of a tail, especially of a horse's tail.
- strata
-
noun,
a plural of stratum.
- 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.
- starts
-
noun,
a beginning of an action, journey, etc.
- 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).
- outsit
-
verb (used with object),
to sit longer than; outwait:
- outsat
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of outsit.
- outran
-
verb,
simple past tense of outrun.
- outact
-
verb (used with object),
to outdo in acting.
- soucar
-
noun,
a Hindu banker.
- ottars
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- Ossian
-
noun,
a legendary hero and poet and son of Finn, who is supposed to have lived during the 3rd century a.d., represented in Gaelic poems and in imitations of them written by James Macpherson in the 18th century.
- Stacia
-
noun,
a female given name.
- stains
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- oscars
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter O.
- static
-
noun,
Electricity.
static or atmospheric electricity.
interference due to such electricity.
- nutria
-
noun,
the coypu.
- 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).
- status
-
noun,
the position of an individual in relation to another or others, especially in regard to social or professional standing.
- stints
-
noun,
a period of time spent doing something:
- octant
-
noun,
the eighth part of a circle.
- Octans
-
noun,
the Octant, a southern constellation that contains the south celestial pole.
- stoats
-
noun,
the ermine, Mustela erminea, especially when in brown summer pelage.
- stoics
-
noun,
a member or adherent of the Stoic school of philosophy.
- stours
-
noun,
British Dialect.
tumult; confusion.
a storm.
- stouts
-
noun,
a dark, sweet brew made of roasted malt and having a higher percentage of hops than porter.
- Strain
-
noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- Strait
-
noun,
Often, straits. (used with a singular verb) a narrow passage of water connecting two large bodies of water.
- Coruna
-
noun,
La Coruña.
- 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.
- carats
-
noun,
a unit of weight in gemstones, 200 milligrams (about 3 grains of troy or avoirdupois weight). Abbreviation: c., ct.
- 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.
- austr-
-
- turion
-
noun,
a small shoot, as of asparagus or certain aquatic plants, from which a new plant can develop.
- artist
-
noun,
a person who produces works in any of the arts that are primarily subject to aesthetic criteria.
- Austin
-
noun,
Alfred, 1835–1913, English poet: poet laureate 1896–1913.
- casino
-
noun,
a building or large room used for meetings, entertainment, dancing, etc., especially such a place equipped with gambling devices, gambling tables, etc.
- Artois
-
noun,
a former province in N France: artesian wells.
- Arunta
-
noun,
Aranda.
- aurist
-
noun,
a physician specializing in the treatment of ear diseases; otologist.
- casita
-
noun,
a small crude dwelling forming part of a shantytown inhabited by Mexican laborers in the southwestern U.S.
- Cassia
-
noun,
Also called cassia bark, Chinese cinnamon. a variety of cinnamon derived from the cassia-bark tree.
- 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.
- Tuscan
-
noun,
the standard literary form of the Italian language.
- trans.
-
- Tustin
-
noun,
a city in SW California.
- Catano
-
noun,
a city in NE Puerto Rico, SW of San Juan.
- aniso-
-
- cation
-
noun,
a positively charged ion that is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis.
- tutors
-
noun,
a person employed to instruct another in some branch or branches of learning, especially a private instructor.
- attorn
-
verb (used with object),
to turn over to another; transfer.
- Catton
-
noun,
(Charles) Bruce, 1899–1978, U.S. journalist and historian.
- trusts
-
noun,
reliance on the integrity, strength, ability, surety, etc., of a person or thing; confidence.
- Attius
-
noun,
Lucius, Accius, Lucius.
- Attica
-
noun,
a region in SE Greece, surrounding Athens: under Athenian rule in ancient times.
- attars
-
noun,
Also, atar, athar, ottar, otto. a perfume or essential oil obtained from flowers or petals.
- ascots
-
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.
- arsons
-
noun,
Law. the malicious burning of another's house or property, or in some statutes, the burning of one's own house or property, as to collect insurance.
- antiar
-
noun,
the upas tree.
- triacs
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- arnica
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Arnica, having opposite leaves and yellow flower heads.
- cansos
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in SE Canada, the NE extremity of Nova Scotia.
- 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.
- Cantos
-
noun,
one of the main or larger divisions of a long poem.
- Tunica
-
noun,
a tunic.
- Cairns
-
noun,
a seaport in NE Australia.
- Tucson
-
noun,
a city in S Arizona: health resort.
- cantus
-
noun,
cantus firmus.
- 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.
- Arista
-
noun,
Botany. a bristlelike appendage of the spikelets of grains or grasses; an awn.
- aorist
-
noun,
a verb tense, as in Classical Greek, expressing action or, in the indicative mood, past action, without further limitation or implication.
- turaco
-
noun,
touraco.
- anuria
-
noun,
the absence or suppression of urine.
- Assiut
-
noun,
Asyut.
- Caruso
-
noun,
Enrico [en-ree-koh;; Italian en-ree-kaw] /ɛnˈri koʊ;; Italian ɛnˈri kɔ/ (Show IPA), 1873–1921, Italian operatic tenor.
