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- annabergite
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noun,
a mineral, hydrous nickel arsenate, Ni 3 As 2 O 8 ⋅8H 2 O, occurring in apple-green masses and isomorphous with erythrite.
- breast-beam
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noun,
a horizontal bar, located at the front of a loom, over which the woven material is passed on its way to the cloth roll.
- tangerines
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noun,
Also called mandarin, mandarin orange. any of several varieties of mandarin, cultivated widely, especially in the U.S.
- emarginate
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adjective,
notched at the margin.
- Senegambia
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noun,
a region in W Africa between the Senegal and Gambia rivers, now mostly in Senegal.
- man-eating
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adjective,
feeding on or having an appetite for human flesh:
- reanimates
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verb (used with object),
to restore to life; resuscitate.
- germinates
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verb (used with object),
to cause to develop; produce.
- interabang
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noun,
interrobang.
- argentines
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noun,
a silvery substance, especially one obtained from fish scales, used in making imitation pearls.
- rabbinates
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noun,
the office or term of office of a rabbi.
- Bannister
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noun,
banister.
- antimeres
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noun,
a segment or division of the body having a corresponding segment or division that is opposite to it relative to the longitudinal axis of the body.
- man-eater
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noun,
an animal, especially a tiger or lion, that eats or is said to eat human flesh.
- bannerets
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noun,
History/Historical. a knight who could bring a company of followers into the field under his own banner.
- abstainer
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noun,
a person who abstains from something regarded as improper or unhealthy, especially the drinking of alcoholic beverages.
- entamebas
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noun,
any protozoan of the genus Entamoeba, members of which are parasitic in vertebrates, including the human pathogens E. gingivalis, found in dental plaque, and E. histolytica, the cause of amebic dysentery.
- grantsman
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noun,
an expert in grantsmanship.
- magnesite
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noun,
a mineral, magnesium carbonate, MgCO 3 , having a characteristic conchoidal fracture and usually occurring in white masses.
- Steinberg
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noun,
Saul, 1914–1999, U.S. painter, cartoonist, and illustrator; born in Romania.
- manganese
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noun,
a hard, brittle, grayish-white, metallic element, an oxide of which, MnO 2(manganese dioxide) is a valuable oxidizing agent: used chiefly as an alloying agent in steel to give it toughness. Symbol: Mn; atomic weight: 54.938; atomic number: 25; specific gravity: 7.2 at 20°C.
- Bearnaise
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noun,
(sometimes lowercase) a sauce of egg yolks, shallots, tarragon, butter, vinegar, and sometimes white wine and chopped chervil.
- reanimate
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verb (used with object),
to restore to life; resuscitate.
- anabasine
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noun,
a colorless, poisonous liquid, C 10 H 14 N 2 , used as an insecticide.
- streaming
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noun,
an act or instance of flowing.
- tinbergen
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noun,
Jan [yahn] /yɑn/ (Show IPA), 1903–94, Dutch economist: Nobel prize 1969.
- Mertensia
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noun,
any of various plants belonging to the genus Mertensia, of the borage family, including the lungworts and the Virginia cowslip.
- geminates
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noun,
Phonetics. a doubled consonant sound.
- agrements
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noun,
Music. ornament (def 9).
- marinates
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verb (used with object),
to steep (food) in a marinade.
- regiments
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noun,
Military. a unit of ground forces, consisting of two or more battalions or battle groups, a headquarters unit, and certain supporting units.
- marginate
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adjective,
having a margin.
- abnegates
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verb (used with object),
to refuse or deny oneself (some rights, conveniences, etc.); reject; renounce.
- anatabine
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noun,
a liquid alkaloid, C 10 H 12 N 2 , obtained from tobacco.
- Germanist
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noun,
a specialist in the study of German culture, literature, or linguistics.
- agentries
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noun,
the profession, business, or activities of an agent:
- Bernstein
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noun,
Leonard, 1918–90, U.S. conductor, composer, and pianist.
- stingaree
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noun,
a stingray.
- germinant
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adjective,
beginning to grow or develop; germinating.
- germinate
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verb (used with object),
to cause to develop; produce.
- grantsmen
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noun,
an expert in grantsmanship.
- manganite
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noun,
a gray to black mineral, hydrous manganese oxide, MnO(OH); gray manganese ore.
- tanagrine
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adjective,
of or relating to the tanagers; belonging to the tanager family.
- emigrates
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verb (used without object),
to leave one country or region to settle in another; migrate:
- Tsiranana
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noun,
Philibert [fil-uh-bert] /ˈfɪl ə bərt/ (Show IPA), 1910–78, president of the Malagasy Republic (now Madagascar) 1959–72.
- Astrangia
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noun,
a genus of corals forming small, encrusting colonies, found in shallow waters off both coasts of the U.S.
- tanneries
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noun,
a place where tanning is carried on.
- breasting
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noun,
a piece of leather or other material for covering the heel breast of a shoe.
- tribesmen
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noun,
a member of a tribe.
- branniest
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- armenians
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noun,
a native of Armenia.
- brainstem
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noun,
the portion of the brain that is continuous with the spinal cord and comprises the medulla oblongata, pons, midbrain, and parts of the hypothalamus, functioning in the control of reflexes and such essential internal mechanisms as respiration and heartbeat.
- rabbinate
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noun,
the office or term of office of a rabbi.
- Tangerine
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noun,
Also called mandarin, mandarin orange. any of several varieties of mandarin, cultivated widely, especially in the U.S.
- tribesman
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noun,
a member of a tribe.
- Argentine
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noun,
a silvery substance, especially one obtained from fish scales, used in making imitation pearls.
- Samaritan
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noun,
an inhabitant of Samaria.
- Argentina
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noun,
a republic in S South America. 1,084,120 sq. mi. (2,807,870 sq. km). Capital: Buenos Aires.
- basement
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noun,
a story of a building, partly or wholly underground.
- Amratian
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adjective,
of, relating to, or belonging to the predynastic Chalcolithic culture that flourished in Upper Egypt about 3800 b.c., characterized by the working of raw gold, the use of copper, and the burial of the dead in shallow graves.
- astringe
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verb (used with object),
to compress; bind together; constrict.
- gentians
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noun,
any of several plants of the genera Gentiana, Gentianella, and Gentianopsis, having usually blue, or sometimes yellow, white, or red, flowers, as the fringed gentian of North America, or Gentiana lutea, of Europe.
Compare gentian family.
- amirates
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noun,
emirate.
- Batangas
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noun,
a seaport on SW Luzon, in the N central Philippines.
- Atabrine
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- gentries
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noun,
wellborn and well-bred people.
- Teresina
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noun,
a port in NE Brazil, on the Parnahiba River.
- Sabatier
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noun,
Paul [pawl] /pɔl/ (Show IPA), 1854–1941, French chemist: Nobel prize 1912.
- marinate
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verb (used with object),
to steep (food) in a marinade.
- arsenate
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noun,
a salt or ester of arsenic acid.
- Martaban
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noun,
Gulf of, an inlet of the Bay of Bengal, in Burma.
- Marianna
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noun,
a female given name.
- Artesian
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adjective,
noting, pertaining to, or characteristic of an artesian well.
- anaemias
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noun,
anemia.
- Germaine
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noun,
a female given name.
- Germania
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noun,
an ancient region in central Europe, N of the Danube River.
- internes
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noun, verb (used without object),
intern2 .
- arsenite
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noun,
a salt or ester of arsenous acid.
- Marianne
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noun,
the French Republic, personified as a woman.
- granites
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noun,
a coarse-grained igneous rock composed chiefly of orthoclase and albite feldspars and of quartz, usually with lesser amounts of one or more other minerals, as mica, hornblende, or augite.
- Teresian
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noun,
a member of the reformed order of barefooted Carmelites, founded in Spain in 1562.
- matinees
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noun,
an entertainment, especially a dramatic or musical performance, held in the daytime, usually in the afternoon.
- begrimes
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verb (used with object),
to make grimy.
- seatrain
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noun,
a ship for the transportation of loaded railroad cars.
- ambaries
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noun,
kenaf.
- remanent
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adjective,
remaining; left behind.
- beginner
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noun,
a person or thing that begins.
- ganister
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noun,
a highly refractory, siliceous rock used to line furnaces.
- amberina
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noun,
an American art glass having transparent colors ranging from pale amber to ruby.
- gantries
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noun,
a framework spanning a railroad track or tracks for displaying signals.
- ambients
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noun,
ambient music (def 1).
- Tasmania
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noun,
an island S of Australia: a state of the commonwealth of Australia. 26,382 sq. mi. (68,330 sq. km). Capital: Hobart.
- gematria
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noun,
a cabbalistic system of interpretation of the Scriptures by substituting for a particular word another word whose letters give the same numerical sum.
- beatings
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noun,
the act of a person or thing that beats, as to punish, clean, mix, etc.:
- sea-gate
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noun,
a navigable channel giving access to the sea.
- ingrates
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noun,
an ungrateful person.
- bearings
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noun,
the manner in which one conducts or carries oneself, including posture and gestures:
- amentias
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noun,
lack of intellectual development; imbecility; severe mental retardation.
- arenites
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noun,
psammite.
- beanbags
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noun,
a small cloth bag filled with dried beans, as for tossing in various children's games.
- Saarinen
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noun,
Eero [air-oh] /ˈɛər oʊ/ (Show IPA), 1910–61, U.S. architect, born in Finland.
- martians
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noun,
a supposed inhabitant of the planet Mars:
- geminate
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noun,
Phonetics. a doubled consonant sound.
- sagenite
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noun,
a variety of rutile occurring as needlelike crystals embedded in quartz.
- basanite
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noun,
a basaltic rock composed chiefly of plagioclase, olivine, and augite.
- grantees
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noun,
the receiver of a grant.
- Annamese
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noun,
a native of Annam.
- Santarem
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noun,
a city in N Brazil, on the Amazon River.
- meetings
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noun,
the act of coming together:
- arginase
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noun,
a liver enzyme that converts arginine to urea.
- anserine
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adjective,
of or relating to the subfamily Anserinae, of the family Anatidae, comprising the true geese.
- Ansermet
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noun,
Ernest [er-nest] /ɛrˈnɛst/ (Show IPA), 1883–1969, Swiss symphony orchestra conductor.
- Armenian
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noun,
a native of Armenia.
- greatens
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verb (used with object),
to make greater; enlarge; increase.
- tanagers
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noun,
any of numerous songbirds of the New World family Thraupidae, the males of which are usually brightly colored.
- sangaree
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noun,
sangría.
- Samarang
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noun,
Semarang.
- manatees
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noun,
any of several plant-eating aquatic mammals of the genus Trichechus, of West Indian, Floridian, and Gulf Coast waters, having two flippers in front and a broad, spoon-shaped tail: all species are endangered.
- bantings
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noun,
Sir Frederick Grant, 1891–1941, Canadian physician: one of the discoverers of insulin; Nobel Prize 1923.
- antimere
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noun,
a segment or division of the body having a corresponding segment or division that is opposite to it relative to the longitudinal axis of the body.
- tangrams
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noun,
a Chinese puzzle consisting of a square cut into five triangles, a square, and a rhomboid, which can be combined so as to form a great variety of other figures.
- arabians
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noun,
an inhabitant of Arabia.
- grannies
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noun,
Informal. a grandmother.
- banneret
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noun,
History/Historical. a knight who could bring a company of followers into the field under his own banner.
- Antisana
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noun,
Mount, an active volcano in N central Ecuador, near Quito. 18,885 feet (5756 meters).
- resinate
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noun,
Chemistry. any of the salts of the acids found in rosin.
- tamarins
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noun,
any South American marmoset of the genera Saguinus and Leontopithecus (Leontideus), having silky fur and a nonprehensile tail: several species are threatened or endangered.
- Santeria
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noun,
(sometimes lowercase) a religion merging the worship of Yoruba deities with veneration of Roman Catholic saints: practiced in Cuba and spread to other parts of the Caribbean and to the U.S. by Cuban emigrés.
- banister
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noun,
a baluster.
- Barnabas
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noun,
the surname of the Cyprian Levite Joseph, a companion of Paul on his first missionary journey. Acts 4:36, 37.
- margents
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noun,
margin.
- magnates
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noun,
a person of great influence, importance, or standing in a particular enterprise, field of business, etc.:
- intrans.
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- anergies
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noun,
Pathology. deficiency of energy.
- Magnesia
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noun,
a white, tasteless substance, magnesium oxide, MgO, used in medicine as an antacid and laxative.
- magentas
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noun,
fuchsin.
- ring-man
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noun,
Printing. an operator of a ring machine.
- marantas
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noun,
any of several tropical American plants of the genus Maranta, including arrowroot and several species cultivated as ornamentals for their variegated foliage.
- angaries
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noun,
the right of a belligerent state to seize and use the property of neutrals for purposes of warfare, subject to payment of full compensation.
- sarmenta
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noun,
a slender running stem; runner.
- bargains
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noun,
an advantageous purchase, especially one acquired at less than the usual cost:
- Armitage
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noun,
Kenneth, 1916–2002, English sculptor.
- Sarmatia
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noun,
the ancient name of a region in E Europe, between the Vistula and the Volga.
- Mantinea
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noun,
an ancient city in S Greece, in Arcadia: battles 362 b.c., 223 b.c.
- tannages
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noun,
the act or process of tanning leather.
- Mantegna
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noun,
Andrea [ahn-dre-ah] /ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1431–1506, Italian painter and engraver.
- mannites
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noun,
mannitol.
- animates
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adjective,
alive; possessing life:
- bargemen
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noun,
one of the crew of a barge.
- bargeman
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noun,
one of the crew of a barge.
- beignets
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noun,
a fritter or doughnut.
- emanates
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verb (used with object),
to send forth; emit.
- reinsmen
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noun,
a person who rides or drives horses, especially a skillful one, as a jockey or harness driver.
- Erastian
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noun,
an advocate of Erastianism.
- big-name
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noun,
a person who has a preeminent public reputation in a specified field:
- reagents
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noun,
a substance that, because of the reactions it causes, is used in analysis and synthesis.
- amanitas
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noun,
any agaricaceous fungus of the genus Amanita, comprised chiefly of poisonous species.
- Steinman
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noun,
David Barnard, 1886–1960, U.S. civil engineer: specialist in bridge design and construction.
- trainman
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noun,
a member of the crew that operates a railroad train, usually an assistant to the conductor, such as a brakeman or flagman.
- entrains
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verb (used with object),
to put aboard a train.
- sterigma
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noun,
a small stalk that bears a sporangium, a conidium, or especially a basidiospore.
- agametes
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noun,
an asexual reproductive cell, as a spore, that forms a new organism without fusion with another cell.
- Erasmian
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noun,
a follower of Erasmus.
- mintages
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noun,
the act or process of minting.
- bimester
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noun,
a two-month period.
- betaines
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noun,
a colorless, crystalline, water-soluble, sweet-tasting alkaloid, C 5 H 11 NO 2 , usually obtained from sugar beets or synthesized from glycine, used chiefly in medicine.
- minarets
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noun,
a lofty, often slender, tower or turret attached to a mosque, surrounded by or furnished with one or more balconies, from which the muezzin calls the people to prayer.
- migrates
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verb (used without object),
to go from one country, region, or place to another. Synonyms: move, resettle, relocate.
Antonyms: remain.
- migrants
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noun,
a person or animal that migrates.
- aginners
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noun,
a person who opposes a plan, proposed legislation, or any drastic change:
- estrange
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verb (used with object),
to turn away in feeling or affection; make unfriendly or hostile; alienate the affections of:
- agminate
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adjective,
aggregated together.
- regimens
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noun,
Medicine/Medical. a regulated course, as of diet, exercise, or manner of living, intended to preserve or restore health or to attain some result.
- regiment
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noun,
Military. a unit of ground forces, consisting of two or more battalions or battle groups, a headquarters unit, and certain supporting units.
- ratsbane
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noun,
rat poison.
- entameba
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noun,
any protozoan of the genus Entamoeba, members of which are parasitic in vertebrates, including the human pathogens E. gingivalis, found in dental plaque, and E. histolytica, the cause of amebic dysentery.
- Semarang
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noun,
a seaport on N Java, in S Indonesia.
- nametags
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noun,
an identification tag or label showing one's name and sometimes one's address or business affiliation, attached to an article of clothing or worn around the neck or wrist.
- Brisbane
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noun,
Arthur, 1864–1936, U.S. journalist.
- earnings
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noun,
money earned; wages; profits.
- stabbing
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noun,
the act of stabbing.
- Bretagne
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noun,
French name of Brittany.
- Siangtan
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noun,
Older Spelling. Xiangtan.
- Branting
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noun,
Karl Hjalmar [kahrl yahl-mahr] /kɑrl ˈyɑl mɑr/ (Show IPA), 1860–1925, Swedish statesman: prime minister 1920, 1921–23, 1924–25; Nobel Peace Prize 1921.
- Bramante
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noun,
Donato d'Agnolo [daw-nah-taw dah-nyaw-law] /dɔˈnɑ tɔ ˈdɑ nyɔ lɔ/ (Show IPA), 1444–1514, Italian architect and painter.
- emigrant
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noun,
a person who emigrates, as from his or her native country or region:
Synonyms: émigré, expatriate.
- emigrate
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verb (used without object),
to leave one country or region to settle in another; migrate:
- emirates
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noun,
the office or rank of an emir.
- steering
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noun,
the discriminatory practice by a real estate agent of maneuvering a client from a minority group away from considering a home in a white neighborhood.
- abnegate
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verb (used with object),
to refuse or deny oneself (some rights, conveniences, etc.); reject; renounce.
- ragtimes
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noun,
rhythm in which the accompaniment is strict two-four time and the melody, with improvised embellishments, is in steady syncopation.
- Sergeant
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noun,
a noncommissioned army officer of a rank above that of corporal.
- enargite
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noun,
a mineral, copper arsenic and sulfide, Cu 3 AsS 4 , occurring in the form of black orthorhombic crystals having perfect cleavage: an important source of copper.
- energism
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noun,
the theory that self-realization is the highest good.
- trangams
-
noun,
an odd gadget; gewgaw; trinket.
- raiments
-
noun,
clothing; apparel; attire.
- serenata
-
noun,
a form of secular cantata, often of a dramatic or imaginative character.
- engrains
-
verb (used with object), adjective,
ingrain (defs 1, 2).
- Ramsgate
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noun,
a seaport in NE Kent, in SE England: resort.
- etamines
-
noun,
a lightweight cotton or worsted fabric constructed in plain weave and loosely woven.
- trainmen
-
noun,
a member of the crew that operates a railroad train, usually an assistant to the conductor, such as a brakeman or flagman.
- agrement
-
noun,
Music. ornament (def 9).
- segreant
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adjective,
(of a griffin) rampant.
- gamester
-
noun,
a gambler.
- megabits
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noun,
2 20 (1,048,576) bits.
- gambiers
-
noun,
an astringent extract obtained from the leaves and young shoots of a tropical Asian shrub, Uncaria gambir, of the madder family, used in medicine, dyeing, tanning, etc.
- reinsman
-
noun,
a person who rides or drives horses, especially a skillful one, as a jockey or harness driver.
- meninges
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plural noun,
the three membranes covering the brain and spinal cord.
Compare arachnoid (def 6), dura mater, pia mater.
- tear-gas
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noun,
a gas that makes the eyes smart and water, thus producing a temporary blindness, used in modern warfare, to quell riots, etc.
- Geraint
-
noun,
one of the knights of the Round Table, husband of Enid.
- Brabant
-
noun,
a former duchy in W Europe, now divided between the Netherlands and Belgium.
- bemires
-
verb (used with object),
to soil with mire; dirty or muddy:
- emirate
-
noun,
the office or rank of an emir.
- Gratiae
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plural noun,
grace (def 12).
- Gratian
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noun,
(Flavius Gratianus) a.d. 359–383, Roman emperor 375–383.
- gratine
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verb (used with object),
to bake or broil (food) in au gratin style.
- eminent
-
adjective,
high in station, rank, or repute; prominent; distinguished:
- Gambier
-
noun,
an astringent extract obtained from the leaves and young shoots of a tropical Asian shrub, Uncaria gambir, of the madder family, used in medicine, dyeing, tanning, etc.
- gratins
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noun,
au gratin.
- seriema
-
noun,
either of two birds of the family Cariamidae, Cariama cristata, of southern Brazil, or Chunga burmeisteri, of Argentina, having long legs, an erectile crest, a short, broad bill, and limited ability to fly.
- stamina
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noun,
strength of physical constitution; power to endure disease, fatigue, privation, etc.
- stamin-
-
- Samaria
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noun,
a district in ancient Palestine: later part of the Roman province of Syria; taken by Jordan 1948; occupied by Israel 1967.
- emigres
-
noun,
an emigrant, especially a person who flees from his or her native land because of political conditions.
