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- heritance
-
noun,
inheritance.
- Katherine
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noun,
a female given name: from the Greek word meaning “pure.”.
- acre-inch
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noun,
one-twelfth of an acre-foot, equal to 3630 cubic feet.
- thickener
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noun,
something that thickens.
- reticence
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noun,
the state of being reticent, or reserved, especially with regard to speaking freely; restraint:
- thickhead
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noun,
a stupid person; blockhead.
- checkrein
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noun,
a short rein passing from the bit to the saddle of a harness, to prevent the horse from lowering its head.
Compare overcheck (def 2), sidecheck.
- Catherine
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noun,
a female given name.
- checkered
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noun,
a small, usually red or black disk of plastic or wood, used in playing checkers.
- adherence
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noun,
the quality of adhering; steady devotion, support, allegiance, or attachment:
- chickadee
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noun,
any of several North American birds of the genus Parus, of the titmouse family, especially P. atricapillus (black-capped chickadee) having the throat and top of the head black.
- Kitchener
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noun,
a person employed in, or in charge of, a kitchen.
- chickaree
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noun,
red squirrel.
- intercede
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verb (used without object),
to act or interpose in behalf of someone in difficulty or trouble, as by pleading or petition:
- detainee
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noun,
a person held in custody, especially for a political offense or for questioning.
- adherent
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noun,
a person who follows or upholds a leader, cause, etc.; supporter; follower.
- centered
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noun,
Geometry. the middle point, as the point within a circle or sphere equally distant from all points of the circumference or surface, or the point within a regular polygon equally distant from the vertices.
- centiare
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noun,
a square meter. Abbreviation: ca.
- Dicentra
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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.
- detainer
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noun,
a writ for the further detention of a person already in custody.
- trade-in
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noun,
goods given in whole or, usually, part payment of a purchase:
- taker-in
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noun,
licker-in.
- Chretien
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noun,
Jean, born 1934, Canadian politician: prime minister 1993–2003.
- hatcheck
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adjective,
of, noting, or engaged in the checking of hats, coats, umbrellas, etc., into temporary safekeeping:
- tracheid
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noun,
an elongated, tapering xylem cell having lignified, pitted, intact walls, adapted for conduction and support.
Compare vessel (def 5).
- echinate
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adjective,
bristly; prickly.
- creatine
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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.
- credence
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noun,
belief as to the truth of something:
- hard-hit
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adjective,
adversely affected; struck by disaster.
- catechin
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noun,
a water-soluble, astringent yellow compound, C 15 H 14 O 6 , found in gambier, used chiefly in tanning and dyeing.
- catch-22
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noun,
a frustrating situation in which one is trapped by contradictory regulations or conditions.
- ethnarch
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noun,
the ruler of a people, tribe, or nation.
- decanter
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noun,
a vessel, usually an ornamental glass bottle, for holding and serving wine, brandy, or the like.
- decenter
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verb (used with object),
to put out of center.
- decentre
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verb (used with object),
decenter.
- Nearctic
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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.
- neatherd
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noun,
cowherd.
- Reinecke
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noun,
Carl Heinrich Carsten [kahrl hahyn-rikh kahr-stuh n] /ˈkɑrl ˈhaɪn rɪx ˈkɑr stən/ (Show IPA), 1824–1910, German pianist, conductor, composer, and teacher.
- cankered
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noun,
a gangrenous or ulcerous sore, especially in the mouth.
- accredit
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verb (used with object),
to ascribe or attribute to (usually followed by with):
- Charente
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noun,
a department in W France. 2306 sq. mi. (5975 sq. km). Capital: Angoulême.
- check-in
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noun,
the act or fact of checking in.
- accident
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noun,
an undesirable or unfortunate happening that occurs unintentionally and usually results in harm, injury, damage, or loss; casualty; mishap:
- herniate
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verb (used without object),
to protrude abnormally from an enclosed cavity or from the body so as to constitute a hernia.
- iterance
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noun,
iteration.
- acentric
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adjective,
not centered; having no center.
- teach-in
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noun,
a prolonged period of lectures, speeches, etc., conducted without interruption by members of the faculty and invited guests at a college or university as a technique of social protest.
- antecede
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verb (used with object),
to go before, in time, order, rank, etc.; precede:
- atherine
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noun,
an atherine fish.
- increate
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adjective,
not created; uncreated.
- Hendrick
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noun,
a male given name, form of Henry.
- hendeca-
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- ankerite
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noun,
a carbonate mineral related to dolomite but with iron replacing part of the magnesium.
- Ardeche
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noun,
a department in SE France. 2145 sq. mi. (5555 sq. km). Capital: Privas.
- thicken
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become thick or thicker.
- earthen
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adjective,
composed of earth.
- eccrine
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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).
- Candice
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noun,
a female given name.
- arenite
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noun,
psammite.
- Echidna
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noun,
Also called spiny anteater. any of several insectivorous monotremes of the genera Tachyglossus, of Australia, Tasmania, and New Guinea, and Zaglossus, of New Guinea, that have claws and a slender snout and are covered with coarse hair and long spines.
- Drenthe
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noun,
a province in E Netherlands. 1011 sq. mi. (2620 sq. km).
- redneck
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noun,
an uneducated white farm laborer, especially from the South.
- rethink
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noun,
the act of reconsidering.
- thankee
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interjection,
thank you.
- Cairene
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noun,
a native or resident of Cairo, Egypt.
- candier
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- therian
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noun,
a therian animal.
- theriac
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noun,
molasses; treacle.
- Deniker
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noun,
Joseph [zhaw-zef] /ʒɔˈzɛf/ (Show IPA), 1852–1918, French anthropologist and naturalist.
- cheater
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noun,
a person or thing that cheats.
- Cadence
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noun,
rhythmic flow of a sequence of sounds or words:
- ditcher
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noun,
a person who digs ditches.
- detrain
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verb (used without object),
to alight from a railway train; arrive by train.
- red-hat
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noun,
the broad-brimmed official hat of a Roman Catholic cardinal, symbolic of the office or rank of a cardinal.
- red-ink
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noun,
a financial deficit; business loss.
- creance
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noun,
a light cord attached to the leg of a hawk to prevent escape during training.
- deciare
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noun,
a unit of surface measure equal to one-tenth of an are, or 10 square meters: equivalent to 11.96 square yards.
- chicane
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noun,
deception; chicanery.
- chechia
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noun,
a close-fitting, cylindrical cap with a tuft or tassel.
- checked
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noun,
Also, British, cheque. Banking. a written order, usually on a standard printed form, directing a bank to pay money.
- Chardin
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noun,
Jean Baptiste Siméon [zhahn ba-teest see-mey-awn] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist si meɪˈɔ̃/ (Show IPA), 1699–1779, French painter.
- checker
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noun,
a small, usually red or black disk of plastic or wood, used in playing checkers.
- chanter
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noun,
a person who chants; singer.
- chancre
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noun,
the initial lesion of syphilis and certain other infectious diseases, commonly a more or less distinct ulcer or sore with a hard base.
- chancer
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noun,
a person who takes many risks.
- cheeked
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adjective,
having cheeks of the kind indicated (used in combination):
- cheetah
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noun,
a cat, Acinonyx jubatus, of southwestern Asia and Africa, resembling a leopard but having certain doglike characteristics, often trained for hunting deer, antelope, etc.: an endangered species.
- Teaneck
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noun,
a township in NE New Jersey.
- Chenier
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noun,
a hummock in a marshy region, with stands of evergreen oaks.
- technic
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noun,
technique.
- Chetnik
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noun,
a member of a Serbian nationalist group that fought against the Turks in the early part of the 20th century and carried on guerrilla warfare during World War I and II.
- teacher
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noun,
a person who teaches or instructs, especially as a profession; instructor.
- certain
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Idioms,
for certain, without a doubt; surely:
- Rhetian
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noun,
Raetic.
- cracked
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noun,
a break without complete separation of parts; fissure.
- catcher
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noun,
a person or thing that catches.
- Terence
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noun,
(Publius Terentius Afer) c190–159? b.c, Roman playwright.
- cricket
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noun,
any of several jumping, orthopterous insects of the family Gryllidae, characterized by long antennae and stridulating organs on the forewings of the male, as one of the species commonly found in pastures and meadows (field cricket) or on trees and shrubs (tree cricket)
- crenate
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adjective,
having the margin notched or scalloped so as to form rounded teeth, as a leaf.
- credent
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adjective,
Archaic. believing.
- take-in
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noun,
a deception, fraud, or imposition.
- centare
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noun,
centiare.
- Teheran
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noun,
a city in and the capital of Iran, in the N part: wartime conference of Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin 1943.
- Tancred
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noun,
1078?–1112, Norman leader in the first Crusade.
- centri-
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- centric
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adjective,
pertaining to or situated at the center; central.
- cerated
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adjective,
covered with wax.
- chicken
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noun,
a domestic fowl, Gallus domesticus, descended from various jungle fowl of southeastern Asia and developed in a number of breeds for its flesh, eggs, and feathers.
- chickee
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noun,
Also, chikee. (among the Seminole Indians) an open-sided structure, usually thatched with palms and serving as a dwelling.
- archit.
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- therein
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adverb,
in or into that place or thing.
- archine
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noun,
arshin.
- hectare
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noun,
a unit of surface, or land, measure equal to 100 ares, or 10,000 square meters: equivalent to 2.471 acres. Abbreviation: ha.
