Anagrams of cast-iron-plant
Word cast-iron-plant has
1987 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of cast-iron-plant.
- transaction
-
noun,
the act of transacting or the fact of being transacted.
- translation
-
noun,
the rendering of something into another language or into one's own from another language.
- constraint
-
noun,
limitation or restriction.
- Constantia
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Constance.
- transplant
-
noun,
the act or process of transplanting.
- lactations
-
noun,
the secretion or formation of milk.
- Alcoranist
-
noun,
a person who believes in an absolutely literal interpretation of the Koran.
- carnations
-
noun,
any of numerous cultivated varieties of the clove pink, Dianthus caryophyllus, having long-stalked, fragrant, usually double flowers in a variety of colors: the state flower of Ohio.
- Plantation
-
noun,
a usually large farm or estate, especially in a tropical or semitropical country, on which cotton, tobacco, coffee, sugar cane, or the like is cultivated, usually by resident laborers.
- cantorial
-
adjective,
of or relating to a cantor.
- lactation
-
noun,
the secretion or formation of milk.
- caparison
-
noun,
a decorative covering for a horse or for the tack or harness of a horse; trappings.
- antisolar
-
adjective,
(on the celestial sphere) opposite the sun.
- antipasto
-
noun,
a course of appetizers consisting of an assortment of foods, as olives, anchovies, sliced sausage, peppers, and artichoke hearts.
- saltation
-
noun,
a dancing, hopping, or leaping movement.
- rationals
-
noun,
Mathematics. rational number.
- tarnation
-
noun,
damnation; hell (used as a euphemism):
- coattails
-
noun,
the back of the skirt on a man's coat or jacket.
- talapoins
-
noun,
a small, yellowish guenon monkey, Micropithecus (Cercopithecus) talapoin, of western Africa.
- cilantros
-
noun,
the strong-scented leaves of the coriander plant, used in salads or to flavor and garnish food.
- scalation
-
noun,
an arrangement of scales, as on a fish.
- cat-train
-
noun,
a train of sleds and other vehicles mounted on runners, the whole procession drawn by a tractor with caterpillar treads.
- transonic
-
adjective,
close to the speed of propagation of sound; moving at 700–780 miles per hour (1127–1255 km/h) at sea level.
- Annapolis
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Maryland, in the central part, on Chesapeake Bay: U.S. Naval Academy.
- tractions
-
noun,
the adhesive friction of a body on some surface, as a wheel on a rail or a tire on a road.
- Carnation
-
noun,
any of numerous cultivated varieties of the clove pink, Dianthus caryophyllus, having long-stalked, fragrant, usually double flowers in a variety of colors: the state flower of Ohio.
- anaptotic
-
adjective,
(of languages) tending to become uninflected, in accordance with a theory that languages evolve from uninflected to inflected and back.
- cast-iron
-
noun,
an alloy of iron, carbon, and other elements, cast as a soft and strong, or as a hard and brittle, iron, depending on the mixture and methods of molding.
- postnatal
-
adjective,
subsequent to childbirth:
- santonica
-
noun,
the dried flower heads of any of several species of wormwood, belonging to the genus Artemisia, used as a vermifuge.
- strontian
-
noun,
strontianite.
- natations
-
noun,
an act or the skill of swimming.
- Constanta
-
noun,
a seaport in SE Romania, on the Black Sea.
- Scarlatti
-
noun,
Alessandro [ah-luh-sahn-droh;; Italian ah-les-sahn-draw] /ˌɑ ləˈsɑn droʊ;; Italian ˌɑ lɛsˈsɑn drɔ/ (Show IPA), 1659–1725, Italian composer.
- constrain
-
verb (used with object),
to force, compel, or oblige:
- plantains
-
noun,
a tropical plant, Musa paradisiaca, of the banana family, resembling the banana.
- planation
-
noun,
the process whereby an irregular land surface is made flat or level by erosion.
- Tocantins
-
noun,
a river in E Brazil, flowing N to the Pará River. 1700 miles (2735 km) long.
- prolactin
-
noun,
an anterior pituitary polypeptide hormone that stimulates lactation by the mammary glands at parturition in mammals, the activity of the crop in birds, and in some mammalian species the production of progesterone by the corpus luteum.
- nationals
-
noun,
a citizen or subject of a particular nation who is entitled to its protection:
- slant-top
-
adjective,
(especially of a desk) having a slant front.
- contrails
-
noun,
a visible condensation of water droplets or ice crystals from the atmosphere, occurring in the wake of an aircraft, rocket, or missile under certain conditions.
- oscitant
-
adjective,
yawning, as with drowsiness; gaping.
- Carlotta
-
noun,
a female given name, Italian form of Charlotte.
- Atlantic
-
noun,
Atlantic Ocean.
- strontia
-
noun,
Also called strontium oxide. a white or grayish-white, amorphous powder, SrO, resembling lime in its general character: used chiefly in the manufacture of strontium salts.
- annalist
-
noun,
a chronicler of events, especially yearly ones; historian.
- intrans.
-
- platino-
-
- pintanos
-
noun,
sergeant major (def 3).
- tipcarts
-
noun,
a cart with a body that can be tipped or tilted to empty it of its contents.
- traction
-
noun,
the adhesive friction of a body on some surface, as a wheel on a rail or a tire on a road.
- Scranton
-
noun,
William Warren, 1917–2011, U.S. politician.
- Carniola
-
noun,
a former duchy and crown land of Austria: now part of Slovenia.
- carotins
-
noun,
carotene.
- ricottas
-
noun,
a soft Italian cheese that resembles cottage cheese.
- Anatolic
-
adjective, noun,
Anatolian.
- Platonic
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of Plato or his doctrines:
- annattos
-
noun,
Also called lipstick tree. a small tree, Bixa orellana, of tropical America.
- coattail
-
noun,
the back of the skirt on a man's coat or jacket.
- Carolina
-
noun,
a former English colony on the Atlantic coast of North America: officially divided into North Carolina and South Carolina in 1729.
- aspirant
-
noun,
a person who aspires, as one who seeks or desires a career, advancement, status, etc.:
- Anapolis
-
noun,
a city in central Brazil.
- orinasal
-
noun,
an orinasal sound.
- intrants
-
noun,
a person who enters (a college, association, etc.); entrant.
- laotians
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Laos.
- captains
-
noun,
a person who is at the head of or in authority over others; chief; leader.
- also-ran
-
noun,
Sports.
(in a race) a contestant who fails to win or to place among the first three finishers.
an athlete or team whose performance in competition is rarely, if ever, a winning or near-winning one.
- National
-
noun,
a citizen or subject of a particular nation who is entitled to its protection:
- caltrops
-
noun,
any of several plants having spiny heads or fruit, as those of the genera Tribulus and Kallstroemia, or the star thistle, Centaurea calcitrapa.
- canonist
-
noun,
a person who is a specialist in canon law.
- apastron
-
noun,
the point at which the stars of a binary system are farthest apart (opposed to periastron).
- plastron
-
noun,
a piece of plate armor for the upper part of the torso in front.
- cantinas
-
noun,
a saloon; bar.
- arcanist
-
noun,
a person professing special secret knowledge concerning ceramics, especially concerning the making of porcelain.
- cantoris
-
adjective,
of or relating to the gospel or liturgical north side of a church (opposed to decani).
- cantrips
-
noun,
Chiefly Scot. a magic spell; trick by sorcery.
- notarial
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of a notary public.
- natation
-
noun,
an act or the skill of swimming.
- capitals
-
noun,
the city or town that is the official seat of government in a country, state, etc.:
- Atlantis
-
noun,
a legendary island, first mentioned by Plato, said to have existed in the Atlantic Ocean west of Gibraltar and to have sunk beneath the sea, but linked by some modern archaeologists with the island of Thera, the surviving remnant of a much larger island destroyed by a volcanic eruption c1500 b.c.
- sanction
-
noun,
authoritative permission or approval, as for an action.
- salt-pan
-
noun,
an undrained natural depression, as a crater or tectonic basin, in which the evaporation of water leaves a deposit of salt.
- 11-point
-
- piscator
-
noun,
fisherman.
- raincoat
-
noun,
a waterproof or water-repellent coat worn as protection against rain.
- tonalist
-
noun,
a person who works with or uses tonality, especially one who uses traditional tonality rather than atonality in composing music.
- caporals
-
noun,
a variety of tobacco.
- ocarinas
-
noun,
a simple musical wind instrument shaped somewhat like an elongated egg with a mouthpiece and finger holes.
- platinas
-
noun,
a native alloy of platinum with palladium, iridium, osmium, etc.
- plantain
-
noun,
a tropical plant, Musa paradisiaca, of the banana family, resembling the banana.
- sonatina
-
noun,
a short or simplified sonata.
- arnattos
-
noun,
annatto (def 2).
- pontiacs
-
noun,
c1720–69, North American Indian, chief of the Ottawa tribe: commander during the Pontiac War 1763–64.
- tactions
-
noun,
touch; contact.
- partials
-
noun,
Bridge. part-score.
- Constant
-
noun,
something that does not or cannot change or vary.
- tapiocas
-
noun,
a food substance prepared from cassava in granular, flake, pellet (pearl tapioca) or flour form, used in puddings, as a thickener, etc.
- cattalos
-
noun,
beefalo.
- contains
-
verb (used with object),
to hold or include within its volume or area:
- contrail
-
noun,
a visible condensation of water droplets or ice crystals from the atmosphere, occurring in the wake of an aircraft, rocket, or missile under certain conditions.
- talapoin
-
noun,
a small, yellowish guenon monkey, Micropithecus (Cercopithecus) talapoin, of western Africa.
- cilantro
-
noun,
the strong-scented leaves of the coriander plant, used in salads or to flavor and garnish food.
- rational
-
noun,
Mathematics. rational number.
- contrast
-
noun,
the act of contrasting; the state of being contrasted.
- paraison
-
noun,
parison.
- coplanar
-
adjective,
being or operating in the same plane.
- partisan
-
noun,
an adherent or supporter of a person, group, party, or cause, especially a person who shows a biased, emotional allegiance.
- clarions
-
noun,
an ancient trumpet with a curved shape.
- partitas
-
noun,
an instrumental suite common chiefly in the 18th century.
- Clairton
-
noun,
a city in SW Pennsylvania.
- actinons
-
noun,
a chemically inert, gaseous, short-lived isotope of radon that is a member of the actinium series. Symbol: An; atomic number: 86; atomic weight: 219.
- pastoral
-
noun,
a poem, play, or the like, dealing with the life of shepherds, commonly in a conventional or artificial manner, or with simple rural life generally; a bucolic.
- talipots
-
noun,
a tall palm, Corypha umbraculifera, of southern India and Ceylon, having large fronds used for making fans and umbrellas, for covering houses, and in place of writing paper: also grown as an ornamental.
- clarinos
-
noun,
a valveless trumpet used in the 17th and 18th centuries for playing rapid passages in the high register.
- tropical
-
noun,
tropicals, lightweight clothing, suitable for warm, especially summer weather.
- cattails
-
noun,
any tall, reedlike marsh plant of the genus Typha, especially T. latifolia, having long, sword-shaped leaves and dense, cylindrical clusters of minute brown flowers.
- castrato
-
noun,
a male singer, especially in the 18th century, castrated before puberty to prevent his soprano or contralto voice range from changing.
- Tantalic
-
adjective,
of or relating to tantalum, especially in the pentavalent state.
- coal-pit
-
noun,
a pit where coal is dug.
- transact
-
verb (used with object),
to carry on or conduct (business, negotiations, activities, etc.) to a conclusion or settlement. Synonyms: enact, conclude, settle, manage, negotiate.
- Cranston
-
noun,
a city in E Rhode Island, near Providence.
- Croatian
-
noun,
a Croat.
- rat-tail
-
noun,
grenadier (def 4).
- Protista
-
noun,
a taxonomic kingdom comprising the protists.
- pantonal
-
adjective,
marked by or using pantonality.
- coal-tar
-
noun,
a thick, black, viscid liquid formed during the distillation of coal, that upon further distillation yields compounds, as benzene, anthracene, and phenol, from which are derived a large number of dyes, drugs, and other synthetic compounds, and that yields a final residuum (coal-tar pitch) which is used chiefly in making pavements.
- crotalin
-
noun,
a protein in the venom of pit vipers, used as an antigen in the preparation of snake antivenins.
- astatic
-
adjective,
unstable; unsteady.
- Plantin
-
noun,
Christophe [kree-stawf] /kriˈstɔf/ (Show IPA), c1520–1589, French typographer.
- Pontiac
-
noun,
c1720–69, North American Indian, chief of the Ottawa tribe: commander during the Pontiac War 1763–64.
- attorns
-
verb (used with object),
to turn over to another; transfer.
- lariats
-
noun,
a long, noosed rope used to catch horses, cattle, or other livestock; lasso.
- laparo-
-
- tincals
-
noun,
a former name for crude native borax.
- solaria
-
noun,
a glass-enclosed room, porch, or the like, exposed to the sun's rays, as at a seaside hotel or for convalescents in a hospital.
- Laotian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Laos.
- coastal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, bordering on, or located near a coast:
- spacial
-
adjective,
spatial.
- Polaris
-
noun,
Astronomy. the polestar or North Star, a star of the second magnitude situated close to the north pole of the heavens, in the constellation Ursa Minor: the outermost star in the handle of the Little Dipper.
- Spartan
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Sparta.
- spatial
-
adjective,
of or relating to space.
- plastic
-
noun,
Often, plastics. any of a group of synthetic or natural organic materials that may be shaped when soft and then hardened, including many types of resins, resinoids, polymers, cellulose derivatives, casein materials, and proteins: used in place of other materials, as glass, wood, and metals, in construction and decoration, for making many articles, as coatings, and, drawn into filaments, for weaving. They are often known by trademark names, as Bakelite, Vinylite, or Lucite.
- Clarion
-
noun,
an ancient trumpet with a curved shape.
- plaints
-
noun,
a complaint.
- snap-on
-
adjective,
attached or fitting into place by means of a snap or with a pressing motion:
- caltrop
-
noun,
any of several plants having spiny heads or fruit, as those of the genera Tribulus and Kallstroemia, or the star thistle, Centaurea calcitrapa.
- asocial
-
adjective,
not sociable or gregarious; withdrawn from society.
- Laconia
-
noun,
an ancient country in the S part of Greece. Capital: Sparta.
- Sno-Cat
-
- Taranto
-
noun,
Ancient Tarentum. a fortified seaport in SE Italy, on the Gulf of Taranto: founded by the Greeks in the 8th century b.c.; naval base.
- contras
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) a member of a counterrevolutionary guerrilla group in Nicaragua.
- atonics
-
noun,
Grammar. an unaccented word, syllable, or sound.
- tantras
-
noun,
(italics) Hinduism. any of several books of esoteric doctrine regarding rituals, disciplines, meditation, etc., composed in the form of dialogues between Shiva and his Shakti; Agama.
- astrol.
-
- lictors
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) one of a body of attendants on chief magistrates, who preceded them carrying the fasces and whose duties included executing the sentences of criminals.
- tipcats
-
noun,
a game in which a short piece of wood, tapered at both ends, is struck lightly at one end with a bat, causing the wood to spring into the air so that it can be batted for a distance.
