Anagrams of boutonniere
Word boutonniere has
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- bournonite
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noun,
a sulfide of lead, antimony, and copper, PbCuSbS 3 , occurring in gray to black crystals or granular masses.
- rotenone
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noun,
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, poisonous heterocyclic compound, C 23 H 22 O 6 , obtained from derris root: used chiefly as the active ingredient of certain insecticides and in medicine in the treatment of chiggers and scabies.
- neutrino
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noun,
any of the massless or nearly massless electrically neutral leptons. There is a distinct kind of neutrino associated with each of the massive leptons.
- botonee
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adjective,
(of a cross) having arms terminating in the form of a trefoil:
- enteron
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noun,
the alimentary canal; the digestive tract.
- interne
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noun, verb (used without object),
intern2 .
- Oriente
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noun,
a region in Ecuador, E of the Andes: the border long disputed by Peru.
- ternion
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noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- bo-tree
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noun,
the pipal, or sacred fig tree, Ficus religiosa, of India, under which the founder of Buddhism is reputed to have attained the Enlightenment that constituted him the Buddha.
- biotron
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noun,
a controlled laboratory environment designed to provide uniform experimental conditions with the aim of producing uniform organisms for use in experiments.
- entero-
-
- Ironton
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noun,
a city in S Ohio, on the Ohio River.
- Turenne
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noun,
Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne de [ahn-ree duh la toor doh-vern-yuh duh] /ɑ̃ˈri də la ˈtur doʊˈvɛrn yə də/ (Show IPA), 1611–75, French general and marshal.
- ebonite
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noun,
vulcanite.
- bon-ton
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noun,
good or elegant form or style.
- reunite
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verb (used with or without object),
to unite again, as after separation.
- Reunion
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noun,
the act of uniting again.
- retinue
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noun,
a body of retainers in attendance upon an important personage; suite.
- bornite
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noun,
a common mineral and important ore of copper, copper iron sulfide, Cu 5 FeS 4 , occurring in masses, of brownish color when first exposed to the air; peacock ore.
- tribune
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noun,
a person who upholds or defends the rights of the people.
- turbine
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noun,
any of various machines having a rotor, usually with vanes or blades, driven by the pressure, momentum, or reactive thrust of a moving fluid, as steam, water, hot gases, or air, either occurring in the form of free jets or as a fluid passing through and entirely filling a housing around the rotor.
- one-one
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adjective,
one-to-one (def 1).
- neutro-
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- uterine
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adjective,
of or relating to the uterus or womb.
- 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.
- neutron
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noun,
an elementary particle having no charge, mass slightly greater than that of a proton, and spin of ½: a constituent of the nuclei of all atoms except those of hydrogen. Symbol: n.
- routine
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noun,
a customary or regular course of procedure.
- inturn
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noun,
an inward turn or curve around an axis or fixed point.
- rebote
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noun,
the rear wall of a cancha or jai alai court.
Compare frontis.
- tenure
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noun,
the holding or possessing of anything:
- butene
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noun,
butylene (def 1).
- Burton
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noun,
any of various small tackles for use on shipboard.
- Burnet
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noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genera Sanguisorba and Poterium, of the rose family, having pinnate leaves and dense heads of small flowers.
- Tenner
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noun,
a 10-dollar bill.
- nitro-
-
- tonner
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noun,
something having a specified weight in tons (used in combination):
- Torino
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noun,
Turin.
- bunton
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noun,
one of a number of struts reinforcing the walls of a shaft and dividing it into vertical compartments.
- reboot
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noun,
an act or instance of restarting a computer.
- tribo-
-
- bunion
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noun,
inflammation of the synovial bursa of the great toe, usually resulting in enlargement of the joint and lateral displacement of the toe.
- unborn
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adjective,
not yet born; yet to come; future:
- unrent
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adjective,
not rent; not torn, disturbed, pained, or the like:
- brunet
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noun,
a person, usually a male, with dark hair and, often, dark eyes and darkish or olive skin.