- necktie
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noun,
a band of decorative fabric worn around the neck, under the collar, and tied in front to hang down the front of a shirt or to form a small bow.
- akinete
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noun,
(in certain algae) a nonmotile, asexual spore formed within a cell, the wall of which is fused to that of the parent cell.
- tierced
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adjective,
(of an escutcheon) divided vertically or horizontally into three equal parts.
- hearken
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verb (used with object),
Archaic. to listen to; hear.
- hearted
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noun,
Anatomy. a hollow, pumplike organ of blood circulation, composed mainly of rhythmically contractile smooth muscle, located in the chest between the lungs and slightly to the left and consisting of four chambers: a right atrium that receives blood returning from the body via the superior and inferior vena cavae, a right ventricle that pumps the blood through the pulmonary artery to the lungs for oxygenation, a left atrium that receives the oxygenated blood via the pulmonary veins and passes it through the mitral valve, and a left ventricle that pumps the oxygenated blood, via the aorta, throughout the body.
- hearten
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verb (used with object),
to give courage or confidence to; cheer.
- heathen
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noun,
(in historical contexts) an individual of a people that do not acknowledge the God of the Bible; a person who is neither a Jew, Christian, nor Muslim; a pagan.
- Heather
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noun,
any of various heaths, especially Calluna vulgaris, of England and Scotland, having small, pinkish-purple flowers.
- trainee
-
noun,
a person being trained, especially in a vocation; apprentice.
- Kitchen
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noun,
a room or place equipped for cooking.
- enteric
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noun,
enterics, Bacteriology. enterobacteria.
- tranche
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noun,
Finance.
one part or division of a larger unit, as of an asset pool or investment:
a group of securities that share a certain characteristic and form part of a larger offering:
- hektare
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noun,
hectare.
- Heredia
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noun,
José María de [Spanish haw-se mah-ree-ah th e] /Spanish hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), 1842–1905, French poet, born in Cuba.
- heretic
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noun,
a professed believer who maintains religious opinions contrary to those accepted by his or her church or rejects doctrines prescribed by that church.
- accrete
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adjective,
Botany. grown together.
- kernite
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noun,
a mineral, hydrated sodium borate, Na 2 B 4 O 7 ⋅4H 2 O, occurring in transparent colorless crystals: the principal source of boron compounds in the U.S.
- keratin
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noun,
a scleroprotein or albuminoid substance, found in the dead outer skin layer, and in horn, hair, feathers, hoofs, nails, claws, bills, etc.
- Kenitra
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noun,
a port in NW Morocco, NE of Rabat.
- Katrine
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noun,
Loch, a lake in central Scotland. 8 miles (13 km) long.
- neither
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pronoun,
not either; not one person or the other; not one thing or the other:
- 2,4,5-t
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noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- Chechen
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noun,
a member of a Sunni Muslim people living in the Chechen-Ingush Autonomous Republic and adjacent areas, closely related to the Ingush.
- endarch
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adjective,
(of a primary xylem or root) developing from the periphery; having the oldest cells closest to the core.
- thinker
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noun,
a person who thinks, as in a specified way or manner:
- Eckhart
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noun,
Johannes [yoh-hah-nuh s] /yoʊˈhɑ nəs/ (Show IPA), ("Meister Eckhart") c1260–1327? Dominican theologian and preacher: founder of German mysticism.
- cretin
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noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- drench
-
noun,
the act of drenching.
- tanrec
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noun,
tenrec.
- dacker
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verb (used without object),
to totter or stagger.
- Hecate
-
noun,
a goddess of the earth and Hades, associated with sorcery, hounds, and crossroads.
- tanker
-
noun,
a ship, airplane, or truck designed for bulk shipment of liquids or gases.
- tanked
-
noun,
a large receptacle, container, or structure for holding a liquid or gas:
- C-in-C
-
- racket
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noun,
a loud noise or clamor, especially of a disturbing or confusing kind; din; uproar:
- cinder
-
noun,
a partially or mostly burned piece of coal, wood, etc.
- Racine
-
noun,
Jean Baptiste [zhahn ba-teest] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist/ (Show IPA), 1639–99, French dramatist.
- Heater
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noun,
any of various apparatus for heating, especially for heating water or the air in a room.
- heated
-
noun,
the state of a body perceived as having or generating a relatively high degree of warmth.
- hearth
-
noun,
the floor of a fireplace, usually of stone, brick, etc., often extending a short distance into a room.
- cranch
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verb (used with or without object), noun,
crunch.
- Cretan
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Crete.
- Hardin
-
noun,
John Wesley, 1853–95, U.S. outlaw in the West.
- chinch
-
noun,
chinch bug.
- recant
-
verb (used with object),
to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
- cratch
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noun,
a crib for fodder; manger.
- either
-
adverb,
also; too; as well; to the same degree (used after negative clauses coordinated by and, or, or nor, or after negative subordinate clauses):
- create
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adjective,
Archaic. created.
- header
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noun,
a person or thing that removes or puts a head on something.
- creche
-
noun,
a small or large modeled representation or tableau of Mary, Joseph, and others around the crib of Jesus in the stable at Bethlehem, as is displayed in homes or erected for exhibition in a community at Christmas season.
- hatred
-
noun,
the feeling of one who hates; intense dislike or extreme aversion or hostility.
- harken
-
verb (used with object),
Archaic. to listen to; hear.
- credit
-
noun,
commendation or honor given for some action, quality, etc.:
- nacred
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adjective,
lined with or resembling nacre.
- Chirac
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noun,
Jacques (René) born 1932, prime minister of France 1974–76, 1986–88; president 1995–2007.
- chikee
-
noun,
chickee (def 1).
- driech
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adjective, verb (used with object),
dree.
- ketene
-
noun,
a colorless, poisonous gas, C 2 H 2 O, irritating to the lungs, prepared from acetone or acetic acid by pyrolysis: used chiefly in the manufacture of certain commercial chemicals, as acetic anhydride and aspirin.
- inhere
-
verb (used without object),
to exist permanently and inseparably in, as a quality, attribute, or element; belong intrinsically; be inherent:
- intra-
-
- incher
-
noun,
something that has or is associated with a height or length of an inch or a specified number of inches (often used in combination):
- inarch
-
verb (used with object),
to graft by uniting a growing branch to a stock without separating the branch from its parent stock.
- ideate
-
noun,
ideatum.
- Ranchi
-
noun,
a city in and capital of Jharkhand state, in E India.
- hither
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Idioms,
hither and thither, in various quarters; here and there:
- echard
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noun,
the water in soil that is not available for absorption by plants.
- hinder
-
noun,
Chiefly Northern and North Midland U.S. the buttocks.
- kerat-
-
- Eckert
-
noun,
John Presper [pres-per] /ˈprɛs pər/ (Show IPA), 1919–95, U.S. engineer and computer pioneer.
- cheder
-
noun,
heder.
- ecarte
-
noun,
a card game for two players.
- hernia
-
noun,
the protrusion of an organ or tissue through an opening in its surrounding walls, especially in the abdominal region.
- daiker
-
verb (used without object),
dacker.
- Cherie
-
noun,
dear; sweetheart: used in referring to or addressing a woman or girl.
- Raetic
-
noun,
an extinct language of uncertain affinities that was spoken in Rhaetia and written with the Etruscan alphabet.
- herein
-
adverb,
in or into this place.
- ranket
-
noun,
a double-reed wind instrument of the 16th and 17th centuries.
- hereat
-
adverb,
at this time; when this happened.
- chiack
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verb (used with object),
to jeer at; tease; deride.
- herdic
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noun,
a low-hung carriage with two or four wheels, having the entrance at the back and the seats at the sides.
- Chicha
-
noun,
a beer made from fermented corn in South and Central America.
- khatri
-
noun,
a person who belongs to a Hindu mercantile caste alleged to originate with the Kshatriyas.
- ratine
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- Hekate
-
noun,
Hecate.
- re-act
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- Edirne
-
noun,
a city in NW Turkey, in the European part.
- hectic
-
adjective,
characterized by intense agitation, excitement, confused and rapid movement, etc.:
- Harden
-
noun,
Sir Arthur, 1865–1940, English biochemist: Nobel Prize 1929.
- enrich
-
verb (used with object),
to supply with riches, wealth, abundant or valuable possessions, etc.:
- Dairen
-
noun,
former Japanese name of Dalian (def 2).
- detain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep from proceeding; keep waiting; delay.
- ethene
-
noun,
ethylene (def 2).
- ethane
-
noun,
a colorless, odorless, flammable gas, C 2 H 6 , of the methane series, present in natural gas, illuminating gas, and crude petroleum: used chiefly in organic synthesis and as a fuel gas.
- deicer
-
noun,
a device or a chemical substance for preventing or removing ice.
- Necker
-
noun,
Jacques [zhahk] /ʒɑk/ (Show IPA), 1732–1804, French statesman, born in Switzerland.
- retene
-
noun,
a crystalline hydrocarbon, C 18 H 18 , obtained chiefly from the tar of resinous woods and certain fossil resins.
- Recent
-
noun,
Also called Holocene. (initial capital letter) Geology. the Recent Epoch or Series.
- denier
-
noun,
a person who denies.
- eterne
-
adjective,
eternal.
