Anagrams of Basidiomycetes
Word Basidiomycetes has
1804 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of Basidiomycetes.
- basidiomycete
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noun,
Mycology. any of a group of fungi constituting the phylum Basidiomycota of the kingdom Fungi (or, in older classification schemes, the class Basidiomycetes of the kingdom Plantae), characterized by bearing the spores on a basidium, including the smuts, rust, mushrooms, and puffballs.
- dissociate
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verb (used with object),
to sever the association of (oneself); separate:
- metabiosis
-
noun,
a mode of living in which one organism is dependent on another for preparation of an environment in which it can live.
- semeiotics
-
noun,
semiotics.
- edacities
-
noun,
the state of being edacious; voraciousness; appetite.
- ecdysiast
-
noun,
stripper (def 3).
- obesities
-
noun,
the condition of being very fat or overweight; corpulence:
- ecosystem
-
noun,
a system, or a group of interconnected elements, formed by the interaction of a community of organisms with their environment.
- societies
-
noun,
an organized group of persons associated together for religious, benevolent, cultural, scientific, political, patriotic, or other purposes.
- diasystem
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noun,
a linguistic system forming a common denominator for a group or set of dialects.
- mosaicist
-
noun,
a person who works in mosaic.
- demitasse
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noun,
a small cup for serving strong black coffee after dinner.
- Samoyedic
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adjective,
of or relating to the Samoyed people or languages.
- medicates
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verb (used with object),
to treat with medicine or medicaments.
- mediacies
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noun,
the state of being mediate.
- amebocyte
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noun,
a migratory, ameboid cell found in many invertebrates that functions in excretion, assimilation, etc.
- modesties
-
noun,
the quality of being modest; freedom from vanity, boastfulness, etc.
- decimates
-
verb (used with object),
to destroy a great number or proportion of:
- semeiotic
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adjective,
semiotic.
- set-aside
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noun,
something, as land or profits, set aside for a particular purpose.
- dacoities
-
noun,
(in India and Burma) gang robbery; robbery by dacoits.
- symbiotic
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adjective,
living in symbiosis, or having an interdependent relationship:
- semiotics
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noun,
the study of signs and symbols as elements of communicative behavior; the analysis of systems of communication, as language, gestures, or clothing.
- iotacisms
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noun,
the conversion of other vowel sounds, especially in Modern Greek, into (ē), the sound of iota.
- Semitics
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noun,
the study of Semitic languages, literature, etc.
- diabetes
-
noun,
any of several disorders characterized by increased urine production.
- desmitis
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noun,
inflammation of a ligament.
- biocides
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noun,
any chemical that destroys life by poisoning, especially a pesticide, herbicide, or fungicide.
- demotics
-
noun,
demotic script.
- cestodes
-
noun,
a parasitic platyhelminth or flatworm of the class Cestoda, which comprises the tapeworms.
- aseismic
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adjective,
free from earthquakes.
- cestoids
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noun,
cestode.
- Docetism
-
noun,
an early Christian doctrine that the sufferings of Christ were apparent and not real and that after the crucifixion he appeared in a spiritual body.
- cystomas
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noun,
a cystic tumor.
- cystidia
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noun,
(in certain basidiomycetous fungi) one of the large, inflated, sterile cells growing between the basidia and usually projecting beyond them.
- medicate
-
verb (used with object),
to treat with medicine or medicaments.
- amitosis
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noun,
the direct method of cell division, characterized by simple cleavage of the nucleus without the formation of chromosomes.
- Stoicism
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noun,
a systematic philosophy, dating from around 300 b.c., that held the principles of logical thought to reflect a cosmic reason instantiated in nature.
- mediates
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adjective,
acting through, dependent on, or involving an intermediate agency; not direct or immediate.
- massicot
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noun,
monoxide of lead, PbO, in the form of a yellow powder, used as a pigment and drier.
- demi-sec
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adjective,
(of wines) semidry; sweeter than sec but drier than doux.
- sesamoid
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adjective,
shaped like a sesame seed, as certain small nodular bones and cartilages.
- ameiosis
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noun,
aberrant meiosis in which only an equational division occurs, as in parthenogenesis.
- iceboats
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noun,
a vehicle for rapid movement on ice, usually consisting of a T -shaped frame on three runners driven by a fore-and-aft sailing rig or, sometimes, by an engine operating a propeller.
- sadistic
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adjective,
pertaining to or characterized by sadism; deriving pleasure or sexual gratification from extreme cruelty:
- diatomic
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adjective,
having two atoms in the molecule.
- diastems
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noun,
a minor hiatus in an orderly succession of sedimentary rocks.
- moieties
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noun,
a half.
- besteads
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adjective,
Archaic. placed or situated, often unfavorably or in difficulty.
- modistes
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noun,
Older Use. a female maker of or dealer in women's fashionable attire.
- systemic
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adjective,
of or relating to a system.
- semiotic
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noun,
semiotics.
- disobeys
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verb (used with or without object),
to neglect or refuse to obey.
- miscodes
-
verb (used with object),
to code mistakenly, as in data processing.
- Sedecias
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noun,
Zedekiah.
- bedtimes
-
noun,
the time at which a person usually goes to bed:
- bedmates
-
noun,
bedfellow (def 1).
- misdates
-
noun,
a wrong date.
- dioceses
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noun,
an ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop.
- miscites
-
verb (used with or without object),
to misquote.
- bosseyed
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adjective,
cross-eyed.
- decimate
-
verb (used with object),
to destroy a great number or proportion of:
- basicity
-
noun,
the state of being a base.
- Cambyses
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noun,
died 522 b.c, king of Persia 529–522 (son of Cyrus the Great).
- cambists
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noun,
a dealer in bills of exchange.
- die-cast
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adjective,
formed by die casting.
- embodies
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verb (used with object),
to give a concrete form to; express, personify, or exemplify in concrete form:
- steadies
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noun,
Informal. a person of the opposite sex whom one dates exclusively; sweetheart; boyfriend or girlfriend.
- emboites
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noun,
a step, performed in series, in which the dancer stands on the toes with legs together and then springs up, swinging one foot out and around to the front of the other.
- cat-eyed
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adjective,
having eyes resembling those of a cat.
- domestic
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noun,
a hired household servant.
- diabetic
-
noun,
a person who has diabetes.
- comedies
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noun,
a play, movie, etc., of light and humorous character with a happy or cheerful ending; a dramatic work in which the central motif is the triumph over adverse circumstance, resulting in a successful or happy conclusion.
- Yosemite
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noun,
a valley in E California, in the Sierra Nevada Mountains: a part of Yosemite National Park. 7 miles (11 km) long.
- coesites
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noun,
a rare form of silicon dioxide, a denser polymorph of quartz, originally synthesized from quartz at high temperatures and pressures: later discovered in nature.
- comedist
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noun,
a writer of comedies.
- deboites
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noun,
a step in which the dancer stands on the toes with legs together and then springs up, swinging one foot out and around to the back of the other.
- acidosis
-
noun,
a blood condition in which the bicarbonate concentration is below normal.
- imbodies
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verb (used with object),
embody.
- iotacism
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noun,
the conversion of other vowel sounds, especially in Modern Greek, into (ē), the sound of iota.
- comities
-
noun,
mutual courtesy; civility.
- Comtesse
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noun,
countess.
- daytimes
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noun,
the time between sunrise and sunset.
- somatic
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adjective,
of the body; bodily; physical.
- discase
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verb (used with object),
to take the case or covering from; uncase.
- myiasis
-
noun,
any disease that results from the infestation of tissues or cavities of the body by larvae of flies.
- diocese
-
noun,
an ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop.
- someday
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adverb,
at an indefinite future time.
- Seaside
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noun,
the land along the sea; seacoast.
- mascots
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noun,
an animal, person, or thing adopted by a group as its representative symbol and supposed to bring good luck:
- edacity
-
noun,
the state of being edacious; voraciousness; appetite.
- bastide
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noun,
a medieval fortified town, planned as a whole and built at one time, especially in southern France, for strategic or commercial purposes.
- disease
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noun,
a disordered or incorrectly functioning organ, part, structure, or system of the body resulting from the effect of genetic or developmental errors, infection, poisons, nutritional deficiency or imbalance, toxicity, or unfavorable environmental factors; illness; sickness; ailment.
- beastie
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noun,
Chiefly Literary. a small animal, especially one toward which affection is felt.
- dismast
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verb (used with object),
to deprive (a ship) of masts; break off the masts of.
- ecstasy
-
noun,
rapturous delight.
- society
-
noun,
an organized group of persons associated together for religious, benevolent, cultural, scientific, political, patriotic, or other purposes.
- disobey
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verb (used with or without object),
to neglect or refuse to obey.
- becomes
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Idioms,
become of, to happen to; be the fate of:
- abiotic
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adjective,
of or characterized by the absence of life or living organisms.
- sedates
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adjective,
calm, quiet, or composed; undisturbed by passion or excitement:
- Mideast
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noun,
Middle East.
- debases
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verb (used with object),
to reduce in quality or value; adulterate:
- seabeds
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noun,
seafloor.
- debates
-
noun,
a discussion, as of a public question in an assembly, involving opposing viewpoints:
- Catesby
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noun,
Robert, 1573–1605, English Catholic conspirator, leader in Gunpowder Plot.
- comitia
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noun,
an assembly of the people convened to pass on laws, nominate magistrates, etc.
- dibasic
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adjective,
containing two replaceable or ionizable hydrogen atoms:
- 2,4,5-t
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noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- dicasts
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noun,
(in ancient Athens) a citizen eligible to sit as a judge.
- Cassite
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noun,
Kassite.
- steamed
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noun,
water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor.
- emboite
-
noun,
a step, performed in series, in which the dancer stands on the toes with legs together and then springs up, swinging one foot out and around to the front of the other.
- camises
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noun,
a lightweight, loose-fitting shirt or smock with long sleeves.
- somites
-
noun,
any of the longitudinal series of segments or parts into which the body of certain animals is divided; a metamere.
- abscise
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verb (used without object),
to separate by abscission, as a leaf from a stem.
- cambist
-
noun,
a dealer in bills of exchange.
- eidetic
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adjective,
of, relating to, or constituting visual imagery vividly experienced and readily reproducible with great accuracy and in great detail.
- scotias
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noun,
a deep concave molding between two fillets, as in the Attic base.
- Mycetes
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- Scotism
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noun,
the set of doctrines of Duns Scotus.
- Edomite
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noun,
a descendant of Esau or Edom. Num. 20:14–21.
- abiosis
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noun,
the absence or lack of life; a nonviable state.
- mycosis
-
noun,
the presence of parasitic fungi in or on any part of the body.
- bedmate
-
noun,
bedfellow (def 1).
- Ossetic
-
noun,
the Indo-European, Iranian language of the Ossets.
- bedtime
-
noun,
the time at which a person usually goes to bed:
- semites
-
noun,
a member of any of various ancient and modern peoples originating in southwestern Asia, including the Akkadians, Canaanites, Phoenicians, Hebrews, and Arabs.
- daytime
-
noun,
the time between sunrise and sunset.
- tombacs
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noun,
an alloy, used to imitate gold, containing from 70 to 92 percent copper with zinc and sometimes tin and other materials forming the remainder.
- miscode
-
verb (used with object),
to code mistakenly, as in data processing.
- daisies
-
noun,
any of various composite plants the flowers of which have a yellow disk and white rays, as the English daisy and the oxeye daisy.
- misdate
-
noun,
a wrong date.
- daimyos
-
noun,
one of the great feudal lords who were vassals of the shogun.
- iodisms
-
noun,
poisoning caused by sensitivity to or overuse of iodine or its compounds.
- misdoes
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verb (used with object),
to do badly or wrongly; botch.
- misease
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noun,
Archaic. discomfort; distress; suffering.
- biocide
-
noun,
any chemical that destroys life by poisoning, especially a pesticide, herbicide, or fungicide.
- Modesty
-
noun,
the quality of being modest; freedom from vanity, boastfulness, etc.
- biomass
-
noun,
Ecology. the amount of living matter in a given habitat, expressed either as the weight of organisms per unit area or as the volume of organisms per unit volume of habitat.
- Semitic
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noun,
a subfamily of Afroasiatic languages that includes Akkadian, Arabic, Aramaic, Ethiopic, Hebrew, and Phoenician.
- Docetae
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plural noun,
early Christian adherents of Docetism.
- dacoits
-
noun,
(in India and Burma) a member of a class of criminals who engage in organized robbery and murder.
- Moabite
-
noun,
an inhabitant or native of Moab.
- dacoity
-
noun,
(in India and Burma) gang robbery; robbery by dacoits.
- bisects
-
noun,
Also called split. Philately. a portion of a stamp, usually half, used for payment of a proportionate amount of the face value of the whole stamp.
- bodices
-
noun,
a usually fitted vest or wide, lace-up girdle worn by women over a dress or blouse, especially a cross-laced, sleeveless outer garment covering the waist and bust, common in peasant dress.
- mitosis
-
noun,
the usual method of cell division, characterized typically by the resolving of the chromatin of the nucleus into a threadlike form, which condenses into chromosomes, each of which separates longitudinally into two parts, one part of each chromosome being retained in each of two new cells resulting from the original cell.
- Siamese
-
noun,
a native of Siam.
- iodates
-
noun,
Chemistry. a salt of iodic acid, as sodium iodate, NaIO 3 .
- betises
-
noun,
lack of understanding, perception, or the like; stupidity.
- obesity
-
noun,
the condition of being very fat or overweight; corpulence:
- miscast
-
verb (used with object),
to assign an unsuitable role to (an actor):
- atomies
-
noun,
an atom; mote.
- disseat
-
verb (used with object),
to unseat.
- ecdysis
-
noun,
the shedding or casting off of an outer coat or integument by snakes, crustaceans, etc.
- dissect
-
verb (used with object),
to cut apart (an animal body, plant, etc.) to examine the structure, relation of parts, or the like.
