Anagrams of chlorobromomethane
Word chlorobromomethane has
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that can be made by using the letters of chlorobromomethane.
- bromoacetone
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noun,
a colorless and highly toxic liquid, CH 2 BrCOCH 3 , used as a lachrymatory compound in tear gas and chemical warfare gas.
- homeothermal
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adjective,
homoiothermal.
- bromomethane
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noun,
methyl bromide.
- hammercloth
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noun,
a cloth covering for the driver's seat on a horse-drawn carriage.
- three-color
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adjective,
having or characterized by the use of three colors.
- orthonormal
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adjective,
(of a system of functions) normal; normalized.
- monochrome
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noun,
a painting or drawing in different shades of a single color.
- Cheltenham
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noun,
a city in N Gloucestershire, in W England: resort.
- homochrome
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adjective,
homochromatic.
- anemochore
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noun,
an anemochorous plant, seed, or spore.
- chromomere
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noun,
Genetics. one of the beadlike granules arranged in a linear series in a chromonema.
- abhorrence
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noun,
a feeling of extreme repugnance or aversion; utter loathing; abomination.
- hemochrome
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noun,
the red coloring matter of the blood.
- homeotherm
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noun,
homoiotherm.
- coral-tree
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noun,
any of various tropical shrubs or trees of the genus Erythrina, of the legume family, having large clusters of pealike flowers.
- commonable
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adjective,
held jointly; for general use; public:
- latecomer
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noun,
a person who arrives late:
- broomcorn
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noun,
any of several varieties of sorghum having a long, stiff-branched panicle used in the manufacture of brooms.
- Rotherham
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noun,
a city in South Yorkshire, in N England.
- metronome
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noun,
a mechanical or electrical instrument that makes repeated clicking sounds at an adjustable pace, used for marking rhythm, especially in practicing music.
- Charleton
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noun,
a male given name.
- memorable
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adjective,
worth remembering; notable:
- one-acter
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noun,
a short play consisting of one act.
- hammertoe
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noun,
a clawlike deformity of a toe, usually the second or third, in which there is a permanent flexion of the second and third joints.
- embraceor
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noun,
a person guilty of embracery.
- chameleon
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noun,
any of numerous Old World lizards of the family Chamaeleontidae, characterized by the ability to change the color of their skin, very slow locomotion, and a projectile tongue.
- Bremerton
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noun,
a city in W Washington, on Puget Sound: navy yard.
- comonomer
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- bracteole
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noun,
a small or secondary bract, as on a pedicel.
- branchlet
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noun,
a small branch or a subdivision of a branch.
- correlate
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noun,
either of two related things, especially when one implies the other.
- celebrant
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noun,
a participant in any celebration.
- monometer
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noun,
a line of verse of one measure or foot.
- monotreme
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noun,
any animal of the Monotremata, the most primitive order of mammals, characterized by certain birdlike and reptilian features, as hatching young from eggs, and having a single opening for the digestive, urinary, and genital organs, comprising only the duckbill and the echidnas of Australia and New Guinea.
- Machmeter
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noun,
a device that indicates airspeed relative to the speed of sound.
- coralroot
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noun,
a saprophytic orchid of the genus Corallorhiza, of the Northern Hemisphere, having elongated clusters of small flowers on a leafless stem.
- cormorant
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noun,
any of several voracious, totipalmate seabirds of the family Phalacrocoracidae, as Phalacrocorax carbo, of America, Europe, and Asia, having a long neck and a distensible pouch under the bill for holding captured fish, used in China for catching fish.
- macromere
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noun,
one of the large blastomeres that form toward the vegetal pole in embryos undergoing unequal cleavage.
- locomotor
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adjective,
Also, locomotory. of, relating to, or affecting locomotion.
- barometer
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noun,
Meteorology. any instrument that measures atmospheric pressure.
Compare aneroid barometer, mercury barometer.
- cothamore
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noun,
a frieze fabric, often used in the manufacture of overcoats.
- tolerance
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noun,
a fair, objective, and permissive attitude toward those whose opinions, beliefs, practices, racial or ethnic origins, etc., differ from one's own; freedom from bigotry.
- coeternal
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adjective,
existing with another eternally.
- coelomate
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noun,
a coelomate animal.
- bolometer
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noun,
a device for measuring minute amounts of radiant energy by determining the changes of resistance in an electric conductor caused by changes in its temperature.
- manometer
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noun,
an instrument for measuring the pressure of a fluid, consisting of a tube filled with a liquid, the level of the liquid being determined by the fluid pressure and the height of the liquid being indicated on a scale.
- Claremore
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noun,
a town in NE Oklahoma.
- Claremont
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noun,
a town in SW California.
- chromato-
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- menorrhea
-
noun,
menstrual flow.
- harmotome
-
noun,
a zeolite mineral related to stilbite, occurring in twinned crystals.
- chamberer
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noun,
a man who frequents ladies' chambers; gallant.
- earthborn
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adjective,
born on or sprung from the earth; of earthly origin.
- monocable
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noun,
an aerial ropeway having a single moving cable.
- meteorol.
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- abhorrent
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adjective,
causing repugnance; detestable; loathsome:
- homotherm
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- rocambole
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noun,
a European plant, Allium scorodoprasum, of the amaryllis family, used like garlic.
- Canrobert
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noun,
François Certain [frahn-swa ser-tan] /frɑ̃ˈswa sɛrˈtɛ̃/ (Show IPA), 1809–95, French marshal.
- honorable
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adjective,
in accordance with or characterized by principles of honor; upright:
- tracheole
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noun,
any of the smallest branches of an insect trachea.
- trochlear
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noun,
trochlear nerve.
- thrombo-
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- Manolete
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noun,
(Manuel Laureano Rodríguez y Sánchez) 1917–47, Spanish matador.
- motormen
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noun,
a person who operates or drives an electrically operated vehicle, as a streetcar or subway train.
- tracheo-
-
- bootheel
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noun,
an area of SE Missouri where the Missouri-Arkansas border dips southward forming a rectangular-shaped extension of the state.
- atremble
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adverb,
in a trembling state.
- cremator
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noun,
a person who cremates.
- bootlace
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noun,
a long, strong lace used to fasten a boot.
- motorman
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noun,
a person who operates or drives an electrically operated vehicle, as a streetcar or subway train.
- motorcar
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noun,
Chiefly British. an automobile.
- borecole
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noun,
kale (def 1).
- borehole
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noun,
a hole drilled in the earth, as for the purpose of extracting a core, releasing gas, oil, water, etc.
- carotene
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noun,
any of three yellow or orange fat-soluble pigments having the formula C 40 H 56 , found in many plants, especially carrots, and transformed to vitamin A in the liver; provitamin A.
- thoraco-
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- roborant
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noun,
a tonic.
- trembler
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noun,
a person or thing that trembles.
- Bornholm
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noun,
a Danish island in the Baltic Sea, S of Sweden. 227 sq. mi. (588 sq. km).
- choremen
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noun,
a menial worker, as in a logging camp.
- Merchant
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noun,
a person who buys and sells commodities for profit; dealer; trader.
- oenochoe
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noun,
oinochoe.
- Eberhart
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noun,
Richard, 1904–2005, U.S. poet.
- earthmen
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noun,
a human inhabitant or native of the planet Earth.
- hornbeam
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noun,
any North American shrub or tree belonging to the genus Carpinus, of the birch family, yielding a hard, heavy wood, as C. caroliniana (American hornbeam)
- octoroon
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noun,
a person having one-eighth black ancestry, with one black great-grandparent; the offspring of a quadroon and a white person.
- choreman
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noun,
a menial worker, as in a logging camp.
- ranchero
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noun,
a rancher.
- cromorne
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noun,
crumhorn.
- bracelet
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noun,
an ornamental band or circlet for the wrist or arm or, sometimes, for the ankle.
- MarMechE
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- chromat-
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- chromate
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noun,
a salt of chromic acid, as potassium chromate, K 2 CrO 4 .
- Marlboro
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noun,
a city in E Massachusetts.
- Rathbone
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noun,
Basil, 1892–1967, English actor, born in South Africa.
- leathern
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adjective,
made of leather.
- relocate
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verb (used with object),
to move (a building, company, etc.) to a different location:
- coatroom
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noun,
cloakroom (def 1).
- Rehoboam
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noun,
the successor of Solomon and the first king of Judah, reigned 922?–915? b.c. I Kings 11:43.
- coolamon
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noun,
a basinlike dish made from wood or bark by Australian Aborigines.
- colorant
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noun,
something used as a coloring matter; pigment; dye.
- bathroom
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noun,
a room equipped for taking a bath or shower.
- Coltrane
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noun,
John (William) 1926–67, U.S. jazz saxophonist and composer.
- trombone
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noun,
a musical wind instrument consisting of a cylindrical metal tube expanding into a bell and bent twice in a U shape, usually equipped with a slide (slide trombone)
- Montreal
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noun,
a seaport in S Quebec, in E Canada, on an island (Montreal Island) in the St. Lawrence.
- Montcalm
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noun,
Louis Joseph [lwee zhaw-zef] /lwi ʒɔˈzɛf/ (Show IPA), 1712–59, French general in Canada.
- hecatomb
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noun,
(in ancient Greece and Rome) a public sacrifice of 100 oxen to the gods.
- bechamel
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noun,
a white sauce, sometimes seasoned with onion and nutmeg.
- trochlea
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noun,
a pulleylike structure or arrangement of parts.
- commoner
-
noun,
a common person, as distinguished from one with rank, status, etc.
- Mableton
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noun,
a town in NW Georgia.
- Belmonte
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noun,
Juan [hwahn] /ʰwɑn/ (Show IPA), 1893–1962, Spanish matador.
- monobath
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noun,
a developer and fixer combined in the same solution.
- monobloc
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adjective,
denoting or pertaining to the casting of a complex metal object as a single piece rather than in separate parts.
- behemoth
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noun,
an animal, perhaps the hippopotamus, mentioned in Job 40:15–24.
- monocrat
-
noun,
a person favoring monocracy.
- moonbeam
-
noun,
a ray of moonlight.
- corelate
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verb (used with object),
to correlate.
- bachelor
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noun,
an unmarried man.
- cohobate
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verb (used with object),
to distill again from the same or a similar substance, as by pouring a distilled liquid back upon the matter remaining in the vessel, or upon another mass of similar matter.
- breather
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noun,
a pause, as for breath.
- trencher
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noun,
a person or thing that digs trenches.
- malthene
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noun,
petrolene.
- coherent
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adjective,
logically connected; consistent:
- balconet
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noun,
a railing or balustrade before a window, giving the effect of a balcony.
- hemocoel
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noun,
a series of interconnected spaces between tissues and organs through which blood flows freely, unconfined by veins or arteries, occurring in several invertebrate groups, especially mollusks and arthropods.
- Malherbe
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noun,
François de [frahn-swa duh] /frɑ̃ˈswa də/ (Show IPA), 1555–1628, French poet and critic.
- entomol.
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- Cathleen
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noun,
a female given name, Irish form of Catherine.
- recreant
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noun,
a coward.
- coronate
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adjective,
having or wearing a crown, coronet, or the like.
- cornmeal
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noun,
Also called, especially British, Indian meal. meal made of corn.
- cornhole
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verb (used with object),
to have anal intercourse with.
- locomote
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verb (used without object),
to move about, especially under one's own power.
- entrelac
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noun,
a decorative border of interlaced garlands and leaves.
- bleacher
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noun,
Usually, bleachers. a typically roofless section of inexpensive and unreserved seats in tiers, especially at an open-air athletic stadium.
- anteroom
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noun,
a room that admits to a larger room.
- re-trace
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verb (used with object),
to trace again, as lines in writing or drawing.
- Holocene
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noun,
recent (def 5).
- Traherne
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noun,
Thomas, 1637?–74, English writer.
- Mercator
-
noun,
Gerhardus [jer-hahr-duh s] /dʒərˈhɑr dəs/ (Show IPA), (Gerhard Kremer) 1512–94, Flemish cartographer and geographer.
- Hobrecht
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noun,
Jacob [jey-kuh b;; Dutch yah-kawp] /ˈdʒeɪ kəb;; Dutch ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), Obrecht, Jacob.
- orometer
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noun,
an aneroid barometer with a scale giving elevations above sea level, used to determine land-surface altitudes.
- otorrhea
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noun,
a mucopurulent discharge from the ear.
- Carleton
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noun,
Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester, 1724–1808, English general.
- ammocete
-
noun,
the larval stage of a lamprey.
- retrench
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verb (used with object),
to cut down, reduce, or diminish; curtail (expenses).
- Chamorro
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noun,
a people inhabiting the Mariana Islands.
- broncho-
-
- torchere
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noun,
a tall stand for a candelabrum.
- cerebral
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noun,
Phonetics. a cerebral sound.
- cerebro-
-
- Torrance
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noun,
a city in SW California, SW of Los Angeles.
- Charente
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noun,
a department in W France. 2306 sq. mi. (5975 sq. km). Capital: Angoulême.
- enclothe
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verb (used with object),
clothe (def 3).
- homeroom
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noun,
a classroom in which pupils in the same grade or division of a grade meet at certain times under the supervision of a teacher, who takes attendance and administers other school business.
- Charlene
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noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- rheotron
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noun,
(formerly) betatron.
- Caerleon
-
noun,
a town in Gwent, in SE Wales: site of ancient Roman fortress, a supposed seat of King Arthur's court.
- roommate
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noun,
a person who is assigned to share or shares a room or apartment with another or others.
- Charlton
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noun,
a male given name.
- enmarble
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verb (used with object),
emmarble.
- electron
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noun,
Also called negatron. Physics, Chemistry. an elementary particle that is a fundamental constituent of matter, having a negative charge of 1.602 × 10 −19 coulombs, a mass of 9.108 × 10 −31 kilograms, and spin of ½, and existing independently or as the component outside the nucleus of an atom.
- toolroom
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noun,
a room, as in a machine shop, in which tools are stored, repaired, produced, etc.
- electro-
-
- brocatel
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noun,
a brocade in which the design is woven in high relief.
- menarche
-
noun,
the first menstrual period; the establishment of menstruation.
- Torrence
-
noun,
(Frederic) Ridgely [rij-lee] /ˈrɪdʒ li/ (Show IPA), 1875–1950, U.S. poet, playwright, and editor.
- ohmmeter
-
noun,
an instrument for measuring electric resistance in ohms.
- larcener
-
noun,
a person who commits larceny.
- Cameroon
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noun,
Also, Cameroun. Official name United Republic of Cameroon. an independent republic in W Africa: formed 1960 by the French trusteeship of Cameroun; Southern Cameroons incorporated as a self-governing province 1961. 183,350 sq. mi. (474,877 sq. km). Capital: Yaoundé.
- hotelmen
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noun,
hotelkeeper.
- hotelman
-
noun,
hotelkeeper.
- emmarble
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verb (used with object),
to represent in or adorn with marble; make like marble.
- methanol
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noun,
methyl alcohol.
- chlorate
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noun,
a salt of chloric acid.
- ethnarch
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noun,
the ruler of a people, tribe, or nation.
- brethren
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noun,
a male offspring having both parents in common with another offspring; a male sibling.
- anchoret
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noun,
anchorite.
- anethole
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noun,
a white, crystalline powder, C 10 H 12 O, having a sweet taste, obtained from anise or fennel oils or synthesized: used chiefly in perfumes, dentifrices, flavoring, synthesis of anisaldehyde, and in medicine as an antiseptic and carminative.
- Belmont
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noun,
Alva Ertskin Smith Vanderbilt [urt-skin] /ˈɜrt skɪn/ (Show IPA), 1853–1933, U.S. women's-rights activist and socialite.
- chalone
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noun,
an endocrine secretion that depresses or inhibits physiological activity.
- beneath
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adverb,
below; in or to a lower place, position, state, or the like.
- caterer
-
noun,
one whose business is to provide food, supplies, and sometimes service at social gatherings.
- Coleman
-
noun,
Cy (Seymour Kaufman) 1929–2004, U.S. theatrical composer and jazz pianist.
- chamber
-
noun,
a room, usually private, in a house or apartment, especially a bedroom:
- Teleran
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noun,
a navigational aid that uses radar to map the sky above an airfield, which, together with a map of the airfield itself, is transmitted by television to aircraft approaching the field.
- blather
-
noun,
foolish, voluble talk:
- Roberta
-
noun,
a female given name: derived from Robert.
- carbene
-
noun,
the radical CH 2 and its derivatives.
- Charlot
-
noun,
Jean [jeen;; French zhahn] /dʒin;; French ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1898–1979, U.S. painter, lithographer, and illustrator; born in France and active in Mexico.
- reclame
-
noun,
publicity; self-advertisement; notoriety.
- laborer
-
noun,
a person engaged in work that requires bodily strength rather than skill or training:
- Blanche
-
noun,
a female given name: ultimately from a Germanic word meaning “white.”.
- locoman
-
noun,
a locomotive engine driver.
- blether
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noun, verb (used with or without object),
blather.
- Colbert
-
noun,
Claudette (Lily Claudette Chauchoin) 1903–96, U.S. actress, born in France.
- bloater
-
noun,
a herring cured by being salted and briefly smoked and dried.
- locator
-
noun,
a person who locates something.
- Bloomer
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noun,
a costume for women, advocated about 1850 by Amelia Jenks Bloomer, consisting of a short skirt, loose trousers gathered and buttoned at the ankle, and often a coat and a wide hat.
- Telamon
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noun,
atlas (def 5).
- monocot
-
noun,
a monocotyledon.
- monomer
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noun,
a molecule of low molecular weight capable of reacting with identical or different molecules of low molecular weight to form a polymer.
- temblor
-
noun,
a tremor; earthquake.
- moorhen
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noun,
Also called water hen. a common species of gallinule, Gallinule chloropus, of nearly worldwide distribution.
- montero
-
noun,
a Spanish hunter's cap, round in shape and having an earflap.
- Cameron
-
noun,
Julia Margaret, 1815–79, English photographer, born in India.
- reboant
-
adjective,
resounding or reverberating loudly.
- Bentham
-
noun,
Jeremy, 1748–1832, English jurist and philosopher.
- Helmont
-
noun,
Jan Baptista van [yahn bahp tis-tah-vahn] /yɑn bɑp ˈtɪs tɑ vɑn/ (Show IPA), 1579–1644, Flemish chemist and physician.
- bencher
-
noun,
a senior member of an Inn of Court.
a member of the House of Commons.
- Berchta
-
noun,
Perchta.
- Montale
-
noun,
Eugenio [e-oo-je-nyaw] /ˌɛ uˈdʒɛ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1896–1981, Italian poet: Nobel prize 1975.
- Camelot
-
noun,
the legendary site of King Arthur's palace and court, possibly near Exeter, England.
- comment
-
noun,
a remark, observation, or criticism:
- come-on
-
noun,
inducement; lure.
- cembalo
-
noun,
harpsichord.
- charnel
-
noun,
a repository for dead bodies.
- Beltane
-
noun,
an ancient Celtic festival observed on May Day in Scotland and Ireland to mark the beginning of summer.
- Bertram
-
noun,
a male given name: from Germanic words meaning “bright” and “raven.”.
- cambrel
-
noun,
gambrel.
- tenable
-
adjective,
capable of being held, maintained, or defended, as against attack or dispute:
- Celaeno
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a Pleiad.
- chanter
-
noun,
a person who chants; singer.
- Romance
-
noun,
a novel, movie, or genre of popular fiction in which characters fall in love or begin a romantic relationship (often used attributively):
- moonlet
-
noun,
a small natural or artificial satellite, as one of a number of natural satellites thought to be embedded in the ring system of Saturn.
- hemato-
-
- beltmen
-
noun,
a worker responsible for the inspection, maintenance, and repair of machine belts.
- 2,4,5-t
-
noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- beltman
-
noun,
a worker responsible for the inspection, maintenance, and repair of machine belts.
- Colombo
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Sri Lanka, on the W coast.
- cholate
-
noun,
the salt form of cholic acid.
- techno-
-
- Locarno
-
noun,
a town in S Switzerland, on Lake Maggiore: Locarno Pact 1925.
- leather
-
noun,
the skin of an animal, with the hair removed, prepared for use by tanning or a similar process designed to preserve it against decay and make it pliable or supple when dry.
- bo-tree
-
noun,
the pipal, or sacred fig tree, Ficus religiosa, of India, under which the founder of Buddhism is reputed to have attained the Enlightenment that constituted him the Buddha.
- botonee
-
adjective,
(of a cross) having arms terminating in the form of a trefoil:
- lean-to
-
noun,
a shack or shed supported at one side by trees or posts and having an inclined roof.
- learner
-
noun,
a person who is learning; student; pupil; apprentice; trainee.
