Anagrams of carminative
Word carminative has
882 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of carminative.
- anti-icer
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noun,
a device used to prevent the forming of ice, as on an airplane propeller.
- metrician
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noun,
a metrist.
- vicariate
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noun,
the office or authority of a vicar.
- criminate
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verb (used with object),
to charge with a crime.
- American
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noun,
a citizen of the United States of America.
- Maritain
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noun,
Jacques [zhahk] /ʒɑk/ (Show IPA), 1882–1973, French philosopher and diplomat.
- Cinerama
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- inactive
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adjective,
not active:
- craniate
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noun,
a craniate animal.
- vicarate
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noun,
vicariate.
- marinate
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verb (used with object),
to steep (food) in a marinade.
- Caterina
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noun,
a female given name, form of Catherine.
- carinate
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adjective,
Zoology, Botany. formed with a carina; keellike.
- caritive
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adjective,
(in certain inflected languages, especially of the Caucasian group) abessive.
- McIntire
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noun,
Samuel, 1757–1811, U.S. architect and woodcarver.
- variance
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noun,
the state, quality, or fact of being variable, divergent, different, or anomalous.
- Martini
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noun,
a cocktail made with gin or vodka and dry vermouth, usually served with a green olive or a twist of lemon peel.
- venatic
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adjective,
of or relating to hunting.
- Amen-Ra
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noun,
a god in whom Amen and Ra were combined: the god of the universe and the supreme Egyptian god during the period of Theban political supremacy.
- minivet
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noun,
any of several small, long-tailed Asian cuckoo-shrikes of the genus Pericrocotus, having in the male black and red and in the female black and orange plumage.
- Martina
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noun,
a female given name.
- amative
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adjective,
disposed to love; amorous.
- miniver
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noun,
(in the Middle Ages) a fur of white or spotted white and gray used for linings and trimmings.
Compare vair (def 1).
- centri-
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- ventri-
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- amentia
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noun,
lack of intellectual development; imbecility; severe mental retardation.
- Martian
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noun,
a supposed inhabitant of the planet Mars:
- airtime
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noun,
the particular time that a program is broadcast or scheduled for broadcast:
- America
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noun,
United States.
- cave-in
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noun,
a collapse, as of anything hollow:
- termini
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noun,
the end or extremity of anything.
- variate
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noun,
Statistics. random variable.
- Manteca
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noun,
a town in central California.
- raiment
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noun,
clothing; apparel; attire.
- variant
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noun,
a person or thing that varies.
- 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.
- animate
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adjective,
alive; possessing life:
- Marcian
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noun,
a.d. 392?–457, emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire 450–457.
- Icarian
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noun,
an inhabitant of Icaria.
- varmint
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noun,
Chiefly Southern and South Midland U.S.
vermin.
an objectionable or undesirable animal, usually predatory, as a coyote or bobcat.
- taverna
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noun,
a small, unpretentious café or restaurant in Greece.
- cateran
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noun,
(formerly) a freebooter or marauder of the Scottish Highlands.
- anaemic
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adjective,
anemic.
- ramenta
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noun,
a scraping, shaving, or particle.
- Vatican
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noun,
Also called Vatican Palace. the chief residence of the popes in Vatican City, now also including a library, archives, art museum, apartments, and administrative offices.
- amirate
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noun,
emirate.
- Carmine
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noun,
a crimson or purplish-red color.
- aminate
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verb (used with object),
to introduce an amino group into (a compound).
- avarice
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noun,
insatiable greed for riches; inordinate, miserly desire to gain and hoard wealth.
- minicar
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noun,
a very small car, especially a subcompact.
- neritic
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adjective,
of or relating to the region of water lying directly above the sublittoral zone of the sea bottom.
- inertia
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noun,
inertness, especially with regard to effort, motion, action, and the like; inactivity; sluggishness.
- Cremini
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noun,
a cultivated, meaty, tan or brown mushroom, Agaricus bisporus.
- Vietnam
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noun,
Official name Socialist Republic of Vietnam. a country in SE Asia, comprising the former states of Annam, Tonkin, and Cochin-China: formerly part of French Indochina; divided into North Vietnam and South Vietnam during the Vietnam War but now reunified. 126,104 sq. mi. (326,609 sq. km). Capital: Hanoi.
Compare North Vietnam, South Vietnam.
- tamarin
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noun,
any South American marmoset of the genera Saguinus and Leontopithecus (Leontideus), having silky fur and a nonprehensile tail: several species are threatened or endangered.
- vermian
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adjective,
resembling or of the nature of a worm.
- minaret
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noun,
a lofty, often slender, tower or turret attached to a mosque, surrounded by or furnished with one or more balconies, from which the muezzin calls the people to prayer.
- Aterian
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adjective,
of or indicating a Middle Paleolithic industry of northwestern Africa and the Sahara, characterized by the production of tanged points and bifacially worked leaf-shaped points of varying sizes.
- acarine
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noun,
any of numerous arachnids of the order Acarina, comprising the mites and ticks.
- Mercian
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Mercia.
- citrine
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noun,
a translucent, yellow variety of quartz, often sold as topaz; false topaz; topaz quartz.
- Avertin
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- viremia
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noun,
the presence of a virus in the blood.
- vitamin
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noun,
any of a group of organic substances essential in small quantities to normal metabolism, found in minute amounts in natural foodstuffs or sometimes produced synthetically: deficiencies of vitamins produce specific disorders.
- nematic
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adjective,
noting a mesomorphic state in which the arrangement of the molecules is linear.
- vitrain
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noun,
the material of which the friable, vitreous layers in banded bituminous coal are composed.
- crinite
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noun,
a fossil crinoid.
- vitrine
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noun,
a glass cabinet or case, especially for displaying art objects.
- Civitan
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noun,
a member of Civitan International, a service club founded 1918.
- acnemia
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noun,
a condition characterized by atrophy of the muscles of the calf of the leg.
- Actinia
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noun,
a sea anemone, especially of the genus Actinia.