- denti-
-
- retake
-
noun,
the act of photographing or filming again.
- Derain
-
noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1880–1954, French painter.
- retain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- detach
-
verb (used with object),
to unfasten and separate; disengage; disunite.
- nectar
-
noun,
the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or birds that pollinate the flower.
- ethnic
-
noun,
a member of an ethnic group.
- endear
-
verb (used with object),
to make dear, esteemed, or beloved:
- detick
-
verb (used with object),
to free (as livestock) of ticks, as by a chemical dip, spray, or dust.
- Nereid
-
noun,
any elongate cylindrical worm of the polychaete family Nereididae, including clamworms.
- nether
-
adjective,
lying or believed to lie beneath the earth's surface; infernal:
- entree
-
noun,
a dish served as the main course of a meal.
- dicker
-
noun,
a petty bargain.
- entire
-
noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- entice
-
verb (used with object),
to lead on by exciting hope or desire; allure; inveigle:
- direct
-
adverb,
in a direct manner; directly; straight:
- nicker
-
noun,
a person or thing that nicks.
- enter-
-
- redact
-
verb (used with object),
to put into suitable literary form; revise; edit.
- dither
-
noun,
a trembling; vibration.
- recti-
-
- ethine
-
noun,
acetylene.
- 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.
- recite
-
verb (used with object),
to repeat the words of, as from memory, especially in a formal manner:
- Rheita
-
noun,
a crater in the fourth quadrant of the face of the moon: about 42 miles (68 km) in diameter.
- hanker
-
verb (used without object),
to have a restless or incessant longing (often followed by after, for, or an infinitive).
- dancer
-
noun,
a person who dances.
- Danite
-
noun,
a member of the tribe of Dan.
- Richet
-
noun,
Charles Robert [sharl raw-ber] /ʃarl rɔˈbɛr/ (Show IPA), 1850–1935, French physician: Nobel prize 1913.
- haired
-
adjective,
having hair of a specified kind (usually used in combination):
- inter.
-
- Natick
-
noun,
a town in E Massachusetts, W of Boston.
- Hadith
-
noun,
Islam. a traditional account of things said or done by Muhammad or his companions.
- Darien
-
noun,
Gulf of, an arm of the Caribbean between NE Panama and NW Colombia.
- Darken
-
Idioms,
darken someone's door, to come to visit; make an appearance:
- darkie
-
noun,
darky.
- rancid
-
adjective,
having a rank, unpleasant, stale smell or taste, as through decomposition, especially of fats or oils:
- rhenic
-
adjective,
of or containing rhenium.
- Deakin
-
noun,
Alfred, 1856–1919, Australian statesman: prime minister 1903–04; 1905–08; 1909–10.
- dearth
-
noun,
an inadequate supply; scarcity; lack:
- decree
-
noun,
a formal and authoritative order, especially one having the force of law:
- decane
-
noun,
a hydrocarbon, C 10 H 22 , of the methane series, occurring in several isomeric forms.
- decani
-
adjective,
of or relating to the epistle or liturgical south side of a church (opposed to cantoris).
- decant
-
verb (used with object),
to pour (wine or other liquid) gently so as not to disturb the sediment.
- hackie
-
noun,
hack2 (def 7b).
- decare
-
noun,
a unit of surface measure equal to 10 ares, or 1000 square meters: equivalent to 0.2471 acre.
- Deccan
-
noun,
the entire peninsula of India S of the Narmada River.
- deceit
-
noun,
the act or practice of deceiving; concealment or distortion of the truth for the purpose of misleading; duplicity; fraud; cheating:
- decent
-
adjective,
conforming to the recognized standard of propriety, good taste, modesty, etc., as in behavior or speech.
- Hacker
-
noun,
a person or thing that hacks.
- recede
-
verb (used with object),
to cede back; yield or grant to a former possessor.
- decern
-
verb (used with object),
Archaic. to discern.
- Neckar
-
noun,
a river in SW Germany, flowing N and NE from the Black Forest, then W to the Rhine River. 246 miles (395 km) long.
- necked
-
noun,
the part of the body of an animal or human being that connects the head and the trunk.
- decker
-
noun,
something, as a ship or bed, having a specified number of decks, floors, levels, or the like (used in combination):
- rident
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- richen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become rich or richer.
- intake
-
noun,
the place or opening at which a fluid is taken into a channel, pipe, etc.
- adren-
-
- carnet
-
noun,
a customs document allowing an automobile to be driven at no cost across international borders.
- Aitken
-
noun,
Robert Grant, 1864–1951, U.S. astronomer.
- tierce
-
noun,
an old measure of capacity equivalent to one third of a pipe, or 42 wine gallons.
- 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.
- 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.
- tinker
-
noun,
a mender of pots, kettles, pans, etc., usually an itinerant.
- tirade
-
noun,
a prolonged outburst of bitter, outspoken denunciation:
- aether
-
noun,
ether (defs 3–5).
- Cathie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Catherine.
- catkin
-
noun,
a spike of unisexual, apetalous flowers having scaly, usually deciduous bracts, as of a willow or birch.
- Aeneid
-
noun,
a Latin epic poem by Vergil, recounting the adventures of Aeneas after the fall of Troy.
- adient
-
adjective,
tending to move toward a stimulus.
- ticked
-
noun,
a slight, sharp, recurring click, tap, or beat, as of a clock.
- adhere
-
verb (used with object),
to cause to adhere; make stick:
- actin-
-
- trance
-
noun,
a half-conscious state, seemingly between sleeping and waking, in which ability to function voluntarily may be suspended.
- 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.
- cedarn
-
adjective,
resembling or made of cedar.
- tender
-
noun,
the act of tendering; an offer of something for acceptance.
- Cedric
-
noun,
a male given name.
- 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.
- achene
-
noun,
any small, dry, hard, one-seeded, indehiscent fruit.
- 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.
- acetin
-
noun,
a colorless, thick, hygroscopic liquid, C 5 H 10 O 4 : used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives.
- ticker
-
noun,
a telegraphic receiving instrument that automatically prints stock prices, market reports, etc., on a paper tape.
- thrice
-
adverb,
three times, as in succession; on three occasions or in three ways.
- trench
-
noun,
Fortification. a long, narrow excavation in the ground, the earth from which is thrown up in front to serve as a shelter from enemy fire or attack.
- archi-
-
- thence
-
adverb,
from that place:
- thenar
-
noun,
the fleshy mass of the outer side of the palm of the hand.
- theirn
-
pronoun,
theirs.
- Arendt
-
noun,
Hannah, 1906–75, U.S. author, political scientist, and teacher, born in Germany.
- theine
-
noun,
caffeine, especially in tea.
- ardent
-
adjective,
having, expressive of, or characterized by intense feeling; passionate; fervent:
- 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.
- arcked
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- archt.
-
- cachet
-
noun,
an official seal, as on a letter or document.
- Archie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Archibald.
- arched
-
noun,
Architecture.
a curved masonry construction for spanning an opening, consisting of a number of wedgelike stones, bricks, or the like, set with the narrower side toward the opening in such a way that forces on the arch are transmitted as vertical or oblique stresses on either side of the opening.
an upwardly curved construction, as of steel or timber functioning in the manner of a masonry arch.
a doorway, gateway, etc., having a curved head; an archway.
the curved head of an opening, as a doorway.
- thread
-
noun,
a fine cord of flax, cotton, or other fibrous material spun out to considerable length, especially when composed of two or more filaments twisted together.
- thecia
-
noun,
hymenium.
- cadent
-
adjective,
having cadence.
- cahier
-
noun,
Bookbinding. a number of sheets of paper or leaves of a book placed together, as for binding.
- anther
-
noun,
the pollen-bearing part of a stamen.
- 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.
- Thrace
-
noun,
an ancient region of varying extent in the E part of the Balkan Peninsula: later a Roman province; now in Bulgaria, Turkey, and Greece.
- Andric
-
noun,
Ivo [ee-vaw] /ˈi vɔ/ (Show IPA), 1892–1975, Yugoslavian poet, novelist, and short-story writer: Nobel Prize 1961.
- canker
-
noun,
a gangrenous or ulcerous sore, especially in the mouth.
- Canter
-
noun,
an easy gallop.
- cardi-
-
- Cardin
-
noun,
Pierre, born 1922, French fashion designer.
- careen
-
noun,
a careening.
- acetic
-
adjective,
pertaining to, derived from, or producing vinegar or acetic acid.
- Cather
-
noun,
Willa (Sibert) [wil-uh see-bert] /ˈwɪl ə ˈsi bərt/ (Show IPA), 1876–1947, U.S. novelist.
- centi-
-
- cetane
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid hydrocarbon of the alkane series, C 16 H 34 , used as a solvent and in cetane number determinations.
- Chance
-
noun,
the absence of any cause of events that can be predicted, understood, or controlled: often personified or treated as a positive agency:
- teched
-
adjective,
tetched.
- Chadic
-
noun,
a branch of the Afroasiatic family of languages, of which Hausa is the most widely spoken representative.
- te-hee
-
noun,
a titter; snicker.
- cerat-
-
- teener
-
noun,
a teenager.
- techie
-
noun,
a student, enthusiast, or specialist in a particular technical field or subject, especially electronics.
- 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.
- chaine
-
noun,
a series of short, usually rapid, turns performed in a straight line across the stage.
