Anagrams of basidiomycetous
Word basidiomycetous has
2338 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of basidiomycetous.
- dissociate
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verb (used with object),
to sever the association of (oneself); separate:
- metabiosis
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noun,
a mode of living in which one organism is dependent on another for preparation of an environment in which it can live.
- embiotocid
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adjective,
belonging or pertaining to the family Embiotocidae, comprising the surfperches.
- autosomes
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noun,
any chromosome other than a sex chromosome.
- dubiosity
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noun,
dubiety.
- mosaicist
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noun,
a person who works in mosaic.
- Samoyedic
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adjective,
of or relating to the Samoyed people or languages.
- dacoities
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noun,
(in India and Burma) gang robbery; robbery by dacoits.
- ecdysiast
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noun,
stripper (def 3).
- custodies
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noun,
keeping; guardianship; care.
- 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.
- ambitious
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adjective,
having ambition; eagerly desirous of achieving or obtaining success, power, wealth, a specific goal, etc.:
- misdoubts
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verb (used with or without object),
to doubt or suspect.
- bodysuits
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noun,
a close-fitting, one-piece, usually sleeved garment for the torso, having a snap crotch.
- cystidium
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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.
- diasystem
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noun,
a linguistic system forming a common denominator for a group or set of dialects.
- seditious
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adjective,
of, relating to, or of the nature of sedition.
- dioecious
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adjective,
(especially of plants) having the male and female organs in separate and distinct individuals; having separate sexes.
- bodacious
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adjective,
South Midland and Southern U.S. thorough; blatant; unmistakable:
- subatomic
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adjective,
of or relating to a process that occurs within an atom.
- isosmotic
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adjective,
isotonic (def 1).
- autoecism
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noun,
the development of the entire life cycle of a parasitic fungus on a single host or group of hosts.
- symbiotic
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adjective,
living in symbiosis, or having an interdependent relationship:
- autecisms
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noun,
autoecism.
- sodomites
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noun,
an inhabitant of Sodom.
- assiduity
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noun,
constant or close application or effort; diligence; industry.
- iotacisms
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noun,
the conversion of other vowel sounds, especially in Modern Greek, into (ē), the sound of iota.
- subcosta
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noun,
a longitudinal vein in the anterior portion of the wing of an insect.
- 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.
- maieutic
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adjective,
of or relating to the method used by Socrates of eliciting knowledge in the mind of a person by interrogation and insistence on close and logical reasoning.
- die-cast
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adjective,
formed by die casting.
- diosmose
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verb (used with object),
osmose.
- miscites
-
verb (used with or without object),
to misquote.
- outsides
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noun,
the outer side, surface, or part; exterior:
- miscodes
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verb (used with object),
to code mistakenly, as in data processing.
- custodes
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noun,
plural of custos.
- ameiosis
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noun,
aberrant meiosis in which only an equational division occurs, as in parthenogenesis.
- cestoids
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noun,
cestode.
- scotomas
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noun,
loss of vision in a part of the visual field; blind spot.
- Subotica
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noun,
a city in the autonomous province of Vojvodina, in N Serbia.
- diecious
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adjective,
dioecious.
- semiotic
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noun,
semiotics.
- aecidium
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noun,
an aecium in which the spores are always formed in chains and enclosed in a cup-shaped peridium.
- Myosotis
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noun,
any plant belonging to the genus Myosotis, of the borage family, having basal leaves and pink or white flowers, as the forget-me-not.
- subedits
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verb (used with or without object),
to copyedit.
- Semitics
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noun,
the study of Semitic languages, literature, etc.
- maestoso
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adjective, adverb,
with majesty; stately (used as a musical direction).
- comedist
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noun,
a writer of comedies.
- sesamoid
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adjective,
shaped like a sesame seed, as certain small nodular bones and cartilages.
- iotacism
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noun,
the conversion of other vowel sounds, especially in Modern Greek, into (ē), the sound of iota.
- disbosom
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verb (used with object),
to reveal; confess.
- Docetism
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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.
- isodomic
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adjective,
(of ashlar) composed of stones of uniform size.
- seaboots
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noun,
a high, waterproof wading boot worn for fishing and sailing.
- combusts
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verb (used with or without object),
to burn.
- comities
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noun,
mutual courtesy; civility.
- comb-out
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noun,
a thorough combing or brushing of the hair.
- outmodes
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verb (used with object),
to cause (something) to go out of style or become obsolete.
- autecism
-
noun,
autoecism.
- autocide
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noun,
suicide by crashing the vehicle one is driving.
- Asmodeus
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noun,
an evil spirit.
- autosome
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noun,
any chromosome other than a sex chromosome.
- comatose
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adjective,
affected with or characterized by coma.
- disobeys
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verb (used with or without object),
to neglect or refuse to obey.
- aseismic
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adjective,
free from earthquakes.
- coituses
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noun,
sexual intercourse, especially between a man and a woman.
- modistes
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noun,
Older Use. a female maker of or dealer in women's fashionable attire.
- cystomas
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noun,
a cystic tumor.
- ascidium
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noun,
a baglike or pitcherlike part.
- domestic
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noun,
a hired household servant.
- ostomies
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noun,
any of various surgical procedures, as a colostomy, in which an artificial opening is made so as to permit the drainage of waste products either into an appropriate organ or to the outside of the body.
- imbodies
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verb (used with object),
embody.
- osteomas
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noun,
a benign tumor composed of osseous tissue.
- suitcase
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noun,
a usually rectangular piece of luggage especially for carrying clothes while traveling.
- misdoubt
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verb (used with or without object),
to doubt or suspect.
- cytosome
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noun,
the cytoplasmic part of a cell.
- amoeboid
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adjective,
ameboid.
- 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.
- amitosis
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noun,
the direct method of cell division, characterized by simple cleavage of the nucleus without the formation of chromosomes.
- basidium
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noun,
a special form of sporophore, characteristic of basidiomycetous fungi, on which the sexual spores are borne, usually at the tips of slender projections.
- costumes
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noun,
a style of dress, including accessories and hairdos, especially that peculiar to a nation, region, group, or historical period.
- misdates
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noun,
a wrong date.
- basicity
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noun,
the state of being a base.
- subatoms
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noun,
any component of an atom.
- diabetic
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noun,
a person who has diabetes.
- Sodomite
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noun,
an inhabitant of Sodom.
- acidosis
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noun,
a blood condition in which the bicarbonate concentration is below normal.
- cabooses
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noun,
a car on a freight train, used chiefly as the crew's quarters and usually attached to the rear of the train.
- systemic
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adjective,
of or relating to a system.
- edacious
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adjective,
devouring; voracious; consuming.
- 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.
- iambuses
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noun,
iamb.
- demotics
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noun,
demotic script.
- stadiums
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noun,
a sports arena, usually oval or horseshoe-shaped, with tiers of seats for spectators.
- caesiums
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noun,
cesium.
- desmitis
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noun,
inflammation of a ligament.
- massicot
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noun,
monoxide of lead, PbO, in the form of a yellow powder, used as a pigment and drier.
- cambists
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noun,
a dealer in bills of exchange.
- daytimes
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noun,
the time between sunrise and sunset.
- sodomies
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noun,
anal or oral copulation with a member of the opposite sex.
- sadistic
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adjective,
pertaining to or characterized by sadism; deriving pleasure or sexual gratification from extreme cruelty:
- acuities
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noun,
sharpness; acuteness; keenness:
- biocides
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noun,
any chemical that destroys life by poisoning, especially a pesticide, herbicide, or fungicide.
- bodysuit
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noun,
a close-fitting, one-piece, usually sleeved garment for the torso, having a snap crotch.
- Cambyses
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noun,
died 522 b.c, king of Persia 529–522 (son of Cyrus the Great).
- somebody
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noun,
a person of some note or importance.
- stibiums
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noun,
antimony.
- diastems
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noun,
a minor hiatus in an orderly succession of sedimentary rocks.
- scabious
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noun,
Also called pincushion flower. any of various plants belonging to the genus Scabiosa, of the teasel family, having opposite leaves and often showy flower heads in a variety of colors.
- Muscadet
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noun,
a white grape grown especially in the lower Loire Valley region of France.
- diatomic
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adjective,
having two atoms in the molecule.
- Moebius
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noun,
August Ferdinand, Möbius, August Ferdinand.
- modiste
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noun,
Older Use. a female maker of or dealer in women's fashionable attire.
- suimate
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noun,
self-mate.
- ecdysis
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noun,
the shedding or casting off of an outer coat or integument by snakes, crustaceans, etc.
- 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.
- osteoid
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adjective,
resembling bone; bonelike.
- Boeotia
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noun,
a district in ancient Greece, NW of Athens. Capital: Thebes.
- muscids
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noun,
any muscid fly.
- Boeotus
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noun,
a son of Arne and Poseidon, and ancestor of the Boeotians.
- iodates
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noun,
Chemistry. a salt of iodic acid, as sodium iodate, NaIO 3 .
- BAMusEd
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- coedits
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verb (used with object),
to edit jointly with another.
- caesium
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noun,
cesium.
- osteoma
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noun,
a benign tumor composed of osseous tissue.
- eutocia
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noun,
normal childbirth.
- musties
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noun,
(formerly) a kind of snuff having a musty flavor.
- stomous
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- ecstasy
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noun,
rapturous delight.
- oboists
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noun,
a player of the oboe.
- atomies
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noun,
an atom; mote.
- embassy
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noun,
a body of persons entrusted with a mission to a sovereign or government, especially an ambassador and his or her staff.
- someday
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adverb,
at an indefinite future time.
- mitosis
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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.
- Moabite
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noun,
an inhabitant or native of Moab.
- Soubise
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noun,
a brown or white sauce containing strained or puréed onions and served with meat.
- combust
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verb (used with or without object),
to burn.
- outcome
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noun,
a final product or end result; consequence; issue.
- somato-
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- somatic
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adjective,
of the body; bodily; physical.
- outbids
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verb (used with object),
to outdo in bidding; make a higher bid than (another bidder).
- obesity
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noun,
the condition of being very fat or overweight; corpulence:
- sodiums
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noun,
Chemistry. a soft, silver-white, metallic element that oxidizes rapidly in moist air, occurring in nature only in the combined state, and used in the synthesis of sodium peroxide, sodium cyanide, and tetraethyllead: a necessary element in the body for the maintenance of normal fluid balance and other physiological functions. Symbol: Na; atomic weight: 22.9898; atomic number: 11; specific gravity: 0.97 at 20°C.
- iodisms
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noun,
poisoning caused by sensitivity to or overuse of iodine or its compounds.
- Bossuet
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noun,
Jacques Bénigne [zhahk bey-neen-yuh] /ʒɑk beɪˈnin yə/ (Show IPA), 1627–1704, French bishop, writer, and orator.
- combats
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noun,
Military. active, armed fighting with enemy forces.
- autisms
-
noun,
Psychiatry. a pervasive developmental disorder of children, characterized by impaired communication, excessive rigidity, and emotional detachment: now considered one of the autism spectrum disorders.
- bossdom
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noun,
the status, influence, or power of a boss, especially a political boss.
- stadium
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noun,
a sports arena, usually oval or horseshoe-shaped, with tiers of seats for spectators.
- escudos
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noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Cape Verde, equal to 100 centavos.
- edacity
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noun,
the state of being edacious; voraciousness; appetite.
- society
-
noun,
an organized group of persons associated together for religious, benevolent, cultural, scientific, political, patriotic, or other purposes.
- sitcoms
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noun,
situation comedy.
- caboose
-
noun,
a car on a freight train, used chiefly as the crew's quarters and usually attached to the rear of the train.
- Modesto
-
noun,
a city in central California.
- comates
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noun,
a mate or companion.
- Modesty
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noun,
the quality of being modest; freedom from vanity, boastfulness, etc.
- 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.
- muscats
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noun,
a variety of grape having a pronounced sweet aroma and flavor, used for making wine and raisins.
- subacid
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adjective,
slightly or moderately acid or sour:
- bisects
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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.
- Cassite
-
noun,
Kassite.
- biscuit
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noun,
a kind of bread in small, soft cakes, raised with baking powder or soda, or sometimes with yeast; scone.
- dubiety
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noun,
doubtfulness; doubt.
- subedit
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verb (used with or without object),
to copyedit.
- simious
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adjective,
pertaining to or characteristic of apes or monkeys; simian.
- oocysts
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noun,
the encysted zygotic stage in the life cycle of some sporozoans.
- casuist
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noun,
an oversubtle or disingenuous reasoner, especially in questions of morality.
- ictuses
-
noun,
Prosody. rhythmical or metrical stress.
- Ducasse
-
noun,
Jean Jules Amable Roger- [zhahn zhyl a-ma-bluh raw-zhey] /ʒɑ̃ ʒül aˈma blə rɔˈʒeɪ/ (Show IPA), Roger-Ducasse, Jean Jules Amable.
- subatom
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noun,
any component of an atom.
- Catesby
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noun,
Robert, 1573–1605, English Catholic conspirator, leader in Gunpowder Plot.
- ideatum
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noun,
(in epistemology) the object of knowledge as known by the mind.
Compare datum (def 3).
- biomass
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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.
- cestoid
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noun,
cestode.
- biocide
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noun,
any chemical that destroys life by poisoning, especially a pesticide, herbicide, or fungicide.
- bestuds
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verb (used with object),
to set with or as if with studs; dot:
- catouse
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noun,
New England. a noisy disturbance; commotion.
- osmious
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adjective,
of or containing osmium in its lower valences.
- oocytes
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noun,
an immature egg cell of the animal ovary; in humans, one oocyte matures during the menstrual cycle, becoming an ootid and then an ovum, while several others partially mature and then disintegrate.
- 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.
- cesiums
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noun,
a rare, highly reactive, soft, metallic element of the alkali metal group, used chiefly in photoelectric cells. Symbol: Cs; atomic weight: 132.905; atomic number: 55; specific gravity: 1.9 at 20°C; melts at 28.5°C.
- studies
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noun,
application of the mind to the acquisition of knowledge, as by reading, investigation, or reflection:
- osmatic
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adjective,
of or relating to the sense of smell.
- Semitic
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noun,
a subfamily of Afroasiatic languages that includes Akkadian, Arabic, Aramaic, Ethiopic, Hebrew, and Phoenician.
- caseous
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adjective,
of or like cheese.
- bodices
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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.
- 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.
- stibium
-
noun,
antimony.
- suicide
-
noun,
the intentional taking of one's own life.
- cambist
-
noun,
a dealer in bills of exchange.
- causeys
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noun,
British Dialect. a causeway.
- cystoma
-
noun,
a cystic tumor.
- Basutos
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noun,
Sotho (def 3).
- cystoid
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noun,
a cystlike structure or formation.
- mudcats
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noun,
flathead catfish.
- camises
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noun,
a lightweight, loose-fitting shirt or smock with long sleeves.
- 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).
- stimies
-
noun,
stymie.
- seismo-
-
- sematic
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adjective,
serving as a sign or warning of danger, as the conspicuous colors or markings of certain poisonous animals.
- mucoids
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noun,
Biochemistry. any of a group of substances resembling the mucins, occurring in connective tissue, cysts, etc.
- subsidy
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noun,
a direct pecuniary aid furnished by a government to a private industrial undertaking, a charity organization, or the like.
- subside
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verb (used without object),
to sink to a low or lower level.
- Ossetic
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noun,
the Indo-European, Iranian language of the Ossets.
- Ossetia
-
noun,
a region in Caucasia: divided between North Ossetia of the Russian Federation and the South Ossetian Autonomous Region of the Georgian Republic.
- iambics
-
noun,
Prosody.
an iamb.
Usually, iambics. a verse or poem consisting of iambs.
- submits
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verb (used with object),
to give over or yield to the power or authority of another (often used reflexively).
- cymaise
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noun,
a pewter wine jar having a spout, a fixed handle on the side opposite the spout, and a bail for carrying.
