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- scrub-bird
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noun,
either of two Australian passerine birds of the genus Atrichornis, related to the lyrebirds, having a loud voice and reduced powers of flight: A. clamosus is endangered.
- obduracies
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noun,
the state or quality of being obdurate.
- beebreads
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noun,
a mixture of pollen and honey stored by bees and fed to their young.
- carburise
-
- robberies
-
noun,
the act, the practice, or an instance of robbing.
- dauberies
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noun,
unskillful painting or work.
- bordereau
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noun,
a detailed memorandum, especially one in which documents are listed.
- barbecues
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noun,
pieces of beef, fowl, fish, or the like, roasted over an open hearth, especially when basted in a barbecue sauce.
- corridas
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noun,
a bullfight.
- crabbers
-
noun,
a person who catches crabs.
- corrades
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verb (used with object),
to wear down by corrasion; abrade.
- cerebro-
-
- red-rose
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noun,
the emblem of the royal house of Lancaster.
- Cerberus
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noun,
Also, Kerberos. Classical Mythology. a dog, usually represented as having three heads, that guarded the entrance of the infernal regions.
- recourse
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noun,
access or resort to a person or thing for help or protection:
- cribbers
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noun,
a person who cribs.
- causerie
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noun,
an informal talk or chat.
- suborder
-
noun,
a category of related families within an order.
- Caribees
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noun,
See under Antilles.
- aerobics
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noun,
Also called aerobic exercises. (used with a plural verb) any of various sustained exercises, as jogging, rowing, swimming, or cycling, that stimulate and strengthen the heart and lungs, thereby improving the body's utilization of oxygen.
- absorber
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noun,
a person or thing that absorbs.
- carbides
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noun,
a compound of carbon with a more electropositive element or group.
- resource
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noun,
a source of supply, support, or aid, especially one that can be readily drawn upon when needed.
- reducers
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noun,
a person or thing that reduces.
- boarders
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noun,
a person, especially a lodger, who is supplied with regular meals.
- scrubber
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noun,
a person who scrubs.
- scrubbed
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noun,
an act or instance of scrubbing.
- barbecue
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noun,
pieces of beef, fowl, fish, or the like, roasted over an open hearth, especially when basted in a barbecue sauce.
- barbudos
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noun,
beardfish.
- beebread
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noun,
a mixture of pollen and honey stored by bees and fed to their young.
- berceuse
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noun,
a cradlesong; lullaby.
- bordures
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noun,
the area adjacent to the outer edges of an escutcheon.
- air-core
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adjective,
having a nonmagnetic core, as one of fiber or plastic, encircled by a coil (air-core coil) or containing one or more such coils:
- roe-deer
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noun,
a small, agile Old World deer, Capreolus capreolus, the male of which has three-pointed antlers.
- bourrees
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noun,
an old French and Spanish dance, somewhat like a gavotte.
- braceros
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noun,
a Mexican laborer admitted legally into the U.S. for a short period to perform seasonal, usually agricultural, labor.
- brocades
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noun,
fabric woven with an elaborate design, especially one having a raised overall pattern.
- broiders
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verb (used with object),
to embroider.
- cudbears
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noun,
a violet coloring matter obtained from various lichens, especially Lecanora tartarea.
- bur-reed
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noun,
any plant of the genus Sparganium, having ribbony leaves and bearing burlike fruit.
- absorbed
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adjective,
deeply interested or involved; preoccupied:
- breeders
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noun,
an animal, plant, or person that produces offspring or reproduces.
- decrease
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noun,
the act or process of decreasing; condition of being decreased; gradual reduction:
- idocrase
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noun,
vesuvianite.
- Escudero
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noun,
Vicente [bee-then-te] /biˈθɛn tɛ/ (Show IPA), 1892?–1980, Spanish dancer.
- curbside
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noun,
a side of a pavement or street bordered by a curb.
- deciares
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noun,
a unit of surface measure equal to one-tenth of an are, or 10 square meters: equivalent to 11.96 square yards.
- describe
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verb (used with object),
to tell or depict in written or spoken words; give an account of:
- debruise
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verb (used with object),
to overlay (a charge) other than an ordinary with an ordinary.
- decuries
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noun,
a division, company, or body of ten men.
- edacious
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adjective,
devouring; voracious; consuming.
- borders
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noun,
a region in SE Scotland. 1804 sq. mi. (4671 sq. km).
- dobbers
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noun,
a float for a fishing line; bob.
- 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.
- disrobe
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verb (used with or without object),
to undress.
- Isadore
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noun,
a male given name: from the Greek word meaning “gift of Isis.”.
- borides
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noun,
a compound consisting of two elements of which boron is the more electronegative one.
- bourree
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noun,
an old French and Spanish dance, somewhat like a gavotte.
- diocese
-
noun,
an ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop.
- bordure
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noun,
the area adjacent to the outer edges of an escutcheon.
- cue-bid
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noun,
a bid in a suit showing control of the suit, as having an assured winner or a void.
- bracero
-
noun,
a Mexican laborer admitted legally into the U.S. for a short period to perform seasonal, usually agricultural, labor.
- dobbies
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noun,
British Dialect. a fatuous person; fool.
- bracers
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noun,
a person or thing that braces, binds, or makes firm.
- brasier
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noun,
brazier1 .
- derries
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noun,
a meaningless refrain or chorus in old songs.
- breeder
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noun,
an animal, plant, or person that produces offspring or reproduces.
- deciare
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noun,
a unit of surface measure equal to one-tenth of an are, or 10 square meters: equivalent to 11.96 square yards.
- Brescia
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noun,
a city in central Lombardy, in N Italy.
- briards
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noun,
one of a French breed of dogs having a long, slightly wavy coat, raised originally for herding sheep.
- Broadus
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noun,
something given as a bonus; lagniappe.
- brocade
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noun,
fabric woven with an elaborate design, especially one having a raised overall pattern.
- Derbies
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noun,
a city in Derbyshire in central England.
- Rosebud
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noun,
the bud of a rose.
- rubrics
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noun,
a title, heading, direction, or the like, in a manuscript, book, statute, etc., written or printed in red or otherwise distinguished from the rest of the text.
- boarder
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noun,
a person, especially a lodger, who is supplied with regular meals.
- sarcode
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noun,
protoplasm, especially the semifluid content of a protozoan.
- erasure
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noun,
an act or instance of erasing.
- scriber
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noun,
a tool for scribing wood or the like.
- scourer
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noun,
a person who scours or cleanses.
- scabbed
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noun,
the incrustation that forms over a sore or wound during healing.
- Saucier
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noun,
a chef or cook who specializes in making sauces.
- durbars
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noun,
the court of a native ruler.
- escribe
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verb (used with object),
to draw a circle outside of a triangle tangent to one side of the triangle and to the extensions of the other two sides.
- barbers
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noun,
a person whose occupation it is to cut and dress the hair of customers, especially men, and to shave or trim the beard.
- barbudo
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noun,
beardfish.
- Barrios
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noun,
Justo Rufino [hoo-staw roo-fee-naw] /ˈhu stɔ ruˈfi nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1835–85, Guatemalan statesman: president of Guatemala 1873–85.
- sarcoid
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noun,
a growth resembling a sarcoma.
- bearers
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noun,
a person or thing that carries, upholds, or brings:
- birders
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noun,
a person who raises birds.
- bebeeru
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noun,
greenheart (def 1).
- because
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Idioms,
because of, by reason of; due to:
- bedaubs
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verb (used with object),
to smear all over; besmear; soil.
- bedsore
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noun,
an ulceration of the skin and subcutaneous tissue caused by poor circulation due to prolonged pressure on body parts, especially bony protuberances, occurring in bedridden or immobile patients; decubitus ulcer.
- Drosera
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noun,
any of several insectivorous plants of the genus Drosera, having leaves covered with sticky hairs, comprising the sundews.
- Dreiser
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noun,
Theodore, 1871–1945, U.S. novelist.
- Berbera
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noun,
a seaport in Somalia, on the Gulf of Aden: former capital of British Somaliland.
- berbers
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noun,
a member of a group of North African tribes living in Barbary and the Sahara.
- berried
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noun,
any small, usually stoneless, juicy fruit, irrespective of botanical structure, as the huckleberry, strawberry, or hackberry.
- berries
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noun,
any small, usually stoneless, juicy fruit, irrespective of botanical structure, as the huckleberry, strawberry, or hackberry.
- bicarbs
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noun,
Informal. sodium bicarbonate.
- deicers
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noun,
a device or a chemical substance for preventing or removing ice.
- broider
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verb (used with object),
to embroider.
- residue
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noun,
something that remains after a part is removed, disposed of, or used; remainder; rest; remnant.
- bruiser
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noun,
a strong, tough person:
- crabbed
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noun,
any decapod crustacean of the suborder Brachyura, having the eyes on short stalks and a short, broad, more or less flattened body, the abdomen being small and folded under the thorax.
- readers
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noun,
a person who reads.
- coarser
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adjective,
of or relating to a topology on a topological space whose open sets are included among the open sets of a second specified topology on the space.
- cobbers
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noun,
a close fellow male friend; chum; pal.
- corrade
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verb (used with object),
to wear down by corrasion; abrade.
- ordures
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noun,
dung; manure; excrement.
- corrida
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noun,
a bullfight.
- dabbers
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noun,
a person or thing that dabs.
- corsair
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noun,
a fast ship used for piracy.
- raiders
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noun,
a person or thing that raids.
- Courier
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noun,
a messenger, usually traveling in haste, bearing urgent news, important reports or packages, diplomatic messages, etc.
- courser
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noun,
a person or thing that courses.
- crabber
-
noun,
a person who catches crabs.
- readies
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noun,
the state or condition of being ready.
- oreides
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noun,
oroide.
- cribber
-
noun,
a person who cribs.
- curiosa
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plural noun,
books, pamphlets, etc., dealing with unusual subjects.
- crosier
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noun,
a ceremonial staff carried by a bishop or an abbot, hooked at one end like a shepherd's crook.
- radices
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noun,
a plural of radix.
- cruiser
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noun,
a person or thing that cruises.
- crusade
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noun,
(often initial capital letter) any of the military expeditions undertaken by the Christians of Europe in the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries for the recovery of the Holy Land from the Muslims.
- crusado
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noun,
an early Portuguese coin of gold or silver, bearing the figure of a cross.
- cubbies
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noun,
a cubbyhole.
- cuboids
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noun,
Mathematics. a rectangular parallelepiped.
- cudbear
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noun,
a violet coloring matter obtained from various lichens, especially Lecanora tartarea.
- curares
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noun,
a blackish, resinlike substance derived from tropical plants of the genus Strychnos, especially S. toxifera, and from the root of pareira, used by certain South American Indians for poisoning arrows and employed in physiological experiments, medicine, etc., for arresting the action of motor nerves.
- cirrose
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adjective,
having a cirrus or cirri.
- cereous
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adjective,
waxlike.
- Ricardo
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noun,
David, 1772–1823, English economist.
- carbide
-
noun,
a compound of carbon with a more electropositive element or group.
- obscure
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noun,
obscurity.
- ouraris
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noun,
curare.
- buriers
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noun,
a person, animal, or thing that buries.
- burseed
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noun,
a stickseed, Lappula echinata, introduced into North America from Europe.
- decries
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verb (used with object),
to speak disparagingly of; denounce as faulty or worthless; express censure of:
- reredos
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noun,
a screen or a decorated part of the wall behind an altar in a church.
- rereads
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noun,
the act of reading something again.
- reduces
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verb (used with object),
to bring down to a smaller extent, size, amount, number, etc.:
- decrees
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noun,
a formal and authoritative order, especially one having the force of law:
- reducer
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noun,
a person or thing that reduces.
- Ecuador
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noun,
a republic in NW South America. 109,483 sq. mi. (283,561 sq. km). Capital: Quito.
- decibar
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noun,
a centimeter-gram-second unit of pressure, equal to 1/10 bar or 100,000 dynes per square centimeter.
- darbies
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noun,
a float having two handles, used by plasterers.
- decease
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noun,
the act of dying; departure from life; death.
- cardio-
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- decares
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noun,
a unit of surface measure equal to 10 ares, or 1000 square meters: equivalent to 0.2471 acre.
- caribes
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noun,
piranha.
- Caribou
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noun,
any of several large, North American deer of the genus Rangifer, related to the reindeer of the Old World.