- triene
-
noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- trich-
-
- accent
-
noun,
prominence of a syllable in terms of differential loudness, or of pitch, or length, or of a combination of these.
- 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.
- 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.
- centra
-
noun,
a plural of centrum.
- centr-
-
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- nitr-
-
- eider
-
noun,
eider duck.
- think
-
noun,
Informal. the act or a period of thinking:
- eerie
-
adjective,
uncanny, so as to inspire superstitious fear; weird:
- edit.
-
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- Edith
-
noun,
a female given name: from Old English words meaning “rich, happy” and “war.”.
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- enact
-
verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- antic
-
noun,
Usually, antics.
a playful trick or prank; caper.
a grotesque, fantastic, or ludicrous gesture, act, or posture.
- anti-
-
- Thira
-
noun,
Thera.
- enate
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- niche
-
noun,
an ornamental recess in a wall or the like, usually semicircular in plan and arched, as for a statue or other decorative object.
- andr-
-
- 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.
- ither
-
adjective, pronoun, adverb,
other.
- nicad
-
noun,
nickel-cadmium battery.
- erect
-
adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- Ikeda
-
noun,
Hayato [hah-yah-taw] /hɑˈyɑ tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1899–1965, Japanese statesman: prime minister 1960–64.
- Erech
-
noun,
Biblical name of Uruk.
- 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.
- niece
-
noun,
a daughter of a person's brother or sister.
- Irene
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of the Horae, the personification of peace.
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- third
-
noun,
a third part, especially of one (1/3).
- ante-
-
- Ender
-
noun,
Kornelia [kawr-neyl-yuh,, -ney-lee-uh] /kɔrˈneɪl yə,, -ˈneɪ li ə/ (Show IPA), born 1958, German swimmer.
- anth-
-
- tried
-
noun,
an attempt or effort:
- Edina
-
noun,
a city in SE Minnesota, near Minneapolis.
- raked
-
noun,
an agricultural implement with teeth or tines for gathering cut grass, hay, or the like or for smoothing the surface of the ground.
- radek
-
noun,
Karl [kahrl] /kɑrl/ (Show IPA), 1885–1939? Russian writer and politician.
- Arete
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- react
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- 30-30
-
- drink
-
noun,
any liquid that is swallowed to quench thirst, for nourishment, etc.; beverage.
- 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.
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- Reade
-
noun,
Charles, 1814–84, English novelist.
- arith
-
- rathe
-
adjective,
Archaic. growing, blooming, or ripening early in the year or season.
- Arkie
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a migrant worker originally from Arkansas.
- intr.
-
- 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.
- Arndt
-
noun,
Ernst Moritz [ernst moh-rits] /ɛrnst ˈmoʊ rɪts/ (Show IPA), 1769–1860, German poet and historian.
- recce
-
noun,
(especially in British military use) reconnaissance:
- dreck
-
noun,
excrement; dung.
- thick
-
noun,
the thickest, densest, or most crowded part:
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- reach
-
noun,
an act or instance of reaching:
- tech.
-
- edict
-
noun,
a decree issued by a sovereign or other authority. Synonyms: dictum, pronouncement.
- trike
-
noun,
tricycle.
- Iran.
-
- Arch.
-
- icker
-
noun,
the fruit-bearing spike of any cereal plant, especially an ear of corn.
- ectad
-
adverb,
outward.
- ranch
-
noun,
an establishment maintained for raising livestock under range conditions.
- Archd
-
- arche
-
- incr.
-
- Indra
-
noun,
Hinduism. the chief of the Vedic gods, the god of rain and thunder.
- irade
-
noun,
a decree of a Muslim ruler.
- Indre
-
noun,
a department in central France. 2667 sq. mi. (6910 sq. km). Capital: Châteauroux.
- thine
-
pronoun,
the possessive case of thou1. used as a predicate adjective, after a noun or without a noun.
- Ranee
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- eaten
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- ranid
-
noun,
frog1 (def 2).
- Arden
-
noun,
Forest of, a forest district in central England, in N Warwickshire: scene of Shakespeare's As You Like It.
- Earth
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the planet third in order from the sun, having an equatorial diameter of 7926 miles (12,755 km) and a polar diameter of 7900 miles (12,714 km), a mean distance from the sun of 92.9 million miles (149.6 million km), and a period of revolution of 365.26 days, and having one satellite.
- eared
-
noun,
the part of a cereal plant, as corn, wheat, etc., that contains the flowers and hence the fruit, grains, or kernels.
- trick
-
noun,
a crafty or underhanded device, maneuver, stratagem, or the like, intended to deceive or cheat; artifice; ruse; wile.
- Ernie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Ernest.
- Neth.
-
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- AC/DC
-
adjective,
sexually responsive to both men and women; bisexual.
- heder
-
noun,
(especially in Europe) a private Jewish elementary school for teaching children Hebrew, Bible, and the fundamentals of Judaism.
- acrid
-
adjective,
sharp or biting to the taste or smell; bitterly pungent; irritating to the eyes, nose, etc.:
- kente
-
noun,
a colorful fabric of Ghanaian origin: often worn as a symbol of African-American pride.
- hect-
-
- Hind.
-
- Hecht
-
noun,
Also called bird dismount. a dismount, as from the horizontal bar, in which a gymnast releases the apparatus at the height of a backswing, sails forward with outstretched arms and legs, and lands upright on the feet.
- aden-
-
- acred
-
adjective,
owning many acres of land; landed.
- triac
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- Heath
-
noun,
a tract of open and uncultivated land; wasteland overgrown with shrubs.
- traik
-
verb (used without object),
to become ill or lose one's good health.
- kench
-
noun,
a deep bin in which animal skins and fish are salted.
- adret
-
noun,
a side of a mountain receiving direct sunlight.
- trade
-
noun,
the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries:
- heart
-
noun,
Anatomy. a hollow, pumplike organ of blood circulation, composed mainly of rhythmically contractile smooth muscle, located in the chest between the lungs and slightly to the left and consisting of four chambers: a right atrium that receives blood returning from the body via the superior and inferior vena cavae, a right ventricle that pumps the blood through the pulmonary artery to the lungs for oxygenation, a left atrium that receives the oxygenated blood via the pulmonary veins and passes it through the mitral valve, and a left ventricle that pumps the oxygenated blood, via the aorta, throughout the body.
- Hearn
-
noun,
Lafcadio [laf-kad-ee-oh] /læfˈkæd iˌoʊ/ (Show IPA), ("Koizumi Yakumo") 1850–1904, U.S. journalist, novelist, and essayist, born in Greece; Japanese citizen after 1894.
- Hedin
-
noun,
Sven Anders [sven ahn-duh rs] /svɛn ˈɑn dərs/ (Show IPA), 1865–1952, Swedish geographer and explorer.
- hier-
-
- Trace
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- Henri
-
noun,
Robert, 1865–1929, U.S. painter.
- Herne
-
noun,
James A(hern) [uh-hurn] /əˈhɜrn/ (Show IPA), 1839–1901, U.S. actor and playwright.
- acet-
-
- ketch
-
noun,
a sailing vessel rigged fore and aft on two masts, the larger, forward one being the mainmast and the after one, stepped forward of the rudderpost, being the mizzen or jigger.
- treen
-
noun,
treenware.
- Herat
-
noun,
a city in NW Afghanistan.
- 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.
- kheda
-
noun,
(in India) an enclosure constructed to ensnare wild elephants.
- Henie
-
noun,
Sonja, 1912–69, U.S. figure-skater and film actress, born in Norway.
- trend
-
noun,
the general course or prevailing tendency; drift:
- ackee
-
noun,
akee.
- Hench
-
noun,
Philip Showalter [shoh-awl-ter] /ˈʃoʊ ɔl tər/ (Show IPA), 1896–1965, U.S. physician: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1950.
- hence
-
adverb,
as an inference from this fact; for this reason; therefore:
- tread
-
noun,
the action of treading, stepping, or walking.
- trank
-
noun,
a tranquilizer.
- Heine
-
noun,
Heinrich [hahyn-rikh] /ˈhaɪn rɪx/ (Show IPA), 1797–1856, German lyric and satiric poet, journalist, and critic.
- Kerch
-
noun,
a seaport in E Crimea, in S Ukraine, on Kerch Strait.
- Heian
-
adjective,
of or relating to the period in Japan, a.d. 794–1185, characterized by the modification and naturalization of ideas and institutions that were earlier introduced from China.
- hitch
-
noun,
the act or fact of fastening, as to something, especially temporarily.
- kithe
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make known by action; show; demonstrate; prove.
- Erika
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ethic
-
noun,
the body of moral principles or values governing or distinctive of a particular culture or group:
- Kedah
-
noun,
a state in Malaysia, on the W central Malay Peninsula. 3660 sq. mi. (9480 sq. km). Capital: Alor Star.
- hacek
-
noun,
a diacritical mark (ˇ) placed over a letter in some languages, as Czech and Lithuanian, and in some systems of phonetic transcription, especially to indicate that a sound is palatalized.
- trice
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- neath
-
preposition,
beneath.
- aitch
-
noun,
the letter H, h.
- Katie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Katherine or Catherine.
- Tieck
-
noun,
Ludwig [loot-vikh,, lood-] /ˈlut vɪx,, ˈlud-/ (Show IPA), 1773–1853, German writer.
