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- chromates
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noun,
a salt of chromic acid, as potassium chromate, K 2 CrO 4 .
- chorister
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noun,
a singer in a choir.
- Masoretic
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adjective,
of or relating to the Masorah or the Masoretes.
- chamosite
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noun,
a mineral of the chlorite group, hydrous aluminum silicate of iron, occurring in gray or black crystals in oolitic iron ore.
- rhetorics
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noun,
(in writing or speech) the undue use of exaggeration or display; bombast.
- chromites
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noun,
Chemistry. a salt of chromium in the bivalent state.
- trichomes
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noun,
Botany. an outgrowth from the epidermis of plants, as a hair.
- orchestra
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noun,
a group of performers on various musical instruments, including especially stringed instruments of the viol class, clarinets and flutes, cornets and trombones, drums, and cymbals, for playing music, as symphonies, operas, popular music, or other compositions.
- rhotacism
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noun,
Historical Linguistics. a change of a speech sound, especially (s), to (r), as in the change from Old Latin lases to Latin lares.
- Reichsrat
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noun,
German History. the upper house of the parliament during the period of the Second Reich and the Weimar Republic.
- Carothers
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noun,
Wallace Hume, 1896–1937, U.S. chemist: associated with the invention of synthetic nylon material.
- stomacher
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noun,
a richly ornamented garment covering the stomach and chest, worn by both sexes in the 15th and 16th centuries, and later worn under a bodice by women.
- cremators
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noun,
a person who cremates.
- marchers
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noun,
a person who marches on foot:
- chromite
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noun,
Chemistry. a salt of chromium in the bivalent state.
- tracheo-
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- erratics
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noun,
an erratic or eccentric person.
- chromat-
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- chromate
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noun,
a salt of chromic acid, as potassium chromate, K 2 CrO 4 .
- theriacs
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noun,
molasses; treacle.
- chimeras
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noun,
(often initial capital letter) a mythological, fire-breathing monster, commonly represented with a lion's head, a goat's body, and a serpent's tail.
- horsecar
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noun,
a streetcar drawn by a horse or horses.
- hematics
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noun,
hematinic (def 1).
- mortices
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noun,
a notch, hole, groove, or slot made in a piece of wood or the like to receive a tenon of the same dimensions.
- misteach
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verb (used with object),
to teach wrongly or badly.
- matrices
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noun,
something that constitutes the place or point from which something else originates, takes form, or develops:
- haricots
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noun,
any plant of the genus Phaseolus, especially P. vulgaris, the kidney bean.
- Cerritos
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noun,
a city in SW California.
- rhetoric
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noun,
(in writing or speech) the undue use of exaggeration or display; bombast.
- ceramist
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noun,
a person who makes ceramics.
- rearmost
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adjective,
farthest in the rear; last.
- Stroheim
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noun,
Erich von [er-ik] /ˈɛr ɪk/ (Show IPA), 1885–1957, U.S. actor and director, born in Austria.
- air-core
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adjective,
having a nonmagnetic core, as one of fiber or plastic, encircled by a coil (air-core coil) or containing one or more such coils:
- rotaries
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noun,
a rotary device or machine.
- Charites
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plural noun,
the ancient Greek name for the Graces.
- achroite
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noun,
the colorless or white variety of tourmaline, often used as a gem.
- Mitscher
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noun,
Marc Andrew, 1887–1947, U.S. naval officer and aviator.
- arterio-
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- isotherm
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noun,
Meteorology. a line on a weather map or chart connecting points having equal temperature.
- cremator
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noun,
a person who cremates.
- armorist
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noun,
a person who is an expert at heraldry.
- actorish
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adjective,
exaggeratedly theatrical; affected:
- heritors
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noun,
inheritor.
- Chartres
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noun,
a city in and the capital of Eure-et-Loir, in N France, SW of Paris: cathedral.
- Chartism
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noun,
the principles or movement of a party of political reformers, chiefly workingmen, in England from 1838 to 1848: so called from the document (People's Charter or National Charter) that contained a statement of their principles and demands.
- achiotes
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noun,
annatto.
- armories
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noun,
a storage place for weapons and other war equipment.
- trichome
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noun,
Botany. an outgrowth from the epidermis of plants, as a hair.
- moschate
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adjective,
having a musky smell.
- Christo-
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- rhematic
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adjective,
pertaining to the formation of words.
- acrotism
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noun,
absence or weakness of the pulse.
- armoires
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noun,
a large wardrobe or movable cupboard, with doors and shelves.