- Interim
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noun,
an intervening time; interval; meantime:
- ceriman
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noun,
a climbing, tropical American plant, Monstera deliciosa, of the arum family, characterized by cordlike, aerial roots and large, perforated leaves.
- Armenia
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noun,
an ancient country in W Asia: now divided between Armenia, Turkey, and Iran.
- certain
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Idioms,
for certain, without a doubt; surely:
- miniate
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verb (used with object),
to illuminate (a manuscript) in red; rubricate.
- Mai-Tai
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noun,
a cocktail of rum, curaçao, lemon and pineapple juice, grenadine, and orgeat syrup, poured over crushed ice.
- Minerva
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noun,
the ancient Roman goddess of wisdom and the arts, identified with the Greek goddess Athena.
- activin
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noun,
a peptide that is synthesized in the pituitary gland and gonads and stimulates the secretion of FSH.
- Cainite
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noun,
a member of a Gnostic sect that exalted Cain and regarded the God of the Old Testament as responsible for evil.
- Racine
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noun,
Jean Baptiste [zhahn ba-teest] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist/ (Show IPA), 1639–99, French dramatist.
- Carman
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noun,
one of the crew of a streetcar or the like, as the motorman.
- cantar
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noun,
a poem consisting of four-line stanzas, each line having eight syllables.
- caiman
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noun,
any of several tropical American crocodilians of the genus Caiman and allied genera: some are endangered.
- incite
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verb (used with object),
to stir, encourage, or urge on; stimulate or prompt to action:
- Carmen
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noun,
Ciudad del Carmen.
- inmate
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noun,
a person who is confined in a prison, hospital, etc.
- Neviim
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noun,
the Prophets, being the second of the three Jewish divisions of the Old Testament.
- Canter
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noun,
an easy gallop.
- Irvine
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noun,
a city in SW California.
- tie-in
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noun,
an arrangement or campaign whereby related products are promoted, marketed, or sold together:
- nitric
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adjective,
containing nitrogen, usually in the pentavalent state.
- Nicaea
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noun,
an ancient city in NW Asia Minor: Nicene Creed formulated here a.d.
- intima
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noun,
the innermost membrane or lining of some organ or part, especially that of an artery, vein, or lymphatic.
- camera
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noun,
a device for capturing a photographic image or recording a video, using film or digital memory.
- aviate
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verb (used with or without object),
to fly or fly in an aircraft.
- intime
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adjective,
intimate; cozy.
- Raetic
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noun,
an extinct language of uncertain affinities that was spoken in Rhaetia and written with the Etruscan alphabet.
- inter.
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- irenic
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adjective,
tending to promote peace or reconciliation; peaceful or conciliatory.
- invite
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noun,
Informal. an invitation.
- invert
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noun,
a person or thing that is inverted.
- Carian
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Caria.
- intra-
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- Carina
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noun,
Zoology. a keellike part or ridge, especially a ridge of bone on the ventral side of the sternum of birds.
- citrin
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noun,
bioflavonoid.
- imaret
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noun,
(in Turkey) a hospice for pilgrims, travelers, etc.
- Crania
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noun,
the skull of a vertebrate.
- re-act
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verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- recant
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verb (used with object),
to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
- cinema
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noun,
Chiefly British. motion picture.
- Erivan
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noun,
Yerevan.
- tanrec
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noun,
tenrec.
- recti-
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- tamari
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noun,
a rich, naturally fermented soybean sauce containing little or no wheat and thicker than soy sauce.
- remain
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noun,
Usually, remains. something that remains or is left.
- ravine
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noun,
a narrow steep-sided valley commonly eroded by running water.
- cravat
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noun,
necktie (defs 1, 2).
- Craven
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noun,
a coward.
- Renata
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noun,
a female given name.
- Cretan
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Crete.
- cretin
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noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- retain
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verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- Crimea
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noun,
the, a peninsula in SE Ukraine, between the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov.
- retina
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noun,
the innermost coat of the posterior part of the eyeball that receives the image produced by the lens, is continuous with the optic nerve, and consists of several layers, one of which contains the rods and cones that are sensitive to light.
- Tarmac
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noun,
(lowercase) a road, airport runway, parking area, etc., paved with Tarmac, tarmacadam, or a layer of tar.
- Cervin
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noun,
Mont [mawn] /mɔ̃/ (Show IPA). French name of the Matterhorn.
- carnet
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noun,
a customs document allowing an automobile to be driven at no cost across international borders.
- cavate
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adjective,
hollowed out, as a space excavated from rock:
- carven
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adjective,
carved.
- iceman
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noun,
a man whose business is gathering, storing, selling, or delivering ice.
- Icaria
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noun,
Also, Ikaria. a Greek island in the Aegean Sea: a part of the Southern Sporades group. 99 sq. mi. (256 sq. km).
- catena
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noun,
a chain or connected series, especially of extracts from the writings of the fathers of the Christian church.
- iatric
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adjective,
of or relating to a physician or medicine; medical.
- tenaim
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noun,
the terms of a Jewish marriage, as the wedding date, amount of the bride's dowry, etc., or an agreement containing such terms, made by the parents of an engaged couple at the engagement party.
- ramate
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adjective,
having branches; branching out or off.
- caveat
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noun,
a warning or caution; admonition.
- Tarvia
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- cavern
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noun,
a cave, especially one that is large and mostly underground.
- caviar
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noun,
the roe of sturgeon, especially the beluga, or other fish, usually served as an hors d'oeuvre or appetizer.
- centi-
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- centr-
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- centra
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noun,
a plural of centrum.
- tavern
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noun,
a place where liquors are sold to be consumed on the premises.
- ratine
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noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- cerat-
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- Cavite
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noun,
a seaport on W central Luzon, in the N Philippines, on Manila Bay: naval base.
- taenia
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noun,
Classical Antiquity. a headband or fillet.
- trance
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noun,
a half-conscious state, seemingly between sleeping and waking, in which ability to function voluntarily may be suspended.
