Anagrams of bifurcates
Word bifurcates has
1054 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of bifurcates.
- bifurcate
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adjective,
divided into two branches.
- furcates
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adjective,
forked; branching.
- bacteri-
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- suricate
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noun,
a small, burrowing South African carnivore, Suricata suricatta, of a grayish color with dark bands across the back, related to the mongooses and having social behavior similar to that of prairie dogs.
- factures
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noun,
the act, process, or manner of making anything; construction.
- bustier
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noun,
a woman's close-fitting, sleeveless, strapless top, often elasticized, usually having boning or facing to give it shape, and worn as a blouse.
- icterus
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noun,
jaundice (def 1).
- curites
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noun,
a radioactive uranium mineral, Pb 2 U 5 O 17 ·4H 2 O, with adamantine luster, occurring as reddish-brown to deep-yellow needle-shaped crystals, formed by alteration of uraninite.
- curates
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noun,
Chiefly British. a member of the clergy employed to assist a rector or vicar.
- caribes
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noun,
piranha.
- Saucier
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noun,
a chef or cook who specializes in making sauces.
- festuca
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noun,
any grass of the genus Festuca, chiefly characterized by tufted blades and spikelets, comprising the fescues.
- terbias
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noun,
an amorphous white powder, Tb 2 O 3 .
- furcate
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adjective,
forked; branching.
- brucite
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noun,
a mineral, magnesium hydroxide, Mg(OH) 2 , occurring in tabular, foliated crystals: used in magnesia refractories.
- ascribe
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verb (used with object),
to credit or assign, as to a cause or source; attribute; impute:
- Brescia
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noun,
a city in central Lombardy, in N Italy.
- stearic
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adjective,
of or relating to suet or fat.
- barites
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noun,
a common mineral, barium sulfate, BaSO 4 , occurring in white, yellow, or colorless tabular crystals: the principal ore of barium.
- suberic
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adjective,
of or relating to cork.
- surface
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noun,
the outer face, outside, or exterior boundary of a thing; outermost or uppermost layer or area.
- Scutari
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noun,
Lake, a lake between NW Albania and Montenegro. About 135 sq. mi. (350 sq. km).
- surfeit
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noun,
excess; an excessive amount:
- fractus
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adjective,
containing small, individual elements that have a ragged appearance.
- 2,4,5-t
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noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- faucets
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noun,
any device for controlling the flow of liquid from a pipe or the like by opening or closing an orifice; tap; cock.
- facture
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noun,
the act, process, or manner of making anything; construction.
- farcies
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noun,
a form of glanders chiefly affecting the skin and superficial lymphatic vessels of horses and mules.
- fiacres
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noun,
a small horse-drawn carriage.
- braise
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verb (used with object),
to cook (meat, fish, or vegetables) by sautéeing in fat and then simmering slowly in very little liquid.
- Serbia
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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.
- breast
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noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. (in bipeds) the outer, front part of the thorax, or the front part of the body from the neck to the abdomen; chest.
- faucet
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noun,
any device for controlling the flow of liquid from a pipe or the like by opening or closing an orifice; tap; cock.
- briefs
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noun,
a short and concise statement or written item.
- fauces
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noun,
Anatomy. the cavity at the back of the mouth, leading into the pharynx.
- bruise
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noun,
an injury due to bruising; contusion.
- bruits
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noun,
Medicine/Medical. any generally abnormal sound or murmur heard on auscultation.
- fiesta
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noun,
any festival or festive celebration.
- braces
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noun,
something that holds parts together or in place, as a clasp or clamp.
- Scribe
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noun,
a person who serves as a professional copyist, especially one who made copies of manuscripts before the invention of printing.
- buries
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noun,
Nautical. housing1 (def 8a, b).
- Buster
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noun,
a person who breaks up something:
- saucer
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noun,
a small, round, shallow dish to hold a cup.
- satire
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noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- cabers
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noun,
a pole or beam, especially one thrown as a trial of strength.
- carets
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noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- caribe
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noun,
piranha.
- bracts
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noun,
a specialized leaf or leaflike part, usually situated at the base of a flower or inflorescence.
- Escaut
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noun,
French name of Scheldt.
- Caribs
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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.
- steric
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adjective,
of or relating to the spatial relationships of atoms in a molecule.
- ferias
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noun,
Ecclesiastical. a weekday on which no feast is celebrated.
- fiacre
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noun,
a small horse-drawn carriage.
- febris
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noun,
(in prescriptions) fever.
- strife
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noun,
vigorous or bitter conflict, discord, or antagonism:
- barit.
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- barite
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noun,
a common mineral, barium sulfate, BaSO 4 , occurring in white, yellow, or colorless tabular crystals: the principal ore of barium.
- febri-
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- strafe
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noun,
a strafing attack.
- baster
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noun,
a person or thing that bastes.
- Baucis
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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.
- bitser
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noun,
a mongrel dog.
- beauts
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noun,
(often used ironically) something or someone beautiful, remarkable, or amazing.
- Beirut
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noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Lebanon.
- bestir
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verb (used with object),
to stir up; rouse to action (often used reflexively):
- sifter
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noun,
a person or thing that sifts.
- Seurat
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noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1859–91, French (pointillist) painter.
- fibres
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noun,
fiber.
- bisect
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noun,
Also called split. Philately. a portion of a stamp, usually half, used for payment of a proportionate amount of the face value of the whole stamp.
- bister
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noun,
bistre.
- bistre
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noun,
a brown pigment extracted from the soot of wood, often used in pen and wash drawings.
- biters
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noun,
a person or animal that bites, especially habitually or viciously:
- biuret
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noun,
a white crystalline substance, C 2 H 5 O 2 N 3 ⋅H 2 O, soluble in water and alcohol, used for the identification of urea, from which it is formed on heating.
- caries
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noun,
decay, as of bone or of plant tissue.
- frusta
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noun,
the part of a conical solid left after cutting off a top portion with a plane parallel to the base.
- Custer
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noun,
George Armstrong [ahrm-strawng,, -strong] /ˈɑrm strɔŋ,, -strɒŋ/ (Show IPA), 1839–76, U.S. general and Indian fighter.
- cueist
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noun,
a billiard player.
- cuesta
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noun,
a long, low ridge with a relatively steep face or escarpment on one side and a long, gentle slope on the other.
- curate
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noun,
Chiefly British. a member of the clergy employed to assist a rector or vicar.
- facets
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noun,
one of the small, polished plane surfaces of a cut gem.
- re-act
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verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- curets
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noun,
a scoop-shaped surgical instrument for removing tissue from body cavities, as the uterus.