- carious
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adjective,
having caries, as teeth; decayed.
- seabird
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noun,
a bird frequenting the sea or coast.
- Debbora
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noun,
Deborah (def 1).
- Records
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noun,
an act of recording.
- recedes
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verb (used with object),
to cede back; yield or grant to a former possessor.
- dearies
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noun,
darling.
- cerebr-
-
- carouse
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noun,
carousal.
- cabbies
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noun,
a cabdriver.
- sidebar
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noun,
follow-up (def 3b).
- arbours
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noun,
arbor1 .
- subarid
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adjective,
moderately arid.
- ascribe
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verb (used with object),
to credit or assign, as to a cause or source; attribute; impute:
- suberic
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adjective,
of or relating to cork.
- acerous
-
adjective,
acerose1 .
- acerose
-
adjective,
needle-shaped, as the leaves of the pine.
- soredia
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noun,
a group of algal cells surrounded by hyphal tissue, occurring on the surface of the thallus and functioning in vegetative reproduction.
- aerobee
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noun,
a U.S. two-stage, liquid-propellant sounding rocket developed in the 1940s that carried scientific instruments and occasionally biological specimens into the upper stratosphere.
- aerobes
-
noun,
an organism, especially a bacterium, that requires air or free oxygen for life (opposed to anaerobe).
- aerobic
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adjective,
(of an organism or tissue) requiring the presence of air or free oxygen for life.
- abduces
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verb (used with object),
to draw or take away; abduct.
- ureides
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noun,
an acyl urea.
- serried
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adjective,
pressed together or compacted, as soldiers in rows:
- Arecibo
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noun,
a seaport in N Puerto Rico.
- arbored
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adjective,
furnished with an arbor.
- subacid
-
adjective,
slightly or moderately acid or sour:
- sidecar
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noun,
a small car attached on one side to a motorcycle and supported on the other side by a wheel of its own, used for a passenger, parcels, etc.
- sidero-
-
- rebecs
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noun,
a Renaissance fiddle with a pear-shaped body tapering into a neck that ends in a sickle-shaped or scroll-shaped pegbox.
- ceruse
-
noun,
a pigment composed of white lead.
- cerous
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adjective,
containing trivalent cerium.
- cerise
-
adjective, noun,
moderate to deep red.
- Cereus
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noun,
any of various plants of the genus Cereus, of the cactus family, having large, usually white, funnel-shaped flowers.
- adores
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verb (used with object),
to regard with the utmost esteem, love, and respect; honor.
- soucar
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noun,
a Hindu banker.
- adsorb
-
verb (used with object),
to gather (a gas, liquid, or dissolved substance) on a surface in a condensed layer:
- Broads
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noun,
The, (used with a plural verb) a low-lying region in E England, in Norfolk and Suffolk: bogs and marshy lakes.
- rebids
-
noun,
Bridge. a second bid:
- cesura
-
noun,
caesura.
- recede
-
verb (used with object),
to cede back; yield or grant to a former possessor.
- bredes
-
noun,
something braided or entwined, especially a plait of hair; braid.
- Cedars
-
noun,
any of several Old World, coniferous trees of the genus Cedrus, having wide, spreading branches.
Compare cedar of Lebanon.
- record
-
noun,
an act of recording.
- C-bias
-
noun,
grid bias.
- recurs
-
verb (used without object),
to occur again, as an event, experience, etc.
- recuse
-
verb (used with object),
to reject or challenge (a judge or juror) as disqualified to act, especially because of interest or bias.
- ceibas
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noun,
the silk-cotton tree, Ceiba pentandra.
- rebbes
-
noun,
a teacher in a Jewish school.
- Carrie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- cobras
-
noun,
any of several highly venomous, Old World elapid snakes of the genera Naja and Ophiophagus, characterized by the ability to flatten the neck into a hoodlike form when disturbed.
- braird
-
noun,
the first sprouts or shoots of grass, corn, or other crops; new growth.
- corers
-
noun,
a person or thing that cores.
- cordis
-
adjective,
(in prescriptions) of the heart.
- raised
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- Corbie
-
noun,
a raven or crow.
- braise
-
verb (used with object),
to cook (meat, fish, or vegetables) by sautéeing in fat and then simmering slowly in very little liquid.
- Rasure
-
noun,
an erasure.
- coders
-
noun,
a person or device that translates information into a code.
- 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.
- breads
-
noun,
a kind of food made of flour or meal that has been mixed with milk or water, made into a dough or batter, with or without yeast or other leavening agent, and baked.
- cobber
-
noun,
a close fellow male friend; chum; pal.
- Reader
-
noun,
a person who reads.
- Robbia
-
noun,
Andrea della [ahn-dre-ah del-lah] /ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ ˌdɛl lɑ/ (Show IPA), 1435–1525, and his uncle, Luca della [loo-kah del-lah] /ˈlu kɑ ˌdɛl lɑ/ (Show IPA) c1400–82, Italian sculptors.
- coarse
-
adjective,
composed of relatively large parts or particles:
- cirrus
-
noun,
Meteorology.
a cloud of a class characterized by thin white filaments or narrow bands and a composition of ice crystals: of high altitude, about 20,000–40,000 feet (6000–12,000 meters).
a cirriform cloud.
- adobes
-
noun,
sun-dried brick made of clay and straw, in common use in countries having little rainfall.
- cirro-
-
- ciders
-
noun,
the juice pressed from apples (or formerly from some other fruit) used for drinking, either before fermentation (sweet cider) or after fermentation (hard cider) or for making applejack, vinegar, etc.
- Cibber
-
noun,
Colley [kol-ee] /ˈkɒl i/ (Show IPA), 1671–1757, English actor and dramatist: poet laureate 1730–57.
- Caruso
-
noun,
Enrico [en-ree-koh;; Italian en-ree-kaw] /ɛnˈri koʊ;; Italian ɛnˈri kɔ/ (Show IPA), 1873–1921, Italian operatic tenor.
- caries
-
noun,
decay, as of bone or of plant tissue.
- carobs
-
noun,
a Mediterranean tree, Ceratonia siliqua, of the legume family, bearing long, leathery pods containing hard seeds and sweet, edible pulp.
- ribose
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-soluble, slightly sweet solid, C 5 H 10 O 5 , a pentose sugar obtained by the hydrolysis of RNA.
- buries
-
noun,
Nautical. housing1 (def 8a, b).
- sirree
-
noun,
(used as an intensive with no or yes):
- burier
-
noun,
a person, animal, or thing that buries.
- Briard
-
noun,
one of a French breed of dogs having a long, slightly wavy coat, raised originally for herding sheep.
- resorb
-
verb (used with object),
to absorb again, as an exudation.
- reused
-
adjective,
noting wool that previously has been spun, woven, and used.
- buboes
-
noun,
an inflammatory swelling of a lymphatic gland, especially in the groin or armpit.
- Ribera
-
noun,
José de [hoh-zey duh;; Spanish haw-se th e] /hoʊˈzeɪ də;; Spanish hɔˈsɛ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), (Jusepe de Ribera"Lo Spagnoletto") 1588–1652, Spanish printmaker and painter active in Naples.
- ricers
-
noun,
an implement for ricing potatoes, squash, etc., by pressing them through small holes.
- burred
-
noun,
a rough, prickly case around the seeds of certain plants, as the chestnut or burdock.
- Sierra
-
noun,
a chain of hills or mountains, the peaks of which suggest the teeth of a saw.
- riders
-
noun,
a person who rides a horse or other animal, a bicycle, etc.
- sirdar
-
noun,
(in India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan) a military chief or leader.
- bribes
-
noun,
money or any other valuable consideration given or promised with a view to corrupting the behavior of a person, especially in that person's performance as an athlete, public official, etc.:
- bruise
-
noun,
an injury due to bruising; contusion.
- Brodie
-
noun,
a suicidal or daredevil leap; wild dive:
- briers
-
noun,
a prickly plant or shrub, especially the sweetbrier or a greenbrier.
- arbour
-
noun,
arbor1 .
- reside
-
noun,
a piece or section of siding:
- Reseda
-
noun,
a grayish green.
- roadie
-
noun,
a member of a crew for a traveling group of musicians or other entertainers, whose work usually includes the setting up of equipment.
- cairds
-
noun,
a traveling tinker, especially a gypsy.
- Caribs
-
noun,
a member of a group of Indian peoples formerly dominant through the Lesser Antilles, now found in small numbers in a few areas of the West Indies and in parts of Central America and northeastern South America.
- aerobe
-
noun,
an organism, especially a bacterium, that requires air or free oxygen for life (opposed to anaerobe).
- breeds
-
noun,
Genetics. a relatively homogenous group of animals within a species, developed and maintained by humans.
- caribe
-
noun,
piranha.
- career
-
noun,
an occupation or profession, especially one requiring special training, followed as one's lifework:
- robber
-
noun,
a person who robs.
- source
-
noun,
any thing or place from which something comes, arises, or is obtained; origin:
- carbo-
-
- Breuer
-
noun,
Josef [yoh-zef] /ˈyoʊ zɛf/ (Show IPA), 1842–1925, Austrian neurologist: pioneer in psychoanalytic techniques.
- bursar
-
noun,
a treasurer or business officer, especially of a college or university.
- redoes
-
noun,
the act or an instance of redoing.
- cadres
-
noun,
Military. the key group of officers and enlisted personnel necessary to establish and train a new military unit.
- reduce
-
verb (used with object),
to bring down to a smaller extent, size, amount, number, etc.:
- cabers
-
noun,
a pole or beam, especially one thrown as a trial of strength.
- soiree
-
noun,
an evening party or social gathering, especially one held for a particular purpose:
- reread
-
noun,
the act of reading something again.
- airbus
-
noun,
a short-range or medium-range commercial passenger airplane, especially one that is part of a frequent shuttlelike service between two popular destinations.
- rescue
-
noun,
the act of rescuing.
- reseau
-
noun,
a network.
- cardi-
-
- 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.
- Corrie
-
noun,
a circular hollow in the side of a hill or mountain.
- deuces
-
noun,
Cards. a card having two pips; a two, or two-spot.
- dobras
-
noun,
any of various former Portuguese coins, especially a gold coin of John V equal to two johannes.
- dobber
-
noun,
a float for a fishing line; bob.
- irades
-
noun,
a decree of a Muslim ruler.
- diseur
-
noun,
a male professional entertainer who performs monologues.
- disco-
-
- disbar
-
verb (used with object),
to expel from the legal profession or from the bar of a particular court.
- isobar
-
noun,
Meteorology. a line drawn on a weather map or chart that connects points at which the barometric pressure is the same.
- obduce
-
verb (imperative),
(in prescriptions) cover; conceal; coat.
- ureide
-
noun,
an acyl urea.
- desorb
-
verb (used with object),
to remove an absorbate or adsorbate from (an absorbent or adsorbent).
- dories
-
noun,
a boat with a narrow, flat bottom, high bow, and flaring sides.
- desire
-
noun,
a longing or craving, as for something that brings satisfaction or enjoyment:
- Derris
-
noun,
any East Indian plant belonging to the genus Derris, of the legume family, especially D. elliptica, the roots of which contain rotenone and are used as an insecticide.
- uredia
-
noun,
uredinium.
- urease
-
noun,
an enzyme that changes urea into ammonium carbonate, occurring in bacteria, fungi, etc.
- deices
-
verb (used with object),
to free of ice; prevent or remove ice formation on, as the wing of an airplane.
- deicer
-
noun,
a device or a chemical substance for preventing or removing ice.
- Abboud
-
noun,
Ibrahim [ib-rah-heem] /ɪb rɑˈhim/ (Show IPA), 1900–1983, Sudanese army general and statesman: prime minister 1958–64.
- decree
-
noun,
a formal and authoritative order, especially one having the force of law:
- decors
-
noun,
style or mode of decoration, as of a room, building, or the like:
- Dorcas
-
noun,
a Christian woman at Joppa who made clothing for the poor. Acts 9:36–41.
- dorser
-
noun,
dosser1 .
- abduce
-
verb (used with object),
to draw or take away; abduct.
- durrie
-
noun,
dhurrie.
- ecrase
-
adjective,
(of leather) crushed to produce a grained effect.
- Ecorse
-
noun,
a city in SE Michigan, near Detroit.
- educes
-
verb (used with object),
to draw forth or bring out, as something potential or latent; elicit; develop.
