Anagrams of boutonnieres
Word boutonnieres has
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- boutonniere
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noun,
a flower or small bouquet worn, usually by a man, in the buttonhole of a lapel.
- bournonite
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noun,
a sulfide of lead, antimony, and copper, PbCuSbS 3 , occurring in gray to black crystals or granular masses.
- rune-stone
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noun,
a stone bearing one or more runic inscriptions.
- booteries
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noun,
a store selling boots, shoes, etc.
- obtrusion
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noun,
the act of obtruding.
- rotenones
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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.
- ironstone
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noun,
any iron-bearing mineral or rock with siliceous impurities.
- serotonin
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noun,
a neurotransmitter, derived from tryptophan, that is involved in sleep, depression, memory, and other neurological processes.
- Bernstein
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noun,
Leonard, 1918–90, U.S. conductor, composer, and pianist.
- routines
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noun,
a customary or regular course of procedure.
- turbines
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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.
- neutrons
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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.
- internes
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noun, verb (used without object),
intern2 .
- 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.
- Robinson
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noun,
Bill ("Bojangles") 1878–1949, U.S. tap dancer.
- Berenson
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noun,
Bernard or Bernhard [bur-nahrd,, burn-hahrd] /ˈbɜr nɑrd,, ˈbɜrn hɑrd/ (Show IPA), 1865–1959, U.S. art critic, born in Lithuania.
- rubstone
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noun,
a stone, especially a whetstone, used for polishing or sharpening.
- tuberose
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noun,
a bulbous plant, Polianthes tuberosa, of the agave family, cultivated for its spike of fragrant, creamy-white, lily-like flowers.
- bornites
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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.
- Notornis
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noun,
a rare, flightless gallinulelike bird, Notornis mantelli, of New Zealand.
- esurient
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adjective,
hungry; greedy.
- serotine
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noun,
a small Eurasian brown bat, Eptesicus serotinus.
- betonies
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noun,
a plant, Stachys (formerly Betonica) officinalis, of the mint family, having hairy leaves and dense spikes of purple flowers, formerly used in medicine and dyeing.
- biotrons
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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.
- tournois
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adjective,
(of coins) minted in Tours, France:
- bounties
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noun,
a premium or reward, especially one offered by a government:
- reunites
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verb (used with or without object),
to unite again, as after separation.
- nitroso-
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- Sorbonne
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noun,
the seat of the faculties of arts and letters of the University of Paris.
- burstone
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noun,
any of various siliceous rocks used for millstones.
- ternions
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noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- ebonites
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noun,
vulcanite.
- burnoose
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noun,
a hooded mantle or cloak, as that worn by Arabs.
- isobront
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noun,
a line on a weather map or chart connecting various points where a given phase of thunderstorm activity occurred simultaneously.
- 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.
- retinues
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noun,
a body of retainers in attendance upon an important personage; suite.
- tunnies
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noun,
tuna1 .
- bonnets
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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.
- 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.
- Osborne
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noun,
John (James) 1929–94, English playwright.
- Oriente
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noun,
a region in Ecuador, E of the Andes: the border long disputed by Peru.
- botonee
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adjective,
(of a cross) having arms terminating in the form of a trefoil:
- ionones
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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.
- orients
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noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- bootees
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noun,
Also, bootie. a baby's socklike shoe, usually knitted or crocheted, and calf-length or shorter.
- bonsoir
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interjection,
good evening; good night.
- 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.
- Orontes
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noun,
a river in W Asia, flowing N from Lebanon through NW Syria and then SW past Antioch, Turkey, to the Mediterranean. 250 miles (405 km) long.
- intones
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verb (used with object),
to utter with a particular tone or voice modulation.
- inturns
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noun,
an inward turn or curve around an axis or fixed point.
- intens.
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- intense
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adjective,
existing or occurring in a high or extreme degree:
- interne
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noun, verb (used without object),
intern2 .
- boonies
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noun,
Informal. boondocks.
- introns
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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.
- 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.
- booster
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noun,
a person or thing that boosts, especially an energetic and enthusiastic supporter.
- bon-ton
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noun,
good or elegant form or style.
- tinners
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noun,
a tinsmith.
- 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.
- ebonist
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noun,
a worker in ebony.
- enrobes
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verb (used with object),
to dress; attire:
- bunnies
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noun,
Informal. a rabbit, especially a small or young one.
- Reunion
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noun,
the act of uniting again.
- reunite
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verb (used with or without object),
to unite again, as after separation.
- unrobes
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verb (used with or without object),
to disrobe; undress.
- ebonite
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noun,
vulcanite.
- burnets
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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.
- retinue
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noun,
a body of retainers in attendance upon an important personage; suite.
- ronions
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noun,
ronyon.
- ebonies
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noun,
a hard, heavy, durable wood, most highly prized when black, from various tropical trees of the genus Diospyros, as D. ebenum of southern India and Sri Lanka, used for cabinetwork, ornamental objects, etc.
- unroots
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verb (used with object),
to uproot.
- riotous
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adjective,
(of an act) characterized by or of the nature of rioting or a disturbance of the peace.
- burtons
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noun,
any of various small tackles for use on shipboard.
- Robeson
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noun,
Paul, 1898–1976, U.S. singer and actor.
- butenes
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noun,
butylene (def 1).
- enroots
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verb (used with object),
to fix by the root.
- routine
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noun,
a customary or regular course of procedure.
- bournes
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noun,
a city in SE Massachusetts.
- bretons
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noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1896–1966, French poet, essayist, and critic.
- tureens
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noun,
a large, deep, covered dish for serving soup, stew, or other foods.
- 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.
- tonsure
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noun,
the act of cutting the hair or shaving the head.
- Tonnies
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noun,
Ferdinand [fer-dee-nahnt] /ˈfɛr diˌnɑnt/ (Show IPA), 1855–1936, German sociologist.
- boneset
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noun,
any composite plant of the genus Eupatorium, especially E. perfoliatum, of North America, having white flowers in a flat-topped cluster.
- estrone
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noun,
Biochemistry. an estrogenic hormone, C 18 H 22 O 2 , produced by the ovarian follicles and found during pregnancy in urine and placental tissue.
- reboots
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noun,
an act or instance of restarting a computer.
- entero-
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- erosion
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noun,
the act or state of eroding; state of being eroded.
- rennets
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noun,
the lining membrane of the fourth stomach of a calf or of the stomach of certain other young animals.
- tonners
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noun,
something having a specified weight in tons (used in combination):
- brunets
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noun,
a person, usually a male, with dark hair and, often, dark eyes and darkish or olive skin.
- entries
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noun,
an act of entering; entrance.
- entires
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noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- enteron
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noun,
the alimentary canal; the digestive tract.
- bonitos
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noun,
any mackerellike fish of the genus Sarda, as S. sarda, of the Atlantic Ocean.
- interns
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noun,
a person who is or has been interned; internee.
- benison
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noun,
benediction.
- Steuben
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noun,
Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin von [free-drikh vil-helm loo-dawlf geyr-hahrt ou-goo s-teen fuh n] /ˈfri drɪx ˈvɪl hɛlm ˈlu dɔlf ˈgeɪr hɑrt ˌaʊ gʊsˈtin fən/ (Show IPA), 1730–94, Prussian major general in the American Revolutionary army.
- bennies
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noun,
Benzedrine, especially in tablet form.
- neuters
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noun,
Grammar.
the neuter gender.
a noun of that gender.
another element marking that gender.
an intransitive verb.
- suberin
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noun,
a waxlike, fatty substance, occurring in cork cell walls and in or between other cells, that on alkaline hydrolysis yields chiefly suberic acid.
- Soutine
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noun,
Chaim [khahy-im,, khahy-im] /xaɪˈɪm,, ˈxaɪ ɪm/ (Show IPA), 1894–1943, Lithuanian painter in France.
- triunes
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noun,
(initial capital letter) the Trinity.
- 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.
