Anagrams of carniferous
Word carniferous has
1101 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of carniferous.
- recursion
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noun,
the process of defining a function or calculating a number by the repeated application of an algorithm.
- coinsurer
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noun,
a person or firm that contracts as an insurer jointly with another or others.
- nefarious
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adjective,
extremely wicked or villainous; iniquitous:
- conifers
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noun,
any of numerous, chiefly evergreen trees or shrubs of the class Coniferinae (or group Coniferales), including the pine, fir, spruce, and other cone-bearing trees and shrubs, and also the yews and their allies that bear drupelike seeds.
- air-core
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adjective,
having a nonmagnetic core, as one of fiber or plastic, encircled by a coil (air-core coil) or containing one or more such coils:
- refrains
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noun,
a phrase or verse recurring at intervals in a song or poem, especially at the end of each stanza; chorus.
- farceurs
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noun,
a writer or director of or actor in farce.
- scenario
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noun,
an outline of the plot of a dramatic work, giving particulars as to the scenes, characters, situations, etc.
- forensic
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noun,
forensics, (used with a singular or plural verb) the art or study of argumentation and formal debate.
- carrions
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noun,
dead and putrefying flesh.
- carneous
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adjective,
fleshlike; flesh-colored.
- foreruns
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verb (used with object),
to run in front of; come before; precede.
- coinsure
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verb (used with or without object),
to insure jointly with another or others.
- farinose
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adjective,
yielding farina.
- nacreous
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adjective,
of or relating to nacre.
- unifaces
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noun,
a coin or medal having a blank reverse.
- Fonseca
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noun,
Gulf of, a bay of the Pacific Ocean in W Central America, bordered by El Salvador on the W, Honduras on the NE, and Nicaragua on the S. About 700 sq. mi. (1800 sq. km).
- fiacres
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noun,
a small horse-drawn carriage.
- fiances
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noun,
a man engaged to be married. Synonyms: future groom, future husband, future spouse, betrothed.
- ferrous
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adjective,
of or containing iron, especially in the bivalent state.
- fascine
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noun,
a long bundle of sticks bound together, used in building earthworks and batteries and in strengthening ramparts.
- forcers
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noun,
a person or thing that forces.
- cranio-
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- forerun
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verb (used with object),
to run in front of; come before; precede.
- Fourier
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noun,
François Marie Charles [frahn-swa ma-ree sharl] /frɑ̃ˈswa maˈri ʃarl/ (Show IPA), 1772–1837, French socialist, writer, and reformer.
- Francie
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noun,
a female given name, form of Frances.
- Francis
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noun,
a male given name: from an Old French word meaning “Frenchman.”.
- Franco-
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- arseno-
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- friseur
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noun,
a hairdresser.
- furnace
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noun,
a structure or apparatus in which heat may be generated, as for heating houses, smelting ores, or producing steam.
- infares
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noun,
a party or reception for a newly married couple.
- insofar
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adverb,
to such an extent (usually followed by as):
- insurer
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noun,
a person or company that contracts to indemnify another in the event of loss or damage; underwriter.
- ironers
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noun,
a person or thing that irons.
- farcies
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noun,
a form of glanders chiefly affecting the skin and superficial lymphatic vessels of horses and mules.
- erasion
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noun,
the act of erasing.
- farceur
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noun,
a writer or director of or actor in farce.
- crinose
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adjective,
hairy.
- coarsen
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become coarse.
- coarser
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adjective,
of or relating to a topology on a topological space whose open sets are included among the open sets of a second specified topology on the space.
- confers
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verb (used with object),
to bestow upon as a gift, favor, honor, etc.:
- confuse
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verb (used with object),
to perplex or bewilder:
- conifer
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noun,
any of numerous, chiefly evergreen trees or shrubs of the class Coniferinae (or group Coniferales), including the pine, fir, spruce, and other cone-bearing trees and shrubs, and also the yews and their allies that bear drupelike seeds.
- corneas
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noun,
the transparent anterior part of the external coat of the eye covering the iris and the pupil and continuous with the sclera.
- corners
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noun,
the place at which two converging lines or surfaces meet.
- corsair
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noun,
a fast ship used for piracy.
- Courier
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noun,
a messenger, usually traveling in haste, bearing urgent news, important reports or packages, diplomatic messages, etc.
- courser
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noun,
a person or thing that courses.
- refrain
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noun,
a phrase or verse recurring at intervals in a song or poem, especially at the end of each stanza; chorus.
- carrion
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noun,
dead and putrefying flesh.
- fancies
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noun,
imagination or fantasy, especially as exercised in a capricious manner.
- cronies
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noun,
a close friend or companion; chum.
- carouse
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noun,
carousal.
- carnous
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adjective,
carnose.
- carnose
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adjective,
of or relating to flesh; fleshy.
- carnies
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noun,
a person employed by a carnival.
- crosier
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noun,
a ceremonial staff carried by a bishop or an abbot, hooked at one end like a shepherd's crook.
- carious
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adjective,
having caries, as teeth; decayed.
- cruiser
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noun,
a person or thing that cruises.
- curares
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noun,
a blackish, resinlike substance derived from tropical plants of the genus Strychnos, especially S. toxifera, and from the root of pareira, used by certain South American Indians for poisoning arrows and employed in physiological experiments, medicine, etc., for arresting the action of motor nerves.
- curiosa
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plural noun,
books, pamphlets, etc., dealing with unusual subjects.
- Ericson
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noun,
Leif [leef;; Icelandic leyv] /lif;; Icelandic leɪv/ (Show IPA), flourished a.d. c1000, Norse mariner: according to Icelandic saga, discoverer of Vinland (son of Eric the Red).
- fancier
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noun,
a person having a liking for or interest in something; enthusiast:
- narcose
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adjective,
characterized by stupor; stuporous.
- cirrose
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adjective,
having a cirrus or cirri.
- rinceau
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noun,
an ornamental foliate or floral motif.
- acinous
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adjective,
consisting of acini.
- scourer
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noun,
a person who scours or cleanses.
- Scarron
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noun,
Paul [pawl] /pɔl/ (Show IPA), 1610–60, French novelist, dramatist, and poet.
- acerous
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adjective,
acerose1 .
- orceins
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noun,
a red dye, the principal coloring matter of cudbear and orchil, obtained by oxidizing an ammoniacal solution of orcinol.
- Saucier
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noun,
a chef or cook who specializes in making sauces.
- uniface
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noun,
a coin or medal having a blank reverse.
- rancors
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noun,
bitter, rankling resentment or ill will; hatred; malice.
- Oceanus
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noun,
a Titan who was the son of Uranus and Gaea, the consort of Tethys, and the father of the river gods and Oceanids.
- surface
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noun,
the outer face, outside, or exterior boundary of a thing; outermost or uppermost layer or area.
- Serrano
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noun,
a small, green or reddish, extremely hot chili pepper, the fruit of a variety of Capsicum annuum used in cooking.
- Roscian
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adjective,
of, relating to, or involving acting.
- nourice
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noun,
a nurse.
- ouraris
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noun,
curare.