- eiders
-
noun,
eider duck.
- easier
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- earbob
-
noun,
an earring or eardrop.
- eraser
-
noun,
a device, as a piece of rubber or cloth, for erasing marks made with pen, pencil, chalk, etc.
- Erebus
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the darkness under the earth, imagined either as the abode of sinners after death or of all the dead.
- ericas
-
noun,
any of numerous low-growing evergreen shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Erica, of the heath family, including several species of heather.
- durras
-
noun,
a type of grain sorghum with slender stalks, cultivated in Asia and Africa and introduced into the U.S.
- dorsi-
-
- durocs
-
noun,
one of an American breed of hardy red hogs having drooping ears.
- durbar
-
noun,
the court of a native ruler.
- erodes
-
verb (used with object),
to eat into or away; destroy by slow consumption or disintegration:
Synonyms: corrode, waste, ravage, spoil.
Antonyms: strengthen, reinforce.
- escudo
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Cape Verde, equal to 100 centavos.
- 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.
- Euboea
-
noun,
a Greek island in the W Aegean Sea. 1586 sq. mi. (4110 sq. km). Capital: Chalcis.
- Eudora
-
noun,
a female given name.
- douser
-
noun,
a person or thing that douses.
- douras
-
noun,
durra.
- Icarus
-
noun,
Also, Ikaros. Classical Mythology. a youth who attempted to escape from Crete with wings of wax and feathers but flew so high that his wings melted from the heat of the sun, and he plunged to his death in the sea.
- Decius
-
noun,
(Gaius Messius Quintus Trajanus Decius) a.d. c201–251, emperor of Rome 249–251.
- decare
-
noun,
a unit of surface measure equal to 10 ares, or 1000 square meters: equivalent to 0.2471 acre.
- course
-
noun,
a direction or route taken or to be taken.
- crores
-
noun,
(in India) the sum of ten million, especially of rupees; one hundred lacs.
- racers
-
noun,
a person, animal, or thing that races or takes part in a race, as a racehorse, bicycle, yacht, etc.
- Crusoe
-
noun,
Robinson, Robinson Crusoe.
- aceous
-
- cruors
-
noun,
coagulated blood, or the portion of the blood that forms the clot.
- cruise
-
noun,
the act of cruising.
- crudes
-
noun,
crude oil.
- radio-
-
- radios
-
noun,
wireless telegraphy or telephony:
- Crouse
-
noun,
Russel, 1893–1966, U.S. dramatist.
- criers
-
noun,
a person who cries.
- Subroc
-
noun,
a rocket that contains a nuclear depth charge and that can be launched underwater from a submarine torpedo tube.
- acious
-
- radius
-
noun,
a straight line extending from the center of a circle or sphere to the circumference or surface:
- Creuse
-
noun,
a department in central France. 2165 sq. mi. (5605 sq. km). Capital: Guéret.
- Creusa
-
noun,
the bride to be of Jason, slain by Medea.
- creese
-
noun,
a short sword or heavy dagger with a wavy blade, used by the Malays.
- credos
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the Apostles' Creed or the Nicene Creed.
- crease
-
noun,
a ridge or groove produced in anything by folding, heat, pressure, etc.; fold; furrow.
- subdeb
-
noun,
a subdebutante.
- Crabbe
-
noun,
George, 1754–1832, English poet.
- braids
-
noun,
a braided length or plait, especially of hair.
- rabies
-
noun,
an infectious disease of dogs, cats, and other animals, transmitted to humans by the bite of an infected animal and usually fatal if prophylactic treatment is not administered: caused by an RNA virus of the rhabdovirus group; hydrophobia.
- cubebs
-
noun,
the spicy fruit or drupe of an East Indian climbing shrub, Piper cubeba, of the pepper family.
- deburr
-
verb (used with object),
to remove burrs from (a piece of machined work); burr.
- dabber
-
noun,
a person or thing that dabs.
- debris
-
noun,
the remains of anything broken down or destroyed; ruins; rubble:
- Debbie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Deborah.
- debase
-
verb (used with object),
to reduce in quality or value; adulterate:
- debars
-
verb (used with object),
to shut out or exclude from a place or condition:
- daubes
-
noun,
a stew of braised meat, vegetables, herbs, and seasonings.
- abides
-
Verb phrases,
abide by,
to act in accord with.
to submit to; agree to:
to remain steadfast or faithful to; keep:
- darics
-
noun,
a gold coin and monetary unit of ancient Persia.
- orders
-
noun,
an authoritative direction or instruction; command; mandate.
- ordure
-
noun,
dung; manure; excrement.
- oreads
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. any of a group of nymphs who were the companions of Artemis.
- cuboid
-
noun,
Mathematics. a rectangular parallelepiped.
- oreide
-
noun,
oroide.
- cursor
-
noun,
Digital Technology. a movable, sometimes blinking, symbol that indicates the position on a display screen where the next character entered from the keyboard will appear, or where user action is needed.
- cursed
-
noun,
the expression of a wish that misfortune, evil, doom, etc., befall a person, group, etc.
- Currie
-
noun,
East Indian Cookery. a pungent dish of vegetables, onions, meat or fish, etc., flavored with various spices or curry powder, and often eaten with rice.
- curios
-
noun,
any unusual article, object of art, etc., valued as a curiosity.
- ourari
-
noun,
curare.
- Curare
-
noun,
a blackish, resinlike substance derived from tropical plants of the genus Strychnos, especially S. toxifera, and from the root of pareira, used by certain South American Indians for poisoning arrows and employed in physiological experiments, medicine, etc., for arresting the action of motor nerves.
- absorb
-
verb (used with object),
to suck up or drink in (a liquid); soak up:
- absurd
-
noun,
the quality or condition of existing in a meaningless and irrational world.
- rabbis
-
noun,
the chief religious official of a synagogue, trained usually in a theological seminary and duly ordained, who delivers the sermon at a religious service and performs ritualistic, pastoral, educational, and other functions in and related to his or her capacity as a spiritual leader of Judaism and the Jewish community.
Compare cantor (def 2).
- raider
-
noun,
a person or thing that raids.
- cerias
-
noun,
a white-to-yellow, heavy powder, cerium dioxide, CeO 2 , usually derived from cerium nitrate by decomposition with heat: used chiefly in ceramics, glass polishing, and decolorizing.
- beside
-
Idioms,
beside oneself, almost out of one's senses from a strong emotion, as from joy, delight, anger, fear, or grief:
- secure
-
adjective,
free from or not exposed to danger or harm; safe.
- babies
-
noun,
an infant or very young child.
- scoria
-
noun,
Metallurgy. the refuse, dross, or slag left after melting or smelting metal; scum.
- boards
-
noun,
a piece of wood sawed thin, and of considerable length and breadth compared with the thickness.
- Seeder
-
noun,
a person or thing that seeds.
- Berber
-
noun,
a member of a group of North African tribes living in Barbary and the Sahara.
- 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.
- barbed
-
noun,
a point or pointed part projecting backward from a main point, as of a fishhook or arrowhead.
- bicarb
-
noun,
Informal. sodium bicarbonate.
- Boreas
-
noun,
the ancient Greek personification of the north wind.
- Barber
-
noun,
a person whose occupation it is to cut and dress the hair of customers, especially men, and to shave or trim the beard.
- sarco-
-
- barbes
-
noun,
a band or small scarf of lace, worn around the head or neck by women.
- borers
-
noun,
a person or thing that bores or pierces.
- aroids
-
noun,
any plant of the arum family.
- boride
-
noun,
a compound consisting of two elements of which boron is the more electronegative one.
- Border
-
noun,
the part or edge of a surface or area that forms its outer boundary.
- barred
-
noun,
a relatively long, evenly shaped piece of some solid substance, as metal or wood, used as a guard or obstruction or for some mechanical purpose:
- Scribe
-
noun,
a person who serves as a professional copyist, especially one who made copies of manuscripts before the invention of printing.
- barrio
-
noun,
(in Spain and countries colonized by Spain) one of the divisions into which a town or city, together with the contiguous rural territory, is divided.
- 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.
- arouse
-
verb (used with object),
to stir to action or strong response; excite:
- ariose
-
adjective,
characterized by melody; songlike.
- Barrie
-
noun,
Sir James M(atthew) 1860–1937, Scottish novelist, short-story writer, and playwright.
- biased
-
noun,
a particular tendency, trend, inclination, feeling, or opinion, especially one that is preconceived or unreasoned:
- bodies
-
noun,
the physical structure and material substance of an animal or plant, living or dead.
- Roseau
-
noun,
a seaport on and the capital of Dominica.
- seduce
-
verb (used with object),
to lead astray, as from duty, rectitude, or the like; corrupt.
- Sardou
-
noun,
Victorien [veek-taw-ryen] /vik tɔˈryɛ̃/ (Show IPA), 1831–1908, French dramatist.
- Barres
-
noun,
Maurice [moh-rees] /moʊˈris/ (Show IPA), 1862–1923, French novelist, writer on politics, and politician.
- Barros
-
noun,
João de [zhwoun duh] /ʒwãʊ̃ də/ (Show IPA), ("the Portuguese Livy") 1496–1570, Portuguese historian.
- saucer
-
noun,
a small, round, shallow dish to hold a cup.
- arride
-
verb (used with object),
to be agreeable or pleasing to.
- sauced
-
noun,
any preparation, usually liquid or semiliquid, eaten as a gravy or as a relish accompanying food.
- rosace
-
noun,
rosette (def 3).
- bardes
-
noun,
bard2 (def 1).
- screed
-
noun,
a long discourse or essay, especially a diatribe.
- Barbie
-
noun,
Also called Barbie doll. a person, especially a young woman, perceived as blandly attractive and vacuous.
- rubies
-
noun,
a red variety of corundum, used as a gem.
- bearer
-
noun,
a person or thing that carries, upholds, or brings:
- Bourse
-
noun,
a stock exchange, especially the stock exchange of certain European cities.
- beards
-
noun,
the growth of hair on the face of an adult man, often including a mustache.
- ardors
-
noun,
great warmth of feeling; fervor; passion:
- Bierce
-
noun,
Ambrose (Gwinnett) [gwi-net] /gwɪˈnɛt/ (Show IPA), 1842–1914? U.S. journalist and short-story writer.
- rubied
-
adjective,
having a color like that of a ruby; deep red.
- becard
-
noun,
any of several passerine birds of the genus Pachyramphus, of the American tropics, having large heads and swollen bills, and variously classified with the flycatchers or the cotingas.
- secede
-
verb (used without object),
to withdraw formally from an alliance, federation, or association, as from a political union, a religious organization, etc.
- Serbia
-
noun,
a republic in S Europe since 2006; includes the autonomous province of Vojvodina and claims sovereignty over the autonomous province of Kosovo, which has declared itself independent; formerly part of Yugoslavia, in the N part: a former kingdom in S Europe. 34,116 sq. mi. (88,360 sq. km). Capital: Belgrade.
- sacred
-
adjective,
devoted or dedicated to a deity or to some religious purpose; consecrated.
- seabed
-
noun,
seafloor.
- serbo-
-
- Seabee
-
noun,
a member of the construction battalions of the U.S. Navy, established in December, 1941, to build landing facilities, airfields, etc., in combat areas.
- birrus
-
noun,
a hooded cloak of coarse wool, a common article of apparel in the later Roman Empire.
- bracer
-
noun,
a person or thing that braces, binds, or makes firm.
- beader
-
noun,
a tool for forming beads on lumber.
- ardebs
-
noun,
a unit of capacity used for dry measure in Egypt and neighboring countries, officially equivalent in Egypt to 5.62 U.S. bushels, but varying greatly in different localities.
- serdab
-
noun,
a chamber inside a mastaba containing a statue of the deceased.
- rubric
-
noun,
a title, heading, direction, or the like, in a manuscript, book, statute, etc., written or printed in red or otherwise distinguished from the rest of the text.
- braces
-
noun,
something that holds parts together or in place, as a clasp or clamp.
- sacro-
-
- rubber
-
noun,
Also called India rubber, natural rubber, gum, gum elastic, caoutchouc. a highly elastic solid substance, light cream or dark amber in color, polymerized by the drying and coagulation of the latex or milky juice of rubber trees and plants, especially Hevea and Ficus species.
- audio-
-
- bedaub
-
verb (used with object),
to smear all over; besmear; soil.