- Tucana
-
noun,
the Toucan, a southern constellation between Octans and Phoenix.
- Carian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Caria.
- Carina
-
noun,
Zoology. a keellike part or ridge, especially a ridge of bone on the ventral side of the sternum of birds.
- turco-
-
- toucan
-
noun,
any of several usually brightly colored, fruit-eating birds of the family Ramphastidae, of tropical America, having a very large bill.
- 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.
- aroint
-
verb (imperative),
begone:
- Carson
-
noun,
Christopher ("Kit") 1809–68, U.S. frontiersman and scout.
- tsuris
-
noun,
trouble; woe.
- carton
-
noun,
a cardboard or plastic box used typically for storage or shipping.
- trains
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- arsino
-
adjective,
containing the arsino group.
- attain
-
verb (used with object),
to reach, achieve, or accomplish; gain; obtain:
- anatto
-
noun,
annatto.
- Urania
-
noun,
uranium dioxide.
- Acarus
-
noun,
a mite, especially of the genus Acarus.
- urano-
-
- Triton
-
noun,
a positively-charged particle consisting of a proton and two neutrons, equivalent to the nucleus of an atom of tritium.
- across
-
adverb,
from one side to another.
- coasts
-
noun,
the land next to the sea; seashore:
- astron
-
- 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.
- astro-
-
- asians
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Asia, or a person of Asian descent.
- truant
-
noun,
a student who stays away from school without permission.
- acious
-
- acinus
-
noun,
Botany. one of the small drupelets or berries of an aggregate, baccate fruit, as the blackberry.
- coitus
-
noun,
sexual intercourse, especially between a man and a woman.
- actins
-
noun,
a globulin that is present in muscle plasma and that in connection with myosin plays an important role in muscle contraction.
- trouts
-
noun,
any of several game fishes of the genus Salmo, related to the salmon.
Compare brown trout, cutthroat trout, rainbow trout.
- contr.
-
- Assuan
-
noun,
Aswan.
- Tocsin
-
noun,
a signal, especially of alarm, sounded on a bell or bells.
- toasts
-
noun,
sliced bread that has been browned by dry heat.
- asonia
-
noun,
tone deafness.
- Asosan
-
noun,
a volcano in SW Japan, in central Kyushu. 5225 feet (1593 meters); crater 12 miles (19 km) across.
- 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.
- corita
-
noun,
a boat resembling a large, woven basket, used by Indians of the southwestern U.S.
- assort
-
verb (used with object),
to distribute, place, or arrange according to kind or class; classify; sort.
- Uticas
-
noun,
an ancient city on the N coast of Africa, NW of Carthage.
- assoc.
-
- actin-
-
- urino-
-
- cantar
-
noun,
a poem consisting of four-line stanzas, each line having eight syllables.
- 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.
- 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.
- uranic
-
adjective,
of or containing uranium, especially in the tetravalent state.
- 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.
- action
-
noun,
the process or state of acting or of being active:
- atonic
-
noun,
Grammar. an unaccented word, syllable, or sound.
- Stans
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Nidwalden, in central Switzerland.
- Arius
-
noun,
died a.d. 336, Christian priest at Alexandria: founder of Arianism.
- stirs
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- racon
-
noun,
radar beacon.
- ascon
-
noun,
a type of sponge having an oval shape and a thin body wall with pores leading directly into the spongocoel.
- raias
-
noun,
rayah.
- stint
-
noun,
a period of time spent doing something:
- ornis
-
noun,
an avifauna.
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- sonic
-
adjective,
of or relating to sound.
- 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.
- soras
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- ORuss
-
- Sonia
-
noun,
a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.
- OSCAR
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter O.
- octan
-
noun,
an octan fever.
- octa-
-
- Arion
-
noun,
flourished 7th century b.c, Greek poet: inventor of the dithyramb.
- stoas
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- Arica
-
noun,
a seaport in N Chile.
- 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).
- arias
-
noun,
an air or melody.
- arian
-
noun,
an adherent of Arianism.
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- asco-
-
- Tsana
-
noun,
Lake. Tana, Lake.
- trots
-
noun,
the gait of a horse, dog, or other quadruped, when trotting.
- Srta.
-
- Ascus
-
noun,
the sac in ascomycetes in which the sexual spores are formed.
- start
-
noun,
a beginning of an action, journey, etc.
- 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.
- sours
-
noun,
something that is sour.
- ottar
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- Sousa
-
noun,
John Philip, 1854–1932, U.S. band conductor and composer.
- orans
-
noun,
orant.
- Trust
-
noun,
reliance on the integrity, strength, ability, surety, etc., of a person or thing; confidence.
- Orcas
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- ousts
-
verb (used with object),
to expel or remove from a place or position occupied:
- Otaru
-
noun,
a city in W Hokkaido, in N Japan.