- Ossetia
-
noun,
a region in Caucasia: divided between North Ossetia of the Russian Federation and the South Ossetian Autonomous Region of the Georgian Republic.
- miotics
-
noun,
a miotic drug.
- myotics
-
noun,
a miotic drug.
- besides
-
adverb,
moreover; furthermore; also:
- seismic
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adjective,
pertaining to, of the nature of, or caused by an earthquake or vibration of the earth, whether due to natural or artificial causes.
- seismo-
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- betimes
-
adverb,
early; in good time:
- Iobates
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noun,
a Lycian king commissioned by his son-in-law, Proetus, to kill Bellerophon: after surviving ordeals designed to destroy him, Bellerophon was believed to be divinely protected, and Iobates gave him half his kingdom.
- semaise
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noun,
cymaise.
- modiste
-
noun,
Older Use. a female maker of or dealer in women's fashionable attire.
- bestead
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adjective,
Archaic. placed or situated, often unfavorably or in difficulty.
- easiest
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- sematic
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adjective,
serving as a sign or warning of danger, as the conspicuous colors or markings of certain poisonous animals.
- sitcoms
-
noun,
situation comedy.
- miscite
-
verb (used with or without object),
to misquote.
- osmatic
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adjective,
of or relating to the sense of smell.
- betides
-
verb (used with object),
to happen to; come to; befall:
- stimies
-
noun,
stymie.
- embassy
-
noun,
a body of persons entrusted with a mission to a sovereign or government, especially an ambassador and his or her staff.
- atomics
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noun,
the branch of physics that deals with atoms, especially atomic energy.
- Matisse
-
noun,
Henri [ahn-ree] /ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1869–1954, French painter.
- coesite
-
noun,
a rare form of silicon dioxide, a denser polymorph of quartz, originally synthesized from quartz at high temperatures and pressures: later discovered in nature.
- mastoid
-
noun,
the mastoid process.
- amosite
-
noun,
an asbestine variety of anthophyllite, rich in iron, formerly used as a heat-resistant material.
- combats
-
noun,
Military. active, armed fighting with enemy forces.
- Demotic
-
noun,
demotic script.
- samites
-
noun,
a heavy silk fabric, sometimes interwoven with gold, worn in the Middle Ages.
- demotes
-
verb (used with object),
to reduce to a lower grade, rank, class, or position (opposed to promote):
- cestode
-
noun,
a parasitic platyhelminth or flatworm of the class Cestoda, which comprises the tapeworms.
- meiosis
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noun,
Cell Biology. part of the process of gamete formation, consisting of chromosome conjugation and two cell divisions, in the course of which the diploid chromosome number becomes reduced to the haploid.
Compare mitosis.
- medico-
-
- iceboat
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noun,
a vehicle for rapid movement on ice, usually consisting of a T -shaped frame on three runners driven by a fore-and-aft sailing rig or, sometimes, by an engine operating a propeller.
- cestoid
-
noun,
cestode.
- deboite
-
noun,
a step in which the dancer stands on the toes with legs together and then springs up, swinging one foot out and around to the back of the other.
- medicos
-
noun,
a physician or surgeon; doctor.
- iambics
-
noun,
Prosody.
an iamb.
Usually, iambics. a verse or poem consisting of iambs.
- Samoyed
-
noun,
a member of a Uralic people dwelling in W Siberia and the far NE parts of European Russia.
- Samoset
-
noun,
died 1653? North American Indian leader: aided Pilgrims during early years in New England.
- coedits
-
verb (used with object),
to edit jointly with another.
- ascites
-
noun,
accumulation of serous fluid in the peritoneal cavity; dropsy of the peritoneum.
- cystoma
-
noun,
a cystic tumor.
- cystoid
-
noun,
a cystlike structure or formation.
- toadies
-
noun,
an obsequious flatterer; sycophant.
- coatees
-
noun,
a close-fitting short coat, especially one with tails or skirts.
- ameboid
-
adjective,
resembling or related to amebas.
- demises
-
noun,
death or decease.
- metisse
-
noun,
a woman of mixed ancestry.
- deceits
-
noun,
the act or practice of deceiving; concealment or distortion of the truth for the purpose of misleading; duplicity; fraud; cheating:
- emetics
-
noun,
an emetic medicine or agent.
- mediacy
-
noun,
the state of being mediate.
- cymaise
-
noun,
a pewter wine jar having a spout, a fixed handle on the side opposite the spout, and a bail for carrying.
- scabies
-
noun,
a contagious skin disease occurring especially in sheep and cattle and also in humans, caused by the itch mite, Sarcoptes scabiei, which burrows under the skin.
Compare itch (def 10), mange.
- cimaise
-
noun,
cymaise.
- ideates
-
noun,
ideatum.
- acidity
-
noun,
the quality or state of being acid.
- Amboise
-
noun,
a town in central France, E of Tours: castle.
- deities
-
noun,
a god or goddess.
- mediate
-
adjective,
acting through, dependent on, or involving an intermediate agency; not direct or immediate.
- amoebic
-
adjective,
amebic.
- comates
-
noun,
a mate or companion.
- mastics
-
noun,
Also called mastic tree, lentisk. a small Mediterranean tree, Pistacia lentiscus, of the cashew family, that is the source of an aromatic resin used in making varnish and adhesives.
- amities
-
noun,
friendship; peaceful harmony.
- cissoid
-
noun,
a curve having a cusp at the origin and a point of inflection at infinity. Equation: r = 2 a sin(θ)tan(θ).
- diastem
-
noun,
a minor hiatus in an orderly succession of sedimentary rocks.
- diatoms
-
noun,
any of numerous microscopic, unicellular, marine or freshwater algae of the phylum Chrysophyta, having cell walls containing silica.
- cymose
-
adjective,
bearing a cyme or cymes.
- demies
-
noun,
a foundation scholar at Magdalen College, Oxford: so called because such a scholar originally received half the allowance of a fellow.
- Moesia
-
noun,
an ancient country in S Europe, S of the Danube and N of ancient Thrace and Macedonia: later a Roman province.
- cysto-
-
- deists
-
noun,
a person who believes in deism.
- decays
-
noun,
decomposition; rot:
- cysti-
-
- dassie
-
noun,
hyrax.
- cymoid
-
adjective,
resembling a cyma.
- sayest
-
verb,
2nd person singular of say1 .
- Osetic
-
adjective, noun,
Ossetic.
- boites
-
noun,
a nightclub; cabaret.
- setose
-
adjective,
covered with setae or bristles; bristly.
- boasts
-
noun,
a thing boasted of; a cause for pride:
- Odessa
-
noun,
a seaport in S Ukraine, on the Black Sea.
- sadist
-
noun,
Psychiatry. a person who has the condition of sadism, in which one receives sexual gratification from causing pain and degradation to another.
- bodice
-
noun,
a usually fitted vest or wide, lace-up girdle worn by women over a dress or blouse, especially a cross-laced, sleeveless outer garment covering the waist and bust, common in peasant dress.
- deceit
-
noun,
the act or practice of deceiving; concealment or distortion of the truth for the purpose of misleading; duplicity; fraud; cheating:
- coedit
-
verb (used with object),
to edit jointly with another.
- bodies
-
noun,
the physical structure and material substance of an animal or plant, living or dead.
- cobias
-
noun,
a large, fusiform fish, Rachycentron canadum, found off the eastern coast of temperate and tropical America, in the East Indies, and in Japan.
- decime
-
noun,
a former copper or bronze coin of France issued from 1795 to 1801 and from 1814 to 1815, the 10th part of a franc, equal in value to 10 centimes.
- sesame
-
noun,
a tropical, herbaceous plant, Sesamum indicum, whose small oval seeds are edible and yield an oil.
- oedema
-
noun,
edema.
- coatis
-
noun,
any tropical American carnivore of the genus Nasua, related to the raccoon, having an elongated body, long, ringed tail, and a slender, flexible snout.
- Coates
-
noun,
Eric, 1886–1957, English violist and composer.
- deisms
-
noun,
belief in the existence of a God on the evidence of reason and nature only, with rejection of supernatural revelation (distinguished from theism).
- daimyo
-
noun,
one of the great feudal lords who were vassals of the shogun.
- Semite
-
noun,
a member of any of various ancient and modern peoples originating in southwestern Asia, including the Akkadians, Canaanites, Phoenicians, Hebrews, and Arabs.
- coatee
-
noun,
a close-fitting short coat, especially one with tails or skirts.
- coated
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- coasts
-
noun,
the land next to the sea; seashore:
- saices
-
noun,
syce.
- deesis
-
noun,
a representation in Byzantine art of Christ enthroned and flanked by the Virgin Mary and St. John the Baptist, often found on an iconostasis.
- cities
-
noun,
a large or important town.
- citied
-
adjective,
occupied by a city or cities.
- osmics
-
noun,
the science dealing with the sense of smell.
- modest
-
adjective,
having or showing a moderate or humble estimate of one's merits, importance, etc.; free from vanity, egotism, boastfulness, or great pretensions.
- deices
-
verb (used with object),
to free of ice; prevent or remove ice formation on, as the wing of an airplane.
- Deimos
-
noun,
an ancient Greek personification of terror, a son of Ares and Aphrodite.
- say-so
-
noun,
one's personal statement or assertion.
- moiety
-
noun,
a half.
- sedate
-
adjective,
calm, quiet, or composed; undisturbed by passion or excitement:
- sambos
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a black person, especially a male.
- camise
-
noun,
a lightweight, loose-fitting shirt or smock with long sleeves.
- diesis
-
noun,
double dagger.
- Comdt.
-
- ceibas
-
noun,
the silk-cotton tree, Ceiba pentandra.
- Scotia
-
noun,
a deep concave molding between two fillets, as in the Attic base.
- moseys
-
verb (used without object),
to wander or shuffle about leisurely; stroll; saunter (often followed by along, about, etc.).
- cambio
-
noun,
a currency exchange.
- comtes
-
noun,
count2 .
- desist
-
verb (used without object),
to cease, as from some action or proceeding; stop.
- comedy
-
noun,
a play, movie, etc., of light and humorous character with a happy or cheerful ending; a dramatic work in which the central motif is the triumph over adverse circumstance, resulting in a successful or happy conclusion.
- debate
-
noun,
a discussion, as of a public question in an assembly, involving opposing viewpoints:
- sadism
-
noun,
Psychiatry. the condition in which sexual gratification depends on causing pain or degradation to others.
Compare masochism.
- cameos
-
noun,
a technique of engraving upon a gem or other stone, as onyx, in such a way that an underlying stone of one color is exposed as a background for a low-relief design of another color.
- Mystic
-
noun,
a person who claims to attain, or believes in the possibility of attaining, insight into mysteries transcending ordinary human knowledge, as by direct communication with the divine or immediate intuition in a state of spiritual ecstasy.
- debits
-
noun,
the recording or an entry of debt in an account.
- camote
-
noun,
batata.
- COMSAT
-
noun,
(often lowercase) a communications satellite.
- dicots
-
noun,
a dicotyledon.
- scato-
-
- ceases
-
noun,
cessation:
- Cassie
-
noun,
huisache.
- debyes
-
noun,
a unit of measure for electric dipole moments, equal to 10 –18 statcoulomb-centimeters. Abbreviation: D.
- diatom
-
noun,
any of numerous microscopic, unicellular, marine or freshwater algae of the phylum Chrysophyta, having cell walls containing silica.
- dicast
-
noun,
(in ancient Athens) a citizen eligible to sit as a judge.
- castes
-
noun,
Sociology.
an endogamous and hereditary social group limited to persons of the same rank, occupation, economic position, etc., and having mores distinguishing it from other such groups.
any rigid system of social distinctions.
- comity
-
noun,
mutual courtesy; civility.
- C-bias
-
noun,
grid bias.
- cestas
-
noun,
a narrow, curved basket fitted on one end to a wooden handle with a glovelike compartment at the base, for catching and throwing the ball.
- seabed
-
noun,
seafloor.
- demise
-
noun,
death or decease.
- cosset
-
noun,
a lamb brought up without its dam; pet lamb.
- BSMetE
-
- sabots
-
noun,
a shoe made of a single block of wood hollowed out, worn especially by farmers and workers in the Netherlands, France, Belgium, etc.
- comate
-
noun,
a mate or companion.
- cossie
-
noun,
a bathing suit; bathers.
- samite
-
noun,
a heavy silk fabric, sometimes interwoven with gold, worn in the Middle Ages.
- deboss
-
verb (used with object),
to indent (a figure or design) into a surface:
- cyesis
-
noun,
pregnancy.
- dismes
-
noun,
a former coin of the U.S., equal to 10 cents, issued in 1792: early form of the dime.
- combat
-
noun,
Military. active, armed fighting with enemy forces.
- dismay
-
noun,
sudden or complete loss of courage; utter disheartenment.
- Seboim
-
noun,
Zeboim.
- discos
-
noun,
discotheque.
- disco-
-
- debase
-
verb (used with object),
to reduce in quality or value; adulterate:
- cosies
-
noun,
a padded covering for a teapot, chocolate pot, etc., to retain the heat.
- diotic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or affecting both ears; binaural.
- cosets
-
noun,
a subset of a group, formed by the consistent operation of a given element of the group on the left or right of all the elements of a subgroup of the group.
- demits
-
noun,
Also, dimit. (especially in Freemasonry) a written certification of honorable withdrawal or resignation, as from membership.
- cabots
-
noun,
John (Giovanni Caboto) c1450–98? Italian navigator in the service of England: discoverer of North American mainland 1497.
- Sasebo
-
noun,
a seaport on NW Kyushu, in SW Japan.
- demobs
-
noun,
demobilization.
- demote
-
verb (used with object),
to reduce to a lower grade, rank, class, or position (opposed to promote):
- Combes
-
noun,
a narrow valley or deep hollow, especially one enclosed on all but one side.
- dimity
-
noun,
a thin cotton fabric, white, dyed, or printed, woven with a stripe or check of heavier yarn.