- birder
-
noun,
a person who raises birds.
- bardee
-
noun,
bardy2 .
- Dario
-
noun,
Rubén [roo-ven] /ruˈvɛn/ (Show IPA), (Félix Rubén García Sarmiento) 1867–1916, Nicaraguan poet and diplomat.
- Curie
-
noun,
a unit of activity of radioactive substances equivalent to 3.70 × 10 10 disintegrations per second: it is approximately the amount of activity produced by 1 gram of radium-226. Abbreviation: Ci.
- Orcas
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- daube
-
noun,
a stew of braised meat, vegetables, herbs, and seasonings.
- Curia
-
noun,
one of the political subdivisions of each of the three tribes of ancient Rome.
- cures
-
noun,
a means of healing or restoring to health; remedy.
- curio
-
noun,
any unusual article, object of art, etc., valued as a curiosity.
- daces
-
noun,
a small, freshwater cyprinoid fish, Leuciscus leuciscus, of Europe, having a stout, fusiform body.
- Sarre
-
noun,
French name of Saar.
- baris
-
noun,
a seaport in SE Italy, on the Adriatic.
- sarod
-
noun,
a lute of northern India, played with a bow.
- baric
-
adjective,
of or containing barium.
- oread
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. any of a group of nymphs who were the companions of Artemis.
- bares
-
verb,
simple past tense of bear1 .
- curds
-
noun,
Often, curds. a substance consisting mainly of casein and the like, obtained from milk by coagulation, and used as food or made into cheese.
- order
-
noun,
an authoritative direction or instruction; command; mandate.
- Orcus
-
noun,
the ancient Roman god of the underworld, identified with the Greek Pluto, or Hades.
- baro-
-
- currs
-
verb (used without object),
to make a low, purring sound, as a cat.
- Dares
-
noun,
an act of daring or defiance; challenge.
- abode
-
noun,
a place in which a person resides; residence; dwelling; habitation; home.
- orris
-
noun,
an iris, Iris germanica florentina, having a fragrant rootstock.
- OSCAR
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter O.
- Barre
-
noun,
a handrail placed at hip height, used by a dancer to maintain balance during practice.
- curse
-
noun,
the expression of a wish that misfortune, evil, doom, etc., befall a person, group, etc.
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- daric
-
noun,
a gold coin and monetary unit of ancient Persia.
- Robus
-
noun,
Hugo, 1885–1963, U.S. sculptor.
- abuse
-
noun,
wrong or improper use; misuse:
- Ouida
-
noun,
pen name of Louise de la Ramée.
- 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.
- BCerE
-
- saice
-
noun,
syce.
- Sadoc
-
noun,
Zadok.
- 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.
- Sadie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Sara or Sarah.
- crore
-
noun,
(in India) the sum of ten million, especially of rupees; one hundred lacs.
- Crius
-
noun,
a Titan, the son of Uranus and Gaea.
- cries
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- crier
-
noun,
a person who cries.
- cried
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- Beard
-
noun,
the growth of hair on the face of an adult man, often including a mustache.
- sarc-
-
- Crees
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- creed
-
noun,
any system, doctrine, or formula of religious belief, as of a denomination.
- Credo
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the Apostles' Creed or the Nicene Creed.
- suber
-
noun,
cork (def 6).
- bears
-
noun,
any of the plantigrade, carnivorous or omnivorous mammals of the family Ursidae, having massive bodies, coarse heavy fur, relatively short limbs, and almost rudimentary tails.
- acred
-
adjective,
owning many acres of land; landed.
- Crabb
-
noun,
George, 1778–1851, English author and philologist.
- asco-
-
- acrid
-
adjective,
sharp or biting to the taste or smell; bitterly pungent; irritating to the eyes, nose, etc.:
- SABRE
-
noun,
a heavy, one-edged sword, usually slightly curved, used especially by cavalry.
- brads
-
noun,
a slender wire nail having either a small, deep head or a projection to one side of the head end.
- cruds
-
noun,
Slang.
a deposit or coating of refuse or of an impure or alien substance; muck.
a filthy, repulsive, or contemptible person.
something that is worthless, objectionable, or contemptible.
prevarication, exaggeration, or flattery.
a nonspecific, imaginary, or vaguely defined disease or disorder of the body:
any unpleasant external ailment, disorder, or the like, as a skin rash.
venereal disease, especially syphilis.
Vulgar. dried semen.
- suede
-
noun,
kid or other leather finished with a soft, napped surface, on the flesh side or on the outer side after removal of a thin outer layer.
- BASIC
-
noun,
Military.
basic training.
a soldier or airman receiving basic training.
- curbs
-
noun,
Also, British, kerb. a rim, especially of joined stones or concrete, along a street or roadway, forming an edge for a sidewalk.
- Sudra
-
noun,
Shudra.
- abris
-
noun,
a shelter, especially a dugout.
- ourie
-
adjective,
shabby; dingy.
- Sucre
-
noun,
Antonio José de [ahn-taw-nyaw haw-se th e] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ hɔˈsɛ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), 1793–1830, Venezuelan general and South American liberator: 1st president of Bolivia 1826–28.
- serac
-
noun,
a large irregularity of glacial ice, as a pinnacle found in glacial crevasses and formed by melting or movement of the ice.
- Rabbi
-
noun,
the chief religious official of a synagogue, trained usually in a theological seminary and duly ordained, who delivers the sermon at a religious service and performs ritualistic, pastoral, educational, and other functions in and related to his or her capacity as a spiritual leader of Judaism and the Jewish community.
Compare cantor (def 2).
- Saree
-
noun,
sari.
- cubes
-
noun,
a solid bounded by six equal squares, the angle between any two adjacent faces being a right angle.
- cubeb
-
noun,
the spicy fruit or drupe of an East Indian climbing shrub, Piper cubeba, of the pepper family.
- 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.
- ASDIC
-
noun,
sonar.
- rabid
-
adjective,
irrationally extreme in opinion or practice:
- Basie
-
noun,
William ("Count") 1904–84, U.S. jazz pianist, bandleader, and composer.
- racer
-
noun,
a person, animal, or thing that races or takes part in a race, as a racehorse, bicycle, yacht, etc.
- races
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- cruse
-
noun,
an earthen pot, bottle, etc., for liquids.
- bauds
-
noun,
a unit used to measure the speed of signaling or data transfer, equal to the number of pulses or bits per second:
- acerb
-
adjective,
acerbic.
- Bauer
-
noun,
Georg [gey-awrk] /geɪˈɔrk/ (Show IPA), Agricola, Georgius.
- cruor
-
noun,
coagulated blood, or the portion of the blood that forms the clot.
- Bardo
-
noun,
(in Lamaism) the state of the soul between death and rebirth.
- deca-
-
- daubs
-
noun,
material, especially of an inferior kind, for daubing walls.
- drees
-
adjective,
tedious; dreary.
- duces
-
noun,
a leader or dictator.
- Dubbo
-
noun,
a city in E Australia.
- Dubai
-
noun,
an emirate in the NE United Arab Emirates, on the Persian Gulf.
- scree
-
noun,
a steep mass of detritus on the side of a mountain.
- Druse
-
noun,
an incrustation of small crystals on the surface of a rock or mineral.
- drubs
-
noun,
a blow with a stick or the like.
- dries
-
noun,
a plural of dry.
- drier
-
noun,
a person or thing that dries.
- dribs
-
noun,
a small or minute quantity; bit.
- Euro-
-
- euros
-
noun,
wallaroo.
- erose
-
adjective,
uneven, as if gnawed away.
- drear
-
adjective,
dreary.
- Draco
-
noun,
the Dragon, a northern circumpolar constellation between Ursa Major and Cepheus.
- drabs
-
noun,
dull gray; dull brownish or yellowish gray.
- douse
-
noun,
British Dialect. a stroke or blow.
- scour
-
noun,
the act of scouring.
- doura
-
noun,
durra.
- Baber
-
noun,
(Zahir ed-Din Mohammed) 1483–1530, founder of the Mogul Empire.
- douce
-
adjective,
sedate; modest; quiet.
- Doubs
-
noun,
a river in E France, flowing into the Saône River. About 260 miles (420 km) long.
- Douai
-
noun,
a city in N France, SE of Calais.
- dorse
-
noun,
the back of a book or folded document.
- Duero
-
noun,
Spanish name of Douro.
- Auber
-
noun,
Daniel François Esprit [da-nyel frahn-swa es-pree] /daˈnyɛl frɑ̃ˈswa ɛsˈpri/ (Show IPA), 1782–1871, French composer.
- Doris
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the wife of Nereus and mother of the Nereids.
- 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.
- Auric
-
adjective,
of or containing gold in the trivalent state.
- educ.
-
- educe
-
verb (used with object),
to draw forth or bring out, as something potential or latent; elicit; develop.
- eerie
-
adjective,
uncanny, so as to inspire superstitious fear; weird:
- eider
-
noun,
eider duck.
- eidos
-
noun,
the formal content of a culture, encompassing its system of ideas, criteria for interpreting experience, etc.
- eared
-
noun,
the part of a cereal plant, as corn, wheat, etc., that contains the flowers and hence the fruit, grains, or kernels.
- scudo
-
noun,
any of various gold or silver coins, of various Italian states, issued from the late 16th through the early 19th centuries.
- erase
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
- 30-30
-
- ERICA
-
noun,
any of numerous low-growing evergreen shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Erica, of the heath family, including several species of heather.
- duras
-
noun,
dura mater.
- Audie
-
noun,
a female or male given name.
- Eridu
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian and Babylonian city near the Euphrates in S Iraq: center for the worship of Ea; partially excavated.
- durra
-
noun,
a type of grain sorghum with slender stalks, cultivated in Asia and Africa and introduced into the U.S.
- duros
-
noun,
a peso of Spain or Spanish America.
- scrub
-
noun,
an act or instance of scrubbing.
- Duroc
-
noun,
one of an American breed of hardy red hogs having drooping ears.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- dures
-
verb (used with or without object),
endure.
- Durer
-
noun,
Albrecht [ahl-brekht] /ˈɑl brɛxt/ (Show IPA), 1471–1528, German painter and engraver.
- erode
-
verb (used with object),
to eat into or away; destroy by slow consumption or disintegration:
Synonyms: corrode, waste, ravage, spoil.
Antonyms: strengthen, reinforce.
- scrod
-
noun,
a young Atlantic codfish or haddock, especially one split for cooking.
- dorrs
-
noun,
dor1 .
- babis
-
noun,
Also called Babism. a Persian religion, originating in the 19th century, now supplanted by Bahaʾi.
- oidea
-
- barbu
-
noun,
a threadfin, Polydactylus virginicus, inhabiting western Atlantic coastal waters.
- Deere
-
noun,
John, 1804–86, U.S. inventor and manufacturer of farm implements.
- Abbie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Abigail.
- Obuda
-
noun,
See under Budapest.
- ureas
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a compound, CO(NH 2) 2 , occurring in urine and other body fluids as a product of protein metabolism.
- decos
-
noun,
art deco.
- decor
-
noun,
style or mode of decoration, as of a room, building, or the like:
- 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.
- deci-
-
- barbs
-
noun,
a point or pointed part projecting backward from a main point, as of a fishhook or arrowhead.
- urase
-
noun,
urease.
- ocrea
-
noun,
a sheathing part, as a pair of stipules united about a stem.
- deice
-
verb (used with object),
to free of ice; prevent or remove ice formation on, as the wing of an airplane.
- debus
-
verb (used with or without object),
to get out of a bus; alight from a bus.
- aside
-
noun,
a part of an actor's lines supposedly not heard by others on the stage and intended only for the audience.
- Debra
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Deborah.
- Debir
-
noun,
a royal city in the vicinity of Hebron, conquered by Othniel.
- surra
-
noun,
an often fatal infectious disease of horses, camels, elephants, and dogs caused by a blood-infecting protozoan parasite, Trypanosoma evansi, transmitted by the bite of horseflies, characterized by fever, anemia, and emaciation.
- sauce
-
noun,
any preparation, usually liquid or semiliquid, eaten as a gravy or as a relish accompanying food.
- Barde
-
noun,
bard2 (def 1).
- debar
-
verb (used with object),
to shut out or exclude from a place or condition:
- dears
-
noun,
a person who is good, kind, or generous:
- abide
-
Verb phrases,
abide by,
to act in accord with.
to submit to; agree to:
to remain steadfast or faithful to; keep:
- oecus
-
noun,
(in an ancient Roman house) an apartment, especially a dining room, decorated with columns.