- truss
-
noun,
Civil Engineering, Building Trades.
any of various structural frames based on the geometric rigidity of the triangle and composed of straight members subject only to longitudinal compression, tension, or both: functions as a beam or cantilever to support bridges, roofs, etc. Compare complete (def 8), incomplete (def 3), redundant (def 5c).
any of various structural frames constructed on principles other than the geometric rigidity of the triangle or deriving stability from other factors, as the rigidity of joints, the abutment of masonry, or the stiffness of beams.
- sruti
-
noun,
the Vedas and some of the Upanishads, regarded as divinely revealed.
- stats
-
noun,
Also, 'stat. thermostat.
- Ostia
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, SW of Rome: ruins from 4th century b.c.; site of ancient port of Rome.
- 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.
- Oscan
-
noun,
one of an ancient people of south-central Italy.
- Asian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Asia, or a person of Asian descent.
- ontic
-
adjective,
possessing the character of real rather than phenomenal existence; noumenal.
- arsis
-
noun,
Music. the upward stroke in conducting; upbeat.
Compare thesis (def 4).
- sorus
-
noun,
Botany. one of the clusters of sporangia on the back of the fronds of ferns.
- tsars
-
noun,
czar.
- SONAR
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- Orcus
-
noun,
the ancient Roman god of the underworld, identified with the Greek Pluto, or Hades.
- sorts
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- ossia
-
conjunction,
(indicating an alternative, usually easier, version of a passage in a musical score) or; or else.
- stat.
-
- Trout
-
noun,
any of several game fishes of the genus Salmo, related to the salmon.
Compare brown trout, cutthroat trout, rainbow trout.
- Corti
-
noun,
Alfonso [al-fon-soh;; Italian ahl-fawn-saw] /ælˈfɒn soʊ;; Italian ɑlˈfɔn sɔ/ (Show IPA), 1822–76, Italian anatomist.
- arcus
-
noun,
a dense, horizontal, roll-shaped cloud sometimes occurring at the lower front portion of a cumulonimbus.
- actos
-
- scat-
-
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- sains
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- scats
-
noun,
scat singing.
- scatt
-
noun,
scat5 .
- Actis
-
noun,
a son of Rhoda and Helius who, when banished from his home for fratricide, fled to Egypt, where he taught astrology. The Colossus of Rhodes was built in his honor.
- Acton
-
noun,
a quilted garment worn under mail in the 13th and 14th centuries; gambeson.
- scion
-
noun,
a descendant.
- Actor
-
noun,
a person who acts in stage plays, motion pictures, television broadcasts, etc.
- scorn
-
noun,
open or unqualified contempt; disdain:
- Sans.
-
- Scot.
-
- 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.
- uran-
-
- rusts
-
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.
- Unit.
-
- uncos
-
noun,
something extraordinary or unusual; a novelty.
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- UNCIO
-
- uncia
-
noun,
a bronze coin of ancient Rome, the 12th part of an as.
- Russ.
-
abbreviation,
Russia.
- sanit
-
- Santa
-
noun,
Santa Claus.
- runts
-
noun,
an animal that is small or stunted as compared with others of its kind.
- sasin
-
noun,
blackbuck.
- 30-30
-
- Utica
-
noun,
an ancient city on the N coast of Africa, NW of Carthage.
- sauna
-
noun,
a bath that uses dry heat to induce perspiration, and in which steam is produced by pouring water on heated stones.
- scans
-
noun,
an act or instance of scanning; close examination.
- USSCt
-
- scant
-
adverb,
Scot. and North England Dialect. scarcely; barely; hardly.
- satis
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- 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.
- Satan
-
noun,
the chief evil spirit; the great adversary of humanity; the devil.
- 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.
- acron
-
noun,
the unsegmented, preoral portion of the body of an arthropod.
- Saros
-
noun,
the period of 223 synodic months, equaling 6585.32 days or 18 years, 11.32 days (or 10.32 days if 5 leap years occur in the interval), after which eclipses repeat but are shifted 120° west.
- Aaron
-
noun,
the older brother of Moses, usually regarded as the first high priest of the Hebrews. Ex. 28; 40:13–16.
- saris
-
noun,
a garment worn by Hindu women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder.
- acari
-
noun,
plural of acarus.
- sarc-
-
- 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.
- scart
-
verb (used with or without object),
to scratch, scrape, mark, or scar.
- acorn
-
noun,
the typically ovoid fruit or nut of an oak, enclosed at the base by a cupule.
- acro-
-
- Santo
-
noun,
a carved figure of a saint, usually of wood, as from Puerto Rico, Mexico, or the southwestern U.S.
- SCOTS
-
noun,
Also called Scottish. the English language as spoken in Scotland.
Compare Scots Gaelic.
- Scott
-
noun,
Barbara Ann, 1928–2012, Canadian figure skater.
- rason
-
noun,
a long, loose, black gown with wide sleeves, worn by the clergy.
- snort
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- roans
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- Turin
-
noun,
a city in NW Italy, on the Po: capital of the Kingdom of Italy 1860–65.
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- sito-
-
- 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.
- situs
-
noun,
position; situation.