- Mosaic
-
noun,
a picture or decoration made of small, usually colored pieces of inlaid stone, glass, etc.
- cadets
-
noun,
a student in a national service academy or private military school or on a training ship.
- isotac
-
noun,
a line drawn on a map connecting all points where ice starts to melt at approximately the same period in spring.
- octads
-
noun,
a group or series of eight.
- teases
-
noun,
a person who teases or annoys.
- aceto-
-
- embeds
-
noun,
a journalist who is embedded with a military unit or a political campaign.
- acmite
-
noun,
a rare pyroxene mineral, sodium-ferric iron silicate, NaFe(Si 2 O 6), found in feldspathoid rocks.
- Maisie
-
noun,
a female given name, Scottish form of Margaret.
- estocs
-
noun,
a thrusting sword of the 13th–17th centuries having a long, narrow blade of rectangular section.
- embays
-
verb (used with object),
to enclose in or as if in a bay; surround or envelop.
- stades
-
noun,
a period of time represented by a glacial deposit.
- tibias
-
noun,
Anatomy. the inner of the two bones of the leg, that extend from the knee to the ankle and articulate with the femur and the talus; shinbone.
- myasis
-
noun,
myiasis.
- Stacey
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- mayest
-
verb,
2nd person singular present indicative of may1 .
- Medit.
-
- mycete
-
- Medici
-
noun,
Catherine de', Catherine de Médicis.
- maybes
-
noun,
a possibility or uncertainty.
- masto-
-
- embody
-
verb (used with object),
to give a concrete form to; express, personify, or exemplify in concrete form:
- Tobias
-
noun,
the son of Tobit.
- Basset
-
noun,
one of a breed of hounds having short legs, long body and ears, and usually a black, tan, and white coat.
- Tobies
-
noun,
Also, Toby, Toby jug. a mug in the form of a stout old man wearing a three-cornered hat.
- somite
-
noun,
any of the longitudinal series of segments or parts into which the body of certain animals is divided; a metamere.
- medias
-
noun,
a plural of medium.
- bastes
-
noun,
liquid used to moisten and flavor food during cooking:
- todays
-
noun,
this present day:
- Taoism
-
noun,
the philosophical system evolved by Lao-tzu and Chuang-tzu, advocating a life of complete simplicity and naturalness and of noninterference with the course of natural events, in order to attain a happy existence in harmony with the Tao.
- Edessa
-
noun,
an ancient city in NW Mesopotamia, on the modern site of Urfa: an early center of Christianity; the capital of a principality under the Crusaders.
- somat-
-
- edemas
-
noun,
effusion of serous fluid into the interstices of cells in tissue spaces or into body cavities.
- imbeds
-
verb (used with object),
embed.
- amidst
-
preposition,
amid.
- amido-
-
- embiid
-
noun,
web spinner.
- Steady
-
noun,
Informal. a person of the opposite sex whom one dates exclusively; sweetheart; boyfriend or girlfriend.
- midsts
-
- idiocy
-
noun,
utterly senseless or foolish behavior; a stupid or foolish act, statement, etc.:
- ideate
-
noun,
ideatum.
- Admete
-
noun,
a daughter of Eurystheus for whom Hercules took the golden girdle of Ares from Hippolyte.
- Mascot
-
noun,
an animal, person, or thing adopted by a group as its representative symbol and supposed to bring good luck:
- asides
-
noun,
a part of an actor's lines supposedly not heard by others on the stage and intended only for the audience.
- assoc.
-
- adobes
-
noun,
sun-dried brick made of clay and straw, in common use in countries having little rainfall.
- emotes
-
verb (used without object),
to show or pretend emotion:
- aseity
-
noun,
existence originating from and having no source other than itself.
- Massey
-
noun,
Vincent, 1887–1967, Canadian statesman: governor general 1952–59.
- stomas
-
noun,
Also, stomate. Botany. any of various small apertures, especially one of the minute orifices or slits in the epidermis of leaves, stems, etc., through which gases are exchanged.
- asdics
-
noun,
sonar.
- stoics
-
noun,
a member or adherent of the Stoic school of philosophy.
- tidies
-
noun,
any of various articles for keeping things tidy, as a box having small drawers and compartments.
- adeems
-
verb (used with object),
to revoke (a legacy) by ademption.
- emetic
-
noun,
an emetic medicine or agent.
- ascots
-
noun,
a necktie or scarf with broad ends, tied and arranged so that the ends are laid flat, one across the other, sometimes with a pin to secure them.
- atomic
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, resulting from, or using atoms, atomic energy, or atomic bombs:
- stymie
-
noun,
Golf. (on a putting green) an instance of a ball's lying on a direct line between the cup and the ball of an opponent about to putt.
- tmesis
-
noun,
the interpolation of one or more words between the parts of a compound word, as be thou ware for beware.
- emesis
-
noun,
vomitus.
- stimes
-
noun,
the smallest bit; a drop, taste, or glimpse.
- Metsys
-
noun,
Quentin [Flemish kven-tin;; English kwen-tn] /Flemish ˈkvɛn tɪn;; English ˈkwɛn tn/ (Show IPA), Massys, Quentin.
- emboss
-
verb (used with object),
to raise or represent (surface designs) in relief.
- steeds
-
noun,
a horse, especially a high-spirited one.
- steams
-
noun,
water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor.
- steamy
-
adjective,
consisting of or resembling steam.
- steads
-
noun,
the place of a person or thing as occupied by a successor or substitute:
- idioms
-
noun,
an expression whose meaning is not predictable from the usual meanings of its constituent elements, as kick the bucket or hang one's head, or from the general grammatical rules of a language, as the table round for the round table, and that is not a constituent of a larger expression of like characteristics.
- Mastic
-
noun,
Also called mastic tree, lentisk. a small Mediterranean tree, Pistacia lentiscus, of the cashew family, that is the source of an aromatic resin used in making varnish and adhesives.
- maists
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
most.
- Soemba
-
noun,
Dutch name of Sumba.
- todies
-
noun,
any of several small West Indian birds of the family Todidae, related to the motmots and kingfishers, having brightly colored green and red plumage.
- ectomy
-
- biotic
-
adjective,
pertaining to life.
- amides
-
noun,
a metallic derivative of ammonia in which the −NH 2 group is retained, as potassium amide, KNH 2 .
- biased
-
noun,
a particular tendency, trend, inclination, feeling, or opinion, especially one that is preconceived or unreasoned:
- Tassie
-
noun,
tass.
- bidets
-
noun,
a low, basinlike bathroom fixture, usually with spigots, used for bathing the genital and perineal areas.
- iambic
-
noun,
Prosody.
an iamb.
Usually, iambics. a verse or poem consisting of iambs.
- Maceio
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Alagoas, in E Brazil.
- siesta
-
noun,
a midday or afternoon rest or nap, especially as taken in Spain and Latin America.
- dacoit
-
noun,
(in India and Burma) a member of a class of criminals who engage in organized robbery and murder.
- biomes
-
noun,
a complex biotic community characterized by distinctive plant and animal species and maintained under the climatic conditions of the region, especially such a community that has developed to climax.
- Maced.
-
- biosis
-
- mysids
-
noun,
any member of the malacostracan order Mysidacea, the opossum shrimps, especially of the genus Mysis.
- biotas
-
noun,
the animals, plants, fungi, etc., of a region or period.
- Biscay
-
noun,
Bay of, a bay of the Atlantic between W France and N Spain.
- betise
-
noun,
lack of understanding, perception, or the like; stupidity.
- bisect
-
noun,
Also called split. Philately. a portion of a stamp, usually half, used for payment of a proportionate amount of the face value of the whole stamp.
- iodate
-
noun,
Chemistry. a salt of iodic acid, as sodium iodate, NaIO 3 .
- tombac
-
noun,
an alloy, used to imitate gold, containing from 70 to 92 percent copper with zinc and sometimes tin and other materials forming the remainder.
- amebic
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or resembling an ameba.
- mateys
-
noun,
comrade; chum; buddy.
- iodism
-
noun,
poisoning caused by sensitivity to or overuse of iodine or its compounds.
- Matsys
-
noun,
Quentin, Massys, Quentin.
- missay
-
verb (used with object),
to say or speak ill of; vilify; slander.
- ambits
-
noun,
circumference; circuit.
- ibidem
-
adverb,
in the same book, chapter, page, etc.
- tsadis
-
noun,
sadhe.
- I-beam
-
noun,
a rolled or extruded metal beam having a cross section resembling an I.
Compare H-beam.
- sycees
-
noun,
fine uncoined silver in lumps of various sizes usually bearing a banker's or assayer's stamp or mark, formerly used in China as a medium of exchange.
- sitcom
-
noun,
situation comedy.
- system
-
noun,
an assemblage or combination of things or parts forming a complex or unitary whole:
- betide
-
verb (used with object),
to happen to; come to; befall:
- bedims
-
verb (used with object),
to make dim; darken; obscure.
- besets
-
verb (used with object),
to attack on all sides; assail; harass:
- myotic
-
noun,
a miotic drug.
- smites
-
Idioms,
smite hip and thigh. hip1 (def 9).
- ecesis
-
noun,
the establishment of an immigrant plant in a new environment.
- miotic
-
noun,
a miotic drug.
- sobeit
-
conjunction,
if it be so that; provided that.
- myosis
-
noun,
miosis.
- beside
-
Idioms,
beside oneself, almost out of one's senses from a strong emotion, as from joy, delight, anger, fear, or grief:
- become
-
Idioms,
become of, to happen to; be the fate of:
- became
-
verb,
simple past tense of become.
- amices
-
noun,
an oblong vestment, usually of white linen, worn about the neck and shoulders and partly under the alb.
- beasts
-
noun,
any nonhuman animal, especially a large, four-footed mammal.
- miosis
-
noun,
excessive constriction of the pupil of the eye, as a result of drugs, disease, or the like.
- imbody
-
verb (used with object),
embody.
- Tessie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- abysms
-
noun,
an abyss.
- admits
-
verb (used with object),
to allow to enter; grant or afford entrance to:
- besots
-
verb (used with object),
to intoxicate or stupefy with drink.
- easies
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- mecate
-
noun,
Southwestern U.S. a rope made of horsehair or sometimes maguey.
- teiids
-
noun,
any of a large group of chiefly tropical New World lizards of the family Teiidae, as the racerunner, caiman lizard, or whiptail, characterized by large rectangular scales on the belly and a long tail.
- imides
-
noun,
a compound derived from ammonia by replacement of two hydrogen atoms by acidic groups, characterized by the =NH group.
- Bessie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- besoms
-
noun,
a broom, especially one of brush or twigs.
- abides
-
Verb phrases,
abide by,
to act in accord with.
to submit to; agree to:
to remain steadfast or faithful to; keep:
- Abydos
-
noun,
an ancient ruined city in central Egypt, near Thebes: temples and necropolis.
- massy
-
adjective,
massive.
- oasis
-
noun,
a small fertile or green area in a desert region, usually having a spring or well.
- matey
-
noun,
comrade; chum; buddy.
- deets
-
plural noun,
details:
- Deems
-
verb (used with object),
to hold as an opinion; think; regard:
- deice
-
verb (used with object),
to free of ice; prevent or remove ice formation on, as the wing of an airplane.
- oases
-
noun,
a small fertile or green area in a desert region, usually having a spring or well.
- decos
-
noun,
art deco.
- ibid.
-
- decoy
-
noun,
a person who entices or lures another person or thing, as into danger, a trap, or the like.
- masts
-
noun,
Nautical.
a spar or structure rising above the hull and upper portions of a ship or boat to hold sails, spars, rigging, booms, signals, etc., at some point on the fore-and-aft line, as a foremast or mainmast.
any of a number of individual spars composing such a structure, as a topmast supported on trestletrees at the head of a lower mast.
any of various portions of a single spar that are beside particular sails, as a top-gallant mast and royal mast formed as a single spar.
- masse
-
noun,
a stroke made by hitting the cue ball with the cue held almost or quite perpendicular to the table.
- mast-
-
- Misty
-
adjective,
abounding in or clouded by mist.
- deci-
-
- dames
-
noun,
(initial capital letter)
the official title of a female member of the Order of the British Empire, equivalent to that of a knight.
the official title of the wife of a knight or baronet.
- imide
-
noun,
a compound derived from ammonia by replacement of two hydrogen atoms by acidic groups, characterized by the =NH group.
- obese
-
adjective,
very fat or overweight; corpulent.
- imido
-
adjective,
containing the imido group.
- datos
-
noun,
(in the Philippines) a native chief.
- dates
-
noun,
a particular month, day, and year at which some event happened or will happen:
- obits
-
noun,
Informal. an obituary.
- imit.
-
- maces
-
noun,
a clublike armor-breaking weapon of war, often with a flanged or spiked metal head, used chiefly in the Middle Ages.
- iodic
-
adjective,
containing iodine, especially in the pentavalent state.
- Obeid
-
noun,
El Obeid.
- Daisy
-
noun,
any of various composite plants the flowers of which have a yellow disk and white rays, as the English daisy and the oxeye daisy.
- iotas
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- octa-
-
- octad
-
noun,
a group or series of eight.
- isbas
-
noun,
izba.
- istic
-
- Isiac
-
adjective,
of or relating to Isis or the worship of Isis.
- Issei
-
noun,
a Japanese person who immigrated to the U.S. or Canada after 1907 and was not eligible until 1952 for citizenship.
- obeys
-
verb (used with object),
to comply with or follow the commands, restrictions, wishes, or instructions of:
- obdt.
-
- ideo-
-
- mayst
-
verb,
2nd person singular present indicative of may1 .
- masc.
-
- idio-
-
- Decay
-
noun,
decomposition; rot:
- deca-
-
- oasts
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- Oates
-
noun,
Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- idiom
-
noun,
an expression whose meaning is not predictable from the usual meanings of its constituent elements, as kick the bucket or hang one's head, or from the general grammatical rules of a language, as the table round for the round table, and that is not a constituent of a larger expression of like characteristics.