- bemeans
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verb (used with object),
to make mean; demean; debase (usually used reflexively).
- Genista
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noun,
any plant belonging to the genus Genista, of the legume family, having showy flowers and including many species of broom.
- Tangier
-
noun,
a seaport in N Morocco, on the W Strait of Gibraltar: capital of the former Tangier Zone.
- gannets
-
noun,
any large, web-footed, seabird of the family Sulidae, having a sharply pointed bill, long wings, and a wedge-shaped tail, noted for its plunging dives for fish.
- Tanagra
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noun,
a town in ancient Greece, in Boeotia: Spartan victory over the Athenians 457 b.c.
- Benares
-
noun,
a former name of Varanasi.
- Banaras
-
noun,
a former name of Varanasi.
- granita
-
noun,
frozen flavored ice.
- bangers
-
noun,
a person or thing that bangs.
- granite
-
noun,
a coarse-grained igneous rock composed chiefly of orthoclase and albite feldspars and of quartz, usually with lesser amounts of one or more other minerals, as mica, hornblende, or augite.
- benames
-
verb (used with object),
to name; call by name.
- garnets
-
noun,
any of a group of hard, vitreous minerals, silicates of calcium, magnesium, iron, or manganese with aluminum or iron, varying in color: a deep-red transparent variety is used as a gem and as an abrasive.
- grantee
-
noun,
the receiver of a grant.
- garment
-
noun,
any article of clothing:
- stearin
-
noun,
Chemistry. any of the three glyceryl esters of stearic acid, especially C 3 H 5 (C 18 H 35 O 2) 3 , a soft, white, odorless solid found in many natural fats.
- seriate
-
adjective,
arranged or occurring in one or more series.
- tanager
-
noun,
any of numerous songbirds of the New World family Thraupidae, the males of which are usually brightly colored.
- steamer
-
noun,
something propelled or operated by steam, as a steamship.
- seating
-
noun,
an act or instance of furnishing with, assigning, or escorting to a seat.
- Bamberg
-
noun,
a city in N Bavaria in S Germany.
- Bambara
-
noun,
a Mande language that is used as a trade language in the upper Niger drainage basin in Africa.
- gambias
-
noun,
a river in W Africa, flowing W to the Atlantic. 500 miles (800 km) long.
- batsman
-
noun,
a batter, especially in cricket.
- tangram
-
noun,
a Chinese puzzle consisting of a square cut into five triangles, a square, and a rhomboid, which can be combined so as to form a great variety of other figures.
- greaten
-
verb (used with object),
to make greater; enlarge; increase.
- regimen
-
noun,
Medicine/Medical. a regulated course, as of diet, exercise, or manner of living, intended to preserve or restore health or to attain some result.
- earings
-
noun,
a rope attached to a cringle and used for bending a corner of a sail to a yard, boom, or gaff or for reefing a sail.
- Eastern
-
adjective,
lying toward or situated in the east:
- atamans
-
noun,
the elected chief of a Cossack village or military force.
- beignet
-
noun,
a fritter or doughnut.
- imarets
-
noun,
(in Turkey) a hospice for pilgrims, travelers, etc.
- gentian
-
noun,
any of several plants of the genera Gentiana, Gentianella, and Gentianopsis, having usually blue, or sometimes yellow, white, or red, flowers, as the fringed gentian of North America, or Gentiana lutea, of Europe.
Compare gentian family.
- Sabaean
-
noun,
an inhabitant of Saba.
- earnest
-
noun,
full seriousness, as of intention or purpose:
- Smetana
-
noun,
Bedřich [Czech be-drzhikh] /Czech ˈbɛ drʒɪx/ (Show IPA), 1824–84, Czech composer.
- Aterian
-
adjective,
of or indicating a Middle Paleolithic industry of northwestern Africa and the Sahara, characterized by the production of tanged points and bifacially worked leaf-shaped points of varying sizes.
- gametes
-
noun,
a mature sexual reproductive cell, as a sperm or egg, that unites with another cell to form a new organism.
- ingates
-
noun,
gate1 (def 15).
- Ingemar
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Astaire
-
noun,
Fred, 1899–1987, U.S. dancer and actor.
- ingesta
-
plural noun,
substances ingested.
- Sinatra
-
noun,
Frank (Francis Albert) 1915–98, U.S. singer and actor.
- ingrate
-
noun,
an ungrateful person.
- gamines
-
noun,
a neglected girl who is left to run about the streets.
- atresia
-
noun,
the congenital absence, or the pathological closure, of an opening, passage, or cavity.
- seringa
-
noun,
any of several Brazilian trees of the genus Hevea, yielding rubber.
- emanant
-
adjective,
emanating or issuing from or as if from a source.
- Babesia
-
noun,
any protozoan of the genus Babesia, certain species of which are parasitic and pathogenic for warm-blooded animals.
- Emerita
-
noun,
a woman with such status.
- Setaria
-
noun,
any grass of the genus Setaria, having a dense panicle, grown for forage.
- Bergama
-
noun,
a town in W Turkey in Asia.
Ancient Pergamum.
- begrime
-
verb (used with object),
to make grimy.
- tannage
-
noun,
the act or process of tanning leather.
- emanate
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth; emit.
- Stagira
-
noun,
an ancient town in NE Greece, in Macedonia on the E Chalcidice peninsula: birthplace of Aristotle.
- Sabrina
-
noun,
a female given name: from the Latin word for the river Severn.
- siamang
-
noun,
a large, black gibbon, Hylobates syndactylus, of Sumatra and the Malay Peninsula, having very long arms and the second and third digits partially united by a web of skin: an endangered species.
- greisen
-
noun,
a hydrothermally altered rock of granitic texture composed chiefly of quartz and mica, common in the tin mines of Europe.
- gambits
-
noun,
Chess. an opening in which a player seeks to obtain some advantage by sacrificing a pawn or piece.
- sigmate
-
adjective,
having the form of the Greek sigma or the letter S.
- eatings
-
noun,
the act of a person or thing that eats.
- Eastman
-
noun,
George, 1854–1932, U.S. philanthropist and inventor in the field of photography.
- easting
-
noun,
Navigation. the distance due east made good on any course tending eastward; easterly departure.
- banians
-
noun,
banyan.
- engrain
-
verb (used with object), adjective,
ingrain (defs 1, 2).
- etamine
-
noun,
a lightweight cotton or worsted fabric constructed in plain weave and loosely woven.
- Serbian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Serbia, especially one of the Slavic peoples inhabiting it.
- besmear
-
verb (used with object),
to smear all over; bedaub.
- Erigena
-
noun,
Johannes Scotus [joh-han-eez skoh-tuh s,, -han-is] /dʒoʊˈhæn iz ˈskoʊ təs,, -ˈhæn ɪs/ (Show IPA), a.d. c810–c877, Irish philosopher and theologian.
- betaine
-
noun,
a colorless, crystalline, water-soluble, sweet-tasting alkaloid, C 5 H 11 NO 2 , usually obtained from sugar beets or synthesized from glycine, used chiefly in medicine.
- beanbag
-
noun,
a small cloth bag filled with dried beans, as for tossing in various children's games.
- bennies
-
noun,
Benzedrine, especially in tablet form.
- betimes
-
adverb,
early; in good time:
- ergates
-
noun,
a worker ant.
- bennets
-
noun,
herb bennet.
- germens
-
noun,
a germ.
- Sargent
-
noun,
Sir (Harold) Malcolm (Watts) 1895–1967, English conductor.
- sarangi
-
noun,
(in India) a violinlike instrument used to accompany classical dancing.
- barites
-
noun,
a common mineral, barium sulfate, BaSO 4 , occurring in white, yellow, or colorless tabular crystals: the principal ore of barium.
- gibbers
-
noun,
gibbering utterance.
- gearset
-
noun,
a combination of gears that mesh to provide a particular gear ratio.
- bearing
-
noun,
the manner in which one conducts or carries oneself, including posture and gestures:
- gibbets
-
noun,
a gallows with a projecting arm at the top, from which the bodies of criminals were formerly hung in chains and left suspended after execution.
- strange
-
adverb,
in a strange manner.
- segment
-
noun,
one of the parts into which something naturally separates or is divided; a division, portion, or section:
- gabbais
-
noun,
a minor official of a synagogue, having limited ceremonial or administrative functions.
- berates
-
verb (used with object),
to scold; rebuke:
- Bergman
-
noun,
Ingmar [ing-mahr] /ˈɪŋ mɑr/ (Show IPA), 1918–2007, Swedish motion-picture director and writer.
- batsmen
-
noun,
a batter, especially in cricket.
- gerents
-
noun,
a ruler or manager.
- seminar
-
noun,
a small group of students, as in a university, engaged in advanced study and original research under a member of the faculty and meeting regularly to exchange information and hold discussions.
- Bergsma
-
noun,
William, 1921–1994, U.S. composer.
- germane
-
adjective,
closely or significantly related; relevant; pertinent:
- basinet
-
noun,
a globular or pointed helmet of the 14th century, often provided with a visor or aventail: evolved from the cervellière.
Compare great basinet.
- berimes
-
verb (used with object),
berhyme.
- baseman
-
noun,
a first, second, or third baseman.
- estamin
-
noun,
a worsted fabric constructed in twill weave with a rough surface.
- beaming
-
noun,
any of various relatively long pieces of metal, wood, stone, etc., manufactured or shaped especially for use as rigid members or parts of structures or machines.
- basiate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to kiss.
- stinger
-
noun,
a person or thing that stings.
- Bastian
-
noun,
Adolf [ah-dawlf] /ˈɑ dɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1826–1905, German anthropologist.
- Bernina
-
noun,
a mountain in SE Switzerland, in the Rhaetian Alps. 13,295 feet (4050 meters).
- basemen
-
noun,
a first, second, or third baseman.
- Barinas
-
noun,
a city in W Venezuela.
- tamarin
-
noun,
any South American marmoset of the genera Saguinus and Leontopithecus (Leontideus), having silky fur and a nonprehensile tail: several species are threatened or endangered.
- tabbies
-
noun,
a cat with a striped or brindled coat.
- Banting
-
noun,
Sir Frederick Grant, 1891–1941, Canadian physician: one of the discoverers of insulin; Nobel Prize 1923.
- beating
-
noun,
the act of a person or thing that beats, as to punish, clean, mix, etc.:
- barbate
-
adjective,
tufted or furnished with hairs; bearded.
- ensnare
-
verb (used with object),
to capture in, or involve as in, a snare:
- basting
-
noun,
sewing with long, loose stitches to hold material in place until the final sewing.
- tamaris
-
noun,
a rich, naturally fermented soybean sauce containing little or no wheat and thicker than soy sauce.
- enrages
-
verb (used with object),
to make extremely angry; put into a rage; infuriate:
- gastrin
-
noun,
a hormone that stimulates the secretion of gastric juice.
- banters
-
noun,
an exchange of light, playful, teasing remarks; good-natured raillery.
- gateman
-
noun,
a gatekeeper.
- banteng
-
noun,
a wild ox, Bos banteng (javanicus), of southeastern Asia and the Malay Archipelago, resembling the domestic cow: now greatly reduced in number.
- bantams
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) a chicken of any of several varieties or breeds characterized by very small size.
- grabens
-
noun,
a portion of the earth's crust, bounded on at least two sides by faults, that has dropped downward in relation to adjacent portions.
- biremes
-
noun,
a galley having two banks or tiers of oars.
- etesian
-
adjective,
(of certain Mediterranean winds) occurring annually.
- bisnaga
-
noun,
any of several thorny cactuses of the genera Echinocactus, Ferocactus, and Astrophytum of the southwestern U.S.
- engrams
-
noun,
a presumed encoding in neural tissue that provides a physical basis for the persistence of memory; a memory trace.
- beaters
-
noun,
a person or thing that beats.
- sangria
-
noun,
an iced drink, typically made with red wine, sugar, fruit juice, soda water, and spices, and containing fruit slices.
- entries
-
noun,
an act of entering; entrance.
- seeming
-
noun,
appearance, especially outward or deceptive appearance.
- Saragat
-
noun,
Giuseppe [joo-zep-pe] /dʒuˈzɛp pɛ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1988, Italian statesman: president 1964–71.
- gainers
-
noun,
a person or thing that gains.
- entrain
-
verb (used with object),
to put aboard a train.
- entires
-
noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- bargain
-
noun,
an advantageous purchase, especially one acquired at less than the usual cost:
- Barents
-
noun,
Willem [wil-uh m] /ˈwɪl əm/ (Show IPA), died 1597, Dutch navigator and explorer.
- bareges
-
noun,
a sheer fabric constructed in a leno weave of silk warp and cotton or worsted filling, often used to make veils and dresses.
- gaiters
-
noun,
a covering of cloth or leather for the ankle and instep and sometimes also the lower leg, worn over the shoe or boot.
Compare upper1 (def 7).
- gisarme
-
noun,
guisarme.
- beastie
-
noun,
Chiefly Literary. a small animal, especially one toward which affection is felt.
- Steiner
-
noun,
Jakob [yah-kawp] /ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1796–1863, Swiss mathematician.
- Seagirt
-
noun,
surrounded by the sea.
- Santana
-
noun,
Informal. Santa Ana (def 3).
- bigener
-
noun,
a bigeneric hybrid, as certain orchids.
- gatemen
-
noun,
a gatekeeper.
- barbets
-
noun,
any of several stocky, tropical birds of the family Capitonidae, having a stout bill with bristles at the base.
- enigmas
-
noun,
a puzzling or inexplicable occurrence or situation:
- 2,4,5-t
-
noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- smarten
-
Verb phrases,
smarten up,
to groom oneself:
to become aware of one's mistakes, shortcomings, etc., and make efforts to correct them:
- masting
-
noun,
the masts of a ship, taken as a whole.
- aminase
-
noun,
any of a group of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of amino compounds, releasing the amino group and liberating nitrogen.
- remnant
-
noun,
a remaining, usually small part, quantity, number, or the like.
- Martens
-
noun,
any of several slender, chiefly arboreal carnivores of the genus Martes, of northern forests, having a long, glossy coat and bushy tail.
- Martian
-
noun,
a supposed inhabitant of the planet Mars:
- Martina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- martins
-
noun,
Peter, born 1946, U.S. choreographer and ballet master, born in Denmark.
- amentia
-
noun,
lack of intellectual development; imbecility; severe mental retardation.
- Masbate
-
noun,
one of the central islands of the Philippines. 1262 sq. mi. (3269 sq. km).
- mastaba
-
noun,
an ancient Egyptian tomb made of mud brick, rectangular in plan with sloping sides and a flat roof.
- Amen-Ra
-
noun,
a god in whom Amen and Ra were combined: the god of the universe and the supreme Egyptian god during the period of Theban political supremacy.
- matinee
-
noun,
an entertainment, especially a dramatic or musical performance, held in the daytime, usually in the afternoon.
- Maritsa
-
noun,
a river in S Europe, flowing from S Bulgaria along the boundary between Greece and European Turkey and into the Aegean. 300 miles (485 km) long.
- ambient
-
noun,
ambient music (def 1).
- ambiens
-
- Mbabane
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Swaziland, in the NW part.
- ambeers
-
noun,
tobacco juice.
- ambages
-
noun,
winding, roundabout paths or ways.
- meaning
-
noun,
what is intended to be, or actually is, expressed or indicated; signification; import:
- remains
-
noun,
Usually, remains. something that remains or is left.
- meeting
-
noun,
the act of coming together:
- Amanita
-
noun,
any agaricaceous fungus of the genus Amanita, comprised chiefly of poisonous species.
- megabit
-
noun,
2 20 (1,048,576) bits.
- aminate
-
verb (used with object),
to introduce an amino group into (a compound).
- marines
-
noun,
a member of the U.S. Marine Corps.
- timbers
-
noun,
the wood of growing trees suitable for structural uses.
- terbias
-
noun,
an amorphous white powder, Tb 2 O 3 .
- maneges
-
noun,
the art of training and riding horses.
- mangan-
-
- Manners
-
noun,
a way of doing, being done, or happening; mode of action, occurrence, etc.:
- mannite
-
noun,
mannitol.
- animate
-
adjective,
alive; possessing life:
- Mansart
-
noun,
Jules Hardouin [zhyl ar-dwan] /ʒül arˈdwɛ̃/ (Show IPA), (Jules Hardouin) 1646–1708, French architect: chief architectural director for Louis XIV.
- anginas
-
noun,
any attack of painful spasms characterized by sensations of choking or suffocating.
- mantras
-
noun,
Hinduism. a word or formula, as from the Veda, chanted or sung as an incantation or prayer.
- Maranta
-
noun,
any of several tropical American plants of the genus Maranta, including arrowroot and several species cultivated as ornamentals for their variegated foliage.
- Margate
-
noun,
a red-mouthed grunt, Haemulon album, inhabiting Atlantic waters from Florida to Brazil, valued as a food fish.
- margent
-
noun,
margin.
- amirate
-
noun,
emirate.
- anemias
-
noun,
Pathology. a quantitative deficiency of the hemoglobin, often accompanied by a reduced number of red blood cells and causing pallor, weakness, and breathlessness.
- anatman
-
noun,
anatta.
- anatine
-
adjective,
of or relating to the family Anatidae, comprising the swans, geese, and ducks.
- anatase
-
noun,
a naturally occurring crystalline form of titanium dioxide, TiO 2 .
- Ananias
-
noun,
a man who was struck dead for lying. Acts. 5:1–5.
- anagram
-
noun,
a word, phrase, or sentence formed from another by rearranging its letters: .
- anaemia
-
noun,
anemia.
- amritas
-
noun,
the beverage of immortality.
- marinas
-
noun,
a boat basin offering dockage and other service for small craft.
- amnesia
-
noun,
loss of a large block of interrelated memories; complete or partial loss of memory caused by brain injury, shock, etc.
- Megaera
-
noun,
one of the Furies.
- Megaris
-
noun,
a district in ancient Greece, between the Gulf of Corinth and Saronic Gulf.
- Antares
-
noun,
a red supergiant star of the first magnitude in the constellation Scorpius.
- Trebbia
-
noun,
a river in N Italy, flowing N into the Po at Piacenza: Romans defeated by Hannibal near here 218 b.c. 70 miles (113 km) long.
- ratines
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- Aegates
-
noun,
ancient name of Egadi.
- ramenta
-
noun,
a scraping, shaving, or particle.
- trangam
-
noun,
an odd gadget; gewgaw; trinket.
- abstain
-
verb (used without object),
to hold oneself back voluntarily, especially from something regarded as improper or unhealthy (usually followed by from):
- raiment
-
noun,
clothing; apparel; attire.
- naganas
-
noun,
a disease of horses and other animals, widespread in parts of Africa, caused by the organism Trypanosoma brucei, and transmitted by a variety of tsetse fly.
- abreast
-
adverb, adjective,
side by side; beside each other in a line:
- ragtime
-
noun,
rhythm in which the accompaniment is strict two-four time and the melody, with improvised embellishments, is in steady syncopation.
- namaste
-
noun,
a conventional Hindu expression on meeting or parting, used by the speaker usually while holding the palms together vertically in front of the bosom.
- nametag
-
noun,
an identification tag or label showing one's name and sometimes one's address or business affiliation, attached to an article of clothing or worn around the neck or wrist.
- aerates
-
verb (used with object),
to expose to the action or effect of air or to cause air to circulate through:
- rabbins
-
noun,
rabbi1 .
- triages
-
noun,
the process of sorting victims, as of a battle or disaster, to determine medical priority in order to increase the number of survivors.
- neatens
-
verb (used with object),
to make neat:
- rabbets
-
noun,
a deep notch formed in or near one edge of a board, framing timber, etc., so that something else can be fitted into it or so that a door or the like can be closed against it.
- abatage
-
noun,
abattage.
- trienes
-
noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- negates
-
verb (used with object),
to deny the existence, evidence, or truth of:
- Niagara
-
noun,
a river on the boundary between W New York and Ontario, Canada, flowing from Lake Erie into Lake Ontario. 34 miles (55 km) long.
- nibbana
-
noun,
nirvana (def 1).
- tsarina
-
noun,
czarina.
- ratings
-
noun,
classification according to grade or rank.
- reagent
-
noun,
a substance that, because of the reactions it causes, is used in analysis and synthesis.
- timbres
-
noun,
Acoustics, Phonetics. the characteristic quality of a sound, independent of pitch and loudness, from which its source or manner of production can be inferred. Timbre depends on the relative strengths of the components of different frequencies, which are determined by resonance.
- migrant
-
noun,
a person or animal that migrates.
- Meitner
-
noun,
Lise [lee-zuh] /ˈli zə/ (Show IPA), 1878–1968, Austrian nuclear physicist.
- menages
-
noun,
a domestic establishment; household.