- horrent
-
adjective,
bristling; standing erect like bristles.
- cheroot
-
noun,
a cigar having open, untapered ends.
- bromate
-
noun,
a salt of bromic acid.
- norther
-
noun,
Chiefly Texas and Oklahoma. a cold gale from the north, formed during the winter by a vigorous outbreak of continental polar air behind a cold front.
- lectern
-
noun,
a reading desk in a church on which the Bible rests and from which the lessons are read during the church service.
- Chromel
-
- Carlton
-
noun,
Stephen Norman ("Steve"; "Lefty") born 1944, U.S. baseball player.
- chromo-
-
- chrono-
-
- chronol
-
- chortle
-
noun,
a gleeful chuckle.
- chorten
-
noun,
(in Tibet) a monument to a distinguished Buddhist, especially a lama.
- bronch-
-
- cerato-
-
- breathe
-
Idioms,
breathe down someone's neck,
to be close to someone in pursuit; menace; threaten:
to watch someone closely so as to supervise or control:
- Brenham
-
noun,
a town in central Texas.
- retable
-
noun,
a decorative structure raised above an altar at the back, often forming a frame for a picture, bas-relief, or the like, and sometimes including a shelf or shelves, as for ornaments.
- cholent
-
noun,
a stewed or baked dish, especially of meat and beans, served on the Sabbath but cooked the day before or overnight over a slow fire.
- cholera
-
noun,
Also called Asiatic cholera. Pathology. an acute, infectious disease, endemic in India and China and occasionally epidemic elsewhere, characterized by profuse diarrhea, vomiting, cramps, etc.
- hetero-
-
- cerebr-
-
- bracero
-
noun,
a Mexican laborer admitted legally into the U.S. for a short period to perform seasonal, usually agricultural, labor.
- Latrobe
-
noun,
Benjamin Henry, 1764–1820, U.S. architect and engineer, born in England.
- homoeo-
-
- chorale
-
noun,
a hymn, especially one with strong harmonization:
- notable
-
noun,
a prominent, distinguished, or important person.
- rhombo-
-
- chloro-
-
- hormone
-
noun,
Biochemistry. any of various internally secreted compounds, as insulin or thyroxine, formed in endocrine glands, that affect the functions of specifically receptive organs or tissues when transported to them by the body fluids.
- Carleen
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- clamber
-
noun,
an act or instance of clambering.
- centare
-
noun,
centiare.
- nomarch
-
noun,
the governor of a nome or a nomarchy.
- Herbart
-
noun,
Johann Friedrich [yoh-hahn free-drikh] /ˈyoʊ hɑn ˈfri drɪx/ (Show IPA), 1776–1841, German philosopher and educator.
- cheater
-
noun,
a person or thing that cheats.
- lambent
-
adjective,
running or moving lightly over a surface:
- teacher
-
noun,
a person who teaches or instructs, especially as a profession; instructor.
- tearoom
-
noun,
a room or shop where tea and other refreshments are served to customers.
- boatmen
-
noun,
a person skilled in the use of small craft.
- retrace
-
verb (used with object),
to trace backward; go back over:
- relator
-
noun,
a person who relates or tells; narrator.
- technol
-
- nemato-
-
- lactone
-
noun,
any of a group of internal esters derived from hydroxy acids.
- coherer
-
noun,
a person or thing that coheres.
- charter
-
noun,
a document, issued by a sovereign or state, outlining the conditions under which a corporation, colony, city, or other corporate body is organized, and defining its rights and privileges.
- Teheran
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Iran, in the N part: wartime conference of Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin 1943.
- cartoon
-
noun,
a sketch or drawing, usually humorous, as in a newspaper or periodical, symbolizing, satirizing, or caricaturing some action, subject, or person of popular interest.
- Lambert
-
noun,
the centimeter-gram-second unit of luminance or brightness, equivalent to 0.32 candles per square centimeter, and equal to the brightness of a perfectly diffusing surface emitting or reflecting one lumen per square centimeter. Abbreviation: L.
- Leonora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Eleanor.
- centro-
-
- Clement
-
noun,
a male given name.
- cleaner
-
noun,
a person who cleans, especially one whose regular occupation is cleaning offices, buildings, equipment, etc.
- Laocoon
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a priest of Apollo at Troy who warned the Trojans of the Trojan Horse, and who, with his two sons, was killed by two huge serpents sent by Athena or Apollo.
- Chelmno
-
noun,
a Nazi concentration camp in central Poland.
- brothel
-
noun,
a house of prostitution.
- Brother
-
noun,
a male offspring having both parents in common with another offspring; a male sibling.
- chelate
-
noun,
Chemistry. a chelate compound.
- cheetah
-
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.
- Herbert
-
noun,
Frank, 1920–86, U.S. science-fiction writer.
- central
-
noun,
a main telephone exchange.
a telephone operator at such an exchange.
- Lenotre
-
noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1613–1700, French architect and landscape designer.
- boomlet
-
noun,
a brief increase, as in business activity or political popularity.
- boolean
-
noun,
Computers. a Boolean data type.
- rematch
-
noun,
a second match between teams, challengers, etc.; return match.
- Norbert
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Lambeth
-
noun,
a borough of Greater London, England.
- borneol
-
noun,
a white, translucent, lumpy, very slightly water-soluble, solid terpene alcohol, C 10 H 18 O, occurring in various isomeric forms, having a burning, mintlike taste, obtained from the trunk of a tree, Dryobalanops aromatica, or by the reduction of camphor: used in the form of its esters in the manufacture of synthetic camphor and in perfumery.
- metamer
-
noun,
a compound exhibiting metamerism with one or more other compounds.
- monocle
-
noun,
an eyeglass for one eye.
- rambler
-
noun,
a person, animal, or thing that rambles.
- Marlene
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Behrman
-
noun,
S(amuel) N(athan) 1893–1973, U.S. playwright and author.
- hatchel
-
noun,
hackle1 (def 5).
- rancher
-
noun,
a person who owns or works on a ranch.
- October
-
noun,
the tenth month of the year, containing 31 days. Abbreviation: Oct.
- earlobe
-
noun,
the soft, pendulous lower part of the external ear.
- martele
-
adjective,
martellato.
- earthen
-
adjective,
composed of earth.
- antero-
-
- armhole
-
noun,
an opening in a garment, for the arm.
- Rambert
-
noun,
Dame Marie (Cyvia Rambam; Myriam Rambam) 1888–1982, English ballet dancer, producer, and director, born in Poland.
- Another
-
pronoun,
one more; an additional one:
- echelon
-
noun,
a level of command, authority, or rank:
Synonyms: place, rank, hierarchy, authority, grade, office; row, tier, rung; social standing, position, class, standing.
- oenomel
-
noun,
a drink made of wine mixed with honey.
- tombola
-
noun,
house (def 19).
- tombolo
-
noun,
a sand bar connecting an island to the mainland or to another island.
- ecotone
-
noun,
the transition zone between two different plant communities, as that between forest and prairie.
- to-name
-
noun,
a nickname, especially one to distinguish a person from others of the same name.
- toheroa
-
noun,
a large marine clam, Amphidesma ventricosum, of waters near New Zealand.
- Crotone
-
noun,
a city in S Italy; ancient Greek colony.
- Hamborn
-
noun,
Duisburg.
- manchet
-
noun,
a kind of white bread made from the finest flour.
- momenta
-
noun,
force or speed of movement; impetus, as of a physical object or course of events:
- thermae
-
noun,
hot springs; hot baths.
- thermal
-
noun,
Meteorology. a rising air current caused by heating from the underlying surface, especially such a current when not producing a cloud.
- thermel
-
noun,
thermocouple.
- thermo-
-
- Creamer
-
noun,
a person or thing that creams.
- manbote
-
noun,
a sum of money paid to a lord whose vassal was murdered.
- Creator
-
noun,
a person or thing that creates.
- cremate
-
verb (used with object),
to reduce (a dead body) to ashes by fire, especially as a funeral rite.
- marcher
-
noun,
a person who marches on foot:
- Manetho
-
noun,
flourished c250 b.c, Egyptian high priest of Heliopolis: author of a history of Egypt.
- manhole
-
noun,
a hole, usually with a cover, through which a person may enter a sewer, drain, steam boiler, etc., especially one located in a city street.
- at-home
-
noun,
Also, at home. a reception of visitors at certain hours at one's home.
- Cremona
-
noun,
a city in N Italy, on the Po River.
- Tlemcen
-
noun,
a city in NW Algeria.
- manroot
-
noun,
man-of-the-earth.
- crenate
-
adjective,
having the margin notched or scalloped so as to form rounded teeth, as a leaf.
- arthro-
-
- ocreate
-
adjective,
having an ocrea or ocreae; sheathed.
- ammeter
-
noun,
an instrument for measuring current in amperes.
- meatmen
-
noun,
a dealer in meat; butcher.
- Cranmer
-
noun,
Thomas, 1489–1556, first Protestant archbishop of Canterbury: leader in the English Protestant Reformation in England.
- tremble
-
noun,
the act of trembling.
- methane
-
noun,
a colorless, odorless, flammable gas, CH 4 , the main constituent of marsh gas and the firedamp of coal mines, obtained commercially from natural gas: the first member of the methane, or alkane, series of hydrocarbons.
- eternal
-
noun,
something that is eternal.
- Trammel
-
noun,
Usually, trammels. a hindrance or impediment to free action; restraint:
- Acheron
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a river in Hades over which Charon ferried the souls of the dead.
- tranche
-
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:
- treacle
-
noun,
contrived or unrestrained sentimentality:
- acetone
-
noun,
a colorless, volatile, water-soluble, flammable liquid, C 3 H 6 O, usually derived by oxidation of isopropyl alcohol or by bacterial fermentation of carbohydrates: used chiefly in paints and varnishes, as a general solvent, and in organic synthesis.
- enolate
-
noun,
any metallic derivative of an enol.
- tremolo
-
noun,
a tremulous or vibrating effect produced on certain instruments and in the human voice, as to express emotion.
- menthol
-
noun,
Also called hexahydrothymol, peppermint camphor. Chemistry, Pharmacology. a colorless, crystalline, slightly water-soluble alcohol, C 10 H 20 O, obtained from peppermint oil or synthesized: used chiefly in perfumes, confections, cigarettes, and liqueurs and in medicine for colds and nasal disorders for its cooling effect on mucous membranes.
- enteral
-
adjective,
enteric.
- entero-
-
- enthral
-
verb (used with object),
enthrall.
- entomo-
-
- trochal
-
adjective,
resembling a wheel.
- trochee
-
noun,
a foot of two syllables, a long followed by a short in quantitative meter, or a stressed followed by an unstressed in accentual meter. Symbol: .
- trommel
-
noun,
a rotary, cylindrical or conical screen for sorting ore, coal, gravel, etc., according to size.
- erector
-
noun,
Also, erecter. a person or thing that erects.
- ootheca
-
noun,
a case or capsule containing eggs, as that of certain gastropods and insects.
- trachle
-
noun,
an exhausting effort, especially walking or working.
- hambone
-
noun,
(especially in vaudeville) a performer made up in blackface and using a stereotyped black dialect.
- electr-
-
- mechan-
-
- ortolan
-
noun,
an Old World bunting, Emberiza hortulana, esteemed as a table delicacy.
- melano-
-
- althorn
-
noun,
a valved brass musical instrument, varying in shape, that is the alto member of the cornet family.
- Elberta
-
noun,
a freestone peach having reddish-yellow skin.
- Eleanor
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- elector
-
noun,
a person who elects or may elect, especially a qualified voter.
- almoner
-
noun,
a person whose function or duty is the distribution of alms on behalf of an institution, a royal personage, a monastery, etc.
- Electra
-
noun,
Also, Elektra. Classical Mythology. the daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra who incited her brother Orestes to kill Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus.
- Torreon
-
noun,
a city in N Mexico.
- memento
-
noun,
an object or item that serves to remind one of a person, past event, etc.; keepsake; souvenir.
- embacle
-
noun,
an accumulation of broken ice in a river.
Compare debacle (def 2).
- menacme
-
noun,
the part of a female's life during which menstruation occurs.
- Alcmene
-
noun,
the mother of Hercules by Zeus, who had assumed the form of Amphitryon, her husband.
- embrace
-
noun,
an act or instance of embracing.
- ethnol.
-
- Menorah
-
noun,
a candelabrum having seven branches (as used in the Biblical tabernacle or the Temple in Jerusalem), or any number of branches (as used in modern synagogues).
- Menorca
-
noun,
Minorca.
- ethanol
-
noun,
alcohol (def 1).
- rathole
-
noun,
a hole made by a rat, as into a room, barn, etc.:
- honoree
-
noun,
a person who receives an honor, award, or special recognition.
- coronet
-
noun,
a small crown.
- theorbo
-
noun,
an obsolete bass lute with two sets of strings attached to separate peg boxes, one above the other, on the neck.
- Heather
-
noun,
any of various heaths, especially Calluna vulgaris, of England and Scotland, having small, pinkish-purple flowers.
- contra-
-
- barroom
-
noun,
an establishment or room with a bar for the serving of alcoholic beverages.
- becharm
-
verb (used with object),
to charm; bewitch; captivate.
- Realtor
-
- coolant
-
noun,
a substance, usually a liquid or a gas, used to reduce the temperature of a system below a specified value by conducting away the heat produced in the operation of the system, as the liquid in an automobile cooling system or the fluid that removes heat from the core of a nuclear reactor.
- hectare
-
noun,
a unit of surface, or land, measure equal to 100 ares, or 10,000 square meters: equivalent to 2.471 acres. Abbreviation: ha.
- terrane
-
noun,
any rock formation or series of formations or the area in which a particular formation or group of rocks is predominant.
- reactor
-
noun,
a person or thing that reacts or undergoes reaction.
- Macbeth
-
noun,
died 1057, king of Scotland 1040–57.
- machete
-
noun,
a large heavy knife used especially in Latin-American countries in cutting sugarcane and clearing underbrush and as a weapon.
- heathen
-
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.
- Cortona
-
noun,
Pietro da [pye-traw dah] /ˈpyɛ trɔ dɑ/ (Show IPA), (Pietro Berrettini) 1596–1669, Italian painter and architect.
- correl.
-
- theorem
-
noun,
Mathematics. a theoretical proposition, statement, or formula embodying something to be proved from other propositions or formulas.
- Mahomet
-
noun,
Muhammad (def 1).
- control
-
noun,
the act or power of controlling; regulation; domination or command:
- coroner
-
noun,
an officer, as of a county or municipality, whose chief function is to investigate by inquest, as before a jury, any death not clearly resulting from natural causes.
- Obrecht
-
noun,
Jacob [yah-kawp] /ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1430–1505, Dutch composer and conductor.
- thereon
-
adverb,
on or upon that or it.
- machree
-
noun,
my dear.
- beacher
-
noun,
a long, curling wave of the sea.
- terrace
-
noun,
a raised level with a vertical or sloping front or sides faced with masonry, turf, or the like, especially one of a series of levels rising one above another.
- momento
-
noun,
memento.
- coranto
-
noun,
courante.
- coronal
-
noun,
a crown; coronet.
- Beecham
-
noun,
Sir Thomas, 1879–1961, English conductor and impresario.
- monarch
-
noun,
a hereditary sovereign, as a king, queen, or emperor.
- hearten
-
verb (used with object),
to give courage or confidence to; cheer.
- baronet
-
noun,
a member of a British hereditary order of honor, ranking below the barons and made up of commoners, designated by Sir before the name and Baronet, usually abbreviated Bart., after:
- haemo-
-
- comber
-
noun,
a person or thing that combs.
- reamer
-
noun,
any of various rotary tools, with helical or straight flutes, for finishing or enlarging holes drilled in metal.
- Elmont
-
noun,
a town on W Long Island, in SE New York.
- embalm
-
verb (used with object),
to treat (a dead body) so as to preserve it, as with chemicals, drugs, or balsams.
- reboot
-
noun,
an act or instance of restarting a computer.
- omenta
-
noun,
a fold of the peritoneum connecting the stomach and the abdominal viscera forming a protective and supportive covering.
- homeo-
-
- cooner
-
noun,
coon dog.
- Hebron
-
noun,
an ancient city of Palestine, formerly in W Jordan; occupied by Israel 1967–97; since 1997 under Palestinian self-rule.
- Chanel
-
noun,
Gabrielle [ga-bree-el] /ga briˈɛl/ (Show IPA), ("Coco") 1882–1971, French fashion designer.
- hombre
-
noun,
omber.
- emblem
-
noun,
an object or its representation, symbolizing a quality, state, class of persons, etc.; symbol:
- elect.
-
- omelet
-
noun,
eggs beaten until frothy, often combined with other ingredients, as herbs, chopped ham, cheese, or jelly, and cooked until set.
- ortho-
-
- hemat-
-
- Othman
-
noun,
Osman.
- ocelot
-
noun,
a spotted leopardlike cat, Felis pardalis, ranging from Texas through South America: now greatly reduced in number and endangered in the U.S.
- halter
-
noun,
a rope or strap with a noose or headstall for leading or restraining horses or cattle.
- recant
-
verb (used with object),
to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
- colter
-
noun,
a sharp blade or wheel attached to the beam of a plow, used to cut the ground in advance of the plowshare.
- Ortler
-
noun,
a range of the Alps in N Italy.
- Chelan
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in N central Washington, in the Cascade Range: one of the deepest freshwater lakes in the U.S. 55 miles (89 km) long.
- elance
-
noun,
a quick darting movement.
- elater
-
noun,
Botany. an elastic filament serving to disperse spores.
- cheero
-
interjection, noun,
cheerio.
- Elbert
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in central Colorado, in the Sawatch range: second highest peak of the Rocky Mountains in the U.S. 14,431 feet (4399 meters).
- combat
-
noun,
Military. active, armed fighting with enemy forces.
- Colton
-
noun,
a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
- rebote
-
noun,
the rear wall of a cancha or jai alai court.
Compare frontis.
- oleate
-
noun,
Chemistry. an ester or a salt of oleic acid.
- Holman
-
noun,
Nathan ("Nat") 1896–1995, U.S. basketball player and coach.
- chaton
-
noun,
Also called chaton foil. an imitation gem of paste that has its pavilion backed with metal foil or silver to reflect light.
- reborn
-
adjective,
having undergone rebirth.
- ethno-
-
- he-man
-
noun,
a strong, tough, virile man.
- Cooter
-
noun,
Chiefly Southern U.S. any of several large aquatic turtles of the southern U.S. and northern Mexico.
- charro
-
noun,
a Mexican horseman or cowboy, typically one wearing an elaborate outfit, often with silver decorations, of tight trousers, ruffled shirt, short jacket, and sombrero.
- comate
-
noun,
a mate or companion.
- Charon
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the ferryman who conveyed the souls of the dead across the Styx.
- Hecate
-
noun,
a goddess of the earth and Hades, associated with sorcery, hounds, and crossroads.
- coelom
-
noun,
the body cavity of higher metazoans, between the body wall and intestine, lined with a mesodermal epithelium.
- coolth
-
noun,
coolness.
- centra
-
noun,
a plural of centrum.
- cerat-
-
- common
-
noun,
Often, commons. Chiefly New England. a tract of land owned or used jointly by the residents of a community, usually a central square or park in a city or town.
- eroto-
-
- enrobe
-
verb (used with object),
to dress; attire:
- enroot
-
verb (used with object),
to fix by the root.
- honcho
-
noun,
a leader, especially an assertive leader; chief.
- enter-
-
- 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.
- hecto-
-
- Hector
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the eldest son of Priam and husband of Andromache: the greatest Trojan hero in the Trojan War, killed by Achilles.
- centr-
-
- errant
-
adjective,
deviating from the regular or proper course; erring; straying.
- entomb
-
verb (used with object),
to place in a tomb; bury; inter.
- 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.
- Conroe
-
noun,
a town in E Texas.
- cental
-
noun,
hundredweight (def 1).
- cenote
-
noun,
a deep natural well or sinkhole, especially in Central America, formed by the collapse of surface limestone that exposes ground water underneath, and sometimes used by the ancient Mayans for sacrificial offerings.
- Honora
-
noun,
a female given name.
- orator
-
noun,
a person who delivers an oration; a public speaker, especially one of great eloquence:
- rebato
-
noun,
rabato.
- cement
-
noun,
any of various calcined mixtures of clay and limestone, usually mixed with water and sand, gravel, etc., to form concrete, that are used as a building material.
- Orebro
-
noun,
a city in S Sweden.
- celto-
-
- 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.
- enlace
-
verb (used with object),
to interlace; intertwine:
- 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.