- Brunei
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noun,
a sultanate under British protection on the NW coast of Borneo: formerly a British protectorate; gained independence 1984. 2220 sq. mi. (5750 sq. km). Capital: Bandar Seri Begawan.
- unrobe
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verb (used with or without object),
to disrobe; undress.
- Bronte
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noun,
Anne ("Acton Bell") 1820–49, English novelist.
- Norton
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noun,
Charles Eliot, 1827–1908, U.S. scholar.
- unroot
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verb (used with object),
to uproot.
- Briton
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Great Britain, especially of England.
- Breton
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noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1896–1966, French poet, essayist, and critic.
- rennet
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noun,
the lining membrane of the fourth stomach of a calf or of the stomach of certain other young animals.
- norite
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noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- Bourne
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noun,
a city in SE Massachusetts.
- Noreen
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noun,
a female given name, Irish diminutive of Nora.
- unbent
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verb,
simple past tense and past participle of unbend.
- Oberon
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noun,
(in medieval folklore) the king of the fairies.
- neuro-
-
- intron
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noun,
a noncoding segment in a length of DNA that interrupts a gene-coding sequence or nontranslated sequence, the corresponding segment being removed from the RNA copy before transcription.
- intro.
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- toe-in
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noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- intern
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noun,
a person who is or has been interned; internee.
- inter.
-
- tinner
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noun,
a tinsmith.
- Triune
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noun,
(initial capital letter) the Trinity.
- inborn
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adjective,
naturally present at birth; innate.
- Orient
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noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- Nerine
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noun,
any of several bulbous plants belonging to the genus Nerine, of the amaryllis family, native to southern Africa, having funnel-shaped red, pink, or white flowers.
- tuebor
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verb,
I will defend: motto on the coat of arms of Michigan.
- eroto-
-
- notion
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noun,
a general understanding; vague or imperfect conception or idea of something:
- neuron
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noun,
Cell Biology. a specialized, impulse-conducting cell that is the functional unit of the nervous system, consisting of the cell body and its processes, the axon and dendrites.
- turbo-
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- entire
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noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- neuter
-
noun,
Grammar.
the neuter gender.
a noun of that gender.
another element marking that gender.
an intransitive verb.
- ionone
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noun,
a light-yellow to colorless, slightly water-soluble liquid that is either one or a mixture of two unsaturated ketones having the formula C 13 H 20 O, used chiefly in perfumery.
- triene
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noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- enter-
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- enroot
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verb (used with object),
to fix by the root.
- enrobe
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verb (used with object),
to dress; attire:
- tureen
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noun,
a large, deep, covered dish for serving soup, stew, or other foods.
- Oenone
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noun,
a nymph of Mount Ida who was the wife of Paris, but was deserted by him for Helen.
- turion
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noun,
a small shoot, as of asparagus or certain aquatic plants, from which a new plant can develop.
- intone
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verb (used with object),
to utter with a particular tone or voice modulation.
- no-one
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pronoun,
no person; not anyone; nobody:
- Rennie
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noun,
John, 1761–1821, Scottish engineer.
- bonito
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noun,
any mackerellike fish of the genus Sarda, as S. sarda, of the Atlantic Ocean.
- Bennet
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noun,
herb bennet.
- bootie
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noun,
Also, bootee. a usually soft, sometimes disposable sock or bootlike covering for the foot or shoe, as for informal wear, warmth, or protection:
- bootee
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noun,
Also, bootie. a baby's socklike shoe, usually knitted or crocheted, and calf-length or shorter.
- Reuben
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noun,
the eldest son of Jacob and Leah. Gen. 29, 30.
- Bonnie
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noun,
a female given name: from the Latin word meaning “good.”.
- Benoit
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noun,
Pierre [pyer] /pyɛr/ (Show IPA), (or Peter) Léonard Léopold [ley-aw-nar ley-aw-pawld] /leɪ ɔˈnar leɪ ɔˈpɔld/ (Show IPA), 1834–1901, Belgian composer.