- Reigate
-
noun,
a city in Surrey in SE England, a London suburb.
- metages
-
noun,
the official measurement of contents or weight.
- regnant
-
adjective,
reigning; ruling (usually used following the noun it modifies):
- metiers
-
noun,
a field of work; occupation, trade, or profession.
- reginas
-
noun,
queen.
- agnates
-
noun,
a relative whose connection is traceable exclusively through males.
- regains
-
noun,
(in a moisture-free fabric) the percentage of the weight that represents the amount of moisture the material is expected to absorb under normal conditions.
- tinners
-
noun,
a tinsmith.
- aginner
-
noun,
a person who opposes a plan, proposed legislation, or any drastic change:
- against
-
Idioms,
over against, in contrast with:
- migrate
-
verb (used without object),
to go from one country, region, or place to another. Synonyms: move, resettle, relocate.
Antonyms: remain.
- minaret
-
noun,
a lofty, often slender, tower or turret attached to a mosque, surrounded by or furnished with one or more balconies, from which the muezzin calls the people to prayer.
- Agenais
-
noun,
an ancient region of SW France.
- Minster
-
noun,
a church actually or originally connected with a monastic establishment.
- mintage
-
noun,
the act or process of minting.
- mirages
-
noun,
an optical phenomenon, especially in the desert or at sea, by which the image of some object appears displaced above, below, or to one side of its true position as a result of spatial variations of the index of refraction of air.
- agarita
-
noun,
a tall shrub, Mahonia trifoliolata, of the barberry family, of southwestern North America, having stiff, oblong leaflets with spiny teeth and a red fruit used in jelly.
- trainee
-
noun,
a person being trained, especially in a vocation; apprentice.
- agamete
-
noun,
an asexual reproductive cell, as a spore, that forms a new organism without fusion with another cell.
- reagins
-
noun,
Also called Wassermann antibody. an antibody formed in response to syphilis and reactive with cardiolipin in various blood tests for the disease.
- tenners
-
noun,
a 10-dollar bill.
- ambries
-
noun,
Also called armarium. Ecclesiastical. a recess in the wall of a church or a cupboard in the sacristy where sacred vessels, books, vestments, etc., are kept.
- ringent
-
adjective,
gaping.
- manages
-
verb (used with object),
to bring about or succeed in accomplishing, sometimes despite difficulty or hardship:
- Aragats
-
noun,
Mount, an extinct volcano in NW Armenia. 13,435 feet (4095 meters).
- antigen
-
noun,
Immunology. any substance that can stimulate the production of antibodies and combine specifically with them.
- retains
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- interns
-
noun,
a person who is or has been interned; internee.
- re-sign
-
verb (used with or without object),
to sign again.
- interne
-
noun, verb (used without object),
intern2 .
- Arabian
-
noun,
an inhabitant of Arabia.
- Arabist
-
noun,
a person who specializes in or studies the Arabic language or Arab culture.
- Artigas
-
noun,
José Gervasio [haw-se her-vah-syaw] /hɔˈsɛ hɛrˈvɑ syɔ/ (Show IPA), 1764–1850, Uruguayan soldier and patriot.
- teeming
-
adjective,
abounding or swarming with something, as with people:
- Armenia
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Asia: now divided between Armenia, Turkey, and Iran.
- antings
-
noun,
the placing of ants among the feathers, done by certain birds apparently to kill parasites.
- manager
-
noun,
a person who has control or direction of an institution, business, etc., or of a part, division, or phase of it.
- argents
-
noun,
Heraldry. the tincture or metal silver.
- Riemann
-
noun,
Georg Friedrich Bernhard [gey-awrk free-drikh bern-hahrt] /geɪˈɔrk ˈfri drɪx ˈbɛrn hɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1826–66, German mathematician.
- ARTEMIS
-
noun,
Also called Cynthia. an ancient Greek goddess, the daughter of Leto and the sister of Apollo, characterized as a virgin huntress and associated with the moon.
Compare Diana.
- Artesia
-
noun,
a city in S California.
- Antibes
-
noun,
a seaport in SE France, SW of Nice: preserved ruins of 4th-century b.c. Roman town.
- Teniers
-
noun,
David [dey-vid;; Flemish dah-vit;; French dah-veed] /ˈdeɪ vɪd;; Flemish ˈdɑ vɪt;; French dɑˈvid/ (Show IPA), ("the Elder") 1582–1649, Flemish painter and engraver.
- tearing
-
noun,
a drop of the saline, watery fluid continually secreted by the lacrimal glands between the surface of the eye and the eyelid, serving to moisten and lubricate these parts and keep them clear of foreign particles. Synonyms: teardrop.
- Magenta
-
noun,
fuchsin.
- resting
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- manatee
-
noun,
any of several plant-eating aquatic mammals of the genus Trichechus, of West Indian, Floridian, and Gulf Coast waters, having two flippers in front and a broad, spoon-shaped tail: all species are endangered.
- insnare
-
verb (used with object),
ensnare.
- mananas
-
noun,
tomorrow; the (indefinite) future.
- Riesman
-
noun,
David, 1909–2002, U.S. sociologist.
- artisan
-
noun,
a person skilled in an applied art; a craftsperson.
- intense
-
adjective,
existing or occurring in a high or extreme degree:
- arenite
-
noun,
psammite.
- magnate
-
noun,
a person of great influence, importance, or standing in a particular enterprise, field of business, etc.:
- intens.
-
- rennets
-
noun,
the lining membrane of the fourth stomach of a calf or of the stomach of certain other young animals.
- magnet-
-
- integer
-
noun,
Mathematics. one of the positive or negative numbers 1, 2, 3, etc., or zero.
Compare whole number.
- magnets
-
noun,
a body, as a piece of iron or steel, that possesses the property of attracting certain substances, as iron.
- Aramean
-
noun,
a Semite of the division associated with Aram.
- antiars
-
noun,
the upas tree.
- retsina
-
noun,
a strong, resinated white or red wine of Greece and Cyprus.
- rating
-
noun,
classification according to grade or rank.
- enter-
-
- enters
-
Verb phrases,
enter into,
to participate in; engage in.
to investigate; consider:
to sympathize with; share in.
to form a constituent part or ingredient of:
to go into a particular state:
- ranees
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- ratine
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- ratans
-
noun,
rattan.
- Ensign
-
noun,
a flag or banner, as a military or naval standard used to indicate nationality.
- serein
-
noun,
fine rain falling after sunset from a sky in which no clouds are visible.
- ranges
-
noun,
the extent to which or the limits between which variation is possible:
- enrage
-
verb (used with object),
to make extremely angry; put into a rage; infuriate:
- imaret
-
noun,
(in Turkey) a hospice for pilgrims, travelers, etc.
- ramets
-
noun,
an individual of a clone.
- enigma
-
noun,
a puzzling or inexplicable occurrence or situation:
- Serena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ramate
-
adjective,
having branches; branching out or off.
- images
-
noun,
a physical likeness or representation of a person, animal, or thing, photographed, painted, sculptured, or otherwise made visible.
- reagin
-
noun,
Also called Wassermann antibody. an antibody formed in response to syphilis and reactive with cardiolipin in various blood tests for the disease.
- intern
-
noun,
a person who is or has been interned; internee.
- Gretna
-
noun,
a city in SE Louisiana, near New Orleans.
- sennit
-
noun,
a flat, braided cordage, formed by plaiting strands of rope yarn or other fiber, used as small stuff aboard ships.
- sennet
-
noun,
any of several small barracudas, as Sphyraena borealis (northern sennet) ranging along the eastern coast of North and Central America.
- Sennar
-
noun,
a region in the E Sudan between the White and Blue Nile rivers, S of Khartoum: a former kingdom.
- miners
-
noun,
Also called mineworker. a person who works in a mine, especially a commercial mine producing coal or metallic ores.
- Samain
-
noun,
Samhain.
- Grimes
-
noun,
dirt, soot, or other filthy matter, especially adhering to or embedded in a surface.
- Esenin
-
noun,
Sergey Aleksandrovich [Russian syir-gyey uh-lyi-ksahn-druh-vyich] /Russian syɪrˈgyeɪ ʌ lyɪˈksɑn drə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), Yesenin, Sergey Aleksandrovich.
- Ernest
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “vigor, intent.”.
- senega
-
noun,
the dried root of a milkwort, Polygala senega, of the eastern U.S., used as an expectorant and diuretic.
- Samara
-
noun,
an indehiscent, usually one-seeded, winged fruit, as of the elm or maple.
- Senate
-
noun,
an assembly or council of citizens having the highest deliberative functions in a government, especially a legislative assembly of a state or nation.
- inters
-
verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- Semite
-
noun,
a member of any of various ancient and modern peoples originating in southwestern Asia, including the Akkadians, Canaanites, Phoenicians, Hebrews, and Arabs.
- intra-
-
- rebbes
-
noun,
a teacher in a Jewish school.
- Ermine
-
noun,
an Old World weasel, Mustela erminea, having in its winter color phase a white coat with black at the tip of the tail.
Compare stoat.
- entire
-
noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- I-beam
-
noun,
a rolled or extruded metal beam having a cross section resembling an I.
Compare H-beam.
- Reagan
-
noun,
Nancy Davis (Anne Francis Robbins Davis) born 1921, U.S. First Lady 1981–89 (wife of Ronald Reagan).
- Sabbat
-
noun,
(in the 14th–16th centuries) a secret rendezvous of witches and sorcerers for worshiping the Devil, characterized by orgiastic rites, dances, feasting, etc.
- mitres
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- miters
-
noun,
the official headdress of a bishop in the Western Church, in its modern form a tall cap with a top deeply cleft crosswise, the outline of the front and back resembling that of a pointed arch.
- Sabean
-
noun,
an inhabitant of Saba.
- Mister
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) a conventional title of respect for a man, prefixed to the name and to certain official designations (usually written as the abbreviation Mr.).
- Sabina
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “a Sabine woman.”.
- Serang
-
noun,
Ceram.
- Sabine
-
noun,
one of the Sabine people.
- ergate
-
noun,
a worker ant.
- mirage
-
noun,
an optical phenomenon, especially in the desert or at sea, by which the image of some object appears displaced above, below, or to one side of its true position as a result of spatial variations of the index of refraction of air.
- reatas
-
noun,
riata.
- Serbia
-
noun,
a republic in S Europe since 2006; includes the autonomous province of Vojvodina and claims sovereignty over the autonomous province of Kosovo, which has declared itself independent; formerly part of Yugoslavia, in the N part: a former kingdom in S Europe. 34,116 sq. mi. (88,360 sq. km). Capital: Belgrade.
- rebate
-
noun,
a return of part of the original payment for some service or merchandise; partial refund.
- engram
-
noun,
a presumed encoding in neural tissue that provides a physical basis for the persistence of memory; a memory trace.
- Samian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Samos.
- Ramage
-
noun,
a descent group composed of individuals descended from one ancestor through any combination of male and female links.
- signee
-
noun,
a person who signs a document, register, etc.; signer; signatory:
- insane
-
adjective,
not sane; not of sound mind; mentally deranged.
- Ingram
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Egbert
-
noun,
a.d. 775?–839, king of the West Saxons 802–839; 1st king of the English 828–839.
- nemat-
-
- sienna
-
noun,
a ferruginous earth used as a yellowish-brown pigment (raw sienna) or, after roasting in a furnace, as a reddish-brown pigment (burnt sienna)
- Nereis
-
noun,
clamworm.
- Nerine
-
noun,
any of several bulbous plants belonging to the genus Nerine, of the amaryllis family, native to southern Africa, having funnel-shaped red, pink, or white flowers.
- eating
-
noun,
the act of a person or thing that eats.
- Nernst
-
noun,
Walther Herman [vahl-tuh r her-mahn] /ˈvɑl tər ˈhɛr mɑn/ (Show IPA), 1864–1941, German physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in chemistry 1920.
- Nesbit
-
noun,
E(dith) 1858–1924, English children's author, novelist, and poet.
- netman
-
noun,
a tennis player.
- netmen
-
noun,
a tennis player.
- Easter
-
noun,
an annual Christian festival in commemoration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, observed on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the vernal equinox, as calculated according to tables based in Western churches on the Gregorian calendar and in Orthodox churches on the Julian calendar.
- easier
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- signer
-
noun,
a person who signs.
- negate
-
verb (used with object),
to deny the existence, evidence, or truth of:
- niters
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- BSMetE
-
- Sirena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- sinter
-
noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- sinner
-
noun,
a person who sins; transgressor.
- Singer
-
noun,
a person who sings, especially a trained or professional vocalist.
- Singan
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- eagers
-
noun,
eagre.
- signet
-
noun,
a small seal, as on a finger ring.
- INGRES
-
noun,
Jean Auguste Dominique [zhahn oh-gyst daw-mee-neek] /ʒɑ̃ oʊˈgüst dɔ miˈnik/ (Show IPA), 1780–1867, French painter.
- eagres
-
noun,
a tidal bore or flood.
- earing
-
noun,
a rope attached to a cringle and used for bending a corner of a sail to a yard, boom, or gaff or for reefing a sail.
- Niemen
-
noun,
a river in the W Soviet Union in Europe, flowing into the Baltic: called Memel in its lower course. 565 miles (910 km) long.
- innate
-
adjective,
existing in one from birth; inborn; native:
- nitres
-
noun,
niter.
- Egesta
-
noun,
matter egested from the body, as excrement or other waste.
- egrets
-
noun,
any of several usually white herons that grow long, graceful plumes during the breeding season, as Egretta garzetta (little egret) of the Old World.
- engine
-
noun,
a machine for converting thermal energy into mechanical energy or power to produce force and motion.
- Nantes
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Loire-Atlantique, in W France, at the mouth of the Loire River.
- engin.
-
- inter.
-
- inanes
-
noun,
something that is empty or void, especially the void of infinite space.
- nagana
-
noun,
a disease of horses and other animals, widespread in parts of Africa, caused by the organism Trypanosoma brucei, and transmitted by a variety of tsetse fly.
- enates
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- Regain
-
noun,
(in a moisture-free fabric) the percentage of the weight that represents the amount of moisture the material is expected to absorb under normal conditions.
- instr.
-
- ragmen
-
noun,
a person who gathers or deals in rag.
- ingate
-
noun,
gate1 (def 15).
- serine
-
noun,
a crystalline amino acid, HOCH 2 CH(NH 2)COOH, found in many proteins and obtained by the hydrolysis of sericin, the protein constituting silk gum. Symbol: S. Abbreviation: Ser;
- instar
-
noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- Namtar
-
noun,
the Sumerian and Akkadian demon personifying death.
- ragman
-
noun,
a person who gathers or deals in rag.
- nanism
-
noun,
the condition of being unusually or abnormally small in size or stature; dwarfism.
- emigre
-
noun,
an emigrant, especially a person who flees from his or her native land because of political conditions.
- rabats
-
noun,
a sleeveless, backless, vestlike garment extending to the waist, worn by a cleric beneath the clerical collar, especially in the Roman Catholic and Anglican churches.
- inseam
-
noun,
an inside or inner seam of a garment, especially the seam of a trouser leg that runs from the crotch down to the bottom of the leg.
- set-in
-
adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- rabban
-
noun,
master; teacher (used as a term of address and title of respect for a person ranking higher than a rabbi).
- rabbet
-
noun,
a deep notch formed in or near one edge of a board, framing timber, etc., so that something else can be fitted into it or so that a door or the like can be closed against it.
- Ingmar
-
noun,
a male given name.
- nebris
-
noun,
a fawn skin worn in Greek mythology by Dionysus and his followers.
- embars
-
verb (used with object),
to stop or hinder, as by a bar.
- embers
-
noun,
a small live piece of coal, wood, etc., as in a dying fire.
- rabies
-
noun,
an infectious disease of dogs, cats, and other animals, transmitted to humans by the bite of an infected animal and usually fatal if prophylactic treatment is not administered: caused by an RNA virus of the rhabdovirus group; hydrophobia.
- rabbin
-
noun,
rabbi1 .
- insert
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- ingest
-
verb (used with object),
to take, as food, into the body (opposed to egest).
- neaten
-
verb (used with object),
to make neat:
- rabbis
-
noun,
the chief religious official of a synagogue, trained usually in a theological seminary and duly ordained, who delivers the sermon at a religious service and performs ritualistic, pastoral, educational, and other functions in and related to his or her capacity as a spiritual leader of Judaism and the Jewish community.
Compare cantor (def 2).
- rabbit
-
noun,
any of several soft-furred, large-eared, rodentlike burrowing mammals of the family Leporidae, allied with the hares and pikas in the order Lagomorpha, having a divided upper lip and long hind legs, usually smaller than the hares and mainly distinguished from them by bearing blind and furless young in nests rather than fully developed young in the open.
- Nagari
-
noun,
a group of related scripts, including Devanagari, derived from Brahmi and used for the writing of many of the languages of India.
- metage
-
noun,
the official measurement of contents or weight.
- Estrin
-
noun,
estrone.
- rennet
-
noun,
the lining membrane of the fourth stomach of a calf or of the stomach of certain other young animals.
- margin
-
noun,
the space around the printed or written matter on a page.
- renins
-
noun,
a proteolytic enzyme secreted by the kidneys that is involved in the release of angiotensin.
- gramas
-
noun,
any grass of the genus Bouteloua, of South America and western North America, as B. gracilis (blue grama)
- sambar
-
noun,
a deer, Cervus unicolor, of India, Sri Lanka, southeastern Asia, the East Indies, and the Philippines, having three-pointed antlers.
- Remsen
-
noun,
Ira, 1846–1927, U.S. chemist and educator.
- grani-
-
- Marian
-
noun,
a person who has a particular devotion to the Virgin Mary.
- German
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Germany.
- Rennes
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Ille-et-Vilaine, in NW France: former capital of Brittany; scene of trial of Alfred Dreyfus, 1899.
- Sarnen
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Obwalden, in central Switzerland, E of Bern.
- Mainer
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of the state of Maine.
- gerent
-
noun,
a ruler or manager.
- Marina
-
noun,
a boat basin offering dockage and other service for small craft.
- maigre
-
adjective,
containing neither flesh nor its juices, as food permissible on days of religious abstinence.
- germen
-
noun,
a germ.
- 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.
- marine
-
noun,
a member of the U.S. Marine Corps.
- Granta
-
noun,
Cam.
- satang
-
noun,
a monetary unit and former coin of Thailand, the 100th part of a baht.
- genit.
-
- Marist
-
noun,
a member of a religious order founded in Lyons, France, in 1816 for missionary and educational work in the name of the Virgin Mary.
- genies
-
noun,
Islamic Mythology. jinn.
- Rennie
-
noun,
John, 1761–1821, Scottish engineer.
- genets
-
noun,
any small, Old World carnivore of the genus Genetta, especially G. genetta, having spotted sides and a ringed tail.
- genera
-
noun,
a plural of genus.
- sateen
-
noun,
a strong cotton fabric constructed in satin weave and having a lustrous face.
- Grants
-
noun,
a town in W New Mexico.
- Marten
-
noun,
any of several slender, chiefly arboreal carnivores of the genus Martes, of northern forests, having a long, glossy coat and bushy tail.
- Gemara
-
noun,
the section of the Talmud consisting essentially of commentary on the Mishnah.
- Margie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Margaret.
- grains
-
noun,
an iron instrument with barbed prongs, for spearing or harpooning fish.
- remits
-
noun,
Law. a transfer of the record of an action from one tribunal to another, particularly from an appellate court to the court of original jurisdiction.
- manner
-
noun,
a way of doing, being done, or happening; mode of action, occurrence, etc.:
- Manati
-
noun,
a city in N Puerto Rico.
- Sanger
-
noun,
Frederick, 1918–2013, English biochemist: Nobel Prize in chemistry 1958.
- manege
-
noun,
the art of training and riding horses.
- manana
-
noun,
tomorrow; the (indefinite) future.
- gisant
-
noun,
a sculptured representation of a dead person in a recumbent position, usually as part of a sepulchral monument.
- Sambre
-
noun,
a river in W Europe, flowing NE through N France and S Belgium into the Meuse at Namur: battle 1918. 120 miles (193 km) long.
- manger
-
noun,
a box or trough in a stable or barn from which horses or cattle eat.
- manges
-
noun,
any of various skin diseases caused by parasitic mites, affecting animals and sometimes humans and characterized by loss of hair and scabby eruptions.
- manias
-
noun,
excessive excitement or enthusiasm; craze:
- Santee
-
noun,
a city in SW California.
- Manisa
-
noun,
a city in W Turkey, near the Aegean: Roman defeat of Antiochus the Great 190 b.c.
- Mannar
-
noun,
Gulf of, an inlet of the Indian Ocean, bounded by W Sri Lanka, the chain of shoals that comprise Adam's Bridge, and S India.