- semiarch
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noun,
a half arch.
- Charters
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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.
- Mercator
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noun,
Gerhardus [jer-hahr-duh s] /dʒərˈhɑr dəs/ (Show IPA), (Gerhard Kremer) 1512–94, Flemish cartographer and geographer.
- craters
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noun,
the cup-shaped depression or cavity on the surface of the earth or other heavenly body marking the orifice of a volcano.
- Mercast
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noun,
a broadcasting system used by U.S. agencies to deliver messages to government-operated ships.
- Mithras
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noun,
the god of light and truth, later of the sun.
- roaches
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noun,
a cockroach.
- mithers
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noun,
mother1 .
- hectors
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noun,
Classical Mythology. the eldest son of Priam and husband of Andromache: the greatest Trojan hero in the Trojan War, killed by Achilles.
- corsair
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noun,
a fast ship used for piracy.
- stearic
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adjective,
of or relating to suet or fat.
- stearo-
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- tachism
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noun,
action painting (def 1).
- cahiers
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noun,
Bookbinding. a number of sheets of paper or leaves of a book placed together, as for binding.
- Richter
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noun,
Burton, born 1931, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1976.
- at-home
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noun,
Also, at home. a reception of visitors at certain hours at one's home.
- atheism
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noun,
the doctrine or belief that there is no God.
- re-sort
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verb (used with object),
to sort or arrange (cards, papers, etc.) again.
- 2,4,5-t
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noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- stomach
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noun,
Anatomy, Zoology.
a saclike enlargement of the alimentary canal, as in humans and certain animals, forming an organ for storing, diluting, and digesting food.
such an organ or an analogous portion of the alimentary canal when divided into two or more sections or parts.
any one of these sections.
- rhetors
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noun,
a master or teacher of rhetoric.
- Creator
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noun,
a person or thing that creates.
- tarsier
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noun,
a small, arboreal, nocturnal primate of the genus Tarsius, of Indonesia and the Philippines, having a long thin tail, very large immobile eyes, and prominent pads on the fingers and toes: all populations are dwindling.
- atomies
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noun,
an atom; mote.
- atomics
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noun,
the branch of physics that deals with atoms, especially atomic energy.
- coremia
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noun,
the fruiting bodies of certain fungi, consisting of a loosely bound bundle of conidiophores.
- matches
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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.
- tarries
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noun,
a stay; sojourn.
- arthro-
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- chimera
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noun,
(often initial capital letter) a mythological, fire-breathing monster, commonly represented with a lion's head, a goat's body, and a serpent's tail.
- somatic
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adjective,
of the body; bodily; physical.
- charter
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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.
- chromes
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noun,
chromium.
- chamiso
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noun,
a saltbush, Atriplex canescens, of the western U.S. and Mexico, having grayish, scurfy foliage.
- chamois
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noun,
an agile, goatlike antelope, Rupicapra rupicapra, of high mountains of Europe: now rare in some areas.
- chromas
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noun,
the purity of a color, or its freedom from white or gray.
- Chariot
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noun,
a light, two-wheeled vehicle for one person, usually drawn by two horses and driven from a standing position, used in ancient Egypt, Greece, Rome, etc., in warfare, racing, hunting, etc.
- Micheas
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noun,
Micah (defs 1, 2).
- chrisom
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noun,
chrism.
- charros
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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.
- heritor
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noun,
inheritor.
- sematic
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adjective,
serving as a sign or warning of danger, as the conspicuous colors or markings of certain poisonous animals.
- Sharrie
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noun,
a female given name, form of Sharon.
- Herriot
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noun,
Édouard [ey-dwar] /eɪˈdwar/ (Show IPA), 1872–1957, French statesman, political leader, and author.
- choreas
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noun,
any of several diseases of the nervous system characterized by jerky, involuntary movements, chiefly of the face and extremities.
- cheiro-
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- chemist
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noun,
a specialist in chemistry.
- Chi-tse
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noun,
Ki Tse.
- heroism
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noun,
the qualities or attributes of a hero or heroine:
- heroics
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noun,
Usually, heroics. heroic verse.
- chimars
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noun,
chimere.
- schmear
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noun,
a dab, as of cream cheese, spread on a roll, bagel, or the like.
- heriots
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noun,
a feudal service or tribute, originally of borrowed military equipment and later of a chattel, due to the lord on the death of a tenant.
- cirrate
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adjective,
having cirri.
- hematic
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noun,
hematinic (def 1).
- comates
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noun,
a mate or companion.