- enamor
-
verb (used with object),
to fill or inflame with love (usually used in the passive and followed by of or sometimes with):
- helmet
-
noun,
any of various forms of protective head covering worn by soldiers, firefighters, divers, cyclists, etc.
- ornate
-
adjective,
elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so:
- enable
-
verb (used with object),
to make able; give power, means, competence, or ability to; authorize:
- enamel
-
noun,
a glassy substance, usually opaque, applied by fusion to the surface of metal, pottery, etc., as an ornament or for protection.
- cometh
-
verb,
3rd person singular present indicative of come.
- chalet
-
noun,
a herdsman's hut in the Swiss Alps.
- chemo-
-
- retral
-
adjective,
at or toward the back; posterior.
- cooler
-
noun,
a container or apparatus, as an insulated chest, in which something may be cooled or kept cool.
- retro-
-
- cetane
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid hydrocarbon of the alkane series, C 16 H 34 , used as a solvent and in cetane number determinations.
- cereal
-
noun,
any plant of the grass family yielding an edible grain, as wheat, rye, oats, rice, or corn.
- cooboo
-
noun,
an Aborigine child.
- rebate
-
noun,
a return of part of the original payment for some service or merchandise; partial refund.
- Hommel
-
noun,
a walled plain in the fourth quadrant of the face of the moon: about 75 miles (120 km) in diameter.
- rhetor
-
noun,
a master or teacher of rhetoric.
- CERMET
-
noun,
a durable, heat-resistant alloy formed by compacting and sintering a metal and a ceramic substance, used under conditions of high temperature and stress.
- encore
-
noun,
a demand, as by applause, for a repetition of a song, act, etc., or for a performance of a number or piece additional to those on a program, or for a reappearance by the performers, as at the end of a concert, recital, etc.
- oracle
-
noun,
(especially in ancient Greece) an utterance, often ambiguous or obscure, given by a priest or priestess at a shrine as the response of a god to an inquiry.
- Helena
-
noun,
Saint, c247–c330, mother of Constantine I.
- contr.
-
- etalon
-
noun,
an interferometer consisting of two glass plates that reflect approximately half of each ray of light incident upon them and that are separated by a small, fixed distance: used to compare wavelengths and to study atomic spectra.
- enhalo
-
verb (used with object),
to surround with or as with a halo.
- normal
-
noun,
the average or mean:
- cherem
-
noun,
herem.
- Hebert
-
noun,
Jacques René [zhahk ruh-ney] /ʒɑk rəˈneɪ/ (Show IPA), ("Père Duchesne") 1755–94, French journalist and revolutionary leader.
- Herman
-
noun,
Woodrow ("Woody") 1913–1987, U.S. jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, and bandleader.
- ochone
-
interjection,
ohone.
- hearth
-
noun,
the floor of a fireplace, usually of stone, brick, etc., often extending a short distance into a room.
- ratoon
-
noun,
a sprout or shoot from the root of a plant, especially a sugarcane, after it has been cropped.
- remora
-
noun,
any of several fishes of the family Echeneididae, having on the top of the head a sucking disk by which they can attach themselves to sharks, turtles, ships, and other moving objects.
- Heater
-
noun,
any of various apparatus for heating, especially for heating water or the air in a room.
- remote
-
noun,
Radio and Television. a broadcast, usually live, from a location outside a studio.
- cohoba
-
noun,
parica.
- Cremer
-
noun,
Sir William Randal, 1838–1908, English union organizer: Nobel Peace Prize 1903.
- hereto
-
adverb,
to this matter, document, subject, etc.; regarding this point:
- re-act
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- Hermon
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in SW Syria, in the Anti-Lebanon range. 9232 feet (2814 meters).
- Herero
-
noun,
a member of an indigenous people of Namibia, Botswana, and Angola.
- claret
-
noun,
the red table wine produced in the Bordeaux region of France: originally it was light red or yellowish.
- corral
-
noun,
an enclosure or pen for horses, cattle, etc.
- clamor
-
noun,
a loud uproar, as from a crowd of people:
- crenel
-
noun,
any of the open spaces between the merlons of a battlement.
- cohort
-
noun,
a group or company:
- rental
-
noun,
an amount received or paid as rent.
- Creole
-
noun,
a person born in the West Indies or Spanish America but of European, usually Spanish, ancestry.
- health
-
noun,
the general condition of the body or mind with reference to soundness and vigor:
- Chron.
-
- Cretan
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Crete.
- healer
-
noun,
a person or thing that heals.
- Cleome
-
noun,
any of numerous strong-smelling plants or shrubs belonging to the genus Cleome, of the caper family, mostly natives of tropical regions, and often bearing showy flowers.
- Rather
-
Idioms,
had / would rather, to prefer that or to:
Compare soon (def 8).
- Cromer
-
noun,
1st Earl of, Evelyn Baring.
- C-note
-
noun,
See C (def 11).
- Oberon
-
noun,
(in medieval folklore) the king of the fairies.
- obeche
-
noun,
a tropical African tree, Triplochiton scleroxylon.
- Cobham
-
noun,
Sir John, Oldcastle, Sir John.
- rectal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or for the rectum.
- cobalt
-
noun,
a silver-white metallic element with a faint pinkish tinge, occurring in compounds whose silicates afford important blue coloring substances for ceramics. Symbol: Co; atomic weight: 58.933; atomic number: 27; specific gravity: 8.9 at 20°C.
- Rector
-
noun,
a member of the clergy in charge of a parish in the Protestant Episcopal Church.
- coeno-
-
- coatee
-
noun,
a close-fitting short coat, especially one with tails or skirts.
- reecho
-
noun,
a repeated echo.
- Crater
-
noun,
the cup-shaped depression or cavity on the surface of the earth or other heavenly body marking the orifice of a volcano.
- coaler
-
noun,
a railroad, ship, etc., used mainly to haul or supply coal.
- herbal
-
noun,
a book about herbs or plants, usually describing their medicinal values.
- create
-
adjective,
Archaic. created.
- craton
-
noun,
a relatively rigid and immobile region of continental portions of the earth's crust.
- relate
-
verb (used with object),
to tell; give an account of (an event, circumstance, etc.).
- relent
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to cause to soften in feeling, temper, or determination.
- Clotho
-
noun,
the Fate who spins the thread of life.
- clothe
-
verb (used with object),
to dress; attire.
- oblate
-
noun,
a person offered to the service of and living in a monastery, but not under monastic vows or full monastic rule.
- cohere
-
verb (used without object),
to stick together; be united; hold fast, as parts of the same mass:
- crambo
-
noun,
a game in which one person or side must find a rhyme to a word or a line of verse given by another.
- hereat
-
adverb,
at this time; when this happened.
- Cloete
-
noun,
Stuart, 1897–1976, South African novelist, born in France.
- hereon
-
adverb,
hereupon.
- ochrea
-
noun,
ocrea.
- chrome
-
noun,
chromium.
- Olathe
-
noun,
a city in E Kansas.
- Rachel
-
noun,
Jacob's favorite wife, the mother of Joseph and Benjamin. Gen. 29–35.
- meteor
-
noun,
Astronomy.
a meteoroid that has entered the earth's atmosphere.
a transient fiery streak in the sky produced by a meteoroid passing through the earth's atmosphere; a shooting star or bolide.
- Colmar
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Haut-Rhin, in NE France.
- chole-
-
- harbor
-
noun,
a part of a body of water along the shore deep enough for anchoring a ship and so situated with respect to coastal features, whether natural or artificial, as to provide protection from winds, waves, and currents.
- Hetman
-
noun,
the title assumed by the chief of Ukrainian Cossacks of the Dnieper River region, with headquarters at Zaporozhe.
- Choate
-
noun,
Joseph Hodges, 1832–1917, U.S. lawyer and diplomat.
- cormel
-
noun,
a small new corm that is vegetatively propagated by a fully mature corm.
- racoon
-
noun,
raccoon.
- ecarte
-
noun,
a card game for two players.
- Recent
-
noun,
Also called Holocene. (initial capital letter) Geology. the Recent Epoch or Series.
- raceme
-
noun,
a simple indeterminate inflorescence in which the flowers are borne on short pedicels lying along a common axis, as in the lily of the valley.
- ramble
-
noun,
a walk without a definite route, taken merely for pleasure.
- chlor-
-
- Hammon
-
noun,
Jupiter, c1720–c1800, American poet.
- corbel
-
noun,
any bracket, especially one of brick or stone, usually of slight extent.
- Hobart
-
noun,
Garret Augustus [gar-it] /ˈgær ɪt/ (Show IPA), 1844–99, U.S. lawyer and politician: vice president of the U.S. 1897–99.
- Hammer
-
noun,
a tool consisting of a solid head, usually of metal, set crosswise on a handle, used for beating metals, driving nails, etc.
- Henoch
-
noun,
Enoch (defs 1, 2).
- corban
-
noun,
a sacrifice or offering made to God, especially among the ancient Hebrews in fulfillment of a vow.
- Chenab
-
noun,
a river in S Asia, flowing SW from N India to the Sutlej River in E Pakistan. About 605 miles (1085 km) long.
- Hamlet
-
noun,
a small village.
- Hameln
-
noun,
a city in N central Germany, on the Weser River: scene of the legend of the Pied Piper of Hamelin.
- retool
-
verb (used with object),
to replace or rearrange the tools and machinery of (a factory).
- cholee
-
noun,
choli.
- colent
-
- Croton
-
noun,
any of numerous chiefly tropical plants constituting the genus Croton, of the spurge family, several species of which, as C. tiglium, have important medicinal properties.
- rancho
-
noun,
a ranch.
- hemmer
-
noun,
a person or thing that hems.
- H-beam
-
noun,
an I-beam having flanges the same width as its web, or connecting vertical section.
- corona
-
noun,
a white or colored circle or set of concentric circles of light seen around a luminous body, especially around the sun or moon.
- chroma
-
noun,
the purity of a color, or its freedom from white or gray.
- cteno-
-
- CORNET
-
noun,
Music. a valved wind instrument of the trumpet family.
- Hathor
-
noun,
the goddess of love and joy, often represented with the head, horns, or ears of a cow.
- octane
-
noun,
any of 18 isomeric saturated hydrocarbons having the formula C 8 H 18 , some of which are obtained in the distillation and cracking of petroleum.
- nother
-
adjective,
Informal. a whole nother, an entirely different; a whole other.
- Corner
-
noun,
the place at which two converging lines or surfaces meet.
- rancor
-
noun,
bitter, rankling resentment or ill will; hatred; malice.
- rammer
-
noun,
a person or thing that rams.
- choler
-
noun,
irascibility; anger; wrath; irritability.
- Cornel
-
noun,
any tree or shrub of the genus Cornus; dogwood.
- chorea
-
noun,
any of several diseases of the nervous system characterized by jerky, involuntary movements, chiefly of the face and extremities.
- Herter
-
noun,
Christian Archibald, 1895–1966, U.S. politician: secretary of state 1959–61.
- cornea
-
noun,
the transparent anterior part of the external coat of the eye covering the iris and the pupil and continuous with the sclera.
- choral
-
noun,
chorale.
- harlot
-
noun,
a prostitute; whore.
- choora
-
noun,
an Indian dagger having a sharply pointed, single-edged blade.
- Harlem
-
noun,
a section of New York City, in the NE part of Manhattan.
- renter
-
noun,
a person or organization that holds, or has the use of, property by payment of rent.
- Cholon
-
noun,
a suburb of Ho Chi Minh City, in S Vietnam.
- hareem
-
noun,
harem.
- chrom-
-
- labret
-
noun,
an ornament worn in a pierced hole in the lip.
- termor
-
noun,
a person who has an estate for a term of years or for life.
- meacon
-
verb (used with object),
to give false signals to (electronic navigational equipment), as by means of a radio transmitter.
- Mohole
-
noun,
a hole bored through the earth's crust into the region below the Mohorovičić discontinuity, for geological research.
- Bertha
-
noun,
a collar or trimming, as of lace, worn about the shoulders by women, as over a low-necked waist or dress.
- anchor
-
noun,
any of various devices dropped by a chain, cable, or rope to the bottom of a body of water for preventing or restricting the motion of a vessel or other floating object, typically having broad, hooklike arms that bury themselves in the bottom to provide a firm hold.
- 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.
- Moham.
-
- Lorena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Bethel
-
noun,
a sacred area or sanctuary. Gen. 28:19.
- matron
-
noun,
a married woman, especially one who is mature and staid or dignified and has an established social position.
- Moerae
-
plural noun,
the Fates.
- 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.
- Blanch
-
verb (used with object),
to whiten by removing color; bleach:
- loment
-
noun,
a pod that is contracted in the spaces between the seeds and that breaks at maturity into one-seeded indehiscent joints.
- ammono
-
adjective,
of, containing, or derived from ammonia.
- morale
-
noun,
emotional or mental condition with respect to cheerfulness, confidence, zeal, etc., especially in the face of opposition, hardship, etc.:
- anemo-
-
- tombac
-
noun,
an alloy, used to imitate gold, containing from 70 to 92 percent copper with zinc and sometimes tin and other materials forming the remainder.
- blench
-
verb (used without object),
to shrink; flinch; quail:
- hoo-ha
-
noun,
an uproarious commotion.
- become
-
Idioms,
become of, to happen to; be the fate of:
- antho-
-
- anther
-
noun,
the pollen-bearing part of a stamen.
- anthem
-
noun,
a song, as of praise, devotion, or patriotism:
- Behmen
-
noun,
Jakob [jey-kuh b] /ˈdʒeɪ kəb/ (Show IPA), Böhme, Jakob.
- Belton
-
noun,
a town in W Missouri.
- bemean
-
verb (used with object),
to make mean; demean; debase (usually used reflexively).
- berate
-
verb (used with object),
to scold; rebuke:
- bemoan
-
verb (used with object),
to express distress or grief over; lament:
- Mather
-
noun,
Cotton, 1663–1728, American clergyman and author.
- termer
-
noun,
a person who is serving a term, especially in prison (usually used in combination):
- bename
-
verb (used with object),
to name; call by name.
- March.
-
- tercel
-
noun,
the male of a hawk, especially of a gyrfalcon or peregrine.
- Monroe
-
noun,
Harriet, 1861?–1936, U.S. editor and poet.
- bleach
-
noun,
a bleaching agent.
- teleo-
-
- became
-
verb,
simple past tense of become.
- Mother
-
noun,
a female parent.
- Tooele
-
noun,
a town in NW Utah.
- melan-
-
- altern
-
adjective,
alternate; following one another.
- armlet
-
noun,
an ornamental band worn on the arm, especially a bracelet worn high on the arm, rather than on the wrist.
- Melena
-
noun,
the discharge of black, tarry, bloody stools, usually resulting from a hemorrhage in the alimentary tract.
- bolero
-
noun,
a lively Spanish dance in triple meter.
- Lerner
-
noun,
Alan Jay, 1918–86, U.S. lyricist and librettist.
- ambeer
-
noun,
tobacco juice.
- Bolton
-
noun,
a borough in Greater Manchester, in NW England.
- Bomarc
-
noun,
a winged, surface-to-air interceptor missile.
- metro-
-
- melter
-
noun,
a person or thing that melts.
- Melton
-
noun,
a heavily fulled cloth, often of wool, tightly constructed and finished with a smooth face concealing the weave, used for overcoats, hunting jackets, etc.
- Member
-
noun,
a person, animal, plant, group, etc., that is part of a society, party, community, taxon, or other body.
- Bontoc
-
noun,
Bontok.
- Morton
-
noun,
Jelly Roll (Ferdinand Morton) 1885–1941, U.S. jazz pianist, composer, and band leader.
- mortar
-
noun,
a receptacle of hard material, having a bowl-shaped cavity in which substances are reduced to powder with a pestle.
- amerce
-
verb (used with object),
to punish by imposing a fine not fixed by statute.
- loathe
-
verb (used with object),
to feel disgust or intense aversion for; abhor:
- Moreen
-
noun,
a heavy fabric of wool, or wool and cotton, with a ribbed face and a moiré finish, used for curtains, petticoats, etc.
- blotch
-
noun,
a large, irregular spot or blot.
- locate
-
verb (used with object),
to identify or discover the place or location of:
- mecate
-
noun,
Southwestern U.S. a rope made of horsehair or sometimes maguey.
- Mormon
-
noun,
the popular name given to a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
- lobate
-
adjective,
having a lobe lobes; lobed.
- toneme
-
noun,
a phoneme consisting of a contrastive feature of tone in a tone language:
- teamer
-
noun,
a teamster.
- loaner
-
noun,
a person or thing that loans.
- boatel
-
noun,
a waterside hotel with dock space for persons who travel by boat.
- boater
-
noun,
a person who boats, especially for pleasure.
- Ambler
-
noun,
Eric, 1909–1998, English suspense novelist.
- Boehme
-
noun,
Jakob [German yah-kawp] /German ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), Böhme, Jakob.
- mortal
-
noun,
a human being.
- Bohlen
-
noun,
Charles Eustis [yoo-stis] /ˈyu stɪs/ (Show IPA), ("Chip") 1904–74, U.S. diplomat.
- Bechet
-
noun,
Sidney, 1897–1959, U.S. jazz soprano saxophonist and clarinetist.
- becalm
-
verb (used with object),
to deprive (a sailing vessel) of the wind necessary to move it; subject to a calm:
- boohoo
-
noun,
the sound of noisy weeping.
- balche
-
noun,
(among the Yucatec Maya) a drink made from the bark of a leguminous tree, Lonchocarpus violaceus, which is soaked in honey and water and fermented.
- moment
-
noun,
an indefinitely short period of time; instant:
- therme
-
noun,
therm.
- Mamore
-
noun,
a river in Bolivia, flowing N to the Beni River on the border of Brazil to form the Madeira River. 700 miles (1125 km) long.
- marmot
-
noun,
any bushy-tailed, stocky rodent of the genus Marmota, as the woodchuck.
- Therma
-
noun,
ancient name of Salonika.
- therm-
-
- baleen
-
noun,
whalebone (def 1).
- thoron
-
noun,
a radioactive isotope of radon, produced by the disintegration of thorium. Symbol: Tn; atomic weight: 220; atomic number: 86.
- Malone
-
noun,
Edmond, 1741–1812, Irish literary critic and Shakespearean scholar.
- archt.
-
- theol.
-
- archon
-
noun,
a higher magistrate in ancient Athens.
- thence
-
adverb,
from that place:
- Mahren
-
noun,
German name of Moravia.
- thenar
-
noun,
the fleshy mass of the outer side of the palm of the hand.
- Manche
-
noun,
a conventional representation of a sleeve with a flaring end, used as a charge.
- 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.
- banter
-
noun,
an exchange of light, playful, teasing remarks; good-natured raillery.
- Moloch
-
noun,
a deity whose worship was marked by the propitiatory sacrifice of children by their own parents. II Kings 23:10; Jer. 32:35.
- Arlene
-
noun,
a female given name.
- MArchE
-
noun,
The, a region in central Italy, bordering the Adriatic. 3743 sq. mi. (9695 sq. km).
- Arleen
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Arnhem
-
noun,
a city in the central Netherlands, on the Rhine River: World War II battle 1944.
- tocher
-
noun,
a dowry; marriage settlement given to the groom by the bride or her family.
- Marcel
-
noun,
a marcelling.
- Marble
-
noun,
metamorphosed limestone, consisting chiefly of recrystallized calcite or dolomite, capable of taking a high polish, occurring in a wide range of colors and variegations and used in sculpture and architecture.
- Thrale
-
noun,
Hester Lynch (Hester Lynch Piozzi) 1741–1821, Welsh writer and friend of Samuel Johnson.
- molten
-
noun,
the act or process of melting; state of being melted.
- arthr-
-
- Mantle
-
noun,
a loose, sleeveless cloak or cape.
- mantel
-
noun,
a construction framing the opening of a fireplace and usually covering part of the chimney breast in a more or less decorative manner.
- throne
-
noun,
the chair or seat occupied by a sovereign, bishop, or other exalted personage on ceremonial occasions, usually raised on a dais and covered with a canopy.
- Marlon
-
noun,
a male given name.
- areole
-
noun,
an areola.
- Archer
-
noun,
a person who shoots with a bow and arrow; bowman.
- BArchE
-
- Moneta
-
noun,
Ernesto Teodoro [er-ne-staw te-aw-daw-raw] /ɛrˈnɛ stɔ ˌtɛ ɔˈdɔ rɔ/ (Show IPA), 1833–1918, Italian journalist: Nobel Peace Prize 1907.
- beacon
-
noun,
a guiding or warning signal, as a light or fire, especially one in an elevated position.
- bather
-
noun,
a person or thing that bathes.
- batho-
-
- batmen
-
noun,
a soldier assigned to an officer as a servant.