- curite
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noun,
a radioactive uranium mineral, Pb 2 U 5 O 17 ·4H 2 O, with adamantine luster, occurring as reddish-brown to deep-yellow needle-shaped crystals, formed by alteration of uraninite.
- facers
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noun,
a person or thing that faces.
- Curtis
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noun,
Benjamin Robbins, 1809–74, U.S. jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1851–57; resigned in dissent over Dred Scott case.
- Raetic
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noun,
an extinct language of uncertain affinities that was spoken in Rhaetia and written with the Etruscan alphabet.
- cubits
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noun,
an ancient linear unit based on the length of the forearm, from elbow to the tip of the middle finger, usually from 17 to 21 inches (43 to 53 cm).
- racist
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noun,
a person who believes in racism, the doctrine that one's own racial group is superior or that a particular racial group is inferior to the others.
- rabies
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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.
- fraise
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noun,
Fortification. a defense consisting of pointed stakes projecting from the ramparts in a horizontal or an inclined position.
- Icarus
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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.
- ericas
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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.
- fustic
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noun,
the wood of a large, tropical American tree, Chlorophora tinctoria, of the mulberry family, yielding a light-yellow dye.
- Furies
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noun,
unrestrained or violent anger, rage, passion, or the like:
- Furiae
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plural noun,
fury (def 3).
- eructs
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verb (used with or without object),
to belch forth, as gas from the stomach.
- fabric
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noun,
a cloth made by weaving, knitting, or felting fibers:
- rebuts
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verb (used with object),
to refute by evidence or argument.
- recast
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noun,
a recasting.
- cartes
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noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- Cetura
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noun,
Keturah.
- Caster
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noun,
a person or thing that casts.
- caters
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verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- C-bias
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noun,
grid bias.
- rustic
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noun,
a country person.
- ceibas
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noun,
the silk-cotton tree, Ceiba pentandra.
- cerat-
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- cerias
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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.
- certif
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- cesura
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noun,
caesura.
- facies
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noun,
general appearance, as of an animal or vegetable group.
- rictus
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noun,
the gape of the mouth of a bird.
- recti-
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- Citrus
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noun,
any small tree or spiny shrub of the genus Citrus, of the rue family, including the lemon, lime, orange, tangerine, grapefruit, citron, kumquat, and shaddock, widely cultivated for fruit or grown as an ornamental.
- crafts
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noun,
an art, trade, or occupation requiring special skill, especially manual skill:
- crates
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noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- Creusa
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noun,
the bride to be of Jason, slain by Medea.
- Crista
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noun,
a crest or ridge.
- cruets
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noun,
a glass bottle, especially one for holding vinegar, oil, etc., for the table.
- cruise
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noun,
the act of cruising.
- refits
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noun,
an act of refitting.
- C-star
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noun,
carbon star.
- rectus
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noun,
any of several straight muscles, as of the abdomen, thigh, eye, etc.
- rubies
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noun,
a red variety of corundum, used as a gem.
- Buriat
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noun,
Buryat.
- acutes
-
noun,
the acute accent.
- airbus
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noun,
a short-range or medium-range commercial passenger airplane, especially one that is part of a frequent shuttlelike service between two popular destinations.
- aurist
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noun,
a physician specializing in the treatment of ear diseases; otologist.
- Atreus
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noun,
the father of Plisthenes, Agamemnon, Menelaus, and Anaxibia upon whose house Thyestes pronounced a curse.
- triacs
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noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- terbia
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noun,
an amorphous white powder, Tb 2 O 3 .
- uretic
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adjective,
of, relating to, or occurring in the urine.
- afrits
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noun,
afreet.
- Tarbes
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noun,
a city in and the capital of Hautes-Pyrénées, in SW France.
- Auster
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noun,
the south wind personified.
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- traces
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noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- austr-
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- Uticas
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noun,
an ancient city on the N coast of Africa, NW of Carthage.
- truces
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noun,
a suspension of hostilities for a specified period of time by mutual agreement of the warring parties; cease-fire; armistice.
- trices
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noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- urates
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noun,
a salt of uric acid.
- tubers
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noun,
Botany. a fleshy, usually oblong or rounded thickening or outgrowth, as the potato, of a subterranean stem or shoot, bearing minute scalelike leaves with buds or eyes in their axils from which new plants may arise.
- afters
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- tabers
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noun,
tabor.
- crest
-
noun,
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- cries
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noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- crate
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- afrit
-
noun,
afreet.
- crit.
-
- truce
-
noun,
a suspension of hostilities for a specified period of time by mutual agreement of the warring parties; cease-fire; armistice.
- craft
-
noun,
an art, trade, or occupation requiring special skill, especially manual skill:
- Crius
-
noun,
a Titan, the son of Uranus and Gaea.
- Afric
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adjective,
African.
- resit
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noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- Recit
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- rebut
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verb (used with object),
to refute by evidence or argument.
- aeri-
-
- tuber
-
noun,
Botany. a fleshy, usually oblong or rounded thickening or outgrowth, as the potato, of a subterranean stem or shoot, bearing minute scalelike leaves with buds or eyes in their axils from which new plants may arise.
- cubit
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noun,
an ancient linear unit based on the length of the forearm, from elbow to the tip of the middle finger, usually from 17 to 21 inches (43 to 53 cm).
- cubes
-
noun,
a solid bounded by six equal squares, the angle between any two adjacent faces being a right angle.
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- 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.
- rect.
-
- reist
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verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- recta
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noun,
a plural of rectum.
- tubas
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noun,
Music.
a valved, brass wind instrument having a low range.
an organ reed stop of large scale with tones of exceptional power.
an ancient Roman trumpet.
- refit
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noun,
an act of refitting.
- afire
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adjective,
on fire:
- reifs
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noun,
plunder; booty; loot.
- crust
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noun,
the brown, hard outer portion or surface of a loaf or slice of bread (distinguished from crumb).
- cruse
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noun,
an earthen pot, bottle, etc., for liquids.
- cruet
-
noun,
a glass bottle, especially one for holding vinegar, oil, etc., for the table.
- tries
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noun,
plural of try.
- Ceuta
-
noun,
a seaport and enclave of Spain in N Morocco, on the Strait of Gibraltar.
- cites
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noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- carse
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noun,
bottom land.
- Saber
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noun,
a heavy, one-edged sword, usually slightly curved, used especially by cavalry.
- treas
-
- caste
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noun,
Sociology.
an endogamous and hereditary social group limited to persons of the same rank, occupation, economic position, etc., and having mores distinguishing it from other such groups.
any rigid system of social distinctions.
- Sabir
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noun,
lingua franca (def 2).
- SABRE
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noun,
a heavy, one-edged sword, usually slightly curved, used especially by cavalry.