- neutro-
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- niobous
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adjective,
Chemistry. containing trivalent niobium, as niobous chloride, NbCl 3 .
- tenures
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noun,
the holding or possessing of anything:
- norites
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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.
- Sunnite
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noun,
Sunni (def 1).
- neuston
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noun,
the aggregate of minute aquatic organisms that float or swim in the surface film of a body of water.
- 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.
- subteen
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noun,
a young person approaching the teens or adolescence.
- sterno-
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- trienes
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noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- tribune
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noun,
a person who upholds or defends the rights of the people.
- tenners
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noun,
a 10-dollar bill.
- bennets
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noun,
herb bennet.
- Steiner
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noun,
Jakob [yah-kawp] /ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1796–1863, Swiss mathematician.
- 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.
- tension
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noun,
the act of stretching or straining.
- one-one
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adjective,
one-to-one (def 1).
- Boeotus
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noun,
a son of Arne and Poseidon, and ancestor of the Boeotians.
- torsion
-
noun,
the act of twisting.
- Teniers
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noun,
David [dey-vid;; Flemish dah-vit;; French dah-veed] /ˈdeɪ vɪd;; Flemish ˈdɑ vɪt;; French dɑˈvid/ (Show IPA), ("the Elder") 1582–1649, Flemish painter and engraver.
- Ironton
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noun,
a city in S Ohio, on the Ohio River.
- notions
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noun,
a general understanding; vague or imperfect conception or idea of something:
- nonsuit
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noun,
a judgment given against a plaintiff who neglects to prosecute, or who fails to show a legal cause of action or to bring sufficient evidence.
- stunner
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noun,
a person or thing that stuns.
- uterine
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adjective,
of or relating to the uterus or womb.
- sorbent
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noun,
a surface that sorbs.
- nitrous
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adjective,
pertaining to compounds obtained from niter, usually containing less oxygen than the corresponding nitric compounds.
- stereo-
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- onerous
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adjective,
burdensome, oppressive, or troublesome; causing hardship:
- ternion
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noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- isotone
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noun,
one of two or more atoms having an equal number of neutrons but different atomic numbers.
- nonuser
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noun,
a person who does not use or partake of something, as drugs or alcoholic beverages.
- Erebus
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noun,
Classical Mythology. the darkness under the earth, imagined either as the abode of sinners after death or of all the dead.
- Renton
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noun,
a city in W Washington, near Seattle.
- notion
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noun,
a general understanding; vague or imperfect conception or idea of something:
- enter-
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- Ernest
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noun,
a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “vigor, intent.”.
- 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.
- resent
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verb (used with object),
to feel or show displeasure or indignation at (a person, act, remark, etc.) from a sense of injury or insult.
- unites
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noun,
a former gold coin of England, equal to 20 shillings, issued under James I and Charles I.
- triose
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- entire
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noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- enures
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verb (used with or without object),
inure.
- unison
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noun,
coincidence in pitch of two or more musical tones, voices, etc.
- Rennie
-
noun,
John, 1761–1821, Scottish engineer.
- neuter
-
noun,
Grammar.
the neuter gender.
a noun of that gender.
another element marking that gender.
an intransitive verb.
- rentes
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noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- enters
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Verb phrases,
enter into,
to participate in; engage in.
to investigate; consider:
to sympathize with; share in.
to form a constituent part or ingredient of:
to go into a particular state:
- torose
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adjective,
Botany. cylindrical, with swellings or constrictions at intervals; knobbed.
- ensure
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verb (used with object),
to secure or guarantee:
- Noreen
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noun,
a female given name, Irish diminutive of Nora.
- nonets
-
noun,
a group of nine performers or instruments.
- buteos
-
noun,
any of several buzzards or hawks of the genus Buteo.
- trines
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- unseen
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adjective,
not seen; unperceived; unobserved; invisible.
- riboso
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noun,
rebozo.
- ribose
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-soluble, slightly sweet solid, C 5 H 10 O 5 , a pentose sugar obtained by the hydrolysis of RNA.
- nitro-
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- nitres
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noun,
niter.
- no-one
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pronoun,
no person; not anyone; nobody:
- nitons
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noun,
(formerly) radon. Symbol: Nt.
- niters
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noun,
potassium nitrate.
- unroot
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verb (used with object),
to uproot.
- unrobe
-
verb (used with or without object),
to disrobe; undress.
- Reston
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noun,
James (Barrett) ("Scotty") 1909–1995, U.S. journalist, born in Scotland.
- Nistru
-
noun,
Romanian name of Dniester.
- unrest
-
noun,
lack of rest; a restless, troubled, or uneasy state; disquiet:
- unrent
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adjective,
not rent; not torn, disturbed, pained, or the like:
- 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.
- Reuben
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noun,
the eldest son of Jacob and Leah. Gen. 29, 30.
- Ennius
-
noun,
Quintus [kwin-tuh s] /ˈkwɪn təs/ (Show IPA), 239–169? b.c, Roman poet.
- retuse
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adjective,
having an obtuse or rounded apex with a shallow notch, as leaves.
- ennuis
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noun,
a feeling of utter weariness and discontent resulting from satiety or lack of interest; boredom:
- enrobe
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verb (used with object),
to dress; attire:
- Norton
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noun,
Charles Eliot, 1827–1908, U.S. scholar.
- enroot
-
verb (used with object),
to fix by the root.
- tonner
-
noun,
something having a specified weight in tons (used in combination):
- Rennes
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noun,
a city in and the capital of Ille-et-Vilaine, in NW France: former capital of Brittany; scene of trial of Alfred Dreyfus, 1899.
- neuro-
-
- renins
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noun,
a proteolytic enzyme secreted by the kidneys that is involved in the release of angiotensin.
- 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.
- Osbert
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noun,
a male given name: from Old English words meaning “god” and “bright.”.
- insert
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- instr.
-
- Oberon
-
noun,
(in medieval folklore) the king of the fairies.
- oboist
-
noun,
a player of the oboe.
- insure
-
verb (used with object),
to guarantee against loss or harm.
- trones
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- inter.
-
- intern
-
noun,
a person who is or has been interned; internee.
- obtuse
-
adjective,
not quick or alert in perception, feeling, or intellect; not sensitive or observant; dull.
- Oeneus
-
noun,
a king of Calydon believed to have been the first man to cultivate grapes.
- Oenone
-
noun,
a nymph of Mount Ida who was the wife of Paris, but was deserted by him for Helen.
- inters
-
verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- intone
-
verb (used with object),
to utter with a particular tone or voice modulation.
- nebris
-
noun,
a fawn skin worn in Greek mythology by Dionysus and his followers.
- intro.
-
- intron
-
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.
- intros
-
noun,
an introduction.
- inturn
-
noun,
an inward turn or curve around an axis or fixed point.
- orison
-
noun,
a prayer.
- inures
-
verb (used with object),
to accustom to hardship, difficulty, pain, etc.; toughen or harden; habituate (usually followed by to):
- Onions
-
noun,
Charles Talbut [tawl-buh t,, tal-] /ˈtɔl bət,, ˈtæl-/ (Show IPA), 1873–1965, English lexicographer and philologist.
- inurns
-
verb (used with object),
to put into an urn, especially ashes after cremation.
- tuners
-
noun,
a person or thing that tunes.
- ionone
-
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.
- tuebor
-
verb,
I will defend: motto on the coat of arms of Michigan.
- irones
-
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.
- Orient
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- orbits
-
noun,
the curved path, usually elliptical, described by a planet, satellite, spaceship, etc., around a celestial body, as the sun.
- Osborn
-
noun,
Henry Fairfield [fair-feeld] /ˈfɛərˌfild/ (Show IPA), 1857–1935, U.S. paleontologist and author.
- treens
-
noun,
treenware.
- neuron
-
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.
- triens
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- eroto-
-
- tonnes
-
noun,
metric ton.
- rebuts
-
verb (used with object),
to refute by evidence or argument.