- roaster
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noun,
a contrivance for roasting something, as an oven, a pan for roasting meat, or a machine for roasting coffee beans.
- rochets
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noun,
a vestment of linen or lawn, resembling a surplice, worn especially by bishops and abbots.
- carroms
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noun,
Billiards, Pool. a shot in which the cue ball hits two balls in succession.
- Roerich
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noun,
Nicholas Konstantinovich [nik-uh-luh s kon-stuh n-tee-nuh-vich;; Russian kuh n-stuhn-tyee-nuh-vyich] /ˈnɪk ə ləs ˌkɒn stənˈti nə vɪtʃ;; Russian kən stʌnˈtyi nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1874–1947, Russian painter, archaeologist, and author; in the U.S. after 1920.
- smother
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noun,
dense, stifling smoke.
- Homeric
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adjective,
of, relating to, or suggestive of Homer or his poetry.
- roister
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verb (used without object),
to act in a swaggering, boisterous, or uproarious manner.
- carters
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noun,
Bennett Lester ("Benny") 1907–2003, U.S. jazz saxophonist and composer.
- Cartier
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noun,
Sir George Étienne [zhawrzh ey-tyen] /ʒɔrʒ eɪˈtyɛn/ (Show IPA), 1814–73, Canadian political leader: prime minister 1857–62, defense minister 1867–73.
- cashier
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noun,
an employee, as in a market or department store, who collects payments for customer purchases.
- cirrose
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adjective,
having a cirrus or cirri.
- hemato-
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- coheirs
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noun,
a joint heir.
- ARTEMIS
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noun,
Also called Cynthia. an ancient Greek goddess, the daughter of Leto and the sister of Apollo, characterized as a virgin huntress and associated with the moon.
Compare Diana.
- coaster
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noun,
a person or thing that coasts.
- mesarch
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adjective,
Botany. (of a primary xylem or root) developing from both the periphery and the center; having the older cells surrounded by the younger cells.
- coarser
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adjective,
of or relating to a topology on a topological space whose open sets are included among the open sets of a second specified topology on the space.
- shortie
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noun,
a person of less than average stature (sometimes used as a disparaging and offensive term of address).
- Shorter
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noun,
Frank, born 1947, U.S. marathon runner.
- cerato-
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- mishear
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verb (used with object),
to hear incorrectly or imperfectly:
- arteri-
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- hot-air
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noun,
empty, exaggerated, or pretentious talk or writing:
- termors
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noun,
a person who has an estate for a term of years or for life.
- erratic
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noun,
an erratic or eccentric person.
- Thermos
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noun,
a vacuum bottle or similar container lined with an insulating material, such as polystyrene, to keep liquids hot or cold.
- thermo-
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- mortise
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noun,
a notch, hole, groove, or slot made in a piece of wood or the like to receive a tenon of the same dimensions.
- thermic
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adjective,
thermal (def 1).
- echoism
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noun,
onomatopoeia.
- erotica
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noun,
written works, usually fiction, dealing with sexual love.
- erotics
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noun,
an erotic poem.
- tracers
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noun,
a person or thing that traces.
- ostrich
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noun,
a large, two-toed, swift-footed flightless bird, Struthio camelus, indigenous to Africa and Arabia, domesticated for its plumage: the largest of living birds.
- theriac
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noun,
molasses; treacle.
- osmatic
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adjective,
of or relating to the sense of smell.
- marcher
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noun,
a person who marches on foot:
- hamster
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noun,
any of several short-tailed, stout-bodied, burrowing rodents, as Cricetus cricetus, of Europe and Asia, having large cheek pouches.
- Hamites
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noun,
a descendant of Ham. Gen. 10:1, 6–20.
- archers
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noun,
a person who shoots with a bow and arrow; bowman.
- reactor
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noun,
a person or thing that reacts or undergoes reaction.
- amosite
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noun,
an asbestine variety of anthophyllite, rich in iron, formerly used as a heat-resistant material.
- torches
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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.
- archit.
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- imarets
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noun,
(in Turkey) a hospice for pilgrims, travelers, etc.
- haricot
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noun,
any plant of the genus Phaseolus, especially P. vulgaris, the kidney bean.
- tochers
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noun,
a dowry; marriage settlement given to the groom by the bride or her family.
- Marches
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noun,
The, a region in central Italy, bordering the Adriatic. 3743 sq. mi. (9695 sq. km).
- mortars
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noun,
a receptacle of hard material, having a bowl-shaped cavity in which substances are reduced to powder with a pestle.