- carts
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noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- Carte
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- Trace
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- Cates
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noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- Carie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- tires
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noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- arces
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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.
- arcus
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noun,
a dense, horizontal, roll-shaped cloud sometimes occurring at the lower front portion of a cumulonimbus.
- 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.
- caret
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noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- cares
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- cater
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- caus.
-
- ribat
-
noun,
a building housing a community of Sufis.
- Cesti
-
noun,
Marcantonio [mahr-kahn-taw-nyaw] /ˌmɑr kɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1623–69, Italian composer.
- rices
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noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- cires
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noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- rifts
-
noun,
an opening made by splitting, cleaving, etc.; fissure; cleft; chink.
- rebus
-
noun,
a representation of a word or phrase by pictures, symbols, etc., that suggest that word or phrase or its syllables:
- Cetus
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noun,
the Whale, a constellation lying above the equator, containing the variable star Mira.
- rubes
-
noun,
an unsophisticated person from a rural area; hick.
- trice
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- sutra
-
noun,
Hinduism. a collection of aphorisms relating to some aspect of the conduct of life.
- 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:
- tribe
-
noun,
any aggregate of people united by ties of descent from a common ancestor, community of customs and traditions, adherence to the same leaders, etc.
- cert.
-
- 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.
- ceras
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- Ceiba
-
noun,
the silk-cotton tree, Ceiba pentandra.
- triac
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- tubes
-
noun,
a hollow, usually cylindrical body of metal, glass, rubber, or other material, used especially for conveying or containing liquids or gases.
- saute
-
noun,
a dish of sautéed food.
- tubi-
-
- faces
-
noun,
the front part of the head, from the forehead to the chin.
- fares
-
noun,
the price of conveyance or passage in a bus, train, airplane, or other vehicle.
- first
-
noun,
the person or thing that is first in time, order, rank, etc.
- farci
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adjective,
filled with with seasoned bread crumbs or other savory matter; stuffed.
- farce
-
noun,
a light, humorous play in which the plot depends upon a skillfully exploited situation rather than upon the development of character.
- fairs
-
noun,
Archaic. something that is fair.
- abets
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verb (used with object),
to encourage, support, or countenance by aid or approval, usually in wrongdoing:
- facet
-
noun,
one of the small, polished plane surfaces of a cut gem.
- facer
-
noun,
a person or thing that faces.
- fires
-
- abris
-
noun,
a shelter, especially a dugout.
- Fabre
-
noun,
Jean Henri [zhahn ahn-ree] /ʒɑ̃ ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1823–1915, French entomologist and popular writer on insect life.
- frats
-
noun,
fraternity (def 1).
- frets
-
noun,
an irritated state of mind; annoyance; vexation.
- Fries
-
noun,
plural of fry1 .
- etuis
-
noun,
a small, often decorative case, especially one for needles, toilet articles, or the like.
- Fris.
-
- Farsi
-
noun,
the modern Iranian language of Iran and western Afghanistan, written in the Arabic alphabet; modern Persian.
- farts
-
noun,
a flatus expelled through the anus.
- Frits
-
noun,
Ceramics.
a fused or partially fused material used as a basis for glazes or enamels.
the composition from which artificial soft porcelain is made.
- fecit
-
verb,
he made (it); she made (it): formerly used on works of art after the name of the artist. Abbreviation: fe., fec.
- Festa
-
noun,
a feast, festival, or holiday.
- fetas
-
noun,
a soft, white, brine-cured Greek cheese made from sheep's milk or goat's milk.
- 30-30
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- feria
-
noun,
Ecclesiastical. a weekday on which no feast is celebrated.
- feti-
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- fetus
-
noun,
(used chiefly of viviparous mammals) the young of an animal in the womb or egg, especially in the later stages of development when the body structures are in the recognizable form of its kind, in humans after the end of the second month of gestation.
- feist
-
noun,
Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. a small mongrel dog, especially one that is ill-tempered; cur; mutt.
- Utica
-
noun,
an ancient city on the N coast of Africa, NW of Carthage.
- Ficus
-
noun,
any of numerous chiefly tropical trees, shrubs, and vines belonging to the genus Ficus, of the mulberry family, having milky sap and large, thick or stiff leaves, including the edible fig, the banyan, and many species grown as ornamentals.
- Feast
-
noun,
any rich or abundant meal:
- fears
-
noun,
a distressing emotion aroused by impending danger, evil, pain, etc., whether the threat is real or imagined; the feeling or condition of being afraid. Synonyms: foreboding, apprehension, consternation, dismay, dread, terror, fright, panic, horror, trepidation, qualm.
Antonyms: courage, security, calm, intrepidity.
- fiats
-
noun,
an authoritative decree, sanction, or order:
Synonyms: authorization, directive, ruling, mandate, diktat, ukase.
- Fiber
-
noun,
a fine, threadlike piece, as of cotton, jute, or asbestos.
- fibr-
-
- fibre
-
noun,
fiber.
- Faust
-
noun,
Johann [yoh-hahn] /ˈyoʊ hɑn/ (Show IPA), c1480–c1538, German magician, alchemist, and astrologer.
- Faure
-
noun,
Gabriel Urbain [ga-bree-el oor-ban] /ga briˈɛl urˈbɛ̃/ (Show IPA), 1845–1924, French composer.
- frise
-
noun,
a rug or upholstery fabric having the pile in uncut loops or in a combination of cut and uncut loops.
- fruit
-
noun,
any product of plant growth useful to humans or animals.
- curbs
-
noun,
Also, British, kerb. a rim, especially of joined stones or concrete, along a street or roadway, forming an edge for a sidewalk.
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- cutis
-
noun,
the true skin, consisting of the dermis and the epidermis.
- cutie
-
noun,
Informal. a charmingly attractive or cute person, especially a girl or a young woman (often used as a form of address):
- cutes
-
noun,
the cutes, Informal. self-consciously cute mannerisms or appeal; affected coyness:
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- Actis
-
noun,
a son of Rhoda and Helius who, when banished from his home for fratricide, fled to Egypt, where he taught astrology. The Colossus of Rhodes was built in his honor.
- curst
-
noun,
the expression of a wish that misfortune, evil, doom, etc., befall a person, group, etc.
- curse
-
noun,
the expression of a wish that misfortune, evil, doom, etc., befall a person, group, etc.
- tufas
-
noun,
Also called calcareous tufa, calc-tufa, calc-tuff. a porous limestone formed from calcium carbonate deposited by springs or the like.
Compare travertine.
- races
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- acute
-
noun,
the acute accent.
- 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.
- Curia
-
noun,
one of the political subdivisions of each of the three tribes of ancient Rome.