- anemic
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adjective,
Pathology. suffering from anemia.
- marine
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noun,
a member of the U.S. Marine Corps.
- vatman
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noun,
the worker who shakes the pulp onto the wire.
- Amrita
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noun,
the beverage of immortality.
- Avanti
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noun,
Kingdom of, an ancient Aryan kingdom of W central India, with its capital near modern Ujjain; flourished in the 6th–4th centuries b.c.
- Marina
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noun,
a boat basin offering dockage and other service for small craft.
- Marian
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noun,
a person who has a particular devotion to the Virgin Mary.
- Anemia
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noun,
Pathology. a quantitative deficiency of the hemoglobin, often accompanied by a reduced number of red blood cells and causing pallor, weakness, and breathlessness.
- Marcie
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noun,
a female given name, form of Marcia.
- Marten
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noun,
any of several slender, chiefly arboreal carnivores of the genus Martes, of northern forests, having a long, glossy coat and bushy tail.
- Marcia
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noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “warlike.”.
- Marcan
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adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of St. Mark or of the second Gospel.
- mantra
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noun,
Hinduism. a word or formula, as from the Veda, chanted or sung as an incantation or prayer.
- antiar
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noun,
the upas tree.
- mantic
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adjective,
of or relating to divination.
- Antrim
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noun,
a county in NE Northern Ireland. 1098 sq. mi. (2844 sq. km). County seat: Belfast.
- maniac
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noun,
a raving or violently insane person; lunatic.
- Marini
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noun,
Giambattista [jahm-baht-tees-tah] /ˌdʒɑm bɑtˈtis tɑ/ (Show IPA), Also, Marino [muh-ree-noh;; Italian mah-ree-naw] /məˈri noʊ;; Italian mɑˈri nɔ/ (Show IPA), ("il Cavalier Marino") 1569–1625, Italian poet.
- Marvin
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noun,
a male given name.
- Vanier
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noun,
Georges P [jawrj;; French zhawrzh] /dʒɔrdʒ;; French ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1888–1967, Canadian soldier and diplomat: governor-general 1959–67.
- victim
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noun,
a person who suffers from a destructive or injurious action or agency:
- vitric
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adjective,
of or relating to glass.
- metric
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noun,
Often, metrics. a standard for measuring or evaluating something, especially one that uses figures or statistics:
- Mervin
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noun,
a male given name.
- Mercia
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noun,
an early English kingdom in central Britain.
- acetin
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noun,
a colorless, thick, hygroscopic liquid, C 5 H 10 O 4 : used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives.
- acmite
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noun,
a rare pyroxene mineral, sodium-ferric iron silicate, NaFe(Si 2 O 6), found in feldspathoid rocks.
- vimana
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noun,
a sanctuary of a Brahman temple.
- actin-
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- ventr-
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- active
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noun,
Grammar.
the active voice.
a form or construction in the active voice.
- McNair
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noun,
Lesley James, 1883–1944, U.S. army officer.
- matri-
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- vermin
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noun,
noxious, objectionable, or disgusting animals collectively, especially those of small size that appear commonly and are difficult to control, as flies, lice, bedbugs, cockroaches, mice, and rats.
- vermi-
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- airman
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noun,
an aviator.
- airmen
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noun,
an aviator.
- Matane
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noun,
a city in E Quebec, in SE Canada, on the St. Lawrence River.
- arcane
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adjective,
known or understood by very few; mysterious; secret; obscure; esoteric:
- amtrac
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noun,
amphibian (def 4).
- atavic
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adjective,
atavistic.
- trivia
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noun,
(in Roman religion) Hecate: so called because she was the goddess of the crossroads.
- Mainer
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of the state of Maine.
- arnica
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noun,
any composite plant of the genus Arnica, having opposite leaves and yellow flower heads.
- Ariane
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noun,
Rocketry. a French-built, three-stage, liquid-propellant rocket for launching satellites into orbit around the earth.
- Manati
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noun,
a city in N Puerto Rico.
- nectar
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noun,
the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or birds that pollinate the flower.
- nemat-
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- vacant
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adjective,
having no contents; empty; void:
- native
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noun,
Sometimes Offensive. one of the people indigenous to a place or country, especially as distinguished from strangers, foreigners, colonizers, etc.:
- Namtar
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noun,
the Sumerian and Akkadian demon personifying death.
- vacate
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verb (used with object),
to give up possession or occupancy of:
- ERICA
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noun,
any of numerous low-growing evergreen shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Erica, of the heath family, including several species of heather.
- irate
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adjective,
angry; enraged:
- rect.
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- MINCE
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noun,
something cut up very small; mincemeat.
- recta
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noun,
a plural of rectum.
- meant
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verb,
simple past tense and past participle of mean1 .
- Iran.
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- Recit
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- Miner
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noun,
Also called mineworker. a person who works in a mine, especially a commercial mine producing coal or metallic ores.
- McRae
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noun,
Carmen, 1920–94, U.S. jazz singer and songwriter.
- mini-
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- reata
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noun,
riata.
- invt.
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- maven
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noun,
an expert or connoisseur.
- ErvIn
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noun,
Samuel James, Jr ("Sam") 1896–1985, U.S. jurist and politician: senator 1954–74.
- react
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verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- entia
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noun,
plural of ens.
- enact
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verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- Narva
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noun,
a city in NE Estonia: Swedish defeat of Russians 1700.
- reni-
-
- Rieti
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noun,
Vittorio [veet-taw-ryaw] /vitˈtɔ ryɔ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1994, U.S. composer, born in Italy.
- ricin
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noun,
a white, poisonous, protein powder from the bean of the castor-oil plant.
- riata
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noun,
a lariat.
- riant
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adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- Nerva
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noun,
Marcus Cocceius [kok-see-yuh s] /kɒkˈsi yəs/ (Show IPA), a.d. 32?–98, emperor of Rome 96–98.
- metr-
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- metic
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noun,
an alien resident of an ancient Greek city who paid a tax for the right to live there.