- Amherst
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noun,
Jeffrey, Baron, 1717–97, British field marshal: governor general of British North America 1760–63.
- Thraces
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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.
- mortice
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noun,
a notch, hole, groove, or slot made in a piece of wood or the like to receive a tenon of the same dimensions.
- harmost
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noun,
a person serving the ancient Spartans as governor of a subject or conquered town.
- Amorite
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noun,
a member of one of the principal tribes, or nations, of Canaan before its conquest by the Israelites. II Sam. 12:26–31.
- thorias
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noun,
a white, heavy, water-insoluble powder, ThO 2 , used chiefly in incandescent mantles, as the Welsbach gas mantle.
- maestro
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noun,
an eminent composer, teacher, or conductor of music:
- harries
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noun,
a male given name, form of Harold or Henry.
- thirams
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noun,
a white, crystalline compound, C 6 H 12 N 2 S 4 , insoluble in water, slightly soluble in alcohol, soluble in benzene and acetone, used as a vulcanizer and accelerator for rubber and as a fungicide, bacteriostat, and seed disinfectant.
- Harriet
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noun,
a female given name, form of Harry.
- ratches
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noun,
a ratchet.
- amorist
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noun,
a person who is devoted to love and lovemaking.
- earshot
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noun,
the range or distance within which a sound, voice, etc., can be heard.
- aitches
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noun,
the letter H, h.
- crosier
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noun,
a ceremonial staff carried by a bishop or an abbot, hooked at one end like a shepherd's crook.
- achiote
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noun,
annatto.
- isotach
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noun,
a line on a weather map or chart connecting points where winds of equal speeds have been recorded.
- aristo-
-
- trimers
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noun,
a molecule composed of three identical, simpler molecules.
- trocars
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noun,
a sharp-pointed instrument enclosed in a cannula, used for withdrawing fluid from a cavity, as the abdominal cavity.
- mohairs
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noun,
the coat or fleece of an Angora goat.
- armoire
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noun,
a large wardrobe or movable cupboard, with doors and shelves.
- oraches
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noun,
any plant of the genus Atriplex, especially A. hortensis, of the amaranth family, cultivated for use like spinach.
- remoras
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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.
- rematch
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noun,
a second match between teams, challengers, etc.; return match.
- trisome
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noun,
a trisomic individual.
- armrest
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noun,
a projecting, often padded support for the forearm, as at the side of a chair or sofa or between seats in a theater, car, or airplane.
- tricho-
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- marries
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verb (used with object),
to take in marriage:
- saithe
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noun,
pollock.
- racers
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noun,
a person, animal, or thing that races or takes part in a race, as a racehorse, bicycle, yacht, etc.
- scathe
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noun,
hurt, harm, or injury.
- Hermit
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noun,
a person who has withdrawn to a solitary place for a life of religious seclusion.
- scato-
-
- chirrs
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noun,
the sound of chirring.
- cirro-
-
- ormers
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noun,
an abalone, Haliotis tuberculata, living in waters of the Channel Islands.
- chiros
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noun,
the ladyfish, Elops saurus.
- harems
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noun,
the part of a Muslim palace or house reserved for the residence of women.
- sacro-
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- schema
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noun,
a diagram, plan, or scheme. Synonyms: outline, framework, model.
- sarco-
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- sachet
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noun,
a small bag, case, or pad containing perfuming powder or the like, placed among handkerchiefs, lingerie, etc., to impart a pleasant scent.
- sachem
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noun,
the chief of a tribe.
the chief of a confederation.
- chiro-
-
- rachis
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noun,
Botany.
the axis of an inflorescence when somewhat elongated, as in a raceme.
(in a pinnately compound leaf or frond) the prolongation of the petiole along which the leaflets are disposed.
any of various axial structures.
- rrhoea
-
- coarse
-
adjective,
composed of relatively large parts or particles:
- racism
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noun,
a belief or doctrine that inherent differences among the various human racial groups determine cultural or individual achievement, usually involving the idea that one's own race is superior and has the right to dominate others or that a particular racial group is inferior to the others.
- ochrea
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noun,
ocrea.
- ochers
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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.
- racist
-
noun,
a person who believes in racism, the doctrine that one's own racial group is superior or that a particular racial group is inferior to the others.
- Raetic
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noun,
an extinct language of uncertain affinities that was spoken in Rhaetia and written with the Etruscan alphabet.
- samite
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noun,
a heavy silk fabric, sometimes interwoven with gold, worn in the Middle Ages.