- ether
-
noun,
Also called diethyl ether, diethyl oxide, ethyl ether, ethyl oxide, sulfuric ether. Chemistry, Pharmacology. a colorless, highly volatile, flammable liquid, C 4 H 10 O, having an aromatic odor and sweet, burning taste, derived from ethyl alcohol by the action of sulfuric acid: used as a solvent and, formerly, as an inhalant anesthetic.
- Aiken
-
noun,
Conrad (Potter) 1889–1973, U.S. poet.
- akene
-
noun,
achene.
- Ethan
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “strength.”.
- THREE
-
noun,
a cardinal number, 2 plus 1.
- ancre
-
adjective,
having the end of each limb divided and carved outward like the flukes of an anchor; moline:
- acct.
-
- ichth
-
- Andie
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- Karen
-
noun,
a group of people of eastern and southern Burma (Myanmar).
- Kedar
-
noun,
the second son of Ishmael. Gen. 25:13.
- natch
-
adverb,
of course; naturally.
- knead
-
verb (used with object),
to work (dough, clay, etc.) into a uniform mixture by pressing, folding, and stretching.
- Triad
-
noun,
a group of three, especially of three closely related persons or things.
- aeri-
-
- hater
-
noun,
a person who has an intense dislike for another person or thing (often used in combination):
- aerie
-
noun,
the nest of a bird of prey, as an eagle or a hawk.
- Hatch
-
noun,
the act of hatching.
- krait
-
noun,
any of several large, usually banded, placid but highly venomous snakes constituting the genus Bungarus, of the cobra family, common in southeastern Asia and the Malay Archipelago.
- Harte
-
noun,
(Francis) Bret [bret] /brɛt/ (Show IPA), 1839–1902, U.S. author, especially of short stories.
- tired
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- nacre
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- naked
-
adjective,
being without clothing or covering; nude:
- drank
-
noun,
any liquid that is swallowed to quench thirst, for nourishment, etc.; beverage.
- Keith
-
noun,
Sir Arthur, 1866–1955, Scottish anthropologist.
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- Keita
-
noun,
Modibo [maw-dee-baw] /mɔˈdi bɔ/ (Show IPA), 1915–77, African statesman: president of Mali 1960–68.
- Nader
-
noun,
Ralph, born 1934, U.S. lawyer, author, political reformer, and consumer advocate.
- Keene
-
noun,
a city in SW New Hampshire.
- nadir
-
noun,
Astronomy. the point on the celestial sphere directly beneath a given position or observer and diametrically opposite the zenith.
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- Recit
-
- cheat
-
noun,
a person who acts dishonestly, deceives, or defrauds:
- Drake
-
noun,
a male duck.
Compare duck1 (def 2).
- Crick
-
noun,
a sharp, painful spasm of the muscles, as of the neck or back.
- dance
-
noun,
a successive group of rhythmical steps or bodily motions, or both, usually executed to music.
- Rieka
-
noun,
Rijeka.
- terce
-
noun,
tierce (def 3).
- Dache
-
noun,
Lilly, 1914?–1989, U.S. hat designer, born in France.
- tache
-
noun,
a buckle; clasp.
- crit.
-
- crine
-
noun,
hair; head of hair.
- cried
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- Terah
-
noun,
the father of Abraham. Gen. 11:25–32.
- danke
-
interjection,
thank you.
- Crete
-
noun,
Formerly Candia. a Greek island in the Mediterranean, SE of mainland Greece. 3235 sq. mi. (8380 sq. km). Capital: Canea.
- tera-
-
- Creek
-
noun,
U.S., Canada, and Australia. a stream smaller than a river.
- creed
-
noun,
any system, doctrine, or formula of religious belief, as of a denomination.
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- Cedar
-
noun,
any of several Old World, coniferous trees of the genus Cedrus, having wide, spreading branches.
Compare cedar of Lebanon.
- creak
-
noun,
a creaking sound.
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- crate
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- Cath.
-
- Dante
-
noun,
(Dante Alighieri) 1265–1321, Italian poet: author of the Divine Comedy.
- crank
-
noun,
Machinery. any of several types of arms or levers for imparting rotary or oscillatory motion to a rotating shaft, one end of the crank being fixed to the shaft and the other end receiving reciprocating motion from a hand, connecting rod, etc.
- carne
-
noun,
Marcel [mahr-sel;; French mar-sel] /mɑrˈsɛl;; French marˈsɛl/ (Show IPA), 1909–1996, French film director.
- Caren
-
noun,
a female given name.
- caret
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- Carie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- decan
-
noun,
any of three divisions of 10° within a sign of the zodiac.
- deca-
-
- Death
-
noun,
the act of dying; the end of life; the total and permanent cessation of all the vital functions of an organism.
Compare brain death.
- Carin
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Rhein
-
noun,
the Rhine.
- Thach
-
noun,
Edward, Teach, Edward.
- rhet.
-
- Drain
-
noun,
something, as a pipe or conduit, by which a liquid drains.
- rhin-
-
- rhine
-
noun,
Joseph Banks, 1895–1980, U.S. psychologist: pioneer in parapsychology.
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- Carte
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- terne
-
noun,
terne metal.
- daric
-
noun,
a gold coin and monetary unit of ancient Persia.
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- cater
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- Tench
-
noun,
a freshwater food fish, Tinca tinca, of Europe and Asia that can survive short periods out of water.
- Crane
-
noun,
any large wading bird of the family Gruidae, characterized by long legs, bill, and neck and an elevated hind toe.
- Card.
-
- Cheka
-
noun,
(in the Soviet Union) the state secret-police organization (1917–22), succeeded by the GPU.
- Chick
-
noun,
a young chicken or other bird.
- Chian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Chios.
- Teena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Albertina, Bettina, or Christina.
- Teach
-
noun,
Informal. teacher.
- 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.
- cheth
-
noun,
heth.
- chert
-
noun,
a compact rock consisting essentially of microcrystalline quartz.
- Chere
-
adjective,
dear; beloved: used in referring to or addressing a woman or girl.
- Chain
-
noun,
a series of objects connected one after the other, usually in the form of a series of metal rings passing through one another, used either for various purposes requiring a flexible tie with high tensile strength, as for hauling, supporting, or confining, or in various ornamental and decorative forms.
- cheer
-
noun,
a shout of encouragement, approval, congratulation, etc.:
- ceric
-
adjective,
containing cerium, especially in the tetravalent state.
- chair
-
noun,
a seat, especially for one person, usually having four legs for support and a rest for the back and often having rests for the arms.
- cheek
-
noun,
either side of the face below the eye and above the jaw.
- chank
-
verb (used without object),
to eat noisily or greedily.
- chant
-
noun,
a short, simple melody, especially one characterized by single notes to which an indefinite number of syllables are intoned, used in singing psalms, canticles, etc., in church services.
- char-
-
- Chard
-
noun,
a variety of beet, Beta vulgaris cicla, having leaves and leafstalks that are used as a vegetable.
- Chari
-
noun,
Shari.
- chark
-
noun,
charcoal (def 1).
- chart
-
noun,
a sheet exhibiting information in tabular form.
- cert.
-
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- crake
-
noun,
any of several short-billed rails, especially the corn crake.
- cnida
-
noun,
a nematocyst.
- taken
-
noun,
the act of taking.
- cent.
-
- takin
-
noun,
a mountain-dwelling bovid, Budorcas taxicolor, native to the eastern Himalayas, China, and northern Burma, that resembles a cross between a goat and a musk ox.
- 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.
- CIRCA
-
preposition, adverb,
about: (used especially in) approximate dates:
Abbreviation: ca, ca., c., c, cir., circ.
- cine-
-
- cinch
-
noun,
a strong girth used on stock saddles, having a ring at each end to which a strap running from the saddle is secured.
- Tarde
-
noun,
Gabriel [ga-bree-el] /ga briˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1843–1904, French sociologist.
- chide
-
verb (used with object),
to express disapproval of; scold; reproach:
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- Chita
-
noun,
a city in the SE Russian Federation in Asia.
- Tchad
-
noun,
Chad.
- chirk
-
verb (used with object),
Informal. to cheer (usually followed by up).
- Chink
-
noun,
a crack, cleft, or fissure:
- chine
-
noun,
a ravine formed in rock by the action of running water.
- China
-
noun,
a translucent ceramic material, biscuit-fired at a high temperature, its glaze fired at a low temperature.
- Chin.
-
- 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).
- 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.
- ratch
-
noun,
a ratchet.
- Reich
-
noun,
(with reference to Germany) empire; realm; nation.
- retd.
-
- deka-
-
- cairn
-
noun,
a heap of stones set up as a landmark, monument, tombstone, etc.
- dich-
-
- Cant.
-
- deter
-
verb (used with object),
to discourage or restrain from acting or proceeding:
- Cadet
-
noun,
a student in a national service academy or private military school or on a training ship.
- dict.
-
- denar
-
noun,
the basic monetary unit of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
- cadre
-
noun,
Military. the key group of officers and enlisted personnel necessary to establish and train a new military unit.
- dicta
-
noun,
a plural of dictum.
- retch
-
noun,
the act or an instance of retching.
- reni-
-
- rente
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- Dinka
-
noun,
a member of a tall, pastoral people of Sudan.
- Derek
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Caird
-
noun,
a traveling tinker, especially a gypsy.
- caine
-
noun,
(Sir Thomas Henry) Hall, 1853–1931, English novelist.