- mannas
-
noun,
the food miraculously supplied to the Israelites in the wilderness. Ex. 16:14–36.
- santir
-
noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- Gibran
-
noun,
Kahlil [kah-leel] /kɑˈlil/ (Show IPA), 1883–1931, Lebanese mystic, poet, dramatist, and artist; in the U.S. after 1910.
- marges
-
noun,
margin; edge.
- Mannes
-
noun,
Leopold Damrosch, 1899–1964, U.S. composer and chemist.
- Mannie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Emanuel.
- graben
-
noun,
a portion of the earth's crust, bounded on at least two sides by faults, that has dropped downward in relation to adjacent portions.
- mantas
-
noun,
(in Spain and Spanish America) a cloak or wrap.
- gibbet
-
noun,
a gallows with a projecting arm at the top, from which the bodies of criminals were formerly hung in chains and left suspended after execution.
- Graeae
-
plural noun,
three old sea goddesses who had but one eye and one tooth among them and were the protectors of their sisters the Gorgons.
- gibber
-
noun,
gibbering utterance.
- mantis
-
noun,
any of several predaceous insects of the order Mantidae, having a long prothorax and typically holding the forelegs in an upraised position as if in prayer.
- mantra
-
noun,
Hinduism. a word or formula, as from the Veda, chanted or sung as an incantation or prayer.
- Gesner
-
noun,
Konrad von [kon-rad von;; German kawn-raht fuh n] /ˈkɒn ræd vɒn;; German ˈkɔn rɑt fən/ (Show IPA), 1516–65, Swiss naturalist.
- Renata
-
noun,
a female given name.
- marais
-
noun,
a swamp or bayou.
- Graiae
-
plural noun,
Graeae.
- manage
-
verb (used with object),
to bring about or succeed in accomplishing, sometimes despite difficulty or hardship:
- satire
-
noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- Gbaris
-
noun,
Gwari.
- regent
-
noun,
a person who exercises the ruling power in a kingdom during the minority, absence, or disability of the sovereign.
- gabies
-
noun,
a fool.
- retina
-
noun,
the innermost coat of the posterior part of the eyeball that receives the image produced by the lens, is continuous with the optic nerve, and consists of several layers, one of which contains the rods and cones that are sensitive to light.
- grease
-
noun,
the melted or rendered fat of animals, especially when in a soft state.
- Megara
-
noun,
a city in ancient Greece: the chief city of Megaris.
- riatas
-
noun,
a lariat.
- Gambia
-
noun,
a river in W Africa, flowing W to the Atlantic. 500 miles (800 km) long.
- menage
-
noun,
a domestic establishment; household.
- gambas
-
noun,
viola da gamba (def 1).
- Mentes
-
noun,
(in the Odyssey) a captain of the Taphians. Athena assumed his form when she urged Telemachus to search for Odysseus.
- gaiter
-
noun,
a covering of cloth or leather for the ankle and instep and sometimes also the lower leg, worn over the shoe or boot.
Compare upper1 (def 7).
- reigns
-
noun,
the period during which a sovereign occupies the throne.
- gainst
-
preposition,
against.
- Gaines
-
noun,
Edmund Pendleton, 1777–1849, U.S. general.
- merges
-
verb (used with object),
to cause to combine or coalesce; unite.
- Gainer
-
noun,
a person or thing that gains.
- merits
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- retems
-
noun,
a shrub, Retama raetam, of Syria and Arabia, having white flowers: said to be the juniper of the Old Testament.
- Gabbai
-
noun,
a minor official of a synagogue, having limited ceremonial or administrative functions.
- Mersin
-
noun,
a seaport in S Turkey, on the NW coast of the Mediterranean Sea.
- Greats
-
- samite
-
noun,
a heavy silk fabric, sometimes interwoven with gold, worn in the Middle Ages.
- grebes
-
noun,
any diving bird of the family Podicipedidae, related to the loons, but having a rudimentary tail and lobate rather than webbed toes.
- Ismene
-
noun,
a daughter of Oedipus and Jocasta who did not join Antigone in her forbidden burial of their brother Polynices.
- seiner
-
noun,
a person who fishes with a seine.
- Semang
-
noun,
a member of a Negrito people of the Malay Peninsula.
- meters
-
noun,
the fundamental unit of length in the metric system, equivalent to 39.37 U.S. inches, originally intended to be, and being very nearly, equal to one ten-millionth of the distance from the equator to the pole measured on a meridian: defined from 1889 to 1960 as the distance between two lines on a platinum-iridium bar (the “International Prototype Meter”) preserved at the International Bureau of Weights and Measures near Paris; from 1960 to 1983 defined as 1,650,763.73 wavelengths of the orange-red radiation of krypton 86 under specified conditions; and now defined as 1/299,792,458 of the distance light travels in a vacuum in one second. Abbreviation: m.
- metier
-
noun,
a field of work; occupation, trade, or profession.
- greens
-
noun,
a color intermediate in the spectrum between yellow and blue, an effect of light with a wavelength between 500 and 570 nm; found in nature as the color of most grasses and leaves while growing, of some fruits while ripening, and of the sea.
- greets
-
verb (used with object),
to address with some form of salutation; welcome.
- Regina
-
noun,
queen.
- regime
-
noun,
a mode or system of rule or government:
- gambit
-
noun,
Chess. an opening in which a player seeks to obtain some advantage by sacrificing a pawn or piece.
- seeing
-
noun,
the act of a person who sees.
- grates
-
noun,
a frame of metal bars for holding fuel when burning, as in a fireplace, furnace, or stove.
- Garnet
-
noun,
any of a group of hard, vitreous minerals, silicates of calcium, magnesium, iron, or manganese with aluminum or iron, varying in color: a deep-red transparent variety is used as a gem and as an abrasive.
- Master
-
noun,
a person with the ability or power to use, control, or dispose of something:
- rentes
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- remise
-
verb (used with object),
to give up a claim to; surrender by deed.
- Matane
-
noun,
a city in E Quebec, in SE Canada, on the St. Lawrence River.
- remans
-
verb (used with object),
to man again; furnish with a fresh supply of personnel.
- maters
-
noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- Seaman
-
noun,
a person skilled in seamanship.
- seamen
-
noun,
a person skilled in seamanship.
- inmate
-
noun,
a person who is confined in a prison, hospital, etc.
- gastr-
-
- gasmen
-
noun,
a person who works for a company that sells or distributes household gas, especially a person who goes from building to building reading gas meters to determine what charge is to be billed.
- reseat
-
verb (used with object),
to provide with a new seat or new seats.
- gasman
-
noun,
a person who works for a company that sells or distributes household gas, especially a person who goes from building to building reading gas meters to determine what charge is to be billed.
- gratin
-
noun,
au gratin.
- resent
-
verb (used with object),
to feel or show displeasure or indignation at (a person, act, remark, etc.) from a sense of injury or insult.
- gamet-
-
- seater
-
noun,
a person or thing that seats.
- matins
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) matins, Also, especially British, mattins. (usually used with a singular verb) Ecclesiastical.
the first of the seven canonical hours.
the service for it, properly beginning at midnight, but sometimes beginning at daybreak.
Also called Morning Prayer. the service of public prayer, said in the morning, in the Anglican Church.
- matri-
-
- gannet
-
noun,
any large, web-footed, seabird of the family Sulidae, having a sharply pointed bill, long wings, and a wedge-shaped tail, noted for its plunging dives for fish.
- gratis
-
adverb,
without charge or payment; free:
- mbiras
-
noun,
a musical instrument of Africa usually made out of a gourd that serves as a resonating box, to which vibrating metal or wooden strips are attached for plucking.
- resign
-
verb (used with object),
to give up (an office, position, etc.), often formally.
- meager
-
adjective,
deficient in quantity or quality; lacking fullness or richness; scanty; inadequate:
- meanie
-
noun,
Informal. meany.
- gamins
-
noun,
a neglected boy left to run about the streets; street urchin.
- gamine
-
noun,
a neglected girl who is left to run about the streets.
- remain
-
noun,
Usually, remains. something that remains or is left.
- retain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- gamete
-
noun,
a mature sexual reproductive cell, as a sperm or egg, that unites with another cell to form a new organism.
- innage
-
noun,
the quantity of goods remaining in a container when received after shipment.
Compare outage (def 4).
- Babism
-
noun,
Bābī (def 1).
- Barnet
-
noun,
a borough of Greater London, England.
- timber
-
noun,
the wood of growing trees suitable for structural uses.
- tabers
-
noun,
tabor.
- Sterne
-
noun,
Laurence, 1713–68, English clergyman and novelist.
- Amarna
-
adjective,
of or relating to the period in ancient Egyptian history described on cuneiform tablets (Amarna tablets) that were found in 1887 at Tell el Amarna and contain the correspondence (Amarna letters) from neighboring kings and governors to Amenhotep IV and his father Amenhotep III.
- Anabas
-
noun,
any small fish of the genus Anabas, of ponds and swamps in Africa and southeastern Asia.
- betise
-
noun,
lack of understanding, perception, or the like; stupidity.
- agates
-
noun,
a variegated chalcedony showing curved, colored bands or other markings.
- stigma
-
noun,
a mark of disgrace or infamy; a stain or reproach, as on one's reputation.
- barbas
-
noun,
the beard.
- tisane
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- Annaba
-
noun,
a seaport in NE Algeria: site of Hippo Regius.
- barbes
-
noun,
a band or small scarf of lace, worn around the head or neck by women.
- bestir
-
verb (used with object),
to stir up; rouse to action (often used reflexively):
- ageism
-
noun,
discrimination against persons of a certain age group.
- string
-
noun,
a slender cord or thick thread used for binding or tying; line.
- babies
-
noun,
an infant or very young child.
- timbre
-
noun,
Acoustics, Phonetics. the characteristic quality of a sound, independent of pitch and loudness, from which its source or manner of production can be inferred. Timbre depends on the relative strengths of the components of different frequencies, which are determined by resonance.
- bagman
-
noun,
dishonest official; a person who collects, carries, or distributes illegal payoff money.
- Besant
-
noun,
bezant.
- Bertie
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- bagmen
-
noun,
dishonest official; a person who collects, carries, or distributes illegal payoff money.
- Bernie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Bernard.
- Tanner
-
noun,
a person whose occupation it is to tan hides.
- barbet
-
noun,
any of several stocky, tropical birds of the family Capitonidae, having a stout bill with bristles at the base.
- tirage
-
noun,
the withdrawing of wine from a barrel, as for testing or tasting.
- bireme
-
noun,
a galley having two banks or tiers of oars.
- antiar
-
noun,
the upas tree.
- bitser
-
noun,
a mongrel dog.
- terbia
-
noun,
an amorphous white powder, Tb 2 O 3 .
- biters
-
noun,
a person or animal that bites, especially habitually or viciously:
- trains
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- Amrita
-
noun,
the beverage of immortality.
- bistre
-
noun,
a brown pigment extracted from the soot of wood, often used in pen and wash drawings.
- bister
-
noun,
bistre.
- Barbie
-
noun,
Also called Barbie doll. a person, especially a young woman, perceived as blandly attractive and vacuous.
- Tarbes
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Hautes-Pyrénées, in SW France.
- beaten
-
noun,
a stroke or blow.
- Bienne
-
noun,
Lake of, a lake in NW Switzerland: traces of prehistoric lake dwellings. 16 sq. mi. (41 sq. km).
- binges
-
noun,
a period or bout, usually brief, of excessive indulgence, as in eating, drinking alcoholic beverages, etc.; spree.
- Bingen
-
noun,
Hildegard von (Hildegard of Bingen"Sibyl of the Rhine") 1098–1178, German nun, healer, writer, and composer.
- Tenner
-
noun,
a 10-dollar bill.
- agamas
-
noun,
any of numerous agamid lizards of the genus Agama, many of which are brilliantly colored and have the ability to change the color of the skin.
- a-game
-
noun,
a person’s best effort, abilities, or achievement:
- tennis
-
noun,
a game played on a rectangular court by two players or two pairs of players equipped with rackets, in which a ball is driven back and forth over a low net that divides the court in half.
- binate
-
adjective,
produced or borne in pairs; double.
- ansate
-
adjective,
having a handle or handlelike part.
- bimane
-
noun,
a bimanous animal.
- beater
-
noun,
a person or thing that beats.
- Anemia
-
noun,
Pathology. a quantitative deficiency of the hemoglobin, often accompanied by a reduced number of red blood cells and causing pallor, weakness, and breathlessness.
- Bairam
-
noun,
ʾId al-Adha.
- Aeneas
-
noun,
a Trojan hero, the reputed ancestor of the Romans: protagonist of the Aeneid.
- Angara
-
noun,
a river in the S Russian Federation in Asia, flowing NW from Lake Baikal to the Yenisei River: called Upper Tunguska in its lower course. 1151 miles (1855 km) long.
- banger
-
noun,
a person or thing that bangs.
- Strine
-
noun,
Australian English.
- tineas
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- Angers
-
noun,
a city in and capital of Maine-et-Loire, in W France.
- Benita
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Teresa
-
noun,
Mother (Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu) 1910–97, Albanian nun: Nobel Peace Prize 1979 for work in the slums of Calcutta, India.
- beiges
-
noun,
very light brown, as of undyed wool; light gray with a brownish tinge.
- benign
-
adjective,
having a kindly disposition; gracious:
- stream
-
noun,
a body of water flowing in a channel or watercourse, as a river, rivulet, or brook. Synonyms: rill, run, streamlet, runnel.
- banian
-
noun,
banyan.
- banter
-
noun,
an exchange of light, playful, teasing remarks; good-natured raillery.
- angina
-
noun,
any attack of painful spasms characterized by sensations of choking or suffocating.
- Banias
-
noun,
banyan (def 2).
- beings
-
noun,
the fact of existing; existence (as opposed to nonexistence).
- Banner
-
noun,
the flag of a country, army, troop, etc.
- bename
-
verb (used with object),
to name; call by name.
- Strega
-
- bemire
-
verb (used with object),
to soil with mire; dirty or muddy:
- bemean
-
verb (used with object),
to make mean; demean; debase (usually used reflexively).
- Bembas
-
noun,
a member of a numerous agricultural people of Zambia.
- Aintab
-
noun,
former name of Gaziantep.
- timers
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- airman
-
noun,
an aviator.
- bennes
-
noun,
Southern U.S., especially South Carolina, and Bahamian English. the sesame plant or its seeds.
- tinner
-
noun,
a tinsmith.
- Animas
-
noun,
soul; life.
- animes
-
noun,
a Japanese style of motion-picture animation, characterized by highly stylized, colorful art, futuristic settings, violence, and sexuality.
- Bering
-
noun,
Vitus [vee-too s] /ˈvi tʊs/ (Show IPA), 1680–1741, Danish navigator: explorer of the N Pacific.
- tinmen
-
noun,
a tinsmith.
- berime
-
verb (used with object),
berhyme.
- bairns
-
noun,
a child; son or daughter.
- Tanana
-
noun,
a river flowing NW from E Alaska to the Yukon River. About 650 miles (1045 km) long.
- Bergen
-
noun,
Edgar, 1903–78, U.S. ventriloquist.
- agnate
-
noun,
a relative whose connection is traceable exclusively through males.
- begats
-
plural noun,
genealogical lists, especially those in the Old Testament.
- tinman
-
noun,
a tinsmith.
- anenst
-
preposition,
anent (def 2).
- Bennet
-
noun,
herb bennet.
- tinges
-
noun,
a slight degree of coloration.
- berate
-
verb (used with object),
to scold; rebuke:
- banaba
-
noun,
an island in the W central Pacific Ocean, in the Gilbert Islands group of Kiribati.
- banana
-
noun,
a tropical plant of the genus Musa, certain species of which are cultivated for their nutritious fruit.
Compare banana family.
- begets
-
verb (used with object),
(especially of a male parent) to procreate or generate (offspring).
- airmen
-
noun,
an aviator.
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- agrees
-
verb (used with object),
to concede; grant (usually followed by a noun clause):
- Strain
-
noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- begins
-
verb (used with object),
to proceed to perform the first or earliest part of (some action):
- aerate
-
verb (used with object),
to expose to the action or effect of air or to cause air to circulate through:
- barege
-
noun,
a sheer fabric constructed in a leno weave of silk warp and cotton or worsted filling, often used to make veils and dresses.
- anting
-
noun,
the placing of ants among the feathers, done by certain birds apparently to kill parasites.
- Ariane
-
noun,
Rocketry. a French-built, three-stage, liquid-propellant rocket for launching satellites into orbit around the earth.
- tiaras
-
noun,
a jeweled, ornamental coronet worn by women.
- Ariege
-
noun,
a department in S France. 1893 sq. mi. (4905 sq. km). Capital: Foix.
- brings
-
Verb phrases,
bring about, to accomplish; cause:
- triage
-
noun,
the process of sorting victims, as of a battle or disaster, to determine medical priority in order to increase the number of survivors.
- bating
-
noun,
a state of violent anger or fear.
- brines
-
noun,
water saturated or strongly impregnated with salt.
- teamer
-
noun,
a teamster.
- tremie
-
noun,
a funnellike device lowered into water to deposit concrete.
- Asmara
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Eritrea, in N Ethiopia.
- ameers
-
noun,
emir.
- bribes
-
noun,
money or any other valuable consideration given or promised with a view to corrupting the behavior of a person, especially in that person's performance as an athlete, public official, etc.:
- tegmen
-
noun,
a cover, covering, or integument.
- asrama
-
noun,
any of the four phases of the ideally conducted life: education, work, withdrawal from society, and asceticism.
- Tasman
-
noun,
Abel Janszoon [ah-buh l yahn-sohn] /ˈɑ bəl ˈyɑn soʊn/ (Show IPA), 1602?–59, Dutch navigator and explorer.
- Batman
-
noun,
a soldier assigned to an officer as a servant.
- treens
-
noun,
treenware.
- astern
-
adverb,
in a position behind a specified vessel or aircraft:
- batmen
-
noun,
a soldier assigned to an officer as a servant.
- brents
-
noun,
brant.
- amebas
-
noun,
any of numerous freshwater, marine, or parasitic one-celled protozoa of the order Amoebida, characterized by a granular nucleus surrounded by a jellylike mass of cytoplasm that forms temporary extensions, or pseudopodia, by which the organism moves, engulfs food particles, and forms food vacuoles.
- Bremen
-
noun,
a state in NW Germany. 156 sq. mi. (405 sq. km).
- abient
-
adjective,
tending to move away from a stimulus or situation.
- ternes
-
noun,
terne metal.
- abatis
-
noun,
an obstacle or barricade of trees with bent or sharpened branches directed toward an enemy.
- abates
-
verb (used with object),
to reduce in amount, degree, intensity, etc.; lessen; diminish:
- stager
-
noun,
a person of experience in some profession, way of life, etc.
- Amiens
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Somme, in N France: cathedral; battles 1914, 1918, 1944.
- Barnes
-
noun,
Albert Coombs [koomz] /kumz/ (Show IPA), 1873–1951, U.S. inventor and art collector.
- Tamara
-
noun,
a powdered mixture of cinnamon, cloves, coriander, aniseed, and fennel seed.
- arsen-
-
- arsine
-
noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- basnet
-
noun,
basinet.
- armies
-
noun,
the military forces of a nation, exclusive of the navy and in some countries the air force.
- aments
-
noun,
catkin.
- Asante
-
noun,
Ashanti.
- trines
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- teaser
-
noun,
a person or thing that teases.
- armets
-
noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- Tainan
-
noun,
a city in SW Taiwan.
- Barmen
-
noun,
a former city in W Germany, now incorporated into Wuppertal.
- baster
-
noun,
a person or thing that bastes.
- Bastia
-
noun,
a seaport on the NE coast of Corsica: the former capital of Corsica.
- barman
-
noun,
a man who bartends; bartender.
- triens
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- triene
-
noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- asemia
-
noun,
inability to comprehend or use communicative symbols, as words or gestures.
- amigas
-
noun,
a female friend.
- Arista
-
noun,
Botany. a bristlelike appendage of the spikelets of grains or grasses; an awn.
- abasia
-
noun,
inability to walk due to a limitation or absence of muscular coordination.
- Bataan
-
noun,
a peninsula on W Luzon, in the Philippines: U.S. troops surrendered to Japanese April 9, 1942.
- tarsia
-
noun,
intarsia.
- Bantam
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) a chicken of any of several varieties or breeds characterized by very small size.
- Argent
-
noun,
Heraldry. the tincture or metal silver.
- bragas
-
noun,
a city in N Portugal: an ecclesiastical center.
- tamari
-
noun,
a rich, naturally fermented soybean sauce containing little or no wheat and thicker than soy sauce.
- stamen
-
noun,
the pollen-bearing organ of a flower, consisting of the filament and the anther.
- braise
-
verb (used with object),
to cook (meat, fish, or vegetables) by sautéeing in fat and then simmering slowly in very little liquid.
