Anagrams of centimeter-gram-second
Word centimeter-gram-second has
6913 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of centimeter-gram-second.
- diastereomer
-
- commentaries
-
- rescattering
-
- cementations
-
noun,
the act, process, or result of cementing.
- morris-dance
-
noun,
a rural folk dance of north English origin, performed in costume traditionally by men who originally represented characters of the Robin Hood legend, especially in May Day festivities.
- decongestant
-
noun,
any such substance.
- decrementing
-
- endosternite
-
- concentrated
-
noun,
a concentrated form of something; a product of concentration:
- concentrates
-
noun,
a concentrated form of something; a product of concentration:
- commanderies
-
noun,
the office or rank of a commander.
- determinator
-
- degeneracies
-
noun,
degenerate state or character.
- macrosegment
-
- deteriorates
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become worse or inferior in character, quality, value, etc.
- astigmometer
-
- endoceratite
-
- degerminator
-
- adenectomies
-
noun,
surgical excision of a gland.
- renegotiated
-
- entertainers
-
noun,
a singer, comedian, dancer, reciter, or the like, especially a professional one.
- decentration
-
- regerminated
-
- estrangement
-
- rectectomies
-
- insectmonger
-
- metageometer
-
- androcentric
-
adjective,
centered on, emphasizing, or dominated by males or masculine interests:
- redetermines
-
- redintegrate
-
verb (used with object),
to make whole again; restore to a perfect state; renew; reestablish.
- recontesting
-
- reconsecrate
-
- intercadence
-
- microsegment
-
- intercreated
-
- regeneration
-
noun,
act of regenerating; state of being regenerated.
- regerminates
-
- steam-engine
-
noun,
an engine worked by steam, typically one in which a sliding piston in a cylinder is moved by the expansive action of the steam generated in a boiler.
- incontracted
-
- immonastered
-
- disgracement
-
- disconnecter
-
- miscorrected
-
- disagreement
-
- interrogatee
-
- directorates
-
noun,
the office of a director.
- remaindermen
-
noun,
a person who owns a remainder.
- geometdecrne
-
- Remonstrance
-
noun,
an act or instance of remonstrating.
- remonstrated
-
- megacerotine
-
- retransmited
-
- commentating
-
- nontragedies
-
- dermogastric
-
- semiconcrete
-
- considerance
-
noun,
consideration.
- encastrement
-
- derangements
-
- demonstrater
-
- tenderometer
-
- Mainstreeter
-
- nonstrategic
-
- tragediennes
-
noun,
an actress especially noted for performing tragic roles.
- senarmontite
-
noun,
a mineral, antimony trioxide, Sb 2 O 3 , occurring in pearl-colored isometric octahedrons: a dimorph of valentinite.
- necromancers
-
- semimoderate
-
- segmentation
-
noun,
division into segments.
- retrocedence
-
- retromingent
-
- necromancies
-
- caenogenetic
-
- densitometer
-
noun,
Photography. an instrument for measuring the density of negatives.
- actinometers
-
- secretmonger
-
- demonstrate
-
verb (used with object),
to make evident or establish by arguments or reasoning; prove:
- creamometer
-
- meritmonger
-
- centigramme
-
- entertainer
-
noun,
a singer, comedian, dancer, reciter, or the like, especially a professional one.
- nigrescence
-
- statemonger
-
- nonstriated
-
adjective,
not striated; unstriped, as certain muscular tissue.
- cementation
-
noun,
the act, process, or result of cementing.
- comediennes
-
- gendarmerie
-
noun,
gendarmes collectively; a body of gendarmes.
- centenaries
-
noun,
a centennial.
- anoegenetic
-
- decennaries
-
noun,
a decennium.
- intercedent
-
- intercadent
-
- generations
-
noun,
the entire body of individuals born and living at about the same time:
- ectogenetic
-
- decertation
-
- commandeers
-
verb (used with object),
to order or force into active military service.
- reemigrated
-
- dragon-tree
-
noun,
a tall, treelike plant, Dracaena draco, of the Canary Islands, scarce in the wild but common in cultivation, yielding a variety of dragon's blood.
- derangement
-
- considerate
-
adjective,
showing kindly awareness or regard for another's feelings, circumstances, etc.:
- gradiometer
-
noun,
any instrument used to measure a gradient, as the rate of change of the geomagnetic field.
Compare gradient (def 3a).
- nonremedies
-
- mignonettes
-
noun,
a plant, Reseda odorata, common in gardens, having racemes of small, fragrant, greenish-white flowers with prominent orange anthers.
- stereometer
-
- mercenaries
-
adjective,
working or acting merely for money or other reward; venal.
- tergeminate
-
- directorate
-
noun,
the office of a director.
- midsentence
-
- constrained
-
adjective,
forced, compelled, or obliged:
- interrogate
-
verb (used with object),
to ask questions of (a person), sometimes to seek answers or information that the person questioned considers personal or secret.
- intertraced
-
- reagreement
-
- discernment
-
noun,
the faculty of discerning; discrimination; acuteness of judgment and understanding.
- contredanse
-
noun,
a variation of the quadrille in which the dancers face each other.
- interregent
-
- disentrance
-
- registrated
-
- regerminate
-
- carcinogens
-
noun,
any substance or agent that tends to produce a cancer.
- micrometers
-
noun,
any of various devices for measuring minute distances, angles, etc., as in connection with a telescope or microscope.
- enticements
-
noun,
the act or practice of enticing, especially to evil.
- remonstrate
-
verb (used with object),
to say or plead in protest, objection, or disapproval.
- Remonstrant
-
noun,
a person who remonstrates.
- codetermine
-
- megadontism
-
- remittances
-
noun,
the sending of money, checks, etc., to a recipient at a distance.
- incrementer
-
- regenerates
-
adjective,
reconstituted or made over in a better form.
- antecedence
-
noun,
the act of going before; precedence.
- consternate
-
verb (used with object),
to dismay, confuse, or terrify.
- incremented
-
- denigrators
-
- crematories
-
noun,
a place, as a funeral establishment, at which cremation is done.
- centromeric
-
- coattending
-
- cinemagoers
-
noun,
filmgoer.
- semidormant
-
- redetermine
-
- cartonniers
-
noun,
an ornamental box for papers, usually for placing on a desk.
- degerminate
-
- endorsement
-
noun,
approval or sanction:
- emergencies
-
noun,
a sudden, urgent, usually unexpected occurrence or occasion requiring immediate action.
- concentrate
-
noun,
a concentrated form of something; a product of concentration:
- metagenetic
-
- re-creation
-
noun,
the act of creating anew.
- morningstar
-
- second-rate
-
adjective,
of lesser or minor quality, importance, or the like:
- transdermic
-
- determinate
-
adjective,
having defined limits; definite.
- commentated
-
- endogenetic
-
adjective,
arising from or relating to the interior of the earth (opposed to exogenetic).
- tragedienne
-
noun,
an actress especially noted for performing tragic roles.
- grandnieces
-
- encomiendas
-
noun,
the system, instituted in 1503, under which a Spanish soldier or colonist was granted a tract of land or a village together with its Indian inhabitants.
- determinant
-
- concertante
-
adjective,
brilliantly virtuosic:
- democracies
-
noun,
government by the people; a form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by them or by their elected agents under a free electoral system.
- deteriorate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become worse or inferior in character, quality, value, etc.
- geometrised
-
- emendations
-
noun,
a correction or change, as of a text.
- concertinas
-
noun,
a musical instrument resembling an accordion but having buttonlike keys, hexagonal bellows and ends, and a more limited range.
- Geometridae
-
- endocentric
-
adjective,
(of a construction or compound) having the same syntactic function in the sentence as one of its immediate constituents. Cold water is an endocentric construction, since it functions as would the noun water. Greenhouse is an endocentric compound, since it is a noun as is its head house.
- metagnostic
-
- tensiometer
-
noun,
an instrument for measuring longitudinal stress in wires, structural beams, etc.
- necromancer
-
- determiners
-
- degenerates
-
verb (used without object),
to fall below a normal or desirable level in physical, mental, or moral qualities; deteriorate:
- medicaments
-
- mesectoderm
-
- great-niece
-
noun,
a daughter of one's nephew or niece; grandniece.
- endearments
-
noun,
the act of endearing.
- atmidometer
-
- Microgaster
-
- mesentoderm
-
- detrainment
-
- rescreening
-
- commiserate
-
verb (used with object),
to feel or express sorrow or sympathy for; empathize with; pity.
- deterrences
-
- decorticate
-
verb (used with object),
to remove the bark, husk, or outer covering from.
- detractions
-
noun,
the act of disparaging or belittling the reputation or worth of a person, work, etc.
- microgamete
-
- reconsigned
-
- denominates
-
verb (used with object),
to give a name to; denote; designate.
- sentimenter
-
- domesticate
-
verb (used with object),
to convert (animals, plants, etc.) to domestic uses; tame.
- recontracts
-
- Grammontine
-
- contradicts
-
- metacentric
-
adjective,
Naval Architecture. of or relating to a metacenter.
- scaremonger
-
noun,
a person who creates or spreads alarming news.
- marionettes
-
noun,
a puppet manipulated from above by strings attached to its jointed limbs.
- smattering
-
noun,
a slight, superficial, or introductory knowledge of something:
- antemortem
-
adjective,
before death:
- estrogenic
-
adjective,
Biochemistry. promoting or producing estrus.
- meteorites
-
noun,
a mass of stone or metal that has reached the earth from outer space; a fallen meteoroid.
- strong-arm
-
adjective,
using, involving, or threatening the use of physical force or violence to gain an objective:
- recreation
-
noun,
refreshment by means of some pastime, agreeable exercise, or the like.
- incandesce
-
verb (used with or without object),
to glow or cause to glow with heat.
- gamodesmic
-
- Mignonette
-
noun,
a plant, Reseda odorata, common in gardens, having racemes of small, fragrant, greenish-white flowers with prominent orange anthers.
- Trematodes
-
noun,
any parasitic platyhelminth or flatworm of the class Trematoda, having one or more external suckers; fluke.
- antecedent
-
adjective,
preceding; prior:
- microcards
-
- cinemagoer
-
noun,
filmgoer.
- germinates
-
verb (used with object),
to cause to develop; produce.
- denominate
-
verb (used with object),
to give a name to; denote; designate.
- reconsider
-
verb (used with object),
to consider again, especially with a view to change of decision or action:
- nematocide
-
noun,
a substance or preparation used for killing nematodes parasitic to plants.
- micrograms
-
- Eteocretan
-
adjective,
noting or pertaining to certain inscriptions found on Crete, written in an early form of the Greek alphabet.
- recordings
-
noun,
the act or practice of a person or thing that records.
- nitrometer
-
noun,
an apparatus for determining the amount of nitrogen or nitrogen compounds in a substance or mixture.
- micrergate
-
- increscent
-
adjective,
increasing or waxing, as the moon.
- microstate
-
noun,
ministate.
- denotement
-
- stringendo
-
adjective, adverb,
(of a musical direction) progressively quickening in tempo.
- densimeter
-
noun,
any instrument for measuring density.
- ingenerate
-
adjective,
not generated; self-existent.
- denigrates
-
verb (used with object),
to speak damagingly of; criticize in a derogatory manner; sully; defame:
- antimerger
-
- atonements
-
noun,
satisfaction or reparation for a wrong or injury; amends.
- denegation
-
noun,
denial; contradiction.
- detraction
-
noun,
the act of disparaging or belittling the reputation or worth of a person, work, etc.
- decrements
-
noun,
the act or process of decreasing; gradual reduction.
- scarcement
-
noun,
a footing or ledge formed by a setoff in a wall.
- secretaire
-
noun,
any writing desk resembling a secretary.
- orangeries
-
noun,
a warm place, as a greenhouse, in which orange trees are cultivated in cool climates.
- mordancies
-
noun,
the quality of being mordant; sharpness.
- decreasing
-
noun,
the act or process of decreasing; condition of being decreased; gradual reduction:
- transitmen
-
noun,
a person who makes observations with a transit.
- deterrence
-
noun,
the act of deterring, especially deterring a nuclear attack by the capacity or threat of retaliating.
- geoscience
-
- nectarines
-
noun,
a variety or mutation of peach having a smooth, downless skin.
- Montmartre
-
noun,
a hilly section in the N part of Paris, France: noted for the artists who have frequented and lived in the area.
- decimetres
-
- decimeters
-
- rectorates
-
noun,
the office, dignity, or term of a rector.
- monstrance
-
noun,
a receptacle in which the consecrated Host is exposed for adoration.
- decrescent
-
adjective,
diminishing; decreasing.
- transience
-
noun,
transient state or quality.
- Cardington
-
- detentions
-
noun,
the act of detaining.
- gramercies
-
noun,
Obsolete. thanks.
- geomancies
-
noun,
divination by geographic features or by figures or lines.
- sermonette
-
noun,
a brief sermon or homily:
- grandniece
-
noun,
a daughter of one's nephew or niece.
- cartonnier
-
noun,
an ornamental box for papers, usually for placing on a desk.
- astringent
-
noun,
Medicine/Medical. a substance that contracts the tissues or canals of the body, thereby diminishing discharges, as of mucus or blood.
- geocentric
-
adjective,
having or representing the earth as a center:
- gradienter
-
noun,
an instrument on a transit for measuring angles of inclination in terms of their tangents.
- determiner
-
noun,
a person or thing that determines.
- demicanton
-
noun,
either of the two political divisions in Switzerland into which the cantons of Basel, Appenzell, and Unterwalden are each divided.
- detergents
-
noun,
any of a group of synthetic, organic, liquid or water-soluble cleaning agents that, unlike soap, are not prepared from fats and oils, are not inactivated by hard water, and have wetting-agent and emulsifying-agent properties.
- degenerate
-
verb (used without object),
to fall below a normal or desirable level in physical, mental, or moral qualities; deteriorate:
- secondment
-
noun,
the transfer of a military officer or corporate executive to another post for temporary duty.
- scattering
-
noun,
a small, scattered number or quantity.
- designment
-
noun,
design; plan.
- democratic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or of the nature of democracy or a democracy.
- monetarism
-
noun,
a doctrine holding that changes in the money supply determine the direction of a nation's economy.
- decigramme
-
- immoderate
-
adjective,
not moderate; exceeding just or reasonable limits; excessive; extreme.
- ratiometer
-
noun,
(in three-color photography) a device for determining the exposure factors of the filters to be used.
- tangerines
-
noun,
Also called mandarin, mandarin orange. any of several varieties of mandarin, cultivated widely, especially in the U.S.
- deaconries
-
noun,
the office of a deacon.
- ideamonger
-
noun,
a person who originates and promotes or deals in ideas.
- stereogram
-
noun,
a diagram or picture representing objects in a way to give the impression of solidity.
- carcinogen
-
noun,
any substance or agent that tends to produce a cancer.
- stentorian
-
adjective,
very loud or powerful in sound:
- miscreated
-
adjective,
badly or wrongly created; misshapen; monstrous.
- miscreance
-
noun,
a misbelief or false religious faith.
- tangencies
-
noun,
the state of being tangent.
- caen-stone
-
noun,
a cream-colored limestone quarried near Caen, France, for use in building.
- negotiants
-
noun,
a person who negotiates; negotiator.
- ignorances
-
noun,
the state or fact of being ignorant; lack of knowledge, learning, information, etc.
- disconcert
-
verb (used with object),
to disturb the self-possession of; perturb; ruffle:
- dermatogen
-
noun,
protoderm.
- minestrone
-
noun,
a thick vegetable soup, often containing herbs, beans, bits of pasta, etc., and served with Parmesan cheese.
- negotiates
-
verb (used with object),
to arrange for or bring about by discussion and settlement of terms:
- Mitterrand
-
noun,
François (Maurice Marie) [frahn-swa maw-rees ma-ree] /frɑ̃ˈswa mɔˈris maˈri/ (Show IPA), 1916–96, French political leader: president 1981–95.
- centromere
-
noun,
a specialized structure on the chromosome, appearing during cell division as the constricted central region where the two chromatids are held together and form an X shape.
- Trasentine
-
noun,
a brand of adiphenine.
- centigrade
-
adjective,
divided into 100 degrees, as a scale.
- greeneries
-
noun,
green foliage or vegetation; verdure.
- monandries
-
noun,
the practice or condition of having one husband at a time.
- orientates
-
verb (used with or without object),
orient (defs 4–12).
- ornamented
-
noun,
an accessory, article, or detail used to beautify the appearance of something to which it is added or of which it is a part:
- generation
-
noun,
the entire body of individuals born and living at about the same time:
- nonstarter
-
noun,
an issue, plan, etc., that does not get or deserve to get under way.
- greenstone
-
noun,
any of various altered basaltic rocks having a dark-green color caused by the presence of chlorite, epidote, etc.
- grenadiers
-
noun,
(in the British army) a member of the first regiment of household infantry (Grenadier Guards)
- decameters
-
noun,
dekameter.
- centimeter
-
noun,
one 100th of a meter, equivalent to 0.3937 inch. Abbreviation: cm, cm.
- radiometer
-
noun,
Also called Crookes radiometer. an instrument for demonstrating the transformation of radiant energy into mechanical work, consisting of an exhausted glass vessel containing vanes that revolve about an axis when exposed to light.
- sarcomeric
-
- centistere
-
noun,
one 100th of a stere.
- Grenadines
-
noun,
a chain of about 600 islands in the E West Indies in the Windward Islands: a former British colony; now divided between Grenada and St. Vincent and the Grenadines.
- dime-store
-
noun,
five-and-ten (def 1).
- argentines
-
noun,
a silvery substance, especially one obtained from fish scales, used in making imitation pearls.
- candescent
-
adjective,
glowing; incandescent.
- Cismontane
-
adjective,
on this (the speaker's or writer's) side of the mountains, especially the Alps.
- endogamies
-
noun,
marriage within a specific tribe or similar social unit.
Compare exogamy (def 1).
- resentment
-
noun,
the feeling of displeasure or indignation at some act, remark, person, etc., regarded as causing injury or insult.
- interstade
-
noun,
a period of temporary retreat of ice during a glacial stage; a warming period.
- enactments
-
noun,
the act of enacting.
- entreaties
-
noun,
earnest request or petition; supplication.
- consecrate
-
adjective,
consecrated; sacred.
- remandment
-
- acetometer
-
noun,
an instrument for measuring the amount of acetic acid present in a solution.
- ringmaster
-
- acetimeter
-
noun,
acetometer.
- martensite
-
noun,
a metastable microconstituent of any of various forms of carbon steel, produced by undercooling sufficiently below the normal transformation temperature, especially a hard, brittle product of the decomposition of austenite, produced in this way.
- rescreened
-
- reiterates
-
verb (used with object),
to say or do again or repeatedly; repeat, often excessively.
- maisonette
-
noun,
a small house, especially one connected to a large apartment building.
- medicament
-
- retentions
-
noun,
the act of retaining.
- Accrington
-
- condensate
-
noun,
a product of condensation, as a liquid reduced from a gas or vapor.
- constraint
-
noun,
limitation or restriction.
- mendicants
-
noun,
a person who lives by begging; beggar.
- endergonic
-
adjective,
(of a biochemical reaction) requiring energy.
- dormancies
-
noun,
the state of being dormant.
- constringe
-
verb (used with object),
to constrict; compress; cause to contract.
- commandeer
-
verb (used with object),
to order or force into active military service.
- Mandingoes
-
noun,
a member of any of a number of peoples forming an extensive linguistic group in western Africa.
- internodes
-
noun,
a part or space between two nodes, knots, or joints, as the portion of a plant stem between two nodes.
- retraction
-
noun,
the act of retracting or the state of being retracted.
- concretism
-
noun,
the theory or practice of concrete poetry.
- cotangents
-
noun,
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side adjacent to a given angle to the side opposite.
- enantiomer
-
noun,
either of a pair of optical isomers that are mirror images of each other.
- commercing
-
- egocentric
-
noun,
an egocentric person.
- megadontic
-
- corsetiere
-
noun,
a person who specializes in making, fitting, or selling corsets, brassieres, or other foundation garments.
- commanders
-
noun,
a person who commands.
- renderings
-
noun,
an act or instance of interpretation, rendition, or depiction, as of a dramatic part or a musical composition:
- commanding
-
noun,
the act of commanding or ordering.
- Eastertide
-
noun,
Easter time.
- magnetites
-
noun,
a very common black iron oxide mineral, Fe 3 O 4 , that is strongly attracted by magnets: an important iron ore.
- enteromere
-
- rencontres
-
noun,
rencounter.
- commandite
-
- congeneric
-
noun,
congener (def 3).
- creameries
-
noun,
a place where milk and cream are processed and where butter and cheese are produced.
- endearment
-
noun,
the act of endearing.
- Renascence
-
noun,
Renaissance.
- comediette
-
- retreatism
-
noun,
the rejection of culturally prescribed goals and the conventional means for attaining them.
- commending
-
- draegermen
-
noun,
a miner, usually a member of a special crew, trained in underground rescue work and other emergency procedures.
- comedienne
-
- Corrientes
-
noun,
a port in NE Argentina, on the Paraná River.
- encomienda
-
noun,
the system, instituted in 1503, under which a Spanish soldier or colonist was granted a tract of land or a village together with its Indian inhabitants.
- entertains
-
verb (used with object),
to hold the attention of pleasantly or agreeably; divert; amuse.
- enticement
-
noun,
the act or practice of enticing, especially to evil.
- enregister
-
verb (used with object),
to register; record.
- remittance
-
noun,
the sending of money, checks, etc., to a recipient at a distance.
- Ridgecrest
-
noun,
a town in central California.
- encasement
-
noun,
the act of encasing.
- commentate
-
- connecters
-
noun,
connector.
- ergotamine
-
noun,
a crystalline, water-soluble polypeptide, C 33 H 35 N 5 O 5 , obtained from ergot, used to stimulate uterine contractions during labor and in the treatment of migraine.
- ironmaster
-
noun,
the master of a foundry or ironworks; a manufacturer of iron.
- registrate
-
verb (used without object),
to select and combine pipe organ stops.
- endocrines
-
noun,
an internal secretion; hormone.
- reemigrate
-
- integrated
-
adjective,
combining or coordinating separate elements so as to provide a harmonious, interrelated whole:
- integrates
-
verb (used with object),
to bring together or incorporate (parts) into a whole.
- marionette
-
noun,
a puppet manipulated from above by strings attached to its jointed limbs.
- reemersion
-
- reemergent
-
- tenantries
-
noun,
tenants collectively; the body of tenants on an estate.
- coagencies
-
noun,
joint agency.
- merriments
-
noun,
cheerful or joyful gaiety; mirth; hilarity; laughter.
- integrator
-
noun,
a person or thing that integrates.
- reticences
-
noun,
the state of being reticent, or reserved, especially with regard to speaking freely; restraint:
- contracted
-
noun,
an agreement between two or more parties for the doing or not doing of something specified.
- terminator
-
noun,
a person or thing that terminates.
- terminates
-
verb (used with object),
to bring to an end; put an end to:
- marcescent
-
adjective,
withering but not falling off, as a part of a plant.
- emergences
-
noun,
the act or process of emerging.
- mesenteron
-
noun,
midgut.
- micrometer
-
noun,
any of various devices for measuring minute distances, angles, etc., as in connection with a telescope or microscope.
- adrenergic
-
noun,
a drug or other agent having an epinephrinelike effect.
- intemerate
-
adjective,
inviolate; undefiled; unsullied; pure.
- mesocranic
-
adjective,
having a skull with a cranial index between that of dolichocranic and brachycranic skulls.
- dominances
-
noun,
rule; control; authority; ascendancy.
- mesocratic
-
adjective,
(of an igneous rock) composed of light and dark minerals in nearly equal amounts.
- intenerate
-
verb (used with object),
to make soft or tender; soften.
- endometria
-
noun,
the mucous membrane lining the uterus.
- metacenter
-
noun,
the intersection between two vertical lines, one through the center of buoyancy of a hull in equilibrium, the other through the center of buoyancy when the hull is inclined slightly to one side or toward one end: the distance of this intersection above the center of gravity is an indication of the initial stability of the hull.
- concertina
-
noun,
a musical instrument resembling an accordion but having buttonlike keys, hexagonal bellows and ends, and a more limited range.
- meritocrat
-
noun,
a member of a meritocracy.
- tendencies
-
noun,
a natural or prevailing disposition to move, proceed, or act in some direction or toward some point, end, or result:
- contraries
-
noun,
something that is contrary or opposite:
- registrant
-
noun,
a person who registers or is registered.
- registered
-
noun,
a book in which records of acts, events, names, etc., are kept.
- containers
-
noun,
anything that contains or can contain something, as a carton, box, crate, or can.
- macromeric
-
- mangosteen
-
noun,
the juicy, edible fruit of an East Indian tree, Garcinia mangostana.
- concierges
-
noun,
(especially in France) a person who has charge of the entrance of a building and is often the owner's representative; doorkeeper.
- interments
-
noun,
the act or ceremony of interring; burial.
- corianders
-
noun,
Also called cilantro, Chinese parsley. an herb, Coriandrum sativum, of the parsley family, native to Europe, having strong-scented leaves used in cooking and aromatic seeds used as a seasoning and in medicine.
- regimented
-
- anemometer
-
noun,
any instrument for measuring the speed of wind.
- anecdotist
-
noun,
a collector or teller of anecdotes.
- endogenies
-
noun,
development or growth from within.
- intergrade
-
noun,
an intermediate grade, form, stage, etc.
- contradict
-
verb (used with object),
to assert the contrary or opposite of; deny directly and categorically.
- intercedes
-
verb (used without object),
to act or interpose in behalf of someone in difficulty or trouble, as by pleading or petition:
- Crittenden
-
- restrained
-
adjective,
characterized by restraint:
- retirement
-
noun,
the act of retiring, withdrawing, or leaving; the state of being retired.
- mannersome
-
- tensimeter
-
noun,
manometer.
- regenerate
-
adjective,
reconstituted or made over in a better form.
- interested
-
noun,
the feeling of a person whose attention, concern, or curiosity is particularly engaged by something:
- stadimeter
-
noun,
an instrument for determining the distance between an observer and an object of known height by measurement of the angle subtended by the object.
- emendation
-
noun,
a correction or change, as of a text.
- energetics
-
noun,
the branch of physics that deals with energy.
- sententia
-
noun,
an aphorism; maxim.
- concerted
-
noun,
a public musical performance in which a number of singers or instrumentalists, or both, participate.
- carotenes
-
noun,
any of three yellow or orange fat-soluble pigments having the formula C 40 H 56 , found in many plants, especially carrots, and transformed to vitamin A in the liver; provitamin A.
- carnotite
-
noun,
a yellow, earthy, hydrous potassium uranium vanadate: an ore of uranium.
- dementias
-
noun,
severe impairment or loss of intellectual capacity and personality integration, due to the loss of or damage to neurons in the brain.
- condiment
-
noun,
something used to give a special flavor to food, as mustard, ketchup, salt, or spices.
- mortmains
-
noun,
the condition of lands or tenements held without right of alienation, as by an ecclesiastical corporation; inalienable ownership.
- grandiose
-
adjective,
affectedly grand or important; pompous:
- serranoid
-
noun,
a serranoid fish.
- concretes
-
noun,
an artificial, stonelike material used for various structural purposes, made by mixing cement and various aggregates, as sand, pebbles, gravel, or shale, with water and allowing the mixture to harden.
Compare reinforced concrete.
- magnesite
-
noun,
a mineral, magnesium carbonate, MgCO 3 , having a characteristic conchoidal fracture and usually occurring in white masses.
- serration
-
noun,
serrated condition or form.
- concierge
-
noun,
(especially in France) a person who has charge of the entrance of a building and is often the owner's representative; doorkeeper.
- degreaser
-
- McDermott
-
- corticate
-
adjective,
having a cortex.
- condenser
-
noun,
a person or thing that condenses.
- demeanors
-
noun,
conduct; behavior; deportment.
- McDermitt
-
- grandsire
-
noun,
a grandfather.
- tetragons
-
noun,
a polygon having four angles or sides; a quadrangle or quadrilateral.
- magnetics
-
noun,
the science of magnetism.
- sentiment
-
noun,
an attitude toward something; regard; opinion.
- magnetism
-
noun,
the properties of attraction possessed by magnets; the molecular properties common to magnets.
- sentience
-
noun,
sentient condition or character; capacity for sensation or feeling.
- demeaning
-
noun,
Archaic. demeanor.
- cartridge
-
noun,
Also called cartouche. a cylindrical case of pasteboard, metal, or the like, for holding a complete charge of powder, and often also the bullet or the shot for a rifle, machine gun, or other small arm.
- integrant
-
noun,
an integrant part.
- magnetite
-
noun,
a very common black iron oxide mineral, Fe 3 O 4 , that is strongly attracted by magnets: an important iron ore.
- mannerism
-
noun,
a habitual or characteristic manner, mode, or way of doing something; distinctive quality or style, as in behavior or speech:
- Cantonese
-
noun,
a Chinese language spoken in Canton, the surrounding area of southern China, and Hong Kong.
- negotiant
-
noun,
a person who negotiates; negotiator.
- negotiate
-
verb (used with object),
to arrange for or bring about by discussion and settlement of terms:
- Mandingos
-
noun,
a member of any of a number of peoples forming an extensive linguistic group in western Africa.
- contained
-
adjective,
showing restraint or calmness; controlled; poised:
- streetcar
-
noun,
a public vehicle running regularly along certain streets, usually on rails, as a trolley car or trolley bus.
- container
-
noun,
anything that contains or can contain something, as a carton, box, crate, or can.
- Negritoes
-
noun,
a member of any of various small-statured, indigenous peoples of Africa, the Philippines, the Malay Peninsula, the Andaman Islands, and southern India.
- tetracids
-
noun,
a base or alcohol containing four hydroxyl groups.
- denigrate
-
verb (used with object),
to speak damagingly of; criticize in a derogatory manner; sully; defame:
- canonries
-
noun,
the office or benefice of a canon.
- coriander
-
noun,
Also called cilantro, Chinese parsley. an herb, Coriandrum sativum, of the parsley family, native to Europe, having strong-scented leaves used in cooking and aromatic seeds used as a seasoning and in medicine.
- canneries
-
noun,
a factory where foodstuffs, as meat, fish, or fruit are canned.
- streaming
-
noun,
an act or instance of flowing.
- denitrate
-
verb (used with object),
Chemistry. to free from nitric acid or nitrates; remove oxides of nitrogen from.
- manometer
-
noun,
an instrument for measuring the pressure of a fluid, consisting of a tube filled with a liquid, the level of the liquid being determined by the fluid pressure and the height of the liquid being indicated on a scale.
- contented
-
noun,
the state or feeling of being contented; satisfaction; contentment:
- manticore
-
noun,
a legendary monster with a man's head, horns, a lion's body, and the tail of a dragon or, sometimes, a scorpion.
- Marinette
-
noun,
a city in NE Wisconsin.
- nematodes
-
noun,
any unsegmented worm of the phylum Nematoda, having an elongated, cylindrical body; a roundworm.
- nemertean
-
noun,
any member of the invertebrate phylum Nemertea, comprising the ribbon worms.
- stringent
-
adjective,
rigorously binding or exacting; strict; severe:
- canescent
-
adjective,
covered with whitish or grayish pubescence, as certain plants.
- contracts
-
noun,
an agreement between two or more parties for the doing or not doing of something specified.
- neotenies
-
noun,
Also called pedogenesis. the production of offspring by an organism in its larval or juvenile form; the elimination of the adult phase of the life cycle.
- dentaries
-
noun,
one of a pair of membrane bones that in lower vertebrates form the distal part of the lower jaws and in mammals comprise the mandible.
- constrict
-
verb (used with object),
to draw or press in; cause to contract or shrink; compress.
- negations
-
noun,
the act of denying:
- nanometer
-
noun,
one billionth of a meter. Abbreviation: nm.
- connecter
-
noun,
connector.
- narceines
-
noun,
a narcotic alkaloid, C 23 H 27 NO 8 , occurring in opium and acting as a mild relaxant on smooth muscle.
- Demetrias
-
noun,
an ancient city in NE Greece, in Thessaly.
- narcotics
-
noun,
any of a class of substances that blunt the senses, as opium, morphine, belladonna, and alcohol, that in large quantities produce euphoria, stupor, or coma, that when used constantly can cause habituation or addiction, and that are used in medicine to relieve pain, cause sedation, and induce sleep.
- narcotism
-
noun,
habitual use of narcotics.
- congeners
-
noun,
a person or thing of the same kind or class as another.
- strategic
-
adjective,
pertaining to, characterized by, or of the nature of strategy:
- congeries
-
noun,
a collection of items or parts in one mass; assemblage; aggregation; heap:
- Masoretic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the Masorah or the Masoretes.
- magnetons
-
noun,
a unit of magnetic moment, used in measuring the magnetic moment of atomic and subatomic particles.
- demogenic
-
- magnetron
-
noun,
a two-element vacuum tube in which the flow of electrons is under the influence of an external magnetic field, used to generate extremely short radio waves.
- connected
-
adjective,
united, joined, or linked.
- careerist
-
noun,
a person who follows a career.
- constrain
-
verb (used with object),
to force, compel, or oblige:
- Martinson
-
noun,
Harry Edmund [har-ee ed-muh nd;; Swedish hah-ri ed-moo nt] /ˈhær i ˈɛd mənd;; Swedish ˈhɑ rɪ ˈɛd mʊnt/ (Show IPA), 1904–78, Swedish novelist and poet: Nobel prize 1974.
- careerism
-
noun,
devotion to a successful career, often at the expense of one's personal life, ethics, etc.
- nectaries
-
noun,
Botany. an organ or part that secretes nectar.
- nectarine
-
noun,
a variety or mutation of peach having a smooth, downless skin.
- Maidstone
-
noun,
a city in Kent, in SE England.
- martinets
-
noun,
a strict disciplinarian, especially a military one.
- consarned
-
adjective,
confounded; damned.
- cornetist
-
noun,
a musician who plays the cornet.
- consignee
-
noun,
a person or party to whom something, usually merchandise, is consigned.
- Constance
-
noun,
Lake. German Boden·see. a lake in W Europe, bounded by Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. 46 miles (74 km) long; 207 sq. mi. (536 sq. km).
- cornerman
-
noun,
Basketball. a forward.
- sonneteer
-
noun,
a composer of sonnets.
- demoniacs
-
noun,
a person seemingly possessed by a demon or evil spirit.
- comminate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to threaten with divine punishment or vengeance.
- concerned
-
noun,
something that relates or pertains to a person; business; affair:
- toe-dance
-
noun,
a dance performed on the tips of the toes.
- Menominee
-
noun,
a member of a group of American Indian people of northeastern Wisconsin.
- cretonnes
-
noun,
a heavy cotton material in colorfully printed designs, used especially for drapery and slipcovers.
- Minnesota
-
noun,
a state in the N central United States. 84,068 sq. mi. (217,735 sq. km). Capital: St. Paul.
Abbreviation: MN (for use with zip code), Minn.
- timecards
-
noun,
a card for recording the time at which an employee arrives at and departs from a job.
- immergent
-
- certosina
-
noun,
a technique of inlaying light-colored material, as bone, ivory, metal, or pale wood, in elaborate designs on a dark ground.
- tiger-cat
-
noun,
any of several felines, as the ocelot or margay, that resemble the tiger in coloration or ferocity but are smaller.
- codirects
-
verb (used with object),
to direct (a movie or other performance) with another or others.
- interrog.
-
- ignorance
-
noun,
the state or fact of being ignorant; lack of knowledge, learning, information, etc.
- ignescent
-
noun,
an ignescent substance.
- mendicant
-
noun,
a person who lives by begging; beggar.
- Crescendo
-
noun,
Music.
a gradual, steady increase in loudness or force.
a musical passage characterized by such an increase.
the performance of a crescendo passage:
- miscreant
-
noun,
a vicious or depraved person; villain.
- mentation
-
noun,
mental activity.
- cogencies
-
noun,
the quality or state of being convincing or persuasive:
- intersect
-
verb (used with object),
to cut or divide by passing through or across:
- miscreate
-
adjective,
miscreated.
- crenation
-
noun,
a rounded projection or tooth, as on the margin of a leaf.
- cogitates
-
verb (used with object),
to think about; devise:
- menagerie
-
noun,
a collection of wild or unusual animals, especially for exhibition.
- menadione
-
noun,
a synthetic yellow crystalline powder, C 11 H 8 O 2 , insoluble in water, used as a vitamin K supplement.
- cerements
-
noun,
a cerecloth used for wrapping the dead.
- ice-cream
-
noun,
a frozen food containing cream or milk and butterfat, sugar, flavoring, and sometimes eggs.
- tierceron
-
noun,
(in a ribbed vault) a diagonal rib, other than an ogive, springing from a point of support.
- stingaree
-
noun,
a stingray.
- mitergate
-
noun,
(in a canal or the like) a lock gate having two leaves so made as to close at an angle pointing upstream.
- deaneries
-
noun,
the office, jurisdiction, district, or residence of an ecclesiastical dean.
- groceries
-
noun,
Also called grocery store. a grocer's store.
- internode
-
noun,
a part or space between two nodes, knots, or joints, as the portion of a plant stem between two nodes.
- mincemeat
-
noun,
a mixture composed of minced apples, suet, and sometimes meat, together with raisins, currants, candied citron, etc., for filling a pie.
- memoriter
-
adverb,
by heart; by memory.
- merriment
-
noun,
cheerful or joyful gaiety; mirth; hilarity; laughter.
- integrate
-
verb (used with object),
to bring together or incorporate (parts) into a whole.
- instanter
-
adverb,
immediately; at once.
- metameric
-
adjective,
Also, metameral, M03/M0350800 muh-tam-er-uh l, məˈtæm ər əl. Zoology.
consisting of metameres.
pertaining to metamerism.
- meteorite
-
noun,
a mass of stone or metal that has reached the earth from outer space; a fallen meteoroid.
- metameres
-
noun,
a somite.
- innermost
-
noun,
the innermost part.
- ingestant
-
noun,
something that is ingested, especially a substance that may be associated with an allergic reaction.
- inertance
-
noun,
the effect of inertia in an acoustic system, an impeding of the transmission of sound through the system.
- Metacomet
-
noun,
Philip, King.
- mesorecta
-
noun,
the mesentery of the rectum.
- interacts
-
verb (used without object),
to act one upon another.
- croisette
-
noun,
crossette.
- Mertensia
-
noun,
any of various plants belonging to the genus Mertensia, of the borage family, including the lungworts and the Virginia cowslip.
- cinerator
-
noun,
an incinerator.
- microgram
-
noun,
a unit of mass or weight equal to one millionth of a gram, used chiefly in microchemistry. Symbol: μg.
- incorrect
-
adjective,
not correct as to fact; inaccurate; wrong:
- intercede
-
verb (used without object),
to act or interpose in behalf of someone in difficulty or trouble, as by pleading or petition:
- micromere
-
noun,
a small blastomere, as one of those that form toward the animal pole in embryos that undergo unequal cleavage or those that occur in the embryo of mammals.
- merganser
-
noun,
any of several fish-eating diving ducks of the subfamily Merginae, having a narrow bill hooked at the tip and serrated at the edges.
- cigarette
-
noun,
a cylindrical roll of finely cut tobacco cured for smoking, considerably smaller than most cigars and usually wrapped in thin white paper.
- microstat
-
noun,
a negative of a microphotograph made directly from a negative by a copy camera.
- intercoms
-
noun,
an intercommunication system.
- increment
-
noun,
something added or gained; addition; increase.
- merceries
-
noun,
a mercer's shop.
- midranges
-
noun,
this portion of a range:
- interment
-
noun,
the act or ceremony of interring; burial.
- cicerones
-
noun,
a person who conducts sightseers; guide.
- internat.
-
- internees
-
noun,
a person who is or has been interned, as a prisoner of war.
- increaser
-
noun,
a person or thing that increases.
- cognisant
-
adjective,
a frequent misspelling of cognizant.
- intonates
-
verb (used with object),
to utter with a particular tone or modulation of voice.
- tetramers
-
noun,
a molecule composed of four identical, simpler molecules.
- catteries
-
noun,
a place where cats are kept and bred.
- commented
-
- irredenta
-
noun,
a region that is under the political jurisdiction of one nation but is related to another by reason of cultural, historical, and ethnic ties.
- Montaigne
-
noun,
Michel Eyquem [mee-shel e-kem] /miˈʃɛl ɛˈkɛm/ (Show IPA), Seigneur de, 1533–92, French essayist.
- isogamete
-
noun,
one of a pair of conjugating gametes, exhibiting no differences in form, size, structure, or sex.
- commerces
-
noun,
an interchange of goods or commodities, especially on a large scale between different countries (foreign commerce) or between different parts of the same country (domestic commerce) trade; business.
- decongest
-
verb (used with object),
to diminish or end the congestion of.
- medicares
-
noun,
(sometimes lowercase) a U.S. government program of hospitalization insurance and voluntary medical insurance for persons aged 65 and over and for certain disabled persons under 65.
Compare Medicaid.
- integrand
-
noun,
the expression to be integrated.
- decorates
-
verb (used with object),
to furnish or adorn with something ornamental or becoming; embellish:
- committee
-
noun,
a person or group of persons elected or appointed to perform some service or function, as to investigate, report on, or act upon a particular matter.
- mediators
-
noun,
a person who mediates, especially between parties at variance.
- cottagers
-
noun,
a person who lives in a cottage.
- iterances
-
noun,
iteration.
- mecometer
-
noun,
a caliperlike instrument for measuring the length of newborn infants.
- decimates
-
verb (used with object),
to destroy a great number or proportion of:
- decrement
-
noun,
the act or process of decreasing; gradual reduction.
- cotenants
-
noun,
a joint tenant.
- meantimes
-
noun,
the intervening time:
- cotangent
-
noun,
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side adjacent to a given angle to the side opposite.
- decretist
-
noun,
a student in the faculty of law.
- morganite
-
noun,
rose-colored beryl.
- catenoids
-
noun,
the surface generated by rotating a catenary about its axis of symmetry.
- grantsmen
-
noun,
an expert in grantsmanship.
- conceited
-
noun,
an excessively favorable opinion of one's own ability, importance, wit, etc.
- macedoine
-
noun,
a mixture of fruits or vegetables, often served as a salad.
- concenter
-
verb (used with or without object),
to bring or converge to a common center; concentrate.
- concentre
-
verb (used with or without object),
concenter.
- macromere
-
noun,
one of the large blastomeres that form toward the vegetal pole in embryos undergoing unequal cleavage.
- cast-iron
-
noun,
an alloy of iron, carbon, and other elements, cast as a soft and strong, or as a hard and brittle, iron, depending on the mixture and methods of molding.
- decimeter
-
noun,
a unit of length equal to 1/10 (0.1) meter. Abbreviation: dm.
- decigrams
-
noun,
a unit of mass or weight equal to 1/10 (0.1) gram (1.543 grains). Abbreviation: dg.
- cremators
-
noun,
a person who cremates.
- centigram
-
noun,
one 100th of a gram, equivalent to 0.1543 grain. Abbreviation: cg.
- cremaster
-
noun,
Entomology. a usually hooklike process on the posterior tip of a chrysalis, for attaching the pupa to a stem, twig, etc.
- centroids
-
noun,
Mechanics. the point that may be considered as the center of a one- or two-dimensional figure, the sum of the displacements of all points in the figure from such a point being zero.
Compare center of mass.
- decameter
-
noun,
dekameter.
- mementoes
-
noun,
an object or item that serves to remind one of a person, past event, etc.; keepsake; souvenir.
- credences
-
noun,
belief as to the truth of something:
- moderates
-
noun,
a person who is moderate in opinion or opposed to extreme views and actions, especially in politics or religion.
- modernism
-
noun,
modern character, tendencies, or values; adherence to or sympathy with what is modern.
- creations
-
noun,
the act of producing or causing to exist; the act of creating; engendering.
- modernist
-
noun,
a person who follows or favors modern ways, tendencies, etc.
- decanters
-
noun,
a vessel, usually an ornamental glass bottle, for holding and serving wine, brandy, or the like.
- Tocantins
-
noun,
a river in E Brazil, flowing N to the Pará River. 1700 miles (2735 km) long.
- creatines
-
noun,
an amino acid, C 4 H 9 N 3 O 2 , that is a constituent of the muscles of vertebrates and is phosphorylated to store energy used for muscular contraction.
- grenadine
-
noun,
a thin fabric of leno weave in silk, nylon, rayon, or wool.
- grenadier
-
noun,
(in the British army) a member of the first regiment of household infantry (Grenadier Guards)
- centiares
-
noun,
a square meter. Abbreviation: ca.
- medicates
-
verb (used with object),
to treat with medicine or medicaments.
- decencies
-
noun,
the state or quality of being decent.
- centesimo
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a lira.
- centering
-
noun,
a temporary framework for supporting a masonry arch during construction until it is able to stand by itself.
- meditates
-
verb (used with object),
to consider as something to be done or effected; intend; purpose:
- stationer
-
noun,
a person who sells the materials used in writing, as paper, pens, pencils, and ink.
- Comintern
-
noun,
Third International.
- decenters
-
verb (used with object),
to put out of center.
- monacetin
-
noun,
acetin.
- decentres
-
verb (used with object),
decenter.
- greensand
-
noun,
a sandstone containing much glauconite, which gives it a greenish hue.
- commander
-
noun,
a person who commands.
- monergism
-
noun,
the doctrine that the Holy Ghost acts independently of the human will in the work of regeneration.
Compare synergism (def 3).
- cementite
-
noun,
an iron carbide, Fe 3 C, a constituent of steel and cast iron, sometimes with part of its iron replaced by another metal, as manganese.
- commences
-
verb (used with or without object),
to begin; start.
- neoterics
-
noun,
a new or modern writer, thinker, etc.
- deringers
-
noun,
derringer.
- neoterism
-
noun,
an innovation in language, as a new word, term, or expression.
- aerogenic
-
adjective,
producing gas, as certain bacteria.
- resection
-
noun,
Surveying. a technique of ascertaining the location of a point by taking bearings from the point on two other points of known location.
- gardeners
-
noun,
a person who is employed to cultivate or care for a garden, lawn, etc.
- residence
-
noun,
the place, especially the house, in which a person lives or resides; dwelling place; home:
- engrained
-
adjective,
ingrained.
- engenders
-
verb (used with object),
to produce, cause, or give rise to:
- aerometer
-
noun,
an instrument for determining the weight, density, etc., of air or other gases.
- resnatron
-
noun,
a tetrode with the grid connected to form a drift space for the electrons, formerly used to generate high power at very high frequency.
- agentries
-
noun,
the profession, business, or activities of an agent:
- resonance
-
noun,
the state or quality of being resonant.
- tectonism
-
noun,
diastrophism (def 1).
- energetic
-
adjective,
possessing or exhibiting energy, especially in abundance; vigorous:
- garrottes
-
noun,
a method of capital punishment of Spanish origin in which an iron collar is tightened around a condemned person's neck until death occurs by strangulation or by injury to the spinal column at the base of the brain.
- re-strain
-
verb (used with or without object),
to strain again.
- gasometer
-
noun,
an apparatus for measuring and storing gas in a laboratory.
- restraint
-
noun,
a restraining action or influence:
- discreate
-
verb (used with object),
to reduce to nothing; annihilate.
- teratogen
-
noun,
a drug or other substance capable of interfering with the development of a fetus, causing birth defects.
- Tangerine
-
noun,
Also called mandarin, mandarin orange. any of several varieties of mandarin, cultivated widely, especially in the U.S.
- gamodemes
-
- renegades
-
noun,
a person who deserts a party or cause for another.
- antecedes
-
verb (used with object),
to go before, in time, order, rank, etc.; precede:
- renegados
-
noun,
a renegade.
- dittogram
-
- terracing
-
noun,
something formed as a terrace.
- trimester
-
noun,
a term or period of three months.
- agistment
-
noun,
the act of agisting.
- dreamtime
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the ancient time of the creation of all things by sacred ancestors, whose spirits continue into the present, as conceived in the mythology of the Australian Aborigines.
- tanneries
-
noun,
a place where tanning is carried on.
- antimeres
-
noun,
a segment or division of the body having a corresponding segment or division that is opposite to it relative to the longitudinal axis of the body.
- reorients
-
adjective,
Rare. rising anew.
- antinodes
-
noun,
the region of maximum amplitude between two adjacent nodes in a standing wave.
- trimeters
-
noun,
a verse of three measures or feet.
- disenamor
-
verb (used with object),
to disillusion; disenchant (usually used in the passive and followed by of or with):
- tectonics
-
noun,
the science or art of assembling, shaping, or ornamenting materials in construction; the constructive arts in general.
- rainstorm
-
noun,
a storm with heavy rain.
- dinergate
-
noun,
a soldier ant.
- dragonets
-
noun,
any fish of the genus Callionymus, the species of which are small and usually brightly colored.
- dicentras
-
noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Dicentra, of the fumitory family, having long clusters of drooping flowers, as the Dutchman's-breeches or the bleeding heart.
- generator
-
noun,
a machine that converts one form of energy into another, especially mechanical energy into electrical energy, as a dynamo, or electrical energy into sound, as an acoustic generator.
- retrainee
-
noun,
a person who is being retrained.
- tenorites
-
noun,
a mineral, cupric oxide, CuO, occurring in veins of copper in black, minute scales.
- Armstrong
-
noun,
(Daniel) Louis ("Satchmo") 1900–71, U.S. jazz trumpeter and bandleader.
- orientate
-
verb (used with or without object),
orient (defs 4–12).
- Trasimeno
-
noun,
a lake in central Italy, in Umbria near Perugia: Romans defeated by Hannibal 217 b.c. About 50 sq. mi. (130 sq. km).
- retroacts
-
verb (used without object),
to act in opposition; react.
- generates
-
verb (used with object),
to bring into existence; cause to be; produce.
- transonic
-
adjective,
close to the speed of propagation of sound; moving at 700–780 miles per hour (1127–1255 km/h) at sea level.
- organdies
-
noun,
a fine, thin cotton fabric usually having a durable crisp finish, white, dyed, or printed: used for blouses, dresses, curtains, trimmings, etc.
- retrocede
-
verb (used with object),
to cede back:
- Easterner
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of an eastern area, especially of the eastern U.S.
- endearing
-
adjective,
tending to make dear or beloved.
- arresting
-
noun,
the taking of a person into legal custody, as by officers of the law.
- genocides
-
noun,
the deliberate and systematic extermination of a national, racial, political, or cultural group.
- ornaments
-
noun,
an accessory, article, or detail used to beautify the appearance of something to which it is added or of which it is a part:
- adenosine
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a white, crystalline, water-soluble nucleoside, C 10 H 13 N 5 O 4 , of adenine and ribose.
- tagmemics
-
noun,
a school of linguistics deriving from American structuralism based on the work of Kenneth Lee Pike and using the tagmeme as the basic unit of grammatical analysis.
- endocrine
-
noun,
an internal secretion; hormone.
- retainers
-
noun,
a person or thing that retains.
- Argentine
-
noun,
a silvery substance, especially one obtained from fish scales, used in making imitation pearls.
- adornment
-
noun,
something that adds attractiveness; ornament; accessory:
- retention
-
noun,
the act of retaining.
- argentite
-
noun,
a dark lead-gray sectile mineral, silver sulfide, Ag 2 S, occurring in crystals and as formless aggregates: an important ore of silver.
- reticence
-
noun,
the state of being reticent, or reserved, especially with regard to speaking freely; restraint:
- endoergic
-
adjective,
endothermic (opposed to exoergic).
- retirants
-
noun,
retiree.
- gendarmes
-
noun,
a police officer in any of several European countries, especially a French police officer.
- sarcomere
-
noun,
any of the segments of myofibril in striated muscle fibers.
- geminates
-
noun,
Phonetics. a doubled consonant sound.
- gemmation
-
noun,
reproduction by gemmae.
- end-grain
-
noun,
wood grain, as at the end of a board, resulting from a cut across the grain.
- digestant
-
noun,
a substance that promotes digestion.
- ostringer
-
noun,
astringer.
- osmeteria
-
noun,
a glandular process on the first thoracic segment of many caterpillars that emits a noxious odor to ward off predators.
- dragonism
-
- reasoning
-
noun,
the act or process of a person who reasons.
- ordnances
-
noun,
cannon or artillery.
- reentries
-
noun,
an act of reentering.
- Ammonites
-
noun,
the coiled, chambered fossil shell of an ammonoid.
- regencies
-
noun,
the office, jurisdiction, or control of a regent or body of regents exercising the ruling power during the minority, absence, or disability of a sovereign.
- entoderms
-
noun,
endoderm.
- errancies
-
noun,
the state or an instance of erring.
- reminders
-
noun,
a person or thing that serves to remind.
- Doncaster
-
noun,
a city in South Yorkshire, in N England.
- reentrant
-
noun,
a reentering angle or part.
- Ernestine
-
noun,
a female given name: derived from Ernest.
- reemerges
-
- terminate
-
verb (used with object),
to bring to an end; put an end to:
- esoterica
-
plural noun,
things understood by or meant for a select few; recondite matters or items.
- tres-tine
-
noun,
royal antler.
- reed-mace
-
noun,
cattail.
- domineers
-
verb (used with or without object),
to rule arbitrarily or despotically; tyrannize.
- dominates
-
verb (used with object),
to rule over; govern; control.
- remigrant
-
noun,
a person or thing that returns.
- ammocetes
-
noun,
the larval stage of a lamprey.
- dominance
-
noun,
rule; control; authority; ascendancy.
- ergometer
-
noun,
a device designed to measure muscle power.
- entremets
-
noun,
a dish or dishes served at dinner between the principal courses or with the roast or other main course; side dish.
- reinstate
-
verb (used with object),
to put back or establish again, as in a former position or state:
- reiterant
-
adjective,
reiterating or repeating, especially to an intensified degree:
- regreeted
-
- reiterate
-
verb (used with object),
to say or do again or repeatedly; repeat, often excessively.
- remainder
-
noun,
something that remains or is left:
- regreased
-
- amidogens
-
noun,
(formerly) the −NH 2 group.
- erigerons
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Erigeron, having flower heads resembling those of the asters but with narrower and usually more numerous white or purple rays.
- amendment
-
noun,
the act of amending or the state of being amended.
- entrecote
-
noun,
a steak sliced from between the ribs of a rib roast cut.
- remanence
-
noun,
the magnetic flux that remains in a magnetic circuit after an applied magnetomotive force has been removed.
- entrances
-
noun,
an act of entering, as into a place or upon new duties.
- Ergotrate
-
- regiments
-
noun,
Military. a unit of ground forces, consisting of two or more battalions or battle groups, a headquarters unit, and certain supporting units.
- dosimeter
-
noun,
a device carried on the person for measuring the quantity of ionizing radiation, as gamma rays, to which one has been exposed.
- dominants
-
noun,
Genetics.
the one of a pair of alternative alleles that masks the effect of the other when both are present in the same cell or organism.
the trait or character determined by such an allele. Compare recessive (defs 4, 5).
- estaminet
-
noun,
a bistro or small café.
- tree-toad
-
noun,
tree frog.
- recommits
-
verb (used with object),
to commit again.
- recreants
-
noun,
a coward.
- rencontre
-
noun,
rencounter.
- agrements
-
noun,
Music. ornament (def 9).
- recordist
-
noun,
Also called sound recordist. Movies. the person in charge of sound recording on a film set.
Compare mixer.
- recording
-
noun,
the act or practice of a person or thing that records.
- recondite
-
adjective,
dealing with very profound, difficult, or abstruse subject matter:
- rendering
-
noun,
an act or instance of interpretation, rendition, or depiction, as of a dramatic part or a musical composition:
- renascent
-
adjective,
being reborn; springing again into being or vigor:
- agreement
-
noun,
the act of agreeing or of coming to a mutual arrangement.
- recension
-
noun,
an editorial revision of a literary work, especially on the basis of critical examination of the text and the sources used.
- etceteras
-
noun,
a number of other things or persons unspecified.
- ternaries
-
noun,
a group of three.
- anorectic
-
noun,
an anorectic substance, as a drug; anorexiant.
- trematode
-
noun,
any parasitic platyhelminth or flatworm of the class Trematoda, having one or more external suckers; fluke.
- targeteer
-
noun,
a soldier armed with a sword and buckler.
- strongman
-
noun,
a person who performs remarkable feats of strength, as in a circus.
- re-create
-
verb (used with object),
to create anew.
- redirects
-
adjective,
Law. pertaining to the examination of a witness by the party calling him or her, after cross-examination.
- aigrettes
-
noun,
a plume or tuft of feathers, especially the back plume of any of various herons, arranged as a head ornament.
- Remington
-
noun,
Eliphalet [ih-lif-uh-lit] /ɪˈlɪf ə lɪt/ (Show IPA), 1793–1861, U.S. arms manufacturer.
- redingote
-
noun,
a dress or lightweight coat, usually belted, open along the entire front to reveal a dress or petticoat worn underneath it.
- androgens
-
noun,
any substance, as testosterone or androsterone, that promotes male characteristics.
- airdromes
-
noun,
a landing field for airplanes that has extensive buildings, equipment, shelters, etc.; airport.
- redeeming
-
adjective,
offsetting or counterbalancing some fault, defect, or the like:
- remitters
-
noun,
Law.
the principle or operation by which a person who enters on an estate by a defective title, and who previously had an earlier and more valid title to it, is adjudged to hold it by the earlier and more valid one.
the act of remitting a case to another court for decision.
- anecdotic
-
adjective,
anecdotal.
- dogmatist
-
noun,
a person who asserts his or her opinions in an unduly positive or arrogant manner; a dogmatic person.
- recrement
-
noun,
Physiology. a secretion, as saliva, that is reabsorbed by the body.
- dogmatics
-
noun,
the study of the arrangement and statement of religious doctrines, especially of the doctrines received in and taught by the Christian church.
- remontant
-
noun,
a remontant rose.
- rectories
-
noun,
a rector's house; parsonage.
- estranged
-
adjective,
displaying or evincing a feeling of alienation; alienated.
- rectorate
-
noun,
the office, dignity, or term of a rector.
- entertain
-
verb (used with object),
to hold the attention of pleasantly or agreeably; divert; amuse.
- Rotterdam
-
noun,
a seaport in SW Netherlands.
- endangers
-
verb (used with object),
to expose to danger; imperil:
- reindeers
-
noun,
any of several large deer of the genus Rangifer, of northern and arctic regions of Europe, Asia, and North America, both male and female of which have antlers.
- tradesmen
-
noun,
a person engaged in trade.
- octameter
-
adjective,
consisting of eight measures or feet.
- traceried
-
adjective,
ornamented or decorated with tracery.
- geometric
-
adjective,
of or relating to geometry or to the principles of geometry.
- nominates
-
adjective,
having a particular name.
- enactment
-
noun,
the act of enacting.
- Germanist
-
noun,
a specialist in the study of German culture, literature, or linguistics.
- dermatome
-
noun,
Anatomy. an area of skin that is supplied with the nerve fibers of a single, posterior, spinal root.
- emergents
-
noun,
Ecology. an aquatic plant having its stem, leaves, etc., extending above the surface of the water.
- desecrate
-
verb (used with object),
to divest of sacred or hallowed character or office.
- screaming
-
noun,
the act or sound of a person or thing that screams.
- designate
-
adjective,
named or selected for an office, position, etc., but not yet installed (often used in combination following the noun it modifies):
- Rosemarie
-
noun,
a female given name.
- germinant
-
adjective,
beginning to grow or develop; germinating.
- teenagers
-
noun,
a person in his or her teens.
- road-test
-
noun,
a check of an automobile's performance in actual operation on the road.
- geostatic
-
adjective,
of or relating to pressure exerted by the weight of overlying rock.
- astringer
-
noun,
a person who trains and flies short-winged hawks, as the goshawk.
- ectomeres
-
noun,
any of the blastomeres that participate in the development of the ectoderm.
- detention
-
noun,
the act of detaining.
- seed-corn
-
noun,
ears or kernels of corn set apart as seed.
- seedeater
-
noun,
any of numerous small, tropical American finches, especially of the genus Sporophila.
- gentrices
-
noun,
gentility; high birth.
- detergent
-
noun,
any of a group of synthetic, organic, liquid or water-soluble cleaning agents that, unlike soap, are not prepared from fats and oils, are not inactivated by hard water, and have wetting-agent and emulsifying-agent properties.
- ectoderms
-
noun,
the outer germ layer in the embryo of a metazoan.
- scorecard
-
noun,
a card for keeping score of a sports contest and, especially in team sports, for identifying the players by name, number, and position.