- meta-
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- riven
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verb,
a past participle of rive.
- Irina
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noun,
a female given name.
- merit
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noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- Merci
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interjection,
thank you.
- Merca
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noun,
a city in S Somalia.
- remit
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noun,
Law. a transfer of the record of an action from one tribunal to another, particularly from an appellate court to the court of original jurisdiction.
- micra
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noun,
a plural of micron.
- reman
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verb (used with object),
to man again; furnish with a fresh supply of personnel.
- menta
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noun,
Entomology. the medial plate of the labium in insects.
- menat
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noun,
an amulet worn by certain Egyptians in ancient times to secure divine protection and to ensure fertility.
- matr-
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- naive
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adjective,
having or showing unaffected simplicity of nature or absence of artificiality; unsophisticated; ingenuous.
- miter
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noun,
the official headdress of a bishop in the Western Church, in its modern form a tall cap with a top deeply cleft crosswise, the outline of the front and back resembling that of a pointed arch.
- matin
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noun,
(often initial capital letter) matins, Also, especially British, mattins. (usually used with a singular verb) Ecclesiastical.
the first of the seven canonical hours.
the service for it, properly beginning at midnight, but sometimes beginning at daybreak.
Also called Morning Prayer. the service of public prayer, said in the morning, in the Anglican Church.
- Marat
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noun,
Jean Paul [zhahn-pawl] /ʒɑ̃ pɔl/ (Show IPA), 1743–93, French politician and journalist: leader in the French Revolution; assassinated by Charlotte Corday d'Armont.
- nitre
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noun,
niter.
- Maria
-
noun,
calaba.
- Maine
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noun,
a state in the NE United States, on the Atlantic coast. 33,215 sq. mi. (86,027 sq. km). Capital: Augusta.
Abbreviation: ME (for use with zip code), Me.
- init.
-
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- Mitre
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- Iceni
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noun,
an ancient Celtic tribe of eastern England, whose queen, Boadicea, headed an insurrection against the Romans in a.d. 61.
- ician
-
- Manat
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noun,
a pre-Islamic Arabian goddess personifying fortune, sometimes considered a daughter of Allah.
- Marin
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noun,
John, 1870–1953, U.S. painter and etcher.
- Imena
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noun,
a female given name: from an Arabic word meaning “faith.”.
- incr.
-
- imine
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noun,
a compound containing the =NH group united with a nonacid group.
- manit
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noun,
man-minute.
- manic
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adjective,
pertaining to or affected by mania.
- Mitra
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noun,
the mitriform pileus of certain fungi.
- Inari
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noun,
Lake, a lake in NE Finland. About 500 sq. mi. (1295 sq. km).
- imit.
-
- mania
-
noun,
excessive excitement or enthusiasm; craze:
- Marie
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noun,
(Marie Alexandra Victoria of Saxe-Coburg) 1875–1938, queen of Romania 1914–27.
- Raman
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noun,
Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata [chuhn-druh-shey-ker-uh veng-kuh-tuh] /ˈtʃʌn drəˈʃeɪ kər ə ˈvɛŋ kə tə/ (Show IPA), 1888–1970, Indian physicist: Nobel prize 1930.
- ravin
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verb (used with or without object), noun,
raven2 .
- Marti
-
noun,
José [haw-se] /hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1853–1895, Cuban patriot and writer.
- mater
-
noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- Manet
-
noun,
Édouard [ey-dwar] /eɪˈdwar/ (Show IPA), 1832–83, French painter.
- Raven
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noun,
any of several large, corvine birds having lustrous, black plumage and a loud, harsh call, especially Corvus corax, of the New and Old Worlds.
- Invar
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- Niter
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noun,
potassium nitrate.
- naira
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Nigeria, equal to 100 kobo: replaced the pound in 1973.
- intr.
-
- macer
-
noun,
macebearer.
- evict
-
verb (used with object),
to expel (a person, especially a tenant) from land, a building, etc., by legal process, as for nonpayment of rent. Synonyms: eject, remove, dispossess, dislodge.
- nitr-
-
- Maera
-
noun,
Hecuba, after being changed into a dog for blinding Polymestor.
- Evita
-
noun,
a female given name, Spanish form of Eva.
- ratan
-
noun,
rattan.
- Marta
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Marne
-
noun,
a river in NE France, flowing W to the Seine near Paris: battles 1914, 1918, 1944. 325 miles (525 km) long.
- ramie
-
noun,
an Asian shrub, Boehmeria nivea, of the nettle family, yielding a fiber used especially in making textiles.
- Naima
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Arabic word meaning “benevolent.”.
- ramet
-
noun,
an individual of a clone.
- nacre
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- Neiva
-
noun,
a city in W Colombia.
- Manta
-
noun,
(in Spain and Spanish America) a cloak or wrap.
- rivet
-
noun,
a metal pin for passing through holes in two or more plates or pieces to hold them together, usually made with a head at one end, the other end being hammered into a head after insertion.
- Armen
-
- Atman
-
noun,
the principle of life.
- ative
-
- triac
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- trice
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- armet
-
noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- Arica
-
noun,
a seaport in N Chile.
- trave
-
noun,
a crossbeam.
- arian
-
noun,
an adherent of Arianism.
- Vance
-
noun,
a male given name.
- ARENA
-
noun,
the oval space in the center of a Roman amphitheater for gladiatorial combats or other performances.
- Areca
-
noun,
any tropical Asian palm of the genus Areca, as the betel palm.
- Vanir
-
noun,
a race of gods, first in conflict with the Aesir, later allied with them. They function as fertility divinities and include Njord, Frey, and Freyja.
- vari-
-
- varia
-
noun,
a variant reading.
- atria
-
noun,
Architecture.
Also called cavaedium. the main or central room of an ancient Roman house, open to the sky at the center and usually having a pool for the collection of rain water.
a courtyard, flanked or surrounded by porticoes, in front of an early or medieval Christian church.
a skylit central court in a contemporary building or house.