- idiot
-
noun,
Informal. an utterly foolish or senseless person:
- maist
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
most.
- Obad.
-
- debit
-
noun,
the recording or an entry of debt in an account.
- mayos
-
noun,
mayonnaise.
- yeast
-
noun,
any of various small, single-celled fungi of the phylum Ascomycota that reproduce by fission or budding, the daughter cells often remaining attached, and that are capable of fermenting carbohydrates into alcohol and carbon dioxide.
- Mboya
-
noun,
Tom (Thomas Joseph Mboya) 1930–69, African political leader in Kenya.
- Debye
-
noun,
a unit of measure for electric dipole moments, equal to 10 –18 statcoulomb-centimeters. Abbreviation: D.
- maids
-
noun,
a female servant.
- yetis
-
noun,
Abominable Snowman.
- maybe
-
noun,
a possibility or uncertainty.
- imbed
-
verb (used with object),
embed.
- Yeats
-
noun,
William Butler, 1865–1939, Irish poet, dramatist, and essayist: Nobel prize 1923.
- estab
-
- deism
-
noun,
belief in the existence of a God on the evidence of reason and nature only, with rejection of supernatural revelation (distinguished from theism).
- edict
-
noun,
a decree issued by a sovereign or other authority. Synonyms: dictum, pronouncement.
- disty
-
- dist.
-
- disme
-
noun,
a former coin of the U.S., equal to 10 cents, issued in 1792: early form of the dime.
- ectad
-
adverb,
outward.
- ecto-
-
- disc.
-
- Midis
-
noun,
a skirt, dress, or coat, of mid-calf length.
- edema
-
noun,
effusion of serous fluid into the interstices of cells in tissue spaces or into body cavities.
- moist
-
adjective,
moderately or slightly wet; damp.
- moity
-
adjective,
full of moits.
- dites
-
noun,
a bit (usually used in negative constructions):
- edit.
-
- edits
-
noun,
an instance of or the work of editing:
- MIDAS
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a Phrygian king, son of Gordius, who was given by Dionysus the power of turning whatever he touched into gold.
- Mosby
-
noun,
John Singleton [sing-guh l-tuh n] /ˈsɪŋ gəl tən/ (Show IPA), 1833–1916, Confederate cavalry colonel.
- diets
-
noun,
food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health:
- myco-
-
- mosey
-
verb (used without object),
to wander or shuffle about leisurely; stroll; saunter (often followed by along, about, etc.).
- micas
-
noun,
any member of a group of minerals, hydrous silicates of aluminum with other bases, chiefly potassium, magnesium, iron, and lithium, that separate readily into thin, tough, often transparent, and usually elastic laminae; isinglass.
- eidos
-
noun,
the formal content of a culture, encompassing its system of ideas, criteria for interpreting experience, etc.
- Miass
-
noun,
a city in the S Russian Federation in Asia, near the Ural Mountains, W of Chelyabinsk.
- misc.
-
- ditsy
-
adjective,
flighty and easily confused; mildly or harmlessly eccentric.
- Moses
-
noun,
the Hebrew prophet who led the Israelites out of Egypt and delivered the Law during their years of wandering in the wilderness.
- Miss.
-
- Mists
-
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.
- Misti
-
noun,
El Misti.
- Missy
-
noun,
young miss; girl.
- domes
-
noun,
Architecture.
a vault, having a circular plan and usually in the form of a portion of a sphere, so constructed as to exert an equal thrust in all directions.
a domical roof or ceiling.
a polygonal vault, ceiling, or roof.
- dotes
-
noun,
decay of wood.
- doits
-
noun,
Also, duit. an old small copper coin of the Netherlands and Dutch colonies, first issued in the 17th century.
- Doisy
-
noun,
Edward Adelbert [ad-l-bert,, uh-del-] /ˈæd l bərt,, əˈdɛl-/ (Show IPA), 1893–1986, U.S. biochemist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1943.
- 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.
- Missa
-
noun,
Mass.
- doest
-
noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- misos
-
noun,
a fermented seasoning paste of soybeans, often with rice or barley added, used to flavor soups and sauces.
- easts
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- miso-
-
- mysid
-
noun,
any member of the malacostracan order Mysidacea, the opossum shrimps, especially of the genus Mysis.
- coati
-
noun,
any tropical American carnivore of the genus Nasua, related to the raccoon, having an elongated body, long, ringed tail, and a slender, flexible snout.
- mises
-
noun,
a settlement or agreement.
- Dobie
-
noun,
Chiefly Southwestern U.S. adobe.
- doats
-
verb (used without object),
dote.
- misdo
-
verb (used with object),
to do badly or wrongly; botch.
- modes
-
noun,
a manner of acting or doing; method; way:
- eases
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- misce
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) mix.
- embay
-
verb (used with object),
to enclose in or as if in a bay; surround or envelop.
- embed
-
noun,
a journalist who is embedded with a military unit or a political campaign.
- M-day
-
noun,
mobilization day: a day assumed by the Department of Defense as the first day of mobilization, used by the military for planning purposes.
- Medea
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a sorceress, daughter of Aeëtes and wife of Jason, whom she assisted in obtaining the Golden Fleece: when Jason deserted her, she killed their children.
- Estes
-
noun,
a male given name.
- demob
-
noun,
demobilization.
- demo-
-
- estoc
-
noun,
a thrusting sword of the 13th–17th centuries having a long, narrow blade of rectangular section.
- meeds
-
noun,
a reward or recompense.
- demit
-
noun,
Also, dimit. (especially in Freemasonry) a written certification of honorable withdrawal or resignation, as from membership.
- Medoc
-
noun,
a wine-growing region in Gironde, in SW France.
- Medic
-
noun,
a member of a military medical corps; corpsman.
- Media
-
noun,
a plural of medium.
- meaty
-
adjective,
of or like meat.
- meets
-
noun,
an assembly, as of persons and hounds for a hunt or swimmers or runners for a race or series of races:
- demi-
-
- demes
-
noun,
one of the administrative divisions of ancient Attica and of modern Greece.
- Deity
-
noun,
a god or goddess.
- 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.
- Yamis
-
noun,
a member of an Indonesian people of Hungtow Island, off the southeastern coast of Taiwan.
- Meads
-
noun,
an alcoholic liquor made by fermenting honey and water.
- Meade
-
noun,
George Gordon, 1815–72, Union general in the American Civil War.
- iasis
-
noun,
Romanian name of Jassy.
- deist
-
noun,
a person who believes in deism.
- IATSE
-
- Demos
-
noun,
the common people of an ancient Greek state.
- doses
-
noun,
a quantity of medicine prescribed to be taken at one time.
- Mossi
-
noun,
an agricultural people of Africa living mainly in Burkina Faso.
- metes
-
noun,
a limiting mark.
- dicta
-
noun,
a plural of dictum.
- dict.
-
- dicot
-
noun,
a dicotyledon.
- dices
-
Idioms,
no dice, Informal. of no use or help; ineffective.
- dicey
-
adjective,
unpredictable; risky; uncertain.
- mossy
-
adjective,
overgrown with or abounding in moss:
- mosts
-
noun,
the greatest quantity, amount, or degree; the utmost:
- Dibai
-
noun,
Dubai.
- Metis
-
noun,
any person of mixed ancestry.
- metic
-
noun,
an alien resident of an ancient Greek city who paid a tax for the right to live there.
- emits
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- essay
-
noun,
a short literary composition on a particular theme or subject, usually in prose and generally analytic, speculative, or interpretative.
- emote
-
verb (used without object),
to show or pretend emotion:
- motes
-
noun,
a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
- diam.
-
- 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.
- meta-
-
- messy
-
adjective,
characterized by a dirty, untidy, or disordered condition:
- desc.
-
- meso-
-
- mesic
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or adapted to an environment having a balanced supply of moisture.
- mesas
-
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.
- Mysia
-
noun,
an ancient country in NW Asia Minor.
- beset
-
verb (used with object),
to attack on all sides; assail; harass:
- daces
-
noun,
a small, freshwater cyprinoid fish, Leuciscus leuciscus, of Europe, having a stout, fusiform body.
- beamy
-
adjective,
emitting beams of or as of light; radiant.
- Bates
-
noun,
Katherine Lee, 1859–1929, U.S. educator and author.
- somas
-
noun,
the body of an organism as contrasted with its germ cells.
- sodic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or containing sodium:
- sodas
-
noun,
sodium hydroxide.
- beady
-
adjective,
beadlike; small, globular, and glittering:
- beads
-
noun,
a small, usually round object of glass, wood, stone, or the like with a hole through it, often strung with others of its kind in necklaces, rosaries, etc.
- 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.
- baste
-
noun,
liquid used to moisten and flavor food during cooking:
- beast
-
noun,
any nonhuman animal, especially a large, four-footed mammal.
- beats
-
noun,
a stroke or blow.
- bedim
-
verb (used with object),
to make dim; darken; obscure.
- beedi
-
noun,
bidi.
- smote
-
verb,
a simple past tense of smite.
- smite
-
Idioms,
smite hip and thigh. hip1 (def 9).
- bemas
-
noun,
Eastern Church. the enclosed space surrounding the altar; the sanctuary or chancel.
- basts
-
noun,
Botany. phloem.
- Basso
-
noun,
a person who sings bass; a bass.
- besom
-
noun,
a broom, especially one of brush or twigs.
- staid
-
noun,
the act of stopping or being stopped.
- stime
-
noun,
the smallest bit; a drop, taste, or glimpse.
- sties
-
noun,
a pen or enclosure for swine; pigpen.
- steed
-
noun,
a horse, especially a high-spirited one.
- steam
-
noun,
water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor.
- bact.
-
- Stead
-
noun,
the place of a person or thing as occupied by a successor or substitute:
- stays
-
noun,
the act of stopping or being stopped.
- stade
-
noun,
a period of time represented by a glacial deposit.
- basis
-
noun,
the bottom or base of anything; the part on which something stands or rests.
- Stacy
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- baits
-
noun,
food, or some substitute, used as a lure in fishing, trapping, etc.
- stabs
-
noun,
the act of stabbing.
- sotie
-
noun,
a satirical and topical comedy employing actors dressed in traditional fool's costume, popular in France during the late Middle Ages, and often used as a curtain raiser to mystery and morality plays.
- bases
-
noun,
plural of basis.
- BASIC
-
noun,
Military.
basic training.
a soldier or airman receiving basic training.
- Basie
-
noun,
William ("Count") 1904–84, U.S. jazz pianist, bandleader, and composer.
- obiit
-
- besot
-
verb (used with object),
to intoxicate or stupefy with drink.
- atomy
-
noun,
an atom; mote.
- boite
-
noun,
a nightclub; cabaret.
- boast
-
noun,
a thing boasted of; a cause for pride:
- seti-
-
- boats
-
noun,
a vessel for transport by water, constructed to provide buoyancy by excluding water and shaped to give stability and permit propulsion.
- bodes
-
verb,
a simple past tense of bide.
- Boece
-
noun,
Boethius.
- Boyds
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Gaelic word meaning “light.”.
- Boise
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Idaho, in the SW part: built on the site of an army post on the Oregon Trail.
- semis
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, the half part of an as.
- sycee
-
noun,
fine uncoined silver in lumps of various sizes usually bearing a banker's or assayer's stamp or mark, formerly used in China as a medium of exchange.
- bossy
-
noun,
a familiar name for a cow or calf.
- botas
-
noun,
Also called bota bag. a wine bag of Spain made of untanned goatskin and usually holding 1–2 liters (1.1–2.2 quarts).
- semi-
-
- Botes
-
noun,
compensation, such as for injury to person or honor.
- BSCom
-
- seism
-
noun,
an earthquake.
- seise
-
verb (used with or without object),
Chiefly Law. seize.
- BMetE
-
- Sices
-
noun,
syce.
- sito-
-
- bidet
-
noun,
a low, basinlike bathroom fixture, usually with spigots, used for bathing the genital and perineal areas.
- sites
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- Odets
-
noun,
Clifford, 1906–63, U.S. dramatist.
- betas
-
noun,
the second letter of the Greek alphabet (β, B).
- Betsy
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- syst.
-
- bices
-
noun,
either of two colors, bice blue or bice green.
- bides
-
Idioms,
bide one's time, to wait for a favorable opportunity:
- simas
-
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.
- bitsy
-
adjective,
tiny; itty-bitty.
- biome
-
noun,
a complex biotic community characterized by distinctive plant and animal species and maintained under the climatic conditions of the region, especially such a community that has developed to climax.
- sides
-
noun,
one of the surfaces forming the outside of or bounding a thing, or one of the lines bounding a geometric figure.
- Biota
-
noun,
the animals, plants, fungi, etc., of a region or period.
- bisso
-
noun,
bis2 .
- syces
-
noun,
(in India) a groom; stable attendant.
- bites
-
noun,
an act of biting.
- Bytom
-
noun,
a city in S Poland.
- stimy
-
noun,
stymie.
- atmo-
-
- BSMet
-
- timid
-
adjective,
lacking in self-assurance, courage, or bravery; easily alarmed; timorous; shy.
- acity
-
- acmes
-
noun,
the highest point; summit; peak:
- Actis
-
noun,
a son of Rhoda and Helius who, when banished from his home for fratricide, fled to Egypt, where he taught astrology. The Colossus of Rhodes was built in his honor.
- actos
-
- toady
-
noun,
an obsequious flatterer; sycophant.
- adeem
-
verb (used with object),
to revoke (a legacy) by ademption.
- adios
-
interjection,
goodbye; farewell.
- acids
-
noun,
Chemistry. a compound usually having a sour taste and capable of neutralizing alkalis and reddening blue litmus paper, containing hydrogen that can be replaced by a metal or an electropositive group to form a salt, or containing an atom that can accept a pair of electrons from a base. Acids are proton donors that yield hydronium ions in water solution, or electron-pair acceptors that combine with electron-pair donors or bases.
- 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.