- sea-otter
-
noun,
a marine otter, Enhydra lutris, of the shores of the northern Pacific, with a very valuable fur: now greatly reduced in number and rare in many areas.
- atonement
-
noun,
satisfaction or reparation for a wrong or injury; amends.
- nontarget
-
adjective,
not being the subject or goal of a particular action, program, maneuver, or the like; not designated for use, observation, attack, etc.
- atmometer
-
noun,
an instrument for measuring the rate at which water evaporates.
- accredits
-
verb (used with object),
to ascribe or attribute to (usually followed by with):
- geometers
-
noun,
geometrician.
- cadencies
-
noun,
cadence (defs 1–7).
- derogates
-
adjective,
Archaic. debased.
- Rommanies
-
noun,
Romany.
- accretion
-
noun,
an increase by natural growth or by gradual external addition; growth in size or extent.
- scrimmage
-
noun,
a rough or vigorous struggle.
- noncredit
-
adjective,
(of academic courses) carrying or conferring no official academic credit in a particular program or toward a particular degree or diploma.
- detainees
-
noun,
a person held in custody, especially for a political offense or for questioning.
- Rocinante
-
noun,
Rosinante.
- secretion
-
noun,
(in a cell or gland) the act or process of separating, elaborating, and releasing a substance that fulfills some function within the organism or undergoes excretion.
- edentates
-
noun,
an edentate mammal.
- detection
-
noun,
the act of detecting.
- Germanics
-
noun,
a branch of the Indo-European family of languages including German, Dutch, English, the Scandinavian languages, Afrikaans, Flemish, Frisian, and the extinct Gothic language.
- occidents
-
noun,
the Occident.
the West; the countries of Europe and America.
Western Hemisphere.
- screening
-
noun,
the act or work of a person who screens, as in ascertaining the character and competence of applicants, employees, etc.
- traceries
-
noun,
ornamental work consisting of ramified ribs, bars, or the like, as in the upper part of a Gothic window, in panels, screens, etc.
- tendances
-
noun,
attention; care; ministration, as to the sick.
- sea-green
-
noun,
a clear, light, bluish green.
- detainers
-
noun,
a writ for the further detention of a person already in custody.
- Germanism
-
noun,
a usage, idiom, or other feature that is characteristic of the German language.
- emittance
-
noun,
the total flux emitted per unit area.
- eminences
-
noun,
high station, rank, or repute:
- Oceanside
-
noun,
a city in SW California.
- according
-
noun,
proper relationship or proportion; harmony.
- tenancies
-
noun,
a holding, as of lands, by any kind of title; occupancy of land, a house, or the like, under a lease or on payment of rent; tenure.
- ointments
-
noun,
a soft, unctuous preparation, often medicated, for application to the skin; unguent.
- enceintes
-
noun,
a wall or enclosure, as of a fortified place.
- nose-ring
-
noun,
a ring inserted in the nose of an animal, to facilitate leading it.
- taconites
-
noun,
a low-grade iron ore, containing about 27 percent iron and 51 percent silica, found as a hard rock formation in the Lake Superior region.
- desertion
-
noun,
the act of deserting or the state of being deserted.
- gentisate
-
noun,
a salt or ester of gentisic acid.
- desiccant
-
noun,
a desiccant substance or agent.
- semanteme
-
noun,
one of the minimum elements of lexical meaning in a language.
- Orangeism
-
noun,
the principles and practices of the Orangemen.
- Orangemen
-
noun,
a member of a secret society formed in the north of Ireland in 1795, having as its object the maintenance and political ascendancy of Protestantism.
- Nestorian
-
noun,
one of a sect of followers of Nestorius who denied the hypostatic union and were represented as maintaining the existence of two distinct persons in Christ.
- gestation
-
noun,
the process, state, or period of gestating.
- strontian
-
noun,
strontianite.
- detonates
-
verb (used with object),
to cause (something explosive) to explode.
- on-stream
-
adverb,
in or into regular operation, especially as part of a system, assembly line, or the like:
- nescience
-
noun,
lack of knowledge; ignorance.
- encomiast
-
noun,
a person who utters or writes an encomium; eulogist.
- desiccate
-
verb (used with object),
to dry thoroughly; dry up.
- strongmen
-
noun,
a person who performs remarkable feats of strength, as in a circus.
- ordinance
-
noun,
an authoritative rule or law; a decree or command.
- encrimson
-
verb (used with object),
to make crimson.
- dentation
-
noun,
the state or form of being dentate.
- Rotameter
-
noun,
an instrument for measuring the rate of flow of a liquid, consisting of a tapered vertical tube in which a small float is forced upward until its weight balances the fluid force.
- ordinates
-
noun,
Mathematics. (in plane Cartesian coordinates) the y-coordinate of a point: its distance from the x-axis measured parallel to the y-axis.
- cancroids
-
noun,
Pathology. a form of cancer of the skin.
- detriment
-
noun,
loss, damage, disadvantage, or injury.
- accentors
-
noun,
any oscine bird of the family Prunellidae, of Europe and Asia, resembling sparrows but having more finely pointed bills, as the hedge sparrow.
- desinence
-
noun,
a termination or ending, as the final line of a verse.
- ascending
-
adjective,
moving upward; rising.
- transient
-
noun,
a person or thing that is transient, especially a temporary guest, boarder, laborer, or the like.
- deterrent
-
noun,
something that deters:
- geometrid
-
noun,
a geometrid moth.
- omnirange
-
noun,
a radio navigational aid in which stations emit distinctive signals on each of 360 degrees, giving the bearing of each degree with reference to magnetic north.
- cairngorm
-
noun,
smoky quartz.
- nitrogens
-
noun,
a colorless, odorless, gaseous element that constitutes about four-fifths of the volume of the atmosphere and is present in combined form in animal and vegetable tissues, especially in proteins: used chiefly in the manufacture of ammonia, nitric acid, cyanide, explosives, fertilizer, dyes, as a cooling agent, etc. Symbol: N; atomic weight: 14.0067; atomic number: 7; density: 1.2506 g/l at 0°C and 760 mm pressure.
- scattered
-
noun,
the act of scattering.
- transcend
-
verb (used with object),
to rise above or go beyond; overpass; exceed:
- tragedies
-
noun,
a lamentable, dreadful, or fatal event or affair; calamity; disaster:
- germinate
-
verb (used with object),
to cause to develop; produce.
- determine
-
verb (used with object),
to settle or decide (a dispute, question, etc.) by an authoritative or conclusive decision.
- one-acter
-
noun,
a short play consisting of one act.
- emergence
-
noun,
the act or process of emerging.
- emigrates
-
verb (used without object),
to leave one country or region to settle in another; migrate:
- roentgens
-
noun,
Wilhelm Konrad [wil-helm kon-rad;; German vil-helm kawn-raht] /ˈwɪl hɛlm ˈkɒn ræd;; German ˈvɪl hɛlm ˈkɔn rɑt/ (Show IPA), 1845–1923, German physicist: discoverer of x-rays 1895; Nobel prize 1901.
- emendates
-
verb (used with object),
to emend (a text).
- emeerates
-
noun,
emirate (defs 1, 2).
- Germiston
-
noun,
a city in S Transvaal, in the NE Republic of South Africa.
- accidents
-
noun,
an undesirable or unfortunate happening that occurs unintentionally and usually results in harm, injury, damage, or loss; casualty; mishap:
- attending
-
adjective,
having primary responsibility for a patient.
- tetracene
-
noun,
naphthacene.
- desmoneme
-
- tractions
-
noun,
the adhesive friction of a body on some surface, as a wheel on a rail or a tire on a road.
- Rosinante
-
noun,
the old, worn horse of Don Quixote.
- germander
-
noun,
any of several plants or shrubs belonging to the genus Teucrium, of the mint family, as T. chamaedrys, of Europe, and T. canadense, of eastern North America.
- emetines
-
noun,
a crystalline or white powdery substance, C 29 H 40 N 2 O 4 , the active principle of ipecac: used chiefly in the treatment of amebic dysentery and as an emetic and expectorant.
- mannered
-
adjective,
having manners as specified (usually used in combination):
- introrse
-
adjective,
turned or facing inward, as anthers that open toward the gynoecium.
- emersion
-
noun,
Also called egress. Astronomy. the emergence of a heavenly body from an eclipse, an occultation, or a transit.
Compare immersion (def 5).
- creamers
-
noun,
a person or thing that creams.
- creatine
-
noun,
an amino acid, C 4 H 9 N 3 O 2 , that is a constituent of the muscles of vertebrates and is phosphorylated to store energy used for muscular contraction.
- dragnets
-
noun,
a net to be drawn along the bottom of a river, pond, etc., or along the ground, to catch fish, small game, etc.
- endanger
-
verb (used with object),
to expose to danger; imperil:
- mannites
-
noun,
mannitol.
- cremates
-
verb (used with object),
to reduce (a dead body) to ashes by fire, especially as a funeral rite.
- tea-tree
-
noun,
a tall shrub or small tree, Leptospermum scoparium, of the myrtle family, native to New Zealand and Australia, having silky foliage when young, and bell-shaped, white flowers: often planted to prevent beach erosion.
- sonarmen
-
noun,
a petty officer who operates and maintains sonar.
- margents
-
noun,
margin.
- emeerate
-
noun,
emirate (defs 1, 2).
- entreats
-
verb (used with object),
to ask (a person) earnestly; beseech; implore; beg:
- entrants
-
noun,
a competitor in a contest.
- egestion
-
noun,
the process of egesting; the voiding of the refuse of digestion.
- intonate
-
verb (used with object),
to utter with a particular tone or modulation of voice.
- entrance
-
noun,
an act of entering, as into a place or upon new duties.
- emendate
-
verb (used with object),
to emend (a text).
- entrains
-
verb (used with object),
to put aboard a train.
- cordages
-
noun,
fiber and wire ropes, lines, hawsers, etc., taken as a whole, especially with reference to the rigging and other equipment of a vessel.
- cremator
-
noun,
a person who cremates.
- cremains
-
plural noun,
the ashes of a cremated corpse.
- Draconic
-
adjective,
of or like a dragon.
- cordings
-
noun,
cord covered with yarns or fabric, used decoratively.
- intorted
-
adjective,
twisted inwardly about an axis or fixed point; curled; wound:
- intrados
-
noun,
the interior curve or surface of an arch or vault.
- intranet
-
noun,
a computer network with restricted access, as within a company, that uses software and protocols developed for the Internet.
- tiresome
-
adjective,
causing or liable to cause a person to tire; wearisome:
- emergent
-
noun,
Ecology. an aquatic plant having its stem, leaves, etc., extending above the surface of the water.
- intrans.
-
- intrants
-
noun,
a person who enters (a college, association, etc.); entrant.
- creditor
-
noun,
a person or firm to whom money is due (opposed to debtor).
- tendance
-
noun,
attention; care; ministration, as to the sick.
- intreats
-
verb (used with or without object),
entreat.
- entoderm
-
noun,
endoderm.
- credence
-
noun,
belief as to the truth of something:
- Creation
-
noun,
the act of producing or causing to exist; the act of creating; engendering.
- cordites
-
noun,
a smokeless, slow-burning powder composed of 30 to 58 percent nitroglycerin, 37 to 65 percent cellulose nitrate, and 5 to 6 percent mineral jelly.
- dramming
-
- dragomen
-
noun,
(in the Near East) a professional interpreter.
- cornices
-
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.
- enations
-
noun,
a small outgrowth of plant tissue, usually on a leaf, caused by virus infection.
- Crescent
-
noun,
a shape resembling a segment of a ring tapering to points at the ends.
- cosmetic
-
noun,
a powder, lotion, lipstick, rouge, or other preparation for beautifying the face, skin, hair, nails, etc.
- endnotes
-
noun,
a note, as of explanation, emendation, or the like, added at the end of an article, chapter, etc.
- endocast
-
noun,
endocranial cast.
- Magritte
-
noun,
René [French ruh-ney] /French rəˈneɪ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1967, Belgian painter.
- enargite
-
noun,
a mineral, copper arsenic and sulfide, Cu 3 AsS 4 , occurring in the form of black orthorhombic crystals having perfect cleavage: an important source of copper.
- ecstatic
-
noun,
a person subject to fits of ecstasy:
- cosecant
-
noun,
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the hypotenuse to the side opposite a given angle.
- tentages
-
noun,
tents collectively; equipment or supply of tents.
- ectoderm
-
noun,
the outer germ layer in the embryo of a metazoan.
- MacNeice
-
noun,
Louis, 1907–63, British poet, born in Northern Ireland.
- tentoria
-
noun,
Anatomy. an extension of one of the membranes covering the cerebrum which, with the transverse fissure, separates the cerebrum from the cerebellum.
- endorsee
-
noun,
a person to whom a negotiable document is endorsed.
- teosinte
-
noun,
a tall grass, Zea mexicana, of Mexico and Central America, closely related to corn, and sometimes cultivated as a fodder plant.
- ectomere
-
noun,
any of the blastomeres that participate in the development of the ectoderm.
- endosarc
-
noun,
the endoplasm of a protozoan (opposed to ectosarc).
- cosigner
-
noun,
a cosignatory.
- ecocides
-
noun,
the destruction of large areas of the natural environment by such activity as nuclear warfare, overexploitation of resources, or dumping of harmful chemicals.
- energies
-
noun,
the capacity for vigorous activity; available power:
- easement
-
noun,
Law. a right held by one property owner to make use of the land of another for a limited purpose, as right of passage.
- eateries
-
noun,
a restaurant or other commercial establishment serving food.
- magneto-
-
- Corrigan
-
noun,
Mairead [muh-reyd] /məˈreɪd/ (Show IPA), born 1944, Northern Irish peace activist: Nobel Peace Prize 1976.
- magneton
-
noun,
a unit of magnetic moment, used in measuring the magnetic moment of atomic and subatomic particles.
- corridas
-
noun,
a bullfight.
- east-end
-
noun,
a section of E London, England.
- corteges
-
noun,
a procession, especially a ceremonial one:
- tenorite
-
noun,
a mineral, cupric oxide, CuO, occurring in veins of copper in black, minute scales.
- corrects
-
adjective,
conforming to fact or truth; free from error; accurate:
- enceinte
-
noun,
a wall or enclosure, as of a fortified place.
- magnetic
-
adjective,
of or relating to a magnet or magnetism.
- Endecott
-
noun,
John, 1588?–1665, colonial governor of Massachusetts 1644–65, born in England.
- endemics
-
noun,
an endemic disease.
- magnetos
-
noun,
a small electric generator with an armature that rotates in a magnetic field provided by permanent magnets, as a generator supplying ignition current for certain types of internal combustion engines or a hand-operated generator for telephone signaling.
- earnings
-
noun,
money earned; wages; profits.
- madrones
-
noun,
any of several evergreen trees belonging to the genus Arbutus, of the heath family, especially A. menziesii (Pacific madrone) of western North America, having red, flaky bark and bearing edible reddish berries.
- endermic
-
adjective,
acting through the skin, as a medicine, by absorption.
- corrades
-
verb (used with object),
to wear down by corrasion; abrade.
- ectosarc
-
noun,
the ectoplasm of a protozoan (opposed to endosarc).
- energism
-
noun,
the theory that self-realization is the highest good.
- emigrant
-
noun,
a person who emigrates, as from his or her native country or region:
Synonyms: émigré, expatriate.
- dragster
-
noun,
an automobile designed and built specifically for drag racing, especially on a ¼-mi. (402-meter) or ⅛-mi. (201-meter) drag strip.
- crannies
-
noun,
a small, narrow opening in a wall, rock, etc.; chink; crevice; fissure:
- emirates
-
noun,
the office or rank of an emir.
- ensconce
-
verb (used with object),
to settle securely or snugly:
- Edgerton
-
noun,
Harold Eugene ("Doc") 1903–90, U.S. electrical engineer and photographer.
- tenorist
-
noun,
a person who sings tenor.
- Terceira
-
noun,
an island in the Azores, in the N Atlantic. 153 sq. mi. (395 sq. km). Capital: Angra do Heroismo.
- ententes
-
noun,
an arrangement or understanding between two or more nations agreeing to follow a particular policy with regard to affairs of international concern.
- Mandingo
-
noun,
a member of any of a number of peoples forming an extensive linguistic group in western Africa.
- crannied
-
adjective,
having or full of crannies.
- Eminence
-
noun,
high station, rank, or repute:
- crannogs
-
noun,
(in ancient Ireland and Scotland) a lake dwelling, usually built on an artificial island.
- Titograd
-
noun,
former name (1945–92) of Podgorica.
- Cranston
-
noun,
a city in E Rhode Island, near Providence.
- dragonet
-
noun,
any fish of the genus Callionymus, the species of which are small and usually brightly colored.
- iron-man
-
noun,
a person, as a worker or athlete, of great physical endurance who can be depended upon to perform a given task or job tirelessly.
- steading
-
noun,
a farm, especially its buildings.
- emigrate
-
verb (used without object),
to leave one country or region to settle in another; migrate:
- tenement
-
noun,
Also called tenement house. a run-down and often overcrowded apartment house, especially in a poor section of a large city.
- teratoid
-
adjective,
resembling a monster.
- stand-in
-
noun,
a substitute for a motion-picture star during the preparation of lighting, cameras, etc., or in dangerous scenes.
- Standing
-
noun,
rank or status, especially with respect to social, economic, or personal position, reputation, etc.:
- cotenant
-
noun,
a joint tenant.
- Engadine
-
noun,
the valley of the Inn River in E Switzerland: resorts. 60 miles (97 km) long.
- engender
-
verb (used with object),
to produce, cause, or give rise to:
- iterates
-
verb (used with object),
to utter again or repeatedly.
- iterance
-
noun,
iteration.
- cottager
-
noun,
a person who lives in a cottage.
- teenager
-
noun,
a person in his or her teens.
- cottages
-
noun,
a small house, usually of only one story.
- engineer
-
noun,
a person trained and skilled in the design, construction, and use of engines or machines, or in any of various branches of engineering:
- dreamers
-
noun,
a person who dreams.
- emitters
-
noun,
a person or thing that emits.
- stannite
-
noun,
a mineral, iron-black to steel-gray in color, with a metallic luster, copper iron tin sulfide, Cu 2 FeSnS 4 : an ore of tin.
- cragsmen
-
noun,
a person accustomed to or skilled in climbing crags.
- teratism
-
noun,
love or worship of the monstrous.
- engrains
-
verb (used with object), adjective,
ingrain (defs 1, 2).
- edentate
-
noun,
an edentate mammal.
- cornered
-
noun,
the place at which two converging lines or surfaces meet.
- tectonic
-
adjective,
of or relating to building or construction; constructive; architectural.
- Endicott
-
noun,
John, Endecott, John.
- dogcarts
-
noun,
a light, two-wheeled, horse-drawn vehicle for ordinary driving, with two transverse seats back to back, and originally having a box under the rear seat for carrying a dog.
- teatimes
-
noun,
the time at which tea is served or taken, usually in the late afternoon.
- decorate
-
verb (used with object),
to furnish or adorn with something ornamental or becoming; embellish:
- decimate
-
verb (used with object),
to destroy a great number or proportion of:
- genocide
-
noun,
the deliberate and systematic extermination of a national, racial, political, or cultural group.
- grecians
-
noun,
a Greek.
- diameter
-
noun,
Geometry.
a straight line passing through the center of a circle or sphere and meeting the circumference or surface at each end.
a straight line passing from side to side of any figure or body, through its center.
- diagnose
-
verb (used with object),
to determine the identity of (a disease, illness, etc.) by a medical examination:
- tetanies
-
noun,
a state marked by severe, intermittent tonic contractions and muscular pain, due to abnormal calcium metabolism.
- Genseric
-
noun,
a.d. c390–477, king of the Vandals, conqueror in northern Africa and Italy.
- tactions
-
noun,
touch; contact.
- detrains
-
verb (used without object),
to alight from a railway train; arrive by train.
- greatens
-
verb (used with object),
to make greater; enlarge; increase.
- detracts
-
verb (used with object),
to draw away or divert; distract:
- diatreme
-
noun,
a volcanic vent produced in a solid rock structure by the explosive energy of gases in magmas.
- decrease
-
noun,
the act or process of decreasing; condition of being decreased; gradual reduction:
- gentians
-
noun,
any of several plants of the genera Gentiana, Gentianella, and Gentianopsis, having usually blue, or sometimes yellow, white, or red, flowers, as the fringed gentian of North America, or Gentiana lutea, of Europe.
Compare gentian family.
- grattoir
-
noun,
a flaked stone implement, usually Upper Paleolithic, retouched at the end and used probably for working wood or cleaning hides; scraper.
- detonate
-
verb (used with object),
to cause (something explosive) to explode.
- decresc.
-
- Grasmere
-
noun,
a lake in Westmoreland, in NW England. 1 mile (1.6 km) long.
- strained
-
noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- deemster
-
noun,
a judge of the Isle of Man.
- tetrodes
-
noun,
a vacuum tube containing four electrodes, usually a plate, two grids, and a cathode.
- gentrice
-
noun,
gentility; high birth.
- grantors
-
noun,
a person or organization that makes a grant.
- genitors
-
noun,
a parent, especially a father.
- Dicentra
-
noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Dicentra, of the fumitory family, having long clusters of drooping flowers, as the Dutchman's-breeches or the bleeding heart.
- grannies
-
noun,
Informal. a grandmother.
- digester
-
noun,
a person or thing that digests.
- grinders
-
noun,
a person or thing that grinds.
- grimaces
-
noun,
a facial expression, often ugly or contorted, that indicates disapproval, pain, etc.
- Storting
-
noun,
the parliament of Norway, elected by popular vote, which is divided into the upper house (Lagting) comprising one quarter of the members, and the lower house (Odelsting) comprising the rest.
- decanter
-
noun,
a vessel, usually an ornamental glass bottle, for holding and serving wine, brandy, or the like.
- tagmemes
-
noun,
the basic unit of grammatical analysis in tagmemics, consisting of a correlation between a grammatical function and the class of items that can occur in that function.
Compare filler (def 9), slot1 (def 3).
- dimeters
-
noun,
a verse or line of two measures or feet, as He is gone on the mountain,/He is lost to the forest.
- geminate
-
noun,
Phonetics. a doubled consonant sound.
- gemmates
-
adjective,
having buds; increasing by budding.
- decating
-
noun,
a finishing process for making fabric more lustrous, for improving the tactile quality of the nap, and for setting the material to reduce shrinkage.
- gemstone
-
noun,
a precious or semiprecious stone that can be cut and polished for use as a gem.
- digestor
-
noun,
digester (def 2).
- gendarme
-
noun,
a police officer in any of several European countries, especially a French police officer.
- decigram
-
noun,
a unit of mass or weight equal to 1/10 (0.1) gram (1.543 grains). Abbreviation: dg.
- tertians
-
noun,
Pathology. a tertian fever.
- generate
-
verb (used with object),
to bring into existence; cause to be; produce.
- decennia
-
noun,
a period of ten years; a decade.
- decenter
-
verb (used with object),
to put out of center.
- die-cast
-
adjective,
formed by die casting.
- dictator
-
noun,
a person exercising absolute power, especially a ruler who has absolute, unrestricted control in a government without hereditary succession.
- decentre
-
verb (used with object),
decenter.
- dictates
-
noun,
an authoritative order or command.
- generics
-
noun,
a generic term.
- genetics
-
noun,
Biology. the science of heredity, dealing with resemblances and differences of related organisms resulting from the interaction of their genes and the environment.
- deciares
-
noun,
a unit of surface measure equal to one-tenth of an are, or 10 square meters: equivalent to 11.96 square yards.
- grantees
-
noun,
the receiver of a grant.
- granites
-
noun,
a coarse-grained igneous rock composed chiefly of orthoclase and albite feldspars and of quartz, usually with lesser amounts of one or more other minerals, as mica, hornblende, or augite.
- decagons
-
noun,
a polygon having ten angles and ten sides.
- germano-
-
- designee
-
noun,
a person selected or designated to carry out a duty or role:
- demoniac
-
noun,
a person seemingly possessed by a demon or evil spirit.
- Germaine
-
noun,
a female given name.
- demonian
-
adjective,
demoniac (def 1).
- demonism
-
noun,
belief in demons.
- derogate
-
adjective,
Archaic. debased.
- Germanic
-
noun,
a branch of the Indo-European family of languages including German, Dutch, English, the Scandinavian languages, Afrikaans, Flemish, Frisian, and the extinct Gothic language.
- streamer
-
noun,
something that streams:
- demotics
-
noun,
demotic script.
- dermato-
-
- Streator
-
noun,
a city in N Illinois.
- striated
-
adjective,
marked with striae; furrowed; striped; streaked.
- Democrat
-
noun,
an advocate of democracy.
- deringer
-
noun,
derringer.
- strident
-
adjective,
making or having a harsh sound; grating; creaking:
- gitterns
-
noun,
cittern.
- stringed
-
noun,
a slender cord or thick thread used for binding or tying; line.
- deration
-
verb (used with object),
to discontinue the rationing of (something).
- deranges
-
verb (used with object),
to throw into disorder; disarrange.
- tetracid
-
noun,
a base or alcohol containing four hydroxyl groups.
- gerontic
-
adjective,
geriatric.
- Taconite
-
noun,
a low-grade iron ore, containing about 27 percent iron and 51 percent silica, found as a hard rock formation in the Lake Superior region.
- Stringer
-
noun,
a person or thing that strings.
- strontia
-
noun,
Also called strontium oxide. a white or grayish-white, amorphous powder, SrO, resembling lime in its general character: used chiefly in the manufacture of strontium salts.
- designer
-
noun,
a person who devises or executes designs, especially one who creates forms, structures, and patterns, as for works of art or machines.
- demi-sec
-
adjective,
(of wines) semidry; sweeter than sec but drier than doux.
- deterges
-
verb (used with object),
to wipe or wash away; cleanse.
- tetragon
-
noun,
a polygon having four angles or sides; a quadrangle or quadrilateral.
- grandson
-
noun,
a son of one's son or daughter.
- gentries
-
noun,
wellborn and well-bred people.
- detentes
-
noun,
a relaxing of tension, especially between nations, as by negotiations or agreements.
- geodesic
-
noun,
geodesic line.
- degrease
-
verb (used with object),
to remove grease, oil, or the like, from, especially by treating with a chemical.
- geodetic
-
adjective,
pertaining to geodesy.
- tetramer
-
noun,
a molecule composed of four identical, simpler molecules.
- detector
-
noun,
a person or thing that detects.
- grandees
-
noun,
a man of high social position or eminence, especially a Spanish or Portuguese nobleman.
- strainer
-
noun,
a person or thing that strains.
- grammies
-
noun,
one of a group of statuettes awarded annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences for outstanding achievement in various categories in the recording industry.
- detainer
-
noun,
a writ for the further detention of a person already in custody.
- Stranger
-
noun,
a person with whom one has had no personal acquaintance:
- demeanor
-
noun,
conduct; behavior; deportment.
- detainee
-
noun,
a person held in custody, especially for a political offense or for questioning.
- geometer
-
noun,
geometrician.
- destrier
-
noun,
a war-horse; charger.
- dementia
-
noun,
severe impairment or loss of intellectual capacity and personality integration, due to the loss of or damage to neurons in the brain.
- dementis
-
noun,
an official denial by a government of actions, aims, etc., ascribed to it.
- gradient
-
noun,
the degree of inclination, or the rate of ascent or descent, in a highway, railroad, etc.
- straiten
-
verb (used with object),
to put into difficulties, especially financial ones:
- gormands
-
noun,
gourmand.
- demetons
-
noun,
either of two pale-yellow, highly toxic chemicals, C 6 H 15 O 3 PS 2 or C 6 H 15 O 4 PS 2, used as systemic insecticides, lethal to insects feeding on the treated plant or animal.
- Desterro
-
noun,
former name of Florianópolis.
- terrines
-
noun,
a casserole dish made of pottery.
- grisette
-
noun,
a young French workingwoman.
- dormient
-
adjective,
sleeping; dormant.
- instance
-
noun,
a case or occurrence of anything:
- interact
-
verb (used without object),
to act one upon another.
- domestic
-
noun,
a hired household servant.
- Estienne
-
noun,
Also, Étienne. a family of French printers, book dealers, and scholars, including especially Henri [ahn-ree] /ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA) died 1520; his son, Robert [raw-ber] /rɔˈbɛr/ (Show IPA) 1503?–59; Henri, (son of Robert), 1531?–98.
- estimate
-
noun,
an approximate judgment or calculation, as of the value, amount, time, size, or weight of something.
- Estonian
-
noun,
a member of a Finnish people inhabiting Estonia, Livonia, and other districts of Russia.
- crosette
-
noun,
crossette.
- estragon
-
noun,
tarragon.
- estrange
-
verb (used with object),
to turn away in feeling or affection; make unfriendly or hostile; alienate the affections of:
- dog-star
-
noun,
the bright star Sirius, in Canis Major.
- dogmatic
-
adjective,
relating to or of the nature of a dogma or dogmas or any strong set of principles concerning faith, morals, etc., as those laid down by a church; doctrinal:
- estrogen
-
noun,
any of several major female sex hormones produced primarily by the ovarian follicles of female mammals, capable of inducing estrus, developing and maintaining secondary female sex characteristics, and preparing the uterus for the reception of a fertilized egg: used, especially in synthetic form, as a component of oral contraceptives, in certain cancer treatments, and in other therapies.
- dominate
-
verb (used with object),
to rule over; govern; control.
- termites
-
noun,
any of numerous pale-colored, soft-bodied, chiefly tropical social insects, of the order Isoptera, that feed on wood, some being highly destructive to buildings, furniture, etc.
- tinstone
-
noun,
cassiterite.
- inserted
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- steerage
-
noun,
a part or division of a ship, formerly the part containing the steering apparatus.
- ingrates
-
noun,
an ungrateful person.
- etageres
-
noun,
a stand with a series of open shelves for small objects, bric-a-brac, etc.
- steering
-
noun,
the discriminatory practice by a real estate agent of maneuvering a client from a minority group away from considering a home in a white neighborhood.
- etamines
-
noun,
a lightweight cotton or worsted fabric constructed in plain weave and loosely woven.
- doctrine
-
noun,
a particular principle, position, or policy taught or advocated, as of a religion or government:
- etcetera
-
noun,
a number of other things or persons unspecified.
- Docetism
-
noun,
an early Christian doctrine that the sufferings of Christ were apparent and not real and that after the crucifixion he appeared in a spiritual body.
- dominant
-
noun,
Genetics.
the one of a pair of alternative alleles that masks the effect of the other when both are present in the same cell or organism.
the trait or character determined by such an allele. Compare recessive (defs 4, 5).
- domineer
-
verb (used with or without object),
to rule arbitrarily or despotically; tyrannize.
- demerits
-
noun,
a mark against a person for misconduct or deficiency:
- crimmers
-
noun,
krimmer.
- cresting
-
noun,
Architecture. a decorative coping, balustrade, etc., usually designed to give an interesting skyline.
- erection
-
noun,
the act of erecting.
- eremites
-
noun,
a hermit or recluse, especially one under a religious vow.
- Teresian
-
noun,
a member of the reformed order of barefooted Carmelites, founded in Spain in 1562.
- cretonne
-
noun,
a heavy cotton material in colorfully printed designs, used especially for drapery and slipcovers.
- do-re-mi
-
noun,
money.
- internet
-
noun,
a vast computer network linking smaller computer networks worldwide (usually preceded by the). The Internet includes commercial, educational, governmental, and other networks, all of which use the same set of communications protocols.
- Teresina
-
noun,
a port in NE Brazil, on the Parnahiba River.
- internes
-
noun, verb (used without object),
intern2 .
- ergotism
-
noun,
a condition caused by eating rye or some other grain that is infected with ergot fungus or by taking an overdose of a medicine containing ergot, characterized by cramps, spasms, and a form of gangrene.
- internee
-
noun,
a person who is or has been interned, as a prisoner of war.
- tea-rose
-
noun,
any of several cultivated varieties of roses having a scent resembling that of tea.
- croceins
-
noun,
any of several acid azo dyes producing orange or scarlet colors.
- Erigeron
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Erigeron, having flower heads resembling those of the asters but with narrower and usually more numerous white or purple rays.
- teamster
-
noun,
a person who drives a team or a truck for hauling, especially as an occupation.
- interest
-
noun,
the feeling of a person whose attention, concern, or curiosity is particularly engaged by something:
- cristate
-
adjective,
having a crest; crested.
- tergites
-
noun,
the dorsal sclerite of an abdominal segment of an insect.
- intercom
-
noun,
an intercommunication system.
- erratics
-
noun,
an erratic or eccentric person.
- critters
-
noun,
a domesticated animal.
- Donatist
-
noun,
a member of a Christian sect that developed in northern Africa in a.d. 311 and maintained that it alone constituted the whole and only true church and that baptisms and ordinations of the orthodox clergy were invalid.
- escargot
-
noun,
an edible snail.
- esoteric
-
adjective,
understood by or meant for only the select few who have special knowledge or interest; recondite:
- inerrant
-
adjective,
free from error; infallible.
- indecent
-
adjective,
offending against generally accepted standards of propriety or good taste; improper; vulgar:
- tagmemic
-
adjective,
of or relating to tagmemes.
- darnings
-
noun,
the act of a person or thing that darns.
- disagree
-
verb (used without object),
to fail to agree; differ:
- Gardners
-
noun,
Erle Stanley [url] /ɜrl/ (Show IPA), 1889–1970, U.S. writer of detective stories.
- director
-
noun,
a person or thing that directs.
- terranes
-
noun,
any rock formation or series of formations or the area in which a particular formation or group of rocks is predominant.
- Terrence
-
noun,
a male given name.
- garottes
-
noun,
a method of capital punishment of Spanish origin in which an iron collar is tightened around a condemned person's neck until death occurs by strangulation or by injury to the spinal column at the base of the brain.
- idocrase
-
noun,
vesuvianite.
- Diogenes
-
noun,
412?–323 b.c, Greek Cynic philosopher.
- ideogram
-
noun,
a written symbol that represents an idea or object directly rather than a particular word or speech sound, as a Chinese character.
- sterigma
-
noun,
a small stalk that bears a sporangium, a conidium, or especially a basidiospore.
- diocesan
-
noun,
one of the clergy or people of a diocese.
- Garrison
-
noun,
a body of troops stationed in a fortified place.
- Gardener
-
noun,
a person who is employed to cultivate or care for a garden, lawn, etc.
- sternite
-
noun,
a sclerite of the sternum of an insect, especially a ventral sclerite of an abdominal segment.
- terrenes
-
noun,
the earth.
- garrotes
-
noun,
a method of capital punishment of Spanish origin in which an iron collar is tightened around a condemned person's neck until death occurs by strangulation or by injury to the spinal column at the base of the brain.
- garrotte
-
noun,
a method of capital punishment of Spanish origin in which an iron collar is tightened around a condemned person's neck until death occurs by strangulation or by injury to the spinal column at the base of the brain.
- stoating
-
noun,
the process or technique of finishing a facing, collar, or the like, or of mending material with concealed stitching.
- stomatic
-
adjective,
pertaining to the mouth.
- stonecat
-
noun,
a yellowish-brown, freshwater catfish, Noturus flavus, of the Mississippi River valley and Great Lakes, having poisonous pectoral spines.
- Stoneman
-
noun,
a stonecutter or stoneworker.
- stonemen
-
noun,
a stonecutter or stoneworker.
- dinettes
-
noun,
a small space or alcove, often in or near the kitchen, serving as an informal dining area.
- grommets
-
noun,
Machinery.
any of various rings or eyelets of metal or the like.
an insulated washer of rubber or plastic, inserted in a hole in a metal part to prevent grounding of a wire passing through the hole.
- Gardiner
-
noun,
Samuel Rawson [raw-suh n] /ˈrɔ sən/ (Show IPA), 1829–1902, English historian.
- gantries
-
noun,
a framework spanning a railroad track or tracks for displaying signals.
- D-notice
-
noun,
a government notice sent to newspapers or other publications requesting them to withhold information for reasons of state security.
- incenter
-
noun,
the center of an inscribed circle; that point where the bisectors of the angles of a triangle or of a regular polygon intersect.
- Dniester
-
noun,
a river in the SW Russian Federation in Europe, flowing SE from the Carpathian Mountains to the Black Sea. About 875 miles (1410 km) long.
- ternions
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- gamesome
-
adjective,
playful; frolicsome.
- gamester
-
noun,
a gambler.
- Timorese
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Timor.
- increate
-
adjective,
not created; uncreated.
- gamodeme
-
- terraces
-
noun,
a raised level with a vertical or sloping front or sides faced with masonry, turf, or the like, especially one of a series of levels rising one above another.
- Increase
-
noun,
growth or augmentation in numbers, size, strength, quality, etc.:
- distract
-
adjective,
Obsolete. distracted.
- incomers
-
noun,
a person who comes in.
- Steinman
-
noun,
David Barnard, 1886–1960, U.S. civil engineer: specialist in bridge design and construction.
- ignorant
-
adjective,
lacking in knowledge or training; unlearned:
- distance
-
noun,
the extent or amount of space between two things, points, lines, etc.
- ganister
-
noun,
a highly refractory, siliceous rock used to line furnaces.
- immersed
-
adjective,
plunged or sunk in or as if in a liquid.
- disgrace
-
noun,
the loss of respect, honor, or esteem; ignominy; shame:
- dancette
-
noun,
an ornamental zigzag, as in a molding.
- immerges
-
verb (used with object),
Archaic. to immerse.
- timecard
-
noun,
a card for recording the time at which an employee arrives at and departs from a job.
- discrete
-
adjective,
apart or detached from others; separate; distinct:
- discreet
-
adjective,
judicious in one's conduct or speech, especially with regard to respecting privacy or maintaining silence about something of a delicate nature; prudent; circumspect.
- immerged
-
- immanent
-
adjective,
remaining within; indwelling; inherent.
- contrite
-
adjective,
caused by or showing sincere remorse.
- concedes
-
verb (used with object),
to acknowledge as true, just, or proper; admit:
- contrate
-
adjective,
(of a gear) having teeth at right angles to the plane of rotation.
- notaries
-
noun,
notary public.
- secretin
-
noun,
a polypeptide hormone, produced in the small intestine, that activates the pancreas to secrete pancreatic juice.
- traction
-
noun,
the adhesive friction of a body on some surface, as a wheel on a rail or a tire on a road.
- trade-in
-
noun,
goods given in whole or, usually, part payment of a purchase:
- traditor
-
noun,
an early Christian who betrayed other Christians at the time of the Roman persecutions.
- Norseman
-
noun,
Northman.
- norsemen
-
noun,
Northman.
- attendee
-
noun,
a person who is present at a specific time or place:
- cadences
-
noun,
rhythmic flow of a sequence of sounds or words:
- notecase
-
noun,
billfold.
- seadrome
-
noun,
a floating airdrome serving as an intermediate or emergency landing place for aircraft flying over water.
- Occident
-
noun,
the Occident.
the West; the countries of Europe and America.
Western Hemisphere.
- tragions
-
noun,
a point in the depth of the notch just above the tragus of the ear.
- trainers
-
noun,
a person or thing that trains.
- trainmen
-
noun,
a member of the crew that operates a railroad train, usually an assistant to the conductor, such as a brakeman or flagman.
- astringe
-
verb (used with object),
to compress; bind together; constrict.
- tracings
-
noun,
the act of a person or thing that traces.
- cadettes
-
noun,
(initial capital letter). Also called Cadette scout. a member of the Girl Scouts from 12 through 14 years of age.
- Scranton
-
noun,
William Warren, 1917–2011, U.S. politician.
- segreant
-
adjective,
(of a griffin) rampant.
- cancroid
-
noun,
Pathology. a form of cancer of the skin.
- cancrine
-
adjective,
reading the same backwards as forwards:
- semantic
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or arising from the different meanings of words or other symbols:
- totemism
-
noun,
the practice of having totems.
- nettings
-
noun,
any of various kinds of net fabric:
- seicento
-
noun,
the 17th century, with reference to the Italian art or literature of that period.
- nitrates
-
noun,
Chemistry. a salt or ester of nitric acid, or any compound containing the univalent group –ONO 2 or NO 3 .
- nonaries
-
noun,
a number in a nonary system.
- nitrogen
-
noun,
a colorless, odorless, gaseous element that constitutes about four-fifths of the volume of the atmosphere and is present in combined form in animal and vegetable tissues, especially in proteins: used chiefly in the manufacture of ammonia, nitric acid, cyanide, explosives, fertilizer, dyes, as a cooling agent, etc. Symbol: N; atomic weight: 14.0067; atomic number: 7; density: 1.2506 g/l at 0°C and 760 mm pressure.
- contrast
-
noun,
the act of contrasting; the state of being contrasted.
- sediment
-
noun,
the matter that settles to the bottom of a liquid; lees; dregs.
- sedation
-
noun,
the calming of mental excitement or abatement of physiological function, especially by the administration of a drug.
- noisette
-
noun,
a loin, fillet, or other lean section of meat:
- nominate
-
adjective,
having a particular name.
- nominees
-
noun,
a person nominated, as to run for elective office or fill a particular post.
- screamer
-
noun,
a person or thing that screams.
- astonied
-
adjective,
dazed; bewildered; filled with consternation.
- neonates
-
noun,
a newborn child, or one in its first 28 days.
- racemism
-
noun,
(of a compound) the state of being optically inactive and separable into two other substances of the same chemical composition as the original substance, one of which is dextrorotatory and the other levorotatory, as racemic acid.
- armories
-
noun,
a storage place for weapons and other war equipment.
- ornament
-
noun,
an accessory, article, or detail used to beautify the appearance of something to which it is added or of which it is a part:
- armoires
-
noun,
a large wardrobe or movable cupboard, with doors and shelves.
- armigers
-
noun,
a person entitled to armorial bearings.
- oscitant
-
adjective,
yawning, as with drowsiness; gaping.
- sardonic
-
adjective,
characterized by bitter or scornful derision; mocking; cynical; sneering:
- racemose
-
adjective,
Botany.
having the form of a raceme.
arranged in racemes.
- organist
-
noun,
a person who plays the organ.
- radiomen
-
noun,
a person who operates a radio.
- sarcenet
-
noun,
a fine, soft fabric, often of silk, made in plain or twill weave and used especially for linings.
- argento-
-
- argentic
-
adjective,
of or containing silver and having a valence greater than the corresponding argentous compound.
- ragtimes
-
noun,
rhythm in which the accompaniment is strict two-four time and the melody, with improvised embellishments, is in steady syncopation.
- raiments
-
noun,
clothing; apparel; attire.
- treaties
-
noun,
a formal agreement between two or more states in reference to peace, alliance, commerce, or other international relations.
- armorist
-
noun,
a person who is an expert at heraldry.
- organism
-
noun,
a form of life composed of mutually interdependent parts that maintain various vital processes.
- ointment
-
noun,
a soft, unctuous preparation, often medicated, for application to the skin; unguent.
- arteries
-
noun,
Anatomy. a blood vessel that conveys blood from the heart to any part of the body.
- scienter
-
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:
- asteroid
-
noun,
Also called minor planet. Astronomy. any of the thousands of small bodies of from 480 miles (775 km) to less than one mile (1.6 km) in diameter that revolve about the sun in orbits lying mostly between those of Mars and Jupiter.
- scenario
-
noun,
an outline of the plot of a dramatic work, giving particulars as to the scenes, characters, situations, etc.
- transect
-
verb (used with object),
to cut across; dissect transversely.
- one-time
-
adjective,
having been as specified at one time; former:
- ascender
-
noun,
a person or thing that ascends or causes ascension.
- arterio-
-
- scandent
-
adjective,
climbing, as a plant.
- organics
-
noun,
a substance, as a fertilizer or pesticide, of animal or vegetable origin.
- ordinate
-
noun,
Mathematics. (in plane Cartesian coordinates) the y-coordinate of a point: its distance from the x-axis measured parallel to the y-axis.
- arsenite
-
noun,
a salt or ester of arsenous acid.
- arsenide
-
noun,
a compound containing two elements of which arsenic is the negative one, as silver arsenide, Ag 3 As.
- ordnance
-
noun,
cannon or artillery.
- transmit
-
verb (used with object),
to send or forward, as to a recipient or destination; dispatch; convey.
- Oresteia
-
noun,
a trilogy of tragic dramas (458 b.c.) by Aeschylus, consisting of the Agamemnon, the Choëphori, and the Eumenides.
- arrestee
-
noun,
a person who is under arrest.
- neoteric
-
noun,
a new or modern writer, thinker, etc.
- semicoma
-
noun,
a light coma from which a person can be roused.
- treatise
-
noun,
a formal and systematic exposition in writing of the principles of a subject, generally longer and more detailed than an essay.
- moraines
-
noun,
a ridge, mound, or irregular mass of unstratified glacial drift, chiefly boulders, gravel, sand, and clay.
- montages
-
noun,
the technique of combining in a single composition pictorial elements from various sources, as parts of different photographs or fragments of printing, either to give the illusion that the elements belonged together originally or to allow each element to retain its separate identity as a means of adding interest or meaning to the composition.
Compare collage (def 1).
- montanes
-
noun,
the lower vegetation belt on mountains.
- Monteria
-
noun,
a city in N Colombia.
- torments
-
noun,
a state of great bodily or mental suffering; agony; misery.
- Torrance
-
noun,
a city in SW California, SW of Los Angeles.
- Torrence
-
noun,
(Frederic) Ridgely [rij-lee] /ˈrɪdʒ li/ (Show IPA), 1875–1950, U.S. poet, playwright, and editor.
- mordants
-
noun,
a substance used in dyeing to fix the coloring matter, especially a metallic compound, as an oxide or hydroxide, that combines with the organic dye and forms an insoluble colored compound or lake in the fiber.
- Mondrian
-
noun,
Piet [peet] /pit/ (Show IPA), (Pieter Cornelis Mondriaan) 1872–1944, Dutch painter.
- Mordecai
-
noun,
the cousin and guardian of Esther who delivered the Jews from the destruction planned by Haman. Esther 2–8.
- catmints
-
noun,
catnip.
- mordents
-
noun,
a melodic embellishment consisting of a rapid alternation of a principal tone with the tone a half or a whole step below it, called single or short when the auxiliary tone occurs once and double or long when this occurs twice or more.
- caterers
-
noun,
one whose business is to provide food, supplies, and sometimes service at social gatherings.
- mornings
-
noun,
the first part or period of the day, extending from dawn, or from midnight, to noon.
- catenoid
-
noun,
the surface generated by rotating a catenary about its axis of symmetry.
- mortices
-
noun,
a notch, hole, groove, or slot made in a piece of wood or the like to receive a tenon of the same dimensions.
- Monstera
-
noun,
any of various tropical American climbing plants belonging to the genus Monstera, of the arum family, especially M. deliciosa, having split or perforated leaves and often grown as a houseplant.
- monastic
-
noun,
a member of a monastic community or order, especially a monk.
- mortmain
-
noun,
the condition of lands or tenements held without right of alienation, as by an ecclesiastical corporation; inalienable ownership.
- moccasin
-
noun,
a heelless shoe made entirely of soft leather, as deerskin, with the sole brought up and attached to a piece of u -shaped leather on top of the foot, worn originally by the American Indians.
- ceramics
-
noun,
(used with a singular verb) the art or technology of making objects of clay and similar materials treated by firing.
- tontines
-
noun,
an annuity scheme in which subscribers share a common fund with the benefit of survivorship, the survivors' shares being increased as the subscribers die, until the whole goes to the last survivor.
- mitogens
-
noun,
any substance or agent that stimulates mitotic cell division.
- centroid
-
noun,
Mechanics. the point that may be considered as the center of a one- or two-dimensional figure, the sum of the displacements of all points in the figure from such a point being zero.
Compare center of mass.
- mnemonic
-
noun,
something intended to assist the memory, as a verse or formula.
- centrist
-
noun,
(especially in continental Europe) a member of a political party of the Center; moderate.
- moderate
-
noun,
a person who is moderate in opinion or opposed to extreme views and actions, especially in politics or religion.
- monadism
-
noun,
the doctrine of monads as ultimate units of being.
- centners
-
noun,
(in several European countries) a unit of weight of 50 kilograms, equivalent to 110.2 pounds avoirdupois.
- centimos
-
noun,
the 100th part of the monetary units of various countries, as Costa Rica, Equatorial Guinea, Paraguay, and Venezuela.
- centimes
-
noun,
a monetary unit of various nations and territories, as Lichtenstein, Martinique, Senegal, Switzerland, and Tahiti, the 100th part of a franc.
- centiare
-
noun,
a square meter. Abbreviation: ca.
- centered
-
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.
- centares
-
noun,
centiare.
- monacids
-
adjective, noun,
monoacid.
- Mortimer
-
noun,
Roger de [duh] /də/ (Show IPA), 8th Baron of Wigmore [wig-mawr,, -mohr] /ˈwɪgˌmɔr,, -ˌmoʊr/ (Show IPA), and 1st Earl of March, 1287–1330, English rebel leader: paramour of Isabella, queen of Edward II of England.
- casimere
-
noun,
cassimere.
- semidome
-
noun,
half a dome, especially as formed by a vertical section, as over a semicircular apse.
- canteens
-
noun,
a small container used especially by soldiers and hikers for carrying water or other liquids.
- Nearctic
-
adjective,
belonging or pertaining to a geographical division comprising temperate Greenland and arctic North America, sometimes including high mountainous regions of the northern Temperate Zone.
- semitone
-
noun,
a pitch interval halfway between two whole tones.
- cardings
-
noun,
the process in which fibers, as cotton, worsted, or wool, are manipulated into sliver form prior to spinning.
- negation
-
noun,
the act of denying:
- cantoris
-
adjective,
of or relating to the gospel or liturgical north side of a church (opposed to decani).
- negatons
-
noun,
(not in technical use) electron (def 1).
- Negritos
-
noun,
a member of any of various small-statured, indigenous peoples of Africa, the Philippines, the Malay Peninsula, the Andaman Islands, and southern India.
- carmines
-
noun,
a crimson or purplish-red color.
- canotier
-
noun,
a fabric constructed in a twill weave, used in the manufacture of yachting clothes.
- canonist
-
noun,
a person who is a specialist in canon law.
- negroids
-
noun,
Older Use: Usually Offensive. a member of such peoples.
- Negroism
-
noun,
the doctrine or advocacy of equal rights for black people.
- negronis
-
noun,
a cocktail made from sweet vermouth, gin, and bitters.
- canister
-
noun,
a small box or jar, often one of a kitchen set, for holding tea, coffee, flour, and sugar.
- nematode
-
noun,
any unsegmented worm of the phylum Nematoda, having an elongated, cylindrical body; a roundworm.
- narcotic
-
noun,
any of a class of substances that blunt the senses, as opium, morphine, belladonna, and alcohol, that in large quantities produce euphoria, stupor, or coma, that when used constantly can cause habituation or addiction, and that are used in medicine to relieve pain, cause sedation, and induce sleep.
- Carnegie
-
noun,
Andrew, 1835–1919, U.S. steel manufacturer and philanthropist, born in Scotland.
- Casement
-
noun,
a window sash opening on hinges that are generally attached to the upright side of its frame.
- serenade
-
noun,
a complimentary performance of vocal or instrumental music in the open air at night, as by a lover under the window of his lady.
- serrated
-
adjective,
having a notched edge or sawlike teeth, especially for cutting; serrate:
- serranid
-
noun,
any of numerous percoid fishes of the family Serranidae, living chiefly in warm seas, including the sea basses and groupers.
- serotine
-
noun,
a small Eurasian brown bat, Eptesicus serotinus.
- sermonic
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or resembling a sermon.
- Carteret
-
noun,
John, Earl of Granville, 1690–1763, British statesman and orator.
- sericate
-
adjective,
sericeous; silky.
- Sergeant
-
noun,
a noncommissioned army officer of a rank above that of corporal.
- carrions
-
noun,
dead and putrefying flesh.
- narceine
-
noun,
a narcotic alkaloid, C 23 H 27 NO 8 , occurring in opium and acting as a mild relaxant on smooth muscle.
- sentient
-
noun,
a person or thing that is sentient.
- carotins
-
noun,
carotene.
- carotids
-
noun,
Also called carotid artery. either of the two large arteries, one on each side of the head, that carry blood to the head and that divide into an external branch supplying the neck, face, and other external parts, and an internal branch supplying the brain, eye, and other internal parts.
- carotene
-
noun,
any of three yellow or orange fat-soluble pigments having the formula C 40 H 56 , found in many plants, especially carrots, and transformed to vitamin A in the liver; provitamin A.
- sentence
-
noun,
Grammar. a grammatical unit of one or more words that expresses an independent statement, question, request, command, exclamation, etc., and that typically has a subject as well as a predicate, as in John is here. or Is John here? In print or writing, a sentence typically begins with a capital letter and ends with appropriate punctuation; in speech it displays recognizable, communicative intonation patterns and is often marked by preceding and following pauses.
- senorita
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to miss, used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a girl or unmarried woman. Abbreviation: Srta.
- Nanterre
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Hauts-de-Seine, in N France: W suburb of Paris.
- arenites
-
noun,
psammite.
- Ardennes
-
noun,
Forest of, a wooded plateau region in W Europe, in NE France, SE Belgium, and Luxembourg: World War I battle 1914; World War II battle 1944–45.
- miterers
-
noun,
a machine or tool for making miters.
- admittee
-
noun,
a person who has been or is going to be admitted:
- triremes
-
noun,
a galley with three rows or tiers of oars on each side, one above another, used chiefly as a warship.
- restrict
-
verb (used with object),
to confine or keep within limits, as of space, action, choice, intensity, or quantity.
- Adrienne
-
noun,
a female given name: derived from Adrian.
- retainer
-
noun,
a person or thing that retains.
- retardee
-
noun,
a retarded person; retardate.
- retarget
-
verb (used with object),
to aim toward or calibrate for a different target:
- reticent
-
adjective,
disposed to be silent or not to speak freely; reserved.
- resonate
-
verb (used with object),
to cause to resound.
- retirant
-
noun,
retiree.
- retirees
-
noun,
a person who has retired from an occupation or profession.
- Tristram
-
noun,
one of the knights of the Round Table, whose love for Iseult, wife of King Mark, is the subject of many romances.
- re-trace
-
verb (used with object),
to trace again, as lines in writing or drawing.
- adenines
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a purine base, C 5 H 5 N 5 , one of the fundamental components of nucleic acids, as DNA, in which it forms a base pair with thymine, and RNA, in which it pairs with uracil. Symbol: A.
- retracts
-
verb (used with object),
to draw back or in:
- retrains
-
verb (used with object),
to train again, especially for a different vocation or different tasks.
- restrain
-
verb (used with object),
to hold back from action; keep in check or under control; repress:
- resonant
-
noun,
Phonetics. a vowel or a voiced consonant or semivowel that is neither a stop nor an affricate, as, in English, (m, ng, n, l, r, y, w).
- re-treat
-
verb (used with or without object),
to treat again.
- reorient
-
adjective,
Rare. rising anew.
- trigrams
-
noun,
a sequence of three adjacent letters or symbols.
- renegade
-
noun,
a person who deserts a party or cause for another.
- renegado
-
noun,
a renegade.
- agnostic
-
noun,
a person who holds that the existence of the ultimate cause, as God, and the essential nature of things are unknown and unknowable, or that human knowledge is limited to experience. Synonyms: disbeliever, nonbeliever, unbeliever; doubter, skeptic, secularist, empiricist; heathen, heretic, infidel, pagan.
- renitent
-
adjective,
resisting pressure; resistant.
- rentiers
-
noun,
a person who has a fixed income, as from lands or bonds.
- trimeter
-
noun,
a verse of three measures or feet.
- resinate
-
noun,
Chemistry. any of the salts of the acids found in rosin.
- aginners
-
noun,
a person who opposes a plan, proposed legislation, or any drastic change:
- reremice
-
noun,
a bat.
- trimmers
-
noun,
a person or thing that trims.
- agencies
-
noun,
an organization, company, or bureau that provides some service for another:
- resident
-
noun,
a person who resides in a place.
- resigned
-
adjective,
submissive or acquiescent.
- resignee
-
noun,
a person who has resigned or is about to resign.
- re-tread
-
verb (used with or without object),
to tread again.
- retroact
-
verb (used without object),
to act in opposition; react.
- agrestic
-
adjective,
rural; rustic.
- Romanite
-
noun,
a fossil resin similar to amber, used for jewelry.
- roadster
-
noun,
an early automobile having an open body, a single seat for two or three persons, and a large trunk or a rumble seat.
- accident
-
noun,
an undesirable or unfortunate happening that occurs unintentionally and usually results in harm, injury, damage, or loss; casualty; mishap:
- roarings
-
noun,
the act of a person, animal, or thing that roars.
- accentor
-
noun,
any oscine bird of the family Prunellidae, of Europe and Asia, resembling sparrows but having more finely pointed bills, as the hedge sparrow.
- roasting
-
noun,
a severely critical notice or review; pan.
- romantic
-
noun,
a romantic person.
- Rodentia
-
noun,
the order comprising the rodents.
- accredit
-
verb (used with object),
to ascribe or attribute to (usually followed by with):
- Romanist
-
noun,
Disparaging. a member of the Roman Catholic Church.
- Romanism
-
noun,
Roman Catholicism.
- roe-deer
-
noun,
a small, agile Old World deer, Capreolus capreolus, the male of which has three-pointed antlers.
- Roentgen
-
noun,
Wilhelm Konrad [wil-helm kon-rad;; German vil-helm kawn-raht] /ˈwɪl hɛlm ˈkɒn ræd;; German ˈvɪl hɛlm ˈkɔn rɑt/ (Show IPA), 1845–1923, German physicist: discoverer of x-rays 1895; Nobel prize 1901.
- Romanies
-
noun,
Gypsy (def 2).
- romances
-
noun,
a novel, movie, or genre of popular fiction in which characters fall in love or begin a romantic relationship (often used attributively):
- romaines
-
noun,
Also called romaine lettuce, cos, cos lettuce. a variety of lettuce, Lactuca sativa longifolia, having a cylindrical head of long, relatively loose leaves.
- accosted
-
adjective,
(of animals) represented as side by side:
- accretes
-
adjective,
Botany. grown together.
- actinons
-
noun,
a chemically inert, gaseous, short-lived isotope of radon that is a member of the actinium series. Symbol: An; atomic number: 86; atomic weight: 219.
- tritones
-
noun,
an interval consisting of three whole tones; an augmented fourth.
- tritomas
-
noun,
any of various plants belonging to the genus Kniphofia, of the lily family, native to Africa, especially K. uvaria, having long, dense clusters of tubular red or yellow flowers.
- rotaries
-
noun,
a rotary device or machine.
- acrotism
-
noun,
absence or weakness of the pulse.
- acrostic
-
noun,
a series of lines or verses in which the first, last, or other particular letters when taken in order spell out a word, phrase, etc.
- acrogens
-
noun,
a flowerless plant growing and producing its reproductive structures at the apex only, as ferns and mosses.
- ricottas
-
noun,
a soft Italian cheese that resembles cottage cheese.
- rostrate
-
adjective,
furnished with a rostrum.
- aconites
-
noun,
any plant belonging to the genus Aconitum, of the buttercup family, having irregular flowers usually in loose clusters, including species with poisonous and medicinal properties.
- acentric
-
adjective,
not centered; having no center.
- rimester
-
noun,
rhymester.
- rimstone
-
noun,
a calcareous deposit forming a dam at the edge or outlet of an overflowing pool of water, as in a cavern.
- acetones
-
noun,
a colorless, volatile, water-soluble, flammable liquid, C 3 H 6 O, usually derived by oxidation of isopropyl alcohol or by bacterial fermentation of carbohydrates: used chiefly in paints and varnishes, as a general solvent, and in organic synthesis.
- ring-man
-
noun,
Printing. an operator of a ring machine.
- ringster
-
noun,
a member of a ring, especially a political or price-fixing ring.
- Rosemead
-
noun,
a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
- acescent
-
adjective,
turning sour; slightly sour; acidulous.
- agrement
-
noun,
Music. ornament (def 9).
- aigrette
-
noun,
a plume or tuft of feathers, especially the back plume of any of various herons, arranged as a head ornament.
- trecento
-
noun,
the 14th century, with reference to Italy, and especially to its art or literature.
- recreate
-
verb (used with object),
to refresh by means of relaxation and enjoyment, as restore physically or mentally.
- anserine
-
adjective,
of or relating to the subfamily Anserinae, of the family Anatidae, comprising the true geese.