- deers
-
noun,
any of several ruminants of the family Cervidae, most of the males of which have solid, deciduous antlers.
- abbes
-
noun,
a member of the secular clergy.
- Doric
-
noun,
a dialect of ancient Greek spoken on Rhodes and other islands of the Dodecanese, in Crete, in Syracuse, and in all of the Peloponnesus except Arcadia.
- Dirae
-
plural noun,
the Furies. See fury (def 3).
- score
-
noun,
the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.
- dorab
-
noun,
wolf herring.
- ideo-
-
- doers
-
noun,
a person or thing that does something, especially a person who gets things done with vigor and efficiency.
- Ursid
-
noun,
any plantigrade carnivore of the family Ursidae, comprising the spectacled bear, the black, brown, and sun bears, and various extinct species that also gave rise to the giant panda of the family Ailuropodidae.
- dobra
-
noun,
any of various former Portuguese coins, especially a gold coin of John V equal to two johannes.
- Dobie
-
noun,
Chiefly Southwestern U.S. adobe.
- irade
-
noun,
a decree of a Muslim ruler.
- Babur
-
noun,
Baber.
- scare
-
noun,
a sudden fright or alarm, especially with little or no reason.
- disc.
-
- Dirac
-
noun,
Paul Adrien Maurice, 1902–84, British physicist, in the U.S. after 1971: Nobel Prize 1933.
- Barbe
-
noun,
a band or small scarf of lace, worn around the head or neck by women.
- Seder
-
noun,
a ceremonial dinner that commemorates the Exodus from Egypt and includes the reading of the Haggadah and the eating of symbolic foods, generally held on the first night of Passover by Reform Jews and Jews in Israel and on both the first and second nights by Orthodox and Conservative Jews outside of Israel.
- Isere
-
noun,
a river in SE France, flowing from the Alps to the Rhone River. 150 miles (240 km) long.
- dices
-
Idioms,
no dice, Informal. of no use or help; ineffective.
- oared
-
noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- Obad.
-
- Obeid
-
noun,
El Obeid.
- Saudi
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Saudi Arabia.
- deuce
-
noun,
Cards. a card having two pips; a two, or two-spot.
- Uredo
-
noun,
a skin irritation; hives; urticaria.
- desc.
-
- obese
-
adjective,
very fat or overweight; corpulent.
- acro-
-
- crude
-
noun,
crude oil.
- raids
-
noun,
a sudden assault or attack, as upon something to be seized or suppressed:
- caber
-
noun,
a pole or beam, especially one thrown as a trial of strength.
- roues
-
noun,
a dissolute and licentious man; rake.
- Caird
-
noun,
a traveling tinker, especially a gypsy.
- caids
-
noun,
(in North Africa) a Muslim tribal chief, judge, or senior official.
- board
-
noun,
a piece of wood sawed thin, and of considerable length and breadth compared with the thickness.
- Arius
-
noun,
died a.d. 336, Christian priest at Alexandria: founder of Arianism.
- cadre
-
noun,
Military. the key group of officers and enlisted personnel necessary to establish and train a new military unit.
- cadis
-
noun,
qadi.
- 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.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- boars
-
noun,
the uncastrated male swine.
- Caius
-
noun,
Saint, died a.d. 296, pope 283–296.
- Aides
-
noun,
nurse's aide.
- Aidos
-
noun,
the ancient Greek personification of modesty, respect, and shame.
- sodic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or containing sodium:
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- sero-
-
- Busra
-
noun,
Basra.
- bodes
-
verb,
a simple past tense of bide.
- sober
-
adjective,
not intoxicated or drunk.
- burse
-
noun,
a pouch or case for some special purpose.
- Bursa
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. a pouch, sac, or vesicle, especially a sac containing synovia, to facilitate motion, as between a tendon and a bone.
- Cairo
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Egypt, in the N part on the E bank of the Nile.
- redia
-
noun,
a cylindrical larval stage of some trematodes, produced by a sporocyst and giving rise to daughter rediae or to cercariae.
- Boece
-
noun,
Boethius.
- Carie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- 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:
- caus.
-
- bides
-
Idioms,
bide one's time, to wait for a favorable opportunity:
- carse
-
noun,
bottom land.
- aerie
-
noun,
the nest of a bird of prey, as an eagle or a hawk.
- biers
-
noun,
a frame or stand on which a corpse or the coffin containing it is laid before burial.
- carob
-
noun,
a Mediterranean tree, Ceratonia siliqua, of the legume family, bearing long, leathery pods containing hard seeds and sweet, edible pulp.
- aero-
-
- rubes
-
noun,
an unsophisticated person from a rural area; hick.
- aroid
-
noun,
any plant of the arum family.
- carb-
-
- rouse
-
noun,
a rousing.
- Carib
-
noun,
a member of a group of Indian peoples formerly dominant through the Lesser Antilles, now found in small numbers in a few areas of the West Indies and in parts of Central America and northeastern South America.
- cares
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- birrs
-
noun,
force; energy; vigor.
- redes
-
noun,
counsel; advice.
- cards
-
noun,
a usually rectangular piece of stiff paper, thin pasteboard, or plastic for various uses, as to write information on or printed as a means of identifying the holder:
- birse
-
noun,
a short hair of the beard or body; a bristle.
- Card.
-
- carbs
-
noun,
a carburetor.
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- burro
-
noun,
a small donkey, especially one used as a pack animal in the southwestern U.S.
- boers
-
noun,
a South African of Dutch extraction.
- recur
-
verb (used without object),
to occur again, as an event, experience, etc.
- ardor
-
noun,
great warmth of feeling; fervor; passion:
- Boris
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Brier
-
noun,
a prickly plant or shrub, especially the sweetbrier or a greenbrier.
- Bride
-
noun,
a newly married woman or a woman about to be married.
- Brice
-
noun,
Fanny (Fannie Borach) 1891–1951, U.S. singer and comedian.
- bribe
-
noun,
money or any other valuable consideration given or promised with a view to corrupting the behavior of a person, especially in that person's performance as an athlete, public official, etc.:
- briar
-
noun,
brier1 .
- Bouar
-
noun,
a city in the W Central African Republic.
- Sidra
-
noun,
Gulf of, an inlet of the Mediterranean, on the N coast of Libya.
- roars
-
noun,
a loud, deep cry or howl, as of an animal or a person:
- arces
-
noun,
a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
- brise
-
noun,
a ballet movement in which the dancer jumps off one foot, beats the legs together, and lands on both feet.
- Breed
-
noun,
Genetics. a relatively homogenous group of animals within a species, developed and maintained by humans.
- Bouse
-
noun,
liquor or drink.
- brede
-
noun,
something braided or entwined, especially a plait of hair; braid.
- Breda
-
noun,
a city in the S Netherlands.
- Brace
-
noun,
something that holds parts together or in place, as a clasp or clamp.
- bread
-
noun,
a kind of food made of flour or meal that has been mixed with milk or water, made into a dough or batter, with or without yeast or other leavening agent, and baked.
- robes
-
noun,
a long, loose or flowing gown or outer garment worn by men or women as ceremonial dress, an official vestment, or garb of office.
- arcus
-
noun,
a dense, horizontal, roll-shaped cloud sometimes occurring at the lower front portion of a cumulonimbus.
- ardeb
-
noun,
a unit of capacity used for dry measure in Egypt and neighboring countries, officially equivalent in Egypt to 5.62 U.S. bushels, but varying greatly in different localities.
- braid
-
noun,
a braided length or plait, especially of hair.
- brios
-
noun,
vigor; vivacity.
- riser
-
noun,
a person who rises, especially from bed:
- Aoede
-
noun,
one of the original three Muses; the Muse of song.
- rides
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- burds
-
noun,
a young lady; maiden.
- 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.
- burbs
-
- siree
-
noun,
sirree.
- boras
-
noun,
a city in S Sweden, near Göteborg.
- Buber
-
noun,
Martin, 1878–1965, Jewish philosopher, theologian, and scholar of Hasidism: born in Austria, in Israel from 1938.
- ricer
-
noun,
an implement for ricing potatoes, squash, etc., by pressing them through small holes.
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- rices
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- Rider
-
noun,
a person who rides a horse or other animal, a bicycle, etc.
- Brusa
-
noun,
Bursa.
- Broad
-
noun,
the broad part of anything.
- areo-
-
- Bruce
-
noun,
Blanche Kelso, 1841–98, U.S. politician: first black to serve a full term as U.S. senator 1875–81.
- Brose
-
noun,
a porridge made by stirring boiling liquid into oatmeal or other meal.
- bros.
-
noun,
a brother.
- Arber
-
noun,
Werner, born 1929, Swiss microbiologist: shared Nobel Prize 1978.
- arbor
-
noun,
a leafy, shady recess formed by tree branches, shrubs, etc.
- Borer
-
noun,
a person or thing that bores or pierces.
- Bores
-
noun,
a dull, tiresome, or uncongenial person.
- Broca
-
noun,
Paul [pawl] /pɔl/ (Show IPA), 1824–80, French surgeon and anthropologist.
- boric
-
adjective,
of or containing boron; boracic.
- aeri-
-
- redos
-
noun,
the act or an instance of redoing.
- Ecua.
-
- Saber
-
noun,
a heavy, one-edged sword, usually slightly curved, used especially by cavalry.
- coder
-
noun,
a person or device that translates information into a code.
- Sabir
-
noun,
lingua franca (def 2).
- corer
-
noun,
a person or thing that cores.
- rebid
-
noun,
Bridge. a second bid:
- ceras
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- Corea
-
noun,
Armando Anthony [ahr-mahn-doh] /ɑrˈmɑn doʊ/ (Show IPA), ("Chick") born 1941, U.S. jazz pianist and composer.
- arris
-
noun,
a sharp ridge, as between adjoining channels of a Doric column.
- cires
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- 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:
- Rudra
-
noun,
father of the storm gods and controller of the powers of nature.
- cords
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) clothing, especially trousers, of corded fabric; corduroys.
- Cobra
-
noun,
any of several highly venomous, Old World elapid snakes of the genera Naja and Ophiophagus, characterized by the ability to flatten the neck into a hoodlike form when disturbed.
- beedi
-
noun,
bidi.
- rebec
-
noun,
a Renaissance fiddle with a pear-shaped body tapering into a neck that ends in a sickle-shaped or scroll-shaped pegbox.
- Ceres
-
noun,
a pre-Roman goddess of agriculture under whose name the Romans adopted the worship of the Greek goddess Demeter.
- ceria
-
noun,
a white-to-yellow, heavy powder, cerium dioxide, CeO 2 , usually derived from cerium nitrate by decomposition with heat: used chiefly in ceramics, glass polishing, and decolorizing.
- sebi-
-
- Beebe
-
noun,
(Charles) William, 1877–1962, U.S. naturalist, explorer, and writer.
- cero-
-
- Adore
-
verb (used with object),
to regard with the utmost esteem, love, and respect; honor.
- ceros
-
noun,
a large Atlantic and Gulf Coast mackerel game fish, Scomberomorus regalis.
- rears
-
- Seric
-
- reads
-
noun,
an act or instance of reading:
- Beria
-
noun,
Lavrenti Pavlovich [luh v-ren-tee pav-loh-vich;; Russian luh-vryen-tyee puh-vlaw-vyich] /ləvˈrɛn ti pævˈloʊ vɪtʃ;; Russian lʌˈvryɛn tyi pʌˈvlɔ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1899–1953, Soviet secret-police chief: executed for treason.
- Cerro
-
noun,
a hill or peak.
- Berra
-
noun,
Lawrence Peter ("Yogi") born 1925, U.S. baseball player and manager.
- coirs
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- Ceiba
-
noun,
the silk-cotton tree, Ceiba pentandra.
- cores
-
- Berar
-
noun,
a former division of the Central Provinces and Berar, in central India: now part of Maharashtra state.
- Reade
-
noun,
Charles, 1814–84, English novelist.
- cease
-
noun,
cessation:
- Aedes
-
noun,
yellow-fever mosquito.
- rebab
-
noun,
a Near Eastern fiddle having one to three strings and played with a bow.
- Beers
-
noun,
Clifford Whittingham [hwit-ing-uh m,, wit-] /ˈʰwɪt ɪŋ əm,, ˈwɪt-/ (Show IPA), 1876–1943, U.S. pioneer in mental hygiene.