- snits
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- 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.
- riata
-
noun,
a lariat.
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- snots
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- snout
-
noun,
the part of an animal's head projecting forward and containing the nose and jaws; muzzle.
- TUNIS
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Tunisia, in the NE part.
- tunic
-
noun,
Chiefly British. a coat worn as part of a military or other uniform.
- ratos
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- 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.
- 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.
- ratio
-
noun,
the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:
- ratan
-
noun,
rattan.
- soars
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- 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.
- antic
-
noun,
Usually, antics.
a playful trick or prank; caper.
a grotesque, fantastic, or ludicrous gesture, act, or posture.
- runic
-
adjective,
consisting of or set down in runes:
- roust
-
verb (used with object),
to rout, as from a place:
- anat.
-
- ruins
-
noun,
ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay:
- tutor
-
noun,
a person employed to instruct another in some branch or branches of learning, especially a private instructor.
- anis-
-
- ruana
-
noun,
a poncholike outer garment of heavy wool, worn especially in the mountains of Colombia.
- scour
-
noun,
the act of scouring.
- Scout
-
noun,
a soldier, warship, airplane, etc., employed in reconnoitering.
- Anita
-
noun,
a female given name: Spanish form of Anna.
- routs
-
noun,
a defeat attended with disorderly flight; dispersal of a defeated force in complete disorder:
- scuta
-
noun,
plural of scutum.
- Sinus
-
noun,
a curve; bend.
- 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.
- scuts
-
noun,
a short tail, especially that of a hare, rabbit, or deer.
- 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.
- anoia
-
noun,
extreme mental deficiency.
- Ansar
-
noun,
the first inhabitants of Medina to accept Islam.
- 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.
- antas
-
noun,
a privately supported organization, chartered by Congress in 1935, for the encouragement and advancement of professional and nonprofessional theater.
- anti-
-
- Sinas
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Sino-
-
- Stoat
-
noun,
the ermine, Mustela erminea, especially when in brown summer pelage.
- assai
-
noun,
any of several slender Brazilian palms of the genus Euterpe, especially E. edulis, a species bearing a purple fruit from which a beverage is made by infusion.
- assn.
-
- Tosca
-
noun,
an opera (1900) by Giacomo Puccini.
- casas
-
noun,
Bartolomé de las [bahr-taw-law-me th e lahs] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ ðɛ lɑs/ (Show IPA), Las Casas, Bartolomé de.
- incr.
-
- incor
-
- 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.
- tarot
-
noun,
any of a set of 22 playing cards bearing allegorical representations, used for fortunetelling and as trump cards in tarok.
- ictus
-
noun,
Prosody. rhythmical or metrical stress.
- icons
-
- cata-
-
- incur
-
verb (used with object),
to come into or acquire (some consequence, usually undesirable or injurious):
- 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.
- Tasso
-
noun,
Torquato [tawr-kwah-taw] /tɔrˈkwɑ tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1544–95, Italian poet.
- ta-ta
-
interjection,
goodbye.
- 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.
- cutis
-
noun,
the true skin, consisting of the dermis and the epidermis.
- cutin
-
noun,
a transparent, waxy substance constituting, together with cellulose, the cuticle of plants.
- 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.
- Torun
-
noun,
a city in N Poland, on the Vistula.
- toti-
-
- 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.
- 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.
- iotas
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- canto
-
noun,
one of the main or larger divisions of a long poem.
- Isaac
-
noun,
a son of Abraham and Sarah, and father of Jacob. Gen. 21:1–4.
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- taint
-
noun,
a trace of something bad, offensive, or harmful.
- Irons
-
noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- Taira
-
noun,
a member of a powerful family in Japan that ruled the country 1160–85.
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- Iran.
-
- cants
-
noun,
insincere, especially conventional expressions of enthusiasm for high ideals, goodness, or piety.
- Tanta
-
noun,
a city in N Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- tanto
-
adverb,
(of a musical direction) too much; so much.
- Caras
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Italian word meaning “dear one.”.
- Tarai
-
noun,
Terai.
- carat
-
noun,
a unit of weight in gemstones, 200 milligrams (about 3 grains of troy or avoirdupois weight). Abbreviation: c., ct.
- Caria
-
noun,
an ancient district in SW Asia Minor.
- Carin
-
noun,
a female given name.
- carns
-
noun,
cairn.
- carts
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- inst.
-
- caus.
-
- 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.
- Cant.
-
- 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.
- Coats
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- tonic
-
noun,
a medicine that invigorates or strengthens:
- tonia
-
- crass
-
adjective,
without refinement, delicacy, or sensitivity; gross; obtuse; stupid:
- coirs
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- Cons.
-
- Const
-
- cont.
-
- 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:
- Crius
-
noun,
a Titan, the son of Uranus and Gaea.
- cotta
-
noun,
a surplice.
- toast
-
noun,
sliced bread that has been browned by dry heat.
- costs
-
noun,
the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
- coria
-
noun,
plural of corium.