- Recamier
-
noun,
a backless day bed of the Directoire and Empire periods, having raised ends of equal height.
- recommit
-
verb (used with object),
to commit again.
- anisette
-
noun,
a cordial or liqueur flavored with aniseed.
- Angstrom
-
noun,
a unit of length, equal to one tenth of a millimicron, or one ten millionth of a millimeter, primarily used to express electromagnetic wavelengths. Symbol: Å; Abbreviation: A.
- recreant
-
noun,
a coward.
- trendies
-
noun,
a trendy person, place, object, or idea.
- reasoned
-
noun,
a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.:
- trending
-
noun,
the general course or prevailing tendency; drift:
- aneroids
-
noun,
aneroid barometer.
- anergies
-
noun,
Pathology. deficiency of energy.
- anemones
-
noun,
any of various plants belonging to the genus Anemone, of the buttercup family, having petallike sepals and including several wild species with white flowers as well as others cultivated for their showy flowers in a variety of colors.
- redcoats
-
noun,
(especially during the American Revolution) a British soldier.
- anecdote
-
noun,
a short account of a particular incident or event, especially of an interesting or amusing nature.
- Redeemer
-
noun,
a person who redeems.
- Ansermet
-
noun,
Ernest [er-nest] /ɛrˈnɛst/ (Show IPA), 1883–1969, Swiss symphony orchestra conductor.
- rearmost
-
adjective,
farthest in the rear; last.
- andirons
-
noun,
one of a pair of metal stands, usually of iron or brass, for holding logs in a fireplace.
- antinome
-
noun,
something that is contradictory or opposite to another; a logical contradiction.
- ratteens
-
noun,
ratiné.
- antrorse
-
adjective,
bent or directed forward or upward.
- sanction
-
noun,
authoritative permission or approval, as for an action.
- Sancerre
-
noun,
a dry white wine from the Loire valley region of France.
- reaction
-
noun,
a reverse movement or tendency; an action in a reverse direction or manner.
- antismog
-
adjective,
designed to reduce smog by reducing the pollutants released into the earth's atmosphere:
- antirent
-
adjective,
noting or pertaining to a political party (1839–47) in New York that opposed the payment of rents to patroons.
- antinode
-
noun,
the region of maximum amplitude between two adjacent nodes in a standing wave.
- antecede
-
verb (used with object),
to go before, in time, order, rank, etc.; precede:
- readings
-
noun,
the action or practice of a person who reads.
- antimere
-
noun,
a segment or division of the body having a corresponding segment or division that is opposite to it relative to the longitudinal axis of the body.
- Antigone
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a daughter of Oedipus and Jocasta who defied her uncle, King Creon, by performing funeral rites over her brother, Polynices, and was condemned to be immured alive in a cave.
- reagents
-
noun,
a substance that, because of the reactions it causes, is used in analysis and synthesis.
- antidote
-
noun,
a medicine or other remedy for counteracting the effects of poison, disease, etc.
- rear-end
-
noun,
the hindmost part of something.
- anterior
-
adjective,
situated before or at the front of; fore (opposed to posterior).
- androgen
-
noun,
any substance, as testosterone or androsterone, that promotes male characteristics.
- redirect
-
adjective,
Law. pertaining to the examination of a witness by the party calling him or her, after cross-examination.
- remitter
-
noun,
Law.
the principle or operation by which a person who enters on an estate by a defective title, and who previously had an earlier and more valid title to it, is adjudged to hold it by the earlier and more valid one.
the act of remitting a case to another court for decision.
- remanent
-
adjective,
remaining; left behind.
- regreets
-
noun,
regreets, Obsolete. greetings (def 3).
- reindeer
-
noun,
any of several large deer of the genus Rangifer, of northern and arctic regions of Europe, Asia, and North America, both male and female of which have antlers.
- amerinds
-
noun,
Indian (def 1).
- reinsman
-
noun,
a person who rides or drives horses, especially a skillful one, as a jockey or harness driver.
- reinsmen
-
noun,
a person who rides or drives horses, especially a skillful one, as a jockey or harness driver.
- tricorns
-
noun,
Also, tricorne. a hat with the brim turned up on three sides.
- remargin
-
verb (used without object),
to provide additional cash or collateral to a broker in order to keep secure stock bought on margin.
- amidogen
-
noun,
(formerly) the −NH 2 group.
- remaster
-
verb (used with object),
to make a new master tape or record from an old master tape, usually to improve the fidelity of an old recording.
- tridents
-
noun,
a three-pronged instrument or weapon.
- remedies
-
noun,
something that cures or relieves a disease or bodily disorder; a healing medicine, application, or treatment.
- reminder
-
noun,
a person or thing that serves to remind.
- airdrome
-
noun,
a landing field for airplanes that has extensive buildings, equipment, shelters, etc.; airport.
- air-core
-
adjective,
having a nonmagnetic core, as one of fiber or plastic, encircled by a coil (air-core coil) or containing one or more such coils:
- remittee
-
noun,
a person or company to which a remittance is made.
- regrates
-
verb (used with object),
to buy up (grain, provisions, etc.) in order to sell again at a profit in or near the same market.
- Register
-
noun,
a book in which records of acts, events, names, etc., are kept.
- andesite
-
noun,
a dark-colored volcanic rock composed essentially of plagioclase feldspar and one or more mafic minerals, as hornblende or biotite.
- ancients
-
noun,
a person who lived in ancient times.
- andesine
-
noun,
a mineral, intermediate in the plagioclase feldspar group, having a play of colors and usually found as crystals in igneous rocks.
- red-rose
-
noun,
the emblem of the royal house of Lancaster.
- Anderson
-
noun,
Carl David, 1905–91, U.S. physicist: discoverer of the positron; Nobel Prize 1936.
- Andersen
-
noun,
Hans Christian [hanz] /hænz/ (Show IPA), 1805–75, Danish author, especially of fairy tales.
- redstart
-
noun,
any of several small, Old World thrushes, usually with reddish-brown tails, especially Phoenicurus phoenicurus (European redstart)
- Redstone
-
noun,
a U.S. surface-to-surface ballistic missile powered by a single rocket engine.
- sagenite
-
noun,
a variety of rutile occurring as needlelike crystals embedded in quartz.
- reedings
-
noun,
a set of moldings, as on a column, resembling small convex fluting.
- regiment
-
noun,
Military. a unit of ground forces, consisting of two or more battalions or battle groups, a headquarters unit, and certain supporting units.
- ancestor
-
noun,
a person from whom one is descended; forebear; progenitor.
- reenters
-
verb (used with object),
to enter again:
- amniotes
-
noun,
any vertebrate of the group Amniota, comprising the reptiles, birds, and mammals, characterized by having an amnion during the embryonic stage.
- Ammonite
-
noun,
the coiled, chambered fossil shell of an ammonoid.
- ammocete
-
noun,
the larval stage of a lamprey.
- ammeters
-
noun,
an instrument for measuring current in amperes.
- regimens
-
noun,
Medicine/Medical. a regulated course, as of diet, exercise, or manner of living, intended to preserve or restore health or to attain some result.
- ceramist
-
noun,
a person who makes ceramics.
- seedtime
-
noun,
the season for sowing seed.
- coinages
-
noun,
the act, process, or right of making coins.
- congrats
-
noun, interjection,
congratulations.
- commence
-
verb (used with or without object),
to begin; start.
- commends
-
verb (used with object),
to present, mention, or praise as worthy of confidence, notice, kindness, etc.; recommend:
- medicate
-
verb (used with object),
to treat with medicine or medicaments.
- codeines
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, slightly bitter alkaloid, C 18 H 21 NO 3 , obtained from opium, used in medicine chiefly as an analgesic or sedative and to inhibit coughing.
- Masonite
-
- cicerone
-
noun,
a person who conducts sightseers; guide.
- Masorete
-
noun,
one of the writers or compilers of the Masorah.
- mentions
-
noun,
a direct or incidental reference; a mentioning:
- Commager
-
noun,
Henry Steele, 1902–98, U.S. historian, author, and teacher.
- comments
-
noun,
a remark, observation, or criticism:
- midrange
-
noun,
this portion of a range:
- Mercator
-
noun,
Gerhardus [jer-hahr-duh s] /dʒərˈhɑr dəs/ (Show IPA), (Gerhard Kremer) 1512–94, Flemish cartographer and geographer.
- matinees
-
noun,
an entertainment, especially a dramatic or musical performance, held in the daytime, usually in the afternoon.
- congener
-
noun,
a person or thing of the same kind or class as another.
- matrices
-
noun,
something that constitutes the place or point from which something else originates, takes form, or develops:
- Mercedes
-
noun,
a city in SW Uruguay, on the Río Negro.
- migrants
-
noun,
a person or animal that migrates.
- migrates
-
verb (used without object),
to go from one country, region, or place to another. Synonyms: move, resettle, relocate.
Antonyms: remain.
- Commerce
-
noun,
an interchange of goods or commodities, especially on a large scale between different countries (foreign commerce) or between different parts of the same country (domestic commerce) trade; business.
- snot-rag
-
noun,
a handkerchief.
- Minorcan
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Minorca.
- megadont
-
adjective,
macrodont.
- mendings
-
noun,
the act of a person or thing that mends.
- codirect
-
verb (used with object),
to direct (a movie or other performance) with another or others.
- Constant
-
noun,
something that does not or cannot change or vary.
- meetings
-
noun,
the act of coming together:
- consider
-
verb (used with object),
to think carefully about, especially in order to make a decision; contemplate; reflect on:
- mind-set
-
noun,
an attitude, disposition, or mood.
- tonnages
-
noun,
the capacity of a merchant vessel, expressed either in units of weight, as deadweight tons, or of volume, as gross tons.
- martinet
-
noun,
a strict disciplinarian, especially a military one.
- Martinon
-
noun,
Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1910–76, French violinist, conductor, and composer.
- meditate
-
verb (used with object),
to consider as something to be done or effected; intend; purpose:
- mediocre
-
adjective,
of only ordinary or moderate quality; neither good nor bad; barely adequate:
Synonyms: undistinguished, commonplace, pedestrian, everyday; run-of-the-mill.
Antonyms: extraordinary, superior, uncommon, incomparable.
- minarets
-
noun,
a lofty, often slender, tower or turret attached to a mosque, surrounded by or furnished with one or more balconies, from which the muezzin calls the people to prayer.
- meninges
-
plural noun,
the three membranes covering the brain and spinal cord.
Compare arachnoid (def 6), dura mater, pia mater.
- connects
-
adjective,
of or relating to a connection or connections:
- meningo-
-
- cocaines
-
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.
- Cimarron
-
noun,
bighorn.
- Menderes
-
noun,
Adnan [ahd-nahn] /ˈɑd nɑn/ (Show IPA), 1899–1961, Turkish political leader: premier 1950–60.
- mesmeric
-
adjective,
produced by mesmerism; hypnotic.
- concerns
-
noun,
something that relates or pertains to a person; business; affair:
- Socratic
-
noun,
a follower of Socrates.
- meterage
-
noun,
the practice of measuring; measurement.
- concents
-
noun,
concord of sound, voices, etc.; harmony.
- mediates
-
adjective,
acting through, dependent on, or involving an intermediate agency; not direct or immediate.
- conceits
-
noun,
an excessively favorable opinion of one's own ability, importance, wit, etc.
- meteoric
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or consisting of meteors.
- mesoderm
-
noun,
the middle germ layer of a metazoan embryo.
- comrades
-
noun,
a person who shares in one's activities, occupation, etc.; companion, associate, or friend.
- mediants
-
noun,
the third degree of a major or minor musical scale.
- meanders
-
noun,
Usually, meanders. turnings or windings; a winding path or course.
- mesomere
-
noun,
a blastomere of intermediate size between a micromere and a macromere.
- meantime
-
noun,
the intervening time:
- cisterna
-
noun,
cistern (def 2).
- citterns
-
noun,
an old musical instrument related to the guitar, having a flat, pear-shaped soundbox and wire strings.
- metamers
-
noun,
a compound exhibiting metamerism with one or more other compounds.
- metamere
-
noun,
a somite.
- meseemed
-
- mediator
-
noun,
a person who mediates, especially between parties at variance.
- Matteson
-
noun,
a town in NE Illinois.
- Commines
-
noun,
Philippe de [fee-leep duh] /fiˈlip də/ (Show IPA), Comines, Philippe de.
- mattings
-
noun,
a coarse fabric of rushes, grass, straw, hemp, or the like, used for floor covering, wrapping material, etc.
- coatings
-
noun,
a layer of any substance spread over a surface.
- condense
-
verb (used with object),
to make more dense or compact; reduce the volume or extent of; concentrate.
- cineaste
-
noun,
any person, especially a director or producer, associated professionally with filmmaking.
- condemns
-
verb (used with object),
to express an unfavorable or adverse judgment on; indicate strong disapproval of; censure.
- tonetics
-
noun,
the phonetic study of tone in language.
- sometime
-
adverb,
at some indefinite or indeterminate point of time:
- McMaster
-
noun,
John Bach, 1852–1932, U.S. historian and educator.
- coagents
-
noun,
a joint agent.
- concrete
-
noun,
an artificial, stonelike material used for various structural purposes, made by mixing cement and various aggregates, as sand, pebbles, gravel, or shale, with water and allowing the mixture to harden.
Compare reinforced concrete.
- meristem
-
noun,
embryonic tissue in plants; undifferentiated, growing, actively dividing cells.
- mermaids
-
noun,
(in folklore) a female marine creature, having the head, torso, and arms of a woman and the tail of a fish.
- Medicare
-
noun,
(sometimes lowercase) a U.S. government program of hospitalization insurance and voluntary medical insurance for persons aged 65 and over and for certain disabled persons under 65.
Compare Medicaid.
- coamings
-
noun,
a raised border around an opening in a deck, roof, or floor, designed to prevent water from running below.
- smectite
-
noun,
montmorillonite.
- concerts
-
noun,
a public musical performance in which a number of singers or instrumentalists, or both, participate.
- Merrimac
-
noun,
a warship (originally the Union steamer Merrimack) that the Confederates converted into an ironclad, renamed the Virginia, and used against the Monitor in 1862 in the first battle between ironclads.
- minorcas
-
noun,
Spanish Menorca. one of the Balearic Islands, in the W Mediterranean. 271 sq. mi. (700 sq. km).
- citrates
-
noun,
a salt or ester of citric acid.
- cognates
-
noun,
a person or thing cognate with another.
- contains
-
verb (used with object),
to hold or include within its volume or area:
- cogitate
-
verb (used with object),
to think about; devise:
- Cerritos
-
noun,
a city in SW California.
- memories
-
noun,
the mental capacity or faculty of retaining and reviving facts, events, impressions, etc., or of recalling or recognizing previous experiences.
- contends
-
verb (used with object),
to assert or maintain earnestly:
- marmoset
-
noun,
any of several small, squirrellike, South and Central American monkeys of the genera Callithrix, Leontocebus, etc., having soft fur and a long, nonprehensile tail: some species are endangered.
- cerement
-
noun,
a cerecloth used for wrapping the dead.
- miradors
-
noun,
(in Spanish-speaking countries) any architectural feature, as a loggia or balcony, affording a view of the surroundings.
- comedist
-
noun,
a writer of comedies.
- misnomer
-
noun,
a misapplied or inappropriate name or designation.
- contents
-
noun,
Usually, contents.
something that is contained:
the subjects or topics covered in a book or document.
the chapters or other formal divisions of a book or document:
- Maronite
-
noun,
a member of a body of Uniates living chiefly in Lebanon, who maintain a Syriac liturgy and a married clergy, and who are governed by the patriarch of Antioch.
- contract
-
noun,
an agreement between two or more parties for the doing or not doing of something specified.
- comedies
-
noun,
a play, movie, etc., of light and humorous character with a happy or cheerful ending; a dramatic work in which the central motif is the triumph over adverse circumstance, resulting in a successful or happy conclusion.
- Memnonia
-
noun,
an area in the southern hemisphere of Mars, appearing as a light region when viewed telescopically from the earth.
- cerimans
-
noun,
a climbing, tropical American plant, Monstera deliciosa, of the arum family, characterized by cordlike, aerial roots and large, perforated leaves.
- marmites
-
noun,
a metal or earthenware cooking pot with a cover, usually large and often having legs.
- ceratoid
-
adjective,
hornlike; horny.
- mistcoat
-
noun,
(in house painting or interior decoration) a coat of thinner, sometimes pigmented, applied to a finish coat of paint to increase its luster.
- comedian
-
noun,
a professional entertainer who amuses by relating anecdotes, acting out comical situations, engaging in humorous repartee, etc.
- mementos
-
noun,
an object or item that serves to remind one of a person, past event, etc.; keepsake; souvenir.
- mariners
-
noun,
a person who directs or assists in the navigation of a ship; sailor.
- Mariette
-
noun,
Auguste Édouard [oh-gyst ey-dwar] /oʊˈgüst eɪˈdwar/ (Show IPA), 1821–81, French Egyptologist.
- memorist
-
noun,
a person who has a remarkably retentive memory.
- memoried
-
adjective,
having a memory (usually used in combination):
- mintages
-
noun,
the act or process of minting.
- mistreat
-
verb (used with object),
to treat badly or abusively.
- megarons
-
noun,
a building or semi-independent unit of a building, generally used as a living apartment and typically having a square or broadly rectangular principal chamber with a porch, often of columns in antis, and sometimes an antichamber or other small compartments.
- marrieds
-
noun,
Usually, marrieds. married couples or married people:
- Menander
-
noun,
342?–291 b.c, Greek writer of comedies.
- contemns
-
verb (used with object),
to treat or regard with disdain, scorn, or contempt.
- megadose
-
noun,
a dose many times the usual amount, as of a vitamin or drug.
- megatons
-
noun,
one million tons.
- Miserere
-
noun,
the 51st Psalm, or the 50th in the Douay Bible.
- Comaneci
-
noun,
Nadia [nah-dee-uh,, nahd-yuh] /ˈnɑ di ə,, ˈnɑd yə/ (Show IPA), born 1961, Romanian gymnast.
- contacts
-
noun,
the act or state of touching; a touching or meeting, as of two things or people.
- Erigone
-
noun,
a daughter of Clytemnestra and Aegisthus who hanged herself when Orestes was acquitted of the murder of her parents.
- megrims
-
noun,
megrims, low spirits; the blues.
- Gannett
-
noun,
Henry, 1846–1914, U.S. geographer and cartographer.
- gannets
-
noun,
any large, web-footed, seabird of the family Sulidae, having a sharply pointed bill, long wings, and a wedge-shaped tail, noted for its plunging dives for fish.
- Records
-
noun,
an act of recording.
- tearing
-
noun,
a drop of the saline, watery fluid continually secreted by the lacrimal glands between the surface of the eye and the eyelid, serving to moisten and lubricate these parts and keep them clear of foreign particles. Synonyms: teardrop.
- reagent
-
noun,
a substance that, because of the reactions it causes, is used in analysis and synthesis.
- Eritrea
-
noun,
a republic in NE Africa, on the Red Sea: Italian colony 1890–1941; province of Ethiopia 1962–93; independent since 1993. 47,076 sq. mi. (121,927 sq. km). Capital: Asmara.
- Stanton
-
noun,
Edwin McMasters [muh k-mas-terz,, -mah-sterz] /məkˈmæs tərz,, -ˈmɑ stərz/ (Show IPA), 1814–69, U.S. statesman: Secretary of War 1862–67.
- ganders
-
noun,
the male of the goose.
Compare goose (def 2).
- erodent
-
adjective,
eroding; erosive:
- erotica
-
noun,
written works, usually fiction, dealing with sexual love.
- Regence
-
adjective,
noting or pertaining to the style of French furnishings and decoration of c1700–20, in which a transition occurs from the Baroque style of Louis XIV to the Rococo of Louis XV.
- erotics
-
noun,
an erotic poem.
- regards
-
noun,
reference; relation:
- errands
-
noun,
a short and quick trip to accomplish a specific purpose, as to buy something, deliver a package, or convey a message, often for someone else.
- erratic
-
noun,
an erratic or eccentric person.
- stannic
-
adjective,
of or containing tin, especially in the tetravalent state.
- reginas
-
noun,
queen.
- regimen
-
noun,
Medicine/Medical. a regulated course, as of diet, exercise, or manner of living, intended to preserve or restore health or to attain some result.
- mediate
-
adjective,
acting through, dependent on, or involving an intermediate agency; not direct or immediate.
- garcons
-
noun,
(usually in direct address) a waiter in a restaurant.
- erasion
-
noun,
the act of erasing.
- Reigate
-
noun,
a city in Surrey in SE England, a London suburb.
- erector
-
noun,
Also, erecter. a person or thing that erects.
- eremite
-
noun,
a hermit or recluse, especially one under a religious vow.
- memento
-
noun,
an object or item that serves to remind one of a person, past event, etc.; keepsake; souvenir.
- regrets
-
noun,
a sense of loss, disappointment, dissatisfaction, etc.
- mediant
-
noun,
the third degree of a major or minor musical scale.
- regreet
-
noun,
regreets, Obsolete. greetings (def 3).
- ergates
-
noun,
a worker ant.
- ergodic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the condition that, in an interval of sufficient duration, a system will return to states that are closely similar to previous ones: the assumption of such a condition underlies statistical methods used in modern dynamics and atomic theory.
- Meitner
-
noun,
Lise [lee-zuh] /ˈli zə/ (Show IPA), 1878–1968, Austrian nuclear physicist.
- regrate
-
verb (used with object),
to buy up (grain, provisions, etc.) in order to sell again at a profit in or near the same market.
- intrant
-
noun,
a person who enters (a college, association, etc.); entrant.
- ergotin
-
noun,
any of various extracts of ergot used in medicine.
- reactor
-
noun,
a person or thing that reacts or undergoes reaction.
- regnant
-
adjective,
reigning; ruling (usually used following the noun it modifies):
- readers
-
noun,
a person who reads.
- readies
-
noun,
the state or condition of being ready.
- snorter
-
noun,
a person or thing that snorts.
- ganoids
-
noun,
a ganoid fish.
- regains
-
noun,
(in a moisture-free fabric) the percentage of the weight that represents the amount of moisture the material is expected to absorb under normal conditions.
- Reading
-
noun,
the action or practice of a person who reads.
- Ericson
-
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).
- Meinong
-
noun,
Alexius [ah-lek-see-oo s] /ɑˈlɛk si ʊs/ (Show IPA), 1853–1920, Austrian psychologist and philosopher.
- Erigena
-
noun,
Johannes Scotus [joh-han-eez skoh-tuh s,, -han-is] /dʒoʊˈhæn iz ˈskoʊ təs,, -ˈhæn ɪs/ (Show IPA), a.d. c810–c877, Irish philosopher and theologian.
- intreat
-
verb (used with or without object),
entreat.
- tarsier
-
noun,
a small, arboreal, nocturnal primate of the genus Tarsius, of Indonesia and the Philippines, having a long thin tail, very large immobile eyes, and prominent pads on the fingers and toes: all populations are dwindling.
- megaton
-
noun,
one million tons.
- steamed
-
noun,
water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor.
- medinas
-
noun,
the old Arab quarter of a North African city.
- Estonia
-
noun,
a republic in N Europe, on the Baltic, S of the Gulf of Finland: an independent republic 1918–40; annexed by the Soviet Union 1940; regained independence 1991. 17,413 sq. mi. (45,100 sq. km). Capital: Tallinn.
- ironers
-
noun,
a person or thing that irons.
- redeems
-
verb (used with object),
to buy or pay off; clear by payment:
- iterant
-
adjective,
characterized by repetition; repeating.
- Statice
-
noun,
any of various plants belonging to the genus Limonium, of the leadwort family, having clusters of variously colored flowers that retain their color when dried.
- station
-
noun,
a place or position in which a person or thing is normally located.
- 2,4,5-t
-
noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- redcoat
-
noun,
(especially during the American Revolution) a British soldier.
- redacts
-
verb (used with object),
to put into suitable literary form; revise; edit.
- targets
-
noun,
an object, usually marked with concentric circles, to be aimed at in shooting practice or contests.
- Etonian
-
noun,
a person who is or has been a pupil at Eton College.
- Etienne
-
noun,
Estienne (def 1).
- medico-
-
- stearin
-
noun,
Chemistry. any of the three glyceryl esters of stearic acid, especially C 3 H 5 (C 18 H 35 O 2) 3 , a soft, white, odorless solid found in many natural fats.
- estreat
-
noun,
a true copy or extract of an original writing or record, as of a fine.
- etesian
-
adjective,
(of certain Mediterranean winds) occurring annually.
- recants
-
verb (used with object),
to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
- meeting
-
noun,
the act of coming together:
- recedes
-
verb (used with object),
to cede back; yield or grant to a former possessor.
- recites
-
verb (used with object),
to repeat the words of, as from memory, especially in a formal manner:
- stearic
-
adjective,
of or relating to suet or fat.
- iodates
-
noun,
Chemistry. a salt of iodic acid, as sodium iodate, NaIO 3 .
- estrone
-
noun,
Biochemistry. an estrogenic hormone, C 18 H 22 O 2 , produced by the ovarian follicles and found during pregnancy in urine and placental tissue.
- etagere
-
noun,
a stand with a series of open shelves for small objects, bric-a-brac, etc.
- steamer
-
noun,
something propelled or operated by steam, as a steamship.
- etamine
-
noun,
a lightweight cotton or worsted fabric constructed in plain weave and loosely woven.
- medicos
-
noun,
a physician or surgeon; doctor.
- Ettarre
-
noun,
the vain and heartless lady beloved by Sir Pelleas.
- sadiron
-
noun,
Northern, North Midland, and Western U.S. Older Use. a flatiron that is pointed at both ends and has a detachable handle.
- gammers
-
noun,
an old woman.
- reagins
-
noun,
Also called Wassermann antibody. an antibody formed in response to syphilis and reactive with cardiolipin in various blood tests for the disease.
- stardom
-
noun,
the world or class of professional stars, as of the stage.
- escence
-
- sainted
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- tartine
-
noun,
a fancy French open-faced sandwich topped with spreadable ingredients.
- eserine
-
noun,
physostigmine.
- reamers
-
noun,
any of various rotary tools, with helical or straight flutes, for finishing or enlarging holes drilled in metal.
- etatism
-
noun,
state socialism.
- gammons
-
noun,
the game of backgammon.
- reenter
-
verb (used with object),
to enter again:
- reedmen
-
noun,
a musician who plays a reed instrument.
- reedman
-
noun,
a musician who plays a reed instrument.
- isogram
-
noun,
a line representing equality with respect to a given variable, used to relate points on maps, charts, etc.
- tarries
-
noun,
a stay; sojourn.
- gainers
-
noun,
a person or thing that gains.
- estamin
-
noun,
a worsted fabric constructed in twill weave with a rough surface.
- gamines
-
noun,
a neglected girl who is left to run about the streets.
- megaron
-
noun,
a building or semi-independent unit of a building, generally used as a living apartment and typically having a square or broadly rectangular principal chamber with a porch, often of columns in antis, and sometimes an antichamber or other small compartments.
- gameto-
-
- starred
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- reeding
-
noun,
a set of moldings, as on a column, resembling small convex fluting.
- starter
-
noun,
a person or thing that starts.
- Isadore
-
noun,
a male given name: from the Greek word meaning “gift of Isis.”.
- gametes
-
noun,
a mature sexual reproductive cell, as a sperm or egg, that unites with another cell to form a new organism.
- introns
-
noun,
a noncoding segment in a length of DNA that interrupts a gene-coding sequence or nontranslated sequence, the corresponding segment being removed from the RNA copy before transcription.
- Megaris
-
noun,
a district in ancient Greece, between the Gulf of Corinth and Saronic Gulf.
- gaiters
-
noun,
a covering of cloth or leather for the ankle and instep and sometimes also the lower leg, worn over the shoe or boot.
Compare upper1 (def 7).
- tanrecs
-
noun,
tenrec.
- estrade
-
noun,
a slightly raised platform in a room or hall.
- stinger
-
noun,
a person or thing that stings.
- teatime
-
noun,
the time at which tea is served or taken, usually in the late afternoon.
- mangoes
-
noun,
the oblong, sweet fruit of a tropical tree, Mangifera indica, of the cashew family, eaten ripe, or preserved or pickled.
- Riemann
-
noun,
Georg Friedrich Bernhard [gey-awrk free-drikh bern-hahrt] /geɪˈɔrk ˈfri drɪx ˈbɛrn hɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1826–66, German mathematician.
- married
-
noun,
Usually, marrieds. married couples or married people:
- encages
-
verb (used with object),
to confine in or as in a cage; coop up.
- Riesman
-
noun,
David, 1909–2002, U.S. sociologist.
- Rostand
-
noun,
Edmond [ed-mawn] /ɛdˈmɔ̃/ (Show IPA), 1868–1918, French dramatist and poet.
- enation
-
noun,
a small outgrowth of plant tissue, usually on a leaf, caused by virus infection.
- maneges
-
noun,
the art of training and riding horses.
- Rosette
-
noun,
any arrangement, part, object, or formation more or less resembling a rose.
- encodes
-
verb (used with object),
to convert (a message, information, etc.) into code.
- enamors
-
verb (used with object),
to fill or inflame with love (usually used in the passive and followed by of or sometimes with):
- Rosetta
-
noun,
a town in N Egypt, at a mouth of the Nile.
- ringent
-
adjective,
gaping.
- ringers
-
noun,
a person or thing that encircles, rings, etc.
- maniocs
-
noun,
cassava.
- marmots
-
noun,
any bushy-tailed, stocky rodent of the genus Marmota, as the woodchuck.
- roseate
-
adjective,
tinged with rose; rosy:
- encinas
-
noun,
the live oak, Quercus virginiana.
- encomia
-
noun,
a formal expression of high praise; eulogy:
- Roscian
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving acting.
- retsina
-
noun,
a strong, resinated white or red wine of Greece and Cyprus.
- endemic
-
noun,
an endemic disease.
- soredia
-
noun,
a group of algal cells surrounded by hyphal tissue, occurring on the surface of the thallus and functioning in vegetative reproduction.
- retread
-
noun,
a tire that has been retreaded.
- martins
-
noun,
Peter, born 1946, U.S. choreographer and ballet master, born in Denmark.
- endears
-
verb (used with object),
to make dear, esteemed, or beloved:
- retreat
-
noun,
the forced or strategic withdrawal of an army or an armed force before an enemy, or the withdrawing of a naval force from action.
- Maidens
-
noun,
a girl or young unmarried woman; maid.
- rotates
-
adjective,
wheel-shaped: applied especially to a gamopetalous short-tubed corolla with a spreading limb.
- ricracs
-
noun,
rickrack.
- Ricardo
-
noun,
David, 1772–1823, English economist.
- Martens
-
noun,
any of several slender, chiefly arboreal carnivores of the genus Martes, of northern forests, having a long, glossy coat and bushy tail.
- Marston
-
noun,
John, c1575–1634, English dramatist and satirical poet.
- teeming
-
adjective,
abounding or swarming with something, as with people:
- marrons
-
noun,
a large European chestnut, especially as used in cookery: candied or preserved in syrup.
- encores
-
noun,
a demand, as by applause, for a repetition of a song, act, etc., or for a performance of a number or piece additional to those on a program, or for a reappearance by the performers, as at the end of a concert, recital, etc.
- ricotta
-
noun,
a soft Italian cheese that resembles cottage cheese.
- marries
-
verb (used with object),
to take in marriage:
- teenage
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of a teenager.
- emmenia
-
noun,
menses.
- magnets
-
noun,
a body, as a piece of iron or steel, that possesses the property of attracting certain substances, as iron.
- Marcion
-
noun,
a.d. c100–c160, Christian Gnostic.
- emeries
-
noun,
a granular mineral substance consisting typically of corundum mixed with magnetite or hematite, used powdered, crushed, or consolidated for grinding and polishing.
- emerges
-
verb (used without object),
to come forth into view or notice, as from concealment or obscurity:
- marines
-
noun,
a member of the U.S. Marine Corps.
- mantids
-
noun,
mantis.
- rodents
-
noun,
a rodent mammal.
- Rodgers
-
noun,
James Charles ("Jimmie") 1897–1933, U.S. country-and-western singer, guitarist, and composer.
- Mariner
-
noun,
a person who directs or assists in the navigation of a ship; sailor.
- Marconi
-
noun,
Guglielmo [goo-lyel-maw] /guˈlyɛl mɔ/ (Show IPA), Marchese, 1874–1937, Italian electrical engineer and inventor, especially in the field of wireless telegraphy: Nobel Prize in physics 1909.
- emersed
-
adjective,
risen or standing out of water, surrounding leaves, etc.
- roemers
-
noun,
a German wineglass having a body with a globular top and a cylindrical bottom often decorated with prunts, supported by a conical foot.
- Marengo
-
noun,
a village in Piedmont, in NW Italy: Napoleon defeated the Austrians 1800.
- Romanic
-
noun,
romance1 (def 9).
- roister
-
verb (used without object),
to act in a swaggering, boisterous, or uproarious manner.
- margent
-
noun,
margin.
- Romance
-
noun,
a novel, movie, or genre of popular fiction in which characters fall in love or begin a romantic relationship (often used attributively):
- Romaine
-
noun,
Also called romaine lettuce, cos, cos lettuce. a variety of lettuce, Lactuca sativa longifolia, having a cylindrical head of long, relatively loose leaves.
- egotist
-
noun,
a conceited, boastful person.
- Emerita
-
noun,
a woman with such status.
- roaster
-
noun,
a contrivance for roasting something, as an oven, a pan for roasting meat, or a machine for roasting coffee beans.
- Rosanne
-
noun,
a female given name.
- eminent
-
adjective,
high in station, rank, or repute; prominent; distinguished:
- emitter
-
noun,
a person or thing that emits.
- ritters
-
noun,
a knight.
- Rontgen
-
noun,
Julius [yoo-lee-uh s] /ˈyu li əs/ (Show IPA), 1855–1932, Dutch pianist, conductor, and composer; born in Germany.
- Manners
-
noun,
a way of doing, being done, or happening; mode of action, occurrence, etc.:
- teeners
-
noun,
a teenager.
- Ronsard
-
noun,
Pierre de [pyer duh] /pyɛr də/ (Show IPA), 1524–85, French poet.
- emirate
-
noun,
the office or rank of an emir.
- mannite
-
noun,
mannitol.
- Emerson
-
noun,
Ralph Waldo [wawl-doh,, wol-] /ˈwɔl doʊ,, ˈwɒl-/ (Show IPA), 1803–82, U.S. essayist and poet.
- emigres
-
noun,
an emigrant, especially a person who flees from his or her native land because of political conditions.
- roaring
-
noun,
the act of a person, animal, or thing that roars.
- mannose
-
noun,
a hexose, C 6 H 12 O 6 , obtained from the hydrolysis of the ivory nut and yielding mannitol upon reduction.
- Marmite
-
noun,
a metal or earthenware cooking pot with a cover, usually large and often having legs.
- mansion
-
noun,
a very large, impressive, or stately residence.
- emetine
-
noun,
a crystalline or white powdery substance, C 29 H 40 N 2 O 4 , the active principle of ipecac: used chiefly in the treatment of amebic dysentery and as an emetic and expectorant.
- emetics
-
noun,
an emetic medicine or agent.
- teeters
-
noun,
a seesaw motion; wobble.
- retrain
-
verb (used with object),
to train again, especially for a different vocation or different tasks.
- retract
-
verb (used with object),
to draw back or in:
- iterate
-
verb (used with object),
to utter again or repeatedly.
- Maderno
-
noun,
Carlo [kahr-law] /ˈkɑr lɔ/ (Show IPA), 1556–1629, Italian architect.
- remotes
-
noun,
Radio and Television. a broadcast, usually live, from a location outside a studio.
- enteron
-
noun,
the alimentary canal; the digestive tract.
- rotters
-
noun,
a thoroughly bad, worthless, or objectionable person.
- macrons
-
noun,
a horizontal line used as a diacritic over a vowel to indicate that it has a long sound or other specified pronunciation, as (ā) in fate (fāt).
- Sogdian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Sogdiana.
- entero-
-
- renders
-
noun,
Building Trades. a first coat of plaster for a masonry surface.
- somatic
-
adjective,
of the body; bodily; physical.
- rattons
-
noun,
a rat.
- enteric
-
noun,
enterics, Bacteriology. enterobacteria.
- reneges
-
noun,
Cards. an act or instance of reneging.
- Madison
-
noun,
Dolly or Dolley [dol-ee] /ˈdɒl i/ (Show IPA), (Dorothea Payne) 1768–1849, wife of James Madison.
- madrone
-
noun,
any of several evergreen trees belonging to the genus Arbutus, of the heath family, especially A. menziesii (Pacific madrone) of western North America, having red, flaky bark and bearing edible reddish berries.
- rennets
-
noun,
the lining membrane of the fourth stomach of a calf or of the stomach of certain other young animals.
- rentier
-
noun,
a person who has a fixed income, as from lands or bonds.
- entente
-
noun,
an arrangement or understanding between two or more nations agreeing to follow a particular policy with regard to affairs of international concern.
- remorse
-
noun,
deep and painful regret for wrongdoing; compunction.
- remnant
-
noun,
a remaining, usually small part, quantity, number, or the like.
- enrages
-
verb (used with object),
to make extremely angry; put into a rage; infuriate:
- entreat
-
verb (used with object),
to ask (a person) earnestly; beseech; implore; beg:
- soaring
-
noun,
the sport of flying a sailplane.
- entries
-
noun,
an act of entering; entrance.
- meatmen
-
noun,
a dealer in meat; butcher.
- entrees
-
noun,
a dish served as the main course of a meal.
- socager
-
noun,
a tenant holding land by socage; sokeman.
- remains
-
noun,
Usually, remains. something that remains or is left.
- remands
-
noun,
the act of remanding.
- entrant
-
noun,
a competitor in a contest.
- meander
-
noun,
Usually, meanders. turnings or windings; a winding path or course.
- meaning
-
noun,
what is intended to be, or actually is, expressed or indicated; signification; import:
- standee
-
noun,
a person who stands, as a passenger in a train, a spectator at a theater, etc., either because all the seats are taken or because standing room is cheaper than a seat.
- stammer
-
noun,
a stammering mode of utterance.
- entrain
-
verb (used with object),
to put aboard a train.
- stamin-
-
- reminds
-
verb (used with object),
to cause (a person) to remember; cause (a person) to think (of someone or something):
- entires
-
noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- entices
-
verb (used with object),
to lead on by exciting hope or desire; allure; inveigle:
- ensnare
-
verb (used with object),
to capture in, or involve as in, a snare:
- sorting
-
noun,
the process by which sedimentary particles become separated according to some particular characteristic, as size or shape.
- endgate
-
noun,
tailboard.
- retiree
-
noun,
a person who has retired from an occupation or profession.
- endorse
-
noun,
Heraldry. a narrow pale, about one quarter the usual width and usually repeated several times.
- retains
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- mastoid
-
noun,
the mastoid process.
- retards
-
noun,
a slowing down, diminution, or hindrance, as in a machine.
- masting
-
noun,
the masts of a ship, taken as a whole.
- retenes
-
noun,
a crystalline hydrocarbon, C 18 H 18 , obtained chiefly from the tar of resinous woods and certain fossil resins.
- retired
-
noun,
a place of withdrawal; retreat:
- Masonic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or characteristic of Freemasons or Freemasonry.
- matrons
-
noun,
a married woman, especially one who is mature and staid or dignified and has an established social position.
- retires
-
noun,
a place of withdrawal; retreat:
- endnote
-
noun,
a note, as of explanation, emendation, or the like, added at the end of an article, chapter, etc.
- sonance
-
noun,
the condition or quality of being sonant.
- retorts
-
noun,
a severe, incisive, or witty reply, especially one that counters a first speaker's statement, argument, etc.
- endmost
-
adjective,
farthest; most distant; last:
- endings
-
noun,
a bringing or coming to an end; termination; close:
- retrace
-
verb (used with object),
to trace backward; go back over:
- martnet
-
noun,
an arrangement of lines formerly used for gathering up a leech of a sail.
- matinee
-
noun,
an entertainment, especially a dramatic or musical performance, held in the daytime, usually in the afternoon.
- restore
-
verb (used with object),
to bring back into existence, use, or the like; reestablish:
- enneads
-
noun,
a group of nine persons or things.
- engrain
-
verb (used with object), adjective,
ingrain (defs 1, 2).
- enigmas
-
noun,
a puzzling or inexplicable occurrence or situation:
- maestro
-
noun,
an eminent composer, teacher, or conductor of music:
- rereads
-
noun,
the act of reading something again.
- reredos
-
noun,
a screen or a decorated part of the wall behind an altar in a church.
- engrams
-
noun,
a presumed encoding in neural tissue that provides a physical basis for the persistence of memory; a memory trace.
- magnet-
-
- rescind
-
verb (used with object),
to abrogate; annul; revoke; repeal.
- engirds
-
verb (used with object),
to encircle; encompass:
- endrins
-
noun,
a highly toxic, chlorinated hydrocarbon, C 12 H 8 OCl 6 , formerly used as an insecticide.
- re-sign
-
verb (used with or without object),
to sign again.
- mattins
-
noun,
matin (def 1).
- matting
-
noun,
a coarse fabric of rushes, grass, straw, hemp, or the like, used for floor covering, wrapping material, etc.
- matters
-
noun,
the substance or substances of which any physical object consists or is composed:
- re-sort
-
verb (used with object),
to sort or arrange (cards, papers, etc.) again.
- restate
-
verb (used with object),
to state again or in a new way.
- resting
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- enemies
-
noun,
a person who feels hatred for, fosters harmful designs against, or engages in antagonistic activities against another; an adversary or opponent.
- remoras
-
noun,
any of several fishes of the family Echeneididae, having on the top of the head a sucking disk by which they can attach themselves to sharks, turtles, ships, and other moving objects.
- Tangier
-
noun,
a seaport in N Morocco, on the W Strait of Gibraltar: capital of the former Tangier Zone.
- ratters
-
noun,
a person, animal, or thing that catches rats, as a terrier or a cat.
- Sennett
-
noun,
Mack (Michael Sinnott) 1884–1960, U.S. motion-picture director and producer, born in Canada.
- Graeco-
-
- migrant
-
noun,
a person or animal that migrates.
- mignons
-
noun,
an opera (1866) by Ambroise Thomas.
- nancies
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Meurthe-et-Moselle, in NE France: battles 1477, 1914, 1944.
- gradins
-
noun,
one of a series of steps or seats raised one above another.
- Nanette
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Ann.
- graders
-
noun,
a person or thing that grades.
- midterm
-
noun,
the middle or halfway point of a term, as a school term or term of office.
- migrate
-
verb (used without object),
to go from one country, region, or place to another. Synonyms: move, resettle, relocate.
Antonyms: remain.
- gormand
-
noun,
gourmand.
- narcose
-
adjective,
characterized by stupor; stuporous.
- strange
-
adverb,
in a strange manner.
- midgets
-
noun,
(not in technical use) an extremely small person having normal physical proportions.
- Gordian
-
Idioms,
cut the Gordian knot, to act quickly and decisively in a difficult situation; solve a problem boldly.
- Mideast
-
noun,
Middle East.
- nascent
-
adjective,
beginning to exist or develop:
- natrons
-
noun,
a mineral, hydrated sodium carbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅10H 2 O.
- grained
-
noun,
a small, hard seed, especially the seed of a food plant such as wheat, corn, rye, oats, rice, or millet.
- Na-Dene
-
noun,
a group of North American Indian languages, comprising the Athabaskan family, Eyak, Tlingit, and Haida, hypothetically considered to be descendants of a single protolanguage: the genetic relationship of either Tlingit or Haida to Athabaskan and Eyak is now disputed.
- stratig
-
- incages
-
verb (used with object),
encage.
- serried
-
adjective,
pressed together or compacted, as soldiers in rows:
- minders
-
noun,
Chiefly British. a person who looks after something (usually used in combination):
- Imogene
-
noun,
a female given name.
- serrate
-
adjective,
Chiefly Biology. notched on the edge like a saw:
- Serrano
-
noun,
a small, green or reddish, extremely hot chili pepper, the fruit of a variety of Capsicum annuum used in cooking.
- stemmed
-
noun,
the ascending axis of a plant, whether above or below ground, which ordinarily grows in an opposite direction to the root or descending axis.
- Steiner
-
noun,
Jakob [yah-kawp] /ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1796–1863, Swiss mathematician.
- seringa
-
noun,
any of several Brazilian trees of the genus Hevea, yielding rubber.
- incomes
-
noun,
the monetary payment received for goods or services, or from other sources, as rents or investments.
- seriema
-
noun,
either of two birds of the family Cariamidae, Cariama cristata, of southern Brazil, or Chunga burmeisteri, of Argentina, having long legs, an erectile crest, a short, broad bill, and limited ability to fly.
- grandee
-
noun,
a man of high social position or eminence, especially a Spanish or Portuguese nobleman.
- minaret
-
noun,
a lofty, often slender, tower or turret attached to a mosque, surrounded by or furnished with one or more balconies, from which the muezzin calls the people to prayer.
- Gramont
-
noun,
Philibert [fee-lee-ber] /fi liˈbɛr/ (Show IPA), Comte de, 1621–1707, French courtier, soldier, and adventurer.
- seriate
-
adjective,
arranged or occurring in one or more series.
- incense
-
noun,
an aromatic gum or other substance producing a sweet odor when burned, used in religious ceremonies, to enhance a mood, etc.
- grammes
-
noun,
gram1 .
- incomer
-
noun,
a person who comes in.
- strati-
-
- natters
-
noun,
a conversation; chat.
- Minette
-
noun,
a syenitic lamprophyre composed chiefly of orthoclase and biotite.
- ingesta
-
plural noun,
substances ingested.
- ingates
-
noun,
gate1 (def 15).
- steerer
-
noun,
a person or thing that steers.
- Ingemar
-
noun,
a male given name.
- smatter
-
noun,
slight or superficial knowledge; smattering.
- stridor
-
noun,
a harsh, grating, or creaking sound.
- Negroni
-
noun,
a cocktail made from sweet vermouth, gin, and bitters.
- gittern
-
noun,
cittern.
- nematic
-
adjective,
noting a mesomorphic state in which the arrangement of the molecules is linear.
- striate
-
adjective,
striated.
- gisarme
-
noun,
guisarme.
- nemato-
-
- Smeaton
-
noun,
John, 1724–92, English engineer.
- ingrate
-
noun,
an ungrateful person.
- smectic
-
adjective,
noting a mesomorphic state in which the arrangement of the molecules is in layers or planes.
- Gironde
-
noun,
an estuary in SW France, formed by the junction of the Garonne and Dordogne rivers. 45 miles (72 km) long.
- Neocene
-
adjective, noun,
Neogene.
- Neogene
-
noun,
the Neogene Period or System.
- Negroid
-
noun,
Older Use: Usually Offensive. a member of such peoples.
- gnomist
-
noun,
a writer of aphorisms.
- senator
-
noun,
a member of a senate.
- negates
-
verb (used with object),
to deny the existence, evidence, or truth of:
- microns
-
noun,
Also called micrometer. the millionth part of a meter. Symbol: μ, mu.
- neatens
-
verb (used with object),
to make neat:
- goiters
-
noun,
an enlargement of the thyroid gland on the front and sides of the neck, usually symptomatic of abnormal thyroid secretion, especially hypothyroidism due to a lack of iodine in the diet.
- necrose
-
verb (used with or without object),
to affect or be affected with necrosis.
- nectars
-
noun,
the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or birds that pollinate the flower.
- strato-
-
- indenes
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid hydrocarbon, C 9 H 8 , obtained from coal tar by fractional distillation: used in synthesizing resins.
- seminar
-
noun,
a small group of students, as in a university, engaged in advanced study and original research under a member of the faculty and meeting regularly to exchange information and hold discussions.
- indents
-
noun,
a toothlike notch or deep recess; indentation.
- Negroes
-
noun,
Anthropology. (no longer in technical use) a member of the peoples traditionally classified as the Negro race, especially those who originate in sub-Saharan Africa.
- negaton
-
noun,
(not in technical use) electron (def 1).
- godsent
-
adjective,
sent by God or as if by God:
- God-man
-
noun,
Jesus Christ.
- indorse
-
verb (used with object),
endorse.
- go-cart
-
noun,
a small carriage for young children to ride in; stroller.
- Negrito
-
noun,
a member of any of various small-statured, indigenous peoples of Africa, the Philippines, the Malay Peninsula, the Andaman Islands, and southern India.
- smarten
-
Verb phrases,
smarten up,
to groom oneself:
to become aware of one's mistakes, shortcomings, etc., and make efforts to correct them:
- Gnostic
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) a member of any of certain sects among the early Christians who claimed to have superior knowledge of spiritual matters, and explained the world as created by powers or agencies arising as emanations from the Godhead.
- setting
-
noun,
the act of a person or thing that sets.
- granite
-
noun,
a coarse-grained igneous rock composed chiefly of orthoclase and albite feldspars and of quartz, usually with lesser amounts of one or more other minerals, as mica, hornblende, or augite.
- innards
-
noun,
the internal parts of the body; entrails or viscera.
- moisten
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become moist.
- mismate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to mate unsuitably or wrongly.
- modiste
-
noun,
Older Use. a female maker of or dealer in women's fashionable attire.
- sigmate
-
adjective,
having the form of the Greek sigma or the letter S.
- grenade
-
noun,
a small shell containing an explosive and thrown by hand or fired from a rifle or launching device.
- gremmie
-
noun,
a novice surfer or one with poor form.
- greisen
-
noun,
a hydrothermally altered rock of granitic texture composed chiefly of quartz and mica, common in the tin mines of Europe.
- misdeem
-
verb (used with or without object),
to have a wrong opinion of; misjudge:
- misdate
-
noun,
a wrong date.
- stoting
-
noun,
stoating.
- momenta
-
noun,
force or speed of movement; impetus, as of a physical object or course of events:
- sidero-
-
- stereo-
-
- side-on
-
adverb,
with the side or sides foremost, especially in a collision:
- monacid
-
adjective, noun,
monoacid.
- monades
-
noun,
plural of monas.
- greenie
-
noun,
Slang. an amphetamine pill, especially one that is green in color.
- Stentor
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) a Greek herald with a loud voice.
- moderns
-
noun,
a person of modern times.
- misname
-
verb (used with object),
to name incorrectly or wrongly; miscall.
- Grecism
-
noun,
the spirit of Greek thought, art, etc.
- steroid
-
noun,
any of a large group of fat-soluble organic compounds, as the sterols, bile acids, and sex hormones, most of which have specific physiological action.
- stomat-
-
- stomate
-
noun,
stoma (def 1).
- mitered
-
noun,
the official headdress of a bishop in the Western Church, in its modern form a tall cap with a top deeply cleft crosswise, the outline of the front and back resembling that of a pointed arch.
- miterer
-
noun,
a machine or tool for making miters.
- mitogen
-
noun,
any substance or agent that stimulates mitotic cell division.
- stertor
-
noun,
a heavy snoring sound accompanying respiration in certain diseases.
- grommet
-
noun,
Machinery.
any of various rings or eyelets of metal or the like.
an insulated washer of rubber or plastic, inserted in a hole in a metal part to prevent grounding of a wire passing through the hole.
- storage
-
noun,
the act of storing; state or fact of being stored:
- moderne
-
adjective,
pretentiously modern; striving to appear modern but lacking style or conviction.
- sterno-
-
- storied
-
noun,
a narrative, either true or fictitious, in prose or verse, designed to interest, amuse, or instruct the hearer or reader; tale.
- misread
-
verb (used with or without object),
to read wrongly.
- signore
-
noun,
a conventional Italian title of respect for a man, usually used separately; signor.
- Signora
-
noun,
a conventional Italian term of address or title of respect for a married woman, either used separately or prefixed to the name.
- grinder
-
noun,
a person or thing that grinds.
- ideates
-
noun,
ideatum.
- grimace
-
noun,
a facial expression, often ugly or contorted, that indicates disapproval, pain, etc.
- miscode
-
verb (used with object),
to code mistakenly, as in data processing.
- mirages
-
noun,
an optical phenomenon, especially in the desert or at sea, by which the image of some object appears displaced above, below, or to one side of its true position as a result of spatial variations of the index of refraction of air.
- mortise
-
noun,
a notch, hole, groove, or slot made in a piece of wood or the like to receive a tenon of the same dimensions.
- graters
-
noun,
a person or thing that grates.
- gratins
-
noun,
au gratin.
- immense
-
adjective,
vast; huge; very great:
- immerge
-
verb (used with object),
Archaic. to immerse.
- mordent
-
noun,
a melodic embellishment consisting of a rapid alternation of a principal tone with the tone a half or a whole step below it, called single or short when the auxiliary tone occurs once and double or long when this occurs twice or more.
- mintage
-
noun,
the act or process of minting.
- moreens
-
noun,
a heavy fabric of wool, or wool and cotton, with a ribbed face and a moiré finish, used for curtains, petticoats, etc.
- gratine
-
verb (used with object),
to bake or broil (food) in au gratin style.
- morgens
-
noun,
a unit of land measure equal to about two acres (0.8 hectare), formerly in use in Holland and the Dutch colonies and still used in South Africa.
- Morandi
-
noun,
Giorgio [jawr-jaw] /ˈdʒɔr dʒɔ/ (Show IPA), 1890–1964, Italian painter.
- Minster
-
noun,
a church actually or originally connected with a monastic establishment.
- Morning
-
noun,
the first part or period of the day, extending from dawn, or from midnight, to noon.
- mortars
-
noun,
a receptacle of hard material, having a bowl-shaped cavity in which substances are reduced to powder with a pestle.
- grantor
-
noun,
a person or organization that makes a grant.
- mortice
-
noun,
a notch, hole, groove, or slot made in a piece of wood or the like to receive a tenon of the same dimensions.
- grantee
-
noun,
the receiver of a grant.
- Minorca
-
noun,
Spanish Menorca. one of the Balearic Islands, in the W Mediterranean. 271 sq. mi. (700 sq. km).
- immerse
-
verb (used with object),
to plunge into or place under a liquid; dip; sink.
- mordant
-
noun,
a substance used in dyeing to fix the coloring matter, especially a metallic compound, as an oxide or hydroxide, that combines with the organic dye and forms an insoluble colored compound or lake in the fiber.
- Miocene
-
noun,
the Miocene Epoch or Series.
- moneran
-
noun,
any organism of the kingdom Monera.
- Greater
-
noun,
a person who has achieved importance or distinction in a field:
- monesia
-
noun,
a preparation extracted from the bark of a South American tree, Pradosia lactescens, and used chiefly as an astringent and as an expectorant.
- sidemen
-
noun,
an instrumentalist in a band or orchestra.
- mongers
-
noun,
a person who is involved with something in a petty or contemptible way (usually used in combination):
- sideman
-
noun,
an instrumentalist in a band or orchestra.
- monster
-
noun,
a legendary animal combining features of animal and human form or having the forms of various animals in combination, as a centaur, griffin, or sphinx.
- montage
-
noun,
the technique of combining in a single composition pictorial elements from various sources, as parts of different photographs or fragments of printing, either to give the illusion that the elements belonged together originally or to allow each element to retain its separate identity as a means of adding interest or meaning to the composition.
Compare collage (def 1).
- Grecian
-
noun,
a Greek.
- montane
-
noun,
the lower vegetation belt on mountains.
- mirador
-
noun,
(in Spanish-speaking countries) any architectural feature, as a loggia or balcony, affording a view of the surroundings.
- greaser
-
noun,
a person or thing that greases.
- ignores
-
verb (used with object),
to refrain from noticing or recognizing:
- sidecar
-
noun,
a small car attached on one side to a motorcycle and supported on the other side by a wheel of its own, used for a passenger, parcels, etc.
- imagoes
-
noun,
Entomology. an adult insect.
- sidearm
-
adverb,
with a swinging motion of the arm moving to the side of the body at shoulder level or below and nearly parallel to the ground:
- moraine
-
noun,
a ridge, mound, or irregular mass of unstratified glacial drift, chiefly boulders, gravel, sand, and clay.
- imarets
-
noun,
(in Turkey) a hospice for pilgrims, travelers, etc.
- greaten
-
verb (used with object),
to make greater; enlarge; increase.
- stemmer
-
noun,
a person who removes stems.
- neonate
-
noun,
a newborn child, or one in its first 28 days.
- smidgen
-
noun,
a very small amount:
- intones
-
verb (used with object),
to utter with a particular tone or voice modulation.
- sardine
-
noun,
the pilchard, Sardina pilchardus, often preserved in oil and used for food.
- interns
-
noun,
a person who is or has been interned; internee.
- origans
-
noun,
an aromatic herb, especially oregano.
- mending
-
noun,
the act of a person or thing that mends.
- satinet
-
noun,
a satin-weave fabric made with cotton warp and wool filling, fulled and finished to resemble wool.
- menders
-
noun,
a person or thing that mends.
- osmatic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the sense of smell.
- Sargent
-
noun,
Sir (Harold) Malcolm (Watts) 1895–1967, English conductor.
- racemes
-
noun,
a simple indeterminate inflorescence in which the flowers are borne on short pedicels lying along a common axis, as in the lily of the valley.
- generic
-
noun,
a generic term.
- racemic
-
adjective,
noting or pertaining to any of various organic compounds in which racemism occurs.
- Sno-Cat
-
- tagmeme
-
noun,
the basic unit of grammatical analysis in tagmemics, consisting of a correlation between a grammatical function and the class of items that can occur in that function.
Compare filler (def 9), slot1 (def 3).
- radices
-
noun,
a plural of radix.
- menages
-
noun,
a domestic establishment; household.
- gemmate
-
adjective,
having buds; increasing by budding.
- radomes
-
noun,
a dome-shaped device used to house a radar antenna.
- sarcoid
-
noun,
a growth resembling a sarcoma.
- Mendota
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in S Wisconsin, in N Madison. About 15 sq. mi. (39 sq. km).
- orients
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- menacme
-
noun,
the part of a female's life during which menstruation occurs.
- Gennaro
-
noun,
San [san;; Italian sahn] /sæn;; Italian sɑn/ (Show IPA), Januarius.
- genomes
-
noun,
a full set of chromosomes; all the inheritable traits of an organism.
- genoise
-
noun,
a light yellow cake made with eggs and butter and typically layered, filled, and frosted or made into petits fours for serving.
- orectic
-
adjective,
of or relating to desire; appetitive.
- Genoese
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Genoa.
- oreides
-
noun,
oroide.
- mention
-
noun,
a direct or incidental reference; a mentioning:
- Menotti
-
noun,
Gian Carlo [jahn kahr-loh;; Italian jahn kahr-law] /dʒɑn ˈkɑr loʊ;; Italian dʒɑn ˈkɑr lɔ/ (Show IPA), 1911–2007, U.S. composer, born in Italy.
- organic
-
noun,
a substance, as a fertilizer or pesticide, of animal or vegetable origin.
- Genesee
-
noun,
a river flowing N from N Pennsylvania through W New York into Lake Ontario. 144 miles (230 km) long.
- Menorca
-
noun,
Minorca.
- genitor
-
noun,
a parent, especially a father.
- genito-
-
- Genista
-
noun,
any plant belonging to the genus Genista, of the legume family, having showy flowers and including many species of broom.
- orgeats
-
noun,
a syrup or drink made originally from barley but later from almonds, prepared with sugar and an extract of orange flowers.
- Oriente
-
noun,
a region in Ecuador, E of the Andes: the border long disputed by Peru.
- genetic
-
adjective,
Biology. pertaining or according to genetics.
- genesic
-
adjective,
pertaining to genesis or reproduction; genetic.
- sarcode
-
noun,
protoplasm, especially the semifluid content of a protozoan.
- ragtime
-
noun,
rhythm in which the accompaniment is strict two-four time and the melody, with improvised embellishments, is in steady syncopation.
- Mercado
-
noun,
a market.
- ratines
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- garrets
-
noun,
an attic, usually a small, wretched one.
- memoirs
-
noun,
a record of events written by a person having intimate knowledge of them and based on personal observation.
- Sandron
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Sandro.
- sandmen
-
noun,
the man who, in fairy tales or folklore, puts sand in the eyes of children to make them sleepy.
- garotte
-
noun,
a method of capital punishment of Spanish origin in which an iron collar is tightened around a condemned person's neck until death occurs by strangulation or by injury to the spinal column at the base of the brain.
- garotes
-
noun,
a method of capital punishment of Spanish origin in which an iron collar is tightened around a condemned person's neck until death occurs by strangulation or by injury to the spinal column at the base of the brain.