- Cedar
-
noun,
any of several Old World, coniferous trees of the genus Cedrus, having wide, spreading branches.
Compare cedar of Lebanon.
- bices
-
noun,
either of two colors, bice blue or bice green.
- coeds
-
noun,
Older Use. a female student in a coeducational institution, especially in a college or university.
- Corse
-
noun,
corpse.
- Beira
-
noun,
a seaport in central Mozambique.
- cider
-
noun,
the juice pressed from apples (or formerly from some other fruit) used for drinking, either before fermentation (sweet cider) or after fermentation (hard cider) or for making applejack, vinegar, etc.
- cedes
-
verb (used with object),
to yield or formally surrender to another:
- rebus
-
noun,
a representation of a word or phrase by pictures, symbols, etc., that suggest that word or phrase or its syllables:
- adobe
-
noun,
sun-dried brick made of clay and straw, in common use in countries having little rainfall.
- codas
-
noun,
Music. a more or less independent passage, at the end of a composition, introduced to bring it to a satisfactory close.
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- arose
-
verb,
simple past tense of arise.
- adios
-
interjection,
goodbye; farewell.
- adieu
-
noun,
the act of leaving or departing; farewell.
- 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.
- rebar
-
noun,
a steel bar or rod used to reinforce concrete.
- rebbe
-
noun,
a teacher in a Jewish school.
- Berea
-
noun,
a city in NE Ohio, near Cleveland.
- rares
-
adjective,
coming or occurring far apart in time; unusual; uncommon:
- cedis
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Ghana, equal to 100 pesewas.
- corr.
-
- coria
-
noun,
plural of corium.
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- USCA
-
- said
-
noun,
sayyid.
- Eure
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2331 sq. mi. (6035 sq. km). Capital: Evreux.
- rcd.
-
- rids
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of ride.
- RdAc
-
- Rida
-
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- iced
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- Ice.
-
- rad.
-
- Rico
-
noun,
Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act: a U.S. law, enacted in 1970, allowing victims of organized crime to sue those responsible for punitive damages.
- ride
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- USAR
-
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- Sab.
-
- ICAO
-
- Ibos
-
noun,
a member of an indigenous black people of southeastern Nigeria, renowned as traders and for their art.
- IADB
-
- Read
-
noun,
an act or instance of reading:
- RISC
-
noun,
reduced instruction set computer: a computer whose central processing unit recognizes a relatively small number of instructions, which it can execute very rapidly.
- Eur.
-
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- scr.
-
- robe
-
noun,
a long, loose or flowing gown or outer garment worn by men or women as ceremonial dress, an official vestment, or garb of office.
- Erie
-
noun,
Lake, a lake between the NE central United States and SE central Canada: the southernmost lake of the Great Lakes; Commodore Perry's defeat of the British in 1813. 239 miles (385 km) long; 9940 sq. mi. (25,745 sq. km).
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- RAID
-
noun,
a sudden assault or attack, as upon something to be seized or suppressed:
- SCUD
-
noun,
the act of scudding.
- eous
-
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- Roca
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in W Portugal, near Lisbon: the western extremity of continental Europe.
- Sra.
-
- Saco
-
noun,
a city in SW Maine.
- sec.
-
- EEOC
-
- sub-
-
- Serb
-
noun, adjective,
Serbian.
- Edie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Edith.
- robs
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Robert.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- EDES
-
noun,
a city in SW Nigeria.
- USIA
-
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- rads
-
noun,
a standard unit of absorbed dose of radiation equal to 0.01 gray2 .
- eso-
-
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- Esd.
-
- USDA
-
- Sadi
-
noun,
sadhe.
- used
-
noun,
the act of employing, using, or putting into service:
- Esau
-
noun,
a son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Jacob, to whom he sold his birthright. Gen. 25:21–25.
- road
-
noun,
a long, narrow stretch with a smoothed or paved surface, made for traveling by motor vehicle, carriage, etc., between two or more points; street or highway.
- errs
-
verb (used without object),
to go astray in thought or belief; be mistaken; be incorrect.
- rocs
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- Ruse
-
noun,
a trick, stratagem, or artifice.
- side
-
noun,
one of the surfaces forming the outside of or bounding a thing, or one of the lines bounding a geometric figure.
- RARE
-
adjective,
coming or occurring far apart in time; unusual; uncommon:
- 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.
- user
-
noun,
a person or thing that uses.
- roar
-
noun,
a loud, deep cry or howl, as of an animal or a person:
- raob
-
noun,
Meteorology. a radiosonde or rawinsonde observation.
- Rodi
-
noun,
Italian name of Rhodes.
- rode
-
noun,
a rope by which a boat is anchored.
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- Sura
-
noun,
any of the 114 chapters of the Koran.
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- rues
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- sur-
-
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- udos
-
noun,
a plant, Aralia cordata, of the ginseng family, cultivated, especially in Japan and China, for its edible shoots.
- Oder
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing from the NE Czech Republic, N through SW Poland and along the border between Germany and Poland into the Baltic. 562 miles (905 km) long.
- sord
-
noun,
a flight or flock of mallards.
- ROUS
-
noun,
(Francis) Peyton, 1879–1970, U.S. pathologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1966.
- Sorb
-
noun,
a European tree, Sorbus domestica.
- ouds
-
noun,
a musical instrument of the Middle East and northern Africa belonging to the lute family.
- Rude
-
noun,
François [frahn-swa] /frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), 1784–1855, French sculptor.
- Rus.
-
- urbs
-
noun,
an urban area.
- ocas
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- redo
-
noun,
the act or an instance of redoing.
- urds
-
noun,
a plant, Vigna mungo, of the legume family, widely cultivated in tropical Asia for its edible seeds and for forage.
- urea
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a compound, CO(NH 2) 2 , occurring in urine and other body fluids as a product of protein metabolism.
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- ours
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- OSRD
-
- odic
-
adjective,
of an ode.
- obs.
-
- orbs
-
noun,
a sphere or globe:
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- ord.
-
- sure
-
Idioms,
for sure, as a certainty; surely:
- orcs
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- rubs
-
noun,
an act or instance of rubbing:
- orra
-
adjective,
not regular or scheduled; odd:
- rede
-
noun,
counsel; advice.
- Orca
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- rebs
-
noun,
a Confederate soldier.
- Osee
-
noun,
Hosea.
- Sari
-
noun,
a garment worn by Hindu women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder.
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- orad
-
adverb,
toward the mouth or the oral region.
- 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.
- OEEC
-
- Rube
-
noun,
an unsophisticated person from a rural area; hick.
- OECD
-
- Odus
-
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- obis
-
noun,
a long, broad sash tied about the waist over a Japanese kimono.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- RACE
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- scar
-
noun,
a mark left by a healed wound, sore, or burn.
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- uric
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, contained in, or derived from urine.
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- ScBE
-
- Uris
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- uro-
-
- surd
-
noun,
Phonetics. a voiceless consonant (opposed to sonant).
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- sci.
-
- Ire.
-
- ious
-
- iod-
-
- IEEE
-
- ides
-
noun,
(in the ancient Roman calendar) the fifteenth day of March, May, July, or October, and the thirteenth day of the other months.
- IDEA
-
noun,
any conception existing in the mind as a result of mental understanding, awareness, or activity.
- Idas
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in W Turkey, in NW Asia Minor, SE of ancient Troy. 5810 feet (1771 meters).
Turkish Kazdaği [kahz-dah-gee; Turkish kahz-dah-uh] /ˌkɑz dɑˈgi; Turkish ˌkɑz dɑˈʌ/ (Show IPA).
- Sour
-
noun,
something that is sour.
- Reus
-
noun,
a city in Catalonia, NE Spain, on the Mediterranean Sea.
- idae
-
- SCAD
-
noun,
any carangid fish of the genus Decapterus, inhabiting tropical and subtropical shore waters.
- Irra
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of pestilence.
- reds
-
noun,
any of various colors resembling the color of blood; the primary color at one extreme end of the visible spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 610 and 780 nanometers.
- roue
-
noun,
a dissolute and licentious man; rake.
- Ouse
-
noun,
Also called Great Ouse. a river in E England, flowing NE to the Wash. 160 miles (260 km) long.
- RIBA
-
- Seed
-
noun,
the fertilized, matured ovule of a flowering plant, containing an embryo or rudimentary plant.
- 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.
- Reed
-
noun,
the straight stalk of any of various tall grasses, especially of the genera Phragmites and Arundo, growing in marshy places.
- Rees
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- Reid
-
noun,
Sir George Huston, 1845–1918, Australian statesman, born in Scotland: prime minister 1904–05.
- Saud
-
noun,
(Saud ibn Abdul-Aziz), 1901?–69, king of Saudi Arabia 1953–64 (son of ibn-Saud and brother of Faisal).
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- soda
-
noun,
sodium hydroxide.
- Rabi
-
noun,
Isidor Isaac, 1898–1988, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1944.
- saur
-
- SBIC
-
- obb.
-
- scab
-
noun,
the incrustation that forms over a sore or wound during healing.
- iso-
-
- Sard
-
noun,
a reddish-brown chalcedony, used as a gem.
- isba
-
noun,
izba.
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- uria
-
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- 1080
-
- USRC
-
- Aus.
-
- Cebu
-
noun,
an island in the S central Philippines. 1703 sq. mi. (4411 sq. km).
- Asur
-
noun,
Assur.
- Beer
-
noun,
an alcoholic beverage made by brewing and fermentation from cereals, usually malted barley, and flavored with hops and the like for a slightly bitter taste.
- Debs
-
noun,
Eugene Victor, 1855–1926, U.S. labor leader: Socialist candidate for president 1900–20.
- deb.
-
- Aube
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW to the Seine. 125 miles (200 km) long.
- DEAR
-
noun,
a person who is good, kind, or generous:
- aud.
-
- Aude
-
noun,
a department in S France. 2449 sq. mi. (6345 sq. km). Capital: Carcassonne.
- Auer
-
noun,
Leopold [lee-uh-pohld;; Hungarian ley-aw-pawlt] /ˈli əˌpoʊld;; Hungarian ˈleɪ ɔˌpɔlt/ (Show IPA), 1845–1930, Hungarian violinist and teacher.
- aur-
-
- cede
-
verb (used with object),
to yield or formally surrender to another:
- Cdr.
-
- cedi
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Ghana, equal to 100 pesewas.
- Bede
-
noun,
Saint ("the Venerable Bede") a.d. 673?–735, English monk, historian, and theologian: wrote earliest history of England.
- cees
-
noun,
the letter C.
- cera
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- CerE
-
noun,
a fleshy, membranous covering of the base of the upper mandible of a bird, especially a bird of prey or a parrot, through which the nostrils open.
- Daub
-
noun,
material, especially of an inferior kind, for daubing walls.
- Bose
-
noun,
Sir Jagadis Chandre [juh-guh-dees chuhn-druh] /dʒə gəˈdis ˈtʃʌn drə/ (Show IPA), 1858–1937, Indian physicist and plant physiologist.
- ciao
-
interjection,
(used as a word of greeting or parting): hello; goodbye; so long; see you later.
- Dari
-
noun,
a form of Persian, spoken in Afghanistan.
- Dare
-
noun,
an act of daring or defiance; challenge.
- Beau
-
noun,
a male lover or sweetheart.
- DAIS
-
noun,
a raised platform, as at the front of a room, for a lectern, throne, seats of honor, etc.
- Dec.
-
- deco
-
noun,
art deco.
- Dace
-
noun,
a small, freshwater cyprinoid fish, Leuciscus leuciscus, of Europe, having a stout, fusiform body.
- CARE
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- Arce
-
noun,
a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
- ARCO
-
adverb,
(of the performance of a passage for stringed instruments) with the bow.
- 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.
- cods
-
noun,
any of several soft-rayed food fishes of the family Gadidae, especially Gadus morhua, of cool, North Atlantic waters.
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- cads
-
noun,
an ill-bred man, especially one who behaves in a dishonorable or irresponsible way toward women.
- arid
-
adjective,
being without moisture; extremely dry; parched:
- ARIS
-
- arr.
-
- caid
-
noun,
(in North Africa) a Muslim tribal chief, judge, or senior official.
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- dibs
-
noun,
money in small amounts.