- protist
-
noun,
any of various one-celled organisms, classified in the kingdom Protista, that are either free-living or aggregated into simple colonies and that have diverse reproductive and nutritional modes, including the protozoans, eukaryotic algae, and slime molds: some classification schemes also include the fungi and the more primitive bacteria and blue-green algae or may distribute the organisms between the kingdoms Plantae and Animalia according to dominant characteristics.
- Conrail
-
noun,
a government-supported corporation that combined six bankrupt railroads to provide freight and commuter service in 17 states from Boston to St. Louis.
- astrict
-
verb (used with object),
to bind fast; constrain.
- tipcart
-
noun,
a cart with a body that can be tipped or tilted to empty it of its contents.
- tapioca
-
noun,
a food substance prepared from cassava in granular, flake, pellet (pearl tapioca) or flour form, used in puddings, as a thickener, etc.
- latrias
-
noun,
the supreme worship, which may be offered to God only.
- tin-pot
-
adjective,
inferior; paltry; shoddy.
- Astolat
-
noun,
a place in the Arthurian romances, possibly in Surrey, England.
- latinos
-
noun,
a person of Latin-American descent:
- tin-pan
-
adjective,
harsh, tinny, or clanging; noisy.
- spirant
-
noun,
fricative (def 2).
- constr.
-
- contain
-
verb (used with object),
to hold or include within its volume or area:
- attains
-
verb (used with object),
to reach, achieve, or accomplish; gain; obtain:
- clip-on
-
noun,
a clip-on device, ornament, or the like.
- contra-
-
- Clinton
-
noun,
De Witt [duh wit] /də ˈwɪt/ (Show IPA), 1769–1828, U.S. political leader and statesman: governor of New York 1817–21, 1825–28 (son of James Clinton).
- plantar
-
adjective,
of or relating to the sole of the foot.
- solatia
-
noun,
something given in compensation for inconvenience, loss, injury, or the like; recompense.
- cannoli
-
plural noun,
tubular pastry shells stuffed with a sweetened filling of whipped ricotta and often containing nuts, citron, or bits of chocolate.
- Stalino
-
noun,
a former name of Donetsk.
- clarino
-
noun,
a valveless trumpet used in the 17th and 18th centuries for playing rapid passages in the high register.
- Carlson
-
noun,
Anton Julius [an-tohn,, -ton] /ˈæn toʊn,, -tɒn/ (Show IPA), 1875–1956, U.S. physiologist, born in Sweden.
- intrant
-
noun,
a person who enters (a college, association, etc.); entrant.
- cranial
-
adjective,
of or relating to the cranium or skull.
- tarpans
-
noun,
a small, dun-colored wild horse chiefly of southern Russia, having a flowing mane and tail: extinct since the early 20th century but somewhat restored by selective breeding of mixed-breed domestic horses, and sustained in zoos.
- catnips
-
noun,
a plant, Nepeta cataria, of the mint family, having egg-shaped leaves containing aromatic oils that are a cat attractant.
- carinas
-
noun,
Zoology. a keellike part or ridge, especially a ridge of bone on the ventral side of the sternum of birds.
- caritas
-
noun,
charity.
- cranio-
-
- instant
-
noun,
an infinitesimal or very short space of time; a moment:
- Carlist
-
noun,
a supporter of the claims of Don Carlos of Spain or of his successors to the Spanish throne.
- Carlita
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Pontian
-
noun,
pope a.d. 230–235.
- catnaps
-
noun,
a short, light nap or doze.
- stoical
-
adjective,
impassive; characterized by a calm, austere fortitude befitting the Stoics:
- craniol
-
- prosaic
-
adjective,
commonplace or dull; matter-of-fact or unimaginative:
- Carlton
-
noun,
Stephen Norman ("Steve"; "Lefty") born 1944, U.S. baseball player.
- inclasp
-
verb (used with object),
enclasp.
- cations
-
noun,
a positively charged ion that is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis.
- Catalin
-
- cratons
-
noun,
a relatively rigid and immobile region of continental portions of the earth's crust.
- stratal
-
adjective,
of a stratum or strata.
- Croatia
-
noun,
a republic in SE Europe: includes the historical regions of Dalmatia, Istria, and Slavonia; formerly a part of Yugoslavia. 21,835 sq. mi. (56,555 sq. km) Capital: Zagreb.
- strati-
-
- tarpons
-
noun,
a large, powerful game fish, Megalops atlantica, inhabiting the warmer waters of the Atlantic Ocean, having a compressed body and large, silvery scales.
- carotin
-
noun,
carotene.
- Caspian
-
noun,
Caspian Sea.
- strato-
-
- carpals
-
noun,
a carpale.
- tailors
-
noun,
a person whose occupation is the making, mending, or altering of clothes, especially suits, coats, and other outer garments.
- cattail
-
noun,
any tall, reedlike marsh plant of the genus Typha, especially T. latifolia, having long, sword-shaped leaves and dense, cylindrical clusters of minute brown flowers.
- caption
-
noun,
a title or explanation for a picture or illustration, especially in a magazine.
- clarain
-
noun,
the coal forming the bright layers in banded bituminous coal.
- citrals
-
noun,
a pale yellow, water-insoluble, liquid aldehyde, C 10 H 16 O, having a strong lemonlike odor, consisting in natural form of two isomers (citral a or geranial and citral b or neral) usually obtained from the oils of lemon and orange or synthetically: used chiefly in perfumery, flavoring, and the synthesis of vitamin A.
- Tarasco
-
noun,
Tarascan.
- cantina
-
noun,
a saloon; bar.
- Clapton
-
noun,
Eric, born 1945, English blues and rock guitarist and composer.
- talipot
-
noun,
a tall palm, Corypha umbraculifera, of southern India and Ceylon, having large fronds used for making fans and umbrellas, for covering houses, and in place of writing paper: also grown as an ornamental.
- cantrip
-
noun,
Chiefly Scot. a magic spell; trick by sorcery.
- taction
-
noun,
touch; contact.
- Tarlton
-
noun,
Richard, died 1588, English actor.
- stannic
-
adjective,
of or containing tin, especially in the tetravalent state.
- capital
-
noun,
the city or town that is the official seat of government in a country, state, etc.:
- citrons
-
noun,
a pale-yellow fruit resembling the lemon but larger and with thicker rind, borne by a small tree or large bush, Citrus medica, allied to the lemon and lime.
- talions
-
noun,
lex talionis.
- Capitol
-
noun,
the building in Washington, D.C., used by the Congress of the U.S. for its sessions.
- Stanton
-
noun,
Edwin McMasters [muh k-mas-terz,, -mah-sterz] /məkˈmæs tərz,, -ˈmɑ stərz/ (Show IPA), 1814–69, U.S. statesman: Secretary of War 1862–67.
- caplins
-
noun,
capelin.
- tartans
-
noun,
a woolen or worsted cloth woven with stripes of different colors and widths crossing at right angles, worn chiefly by the Scottish Highlanders, each clan having its own distinctive plaid.
- cattalo
-
noun,
beefalo.
- Platina
-
noun,
a native alloy of platinum with palladium, iridium, osmium, etc.
- cortina
-
noun,
a weblike, often evanescent veil covering the gills or hanging from the cap edge of certain mushrooms, particularly those of genus Cortinarius, and sometimes persisting as a ring or remnant of fibrils around the mushroom stalk.
- cistron
-
noun,
a segment of DNA that encodes for the formation of a specific polypeptide chain; a structural gene.
- starlit
-
adjective,
lighted by the stars:
- pointal
-
noun,
pointel.
- caporal
-
noun,
a variety of tobacco.
- station
-
noun,
a place or position in which a person or thing is normally located.
- Stilton
-
- taipans
-
noun,
(in China) the head or owner of a foreign business establishment.
- Capsian
-
adjective,
of or designating an Epipaleolithic culture of northwestern Africa, characterized by the use of geometric microlithic tools.
- capstan
-
noun,
any of various windlasses, rotated in a horizontal plane by hand or machinery, for winding in ropes, cables, etc.
- introns
-
noun,
a noncoding segment in a length of DNA that interrupts a gene-coding sequence or nontranslated sequence, the corresponding segment being removed from the RNA copy before transcription.
- CAPTAIN
-
noun,
a person who is at the head of or in authority over others; chief; leader.
- captans
-
noun,
a powder, C 9 H 8 Cl 3 NO 2 S, of white to cream color, used as a fungicide on vegetables, fruits, and flowers.
- Carlota
-
noun,
1840–1927, wife of Maximillian: empress of Mexico 1864–67 (daughter of Leopold I of Belgium).
- Costain
-
noun,
Thomas Bertram, 1885–1965, U.S. novelist, historian, and editor, born in Canada.
- satanic
-
adjective,
of Satan.
- aporias
-
noun,
Rhetoric. the expression of a simulated or real doubt, as about where to begin or what to do or say.
- palato-
-
- apicals
-
noun,
Phonetics. an apical sound.
- Trianta
-
noun,
Trianda.
- topsail
-
noun,
a sail, or either of a pair of sails, set immediately above the lowermost sail of a mast and supported by a topmast.
- partial
-
noun,
Bridge. part-score.
- tricots
-
noun,
a warp-knit fabric of various natural or synthetic fibers, as wool, silk, or nylon, having fine vertical ribs on the face and horizontal ribs on the back, used especially for making garments.
- partita
-
noun,
an instrumental suite common chiefly in the 18th century.
- octants
-
noun,
the eighth part of a circle.
- partons
-
noun,
a constituent of the nucleon originally postulated in the theoretical analysis of high-energy scattering of electrons by nucleons and subsequently identified with quarks and gluons.
- apostil
-
noun,
a marginal annotation or note.
- pinatas
-
noun,
(in Mexico and Central America) a gaily decorated crock or papier-mâché figure filled with toys, candy, etc., and suspended from above, especially during Christmas or birthday festivities, so that children, who are blindfolded, may break it or knock it down with sticks and release the contents.
- toprail
-
noun,
the uppermost rail of the back of a chair or the like; a crest rail.
- paisano
-
noun,
paisan.
- apricot
-
noun,
the downy, yellow, sometimes rosy fruit, somewhat resembling a small peach, of the tree Prunus armeniaca.
- actinon
-
noun,
a chemically inert, gaseous, short-lived isotope of radon that is a member of the actinium series. Symbol: An; atomic number: 86; atomic weight: 219.
- natrons
-
noun,
a mineral, hydrated sodium carbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅10H 2 O.
- topical
-
noun,
Philately. any of a collection of different stamps treating the same subject.
- actino-
-
- saponin
-
noun,
any of a group of amorphous glycosides of terpenes and steroids, occurring in many plants, characterized by an ability to form emulsions and to foam in aqueous solutions, and used as detergents.
- annatto
-
noun,
Also called lipstick tree. a small tree, Bixa orellana, of tropical America.
- partans
-
noun,
a crab.
- anoints
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or sprinkle on; apply an unguent, ointment, or oily liquid to.
- rations
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- Ansonia
-
noun,
a city in SW Connecticut.
- Santali
-
noun,
the Munda language spoken by the Santal.
- Antonia
-
noun,
a female given name: derived from Antonius.
- alinota
-
noun,
the plate to which the wings are attached on the notum of an insect.
- nostril
-
noun,
either of the two external openings of the nose.
- Alcoran
-
noun,
Alkoran.
- parasol
-
noun,
a lightweight umbrella used, especially by women, as a sunshade.
- Sarcina
-
noun,
any of several spherical, saprophytic bacteria of the genus Sarcina, having a cuboidal cell arrangement.
- Transit
-
noun,
the act or fact of passing across or through; passage from one place to another.
- Alastor
-
noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) an avenging spirit or deity frequently evoked in Greek tragedy; a male Nemesis.
- parians
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Paros.
- rattans
-
noun,
Also called rattan palm. any of various climbing palms of the genus Calamus or allied genera.
- Alarcon
-
noun,
Pedro Antonio [pe-th raw ahn-taw-nyaw] /ˈpɛ ðrɔ ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), (Pedro Antonio Alarcón y Ariza) 1833–91, Spanish novelist, short-story writer, and diplomat.
- transl.
-
- saltant
-
adjective,
dancing; leaping; jumping.
- parison
-
noun,
a partially shaped mass of molten glass.
- Toscana
-
noun,
Italian name of Tuscany.
- transp.
-
- ocarina
-
noun,
a simple musical wind instrument shaped somewhat like an elongated egg with a mouthpiece and finger holes.
- Trapani
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Sicily.
- parotic
-
adjective,
situated about or near the ear.
- anopias
-
noun,
absence of sight, especially when due to a structural defect in or absence of an eye.
- natator
-
noun,
a swimmer.
- actinal
-
adjective,
having tentacles or rays.
- pastina
-
noun,
very small pieces of pasta in various shapes, used especially in soups.
- optical
-
noun,
opticals, optical effects.
- patriot
-
noun,
a person who loves, supports, and defends his or her country and its interests with devotion.
- Annatol
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Script.
-
- pontils
-
noun,
punty.
- artisan
-
noun,
a person skilled in an applied art; a craftsperson.
- ricotta
-
noun,
a soft Italian cheese that resembles cottage cheese.
- Pianola
-
noun,
(lowercase) Bridge. a hand, as a laydown, that is very easy to play.
- anconas
-
noun,
an altarpiece, usually consisting of a painted panel or panels, reliefs, or statues set in an elaborate frame.
- Sinaloa
-
noun,
a state in W Mexico, bordering on the Gulf of California. 22,582 sq. mi. (58,485 sq. km). Capital: Culiacán.
- Sinatra
-
noun,
Frank (Francis Albert) 1915–98, U.S. singer and actor.
- Aaronic
-
adjective,
of or relating to Aaron.
- anattos
-
noun,
annatto.
- altoist
-
noun,
a performer on the alto saxophone.
- picaras
-
noun,
a woman who is a rogue or vagabond.
- Roscian
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving acting.
- tsarina
-
noun,
czarina.
- oralist
-
noun,
an advocate of oralism.
- picaros
-
noun,
a rogue or vagabond.
- slip-on
-
noun,
something made this way, especially an article of clothing.
- 2,4,5-t
-
noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- patrial
-
noun,
a native of any country who, by virtue of the birth of a parent or grandparent in Great Britain, has citizenship and residency rights there.
- pintano
-
noun,
sergeant major (def 3).
- rialtos
-
noun,
an exchange or mart.
- arnicas
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Arnica, having opposite leaves and yellow flower heads.
- Acrilan
-
- acrasin
-
noun,
a chemotactic substance, identical with cAMP, secreted by myxamebas of cellular slime molds and attracting other myxamebas to aggregate and form a pseudoplasmodium.
- oilcans
-
noun,
a can having a long spout through which oil is poured or squirted to lubricate machinery or the like.
- patinas
-
noun,
a film or incrustation, usually green, produced by oxidation on the surface of old bronze and often esteemed as being of ornamental value.
- Tristan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Tristram.
- rattons
-
noun,
a rat.
- arnatto
-
noun,
annatto (def 2).
- aristo-
-
- antiars
-
noun,
the upas tree.
- tritons
-
noun,
a positively-charged particle consisting of a proton and two neutrons, equivalent to the nucleus of an atom of tritium.
- Rialto
-
noun,
an exchange or mart.
- paisan
-
noun,
compatriot.
- ratton
-
noun,
a rat.
- Pansil
-
noun,
Pancha Sila.