- avert
-
verb (used with object),
to turn away or aside:
- antic
-
noun,
Usually, antics.
a playful trick or prank; caper.
a grotesque, fantastic, or ludicrous gesture, act, or posture.
- caine
-
noun,
(Sir Thomas Henry) Hall, 1853–1931, English novelist.
- Cant.
-
- caner
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- Canea
-
noun,
a seaport on and the capital of Crete, on the W part.
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- tiara
-
noun,
a jeweled, ornamental coronet worn by women.
- cairn
-
noun,
a heap of stones set up as a landmark, monument, tombstone, etc.
- timer
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- Tinia
-
noun,
the chief god of the Etruscans, with powers similar to those of Zeus.
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- T-man
-
noun,
a special investigator of the Department of the Treasury.
- Avram
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Abram.
- Trace
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- avian
-
adjective,
of or relating to birds.
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- anti-
-
- term.
-
- acet-
-
- Aeria
-
noun,
an area in the northern hemisphere of Mars.
- aeri-
-
- vicar
-
noun,
Church of England.
a person acting as priest of a parish in place of the rector, or as representative of a religious community to which tithes belong.
the priest of a parish the tithes of which are impropriated and who receives only the smaller tithes or a salary.
- aemia
-
- aecia
-
noun,
the fruiting body of rust fungi, which bears chainlike or stalked spores.
- vice-
-
- vimen
-
noun,
a long, flexible shoot of a plant.
- Vinca
-
noun,
periwinkle2 .
- Verna
-
noun,
a female given name.
- acari
-
noun,
plural of acarus.
- Vince
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Vincent.
- Vinci
-
noun,
Leonardo da [lee-uh-nahr-doh duh,, ley-;; Italian le-aw-nahr-daw dah] /ˌli əˈnɑr doʊ də,, ˌleɪ-;; Italian ˌlɛ ɔˈnɑr dɔ dɑ/ (Show IPA), Leonardo da Vinci.
- vini-
-
- vinic
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, found in, or derived from wine:
- Viren
-
noun,
Lasse [lahs-se] /ˈlɑs sɛ/ (Show IPA), born 1949, Finnish distance runner.
- 30-30
-
- Aetna
-
noun,
Mount. Etna, Mount.
- amain
-
adverb,
with full force.
- ante-
-
- anat.
-
- Anita
-
noun,
a female given name: Spanish form of Anna.
- anime
-
noun,
a Japanese style of motion-picture animation, characterized by highly stylized, colorful art, futuristic settings, violence, and sexuality.
- anima
-
noun,
soul; life.
- anim.
-
- anear
-
adverb, preposition,
near.
- ancre
-
adjective,
having the end of each limb divided and carved outward like the flukes of an anchor; moline:
- Varna
-
noun,
Hinduism. class (def 13).
- vatic
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of a prophet.
- amate
-
verb (used with object),
to dismay; daunt.
- amine
-
noun,
any of a class of compounds derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms with organic groups.
- amin-
-
- AMICE
-
noun,
an oblong vestment, usually of white linen, worn about the neck and shoulders and partly under the alb.
- Amer.
-
- ament
-
noun,
catkin.
- veni-
-
- Amati
-
noun,
Nicolò [nee-kaw-law] /ˌni kɔˈlɔ/ (Show IPA), 1596–1684, Italian violinmaker, one of a famous family of 16th- and 17th-century violinmakers: teacher of Antonio Stradivari.
- carat
-
noun,
a unit of weight in gemstones, 200 milligrams (about 3 grains of troy or avoirdupois weight). Abbreviation: c., ct.
- trama
-
noun,
a specialized hyphal tissue constituting the internal structure of mushroom gills, pore tubes, or spines.
- cert.
-
- Ceara
-
noun,
Fortaleza.
- Cavan
-
noun,
a county in Ulster, in the N Republic of Ireland. 730 sq. mi. (1890 sq. km).
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- Taira
-
noun,
a member of a powerful family in Japan that ruled the country 1160–85.
- temin
-
noun,
Howard M(artin) 1934–94, U.S. virologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1975.
- crine
-
noun,
hair; head of hair.
- crime
-
noun,
an action or an instance of negligence that is deemed injurious to the public welfare or morals or to the interests of the state and that is legally prohibited.
- caver
-
noun,
a person who studies or explores caves.
- crim.
-
- cream
-
noun,
the fatty part of milk, which rises to the surface when the liquid is allowed to stand unless homogenized.
- crave
-
verb (used with object),
to long for; want greatly; desire eagerly:
- crate
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- Tamar
-
noun,
the daughter of David and half-sister of Absalom. II Sam. 13.
- cent.
-
- Ceram
-
noun,
an island of the Moluccas in Indonesia, W of New Guinea. 7191 sq. mi. (18,625 sq. km).
- ceria
-
noun,
a white-to-yellow, heavy powder, cerium dioxide, CeO 2 , usually derived from cerium nitrate by decomposition with heat: used chiefly in ceramics, glass polishing, and decolorizing.
- Crane
-
noun,
any large wading bird of the family Gruidae, characterized by long legs, bill, and neck and an elevated hind toe.
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- cetin
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble fat, C 32 H 64 O 2 , obtained from spermaceti by extraction with ether: used chiefly as an emulsive agent in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals and cosmetics and as a base in the manufacture of candles and soaps.
- Tarim
-
noun,
a river in NW China, in Xinjiang Uygur region. About 1300 miles (2090 km) long.
- civet
-
noun,
a yellowish, unctuous substance with a strong musklike odor, obtained from a pouch in the genital region of civets and used in perfumery.
- cine-
-
- cater
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- crit.
-
- cata-
-
- carve
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (a solid material) so as to form something:
- Caren
-
noun,
a female given name.
- caret
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- Caria
-
noun,
an ancient district in SW Asia Minor.
- Carie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- Carin
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Carme
-
noun,
a small natural satellite of the planet Jupiter.