- mirths
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noun,
gaiety or jollity, especially when accompanied by laughter:
- heriot
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noun,
a feudal service or tribute, originally of borrowed military equipment and later of a chattel, due to the lord on the death of a tenant.
- chori-
-
- chrism
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noun,
a consecrated oil, usually mixed with balsam or balsam and spices, used by certainchurches in various rites, as in baptism, confirmation, and the like.
- eschar
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noun,
a hard crust or scab, as from a burn.
- Mosaic
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noun,
a picture or decoration made of small, usually colored pieces of inlaid stone, glass, etc.
- Hamite
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noun,
a descendant of Ham. Gen. 10:1, 6–20.
- Christ
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noun,
Jesus of Nazareth, held by Christians to be the fulfillment of prophecies in the Old Testament regarding the eventual coming of a Messiah.
- Orchis
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noun,
any orchid.
- orates
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- Osetic
-
adjective, noun,
Ossetic.
- chrom-
-
- Mother
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noun,
a female parent.
- satire
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noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- ethics
-
noun,
(used with a singular or plural verb) a system of moral principles:
- chores
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noun,
a small or odd job; routine task.
- ochres
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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.
- MSArch
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- erotic
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noun,
an erotic poem.
- chorea
-
noun,
any of several diseases of the nervous system characterized by jerky, involuntary movements, chiefly of the face and extremities.
- satori
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noun,
sudden enlightenment.
- chrome
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noun,
chromium.
- haoris
-
noun,
a loose, knee-length, Japanese garment resembling a coat.
- Choate
-
noun,
Joseph Hodges, 1832–1917, U.S. lawyer and diplomat.
- haemo-
-
- ericas
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noun,
any of numerous low-growing evergreen shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Erica, of the heath family, including several species of heather.
- Sartre
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noun,
Jean-Paul [zhahn-pawl] /ʒɑ̃ˈpɔl/ (Show IPA), 1905–80, French philosopher, novelist, and dramatist: declined 1964 Nobel Prize in literature.
- escort
-
noun,
a group of persons, or a single person, accompanying another or others for protection, guidance, or courtesy:
- others
-
noun,
the other one:
- Sarthe
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2411 sq. mi. (6245 sq. km). Capital: Le Mans.
- chroma
-
noun,
the purity of a color, or its freedom from white or gray.
- rosace
-
noun,
rosette (def 3).
- Mister
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) a conventional title of respect for a man, prefixed to the name and to certain official designations (usually written as the abbreviation Mr.).
- recast
-
noun,
a recasting.
- mohair
-
noun,
the coat or fleece of an Angora goat.
- rectos
-
- Rector
-
noun,
a member of the clergy in charge of a parish in the Protestant Episcopal Church.
- recti-
-
- haters
-
noun,
a person who has an intense dislike for another person or thing (often used in combination):
- Coster
-
noun,
costermonger.
- rearms
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verb (used with object),
to arm again.
- rhetor
-
noun,
a master or teacher of rhetoric.
- COSTAR
-
noun,
a performer, especially an actor or actress, who shares star billing with another.
- moires
-
noun,
any moiré fabric.
- rostra
-
noun,
a plural of rostrum.
- rhotic
-
noun,
a rhotic sound.
- cosher
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verb (used with object),
to treat with special fondness; pamper.
- Hastie
-
noun,
William Henry, 1904–76, U.S. jurist: first black judge of the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
- Mithra
-
noun,
the god of light and truth, later of the sun.
- Moesia
-
noun,
an ancient country in S Europe, S of the Danube and N of ancient Thrace and Macedonia: later a Roman province.
- C-star
-
noun,
carbon star.
- hecto-
-
- retro-
-
- mitres
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- crores
-
noun,
(in India) the sum of ten million, especially of rupees; one hundred lacs.
- resort
-
noun,
a place to which people frequently or generally go for relaxation or pleasure, especially one providing rest and recreation facilities for vacationers:
- Crista
-
noun,
a crest or ridge.
- Crimea
-
noun,
the, a peninsula in SE Ukraine, between the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov.
- Hearst
-
noun,
William Randolph, 1863–1951, U.S. editor and publisher.
- criers
-
noun,
a person who cries.
- hearts
-
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.
- Crater
-
noun,
the cup-shaped depression or cavity on the surface of the earth or other heavenly body marking the orifice of a volcano.
- Rheims
-
noun,
Reims.
- 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.
- creams
-
noun,
the fatty part of milk, which rises to the surface when the liquid is allowed to stand unless homogenized.