- stript
-
noun,
a striptease.
- Crista
-
noun,
a crest or ridge.
- strict
-
adjective,
characterized by or acting in close conformity to requirements or principles:
- pinata
-
noun,
(in Mexico and Central America) a gaily decorated crock or papier-mâché figure filled with toys, candy, etc., and suspended from above, especially during Christmas or birthday festivities, so that children, who are blindfolded, may break it or knock it down with sticks and release the contents.
- Tainan
-
noun,
a city in SW Taiwan.
- Tailor
-
noun,
a person whose occupation is the making, mending, or altering of clothes, especially suits, coats, and other outer garments.
- iatro-
-
- C-star
-
noun,
carbon star.
- riatas
-
noun,
a lariat.
- Cronin
-
noun,
A(rchibald) J(oseph) 1896–1981, Scottish novelist and physician in the U.S.
- Pictor
-
noun,
the Painter, a southern constellation between Dorado and Carina.
- pilots
-
noun,
a person duly qualified to steer ships into or out of a harbor or through certain difficult waters.
- paints
-
noun,
a substance composed of solid coloring matter suspended in a liquid medium and applied as a protective or decorative coating to various surfaces, or to canvas or other materials in producing a work of art.
- palais
-
noun,
French. a palace, especially a French government or municipal building.
- ottars
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- pliant
-
adjective,
bending readily; flexible; supple; adaptable:
- Rattan
-
noun,
Also called rattan palm. any of various climbing palms of the genus Calamus or allied genera.
- Panoan
-
noun,
a family of South American Indian languages spoken in Peru, Bolivia, and western Brazil.
- tainos
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- Locris
-
noun,
either of two districts in the central part of ancient Greece.
- craton
-
noun,
a relatively rigid and immobile region of continental portions of the earth's crust.
- ratans
-
noun,
rattan.
- patois
-
noun,
a regional form of a language, especially of French, differing from the standard, literary form of the language.
- Patras
-
noun,
Greek Patrai [pah-tre] /ˈpɑ trɛ/ (Show IPA). a seaport in the Peloponnesus, in W Greece, on the Gulf of Patras.
- patri-
-
- contr.
-
- contin
-
- patrol
-
noun,
a person or group of persons assigned to patrol an area, road, etc.
- patron
-
noun,
a person who is a customer, client, or paying guest, especially a regular one, of a store, hotel, or the like.
- ration
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- Patton
-
noun,
Charley (Charlie Patton) 1881–1934, U.S. blues guitarist and singer.
- ratals
-
noun,
the amount on which rates or taxes are assessed.
- copals
-
noun,
a hard, lustrous resin obtained from various tropical trees and used chiefly in making varnishes.
- picro-
-
- Rascal
-
noun,
a base, dishonest, or unscrupulous person.
- picots
-
noun,
one of a number of ornamental loops in embroidery, or along the edge of lace, ribbon, etc.
- picara
-
noun,
a woman who is a rogue or vagabond.
- Conant
-
noun,
James Bryant, 1893–1978, U.S. chemist and educator: president of Harvard University 1933–53.
- tanist
-
noun,
the successor apparent to a Celtic chief, usually the oldest or worthiest of his kin, chosen by election among the tribe during the chief's lifetime.
- colins
-
noun,
any of several American quails, especially the bobwhite.
- tannic
-
adjective,
Chemistry. of, relating to, or derived from tan or tannin.
- Tanoan
-
noun,
an American Indian language family of which the three surviving languages are spoken in several pueblos, including Taos, in northern New Mexico near the Rio Grande.
- picaro
-
noun,
a rogue or vagabond.
- patios
-
noun,
an area, usually paved, adjoining a house and used as an area for outdoor lounging, dining, etc.
- patina
-
noun,
a film or incrustation, usually green, produced by oxidation on the surface of old bronze and often esteemed as being of ornamental value.
- panto-
-
- cottas
-
noun,
a surplice.
- taints
-
noun,
a trace of something bad, offensive, or harmful.
- taipan
-
noun,
(in China) the head or owner of a foreign business establishment.
- pantos
-
noun,
pantomime (def 2).
- Parian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Paros.
- parica
-
noun,
a snuff used by certain Indians of South America containing dimethyltryptamine and other hallucinogenic agents, obtained from the seeds of the tree Piptadenia peregrina.
- Crania
-
noun,
the skull of a vertebrate.
- craals
-
noun,
kraal.
- parols
-
noun,
something stated or declared.
- parson
-
noun,
a member of the clergy, especially a Protestant minister; pastor; rector.
- Partan
-
noun,
a crab.
- COSTAR
-
noun,
a performer, especially an actor or actress, who shares star billing with another.
- pastor
-
noun,
a minister or priest in charge of a church.
- costal
-
adjective,
Anatomy. pertaining to the ribs or the upper sides of the body:
- talion
-
noun,
lex talionis.
- partis
-
noun,
the basic scheme or concept of an architectural design.
- parton
-
noun,
a constituent of the nucleon originally postulated in the theoretical analysis of high-energy scattering of electrons by nucleons and subsequently identified with quarks and gluons.
- corita
-
noun,
a boat resembling a large, woven basket, used by Indians of the southwestern U.S.
- Pascal
-
noun,
the standard unit of pressure or stress in the International System of Units (SI), equal to one newton per square meter. Abbreviation: Pa.
- corals
-
noun,
the hard, variously colored, calcareous skeleton secreted by certain marine polyps.
- talons
-
noun,
a claw, especially of a bird of prey.
- Pascin
-
noun,
Jules [zhyl] /ʒül/ (Show IPA), (Julius Pincas) 1885–1930, French painter, born in Bulgaria.
- copras
-
noun,
the dried kernel or meat of the coconut from which coconut oil is expressed.
- strata
-
noun,
a plural of stratum.
- intact
-
adjective,
not altered, broken, or impaired; remaining uninjured, sound, or whole; untouched; unblemished:
- Strait
-
noun,
Often, straits. (used with a singular verb) a narrow passage of water connecting two large bodies of water.
- nation
-
noun,
a large body of people, associated with a particular territory, that is sufficiently conscious of its unity to seek or to possess a government peculiarly its own:
- Latona
-
noun,
the goddess Leto as identified in Roman mythology.
- latins
-
noun,
an Italic language spoken in ancient Rome, fixed in the 2nd or 1st century b.c., and established as the official language of the Roman Empire. Abbreviation: L.
- NASCAR
-
noun,
National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing.
- nasion
-
noun,
the intersection of the internasal suture with the nasofrontal suture in the midsagittal plane.
- Latino
-
noun,
a person of Latin-American descent:
- nastic
-
adjective,
of or showing sufficiently greater cellular force or growth on one side of an axis to change the form or position of the axis.
- Latina
-
noun,
a woman of Latin-American descent.
- natals
-
noun,
a province in the E part of the Republic of South Africa. 35,284 sq. mi. (91,886 sq. km). Capital: Pietermaritzburg.
- natant
-
adjective,
swimming; floating.
- Sorata
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in W Bolivia, in the Andes, near Lake Titicaca: two peaks, Ancohuma, 21,490 feet (6550 meters), and Illampu, 21,276 feet (6485 meters).
- lascar
-
noun,
an East Indian sailor.
- Pisano
-
noun,
Andrea [ahn-dre-ah] /ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ/ (Show IPA), c1270–c1348, Italian sculptor.
- narial
-
adjective,
of or relating to the nares or nostrils.
- natron
-
noun,
a mineral, hydrated sodium carbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅10H 2 O.
- lariat
-
noun,
a long, noosed rope used to catch horses, cattle, or other livestock; lasso.
- scato-
-
- lapins
-
noun,
a rabbit.
- Sparta
-
noun,
an ancient city in S Greece: the capital of Laconia and the chief city of the Peloponnesus, at one time the dominant city of Greece: famous for strict discipline and training of soldiers.
- scalar
-
noun,
Mathematics, Physics. a quantity possessing only magnitude.
Compare vector (def 1a).
- Sparti
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a group of fully armed warriors who sprang from the dragon's teeth that Cadmus planted.
- plants
-
noun,
any member of the kingdom Plantae, comprising multicellular organisms that typically produce their own food from inorganic matter by the process of photosynthesis and that have more or less rigid cell walls containing cellulose, including vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, and hornworts: some classification schemes may include fungi, algae, bacteria, blue-green algae, and certain single-celled eukaryotes that have plantlike qualities, as rigid cell walls or photosynthesis.
- satrap
-
noun,
a governor of a province under the ancient Persian monarchy.
- lanais
-
noun,
a veranda, especially a fully furnished one used as a living room.
- plasia
-
- nitons
-
noun,
(formerly) radon. Symbol: Nt.
- latria
-
noun,
the supreme worship, which may be offered to God only.
- narcos
-
noun,
narc.
- nitro-
-
- Piston
-
noun,
a disk or cylindrical part tightly fitting and moving within a cylinder, either to compress or move a fluid collected in the cylinder, as air or water, or to transform energy imparted by a fluid entering or expanding inside the cylinder, as compressed air, explosive gases, or steam, into a rectilinear motion usually transformed into rotary motion by means of a connecting rod.
- Plains
-
noun,
an area of land not significantly higher than adjacent areas and with relatively minor differences in elevation, commonly less than 500 feet (150 meters), within the area.
- racial
-
adjective,
of or relating to the social construct of race:
- Lorain
-
noun,
a port in N Ohio, on Lake Erie.
- plaint
-
noun,
a complaint.
- lorans
-
noun,
a system of long-range navigation whereby the latitude and longitude of a ship or airplane are determined from the time displacement between radio signals from two or more fixed transmitters.
- lorica
-
noun,
Zoology. a hard protective case or sheath, as the protective coverings secreted by certain protists.
- racist
-
noun,
a person who believes in racism, the doctrine that one's own racial group is superior or that a particular racial group is inferior to the others.
- Li-sao
-
noun,
a poem (c320 b.c.) by Ch'ü Yüan.
- pitons
-
noun,
a metal spike with an eye through which a rope may be passed.
- planar
-
adjective,
of or relating to a geometric plane.
- Lipton
-
noun,
Seymour, 1903–1986, U.S. sculptor.
- racons
-
noun,
radar beacon.
- plani-
-
- sonata
-
noun,
a composition for one or two instruments, typically in three or four movements in contrasted forms and keys.
- Linton
-
noun,
Ralph, 1893–1953, U.S. anthropologist.
- plano-
-
- scrota
-
noun,
the pouch of skin that contains the testes.
- linacs
-
noun,
linear accelerator.
- pistol
-
noun,
a short firearm intended to be held and fired with one hand.
- Scotti
-
noun,
Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1866–1936, Italian baritone.
- lictor
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) one of a body of attendants on chief magistrates, who preceded them carrying the fasces and whose duties included executing the sentences of criminals.
- Napoli
-
noun,
Italian name of Naples.
- sonant
-
noun,
a speech sound that by itself makes a syllable or subordinates to itself the other sounds in the syllable; a syllabic sound (opposed to consonant).
- lianas
-
noun,
any of various usually woody vines that may climb as high as the tree canopy in a tropical forest.
- scoria
-
noun,
Metallurgy. the refuse, dross, or slag left after melting or smelting metal; scum.
- narco-
-
- lacto-
-
- satori
-
noun,
sudden enlightenment.
- pinnas
-
noun,
Botany. one of the primary divisions of a pinnate leaf.
- sacro-
-
- Salina
-
noun,
a saline marsh, spring, or the like.
- intros
-
noun,
an introduction.
- Salian
-
noun,
a Salian Frank.
- Octans
-
noun,
the Octant, a southern constellation that contains the south celestial pole.
- octant
-
noun,
the eighth part of a circle.
- Saipan
-
noun,
an island in and the capital of the North Mariana Islands in the N Pacific, about 1350 miles (2173 km) S of Japan: taken by U.S. forces June–July 1944. 71 sq. mi. (184 sq. km).
- intron
-
noun,
a noncoding segment in a length of DNA that interrupts a gene-coding sequence or nontranslated sequence, the corresponding segment being removed from the RNA copy before transcription.
- oilcan
-
noun,
a can having a long spout through which oil is poured or squirted to lubricate machinery or the like.
- intro.
-
- pintos
-
noun,
Western U.S. a pinto horse.
- sailor
-
noun,
a person whose occupation is sailing or navigation; mariner.
- intra-
-
- ptisan
-
noun,
a nourishing decoction, originally one made from barley, purported to have medicinal quality.
- static
-
noun,
Electricity.
static or atmospheric electricity.
interference due to such electricity.
- instr.
-
- instar
-
noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- sacral
-
adjective,
of or relating to sacred rites or observances.
- pintas
-
noun,
a nonvenereal treponematosis occurring chiefly in Central and South America, caused by Treponema carateum, characterized by spots of various colors on the skin.
- instal
-
verb (used with object),
install.
- pinots
-
noun,
any of several varieties of purple or white vinifera grapes yielding a red or white wine, used especially in making burgundies and champagnes.
- pinons
-
noun,
Also, pinyon. Also called pinyon pine, nut pine. any of several pines of southwestern North America, as Pinus monophylla or P. edulis, bearing edible, nutlike seeds.
- inspan
-
verb (used with object),
to yoke or harness.
- Rosita
-
noun,
a female given name, Spanish form of Rose.
- Rosina
-
noun,
a female given name, Italian form of Rose.
- optics
-
noun,
(used with a singular verb) the branch of physical science that deals with the properties and phenomena of both visible and invisible light and with vision.
- Strain
-
noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- stator
-
noun,
Electricity, Machinery. a portion of a machine that remains fixed with respect to rotating parts, especially the collection of stationary parts in the magnetic circuits of a machine.
Compare rotor (def 1).
- sancta
-
noun,
a sacred or holy place.
- spinal
-
noun,
Medicine/Medical. a spinal anesthetic.
- nopals
-
noun,
any of several cacti of the genus Nopalea, resembling the prickly pear.
- spinor
-
noun,
a quantity resembling a vector or tensor that is used in physics to represent the spins of fermions.
- spinto
-
adjective,
having a lyric quality with a strong, dramatic element:
- spiral
-
noun,
Geometry. a plane curve generated by a point moving around a fixed point while constantly receding from or approaching it.
- nocti-
-
- noctis
-
adjective,
(in prescriptions) of the night.
- spiro-
-
- Sarton
-
noun,
May, 1912–95, U.S. poet, novelist, and playwright.
- Sarnia
-
noun,
a port in SE Ontario, in S Canada, on the S shore of Lake Huron, on the St. Clair River, across from Port Huron, Michigan.
- spital
-
noun,
a hospital, especially one for lazars.
- splint
-
noun,
a thin piece of wood or other rigid material used to immobilize a fractured or dislocated bone, or to maintain any part of the body in a fixed position.
- spoilt
-
noun,
Often, spoils. booty, loot, or plunder taken in war or robbery.
- Itasca
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in N Minnesota: one of the sources of the Mississippi River.
- no-par
-
adjective,
without par or face value:
- Santal
-
noun,
sandalwood.
- sprain
-
noun,
a violent straining or wrenching of the parts around a joint, without dislocation.
- isotac
-
noun,
a line drawn on a map connecting all points where ice starts to melt at approximately the same period in spring.
- sprint
-
noun,
a short race at full speed.
- sarco-
-
- sproat
-
noun,
a fishhook having a circular bend.