- targes
-
noun,
a small, round shield; a target or buckler.
- Baring
-
noun,
Alexander, 1st Baron Ashburton, 1774–1848, British statesman.
- brains
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. the part of the central nervous system enclosed in the cranium of humans and other vertebrates, consisting of a soft, convoluted mass of gray and white matter and serving to control and coordinate the mental and physical actions.
- tenias
-
noun,
taenia.
- Arabis
-
noun,
any plant of the genus Arabis, including the rock cresses.
- Arabia
-
noun,
a peninsula in SW Asia, including Saudi Arabia, Yemen Arab Republic, People's Democratic Republic of Yemen, Oman, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, and Kuwait: divided in ancient times into Arabia Deserta, Arabia Petraea, and Arabia Felix. About 1,000,000 sq. mi. (2,600,000 sq. km).
- araban
-
noun,
a pentosan, found chiefly in vegetable gums, that yields arabinose upon hydrolysis.
- tenaim
-
noun,
the terms of a Jewish marriage, as the wedding date, amount of the bride's dowry, etc., or an agreement containing such terms, made by the parents of an engaged couple at the engagement party.
- beanie
-
noun,
a skullcap, often brightly colored, worn especially by children and by college freshmen, especially in the 1940s.
- Aegean
-
noun,
the. Aegean Sea.
- ambers
-
noun,
a pale yellow, sometimes reddish or brownish, fossil resin of vegetable origin, translucent, brittle, and capable of gaining a negative electrical charge by friction and of being an excellent insulator: used for making jewelry and other ornamental articles.
- Aegina
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a daughter of Asopus and Metope who was abducted by Zeus and bore him a son, Aeacus.
- amines
-
noun,
any of a class of compounds derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms with organic groups.
- barges
-
noun,
a capacious, flat-bottomed vessel, usually intended to be pushed or towed, for transporting freight or passengers; lighter.
- Antrim
-
noun,
a county in NE Northern Ireland. 1098 sq. mi. (2844 sq. km). County seat: Belfast.
- ambeer
-
noun,
tobacco juice.
- antres
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- Atbara
-
noun,
a river in NE Africa, flowing NW from NW Ethiopia to the Nile in E Sudan. About 500 miles (800 km) long.
- stamba
-
noun,
(in India) a memorial pillar.
- taenia
-
noun,
Classical Antiquity. a headband or fillet.
- barite
-
noun,
a common mineral, barium sulfate, BaSO 4 , occurring in white, yellow, or colorless tabular crystals: the principal ore of barium.
- transe
-
noun,
a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
- bregma
-
noun,
the junction point of the sagittal and coronal sutures of the skull.
- taigas
-
noun,
the coniferous evergreen forests of subarctic lands, covering vast areas of northern North America and Eurasia.
- breast
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. (in bipeds) the outer, front part of the thorax, or the front part of the body from the neck to the abdomen; chest.
- breams
-
noun,
any of various freshwater fishes of the genus Abramis, as A. brama, of Europe, with a compressed, deep body and silvery scales.
- Abrams
-
noun,
an earlier name of Abraham. Gen. 17:5.
- trans.
-
- aretes
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- barit.
-
- absent
-
adjective,
not in a certain place at a given time; away, missing (opposed to present):
- brants
-
noun,
any of several species of small, dark-colored geese of the genus Branta, especially B. bernicla, breeding in high northern latitudes and migrating south in the autumn.
- ataman
-
noun,
the elected chief of a Cossack village or military force.
- ambits
-
noun,
circumference; circuit.
- terms
-
noun,
a word or group of words designating something, especially in a particular field, as atom in physics, quietism in theology, adze in carpentry, or district leader in politics.
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- amirs
-
noun,
emir.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- anat.
-
- Maris
-
noun,
Roger (Eugene) 1934–85, U.S. baseball player.
- terne
-
noun,
terne metal.
- anent
-
preposition,
in regard to; about; concerning.
- marse
-
noun,
(used chiefly in representation of southern black speech) master.
- term.
-
- Marti
-
noun,
José [haw-se] /hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1853–1895, Cuban patriot and writer.
- Marne
-
noun,
a river in NE France, flowing W to the Seine near Paris: battles 1914, 1918, 1944. 325 miles (525 km) long.
- amin-
-
- Marin
-
noun,
John, 1870–1953, U.S. painter and etcher.
- Maria
-
noun,
calaba.
- Marge
-
noun,
margin; edge.
- amine
-
noun,
any of a class of compounds derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms with organic groups.
- Marta
-
noun,
a female given name.
- amiga
-
noun,
a female friend.
- Marie
-
noun,
(Marie Alexandra Victoria of Saxe-Coburg) 1875–1938, queen of Romania 1914–27.
- anear
-
adverb, preposition,
near.
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- Marga
-
noun,
any of the three ways to salvation, which are those of devotion to certain gods (bhakti-marga) of study (jnana-marga) and of actions (karma-marga)
- Mages
-
noun,
a magician.
- reset
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- temin
-
noun,
Howard M(artin) 1934–94, U.S. virologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1975.
- Maera
-
noun,
Hecuba, after being changed into a dog for blinding Polymestor.
- rents
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- rente
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- Arete
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- Temne
-
noun,
a member of a people living mainly in Sierra Leone.
- Magna
-
noun,
a town in N Utah.
- arian
-
noun,
an adherent of Arianism.
- ARENA
-
noun,
the oval space in the center of a Roman amphitheater for gladiatorial combats or other performances.
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- Arab.
-
- Maine
-
noun,
a state in the NE United States, on the Atlantic coast. 33,215 sq. mi. (86,027 sq. km). Capital: Augusta.
Abbreviation: ME (for use with zip code), Me.
- Tenn.
-
- mains
-
noun,
the main or home farm of a manor, as where the ownerlives; manse.
- mairs
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- maars
-
noun,
a circular volcanic landform resulting from explosive ash eruptions.
- resin
-
noun,
any of a class of nonvolatile, solid or semisolid organic substances, as copal or mastic, that consist of amorphous mixtures of carboxylic acids and are obtained directly from certain plants as exudations or prepared by polymerization of simple molecules: used in medicine and in the making of varnishes and plastics.
- renin
-
noun,
a proteolytic enzyme secreted by the kidneys that is involved in the release of angiotensin.
- Armen
-
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- rings
-
noun,
a typically circular band of metal or other durable material, especially one of gold or other precious metal, often set with gems, for wearing on the finger as an ornament, a token of betrothal or marriage, etc.
- Irene
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of the Horae, the personification of peace.
- rimes
-
noun,
Also called rime ice. an opaque coating of tiny, white, granular ice particles, caused by the rapid freezing of supercooled water droplets on impact with an object.
Compare frost (def 3), glaze (def 17).
- Rimas
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Isere
-
noun,
a river in SE France, flowing from the Alps to the Rhone River. 150 miles (240 km) long.
- armet
-
noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- ribat
-
noun,
a building housing a community of Sufis.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- Tegea
-
noun,
an ancient city in SE Arcadia, Greece.
- riata
-
noun,
a lariat.
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- retem
-
noun,
a shrub, Retama raetam, of Syria and Arabia, having white flowers: said to be the juniper of the Old Testament.
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- arias
-
noun,
an air or melody.
- maist
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
most.
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- marg.
-
- anim.
-
- Anita
-
noun,
a female given name: Spanish form of Anna.
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- anis-
-
- anime
-
noun,
a Japanese style of motion-picture animation, characterized by highly stylized, colorful art, futuristic settings, violence, and sexuality.
- anima
-
noun,
soul; life.
- manse
-
noun,
the house and land occupied by a minister or parson.
- Manta
-
noun,
(in Spain and Spanish America) a cloak or wrap.
- angst
-
noun,
a feeling of dread, anxiety, or anguish.
- tera-
-
- Angie
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Angel.
- angi-
-
- Renan
-
noun,
Ernest [ur-nist;; French er-nest] /ˈɜr nɪst;; French ɛrˈnɛst/ (Show IPA), 1823–92, French philologist, historian, and critic.
- anger
-
noun,
a strong feeling of displeasure and belligerence aroused by a wrong; wrath; ire.
- angas
-
noun,
any of the eight practices of Yoga, including the abstentions, mandatory actions, posture, breath control, control of the senses, concentration, meditation, and contemplation.
- maras
-
noun,
a city in S Turkey, NE of Adana.
- Marat
-
noun,
Jean Paul [zhahn-pawl] /ʒɑ̃ pɔl/ (Show IPA), 1743–93, French politician and journalist: leader in the French Revolution; assassinated by Charlotte Corday d'Armont.
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- manna
-
noun,
the food miraculously supplied to the Israelites in the wilderness. Ex. 16:14–36.
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- Ansar
-
noun,
the first inhabitants of Medina to accept Islam.
- anti-
-
- manas
-
noun,
the rational faculty of the mind.
- Manat
-
noun,
a pre-Islamic Arabian goddess personifying fortune, sometimes considered a daughter of Allah.
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- ante-
-
- antas
-
noun,
a privately supported organization, chartered by Congress in 1935, for the encouragement and advancement of professional and nonprofessional theater.
- reni-
-
- Manet
-
noun,
Édouard [ey-dwar] /eɪˈdwar/ (Show IPA), 1832–83, French painter.
- terns
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- manga
-
noun,
a Japanese graphic novel, typically intended for adults, characterized by highly stylized art.
- tense
-
noun,
a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
- Annie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Ann, Anna, or Anne.
- mange
-
noun,
any of various skin diseases caused by parasitic mites, affecting animals and sometimes humans and characterized by loss of hair and scabby eruptions.
- annas
-
noun,
a former cupronickel coin of Pakistan, the 16th part of a rupee: last issued in 1960.
- renga
-
noun,
linked verse.
- mania
-
noun,
excessive excitement or enthusiasm; craze:
- Annam
-
noun,
a former kingdom and French protectorate along the E coast of French Indochina: now part of Vietnam.
- manit
-
noun,
man-minute.
- Tigre
-
noun,
a Semitic language spoken in northern Ethiopia.
- terse
-
adjective,
neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.
- ramet
-
noun,
an individual of a clone.
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- MSEnt
-
- Msgr.
-
- Aegir
-
noun,
a sea god, husband of Ran, and host at feast of the gods spoiled by Loki.
- Range
-
noun,
the extent to which or the limits between which variation is possible:
- Ranee
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- ramie
-
noun,
an Asian shrub, Boehmeria nivea, of the nettle family, yielding a fiber used especially in making textiles.
- Aeaea
-
noun,
the island inhabited by Circe.
- trama
-
noun,
a specialized hyphal tissue constituting the internal structure of mushroom gills, pore tubes, or spines.
- ratan
-
noun,
rattan.
- Ramee
-
noun,
Louise de la ("Ouida") 1839–1908, English novelist.
- trams
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- Raman
-
noun,
Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata [chuhn-druh-shey-ker-uh veng-kuh-tuh] /ˈtʃʌn drəˈʃeɪ kər ə ˈvɛŋ kə tə/ (Show IPA), 1888–1970, Indian physicist: Nobel prize 1930.
- abstr
-
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- 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).
- nabes
-
noun,
a neighborhood movie theater.
- Nabis
-
- abris
-
noun,
a shelter, especially a dugout.
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- AEGIS
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the shield or breastplate of Zeus or Athena, bearing at its center the head of the Gorgon.
- abrin
-
noun,
a highly poisonous protein found in the seeds of the rosary pea: inhibits protein synthesis, causing symptoms such as internal bleeding, intestinal upset, and irritation of mucous membranes.
- Agama
-
noun,
any of numerous agamid lizards of the genus Agama, many of which are brilliantly colored and have the ability to change the color of the skin.
- Agata
-
noun,
an American art glass having a mottled, glossy, white and rose surface.
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- reata
-
noun,
riata.
- mires
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- agars
-
noun,
Also, agar-agar. Also called Chinese gelatin, Chinese isinglass, Japanese gelatin, Japanese isinglass. a gelatinlike product of certain seaweeds, used for solidifying certain culture media, as a thickening agent for ice cream and other foods, as a substitute for gelatin, in adhesives, as an emulsifier, etc.
- Agana
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Guam.
- miser
-
noun,
a person who lives in wretched circumstances in order to save and hoard money.
- reams
-
noun,
a standard quantity of paper, consisting of 20 quires or 500 sheets (formerly 480 sheets), or 516 sheets (printer's ream or perfect ream)
- miter
-
noun,
the official headdress of a bishop in the Western Church, in its modern form a tall cap with a top deeply cleft crosswise, the outline of the front and back resembling that of a pointed arch.
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- Aetna
-
noun,
Mount. Etna, Mount.
- mites
-
noun,
any of numerous small to microscopic arachnids of the subclass Acari, including species that are parasitic on animals and plants or that feed on decaying matter and stored foods.
- Mitra
-
noun,
the mitriform pileus of certain fungi.
- Mitre
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- aerie
-
noun,
the nest of a bird of prey, as an eagle or a hawk.
- Aeria
-
noun,
an area in the northern hemisphere of Mars.
- aeri-
-
- aemia
-
- raias
-
noun,
rayah.
- Naima
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Arabic word meaning “benevolent.”.
- rebab
-
noun,
a Near Eastern fiddle having one to three strings and played with a bow.
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- tribe
-
noun,
any aggregate of people united by ties of descent from a common ancestor, community of customs and traditions, adherence to the same leaders, etc.
- Rabat
-
noun,
a sleeveless, backless, vestlike garment extending to the waist, worn by a cleric beneath the clerical collar, especially in the Roman Catholic and Anglican churches.
- Neman
-
noun,
a river rising in central Byelorussia (Belarus), flowing W through Lithuania into the Baltic. 582 miles (937 km) long.
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- Nemea
-
noun,
a valley in SE Greece, in ancient Argolis.
- trig.
-
- triga
-
noun,
a two-wheeled chariot drawn by a team of three horses.
- trigs
-
noun,
trigonometry.
- trims
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- Abate
-
verb (used with object),
to reduce in amount, degree, intensity, etc.; lessen; diminish:
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- Tsana
-
noun,
Lake. Tana, Lake.
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- nitr-
-
- 30-30
-
- Niger
-
noun,
a republic in NW Africa: formerly part of French West Africa. 458,976 sq. mi. (1,188,748 sq. km). Capital: Niamey.
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- Nimes
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Gard, in S France: Roman ruins.
- Nisan
-
noun,
the seventh month of the Jewish calendar.
- abase
-
verb (used with object),
to reduce or lower, as in rank, office, reputation, or estimation; humble; degrade.
- Nebr.
-
- naira
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Nigeria, equal to 100 kobo: replaced the pound in 1973.
- abeam
-
adverb,
Nautical, Aeronautics. at right angles to the fore-and-aft line:
- Nairn
-
noun,
a historic county in N Scotland.
- Abram
-
noun,
an earlier name of Abraham. Gen. 17:5.
- Abner
-
noun,
the commander of the Israelite army and a cousin of Saul. I Sam. 14:50; 26:5.
- treas
-
- Names
-
noun,
a word or a combination of words by which a person, place, or thing, a body or class, or any object of thought is designated, called, or known.
- treen
-
noun,
treenware.
- abets
-
verb (used with object),
to encourage, support, or countenance by aid or approval, usually in wrongdoing:
- ragis
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Eleusine coracana, cultivated in the Old World for its grain.
- nanas
-
noun,
Chiefly Northeastern U.S. grandmother; grandma.
- rages
-
noun,
angry fury; violent anger (sometimes used in combination):
- Rabbi
-
noun,
the chief religious official of a synagogue, trained usually in a theological seminary and duly ordained, who delivers the sermon at a religious service and performs ritualistic, pastoral, educational, and other functions in and related to his or her capacity as a spiritual leader of Judaism and the Jewish community.
Compare cantor (def 2).
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- ragas
-
noun,
one of the melodic formulas of Hindu music having the melodic shape, rhythm, and ornamentation prescribed by tradition.
- Rabin
-
noun,
Yitzhak [yits-khahk] /yɪtsˈxɑk/ (Show IPA), 1922–95, Israeli military and political leader: prime minister 1974–77 and 1992–95: Nobel Peace Prize 1994.
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- Abbie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Abigail.
- abbes
-
noun,
a member of the secular clergy.
- nears
-
- abbas
-
noun,
a female day name for Thursday.
See under day name.
- Abbai
-
noun,
the part of the Blue Nile above Lake Tana.
- Agate
-
noun,
a variegated chalcedony showing curved, colored bands or other markings.
- mints
-
noun,
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
Compare mint family.
- tiara
-
noun,
a jeweled, ornamental coronet worn by women.
- meets
-
noun,
an assembly, as of persons and hounds for a hunt or swimmers or runners for a race or series of races:
- MEANS
-
noun,
Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
- meant
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of mean1 .
- amate
-
verb (used with object),
to dismay; daunt.
- Mears
-
noun,
mere3 .
- Amata
-
noun,
the mother, by Latinus, of Lavinia.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- Amasa
-
noun,
the commander of Absalom's army and later of David's army. II Sam. 17:25; 19:13.
- tiger
-
noun,
a large, carnivorous, tawny-colored and black-striped feline, Panthera tigris, of Asia, ranging in several subspecies from India and the Malay Peninsula to Siberia: the entire species is endangered, with some subspecies thought to be extinct.
- mega-
-
- tiers
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- Iran.
-
- amain
-
adverb,
with full force.
- Megan
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- Meges
-
noun,
a nephew of Odysseus who commanded the Epeans in the Trojan War.
- Meier
-
noun,
Richard, born 1934, U.S. architect.
- Meigs
-
noun,
Fort. Fort Meigs.
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- reins
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- Amati
-
noun,
Nicolò [nee-kaw-law] /ˌni kɔˈlɔ/ (Show IPA), 1596–1684, Italian violinmaker, one of a famous family of 16th- and 17th-century violinmakers: teacher of Antonio Stradivari.
- reman
-
verb (used with object),
to man again; furnish with a fresh supply of personnel.
- Menes
-
noun,
flourished c3200 b.c, traditionally the unifier and 1st king of Egypt: founder of the 1st dynasty.
- amens
-
noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- Amer.
-
- marts
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- remit
-
noun,
Law. a transfer of the record of an action from one tribunal to another, particularly from an appellate court to the court of original jurisdiction.
- Masai
-
noun,
a member of an African people inhabiting the highlands of Kenya and Tanzania and having a largely pastoral economy and a society based on the patrilineal clan.
- Masan
-
noun,
a seaport in SE South Korea.
- ament
-
noun,
catkin.
- MASER
-
noun,
a device for amplifying electromagnetic waves by stimulated emission of radiation.
- mast-
-
- ameer
-
noun,
emir.
- ambas
-
noun,
anba.
- ameba
-
noun,
any of numerous freshwater, marine, or parasitic one-celled protozoa of the order Amoebida, characterized by a granular nucleus surrounded by a jellylike mass of cytoplasm that forms temporary extensions, or pseudopodia, by which the organism moves, engulfs food particles, and forms food vacuoles.
- mater
-
noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- Tiber
-
noun,
a river in central Italy, flowing through Rome into the Mediterranean. 244 miles (395 km) long.
- matin
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) matins, Also, especially British, mattins. (usually used with a singular verb) Ecclesiastical.
the first of the seven canonical hours.
the service for it, properly beginning at midnight, but sometimes beginning at daybreak.
Also called Morning Prayer. the service of public prayer, said in the morning, in the Anglican Church.
- ambit
-
noun,
circumference; circuit.
- ambi-
-
- matr-
-
- Amber
-
noun,
a pale yellow, sometimes reddish or brownish, fossil resin of vegetable origin, translucent, brittle, and capable of gaining a negative electrical charge by friction and of being an excellent insulator: used for making jewelry and other ornamental articles.
- mbira
-
noun,
a musical instrument of Africa usually made out of a gourd that serves as a resonating box, to which vibrating metal or wooden strips are attached for plucking.
- menat
-
noun,
an amulet worn by certain Egyptians in ancient times to secure divine protection and to ensure fertility.
- timer
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- T-man
-
noun,
a special investigator of the Department of the Treasury.
- agers
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) a person living in a certain historical age:
- Regin
-
noun,
a smith, the brother of Fafnir, who raises Sigurd and encourages him to kill Fafnir in the hope of gaining the gold he guards.
- tings
-
noun,
a tinging sound.
- Agnes
-
noun,
Saint, a.d. 292?–304? Roman Catholic child martyr.
- agmas
-
noun,
(in Latin and Greek) the velar nasal consonant sound, especially in those forms where it was represented by the letter g or by gamma.
- Regan
-
noun,
(in Shakespeare's King Lear) the younger of Lear's two faithless daughters.
Compare Cordelia (def 1), Goneril.