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- carne
-
noun,
Marcel [mahr-sel;; French mar-sel] /mɑrˈsɛl;; French marˈsɛl/ (Show IPA), 1909–1996, French film director.
- tera-
-
- Carte
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- Tarai
-
noun,
Terai.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Veii
-
noun,
an ancient city in central Italy, in Etruria, near Rome: Etruscan city destroyed by the Romans 396 b.c.
- Ven.
-
- VITA
-
noun,
curriculum vitae (def 1).
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- min.
-
- mint
-
noun,
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
Compare mint family.
- vein
-
noun,
one of the system of branching vessels or tubes conveying blood from various parts of the body to the heart.
- Vite
-
adverb,
briskly; lively.
- 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.
- vin-
-
- Vena
-
noun,
a vein.
- Tame
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- mien
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- RIIA
-
- Rima
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Vat.
-
- Tana
-
noun,
thana.
- Mic.
-
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- rive
-
verb (used with object),
to tear or rend apart:
- riv.
-
- Mina
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- vet.
-
- rit.
-
- Mira
-
noun,
Astronomy. the first long-period pulsating variable star to be discovered, with a period averaging 331 days. It is a red giant and a component of a binary star in the constellation Cetus.
- Rev.
-
- VINE
-
noun,
any plant having a long, slender stem that trails or creeps on the ground or climbs by winding itself about a support or holding fast with tendrils or claspers.
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- Vic.
-
- rime
-
noun,
Also called rime ice. an opaque coating of tiny, white, granular ice particles, caused by the rapid freezing of supercooled water droplets on impact with an object.
Compare frost (def 3), glaze (def 17).
- Vict
-
- vert
-
noun,
English Forest Law.
vegetation bearing green leaves in a forest and capable of serving as a cover for deer.
the right to cut such vegetation.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- 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.
- Vern
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Vernon.
- Vera
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Russian word meaning “faith.”.
- MiNE
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- Vina
-
noun,
a musical stringed instrument of India, made of rosewood or ebony, consisting of a long, hollow, fretted stick to which one, two, or three gourds are attached to increase the resonance.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- Vent
-
noun,
an opening, as in a wall, serving as an outlet for air, smoke, fumes, or the like.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- Viet
-
noun,
South Vietnam, North Vietnam, or both.
- MICE
-
noun,
plural of mouse.
- NTIA
-
- mire
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- tram
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- nave
-
noun,
the principal longitudinal area of a church, extending from the main entrance or narthex to the chancel, usually flanked by aisles of less height and breadth: generally used only by the congregation.
- NCAA
-
- NCTE
-
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- ten.
-
- tri-
-
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- trav
-
- Tace
-
noun,
tasset.
- Nev.
-
- Neva
-
noun,
a river in the NW Russian Federation in Europe, flowing from Lake Ladoga through St. Petersburg into the Gulf of Finland: canalized for ships. 40 miles (65 km) long.
- Rama
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) any of the three avatars of Vishnu: Balarama, Parashurama, or Ramachandra.
- rami
-
noun,
plural of ramus.
- NICE
-
noun,
a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- rain
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- ter.
-
- NIRA
-
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Time
-
noun,
the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- 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.
- Raia
-
noun,
rayah.
- 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.
- nav.
-
- narc
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- Tara
-
noun,
a village in the NE Republic of Ireland, NW of Dublin: home of the ancient Irish kings (Hill of Tara)
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- MIRV
-
noun,
multiple independently targetable reentry vehicle.
- ream
-
noun,
a standard quantity of paper, consisting of 20 quires or 500 sheets (formerly 480 sheets), or 516 sheets (printer's ream or perfect ream)
- Mita
-
noun,
a colonial system in Peru by which the Spanish government required Indians to perform periodic forced labor, especially in the mines.
- mite
-
noun,
any of numerous small to microscopic arachnids of the subclass Acari, including species that are parasitic on animals and plants or that feed on decaying matter and stored foods.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- RACE
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- vara
-
noun,
a unit of length in Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking countries, varying from about 32 inches (81 cm) to about 43 inches (109 cm).
- var.
-
- Ravi
-
noun,
a river in NW India and NE Pakistan, flowing from the Himlayas SW to the Chenab River: a headwater of the Indus River and one of the “five rivers” of the Punjab. 475 miles (764 km) long.
- Vane
-
noun,
weather vane.
- rave
-
noun,
an act of raving.
- mRNA
-
- Nara
-
noun,
a city on S Honshu, in central Japan: chief Buddhist center of ancient Japan; first capital of Japan a.d. 710–84.
- vair
-
noun,
a fur much used for lining and trimming garments in the 13th and 14th centuries, generally assumed to have been that of a variety of squirrel with a gray back and white belly.
Compare miniver (def 1).
- NACA
-
- team
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- vain
-
Idioms,
in vain,
without effect or avail; to no purpose:
in an improper or irreverent manner:
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- Tver
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, NW of Moscow, on the Volga.
Formerly (1934–90) Kalinin.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- tRNA
-
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- trim
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- Nama
-
noun,
a member of a Khoikhoi people of Namaqualand, in SW Africa.
- name
-
noun,
a word or a combination of words by which a person, place, or thing, a body or class, or any object of thought is designated, called, or known.
- mica
-
noun,
any member of a group of minerals, hydrous silicates of aluminum with other bases, chiefly potassium, magnesium, iron, and lithium, that separate readily into thin, tough, often transparent, and usually elastic laminae; isinglass.
- 1080
-
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- Ire.
-
- Aram
-
noun,
Biblical name of ancient Syria.
- Inca
-
noun,
a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
- Cami
-
noun,
camisole (def 1).
- ANTA
-
noun,
a privately supported organization, chartered by Congress in 1935, for the encouragement and advancement of professional and nonprofessional theater.
- ant.
-
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- ance
-
- Can.
-
- INRI
-
- int.
-
- inv.
-
- Anam
-
noun,
Annam.
- amt.
-
- Amri
-
noun,
Omri.
- Irma
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Erma.