- Benoni
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noun,
a city in the NE of the Republic of South Africa, near Johannesburg: gold mines.
- Benton
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noun,
Thomas Hart ("Old Bullion") 1782–1858, U.S. political leader.
- Beirut
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noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Lebanon.
- Bernie
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noun,
a male given name, form of Bernard.
- Bertie
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- run-on
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noun,
run-on matter.
- 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.
- Bienne
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noun,
Lake of, a lake in NW Switzerland: traces of prehistoric lake dwellings. 16 sq. mi. (41 sq. km).
- Ronnie
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noun,
a male or female given name, form of Ronald or Veronica.
- ronion
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noun,
ronyon.
- Renton
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noun,
a city in W Washington, near Seattle.
- Bonnet
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noun,
a hat, usually tying under the chin and often framing the face, formerly much worn by women but now worn mostly by children.
- run-in
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noun,
a quarrel; argument.
- urino-
-
- Borneo
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noun,
an island in the Malay Archipelago, politically divided among Indonesia, Malaysia, and the British-protected sultanate of Brunei. 290,000 sq. mi. (750,000 sq. km).
- utero-
-
- Inonu
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noun,
Ismet [is-met] /ɪsˈmɛt/ (Show IPA), (Ismet Paşa) 1884–1973, president of Turkey 1938–50; prime minister 1923–24, 1925–37, 1961–65.
- 30-30
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- rooti
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noun,
rooty2 .
- NoibN
-
- route
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noun,
a course, way, or road for passage or travel:
- Ruben
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noun,
Douay Bible. Reuben (defs 1, 2).
- tono-
-
- Berne
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noun,
Bern.
- Beret
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noun,
a soft, visorless cap with a close-fitting headband and a wide, round top often with a tab at its center.
- inure
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verb (used with object),
to accustom to hardship, difficulty, pain, etc.; toughen or harden; habituate (usually followed by to):
- inurn
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verb (used with object),
to put into an urn, especially ashes after cremation.
- trine
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noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- intr.
-
- Inner
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adjective,
situated within or farther within; interior:
- inert
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adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- nonet
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noun,
a group of nine performers or instruments.
- orbit
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noun,
the curved path, usually elliptical, described by a planet, satellite, spaceship, etc., around a celestial body, as the sun.
- trone
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noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- Ibert
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noun,
Jacques François Antoine [zhahk frahn-swa ahn-twan] /ʒɑk frɑ̃ˈswa ɑ̃ˈtwan/ (Show IPA), 1890–1962, French composer.
- no-no
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noun,
anything that is forbidden or not advisable, as because of being improper or unsafe:
- Bourn
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noun,
burn2 .
- tuber
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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.
- tubi-
-
- Euro-
-
- Tibur
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noun,
ancient name of Tivoli.
- Orton
-
noun,
Joe (John Kingsley Orton) 1933–67, English playwright.
- non-U
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adjective,
not characteristic of or appropriate to the upper class, especially of Great Britain:
- Benue
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noun,
a river in W Africa, flowing Wfrom Cameroon to the Niger River in Nigeria. 870 miles (1400 km).
- onto-
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- tribe
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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.
- Niort
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noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- noto-
-
- urine
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noun,
the liquid-to-semisolid waste matter excreted by the kidneys, in humans being a yellowish, slightly acid, watery fluid.
- neut.
-
- Rouen
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noun,
a city in and the capital of Seine-Maritime, in N France, on the Seine: famous cathedral; execution of Joan of Arc 1431.
- Benet
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noun,
Stephen Vincent, 1898–1943, U.S. poet and novelist.
- neur-
-
- toner
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noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- Benin
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noun,
Formerly Dahomey. a republic in W Africa: formerly part of French West Africa; gained independence in 1960. 44,290 sq. mi. (114,711 sq. km). Capital: Porto Novo.
- benne
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noun,
Southern U.S., especially South Carolina, and Bahamian English. the sesame plant or its seeds.