- asc-
-
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- asci
-
noun,
plural of ascus.
- Carr
-
noun,
John Dickson, 1906–77, U.S. mystery writer.
- 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.
- dia-
-
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- bees
-
noun,
any hymenopterous insect of the superfamily Apoidea, including social and solitary species of several families, as the bumblebees, honeybees, etc.
- Deus
-
noun,
God. Abbreviation: D.
- dere
-
adjective,
dear2 .
- der.
-
- CASE
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- dees
-
noun,
a metal loop attached to tack, for fastening gear:
- Deer
-
noun,
any of several ruminants of the family Cervidae, most of the males of which have solid, deciduous antlers.
- BRCS
-
- dabs
-
noun,
a quick or light blow; a pat, as with the hand or something soft.
- Bias
-
noun,
a particular tendency, trend, inclination, feeling, or opinion, especially one that is preconceived or unreasoned:
- Base
-
noun,
the bottom support of anything; that on which a thing stands or rests:
- Cuda
-
noun,
a barracuda.
- Bard
-
noun,
(formerly) a person who composed and recited epic or heroic poems, often while playing the harp, lyre, or the like.
- cube
-
noun,
a solid bounded by six equal squares, the angle between any two adjacent faces being a right angle.
- 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.
- coda
-
noun,
Music. a more or less independent passage, at the end of a composition, introduced to bring it to a satisfactory close.
- Bare
-
noun,
any of the plantigrade, carnivorous or omnivorous mammals of the family Ursidae, having massive bodies, coarse heavy fur, relatively short limbs, and almost rudimentary tails.
- Bari
-
noun,
a seaport in SE Italy, on the Adriatic.
- Barr
-
- crus
-
noun,
the part of the leg or hind limb between the femur or thigh and the ankle or tarsus; shank.
- crud
-
noun,
Slang.
a deposit or coating of refuse or of an impure or alien substance; muck.
a filthy, repulsive, or contemptible person.
something that is worthless, objectionable, or contemptible.
prevarication, exaggeration, or flattery.
a nonspecific, imaginary, or vaguely defined disease or disorder of the body:
any unpleasant external ailment, disorder, or the like, as a skin rash.
venereal disease, especially syphilis.
Vulgar. dried semen.
- BASc
-
- crib
-
noun,
a child's bed with enclosed sides.
- cuds
-
noun,
the portion of food that a ruminant returns from the first stomach to the mouth to chew a second time.
- Cres
-
- baud
-
noun,
a unit used to measure the speed of signaling or data transfer, equal to the number of pulses or bits per second:
- 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:
- Cree
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- Crab
-
noun,
any decapod crustacean of the suborder Brachyura, having the eyes on short stalks and a short, broad, more or less flattened body, the abdomen being small and folded under the thorax.
- Coue
-
noun,
Émile [ey-meel] /eɪˈmil/ (Show IPA), 1857–1926, French psychotherapist.
- cose
-
verb (used without object),
coze.
- Cori
-
noun,
Carl Ferdinand, 1896–1984, and his wife, Gerty Theresa, 1896–1957, U.S. biochemists, born in Austria-Hungary: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1947.
- Cord
-
noun,
a string or thin rope made of several strands braided, twisted, or woven together.
- Cora
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. Kore.
- Cor.
-
- coir
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- Barb
-
noun,
a point or pointed part projecting backward from a main point, as of a fishhook or arrowhead.
- bar.
-
- Bear
-
noun,
any of the plantigrade, carnivorous or omnivorous mammals of the family Ursidae, having massive bodies, coarse heavy fur, relatively short limbs, and almost rudimentary tails.
- bade
-
noun,
an act or instance of bidding.
- cide
-
- 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.
- Babe
-
noun,
a baby or child.
- Babi
-
noun,
Also called Babism. a Persian religion, originating in the 19th century, now supplanted by Bahaʾi.
- Babs
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Barbara.
- babu
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address equivalent to Sir, Mr., or Esquire.
- cir.
-
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- cis-
-
- Badb
-
noun,
a spirit who, delighting in war, incited armies to fight and appeared to warriors about to be defeated.
- curs
-
noun,
a mongrel dog, especially a worthless or unfriendly one.
- Curr
-
verb (used without object),
to make a low, purring sound, as a cat.
- Badr
-
noun,
Battle of, Islam. a decisive battle in the early days of Islam (a.d. 624), in which Muhammad with about 300 men overcame a force of about 1000 Meccans.
- Bais
-
noun,
a yellow mist occurring in eastern China and Japan during the spring and fall, caused by dust from the interior of China.
- cure
-
noun,
a means of healing or restoring to health; remedy.
- bads
-
noun,
that which is bad:
- curd
-
noun,
Often, curds. a substance consisting mainly of casein and the like, obtained from milk by coagulation, and used as food or made into cheese.
- curb
-
noun,
Also, British, kerb. a rim, especially of joined stones or concrete, along a street or roadway, forming an edge for a sidewalk.
- cur.
-
- BAEd
-
- cues
-
noun,
anything said or done, on or off stage, that is followed by a specific line or action:
- Cobb
-
noun,
Howell [hou-uh l] /ˈhaʊ əl/ (Show IPA), 1815–68, U.S. politician: Speaker of the House 1849–51.
- cobs
-
noun,
a corncob.
- BDSA
-
- Baer
-
noun,
Karl Ernst von [kahrl urnst von,, fuh n] /kɑrl ɜrnst vɒn,, fən/ (Show IPA), 1792–1876, Estonian zoologist and pioneer embryologist.
- BDes
-
- 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.
- cadi
-
noun,
qadi.
- Dies
-
noun,
Martin, 1901–72, U.S. politician.
- dues
-
noun,
something that is due, owed, or naturally belongs to someone.
- abed
-
adverb,
in bed:
- bods
-
noun,
body:
- Bode
-
verb,
a simple past tense of bide.
- 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.
- duro
-
noun,
a peso of Spain or Spanish America.
- dure
-
adjective,
hard; severe.
- dura
-
noun,
dura mater.
- duos
-
noun,
Music. duet.
- duo-
-
- BSEc
-
- BSEE
-
- BSIE
-
- BSIR
-
- BSCE
-
- Abib
-
noun,
Aviv.
- ducs
-
noun,
duke.
- Duce
-
noun,
a leader or dictator.
- Abie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Abraham.
- dubs
-
noun,
an awkward, unskillful person.
- Abiu
-
noun,
Douay Bible. Abihu.
- Boas
-
noun,
Franz [frahnts] /frɑnts/ (Show IPA), 1858–1942, U.S. anthropologist, born in Germany.
- abos
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to an Australian Aborigine.
- Boar
-
noun,
the uncastrated male swine.
- abr.
-
- Bubo
-
noun,
an inflammatory swelling of a lymphatic gland, especially in the groin or armpit.
- arbs
-
noun,
an arbitrager.
- abs-
-
- Boer
-
noun,
a South African of Dutch extraction.
- BSBA
-
- drib
-
noun,
a small or minute quantity; bit.
- brio
-
noun,
vigor; vivacity.
- Brad
-
noun,
a slender wire nail having either a small, deep head or a projection to one side of the head end.
- brae
-
noun,
a slope; declivity; hillside.
- BRCA
-
noun,
either of two genes (BRCA1 or BRCA2) that, if inherited in a mutated form, may predispose some carriers to develop breast or ovarian cancer.
- Bosc
-
noun,
a large, greenish-yellow variety of pear.
- Ecru
-
noun,
an ecru color.
- eco-
-
- Brea
-
noun,
a town in S California.
- Bred
-
noun,
Genetics. a relatively homogenous group of animals within a species, developed and maintained by humans.
- brei
-
noun,
a suspension of finely divided tissue in an isotonic medium, used chiefly as a culture for certain viruses.
- Bors
-
noun,
Sir Arthurian Romance.. Also, Sir Bors de Ganis [duh gan-is] /də ˈgæn ɪs/ (Show IPA). a knight of the Round Table, cousin of Lancelot.
- Bres
-
noun,
a Fomorian king of Ireland, whose unpopular rule led to the expulsion of the Fomorians by the Tuatha De Danann.
- Brie
-
noun,
a region in NE France, between the Seine and the Marne.
- bris
-
noun,
Brith.
- BSAE
-
- Ebro
-
noun,
a river flowing SE from N Spain to the Mediterranean. About 470 miles (755 km) long.
- ebbs
-
noun,
the flowing back of the tide as the water returns to the sea (opposed to flood, flow).
- ARCS
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- ease
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- Bore
-
noun,
a dull, tiresome, or uncongenial person.
- Abbe
-
noun,
a member of the secular clergy.
- ABBR
-
- brob
-
noun,
a wedge-shaped spike for securing an end of a timber butting against the side of another.
- ears
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- Bora
-
noun,
(on the Adriatic coasts) a violent, dry, cold wind blowing from the north or northeast.
- ABCs
-
noun,
ABC's (defs 1, 3).
- Eads
-
noun,
James Buchanan, 1820–87, U.S. engineer and inventor.
- bor.
-
- drub
-
noun,
a blow with a stick or the like.
- abri
-
noun,
a shelter, especially a dugout.
- dree
-
adjective,
tedious; dreary.
- doc.
-
plural,
document.
- aer-
-
- does
-
noun,
a plural of doe.
- doer
-
noun,
a person or thing that does something, especially a person who gets things done with vigor and efficiency.
- aesc
-
noun,
ash2 (def 3).
- 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.
- DOCS
-
noun,
doctor.
- Bird
-
noun,
any warm-blooded vertebrate of the class Aves, having a body covered with feathers, forelimbs modified into wings, scaly legs, a beak, and no teeth, and bearing young in a hard-shelled egg.
- BIOS
-
noun,
computer firmware that directs many basic functions of the operating system, as booting and keyboard control.
- bio-
-
- Aire
-
- burs
-
noun,
a rough, prickly case around the seeds of certain plants, as the chestnut or burdock.
- dobe
-
noun,
Informal. adobe.
- bier
-
noun,
a frame or stand on which a corpse or the coffin containing it is laid before burial.
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- dis-
-
- bide
-
Idioms,
bide one's time, to wait for a favorable opportunity:
- DIRE
-
adjective,
causing or involving great fear or suffering; dreadful; terrible:
- Bice
-
noun,
either of two colors, bice blue or bice green.
- Bib.
-
- dir.
-
- Dior
-
noun,
Christian [kris-chuh n;; French krees-tyahn] /ˈkrɪs tʃən;; French krisˈtyɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1905–57, French fashion designer.
- dioc
-
- bus.
-
- coed
-
noun,
Older Use. a female student in a coeducational institution, especially in a college or university.
- birr
-
noun,
force; energy; vigor.
- Buri
-
noun,
the first of the gods, revealed when the cow Audhumla licked away the salty ice that covered him.
- bubs
-
noun,
(used as an often insolent term of address) brother; buddy.
- Buda
-
noun,
See under Budapest.
- Acre
-
noun,
a common measure of area: in the U.S. and U.K., 1 acre equals 4,840 square yards (4,047 square meters) or 0.405 hectare; 640 acres equals one square mile.
- Bur.
-
- drab
-
noun,
dull gray; dull brownish or yellowish gray.
- Burd
-
noun,
a young lady; maiden.
- Adie
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Acus
-
noun,
Surgery. a needle, especially one used in a surgical operation.
- acr-
-
- dour
-
adjective,
sullen; gloomy:
- Acis
-
noun,
the lover of Galatea, killed by Polyphemus out of jealousy.
- dose
-
noun,
a quantity of medicine prescribed to be taken at one time.
- 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.
- Dorr
-
noun,
dor1 .
- Burr
-
noun,
Also, buhr. a protruding, ragged edge raised on the surface of metal during drilling, shearing, punching, or engraving.
- DORE
-
noun,
the walleye or pike perch of North America.
- Dora
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Greek word meaning “gift.”.
- Rue
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- BDA
-
- bec
-
- BID
-
noun,
an act or instance of bidding.
- boa
-
noun,
any of several nonvenomous, chiefly tropical constrictors of the family Boidae, having vestigial hind limbs at the base of the tail.
- BCS
-
- Bia
-
noun,
the ancient Greek personification of force: daughter of Pallas and Styx and sister of Cratus, Nike, and Zelos.
- BEE
-
noun,
any hymenopterous insect of the superfamily Apoidea, including social and solitary species of several families, as the bumblebees, honeybees, etc.