- adits
-
noun,
an entrance or a passage.
- admit
-
verb (used with object),
to allow to enter; grant or afford entrance to:
- tyees
-
noun,
chinook salmon.
- adobe
-
noun,
sun-dried brick made of clay and straw, in common use in countries having little rainfall.
- Aedes
-
noun,
yellow-fever mosquito.
- tides
-
noun,
the periodic rise and fall of the waters of the ocean and its inlets, produced by the attraction of the moon and sun, and occurring about every 12 hours.
- to-be
-
adjective,
future; soon to be the thing specified (usually used in combination):
- acidy
-
adjective,
of the nature of or resembling acid; sharp; sour:
- Aides
-
noun,
nurse's aide.
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- 2,4-d
-
noun,
a white to yellow, crystalline powder, C 8 H 6 O 3 Cl 2 , slightly soluble in water: used for killing weeds.
- 30-30
-
- tsadi
-
noun,
sadhe.
- Tosca
-
noun,
an opera (1900) by Giacomo Puccini.
- tomia
-
noun,
the cutting edge of a bird's bill.
- tomes
-
noun,
a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
- tombe
-
noun,
a step in which a dancer falls from one leg to the other, landing with all the weight on the foot that has just moved, while flexing the knee.
- abdom
-
- Tobey
-
noun,
Mark, 1890–1976, U.S. painter.
- abets
-
verb (used with object),
to encourage, support, or countenance by aid or approval, usually in wrongdoing:
- abide
-
Verb phrases,
abide by,
to act in accord with.
to submit to; agree to:
to remain steadfast or faithful to; keep:
- abysm
-
noun,
an abyss.
- Abyss
-
noun,
a deep, immeasurable space, gulf, or cavity; vast chasm.
- abode
-
noun,
a place in which a person resides; residence; dwelling; habitation; home.
- today
-
noun,
this present day:
- acet-
-
- tibia
-
noun,
Anatomy. the inner of the two bones of the leg, that extend from the knee to the ankle and articulate with the femur and the talus; shinbone.
- Aidos
-
noun,
the ancient Greek personification of modesty, respect, and shame.
- stoas
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- 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.
- tacos
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- ASCII
-
noun,
a standard code, consisting of 128 7-bit combinations, for characters stored in a computer or to be transmitted between computers.
- asco-
-
- Ascot
-
noun,
a necktie or scarf with broad ends, tied and arranged so that the ends are laid flat, one across the other, sometimes with a pin to secure them.
- ASDIC
-
noun,
sonar.
- taces
-
noun,
tasset.
- aside
-
noun,
a part of an actor's lines supposedly not heard by others on the stage and intended only for the audience.
- tabes
-
noun,
a gradually progressive emaciation.
- tambo
-
noun,
Mr. Tambo.
- stomy
-
- asset
-
noun,
a useful and desirable thing or quality:
- asst.
-
- stome
-
- stoma
-
noun,
Also, stomate. Botany. any of various small apertures, especially one of the minute orifices or slits in the epidermis of leaves, stems, etc., through which gases are exchanged.
- Stoic
-
noun,
a member or adherent of the Stoic school of philosophy.
- stobs
-
noun,
a post, stump, or stake.
- Aoede
-
noun,
one of the original three Muses; the Muse of song.
- tames
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- teiid
-
noun,
any of a large group of chiefly tropical New World lizards of the family Teiidae, as the racerunner, caiman lizard, or whiptail, characterized by large rectangular scales on the belly and a long tail.
- teams
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- Teyde
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), Teide, Pico de.
- Teide
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA) a volcanic peak in the Canary Islands, on Tenerife. 12,190 feet (3716 meters).
- Aimee
-
noun,
a female given name.
- teems
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to produce (offspring).
- tease
-
noun,
a person who teases or annoys.
- ambi-
-
- ambit
-
noun,
circumference; circuit.
- ambos
-
noun,
(in an early Christian church) a raised desk, or either of two such desks, from which the Gospels or Epistles were read or chanted.
- Tamis
-
noun,
a worsted cloth mesh constructed in open weave and having a corded face, used as a sieve or strainer.
- Tasso
-
noun,
Torquato [tawr-kwah-taw] /tɔrˈkwɑ tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1544–95, Italian poet.
- AMEDS
-
- AMICE
-
noun,
an oblong vestment, usually of white linen, worn about the neck and shoulders and partly under the alb.
- amid-
-
- amide
-
noun,
a metallic derivative of ammonia in which the −NH 2 group is retained, as potassium amide, KNH 2 .
- amiss
-
Idioms,
take amiss, to be offended at or resentful of (something not meant to cause offense or resentment); misunderstand:
- Amity
-
noun,
friendship; peaceful harmony.
- seems
-
verb (used without object),
to appear to be, feel, do, etc.:
- bests
-
noun,
something or someone that is best:
- seeds
-
noun,
the fertilized, matured ovule of a flowering plant, containing an embryo or rudimentary plant.
- 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.
- cyto-
-
- cites
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- seedy
-
adjective,
abounding in seed.
- cists
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- cyst-
-
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- Cissy
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cecilia.
- Sambo
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a black person, especially a male.
- cymes
-
noun,
an inflorescence in which the primary axis bears a single central or terminal flower that blooms first.
- cymas
-
noun,
Architecture. either of two moldings having a partly convex and partly concave curve for an outline: used especially in classical architecture.
Compare cyma recta, cyma reversa.
- SAMOS
-
noun,
a Greek island in the E Aegean. 194 sq. mi. (502 sq. km).
- cetes
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- Cesti
-
noun,
Marcantonio [mahr-kahn-taw-nyaw] /ˌmɑr kɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1623–69, Italian composer.
- coast
-
noun,
the land next to the sea; seashore:
- cesta
-
noun,
a narrow, curved basket fitted on one end to a wooden handle with a glovelike compartment at the base, for catching and throwing the ball.
- sates
-
noun,
a Southeast Asian, especially Indonesian and Malaysian, dish of marinated, bite-size pieces of meat, skewered, barbecued, and usually served with a peanut-flavored dipping sauce.
- Ceiba
-
noun,
the silk-cotton tree, Ceiba pentandra.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- satis
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- cedis
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Ghana, equal to 100 pesewas.
- cedes
-
verb (used with object),
to yield or formally surrender to another:
- cease
-
noun,
cessation:
- scabs
-
noun,
the incrustation that forms over a sore or wound during healing.
- scads
-
noun,
any carangid fish of the genus Decapterus, inhabiting tropical and subtropical shore waters.
- Cates
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- scams
-
noun,
a confidence game or other fraudulent scheme, especially for making a quick profit; swindle.
- caste
-
noun,
Sociology.
an endogamous and hereditary social group limited to persons of the same rank, occupation, economic position, etc., and having mores distinguishing it from other such groups.
any rigid system of social distinctions.
- saids
-
noun,
sayyid.
- saice
-
noun,
syce.
- cases
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- Comte
-
noun,
count2 .
- oidea
-
- oidia
-
noun,
one of the conidia that are borne in chains by certain fungi.
- omits
-
verb (used with object),
to leave out; fail to include or mention:
- osmic
-
adjective,
of or containing osmium in its higher valences, especially the tetravalent state.
- Osset
-
noun,
a member of an Aryan people of Ossetia whose religion combines features of Islam and Christianity.
- cotes
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- costs
-
noun,
the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
- Costa
-
noun,
a rib or riblike part.
- ossia
-
conjunction,
(indicating an alternative, usually easier, version of a passage in a musical score) or; or else.
- oste-
-
- Ostia
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, SW of Rome: ruins from 4th century b.c.; site of ancient port of Rome.
- coset
-
noun,
a subset of a group, formed by the consistent operation of a given element of the group on the left or right of all the elements of a subgroup of the group.
- Cosby
-
noun,
William Henry (Bill) born 1937, U.S. comedian and actor.
- comet
-
noun,
a celestial body moving about the sun, usually in a highly eccentric orbit, consisting of a central mass surrounded by an envelope of dust and gas that may form a tail that streams away from the sun.
- Coats
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- comes
-
noun,
Astronomy. companion1 (def 6).
- sabot
-
noun,
a shoe made of a single block of wood hollowed out, worn especially by farmers and workers in the Netherlands, France, Belgium, etc.
- Combs
-
noun,
a toothed strip of plastic, hard rubber, bone, wood, or metal, used for arranging the hair, untangling it, or holding it in place.
- Combe
-
noun,
a narrow valley or deep hollow, especially one enclosed on all but one side.
- comb.
-
- COMAS
-
noun,
a state of prolonged unconsciousness, including a lack of response to stimuli, from which it is impossible to rouse a person.
- coeds
-
noun,
Older Use. a female student in a coeducational institution, especially in a college or university.
- Sadie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Sara or Sarah.
- sadis
-
noun,
sadhe.
- codes
-
noun,
a system for communication by telegraph, heliograph, etc., in which long and short sounds, light flashes, etc., are used to symbolize the content of a message:
- codas
-
noun,
Music. a more or less independent passage, at the end of a composition, introduced to bring it to a satisfactory close.
- cobia
-
noun,
a large, fusiform fish, Rachycentron canadum, found off the eastern coast of temperate and tropical America, in the East Indies, and in Japan.
- Sadoc
-
noun,
Zadok.
- scat-
-
- cysts
-
noun,
Pathology. a closed, bladderlike sac formed in animal tissues, containing fluid or semifluid matter.
- Casey
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “brave.”.
- sect.
-
- Camb.
-
- Cayes
-
noun,
Les. Les Cayes.
- caids
-
noun,
(in North Africa) a Muslim tribal chief, judge, or senior official.
- seats
-
noun,
something designed to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair, bench, or pew; a place on or in which one sits.
- sebi-
-
- SEATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Manila (1954), comprising Australia, Great Britain, France, New Zealand, Pakistan, the Philippines, Thailand, and the United States, for collective defense against aggression in southeastern Asia and the southwestern Pacific: abolished in 1977.
- cames
-
noun,
a slender, grooved bar of lead for holding together the pieces of glass in windows of latticework or stained glass.
- Cades
-
noun,
a juniper, Juniperus oxycedrus, of the Mediterranean area, whose wood on destructive distillation yields an oily liquid (oil of cade) used in treating skin diseases.
- Cadet
-
noun,
a student in a national service academy or private military school or on a training ship.
- Cameo
-
noun,
a technique of engraving upon a gem or other stone, as onyx, in such a way that an underlying stone of one color is exposed as a background for a low-relief design of another color.
- cadis
-
noun,
qadi.
- camis
-
noun,
camisole (def 1).
- seamy
-
adjective,
unpleasant or sordid; low; disagreeable:
- SCOTS
-
noun,
Also called Scottish. the English language as spoken in Scotland.
Compare Scots Gaelic.
- scats
-
noun,
scat singing.
- secos
-
noun,
sekos.
- Cabet
-
noun,
Étienne [ey-tyen] /eɪˈtyɛn/ (Show IPA), 1788–1856, French socialist who established a utopian community in the U.S. (in Illinois) called Icaria: became U.S. citizen 1854.
- Cabot
-
noun,
John (Giovanni Caboto) c1450–98? Italian navigator in the service of England: discoverer of North American mainland 1497.
- Scot.
-
- sceat
-
noun,
a silver Anglo-Saxon coin of the 7th and 8th centuries, sometimes including an amount of gold.
- seams
-
noun,
the line formed by sewing together pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.
- toad
-
noun,
any of various tailless amphibians that are close relatives of the frogs in the order Anura and that typically have dry, warty skin and are terrestrial or semiterrestrial in habit.
Compare frog1 (def 1).
- 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.
- seme
-
adjective,
covered with many small, identical figures.
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- Mass
-
noun,
a body of coherent matter, usually of indefinite shape and often of considerable size:
- otic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ear; auricular.
- sec.
-
- tyee
-
noun,
chinook salmon.
- Sem.
-
- tidy
-
noun,
any of various articles for keeping things tidy, as a box having small drawers and compartments.
- obey
-
verb (used with object),
to comply with or follow the commands, restrictions, wishes, or instructions of:
- secy
-
- SEbS
-
- moat
-
noun,
a deep, wide trench, usually filled with water, surrounding the rampart of a fortified place, as a town or a castle.
- std.
-
- Saco
-
noun,
a city in SW Maine.
- TCBM
-
- meas
-
- team
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- Sadi
-
noun,
sadhe.
- Mead
-
noun,
an alcoholic liquor made by fermenting honey and water.
- mdse
-
- MDES
-
- Sade
-
noun,
Donatien Alphonse François [daw-na-syan al-fawns frahn-swa] /dɔ naˈsyɛ̃ alˈfɔ̃s frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), Comte de (Marquis de Sade) 1740–1814, French soldier and novelist, notorious for his paraphilia.
- Sacs
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- 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.
- teds
-
noun,
British Slang. Teddy boy.
- Mode
-
noun,
a manner of acting or doing; method; way:
- teem
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to produce (offspring).
- SEAS
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- 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.
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- 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.
- MatE
-
noun,
a partner in marriage; spouse.
- Tess
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- Sab.
-
- mod.
-
- tics
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- tide
-
noun,
the periodic rise and fall of the waters of the ocean and its inlets, produced by the attraction of the moon and sun, and occurring about every 12 hours.
- Secs
-
noun,
second2 (def 2).
- Mods
-
noun,
a person who is in the vanguard in style, dress, etc.
- Tob.
-
- 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.
- toys
-
noun,
an object, often a small representation of something familiar, as an animal or person, for children or others to play with; plaything.
- omit
-
verb (used with object),
to leave out; fail to include or mention:
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- tomb
-
noun,
an excavation in earth or rock for the burial of a corpse; grave.
- Oct.
-
- tome
-
noun,
a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
- Oise
-
noun,
a river in W Europe, flowing SW from S Belgium through N France to the Seine, near Paris. 186 miles (300 km) long.
- Mace
-
noun,
a clublike armor-breaking weapon of war, often with a flanged or spiked metal head, used chiefly in the Middle Ages.