- 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.
- cimaise
-
noun,
cymaise.
- Cimabue
-
noun,
Giovanni [jaw-vahn-nee] /dʒɔˈvɑn ni/ (Show IPA), (Cenni di Pepo) c1240–1302? Italian painter and mosaicist.
- atomics
-
noun,
the branch of physics that deals with atoms, especially atomic energy.
- bosomed
-
noun,
the breast of a human being.
- somites
-
noun,
any of the longitudinal series of segments or parts into which the body of certain animals is divided; a metamere.
- cubisms
-
noun,
a style of painting and sculpture developed in the early 20th century, characterized chiefly by an emphasis on formal structure, the reduction of natural forms to their geometrical equivalents, and the organization of the planes of a represented object independently of representational requirements.
- mascots
-
noun,
an animal, person, or thing adopted by a group as its representative symbol and supposed to bring good luck:
- mycosis
-
noun,
the presence of parasitic fungi in or on any part of the body.
- Admetus
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noun,
a Thessalian king, one of the Argonauts and husband of Alcestis.
- customs
-
noun,
a habitual practice; the usual way of acting in given circumstances.
- comedos
-
noun,
a thickened secretion plugging a duct of the skin, especially of a sebaceous gland; blackhead.
- Mideast
-
noun,
Middle East.
- cuestas
-
noun,
a long, low ridge with a relatively steep face or escarpment on one side and a long, gentle slope on the other.
- tomcods
-
noun,
either of two small cods, Microgadus tomcod, of the Atlantic Ocean, or M. proximus, of the Pacific Ocean.
- cue-bid
-
noun,
a bid in a suit showing control of the suit, as having an assured winner or a void.
- tombacs
-
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.
- myiasis
-
noun,
any disease that results from the infestation of tissues or cavities of the body by larvae of flies.
- cuboids
-
noun,
Mathematics. a rectangular parallelepiped.
- dim-out
-
noun,
a reduction or concealment of night lighting in wartime to make the source less visible to an enemy from the air or sea.
- scotias
-
noun,
a deep concave molding between two fillets, as in the Attic base.
- dicasts
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noun,
(in ancient Athens) a citizen eligible to sit as a judge.
- Scotism
-
noun,
the set of doctrines of Duns Scotus.
- miotics
-
noun,
a miotic drug.
- Amboise
-
noun,
a town in central France, E of Tours: castle.
- myotics
-
noun,
a miotic drug.
- scotoma
-
noun,
loss of vision in a part of the visual field; blind spot.
- ameboid
-
adjective,
resembling or related to amebas.
- miscast
-
verb (used with object),
to assign an unsuitable role to (an actor):
- miscite
-
verb (used with or without object),
to misquote.
- miscode
-
verb (used with object),
to code mistakenly, as in data processing.
- Coueism
-
noun,
a method of self-help stressing autosuggestion, popular especially in the U.S. c1920 and featuring the slogan “Day by day in every way I am getting better and better.”.
- discase
-
verb (used with object),
to take the case or covering from; uncase.
- miscues
-
noun,
Sports. a failure to execute a play, stroke, or maneuver properly; an error.
- misdate
-
noun,
a wrong date.
- 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.
- dibasic
-
adjective,
containing two replaceable or ionizable hydrogen atoms:
- amoebic
-
adjective,
amebic.
- abiosis
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noun,
the absence or lack of life; a nonviable state.
- meiosis
-
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.
- Medusas
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noun,
a saucer-shaped or dome-shaped, free-swimming jellyfish or hydra.
- Decimus
-
adjective,
(in prescriptions) tenth.
- medicos
-
noun,
a physician or surgeon; doctor.
- medico-
-
- Debussy
-
noun,
Claude Achille [klawd uh-sheel;; French klohd a-sheel] /klɔd əˈʃil;; French kloʊd aˈʃil/ (Show IPA), 1862–1918, French composer.
- mediacy
-
noun,
the state of being mediate.
- abduces
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verb (used with object),
to draw or take away; abduct.
- samites
-
noun,
a heavy silk fabric, sometimes interwoven with gold, worn in the Middle Ages.
- abducts
-
verb (used with object),
to carry off or lead away (a person) illegally and in secret or by force, especially to kidnap.
- 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.
- Demotic
-
noun,
demotic script.
- abiotic
-
adjective,
of or characterized by the absence of life or living organisms.
- dacoity
-
noun,
(in India and Burma) gang robbery; robbery by dacoits.
- diastem
-
noun,
a minor hiatus in an orderly succession of sedimentary rocks.
- abscise
-
verb (used without object),
to separate by abscission, as a leaf from a stem.
- Tuesday
-
noun,
the third day of the week, following Monday.
- Matisse
-
noun,
Henri [ahn-ree] /ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1869–1954, French painter.
- diatoms
-
noun,
any of numerous microscopic, unicellular, marine or freshwater algae of the phylum Chrysophyta, having cell walls containing silica.
- daytime
-
noun,
the time between sunrise and sunset.
- acetous
-
adjective,
containing or producing acetic acid.
- 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.
- daimyos
-
noun,
one of the great feudal lords who were vassals of the shogun.
- acidity
-
noun,
the quality or state of being acid.
- dacoits
-
noun,
(in India and Burma) a member of a class of criminals who engage in organized robbery and murder.
- mastoid
-
noun,
the mastoid process.
- 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.
- custody
-
noun,
keeping; guardianship; care.
- toadies
-
noun,
an obsequious flatterer; sycophant.
- disobey
-
verb (used with or without object),
to neglect or refuse to obey.
- timeous
-
adjective,
timely; sufficiently early.
- outmode
-
verb (used with object),
to cause (something) to go out of style or become obsolete.
- outside
-
noun,
the outer side, surface, or part; exterior:
- ascites
-
noun,
accumulation of serous fluid in the peritoneal cavity; dropsy of the peritoneum.
- tedious
-
adjective,
marked by monotony or tedium; long and tiresome:
- comitia
-
noun,
an assembly of the people convened to pass on laws, nominate magistrates, etc.
- seaboot
-
noun,
a high, waterproof wading boot worn for fishing and sailing.
- dismast
-
verb (used with object),
to deprive (a ship) of masts; break off the masts of.
- assumed
-
adjective,
adopted in order to deceive; fictitious; pretended; feigned:
- missout
-
noun,
(in the game of craps) a losing throw of the dice.
- isodose
-
adjective,
of or relating to points of equal intensity of radiation in a contaminated region:
- dissect
-
verb (used with object),
to cut apart (an animal body, plant, etc.) to examine the structure, relation of parts, or the like.
- misdoes
-
verb (used with object),
to do badly or wrongly; botch.
- disseat
-
verb (used with object),
to unseat.
- amosite
-
noun,
an asbestine variety of anthophyllite, rich in iron, formerly used as a heat-resistant material.
- costume
-
noun,
a style of dress, including accessories and hairdos, especially that peculiar to a nation, region, group, or historical period.
- tediums
-
noun,
the quality or state of being wearisome; irksomeness; tediousness.
- outdoes
-
verb (used with object),
to surpass in execution or performance:
- daubes
-
noun,
a stew of braised meat, vegetables, herbs, and seasonings.
- Dessau
-
noun,
a city in NE central Germany, SW of Berlin: formerly the capital of Anhalt.
- odious
-
adjective,
deserving or causing hatred; hateful; detestable.
- odiums
-
noun,
intense hatred or dislike, especially toward a person or thing regarded as contemptible, despicable, or repugnant.
- deuto-
-
- Cayuse
-
noun,
Western U.S. a horse, especially an Indian pony.
- datums
-
noun,
a single piece of information, as a fact, statistic, or code; an item of data.
- COMSAT
-
noun,
(often lowercase) a communications satellite.
- outbid
-
verb (used with object),
to outdo in bidding; make a higher bid than (another bidder).
- comose
-
adjective,
hairy; comate.
- saices
-
noun,
syce.
- cambio
-
noun,
a currency exchange.
- sayest
-
verb,
2nd person singular of say1 .
- cooeys
-
noun,
cooee.
- dassie
-
noun,
hyrax.
- Coombs
-
noun,
combe.
- cootie
-
noun,
a louse, especially one affecting humans, as the body louse, head louse, or pubic louse.
- sauces
-
noun,
any preparation, usually liquid or semiliquid, eaten as a gravy or as a relish accompanying food.
- system
-
noun,
an assemblage or combination of things or parts forming a complex or unitary whole:
- duties
-
noun,
something that one is expected or required to do by moral or legal obligation.
- daimyo
-
noun,
one of the great feudal lords who were vassals of the shogun.
- camote
-
noun,
batata.
- sauced
-
noun,
any preparation, usually liquid or semiliquid, eaten as a gravy or as a relish accompanying food.
- camise
-
noun,
a lightweight, loose-fitting shirt or smock with long sleeves.
- comtes
-
noun,
count2 .
- Oidium
-
noun,
one of the conidia that are borne in chains by certain fungi.
- 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.
- disuse
-
noun,
discontinuance of use or practice:
- sitcom
-
noun,
situation comedy.
- combat
-
noun,
Military. active, armed fighting with enemy forces.
- diatom
-
noun,
any of numerous microscopic, unicellular, marine or freshwater algae of the phylum Chrysophyta, having cell walls containing silica.
- scutes
-
noun,
a dermal bony plate, as on an armadillo, or a large horny plate, as on a turtle.
- Odessa
-
noun,
a seaport in S Ukraine, on the Black Sea.
- Combes
-
noun,
a narrow valley or deep hollow, especially one enclosed on all but one side.
- dautie
-
noun,
a darling.
- Soemba
-
noun,
Dutch name of Sumba.
- oboist
-
noun,
a player of the oboe.
- sodomy
-
noun,
anal or oral copulation with a member of the opposite sex.
- debuts
-
noun,
a first public appearance on a stage, on television, etc.
- busies
-
adjective,
actively and attentively engaged in work or a pastime:
- say-so
-
noun,
one's personal statement or assertion.
- decays
-
noun,
decomposition; rot:
- sodoms
-
noun,
an ancient city destroyed, with Gomorrah, because of its wickedness. Gen. 18–19.
- educts
-
noun,
something educed; eduction.
- buteos
-
noun,
any of several buzzards or hawks of the genus Buteo.
- somat-
-
- 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.
- Decius
-
noun,
(Gaius Messius Quintus Trajanus Decius) a.d. c201–251, emperor of Rome 249–251.
- sambos
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a black person, especially a male.
- deists
-
noun,
a person who believes in deism.
- somite
-
noun,
any of the longitudinal series of segments or parts into which the body of certain animals is divided; a metamere.
- 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).
- Comdt.
-
- demits
-
noun,
Also, dimit. (especially in Freemasonry) a written certification of honorable withdrawal or resignation, as from membership.
- desist
-
verb (used without object),
to cease, as from some action or proceeding; stop.
- ectomy
-
- Cadmus
-
noun,
Paul, 1904–1999, U.S. painter and etcher.
- octads
-
noun,
a group or series of eight.
- Sasebo
-
noun,
a seaport on NW Kyushu, in SW Japan.
- cadets
-
noun,
a student in a national service academy or private military school or on a training ship.
- smites
-
Idioms,
smite hip and thigh. hip1 (def 9).
- cabots
-
noun,
John (Giovanni Caboto) c1450–98? Italian navigator in the service of England: discoverer of North American mainland 1497.
- combos
-
noun,
Informal.
a small jazz or dance band. Compare big band.
combination (defs 2–4).
- sobeit
-
conjunction,
if it be so that; provided that.
- sodium
-
noun,
Chemistry. a soft, silver-white, metallic element that oxidizes rapidly in moist air, occurring in nature only in the combined state, and used in the synthesis of sodium peroxide, sodium cyanide, and tetraethyllead: a necessary element in the body for the maintenance of normal fluid balance and other physiological functions. Symbol: Na; atomic weight: 22.9898; atomic number: 11; specific gravity: 0.97 at 20°C.
- comity
-
noun,
mutual courtesy; civility.
- demobs
-
noun,
demobilization.
- socio-
-
- debits
-
noun,
the recording or an entry of debt in an account.
- deboss
-
verb (used with object),
to indent (a figure or design) into a surface:
- obtuse
-
adjective,
not quick or alert in perception, feeling, or intellect; not sensitive or observant; dull.
- sodio-
-
- samite
-
noun,
a heavy silk fabric, sometimes interwoven with gold, worn in the Middle Ages.
- oocyst
-
noun,
the encysted zygotic stage in the life cycle of some sporozoans.
- comate
-
noun,
a mate or companion.
- Cassie
-
noun,
huisache.
- cubits
-
noun,
an ancient linear unit based on the length of the forearm, from elbow to the tip of the middle finger, usually from 17 to 21 inches (43 to 53 cm).
- ostium
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. a small opening or orifice, as at the end of the oviduct.
- discus
-
noun,
a circular disk more than 7 inches (18 cm) in diameter and 2.2 pounds (1 kg) in weight, usually wooden with a metal rim and thicker in the center than at the edge, for throwing for distance in athletic competition.
- ostomy
-
noun,
any of various surgical procedures, as a colostomy, in which an artificial opening is made so as to permit the drainage of waste products either into an appropriate organ or to the outside of the body.
- 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.
- sebums
-
noun,
the fatty secretion of the sebaceous glands.
- Scotia
-
noun,
a deep concave molding between two fillets, as in the Attic base.
- Cubism
-
noun,
a style of painting and sculpture developed in the early 20th century, characterized chiefly by an emphasis on formal structure, the reduction of natural forms to their geometrical equivalents, and the organization of the planes of a represented object independently of representational requirements.
- cossie
-
noun,
a bathing suit; bathers.
- cyesis
-
noun,
pregnancy.
- scoto-
-
- cuboid
-
noun,
Mathematics. a rectangular parallelepiped.
- Seboim
-
noun,
Zeboim.
- dimity
-
noun,
a thin cotton fabric, white, dyed, or printed, woven with a stripe or check of heavier yarn.
- otiose
-
adjective,
being at leisure; idle; indolent.
- scoots
-
noun,
a swift, darting movement or course.
- 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.
- coedit
-
verb (used with object),
to edit jointly with another.
- Scioto
-
noun,
a river in central Ohio, flowing S to the Ohio River. 237 miles (382 km) long.
- cymoid
-
adjective,
resembling a cyma.
- 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.
- cosset
-
noun,
a lamb brought up without its dam; pet lamb.
- costo-
-
- cities
-
noun,
a large or important town.
- citied
-
adjective,
occupied by a city or cities.
- doubts
-
noun,
a feeling of uncertainty about the truth, reality, or nature of something.
- sedums
-
noun,
any fleshy plant belonging to the genus Sedum, of the stonecrop family, usually having small, overlapping leaves and yellow, white, or pink flowers.
- doumas
-
noun,
duma.
- scubas
-
noun,
a portable breathing device for free-swimming divers, consisting of a mouthpiece joined by hoses to one or two tanks of compressed air that are strapped on the back.
- disco-
-
- scouts
-
noun,
a soldier, warship, airplane, etc., employed in reconnoitering.
- diotic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or affecting both ears; binaural.
- cymose
-
adjective,
bearing a cyme or cymes.
- coasts
-
noun,
the land next to the sea; seashore:
- cysto-
-
- discos
-
noun,
discotheque.
- Scouse
-
noun,
a baked dish or stew made usually with meat and hardtack.
- cysti-
-
- douses
-
noun,
British Dialect. a stroke or blow.
- Scotus
-
noun,
John Duns, Duns Scotus, John.
- coated
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- Coates
-
noun,
Eric, 1886–1957, English violist and composer.
- DuBois
-
noun,
(Marie) Eugène (François Thomas) [ma-ree œ-zhen frahn-swa taw-mah] /maˈri œˈʒɛn frɑ̃ˈswa tɔˈmɑ/ (Show IPA), 1858–1941, Dutch physical anthropologist and anatomist.