- Tobin
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noun,
James, 1918–2002, U.S. economist: Nobel prize 1981.
- Nebr.
-
- Obote
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noun,
(Apollo) Milton, 1924–2005, Ugandan political leader: president 1966–71 and 1980–85.
- Niobe
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noun,
the daughter of Tantalus and wife of Amphion of Thebes. She provoked Apollo and Artemis to vengeance by taunting their mother, Leto, with the number and beauty of her own children; Niobe's children were slain and Zeus turned her into stone, in which state she continued to weep over her loss.
- OBrit
-
- tonne
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noun,
metric ton.
- Bennu
-
noun,
Benu.
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- Torun
-
noun,
a city in N Poland, on the Vistula.
- Tiber
-
noun,
a river in central Italy, flowing through Rome into the Mediterranean. 244 miles (395 km) long.
- to-be
-
adjective,
future; soon to be the thing specified (usually used in combination):
- Toure
-
noun,
Sékou [sey-koo] /ˈseɪ ku/ (Show IPA), 1922–84, Guinean political leader: prime minister 1958-72; president 1958–84.
- niton
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noun,
(formerly) radon. Symbol: Nt.
- treen
-
noun,
treenware.
- onion
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noun,
a plant, Allium cepa, of the amaryllis family, having an edible, succulent, pungent bulb.
- nitr-
-
- irone
-
noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- Irene
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noun,
Classical Mythology. one of the Horae, the personification of peace.
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- Ronne
-
noun,
a seaport on W Bornholm island, Denmark, in the S Baltic Sea: stone quarries.
- Orion
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a giant hunter who pursued the Pleiades, was eventually slain by Artemis, and was then placed in the sky as a constellation.
- Binet
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noun,
Alfred [al-frid;; French al-fred] /ˈæl frɪd;; French alˈfrɛd/ (Show IPA), 1857–1911, French psychologist: co-deviser of the Binet-Simon scale.
- Tenn.
-
- rebut
-
verb (used with object),
to refute by evidence or argument.
- unite
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noun,
a former gold coin of England, equal to 20 shillings, issued under James I and Charles I.
- Bueno
-
interjection,
good; all right.
- Unit.
-
- Bunin
-
noun,
Ivan Alekseevich [ee-vahn uh-lyi-ksye-yi-vyich] /iˈvɑn ʌ lyɪˈksyɛ yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1870–1953, Russian poet and novelist: Nobel Prize 1933.
- Boone
-
noun,
Daniel, 1734–1820, American pioneer, especially in Kentucky.
- burin
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noun,
a tempered steel rod, with a lozenge-shaped point and a rounded handle, used for engraving furrows in metal.
- brunt
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noun,
the main force or impact, as of an attack or blow:
- burnt
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noun,
a burned place or area:
- teno-
-
- Terni
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noun,
a city in central Italy.
- Bonne
-
noun,
a maid-servant.
- tenon
-
noun,
a projection formed on the end of a timber or the like for insertion into a mortise of the same dimensions.
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- Buteo
-
noun,
any of several buzzards or hawks of the genus Buteo.
- brute
-
noun,
a nonhuman creature; beast.
- Bruno
-
noun,
Giordano [jawr-dah-naw] /dʒɔrˈdɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1548?–1600, Italian philosopher.
- boner
-
noun,
a person or thing that bones.
- reni-
-
- rente
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noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- untie
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verb (used with object),
to loose or unfasten (anything tied); let or set loose by undoing a knot.
- Breen
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noun,
a deep brownish green.
- renin
-
noun,
a proteolytic enzyme secreted by the kidneys that is involved in the release of angiotensin.
- Brent
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noun,
brant.
- boron
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noun,
a nonmetallic element occurring naturally only in combination, as in borax or boric acid, and obtained in either an amorphous or a crystalline form when reduced from its compounds. Symbol: B; atomic weight: 10.811; atomic number: 5.
- Brine
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noun,
water saturated or strongly impregnated with salt.
- Brunn
-
noun,
German name of Brno.
- Brit.