- Esenin
-
noun,
Sergey Aleksandrovich [Russian syir-gyey uh-lyi-ksahn-druh-vyich] /Russian syɪrˈgyeɪ ʌ lyɪˈksɑn drə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), Yesenin, Sergey Aleksandrovich.
- unborn
-
adjective,
not yet born; yet to come; future:
- rebote
-
noun,
the rear wall of a cancha or jai alai court.
Compare frontis.
- reboso
-
noun,
rebozo.
- Orense
-
noun,
a city in N Spain, NW of Madrid.
- Triune
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) the Trinity.
- Estrin
-
noun,
estrone.
- Nestor
-
noun,
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- unbent
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of unbend.
- Nesbit
-
noun,
E(dith) 1858–1924, English children's author, novelist, and poet.
- reboot
-
noun,
an act or instance of restarting a computer.
- turion
-
noun,
a small shoot, as of asparagus or certain aquatic plants, from which a new plant can develop.
- tribo-
-
- Nernst
-
noun,
Walther Herman [vahl-tuh r her-mahn] /ˈvɑl tər ˈhɛr mɑn/ (Show IPA), 1864–1941, German physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in chemistry 1920.
- ouster
-
noun,
expulsion or removal from a place or position occupied:
- Nerine
-
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.
- tureen
-
noun,
a large, deep, covered dish for serving soup, stew, or other foods.
- turbos
-
noun,
turbine.
- Nereus
-
noun,
a sea god, the son of Pontus and Gaea and father of the Nereids.
- turbo-
-
- Nereis
-
noun,
clamworm.
- triene
-
noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- otiose
-
adjective,
being at leisure; idle; indolent.
- Tories
-
noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- inborn
-
adjective,
naturally present at birth; innate.
- Torino
-
noun,
Turin.
- osteo-
-
- butene
-
noun,
butylene (def 1).
- Tenner
-
noun,
a 10-dollar bill.
- Buster
-
noun,
a person who breaks up something:
- run-on
-
noun,
run-on matter.
- Breton
-
noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1896–1966, French poet, essayist, and critic.
- bestir
-
verb (used with object),
to stir up; rouse to action (often used reflexively):
- rutins
-
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.
- brines
-
noun,
water saturated or strongly impregnated with salt.
- bootee
-
noun,
Also, bootie. a baby's socklike shoe, usually knitted or crocheted, and calf-length or shorter.
- stoner
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
- Ruston
-
noun,
a city in N Louisiana.
- Rustin
-
noun,
Bayard [bey-erd] /ˈbeɪ ərd/ (Show IPA), 1910–1987, U.S. civil rights leader.
- biters
-
noun,
a person or animal that bites, especially habitually or viciously:
- Bertie
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- bitser
-
noun,
a mongrel dog.
- Briton
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Great Britain, especially of England.
- Bienne
-
noun,
Lake of, a lake in NW Switzerland: traces of prehistoric lake dwellings. 16 sq. mi. (41 sq. km).
- Strine
-
noun,
Australian English.
- Bernie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Bernard.
- run-in
-
noun,
a quarrel; argument.
- strobe
-
noun,
Also called strobe light. stroboscope (def 2a).
- Bronte
-
noun,
Anne ("Acton Bell") 1820–49, English novelist.
- tenure
-
noun,
the holding or possessing of anything:
- rubies
-
noun,
a red variety of corundum, used as a gem.
- tenuis
-
noun,
an unaspirated, voiceless plosive.
- biuret
-
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.
- Rubens
-
noun,
Peter Paul [pee-ter pawl;; Flemish pey-tuh r poul] /ˈpi tər pɔl;; Flemish ˈpeɪ tər paʊl/ (Show IPA), 1577–1640, Flemish painter.
- souter
-
noun,
a person who makes or repairs shoes; cobbler; shoemaker.
- betise
-
noun,
lack of understanding, perception, or the like; stupidity.
- brents
-
noun,
brant.
- Benton
-
noun,
Thomas Hart ("Old Bullion") 1782–1858, U.S. political leader.
- Tereus
-
noun,
a Thracian prince, the husband of Procne, who raped his sister-in-law Philomela and was changed into a hoopoe as a punishment.
- borons
-
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.
- set-in
-
adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- bister
-
noun,
bistre.
- bistre
-
noun,
a brown pigment extracted from the soot of wood, often used in pen and wash drawings.
- serine
-
noun,
a crystalline amino acid, HOCH 2 CH(NH 2)COOH, found in many proteins and obtained by the hydrolysis of sericin, the protein constituting silk gum. Symbol: S. Abbreviation: Ser;
- bistro
-
noun,
a small, modest, European-style restaurant or café.
- Boston
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Massachusetts, in the E part.
- serein
-
noun,
fine rain falling after sunset from a sky in which no clouds are visible.
- serbo-
-
- Borneo
-
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).
- sinner
-
noun,
a person who sins; transgressor.
- sennit
-
noun,
a flat, braided cordage, formed by plaiting strands of rope yarn or other fiber, used as small stuff aboard ships.
- Sterne
-
noun,
Laurence, 1713–68, English clergyman and novelist.
- sennet
-
noun,
any of several small barracudas, as Sphyraena borealis (northern sennet) ranging along the eastern coast of North and Central America.
- Bourne
-
noun,
a city in SE Massachusetts.
- bourns
-
noun,
burn2 .
- usenet
-
noun,
Computers. an extensive system of newsgroups: a branch of the Internet.
- Bourse
-
noun,
a stock exchange, especially the stock exchange of certain European cities.
- sinter
-
noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- Senior
-
noun,
a person who is older than another.
- steno-
-
- tinner
-
noun,
a tinsmith.
- seiner
-
noun,
a person who fishes with a seine.
- bootie
-
noun,
Also, bootee. a usually soft, sometimes disposable sock or bootlike covering for the foot or shoe, as for informal wear, warmth, or protection:
- Bootes
-
noun,
the Herdsman, a northern constellation between Ursa Major and Serpens, containing the bright star Arcturus.
- bruise
-
noun,
an injury due to bruising; contusion.
- bruins
-
noun,
a bear, especially a European brown bear.
- subito
-
adverb,
(as a musical direction) suddenly; abruptly:
- tenons
-
noun,
a projection formed on the end of a timber or the like for insertion into a mortise of the same dimensions.
- bruits
-
noun,
Medicine/Medical. any generally abnormal sound or murmur heard on auscultation.
- sobeit
-
conjunction,
if it be so that; provided that.
- bunton
-
noun,
one of a number of struts reinforcing the walls of a shaft and dividing it into vertical compartments.
- Beirut
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Lebanon.
- Bonnie
-
noun,
a female given name: from the Latin word meaning “good.”.
- Ronnie
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Ronald or Veronica.
- buries
-
noun,
Nautical. housing1 (def 8a, b).
- Bonnet
-
noun,
a hat, usually tying under the chin and often framing the face, formerly much worn by women but now worn mostly by children.
- burins
-
noun,
a tempered steel rod, with a lozenge-shaped point and a rounded handle, used for engraving furrows in metal.
- Burnet
-
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.
- ronion
-
noun,
ronyon.
- Bonnes
-
noun,
a maid-servant.
- boites
-
noun,
a nightclub; cabaret.
- toners
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- robust
-
adjective,
strong and healthy; hardy; vigorous:
- tennis
-
noun,
a game played on a rectangular court by two players or two pairs of players equipped with rackets, in which a ball is driven back and forth over a low net that divides the court in half.
- Burton
-
noun,
any of various small tackles for use on shipboard.
- sonnet
-
noun,
Prosody. a poem, properly expressive of a single, complete thought, idea, or sentiment, of 14 lines, usually in iambic pentameter, with rhymes arranged according to one of certain definite schemes, being in the strict or Italian form divided into a major group of 8 lines (the octave) followed by a minor group of 6 lines (the sestet), and in a common English form into 3 quatrains followed by a couplet.