- Martel
-
noun,
a hammerlike, shafted weapon having a head with a point at one end and a blunt face at the other.
- Machen
-
noun,
Arthur, 1863–1947, Welsh novelist and essayist.
- Machel
-
noun,
Samora Moisés [suh-mawr-uh moi-zes] /səˈmɔr ə mɔɪˈzɛs/ (Show IPA), 1933–86, Mozambique political leader: president 1975–86.
- Marten
-
noun,
any of several slender, chiefly arboreal carnivores of the genus Martes, of northern forests, having a long, glossy coat and bushy tail.
- Monera
-
noun,
a taxonomic kingdom of prokaryotic organisms that typically reproduce by asexual budding or fission and have a nutritional mode of absorption, photosynthesis, or chemosynthesis, comprising the bacteria, blue-green algae, and various primitive pathogens.
- antler
-
noun,
one of the solid deciduous horns, usually branched, of an animal of the deer family.
- thaler
-
noun,
any of various former large coins of various German states; dollar.
- bearer
-
noun,
a person or thing that carries, upholds, or brings:
- anthol
-
- beaten
-
noun,
a stroke or blow.
- beater
-
noun,
a person or thing that beats.
- Beaton
-
noun,
Sir Cecil (Walter Hardy) 1904–80, English photographer, writer, and theatrical designer.
- arbtrn
-
- Macomb
-
noun,
a city in NW Illinois.
- Mahler
-
noun,
Gustav [goo s-tahf] /ˈgʊs tɑf/ (Show IPA), 1860–1911, Austrian composer and conductor, born in Bohemia.
- macron
-
noun,
a horizontal line used as a diacritic over a vowel to indicate that it has a long sound or other specified pronunciation, as (ā) in fate (fāt).
- Thelma
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Barmen
-
noun,
a former city in W Germany, now incorporated into Wuppertal.
- MAeroE
-
- Barnet
-
noun,
a borough of Greater London, England.
- Monaco
-
noun,
a principality on the Mediterranean coast, bordering SE France. ½ sq. mi. (1.3 sq. km).
- Barolo
-
noun,
a dry red wine from the Piedmont region of Italy.
- barrel
-
noun,
a cylindrical wooden container with slightly bulging sides made of staves hooped together, and with flat, parallel ends.
- Barton
-
noun,
Clara, 1821–1912, U.S. philanthropist who organized the American Red Cross in 1881.
- Barren
-
noun,
Usually, barrens. level or slightly rolling land, usually with a sandy soil and few trees, and relatively infertile.
- Barret
-
noun,
a small cap, akin to the biretta, worn in the Middle Ages by soldiers and ecclesiastics.
- Barron
-
noun,
Clarence Walker, 1855–1928, U.S. financial publisher.
- macro-
-
- maroon
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) any of a group of blacks, descended from fugitive slaves of the 17th and 18th centuries, living in the West Indies and Guiana, especially in mountainous areas.
- barter
-
noun,
the act or practice of bartering.
- Marron
-
noun,
a large European chestnut, especially as used in cookery: candied or preserved in syrup.
- tanrec
-
noun,
tenrec.
- Molech
-
noun,
Moloch (defs 1, 2).
- bronco
-
noun,
a range pony or mustang of the western U.S., especially one that is not broken or is imperfectly broken.
- broche
-
noun,
(in weaving tapestries) a device on which the filling yarn is wound, used as a shuttle in passing through the shed of the loom to deposit the yarn.
- lancet
-
noun,
a small surgical instrument, usually sharp-pointed and two-edged, for making small incisions, opening abscesses, etc.
- brooch
-
noun,
a clasp or ornament having a pin at the back for passing through the clothing and a catch for securing the point of the pin.
- trance
-
noun,
a half-conscious state, seemingly between sleeping and waking, in which ability to function voluntarily may be suspended.
- Bronte
-
noun,
Anne ("Acton Bell") 1820–49, English novelist.
- Boomer
-
noun,
a person or thing that booms.
- nectar
-
noun,
the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or birds that pollinate the flower.
- 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.
- bromo-
-
- rochet
-
noun,
a vestment of linen or lawn, resembling a surplice, worn especially by bishops and abbots.
- bromal
-
noun,
an oily, colorless liquid, CBr 3 CHO, used in medicine chiefly as an anodyne and hypnotic.
- mermen
-
noun,
(in folklore) a male marine creature, having the head, torso, and arms of a man and the tail of a fish.
- necro-
-
- careen
-
noun,
a careening.
- carbon
-
noun,
Chemistry. a widely distributed element that forms organic compounds in combination with hydrogen, oxygen, etc., and that occurs in a pure state as diamond and graphite, and in an impure state as charcoal. Symbol: C; atomic weight: 12.011; atomic number: 6; specific gravity: (of diamond) 3.51 at 20°C; (of graphite) 2.26 at 20°C.
- Tralee
-
noun,
a city in and the county seat of Kerry, in the SW Republic of Ireland.
- broach
-
noun,
Machinery. an elongated, tapered, serrated cutting tool for shaping and enlarging holes.
- career
-
noun,
an occupation or profession, especially one requiring special training, followed as one's lifework:
- Mentor
-
noun,
a wise and trusted counselor or teacher.
- mental
-
noun,
Informal. a person with a psychological disorder:
- rrhoea
-
- Breton
-
noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1896–1966, French poet, essayist, and critic.
- Bremen
-
noun,
a state in NW Germany. 156 sq. mi. (405 sq. km).
- Carmel
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain range in NW Israel, near the Mediterranean coast. Highest point, 1818 feet (554 meters). 14 miles (23 km) long.
- Carmen
-
noun,
Ciudad del Carmen.
- tracer
-
noun,
a person or thing that traces.
- Breech
-
noun,
the lower, rear part of the trunk of the body; buttocks.
- hotcha
-
interjection,
(used as an expression of approval or delight, now often used facetiously.)
- lancer
-
noun,
a cavalry soldier armed with a lance.
- achene
-
noun,
any small, dry, hard, one-seeded, indehiscent fruit.
- breach
-
noun,
the act or a result of breaking; break or rupture.
- cablet
-
noun,
a small cable, especially a cablelaid rope under 10 inches (25 cm) in circumference.
- camote
-
noun,
batata.
- camlet
-
noun,
a durable, waterproof cloth, especially for outerwear.
- merlot
-
noun,
a dark-blue grape used in winemaking, especially in the Bordeaux region of France and in areas of Italy, Switzerland, and California.
- merlon
-
noun,
(in a battlement) the solid part between two crenels.
- nether
-
adjective,
lying or believed to lie beneath the earth's surface; infernal:
- camber
-
noun,
a slight arching, upward curve, or convexity, as of the deck of a ship.
- Canter
-
noun,
an easy gallop.
- cantle
-
noun,
the hind part of a saddle, usually curved upward.
- abloom
-
adverb, adjective,
in bloom; blossoming; flowering.
- Cantor
-
noun,
the religious official of a synagogue who conducts the liturgical portion of a service and sings or chants the prayers and parts of prayers designed to be performed as solos.
- roemer
-
noun,
a German wineglass having a body with a globular top and a cylindrical bottom often decorated with prunts, supported by a conical foot.
- cahoot
-
Idioms,
go cahoots, to share equally; become partners:
Also, go in cahoot with, go in cahoots.
- cabmen
-
noun,
cabdriver.
- tremor
-
noun,
involuntary shaking of the body or limbs, as from disease, fear, weakness, or excitement; a fit of trembling.
- Lamont
-
noun,
a male given name.
- treble
-
noun,
Music.
the treble or soprano part.
a treble voice, singer, or instrument.
- Mercer
-
noun,
a dealer in textile fabrics; dry-goods merchant.
- lacto-
-
- aceto-
-
- Rommel
-
noun,
Erwin [ur-win;; German er-veen] /ˈɜr wɪn;; German ˈɛr vin/ (Show IPA), ("the Desert Fox") 1891–1944, German field marshal: commander of the German forces in North Africa in World War II.
- Horton
-
noun,
a river in the N Northwest Territories, Canada, flowing NW to Franklin Bay on the Beaufort Sea. 275 miles (443 km) long.
- Lahore
-
noun,
a city in NE Pakistan: the capital of Punjab province.
- nemat-
-
- roomer
-
noun,
a person who lives in a rented room; lodger.
- carbo-
-
- rooter
-
noun,
a person, animal, or thing that roots, as with the snout.
- Lamech
-
noun,
the son of Enoch, and the father of Jabal, Jubal, and Tubal-cain. Gen. 4:18.
- lament
-
noun,
an expression of grief or sorrow.
- breath
-
noun,
the air inhaled and exhaled in respiration.
- Brecht
-
noun,
Bertolt [ber-tawlt] /ˈbɛr tɔlt/ (Show IPA), 1898–1956, German dramatist and poet.
- lateen
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having a lateen sail or sails.
- borate
-
noun,
a salt or ester of boric acid.
- cartel
-
noun,
an international syndicate, combine, or trust formed especially to regulate prices and output in some field of business.
- Carter
-
noun,
Bennett Lester ("Benny") 1907–2003, U.S. jazz saxophonist and composer.
- carton
-
noun,
a cardboard or plastic box used typically for storage or shipping.
- torero
-
noun,
a bullfighter, especially a matador.
- Albert
-
noun,
Carl (Bert) 1908–2000, U.S. politician: Speaker of the House 1971–77.
- Borman
-
noun,
Frank, born 1928, U.S. astronaut.
- Roboam
-
noun,
Rehoboam.
- Naboth
-
noun,
the owner of a vineyard coveted by Ahab, slain by the scheming of Jezebel so that Ahab could secure the vineyard. I Kings 21.
- Boreal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the north wind.
- alchem
-
- troche
-
noun,
a small tablet or lozenge, usually a circular one, made of medicinal substance worked into a paste with sugar and mucilage or the like, and dried.
- menace
-
noun,
something that threatens to cause evil, harm, injury, etc.; a threat:
- metal.
-
- borane
-
noun,
any of the compounds, both neutral and anionic, of boron and hydrogen with formulas ranging from B 2 H 6 to B 20 H 16 .
- aerobe
-
noun,
an organism, especially a bacterium, that requires air or free oxygen for life (opposed to anaerobe).
- Lehman
-
noun,
Herbert H(enry) 1878–1963, U.S. banker and statesman.
- me-too
-
adjective,
Slang. characterized by or involving me-tooism:
- Horace
-
noun,
(Quintus Horatius Flaccus) 65–8 b.c, Roman poet and satirist.
- Alecto
-
noun,
one of the Furies.
- Cather
-
noun,
Willa (Sibert) [wil-uh see-bert] /ˈwɪl ə ˈsi bərt/ (Show IPA), 1876–1947, U.S. novelist.
- Robert
-
noun,
Henry Martyn [mahr-tn] /ˈmɑr tn/ (Show IPA), 1837–1923, U.S. engineer and authority on parliamentary procedure: author of Robert's Rules of Order (1876, revised 1915).
- Hooton
-
noun,
Earnest Albert [ur-nist] /ˈɜr nɪst/ (Show IPA), 1887–1954, U.S. anthropologist and writer.
- Bootle
-
noun,
a city in Merseyside metropolitan county, in W England, on the Mersey estuary.
- alerce
-
noun,
the wood of the sandarac tree.
- robalo
-
noun,
snook2 (def 1).
- bootee
-
noun,
Also, bootie. a baby's socklike shoe, usually knitted or crocheted, and calf-length or shorter.
- hooter
-
noun,
a person or thing that hoots.
- Lenore
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Eleanor.
- Borneo
-
noun,
an island in the Malay Archipelago, politically divided among Indonesia, Malaysia, and the British-protected sultanate of Brunei. 290,000 sq. mi. (750,000 sq. km).
- lector
-
noun,
a lecturer in a college or university.
- Merton
-
noun,
Robert King, 1910–2003, U.S. sociologist.
- ahchoo
-
interjection,
(used to represent the sound of a person sneezing.)
- horol.
-
- aeron.
-
- hornet
-
noun,
any large, stinging paper wasp of the family Vespidae, as Vespa crabro (giant hornet) introduced into the U.S. from Europe, or Vespula maculata (bald-faced hornet or white-faced hornet) of North America.
- carnet
-
noun,
a customs document allowing an automobile to be driven at no cost across international borders.
- Carnot
-
noun,
Lazare Nicolas Marguerite [la-zar nee-kaw-lah mar-guh-reet] /laˈzar ni kɔˈlɑ mar gəˈrit/ (Show IPA), 1753–1823, French general and statesman.
- lather
-
noun,
foam or froth made by a detergent, especially soap, when stirred or rubbed in water, as by a brush used in shaving or by hands in washing.
- branle
-
noun,
a lively 16th- and 17th-century round dance originating in France.
- branch
-
noun,
a division or subdivision of the stem or axis of a tree, shrub, or other plant.
- aether
-
noun,
ether (defs 3–5).
- aethon
-
noun,
triethyl orthoformate.
- Carole
-
noun,
a female given name.
- merman
-
noun,
(in folklore) a male marine creature, having the head, torso, and arms of a man and the tail of a fish.
- trocar
-
noun,
a sharp-pointed instrument enclosed in a cannula, used for withdrawing fluid from a cavity, as the abdominal cavity.
- Carrel
-
noun,
Also called cubicle, stall. a small recess or enclosed area in a library stack, designed for individual study or reading.
- lecher
-
noun,
a man given to excessive sexual indulgence; a lascivious or licentious man.
- carrot
-
noun,
a plant, Daucus carota, of the parsley family, having pinnately decompound leaves and umbels of small white or yellow flowers, in its wild form a widespread, familiar weed, and in cultivation valued for its edible root.
- learnt
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of learn.
- tacho-
-
- carrom
-
noun,
Billiards, Pool. a shot in which the cue ball hits two balls in succession.
- narco-
-
- bother
-
noun,
something troublesome, burdensome, or annoying:
- bracer
-
noun,
a person or thing that braces, binds, or makes firm.
- leaner
-
noun,
a person or thing that leans.
- Marne
-
noun,
a river in NE France, flowing W to the Seine near Paris: battles 1914, 1918, 1944. 325 miles (525 km) long.
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- Meroe
-
noun,
a ruined city in Sudan, on the Nile, NE of Khartoum: a capital of ancient Ethiopia that was destroyed a.d. c350.
- mero-
-
- octo-
-
- hater
-
noun,
a person who has an intense dislike for another person or thing (often used in combination):
- Hatch
-
noun,
the act of hatching.
- octan
-
noun,
an octan fever.
- meta-
-
- Maroc
-
noun,
French name of Morocco.
- Harte
-
noun,
(Francis) Bret [bret] /brɛt/ (Show IPA), 1839–1902, U.S. author, especially of short stories.
- omber
-
noun,
a card game popular in the 17th and 18th centuries and played, usually by three persons, with 40 cards.
- orant
-
noun,
a representation of a female figure, with outstretched arms and palms up in a gesture of prayer, in ancient and early Christian art.
- MMetE
-
- 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.
- moble
-
verb (used with object),
to wrap the head of, as in a hood.
- Meath
-
noun,
a county in Leinster, in the E Republic of Ireland. 902 sq. mi. (2335 sq. km). County seat: Trim.
- meno-
-
- menat
-
noun,
an amulet worn by certain Egyptians in ancient times to secure divine protection and to ensure fertility.
- mech.
-
- mneme
-
noun,
Psychology. the retentive basis or basic principle in a mind or organism accounting for memory.
- Mehta
-
noun,
Zubin [zoo-bin] /ˈzu bɪn/ (Show IPA), born 1936, Indian orchestra conductor, in the U.S. since 1961.
- onto-
-
- Olean
-
noun,
a city in SW New York.
- halo-
-
- Hamer
-
noun,
Fannie Lou, 1917–77, U.S. civil rights activist.
- Menam
-
noun,
a former name of Chao Phraya.
- onco-
-
- Melba
-
noun,
(Dame) Nellie (Helen Porter Mitchell Armstrong) 1861–1931, Australian operatic soprano.
- Metol
-
- Haber
-
noun,
Fritz, 1868–1934, German chemist: Nobel Prize 1918.
- melon
-
noun,
the fruit of any of various plants of the gourd family, as the muskmelon or watermelon.
- haem-
-
- Memel
-
noun,
German name of Klaipeda.
- metr-
-
- oleo-
-
- Ethel
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Germanic word meaning “noble.”.
- meant
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of mean1 .
- Merle
-
noun,
the blackbird, Turdus merula.
- mater
-
noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- maror
-
noun,
a portion of horseradish or other bitter herb that is eaten at the Seder meal on Passover.
- meter
-
noun,
the fundamental unit of length in the metric system, equivalent to 39.37 U.S. inches, originally intended to be, and being very nearly, equal to one ten-millionth of the distance from the equator to the pole measured on a meridian: defined from 1889 to 1960 as the distance between two lines on a platinum-iridium bar (the “International Prototype Meter”) preserved at the International Bureau of Weights and Measures near Paris; from 1960 to 1983 defined as 1,650,763.73 wavelengths of the orange-red radiation of krypton 86 under specified conditions; and now defined as 1/299,792,458 of the distance light travels in a vacuum in one second. Abbreviation: m.
- Errol
-
noun,
a male given name.
- erron
-
- merch
-
noun,
merchandise, especially as marketed to a particular fan base:
- orale
-
noun,
fanon (def 2).
- molar
-
noun,
Also called molar tooth. a tooth having a broad biting surface adapted for grinding, being one of twelve in humans, with three on each side of the upper and lower jaws.
- match
-
noun,
a slender piece of wood, cardboard, or other flammable material tipped with a chemical substance that produces fire when rubbed on a rough or chemically prepared surface.
- harem
-
noun,
the part of a Muslim palace or house reserved for the residence of women.
- Merca
-
noun,
a city in S Somalia.
- math.
-
- ohone
-
interjection,
alas!
- orach
-
noun,
any plant of the genus Atriplex, especially A. hortensis, of the amaranth family, cultivated for use like spinach.
- meth-
-
- ethal
-
noun,
cetyl alcohol.
- matr-
-
- haole
-
noun,
(among Polynesian Hawaiians) a term used to refer to a non-Polynesian, especially a white person.
- Ethan
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “strength.”.
- mohel
-
noun,
the person who performs the circumcision in the Jewish rite of circumcising a male child on the eighth day after his birth.
- McRae
-
noun,
Carmen, 1920–94, U.S. jazz singer and songwriter.
- menta
-
noun,
Entomology. the medial plate of the labium in insects.
- Mocha
-
noun,
(initial capital letter). Also, Mukha. a seaport in the Republic of Yemen on the Red Sea.
- haler
-
noun,
heller2 (def 1).
- Hooch
-
noun,
alcoholic liquor.
- octal
-
noun,
octonary (def 6).
- nacho
-
noun,
a snack or appetizer consisting of a small piece of tortilla topped with cheese, hot peppers, etc., and broiled.
- latch
-
noun,
a device for holding a door, gate, or the like, closed, consisting basically of a bar falling or sliding into a catch, groove, hole, etc.
- notch
-
noun,
an angular or V -shaped cut, indentation, or slit in an object, surface, or edge.
- laten
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- later
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- Lathe
-
noun,
a machine for use in working wood, metal, etc., that holds the material and rotates it about a horizontal axis against a tool that shapes it.
- neath
-
preposition,
beneath.
- natl.
-
- natch
-
adverb,
of course; naturally.
- Leach
-
noun,
the act or process of leaching.
- leant
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- learn
-
verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- lect.
-
- nacre
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- leech
-
noun,
any bloodsucking or carnivorous aquatic or terrestrial worm of the class Hirudinea, certain freshwater species of which were formerly much used in medicine for bloodletting.
- Lehar
-
noun,
Franz [frahnts] /frɑnts/ (Show IPA), 1870–1948, Hungarian composer of operettas.
- laree
-
noun,
lari.
- Lenca
-
noun,
a member of an Indian people of El Salvador and central Honduras.
- Leone
-
noun,
a paper money, cupronickel or silver coin, and monetary unit of Sierra Leone, equal to 100 cents.
- Leona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Colet
-
noun,
John, 1467?–1519, English educator and clergyman.
- motor
-
noun,
a comparatively small and powerful engine, especially an internal-combustion engine in an automobile, motorboat, or the like.
- herem
-
noun,
the most severe form of excommunication, formerly used by rabbis in sentencing wrongdoers, usually for an indefinite period of time.
- lento
-
adverb,
slowly.
- oaten
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or made of oats.
- Heron
-
noun,
any of numerous long-legged, long-necked, usually long-billed birds of the family Ardeidae, including the true herons, egrets, night herons, and bitterns.
- Lemon
-
noun,
the yellowish, acid fruit of a subtropical citrus tree, Citrus limon.