- miens
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- agist
-
verb (used with object),
to feed or pasture (livestock) for a fee.
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- reest
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- REGIS
-
noun,
a male given name.
- agent
-
noun,
a person or business authorized to act on another's behalf:
- minas
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- Miner
-
noun,
Also called mineworker. a person who works in a mine, especially a commercial mine producing coal or metallic ores.
- Agena
-
noun,
a U.S. upper stage, with a restartable liquid-propellant engine, used with various booster stages to launch satellites into orbit around the earth and send probes to the moon and planets: also used as a docking target in the Gemini program.
- Mines
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- Minn.
-
- Minna
-
noun,
a female given name.
- rebbe
-
noun,
a teacher in a Jewish school.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Agram
-
noun,
German name of Zagreb.
- regma
-
noun,
a dry fruit consisting of three or more carpels that separate from the axis at maturity.
- Mensa
-
noun,
Also called altar slab, altar stone. the flat stone forming the top of the altar in a Roman Catholic church.
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- mense
-
noun,
propriety; discretion.
- Reims
-
noun,
a city in NE France: cathedral; unconditional surrender of Germany May 7, 1945.
- menta
-
noun,
Entomology. the medial plate of the labium in insects.
- meres
-
noun,
Chiefly British Dialect. a lake or pond.
- merge
-
verb (used with object),
to cause to combine or coalesce; unite.
- times
-
noun,
the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- merit
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- reign
-
noun,
the period during which a sovereign occupies the throne.
- Aimee
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Regt.
-
- metr-
-
- mesne
-
adjective,
intermediate or intervening.
- meta-
-
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- metas
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) a column or post, or a group of columns or posts, placed at each end of a racetrack to mark the turning places.
- meter
-
noun,
the fundamental unit of length in the metric system, equivalent to 39.37 U.S. inches, originally intended to be, and being very nearly, equal to one ten-millionth of the distance from the equator to the pole measured on a meridian: defined from 1889 to 1960 as the distance between two lines on a platinum-iridium bar (the “International Prototype Meter”) preserved at the International Bureau of Weights and Measures near Paris; from 1960 to 1983 defined as 1,650,763.73 wavelengths of the orange-red radiation of krypton 86 under specified conditions; and now defined as 1/299,792,458 of the distance light travels in a vacuum in one second. Abbreviation: m.
- tinge
-
noun,
a slight degree of coloration.
- metes
-
noun,
a limiting mark.
- agree
-
verb (used with object),
to concede; grant (usually followed by a noun clause):
- Metis
-
noun,
any person of mixed ancestry.
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- Asian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Asia, or a person of Asian descent.
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- begat
-
verb,
simple past tense of beget.
- sebi-
-
- Begin
-
noun,
Menachem [muh-nah-khuh m] /məˈnɑ xəm/ (Show IPA), 1913–92, Israeli political leader, born in Poland: prime minister 1977–83; Nobel Peace Prize 1978.
- beget
-
verb (used with object),
(especially of a male parent) to procreate or generate (offspring).
- teens
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- begem
-
verb (used with object),
to cover with gems.
- garbs
-
noun,
a fashion or mode of dress, especially of a distinctive, uniform kind:
- begar
-
noun,
compulsory labor, as for the repair of bridges or roads.
- Gamin
-
noun,
a neglected boy left to run about the streets; street urchin.
- began
-
verb,
simple past tense of begin.
- garni
-
adjective,
garnished.
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- Ebert
-
noun,
Friedrich [free-drikh] /ˈfri drɪx/ (Show IPA), 1871–1925, first president of Germany 1919–25.
- Beers
-
noun,
Clifford Whittingham [hwit-ing-uh m,, wit-] /ˈʰwɪt ɪŋ əm,, ˈwɪt-/ (Show IPA), 1876–1943, U.S. pioneer in mental hygiene.
- Sigma
-
noun,
the 18th letter of the Greek alphabet: Σ, σ, ς.
- Taber
-
noun,
tabor.
- beige
-
noun,
very light brown, as of undyed wool; light gray with a brownish tinge.
- siege
-
noun,
the act or process of surrounding and attacking a fortified place in such a way as to isolate it from help and supplies, for the purpose of lessening the resistance of the defenders and thereby making capture possible.
- beats
-
noun,
a stroke or blow.
- Breen
-
noun,
a deep brownish green.
- Benis
-
noun,
a river flowing NE from W Bolivia to the Madeira River. About 600 miles (965 km) long.
- Benin
-
noun,
Formerly Dahomey. a republic in W Africa: formerly part of French West Africa; gained independence in 1960. 44,290 sq. mi. (114,711 sq. km). Capital: Porto Novo.
- gains
-
- egers
-
noun,
German name of Ohře.
- Beng.
-
- Benet
-
noun,
Stephen Vincent, 1898–1943, U.S. poet and novelist.
- gaits
-
noun,
a manner of walking, stepping, or running.
- gamba
-
noun,
viola da gamba (def 1).
- being
-
noun,
the fact of existing; existence (as opposed to nonexistence).
- Benes
-
noun,
Eduard [e-doo-ahrt] /ˈɛ dʊˌɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1884–1948, Czech patriot and statesman: president of Czechoslovakia 1935–38 and 1945–48.
- Bemba
-
noun,
a member of a numerous agricultural people of Zambia.
- bemas
-
noun,
Eastern Church. the enclosed space surrounding the altar; the sanctuary or chancel.
- gamer
-
noun,
a person who plays games, especially computer or video games.
- games
-
noun,
an amusement or pastime:
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- Beira
-
noun,
a seaport in central Mozambique.
- tabes
-
noun,
a gradually progressive emaciation.
- Brent
-
noun,
brant.
- egest
-
verb (used with object),
to discharge, as from the body; void (opposed to ingest).
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- Genie
-
noun,
Islamic Mythology. jinn.
- Batna
-
noun,
a city in NE Algeria.
- genin
-
noun,
aglycon.
- genre
-
noun,
a class or category of artistic endeavor having a particular form, content, technique, or the like:
- Satan
-
noun,
the chief evil spirit; the great adversary of humanity; the devil.
- Bates
-
noun,
Katherine Lee, 1859–1929, U.S. educator and author.
- gents
-
noun,
Informal. gentleman (defs 1, 2).
- baste
-
noun,
liquid used to moisten and flavor food during cooking:
- Genet
-
noun,
any small, Old World carnivore of the genus Genetta, especially G. genetta, having spotted sides and a ringed tail.
- basta
-
interjection,
enough; stop.
- emirs
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- Basra
-
noun,
a port in SE Iraq, N of the Persian Gulf.
- basin
-
noun,
a circular container with a greater width than depth, becoming smaller toward the bottom, used chiefly to hold water or other liquid, especially for washing.
- Basie
-
noun,
William ("Count") 1904–84, U.S. jazz pianist, bandleader, and composer.
- Taira
-
noun,
a member of a powerful family in Japan that ruled the country 1160–85.
- Tamar
-
noun,
the daughter of David and half-sister of Absalom. II Sam. 13.
- signa
-
verb,
(used imperatively, in prescriptions) mark; write; label.
- bribe
-
noun,
money or any other valuable consideration given or promised with a view to corrupting the behavior of a person, especially in that person's performance as an athlete, public official, etc.:
- gater
-
noun,
gator.
- beans
-
noun,
the edible nutritious seed of various plants of the legume family, especially of the genus Phaseolus.
- eaten
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- Gates
-
noun,
Horatio, 1728–1806, American Revolutionary general, born in England.
- Gbari
-
noun,
Gwari.
- beast
-
noun,
any nonhuman animal, especially a large, four-footed mammal.
- bears
-
noun,
any of the plantigrade, carnivorous or omnivorous mammals of the family Ursidae, having massive bodies, coarse heavy fur, relatively short limbs, and almost rudimentary tails.
- tabis
-
noun,
a covering for the foot, similar to a sock, having a separate pouchlike stall for the large toe, worn especially in Japan, often with zoris.
- gears
-
noun,
Machinery.
a part, as a disk, wheel, or section of a shaft, having cut teeth of such form, size, and spacing that they mesh with teeth in another part to transmit or receive force and motion.
an assembly of such parts.
one of several possible arrangements of such parts in a mechanism, as an automobile transmission, for affording different relations of torque and speed between the driving and the driven machinery, or for permitting the driven machinery to run in either direction:
a mechanism or group of parts performing one function or serving one purpose in a complex machine:
- STAGE
-
noun,
a single step or degree in a process; a particular phase, period, position, etc., in a process, development, or series.
- Brian
-
noun,
a male given name.
- 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.
- Geber
-
noun,
(Jabir ibn Hayyan) 8th-century a.d, Arab alchemist.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- satem
-
adjective,
belonging to or consisting of those branches of the Indo-European family in which alveolar or palatal fricatives, as the sounds (s) or (sh), developed in ancient times from Proto-Indo-European palatal stops: the satem branches are Indo-Iranian, Armenian, Slavic, Baltic, and Albanian.
- Brest
-
noun,
a seaport in the W extremity of France: German submarine base in World War II; surrendered to Allies September 1944.
- beams
-
noun,
any of various relatively long pieces of metal, wood, stone, etc., manufactured or shaped especially for use as rigid members or parts of structures or machines.
- taiga
-
noun,
the coniferous evergreen forests of subarctic lands, covering vast areas of northern North America and Eurasia.
- Gaeta
-
noun,
a seaport in W central Italy, on the Gulf of Gaeta off the Tyrrhenian Sea.
- EGRET
-
noun,
any of several usually white herons that grow long, graceful plumes during the breeding season, as Egretta garzetta (little egret) of the Old World.
- barms
-
noun,
yeast formed on malt liquors while fermenting.
- bines
-
noun,
a twining plant stem, as of the hop.
- Ennis
-
noun,
a town in N Texas.
- bints
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a woman or girl.
- binge
-
noun,
a period or bout, usually brief, of excessive indulgence, as in eating, drinking alcoholic beverages, etc.; spree.
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- brags
-
noun,
a boast or vaunt.
- Binet
-
noun,
Alfred [al-frid;; French al-fred] /ˈæl frɪd;; French alˈfrɛd/ (Show IPA), 1857–1911, French psychologist: co-deviser of the Binet-Simon scale.
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- birse
-
noun,
a short hair of the beard or body; a bristle.
- biers
-
noun,
a frame or stand on which a corpse or the coffin containing it is laid before burial.
- brain
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. the part of the central nervous system enclosed in the cranium of humans and other vertebrates, consisting of a soft, convoluted mass of gray and white matter and serving to control and coordinate the mental and physical actions.
- ster.
-
- erase
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- stge.
-
- betas
-
noun,
the second letter of the Greek alphabet (β, B).
- birne
-
noun,
boule1 (def 1).
- steer
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- stime
-
noun,
the smallest bit; a drop, taste, or glimpse.
- enate
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- emits
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- stang
-
noun,
an act or an instance of stinging.
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- steam
-
noun,
water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor.
- BMgtE
-
- Braga
-
noun,
a city in N Portugal: an ecclesiastical center.
- BMetE
-
- Steen
-
noun,
Jan [yahn] /yɑn/ (Show IPA), 1626–79, Dutch painter.
- Serge
-
noun,
a twilled worsted or woolen fabric used especially for clothing.
- Bragi
-
noun,
the god of poetry and eloquence, son of Odin, husband of Idun: may be an apotheosis of the 9th-century poet Bragi Boddason.
- enema
-
noun,
the injection of a fluid into the rectum to cause a bowel movement.
- BMarE
-
- bites
-
noun,
an act of biting.
- engr.
-
- biter
-
noun,
a person or animal that bites, especially habitually or viciously:
- ember
-
noun,
a small live piece of coal, wood, etc., as in a dying fire.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- benne
-
noun,
Southern U.S., especially South Carolina, and Bahamian English. the sesame plant or its seeds.
- berat
-
noun,
a city in S central Albania.
- seti-
-
- semi-
-
- Beret
-
noun,
a soft, visorless cap with a close-fitting headband and a wide, round top often with a tab at its center.
- semen
-
noun,
the viscid, whitish fluid produced in the male reproductive organs, containing spermatozoa.
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- Berea
-
noun,
a city in NE Ohio, near Cleveland.
- Seine
-
noun,
a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
- Beria
-
noun,
Lavrenti Pavlovich [luh v-ren-tee pav-loh-vich;; Russian luh-vryen-tyee puh-vlaw-vyich] /ləvˈrɛn ti pævˈloʊ vɪtʃ;; Russian lʌˈvryɛn tyi pʌˈvlɔ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1899–1953, Soviet secret-police chief: executed for treason.
- bents
-
noun,
direction taken, as by one's interests; inclination:
- Segre
-
noun,
Emilio [uh-mee-lee-oh,, uh-meel-yoh;; Italian e-mee-lyaw] /əˈmi liˌoʊ,, əˈmil yoʊ;; Italian ɛˈmi lyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1905–1989, U.S. physicist, born in Italy: Nobel prize 1959.
- Segni
-
noun,
Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1891–1972, Italian teacher, lawyer, and statesman: president 1962–64.
- Gabar
-
noun,
an Iranian Zoroastrian.
- segar
-
noun,
cigar.
- Gabes
-
noun,
Gulf of, a gulf of the Mediterranean on the E coast of Tunisia.
- Bream
-
noun,
any of various freshwater fishes of the genus Abramis, as A. brama, of Europe, with a compressed, deep body and silvery scales.
- bergs
-
noun,
iceberg.
- Ester
-
noun,
a compound produced by the reaction between an acid and an alcohol with the elimination of a molecule of water, as ethyl acetate, C 4 H 8 O 2 , or dimethyl sulfate, C 2 H 6 SO 4 .
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- Senna
-
noun,
any plant, shrub, or tree belonging to the genus Cassia, of the legume family, having pinnate leaves and large clusters of flowers.
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- Brans
-
noun,
the partly ground husk of wheat or other grain, separated from flour meal by sifting.
- ernes
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- sting
-
noun,
an act or an instance of stinging.
- Ernie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Ernest.
- Ernst
-
noun,
Max [maks;; German mahks] /mæks;; German mɑks/ (Show IPA), 1891–1976, German painter, in the U.S. 1941–49, in France 1949–76.
- beset
-
verb (used with object),
to attack on all sides; assail; harass:
- embar
-
verb (used with object),
to stop or hinder, as by a bar.
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- Brant
-
noun,
any of several species of small, dark-colored geese of the genus Branta, especially B. bernicla, breeding in high northern latitudes and migrating south in the autumn.
- sengi
-
noun,
a monetary unit of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, equal to 1/10,000 (.0001) of a zaire.
- nines
-
noun,
a cardinal number, eight plus one.
- Berns
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Switzerland, in the W part: capital of Bern canton.
- Berne
-
noun,
Bern.
- berms
-
noun,
Also, berme. Fortification. a horizontal surface between the exterior slope of a rampart and the moat.
- estab
-
- Bart.
-
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Eagan
-
noun,
a town in SE Minnesota.
- eager
-
noun,
eagre.
- IATSE
-
- Sabir
-
noun,
lingua franca (def 2).
- Sabra
-
noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) a person born in Israel.
- SABRE
-
noun,
a heavy, one-edged sword, usually slightly curved, used especially by cavalry.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- iambs
-
noun,
a foot of two syllables, a short followed by a long in quantitative meter, or an unstressed followed by a stressed in accentual meter, as in Come live / with me / and be / my love.
- brits
-
noun,
the group of small marine animals forming the food of whalebone whales.
- sagan
-
noun,
Carl (Edward) 1934–96, U.S. astronomer and writer.
- sing.
-
- saiga
-
noun,
a goatlike antelope, Saiga tatarica, of western Asia and eastern Russia, having a greatly enlarged muzzle.
- Brit.
-
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- geste
-
noun,
gest.
- grist
-
noun,
grain to be ground.
- Atman
-
noun,
the principle of life.
- Smart
-
noun,
a sharp local pain, usually superficial, as from a wound, blow, or sting.
- grins
-
noun,
a broad smile.
- Saman
-
noun,
a Persian noble who lived in the 8th century a.d., progenitor of the Samanid dynasty.
- Tarai
-
noun,
Terai.
- grime
-
noun,
dirt, soot, or other filthy matter, especially adhering to or embedded in a surface.
- Samar
-
noun,
an island in the E central Philippines. 5309 sq. mi. (13,750 sq. km).
- brise
-
noun,
a ballet movement in which the dancer jumps off one foot, beats the legs together, and lands on both feet.
- asana
-
noun,
any of the postures in a yoga exercise.
- Greta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Margaret.
- eagre
-
noun,
a tidal bore or flood.
- tanna
-
noun,
one of a group of Jewish scholars, active in Palestine during the 1st and 2nd centuries a.d., whose teachings are found chiefly in the Mishnah.
- greet
-
verb (used with object),
to address with some form of salutation; welcome.
- Inner
-
adjective,
situated within or farther within; interior:
- grees
-
noun,
superiority, mastery, or victory.
- 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.
- targe
-
noun,
a small, round shield; a target or buckler.
- Green
-
noun,
a color intermediate in the spectrum between yellow and blue, an effect of light with a wavelength between 500 and 570 nm; found in nature as the color of most grasses and leaves while growing, of some fruits while ripening, and of the sea.
- siree
-
noun,
sirree.
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- teams
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- asgmt
-
- tears
-
- BSRet
-
- T-bar
-
noun,
a rolled metal bar or beam with a cross section resembling a T .
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- ASEAN
-
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- astr.
-
- inane
-
noun,
something that is empty or void, especially the void of infinite space.
- Ibert
-
noun,
Jacques François Antoine [zhahk frahn-swa ahn-twan] /ʒɑk frɑ̃ˈswa ɑ̃ˈtwan/ (Show IPA), 1890–1962, French composer.
- inst.
-
- tease
-
noun,
a person who teases or annoys.
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- Imena
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Arabic word meaning “faith.”.
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- Asben
-
noun,
Aïr.
- image
-
noun,
a physical likeness or representation of a person, animal, or thing, photographed, painted, sculptured, or otherwise made visible.
- Srta.
-
- BSMet
-
- singe
-
noun,
a superficial burn.
- Tarim
-
noun,
a river in NW China, in Xinjiang Uygur region. About 1300 miles (2090 km) long.
- Saber
-
noun,
a heavy, one-edged sword, usually slightly curved, used especially by cavalry.
- Ibsen
-
noun,
Henrik [hen-rik] /ˈhɛn rɪk/ (Show IPA), 1828–1906, Norwegian dramatist and poet.
- Sabin
-
noun,
Physics. a unit of sound absorption, equal to one square foot (929 square centimeters) of a perfectly absorptive surface.
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- smear
-
noun,
an oily, greasy, viscous, or wet substance, especially a dab of such a substance.
- Babar
-
noun,
Baber.
- girts
-
noun,
Carpentry.
a timber or plate connecting the corner posts of an exterior wooden frame, as a braced frame, at a floor above the ground floor.
a heavy beam, as for supporting the ends of rafters.
- babas
-
noun,
a spongelike cake leavened with yeast and often containing raisins, baked in a small mold and then usually soaked with a rum syrup.
- sneer
-
noun,
a look or expression of derision, scorn, or contempt.
- Brine
-
noun,
water saturated or strongly impregnated with salt.
- smite
-
Idioms,
smite hip and thigh. hip1 (def 9).
- gnars
-
verb (used without object),
to snarl; growl.
- Tamas
-
noun,
See under guna.
- intr.
-
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- barba
-
noun,
the beard.
- G-man
-
noun,
an agent for the FBI.
- Barbe
-
noun,
a band or small scarf of lace, worn around the head or neck by women.
- sanit
-
- brims
-
noun,
the upper edge of anything hollow; rim; brink:
- Santa
-
noun,
Santa Claus.
- girns
-
noun, verb (used with object),
grin2 .
- banns
-
noun,
notice of an intended marriage, given three times in the parish church of each of the betrothed.
- barbs
-
noun,
a point or pointed part projecting backward from a main point, as of a fishhook or arrowhead.
- Barea
-
noun,
Arturo [ahr-too r-oh;; Spanish ahr-too-raw] /ɑrˈtʊər oʊ;; Spanish ɑrˈtu rɔ/ (Show IPA), 1897–1957, Spanish author, critic, lecturer, and broadcaster: in England after 1939.
- bares
-
verb,
simple past tense of bear1 .
- Brig.
-
- barge
-
noun,
a capacious, flat-bottomed vessel, usually intended to be pushed or towed, for transporting freight or passengers; lighter.
- gibes
-
noun,
a taunting or sarcastic remark.
- Gibbs
-
noun,
James, 1682–1754, Scottish architect and author.
- baris
-
noun,
a seaport in SE Italy, on the Adriatic.
- 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.
- Teena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Albertina, Bettina, or Christina.
- giant
-
noun,
(in folklore) a being with human form but superhuman size, strength, etc.
