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- vice-consul
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noun,
a consular officer of a grade below that of consul.
- violaceous
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adjective,
belonging to the Violaceae, the violet family of plants.
Compare violet family.
- cornaceous
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adjective,
belonging to the Cornaceae, the dogwood family of plants.
- olivaceous
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adjective,
of a deep shade of green; olive.
- involucres
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noun,
Botany. a collection or rosette of bracts subtending a flower cluster, umbel, or the like.
- conclusive
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adjective,
serving to settle or decide a question; decisive; convincing:
- coriaceous
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adjective,
of or like leather.
- councilors
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noun,
a member of a council.
- inclosure
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noun,
enclosure.
- veronicas
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noun,
the image of the face of Christ, said in legend to have been miraculously impressed on the handkerchief or veil that St. Veronica gave to Him to wipe His face on the way to Calvary.
- counselor
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noun,
a person who counsels; adviser.
- vesicular
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adjective,
of or relating to a vesicle or vesicles.
- acroleins
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noun,
a yellow, flammable liquid, C 3 H 4 O, having a stifling odor, usually obtained by the decomposition of glycerol: used chiefly in the synthesis of commercial and pharmaceutical products.
- caruncles
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noun,
Botany. a protuberance at or surrounding the hilum of a seed.
- sail-over
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noun,
a repetition of an indecisive or interrupted run of a racing yacht.
- veracious
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adjective,
habitually speaking the truth; truthful; honest:
- occlusive
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adjective,
occluding or tending to occlude.
- cavernous
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adjective,
being, resembling, or suggestive of a cavern:
- variolous
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adjective,
of or relating to smallpox.
- clavicorn
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noun,
a clavicorn beetle.
- concourse
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noun,
an assemblage; gathering:
- larcenous
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adjective,
of, resembling, or characteristic of larceny.
- involucre
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noun,
Botany. a collection or rosette of bracts subtending a flower cluster, umbel, or the like.
- culverins
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noun,
medieval form of musket.
- universal
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noun,
something that may be applied throughout the universe to many things, usually thought of as an entity that can be in many places at the same time.
- coenosarc
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noun,
the tubular tissue connecting the polyps of a hydroid colony.
- coercions
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noun,
the act of coercing; use of force or intimidation to obtain compliance.
- vinaceous
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adjective,
of, relating to, or resembling wine or grapes.
- occlusion
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noun,
the act or state of occluding or the state of being occluded.
- carolines
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noun,
a female given name.
- councilor
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noun,
a member of a council.
- ovarioles
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noun,
any of several tubules that compose an insect ovary.
- Cornelius
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noun,
Saint, died a.d. 253, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 251–253.
- volacious
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adjective,
able or fit to fly.
- revulsion
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noun,
a strong feeling of repugnance, distaste, or dislike:
- voracious
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adjective,
craving or consuming large quantities of food:
- reclusion
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noun,
the condition or life of a recluse.
- cornicles
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noun,
any of various small, horn-shaped processes, especially one of a pair of tubes at the posterior end of the abdomen of aphids, from which a waxy fluid is emitted.
- Ilocanos
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noun,
a member of a people of Luzon in the Philippines.
- calorics
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noun,
heat.
- souvenir
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noun,
a usually small and relatively inexpensive article given, kept, or purchased as a reminder of a place visited, an occasion, etc.; memento.
- overlain
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verb,
past participle of overlie.
- close-in
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adjective,
near, as to a common center; adjacent, especially to a city:
- oversoul
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noun,
(especially in transcendentalism) a supreme reality or mind; the spiritual unity of all being.
- Escurial
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noun,
Escorial.
- lacunose
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adjective,
full of or having lacunae.
- overcoil
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noun,
a fixed end of a spiral hairspring, consisting of an upwardly and inwardly bent continuation of the outermost coil of the spring: used to offset the asymmetry of the common spiral spring when tight, which impairs isochronism.
- evulsion
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noun,
the act of plucking or pulling out; forcible extraction.
- calcines
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noun,
material resulting from calcination; calx.
- calciner
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noun,
a person or thing that calcines.
- uncovers
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verb (used with object),
to lay bare; disclose; reveal.
- unicolor
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adjective,
having only one color.
- Slovenia
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noun,
a republic in SE Europe: formerly part of Yugoslavia. 7819 sq. mi. (20,250 sq. km). Capital: Ljubljana.
- univocal
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adjective,
having only one meaning; unambiguous.
- cocaines
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noun,
a bitter, crystalline alkaloid, C 17 H 21 NO 4 , obtained from coca leaves, used as a local anesthetic and also widely used as an illicit drug for its stimulant and euphorigenic properties.
- Escorial
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noun,
a building in central Spain, 27 miles (43 km) NW of Madrid, containing a monastery, palace, church, and mausoleum of the Spanish sovereigns: erected 1563–84.
- cocinero
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noun,
a cook, especially one working on a ranch or a trail drive.
- unravels
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verb (used with object),
to separate or disentangle the threads of (a woven or knitted fabric, a rope, etc.).
- coercion
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noun,
the act of coercing; use of force or intimidation to obtain compliance.
- calicoes
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noun,
a plain-woven cotton cloth printed with a figured pattern, usually on one side.
- unvoices
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verb (used with or without object),
devoice.
- claviers
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noun,
the keyboard of a musical instrument.
- clarinos
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noun,
a valveless trumpet used in the 17th and 18th centuries for playing rapid passages in the high register.
- ovariole
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noun,
any of several tubules that compose an insect ovary.
- occasion
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noun,
a particular time, especially as marked by certain circumstances or occurrences:
- aversion
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noun,
a strong feeling of dislike, opposition, repugnance, or antipathy (usually followed by to):
- carousel
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noun,
merry-go-round (def 1).
- carneous
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adjective,
fleshlike; flesh-colored.
- avulsion
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noun,
a tearing away.
- carlines
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noun,
an old woman.
- caruncle
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noun,
Botany. a protuberance at or surrounding the hilum of a seed.
- carioles
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noun,
a small, open, two-wheeled vehicle.
- auricles
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noun,
Anatomy.
the projecting outer portion of the ear; pinna.
Also called auricular appendage. an ear-shaped appendage projecting from each atrium of the heart.
(loosely) the atrium.
- orcinols
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noun,
a white, crystalline, water-soluble solid, C 7 H 8 O 2 , sweet but unpleasant in taste, that reddens on exposure to air: obtained from many lichens or produced synthetically and used chiefly as a reagent for certain carbohydrates.
- aureolin
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noun,
a pigment used in painting, consisting of potassium cobaltinitrite and characterized by its brilliant yellow hue, transparency, and permanence.
- eclosion
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noun,
the emergence of an adult insect from its pupal case.
- canorous
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adjective,
melodious; musical.
- novercal
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adjective,
of, like, or befitting a stepmother.
- clarions
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noun,
an ancient trumpet with a curved shape.
- ravenous
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adjective,
extremely hungry; famished; voracious:
- cavicorn
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adjective,
hollow-horned, as the ruminants with true horns, as distinguished from bony antlers.
- scenario
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noun,
an outline of the plot of a dramatic work, giving particulars as to the scenes, characters, situations, etc.
- nacreous
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adjective,
of or relating to nacre.
- lunacies
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noun,
insanity; mental disorder.
- lucarnes
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noun,
a dormer window.
- ravelins
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noun,
a V -shaped outwork outside the main ditch and covering the works between two bastions.
- sea-lion
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noun,
any of several large eared seals, as Eumetopias jubatus (Steller's sea lion) of the northern Pacific, and Zalophus californicus (California sea lion) of the Pacific coast of North America.
- cervical
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adjective,
of or relating to the cervix or neck.
- cislunar
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adjective,
of or relating to the space between the earth and the orbit of the moon.
- Caroline
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noun,
a female given name.
- Slavonic
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adjective,
Slavonian.
- coinsure
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verb (used with or without object),
to insure jointly with another or others.
- conclave
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noun,
a private or secret meeting.
- alienors
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noun,
a person who transfers property.
- varicose
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adjective,
abnormally or unusually enlarged or swollen:
- visceral
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adjective,
of or relating to the viscera.
- cornicle
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noun,
any of various small, horn-shaped processes, especially one of a pair of tubes at the posterior end of the abdomen of aphids, from which a waxy fluid is emitted.
- cornices
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noun,
Architecture.
any prominent, continuous, horizontally projecting feature surmounting a wall or other construction, or dividing it horizontally for compositional purposes.
the uppermost member of a classical entablature, consisting of a bed molding, a corona, and a cymatium, with rows of dentils, modillions, etc., often placed between the bed molding and the corona.
- violones
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noun,
a double bass.
- valorous
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adjective,
having valor; courageous; valiant; brave.
- corneous
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adjective,
consisting of a horny substance; horny.
- air-cool
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verb (used with object),
Machinery. to remove the heat of combustion, friction, etc., from (a machine, engine, or device), as by air streams flowing over an engine jacket.
- Cornelia
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noun,
flourished 2nd century b.c, Roman matron: mother of Gaius and Tiberius Gracchus.
- concours
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noun,
a public contest or competition.
- ailerons
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noun,
Aeronautics. a movable surface, usually near the trailing edge of a wing, that controls the roll of the airframe or effects maneuvers, as banks and the like.
- culverin
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noun,
medieval form of musket.
- acoelous
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adjective,
without a true alimentary canal.
- acrolein
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noun,
a yellow, flammable liquid, C 3 H 4 O, having a stifling odor, usually obtained by the decomposition of glycerol: used chiefly in the synthesis of commercial and pharmaceutical products.
- courlans
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noun,
the limpkin.
- coracles
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noun,
a small, round, or very broad boat made of wickerwork or interwoven laths covered with a waterproof layer of animal skin, canvas, tarred or oiled cloth, or the like: used in Wales, Ireland, and parts of western England.
- Veronica
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noun,
the image of the face of Christ, said in legend to have been miraculously impressed on the handkerchief or veil that St. Veronica gave to Him to wipe His face on the way to Calvary.
- aesculin
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noun,
esculin.
- varioles
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noun,
a shallow pit or depression like the mark left by a smallpox pustule; foveola.
- Consuela
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noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “consolation.”.
- croceins
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noun,
any of several acid azo dyes producing orange or scarlet colors.
- convulse
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verb (used with object),
to shake violently; agitate.
- Alcinous
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noun,
king of the Phaeacians and father of Nausicaä and Laodamas.
- conceals
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verb (used with object),
to hide; withdraw or remove from observation; cover or keep from sight:
- Colonies
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noun,
a group of people who leave their native country to form in a new land a settlement subject to, or connected with, the parent nation.
- Volscian
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adjective,
of or relating to the Volsci or to their language.
- colonics
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noun,
an enema.
- vaccines
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noun,
any preparation used as a preventive inoculation to confer immunity against a specific disease, usually employing an innocuous form of the disease agent, as killed or weakened bacteria or viruses, to stimulate antibody production.
- colinear
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adjective,
collinear.
- vocalise
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noun,
a musical composition consisting of the singing of melody with vowel sounds or nonsense syllables rather than text, as for special effect in classical compositions, in polyphonic jazz singing by special groups, or in virtuoso vocal exercises.
- coronals
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noun,
a crown; coronet.
- curacies
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noun,
the office or position of a curate.
- vacuoles
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noun,
a membrane-bound cavity within a cell, often containing a watery liquid or secretion.
- volcanic
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adjective,
of or relating to a volcano:
- corvinas
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noun,
corbina.
- couloirs
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noun,
a steep gorge or gully on the side of a mountain, especially in the Alps.
- carvels
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noun,
caravel.
- nucleo-
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- Oceanus
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noun,
a Titan who was the son of Uranus and Gaea, the consort of Tethys, and the father of the river gods and Oceanids.
- Oceanic
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adjective,
of, living in, or produced by the ocean:
- Corsica
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noun,
an island in the Mediterranean, SE of and forming a department of France. 3367 sq. mi. (8720 sq. km). Capital: Ajaccio.
- coracle
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noun,
a small, round, or very broad boat made of wickerwork or interwoven laths covered with a waterproof layer of animal skin, canvas, tarred or oiled cloth, or the like: used in Wales, Ireland, and parts of western England.
- cranio-
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- craniol
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- Osceola
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noun,
1804–38, U.S. Indian leader: chief of the Seminole tribe.
- Novalis
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noun,
(pen name of Friedrich von Hardenberg) 1772–1801, German poet.
- cauline
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adjective,
of or relating to a stem, especially pertaining to or arising from the upper part of a stem.
- nuclear
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noun,
nuclear energy:
- cravens
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noun,
a coward.
- courlan
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noun,
the limpkin.
- cave-in
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noun,
a collapse, as of anything hollow:
- corvina
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noun,
corbina.
- nourice
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noun,
a nurse.
- creosol
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noun,
a colorless oily liquid, C 8 H 10 O 2 , having an agreeable odor and a burning taste, obtained from wood tar and guaiacum resin: used as a disinfectant, in the manufacture of resins, and in ore flotation.
- crinose
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adjective,
hairy.
- crocein
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noun,
any of several acid azo dyes producing orange or scarlet colors.
- calvous
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adjective,
lacking all or most of the hair on the head; bald.
- ovonics
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noun,
a branch of electronics using special glassy materials that quickly become electrical conductors upon application of a certain minimum voltage.
- oculars
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noun,
Optics. eyepiece.
- carouse
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noun,
carousal.
- couloir
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noun,
a steep gorge or gully on the side of a mountain, especially in the Alps.
- onerous
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adjective,
burdensome, oppressive, or troublesome; causing hardship:
- orioles
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noun,
any of several usually brightly colored, passerine birds of the family Oriolidae, of the Old World.
Compare golden oriole.
- council
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noun,
an assembly of persons summoned or convened for consultation, deliberation, or advice.
- orcinol
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noun,
a white, crystalline, water-soluble solid, C 7 H 8 O 2 , sweet but unpleasant in taste, that reddens on exposure to air: obtained from many lichens or produced synthetically and used chiefly as a reagent for certain carbohydrates.
- cariole
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noun,
a small, open, two-wheeled vehicle.
- carious
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adjective,
having caries, as teeth; decayed.
- orceins
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noun,
a red dye, the principal coloring matter of cudbear and orchil, obtained by oxidizing an ammoniacal solution of orcinol.
- Carline
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noun,
an old woman.
- oscular
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adjective,
pertaining to an osculum.
- coronal
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noun,
a crown; coronet.
- cornice
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noun,
Architecture.
any prominent, continuous, horizontally projecting feature surmounting a wall or other construction, or dividing it horizontally for compositional purposes.
the uppermost member of a classical entablature, consisting of a bed molding, a corona, and a cymatium, with rows of dentils, modillions, etc., often placed between the bed molding and the corona.
- Carlson
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noun,
Anton Julius [an-tohn,, -ton] /ˈæn toʊn,, -tɒn/ (Show IPA), 1875–1956, U.S. physiologist, born in Sweden.
- nervous
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adjective,
highly excitable; unnaturally or acutely uneasy or apprehensive:
- oilcans
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noun,
a can having a long spout through which oil is poured or squirted to lubricate machinery or the like.
- carnies
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noun,
a person employed by a carnival.
- carnose
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adjective,
of or relating to flesh; fleshy.
- carnous
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adjective,
carnose.
- cornels
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noun,
any tree or shrub of the genus Cornus; dogwood.
- Ouranos
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noun,
Uranus (def 2).
- ovaries
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noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. the female gonad or reproductive gland, in which the ova and the hormones that regulate female secondary sex characteristics develop.
- corneas
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noun,
the transparent anterior part of the external coat of the eye covering the iris and the pupil and continuous with the sclera.
- counsel
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noun,
advice; opinion or instruction given in directing the judgment or conduct of another.
- Carolus
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noun,
any of various coins issued under monarchs named Charles, especially the broad of Charles I of England.
- Orleans
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noun,
a city in and the capital of Loiret, in central France, SSW of Paris: English siege of the city raised by Joan of Arc 1428.
- cancels
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noun,
an act of canceling.
- coronas
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noun,
a white or colored circle or set of concentric circles of light seen around a luminous body, especially around the sun or moon.
- niveous
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adjective,
resembling snow, especially in whiteness; snowy.
- Louvain
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noun,
a city in central Belgium.
- narcose
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adjective,
characterized by stupor; stuporous.
- concave
-
noun,
a concave surface, part, line, or thing.
- colours
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noun,
the quality of an object or substance with respect to light reflected by the object, usually determined visually by measurement of hue, saturation, and brightness of the reflected light; saturation or chroma; hue.
- evasion
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noun,
an act or instance of escaping, avoiding, or shirking something:
- coalers
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noun,
a railroad, ship, etc., used mainly to haul or supply coal.
- Ilocano
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noun,
a member of a people of Luzon in the Philippines.