- cueist
-
noun,
a billiard player.
- dismes
-
noun,
a former coin of the U.S., equal to 10 cents, issued in 1792: early form of the dime.
- coitus
-
noun,
sexual intercourse, especially between a man and a woman.
- cuteys
-
noun,
cutie.
- Causey
-
noun,
British Dialect. a causeway.
- cosies
-
noun,
a padded covering for a teapot, chocolate pot, etc., to retain the heat.
- Dumyat
-
noun,
Arabic name of Damietta.
- dictum
-
noun,
an authoritative pronouncement; judicial assertion.
- cutesy
-
adjective,
forcedly and consciously cute; coyly mannered:
- dicots
-
noun,
a dicotyledon.
- sadist
-
noun,
Psychiatry. a person who has the condition of sadism, in which one receives sexual gratification from causing pain and degradation to another.
- duomos
-
noun,
cathedral, especially in Italy.
- C-bias
-
noun,
grid bias.
- oocyte
-
noun,
an immature egg cell of the animal ovary; in humans, one oocyte matures during the menstrual cycle, becoming an ootid and then an ovum, while several others partially mature and then disintegrate.
- 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.
- sautes
-
noun,
a dish of sautéed food.
- 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.
- dicast
-
noun,
(in ancient Athens) a citizen eligible to sit as a judge.
- saudis
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Saudi Arabia.
- osteo-
-
- dacoit
-
noun,
(in India and Burma) a member of a class of criminals who engage in organized robbery and murder.
- causes
-
noun,
a person or thing that acts, happens, or exists in such a way that some specific thing happens as a result; the producer of an effect:
- siesta
-
noun,
a midday or afternoon rest or nap, especially as taken in Spain and Latin America.
- cuesta
-
noun,
a long, low ridge with a relatively steep face or escarpment on one side and a long, gentle slope on the other.
- COSMOS
-
noun,
the world or universe regarded as an orderly, harmonious system.
- osmose
-
noun,
osmosis.
- dismay
-
noun,
sudden or complete loss of courage; utter disheartenment.
- ducats
-
noun,
any of various gold coins formerly issued in various parts of Europe, especially that first issued in Venice in 1284.
Compare sequin (def 2).
- cestus
-
noun,
a girdle or belt, especially as worn by women of ancient Greece.
- coyote
-
noun,
Also called prairie wolf. a buffy-gray, wolflike canid, Canis latrans, of North America, distinguished from the wolf by its relatively small size and its slender build, large ears, and narrow muzzle.
- diesis
-
noun,
double dagger.
- cuisse
-
noun,
a piece of armor or padding for protecting the thigh.
- cussed
-
noun,
curse word; oath.
- custom
-
noun,
a habitual practice; the usual way of acting in given circumstances.
- ootids
-
noun,
the cell that results from the meiotic divisions of an oocyte and matures into an ovum.
- cosmo-
-
- Cosimo
-
noun,
Piero di [pee-air-oh di;; Italian pye-raw dee] /piˈɛər oʊ dɪ;; Italian ˈpyɛ rɔ di/ (Show IPA), Piero di Cosimo.
- osmics
-
noun,
the science dealing with the sense of smell.
- custos
-
noun,
(italics) Latin. a custodian.
- cesium
-
noun,
a rare, highly reactive, soft, metallic element of the alkali metal group, used chiefly in photoelectric cells. Symbol: Cs; atomic weight: 132.905; atomic number: 55; specific gravity: 1.9 at 20°C; melts at 28.5°C.
- scato-
-
- ceibas
-
noun,
the silk-cotton tree, Ceiba pentandra.
- sadism
-
noun,
Psychiatry. the condition in which sexual gratification depends on causing pain or degradation to others.
Compare masochism.
- Osetic
-
adjective, noun,
Ossetic.
- comedo
-
noun,
a thickened secretion plugging a duct of the skin, especially of a sebaceous gland; blackhead.
- 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.
- asdics
-
noun,
sonar.
- aecium
-
noun,
the fruiting body of rust fungi, which bears chainlike or stalked spores.
- Batumi
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Adzharistan, in the SW Georgian Republic, on the Black Sea.
- moseys
-
verb (used without object),
to wander or shuffle about leisurely; stroll; saunter (often followed by along, about, etc.).
- admits
-
verb (used with object),
to allow to enter; grant or afford entrance to:
- Maisie
-
noun,
a female given name, Scottish form of Margaret.
- Basuto
-
noun,
Sotho (def 3).
- bastes
-
noun,
liquid used to moisten and flavor food during cooking:
- adobes
-
noun,
sun-dried brick made of clay and straw, in common use in countries having little rainfall.
- mayest
-
verb,
2nd person singular present indicative of may1 .
- Mosaic
-
noun,
a picture or decoration made of small, usually colored pieces of inlaid stone, glass, etc.
- Basset
-
noun,
one of a breed of hounds having short legs, long body and ears, and usually a black, tan, and white coat.
- Ieyasu
-
noun,
Iyeyasu.
- maybes
-
noun,
a possibility or uncertainty.
- Toombs
-
noun,
Robert, 1810–85, U.S. lawyer, orator, and Confederate statesman and army officer.
- tomcod
-
noun,
either of two small cods, Microgadus tomcod, of the Atlantic Ocean, or M. proximus, of the Pacific Ocean.
- tomboy
-
noun,
an energetic, sometimes boisterous girl whose behavior and pursuits, especially in games and sports, are considered more typical of boys than of girls.
- suited
-
noun,
a set of clothing, armor, or the like, intended for wear together.
- suites
-
noun,
a number of things forming a series or set.
- imbeds
-
verb (used with object),
embed.
- 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.
- sumacs
-
noun,
any of several shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Rhus of the cashew family, having milky sap, compound leaves, and small, fleshy fruit.
- imbody
-
verb (used with object),
embody.
- midsts
-
- miosis
-
noun,
excessive constriction of the pupil of the eye, as a result of drugs, disease, or the like.
- imbues
-
verb (used with object),
to impregnate or inspire, as with feelings, opinions, etc.:
- Baucis
-
noun,
an aged Phrygian peasant woman who, with her husband Philemon, offered hospitality to the disguised Zeus and Hermes: they were rewarded by being saved from a flood and changed into trees.
- adytum
-
noun,
(in ancient worship) a sacred place that the public was forbidden to enter; an inner shrine.
- Maceio
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Alagoas, in E Brazil.
- bedims
-
verb (used with object),
to make dim; darken; obscure.
- acmite
-
noun,
a rare pyroxene mineral, sodium-ferric iron silicate, NaFe(Si 2 O 6), found in feldspathoid rocks.
- studio
-
noun,
the workroom or atelier of an artist, as a painter or sculptor.
- mouses
-
noun,
any of numerous small Old World rodents of the family Muridae, especially of the genus Mus, introduced widely in other parts of the world.
- mousey
-
adjective,
mousy.
- bestud
-
verb (used with object),
to set with or as if with studs; dot:
- Actium
-
noun,
a promontory in NW ancient Greece: Antony and Cleopatra were defeated by Octavian and Agrippa in a naval battle near here in 31 b.c.
- besots
-
verb (used with object),
to intoxicate or stupefy with drink.
- Massey
-
noun,
Vincent, 1887–1967, Canadian statesman: governor general 1952–59.
- tsadis
-
noun,
sadhe.
- besoms
-
noun,
a broom, especially one of brush or twigs.
- itious
-
- acutes
-
noun,
the acute accent.
- 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.
- beauts
-
noun,
(often used ironically) something or someone beautiful, remarkable, or amazing.
- beauty
-
noun,
the quality present in a thing or person that gives intense pleasure or deep satisfaction to the mind, whether arising from sensory manifestations (as shape, color, sound, etc.), a meaningful design or pattern, or something else (as a personality in which high spiritual qualities are manifest).
- touses
-
noun,
a commotion; rumpus.
- subito
-
adverb,
(as a musical direction) suddenly; abruptly:
- beasts
-
noun,
any nonhuman animal, especially a large, four-footed mammal.
- Mascot
-
noun,
an animal, person, or thing adopted by a group as its representative symbol and supposed to bring good luck:
- submit
-
verb (used with object),
to give over or yield to the power or authority of another (often used reflexively).
- idiocy
-
noun,
utterly senseless or foolish behavior; a stupid or foolish act, statement, etc.:
- subsea
-
adjective,
occurring, working, etc., under the sea or ocean:
- subset
-
noun,
a set that is a part of a larger set.
- maists
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
most.
- myosis
-
noun,
miosis.
- imides
-
noun,
a compound derived from ammonia by replacement of two hydrogen atoms by acidic groups, characterized by the =NH group.
- mousse
-
noun,
Cookery.
a sweetened dessert with whipped cream as a base, often stabilized with gelatin and chilled in a mold:
an aspic, unsweetened and containing meat, vegetables, or fish:
- tissue
-
noun,
Biology. an aggregate of similar cells and cell products forming a definite kind of structural material with a specific function, in a multicellular organism.
- amides
-
noun,
a metallic derivative of ammonia in which the −NH 2 group is retained, as potassium amide, KNH 2 .
- atomic
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, resulting from, or using atoms, atomic energy, or atomic bombs:
- amido-
-
- misuse
-
noun,
wrong or improper use; misapplication.
- amidst
-
preposition,
amid.
- tedium
-
noun,
the quality or state of being wearisome; irksomeness; tediousness.
- isotac
-
noun,
a line drawn on a map connecting all points where ice starts to melt at approximately the same period in spring.
- 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.
- Temuco
-
noun,
a city in S Chile.
- assume
-
verb (used with object),
to take for granted or without proof:
Synonyms: suppose, presuppose; postulate, posit.
- tmesis
-
noun,
the interpolation of one or more words between the parts of a compound word, as be thou ware for beware.
- assoc.
-
- miscue
-
noun,
Sports. a failure to execute a play, stroke, or maneuver properly; an error.
- Assiut
-
noun,
Asyut.
- 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.
- amused
-
adjective,
pleasurably entertained, occupied, or diverted.
- 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.
- mysids
-
noun,
any member of the malacostracan order Mysidacea, the opossum shrimps, especially of the genus Mysis.
- Tydeus
-
noun,
the father of Diomedes: one of the Seven Against Thebes.
- asides
-
noun,
a part of an actor's lines supposedly not heard by others on the stage and intended only for the audience.
- missay
-
verb (used with object),
to say or speak ill of; vilify; slander.
- aseity
-
noun,
existence originating from and having no source other than itself.
- tidies
-
noun,
any of various articles for keeping things tidy, as a box having small drawers and compartments.
- 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.
- Tassie
-
noun,
tass.
- Amycus
-
noun,
a son of Poseidon and one of the Meliae, known for his ruthlessness and his skill at boxing.
- Maced.
-
- Tobies
-
noun,
Also, Toby, Toby jug. a mug in the form of a stout old man wearing a three-cornered hat.
- to-dos
-
noun,
bustle; fuss:
- miotic
-
noun,
a miotic drug.
- 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.
- moiety
-
noun,
a half.
- Moesia
-
noun,
an ancient country in S Europe, S of the Danube and N of ancient Thrace and Macedonia: later a Roman province.
- myotic
-
noun,
a miotic drug.
- Mabuse
-
noun,
Jan [Flemish yahn] /Flemish yɑn/ (Show IPA), (Jan Gossaert or Gossart) 1478?–1533? Flemish painter.
- ambits
-
noun,
circumference; circuit.
- iodate
-
noun,
Chemistry. a salt of iodic acid, as sodium iodate, NaIO 3 .
- todays
-
noun,
this present day:
- iodism
-
noun,
poisoning caused by sensitivity to or overuse of iodine or its compounds.
- amebic
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or resembling an ameba.
- audio-
-
- Tobias
-
noun,
the son of Tobit.
- iodous
-
adjective,
containing iodine, especially in the trivalent state.
- modest
-
adjective,
having or showing a moderate or humble estimate of one's merits, importance, etc.; free from vanity, egotism, boastfulness, or great pretensions.
- amices
-
noun,
an oblong vestment, usually of white linen, worn about the neck and shoulders and partly under the alb.
- autism
-
noun,
Psychiatry. a pervasive developmental disorder of children, characterized by impaired communication, excessive rigidity, and emotional detachment: now considered one of the autism spectrum disorders.
- Aussie
-
noun,
an Australian.
- 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.
- amicus
-
noun,
a philanthropist.
- audits
-
noun,
an official examination and verification of accounts and records, especially of financial accounts.
- Mobius
-
noun,
August Ferdinand [ou-goo st fer-di-nahnt] /ˈaʊ gʊst ˈfɛr dɪˌnɑnt/ (Show IPA), 1790–1868, German mathematician.
- audios
-
noun,
Television.
the audio elements of television (distinguished from video).
the circuits in a receiver for reproducing sound.
the audio part of a television broadcast.
- biased
-
noun,
a particular tendency, trend, inclination, feeling, or opinion, especially one that is preconceived or unreasoned:
- acuity
-
noun,
sharpness; acuteness; keenness:
- 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.
- Metsys
-
noun,
Quentin [Flemish kven-tin;; English kwen-tn] /Flemish ˈkvɛn tɪn;; English ˈkwɛn tn/ (Show IPA), Massys, Quentin.
- estocs
-
noun,
a thrusting sword of the 13th–17th centuries having a long, narrow blade of rectangular section.
- 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.
- ubiety
-
noun,
the property of having a definite location at any given time; state of existing and being localized in space.
- Musset
-
noun,
(Louis Charles) Alfred de [lwee sharl al-fred duh] /lwi ʃarl alˈfrɛd də/ (Show IPA), 1810–57, French poet, dramatist, and novelist.
- Steady
-
noun,
Informal. a person of the opposite sex whom one dates exclusively; sweetheart; boyfriend or girlfriend.
- musics
-
noun,
an art of sound in time that expresses ideas and emotions in significant forms through the elements of rhythm, melody, harmony, and color.
- me-too
-
adjective,
Slang. characterized by or involving me-tooism:
- boites
-
noun,
a nightclub; cabaret.
- abysms
-
noun,
an abyss.
- myasis
-
noun,
myiasis.
- boosts
-
noun,
an upward shove or raise; lift.
- ibidem
-
adverb,
in the same book, chapter, page, etc.
- muscid
-
noun,
any muscid fly.
- steamy
-
adjective,
consisting of or resembling steam.
- steams
-
noun,
water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor.
- Tumbes
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Peru.
- bodies
-
noun,
the physical structure and material substance of an animal or plant, living or dead.
- 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.
- Muscat
-
noun,
a variety of grape having a pronounced sweet aroma and flavor, used for making wine and raisins.
- boasts
-
noun,
a thing boasted of; a cause for pride:
- McAdoo
-
noun,
William Gibbs, 1863–1941, U.S. lawyer and statesman: Secretary of the Treasury 1913–18.
- U-boat
-
noun,
a German submarine.
- booted
-
noun,
a covering of leather, rubber, or the like, for the foot and all or part of the leg.
- Tumaco
-
noun,
a seaport in SW Colombia.
- Stacey
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- embays
-
verb (used with object),
to enclose in or as if in a bay; surround or envelop.
- embiid
-
noun,
web spinner.
- embody
-
verb (used with object),
to give a concrete form to; express, personify, or exemplify in concrete form:
- emboss
-
verb (used with object),
to raise or represent (surface designs) in relief.
- Uticas
-
noun,
an ancient city on the N coast of Africa, NW of Carthage.
- soused
-
noun,
an act of sousing.
- obduce
-
verb (imperative),
(in prescriptions) cover; conceal; coat.
- Medusa
-
noun,
a saucer-shaped or dome-shaped, free-swimming jellyfish or hydra.
- medius
-
noun,
the middle finger.
- bouses
-
noun,
liquor or drink.
- Medit.
-
- Bootes
-
noun,
the Herdsman, a northern constellation between Ursa Major and Serpens, containing the bright star Arcturus.