- norias
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- Stacia
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Stalin
-
noun,
Joseph V (Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili or Dzugashvili) 1879–1953, Soviet political leader: secretary general of the Communist Party 1922–53; premier of the U.S.S.R. 1941–53.
- sapro-
-
- Platas
-
noun,
Rí·o de la [ree-aw th e lah] /ˈri ɔ ðɛ lɑ/ (Show IPA) an estuary on the SE coast of South America between Argentina and Uruguay, formed by the Uruguay and Paraná rivers, about 185 miles (290 km) long.
- Sapota
-
noun,
sapote.
- santir
-
noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- social
-
noun,
a social gathering or party, especially of or as given by an organized group:
- Scotia
-
noun,
a deep concave molding between two fillets, as in the Attic base.
- coatis
-
noun,
any tropical American carnivore of the genus Nasua, related to the raccoon, having an elongated body, long, ringed tail, and a slender, flexible snout.
- caplin
-
noun,
capelin.
- Carian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Caria.
- carats
-
noun,
a unit of weight in gemstones, 200 milligrams (about 3 grains of troy or avoirdupois weight). Abbreviation: c., ct.
- Tartan
-
noun,
a woolen or worsted cloth woven with stripes of different colors and widths crossing at right angles, worn chiefly by the Scottish Highlanders, each clan having its own distinctive plaid.
- captor
-
noun,
a person who has captured a person or thing.
- captan
-
noun,
a powder, C 9 H 8 Cl 3 NO 2 S, of white to cream color, used as a fungicide on vegetables, fruits, and flowers.
- Capris
-
noun,
Capri pants.
- Altona
-
noun,
a metropolitan district of Hamburg, Germany: formerly an independent city.
- trails
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- capons
-
noun,
a cockerel castrated to improve the flesh for use as food.
- Arista
-
noun,
Botany. a bristlelike appendage of the spikelets of grains or grasses; an awn.
- tarso-
-
- capias
-
noun,
a writ commanding an officer to take a specified person into custody.
- Anatol
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Greek word meaning “sunrise.”.
- Cantos
-
noun,
one of the main or larger divisions of a long poem.
- anatto
-
noun,
annatto.
- Cantor
-
noun,
the religious official of a synagogue who conducts the liturgical portion of a service and sings or chants the prayers and parts of prayers designed to be performed as solos.
- Canton
-
noun,
a small territorial district, especially one of the states of the Swiss confederation.
- Ancona
-
noun,
an altarpiece, usually consisting of a painted panel or panels, reliefs, or statues set in an elaborate frame.
- cantar
-
noun,
a poem consisting of four-line stanzas, each line having eight syllables.
- Cantal
-
noun,
a department in S central France. 2231 sq. mi. (5780 sq. km). Capital: Aurillac.
- cannot
-
verb,
a form of ·can not.
- Carina
-
noun,
Zoology. a keellike part or ridge, especially a ridge of bone on the ventral side of the sternum of birds.
- Carlos
-
noun,
Don [don;; Spanish dawn] /dɒn;; Spanish dɔn/ (Show IPA), (Carlos Maria Isidro de Borbón) 1788–1855, pretender to the Spanish throne.
- aniso-
-
- tra-la
-
noun,
nonsense syllables sung as a refrain, expressing gaiety.
- casino
-
noun,
a building or large room used for meetings, entertainment, dancing, etc., especially such a place equipped with gambling devices, gambling tables, etc.
- Alison
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Alice.
- trans.
-
- prosit
-
interjection,
(used as a toast to wish good health to one's drinking companions).
- Alnico
-
noun,
a permanent-magnet alloy having aluminum, nickel, and cobalt as its principal ingredients.
- cartop
-
adjective,
of a size and shape suitable for carrying on the top of an automobile.
- carton
-
noun,
a cardboard or plastic box used typically for storage or shipping.
- tarsal
-
noun,
a tarsal bone, joint, or the like.
- Carson
-
noun,
Christopher ("Kit") 1809–68, U.S. frontiersman and scout.
- aloins
-
noun,
an intensely bitter, crystalline, water-soluble powder composed of the active principles of and obtained from aloe, used chiefly as a purgative.
- carpos
-
noun,
an ancient Greek goddess of summer fruit, considered by Athenians as one of the Horae.
- Altair
-
noun,
a first-magnitude star in the constellation Aquila.
- carpo-
-
- trains
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- carpal
-
noun,
a carpale.
- Carola
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Carol.
- Alston
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Carnot
-
noun,
Lazare Nicolas Marguerite [la-zar nee-kaw-lah mar-guh-reet] /laˈzar ni kɔˈlɑ mar gəˈrit/ (Show IPA), 1753–1823, French general and statesman.
- Carnap
-
noun,
Rudolf P. 1891–1970, U.S. philosopher, born in Germany.
- carnal
-
adjective,
pertaining to or characterized by the flesh or the body, its passions and appetites; sensual:
- tarsia
-
noun,
intarsia.
- Altaic
-
noun,
the Turkic, Mongolian, and Tungusic language families collectively, spoken over a broad expanse of Eurasia, from southeastern Europe to the Pacific: variously considered to be a single, genetically related family, with Japanese and Korean sometimes also included, or a group of languages with shared typologies and histories, but not genetically akin.
- cannas
-
noun,
any of various tropical plants of the genus Canna, cultivated for their large, usually brightly colored leaves and showy flowers.
- tatars
-
noun,
a member of a modern Turkic people living in the Tatar Autonomous Republic and adjacent regions of eastern European Russia and in widely scattered communities in western Siberia and central Asia.
- Caslon
-
noun,
William, 1692–1766, English type founder and designer.
- Pontic
-
noun,
an artificial tooth in a bridge.
- Antons
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Anthony.
- astro-
-
- astral
-
adjective,
pertaining to or proceeding from the stars; stellar; star-shaped.
- aorist
-
noun,
a verb tense, as in Classical Greek, expressing action or, in the indicative mood, past action, without further limitation or implication.
- aortas
-
noun,
the main trunk of the arterial system, conveying blood from the left ventricle of the heart to all of the body except the lungs.
- Portia
-
noun,
the heroine of Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice, who, in one scene, disguises herself as a lawyer.
- asonia
-
noun,
tone deafness.
- titans
-
noun,
Classical Mythology.
any of the sons of Uranus and Gaea, including Coeus, Crius, Cronus, Hyperion, Iapetus, and Oceanus.
Also, Titaness. any of the sisters of these, including Mnemosyne, Phoebe, Rhea, Tethys, Themis, and Thia.
any of the offspring of the children of Uranus and Gaea.
- portal
-
noun,
a door, gate, or entrance, especially one of imposing appearance, as to a palace.
- aslant
-
adverb,
at a slant; slantingly; obliquely.
- apical
-
noun,
Phonetics. an apical sound.
- astron
-
- aporia
-
noun,
Rhetoric. the expression of a simulated or real doubt, as about where to begin or what to do or say.
- Tocsin
-
noun,
a signal, especially of alarm, sounded on a bell or bells.
- pontil
-
noun,
punty.
- Artois
-
noun,
a former province in N France: artesian wells.
- artist
-
noun,
a person who produces works in any of the arts that are primarily subject to aesthetic criteria.
- tonsil
-
noun,
a prominent oval mass of lymphoid tissue on each side of the throat.
- arsino
-
adjective,
containing the arsino group.
- tolans
-
noun,
a crystalline, water-insoluble, solid, unsaturated compound, C 14 H 10 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- aroint
-
verb (imperative),
begone:
- arnica
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Arnica, having opposite leaves and yellow flower heads.
- Antlia
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Air Pump, a small southern constellation between Vela and Hydra.
- tip-on
-
noun,
tip1 (def 4).
- postal
-
noun,
Informal. postal card.
- anopia
-
noun,
absence of sight, especially when due to a structural defect in or absence of an eye.
- Calais
-
noun,
the winged son of Boreas the north wind. As Argonauts he and his brother Zetes chased away the Harpies.
- annals
-
noun,
a record of events, especially a yearly record, usually in chronological order.
- Cairns
-
noun,
a seaport in NE Australia.
- totals
-
noun,
the total amount; sum; aggregate:
- tiaras
-
noun,
a jeweled, ornamental coronet worn by women.
- ticals
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Siam, equal to 100 satang: replaced in 1928 by the baht.
- polit.
-
- anoint
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or sprinkle on; apply an unguent, ointment, or oily liquid to.
- tincal
-
noun,
a former name for crude native borax.
- tinct.
-
- attorn
-
verb (used with object),
to turn over to another; transfer.
- tipcat
-
noun,
a game in which a short piece of wood, tapered at both ends, is struck lightly at one end with a bat, causing the wood to spring into the air so that it can be batted for a distance.
- tincts
-
noun,
tint; tinge; coloring.
- Attila
-
noun,
("Scourge of God") a.d. 406?–453, king of the Huns who invaded Europe: defeated by the Romans and Visigoths in 451 at Châlons-sur-Marne in France.
- Attica
-
noun,
a region in SE Greece, surrounding Athens: under Athenian rule in ancient times.
- attars
-
noun,
Also, atar, athar, ottar, otto. a perfume or essential oil obtained from flowers or petals.
- attain
-
verb (used with object),
to reach, achieve, or accomplish; gain; obtain:
- atopic
-
adjective,
of or relating to atopy.
- atonic
-
noun,
Grammar. an unaccented word, syllable, or sound.
- atonal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or marked by atonality.
- Poncas
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people formerly of northern Nebraska, now living mostly in northern Oklahoma.
- antiar
-
noun,
the upas tree.
- casita
-
noun,
a small crude dwelling forming part of a shantytown inhabited by Mexican laborers in the southwestern U.S.
- capita
-
noun,
plural of caput.
- Caspar
-
noun,
one of the three Magi.
- Citron
-
noun,
a pale-yellow fruit resembling the lemon but larger and with thicker rind, borne by a small tree or large bush, Citrus medica, allied to the lemon and lime.
- coapts
-
verb (used with object),
to bring close together:
- Alaric
-
noun,
a.d. c370–410, king of the Visigoths: captured Rome 410.
- tarots
-
noun,
any of a set of 22 playing cards bearing allegorical representations, used for fortunetelling and as trump cards in tarok.
- tropic
-
noun,
Geography.
either of two corresponding parallels of latitude on the terrestrial globe, one (tropic of Cancer) about 23½° N, and the other (tropic of Capricorn) about 23½° S of the equator, being the boundaries of the Torrid Zone.
the tropics, the regions lying between and near these parallels of latitude; the Torrid Zone and neighboring regions.
- coalas
-
noun,
koala.
- clints
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Clinton.
- tronas
-
noun,
a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
- tricot
-
noun,
a warp-knit fabric of various natural or synthetic fibers, as wool, silk, or nylon, having fine vertical ribs on the face and horizontal ribs on the back, used especially for making garments.
- citral
-
noun,
a pale yellow, water-insoluble, liquid aldehyde, C 10 H 16 O, having a strong lemonlike odor, consisting in natural form of two isomers (citral a or geranial and citral b or neral) usually obtained from the oils of lemon and orange or synthetically: used chiefly in perfumery, flavoring, and the synthesis of vitamin A.
- trinal
-
adjective,
threefold; triple; trine.
- prison
-
noun,
a building for the confinement of persons held while awaiting trial, persons sentenced after conviction, etc.
- action
-
noun,
the process or state of acting or of being active:
- Catton
-
noun,
(Charles) Bruce, 1899–1978, U.S. journalist and historian.
- Tantra
-
noun,
(italics) Hinduism. any of several books of esoteric doctrine regarding rituals, disciplines, meditation, etc., composed in the form of dialogues between Shiva and his Shakti; Agama.
- prints
-
noun,
the state of being printed.
- Tarlac
-
noun,
a city on N central Luzon, in the N Philippines.
- actins
-
noun,
a globulin that is present in muscle plasma and that in connection with myosin plays an important role in muscle contraction.
- actin-
-
- triols
-
noun,
a compound having three hydroxyl groups.
- Cloris
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- Triton
-
noun,
a positively-charged particle consisting of a proton and two neutrons, equivalent to the nucleus of an atom of tritium.
- tapirs
-
noun,
any of several large, stout, three-toed ungulates of the family Tapiridae, of Central and South America, the Malay Peninsula, and Sumatra, somewhat resembling swine and having a long, flexible snout: all species are threatened or endangered.
- claros
-
noun,
such a cigar.
- clino-
-
- points
-
noun,
a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
- triacs
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- tripos
-
noun,
(at Cambridge University, England) any of various final honors examinations.
- Catano
-
noun,
a city in NE Puerto Rico, SW of San Juan.
- tarpon
-
noun,
a large, powerful game fish, Megalops atlantica, inhabiting the warmer waters of the Atlantic Ocean, having a compressed body and large, silvery scales.
- T-stop
-
noun,
a camera lens aperture setting calibrated to a T number.
- cation
-
noun,
a positively charged ion that is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis.
- catnip
-
noun,
a plant, Nepeta cataria, of the mint family, having egg-shaped leaves containing aromatic oils that are a cat attractant.
- catnap
-
noun,
a short, light nap or doze.
- Castro
-
noun,
Cipriano [sip-ree-ah-noh;; Spanish see-pree-ah-naw] /ˌsɪp riˈɑ noʊ;; Spanish ˌsi priˈɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1858?–1924, Venezuelan military and political leader: president 1901–08; exiled 1908.
- Catlin
-
noun,
George, 1796–1872, U.S. painter.
- Castor
-
noun,
Also, castoreum. a brownish, unctuous substance with a strong, penetrating odor, secreted by certain glands in the groin of the beaver, used in medicine and perfumery.
- tarpan
-
noun,
a small, dun-colored wild horse chiefly of southern Russia, having a flowing mane and tail: extinct since the early 20th century but somewhat restored by selective breeding of mixed-breed domestic horses, and sustained in zoos.
- Alcott
-
noun,
(Amos) Bronson [bron-suh n] /ˈbrɒn sən/ (Show IPA), 1799–1888, U.S. educator and philosopher.
- pisco
-
noun,
a brandy made in the district near Pisco, a seaport in Peru.
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- Sapir
-
noun,
Edward, 1884–1939, U.S. anthropologist and linguist, born in Germany.
- Aalto
-
noun,
Alvar [ahl-vahr] /ˈɑl vɑr/ (Show IPA), 1898–1976, Finnish architect and furniture designer.
- Aalst
-
noun,
Flemish name of Alost.
- sapor
-
noun,
the quality in a substance that affects the sense of taste; savor; flavor.
- Arion
-
noun,
flourished 7th century b.c, Greek poet: inventor of the dithyramb.
- Santo
-
noun,
a carved figure of a saint, usually of wood, as from Puerto Rico, Mexico, or the southwestern U.S.
- naso-
-
- Anton
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Anthony.
- Patti
-
noun,
Adelina [ah-de-lee-nah] /ˌɑ dɛˈli nɑ/ (Show IPA), (Adela Juana Maria Patti) 1843–1919, Italian operatic soprano, born in Spain.
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- scion
-
noun,
a descendant.
- pions
-
noun,
the first meson to be discovered: it has spin 0 and may be positively or negatively charged or neutral; charged pions decay into a muon and a neutrino or antineutrino. Symbol: π.
- ports
-
noun,
a city, town, or other place where ships load or unload.
- Saran
-
noun,
a thermoplastic copolymer of vinylidene chloride and usually small amounts of vinyl chloride or acrylonitrile: used as a fiber, for packaging, and for making acid-resistant pipe.
- arils
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- Norns
-
noun,
an extinct Norse dialect, spoken until early modern times in the Shetland and Orkney Islands and in parts of northern Scotland.
- sarc-
-
- ratio
-
noun,
the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:
- noria
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- antic
-
noun,
Usually, antics.
a playful trick or prank; caper.
a grotesque, fantastic, or ludicrous gesture, act, or posture.
- anti-
-
- praos
-
noun,
proa.
- Ansar
-
noun,
the first inhabitants of Medina to accept Islam.
- Ocala
-
noun,
a city in central Florida.
- Patna
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Bihar, in NE India, on the Ganges.
- salon
-
noun,
a drawing room or reception room in a large house.
- acorn
-
noun,
the typically ovoid fruit or nut of an oak, enclosed at the base by a cupule.
- prion
-
noun,
any of several petrels of the genus Pachyptila, located in the oceans of the Southern Hemisphere and having serrated edges on the bill.
- Salop
-
noun,
a county in W England. 1348 sq. mi. (3490 sq. km).
- Paton
-
noun,
Alan (Stewart) 1903–88, South African novelist.
- Salpa
-
noun,
any free-swimming, oceanic tunicate of the genus Salpa, having a transparent, more or less fusiform body.
- Tosca
-
noun,
an opera (1900) by Giacomo Puccini.
- patr-
-
- picas
-
noun,
a 12-point type of a size between small pica and English.
- Salta
-
noun,
a game for two, resembling Chinese checkers, played on a board with 100 squares.
- torts
-
noun,
a wrongful act, not including a breach of contract or trust, that results in injury to another's person, property, reputation, or the like, and for which the injured party is entitled to compensation.
- Aaron
-
noun,
the older brother of Moses, usually regarded as the first high priest of the Hebrews. Ex. 28; 40:13–16.
- Nasca
-
adjective,
Nazca.
- Anson
-
noun,
a male given name.
- acari
-
noun,
plural of acarus.
- Salto
-
noun,
a city in NW Uruguay, on the Uruguay River.
- posit
-
noun,
something that is posited; an assumption; postulate.
- 30-30
-
- tonal
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having tonality.
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- antas
-
noun,
a privately supported organization, chartered by Congress in 1935, for the encouragement and advancement of professional and nonprofessional theater.
- sanit
-
- Santa
-
noun,
Santa Claus.
- Trona
-
noun,
a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
- aorta
-
noun,
the main trunk of the arterial system, conveying blood from the left ventricle of the heart to all of the body except the lungs.
- Arcas
-
noun,
a son of Zeus and Callisto, the ancestor of the Arcadians who was set among the stars with his mother as the Little Bear and the Great Bear respectively.
- toric
-
adjective,
noting or pertaining to a lens with a surface forming a portion of a torus, used for eyeglasses and contact lenses that correct astigmatism.
- apron
-
noun,
a garment covering part of the front of the body and tied at the waist, for protecting the wearer's clothing:
- nipas
-
noun,
a palm, Nypa fruticans, of India, the Philippines, etc., whose foliage is used for thatching, basketry, etc.
- scalp
-
noun,
the integument of the upper part of the head, usually including the associated subcutaneous structures.
- raias
-
noun,
rayah.
- Niort
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- Ninos
-
noun,
boy; child.
- scant
-
adverb,
Scot. and North England Dialect. scarcely; barely; hardly.
- April
-
noun,
the fourth month of the year, containing 30 days. Abbreviation: Apr.
- scarp
-
noun,
a line of cliffs formed by the faulting or fracturing of the earth's crust; an escarpment.
- scart
-
verb (used with or without object),
to scratch, scrape, mark, or scar.
- rason
-
noun,
a long, loose, black gown with wide sleeves, worn by the clergy.
- scat-
-
- Prato
-
noun,
a city in central Italy, near Florence.
- pians
-
noun,
yaws.
- prats
-
noun,
the buttocks.
- Natta
-
noun,
Giulio [joo-lyaw] /ˈdʒu lyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1903–79, Italian chemist and engineer: Nobel Prize in chemistry 1963.
- scatt
-
noun,
scat5 .
- topis
-
noun,
topee.
- topic
-
noun,
a subject of conversation or discussion:
- porns
-
noun,
Sometimes, porno [pawr-noh] /ˈpɔr noʊ/ (Show IPA). pornography; sexually explicit videos, photographs, writings, or the like, produced to elicit sexual arousal (often used attributively):
- natl.
-
- trots
-
noun,
the gait of a horse, dog, or other quadruped, when trotting.
- proas
-
noun,
any of various types of Indonesian boats, especially a swift Malay sailing boat built with the lee side flat and balanced by a single outrigger.
- Tsana
-
noun,
Lake. Tana, Lake.
- proc.
-
- tonic
-
noun,
a medicine that invigorates or strengthens:
- aport
-
adverb,
on or toward the port side.
- Nisan
-
noun,
the seventh month of the Jewish calendar.
- apart
-
Idioms,
apart from, aside from; in addition to; besides:
- ratal
-
noun,
the amount on which rates or taxes are assessed.
- nopal
-
noun,
any of several cacti of the genus Nopalea, resembling the prickly pear.
- tonia
-
- nonas
-
noun,
sleeping sickness (def 2).
- nona-
-
- Arica
-
noun,
a seaport in N Chile.
- Sarto
-
noun,
Andrea del [ahn-drey-uh del;; Italian ahn-dre-ah del] /ɑnˈdreɪ ə dɛl;; Italian ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ dɛl/ (Show IPA), Andrea del Sarto.
- Natal
-
noun,
a province in the E part of the Republic of South Africa. 35,284 sq. mi. (91,886 sq. km). Capital: Pietermaritzburg.
- ratan
-
noun,
rattan.
- noils
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- arias
-
noun,
an air or melody.
- rails
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- torcs
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- Apoc.
-
- arian
-
noun,
an adherent of Arianism.
- noct-
-
- trop-
-
- Satan
-
noun,
the chief evil spirit; the great adversary of humanity; the devil.
- apian
-
adjective,
of or relating to bees.
- pirns
-
noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- satin
-
noun,
a fabric in a warp-effect or filling-effect satin weave, as acetate, rayon, nylon, or silk, often having a glossy face and a soft, slippery texture.
- piano
-
noun,
a musical instrument in which felt-covered hammers, operated from a keyboard, strike the metal strings.
- toran
-
noun,
(in Indian Buddhist and Hindu architecture) a gateway having two or three lintels between two posts.
- nitr-
-
- Port.
-
- niton
-
noun,
(formerly) radon. Symbol: Nt.
- apast
-
preposition,
past; beyond.
- anoia
-
noun,
extreme mental deficiency.
- post-
-
- parol
-
noun,
something stated or declared.
- riata
-
noun,
a lariat.
- Alans
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Celtic word meaning “harmony.”.
- altar
-
noun,
an elevated place or structure, as a mound or platform, at which religious rites are performed or on which sacrifices are offered to gods, ancestors, etc.
- Pilar
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or covered with hair.
- pilon
-
noun,
something extra; lagniappe.
- Paris
-
noun,
Matthew, Matthew of Paris.
- riots
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- Pilos
-
noun,
Greek name of Navarino.
- alani
-
plural noun,
a nomadic Iranian people who flourished in the 2nd–4th centuries a.d. and are ancestors of the present-day Ossets.
- Parl.
-
- alti-
-
- ottar
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- pilot
-
noun,
a person duly qualified to steer ships into or out of a harbor or through certain difficult waters.
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- alto-
-
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- pinas
-
noun,
pineapple.
- Ostia
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, SW of Rome: ruins from 4th century b.c.; site of ancient port of Rome.
- Paros
-
noun,
a Greek island of the Cyclades, in the S Aegean: noted for its white marble. 77 sq. mi. (200 sq. km).
- ratos
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- triac
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- roans
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- Alton
-
noun,
a city in SW Illinois.
- part.
-
- OSCAR
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter O.
- Altai
-
noun,
a territory of the Russian Federation in central Asia. 101,000 sq. mi. (261,700 sq. km). Capital: Barnaul.
- Alta.
-
- roast
-
noun,
roasted meat or a piece of roasted meat, as a piece of beef or veal of a quantity and shape for slicing into more than one portion.
- Alost
-
noun,
a city in central Belgium, NW of Brussels.
- pants
-
noun,
trousers (def 1).
- Paoli
-
noun,
Pasquale di, 1725–1807, Corsican military leader, statesman, and patriot.
- alist
-
adjective,
inclined to one side; heeling or listing.
- pant-
-
- para-
-
- Alcor
-
- Panic
-
noun,
a sudden overwhelming fear, with or without cause, that produces hysterical or irrational behavior, and that often spreads quickly through a group of persons or animals.
- Aloin
-
noun,
an intensely bitter, crystalline, water-soluble powder composed of the active principles of and obtained from aloe, used chiefly as a purgative.
- paras
-
noun,
a former copper coin of Turkey, the 40th part of a piaster.
- Palos
-
noun,
a seaport in SW Spain: starting point of Columbus's first voyage westward.
- palis
-
noun,
(in Hawaii) a steep slope or cliff.
- Alcon
-
noun,
a noted archer who helped Hercules abduct the cattle of Geryon.
- trait
-
noun,
a distinguishing characteristic or quality, especially of one's personal nature:
- pacas
-
noun,
a large, white-spotted, almost tailless rodent, Agouti paca, of Central and South America, having features resembling a guinea pig and rabbit: valued as food.
- Alsip
-
noun,
a town in NE Illinois.
- paisa
-
noun,
Also, pice. an aluminum coin and monetary unit, the 100th part of the rupee of India, Nepal, and Pakistan.
- pairs
-
noun,
two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together:
- Alsop
-
noun,
Joseph W(right) 1910–1989, U.S. political journalist and writer.
- paint
-
noun,
a substance composed of solid coloring matter suspended in a liquid medium and applied as a protective or decorative coating to various surfaces, or to canvas or other materials in producing a work of art.
- pains
-
noun,
physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
- Parca
-
noun,
an ancient Roman goddess of childbirth and destiny.
Compare Parcae.
- pari-
-
- rcpt.
-
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- rials
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- Alas.
-
- Oscan
-
noun,
one of an ancient people of south-central Italy.
- trial
-
noun,
Law.
the examination before a judicial tribunal of the facts put in issue in a cause, often including issues of law as well as those of fact.
the determination of a person's guilt or innocence by due process of law.
- anon.
-
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- anis-
-
- Pasco
-
noun,
a city in S Washington, on the Columbia River.
- triol
-
noun,
a compound having three hydroxyl groups.
- Anita
-
noun,
a female given name: Spanish form of Anna.
- pasta
-
noun,
any of various flour-and-egg food preparations of Italian origin, made of thin, unleavened dough and produced in a variety of forms, usually served with a sauce and sometimes stuffed.
- toti-
-
- Pinto
-
noun,
Western U.S. a pinto horse.
- annal
-
noun,
a record of events of a particular year:
- Pasto
-
noun,
a city in SW Colombia. About 8350 feet (2545 meters) above sea level.
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- annas
-
noun,
a former cupronickel coin of Pakistan, the 16th part of a rupee: last issued in 1960.
- annot
-
- acron
-
noun,
the unsegmented, preoral portion of the body of an arthropod.
- onlap
-
noun,
the advance of a sea beyond its former shore.
- 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).
- total
-
noun,
the total amount; sum; aggregate:
- anoas
-
noun,
a small forest buffalo, Bubalus (Anoa) depressicornis, of the island of Celebes, having a brown coat and straight, sharp-tipped horns: an endangered species.
- alias
-
noun,
a false name used to conceal one's identity; an assumed name:
- octan
-
noun,
an octan fever.
- acro-
-
- octal
-
noun,
octonary (def 6).
- prana
-
noun,
Yoga, Jainism. the vital principle.
- octa-
-
- salat
-
noun,
prayers, said five times a day: the second of the Pillars of Islam.
- acpt.
-
- patio
-
noun,
an area, usually paved, adjoining a house and used as an area for outdoor lounging, dining, etc.
- Salic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the Salian Franks.
- Pinta
-
noun,
a nonvenereal treponematosis occurring chiefly in Central and South America, caused by Treponema carateum, characterized by spots of various colors on the skin.
- rotls
-
noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- ornis
-
noun,
an avifauna.
- Pinon
-
noun,
Also, pinyon. Also called pinyon pine, nut pine. any of several pines of southwestern North America, as Pinus monophylla or P. edulis, bearing edible, nutlike seeds.
- anal.
-
- orial
-
- Pinna
-
noun,
Botany. one of the primary divisions of a pinnate leaf.
- Orcas
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- roils
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- trail
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- Ronan
-
noun,
a king who killed his son, Mael Fothartaigh, after his wife had falsely accused the boy of attempting to seduce her, and who was himself killed by the children of Mael Fothartaigh.
- orant
-
noun,
a representation of a female figure, with outstretched arms and palms up in a gesture of prayer, in ancient and early Christian art.
- orans
-
noun,
orant.
- ronin
-
noun,
a samurai who no longer serves a daimyo, or feudal lord.
- orals
-
noun,
an oral examination in a school, college, or university, given especially to a candidate for an advanced degree.
- anat.
-
- actos
-
- anion
-
noun,
a negatively charged ion, as one attracted to the anode in electrolysis.
- 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.
- Actor
-
noun,
a person who acts in stage plays, motion pictures, television broadcasts, etc.
- Acton
-
noun,
a quilted garment worn under mail in the 13th and 14th centuries; gambeson.
- Actis
-
noun,
a son of Rhoda and Helius who, when banished from his home for fratricide, fled to Egypt, where he taught astrology. The Colossus of Rhodes was built in his honor.
- Ancon
-
noun,
the elbow.
- optic
-
noun,
the eye.
- opsin
-
noun,
any of several compounds that form the protein component of the light-sensitive retina pigment, rhodopsin.
- Tract
-
noun,
an expanse or area of land, water, etc.; region; stretch.
- parts
-
noun,
a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent:
- anils
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- rotas
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- Pinot
-
noun,
any of several varieties of purple or white vinifera grapes yielding a red or white wine, used especially in making burgundies and champagnes.
- ontic
-
adjective,
possessing the character of real rather than phenomenal existence; noumenal.
- nasal
-
noun,
Phonetics. a nasal speech sound.
- Lorna
-
noun,
a female given name.
- scopa
-
noun,
pollen brush.
- strip
-
noun,
a striptease.
- incor
-
- incl.
-
- incas
-
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.
- stopt
-
noun,
the act of stopping.
- inapt
-
adjective,
not apt or fitting.
- print
-
noun,
the state of being printed.
- plats
-
noun,
a plot of ground.
- strap
-
noun,
a narrow strip of flexible material, especially leather, as for fastening or holding things together.
- carns
-
noun,
cairn.
- Carol
-
noun,
a song, especially of joy.
- icons
-
- carp-
-
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- carpi
-
noun,
plural of carpus.
- carps
-
noun,
a peevish complaint.
- stola
-
noun,
a long, loose tunic or robe, with or without sleeves, worn by women of ancient Rome.
- plio-
-
- CRISP
-
noun,
Chiefly British. potato chip.
- crit.
-
- Croat
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Croatia; Croatian.
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Taino
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- tarps
-
noun,
tarpaulin.
- tails
-
noun,
tail1 (def 6).
- strop
-
noun,
any of several devices for sharpening razors, especially a strip of leather or other flexible material.
- carts
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- plica
-
noun,
Zoology, Anatomy. a fold or folding.
- tacts
-
noun,
a keen sense of what to say or do to avoid giving offense; skill in dealing with difficult or delicate situations.
- tacos
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- psora
-
noun,
psoriasis.
- tacit
-
adjective,
understood without being openly expressed; implied:
- incr.
-
- Plato
-
noun,
427–347 b.c, Greek philosopher.
- taint
-
noun,
a trace of something bad, offensive, or harmful.
- Capri
-
noun,
an island in W Italy, in the Bay of Naples: grottoes; resort. 5½ sq. mi. (14 sq. km).
- Irons
-
noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- narcs
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- ta-ta
-
interjection,
goodbye.
- tarts
-
noun,
a small pie filled with cooked fruit or other sweetened preparation, usually having no top crust.
- Iran.
-
- Capon
-
noun,
a cockerel castrated to improve the flesh for use as food.
- start
-
noun,
a beginning of an action, journey, etc.
- stat.
-
- iotas
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- capos
-
noun,
any of various devices for a guitar, lute, banjo, etc., that when clamped or screwed down across the strings at a given fret will raise each string a corresponding number of half tones.
- capot
-
noun,
the taking by one player of all the tricks of a deal, as in piquet.
- Capra
-
noun,
Frank, 1897–1991, U.S. film director and producer, born in Italy.
- stilt
-
noun,
one of two poles, each with a support for the foot at some distance above the bottom end, enabling the wearer to walk with his or her feet above the ground.
- stint
-
noun,
a period of time spent doing something:
- carls
-
noun,
Scot.
a strong, robust fellow, especially a strong manual laborer.
a miser; an extremely thrifty person.
- Stoat
-
noun,
the ermine, Mustela erminea, especially when in brown summer pelage.
- Stoic
-
noun,
a member or adherent of the Stoic school of philosophy.
- insol
-
- insp.
-
- inst.
-
- Carla
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- Carin
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Caria
-
noun,
an ancient district in SW Asia Minor.
- stipo
-
noun,
a tall, ornate, Italian desk with a drop lid.
- stirp
-
noun,
a line of descendants from a common ancestor.
- intr.
-
- carat
-
noun,
a unit of weight in gemstones, 200 milligrams (about 3 grains of troy or avoirdupois weight). Abbreviation: c., ct.
- Caras
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Italian word meaning “dear one.”.
- Capt.
-
- caps.
-
- crips
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a person who is partially or totally unable to use one or more limbs.
- cata-
-
- Srta.
-
- Conn.
-
- Clint
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Clinton.
- Tarai
-
noun,
Terai.
- prost
-
interjection,
prosit.
- clipt
-
noun,
the act of clipping.
- tapis
-
noun,
Obsolete. a carpet, tapestry, or other covering.
- cont.
-
- tapir
-
noun,
any of several large, stout, three-toed ungulates of the family Tapiridae, of Central and South America, the Malay Peninsula, and Sumatra, somewhat resembling swine and having a long, flexible snout: all species are threatened or endangered.
- clops
-
noun,
a sound made by or as if by a horse's hoof striking the ground.
- clots
-
noun,
a mass or lump.
- tapas
-
noun,
the conditioning of the body through the proper kinds and amounts of diet, rest, bodily training, meditation, etc., to bring it to the greatest possible state of creative power.
- Const
-
- Cons.
-
- Prot.
-
- conns
-
noun,
responsibility for the steering of a ship.
- Conan
-
noun,
a male given name.
- CLASP
-
noun,
a device, usually of metal, for fastening together two or more things or parts of the same thing:
- coirs
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- coati
-
noun,
any tropical American carnivore of the genus Nasua, related to the raccoon, having an elongated body, long, ringed tail, and a slender, flexible snout.
- tanto
-
adverb,
(of a musical direction) too much; so much.
- coast
-
noun,
the land next to the sea; seashore:
- coils
-
noun,
a connected series of spirals or rings into which a rope or the like is wound.
- Tanta
-
noun,
a city in N Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- coins
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- coapt
-
verb (used with object),
to bring close together:
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- coals
-
noun,
a black or dark-brown combustible mineral substance consisting of carbonized vegetable matter, used as a fuel.
Compare anthracite, bituminous coal, lignite.
- Colas
-
noun,
a carbonated soft drink containing an extract made from kola nuts, together with sweeteners and other flavorings.
- colat
-
- Colin
-
noun,
any of several American quails, especially the bobwhite.
- tanna
-
noun,
one of a group of Jewish scholars, active in Palestine during the 1st and 2nd centuries a.d., whose teachings are found chiefly in the Mishnah.
- coala
-
noun,
koala.
- clast
-
noun,
a grain of sediment, silt, sand, gravel, etc., especially as a constituent fragment of a clastic rock formation, as distinguished from a chemical or biogenic component of such a formation.
- Talos
-
noun,
a man of brass made by Hephaestus for Minos as a guardian of Crete.
- craps
-
noun,
a game in which two dice are thrown and in which a first throw of 7 or 11 wins, a first throw of 2, 3, or 12 loses, and a first throw of 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, or 10 can be won only by throwing the same number again before throwing a 7.
- taros
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- Point
-
noun,
a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
- talcs
-
noun,
Also, talcum [tal-kuh m] /ˈtæl kəm/ (Show IPA). a green-to-gray, soft mineral, hydrous magnesium silicate, Mg 3 (Si 4 O 10)(OH) 2 , unctuous to the touch, and occurring usually in foliated or compact masses, used in making lubricants, talcum powder, electrical insulation, etc.
- Talca
-
noun,
a city in central Chile.
- Costa
-
noun,
a rib or riblike part.
- picot
-
noun,
one of a number of ornamental loops in embroidery, or along the edge of lace, ribbon, etc.
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- cotta
-
noun,
a surplice.
- corps
-
noun,
Military.
a military organization consisting of officers and enlisted personnel or of officers alone:
a military unit of ground combat forces consisting of two or more divisions and other troops.
- cions
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- talas
-
noun,
a repeated rhythmic pattern of stressed and unstressed beats played on a percussion instrument in Indian music.
- tarot
-
noun,
any of a set of 22 playing cards bearing allegorical representations, used for fortunetelling and as trump cards in tarok.
- Taira
-
noun,
a member of a powerful family in Japan that ruled the country 1160–85.
- 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.
- craal
-
noun,
kraal.
- Corti
-
noun,
Alfonso [al-fon-soh;; Italian ahl-fawn-saw] /ælˈfɒn soʊ;; Italian ɑlˈfɔn sɔ/ (Show IPA), 1822–76, Italian anatomist.
- corpn
-
- copal
-
noun,
a hard, lustrous resin obtained from various tropical trees and used chiefly in making varnishes.
- talon
-
noun,
a claw, especially of a bird of prey.
- Copan
-
noun,
Santa Rosa de Copán.
- claro
-
noun,
such a cigar.
- copr-
-
- copra
-
noun,
the dried kernel or meat of the coconut from which coconut oil is expressed.
- Clara
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “clear, bright.”.
- clapt
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of clap1 .
- claps
-
noun,
an act or instance of clapping.
- Corpl
-
- Coral
-
noun,
the hard, variously colored, calcareous skeleton secreted by certain marine polyps.
- clans
-
noun,
a group of families or households, as among the Scottish Highlanders, the heads of which claim descent from a common ancestor:
- coria
-
noun,
plural of corium.
- Clair
-
noun,
René [ruh-ney] /rəˈneɪ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1981, French motion-picture director and writer.
- 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.
- corp.
-
- cants
-
noun,
insincere, especially conventional expressions of enthusiasm for high ideals, goodness, or piety.
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- Plata
-
noun,
Rí·o de la [ree-aw th e lah] /ˈri ɔ ðɛ lɑ/ (Show IPA) an estuary on the SE coast of South America between Argentina and Uruguay, formed by the Uruguay and Paraná rivers, about 185 miles (290 km) long.
- snail
-
noun,
any mollusk of the class Gastropoda, having a spirally coiled shell and a ventral muscular foot on which it slowly glides about.
- Loris
-
noun,
Also called slender loris. a small, slender, tailless, large-eyed, nocturnal lemur, Loris gracilis, of southern India and Sri Lanka.
- Lorin
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- asco-
-
- Lorca
-
noun,
García Lorca.
- ascon
-
noun,
a type of sponge having an oval shape and a thin body wall with pores leading directly into the spongocoel.
- LORAN
-
noun,
a system of long-range navigation whereby the latitude and longitude of a ship or airplane are determined from the time displacement between radio signals from two or more fixed transmitters.
- Ascot
-
noun,
a necktie or scarf with broad ends, tied and arranged so that the ends are laid flat, one across the other, sometimes with a pin to secure them.
- Pitta
-
noun,
any of several brilliantly colored, passerine birds of the family Pittidae, inhabiting dark, Old World, tropical forests.
- Titos
-
noun,
Marshal (Josip Broz) 1891–1980, president of Yugoslavia 1953–80.
- slipt
-
noun,
an act or instance of slipping.
- Asian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Asia, or a person of Asian descent.
- Sloan
-
noun,
John, 1871–1951, U.S. painter.
- plain
-
noun,
an area of land not significantly higher than adjacent areas and with relatively minor differences in elevation, commonly less than 500 feet (150 meters), within the area.
- loans
-
noun,
the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something:
- snarl
-
noun,
the act of snarling.
- Coats
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- plan-
-
- Astor
-
noun,
John Jacob, 1763–1848, U.S. capitalist and fur merchant.
- Isaac
-
noun,
a son of Abraham and Sarah, and father of Jacob. Gen. 21:1–4.
- Lipan
-
noun,
a member of a group of Apache Indians who lived in the U.S. east of the Rio Grande.
- lipo-
-
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- tirls
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- liras
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- litas
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Lithuania, equal to 100 centai.
- plait
-
noun,
a braid, especially of hair or straw.
- snort
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- Tirol
-
noun,
Tyrol.
- aspic
-
noun,
a savory jelly usually made with meat or fish stock and gelatin, chilled and used as a garnish and coating for meats, seafoods, eggs, etc.
- ASPCA
-
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- toast
-
noun,
sliced bread that has been browned by dry heat.
- slant
-
noun,
slanting or oblique direction; slope:
- lints
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- NAACP
-
- tolas
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India: the government tola is 180 ser and equals 180 grains (11.7 grams), the weight of a silver rupee.
- scorn
-
noun,
open or unqualified contempt; disdain:
- Tolar
-
noun,
the basic monetary unit of Slovenia until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 stotins.
- Scot.
-
- Canso
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in SE Canada, the NE extremity of Nova Scotia.
- Scott
-
noun,
Barbara Ann, 1928–2012, Canadian figure skater.
- nano-
-
- nanas
-
noun,
Chiefly Northeastern U.S. grandmother; grandma.
- tolan
-
noun,
a crystalline, water-insoluble, solid, unsaturated compound, C 14 H 10 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- Nairn
-
noun,
a historic county in N Scotland.
- naira
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Nigeria, equal to 100 kobo: replaced the pound in 1973.
- nails
-
noun,
a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
- scrap
-
noun,
a small piece or portion; fragment:
- scrip
-
noun,
a receipt, certificate, list, or similar brief piece of writing.
- 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.
- slain
-
noun,
sley.
- Sinon
-
noun,
a Greek, posing as a deserter, who persuaded the Trojans to take the Trojan Horse into their city.
- sito-
-
- lotas
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- lotic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or living in flowing water.
- Lotta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Charlotte.
- ASCAP
-
noun,
American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers.
- Sino-
-
- artal
-
noun,
plural of rotl.
- Sinan
-
noun,
1489?–1587, Turkish architect, especially of mosques.
- toils
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- sinal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving a sinus.
- piton
-
noun,
a metal spike with an eye through which a rope may be passed.
- pitas
-
noun,
a fiber obtained from plants of the genera Agave, Aechmea, etc., used for cordage, mats, etc.
- racon
-
noun,
radar beacon.
- astr.
-
- Aston
-
noun,
Francis William, 1877–1945, English physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1922.
- pico-
-
- Lanai
-
noun,
a veranda, especially a fully furnished one used as a living room.
- spina
-
noun,
a spine or spinelike projection.
- Cairo
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Egypt, in the N part on the E bank of the Nile.
- laics
-
noun,
one of the laity.
- spilt
-
noun,
a spilling, as of liquid.
- Spica
-
noun,
spike2 .
- plast
-
- cairn
-
noun,
a heap of stones set up as a landmark, monument, tombstone, etc.
- polar
-
adjective,
of or relating to the North or South Pole.
- lanas
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- cains
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- lansa
-
noun,
langsat.
- tical
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Siam, equal to 100 satang: replaced in 1928 by the baht.
- polis
-
noun,
an ancient Greek city-state.
- tilts
-
noun,
an act or instance of tilting.
- tiara
-
noun,
a jeweled, ornamental coronet worn by women.
- lact-
-
- lapin
-
noun,
a rabbit.
- spor-
-
- sprit
-
noun,
a small pole or spar crossing a fore-and-aft sail diagonally from the mast to the upper aftermost corner, serving to extend the sail.
- sprat
-
noun,
a species of herring, Clupea sprattus, of the eastern North Atlantic.
- canto
-
noun,
one of the main or larger divisions of a long poem.
- plat.
-
- sport
-
noun,
an athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess and often of a competitive nature, as racing, baseball, tennis, golf, bowling, wrestling, boxing, hunting, fishing, etc.
- Ital.
-
- Cant.
-
- Tatar
-
noun,
a member of a modern Turkic people living in the Tatar Autonomous Republic and adjacent regions of eastern European Russia and in widely scattered communities in western Siberia and central Asia.
- splat
-
noun,
Also, splad. a broad, flat piece of wood, either pierced or solid, forming the center upright part of a chair back or the like.
- canst
-
noun,
a sealed container for food, beverages, etc., as of aluminum, sheet iron coated with tin, or other metal:
- Pratt
-
noun,
Edwin John, 1883–1964, Canadian poet.
- spirt
-
noun,
a sudden, forceful gush or jet.
- Canon
-
noun,
an ecclesiastical rule or law enacted by a council or other competent authority and, in the Roman Catholic Church, approved by the pope.
- Canna
-
noun,
any of various tropical plants of the genus Canna, cultivated for their large, usually brightly colored leaves and showy flowers.
- canal
-
noun,
an artificial waterway for navigation, irrigation, etc.
- solan
-
noun,
a gannet.
- pros.
-
- lapis
-
noun,
(italics) Latin. stone (used in Latin names for minerals, gems, etc.)
- Solti
-
noun,
Sir Georg [gey-awrg,, jawrj] /ˈgeɪ ɔrg,, dʒɔrdʒ/ (Show IPA), 1912–97, British orchestra conductor, born in Hungary.
- Sonia
-
noun,
a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.
- span-
-
- Liana
-
noun,
any of various usually woody vines that may climb as high as the tree canopy in a tropical forest.
- ation
-
- SONAR
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- atilt
-
adjective, adverb,
with a tilt or inclination; tilted:
- plant
-
noun,
any member of the kingdom Plantae, comprising multicellular organisms that typically produce their own food from inorganic matter by the process of photosynthesis and that have more or less rigid cell walls containing cellulose, including vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, and hornworts: some classification schemes may include fungi, algae, bacteria, blue-green algae, and certain single-celled eukaryotes that have plantlike qualities, as rigid cell walls or photosynthesis.
- tints
-
noun,
a color or a variety of a color; hue.
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- linac
-
noun,
linear accelerator.
- pron.
-
- linns
-
noun,
a waterfall or torrent of rushing water in a river or stream.
- solar
-
noun,
Informal. solar energy.
- Linos
-
noun,
linoleum.
- sonic
-
adjective,
of or relating to sound.
- ATLAS
-
noun,
a bound collection of maps.
- Attic
-
noun,
the part of a building, especially of a house, directly under a roof; garret.
- Larsa
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city in southern Iraq: archaeological site.
- 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.
- atrip
-
adjective,
aweigh.
- Latin
-
noun,
an Italic language spoken in ancient Rome, fixed in the 2nd or 1st century b.c., and established as the official language of the Roman Empire. Abbreviation: L.
- Spain
-
noun,
a kingdom in SW Europe. Including the Balearic and Canary islands, 194,988 sq. mi. (505,019 sq. km). Capital: Madrid.
- atto-
-
- attar
-
noun,
Also, atar, athar, ottar, otto. a perfume or essential oil obtained from flowers or petals.
- Laris
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- Ponca
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people formerly of northern Nebraska, now living mostly in northern Oklahoma.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- rapt
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- rail
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- pts.
-
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- psia
-
- 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).
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- Raia
-
noun,
rayah.
- PSAT
-
- prs.
-
- Ptas
-
plural,
peseta.
- pro-
-
- proa
-
noun,
any of various types of Indonesian boats, especially a swift Malay sailing boat built with the lee side flat and balanced by a single outrigger.
- 1080
-
- rasa
-
noun,
(in Hindu aesthetics) flavor, sentiment, or emotion: regarded as one of the fundamental qualities of classical music, dance, and poetry.
- tail
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- tats
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do, or make by, tatting.
- tart
-
noun,
a small pie filled with cooked fruit or other sweetened preparation, usually having no top crust.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- tarp
-
noun,
tarpaulin.
- Taro
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- Tara
-
noun,
a village in the NE Republic of Ireland, NW of Dublin: home of the ancient Irish kings (Hill of Tara)
- Tapa
-
noun,
(especially in Spain) a snack or appetizer, typically served with wine or beer.
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- Tana
-
noun,
thana.
- talc
-
noun,
Also, talcum [tal-kuh m] /ˈtæl kəm/ (Show IPA). a green-to-gray, soft mineral, hydrous magnesium silicate, Mg 3 (Si 4 O 10)(OH) 2 , unctuous to the touch, and occurring usually in foliated or compact masses, used in making lubricants, talcum powder, electrical insulation, etc.
- Tala
-
noun,
a repeated rhythmic pattern of stressed and unstressed beats played on a percussion instrument in Indian music.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- tact
-
noun,
a keen sense of what to say or do to avoid giving offense; skill in dealing with difficult or delicate situations.
- tils
-
noun,
the sesame plant.
- taco
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- Taal
-
noun,
Afrikaans (usually preceded by the).
- str.
-
- stop
-
noun,
the act of stopping.
- STOL
-
noun,
a convertiplane that can become airborne after a short takeoff run and has forward speeds comparable to those of conventional aircraft.
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- Sra.
-
- SPOT
-
noun,
a rounded mark or stain made by foreign matter, as mud, blood, paint, ink, etc.; a blot or speck.
- spit
-
noun,
saliva, especially when ejected.
- spin
-
noun,
the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion.
- spic
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a Spanish-American person.
- tics
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- tilt
-
noun,
an act or instance of tilting.
- spat
-
noun,
a petty quarrel.
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- Trot
-
noun,
the gait of a horse, dog, or other quadruped, when trotting.
- tron
-
- tRNA
-
- trit
-
- Trip
-
noun,
a journey or voyage:
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- tri-
-
- trap
-
noun,
a contrivance used for catching game or other animals, as a mechanical device that springs shut suddenly.
- tots
-
noun,
a small child.
- tost
-
noun,
an act or instance of tossing.
- tort
-
noun,
a wrongful act, not including a breach of contract or trust, that results in injury to another's person, property, reputation, or the like, and for which the injured party is entitled to compensation.
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- torn
-
noun,
a drop of the saline, watery fluid continually secreted by the lacrimal glands between the surface of the eye and the eyelid, serving to moisten and lubricate these parts and keep them clear of foreign particles. Synonyms: teardrop.
- torc
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- TOPS
-
noun,
the tops, top1 (def 22).
- topi
-
noun,
topee.
- top-
-
- tonn
-
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- tola
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India: the government tola is 180 ser and equals 180 grains (11.7 grams), the weight of a silver rupee.
- toil
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- tits
-
noun,
a titmouse.
- Tito
-
noun,
Marshal (Josip Broz) 1891–1980, president of Yugoslavia 1953–80.
- Tit.
-
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- tirl
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- tion
-
- tint
-
noun,
a color or a variety of a color; hue.
- SPCA
-
- SPAR
-
noun,
Nautical. a stout pole such as those used for masts, etc.; a mast, yard, boom, gaff, or the like.
- rasp
-
noun,
an act of rasping.
- RONA
-
- SARA
-
noun,
a member of a people of the Central African Republic.
- stot
-
noun,
a springing gait of certain bovids, as gazelles and antelopes, used especially when running in alarm from a predator.
- sala
-
noun,
a large hall, living room, or reception room.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- sail
-
noun,
an area of canvas or other fabric extended to the wind in such a way as to transmit the force of the wind to an assemblage of spars and rigging mounted firmly on a hull, raft, iceboat, etc., so as to drive it along.
- Saco
-
noun,
a city in SW Maine.
- Saar
-
noun,
Also called Saar Basin. a coal-producing region in W Germany, in the Saar River valley: governed by the League of Nations 1919–35; returned to Germany 1935 as a result of a plebiscite; under French economic control following World War II until 1956.
- rpt.
-
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- ROTL
-
noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- ROTC
-
noun,
a body of students at some colleges and universities who are given training toward becoming officers in the armed forces. Abbreviation: ROTC, R.O.T.C.
- Rota
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- roil
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- Sat.
-
- 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.
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- RNAS
-
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- rit.
-
- 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.
- RIPS
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- riot
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- 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.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- rial
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- 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.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- Soni
-
- soln
-
- Sola
-
noun,
an Indian shrub, Aeschynomene aspera, of the legume family, the pith of which is used for making helmets.
- Sol.
-
- soil
-
noun,
the portion of the earth's surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus.
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- SOAP
-
noun,
a substance used for washing and cleansing purposes, usually made by treating a fat with an alkali, as sodium or potassium hydroxide, and consisting chiefly of the sodium or potassium salts of the acids contained in the fat.
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- snip
-
noun,
the act of snipping, as with scissors.
- slot
-
noun,
a narrow, elongated depression, groove, notch, slit, or aperture, especially a narrow opening for receiving or admitting something, as a coin or a letter.
- slop
-
noun,
a quantity of liquid carelessly spilled or splashed about.
- SLIC
-
- Sato
-
noun,
Eisaku [ey-sah-koo;; Japanese ey-sah-koo] /eɪˈsɑ ku;; Japanese ˈeɪ sɑˌku/ (Show IPA), 1901–75, Japanese political leader: prime minister 1964–72; Nobel Peace Prize 1974.
- sial
-
noun,
the assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and alumina, that comprise the continental portions of the upper layer of the earth's crust.
- SCAN
-
noun,
an act or instance of scanning; close examination.
- scar
-
noun,
a mark left by a healed wound, sore, or burn.
- sci.
-
- scil
-
- scop
-
noun,
an Old English bard or poet.
- scr.
-
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- slat
-
noun,
a long thin, narrow strip of wood, metal, etc., used as a support for a bed, as one of the horizontal laths of a Venetian blind, etc.
- silo
-
noun,
a structure, typically cylindrical, in which fodder or forage is kept.
- silt
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- slap
-
noun,
a sharp blow or smack, especially with the open hand or with something flat.
- SALT
-
noun,
a crystalline compound, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring as a mineral, a constituent of seawater, etc., and used for seasoning food, as a preservative, etc.
- OAPC
-
- prin
-
- capo
-
noun,
any of various devices for a guitar, lute, banjo, etc., that when clamped or screwed down across the strings at a given fret will raise each string a corresponding number of half tones.
- Casa
-
noun,
a house.
- Lota
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- Loti
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Lesotho, equal to 100 lisente.
- CART
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- Carn
-
noun,
cairn.
- Carl
-
noun,
Scot.
a strong, robust fellow, especially a strong manual laborer.
a miser; an extremely thrifty person.
- Cara
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Italian word meaning “dear one.”.
- capa
-
noun,
the red cloak of a bullfighter, used chiefly in attracting the attention of the bull and guiding the course of its attack.
- lost
-
Idioms,
get lost, Slang.
to absent oneself:
to stop being a nuisance:
- cap.
-
- Cana
-
noun,
an ancient town in N Israel, in Galilee: scene of Jesus' first miracle. John 2:1, 11.
- Can.
-
- CALS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Calvin.
- Cal.
-
- Cain
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- NACA
-
- cast
-
noun,
act of casting or throwing.
- Lorn
-
noun,
Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- cion
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- cis-
-
- LISA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- LISP
-
noun,
a speech defect consisting in pronouncing s and z like or nearly like the th- sounds of thin and this, respectively.
- LIST
-
noun,
a series of names or other items written or printed together in a meaningful grouping or sequence so as to constitute a record:
- lit.
-
- lits
-
noun,
litas.
- cir.
-
- ciao
-
interjection,
(used as a word of greeting or parting): hello; goodbye; so long; see you later.
- lops
-
noun,
parts or a part lopped off.
- loan
-
noun,
the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something:
- Catt
-
noun,
Carrie Chapman Lane, 1859–1947, U.S. leader in women's suffrage movements.
- loca
-
noun,
a plural of locus.
- loci
-
noun,
plural of locus.
- loin
-
noun,
Usually, loins. the part or parts of the human body or of a quadruped animal on either side of the spinal column, between the false ribs and hipbone.
- Lois
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Cato
-
noun,
Marcus Porcius [pawr-shee-uh s,, -shuh s] /ˈpɔr ʃi əs,, -ʃəs/ (Show IPA), ("the Elder"or"the Censor") 234–149 b.c, Roman statesman, soldier, and writer.
- cat.
-
- nail
-
noun,
a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
- Nana
-
noun,
Chiefly Northeastern U.S. grandmother; grandma.
- cist
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- not-
-
- non-
-
- Aton
-
noun,
a solar deity declared by Amenhotep IV to be the only god, represented as a solar disk with rays ending in human hands.
- Nor.
-
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- Norn
-
noun,
an extinct Norse dialect, spoken until early modern times in the Shetland and Orkney Islands and in parts of northern Scotland.
- nos-
-
- Atli
-
noun,
Attila, king of the Huns: represented in the Volsunga Saga as the brother of Brynhild and the second husband of Gudrun, whose brothers he killed in order to get the Nibelung treasure.
- atop
-
preposition,
on the top of:
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- atic
-
- atar
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- att.
-
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- NTIA
-
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- NOAA
-
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- Napa
-
noun,
Chinese cabbage.
- Nara
-
noun,
a city on S Honshu, in central Japan: chief Buddhist center of ancient Japan; first capital of Japan a.d. 710–84.
- narc
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- NASA
-
noun,
National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- NATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Washington, D.C. (1949), comprising the 12 nations of the Atlantic Pact together with Greece, Turkey, and the Federal Republic of Germany, for the purpose of collective defense against aggression.
- NCAA
-
- ator
-
- Nils
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- Nina
-
noun,
girl; child.
- Nino
-
noun,
boy; child.
- nipa
-
noun,
a palm, Nypa fruticans, of India, the Philippines, etc., whose foliage is used for thatching, basketry, etc.
- nips
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- NIRA
-
- attn
-
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- Lira
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- cit.
-
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- Cor.
-
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Cost
-
noun,
the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
- 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.
- Cort
-
- 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.
- 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.
- Cora
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. Kore.
- Copt
-
noun,
a member of the Coptic Church.
- crap
-
noun,
Vulgar.
excrement.
an act of defecation.
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- iso-
-
- Con.
-
- COLT
-
noun,
a young male animal of the horse family.
- cols
-
noun,
Physical Geography. a pass or depression in a mountain range or ridge.
- Coln
-
noun,
former German name of Cologne.
- COLA
-
noun,
a carbonated soft drink containing an extract made from kola nuts, together with sweeteners and other flavorings.
- Col.
-
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- crat
-
- itol
-
- 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.
- iana
-
- IATA
-
- ical
-
- ICAO
-
- cts.
-
- ctr.
-
- Inc.
-
- inns
-
noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- crip
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a person who is partially or totally unable to use one or more limbs.
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- ins.
-
- int.
-
- intl
-
- into
-
adjective,
Mathematics. pertaining to a function or map from one set to another set, the range of which is a proper subset of the second set, as the function f, from the set of all integers into the set of all perfect squares where f (x) = x 2 for every integer.
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- 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 = .
- crop
-
noun,
the cultivated produce of the ground, while growing or when gathered:
- coir
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- coin
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- lipa
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Croatia.
- clan
-
noun,
a group of families or households, as among the Scottish Highlanders, the heads of which claim descent from a common ancestor:
- clip
-
noun,
the act of clipping.
- lats
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Latvia, equal to 100 santimi.
- Clio
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the Muse of history.
- clar
-
- clap
-
noun,
an act or instance of clapping.
- Liao
-
noun,
a river in NE China, flowing from Inner Mongolia to the Gulf of Liaodong. 900 miles (1448 km) long.
- liar
-
noun,
a person who tells lies.
- Lias
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- last
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- lin.
-
- Lina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Linn
-
noun,
a waterfall or torrent of rushing water in a river or stream.
- lino
-
noun,
linoleum.
- Lins
-
noun,
a city in E Brazil.
- lint
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- Lion
-
noun,
a large, usually tawny-yellow cat, Panthera leo, native to Africa and southern Asia, having a tufted tail and, in the male, a large mane.
- lip-
-
- Lat.
-
- lasa
-
noun,
Lhasa.
- coil
-
noun,
a connected series of spirals or rings into which a rope or the like is wound.
- Lana
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- coat
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- coal
-
noun,
a black or dark-brown combustible mineral substance consisting of carbonized vegetable matter, used as a fuel.
Compare anthracite, bituminous coal, lignite.
- lacs
-
noun,
a resinous substance deposited on the twigs of various trees in southern Asia by the female of the lac insect: used in the manufacture of varnishes, sealing wax, etc., and in the production of a red coloring matter.
Compare shellac (defs 1, 2).
- laic
-
noun,
one of the laity.
- lain
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- lair
-
noun,
a den or resting place of a wild animal:
- LAIS
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- Lani
-
- clit
-
noun,
clitoris.
- clot
-
noun,
a mass or lump.
- Laon
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Aisne, in N France, E of Paris.
- Laos
-
noun,
a country in SE Asia: formerly part of French Indochina. 91,500 sq. mi. (236,985 sq. km). Capital: Vientiane.
- CLOS
-
noun,
a walled vineyard.
- clop
-
noun,
a sound made by or as if by a horse's hoof striking the ground.
- LARC
-
noun,
long-acting reversible contraceptive (or contraception):
- Lari
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- Lars
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- Asia
-
noun,
a continent bounded by Europe and the Arctic, Pacific, and Indian oceans. About 16,000,000 sq. mi. (41,440,000 sq. km).
- noil
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- pacs
-
noun,
pack1 (def 1).
- acr-
-
- Anas
-
- alts
-
noun,
in alt, in the first octave above the treble staff.
- alt.
-
- Also
-
adverb,
in addition; too; besides; as well:
- paca
-
noun,
a large, white-spotted, almost tailless rodent, Agouti paca, of Central and South America, having features resembling a guinea pig and rabbit: valued as food.
- PACT
-
noun,
an agreement, covenant, or compact:
- ACLS
-
- Pail
-
noun,
bucket.
- Acta
-
plural noun,
official records, as of acts, deeds, proceedings, transactions, or the like.
- Alps
-
noun,
a high mountain.
- Pain
-
noun,
physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
- ALIT
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
- Alis
-
- Anil
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- Acis
-
noun,
the lover of Galatea, killed by Polyphemus out of jealousy.
- Pal.
-
- ansa
-
noun,
Archaeology. a looped handle, especially of a vase.
- ARCS
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- ANTA
-
noun,
a privately supported organization, chartered by Congress in 1935, for the encouragement and advancement of professional and nonprofessional theater.
- Orca
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- ant.
-
- ANSI
-
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- ann.
-
- ANPA
-
- AARP
-
- anoa
-
noun,
a small forest buffalo, Bubalus (Anoa) depressicornis, of the island of Celebes, having a brown coat and straight, sharp-tipped horns: an endangered species.
- ano-
-
- Anna
-
noun,
a former cupronickel coin of Pakistan, the 16th part of a rupee: last issued in 1960.
- otic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ear; auricular.
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- pair
-
noun,
two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together:
- Pali
-
noun,
(in Hawaii) a steep slope or cliff.
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- PICS
-
noun,
a movie.
- pita
-
noun,
a fiber obtained from plants of the genera Agave, Aechmea, etc., used for cordage, mats, etc.
- Pict
-
noun,
a member of an ancient people of uncertain origin who inhabited parts of northern Britain, fought against the Romans, and in the 9th century a.d. united with the Scots.
- pil-
-
- ails
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- pina
-
noun,
pineapple.
- pint
-
noun,
a liquid and also dry measure of capacity, equal to one half of a liquid and dry quart respectively, approximately 35 cubic inches (0.473 liter). Abbreviation: pt, pt.
- Pitt
-
noun,
William, 1st Earl of Chatham, 1708–78, British statesman.
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- pion
-
noun,
the first meson to be discovered: it has spin 0 and may be positively or negatively charged or neutral; charged pions decay into a muon and a neutrino or antineutrino. Symbol: π.
- pirn
-
noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- Piro
-
noun,
piroplasmosis.
- Pisa
-
noun,
a city in NW Italy, on the Arno River: leaning tower.
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- Pica
-
noun,
a 12-point type of a size between small pica and English.
- Pan.
-
- pats
-
noun,
a light stroke, tap, or blow with the palm, fingers, or a flat object.
- par.
-
- pars
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) a part.
- Alco
-
- Past
-
noun,
the time gone by:
- pat.
-
- pato
-
noun,
an Argentine game played by two teams of four on horseback, resembling a cross between polo and basketball, using a ball with six large leather handles, the object of which is to place or throw the ball through the opponent's net that hangs from a 9 feet (2.7 meters) high pole.
- ACTS
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- Ala.
-
- Alar
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having wings; alary.
- pct.
-
- Alan
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Celtic word meaning “harmony.”.
- pial
-
adjective,
of or relating to the pia mater.
- Alai
-
noun,
a mountain range in SW Kyrgyzstan, part of the Tien Shan. To 19,280 feet (5880 meters).
- pian
-
noun,
yaws.
- pias
-
noun,
a female given name.
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- orcs
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- poil
-
noun,
a yarn or thread made from silk, used for ribbon, velvet, and as the core of gold, silver, and tinsel yarn.
- APSA
-
- art.
-
- oils
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- Pori
-
noun,
a seaport in W Finland, on the Gulf of Bothnia.
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- apo-
-
- Apr.
-
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- apt.
-
plural,
apartment.
- Apis
-
noun,
a sacred bull worshiped at Memphis: identified originally with Ptah and later assimilated with Osiris to form the Ptolemaic Serapis.
- Olin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- apts
-
plural,
apartment.
- Pol.
-
- Pola
-
noun,
Pula.
- pols
-
noun,
a politician, especially one experienced in making political deals, exchanging political favors, etc.
- Aras
-
noun,
Also, Araks. Ancient Araxes. a river in SW Asia, flowing from E Turkey along part of the boundary between NW Iran and Armenia and Azerbaijan into the Kura River. About 660 miles (1065 km) long.
- pons
-
noun,
Also called pons Varolii. a band of nerve fibers in the brain connecting the lobes of the midbrain, medulla, and cerebrum.
- arca
-
noun,
a chest for valuables, used in medieval Spain and Italy.
- ARCO
-
adverb,
(of the performance of a passage for stringed instruments) with the bow.
- Aria
-
noun,
an air or melody.
- ARIS
-
- aril
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- ASAP
-
adverb,
without delay; promptly.
- Asat
-
noun,
(in Vedic mythology) the realm of nonexistence, populated by demons.
Compare sat2 (def 1).
- asci
-
noun,
plural of ascus.
- prat
-
noun,
the buttocks.
- prao
-
noun,
proa.
- oral
-
noun,
an oral examination in a school, college, or university, given especially to a candidate for an advanced degree.
- ocas
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- asc-
-
- pot.
-
- opts
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- pos.
-
- porn
-
noun,
Sometimes, porno [pawr-noh] /ˈpɔr noʊ/ (Show IPA). pornography; sexually explicit videos, photographs, writings, or the like, produced to elicit sexual arousal (often used attributively):
- Oct.
-
- opia
-
- Ont.
-
- Opal
-
noun,
a mineral, an amorphous form of silica, SiO 2 with some water of hydration, found in many varieties and colors, including a form that is milky white.
- Apia
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Western Samoa, on N Upolu.
- plot
-
noun,
a secret plan or scheme to accomplish some purpose, especially a hostile, unlawful, or evil purpose:
- AIC
-
- CSO
-
- TSR
-
noun,
a computer program with any of several ancillary functions, usually held resident in RAM for instant activation while one is using another program.
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- ctn
-
plural,
carton.
- ics
-
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- CSR
-
- CST
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- TSP
-
- CTA
-
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- CPA
-
- CSA
-
- Aar
-
- COT
-
noun,
a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
- Ar.
-
- CPI
-
- CPL
-
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- CPO
-
- COS
-
noun,
romaine.
- TAL
-
- CPR
-
- AAP
-
- CPS
-
- Tro
-
- ALP
-
noun,
a high mountain.
- al.
-
- an.
-
- AIA
-
- AAS
-
noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- COP
-
noun,
a police officer.
- trp
-
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- ac-
-
- ACP
-
- ap-
-
- ACS
-
- CRP
-
- CRS
-
- ACT
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- TSI
-
- CRT
-
- CNS
-
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- CNO
-
- Co.
-
- ATP
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- ARA
-
noun,
the Altar, a southern constellation between Triangulum Australe and Scorpius.
- ca.
-
- APS
-
- 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.
- cp.
-
- Ia.
-
- tin
-
noun,
Chemistry. a low-melting, malleable, ductile metallic element nearly approaching silver in color and luster: used in plating and in making alloys, tinfoil, and soft solders. Symbol: Sn; atomic weight: 118.69; atomic number: 50; specific gravity: 7.31 at 20°C.
- Apl
-
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- cr.
-
- API
-
abbreviation,
Also, A.P.I. American Petroleum Institute.
- APC
-
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- ton
-
noun,
a unit of weight, equivalent to 2000 pounds (0.907 metric ton) avoirdupois (short ton) in the U.S. and 2240 pounds (1.016 metric tons) avoirdupois (long ton) in Great Britain.
- APA
-
noun,
a tree, Eperua falcata, of tropical America, having reddish-brown wood used in the construction of houses.
- ASP
-
noun,
any of several venomous snakes, especially the Egyptian cobra or the horned viper.
- tlr
-
- tlo
-
- TLC
-
- ASI
-
- ASN
-
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- ASR
-
- ARP
-
noun,
Bill, pen name of Smith, Charles Henry.
- ast
-
- at.
-
- ATA
-
- ASA
-
noun,
a king of Judah, 913?–873? b.c. I Kings 15:8–24.
- ATC
-
- ARS
-
- cs.
-
- ct.
-
- TAP
-
noun,
a light but audible blow:
- CLI
-
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- ANC
-
- CIA
-
- CIP
-
- TNT
-
- ALC
-
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- tr.
-
- Clo
-
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- AIS
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- CLR
-
- CNN
-
- tra
-
- Tpr
-
- cl.
-
- TCS
-
- aor
-
- AOA
-
- CAA
-
- CAI
-
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- TIA
-
- TCA
-
- TPN
-
- TAT
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do, or make by, tatting.
- CAR
-
noun,
an automobile.
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- CAS
-
verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- tot
-
noun,
a small child.
- TPI
-
- io-
-
- LAC
-
noun,
a resinous substance deposited on the twigs of various trees in southern Asia by the female of the lac insect: used in the manufacture of varnishes, sealing wax, etc., and in the production of a red coloring matter.
Compare shellac (defs 1, 2).
- ial
-
- RPO
-
- Ola
-
- SAC
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- SAA
-
- SRO
-
- Sp.
-
- So.
-
- RTS
-
- rt.
-
- RSA
-
- Rs.
-
- ONI
-
- OIr
-
- ONR
-
- ons
-
- OPA
-
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- OPS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess of plenty, and the wife of Saturn and mother of Jupiter: identified with the Greek goddess Rhea.
- opt
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- ROP
-
- orc
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- ROI
-
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- OIt
-
- oil
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- OSP
-
- NSC
-
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- NNP
-
- NOC
-
- NOP
-
- SAR
-
- NPR
-
- Npt
-
- nr.
-
- NRA
-
- NRC
-
- NSA
-
- Oc.
-
- Sal
-
noun,
salt1 .
- op.
-
- OSA
-
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- OTC
-
- OAP
-
- 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.
- OAS
-
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- Oca
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- OCR
-
- OCS
-
- oic
-
- ROC
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- ot-
-
- Nip
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- PTA
-
plural,
peseta.
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- PIT
-
noun,
a naturally formed or excavated hole or cavity in the ground:
- pl.
-
- RPS
-
- RIP
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- RCS
-
- RCP
-
- PTT
-
- PL1
-
noun,
Computers. a high-level programming language that is designed for solving problems in science and engineering as well as in business data processing.
- PLA
-
- PLC
-
- PST
-
interjection,
(used to attract someone's attention in an unobtrusive manner.)
- pir
-
noun,
a term of respect for the head of a religious group, especially in Pakistan and various areas of the Middle and Near East.
- pli
-
- PLO
-
- PSI
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet (Ψ, ψ).
- PSC
-
- PSA
-
- PLR
-
- POA
-
- POC
-
- poi
-
noun,
a Hawaiian dish made of the root of the taro baked, pounded, moistened, and fermented.
- POR
-
- PRA
-
- pis
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- PIO
-
- ROA
-
- PAC
-
noun,
pack1 (def 1).
- OTA
-
- RNA
-
- OTS
-
- Pa.
-
- pc.
-
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- Pr.
-
- prn
-
- Ps.
-
- pt.
-
- PTO
-
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- RCT
-
- RCN
-
- RCA
-
- PAS
-
noun,
a step or series of steps in ballet.
- PCI
-
- PCS
-
- PIA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- 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.
- PIC
-
noun,
a movie.
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- Rap
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- PIN
-
noun,
a small, slender, often pointed piece of wood, metal, etc., used to fasten, support, or attach things.
- sc.
-
- SAP
-
noun,
the juice or vital circulating fluid of a plant, especially of a woody plant.
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- ITC
-
- St.
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- ISA
-
- Sr.
-
- spt
-
- Isl
-
- ISR
-
- ist
-
- SPR
-
- ITA
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- IRS
-
- La.
-
- Lt.
-
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- PRC
-
- Lai
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- LAO
-
noun,
a member of a people of Laos and northern Thailand.
- LAP
-
noun,
the front part of the human body from the waist to the knees when in a sitting position.
- LAR
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- SPA
-
noun,
a mineral spring, or a locality in which such springs exist.
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- Las
-
noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- SOP
-
noun,
a piece of solid food, as bread, for dipping in liquid food.
- Sta
-
- IRO
-
- LCI
-
- INN
-
noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- IAS
-
- ICA
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- il-
-
- ILA
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- ILO
-
- ILP
-
- ILS
-
- in.
-
- STP
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- STL
-
- IRL
-
- IOC
-
- 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
-
- STI
-
- 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.
- IOT
-
- IPA
-
- IPO
-
- ipr
-
- IPS
-
- Ir.
-
- IRC
-
- LCA
-
- TTS
-
- LCT
-
- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- Lot
-
noun,
one of a set of objects, as straws or pebbles, drawn or thrown from a container to decide a question or choice by chance.
- SLA
-
- LPN
-
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- SIP
-
noun,
an instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid:
- LPS
-
plural,
a phonograph record played at 33 1/3 r.p.m.; long-playing record.
- LSC
-
- LSI
-
- LTA
-
- LON
-
- ltr
-
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- 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).
- NCO
-
- NAA
-
- Nan
-
noun,
naan.
- SCP
-
- Nap
-
noun,
a brief period of sleep, especially one taken during daytime:
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- NIA
-
- LOP
-
noun,
parts or a part lopped off.
- LST
-
- LOC
-
- SLR
-
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- SOC
-
noun,
sociology or a class or course in sociology.
- SLP
-
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- AO
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- R.
-
- S.
-
- t.
-
- NI
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- NP
-
- AA
-
noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- TT
-
- ln
-
- T1
-
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- SA
-
- i.
-
- ic
-
- 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.
- NL
-
- 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.
- RP
-
- RC
-
- RI
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- RO
-
- 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.
- ol
-
- PI
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- L.
-
- P.
-
noun,
Paul (Johann von) [poul yoh-hahn fuh n] /paʊl ˈyoʊ hɑn fən/ (Show IPA), 1830–1914, German playwright, novelist, poet, and short-story writer: Nobel Prize 1910.
- TP
-
- LC
-
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- LR
-
- LP
-
plural,
a phonograph record played at 33 1/3 r.p.m.; long-playing record.
- TN
-
- SN
-
- PO
-
noun,
a chamber pot.
- LO
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
- TL
-
- OA
-
- L2
-
- N.
-
- SL
-
- IP
-
- TC
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- O.
-
- RN
-
- NC
-
- L1
-