- colures
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noun,
either of two great circles of the celestial sphere intersecting each other at the poles, one passing through both equinoxes and the other through both solstices.
- inclose
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verb (used with object),
enclose.
- incluse
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noun,
recluse (def 2).
- culvers
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noun,
a dove or pigeon.
- clovers
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noun,
any of various plants of the genus Trifolium, of the legume family, having trifoliolate leaves and dense flower heads, many species of which, as T. pratense, are cultivated as forage plants.
- incurve
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verb (used with or without object),
to curve or cause to curve inward.
- inlaces
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verb (used with object),
enlace.
- closure
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noun,
the act of closing; the state of being closed.
- conceal
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verb (used with object),
to hide; withdraw or remove from observation; cover or keep from sight:
- insular
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noun,
an inhabitant of an island; islander.
- coarsen
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become coarse.
- esculin
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noun,
a white, crystalline, slightly water-soluble glucoside, C 15 H 16 O 9 , obtained from the bark of the common horse chestnut and used chiefly in skin preparations as a protective against sunburn.
- concise
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adjective,
expressing or covering much in few words; brief in form but comprehensive in scope; succinct; terse:
- cursive
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noun,
a cursive letter or character.
- Elinvar
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- elusion
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noun,
the act of eluding; evasion.
- Ecclus.
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- envious
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adjective,
full of, feeling, or expressing envy:
- coevals
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noun,
a contemporary:
- erasion
-
noun,
the act of erasing.
- curiosa
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plural noun,
books, pamphlets, etc., dealing with unusual subjects.
- cocaine
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noun,
a bitter, crystalline alkaloid, C 17 H 21 NO 4 , obtained from coca leaves, used as a local anesthetic and also widely used as an illicit drug for its stimulant and euphorigenic properties.
- colonic
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noun,
an enema.
- coeliac
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adjective,
celiac.
- Ericson
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noun,
Leif [leef;; Icelandic leyv] /lif;; Icelandic leɪv/ (Show IPA), flourished a.d. c1000, Norse mariner: according to Icelandic saga, discoverer of Vinland (son of Eric the Red).
- erosion
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noun,
the act or state of eroding; state of being eroded.
- escolar
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noun,
a snake mackerel, especially Lepidocybium flavobrunneum.
- colonus
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noun,
a serf in the latter period of the Roman Empire or in the early feudal period.
- inulase
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noun,
an enzyme that converts insulin to levulose.
- clivers
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noun,
cleavers.
- nailers
-
noun,
a person or thing that drives nails, as a machine that drives nails automatically.
- Locarno
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noun,
a town in S Switzerland, on Lake Maggiore: Locarno Pact 1925.
- console
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noun,
Also called game(s) console, gaming console, video-game console. a computer system specially made for playing video games by connecting it to a television or other display for video and sound.
- Linacre
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noun,
Thomas, 1460?–1521, English humanist, translator, scholar, and physician.
- Linares
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noun,
a city in S Spain.
- circles
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noun,
a closed plane curve consisting of all points at a given distance from a point within it called the center. Equation: x 2 + y 2 = r 2 .
- Livorno
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noun,
a seaport in W Italy on the Ligurian Sea.
- loaners
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noun,
a person or thing that loans.
- ciceros
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noun,
a Continental unit of measurement for type, equal to 12 Didot points, or 0.178 inches (4.5 mm), roughly comparable to a pica.
- Leonora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Eleanor.
- Loraine
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Lorraine.
- eclairs
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noun,
a finger-shaped cream puff, filled with whipped cream, custard, or pastry cream, often coated with icing.
- louvers
-
noun,
any of a series of narrow openings framed at their longer edges with slanting, overlapping fins or slats, adjustable for admitting light and air while shutting out rain.
- louvres
-
noun,
a national museum in Paris, France, since 1793: formerly a royal palace.
- lucarne
-
noun,
a dormer window.
- Celosia
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noun,
any plant of the genus Celosia, having small, usually red or yellowish flowers in dense, crested or plumelike spikes.
Compare cockscomb (def 3).
- claires
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noun,
Ina, 1892–1985, U.S. actress.
- Lecuona
-
noun,
Ernesto [er-nes-taw] /ɛrˈnɛs tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1896–1963, Cuban composer.
- Ionesco
-
noun,
Eugène [French œ-zhen;; English yoo-jeen,, yoo-jeen] /French œˈʒɛn;; English yuˈdʒin,, ˈyu dʒin/ (Show IPA), 1912–94, French playwright, born in Romania.
- clavier
-
noun,
the keyboard of a musical instrument.
- Laconic
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adjective,
using few words; expressing much in few words; concise:
- clerics
-
noun,
a member of the clergy.
- lancers
-
noun,
a set of quadrilles danced in sequence.
- launces
-
noun,
sand lance.
- Laurens
-
noun,
Henry, 1724–92, South Carolina and U.S. Revolutionary political leader: president of the Continental Congress 1777–78.
- concurs
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verb (used without object),
to accord in opinion; agree:
- clavers
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noun,
idle talk; gossip.
- Clarice
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Clara.
- crucial
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adjective,
involving an extremely important decision or result; decisive; critical:
- Conrail
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noun,
a government-supported corporation that combined six bankrupt railroads to provide freight and commuter service in 17 states from Boston to St. Louis.
- Clarion
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noun,
an ancient trumpet with a curved shape.
- cronies
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noun,
a close friend or companion; chum.
- clarino
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noun,
a valveless trumpet used in the 17th and 18th centuries for playing rapid passages in the high register.
- claries
-
noun,
any of several aromatic herbs of the genus Salvia, especially S. sclarea, having hairy, heart-shaped leaves and open clusters of lilac or blue flowers, used as a seasoning, a wine flavoring, and an ingredient in perfumes.
- Calorie
-
noun,
Thermodynamics.
Also called gram calorie, small calorie. an amount of heat exactly equal to 4.1840 joules. Abbreviation: cal.
(usually initial capital letter) kilocalorie. Abbreviation: Cal.
- corvine
-
adjective,
pertaining to or resembling a crow.
- caloric
-
noun,
heat.
- various
-
pronoun,
Informal. several, many, or numerous ones:
- unloose
-
verb (used with object),
to loosen or relax (the grasp, hold, fingers, etc.).
- unlaces
-
verb (used with object),
to loosen or undo the lacing or laces of (a pair of shoes, a corset, etc.).
- Saucier
-
noun,
a chef or cook who specializes in making sauces.
- variole
-
noun,
a shallow pit or depression like the mark left by a smallpox pustule; foveola.
- Aerosol
-
noun,
Physical Chemistry. a system of colloidal particles dispersed in a gas; smoke or fog.
- uncover
-
verb (used with object),
to lay bare; disclose; reveal.
- sanicle
-
noun,
any plant belonging to the genus Sanicula, of the parsley family, as S. marilandica, of America, used in medicine.
- silvern
-
adjective,
made of or like silver.
- uncoils
-
verb (used with or without object),
to unwind from a coiled position.
- aileron
-
noun,
Aeronautics. a movable surface, usually near the trailing edge of a wing, that controls the roll of the airframe or effects maneuvers, as banks and the like.
- auricle
-
noun,
Anatomy.
the projecting outer portion of the ear; pinna.
Also called auricular appendage. an ear-shaped appendage projecting from each atrium of the heart.
(loosely) the atrium.
- Salerno
-
noun,
a seaport in SW Italy: taken by U.S. forces September 1943.
- sirocco
-
noun,
a hot, dry, dustladen wind blowing from northern Africa and affecting parts of southern Europe.
- velours
-
noun,
a velvetlike fabric of rayon, wool, or any of several other natural or synthetic fibers, used for outerwear and upholstery.
- unclose
-
verb (used with or without object),
to bring or come out of a closed state; open.
- uncials
-
noun,
an uncial letter.
- saccule
-
noun,
Anatomy. the smaller of two sacs in the membranous labyrinth of the internal ear.
Compare utricle (def 3).
- anisole
-
noun,
a colorless, water-insoluble liquid, C 7 H 8 O, having a pleasant, aromatic odor, used chiefly in perfumery and organic synthesis, and as a vermicide.
- unravel
-
verb (used with object),
to separate or disentangle the threads of (a woven or knitted fabric, a rope, etc.).
- varico-
-
- roseola
-
noun,
a kind of rose-colored rash.
- arseno-
-
- urinals
-
noun,
a flushable wall fixture, as in a public lavatory, used by men for urinating.
- alevins
-
noun,
a fry, especially a salmon, whose yolk is depleted.
- secular
-
noun,
a layperson.
- Seconal
-
- S-curve
-
noun,
a curve shaped like an S .
- alerion
-
noun,
an eagle displayed, usually represented without a beak or legs.
- vaccine
-
noun,
any preparation used as a preventive inoculation to confer immunity against a specific disease, usually employing an innocuous form of the disease agent, as killed or weakened bacteria or viruses, to stimulate antibody production.
- vacuole
-
noun,
a membrane-bound cavity within a cell, often containing a watery liquid or secretion.
- valeric
-
adjective,
pertaining to or derived from valerian.
- varices
-
noun,
plural of varix.
- scolion
-
noun,
a song sung at banquets in ancient Greece.
- valines
-
noun,
an essential amino acid, (CH 3) 2 CHCH(NH 2)COOH, white, crystalline, and water-soluble, present in most plant and animal proteins, required for growth. Symbol: V. Abbreviation: Val;
- sclero-
-
- uracils
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a pyrimidine base, C 4 H 4 N 2 O 2 , that is one of the fundamental components of RNA, in which it forms base pairs with adenine. Symbol: U.
- unvoice
-
verb (used with or without object),
devoice.
- unvocal
-
adjective,
not outspoken; reserved; not eloquent in speech; inarticulate.
- unveils
-
verb (used with object),
to remove a veil or other covering from; display; reveal:
- valuers
-
noun,
British. an appraiser.
- Avernus
-
noun,
a lake near Naples, Italy, looked upon in ancient times as an entrance to hell, from whose waters vile-smelling vapors arose, supposedly killing birds flying over it.
- alienor
-
noun,
a person who transfers property.
- calicos
-
noun,
a plain-woven cotton cloth printed with a figured pattern, usually on one side.
- racoons
-
noun,
raccoon.
- re-coil
-
verb (used with or without object),
to coil again.
- accuser
-
noun,
a person who accuses, especially in a court of law:
- recusal
-
noun,
the disqualification of a judge for a particular lawsuit or proceeding, especially due to some possible conflict of interest or prejudice.
- calices
-
noun,
plural of calix.
- vocalic
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or resembling a vowel.
- sociol.
-
- vicunas
-
noun,
a wild South American ruminant, Vicugna vicugna, of the Andes, related to the guanaco but smaller, and yielding a soft, delicate wool: an endangered species, now increasing in numbers.
- revisal
-
noun,
the act of revising; revision.
- raccoon
-
noun,
a nocturnal carnivore, Procyon lotor, having a masklike black stripe across the eyes, a sharp snout, and a bushy, ringed tail, native to North and Central America and introduced elsewhere for its valuable fur.
- acinous
-
adjective,
consisting of acini.
- violone
-
noun,
a double bass.
- solunar
-
adjective,
pertaining to or listing the rising and setting times of the sun and moon, phases of the moon, eclipses, etc.:
- volcano
-
noun,
a vent in the earth's crust through which lava, steam, ashes, etc., are expelled, either continuously or at irregular intervals.
- rinceau
-
noun,
an ornamental foliate or floral motif.
- vesical
-
adjective,
of or relating to a vesica or bladder, especially the urinary bladder.
- ravelin
-
noun,
a V -shaped outwork outside the main ditch and covering the works between two bastions.
- viscera
-
plural noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. the organs in the cavities of the body, especially those in the abdominal cavity.
- version
-
noun,
a particular account of some matter, as from one person or source, contrasted with some other account:
- acerous
-
adjective,
acerose1 .
- soilure
-
noun,
a stain.
- Rosalie
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning rose festival.
- Roscian
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving acting.
- Suevian
-
noun,
a member of an ancient Germanic people of uncertain origin, mentioned in the writings of Caesar and Tacitus.
- accrues
-
verb (used without object),
to happen or result as a natural growth, addition, etc.
- surveil
-
verb (used with object),
to place under surveillance.
- calcine
-
noun,
material resulting from calcination; calx.
- Uralic
-
noun,
a family of languages that comprises Finno-Ugric and Samoyed as subfamilies. Hungarian, Finnish, and Estonian belong to Uralic.
- inures
-
verb (used with object),
to accustom to hardship, difficulty, pain, etc.; toughen or harden; habituate (usually followed by to):
- Sooner
-
noun,
a person who settles on government land before it is legally opened to settlers in order to gain the choice of location.
- Eolian
-
noun,
Aeolian2 (def 3).
- invars
-
- incurs
-
verb (used with object),
to come into or acquire (some consequence, usually undesirable or injurious):
- ensoul
-
verb (used with object),
to endow with a soul.
- enrols
-
verb (used with or without object),
enroll.
- uranic
-
adjective,
of or containing uranium, especially in the tetravalent state.
- Sonora
-
noun,
a state in NW Mexico. 70,484 sq. mi. (182,555 sq. km). Capital: Hermosillo.
- Enrico
-
noun,
a male given name: Italian form of Henry.
- Elvira
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Germanic word meaning “elf counsel.”.
- eluvia
-
noun,
a deposit of soil, dust, etc., formed from the decomposition of rock and found in its place of origin.
- urano-
-
- elisor
-
noun,
a person appointed by a court to perform the duties of a sheriff or coroner who is disqualified from acting in a certain case.
- urials
-
noun,
a wild, bearded sheep, Ovis vignei, of southern Asia, having a reddish coat.
- insure
-
verb (used with object),
to guarantee against loss or harm.
- unrove
-
adjective,
withdrawn from a block, thimble, etc.
- uracil
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a pyrimidine base, C 4 H 4 N 2 O 2 , that is one of the fundamental components of RNA, in which it forms base pairs with adenine. Symbol: U.
- UNESCO
-
noun,
an agency of the United Nations charged with instituting and administering programs for cooperative, coordinated action by member states in education, science, and the arts.
- uncial
-
noun,
an uncial letter.
- incase
-
verb (used with object),
encase.
- incuse
-
noun,
an incuse figure or impression.
- icono-
-
- inlace
-
verb (used with object),
enlace.
- Elinor
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- succor
-
noun,
help; relief; aid; assistance.
- uncoil
-
verb (used with or without object),
to unwind from a coiled position.
- sovran
-
noun, adjective,
sovereign.
- uncool
-
adjective,
not self-assured or relaxed:
- insole
-
noun,
the inner sole of a shoe or boot.
- source
-
noun,
any thing or place from which something comes, arises, or is obtained; origin:
- soucar
-
noun,
a Hindu banker.
- unlace
-
verb (used with object),
to loosen or undo the lacing or laces of (a pair of shoes, a corset, etc.).
- insoul
-
verb (used with object),
ensoul.
- unlive
-
verb (used with object),
to undo or reverse (past life, experiences, etc.):
- unreal
-
adjective,
not real or actual.
- ervils
-
noun,
a vetch, Vicia ervilia, grown in Europe for forage.
- uncase
-
verb (used with object),
to remove from a case; remove the case from.
- insula
-
noun,
a group of convolutions situated at the base of the lateral fissure of the brain.
- Erivan
-
noun,
Yerevan.
- unseal
-
verb (used with object),
to break or remove the seal of; open, as something sealed or firmly closed:
- unveil
-
verb (used with object),
to remove a veil or other covering from; display; reveal:
- ericas
-
noun,
any of numerous low-growing evergreen shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Erica, of the heath family, including several species of heather.
- Icarus
-
noun,
Also, Ikaros. Classical Mythology. a youth who attempted to escape from Crete with wings of wax and feathers but flew so high that his wings melted from the heat of the sun, and he plunged to his death in the sea.
- Culver
-
noun,
a dove or pigeon.
- urinal
-
noun,
a flushable wall fixture, as in a public lavatory, used by men for urinating.
- vicars
-
noun,
Church of England.
a person acting as priest of a parish in place of the rector, or as representative of a religious community to which tithes belong.
the priest of a parish the tithes of which are impropriated and who receives only the smaller tithes or a salary.
- Creusa
-
noun,
the bride to be of Jason, slain by Medea.
- cresol
-
noun,
any of three isomeric compounds having the formula C 7 H 8 O, usually derived from coal tar and wood tar, and used chiefly as a disinfectant.
- venial
-
adjective,
able to be forgiven or pardoned; not seriously wrong, as a sin (opposed to mortal).
- Craven
-
noun,
a coward.
- venous
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or of the nature of a vein.
- Vernal
-
adjective,
of or relating to spring:
- Covina
-
noun,
a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
- Verona
-
noun,
a city in N Italy, on the Adige River.
- versal
-
adjective,
universal or whole.
- covers
-
noun,
something that covers, as the lid of a container or the binding of a book.
- covens
-
noun,
an assembly of witches, especially a group of thirteen.
- Cousin
-
noun,
Also called first cousin, full cousin. the son or daughter of an uncle or aunt.
See also second cousin, removed (def 2).
- course
-
noun,
a direction or route taken or to be taken.
- vesica
-
noun,
Anatomy. a bladder.
- vicuna
-
noun,
a wild South American ruminant, Vicugna vicugna, of the Andes, related to the guanaco but smaller, and yielding a soft, delicate wool: an endangered species, now increasing in numbers.
- Velcro
-
- vincas
-
noun,
periwinkle2 .
- vineal
-
adjective,
of or relating to grapes or grapevines.
- vinous
-
adjective,
of, resembling, or containing wine.
- violas
-
noun,
a four-stringed musical instrument of the violin family, slightly larger than the violin; a tenor or alto violin.
- vireos
-
noun,
any of several small, insectivorous American birds of the family Vireonidae, having the plumage usually olive-green or gray above and white or yellow below.
- visual
-
noun,
Usually, visuals.
the picture elements, as distinguished from the sound elements, in films, television, etc.
photographs, slides, films, charts, or other visual materials, especially as used for illustration or promotion. Compare audio, video.
- vocals
-
noun,
a vocal sound.
- voices
-
noun,
the sound or sounds uttered through the mouth of living creatures, especially of human beings in speaking, shouting, singing, etc.
- voiles
-
noun,
a lightweight, semisheer fabric of wool, silk, rayon, or cotton constructed in plain weave.
- Volans
-
noun,
the Flying Fish, a southern constellation between Carina and Hydrus.
- coulis
-
noun,
a sauce made with puréed vegetables or fruit and used as a base or garnish.
- coucal
-
noun,
any of several Old World cuckoos of the genus Centropus, having harsh-textured plumage and a long, daggerlike hind claw.
- Volsci
-
plural noun,
an ancient people of Latium who were conquered by the Romans in the last part of the 4th century b.c.
- vorous
-
- velour
-
noun,
a velvetlike fabric of rayon, wool, or any of several other natural or synthetic fibers, used for outerwear and upholstery.
- velars
-
noun,
Phonetics. a velar sound.
- eclair
-
noun,
a finger-shaped cream puff, filled with whipped cream, custard, or pastry cream, often coated with icing.
- Valois
-
noun,
a member of a ruling family of France that reigned from 1328 to 1589.
- Cuvier
-
noun,
Georges Léopold Chrétien Frédéric Dagobert [zhawrzh ley-aw-pawld krey-tyan frey-dey-reek da-gaw-ber] /ʒɔrʒ leɪ ɔˈpɔld kreɪˈtyɛ̃ freɪ deɪˈrik da gɔˈbɛr/ (Show IPA), Baron, 1769–1832, French naturalist: pioneer in the fields of paleontology and comparative anatomy.
- urines
-
noun,
the liquid-to-semisolid waste matter excreted by the kidneys, in humans being a yellowish, slightly acid, watery fluid.
- curves
-
noun,
a continuously bending line, without angles.
- urino-
-
- curios
-
noun,
any unusual article, object of art, etc., valued as a curiosity.
- ursine
-
adjective,
of or relating to a bear or bears.
- usance
-
noun,
Commerce. a length of time, exclusive of days of grace and varying in different places, allowed by custom or usage for the payment of foreign bills of exchange.
- cuneal
-
adjective,
wedgelike; wedge-shaped.
- Valens
-
noun,
Flavius [fley-vee-uh s] /ˈfleɪ vi əs/ (Show IPA), a.d. c328–378, emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire 364–378.
- valine
-
noun,
an essential amino acid, (CH 3) 2 CHCH(NH 2)COOH, white, crystalline, and water-soluble, present in most plant and animal proteins, required for growth. Symbol: V. Abbreviation: Val;
- Solera
-
noun,
(especially in Spain) a series of casks, graded according to age, in which sherries and brandies are stored while maturing.
- valise
-
noun,
a small piece of luggage that can be carried by hand, used to hold clothing, toilet articles, etc.; suitcase; traveling bag.
- Culion
-
noun,
an island of the Philippines, in the W part of the group, N of Palawan. 150 sq. mi. (389 sq. km).
- Cuenca
-
noun,
a city in SW Ecuador.
- valors
-
noun,
boldness or determination in facing great danger, especially in battle; heroic courage; bravery:
- Crocus
-
noun,
any of the small, bulbous plants of the genus Crocus, of the iris family, cultivated for their showy, solitary flowers, which are among the first to bloom in the spring.
- valuer
-
noun,
British. an appraiser.
- Crusoe
-
noun,
Robinson, Robinson Crusoe.
- values
-
noun,
relative worth, merit, or importance:
- Vanier
-
noun,
Georges P [jawrj;; French zhawrzh] /dʒɔrdʒ;; French ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1888–1967, Canadian soldier and diplomat: governor-general 1959–67.
- cruise
-
noun,
the act of cruising.
- Crucis
-
noun,
genitive of Crux.
- cruces
-
noun,
a plural of crux.
- Crouse
-
noun,
Russel, 1893–1966, U.S. dramatist.
- varies
-
verb (used with object),
to change or alter, as in form, appearance, character, or substance:
- croons
-
noun,
the act or sound of crooning.
- Cronus
-
noun,
a Titan, son of Uranus and Gaea, who was dethroned by his son Zeus.
- vario-
-
- CRONIC
-
noun,
very potent marijuana.
- crones
-
noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- solion
-
noun,
Chemistry, Electricity. a low-frequency amplifying device that operates by controlling the flow of ions in solution: some types, as the micropump, accomplish this by means of electro-osmotic pressure.
- Lauren
-
noun,
a female given name.
- irones
-
noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- nuclei
-
noun,
plural of nucleus.
- norias
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- Savoie
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2389 sq. mi. (6185 sq. km). Capital: Chambéry.
- Savior
-
noun,
a person who saves, rescues, or delivers:
- saurel
-
noun,
any of several elongated marine fishes of the genus Trachurus, having bony plates along each side.
- novice
-
noun,
a person who is new to the circumstances, work, etc., in which he or she is placed; beginner; tyro:
- saucer
-
noun,
a small, round, shallow dish to hold a cup.
- sarco-
-
- Nivose
-
noun,
(in the French Revolutionary calendar) the fourth month of the year, extending from December 21 to January 19.
- occas.
-
- salvor
-
noun,
a person who salvages or helps to salvage a ship, cargo, etc.
- salver
-
noun,
a tray, especially one used for serving food or beverages.
- saloon
-
noun,
a place for the sale and consumption of alcoholic drinks.
- occurs
-
verb (used without object),
to happen; take place; come to pass:
- saline
-
noun,
a sterile solution of sodium chloride used to dilute medications or for intravenous therapy.
- ocular
-
noun,
Optics. eyepiece.
- scaler
-
noun,
a person or thing that scales.
- scarce
-
Idioms,
make oneself scarce, Informal.
to depart, especially suddenly.
to stay away; avoid.
- oculo-
-
- navies
-
noun,
the whole body of warships and auxiliaries belonging to a country or ruler.
- nacres
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- nailer
-
noun,
a person or thing that drives nails, as a machine that drives nails automatically.
- Naoise
-
noun,
the husband of Deirdre and a nephew of Conchobar, by whom he was treacherously killed.
- narco-
-
- narcos
-
noun,
narc.
- sclera
-
noun,
a dense, white, fibrous membrane that, with the cornea, forms the external covering of the eyeball.
- navels
-
noun,
umbilicus (def 1).
- necro-
-
- scenic
-
noun,
a photograph, graphic representation, etc., depicting natural scenery.
- nerols
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid, unsaturated alcohol, C 10 H 18 O, an isomeric form of geraniol occurring in neroli oil, used in perfumery.
- Nerval
-
noun,
Gérard de [zhey-rar duh] /ʒeɪˈrar də/ (Show IPA), (Gérard Labrunie) 1808–55, French writer.
- scler-
-
- neural
-
adjective,
of or relating to a nerve or the nervous system.
- neuro-
-
- neurol
-
- Nicole
-
noun,
a female given name: from Greek words meaning “victory” and “people.”.
- sailor
-
noun,
a person whose occupation is sailing or navigation; mariner.
- sailer
-
noun,
a vessel propelled by a sail or sails.
- lunies
-
noun,
a lunatic.
- ounces
-
noun,
a unit of weight equal to 437.5 grains or 1/16 pound (28.35 grams) avoirdupois.
- reason
-
noun,
a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.:
- orison
-
noun,
a prayer.
- ravins
-
verb (used with or without object), noun,
raven2 .
- ravine
-
noun,
a narrow steep-sided valley commonly eroded by running water.
- Ravens
-
noun,
any of several large, corvine birds having lustrous, black plumage and a loud, harsh call, especially Corvus corax, of the New and Old Worlds.
- oscine
-
noun,
an oscine bird.
- ravels
-
noun,
a tangle or complication.
- racoon
-
noun,
raccoon.
- oriels
-
noun,
a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
- racons
-
noun,
radar beacon.
- Racine
-
noun,
Jean Baptiste [zhahn ba-teest] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist/ (Show IPA), 1639–99, French dramatist.
- ovules
-
noun,
Botany.
a rudimentary seed.
the plant part that contains the embryo sac and hence the female germ cell, which after fertilization develops into a seed.
- ovines
-
adjective,
pertaining to, of the nature of, or like sheep.
- ovisac
-
noun,
a sac or capsule containing an ovum or ova.
- ovonic
-
noun,
a device whose operation is based on the Ovshinsky effect.
- ovular
-
adjective,
pertaining to or of the nature of an ovule.
- Oriole
-
noun,
any of several usually brightly colored, passerine birds of the family Oriolidae, of the Old World.
Compare golden oriole.
- recoil
-
noun,
an act of recoiling.
- sacro-
-
- rosace
-
noun,
rosette (def 3).
- oilcan
-
noun,
a can having a long spout through which oil is poured or squirted to lubricate machinery or the like.
- rouens
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Seine-Maritime, in N France, on the Seine: famous cathedral; execution of Joan of Arc 1431.
- Rosina
-
noun,
a female given name, Italian form of Rose.
- Roseau
-
noun,
a seaport on and the capital of Dominica.
- COSINE
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side adjacent to a given angle to the hypotenuse.
the sine of the complement of a given angle or arc. Abbreviation: cos.
- oleins
-
noun,
Also called glyceryl trioleate, triolein. a colorless to yellowish, oily, water-insoluble liquid, C 57 H 104 O 6 , the triglyceride of oleic acid, present in many vegetable oils.
- Roscoe
-
noun,
a revolver or pistol.
- roncos
-
noun,
any grunt of the genus Haemulon, especially H. parrai, the sailor's-choice, of West Indian waters.
- recons
-
noun,
reconnaissance.
- Oliver
-
noun,
one of the 12 paladins of Charlemagne.
Compare Roland.
- rivals
-
noun,
a person who is competing for the same object or goal as another, or who tries to equal or outdo another; competitor.
- oracle
-
noun,
(especially in ancient Greece) an utterance, often ambiguous or obscure, given by a priest or priestess at a shrine as the response of a god to an inquiry.
- orcein
-
noun,
a red dye, the principal coloring matter of cudbear and orchil, obtained by oxidizing an ammoniacal solution of orcinol.
- resoil
-
verb (used with object),
to replace topsoil, especially that lost by erosion.
- resail
-
verb (used without object),
to sail back or again.
- renvoi
-
noun,
the expulsion by a government of an alien, especially a foreign diplomat, from the country.
- sconce
-
noun,
a bracket for candles or other lights, placed on a wall, mirror, picture frame, etc.
- lunars
-
noun,
a lunar observation taken for purposes of navigation or mapping.
- Israel
-
noun,
a republic in SW Asia, on the Mediterranean: formed as a Jewish state May 1948. 7984 sq. mi. (20,679 sq. km). Capital: Jerusalem.
- Sirena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- learns
-
verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- Leavis
-
noun,
F(rank) R(aymond) 1895–1978, English critic and teacher.
- slicer
-
noun,
a thin-bladed knife or implement used for slicing, especially food:
- slavo-
-
- Slavic
-
noun,
a branch of the Indo-European family of languages, usually divided into East Slavic (Russian, Ukrainian, Byelorussian), West Slavic (Polish, Czech, Slovak, Sorbian), and South Slavic (Old Church Slavonic, Macedonian, Bulgarian, Serbo-Croatian, Slovene).
- slaver
-
noun,
a dealer in or an owner of slaves.
- Siouan
-
noun,
an American Indian language family formerly widespread from Saskatchewan to the lower Mississippi, also found in the Virginia and Carolina piedmont, and including Catawba, Crow, Dakota, Hidatsa, Mandan, Osage, and Winnebago.
- Lavern
-
noun,
Also, Laverna [luh-vur-nuh] /ləˈvɜr nə/ (Show IPA). a female given name, form of Verna.
- Lencas
-
noun,
a member of an Indian people of El Salvador and central Honduras.
- Lenoir
-
noun,
Jean Joseph Étienne [zhahn zhoh-zef ey-tyen] /ʒɑ̃ ʒoʊˈzɛf eɪˈtyɛn/ (Show IPA), 1822–1900, French inventor.
- Leonov
-
noun,
Aleksey Arkhipovich [uh-lyi-ksyey uhr-khyee-puh-vyich] /ʌ lyɪˈksyeɪ ʌrˈkhyi pə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), born 1934, Soviet cosmonaut: first man to walk in space 1965.
- Silver
-
noun,
Chemistry. a white, ductile metallic element, used for making mirrors, coins, ornaments, table utensils, photographic chemicals, conductors, etc. Symbol: Ag; atomic weight: 107.870; atomic number: 47; specific gravity: 10.5 at 20°C.
- lesion
-
noun,
an injury; hurt; wound.
- Leucas
-
noun,
Levkas.
- leuco-
-
- lavers
-
noun,
Old Testament. a large basin upon a foot or pedestal in the court of the Hebrew tabernacle and subsequently in the temple, containing water for the ablutions of the priests and for the washing of the sacrifices in the temple service.
- Laurie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Laura.
- Leucon
-
noun,
a type of sponge having a thick body wall with a highly branched canal system leading into the spongocoel.
- social
-
noun,
a social gathering or party, especially of or as given by an organized group:
- solace
-
noun,
comfort in sorrow, misfortune, or trouble; alleviation of distress or discomfort.
- laevo-
-
- lancer
-
noun,
a cavalry soldier armed with a lance.
- socio-
-
- lances
-
noun,
a long wooden shaft with a pointed metal head, used as a weapon by knights and cavalry soldiers in charging.
- Lanier
-
noun,
Sidney, 1842–81, U.S. poet and literary scholar.
- lanose
-
adjective,
lanate.
- Larine
-
adjective,
characteristic of or resembling a gull.
- lauric
-
adjective,
of or derived from lauric acid.
- Launce
-
noun,
sand lance.
- soccer
-
noun,
a form of football played between two teams of 11 players, in which the ball may be advanced by kicking or by bouncing it off any part of the body but the arms and hands, except in the case of the goalkeepers, who may use their hands to catch, carry, throw, or stop the ball.
- snivel
-
noun,
weak, whining, or pretended weeping.
- sluice
-
noun,
an artificial channel for conducting water, often fitted with a gate (sluice gate) at the upper end for regulating the flow.
- sloven
-
noun,
a person who is habitually negligent of neatness or cleanliness in dress, appearance, etc.
- Sloane
-
noun,
Sir Hans, 1660–1753, English physician and naturalist.
- sliver
-
noun,
a small, slender, often sharp piece, as of wood or glass, split, broken, or cut off, usually lengthwise or with the grain; splinter.
- Silvan
-
noun,
a person dwelling in a woodland region.
- Levins
-
noun,
lightning.
- scoria
-
noun,
Metallurgy. the refuse, dross, or slag left after melting or smelting metal; scum.
- Senlac
-
noun,
a hill in SE England: believed by some historians to have been the site of the Battle of Hastings, 1066.
- Lorena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Lorens
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- lorica
-
noun,
Zoology. a hard protective case or sheath, as the protective coverings secreted by certain protists.
- Senora
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to Mrs., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a married or older woman. Abbreviation: Sra.
- lories
-
noun,
any of several small, usually brilliantly colored Australasian parrots having the tongue bordered with a brushlike fringe for feeding on nectar and fruit juices.
- louies
-
noun,
looie.
- Louise
-
noun,
Lake, a glacial lake in W Canada, in SW Alberta in the Canadian Rockies: resort. 5670 feet (1728 meters) above sea level.
- louvar
-
noun,
a red-finned, deep-sea, tropical fish, Luvarus imperialis, having the vent at the base of the pectoral fin.
- serial
-
noun,
anything published, broadcast, etc., in short installments at regular intervals, as a novel appearing in successive issues of a magazine.
- louver
-
noun,
any of a series of narrow openings framed at their longer edges with slanting, overlapping fins or slats, adjustable for admitting light and air while shutting out rain.
- Senior
-
noun,
a person who is older than another.
- Louvre
-
noun,
a national museum in Paris, France, since 1793: formerly a royal palace.
- lovers
-
noun,
a person who is in love with another.
- Lucian
-
noun,
a.d. 117–c180, Greek rhetorician and satirist.
- Lucias
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “light.”.
- lucres
-
noun,
monetary reward or gain; money.
- 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.
- Lorain
-
noun,
a port in N Ohio, on Lake Erie.
- silure
-
plural noun,
a British Celtic tribe resident in southeastern Wales at the time of the Roman conquest of Britain.
- servo-
-
- linacs
-
noun,
linear accelerator.
- Silone
-
noun,
Ignazio [ee-nyah-tsyaw] /iˈnyɑ tsyɔ/ (Show IPA), (Secondo Tranquilli) 1900–78, Italian author.
- linear
-
adjective,
of, consisting of, or using lines:
- liners
-
noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- silane
-
noun,
Also called silicon tetrahydride. a gas with an unpleasant odor, SiH 4 , soluble in water: used as a doping agent for semiconductors in the production of solid-state devices.
- Li-sao
-
noun,
a poem (c320 b.c.) by Ch'ü Yüan.
- livers
-
noun,
Anatomy. a large, reddish-brown, glandular organ located in the upper right side of the abdominal cavity, divided by fissures into five lobes and functioning in the secretion of bile and various metabolic processes.
- livres
-
noun,
a former money of account and group of coins of France, issued in coin form first in gold, then in silver, finally in copper, and discontinued in 1794.
- loosen
-
verb (used with object),
to unfasten or undo, as a bond or fetter.
- loaner
-
noun,
a person or thing that loans.
- Servia
-
noun,
former name of Serbia.
- loaves
-
noun,
plural of loaf1 .
- Locris
-
noun,
either of two districts in the central part of ancient Greece.
- loners
-
noun,
a person who is or prefers to be alone, especially one who avoids the company of others:
- looies
-
noun,
a lieutenant of the armed forces.
- serval
-
noun,
a long-limbed, nocturnal African cat, Felis serval, about the size of a bobcat, having a tawny coat spotted with black: now rare in many former habitats.
- oilers
-
noun,
a person or thing that oils.
- Vulcan
-
noun,
the ancient Roman god of fire and metalworking, identified with the Greek Hephaestus.
- Corvus
-
noun,
the Crow, a southern constellation between Virgo and Hydra.
- Alnico
-
noun,
a permanent-magnet alloy having aluminum, nickel, and cobalt as its principal ingredients.
- caners
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- A-line
-
noun,
(especially in women's clothing) a cut of garment consisting basically of two A -shaped panels for the front and back, designed to give increasing fullness toward the hemline.
- alines
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- cavies
-
noun,
any of several short-tailed or tailless South American rodents of the family Caviidae, as the guinea pig, capybara, or agouti.
- Alison
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Alice.
- Claire
-
noun,
Ina, 1892–1985, U.S. actress.
- Aloeus
-
noun,
a son of Poseidon, husband of Iphimedia, and foster father of Otus and Ephialtes.
- Cavour
-
noun,
Camillo Benso di [kah-meel-law ben-saw dee] /kɑˈmil lɔ ˈbɛn sɔ di/ (Show IPA), 1810–61, Italian statesman: leader in the unification of Italy.
- cavers
-
noun,
a person who studies or explores caves.
- aloins
-
noun,
an intensely bitter, crystalline, water-soluble powder composed of the active principles of and obtained from aloe, used chiefly as a purgative.
- Alonso
-
noun,
Alicia (Alicia Ernestina de la Caridad del Cobre Martínez Hoyo) born 1921, Cuban ballerina.
- alvine
-
adjective,
of or relating to the belly; intestinal.
- colies
-
noun,
any of several slender, fruit-eating, African birds constituting the family Coliidae, having grayish-brown plumage and a long, pointed tail.
- colics
-
noun,
paroxysmal pain in the abdomen or bowels.
- ancile
-
noun,
a shield given by Mars to Numa Pompilius as the palladium of Rome.
- cavils
-
noun,
a trivial and annoying objection.
- colins
-
noun,
any of several American quails, especially the bobwhite.
- coaler
-
noun,
a railroad, ship, etc., used mainly to haul or supply coal.
- cecils
-
noun,
(Edgar Algernon) Robert (1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood) 1864–1958, British statesman: Nobel Peace Prize 1937.
- calico
-
noun,
a plain-woven cotton cloth printed with a figured pattern, usually on one side.
- colous
-
- colour
-
noun,
the quality of an object or substance with respect to light reflected by the object, usually determined visually by measurement of hue, saturation, and brightness of the reflected light; saturation or chroma; hue.
- calves
-
noun,
plural of calf1 .
- colors
-
noun,
the quality of an object or substance with respect to light reflected by the object, usually determined visually by measurement of hue, saturation, and brightness of the reflected light; saturation or chroma; hue.
- Calvin
-
noun,
John (Jean Chauvin or Caulvin) 1509–64, French theologian and reformer in Switzerland: leader in the Protestant Reformation.
- Averil
-
noun,
a male given name.
- alevin
-
noun,
a fry, especially a salmon, whose yolk is depleted.
- calvus
-
adjective,
(of a cumulonimbus cloud) having its upper portion changing from a rounded, cumuliform shape to a diffuse, whitish, cirriform mass with vertical striations.
- alcove
-
noun,
a recess or small room adjacent to or opening out of a room:
- Auriol
-
noun,
Vincent [vin-suh nt;; French van-sahn] /ˈvɪn sənt;; French vɛ̃ˈsɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1884–1966, French statesman: president 1947–54.
- clears
-
noun,
a clear or unobstructed space.
- clino-
-
- cancel
-
noun,
an act of canceling.
- Cancer
-
noun,
Pathology.
a malignant and invasive growth or tumor, especially one originating in epithelium, tending to recur after excision and to metastasize to other sites.
any disease characterized by such growths.
- Coleus
-
noun,
any of several tropical Asian or African plants belonging to the genus Coleus, of the mint family, certain species of which are cultivated for their showy, colored foliage and blue flowers.
- cavern
-
noun,
a cave, especially one that is large and mostly underground.
- celiac
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or located in the cavity of the abdomen.
- arsine
-
noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- Carson
-
noun,
Christopher ("Kit") 1809–68, U.S. frontiersman and scout.
- Carlos
-
noun,
Don [don;; Spanish dawn] /dɒn;; Spanish dɔn/ (Show IPA), (Carlos Maria Isidro de Borbón) 1788–1855, pretender to the Spanish throne.
- Carole
-
noun,
a female given name.
- claver
-
noun,
idle talk; gossip.
- clavus
-
noun,
Psychiatry. an intense headache in which the pain is likened to one that would be produced by a sharp object driven into the skull.
- ariels
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- arsen-
-
- caries
-
noun,
decay, as of bone or of plant tissue.
- cleans
-
- arouse
-
verb (used with object),
to stir to action or strong response; excite:
- ariose
-
adjective,
characterized by melody; songlike.
- arioso
-
noun,
an arioso composition or section.
- coeval
-
noun,
a contemporary:
- coeno-
-
- cocoas
-
noun,
a powder made from roasted, husked, and ground seeds of the cacao, Theobroma cacao, from which much of the fat has been removed.
- clause
-
noun,
Grammar. a syntactic construction containing a subject and predicate and forming part of a sentence or constituting a whole simple sentence.
- coarse
-
adjective,
composed of relatively large parts or particles:
- clines
-
noun,
Biology. the gradual change in certain characteristics exhibited by members of a series of adjacent populations of organisms of the same species.
- casino
-
noun,
a building or large room used for meetings, entertainment, dancing, etc., especially such a place equipped with gambling devices, gambling tables, etc.
- aniso-
-
- clones
-
noun,
Biology.
a cell, cell product, or organism that is genetically identical to the unit or individual from which it was derived.
a population of identical units, cells, or individuals that derive from the same ancestral line.
- anoles
-
noun,
any of numerous chiefly insectivorous New World lizards of the genus Anolis, related to the iguana, that have the ability to change the color of their skin among a wide range of green and brown shades.
- Caslon
-
noun,
William, 1692–1766, English type founder and designer.
- Anvers
-
noun,
French name of Antwerp.
- clares
-
noun,
a county in W Republic of Ireland. 1231 sq. mi. (3190 sq. km). County seat: Ennis.
- casern
-
noun,
a lodging for soldiers in a garrison town; barracks.
- Caruso
-
noun,
Enrico [en-ree-koh;; Italian en-ree-kaw] /ɛnˈri koʊ;; Italian ɛnˈri kɔ/ (Show IPA), 1873–1921, Italian operatic tenor.
- casein
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a protein precipitated from milk, as by rennet, and forming the basis of cheese and certain plastics.
- claros
-
noun,
such a cigar.
- carven
-
adjective,
carved.
- clevis
-
noun,
a U -shaped yoke at the end of a chain or rod, between the ends of which a lever, hook, etc., can be pinned or bolted.
- arsino
-
adjective,
containing the arsino group.
- carvel
-
noun,
caravel.
- cleric
-
noun,
a member of the clergy.
- colure
-
noun,
either of two great circles of the celestial sphere intersecting each other at the poles, one passing through both equinoxes and the other through both solstices.
- Alcuin
-
noun,
(Ealhwine Flaccus) a.d. 735–804, English theologian and scholar: teacher and adviser of Charlemagne.
- circus
-
noun,
a large public entertainment, typically presented in one or more very large tents or in an outdoor or indoor arena, featuring exhibitions of pageantry, feats of skill and daring, performing animals, etc., interspersed throughout with the slapstick antics of clowns.
Compare big top.
- corals
-
noun,
the hard, variously colored, calcareous skeleton secreted by certain marine polyps.
- acious
-
- consol
-
noun,
singular of consols.
- consul
-
noun,
an official appointed by the government of one country to look after its commercial interests and the welfare of its citizens in another country.
- conure
-
noun,
any of several long-tailed New World parrots, especially of the genus Aratinga, certain species of which are kept as pets.
- Aeolic
-
noun,
the Greek dialect of ancient Aeolis and Thessaly; Aeolian.
- ceorls
-
noun,
churl (def 4).
- Accius
-
noun,
Lucius, c170–c90 b.c, Roman poet and prose writer.
- Cervin
-
noun,
Mont [mawn] /mɔ̃/ (Show IPA). French name of the Matterhorn.
- Clovis
-
noun,
a town in central California.
- accrue
-
verb (used without object),
to happen or result as a natural growth, addition, etc.
- cerous
-
adjective,
containing trivalent cerium.
- closer
-
noun,
a person or thing that closes.
- Cercis
-
noun,
any shrub or small tree of the genus Cercis, as the redbud or Judas tree.
- cornea
-
noun,
the transparent anterior part of the external coat of the eye covering the iris and the pupil and continuous with the sclera.
- cercus
-
noun,
one of a pair of appendages at the rear of the abdomen of certain insects and other arthropods, serving as tactile organs.
- cerias
-
noun,
a white-to-yellow, heavy powder, cerium dioxide, CeO 2 , usually derived from cerium nitrate by decomposition with heat: used chiefly in ceramics, glass polishing, and decolorizing.
- Cairns
-
noun,
a seaport in NE Australia.
- accuse
-
verb (used with object),
to charge with the fault, offense, or crime (usually followed by of):
- cloves
-
noun,
the dried flower bud of a tropical tree, Syzygium aromaticum, of the myrtle family, used whole or ground as a spice.
- aeron.
-
- cooler
-
noun,
a container or apparatus, as an insulated chest, in which something may be cooled or kept cool.
- coolie
-
noun,
an unskilled laborer, especially formerly in China and India.
- avulse
-
verb (used with object),
to pull off or tear away forcibly:
- Clover
-
noun,
any of various plants of the genus Trifolium, of the legume family, having trifoliolate leaves and dense flower heads, many species of which, as T. pratense, are cultivated as forage plants.
- aceous
-
- cooner
-
noun,
coon dog.
- cloven
-
verb,
a past participle of cleave2 .
- accel.
-
- acinus
-
noun,
Botany. one of the small drupelets or berries of an aggregate, baccate fruit, as the blackberry.
- Cornel
-
noun,
any tree or shrub of the genus Cornus; dogwood.
- calces
-
noun,
a plural of calx.
- Cicero
-
noun,
a Continental unit of measurement for type, equal to 12 Didot points, or 0.178 inches (4.5 mm), roughly comparable to a pica.
- Averno
-
noun,
a crater lake in S Italy, near Naples and the Tyrrhenian Sea, thought by ancients to be the entrance to the underworld.
- censor
-
noun,
an official who examines books, plays, news reports, motion pictures, radio and television programs, letters, cablegrams, etc., for the purpose of suppressing parts deemed objectionable on moral, political, military, or other grounds.
- livens
-
verb (used with object),
to put life into; rouse; enliven; cheer (often followed by up):
- clonic
-
adjective,
of or relating to clonus.
- Aeolis
-
noun,
an ancient coastal region and Greek colony in NW Asia Minor: settled by Aeolians.
- corves
-
noun,
plural of corf.
- clonus
-
noun,
a rapid succession of flexions and extensions of a group of muscles, usually signifying an affection of the brain or spinal cord.
- concur
-
verb (used without object),
to accord in opinion; agree:
- C-in-C
-
- Coruna
-
noun,
La Coruña.
- avoir.
-
- circle
-
noun,
a closed plane curve consisting of all points at a given distance from a point within it called the center. Equation: x 2 + y 2 = r 2 .
- conics
-
noun,
the branch of geometry that deals with conic sections.
- Cloris
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- Aeolus
-
noun,
the ruler of the winds.
- corona
-
noun,
a white or colored circle or set of concentric circles of light seen around a luminous body, especially around the sun or moon.
- calci-
-
- conies
-
noun,
the fur of a rabbit, especially when dyed to simulate Hudson seal.
- Conroe
-
noun,
a town in E Texas.
- cesura
-
noun,
caesura.
- cains
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- Raven
-
noun,
any of several large, corvine birds having lustrous, black plumage and a loud, harsh call, especially Corvus corax, of the New and Old Worlds.
- caine
-
noun,
(Sir Thomas Henry) Hall, 1853–1931, English novelist.
- onco-
-
- orial
-
- caco-
-
- Orcus
-
noun,
the ancient Roman god of the underworld, identified with the Greek Pluto, or Hades.
- carls
-
noun,
Scot.
a strong, robust fellow, especially a strong manual laborer.
a miser; an extremely thrifty person.
- orale
-
noun,
fanon (def 2).
- orals
-
noun,
an oral examination in a school, college, or university, given especially to a candidate for an advanced degree.
- ravin
-
verb (used with or without object), noun,
raven2 .
- orans
-
noun,
orant.
- Orcas
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- RECON
-
noun,
reconnaissance.
- reals
-
noun,
real number.
- Carin
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Orson
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Old French word meaning “bearlike.”.
- Oriel
-
noun,
a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
- canc.
-
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- caner
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- 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).
- ourie
-
adjective,
shabby; dingy.
- ousel
-
noun,
ouzel.
- over-
-
- rails
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- Cairo
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Egypt, in the N part on the E bank of the Nile.
- Osler
-
noun,
Sir William, 1849–1919, Canadian physician and professor of medicine.
- overs
-
noun,
an amount in excess or addition; extra.
- Caius
-
noun,
Saint, died a.d. 296, pope 283–296.
- ovine
-
adjective,
pertaining to, of the nature of, or like sheep.
- racon
-
noun,
radar beacon.
- calc-
-
- races
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- Calve
-
verb (used with object),
to give birth to (a calf).
- ovule
-
noun,
Botany.
a rudimentary seed.
the plant part that contains the embryo sac and hence the female germ cell, which after fertilization develops into a seed.
- ounce
-
noun,
a unit of weight equal to 437.5 grains or 1/16 pound (28.35 grams) avoirdupois.
- OSlav
-
- Carie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- ornis
-
noun,
an avifauna.
- cares
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- cairn
-
noun,
a heap of stones set up as a landmark, monument, tombstone, etc.
- Caren
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Orion
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a giant hunter who pursued the Pleiades, was eventually slain by Artemis, and was then placed in the sky as a constellation.
- orles
-
noun,
Heraldry.
a charge in the form of a narrow band following the form of the escutcheon within the edge, so that the extreme outer edge of the escutcheon is of the field tincture.
an arrangement in orle of small charges:
- Orlon
-
- orlos
-
noun,
a plinth supporting the base of a column.
- ornes
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- Oscan
-
noun,
one of an ancient people of south-central Italy.
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- OSCAR
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter O.
- Ravel
-
noun,
a tangle or complication.
- Canso
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in SE Canada, the NE extremity of Nova Scotia.
- canoe
-
noun,
any of various slender, open boats, tapering to a point at both ends, propelled by paddles or sometimes sails and traditionally formed of light framework covered with bark, skins, or canvas, or formed from a dug-out or burned-out log or logs, and now usually made of aluminum, fiberglass, etc.
- rason
-
noun,
a long, loose, black gown with wide sleeves, worn by the clergy.
- canes
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- rales
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- onces
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- caus.
-
- Olson
-
noun,
Charles, 1910–70, U.S. poet and essayist.
- lures
-
noun,
anything that attracts, entices, or allures.
- luces
-
noun,
plural of lux.
- Lucia
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “light.”.
- ceorl
-
noun,
churl (def 4).
- lucre
-
noun,
monetary reward or gain; money.
- Cenis
-
noun,
Mont, a mountain pass between SE France and Italy, in the Alps. 6834 feet (2083 meters) high.
- lunar
-
noun,
a lunar observation taken for purposes of navigation or mapping.
- Cenci
-
noun,
Beatrice [be-ah-tree-che] /ˌbɛ ɑˈtri tʃɛ/ (Show IPA), 1577–1599, Italian parricide whose life is the subject of various novels and poems.
- lunas
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess personifying the moon, sometimes identified with Diana.
- lunes
-
noun,
Archaic. fits of madness.
- nacre
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- Lucas
-
noun,
George, born 1944, U.S. film director.
- Celia
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cecilia.
- 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.
- naive
-
adjective,
having or showing unaffected simplicity of nature or absence of artificiality; unsophisticated; ingenuous.
- ceils
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- Cecil
-
noun,
(Edgar Algernon) Robert (1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood) 1864–1958, British statesman: Nobel Peace Prize 1937.
- narcs
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- naso-
-
- navel
-
noun,
umbilicus (def 1).
- Lucca
-
noun,
a city in NW Italy, W of Florence.
- Lucan
-
noun,
(Marcus Annaeus Lucanus) a.d. 39–65, Roman poet, born in Spain.
- Neils
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- loser
-
noun,
a person, team, nation, etc., that loses:
- 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.
- 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.
- Lorca
-
noun,
García Lorca.
- Loren
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- lores
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- Lorin
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- Loris
-
noun,
Also called slender loris. a small, slender, tailless, large-eyed, nocturnal lemur, Loris gracilis, of southern India and Sri Lanka.
- Lorna
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Lorne
-
noun,
Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
- Louie
-
noun,
looie.
- loves
-
noun,
a profoundly tender, passionate affection for another person.
- ceros
-
noun,
a large Atlantic and Gulf Coast mackerel game fish, Scomberomorus regalis.
- Louis
-
noun,
louis d'or.
- cero-
-
- lours
-
verb (used without object), noun,
lower2 .
- louse
-
noun,
any small, wingless insect of the order Anoplura (sucking louse) parasitic on humans and other mammals and having mouthparts adapted for sucking, as Pediculus humanus (body louse or head louse) and Phthirius pubis (crab louse or pubic louse)
- ceric
-
adjective,
containing cerium, especially in the tetravalent state.
- ceria
-
noun,
a white-to-yellow, heavy powder, cerium dioxide, CeO 2 , usually derived from cerium nitrate by decomposition with heat: used chiefly in ceramics, glass polishing, and decolorizing.
- Lover
-
noun,
a person who is in love with another.
- ceras
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- nears
-
- Neiva
-
noun,
a city in W Colombia.
- carne
-
noun,
Marcel [mahr-sel;; French mar-sel] /mɑrˈsɛl;; French marˈsɛl/ (Show IPA), 1909–1996, French film director.
- carse
-
noun,
bottom land.
- nurls
-
noun,
a small ridge or bead, especially one of a series, as on a button for decoration or on the edge of a thumbscrew to assist in obtaining a firm grip.
- Nurse
-
noun,
a person formally educated and trained in the care of the sick or infirm.
Compare nurse-midwife, nurse-practitioner, physician's assistant, practical nurse, registered nurse.
- occur
-
verb (used without object),
to happen; take place; come to pass:
- ocean
-
noun,
the vast body of salt water that covers almost three fourths of the earth's surface.
- ocrea
-
noun,
a sheathing part, as a pair of stipules united about a stem.
- ocul-
-
- carve
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (a solid material) so as to form something:
- oecus
-
noun,
(in an ancient Roman house) an apartment, especially a dining room, decorated with columns.
- OIcel
-
- oiler
-
noun,
a person or thing that oils.
- nuci-
-
- Olean
-
noun,
a city in SW New York.
- oleic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or derived from oleic acid.
- olein
-
noun,
Also called glyceryl trioleate, triolein. a colorless to yellowish, oily, water-insoluble liquid, C 57 H 104 O 6 , the triglyceride of oleic acid, present in many vegetable oils.
- Carol
-
noun,
a song, especially of joy.
- oleo-
-
- oleos
-
noun,
margarine.
- olios
-
noun,
a dish of many ingredients.
- carns
-
noun,
cairn.
- Olive
-
noun,
an evergreen tree, Olea europaea, of Mediterranean and other warm regions, cultivated chiefly for its fruit.
Compare olive family.
- cauls
-
noun,
a part of the amnion sometimes covering the head of a child at birth.
- cause
-
noun,
a person or thing that acts, happens, or exists in such a way that some specific thing happens as a result; the producer of an effect:
- neral
-
noun,
citral b.
See under citral.
- noels
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- nerol
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid, unsaturated alcohol, C 10 H 18 O, an isomeric form of geraniol occurring in neroli oil, used in perfumery.
- Nerva
-
noun,
Marcus Cocceius [kok-see-yuh s] /kɒkˈsi yəs/ (Show IPA), a.d. 32?–98, emperor of Rome 96–98.
- neur-
-
- Nevil
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Neville.
- Nevis
-
noun,
one of the Leeward Islands, in the E West Indies: part of St. Kitts-Nevis; formerly a British colony. 50 sq. mi. (130 sq. km).
Compare St. Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla.
- nevus
-
noun,
any congenital anomaly of the skin, including moles and various types of birthmarks.
- Cavil
-
noun,
a trivial and annoying objection.
- Niles
-
noun,
a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- nival
-
adjective,
of or growing in snow:
- noils
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- Novia
-
noun,
a fiancée or bride.
- noise
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- nolos
-
noun,
nolo contendere.
- noose
-
noun,
a loop with a running knot, as in a snare, lasso, or hangman's halter, that tightens as the rope is pulled.
- Norco
-
noun,
a town in S California.
- noria
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- Norse
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
- noso-
-
- caver
-
noun,
a person who studies or explores caves.
- novas
-
noun,
a star that suddenly becomes thousands of times brighter and then gradually fades to its original intensity.
- novel
-
noun,
a fictitious prose narrative of considerable length and complexity, portraying characters and usually presenting a sequential organization of action and scenes.
- reins
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- Rules
-
noun,
a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc.:
- relic
-
noun,
a surviving memorial of something past.
- Alice
-
noun,
a city in S Texas.
- alive
-
Idioms,
alive to, alert or sensitive to; aware of:
- uran-
-
- urase
-
noun,
urease.
- ureas
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a compound, CO(NH 2) 2 , occurring in urine and other body fluids as a product of protein metabolism.
- Urena
-
noun,
any tropical plant or shrub belonging to the genus Urena, of the mallow family, having clusters of small, yellow flowers, especially U. lobata, which yields a useful bast fiber.
- Urial
-
noun,
a wild, bearded sheep, Ovis vignei, of southern Asia, having a reddish coat.
- Uriel
-
noun,
one of the archangels. II Esdras 4.
- Aline
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- alien
-
noun,
Often Disparaging and Offensive. a resident of one country who was born in or owes allegiance to another country and has not acquired citizenship by naturalization in the country of residence (distinguished from citizen).
See also resident alien, illegal alien.
- urine
-
noun,
the liquid-to-semisolid waste matter excreted by the kidneys, in humans being a yellowish, slightly acid, watery fluid.
- Aleus
-
noun,
a king of Tegea and the father of Amphidamas, Auge, Cepheus, and Lycurgus.
- alone
-
Idioms,
leave alone,
to allow (someone) to be by himself or herself:
to refrain from annoying or interfering with:
- USECC
-
- Usnea
-
noun,
any pale-green or gray, mosslike lichen of the genus Usnea, common on rocks and trees.
- uveas
-
noun,
the vascular tunic of the eye, comprising the iris, choroid coat, and ciliary body.
- alecs
-
noun,
a herring.
- vails
-
noun,
a tip; gratuity.
- vairs
-
noun,
a fur much used for lining and trimming garments in the 13th and 14th centuries, generally assumed to have been that of a variety of squirrel with a gray back and white belly.
Compare miniver (def 1).
- Alcor
-
- Alcon
-
noun,
a noted archer who helped Hercules abduct the cattle of Geryon.
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- valor
-
noun,
boldness or determination in facing great danger, especially in battle; heroic courage; bravery:
- Aloin
-
noun,
an intensely bitter, crystalline, water-soluble powder composed of the active principles of and obtained from aloe, used chiefly as a purgative.
- alure
-
noun,
a passageway, as the walk along one side of a cloister.
- valse
-
noun,
waltz.
- ulnas
-
noun,
Anatomy. the bone of the forearm on the side opposite to the thumb.
Compare radius (def 7).
- sonic
-
adjective,
of or relating to sound.
- A-one
-
adjective,
noting a vessel regarded by a shipping-classification society as being equipped to the highest standard and with equipment maintained in first-class condition.
- Sorel
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1847–1922, French engineer and social philosopher.
- anvil
-
noun,
a heavy iron block with a smooth face, frequently of steel, on which metals, usually heated until soft, are hammered into desired shapes.
- suave
-
adjective,
(of persons or their manner, speech, etc.) smoothly agreeable or polite; agreeably or blandly urbane.
- Sucre
-
noun,
Antonio José de [ahn-taw-nyaw haw-se th e] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ hɔˈsɛ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), 1793–1830, Venezuelan general and South American liberator: 1st president of Bolivia 1826–28.
- sural
-
adjective,
of or relating to the calf of the leg.
- surv.
-
- ulans
-
noun,
uhlan.
- ulcer
-
noun,
Pathology. a sore on the skin or a mucous membrane, accompanied by the disintegration of tissue, the formation of pus, etc.
- anole
-
noun,
any of numerous chiefly insectivorous New World lizards of the genus Anolis, related to the iguana, that have the ability to change the color of their skin among a wide range of green and brown shades.
- Alvin
-
noun,
a town in S Texas.
- uncia
-
noun,
a bronze coin of ancient Rome, the 12th part of an as.
- UNCIO
-
- UNCLE
-
noun,
a brother of one's father or mother.
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- anis-
-
- anils
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- anile
-
adjective,
of or like a foolish, doddering old woman.
- uncos
-
noun,
something extraordinary or unusual; a novelty.
- Univ.
-
- ancre
-
adjective,
having the end of each limb divided and carved outward like the flukes of an anchor; moline:
- aisle
-
noun,
a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
- value
-
noun,
relative worth, merit, or importance:
- SONAR
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- viron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Vinca
-
noun,
periwinkle2 .
- Vince
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Vincent.
- vino-
-
- vinos
-
noun,
wine; specifically, red Italian wine, as chianti.
- Viola
-
noun,
a four-stringed musical instrument of the violin family, slightly larger than the violin; a tenor or alto violin.
- viols
-
noun,
a bowed musical instrument, differing from the violin in having deeper ribs, sloping shoulders, a greater number of strings, usually six, and frets: common in the 16th and 17th centuries in various sizes from the treble viol to the bass viol.
- viral
-
Idioms,
go viral, to spread rapidly via the Internet, email, or other media:
- Viren
-
noun,
Lasse [lahs-se] /ˈlɑs sɛ/ (Show IPA), born 1949, Finnish distance runner.
- vireo
-
noun,
any of several small, insectivorous American birds of the family Vireonidae, having the plumage usually olive-green or gray above and white or yellow below.
- virls
-
noun,
ferrule (def 1).
- virus
-
noun,
an ultramicroscopic (20 to 300 nm in diameter), metabolically inert, infectious agent that replicates only within the cells of living hosts, mainly bacteria, plants, and animals: composed of an RNA or DNA core, a protein coat, and, in more complex types, a surrounding envelope.
- Vilas
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Vanuatu.
- accus
-
- visor
-
noun,
Armor.
(on a close helmet) a piece having slits or holes for vision, situated above and pivoted with a beaver or a ventail and beaver.
a similar piece of plate having holes or slits for vision and breathing, attached to or used with any of various other helmets, as the armet, sallet, basinet, or helm.
- vocal
-
noun,
a vocal sound.
- voice
-
noun,
the sound or sounds uttered through the mouth of living creatures, especially of human beings in speaking, shouting, singing, etc.
- voila
-
interjection,
(used to express success or satisfaction). Voilà, my new winter outfit!
- voile
-
noun,
a lightweight, semisheer fabric of wool, silk, rayon, or cotton constructed in plain weave.
- volar
-
adjective,
of or relating to the palm of the hand or the sole of the foot.
- voles
-
noun,
any of several small mouselike or ratlike rodents of the genus Microtus and related genera, having short limbs and a short tail.
- Volos
-
noun,
a seaport in E Thessaly, in E Greece: ancient ruins.
- vols.
-
- vinas
-
noun,
a musical stringed instrument of India, made of rosewood or ebony, consisting of a long, hollow, fretted stick to which one, two, or three gourds are attached to increase the resonance.
- acnes
-
noun,
an inflammatory disease of the sebaceous glands, characterized by comedones and pimples, especially on the face, back, and chest, and, in severe cases, by cysts and nodules resulting in scarring.
- Vance
-
noun,
a male given name.
- aeri-
-
- Vanir
-
noun,
a race of gods, first in conflict with the Aesir, later allied with them. They function as fertility divinities and include Njord, Frey, and Freyja.
- vari-
-
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- varus
-
noun,
abnormal angulation of a bone or joint, with the angle pointing away from the midline.
- vaso-
-
- veals
-
noun,
Also, vealer [vee-ler] /ˈvi lər/ (Show IPA). a calf raised for its meat, usually a milk-fed animal less than three months old.
- veils
-
noun,
a piece of opaque or transparent material worn over the face for concealment, for protection from the elements, or to enhance the appearance.
- veins
-
noun,
one of the system of branching vessels or tubes conveying blood from various parts of the body to the heart.
- velar
-
noun,
Phonetics. a velar sound.
- aero-
-
- velic
-
adjective,
pertaining to the operation of the velum in relation to the passageway into the nasal cavity:
- acorn
-
noun,
the typically ovoid fruit or nut of an oak, enclosed at the base by a cupule.
- aeons
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- venal
-
adjective,
willing to sell one's influence, especially in return for a bribe; open to bribery; mercenary:
- veni-
-
- Venlo
-
noun,
a city in SE Netherlands.
- Venus
-
noun,
an ancient Italian goddess of gardens and spring, identified by the Romans with Aphrodite as the goddess of love and beauty.
- Verna
-
noun,
a female given name.
- verso
-
noun,
a left-hand page of an open book or manuscript (opposed to recto).
- acron
-
noun,
the unsegmented, preoral portion of the body of an arthropod.
- acro-
-
- vicar
-
noun,
Church of England.
a person acting as priest of a parish in place of the rector, or as representative of a religious community to which tithes belong.
the priest of a parish the tithes of which are impropriated and who receives only the smaller tithes or a salary.
- vice-
-
- Sonia
-
noun,
a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.
- solve
-
verb (used with object),
to find the answer or explanation for; clear up; explain:
- renal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the kidneys or the surrounding regions.
- Saone
-
noun,
a river flowing S from NE France to the Rhone. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- runic
-
adjective,
consisting of or set down in runes:
- Sacco
-
noun,
Nicola [nee-kaw-lah] /niˈkɔ lɑ/ (Show IPA), 1891–1927, Italian anarchist, in the U.S. after 1908: together with Bartolomeo Vanzetti, found guilty of robbery and murder 1921; executed 1927.
- avens
-
noun,
any of various plants of the genus Geum, of the rose family, having yellow, white, or red flowers.
- saice
-
noun,
syce.
- Salic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the Salian Franks.
- salon
-
noun,
a drawing room or reception room in a large house.
- Auric
-
adjective,
of or containing gold in the trivalent state.
- salve
-
noun,
a medicinal ointment for healing or relieving wounds and sores.
- Salvo
-
noun,
a simultaneous or successive discharge of artillery, bombs, etc.
- aulos
-
noun,
an ancient Greek wind instrument, a double pipe played with a double reed.
- sarc-
-
- loons
-
noun,
any of several large, short-tailed, web-footed, fish-eating diving birds of the genus Gavia, of the Northern Hemisphere.
- Aulis
-
noun,
a port in ancient Boeotia, in E central Greece: the Greek fleet set out from here for Troy during the Trojan War.
- sauce
-
noun,
any preparation, usually liquid or semiliquid, eaten as a gravy or as a relish accompanying food.
- aulic
-
adjective,
of or relating to a royal court.
- savin
-
noun,
a juniper, Juniperus sabina, of Europe and Asia.
- savor
-
noun,
the quality in a substance that affects the sense of taste or of smell.
- scale
-
noun,
Zoology.
one of the thin, flat, horny plates forming the covering of certain animals, as snakes, lizards, and pangolins.
one of the hard, bony or dentinal plates, either flat or denticulate, forming the covering of certain other animals, as fishes.
- scare
-
noun,
a sudden fright or alarm, especially with little or no reason.
- scena
-
noun,
an extended operatic vocal solo, usually including an aria and a recitative.
- scion
-
noun,
a descendant.
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- runes
-
noun,
any of the characters of certain ancient alphabets, as of a script used for writing the Germanic languages, especially of Scandinavia and Britain, from c200 to c1200, or a script used for inscriptions in a Turkic language of the 6th to 8th centuries from the area near the Orkhon River in Mongolia.
- ruins
-
noun,
ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay:
- Scone
-
noun,
a small, light, biscuitlike quick bread made of oatmeal, wheat flour, barley meal, or the like.
- riven
-
verb,
a past participle of rive.
- reni-
-
- resin
-
noun,
any of a class of nonvolatile, solid or semisolid organic substances, as copal or mastic, that consist of amorphous mixtures of carboxylic acids and are obtained directly from certain plants as exudations or prepared by polymerization of simple molecules: used in medicine and in the making of varnishes and plastics.
- Reval
-
noun,
former German name of Tallinn.
- rials
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- rices
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- riels
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- riles
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- rival
-
noun,
a person who is competing for the same object or goal as another, or who tries to equal or outdo another; competitor.
- rivel
-
noun,
a very small dumpling made of a batter of butter, egg, flour, and seasoning, cooked in broth.
- roans
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- roves
-
noun,
an act or instance of roving.
- roils
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- Ronco
-
noun,
any grunt of the genus Haemulon, especially H. parrai, the sailor's-choice, of West Indian waters.
- Roose
-
verb (used with or without object),
praise.
- aviso
-
noun,
a boat used especially for carrying dispatches; dispatch boat.
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- rosin
-
noun,
Chemistry. the yellowish to amber, translucent, hard, brittle, fragmented resin left after distilling the oil of turpentine from the crude oleoresin of the pine: used chiefly in making varnishes, varnish and paint driers, printing inks, and for rubbing on the bows of such string instruments as the violin.
- avers
-
- Rouen
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Seine-Maritime, in N France, on the Seine: famous cathedral; execution of Joan of Arc 1431.
- roues
-
noun,
a dissolute and licentious man; rake.
- rouse
-
noun,
a rousing.
- ascon
-
noun,
a type of sponge having an oval shape and a thin body wall with pores leading directly into the spongocoel.
- score
-
noun,
the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.
- Solon
-
noun,
c638–c558 b.c, Athenian statesman.
- snarl
-
noun,
the act of snarling.
- Arius
-
noun,
died a.d. 336, Christian priest at Alexandria: founder of Arianism.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- slice
-
noun,
a thin, flat piece cut from something:
- slier
-
adjective,
a comparative of sly.
- Arion
-
noun,
flourished 7th century b.c, Greek poet: inventor of the dithyramb.
- Sloan
-
noun,
John, 1871–1951, U.S. painter.
- arils
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- snail
-
noun,
any mollusk of the class Gastropoda, having a spirally coiled shell and a ventral muscular foot on which it slowly glides about.
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- Ariel
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- Sivan
-
noun,
the ninth month of the Jewish calendar.
- snore
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- Soane
-
noun,
Sir John, 1753–1837, English architect.
- soave
-
noun,
a dry, white wine from Verona, Italy.
- areo-
-
- arcus
-
noun,
a dense, horizontal, roll-shaped cloud sometimes occurring at the lower front portion of a cumulonimbus.
- socle
-
noun,
a low, plain part forming a base for a column, pedestal, or the like; plinth.
- arces
-
noun,
a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
- solan
-
noun,
a gannet.
- solar
-
noun,
Informal. solar energy.
- soler
-
noun,
Padre Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1729–83, Spanish organist and composer.
- Slave
-
noun,
a person who is the property of and wholly subject to another; a bond servant.
- Arlen
-
noun,
Harold (Hymen Arluck) 1905–1986, U.S. songwriter.
- asco-
-
- seral
-
adjective,
of or relating to a sere.
- scorn
-
noun,
open or unqualified contempt; disdain:
- scour
-
noun,
the act of scouring.
- secco
-
noun,
fresco secco.
- arvos
-
noun,
afternoon.
- selva
-
noun,
a tropical rain forest, as that in the Amazon basin of South America.
- senor
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to sir or Mr., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a man. Abbreviation: Sr.
- 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.
- Seoul
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of South Korea, in the W part.
- serac
-
noun,
a large irregularity of glacial ice, as a pinnacle found in glacial crevasses and formed by melting or movement of the ice.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- Seric
-
- Arles
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Rhone River: Roman ruins.
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- sero-
-
- Serov
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Asia, E of the Ural Mountains.
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- arose
-
verb,
simple past tense of arise.
- Silva
-
noun,
the forest trees of a particular area.
- Arnel
-
- sinal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving a sinus.
- since
-
adverb,
from then till now (often preceded by ever):
- Sino-
-
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- loose
-
Idioms,
break loose, to free oneself; escape:
- slain
-
noun,
sley.
- LASER
-
noun,
a device that produces a nearly parallel, nearly monochromatic, and coherent beam of light by exciting atoms to a higher energy level and causing them to radiate their energy in phase.
- cruel
-
adjective,
willfully or knowingly causing pain or distress to others.
- Clair
-
noun,
René [ruh-ney] /rəˈneɪ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1981, French motion-picture director and writer.
- cocas
-
noun,
a shrub, Erythroxylon coca, native to the Andes, having simple, alternate leaves and small yellowish flowers.
- Ecua.
-
- leuc-
-
- Crane
-
noun,
any large wading bird of the family Gruidae, characterized by long legs, bill, and neck and an elevated hind toe.
- incl.
-
- econ.
-
- crave
-
verb (used with object),
to long for; want greatly; desire eagerly:
- Leros
-
noun,
one of the Dodecanese Islands of Greece, off the SW coast of Turkey. 21 sq. mi. (54 sq. km).
- Lerna
-
noun,
a marshy region near Argos, Greece: the legendary abode of the Hydra slain by Hercules.
- laces
-
noun,
a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- 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.
- Euro-
-
- euros
-
noun,
wallaroo.
- laics
-
noun,
one of the laity.
- eusol
-
noun,
an antiseptic solution prepared from chlorinated lime and boric acid, formerly used in treating wounds.
- clans
-
noun,
a group of families or households, as among the Scottish Highlanders, the heads of which claim descent from a common ancestor:
- ecol.
-
- Leoni
-
noun,
Raúl [rah-ool] /rɑˈul/ (Show IPA), 1905–72, Venezuelan statesman: president 1964–69.
- Leona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- cline
-
noun,
Biology. the gradual change in certain characteristics exhibited by members of a series of adjacent populations of organisms of the same species.
- coves
-
noun,
a small indentation or recess in the shoreline of a sea, lake, or river.
- LANCE
-
noun,
a long wooden shaft with a pointed metal head, used as a weapon by knights and cavalry soldiers in charging.
- incr.
-
- coel-
-
- clove
-
noun,
the dried flower bud of a tropical tree, Syzygium aromaticum, of the myrtle family, used whole or ground as a spice.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- cores
-
- Cocos
-
noun,
coconut palm.
- Corea
-
noun,
Armando Anthony [ahr-mahn-doh] /ɑrˈmɑn doʊ/ (Show IPA), ("Chick") born 1941, U.S. jazz pianist and composer.
- incus
-
noun,
Anatomy. the middle one of a chain of three small bones in the middle ear of humans and other mammals.
Compare malleus, stapes.
- incur
-
verb (used with object),
to come into or acquire (some consequence, usually undesirable or injurious):
- elans
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- ervil
-
noun,
a vetch, Vicia ervilia, grown in Europe for forage.
- Cisco
-
noun,
any of several whitefishes of the genus Coregonus, of the Great Lakes and smaller lakes of eastern North America.
- cocoa
-
noun,
a powder made from roasted, husked, and ground seeds of the cacao, Theobroma cacao, from which much of the fat has been removed.
- coven
-
noun,
an assembly of witches, especially a group of thirteen.
- ErvIn
-
noun,
Samuel James, Jr ("Sam") 1896–1985, U.S. jurist and politician: senator 1954–74.
- Cusco
-
noun,
Cuzco.
- levo-
-
- Coral
-
noun,
the hard, variously colored, calcareous skeleton secreted by certain marine polyps.
- Levin
-
noun,
lightning.
- incor
-
- cruse
-
noun,
an earthen pot, bottle, etc., for liquids.
- Laius
-
noun,
a king of Thebes, the husband of Jocasta and father of Oedipus: unwittingly killed by Oedipus.
- colic
-
noun,
paroxysmal pain in the abdomen or bowels.
- liers
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- clase
-
- croon
-
noun,
the act or sound of crooning.
- Cons.
-
- leans
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- Croce
-
noun,
Benedetto [be-ne-det-taw] /ˌbɛ nɛˈdɛt tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1866–1952, Italian statesman, philosopher, and historian.
- ileo-
-
- crone
-
noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- ileac
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ileum.
- Icel.
-
- Lares
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- clear
-
noun,
a clear or unobstructed space.
- lears
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- Laver
-
noun,
Old Testament. a large basin upon a foot or pedestal in the court of the Hebrew tabernacle and subsequently in the temple, containing water for the ablutions of the priests and for the washing of the sacrifices in the temple service.
- Laris
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- crocs
-
noun,
crocodile.
- clave
-
noun,
one of a pair of wooden sticks or blocks that are held one in each hand and are struck together to accompany music and dancing.
- CONUS
-
noun,
the most anterior part of the simple tubular heart of lower vertebrates and embryos of higher vertebrates, leading into the artery that leaves the heart; in mammals it forms a part of the upper wall of the right ventricle, in which the pulmonary artery originates.
- icons
-
- curve
-
noun,
a continuously bending line, without angles.
- Colin
-
noun,
any of several American quails, especially the bobwhite.
- cusec
-
noun,
a unit of flow of one cubic foot per second.
- learn
-
verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- ileus
-
noun,
intestinal obstruction characterized by lack of peristalsis and leading to severe colicky pain and vomiting.
- Clerc
-
noun,
Laurent [loh-rahn] /loʊˈrɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1785–1869, French educator of the deaf, in the U.S. after 1816.
- Cleon
-
noun,
died 422 b.c, Athenian general and political opponent of Pericles.
- lenos
-
noun,
Also called leno weave, gauze weave. a weave structure in which paired warp yarns are intertwined in a series of figure eights and filling yarn is passed through each of the interstices so formed, producing a firm, open mesh.
- curns
-
noun,
a grain.
- Evans
-
noun,
Sir Arthur John, 1851–1941, English archaeologist.
- coals
-
noun,
a black or dark-brown combustible mineral substance consisting of carbonized vegetable matter, used as a fuel.
Compare anthracite, bituminous coal, lignite.
- lenis
-
noun,
a lenis consonant.
- Creon
-
noun,
a king of Thebes, the brother of Jocasta and the uncle of Eteocles, Polynices, and Antigone.
- evils
-
noun,
that which is evil; evil quality, intention, or conduct:
- Evora
-
noun,
a city in central Portugal: Roman ruins; cathedral.
- cools
-
noun,
something that is cool; a cool part, place, time, etc.:
- eccl.
-
- claro
-
noun,
such a cigar.
- Clare
-
noun,
a county in W Republic of Ireland. 1231 sq. mi. (3190 sq. km). County seat: Ennis.
- Lenca
-
noun,
a member of an Indian people of El Salvador and central Honduras.
- color
-
noun,
the quality of an object or substance with respect to light reflected by the object, usually determined visually by measurement of hue, saturation, and brightness of the reflected light; saturation or chroma; hue.
- cries
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- Crile
-
noun,
George Washington, 1864–1943, U.S. surgeon.
- crine
-
noun,
hair; head of hair.
- conic
-
noun,
Geometry. conic section.
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- curse
-
noun,
the expression of a wish that misfortune, evil, doom, etc., befall a person, group, etc.
- Crius
-
noun,
a Titan, the son of Uranus and Gaea.
- ERICA
-
noun,
any of numerous low-growing evergreen shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Erica, of the heath family, including several species of heather.
- cover
-
noun,
something that covers, as the lid of a container or the binding of a book.
- conc.
-
- curio
-
noun,
any unusual article, object of art, etc., valued as a curiosity.
- Enola
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Corse
-
noun,
corpse.
- enols
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- cosec
-
noun,
cosecant.
- Linus
-
noun,
Saint, died a.d. 76? pope 67?–76?.
- inure
-
verb (used with object),
to accustom to hardship, difficulty, pain, etc.; toughen or harden; habituate (usually followed by to):
- Linos
-
noun,
linoleum.
- Irons
-
noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- Curie
-
noun,
a unit of activity of radioactive substances equivalent to 3.70 × 10 10 disintegrations per second: it is approximately the amount of activity produced by 1 gram of radium-226. Abbreviation: Ci.
- cines
-
noun,
a film; motion picture.
- enrol
-
verb (used with or without object),
enroll.
- coirs
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- cornu
-
noun,
a horn, especially a bony part that resembles a horn.
- circs
-
noun,
circular (def 9).
- Curia
-
noun,
one of the political subdivisions of each of the three tribes of ancient Rome.
- liras
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- Colo.
-
- locos
-
noun,
locoweed.
- liver
-
noun,
Anatomy. a large, reddish-brown, glandular organ located in the upper right side of the abdominal cavity, divided by fissures into five lobes and functioning in the secretion of bile and various metabolic processes.
- Corvo
-
noun,
a dry red or white wine of Sicily.
- Elvis
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Elwin.
- livre
-
noun,
a former money of account and group of coins of France, issued in coin form first in gold, then in silver, finally in copper, and discontinued in 1794.
- CIRCA
-
preposition, adverb,
about: (used especially in) approximate dates:
Abbreviation: ca, ca., c., c, cir., circ.
- irone
-
noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- lives
-
noun,
plural of life.
- Circe
-
noun,
Also, Kirke. Also called Aeaea. Classical Mythology. the enchantress represented by Homer as turning the companions of Odysseus into swine by means of a magic drink.
- Colon
-
noun,
the sign (:) used to mark a major division in a sentence, to indicate that what follows is an elaboration, summation, implication, etc., of what precedes; or to separate groups of numbers referring to different things, as hours from minutes in 5:30; or the members of a ratio or proportion, as in 1 : 2 = 3 : 6.
- loans
-
noun,
the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something:
- Invar
-
- Elisa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- 30-30
-
- encl.
-
- clone
-
noun,
Biology.
a cell, cell product, or organism that is genetically identical to the unit or individual from which it was derived.
a population of identical units, cells, or individuals that derive from the same ancestral line.
- cions
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- liven
-
verb (used with object),
to put life into; rouse; enliven; cheer (often followed by up):
- Close
-
noun,
the act of closing.
- coins
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- Ensor
-
noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- Iran.
-
- looie
-
noun,
a lieutenant of the armed forces.
- Colas
-
noun,
a carbonated soft drink containing an extract made from kola nuts, together with sweeteners and other flavorings.
- loner
-
noun,
a person who is or prefers to be alone, especially one who avoids the company of others:
- eosin
-
noun,
Also called bromeosin, tetrabromofluorescein. a red, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 20 H 8 Br 4 O 5 , derived from fluorescein by bromination: used chiefly as an acid dye for dyeing silk a rose red color and as a histological stain.
- linac
-
noun,
linear accelerator.
- curls
-
noun,
a coil or ringlet of hair.
- Cunas
-
noun,
a member of a group of American Indian people inhabiting settlements on the Isthmus of Panama and islands in the Gulf of San Blas.
- Clive
-
noun,
Robert (Baron Clive of Plassey) 1725–74, British general and statesman in India.
- cires
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- cures
-
noun,
a means of healing or restoring to health; remedy.
- cine-
-
- Elias
-
noun,
Douay Bible. Elijah (def 1).
- Eolic
-
noun,
the Greek dialect of ancient Aeolis and Thessaly; Aeolian.
- Loire
-
noun,
a river in France, flowing NW and W into the Atlantic: the longest river in France. 625 miles (1005 km) long.
- Coles
-
noun,
any of various plants of the genus Brassica, of the mustard family, especially kale and rape.
- Elura
-
noun,
Ellora.
- locus
-
noun,
a place; locality.
- coria
-
noun,
plural of corium.
- insol
-
- 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.
- liner
-
noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- coils
-
noun,
a connected series of spirals or rings into which a rope or the like is wound.
- user
-
noun,
a person or thing that uses.
- USIA
-
- uro-
-
- rule
-
noun,
a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc.:
- cac-
-
- Coln
-
noun,
former German name of Cologne.
- Uris
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- Cloe
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Chloe.
- cure
-
noun,
a means of healing or restoring to health; remedy.
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- roue
-
noun,
a dissolute and licentious man; rake.
- Loon
-
noun,
any of several large, short-tailed, web-footed, fish-eating diving birds of the genus Gavia, of the Northern Hemisphere.
- Alco
-
- 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 = .
- ruin
-
noun,
ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay:
- Ruse
-
noun,
a trick, stratagem, or artifice.
- ile-
-
- 1080
-
- Vale
-
noun,
a valley.
- Rus.
-
- real
-
noun,
real number.
- ales
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- USAR
-
- rove
-
noun,
an act or instance of roving.
- rune
-
noun,
any of the characters of certain ancient alphabets, as of a script used for writing the Germanic languages, especially of Scandinavia and Britain, from c200 to c1200, or a script used for inscriptions in a Turkic language of the 6th to 8th centuries from the area near the Orkhon River in Mongolia.
- curs
-
noun,
a mongrel dog, especially a worthless or unfriendly one.
- Cain
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- ROUS
-
noun,
(Francis) Peyton, 1879–1970, U.S. pathologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1966.
- Ravi
-
noun,
a river in NW India and NE Pakistan, flowing from the Himlayas SW to the Chenab River: a headwater of the Indus River and one of the “five rivers” of the Punjab. 475 miles (764 km) long.
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- runs
-
noun,
an act or instance, or a period of running:
- USCA
-
- Avis
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “bird.”.
- USNA
-
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- curn
-
noun,
a grain.
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- RNAS
-
- curl
-
noun,
a coil or ringlet of hair.
- rive
-
verb (used with object),
to tear or rend apart:
- vacs
-
noun,
vacuum cleaner.
- Alec
-
noun,
a herring.
- Reus
-
noun,
a city in Catalonia, NE Spain, on the Mediterranean Sea.
- Rev.
-
- Avon
-
noun,
a river in central England, flowing SE past Stratford-on-Avon to the Severn. 96 miles (155 km) long.
- riv.
-
- 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.
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- avos
-
noun,
a money of account of Macao, the 100th part of a pataca.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ins.
-
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- revs
-
noun,
a revolution (in an engine or the like).
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- 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.
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- rial
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- uvea
-
noun,
the vascular tunic of the eye, comprising the iris, choroid coat, and ciliary body.
- Roca
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in W Portugal, near Lisbon: the western extremity of continental Europe.
- val.
-
- Rein
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- inae
-
- Aves
-
noun,
a class of vertebrates comprising the birds.
- vair
-
noun,
a fur much used for lining and trimming garments in the 13th and 14th centuries, generally assumed to have been that of a variety of squirrel with a gray back and white belly.
Compare miniver (def 1).
- vain
-
Idioms,
in vain,
without effect or avail; to no purpose:
in an improper or irreverent manner:
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- clou
-
noun,
a major point of interest or attention.
- Inc.
-
- avn.
-
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- Vail
-
noun,
a tip; gratuity.
- 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.
- rocs
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- inv.
-
- 'roo
-
noun,
kangaroo.
- clue
-
noun,
anything that serves to guide or direct in the solution of a problem, mystery, etc.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- rel.
-
- RONA
-
- role
-
noun,
a part or character played by an actor or actress.
- roil
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- USRC
-
- CLOS
-
noun,
a walled vineyard.
- rues
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- scil
-
- cuve
-
noun,
a wine vat.
- ulna
-
noun,
Anatomy. the bone of the forearm on the side opposite to the thumb.
Compare radius (def 7).
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- Ens.
-
- SNCC
-
noun,
a U.S. civil-rights organization formed by students and active especially during the 1960s, whose aim was to achieve political and economic equality for blacks through local and regional action groups.
- coin
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- slur
-
noun,
a slurred utterance or sound.
- slue
-
noun,
the act of sluing.
- Ulan
-
noun,
uhlan.
- coil
-
noun,
a connected series of spirals or rings into which a rope or the like is wound.
- aril
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- sloe
-
noun,
the small, sour, blackish fruit of the blackthorn, Prunus spinosa, of the rose family.
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- Elia
-
noun,
the pen name of Charles Lamb.
- eous
-
- SLIC
-
- ARIS
-
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- Slav
-
noun,
one of a group of peoples in eastern, southeastern, and central Europe, including the Russians and Ruthenians (Eastern Slavs) the Bulgars, Serbs, Croats, Slavonians, Slovenes, etc. (Southern Slavs) and the Poles, Czechs, Moravians, Slovaks, etc. (Western Slavs)
- onus
-
noun,
a difficult or disagreeable obligation, task, burden, etc.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- Siva
-
noun,
Shiva.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- SINE
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side opposite a given acute angle to the hypotenuse.
(of an angle) a trigonometric function equal to the ratio of the ordinate of the end point of the arc to the radius vector of this end point, the origin being at the center of the circle on which the arc lies and the initial point of the arc being on the x-axis. Abbreviation: sin.
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ELAS
-
- coir
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Cole
-
noun,
any of various plants of the genus Brassica, of the mustard family, especially kale and rape.
- Sra.
-
- sur-
-
- anus
-
noun,
the opening at the lower end of the alimentary canal, through which the solid refuse of digestion is excreted.
- Sura
-
noun,
any of the 114 chapters of the Koran.
- Sour
-
noun,
something that is sour.
- Soul
-
noun,
the principle of life, feeling, thought, and action in humans, regarded as a distinct entity separate from the body, and commonly held to be separable in existence from the body; the spiritual part of humans as distinct from the physical part.
- Elsa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- COLA
-
noun,
a carbonated soft drink containing an extract made from kola nuts, together with sweeteners and other flavorings.
- soon
-
Idioms,
sooner or later, eventually:
- sure
-
Idioms,
for sure, as a certainty; surely:
- Col.
-
- soil
-
noun,
the portion of the earth's surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus.
- Elva
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “elf.”.
- Soni
-
- sone
-
noun,
a unit for measuring the loudness of sound, equal to the loudness of a sound that, in the judgment of a group of listeners, is equal to that of a 1000-cycle-per-second reference sound having an intensity of 40 decibels.
- Suva
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Fiji, on Viti Levu island.
- Solo
-
noun,
a musical composition or a passage or section in a musical composition written for performance by one singer or instrumentalist, with or without accompaniment:
- soln
-
- Arce
-
noun,
a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
- enc.
-
- sole
-
noun,
the bottom or under surface of the foot.
- enl.
-
- enol
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- Sola
-
noun,
an Indian shrub, Aeschynomene aspera, of the legume family, the pith of which is used for making helmets.
- Sol.
-
- ARCO
-
adverb,
(of the performance of a passage for stringed instruments) with the bow.
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- silo
-
noun,
a structure, typically cylindrical, in which fodder or forage is kept.
- Saco
-
noun,
a city in SW Maine.
- ICAO
-
- scar
-
noun,
a mark left by a healed wound, sore, or burn.
- SCAN
-
noun,
an act or instance of scanning; close examination.
- ears
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- Asur
-
noun,
Assur.
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- Save
-
noun,
an act or instance of saving, especially in sports.
- Earl
-
noun,
a British nobleman of a rank below that of marquis and above that of viscount: called count for a time after the Norman conquest. The wife of an earl is a countess.
- saur
-
- Saul
-
noun,
the first king of Israel. I Sam. 9.
- Auer
-
noun,
Leopold [lee-uh-pohld;; Hungarian ley-aw-pawlt] /ˈli əˌpoʊld;; Hungarian ˈleɪ ɔˌpɔlt/ (Show IPA), 1845–1930, Hungarian violinist and teacher.
- aloe
-
noun,
any chiefly African shrub belonging to the genus Aloe, of the lily family, certain species of which yield a fiber.
- 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.
- Ural
-
noun,
a river in the Russian Federation, flowing S from the S Ural Mountains to the Caspian Sea. 1575 miles (2535 km) long.
- ical
-
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- Alis
-
- aune
-
noun,
an old French unit of measure for fabrics, equivalent to about 47 inches (119 cm).
- coal
-
noun,
a black or dark-brown combustible mineral substance consisting of carbonized vegetable matter, used as a fuel.
Compare anthracite, bituminous coal, lignite.
- aur-
-
- Ice.
-
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- Aus.
-
- Sale
-
noun,
the act of selling.
- urea
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a compound, CO(NH 2) 2 , occurring in urine and other body fluids as a product of protein metabolism.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- uria
-
- Ave.
-
- 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.
- uric
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, contained in, or derived from urine.
- Also
-
adverb,
in addition; too; besides; as well:
- sci.
-
- ano-
-
- Anil
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- elan
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- 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.
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- Esau
-
noun,
a son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Jacob, to whom he sold his birthright. Gen. 25:21–25.
- unco
-
noun,
something extraordinary or unusual; a novelty.
- serv
-
- Coco
-
noun,
coconut palm.
- coca
-
noun,
a shrub, Erythroxylon coca, native to the Andes, having simple, alternate leaves and small yellowish flowers.
- eso-
-
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- Ecru
-
noun,
an ecru color.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- Eula
-
noun,
End-User License Agreement: a contract between the manufacturer of computer software and the person who installs and uses it:
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- seal
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- ance
-
- evil
-
noun,
that which is evil; evil quality, intention, or conduct:
- Evan
-
noun,
a male given name, Welsh form of John.
- scr.
-
- asci
-
noun,
plural of ascus.
- eco-
-
- asc-
-
- Eur.
-
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- sec.
-
- Arvo
-
noun,
afternoon.
- uni-
-
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- rave
-
noun,
an act of raving.
- Vane
-
noun,
weather vane.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- Leos
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- Noel
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- noil
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- coon
-
noun,
raccoon.
- nolo
-
noun,
nolo contendere.
- clan
-
noun,
a group of families or households, as among the Scottish Highlanders, the heads of which claim descent from a common ancestor:
- Cor.
-
- 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.
- Leon
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leo.
- nos-
-
- nose
-
noun,
the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
- Coos
-
noun,
a language of a group of American Indians indigenous to the coast of Oregon.
- Niue
-
noun,
an island in the S Pacific between Tonga and Cook Islands: possession of New Zealand. 5128; about 100 sq. mi. (260 sq. km).
- nous
-
noun,
Greek Philosophy. mind or intellect.
- Lev.
-
- visa
-
noun,
an endorsement issued by an authorized representative of a country and marked in a passport, permitting the passport holder to enter, travel through, or reside in that country for a specified amount of time, for the purpose of tourism, education, employment, etc.
- CCls
-
- CISC
-
noun,
complex instruction set computer: a computer whose central processing unit recognizes a relatively large number of instructions.
- Nev.
-
- Neva
-
noun,
a river in the NW Russian Federation in Europe, flowing from Lake Ladoga through St. Petersburg into the Gulf of Finland: canalized for ships. 40 miles (65 km) long.
- Levi
-
noun,
a son of Jacob and Leah. Gen. 29:34.
- virl
-
noun,
ferrule (def 1).
- NIRA
-
- NICE
-
noun,
a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
- civ.
-
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- Cora
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. Kore.
- Nile
-
noun,
a river in E Africa, the longest in the world, flowing N from Lake Victoria to the Mediterranean. 3473 miles (5592 km) long; from the headwaters of the Kagera River, 4000 miles (6440 km) long.
- Nils
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- lens
-
noun,
a piece of transparent substance, usually glass, having two opposite surfaces either both curved or one curved and one plane, used in an optical device in changing the convergence of light rays, as for magnification, or in correcting defects of vision.
- Nov.
-
- Nero
-
noun,
(Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus) (“Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus”) a.d. 37–68, emperor of Rome 54–68, known for his cruelty and depravity.
- LEAS
-
noun,
a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow.
- cool
-
noun,
something that is cool; a cool part, place, time, etc.:
- vila
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Vanuatu.
- vil.
-
- acne
-
noun,
an inflammatory disease of the sebaceous glands, characterized by comedones and pimples, especially on the face, back, and chest, and, in severe cases, by cysts and nodules resulting in scarring.
- ocas
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- Vico
-
noun,
Giovanni Battista [jaw-vahn-nee baht-tees-tah] /dʒɔˈvɑn ni bɑtˈtis tɑ/ (Show IPA), 1668–1744, Italian philosopher and jurist.
- CASE
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- vin-
-
- Lear
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- croc
-
noun,
crocodile.
- Lean
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- acr-
-
- lea.
-
- Vic.
-
- VILE
-
adjective,
wretchedly bad:
- ACLU
-
- Nova
-
noun,
a star that suddenly becomes thousands of times brighter and then gradually fades to its original intensity.
- Vins
-
noun,
wine.
- Cave
-
noun,
a hollow in the earth, especially one opening more or less horizontally into a hill, mountain, etc.
- clar
-
- Cav.
-
- Novi
-
noun,
a town in SE Michigan.
- Leno
-
noun,
Also called leno weave, gauze weave. a weave structure in which paired warp yarns are intertwined in a series of figure eights and filling yarn is passed through each of the interstices so formed, producing a firm, open mesh.
- viol
-
noun,
a bowed musical instrument, differing from the violin in having deeper ribs, sloping shoulders, a greater number of strings, usually six, and frets: common in the 16th and 17th centuries in various sizes from the treble viol to the bass viol.
- Acis
-
noun,
the lover of Galatea, killed by Polyphemus out of jealousy.
- ACLS
-
- Cres
-
- acle
-
noun,
the hard, durable wood of a Philippine leguminous tree, Albizzia acle, used for making fine furniture.
- Lena
-
noun,
a river in the Russian Federation in Asia, flowing NE from Lake Baikal through the Yakutsk Republic into the Laptev Sea. 2800 miles (4500 km) long.
- caul
-
noun,
a part of the amnion sometimes covering the head of a child at birth.
- VINE
-
noun,
any plant having a long, slender stem that trails or creeps on the ground or climbs by winding itself about a support or holding fast with tendrils or claspers.
- nurl
-
noun,
a small ridge or bead, especially one of a series, as on a button for decoration or on the edge of a thumbscrew to assist in obtaining a firm grip.
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- Liao
-
noun,
a river in NE China, flowing from Inner Mongolia to the Gulf of Liaodong. 900 miles (1448 km) long.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- lavs
-
noun,
lavatory.
- live
-
Idioms,
live high off / on the hog. hog (def 16).
- vole
-
noun,
any of several small mouselike or ratlike rodents of the genus Microtus and related genera, having short limbs and a short tail.
- circ
-
noun,
circular (def 9).
- Love
-
noun,
a profoundly tender, passionate affection for another person.
- Coue
-
noun,
Émile [ey-meel] /eɪˈmil/ (Show IPA), 1857–1926, French psychotherapist.
- ARCS
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- cera
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- loan
-
noun,
the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something:
- Luce
-
noun,
a pike, especially when fully grown.
- LISA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Lira
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- lues
-
noun,
syphilis.
- Luna
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess personifying the moon, sometimes identified with Diana.
- 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.
- CERN
-
- cir.
-
- Lune
-
noun,
anything shaped like a crescent or a half moon.
- 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.
- Loos
-
noun,
Adolf [ey-dolf;; German ah-dawlf] /ˈeɪ dɒlf;; German ˈɑ dɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1870–1933, Austrian architect and writer.
- Vul.
-
- ciao
-
interjection,
(used as a word of greeting or parting): hello; goodbye; so long; see you later.
- lone
-
adjective,
being alone; without company or accompaniment; solitary; unaccompanied:
- Lois
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Lore
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- Loco
-
noun,
locoweed.
- lour
-
verb (used without object), noun,
lower2 .
- Lorn
-
noun,
Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
- loci
-
noun,
plural of locus.
- Lose
-
Idioms,
lose face. face (def 51).
- loca
-
noun,
a plural of locus.
- cose
-
verb (used without object),
coze.
- cion
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- loun
-
noun,
loon2 .
- Lins
-
noun,
a city in E Brazil.
- lino
-
noun,
linoleum.
- liar
-
noun,
a person who tells lies.
- vise
-
noun,
any of various devices, usually having two jaws that may be brought together or separated by means of a screw, lever, or the like, used to hold an object firmly while work is being done on it.
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- nav.
-
- nave
-
noun,
the principal longitudinal area of a church, extending from the main entrance or narthex to the chancel, usually flanked by aisles of less height and breadth: generally used only by the congregation.
- lien
-
noun,
Law. the legal claim of one person upon the property of another person to secure the payment of a debt or the satisfaction of an obligation.
- VLSI
-
- 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.
- Neal
-
noun,
a male given name.
- lieu
-
noun,
place; stead.
- cove
-
noun,
a small indentation or recess in the shoreline of a sea, lake, or river.
- Visc
-
- Neil
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- lice
-
noun,
plural of louse.
- Lias
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- neo-
-
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- lin.
-
- cen.
-
- Line
-
noun,
a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface:
- lure
-
noun,
anything that attracts, entices, or allures.
- luvs
-
noun,
love.
- acc.
-
- 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.
- voc.
-
- Cels
-
- 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.
- Lina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- Cela
-
noun,
Camilo José [kah-mee-law haw-se] /kɑˈmi lɔ hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1916–2001, Spanish writer.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- cis-
-
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- narc
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- Ceil
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- vias
-
noun,
Architecture. a space between two mutules.
- Vina
-
noun,
a musical stringed instrument of India, made of rosewood or ebony, consisting of a long, hollow, fretted stick to which one, two, or three gourds are attached to increase the resonance.
- ANSI
-
- Ivor
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Vela
-
noun,
plural of velum.
- vel.
-
- vein
-
noun,
one of the system of branching vessels or tubes conveying blood from various parts of the body to the heart.
- Oslo
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Norway, in the SE part, at the head of Oslo Fiord.
- veil
-
noun,
a piece of opaque or transparent material worn over the face for concealment, for protection from the elements, or to enhance the appearance.
- Veal
-
noun,
Also, vealer [vee-ler] /ˈvi lər/ (Show IPA). a calf raised for its meat, usually a milk-fed animal less than three months old.
- Ives
-
noun,
Burl (Icle Ivanhoe) [burl ik-uh l] /bɜrl ˈɪk əl/ (Show IPA), 1909–1995, U.S. actor and folk singer.
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- Ivar
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- Ivan
-
noun,
iwan.
- ours
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- Ouse
-
noun,
Also called Great Ouse. a river in E England, flowing NE to the Wash. 160 miles (260 km) long.
- vase
-
noun,
a vessel, as of glass, porcelain, earthenware, or metal, usually higher than it is wide, used chiefly to hold cut flowers or for decoration.
- vas-
-
- lace
-
noun,
a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- Vial
-
noun,
Also, phial. a small container, as of glass, for holding liquids:
- cane
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- CARE
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- cone
-
noun,
Geometry.
a solid whose surface is generated by a line passing through a fixed point and a fixed plane curve not containing the point, consisting of two equal sections joined at a vertex.
a plane surface resembling the cross section of a solid cone.
- Orel
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, on the left bank of the Oka River, S of Moscow.
- LAIS
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- lair
-
noun,
a den or resting place of a wild animal:
- lain
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- laic
-
noun,
one of the laity.
- orle
-
noun,
Heraldry.
a charge in the form of a narrow band following the form of the escutcheon within the edge, so that the extreme outer edge of the escutcheon is of the field tincture.
an arrangement in orle of small charges:
- oro-
-
- Vena
-
noun,
a vein.
- orlo
-
noun,
a plinth supporting the base of a column.
- Ven.
-
- crus
-
noun,
the part of the leg or hind limb between the femur or thigh and the ankle or tarsus; shank.
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- 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).
- Oval
-
noun,
an object of oval shape.
- cues
-
noun,
anything said or done, on or off stage, that is followed by a specific line or action:
- Lane
-
noun,
a narrow way or passage between hedges, fences, walls, or houses.
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- 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.
- Cuna
-
noun,
a member of a group of American Indian people inhabiting settlements on the Isthmus of Panama and islands in the Gulf of San Blas.
- Cal.
-
- Ire.
-
- Aire
-
- rail
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- 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).
- Ainu
-
noun,
a member of an aboriginal population of northernmost Japan, having lighter skin and hairier bodies than other Japanese.
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- rale
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- ious
-
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- cur.
-
- RACE
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- cols
-
noun,
Physical Geography. a pass or depression in a mountain range or ridge.
- vars
-
noun,
a department in SE France. 2326 sq. mi. (6025 sq. km). Capital: Draguignan.
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- oven
-
noun,
a chamber or compartment, as in a stove, for baking, roasting, heating, drying, etc.
- iso-
-
- Can.
-
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- ovi-
-
- aesc
-
noun,
ash2 (def 3).
- cule
-
- var.
-
- ovo-
-
- CALS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Calvin.
- Clio
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the Muse of history.
- ails
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- Con.
-
- orcs
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- aer-
-
- Carl
-
noun,
Scot.
a strong, robust fellow, especially a strong manual laborer.
a miser; an extremely thrifty person.
- Clea
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cleopatra.
- Oise
-
noun,
a river in W Europe, flowing SW from S Belgium through N France to the Seine, near Paris. 186 miles (300 km) long.
- o-os
-
noun,
any of several species of Hawaiian honey eaters of the genus Moho, especially the extinct M. nobilis, of the island of Hawaii, that had black plumage and two tufts of yellow plumes used to make ceremonial robes for the Hawaiian kings.
- Oona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ole-
-
- vers
-
- Vera
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Russian word meaning “faith.”.
- Vern
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Vernon.
- Carn
-
noun,
cairn.
- Laue
-
noun,
Max Theodor Felix von [mahks tey-oh-dohr fey-liks fuh n] /mɑks ˈteɪ oʊˌdoʊr ˈfeɪ lɪks fən/ (Show IPA), 1879–1960, German physicist: Nobel Prize 1914.
- lave
-
noun,
the remainder; the rest.
- lase
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- LARC
-
noun,
long-acting reversible contraceptive (or contraception):
- once
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- Lari
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- oles
-
noun,
a cry of “olé.”.
- Lani
-
- Lars
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- Olin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- 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.
- Acus
-
noun,
Surgery. a needle, especially one used in a surgical operation.
- Veno
-
- oral
-
noun,
an oral examination in a school, college, or university, given especially to a candidate for an advanced degree.
- Orca
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- Acre
-
noun,
a common measure of area: in the U.S. and U.K., 1 acre equals 4,840 square yards (4,047 square meters) or 0.405 hectare; 640 acres equals one square mile.
- aeon
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- Laon
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Aisne, in N France, E of Paris.
- Cleo
-
noun,
a female given name.
- olio
-
noun,
a dish of many ingredients.
- Laos
-
noun,
a country in SE Asia: formerly part of French Indochina. 91,500 sq. mi. (236,985 sq. km). Capital: Vientiane.
- conv
-
- Sui
-
noun,
a dynasty ruling in China a.d. 589–618.
- ACV
-
- SUN
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the star that is the central body of the solar system, around which the planets revolve and from which they receive light and heat: its mean distance from the earth is about 93 million miles (150 million km), its diameter about 864,000 miles (1.4 million km), and its mass about 330,000 times that of the earth; its period of surface rotation is about 26 days at its equator but longer at higher latitudes.
- AIC
-
- vol
-
- Von
-
preposition,
from; of (used in German and Austrian personal names, originally to indicate place of origin and later to indicate nobility):
- AUC
-
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- 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.
- UAR
-
- Uri
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- Via
-
noun,
Architecture. a space between two mutules.
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- USA
-
- uns
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- ac-
-
- VAN
-
noun,
the foremost or front division of an army, a fleet, or any group leading an advance or in position to lead an advance.
- eo-
-
- SVC
-
- CVA
-
- ean
-
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- ear
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- ur-
-
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- ACS
-
- vie
-
verb (used with object),
Archaic. to put forward in competition or rivalry.
- ea.
-
- VOR
-
- an.
-
- SVR
-
- Ar.
-
- al.
-
- COO
-
noun,
a cooing sound.
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- ALC
-
- ec-
-
- UAE
-
- CRC
-
- CSO
-
- CSC
-
- vs.
-
- Va.
-
- unc
-
- CSA
-
- USC
-
- uva
-
noun,
ultraviolet light with a relatively long wavelength, able to penetrate the deep layers of the skin.
- USV
-
- vis
-
noun,
strength; force; power.
- USE
-
noun,
the act of employing, using, or putting into service:
- Una
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “one.”.
- USR
-
- EIS
-
- eir
-
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- USN
-
- USO
-
- Une
-
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- VIR
-
noun,
husband (used chiefly in the legal phrase et vir).
- So.
-
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- cru
-
noun,
(in France) a vineyard producing wine of high quality, sometimes classified by the government as either a Great Growth (Grand Cru) or a First Growth (Premier Cru)
- urs
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city on the Euphrates, in S Iraq: extensive excavations, especially of royal tombs.
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- ae.
-
- av.
-
- urn
-
noun,
a large or decorative vase, especially one with an ornamental foot or pedestal.
- Cui
-
noun,
César [French sey-zar] /French seɪˈzar/ (Show IPA), Antonovich [Russian uhn-taw-nuh-vyich] /Russian ʌnˈtɔ nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1835–1918, Russian composer.
- UCC
-
- UCR
-
- ALU
-
- VOA
-
- UNO
-
- vo.
-
- VAC
-
noun,
vacuum cleaner.
- ECA
-
- CSR
-
- ANC
-
- ule
-
noun,
caucho.
- VCR
-
- V-2
-
noun,
a liquid-fueled rocket used as a ballistic missile by the Germans, mainly against London, late in World War II.
- AEC
-
- V-1
-
noun,
a robot bomb developed by the Germans in World War II and launched from bases on the ground, chiefly against England.
- cue
-
noun,
anything said or done, on or off stage, that is followed by a specific line or action:
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- Ver
-
- VLA
-
- CRS
-
- ure
-
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- Sue
-
noun,
Eugène [œ-zhen] /œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), (Marie Joseph Sue) 1804–57, French novelist.
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- oui
-
adverb, noun,
yes.
- OSO
-
- La.
-
- ose
-
- 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).
- Orv
-
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- CLI
-
- Lai
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- CAR
-
noun,
an automobile.
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- orc
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- LAO
-
noun,
a member of a people of Laos and northern Thailand.
- oon
-
- Iva
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Iva, characterized by usually opposite leaves and inconspicuous greenish-yellow flowers.
- o-o
-
noun,
any of several species of Hawaiian honey eaters of the genus Moho, especially the extinct M. nobilis, of the island of Hawaii, that had black plumage and two tufts of yellow plumes used to make ceremonial robes for the Hawaiian kings.
- oo-
-
- COS
-
noun,
romaine.
- ons
-
- ONR
-
- ONI
-
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- LAR
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- CIE
-
- Las
-
noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- cle
-
- Ola
-
- OIr
-
- lav
-
noun,
lavatory.
- our
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ov-
-
- oic
-
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- cl.
-
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- REA
-
- RCN
-
- RCA
-
- CAI
-
- Clo
-
- 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
-
- 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.
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- IOU
-
- Ir.
-
- Ova
-
noun,
plural of ovum.
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- IRC
-
- IRL
-
- IRO
-
- Re.
-
- RCS
-
- IRS
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ISA
-
- ise
-
- Isl
-
- ISR
-
- ISV
-
- IUS
-
- 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.
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- cs.
-
- NCO
-
- NES
-
- CCR
-
- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- CCS
-
verb (used with object),
to send a duplicate of a document, email, or the like to:
- CCU
-
- NEC
-
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- NEA
-
- ne-
-
- NCC
-
- CEA
-
- CEC
-
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- lv.
-
- NIA
-
- luv
-
noun,
love.
- Luo
-
noun,
a member of a people living mainly in southwest Kenya.
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- CEO
-
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- LSI
-
- LSC
-
- LOC
-
- Lou
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Louis.
- LOE
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
love.
- CIA
-
- LON
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- CIC
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- loo
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noun,
a card game in which forfeits are paid into a pool.
- CCA
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- NIC
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noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- OEO
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- Oc.
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- LCA
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- LCI
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- OCS
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- OCR
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- CAS
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verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- lei
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noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- OCC
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- Oca
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noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- OAU
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- OAS
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- oar
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noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- OAO
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- OSA
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- NUS
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noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- Nil
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noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- Len
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noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- NUL
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- NSU
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- NSC
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- NSA
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- NRC
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- NRA
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- nr.
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- LEO
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noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- Ler
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noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- Noe
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noun,
Noah (def 1).
- NOC
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- Les
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- leu
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noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Romania, equal to 100 bani. Abbreviation: L.
- CVO
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- Rae
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noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- cr.
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- IRA
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noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- SER
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noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- ARU
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- ARV
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noun,
a variant of the AIDS virus. Abbreviation: ARV.
- SEN
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noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- SEL
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noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- SEI
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noun,
sei whale.
- EVA
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noun,
a female given name, form of Eve.
- sea
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noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- se-
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- ase
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- ASI
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- ASN
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- ics
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- Aso
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noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- ESU
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- ASR
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- Co.
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- sc.
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- io-
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- ASU
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- Ia.
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- ASV
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- ial
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- ian
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noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- Sau
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noun,
German name of Sava.
- IAS
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- ICA
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noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- SAR
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- San
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noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- eu-
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- ESR
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- CNS
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- SNU
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- SRI
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noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- Sr.
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- ANU
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noun,
a twining herb, Tropaeolum tuberosum, of the nasturtium family, found in the Andes, having edible tubers and large flowers with yellow petals and red spurs.
- els
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noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- Sou
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noun,
(formerly) either of two bronze coins of France, equal to 5 centimes and 10 centimes.
- Soo
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noun,
the, Canadian. Sault Ste. Marie.
- aor
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- Son
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noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- AOU
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- en-
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- ARC
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noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- ARE
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noun,
a measure of surface area; 1 are is equal to1/100 (0.01) of a hectare (100 square meters or 119.6 square yards). Abbreviation: a.
- SOC
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noun,
sociology or a class or course in sociology.
- env
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- ESL
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- SLR
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- eon
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noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- EOS
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noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- SLE
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- ERA
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noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- SLA
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- SIR
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noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- ERS
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noun,
ervil.
- Sin
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noun,
transgression of divine law:
- ERV
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- ARS
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- ESA
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- SIC
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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).
- Esc
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- ICC
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- ECU
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noun,
the shield carried by a mounted man-at-arms in the Middle Ages.
- Sal
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noun,
salt1 .
- ILS
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- run
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noun,
an act or instance, or a period of running:
- RSV
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- RSE
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- RSA
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- Rs.
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- ILO
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- CNO
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- CNC
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- in.
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- rin
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noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- ina
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noun,
a female given name.
- Avi
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- RNA
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- Avo
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noun,
a money of account of Macao, the 100th part of a pataca.
- ROI
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- ROE
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noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- ROC
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noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- CLU
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- CLR
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- Rue
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noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- ROA
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- Ria
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noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- CIO
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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.
- a-v
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- AVC
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- SAE
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- res
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noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- ier
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- il-
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- SAC
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noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- SRO
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- cc.
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- ca.
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- ILA
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noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- ine
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- AO
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- NI
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- SN
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- LO
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adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
- VU
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- A.
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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.
- VL
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- RO
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- LU
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noun,
a male or female given name, form of Lou.
- AU
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plural,
to the; at the; with the.
- V.
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- VN
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- UV
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- SV
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- UC
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- NC
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- NA
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adverb,
no1 .
- CE
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- VR
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- VI
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- ln
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- U.
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- UI
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- VC
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- AI
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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.
- N.
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- LR
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- el
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noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- UL
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- L2
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- ic
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- RV
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- LC
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- S.
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- LI
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noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- L1
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- IV
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noun,
an intravenous device for delivering electrolyte solutions, medicines, and nutrients.
- L.
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- SA
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- SL
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- ol
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- CV
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- EV
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- E.
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noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- er
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interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- i.
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- CU
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- SU
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- NL
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- RN
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- RI
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- RC
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- RA
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noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- R.
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- EI
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- No
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noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- OA
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- SI
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noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- NU
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- RU
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- NV
-
- O.
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- OE
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noun,
oy2 .
- OU
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noun,
a rare Hawaiian honeycreeper, Psittirostra psittacea, having an olive-green body, a parrotlike bill, and in the male a bright yellow head.
- le
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