- Titus
-
noun,
a disciple and companion of the apostle Paul, to whom Paul is supposed to have addressed an Epistle.
- Costa
-
noun,
a rib or riblike part.
- 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.
- Titos
-
noun,
Marshal (Josip Broz) 1891–1980, president of Yugoslavia 1953–80.
- cornu
-
noun,
a horn, especially a bony part that resembles a horn.
- crit.
-
- Croat
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Croatia; Croatian.
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- cists
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- curst
-
noun,
the expression of a wish that misfortune, evil, doom, etc., befall a person, group, etc.
- taunt
-
noun,
an insulting gibe or sarcasm; scornful reproach or challenge.
- curns
-
noun,
a grain.
- cions
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- curio
-
noun,
any unusual article, object of art, etc., valued as a curiosity.
- Curia
-
noun,
one of the political subdivisions of each of the three tribes of ancient Rome.
- cunts
-
noun,
the vulva or vagina.
- 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.
- 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.
- tiara
-
noun,
a jeweled, ornamental coronet worn by women.
- 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.
- torcs
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- tints
-
noun,
a color or a variety of a color; hue.
- tious
-
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- crust
-
noun,
the brown, hard outer portion or surface of a loaf or slice of bread (distinguished from crumb).
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- toran
-
noun,
(in Indian Buddhist and Hindu architecture) a gateway having two or three lintels between two posts.
- coast
-
noun,
the land next to the sea; seashore:
- tonus
-
noun,
a normal state of continuous slight tension in muscle tissue that facilitates its response to stimulation.
- Taino
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- intr.
-
- tacts
-
noun,
a keen sense of what to say or do to avoid giving offense; skill in dealing with difficult or delicate situations.
- Niort
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- noct-
-
- Sturt
-
noun,
violent quarreling.
- attar
-
noun,
Also, atar, athar, ottar, otto. a perfume or essential oil obtained from flowers or petals.
- Attic
-
noun,
the part of a building, especially of a house, directly under a roof; garret.
- nitr-
-
- triac
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- nisus
-
noun,
an effort or striving toward a particular goal or attainment; impulse.
- atto-
-
- naut.
-
- stunt
-
noun,
a stop or hindrance in growth or development.
- trass
-
noun,
a light-colored type of volcanic tuff used in making water-resistant cement and mortar.
- Auric
-
adjective,
of or containing gold in the trivalent state.
- Natta
-
noun,
Giulio [joo-lyaw] /ˈdʒu lyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1903–79, Italian chemist and engineer: Nobel Prize in chemistry 1963.
- Aust.
-
- suras
-
noun,
any of the 114 chapters of the Koran.
- naso-
-
- Surat
-
noun,
a seaport in S Gujarat, in W India: first British settlement in India 1612.
- Nasca
-
adjective,
Nazca.
- auto.
-
- 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.
- stuns
-
noun,
the act of stunning.
- trait
-
noun,
a distinguishing characteristic or quality, especially of one's personal nature:
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- Stoic
-
noun,
a member or adherent of the Stoic school of philosophy.
- stour
-
noun,
British Dialect.
tumult; confusion.
a storm.
- oasts
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- oasis
-
noun,
a small fertile or green area in a desert region, usually having a spring or well.
- Stout
-
noun,
a dark, sweet brew made of roasted malt and having a higher percentage of hops than porter.
- 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.
- asst.
-
- Assur
-
noun,
the god of war and supreme national god of Assyria.
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- Aston
-
noun,
Francis William, 1877–1945, English physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1922.
- noria
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- nuci-
-
- Astor
-
noun,
John Jacob, 1763–1848, U.S. capitalist and fur merchant.
- astr.
-
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- Asura
-
noun,
(in Indian mythology) a god or demon.
- Notus
-
noun,
the ancient Greek personification of the south wind.
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- strut
-
noun,
the act of strutting.
- ation
-
- narcs
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- 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.
- coins
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- sutra
-
noun,
Hinduism. a collection of aphorisms relating to some aspect of the conduct of life.
- Cairo
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Egypt, in the N part on the E bank of the Nile.
- tacit
-
adjective,
understood without being openly expressed; implied:
- naira
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Nigeria, equal to 100 kobo: replaced the pound in 1973.
- Caius
-
noun,
Saint, died a.d. 296, pope 283–296.
- cairn
-
noun,
a heap of stones set up as a landmark, monument, tombstone, etc.
- cains
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- Susan
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Susanna or Susannah.
- touts
-
noun,
a person who solicits business, employment, support, or the like, importunately.
- Canso
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in SE Canada, the NE extremity of Nova Scotia.
- tacos
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- Tract
-
noun,
an expanse or area of land, water, etc.; region; stretch.
- canst
-
noun,
a sealed container for food, beverages, etc., as of aluminum, sheet iron coated with tin, or other metal:
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- 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.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- tuns
-
noun,
a large cask for holding liquids, especially wine, ale, or beer.
- Uris
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- tRNA
-
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- uric
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, contained in, or derived from urine.