- utero-
-
- bonito
-
noun,
any mackerellike fish of the genus Sarda, as S. sarda, of the Atlantic Ocean.
- soiree
-
noun,
an evening party or social gathering, especially one held for a particular purpose:
- Busoni
-
noun,
Ferruccio (Benvenuto) [fer-root-chaw ben-ve-noo-taw] /fɛrˈrut tʃɔ ˌbɛn vɛˈnu tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1866–1924, Italian composer and pianist.
- boners
-
noun,
a person or thing that bones.
- Robson
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in SW Canada, in E British Columbia: highest peak in the Canadian Rockies, 12,972 feet (3954 meters).
- bustee
-
noun,
a small settlement; village.
- ursine
-
adjective,
of or relating to a bear or bears.
- Bunsen
-
noun,
Robert Wilhelm [rob-ert wil-helm;; German roh-bert vil-helm] /ˈrɒb ərt ˈwɪl hɛlm;; German ˈroʊ bɛrt ˈvɪl hɛlm/ (Show IPA), 1811–99, German chemist.
- bunion
-
noun,
inflammation of the synovial bursa of the great toe, usually resulting in enlargement of the joint and lateral displacement of the toe.
- suitor
-
noun,
a man who courts or woos a woman.
- Brunei
-
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.
- subnet
-
noun,
the abstraction, in topology, of a subsequence.
- brunet
-
noun,
a person, usually a male, with dark hair and, often, dark eyes and darkish or olive skin.
- Benoni
-
noun,
a city in the NE of the Republic of South Africa, near Johannesburg: gold mines.
- Benoit
-
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.
- Tobies
-
noun,
Also, Toby, Toby jug. a mug in the form of a stout old man wearing a three-cornered hat.
- suborn
-
verb (used with object),
to bribe or induce (someone) unlawfully or secretly to perform some misdeed or to commit a crime.
- sortie
-
noun,
a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
- brunts
-
noun,
the main force or impact, as of an attack or blow:
- toe-in
-
noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- Bennet
-
noun,
herb bennet.
- urino-
-
- ternes
-
noun,
terne metal.
- routes
-
noun,
a course, way, or road for passage or travel:
- tensor
-
noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
- urines
-
noun,
the liquid-to-semisolid waste matter excreted by the kidneys, in humans being a yellowish, slightly acid, watery fluid.
- Sooner
-
noun,
a person who settles on government land before it is legally opened to settlers in order to gain the choice of location.
- bennes
-
noun,
Southern U.S., especially South Carolina, and Bahamian English. the sesame plant or its seeds.
- sorbet
-
noun,
sherbet (defs 1, 3).
- tenson
-
noun,
a Provençal poem taking the form of a dialogue or debate between two rival troubadours.
- rouens
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Seine-Maritime, in N France, on the Seine: famous cathedral; execution of Joan of Arc 1431.
- onto-
-
- Torun
-
noun,
a city in N Poland, on the Vistula.
- sotie
-
noun,
a satirical and topical comedy employing actors dressed in traditional fool's costume, popular in France during the late Middle Ages, and often used as a curtain raiser to mystery and morality plays.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- torus
-
noun,
Architecture. a large convex molding, more or less semicircular in profile, commonly forming the lowest molding of the base of a column, directly above the plinth, sometimes occurring as one of a pair separated by a scotia and fillets. and column.
- onion
-
noun,
a plant, Allium cepa, of the amaryllis family, having an edible, succulent, pungent bulb.
- touse
-
noun,
a commotion; rumpus.
- Toure
-
noun,
Sékou [sey-koo] /ˈseɪ ku/ (Show IPA), 1922–84, Guinean political leader: prime minister 1958-72; president 1958–84.
- Tours
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Indre-et-Loire, in W France, on the Loire River: Charles Martel defeated the Saracens near here a.d. 732.
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- onset
-
noun,
a beginning or start:
- Stone
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- OBrit
-
- tense
-
noun,
a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
- Norse
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
- Norns
-
noun,
an extinct Norse dialect, spoken until early modern times in the Shetland and Orkney Islands and in parts of northern Scotland.
- suint
-
noun,
the natural grease of the wool of sheep, consisting of a mixture of fatty matter and potassium salts, used as a source of potash and in the preparation of ointments.
- suite
-
noun,
a number of things forming a series or set.
- noose
-
noun,
a loop with a running knot, as in a snare, lasso, or hangman's halter, that tightens as the rope is pulled.
- Sunni
-
noun,
Also called Sunnite. a member of one of the two great religious divisions of Islam, regarding the first four caliphs as legitimate successors of Muhammad and stressing the importance of Sunna as a basis for law.
Compare Shiʿite.
- noons
-
noun,
midday.
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- notes
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- tenon
-
noun,
a projection formed on the end of a timber or the like for insertion into a mortise of the same dimensions.
- teno-
-
- non-U
-
adjective,
not characteristic of or appropriate to the upper class, especially of Great Britain:
- no-no
-
noun,
anything that is forbidden or not advisable, as because of being improper or unsafe:
- teens
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- Tenn.
-
- nonet
-
noun,
a group of nine performers or instruments.
- noso-
-
- suber
-
noun,
cork (def 6).
- Obote
-
noun,
(Apollo) Milton, 1924–2005, Ugandan political leader: president 1966–71 and 1980–85.
- Nurse
-
noun,
a person formally educated and trained in the care of the sick or infirm.
Compare nurse-midwife, nurse-practitioner, physician's assistant, practical nurse, registered nurse.
- terne
-
noun,
terne metal.
- obits
-
noun,
Informal. an obituary.
- obese
-
adjective,
very fat or overweight; corpulent.
- sruti
-
noun,
the Vedas and some of the Upanishads, regarded as divinely revealed.
- treen
-
noun,
treenware.
- Steen
-
noun,
Jan [yahn] /yɑn/ (Show IPA), 1626–79, Dutch painter.
- 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.
- steer
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- noto-
-
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- ster.
-
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- Notus
-
noun,
the ancient Greek personification of the south wind.
- terns
-
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.
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- stour
-
noun,
British Dialect.
tumult; confusion.
a storm.
- torso
-
noun,
the trunk of the human body.
- Sino-
-
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- rente
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- routs
-
noun,
a defeat attended with disorderly flight; dispersal of a defeated force in complete disorder:
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- Tobin
-
noun,
James, 1918–2002, U.S. economist: Nobel prize 1981.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- resin
-
noun,
any of a class of nonvolatile, solid or semisolid organic substances, as copal or mastic, that consist of amorphous mixtures of carboxylic acids and are obtained directly from certain plants as exudations or prepared by polymerization of simple molecules: used in medicine and in the making of varnishes and plastics.
- to-be
-
adjective,
future; soon to be the thing specified (usually used in combination):
- reset
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- rents
-
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.
- Ruben
-
noun,
Douay Bible. Reuben (defs 1, 2).
- rubes
-
noun,
an unsophisticated person from a rural area; hick.
- roust
-
verb (used with object),
to rout, as from a place:
- ruins
-
noun,
ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay:
- runes
-
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.
- renin
-
noun,
a proteolytic enzyme secreted by the kidneys that is involved in the release of angiotensin.
- reni-
-
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- reins
-
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.
- reest
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- runts
-
noun,
an animal that is small or stunted as compared with others of its kind.
- rebut
-
verb (used with object),
to refute by evidence or argument.
- route
-
noun,
a course, way, or road for passage or travel:
- rouse
-
noun,
a rousing.
- 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.
- tonne
-
noun,
metric ton.
- noise
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- Robin
-
noun,
any of several small Old World birds having a red or reddish breast, especially Erithacus rubecula, of Europe.
- Robus
-
noun,
Hugo, 1885–1963, U.S. sculptor.
- robes
-
noun,
a long, loose or flowing gown or outer garment worn by men or women as ceremonial dress, an official vestment, or garb of office.
- tones
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- riots
-
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.