- Herma
-
noun,
herm.
- lemma
-
noun,
a subsidiary proposition introduced in proving some other proposition; a helping theorem.
- Leman
-
noun,
a sweetheart; lover; beloved.
- Herne
-
noun,
James A(hern) [uh-hurn] /əˈhɜrn/ (Show IPA), 1839–1901, U.S. actor and playwright.
- noto-
-
- Nebr.
-
- larch
-
noun,
any coniferous tree of the genus Larix, yielding a tough durable wood.
- Lerna
-
noun,
a marshy region near Argos, Greece: the legendary abode of the Hydra slain by Hercules.
- Noble
-
noun,
a person of noble birth or rank; nobleman or noblewoman. Synonyms: peer; aristocrat, blue blood, patrician.
Antonyms: commoner, serf, peasant.
- Honor
-
noun,
honesty, fairness, or integrity in one's beliefs and actions:
- Horae
-
plural noun,
goddesses of the seasons, of cyclical death and rebirth, and sometimes of social order, usually given as three in number, with the names Dike (Justice), Eunomia (Order), and Irene (Peace).
- horal
-
adjective,
of or relating to an hour or hours; hourly.
- Horeb
-
noun,
a mountain sometimes identified with Mount Sinai.
- horme
-
noun,
activity directed toward a goal; purposive effort.
- Horne
-
noun,
Lena, 1917–2010, U.S. singer and actress.
- hort.
-
- Horta
-
noun,
Baron Victor, 1861?–1947, Belgian architect.
- homo-
-
- homme
-
noun,
a man.
- Homer
-
noun,
Baseball. home run.
- noct-
-
- hotch
-
verb (used with object),
to cause to fidget or shiver.
- hotel
-
noun,
a commercial establishment offering lodging to travelers and sometimes to permanent residents, and often having restaurants, meeting rooms, stores, etc., that are available to the general public.
- Nobel
-
noun,
Alfred Bernhard [ahl-fred ber-nahrd] /ˈɑl frɛd ˈbɛr nɑrd/ (Show IPA), 1833–96, Swedish engineer, manufacturer, and philanthropist.
- Hoare
-
noun,
Sir Samuel John Gurney [gur-nee] /ˈgɜr ni/ (Show IPA), 1st Viscount Templewood [tem-puh l-woo d] /ˈtɛm pəlˌwʊd/ (Show IPA), 1880–1959, British statesman.
- holo-
-
- Hoban
-
noun,
James, c1762–1831, U.S. architect, born in Ireland: designed the White House.
- Necho
-
noun,
Prince of Sais and Prince of Memphis, flourished 633? b.c, chief of the Egyptian delta lords (father of Psamtik I).
- North
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, lying in the plane of the meridian and to the left of a person facing the rising sun. Abbreviation: N.
- Norma
-
noun,
the Rule, a small southern constellation between Lupus and Ara.
- LANCE
-
noun,
a long wooden shaft with a pointed metal head, used as a weapon by knights and cavalry soldiers in charging.
- Norco
-
noun,
a town in S California.
- lact-
-
- Neth.
-
- Nemea
-
noun,
a valley in SE Greece, in ancient Argolis.
- Erech
-
noun,
Biblical name of Uruk.
- nomo-
-
- labor
-
noun,
productive activity, especially for the sake of economic gain.
- neral
-
noun,
citral b.
See under citral.
- nerol
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid, unsaturated alcohol, C 10 H 18 O, an isomeric form of geraniol occurring in neroli oil, used in perfumery.
- moton
-
noun,
besague.
- Letch
-
noun,
a lecherous desire or craving.
- molet
-
noun,
mullet2 .
- Heber
-
noun,
Reginald, 1783–1826, British bishop and hymn writer.
- obole
-
noun,
a silver-alloy coin of France issued during the Middle Ages, the 24th part of a sol, or one-half denier.
- Obote
-
noun,
(Apollo) Milton, 1924–2005, Ugandan political leader: president 1966–71 and 1980–85.
- ocean
-
noun,
the vast body of salt water that covers almost three fourths of the earth's surface.
- mono-
-
- Mabel
-
noun,
a female given name.
- hect-
-
- 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.
- Monet
-
noun,
Claude [klawd;; French klohd] /klɔd;; French kloʊd/ (Show IPA), 1840–1926, French painter.
- macer
-
noun,
macebearer.
- mach.
-
- mache
-
noun,
corn salad.
- macho
-
noun,
Also, machoism. assertive or aggressive manliness; machismo.
- macle
-
noun,
chiastolite.
- Macon
-
noun,
Nathaniel, 1758–1837, U.S. politician: Speaker of the House 1801–07.
- ocher
-
noun,
any of a class of natural earths, mixtures of hydrated oxide of iron with various earthy materials, ranging in color from pale yellow to orange and red, and used as pigments.
- Mont.
-
- 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.
- octa-
-
- ocrea
-
noun,
a sheathing part, as a pair of stipules united about a stem.
- manor
-
noun,
(in England) a landed estate or territorial unit, originally of the nature of a feudal lordship, consisting of a lord's demesne and of lands within which he has the right to exercise certain privileges, exact certain fees, etc.
- ochre
-
noun,
any of a class of natural earths, mixtures of hydrated oxide of iron with various earthy materials, ranging in color from pale yellow to orange and red, and used as pigments.
- molto
-
adverb,
very:
- Manet
-
noun,
Édouard [ey-dwar] /eɪˈdwar/ (Show IPA), 1832–83, French painter.
- 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.
- mahoe
-
noun,
hau tree.
- mambo
-
noun,
a fast ballroom dance of Caribbean origin, rhythmically similar to the rumba and cha-cha but having a more complex pattern of steps.
- Malmo
-
noun,
a seaport in S Sweden, on the Sound opposite Copenhagen, Denmark.
- Ochoa
-
noun,
Severo [suh-vair-oh;; Spanish se-ve-raw] /səˈvɛər oʊ;; Spanish sɛˈvɛ rɔ/ (Show IPA), 1905–93, U.S. biochemist, born in Spain: Nobel Prize in medicine 1959.
- male-
-
- Mahon
-
noun,
a seaport on E Minorca, in the Balearic Islands.
- Heath
-
noun,
a tract of open and uncultivated land; wasteland overgrown with shrubs.
- Helen
-
noun,
Also called Helen of Troy. Classical Mythology. the beautiful daughter of Zeus and Leda and wife of Menelaus whose abduction by Paris was the cause of the Trojan War.
- Monte
-
noun,
Also called monte bank. a gambling game played with a 40-card pack in which players bet that one of two layouts, each consisting of two cards drawn from either the top or bottom of the deck and turned face up, will be matched in suit by the next card turned up.
- Letha
-
noun,
a female given name.
- loche
-
noun,
the North American burbot.
- Herat
-
noun,
a city in NW Afghanistan.
- Lethe
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a river in Hades whose water caused forgetfulness of the past in those who drank of it.
- obeah
-
noun,
a form of belief involving sorcery, practiced in parts of the West Indies, South America, the southern U.S., and Africa.
- motel
-
noun,
a hotel providing travelers with lodging and free parking facilities, typically a roadside hotel having rooms adjacent to an outside parking area or an urban hotel offering parking within the building.
- lm-hr
-
- loach
-
noun,
any of several slender European and Asian fishes of the family Cobitidae and related families, having several barbels around the mouth.
- moror
-
noun,
maror.
- 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:
- moron
-
noun,
Informal. a person who is notably stupid or lacking in good judgment:
- loath
-
adjective,
unwilling; reluctant; disinclined; averse:
- Hemon
-
noun,
Louis [lwee] /lwi/ (Show IPA), 1880–1913, Canadian novelist, born in France.
- lobar
-
adjective,
of or relating to a lobe, as of the lungs.
- Morel
-
noun,
any edible mushroom of the genus Morchella, especially M. esculenta.
- hemo-
-
- month
-
noun,
Also called calendar month. any of the twelve parts, as January or February, into which the calendar year is divided.
- moola
-
noun,
money.
- Helot
-
noun,
a member of the lowest class in ancient Laconia, constituting a body of serfs who were bound to the land and were owned by the state.
Compare Perioeci, Spartiate.
- mooch
-
noun,
Also, moocher. a person who mooches.
- hema-
-
- Lorne
-
noun,
Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
- hemal
-
adjective,
Also, hematal. of or relating to the blood or blood vessels.
- Lorna
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Loren
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- Morea
-
noun,
Peloponnesus.
- Lorca
-
noun,
García Lorca.
- LORAN
-
noun,
a system of long-range navigation whereby the latitude and longitude of a ship or airplane are determined from the time displacement between radio signals from two or more fixed transmitters.
- Moore
-
noun,
Archibald Lee ("Archie") 1913–1998, U.S. boxer.
- loner
-
noun,
a person who is or prefers to be alone, especially one who avoids the company of others:
- Hemet
-
noun,
a city in SW California.
- moral
-
noun,
the moral teaching or practical lesson contained in a fable, tale, experience, etc.
- erect
-
adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- trone
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- oater
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- BMarE
-
- Blanc
-
noun,
a silver coin of France of the 14th–18th centuries, debased in later years.
- blare
-
noun,
a loud, raucous noise:
- telo-
-
- blate
-
noun,
bleat (def 4).
- blear
-
noun,
a blur; cloudiness; dimness:
- bleat
-
noun,
the cry of a sheep, goat, or calf.
- blent
-
noun,
an act or manner of blending:
- bloat
-
noun,
Also called hoven. Veterinary Pathology. (in cattle, sheep, and horses) a distention of the rumen or paunch or of the large colon by gases of fermentation, caused by eating ravenously of green forage, especially legumes.
- tele-
-
- Bloch
-
noun,
Ernest, 1880–1959, Swiss composer, in the U.S. after 1916.
- Bloom
-
noun,
the flower of a plant.
- BMetE
-
- Temne
-
noun,
a member of a people living mainly in Sierra Leone.
- Teena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Albertina, Bettina, or Christina.
- boart
-
noun,
bort.
- tech.
-
- Boche
-
noun,
Older Slang: Disparaging and Offensive. a contemptuous term used to refer to a German, especially a German soldier in World War I or II.
- Boece
-
noun,
Boethius.
- Bohea
-
noun,
an inferior grade of black tea.
- Bohme
-
noun,
Jakob [yah-kawp] /ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1575–1624, German theosophist and mystic.
- Bohol
-
noun,
an island in the S central Philippines. 1492 sq. mi. (3864 sq. km).
- Teach
-
noun,
Informal. teacher.
- bolar
-
adjective,
of or relating to bole or clay.
- T-bar
-
noun,
a rolled metal bar or beam with a cross section resembling a T .
- blame
-
noun,
an act of attributing fault; censure; reproof:
- Tench
-
noun,
a freshwater food fish, Tinca tinca, of Europe and Asia that can survive short periods out of water.
- bonce
-
noun,
head; skull.
- Benet
-
noun,
Stephen Vincent, 1898–1943, U.S. poet and novelist.
- beech
-
noun,
any tree of the genus Fagus, of temperate regions, having a smooth gray bark and bearing small, edible, triangular nuts.
- Terra
-
noun,
earth; land.
- terr.
-
- Behan
-
noun,
Brendan (Francis) [bren-duh n] /ˈbrɛn dən/ (Show IPA), 1923–64, Irish playwright.
- terne
-
noun,
terne metal.
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- belah
-
noun,
beefwood.
- belch
-
noun,
an instance of belching; eructation.
- Belem
-
noun,
a seaport in N Brazil on the Pará River.
- bench
-
noun,
a long seat for several persons:
- term.
-
- Berar
-
noun,
a former division of the Central Provinces and Berar, in central India: now part of Maharashtra state.
- teno-
-
- berat
-
noun,
a city in S central Albania.
- Berea
-
noun,
a city in NE Ohio, near Cleveland.
- Beret
-
noun,
a soft, visorless cap with a close-fitting headband and a wide, round top often with a tab at its center.
- terce
-
noun,
tierce (def 3).
- Terah
-
noun,
the father of Abraham. Gen. 11:25–32.
- Berne
-
noun,
Bern.
- Berra
-
noun,
Lawrence Peter ("Yogi") born 1925, U.S. baseball player and manager.
- tera-
-
- berth
-
noun,
a shelflike sleeping space, as on a ship, airplane, or railroad car.
- betel
-
noun,
an East Indian pepper plant, Piper betle, the leaves of which are chewed with other ingredients.
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- Bethe
-
noun,
Hans Albrecht [hanz awl-brekt,, hahns;; German hahns ahl-brekht] /hænz ˈɔl brɛkt,, hɑns;; German hɑns ˈɑl brɛxt/ (Show IPA), 1906–2005, U.S. physicist, born in Alsace: Nobel Prize 1967.
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- boner
-
noun,
a person or thing that bones.
- Thach
-
noun,
Edward, Teach, Edward.
- caber
-
noun,
a pole or beam, especially one thrown as a trial of strength.
- Brent
-
noun,
brant.
- rrhea
-
- rotor
-
noun,
Electricity. a rotating member of a machine.
Compare stator (def 1).
- Broca
-
noun,
Paul [pawl] /pɔl/ (Show IPA), 1824–80, French surgeon and anthropologist.
- broch
-
noun,
a circular stone tower built around the beginning of the Christian era, having an inner and an outer wall, found on the Orkney Islands, Shetland Islands, the Hebrides, and the mainland of Scotland.
- brom-
-
- bronc
-
noun,
bronco:
- broom
-
noun,
an implement for sweeping, consisting of a brush of straw or stiff strands of synthetic material bound tightly to the end of a long handle.
- broth
-
noun,
thin soup of concentrated meat or fish stock.
- Ronco
-
noun,
any grunt of the genus Haemulon, especially H. parrai, the sailor's-choice, of West Indian waters.
- Romeo
-
noun,
the romantic lover of Juliet in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.
- Cabet
-
noun,
Étienne [ey-tyen] /eɪˈtyɛn/ (Show IPA), 1788–1856, French socialist who established a utopian community in the U.S. (in Illinois) called Icaria: became U.S. citizen 1854.
- Bream
-
noun,
any of various freshwater fishes of the genus Abramis, as A. brama, of Europe, with a compressed, deep body and silvery scales.
- Cable
-
noun,
a heavy, strong rope.
- Cabot
-
noun,
John (Giovanni Caboto) c1450–98? Italian navigator in the service of England: discoverer of North American mainland 1497.
- Caleb
-
noun,
a Hebrew leader, sent as a spy into the land of Canaan. Num. 13:6.
- Roman
-
noun,
a metrical narrative, especially in medieval French literature.
- Camb.
-
- Camel
-
noun,
either of two large, humped, ruminant quadrupeds of the genus Camelus, of the Old World.
Compare Bactrian camel, dromedary.
- Cameo
-
noun,
a technique of engraving upon a gem or other stone, as onyx, in such a way that an underlying stone of one color is exposed as a background for a low-relief design of another color.
- caner
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- canoe
-
noun,
any of various slender, open boats, tapering to a point at both ends, propelled by paddles or sometimes sails and traditionally formed of light framework covered with bark, skins, or canvas, or formed from a dug-out or burned-out log or logs, and now usually made of aluminum, fiberglass, etc.
- Cant.
-
- canto
-
noun,
one of the main or larger divisions of a long poem.
- Breen
-
noun,
a deep brownish green.
- Taber
-
noun,
tabor.
- Boole
-
noun,
George, 1815–64, English mathematician and logician.
- boron
-
noun,
a nonmetallic element occurring naturally only in combination, as in borax or boric acid, and obtained in either an amorphous or a crystalline form when reduced from its compounds. Symbol: B; atomic weight: 10.811; atomic number: 5.
- Boone
-
noun,
Daniel, 1734–1820, American pioneer, especially in Kentucky.
- tambo
-
noun,
Mr. Tambo.
- Booth
-
noun,
a stall, compartment, or light structure for the sale of goods or for display purposes, as at a market, exhibition, or fair.
- talon
-
noun,
a claw, especially of a bird of prey.
- taler
-
noun,
thaler.
- Borah
-
noun,
William Edgar, 1865–1940, U.S. senator from Idaho 1906–40.
- boral
-
noun,
a compound of an aluminum tartrate and borate, used chiefly as an astringent and antiseptic.
- Borel
-
noun,
Félix Édouard Émile [fey-leeks ey-dwar ey-meel] /feɪˈliks eɪˈdwar eɪˈmil/ (Show IPA), 1871–1956, French mathematician.
- Borer
-
noun,
a person or thing that bores or pierces.
- borne
-
noun,
a circular sofa having a conical or cylindrical back piece at the center.
- boro-
-
- Tahoe
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in E California and W Nevada, in the Sierra Nevada Mountains: resort. About 200 sq. mi. (520 sq. km); 6225 feet (1897 meters) above sea level.
- table
-
noun,
an article of furniture consisting of a flat, slablike top supported on one or more legs or other supports:
- botch
-
noun,
a clumsy or poor piece of work; mess; bungle:
- botel
-
noun,
boatel.
- Botha
-
noun,
Louis [loo-ee] /luˈi/ (Show IPA), 1862–1919, South African general and statesman.
- Bothe
-
noun,
Walther [vahl-tuh r] /ˈvɑl tər/ (Show IPA), 1891–1957, German physicist: Nobel Prize 1954.
- tache
-
noun,
a buckle; clasp.
- Brace
-
noun,
something that holds parts together or in place, as a clasp or clamp.
- bract
-
noun,
a specialized leaf or leaflike part, usually situated at the base of a flower or inflorescence.
- Brahe
-
noun,
Tycho [tee-koh;; Danish ty-koh] /ˈti koʊ;; Danish ˈtü koʊ/ (Show IPA), 1546–1601, Danish astronomer.
- Brale
-
- Tabor
-
noun,
a small drum formerly used to accompany oneself on a pipe or fife.
- Brant
-
noun,
any of several species of small, dark-colored geese of the genus Branta, especially B. bernicla, breeding in high northern latitudes and migrating south in the autumn.
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- beche
-
noun,
a grab for retrieving tools used in drilling a well.
- beano
-
noun,
bingo.
- Caren
-
noun,
a female given name.
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- alert
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- Almon
-
noun,
a Philippine, dipterocarpaceous tree, Shorea eximia.
- alone
-
Idioms,
leave alone,
to allow (someone) to be by himself or herself:
to refrain from annoying or interfering with:
- alter
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- altho
-
conjunction,
although.
- alto-
-
- Alton
-
noun,
a city in SW Illinois.
- Amber
-
noun,
a pale yellow, sometimes reddish or brownish, fossil resin of vegetable origin, translucent, brittle, and capable of gaining a negative electrical charge by friction and of being an excellent insulator: used for making jewelry and other ornamental articles.
- Amble
-
noun,
an ambling gait.
- tono-
-
- Ambon
-
noun,
ambo.
- ameer
-
noun,
emir.
- Torah
-
noun,
the Pentateuch, being the first of the three Jewish divisions of the Old Testament.
Compare Tanach.
- ament
-
noun,
catkin.
- Amer.
-
- Ammon
-
noun,
the classical name of the Egyptian divinity Amen, whom the Greeks identified with Zeus, the Romans with Jupiter.
- amole
-
noun,
the root of any of several plants, as Mexican species of agaves, used as a substitute for soap.
- tonal
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having tonality.
- AMORC
-
- amort
-
adjective,
spiritless; lifeless.
- ancre
-
adjective,
having the end of each limb divided and carved outward like the flukes of an anchor; moline:
- tombe
-
noun,
a step in which a dancer falls from one leg to the other, landing with all the weight on the foot that has just moved, while flexing the knee.
- anele
-
verb (used with object),
to administer extreme unction to.
- Aneto
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA). Spanish name of Pic de Néthou.
- Alene
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- toran
-
noun,
(in Indian Buddhist and Hindu architecture) a gateway having two or three lintels between two posts.
- ante-
-
- acerb
-
adjective,
acerbic.
- 30-30
-
- Trona
-
noun,
a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
- troch
-
- abele
-
noun,
the white poplar tree, Populus alba.
- abhor
-
verb (used with object),
to regard with extreme repugnance or aversion; detest utterly; loathe; abominate.
- abmho
-
noun,
the centimeter-gram-second unit of conductance, equivalent to 10 9mhos.
- Abner
-
noun,
the commander of the Israelite army and a cousin of Saul. I Sam. 14:50; 26:5.
- abohm
-
noun,
the centimeter-gram-second unit of electrical resistance, equivalent to 10 −9 ohm.
- aboon
-
adverb, preposition,
above.
- abort
-
noun,
a missile, rocket, etc., that has aborted.
- treen
-
noun,
treenware.
- acet-
-
- Alcor
-
- achoo
-
interjection,
ahchoo.