- carbs
-
noun,
a carburetor.
- curet
-
noun,
a scoop-shaped surgical instrument for removing tissue from body cavities, as the uterus.
- cures
-
noun,
a means of healing or restoring to health; remedy.
- react
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- rafts
-
noun,
a more or less rigid floating platform made of buoyant material or materials:
- turfs
-
noun,
a layer of matted earth formed by grass and plant roots.
- ureas
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a compound, CO(NH 2) 2 , occurring in urine and other body fluids as a product of protein metabolism.
- acerb
-
adjective,
acerbic.
- estab
-
- FUBAR
-
adjective,
not working; completely messed up; bungled; confused.
- abstr
-
- abuse
-
noun,
wrong or improper use; misuse:
- eruct
-
verb (used with or without object),
to belch forth, as gas from the stomach.
- abuts
-
verb (used with object),
to be adjacent to; border on; end at.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- acet-
-
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- 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.
- IATSE
-
- Ibert
-
noun,
Jacques François Antoine [zhahk frahn-swa ahn-twan] /ʒɑk frɑ̃ˈswa ɑ̃ˈtwan/ (Show IPA), 1890–1962, French composer.
- urate
-
noun,
a salt of uric acid.
- urase
-
noun,
urease.
- ictus
-
noun,
Prosody. rhythmical or metrical stress.
- Ecua.
-
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- saice
-
noun,
syce.
- cesta
-
noun,
a narrow, curved basket fitted on one end to a wooden handle with a glovelike compartment at the base, for catching and throwing the ball.
- carb-
-
- seti-
-
- Brace
-
noun,
something that holds parts together or in place, as a clasp or clamp.
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- bites
-
noun,
an act of biting.
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- biter
-
noun,
a person or animal that bites, especially habitually or viciously:
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- serif
-
noun,
a smaller line used to finish off a main stroke of a letter, as at the top and bottom of M.
- birse
-
noun,
a short hair of the beard or body; a bristle.
- biers
-
noun,
a frame or stand on which a corpse or the coffin containing it is laid before burial.
- taces
-
noun,
tasset.
- bices
-
noun,
either of two colors, bice blue or bice green.
- Siret
-
noun,
a river in SE Europe, flowing SE from the Carpathian Mountains in Ukraine, through E Romania to the Danube. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- bract
-
noun,
a specialized leaf or leaflike part, usually situated at the base of a flower or inflorescence.
- T-bar
-
noun,
a rolled metal bar or beam with a cross section resembling a T .
- Srta.
-
- Brit.
-
- sect.
-
- Brusa
-
noun,
Bursa.
- bruit
-
noun,
Medicine/Medical. any generally abnormal sound or murmur heard on auscultation.
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- Bruce
-
noun,
Blanche Kelso, 1841–98, U.S. politician: first black to serve a full term as U.S. senator 1875–81.
- brits
-
noun,
the group of small marine animals forming the food of whalebone whales.
- brise
-
noun,
a ballet movement in which the dancer jumps off one foot, beats the legs together, and lands on both feet.
- Seric
-
- tera-
-
- BRIEF
-
noun,
a short and concise statement or written item.
- serac
-
noun,
a large irregularity of glacial ice, as a pinnacle found in glacial crevasses and formed by melting or movement of the ice.
- Brice
-
noun,
Fanny (Fannie Borach) 1891–1951, U.S. singer and comedian.
- Brest
-
noun,
a seaport in the W extremity of France: German submarine base in World War II; surrendered to Allies September 1944.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- tears
-
- betas
-
noun,
the second letter of the Greek alphabet (β, B).
- sruti
-
noun,
the Vedas and some of the Upanishads, regarded as divinely revealed.
- sebi-
-
- barfs
-
verb, noun,
vomit.
- Bart.
-
- Auric
-
adjective,
of or containing gold in the trivalent state.
- Taber
-
noun,
tabor.
- baris
-
noun,
a seaport in SE Italy, on the Adriatic.
- baric
-
adjective,
of or containing barium.
- Aust.
-
- bares
-
verb,
simple past tense of bear1 .
- BASIC
-
noun,
Military.
basic training.
a soldier or airman receiving basic training.
- suber
-
noun,
cork (def 6).
- baits
-
noun,
food, or some substitute, used as a lure in fishing, trapping, etc.
- 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.
- bact.
-
- suite
-
noun,
a number of things forming a series or set.
- Surat
-
noun,
a seaport in S Gujarat, in W India: first British settlement in India 1612.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- Basie
-
noun,
William ("Count") 1904–84, U.S. jazz pianist, bandleader, and composer.
- 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.
- beast
-
noun,
any nonhuman animal, especially a large, four-footed mammal.
- berat
-
noun,
a city in S central Albania.
- Beira
-
noun,
a seaport in central Mozambique.
- befit
-
verb (used with object),
to be proper or appropriate for; suit; fit:
- beaut
-
noun,
(often used ironically) something or someone beautiful, remarkable, or amazing.
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- beats
-
noun,
a stroke or blow.
- 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.
- baste
-
noun,
liquid used to moisten and flavor food during cooking:
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- tabis
-
noun,
a covering for the foot, similar to a sock, having a separate pouchlike stall for the large toe, worn especially in Japan, often with zoris.
- Bauer
-
noun,
Georg [gey-awrk] /geɪˈɔrk/ (Show IPA), Agricola, Georgius.
- Bates
-
noun,
Katherine Lee, 1859–1929, U.S. educator and author.
- ster.
-
- Auber
-
noun,
Daniel François Esprit [da-nyel frahn-swa es-pree] /daˈnyɛl frɑ̃ˈswa ɛsˈpri/ (Show IPA), 1782–1871, French composer.
- tabes
-
noun,
a gradually progressive emaciation.
- brute
-
noun,
a nonhuman creature; beast.
- astr.
-
- Tibur
-
noun,
ancient name of Tivoli.
- sauce
-
noun,
any preparation, usually liquid or semiliquid, eaten as a gravy or as a relish accompanying food.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- Tiber
-
noun,
a river in central Italy, flowing through Rome into the Mediterranean. 244 miles (395 km) long.
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- burse
-
noun,
a pouch or case for some special purpose.
- burst
-
noun,
an act or instance of bursting.
- caber
-
noun,
a pole or beam, especially one thrown as a trial of strength.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- scrub
-
noun,
an act or instance of scrubbing.
- tiers
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- BSRet
-
- Cabet
-
noun,
Étienne [ey-tyen] /eɪˈtyɛn/ (Show IPA), 1788–1856, French socialist who established a utopian community in the U.S. (in Illinois) called Icaria: became U.S. citizen 1854.