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- ronin
-
noun,
a samurai who no longer serves a daimyo, or feudal lord.
- Ronne
-
noun,
a seaport on W Bornholm island, Denmark, in the S Baltic Sea: stone quarries.
- roues
-
noun,
a dissolute and licentious man; rake.
- Roose
-
verb (used with or without object),
praise.
- Roost
-
noun,
a perch upon which birds or fowls rest at night.
- rooti
-
noun,
rooty2 .
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- rosin
-
noun,
Chemistry. the yellowish to amber, translucent, hard, brittle, fragmented resin left after distilling the oil of turpentine from the crude oleoresin of the pine: used chiefly in making varnishes, varnish and paint driers, printing inks, and for rubbing on the bows of such string instruments as the violin.
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- rotos
-
noun,
rotogravure.
- Rouen
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Seine-Maritime, in N France, on the Seine: famous cathedral; execution of Joan of Arc 1431.
- rebus
-
noun,
a representation of a word or phrase by pictures, symbols, etc., that suggest that word or phrase or its syllables:
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- torse
-
noun,
a wreath of twisted silks of two alternating tinctures, usually a metal and a color, depicted supporting a crest or coronet, often upon a helmet.
- Tiber
-
noun,
a river in central Italy, flowing through Rome into the Mediterranean. 244 miles (395 km) long.
- robot
-
noun,
a machine that resembles a human and does mechanical, routine tasks on command.
- Sinon
-
noun,
a Greek, posing as a deserter, who persuaded the Trojans to take the Trojan Horse into their city.
- siree
-
noun,
sirree.
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- ornis
-
noun,
an avifauna.
- 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.
- ornes
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- Tibur
-
noun,
ancient name of Tivoli.
- sito-
-
- sneer
-
noun,
a look or expression of derision, scorn, or contempt.
- Seton
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- snoot
-
noun,
Slang. the nose.
- snore
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- snort
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- snout
-
noun,
the part of an animal's head projecting forward and containing the nose and jaws; muzzle.
- 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.
- terse
-
adjective,
neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.
- sober
-
adjective,
not intoxicated or drunk.
- Sobor
-
noun,
a council, synod, or convention.
- orbit
-
noun,
the curved path, usually elliptical, described by a planet, satellite, spaceship, etc., around a celestial body, as the sun.
- 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.
- Orson
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Old French word meaning “bearlike.”.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- toons
-
noun,
an Asian tree, Cedrela toona, of the mahogany family, yielding an aromatic red wood used for furniture, carving, etc.
- tious
-
- sebi-
-
- Seine
-
noun,
a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
- tono-
-
- tonus
-
noun,
a normal state of continuous slight tension in muscle tissue that facilitates its response to stimulation.
- outre
-
adjective,
passing the bounds of what is usual or considered proper; unconventional; bizarre.
- Outer
-
adjective,
situated on or toward the outside; external; exterior:
- outen
-
verb (used with object),
to turn off (a light) or extinguish (a fire).
- ourie
-
adjective,
shabby; dingy.
- senor
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to sir or Mr., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a man. Abbreviation: Sr.
- toros
-
noun,
a bull.
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- oste-
-
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- sero-
-
- seti-
-
- Orton
-
noun,
Joe (John Kingsley Orton) 1933–67, English playwright.
- nones
-
noun,
the fifth of the seven canonical hours, or the service for it, originally fixed for the ninth hour of the day (or 3 p.m.).
- Ensor
-
noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- NoibN
-
- Bores
-
noun,
a dull, tiresome, or uncongenial person.
- Boone
-
noun,
Daniel, 1734–1820, American pioneer, especially in Kentucky.
- Euro-
-
- boons
-
noun,
something to be thankful for; blessing; benefit.
- etuis
-
noun,
a small, often decorative case, especially one for needles, toilet articles, or the like.
- Turin
-
noun,
a city in NW Italy, on the Po: capital of the Kingdom of Italy 1860–65.
- boost
-
noun,
an upward shove or raise; lift.
- Boots
-
noun,
a servant, as at a hotel, who blacks or polishes shoes and boots.
- Ester
-
noun,
a compound produced by the reaction between an acid and an alcohol with the elimination of a molecule of water, as ethyl acetate, C 4 H 8 O 2 , or dimethyl sulfate, C 2 H 6 SO 4 .
- Boris
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Ibert
-
noun,
Jacques François Antoine [zhahk frahn-swa ahn-twan] /ʒɑk frɑ̃ˈswa ɑ̃ˈtwan/ (Show IPA), 1890–1962, French composer.
- borne
-
noun,
a circular sofa having a conical or cylindrical back piece at the center.
- Bornu
-
noun,
a former sultanate in Africa, SW of Lake Chad: now largely a province in Nigeria.
- Union
-
noun,
the act of uniting two or more things.
- boro-
-
- erose
-
adjective,
uneven, as if gnawed away.
- boron
-
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.
- Ernst
-
noun,
Max [maks;; German mahks] /mæks;; German mɑks/ (Show IPA), 1891–1976, German painter, in the U.S. 1941–49, in France 1949–76.
- Ernie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Ernest.
- ernes
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- euros
-
noun,
wallaroo.
- bonus
-
noun,
something given or paid over and above what is due.
- boson
-
noun,
any particle that obeys Bose-Einstein statistics: bosons have integral spins: 0, 1, 2, ….
- boite
-
noun,
a nightclub; cabaret.
- tuner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tunes.
- inurn
-
verb (used with object),
to put into an urn, especially ashes after cremation.
- inure
-
verb (used with object),
to accustom to hardship, difficulty, pain, etc.; toughen or harden; habituate (usually followed by to):
- intr.
-
- boers
-
noun,
a South African of Dutch extraction.
- Boise
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Idaho, in the SW part: built on the site of an army post on the Oregon Trail.
- inst.
-
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- Inonu
-
noun,
Ismet [is-met] /ɪsˈmɛt/ (Show IPA), (Ismet Paşa) 1884–1973, president of Turkey 1938–50; prime minister 1923–24, 1925–37, 1961–65.
- brute
-
noun,
a nonhuman creature; beast.
- 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.
- Inner
-
adjective,
situated within or farther within; interior:
- tunes
-
noun,
a succession of musical sounds forming an air or melody, with or without the harmony accompanying it.
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- TUNIS
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Tunisia, in the NE part.
- boner
-
noun,
a person or thing that bones.
- bones
-
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.
- Ibsen
-
noun,
Henrik [hen-rik] /ˈhɛn rɪk/ (Show IPA), 1828–1906, Norwegian dramatist and poet.
- Bonne
-
noun,
a maid-servant.
- borts
-
noun,
low-quality diamond, in granular aggregate or small fragments, valuable only in crushed or powdered form, especially for industrial use as an abrasive.
- eosin
-
noun,
Also called bromeosin, tetrabromofluorescein. a red, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 20 H 8 Br 4 O 5 , derived from fluorescein by bromination: used chiefly as an acid dye for dyeing silk a rose red color and as a histological stain.
- biter
-
noun,
a person or animal that bites, especially habitually or viciously:
- Bueno
-
interjection,
good; all right.
- Burns
-
noun,
Arthur F(rank) 1904–1987, U.S. economist, born in Austria: chairman of the Federal Reserve Board 1970–78.
- burin
-
noun,
a tempered steel rod, with a lozenge-shaped point and a rounded handle, used for engraving furrows in metal.
- brise
-
noun,
a ballet movement in which the dancer jumps off one foot, beats the legs together, and lands on both feet.
- bunts
-
noun,
a push with the head or horns; butt.
- Brit.
-
- Bunns
-
noun,
bun1 (def 1).
- brits
-
noun,
the group of small marine animals forming the food of whalebone whales.
- 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.
- bros.
-
noun,
a brother.
- burse
-
noun,
a pouch or case for some special purpose.
- Brose
-
noun,
a porridge made by stirring boiling liquid into oatmeal or other meal.