- getas
-
noun,
a traditional Japanese wooden clog that is worn outdoors, with a thong that passes between the first two toes and with two transverse supports on the bottom of the sole.
- Saree
-
noun,
sari.
- Sarge
-
noun,
sergeant.
- grabs
-
noun,
a sudden, quick grasp or snatch:
- tames
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- Bring
-
Verb phrases,
bring about, to accomplish; cause:
- bairn
-
noun,
a child; son or daughter.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- Banat
-
noun,
a fertile low-lying region extending through parts of Hungary, Romania, and Serbia.
- Bambi
-
noun,
a familiar name for a baby deer.
- baits
-
noun,
food, or some substitute, used as a lure in fishing, trapping, etc.
- samba
-
noun,
a rhythmic, Brazilian ballroom dance of African origin.
- grate
-
noun,
a frame of metal bars for holding fuel when burning, as in a fireplace, furnace, or stove.
- Baiae
-
noun,
an ancient resort city in SW Italy, near Naples: villas of Caesar, Nero, and Pompey.
- teems
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to produce (offspring).
- Sinan
-
noun,
1489?–1587, Turkish architect, especially of mosques.
- Tanga
-
noun,
either of two former coins of India, one gold and one silver, issued by various Muslim rulers.
- babis
-
noun,
Also called Babism. a Persian religion, originating in the 19th century, now supplanted by Bahaʾi.
- Baber
-
noun,
(Zahir ed-Din Mohammed) 1483–1530, founder of the Mogul Empire.
- tangs
-
- grebe
-
noun,
any diving bird of the family Podicipedidae, related to the loons, but having a rudimentary tail and lobate rather than webbed toes.
- grain
-
noun,
a small, hard seed, especially the seed of a food plant such as wheat, corn, rye, oats, rice, or millet.
- Grant
-
noun,
something granted, as a privilege or right, a sum of money, or a tract of land:
- grans
-
noun,
grandmother.
- Grana
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) plural of granum.
- gram.
-
- grama
-
noun,
any grass of the genus Bouteloua, of South America and western North America, as B. gracilis (blue grama)
- grams
-
noun,
a metric unit of mass or weight equal to 15.432 grains; one thousandth of a kilogram. Abbreviation: g.
- bania
-
noun,
banyan (def 2).
- Siret
-
noun,
a river in SE Europe, flowing SE from the Carpathian Mountains in Ukraine, through E Romania to the Danube. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- Tamis
-
noun,
a worsted cloth mesh constructed in open weave and having a corded face, used as a sieve or strainer.
- Bangs
-
noun,
John Kendrick [ken-drik] /ˈkɛn drɪk/ (Show IPA), 1862–1922, U.S. humorist.
- simar
-
noun,
Also, cymar. a loose, lightweight jacket or robe for women, fashionable in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- banes
-
noun,
a person or thing that ruins or spoils:
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- rang
-
noun,
a boomerang.
- rami
-
noun,
plural of ramus.
- tRNA
-
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- snib
-
noun,
a bolt, catch, lock, or fastening on a door or window.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- Stag
-
noun,
an adult male deer.
- NRAB
-
- Raia
-
noun,
rayah.
- raga
-
noun,
one of the melodic formulas of Hindu music having the melodic shape, rhythm, and ornamentation prescribed by tradition.
- rage
-
noun,
angry fury; violent anger (sometimes used in combination):
- Rabi
-
noun,
Isidor Isaac, 1898–1988, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1944.
- ragi
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Eleusine coracana, cultivated in the Old World for its grain.
- tri-
-
- Sima
-
noun,
an assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and magnesium, that constitutes the lower layer of the earth's crust and is found beneath the ocean floors and the sial of continents.
- sign
-
noun,
a token; indication.
- Tree
-
noun,
a plant having a permanently woody main stem or trunk, ordinarily growing to a considerable height, and usually developing branches at some distance from the ground.
- Sig.
-
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- TRIB
-
- stab
-
noun,
the act of stabbing.
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- SINE
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side opposite a given acute angle to the hypotenuse.
(of an angle) a trigonometric function equal to the ratio of the ordinate of the end point of the arc to the radius vector of this end point, the origin being at the center of the circle on which the arc lies and the initial point of the arc being on the x-axis. Abbreviation: sin.
- NTIA
-
- SIAM
-
noun,
former name of Thailand (def 1).
- 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).
- SRBM
-
- SRAM
-
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- Raab
-
noun,
broccoli rabe.
- Rama
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) any of the three avatars of Vishnu: Balarama, Parashurama, or Ramachandra.
- RIBA
-
- Sra.
-
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- NTSB
-
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- trim
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- Time
-
noun,
the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- SAMA
-
noun,
the Sufi practice of gathering to listen to religious poetry that is sung, often accompanied by ecstatic dance or other ritual.
- rent
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- ten.
-
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- SAGA
-
noun,
a medieval Icelandic or Norse prose narrative of achievements and events in the history of a personage, family, etc.
- Sage
-
noun,
a profoundly wise person; a person famed for wisdom.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- Sam.
-
- Tara
-
noun,
a village in the NE Republic of Ireland, NW of Dublin: home of the ancient Irish kings (Hill of Tara)
- Sab.
-
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- ter.
-
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- Tana
-
noun,
thana.
- Tams
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- same
-
Idioms,
all the same,
notwithstanding; nevertheless:
of no difference; immaterial:
- Sami
-
noun,
Lapp.
- Tame
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- Saba
-
noun,
an island in the Netherlands Antilles, in the N Leeward Islands. 5 sq. mi. (13 sq. km).
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- Sang
-
noun,
the act or performance of singing.
- teas
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- teen
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- Tees
-
noun,
a river in N England, flowing E along the boundary between Durham and Yorkshire to the North Sea. 70 miles (113 km) long.
- Ring
-
noun,
a typically circular band of metal or other durable material, especially one of gold or other precious metal, often set with gems, for wearing on the finger as an ornament, a token of betrothal or marriage, etc.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- rime
-
noun,
Also called rime ice. an opaque coating of tiny, white, granular ice particles, caused by the rapid freezing of supercooled water droplets on impact with an object.
Compare frost (def 3), glaze (def 17).
- teem
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to produce (offspring).
- Rima
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Riga
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Latvia, on the Gulf of Riga.
- rit.
-
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- tegs
-
noun,
Animal Husbandry.
a two-year-old sheep that has not been shorn.
the wool shorn from such a sheep.
- rets
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- snag
-
noun,
a tree or part of a tree held fast in the bottom of a river, lake, etc., and forming an impediment or danger to navigation.
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- RNAS
-
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- team
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- 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.
- Tasm
-
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- tern
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- Ste.
-
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- seme
-
adjective,
covered with many small, identical figures.
- str.
-
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- sene
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Western Samoa, the 100th part of a tala.
- Reg.
-
- Rees
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- rebs
-
noun,
a Confederate soldier.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- Serb
-
noun, adjective,
Serbian.
- Ting
-
noun,
a tinging sound.
- stg.
-
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- stem
-
noun,
the ascending axis of a plant, whether above or below ground, which ordinarily grows in an opposite direction to the root or descending axis.
- ream
-
noun,
a standard quantity of paper, consisting of 20 quires or 500 sheets (formerly 480 sheets), or 516 sheets (printer's ream or perfect ream)
- tram
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- rasa
-
noun,
(in Hindu aesthetics) flavor, sentiment, or emotion: regarded as one of the fundamental qualities of classical music, dance, and poetry.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- Sem.
-
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- SARA
-
noun,
a member of a people of the Central African Republic.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- rems
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- 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.
- Sat.
-
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- SATB
-
- sate
-
noun,
a Southeast Asian, especially Indonesian and Malaysian, dish of marinated, bite-size pieces of meat, skewered, barbecued, and usually served with a peanut-flavored dipping sauce.
- tabs
-
noun,
a small flap, strap, loop, or similar appendage, as on a garment, used for pulling, hanging, or decoration.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- tier
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- tabi
-
noun,
a covering for the foot, similar to a sock, having a separate pouchlike stall for the large toe, worn especially in Japan, often with zoris.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- Seen
-
verb,
past participle of see1 .
- seam
-
noun,
the line formed by sewing together pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- tab.
-
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- seat
-
noun,
something designed to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair, bench, or pew; a place on or in which one sits.
- Rein
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- Seem
-
verb (used without object),
to appear to be, feel, do, etc.:
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- regs
-
noun,
Usually, regs. Informal. regulations.
- NIRA
-
- 1080
-
- Nine
-
noun,
a cardinal number, eight plus one.
- Eger
-
noun,
German name of Ohře.
- BSIR
-
- BSIT
-
- BSME
-
- BSMT
-
- BSNA
-
- BSRT
-
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- ears
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- ease
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- ebbs
-
noun,
the flowing back of the tide as the water returns to the sea (opposed to flood, flow).
- egis
-
noun,
aegis.
- BSGE
-
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- emes
-
noun,
friend.
- EMet
-
- emia
-
- emir
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- emit
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- Eng.
-
- engs
-
noun,
the symbol, ŋ, that, in the International Phonetic Alphabet and in the pronunciation alphabets of some dictionaries, represents the voiced velar nasal consonant indicated in English spelling by (ng), as in the pronunciations of cling [kling] /klɪŋ/ (Show IPA) and clink [klingk] /klɪŋk/ (Show IPA).
- Ens.
-
- ergs
-
- Erie
-
noun,
Lake, a lake between the NE central United States and SE central Canada: the southernmost lake of the Great Lakes; Commodore Perry's defeat of the British in 1813. 239 miles (385 km) long; 9940 sq. mi. (25,745 sq. km).
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- BSIE
-
- BSEM
-
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- BMet
-
- BEST
-
noun,
something or someone that is best:
- bet.
-
- Beta
-
noun,
the second letter of the Greek alphabet (β, B).
- Bias
-
noun,
a particular tendency, trend, inclination, feeling, or opinion, especially one that is preconceived or unreasoned:
- Bib.
-
- bier
-
noun,
a frame or stand on which a corpse or the coffin containing it is laid before burial.
- biga
-
noun,
a two-wheeled chariot drawn by two horses harnessed abreast.
- bin-
-
- bine
-
noun,
a twining plant stem, as of the hop.
- Bing
-
noun,
a heap or pile.
- bint
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a woman or girl.
- bite
-
noun,
an act of biting.
- brae
-
noun,
a slope; declivity; hillside.
- BSEE
-
- Brag
-
noun,
a boast or vaunt.
- Bram
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Bran
-
noun,
the partly ground husk of wheat or other grain, separated from flour meal by sifting.
- BRAT
-
noun,
a child, especially an annoying, spoiled, or impolite child (usually used in contempt or irritation).
- Brea
-
noun,
a town in S California.
- brei
-
noun,
a suspension of finely divided tissue in an isotonic medium, used chiefly as a culture for certain viruses.
- Bres
-
noun,
a Fomorian king of Ireland, whose unpopular rule led to the expulsion of the Fomorians by the Tuatha De Danann.
- Brie
-
noun,
a region in NE France, between the Seine and the Marne.
- brim
-
noun,
the upper edge of anything hollow; rim; brink:
- bris
-
noun,
Brith.
- BSAA
-
- BSAE
-
- BSBA
-
- Erma
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Erne
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- Bern
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Switzerland, in the W part: capital of Bern canton.
- gnar
-
verb (used without object),
to snarl; growl.
- Gert
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Gertrude.
- gest
-
noun,
a story or tale.
- geta
-
noun,
a traditional Japanese wooden clog that is worn outdoors, with a thong that passes between the first two toes and with two transverse supports on the bottom of the sole.
- gets
-
noun,
an offspring or the total of the offspring, especially of a male animal:
- Gibe
-
noun,
a taunting or sarcastic remark.
- gibs
-
noun,
a hooked prolongation that develops during the spawning season on the lower jaw of a male salmon or trout.
- Gina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- girn
-
noun, verb (used with object),
grin2 .
- girt
-
noun,
Carpentry.
a timber or plate connecting the corner posts of an exterior wooden frame, as a braced frame, at a floor above the ground floor.
a heavy beam, as for supporting the ends of rafters.
- gist
-
noun,
the main or essential part of a matter:
- gite
-
noun,
a furnished vacation home in France that is available for rental, especially in a rural setting.
- Gmat
-
- gnat
-
noun,
any of certain small flies, especially the biting gnats or punkies of the family Ceratopogonidae, the midges of the family Chironomidae, and the black flies of the family Simuliidae.
- germ
-
noun,
a microorganism, especially when disease-producing; microbe.
- GNMA
-
- grab
-
noun,
a sudden, quick grasp or snatch:
- Gran
-
noun,
grandmother.
- gras
-
- gree
-
noun,
superiority, mastery, or victory.
- gres
-
- Grim
-
adjective,
stern and admitting of no appeasement or compromise:
- grin
-
noun,
a broad smile.
- Gris
-
noun,
Juan [hwahn] /ʰwɑn/ (Show IPA), (José Vittoriano Gonzáles) 1887–1927, Spanish painter in France.
- Grit
-
noun,
abrasive particles or granules, as of sand or other small, coarse impurities found in the air, food, water, etc.
- IAEA
-
- iamb
-
noun,
a foot of two syllables, a short followed by a long in quantitative meter, or an unstressed followed by a stressed in accentual meter, as in Come live / with me / and be / my love.
- iana
-
- Gers
-
noun,
a department in SW France. 2429 sq. mi. (6290 sq. km). Capital: Auch.
- Gera
-
noun,
a city in E central Germany.
- Nina
-
noun,
girl; child.
- garb
-
noun,
a fashion or mode of dress, especially of a distinctive, uniform kind:
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- esne
-
noun,
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a member of the lowest class; laborer.
- est.
-
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- Gabe
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Gabriel.
- gabs
-
noun,
idle talk; chatter.
- gaea
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the earth, mother of the Titans.
- gait
-
noun,
a manner of walking, stepping, or running.
- Gama
-
noun,
Vasco da [vas-koh duh;; Portuguese vahsh-koo duh] /ˈvæs koʊ də;; Portuguese ˈvɑʃ kʊ də/ (Show IPA), c1460–1524, Portuguese navigator: discovered the sea route from Portugal around the continent of Africa to India.
- game
-
noun,
an amusement or pastime:
- gams
-
noun,
a person's leg, especially an attractive female leg.
- Gare
-
noun,
low-grade wool fibers from the legs of sheep.
- Ger.
-
- gars
-
noun,
Also called garfish, garpike. any predaceous freshwater fish of the genus Lepisosteus, of North America, covered with hard, diamond-shaped scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth.
- gast
-
verb (used with object),
to terrify or frighten.
- gata
-
noun,
the nurse shark, Ginglymostoma cirratum.
- gate
-
noun,
a movable barrier, usually on hinges, closing an opening in a fence, wall, or other enclosure.
- gats
-
noun,
a pistol or revolver.
- Gean
-
noun,
heart cherry.
- gear
-
noun,
Machinery.
a part, as a disk, wheel, or section of a shaft, having cut teeth of such form, size, and spacing that they mesh with teeth in another part to transmit or receive force and motion.
an assembly of such parts.
one of several possible arrangements of such parts in a mechanism, as an automobile transmission, for affording different relations of torque and speed between the driving and the driven machinery, or for permitting the driven machinery to run in either direction:
a mechanism or group of parts performing one function or serving one purpose in a complex machine:
- gees
-
noun,
a sum of one thousand dollars:
- Gen.
-
- Gena
-
noun,
the cheek or side region of the head.
- gene
-
noun,
the basic physical unit of heredity; a linear sequence of nucleotides along a segment of DNA that provides the coded instructions for synthesis of RNA, which, when translated into protein, leads to the expression of hereditary character.
- gens
-
noun,
a group of families in ancient Rome claiming descent from a common ancestor and united by a common name and common ancestral religious rites.
- Gent
-
noun,
Informal. gentleman (defs 1, 2).
- BERT
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Albert, Bertram, Herbert, Hubert, etc.
- berm
-
noun,
Also, berme. Fortification. a horizontal surface between the exterior slope of a rampart and the moat.
- Iban
-
noun,
Also called Sea Dayak. a member of any of several Dayak tribes of Sarawak.
- Amri
-
noun,
Omri.
- Aire
-
- 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.
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- Aman
-
noun,
Haman.
- amas
-
noun,
a Japanese diver, usually a woman, who tends underwater oyster beds used in the cultivation of pearls.
- AMBA
-
noun,
anba.
- Amen
-
noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- Ames
-
noun,
a city in central Iowa.
- Amie
-
noun,
a female friend.
- Amir
-
noun,
emir.
- Amis
-
noun,
Kingsley, 1922–95, English novelist.
- amt.
-
- AIMS
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- Anam
-
noun,
Annam.
- Anas
-
- anba
-
noun,
father: a title of a clergyman or saint in the Coptic Church.
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- anga
-
noun,
any of the eight practices of Yoga, including the abstentions, mandatory actions, posture, breath control, control of the senses, concentration, meditation, and contemplation.
- ann.
-
- Anna
-
noun,
a former cupronickel coin of Pakistan, the 16th part of a rupee: last issued in 1960.
- Anne
-
noun,
1665–1714, queen of England 1702–14 (daughter of James II of England).
- ansa
-
noun,
Archaeology. a looped handle, especially of a vase.
- ANSI
-
- ant.
-
- ANTA
-
noun,
a privately supported organization, chartered by Congress in 1935, for the encouragement and advancement of professional and nonprofessional theater.
- Aram
-
noun,
Biblical name of ancient Syria.
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- AIME
-
- arbs
-
noun,
an arbitrager.
- aer-
-
- AAAS
-
- AAEE
-
- Abas
-
noun,
a coarse, felted fabric woven of camel's or goat's hair.
- Abba
-
noun,
a female day name for Thursday.
See under day name.
- Abbe
-
noun,
a member of the secular clergy.
- ABBR
-
- abet
-
verb (used with object),
to encourage, support, or countenance by aid or approval, usually in wrongdoing:
- Abib
-
noun,
Aviv.
- Abie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Abraham.
- abr.
-
- abri
-
noun,
a shelter, especially a dugout.
- abs-
-
- aet.
-
- Aiea
-
noun,
a town on S Oahu, in Hawaii.
- Agar
-
noun,
Also, agar-agar. Also called Chinese gelatin, Chinese isinglass, Japanese gelatin, Japanese isinglass. a gelatinlike product of certain seaweeds, used for solidifying certain culture media, as a thickening agent for ice cream and other foods, as a substitute for gelatin, in adhesives, as an emulsifier, etc.
- agas
-
noun,
a title of honor, usually implying respect for age.
- agba
-
noun,
a tropical tree, Gossweilerodendron balsamiferum, of the legume family.
- Agee
-
noun,
James, 1909–55, U.S. author, scenarist, and film critic.
- ager
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) a person living in a certain historical age:
- ages
-
noun,
the length of time during which a being or thing has existed; length of life or existence to the time spoken of or referred to:
- agin
-
preposition,
against; opposed to.
- agit
-
- AGMA
-
noun,
(in Latin and Greek) the velar nasal consonant sound, especially in those forms where it was represented by the letter g or by gamma.
- Agni
-
noun,
Hindu Mythology. the god of fire, one of the three chief divinities of the Vedas.
- agr.
-
- Agra
-
noun,
a city in SW Uttar Pradesh, in N India: site of the Taj Mahal.
- agst
-
- 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.
- area
-
noun,
any particular extent of space or surface; part:
- Berg
-
noun,
iceberg.
- Bate
-
noun,
a state of violent anger or fear.
- Bang
-
noun,
a loud, sudden, explosive noise, as the discharge of a gun.
- bani
-
noun,
plural of ban4 .
- bant
-
verb (used without object),
to lose weight by practicing Bantingism.
- bar.
-
- Bara
-
noun,
Theda [thee-duh] /ˈθi də/ (Show IPA), (Theodosia Goodman) 1890–1955, U.S. actress.
- Barb
-
noun,
a point or pointed part projecting backward from a main point, as of a fishhook or arrowhead.
- Bare
-
noun,
any of the plantigrade, carnivorous or omnivorous mammals of the family Ursidae, having massive bodies, coarse heavy fur, relatively short limbs, and almost rudimentary tails.
- Bari
-
noun,
a seaport in SE Italy, on the Adriatic.
- barm
-
noun,
yeast formed on malt liquors while fermenting.
- Barn
-
noun,
a building for storing hay, grain, etc., and often for housing livestock.
- Base
-
noun,
the bottom support of anything; that on which a thing stands or rests:
- Bast
-
noun,
Botany. phloem.
- beam
-
noun,
any of various relatively long pieces of metal, wood, stone, etc., manufactured or shaped especially for use as rigid members or parts of structures or machines.
- bams
-
noun,
a loud thud, as that produced when two objects strike against each other with force.