- BEA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Beatrice.
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- BIE
-
- bi-
-
- Rs.
-
- SAE
-
- SRO
-
- Sad
-
noun,
the 14th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- ROI
-
- Bob
-
noun,
a short, jerky motion:
- rub
-
noun,
an act or instance of rubbing:
- Bde
-
- sd.
-
- SAC
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- RSA
-
- So.
-
- RSE
-
- BDS
-
plural,
board.
- SAR
-
- SRB
-
- UAE
-
- USA
-
- UAR
-
- Abo
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to an Australian Aborigine.
- Sui
-
noun,
a dynasty ruling in China a.d. 589–618.
- Sue
-
noun,
Eugène [œ-zhen] /œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), (Marie Joseph Sue) 1804–57, French novelist.
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- ACS
-
- ADB
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- ade
-
noun,
George, 1866–1944, U.S. humorist.
- UCR
-
- Sr.
-
- ado
-
noun,
busy activity; bustle; fuss.
- ADS
-
noun,
advertisement.
- Sou
-
noun,
(formerly) either of two bronze coins of France, equal to 5 centimes and 10 centimes.
- ae.
-
- AEC
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- AIC
-
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- sod
-
noun,
a section cut or torn from the surface of grassland, containing the matted roots of grass.
- Ube
-
noun,
a seaport on SW Honshu, in SW Japan.
- UDC
-
- SOB
-
noun,
the act of sobbing; a convulsive catching of the breath in weeping.
- AID
-
noun,
help or support; assistance.
- USR
-
- USO
-
- USE
-
noun,
the act of employing, using, or putting into service:
- ab-
-
- ac-
-
- USC
-
- USB
-
- ad-
-
- ADC
-
- urs
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city on the Euphrates, in S Iraq: extensive excavations, especially of royal tombs.
- Ar.
-
- udo
-
noun,
a plant, Aralia cordata, of the ginseng family, cultivated, especially in Japan and China, for its edible shoots.
- Uri
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- AUC
-
- abb
-
noun,
low-grade wool from the breech or outer edges of a fleece.
- ABC
-
noun,
ABC's (defs 1, 3).
- ure
-
- Urd
-
noun,
a plant, Vigna mungo, of the legume family, widely cultivated in tropical Asia for its edible seeds and for forage.
- abd
-
- urb
-
noun,
an urban area.
- Abe
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Abraham.
- ur-
-
- SOC
-
noun,
sociology or a class or course in sociology.
- 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.
- BCD
-
- SCB
-
- BCE
-
- bd.
-
plural,
board.
- be-
-
- BED
-
noun,
a piece of furniture upon which or within which a person sleeps, rests, or stays when not well.
- BOD
-
noun,
body:
- BSC
-
- Br.
-
- Bab
-
noun,
abbreviated form of Bab ed-Din.
- ScD
-
- Bac
-
- bad
-
noun,
that which is bad:
- SDA
-
- sc.
-
- SBE
-
- SBA
-
- sb.
-
- Bai
-
noun,
a yellow mist occurring in eastern China and Japan during the spring and fall, caused by dust from the interior of China.
- BAO
-
noun,
an African board game usually played by moving pebbles along two rows of holes.
- Sau
-
noun,
German name of Sava.
- BAS
-
noun,
an aspect of the soul, represented as a human-headed bird.
- BBA
-
- bbs
-
noun,
a size of shot, 0.18 inches (0.46 cm) in diameter, fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
- BBC
-
- SDI
-
- aor
-
- ARU
-
- AOU
-
- arb
-
noun,
an arbitrager.
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- ard
-
- ARE
-
noun,
a measure of surface area; 1 are is equal to1/100 (0.01) of a hectare (100 square meters or 119.6 square yards). Abbreviation: a.
- SID
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Sidney or Sydney.
- SIC
-
adverb,
so; thus: usually written parenthetically to denote that a word, phrase, passage, etc., that may appear strange or incorrect has been written intentionally or has been quoted verbatim: (sic).
- Sib
-
noun,
a kinsman; relative.
- ARS
-
- asb
-
- SDR
-
- ase
-
- ASI
-
- SER
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- ASR
-
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- ASU
-
- SED
-
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- se-
-
- Rod
-
noun,
a stick, wand, staff, or the like, of wood, metal, or other material.
- ed.
-
- Bra
-
noun,
brassiere.
- IRC
-
- ob.
-
- IUS
-
- IUD
-
- ISR
-
- 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.
- ise
-
- ISA
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- IRS
-
- IRO
-
- DIU
-
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.
- OED
-
- DOB
-
- Ir.
-
- IOU
-
- 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.
- ior
-
- IOC
-
- ier
-
- DOE
-
noun,
the female of the deer, antelope, goat, rabbit, and certain other animals.
- IDS
-
noun,
the part of the psyche, residing in the unconscious, that is the source of instinctive impulses that seek satisfaction in accordance with the pleasure principle and are modified by the ego and the superego before they are given overt expression.
- Ido
-
noun,
a revised and simplified form of Esperanto, introduced in 1907.
- Doi
-
- Oc.
-
- OSA
-
- ide
-
- OCD
-
- oic
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- DCS
-
- de-
-
- DEA
-
- ODS
-
noun,
a hypothetical force formerly held to pervade all nature and to manifest itself in magnetism, mesmerism, chemical action, etc.
- ode
-
noun,
a lyric poem typically of elaborate or irregular metrical form and expressive of exalted or enthusiastic emotion.
- ODA
-
noun,
a room within a harem.
- ROC
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- OCR
-
- Oca
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- OSB
-
- Dee
-
noun,
a metal loop attached to tack, for fastening gear:
- DEI
-
adverb,
by the grace of God.
- obi
-
noun,
a long, broad sash tied about the waist over a Japanese kimono.
- OBE
-
- di.
-
- DIB
-
verb (used without object),
to fish by letting the bait bob lightly on the water.
- Oba
-
noun,
a hereditary tribal ruler among various peoples in the Benin region of western Africa.
- OAU
-
- OAS
-
- oar
-
noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- OSD
-
- Dor
-
noun,
Also, dorbeetle [dawr-beet-l] /ˈdɔrˌbit l/ (Show IPA). a common European dung beetle, Geotrupes stercorarius.
- IDB
-
- 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.
- ebb
-
noun,
the flowing back of the tide as the water returns to the sea (opposed to flood, flow).
- ea.
-
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- ead
-
- ear
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- EOE
-
- EIS
-
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- eir
-
- EEO
-
- err
-
verb (used without object),
to go astray in thought or belief; be mistaken; be incorrect.
- EEE
-
- EEC
-
- EBS
-
- ec-
-
- ECA
-
- EDS
-
noun,
education:
- EDO
-
noun,
a member of an indigenous people of western Africa, in the Benin region of southern Nigeria.
- Ede
-
noun,
a city in SW Nigeria.
- EDC
-
- EdB
-
- ECU
-
noun,
the shield carried by a mounted man-at-arms in the Middle Ages.
- eo-
-
- DUI
-
- IDA
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in W Turkey, in NW Asia Minor, SE of ancient Troy. 5810 feet (1771 meters).
Turkish Kazdaği [kahz-dah-gee; Turkish kahz-dah-uh] /ˌkɑz dɑˈgi; Turkish ˌkɑz dɑˈʌ/ (Show IPA).
- ics
-
- Dou
-
noun,
Gerard [gey-rahrt] /ˈgeɪ rɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1613–75, Dutch painter: pupil of Rembrandt.
- Dr.
-
- ICA
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- Ibo
-
noun,
a member of an indigenous black people of southeastern Nigeria, renowned as traders and for their art.
- ib.
-
- IAS
-
- DRE
-
- Ia.
-
- io-
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- id.
-
- DSA
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- DSR
-
- Du.
-
- eu-
-
- ESU
-
- ESR
-
- dub
-
noun,
an awkward, unskillful person.
- ese
-
- Duc
-
noun,
duke.
- Esc
-
- due
-
noun,
something that is due, owed, or naturally belongs to someone.
- ESA
-
- oid
-
- OCS
-
- OIr
-
- CIB
-
- CAR
-
noun,
an automobile.
- red
-
noun,
any of various colors resembling the color of blood; the primary color at one extreme end of the visible spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 610 and 780 nanometers.
- CAS
-
verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- CBS
-
- CEA
-
- CED
-
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- cee
-
noun,
the letter C.
- CEO
-
- CIA
-
- CID
-
noun,
The ("El Cid Campeador"; Rodrigo Díaz de Bivar) c1040–99, Spanish soldier: hero of the wars against the Moors.
- CAD
-
noun,
an ill-bred man, especially one who behaves in a dishonorable or irresponsible way toward women.
- Reb
-
noun,
a Confederate soldier.
- DBS
-
- COB
-
noun,
a corncob.
- REA
-
- RDS
-
- RDC
-
- RDA
-
- RCA
-
- RBI
-
- RBC
-
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- CAI
-
- CAB
-
noun,
a taxicab.
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- Bub
-
noun,
(used as an often insolent term of address) brother; buddy.
- BRE
-
- ROB
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Robert.
- ROA
-
- Bro
-
noun,
a brother.
- brr
-
interjection,
(used to express sensations of cold).
- BSA
-
- BSD
-
- BSE
-
- RID
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- BSO
-
- bu.
-
- rib
-
noun,
one of a series of curved bones that are articulated with the vertebrae and occur in pairs, 12 in humans, on each side of the vertebrate body, certain pairs being connected with the sternum and forming the thoracic wall.
- EDA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Ria
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noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- 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.
- ca.
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- res
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noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- CBD
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- CBE
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- 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.
- Co.
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- 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.
- Ree
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noun,
reeve3 .
- cr.
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- COS
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noun,
romaine.
- CIE
-
- Rae
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noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- DAB
-
noun,
a quick or light blow; a pat, as with the hand or something soft.
- ose
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- DBE
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- CRS
-
- do.
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- Orr
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noun,
Sir John Boyd, Boyd Orr, Sir John.
- DOA
-
- DSC
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- DSO
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- Ore
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noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- oui
-
adverb, noun,
yes.
- DAE
-
- DAR
-
- DAS
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noun,
hyrax.
- dau
-
noun,
dhow.
- orc
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- ORB
-
noun,
a sphere or globe:
- DBA
-
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- oud
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noun,
a musical instrument of the Middle East and northern Africa belonging to the lute family.
- cs.
-
- Re.
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- CSA
-
- Rab
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noun,
a wooden beater for mixing plaster or mortar.
- 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.
- Cub
-
noun,
the young of certain animals, as the bear, lion, or tiger.
- Rd.
-
- cue
-
noun,
anything said or done, on or off stage, that is followed by a specific line or action:
- RCS
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- CSO
-
- CSR
-
- Cui
-
noun,
César [French sey-zar] /French seɪˈzar/ (Show IPA), Antonovich [Russian uhn-taw-nuh-vyich] /Russian ʌnˈtɔ nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1835–1918, Russian composer.
- our
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noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- cru
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noun,
(in France) a vineyard producing wine of high quality, sometimes classified by the government as either a Great Growth (Grand Cru) or a First Growth (Premier Cru)
- RO
-
- BA
-
noun,
an aspect of the soul, represented as a human-headed bird.
- BB
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noun,
a size of shot, 0.18 inches (0.46 cm) in diameter, fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
- RI
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- AO
-
- AU
-
plural,
to the; at the; with the.
- Eb
-
- 2D
-
noun,
a two-dimensional form or appearance:
- BO
-
- B-
-
- 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.
- 3D
-
noun,
a three-dimensional form or appearance:
- CU
-
- A.
-
noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- DB
-
- BC
-
- ic
-
- RC
-
- RU
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- DA
-
noun,
a male hairstyle, especially of the 1950s, in which the hair is slicked back on both sides to overlap at the back of the head.
- OD
-
noun,
a hypothetical force formerly held to pervade all nature and to manifest itself in magnetism, mesmerism, chemical action, etc.
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- SI
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noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- SA
-
- S.
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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.
- D.
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- OA
-
- U.
-
- O.
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- UC
-
- UB
-
- CB
-
- R.
-
- Ud
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- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- ee
-
- EI
-
- UI
-
- SU
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- er
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interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- CE
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- i.
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- DC
-
noun,
a surgical method for the removal of diseased tissue or an early embryo from the lining of the uterus by means of scraping.