- Medici
-
noun,
Catherine de', Catherine de Médicis.
- Escaut
-
noun,
French name of Scheldt.
- stades
-
noun,
a period of time represented by a glacial deposit.
- medias
-
noun,
a plural of medium.
- escudo
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Cape Verde, equal to 100 centavos.
- bosomy
-
adjective,
(of a woman) having a large or prominent bosom.
- Deimos
-
noun,
an ancient Greek personification of terror, a son of Ares and Aphrodite.
- meatus
-
noun,
an opening or foramen, especially in a bone or bony structure, as the opening of the ear or nose.
- abduce
-
verb (used with object),
to draw or take away; abduct.
- bootie
-
noun,
Also, bootee. a usually soft, sometimes disposable sock or bootlike covering for the foot or shoe, as for informal wear, warmth, or protection:
- abduct
-
verb (used with object),
to carry off or lead away (a person) illegally and in secret or by force, especially to kidnap.
- mudcat
-
noun,
flathead catfish.
- steads
-
noun,
the place of a person or thing as occupied by a successor or substitute:
- 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.
- acetum
-
noun,
a preparation having vinegar or dilute acetic acid as the solvent.
- biotic
-
adjective,
pertaining to life.
- iambus
-
noun,
iamb.
- Matsys
-
noun,
Quentin, Massys, Quentin.
- bidets
-
noun,
a low, basinlike bathroom fixture, usually with spigots, used for bathing the genital and perineal areas.
- stoics
-
noun,
a member or adherent of the Stoic school of philosophy.
- Ibycus
-
noun,
flourished c540 b.c, Greek poet.
- Bissau
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Guinea-Bissau, in the W part.
- biotas
-
noun,
the animals, plants, fungi, etc., of a region or period.
- I-beam
-
noun,
a rolled or extruded metal beam having a cross section resembling an I.
Compare H-beam.
- iambic
-
noun,
Prosody.
an iamb.
Usually, iambics. a verse or poem consisting of iambs.
- tuboid
-
adjective,
having or approximating a tubular form.
- aceous
-
- 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.
- Biscay
-
noun,
Bay of, a bay of the Atlantic between W France and N Spain.
- mateys
-
noun,
comrade; chum; buddy.
- mucoid
-
noun,
Biochemistry. any of a group of substances resembling the mucins, occurring in connective tissue, cysts, etc.
- 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.
- biosis
-
- aceto-
-
- 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.
- mucosa
-
noun,
mucous membrane.
- acious
-
- masto-
-
- stimes
-
noun,
the smallest bit; a drop, taste, or glimpse.
- 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.
- demit
-
noun,
Also, dimit. (especially in Freemasonry) a written certification of honorable withdrawal or resignation, as from membership.
- mayos
-
noun,
mayonnaise.
- matey
-
noun,
comrade; chum; buddy.
- Medic
-
noun,
a member of a military medical corps; corpsman.
- demo-
-
- demob
-
noun,
demobilization.
- Dyaus
-
noun,
the Vedic god of the sky.
- disc.
-
- Deity
-
noun,
a god or goddess.
- demi-
-
- mysid
-
noun,
any member of the malacostracan order Mysidacea, the opossum shrimps, especially of the genus Mysis.
- Dibai
-
noun,
Dubai.
- misos
-
noun,
a fermented seasoning paste of soybeans, often with rice or barley added, used to flavor soups and sauces.
- saice
-
noun,
syce.
- 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.
- deist
-
noun,
a person who believes in deism.
- miso-
-
- 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.
- Mysia
-
noun,
an ancient country in NW Asia Minor.
- misdo
-
verb (used with object),
to do badly or wrongly; botch.
- mises
-
noun,
a settlement or agreement.
- mast-
-
- messy
-
adjective,
characterized by a dirty, untidy, or disordered condition:
- Yumas
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of Arizona.
- meta-
-
- Sadoc
-
noun,
Zadok.
- Medoc
-
noun,
a wine-growing region in Gironde, in SW France.
- massy
-
adjective,
massive.
- masse
-
noun,
a stroke made by hitting the cue ball with the cue held almost or quite perpendicular to the table.
- meaty
-
adjective,
of or like meat.
- Media
-
noun,
a plural of medium.
- maybe
-
noun,
a possibility or uncertainty.
- mayst
-
verb,
2nd person singular present indicative of may1 .
- sadis
-
noun,
sadhe.
- saids
-
noun,
sayyid.
- Matsu
-
noun,
a pine, Pinus massoniana, of China, yielding a wood used in furniture-making, the construction of houses, etc.
- Midis
-
noun,
a skirt, dress, or coat, of mid-calf length.
- maist
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
most.
- mauds
-
noun,
a gray woolen plaid worn by shepherds and others in S Scotland.
- Deut.
-
- diets
-
noun,
food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health:
- Miass
-
noun,
a city in the S Russian Federation in Asia, near the Ural Mountains, W of Chelyabinsk.
- maids
-
noun,
a female servant.
- Sadie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Sara or Sarah.
- diam.
-
- Maidu
-
noun,
a member of a tribe of North American Indians of northeastern California.
- Mboya
-
noun,
Tom (Thomas Joseph Mboya) 1930–69, African political leader in Kenya.
- 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.
- maces
-
noun,
a clublike armor-breaking weapon of war, often with a flanged or spiked metal head, used chiefly in the Middle Ages.
- dicey
-
adjective,
unpredictable; risky; uncertain.
- misc.
-
- dices
-
Idioms,
no dice, Informal. of no use or help; ineffective.
- misce
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) mix.
- MIDAS
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a Phrygian king, son of Gordius, who was given by Dionysus the power of turning whatever he touched into gold.
- 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.
- Demos
-
noun,
the common people of an ancient Greek state.
- metic
-
noun,
an alien resident of an ancient Greek city who paid a tax for the right to live there.
- Meads
-
noun,
an alcoholic liquor made by fermenting honey and water.
- myco-
-
- dicot
-
noun,
a dicotyledon.
- Metis
-
noun,
any person of mixed ancestry.
- desc.
-
- dict.
-
- dicta
-
noun,
a plural of dictum.
- 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.
- masc.
-
- obeys
-
verb (used with object),
to comply with or follow the commands, restrictions, wishes, or instructions of:
- Otomi
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of south-central Mexico.
- Miss.
-
- muco-
-
- iasis
-
noun,
Romanian name of Jassy.
- Yamis
-
noun,
a member of an Indonesian people of Hungtow Island, off the southeastern coast of Taiwan.
- Dusty
-
adjective,
filled, covered, or clouded with or as with dust.
- dusts
-
noun,
earth or other matter in fine, dry particles.
- Omuta
-
noun,
a seaport on W Kyushu, in SW Japan.
- mucid
-
adjective,
moldy; musty.
- omits
-
verb (used with object),
to leave out; fail to include or mention:
- duomo
-
noun,
cathedral, especially in Italy.
- oidia
-
noun,
one of the conidia that are borne in chains by certain fungi.
- oidea
-
- Musca
-
noun,
the Fly, a small southern constellation between Crux and Chamaeleon.
- oecus
-
noun,
(in an ancient Roman house) an apartment, especially a dining room, decorated with columns.
- odium
-
noun,
intense hatred or dislike, especially toward a person or thing regarded as contemptible, despicable, or repugnant.
- easts
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- IATSE
-
- Yauco
-
noun,
a city in SW Puerto Rico.
- Odets
-
noun,
Clifford, 1906–63, U.S. dramatist.
- ducts
-
noun,
any tube, canal, pipe, or conduit by which a fluid, air, or other substance is conducted or conveyed.
- ducat
-
noun,
any of various gold coins formerly issued in various parts of Europe, especially that first issued in Venice in 1284.
Compare sequin (def 2).
- ictus
-
noun,
Prosody. rhythmical or metrical stress.
- moues
-
noun,
a pouting grimace.
- MOUSE
-
noun,
any of numerous small Old World rodents of the family Muridae, especially of the genus Mus, introduced widely in other parts of the world.
- duces
-
noun,
a leader or dictator.
- osmic
-
adjective,
of or containing osmium in its higher valences, especially the tetravalent state.
- mousy
-
adjective,
resembling or suggesting a mouse, as in color or odor.
- yauds
-
noun,
a mare, especially an old, worn-out one.
- duets
-
noun,
a musical composition for two voices or instruments.
- ootid
-
noun,
the cell that results from the meiotic divisions of an oocyte and matures into an ovum.
- duits
-
noun,
doit (def 1).
- ibid.
-
- Dumas
-
noun,
Alexandre [a-lek-sahn-druh] /a lɛkˈsɑ̃ drə/ (Show IPA), ("Dumas père") 1802–70, and his son, Alexandre, (“Dumas fils”), 1824–95, French dramatists and novelists.
- MSBus
-
- odeum
-
noun,
a hall, theater, or other structure for musical or dramatic performances.
- etuis
-
noun,
a small, often decorative case, especially one for needles, toilet articles, or the like.
- MOTOS
-
- educ.
-
- oases
-
noun,
a small fertile or green area in a desert region, usually having a spring or well.
- oasis
-
noun,
a small fertile or green area in a desert region, usually having a spring or well.
- oasts
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- Oates
-
noun,
Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- obits
-
noun,
Informal. an obituary.
- Obad.
-
- obdt.
-
- edit.
-
- emits
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- educt
-
noun,
something educed; eduction.
- obiit
-
- Obeid
-
noun,
El Obeid.
- embus
-
verb (used with or without object),
to get or put on a bus.
- eidos
-
noun,
the formal content of a culture, encompassing its system of ideas, criteria for interpreting experience, etc.
- edits
-
noun,
an instance of or the work of editing:
- edict
-
noun,
a decree issued by a sovereign or other authority. Synonyms: dictum, pronouncement.
- music
-
noun,
an art of sound in time that expresses ideas and emotions in significant forms through the elements of rhythm, melody, harmony, and color.
- estab
-
- octo-
-
- mussy
-
adjective,
untidy, messy, or rumpled.
- musty
-
noun,
(formerly) a kind of snuff having a musty flavor.
- octad
-
noun,
a group or series of eight.
- octa-
-
- estoc
-
noun,
a thrusting sword of the 13th–17th centuries having a long, narrow blade of rectangular section.
- musts
-
noun,
something necessary, vital, or required:
- Obote
-
noun,
(Apollo) Milton, 1924–2005, Ugandan political leader: president 1966–71 and 1980–85.
- ectad
-
adverb,
outward.
- ecto-
-
- Ecua.
-
- Obuda
-
noun,
See under Budapest.
- essay
-
noun,
a short literary composition on a particular theme or subject, usually in prose and generally analytic, speculative, or interpretative.
- muted
-
noun,
Offensive. a person incapable of speech.
- mutes
-
noun,
Offensive. a person incapable of speech.
- osmo-
-
- motes
-
noun,
a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
- disme
-
noun,
a former coin of the U.S., equal to 10 cents, issued in 1792: early form of the dime.
- iodic
-
adjective,
containing iodine, especially in the pentavalent state.
- modes
-
noun,
a manner of acting or doing; method; way:
- doats
-
verb (used without object),
dote.
- iodo-
-
- ousts
-
verb (used with object),
to expel or remove from a place or position occupied:
- Dobie
-
noun,
Chiefly Southwestern U.S. adobe.
- Ouida
-
noun,
pen name of Louise de la Ramée.
- Modoc
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people belonging to the Lutuamian group and ranging from southern Oregon to northern California.
- youse
-
pronoun,
you (usually used in addressing two or more people).
- embay
-
verb (used with object),
to enclose in or as if in a bay; surround or envelop.
- doest
-
noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- 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.
- doits
-
noun,
Also, duit. an old small copper coin of the Netherlands and Dutch colonies, first issued in the 17th century.
- imit.
-
- imido
-
adjective,
containing the imido group.
- iotas
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- outdo
-
verb (used with object),
to surpass in execution or performance:
- imide
-
noun,
a compound derived from ammonia by replacement of two hydrogen atoms by acidic groups, characterized by the =NH group.
- istic
-
- Missa
-
noun,
Mass.
- Missy
-
noun,
young miss; girl.
- dist.
-
- Misti
-
noun,
El Misti.
- disty
-
- Misty
-
adjective,
abounding in or clouded by mist.
- dites
-
noun,
a bit (usually used in negative constructions):
- isbas
-
noun,
izba.
- issue
-
noun,
the act of sending out or putting forth; promulgation; distribution:
- ditsy
-
adjective,
flighty and easily confused; mildly or harmlessly eccentric.
- Issei
-
noun,
a Japanese person who immigrated to the U.S. or Canada after 1907 and was not eligible until 1952 for citizenship.
- 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.
- Isiac
-
adjective,
of or relating to Isis or the worship of Isis.
- 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.
- 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.
- dooms
-
noun,
fate or destiny, especially adverse fate; unavoidable ill fortune:
- mosts
-
noun,
the greatest quantity, amount, or degree; the utmost:
- ossia
-
conjunction,
(indicating an alternative, usually easier, version of a passage in a musical score) or; or else.
- douse
-
noun,
British Dialect. a stroke or blow.
- Moses
-
noun,
the Hebrew prophet who led the Israelites out of Egypt and delivered the Law during their years of wandering in the wilderness.
- idium
-
- oste-
-
- idiot
-
noun,
Informal. an utterly foolish or senseless person:
- 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.
- idio-
-
- Mosby
-
noun,
John Singleton [sing-guh l-tuh n] /ˈsɪŋ gəl tən/ (Show IPA), 1833–1916, Confederate cavalry colonel.
- Mossi
-
noun,
an agricultural people of Africa living mainly in Burkina Faso.
- ideo-
-
- Osset
-
noun,
a member of an Aryan people of Ossetia whose religion combines features of Islam and Christianity.
- mossy
-
adjective,
overgrown with or abounding in moss:
- Dubai
-
noun,
an emirate in the NE United Arab Emirates, on the Persian Gulf.
- mosso
-
adjective,
rapid; fast.
- mosey
-
verb (used without object),
to wander or shuffle about leisurely; stroll; saunter (often followed by along, about, etc.).
- 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.
- moist
-
adjective,
moderately or slightly wet; damp.
- Moody
-
noun,
Dwight Lyman [lahy-muh n] /ˈlaɪ mən/ (Show IPA), 1837–99, U.S. evangelist.
- imbue
-
verb (used with object),
to impregnate or inspire, as with feelings, opinions, etc.:
- doses
-
noun,
a quantity of medicine prescribed to be taken at one time.
- Ostia
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, SW of Rome: ruins from 4th century b.c.; site of ancient port of Rome.
- imbed
-
verb (used with object),
embed.
- moity
-
adjective,
full of moits.
- dotes
-
noun,
decay of wood.
- yetis
-
noun,
Abominable Snowman.
- douma
-
noun,
duma.
- Douai
-
noun,
a city in N France, SE of Calais.
- moose
-
noun,
a large, long-headed mammal, Alces alces, of the deer family, having circumpolar distribution in the Northern Hemisphere, the male of which has enormous palmate antlers.
- Doubs
-
noun,
a river in E France, flowing into the Saône River. About 260 miles (420 km) long.
- moots
-
noun,
an assembly of the people in early England exercising political, administrative, and judicial powers.
- doubt
-
noun,
a feeling of uncertainty about the truth, reality, or nature of something.
- Yeats
-
noun,
William Butler, 1865–1939, Irish poet, dramatist, and essayist: Nobel prize 1923.
- douce
-
adjective,
sedate; modest; quiet.
- 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).
- scuta
-
noun,
plural of scutum.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- Biota
-
noun,
the animals, plants, fungi, etc., of a region or period.
- study
-
noun,
application of the mind to the acquisition of knowledge, as by reading, investigation, or reflection:
- bices
-
noun,
either of two colors, bice blue or bice green.
- stood
-
noun,
the act of standing; an assuming of or a remaining in an upright position.