- crores
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noun,
(in India) the sum of ten million, especially of rupees; one hundred lacs.
- cruise
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noun,
the act of cruising.
- Senora
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noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to Mrs., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a married or older woman. Abbreviation: Sra.
- senufo
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noun,
a member of a group of indigenous people of Ivory Coast, Mali, and Burkina Faso, known for their music and art.
- Senior
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noun,
a person who is older than another.
- Sierra
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noun,
a chain of hills or mountains, the peaks of which suggest the teeth of a saw.
- Crouse
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noun,
Russel, 1893–1966, U.S. dramatist.
- Curare
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noun,
a blackish, resinlike substance derived from tropical plants of the genus Strychnos, especially S. toxifera, and from the root of pareira, used by certain South American Indians for poisoning arrows and employed in physiological experiments, medicine, etc., for arresting the action of motor nerves.
- scoria
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noun,
Metallurgy. the refuse, dross, or slag left after melting or smelting metal; scum.
- cruors
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noun,
coagulated blood, or the portion of the blood that forms the clot.
- Crusoe
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noun,
Robinson, Robinson Crusoe.
- Siouan
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noun,
an American Indian language family formerly widespread from Saskatchewan to the lower Mississippi, also found in the Virginia and Carolina piedmont, and including Catawba, Crow, Dakota, Hidatsa, Mandan, Osage, and Winnebago.
- curios
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noun,
any unusual article, object of art, etc., valued as a curiosity.
- Currie
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noun,
East Indian Cookery. a pungent dish of vegetables, onions, meat or fish, etc., flavored with various spices or curry powder, and often eaten with rice.
- cursor
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noun,
Digital Technology. a movable, sometimes blinking, symbol that indicates the position on a display screen where the next character entered from the keyboard will appear, or where user action is needed.
- Enrico
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noun,
a male given name: Italian form of Henry.
- saucer
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noun,
a small, round, shallow dish to hold a cup.
- ericas
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noun,
any of numerous low-growing evergreen shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Erica, of the heath family, including several species of heather.
- sarco-
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- facers
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noun,
a person or thing that faces.
- facies
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noun,
general appearance, as of an animal or vegetable group.
- sacro-
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- rouens
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noun,
a city in and the capital of Seine-Maritime, in N France, on the Seine: famous cathedral; execution of Joan of Arc 1431.
- Cronus
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noun,
a Titan, son of Uranus and Gaea, who was dethroned by his son Zeus.
- soucar
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noun,
a Hindu banker.
- Sirena
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noun,
a female given name.
- corers
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noun,
a person or thing that cores.
- cirrus
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noun,
Meteorology.
a cloud of a class characterized by thin white filaments or narrow bands and a composition of ice crystals: of high altitude, about 20,000–40,000 feet (6000–12,000 meters).
a cirriform cloud.
- coarse
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adjective,
composed of relatively large parts or particles:
- usance
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noun,
Commerce. a length of time, exclusive of days of grace and varying in different places, allowed by custom or usage for the payment of foreign bills of exchange.
- ursine
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adjective,
of or relating to a bear or bears.
- urino-
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- urines
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noun,
the liquid-to-semisolid waste matter excreted by the kidneys, in humans being a yellowish, slightly acid, watery fluid.
- confer
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verb (used with object),
to bestow upon as a gift, favor, honor, etc.:
- urano-
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- uranic
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adjective,
of or containing uranium, especially in the tetravalent state.
- conies
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noun,
the fur of a rabbit, especially when dyed to simulate Hudson seal.
- UNICEF
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noun,
United Nations Children's Fund: an agency, created by the United Nations General Assembly in 1946, concerned with improving the health and nutrition of children and mothers throughout the world; Nobel Peace Prize 1965.
- conure
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noun,
any of several long-tailed New World parrots, especially of the genus Aratinga, certain species of which are kept as pets.
- cornea
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noun,
the transparent anterior part of the external coat of the eye covering the iris and the pupil and continuous with the sclera.
- crones
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noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- unfair
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adjective,
not fair; not conforming to approved standards, as of justice, honesty, or ethics:
- Corner
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noun,
the place at which two converging lines or surfaces meet.
- UNESCO
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noun,
an agency of the United Nations charged with instituting and administering programs for cooperative, coordinated action by member states in education, science, and the arts.
- Corrie
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noun,
a circular hollow in the side of a hill or mountain.
- uncase
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verb (used with object),
to remove from a case; remove the case from.
- Coruna
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noun,
La Coruña.
- COSINE
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noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side adjacent to a given angle to the hypotenuse.
the sine of the complement of a given angle or arc. Abbreviation: cos.
- course
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noun,
a direction or route taken or to be taken.
- Cousin
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noun,
Also called first cousin, full cousin. the son or daughter of an uncle or aunt.
See also second cousin, removed (def 2).
- Creusa
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noun,
the bride to be of Jason, slain by Medea.
- criers
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noun,
a person who cries.
- source
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noun,
any thing or place from which something comes, arises, or is obtained; origin:
- Snefru
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noun,
flourished c2920 b.c, Egyptian ruler of the 4th dynasty.
- Rosina
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noun,
a female given name, Italian form of Rose.
- norias
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noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- Roseau
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noun,
a seaport on and the capital of Dominica.
- oscine
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noun,
an oscine bird.
- ourari
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noun,
curare.
- furans
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noun,
a colorless, liquid, unsaturated, five-membered heterocyclic compound, C 4 H 4 O, obtained from furfural: used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- Furiae
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plural noun,
fury (def 3).
- Furies
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noun,
unrestrained or violent anger, rage, passion, or the like:
- ounces
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noun,
a unit of weight equal to 437.5 grains or 1/16 pound (28.35 grams) avoirdupois.
- furors
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noun,
a general outburst of enthusiasm, excitement, controversy, or the like.
- fusion
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noun,
the act or process of fusing; the state of being fused.
- Icarus
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noun,
Also, Ikaros. Classical Mythology. a youth who attempted to escape from Crete with wings of wax and feathers but flew so high that his wings melted from the heat of the sun, and he plunged to his death in the sea.
- incase
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verb (used with object),
encase.
- incorr
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- incurs
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verb (used with object),
to come into or acquire (some consequence, usually undesirable or injurious):
- incuse
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noun,
an incuse figure or impression.
- infare
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noun,
a party or reception for a newly married couple.
- infers
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verb (used with object),
to derive by reasoning; conclude or judge from premises or evidence:
- cirro-
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- infra-
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- infuse
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verb (used with object),
to introduce, as if by pouring; cause to penetrate; instill (usually followed by into):
- insure
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verb (used with object),
to guarantee against loss or harm.
- orcein
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noun,
a red dye, the principal coloring matter of cudbear and orchil, obtained by oxidizing an ammoniacal solution of orcinol.
- inures
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verb (used with object),
to accustom to hardship, difficulty, pain, etc.; toughen or harden; habituate (usually followed by to):
- ironer
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noun,
a person or thing that irons.
- irones
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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.
- nurser
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noun,
a person, animal, or thing that nurses.