- Garonne
-
noun,
a river in SW France, flowing NW from the Pyrenees to the Gironde River. 350 miles (565 km) long.
- Garnett
-
noun,
a machine used in garnetting.
- Garrett
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Gerald.
- ratings
-
noun,
classification according to grade or rank.
- rations
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- garnets
-
noun,
any of a group of hard, vitreous minerals, silicates of calcium, magnesium, iron, or manganese with aluminum or iron, varying in color: a deep-red transparent variety is used as a gem and as an abrasive.
- garners
-
noun,
a granary or grain bin.
- garment
-
noun,
any article of clothing:
- ratites
-
noun,
a bird having a ratite breastbone.
- Gardner
-
noun,
Erle Stanley [url] /ɜrl/ (Show IPA), 1889–1970, U.S. writer of detective stories.
- ratteen
-
noun,
ratiné.
- rangers
-
noun,
forest ranger.
- randoms
-
noun,
something that is random, or a random state or condition:
- stearo-
-
- menaces
-
noun,
something that threatens to cause evil, harm, injury, etc.; a threat:
- gearset
-
noun,
a combination of gears that mesh to provide a particular gear ratio.
- tammies
-
noun,
a fabric of mixed fibers, constructed in plain weave and often heavily glazed, used in the manufacture of linings and undergarments.
- Tancred
-
noun,
1078?–1112, Norman leader in the first Crusade.
- raiders
-
noun,
a person or thing that raids.
- tandems
-
noun,
a vehicle, as a truck, tractor, or trailer, in which a pair or pairs of axles are arranged in tandem.
- raiment
-
noun,
clothing; apparel; attire.
- gatemen
-
noun,
a gatekeeper.
- tangent
-
noun,
Geometry. a line or a plane that touches a curve or a surface at a point so that it is closer to the curve in the vicinity of the point than any other line or plane drawn through the point.
- rammers
-
noun,
a person or thing that rams.
- randies
-
noun,
Chiefly Scot. a rude or coarse beggar.
- gastro-
-
- gastrin
-
noun,
a hormone that stimulates the secretion of gastric juice.
- gastric
-
adjective,
pertaining to the stomach.
- ramrods
-
noun,
a rod for ramming down the charge of a muzzleloading firearm.
- sincere
-
adjective,
free of deceit, hypocrisy, or falseness; earnest:
- rancors
-
noun,
bitter, rankling resentment or ill will; hatred; malice.
- Randers
-
noun,
a seaport in E Jutland, in Denmark.
- garrote
-
noun,
a method of capital punishment of Spanish origin in which an iron collar is tightened around a condemned person's neck until death occurs by strangulation or by injury to the spinal column at the base of the brain.
- interne
-
noun, verb (used without object),
intern2 .
- Mercast
-
noun,
a broadcasting system used by U.S. agencies to deliver messages to government-operated ships.
- Nereids
-
noun,
any elongate cylindrical worm of the polychaete family Nereididae, including clamworms.
- section
-
noun,
a part that is cut off or separated.
- integer
-
noun,
Mathematics. one of the positive or negative numbers 1, 2, 3, etc., or zero.
Compare whole number.
- sedarim
-
noun,
a plural of Seder.
- nomadic
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of nomads.
- nominee
-
noun,
a person nominated, as to run for elective office or fill a particular post.
- metates
-
noun,
a flat stone that has a shallow depression in the upper surface for holding maize or other grains to be ground with a mano.
- nonages
-
noun,
the period of legal minority, or of an age below 21.
- germane
-
adjective,
closely or significantly related; relevant; pertinent:
- metamer
-
noun,
a compound exhibiting metamerism with one or more other compounds.
- noetics
-
noun,
the science of the intellect or of pure thought; reasoning.
- gerents
-
noun,
a ruler or manager.
- Geraint
-
noun,
one of the knights of the Round Table, husband of Enid.
- tactics
-
noun,
(usually used with a singular verb) the art or science of disposing military or naval forces for battle and maneuvering them in battle.
- metages
-
noun,
the official measurement of contents or weight.
- Nordica
-
noun,
Lillian (Lillian Norton) 1859–1914, U.S. soprano.
- secrete
-
noun,
a steel skullcap of the 17th century, worn under a soft hat.
- intends
-
verb (used with object),
to have in mind as something to be done or brought about; plan:
- norites
-
noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- steato-
-
- germens
-
noun,
a germ.
- normans
-
noun,
a member of that branch of the Northmen or Scandinavians who in the 10th century conquered Normandy.
- insnare
-
verb (used with object),
ensnare.
- inroads
-
noun,
a damaging or serious encroachment:
- Insecta
-
noun,
the class comprising the insects.
- sematic
-
adjective,
serving as a sign or warning of danger, as the conspicuous colors or markings of certain poisonous animals.
- metrist
-
noun,
a person who is skilled in the use of poetic meters.
- metiers
-
noun,
a field of work; occupation, trade, or profession.
- gestate
-
verb (used with object),
to carry in the womb during the period from conception to delivery.
- netting
-
noun,
any of various kinds of net fabric:
- Nicetas
-
noun,
Saint Ignatius (def 2).
- Nidaros
-
noun,
former name of Trondheim.
- instead
-
Idioms,
instead of, in place of; in lieu of:
- nimrods
-
noun,
the great-grandson of Noah: noted as a great hunter. Gen. 10:8–10.
- segment
-
noun,
one of the parts into which something naturally separates or is divided; a division, portion, or section:
- Ninette
-
noun,
a female given name.
- nitrate
-
noun,
Chemistry. a salt or ester of nitric acid, or any compound containing the univalent group –ONO 2 or NO 3 .
- instant
-
noun,
an infinitesimal or very short space of time; a moment:
- smitten
-
verb,
a past participle of smite.
- seeming
-
noun,
appearance, especially outward or deceptive appearance.
- instate
-
verb (used with object),
to put or place in a certain state or position, as in an office; install.
- Geordie
-
noun,
a native of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England.
- intens.
-
- ordains
-
verb (used with object),
to invest with ministerial or sacerdotal functions; confer holy orders upon.
- oneidas
-
noun,
a member of an Iroquois people formerly inhabiting the region east of Oneida Lake.
- mercies
-
noun,
compassionate or kindly forbearance shown toward an offender, an enemy, or other person in one's power; compassion, pity, or benevolence:
- science
-
noun,
a branch of knowledge or study dealing with a body of facts or truths systematically arranged and showing the operation of general laws:
- Mercier
-
noun,
Désiré Joseph [dey-zee-rey zhaw-zef] /deɪ ziˈreɪ ʒɔˈzɛf/ (Show IPA), 1851–1926, Belgian cardinal and patriot.
- Ommiads
-
noun,
Omayyad.
- onagers
-
noun,
a wild ass, Equus hemionus, of southwestern Asia.
- onanism
-
noun,
withdrawal of the penis in sexual intercourse so that ejaculation takes place outside the vagina; coitus interruptus.
- scatter
-
noun,
the act of scattering.
- one-man
-
adjective,
of or relating to, or operated, performed, or used by one person:
- Meriden
-
noun,
a city in central Connecticut.
- Mercian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Mercia.
- Scarron
-
noun,
Paul [pawl] /pɔl/ (Show IPA), 1610–60, French novelist, dramatist, and poet.
- onstage
-
adverb,
on or onto the stage (opposed to offstage): .
- mercers
-
noun,
a dealer in textile fabrics; dry-goods merchant.
- scanner
-
noun,
a person or thing that scans.
- orceins
-
noun,
a red dye, the principal coloring matter of cudbear and orchil, obtained by oxidizing an ammoniacal solution of orcinol.
- scandic
-
adjective,
of or relating to scandium:
- gentian
-
noun,
any of several plants of the genera Gentiana, Gentianella, and Gentianopsis, having usually blue, or sometimes yellow, white, or red, flowers, as the fringed gentian of North America, or Gentiana lutea, of Europe.
Compare gentian family.
- mergers
-
noun,
a statutory combination of two or more corporations by the transfer of the properties to one surviving corporation.
- merinos
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) one of a breed of sheep, raised originally in Spain, valued for their fine wool.
- intense
-
adjective,
existing or occurring in a high or extreme degree:
- screeno
-
noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) (formerly) bingo played in a movie theater.
- seconde
-
noun,
the second of the eight defensive positions.
- intents
-
noun,
something that is intended; purpose; design; intention:
- notates
-
verb (used with object),
to note, mark, or set down in a system of notation:
- notices
-
noun,
an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning:
- seating
-
noun,
an act or instance of furnishing with, assigning, or escorting to a seat.
- Seagirt
-
noun,
surrounded by the sea.
- sea-dog
-
noun,
a sailor, especially an old or experienced one.
- oarsmen
-
noun,
a person who rows a boat, especially a racing boat; rower.
- Oceanic
-
adjective,
of, living in, or produced by the ocean:
- oersted
-
noun,
the centimeter-gram-second unit of magnetic intensity, equal to the magnetic pole of unit strength when undergoing a force of one dyne in a vacuum. Abbreviation: Oe.
- Oceanid
-
noun,
any of the daughters of Oceanus and Tethys; a sea nymph.
- ocreate
-
adjective,
having an ocrea or ocreae; sheathed.
- Merriam
-
noun,
a town in E Kansas.
- octanes
-
noun,
any of 18 isomeric saturated hydrocarbons having the formula C 8 H 18 , some of which are obtained in the distillation and cracking of petroleum.
- octants
-
noun,
the eighth part of a circle.
- mermaid
-
noun,
(in folklore) a female marine creature, having the head, torso, and arms of a woman and the tail of a fish.
- taction
-
noun,
touch; contact.
- Scottie
-
noun,
Scottish terrier.
- egotism
-
noun,
excessive and objectionable reference to oneself in conversation or writing; conceit; boastfulness.
- Romains
-
noun,
Jules [zhyl] /ʒül/ (Show IPA), (Louis Farigoule) 1885–1972, French novelist, poet, and dramatist.
- cortina
-
noun,
a weblike, often evanescent veil covering the gills or hanging from the cap edge of certain mushrooms, particularly those of genus Cortinarius, and sometimes persisting as a ring or remnant of fibrils around the mushroom stalk.
- deontic
-
adjective,
of or relating to duty and moral obligation as ethical concepts.
- dogcart
-
noun,
a light, two-wheeled, horse-drawn vehicle for ordinary driving, with two transverse seats back to back, and originally having a box under the rear seat for carrying a dog.
- dog-ear
-
noun,
(in a book) a corner of a page folded over like a dog's ear, as by careless use, or to mark a place.
- arenose
-
adjective,
sandy; gritty.
- dereism
-
noun,
autism.
- derange
-
verb (used with object),
to throw into disorder; disarrange.
- arenite
-
noun,
psammite.
- termite
-
noun,
any of numerous pale-colored, soft-bodied, chiefly tropical social insects, of the order Isoptera, that feed on wood, some being highly destructive to buildings, furniture, etc.
- codgers
-
noun,
an eccentric man, especially one who is old.
- codices
-
noun,
plural of codex.
- cortege
-
noun,
a procession, especially a ceremonial one:
- codings
-
noun,
the transforming of a variate into a more convenient variate.
- Domenic
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Ardmore
-
noun,
a city in S Oklahoma.
- termors
-
noun,
a person who has an estate for a term of years or for life.
- coedits
-
verb (used with object),
to edit jointly with another.
- decanes
-
noun,
a hydrocarbon, C 10 H 22 , of the methane series, occurring in several isomeric forms.
- Camoens
-
noun,
Luis Vaz de [loo-eesh vahzh duh] /luˈiʃ vɑʒ də/ (Show IPA), 1524?–80, Portuguese poet.
- coerces
-
verb (used with object),
to compel by force, intimidation, or authority, especially without regard for individual desire or volition:
- dominee
-
noun,
dominie (def 2).
- coesite
-
noun,
a rare form of silicon dioxide, a denser polymorph of quartz, originally synthesized from quartz at high temperatures and pressures: later discovered in nature.
- domines
-
noun,
lord; master (used as a title of address).
- termers
-
noun,
a person who is serving a term, especially in prison (usually used in combination):
- dentist
-
noun,
a person whose profession is dentistry.
- dentins
-
noun,
the hard, calcareous tissue, similar to but denser than bone, that forms the major portion of a tooth, surrounds the pulp cavity, and is situated beneath the enamel and cementum.
- tinners
-
noun,
a tinsmith.
- cognacs
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the brandy distilled in and shipped from the legally delimited area surrounding the town of Cognac, in W central France.
- codeine
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, slightly bitter alkaloid, C 18 H 21 NO 3 , obtained from opium, used in medicine chiefly as an analgesic or sedative and to inhibit coughing.
- camions
-
noun,
a strongly built cart or wagon for transporting heavy loads; dray.
- cognate
-
noun,
a person or thing cognate with another.
- coatees
-
noun,
a close-fitting short coat, especially one with tails or skirts.
- tictacs
-
noun,
a repetitive sound, as of ticking, tapping, knocking, or clicking:
- coagent
-
noun,
a joint agent.
- coaming
-
noun,
a raised border around an opening in a deck, roof, or floor, designed to prevent water from running below.
- descant
-
noun,
Music.
a melody or counterpoint accompanying a simple musical theme and usually written above it.
(in part music) the soprano.
a song or melody.
- Cairene
-
noun,
a native or resident of Cairo, Egypt.
- aristo-
-
- coarsen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become coarse.
- coarser
-
adjective,
of or relating to a topology on a topological space whose open sets are included among the open sets of a second specified topology on the space.
- coaster
-
noun,
a person or thing that coasts.
- decagon
-
noun,
a polygon having ten angles and ten sides.
- dacoits
-
noun,
(in India and Burma) a member of a class of criminals who engage in organized robbery and murder.
- treason
-
noun,
the offense of acting to overthrow one's government or to harm or kill its sovereign.
- Ternate
-
noun,
an island in E Indonesia, W of Halmahera: important source of spices. 53 sq. mi. (137 sq. km).
- dermat-
-
- derries
-
noun,
a meaningless refrain or chorus in old songs.
- centner
-
noun,
(in several European countries) a unit of weight of 50 kilograms, equivalent to 110.2 pounds avoirdupois.
- tinders
-
noun,
a highly flammable material or preparation formerly used for catching the spark from a flint and steel struck together for fire or light.
- coating
-
noun,
a layer of any substance spread over a surface.
- Cameron
-
noun,
Julia Margaret, 1815–79, English photographer, born in India.
- centimo
-
noun,
the 100th part of the monetary units of various countries, as Costa Rica, Equatorial Guinea, Paraguay, and Venezuela.
- argents
-
noun,
Heraldry. the tincture or metal silver.
- togated
-
adjective,
characteristic of peace; peaceful:
- docents
-
noun,
privatdocent.
- Docetae
-
plural noun,
early Christian adherents of Docetism.
- centime
-
noun,
a monetary unit of various nations and territories, as Lichtenstein, Martinique, Senegal, Switzerland, and Tahiti, the 100th part of a franc.
- cocaine
-
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.
- Aretino
-
noun,
Pietro [pye-traw] /ˈpyɛ trɔ/ (Show IPA), 1492–1556, Italian satirist and dramatist.
- ctenoid
-
adjective,
comblike or pectinate; rough-edged.
- arctics
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the region lying north of the Arctic Circle or of the northernmost limit of tree growth; the polar area north of the timber line.
- deseret
-
noun,
a territory established by the Mormons in 1849 as a proposed state of the Union: was refused admission to the Union by Congress and incorporated in the newly organized Territory of Utah 1850.
- commits
-
verb (used with object),
to give in trust or charge; consign.
- command
-
noun,
the act of commanding or ordering.
- commend
-
verb (used with object),
to present, mention, or praise as worthy of confidence, notice, kindness, etc.; recommend:
- Annette
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Anne.
- donnees
-
noun,
a set of artistic or literary premises or assumptions.
- tergite
-
noun,
the dorsal sclerite of an abdominal segment of an insect.
- comment
-
noun,
a remark, observation, or criticism:
- critter
-
noun,
a domesticated animal.
- aniseed
-
noun,
the aromatic seed of anise, the oil of which (anise oil, aniseed oil, oil of anise) is used in the manufacture of anethole, in medicine as a carminative and expectorant, and in cookery and liqueurs for its licoricelike flavor.
- attends
-
verb (used with object),
to be present at:
- crinose
-
adjective,
hairy.
- cringes
-
noun,
servile or fawning deference.
- decease
-
noun,
the act of dying; departure from life; death.
- crimson
-
noun,
a crimson color, pigment, or dye.
- Candiot
-
noun,
a Cretan.
- aneroid
-
noun,
aneroid barometer.
- crimmer
-
noun,
krimmer.
- comrade
-
noun,
a person who shares in one's activities, occupation, etc.; companion, associate, or friend.
- toaster
-
noun,
an instrument or appliance for toasting bread, muffins, etc.
- anemone
-
noun,
any of various plants belonging to the genus Anemone, of the buttercup family, having petallike sepals and including several wild species with white flowers as well as others cultivated for their showy flowers in a variety of colors.
- deceits
-
noun,
the act or practice of deceiving; concealment or distortion of the truth for the purpose of misleading; duplicity; fraud; cheating:
- cements
-
noun,
any of various calcined mixtures of clay and limestone, usually mixed with water and sand, gravel, etc., to form concrete, that are used as a building material.
- dormant
-
adjective,
lying asleep or as if asleep; inactive, as in sleep; torpid:
- canines
-
noun,
a canid, or member of the dog family Canidae.
- Comtian
-
noun,
a follower of the philosophy of Auguste Comte.
- dormers
-
noun,
Also called dormer window. a vertical window in a projection built out from a sloping roof.
- dormice
-
noun,
any small, furry-tailed, Old World rodent of the family Gliridae, resembling small squirrels in appearance and habits.
- crocein
-
noun,
any of several acid azo dyes producing orange or scarlet colors.
- comings
-
noun,
approach; arrival; advent:
- donates
-
verb (used with object),
to present as a gift, grant, or contribution; make a donation of, as to a fund or cause:
- Antoine
-
noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1858–1943, French theatrical director, manager, and critic.
- centare
-
noun,
centiare.
- coignes
-
noun, verb (used with object),
quoin.
- tinters
-
noun,
a person who specializes in applying tints or dyes.
- coinage
-
noun,
the act, process, or right of making coins.
- cancion
-
noun,
song.
- cenotes
-
noun,
a deep natural well or sinkhole, especially in Central America, formed by the collapse of surface limestone that exposes ground water underneath, and sometimes used by the ancient Mayans for sacrificial offerings.
- decants
-
verb (used with object),
to pour (wine or other liquid) gently so as not to disturb the sediment.
- tirades
-
noun,
a prolonged outburst of bitter, outspoken denunciation:
- comates
-
noun,
a mate or companion.
- comatic
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or blurred as a result of a coma.
- decares
-
noun,
a unit of surface measure equal to 10 ares, or 1000 square meters: equivalent to 0.2471 acre.
- crosier
-
noun,
a ceremonial staff carried by a bishop or an abbot, hooked at one end like a shepherd's crook.
- antings
-
noun,
the placing of ants among the feathers, done by certain birds apparently to kill parasites.
- anoints
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or sprinkle on; apply an unguent, ointment, or oily liquid to.
- candent
-
adjective,
glowing with heat; being at a white heat.
- antigen
-
noun,
Immunology. any substance that can stimulate the production of antibodies and combine specifically with them.
- Candice
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Anteros
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a brother of Eros, most often regarded as the avenger of unrequited love.
- antero-
-
- comedic
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or of the nature of comedy.
- cronies
-
noun,
a close friend or companion; chum.
- dentate
-
adjective,
having a toothed margin or toothlike projections or processes.
- comices
-
- anomite
-
noun,
a variety of mica, similar to biotite but differing in optical orientation.
- Comines
-
noun,
Philippe de [fee-leep duh] /fiˈlip də/ (Show IPA), 1445?–1511? French historian and diplomat.
- candier
-
- candies
-
noun,
any of a variety of confections made with sugar, syrup, etc., often combined with chocolate, fruit, nuts, etc.
- descent
-
noun,
the act, process, or fact of moving from a higher to a lower position. Synonyms: falling, sinking; fall, drop.
- centres
-
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.
- cretins
-
noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- cerated
-
adjective,
covered with wax.
- darners
-
noun,
a person or thing that darns.
- cerato-
-
- terries
-
noun,
the loop formed by the pile of a fabric when left uncut.
- diatoms
-
noun,
any of numerous microscopic, unicellular, marine or freshwater algae of the phylum Chrysophyta, having cell walls containing silica.
- astride
-
preposition,
with a leg on each side of; straddling:
- diaster
-
noun,
the stage in mitosis at which the chromosomes, after their division and separation, are grouped near the poles of the spindle.
- darings
-
noun,
adventurous courage; boldness.
- dineros
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Peru, the 10th part of a sol.
- cerates
-
noun,
Pharmacology. an unctuous, often medicated, preparation for external application, consisting of lard or oil mixed with wax, rosin, or the like, especially one that has a firmer consistency than a typical ointment and does not melt when in contact with the skin.
- astrict
-
verb (used with object),
to bind fast; constrain.
- tractor
-
noun,
a powerful motor-driven vehicle with large, heavy treads, used for pulling farm machinery, other vehicles, etc.
- diastem
-
noun,
a minor hiatus in an orderly succession of sedimentary rocks.
- tonnage
-
noun,
the capacity of a merchant vessel, expressed either in units of weight, as deadweight tons, or of volume, as gross tons.
- astroid
-
noun,
a hypocycloid with four cusps.
- tracing
-
noun,
the act of a person or thing that traces.
- Dinesen
-
noun,
Isak [ee-sahk] /ˈi sɑk/ (Show IPA), (pen name of Baroness Karen Blixen) 1885–1962, Danish author.
- dinette
-
noun,
a small space or alcove, often in or near the kitchen, serving as an informal dining area.
- Cadence
-
noun,
rhythmic flow of a sequence of sounds or words:
- ciceros
-
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.
- tongmen
-
noun,
a member of a Chinese tong.
- tetanic
-
adjective,
Pathology. pertaining to, of the nature of, or characterized by tetanus.
- cadette
-
noun,
(initial capital letter). Also called Cadette scout. a member of the Girl Scouts from 12 through 14 years of age.
- ceramic
-
noun,
ceramic material.
- dingoes
-
noun,
a wolflike, wild dog, Canis familiaris dingo, of Australia, having a reddish- or yellowish-brown coat.
- traitor
-
noun,
a person who betrays another, a cause, or any trust.
- tongman
-
noun,
a member of a Chinese tong.
- cetanes
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid hydrocarbon of the alkane series, C 16 H 34 , used as a solvent and in cetane number determinations.
- darning
-
noun,
the act of a person or thing that darns.
- detrain
-
verb (used without object),
to alight from a railway train; arrive by train.
- attorns
-
verb (used with object),
to turn over to another; transfer.
- cermets
-
noun,
a durable, heat-resistant alloy formed by compacting and sintering a metal and a ceramic substance, used under conditions of high temperature and stress.
- Tonnies
-
noun,
Ferdinand [fer-dee-nahnt] /ˈfɛr diˌnɑnt/ (Show IPA), 1855–1936, German sociologist.
- atonies
-
noun,
Pathology. lack of tone or energy; muscular weakness, especially in a contractile organ.
- diester
-
noun,
an organic compound that contains two ester groups.
- cerotic
-
adjective,
of or derived from cerotic acid.
- atonics
-
noun,
Grammar. an unaccented word, syllable, or sound.
- tierced
-
adjective,
(of an escutcheon) divided vertically or horizontally into three equal parts.
- attires
-
noun,
clothes or apparel, especially rich or splendid garments.
- tierces
-
noun,
an old measure of capacity equivalent to one third of a pipe, or 42 wine gallons.
- certain
-
Idioms,
for certain, without a doubt; surely:
- ceriman
-
noun,
a climbing, tropical American plant, Monstera deliciosa, of the arum family, characterized by cordlike, aerial roots and large, perforated leaves.
- tertian
-
noun,
Pathology. a tertian fever.
- cestode
-
noun,
a parasitic platyhelminth or flatworm of the class Cestoda, which comprises the tapeworms.
- Trainer
-
noun,
a person or thing that trains.
- atomism
-
noun,
Also called atomic theory. Philosophy. the theory that minute, discrete, finite, and indivisible elements are the ultimate constituents of all matter.
- atomies
-
noun,
an atom; mote.
- atomics
-
noun,
the branch of physics that deals with atoms, especially atomic energy.
- cestoid
-
noun,
cestode.
- dimeter
-
noun,
a verse or line of two measures or feet, as He is gone on the mountain,/He is lost to the forest.
- darters
-
noun,
a person or thing that darts or moves swiftly.
- terrine
-
noun,
a casserole dish made of pottery.
- tragics
-
noun,
the tragic, the element or quality of tragedy in literature, art, drama, etc.:
- tontine
-
noun,
an annuity scheme in which subscribers share a common fund with the benefit of survivorship, the survivors' shares being increased as the subscribers die, until the whole goes to the last survivor.
- tragion
-
noun,
a point in the depth of the notch just above the tragus of the ear.
- tonners
-
noun,
something having a specified weight in tons (used in combination):
- trainee
-
noun,
a person being trained, especially in a vocation; apprentice.
- traders
-
noun,
a person who trades; a merchant or businessperson.
- Detroit
-
noun,
a city in SE Michigan, on the Detroit River.
- terrets
-
noun,
one of the round loops or rings on the saddle of a harness, through which the driving reins pass.
- ternion
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- citrate
-
noun,
a salt or ester of citric acid.
- centri-
-
- damning
-
noun,
the utterance of “damn” in swearing or for emphasis.
- distant
-
adjective,
far off or apart in space; not near at hand; remote or removed (often followed by from):
- tonemes
-
noun,
a phoneme consisting of a contrastive feature of tone in a tone language:
- detains
-
verb (used with object),
to keep from proceeding; keep waiting; delay.
- distent
-
adjective,
distended.
- cistern
-
noun,
a reservoir, tank, or container for storing or holding water or other liquid.
- distort
-
verb (used with object),
to twist awry or out of shape; make crooked or deformed:
- tranter
-
noun,
a peddler, hawker, or carrier using a horse and cart.
- cistron
-
noun,
a segment of DNA that encodes for the formation of a specific polypeptide chain; a structural gene.
- Ditmars
-
noun,
Raymond Lee, 1876–1942, U.S. zoologist and author.
- terrace
-
noun,
a raised level with a vertical or sloping front or sides faced with masonry, turf, or the like, especially one of a series of levels rising one above another.
- destine
-
verb (used with object),
to set apart for a particular use, purpose, etc.; design; intend.
- centric
-
adjective,
pertaining to or situated at the center; central.
- citrons
-
noun,
a pale-yellow fruit resembling the lemon but larger and with thicker rind, borne by a small tree or large bush, Citrus medica, allied to the lemon and lime.
- armrest
-
noun,
a projecting, often padded support for the forearm, as at the side of a chair or sofa or between seats in a theater, car, or airplane.
- cittern
-
noun,
an old musical instrument related to the guitar, having a flat, pear-shaped soundbox and wire strings.
- to-name
-
noun,
a nickname, especially one to distinguish a person from others of the same name.
- armored
-
noun,
any covering worn as a defense against weapons.
- destain
-
verb (used with object),
to remove stain (from a specimen) to enhance visibility and contrast of parts.
- tommies
-
noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) Tommy Atkins.
- armoire
-
noun,
a large wardrobe or movable cupboard, with doors and shelves.
- armiger
-
noun,
a person entitled to armorial bearings.
- tomenta
-
noun,
pubescence consisting of longish, soft, entangled hairs pressed close to the surface.
- tomcats
-
noun,
a male cat.
- daimons
-
noun,
daemon.
- disrate
-
verb (used with object),
to reduce to a lower rating or rank.
- transom
-
noun,
a crosspiece separating a door or the like from a window or fanlight above it.
- detract
-
verb (used with object),
to draw away or divert; distract:
- terrane
-
noun,
any rock formation or series of formations or the area in which a particular formation or group of rocks is predominant.
- Terrene
-
noun,
the earth.
- diocese
-
noun,
an ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop.
- tracers
-
noun,
a person or thing that traces.
- deterge
-
verb (used with object),
to wipe or wash away; cleanse.
- ascetic
-
noun,
a person who dedicates his or her life to a pursuit of contemplative ideals and practices extreme self-denial or self-mortification for religious reasons.
- cinemas
-
noun,
Chiefly British. motion picture.
- detents
-
noun,
a mechanism that temporarily keeps one part in a certain position relative to that of another, and can be released by applying force to one of the parts.
- detente
-
noun,
a relaxing of tension, especially between nations, as by negotiations or agreements.
- directs
-
adverb,
in a direct manner; directly; straight:
- tonetic
-
noun,
the phonetic study of tone in language.
- Transit
-
noun,
the act or fact of passing across or through; passage from one place to another.
- dancers
-
noun,
a person who dances.
- artiste
-
noun,
an artist, especially an actor, singer, dancer, or other public performer.
- disegno
-
noun,
drawing or design: a term used during the 16th and 17th centuries to designate the formal discipline required for the representation of the ideal form of an object in the visual arts, especially as expressed in the linear structure of a work of art.
- terrain
-
noun,
a tract of land, especially as considered with reference to its natural features, military advantages, etc.
- cirrate
-
adjective,
having cirri.
- tictocs
-
noun,
an alternating ticking sound, as that made by a clock.
- discant
-
noun,
Also, discantus [dis-kan-tuh s] /dɪsˈkæn təs/ (Show IPA). Music. a 13th-century polyphonic style with strict mensural meter in all the voice parts, in contrast to the metrically free organum of the period.
- arteri-
-
- ARTEMIS
-
noun,
Also called Cynthia. an ancient Greek goddess, the daughter of Leto and the sister of Apollo, characterized as a virgin huntress and associated with the moon.
Compare Diana.
- discern
-
verb (used with object),
to perceive by the sight or some other sense or by the intellect; see, recognize, or apprehend:
- Caedmon
-
noun,
fl. a.d. c670, Anglo-Saxon religious poet.
- detects
-
verb (used with object),
to discover or catch (a person) in the performance of some act:
- centro-
-
- cirrose
-
adjective,
having a cirrus or cirri.
- arseno-
-
- dearies
-
noun,
darling.
- Comtism
-
noun,
the philosophy of Auguste Comte; positivism.
- candors
-
noun,
the state or quality of being frank, open, and sincere in speech or expression; candidness:
- denotes
-
verb (used with object),
to be a mark or sign of; indicate:
- contra-
-
- trireme
-
noun,
a galley with three rows or tiers of oars on each side, one above another, used chiefly as a warship.
- caterer
-
noun,
one whose business is to provide food, supplies, and sometimes service at social gatherings.
- torsade
-
noun,
a twisted cord.
- ecartes
-
noun,
a card game for two players.
- cottage
-
noun,
a small house, usually of only one story.
- eccrine
-
adjective,
of or relating to certain sweat glands, distributed over the entire body, that secrete a type of sweat important for regulating body heat (distinguished from apocrine).
- ecdemic
-
adjective,
noting or pertaining to a disease that is observed far from the area in which it originates.
- trisect
-
verb (used with object),
to divide into three parts, especially into three equal parts.
- trisome
-
noun,
a trisomic individual.
- Cotinga
-
noun,
any of several songbirds constituting the family Cotingidae of chiefly tropical New World regions.
- tenners
-
noun,
a 10-dollar bill.
- ecocide
-
noun,
the destruction of large areas of the natural environment by such activity as nuclear warfare, overexploitation of resources, or dumping of harmful chemicals.
- cotters
-
noun,
a pin, wedge, key, or the like, fitted or driven into an opening to secure something or hold parts together.
- coterie
-
noun,
a group of people who associate closely.
- contras
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) a member of a counterrevolutionary guerrilla group in Nicaragua.
- casting
-
noun,
the act or process of a person or thing that casts.
- Carmine
-
noun,
a crimson or purplish-red color.
- costing
-
noun,
cost accounting.
- Tristan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Tristram.
- cordage
-
noun,
fiber and wire ropes, lines, hawsers, etc., taken as a whole, especially with reference to the rigging and other equipment of a vessel.
- admires
-
Idioms,
be admiring of, Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. to admire:
- cordate
-
adjective,
heart-shaped:
- cording
-
noun,
cord covered with yarns or fabric, used decoratively.
- Teniers
-
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.
- tetrode
-
noun,
a vacuum tube containing four electrodes, usually a plate, two grids, and a cathode.
- gardens
-
noun,
a plot of ground, usually near a house, where flowers, shrubs, vegetables, fruits, or herbs are cultivated.
- eatings
-
noun,
the act of a person or thing that eats.
- costate
-
adjective,
Anatomy. having ribs.
- Trimmer
-
noun,
a person or thing that trims.
- consent
-
noun,
permission, approval, or agreement; compliance; acquiescence:
- consign
-
verb (used with object),
to hand over or deliver formally or officially; commit (often followed by to).
- tension
-
noun,
the act of stretching or straining.
- craniom
-
- cranio-
-
- conster
-
verb (used with or without object),
construe.
- constr.
-
- trimers
-
noun,
a molecule composed of three identical, simpler molecules.
- contact
-
noun,
the act or state of touching; a touching or meeting, as of two things or people.
- aginner
-
noun,
a person who opposes a plan, proposed legislation, or any drastic change:
- earings
-
noun,
a rope attached to a cringle and used for bending a corner of a sail to a yard, boom, or gaff or for reefing a sail.
- contain
-
verb (used with object),
to hold or include within its volume or area:
- triodes
-
noun,
a vacuum tube containing three elements, usually anode, cathode, and control grid.
- earnest
-
noun,
full seriousness, as of intention or purpose:
- demonic
-
adjective,
inspired as if by a demon, indwelling spirit, or genius.
- earring
-
noun,
an ornament worn on or hanging from the lobe of the ear.
- tenrecs
-
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.
- contemn
-
verb (used with object),
to treat or regard with disdain, scorn, or contempt.
- contend
-
verb (used with object),
to assert or maintain earnestly:
- content
-
noun,
Usually, contents.
something that is contained:
the subjects or topics covered in a book or document.
the chapters or other formal divisions of a book or document:
- Eastern
-
adjective,
lying toward or situated in the east:
- easting
-
noun,
Navigation. the distance due east made good on any course tending eastward; easterly departure.
- decrees
-
noun,
a formal and authoritative order, especially one having the force of law:
- decries
-
verb (used with object),
to speak disparagingly of; denounce as faulty or worthless; express censure of:
- contest
-
noun,
a race, conflict, or other competition between rivals, as for a prize.
- carnets
-
noun,
a customs document allowing an automobile to be driven at no cost across international borders.
- adenine
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a purine base, C 5 H 5 N 5 , one of the fundamental components of nucleic acids, as DNA, in which it forms a base pair with thymine, and RNA, in which it pairs with uracil. Symbol: A.
- agnomen
-
noun,
an additional, fourth name given to a person by the ancient Romans in allusion to some achievement or other circumstance, as “Africanus” in “Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus.”.
Compare cognomen (def 3).
- accents
-
noun,
prominence of a syllable in terms of differential loudness, or of pitch, or length, or of a combination of these.
- dements
-
verb (used with object),
to make mad or insane.
- acerose
-
adjective,
needle-shaped, as the leaves of the pine.
- dementi
-
noun,
an official denial by a government of actions, aims, etc., ascribed to it.
- trocars
-
noun,
a sharp-pointed instrument enclosed in a cannula, used for withdrawing fluid from a cavity, as the abdominal cavity.
- Cartier
-
noun,
Sir George Étienne [zhawrzh ey-tyen] /ʒɔrʒ eɪˈtyɛn/ (Show IPA), 1814–73, Canadian political leader: prime minister 1857–62, defense minister 1867–73.
- tenaces
-
noun,
a sequence of two high cards of the same suit that lack an intervening card to be in consecutive order, as the ace and queen.
- accrete
-
adjective,
Botany. grown together.
- corners
-
noun,
the place at which two converging lines or surfaces meet.
- deicers
-
noun,
a device or a chemical substance for preventing or removing ice.
- accords
-
noun,
proper relationship or proportion; harmony.
- demeans
-
noun,
Archaic. demeanor.
- cornets
-
noun,
Music. a valved wind instrument of the trumpet family.
- acetins
-
noun,
a colorless, thick, hygroscopic liquid, C 5 H 10 O 4 : used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives.
- accedes
-
verb (used without object),
to give consent, approval, or adherence; agree; assent; to accede to a request; to accede to the terms of a contract.
- cornice
-
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.
- carters
-
noun,
Bennett Lester ("Benny") 1907–2003, U.S. jazz saxophonist and composer.
- Corning
-
noun,
a city in S New York.
- carroms
-
noun,
Billiards, Pool. a shot in which the cue ball hits two balls in succession.
- corrade
-
verb (used with object),
to wear down by corrasion; abrade.
- correct
-
adjective,
conforming to fact or truth; free from error; accurate:
- corrida
-
noun,
a bullfight.
- corsage
-
noun,
a small bouquet worn at the waist, on the shoulder, on the wrist, etc., by a woman.
- corsair
-
noun,
a fast ship used for piracy.
- tsardom
-
noun,
czardom.
- Corsica
-
noun,
an island in the Mediterranean, SE of and forming a department of France. 3367 sq. mi. (8720 sq. km). Capital: Ajaccio.
- carrion
-
noun,
dead and putrefying flesh.
- demerit
-
noun,
a mark against a person for misconduct or deficiency:
- Tritoma
-
noun,
any of various plants belonging to the genus Kniphofia, of the lily family, native to Africa, especially K. uvaria, having long, dense clusters of tubular red or yellow flowers.
- degames
-
noun,
lemonwood.
- carnies
-
noun,
a person employed by a carnival.
- cordite
-
noun,
a smokeless, slow-burning powder composed of 30 to 58 percent nitroglycerin, 37 to 65 percent cellulose nitrate, and 5 to 6 percent mineral jelly.
- costard
-
noun,
a large English variety of apple.
- actinon
-
noun,
a chemically inert, gaseous, short-lived isotope of radon that is a member of the actinium series. Symbol: An; atomic number: 86; atomic weight: 219.
- actino-
-
- actings
-
noun,
the art, profession, or activity of those who perform in stage plays, motion pictures, etc.
- carnose
-
adjective,
of or relating to flesh; fleshy.
- demeton
-
noun,
either of two pale-yellow, highly toxic chemicals, C 6 H 15 O 3 PS 2 or C 6 H 15 O 4 PS 2, used as systemic insecticides, lethal to insects feeding on the treated plant or animal.
- coremia
-
noun,
the fruiting bodies of certain fungi, consisting of a loosely bound bundle of conidiophores.
- Demeter
-
noun,
the ancient Greek chthonian goddess of agriculture and the protector of marriage and the social order, identified by the Romans with Ceres. She presided over the Eleusinian mysteries.
- Tenedos
-
noun,
an island in the Aegean, near the entrance to the Dardanelles, belonging to Turkey.
- acrogen
-
noun,
a flowerless plant growing and producing its reproductive structures at the apex only, as ferns and mosses.
- tritone
-
noun,
an interval consisting of three whole tones; an augmented fourth.
- acetoin
-
noun,
a yellowish, pleasant-smelling liquid, C 4 H 8 O 2 , obtained from various carbohydrates, as glucose, by fermentation: used chiefly in the manufacture of flavors and essences.
- Costain
-
noun,
Thomas Bertram, 1885–1965, U.S. novelist, historian, and editor, born in Canada.
- aconite
-
noun,
any plant belonging to the genus Aconitum, of the buttercup family, having irregular flowers usually in loose clusters, including species with poisonous and medicinal properties.
- demesne
-
noun,
possession of land as one's own:
- tritons
-
noun,
a positively-charged particle consisting of a proton and two neutrons, equivalent to the nucleus of an atom of tritium.
- carotid
-
noun,
Also called carotid artery. either of the two large arteries, one on each side of the head, that carry blood to the head and that divide into an external branch supplying the neck, face, and other external parts, and an internal branch supplying the brain, eye, and other internal parts.
- degerms
-
verb (used with object),
to rid of germs.
- carotin
-
noun,
carotene.
- tendons
-
noun,
Anatomy. a cord or band of dense, tough, inelastic, white, fibrous tissue, serving to connect a muscle with a bone or part; sinew.
- corneas
-
noun,
the transparent anterior part of the external coat of the eye covering the iris and the pupil and continuous with the sclera.
- acetone
-
noun,
a colorless, volatile, water-soluble, flammable liquid, C 3 H 6 O, usually derived by oxidation of isopropyl alcohol or by bacterial fermentation of carbohydrates: used chiefly in paints and varnishes, as a general solvent, and in organic synthesis.
- tenders
-
noun,
the act of tendering; an offer of something for acceptance.
- Edomite
-
noun,
a descendant of Esau or Edom. Num. 20:14–21.
- tentage
-
noun,
tents collectively; equipment or supply of tents.
- dictate
-
noun,
an authoritative order or command.
- demotes
-
verb (used with object),
to reduce to a lower grade, rank, class, or position (opposed to promote):
- condemn
-
verb (used with object),
to express an unfavorable or adverse judgment on; indicate strong disapproval of; censure.
- canters
-
noun,
an easy gallop.
- canting
-
noun,
insincere, especially conventional expressions of enthusiasm for high ideals, goodness, or piety.
- concise
-
adjective,
expressing or covering much in few words; brief in form but comprehensive in scope; succinct; terse:
- triages
-
noun,
the process of sorting victims, as of a battle or disaster, to determine medical priority in order to increase the number of survivors.
- credits
-
noun,
commendation or honor given for some action, quality, etc.:
- dragees
-
noun,
a sugarcoated nut or candy.
- dragnet
-
noun,
a net to be drawn along the bottom of a river, pond, etc., or along the ground, to catch fish, small game, etc.
- credent
-
adjective,
Archaic. believing.
- toadies
-
noun,
an obsequious flatterer; sycophant.
- Creator
-
noun,
a person or thing that creates.
- creates
-
adjective,
Archaic. created.
- condign
-
adjective,
well-deserved; fitting; adequate:
- canteen
-
noun,
a small container used especially by soldiers and hikers for carrying water or other liquids.
- tricorn
-
noun,
Also, tricorne. a hat with the brim turned up on three sides.
- AmerInd
-
noun,
Indian (def 1).
- drastic
-
adjective,
acting with force or violence; violent.
- tenters
-
noun,
a framework on which cloth in the process of manufacture is stretched so it may set or dry evenly.
- creance
-
noun,
a light cord attached to the leg of a hawk to prevent escape during training.
- Creamer
-
noun,
a person or thing that creams.
- carding
-
noun,
the process in which fibers, as cotton, worsted, or wool, are manipulated into sliver form prior to spinning.
- deniers
-
noun,
a person who denies.
- torment
-
noun,
a state of great bodily or mental suffering; agony; misery.
- tricots
-
noun,
a warp-knit fabric of various natural or synthetic fibers, as wool, silk, or nylon, having fine vertical ribs on the face and horizontal ribs on the back, used especially for making garments.
- dreamer
-
noun,
a person who dreams.
- congees
-
noun,
congé.
- concert
-
noun,
a public musical performance in which a number of singers or instrumentalists, or both, participate.
- concern
-
noun,
something that relates or pertains to a person; business; affair:
- cardio-
-
- amniote
-
noun,
any vertebrate of the group Amniota, comprising the reptiles, birds, and mammals, characterized by having an amnion during the embryonic stage.
- andiron
-
noun,
one of a pair of metal stands, usually of iron or brass, for holding logs in a fireplace.
- Torenia
-
noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Torenia, of the figwort family, native to Africa and Asia, having two-lipped, usually blue or purple flowers.
- ancient
-
noun,
a person who lived in ancient times.
- Trenton
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of New Jersey, in the W part, on the Delaware River: Washington defeated Hessian troops here 1776.
- amosite
-
noun,
an asbestine variety of anthophyllite, rich in iron, formerly used as a heat-resistant material.
- dormins
-
noun,
abscisic acid.
- Amorite
-
noun,
a member of one of the principal tribes, or nations, of Canaan before its conquest by the Israelites. II Sam. 12:26–31.
- amorist
-
noun,
a person who is devoted to love and lovemaking.
- concede
-
verb (used with object),
to acknowledge as true, just, or proper; admit:
- amongst
-
preposition,
among.
- crenate
-
adjective,
having the margin notched or scalloped so as to form rounded teeth, as a leaf.
- Cremona
-
noun,
a city in N Italy, on the Po River.
- cremate
-
verb (used with object),
to reduce (a dead body) to ashes by fire, especially as a funeral rite.
- amnions
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. the innermost of the embryonic or fetal membranes of reptiles, birds, and mammals; the sac in which the embryo is suspended.
- ammonic
-
adjective,
of or relating to ammonia or ammonium.
- Terence
-
noun,
(Publius Terentius Afer) c190–159? b.c, Roman playwright.
- conceit
-
noun,
an excessively favorable opinion of one's own ability, importance, wit, etc.
- concent
-
noun,
concord of sound, voices, etc.; harmony.
- ammines
-
noun,
a compound containing one or more ammonia molecules in coordinate linkage.
- teredos
-
noun,
a shipworm of the genus Teredo.
- decerns
-
verb (used with object),
Archaic. to discern.
- tercets
-
noun,
Prosody. a group of three lines rhyming together or connected by rhyme with the adjacent group or groups of three lines.
- Denison
-
noun,
a city in NE Texas.
- dotages
-
noun,
a decline of mental faculties, especially as associated with old age; senility.
- ammeter
-
noun,
an instrument for measuring current in amperes.
- trident
-
noun,
a three-pronged instrument or weapon.
- amerces
-
verb (used with object),
to punish by imposing a fine not fixed by statute.
- deciare
-
noun,
a unit of surface measure equal to one-tenth of an are, or 10 square meters: equivalent to 11.96 square yards.
- Demotic
-
noun,
demotic script.
- connect
-
adjective,
of or relating to a connection or connections:
- cratons
-
noun,
a relatively rigid and immobile region of continental portions of the earth's crust.
- torrent
-
noun,
a stream of water flowing with great rapidity and violence.
- Trieste
-
noun,
a seaport in NE Italy, on the Gulf of Trieste.
- Trigere
-
noun,
Pauline, 1909–2002, U.S. fashion designer, born in France.
- catties
-
noun,
(in China and southeast Asia) a weight equal to about 1½ pounds (680 grams) avoirdupois.
- connate
-
adjective,
existing in a person or thing from birth or origin; inborn:
- congest
-
verb (used with object),
to fill to excess; overcrowd or overburden; clog:
- Torrens
-
noun,
Lake, a salt lake in Australia, in E South Australia. 130 miles (210 km) long; 2400 sq. mi. (6220 sq. km); 25 feet (8 meters) below sea level.
- tetrads
-
noun,
a group of four.
- catmint
-
noun,
catnip.
- craters
-
noun,
the cup-shaped depression or cavity on the surface of the earth or other heavenly body marking the orifice of a volcano.
- trigone
-
noun,
Also, trigonum. Anatomy.
a triangular part or area.
the area on the floor of the urinary bladder between the opening of the urethra in front and the two ureters at the sides.
- trigram
-
noun,
a sequence of three adjacent letters or symbols.
- trigons
-
noun,
a triangle.
- decocts
-
verb (used with object),
to extract the flavor or essence of by boiling.
- cations
-
noun,
a positively charged ion that is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis.
- Drosera
-
noun,
any of several insectivorous plants of the genus Drosera, having leaves covered with sticky hairs, comprising the sundews.
- cargoes
-
noun,
the lading or freight of a ship, airplane, etc.
- Congers
-
noun,
a large marine eel, Conger conger, sometimes reaching a length of 10 feet (3 meters), used for food.
- Cranmer
-
noun,
Thomas, 1489–1556, first Protestant archbishop of Canterbury: leader in the English Protestant Reformation in England.
- Dreiser
-
noun,
Theodore, 1871–1945, U.S. novelist.
- crannog
-
noun,
(in ancient Ireland and Scotland) a lake dwelling, usually built on an artificial island.
- careens
-
noun,
a careening.
- trienes
-
noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- agonist
-
noun,
a person engaged in a contest, conflict, struggle, etc., especially the protagonist in a literary work.
- agonies
-
noun,
extreme and generally prolonged pain; intense physical or mental suffering.
- Mister
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) a conventional title of respect for a man, prefixed to the name and to certain official designations (usually written as the abbreviation Mr.).
- sermon
-
noun,
a discourse for the purpose of religious instruction or exhortation, especially one based on a text of Scripture and delivered by a member of the clergy as part of a religious service.
- MScMed
-
- CERMET
-
noun,
a durable, heat-resistant alloy formed by compacting and sintering a metal and a ceramic substance, used under conditions of high temperature and stress.
- cement
-
noun,
any of various calcined mixtures of clay and limestone, usually mixed with water and sand, gravel, etc., to form concrete, that are used as a building material.
- monger
-
noun,
a person who is involved with something in a petty or contemptible way (usually used in combination):
- Moneta
-
noun,
Ernesto Teodoro [er-ne-staw te-aw-daw-raw] /ɛrˈnɛ stɔ ˌtɛ ɔˈdɔ rɔ/ (Show IPA), 1833–1918, Italian journalist: Nobel Peace Prize 1907.
- modems
-
noun,
an electronic device that makes possible the transmission of data to or from a computer via telephone or other communication lines.
- carton
-
noun,
a cardboard or plastic box used typically for storage or shipping.
- Sierra
-
noun,
a chain of hills or mountains, the peaks of which suggest the teeth of a saw.
- modest
-
adjective,
having or showing a moderate or humble estimate of one's merits, importance, etc.; free from vanity, egotism, boastfulness, or great pretensions.
- Moesia
-
noun,
an ancient country in S Europe, S of the Danube and N of ancient Thrace and Macedonia: later a Roman province.
- Modena
-
noun,
a city in N Italy, NW of Bologna.
- sindon
-
noun,
cloth of fine linen or silk, used especially for shrouds.
- centos
-
noun,
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
- Carter
-
noun,
Bennett Lester ("Benny") 1907–2003, U.S. jazz saxophonist and composer.
- casein
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a protein precipitated from milk, as by rennet, and forming the basis of cheese and certain plastics.
- centr-
-
- cation
-
noun,
a positively charged ion that is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis.
- Modern
-
noun,
a person of modern times.
- Miseno
-
noun,
a cape in SW Italy, on the N shore of the Bay of Naples: ruins of ancient Misenum, a Roman naval station and resort.
- cartes
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- centra
-
noun,
a plural of centrum.
- 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.
- Moreen
-
noun,
a heavy fabric of wool, or wool and cotton, with a ribbed face and a moiré finish, used for curtains, petticoats, etc.
- Monica
-
noun,
a female given name.
- monied
-
adjective,
moneyed.
- Centre
-
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.
- cerise
-
adjective, noun,
moderate to deep red.
- Moerae
-
plural noun,
the Fates.
- mondes
-
noun,
the world; people; society.
- Cercis
-
noun,
any shrub or small tree of the genus Cercis, as the redbud or Judas tree.
- Monera
-
noun,
a taxonomic kingdom of prokaryotic organisms that typically reproduce by asexual budding or fission and have a nutritional mode of absorption, photosynthesis, or chemosynthesis, comprising the bacteria, blue-green algae, and various primitive pathogens.
- Morgan
-
noun,
one of a breed of light carriage and saddle horses descended from the stallion Justin Morgan.
- signee
-
noun,
a person who signs a document, register, etc.; signer; signatory:
- Signac
-
noun,
Paul [pawl] /pɔl/ (Show IPA), 1863–1935, French painter.
- casino
-
noun,
a building or large room used for meetings, entertainment, dancing, etc., especially such a place equipped with gambling devices, gambling tables, etc.
- set-to
-
noun,
a usually brief, sharp fight or argument.
- Mosaic
-
noun,
a picture or decoration made of small, usually colored pieces of inlaid stone, glass, etc.
- Cedars
-
noun,
any of several Old World, coniferous trees of the genus Cedrus, having wide, spreading branches.
Compare cedar of Lebanon.
- censer
-
noun,
a container, usually covered, in which incense is burned, especially during religious services; thurible.
- simmer
-
noun,
the state or process of simmering.
- 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.
- cedarn
-
adjective,
resembling or made of cedar.
- Simeon
-
noun,
a son of Jacob and Leah. Gen. 29:33.
- signet
-
noun,
a small seal, as on a finger ring.
- Tories
-
noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- caters
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- Caster
-
noun,
a person or thing that casts.
- centas
-
noun,
a former bronze coin of Lithuania, the 100th part of a litas.
- Signor
-
noun,
a conventional Italian term of address or title of respect for a man, either used separately or prefixed to the name. Abbreviation: Sig., sig.
- Castor
-
noun,
Also, castoreum. a brownish, unctuous substance with a strong, penetrating odor, secreted by certain glands in the groin of the beaver, used in medicine and perfumery.
- Castro
-
noun,
Cipriano [sip-ree-ah-noh;; Spanish see-pree-ah-naw] /ˌsɪp riˈɑ noʊ;; Spanish ˌsi priˈɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1858?–1924, Venezuelan military and political leader: president 1901–08; exiled 1908.
- mortar
-
noun,
a receptacle of hard material, having a bowl-shaped cavity in which substances are reduced to powder with a pestle.
- 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.
- Morris
-
noun,
Esther Hobart McQuigg Slack [muh-kwig slak] /məˈkwɪg ˈslæk/ (Show IPA), 1814–1902, U.S. suffragist.
- centi-
-
- moires
-
noun,
any moiré fabric.
- casing
-
noun,
a case or covering; housing.
- monies
-
noun,
a plural of money.
- settee
-
noun,
a seat for two or more persons, having a back and usually arms, and often upholstered.
- casern
-
noun,
a lodging for soldiers in a garrison town; barracks.
- torrid
-
adjective,
subject to parching or burning heat, especially of the sun, as a geographical area:
- set-in
-
adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- moment
-
noun,
an indefinitely short period of time; instant:
- Cotter
-
noun,
a pin, wedge, key, or the like, fitted or driven into an opening to secure something or hold parts together.
- mottes
-
noun,
a grove or clump of trees in prairie land or open country.
- monism
-
noun,
Philosophy.
(in metaphysics) any of various theories holding that there is only one basic substance or principle as the ground of reality, or that reality consists of a single element. Compare dualism (def 2), pluralism (def 1a).
(in epistemology) a theory that the object and datum of cognition are identical. Compare pluralism (def 1b).
- cerate
-
noun,
Pharmacology. an unctuous, often medicated, preparation for external application, consisting of lard or oil mixed with wax, rosin, or the like, especially one that has a firmer consistency than a typical ointment and does not melt when in contact with the skin.
- cerat-
-
- setter
-
noun,
a person or thing that sets.
- Cedric
-
noun,
a male given name.
- cenote
-
noun,
a deep natural well or sinkhole, especially in Central America, formed by the collapse of surface limestone that exposes ground water underneath, and sometimes used by the ancient Mayans for sacrificial offerings.
- motets
-
noun,
a vocal composition in polyphonic style, on a Biblical or similar prose text, intended for use in a church service.
- signer
-
noun,
a person who signs.
- Monnet
-
noun,
Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1888–1979, French economist: originator of the European Common Market.
- Catton
-
noun,
(Charles) Bruce, 1899–1978, U.S. journalist and historian.
- miters
-
noun,
the official headdress of a bishop in the Western Church, in its modern form a tall cap with a top deeply cleft crosswise, the outline of the front and back resembling that of a pointed arch.
- sienna
-
noun,
a ferruginous earth used as a yellowish-brown pigment (raw sienna) or, after roasting in a furnace, as a reddish-brown pigment (burnt sienna)
- mitres
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- mitten
-
noun,
a hand covering enclosing the four fingers together and the thumb separately.
- monads
-
noun,
Biology.
any simple, single-celled organism.
any of various small, flagellate, colorless ameboids with one to three flagella, especially of the genus Monas.
- Morgen
-
noun,
a unit of land measure equal to about two acres (0.8 hectare), formerly in use in Holland and the Dutch colonies and still used in South Africa.
- merges
-
verb (used with object),
to cause to combine or coalesce; unite.
- Singan
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- somni-
-
- congas
-
noun,
a Cuban ballroom dance that consists of three steps forward followed by a kick, characteristically performed by a group following a leader in a single line.
- mattes
-
noun,
a dull or dead surface, often slightly roughened, as on metals, paint, paper, or glass.
- matter
-
noun,
the substance or substances of which any physical object consists or is composed:
- matted
-
noun,
a piece of fabric made of plaited or woven rushes, straw, hemp, or similar fiber, or of some other pliant material, as rubber, used as a protective covering on a floor or other surface, to wipe the shoes on, etc.
- congee
-
noun,
congé.
- matron
-
noun,
a married woman, especially one who is mature and staid or dignified and has an established social position.
- matri-
-
- matins
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) matins, Also, especially British, mattins. (usually used with a singular verb) Ecclesiastical.
the first of the seven canonical hours.
the service for it, properly beginning at midnight, but sometimes beginning at daybreak.
Also called Morning Prayer. the service of public prayer, said in the morning, in the Anglican Church.
- Conger
-
noun,
a large marine eel, Conger conger, sometimes reaching a length of 10 feet (3 meters), used for food.
- maters
-
noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- conges
-
noun,
leave-taking; farewell.
- somite
-
noun,
any of the longitudinal series of segments or parts into which the body of certain animals is divided; a metamere.
- masto-
-
- Mastic
-
noun,
Also called mastic tree, lentisk. a small Mediterranean tree, Pistacia lentiscus, of the cashew family, that is the source of an aromatic resin used in making varnish and adhesives.
- Master
-
noun,
a person with the ability or power to use, control, or dispose of something:
- conics
-
noun,
the branch of geometry that deals with conic sections.
- conies
-
noun,
the fur of a rabbit, especially when dyed to simulate Hudson seal.
- Mascot
-
noun,
an animal, person, or thing adopted by a group as its representative symbol and supposed to bring good luck:
- mascon
-
noun,
a massive concentration of high-density material beneath the surface of the moon.
- Connie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Constance.
- Conrad
-
noun,
Charles, Jr ("Pete") 1930–1999, U.S. astronaut.
- Marten
-
noun,
any of several slender, chiefly arboreal carnivores of the genus Martes, of northern forests, having a long, glossy coat and bushy tail.
- McCrae
-
noun,
John, 1872–1918, Canadian physician, soldier, and poet.
- McNair
-
noun,
Lesley James, 1883–1944, U.S. army officer.
- Marron
-
noun,
a large European chestnut, especially as used in cookery: candied or preserved in syrup.
- meccas
-
noun,
Also, Makkah, Mekka. a city in and the capital of Hejaz, in W Saudi Arabia: birthplace of Muhammad; spiritual center of Islam.
- coming
-
noun,
approach; arrival; advent:
- Medit.
-
- Medina
-
noun,
the old Arab quarter of a North African city.
- commie
-
noun,
communist.
- commis
-
noun,
an assistant, especially to a chef.
- commit
-
verb (used with object),
to give in trust or charge; consign.
- COMSAT
-
noun,
(often lowercase) a communications satellite.
- medias
-
noun,
a plural of medium.
- comtes
-
noun,
count2 .
- Median
-
noun,
Arithmetic, Statistics. the middle number in a given sequence of numbers, taken as the average of the two middle numbers when the sequence has an even number of numbers:
- mecate
-
noun,
Southwestern U.S. a rope made of horsehair or sometimes maguey.
- somat-
-
- socage
-
noun,
a tenure of land held by the tenant in performance of specified services or by payment of rent, and not requiring military service.
- 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.
- socman
-
noun,
sokeman.
- Conant
-
noun,
James Bryant, 1893–1978, U.S. chemist and educator: president of Harvard University 1933–53.
- meanie
-
noun,
Informal. meany.
- socmen
-
noun,
sokeman.
- meager
-
adjective,
deficient in quantity or quality; lacking fullness or richness; scanty; inadequate:
- meacon
-
verb (used with object),
to give false signals to (electronic navigational equipment), as by means of a radio transmitter.
- soigne
-
adjective,
carefully or elegantly done, operated, or designed.
- soiree
-
noun,
an evening party or social gathering, especially one held for a particular purpose:
- sonant
-
noun,
a speech sound that by itself makes a syllable or subordinates to itself the other sounds in the syllable; a syllabic sound (opposed to consonant).
- contd.
-
- Comdt.