- bides
-
Idioms,
bide one's time, to wait for a favorable opportunity:
- bidet
-
noun,
a low, basinlike bathroom fixture, usually with spigots, used for bathing the genital and perineal areas.
- stomy
-
- stome
-
- 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.
- 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.
- bisso
-
noun,
bis2 .
- betas
-
noun,
the second letter of the Greek alphabet (β, B).
- Stoic
-
noun,
a member or adherent of the Stoic school of philosophy.
- bites
-
noun,
an act of biting.
- Bytom
-
noun,
a city in S Poland.
- bitsy
-
adjective,
tiny; itty-bitty.
- stobs
-
noun,
a post, stump, or stake.
- stoas
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- stimy
-
noun,
stymie.
- stime
-
noun,
the smallest bit; a drop, taste, or glimpse.
- boast
-
noun,
a thing boasted of; a cause for pride:
- sties
-
noun,
a pen or enclosure for swine; pigpen.
- Betsy
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- stums
-
noun,
unfermented or partly fermented grape juice.
- bodes
-
verb,
a simple past tense of bide.
- subst
-
- basis
-
noun,
the bottom or base of anything; the part on which something stands or rests.
- Basso
-
noun,
a person who sings bass; a bass.
- suets
-
noun,
the hard fatty tissue about the loins and kidneys of beef, sheep, etc., used in cooking or processed to yield tallow.
- baste
-
noun,
liquid used to moisten and flavor food during cooking:
- basts
-
noun,
Botany. phloem.
- Bates
-
noun,
Katherine Lee, 1859–1929, U.S. educator and author.
- sudsy
-
adjective,
consisting of, containing, or producing foamy lather.
- bauds
-
noun,
a unit used to measure the speed of signaling or data transfer, equal to the number of pulses or bits per second:
- Baume
-
noun,
Antoine, 1728–1804, French chemist and inventor.
- beady
-
adjective,
beadlike; small, globular, and glittering:
- bests
-
noun,
something or someone that is best:
- 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.
- beamy
-
adjective,
emitting beams of or as of light; radiant.
- 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.
- beast
-
noun,
any nonhuman animal, especially a large, four-footed mammal.
- beats
-
noun,
a stroke or blow.
- beaut
-
noun,
(often used ironically) something or someone beautiful, remarkable, or amazing.
- bedim
-
verb (used with object),
to make dim; darken; obscure.
- bemas
-
noun,
Eastern Church. the enclosed space surrounding the altar; the sanctuary or chancel.
- besom
-
noun,
a broom, especially one of brush or twigs.
- besot
-
verb (used with object),
to intoxicate or stupefy with drink.
- boats
-
noun,
a vessel for transport by water, constructed to provide buoyancy by excluding water and shaped to give stability and permit propulsion.
- steam
-
noun,
water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor.
- BASIC
-
noun,
Military.
basic training.
a soldier or airman receiving basic training.
- Sodom
-
noun,
an ancient city destroyed, with Gomorrah, because of its wickedness. Gen. 18–19.
- soots
-
noun,
a black, carbonaceous substance produced during incomplete combustion of coal, wood, oil, etc., rising in fine particles and adhering to the sides of the chimney or pipe conveying the smoke: also conveyed in the atmosphere to other locations.
- sooty
-
adjective,
covered, blackened, or smirched with soot.
- BSMet
-
- sooey
-
interjection,
(a shout used in calling pigs.)
- somas
-
noun,
the body of an organism as contrasted with its germ cells.
- buoys
-
noun,
Nautical. a distinctively shaped and marked float, sometimes carrying a signal or signals, anchored to mark a channel, anchorage, navigational hazard, etc., or to provide a mooring place away from the shore.
- buses
-
noun,
a large motor vehicle, having a long body, equipped with seats or benches for passengers, usually operating as part of a scheduled service; omnibus.
- busty
-
adjective,
having a large bust; bosomy.
- busts
-
noun,
a sculptured, painted, drawn, or engraved representation of the upper part of the human figure, especially a portrait sculpture showing only the head and shoulders of the subject.
- Buteo
-
noun,
any of several buzzards or hawks of the genus Buteo.
- 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.
- Butes
-
noun,
phenylbutazone.
- sodic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or containing sodium:
- sodas
-
noun,
sodium hydroxide.
- Smuts
-
noun,
Jan Christiaan [Dutch yahn kris-tee-ahn] /Dutch yɑn ˈkrɪs tiˌɑn/ (Show IPA), 1870–1950, South African statesman and general: prime minister 1919–24, 1939–48.
- smote
-
verb,
a simple past tense of smite.
- 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.
- smite
-
Idioms,
smite hip and thigh. hip1 (def 9).
- 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.
- so-so
-
adverb,
in an indifferent or passable manner; indifferently; tolerably.
- Sousa
-
noun,
John Philip, 1854–1932, U.S. band conductor and composer.
- Boyds
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Gaelic word meaning “light.”.
- booty
-
noun,
spoil taken from an enemy in war; plunder; pillage.
- boyos
-
noun,
boy; lad.
- 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.
- Boito
-
noun,
Arrigo [uh-ree-goh;; Italian ahr-ree-gaw] /əˈri goʊ;; Italian ɑrˈri gɔ/ (Show IPA), 1842–1918, Italian opera composer, poet, and novelist.
- Stead
-
noun,
the place of a person or thing as occupied by a successor or substitute:
- boomy
-
adjective,
excessively resonant:
- booms
-
noun,
a deep, prolonged, resonant sound.
- stays
-
noun,
the act of stopping or being stopped.
- boost
-
noun,
an upward shove or raise; lift.
- staid
-
noun,
the act of stopping or being stopped.
- Boots
-
noun,
a servant, as at a hotel, who blacks or polishes shoes and boots.
- souse
-
noun,
an act of sousing.
- bosom
-
noun,
the breast of a human being.
- bossy
-
noun,
a familiar name for a cow or calf.
- stade
-
noun,
a period of time represented by a glacial deposit.
- 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).
- Stacy
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- Botes
-
noun,
compensation, such as for injury to person or honor.
- Bouse
-
noun,
liquor or drink.
- bousy
-
adjective,
intoxicated; drunk; boozy.
- stabs
-
noun,
the act of stabbing.
- BSCom
-
- Basie
-
noun,
William ("Count") 1904–84, U.S. jazz pianist, bandleader, and composer.
- bases
-
noun,
plural of basis.
- cadis
-
noun,
qadi.
- adsum
-
interjection,
I am present.
- tsadi
-
noun,
sadhe.
- acute
-
noun,
the acute accent.
- touse
-
noun,
a commotion; rumpus.
- adieu
-
noun,
the act of leaving or departing; farewell.
- adios
-
interjection,
goodbye; farewell.
- Tosca
-
noun,
an opera (1900) by Giacomo Puccini.
- adits
-
noun,
an entrance or a passage.
- admit
-
verb (used with object),
to allow to enter; grant or afford entrance to:
- adobe
-
noun,
sun-dried brick made of clay and straw, in common use in countries having little rainfall.
- adust
-
adjective,
dried or darkened as by heat.
- 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.
- tomia
-
noun,
the cutting edge of a bird's bill.
- tomes
-
noun,
a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
- Aides
-
noun,
nurse's aide.
- Aidos
-
noun,
the ancient Greek personification of modesty, respect, and shame.
- 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.
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- ayous
-
noun,
the wood of the obeche.
- to-do
-
noun,
bustle; fuss:
- ambi-
-
- ambit
-
noun,
circumference; circuit.
- actos
-
- tubas
-
noun,
Music.
a valved, brass wind instrument having a low range.
an organ reed stop of large scale with tones of exceptional power.
an ancient Roman trumpet.
- today
-
noun,
this present day:
- Abyss
-
noun,
a deep, immeasurable space, gulf, or cavity; vast chasm.
- 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
-
- Utica
-
noun,
an ancient city on the N coast of Africa, NW of Carthage.
- USSCt
-
- abdom
-
- umbos
-
noun,
a boss on a shield, as one at the center of a circular shield.
- 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.
- tumid
-
adjective,
swollen, or affected with swelling, as a part of the body.
- acmes
-
noun,
the highest point; summit; peak:
- abode
-
noun,
a place in which a person resides; residence; dwelling; habitation; home.
- about
-
adverb,
near in time, number, degree, etc.; approximately:
- abuse
-
noun,
wrong or improper use; misuse:
- abuts
-
verb (used with object),
to be adjacent to; border on; end at.
- acet-
-
- tubi-
-
- acidy
-
adjective,
of the nature of or resembling acid; sharp; sour:
- 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.
- tubes
-
noun,
a hollow, usually cylindrical body of metal, glass, rubber, or other material, used especially for conveying or containing liquids or gases.
- acity
-
- 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.
- AMEDS
-
- suite
-
noun,
a number of things forming a series or set.
- taces
-
noun,
tasset.
- Tasso
-
noun,
Torquato [tawr-kwah-taw] /tɔrˈkwɑ tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1544–95, Italian poet.
- Audie
-
noun,
a female or male given name.
- audit
-
noun,
an official examination and verification of accounts and records, especially of financial accounts.
- Aust.
-
- auto.
-
- Tamis
-
noun,
a worsted cloth mesh constructed in open weave and having a corded face, used as a sieve or strainer.
- tames
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- tambo
-
noun,
Mr. Tambo.
- tacos
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- taboo
-
noun,
a prohibition or interdiction of anything; exclusion from use or practice:
Synonyms: ban, proscription, embargo, interdiction; no-no.
- atmo-
-
- 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.
- tabes
-
noun,
a gradually progressive emaciation.
- Susie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Susanna or Susannah.
- bact.
-
- Suomi
-
noun,
Finnish name of Finland.
- sumos
-
noun,
a form of wrestling in Japan in which a contestant wins by forcing his opponent out of the ring or by causing him to touch the ground with any part of his body other than the soles of his feet, contestants usually being men of great height and weight.
- bayou
-
noun,
a marshy arm, inlet, or outlet of a lake, river, etc., usually sluggish or stagnant.
- Sumba
-
noun,
one of the Lesser Sunda Islands, in Indonesia, S of Flores. 4306 sq. mi. (11,153 sq. km).
- Sumac
-
noun,
any of several shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Rhus of the cashew family, having milky sap, compound leaves, and small, fleshy fruit.
- baits
-
noun,
food, or some substitute, used as a lure in fishing, trapping, etc.
- atomy
-
noun,
an atom; mote.
- teams
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- Tobey
-
noun,
Mark, 1890–1976, U.S. painter.
- 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.
- to-be
-
adjective,
future; soon to be the thing specified (usually used in combination):
- 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.
- toady
-
noun,
an obsequious flatterer; sycophant.
- tious
-
- amuse
-
verb (used with object),
to hold the attention of (someone) pleasantly; entertain or divert in an enjoyable or cheerful manner:
- timid
-
adjective,
lacking in self-assurance, courage, or bravery; easily alarmed; timorous; shy.
- ASCII
-
noun,
a standard code, consisting of 128 7-bit combinations, for characters stored in a computer or to be transmitted between computers.
- 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.
- 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.
- Ascus
-
noun,
the sac in ascomycetes in which the sexual spores are formed.
- ASDIC
-
noun,
sonar.
- aside
-
noun,
a part of an actor's lines supposedly not heard by others on the stage and intended only for the audience.
- Asyut
-
noun,
a city in central Egypt, on the Nile.
- 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.
- 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.
- asset
-
noun,
a useful and desirable thing or quality:
- asst.
-
- situs
-
noun,
position; situation.
- boite
-
noun,
a nightclub; cabaret.
- mesic
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or adapted to an environment having a balanced supply of moisture.
- coomb
-
noun,
combe.
- Combe
-
noun,
a narrow valley or deep hollow, especially one enclosed on all but one side.
- combo
-
noun,
Informal.
a small jazz or dance band. Compare big band.
combination (defs 2–4).
- 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.
- comes
-
noun,
Astronomy. companion1 (def 6).
- 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.
- scuts
-
noun,
a short tail, especially that of a hare, rabbit, or deer.
- Comus
-
noun,
an ancient Greek and Roman god of drinking and revelry.
- cooey
-
noun,
cooee.
- scute
-
noun,
a dermal bony plate, as on an armadillo, or a large horny plate, as on a turtle.
- meso-
-
- COMAS
-
noun,
a state of prolonged unconsciousness, including a lack of response to stimuli, from which it is impossible to rouse a person.
- cooty
-
noun,
cootie1 .
- coots
-
noun,
any aquatic bird of the genus Fulica, as F. americana, of North America, and F. atra, of the Old World, characterized by lobate toes and short wings and tail.
- scums
-
noun,
a film or layer of foul or extraneous matter that forms on the surface of a liquid.
- Cosby
-
noun,
William Henry (Bill) born 1937, U.S. comedian and actor.
- 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.
- scuds
-
noun,
the act of scudding.
- scudo
-
noun,
any of various gold or silver coins, of various Italian states, issued from the late 16th through the early 19th centuries.
- Costa
-
noun,
a rib or riblike part.
- costs
-
noun,
the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
- comb.
-
- seamy
-
adjective,
unpleasant or sordid; low; disagreeable:
- cotes
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- coast
-
noun,
the land next to the sea; seashore:
- cyst-
-
- cists
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- cysts
-
noun,
Pathology. a closed, bladderlike sac formed in animal tissues, containing fluid or semifluid matter.
- Sedum
-
noun,
any fleshy plant belonging to the genus Sedum, of the stonecrop family, usually having small, overlapping leaves and yellow, white, or pink flowers.
- cites
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- cyto-
-
- sect.
-
- secos
-
noun,
sekos.
- Coamo
-
noun,
a city in S central Puerto Rico.
- 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.
- seams
-
noun,
the line formed by sewing together pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.
- Coats
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- 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.
- sebum
-
noun,
the fatty secretion of the sebaceous glands.
- codas
-
noun,
Music. a more or less independent passage, at the end of a composition, introduced to bring it to a satisfactory close.
- 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:
- sebi-
-
- 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.
- 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.
- coeds
-
noun,
Older Use. a female student in a coeducational institution, especially in a college or university.
- SCUBA
-
noun,
a portable breathing device for free-swimming divers, consisting of a mouthpiece joined by hoses to one or two tanks of compressed air that are strapped on the back.
- Cousy
-
noun,
Robert Joseph ("Bob") born 1928, U.S. basketball player.
- Cissy
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cecilia.
- dauts
-
verb (used with object),
to caress.
- satis
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- dates
-
noun,
a particular month, day, and year at which some event happened or will happen:
- 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.
- datos
-
noun,
(in the Philippines) a native chief.
- datum
-
noun,
a single piece of information, as a fact, statistic, or code; an item of data.
- 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.
- daube
-
noun,
a stew of braised meat, vegetables, herbs, and seasonings.
- daubs
-
noun,
material, especially of an inferior kind, for daubing walls.
- SAMOS
-
noun,
a Greek island in the E Aegean. 194 sq. mi. (502 sq. km).
- sauce
-
noun,
any preparation, usually liquid or semiliquid, eaten as a gravy or as a relish accompanying food.
- debit
-
noun,
the recording or an entry of debt in an account.
- debus
-
verb (used with or without object),
to get out of a bus; alight from a bus.
- debut
-
noun,
a first public appearance on a stage, on television, etc.
- deca-
-
- Decay
-
noun,
decomposition; rot:
- deci-
-
- decoy
-
noun,
a person who entices or lures another person or thing, as into danger, a trap, or the like.
- decos
-
noun,
art deco.
- Sambo
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a black person, especially a male.
- 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.
- 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.
- Scout
-
noun,
a soldier, warship, airplane, etc., employed in reconnoitering.
- scat-
-
- SCOTS
-
noun,
Also called Scottish. the English language as spoken in Scotland.
Compare Scots Gaelic.