-
- boro-
-
- Bornu
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noun,
a former sultanate in Africa, SW of Lake Chad: now largely a province in Nigeria.
- Broun
-
noun,
(Matthew) Heywood (Campbell) 1888–1939, U.S. journalist, essayist, and novelist.
- borne
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noun,
a circular sofa having a conical or cylindrical back piece at the center.
- Bruin
-
noun,
a bear, especially a European brown bear.
- bruit
-
noun,
Medicine/Medical. any generally abnormal sound or murmur heard on auscultation.
- Union
-
noun,
the act of uniting two or more things.
- outre
-
adjective,
passing the bounds of what is usual or considered proper; unconventional; bizarre.
- ento-
-
- biter
-
noun,
a person or animal that bites, especially habitually or viciously:
- terne
-
noun,
terne metal.
- Robin
-
noun,
any of several small Old World birds having a red or reddish breast, especially Erithacus rubecula, of Europe.
- tuner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tunes.
- rutin
-
noun,
a bright yellow or greenish-yellow substance, C 27 H 30 O 16 , obtained chiefly from buckwheat, and used in the treatment of capillary fragility.
- ronin
-
noun,
a samurai who no longer serves a daimyo, or feudal lord.
- Turin
-
noun,
a city in NW Italy, on the Po: capital of the Kingdom of Italy 1860–65.
- boite
-
noun,
a nightclub; cabaret.
- enure
-
verb (used with or without object),
inure.
- ourie
-
adjective,
shabby; dingy.
- Boito
-
noun,
Arrigo [uh-ree-goh;; Italian ahr-ree-gaw] /əˈri goʊ;; Italian ɑrˈri gɔ/ (Show IPA), 1842–1918, Italian opera composer, poet, and novelist.
- robot
-
noun,
a machine that resembles a human and does mechanical, routine tasks on command.
- Ernie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Ernest.
- outen
-
verb (used with object),
to turn off (a light) or extinguish (a fire).
- birne
-
noun,
boule1 (def 1).
- Ebert
-
noun,
Friedrich [free-drikh] /ˈfri drɪx/ (Show IPA), 1871–1925, first president of Germany 1919–25.
- Outer
-
adjective,
situated on or toward the outside; external; exterior:
- biont
-
- ennui
-
noun,
a feeling of utter weariness and discontent resulting from satiety or lack of interest; boredom:
- 'roo
-
noun,
kangaroo.
- Rein
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- runt
-
noun,
an animal that is small or stunted as compared with others of its kind.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- noun
-
noun,
any member of a class of words that can function as the main or only elements of subjects of verbs (A dog just barked), or of objects of verbs or prepositions (to send money from home), and that in English can take plural forms and possessive endings (Three of his buddies want to borrow John's laptop). Nouns are often described as referring to persons, places, things, states, or qualities, and the word noun is itself often used as an attributive modifier, as in noun compound; noun group.
See also noun adjunct, noun clause, noun phrase.
Synonyms: substantive, name.
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- tern
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- not-
-
- tonn
-
- rune
-
noun,
any of the characters of certain ancient alphabets, as of a script used for writing the Germanic languages, especially of Scandinavia and Britain, from c200 to c1200, or a script used for inscriptions in a Turkic language of the 6th to 8th centuries from the area near the Orkhon River in Mongolia.
- ruin
-
noun,
ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay:
- oro-
-
- Otoe
-
noun,
Oto.
- Norn
-
noun,
an extinct Norse dialect, spoken until early modern times in the Shetland and Orkney Islands and in parts of northern Scotland.
- oto-
-
- rent
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- ten.
-
- 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.
- 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.
- roto
-
noun,
rotogravure.
- rit.
-
- Ont.
-
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- riot
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- out-
-
- Tob.
-
- ter.
-
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- tion
-
- rout
-
noun,
a defeat attended with disorderly flight; dispersal of a defeated force in complete disorder:
- Oboe
-
noun,
a woodwind instrument having a slender conical, tubular body and a double-reed mouthpiece.