- arca
-
noun,
a chest for valuables, used in medieval Spain and Italy.
- Amir
-
noun,
emir.
- Amie
-
noun,
a female friend.
- amic
-
adjective,
of or relating to an amide or amine.
- Cana
-
noun,
an ancient town in N Israel, in Galilee: scene of Jesus' first miracle. John 2:1, 11.
- Amen
-
noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- cane
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- Itea
-
noun,
any tree or shrub belonging to the genus Itea, of the saxifrage family, having simple, alternate leaves and clusters of small, greenish-white flowers, as the Virginia willow, I. virginica.
- item
-
noun,
a separate article or particular:
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- Cara
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Italian word meaning “dear one.”.
- Ivan
-
noun,
iwan.
- CARE
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- Ivar
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- civ.
-
- Arce
-
noun,
a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
- Aire
-
- emir
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- Erma
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- avn.
-
- enc.
-
- Ave.
-
- Avar
-
noun,
a member of a people, probably originating in Asia, who settled in Dacia a.d. c555, later occupied Pannonia, and invaded other parts of central and eastern Europe before their decline in the 9th century.
- etc.
-
- etic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or being the raw data of a language or other area of behavior, without considering the data as significant units functioning within a system.
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- atic
-
- Evan
-
noun,
a male given name, Welsh form of John.
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- emit
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- atar
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- atm.
-
- Came
-
noun,
a slender, grooved bar of lead for holding together the pieces of glass in windows of latticework or stained glass.
- art.
-
- area
-
noun,
any particular extent of space or surface; part:
- Aria
-
noun,
an air or melody.
- Arm.
-
- Inc.
-
- inae
-
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- Cain
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- emic
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adjective,
pertaining to or being a significant unit that functions in contrast with other units in a language or other system of behavior.
- ect-
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- Ice.
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- IATA
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- iana
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- IAEA
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- emia
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- airt
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noun,
a direction.
- Aman
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noun,
Haman.
- Carn
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noun,
cairn.
- Mart
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noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- cera
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noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- CERN
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- ctr.
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- CART
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noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- Mana
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noun,
a generalized, supernatural force or power, which may be concentrated in objects or persons.
- mane
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noun,
the long hair growing on the back of or around the neck and neighboring parts of some animals, as the horse or lion.
- Mani
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noun,
Manes.
- Mar.
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- Mara
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noun,
Hindu Mythology. the god of death, sometimes seen as one aspect of a god whose other aspect is Kama, or erotic desire.
- Ceta
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noun,
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.
- MARC
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noun,
the grapes contained in the wine press and the residue, as skins and pips, remaining after the juice is expressed.
- Mare
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noun,
a fully mature female horse or other equine animal.
- Mari
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noun,
a member of a Uralic people living in scattered communities north of Cheboksary and Kazan in European Russia, mainly in the Mari Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.
- Marv
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noun,
a male given name, form of Marvin.
- acea
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- MatE
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noun,
a partner in marriage; spouse.
- cir.
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- cire
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noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- mean
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noun,
Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
- mear
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noun,
mere3 .
- meat
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noun,
the flesh of animals as used for food.
- crat
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- Meir
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noun,
Golda [gohl-duh] /ˈgoʊl də/ (Show IPA), (Goldie Mabovitch; Goldie Myerson) 1898–1978, Israeli political leader, born in Russia: prime minister 1969–74.
- men-
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- ment
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- CRAM
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noun,
Informal. the act of cramming for an examination.
- Merc
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noun,
a mercenary soldier.
- met.
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- cit.
-
- cen.
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- cet-
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- Man.
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- maar
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noun,
a circular volcanic landform resulting from explosive ash eruptions.
- Cav.
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- acme
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noun,
the highest point; summit; peak:
- Mace
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noun,
a clublike armor-breaking weapon of war, often with a flanged or spiked metal head, used chiefly in the Middle Ages.
- Mac-
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- aer-
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- Maat
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noun,
the goddess personifying law and righteousness.
- aet.
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- cava
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noun,
(often lowercase) a dry, sparkling white table wine produced in northeastern Spain.
- M-16
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noun,
a lightweight, fully automatic rifle shooting a small-caliber bullet at an extremely high velocity: a U.S. Army combat weapon for mobile units and jungle fighting.
- M-14
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noun,
a fully automatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber rifle developed from the M-1: replaced the M-1 as the standard U.S. Army combat rifle.
- CATV
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- Cate
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noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- Aiea
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noun,
a town on S Oahu, in Hawaii.
- cat.
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- AIME
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- Maia
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noun,
the eldest of the Pleiades and the mother of Hermes by Zeus.
- Erin
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noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- Acre
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noun,
a common measure of area: in the U.S. and U.K., 1 acre equals 4,840 square yards (4,047 square meters) or 0.405 hectare; 640 acres equals one square mile.
- acne
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noun,
an inflammatory disease of the sebaceous glands, characterized by comedones and pimples, especially on the face, back, and chest, and, in severe cases, by cysts and nodules resulting in scarring.
- Main
-
noun,
a principal pipe or duct in a system used to distribute water, gas, etc.
- Mair
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adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- Cave
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noun,
a hollow in the earth, especially one opening more or less horizontally into a hill, mountain, etc.
- acr-
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- Acta
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plural noun,
official records, as of acts, deeds, proceedings, transactions, or the like.
- tin
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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.
- TMV
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- TAR
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noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- ca.
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- Tav
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noun,
the 23rd letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- TCA
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- Tiv
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noun,
a member of an African people living N and S of the lower Benue River in E Nigeria.
- TIC
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noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- cr.
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- ct.
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- Tim
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noun,
a male given name, form of Timothy.
- tea
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noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- CIA
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- CAA
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- CAR
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noun,
an automobile.
- CEA
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- TEC
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noun,
detective.
- CIM
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- CAM
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noun,
Machinery. a disk or cylinder having an irregular form such that its motion, usually rotary, gives to a part or parts in contact with it a specific rocking or reciprocating motion.