- Broun
-
noun,
(Matthew) Heywood (Campbell) 1888–1939, U.S. journalist, essayist, and novelist.
- Bruin
-
noun,
a bear, especially a European brown bear.
- bruit
-
noun,
Medicine/Medical. any generally abnormal sound or murmur heard on auscultation.
- BSRet
-
- Brunn
-
noun,
German name of Brno.
- urine
-
noun,
the liquid-to-semisolid waste matter excreted by the kidneys, in humans being a yellowish, slightly acid, watery fluid.
- Bruno
-
noun,
Giordano [jawr-dah-naw] /dʒɔrˈdɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1548?–1600, Italian philosopher.
- brunt
-
noun,
the main force or impact, as of an attack or blow:
- burnt
-
noun,
a burned place or area:
- burst
-
noun,
an act or instance of bursting.
- Unit.
-
- Bourn
-
noun,
burn2 .
- bosun
-
noun,
boatswain.
- unite
-
noun,
a former gold coin of England, equal to 20 shillings, issued under James I and Charles I.
- enure
-
verb (used with or without object),
inure.
- ento-
-
- ensue
-
verb (used without object),
to follow in order; come afterward, especially in immediate succession:
- Botes
-
noun,
compensation, such as for injury to person or honor.
- ennui
-
noun,
a feeling of utter weariness and discontent resulting from satiety or lack of interest; boredom:
- Ennis
-
noun,
a town in N Texas.
- Bouse
-
noun,
liquor or drink.
- brios
-
noun,
vigor; vivacity.
- Ebert
-
noun,
Friedrich [free-drikh] /ˈfri drɪx/ (Show IPA), 1871–1925, first president of Germany 1919–25.
- unset
-
adjective,
not set; not solidified or made firm, as concrete or asphalt.
- Breen
-
noun,
a deep brownish green.
- untie
-
verb (used with object),
to loose or unfasten (anything tied); let or set loose by undoing a knot.
- Brent
-
noun,
brant.
- Brest
-
noun,
a seaport in the W extremity of France: German submarine base in World War II; surrendered to Allies September 1944.
- Butes
-
noun,
phenylbutazone.
- Buteo
-
noun,
any of several buzzards or hawks of the genus Buteo.
- Brine
-
noun,
water saturated or strongly impregnated with salt.
- bites
-
noun,
an act of biting.
- Bonns
-
noun,
a city in W Germany, on the Rhine: seat of the government; former capital of West Germany.
- bison
-
noun,
Also called American bison, American buffalo. a North American, oxlike ruminant, Bison bison, having a large head and high, humped shoulders: formerly common in North America, its small remaining population in isolated western areas of the U.S. and Canada is now protected.
- nines
-
noun,
a cardinal number, eight plus one.
- nitr-
-
- niton
-
noun,
(formerly) radon. Symbol: Nt.
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- biers
-
noun,
a frame or stand on which a corpse or the coffin containing it is laid before burial.
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- Benin
-
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.
- trone
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- Niobe
-
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.
- Ninus
-
noun,
the legendary husband of Semiramis and founder of Nineveh.
- Ninos
-
noun,
boy; child.
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- besot
-
verb (used with object),
to intoxicate or stupefy with drink.
- beset
-
verb (used with object),
to attack on all sides; assail; harass:
- Berns
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Switzerland, in the W part: capital of Bern canton.
- bines
-
noun,
a twining plant stem, as of the hop.
- Berne
-
noun,
Bern.
- Nebr.
-
- Beret
-
noun,
a soft, visorless cap with a close-fitting headband and a wide, round top often with a tab at its center.
- Benue
-
noun,
a river in W Africa, flowing Wfrom Cameroon to the Niger River in Nigeria. 870 miles (1400 km).
- Benes
-
noun,
Eduard [e-doo-ahrt] /ˈɛ dʊˌɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1884–1948, Czech patriot and statesman: president of Czechoslovakia 1935–38 and 1945–48.
- Benet
-
noun,
Stephen Vincent, 1898–1943, U.S. poet and novelist.
- neut.
-
- neur-
-
- bents
-
noun,
direction taken, as by one's interests; inclination:
- neons
-
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.
- Bennu
-
noun,
Benu.
- benne
-
noun,
Southern U.S., especially South Carolina, and Bahamian English. the sesame plant or its seeds.
- Benis
-
noun,
a river flowing NE from W Bolivia to the Madeira River. About 600 miles (965 km) long.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Niort
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- Binet
-
noun,
Alfred [al-frid;; French al-fred] /ˈæl frɪd;; French alˈfrɛd/ (Show IPA), 1857–1911, French psychologist: co-deviser of the Binet-Simon scale.
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- 30-30
-
- birse
-
noun,
a short hair of the beard or body; a bristle.
- birne
-
noun,
boule1 (def 1).
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- Irene
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of the Horae, the personification of peace.
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- biont
-
- 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.
- tubi-
-
- Irons
-
noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- Isere
-
noun,
a river in SE France, flowing from the Alps to the Rhone River. 150 miles (240 km) long.
- 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.
- Beers
-
noun,
Clifford Whittingham [hwit-ing-uh m,, wit-] /ˈʰwɪt ɪŋ əm,, ˈwɪt-/ (Show IPA), 1876–1943, U.S. pioneer in mental hygiene.
- tubes
-
noun,
a hollow, usually cylindrical body of metal, glass, rubber, or other material, used especially for conveying or containing liquids or gases.
- bints
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a woman or girl.
- uro-
-
- teen
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- brei
-
noun,
a suspension of finely divided tissue in an isotonic medium, used chiefly as a culture for certain viruses.
- Utes
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- Rube
-
noun,
an unsophisticated person from a rural area; hick.
- Tees
-
noun,
a river in N England, flowing E along the boundary between Durham and Yorkshire to the North Sea. 70 miles (113 km) long.
- bout
-
noun,
a contest or trial of strength, as of boxing.
- Tob.
-
- tion
-
- sene
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Western Samoa, the 100th part of a tala.
- suit
-
noun,
a set of clothing, armor, or the like, intended for wear together.
- ten.
-
- Brno
-
noun,
a city in S Moravia, in the SE Czech Republic: former capital of Moravia.
- Beni
-
noun,
a river flowing NE from W Bolivia to the Madeira River. About 600 miles (965 km) long.
- boun
-
verb (used with or without object),
to prepare; make ready.
- bots
-
noun,
a disease affecting various mammals, especially horses, caused by the attachment of the parasitic larvae of botflies to the stomach of the host.
- Seen
-
verb,
past participle of see1 .
- bees
-
noun,
any hymenopterous insect of the superfamily Apoidea, including social and solitary species of several families, as the bumblebees, honeybees, etc.
- runs
-
noun,
an act or instance, or a period of running:
- rubs
-
noun,
an act or instance of rubbing:
- Ruse
-
noun,
a trick, stratagem, or artifice.
- ruin
-
noun,
ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay:
- runt
-
noun,
an animal that is small or stunted as compared with others of its kind.
- Surt
-
noun,
the guardian and ruler of Muspelheim, destined to defeat Frey at Ragnarok and destroy the world with fire.
- 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.
- rues
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- 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.
- 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.
- bris
-
noun,
Brith.
- sure
-
Idioms,
for sure, as a certainty; surely:
- brio
-
noun,
vigor; vivacity.
- Rus.
-
- sur-
-
- Brie
-
noun,
a region in NE France, between the Seine and the Marne.
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- 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.
- 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.
- been
-
verb,
past participle of be.
- sunn
-
noun,
a tall East Indian shrub, Crotalaria juncea, of the legume family, having slender branches and yellow flowers, and an inner bark that yields a hemplike fiber used for making ropes, sacking, etc.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Bres
-
noun,
a Fomorian king of Ireland, whose unpopular rule led to the expulsion of the Fomorians by the Tuatha De Danann.