- uria
-
- trit
-
- Tour
-
noun,
a traveling around from place to place.
- Tit.
-
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- tion
-
- uro-
-
- taco
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- Trot
-
noun,
the gait of a horse, dog, or other quadruped, when trotting.
- stot
-
noun,
a springing gait of certain bovids, as gazelles and antelopes, used especially when running in alarm from a predator.
- SCAN
-
noun,
an act or instance of scanning; close examination.
- Tito
-
noun,
Marshal (Josip Broz) 1891–1980, president of Yugoslavia 1953–80.
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- 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.
- Utas
-
noun,
any of several iguanid lizards of the genus Uta, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico.
- USTC
-
- USSR
-
noun,
a former federal union of 15 constituent republics, in E Europe and W and N Asia, comprising the larger part of the former Russian Empire: dissolved in December 1991. 8,650,069 sq. mi. (22,402,200 sq. km). Capital: Moscow.
Abbreviation: U.S.S.R., USSR.
- 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.
- USRC
-
- USNA
-
- USIS
-
- Tana
-
noun,
thana.
- tact
-
noun,
a keen sense of what to say or do to avoid giving offense; skill in dealing with difficult or delicate situations.
- USIA
-
- USCA
-
- scar
-
noun,
a mark left by a healed wound, sore, or burn.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- USAR
-
- str.
-
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- Soni
-
- tron
-
- tint
-
noun,
a color or a variety of a color; hue.
- stun
-
noun,
the act of stunning.
- tost
-
noun,
an act or instance of tossing.
- torc
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- Sura
-
noun,
any of the 114 chapters of the Koran.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- tots
-
noun,
a small child.
- Sour
-
noun,
something that is sour.
- TASS
-
noun,
a cup or small goblet, especially an ornamental one.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- sur-
-
- scr.
-
- Susa
-
noun,
a ruined city in W Iran: the capital of ancient Elam; palaces of Darius and Artaxerxes I; stele containing the Code of Hammurabi discovered here.
- tart
-
noun,
a small pie filled with cooked fruit or other sweetened preparation, usually having no top crust.
- SCSI
-
noun,
a standard for computer interface ports featuring faster data transmission and greater flexibility than normal ports.
- toss
-
noun,
an act or instance of tossing.
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- scut
-
noun,
a short tail, especially that of a hare, rabbit, or deer.
- sots
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- Surt
-
noun,
the guardian and ruler of Muspelheim, destined to defeat Frey at Ragnarok and destroy the world with fire.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- sics
-
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).
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- 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.
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- sirs
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- Sra.
-
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- tics
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- sci.
-
- Tura
-
noun,
Cosimo [kaw-zee-maw] /ˈkɔ zi mɔ/ (Show IPA), c1430–98? Italian painter.
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- 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)
- tout
-
noun,
a person who solicits business, employment, support, or the like, importunately.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- taur
-
- 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.
- unto
-
preposition,
to (in its various uses, except as the accompaniment of the infinitive).
- uni-
-
- sris
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- situ
-
noun,
in situ.
- sits
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- unco
-
noun,
something extraordinary or unusual; a novelty.
- tits
-
noun,
a titmouse.
- tats
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do, or make by, tatting.
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- 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.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- tuts
-
noun,
an exclamation of “tut.”.
- tri-
-
- suit
-
noun,
a set of clothing, armor, or the like, intended for wear together.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- oust
-
verb (used with object),
to expel or remove from a place or position occupied:
- crus
-
noun,
the part of the leg or hind limb between the femur or thigh and the ankle or tarsus; shank.
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- Nor.
-
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- atar
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- NOAA
-
- atic
-
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- 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.
- NIRA
-
- ator
-
- attn
-
- NCAA
-
- Attu
-
noun,
the westernmost of the Aleutian Islands: Japanese occupation 1942–43.
- nos-
-
- 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.
- 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.
- Nara
-
noun,
a city on S Honshu, in central Japan: chief Buddhist center of ancient Japan; first capital of Japan a.d. 710–84.
- aunt
-
noun,
the sister of one's father or mother.
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- NACA
-
- aur-
-
- AURA
-
noun,
a distinctive and pervasive quality or character; air; atmosphere:
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- not-
-
- aut-
-
- crut
-
noun,
crud (def 1).
- Orca
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- onus
-
noun,
a difficult or disagreeable obligation, task, burden, etc.
- Ont.
-
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- art.
-
- Oct.
-
- Asat
-
noun,
(in Vedic mythology) the realm of nonexistence, populated by demons.
Compare sat2 (def 1).
- asc-
-
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- asci
-
noun,
plural of ascus.
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- 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).
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- asis
-
- ASSR
-
- NTIA
-
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- Asur
-
noun,
Assur.
- att.
-
- nous
-
noun,
Greek Philosophy. mind or intellect.
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- Aus.
-
- Cain
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- ARIS
-
- Cor.
-
- cist
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- IATA
-
- cit.
-
- iana
-
- Cnut
-
noun,
Canute.
- coat
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- coin
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- 1080
-
- coir
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- Con.