- Mac-
-
- tomy
-
- 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.
- Macy
-
noun,
R(owland) H(ussey) [roh-luh nd huhs-ee] /ˈroʊ lənd ˈhʌs i/ (Show IPA), 1823–77, U.S. retail merchant.
- Seed
-
noun,
the fertilized, matured ovule of a flowering plant, containing an embryo or rudimentary plant.
- TOMS
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- Seem
-
verb (used without object),
to appear to be, feel, do, etc.:
- med.
-
- itis
-
- item
-
noun,
a separate article or particular:
- 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.
- toss
-
noun,
an act or instance of tossing.
- OEEC
-
- OECD
-
- odic
-
adjective,
of an ode.
- toey
-
adjective,
touchy or restive; apprehensive; fractious.
- toed
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- Obie
-
noun,
one of a group of awards given annually, beginning in 1956, by New York City's The Village Voice newspaper for achievement in the off-Broadway theater.
- maes
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- Tobe
-
noun,
the principal outer garment in some parts of north and central Africa, consisting of a length of cloth that is sewn into a long loose skirt or is draped around the body and fastened over one shoulder.
- Mays
-
noun,
Willie (Howard) born 1931, U.S. baseball player.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- obis
-
noun,
a long, broad sash tied about the waist over a Japanese kimono.
- Mayo
-
noun,
mayonnaise.
- obit
-
noun,
Informal. an obituary.
- OSSA
-
noun,
plural of os1 .
- maid
-
noun,
a female servant.
- Toby
-
noun,
Also, Toby, Toby jug. a mug in the form of a stout old man wearing a three-cornered hat.
- seis
-
noun,
sei whale.
- obs.
-
- MAEd
-
- maco
-
noun,
an Egyptian cotton, used especially in the manufacture of hosiery and undergarments.
- mads
-
noun,
an angry or ill-tempered period, mood, or spell:
- osis
-
- tody
-
noun,
any of several small West Indian birds of the family Todidae, related to the motmots and kingfishers, having brightly colored green and red plumage.
- ocas
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- OCDM
-
- made
-
noun,
the style or manner in which something is made; form; build.
- TODS
-
- Osee
-
noun,
Hosea.
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- sees
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- macs
-
noun,
fellow; bud (a familiar term of address to a man or boy whose name is not known to the speaker).
- Moab
-
noun,
an ancient kingdom E of the Dead Sea, in what is now Jordan.
- Tams
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- meat
-
noun,
the flesh of animals as used for food.
- mica
-
noun,
any member of a group of minerals, hydrous silicates of aluminum with other bases, chiefly potassium, magnesium, iron, and lithium, that separate readily into thin, tough, often transparent, and usually elastic laminae; isinglass.
- some
-
adverb,
(used with numerals and with words expressing degree, extent, etc.) approximately; about:
- MSBA
-
- 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.
- sym.
-
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- Mid.
-
- sots
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- MICE
-
noun,
plural of mouse.
- SScD
-
- myc-
-
- MIDI
-
noun,
a skirt, dress, or coat, of mid-calf length.
- Mic.
-
- stab
-
noun,
the act of stabbing.
- 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.
- mibs
-
noun,
a playing marble, especially one that is not used as a shooter.
- SATB
-
- side
-
noun,
one of the surfaces forming the outside of or bounding a thing, or one of the lines bounding a geometric figure.
- mias
-
plural,
missing in action.
- Miao
-
noun,
Also, Meo. a member of a diverse group of seminomadic farming people of the mountains of southeastern China and adjacent areas of Laos, North Vietnam, and Thailand.
- Sat.
-
- stay
-
noun,
the act of stopping or being stopped.
- MSAE
-
- mots
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- Sams
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Samuel.
- Sims
-
noun,
William Sowden [soud-n] /ˈsaʊd n/ (Show IPA), 1858–1936, U.S. admiral, born in Canada.
- most
-
noun,
the greatest quantity, amount, or degree; the utmost:
- ScBE
-
- mis-
-
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- scam
-
noun,
a confidence game or other fraudulent scheme, especially for making a quick profit; swindle.
- sits
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- mote
-
noun,
a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
- SMSA
-
- SCAD
-
noun,
any carangid fish of the genus Decapterus, inhabiting tropical and subtropical shore waters.
- sobs
-
noun,
the act of sobbing; a convulsive catching of the breath in weeping.
- sci.
-
- Soma
-
noun,
the body of an organism as contrasted with its germ cells.
- scab
-
noun,
the incrustation that forms over a sore or wound during healing.
- SBIC
-
- soda
-
noun,
sodium hydroxide.
- MYOB
-
- myo-
-
- Sato
-
noun,
Eisaku [ey-sah-koo;; Japanese ey-sah-koo] /eɪˈsɑ ku;; Japanese ˈeɪ sɑˌku/ (Show IPA), 1901–75, Japanese political leader: prime minister 1964–72; Nobel Peace Prize 1974.
- Moss
-
noun,
any tiny, leafy-stemmed, flowerless plant of the class Musci, reproducing by spores and growing in tufts, sods, or mats on moist ground, tree trunks, rocks, etc.
- mise
-
noun,
a settlement or agreement.
- mids
-
noun,
Archaic. the middle.
- soys
-
noun,
soy sauce.
- SASE
-
- stbd
-
- TASS
-
noun,
a cup or small goblet, especially an ornamental one.
- tads
-
noun,
a small child, especially a boy.
- Tace
-
noun,
tasset.
- MSEE
-
- MSIE
-
- sibs
-
noun,
a kinsman; relative.
- MSSc
-
- meet
-
noun,
an assembly, as of persons and hounds for a hunt or swimmers or runners for a race or series of races:
- said
-
noun,
sayyid.
- meed
-
noun,
a reward or recompense.
- taco
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- MSTS
-
- SIAM
-
noun,
former name of Thailand (def 1).
- mes-
-
- Mita
-
noun,
a colonial system in Peru by which the Spanish government required Indians to perform periodic forced labor, especially in the mines.
- Tame
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- iso-
-
- moit
-
noun,
a foreign particle found in wool, as a burr, twig, or seed.
- 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.
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- Mede
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Media.
- Tasm
-
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- tabs
-
noun,
a small flap, strap, loop, or similar appendage, as on a garment, used for pulling, hanging, or decoration.
- Ste.
-
- stob
-
noun,
a post, stump, or stake.
- sics
-
adverb,
so; thus: usually written parenthetically to denote that a word, phrase, passage, etc., that may appear strange or incorrect has been written intentionally or has been quoted verbatim: (sic).
- Sami
-
noun,
Lapp.
- same
-
Idioms,
all the same,
notwithstanding; nevertheless:
of no difference; immaterial:
- 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.
- MSBC
-
- SCSI
-
noun,
a standard for computer interface ports featuring faster data transmission and greater flexibility than normal ports.
- Sam.
-
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- MScD
-
- MSCE
-
- 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.
- 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.
- mete
-
noun,
a limiting mark.
- seam
-
noun,
the line formed by sewing together pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.
- says
-
noun,
what a person says or has to say.
- msec
-
- met.
-
- tab.
-
- mess
-
noun,
a dirty, untidy, or disordered condition:
- Sais
-
noun,
an ancient city in N Egypt, on the Nile delta: an ancient capital of Lower Egypt.
- 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.
- syce
-
noun,
(in India) a groom; stable attendant.
- moas
-
noun,
any of several flightless birds of the family Dinornithidae, of New Zealand, related to the kiwis but resembling the ostrich: extinct since about the end of the 18th century.
- emes
-
noun,
friend.
- isms
-
noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- cyte
-
- Ceto
-
- ciao
-
interjection,
(used as a word of greeting or parting): hello; goodbye; so long; see you later.
- cide
-
- Cyma
-
noun,
Architecture. either of two moldings having a partly convex and partly concave curve for an outline: used especially in classical architecture.
Compare cyma recta, cyma reversa.
- cyme
-
noun,
an inflorescence in which the primary axis bears a single central or terminal flower that blooms first.
- cis-
-
- cist
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- cit.
-
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- City
-
noun,
a large or important town.
- Ceta
-
noun,
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.
- CMOS
-
noun,
complementary metal oxide semiconductor.
- coat
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- cobs
-
noun,
a corncob.
- coda
-
noun,
Music. a more or less independent passage, at the end of a composition, introduced to bring it to a satisfactory close.
- code
-
noun,
a system for communication by telegraph, heliograph, etc., in which long and short sounds, light flashes, etc., are used to symbolize the content of a message:
- Cody
-
noun,
William Frederick ("Buffalo Bill") 1846–1917, U.S. Army scout and showman.
- cods
-
noun,
any of several soft-rayed food fishes of the family Gadidae, especially Gadus morhua, of cool, North Atlantic waters.
- coys
-
adjective,
artfully or affectedly shy or reserved; slyly hesitant; coquettish.
- Com.
-
- coma
-
noun,
a state of prolonged unconsciousness, including a lack of response to stimuli, from which it is impossible to rouse a person.
- Cete
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- cet-
-
- come
-
noun,
Slang: Vulgar. semen.
- Cami
-
noun,
camisole (def 1).
- BSMT
-
- BSOT
-
- BSSA
-
- BSSE
-
- cade
-
noun,
a juniper, Juniperus oxycedrus, of the Mediterranean area, whose wood on destructive distillation yields an oily liquid (oil of cade) used in treating skin diseases.
- cadi
-
noun,
qadi.
- cads
-
noun,
an ill-bred man, especially one who behaves in a dishonorable or irresponsible way toward women.
- caid
-
noun,
(in North Africa) a Muslim tribal chief, judge, or senior official.
- cays
-
noun,
a small low island; key.
- Came
-
noun,
a slender, grooved bar of lead for holding together the pieces of glass in windows of latticework or stained glass.
- cams
-
noun,
Machinery. a disk or cylinder having an irregular form such that its motion, usually rotary, gives to a part or parts in contact with it a specific rocking or reciprocating motion.
- cess
-
noun,
British. a tax, assessment, or lien.
- CASE
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- Cass
-
noun,
Lewis, 1782–1866, U.S. statesman.
- cast
-
noun,
act of casting or throwing.
- cat.
-
- Cate
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- Cato
-
noun,
Marcus Porcius [pawr-shee-uh s,, -shuh s] /ˈpɔr ʃi əs,, -ʃəs/ (Show IPA), ("the Elder"or"the Censor") 234–149 b.c, Roman statesman, soldier, and writer.
- 1080
-
- cede
-
verb (used with object),
to yield or formally surrender to another:
- cedi
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Ghana, equal to 100 pesewas.
- cees
-
noun,
the letter C.
- comd
-
- COMS
-
noun,
Trademark. Comedy Central: a cable television channel.
- BSIT
-
- dim.
-
- Demy
-
noun,
a foundation scholar at Magdalen College, Oxford: so called because such a scholar originally received half the allowance of a fellow.
- dia-
-
- DIAS
-
noun,
Bartholomeu [bahr-too-loo-me-oo] /ˌbɑr tʊ lʊˈmɛ ʊ/ (Show IPA), c1450–1500, Portuguese navigator: discoverer of the Cape of Good Hope.
- dibs
-
noun,
money in small amounts.
- Dice
-
noun,
Machinery.
any of various devices for cutting or forming material in a press or a stamping or forging machine.
a hollow device of steel, often composed of several pieces to be fitted into a stock, for cutting the threads of bolts or the like.
one of the separate pieces of such a device.
a steel block or plate with small conical holes through which wire, plastic rods, etc., are drawn.
- Dyce
-
noun,
Alexander, 1798–1869, Scottish editor.
- Dies
-
noun,
Martin, 1901–72, U.S. politician.
- dyes
-
noun,
a coloring material or matter.
- Diet
-
noun,
food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health:
- dime
-
noun,
a cupronickel-clad coin of the U.S. and Canada, the 10th part of a dollar, equal to 10 cents.
- Dem.
-
- DIMS
-
Idioms,
take a dim view of, to regard with disapproval, skepticism, or dismay:
- dioc
-
- dis-
-
- dys-
-
- dite
-
noun,
a bit (usually used in negative constructions):
- dits
-
noun,
an echoic word, the referent of which is a click or brief tone interval, used to designate the dot of Morse code, International Morse code, etc.
- DMSO
-
- doat
-
verb (used without object),
dote.
- dobe
-
noun,
Informal. adobe.
- doby
-
noun,
adobe.
- deme
-
noun,
one of the administrative divisions of ancient Attica and of modern Greece.
- deys
-
noun,
the title of the governor of Algiers before the French conquest in 1830.
- cose
-
verb (used without object),
coze.
- Dame
-
noun,
(initial capital letter)
the official title of a female member of the Order of the British Empire, equivalent to that of a knight.
the official title of the wife of a knight or baronet.
- cosy
-
noun,
a padded covering for a teapot, chocolate pot, etc., to retain the heat.
- coss
-
noun,
kos.
- Cost
-
noun,
the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
- Cote
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- Coty
-
noun,
René Jules Gustave [ruh-ney zhyl gys-tav] /rəˈneɪ ʒül güsˈtav/ (Show IPA), 1882–1962, president of France 1954–59.
- cts.
-
- Dom.
-
- dabs
-
noun,
a quick or light blow; a pat, as with the hand or something soft.
- Dace
-
noun,
a small, freshwater cyprinoid fish, Leuciscus leuciscus, of Europe, having a stout, fusiform body.
- DAIS
-
noun,
a raised platform, as at the front of a room, for a lectern, throne, seats of honor, etc.
- dat.
-
- deet
-
plural noun,
details:
- date
-
noun,
a particular month, day, and year at which some event happened or will happen:
- dato
-
noun,
(in the Philippines) a native chief.
- DBMS
-
- deb.
-
- Debs
-
noun,
Eugene Victor, 1855–1926, U.S. labor leader: Socialist candidate for president 1900–20.
- debt
-
noun,
something that is owed or that one is bound to pay to or perform for another:
- Dec.