- 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.
- Butes
-
noun,
phenylbutazone.
- sceat
-
noun,
a silver Anglo-Saxon coin of the 7th and 8th centuries, sometimes including an amount of gold.
- scat-
-
- scare
-
noun,
a sudden fright or alarm, especially with little or no reason.
- Busra
-
noun,
Basra.
- scart
-
verb (used with or without object),
to scratch, scrape, mark, or scar.
- Caius
-
noun,
Saint, died a.d. 296, pope 283–296.
- scute
-
noun,
a dermal bony plate, as on an armadillo, or a large horny plate, as on a turtle.
- Bursa
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. a pouch, sac, or vesicle, especially a sac containing synovia, to facilitate motion, as between a tendon and a bone.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- scuta
-
noun,
plural of scutum.
- sarc-
-
- scarf
-
noun,
a long, broad strip of wool, silk, lace, or other material worn about the neck, shoulders, or head, for ornament or protection against cold, drafts, etc.; muffler.
- Fates
-
noun,
something that unavoidably befalls a person; fortune; lot:
- Arius
-
noun,
died a.d. 336, Christian priest at Alexandria: founder of Arianism.
- scurf
-
noun,
the scales or small shreds of epidermis that are continually exfoliated from the skin.
- Urfa
-
noun,
a city in SE Turkey, E of the Euphrates River: on the site of ancient Edessa.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- tics
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- saur
-
- feta
-
noun,
a soft, white, brine-cured Greek cheese made from sheep's milk or goat's milk.
- uria
-
- frae
-
preposition, adverb,
from.
- uret
-
- Sab.
-
- rets
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- frat
-
noun,
fraternity (def 1).
- tri-
-
- stab
-
noun,
the act of stabbing.
- fubs
-
verb (used with object),
fob2 .
- Ruse
-
noun,
a trick, stratagem, or artifice.
- Rust
-
noun,
Also called iron rust. the red or orange coating that forms on the surface of iron when exposed to air and moisture, consisting chiefly of ferric hydroxide and ferric oxide formed by oxidation.
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- frt.
-
- Frs.
-
- frit
-
noun,
Ceramics.
a fused or partially fused material used as a basis for glazes or enamels.
the composition from which artificial soft porcelain is made.
- tabi
-
noun,
a covering for the foot, similar to a sock, having a separate pouchlike stall for the large toe, worn especially in Japan, often with zoris.
- scab
-
noun,
the incrustation that forms over a sore or wound during healing.
- SBIC
-
- Fri.
-
- tref
-
adjective,
Judaism. unfit to be eaten or used, according to religious laws; not kosher.
- fret
-
noun,
an irritated state of mind; annoyance; vexation.
- Frei
-
noun,
Eduardo [e-dwahr-th aw] /ɛˈdwɑr ðɔ/ (Show IPA), 1911–82, Chilean statesman: president 1964–70.
- FRCS
-
- Frau
-
noun,
a married woman; a wife.
- Ste.
-
- fisc
-
noun,
a royal or state treasury; exchequer.
- FITS
-
noun,
the manner in which a thing fits:
- Utes
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- fibs
-
noun,
a small or trivial lie; minor falsehood.
- USTC
-
- sub-
-
- 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.
- suet
-
noun,
the hard fatty tissue about the loins and kidneys of beef, sheep, etc., used in cooking or processed to yield tallow.
- fiat
-
noun,
an authoritative decree, sanction, or order:
Synonyms: authorization, directive, ruling, mandate, diktat, ukase.
- Utas
-
noun,
any of several iguanid lizards of the genus Uta, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico.
- Sufi
-
noun,
a member of an ascetic, mystical Muslim sect.
- Sat.
-
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- suit
-
noun,
a set of clothing, armor, or the like, intended for wear together.
- sur-
-
- Sura
-
noun,
any of the 114 chapters of the Koran.
- sure
-
Idioms,
for sure, as a certainty; surely:
- SURF
-
noun,
the swell of the sea that breaks upon a shore or upon shoals.
- tab.
-
- stub
-
noun,
a short projecting part.
- USRC
-
- uric
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, contained in, or derived from urine.
- firs
-
noun,
any coniferous tree belonging to the genus Abies, of the pine family, characterized by its pyramidal style of growth, flat needles, and erect cones.
- Uris
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- fist
-
noun,
the hand closed tightly, with the fingers doubled into the palm.
- urea
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a compound, CO(NH 2) 2 , occurring in urine and other body fluids as a product of protein metabolism.
- str.
-
- safe
-
noun,
a steel or iron box or repository for money, jewels, papers, etc.
- USAF
-
noun,
the permanent or regular military air force of the United States, established in 1947 as a separate service under the authority of the Department of Defense: a branch of the U.S. Army before 1947. Abbreviation: USAF.
- tier
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- USIA
-
- Safi
-
noun,
a seaport in W central Morocco, on the Atlantic Ocean coast.
- sate
-
noun,
a Southeast Asian, especially Indonesian and Malaysian, dish of marinated, bite-size pieces of meat, skewered, barbecued, and usually served with a peanut-flavored dipping sauce.
- USAR
-
- SATB
-
- fict
-
- USCA
-
- FICA
-
- user
-
noun,
a person or thing that uses.
- fur.
-
- fut.
-
- Rus.
-
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- ter.
-
- rift
-
noun,
an opening made by splitting, cleaving, etc.; fissure; cleft; chink.
- Serb
-
noun, adjective,
Serbian.
- teas
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- serf
-
noun,
a person in a condition of servitude, required to render services to a lord, commonly attached to the lord's land and transferred with it from one owner to another.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- RISC
-
noun,
reduced instruction set computer: a computer whose central processing unit recognizes a relatively small number of instructions, which it can execute very rapidly.
- rit.
-
- rifs
-
noun,
Er [er] /ɛr/ (Show IPA) a mountainous coastal region in N Morocco.
- taur
-
- rebs
-
noun,
a Confederate soldier.
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- Tues
-
- tufa
-
noun,
Also called calcareous tufa, calc-tufa, calc-tuff. a porous limestone formed from calcium carbonate deposited by springs or the like.
Compare travertine.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- rife
-
adjective,
of common or frequent occurrence; prevalent; in widespread existence, activity, or use:
- scr.
-
- scut
-
noun,
a short tail, especially that of a hare, rabbit, or deer.
- sec.
-
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- Reus
-
noun,
a city in Catalonia, NE Spain, on the Mediterranean Sea.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- Seif
-
noun,
a long narrow sand dune parallel to the prevailing wind direction.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- tube
-
noun,
a hollow, usually cylindrical body of metal, glass, rubber, or other material, used especially for conveying or containing liquids or gases.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- reif
-
noun,
plunder; booty; loot.