- TIA
-
- CAI
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- CIE
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- MI5
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noun,
the government's security and counterespionage service that works in liaison with Scotland Yard's Special Branch.
- tr.
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- AAM
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- AIC
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- Via
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noun,
Architecture. a space between two mutules.
- AEC
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- AEA
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- ae.
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- ACV
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- vie
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verb (used with object),
Archaic. to put forward in competition or rivalry.
- ACT
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noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- vim
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noun,
lively or energetic spirit; enthusiasm; vitality.
- ACE
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noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- Aar
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- AAE
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- Ain
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noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- av.
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- VIR
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noun,
husband (used chiefly in the legal phrase et vir).
- Ar.
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- an.
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- AMA
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noun,
a Japanese diver, usually a woman, who tends underwater oyster beds used in the cultivation of pearls.
- AIA
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- ac-
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- Am.
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- VRM
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- Vt.
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- VTC
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- Vte
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- AIM
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noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- AIR
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noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- tra
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- V-2
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noun,
a liquid-fueled rocket used as a ballistic missile by the Germans, mainly against London, late in World War II.
- Avi
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- AVC
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- Ava
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noun,
a female given name.
- a-v
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- ATV
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- ATC
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- ATA
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- TVA
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- at.
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- Va.
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- V-1
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noun,
a robot bomb developed by the Germans in World War II and launched from bases on the ground, chiefly against England.
- VAC
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noun,
vacuum cleaner.
- Ver
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- ARV
-
noun,
a variant of the AIDS virus. Abbreviation: ARV.
- VAN
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noun,
the foremost or front division of an army, a fleet, or any group leading an advance or in position to lead an advance.
- ARE
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noun,
a measure of surface area; 1 are is equal to1/100 (0.01) of a hectare (100 square meters or 119.6 square yards). Abbreviation: a.
- ARA
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noun,
the Altar, a southern constellation between Triangulum Australe and Scorpius.
- ANI
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noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- ane
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adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- ANC
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- VCR
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- AMI
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noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- AME
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- AMC
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- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- ARC
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noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- CVA
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- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- NMI
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- Iva
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noun,
any composite plant of the genus Iva, characterized by usually opposite leaves and inconspicuous greenish-yellow flowers.
- ITV
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- ite
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- NET
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noun,
a bag or other contrivance of strong thread or cord worked into an open, meshed fabric, for catching fish, birds, or other animals:
- ITC
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- ITA
-
- NIA
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- NIC
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noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- IRC
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- NIM
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noun,
a game in which two players alternate in drawing counters, pennies, or the like, from a set of 12 arranged in three rows of 3, 4, and 5 counters, respectively, the object being to draw the last counter, or, sometimes, to avoid drawing it.
- Ir.
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- nit
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noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- ine
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- NMR
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- NEA
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- nr.
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- NRA
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- NRC
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- RAM
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noun,
a male sheep.
- Re.
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- RMA
-
- Rae
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noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- ina
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noun,
a female given name.
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- CMA
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- ier
-
- ICA
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- ian
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noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- Ia.
-
- NEC
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- ne-
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- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- MRA
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- mi.
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- MeV
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- MIE
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- MEC
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noun,
a pimp; mack.
- MEA
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noun,
an acknowledgment of one's responsibility for a fault or error.
- MCR
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- MCI
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- Mat
-
noun,
a piece of fabric made of plaited or woven rushes, straw, hemp, or similar fiber, or of some other pliant material, as rubber, used as a protective covering on a floor or other surface, to wipe the shoes on, etc.
- MIR
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noun,
a village commune of peasant farmers in prerevolutionary Russia.
- MIT
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- MNA
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- MNE
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- Mr.
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plural,
mister: a title of respect prefixed to a man's name or position:
- MRE
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- Mc-
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- MRI
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- Mt.
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- MTI
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- mtn
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- MTV
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- NAA
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- nae
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adverb,
no1 ; not.
- MAE
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- NAM
-
noun,
Vietnam.
- MAA
-
- M-1
-
noun,
a semiautomatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber, clip-fed rifle, with a weight of 8.56 pounds (3.88 kg): the standard U.S. Army rifle in World War II and in the Korean War.
- Nat
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noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- MIA
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plural,
missing in action.
- Me.
-
- RAN
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noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- in.
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- rat
-
noun,
any of several long-tailed rodents of the family Muridae, of the genus Rattus and related genera, distinguished from the mouse by being larger.
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- EMR
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- eir
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- ret
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verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- ECM
-
- ECA
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- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- ec-
-
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- ear
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- ean
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- RIM
-
noun,
the outer edge, border, margin, or brink of something, especially of a circular object.
- EAA
-
- ea.
-
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- CVT
-
- REM
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- MI6
-
noun,
the government's secret intelligence service.
- rm.
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plural,
ream.
- RMC
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- RNA
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- rt.
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- rte
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- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- ctn
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plural,
carton.
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- cte
-
- CTA
-
- CRT
-
- TAM
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- CNM
-
- EMT
-
- EAM
-
- VTR
-
noun,
a device for recording television programs on magnetic tape for delayed transmission or for storage.
- ETV
-
- RCA
-
- REA
-
- ERV
-
- ERT
-
- RCT
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- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- ETR
-
- RCN
-
- EVA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Eve.
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- en-
-
- env
-
- i.
-
- VR
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- VI
-
- TC
-
- RV
-
- AA
-
noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- t.
-
- VN
-
- VM
-
- T1
-
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- VC
-
- TV
-
noun,
television.
- AI
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- V.
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- IV
-
noun,
an intravenous device for delivering electrolyte solutions, medicines, and nutrients.
- A.
-
noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- MN
-
- CM
-
- CV
-
- M.
-
- CE
-
- TM
-
- IT
-
noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- NV
-
- R.
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- TN
-
- RC
-
- ic
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- MA
-
noun,
mother1 .
- MV
-
- RI
-
- RN
-
- EV
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- EI
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- NI
-
- NC
-
- NM
-
- N.
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .