Anagrams of ceintures
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- reunites
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verb (used with or without object),
to unite again, as after separation.
- eucrites
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noun,
a basic gabbro consisting mainly of bytownite and augite.
- insecure
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adjective,
subject to fears, doubts, etc.; not self-confident or assured:
- sinecure
-
noun,
an office or position requiring little or no work, especially one yielding profitable returns.
- retinues
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noun,
a body of retainers in attendance upon an important personage; suite.
- secretin
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noun,
a polypeptide hormone, produced in the small intestine, that activates the pancreas to secrete pancreatic juice.
- esurient
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adjective,
hungry; greedy.
- ceinture
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noun,
cincture (defs 1, 2).
- scienter
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noun,
a mental state in which one has knowledge that one’s action, statement, etc., is wrong, deceptive, or illegal: often used as a standard of guilt:
- cretins
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noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- icterus
-
noun,
jaundice (def 1).
- tureens
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noun,
a large, deep, covered dish for serving soup, stew, or other foods.
- reunite
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verb (used with or without object),
to unite again, as after separation.
- incrust
-
verb (used with object),
to cover or line with a crust or hard coating.
- cistern
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noun,
a reservoir, tank, or container for storing or holding water or other liquid.
- eucrite
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noun,
a basic gabbro consisting mainly of bytownite and augite.
- entires
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noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- Teniers
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noun,
David [dey-vid;; Flemish dah-vit;; French dah-veed] /ˈdeɪ vɪd;; Flemish ˈdɑ vɪt;; French dɑˈvid/ (Show IPA), ("the Elder") 1582–1649, Flemish painter and engraver.
- tenrecs
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noun,
any of several insectivorous mammals of the family Tenrecidae, of Madagascar, having a long, pointed snout, certain species of which are spiny and tailless.
- retinue
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noun,
a body of retainers in attendance upon an important personage; suite.
- triunes
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noun,
(initial capital letter) the Trinity.
- entries
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noun,
an act of entering; entrance.
- entices
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verb (used with object),
to lead on by exciting hope or desire; allure; inveigle:
- enteric
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noun,
enterics, Bacteriology. enterobacteria.
- trienes
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noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- encrust
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verb (used with or without object),
incrust.
- curites
-
noun,
a radioactive uranium mineral, Pb 2 U 5 O 17 ·4H 2 O, with adamantine luster, occurring as reddish-brown to deep-yellow needle-shaped crystals, formed by alteration of uraninite.
- tierces
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noun,
an old measure of capacity equivalent to one third of a pipe, or 42 wine gallons.
- tenures
-
noun,
the holding or possessing of anything:
- Steiner
-
noun,
Jakob [yah-kawp] /ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1796–1863, Swiss mathematician.
- 2,4,5-t
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noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- centres
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noun,
Geometry. the middle point, as the point within a circle or sphere equally distant from all points of the circumference or surface, or the point within a regular polygon equally distant from the vertices.
- recites
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verb (used with object),
to repeat the words of, as from memory, especially in a formal manner:
- centri-
-
- neuters
-
noun,
Grammar.
the neuter gender.
a noun of that gender.
another element marking that gender.
an intransitive verb.
- censure
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noun,
strong or vehement expression of disapproval:
- sincere
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adjective,
free of deceit, hypocrisy, or falseness; earnest:
- uterine
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adjective,
of or relating to the uterus or womb.
- enures
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verb (used with or without object),
inure.
- Tereus
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noun,
a Thracian prince, the husband of Procne, who raped his sister-in-law Philomela and was changed into a hoopoe as a punishment.
- Nistru
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noun,
Romanian name of Dniester.
- seiner
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noun,
a person who fishes with a seine.
- recti-
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- erects
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adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- rutins
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noun,
a bright yellow or greenish-yellow substance, C 27 H 30 O 16 , obtained chiefly from buckwheat, and used in the treatment of capillary fragility.
- resect
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verb (used with object),
to do a resection on.
- tenure
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noun,
the holding or possessing of anything:
- Ernest
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noun,
a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “vigor, intent.”.
- tenuis
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noun,
an unaspirated, voiceless plosive.
- terces
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noun,
tierce (def 3).
- entire
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noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- niters
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noun,
potassium nitrate.
- resent
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verb (used with object),
to feel or show displeasure or indignation at (a person, act, remark, etc.) from a sense of injury or insult.
- treens
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noun,
treenware.
- cut-in
-
noun,
Movies. a still, as of a scene or an object, inserted in a film and interrupting the action or continuity:
- screen
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noun,
a movable or fixed device, usually consisting of a covered frame, that provides shelter, serves as a partition, etc.
- tierce
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noun,
an old measure of capacity equivalent to one third of a pipe, or 42 wine gallons.
- Nueces
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noun,
a river in S Texas, flowing SE to Corpus Christi Bay, on the Gulf of Mexico. 338 miles (545 km) long.
- ternes
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noun,
terne metal.
- ensure
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verb (used with object),
to secure or guarantee:
- nitres
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noun,
niter.
- enter-
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- secern
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verb (used with object),
to discriminate or distinguish in thought.
- secret
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noun,
something that is or is kept secret, hidden, or concealed.
- enters
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Verb phrases,
enter into,
to participate in; engage in.
to investigate; consider:
to sympathize with; share in.
to form a constituent part or ingredient of:
to go into a particular state:
- entice
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verb (used with object),
to lead on by exciting hope or desire; allure; inveigle:
- secure
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adjective,
free from or not exposed to danger or harm; safe.
- rescue
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noun,
the act of rescuing.
- escent
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- eructs
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verb (used with or without object),
to belch forth, as gas from the stomach.
- serine
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noun,
a crystalline amino acid, HOCH 2 CH(NH 2)COOH, found in many proteins and obtained by the hydrolysis of sericin, the protein constituting silk gum. Symbol: S. Abbreviation: Ser;
- rectus
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noun,
any of several straight muscles, as of the abdomen, thigh, eye, etc.
- recuse
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verb (used with object),
to reject or challenge (a judge or juror) as disqualified to act, especially because of interest or bias.
- Rustin
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noun,
Bayard [bey-erd] /ˈbeɪ ərd/ (Show IPA), 1910–1987, U.S. civil rights leader.
- rustic
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noun,
a country person.
- inures
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verb (used with object),
to accustom to hardship, difficulty, pain, etc.; toughen or harden; habituate (usually followed by to):
- inters
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verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- inter.
-
- insure
-
verb (used with object),
to guarantee against loss or harm.
- instr.
-
- insert
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noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- set-in
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adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- insect
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noun,
any animal of the class Insecta, comprising small, air-breathing arthropods having the body divided into three parts (head, thorax, and abdomen), and having three pairs of legs and usually two pairs of wings.
- incuse
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noun,
an incuse figure or impression.
- incurs
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verb (used with object),
to come into or acquire (some consequence, usually undesirable or injurious):
- tenrec
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noun,
any of several insectivorous mammals of the family Tenrecidae, of Madagascar, having a long, pointed snout, certain species of which are spiny and tailless.
- incest
-
noun,
sexual intercourse between closely related persons.
- Curtis
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noun,
Benjamin Robbins, 1809–74, U.S. jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1851–57; resigned in dissent over Dred Scott case.
- Nereis
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noun,
clamworm.
- Nereus
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noun,
a sea god, the son of Pontus and Gaea and father of the Nereids.
- steric
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adjective,
of or relating to the spatial relationships of atoms in a molecule.
- Sterne
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noun,
Laurence, 1713–68, English clergyman and novelist.
- Strine
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noun,
Australian English.
- Eunice
-
noun,
a city in S central Louisiana.
- serein
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noun,
fine rain falling after sunset from a sky in which no clouds are visible.
- recite
-
verb (used with object),
to repeat the words of, as from memory, especially in a formal manner:
- neuter
-
noun,
Grammar.
the neuter gender.
a noun of that gender.
another element marking that gender.
an intransitive verb.
- Estrin
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noun,
estrone.
- rentes
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noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- sinter
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noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- Custer
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noun,
George Armstrong [ahrm-strawng,, -strong] /ˈɑrm strɔŋ,, -strɒŋ/ (Show IPA), 1839–76, U.S. general and Indian fighter.
- Recent
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noun,
Also called Holocene. (initial capital letter) Geology. the Recent Epoch or Series.
- Curtin
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noun,
John, 1885–1945, Australian statesman: prime minister 1941–45.
- cruise
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noun,
the act of cruising.
- triens
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- centr-
-
- trines
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noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- cueist
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noun,
a billiard player.
- Triune
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) the Trinity.
- Centre
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noun,
Geometry. the middle point, as the point within a circle or sphere equally distant from all points of the circumference or surface, or the point within a regular polygon equally distant from the vertices.
- truces
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noun,
a suspension of hostilities for a specified period of time by mutual agreement of the warring parties; cease-fire; armistice.
- urines
-
noun,
the liquid-to-semisolid waste matter excreted by the kidneys, in humans being a yellowish, slightly acid, watery fluid.
- tuners
-
noun,
a person or thing that tunes.
- cerise
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adjective, noun,
moderate to deep red.
- cruets
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noun,
a glass bottle, especially one for holding vinegar, oil, etc., for the table.
- curets
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noun,
a scoop-shaped surgical instrument for removing tissue from body cavities, as the uterus.
- certes
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adverb,
certainly; in truth.
- retuse
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adjective,
having an obtuse or rounded apex with a shallow notch, as leaves.
- ceruse
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noun,
a pigment composed of white lead.
- uretic
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adjective,
of, relating to, or occurring in the urine.
- Creuse
-
noun,
a department in central France. 2165 sq. mi. (5605 sq. km). Capital: Guéret.
- cretin
-
noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- tureen
-
noun,
a large, deep, covered dish for serving soup, stew, or other foods.
- unrest
-
noun,
lack of rest; a restless, troubled, or uneasy state; disquiet:
- Citrus
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noun,
any small tree or spiny shrub of the genus Citrus, of the rue family, including the lemon, lime, orange, tangerine, grapefruit, citron, kumquat, and shaddock, widely cultivated for fruit or grown as an ornamental.
- unites
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noun,
a former gold coin of England, equal to 20 shillings, issued under James I and Charles I.
- centi-
-
- Cereus
-
noun,
any of various plants of the genus Cereus, of the cactus family, having large, usually white, funnel-shaped flowers.
- Center
-
noun,
Geometry. the middle point, as the point within a circle or sphere equally distant from all points of the circumference or surface, or the point within a regular polygon equally distant from the vertices.
- triene
-
noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- trices
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- usenet
-
noun,
Computers. an extensive system of newsgroups: a branch of the Internet.
- ursine
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adjective,
of or relating to a bear or bears.
- rictus
-
noun,
the gape of the mouth of a bird.
- curite
-
noun,
a radioactive uranium mineral, Pb 2 U 5 O 17 ·4H 2 O, with adamantine luster, occurring as reddish-brown to deep-yellow needle-shaped crystals, formed by alteration of uraninite.
- censer
-
noun,
a container, usually covered, in which incense is burned, especially during religious services; thurible.
- Recit
-
- nuci-
-
- ruins
-
noun,
ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay:
- Irene
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noun,
Classical Mythology. one of the Horae, the personification of peace.
- sneer
-
noun,
a look or expression of derision, scorn, or contempt.
- cetes
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- cetin
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noun,
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble fat, C 32 H 64 O 2 , obtained from spermaceti by extraction with ether: used chiefly as an emulsive agent in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals and cosmetics and as a base in the manufacture of candles and soaps.
- inure
-
verb (used with object),
to accustom to hardship, difficulty, pain, etc.; toughen or harden; habituate (usually followed by to):
- intr.
-
- Cetus
-
noun,
the Whale, a constellation lying above the equator, containing the variable star Mira.
- cine-
-
- sruti
-
noun,
the Vedas and some of the Upanishads, regarded as divinely revealed.
- scent
-
noun,
a distinctive odor, especially when agreeable:
- untie
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verb (used with object),
to loose or unfasten (anything tied); let or set loose by undoing a knot.
- cines
-
noun,
a film; motion picture.
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- inst.
-
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- unset
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adjective,
not set; not solidified or made firm, as concrete or asphalt.
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- cires
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- 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.
- reest
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verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- Steen
-
noun,
Jan [yahn] /yɑn/ (Show IPA), 1626–79, Dutch painter.
- scute
-
noun,
a dermal bony plate, as on an armadillo, or a large horny plate, as on a turtle.
- 30-30
-
- 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.
- Siret
-
noun,
a river in SE Europe, flowing SE from the Carpathian Mountains in Ukraine, through E Romania to the Danube. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- Isere
-
noun,
a river in SE France, flowing from the Alps to the Rhone River. 150 miles (240 km) long.
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- incur
-
verb (used with object),
to come into or acquire (some consequence, usually undesirable or injurious):
- niece
-
noun,
a daughter of a person's brother or sister.
- Seine
-
noun,
a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
- cense
-
verb (used with object),
to burn incense near or in front of; perfume with incense.
- Cenis
-
noun,
Mont, a mountain pass between SE France and Italy, in the Alps. 6834 feet (2083 meters) high.
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- cents
-
noun,
a bronze coin of the U.S., the 100th part of a U.S. dollar: made of steel during part of 1943. Symbol: ¢.
- nitr-
-
- Ceres
-
noun,
a pre-Roman goddess of agriculture under whose name the Romans adopted the worship of the Greek goddess Demeter.
- Seric
-
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- rutin
-
noun,
a bright yellow or greenish-yellow substance, C 27 H 30 O 16 , obtained chiefly from buckwheat, and used in the treatment of capillary fragility.
- siree
-
noun,
sirree.
- seti-
-
- neur-
-
- rect.
-
- scene
-
noun,
the place where some action or event occurs:
- since
-
adverb,
from then till now (often preceded by ever):
- neut.
-
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- urine
-
noun,
the liquid-to-semisolid waste matter excreted by the kidneys, in humans being a yellowish, slightly acid, watery fluid.
- cert.
-
- sect.
-
- rices
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- cent.
-
- Cesti
-
noun,
Marcantonio [mahr-kahn-taw-nyaw] /ˌmɑr kɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1623–69, Italian composer.
- unite
-
noun,
a former gold coin of England, equal to 20 shillings, issued under James I and Charles I.
- Turin
-
noun,
a city in NW Italy, on the Po: capital of the Kingdom of Italy 1860–65.
- Unit.
-
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- 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.
- terne
-
noun,
terne metal.
- ensue
-
verb (used without object),
to follow in order; come afterward, especially in immediate succession:
- curet
-
noun,
a scoop-shaped surgical instrument for removing tissue from body cavities, as the uterus.
- cures
-
noun,
a means of healing or restoring to health; remedy.
- cunts
-
noun,
the vulva or vagina.
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- terns
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- enure
-
verb (used with or without object),
inure.
- truce
-
noun,
a suspension of hostilities for a specified period of time by mutual agreement of the warring parties; cease-fire; armistice.
- erect
-
adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- tuner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tunes.
- terce
-
noun,
tierce (def 3).
- crust
-
noun,
the brown, hard outer portion or surface of a loaf or slice of bread (distinguished from crumb).
- cruse
-
noun,
an earthen pot, bottle, etc., for liquids.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- terse
-
adjective,
neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.
- tunes
-
noun,
a succession of musical sounds forming an air or melody, with or without the harmony accompanying it.
- cutis
-
noun,
the true skin, consisting of the dermis and the epidermis.
- curst
-
noun,
the expression of a wish that misfortune, evil, doom, etc., befall a person, group, etc.
- 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.
- curse
-
noun,
the expression of a wish that misfortune, evil, doom, etc., befall a person, group, etc.
- cutes
-
noun,
the cutes, Informal. self-consciously cute mannerisms or appeal; affected coyness:
- cutie
-
noun,
Informal. a charmingly attractive or cute person, especially a girl or a young woman (often used as a form of address):
- cutin
-
noun,
a transparent, waxy substance constituting, together with cellulose, the cuticle of plants.
- treen
-
noun,
treenware.
- reset
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- runic
-
adjective,
consisting of or set down in runes:
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- tiers
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- curns
-
noun,
a grain.
- 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.
- incr.
-
- ernes
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- Ernie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Ernest.
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- etuis
-
noun,
a small, often decorative case, especially one for needles, toilet articles, or the like.
- 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.
- Crete
-
noun,
Formerly Candia. a Greek island in the Mediterranean, SE of mainland Greece. 3235 sq. mi. (8380 sq. km). Capital: Canea.
- crest
-
noun,
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- 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.
- Crees
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- suite
-
noun,
a number of things forming a series or set.
- ster.
-
- trice
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- ictus
-
noun,
Prosody. rhythmical or metrical stress.
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- steer
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- cites
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- Ernst
-
noun,
Max [maks;; German mahks] /mæks;; German mɑks/ (Show IPA), 1891–1976, German painter, in the U.S. 1941–49, in France 1949–76.
- suint
-
noun,
the natural grease of the wool of sheep, consisting of a mixture of fatty matter and potassium salts, used as a source of potash and in the preparation of ointments.
- reni-
-
- teens
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- tense
-
noun,
a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
- cruet
-
noun,
a glass bottle, especially one for holding vinegar, oil, etc., for the table.
- eruct
-
verb (used with or without object),
to belch forth, as gas from the stomach.
- tunic
-
noun,
Chiefly British. a coat worn as part of a military or other uniform.
- TUNIS
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Tunisia, in the NE part.
- Crius
-
noun,
a Titan, the son of Uranus and Gaea.
- runts
-
noun,
an animal that is small or stunted as compared with others of its kind.
- rents
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- Ester
-
noun,
a compound produced by the reaction between an acid and an alcohol with the elimination of a molecule of water, as ethyl acetate, C 4 H 8 O 2 , or dimethyl sulfate, C 2 H 6 SO 4 .
- crit.
-
- crine
-
noun,
hair; head of hair.
- rente
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- cries
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- scree
-
noun,
a steep mass of detritus on the side of a mountain.
- Ruse
-
noun,
a trick, stratagem, or artifice.
- runs
-
noun,
an act or instance, or a period of running:
- Rust
-
noun,
Also called iron rust. the red or orange coating that forms on the surface of iron when exposed to air and moisture, consisting chiefly of ferric hydroxide and ferric oxide formed by oxidation.
- runt
-
noun,
an animal that is small or stunted as compared with others of its kind.
- ruin
-
noun,
ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay:
- rues
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- 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.
- sci.
-
- Rus.
-
- Tees
-
noun,
a river in N England, flowing E along the boundary between Durham and Yorkshire to the North Sea. 70 miles (113 km) long.
- scr.
-
- Tues
-
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- ter.
-
- tern
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- tics
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- tier
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Tree
-
noun,
a plant having a permanently woody main stem or trunk, ordinarily growing to a considerable height, and usually developing branches at some distance from the ground.
- tri-
-
- tuis
-
noun,
a black New Zealand honey eater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, having a patch of white feathers on each side of the throat, sometimes tamed as a pet.