- reft
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of reave1 .
- refs
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
referee.
- Tuba
-
noun,
Music.
a valved, brass wind instrument having a low range.
an organ reed stop of large scale with tones of exceptional power.
an ancient Roman trumpet.
- ref.
-
- Rube
-
noun,
an unsophisticated person from a rural area; hick.
- sci.
-
- urbs
-
noun,
an urban area.
- Ice.
-
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- Ire.
-
- TRIB
-
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- rubs
-
noun,
an act or instance of rubbing:
- Itea
-
noun,
any tree or shrub belonging to the genus Itea, of the saxifrage family, having simple, alternate leaves and clusters of small, greenish-white flowers, as the Virginia willow, I. virginica.
- situ
-
noun,
in situ.
- Sra.
-
- seat
-
noun,
something designed to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair, bench, or pew; a place on or in which one sits.
- tabu
-
noun,
a prohibition or interdiction of anything; exclusion from use or practice:
Synonyms: ban, proscription, embargo, interdiction; no-no.
- rues
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- FUSE
-
noun,
a tube, cord, or the like, filled or saturated with combustible matter, for igniting an explosive.
- tabs
-
noun,
a small flap, strap, loop, or similar appendage, as on a garment, used for pulling, hanging, or decoration.
- scar
-
noun,
a mark left by a healed wound, sore, or burn.
- isba
-
noun,
izba.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- ScBE
-
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- tuis
-
noun,
a black New Zealand honey eater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, having a patch of white feathers on each side of the throat, sometimes tamed as a pet.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- Taif
-
noun,
a city in W Saudi Arabia.
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- raft
-
noun,
a more or less rigid floating platform made of buoyant material or materials:
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- Tura
-
noun,
Cosimo [kaw-zee-maw] /ˈkɔ zi mɔ/ (Show IPA), c1430–98? Italian painter.
- turf
-
noun,
a layer of matted earth formed by grass and plant roots.
- sift
-
verb (used with object),
to separate and retain the coarse parts of (flour, ashes, etc.) with a sieve.
- RACE
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- Tace
-
noun,
tasset.
- Rabi
-
noun,
Isidor Isaac, 1898–1988, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1944.
- RIBA
-
- RCAF
-
- Surt
-
noun,
the guardian and ruler of Muspelheim, destined to defeat Frey at Ragnarok and destroy the world with fire.
- 1080
-
- but-
-
- 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.
- ates
-
- atic
-
- crib
-
noun,
a child's bed with enclosed sides.
- Cres
-
- crat
-
- Aube
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW to the Seine. 125 miles (200 km) long.
- Auer
-
noun,
Leopold [lee-uh-pohld;; Hungarian ley-aw-pawlt] /ˈli əˌpoʊld;; Hungarian ˈleɪ ɔˌpɔlt/ (Show IPA), 1845–1930, Hungarian violinist and teacher.
- aur-
-
- Aus.
-
- aut-
-
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- crut
-
noun,
crud (def 1).
- cit.
-
- cist
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- cis-
-
- BRCS
-
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- cir.
-
- Baer
-
noun,
Karl Ernst von [kahrl urnst von,, fuh n] /kɑrl ɜrnst vɒn,, fən/ (Show IPA), 1792–1876, Estonian zoologist and pioneer embryologist.
- Bais
-
noun,
a yellow mist occurring in eastern China and Japan during the spring and fall, caused by dust from the interior of China.
- bait
-
noun,
food, or some substitute, used as a lure in fishing, trapping, etc.
- bar.
-
- crus
-
noun,
the part of the leg or hind limb between the femur or thigh and the ankle or tarsus; shank.
- Asur
-
noun,
Assur.
- barf
-
verb, noun,
vomit.
- Curt
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Curtis.
- 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.
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- ARIS
-
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- 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.
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- art.
-
- asc-
-
- cute
-
noun,
the cutes, Informal. self-consciously cute mannerisms or appeal; affected coyness:
- asci
-
noun,
plural of ascus.
- curs
-
noun,
a mongrel dog, especially a worthless or unfriendly one.
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- Brea
-
noun,
a town in S California.
- cure
-
noun,
a means of healing or restoring to health; remedy.
- 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.
-
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- cues
-
noun,
anything said or done, on or off stage, that is followed by a specific line or action:
- 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.
- cts.
-
- ctr.
-
- 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.
- arbs
-
noun,
an arbitrager.
- BSFT
-
- Burt
-
noun,
William Austin, 1792–1858, U.S. surveyor and inventor.
- burs
-
noun,
a rough, prickly case around the seeds of certain plants, as the chestnut or burdock.
- Buri
-
noun,
the first of the gods, revealed when the cow Audhumla licked away the salty ice that covered him.
- Bur.
-
- Bias
-
noun,
a particular tendency, trend, inclination, feeling, or opinion, especially one that is preconceived or unreasoned:
- Bice
-
noun,
either of two colors, bice blue or bice green.
- BSRT
-
- BSIT
-
- BSIR
-
- BSIE
-
- BSEc
-
- Bust
-
noun,
a sculptured, painted, drawn, or engraved representation of the upper part of the human figure, especially a portrait sculpture showing only the head and shoulders of the subject.
- bier
-
noun,
a frame or stand on which a corpse or the coffin containing it is laid before burial.
- bite
-
noun,
an act of biting.
- BSCE
-
- BSAE
-
- Brut
-
noun,
any of a number of partly legendary, partly historical chronicles dealing with early English history, written during the Middle Ages and usually beginning with Brutus, the mythic and eponymous ancestor of the country.
- brae
-
noun,
a slope; declivity; hillside.
- BRAT
-
noun,
a child, especially an annoying, spoiled, or impolite child (usually used in contempt or irritation).
- 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.
- bris
-
noun,
Brith.
- Brie
-
noun,
a region in NE France, between the Seine and the Marne.
- Bres
-
noun,
a Fomorian king of Ireland, whose unpopular rule led to the expulsion of the Fomorians by the Tuatha De Danann.
- bus.
-
- fest
-
noun,
an assembly of people engaged in a common activity (often used in combination):
- Ceta
-
noun,
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.
- cast
-
noun,
act of casting or throwing.
- cet-
-
- Cerf
-
noun,
Bennett (Alfred) 1898–1971, U.S. book publisher, editor, and writer.
- BASc
-
- cera
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- Base
-
noun,
the bottom support of anything; that on which a thing stands or rests:
- Cebu
-
noun,
an island in the S central Philippines. 1703 sq. mi. (4411 sq. km).
- Bast
-
noun,
Botany. phloem.