- Bene
-
adverb,
of validity for the time being but subject to objection or nullification at a later date; provisionally:
- Uris
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- Bose
-
noun,
Sir Jagadis Chandre [juh-guh-dees chuhn-druh] /dʒə gəˈdis ˈtʃʌn drə/ (Show IPA), 1858–1937, Indian physicist and plant physiologist.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- Soni
-
- snib
-
noun,
a bolt, catch, lock, or fastening on a door or window.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- bet.
-
- snob
-
noun,
a person who imitates, cultivates, or slavishly admires social superiors and is condescending or overbearing to others.
- user
-
noun,
a person or thing that uses.
- boon
-
noun,
something to be thankful for; blessing; benefit.
- bier
-
noun,
a frame or stand on which a corpse or the coffin containing it is laid before burial.
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- bin-
-
- bons
-
noun,
Cape, a cape on the NE coast of Tunisia: surrender of the German African forces, May 12, 1943.
- bine
-
noun,
a twining plant stem, as of the hop.
- Bonn
-
noun,
a city in W Germany, on the Rhine: seat of the government; former capital of West Germany.
- bint
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a woman or girl.
- sone
-
noun,
a unit for measuring the loudness of sound, equal to the loudness of a sound that, in the judgment of a group of listeners, is equal to that of a 1000-cycle-per-second reference sound having an intensity of 40 decibels.
- 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.
- Boor
-
noun,
a churlish, rude, or unmannerly person.
- bio-
-
- soon
-
Idioms,
sooner or later, eventually:
- Ste.
-
- Soot
-
noun,
a black, carbonaceous substance produced during incomplete combustion of coal, wood, oil, etc., rising in fine particles and adhering to the sides of the chimney or pipe conveying the smoke: also conveyed in the atmosphere to other locations.
- ter.
-
- Sorb
-
noun,
a European tree, Sorbus domestica.
- Bion
-
noun,
flourished c100 b.c, Greek pastoral poet.
- Boer
-
noun,
a South African of Dutch extraction.
- 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.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- BIOS
-
noun,
computer firmware that directs many basic functions of the operating system, as booting and keyboard control.
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- bite
-
noun,
an act of biting.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- situ
-
noun,
in situ.
- suet
-
noun,
the hard fatty tissue about the loins and kidneys of beef, sheep, etc., used in cooking or processed to yield tallow.
- stub
-
noun,
a short projecting part.
- bote
-
noun,
compensation, such as for injury to person or honor.
- Serb
-
noun, adjective,
Serbian.
- bot.
-
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- bens
-
noun,
the inner or back room of a two-room cottage, especially when used as a combined parlor and bedroom.
- Bent
-
noun,
direction taken, as by one's interests; inclination:
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- Benu
-
noun,
the sacred bird of ancient Egypt, corresponding to the phoenix.
- Sour
-
noun,
something that is sour.
- sub-
-
- 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.
- Bors
-
noun,
Sir Arthurian Romance.. Also, Sir Bors de Ganis [duh gan-is] /də ˈgæn ɪs/ (Show IPA). a knight of the Round Table, cousin of Lancelot.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- stun
-
noun,
the act of stunning.
- Bern
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Switzerland, in the W part: capital of Bern canton.
- boos
-
noun,
an exclamation of contempt or disapproval:
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- str.
-
- SINE
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side opposite a given acute angle to the hypotenuse.
(of an angle) a trigonometric function equal to the ratio of the ordinate of the end point of the arc to the radius vector of this end point, the origin being at the center of the circle on which the arc lies and the initial point of the arc being on the x-axis. Abbreviation: sin.
- Born
-
noun,
Max, 1882–1970, German physicist: Nobel Prize 1954.
- BERT
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Albert, Bertram, Herbert, Hubert, etc.
- Bore
-
noun,
a dull, tiresome, or uncongenial person.
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- 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.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- bor.
-
- BEST
-
noun,
something or someone that is best:
- Boot
-
noun,
a covering of leather, rubber, or the like, for the foot and all or part of the leg.
- stob
-
noun,
a post, stump, or stake.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- 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.
- Bur.
-
- Nine
-
noun,
a cardinal number, eight plus one.
- Oost
-
noun,
Jacob van [yah-kawp vahn] /ˈyɑ kɔp vɑn/ (Show IPA), 1600?–71, and his son, Jacob van, 1639?–1713, Flemish painters.
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- ions
-
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 = .
- tune
-
noun,
a succession of musical sounds forming an air or melody, with or without the harmony accompanying it.
- 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.
- orbs
-
noun,
a sphere or globe:
- ious
-
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- Ire.
-
- o-os
-
noun,
any of several species of Hawaiian honey eaters of the genus Moho, especially the extinct M. nobilis, of the island of Hawaii, that had black plumage and two tufts of yellow plumes used to make ceremonial robes for the Hawaiian kings.
- oro-
-
- Tues
-
- 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.
- onus
-
noun,
a difficult or disagreeable obligation, task, burden, etc.
- Ont.
-
- ISBN
-
- Tour
-
noun,
a traveling around from place to place.
- iso-
-
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- 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.
- int.
-
- tube
-
noun,
a hollow, usually cylindrical body of metal, glass, rubber, or other material, used especially for conveying or containing liquids or gases.
- oto-
-
- Eure
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2331 sq. mi. (6035 sq. km). Capital: Evreux.
- out-
-
- oust
-
verb (used with object),
to expel or remove from a place or position occupied:
- Ouse
-
noun,
Also called Great Ouse. a river in E England, flowing NE to the Wash. 160 miles (260 km) long.
- ours
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- BSEE
-
- Ibos
-
noun,
a member of an indigenous black people of southeastern Nigeria, renowned as traders and for their art.
- Otoe
-
noun,
Oto.
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- ins.
-
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- tuns
-
noun,
a large cask for holding liquids, especially wine, ale, or beer.
- 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.
- Osee
-
noun,
Hosea.
- toro
-
noun,
a bull.
- inns
-
noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- Oise
-
noun,
a river in W Europe, flowing SW from S Belgium through N France to the Seine, near Paris. 186 miles (300 km) long.
- obs.
-
- outs
-
noun,
a means of escape or excuse, as from a place, punishment, retribution, responsibility, etc.:
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- nibs
-
noun,
his/her nibs, Informal: Often Facetious. a person in authority, especially one who is demanding and tyrannical:
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- not-
-
- nose
-
noun,
the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
- nos-
-
- Nino
-
noun,
boy; child.
- Norn
-
noun,
an extinct Norse dialect, spoken until early modern times in the Shetland and Orkney Islands and in parts of northern Scotland.
- Nor.
-
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- noon
-
noun,
midday.
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- 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).
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- nobs
-
noun,
Slang. the head.
- none
-
noun,
nones1 .
- non-
-
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- nest
-
noun,
a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
- 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.
- tron
-
- NEBS
-
noun,
a bill or beak, as of a bird.
- Oboe
-
noun,
a woodwind instrument having a slender conical, tubular body and a double-reed mouthpiece.
- NEbE
-
- obit
-
noun,
Informal. an obituary.
- obis
-
noun,
a long, broad sash tied about the waist over a Japanese kimono.
- 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.
- NEbn
-
- Nebo
-
noun,
Mt. See under Pisgah.
- 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.
- tri-
-
- nous
-
noun,
Greek Philosophy. mind or intellect.
- TRIB
-
- nene
-
noun,
a barred, gray-brown wild goose, Nesochen sandvicensis, native to Hawaii, where it is the state bird.
- neo-
-
- nubs
-
noun,
the point, gist, or heart of something.
- 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.
- NTSB
-
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- 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.
- Eur.
-
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- toon
-
noun,
an Asian tree, Cedrela toona, of the mahogany family, yielding an aromatic red wood used for furniture, carving, etc.
- 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.
- urbs
-
noun,
an urban area.
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- roto
-
noun,
rotogravure.
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- unto
-
preposition,
to (in its various uses, except as the accompaniment of the infinitive).