- acorn
-
noun,
the typically ovoid fruit or nut of an oak, enclosed at the base by a cupule.
- acro-
-
- acron
-
noun,
the unsegmented, preoral portion of the body of an arthropod.
- Acton
-
noun,
a quilted garment worn under mail in the 13th and 14th centuries; gambeson.
- Actor
-
noun,
a person who acts in stage plays, motion pictures, television broadcasts, etc.
- Trace
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- aero-
-
- aholt
-
noun,
ahold.
- Albee
-
noun,
Edward, born 1928, U.S. playwright.
- torch
-
noun,
a light to be carried in the hand, consisting of some combustible substance, as resinous wood, or of twisted flax or the like soaked with tallow or other flammable substance, ignited at the upper end.
- Alcon
-
noun,
a noted archer who helped Hercules abduct the cattle of Geryon.
- anole
-
noun,
any of numerous chiefly insectivorous New World lizards of the genus Anolis, related to the iguana, that have the ability to change the color of their skin among a wide range of green and brown shades.
- anth-
-
- 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.
- Thema
-
noun,
theme (def 7).
- Bacon
-
noun,
the back and sides of the hog, salted and dried or smoked, usually sliced thin and fried for food.
- bact.
-
- there
-
noun,
that state or condition:
- Thera
-
noun,
a Greek island in the S Aegean, in the Cyclades group. 30 sq. mi. (78 sq. km).
- Balch
-
noun,
Emily Greene, 1867–1961, U.S. economist, sociologist, and author: Nobel Peace Prize 1946.
- theor
-
- balon
-
noun,
ballon.
- Balt.
-
- theo-
-
- Banco
-
noun,
a declaration made by a bettor in certain gambling games, as baccarat and chemin de fer, indicating a bet matching the full amount in the bank, to the exclusion of all previous lower bets: often used as an interjection.
- theme
-
noun,
a subject of discourse, discussion, meditation, or composition; topic:
- baro-
-
- Thorn
-
noun,
a sharp excrescence on a plant, especially a sharp-pointed aborted branch; spine; prickle.
- Baron
-
noun,
a member of the lowest grade of nobility.
- theca
-
noun,
a case or receptacle.
- Barre
-
noun,
a handrail placed at hip height, used by a dancer to maintain balance during practice.
- Bart.
-
- Barth
-
noun,
John (Simmons) [sim-uh nz] /ˈsɪm ənz/ (Show IPA), born 1930, U.S. novelist.
- Thebe
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of Botswana, the 100th part of a pula.
- batch
-
noun,
a quantity or number coming at one time or taken together:
- bathe
-
noun,
British.
the act of bathing, especially in the sea, a lake, or a river.
a swimming bath.
- Baton
-
noun,
Music. a wand used by a conductor.
- BCerE
-
- Thare
-
noun,
Terah.
- Beach
-
noun,
an expanse of sand or pebbles along a shore.
- thole
-
noun,
a pin, or either of two pins, inserted into a gunwale to provide a fulcrum for an oar.
- BArch
-
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- Armen
-
- A-one
-
adjective,
noting a vessel regarded by a shipping-classification society as being equipped to the highest standard and with equipment maintained in first-class condition.
- toman
-
noun,
a coin of Iran, equal to 10 rials.
- Arber
-
noun,
Werner, born 1929, Swiss microbiologist: shared Nobel Prize 1978.
- arbor
-
noun,
a leafy, shady recess formed by tree branches, shrubs, etc.
- Tolar
-
noun,
the basic monetary unit of Slovenia until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 stotins.
- Arch.
-
- arche
-
- tolan
-
noun,
a crystalline, water-insoluble, solid, unsaturated compound, C 14 H 10 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- areo-
-
- Arete
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- Arlen
-
noun,
Harold (Hymen Arluck) 1905–1986, U.S. songwriter.
- armet
-
noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- THREE
-
noun,
a cardinal number, 2 plus 1.
- armor
-
noun,
any covering worn as a defense against weapons.
- Arnel
-
- Tobol
-
noun,
a river rising in Kazakhstan, flowing NE through the Russian Federation in Asia to the Irtysh River. 800 miles (1290 km) long.
- to-be
-
adjective,
future; soon to be the thing specified (usually used in combination):
- artel
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- T-man
-
noun,
a special investigator of the Department of the Treasury.
- Athel
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Athol
-
noun,
a city in central Massachusetts.
- atmo-
-
- throe
-
noun,
a violent spasm or pang; paroxysm.
- atone
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- throb
-
noun,
the act of throbbing.
- carb-
-
- taboo
-
noun,
a prohibition or interdiction of anything; exclusion from use or practice:
Synonyms: ban, proscription, embargo, interdiction; no-no.
- caret
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- rearm
-
verb (used with object),
to arm again.
- comm.
-
- comma
-
noun,
the sign (,), a mark of punctuation used for indicating a division in a sentence, as in setting off a word, phrase, or clause, especially when such a division is accompanied by a slight pause or is to be noted in order to give order to the sequential elements of the sentence. It is also used to separate items in a list, to mark off thousands in numerals, to separate types or levels of information in bibliographic and other data, and, in Europe, as a decimal point.
- commo
-
noun,
communist.
- Rebel
-
noun,
a person who refuses allegiance to, resists, or rises in arms against the government or ruler of his or her country.
- Comr.
-
- Comte
-
noun,
count2 .
- rebec
-
noun,
a Renaissance fiddle with a pear-shaped body tapering into a neck that ends in a sickle-shaped or scroll-shaped pegbox.
- cont.
-
- Conte
-
noun,
count2 .
- conto
-
noun,
a money of account of Portugal and Cape Verde, equal to 1000 escudos.
- cooee
-
noun,
a prolonged, shrill, clear call or cry used as a signal by Australian Aborigines and adopted by the settlers in the country.
- rebar
-
noun,
a steel bar or rod used to reinforce concrete.
- coomb
-
noun,
combe.
- Comer
-
noun,
Informal. a person or thing that is progressing well or is very promising:
- realm
-
noun,
a royal domain; kingdom:
- Coral
-
noun,
the hard, variously colored, calcareous skeleton secreted by certain marine polyps.
- Corea
-
noun,
Armando Anthony [ahr-mahn-doh] /ɑrˈmɑn doʊ/ (Show IPA), ("Chick") born 1941, U.S. jazz pianist and composer.
- corer
-
noun,
a person or thing that cores.
- Corot
-
noun,
Jean Baptiste Camille [zhahn ba-teest ka-mee-yuh] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist kaˈmi yə/ (Show IPA), 1796–1875, French painter.
- corr.
-
- react
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- reach
-
noun,
an act or instance of reaching:
- Crane
-
noun,
any large wading bird of the family Gruidae, characterized by long legs, bill, and neck and an elevated hind toe.
- crate
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- cream
-
noun,
the fatty part of milk, which rises to the surface when the liquid is allowed to stand unless homogenized.
- Creel
-
noun,
a wickerwork basket worn on the back or suspended from the shoulder, used especially by anglers for carrying fish.
- comet
-
noun,
a celestial body moving about the sun, usually in a highly eccentric orbit, consisting of a central mass surrounded by an envelope of dust and gas that may form a tail that streams away from the sun.
- combo
-
noun,
Informal.
a small jazz or dance band. Compare big band.
combination (defs 2–4).
- Creon
-
noun,
a king of Thebes, the brother of Jocasta and the uncle of Eteocles, Polynices, and Antigone.
- COBOL
-
noun,
a programming language particularly suited for writing programs to process large files of data, using a vocabulary of common English words, phrases, and sentences.
- renal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the kidneys or the surrounding regions.
- clear
-
noun,
a clear or unobstructed space.
- cleat
-
noun,
a wedge-shaped block fastened to a surface to serve as a check or support:
- Cleon
-
noun,
died 422 b.c, Athenian general and political opponent of Pericles.
- reman
-
verb (used with object),
to man again; furnish with a fresh supply of personnel.
- clomb
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of climb.
- clone
-
noun,
Biology.
a cell, cell product, or organism that is genetically identical to the unit or individual from which it was derived.
a population of identical units, cells, or individuals that derive from the same ancestral line.
- cloot
-
noun,
a cloven hoof; one of the divisions of the cloven hoof of the swine, sheep, etc.
- cloth
-
noun,
a fabric formed by weaving, felting, etc., from wool, hair, silk, flax, cotton, or other fiber, used for garments, upholstery, and many other items.
- rehab
-
noun,
rehabilitation, especially a program or facility for treating persons addicted to drugs or alcohol or recovering from certain medical conditions:
- Coamo
-
noun,
a city in S central Puerto Rico.
- coble
-
noun,
a flat-bottomed fishing boat with a lugsail, used mainly in northern England and Scotland for salmon.
- Cobra
-
noun,
any of several highly venomous, Old World elapid snakes of the genera Naja and Ophiophagus, characterized by the ability to flatten the neck into a hoodlike form when disturbed.
- Combe
-
noun,
a narrow valley or deep hollow, especially one enclosed on all but one side.
- coel-
-
- coele
-
- Cohan
-
noun,
George M(ichael) 1878–1942, U.S. actor, playwright, and producer.
- Cohen
-
noun,
Morris Raphael, 1880–1947, U.S. philosopher and educator, born in Russia.
- recta
-
noun,
a plural of rectum.
- rect.
-
- RECON
-
noun,
reconnaissance.
- colat
-
- Colo.
-
- Carme
-
noun,
a small natural satellite of the planet Jupiter.
- color
-
noun,
the quality of an object or substance with respect to light reflected by the object, usually determined visually by measurement of hue, saturation, and brightness of the reflected light; saturation or chroma; hue.
- comal
-
noun,
a griddle made from sandstone or earthenware.
- comb.
-
- creme
-
noun,
cream.
- Crete
-
noun,
Formerly Candia. a Greek island in the Mediterranean, SE of mainland Greece. 3235 sq. mi. (8380 sq. km). Capital: Canea.
- Clare
-
noun,
a county in W Republic of Ireland. 1231 sq. mi. (3190 sq. km). County seat: Ennis.
- Emmer
-
noun,
one of the earliest cultivated forms of wheat, Triticum turgidum dicoccon, having a two-grained spikelet, now grown in limited areas of Europe, Asia, and the western U.S.
- Orth.
-
- elem.
-
- Elena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- Elman
-
noun,
Mischa [mee-shuh] /ˈmi ʃə/ (Show IPA), 1891–1967, U.S. violinist, born in Russia.
- Elmer
-
noun,
a male given name: from Old English words meaning “noble” and “famous.”.
- Elton
-
noun,
a male given name.
- embar
-
verb (used with object),
to stop or hinder, as by a bar.
- ember
-
noun,
a small live piece of coal, wood, etc., as in a dying fire.
- Embla
-
noun,
the first woman, made by the gods from a tree.
- Orono
-
noun,
a town in S Maine.
- Oromo
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic, pastoral people of Ethiopia and Kenya.
- Emmen
-
noun,
a city in NE Netherlands.
- Emmet
-
noun,
an ant.
- Elath
-
noun,
Eilat.
- emote
-
verb (used without object),
to show or pretend emotion:
- enact
-
verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- enate
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- ormer
-
noun,
an abalone, Haliotis tuberculata, living in waters of the Channel Islands.
- Orlon
-
- encl.
-
- enema
-
noun,
the injection of a fluid into the rectum to cause a bowel movement.
- Enoch
-
noun,
the father of Methuselah. Gen. 5:22.
- Enola
-
noun,
a female given name.
- enorm
-
adjective,
enormous; huge; vast.
- enrol
-
verb (used with or without object),
enroll.
- ento-
-
- orch.
-
- Elche
-
noun,
a city in E Spain.
- elate
-
adjective,
elated.
- Croat
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Croatia; Croatian.
- Ramee
-
noun,
Louise de la ("Ouida") 1839–1908, English novelist.
- crone
-
noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- croon
-
noun,
the act or sound of crooning.
- crore
-
noun,
(in India) the sum of ten million, especially of rupees; one hundred lacs.
- rathe
-
adjective,
Archaic. growing, blooming, or ripening early in the year or season.
- rater
-
noun,
a person who makes rates or ratings.
- ratel
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- ratch
-
noun,
a ratchet.
- Ranee
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- ranch
-
noun,
an establishment maintained for raising livestock under range conditions.
- Ramon
-
noun,
any of several tropical American trees belonging to the genus Brosimum, of the mulberry family, the leaves of which are used as forage, especially B. alicastrum, which bears the breadnut.
- ramet
-
noun,
an individual of a clone.
- 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.
- eaten
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- Orton
-
noun,
Joe (John Kingsley Orton) 1933–67, English playwright.
- Rambo
-
noun,
a fanatically militant or violently aggressive person.
- Eaton
-
noun,
Theophilus, 1590–1658, English colonist and colonial administrator in America.
- Ebert
-
noun,
Friedrich [free-drikh] /ˈfri drɪx/ (Show IPA), 1871–1925, first president of Germany 1919–25.
- racon
-
noun,
radar beacon.
- racer
-
noun,
a person, animal, or thing that races or takes part in a race, as a racehorse, bicycle, yacht, etc.
- eclat
-
noun,
brilliance of success, reputation, etc.:
- ecol.
-
- Ecole
-
noun,
school1 .
- econ.
-
- rabot
-
noun,
a hardwood block used for rubbing marble before polishing.
- ectal
-
adjective,
external; outer; on the surface of.
- ecto-
-
- Other
-
noun,
the other one:
- claro
-
noun,
such a cigar.
- Colon
-
noun,
the sign (:) used to mark a major division in a sentence, to indicate that what follows is an elaboration, summation, implication, etc., of what precedes; or to separate groups of numbers referring to different things, as hours from minutes in 5:30; or the members of a ratio or proportion, as in 1 : 2 = 3 : 6.
- Ceram
-
noun,
an island of the Moluccas in Indonesia, W of New Guinea. 7191 sq. mi. (18,625 sq. km).
- chart
-
noun,
a sheet exhibiting information in tabular form.
- Chloe
-
noun,
the lover of Daphnis in a Greek pastoral romance.
- cater
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- cheth
-
noun,
heth.
- Cath.
-
- chert
-
noun,
a compact rock consisting essentially of microcrystalline quartz.
- Chere
-
adjective,
dear; beloved: used in referring to or addressing a woman or girl.
- retem
-
noun,
a shrub, Retama raetam, of Syria and Arabia, having white flowers: said to be the juniper of the Old Testament.
- ChemE
-
- chem.
-
- chela
-
noun,
the pincerlike organ or claw terminating certain limbs of crustaceans and arachnids.
- CENTO
-
noun,
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
- cheer
-
noun,
a shout of encouragement, approval, congratulation, etc.:
- cheat
-
noun,
a person who acts dishonestly, deceives, or defrauds:
- charr
-
noun,
char2 .
- retch
-
noun,
the act or an instance of retching.
- charm
-
noun,
a power of pleasing or attracting, as through personality or beauty:
- char-
-
- 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.
- rheme
-
noun,
comment (def 7).
- rhet.
-
- cert.
-
- Cerro
-
noun,
a hill or peak.
- cero-
-
- rhoea
-
- celeb
-
noun,
a celebrity.
- celom
-
noun,
coelom.
- Celt.
-
abbreviation,
Celtic.
- ceorl
-
noun,
churl (def 4).
- cent.
-
- roble
-
noun,
a Californian white oak, Quercus lobata, having a short trunk and large, spreading branches.
- Roach
-
noun,
a cockroach.
- chore
-
noun,
a small or odd job; routine task.
- carne
-
noun,
Marcel [mahr-sel;; French mar-sel] /mɑrˈsɛl;; French marˈsɛl/ (Show IPA), 1909–1996, French film director.
- choom
-
noun,
an Englishman.
- Chola
-
noun,
a teenage girl who associates closely with a gang of cholos or is the girlfriend of a cholo.
- carom
-
noun,
Billiards, Pool. a shot in which the cue ball hits two balls in succession.
- carob
-
noun,
a Mediterranean tree, Ceratonia siliqua, of the legume family, bearing long, leathery pods containing hard seeds and sweet, edible pulp.
- robot
-
noun,
a machine that resembles a human and does mechanical, routine tasks on command.
- rente
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- Carol
-
noun,
a song, especially of joy.
- Carte
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- chol-
-
- mol.
-
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- tomb
-
noun,
an excavation in earth or rock for the burial of a corpse; grave.
- ROTC
-
noun,
a body of students at some colleges and universities who are given training toward becoming officers in the armed forces. Abbreviation: ROTC, R.O.T.C.
- role
-
noun,
a part or character played by an actor or actress.
- OTOH
-
- Orem
-
noun,
a city in N Utah.
- Otoe
-
noun,
Oto.
- Roth
-
noun,
Phillip, born 1933, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- oto-
-
- neem
-
- tome
-
noun,
a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
- ole-
-
- Rota
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- rort
-
noun,
a rowdy, usually drunken party.
- Root
-
noun,
a part of the body of a plant that develops, typically, from the radicle and grows downward into the soil, anchoring the plant and absorbing nutriment and moisture.
- OEEC
-
- MOLA
-
noun,
any of several thin, silvery fishes of the family Molidae, of tropical and temperate seas.
- tola
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India: the government tola is 180 ser and equals 180 grains (11.7 grams), the weight of a silver rupee.
- tRNA
-
- tron
-
- rale
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- Orel
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, on the left bank of the Oka River, S of Moscow.
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- Helm
-
noun,
Nautical.
a wheel or tiller by which a ship is steered.
the entire steering apparatus of a ship.
the angle with the fore-and-aft line made by a rudder when turned:
- tole
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- Mole
-
noun,
any of various small insectivorous mammals, especially of the family Talpidae, living chiefly underground, and having velvety fur, very small eyes, and strong forefeet.
- Neel
-
noun,
Louis Eugène Félix [lwee œ-zhen fey-leeks] /lwi œˈʒɛn feɪˈliks/ (Show IPA), 1904–2000, French physicist: Nobel prize 1970.
- ROTL
-
noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- RACE
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- roam
-
noun,
an act or instance of roaming; a ramble.
- Noma
-
noun,
a gangrenous ulceration of the mouth or genitalia, occurring mainly in debilitated children.
- roto
-
noun,
rotogravure.
- Neh.
-
- Roca
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in W Portugal, near Lisbon: the western extremity of continental Europe.
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- toro
-
noun,
a bull.
- room
-
noun,
a portion of space within a building or other structure, separated by walls or partitions from other parts:
- Rom.
-
- Ont.
-
- Omoo
-
noun,
a novel (1847) by Herman Melville.
- once
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- NLRB
-
- toom
-
adjective,
empty; vacant.
- toon
-
noun,
an Asian tree, Cedrela toona, of the mahogany family, yielding an aromatic red wood used for furniture, carving, etc.
- Roma
-
noun,
Rome.
- Nemo
-
noun,
remote (def 10).
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- tram
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- oro-
-
- torc
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- Oona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Rome
-
noun,
Harold (Jacob) 1908–1993, U.S. lyricist and composer.
- neo-
-
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- Torr
-
noun,
a unit of pressure, being the pressure necessary to support a column of mercury one millimeter high at 0°C and standard gravity, equal to 1333.2 microbars.
- torn
-
noun,
a drop of the saline, watery fluid continually secreted by the lacrimal glands between the surface of the eye and the eyelid, serving to moisten and lubricate these parts and keep them clear of foreign particles. Synonyms: teardrop.
- Noah
-
noun,
the patriarch who built a ship (Noah's Ark) in which he, his family, and animals of every species survived the Flood. Gen. 5–9.
- tool
-
noun,
an implement, especially one held in the hand, as a hammer, saw, or file, for performing or facilitating mechanical operations.
- moat
-
noun,
a deep, wide trench, usually filled with water, surrounding the rampart of a fortified place, as a town or a castle.
- Moab
-
noun,
an ancient kingdom E of the Dead Sea, in what is now Jordan.
- orle
-
noun,
Heraldry.
a charge in the form of a narrow band following the form of the escutcheon within the edge, so that the extreme outer edge of the escutcheon is of the field tincture.
an arrangement in orle of small charges:
- Nero
-
noun,
(Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus) (“Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus”) a.d. 37–68, emperor of Rome 54–68, known for his cruelty and depravity.
- 'roo
-
noun,
kangaroo.
- moan
-
noun,
a prolonged, low, inarticulate sound uttered from or as if from physical or mental suffering.
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- oral
-
noun,
an oral examination in a school, college, or university, given especially to a candidate for an advanced degree.
- Oman
-
noun,
Sultanate of. Formerly Muscat and Oman. an independent sultanate in SE Arabia. About 82,800 sq. mi. (212,380 sq. km). Capital: Muscat.