- nacres
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noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- Naoise
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noun,
the husband of Deirdre and a nephew of Conchobar, by whom he was treacherously killed.
- narco-
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- narcos
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noun,
narc.
- necro-
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- Norris
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noun,
Charles Gilman, 1881–1945, U.S. novelist and editor.
- Frisco
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noun,
San Francisco.
- Fresno
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noun,
a city in central California.
- rosace
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noun,
rosette (def 3).
- fiasco
-
noun,
a complete and ignominious failure.
- neuro-
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- fauces
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noun,
Anatomy. the cavity at the back of the mouth, leading into the pharynx.
- Fenrir
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noun,
a wolflike monster, a son of Loki and Angerboda, chained by Gleipnir but destined to be released at Ragnarok to eat Odin and to be killed by Vidar.
- ferias
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noun,
Ecclesiastical. a weekday on which no feast is celebrated.
- ferous
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- ferri-
-
- ferric
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adjective,
of or containing iron, especially in the trivalent state.
- ferro-
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- ricers
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noun,
an implement for ricing potatoes, squash, etc., by pressing them through small holes.
- fiacre
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noun,
a small horse-drawn carriage.
- reruns
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noun,
the act of rerunning.
- fiance
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noun,
a man engaged to be married. Synonyms: future groom, future husband, future spouse, betrothed.
- Renoir
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noun,
Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1894–1979, French film director and writer.
- ficoes
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noun,
fig1 (def 4).
- fresco
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noun,
Also called buon fresco, true fresco. the art or technique of painting on a moist, plaster surface with colors ground up in water or a limewater mixture.
Compare fresco secco.
- fincas
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noun,
a ranch or large farm in a Spanish-speaking country, especially a plantation in tropical Spanish America.
- recurs
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verb (used without object),
to occur again, as an event, experience, etc.
- forcer
-
noun,
a person or thing that forces.
- recons
-
noun,
reconnaissance.
- reason
-
noun,
a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.:
- Rasure
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noun,
an erasure.
- rancor
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noun,
bitter, rankling resentment or ill will; hatred; malice.
- fraise
-
noun,
Fortification. a defense consisting of pointed stakes projecting from the ramparts in a horizontal or an inclined position.
- France
-
noun,
Anatole [a-na-tawl] /a naˈtɔl/ (Show IPA), (Jacques Anatole Thibault) 1844–1924, French novelist and essayist: Nobel Prize 1921.
- racons
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noun,
radar beacon.
- Racine
-
noun,
Jean Baptiste [zhahn ba-teest] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist/ (Show IPA), 1639–99, French dramatist.
- racers
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noun,
a person, animal, or thing that races or takes part in a race, as a racehorse, bicycle, yacht, etc.
- francs
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noun,
an aluminum or nickel coin and monetary unit of France, Belgium, and Luxembourg until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centimes. Abbreviation: F., f., Fr, fr.
- Fraser
-
noun,
James Earle, 1876–1953, U.S. sculptor.
- friers
-
noun,
fryer.
- fusain
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noun,
a fine charcoal used in drawing, made from the wood of the spindle tree.
- cerias
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noun,
a white-to-yellow, heavy powder, cerium dioxide, CeO 2 , usually derived from cerium nitrate by decomposition with heat: used chiefly in ceramics, glass polishing, and decolorizing.
- casein
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noun,
Biochemistry. a protein precipitated from milk, as by rennet, and forming the basis of cheese and certain plastics.
- acinus
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noun,
Botany. one of the small drupelets or berries of an aggregate, baccate fruit, as the blackberry.
- Caruso
-
noun,
Enrico [en-ree-koh;; Italian en-ree-kaw] /ɛnˈri koʊ;; Italian ɛnˈri kɔ/ (Show IPA), 1873–1921, Italian operatic tenor.
- cesura
-
noun,
caesura.
- ariose
-
adjective,
characterized by melody; songlike.
- arouse
-
verb (used with object),
to stir to action or strong response; excite:
- Carson
-
noun,
Christopher ("Kit") 1809–68, U.S. frontiersman and scout.
- aniso-
-
- caners
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- aeron.
-
- arsino
-
adjective,
containing the arsino group.
- aceous
-
- arsine
-
noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- casern
-
noun,
a lodging for soldiers in a garrison town; barracks.
- caries
-
noun,
decay, as of bone or of plant tissue.
- Carrie
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noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- arsen-
-
- acious
-
- Cairns
-
noun,
a seaport in NE Australia.
- casino
-
noun,
a building or large room used for meetings, entertainment, dancing, etc., especially such a place equipped with gambling devices, gambling tables, etc.
- censor
-
noun,
an official who examines books, plays, news reports, motion pictures, radio and television programs, letters, cablegrams, etc., for the purpose of suppressing parts deemed objectionable on moral, political, military, or other grounds.
- cerous
-
adjective,
containing trivalent cerium.
- ruins
-
noun,
ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay:
- nacre
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- fares
-
noun,
the price of conveyance or passage in a bus, train, airplane, or other vehicle.
- 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.
- A-one
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adjective,
noting a vessel regarded by a shipping-classification society as being equipped to the highest standard and with equipment maintained in first-class condition.
- caine
-
noun,
(Sir Thomas Henry) Hall, 1853–1931, English novelist.
- cains
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- farce
-
noun,
a light, humorous play in which the plot depends upon a skillfully exploited situation rather than upon the development of character.
- runic
-
adjective,
consisting of or set down in runes:
- farci
-
adjective,
filled with with seasoned bread crumbs or other savory matter; stuffed.
- onces
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- faros
-
noun,
a gambling game in which players place bets on a special board or layout, betting on each series of two cards as they are drawn from a box containing the dealer's or banker's pack.
- fears
-
noun,
a distressing emotion aroused by impending danger, evil, pain, etc., whether the threat is real or imagined; the feeling or condition of being afraid. Synonyms: foreboding, apprehension, consternation, dismay, dread, terror, fright, panic, horror, trepidation, qualm.
Antonyms: courage, security, calm, intrepidity.
- icons
-
- feria
-
noun,
Ecclesiastical. a weekday on which no feast is celebrated.
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- orans
-
noun,
orant.
- 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.
- 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.
- Farro
-
noun,
emmer.
- aero-
-
- Faure
-
noun,
Gabriel Urbain [ga-bree-el oor-ban] /ga briˈɛl urˈbɛ̃/ (Show IPA), 1845–1924, French composer.
- fauns
-
noun,
one of a class of rural deities represented as men with the ears, horns, tail, and later also the hind legs of a goat.
- roues
-
noun,
a dissolute and licentious man; rake.
- rouse
-
noun,
a rousing.
- Farsi
-
noun,
the modern Iranian language of Iran and western Afghanistan, written in the Arabic alphabet; modern Persian.
- fanos
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, on the Adriatic Sea: cathedral; Roman ruins.
- Arius
-
noun,
died a.d. 336, Christian priest at Alexandria: founder of Arianism.
- OFris
-
noun,
the Frisian language before c1500. Abbreviation: OFris.