- rit.
-
- tune
-
noun,
a succession of musical sounds forming an air or melody, with or without the harmony accompanying it.
- tuns
-
noun,
a large cask for holding liquids, especially wine, ale, or beer.
- uni-
-
- uret
-
- uric
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, contained in, or derived from urine.
- Uris
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- user
-
noun,
a person or thing that uses.
- USRC
-
- USTC
-
- Utes
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- ten.
-
- teen
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- scut
-
noun,
a short tail, especially that of a hare, rabbit, or deer.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- sec.
-
- Seen
-
verb,
past participle of see1 .
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- sene
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Western Samoa, the 100th part of a tala.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- 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.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- Surt
-
noun,
the guardian and ruler of Muspelheim, destined to defeat Frey at Ragnarok and destroy the world with fire.
- situ
-
noun,
in situ.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- Ste.
-
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- str.
-
- stun
-
noun,
the act of stunning.
- suet
-
noun,
the hard fatty tissue about the loins and kidneys of beef, sheep, etc., used in cooking or processed to yield tallow.
- suit
-
noun,
a set of clothing, armor, or the like, intended for wear together.
- sur-
-
- sure
-
Idioms,
for sure, as a certainty; surely:
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- 1080
-
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- cts.
-
- int.
-
- Curt
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Curtis.
- curs
-
noun,
a mongrel dog, especially a worthless or unfriendly one.
- curn
-
noun,
a grain.
- cure
-
noun,
a means of healing or restoring to health; remedy.
- cur.
-
- cunt
-
noun,
the vulva or vagina.
- Ire.
-
- cues
-
noun,
anything said or done, on or off stage, that is followed by a specific line or action:
- ctr.
-
- cute
-
noun,
the cutes, Informal. self-consciously cute mannerisms or appeal; affected coyness:
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- crut
-
noun,
crud (def 1).
- crus
-
noun,
the part of the leg or hind limb between the femur or thigh and the ankle or tarsus; shank.
- NCTE
-
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- Cres
-
- Cree
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- nest
-
noun,
a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
- ins.
-
- Inc.
-
- NICE
-
noun,
a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
- Ens.
-
- esne
-
noun,
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a member of the lowest class; laborer.
- Erne
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- est.
-
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- Erie
-
noun,
Lake, a lake between the NE central United States and SE central Canada: the southernmost lake of the Great Lakes; Commodore Perry's defeat of the British in 1813. 239 miles (385 km) long; 9940 sq. mi. (25,745 sq. km).
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- 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.
- ence
-
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- etc.
-
- enc.
-
- etic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or being the raw data of a language or other area of behavior, without considering the data as significant units functioning within a system.
- etui
-
noun,
a small, often decorative case, especially one for needles, toilet articles, or the like.
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- Eur.
-
- Eure
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2331 sq. mi. (6035 sq. km). Capital: Evreux.
- ect-
-
- Ecru
-
noun,
an ecru color.
- Ice.
-
- Cnut
-
noun,
Canute.
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- cet-
-
- rets
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- 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.
- cees
-
noun,
the letter C.
- cir.
-
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- Cete
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- CERN
-
- Reus
-
noun,
a city in Catalonia, NE Spain, on the Mediterranean Sea.
- CerE
-
noun,
a fleshy, membranous covering of the base of the upper mandible of a bird, especially a bird of prey or a parrot, through which the nostrils open.
- cene
-
- rent
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- cen.
-
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- Rees
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- cis-
-
- cist
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- cit.
-
- 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).
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- UTC
-
- tin
-
noun,
Chemistry. a low-melting, malleable, ductile metallic element nearly approaching silver in color and luster: used in plating and in making alloys, tinfoil, and soft solders. Symbol: Sn; atomic weight: 118.69; atomic number: 50; specific gravity: 7.31 at 20°C.
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- ECU
-
noun,
the shield carried by a mounted man-at-arms in the Middle Ages.