- Omar
-
noun,
a male given name.
- 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.
- Omer
-
noun,
a Hebrew unit of dry measure, the tenth part of an ephah.
- roar
-
noun,
a loud, deep cry or howl, as of an animal or a person:
- orra
-
adjective,
not regular or scheduled; odd:
- RONA
-
- robe
-
noun,
a long, loose or flowing gown or outer garment worn by men or women as ceremonial dress, an official vestment, or garb of office.
- omen
-
noun,
anything perceived or happening that is believed to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; portent.
- Noel
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- orlo
-
noun,
a plinth supporting the base of a column.
- nolo
-
noun,
nolo contendere.
- nom.
-
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- not-
-
- ten.
-
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- Taro
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- Moon
-
noun,
the earth's natural satellite, orbiting the earth at a mean distance of 238,857 miles (384,393 km) and having a diameter of 2160 miles (3476 km).
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- ter.
-
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- mool
-
noun,
soft, crumbly soil rich in mold or humus.
- tanh
-
- TCBM
-
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- Tame
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- Oboe
-
noun,
a woodwind instrument having a slender conical, tubular body and a double-reed mouthpiece.
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- mrem
-
- mRNA
-
- 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.
- obol
-
noun,
a silver coin of ancient Greece, the sixth part of a drachma.
- nabe
-
noun,
a neighborhood movie theater.
- Moor
-
noun,
a tract of open, peaty, wasteland, often overgrown with heath, common in high latitudes and altitudes where drainage is poor; heath.
- Reel
-
noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- Norm
-
noun,
a standard, model, or pattern.
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- Mort
-
noun,
Hunting. the note played on a hunting horn signifying that the animal hunted has been killed.
- teel
-
noun,
til.
- teem
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to produce (offspring).
- teen
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- Moro
-
noun,
a member of any of the various tribes of Muslim Malays in the southern Philippines.
- morn
-
noun,
morning.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- tel-
-
- NRAB
-
- team
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- oath
-
noun,
a solemn appeal to a deity, or to some revered person or thing, to witness one's determination to speak the truth, to keep a promise, etc.:
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- mote
-
noun,
a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
- teal
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- more
-
noun,
an additional quantity, amount, or number:
- tchr
-
- rel.
-
- Mora
-
noun,
the unit of time equivalent to the ordinary or normal short sound or syllable.
- Moth
-
noun,
any of numerous insects of the order Lepidoptera, generally distinguished from the butterflies by having feathery antennae and by having crepuscular or nocturnal habits.
- moot
-
noun,
an assembly of the people in early England exercising political, administrative, and judicial powers.
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- talc
-
noun,
Also, talcum [tal-kuh m] /ˈtæl kəm/ (Show IPA). a green-to-gray, soft mineral, hydrous magnesium silicate, Mg 3 (Si 4 O 10)(OH) 2 , unctuous to the touch, and occurring usually in foliated or compact masses, used in making lubricants, talcum powder, electrical insulation, etc.
- toch
-
noun,
Ernst [ernst] /ɛrnst/ (Show IPA), 1887–1964, Austrian composer.
- 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.
- momo
-
noun,
a steamed or fried dumpling, typical of South Asian cuisine.
- NCTE
-
- Neal
-
noun,
a male given name.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- Tace
-
noun,
tasset.
- THOR
-
noun,
Scandinavian Mythology. the god of thunder, rain, and farming, represented as riding a chariot drawn by goats and wielding the hammer Mjolnir: the defender of the Aesir, destined to kill and be killed by the Midgard Serpent.
- Oct.
-
- mome
-
noun,
a fool; blockhead.
- NEbE
-
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- Mon.
-
- tab.
-
- RARE
-
adjective,
coming or occurring far apart in time; unusual; uncommon:
- raob
-
noun,
Meteorology. a radiosonde or rawinsonde observation.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- Tob.
-
- Tobe
-
noun,
the principal outer garment in some parts of north and central Africa, consisting of a length of cloth that is sewn into a long loose skirt or is draped around the body and fastened over one shoulder.
- molt
-
noun,
an act, process, or an instance of molting.
- Nebo
-
noun,
Mt. See under Pisgah.
- Nome
-
noun,
one of the provinces of ancient Egypt.
- NATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Washington, D.C. (1949), comprising the 12 nations of the Atlantic Pact together with Greece, Turkey, and the Federal Republic of Germany, for the purpose of collective defense against aggression.
- tach
-
noun,
tachometer.
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- ream
-
noun,
a standard quantity of paper, consisting of 20 quires or 500 sheets (formerly 480 sheets), or 516 sheets (printer's ream or perfect ream)
- thae
-
pronoun, adjective,
those.
- than
-
conjunction,
(used, as after comparative adjectives and adverbs, to introduce the second member of an unequal comparison):
- 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.
- Thar
-
noun,
tahr.
- Nah.
-
- the-
-
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- taco
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- Thea
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Nor.
-
- Mona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- name
-
noun,
a word or a combination of words by which a person, place, or thing, a body or class, or any object of thought is designated, called, or known.
- real
-
noun,
real number.
- Rhea
-
noun,
the ramie plant or fiber.
- thee
-
pronoun,
the objective case of thou1 :
- them
-
noun,
any male person or animal; a man:
- narc
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- Rhee
-
noun,
Syngman [sing-muh n] /ˈsɪŋ mən/ (Show IPA), 1875–1965, president of South Korea 1948–60.
- then
-
noun,
that time:
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- Orca
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- CART
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- mete
-
noun,
a limiting mark.
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- Bohr
-
noun,
Aage Niels [aw-guh neels] /ˈɔ gə nils/ (Show IPA), 1922–2009, Danish physicist: Nobel Prize 1975 (son of Niels Bohr).
- boho
-
noun,
bohemian (def 2):
- etc.
-
- etch
-
noun,
Printing. an acid used for etching.
- Bohm
-
noun,
Dominikus [doh-mee-nee-koo s] /doʊˈmi niˌkʊs/ (Show IPA), 1880–1955, German architect.
- Eth.
-
- Boer
-
noun,
a South African of Dutch extraction.
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- boat
-
noun,
a vessel for transport by water, constructed to provide buoyancy by excluding water and shaped to give stability and permit propulsion.
- Boar
-
noun,
the uncastrated male swine.
- BMOC
-
- Erne
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- BMet
-
- Hab.
-
- blot
-
noun,
a spot or stain, especially of ink on paper.
- haet
-
noun,
a little bit; a whit.
- bloc
-
noun,
a group of persons, businesses, etc., united for a particular purpose.
- Hahn
-
noun,
Otto, 1879–1968, German chemist: Nobel Prize 1944.
- hal-
-
- blat
-
noun,
bleat (def 4).
- Hale
-
noun,
(in Hawaii) a simple thatched-roof dwelling.
- halm
-
noun,
haulm.
- Bol.
-
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- blah
-
noun,
nonsense; rubbish:
- EMet
-
- Boot
-
noun,
a covering of leather, rubber, or the like, for the foot and all or part of the leg.
- Boor
-
noun,
a churlish, rude, or unmannerly person.
- boon
-
noun,
something to be thankful for; blessing; benefit.
- boom
-
noun,
a deep, prolonged, resonant sound.
- Elam
-
noun,
an ancient kingdom E of Babylonia and N of the Persian Gulf. Capital: Susa.
- elan
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- Elba
-
noun,
an Italian island in the Mediterranean, between Corsica and Italy: the scene of Napoleon's first exile 1814–15. 94 sq. mi. (243 sq. km).
- Elbe
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing from the W Czech Republic NW through Germany to the North Sea. 725 miles (1165 km) long.
- Elea
-
noun,
an ancient Greek city in SW Italy, on the coast of Lucania.
- Bone
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology.
one of the structures composing the skeleton of a vertebrate.
the hard connective tissue forming the substance of the skeleton of most vertebrates, composed of a collagen-rich organic matrix impregnated with calcium, phosphate, and other minerals.
- Emma
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Erma.
- Erma
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Bona
-
noun,
Bône, the former name of Annaba.
- Boma
-
noun,
a city in the W Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the Zaire (Congo) River.
- enc.
-
- ence
-
- enl.
-
- enol
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- Bolt
-
noun,
a movable bar or rod that when slid into a socket fastens a door, gate, etc.
- Bolo
-
noun,
a large, heavy, single-edged knife or machete for hacking, used in the Philippines and by the U.S. Army.
- bole
-
noun,
the stem or trunk of a tree.
- bola
-
noun,
Also, bolas. a weapon consisting of two or more heavy balls secured to the ends of one or more strong cords, hurled by the Indians and gauchos of southern South America to entangle the legs of cattle and other animals.
- halt
-
noun,
a temporary or permanent stop.
- hame
-
noun,
either of two curved pieces lying upon the collar in the harness of an animal, to which the traces are fastened.
- EEOC
-
- Bean
-
noun,
the edible nutritious seed of various plants of the legume family, especially of the genus Phaseolus.
- heme
-
noun,
a deep-red iron-containing blood pigment, C 34 H 32 N 4 O 4 Fe, obtained from hemoglobin.
- been
-
verb,
past participle of be.
- hent
-
verb (used with object),
to seize.
- her.
-
- HERA
-
noun,
the ancient Greek queen of heaven, a daughter of Cronus and Rhea and the wife and sister of Zeus.
- Herb
-
noun,
a flowering plant whose stem above ground does not become woody.
- Here
-
noun,
this place:
- herl
-
noun,
a barb of a feather, used especially in dressing anglers' flies.
- beat
-
noun,
a stroke or blow.
- Bear
-
noun,
any of the plantigrade, carnivorous or omnivorous mammals of the family Ursidae, having massive bodies, coarse heavy fur, relatively short limbs, and almost rudimentary tails.
- beam
-
noun,
any of various relatively long pieces of metal, wood, stone, etc., manufactured or shaped especially for use as rigid members or parts of structures or machines.
- beet
-
noun,
any of various biennial plants belonging to the genus Beta, of the amaranth family, especially B. vulgaris, having a fleshy red or white root.
Compare sugar beet.
- Beal
-
noun,
a god of the ancient Celts, a personification of the sun.
- BChE
-
- Bate
-
noun,
a state of violent anger or fear.
- Herm
-
noun,
a monument consisting of a four-sided shaft tapering inward from top to bottom and bearing a head or bust; those of Hermes usually had an erect penis, which passersby stroked for luck.
- Barr
-
- HERO
-
noun,
a person noted for courageous acts or nobility of character:
- Herr
-
noun,
the conventional German title of respect and term of address for a man, corresponding to Mr. or in direct address to sir.
- Barn
-
noun,
a building for storing hay, grain, etc., and often for housing livestock.
- Heth
-
noun,
the eighth letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- barm
-
noun,
yeast formed on malt liquors while fermenting.
- Beer
-
noun,
an alcoholic beverage made by brewing and fermentation from cereals, usually malted barley, and flavored with hops and the like for a slightly bitter taste.
- Heer
-
noun,
an old unit of measure for linen and woolen yarn, equivalent to about 600 yards (550 meters).
- blae
-
adjective,
bluish-black; blue-gray.
- Bern
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Switzerland, in the W part: capital of Bern canton.
- Hamm
-
noun,
a city in North Rhine–Westphalia, in W Germany.
- Beth
-
noun,
the second letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- Beta
-
noun,
the second letter of the Greek alphabet (β, B).
- 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.
- bet.
-
- HARM
-
noun,
physical injury or mental damage; hurt:
- Hart
-
noun,
a male deer, commonly of the red deer, Cervus elaphus, especially after its fifth year.
- BERT
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Albert, Bertram, Herbert, Hubert, etc.
- hate
-
noun,
intense dislike; extreme aversion or hostility.
- hath
-
noun,
Usually, haves. an individual or group that has wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have-not).
- berm
-
noun,
Also, berme. Fortification. a horizontal surface between the exterior slope of a rampart and the moat.
- heel
-
noun,
the back part of the human foot, below and behind the ankle.
- Bent
-
noun,
direction taken, as by one's interests; inclination:
- Bene
-
adverb,
of validity for the time being but subject to objection or nullification at a later date; provisionally:
- BEMA
-
noun,
Eastern Church. the enclosed space surrounding the altar; the sanctuary or chancel.
- belt
-
noun,
a band of flexible material, as leather or cord, for encircling the waist.
- heal
-
verb (used with object),
to make healthy, whole, or sound; restore to health; free from ailment.
- HEAO
-
- hear
-
verb (used with object),
to perceive by the ear:
- heat
-
noun,
the state of a body perceived as having or generating a relatively high degree of warmth.
- Heb.
-
- Bela
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Hebr
-
- bor.
-
- Bora
-
noun,
(on the Adriatic coasts) a violent, dry, cold wind blowing from the north or northeast.
- hoar
-
noun,
hoarfrost; rime.
- Cmon
-
- 1080
-
- Clea
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cleopatra.
- Clem
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Clement.
- Cleo
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Carr
-
noun,
John Dickson, 1906–77, U.S. mystery writer.
- Cloe
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Chloe.
- clot
-
noun,
a mass or lump.
- Carn
-
noun,
cairn.
- Carl
-
noun,
Scot.
a strong, robust fellow, especially a strong manual laborer.
a miser; an extremely thrifty person.
- cml.
-
- CARE
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- clan
-
noun,
a group of families or households, as among the Scottish Highlanders, the heads of which claim descent from a common ancestor:
- coal
-
noun,
a black or dark-brown combustible mineral substance consisting of carbonized vegetable matter, used as a fuel.
Compare anthracite, bituminous coal, lignite.
- coat
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- cane
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- Cobh
-
noun,
a seaport in S Republic of Ireland: port for Cork.
- Cohn
-
noun,
Edwin Joseph, 1892–1953, U.S. chemist and researcher on blood proteins.
- coho
-
noun,
coho salmon.
- Col.
-
- COLA
-
noun,
a carbonated soft drink containing an extract made from kola nuts, together with sweeteners and other flavorings.
- Cole
-
noun,
any of various plants of the genus Brassica, of the mustard family, especially kale and rape.
- Coln
-
noun,
former German name of Cologne.
- clar
-
- clam
-
noun,
any of various bivalve mollusks, especially certain edible species.
Compare quahog, soft-shell clam.
- Can.
-
- CBEL
-
- cene
-
- cen.
-
- Cela
-
noun,
Camilo José [kah-mee-law haw-se] /kɑˈmi lɔ hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1916–2001, Spanish writer.
- 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.
- Cete
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- Ceto
-
- Cato
-
noun,
Marcus Porcius [pawr-shee-uh s,, -shuh s] /ˈpɔr ʃi əs,, -ʃəs/ (Show IPA), ("the Elder"or"the Censor") 234–149 b.c, Roman statesman, soldier, and writer.
- Chr.
-
- Cate
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- Chal
-
- Cham
-
noun,
khan1 .
- chat
-
noun,
informal conversation:
- Chen
-
noun,
a dynasty that ruled in China a.d. 557–89.
- 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.
- chm.
-
- chmn
-
- cat.
-
- Chon
-
noun,
Also, jun. a monetary unit of North Korea, the hundredth part of a won.
- COLT
-
noun,
a young male animal of the horse family.
- Com.
-
- Bore
-
noun,
a dull, tiresome, or uncongenial person.
- Echo
-
noun,
a repetition of sound produced by the reflection of sound waves from a wall, mountain, or other obstructing surface.
- Brno
-
noun,
a city in S Moravia, in the SE Czech Republic: former capital of Moravia.
- Earl
-
noun,
a British nobleman of a rank below that of marquis and above that of viscount: called count for a time after the Norman conquest. The wife of an earl is a countess.
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- eath
-
adjective, adverb,
easy.
- Brea
-
noun,
a town in S California.
- ebon
-
adjective,
ebony (def 6).
- Ebro
-
noun,
a river flowing SE from N Spain to the Mediterranean. About 470 miles (755 km) long.
- BRCA
-
noun,
either of two genes (BRCA1 or BRCA2) that, if inherited in a mutated form, may predispose some carriers to develop breast or ovarian cancer.
- BRAT
-
noun,
a child, especially an annoying, spoiled, or impolite child (usually used in contempt or irritation).
- Bran
-
noun,
the partly ground husk of wheat or other grain, separated from flour meal by sifting.
- echt
-
adjective,
real; authentic; genuine.
- BTCh
-
- Bram
-
noun,
a male given name.
- eco-
-
- ect-
-
- brae
-
noun,
a slope; declivity; hillside.
- both
-
pronoun,
the one as well as the other:
- bote
-
noun,
compensation, such as for injury to person or honor.
- bota
-
noun,
Also called bota bag. a wine bag of Spain made of untanned goatskin and usually holding 1–2 liters (1.1–2.2 quarts).
- bot.
-
- bort
-
noun,
low-quality diamond, in granular aggregate or small fragments, valuable only in crushed or powdered form, especially for industrial use as an abrasive.
- Born
-
noun,
Max, 1882–1970, German physicist: Nobel Prize 1954.
- each
-
adverb,
to, from, or for each; apiece:
- met.
-
- coma
-
noun,
a state of prolonged unconsciousness, including a lack of response to stimuli, from which it is impossible to rouse a person.
- Cor.
-
- come
-
noun,
Slang: Vulgar. semen.
- coml
-
- Como
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in N Italy, in Lombardy. 35 miles (56 km) long; 56 sq. mi. (145 sq. km).
- Con.
-
- cone
-
noun,
Geometry.
a solid whose surface is generated by a line passing through a fixed point and a fixed plane curve not containing the point, consisting of two equal sections joined at a vertex.
a plane surface resembling the cross section of a solid cone.
- Came
-
noun,
a slender, grooved bar of lead for holding together the pieces of glass in windows of latticework or stained glass.
- cool
-
noun,
something that is cool; a cool part, place, time, etc.:
- coom
-
noun,
soot; coal dust; smut.
- coon
-
noun,
raccoon.
- coot
-
noun,
any aquatic bird of the genus Fulica, as F. americana, of North America, and F. atra, of the Old World, characterized by lobate toes and short wings and tail.
- Cora
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. Kore.
- btl.
-
- corm
-
noun,
an enlarged, fleshy, bulblike base of a stem, as in the crocus.
- CORN
-
noun,
Also called Indian corn; especially technical and British, maize. a tall cereal plant, Zea mays, cultivated in many varieties, having a jointed, solid stem and bearing the grain, seeds, or kernels on large ears.
- Cort
-
- calm
-
noun,
freedom from motion or disturbance; stillness.
- Cote
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- Cal.
-
- Crab
-
noun,
any decapod crustacean of the suborder Brachyura, having the eyes on short stalks and a short, broad, more or less flattened body, the abdomen being small and folded under the thorax.
- CRAM
-
noun,
Informal. the act of cramming for an examination.
- crat
-
- Cree
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- ctr.
-
- Bare
-
noun,
any of the plantigrade, carnivorous or omnivorous mammals of the family Ursidae, having massive bodies, coarse heavy fur, relatively short limbs, and almost rudimentary tails.
- hem-
-
- bar.
-
- LOOM
-
noun,
a hand-operated or power-driven apparatus for weaving fabrics, containing harnesses, lay, reed, shuttles, treadles, etc.
- loca
-
noun,
a plural of locus.
- Loch
-
noun,
a lake.
- Loco
-
noun,
locoweed.
- Loeb
-
noun,
Jacques [zhahk] /ʒɑk/ (Show IPA), 1859–1924, German physiologist and experimental biologist in the U.S.
- Loma
-
noun,
a hill or ridge having a broad top.
- Lome
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Togo, on the Gulf of Guinea.
- alee
-
adverb, adjective,
upon or toward the lee side of a vessel; away from the wind (opposed to aweather).
- lone
-
adjective,
being alone; without company or accompaniment; solitary; unaccompanied:
- Alec
-
noun,
a herring.
- Loon
-
noun,
any of several large, short-tailed, web-footed, fish-eating diving birds of the genus Gavia, of the Northern Hemisphere.
- lobo
-
noun,
the gray or timber wolf of the western U.S.
- loot
-
noun,
spoils or plunder taken by pillaging, as in war.
- Lore
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- Lorn
-
noun,
Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
- Lota
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- Alco
-
- lote
-
noun,
lotus.
- loth
-
adjective,
loath.
- LRBM
-
- ALBM
-
- Alb.
-
- alme
-
noun,
almah.
- lobe
-
noun,
a roundish projection or division, as of an organ or a leaf.
- ahem
-
interjection,
(an utterance similar to the sound of clearing one's throat, used to attract attention, express doubt or a mild warning, etc.)
- Amor
-
noun,
Cupid.
- Leet
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- Lehr
-
noun,
an oven used to anneal glass.
- ARCO
-
adverb,
(of the performance of a passage for stringed instruments) with the bow.