- scarf
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noun,
a long, broad strip of wool, silk, lace, or other material worn about the neck, shoulders, or head, for ornament or protection against cold, drafts, etc.; muffler.
- sauce
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noun,
any preparation, usually liquid or semiliquid, eaten as a gravy or as a relish accompanying food.
- aeons
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- ocrea
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noun,
a sheathing part, as a pair of stipules united about a stem.
- ocean
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noun,
the vast body of salt water that covers almost three fourths of the earth's surface.
- Arion
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noun,
flourished 7th century b.c, Greek poet: inventor of the dithyramb.
- scare
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noun,
a sudden fright or alarm, especially with little or no reason.
- scena
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noun,
an extended operatic vocal solo, usually including an aria and a recitative.
- euros
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noun,
wallaroo.
- Aries
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noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- erron
-
- scion
-
noun,
a descendant.
- Scone
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noun,
a small, light, biscuitlike quick bread made of oatmeal, wheat flour, barley meal, or the like.
- score
-
noun,
the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- scorn
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noun,
open or unqualified contempt; disdain:
- Euro-
-
- Sarre
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noun,
French name of Saar.
- fanes
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noun,
a temple.
- faces
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noun,
the front part of the head, from the forehead to the chin.
- incas
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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.
- cairn
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noun,
a heap of stones set up as a landmark, monument, tombstone, etc.
- fairs
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noun,
Archaic. something that is fair.
- aeri-
-
- incor
-
- arise
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verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- Cairo
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noun,
a city in and the capital of Egypt, in the N part on the E bank of the Nile.
- Caius
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noun,
Saint, died a.d. 296, pope 283–296.
- incus
-
noun,
Anatomy. the middle one of a chain of three small bones in the middle ear of humans and other mammals.
Compare malleus, stapes.
- facer
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noun,
a person or thing that faces.
- saice
-
noun,
syce.
- incr.
-
- incur
-
verb (used with object),
to come into or acquire (some consequence, usually undesirable or injurious):
- Saone
-
noun,
a river flowing S from NE France to the Rhone. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- sarc-
-
- oecus
-
noun,
(in an ancient Roman house) an apartment, especially a dining room, decorated with columns.
- Orcas
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noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- ornes
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- roars
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noun,
a loud, deep cry or howl, as of an animal or a person:
- recur
-
verb (used without object),
to occur again, as an event, experience, etc.
- rason
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noun,
a long, loose, black gown with wide sleeves, worn by the clergy.
- rears
-
- fours
-
noun,
a cardinal number, three plus one.
- furan
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid, unsaturated, five-membered heterocyclic compound, C 4 H 4 O, obtained from furfural: used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- RECON
-
noun,
reconnaissance.
- arris
-
noun,
a sharp ridge, as between adjoining channels of a Doric column.
- fores
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noun,
the forepart of anything; front.
- ourie
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adjective,
shabby; dingy.
- afros
-
noun,
a hair style originating with black persons, in which the hair is allowed to grow naturally and to acquire a bushy appearance.
- Asine
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noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- Afro-
-
- fore-
-
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- force
-
noun,
physical power or strength possessed by a living being:
- rares
-
adjective,
coming or occurring far apart in time; unusual; uncommon:
- franc
-
noun,
an aluminum or nickel coin and monetary unit of France, Belgium, and Luxembourg until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centimes. Abbreviation: F., f., Fr, fr.
- arose
-
verb,
simple past tense of arise.
- friar
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noun,
Roman Catholic Church. a member of a religious order, especially the mendicant orders of Franciscans, Dominicans, Carmelites, and Augustinians.
- races
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- frise
-
noun,
a rug or upholstery fabric having the pile in uncut loops or in a combination of cut and uncut loops.
- racon
-
noun,
radar beacon.
- Fris.
-
- Fries
-
noun,
plural of fry1 .
- frier
-
noun,
fryer.
- frore
-
adjective,
frozen; frosty.
- ascon
-
noun,
a type of sponge having an oval shape and a thin body wall with pores leading directly into the spongocoel.
- Freon
-
- Rains
-
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).
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- arson
-
noun,
Law. the malicious burning of another's house or property, or in some statutes, the burning of one's own house or property, as to collect insurance.
- Frans
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Francis.
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- asco-
-
- Afric
-
adjective,
African.
- furor
-
noun,
a general outburst of enthusiasm, excitement, controversy, or the like.
- ancre
-
adjective,
having the end of each limb divided and carved outward like the flukes of an anchor; moline:
- Orrin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- orris
-
noun,
an iris, Iris germanica florentina, having a fragrant rootstock.
- ricer
-
noun,
an implement for ricing potatoes, squash, etc., by pressing them through small holes.
- finca
-
noun,
a ranch or large farm in a Spanish-speaking country, especially a plantation in tropical Spanish America.
- afire
-
adjective,
on fire:
- rices
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noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- Ficus
-
noun,
any of numerous chiefly tropical trees, shrubs, and vines belonging to the genus Ficus, of the mulberry family, having milky sap and large, thick or stiff leaves, including the edible fig, the banyan, and many species grown as ornamentals.
- ornis
-
noun,
an avifauna.
- fines
-
noun,
fines.
Mining. crushed ore sufficiently fine to pass through a given screen. Compare short (def 29e).
Agriculture. the fine bits of corn kernel knocked off during handling of the grain.
- infer
-
verb (used with object),
to derive by reasoning; conclude or judge from premises or evidence:
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- Orcus
-
noun,
the ancient Roman god of the underworld, identified with the Greek Pluto, or Hades.
- Auric
-
adjective,
of or containing gold in the trivalent state.
- riser
-
noun,
a person who rises, especially from bed:
- roans
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- Finer
-
noun,
fines.
Mining. crushed ore sufficiently fine to pass through a given screen. Compare short (def 29e).
Agriculture. the fine bits of corn kernel knocked off during handling of the grain.
- finos
-
noun,
a pale, very dry sherry of Spain.
- reifs
-
noun,
plunder; booty; loot.
- reni-
-
- ounce
-
noun,
a unit of weight equal to 437.5 grains or 1/16 pound (28.35 grams) avoirdupois.
- foins
-
noun,
a thrust with a weapon.
- 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.
- 30-30
-
- Fusan
-
noun,
Pusan.
- focus
-
noun,
a central point, as of attraction, attention, or activity:
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- Oscan
-
noun,
one of an ancient people of south-central Italy.
- OSCAR
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter O.
- rerun
-
noun,
the act of rerunning.
- firns
-
noun,
névé.
- afore
-
adverb, preposition, conjunction,
before.
- fires
-
- 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.
- Fiona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- scour
-
noun,
the act of scouring.
- frons
-
noun,
the upper anterior portion of the head of an insect, above or behind the clypeus.
- racer
-
noun,
a person, animal, or thing that races or takes part in a race, as a racehorse, bicycle, yacht, etc.
- crore
-
noun,
(in India) the sum of ten million, especially of rupees; one hundred lacs.
- Crane
-
noun,
any large wading bird of the family Gruidae, characterized by long legs, bill, and neck and an elevated hind toe.