-
- deco
-
noun,
art deco.
- deem
-
verb (used with object),
to hold as an opinion; think; regard:
- dees
-
noun,
a metal loop attached to tack, for fastening gear:
- BSME
-
- BSIE
-
- DOCS
-
noun,
doctor.
- ASME
-
- amic
-
adjective,
of or relating to an amide or amine.
- Amie
-
noun,
a female friend.
- Amis
-
noun,
Kingsley, 1922–95, English novelist.
- Amoy
-
noun,
Xiamen.
- Amos
-
noun,
a Minor Prophet of the 8th century b.c.
- amt.
-
- asc-
-
- asci
-
noun,
plural of ascus.
- asis
-
- asse
-
noun,
Cape fox.
- amdt
-
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- ASTM
-
- atm.
-
- ates
-
- atic
-
- atom
-
noun,
Physics.
the smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element, consisting of a nucleus containing combinations of neutrons and protons and one or more electrons bound to the nucleus by electrical attraction; the number of protons determines the identity of the element.
an atom with one of the electrons replaced by some other particle:
- bade
-
noun,
an act or instance of bidding.
- bads
-
noun,
that which is bad:
- BAEd
-
- Bais
-
noun,
a yellow mist occurring in eastern China and Japan during the spring and fall, caused by dust from the interior of China.
- Ames
-
noun,
a city in central Iowa.
- ambo
-
noun,
(in an early Christian church) a raised desk, or either of two such desks, from which the Gospels or Epistles were read or chanted.
- bait
-
noun,
food, or some substitute, used as a lure in fishing, trapping, etc.
- Adie
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ABCs
-
noun,
ABC's (defs 1, 3).
- abed
-
adverb,
in bed:
- abet
-
verb (used with object),
to encourage, support, or countenance by aid or approval, usually in wrongdoing:
- Abie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Abraham.
- abos
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to an Australian Aborigine.
- abs-
-
- acid
-
noun,
Chemistry. a compound usually having a sour taste and capable of neutralizing alkalis and reddening blue litmus paper, containing hydrogen that can be replaced by a metal or an electropositive group to form a salt, or containing an atom that can accept a pair of electrons from a base. Acids are proton donors that yield hydronium ions in water solution, or electron-pair acceptors that combine with electron-pair donors or bases.
- Acis
-
noun,
the lover of Galatea, killed by Polyphemus out of jealousy.
- acme
-
noun,
the highest point; summit; peak:
- ACTS
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- adit
-
noun,
an entrance or a passage.
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- Adm.
-
- aesc
-
noun,
ash2 (def 3).
- aet.
-
- aide
-
noun,
nurse's aide.
- AIDS
-
noun,
a disease of the immune system characterized by increased susceptibility to opportunistic infections, as pneumocystis carinii pneumonia and candidiasis, to certain cancers, as Kaposi's sarcoma, and to neurological disorders: caused by a retrovirus and transmitted chiefly through blood or blood products that enter the body's bloodstream, especially by sexual contact or contaminated hypodermic needles.
- ayes
-
noun,
an affirmative vote or voter, especially in British Parliament, corresponding to yea in U.S. Congress.
- AIME
-
- Ayme
-
noun,
Marcel [mar-sel] /marˈsɛl/ (Show IPA), 1902–67, French novelist and short-story writer.
- AIMS
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- AISI
-
- Bays
-
noun,
a body of water forming an indentation of the shoreline, larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf.
- bams
-
noun,
a loud thud, as that produced when two objects strike against each other with force.
- BSES
-
- Bosc
-
noun,
a large, greenish-yellow variety of pear.
- BMEd
-
- BMet
-
- BMOC
-
- Boas
-
noun,
Franz [frahnts] /frɑnts/ (Show IPA), 1858–1942, U.S. anthropologist, born in Germany.
- boat
-
noun,
a vessel for transport by water, constructed to provide buoyancy by excluding water and shaped to give stability and permit propulsion.
- Bode
-
verb,
a simple past tense of bide.
- Body
-
noun,
the physical structure and material substance of an animal or plant, living or dead.
- bods
-
noun,
body:
- Boyd
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Gaelic word meaning “light.”.
- Boma
-
noun,
a city in the W Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the Zaire (Congo) River.
- Bose
-
noun,
Sir Jagadis Chandre [juh-guh-dees chuhn-druh] /dʒə gəˈdis ˈtʃʌn drə/ (Show IPA), 1858–1937, Indian physicist and plant physiologist.
- bite
-
noun,
an act of biting.
- BOSS
-
noun,
a person who employs or superintends workers; manager.
- bot.
-
- bota
-
noun,
Also called bota bag. a wine bag of Spain made of untanned goatskin and usually holding 1–2 liters (1.1–2.2 quarts).
- bote
-
noun,
compensation, such as for injury to person or honor.
- bots
-
noun,
a disease affecting various mammals, especially horses, caused by the attachment of the parasitic larvae of botflies to the stomach of the host.
- BSAE
-
- BSCE
-
- BSEc
-
- BSEE
-
- BSEM
-
- byte
-
noun,
adjacent bits, usually eight, processed by a computer as a unit.
- BIOS
-
noun,
computer firmware that directs many basic functions of the operating system, as booting and keyboard control.
- BASc
-
- bees
-
noun,
any hymenopterous insect of the superfamily Apoidea, including social and solitary species of several families, as the bumblebees, honeybees, etc.
- Base
-
noun,
the bottom support of anything; that on which a thing stands or rests:
- Bass
-
noun,
the bass part.
- Bast
-
noun,
Botany. phloem.
- Bate
-
noun,
a state of violent anger or fear.
- BDes
-
- BDSA
-
- bead
-
noun,
a small, usually round object of glass, wood, stone, or the like with a hole through it, often strung with others of its kind in necklaces, rosaries, etc.
- 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.
- beat
-
noun,
a stroke or blow.
- Bede
-
noun,
Saint ("the Venerable Bede") a.d. 673?–735, English monk, historian, and theologian: wrote earliest history of England.
- 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.
- bio-
-
- beys
-
noun,
a provincial governor in the Ottoman Empire.
- BEMA
-
noun,
Eastern Church. the enclosed space surrounding the altar; the sanctuary or chancel.
- Bess
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- 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:
- Bice
-
noun,
either of two colors, bice blue or bice green.
- bide
-
Idioms,
bide one's time, to wait for a favorable opportunity:
- bidi
-
noun,
(in India) an inexpensive cigarette, locally produced usually from cut tobacco rolled in leaf.
- doc.
-
plural,
document.
- coed
-
noun,
Older Use. a female student in a coeducational institution, especially in a college or university.
- does
-
noun,
a plural of doe.
- EMet
-
- etic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or being the raw data of a language or other area of behavior, without considering the data as significant units functioning within a system.
- etc.
-
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- est.
-
- esse
-
noun,
being; existence.
- eso-
-
- ESIS
-
- Esd.
-
- emit
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- emic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or being a significant unit that functions in contrast with other units in a language or other system of behavior.
- emia
-
- eyot
-
noun,
ait.
- IADB
-
- eyes
-
noun,
the organ of sight, in vertebrates typically one of a pair of spherical bodies contained in an orbit of the skull and in humans appearing externally as a dense, white, curved membrane, or sclera, surrounding a circular, colored portion, or iris, that is covered by a clear, curved membrane, or cornea, and in the center of which is an opening, or pupil, through which light passes to the retina.
- eyed
-
noun,
the organ of sight, in vertebrates typically one of a pair of spherical bodies contained in an orbit of the skull and in humans appearing externally as a dense, white, curved membrane, or sclera, surrounding a circular, colored portion, or iris, that is covered by a clear, curved membrane, or cornea, and in the center of which is an opening, or pupil, through which light passes to the retina.
- eyas
-
noun,
a nestling, usually a hawk.
- EEOC
-
- EDTA
-
- Edom
-
noun,
Esau, the brother of Jacob.
- Edie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Edith.
- EDES
-
noun,
a city in SW Nigeria.
- Edam
-
noun,
a mild, hard, yellow cheese, produced in a round shape and coated with red wax.
- ect-
-
- eco-
-
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- etym
-
- 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.
- easy
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- ides
-
noun,
(in the ancient Roman calendar) the fifteenth day of March, May, July, or October, and the thirteenth day of the other months.
- ISIS
-
noun,
a goddess of fertility, the sister and wife of Osiris and mother of Horus, and usually represented as a woman with a cow's horns with the solar disk between them: later worshiped in the Greek and Roman empires.
- isba
-
noun,
izba.
- Isai
-
noun,
Jesse.
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- yods
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- iod-
-
- yobs
-
noun,
a teenage lout or hooligan.
- IMCO
-
- yids
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a Jew.
- yeti
-
noun,
Abominable Snowman.
- Yedo
-
noun,
a former name of Tokyo.
- yeas
-
noun,
an affirmation; an affirmative reply or vote.
- idem
-
noun,
another exactly the same.
- Yami
-
noun,
a member of an Indonesian people of Hungtow Island, off the southeastern coast of Taiwan.
- IDEA
-
noun,
any conception existing in the mind as a result of mental understanding, awareness, or activity.
- Idas
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in W Turkey, in NW Asia Minor, SE of ancient Troy. 5810 feet (1771 meters).
Turkish Kazdaği [kahz-dah-gee; Turkish kahz-dah-uh] /ˌkɑz dɑˈgi; Turkish ˌkɑz dɑˈʌ/ (Show IPA).
- idae
-
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- iced
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- Ice.
-
- ICBM
-
- ICAO
-
- Ibos
-
noun,
a member of an indigenous black people of southeastern Nigeria, renowned as traders and for their art.
- ibis
-
noun,
any of several large wading birds of the family Threskiornithidae, of warm temperate and tropical regions, related to the herons and storks, and characterized by a long, thin, downward-curved bill.
Compare sacred ibis.
- Iasi
-
noun,
Romanian name of Jassy.
- yams
-
noun,
the starchy, tuberous root of any of various climbing vines of the genus Dioscorea, cultivated for food in warm regions.
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- YMCA
-
- doms
-
noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) a title of a monk in the Benedictine, Carthusian, Cistercian, and certain other monastic orders.
- dost
-
noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- Eads
-
noun,
James Buchanan, 1820–87, U.S. engineer and inventor.
- DOTE
-
noun,
decay of wood.
- dose
-
noun,
a quantity of medicine prescribed to be taken at one time.
- dome
-
noun,
Architecture.
a vault, having a circular plan and usually in the form of a portion of a sphere, so constructed as to exert an equal thrust in all directions.
a domical roof or ceiling.
a polygonal vault, ceiling, or roof.
- Doss
-
noun,
a place to sleep, especially in a cheap lodging house.
- Doty
-
adjective,
(of wood) decayed.
- ease
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- doit
-
noun,
Also, duit. an old small copper coin of the Netherlands and Dutch colonies, first issued in the 17th century.
- SSM
-
- SSI
-
- SSE
-
- SSD
-
- BAS
-
noun,
an aspect of the soul, represented as a human-headed bird.
- SSC
-
- ss.
-
- SSB
-
- SSA
-
- DMS
-
- yea
-
noun,
an affirmation; an affirmative reply or vote.
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- SOS
-
noun,
any call for help:
- yds
-
- 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.
- IDS
-
noun,
the part of the psyche, residing in the unconscious, that is the source of instinctive impulses that seek satisfaction in accordance with the pleasure principle and are modified by the ego and the superego before they are given overt expression.
- BCD
-
- BCS
-
- BDA
-
- Bde
-
- SST
-
- BAO
-
noun,
an African board game usually played by moving pebbles along two rows of holes.
- St.
-
- BSC
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- BCE
-
- bd.
-
plural,
board.
- sty
-
noun,
a pen or enclosure for swine; pigpen.
- STI
-
- BDS
-
plural,
board.
- be-
-
- BEM
-
- BED
-
noun,
a piece of furniture upon which or within which a person sleeps, rests, or stays when not well.
- BOD
-
noun,
body:
- BSS
-
- Bac
-
- Sta
-
- bad
-
noun,
that which is bad:
- May
-
noun,
a maiden.
- STB
-
- DMT
-
- Bai
-
noun,
a yellow mist occurring in eastern China and Japan during the spring and fall, caused by dust from the interior of China.
- Bay
-
noun,
a body of water forming an indentation of the shoreline, larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf.
- yet
-
Idioms,
as yet. as1 (def 31).
- yes
-
noun,
an affirmative reply.
- Yeo
-
- BAM
-
noun,
a loud thud, as that produced when two objects strike against each other with force.
- soy
-
noun,
soy sauce.
- Ido
-
noun,
a revised and simplified form of Esperanto, introduced in 1907.
- TSS
-
- Mao
-
- MBO
-
- bye
-
noun,
Sports. in a tournament, the preferential status of a player or team not paired with a competitor in an early round and thus automatically advanced to play in the next round:
- ICA
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- 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.
- SID
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Sidney or Sydney.
- DSA
-
- Ibo
-
noun,
a member of an indigenous black people of southeastern Nigeria, renowned as traders and for their art.
- BME
-
- MOS
-
noun,
moment (def 1).
- mbd
-
- BMI
-
- SIC
-
adverb,
so; thus: usually written parenthetically to denote that a word, phrase, passage, etc., that may appear strange or incorrect has been written intentionally or has been quoted verbatim: (sic).
- 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.
- BMS
-
- ob.
-
- BMT
-
- boa
-
noun,
any of several nonvenomous, chiefly tropical constrictors of the family Boidae, having vestigial hind limbs at the base of the tail.
- MCI
-
- ib.
-
- DSS
-
- yas
-
noun,
the 28th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- Boy
-
noun,
a male child, from birth to full growth, especially one less than 18 years of age.
- SES
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- MDT
-
- BIE
-
- BID
-
noun,
an act or instance of bidding.
- BEA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Beatrice.
- Moe
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Morris or Moses.
- mas
-
noun,
mother1 .
- STM
-
- sod
-
noun,
a section cut or torn from the surface of grassland, containing the matted roots of grass.
- bec
-
- SOC
-
noun,
sociology or a class or course in sociology.
- BEE
-
noun,
any hymenopterous insect of the superfamily Apoidea, including social and solitary species of several families, as the bumblebees, honeybees, etc.
- SOB
-
noun,
the act of sobbing; a convulsive catching of the breath in weeping.
- ide
-
- SMS
-
- IDB
-
- bey
-
noun,
a provincial governor in the Ottoman Empire.
- SMD
-
- sis
-
noun,
sister.
- SMB
-
- SMA
-
- IDA
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in W Turkey, in NW Asia Minor, SE of ancient Troy. 5810 feet (1771 meters).
Turkish Kazdaği [kahz-dah-gee; Turkish kahz-dah-uh] /ˌkɑz dɑˈgi; Turkish ˌkɑz dɑˈʌ/ (Show IPA).
- icy
-
adjective,
made of, full of, or covered with ice:
- MOI
-
- bi-
-
- by-
-
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- Bia
-
noun,
the ancient Greek personification of force: daughter of Pallas and Styx and sister of Cratus, Nike, and Zelos.
- dit
-
noun,
an echoic word, the referent of which is a click or brief tone interval, used to designate the dot of Morse code, International Morse code, etc.
- DOT
-
noun,
a small, roundish mark made with or as if with a pen.
- DMA
-
- MAE
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- Yid
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a Jew.
- ADS
-
noun,
advertisement.
- ACS
-
- ACT
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- ADB
-
- TMO
-
- ade
-
noun,
George, 1866–1944, U.S. humorist.
- ity
-
- ISA
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- Tim
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Timothy.
- ado
-
noun,
busy activity; bustle; fuss.
- ae.
-
- ite
-
- AEC
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- TID
-
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- AIC
-
- TIA
-
- MBE
-
- aye
-
noun,
an affirmative vote or voter, especially in British Parliament, corresponding to yea in U.S. Congress.
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- Mc-
-
- AIM
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- Doi
-
- YTD
-
- Me.
-
- abd
-
- TSI
-
- TSE
-
- Am.
-
- ab-
-
- ac-
-
- ad-
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- ADC
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- AID
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noun,
help or support; assistance.
- ABC
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noun,
ABC's (defs 1, 3).
- DOE
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noun,
the female of the deer, antelope, goat, rabbit, and certain other animals.
- Tom
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noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- Abe
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noun,
a male given name, form of Abraham.
- acy
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- TOY
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noun,
an object, often a small representation of something familiar, as an animal or person, for children or others to play with; plaything.
- ist
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- ise
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- aby
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verb (used with object),
Archaic. to pay the penalty of.
- toe
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noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- ABM
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- Abo
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to an Australian Aborigine.
- ITA
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- ITC
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- abt
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- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- Md.
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- Is.
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noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- IAS
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- ASI
-
- AMS
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- yod
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noun,
the 10th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- TAM
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noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- Tay
-
noun,
a river flowing through central Scotland into the Firth of Tay. 118 miles (190 km) long.
- Tai
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noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- asb
-
- Tad
-
noun,
a small child, especially a boy.
- MOC
-
noun,
moccasin.
- IOC
-
- ase
-
- MIT
-
- Ios
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noun,
a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey.
- ASM
-
- YOB
-
noun,
a teenage lout or hooligan.
- Aso
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noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- ASS
-
noun,
a long-eared, slow, patient, sure-footed domesticated mammal, Equus asinus, related to the horse, used chiefly as a beast of burden.
- ast
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- MAD
-
noun,
an angry or ill-tempered period, mood, or spell:
- DOB
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- at.
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- yis
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noun,
(in Chinese ethical philosophy) faithful performance of one's specified duties to society.
- ATB
-
- ATC
-
- mob
-
noun,
a disorderly or riotous crowd of people.
- Mab
-
noun,
Queen Mab.
- 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.
- TDY
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- ays
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- tee
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noun,
the letter T or t.
- MIA
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plural,
missing in action.
- Ted
-
noun,
British Slang. Teddy boy.
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- ait
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noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- Mo.
-
- Amb
-
- MS.
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plural,
manuscript.
- AMC
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- tea
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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.
- TCS
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- TAO
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noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- MSC
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- TCA
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- TBO
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- Tbi
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- TBD
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- TBA
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- AME
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- M-1
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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.
- AMI
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noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- Amy
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noun,
a vial of amyl nitrate.
- IOT
-
- MEA
-
noun,
an acknowledgment of one's responsibility for a fault or error.
- Sib
-
noun,
a kinsman; relative.
- Yao
-
noun,
Wade-Giles, Pinyin. a legendary emperor of China who, with his successor (Shun) was a paragon of good government.
- OSS
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- OTB
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- OTA
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- ot-
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- EdM
-
abbreviation,
electronic dance music: a range of genres of electronic music often played in nightclubs and characterized by a strong danceable beat:
- DEI
-
adverb,
by the grace of God.
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- COT
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noun,
a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
- Ede
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noun,
a city in SW Nigeria.
- EDC
-
- CSA
-
- CSO
-
- EDO
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noun,
a member of an indigenous people of western Africa, in the Benin region of southern Nigeria.
- CST
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- CTA
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- cte
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- EdB
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- ose
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- OMS
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noun,
a mantric word thought to be a complete expression of Brahman and interpreted as having three sounds representing Brahma or creation, Vishnu or preservation, and Siva or destruction, or as consisting of the same three sounds, representing waking, dreams, and deep sleep, along with the following silence, which is fulfillment.
- DBE
-
- OMB
-
- oma
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plural,
a noun suffix used to form names of tumors, of the kind specified by the base:
- Om.
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- OIt
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- ote
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- COS
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noun,
romaine.
- Oys
-
noun,
a grandchild.
- DST
-
- MI6
-
noun,
the government's secret intelligence service.
- EIS
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- ead
-
- CMA
-
- CMD
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- MSD
-
- SAE
-
- COB
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noun,
a corncob.
- MIB
-
noun,
a playing marble, especially one that is not used as a shooter.
- eye
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noun,
the organ of sight, in vertebrates typically one of a pair of spherical bodies contained in an orbit of the skull and in humans appearing externally as a dense, white, curved membrane, or sclera, surrounding a circular, colored portion, or iris, that is covered by a clear, curved membrane, or cornea, and in the center of which is an opening, or pupil, through which light passes to the retina.
- MSE
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- ism
-
noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- OTS
-
- Coy
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adjective,
artfully or affectedly shy or reserved; slyly hesitant; coquettish.
- Sad
-
noun,
the 14th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- EEO
-
- EEC
-
- SAC
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- Dey
-
noun,
the title of the governor of Algiers before the French conquest in 1830.
- EDT
-
- EDS
-
noun,
education:
- MSI
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- So.
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- sd.
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- DCM
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- do.
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- my-
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- MTI
-
- DBA
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- ec-
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- DBS
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- d-c
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noun,
a surgical method for the removal of diseased tissue or an early embryo from the lining of the uterus by means of scraping.
- DCS
-
- de-
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- OBE
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- DEA
-
- EBS
-
- Oba
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noun,
a hereditary tribal ruler among various peoples in the Benin region of western Africa.
- OAT
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noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- CEA
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- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- MTO
-
- Dee
-
noun,
a metal loop attached to tack, for fastening gear:
- MTS
-
- OAS
-
- OTC
-
- OSD
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- OSB
-
- OSA
-
- OED
-
- Oc.
-
- obi
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noun,
a long, broad sash tied about the waist over a Japanese kimono.
- ECA
-
- DOA
-
- MST
-
- oid
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- oic
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- OES
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noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- OEM
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- MIE
-
- DSC
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- DSM
-
- ODT
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- ODS
-
noun,
a hypothetical force formerly held to pervade all nature and to manifest itself in magnetism, mesmerism, chemical action, etc.
- DSO
-
- DAB
-
noun,
a quick or light blow; a pat, as with the hand or something soft.
- ode
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noun,
a lyric poem typically of elaborate or irregular metrical form and expressive of exalted or enthusiastic emotion.
- ECM
-
- ODA
-
noun,
a room within a harem.
- EDA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- DAE
-
- DAY
-
noun,
the interval of light between two successive nights; the time between sunrise and sunset:
- ed.
-
- OCS
-
- Dam
-
noun,
a barrier to obstruct the flow of water, especially one of earth, masonry, etc., built across a stream or river.
- OCD
-
- Oca
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- DAS
-
noun,
hyrax.
- Mt.
-
- MI5
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noun,
the government's security and counterespionage service that works in liaison with Scotland Yard's Special Branch.
- EAM
-
- mi.
-
- SDI
-
- COD
-
noun,
any of several soft-rayed food fishes of the family Gadidae, especially Gadus morhua, of cool, North Atlantic waters.
- cs.
-
- ct.
-
- CAB
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noun,
a taxicab.
- CAD
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noun,
an ill-bred man, especially one who behaves in a dishonorable or irresponsible way toward women.
- ETO
-
- dye
-
noun,
a coloring material or matter.
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- se-
-
- SDS
-
- SDA
-
- CIO
-
noun,
a federation of affiliated industrial labor unions, founded 1935 within the American Federation of Labor but independent of it 1938–55. Abbreviation: C.I.O., CIO.
- SCS
-
- cay
-
noun,
a small low island; key.
- ety
-
- Die
-
noun,
Machinery.
any of various devices for cutting or forming material in a press or a stamping or forging machine.
a hollow device of steel, often composed of several pieces to be fitted into a stock, for cutting the threads of bolts or the like.
one of the separate pieces of such a device.
a steel block or plate with small conical holes through which wire, plastic rods, etc., are drawn.
- CAM
-
noun,
Machinery. a disk or cylinder having an irregular form such that its motion, usually rotary, gives to a part or parts in contact with it a specific rocking or reciprocating motion.
- SCM
-
- eo-
-
- ScD
-
- CAS
-
verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- SCB
-
- Co.
-
- CBE
-
- Meo
-
noun,
Miao (def 1).
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- DIY
-
- Yam
-
noun,
the starchy, tuberous root of any of various climbing vines of the genus Dioscorea, cultivated for food in warm regions.
- MEC
-
noun,
a pimp; mack.
- BSA
-
- yad
-
noun,
a tapered, usually ornamented rod, usually of silver, with the tip of the tapered part forming a fist with the index finger extended, used by the reader of a scroll of the Torah as a place marker.
- BSD
-
- BSE
-
- Ia.
-
- io-
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- MOA
-
noun,
any of several flightless birds of the family Dinornithidae, of New Zealand, related to the kiwis but resembling the ostrich: extinct since about the end of the 18th century.
- id.
-
- CBD
-
- BSM
-
- ics
-
- BSO
-
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- ETS
-
- BST
-
- SED
-
- Bt.
-
- BTE
-
- ca.
-
- EOM
-
- CAI
-
- MOT
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- EMT
-
- Esc
-
- cee
-
noun,
the letter C.
- ESA
-
- CEO
-
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- EOE
-
- CIM
-
- CIE
-
- ea.
-
- ess
-
noun,
the letter S, s.
- DET
-
- EMS
-
noun,
the letter M, m.
- MSA
-
- Cyd
-
noun,
a female given name.
- CID
-
noun,
The ("El Cid Campeador"; Rodrigo Díaz de Bivar) c1040–99, Spanish soldier: hero of the wars against the Moors.
- CIA
-
- di.
-
- sb.
-
- Cym
-
- SBA
-
- sc.
-
- DIB
-
verb (used without object),
to fish by letting the bait bob lightly on the water.
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- CBS
-
- CDT
-
- ese
-
- CED
-
- CIB
-
- CYO
-
- ETD
-
- SBE
-
- eme
-
noun,
friend.
- YT
-
- ic
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- BO
-
- AO
-
- OA
-
- OD
-
noun,
a hypothetical force formerly held to pervade all nature and to manifest itself in magnetism, mesmerism, chemical action, etc.
- 2D
-
noun,
a two-dimensional form or appearance:
- Yi
-
noun,
(in Chinese ethical philosophy) faithful performance of one's specified duties to society.
- 3D
-
noun,
a three-dimensional form or appearance:
- B-
-
- Y.
-
- 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.
- BA
-
noun,
an aspect of the soul, represented as a human-headed bird.
- Eb
-
- YA
-
noun,
the 28th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- AI
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- A.
-
noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- sy
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Seymour, Simon, or Silas.
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- YB
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- DT
-
noun,
a withdrawal syndrome occurring in persons who have developed physiological dependence on alcohol, characterized by tremor, visual hallucinations, and autonomic instability. Abbreviation: d.t.
- BC
-
- t.
-
- DB
-
- DM
-
- oy
-
noun,
a grandchild.
- SM
-
- SA
-
- S.
-
- BM
-
- DC
-
noun,
a surgical method for the removal of diseased tissue or an early embryo from the lining of the uterus by means of scraping.
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- DA
-
noun,
a male hairstyle, especially of the 1950s, in which the hair is slicked back on both sides to overlap at the back of the head.
- EI
-
- D.
-
- TC
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- ye
-
pronoun,
Archaic, except in some elevated or ecclesiastical prose Literary, or British Dialect.
(used nominatively as the plural of thou especially in rhetorical, didactic, or poetic contexts, in addressing a group of persons or things):
(used nominatively for the second person singular, especially in polite address):
(used objectively in the second person singular or plural):
- ee
-
- ty
-
- ey
-
- CE
-
- i.
-
- cy
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Cyrus.
- TM
-
- yo
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation to get someone's attention, express excitement, greet someone, etc.)
- CB
-
- TB
-
- TD
-
- yd
-
noun,
a unit of area measurement equal to a square measuring one yard on each side; 0.8361 square meters. 2 , sq. yd. Abbreviation: yd.
- CM
-
- M.
-
- T1
-
- MA
-
noun,
mother1 .
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- MB
-
- O.
-