- Bean
-
noun,
the edible nutritious seed of various plants of the legume family, especially of the genus Phaseolus.
- Bear
-
noun,
any of the plantigrade, carnivorous or omnivorous mammals of the family Ursidae, having massive bodies, coarse heavy fur, relatively short limbs, and almost rudimentary tails.
- beat
-
noun,
a stroke or blow.
- been
-
verb,
past participle of be.
- Beer
-
noun,
an alcoholic beverage made by brewing and fermentation from cereals, usually malted barley, and flavored with hops and the like for a slightly bitter taste.
- bees
-
noun,
any hymenopterous insect of the superfamily Apoidea, including social and solitary species of several families, as the bumblebees, honeybees, etc.
- beet
-
noun,
any of various biennial plants belonging to the genus Beta, of the amaranth family, especially B. vulgaris, having a fleshy red or white root.
Compare sugar beet.
- begs
-
noun,
bey.
- BEMA
-
noun,
Eastern Church. the enclosed space surrounding the altar; the sanctuary or chancel.
- Bene
-
adverb,
of validity for the time being but subject to objection or nullification at a later date; provisionally:
- Beni
-
noun,
a river flowing NE from W Bolivia to the Madeira River. About 600 miles (965 km) long.
- bens
-
noun,
the inner or back room of a two-room cottage, especially when used as a combined parlor and bedroom.
- Bent
-
noun,
direction taken, as by one's interests; inclination:
- bane
-
noun,
a person or thing that ruins or spoils:
- bait
-
noun,
food, or some substitute, used as a lure in fishing, trapping, etc.
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- ASME
-
- Arg.
-
- Aria
-
noun,
an air or melody.
- ARIS
-
- Arm.
-
- arms
-
noun,
the upper limb of the human body, especially the part extending from the shoulder to the wrist.
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- art.
-
- Asat
-
noun,
(in Vedic mythology) the realm of nonexistence, populated by demons.
Compare sat2 (def 1).
- asea
-
adjective, adverb,
to or toward the sea; seaward.
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- 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.
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- Bais
-
noun,
a yellow mist occurring in eastern China and Japan during the spring and fall, caused by dust from the interior of China.
- ASTM
-
- atm.
-
- atar
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- ates
-
- baas
-
noun,
the bleating cry of a sheep.
- Baba
-
noun,
a spongelike cake leavened with yeast and often containing raisins, baked in a small mold and then usually soaked with a rum syrup.
- Babe
-
noun,
a baby or child.
- Babi
-
noun,
Also called Babism. a Persian religion, originating in the 19th century, now supplanted by Bahaʾi.
- Babs
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Barbara.
- Baer
-
noun,
Karl Ernst von [kahrl urnst von,, fuh n] /kɑrl ɜrnst vɒn,, fən/ (Show IPA), 1792–1876, Estonian zoologist and pioneer embryologist.
- BAgE
-
- BAgr
-
- IATA
-
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- Mani
-
noun,
Manes.
- mRNA
-
- MSAE
-
- meat
-
noun,
the flesh of animals as used for food.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- Itea
-
noun,
any tree or shrub belonging to the genus Itea, of the saxifrage family, having simple, alternate leaves and clusters of small, greenish-white flowers, as the Virginia willow, I. virginica.
- nabs
-
verb (used with object),
to arrest or capture.
- nabe
-
noun,
a neighborhood movie theater.
- NEbE
-
- Mar.
-
- NEbn
-
- NEBS
-
noun,
a bill or beak, as of a bird.
- Mrs.
-
plural,
a title of respect prefixed to the surname or full name of a married woman:
- neem
-
- meas
-
- Meer
-
noun,
Jan van der [yahn vahn der] /yɑn vɑn dɛr/ (Show IPA), Vermeer, Jan.
- meet
-
noun,
an assembly, as of persons and hounds for a hunt or swimmers or runners for a race or series of races:
- Meir
-
noun,
Golda [gohl-duh] /ˈgoʊl də/ (Show IPA), (Goldie Mabovitch; Goldie Myerson) 1898–1978, Israeli political leader, born in Russia: prime minister 1969–74.
- nene
-
noun,
a barred, gray-brown wild goose, Nesochen sandvicensis, native to Hawaii, where it is the state bird.
- men-
-
- Meng
-
- mag.
-
- ment
-
- ISBN
-
- isba
-
noun,
izba.
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- MSgt
-
- maes
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- item
-
noun,
a separate article or particular:
- MERS
-
noun,
Middle East(ern) Respiratory Syndrome: an often fatal respiratory illness caused by a coronavirus similar to the SARS virus and characterized by fever, coughing, and shortness of breath.
- NASA
-
noun,
National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
- M-14
-
noun,
a fully automatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber rifle developed from the M-1: replaced the M-1 as the standard U.S. Army combat rifle.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- Mari
-
noun,
a member of a Uralic people living in scattered communities north of Cheboksary and Kazan in European Russia, mainly in the Mari Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.
- Nama
-
noun,
a member of a Khoikhoi people of Namaqualand, in SW Africa.
- name
-
noun,
a word or a combination of words by which a person, place, or thing, a body or class, or any object of thought is designated, called, or known.
- MARS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman god of war and agriculture, identified with the Greek god Ares.
- maar
-
noun,
a circular volcanic landform resulting from explosive ash eruptions.
- Nana
-
noun,
Chiefly Northeastern U.S. grandmother; grandma.
- nane
-
pronoun, adverb, adjective,
none1 .
- Maas
-
noun,
Dutch name of the Meuse.
- Nara
-
noun,
a city on S Honshu, in central Japan: chief Buddhist center of ancient Japan; first capital of Japan a.d. 710–84.
- Mart
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- Maat
-
noun,
the goddess personifying law and righteousness.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- Naga
-
noun,
a member of any of the disparate tribal peoples of Nagaland and bordering areas of Burma.
- masa
-
noun,
flour or dough made of dried, ground corn, used especially for tortillas.
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- MSIE
-
- MatE
-
noun,
a partner in marriage; spouse.
- MSEE
-
- mint
-
noun,
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
Compare mint family.
- mean
-
noun,
Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
- mear
-
noun,
mere3 .
- MSBA
-
- mere
-
noun,
Chiefly British Dialect. a lake or pond.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- mes-
-
- mis-
-
- mias
-
plural,
missing in action.
- nibs
-
noun,
his/her nibs, Informal: Often Facetious. a person in authority, especially one who is demanding and tyrannical:
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- Mare
-
noun,
a fully mature female horse or other equine animal.
- Mana
-
noun,
a generalized, supernatural force or power, which may be concentrated in objects or persons.
- mtge
-
- Inge
-
noun,
William (Motter) [mot-er] /ˈmɒt ər/ (Show IPA), 1913–73, U.S. playwright.
- mist
-
noun,
a cloudlike aggregation of minute globules of water suspended in the atmosphere at or near the earth's surface, reducing visibility to a lesser degree than fog.
- inae
-
- mtg.
-
- mise
-
noun,
a settlement or agreement.
- mibs
-
noun,
a playing marble, especially one that is not used as a shooter.
- NIMS
-
noun,
a game in which two players alternate in drawing counters, pennies, or the like, from a set of 12 arranged in three rows of 3, 4, and 5 counters, respectively, the object being to draw the last counter, or, sometimes, to avoid drawing it.
- Man.
-
- mien
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- mire
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- mane
-
noun,
the long hair growing on the back of or around the neck and neighboring parts of some animals, as the horse or lion.
- migs
-
noun,
a playing marble, especially one that is not used as a shooter.
- min.
-
- Mina
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- Mira
-
noun,
Astronomy. the first long-period pulsating variable star to be discovered, with a period averaging 331 days. It is a red giant and a component of a binary star in the constellation Cetus.
- ign.
-
- MiNE
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- Mara
-
noun,
Hindu Mythology. the god of death, sometimes seen as one aspect of a god whose other aspect is Kama, or erotic desire.
- Ming
-
noun,
a dynasty in China, 1368–1644, marked by the restoration of traditional institutions and the development of the arts, especially in porcelain, textiles, and painting.
- mins
-
noun,
a group of Chinese languages spoken in southeastern China, including Foochow and Fukienese.
- Irma
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Erma.
- M-16
-
noun,
a lightweight, fully automatic rifle shooting a small-caliber bullet at an extremely high velocity: a U.S. Army combat weapon for mobile units and jungle fighting.
- Mita
-
noun,
a colonial system in Peru by which the Spanish government required Indians to perform periodic forced labor, especially in the mines.
- mite
-
noun,
any of numerous small to microscopic arachnids of the subclass Acari, including species that are parasitic on animals and plants or that feed on decaying matter and stored foods.
- Ire.
-
- mesa
-
noun,
a land formation, less extensive than a plateau, having steep walls and a relatively flat top and common in arid and semiarid parts of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico.
- IRBM
-
- mage
-
noun,
a magician.
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- nest
-
noun,
a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
- Magi
-
noun,
(sometimes lowercase) one of the Magi.
- int.
-
- ins.
-
- mags
-
noun,
magazine.
- Maia
-
noun,
the eldest of the Pleiades and the mother of Hermes by Zeus.
- inns
-
noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- Mngr
-
- mete
-
noun,
a limiting mark.
- Main
-
noun,
a principal pipe or duct in a system used to distribute water, gas, etc.
- Mair
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- met.
-
- MNAS
-
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- Tbi
-
- tea
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- TBA
-
- ASR
-
- ATA
-
- MSI
-
- ast
-
- at.
-
- ATB
-
- MST
-
- MSN
-
- ASN
-
- ier
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- MIT
-
- RBI
-
- REA
-
- MNA
-
- BAS
-
noun,
an aspect of the soul, represented as a human-headed bird.
- TAM
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- Bat
-
noun,
Sports.
the wooden club used in certain games, as baseball and cricket, to strike the ball.
a racket, especially one used in badminton or table tennis.
a whip used by a jockey.
the act of using a club or racket in a game.
the right or turn to use a club or racket.
- BBA
-
- MNS
-
- bbs
-
noun,
a size of shot, 0.18 inches (0.46 cm) in diameter, fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
- BEA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Beatrice.
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- TAG
-
noun,
a piece or strip of strong paper, plastic, metal, leather, etc., for attaching by one end to something as a mark or label:
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- BEE
-
noun,
any hymenopterous insect of the superfamily Apoidea, including social and solitary species of several families, as the bumblebees, honeybees, etc.
- Reb
-
noun,
a Confederate soldier.
- MNE
-
- Mr.
-
plural,
mister: a title of respect prefixed to a man's name or position:
- BAA
-
noun,
the bleating cry of a sheep.
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- be-
-
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- BEM
-
- Br.
-
- MSG
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-soluble powder, C 5 H 8 NNaO 4 ⋅H 2 O, used to intensify the flavor of foods.
- Bab
-
noun,
abbreviated form of Bab ed-Din.
- MSE
-
- BAg
-
noun,
a container or receptacle of leather, plastic, cloth, paper, etc., capable of being closed at the mouth; pouch.
- MRA
-
- MSA
-
- 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.
- BAM
-
noun,
a loud thud, as that produced when two objects strike against each other with force.
- MRI
-
- Ban
-
noun,
the act of prohibiting by law; interdiction.
- MRE
-
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- Bai
-
noun,
a yellow mist occurring in eastern China and Japan during the spring and fall, caused by dust from the interior of China.
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- Mt.
-
- NSA
-
- NNE
-
- abt
-
- ae.
-
- AEA
-
- nr.
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- NRA
-
- aga
-
noun,
a title of honor, usually implying respect for age.
- NET
-
noun,
a bag or other contrivance of strong thread or cord worked into an open, meshed fabric, for catching fish, birds, or other animals:
- tra
-
- NMI
-
- tr.
-
- Tng
-
- TNB
-
- age
-
noun,
the length of time during which a being or thing has existed; length of life or existence to the time spoken of or referred to:
- NES
-
- RAM
-
noun,
a male sheep.
- Re.
-
- AGM
-
- RMA
-
- RMS
-
plural,
ream.
- NMR
-
- abn
-
- Agt
-
- Ar.
-
- TSI
-
- TSE
-
- Am.
-
- AAA
-
- ab-
-
- ABA
-
noun,
a coarse, felted fabric woven of camel's or goat's hair.
- ag-
-
- AIA
-
- AMA
-
noun,
a Japanese diver, usually a woman, who tends underwater oyster beds used in the cultivation of pearls.
- an.
-
- AAE
-
- ABM
-
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- AAM
-
- Aar
-
- AAS
-
noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- NIM
-
noun,
a game in which two players alternate in drawing counters, pennies, or the like, from a set of 12 arranged in three rows of 3, 4, and 5 counters, respectively, the object being to draw the last counter, or, sometimes, to avoid drawing it.
- abb
-
noun,
low-grade wool from the breech or outer edges of a fleece.
- NIG
-
verb (used with object),
nidge.
- Abe
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Abraham.
- nib
-
noun,
the point of a pen, or either of its divisions.
- NIA
-
- AGS
-
adjective, noun,
agriculture:
- AIM
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- ASM
-
- NAB
-
verb (used with object),
to arrest or capture.
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- Nan
-
noun,
naan.
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- NAM
-
noun,
Vietnam.
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- ARA
-
noun,
the Altar, a southern constellation between Triangulum Australe and Scorpius.
- arb
-
noun,
an arbitrager.
- NAG
-
noun,
Also, nagger. a person who nags, especially habitually.
- ARE
-
noun,
a measure of surface area; 1 are is equal to1/100 (0.01) of a hectare (100 square meters or 119.6 square yards). Abbreviation: a.
- NAA
-
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- teg
-
noun,
Animal Husbandry.
a two-year-old sheep that has not been shorn.
the wool shorn from such a sheep.
- ARS
-
- ASA
-
noun,
a king of Judah, 913?–873? b.c. I Kings 15:8–24.
- MTS
-
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- asb
-
- ase
-
- mtn
-
- MTI
-
- ASI
-
- ANG
-
- rag
-
noun,
a worthless piece of cloth, especially one that is torn or worn.
- Rab
-
noun,
a wooden beater for mixing plaster or mortar.
- NEA
-
- NEG
-
noun,
a photographic negative.
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- 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.
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Nee
-
adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- 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.
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- Tim
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Timothy.
- NEB
-
noun,
a bill or beak, as of a bird.
- Amb
-
- AME
-
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- ne-
-
- NBS
-
- TIA
-
- TGN
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- AMI
-
noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- NbE
-
- NBA
-
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- AMS
-
- MIR
-
noun,
a village commune of peasant farmers in prerevolutionary Russia.
- Bia
-
noun,
the ancient Greek personification of force: daughter of Pallas and Styx and sister of Cratus, Nike, and Zelos.
- 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.
- GAS
-
noun,
Physics. a substance possessing perfect molecular mobility and the property of indefinite expansion, as opposed to a solid or liquid.
- GBE
-
- gi.
-
- GAB
-
noun,
idle talk; chatter.
- RGB
-
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- GAN
-
noun,
cotton gin.
- ite
-
- ITA
-
- Gat
-
noun,
a pistol or revolver.
- GAR
-
noun,
Also called garfish, garpike. any predaceous freshwater fish of the genus Lepisosteus, of North America, covered with hard, diamond-shaped scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth.
- rib
-
noun,
one of a series of curved bones that are articulated with the vertebrae and occur in pairs, 12 in humans, on each side of the vertebrate body, certain pairs being connected with the sternum and forming the thoracic wall.
- ist
-
- ISR
-
- ism
-
noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- se-
-
- SBE
-
- SBA
-
- sb.
-
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- Ga.
-
- Geb
-
noun,
the god of the earth and the father of Osiris and Isis.
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- en-
-
- ene
-
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- MAE
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- Mab
-
noun,
Queen Mab.
- MAA
-
- SER
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- M-1
-
noun,
a semiautomatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber, clip-fed rifle, with a weight of 8.56 pounds (3.88 kg): the standard U.S. Army rifle in World War II and in the Korean War.
- ETS
-
- ERT
-
- ESA
-
- ese
-
- ret
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- ESR
-
- MIA
-
plural,
missing in action.
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- Me.
-
- MBE
-
- ETR
-
- rig
-
noun,
the arrangement of the masts, spars, sails, etc., on a boat or ship.
- Gee
-
noun,
a sum of one thousand dollars:
- EMS
-
noun,
the letter M, m.
- GTS
-
- Gr.
-
- RTS
-
- GRB
-
- gre
-
- SAA
-
- ing
-
- GSA
-
- GSR
-
- gt.
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- rt.
-
- Ia.
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- in.
-
- SAG
-
noun,
an act or instance of sagging.
- SAE
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- IAS
-
- IGM
-
- ib.
-
- rte
-
- RSE
-
- ise
-
- Gib
-
noun,
a hooked prolongation that develops during the spawning season on the lower jaw of a male salmon or trout.
- GEM
-
noun,
a cut and polished precious stone or pearl fine enough for use in jewelry.
- RIM
-
noun,
the outer edge, border, margin, or brink of something, especially of a circular object.
- ISA
-
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- IRS
-
- Ges
-
- get
-
noun,
an offspring or the total of the offspring, especially of a male animal:
- Ir.
-
- SAR
-
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- gie
-
noun,
gi.
- GIN
-
noun,
an alcoholic liquor obtained by distilling grain mash with juniper berries.
- rm.
-
plural,
ream.
- RNA
-
- GIs
-
noun,
a lightweight, two-piece, usually white garment worn by barefooted martial-arts participants, consisting of loose-fitting pants and a wraparound jacket with cloth belt.
- INN
-
noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- git
-
noun,
British Slang. a foolish or contemptible person.
- Rs.
-
- RSA
-
- GMT
-
- EMT
-
- MS.
-
plural,
manuscript.
- REM
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- SMB
-
- BSA
-
- Sr.
-
- EMR
-
- big
-
noun,
the bigs, Sports Slang. the highest level of professional competition, as the major leagues in baseball.
- BSE
-
- MEA
-
noun,
an acknowledgment of one's responsibility for a fault or error.
- Mat
-
noun,
a piece of fabric made of plaited or woven rushes, straw, hemp, or similar fiber, or of some other pliant material, as rubber, used as a protective covering on a floor or other surface, to wipe the shoes on, etc.
- BSM
-
- BRT
-
- MI5
-
noun,
the government's security and counterespionage service that works in liaison with Scotland Yard's Special Branch.
- SMA
-
- mas
-
noun,
mother1 .
- BSN
-
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- BIE
-
- BST
-
- SRB
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- BNS
-
- BME
-
- BMI
-
- BMR
-
- STB
-
- BMS
-
- BMT
-
- Bn.
-
- Bra
-
noun,
brassiere.
- BRM
-
- BRE
-
- MGB
-
- Meg
-
noun,
a megabyte.
- MGr
-
- Sta
-
- St.
-
- MGT
-
- mi.
-
- BTE
-
- Bt.
-
- MI6
-
noun,
the government's secret intelligence service.
- EbN
-
- IBN
-
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- ear
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- Ben
-
noun,
the inner or back room of a two-room cottage, especially when used as a combined parlor and bedroom.
- ebb
-
noun,
the flowing back of the tide as the water returns to the sea (opposed to flood, flow).
- EBS
-
- ean
-
- beg
-
noun,
bey.
- Sib
-
noun,
a kinsman; relative.
- EEG
-
- eir
-
- Sgt
-
- EIS
-
- eme
-
noun,
friend.
- STM
-
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- EAM
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- bi-
-
- STI
-
- ine
-
- Mig
-
noun,
a playing marble, especially one that is not used as a shooter.
- MIB
-
noun,
a playing marble, especially one that is not used as a shooter.
- Eg.
-
- MIE
-
- EAA
-
- BIT
-
noun,
Machinery.
a removable drilling or boring tool for use in a brace, drill press, or the like.
a removable boring head used on certain kinds of drills, as a rock drill.
a device for drilling oil wells or the like, consisting of a horizontally rotating blade or an assembly of rotating toothed wheels.
- ea.
-
- AA
-
noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- i.
-
- NM
-
- 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.
- SG
-
- SA
-
- t.
-
- BG
-
- MN
-
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- T1
-
- S.
-
- IG
-
- 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.
- SM
-
- NI
-
- GN
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- EI
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- GB
-
- G.
-
- MB
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- Eb
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- TG
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- N.
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- NB
-
- NG
-
- GM
-
- MA
-
noun,
mother1 .
- MG
-
- SN
-
- TN
-
- TM
-
- R.
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- RI
-
- RN
-
- BB
-
noun,
a size of shot, 0.18 inches (0.46 cm) in diameter, fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
- M.
-
- BM
-
- BA
-
noun,
an aspect of the soul, represented as a human-headed bird.
- 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.
- B-
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- ee
-
- rg
-
- TB
-