- Sucre
-
noun,
Antonio José de [ahn-taw-nyaw haw-se th e] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ hɔˈsɛ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), 1793–1830, Venezuelan general and South American liberator: 1st president of Bolivia 1826–28.
- Creon
-
noun,
a king of Thebes, the brother of Jocasta and the uncle of Eteocles, Polynices, and Antigone.
- coifs
-
noun,
a hood-shaped cap, usually of white cloth and with extended sides, worn beneath a veil, as by nuns.
- crier
-
noun,
a person who cries.
- cries
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- crine
-
noun,
hair; head of hair.
- carse
-
noun,
bottom land.
- ureas
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a compound, CO(NH 2) 2 , occurring in urine and other body fluids as a product of protein metabolism.
- Crius
-
noun,
a Titan, the son of Uranus and Gaea.
- crone
-
noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- carns
-
noun,
cairn.
- Urena
-
noun,
any tropical plant or shrub belonging to the genus Urena, of the mallow family, having clusters of small, yellow flowers, especially U. lobata, which yields a useful bast fiber.
- carne
-
noun,
Marcel [mahr-sel;; French mar-sel] /mɑrˈsɛl;; French marˈsɛl/ (Show IPA), 1909–1996, French film director.
- nears
-
- naso-
-
- ERICA
-
noun,
any of numerous low-growing evergreen shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Erica, of the heath family, including several species of heather.
- Carin
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Carie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- cruor
-
noun,
coagulated blood, or the portion of the blood that forms the clot.
- cares
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- urine
-
noun,
the liquid-to-semisolid waste matter excreted by the kidneys, in humans being a yellowish, slightly acid, watery fluid.
- Iran.
-
- cruse
-
noun,
an earthen pot, bottle, etc., for liquids.
- Caren
-
noun,
a female given name.
- narcs
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- sonic
-
adjective,
of or relating to sound.
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- 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.
- Ciano
-
noun,
Count Galeazzo [gah-le-aht-tsaw] /ˌgɑ lɛˈɑt tsɔ/ (Show IPA), (Ciano di Cortellazzo) 1903–44, Italian Fascist statesman: minister of foreign affairs 1936–43.
- cores
-
- conf.
-
- ceros
-
noun,
a large Atlantic and Gulf Coast mackerel game fish, Scomberomorus regalis.
- cero-
-
- coirs
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- 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.
- Cons.
-
- ceras
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- CONUS
-
noun,
the most anterior part of the simple tubular heart of lower vertebrates and embryos of higher vertebrates, leading into the artery that leaves the heart; in mammals it forms a part of the upper wall of the right ventricle, in which the pulmonary artery originates.
- urase
-
noun,
urease.
- uncos
-
noun,
something extraordinary or unusual; a novelty.
- Corea
-
noun,
Armando Anthony [ahr-mahn-doh] /ɑrˈmɑn doʊ/ (Show IPA), ("Chick") born 1941, U.S. jazz pianist and composer.
- corer
-
noun,
a person or thing that cores.
- Cerro
-
noun,
a hill or peak.
- UNCIO
-
- caus.
-
- Corfu
-
noun,
Ancient Corcyra. one of the Ionian Islands, off the NW coast of Greece. 229 sq. mi. (593 sq. km).
- uncia
-
noun,
a bronze coin of ancient Rome, the 12th part of an as.
- coria
-
noun,
plural of corium.
- Irons
-
noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- Cenis
-
noun,
Mont, a mountain pass between SE France and Italy, in the Alps. 6834 feet (2083 meters) high.
- surra
-
noun,
an often fatal infectious disease of horses, camels, elephants, and dogs caused by a blood-infecting protozoan parasite, Trypanosoma evansi, transmitted by the bite of horseflies, characterized by fever, anemia, and emaciation.
- corns
-
noun,
Also called Indian corn; especially technical and British, maize. a tall cereal plant, Zea mays, cultivated in many varieties, having a jointed, solid stem and bearing the grain, seeds, or kernels on large ears.
- cornu
-
noun,
a horn, especially a bony part that resembles a horn.
- corr.
-
- Corse
-
noun,
corpse.
- cause
-
noun,
a person or thing that acts, happens, or exists in such a way that some specific thing happens as a result; the producer of an effect:
- coins
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- neur-
-
- uran-
-
- Sonia
-
noun,
a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.
- noise
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- Seric
-
- Norse
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
- since
-
adverb,
from then till now (often preceded by ever):
- cines
-
noun,
a film; motion picture.
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- arces
-
noun,
a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- inure
-
verb (used with object),
to accustom to hardship, difficulty, pain, etc.; toughen or harden; habituate (usually followed by to):
- cine-
-
- arcus
-
noun,
a dense, horizontal, roll-shaped cloud sometimes occurring at the lower front portion of a cumulonimbus.
- sero-
-
- econ.
-
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- serif
-
noun,
a smaller line used to finish off a main stroke of a letter, as at the top and bottom of M.
- Ecua.
-
- naifs
-
noun,
a naive or inexperienced person.
- SONAR
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- nuci-
-
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- serac
-
noun,
a large irregularity of glacial ice, as a pinnacle found in glacial crevasses and formed by melting or movement of the ice.
- 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.
- acro-
-
- Ensor
-
noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- acron
-
noun,
the unsegmented, preoral portion of the body of an arthropod.
- 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.
- areo-
-
- 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.
- infos
-
noun,
information.
- Usnea
-
noun,
any pale-green or gray, mosslike lichen of the genus Usnea, common on rocks and trees.
- caner
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- scurf
-
noun,
the scales or small shreds of epidermis that are continually exfoliated from the skin.
- Sino-
-
- anis-
-
- acorn
-
noun,
the typically ovoid fruit or nut of an oak, enclosed at the base by a cupule.
- curio
-
noun,
any unusual article, object of art, etc., valued as a curiosity.
- SOFIA
-
noun,
Also, Sofiya [Bulgarian saw-fee-yuh] /Bulgarian ˈsɔ fi yə/ (Show IPA). a city in and the capital of Bulgaria, in the W part.
- Sofer
-
noun,
scribe1 (def 3).
- sofar
-
noun,
a system for determining a position at sea by exploding a charge under water and measuring the time the shock waves take to reach three widely separated shore stations at known distances from each other.
- Cunas
-
noun,
a member of a group of American Indian people inhabiting settlements on the Isthmus of Panama and islands in the Gulf of San Blas.
- cires
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- Soane
-
noun,
Sir John, 1753–1837, English architect.
- snore
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- cures
-
noun,
a means of healing or restoring to health; remedy.
- Curia
-
noun,
one of the political subdivisions of each of the three tribes of ancient Rome.
- noria
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- Curie
-
noun,
a unit of activity of radioactive substances equivalent to 3.70 × 10 10 disintegrations per second: it is approximately the amount of activity produced by 1 gram of radium-226. Abbreviation: Ci.
- UNRRA
-
- Canso
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in SE Canada, the NE extremity of Nova Scotia.
- cions
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- curns
-
noun,
a grain.
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- canes
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- curse
-
noun,
the expression of a wish that misfortune, evil, doom, etc., befall a person, group, etc.