-
- cuss
-
noun,
curse word; oath.
- Curt
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Curtis.
- curs
-
noun,
a mongrel dog, especially a worthless or unfriendly one.
- cis-
-
- curn
-
noun,
a grain.
- cur.
-
- cunt
-
noun,
the vulva or vagina.
- 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.
- Cora
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. Kore.
- Cori
-
noun,
Carl Ferdinand, 1896–1984, and his wife, Gerty Theresa, 1896–1957, U.S. biochemists, born in Austria-Hungary: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1947.
- CORN
-
noun,
Also called Indian corn; especially technical and British, maize. a tall cereal plant, Zea mays, cultivated in many varieties, having a jointed, solid stem and bearing the grain, seeds, or kernels on large ears.
- Cort
-
- coss
-
noun,
kos.
- cts.
-
- Cost
-
noun,
the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
- ctr.
-
- crat
-
- ICAO
-
- cir.
-
- Can.
-
- cast
-
noun,
act of casting or throwing.
- ISSN
-
- Cana
-
noun,
an ancient town in N Israel, in Galilee: scene of Jesus' first miracle. John 2:1, 11.
- iso-
-
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- Cara
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Italian word meaning “dear one.”.
- Carn
-
noun,
cairn.
- CART
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- 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.
- Casa
-
noun,
a house.
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Cass
-
noun,
Lewis, 1782–1866, U.S. statesman.
- ious
-
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- Inc.
-
- cat.
-
- 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.
- Catt
-
noun,
Carrie Chapman Lane, 1859–1947, U.S. leader in women's suffrage movements.
- 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 = .
- saur
-
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- ciao
-
interjection,
(used as a word of greeting or parting): hello; goodbye; so long; see you later.
- cion
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- into
-
adjective,
Mathematics. pertaining to a function or map from one set to another set, the range of which is a proper subset of the second set, as the function f, from the set of all integers into the set of all perfect squares where f (x) = x 2 for every integer.
- int.
-
- ins.
-
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- Inca
-
noun,
a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
- orcs
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- ocas
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- ruin
-
noun,
ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay:
- 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.
- Ainu
-
noun,
a member of an aboriginal population of northernmost Japan, having lighter skin and hairier bodies than other Japanese.
- 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.
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- rasa
-
noun,
(in Hindu aesthetics) flavor, sentiment, or emotion: regarded as one of the fundamental qualities of classical music, dance, and poetry.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- rout
-
noun,
a defeat attended with disorderly flight; dispersal of a defeated force in complete disorder:
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- 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).
- runs
-
noun,
an act or instance, or a period of running:
- Raia
-
noun,
rayah.
- Roca
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in W Portugal, near Lisbon: the western extremity of continental Europe.
- Anas
-
- Rus.
-
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- 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.
- outs
-
noun,
a means of escape or excuse, as from a place, punishment, retribution, responsibility, etc.:
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- rocs
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- ACTS
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- Acus
-
noun,
Surgery. a needle, especially one used in a surgical operation.
- RONA
-
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- Ross
-
noun,
the rough exterior of bark.
- RNAS
-
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- 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.
- rit.
-
- acr-
-
- 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.
- Acis
-
noun,
the lover of Galatea, killed by Polyphemus out of jealousy.
- 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.
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- ROUS
-
noun,
(Francis) Peyton, 1879–1970, U.S. pathologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1966.
- 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.
- runt
-
noun,
an animal that is small or stunted as compared with others of its kind.
- ano-
-
- 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.
- ANTA
-
noun,
a privately supported organization, chartered by Congress in 1935, for the encouragement and advancement of professional and nonprofessional theater.
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- otic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ear; auricular.
- Sais
-
noun,
an ancient city in N Egypt, on the Nile delta: an ancient capital of Lower Egypt.
- anus
-
noun,
the opening at the lower end of the alimentary canal, through which the solid refuse of digestion is excreted.
- SARA
-
noun,
a member of a people of the Central African Republic.
- Sat.
-
- ANSI
-
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Aria
-
noun,
an air or melody.
- OSSA
-
noun,
plural of os1 .
- osis
-
- ant.
-
- ANTU
-
- Sacs
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- 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.
- out-
-
- 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.
- ARCS
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- ours
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ansa
-
noun,
Archaeology. a looped handle, especially of a vase.
- Acta
-
plural noun,
official records, as of acts, deeds, proceedings, transactions, or the like.
- Saco
-
noun,
a city in SW Maine.
- AAU
-
- ACS
-
- Aar
-
- Uri
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- 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)
- USO
-
- 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.
- CRT
-
- CRS
-
- AAS
-
noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- ACT
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- AUC
-
- ac-
-
- COT
-
noun,
a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- Ar.
-
- CIA
-
- Uta
-
noun,
any of several iguanid lizards of the genus Uta, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico.
- CNS
-
- CNO
-
- urs
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city on the Euphrates, in S Iraq: extensive excavations, especially of royal tombs.
- USC
-
- an.