- diene
-
noun,
any compound, as 1,3-butadiene, CH 2 =CH−CH=CH 2 , that contains two double bonds.
- dent.
-
- diner
-
noun,
a person who dines.
- Thare
-
noun,
Terah.
- dinar
-
noun,
any of various former coins of the Near East, especially gold coins issued by Islamic governments.
- Dinah
-
noun,
Also, Douay Bible, Dina. the daughter of Jacob and Leah. Gen. 30:21.
- cache
-
noun,
a hiding place, especially one in the ground, for ammunition, food, treasures, etc.:
- theca
-
noun,
a case or receptacle.
- Dirac
-
noun,
Paul Adrien Maurice, 1902–84, British physicist, in the U.S. after 1971: Nobel Prize 1933.
- Renee
-
noun,
a female given name, French form of Renata.
- there
-
noun,
that state or condition:
- dhikr
-
noun,
a meeting of dervishes at which a phrase containing a name of God is chanted rhythmically to induce a state of ecstasy.
- deci-
-
- rect.
-
- rheda
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) a four-wheeled traveling carriage.
- recta
-
noun,
a plural of rectum.
- Thera
-
noun,
a Greek island in the S Aegean, in the Cyclades group. 30 sq. mi. (78 sq. km).
- canid
-
noun,
any animal of the dog family Canidae, including the wolves, jackals, hyenas, coyotes, foxes, and domestic dogs.
- caner
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- ditch
-
noun,
a long, narrow excavation made in the ground by digging, as for draining or irrigating land; trench.
- Thane
-
noun,
Early English History. a member of any of several aristocratic classes of men ranking between earls and ordinary freemen, and granted lands by the king or by lords for military service.
- Deere
-
noun,
John, 1804–86, U.S. inventor and manufacturer of farm implements.
- Redan
-
noun,
a V -shaped work, usually projecting from a fortified line.
- canc.
-
- deice
-
verb (used with object),
to free of ice; prevent or remove ice formation on, as the wing of an airplane.
- Dirae
-
plural noun,
the Furies. See fury (def 3).
- thank
-
noun,
Usually, thanks. a grateful feeling or acknowledgment of a benefit, favor, or the like, expressed by words or otherwise:
- their
-
noun,
any male person or animal; a man:
- redia
-
noun,
a cylindrical larval stage of some trematodes, produced by a sporocyst and giving rise to daughter rediae or to cercariae.
- 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.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- Reik
-
noun,
Theodor [thee-uh-dawr,, -dohr;; German tey-aw-dawr] /ˈθi əˌdɔr,, -ˌdoʊr;; German ˈteɪ ɔˌdɔr/ (Show IPA), 1888–1969, U.S. psychologist and author, born in Austria.
- trek
-
noun,
a journey or trip, especially one involving difficulty or hardship.
- RAND
-
noun,
(in shoemaking) a strip of leather set in a shoe at the heel before the lifts are attached.
- Khan
-
noun,
(in the Altaic group of languages) a title held by hereditary rulers or tribal chiefs.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- thee
-
pronoun,
the objective case of thou1 :
- tri-
-
- Kern
-
noun,
a part of the face of a type projecting beyond the body or shank, as in certain italic letters.
- tank
-
noun,
a large receptacle, container, or structure for holding a liquid or gas:
- khat
-
noun,
kat.
- ten.
-
- tanh
-
- ket-
-
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- keta
-
noun,
chum salmon.
- 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.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- than
-
conjunction,
(used, as after comparative adjectives and adverbs, to introduce the second member of an unequal comparison):
- Kean
-
noun,
Edmund, 1787–1833, English actor, especially known for performance of Shakespearean roles.
- Kent
-
noun,
James, 1763–1847, U.S. jurist.
- 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.
- Kahn
-
noun,
Louis Isadore, 1901–74, U.S. architect, born in Estonia.
- RdAc
-
- kadi
-
noun,
qadi.
- teen
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- trid
-
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Itch
-
noun,
the sensation of itching.
- Kane
-
noun,
cain.
- Ire.
-
- Teak
-
noun,
a large East Indian tree, Tectona grandis, of the verbena family, yielding a hard, durable, resinous, yellowish-brown wood used for shipbuilding, making furniture, etc.
- Read
-
noun,
an act or instance of reading:
- rede
-
noun,
counsel; advice.
- Irak
-
noun,
Iraq.
- then
-
noun,
that time:
- reck
-
verb (used with object),
Archaic. to have regard for; mind; heed.
- Kain
-
noun,
cain.
- Kant
-
noun,
Immanuel [ih-man-yoo-uh l;; German ih-mah-noo-el] /ɪˈmæn yu əl;; German ɪˈmɑ nuˌɛl/ (Show IPA), 1724–1804, German philosopher.
- Reid
-
noun,
Sir George Huston, 1845–1918, Australian statesman, born in Scotland: prime minister 1904–05.
- Reed
-
noun,
the straight stalk of any of various tall grasses, especially of the genera Phragmites and Arundo, growing in marshy places.
- Rank
-
noun,
a number of persons forming a separate class in a social hierarchy or in any graded body.
- reek
-
noun,
a strong, unpleasant smell.
- Keir
-
noun,
kier.
- keet
-
noun,
a young guinea fowl.
- Keen
-
noun,
a wailing lament for the dead.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- keat
-
noun,
keet.
- rcd.
-
- rend
-
verb (used with object),
to separate into parts with force or violence:
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- tchr
-
- Kate
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Katherine or Catherine.
- kart
-
noun,
a small, light, low-slung, four-wheeled vehicle, usually powered by a gasoline engine, capable of speeds up to 60 miles per hour (96 km/h), and used for racing or recreation.
- Thin
-
adverb,
in a thin manner.
- RCCh
-
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- kine
-
noun,
a plural of cow1 .
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- nard
-
noun,
an aromatic Himalayan plant, believed to be the spikenard, Nardostachys jatamansi, the source of an ointment used by the ancients.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Rich
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) rich persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- NCTE
-
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- nide
-
noun,
a nest or brood, especially of pheasants.
- nark
-
noun,
British Slang. a stool pigeon or informer.
- narc
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- NDak
-
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- Rick
-
noun,
Also, hayrick. Chiefly Midland U.S. a large, usually rectangular stack or pile of hay, straw, corn, or the like, in a field, especially when thatched or covered by a tarpaulin; an outdoor or makeshift mow.
- NADH
-
- Nike
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of victory.
- Rida
-
- NIRA
-
- NDAC
-
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- ride
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- tick
-
noun,
a slight, sharp, recurring click, tap, or beat, as of a clock.
- Thai
-
noun,
Also called Thailander [tahy-lan-der, -luh n-] /ˈtaɪˌlæn dər, -lən-/ (Show IPA). a native or descendant of a native of Thailand.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- nerd
-
noun,
a person considered to be socially awkward, boring, unstylish, etc.
- NICE
-
noun,
a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
- Neh.
-
- need
-
noun,
a requirement, necessary duty, or obligation:
- Rhee
-
noun,
Syngman [sing-muh n] /ˈsɪŋ mən/ (Show IPA), 1875–1965, president of South Korea 1948–60.
- Rhea
-
noun,
the ramie plant or fiber.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- thae
-
pronoun, adjective,
those.
- 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.
- thir
-
pronoun,
these.
- 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.
- Nick
-
noun,
a small notch, groove, chip, or the like, cut into or existing in something.
- neck
-
noun,
the part of the body of an animal or human being that connects the head and the trunk.
- Nida
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Nydia.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- kran
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Iran.
- Kier
-
noun,
a large vat in which fibers, yarns, or fabrics are boiled, bleached, or dyed.
- kirn
-
noun,
a churn.
- RACE
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- rack
-
noun,
a framework of bars, wires, or pegs on which articles are arranged or deposited:
- rad.
-
- 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.
- ter.
-
- Thea
-
noun,
a female given name.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- tend
-
Verb phrases,
tend on/upon, Archaic. to attend or wait upon; minister to; serve:
- NTIA
-
- Kind
-
noun,
a class or group of individual objects, people, animals, etc., of the same nature or character, or classified together because they have traits in common; category:
- RAID
-
noun,
a sudden assault or attack, as upon something to be seized or suppressed:
- kina
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, equal to 100 toea.
- 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).
- rake
-
noun,
an agricultural implement with teeth or tines for gathering cut grass, hay, or the like or for smoothing the surface of the ground.
- 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.
- raki
-
noun,
a spirituous liquor distilled from grain, grapes, plums, etc., in southeastern Europe and the Near East.
- the-
-
- kite
-
noun,
a light frame covered with some thin material, to be flown in the wind at the end of a long string.
- 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.
- rit.
-
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Rind
-
noun,
a thick and firm outer coat or covering, as of certain fruits, cheeses, and meats:
- Knt.
-
- Thar
-
noun,
tahr.
- knit
-
noun,
fabric produced by knitting.
- rink
-
noun,
a smooth expanse of ice for ice-skating, often artificially prepared and inside a building or arena.
- knee
-
noun,
Anatomy. the joint of the leg that allows for movement between the femur and tibia and is protected by the patella; the central area of the leg between the thigh and the lower leg.
- knar
-
noun,
a knot on a tree or in wood.