- acnes
-
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.
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- SNAFU
-
noun,
a badly confused or ridiculously muddled situation:
Synonyms: snarl, bedlam, tumult, disarray, disorder, confusion, mess; foul-up.
Antonyms: order, efficiency, calm.
- canoe
-
noun,
any of various slender, open boats, tapering to a point at both ends, propelled by paddles or sometimes sails and traditionally formed of light framework covered with bark, skins, or canvas, or formed from a dug-out or burned-out log or logs, and now usually made of aluminum, fiberglass, etc.
- currs
-
verb (used without object),
to make a low, purring sound, as a cat.
- naif
-
noun,
a naive or inexperienced person.
- RACE
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- RCAF
-
- narc
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- 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).
- anus
-
noun,
the opening at the lower end of the alimentary canal, through which the solid refuse of digestion is excreted.
- orcs
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- ano-
-
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- oafs
-
noun,
a clumsy, stupid person; lout.
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- nous
-
noun,
Greek Philosophy. mind or intellect.
- 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-
-
- 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.
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- once
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- Nor.
-
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- onus
-
noun,
a difficult or disagreeable obligation, task, burden, etc.
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- NEFS
-
noun,
a silver or gold table furnishing in the form of a ship, either for holding various utensils or for ornament.
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- Orca
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- 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).
- NIRA
-
- ance
-
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- orra
-
adjective,
not regular or scheduled; odd:
- NICE
-
noun,
a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- 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.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- neo-
-
- ocas
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- USRC
-
- Aire
-
- acr-
-
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- Soni
-
- 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.
- sofa
-
noun,
a long, upholstered couch with a back and two arms or raised ends.
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- acne
-
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.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- 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.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- Acre
-
noun,
a common measure of area: in the U.S. and U.K., 1 acre equals 4,840 square yards (4,047 square meters) or 0.405 hectare; 640 acres equals one square mile.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- serf
-
noun,
a person in a condition of servitude, required to render services to a lord, commonly attached to the lord's land and transferred with it from one owner to another.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- Seif
-
noun,
a long narrow sand dune parallel to the prevailing wind direction.
- sec.
-
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- scr.
-
- Acus
-
noun,
Surgery. a needle, especially one used in a surgical operation.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- Acis
-
noun,
the lover of Galatea, killed by Polyphemus out of jealousy.
- scar
-
noun,
a mark left by a healed wound, sore, or burn.
- Urfa
-
noun,
a city in SE Turkey, E of the Euphrates River: on the site of ancient Edessa.
- USNA
-
- USIA
-
- user
-
noun,
a person or thing that uses.
- USCA
-
- USAR
-
- USAF
-
noun,
the permanent or regular military air force of the United States, established in 1947 as a separate service under the authority of the Department of Defense: a branch of the U.S. Army before 1947. Abbreviation: USAF.
- uro-
-
- Uris
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- uric
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, contained in, or derived from urine.
- uria
-
- urea
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a compound, CO(NH 2) 2 , occurring in urine and other body fluids as a product of protein metabolism.
- Sour
-
noun,
something that is sour.
- ARCS
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- uni-
-
- UNEF
-
- unco
-
noun,
something extraordinary or unusual; a novelty.
- ufos
-
noun,
any unexplained moving object observed in the sky, especially one assumed by some observers to be of extraterrestrial origin.
- SURF
-
noun,
the swell of the sea that breaks upon a shore or upon shoals.
- sure
-
Idioms,
for sure, as a certainty; surely:
- Sura
-
noun,
any of the 114 chapters of the Koran.
- sur-
-
- Sufi
-
noun,
a member of an ascetic, mystical Muslim sect.
- Sra.
-
- sci.
-
- SCAN
-
noun,
an act or instance of scanning; close examination.
- Ainu
-
noun,
a member of an aboriginal population of northernmost Japan, having lighter skin and hairier bodies than other Japanese.
- 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.
- rifs
-
noun,
Er [er] /ɛr/ (Show IPA) a mountainous coastal region in N Morocco.
- rife
-
adjective,
of common or frequent occurrence; prevalent; in widespread existence, activity, or use:
- Rico
-
noun,
Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act: a U.S. law, enacted in 1970, allowing victims of organized crime to sue those responsible for punitive damages.
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- Reus
-
noun,
a city in Catalonia, NE Spain, on the Mediterranean Sea.
- afr-
-
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- reif
-
noun,
plunder; booty; loot.
- RISC
-
noun,
reduced instruction set computer: a computer whose central processing unit recognizes a relatively small number of instructions, which it can execute very rapidly.
- refs
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
referee.
- 1080
-
- ref.
-
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- AFSC
-
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- RARE
-
adjective,
coming or occurring far apart in time; unusual; uncommon:
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- 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).
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- saur
-
- runs
-
noun,
an act or instance, or a period of running:
- aeon
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- Sari
-
noun,
a garment worn by Hindu women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder.
- aer-
-
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- Safi
-
noun,
a seaport in W central Morocco, on the Atlantic Ocean coast.
- safe
-
noun,
a steel or iron box or repository for money, jewels, papers, etc.
- Saco
-
noun,
a city in SW Maine.
- Ruse
-
noun,
a trick, stratagem, or artifice.
- Rus.
-
- 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.
- RNAS
-
- rues
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- ROUS
-
noun,
(Francis) Peyton, 1879–1970, U.S. pathologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1966.
- roue
-
noun,
a dissolute and licentious man; rake.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- aesc
-
noun,
ash2 (def 3).
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- RONA
-
- rocs
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- Roca
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in W Portugal, near Lisbon: the western extremity of continental Europe.
- roar
-
noun,
a loud, deep cry or howl, as of an animal or a person:
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- ruin
-
noun,
ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay:
- ANSI
-
- Fars
-
noun,
a province in SW Iran. 51,466 sq. mi. (133,297 sq. km).
- cur.
-
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- Ice.
-
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- ICAO
-
- firs
-
noun,
any coniferous tree belonging to the genus Abies, of the pine family, characterized by its pyramidal style of growth, flat needles, and erect cones.
- Cuna
-
noun,
a member of a group of American Indian people inhabiting settlements on the Isthmus of Panama and islands in the Gulf of San Blas.
- fisc
-
noun,
a royal or state treasury; exchequer.
- firn
-
noun,
névé.
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- CARE
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- foci
-
noun,
a plural of focus.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- cure
-
noun,
a means of healing or restoring to health; remedy.
- curn
-
noun,
a grain.
- Curr
-
verb (used without object),
to make a low, purring sound, as a cat.
- cues
-
noun,
anything said or done, on or off stage, that is followed by a specific line or action:
- errs
-
verb (used without object),
to go astray in thought or belief; be mistaken; be incorrect.
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- FINE
-
noun,
fines.
Mining. crushed ore sufficiently fine to pass through a given screen. Compare short (def 29e).
Agriculture. the fine bits of corn kernel knocked off during handling of the grain.
- Coue
-
noun,
Émile [ey-meel] /eɪˈmil/ (Show IPA), 1857–1926, French psychotherapist.