- obit
-
noun,
Informal. an obituary.
- 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.
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- roue
-
noun,
a dissolute and licentious man; rake.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- Root
-
noun,
a part of the body of a plant that develops, typically, from the radicle and grows downward into the soil, anchoring the plant and absorbing nutriment and moisture.
- teen
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- Tobe
-
noun,
the principal outer garment in some parts of north and central Africa, consisting of a length of cloth that is sewn into a long loose skirt or is draped around the body and fastened over one shoulder.
- 1080
-
- Nor.
-
- 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.
- Born
-
noun,
Max, 1882–1970, German physicist: Nobel Prize 1954.
- bort
-
noun,
low-quality diamond, in granular aggregate or small fragments, valuable only in crushed or powdered form, especially for industrial use as an abrasive.
- bot.
-
- bote
-
noun,
compensation, such as for injury to person or honor.
- boun
-
verb (used with or without object),
to prepare; make ready.
- bout
-
noun,
a contest or trial of strength, as of boxing.
- brei
-
noun,
a suspension of finely divided tissue in an isotonic medium, used chiefly as a culture for certain viruses.
- Brie
-
noun,
a region in NE France, between the Seine and the Marne.
- brio
-
noun,
vigor; vivacity.
- Brno
-
noun,
a city in S Moravia, in the SE Czech Republic: former capital of Moravia.
- Bunn
-
noun,
bun1 (def 1).
- bor.
-
- bunt
-
noun,
a push with the head or horns; butt.
- Bur.
-
- Buri
-
noun,
the first of the gods, revealed when the cow Audhumla licked away the salty ice that covered him.
- Burt
-
noun,
William Austin, 1792–1858, U.S. surveyor and inventor.
- but-
-
- Bute
-
noun,
phenylbutazone.
- uni-
-
- noon
-
noun,
midday.
- ebon
-
adjective,
ebony (def 6).
- Ebro
-
noun,
a river flowing SE from N Spain to the Mediterranean. About 470 miles (755 km) long.
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- Bore
-
noun,
a dull, tiresome, or uncongenial person.
- Boot
-
noun,
a covering of leather, rubber, or the like, for the foot and all or part of the leg.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- uret
-
- uro-
-
- been
-
verb,
past participle of be.
- Beer
-
noun,
an alcoholic beverage made by brewing and fermentation from cereals, usually malted barley, and flavored with hops and the like for a slightly bitter taste.
- beet
-
noun,
any of various biennial plants belonging to the genus Beta, of the amaranth family, especially B. vulgaris, having a fleshy red or white root.
Compare sugar beet.
- Bene
-
adverb,
of validity for the time being but subject to objection or nullification at a later date; provisionally:
- Beni
-
noun,
a river flowing NE from W Bolivia to the Madeira River. About 600 miles (965 km) long.
- Bent
-
noun,
direction taken, as by one's interests; inclination:
- Benu
-
noun,
the sacred bird of ancient Egypt, corresponding to the phoenix.
- Bern
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Switzerland, in the W part: capital of Bern canton.
- BERT
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Albert, Bertram, Herbert, Hubert, etc.
- bet.
-
- bier
-
noun,
a frame or stand on which a corpse or the coffin containing it is laid before burial.
- Boor
-
noun,
a churlish, rude, or unmannerly person.
- bin-
-
- bine
-
noun,
a twining plant stem, as of the hop.
- bint
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a woman or girl.
- bio-
-
- Bion
-
noun,
flourished c100 b.c, Greek pastoral poet.
- bite
-
noun,
an act of biting.
- Boer
-
noun,
a South African of Dutch extraction.
- Bone
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology.
one of the structures composing the skeleton of a vertebrate.
the hard connective tissue forming the substance of the skeleton of most vertebrates, composed of a collagen-rich organic matrix impregnated with calcium, phosphate, and other minerals.
- Bonn
-
noun,
a city in W Germany, on the Rhine: seat of the government; former capital of West Germany.