- 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.
- ant.
-
- ano-
-
- ance
-
- Lena
-
noun,
a river in the Russian Federation in Asia, flowing NE from Lake Baikal through the Yakutsk Republic into the Laptev Sea. 2800 miles (4500 km) long.
- amt.
-
- Leno
-
noun,
Also called leno weave, gauze weave. a weave structure in which paired warp yarns are intertwined in a series of figure eights and filling yarn is passed through each of the interstices so formed, producing a firm, open mesh.
- loan
-
noun,
the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something:
- lent
-
noun,
(in the Christian religion) an annual season of fasting and penitence in preparation for Easter, beginning on Ash Wednesday and lasting 40 weekdays to Easter, observed by Roman Catholic, Anglican, and certain other churches.
- Amon
-
noun,
Amen.
- Leon
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leo.
- Amen
-
noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- Leta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Latona.
- Leto
-
noun,
the mother by Zeus of Apollo and Artemis, called Latona by the Romans.
- hobo
-
noun,
a tramp or vagrant.
- alt.
-
- aloe
-
noun,
any chiefly African shrub belonging to the genus Aloe, of the lily family, certain species of which yield a fiber.
- loam
-
noun,
a rich, friable soil containing a relatively equal mixture of sand and silt and a somewhat smaller proportion of clay.
- Ahom
-
noun,
an extinct Thai language of Assam.
- aet.
-
- Arm.
-
- able
-
noun,
(usually initial capital letter) a code word formerly used in communications to represent the letter A.
- acle
-
noun,
the hard, durable wood of a Philippine leguminous tree, Albizzia acle, used for making fine furniture.
- ache
-
noun,
a continuous, dull pain (in contrast to a sharp, sudden, or sporadic pain).
- meal
-
noun,
the food served and eaten especially at one of the customary, regular occasions for taking food during the day, as breakfast, lunch, or supper.
- mean
-
noun,
Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
- mear
-
noun,
mere3 .
- abr.
-
- meat
-
noun,
the flesh of animals as used for food.
- Meer
-
noun,
Jan van der [yahn vahn der] /yɑn vɑn dɛr/ (Show IPA), Vermeer, Jan.
- meet
-
noun,
an assembly, as of persons and hounds for a hunt or swimmers or runners for a race or series of races:
- abl.
-
- MatE
-
noun,
a partner in marriage; spouse.
- abet
-
verb (used with object),
to encourage, support, or countenance by aid or approval, usually in wrongdoing:
- ABEL
-
noun,
the second son of Adam and Eve, slain by his brother, Cain. Gen. 4.
- Mela
-
noun,
a religious fair, especially one held in connection with a festival.
- melt
-
noun,
the act or process of melting; state of being melted.
- mem.
-
- memo
-
noun,
memorandum.
- men-
-
- ment
-
- Merc
-
noun,
a mercenary soldier.
- mere
-
noun,
Chiefly British Dialect. a lake or pond.
- acme
-
noun,
the highest point; summit; peak:
- 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.
- aer-
-
- malm
-
noun,
an artificial mixture of chalk and clay for making into bricks.
- aeon
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- M-14
-
noun,
a fully automatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber rifle developed from the M-1: replaced the M-1 as the standard U.S. Army combat rifle.
- M-16
-
noun,
a lightweight, fully automatic rifle shooting a small-caliber bullet at an extremely high velocity: a U.S. Army combat weapon for mobile units and jungle fighting.
- Mac-
-
- Mace
-
noun,
a clublike armor-breaking weapon of war, often with a flanged or spiked metal head, used chiefly in the Middle Ages.
- maco
-
noun,
an Egyptian cotton, used especially in the manufacture of hosiery and undergarments.
- ACTH
-
- Mael
-
noun,
a son of Ronan, unjustly killed by him.
- mal-
-
- malt
-
noun,
germinated grain, usually barley, used in brewing and distilling.
- Mart
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- Mame
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Man.
-
- mane
-
noun,
the long hair growing on the back of or around the neck and neighboring parts of some animals, as the horse or lion.
- 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.
- Mano
-
noun,
the upper or handheld stone used when grinding maize or other grains on a metate.
- acr-
-
- Mar.
-
- MARC
-
noun,
the grapes contained in the wine press and the residue, as skins and pips, remaining after the juice is expressed.
- Mare
-
noun,
a fully mature female horse or other equine animal.
- Marl
-
noun,
Geology. a friable earthy deposit consisting of clay and calcium carbonate, used especially as a fertilizer for soils deficient in lime.
- leer
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- ambo
-
noun,
(in an early Christian church) a raised desk, or either of two such desks, from which the Gospels or Epistles were read or chanted.
- Lech
-
noun,
a lecherous desire or craving.
- atom
-
noun,
Physics.
the smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element, consisting of a nucleus containing combinations of neutrons and protons and one or more electrons bound to the nucleus by electrical attraction; the number of protons determines the identity of the element.
an atom with one of the electrons replaced by some other particle:
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- arr.
-
- lame
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is out of touch with modern fads or trends, especially one who is unsophisticated.
- art.
-
- hoot
-
noun,
the cry of an owl.
- Lane
-
noun,
a narrow way or passage between hedges, fences, walls, or houses.
- hor.
-
- hora
-
noun,
a traditional Romanian and Israeli round dance.
- bane
-
noun,
a person or thing that ruins or spoils:
- atm.
-
- BACH
-
noun,
a bachelor.
- Horn
-
noun,
one of the bony, permanent, hollow paired growths, often curved and pointed, that project from the upper part of the head of certain ungulate mammals, as cattle, sheep, goats, or antelopes.
- Lab.
-
- hone
-
noun,
a whetstone of fine, compact texture for sharpening razors and other cutting tools.
- Bael
-
noun,
a spiny citrus tree, Aegle marmelos, of India.
- banc
-
noun,
the seat on which judges sit in court.
- Laon
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Aisne, in N France, E of Paris.
- Baer
-
noun,
Karl Ernst von [kahrl urnst von,, fuh n] /kɑrl ɜrnst vɒn,, fən/ (Show IPA), 1792–1876, Estonian zoologist and pioneer embryologist.
- lath
-
noun,
a thin, narrow strip of wood, used with other strips to form latticework, a backing for plaster or stucco, a support for slates and other roofing materials, etc.
- late
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- Lat.
-
- LARC
-
noun,
long-acting reversible contraceptive (or contraception):
- balm
-
noun,
any of various oily, fragrant, resinous substances, often of medicinal value, exuding from certain plants, especially tropical trees of the genus Commiphora.
- Bale
-
noun,
a large bundle or package prepared for shipping, storage, or sale, especially one tightly compressed and secured by wires, hoops, cords, or the like, and sometimes having a wrapping or covering:
- bal.
-
- baht
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Thailand, equal to 100 satangs.
- Bahr
-
noun,
Hermann [her-mahn] /ˈhɛr mɑn/ (Show IPA), 1863–1934, Austrian playwright and critic.
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- Hole
-
noun,
an opening through something; gap; aperture:
- Holt
-
noun,
a wood or grove.
- HOLC
-
- bant
-
verb (used without object),
to lose weight by practicing Bantingism.
- Hola
-
interjection,
hi; hello:
- lace
-
noun,
a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- Aton
-
noun,
a solar deity declared by Amenhotep IV to be the only god, represented as a solar disk with rays ending in human hands.
- Lam.
-
- hol-
-
- Leah
-
noun,
the first wife of Jacob. Gen. 29:23–26.
- Lean
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- lea.
-
- ator
-
- Lamb
-
noun,
a young sheep.
- hom-
-
- Lear
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- Holm
-
noun,
a low, flat tract of land beside a river or stream.
- ROA
-
- tra
-
- bah
-
interjection,
(an exclamation of contempt or annoyance):
- AEC
-
- BCE
-
- ACT
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- Bel
-
noun,
a unit of power ratio, equal to 10 decibels.
- BCL
-
- BCh
-
plural,
bunch.
- ae.
-
- CAM
-
noun,
Machinery. a disk or cylinder having an irregular form such that its motion, usually rotary, gives to a part or parts in contact with it a specific rocking or reciprocating motion.
- be-
-
- BEM
-
- Bac
-
- bl.
-
- ThM
-
- Br.
-
- ACH
-
interjection,
alas; oh.
- BEE
-
noun,
any hymenopterous insect of the superfamily Apoidea, including social and solitary species of several families, as the bumblebees, honeybees, etc.
- TRH
-
- BAO
-
noun,
an African board game usually played by moving pebbles along two rows of holes.
- Am.
-
- ROB
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Robert.
- Bat
-
noun,
Sports.
the wooden club used in certain games, as baseball and cricket, to strike the ball.
a racket, especially one used in badminton or table tennis.
a whip used by a jockey.
the act of using a club or racket in a game.
the right or turn to use a club or racket.
- ab-
-
- cee
-
noun,
the letter C.
- CEA
-
- ac-
-
- al.
-
- an.
-
- Ar.
-
- ABC
-
noun,
ABC's (defs 1, 3).
- Abe
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Abraham.
- Tro
-
- THC
-
- CAR
-
noun,
an automobile.
- ABM
-
- BEA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Beatrice.
- abn
-
- Abo
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to an Australian Aborigine.
- abt
-
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- ROC
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- bec
-
- tha
-
noun,
the fourth letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- Ban
-
noun,
the act of prohibiting by law; interdiction.
- BAM
-
noun,
a loud thud, as that produced when two objects strike against each other with force.
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- ThB
-
- th-
-
- tr.
-
- ch.
-
- Ben
-
noun,
the inner or back room of a two-room cottage, especially when used as a combined parlor and bedroom.
- AME
-
- Teh
-
noun,
Te.
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- boo
-
noun,
an exclamation of contempt or disapproval:
- BME
-
- BLT
-
plural,
a bacon, lettuce, and tomato sandwich.
- AMC
-
- ton
-
noun,
a unit of weight, equivalent to 2000 pounds (0.907 metric ton) avoirdupois (short ton) in the U.S. and 2240 pounds (1.016 metric tons) avoirdupois (long ton) in Great Britain.
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- too
-
Idioms,
only too. only (def 10).
- TAM
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- Amb
-
- at.
-
- BLM
-
- TNB
-
- BMR
-
- Bon
-
noun,
Cape, a cape on the NE coast of Tunisia: surrender of the German African forces, May 12, 1943.
- ble
-
- boa
-
noun,
any of several nonvenomous, chiefly tropical constrictors of the family Boidae, having vestigial hind limbs at the base of the tail.
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- arb
-
noun,
an arbitrager.
- Tom
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- 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.
- aor
-
- TCA
-
- BMT
-
- TBO
-
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- TBA
-
- ANC
-
- Bn.
-
- TAL
-
- TMO
-
- AHE
-
- ca.
-
- BRT
-
- Bt.
-
- BTE
-
- BTh
-
- ALC
-
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- CBE
-
- Bro
-
noun,
a brother.
- 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.
- Co.
-
- AHL
-
- cr.
-
- ct.
-
- cl.
-
- CAB
-
noun,
a taxicab.
- brr
-
interjection,
(used to express sensations of cold).
- BRM
-
- ATB
-
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- tlr
-
- tlo
-
- Bra
-
noun,
brassiere.
- ATC
-
- ALM
-
- BLA
-
- BHT
-
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- BHL
-
- BRE
-
- BHC
-
- BHA
-
- TLC
-
- rte
-
- rt.
-
- CEO
-
- EOM
-
- Nee
-
adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- LAO
-
noun,
a member of a people of Laos and northern Thailand.
- NOC
-
- HRE
-
- ht.
-
- nob
-
noun,
Slang. the head.
- NMR
-
- La.
-
- NHL
-
- NHA
-
- 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:
- Lt.
-
- LAC
-
noun,
a resinous substance deposited on the twigs of various trees in southern Asia by the female of the lac insect: used in the manufacture of varnishes, sealing wax, etc., and in the production of a red coloring matter.
Compare shellac (defs 1, 2).
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- LAR
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- NEC
-
- NEB
-
noun,
a bill or beak, as of a bird.
- lb.
-
plural,
pound.
- LBO
-
- LCA
-
- NEA
-
- ne-
-
- LCM
-
- NbE
-
- NBC
-
- NBA
-
- LCT
-
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- hot
-
noun,
the hots, Slang. intense sexual desire or attraction.
- Noh
-
noun,
Nō.
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- OBE
-
- OEM
-
- HAT
-
noun,
a shaped covering for the head, usually with a crown and brim, especially for wear outdoors.
- HBM
-
- HBO
-
- HCM
-
- HCR
-
- OCR
-
- och
-
interjection,
(used as an expression of surprise, disapproval, regret, etc.)
- Oca
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- heh
-
noun,
he2 .
- Hel
-
noun,
the goddess ruling Niflheim: a daughter of Loki and Angerboda.
- Hen
-
noun,
the female of the domestic fowl.
- obl
-
- Oba
-
noun,
a hereditary tribal ruler among various peoples in the Benin region of western Africa.
- Hon
-
noun,
honey (def 6).
- RNR
-
- oar
-
noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- OAO
-
- OTC
-
- Oc.
-
- ob.
-
- Nth
-
Idioms,
the nth degree / power,
a high degree or power.
the utmost degree or extent:
- NRC
-
- NRA
-
- nr.
-
- het
-
noun,
a heterosexual person.
- Hob
-
noun,
a projection or shelf at the back or side of a fireplace, used for keeping food warm.
- Hoe
-
noun,
a long-handled implement having a thin, flat blade usually set transversely, used to break up the surface of the ground, destroy weeds, etc.
- NAM
-
noun,
Vietnam.
- Lee
-
noun,
protective shelter:
- OEO
-
- MEC
-
noun,
a pimp; mack.
- MAE
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- Mam
-
noun,
British Informal. mother.
- mom
-
noun,
mother1 .
- Mao
-
- Mat
-
noun,
a piece of fabric made of plaited or woven rushes, straw, hemp, or similar fiber, or of some other pliant material, as rubber, used as a protective covering on a floor or other surface, to wipe the shoes on, etc.
- Mbm
-
- MBO
-
- MCR
-
- MEA
-
noun,
an acknowledgment of one's responsibility for a fault or error.
- Moe
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Morris or Moses.
- MOC
-
noun,
moccasin.
- mob
-
noun,
a disorderly or riotous crowd of people.
- MOA
-
noun,
any of several flightless birds of the family Dinornithidae, of New Zealand, related to the kiwis but resembling the ostrich: extinct since about the end of the 18th century.
- M-1
-
noun,
a semiautomatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber, clip-fed rifle, with a weight of 8.56 pounds (3.88 kg): the standard U.S. Army rifle in World War II and in the Korean War.
- MNE
-
- MNA
-
- MMT
-
- Mel
-
noun,
honey.
- MME
-
- MLR
-
- MLA
-
- ml.
-
- MHR
-
- mho
-
noun,
See under siemens.
- MHE
-
- MHA
-
- Meo
-
noun,
Miao (def 1).
- Mab
-
noun,
Queen Mab.
- Mo.
-
- NAB
-
verb (used with object),
to arrest or capture.
- MOT
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- NCO
-
- MTO
-
- mtn
-
- MTh
-
- Mt.
-
- Len
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- MRE
-
- MRA
-
- Mr.
-
plural,
mister: a title of respect prefixed to a man's name or position:
- LEO
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- lhb
-
- LMT
-
- MM.
-
- LOC
-
- LOE
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
love.
- MOR
-
- LON
-
- loo
-
noun,
a card game in which forfeits are paid into a pool.
- Lot
-
noun,
one of a set of objects, as straws or pebbles, drawn or thrown from a container to decide a question or choice by chance.
- moo
-
noun,
a mooing sound.
- LTA
-
- LTh
-
- ltr
-
- MBE
-
- Mc-
-
- Me.
-
- HAO
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of Vietnam, the tenth part of a dong.
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- EAM
-
- Orr
-
noun,
Sir John Boyd, Boyd Orr, Sir John.
- Ehr
-
- RCT
-
- ote
-
- OTB
-
- OTA
-
- ot-
-
- REA
-
- COT
-
noun,
a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- ELM
-
noun,
any tree of the genus Ulmus, as U. procera (English elm) characterized by the gradually spreading columnar manner of growth of its branches.
Compare American elm, elm family.
- Reb
-
noun,
a Confederate soldier.
- RCA
-
- COO
-
noun,
a cooing sound.
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- COB
-
noun,
a corncob.
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- eme
-
noun,
friend.
- EMR
-
- CNO
-
- ea.
-
- CMA
-
- CLR
-
- RCN
-
- EEO
-
- EMT
-
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- ean
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- eo-
-
- ear
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- eat
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noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- 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.
- ctn
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plural,
carton.
- EbN
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- rah
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interjection,
(used as an exclamation of encouragement to a player or team.)
- ec-
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- EEL
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noun,
any of numerous elongated, snakelike marine or freshwater fishes of the order Apodes, having no ventral fins.
- ECA
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- ECM
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- Rab
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noun,
a wooden beater for mixing plaster or mortar.
- cte
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- RMA
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- Re.
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- CTA
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- RAM
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noun,
a male sheep.
- CRT
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- RBC
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- EEC
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- REM
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noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- CNM
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- en-
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- HRH
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- rho
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noun,
the 17th letter of the Greek alphabet (P, ρ).
- ETO
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- rm.
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plural,
ream.
- ONR
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- Clo
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- one
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noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- RMC
-
- ONA
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noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- hr.
-
- hae
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verb (used with object), auxiliary verb,
have.
- o-o
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noun,
any of several species of Hawaiian honey eaters of the genus Moho, especially the extinct M. nobilis, of the island of Hawaii, that had black plumage and two tufts of yellow plumes used to make ceremonial robes for the Hawaiian kings.
- hah
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interjection,
ha.
- OMB
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- oma
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plural,
a noun suffix used to form names of tumors, of the kind specified by the base:
- Om.
-
- HAM
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noun,
a cut of meat from the heavy-muscled part of a hog's rear quarter, between hip and hock, usually cured.
- Ola
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- RNA
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- oho
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interjection,
(used as an exclamation to express surprise, taunting, exultation, etc.)
- Han
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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.
- Ohm
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noun,
the standard unit of electrical resistance in the International System of Units (SI), formally defined to be the electrical resistance between two points of a conductor when a constant potential difference applied between these points produces in this conductor a current of one ampere. The resistance in ohms is numerically equal to the magnitude of the potential difference. Symbol: Ω.
- oo-
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- ETR
-
- ChB
-
- ooh
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noun,
the exclamation “ooh.”.
- ene
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- EOE
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- cle
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- 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.
- eon
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noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- CHA
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noun,
tea.
- Ore
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noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- ERA
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noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- ERE
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preposition, conjunction,
before.
- ChE
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noun,
Ernesto [er-nes-taw] /ɛrˈnɛs tɔ/ (Show IPA), ("Che") 1928–67, Cuban revolutionist and political leader, born in Argentina.
- orc
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noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- ORB
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noun,
a sphere or globe:
- rhe
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noun,
a centimeter-gram-second unit of fluidity, equal to the reciprocal of poise.
- oon
-
- err
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verb (used without object),
to go astray in thought or belief; be mistaken; be incorrect.
- ERT
-
- OOT
-
- rhb
-
- Ora
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noun,
plural of os2 .
- MN
-
- er
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interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- 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.
- AO
-
- ee
-
- E.
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noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- LR
-
- CB
-
- CM
-
- MH
-
- AH
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interjection,
(used as an exclamation of pain, surprise, pity, complaint, dislike, joy, etc., according to the manner of utterance.)
- CE
-
- M.
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- MA
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noun,
mother1 .
- MB
-
- BH
-
- RA
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noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- LO
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adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
- TE
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noun,
ti1 .
- LH
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- LC
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- NH
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- BM
-
- BO
-
- NL
-
- NM
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- No
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noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- L.
-
- TC
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- HO
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noun,
a sexually promiscuous woman.
- L2
-
- HL
-
- et
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verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- O.
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- OA
-
- h.
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- HH
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- HE
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noun,
any male person or animal; a man:
- ol
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- HB
-
- L1
-
- BC
-
- ln
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- RN
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- LM
-
- Eb
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- t.
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- TB
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- T1
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- TA
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noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- N.
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- NA
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adverb,
no1 .
- NB
-
- NC
-
- RH
-
- BA
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noun,
an aspect of the soul, represented as a human-headed bird.
- RC
-
- le
-
- OH
-
noun,
the exclamation “oh.”.
- R.
-
- TN
-
- eh
-
interjection,
(an interrogative utterance, usually expressing surprise or doubt or seeking confirmation).
- TM
-
- TL
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- el
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noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- B-
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- RO
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