-
- sonnet
-
noun,
Prosody. a poem, properly expressive of a single, complete thought, idea, or sentiment, of 14 lines, usually in iambic pentameter, with rhymes arranged according to one of certain definite schemes, being in the strict or Italian form divided into a major group of 8 lines (the octave) followed by a minor group of 6 lines (the sestet), and in a common English form into 3 quatrains followed by a couplet.
- manned
-
noun,
an adult male person, as distinguished from a boy or a woman.
- coring
-
noun,
the act of removing a core or of cutting from a central part.
- manioc
-
noun,
cassava.
- corita
-
noun,
a boat resembling a large, woven basket, used by Indians of the southwestern U.S.
- mangos
-
noun,
the oblong, sweet fruit of a tropical tree, Mangifera indica, of the cashew family, eaten ripe, or preserved or pickled.
- manges
-
noun,
any of various skin diseases caused by parasitic mites, affecting animals and sometimes humans and characterized by loss of hair and scabby eruptions.
- manger
-
noun,
a box or trough in a stable or barn from which horses or cattle eat.
- manege
-
noun,
the art of training and riding horses.
- cornea
-
noun,
the transparent anterior part of the external coat of the eye covering the iris and the pupil and continuous with the sclera.
- corned
-
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.
- Mamore
-
noun,
a river in Bolivia, flowing N to the Beni River on the border of Brazil to form the Madeira River. 700 miles (1125 km) long.
- corgis
-
noun,
Welsh corgi.
- Mamers
-
noun,
Mars.
- Corner
-
noun,
the place at which two converging lines or surfaces meet.
- Sontag
-
noun,
Susan, 1933–2004, U.S. critic, novelist, and essayist.
- CORNET
-
noun,
Music. a valved wind instrument of the trumpet family.
- Mainer
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of the state of Maine.
- maigre
-
adjective,
containing neither flesh nor its juices, as food permissible on days of religious abstinence.
- maiden
-
noun,
a girl or young unmarried woman; maid.
- magots
-
noun,
Barbary ape.
- Corrie
-
noun,
a circular hollow in the side of a hill or mountain.
- corset
-
noun,
Sometimes, corsets. a close-fitting undergarment, stiffened with whalebone or similar material and often capable of being tightened by lacing, enclosing the trunk: worn, especially by women, to shape and support the body; stays.
- manner
-
noun,
a way of doing, being done, or happening; mode of action, occurrence, etc.:
- Mannes
-
noun,
Leopold Damrosch, 1899–1964, U.S. composer and chemist.
- marmot
-
noun,
any bushy-tailed, stocky rodent of the genus Marmota, as the woodchuck.
- marges
-
noun,
margin; edge.
- Marist
-
noun,
a member of a religious order founded in Lyons, France, in 1816 for missionary and educational work in the name of the Virgin Mary.
- contes
-
plural,
Trademark. a brand of crayon made of graphite and clay, usually in black, red, or brown.
- Marion
-
noun,
Francis ("the Swamp Fox") 1732?–95, American Revolutionary general.
- Marino
-
noun,
Daniel Constantine ("Dan") born 1961, U.S. football player.
- contin
-
- contr.
-
- marine
-
noun,
a member of the U.S. Marine Corps.
- Margot
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Margaret.
- margin
-
noun,
the space around the printed or written matter on a page.
- Margie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Margaret.
- titres
-
noun,
titer.
- Mannie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Emanuel.
- Marcos
-
noun,
Ferdinand E(dralin) [ed-ruh-lin] /ˈɛd rə lɪn/ (Show IPA), 1917–1989, Philippine political leader: president 1965–86.
- Marcie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marcia.
- cordis
-
adjective,
(in prescriptions) of the heart.
- Sondra
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Maoris
-
noun,
a member of the native Polynesian population of New Zealand.
- Maoism
-
noun,
the political, social, economic, and military theories and policies advocated by Mao Zedong, as those concerning revolutionary movements and guerrilla warfare.
- mantis
-
noun,
any of several predaceous insects of the order Mantidae, having a long prothorax and typically holding the forelegs in an upraised position as if in prayer.
- mantid
-
noun,
mantis.
- mantic
-
adjective,
of or relating to divination.
- corers
-
noun,
a person or thing that cores.
- comers
-
noun,
Informal. a person or thing that is progressing well or is very promising:
- Comdr.
-
- mirage
-
noun,
an optical phenomenon, especially in the desert or at sea, by which the image of some object appears displaced above, below, or to one side of its true position as a result of spatial variations of the index of refraction of air.
- smegma
-
noun,
a thick, cheeselike, sebaceous secretion that collects beneath the foreskin or around the clitoris.
- Sitter
-
noun,
a person who sits.
- Tongas
-
noun,
a light, two-wheeled, horse-drawn vehicle used in India.
- Tongan
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Tonga.
- camise
-
noun,
a lightweight, loose-fitting shirt or smock with long sleeves.
- micron
-
noun,
Also called micrometer. the millionth part of a meter. Symbol: μ, mu.
- C-in-C
-
- cinder
-
noun,
a partially or mostly burned piece of coal, wood, etc.
- cinema
-
noun,
Chiefly British. motion picture.
- micro-
-
- Micmac
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people now living mostly in Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island.
- Mettie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Matilda or Martha.
- midget
-
noun,
(not in technical use) an extremely small person having normal physical proportions.
- metros
-
noun,
the underground electric railway of Paris, France, Montreal, Canada, Washington, D.C., and other cities.
- metro-
-
- cirro-
-
- metric
-
noun,
Often, metrics. a standard for measuring or evaluating something, especially one that uses figures or statistics:
- metier
-
noun,
a field of work; occupation, trade, or profession.
- meters
-
noun,
the fundamental unit of length in the metric system, equivalent to 39.37 U.S. inches, originally intended to be, and being very nearly, equal to one ten-millionth of the distance from the equator to the pole measured on a meridian: defined from 1889 to 1960 as the distance between two lines on a platinum-iridium bar (the “International Prototype Meter”) preserved at the International Bureau of Weights and Measures near Paris; from 1960 to 1983 defined as 1,650,763.73 wavelengths of the orange-red radiation of krypton 86 under specified conditions; and now defined as 1/299,792,458 of the distance light travels in a vacuum in one second. Abbreviation: m.
- toners
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- meteor
-
noun,
Astronomy.
a meteoroid that has entered the earth's atmosphere.
a transient fiery streak in the sky produced by a meteoroid passing through the earth's atmosphere; a shooting star or bolide.
- metate
-
noun,
a flat stone that has a shallow depression in the upper surface for holding maize or other grains to be ground with a mano.
- toneme
-
noun,
a phoneme consisting of a contrastive feature of tone in a tone language:
- midges
-
noun,
any of numerous minute dipterous insects, especially of the family Chironomidae, somewhat resembling a mosquito.
Compare gnat (def 1).
- ciders
-
noun,
the juice pressed from apples (or formerly from some other fruit) used for drinking, either before fermentation (sweet cider) or after fermentation (hard cider) or for making applejack, vinegar, etc.
- metage
-
noun,
the official measurement of contents or weight.
- tonner
-
noun,
something having a specified weight in tons (used in combination):
- Singer
-
noun,
a person who sings, especially a trained or professional vocalist.
- sinner
-
noun,
a person who sins; transgressor.
- certes
-
adverb,
certainly; in truth.
- Cesena
-
noun,
a city in E central Italy.
- Minoan
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of ancient Crete.
- sinter
-
noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- tonnes
-
noun,
metric ton.
- cetane
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid hydrocarbon of the alkane series, C 16 H 34 , used as a solvent and in cetane number determinations.
- miners
-
noun,
Also called mineworker. a person who works in a mine, especially a commercial mine producing coal or metallic ores.
- sirdar
-
noun,
(in India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan) a military chief or leader.
- minder
-
noun,
Chiefly British. a person who looks after something (usually used in combination):
- sitten
-
verb,
past participle of sit1 .
- Minden
-
noun,
a city in NW Louisiana.
- minces
-
noun,
something cut up very small; mincemeat.
- Sirena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Mimosa
-
noun,
any of numerous plants, shrubs, or trees belonging to the genus Mimosa, of the legume family, native to tropical or warm regions, having small flowers in globular heads or cylindrical spikes and often sensitive leaves.
- mimeos
-
noun,
mimeograph.
- sirree
-
noun,
(used as an intensive with no or yes):
- 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.
- Mignon
-
noun,
an opera (1866) by Ambroise Thomas.
- sitcom
-
noun,
situation comedy.
- mid-on
-
noun,
the position of a fielder on the on side of the wicket.
- Citron
-
noun,
a pale-yellow fruit resembling the lemon but larger and with thicker rind, borne by a small tree or large bush, Citrus medica, allied to the lemon and lime.
- mestee
-
noun,
mustee.
- comdg.
-
- menage
-
noun,
a domestic establishment; household.
- coders
-
noun,
a person or device that translates information into a code.
- codger
-
noun,
an eccentric man, especially one who is old.
- coding
-
noun,
the transforming of a variate into a more convenient variate.
- toe-in
-
noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- coedit
-
verb (used with object),
to edit jointly with another.
- Mendes
-
noun,
a member of a people living in Sierra Leone and Liberia.
- coerce
-
verb (used with object),
to compel by force, intimidation, or authority, especially without regard for individual desire or volition:
- mender
-
noun,
a person or thing that mends.
- cogent
-
adjective,
convincing or believable by virtue of forcible, clear, or incisive presentation; telling.
- Cognac
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the brandy distilled in and shipped from the legally delimited area surrounding the town of Cognac, in W central France.
- menads
-
noun,
maenad.
- Menton
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Mediterranean: winter resort.
- Menado
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Sulawesi, in NE Indonesia.
- menace
-
noun,
something that threatens to cause evil, harm, injury, etc.; a threat:
- coigne
-
noun, verb (used with object),
quoin.
- coigns
-
noun, verb (used with object),
quoin.
- memoir
-
noun,
a record of events written by a person having intimate knowledge of them and based on personal observation.
- Memnon
-
noun,
Colossus of, (in ancient Egypt) a colossal statue near Thebes said to produce a musical sound when the rays of the early morning sun struck it.
Compare Vocal Memnon.
- todies
-
noun,
any of several small West Indian birds of the family Todidae, related to the motmots and kingfishers, having brightly colored green and red plumage.
- comate
-
noun,
a mate or companion.
- megrim
-
noun,
megrims, low spirits; the blues.
- Tocsin
-
noun,
a signal, especially of alarm, sounded on a bell or bells.
- Mentes
-
noun,
(in the Odyssey) a captain of the Taphians. Athena assumed his form when she urged Telemachus to search for Odysseus.
- Mentor
-
noun,
a wise and trusted counselor or teacher.
- cnemis
-
noun,
the tibia or shin.
- egoist
-
noun,
a self-centered or selfish person (opposed to altruist).
- Mesmer
-
noun,
Franz [frants,, franz;; German frahnts] /frænts,, frænz;; German frɑnts/ (Show IPA), or Friedrich Anton [free-drik an-tn,, -ton;; German free-drikh ahn-tohn] /ˈfri drɪk ˈæn tn,, -tɒn;; German ˈfri drɪx ˈɑn toʊn/ (Show IPA), 1733–1815, Austrian physician.
- tomcat
-
noun,
a male cat.
- C-note
-
noun,
See C (def 11).
- Merton
-
noun,
Robert King, 1910–2003, U.S. sociologist.
- Mersin
-
noun,
a seaport in S Turkey, on the NW coast of the Mediterranean Sea.
- coacts
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do or act together.
- coarse
-
adjective,
composed of relatively large parts or particles:
- mermen
-
noun,
(in folklore) a male marine creature, having the head, torso, and arms of a man and the tail of a fish.
- merman
-
noun,
(in folklore) a male marine creature, having the head, torso, and arms of a man and the tail of a fish.
- merits
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- Merino
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) one of a breed of sheep, raised originally in Spain, valued for their fine wool.
- togate
-
adjective,
dressed in a toga.
- coatee
-
noun,
a close-fitting short coat, especially one with tails or skirts.
- Merida
-
noun,
suntan (def 2).
- tortes
-
noun,
a rich cake, especially one containing little or no flour, usually made with eggs and ground nuts or bread crumbs.
- merger
-
noun,
a statutory combination of two or more corporations by the transfer of the properties to one surviving corporation.
- Coates
-
noun,
Eric, 1886–1957, English violist and composer.
- merdes
-
noun,
excrement.
- coatis
-
noun,
any tropical American carnivore of the genus Nasua, related to the raccoon, having an elongated body, long, ringed tail, and a slender, flexible snout.
- Mercia
-
noun,
an early English kingdom in central Britain.
- Mercer
-
noun,
a dealer in textile fabrics; dry-goods merchant.
- Merced
-
noun,
a city in central California.
- serine
-
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;
- ration
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- Carson
-
noun,
Christopher ("Kit") 1809–68, U.S. frontiersman and scout.
- Rector
-
noun,
a member of the clergy in charge of a parish in the Protestant Episcopal Church.
- andro-
-
- Andron
-
noun,
(in an ancient Greek house) an apartment for men, especially one for banqueting.
- Andros
-
noun,
Sir Edmund, 1637–1714, British governor in the American colonies, 1686–89, 1692–98.
- trends
-
noun,
the general course or prevailing tendency; drift:
- redeem
-
verb (used with object),
to buy or pay off; clear by payment:
- anemic
-
adjective,
Pathology. suffering from anemia.
- anemo-
-
- redans
-
noun,
a V -shaped work, usually projecting from a fortified line.
- redact
-
verb (used with object),
to put into suitable literary form; revise; edit.
- Saigon
-
noun,
former name of Ho Chi Minh City: capital of former South Vietnam 1954–76.
- rectos
-
- anenst
-
preposition,
anent (def 2).
- recti-
-
- Andres
-
noun,
John, 1751–80, British major hanged as a spy by the Americans in the Revolutionary War: plotted the betrayal of West Point with Benedict Arnold.
- Angers
-
noun,
a city in and capital of Maine-et-Loire, in W France.
- angio-
-
- animes
-
noun,
a Japanese style of motion-picture animation, characterized by highly stylized, colorful art, futuristic settings, violence, and sexuality.
- record
-
noun,
an act of recording.
- aniso-
-
- tremor
-
noun,
involuntary shaking of the body or limbs, as from disease, fear, weakness, or excitement; a fit of trembling.
- tremie
-
noun,
a funnellike device lowered into water to deposit concrete.
- recons
-
noun,
reconnaissance.
- anodic
-
adjective,
pertaining to an anode or the phenomena in its vicinity.
- recite
-
verb (used with object),
to repeat the words of, as from memory, especially in a formal manner:
- Recent
-
noun,
Also called Holocene. (initial capital letter) Geology. the Recent Epoch or Series.
- anoint
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or sprinkle on; apply an unguent, ointment, or oily liquid to.
- Andric
-
noun,
Ivo [ee-vaw] /ˈi vɔ/ (Show IPA), 1892–1975, Yugoslavian poet, novelist, and short-story writer: Nobel Prize 1961.
- redoes
-
noun,
the act or an instance of redoing.
- recede
-
verb (used with object),
to cede back; yield or grant to a former possessor.
- amigos
-
noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- amerce
-
verb (used with object),
to punish by imposing a fine not fixed by statute.
- Reiner
-
noun,
Fritz, 1888–1963, Hungarian conductor in the U.S.
- trices
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- reigns
-
noun,
the period during which a sovereign occupies the throne.
- sacred
-
adjective,
devoted or dedicated to a deity or to some religious purpose; consecrated.
- sacro-
-
- regret
-
noun,
a sense of loss, disappointment, dissatisfaction, etc.
- amices
-
noun,
an oblong vestment, usually of white linen, worn about the neck and shoulders and partly under the alb.
- amides
-
noun,
a metallic derivative of ammonia in which the −NH 2 group is retained, as potassium amide, KNH 2 .
- amido-
-
- amidst
-
preposition,
amid.
- Amiens
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Somme, in N France: cathedral; battles 1914, 1918, 1944.
- region
-
noun,
an extensive, continuous part of a surface, space, or body:
- Trento
-
noun,
Italian name of Trent.
- amines
-
noun,
any of a class of compounds derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms with organic groups.
- Regina
-
noun,
queen.
- amino-
-
- triage
-
noun,
the process of sorting victims, as of a battle or disaster, to determine medical priority in order to increase the number of survivors.
- triads
-
noun,
a group of three, especially of three closely related persons or things.
- regime
-
noun,
a mode or system of rule or government:
- ammine
-
noun,
a compound containing one or more ammonia molecules in coordinate linkage.
- ammino
-
adjective,
Chemistry. containing or pertaining to an ammine.
- regent
-
noun,
a person who exercises the ruling power in a kingdom during the minority, absence, or disability of the sovereign.
- amnion
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. the innermost of the embryonic or fetal membranes of reptiles, birds, and mammals; the sac in which the embryo is suspended.
- amnios
-
- Regain
-
noun,
(in a moisture-free fabric) the percentage of the weight that represents the amount of moisture the material is expected to absorb under normal conditions.
- triacs
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- anomie
-
noun,
a state or condition of individuals or society characterized by a breakdown or absence of social norms and values, as in the case of uprooted people.
- recast
-
noun,
a recasting.
- rottes
-
noun,
rote2 .
- ramrod
-
noun,
a rod for ramming down the charge of a muzzleloading firearm.
- ranges
-
noun,
the extent to which or the limits between which variation is possible:
- ardent
-
adjective,
having, expressive of, or characterized by intense feeling; passionate; fervent:
- Ranger
-
noun,
forest ranger.
- ranged
-
noun,
the extent to which or the limits between which variation is possible:
- Sanger
-
noun,
Frederick, 1918–2013, English biochemist: Nobel Prize in chemistry 1958.
- ranees
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- random
-
noun,
something that is random, or a random state or condition:
- ardors
-
noun,
great warmth of feeling; fervor; passion:
- Arendt
-
noun,
Hannah, 1906–75, U.S. author, political scientist, and teacher, born in Germany.
- rancor
-
noun,
bitter, rankling resentment or ill will; hatred; malice.
- rancid
-
adjective,
having a rank, unpleasant, stale smell or taste, as through decomposition, especially of fats or oils:
- ramson
-
noun,
a garlic, Allium ursinum, having broad leaves.
- ramose
-
adjective,
having many branches.
- Ransom
-
noun,
the redemption of a prisoner, slave, or kidnapped person, of captured goods, etc., for a price.
- rammer
-
noun,
a person or thing that rams.
- Santee
-
noun,
a city in SW California.
- ramets
-
noun,
an individual of a clone.
- raised
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- santir
-
noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- aretes
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- raider
-
noun,
a person or thing that raids.
- Argent
-
noun,
Heraldry. the tincture or metal silver.
- ragmen
-
noun,
a person who gathers or deals in rag.
- sarco-
-
- treasr
-
- Raetic
-
noun,
an extinct language of uncertain affinities that was spoken in Rhaetia and written with the Etruscan alphabet.
- ranids
-
noun,
frog1 (def 2).
- raring
-
adjective,
very eager or anxious; enthusiastic:
- recant
-
verb (used with object),
to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
- Antrim
-
noun,
a county in NE Northern Ireland. 1098 sq. mi. (2844 sq. km). County seat: Belfast.
- treens
-
noun,
treenware.
- reason
-
noun,
a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.:
- rearms
-
verb (used with object),
to arm again.
- reamer
-
noun,
any of various rotary tools, with helical or straight flutes, for finishing or enlarging holes drilled in metal.
- reagin
-
noun,
Also called Wassermann antibody. an antibody formed in response to syphilis and reactive with cardiolipin in various blood tests for the disease.
- anting
-
noun,
the placing of ants among the feathers, done by certain birds apparently to kill parasites.
- Reader
-
noun,
a person who reads.
- Antons
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Anthony.
- re-act
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- samite
-
noun,
a heavy silk fabric, sometimes interwoven with gold, worn in the Middle Ages.
- Sammie
-
noun,
a sandwich.
- antres
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- ratton
-
noun,
a rat.
- Sandro
-
noun,
a male given name.
- ratter
-
noun,
a person, animal, or thing that catches rats, as a terrier or a cat.
- aorist
-
noun,
a verb tense, as in Classical Greek, expressing action or, in the indicative mood, past action, without further limitation or implication.
- Sander
-
noun,
a person or thing that sands or sandpapers.
- ratite
-
noun,
a bird having a ratite breastbone.
- egoism
-
noun,
the habit of valuing everything only in reference to one's personal interest; selfishness (opposed to altruism).
- Arctic
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the region lying north of the Arctic Circle or of the northernmost limit of tree growth; the polar area north of the timber line.
- rating
-
noun,
classification according to grade or rank.
- ratine
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- raters
-
noun,
a person who makes rates or ratings.
- Sandie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Sandro.
- treats
-
noun,
entertainment, food, drink, etc., given by way of compliment or as an expression of friendly regard.
- raster
-
noun,
Television. a pattern of scanning lines covering the area upon which the image is projected in the cathode-ray tube or liquid-crystal display of a television set or other screen.
- Sandor
-
noun,
a male given name.
- aments
-
noun,
catkin.
- remain
-
noun,
Usually, remains. something that remains or is left.
- radons
-
noun,
a chemically inert, radioactive gaseous element produced by the decay of radium: emissions produced by outgassing of rock, brick, etc. are a health hazard. Symbol: Rn; atomic number: 86; atomic weight: 222.
- action
-
noun,
the process or state of acting or of being active:
- Rosita
-
noun,
a female given name, Spanish form of Rose.
- roster
-
noun,
a list of persons or groups, as of military personnel or units with their turns or periods of duty.
- riders
-
noun,
a person who rides a horse or other animal, a bicycle, etc.
- rident
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- rostra
-
noun,
a plural of rostrum.
- ricrac
-
noun,
rickrack.
- ricers
-
noun,
an implement for ricing potatoes, squash, etc., by pressing them through small holes.
- Triton
-
noun,
a positively-charged particle consisting of a proton and two neutrons, equivalent to the nucleus of an atom of tritium.
- rotate
-
adjective,
wheel-shaped: applied especially to a gamopetalous short-tubed corolla with a spreading limb.
- actin-
-
- acting
-
noun,
the art, profession, or activity of those who perform in stage plays, motion pictures, etc.
- actins
-
noun,
a globulin that is present in muscle plasma and that in connection with myosin plays an important role in muscle contraction.
- retro-
-
- Rosina
-
noun,
a female given name, Italian form of Rose.
- adeems
-
verb (used with object),
to revoke (a legacy) by ademption.
- adeno-
-
- adient
-
adjective,
tending to move toward a stimulus.
- retort
-
noun,
a severe, incisive, or witty reply, especially one that counters a first speaker's statement, argument, etc.
- triste
-
adjective,
sad; sorrowful; melancholy.
- Admete
-
noun,
a daughter of Eurystheus for whom Hercules took the golden girdle of Ares from Hippolyte.
- retire
-
noun,
a place of withdrawal; retreat:
- admire
-
Idioms,
be admiring of, Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. to admire:
- retina
-
noun,
the innermost coat of the posterior part of the eyeball that receives the image produced by the lens, is continuous with the optic nerve, and consists of several layers, one of which contains the rods and cones that are sensitive to light.
- admits
-
verb (used with object),
to allow to enter; grant or afford entrance to:
- Adonic
-
noun,
Prosody. an Adonic verse or line.
- Adonis
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a youth slain by a wild boar but permitted by Zeus to pass four months every year in the lower world with Persephone, four with Aphrodite, and four wherever he chose.
- rigors
-
noun,
strictness, severity, or harshness, as in dealing with people.
- acmite
-
noun,
a rare pyroxene mineral, sodium-ferric iron silicate, NaFe(Si 2 O 6), found in feldspathoid rocks.
- retems
-
noun,
a shrub, Retama raetam, of Syria and Arabia, having white flowers: said to be the juniper of the Old Testament.
- accent
-
noun,
prominence of a syllable in terms of differential loudness, or of pitch, or length, or of a combination of these.
- Tsonga
-
noun,
a Bantu language spoken in Mozambique, Zambia, and South Africa.
- Romaic
-
noun,
demotic (def 5).
- Rogers
-
noun,
Bernard, 1893–1968, U.S. composer.
- trones
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- roemer
-
noun,
a German wineglass having a body with a globular top and a cylindrical bottom often decorated with prunts, supported by a conical foot.
- tronas
-
noun,
a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
- rodmen
-
noun,
a person who works with rods, as in making reinforced concrete.
- Rodman
-
noun,
a person who works with rods, as in making reinforced concrete.
- Rodger
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Roger.
- rodent
-
noun,
a rodent mammal.
- Romans
-
noun,
an Epistle of the New Testament, written by Paul to the Christian community in Rome. Abbreviation: Rom.
- accede
-
verb (used without object),
to give consent, approval, or adherence; agree; assent; to accede to a request; to accede to the terms of a contract.
- accord
-
noun,
proper relationship or proportion; harmony.
- rimmed
-
noun,
the outer edge, border, margin, or brink of something, especially of a circular object.
- accost
-
noun,
a greeting.
- roadie
-
noun,
a member of a crew for a traveling group of musicians or other entertainers, whose work usually includes the setting up of equipment.
- Ronnie
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Ronald or Veronica.
- rosace
-
noun,
rosette (def 3).
- Ritter
-
noun,
a knight.
- acetic
-
adjective,
pertaining to, derived from, or producing vinegar or acetic acid.
- acetin
-
noun,
a colorless, thick, hygroscopic liquid, C 5 H 10 O 4 : used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives.
- aceto-
-
- trocar
-
noun,
a sharp-pointed instrument enclosed in a cannula, used for withdrawing fluid from a cavity, as the abdominal cavity.
- ringer
-
noun,
a person or thing that encircles, rings, etc.
- ringed
-
noun,
a typically circular band of metal or other durable material, especially one of gold or other precious metal, often set with gems, for wearing on the finger as an ornament, a token of betrothal or marriage, etc.
- rimose
-
adjective,
full of crevices, chinks, or cracks.
- rimmer
-
noun,
William, 1816–79, U.S. sculptor and painter, born in England.
- retene
-
noun,
a crystalline hydrocarbon, C 18 H 18 , obtained chiefly from the tar of resinous woods and certain fossil resins.
- adores
-
verb (used with object),
to regard with the utmost esteem, love, and respect; honor.
- amends
-
noun,
reparation or compensation for a loss, damage, or injury of any kind; recompense.
- remote
-
noun,
Radio and Television. a broadcast, usually live, from a location outside a studio.
- renins
-
noun,
a proteolytic enzyme secreted by the kidneys that is involved in the release of angiotensin.
- renege
-
noun,
Cards. an act or instance of reneging.
- agonic
-
adjective,
not forming an angle.
- agreed
-
adjective,
arranged or set by common consent:
- agrees
-
verb (used with object),
to concede; grant (usually followed by a noun clause):
- render
-
noun,
Building Trades. a first coat of plaster for a masonry surface.
- rotter
-
noun,
a thoroughly bad, worthless, or objectionable person.
- agric.
-
- agron.
-
- Renard
-
noun,
Reynard.
- trigos
-
noun,
wheat; field of wheat.
- Remsen
-
noun,
Ira, 1846–1927, U.S. chemist and educator.
- trigon
-
noun,
a triangle.
- rennet
-
noun,
the lining membrane of the fourth stomach of a calf or of the stomach of certain other young animals.
- remora
-
noun,
any of several fishes of the family Echeneididae, having on the top of the head a sucking disk by which they can attach themselves to sharks, turtles, ships, and other moving objects.
- aidmen
-
noun,
a military medical corpsman trained to provide initial emergency treatment.
- triers
-
noun,
a person or thing that tries or tests; tester.
- triens
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- remits
-
noun,
Law. a transfer of the record of an action from one tribunal to another, particularly from an appellate court to the court of original jurisdiction.
- remise
-
verb (used with object),
to give up a claim to; surrender by deed.
- airmen
-
noun,
an aviator.
- triene
-
noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- remind
-
verb (used with object),
to cause (a person) to remember; cause (a person) to think (of someone or something):
- remans
-
verb (used with object),
to man again; furnish with a fresh supply of personnel.
- tricot
-
noun,
a warp-knit fabric of various natural or synthetic fibers, as wool, silk, or nylon, having fine vertical ribs on the face and horizontal ribs on the back, used especially for making garments.
- remand
-
noun,
the act of remanding.
- ameers
-
noun,
emir.
- Rennes
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Ille-et-Vilaine, in NW France: former capital of Brittany; scene of trial of Alfred Dreyfus, 1899.
- trimer
-
noun,
a molecule composed of three identical, simpler molecules.
- adorns
-
verb (used with object),
to decorate or add beauty to, as by ornaments:
- reside
-
noun,
a piece or section of siding:
- retard
-
noun,
a slowing down, diminution, or hindrance, as in a machine.
- adren-
-
- adreno
-
- retain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- adroit
-
adjective,
expert or nimble in the use of the hands or body.
- Aeetes
-
noun,
a king of Colchis, father of Medea and custodian of the Golden Fleece.
- Reston
-
noun,
James (Barrett) ("Scotty") 1909–1995, U.S. journalist, born in Scotland.
- Aeneid
-
noun,
a Latin epic poem by Vergil, recounting the adventures of Aeneas after the fall of Troy.
- resort
-
noun,
a place to which people frequently or generally go for relaxation or pleasure, especially one providing rest and recreation facilities for vacationers:
- triose
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- aeron.
-
- resign
-
verb (used with object),
to give up (an office, position, etc.), often formally.
- triode
-
noun,
a vacuum tube containing three elements, usually anode, cathode, and control grid.
- Rennie
-
noun,
John, 1761–1821, Scottish engineer.
- resent
-
verb (used with object),
to feel or show displeasure or indignation at (a person, act, remark, etc.) from a sense of injury or insult.
- resend
-
verb (used with object),
to send again.
- Reseda
-
noun,
a grayish green.
- trines
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- resect
-
verb (used with object),
to do a resection on.
- reseat
-
verb (used with object),
to provide with a new seat or new seats.
- ageism
-
noun,
discrimination against persons of a certain age group.
- reread
-
noun,
the act of reading something again.
- Renton
-
noun,
a city in W Washington, near Seattle.
- rentes
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- renter
-
noun,
a person or organization that holds, or has the use of, property by payment of rent.
- Renoir
-
noun,
Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1894–1979, French film director and writer.
- rotten
-
adjective,
decomposing or decaying; putrid; tainted, foul, or bad-smelling.
- argons
-
noun,
a colorless, odorless, chemically inactive, monatomic, gaseous element that, because of its inertness, is used for filling fluorescent and incandescent lamps and vacuum tubes. Symbol: Ar; atomic number: 18; atomic weight: 39.948.
- radome
-
noun,
a dome-shaped device used to house a radar antenna.
- MSMetE
-
- Nestor
-
noun,
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- Nimrod
-
noun,
the great-grandson of Noah: noted as a great hunter. Gen. 10:8–10.
- Niemen
-
noun,
a river in the W Soviet Union in Europe, flowing into the Baltic: called Memel in its lower course. 565 miles (910 km) long.
- camion
-
noun,
a strongly built cart or wagon for transporting heavy loads; dray.
- Nicene
-
adjective,
of or relating to Nicaea.
- nicads
-
noun,
nickel-cadmium battery.
- seiner
-
noun,
a person who fishes with a seine.
- Semang
-
noun,
a member of a Negrito people of the Malay Peninsula.
- Cammie
-
noun,
camouflage.
- netmen
-
noun,
a tennis player.
- netman
-
noun,
a tennis player.
- camote
-
noun,
batata.
- totems
-
noun,
a natural object or an animate being, as an animal or bird, assumed as the emblem of a clan, family, or group.
- nested
-
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.
- niters
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- 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.
- Nernst
-
noun,
Walther Herman [vahl-tuh r her-mahn] /ˈvɑl tər ˈhɛr mɑn/ (Show IPA), 1864–1941, German physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in chemistry 1920.
- Nerine
-
noun,
any of several bulbous plants belonging to the genus Nerine, of the amaryllis family, native to southern Africa, having funnel-shaped red, pink, or white flowers.
- sememe
-
noun,
the meaning of a morpheme.
- Nereis
-
noun,
clamworm.
- Nereid
-
noun,
any elongate cylindrical worm of the polychaete family Nereididae, including clamworms.
- Candor
-
noun,
the state or quality of being frank, open, and sincere in speech or expression; candidness:
- caners
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- Nemrod
-
noun,
Nimrod (def 1).
- canids
-
noun,
any animal of the dog family Canidae, including the wolves, jackals, hyenas, coyotes, foxes, and domestic dogs.
- canine
-
noun,
a canid, or member of the dog family Canidae.
- caning
-
noun,
the act of providing chairs or the like with seats made of woven cane.
- cameos
-
noun,
a technique of engraving upon a gem or other stone, as onyx, in such a way that an underlying stone of one color is exposed as a background for a low-relief design of another color.
- nitons
-
noun,
(formerly) radon. Symbol: Nt.
- canner
-
noun,
a person who cans meat, fruit, etc., for preservation.
- tracer
-
noun,
a person or thing that traces.
- traces
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- cadent
-
adjective,
having cadence.
- cadets
-
noun,
a student in a national service academy or private military school or on a training ship.
- nonets
-
noun,
a group of nine performers or instruments.
- cadges
-
noun,
a frame on which hawks are carried to the field.
- nonces
-
noun,
the present, or immediate, occasion or purpose (usually used in the phrase for the nonce).
- nonage
-
noun,
the period of legal minority, or of an age below 21.
- sector
-
noun,
Geometry. a plane figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle.
- nomism
-
noun,
religious conduct based on law.
- cadres
-
noun,
Military. the key group of officers and enlisted personnel necessary to establish and train a new military unit.
- cagers
-
noun,
Informal. a basketball player.
- nomads
-
noun,
a member of a people or tribe that has no permanent abode but moves about from place to place, usually seasonally and often following a traditional route or circuit according to the state of the pasturage or food supply.
- sedate
-
adjective,
calm, quiet, or composed; undisturbed by passion or excitement:
- Camden
-
noun,
a borough of Greater London, England.
- Noetic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the mind.
- noctis
-
adjective,
(in prescriptions) of the night.
- nocti-
-
- nocent
-
adjective,
harmful; injurious.
- Seeder
-
noun,
a person or thing that seeds.
- cairds
-
noun,
a traveling tinker, especially a gypsy.
- Seeger
-
noun,
Alan, 1888–1916, U.S. poet.
- seeing
-
noun,
the act of a person who sees.
- seemer
-
noun,
a person who constantly pretends.
- Cairns
-
noun,
a seaport in NE Australia.
- nitro-
-
- nitres
-
noun,
niter.
- toting
-
noun,
the practice of taking home food from an employer by a person engaged in domestic service.
- canned
-
noun,
a sealed container for food, beverages, etc., as of aluminum, sheet iron coated with tin, or other metal:
- nemat-
-
- Noreen
-
noun,
a female given name, Irish diminutive of Nora.
- 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.
- sennet
-
noun,
any of several small barracudas, as Sphyraena borealis (northern sennet) ranging along the eastern coast of North and Central America.
- Carmen
-
noun,
Ciudad del Carmen.
- narcos
-
noun,
narc.
- narco-
-
- carnet
-
noun,
a customs document allowing an automobile to be driven at no cost across international borders.
- sennit
-
noun,
a flat, braided cordage, formed by plaiting strands of rope yarn or other fiber, used as small stuff aboard ships.
- Naoise
-
noun,
the husband of Deirdre and a nephew of Conchobar, by whom he was treacherously killed.
- Nantes
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Loire-Atlantique, in W France, at the mouth of the Loire River.
- nanoid
-
adjective,
dwarfish.
- nanism
-
noun,
the condition of being unusually or abnormally small in size or stature; dwarfism.
- Carnot
-
noun,
Lazare Nicolas Marguerite [la-zar nee-kaw-lah mar-guh-reet] /laˈzar ni kɔˈlɑ mar gəˈrit/ (Show IPA), 1753–1823, French general and statesman.
- nances
-
noun,
Offensive. an effeminate male.
- caroms
-
noun,
Billiards, Pool. a shot in which the cue ball hits two balls in succession.
- nasion
-
noun,
the intersection of the internasal suture with the nasofrontal suture in the midsagittal plane.
- nadirs
-
noun,
Astronomy. the point on the celestial sphere directly beneath a given position or observer and diametrically opposite the zenith.
- Nadine
-
noun,
a female given name.
- nacres
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- nacred
-
adjective,
lined with or resembling nacre.
- Carrie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- carrom
-
noun,
Billiards, Pool. a shot in which the cue ball hits two balls in succession.
- Serang
-
noun,
Ceram.
- serein
-
noun,
fine rain falling after sunset from a sky in which no clouds are visible.
- Serena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Serene
-
noun,
serenity; tranquillity.
- carrot
-
noun,
a plant, Daucus carota, of the parsley family, having pinnately decompound leaves and umbels of small white or yellow flowers, in its wild form a widespread, familiar weed, and in cultivation valued for its edible root.
- MSMgtE
-
- Sennar
-
noun,
a region in the E Sudan between the White and Blue Nile rivers, S of Khartoum: a former kingdom.
- Senior
-
noun,
a person who is older than another.
- Negros
-
noun,
an island of the central Philippines. 5043 sq. mi. (13,061 sq. km).
- career
-
noun,
an occupation or profession, especially one requiring special training, followed as one's lifework:
- Cannes
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Mediterranean Sea: resort; annual film festival.
- cannot
-
verb,
a form of ·can not.
- Canter
-
noun,
an easy gallop.
- Canton
-
noun,
a small territorial district, especially one of the states of the Swiss confederation.
- Cantor
-
noun,
the religious official of a synagogue who conducts the liturgical portion of a service and sings or chants the prayers and parts of prayers designed to be performed as solos.
- Cantos
-
noun,
one of the main or larger divisions of a long poem.
- negate
-
verb (used with object),
to deny the existence, evidence, or truth of:
- cardi-
-
- Cardin
-
noun,
Pierre, born 1922, French fashion designer.
- Semite
-
noun,
a member of any of various ancient and modern peoples originating in southwestern Asia, including the Akkadians, Canaanites, Phoenicians, Hebrews, and Arabs.
- careen
-
noun,
a careening.
- nectar
-
noun,
the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or birds that pollinate the flower.
- necro-
-
- nastic
-
adjective,
of or showing sufficiently greater cellular force or growth on one side of an axis to change the form or position of the axis.
- carets
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- neaten
-
verb (used with object),
to make neat:
- Senate
-
noun,
an assembly or council of citizens having the highest deliberative functions in a government, especially a legislative assembly of a state or nation.
- cargos
-
noun,
the lading or freight of a ship, airplane, etc.
- Sendai
-
noun,
a city on NE Honshu, in central Japan.
- sendee
-
noun,
the person to whom something is sent.
- Sender
-
noun,
a person or thing that sends.
- natter
-
noun,
a conversation; chat.
- Seneca
-
noun,
a member of the largest tribe of the Iroquois Confederacy of North American Indians, formerly inhabiting western New York and being conspicuous in the wars south and west of Lake Erie.
- caries
-
noun,
decay, as of bone or of plant tissue.
- natron
-
noun,
a mineral, hydrated sodium carbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅10H 2 O.
- senega
-
noun,
the dried root of a milkwort, Polygala senega, of the eastern U.S., used as an expectorant and diuretic.
- nation
-
noun,
a large body of people, associated with a particular territory, that is sufficiently conscious of its unity to seek or to possess a government peculiarly its own:
- Nordic
-
noun,
a member of the Nordic people, especially a Scandinavian.
- norias
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- Radnor
-
noun,
a town in SE Pennsylvania, near Philadelphia.
- arsen-
-
- Orient
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- orgies
-
noun,
wild or drunken festivity or revelry, especially involving sex with multiple participants.
- orgeat
-
noun,
a syrup or drink made originally from barley but later from almonds, prepared with sugar and an extract of orange flowers.
- orgasm
-
noun,
the physical and emotional sensation experienced at the peak of sexual excitation, usually resulting from stimulation of the sexual organ and usually accompanied in the male by ejaculation.
- aroids
-
noun,
any plant of the arum family.
- aroint
-
verb (imperative),
begone:
- arrest
-
noun,
the taking of a person into legal custody, as by officers of the law.
- Orense
-
noun,
a city in N Spain, NW of Madrid.
- orenda
-
noun,
a supernatural force believed by the Iroquois Indians to be present, in varying degrees, in all objects or persons, and to be the spiritual force by which human accomplishment is attained or accounted for.
- arride
-
verb (used with object),
to be agreeable or pleasing to.
- oreide
-
noun,
oroide.
- oreads
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. any of a group of nymphs who were the companions of Artemis.
- arsine
-
noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- origan
-
noun,
an aromatic herb, especially oregano.
- arsino
-
adjective,
containing the arsino group.
- orders
-
noun,
an authoritative direction or instruction; command; mandate.
- ordain
-
verb (used with object),
to invest with ministerial or sacerdotal functions; confer holy orders upon.
- orcein
-
noun,
a red dye, the principal coloring matter of cudbear and orchil, obtained by oxidizing an ammoniacal solution of orcinol.
- artist
-
noun,
a person who produces works in any of the arts that are primarily subject to aesthetic criteria.
- orates
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- orangs
-
noun,
orangutan.
- Artois
-
noun,
a former province in N France: artesian wells.
- Orange
-
noun,
a globose, reddish-yellow, bitter or sweet, edible citrus fruit.
- scarce
-
Idioms,
make oneself scarce, Informal.
to depart, especially suddenly.
to stay away; avoid.
- ascend
-
verb (used with object),
to go or move upward upon or along; climb; mount:
- ascent
-
noun,
an act of ascending; upward movement; a rising movement:
- armors
-
noun,
any covering worn as a defense against weapons.
- Origen
-
noun,
(Origenes Admantius) a.d. 185?–254? Alexandrian writer, Christian theologian, and teacher.
- Oneida
-
noun,
a member of an Iroquois people formerly inhabiting the region east of Oneida Lake.
- Sarnen
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Obwalden, in central Switzerland, E of Bern.
- radios
-
noun,
wireless telegraphy or telephony:
- argots
-
noun,
a specialized idiomatic vocabulary peculiar to a particular class or group of people, especially that of an underworld group, devised for private communication and identification:
- radio-
-
- Ariege
-
noun,
a department in S France. 1893 sq. mi. (4905 sq. km). Capital: Foix.
- racons
-
noun,
radar beacon.
- racist
-
noun,
a person who believes in racism, the doctrine that one's own racial group is superior or that a particular racial group is inferior to the others.
- racism
-
noun,
a belief or doctrine that inherent differences among the various human racial groups determine cultural or individual achievement, usually involving the idea that one's own race is superior and has the right to dominate others or that a particular racial group is inferior to the others.
- Racine
-
noun,
Jean Baptiste [zhahn ba-teest] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist/ (Show IPA), 1639–99, French dramatist.
- racers
-
noun,
a person, animal, or thing that races or takes part in a race, as a racehorse, bicycle, yacht, etc.
- ariose
-
adjective,
characterized by melody; songlike.
- raceme
-
noun,
a simple indeterminate inflorescence in which the flowers are borne on short pedicels lying along a common axis, as in the lily of the valley.
- treads
-
noun,
the action of treading, stepping, or walking.
- sarong
-
noun,
a loose-fitting skirtlike garment formed by wrapping a strip of cloth around the lower part of the body, worn by both men and women in the Malay Archipelago and certain islands of the Pacific Ocean.
- Orinda
-
noun,
a town in W California.
- ottars
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- Sarton
-
noun,
May, 1912–95, U.S. poet, novelist, and playwright.
- Sartre
-
noun,
Jean-Paul [zhahn-pawl] /ʒɑ̃ˈpɔl/ (Show IPA), 1905–80, French philosopher, novelist, and dramatist: declined 1964 Nobel Prize in literature.
- sateen
-
noun,
a strong cotton fabric constructed in satin weave and having a lustrous face.
- Ostend
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Belgium.
- Osetic
-
adjective, noun,
Ossetic.
- armets
-
noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- oscine
-
noun,
an oscine bird.
- armies
-
noun,
the military forces of a nation, exclusive of the navy and in some countries the air force.
- satire
-
noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- satori
-
noun,
sudden enlightenment.
- ornate
-
adjective,
elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so:
- ormers
-
noun,
an abalone, Haliotis tuberculata, living in waters of the Channel Islands.
- onside
-
adjective, adverb,
not offside; being within the prescribed line or area at the beginning of or during play or a play.
- transe
-
noun,
a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
- norite
-
noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- secant
-
noun,
Geometry. an intersecting line, especially one intersecting a curve at two or more points.
- screen
-
noun,
a movable or fixed device, usually consisting of a covered frame, that provides shelter, serves as a partition, etc.
- occas.
-
- atomic
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, resulting from, or using atoms, atomic energy, or atomic bombs:
- oaters
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- scrota
-
noun,
the pouch of skin that contains the testes.
- seadog
-
noun,
fogbow.
- tragic
-
noun,
the tragic, the element or quality of tragedy in literature, art, drama, etc.:
- seamen
-
noun,
a person skilled in seamanship.
- seance
-
noun,
a meeting in which a spiritualist attempts to communicate with the spirits of the dead.
- atones
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- seater
-
noun,
a person or thing that seats.
- atonic
-
noun,
Grammar. an unaccented word, syllable, or sound.
- secede
-
verb (used without object),
to withdraw formally from an alliance, federation, or association, as from a political union, a religious organization, etc.
- screed
-
noun,
a long discourse or essay, especially a diatribe.
- notice
-
noun,
an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning:
- secern
-
verb (used with object),
to discriminate or distinguish in thought.
- attend
-
verb (used with object),
to be present at:
- notate
-
verb (used with object),
to note, mark, or set down in a system of notation:
- second
-
noun,
a second part.
- nosing
-
noun,
a projecting edge, as the part of the tread of a step extending beyond the riser or a projecting part of a buttress.
- attire
-
noun,
clothes or apparel, especially rich or splendid garments.
- attorn
-
verb (used with object),
to turn over to another; transfer.
- Norris
-
noun,
Charles Gilman, 1881–1945, U.S. novelist and editor.
- secret
-
noun,
something that is or is kept secret, hidden, or concealed.
- trades
-
noun,
the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries:
- Norman
-
noun,
a member of that branch of the Northmen or Scandinavians who in the 10th century conquered Normandy.
- trader
-
noun,
a person who trades; a merchant or businessperson.
- Ateste
-
noun,
ancient name of Este.
- astron
-
- scato-
-
- scoria
-
noun,
Metallurgy. the refuse, dross, or slag left after melting or smelting metal; scum.
- onding
-
noun,
the act of continued outpouring or falling; a continuing torrent, as of rain.
- Ondine
-
noun,
undine.
- trans.
-
- onager
-
noun,
a wild ass, Equus hemionus, of southwestern Asia.
- trance
-
noun,
a half-conscious state, seemingly between sleeping and waking, in which ability to function voluntarily may be suspended.
- Ommiad
-
noun,
Omayyad.
- omenta
-
noun,
a fold of the peritoneum connecting the stomach and the abdominal viscera forming a protective and supportive covering.
- omegas
-
noun,
the 24th and last letter of the Greek alphabet (Ω, ω).
- scenic
-
noun,
a photograph, graphic representation, etc., depicting natural scenery.
- astern
-
adverb,
in a position behind a specified vessel or aircraft:
- sconce
-
noun,
a bracket for candles or other lights, placed on a wall, mirror, picture frame, etc.
- trains
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- Ogaden
-
noun,
an arid region in SE Ethiopia.
- octads
-
noun,
a group or series of eight.
- Scoter
-
noun,
any of the large diving ducks of the genus Melanitta, inhabiting northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere.
- oedema
-
noun,
edema.
- Scotti
-
noun,
Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1866–1936, Italian baritone.
- Odette
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Odetta
-
noun,
(Odetta Holmes) 1930–2008, U.S. folk singer.
- Odense
-
noun,
a seaport on Fyn island, in S Denmark.
- scream
-
noun,
a loud, sharp, piercing cry:
- Astrid
-
noun,
a female given name: from Scandinavian, meaning “divine strength.”.
- octets
-
noun,
a company of eight singers or musicians.
- octant
-
noun,
the eighth part of a circle.
- Octans
-
noun,
the Octant, a southern constellation that contains the south celestial pole.
- astro-
-
- octane
-
noun,
any of 18 isomeric saturated hydrocarbons having the formula C 8 H 18 , some of which are obtained in the distillation and cracking of petroleum.
- micros
-
noun,
anything extremely small in scope or capability.
- Scotia
-
noun,
a deep concave molding between two fillets, as in the Attic base.
- Cortes
-
noun,
(in Spain or Portugal) the two houses constituting the national legislative body.
- incage
-
verb (used with object),
encage.
- incase
-
verb (used with object),
encase.
- entice
-
verb (used with object),
to lead on by exciting hope or desire; allure; inveigle:
- timers
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- Dottie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Dorothea and Dorothy.
- doting
-
noun,
decay of wood.
- ganoin
-
noun,
a hard, shiny, enamellike substance secreted by the corium, composing the outer layer of the scales of certain fishes.
- Street
-
noun,
a public thoroughfare, usually paved, in a village, town, or city, including the sidewalk or sidewalks.
- Damien
-
noun,
Father (Jo·seph de Veu·ster) [French zhaw-zef--duh-vœ-ster] /French ʒɔˈzɛf də vœˈstɛr/ (Show IPA), 1840–89, Belgian Roman Catholic missionary to the lepers of Molokai.
- entire
-
noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- ganoid
-
noun,
a ganoid fish.
- tercet
-
noun,
Prosody. a group of three lines rhyming together or connected by rhyme with the adjacent group or groups of three lines.
- inanes
-
noun,
something that is empty or void, especially the void of infinite space.
- dotage
-
noun,
a decline of mental faculties, especially as associated with old age; senility.
- teredo
-
noun,
a shipworm of the genus Teredo.
- dosage
-
noun,
the administration of medicine in doses.
- dammit
-
interjection,
damn it (used as a mild expletive).
- incest
-
noun,
sexual intercourse between closely related persons.
- damson
-
noun,
Also called damson plum. the small, dark-blue or purple fruit of a plum, Prunus insititia, of the rose family, introduced into Europe from Asia Minor.
- denier
-
noun,
a person who denies.
- Dairen
-
noun,
former Japanese name of Dalian (def 2).
- Garcon
-
noun,
(usually in direct address) a waiter in a restaurant.
- incorr
-
- Dragon
-
noun,
a mythical monster generally represented as a huge, winged reptile with crested head and enormous claws and teeth, and often spouting fire.
- gnomes
-
noun,
(in folklore) one of a species of diminutive beings, usually described as shriveled little old men, that inhabit the interior of the earth and act as guardians of its treasures; troll.
- gnomic
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or resembling a gnome.
- enters
-
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:
- tetrad
-
noun,
a group of four.
- dragee
-
noun,
a sugarcoated nut or candy.
- terces
-
noun,
tierce (def 3).
- tanist
-
noun,
the successor apparent to a Celtic chief, usually the oldest or worthiest of his kin, chosen by election among the tribe during the chief's lifetime.
- income
-
noun,
the monetary payment received for goods or services, or from other sources, as rents or investments.
- incogs
-
adjective, adverb, noun,
incognita or incognito.
- disco-
-
- Strega
-
- stemma
-
noun,
ocellus (def 1).
- goatee
-
noun,
a man's beard trimmed to a tuft or point on the chin.
- Garden
-
noun,
a plot of ground, usually near a house, where flowers, shrubs, vegetables, fruits, or herbs are cultivated.
- dormin
-
noun,
abscisic acid.
- Eogene
-
adjective, noun,
(formerly) Paleogene.
- distr.
-
- eonian
-
adjective,
aeonian.
- Danton
-
noun,
Georges Jacques [zhawrzh zhahk] /ʒɔrʒ ʒɑk/ (Show IPA), 1759–94, French Revolutionary leader.
- imaret
-
noun,
(in Turkey) a hospice for pilgrims, travelers, etc.
- eonism
-
noun,
the adoption of feminine mannerisms, clothing, etc., by a male.
- steno-
-
- tannic
-
adjective,
Chemistry. of, relating to, or derived from tan or tannin.
- gonads
-
noun,
a sex gland in which gametes are produced; an ovary or testis.
- images
-
noun,
a physical likeness or representation of a person, animal, or thing, photographed, painted, sculptured, or otherwise made visible.
- gammon
-
noun,
the game of backgammon.
- demits
-
noun,
Also, dimit. (especially in Freemasonry) a written certification of honorable withdrawal or resignation, as from membership.
- gammer
-
noun,
an old woman.
- gamins
-
noun,
a neglected boy left to run about the streets; street urchin.
- ignore
-
verb (used with object),
to refrain from noticing or recognizing:
- immane
-
adjective,
vast in size; enormous.
- Danite
-
noun,
a member of the tribe of Dan.
- dorter
-
noun,
a dormitory, especially in a monastery.
- dances
-
noun,
a successive group of rhythmical steps or bodily motions, or both, usually executed to music.
- dancer
-
noun,
a person who dances.
- dorsi-
-
- demote
-
verb (used with object),
to reduce to a lower grade, rank, class, or position (opposed to promote):
- Dorset
-
noun,
1st Earl of, Thomas Sackville.
- dorser
-
noun,
dosser1 .
- entree
-
noun,
a dish served as the main course of a meal.
- gannet
-
noun,
any large, web-footed, seabird of the family Sulidae, having a sharply pointed bill, long wings, and a wedge-shaped tail, noted for its plunging dives for fish.
- danios
-
noun,
any of several cyprinid fishes of the genera Danio and Brachydanio, of India and Sri Lanka, often kept in aquariums.
- stream
-
noun,
a body of water flowing in a channel or watercourse, as a river, rivulet, or brook. Synonyms: rill, run, streamlet, runnel.
- Gander
-
noun,
the male of the goose.
Compare goose (def 2).
- danger
-
noun,
liability or exposure to harm or injury; risk; peril.
- goiter
-
noun,
an enlargement of the thyroid gland on the front and sides of the neck, usually symptomatic of abnormal thyroid secretion, especially hypothyroidism due to a lack of iodine in the diet.
- Tanner
-
noun,
a person whose occupation it is to tan hides.
- Teresa
-
noun,
Mother (Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu) 1910–97, Albanian nun: Nobel Peace Prize 1979 for work in the slums of Calcutta, India.
- Eocene
-
noun,
the Eocene Epoch or Series.
- enter-
-
- daimon
-
noun,
daemon.
- teaser
-
noun,
a person or thing that teases.
- inmate
-
noun,
a person who is confined in a prison, hospital, etc.
- girder
-
noun,
a large beam, as of steel, reinforced concrete, or timber, for supporting masonry, joists, purlins, etc.
- innage
-
noun,
the quantity of goods remaining in a container when received after shipment.
Compare outage (def 4).
- tinges
-
noun,
a slight degree of coloration.
- engine
-
noun,
a machine for converting thermal energy into mechanical energy or power to produce force and motion.
- terat-
-
- inmost
-
adjective,
situated farthest within:
- strode
-
noun,
a striding manner or a striding gait.
- engin.
-
- INGRES
-
noun,
Jean Auguste Dominique [zhahn oh-gyst daw-mee-neek] /ʒɑ̃ oʊˈgüst dɔ miˈnik/ (Show IPA), 1780–1867, French painter.
- engird
-
verb (used with object),
to encircle; encompass:
- garote
-
noun,
a method of capital punishment of Spanish origin in which an iron collar is tightened around a condemned person's neck until death occurs by strangulation or by injury to the spinal column at the base of the brain.
- denote
-
verb (used with object),
to be a mark or sign of; indicate:
- Ingram
-
noun,
a male given name.
- ingots
-
noun,
a mass of metal cast in a convenient form for shaping, remelting, or refining.
- engram
-
noun,
a presumed encoding in neural tissue that provides a physical basis for the persistence of memory; a memory trace.
- innate
-
adjective,
existing in one from birth; inborn; native:
- driest
-
noun,
a prohibitionist.
- Ingmar
-
noun,
a male given name.
- insane
-
adjective,
not sane; not of sound mind; mentally deranged.
- insert
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- tinner
-
noun,
a tinsmith.
- tinned
-
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.
- insect
-
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.
- inseam
-
noun,
an inside or inner seam of a garment, especially the seam of a trouser leg that runs from the crotch down to the bottom of the leg.
- Strong
-
Idioms,
come on strong, Slang. to behave in an aggressive, ardent, or flamboyant manner:
- droits
-
noun,
a legal right or claim.
- tinman
-
noun,
a tinsmith.
- Girard
-
noun,
Stephen, 1750–1831, U.S. merchant, banker, and philanthropist, born in France.
- tinmen
-
noun,
a tinsmith.
- inroad
-
noun,
a damaging or serious encroachment:
- stroma
-
noun,
Cell Biology. the supporting framework or matrix of a cell.
- Enesco
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1881–1955, Romanian violinist, composer, and conductor: teacher of Yehudi Menuhin.
- inorg.
-
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- denom.
-
- direct
-
adverb,
in a direct manner; directly; straight:
- drains
-
noun,
something, as a pipe or conduit, by which a liquid drains.
- tinct.
-
- Denise
-
noun,
a female given name: derived from Denis.
- tincts
-
noun,
tint; tinge; coloring.
- indent
-
noun,
a toothlike notch or deep recess; indentation.
- daemon
-
noun,
Classical Mythology.
a god.
a subordinate deity, as the genius of a place or a person's attendant spirit.
- disarm
-
verb (used with object),
to deprive of a weapon or weapons.
- indene
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid hydrocarbon, C 9 H 8 , obtained from coal tar by fractional distillation: used in synthesizing resins.
- denims
-
noun,
a heavy, Z-twist, twill cotton for jeans, overalls, and other work and leisure garments.
- Strine
-
noun,
Australian English.
- Enrico
-
noun,
a male given name: Italian form of Henry.
- dagoes
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a person of Italian or sometimes Spanish origin or descent.
- Ensign
-
noun,
a flag or banner, as a military or naval standard used to indicate nationality.
- stride
-
noun,
a striding manner or a striding gait.
- strict
-
adjective,
characterized by or acting in close conformity to requirements or principles:
- denies
-
Idioms,
deny oneself, to refrain from satisfying one's desires or needs; practice self-denial.
- daimen
-
adjective,
rare; occasional.
- Indore
-
noun,
a former state in central India: now part of Madhya Pradesh.
- Dacron
-
- dreamt
-
noun,
a succession of images, thoughts, or emotions passing through the mind during sleep.
- ennead
-
noun,
a group of nine persons or things.
- gisant
-
noun,
a sculptured representation of a dead person in a recumbent position, usually as part of a sepulchral monument.
- grease
-
noun,
the melted or rendered fat of animals, especially when in a soft state.
- ingest
-
verb (used with object),
to take, as food, into the body (opposed to egest).
- Dennis
-
noun,
John, 1657–1734, English dramatist and critic.
- Dreams
-
noun,
a succession of images, thoughts, or emotions passing through the mind during sleep.
- enigma
-
noun,
a puzzling or inexplicable occurrence or situation:
- Garnet
-
noun,
any of a group of hard, vitreous minerals, silicates of calcium, magnesium, iron, or manganese with aluminum or iron, varying in color: a deep-red transparent variety is used as a gem and as an abrasive.
- enrage
-
verb (used with object),
to make extremely angry; put into a rage; infuriate:
- tinder
-
noun,
a highly flammable material or preparation formerly used for catching the spark from a flint and steel struck together for fire or light.
- ingate
-
noun,
gate1 (def 15).
- Garner
-
noun,
a granary or grain bin.
- dacoit
-
noun,
(in India and Burma) a member of a class of criminals who engage in organized robbery and murder.
- tangos
-
noun,
a ballroom dance of Latin-American origin, danced by couples, and having many varied steps, figures, and poses.
- stego-
-
- string
-
noun,
a slender cord or thick thread used for binding or tying; line.
- Gondar
-
noun,
a city in NW Ethiopia, N of Lake Tana: a former capital.
- gamine
-
noun,
a neglected girl who is left to run about the streets.
- terras
-
noun,
earth; land.
- degame
-
noun,
lemonwood.
- decane
-
noun,
a hydrocarbon, C 10 H 22 , of the methane series, occurring in several isomeric forms.
- grani-
-
- Esenin
-
noun,
Sergey Aleksandrovich [Russian syir-gyey uh-lyi-ksahn-druh-vyich] /Russian syɪrˈgyeɪ ʌ lyɪˈksɑn drə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), Yesenin, Sergey Aleksandrovich.