- Bate
-
noun,
a state of violent anger or fear.
- Cate
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- cat.
-
- CASE
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- Bute
-
noun,
phenylbutazone.
- 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.
- CART
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- CARE
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- beat
-
noun,
a stroke or blow.
- Beau
-
noun,
a male lover or sweetheart.
- CAFE
-
noun,
a restaurant, often with an enclosed or outdoor section extending onto the sidewalk.
- BERT
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Albert, Bertram, Herbert, Hubert, etc.
- BEST
-
noun,
something or someone that is best:
- bet.
-
- Beta
-
noun,
the second letter of the Greek alphabet (β, B).
- buts
-
noun,
buts, reservations or objections:
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- brei
-
noun,
a suspension of finely divided tissue in an isotonic medium, used chiefly as a culture for certain viruses.
- Acis
-
noun,
the lover of Galatea, killed by Polyphemus out of jealousy.
- FACS
-
- abet
-
verb (used with object),
to encourage, support, or countenance by aid or approval, usually in wrongdoing:
- 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.
- ACTS
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- Acus
-
noun,
Surgery. a needle, especially one used in a surgical operation.
- fac.
-
- face
-
noun,
the front part of the head, from the forehead to the chin.
- aer-
-
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- ABCs
-
noun,
ABC's (defs 1, 3).
- EFTA
-
- aesc
-
noun,
ash2 (def 3).
- aet.
-
- fact
-
noun,
something that actually exists; reality; truth:
- Fair
-
noun,
Archaic. something that is fair.
- Abie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Abraham.
- Abiu
-
noun,
Douay Bible. Abihu.
- Fars
-
noun,
a province in SW Iran. 51,466 sq. mi. (133,297 sq. km).
- etui
-
noun,
a small, often decorative case, especially one for needles, toilet articles, or the like.
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- acr-
-
- etc.
-
- etic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or being the raw data of a language or other area of behavior, without considering the data as significant units functioning within a system.
- abut
-
verb (used with object),
to be adjacent to; border on; end at.
- est.
-
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Eur.
-
- abs-
-
- abri
-
noun,
a shelter, especially a dugout.
- Esau
-
noun,
a son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Jacob, to whom he sold his birthright. Gen. 25:21–25.
- abr.
-
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- fare
-
noun,
the price of conveyance or passage in a bus, train, airplane, or other vehicle.
- efts
-
noun,
a newt, especially the eastern newt, Notophthalmus viridescens (red eft) in its immature terrestrial stage.
- fart
-
noun,
a flatus expelled through the anus.
- fats
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) cattle fattened and ready for market.
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- ARCS
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- afr-
-
- AFSC
-
- fate
-
noun,
something that unavoidably befalls a person; fortune; lot:
- Ecru
-
noun,
an ecru color.
- Aire
-
- Fear
-
noun,
a distressing emotion aroused by impending danger, evil, pain, etc., whether the threat is real or imagined; the feeling or condition of being afraid. Synonyms: foreboding, apprehension, consternation, dismay, dread, terror, fright, panic, horror, trepidation, qualm.
Antonyms: courage, security, calm, intrepidity.
- feat
-
noun,
a noteworthy or extraordinary act or achievement, usually displaying boldness, skill, etc.:
- Feb.
-
- FAST
-
noun,
a fastening for a door, window, or the like.
- fec.
-
- FERA
-
- ect-
-
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- STB
-
- UTC
-
- BEA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Beatrice.
- BIT
-
noun,
Machinery.
a removable drilling or boring tool for use in a brace, drill press, or the like.
a removable boring head used on certain kinds of drills, as a rock drill.
a device for drilling oil wells or the like, consisting of a horizontally rotating blade or an assembly of rotating toothed wheels.
- Af.
-
- BCS
-
- UTE
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- ac-
-
- Uri
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- abt
-
- Bat
-
noun,
Sports.
the wooden club used in certain games, as baseball and cricket, to strike the ball.
a racket, especially one used in badminton or table tennis.
a whip used by a jockey.
the act of using a club or racket in a game.
the right or turn to use a club or racket.
- Bra
-
noun,
brassiere.
- STI
-
- ure
-
- uti
-
- ab-
-
- Uta
-
noun,
any of several iguanid lizards of the genus Uta, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico.
- bec
-
- Sfc
-
- BFS
-
- USC
-
- AUC
-
- USB
-
- Bia
-
noun,
the ancient Greek personification of force: daughter of Pallas and Styx and sister of Cratus, Nike, and Zelos.
- USE
-
noun,
the act of employing, using, or putting into service:
- bi-
-
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- BIE
-
- urb
-
noun,
an urban area.
- BFT
-
- ABC
-
noun,
ABC's (defs 1, 3).
- BFA
-
- Ar.
-
- Sr.
-
- 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.
- SRB
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- St.
-
- Sta
-
- urs
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city on the Euphrates, in S Iraq: extensive excavations, especially of royal tombs.
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- Abe
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Abraham.
- USR
-
- arb
-
noun,
an arbitrager.
- Ufa
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of the Bashkir Autonomous Republic, in the Russian Federation in Europe.
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- TCS
-
- AFS
-
- ase
-
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- TSE
-
- ASI
-
- tea
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- TSI
-
- asb
-
- TSR
-
noun,
a computer program with any of several ancillary functions, usually held resident in RAM for instant activation while one is using another program.
- Tbi
-
- Tu.
-
- tub
-
noun,
a bathtub.
- AFC
-
- TBA
-
- ASR
-
- AFT
-
adverb,
at, close to, or toward the stern or tail:
- ARU
-
- TAU
-
noun,
the 19th letter of the Greek alphabet (T, τ).
- 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.
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- tra
-
- tr.
-
- Tiu
-
noun,
an English god of the sky and of war, the equivalent of Tyr in Scandinavian mythology.
- trf
-
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- 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.
- AIC
-
- ARF
-
interjection,
(used to imitate the bark of a dog).
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- ARS
-
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- TIA
-
- tfr
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- AFB
-
- ast
-
- BAS
-
noun,
an aspect of the soul, represented as a human-headed bird.
- Bac
-
- UAE
-
- Ube
-
noun,
a seaport on SW Honshu, in SW Japan.
- UCR
-
- BSC
-
- BTU
-
noun,
the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 pound (0.4 kg) of water 1°F. Abbreviation: Btu, BTU, B.t.u., B.T.U., B.th.u.
- Br.
-
- Sui
-
noun,
a dynasty ruling in China a.d. 589–618.
- BEF
-
- suf
-
- Bai
-
noun,
a yellow mist occurring in eastern China and Japan during the spring and fall, caused by dust from the interior of China.
- Sue
-
noun,
Eugène [œ-zhen] /œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), (Marie Joseph Sue) 1804–57, French novelist.
- UFC
-
- UIT
-
- ur-
-
- Stu
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stewart or Stuart.
- USA
-
- be-
-
- ASU
-
- ATC
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- at.
-
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- AEF
-
- ATB
-
- tue
-
- BCE
-
- AEC
-
- ae.
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- tui
-
noun,
a black New Zealand honey eater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, having a patch of white feathers on each side of the throat, sometimes tamed as a pet.
- ACT
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- ACS
-
- UAR
-
- TCA
-
- FET
-
- BRE
-
- ECA
-
- EBS
-
- ec-
-
- ite
-
- ITC
-
- ITA
-
- ist
-
- ISR
-
- ise
-
- ECF
-
- RCS
-
- ISA
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- IRS
-
- IRC
-
- ECU
-
noun,
the shield carried by a mounted man-at-arms in the Middle Ages.
- Ir.
-
- Ife
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- IFC
-
- ier
-
- IUS
-
- Re.
-
- eft
-
noun,
a newt, especially the eastern newt, Notophthalmus viridescens (red eft) in its immature terrestrial stage.
- rat
-
noun,
any of several long-tailed rodents of the family Muridae, of the genus Rattus and related genera, distinguished from the mouse by being larger.
- cue
-
noun,
anything said or done, on or off stage, that is followed by a specific line or action:
- 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.
- Reb
-
noun,
a Confederate soldier.
- REA
-
- RCT
-
- RCA
-
- RBI
-
- RBC
-
- Cut
-
noun,
the act of cutting; a stroke or a blow, as with a knife, whip, etc.
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- 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).
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- RAF
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- ea.
-
- ear
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- Rab
-
noun,
a wooden beater for mixing plaster or mortar.
- ef-
-
- eir
-
- Cub
-
noun,
the young of certain animals, as the bear, lion, or tiger.
- FAR
-
Idioms,
a far cry (from). cry (def 27).
- FAS
-
noun,
the syllable used for the fourth tone of a diatonic scale.
- FBA
-
- FRC
-
- FRB
-
- FAB
-
adjective,
fabulous (def 2).
- Fra
-
noun,
a title of address for a friar or brother.
- Fr.
-
abbreviation,
Father.
- FIT
-
noun,
the manner in which a thing fits:
- FIR
-
noun,
any coniferous tree belonging to the genus Abies, of the pine family, characterized by its pyramidal style of growth, flat needles, and erect cones.
- ETS
-
- fie
-
interjection,
(used to express mild disgust, disapprobation, annoyance, etc.)
- FAT
-
noun,
any of several white or yellowish greasy substances, forming the chief part of adipose tissue of animals and also occurring in plants, that when pure are colorless, odorless, and tasteless and are either solid or liquid esters of glycerol with fatty acids; fats are insoluble in water or cold alcohol but soluble in ether, chloroform, or benzene: used in the manufacture of soap, paints, and other protective coatings and in cooking.
- fic
-
- FBI
-
- FCA
-
- FCS
-
- FIB
-
noun,
a small or trivial lie; minor falsehood.
- Fia
-
- fer
-
preposition, conjunction,
for.
- eu-
-
- ETR
-
- ICA
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- ics
-
- EIS
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- ib.
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- ERA
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noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- IAS
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- Ia.
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- ITU
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- IRA
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noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- IFS
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noun,
a supposition; uncertain possibility:
- ERS
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noun,
ervil.
- ESU
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- ERT
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- ESA
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- Esc
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- ESR
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- fub
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verb (used with object),
fob2 .
- FTC
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- ft.
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- FSR
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- FSA
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- REC
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noun,
recreation.
- RAS
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noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- uts
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noun,
the syllable once generally used for the first tone or keynote of a scale and sometimes for the tone C: now commonly superseded by do.
- CBS
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- ct.
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- CAB
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noun,
a taxicab.
- CAI
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- SAR
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- CAR
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noun,
an automobile.
- CAS
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verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- SAE
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- SAC
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noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- rut
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noun,
a furrow or track in the ground, especially one made by the passage of a vehicle or vehicles.
- CEA
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- cr.
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- CEF
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- ctf
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- CFA
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- rub
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noun,
an act or instance of rubbing:
- RTS
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- RTF
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- rte
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- rt.
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- RSE
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- cs.
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- cf.
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- Rs.
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- BTE
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- BRT
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- SEI
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noun,
sei whale.
- BSA
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- BSE
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- sea
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noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- se-
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- BSF
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- BST
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- Bt.
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- SCF
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- Sau
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noun,
German name of Sava.
- bu.
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- SCB
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- sc.
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- SBE
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- SBA
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- sb.
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- ca.
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- CAF
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- CBE
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- RSA
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- Rue
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noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- CFI
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- CSR
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- RFA
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- RFC
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- CFR
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- RFE
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- ret
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verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- CRS
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- res
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noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- CRT
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- 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)
- CSA
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- CSF
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- RFI
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- rfb
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- Ria
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noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- CST
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- cfs
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- CIA
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- CIB
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- CIE
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- cte
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- rib
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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.
- CIF
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- CTA
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- RIF
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noun,
Er [er] /ɛr/ (Show IPA) a mountainous coastal region in N Morocco.
- SI
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noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- E.
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noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- EI
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- TC
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- FE
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- FC
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- UT
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noun,
the syllable once generally used for the first tone or keynote of a scale and sometimes for the tone C: now commonly superseded by do.
- 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.
- RF
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- TE
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noun,
ti1 .
- FI
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noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the fourth and fifth degrees of a scale.
- FA
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noun,
the syllable used for the fourth tone of a diatonic scale.
- A.
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noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- f.
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noun,
(Paul) Felix (Edler von Münzberg) [poul fey-liks eyd-luh r fuh n mynts-berk] /paʊl ˈfeɪ lɪks ˈeɪd lər fən ˈmüntsˌbɛrk/ (Show IPA), 1863–1942, Austrian composer, conductor, and writer.
- SF
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- AU
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plural,
to the; at the; with the.
- FB
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- CE
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- er
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interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- ic
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- IT
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noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- SU
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- IF
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noun,
a supposition; uncertain possibility:
- RU
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- BF
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- Eb
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- R.
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- S.
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- SA
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- RA
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noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- RC
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- BC
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- U.
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- CB
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- i.
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- UC
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- BA
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noun,
an aspect of the soul, represented as a human-headed bird.
- RI
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- UB
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- B-
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- t.
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- TB
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- T1
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- UI
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- TA
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noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- TI
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noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- et
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verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- CU
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