- cubas
-
noun,
a republic in the Caribbean, S of Florida: largest island in the West Indies. 44,218 sq. mi. (114,525 sq. km). Capital: Havana.
- cubes
-
noun,
a solid bounded by six equal squares, the angle between any two adjacent faces being a right angle.
- cubit
-
noun,
an ancient linear unit based on the length of the forearm, from elbow to the tip of the middle finger, usually from 17 to 21 inches (43 to 53 cm).
- Scot.
-
- scoot
-
noun,
a swift, darting movement or course.
- sceat
-
noun,
a silver Anglo-Saxon coin of the 7th and 8th centuries, sometimes including an amount of gold.
- Cumae
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Italy, on the coast of Campania: believed to be the earliest Greek colony in Italy or in Sicily.
- scats
-
noun,
scat singing.
- cutey
-
noun,
cutie.
- Saucy
-
adjective,
impertinent; insolent:
- cutes
-
noun,
the cutes, Informal. self-consciously cute mannerisms or appeal; affected coyness:
- cutie
-
noun,
Informal. a charmingly attractive or cute person, especially a girl or a young woman (often used as a form of address):
- cutis
-
noun,
the true skin, consisting of the dermis and the epidermis.
- scams
-
noun,
a confidence game or other fraudulent scheme, especially for making a quick profit; swindle.
- scads
-
noun,
any carangid fish of the genus Decapterus, inhabiting tropical and subtropical shore waters.
- scabs
-
noun,
the incrustation that forms over a sore or wound during healing.
- saute
-
noun,
a dish of sautéed food.
- Saudi
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Saudi Arabia.
- daces
-
noun,
a small, freshwater cyprinoid fish, Leuciscus leuciscus, of Europe, having a stout, fusiform body.
- seism
-
noun,
an earthquake.
- Comte
-
noun,
count2 .
- cymes
-
noun,
an inflorescence in which the primary axis bears a single central or terminal flower that blooms first.
- cedis
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Ghana, equal to 100 pesewas.
- Cetus
-
noun,
the Whale, a constellation lying above the equator, containing the variable star Mira.
- Sibiu
-
noun,
a city in central Romania.
- Camb.
-
- Cesti
-
noun,
Marcantonio [mahr-kahn-taw-nyaw] /ˌmɑr kɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1623–69, Italian composer.
- 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.
- 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.
- cames
-
noun,
a slender, grooved bar of lead for holding together the pieces of glass in windows of latticework or stained glass.
- 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.
- Sices
-
noun,
syce.
- Ceiba
-
noun,
the silk-cotton tree, Ceiba pentandra.
- syces
-
noun,
(in India) a groom; stable attendant.
- Caius
-
noun,
Saint, died a.d. 296, pope 283–296.
- camis
-
noun,
camisole (def 1).
- sides
-
noun,
one of the surfaces forming the outside of or bounding a thing, or one of the lines bounding a geometric figure.
- Camus
-
noun,
Albert [al-ber] /alˈbɛr/ (Show IPA), 1913–60, French novelist, short-story writer, playwright, and essayist: Nobel Prize 1957.
- syst.
-
- Casey
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “brave.”.
- cases
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- cause
-
noun,
a person or thing that acts, happens, or exists in such a way that some specific thing happens as a result; the producer of an effect:
- 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.
- 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.
- caus.
-
- Ceuta
-
noun,
a seaport and enclave of Spain in N Morocco, on the Strait of Gibraltar.
- Cates
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- semi-
-
- seti-
-
- semis
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, the half part of an as.
- caids
-
noun,
(in North Africa) a Muslim tribal chief, judge, or senior official.
- Cayes
-
noun,
Les. Les Cayes.
- 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.
- sites
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- sito-
-
- TODS
-
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- USSB
-
- USTC
-
- toed
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- SCAD
-
noun,
any carangid fish of the genus Decapterus, inhabiting tropical and subtropical shore waters.
- toey
-
adjective,
touchy or restive; apprehensive; fractious.
- toys
-
noun,
an object, often a small representation of something familiar, as an animal or person, for children or others to play with; plaything.
- umbo
-
noun,
a boss on a shield, as one at the center of a circular shield.
- scab
-
noun,
the incrustation that forms over a sore or wound during healing.
- MYOB
-
- myo-
-
- scam
-
noun,
a confidence game or other fraudulent scheme, especially for making a quick profit; swindle.
- tomb
-
noun,
an excavation in earth or rock for the burial of a corpse; grave.
- mids
-
noun,
Archaic. the middle.
- USMC
-
- SBIC
-
- obis
-
noun,
a long, broad sash tied about the waist over a Japanese kimono.
- MIDI
-
noun,
a skirt, dress, or coat, of mid-calf length.
- obit
-
noun,
Informal. an obituary.
- tome
-
noun,
a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
- soys
-
noun,
soy sauce.
- Utas
-
noun,
any of several iguanid lizards of the genus Uta, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico.
- 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.
- ScBE
-
- sots
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- 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.
- Saco
-
noun,
a city in SW Maine.
- Sacs
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- mise
-
noun,
a settlement or agreement.
- sci.
-
- 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.
- 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).
- Sims
-
noun,
William Sowden [soud-n] /ˈsaʊd n/ (Show IPA), 1858–1936, U.S. admiral, born in Canada.
- Sadi
-
noun,
sadhe.
- Tob.
-
- Soma
-
noun,
the body of an organism as contrasted with its germ cells.
- 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.
- met.
-
- Soot
-
noun,
a black, carbonaceous substance produced during incomplete combustion of coal, wood, oil, etc., rising in fine particles and adhering to the sides of the chimney or pipe conveying the smoke: also conveyed in the atmosphere to other locations.
- odic
-
adjective,
of an ode.
- Utes
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- some
-
adverb,
(used with numerals and with words expressing degree, extent, etc.) approximately; about:
- Toby
-
noun,
Also, Toby, Toby jug. a mug in the form of a stout old man wearing a three-cornered hat.
- 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.
- tomy
-
- mis-
-
- Saud
-
noun,
(Saud ibn Abdul-Aziz), 1901?–69, king of Saudi Arabia 1953–64 (son of ibn-Saud and brother of Faisal).
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- omit
-
verb (used with object),
to leave out; fail to include or mention:
- mibs
-
noun,
a playing marble, especially one that is not used as a shooter.
- SATB
-
- 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.
- smut
-
noun,
a particle of soot; sooty matter.
- Sat.
-
- tude
-
noun,
an arrogant attitude.
- SASE
-
- Tues
-
- myc-
-
- Sams
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Samuel.
- Mic.
-
- tuis
-
noun,
a black New Zealand honey eater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, having a patch of white feathers on each side of the throat, sometimes tamed as a pet.
- Sais
-
noun,
an ancient city in N Egypt, on the Nile delta: an ancient capital of Lower Egypt.
- OCDM
-
- SMSA
-
- Sami
-
noun,
Lapp.
- Umea
-
noun,
a city in NE Sweden, on the Gulf of Bothnia.
- Tums
-
verb (used with object),
to tease (wool) in the preliminary carding operation, or to open out the fibers prior to carding.
- 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.
- Oct.
-
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- same
-
Idioms,
all the same,
notwithstanding; nevertheless:
of no difference; immaterial:
- says
-
noun,
what a person says or has to say.
- ocas
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- Odus
-
- Oboe
-
noun,
a woodwind instrument having a slender conical, tubular body and a double-reed mouthpiece.
- used
-
noun,
the act of employing, using, or putting into service:
- udos
-
noun,
a plant, Aralia cordata, of the ginseng family, cultivated, especially in Japan and China, for its edible shoots.
- TOMS
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- 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.
- Mid.
-
- USMA
-
- USIS
-
- toom
-
adjective,
empty; vacant.
- 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.
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- USIA
-
- USES
-
noun,
the act of employing, using, or putting into service:
- USDA
-
- tube
-
noun,
a hollow, usually cylindrical body of metal, glass, rubber, or other material, used especially for conveying or containing liquids or gases.
- Sab.
-
- toss
-
noun,
an act or instance of tossing.
- USCA
-
- obs.
-
- MICE
-
noun,
plural of mouse.
- OECD
-
- said
-
noun,
sayyid.
- soda
-
noun,
sodium hydroxide.
- Tuba
-
noun,
Music.
a valved, brass wind instrument having a low range.
an organ reed stop of large scale with tones of exceptional power.
an ancient Roman trumpet.
- sobs
-
noun,
the act of sobbing; a convulsive catching of the breath in weeping.
- 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.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- SScD
-
- tidy
-
noun,
any of various articles for keeping things tidy, as a box having small drawers and compartments.
- Otoe
-
noun,
Oto.
- otic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ear; auricular.
- SEbS
-
- mote
-
noun,
a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
- MusD
-
- most
-
noun,
the greatest quantity, amount, or degree; the utmost:
- Muse
-
noun,
Classical Mythology.
any of a number of sister goddesses, originally given as Aoede (song), Melete (meditation), and Mneme (memory), but latterly and more commonly as the nine daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne who presided over various arts: Calliope (epic poetry), Clio (history), Erato (lyric poetry), Euterpe (music), Melpomene (tragedy), Polyhymnia (religious music), Terpsichore (dance), Thalia (comedy), and Urania (astronomy); identified by the Romans with the Camenae.
any goddess presiding over a particular art.
- Sam.
-
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- sibs
-
noun,
a kinsman; relative.
- oto-
-
- muss
-
noun,
a state of disorder or untidiness.
- subs
-
noun,
a submarine.
- 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.
- moue
-
noun,
a pouting grimace.
- suds
-
noun,
soapy water.
- ouds
-
noun,
a musical instrument of the Middle East and northern Africa belonging to the lute family.
- 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.
- SEAS
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- sues
-
noun,
Eugène [œ-zhen] /œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), (Marie Joseph Sue) 1804–57, French novelist.
- suet
-
noun,
the hard fatty tissue about the loins and kidneys of beef, sheep, etc., used in cooking or processed to yield tallow.
- Ste.
-
- Ouse
-
noun,
Also called Great Ouse. a river in E England, flowing NE to the Wash. 160 miles (260 km) long.
- oust
-
verb (used with object),
to expel or remove from a place or position occupied:
- must
-
noun,
something necessary, vital, or required:
- stbd
-
- mots
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- sub-
-
- moot
-
noun,
an assembly of the people in early England exercising political, administrative, and judicial powers.
- MScD
-
- Sem.
-
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- muc-
-
- seis
-
noun,
sei whale.
- MSTS
-
- MSSc
-
- MSIE
-
- msec
-
- MSCE
-
- OSSA
-
noun,
plural of os1 .
- muds
-
noun,
wet, soft earth or earthy matter, as on the ground after rain, at the bottom of a pond, or along the banks of a river; mire.
- mus.
-
- MusB
-
- sec.
-
- Secs
-
noun,
second2 (def 2).
- MSBC
-
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- stub
-
noun,
a short projecting part.
- MSBA
-
- MSAE
-
- mout
-
- stud
-
noun,
a boss, knob, nailhead, or other protuberance projecting from a surface or part, especially as an ornament.
- secy
-
- stum
-
noun,
unfermented or partly fermented grape juice.
- 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.
- SIAM
-
noun,
former name of Thailand (def 1).
- out-
-
- moos
-
noun,
a mooing sound.
- 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.
- Mita
-
noun,
a colonial system in Peru by which the Spanish government required Indians to perform periodic forced labor, especially in the mines.
- mod.
-
- Oost
-
noun,
Jacob van [yah-kawp vahn] /ˈyɑ kɔp vɑn/ (Show IPA), 1600?–71, and his son, Jacob van, 1639?–1713, Flemish painters.
- moat
-
noun,
a deep, wide trench, usually filled with water, surrounding the rampart of a fortified place, as a town or a castle.
- sym.
-
- 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.
- Tasm
-
- Moab
-
noun,
an ancient kingdom E of the Dead Sea, in what is now Jordan.
- TASS
-
noun,
a cup or small goblet, especially an ornamental one.
- SCUD
-
noun,
the act of scudding.
- TCBM
-
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible 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.
- team
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- o-os
-
noun,
any of several species of Hawaiian honey eaters of the genus Moho, especially the extinct M. nobilis, of the island of Hawaii, that had black plumage and two tufts of yellow plumes used to make ceremonial robes for the Hawaiian kings.
- 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.
- stab
-
noun,
the act of stabbing.
- Tess
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- SCSI
-
noun,
a standard for computer interface ports featuring faster data transmission and greater flexibility than normal ports.
- stob
-
noun,
a post, stump, or stake.
- std.
-
- 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.
- 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.
- obey
-
verb (used with object),
to comply with or follow the commands, restrictions, wishes, or instructions of:
- Mode
-
noun,
a manner of acting or doing; method; way:
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- suit
-
noun,
a set of clothing, armor, or the like, intended for wear together.
- tab.
-
- mood
-
noun,
a state or quality of feeling at a particular time:
- moit
-
noun,
a foreign particle found in wool, as a burr, twig, or seed.
- seam
-
noun,
the line formed by sewing together pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.
- syce
-
noun,
(in India) a groom; stable attendant.
- sumi
-
noun,
black ink made from a mixture of plant soot and glue solidified into sticks or cakes the ends of which are scraped or ground into water on an ink slab, much used by calligraphers and painters.
- Sumy
-
noun,
a city in NE Ukraine, NW of Kharkov.
- Sumo
-
noun,
a form of wrestling in Japan in which a contestant wins by forcing his opponent out of the ring or by causing him to touch the ground with any part of his body other than the soles of his feet, contestants usually being men of great height and weight.
- sits
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- mute
-
noun,
Offensive. a person incapable of speech.
- Susa
-
noun,
a ruined city in W Iran: the capital of ancient Elam; palaces of Darius and Artaxerxes I; stele containing the Code of Hammurabi discovered here.
- outs
-
noun,
a means of escape or excuse, as from a place, punishment, retribution, responsibility, etc.:
- osis
-
- stay
-
noun,
the act of stopping or being stopped.
- Tams
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- 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.
- Mods
-
noun,
a person who is in the vanguard in style, dress, etc.
- muts
-
noun,
mutt.
- tabs
-
noun,
a small flap, strap, loop, or similar appendage, as on a garment, used for pulling, hanging, or decoration.
- tabu
-
noun,
a prohibition or interdiction of anything; exclusion from use or practice:
Synonyms: ban, proscription, embargo, interdiction; no-no.
- Tace
-
noun,
tasset.
- scut
-
noun,
a short tail, especially that of a hare, rabbit, or deer.
- taco
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- tads
-
noun,
a small child, especially a boy.
- 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).
- Tame
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- side
-
noun,
one of the surfaces forming the outside of or bounding a thing, or one of the lines bounding a geometric figure.
- scum
-
noun,
a film or layer of foul or extraneous matter that forms on the surface of a liquid.
- situ
-
noun,
in situ.
- 1080
-
- mess
-
noun,
a dirty, untidy, or disordered condition:
- COMS
-
noun,
Trademark. Comedy Central: a cable television channel.
- 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.
- codo
-
noun,
a city in NE Brazil.
- cods
-
noun,
any of several soft-rayed food fishes of the family Gadidae, especially Gadus morhua, of cool, North Atlantic waters.
- coed
-
noun,
Older Use. a female student in a coeducational institution, especially in a college or university.
- 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.
- comd
-
- come
-
noun,
Slang: Vulgar. semen.
- Como
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in N Italy, in Lombardy. 35 miles (56 km) long; 56 sq. mi. (145 sq. km).
- coom
-
noun,
soot; coal dust; smut.
- CMOS
-
noun,
complementary metal oxide semiconductor.
- Coos
-
noun,
a language of a group of American Indians indigenous to the coast of Oregon.
- coot
-
noun,
any aquatic bird of the genus Fulica, as F. americana, of North America, and F. atra, of the Old World, characterized by lobate toes and short wings and tail.
- cose
-
verb (used without object),
coze.