- Esmond
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Grimes
-
noun,
dirt, soot, or other filthy matter, especially adhering to or embedded in a surface.
- tarso-
-
- decani
-
adjective,
of or relating to the epistle or liturgical south side of a church (opposed to cantoris).
- escort
-
noun,
a group of persons, or a single person, accompanying another or others for protection, guidance, or courtesy:
- termer
-
noun,
a person who is serving a term, especially in prison (usually used in combination):
- grano-
-
- decant
-
verb (used with object),
to pour (wine or other liquid) gently so as not to disturb the sediment.
- grides
-
noun,
a griding or grating sound.
- domine
-
noun,
lord; master (used as a title of address).
- Domett
-
noun,
Alfred, 1811–87, British government official and poet: prime minister of New Zealand 1862.
- estate
-
noun,
a piece of landed property, especially one of large extent with an elaborate house on it:
- grinds
-
noun,
the act of grinding.
- escent
-
- Gretna
-
noun,
a city in SE Louisiana, near New Orleans.
- groats
-
noun,
hulled grain, as wheat or oats, broken into fragments.
- tictoc
-
noun,
an alternating ticking sound, as that made by a clock.
- deices
-
verb (used with object),
to free of ice; prevent or remove ice formation on, as the wing of an airplane.
- groins
-
noun,
Anatomy. the fold or hollow on either side of the front of the body where the thigh joins the abdomen.
- deicer
-
noun,
a device or a chemical substance for preventing or removing ice.
- taters
-
noun,
potato.
- grocer
-
noun,
the owner or operator of a store that sells general food supplies and certain nonedible articles of household use, as soaps and paper products.
- degree
-
noun,
any of a series of steps or stages, as in a process or course of action; a point in any scale.
- donate
-
verb (used with object),
to present as a gift, grant, or contribution; make a donation of, as to a fund or cause:
- groans
-
noun,
a low, mournful sound uttered in pain or grief:
- Taoism
-
noun,
the philosophical system evolved by Lao-tzu and Chuang-tzu, advocating a life of complete simplicity and naturalness and of noninterference with the course of natural events, in order to attain a happy existence in harmony with the Tao.
- taster
-
noun,
a person who tastes, especially one skilled in distinguishing the qualities of liquors, tea, etc., by the taste.
- grands
-
noun,
grand piano.
- degerm
-
verb (used with object),
to rid of germs.
- Grison
-
noun,
a weasellike carnivore, Galictis vittata, ranging from southern Mexico to Peru, having a grayish-white upper body, a distinctive white stripe across the forehead and ears, and a dark brown face, chest, and legs.
- griots
-
noun,
a member of a hereditary caste among the peoples of western Africa whose function is to keep an oral history of the tribe or village and to entertain with stories, poems, songs, dances, etc.
- tarots
-
noun,
any of a set of 22 playing cards bearing allegorical representations, used for fortunetelling and as trump cards in tarok.
- esteem
-
noun,
favorable opinion or judgment; respect or regard:
- erring
-
adjective,
going astray; in error; wrong.
- gratin
-
noun,
au gratin.
- termor
-
noun,
a person who has an estate for a term of years or for life.
- grater
-
noun,
a person or thing that grates.
- Greece
-
noun,
Ancient Greek Hellas. Modern Greek Ellas. a republic in S Europe at the S end of the Balkan Peninsula. 50,147 sq. mi. (129,880 sq. km). Capital: Athens.
- docent
-
noun,
privatdocent.
- grates
-
noun,
a frame of metal bars for holding fuel when burning, as in a fireplace, furnace, or stove.
- Greco-
-
- gratis
-
adverb,
without charge or payment; free:
- greeds
-
noun,
excessive or rapacious desire, especially for wealth or possessions.
- decime
-
noun,
a former copper or bronze coin of France issued from 1795 to 1801 and from 1814 to 1815, the 10th part of a franc, equal in value to 10 centimes.
- tictac
-
noun,
a repetitive sound, as of ticking, tapping, knocking, or clicking:
- eterne
-
adjective,
eternal.
- Greats
-
- decoct
-
verb (used with object),
to extract the flavor or essence of by boiling.
- decree
-
noun,
a formal and authoritative order, especially one having the force of law:
- decors
-
noun,
style or mode of decoration, as of a room, building, or the like:
- Estrin
-
noun,
estrone.
- Greene
-
noun,
Graham, 1904–91, English novelist and journalist.
- targes
-
noun,
a small, round shield; a target or buckler.
- deceit
-
noun,
the act or practice of deceiving; concealment or distortion of the truth for the purpose of misleading; duplicity; fraud; cheating:
- Dnestr
-
noun,
Russian name of Dniester.
- decare
-
noun,
a unit of surface measure equal to 10 ares, or 1000 square meters: equivalent to 0.2471 acre.
- target
-
noun,
an object, usually marked with concentric circles, to be aimed at in shooting practice or contests.
- tetras
-
noun,
any of several tropical, freshwater fishes of the family Characidae, often kept in aquariums.
- etrogs
-
noun,
Judaism. a citron for use with the lulav during the Sukkoth festival service.
- Deccan
-
noun,
the entire peninsula of India S of the Narmada River.
- DOMAIN
-
noun,
a field of action, thought, influence, etc.:
- greens
-
noun,
a color intermediate in the spectrum between yellow and blue, an effect of light with a wavelength between 500 and 570 nm; found in nature as the color of most grasses and leaves while growing, of some fruits while ripening, and of the sea.
- greets
-
verb (used with object),
to address with some form of salutation; welcome.
- doings
-
noun,
action; performance; execution:
- coated
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- doater
-
noun,
doter.
- Grants
-
noun,
a town in W New Mexico.
- decent
-
adjective,
conforming to the recognized standard of propriety, good taste, modesty, etc., as in behavior or speech.
- decern
-
verb (used with object),
Archaic. to discern.
- Grande
-
noun,
Rio. Rio Grande.
- stoner
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
- eraser
-
noun,
a device, as a piece of rubber or cloth, for erasing marks made with pen, pencil, chalk, etc.
- darter
-
noun,
a person or thing that darts or moves swiftly.
- steric
-
adjective,
of or relating to the spatial relationships of atoms in a molecule.
- Strand
-
noun,
the land bordering the sea, a lake, or a river; shore; beach.
- ideate
-
noun,
ideatum.
- ergots
-
noun,
Plant Pathology.
a disease of rye and other cereal grasses, caused by a fungus of the genus Claviceps, especially C. purpurea, which replaces the affected grain with a long, hard, blackish sclerotial body.
the sclerotial body itself.
- Darren
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Sterne
-
noun,
Laurence, 1713–68, English clergyman and novelist.
- gotten
-
noun,
an offspring or the total of the offspring, especially of a male animal:
- Dorati
-
noun,
Antal [ahn-tahl;; Hungarian on-tol] /ˈɑn tɑl;; Hungarian ˈɒn tɒl/ (Show IPA), 1906–1988, Hungarian conductor, in the U.S.
- tanrec
-
noun,
tenrec.
- tiered
-
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.
- testee
-
noun,
a person who is tested, as by a scholastic examination.
- 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.
- icemen
-
noun,
a man whose business is gathering, storing, selling, or delivering ice.
- iceman
-
noun,
a man whose business is gathering, storing, selling, or delivering ice.
- Graces
-
noun,
elegance or beauty of form, manner, motion, or action:
Synonyms: attractiveness, charm, gracefulness, comeliness, ease, lissomeness, fluidity.
Antonyms: stiffness, ugliness, awkwardness, clumsiness; klutziness.
- darner
-
noun,
a person or thing that darns.
- Dorcas
-
noun,
a Christian woman at Joppa who made clothing for the poor. Acts 9:36–41.
- donsie
-
adjective,
Midland U.S. somewhat sick, weak, or lacking in vitality; not completely well.
- Darien
-
noun,
Gulf of, an arm of the Caribbean between NE Panama and NW Colombia.
- dormie
-
adjective,
(of a player or side in match play) being in the lead by as many holes as are still to be played.
- goners
-
noun,
a person or thing that is dead, lost, or past recovery.
- darics
-
noun,
a gold coin and monetary unit of ancient Persia.
- dittos
-
noun,
the aforesaid; the above; the same (used in accounts, lists, etc., to avoid repetition). Symbol: ″. Abbreviation: do.
Compare ditto mark.
- erects
-
adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- dormer
-
noun,
Also called dormer window. a vertical window in a projection built out from a sloping roof.
- ergate
-
noun,
a worker ant.
- Doreen
-
noun,
a female given name.
- daring
-
noun,
adventurous courage; boldness.
- demise
-
noun,
death or decease.
- gamete
-
noun,
a mature sexual reproductive cell, as a sperm or egg, that unites with another cell to form a new organism.
- demies
-
noun,
a foundation scholar at Magdalen College, Oxford: so called because such a scholar originally received half the allowance of a fellow.
- dories
-
noun,
a boat with a narrow, flat bottom, high bow, and flaring sides.
- gamet-
-
- Dorian
-
noun,
a member of a people who entered Greece about the 12th century b.c., conquered the Peloponnesus, and destroyed the Mycenaean culture: one of the four main divisions of the prehistoric Greeks.
Compare Achaean (def 5), Aeolian (def 2), Ionian (def 3).
- terete
-
adjective,
slender and smooth, with a circular transverse section.
- donnee
-
noun,
a set of artistic or literary premises or assumptions.
- grand-
-
- stoned
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- tierce
-
noun,
an old measure of capacity equivalent to one third of a pipe, or 42 wine gallons.
- gramme
-
noun,
gram1 .
- Gaines
-
noun,
Edmund Pendleton, 1777–1849, U.S. general.
- erotic
-
noun,
an erotic poem.
- ternes
-
noun,
terne metal.
- Donets
-
noun,
a river rising in the SW Russian Federation near Belgorod, flowing SE through Ukraine to the Don River. About 650 miles (1045 km) long.
- Gainer
-
noun,
a person or thing that gains.
- demean
-
noun,
Archaic. demeanor.
- Deimos
-
noun,
an ancient Greek personification of terror, a son of Ares and Aphrodite.
- donees
-
noun,
a person to whom a gift is made.
- deigns
-
verb (used with object),
to condescend to give or grant:
- Deacon
-
noun,
(in hierarchical churches) a member of the clerical order next below that of a priest.
- errand
-
noun,
a short and quick trip to accomplish a specific purpose, as to buy something, deliver a package, or convey a message, often for someone else.
- Gadite
-
noun,
a member of the tribe of Gad.
- errant
-
adjective,
deviating from the regular or proper course; erring; straying.
- erodes
-
verb (used with object),
to eat into or away; destroy by slow consumption or disintegration:
Synonyms: corrode, waste, ravage, spoil.
Antonyms: strengthen, reinforce.
- stodge
-
noun,
food that is particularly filling.
- gaiter
-
noun,
a covering of cloth or leather for the ankle and instep and sometimes also the lower leg, worn over the shoe or boot.
Compare upper1 (def 7).
- teamer
-
noun,
a teamster.
- Strait
-
noun,
Often, straits. (used with a singular verb) a narrow passage of water connecting two large bodies of water.
- gaited
-
noun,
a manner of walking, stepping, or running.
- stigma
-
noun,
a mark of disgrace or infamy; a stain or reproach, as on one's reputation.
- donnas
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Madam; Lady: an Italian title of respect prefixed to the given name of a woman.
- grader
-
noun,
a person or thing that grades.
- grades
-
noun,
a degree or step in a scale, as of rank, advancement, quality, value, or intensity:
- Ermine
-
noun,
an Old World weasel, Mustela erminea, having in its winter color phase a white coat with black at the tip of the tail.
Compare stoat.
- iatro-
-
- dongas
-
noun,
(in an ice shelf) a small ravine with steep sides.
- regard
-
noun,
reference; relation:
- stingo
-
noun,
strong beer.
- Ernest
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “vigor, intent.”.
- gradin
-
noun,
one of a series of steps or seats raised one above another.
- dement
-
verb (used with object),
to make mad or insane.
- gainst
-
preposition,
against.
- grains
-
noun,
an iron instrument with barbed prongs, for spearing or harpooning fish.
- ginned
-
noun,
cotton gin.
- tineas
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- endrin
-
noun,
a highly toxic, chlorinated hydrocarbon, C 12 H 8 OCl 6 , formerly used as an insecticide.
- tandem
-
noun,
a vehicle, as a truck, tractor, or trailer, in which a pair or pairs of axles are arranged in tandem.
- cteno-
-
- Geonim
-
noun,
a plural of Gaon.
- stated
-
noun,
the condition of a person or thing, as with respect to circumstances or attributes:
- desire
-
noun,
a longing or craving, as for something that brings satisfaction or enjoyment:
- emmers
-
noun,
one of the earliest cultivated forms of wheat, Triticum turgidum dicoccon, having a two-grained spikelet, now grown in limited areas of Europe, Asia, and the western U.S.
- diners
-
noun,
a person who dines.
- tenets
-
noun,
any opinion, principle, doctrine, dogma, etc., especially one held as true by members of a profession, group, or movement.
- desman
-
noun,
either of two aquatic, insectivorous mammals, Myogale moschata, of southeastern Russia, or M. pyrenaica, of the Pyrenees, related to shrews.
- teener
-
noun,
a teenager.
- edemas
-
noun,
effusion of serous fluid into the interstices of cells in tissue spaces or into body cavities.
- Ismene
-
noun,
a daughter of Oedipus and Jocasta who did not join Antigone in her forbidden burial of their brother Polynices.
- detain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep from proceeding; keep waiting; delay.
- gators
-
noun,
Southern U.S. Informal. alligator.
- dinero
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Peru, the 10th part of a sol.
- tisane
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- desert
-
noun,
a region so arid because of little rainfall that it supports only sparse and widely spaced vegetation or no vegetation at all:
Synonyms: waste, wasteland, barren wilderness.
- isomer
-
noun,
Chemistry. a compound displaying isomerism with one or more other compounds.
- isotac
-
noun,
a line drawn on a map connecting all points where ice starts to melt at approximately the same period in spring.
- detect
-
verb (used with object),
to discover or catch (a person) in the performance of some act:
- edgers
-
noun,
a person who puts an edge, especially a finishing edge, on a garment, surface, lens, etc.
- taints
-
noun,
a trace of something bad, offensive, or harmful.
- geoids
-
noun,
an imaginary surface that coincides with mean sea level in the ocean and its extension through the continents.
- cottas
-
noun,
a surplice.
- emigre
-
noun,
an emigrant, especially a person who flees from his or her native land because of political conditions.
- titans
-
noun,
Classical Mythology.
any of the sons of Uranus and Gaea, including Coeus, Crius, Cronus, Hyperion, Iapetus, and Oceanus.
Also, Titaness. any of the sisters of these, including Mnemosyne, Phoebe, Rhea, Tethys, Themis, and Thia.
any of the offspring of the children of Uranus and Gaea.
- tainos
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- Edirne
-
noun,
a city in NW Turkey, in the European part.
- stance
-
noun,
the position or bearing of the body while standing:
- detent
-
noun,
a mechanism that temporarily keeps one part in a certain position relative to that of another, and can be released by applying force to one of the parts.
- Edison
-
noun,
Thomas Alva [al-vuh] /ˈæl və/ (Show IPA), 1847–1931, U.S. inventor, especially of electrical devices.
- design
-
noun,
an outline, sketch, or plan, as of the form and structure of a work of art, an edifice, or a machine to be executed or constructed.
- tactic
-
noun,
tactics (def 1).
- Teeter
-
noun,
a seesaw motion; wobble.
- stator
-
noun,
Electricity, Machinery. a portion of a machine that remains fixed with respect to rotating parts, especially the collection of stationary parts in the magnetic circuits of a machine.
Compare rotor (def 1).
- intro.
-
- intron
-
noun,
a noncoding segment in a length of DNA that interrupts a gene-coding sequence or nontranslated sequence, the corresponding segment being removed from the RNA copy before transcription.
- intros
-
noun,
an introduction.
- create
-
adjective,
Archaic. created.
- crease
-
noun,
a ridge or groove produced in anything by folding, heat, pressure, etc.; fold; furrow.
- enates
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- iodate
-
noun,
Chemistry. a salt of iodic acid, as sodium iodate, NaIO 3 .
- creams
-
noun,
the fatty part of milk, which rises to the surface when the liquid is allowed to stand unless homogenized.
- ecrase
-
adjective,
(of leather) crushed to produce a grained effect.
- Tenner
-
noun,
a 10-dollar bill.
- enamor
-
verb (used with object),
to fill or inflame with love (usually used in the passive and followed by of or sometimes with):
- enacts
-
verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- tetra-
-
- German
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Germany.
- Derris
-
noun,
any East Indian plant belonging to the genus Derris, of the legume family, especially D. elliptica, the roots of which contain rotenone and are used as an insecticide.
- emmets
-
noun,
an ant.
- irades
-
noun,
a decree of a Muslim ruler.
- tenias
-
noun,
taenia.
- gerent
-
noun,
a ruler or manager.
- craton
-
noun,
a relatively rigid and immobile region of continental portions of the earth's crust.
- crates
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- emotes
-
verb (used without object),
to show or pretend emotion:
- static
-
noun,
Electricity.
static or atmospheric electricity.
interference due to such electricity.
- stater
-
noun,
any of various gold or silver or electrum coin units or coins of the ancient Greek states or cities.
- ironer
-
noun,
a person or thing that irons.
- Emmies
-
noun,
(sometimes lowercase) any of several statuettes awarded annually by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences for excellence in television programming, production, or performance.
- Emmett
-
noun,
Daniel Decatur, 1815–1904, U.S. songwriter and minstrel-show performer and producer: composer of “Dixie.”.
- Gerard
-
noun,
Also, Gé·rard·. a male given name, form of Gerald.
- Crater
-
noun,
the cup-shaped depression or cavity on the surface of the earth or other heavenly body marking the orifice of a volcano.
- 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.
- Coster
-
noun,
costermonger.
- geodes
-
noun,
a hollow concretionary or nodular stone often lined with crystals.
- Ecorse
-
noun,
a city in SE Michigan, near Detroit.
- genies
-
noun,
Islamic Mythology. jinn.
- tenace
-
noun,
a sequence of two high cards of the same suit that lack an intervening card to be in consecutive order, as the ace and queen.
- cosign
-
verb (used with or without object),
to sign as a cosigner.
- madmen
-
noun,
a person who is or behaves as if insane; lunatic; maniac.
- madres
-
noun,
mother1 .
- tegmen
-
noun,
a cover, covering, or integument.
- gemots
-
noun,
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a legislative or judicial assembly.
- emcees
-
noun,
master of ceremonies.
- diatom
-
noun,
any of numerous microscopic, unicellular, marine or freshwater algae of the phylum Chrysophyta, having cell walls containing silica.
- dicast
-
noun,
(in ancient Athens) a citizen eligible to sit as a judge.
- genit.
-
- sotted
-
adjective,
drunken; besotted.
- tester
-
noun,
a person or thing that tests.
- digram
-
noun,
a sequence of two adjacent letters or symbols.
- Digest
-
noun,
a collection or compendium, usually of literary, historical, legal, or scientific matter, especially when classified or condensed.
- madtom
-
noun,
any of several tadpolelike, freshwater catfishes of the genus Noturus, of the central and eastern U.S., having a poisonous pectoral spine: some are threatened or endangered.
- Madero
-
noun,
Francisco Indalecio [frahn-sees-kaw een-dah-le-syaw] /frɑnˈsis kɔ ˌin dɑˈlɛ syɔ/ (Show IPA), 1873–1913, Mexican revolutionary and political leader: president 1911–13.
- eiders
-
noun,
eider duck.
- MAeroE
-
- titman
-
noun,
the runt of an animal litter, especially the smallest pig.
- gender
-
noun,
either the male or female division of a species, especially as differentiated by social and cultural roles and behavior:
Compare sex (def 1).
- titmen
-
noun,
the runt of an animal litter, especially the smallest pig.
- egrets
-
noun,
any of several usually white herons that grow long, graceful plumes during the breeding season, as Egretta garzetta (little egret) of the Old World.
- genets
-
noun,
any small, Old World carnivore of the genus Genetta, especially G. genetta, having spotted sides and a ringed tail.
- sortie
-
noun,
a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
- sorted
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- Tadmor
-
noun,
Biblical name of Palmyra.
- genera
-
noun,
a plural of genus.
- dicots
-
noun,
a dicotyledon.
- magics
-
noun,
the art of producing illusions as entertainment by the use of sleight of hand, deceptive devices, etc.; legerdemain; conjuring:
- dienes
-
noun,
any compound, as 1,3-butadiene, CH 2 =CH−CH=CH 2 , that contains two double bonds.
- genoas
-
noun,
a large jib for cruising and racing yachts, overlapping the mainsail.
- 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.
- stamen
-
noun,
the pollen-bearing organ of a flower, consisting of the filament and the anther.
- tenaim
-
noun,
the terms of a Jewish marriage, as the wedding date, amount of the bride's dowry, etc., or an agreement containing such terms, made by the parents of an engaged couple at the engagement party.
- editor
-
noun,
a person having managerial and sometimes policy-making responsibility related to the writing, compilation, and revision of content for a publishing firm or for a newspaper, magazine, or other publication:
- stager
-
noun,
a person of experience in some profession, way of life, etc.
- staged
-
noun,
a single step or degree in a process; a particular phase, period, position, etc., in a process, development, or series.
- emetic
-
noun,
an emetic medicine or agent.
- dinars
-
noun,
any of various former coins of the Near East, especially gold coins issued by Islamic governments.
- deters
-
verb (used with object),
to discourage or restrain from acting or proceeding:
- Maced.
-
- Maceio
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Alagoas, in E Brazil.
- detest
-
verb (used with object),
to feel abhorrence of; hate; dislike intensely.
- tendon
-
noun,
Anatomy. a cord or band of dense, tough, inelastic, white, fibrous tissue, serving to connect a muscle with a bone or part; sinew.
- Tagore
-
noun,
Sir Rabindranath [ruh-been-druh-naht] /rəˈbin drəˌnɑt/ (Show IPA), 1861–1941, Indian poet: Nobel prize 1913.
- tender
-
noun,
the act of tendering; an offer of something for acceptance.
- tenant
-
noun,
a person or group that rents and occupies land, a house, an office, or the like, from another for a period of time; lessee.
- macers
-
noun,
macebearer.
- COSTAR
-
noun,
a performer, especially an actor or actress, who shares star billing with another.
- teston
-
noun,
a former silver coin of France, equal at various times to between 10 and 14½ sols, bearing on the obverse a bust of the reigning king.
- titers
-
noun,
the strength of a solution as determined by titration with a standard substance.
- Terris
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- Egesta
-
noun,
matter egested from the body, as excrement or other waste.
- emeers
-
noun,
emir.
- stacc.
-
- dimers
-
noun,
a molecule composed of two identical, simpler molecules.
- COSMIC
-
adjective,
of or relating to the cosmos:
- genome
-
noun,
a full set of chromosomes; all the inheritable traits of an organism.
- stacte
-
noun,
one of the sweet spices used in the holy incense of the ancient Hebrews. Ex. 30:34.
- macron
-
noun,
a horizontal line used as a diacritic over a vowel to indicate that it has a long sound or other specified pronunciation, as (ā) in fate (fāt).
- macro-
-
- macons
-
noun,
Nathaniel, 1758–1837, U.S. politician: Speaker of the House 1801–07.
- emends
-
verb (used with object),
to edit or change (a text).
- emerge
-
verb (used without object),
to come forth into view or notice, as from concealment or obscurity:
- dimmer
-
noun,
a person or thing that dims.
- credit
-
noun,
commendation or honor given for some action, quality, etc.:
- irreg.
-
- Strain
-
noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- easier
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- cretin
-
noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- dermic
-
adjective,
dermal.
- tenson
-
noun,
a Provençal poem taking the form of a dialogue or debate between two rival troubadours.
- Crista
-
noun,
a crest or ridge.
- tensor
-
noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
- Cretan
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Crete.
- tented
-
noun,
a portable shelter of skins, canvas, plastic, or the like, supported by one or more poles or a frame and often secured by ropes fastened to pegs in the ground.
- Easter
-
noun,
an annual Christian festival in commemoration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, observed on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the vernal equinox, as calculated according to tables based in Western churches on the Gregorian calendar and in Orthodox churches on the Julian calendar.
- tenrec
-
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.
- tirade
-
noun,
a prolonged outburst of bitter, outspoken denunciation:
- tenter
-
noun,
a framework on which cloth in the process of manufacture is stretched so it may set or dry evenly.
- intact
-
adjective,
not altered, broken, or impaired; remaining uninjured, sound, or whole; untouched; unblemished:
- terret
-
noun,
one of the round loops or rings on the saddle of a harness, through which the driving reins pass.
- tenons
-
noun,
a projection formed on the end of a timber or the like for insertion into a mortise of the same dimensions.
- encage
-
verb (used with object),
to confine in or as in a cage; coop up.
- dinges
-
noun,
the condition of being dingy.
- ecarte
-
noun,
a card game for two players.
- Getter
-
noun,
a person or thing that gets.
- Gesner
-
noun,
Konrad von [kon-rad von;; German kawn-raht fuh n] /ˈkɒn ræd vɒn;; German ˈkɔn rɑt fən/ (Show IPA), 1516–65, Swiss naturalist.
- gasmen
-
noun,
a person who works for a company that sells or distributes household gas, especially a person who goes from building to building reading gas meters to determine what charge is to be billed.
- inters
-
verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- criers
-
noun,
a person who cries.
- Cronin
-
noun,
A(rchibald) J(oseph) 1896–1981, Scottish novelist and physician in the U.S.
- Crimea
-
noun,
the, a peninsula in SE Ukraine, between the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov.
- dinner
-
noun,
the main meal of the day, eaten in the evening or at midday.
- germen
-
noun,
a germ.
- eating
-
noun,
the act of a person or thing that eats.
- gestic
-
adjective,
pertaining to bodily motions, especially in dancing.
- dermas
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. dermis.
- intern
-
noun,
a person who is or has been interned; internee.
- intend
-
verb (used with object),
to have in mind as something to be done or brought about; plan:
- encore
-
noun,
a demand, as by applause, for a repetition of a song, act, etc., or for a performance of a number or piece additional to those on a program, or for a reappearance by the performers, as at the end of a concert, recital, etc.
- crores
-
noun,
(in India) the sum of ten million, especially of rupees; one hundred lacs.
- Easton
-
noun,
a city in E Pennsylvania, on the Delaware River.
- CRONIC
-
noun,
very potent marijuana.
- eagers
-
noun,
eagre.
- eagres
-
noun,
a tidal bore or flood.
- tirage
-
noun,
the withdrawing of wine from a barrel, as for testing or tasting.
- endear
-
verb (used with object),
to make dear, esteemed, or beloved:
- cringe
-
noun,
servile or fawning deference.
- intent
-
noun,
something that is intended; purpose; design; intention:
- Denton
-
noun,
a city in N Texas.
- Gascon
-
noun,
a native of Gascony, France, the inhabitants of which were reputedly very boastful.
- dentes
-
noun,
plural of dens.
- dermo-
-
- earing
-
noun,
a rope attached to a cringle and used for bending a corner of a sail to a yard, boom, or gaff or for reefing a sail.
- C-star
-
noun,
carbon star.
- Gaston
-
noun,
a male given name.
- instar
-
noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- tinter
-
noun,
a person who specializes in applying tints or dyes.
- creese
-
noun,
a short sword or heavy dagger with a wavy blade, used by the Malays.
- denti-
-
- gastr-
-
- Cromer
-
noun,
1st Earl of, Evelyn Baring.
- dentin
-
noun,
the hard, calcareous tissue, similar to but denser than bone, that forms the major portion of a tooth, surrounds the pulp cavity, and is situated beneath the enamel and cementum.
- Enders
-
noun,
John Franklin, 1897–1985, U.S. bacteriologist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1954.
- tennis
-
noun,
a game played on a rectangular court by two players or two pairs of players equipped with rackets, in which a ball is driven back and forth over a low net that divides the court in half.
- intra-
-
- Gerome
-
noun,
Jean Léon [zhahn ley-awn] /ʒɑ̃ leɪˈɔ̃/ (Show IPA), 1824–1904, French painter and sculptor.
- encase
-
verb (used with object),
to enclose in or as in a case:
- dinger
-
noun,
humdinger.
- crones
-
noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- inter.
-
- credos
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the Apostles' Creed or the Nicene Creed.
- intone
-
verb (used with object),
to utter with a particular tone or voice modulation.
- Gideon
-
noun,
Also called Jerubbaal. a judge of Israel and conqueror of the Midianites. Judges 6–8.
- dermis
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. the dense inner layer of skin beneath the epidermis, composed of connective tissue, blood and lymph vessels, sweat glands, hair follicles, and an elaborate sensory nerve network.
- ending
-
noun,
a bringing or coming to an end; termination; close:
- Garter
-
noun,
Also called, British, sock suspender, suspender. an article of clothing for holding up a stocking or sock, usually an elastic band around the leg or an elastic strap hanging from a girdle or other undergarment.
- Cremer
-
noun,
Sir William Randal, 1838–1908, English union organizer: Nobel Peace Prize 1903.
- Derain
-
noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1880–1954, French painter.
- tentie
-
adjective,
tenty.
- encode
-
verb (used with object),
to convert (a message, information, etc.) into code.
- intoed
-
adjective,
having inwardly turned toes.
- instr.
-
- cremes
-
noun,
cream.
- Garret
-
noun,
an attic, usually a small, wretched one.
- Encina
-
noun,
the live oak, Quercus virginiana.
- treas
-
- scare
-
noun,
a sudden fright or alarm, especially with little or no reason.
- oater
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- oaten
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or made of oats.
- Sarto
-
noun,
Andrea del [ahn-drey-uh del;; Italian ahn-dre-ah del] /ɑnˈdreɪ ə dɛl;; Italian ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ dɛl/ (Show IPA), Andrea del Sarto.
- Occam
-
noun,
William of, died 1349? English scholastic philosopher.
- Tarde
-
noun,
Gabriel [ga-bree-el] /ga briˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1843–1904, French sociologist.
- tanto
-
adverb,
(of a musical direction) too much; so much.
- dinar
-
noun,
any of various former coins of the Near East, especially gold coins issued by Islamic governments.
- scrog
-
noun,
any naturally short or stunted tree or bush, as a crab apple tree or blackthorn bush.
- sceat
-
noun,
a silver Anglo-Saxon coin of the 7th and 8th centuries, sometimes including an amount of gold.
- garni
-
adjective,
garnished.
- scrim
-
noun,
a cotton or linen fabric of open weave used for bunting, curtains, etc.
- Sarre
-
noun,
French name of Saar.
- geese
-
noun,
a plural of goose.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- dings
-
noun,
a ringing sound.
- Saree
-
noun,
sari.
- trams
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- Oates
-
noun,
Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- tango
-
noun,
a ballroom dance of Latin-American origin, danced by couples, and having many varied steps, figures, and poses.
- sarod
-
noun,
a lute of northern India, played with a bow.
- sargo
-
noun,
a silvery grunt, Anisotremus davidsonii, inhabiting waters off the coasts of California and Mexico, having blackish markings and yellowish fins.
- omni-
-
- Sarge
-
noun,
sergeant.
- scrod
-
noun,
a young Atlantic codfish or haddock, especially one split for cooking.
- ontic
-
adjective,
possessing the character of real rather than phenomenal existence; noumenal.
- racon
-
noun,
radar beacon.
- Arion
-
noun,
flourished 7th century b.c, Greek poet: inventor of the dithyramb.
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- Radom
-
noun,
a city in E Poland.
- dints
-
noun,
force; power:
- Tarim
-
noun,
a river in NW China, in Xinjiang Uygur region. About 1300 miles (2090 km) long.
- Argos
-
noun,
an ancient city in SE Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis: a powerful rival of Sparta, Athens, and Corinth.
- diets
-
noun,
food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health:
- SEATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Manila (1954), comprising Australia, Great Britain, France, New Zealand, Pakistan, the Philippines, Thailand, and the United States, for collective defense against aggression in southeastern Asia and the southwestern Pacific: abolished in 1977.
- radon
-
noun,
a chemically inert, radioactive gaseous element produced by the decay of radium: emissions produced by outgassing of rock, brick, etc. are a health hazard. Symbol: Rn; atomic number: 86; atomic weight: 222.
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- secco
-
noun,
fresco secco.
- argon
-
noun,
a colorless, odorless, chemically inactive, monatomic, gaseous element that, because of its inertness, is used for filling fluorescent and incandescent lamps and vacuum tubes. Symbol: Ar; atomic number: 18; atomic weight: 39.948.
- doats
-
verb (used without object),
dote.
- argot
-
noun,
a specialized idiomatic vocabulary peculiar to a particular class or group of people, especially that of an underworld group, devised for private communication and identification:
- ASDIC
-
noun,
sonar.
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- rages
-
noun,
angry fury; violent anger (sometimes used in combination):
- ragis
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Eleusine coracana, cultivated in the Old World for its grain.
- notes
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- noted
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- Dione
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a Titan and a consort of Zeus.
- testa
-
noun,
the outer, usually hard, integument or coat of a seed.
- Onega
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in the NW Russian Federation in Europe: second largest lake in Europe. 3764 sq. mi. (9750 sq. km).
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- asgmt
-
- onces
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- Ascot
-
noun,
a necktie or scarf with broad ends, tied and arranged so that the ends are laid flat, one across the other, sometimes with a pin to secure them.
- Dirae
-
plural noun,
the Furies. See fury (def 3).
- asco-
-
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- racer
-
noun,
a person, animal, or thing that races or takes part in a race, as a racehorse, bicycle, yacht, etc.
- Gemma
-
noun,
a bud.
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- dimer
-
noun,
a molecule composed of two identical, simpler molecules.
- tardo
-
adjective,
slow (used as a musical direction).
- races
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- oared
-
noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- aside
-
noun,
a part of an actor's lines supposedly not heard by others on the stage and intended only for the audience.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- targe
-
noun,
a small, round shield; a target or buckler.
- scat-
-
- Dirac
-
noun,
Paul Adrien Maurice, 1902–84, British physicist, in the U.S. after 1971: Nobel Prize 1933.
- onset
-
noun,
a beginning or start:
- Orang
-
noun,
orangutan.
- scatt
-
noun,
scat5 .
- terse
-
adjective,
neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.
- gemot
-
noun,
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a legislative or judicial assembly.
- atone
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- ascon
-
noun,
a type of sponge having an oval shape and a thin body wall with pores leading directly into the spongocoel.
- terne
-
noun,
terne metal.
- scart
-
verb (used with or without object),
to scratch, scrape, mark, or scar.
- etrog
-
noun,
Judaism. a citron for use with the lulav during the Sukkoth festival service.
- Otter
-
noun,
any of several aquatic, furbearing, weasellike mammals of the genus Lutra and related genera, having webbed feet and a long, slightly flattened tail.
- oidea
-
- atmo-
-
- Scott
-
noun,
Barbara Ann, 1928–2012, Canadian figure skater.
- Astor
-
noun,
John Jacob, 1763–1848, U.S. capitalist and fur merchant.
- greet
-
verb (used with object),
to address with some form of salutation; welcome.
- aroid
-
noun,
any plant of the arum family.
- order
-
noun,
an authoritative direction or instruction; command; mandate.
- 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.
- Ditto
-
noun,
the aforesaid; the above; the same (used in accounts, lists, etc., to avoid repetition). Symbol: ″. Abbreviation: do.
Compare ditto mark.
- Omani
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Oman.
- Arndt
-
noun,
Ernst Moritz [ernst moh-rits] /ɛrnst ˈmoʊ rɪts/ (Show IPA), 1769–1860, German poet and historian.
- tread
-
noun,
the action of treading, stepping, or walking.
- scene
-
noun,
the place where some action or event occurs:
- Gamin
-
noun,
a neglected boy left to run about the streets; street urchin.
- orig.
-
- gamo-
-
- GATED
-
noun,
a movable barrier, usually on hinges, closing an opening in a fence, wall, or other enclosure.
- tangs
-
- gamic
-
adjective,
sexual (def 3).
- omega
-
noun,
the 24th and last letter of the Greek alphabet (Ω, ω).
- Terra
-
noun,
earth; land.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- dingo
-
noun,
a wolflike, wild dog, Canis familiaris dingo, of Australia, having a reddish- or yellowish-brown coat.
- scend
-
noun,
the heaving motion of a vessel.
- disc.
-
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- ormer
-
noun,
an abalone, Haliotis tuberculata, living in waters of the Channel Islands.
- astr.
-
- dines
-
noun,
Scot. dinner.
- scent
-
noun,
a distinctive odor, especially when agreeable:
- armor
-
noun,
any covering worn as a defense against weapons.
- arris
-
noun,
a sharp ridge, as between adjoining channels of a Doric column.
- Scand
-
- Scone
-
noun,
a small, light, biscuitlike quick bread made of oatmeal, wheat flour, barley meal, or the like.
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- oread
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. any of a group of nymphs who were the companions of Artemis.
- score
-
noun,
the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.
- ogres
-
noun,
a monster in fairy tales and popular legend, usually represented as a hideous giant who feeds on human flesh.
- disme
-
noun,
a former coin of the U.S., equal to 10 cents, issued in 1792: early form of the dime.
- Aston
-
noun,
Francis William, 1877–1945, English physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1922.
- scion
-
noun,
a descendant.
- dinge
-
noun,
the condition of being dingy.
- ordn.
-
- Oreg.
-
- dites
-
noun,
a bit (usually used in negative constructions):
- ogees
-
noun,
a double curve, resembling the letter S, formed by the union of a concave and a convex line.
- dist.
-
- trait
-
noun,
a distinguishing characteristic or quality, especially of one's personal nature:
- scorn
-
noun,
open or unqualified contempt; disdain:
- Ogden
-
noun,
Charles Kay, 1889–1957, British psychologist and linguist, inventor of Basic English.
- arrgt
-
- ogams
-
noun,
ogham.
- Scot.
-
- arose
-
verb,
simple past tense of arise.
- Terri
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- Gaons
-
noun,
a title of honor for the directors of the Jewish academies at Sura and Pumbedita in Babylonia, used from the end of the 6th century a.d. to about the beginning of the 11th century.
- Orcas
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- scrag
-
noun,
a lean or scrawny person or animal.
- ation
-
- dirts
-
noun,
any foul or filthy substance, as mud, grime, dust, or excrement.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- octa-
-
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- scree
-
noun,
a steep mass of detritus on the side of a mountain.
- Osman
-
noun,
1259–1326, Turkish emir 1299–1326: founder of the Ottoman dynasty.
- orans
-
noun,
orant.
- armet
-
noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- Armen
-
- osmic
-
adjective,
of or containing osmium in its higher valences, especially the tetravalent state.
- omits
-
verb (used with object),
to leave out; fail to include or mention:
- octad
-
noun,
a group or series of eight.
- Ostia
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, SW of Rome: ruins from 4th century b.c.; site of ancient port of Rome.
- armed
-
noun,
Usually, arms. weapons, especially firearms.
- ocrea
-
noun,
a sheathing part, as a pair of stipules united about a stem.
- Taino
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- satem
-
adjective,
belonging to or consisting of those branches of the Indo-European family in which alveolar or palatal fricatives, as the sounds (s) or (sh), developed in ancient times from Proto-Indo-European palatal stops: the satem branches are Indo-Iranian, Armenian, Slavic, Baltic, and Albanian.
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- gains
-
- dirge
-
noun,
a funeral song or tune, or one expressing mourning in commemoration of the dead.
- ottar
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- gears
-
noun,
Machinery.
a part, as a disk, wheel, or section of a shaft, having cut teeth of such form, size, and spacing that they mesh with teeth in another part to transmit or receive force and motion.
an assembly of such parts.
one of several possible arrangements of such parts in a mechanism, as an automobile transmission, for affording different relations of torque and speed between the driving and the driven machinery, or for permitting the driven machinery to run in either direction:
a mechanism or group of parts performing one function or serving one purpose in a complex machine:
- ocean
-
noun,
the vast body of salt water that covers almost three fourths of the earth's surface.
- satin
-
noun,
a fabric in a warp-effect or filling-effect satin weave, as acetate, rayon, nylon, or silk, often having a glossy face and a soft, slippery texture.
- taint
-
noun,
a trace of something bad, offensive, or harmful.
- Roman
-
noun,
a metrical narrative, especially in medieval French literature.
- scant
-
adverb,
Scot. and North England Dialect. scarcely; barely; hardly.
- SCRAM
-
noun,
the rapid shutdown of a nuclear reactor in an emergency.
- gater
-
noun,
gator.
- Gates
-
noun,
Horatio, 1728–1806, American Revolutionary general, born in England.
- terr.
-
- 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.
- Odets
-
noun,
Clifford, 1906–63, U.S. dramatist.
- games
-
noun,
an amusement or pastime:
- gator
-
noun,
Southern U.S. Informal. alligator.
- ornes
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- ornis
-
noun,
an avifauna.
- gamer
-
noun,
a person who plays games, especially computer or video games.
- Orrin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- orris
-
noun,
an iris, Iris germanica florentina, having a fragrant rootstock.
- scena
-
noun,
an extended operatic vocal solo, usually including an aria and a recitative.
- omers
-
noun,
a Hebrew unit of dry measure, the tenth part of an ephah.
- Osage
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people formerly of western Missouri, now living in northern Oklahoma.
- gaits
-
noun,
a manner of walking, stepping, or running.
- octet
-
noun,
a company of eight singers or musicians.
- Oscan
-
noun,
one of an ancient people of south-central Italy.
- OSCAR
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter O.
- diner
-
noun,
a person who dines.
- Tamis
-
noun,
a worsted cloth mesh constructed in open weave and having a corded face, used as a sieve or strainer.
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- tames
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- orant
-
noun,
a representation of a female figure, with outstretched arms and palms up in a gesture of prayer, in ancient and early Christian art.
- octan
-
noun,
an octan fever.
- oste-
-
- anion
-
noun,
a negatively charged ion, as one attracted to the anode in electrolysis.
- TREAT
-
noun,
entertainment, food, drink, etc., given by way of compliment or as an expression of friendly regard.
- Eaton
-
noun,
Theophilus, 1590–1658, English colonist and colonial administrator in America.
- 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.
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- aeri-
-
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- aerie
-
noun,
the nest of a bird of prey, as an eagle or a hawk.
- 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.
- aero-
-
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- AEGIS
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the shield or breastplate of Zeus or Athena, bearing at its center the head of the Gorgon.
- eaten
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- reset
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- Ender
-
noun,
Kornelia [kawr-neyl-yuh,, -ney-lee-uh] /kɔrˈneɪl yə,, -ˈneɪ li ə/ (Show IPA), born 1958, German swimmer.
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- trims
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- agent
-
noun,
a person or business authorized to act on another's behalf:
- agers
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) a person living in a certain historical age:
- agios
-
noun,
a premium on money in exchange.
- tenon
-
noun,
a projection formed on the end of a timber or the like for insertion into a mortise of the same dimensions.
- Aegir
-
noun,
a sea god, husband of Ran, and host at feast of the gods spoiled by Loki.
- 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.
- enate
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- admen
-
noun,
Also called advertising man. one whose profession is writing, designing, or selling advertisements.
- admin
-
noun,
administration; administrative work.
- Teena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Albertina, Bettina, or Christina.
- enact
-
verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- Tenn.
-
- ecto-
-
- admit
-
verb (used with object),
to allow to enter; grant or afford entrance to:
- ectad
-
adverb,
outward.
- Adore
-
verb (used with object),
to regard with the utmost esteem, love, and respect; honor.
- retem
-
noun,
a shrub, Retama raetam, of Syria and Arabia, having white flowers: said to be the juniper of the Old Testament.
- restr
-
- retd.
-
- adorn
-
verb (used with object),
to decorate or add beauty to, as by ornaments:
- econ.
-
- adret
-
noun,
a side of a mountain receiving direct sunlight.
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- teems
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to produce (offspring).
- teno-
-
- Aedes
-
noun,
yellow-fever mosquito.
- Aedon
-
noun,
a daughter of Pandareus who mistakenly killed her son. Zeus took pity on her and turned her into a nightingale.
- agist
-
verb (used with object),
to feed or pasture (livestock) for a fee.
- eared
-
noun,
the part of a cereal plant, as corn, wheat, etc., that contains the flowers and hence the fruit, grains, or kernels.
- adits
-
noun,
an entrance or a passage.
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- dries
-
noun,
a plural of dry.
- Aides
-
noun,
nurse's aide.
- drier
-
noun,
a person or thing that dries.
- Aidos
-
noun,
the ancient Greek personification of modesty, respect, and shame.
- trigo
-
noun,
wheat; field of wheat.
- triga
-
noun,
a two-wheeled chariot drawn by a team of three horses.
- Aimee
-
noun,
a female given name.
- trig.
-
- Trier
-
noun,
a person or thing that tries or tests; tester.
- droit
-
noun,
a legal right or claim.
- drest
-
noun,
an outer garment for women and girls, consisting of bodice and skirt in one piece.
- engr.
-
- remit
-
noun,
Law. a transfer of the record of an action from one tribunal to another, particularly from an appellate court to the court of original jurisdiction.
- dregs
-
noun,
dregs, the sediment of liquids; lees; grounds.
- drees
-
adjective,
tedious; dreary.
- drear
-
adjective,
dreary.
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- tried
-
noun,
an attempt or effort:
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- Drina
-
noun,
a river in S Europe, flowing N along the part of the border between Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina to the Sava River at Belgrade, Serbia. 285 miles (459 km) long.
- Renan
-
noun,
Ernest [ur-nist;; French er-nest] /ˈɜr nɪst;; French ɛrˈnɛst/ (Show IPA), 1823–92, French philologist, historian, and critic.
- tense
-
noun,
a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
- trigs
-
noun,
trigonometry.
- Agnes
-
noun,
Saint, a.d. 292?–304? Roman Catholic child martyr.
- eagre
-
noun,
a tidal bore or flood.
- rente
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- rotte
-
noun,
rote2 .
- endo-
-
- eager
-
noun,
eagre.
- renin
-
noun,
a proteolytic enzyme secreted by the kidneys that is involved in the release of angiotensin.
- reni-
-
- renga
-
noun,
linked verse.
- agone
-
adverb, adjective,
ago.
- drome
-
noun,
a department in SE France. 2533 sq. mi. (6560 sq. km). Capital: Valence.
- tents
-
noun,
a portable shelter of skins, canvas, plastic, or the like, supported by one or more poles or a frame and often secured by ropes fastened to pegs in the ground.
- tera-
-
- Renee
-
noun,
a female given name, French form of Renata.
- rends
-
verb (used with object),
to separate into parts with force or violence:
- agree
-
verb (used with object),
to concede; grant (usually followed by a noun clause):
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- enema
-
noun,
the injection of a fluid into the rectum to cause a bowel movement.
- agro-
-
- drone
-
noun,
the male of the honeybee and other bees, stingless and making no honey.
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- adios
-
interjection,
goodbye; farewell.
- AMEDS
-
- acct.
-
- roams
-
noun,
an act or instance of roaming; a ramble.
- Ronan
-
noun,
a king who killed his son, Mael Fothartaigh, after his wife had falsely accused the boy of attempting to seduce her, and who was himself killed by the children of Mael Fothartaigh.
- emend
-
verb (used with object),
to edit or change (a text).
- ronde
-
noun,
a typeface imitative of upright, somewhat angular, handwriting.
- ronin
-
noun,
a samurai who no longer serves a daimyo, or feudal lord.
- Ronne
-
noun,
a seaport on W Bornholm island, Denmark, in the S Baltic Sea: stone quarries.
- egest
-
verb (used with object),
to discharge, as from the body; void (opposed to ingest).
- egers
-
noun,
German name of Ohře.
- egads
-
interjection,
(used as an expletive or mild oath):
- emeer
-
noun,
emir.
- Egadi
-
noun,
a group of islands in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of W Sicily. 15 sq. mi. (39 sq. km).
- acet-
-
- riser
-
noun,
a person who rises, especially from bed:
- eerie
-
adjective,
uncanny, so as to inspire superstitious fear; weird:
- riots
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- rings
-
noun,
a typically circular band of metal or other durable material, especially one of gold or other precious metal, often set with gems, for wearing on the finger as an ornament, a token of betrothal or marriage, etc.
- Ednas
-
noun,
Adnah.
- Edman
-
noun,
Irwin, 1896–1954, U.S. philosopher and essayist.
- roans
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- roars
-
noun,
a loud, deep cry or howl, as of an animal or a person:
- Tegea
-
noun,
an ancient city in SE Arcadia, Greece.
- trone
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- 2,4-d
-
noun,
a white to yellow, crystalline powder, C 8 H 6 O 3 Cl 2 , slightly soluble in water: used for killing weeds.
- Temne
-
noun,
a member of a people living mainly in Sierra Leone.
- 30-30
-
- Roget
-
noun,
Peter Mark, 1779–1869, English physician and author of a thesaurus.
- EGRET
-
noun,
any of several usually white herons that grow long, graceful plumes during the breeding season, as Egretta garzetta (little egret) of the Old World.
- Roger
-
noun,
a male given name: from Germanic words meaning “fame” and “spear.”.
- tsadi
-
noun,
sadhe.
- trots
-
noun,
the gait of a horse, dog, or other quadruped, when trotting.
- eider
-
noun,
eider duck.
- eidos
-
noun,
the formal content of a culture, encompassing its system of ideas, criteria for interpreting experience, etc.
- roast
-
noun,
roasted meat or a piece of roasted meat, as a piece of beef or veal of a quantity and shape for slicing into more than one portion.
- temin
-
noun,
Howard M(artin) 1934–94, U.S. virologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1975.
- Rodin
-
noun,
(François) Auguste (René) [frahn-swa oh-gyst ruh-ney] /frɑ̃ˈswa oʊˈgüst rəˈneɪ/ (Show IPA), 1840–1917, French sculptor.
- Trona
-
noun,
a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
- Teide
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA) a volcanic peak in the Canary Islands, on Tenerife. 12,190 feet (3716 meters).
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- trogs
-
noun,
Chiefly British Slang. a hooligan; lout.
- emcee
-
noun,
master of ceremonies.
- AC/DC
-
adjective,
sexually responsive to both men and women; bisexual.
- Emden
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Germany.
- acids
-
noun,
Chemistry. a compound usually having a sour taste and capable of neutralizing alkalis and reddening blue litmus paper, containing hydrogen that can be replaced by a metal or an electropositive group to form a salt, or containing an atom that can accept a pair of electrons from a base. Acids are proton donors that yield hydronium ions in water solution, or electron-pair acceptors that combine with electron-pair donors or bases.
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- Adige
-
noun,
a river in N Italy, flowing SE to the Adriatic Sea. 220 miles (354 km) long.
- Emmen
-
noun,
a city in NE Netherlands.
- emirs
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- ricer
-
noun,
an implement for ricing potatoes, squash, etc., by pressing them through small holes.
- EDGAR
-
noun,
an award given annually in various categories of mystery writing.
- actg.
-
- rotas
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- emits
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- tenet
-
noun,
any opinion, principle, doctrine, dogma, etc., especially one held as true by members of a profession, group, or movement.
- edema
-
noun,
effusion of serous fluid into the interstices of cells in tissue spaces or into body cavities.
- Emmer
-
noun,
one of the earliest cultivated forms of wheat, Triticum turgidum dicoccon, having a two-grained spikelet, now grown in limited areas of Europe, Asia, and the western U.S.
- acron
-
noun,
the unsegmented, preoral portion of the body of an arthropod.
- Actis
-
noun,
a son of Rhoda and Helius who, when banished from his home for fratricide, fled to Egypt, where he taught astrology. The Colossus of Rhodes was built in his honor.
- Acton
-
noun,
a quilted garment worn under mail in the 13th and 14th centuries; gambeson.
- Actor
-
noun,
a person who acts in stage plays, motion pictures, television broadcasts, etc.
- actos
-
- Emmet
-
noun,
an ant.
- trite
-
adjective,
lacking in freshness or effectiveness because of constant use or excessive repetition; hackneyed; stale:
- adeem
-
verb (used with object),
to revoke (a legacy) by ademption.
- aden-
-
- emote
-
verb (used without object),
to show or pretend emotion:
- rices
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- edger
-
noun,
a person who puts an edge, especially a finishing edge, on a garment, surface, lens, etc.
- Troad
-
noun,
The, a region in NW Asia Minor surrounding ancient Troy.
- Edina
-
noun,
a city in SE Minnesota, near Minneapolis.
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- acmes
-
noun,
the highest point; summit; peak:
- edits
-
noun,
an instance of or the work of editing:
- edit.
-
- rimes
-
noun,
Also called rime ice. an opaque coating of tiny, white, granular ice particles, caused by the rapid freezing of supercooled water droplets on impact with an object.
Compare frost (def 3), glaze (def 17).
- 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.
- Rimas
-
noun,
a female given name.
- rigor
-
noun,
strictness, severity, or harshness, as in dealing with people.
- 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.
- acorn
-
noun,
the typically ovoid fruit or nut of an oak, enclosed at the base by a cupule.
- acro-
-
- tends
-
Verb phrases,
tend on/upon, Archaic. to attend or wait upon; minister to; serve:
- ridge
-
noun,
a long, narrow elevation of land; a chain of hills or mountains.
- rides
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- edict
-
noun,
a decree issued by a sovereign or other authority. Synonyms: dictum, pronouncement.
- Rider
-
noun,
a person who rides a horse or other animal, a bicycle, etc.
- edges
-
noun,
a line or border at which a surface terminates:
- acred
-
adjective,
owning many acres of land; landed.
- acrid
-
adjective,
sharp or biting to the taste or smell; bitterly pungent; irritating to the eyes, nose, etc.:
- teens
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- Dream
-
noun,
a succession of images, thoughts, or emotions passing through the mind during sleep.
- ameer
-
noun,
emir.
- sarc-
-
- donee
-
noun,
a person to whom a gift is made.
- erose
-
adjective,
uneven, as if gnawed away.
- donga
-
noun,
(in an ice shelf) a small ravine with steep sides.
- reads
-
noun,
an act or instance of reading:
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- Anton
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Anthony.
- Reade
-
noun,
Charles, 1814–84, English novelist.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- react
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- anti-
-
- miter
-
noun,
the official headdress of a bishop in the Western Church, in its modern form a tall cap with a top deeply cleft crosswise, the outline of the front and back resembling that of a pointed arch.
- donec
-
conjunction,
(in prescriptions) until.
- term.
-
- Sande
-
noun,
Earl, 1898–1968, U.S. jockey and racehorse trainer.
- Aoede
-
noun,
one of the original three Muses; the Muse of song.
- erron
-
- 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.
- treen
-
noun,
treenware.
- tater
-
noun,
potato.
- antic
-
noun,
Usually, antics.
a playful trick or prank; caper.
a grotesque, fantastic, or ludicrous gesture, act, or posture.
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- treed
-
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.
- ernes
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- Annie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Ann, Anna, or Anne.
- RECON
-
noun,
reconnaissance.
- annot
-
- anode
-
noun,
the electrode or terminal by which current enters an electrolytic cell, voltaic cell, battery, etc.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- Recit
-
- Donna
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Madam; Lady: an Italian title of respect prefixed to the given name of a woman.
- teams
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- recce
-
noun,
(especially in British military use) reconnaissance:
- dongs
-
noun,
a deep sound like that of a large bell.
- reams
-
noun,
a standard quantity of paper, consisting of 20 quires or 500 sheets (formerly 480 sheets), or 516 sheets (printer's ream or perfect ream)
- anon.
-
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- Anson
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Ernie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Ernest.
- 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.
- rears
-
- erode
-
verb (used with object),
to eat into or away; destroy by slow consumption or disintegration:
Synonyms: corrode, waste, ravage, spoil.
Antonyms: strengthen, reinforce.
- ante-
-
- rearm
-
verb (used with object),
to arm again.
- ratos
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- taste
-
noun,
the act of tasting food or drink.
- DORAN
-
noun,
an electronic device for determining range and assisting navigation, employing the principle of the Doppler effect.
- Ramee
-
noun,
Louise de la ("Ouida") 1839–1908, English novelist.
- dogma
-
noun,
an official system of principles or tenets concerning faith, morals, behavior, etc., as of a church. Synonyms: doctrine, teachings, set of beliefs, philosophy.
- dogie
-
noun,
a motherless calf in a cattle herd.
- doges
-
noun,
the chief magistrate in the former republics of Venice and Genoa.
- Ramos
-
noun,
Fidel V. born 1928, Philippine political leader: president 1992–98.
- Ramon
-
noun,
any of several tropical American trees belonging to the genus Brosimum, of the mulberry family, the leaves of which are used as forage, especially B. alicastrum, which bears the breadnut.
- ramie
-
noun,
an Asian shrub, Boehmeria nivea, of the nettle family, yielding a fiber used especially in making textiles.
- tarot
-
noun,
any of a set of 22 playing cards bearing allegorical representations, used for fortunetelling and as trump cards in tarok.
- doest
-
noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- ramet
-
noun,
an individual of a clone.
- doers
-
noun,
a person or thing that does something, especially a person who gets things done with vigor and efficiency.
- sanit
-
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- terms
-
noun,
a word or group of words designating something, especially in a particular field, as atom in physics, quietism in theology, adze in carpentry, or district leader in politics.
- areo-
-
- 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).
- Santo
-
noun,
a carved figure of a saint, usually of wood, as from Puerto Rico, Mexico, or the southwestern U.S.
- Arete
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- taros
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- raids
-
noun,
a sudden assault or attack, as upon something to be seized or suppressed:
- Saone
-
noun,
a river flowing S from NE France to the Rhone. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- doing
-
noun,
action; performance; execution:
- doits
-
noun,
Also, duit. an old small copper coin of the Netherlands and Dutch colonies, first issued in the 17th century.
- 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.
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- ratio
-
noun,
the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:
- tarts
-
noun,
a small pie filled with cooked fruit or other sweetened preparation, usually having no top crust.
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- rater
-
noun,
a person who makes rates or ratings.
- donas
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Madam; Lady: a Portuguese title prefixed to a woman's given name.
- rason
-
noun,
a long, loose, black gown with wide sleeves, worn by the clergy.
- Donar
-
noun,
the god of thunder, corresponding to Thor.
- rares
-
adjective,
coming or occurring far apart in time; unusual; uncommon:
- Arden
-
noun,
Forest of, a forest district in central England, in N Warwickshire: scene of Shakespeare's As You Like It.
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- Sango
-
noun,
a Niger-Congo language of the Adamawa-Eastern branch, used as a lingua franca in the Central African Republic.
- ranid
-
noun,
frog1 (def 2).
- esrog
-
noun,
etrog.
- Range
-
noun,
the extent to which or the limits between which variation is possible:
- Ranee
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- rands
-
noun,
(in shoemaking) a strip of leather set in a shoe at the heel before the lifts are attached.
- 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 .
- domes
-
noun,
Architecture.
a vault, having a circular plan and usually in the form of a portion of a sphere, so constructed as to exert an equal thrust in all directions.
a domical roof or ceiling.
a polygonal vault, ceiling, or roof.
- ardor
-
noun,
great warmth of feeling; fervor; passion:
- estoc
-
noun,
a thrusting sword of the 13th–17th centuries having a long, narrow blade of rectangular section.
- Donne
-
noun,
John, 1573–1631, English poet and clergyman.
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- Ennis
-
noun,
a town in N Texas.
- REGIS
-
noun,
a male given name.
- amide
-
noun,
a metallic derivative of ammonia in which the −NH 2 group is retained, as potassium amide, KNH 2 .
- Drago
-
noun,
Luis María [loo-is muh-ree-uh;; Spanish loo-ees mah-ree-ah] /ˈlu ɪs məˈri ə;; Spanish luˈis mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1859–1921, Argentine jurist and statesman.
- Draco
-
noun,
the Dragon, a northern circumpolar constellation between Ursa Major and Cepheus.
- regma
-
noun,
a dry fruit consisting of three or more carpels that separate from the axis at maturity.
- amigo
-
noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- amin-
-
- amine
-
noun,
any of a class of compounds derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms with organic groups.
- Regin
-
noun,
a smith, the brother of Fafnir, who raises Sigurd and encourages him to kill Fafnir in the hope of gaining the gold he guards.
- drags
-
noun,
Nautical.
a designed increase of draft toward the stern of a vessel.
resistance to the movement of a hull through the water.
any of a number of weights dragged cumulatively by a vessel sliding down ways to check its speed.
any object dragged in the water, as a sea anchor.
any device for dragging the bottom of a body of water to recover or detect objects.