- unto
-
preposition,
to (in its various uses, except as the accompaniment of the infinitive).
- boon
-
noun,
something to be thankful for; blessing; benefit.
- 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).
- Rube
-
noun,
an unsophisticated person from a rural area; hick.
- Erne
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- torn
-
noun,
a drop of the saline, watery fluid continually secreted by the lacrimal glands between the surface of the eye and the eyelid, serving to moisten and lubricate these parts and keep them clear of foreign particles. Synonyms: teardrop.
- iron
-
noun,
Chemistry. a ductile, malleable, silver-white metallic element, scarcely known in a pure condition, but much used in its crude or impure carbon-containing forms for making tools, implements, machinery, etc. Symbol: Fe; atomic weight: 55.847; atomic number: 26; specific gravity: 7.86 at 20°C.
Compare cast iron, pig iron, steel, wrought iron.
- tri-
-
- Nine
-
noun,
a cardinal number, eight plus one.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- Tree
-
noun,
a plant having a permanently woody main stem or trunk, ordinarily growing to a considerable height, and usually developing branches at some distance from the ground.
- Tour
-
noun,
a traveling around from place to place.
- toro
-
noun,
a bull.
- tune
-
noun,
a succession of musical sounds forming an air or melody, with or without the harmony accompanying it.
- Ire.
-
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- NEbE
-
- NEbn
-
- Nero
-
noun,
(Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus) (“Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus”) a.d. 37–68, emperor of Rome 54–68, known for his cruelty and depravity.
- Nebo
-
noun,
Mt. See under Pisgah.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- neon
-
noun,
Chemistry. a chemically inert gaseous element occurring in small amounts in the earth's atmosphere, used chiefly in a type of electrical lamp. Symbol: Ne; atomic weight: 20.183; atomic number: 10; density: 0.9002 g/l at 0°C and 760 mm pressure.
- neo-
-
- TRIB
-
- into
-
adjective,
Mathematics. pertaining to a function or map from one set to another set, the range of which is a proper subset of the second set, as the function f, from the set of all integers into the set of all perfect squares where f (x) = x 2 for every integer.
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- none
-
noun,
nones1 .
- etui
-
noun,
a small, often decorative case, especially one for needles, toilet articles, or the like.
- non-
-
- Eur.
-
- int.
-
- tube
-
noun,
a hollow, usually cylindrical body of metal, glass, rubber, or other material, used especially for conveying or containing liquids or gases.
- Eure
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2331 sq. mi. (6035 sq. km). Capital: Evreux.
- tron
-
- Niue
-
noun,
an island in the S Pacific between Tonga and Cook Islands: possession of New Zealand. 5128; about 100 sq. mi. (260 sq. km).
- toon
-
noun,
an Asian tree, Cedrela toona, of the mahogany family, yielding an aromatic red wood used for furniture, carving, etc.
- Nino
-
noun,
boy; child.
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- nene
-
noun,
a barred, gray-brown wild goose, Nesochen sandvicensis, native to Hawaii, where it is the state bird.
- too
-
Idioms,
only too. only (def 10).
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- urn
-
noun,
a large or decorative vase, especially one with an ornamental foot or pedestal.
- Uri
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- run
-
noun,
an act or instance, or a period of running:
- ton
-
noun,
a unit of weight, equivalent to 2000 pounds (0.907 metric ton) avoirdupois (short ton) in the U.S. and 2240 pounds (1.016 metric tons) avoirdupois (long ton) in Great Britain.
- UTE
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- UNO
-
- tun
-
noun,
a large cask for holding liquids, especially wine, ale, or beer.
- 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.
- Ube
-
noun,
a seaport on SW Honshu, in SW Japan.
- Une
-
- tue
-
- tub
-
noun,
a bathtub.
- Tu.
-
- Tro
-
- tin
-
noun,
Chemistry. a low-melting, malleable, ductile metallic element nearly approaching silver in color and luster: used in plating and in making alloys, tinfoil, and soft solders. Symbol: Sn; atomic weight: 118.69; atomic number: 50; specific gravity: 7.31 at 20°C.