- tahr
-
noun,
any of several Old World wild goats of the genus Hemitragus, as H. jemlahicus (Himalayan tahr) introduced into New Zealand, having a long mane and short, stout, recurving horns: most are endangered or threatened in their native regions.
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- kith
-
noun,
acquaintances, friends, neighbors, or the like; persons living in the same general locality and forming a more or less cohesive group.
- thi-
-
- Tace
-
noun,
tasset.
- tach
-
noun,
tachometer.
- tack
-
noun,
a short, sharp-pointed nail, usually with a flat, broad head.
- Nah.
-
- tRNA
-
- int.
-
- Cete
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- enc.
-
- cede
-
verb (used with object),
to yield or formally surrender to another:
- cedi
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Ghana, equal to 100 pesewas.
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- cen.
-
- cene
-
- cera
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- 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.
- CERN
-
- cet-
-
- Ceta
-
noun,
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.
- Chad
-
noun,
a small paper disk or square formed when a hole is punched in a punch card or paper tape.
- end-
-
- chai
-
noun,
a shed or other aboveground building where a winemaker stores wine in casks.
- chat
-
noun,
informal conversation:
- EDTA
-
- Chen
-
noun,
a dynasty that ruled in China a.d. 557–89.
- Edna
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “rejuvenation, rebirth.”.
- Edie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Edith.
- Cher
-
noun,
a river in central France, flowing NW to the Loire River. 220 miles (355 km) long.
- Chet
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Chester.
- chia
-
noun,
a plant, Salvia columbariae, of the mint family, native to the southwestern U.S. and Mexico, having mostly basal, oblong leaves and small blue flowers: the seeds are used as food and as the source of a beverage.
- Eden
-
noun,
the place where Adam and Eve lived before the Fall. Gen. 2:8–24.
- Chic
-
noun,
style and elegance, especially in dress:
- chit
-
noun,
a signed note for money owed for food, drink, etc.
- ence
-
- Enid
-
noun,
a city in N Oklahoma.
- ect-
-
- Eth.
-
- hade
-
noun,
Geology. the angle between a fault plane and the vertical, measured perpendicular to the strike of the fault; complement of the dip.
- cadi
-
noun,
qadi.
- caid
-
noun,
(in North Africa) a Muslim tribal chief, judge, or senior official.
- Cain
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- cake
-
noun,
a sweet, baked, breadlike food, made with or without shortening, and usually containing flour, sugar, baking powder or soda, eggs, and liquid flavoring.
- Can.
-
- cane
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- CARE
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- cark
-
noun,
care or worry.
- 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.
- etch
-
noun,
Printing. an acid used for etching.
- Enki
-
noun,
a Sumerian water god and god of wisdom: the counterpart of the Akkadian Ea.
- etc.
-
- Carn
-
noun,
cairn.
- date
-
noun,
a particular month, day, and year at which some event happened or will happen:
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- CART
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- cat.
-
- Erik
-
noun,
a male given name.
- 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).
- Cate
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- Cdr.
-
- Chr.
-
- 1080
-
- haet
-
noun,
a little bit; a whit.
- Dene
-
noun,
a bare, sandy tract or low sand hill near the sea.
- Dick
-
noun,
Older Use. a detective.
- 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.
- dia-
-
- Dak.
-
- Dan.
-
abbreviation,
Bible. Daniel (def 1).
- Dane
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Denmark.
- dank
-
noun,
Slang. high-quality marijuana:
- dern
-
adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
darn2 .
- dere
-
adjective,
dear2 .
- der.
-
- Deni
-
noun,
a monetary unit of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the 100th part of a denar.
- Den.
-
- Dike
-
noun,
an embankment for controlling or holding back the waters of the sea or a river:
- deke
-
noun,
a fake or feint intended to deceive a defensive player, often drawing that player out of position.
- deet
-
plural noun,
details:
- Deer
-
noun,
any of several ruminants of the family Cervidae, most of the males of which have solid, deciduous antlers.
- Dare
-
noun,
an act of daring or defiance; challenge.
- Dari
-
noun,
a form of Persian, spoken in Afghanistan.
- Deck
-
noun,
Nautical.
a floorlike surface wholly or partially occupying one level of a hull, superstructure, or deckhouse, generally cambered, and often serving as a member for strengthening the structure of a vessel.
the space between such a surface and the next such surface above:
- Dec.
-
- DEAR
-
noun,
a person who is good, kind, or generous:
- 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.
- dark
-
noun,
the absence of light; darkness:
- Darn
-
noun,
a darned place, as in a garment:
- DChE
-
- Diet
-
noun,
food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health:
- Din.
-
- echt
-
adjective,
real; authentic; genuine.
- Drin
-
noun,
a river in S Europe, flowing generally NW from SW Macedonia through N Albania into the Adriatic. 180 miles (290 km) long.
- eath
-
adjective, adverb,
easy.
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- cide
-
- cir.
-
- each
-
adverb,
to, from, or for each; apiece:
- circ
-
noun,
circular (def 9).
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- cit.
-
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- crat
-
- Cree
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- drek
-
noun,
dreck.
- Dine
-
noun,
Scot. dinner.
- dree
-
adjective,
tedious; dreary.
- drch
-
- drat
-
interjection,
(used to express mild disgust, disappointment, or the like):
- ctr.
-
- Dace
-
noun,
a small, freshwater cyprinoid fish, Leuciscus leuciscus, of Europe, having a stout, fusiform body.
- dite
-
noun,
a bit (usually used in negative constructions):
- DIRT
-
noun,
any foul or filthy substance, as mud, grime, dust, or excrement.
- Dirk
-
noun,
a dagger, especially of the Scottish Highlands.
- DIRE
-
adjective,
causing or involving great fear or suffering; dreadful; terrible:
- dir.
-
- dint
-
noun,
force; power:
- dink
-
noun,
dinghy.
- 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.
- Erne
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- cack
-
noun,
a soft-soled, heelless shoe for infants.
- Akin
-
adjective,
of kin; related by blood (usually used predicatively):
- AInd
-
- Aire
-
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- hire
-
noun,
the act of hiring.
- hint
-
noun,
an indirect, covert, or helpful suggestion; clue:
- cac-
-
- akee
-
noun,
a tropical tree, Blighia sapida, of the soapberry family, cultivated for the edible aril of its seeds.
- hide
-
noun,
British. a place of concealment for hunting or observing wildlife; hunting blind.
- hick
-
noun,
an unsophisticated, boorish, and provincial person; rube.
- Heth
-
noun,
the eighth letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- aide
-
noun,
nurse's aide.
- Here
-
noun,
this place:
- herd
-
noun,
a number of animals kept, feeding, or traveling together; drove; flock:
- HERA
-
noun,
the ancient Greek queen of heaven, a daughter of Cronus and Rhea and the wife and sister of Zeus.
- her.
-
- ance
-
- 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).
- hent
-
verb (used with object),
to seize.
- ankh
-
noun,
a tau cross with a loop at the top, used as a symbol of generation or enduring life.
- heir
-
noun,
a person who inherits or has a right of inheritance in the property of another following the latter's death.
- Ind.
-
- Ahir
-
noun,
a member of the caste of cowherds and milkmen in India.
- Heer
-
noun,
an old unit of measure for linen and woolen yarn, equivalent to about 600 yards (550 meters).
- 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.
- IndE
-
- inch
-
noun,
a unit of length, 1/12 (0.0833) foot, equivalent to 2.54 centimeters.
- 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
-
- acc.
-
- ache
-
noun,
a continuous, dull pain (in contrast to a sharp, sudden, or sporadic pain).
- 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.
- ikat
-
noun,
a method of printing woven fabric by tie-dyeing the warp yarns (warp ikat) the weft yarns (weft ikat) or both (double ikat) before weaving.
- acr-
-
- aet.
-
- 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.
- IEEE
-
- IDEA
-
noun,
any conception existing in the mind as a result of mental understanding, awareness, or activity.
- ACTH
-
- idae
-
- Adie
-
noun,
a female given name.
- adit
-
noun,
an entrance or a passage.
- iced
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- Ice.
-
- aer-
-
- ant.
-
- Hike
-
noun,
a long walk or march for recreational activity, military training, or the like.
- 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.
- hark
-
noun,
a hunter's shout to hounds, as to encourage them in following the scent.
- hath
-
noun,
Usually, haves. an individual or group that has wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have-not).
- hate
-
noun,
intense dislike; extreme aversion or hostility.
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- art.
-
- Hart
-
noun,
a male deer, commonly of the red deer, Cervus elaphus, especially after its fifth year.
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- atic
-
- Hare
-
noun,
any rodentlike mammal of the genus Lepus, of the family Leporidae, having long ears, a divided upper lip, and long hind limbs adapted for leaping.
- arid
-
adjective,
being without moisture; extremely dry; parched:
- hard
-
noun,
Nautical. a firm or paved beach or slope convenient for hauling vessels out of the water.
- Hank
-
noun,
a skein, as of thread or yarn.
- Hand
-
noun,
the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- Hake
-
noun,
any marine fish of the genus Merluccius, closely related to the cods, especially M. bilinearis, found off the New England coast.
- hair
-
noun,
any of the numerous fine, usually cylindrical, keratinous filaments growing from the skin of humans and animals; a pilus.
- haik
-
noun,
an oblong cloth used as an outer garment by the Arabs.
- Hahn
-
noun,
Otto, 1879–1968, German chemist: Nobel Prize 1944.