- dotes
-
noun,
decay of wood.
- amirs
-
noun,
emir.
- ento-
-
- dorts
-
noun,
Dordrecht.
- Reger
-
noun,
Max [mahks] /mɑks/ (Show IPA), 1873–1916, German composer and pianist.
- Ammon
-
noun,
the classical name of the Egyptian divinity Amen, whom the Greeks identified with Zeus, the Romans with Jupiter.
- ammos
-
- dorse
-
noun,
the back of a book or folded document.
- Sadie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Sara or Sarah.
- amid-
-
- AMICE
-
noun,
an oblong vestment, usually of white linen, worn about the neck and shoulders and partly under the alb.
- Triad
-
noun,
a group of three, especially of three closely related persons or things.
- 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.
- reman
-
verb (used with object),
to man again; furnish with a fresh supply of personnel.
- enorm
-
adjective,
enormous; huge; vast.
- Amend
-
verb (used with object),
to alter, modify, rephrase, or add to or subtract from (a motion, bill, constitution, etc.) by formal procedure:
- tecta
-
noun,
a rooflike structure.
- drats
-
interjection,
(used to express mild disgust, disappointment, or the like):
- amens
-
noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- ament
-
noun,
catkin.
- terce
-
noun,
tierce (def 3).
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- Amer.
-
- Drain
-
noun,
something, as a pipe or conduit, by which a liquid drains.
- teats
-
noun,
the protuberance on the breast or udder in female mammals, except the monotremes, through which the milk ducts discharge; nipple or mammilla.
- 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.
- drang
-
noun,
a narrow lane or alleyway.
- Ensor
-
noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- drams
-
noun,
Measurements.
a unit of apothecaries' weight, equal to 60 grains, or 1/8 (0.125) ounce (3.89 grams).
1/16 (0.0625) ounce, avoirdupois weight (27.34 grains; 1.77 grams). Abbreviation: dr., dr.
- Reims
-
noun,
a city in NE France: cathedral; unconditional surrender of Germany May 7, 1945.
- reign
-
noun,
the period during which a sovereign occupies the throne.
- trice
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- Regt.
-
- Regan
-
noun,
(in Shakespeare's King Lear) the younger of Lear's two faithless daughters.
Compare Cordelia (def 1), Goneril.
- dorrs
-
noun,
dor1 .
- anis-
-
- rect.
-
- erect
-
adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- Doris
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the wife of Nereus and mother of the Nereids.
- Redan
-
noun,
a V -shaped work, usually projecting from a fortified line.
- ergo-
-
- Doric
-
noun,
a dialect of ancient Greek spoken on Rhodes and other islands of the Dodecanese, in Crete, in Syracuse, and in all of the Peloponnesus except Arcadia.
- ergot
-
noun,
Plant Pathology.
a disease of rye and other cereal grasses, caused by a fungus of the genus Claviceps, especially C. purpurea, which replaces the affected grain with a long, hard, blackish sclerotial body.
the sclerotial body itself.
- anent
-
preposition,
in regard to; about; concerning.
- Aneto
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA). Spanish name of Pic de Néthou.
- recta
-
noun,
a plural of rectum.
- anger
-
noun,
a strong feeling of displeasure and belligerence aroused by a wrong; wrath; ire.
- tease
-
noun,
a person who teases or annoys.
- angi-
-
- Angie
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Angel.
- angor
-
noun,
extreme distress or mental anguish, usually of physical origin.
- angst
-
noun,
a feeling of dread, anxiety, or anguish.
- trend
-
noun,
the general course or prevailing tendency; drift:
- anim.
-
- anime
-
noun,
a Japanese style of motion-picture animation, characterized by highly stylized, colorful art, futuristic settings, violence, and sexuality.
- tears
-
- 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.
- Trent
-
noun,
Italian Trento. Ancient Tridentum. a city in N Italy, on the Adige River.
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- among
-
preposition,
in, into, or through the midst of; in association or connection with; surrounded by:
- andor
-
conjunction,
(used to imply that either or both of the things mentioned may be affected or involved):
- reest
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- Sadoc
-
noun,
Zadok.
- AMORC
-
- dorms
-
noun,
dormitory.
- amort
-
adjective,
spiritless; lifeless.
- triac
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- trets
-
noun,
(formerly) an allowance for waste, after deduction for tare.
- Ancon
-
noun,
the elbow.
- ancre
-
adjective,
having the end of each limb divided and carved outward like the flukes of an anchor; moline:
- Andes
-
plural noun,
a mountain range in W South America, extending about 4500 miles (7250 km) from N Colombia and Venezuela S to Cape Horn. Highest peak, Aconcagua, 22,834 feet (6960 meters).
- redes
-
noun,
counsel; advice.
- redos
-
noun,
the act or an instance of redoing.
- Redon
-
noun,
Odilon [ohd-l-on;; French aw-dee-lawn] /ˈoʊd lˌɒn;; French ɔ diˈlɔ̃/ (Show IPA), 1840–1916, French painter and etcher.
- 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.
- saice
-
noun,
syce.
- Andie
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- andr-
-
- Andre
-
noun,
John, 1751–80, British major hanged as a spy by the Americans in the Revolutionary War: plotted the betrayal of West Point with Benedict Arnold.
- redia
-
noun,
a cylindrical larval stage of some trematodes, produced by a sporocyst and giving rise to daughter rediae or to cercariae.
- erase
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
- diene
-
noun,
any compound, as 1,3-butadiene, CH 2 =CH−CH=CH 2 , that contains two double bonds.
- Niort
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- dicta
-
noun,
a plural of dictum.
- tomia
-
noun,
the cutting edge of a bird's bill.
- Cisco
-
noun,
any of several whitefishes of the genus Coregonus, of the Great Lakes and smaller lakes of eastern North America.
- 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.
- metas
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) a column or post, or a group of columns or posts, placed at each end of a racetrack to mark the turning places.
- cites
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- incog
-
adjective, adverb, noun,
incognita or incognito.
- dames
-
noun,
(initial capital letter)
the official title of a female member of the Order of the British Empire, equivalent to that of a knight.
the official title of the wife of a knight or baronet.
- times
-
noun,
the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- Timon
-
noun,
c320–c230 b.c, Greek philosopher.
- Timor
-
noun,
an island in the S part of Indonesia: largest and easternmost of the Lesser Sunda Islands; E half formerly belonged to Portugal. 13,095 sq. mi. (33,913 sq. km).
- Cmdr.
-
- meter
-
noun,
the fundamental unit of length in the metric system, equivalent to 39.37 U.S. inches, originally intended to be, and being very nearly, equal to one ten-millionth of the distance from the equator to the pole measured on a meridian: defined from 1889 to 1960 as the distance between two lines on a platinum-iridium bar (the “International Prototype Meter”) preserved at the International Bureau of Weights and Measures near Paris; from 1960 to 1983 defined as 1,650,763.73 wavelengths of the orange-red radiation of krypton 86 under specified conditions; and now defined as 1/299,792,458 of the distance light travels in a vacuum in one second. Abbreviation: m.
- meta-
-
- incor
-
- tomes
-
noun,
a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
- meson
-
noun,
Physics. any hadron, or strongly interacting particle, other than a baryon. Mesons are bosons, having spins of 0, 1, 2, …, and, unlike baryons, do not obey a conservation law.
- cnida
-
noun,
a nematocyst.
- meso-
-
- mesne
-
adjective,
intermediate or intervening.
- incr.
-
- mesic
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or adapted to an environment having a balanced supply of moisture.
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- damns
-
noun,
the utterance of “damn” in swearing or for emphasis.
- dagos
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a person of Italian or sometimes Spanish origin or descent.
- circs
-
noun,
circular (def 9).
- cions
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- micra
-
noun,
a plural of micron.
- danes
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Denmark.
- smarm
-
noun,
behavior or speech that is smarmy.
- micas
-
noun,
any member of a group of minerals, hydrous silicates of aluminum with other bases, chiefly potassium, magnesium, iron, and lithium, that separate readily into thin, tough, often transparent, and usually elastic laminae; isinglass.
- Smart
-
noun,
a sharp local pain, usually superficial, as from a wound, blow, or sting.
- CIRCA
-
preposition, adverb,
about: (used especially in) approximate dates:
Abbreviation: ca, ca., c., c, cir., circ.
- 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.
- smear
-
noun,
an oily, greasy, viscous, or wet substance, especially a dab of such a substance.
- tones
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- metes
-
noun,
a limiting mark.
- cires
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- dance
-
noun,
a successive group of rhythmical steps or bodily motions, or both, usually executed to music.
- smite
-
Idioms,
smite hip and thigh. hip1 (def 9).
- timer
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- inane
-
noun,
something that is empty or void, especially the void of infinite space.
- metr-
-
- Metis
-
noun,
any person of mixed ancestry.
- Damon
-
noun,
a male given name.
- metic
-
noun,
an alien resident of an ancient Greek city who paid a tax for the right to live there.
- toman
-
noun,
a coin of Iran, equal to 10 rials.
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- dangs
-
verb (used with object), adjective, noun,
damn (used euphemistically).
- mense
-
noun,
propriety; discretion.
- codas
-
noun,
Music. a more or less independent passage, at the end of a composition, introduced to bring it to a satisfactory close.
- togas
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) the loose outer garment worn by citizens in public.
- Merca
-
noun,
a city in S Somalia.
- snead
-
noun,
Samuel Jackson ("Slamming Sammy") 1912–2002, U.S. golfer.
- sneer
-
noun,
a look or expression of derision, scorn, or contempt.
- tinge
-
noun,
a slight degree of coloration.
- coder
-
noun,
a person or device that translates information into a code.
- menta
-
noun,
Entomology. the medial plate of the labium in insects.
- snide
-
adjective,
derogatory in a nasty, insinuating manner:
- Mensa
-
noun,
Also called altar slab, altar stone. the flat stone forming the top of the altar in a Roman Catholic church.
- ingot
-
noun,
a mass of metal cast in a convenient form for shaping, remelting, or refining.
- codes
-
noun,
a system for communication by telegraph, heliograph, etc., in which long and short sounds, light flashes, etc., are used to symbolize the content of a message:
- meno-
-
- tings
-
noun,
a tinging sound.
- Menes
-
noun,
flourished c3200 b.c, traditionally the unifier and 1st king of Egypt: founder of the 1st dynasty.
- mends
-
noun,
the act of mending; repair or improvement.
- Inner
-
adjective,
situated within or farther within; interior:
- steer
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- Steen
-
noun,
Jan [yahn] /yɑn/ (Show IPA), 1626–79, Dutch painter.
- coeds
-
noun,
Older Use. a female student in a coeducational institution, especially in a college or university.
- cocas
-
noun,
a shrub, Erythroxylon coca, native to the Andes, having simple, alternate leaves and small yellowish flowers.
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- smote
-
verb,
a simple past tense of smite.
- merit
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- Dagon
-
noun,
a Phoenician and Philistine god of agriculture and the earth: the national god of the Philistines.
- coact
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do or act together.
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- meros
-
noun,
(in the Doric order) a flat surface between two channels of a triglyph.
- Meroe
-
noun,
a ruined city in Sudan, on the Nile, NE of Khartoum: a capital of ancient Ethiopia that was destroyed a.d. c350.
- mero-
-
- Indo-
-
- coast
-
noun,
the land next to the sea; seashore:
- Indra
-
noun,
Hinduism. the chief of the Vedic gods, the god of rain and thunder.
- Coats
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- Indre
-
noun,
a department in central France. 2667 sq. mi. (6910 sq. km). Capital: Châteauroux.
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- daces
-
noun,
a small, freshwater cyprinoid fish, Leuciscus leuciscus, of Europe, having a stout, fusiform body.
- merge
-
verb (used with object),
to cause to combine or coalesce; unite.
- meres
-
noun,
Chiefly British Dialect. a lake or pond.
- merde
-
noun,
excrement.
- coati
-
noun,
any tropical American carnivore of the genus Nasua, related to the raccoon, having an elongated body, long, ringed tail, and a slender, flexible snout.
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- Merci
-
interjection,
thank you.
- cines
-
noun,
a film; motion picture.
- danio
-
noun,
any of several cyprinid fishes of the genera Danio and Brachydanio, of India and Sri Lanka, often kept in aquariums.
- steed
-
noun,
a horse, especially a high-spirited one.
- stime
-
noun,
the smallest bit; a drop, taste, or glimpse.
- sting
-
noun,
an act or an instance of stinging.
- cero-
-
- ceros
-
noun,
a large Atlantic and Gulf Coast mackerel game fish, Scomberomorus regalis.
- misce
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) mix.
- misc.
-
- sing.
-
- IATSE
-
- mires
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- singe
-
noun,
a superficial burn.
- Cerro
-
noun,
a hill or peak.
- stint
-
noun,
a period of time spent doing something:
- cert.
-
- stge.
-
- mints
-
noun,
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
Compare mint family.
- Minto
-
noun,
Gilbert John Elliot-Murray-Kynynmond [el-ee-uh t-mur-ee-ki-nin-muh nd,, -muhr-ee-,, el-yuh t-] /ˈɛl i ətˈmɜr i kɪˈnɪn mənd,, -ˈmʌr i-,, ˈɛl yət-/ (Show IPA), 4th Earl of, 1845–1914, British colonial administrator: governor general of Canada 1898–1904; viceroy of India 1905–10.
- Sino-
-
- dict.
-
- Sinon
-
noun,
a Greek, posing as a deserter, who persuaded the Trojans to take the Trojan Horse into their city.
- Minot
-
noun,
George Richards [rich-erdz] /ˈrɪtʃ ərdz/ (Show IPA), 1885–1950, U.S. physician: Nobel prize 1934.
- Minos
-
noun,
a king of Crete: he ordered Daedalus to build the Labyrinth.
- dates
-
noun,
a particular month, day, and year at which some event happened or will happen:
- ceric
-
adjective,
containing cerium, especially in the tetravalent state.
- icons
-
- stome
-
- grots
-
noun,
a grotto.
- Sinan
-
noun,
1489?–1587, Turkish architect, especially of mosques.
- Mitre
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- Mitra
-
noun,
the mitriform pileus of certain fungi.
- toran
-
noun,
(in Indian Buddhist and Hindu architecture) a gateway having two or three lintels between two posts.
- Ceram
-
noun,
an island of the Moluccas in Indonesia, W of New Guinea. 7191 sq. mi. (18,625 sq. km).
- mites
-
noun,
any of numerous small to microscopic arachnids of the subclass Acari, including species that are parasitic on animals and plants or that feed on decaying matter and stored foods.
- ceras
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- Stone
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- tides
-
noun,
the periodic rise and fall of the waters of the ocean and its inlets, produced by the attraction of the moon and sun, and occurring about every 12 hours.
- misdo
-
verb (used with object),
to do badly or wrongly; botch.
- since
-
adverb,
from then till now (often preceded by ever):
- stoma
-
noun,
Also, stomate. Botany. any of various small apertures, especially one of the minute orifices or slits in the epidermis of leaves, stems, etc., through which gases are exchanged.
- Stoic
-
noun,
a member or adherent of the Stoic school of philosophy.
- datos
-
noun,
(in the Philippines) a native chief.
- miso-
-
- Stoat
-
noun,
the ermine, Mustela erminea, especially when in brown summer pelage.
- Ceres
-
noun,
a pre-Roman goddess of agriculture under whose name the Romans adopted the worship of the Greek goddess Demeter.
- 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.
- miser
-
noun,
a person who lives in wretched circumstances in order to save and hoard money.
- Cesti
-
noun,
Marcantonio [mahr-kahn-taw-nyaw] /ˌmɑr kɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1623–69, Italian composer.
- Minor
-
noun,
a person under the legal age of full responsibility.
- cine-
-
- cider
-
noun,
the juice pressed from apples (or formerly from some other fruit) used for drinking, either before fermentation (sweet cider) or after fermentation (hard cider) or for making applejack, vinegar, etc.
- tonia
-
- daric
-
noun,
a gold coin and monetary unit of ancient Persia.
- tiger
-
noun,
a large, carnivorous, tawny-colored and black-striped feline, Panthera tigris, of Asia, ranging in several subspecies from India and the Malay Peninsula to Siberia: the entire species is endangered, with some subspecies thought to be extinct.
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- miens
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- Dares
-
noun,
an act of daring or defiance; challenge.
- tongs
-
noun,
any of various implements consisting of two arms hinged, pivoted, or otherwise fastened together, for seizing, holding, or lifting something (usually used with pair of).
- sito-
-
- Tigre
-
noun,
a Semitic language spoken in northern Ethiopia.
- image
-
noun,
a physical likeness or representation of a person, animal, or thing, photographed, painted, sculptured, or otherwise made visible.
- tonic
-
noun,
a medicine that invigorates or strengthens:
- imago
-
noun,
Entomology. an adult insect.
- Midge
-
noun,
any of numerous minute dipterous insects, especially of the family Chironomidae, somewhat resembling a mosquito.
Compare gnat (def 1).
- imams
-
noun,
the officiating priest of a mosque.
- MIDAS
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a Phrygian king, son of Gordius, who was given by Dionysus the power of turning whatever he touched into gold.
- cigar
-
noun,
a more or less cylindrical roll of tobacco cured for smoking, of any of various lengths, thicknesses, degrees of straightness, etc., usually wrapped in a tobacco leaf.
- Dante
-
noun,
(Dante Alighieri) 1265–1321, Italian poet: author of the Divine Comedy.
- Imena
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Arabic word meaning “faith.”.
- Tonga
-
noun,
a light, two-wheeled, horse-drawn vehicle used in India.
- Cimon
-
noun,
507–499 b.c, Athenian military leader, naval commander, and statesman (son of Miltiades).
- 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.
- Stent
-
noun,
Medicine/Medical. a small, expandable tube used for inserting in a blocked vessel or other part.
- darts
-
- Dario
-
noun,
Rubén [roo-ven] /ruˈvɛn/ (Show IPA), (Félix Rubén García Sarmiento) 1867–1916, Nicaraguan poet and diplomat.
- Minna
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Minn.
-
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- Mines
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- Miner
-
noun,
Also called mineworker. a person who works in a mine, especially a commercial mine producing coal or metallic ores.
- darns
-
noun,
a darned place, as in a garment:
- ideo-
-
- minds
-
noun,
(in a human or other conscious being) the element, part, substance, or process that reasons, thinks, feels, wills, perceives, judges, etc.:
- 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.
- cetes
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- Mimas
-
noun,
Astronomy. one of the moons of Saturn.
- MINCE
-
noun,
something cut up very small; mincemeat.
- minas
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- cetin
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble fat, C 32 H 64 O 2 , obtained from spermaceti by extraction with ether: used chiefly as an emulsive agent in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals and cosmetics and as a base in the manufacture of candles and soaps.
- tonne
-
noun,
metric ton.
- siree
-
noun,
sirree.
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- ster.
-
- mimes
-
noun,
the art or technique of portraying a character, mood, idea, or narration by gestures and bodily movements; pantomime.
- mimeo
-
noun,
mimeograph.
- 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.
- Mende
-
noun,
a member of a people living in Sierra Leone and Liberia.
- menat
-
noun,
an amulet worn by certain Egyptians in ancient times to secure divine protection and to ensure fertility.
- mitts
-
noun,
Baseball.
a rounded glove with one internal section for the four fingers and another for the thumb and having the side next to the palm of the hand protected by a thick padding, used by catchers.
a somewhat similar glove but with less padding and having sections for the thumb and one or two fingers, used by first basemen. Compare baseball glove.
- stand
-
noun,
the act of standing; an assuming of or a remaining in an upright position.
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- contg
-
- cotta
-
noun,
a surplice.
- cotes
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Marin
-
noun,
John, 1870–1953, U.S. painter and etcher.
- Marie
-
noun,
(Marie Alexandra Victoria of Saxe-Coburg) 1875–1938, queen of Romania 1914–27.
- T-man
-
noun,
a special investigator of the Department of the Treasury.
- titer
-
noun,
the strength of a solution as determined by titration with a standard substance.
- Marge
-
noun,
margin; edge.
- stang
-
noun,
an act or an instance of stinging.
- marg.
-
- sonde
-
noun,
a rocket, balloon, or rockoon used as a probe for observing phenomena in the atmosphere.
- marcs
-
noun,
the grapes contained in the wine press and the residue, as skins and pips, remaining after the juice is expressed.
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- staid
-
noun,
the act of stopping or being stopped.
- STAGE
-
noun,
a single step or degree in a process; a particular phase, period, position, etc., in a process, development, or series.
- Maori
-
noun,
a member of the native Polynesian population of New Zealand.
- Macc.
-
- Mario
-
noun,
a male given name: from the Roman family name Marius.
- Maris
-
noun,
Roger (Eugene) 1934–85, U.S. baseball player.
- cords
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) clothing, especially trousers, of corded fabric; corduroys.
- Crane
-
noun,
any large wading bird of the family Gruidae, characterized by long legs, bill, and neck and an elevated hind toe.
- Cons.
-
- Marti
-
noun,
José [haw-se] /hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1853–1895, Cuban patriot and writer.
- State
-
noun,
the condition of a person or thing, as with respect to circumstances or attributes:
- Const
-
- stat.
-
- start
-
noun,
a beginning of an action, journey, etc.
- Isere
-
noun,
a river in SE France, flowing from the Alps to the Rhone River. 150 miles (240 km) long.
- marse
-
noun,
(used chiefly in representation of southern black speech) master.
- SONAR
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- cont.
-
- Craig
-
noun,
Edward Gordon, 1872–1966, English stage designer, producer, and author.
- isnad
-
noun,
the chain of testimony by which a hadith is transmitted.
- Starr
-
noun,
Belle (Myra Belle Shirley) 1848–89, U.S. outlaw and folk hero.
- Maros
-
noun,
Hungarian name of Mures.
- maror
-
noun,
a portion of horseradish or other bitter herb that is eaten at the Seder meal on Passover.
- crams
-
noun,
Informal. the act of cramming for an examination.
- Maroc
-
noun,
French name of Morocco.
- Marne
-
noun,
a river in NE France, flowing W to the Seine near Paris: battles 1914, 1918, 1944. 325 miles (525 km) long.
- Conte
-
noun,
count2 .
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- stade
-
noun,
a period of time represented by a glacial deposit.
- macer
-
noun,
macebearer.
- Irons
-
noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- sotie
-
noun,
a satirical and topical comedy employing actors dressed in traditional fool's costume, popular in France during the late Middle Ages, and often used as a curtain raiser to mystery and morality plays.
- Mamie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- madre
-
noun,
mother1 .
- maist
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
most.
- coset
-
noun,
a subset of a group, formed by the consistent operation of a given element of the group on the left or right of all the elements of a subgroup of the group.
- mairs
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- cosec
-
noun,
cosecant.
- mains
-
noun,
the main or home farm of a manor, as where the ownerlives; manse.
- Maine
-
noun,
a state in the NE United States, on the Atlantic coast. 33,215 sq. mi. (86,027 sq. km). Capital: Augusta.
Abbreviation: ME (for use with zip code), Me.
- maims
-
noun,
a physical injury, especially a loss of a limb.
- maids
-
noun,
a female servant.
- Madge
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Margaret.
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- 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.
- magot
-
noun,
Barbary ape.
- corr.
-
- MAgEc
-
- MAgEd
-
- Mages
-
noun,
a magician.
- Corse
-
noun,
corpse.
- magic
-
noun,
the art of producing illusions as entertainment by the use of sleight of hand, deceptive devices, etc.; legerdemain; conjuring:
- Mande
-
noun,
a branch of the Niger-Congo subfamily of languages, spoken in western Africa and including Mende, Malinke, Bambara, and Kpelle.
- sonic
-
adjective,
of or relating to sound.
- Corea
-
noun,
Armando Anthony [ahr-mahn-doh] /ɑrˈmɑn doʊ/ (Show IPA), ("Chick") born 1941, U.S. jazz pianist and composer.
- titre
-
noun,
titer.
- manse
-
noun,
the house and land occupied by a minister or parson.
- manos
-
noun,
the upper or handheld stone used when grinding maize or other grains on a metate.
- manor
-
noun,
(in England) a landed estate or territorial unit, originally of the nature of a feudal lordship, consisting of a lord's demesne and of lands within which he has the right to exercise certain privileges, exact certain fees, etc.
- Manon
-
noun,
an opera (1884) by Jules Massenet.
- corer
-
noun,
a person or thing that cores.
- maces
-
noun,
a clublike armor-breaking weapon of war, often with a flanged or spiked metal head, used chiefly in the Middle Ages.
- cores
-
- corgi
-
noun,
Welsh corgi.
- Macon
-
noun,
Nathaniel, 1758–1837, U.S. politician: Speaker of the House 1801–07.
- coria
-
noun,
plural of corium.
- corms
-
noun,
an enlarged, fleshy, bulblike base of a stem, as in the crocus.
- manit
-
noun,
man-minute.
- Costa
-
noun,
a rib or riblike part.
- manic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or affected by mania.
- Sonia
-
noun,
a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.
- Titos
-
noun,
Marshal (Josip Broz) 1891–1980, president of Yugoslavia 1953–80.
- Mango
-
noun,
the oblong, sweet fruit of a tropical tree, Mangifera indica, of the cashew family, eaten ripe, or preserved or pickled.
- Srta.
-
- mange
-
noun,
any of various skin diseases caused by parasitic mites, affecting animals and sometimes humans and characterized by loss of hair and scabby eruptions.
- Manet
-
noun,
Édouard [ey-dwar] /eɪˈdwar/ (Show IPA), 1832–83, French painter.
- conns
-
noun,
responsibility for the steering of a ship.
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- Menam
-
noun,
a former name of Chao Phraya.
- crit.
-
- Medon
-
noun,
(in the Odyssey) a herald who warned Penelope that her suitors were conspiring against Telemachus.
- Medoc
-
noun,
a wine-growing region in Gironde, in SW France.
- crone
-
noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- comm.
-
- crocs
-
noun,
crocodile.
- comma
-
noun,
the sign (,), a mark of punctuation used for indicating a division in a sentence, as in setting off a word, phrase, or clause, especially when such a division is accompanied by a slight pause or is to be noted in order to give order to the sequential elements of the sentence. It is also used to separate items in a list, to mark off thousands in numerals, to separate types or levels of information in bibliographic and other data, and, in Europe, as a decimal point.
- Croce
-
noun,
Benedetto [be-ne-det-taw] /ˌbɛ nɛˈdɛt tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1866–1952, Italian statesman, philosopher, and historian.
- tired
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Croat
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Croatia; Croatian.
- crine
-
noun,
hair; head of hair.
- Soane
-
noun,
Sir John, 1753–1837, English architect.
- Medic
-
noun,
a member of a military medical corps; corpsman.
- Comr.
-
- crime
-
noun,
an action or an instance of negligence that is deemed injurious to the public welfare or morals or to the interests of the state and that is legally prohibited.
- crim.
-
- Comte
-
noun,
count2 .
- cries
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- Media
-
noun,
a plural of medium.
- Medea
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a sorceress, daughter of Aeëtes and wife of Jason, whom she assisted in obtaining the Golden Fleece: when Jason deserted her, she killed their children.
- crier
-
noun,
a person who cries.
- meeds
-
noun,
a reward or recompense.
- comic
-
noun,
a comedian.
- cried
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- COMAS
-
noun,
a state of prolonged unconsciousness, including a lack of response to stimuli, from which it is impossible to rouse a person.
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- menad
-
noun,
maenad.
- inst.
-
- coign
-
noun, verb (used with object),
quoin.
- snore
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- tints
-
noun,
a color or a variety of a color; hue.
- coins
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- coirs
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- snort
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- Meigs
-
noun,
Fort. Fort Meigs.
- comet
-
noun,
a celestial body moving about the sun, usually in a highly eccentric orbit, consisting of a central mass surrounded by an envelope of dust and gas that may form a tail that streams away from the sun.
- Meier
-
noun,
Richard, born 1934, U.S. architect.
- Meges
-
noun,
a nephew of Odysseus who commanded the Epeans in the Trojan War.
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- Megan
-
noun,
a female given name.
- crore
-
noun,
(in India) the sum of ten million, especially of rupees; one hundred lacs.
- Comer
-
noun,
Informal. a person or thing that is progressing well or is very promising:
- comes
-
noun,
Astronomy. companion1 (def 6).
- mega-
-
- meets
-
noun,
an assembly, as of persons and hounds for a hunt or swimmers or runners for a race or series of races:
- Medan
-
noun,
a city in NE Sumatra, in W Indonesia.
- Mecca
-
noun,
Also, Makkah, Mekka. a city in and the capital of Hejaz, in W Saudi Arabia: birthplace of Muhammad; spiritual center of Islam.
- marts
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- Somme
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW to the English Channel: battles, World War I, 1916, 1918; World War II, 1944. 150 miles (241 km) long.
- matte
-
noun,
a dull or dead surface, often slightly roughened, as on metals, paint, paper, or glass.
- Matt.
-
- Stead
-
noun,
the place of a person or thing as occupied by a successor or substitute:
- iotas
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- matr-
-
- irade
-
noun,
a decree of a Muslim ruler.
- matin
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) matins, Also, especially British, mattins. (usually used with a singular verb) Ecclesiastical.
the first of the seven canonical hours.
the service for it, properly beginning at midnight, but sometimes beginning at daybreak.
Also called Morning Prayer. the service of public prayer, said in the morning, in the Anglican Church.
- Iran.
-
- mater
-
noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- cream
-
noun,
the fatty part of milk, which rises to the surface when the liquid is allowed to stand unless homogenized.
- Irene
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of the Horae, the personification of peace.
- mast-
-
- conic
-
noun,
Geometry. conic section.
- 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.
- Conn.
-
- Mason
-
noun,
a person whose trade is building with units of various natural or artificial mineral products, as stones, bricks, cinder blocks, or tiles, usually with the use of mortar or cement as a bonding agent.
- MASER
-
noun,
a device for amplifying electromagnetic waves by stimulated emission of radiation.
- masc.
-
- crate
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- steam
-
noun,
water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor.
- conge
-
noun,
leave-taking; farewell.
- Crete
-
noun,
Formerly Candia. a Greek island in the Mediterranean, SE of mainland Greece. 3235 sq. mi. (8380 sq. km). Capital: Canea.
- creme
-
noun,
cream.
- toast
-
noun,
sliced bread that has been browned by dry heat.
- Conan
-
noun,
a male given name.
- crest
-
noun,
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- Mears
-
noun,
mere3 .
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- conc.
-
- meant
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of mean1 .
- MEANS
-
noun,
Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
- Creon
-
noun,
a king of Thebes, the brother of Jocasta and the uncle of Eteocles, Polynices, and Antigone.
- Meads
-
noun,
an alcoholic liquor made by fermenting honey and water.
- conga
-
noun,
a Cuban ballroom dance that consists of three steps forward followed by a kick, characteristically performed by a group following a leader in a single line.
- Meade
-
noun,
George Gordon, 1815–72, Union general in the American Civil War.
- intr.
-
- sodic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or containing sodium:
- Crees
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- creed
-
noun,
any system, doctrine, or formula of religious belief, as of a denomination.
- Credo
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the Apostles' Creed or the Nicene Creed.
- McRae
-
noun,
Carmen, 1920–94, U.S. jazz singer and songwriter.
- Conde
-
noun,
Louis II de Bourbon [lwee,, duh boor-bawn] /lwi,, də burˈbɔ̃/ (Show IPA), Prince de (Duc d'Enghien"the Great Condé") 1621–86, French general.
- matts
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Matthew.
- Cong.
-
- 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: ¢.
- cesta
-
noun,
a narrow, curved basket fitted on one end to a wooden handle with a glovelike compartment at the base, for catching and throwing the ball.
- segno
-
noun,
a sign.
- Tosca
-
noun,
an opera (1900) by Giacomo Puccini.
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- nards
-
noun,
an aromatic Himalayan plant, believed to be the spikenard, Nardostachys jatamansi, the source of an ointment used by the ancients.
- narcs
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- Carme
-
noun,
a small natural satellite of the planet Jupiter.
- caids
-
noun,
(in North Africa) a Muslim tribal chief, judge, or senior official.
- Gondi
-
noun,
a Dravidian language, the language of the Gonds.
- demit
-
noun,
Also, dimit. (especially in Freemasonry) a written certification of honorable withdrawal or resignation, as from membership.
- noise
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- Senna
-
noun,
any plant, shrub, or tree belonging to the genus Cassia, of the legume family, having pinnate leaves and large clusters of flowers.
- goner
-
noun,
a person or thing that is dead, lost, or past recovery.
- carne
-
noun,
Marcel [mahr-sel;; French mar-sel] /mɑrˈsɛl;; French marˈsɛl/ (Show IPA), 1909–1996, French film director.
- gonna
-
- gonne
-
noun,
Maud ("Irish Joan of Arc") 1865–1953, Irish political activist and actress, born in England.
- Naomi
-
noun,
the mother-in-law of Ruth and the great-grandmother of David. Ruth 1.
- demi-
-
- Goren
-
noun,
Charles Henry, 1901–91, U.S authority and writer on contract bridge.
- gores
-
noun,
blood that is shed, especially when clotted.
- Carin
-
noun,
a female given name.
- naso-
-
- nano-
-
- Demon
-
noun,
an evil spirit; devil or fiend.
- noct-
-
- Teton
-
noun,
the westernmost branch of the Dakota Indians.
- Carie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- goers
-
noun,
a person or thing that goes:
- Caird
-
noun,
a traveling tinker, especially a gypsy.
- cains
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- Goias
-
noun,
a state in central Brazil. 247,826 sq. mi. (641,870 sq. km). Capital: Goiânia.
- Gomer
-
noun,
an undesirable hospital patient.
- gonad
-
noun,
a sex gland in which gametes are produced; an ovary or testis.
- Noemi
-
noun,
Naomi (def 1).
- caine
-
noun,
(Sir Thomas Henry) Hall, 1853–1931, English novelist.
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- sedge
-
noun,
any rushlike or grasslike plant of the genus Carex, growing in wet places.
Compare sedge family.
- Nogai
-
noun,
a member of a people living in the Caucasus region.
- Seder
-
noun,
a ceremonial dinner that commemorates the Exodus from Egypt and includes the reading of the Haggadah and the eating of symbolic foods, generally held on the first night of Passover by Reform Jews and Jews in Israel and on both the first and second nights by Orthodox and Conservative Jews outside of Israel.
- sengi
-
noun,
a monetary unit of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, equal to 1/10,000 (.0001) of a zaire.
- demo-
-
- gorse
-
noun,
any spiny shrub of the genus Ulex, of the legume family, native to the Old World, especially U. europaeus, having rudimentary leaves and yellow flowers and growing in waste places and sandy soil.
- gotra
-
noun,
a Hindu clan tracing its paternal lineage from a common ancestor, usually a saint or sage.
- godet
-
noun,
a triangular piece of fabric, often rounded at the top, inserted in a garment to give fullness.
Compare gore3 (def 1), gusset (def 1).
- Serge
-
noun,
a twilled worsted or woolen fabric used especially for clothing.
- Sedan
-
noun,
an enclosed automobile body having two or four doors and seating four or more persons on two full-width seats.
- serac
-
noun,
a large irregularity of glacial ice, as a pinnacle found in glacial crevasses and formed by melting or movement of the ice.
- nomen
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) the second name of a citizen, indicating his gens, as “Gaius Julius Caesar.”.
- nomes
-
noun,
one of the provinces of ancient Egypt.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- grain
-
noun,
a small, hard seed, especially the seed of a food plant such as wheat, corn, rye, oats, rice, or millet.
- gram.
-
- geoid
-
noun,
an imaginary surface that coincides with mean sea level in the ocean and its extension through the continents.
- grads
-
noun,
a graduate.
- cames
-
noun,
a slender, grooved bar of lead for holding together the pieces of glass in windows of latticework or stained glass.
- carse
-
noun,
bottom land.
- deist
-
noun,
a person who believes in deism.
- deism
-
noun,
belief in the existence of a God on the evidence of reason and nature only, with rejection of supernatural revelation (distinguished from theism).
- Seric
-
- geode
-
noun,
a hollow concretionary or nodular stone often lined with crystals.
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- grams
-
noun,
a metric unit of mass or weight equal to 15.432 grains; one thousandth of a kilogram. Abbreviation: g.
- nomas
-
noun,
a gangrenous ulceration of the mouth or genitalia, occurring mainly in debilitated children.
- nacre
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- Trace
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- geom.
-
- 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.
- Nandi
-
noun,
a member of an agricultural people of southwestern Kenya.
- carns
-
noun,
cairn.
- gotta
-
- Nance
-
noun,
Offensive. an effeminate male.
- Names
-
noun,
a word or a combination of words by which a person, place, or thing, a body or class, or any object of thought is designated, called, or known.
- carom
-
noun,
Billiards, Pool. a shot in which the cue ball hits two balls in succession.
- nomad
-
noun,
a member of a people or tribe that has no permanent abode but moves about from place to place, usually seasonally and often following a traditional route or circuit according to the state of the pasturage or food supply.
- demes
-
noun,
one of the administrative divisions of ancient Attica and of modern Greece.
- Nairn
-
noun,
a historic county in N Scotland.
- Grace
-
noun,
elegance or beauty of form, manner, motion, or action:
Synonyms: attractiveness, charm, gracefulness, comeliness, ease, lissomeness, fluidity.
Antonyms: stiffness, ugliness, awkwardness, clumsiness; klutziness.
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- nadir
-
noun,
Astronomy. the point on the celestial sphere directly beneath a given position or observer and diametrically opposite the zenith.
- grade
-
noun,
a degree or step in a scale, as of rank, advancement, quality, value, or intensity:
- Nader
-
noun,
Ralph, born 1934, U.S. lawyer, author, political reformer, and consumer advocate.
- cages
-
noun,
a boxlike enclosure having wires, bars, or the like, for confining and displaying birds or animals.
- torts
-
noun,
a wrongful act, not including a breach of contract or trust, that results in injury to another's person, property, reputation, or the like, and for which the injured party is entitled to compensation.
- Demos
-
noun,
the common people of an ancient Greek state.
- Gerar
-
noun,
an ancient city in Palestine, near the Mediterranean: now an archaeological site in Israel.
- geod.
-
- Nisan
-
noun,
the seventh month of the Jewish calendar.
- toti-
-
- segar
-
noun,
cigar.
- canc.
-
- getas
-
noun,
a traditional Japanese wooden clog that is worn outdoors, with a thong that passes between the first two toes and with two transverse supports on the bottom of the sole.
- Ninos
-
noun,
boy; child.
- Corti
-
noun,
Alfonso [al-fon-soh;; Italian ahl-fawn-saw] /ælˈfɒn soʊ;; Italian ɑlˈfɔn sɔ/ (Show IPA), 1822–76, Italian anatomist.
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- giant
-
noun,
(in folklore) a being with human form but superhuman size, strength, etc.
- tacet
-
verb (imperative),
be silent (directing an instrument or voice not to play or sing).
- nerds
-
noun,
a person considered to be socially awkward, boring, unstylish, etc.
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- semen
-
noun,
the viscid, whitish fluid produced in the male reproductive organs, containing spermatozoa.
- gimme
-
noun,
Golf. a final short putt that a player is not required to take in informal play.
- dent.
-
- neons
-
noun,
Chemistry. a chemically inert gaseous element occurring in small amounts in the earth's atmosphere, used chiefly in a type of electrical lamp. Symbol: Ne; atomic weight: 20.183; atomic number: 10; density: 0.9002 g/l at 0°C and 760 mm pressure.
- semi-
-
- totem
-
noun,
a natural object or an animate being, as an animal or bird, assumed as the emblem of a clan, family, or group.
- taces
-
noun,
tasset.
- geste
-
noun,
gest.
- canes
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- derma
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. dermis.
- Niger
-
noun,
a republic in NW Africa: formerly part of French West Africa. 458,976 sq. mi. (1,188,748 sq. km). Capital: Niamey.
- Segre
-
noun,
Emilio [uh-mee-lee-oh,, uh-meel-yoh;; Italian e-mee-lyaw] /əˈmi liˌoʊ,, əˈmil yoʊ;; Italian ɛˈmi lyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1905–1989, U.S. physicist, born in Italy: Nobel prize 1959.
- niece
-
noun,
a daughter of a person's brother or sister.
- nidge
-
verb (used with object),
to dress (a stone) with a pick or kevel.
- nides
-
noun,
a nest or brood, especially of pheasants.
- totes
-
noun,
the act or course of toting.
- camis
-
noun,
camisole (def 1).
- Seine
-
noun,
a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
- tacit
-
adjective,
understood without being openly expressed; implied:
- derm-
-
- nicad
-
noun,
nickel-cadmium battery.
- Nimes
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Gard, in S France: Roman ruins.
- Segni
-
noun,
Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1891–1972, Italian teacher, lawyer, and statesman: president 1962–64.
- derms
-
noun,
a navigational device for making a nearby object conspicuous on a radarscope.
- Cameo
-
noun,
a technique of engraving upon a gem or other stone, as onyx, in such a way that an underlying stone of one color is exposed as a background for a low-relief design of another color.
- dents
-
noun,
a hollow or depression in a surface, as from a blow.
- nines
-
noun,
a cardinal number, eight plus one.
- caner
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- niton
-
noun,
(formerly) radon. Symbol: Nt.
- denar
-
noun,
the basic monetary unit of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
- desc.
-
- Card.
-
- needs
-
noun,
a requirement, necessary duty, or obligation:
- gnars
-
verb (used without object),
to snarl; growl.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- gnome
-
noun,
(in folklore) one of a species of diminutive beings, usually described as shriveled little old men, that inhabit the interior of the earth and act as guardians of its treasures; troll.
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- cards
-
noun,
a usually rectangular piece of stiff paper, thin pasteboard, or plastic for various uses, as to write information on or printed as a means of identifying the holder:
- Cairo
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Egypt, in the N part on the E bank of the Nile.
- cants
-
noun,
insincere, especially conventional expressions of enthusiasm for high ideals, goodness, or piety.
- denes
-
noun,
a bare, sandy tract or low sand hill near the sea.
- Caren
-
noun,
a female given name.
- cares
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- caret
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- cairn
-
noun,
a heap of stones set up as a landmark, monument, tombstone, etc.
- cargo
-
noun,
the lading or freight of a ship, airplane, etc.
- goads
-
noun,
a stick with a pointed or electrically charged end, for driving cattle, oxen, etc.; prod.
- nears
-
- tacos
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- denim
-
noun,
a heavy, Z-twist, twill cotton for jeans, overalls, and other work and leisure garments.
- girds
-
noun,
a gibe.
- gismo
-
noun,
a gadget or device:
- nemos
-
noun,
remote (def 10).
- canid
-
noun,
any animal of the dog family Canidae, including the wolves, jackals, hyenas, coyotes, foxes, and domestic dogs.
- Nemea
-
noun,
a valley in SE Greece, in ancient Argolis.
- girns
-
noun, verb (used with object),
grin2 .
- dense
-
adjective,
having the component parts closely compacted together; crowded or compact:
- giros
-
noun,
autogiro.
- girts
-
noun,
Carpentry.
a timber or plate connecting the corner posts of an exterior wooden frame, as a braced frame, at a floor above the ground floor.
a heavy beam, as for supporting the ends of rafters.
- Neman
-
noun,
a river rising in central Byelorussia (Belarus), flowing W through Lithuania into the Baltic. 582 miles (937 km) long.
- 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.
- nitr-
-
- Canon
-
noun,
an ecclesiastical rule or law enacted by a council or other competent authority and, in the Roman Catholic Church, approved by the pope.
- Canso
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in SE Canada, the NE extremity of Nova Scotia.
- canst
-
noun,
a sealed container for food, beverages, etc., as of aluminum, sheet iron coated with tin, or other metal:
- Negro
-
noun,
Anthropology. (no longer in technical use) a member of the peoples traditionally classified as the Negro race, especially those who originate in sub-Saharan Africa.
- Cant.
-
- Denis
-
noun,
a male given name.
- canto
-
noun,
one of the main or larger divisions of a long poem.
- G-man
-
noun,
an agent for the FBI.
- Msgr.
-
- cager
-
noun,
Informal. a basketball player.
- nona-
-
- grist
-
noun,
grain to be ground.
- Monge
-
noun,
Gaspard [gas-par] /gasˈpar/ (Show IPA), Comte de Péluse [pey-lyz] /peɪˈlüz/ (Show IPA), 1746–1818, French mathematician.
- Greer
-
noun,
Germaine, born 1939, Australian feminist and writer.
- monic
-
adjective,
(of a polynomial) having the coefficient of the term of highest degree equal to 1.
- deci-
-
- Green
-
noun,
a color intermediate in the spectrum between yellow and blue, an effect of light with a wavelength between 500 and 570 nm; found in nature as the color of most grasses and leaves while growing, of some fruits while ripening, and of the sea.
- cedis
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Ghana, equal to 100 pesewas.
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- cedes
-
verb (used with object),
to yield or formally surrender to another:
- Carte
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- Mont.
-
- Norma
-
noun,
the Rule, a small southern constellation between Lupus and Ara.
- Norse
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
- noria
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- greed
-
noun,
excessive or rapacious desire, especially for wealth or possessions.
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- grees
-
noun,
superiority, mastery, or victory.
- Cedar
-
noun,
any of several Old World, coniferous trees of the genus Cedrus, having wide, spreading branches.
Compare cedar of Lebanon.
- toric
-
adjective,
noting or pertaining to a lens with a surface forming a portion of a torus, used for eyeglasses and contact lenses that correct astigmatism.
- groan
-
noun,
a low, mournful sound uttered in pain or grief:
- dices
-
Idioms,
no dice, Informal. of no use or help; ineffective.
- MODEM
-
noun,
an electronic device that makes possible the transmission of data to or from a computer via telephone or other communication lines.
- Monte
-
noun,
Also called monte bank. a gambling game played with a 40-card pack in which players bet that one of two layouts, each consisting of two cards drawn from either the top or bottom of the deck and turned face up, will be matched in suit by the next card turned up.
- trade
-
noun,
the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries:
- atto-
-
- cease
-
noun,
cessation:
- dicot
-
noun,
a dicotyledon.
- Norge
-
noun,
Norwegian name of Norway.
- moras
-
noun,
the unit of time equivalent to the ordinary or normal short sound or syllable.
- grind
-
noun,
the act of grinding.
- Genoa
-
noun,
a large jib for cruising and racing yachts, overlapping the mainsail.
- genic
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, resembling, or arising from a gene or genes.
- Monet
-
noun,
Claude [klawd;; French klohd] /klɔd;; French kloʊd/ (Show IPA), 1840–1926, French painter.
- signa
-
verb,
(used imperatively, in prescriptions) mark; write; label.
- Sidon
-
noun,
a city of ancient Phoenicia: site of modern Saida.
- Norns
-
noun,
an extinct Norse dialect, spoken until early modern times in the Shetland and Orkney Islands and in parts of northern Scotland.
- Grimm
-
noun,
Jakob Ludwig Karl [yah-kop loot-vikh kahrl,, lood-] /ˈyɑ kɒp ˈlut vɪx kɑrl,, ˈlud-/ (Show IPA), 1785–1863, and his brother Wilhelm Karl [vil-helm] /ˈvɪl hɛlm/ (Show IPA) 1786–1859, German philologists and folklorists.
- Moira
-
noun,
Classical Mythology.
the personification of fate.
Moirai, the Fates.
- moire
-
noun,
any moiré fabric.
- grime
-
noun,
dirt, soot, or other filthy matter, especially adhering to or embedded in a surface.
- moist
-
adjective,
moderately or slightly wet; damp.
- Genie
-
noun,
Islamic Mythology. jinn.
- genin
-
noun,
aglycon.
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- siege
-
noun,
the act or process of surrounding and attacking a fortified place in such a way as to isolate it from help and supplies, for the purpose of lessening the resistance of the defenders and thereby making capture possible.
- Sigma
-
noun,
the 18th letter of the Greek alphabet: Σ, σ, ς.
- Sidra
-
noun,
Gulf of, an inlet of the Mediterranean, on the N coast of Libya.
- decan
-
noun,
any of three divisions of 10° within a sign of the zodiac.
- momes
-
noun,
a fool; blockhead.
- gride
-
noun,
a griding or grating sound.
- torcs
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- Decca
-
noun,
a British radio navigational aid by which a fix is obtained by determining phase difference between continuous-wave signals from two synchronized fixed signals.
- 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.
- deca-
-
- monde
-
noun,
the world; people; society.
- Cenis
-
noun,
Mont, a mountain pass between SE France and Italy, in the Alps. 6834 feet (2083 meters) high.
- griot
-
noun,
a member of a hereditary caste among the peoples of western Africa whose function is to keep an oral history of the tribe or village and to entertain with stories, poems, songs, dances, etc.
- monas
-
noun,
monad.
- Greta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Margaret.
- modes
-
noun,
a manner of acting or doing; method; way:
- CENTO
-
noun,
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
- grins
-
noun,
a broad smile.
- cense
-
verb (used with object),
to burn incense near or in front of; perfume with incense.
- monad
-
noun,
Biology.
any simple, single-celled organism.
any of various small, flagellate, colorless ameboids with one to three flagella, especially of the genus Monas.
- grice
-
noun,
a pig, especially a young or suckling pig.
- cent.
-
- Tract
-
noun,
an expanse or area of land, water, etc.; region; stretch.
- decor
-
noun,
style or mode of decoration, as of a room, building, or the like:
- NORAD
-
noun,
a joint U.S.-Canadian air force command responsible for detecting aircraft and space vehicles deemed a threat to the continental airspace.
- seti-
-
- decos
-
noun,
art deco.
- Moser
-
noun,
Johann Jakob [yoh-hahn yah-kawp] /ˈyoʊ hɑn ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1701–85, German jurist and publicist.
- mneme
-
noun,
Psychology. the retentive basis or basic principle in a mind or organism accounting for memory.
- deets
-
plural noun,
details:
- nonet
-
noun,
a group of nine performers or instruments.
- Grant
-
noun,
something granted, as a privilege or right, a sum of money, or a tract of land:
- motes
-
noun,
a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
- motet
-
noun,
a vocal composition in polyphonic style, on a Biblical or similar prose text, intended for use in a church service.
- grans
-
noun,
grandmother.
- nones
-
noun,
the fifth of the seven canonical hours, or the service for it, originally fixed for the ninth hour of the day (or 3 p.m.).
- motte
-
noun,
a grove or clump of trees in prairie land or open country.
- Degas
-
noun,
Hilaire Germain Edgar [ee-ler zher-man ed-gar] /iˈlɛr ʒɛrˈmɛ̃ ɛdˈgar/ (Show IPA), 1834–1917, French impressionist painter.
- deter
-
verb (used with object),
to discourage or restrain from acting or proceeding:
- Seton
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- nonce
-
noun,
the present, or immediate, occasion or purpose (usually used in the phrase for the nonce).
- morts
-
noun,
Hunting. the note played on a hunting horn signifying that the animal hunted has been killed.
- deice
-
verb (used with object),
to free of ice; prevent or remove ice formation on, as the wing of an airplane.
- deign
-
verb (used with object),
to condescend to give or grant:
- gents
-
noun,
Informal. gentleman (defs 1, 2).
- cadre
-
noun,
Military. the key group of officers and enlisted personnel necessary to establish and train a new military unit.
- MSEnt
-
- cadis
-
noun,
qadi.
- sero-
-
- carts
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- Attic
-
noun,
the part of a building, especially of a house, directly under a roof; garret.
- Torte
-
noun,
a rich cake, especially one containing little or no flour, usually made with eggs and ground nuts or bread crumbs.
- MMetE
-
- nonas
-
noun,
sleeping sickness (def 2).
- Simon
-
noun,
the original name of the apostle Peter.
Compare Peter.
- Grote
-
noun,
George, 1794–1871, English historian.
- simar
-
noun,
Also, cymar. a loose, lightweight jacket or robe for women, fashionable in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- Genet
-
noun,
any small, Old World carnivore of the genus Genetta, especially G. genetta, having spotted sides and a ringed tail.
- sect.
-
- groma
-
noun,
an instrument having a cruciform wooden frame with a plumb line at the end of each arm, used for laying out lines at right angles to existing lines.
- Cates
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- Morse
-
noun,
an ornamented metal clasp or brooch for fastening a cope in front.
- deers
-
noun,
any of several ruminants of the family Cervidae, most of the males of which have solid, deciduous antlers.
- morns
-
noun,
morning.
- Cadet
-
noun,
a student in a national service academy or private military school or on a training ship.
- cater
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- Cades
-
noun,
a juniper, Juniperus oxycedrus, of the Mediterranean area, whose wood on destructive distillation yields an oily liquid (oil of cade) used in treating skin diseases.
- genre
-
noun,
a class or category of artistic endeavor having a particular form, content, technique, or the like:
- groat
-
noun,
a silver coin of England, equal to four pennies, issued from 1279 to 1662.
- mores
-
noun,
an additional quantity, amount, or number:
- diag.
-
- Morea
-
noun,
Peloponnesus.
- diam.
-
- cacti
-
noun,
any of numerous succulent plants of the family Cactaceae, of warm, arid regions of the New World, having fleshy, leafless, usually spiny stems, and typically having solitary, showy flowers.
- caco-
-
- genro
-
noun,
any of the unofficial elder statesmen of Japan who influenced the government c1875–1940.
- torse
-
noun,
a wreath of twisted silks of two alternating tinctures, usually a metal and a color, depicted supporting a crest or coronet, often upon a helmet.
- grate
-
noun,
a frame of metal bars for holding fuel when burning, as in a fireplace, furnace, or stove.
- Deere
-
noun,
John, 1804–86, U.S. inventor and manufacturer of farm implements.
- cadge
-
noun,
a frame on which hawks are carried to the field.
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- moans
-
noun,
a prolonged, low, inarticulate sound uttered from or as if from physical or mental suffering.
- caste
-
noun,
Sociology.
an endogamous and hereditary social group limited to persons of the same rank, occupation, economic position, etc., and having mores distinguishing it from other such groups.
any rigid system of social distinctions.
- Storm
-
noun,
a disturbance of the normal condition of the atmosphere, manifesting itself by winds of unusual force or direction, often accompanied by rain, snow, hail, thunder, and lightning, or flying sand or dust.
- groin
-
noun,
Anatomy. the fold or hollow on either side of the front of the body where the thigh joins the abdomen.
- tacts
-
noun,
a keen sense of what to say or do to avoid giving offense; skill in dealing with difficult or delicate situations.
- dears
-
noun,
a person who is good, kind, or generous:
- Deems
-
verb (used with object),
to hold as an opinion; think; regard:
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- TSgt
-
- Trot
-
noun,
the gait of a horse, dog, or other quadruped, when trotting.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- sec.
-
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- ten.
-
- Tito
-
noun,
Marshal (Josip Broz) 1891–1980, president of Yugoslavia 1953–80.
- Seen
-
verb,
past participle of see1 .
- sci.
-
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- Test
-
noun,
the means by which the presence, quality, or genuineness of anything is determined; a means of trial.
- scr.
-
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- Tame
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- RONA
-
- SRAM
-
- Tams
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- rort
-
noun,
a rowdy, usually drunken party.
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- tits
-
noun,
a titmouse.
- 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.
- tete
-
noun,
a city in W Mozambique, on the Zambezi River.
- Sra.
-
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- 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.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Stag
-
noun,
an adult male deer.
- tend
-
Verb phrases,
tend on/upon, Archaic. to attend or wait upon; minister to; serve:
- tRNA
-
- Song
-
noun,
a short metrical composition intended or adapted for singing, especially one in rhymed stanzas; a lyric; a ballad.
- roms
-
noun,
a Gypsy man or boy.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- tron
-
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- sord
-
noun,
a flight or flock of mallards.
- ROTC
-
noun,
a body of students at some colleges and universities who are given training toward becoming officers in the armed forces. Abbreviation: ROTC, R.O.T.C.
- seat
-
noun,
something designed to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair, bench, or pew; a place on or in which one sits.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- tegs
-
noun,
Animal Husbandry.
a two-year-old sheep that has not been shorn.
the wool shorn from such a sheep.
- trog
-
noun,
Chiefly British Slang. a hooligan; lout.
- tads
-
noun,
a small child, especially a boy.
- tact
-
noun,
a keen sense of what to say or do to avoid giving offense; skill in dealing with difficult or delicate situations.
- trod
-
noun,
the action of treading, stepping, or walking.
- tots
-
noun,
a small child.
- Seem
-
verb (used without object),
to appear to be, feel, do, etc.:
- Rome
-
noun,
Harold (Jacob) 1908–1993, U.S. lyricist and composer.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- Rota
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- Tit.
-
- Seed
-
noun,
the fertilized, matured ovule of a flowering plant, containing an embryo or rudimentary plant.
- seam
-
noun,
the line formed by sewing together pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- snod
-
adjective,
smooth; sleek.
- trit
-
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- str.
-
- torn
-
noun,
a drop of the saline, watery fluid continually secreted by the lacrimal glands between the surface of the eye and the eyelid, serving to moisten and lubricate these parts and keep them clear of foreign particles. Synonyms: teardrop.
- Torr
-
noun,
a unit of pressure, being the pressure necessary to support a column of mercury one millimeter high at 0°C and standard gravity, equal to 1333.2 microbars.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- 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.
- sago
-
noun,
a starchy foodstuff derived from the soft interior of the trunk of various palms and cycads, used in making puddings.
- teat
-
noun,
the protuberance on the breast or udder in female mammals, except the monotremes, through which the milk ducts discharge; nipple or mammilla.
- Taro
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- Sage
-
noun,
a profoundly wise person; a person famed for wisdom.
- Time
-
noun,
the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- side
-
noun,
one of the surfaces forming the outside of or bounding a thing, or one of the lines bounding a geometric figure.
- tret
-
noun,
(formerly) an allowance for waste, after deduction for tare.
- tri-
-
- tics
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- tonn
-
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- tong
-
noun,
tongs.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- tets
-
noun,
the Vietnamese New Year celebration, occurring during the first seven days of the first month of the lunar calendar.
- Sadi
-
noun,
sadhe.
- SIAM
-
noun,
former name of Thailand (def 1).
- sgd.
-
- Sard
-
noun,
a reddish-brown chalcedony, used as a gem.
- stem
-
noun,
the ascending axis of a plant, whether above or below ground, which ordinarily grows in an opposite direction to the root or descending axis.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- sett
-
noun,
Also called pitcher. a small, rectangular paving stone.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- 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.
- Sami
-
noun,
Lapp.
- Sand
-
noun,
the more or less fine debris of rocks, consisting of small, loose grains, often of quartz.
- Sima
-
noun,
an assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and magnesium, that constitutes the lower layer of the earth's crust and is found beneath the ocean floors and the sial of continents.
- tats
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do, or make by, tatting.
- tide
-
noun,
the periodic rise and fall of the waters of the ocean and its inlets, produced by the attraction of the moon and sun, and occurring about every 12 hours.
- 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.
- Sind
-
noun,
a former province of Pakistan, in the lower Indus valley; now part of West Pakistan. 48,136 sq. mi. (125,154 sq. km). Capital: Karachi.
- TDRS
-
- Tate
-
noun,
Sir Henry, 1819–99, English merchant and philanthropist: founder of an art gallery (Tate Gallery) in London, England.
- sign
-
noun,
a token; indication.
- 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.
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- Tasm
-
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- team
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- teas
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- said
-
noun,
sayyid.
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- torc
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- stot
-
noun,
a springing gait of certain bovids, as gazelles and antelopes, used especially when running in alarm from a predator.
- tart
-
noun,
a small pie filled with cooked fruit or other sweetened preparation, usually having no top crust.
- Sang
-
noun,
the act or performance of singing.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- stet
-
verb (used with object),
to mark (a manuscript, printer's proof, etc.) with the word “stet” or with dots as a direction to let cancelled material remain.
- stg.
-
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- Sig.
-
- tort
-
noun,
a wrongful act, not including a breach of contract or trust, that results in injury to another's person, property, reputation, or the like, and for which the injured party is entitled to compensation.
- TOMS
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- sego
-
noun,
sego lily.
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- trim
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- SCAN
-
noun,
an act or instance of scanning; close examination.
- TODS
-
- tent
-
noun,
a portable shelter of skins, canvas, plastic, or the like, supported by one or more poles or a frame and often secured by ropes fastened to pegs in the ground.
- sene
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Western Samoa, the 100th part of a tala.
- tion
-
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- send
-
noun,
the heaving motion of a vessel.