- tonn
-
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- roue
-
noun,
a dissolute and licentious man; rake.
- ebon
-
adjective,
ebony (def 6).
- uret
-
- Reus
-
noun,
a city in Catalonia, NE Spain, on the Mediterranean Sea.
- 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.
- 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.
- rit.
-
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- Ens.
-
- Bunn
-
noun,
bun1 (def 1).
- 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.
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- 'roo
-
noun,
kangaroo.
- Buri
-
noun,
the first of the gods, revealed when the cow Audhumla licked away the salty ice that covered him.
- burs
-
noun,
a rough, prickly case around the seeds of certain plants, as the chestnut or burdock.
- Burt
-
noun,
William Austin, 1792–1858, U.S. surveyor and inventor.
- bus.
-
- 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.
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- 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.
- robs
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Robert.
- but-
-
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- Bute
-
noun,
phenylbutazone.
- buts
-
noun,
buts, reservations or objections:
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- eso-
-
- 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.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- Rees
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- uni-
-
- rout
-
noun,
a defeat attended with disorderly flight; dispersal of a defeated force in complete disorder:
- esne
-
noun,
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a member of the lowest class; laborer.
- BSIT
-
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- rebs
-
noun,
a Confederate soldier.
- BSIR
-
- est.
-
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- BSIE
-
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- etui
-
noun,
a small, often decorative case, especially one for needles, toilet articles, or the like.
- BSRT
-
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- 1080
-
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- ROUS
-
noun,
(Francis) Peyton, 1879–1970, U.S. pathologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1966.
- BSOT
-
- eous
-
- 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).
- 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.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Erne
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- bunt
-
noun,
a push with the head or horns; butt.
- urn
-
noun,
a large or decorative vase, especially one with an ornamental foot or pedestal.
- USO
-
- USR
-
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- urb
-
noun,
an urban area.
- ure
-
- uti
-
- Uri
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- UTE
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- Tu.
-
- Tro
-
- 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.
- UIT
-
- urs
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city on the Euphrates, in S Iraq: extensive excavations, especially of royal tombs.
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- Une
-
- 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.
- tun
-
noun,
a large cask for holding liquids, especially wine, ale, or beer.
- USB
-
- USE
-
noun,
the act of employing, using, or putting into service:
- UNO
-
- TNB
-
- tue
-
- uns
-
- tub
-
noun,
a bathtub.
- too
-
Idioms,
only too. only (def 10).
- 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.
- TSI
-
- USN
-
- TSE
-
- ur-
-
- tr.
-
- Tiu
-
noun,
an English god of the sky and of war, the equivalent of Tyr in Scandinavian mythology.
- 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.
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- Ios
-
noun,
a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey.
- ISR
-
- ise
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- IRS
-
- IRO
-
- Ir.
-
- IOU
-
- IOT
-
- ior
-
- ite
-
- 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 = .
- INN
-
noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- ine
-
- in.
-
- ier
-
- Ibo
-
noun,
a member of an indigenous black people of southeastern Nigeria, renowned as traders and for their art.
- IBN
-
- ib.
-
- ist
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- ITU
-
- NNE
-
- OSB
-
- ob.
-
- NUS
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- Nun
-
noun,
a woman member of a religious order, especially one bound by vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience.
- nub
-
noun,
the point, gist, or heart of something.
- nr.
-
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- nob
-
noun,
Slang. the head.
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- IUS
-
- nib
-
noun,
the point of a pen, or either of its divisions.
- 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:
- NES
-
- Nee
-
adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- NEB
-
noun,
a bill or beak, as of a bird.
- ne-
-
- NBS
-
- NbE
-
- NUT
-
noun,
a dry fruit consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shell.
- io-
-
- eu-
-
- obi
-
noun,
a long, broad sash tied about the waist over a Japanese kimono.
- Bon
-
noun,
Cape, a cape on the NE coast of Tunisia: surrender of the German African forces, May 12, 1943.
- BST
-
- BSO
-
- BSN
-
- BSE
-
- BRT
-
- Bro
-
noun,
a brother.
- BRE
-
- boo
-
noun,
an exclamation of contempt or disapproval:
- BNS
-
- BTE
-
- Bn.
-
- 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.
- BIE
-
- bi-
-
- Ben
-
noun,
the inner or back room of a two-room cottage, especially when used as a combined parlor and bedroom.
- BEE
-
noun,
any hymenopterous insect of the superfamily Apoidea, including social and solitary species of several families, as the bumblebees, honeybees, etc.
- Br.
-
- 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.
- be-
-
- Bt.
-
- bu.
-
- ETS
-
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- ETR
-
- ETO
-
- ESU
-
- ESR
-
- ese
-
- ERT
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- 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.
- EOE
-
- ene
-
- en-
-
- EIS
-
- eir
-
- EEO
-
- EBS
-
- EbN
-
- eo-
-
- OBE
-
- NSU
-
- OEO
-
- rut
-
noun,
a furrow or track in the ground, especially one made by the passage of a vehicle or vehicles.
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- se-
-
- SBE
-
- sb.
-
- SRO
-
- So.
-
- run
-
noun,
an act or instance, or a period of running:
- Sib
-
noun,
a kinsman; relative.
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- rub
-
noun,
an act or instance of rubbing:
- RTS
-
- rte
-
- rt.
-
- RSE
-
- Rs.
-
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- 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).
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- St.
-
- TBO
-
- Tbi
-
- SUN
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the star that is the central body of the solar system, around which the planets revolve and from which they receive light and heat: its mean distance from the earth is about 93 million miles (150 million km), its diameter about 864,000 miles (1.4 million km), and its mass about 330,000 times that of the earth; its period of surface rotation is about 26 days at its equator but longer at higher latitudes.
- Sui
-
noun,
a dynasty ruling in China a.d. 589–618.
- Sue
-
noun,
Eugène [œ-zhen] /œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), (Marie Joseph Sue) 1804–57, French novelist.
- Stu
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stewart or Stuart.
- STI
-
- STB
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- SRB
-
- Sr.
-
- Sou
-
noun,
(formerly) either of two bronze coins of France, equal to 5 centimes and 10 centimes.
- sot
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noun,
a drunkard.
- Soo
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noun,
the, Canadian. Sault Ste. Marie.
- Son
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noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- SOB
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noun,
the act of sobbing; a convulsive catching of the breath in weeping.
- SNU
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- SIT
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verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- ROI
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- Rue
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noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- ROB
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noun,
a male given name, form of Robert.
- ORB
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noun,
a sphere or globe:
- OTS
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- ote
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- OTB
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- ot-
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- ose
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- ORT
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noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- Ore
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noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- OOT
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- our
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noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- oon
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- o-o
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noun,
any of several species of Hawaiian honey eaters of the genus Moho, especially the extinct M. nobilis, of the island of Hawaii, that had black plumage and two tufts of yellow plumes used to make ceremonial robes for the Hawaiian kings.
- oo-
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- ons
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- ONR
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- ONI
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- OIt
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- OIr
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- oui
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adverb, noun,
yes.
- OSO
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- 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.
- 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.
- Reb
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noun,
a Confederate soldier.
- Ree
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noun,
reeve3 .
- res
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noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- 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.
- RBI
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- Re.
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- rin
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noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- TB
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- t.
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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.
- T1
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- O.
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- OE
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noun,
oy2 .
- SU
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- BO
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- NU
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noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- TE
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noun,
ti1 .
- B-
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- RU
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- i.
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- No
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noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- R.
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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.
- UI
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- S.
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- N.
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- NB
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- NI
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- OU
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noun,
a rare Hawaiian honeycreeper, Psittirostra psittacea, having an olive-green body, a parrotlike bill, and in the male a bright yellow head.
- TN
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- SI
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noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- et
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verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- RO
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- RI
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- Eb
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- er
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interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- SN
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- EI
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- ee
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- E.
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noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- TI
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noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- UB
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- U.
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- RN
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