- Ark.
-
- dat.
-
- Heck
-
noun,
something remarkable of its kind (usually used in the phrase heck of a):
- heat
-
noun,
the state of a body perceived as having or generating a relatively high degree of warmth.
- head
-
noun,
the upper part of the body in humans, joined to the trunk by the neck, containing the brain, eyes, ears, nose, and mouth.
- heed
-
noun,
careful attention; notice; observation (usually with give or take).
- hear
-
verb (used with object),
to perceive by the ear:
- ca.
-
- ch.
-
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- Teh
-
noun,
Te.
- ade
-
noun,
George, 1866–1944, U.S. humorist.
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- cc.
-
- ae.
-
- dah
-
noun,
an echoic word, the referent of which is a tone interval approximately three times the length of the dot, used to designate the dash of Morse code, International Morse code, etc.
- CAR
-
noun,
an automobile.
- ChE
-
noun,
Ernesto [er-nes-taw] /ɛrˈnɛs tɔ/ (Show IPA), ("Che") 1928–67, Cuban revolutionist and political leader, born in Argentina.
- AEC
-
- tha
-
noun,
the fourth letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- DAE
-
- tra
-
- tr.
-
- RNA
-
- rnd
-
- ACT
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- CDT
-
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- Ar.
-
- ac-
-
- ad-
-
- ADC
-
- CAD
-
noun,
an ill-bred man, especially one who behaves in a dishonorable or irresponsible way toward women.
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- AID
-
noun,
help or support; assistance.
- CED
-
- CAI
-
- an.
-
- DAR
-
- rte
-
- TRH
-
- THC
-
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- ACH
-
interjection,
alas; oh.
- CEC
-
- ct.
-
- RID
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- cr.
-
- ACK
-
- rt.
-
- AHE
-
- ThD
-
- TCA
-
- CID
-
noun,
The ("El Cid Campeador"; Rodrigo Díaz de Bivar) c1040–99, Spanish soldier: hero of the wars against the Moors.
- CEA
-
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- CIC
-
- CIA
-
- ake
-
verb (used without object),
ache.
- TID
-
- ard
-
- CCA
-
- CCD
-
verb (used with object),
to send a duplicate of a document, email, or the like to:
- CIE
-
- Akh
-
noun,
the transfigured and beatified spirit of a dead person.
- 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.
- CCR
-
- CDC
-
- CHI
-
noun,
the twenty-second letter of the Greek alphabet (X, χ).
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- TIA
-
- ANC
-
- AKC
-
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- 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.
- cee
-
noun,
the letter C.
- ahi
-
noun,
yellowfin tuna, widely used in sashimi.
- ctn
-
plural,
carton.
- th-
-
- AIC
-
- cte
-
- ATC
-
- CTC
-
- CTA
-
- Tad
-
noun,
a small child, especially a boy.
- CRT
-
- CHA
-
noun,
tea.
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- CRC
-
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- CNC
-
- at.
-
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- 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.
- Ted
-
noun,
British Slang. Teddy boy.
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- 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.
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- HAT
-
noun,
a shaped covering for the head, usually with a crown and brim, especially for wear outdoors.
- NCC
-
- hae
-
verb (used with object), auxiliary verb,
have.
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- hah
-
interjection,
ha.
- Han
-
noun,
a dynasty in China, 206 b.c.–a.d. 220, with an interregnum, a.d. 9–25: characterized by consolidation of the centralized imperial state and territorial expansion.
Compare Earlier Han, Later Han.
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- NAD
-
- Kra
-
noun,
Isthmus of, the narrowest part of the Malay Peninsula, between the Bay of Bengal and the Gulf of Siam. 35 miles (56 km) wide.
- hr.
-
- kr.
-
- HCR
-
- hd.
-
- kn.
-
- Kit
-
noun,
a set or collection of tools, supplies, instructional matter, etc., for a specific purpose:
- kir
-
noun,
an apéritif of white wine or sometimes champagne (Kir Royale) flavored with cassis.
- heh
-
noun,
he2 .
- Hen
-
noun,
the female of the domestic fowl.
- HRH
-
- NDE
-
- Kid
-
noun,
Informal. a child or young person.
- 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:
- ene
-
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- NIA
-
- NHI
-
- NHA
-
- erk
-
noun,
an aircraftsman of the lowest rank in the Royal Air Force.
- ne-
-
- ERT
-
- 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.
- 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.
- ETR
-
- NEC
-
- HIH
-
- NEA
-
- kin
-
noun,
a person's relatives collectively; kinfolk.
- KIA
-
- Had
-
noun,
Usually, haves. an individual or group that has wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have-not).
- in.
-
- 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).
- Kan
-
- ide
-
- ka-
-
- Kt.
-
- ier
-
- Ike
-
noun,
Eisenhower, Dwight David.
- ite
-
- ich
-
noun,
a disease of tropical fishes, characterized by small, white nodules on the fins, skin, and eyes, caused by a ciliate protozoan, Ichthyophthirius multifiliis.
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ITC
-
- ITA
-
- irk
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate, annoy, or exasperate:
- IRC
-
- ine
-
- Ir.
-
- INH
-
- ick
-
interjection,
(used as an expression of distaste or repugnance.)
- ICC
-
- Kha
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Arabic alphabet, representing a velar spirant consonant sound.
- Ken
-
noun,
knowledge, understanding, or cognizance; mental perception:
- het
-
noun,
a heterosexual person.
- HHD
-
- HIC
-
interjection,
(an onomatopoeic word used to imitate or represent a hiccup.)
- hid
-
noun,
British. a place of concealment for hunting or observing wildlife; hunting blind.
- hie
-
verb (used with object),
to hasten (oneself):
- Ker
-
- hin
-
noun,
an ancient Hebrew unit of liquid measure equal to about one and one half gallons (5.7 liters).
- hit
-
noun,
an impact or collision, as of one thing against another.
- HRE
-
- ICA
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- ht.
-
- id.
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- ked
-
noun,
sheeptick.
- Ia.
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- Kea
-
noun,
a large, greenish New Zealand parrot, Nestor notabilis.
- kCi
-
- NIH
-
- nik
-
- en-
-
- ETD
-
- di.
-
- 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.
- Dr.
-
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- Eck
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noun,
Johann [yoh-hahn] /ˈyoʊ hɑn/ (Show IPA), (Johann Mayer) 1486–1543, German Roman Catholic theologian: opponent of Martin Luther.
- ECA
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- ec-
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- eat
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noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- ink
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noun,
a fluid or viscous substance used for writing or printing.
- ear
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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.
- ean
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- rat
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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.
- ead
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- ea.
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- RCA
-
- dh-
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- ETA
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noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- red
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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.
- eke
-
adverb,
also.
- RCN
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- RCT
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- RDA
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- RDC
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- REA
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- dk.
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- DNA
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- DTh
-
- DNR
-
- REC
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noun,
recreation.
- DRE
-
- dha
-
- Ree
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noun,
reeve3 .
- DET
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- rhe
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noun,
a centimeter-gram-second unit of fluidity, equal to the reciprocal of poise.
- nit
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noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- eir
-
- Ehr
-
- nr.
-
- NRA
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- NRC
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- Nth
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Idioms,
the nth degree / power,
a high degree or power.
the utmost degree or extent:
- Rd.
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- de-
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- ed.
-
- Re.
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- Dee
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noun,
a metal loop attached to tack, for fastening gear:
- DEA
-
- DEI
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adverb,
by the grace of God.
- Rai
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noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- rah
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation of encouragement to a player or team.)
- Ede
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noun,
a city in SW Nigeria.
- ret
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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.
- edh
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noun,
eth.
- EDC
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- Rae
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noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- EDT
-
- EDA
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noun,
a female given name.
- EEC
-
- EEE
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- t.
-
- KC
-
- TN
-
- tk
-
- K.
-
- 2D
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noun,
a two-dimensional form or appearance:
- DN
-
- D.
-
- IT
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noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- DA
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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.
- 3D
-
noun,
a three-dimensional form or appearance:
- A.
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noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- DC
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noun,
a surgical method for the removal of diseased tissue or an early embryo from the lining of the uterus by means of scraping.
- K2
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noun,
Also called Godwin Austen [god-win aw-stin] /ˈgɒd wɪn ˈɔ stɪn/ (Show IPA), Dapsang [duh p-suhng] /dəpˈsʌŋ/ (Show IPA). a mountain in N Kashmir, in the Karakoram range: second highest peak in the world. 28,250 feet (8611 meters).
- AH
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation of pain, surprise, pity, complaint, dislike, joy, etc., according to the manner of utterance.)
- AI
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noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- KD
-
- TI
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noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- TD
-
- RN
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- CE
-
- TC
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- TE
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noun,
ti1 .
- HI
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adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of high:
- HH
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- h.
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- RI
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- ND
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- RH
-
- RC
-
- RA
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noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- R.
-
- NH
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- eh
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interjection,
(an interrogative utterance, usually expressing surprise or doubt or seeking confirmation).
- NI
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- NC
-
- T1
-
- AK
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- TA
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noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- ic
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- i.
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- DT
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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.
- HK
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- ee
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- EI
-
- ck
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- KI
-
noun,
the Sumerian goddess personifying earth: the counterpart of the Akkadian Aruru.
- HE
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noun,
any male person or animal; a man:
- N.
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.