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- tost
-
noun,
an act or instance of tossing.
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- tote
-
noun,
the act or course of toting.
- scar
-
noun,
a mark left by a healed wound, sore, or burn.
- scam
-
noun,
a confidence game or other fraudulent scheme, especially for making a quick profit; swindle.
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- soda
-
noun,
sodium hydroxide.
- seme
-
adjective,
covered with many small, identical figures.
- Soma
-
noun,
the body of an organism as contrasted with its germ cells.
- teen
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- Tace
-
noun,
tasset.
- some
-
adverb,
(used with numerals and with words expressing degree, extent, etc.) approximately; about:
- toad
-
noun,
any of various tailless amphibians that are close relatives of the frogs in the order Anura and that typically have dry, warty skin and are terrestrial or semiterrestrial in habit.
Compare frog1 (def 1).
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- taco
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- tram
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- Sem.
-
- Ste.
-
- Todt
-
noun,
Fritz [frits] /frɪts/ (Show IPA), 1891–1942, German military engineer.
- ter.
-
- Sade
-
noun,
Donatien Alphonse François [daw-na-syan al-fawns frahn-swa] /dɔ naˈsyɛ̃ alˈfɔ̃s frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), Comte de (Marquis de Sade) 1740–1814, French soldier and novelist, notorious for his paraphilia.
- togs
-
noun,
a coat.
- 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.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- smog
-
noun,
smoke or other atmospheric pollutants combined with fog in an unhealthy or irritating mixture.
- tome
-
noun,
a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
- Sat.
-
- sate
-
noun,
a Southeast Asian, especially Indonesian and Malaysian, dish of marinated, bite-size pieces of meat, skewered, barbecued, and usually served with a peanut-flavored dipping sauce.
- Saco
-
noun,
a city in SW Maine.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- snag
-
noun,
a tree or part of a tree held fast in the bottom of a river, lake, etc., and forming an impediment or danger to navigation.
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- std.
-
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- 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.
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- toga
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) the loose outer garment worn by citizens in public.
- tint
-
noun,
a color or a variety of a color; hue.
- snog
-
verb (used without object),
to kiss and cuddle.
- Sam.
-
- toed
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- teem
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to produce (offspring).
- teds
-
noun,
British Slang. Teddy boy.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- Ting
-
noun,
a tinging sound.
- scag
-
noun,
heroin.
- SCAD
-
noun,
any carangid fish of the genus Decapterus, inhabiting tropical and subtropical shore waters.
- Sato
-
noun,
Eisaku [ey-sah-koo;; Japanese ey-sah-koo] /eɪˈsɑ ku;; Japanese ˈeɪ sɑˌku/ (Show IPA), 1901–75, Japanese political leader: prime minister 1964–72; Nobel Peace Prize 1974.
- trid
-
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- same
-
Idioms,
all the same,
notwithstanding; nevertheless:
of no difference; immaterial:
- 1080
-
- Roma
-
noun,
Rome.
- esne
-
noun,
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a member of the lowest class; laborer.
- gait
-
noun,
a manner of walking, stepping, or running.
- gads
-
noun,
the act of gadding.
- ette
-
- Etta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Henrietta.
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- 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.
- etc.
-
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- est.
-
- eso-
-
- Esd.
-
- gams
-
noun,
a person's leg, especially an attractive female leg.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- errs
-
verb (used without object),
to go astray in thought or belief; be mistaken; be incorrect.
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- Erne
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- Erma
-
noun,
a female given name.
- 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.
- ergs
-
- game
-
noun,
an amusement or pastime:
- Gand
-
noun,
French name of Ghent.
- Ens.
-
- Gena
-
noun,
the cheek or side region of the head.
- geta
-
noun,
a traditional Japanese wooden clog that is worn outdoors, with a thong that passes between the first two toes and with two transverse supports on the bottom of the sole.
- gest
-
noun,
a story or tale.
- Gert
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Gertrude.
- Gers
-
noun,
a department in SW France. 2429 sq. mi. (6290 sq. km). Capital: Auch.
- germ
-
noun,
a microorganism, especially when disease-producing; microbe.
- Gerd
-
noun,
the daughter of a giant and the consort of Frey, who wooed her through his servant Skirnir.
- Gera
-
noun,
a city in E central Germany.
- Ger.
-
- geo-
-
- Gent
-
noun,
Informal. gentleman (defs 1, 2).
- gens
-
noun,
a group of families in ancient Rome claiming descent from a common ancestor and united by a common name and common ancestral religious rites.
- gene
-
noun,
the basic physical unit of heredity; a linear sequence of nucleotides along a segment of DNA that provides the coded instructions for synthesis of RNA, which, when translated into protein, leads to the expression of hereditary character.
- Gen.
-
- Gaon
-
noun,
a title of honor for the directors of the Jewish academies at Sura and Pumbedita in Babylonia, used from the end of the 6th century a.d. to about the beginning of the 11th century.
- gees
-
noun,
a sum of one thousand dollars:
- geds
-
noun,
any fish of the pike family.
- gear
-
noun,
Machinery.
a part, as a disk, wheel, or section of a shaft, having cut teeth of such form, size, and spacing that they mesh with teeth in another part to transmit or receive force and motion.
an assembly of such parts.
one of several possible arrangements of such parts in a mechanism, as an automobile transmission, for affording different relations of torque and speed between the driving and the driven machinery, or for permitting the driven machinery to run in either direction:
a mechanism or group of parts performing one function or serving one purpose in a complex machine:
- Gean
-
noun,
heart cherry.
- gds.
-
- GATT
-
- gats
-
noun,
a pistol or revolver.
- gate
-
noun,
a movable barrier, usually on hinges, closing an opening in a fence, wall, or other enclosure.
- gast
-
verb (used with object),
to terrify or frighten.
- gars
-
noun,
Also called garfish, garpike. any predaceous freshwater fish of the genus Lepisosteus, of North America, covered with hard, diamond-shaped scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth.
- Gare
-
noun,
low-grade wool fibers from the legs of sheep.
- Gard
-
noun,
a department in S France. 2271 sq. mi. (5882 sq. km). Capital: Nîmes.
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- Gide
-
noun,
André (Paul Guillaume) [ahn-drey pawl gee-yohm] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ pɔl giˈyoʊm/ (Show IPA), 1869–1951, French novelist, essayist, poet, and critic: Nobel Prize 1947.
- dost
-
noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- ease
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- 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.
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- Eads
-
noun,
James Buchanan, 1820–87, U.S. engineer and inventor.
- Drin
-
noun,
a river in S Europe, flowing generally NW from SW Macedonia through N Albania into the Adriatic. 180 miles (290 km) long.
- dreg
-
noun,
dregs, the sediment of liquids; lees; grounds.
- dree
-
adjective,
tedious; dreary.
- drat
-
interjection,
(used to express mild disgust, disappointment, or the like):
- DRAM
-
noun,
Measurements.
a unit of apothecaries' weight, equal to 60 grains, or 1/8 (0.125) ounce (3.89 grams).
1/16 (0.0625) ounce, avoirdupois weight (27.34 grains; 1.77 grams). Abbreviation: dr., dr.
- drag
-
noun,
Nautical.
a designed increase of draft toward the stern of a vessel.
resistance to the movement of a hull through the water.
any of a number of weights dragged cumulatively by a vessel sliding down ways to check its speed.
any object dragged in the water, as a sea anchor.
any device for dragging the bottom of a body of water to recover or detect objects.
- DOTE
-
noun,
decay of wood.
- dose
-
noun,
a quantity of medicine prescribed to be taken at one time.
- eco-
-
- Dort
-
noun,
Dordrecht.
- Dorr
-
noun,
dor1 .
- dorm
-
noun,
dormitory.
- DORE
-
noun,
the walleye or pike perch of North America.
- Dora
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Greek word meaning “gift.”.
- dons
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Mr.; Sir: a Spanish title prefixed to a man's given name.
- Dong
-
noun,
a deep sound like that of a large bell.
- done
-
noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- Dona
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Madam; Lady: a Portuguese title prefixed to a woman's given name.
- doms
-
noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) a title of a monk in the Benedictine, Carthusian, Cistercian, and certain other monastic orders.
- dome
-
noun,
Architecture.
a vault, having a circular plan and usually in the form of a portion of a sphere, so constructed as to exert an equal thrust in all directions.
a domical roof or ceiling.
a polygonal vault, ceiling, or roof.
- doit
-
noun,
Also, duit. an old small copper coin of the Netherlands and Dutch colonies, first issued in the 17th century.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- ect-
-
- Enid
-
noun,
a city in N Oklahoma.
- emes
-
noun,
friend.
- engs
-
noun,
the symbol, ŋ, that, in the International Phonetic Alphabet and in the pronunciation alphabets of some dictionaries, represents the voiced velar nasal consonant indicated in English spelling by (ng), as in the pronunciations of cling [kling] /klɪŋ/ (Show IPA) and clink [klingk] /klɪŋk/ (Show IPA).
- Eng.
-
- ends
-
noun,
the last part or extremity, lengthwise, of anything that is longer than it is wide or broad:
- end-
-
- ence
-
- enc.
-
- Emma
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Erma.
- emit
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- emir
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- emic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or being a significant unit that functions in contrast with other units in a language or other system of behavior.
- emia
-
- EMet
-
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- Edam
-
noun,
a mild, hard, yellow cheese, produced in a round shape and coated with red wax.
- egos
-
noun,
the “I” or self of any person; a person as thinking, feeling, and willing, and distinguishing itself from the selves of others and from objects of its thought.
- EGmc
-
- egis
-
noun,
aegis.
- Eger
-
noun,
German name of Ohře.
- egad
-
interjection,
(used as an expletive or mild oath):
- EEOC
-
- EDTA
-
- Edom
-
noun,
Esau, the brother of Jacob.
- Edna
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “rejuvenation, rebirth.”.
- Edie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Edith.
- Edge
-
noun,
a line or border at which a surface terminates:
- EDES
-
noun,
a city in SW Nigeria.
- Eden
-
noun,
the place where Adam and Eve lived before the Fall. Gen. 2:8–24.
- gets
-
noun,
an offspring or the total of the offspring, especially of a male animal:
- gids
-
- does
-
noun,
a plural of doe.
- M-14
-
noun,
a fully automatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber rifle developed from the M-1: replaced the M-1 as the standard U.S. Army combat rifle.
- mage
-
noun,
a magician.
- mag.
-
- maes
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- MAEd
-
- mads
-
noun,
an angry or ill-tempered period, mood, or spell:
- Madm
-
- made
-
noun,
the style or manner in which something is made; form; build.
- macs
-
noun,
fellow; bud (a familiar term of address to a man or boy whose name is not known to the speaker).
- maco
-
noun,
an Egyptian cotton, used especially in the manufacture of hosiery and undergarments.
- Mace
-
noun,
a clublike armor-breaking weapon of war, often with a flanged or spiked metal head, used chiefly in the Middle Ages.
- Mac-
-
- M-16
-
noun,
a lightweight, fully automatic rifle shooting a small-caliber bullet at an extremely high velocity: a U.S. Army combat weapon for mobile units and jungle fighting.
- med.
-
- mags
-
noun,
magazine.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- item
-
noun,
a separate article or particular:
- Itea
-
noun,
any tree or shrub belonging to the genus Itea, of the saxifrage family, having simple, alternate leaves and clusters of small, greenish-white flowers, as the Virginia willow, I. virginica.
- iso-
-
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- Irra
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of pestilence.
- 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.
- Irma
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Erma.
- Ire.
-
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- 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 = .
- Magi
-
noun,
(sometimes lowercase) one of the Magi.
- maid
-
noun,
a female servant.
- iod-
-
- MatE
-
noun,
a partner in marriage; spouse.
- meed
-
noun,
a reward or recompense.
- Mede
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Media.
- meat
-
noun,
the flesh of animals as used for food.
- meas
-
- mear
-
noun,
mere3 .
- mean
-
noun,
Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
- Mead
-
noun,
an alcoholic liquor made by fermenting honey and water.
- mdse
-
- mdnt
-
- Mdms
-
plural,
Madam.
- Mdme
-
plural,
Madame.
- MDES
-
- Mart
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- maim
-
noun,
a physical injury, especially a loss of a limb.
- MARS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman god of war and agriculture, identified with the Greek god Ares.
- Mari
-
noun,
a member of a Uralic people living in scattered communities north of Cheboksary and Kazan in European Russia, mainly in the Mari Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.
- Mare
-
noun,
a fully mature female horse or other equine animal.
- MARC
-
noun,
the grapes contained in the wine press and the residue, as skins and pips, remaining after the juice is expressed.
- Mar.
-
- Mano
-
noun,
the upper or handheld stone used when grinding maize or other grains on a metate.
- Mani
-
noun,
Manes.
- mane
-
noun,
the long hair growing on the back of or around the neck and neighboring parts of some animals, as the horse or lion.
- Man.
-
- Mame
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Mair
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- Main
-
noun,
a principal pipe or duct in a system used to distribute water, gas, etc.
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- into
-
adjective,
Mathematics. pertaining to a function or map from one set to another set, the range of which is a proper subset of the second set, as the function f, from the set of all integers into the set of all perfect squares where f (x) = x 2 for every integer.
- Gina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Goat
-
noun,
any of numerous agile, hollow-horned ruminants of the genus Capra, of the family Bovidae, closely related to the sheep, found native in rocky and mountainous regions of the Old World, and widely distributed in domesticated varieties.
- grid
-
noun,
a grating of crossed bars; gridiron.
- gres
-
- gree
-
noun,
superiority, mastery, or victory.
- gras
-
- Gran
-
noun,
grandmother.
- grad
-
noun,
a graduate.
- Gore
-
noun,
blood that is shed, especially when clotted.
- Gone
-
noun,
the act of going:
- Gond
-
noun,
a member of an aboriginal people of Dravidian stock, in central India and the Deccan.
- gon-
-
- GOES
-
noun,
plural of go1 .
- Goer
-
noun,
a person or thing that goes:
- goas
-
noun,
a gazelle, Procapra picticaudata, of the Tibetan plateau.
- grin
-
noun,
a broad smile.
- Rom.
-
- GNMA
-
- gnat
-
noun,
any of certain small flies, especially the biting gnats or punkies of the family Ceratopogonidae, the midges of the family Chironomidae, and the black flies of the family Simuliidae.
- gnar
-
verb (used without object),
to snarl; growl.
- Gmat
-
- gite
-
noun,
a furnished vacation home in France that is available for rental, especially in a rural setting.
- gist
-
noun,
the main or essential part of a matter:
- girt
-
noun,
Carpentry.
a timber or plate connecting the corner posts of an exterior wooden frame, as a braced frame, at a floor above the ground floor.
a heavy beam, as for supporting the ends of rafters.
- giro
-
noun,
autogiro.
- girn
-
noun, verb (used with object),
grin2 .
- gird
-
noun,
a gibe.
- Gino
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Grim
-
adjective,
stern and admitting of no appeasement or compromise:
- Gris
-
noun,
Juan [hwahn] /ʰwɑn/ (Show IPA), (José Vittoriano Gonzáles) 1887–1927, Spanish painter in France.
- int.
-
- ides
-
noun,
(in the ancient Roman calendar) the fifteenth day of March, May, July, or October, and the thirteenth day of the other months.
- ins.
-
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- inns
-
noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- Inge
-
noun,
William (Motter) [mot-er] /ˈmɒt ər/ (Show IPA), 1913–73, U.S. playwright.
- IndE
-
- 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.
- Inc.
-
- inae
-
- IMCO
-
- imam
-
noun,
the officiating priest of a mosque.
- ign.
-
- IEEE
-
- idem
-
noun,
another exactly the same.
- Grit
-
noun,
abrasive particles or granules, as of sand or other small, coarse impurities found in the air, food, water, etc.
- IDEA
-
noun,
any conception existing in the mind as a result of mental understanding, awareness, or activity.
- Idas
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in W Turkey, in NW Asia Minor, SE of ancient Troy. 5810 feet (1771 meters).
Turkish Kazdaği [kahz-dah-gee; Turkish kahz-dah-uh] /ˌkɑz dɑˈgi; Turkish ˌkɑz dɑˈʌ/ (Show IPA).
- idae
-
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- iced
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- Ice.
-
- ICAO
-
- Iago
-
noun,
the villain in Shakespeare's Othello.
- Ind.
-
- gtd.
-
- grot
-
noun,
a grotto.
- Gros
-
noun,
Antoine Jean [ahn-twan zhahn] /ɑ̃ˈtwan ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), Baron, 1771–1835, French painter.
- gro.
-
- Doge
-
noun,
the chief magistrate in the former republics of Venice and Genoa.
- doer
-
noun,
a person or thing that does something, especially a person who gets things done with vigor and efficiency.
- meet
-
noun,
an assembly, as of persons and hounds for a hunt or swimmers or runners for a race or series of races:
- asc-
-
- atic
-
- ates
-
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- atm.
-
- att.
-
- ASTM
-
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- ASME
-
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- asgd
-
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- asci
-
noun,
plural of ascus.
- art.
-
- Aton
-
noun,
a solar deity declared by Amenhotep IV to be the only god, represented as a solar disk with rays ending in human hands.
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- arr.
-
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- arms
-
noun,
the upper limb of the human body, especially the part extending from the shoulder to the wrist.
- Arm.
-
- ARIS
-
- arid
-
adjective,
being without moisture; extremely dry; parched:
- Argo
-
noun,
Astronomy. a very large southern constellation, now divided into Vela, Carina, Puppis, and Pyxis, four separate constellations lying largely south of Canis Major.
- Arg.
-
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- atom
-
noun,
Physics.
the smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element, consisting of a nucleus containing combinations of neutrons and protons and one or more electrons bound to the nucleus by electrical attraction; the number of protons determines the identity of the element.
an atom with one of the electrons replaced by some other particle:
- ator
-
- 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.
- Carn
-
noun,
cairn.
- cees
-
noun,
the letter C.
- cedi
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Ghana, equal to 100 pesewas.
- cede
-
verb (used with object),
to yield or formally surrender to another:
- Cdr.
-
- Catt
-
noun,
Carrie Chapman Lane, 1859–1947, U.S. leader in women's suffrage movements.
- Cato
-
noun,
Marcus Porcius [pawr-shee-uh s,, -shuh s] /ˈpɔr ʃi əs,, -ʃəs/ (Show IPA), ("the Elder"or"the Censor") 234–149 b.c, Roman statesman, soldier, and writer.
- Cate
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- cat.
-
- cast
-
noun,
act of casting or throwing.
- CASE
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- CART
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- Carr
-
noun,
John Dickson, 1906–77, U.S. mystery writer.
- CARE
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- attn
-
- cane
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- Can.
-
- cams
-
noun,
Machinery. a disk or cylinder having an irregular form such that its motion, usually rotary, gives to a part or parts in contact with it a specific rocking or reciprocating motion.
- Cami
-
noun,
camisole (def 1).
- Came
-
noun,
a slender, grooved bar of lead for holding together the pieces of glass in windows of latticework or stained glass.
- Cain
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- caid
-
noun,
(in North Africa) a Muslim tribal chief, judge, or senior official.
- Cage
-
noun,
a boxlike enclosure having wires, bars, or the like, for confining and displaying birds or animals.
- cads
-
noun,
an ill-bred man, especially one who behaves in a dishonorable or irresponsible way toward women.
- cadi
-
noun,
qadi.
- cade
-
noun,
a juniper, Juniperus oxycedrus, of the Mediterranean area, whose wood on destructive distillation yields an oily liquid (oil of cade) used in treating skin diseases.
- cac-
-
- ARCO
-
adverb,
(of the performance of a passage for stringed instruments) with the bow.
- ant.
-
- cene
-
- 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.
- Agon
-
noun,
(in ancient Greece) a contest in which prizes were awarded in any of a number of events, as athletics, drama, music, poetry, and painting.
- Agni
-
noun,
Hindu Mythology. the god of fire, one of the three chief divinities of the Vedas.
- agit
-
- agio
-
noun,
a premium on money in exchange.
- agin
-
preposition,
against; opposed to.
- ages
-
noun,
the length of time during which a being or thing has existed; length of life or existence to the time spoken of or referred to:
- ager
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) a person living in a certain historical age:
- Agee
-
noun,
James, 1909–55, U.S. author, scenarist, and film critic.
- aged
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) old people collectively (usually preceded by the):
- aet.
-
- aesc
-
noun,
ash2 (def 3).
- aer-
-
- Adm.
-
- agst
-
- adit
-
noun,
an entrance or a passage.
- Adie
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ACTS
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- 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.
- acr-
-
- 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.
- acme
-
noun,
the highest point; summit; peak:
- Acis
-
noun,
the lover of Galatea, killed by Polyphemus out of jealousy.
- acid
-
noun,
Chemistry. a compound usually having a sour taste and capable of neutralizing alkalis and reddening blue litmus paper, containing hydrogen that can be replaced by a metal or an electropositive group to form a salt, or containing an atom that can accept a pair of electrons from a base. Acids are proton donors that yield hydronium ions in water solution, or electron-pair acceptors that combine with electron-pair donors or bases.
- acc.
-
- ARCS
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- AMDG
-
- agr.
-
- aide
-
noun,
nurse's aide.
- ANSI
-
- Amis
-
noun,
Kingsley, 1922–95, English novelist.
- ano-
-
- Anne
-
noun,
1665–1714, queen of England 1702–14 (daughter of James II of England).
- ann.
-
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- ands
-
- Ande
-
plural noun,
a mountain range in W South America, extending about 4500 miles (7250 km) from N Colombia and Venezuela S to Cape Horn. Highest peak, Aconcagua, 22,834 feet (6960 meters).
- ance
-
- amt.
-
- Amri
-
noun,
Omri.
- Amos
-
noun,
a Minor Prophet of the 8th century b.c.
- Amor
-
noun,
Cupid.
- Amon
-
noun,
Amen.
- Amir
-
noun,
emir.
- AIDS
-
noun,
a disease of the immune system characterized by increased susceptibility to opportunistic infections, as pneumocystis carinii pneumonia and candidiasis, to certain cancers, as Kaposi's sarcoma, and to neurological disorders: caused by a retrovirus and transmitted chiefly through blood or blood products that enter the body's bloodstream, especially by sexual contact or contaminated hypodermic needles.
- Amie
-
noun,
a female friend.
- amic
-
adjective,
of or relating to an amide or amine.
- Ames
-
noun,
a city in central Iowa.
- Amen
-
noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- amdt
-
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Aire
-
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- AInd
-
- AIMS
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- AIME
-
- cen.
-
- cera
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- DOCS
-
noun,
doctor.
- DEAR
-
noun,
a person who is good, kind, or generous:
- Deni
-
noun,
a monetary unit of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the 100th part of a denar.
- Dene
-
noun,
a bare, sandy tract or low sand hill near the sea.
- Den.
-
- deme
-
noun,
one of the administrative divisions of ancient Attica and of modern Greece.
- Dem.
-
- deg.
-
- deet
-
plural noun,
details:
- dees
-
noun,
a metal loop attached to tack, for fastening gear:
- Deer
-
noun,
any of several ruminants of the family Cervidae, most of the males of which have solid, deciduous antlers.
- deem
-
verb (used with object),
to hold as an opinion; think; regard:
- deco
-
noun,
art deco.
- Dec.
-
- Dean
-
noun,
Education.
the head of a faculty, school, or administrative division in a university or college:
an official in an American college or secondary school having charge of student personnel services, such as counseling or discipline:
the official in charge of undergraduate students at an English university.
- dere
-
adjective,
dear2 .
- dato
-
noun,
(in the Philippines) a native chief.
- date
-
noun,
a particular month, day, and year at which some event happened or will happen:
- dat.
-
- Darn
-
noun,
a darned place, as in a garment:
- darg
-
noun,
Scot. and North England. a day's work.
- Dare
-
noun,
an act of daring or defiance; challenge.
- Dang
-
verb (used with object), adjective, noun,
damn (used euphemistically).
- Dane
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Denmark.
- Dan.
-
abbreviation,
Bible. Daniel (def 1).
- damn
-
noun,
the utterance of “damn” in swearing or for emphasis.
- Dame
-
noun,
(initial capital letter)
the official title of a female member of the Order of the British Empire, equivalent to that of a knight.
the official title of the wife of a knight or baronet.
- DAIS
-
noun,
a raised platform, as at the front of a room, for a lectern, throne, seats of honor, etc.
- der.
-
- dern
-
adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
darn2 .
- Dago
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a person of Italian or sometimes Spanish origin or descent.
- dins
-
noun,
a loud, confused noise; a continued loud or tumultuous sound; noisy clamor.
- doc.
-
plural,
document.
- doat
-
verb (used without object),
dote.
- DMSO
-
- dits
-
noun,
an echoic word, the referent of which is a click or brief tone interval, used to designate the dot of Morse code, International Morse code, etc.
- dite
-
noun,
a bit (usually used in negative constructions):
- dis-
-
- DIRT
-
noun,
any foul or filthy substance, as mud, grime, dust, or excrement.
- DIRE
-
adjective,
causing or involving great fear or suffering; dreadful; terrible:
- dir.
-
- Dior
-
noun,
Christian [kris-chuh n;; French krees-tyahn] /ˈkrɪs tʃən;; French krisˈtyɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1905–57, French fashion designer.
- dioc
-
- dint
-
noun,
force; power:
- Dino
-
- dia-
-
- ding
-
noun,
a ringing sound.
- Dine
-
noun,
Scot. dinner.
- Din.
-
- DIMS
-
Idioms,
take a dim view of, to regard with disapproval, skepticism, or dismay:
- dime
-
noun,
a cupronickel-clad coin of the U.S. and Canada, the 10th part of a dollar, equal to 10 cents.
- dim.
-
- digs
-
noun,
thrust; poke:
- dig.
-
- Diet
-
noun,
food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health:
- Dies
-
noun,
Martin, 1901–72, U.S. politician.
- Dice
-
noun,
Machinery.
any of various devices for cutting or forming material in a press or a stamping or forging machine.
a hollow device of steel, often composed of several pieces to be fitted into a stock, for cutting the threads of bolts or the like.
one of the separate pieces of such a device.
a steel block or plate with small conical holes through which wire, plastic rods, etc., are drawn.
- DIAS
-
noun,
Bartholomeu [bahr-too-loo-me-oo] /ˌbɑr tʊ lʊˈmɛ ʊ/ (Show IPA), c1450–1500, Portuguese navigator: discoverer of the Cape of Good Hope.
- dags
-
noun,
one of a series of decorative scallops or foliations along the edge of a garment, cloth, etc.
- Dace
-
noun,
a small, freshwater cyprinoid fish, Leuciscus leuciscus, of Europe, having a stout, fusiform body.
- 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.
- CISC
-
noun,
complex instruction set computer: a computer whose central processing unit recognizes a relatively large number of instructions.
- coed
-
noun,
Older Use. a female student in a coeducational institution, especially in a college or university.
- cods
-
noun,
any of several soft-rayed food fishes of the family Gadidae, especially Gadus morhua, of cool, North Atlantic waters.
- code
-
noun,
a system for communication by telegraph, heliograph, etc., in which long and short sounds, light flashes, etc., are used to symbolize the content of a message:
- coda
-
noun,
Music. a more or less independent passage, at the end of a composition, introduced to bring it to a satisfactory close.
- coca
-
noun,
a shrub, Erythroxylon coca, native to the Andes, having simple, alternate leaves and small yellowish flowers.
- coat
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- CMOS
-
noun,
complementary metal oxide semiconductor.
- Cmon
-
- cmdg
-
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- cit.
-
- cist
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- cis-
-
- cogs
-
noun,
(not in technical use) a gear tooth, formerly especially one of hardwood or metal, fitted into a slot in a gearwheel of less durable material.
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- circ
-
noun,
circular (def 9).
- cir.
-
- cion
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- CIGS
-
noun,
a cigarette.
- cide
-
- ciao
-
interjection,
(used as a word of greeting or parting): hello; goodbye; so long; see you later.
- Ceto
-
- Cete
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- Ceta
-
noun,
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.
- cet-
-
- CERN
-
- cog.
-
- coin
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- Dom.
-
- Cort
-
- DEng
-
- cts.
-
- ctr.
-
- croc
-
noun,
crocodile.
- Cres
-
- Cree
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- crat
-
- CRAM
-
noun,
Informal. the act of cramming for an examination.
- Crag
-
noun,
a steep, rugged rock; rough, broken, projecting part of a rock.
- Cote
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- Cost
-
noun,
the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
- cose
-
verb (used without object),
coze.
- 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.
- coir
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- corm
-
noun,
an enlarged, fleshy, bulblike base of a stem, as in the crocus.
- 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.
- Cord
-
noun,
a string or thin rope made of several strands braided, twisted, or woven together.
- Cora
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. Kore.
- Cor.
-
- 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.
- Cond
-
- Con.
-
- COMS
-
noun,
Trademark. Comedy Central: a cable television channel.
- come
-
noun,
Slang: Vulgar. semen.
- comd
-
- coma
-
noun,
a state of prolonged unconsciousness, including a lack of response to stimuli, from which it is impossible to rouse a person.
- Com.
-
- Meer
-
noun,
Jan van der [yahn vahn der] /yɑn vɑn dɛr/ (Show IPA), Vermeer, Jan.
- Dari
-
noun,
a form of Persian, spoken in Afghanistan.
- ocas
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- MSAE
-
- most
-
noun,
the greatest quantity, amount, or degree; the utmost:
- Reg.
-
- mote
-
noun,
a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
- mots
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- Mott
-
noun,
John Raleigh, 1865–1955, U.S. religious leader: Nobel Peace Prize 1946.
- Rees
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- Reed
-
noun,
the straight stalk of any of various tall grasses, especially of the genera Phragmites and Arundo, growing in marshy places.
- node
-
noun,
a knot, protuberance, or knob.
- mrem
-
- reds
-
noun,
any of various colors resembling the color of blood; the primary color at one extreme end of the visible spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 610 and 780 nanometers.
- redo
-
noun,
the act or an instance of redoing.
- mRNA
-
- rede
-
noun,
counsel; advice.
- Mrs.
-
plural,
a title of respect prefixed to the surname or full name of a married woman:
- MSAM
-
- Omri
-
noun,
a king of Israel and the father of Ahab. I Kings 16:16–28.
- MSGM
-
- mtg.
-
- Read
-
noun,
an act or instance of reading:
- MSME
-
- ream
-
noun,
a standard quantity of paper, consisting of 20 quires or 500 sheets (formerly 480 sheets), or 516 sheets (printer's ream or perfect ream)
- MSIE
-
- MSgt
-
- once
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- MScD
-
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- MSEM
-
- MSEE
-
- msec
-
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- MSCE
-
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- Mort
-
noun,
Hunting. the note played on a hunting horn signifying that the animal hunted has been killed.
- mtge
-
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- moit
-
noun,
a foreign particle found in wool, as a burr, twig, or seed.
- omen
-
noun,
anything perceived or happening that is believed to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; portent.
- Omar
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Oman
-
noun,
Sultanate of. Formerly Muscat and Oman. an independent sultanate in SE Arabia. About 82,800 sq. mi. (212,380 sq. km). Capital: Muscat.
- nogs
-
noun,
any beverage made with beaten eggs, usually with alcoholic liquor; eggnog.
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- mogs
-
noun,
moggy.
- Omer
-
noun,
a Hebrew unit of dry measure, the tenth part of an ephah.
- nom.
-
- Noma
-
noun,
a gangrenous ulceration of the mouth or genitalia, occurring mainly in debilitated children.
- Nome
-
noun,
one of the provinces of ancient Egypt.
- rems
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- 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.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- neem
-
- regd
-
- Mons
-
noun,
an area of the body that is higher than neighboring areas.
- omit
-
verb (used with object),
to leave out; fail to include or mention:
- regr
-
- morn
-
noun,
morning.
- more
-
noun,
an additional quantity, amount, or number:
- Mora
-
noun,
the unit of time equivalent to the ordinary or normal short sound or syllable.
- regs
-
noun,
Usually, regs. Informal. regulations.
- mong
-
noun,
mongrel, especially a mongrel dog.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- Mona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Mon.
-
- moms
-
noun,
mother1 .
- mome
-
noun,
a fool; blockhead.
- Reid
-
noun,
Sir George Huston, 1845–1918, Australian statesman, born in Scotland: prime minister 1904–05.
- 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.
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- RdAc
-
- Mode
-
noun,
a manner of acting or doing; method; way:
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- rads
-
noun,
a standard unit of absorbed dose of radiation equal to 0.01 gray2 .
- orra
-
adjective,
not regular or scheduled; odd:
- nane
-
pronoun, adverb, adjective,
none1 .
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- narc
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- nard
-
noun,
an aromatic Himalayan plant, believed to be the spikenard, Nardostachys jatamansi, the source of an ointment used by the ancients.
- NASD
-
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- RADM
-
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- 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.
- NATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Washington, D.C. (1949), comprising the 12 nations of the Atlantic Pact together with Greece, Turkey, and the Federal Republic of Germany, for the purpose of collective defense against aggression.
- rad.
-
- ragi
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Eleusine coracana, cultivated in the Old World for its grain.
- neon
-
noun,
Chemistry. a chemically inert gaseous element occurring in small amounts in the earth's atmosphere, used chiefly in a type of electrical lamp. Symbol: Ne; atomic weight: 20.183; atomic number: 10; density: 0.9002 g/l at 0°C and 760 mm pressure.
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- otic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ear; auricular.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- Nemo
-
noun,
remote (def 10).
- nene
-
noun,
a barred, gray-brown wild goose, Nesochen sandvicensis, native to Hawaii, where it is the state bird.
- neo-
-
- nerd
-
noun,
a person considered to be socially awkward, boring, unstylish, etc.
- 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.
- OSRD
-
- NDAC
-
- Osee
-
noun,
Hosea.
- NCTE
-
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- RACE
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- rage
-
noun,
angry fury; violent anger (sometimes used in combination):
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- NIRA
-
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- RARE
-
adjective,
coming or occurring far apart in time; unusual; uncommon:
- Nina
-
noun,
girl; child.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- NIMS
-
noun,
a game in which two players alternate in drawing counters, pennies, or the like, from a set of 12 arranged in three rows of 3, 4, and 5 counters, respectively, the object being to draw the last counter, or, sometimes, to avoid drawing it.
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- orad
-
adverb,
toward the mouth or the oral region.
- Nine
-
noun,
a cardinal number, eight plus one.
- rcd.
-
- Nino
-
noun,
boy; child.
- Ont.
-
- rang
-
noun,
a boomerang.
- Orca
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- org.
-
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- NICE
-
noun,
a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
- Orem
-
noun,
a city in N Utah.
- RAID
-
noun,
a sudden assault or attack, as upon something to be seized or suppressed:
- name
-
noun,
a word or a combination of words by which a person, place, or thing, a body or class, or any object of thought is designated, called, or known.
- 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).
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- Nida
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Nydia.
- goad
-
noun,
a stick with a pointed or electrically charged end, for driving cattle, oxen, etc.; prod.
- rami
-
noun,
plural of ramus.
- nide
-
noun,
a nest or brood, especially of pheasants.
- RAND
-
noun,
(in shoemaking) a strip of leather set in a shoe at the heel before the lifts are attached.
- ord.
-
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- orcs
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- Mods
-
noun,
a person who is in the vanguard in style, dress, etc.
- need
-
noun,
a requirement, necessary duty, or obligation:
- rend
-
verb (used with object),
to separate into parts with force or violence:
- Oder
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing from the NE Czech Republic, N through SW Poland and along the border between Germany and Poland into the Baltic. 562 miles (905 km) long.
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- rit.
-
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- met.
-
- Mind
-
noun,
(in a human or other conscious being) the element, part, substance, or process that reasons, thinks, feels, wills, perceives, judges, etc.:
- MiNE
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- 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.
- riot
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- mesa
-
noun,
a land formation, less extensive than a plateau, having steep walls and a relatively flat top and common in arid and semiarid parts of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico.
- Odin
-
noun,
the ruler of the Aesir and god of war, poetry, knowledge, and wisdom; Wotan: the chief god.
- Ring
-
noun,
a typically circular band of metal or other durable material, especially one of gold or other precious metal, often set with gems, for wearing on the finger as an ornament, a token of betrothal or marriage, etc.
- odic
-
adjective,
of an ode.
- Oct.
-
- mete
-
noun,
a limiting mark.
- mes-
-
- MERS
-
noun,
Middle East(ern) Respiratory Syndrome: an often fatal respiratory illness caused by a coronavirus similar to the SARS virus and characterized by fever, coughing, and shortness of breath.
- Rind
-
noun,
a thick and firm outer coat or covering, as of certain fruits, cheeses, and meats:
- Ming
-
noun,
a dynasty in China, 1368–1644, marked by the restoration of traditional institutions and the development of the arts, especially in porcelain, textiles, and painting.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- mere
-
noun,
Chiefly British Dialect. a lake or pond.
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- MICE
-
noun,
plural of mouse.
- Merc
-
noun,
a mercenary soldier.
- rime
-
noun,
Also called rime ice. an opaque coating of tiny, white, granular ice particles, caused by the rapid freezing of supercooled water droplets on impact with an object.
Compare frost (def 3), glaze (def 17).
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- mins
-
noun,
a group of Chinese languages spoken in southeastern China, including Foochow and Fukienese.
- mod.
-
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- Rima
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ogee
-
noun,
a double curve, resembling the letter S, formed by the union of a concave and a convex line.
- Mic.
-
- mias
-
plural,
missing in action.
- Mid.
-
- midn
-
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- mids
-
noun,
Archaic. the middle.
- roam
-
noun,
an act or instance of roaming; a ramble.
- road
-
noun,
a long, narrow stretch with a smoothed or paved surface, made for traveling by motor vehicle, carriage, etc., between two or more points; street or highway.
- Miao
-
noun,
Also, Meo. a member of a diverse group of seminomadic farming people of the mountains of southeastern China and adjacent areas of Laos, North Vietnam, and Thailand.
- mien
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- roar
-
noun,
a loud, deep cry or howl, as of an animal or a person:
- ogam
-
noun,
ogham.
- OEEC
-
- Mina
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- migs
-
noun,
a playing marble, especially one that is not used as a shooter.
- NTIA
-
- Roca
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in W Portugal, near Lisbon: the western extremity of continental Europe.
- MIME
-
noun,
the art or technique of portraying a character, mood, idea, or narration by gestures and bodily movements; pantomime.
- Mims
-
noun,
Fort. Fort Mims.
- min.
-
- rocs
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- OECD
-
- RNAS
-
- Ogma
-
noun,
a god of poetry and eloquence and the inventor of the ogham letters: one of the Tuatha De Danann.
- rode
-
noun,
a rope by which a boat is anchored.
- ogre
-
noun,
a monster in fairy tales and popular legend, usually represented as a hideous giant who feeds on human flesh.
- Rodi
-
noun,
Italian name of Rhodes.
- mint
-
noun,
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
Compare mint family.
- Mino
-
noun,
Minho.
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- Norn
-
noun,
an extinct Norse dialect, spoken until early modern times in the Shetland and Orkney Islands and in parts of northern Scotland.
- Rida
-
- Norm
-
noun,
a standard, model, or pattern.
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- Nord
-
noun,
a department in N France. 2229 sq. mi. (5770 sq. km). Capital: Lille.
- Rico
-
noun,
Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act: a U.S. law, enacted in 1970, allowing victims of organized crime to sue those responsible for punitive damages.
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- MNAS
-
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- 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.
- Mngr
-
- Nor.
-
- mite
-
noun,
any of numerous small to microscopic arachnids of the subclass Acari, including species that are parasitic on animals and plants or that feed on decaying matter and stored foods.
- memo
-
noun,
memorandum.
- mem.
-
- nong
-
noun,
a foolish, incompetent person.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- none
-
noun,
nones1 .
- non-
-
- 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.
- moan
-
noun,
a prolonged, low, inarticulate sound uttered from or as if from physical or mental suffering.
- moas
-
noun,
any of several flightless birds of the family Dinornithidae, of New Zealand, related to the kiwis but resembling the ostrich: extinct since about the end of the 18th century.
- moat
-
noun,
a deep, wide trench, usually filled with water, surrounding the rampart of a fortified place, as a town or a castle.
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- Meir
-
noun,
Golda [gohl-duh] /ˈgoʊl də/ (Show IPA), (Goldie Mabovitch; Goldie Myerson) 1898–1978, Israeli political leader, born in Russia: prime minister 1969–74.
- mitt
-
noun,
Baseball.
a rounded glove with one internal section for the four fingers and another for the thumb and having the side next to the palm of the hand protected by a thick padding, used by catchers.
a somewhat similar glove but with less padding and having sections for the thumb and one or two fingers, used by first basemen. Compare baseball glove.
- mica
-
noun,
any member of a group of minerals, hydrous silicates of aluminum with other bases, chiefly potassium, magnesium, iron, and lithium, that separate readily into thin, tough, often transparent, and usually elastic laminae; isinglass.
- Mita
-
noun,
a colonial system in Peru by which the Spanish government required Indians to perform periodic forced labor, especially in the mines.
- Mira
-
noun,
Astronomy. the first long-period pulsating variable star to be discovered, with a period averaging 331 days. It is a red giant and a component of a binary star in the constellation Cetus.
- rids
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of ride.
- Mend
-
noun,
the act of mending; repair or improvement.
- Riga
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Latvia, on the Gulf of Riga.
- ment
-
- Miro
-
noun,
Gabriel [gah-vree-el] /ˌgɑ vriˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1879–1930, Spanish novelist, short-story writer, and essayist.
- not-
-
- men-
-
- mire
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- Meng
-
- mis-
-
- mise
-
noun,
a settlement or agreement.
- 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.
- mist
-
noun,
a cloudlike aggregation of minute globules of water suspended in the atmosphere at or near the earth's surface, reducing visibility to a lesser degree than fog.
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- nos-
-
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- mems
-
noun,
the thirteenth letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- ride
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- OCDM
-
- Tom
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- tog
-
noun,
a coat.
- TIA
-
- CNS
-
- ose
-
- ote
-
- TGN
-
- OCS
-
- di.
-
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- OTA
-
- ODA
-
noun,
a room within a harem.
- ode
-
noun,
a lyric poem typically of elaborate or irregular metrical form and expressive of exalted or enthusiastic emotion.
- ODT
-
- Orr
-
noun,
Sir John Boyd, Boyd Orr, Sir John.
- sc.
-
- DEI
-
adverb,
by the grace of God.
- DET
-
- OCR
-
- ot-
-
- ODS
-
noun,
a hypothetical force formerly held to pervade all nature and to manifest itself in magnetism, mesmerism, chemical action, etc.
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- DCM
-
- CST
-
- TTS
-
- CTA
-
- OIr
-
- CTC
-
- SCM
-
- cte
-
- ctg
-
- ctn
-
plural,
carton.
- OMS
-
noun,
a mantric word thought to be a complete expression of Brahman and interpreted as having three sounds representing Brahma or creation, Vishnu or preservation, and Siva or destruction, or as consisting of the same three sounds, representing waking, dreams, and deep sleep, along with the following silence, which is fulfillment.
- ScD
-
- Tim
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Timothy.
- CSO
-
- do.
-
- DOA
-
- DSC
-
- DSM
-
- DAR
-
- DAE
-
- Dag
-
noun,
one of a series of decorative scallops or foliations along the edge of a garment, cloth, etc.
- 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.
- Dam
-
noun,
a barrier to obstruct the flow of water, especially one of earth, masonry, etc., built across a stream or river.
- oma
-
plural,
a noun suffix used to form names of tumors, of the kind specified by the base:
- Om.
-
- OIt
-
- CSR
-
- CSC
-
- TNT
-
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- Tng
-
- TMO
-
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- Dee
-
noun,
a metal loop attached to tack, for fastening gear:
- OEM
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- TID
-
- orc
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- DEA
-
- de-
-
- COS
-
noun,
romaine.
- DCS
-
- CSA
-
- d-c
-
noun,
a surgical method for the removal of diseased tissue or an early embryo from the lining of the uterus by means of scraping.
- COT
-
noun,
a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
- ons
-
- ONR
-
- ONI
-
- oic
-
- CRC
-
- DAS
-
noun,
hyrax.
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- oid
-
- CRS
-
- CRT
-
- DSO
-
- Meg
-
noun,
a megabyte.
- CNO
-
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- ANC
-
- AMS
-
- 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.
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- AMI
-
noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- RID
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- AME
-
- ANG
-
- AMC
-
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- AIS
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- rig
-
noun,
the arrangement of the masts, spars, sails, etc., on a boat or ship.
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- RIM
-
noun,
the outer edge, border, margin, or brink of something, especially of a circular object.
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- AIM
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- rte
-
- ase
-
- ARS
-
- SAC
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- SRO
-
- So.
-
- sd.
-
- RTS
-
- ARE
-
noun,
a measure of surface area; 1 are is equal to1/100 (0.01) of a hectare (100 square meters or 119.6 square yards). Abbreviation: a.
- REM
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- ard
-
- rt.
-
- RSE
-
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- aor
-
- RSA
-
- Rs.
-
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- AIC
-
- ASI
-
- AID
-
noun,
help or support; assistance.
- Tro
-
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- ROG
-
- Ar.
-
- an.
-
- ROI
-
- ag-
-
- ROC
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- ADC
-
- ad-
-
- ac-
-
- Am.
-
- TSE
-
- TSI
-
- 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.
- Rod
-
noun,
a stick, wand, staff, or the like, of wood, metal, or other material.
- ACS
-
- Agt
-
- AGC
-
- AGS
-
adjective, noun,
agriculture:
- ago
-
adverb,
in past time; in the past:
- AGM
-
- rm.
-
plural,
ream.
- RMC
-
- RNA
-
- age
-
noun,
the length of time during which a being or thing has existed; length of life or existence to the time spoken of or referred to:
- rnd
-
- ACT
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- RNR
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- ROA
-
- AEC
-
- ae.
-
- ADS
-
noun,
advertisement.
- ado
-
noun,
busy activity; bustle; fuss.
- ade
-
noun,
George, 1866–1944, U.S. humorist.
- Sad
-
noun,
the 14th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- ASM
-
- CNN
-
- cee
-
noun,
the letter C.
- CGI
-
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- rag
-
noun,
a worthless piece of cloth, especially one that is torn or worn.
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- SAR
-
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- CEO
-
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- CGS
-
- CED
-
- CEC
-
- CEA
-
- CDT
-
- CDC
-
- CCS
-
verb (used with object),
to send a duplicate of a document, email, or the like to:
- CCR
-
- CGM
-
- CIA
-
- CCA
-
- CMA
-
- CNM
-
- CNC
-
- OTS
-
- Rd.
-
- CMD
-
- CMC
-
- ton
-
noun,
a unit of weight, equivalent to 2000 pounds (0.907 metric ton) avoirdupois (short ton) in the U.S. and 2240 pounds (1.016 metric tons) avoirdupois (long ton) in Great Britain.
- RAM
-
noun,
a male sheep.
- CIC
-
- RCS
-
- Re.
-
- RMA
-
- RMS
-
plural,
ream.
- CIM
-
- cig
-
noun,
a cigarette.
- CIE
-
- CID
-
noun,
The ("El Cid Campeador"; Rodrigo Díaz de Bivar) c1040–99, Spanish soldier: hero of the wars against the Moors.
- CCD
-
verb (used with object),
to send a duplicate of a document, email, or the like to:
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- IRC
-
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- Co.
-
- CMG
-
- CIO
-
noun,
a federation of affiliated industrial labor unions, founded 1935 within the American Federation of Labor but independent of it 1938–55. Abbreviation: C.I.O., CIO.
- cc.
-
- ca.
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- red
-
noun,
any of various colors resembling the color of blood; the primary color at one extreme end of the visible spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 610 and 780 nanometers.
- ATC
-
- cr.
-
- SAG
-
noun,
an act or instance of sagging.
- SAE
-
- at.
-
- ast
-
- ASR
-
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- ASN
-
- COD
-
noun,
any of several soft-rayed food fishes of the family Gadidae, especially Gadus morhua, of cool, North Atlantic waters.
- cs.
-
- CAS
-
verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- RDA
-
- rat
-
noun,
any of several long-tailed rodents of the family Muridae, of the genus Rattus and related genera, distinguished from the mouse by being larger.
- RCA
-
- tot
-
noun,
a small child.
- CAR
-
noun,
an automobile.
- RCN
-
- RCT
-
- OCD
-
- CAM
-
noun,
Machinery. a disk or cylinder having an irregular form such that its motion, usually rotary, gives to a part or parts in contact with it a specific rocking or reciprocating motion.
- ct.
-
- tr.
-
- tra
-
- RDC
-
- CAI
-
- RDS
-
- REA
-
- CAD
-
noun,
an ill-bred man, especially one who behaves in a dishonorable or irresponsible way toward women.
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- DOT
-
noun,
a small, roundish mark made with or as if with a pen.
- tet
-
noun,
the Vietnamese New Year celebration, occurring during the first seven days of the first month of the lunar calendar.
- Sgt
-
- gre
-
- SID
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Sidney or Sydney.
- 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).
- Gr.
-
- got
-
noun,
an offspring or the total of the offspring, especially of a male animal:
- Gor
-
interjection,
(used as a mild oath.)
- MOS
-
noun,
moment (def 1).
- goi
-
noun,
goy.
- mom
-
noun,
mother1 .
- MOT
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- God
-
noun,
the one Supreme Being, the creator and ruler of the universe.
- Goa
-
noun,
a gazelle, Procapra picticaudata, of the Tibetan plateau.
- Mr.
-
plural,
mister: a title of respect prefixed to a man's name or position:
- MRA
-
- MRE
-
- GMT
-
- GMC
-
- MOR
-
- GSA
-
- git
-
noun,
British Slang. a foolish or contemptible person.
- STM
-
- STI
-
- MOG
-
noun,
moggy.
- ICA
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- IAS
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- Ia.
-
- io-
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- MOI
-
- GSC
-
- id.
-
- ics
-
- GTT
-
- GTS
-
- GTO
-
- GTC
-
- gt.
-
- GSR
-
- MRI
-
- GIs
-
noun,
a lightweight, two-piece, usually white garment worn by barefooted martial-arts participants, consisting of loose-fitting pants and a wraparound jacket with cloth belt.
- Moe
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Morris or Moses.
- GCE
-
- MTS
-
- GDR
-
- Gde
-
- TAM
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- GCT
-
- OCC
-
- GCI
-
- GCD
-
- Ged
-
noun,
any fish of the pike family.
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- GCC
-
- GCA
-
- NCO
-
- Gat
-
noun,
a pistol or revolver.
- 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).
- GAS
-
noun,
Physics. a substance possessing perfect molecular mobility and the property of indefinite expansion, as opposed to a solid or liquid.
- NAD
-
- MTO
-
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- MSA
-
- MSM
-
- GIN
-
noun,
an alcoholic liquor obtained by distilling grain mash with juniper berries.
- gie
-
noun,
gi.
- MSD
-
- MSE
-
- get
-
noun,
an offspring or the total of the offspring, especially of a male animal:
- Ges
-
- MSG
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-soluble powder, C 5 H 8 NNaO 4 ⋅H 2 O, used to intensify the flavor of foods.
- MSI
-
- MSN
-
- mtn
-
- MST
-
- Tad
-
noun,
a small child, especially a boy.
- Mt.
-
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- TAG
-
noun,
a piece or strip of strong paper, plastic, metal, leather, etc., for attaching by one end to something as a mark or label:
- GEM
-
noun,
a cut and polished precious stone or pearl fine enough for use in jewelry.
- MTI
-
- Gee
-
noun,
a sum of one thousand dollars:
- ICC
-
- IDA
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in W Turkey, in NW Asia Minor, SE of ancient Troy. 5810 feet (1771 meters).
Turkish Kazdaği [kahz-dah-gee; Turkish kahz-dah-uh] /ˌkɑz dɑˈgi; Turkish ˌkɑz dɑˈʌ/ (Show IPA).
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- SMD
-
- SMA
-
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- MAE
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- MIE
-
- Sr.
-
- Mig
-
noun,
a playing marble, especially one that is not used as a shooter.
- MAD
-
noun,
an angry or ill-tempered period, mood, or spell:
- MI6
-
noun,
the government's secret intelligence service.
- St.
-
- Sta
-
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- MIM
-
noun,
the twenty-fourth letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- M-1
-
noun,
a semiautomatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber, clip-fed rifle, with a weight of 8.56 pounds (3.88 kg): the standard U.S. Army rifle in World War II and in the Korean War.
- MSC
-
- MS.
-
plural,
manuscript.
- Mo.
-
- Mam
-
noun,
British Informal. mother.
- MI5
-
noun,
the government's security and counterespionage service that works in liaison with Scotland Yard's Special Branch.
- MIA
-
plural,
missing in action.
- MCI
-
- SOC
-
noun,
sociology or a class or course in sociology.
- MEC
-
noun,
a pimp; mack.
- sod
-
noun,
a section cut or torn from the surface of grassland, containing the matted roots of grass.
- MEA
-
noun,
an acknowledgment of one's responsibility for a fault or error.
- MDT
-
- Meo
-
noun,
Miao (def 1).
- Mdm
-
plural,
Madam.
- MCR
-
- mcg
-
- mi.
-
- Mat
-
noun,
a piece of fabric made of plaited or woven rushes, straw, hemp, or similar fiber, or of some other pliant material, as rubber, used as a protective covering on a floor or other surface, to wipe the shoes on, etc.
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- mas
-
noun,
mother1 .
- SMM
-
- mgd
-
- Mao
-
- MGr
-
- MGT
-
- MM.
-
- Me.
-
- MOC
-
noun,
moccasin.
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- MME
-
- INN
-
noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- ing
-
- ine
-
- MMT
-
- MNA
-
- in.
-
- IOC
-
- MNE
-
- MNS
-
- IGM
-
- ier
-
- MOA
-
noun,
any of several flightless birds of the family Dinornithidae, of New Zealand, related to the kiwis but resembling the ostrich: extinct since about the end of the 18th century.
- IDS
-
noun,
the part of the psyche, residing in the unconscious, that is the source of instinctive impulses that seek satisfaction in accordance with the pleasure principle and are modified by the ego and the superego before they are given overt expression.
- Ido
-
noun,
a revised and simplified form of Esperanto, introduced in 1907.
- ide
-
- MIT
-
- 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 = .
- Md.
-
- ism
-
noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- Mc-
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- ite
-
- ITC
-
- ITA
-
- ist
-
- ISR
-
- ise
-
- ior
-
- ISA
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- IRS
-
- IRO
-
- MIR
-
noun,
a village commune of peasant farmers in prerevolutionary Russia.
- Ir.
-
- IOT
-
- 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.
- GAO
-
noun,
a city in E Mali.
- GCR
-
- GAN
-
noun,
cotton gin.
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- ECA
-
- ec-
-
- NOC
-
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- Nod
-
noun,
a short, quick downward bending forward of the head, as in assent, greeting, or command or because of drowsiness.
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- 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.
- ECM
-
- ean
-
- EAM
-
- ead
-
- ea.
-
- ETD
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- EOM
-
- ECG
-
- NNE
-
- Eg.
-
- EDT
-
- EGO
-
noun,
the “I” or self of any person; a person as thinking, feeling, and willing, and distinguishing itself from the selves of others and from objects of its thought.
- NIG
-
verb (used with object),
nidge.
- NIM
-
noun,
a game in which two players alternate in drawing counters, pennies, or the like, from a set of 12 arranged in three rows of 3, 4, and 5 counters, respectively, the object being to draw the last counter, or, sometimes, to avoid drawing it.
- EEO
-
- EEG
-
- EEE
-
- EEC
-
- EDS
-
noun,
education:
- ed.
-
- EDO
-
noun,
a member of an indigenous people of western Africa, in the Benin region of southern Nigeria.
- NAG
-
noun,
Also, nagger. a person who nags, especially habitually.
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- NMI
-
- Ede
-
noun,
a city in SW Nigeria.
- EDC
-
- NMR
-
- EDA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- eo-
-
- DST
-
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- OAS
-
- Oc.
-
- dit
-
noun,
an echoic word, the referent of which is a click or brief tone interval, used to designate the dot of Morse code, International Morse code, etc.
- OED
-
- OSA
-
- OSD
-
- OTC
-
- oar
-
noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- DMS
-
- se-
-
- SDR
-
- SDI
-
- SDA
-
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- Oca
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- Die
-
noun,
Machinery.
any of various devices for cutting or forming material in a press or a stamping or forging machine.
a hollow device of steel, often composed of several pieces to be fitted into a stock, for cutting the threads of bolts or the like.
one of the separate pieces of such a device.
a steel block or plate with small conical holes through which wire, plastic rods, etc., are drawn.
- DMA
-
- DMT
-
- DSR
-
- Don
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Mr.; Sir: a Spanish title prefixed to a man's given name.
- DSA
-
- nog
-
noun,
any beverage made with beaten eggs, usually with alcoholic liquor; eggnog.
- DRG
-
- DRE
-
- Dr.
-
- SED
-
- Dor
-
noun,
Also, dorbeetle [dawr-beet-l] /ˈdɔrˌbit l/ (Show IPA). a common European dung beetle, Geotrupes stercorarius.
- Doi
-
- DNA
-
- dog
-
noun,
a domesticated canid, Canis familiaris, bred in many varieties.
- nr.
-
- NRA
-
- DOE
-
noun,
the female of the deer, antelope, goat, rabbit, and certain other animals.
- NRC
-
- NSA
-
- NSC
-
- DNR
-
- eir
-
- EdM
-
abbreviation,
electronic dance music: a range of genres of electronic music often played in nightclubs and characterized by a strong danceable beat:
- EIS
-
- eme
-
noun,
friend.
- Nee
-
adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- NED
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Edward.
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- NEA
-
- tea
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- gi.
-
- GCM
-
- GAR
-
noun,
Also called garfish, garpike. any predaceous freshwater fish of the genus Lepisosteus, of North America, covered with hard, diamond-shaped scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth.
- Ga.
-
- ne-
-
- TCS
-
- Nan
-
noun,
naan.
- TCA
-
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- ETS
-
- ETR
-
- err
-
verb (used without object),
to go astray in thought or belief; be mistaken; be incorrect.
- NDE
-
- ETO
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- TAT
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do, or make by, tatting.
- ERT
-
- ESA
-
- Esc
-
- NCC
-
- ese
-
- ESR
-
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- NEC
-
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- Gad
-
noun,
the act of gadding.
- teg
-
noun,
Animal Husbandry.
a two-year-old sheep that has not been shorn.
the wool shorn from such a sheep.
- NAM
-
noun,
Vietnam.
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- NIA
-
- NGO
-
noun,
1901–1963, South Vietnamese statesman: president of the Republic of South Vietnam 1956–63.
- NGC
-
- 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:
- EMR
-
- EMS
-
noun,
the letter M, m.
- EMT
-
- NES
-
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- en-
-
- EOE
-
- Ted
-
noun,
British Slang. Teddy boy.
- ene
-
- NEG
-
noun,
a photographic negative.
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- GD
-
- DN
-
- NG
-
- A.
-
noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- AO
-
- NI
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- DG
-
- GM
-
- 2D
-
noun,
a two-dimensional form or appearance:
- TT
-
- 3D
-
noun,
a three-dimensional form or appearance:
- DM
-
- OA
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- O.
-
- N.
-
- G.
-
- OD
-
noun,
a hypothetical force formerly held to pervade all nature and to manifest itself in magnetism, mesmerism, chemical action, etc.
- AI
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- SN
-
- OG
-
- ND
-
- GC
-
- MG
-
- GO
-
noun,
the act of going:
- DT
-
noun,
a withdrawal syndrome occurring in persons who have developed physiological dependence on alcohol, characterized by tremor, visual hallucinations, and autonomic instability. Abbreviation: d.t.
- RO
-
- NM
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- R.
-
- MN
-
- rg
-
- GN
-
- IG
-
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- D.
-
- TM
-
- ic
-
- i.
-
- S.
-
- SA
-
- SG
-
- SM
-
- TN
-
- CE
-
- DA
-
noun,
a male hairstyle, especially of the 1950s, in which the hair is slicked back on both sides to overlap at the back of the head.
- RN
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- RI
-
- MA
-
noun,
mother1 .
- M.
-
- RC
-
- TC
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- 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.
- ee
-
- DC
-
noun,
a surgical method for the removal of diseased tissue or an early embryo from the lining of the uterus by means of scraping.
- EI
-
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- T1
-
- TD
-
- TG
-
- CM
-
- t.
-
- NC
-