- Asur
-
noun,
Assur.
- CASE
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- Fin.
-
- eso-
-
- 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.
- crus
-
noun,
the part of the leg or hind limb between the femur or thigh and the ankle or tarsus; shank.
- Fino
-
noun,
a pale, very dry sherry of Spain.
- Cres
-
- Inc.
-
- inae
-
- Carr
-
noun,
John Dickson, 1906–77, U.S. mystery writer.
- Carn
-
noun,
cairn.
- Esau
-
noun,
a son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Jacob, to whom he sold his birthright. Gen. 25:21–25.
- CanF
-
- curs
-
noun,
a mongrel dog, especially a worthless or unfriendly one.
- cose
-
verb (used without object),
coze.
- FRCS
-
- Ecru
-
noun,
an ecru color.
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- Fri.
-
- Four
-
noun,
a cardinal number, three plus one.
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- Frei
-
noun,
Eduardo [e-dwahr-th aw] /ɛˈdwɑr ðɔ/ (Show IPA), 1911–82, Chilean statesman: president 1964–70.
- enc.
-
- Frs.
-
- Frau
-
noun,
a married woman; a wife.
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- eous
-
- Ens.
-
- asc-
-
- asci
-
noun,
plural of ascus.
- Fran
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Francis.
- froe
-
noun,
frow.
- eco-
-
- FOIA
-
- funs
-
noun,
something that provides mirth or amusement:
- FUSE
-
noun,
a tube, cord, or the like, filled or saturated with combustible matter, for igniting an explosive.
- foin
-
noun,
a thrust with a weapon.
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- arr.
-
- Fons
-
noun,
a member of a people living mainly in Benin.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- fur.
-
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- for.
-
- ears
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- fora
-
noun,
a plural of forum.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- Can.
-
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- cane
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- Inf.
-
- ARIS
-
- frae
-
preposition, adverb,
from.
- coir
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- 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.
- 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.
- coif
-
noun,
a hood-shaped cap, usually of white cloth and with extended sides, worn beneath a veil, as by nuns.
- coin
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- Fern
-
noun,
any seedless, nonflowering vascular plant of the class Filicinae, of tropical to temperate regions, characterized by true roots produced from a rhizome, triangular fronds that uncoil upward and have a branching vein system, and reproduction by spores contained in sporangia that appear as brown dots on the underside of the fronds.
- Ire.
-
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Irra
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of pestilence.
- Fair
-
noun,
Archaic. something that is fair.
- fico
-
noun,
fig1 (def 4).
- fain
-
adverb,
gladly; willingly:
- ious
-
- FACS
-
- cone
-
noun,
Geometry.
a solid whose surface is generated by a line passing through a fixed point and a fixed plane curve not containing the point, consisting of two equal sections joined at a vertex.
a plane surface resembling the cross section of a solid cone.
- face
-
noun,
the front part of the head, from the forehead to the chin.
- FERA
-
- cis-
-
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- cir.
-
- Faro
-
noun,
a gambling game in which players place bets on a special board or layout, betting on each series of two cards as they are drawn from a box containing the dealer's or banker's pack.
- ciao
-
interjection,
(used as a word of greeting or parting): hello; goodbye; so long; see you later.
- CAFE
-
noun,
a restaurant, often with an enclosed or outdoor section extending onto the sidewalk.
- Faun
-
noun,
one of a class of rural deities represented as men with the ears, horns, tail, and later also the hind legs of a goat.
- cion
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- fare
-
noun,
the price of conveyance or passage in a bus, train, airplane, or other vehicle.
- Cain
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- Fens
-
noun,
Also called Fenland. a marshy lowland region in E England, S of the Wash: partly drained and channeled since the 17th century.
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- iso-
-
- Fear
-
noun,
a distressing emotion aroused by impending danger, evil, pain, etc., whether the threat is real or imagined; the feeling or condition of being afraid. Synonyms: foreboding, apprehension, consternation, dismay, dread, terror, fright, panic, horror, trepidation, qualm.
Antonyms: courage, security, calm, intrepidity.
- fec.
-
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- Fano
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, on the Adriatic Sea: cathedral; Roman ruins.
- fane
-
noun,
a temple.
- 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 = .
- Con.
-
- CERN
-
- CORN
-
noun,
Also called Indian corn; especially technical and British, maize. a tall cereal plant, Zea mays, cultivated in many varieties, having a jointed, solid stem and bearing the grain, seeds, or kernels on large ears.
- FICA
-
- cen.
-
- info
-
noun,
information.
- Eur.
-
- Auer
-
noun,
Leopold [lee-uh-pohld;; Hungarian ley-aw-pawlt] /ˈli əˌpoʊld;; Hungarian ˈleɪ ɔˌpɔlt/ (Show IPA), 1845–1930, Hungarian violinist and teacher.
- aune
-
noun,
an old French unit of measure for fabrics, equivalent to about 47 inches (119 cm).
- aur-
-
- Aus.
-
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- fac.
-
- ins.
-
- Cor.
-
- Cerf
-
noun,
Bennett (Alfred) 1898–1971, U.S. book publisher, editor, and writer.
- Cora
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. Kore.
- corf
-
noun,
Mining.
a small wagon for carrying coal, ore, etc.
a wicker basket formerly used for this purpose.
- Cori
-
noun,
Carl Ferdinand, 1896–1984, and his wife, Gerty Theresa, 1896–1957, U.S. biochemists, born in Austria-Hungary: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1947.
- ARCO
-
adverb,
(of the performance of a passage for stringed instruments) with the bow.
- cera
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- err
-
verb (used without object),
to go astray in thought or belief; be mistaken; be incorrect.
- SAE
-
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- fo.
-
- ESU
-
- eu-
-
- run
-
noun,
an act or instance, or a period of running:
- sc.
-
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- CAI
-
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- FAR
-
Idioms,
a far cry (from). cry (def 27).
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- SCF
-
- AEF
-
- AEC
-
- Fan
-
noun,
any device for producing a current of air by the movement of a broad surface or a number of such surfaces.
- SAC
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- SAR
-
- SRO
-
- So.
-
- se-
-
- ESA
-
- FAS
-
noun,
the syllable used for the fourth tone of a diatonic scale.
- ae.
-
- FAO
-
- Esc
-
- Sau
-
noun,
German name of Sava.
- ESR
-
- aor
-
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- Una
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “one.”.
- ur-
-
- uns
-
- UNO
-
- AUC
-
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- Une
-
- unc
-
- CEO
-
- an.
-
- UFO
-
noun,
any unexplained moving object observed in the sky, especially one assumed by some observers to be of extraterrestrial origin.
- UFC
-
- Ufa
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of the Bashkir Autonomous Republic, in the Russian Federation in Europe.
- UCR
-
- UAE
-
- USA
-
- UAR
-
- CEF
-
- Ar.
-
- ure
-
- COS
-
noun,
romaine.
- ac-
-
- USR
-
- USO
-
- CIE
-
- USN
-
- CIF
-
- USE
-
noun,
the act of employing, using, or putting into service:
- USC
-
- cfs
-
- urs
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city on the Euphrates, in S Iraq: extensive excavations, especially of royal tombs.