- cosy
-
noun,
a padded covering for a teapot, chocolate pot, etc., to retain the heat.
- coss
-
noun,
kos.
- 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.
- 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.
- Coue
-
noun,
Émile [ey-meel] /eɪˈmil/ (Show IPA), 1857–1926, French psychotherapist.
- cts.
-
- Cuba
-
noun,
a republic in the Caribbean, S of Florida: largest island in the West Indies. 44,218 sq. mi. (114,525 sq. km). Capital: Havana.
- cube
-
noun,
a solid bounded by six equal squares, the angle between any two adjacent faces being a right angle.
- Cuda
-
noun,
a barracuda.
- cuds
-
noun,
the portion of food that a ruminant returns from the first stomach to the mouth to chew a second time.
- coat
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- City
-
noun,
a large or important town.
- cuss
-
noun,
curse word; oath.
- Cate
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- buts
-
noun,
buts, reservations or objections:
- 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.
- Cami
-
noun,
camisole (def 1).
- 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.
- 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.
-
- 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.
- cyte
-
- Cebu
-
noun,
an island in the S central Philippines. 1703 sq. mi. (4411 sq. km).
- cedi
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Ghana, equal to 100 pesewas.
- cess
-
noun,
British. a tax, assessment, or lien.
- cet-
-
- Ceta
-
noun,
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.
- 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).
- cues
-
noun,
anything said or done, on or off stage, that is followed by a specific line or action:
- cute
-
noun,
the cutes, Informal. self-consciously cute mannerisms or appeal; affected coyness:
- but-
-
- Doss
-
noun,
a place to sleep, especially in a cheap lodging house.
- 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.
- doc.
-
plural,
document.
- DOCS
-
noun,
doctor.
- does
-
noun,
a plural of doe.
- doit
-
noun,
Also, duit. an old small copper coin of the Netherlands and Dutch colonies, first issued in the 17th century.
- 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.
- doms
-
noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) a title of a monk in the Benedictine, Carthusian, Cistercian, and certain other monastic orders.
- doom
-
noun,
fate or destiny, especially adverse fate; unavoidable ill fortune:
- dose
-
noun,
a quantity of medicine prescribed to be taken at one time.
- dost
-
noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- dys-
-
- DOTE
-
noun,
decay of wood.
- Doty
-
adjective,
(of wood) decayed.
- dubs
-
noun,
an awkward, unskillful person.
- Duce
-
noun,
a leader or dictator.
- ducs
-
noun,
duke.
- duct
-
noun,
any tube, canal, pipe, or conduit by which a fluid, air, or other substance is conducted or conveyed.
- dues
-
noun,
something that is due, owed, or naturally belongs to someone.
- duet
-
noun,
a musical composition for two voices or instruments.
- Duit
-
noun,
doit (def 1).
- Duma
-
noun,
(in Russia prior to 1917) a council or official assembly.
- dumb
-
adjective,
lacking intelligence or good judgment; stupid; dull-witted.
- duo-
-
- duos
-
noun,
Music. duet.
- Duse
-
noun,
Eleonora [el-ee-uh-nawr-uh;; Italian e-le-aw-naw-rah] /ˌɛl i əˈnɔr ə;; Italian ˌɛ lɛ ɔˈnɔ rɑ/ (Show IPA), 1859–1924, Italian actress.
- dite
-
noun,
a bit (usually used in negative constructions):
- dis-
-
- Dom.
-
- deco
-
noun,
art deco.
- 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.
- 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.
- dat.
-
- date
-
noun,
a particular month, day, and year at which some event happened or will happen:
- dato
-
noun,
(in the Philippines) a native chief.
- Daub
-
noun,
material, especially of an inferior kind, for daubing walls.
- daut
-
verb (used with object),
to caress.
- 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.
-
- deys
-
noun,
the title of the governor of Algiers before the French conquest in 1830.
- dioc
-
- Dem.
-
- Demy
-
noun,
a foundation scholar at Magdalen College, Oxford: so called because such a scholar originally received half the allowance of a fellow.
- Deus
-
noun,
God. Abbreviation: D.
- 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:
- dim.
-
- dime
-
noun,
a cupronickel-clad coin of the U.S. and Canada, the 10th part of a dollar, equal to 10 cents.
- DIMS
-
Idioms,
take a dim view of, to regard with disapproval, skepticism, or dismay:
- Bute
-
noun,
phenylbutazone.
- Bust
-
noun,
a sculptured, painted, drawn, or engraved representation of the upper part of the human figure, especially a portrait sculpture showing only the head and shoulders of the subject.
- duty
-
noun,
something that one is expected or required to do by moral or legal obligation.
- 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:
- Amos
-
noun,
a Minor Prophet of the 8th century b.c.
- amt.
-
- amus
-
- asc-
-
- asci
-
noun,
plural of ascus.
- asis
-
- ASME
-
- asse
-
noun,
Cape fox.
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- ASTM
-
- atm.
-
- ates
-
- atic
-
- Atum
-
noun,
a primeval god who by himself begot Shu and Tefnut: the original god of the Ennead.
- Amis
-
noun,
Kingsley, 1922–95, English novelist.
- Aube
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW to the Seine. 125 miles (200 km) long.
- aud.
-
- Aude
-
noun,
a department in S France. 2449 sq. mi. (6345 sq. km). Capital: Carcassonne.
- Aus.
-
- aut-
-
- BMus
-
- 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.
- Bays
-
noun,
a body of water forming an indentation of the shoreline, larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf.
- bait
-
noun,
food, or some substitute, used as a lure in fishing, trapping, etc.
- bams
-
noun,
a loud thud, as that produced when two objects strike against each other with force.
- BASc
-
- Amoy
-
noun,
Xiamen.
- Amie
-
noun,
a female friend.
- Bass
-
noun,
the bass part.
- 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.
- Abiu
-
noun,
Douay Bible. Abihu.
- abos
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to an Australian Aborigine.
- abs-
-
- abut
-
verb (used with object),
to be adjacent to; border on; end at.
- 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:
- Acus
-
noun,
Surgery. a needle, especially one used in a surgical operation.
- adit
-
noun,
an entrance or a passage.
- amic
-
adjective,
of or relating to an amide or amine.
- 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
-
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- 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.
- amdt
-
- Ames
-
noun,
a city in central Iowa.
- Base
-
noun,
the bottom support of anything; that on which a thing stands or rests:
- Bast
-
noun,
Botany. phloem.
- buss
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
kiss.
- BSCE
-
- Bomu
-
noun,
a river in central Africa, forming part of the boundary between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Central African Republic, flowing N and W into the Uele River to form the Ubangi River. About 500 miles (805 km) long.
- boom
-
noun,
a deep, prolonged, resonant sound.
- boos
-
noun,
an exclamation of contempt or disapproval:
- Boot
-
noun,
a covering of leather, rubber, or the like, for the foot and all or part of the leg.
- Bosc
-
noun,
a large, greenish-yellow variety of pear.
- Bose
-
noun,
Sir Jagadis Chandre [juh-guh-dees chuhn-druh] /dʒə gəˈdis ˈtʃʌn drə/ (Show IPA), 1858–1937, Indian physicist and plant physiologist.
- 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.
- bout
-
noun,
a contest or trial of strength, as of boxing.
- BSAE
-
- BSEc
-
- boyo
-
noun,
boy; lad.
- BSEM
-
- BSES
-
- BSIE
-
- BSIT
-
- BSME
-
- BSMT
-
- BSOT
-
- BSSA
-
- BSSE
-
- Buda
-
noun,
See under Budapest.
- buys
-
noun,
an act or instance of buying.
- buoy
-
noun,
Nautical. a distinctively shaped and marked float, sometimes carrying a signal or signals, anchored to mark a channel, anchorage, navigational hazard, etc., or to provide a mooring place away from the shore.
- bus.
-
- busy
-
adjective,
actively and attentively engaged in work or a pastime:
- Boma
-
noun,
a city in the W Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the Zaire (Congo) River.
- Boyd
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Gaelic word meaning “light.”.
- Bate
-
noun,
a state of violent anger or fear.
- Bias
-
noun,
a particular tendency, trend, inclination, feeling, or opinion, especially one that is preconceived or unreasoned:
- baud
-
noun,
a unit used to measure the speed of signaling or data transfer, equal to the number of pulses or bits per second:
- Baum
-
noun,
L(yman) Frank [lahy-muh n] /ˈlaɪ mən/ (Show IPA), 1856–1919, U.S. journalist, playwright, and author of children's books.
- 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.
- Beau
-
noun,
a male lover or sweetheart.
- 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).
- Bice
-
noun,
either of two colors, bice blue or bice green.
- bods
-
noun,
body:
- 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.
- bio-
-
- BIOS
-
noun,
computer firmware that directs many basic functions of the operating system, as booting and keyboard control.
- bite
-
noun,
an act of biting.
- byte
-
noun,
adjacent bits, usually eight, processed by a computer as a unit.
- 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.
- Bodo
-
noun,
a seaport in W Norway.
- Dust
-
noun,
earth or other matter in fine, dry particles.
- Cost
-
noun,
the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
- est.
-
- 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.
- Mass
-
noun,
a body of coherent matter, usually of indefinite shape and often of considerable size:
- Mac-
-
- yous
-
noun,
plural of you.
- MatE
-
noun,
a partner in marriage; spouse.
- Edom
-
noun,
Esau, the brother of Jacob.
- Maud
-
noun,
a gray woolen plaid worn by shepherds and others in S Scotland.
- Maui
-
noun,
an island in central Hawaii. 728 sq. mi. (1886 sq. km).
- ious
-
- Iasi
-
noun,
Romanian name of Jassy.
- yaud
-
noun,
a mare, especially an old, worn-out one.
- 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.
- Yami
-
noun,
a member of an Indonesian people of Hungtow Island, off the southeastern coast of Taiwan.
- IADB
-
- Edam
-
noun,
a mild, hard, yellow cheese, produced in a round shape and coated with red wax.
- item
-
noun,
a separate article or particular:
- 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.
- MDES
-
- Ibos
-
noun,
a member of an indigenous black people of southeastern Nigeria, renowned as traders and for their art.
- mdse
-
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- itis
-
- ICBM
-
- ect-
-
- 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.
- EDTA
-
- iced
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- maco
-
noun,
an Egyptian cotton, used especially in the manufacture of hosiery and undergarments.
- Esau
-
noun,
a son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Jacob, to whom he sold his birthright. Gen. 25:21–25.
- yams
-
noun,
the starchy, tuberous root of any of various climbing vines of the genus Dioscorea, cultivated for food in warm regions.
- eous
-
- made
-
noun,
the style or manner in which something is made; form; build.
- isms
-
noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- mads
-
noun,
an angry or ill-tempered period, mood, or spell:
- macs
-
noun,
fellow; bud (a familiar term of address to a man or boy whose name is not known to the speaker).
- 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.
- MAEd
-
- maes
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- emit
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- 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.
- maid
-
noun,
a female servant.
- isba
-
noun,
izba.
- 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
-
- Mayo
-
noun,
mayonnaise.
- Macy
-
noun,
R(owland) H(ussey) [roh-luh nd huhs-ee] /ˈroʊ lənd ˈhʌs i/ (Show IPA), 1823–77, U.S. retail merchant.
- Mays
-
noun,
Willie (Howard) born 1931, U.S. baseball player.
- eyot
-
noun,
ait.
- Mace
-
noun,
a clublike armor-breaking weapon of war, often with a flanged or spiked metal head, used chiefly in the Middle Ages.
- Isai
-
noun,
Jesse.
- eyas
-
noun,
a nestling, usually a hawk.
- Ice.
-
- ICAO
-
- eco-
-
- Esd.
-
- Yuma
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of Arizona.
- meat
-
noun,
the flesh of animals as used for food.
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- easy
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- med.
-
- idae
-
- Eads
-
noun,
James Buchanan, 1820–87, U.S. engineer and inventor.
- 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).
- etui
-
noun,
a small, often decorative case, especially one for needles, toilet articles, or the like.
- IDEA
-
noun,
any conception existing in the mind as a result of mental understanding, awareness, or activity.
- yids
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a Jew.
- mes-
-
- ESIS
-
- idem
-
noun,
another exactly the same.
- eso-
-
- etym
-
- 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.
- ides
-
noun,
(in the ancient Roman calendar) the fifteenth day of March, May, July, or October, and the thirteenth day of the other months.
- etc.
-
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- Yedo
-
noun,
a former name of Tokyo.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- yeti
-
noun,
Abominable Snowman.
- iso-
-
- Mead
-
noun,
an alcoholic liquor made by fermenting honey and water.
- IMCO
-
- yods
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- yeas
-
noun,
an affirmation; an affirmative reply or vote.
- iod-
-
- meas
-
- yuca
-
noun,
cassava.
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- yobs
-
noun,
a teenage lout or hooligan.
- YMCA
-
- YTD
-
- bey
-
noun,
a provincial governor in the Ottoman Empire.
- ITC
-
- ITA
-
- 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.
- BTU
-
noun,
the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 pound (0.4 kg) of water 1°F. Abbreviation: Btu, BTU, B.t.u., B.T.U., B.th.u.
- BSC
-
- BSS
-
- bec
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- BOD
-
noun,
body:
- MBE
-
- Bac
-
- BCS
-
- IUD
-
- Bay
-
noun,
a body of water forming an indentation of the shoreline, larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf.
- BCD
-
- BDA
-
- yum
-
interjection,
yum-yum.
- Bde
-
- SUM
-
noun,
the aggregate of two or more numbers, magnitudes, quantities, or particulars as determined by or as if by the mathematical process of addition:
- IUS
-
- Sui
-
noun,
a dynasty ruling in China a.d. 589–618.
- BAM
-
noun,
a loud thud, as that produced when two objects strike against each other with force.
- BAS
-
noun,
an aspect of the soul, represented as a human-headed bird.
- Bai
-
noun,
a yellow mist occurring in eastern China and Japan during the spring and fall, caused by dust from the interior of China.
- Sus
-
- ite
-
- ium
-
- ity
-
- BEA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Beatrice.
- BAO
-
noun,
an African board game usually played by moving pebbles along two rows of holes.
- bad
-
noun,
that which is bad:
- Sue
-
noun,
Eugène [œ-zhen] /œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), (Marie Joseph Sue) 1804–57, French novelist.
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- ist
-
- SSM
-
- boo
-
noun,
an exclamation of contempt or disapproval:
- YOB
-
noun,
a teenage lout or hooligan.
- STB
-
- MOI
-
- imu
-
noun,
a usually large, covered cooking pit in which food is cooked by means of heated stones.
- yis
-
noun,
(in Chinese ethical philosophy) faithful performance of one's specified duties to society.
- moo
-
noun,
a mooing sound.
- Yid
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a Jew.
- BSA
-
- Sta
-
- St.
-
- SST
-
- SSI
-
- IOC
-
- SSE
-
- SSD
-
- yet
-
Idioms,
as yet. as1 (def 31).
- SSC
-
- SSB
-
- SSA
-
- ss.
-
- yes
-
noun,
an affirmative reply.
- BSD
-
- BSE
-
- Yeo
-
- Sou
-
noun,
(formerly) either of two bronze coins of France, equal to 5 centimes and 10 centimes.
- MOS
-
noun,
moment (def 1).
- Moe
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Morris or Moses.
- Boy
-
noun,
a male child, from birth to full growth, especially one less than 18 years of age.
- MIT
-
- 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.
- ism
-
noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- bi-
-
- by-
-
- Bia
-
noun,
the ancient Greek personification of force: daughter of Pallas and Styx and sister of Cratus, Nike, and Zelos.
- ise
-
- BID
-
noun,
an act or instance of bidding.
- Stu
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stewart or Stuart.
- 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.
- BIE
-
- BED
-
noun,
a piece of furniture upon which or within which a person sleeps, rests, or stays when not well.