-
- uti
-
- Tiu
-
noun,
an English god of the sky and of war, the equivalent of Tyr in Scandinavian mythology.
- TNT
-
- UTC
-
- AIA
-
- urn
-
noun,
a large or decorative vase, especially one with an ornamental foot or pedestal.
- USN
-
- USR
-
- COS
-
noun,
romaine.
- 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.
- tot
-
noun,
a small child.
- AOA
-
- Tut
-
noun,
an exclamation of “tut.”.
- at.
-
- ASU
-
- Tro
-
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- ast
-
- ASS
-
noun,
a long-eared, slow, patient, sure-footed domesticated mammal, Equus asinus, related to the horse, used chiefly as a beast of burden.
- ASR
-
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- ASN
-
- ASI
-
- 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.
- ASA
-
noun,
a king of Judah, 913?–873? b.c. I Kings 15:8–24.
- ANC
-
- aor
-
- ARU
-
- AOU
-
- ARS
-
- ARA
-
noun,
the Altar, a southern constellation between Triangulum Australe and Scorpius.
- TSI
-
- 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.
- TSS
-
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- TTS
-
- Tu.
-
- 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.
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- ATA
-
- CAS
-
verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- ca.
-
- AIC
-
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- ur-
-
- CAR
-
noun,
an automobile.
- CAI
-
- CAA
-
- tr.
-
- tra
-
- ct.
-
- cs.
-
- cr.
-
- Co.
-
- uns
-
- UAR
-
- UNO
-
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- 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.
- AUA
-
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- unc
-
- Una
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “one.”.
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- UIT
-
- ATC
-
- UCR
-
- USS
-
- USA
-
- sc.
-
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- CSA
-
- ss.
-
- St.
-
- SST
-
- SSR
-
- SSN
-
- SSI
-
- SSC
-
- SSA
-
- ot-
-
- OSS
-
- OTA
-
- SRS
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- Sr.
-
- OTS
-
- oui
-
adverb, noun,
yes.
- our
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- Sta
-
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- CSO
-
- 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
-
- 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
-
- oic
-
- orc
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- OIr
-
- OIt
-
- STI
-
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- ONI
-
- ONR
-
- ons
-
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- Sou
-
noun,
(formerly) either of two bronze coins of France, equal to 5 centimes and 10 centimes.
- SOS
-
noun,
any call for help:
- Oc.
-
- run
-
noun,
an act or instance, or a period of running:
- 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).
- SCS
-
- Rs.
-
- RSA
-
- RSS
-
- rt.
-
- RTS
-
- rut
-
noun,
a furrow or track in the ground, especially one made by the passage of a vehicle or vehicles.
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- So.
-
- SRO
-
- SAA
-
- SAC
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- SAR
-
- Sau
-
noun,
German name of Sava.
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- ROI
-
- RCS
-
- RCA
-
- 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.
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- SOC
-
noun,
sociology or a class or course in sociology.
- 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.
- SNU
-
- RCN
-
- ROC
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- RCT
-
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- RNA
-
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- sis
-
noun,
sister.
- ROA
-
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- OSA
-
- OCS
-
- 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.
- TIA
-
- IOT
-
- IOU
-
- TCS
-
- Ir.
-
- NUS
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- IRC
-
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- ior
-
- IRO
-
- IRS
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ISA
-
- Cut
-
noun,
the act of cutting; a stroke or a blow, as with a knife, whip, etc.
- ISR
-
- 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.
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- 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.
- Ia.
-
- TAU
-
noun,
the 19th letter of the Greek alphabet (T, τ).
- TAT
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do, or make by, tatting.
- ics
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- ITU
-
- io-
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- 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 = .
- TCA
-
- IAS
-
- ICA
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- in.
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- IOC
-
- ist
-
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- ITA
-
- NOC
-
- 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.
- NIA
-
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- Sui
-
noun,
a dynasty ruling in China a.d. 589–618.
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- CTA
-
- CST
-
- Stu
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stewart or Stuart.
- Sus
-
- nr.
-
- NRA
-
- NRC
-
- NSA
-
- NSC
-
- CSR
-
- NSU
-
- ITC
-
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- NAA
-
- NUT
-
noun,
a dry fruit consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shell.
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- IUS
-
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- 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.
- ctn
-
plural,
carton.
- NCO
-
- AA
-
noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- AO
-
- RU
-
- UT
-
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.
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- TC
-
- CU
-
- SA
-
- S.
-
- AU
-
plural,
to the; at the; with the.
- TN
-
- AI
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- A.
-
noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- O.
-
- i.
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- NU
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- OA
-
- SU
-
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- TT
-
- NI
-
- NC
-
- t.
-
- T1
-
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- N.
-
- ic
-
- IT
-
noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- OU
-
noun,
a rare Hawaiian honeycreeper, Psittirostra psittacea, having an olive-green body, a parrotlike bill, and in the male a bright yellow head.
- R.
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- RC
-
- U.
-
- UC
-
- RN
-
- UI
-
- SN
-
- RO
-
- RI
-