- CFA
-
- CFR
-
- urn
-
noun,
a large or decorative vase, especially one with an ornamental foot or pedestal.
- CFO
-
- Af.
-
- CNO
-
- CNS
-
- Uri
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- CFI
-
- CEA
-
- 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.
- ACS
-
- Sfc
-
- ean
-
- 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.
- Sin
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noun,
transgression of divine law:
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- ec-
-
- SIC
-
adverb,
so; thus: usually written parenthetically to denote that a word, phrase, passage, etc., that may appear strange or incorrect has been written intentionally or has been quoted verbatim: (sic).
- ECA
-
- ECF
-
- Rue
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noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- ECU
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noun,
the shield carried by a mounted man-at-arms in the Middle Ages.
- ef-
-
- eir
-
- EIS
-
- en-
-
- SER
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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).
- EOF
-
- eon
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noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- ea.
-
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- Sui
-
noun,
a dynasty ruling in China a.d. 589–618.
- CSA
-
- suf
-
- Sue
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noun,
Eugène [œ-zhen] /œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), (Marie Joseph Sue) 1804–57, French novelist.
- CAS
-
verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- Sr.
-
- CRS
-
- Sou
-
noun,
(formerly) either of two bronze coins of France, equal to 5 centimes and 10 centimes.
- cru
-
noun,
(in France) a vineyard producing wine of high quality, sometimes classified by the government as either a Great Growth (Grand Cru) or a First Growth (Premier Cru)
- CSF
-
- SNU
-
- CSO
-
- CSR
-
- cue
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noun,
anything said or done, on or off stage, that is followed by a specific line or action:
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- Cui
-
noun,
César [French sey-zar] /French seɪˈzar/ (Show IPA), Antonovich [Russian uhn-taw-nuh-vyich] /Russian ʌnˈtɔ nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1835–1918, Russian composer.
- SOF
-
- SOC
-
noun,
sociology or a class or course in sociology.
- CAR
-
noun,
an automobile.
- eo-
-
- cf.
-
- CIA
-
- OCS
-
- in.
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- OIr
-
- oic
-
- OFr
-
- of-
-
- OES
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noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- ine
-
- ONF
-
- OCR
-
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- ARF
-
interjection,
(used to imitate the bark of a dog).
- Oca
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- OAU
-
- OAS
-
- oar
-
noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- oaf
-
noun,
a clumsy, stupid person; lout.
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- ONI
-
- OSA
-
- ian
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noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- ose
-
- ANC
-
- ics
-
- IFS
-
noun,
a supposition; uncertain possibility:
- RSE
-
- Orr
-
noun,
Sir John Boyd, Boyd Orr, Sir John.
- io-
-
- Ia.
-
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- ONR
-
- IAS
-
- ICA
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- orc
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- ier
-
- IFC
-
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- Ife
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- ons
-
- OSF
-
- Oc.
-
- our
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- NEC
-
- NFC
-
- NES
-
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- AOU
-
- IRS
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- nef
-
noun,
a silver or gold table furnishing in the form of a ship, either for holding various utensils or for ornament.
- ISA
-
- NEA
-
- NIA
-
- ne-
-
- ise
-
- ISR
-
- IUS
-
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- ANU
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noun,
a twining herb, Tropaeolum tuberosum, of the nasturtium family, found in the Andes, having edible tubers and large flowers with yellow petals and red spurs.
- NCO
-
- NSF
-
- NFS
-
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- NUS
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- IOC
-
- NSU
-
- NSC
-
- NSA
-
- NRC
-
- NRA
-
- nr.
-
- ARE
-
noun,
a measure of surface area; 1 are is equal to1/100 (0.01) of a hectare (100 square meters or 119.6 square yards). Abbreviation: a.
- ANF
-
- IOF
-
- IRO
-
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- 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 = .
- ior
-
- 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.
- IOU
-
- Ir.
-
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- NOC
-
- IRC
-
- oui
-
adverb, noun,
yes.
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- AIS
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- fer
-
preposition, conjunction,
for.
- FIO
-
- fun
-
noun,
something that provides mirth or amusement:
- FIR
-
noun,
any coniferous tree belonging to the genus Abies, of the pine family, characterized by its pyramidal style of growth, flat needles, and erect cones.
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- ROI
-
- Co.
-
- FOE
-
noun,
a person who feels enmity, hatred, or malice toward another; enemy:
- CIO
-
noun,
a federation of affiliated industrial labor unions, founded 1935 within the American Federation of Labor but independent of it 1938–55. Abbreviation: C.I.O., CIO.
- FON
-
noun,
a member of a people living mainly in Benin.
- ASR
-
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- ASN
-
- ASI
-
- FOS
-
- fou
-
adjective,
drunk.
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- ROC
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- Fr.
-
abbreviation,
Father.
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- ROA
-
- Fia
-
- ca.
-
- RNA
-
- CAF
-
- AFC
-
- fic
-
- RIF
-
noun,
Er [er] /ɛr/ (Show IPA) a mountainous coastal region in N Morocco.
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- fie
-
interjection,
(used to express mild disgust, disapprobation, annoyance, etc.)
- ASU
-
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- RFI
-
- RFE
-
- RFC
-
- RFA
-
- AFS
-
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- REA
-
- cr.
-
- RSA
-
- FSR
-
- Rs.
-
- cs.
-
- FCA
-
- FCS
-
- FSA
-
- RCS
-
- Re.
-
- Fen
-
noun,
low land covered wholly or partially with water; boggy land; a marsh.
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- ARS
-
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- fro
-
Idioms,
to and fro, alternating from one place to another; back and forth:
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- ARU
-
- RCN
-
- RCA
-
- AIC
-
- Fra
-
noun,
a title of address for a friar or brother.
- ase
-
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- RNR
-
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- FRC
-
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- RAF
-
- 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.
- FA
-
noun,
the syllable used for the fourth tone of a diatonic scale.
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- NI
-
- NF
-
- 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.
- NC
-
- FE
-
- CE
-
- N.
-
- SA
-
- S.
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- RO
-
- RN
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- OU
-
noun,
a rare Hawaiian honeycreeper, Psittirostra psittacea, having an olive-green body, a parrotlike bill, and in the male a bright yellow head.
- EI
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- R.
-
- SN
-
- i.
-
- ic
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- RC
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- SF
-
- RI
-
- IF
-
noun,
a supposition; uncertain possibility:
- FI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the fourth and fifth degrees of a scale.
- CU
-
- SU
-
- U.
-
- fn
-
- UC
-
- OA
-
- O.
-
- RF
-
- UI
-
- NU
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- AO
-
- AU
-
plural,
to the; at the; with the.
- f.
-
noun,
(Paul) Felix (Edler von Münzberg) [poul fey-liks eyd-luh r fuh n mynts-berk] /paʊl ˈfeɪ lɪks ˈeɪd lər fən ˈmüntsˌbɛrk/ (Show IPA), 1863–1942, Austrian composer, conductor, and writer.
- FC
-
- RU
-