- ISA
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- mob
-
noun,
a disorderly or riotous crowd of people.
- yod
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- BME
-
- MOC
-
noun,
moccasin.
- BMI
-
- STM
-
- you
-
noun,
something or someone closely identified with or resembling the person addressed:
- BMS
-
- BMT
-
- boa
-
noun,
any of several nonvenomous, chiefly tropical constrictors of the family Boidae, having vestigial hind limbs at the base of the tail.
- IOU
-
- IOT
-
- Ios
-
noun,
a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey.
- sty
-
noun,
a pen or enclosure for swine; pigpen.
- STI
-
- 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:
- TBA
-
- BEM
-
- TSS
-
- MEA
-
noun,
an acknowledgment of one's responsibility for a fault or error.
- tui
-
noun,
a black New Zealand honey eater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, having a patch of white feathers on each side of the throat, sometimes tamed as a pet.
- abt
-
- MDT
-
- tue
-
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- acy
-
- mi.
-
- my-
-
- MI5
-
noun,
the government's security and counterespionage service that works in liaison with Scotland Yard's Special Branch.
- ACS
-
- ACT
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- tub
-
noun,
a bathtub.
- Tu.
-
- TSI
-
- Abo
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to an Australian Aborigine.
- ADS
-
noun,
advertisement.
- AIC
-
- mbd
-
- MIB
-
noun,
a playing marble, especially one that is not used as a shooter.
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- AEC
-
- ae.
-
- too
-
Idioms,
only too. only (def 10).
- TSE
-
- ado
-
noun,
busy activity; bustle; fuss.
- MBO
-
- MCI
-
- ade
-
noun,
George, 1866–1944, U.S. humorist.
- ADB
-
- MI6
-
noun,
the government's secret intelligence service.
- tum
-
verb (used with object),
to tease (wool) in the preliminary carding operation, or to open out the fibers prior to carding.
- ABM
-
- AIM
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- ABC
-
noun,
ABC's (defs 1, 3).
- uti
-
- UTE
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- UTC
-
- Am.
-
- Uta
-
noun,
any of several iguanid lizards of the genus Uta, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico.
- ab-
-
- ac-
-
- ad-
-
- USO
-
- ADC
-
- USM
-
- AID
-
noun,
help or support; assistance.
- AUC
-
- USE
-
noun,
the act of employing, using, or putting into service:
- USC
-
- USA
-
- udo
-
noun,
a plant, Aralia cordata, of the ginseng family, cultivated, especially in Japan and China, for its edible shoots.
- USS
-
- UAE
-
- UAM
-
- Ube
-
noun,
a seaport on SW Honshu, in SW Japan.
- aby
-
verb (used with object),
Archaic. to pay the penalty of.
- UDC
-
- MEC
-
noun,
a pimp; mack.
- USB
-
- UIT
-
- Meo
-
noun,
Miao (def 1).
- Abe
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Abraham.
- Ume
-
noun,
a river in N Sweden, flowing SE from the W border to the Gulf of Bothnia. Aabout 285 miles (460 km) long.
- abd
-
- UMT
-
- aye
-
noun,
an affirmative vote or voter, especially in British Parliament, corresponding to yea in U.S. Congress.
- Tom
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- be-
-
- TBD
-
- ATB
-
- ATC
-
- Ted
-
noun,
British Slang. Teddy boy.
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- M-1
-
noun,
a semiautomatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber, clip-fed rifle, with a weight of 8.56 pounds (3.88 kg): the standard U.S. Army rifle in World War II and in the Korean War.
- MSC
-
- MS.
-
plural,
manuscript.
- tea
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- TDY
-
- TCS
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- TCA
-
- TBO
-
- Tbi
-
- TAU
-
noun,
the 19th letter of the Greek alphabet (T, τ).
- ASU
-
- TAM
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- BDS
-
plural,
board.
- Tad
-
noun,
a small child, especially a boy.
- bd.
-
plural,
board.
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- Tay
-
noun,
a river flowing through central Scotland into the Firth of Tay. 118 miles (190 km) long.
- BCE
-
- Mo.
-
- Mc-
-
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- Md.
-
- AUM
-
noun,
Om.
- Me.
-
- MIA
-
plural,
missing in action.
- at.
-
- Mab
-
noun,
Queen Mab.
- 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.
- Amb
-
- MAE
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- Amy
-
noun,
a vial of amyl nitrate.
- AMI
-
noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- May
-
noun,
a maiden.
- AME
-
- AMC
-
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- AMS
-
- Mao
-
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- ays
-
- 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.
- mas
-
noun,
mother1 .
- TOY
-
noun,
an object, often a small representation of something familiar, as an animal or person, for children or others to play with; plaything.
- MIE
-
- TMO
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- ASM
-
- ast
-
- TIA
-
- ASS
-
noun,
a long-eared, slow, patient, sure-footed domesticated mammal, Equus asinus, related to the horse, used chiefly as a beast of burden.
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- TID
-
- ASI
-
- Tiu
-
noun,
an English god of the sky and of war, the equivalent of Tyr in Scandinavian mythology.
- ase
-
- Tim
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Timothy.
- asb
-
- AOU
-
- MAD
-
noun,
an angry or ill-tempered period, mood, or spell:
- AMU
-
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- Soo
-
noun,
the, Canadian. Sault Ste. Marie.
- SOS
-
noun,
any call for help:
- Oba
-
noun,
a hereditary tribal ruler among various peoples in the Benin region of western Africa.
- DBA
-
- Esc
-
- DBS
-
- d-c
-
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-
-
- DEA
-
- ESA
-
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- DEI
-
adverb,
by the grace of God.
- Dey
-
noun,
the title of the governor of Algiers before the French conquest in 1830.
- EMU
-
noun,
a large, flightless, ratite bird, Emu (Dromaius) novaehollandiae, of Australia, resembling the ostrich but smaller and having a feathered head and neck and rudimentary wings.
- OAU
-
- DET
-
- OAO
-
- EIS
-
- EDS
-
noun,
education:
- EDT
-
- SAC
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- DIY
-
- Sad
-
noun,
the 14th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- obi
-
noun,
a long, broad sash tied about the waist over a Japanese kimono.
- dye
-
noun,
a coloring material or matter.
- EMT
-
- 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.
- OBE
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- SAE
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- DIB
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verb (used without object),
to fish by letting the bait bob lightly on the water.
- EMS
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noun,
the letter M, m.
- di.
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- OAS
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- dau
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noun,
dhow.
- sd.
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- sc.
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- SCM
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- cue
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noun,
anything said or done, on or off stage, that is followed by a specific line or action:
- Cui
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noun,
César [French sey-zar] /French seɪˈzar/ (Show IPA), Antonovich [Russian uhn-taw-nuh-vyich] /Russian ʌnˈtɔ nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1835–1918, Russian composer.
- ScD
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- cum
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noun,
come (def 24).
- SCB
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- ob.
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- Cut
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noun,
the act of cutting; a stroke or a blow, as with a knife, whip, etc.
- Oc.
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- yea
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noun,
an affirmation; an affirmative reply or vote.
- DBE
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- DCM
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- do.
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- DOA
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- DSC
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- OTC
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- DAY
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noun,
the interval of light between two successive nights; the time between sunrise and sunset:
- OSD
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- DAS
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noun,
hyrax.
- OSB
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- Sau
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noun,
German name of Sava.
- Dam
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noun,
a barrier to obstruct the flow of water, especially one of earth, masonry, etc., built across a stream or river.
- OSA
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- DAE
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- SBE
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- OED
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- DAB
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noun,
a quick or light blow; a pat, as with the hand or something soft.
- DSO
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- DSM
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- sb.
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- SBA
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- So.
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- dit
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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.
- ess
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noun,
the letter S, s.
- o-o
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noun,
any of several species of Hawaiian honey eaters of the genus Moho, especially the extinct M. nobilis, of the island of Hawaii, that had black plumage and two tufts of yellow plumes used to make ceremonial robes for the Hawaiian kings.
- OSO
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- EBS
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- Duc
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noun,
duke.
- eat
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noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- due
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noun,
something that is due, owed, or naturally belongs to someone.
- ose
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- DUI
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- EAS
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noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- OOT
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- ODS
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noun,
a hypothetical force formerly held to pervade all nature and to manifest itself in magnetism, mesmerism, chemical action, etc.
- ODT
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- EAM
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- ead
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- OEM
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- oo-
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- dub
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noun,
an awkward, unskillful person.
- Oys
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noun,
a grandchild.
- oic
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- oid
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- ea.
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- ETD
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- ETA
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noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- Oyo
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noun,
a city in W Nigeria.
- EOM
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- OEO
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- OIt
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- eo-
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- Om.
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- oma
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plural,
a noun suffix used to form names of tumors, of the kind specified by the base:
- OMB
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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.
- OSS
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- Du.
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- EDO
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noun,
a member of an indigenous people of western Africa, in the Benin region of southern Nigeria.
- DOB
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- OTS
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- oud
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noun,
a musical instrument of the Middle East and northern Africa belonging to the lute family.
- ed.
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- oui
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adverb, noun,
yes.
- Oca
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noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- EDA
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noun,
a female given name.
- EdB
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- OCD
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- DMT
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- EDC
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- DMS
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- DMA
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- DIU
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noun,
part of the union territory of Daman and Diu (Goa, Daman, and Diu in 1961–87) in W India: a former Portuguese colony, comprising a small island and seaport at the extremity of Kathiawar peninsula.
- EdM
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abbreviation,
electronic dance music: a range of genres of electronic music often played in nightclubs and characterized by a strong danceable beat:
- DOE
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noun,
the female of the deer, antelope, goat, rabbit, and certain other animals.
- Doi
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- DST
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- ec-
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- DSS
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- DSA
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- Dou
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noun,
Gerard [gey-rahrt] /ˈgeɪ rɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1613–75, Dutch painter: pupil of Rembrandt.
- ode
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noun,
a lyric poem typically of elaborate or irregular metrical form and expressive of exalted or enthusiastic emotion.
- ODA
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noun,
a room within a harem.
- DOT
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noun,
a small, roundish mark made with or as if with a pen.
- ECA
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- ECU
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noun,
the shield carried by a mounted man-at-arms in the Middle Ages.
- ECM
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- ot-
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- OTA
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- OTB
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- ote
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- OCS
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- cud
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noun,
the portion of food that a ruminant returns from the first stomach to the mouth to chew a second time.
- uts
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noun,
the syllable once generally used for the first tone or keynote of a scale and sometimes for the tone C: now commonly superseded by do.
- Cub
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noun,
the young of certain animals, as the bear, lion, or tiger.
- CIE
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- Yao
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noun,
Wade-Giles, Pinyin. a legendary emperor of China who, with his successor (Shun) was a paragon of good government.
- Sib
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noun,
a kinsman; relative.
- SOC
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noun,
sociology or a class or course in sociology.
- CIO
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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.
- sod
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noun,
a section cut or torn from the surface of grassland, containing the matted roots of grass.
- CIA
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- MST
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- CIB
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- CBE
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- SES
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noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- CID
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noun,
The ("El Cid Campeador"; Rodrigo Díaz de Bivar) c1040–99, Spanish soldier: hero of the wars against the Moors.
- Cyd
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noun,
a female given name.
- CIM
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- SIC
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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).
- Cym
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- Mt.
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- CBD
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- MTI
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- CYO
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- MTO
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- MTS
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- SEI
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noun,
sei whale.
- Yam
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noun,
the starchy, tuberous root of any of various climbing vines of the genus Dioscorea, cultivated for food in warm regions.
- Co.
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- CMA
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- CMD
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- IAS
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- MSI
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- COB
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noun,
a corncob.
- ICA
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noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- COD
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noun,
any of several soft-rayed food fishes of the family Gadidae, especially Gadus morhua, of cool, North Atlantic waters.
- cs.
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- ct.
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- SMS
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- 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.
- SMD
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- SMB
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- SMA
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- CAI
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- cay
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noun,
a small low island; key.
- CAM
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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.
- SIT
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verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- yas
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noun,
the 28th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- MSA
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- CAS
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verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- Ibo
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noun,
a member of an indigenous black people of southeastern Nigeria, renowned as traders and for their art.
- sis
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noun,
sister.
- ib.
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- CBS
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- CDT
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- CEA
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- MSD
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- SID
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noun,
a male or female given name, form of Sidney or Sydney.
- CED
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- MSE
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- CEO
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- yad
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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.
- SED
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- SOB
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noun,
the act of sobbing; a convulsive catching of the breath in weeping.
- IDS
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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.
- ETS
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- Bud
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noun,
Botany.
a small axillary or terminal protuberance on a plant, containing rudimentary foliage (leaf bud) the rudimentary inflorescence (flower bud) or both (mixed bud)
an undeveloped or rudimentary stem or branch of a plant.
- bu.
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- BTE
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- Bt.
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- BST
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- ETO
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- Ido
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noun,
a revised and simplified form of Esperanto, introduced in 1907.
- COS
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noun,
romaine.
- ety
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- COT
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noun,
a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
- buy
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noun,
an act or instance of buying.
- BSO
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- yds
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- ESU
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- SCS
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- CSA
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- CSO
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- CST
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- CTA
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- cte
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- mut
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noun,
mutt.
- BSM
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- SDA
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- COO
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noun,
a cooing sound.
- SDS
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- soy
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noun,
soy sauce.
- ide
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- eu-
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- sea
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noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- se-
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- id.
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- ca.
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- icy
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adjective,
made of, full of, or covered with ice:
- ITU
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- IDB
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- SDI
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- io-
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- Ia.
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- mud
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noun,
wet, soft earth or earthy matter, as on the ground after rain, at the bottom of a pond, or along the banks of a river; mire.
- IDA
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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).
- Coy
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adjective,
artfully or affectedly shy or reserved; slyly hesitant; coquettish.
- ics
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- MOT
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noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- AO
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- Yi
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noun,
(in Chinese ethical philosophy) faithful performance of one's specified duties to society.
- A.
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noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- 3D
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noun,
a three-dimensional form or appearance:
- U.
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- 2D
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noun,
a two-dimensional form or appearance:
- yd
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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.
- UC
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- ye
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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):
- oy
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noun,
a grandchild.
- UT
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noun,
the syllable once generally used for the first tone or keynote of a scale and sometimes for the tone C: now commonly superseded by do.
- UB
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- yo
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interjection,
(used as an exclamation to get someone's attention, express excitement, greet someone, etc.)
- Ud
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- AI
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noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- E.
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noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- CB
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- CM
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- EI
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- AU
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plural,
to the; at the; with the.
- CE
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- Eb
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- UI
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- S.
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- DT
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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.
- TE
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noun,
ti1 .
- MA
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noun,
mother1 .
- MB
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- OE
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noun,
oy2 .
- t.
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- TB
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- TD
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- T1
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- TA
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noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- OD
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noun,
a hypothetical force formerly held to pervade all nature and to manifest itself in magnetism, mesmerism, chemical action, etc.
- DC
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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.
- TI
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noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- BO
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- DA
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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.
- D.
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- et
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verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- BM
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- O.
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- B-
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- BA
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noun,
an aspect of the soul, represented as a human-headed bird.
- BC
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- M.
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- ty
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- YB
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- SU
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- OU
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noun,
a rare Hawaiian honeycreeper, Psittirostra psittacea, having an olive-green body, a parrotlike bill, and in the male a bright yellow head.
- DM
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- cy
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noun,
a male given name, form of Cyrus.
- sy
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noun,
a male given name, form of Seymour, Simon, or Silas.
- CU
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- SA
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- SI
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noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- SM
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- ey
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- IT
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noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- i.
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- MU
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noun,
the 12th letter of the Greek alphabet (M, μ).
- TM
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- YA
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noun,
the 28th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- YU
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noun,
a legendary Chinese emperor who drained the land and made the mountains.
- YT
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- DB
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- ic
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- OA
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- Y.
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- TC
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