- rut
-
noun,
a furrow or track in the ground, especially one made by the passage of a vehicle or vehicles.
- Tiu
-
noun,
an English god of the sky and of war, the equivalent of Tyr in Scandinavian mythology.
- TNB
-
- tr.
-
- TBO
-
- ur-
-
- Tbi
-
- urb
-
noun,
an urban area.
- ure
-
- UIT
-
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- Rue
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- ion
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- ETR
-
- eu-
-
- ITU
-
- io-
-
- ib.
-
- IBN
-
- Ibo
-
noun,
a member of an indigenous black people of southeastern Nigeria, renowned as traders and for their art.
- ier
-
- in.
-
- ine
-
- INN
-
noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- ior
-
- ERT
-
- IOT
-
- IOU
-
- Ir.
-
- IRO
-
- ite
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- rub
-
noun,
an act or instance of rubbing:
- NUT
-
noun,
a dry fruit consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shell.
- NbE
-
- ne-
-
- NEB
-
noun,
a bill or beak, as of a bird.
- Nee
-
adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- ETO
-
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- nib
-
noun,
the point of a pen, or either of its divisions.
- BRE
-
- be-
-
- 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.
-
- BEE
-
noun,
any hymenopterous insect of the superfamily Apoidea, including social and solitary species of several families, as the bumblebees, honeybees, etc.
- Ben
-
noun,
the inner or back room of a two-room cottage, especially when used as a combined parlor and bedroom.
- bi-
-
- BIE
-
- 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.
- Bn.
-
- Bon
-
noun,
Cape, a cape on the NE coast of Tunisia: surrender of the German African forces, May 12, 1943.
- boo
-
noun,
an exclamation of contempt or disapproval:
- Bro
-
noun,
a brother.
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- BRT
-
- Bt.
-
- BTE
-
- bu.
-
- bun
-
noun,
any of a wide variety of variously shaped bread rolls, usually leavened and slightly sweetened or plain, sometimes containing spices, dried currants, etc.
- eo-
-
- EbN
-
- EEO
-
- eir
-
- en-
-
- ene
-
- EOE
-
- NET
-
noun,
a bag or other contrivance of strong thread or cord worked into an open, meshed fabric, for catching fish, birds, or other animals:
- uti
-
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- OTB
-
- oon
-
- OOT
-
- ORB
-
noun,
a sphere or globe:
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- ot-
-
- ROB
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Robert.
- ote
-
- oo-
-
- NNE
-
- oui
-
adverb, noun,
yes.
- our
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- Re.
-
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- 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.
- ret
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- RBI
-
- o-o
-
noun,
any of several species of Hawaiian honey eaters of the genus Moho, especially the extinct M. nobilis, of the island of Hawaii, that had black plumage and two tufts of yellow plumes used to make ceremonial robes for the Hawaiian kings.
- ONR
-
- rt.
-
- nob
-
noun,
Slang. the head.
- nr.
-
- nub
-
noun,
the point, gist, or heart of something.
- Nun
-
noun,
a woman member of a religious order, especially one bound by vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience.
- ONI
-
- ob.
-
- rte
-
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- OIr
-
- ROI
-
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- OBE
-
- OIt
-
- obi
-
noun,
a long, broad sash tied about the waist over a Japanese kimono.
- OEO
-
- Reb
-
noun,
a Confederate soldier.
- BO
-
- UT
-
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.
- TB
-
- T1
-
- RO
-
- RU
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- t.
-
- B-
-
- OU
-
noun,
a rare Hawaiian honeycreeper, Psittirostra psittacea, having an olive-green body, a parrotlike bill, and in the male a bright yellow head.
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- NU
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- NB
-
- N.
-
- O.
-
- IT
-
noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- TN
-
- i.
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- ee
-
- R.
-
- U.
-
- UB
-
- RI
-
- UI
-
- Eb
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- RN
-
- EI
-
- NI
-