- uti
-
- cr.
-
- EEC
-
- UTE
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- cs.
-
- eir
-
- ene
-
- USE
-
noun,
the act of employing, using, or putting into service:
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- EIS
-
- en-
-
- USR
-
- USN
-
- cee
-
noun,
the letter C.
- ct.
-
- Cut
-
noun,
the act of cutting; a stroke or a blow, as with a knife, whip, etc.
- ec-
-
- tue
-
- UIT
-
- UCR
-
- Une
-
- CNS
-
- CRS
-
- CRT
-
- 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)
- CSR
-
- uns
-
- tun
-
noun,
a large cask for holding liquids, especially wine, ale, or beer.
- cte
-
- tui
-
noun,
a black New Zealand honey eater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, having a patch of white feathers on each side of the throat, sometimes tamed as a pet.
- ctn
-
plural,
carton.
- Tu.
-
- USC
-
- TSR
-
noun,
a computer program with any of several ancillary functions, usually held resident in RAM for instant activation while one is using another program.
- TSI
-
- TSE
-
- ur-
-
- cue
-
noun,
anything said or done, on or off stage, that is followed by a specific line or action:
- ure
-
- 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.
- CIE
-
- Uri
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- urn
-
noun,
a large or decorative vase, especially one with an ornamental foot or pedestal.
- unc
-
- urs
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city on the Euphrates, in S Iraq: extensive excavations, especially of royal tombs.
- tr.
-
- Tiu
-
noun,
an English god of the sky and of war, the equivalent of Tyr in Scandinavian mythology.
- CST
-
- uts
-
noun,
the syllable once generally used for the first tone or keynote of a scale and sometimes for the tone C: now commonly superseded by do.
- ERT
-
- ITC
-
- sc.
-
- SIC
-
adverb,
so; thus: usually written parenthetically to denote that a word, phrase, passage, etc., that may appear strange or incorrect has been written intentionally or has been quoted verbatim: (sic).
- Esc
-
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- IUS
-
- ite
-
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- NUT
-
noun,
a dry fruit consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shell.
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- ist
-
- ISR
-
- ise
-
- rut
-
noun,
a furrow or track in the ground, especially one made by the passage of a vehicle or vehicles.
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- RCT
-
- ne-
-
- RCS
-
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- se-
-
- Re.
-
- NSU
-
- NSC
-
- NRC
-
- nr.
-
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- NEC
-
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- RCN
-
- NET
-
noun,
a bag or other contrivance of strong thread or cord worked into an open, meshed fabric, for catching fish, birds, or other animals:
- SER
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- NES
-
- Nee
-
adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- IRS
-
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- IRC
-
- rt.
-
- eu-
-
- Sue
-
noun,
Eugène [œ-zhen] /œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), (Marie Joseph Sue) 1804–57, French novelist.
- rte
-
- Sui
-
noun,
a dynasty ruling in China a.d. 589–618.
- ETS
-
- ETR
-
- 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.
- ESU
-
- Stu
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stewart or Stuart.
- RSE
-
- TCS
-
- Rs.
-
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- ESR
-
- ese
-
- Ir.
-
- NUS
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- RTS
-
- in.
-
- SNU
-
- Sr.
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- St.
-
- ine
-
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- ret
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- run
-
noun,
an act or instance, or a period of running:
- ier
-
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- Rue
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- ITU
-
- ics
-
- STI
-
- RI
-
- RU
-
- RN
-
- CE
-
- S.
-
- UT
-
noun,
the syllable once generally used for the first tone or keynote of a scale and sometimes for the tone C: now commonly superseded by do.
- N.
-
- RC
-
- TN
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- T1
-
- t.
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- SU
-
- i.
-
- ic
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- EI
-
- ee
-
- R.
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- SN
-
- CU
-
- IT
-
noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- NC
-
- NI
-
- U.
-
- UC
-
- UI
-
- NU
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- TC
-