- remits
-
noun,
Law. a transfer of the record of an action from one tribunal to another, particularly from an appellate court to the court of original jurisdiction.
- Rheita
-
noun,
a crater in the fourth quadrant of the face of the moon: about 42 miles (68 km) in diameter.
- crates
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- mochas
-
noun,
(initial capital letter). Also, Mukha. a seaport in the Republic of Yemen on the Red Sea.
- ricers
-
noun,
an implement for ricing potatoes, squash, etc., by pressing them through small holes.
- earths
-
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.
- Coates
-
noun,
Eric, 1886–1957, English violist and composer.
- Cromer
-
noun,
1st Earl of, Evelyn Baring.
- raster
-
noun,
Television. a pattern of scanning lines covering the area upon which the image is projected in the cathode-ray tube or liquid-crystal display of a television set or other screen.
- rasher
-
noun,
a thin slice of bacon or ham for frying or broiling.
- cometh
-
verb,
3rd person singular present indicative of come.
- Romaic
-
noun,
demotic (def 5).
- ramose
-
adjective,
having many branches.
- comers
-
noun,
Informal. a person or thing that is progressing well or is very promising:
- Romish
-
adjective,
of or relating to Rome as the center of the Roman Catholic Church.
- comate
-
noun,
a mate or companion.
- rochet
-
noun,
a vestment of linen or lawn, resembling a surplice, worn especially by bishops and abbots.
- mortar
-
noun,
a receptacle of hard material, having a bowl-shaped cavity in which substances are reduced to powder with a pestle.
- Rosita
-
noun,
a female given name, Spanish form of Rose.
- roster
-
noun,
a list of persons or groups, as of military personnel or units with their turns or periods of duty.
- ramets
-
noun,
an individual of a clone.
- coheir
-
noun,
a joint heir.
- coatis
-
noun,
any tropical American carnivore of the genus Nasua, related to the raccoon, having an elongated body, long, ringed tail, and a slender, flexible snout.
- itches
-
noun,
the sensation of itching.
- COMSAT
-
noun,
(often lowercase) a communications satellite.
- comtes
-
noun,
count2 .
- riches
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) rich persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- Hector
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the eldest son of Priam and husband of Andromache: the greatest Trojan hero in the Trojan War, killed by Achilles.
- re-act
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- Richet
-
noun,
Charles Robert [sharl raw-ber] /ʃarl rɔˈbɛr/ (Show IPA), 1850–1935, French physician: Nobel prize 1913.
- Cortes
-
noun,
(in Spain or Portugal) the two houses constituting the national legislative body.
- Rather
-
Idioms,
had / would rather, to prefer that or to:
Compare soon (def 8).
- corset
-
noun,
Sometimes, corsets. a close-fitting undergarment, stiffened with whalebone or similar material and often capable of being tightened by lacing, enclosing the trunk: worn, especially by women, to shape and support the body; stays.
- Moriah
-
noun,
a mountainous region in S Palestine, where Abraham prepared to sacrifice Isaac. Gen. 22:3.
- Morris
-
noun,
Esther Hobart McQuigg Slack [muh-kwig slak] /məˈkwɪg ˈslæk/ (Show IPA), 1814–1902, U.S. suffragist.
- Corrie
-
noun,
a circular hollow in the side of a hill or mountain.
- hemat-
-
- rimose
-
adjective,
full of crevices, chinks, or cracks.
- corita
-
noun,
a boat resembling a large, woven basket, used by Indians of the southwestern U.S.
- mither
-
noun,
mother1 .
- raters
-
noun,
a person who makes rates or ratings.
- corers
-
noun,
a person or thing that cores.
- miters
-
noun,
the official headdress of a bishop in the Western Church, in its modern form a tall cap with a top deeply cleft crosswise, the outline of the front and back resembling that of a pointed arch.
- Harris
-
noun,
Benjamin, c1660–c1720, English journalist who published the first newspaper in America 1690.
- matri-
-
- Charis
-
noun,
one of the Graces, married to Hephaestus.
- scherm
-
noun,
(in South Africa) a hut, screen, or shelter constructed from branches and canvas, scraped animal hides, or the like.
- Thames
-
noun,
a river in S England, flowing E through London to the North Sea. 209 miles (336 km) long.
- termor
-
noun,
a person who has an estate for a term of years or for life.
- arthr-
-
- arrest
-
noun,
the taking of a person into legal custody, as by officers of the law.
- terras
-
noun,
earth; land.
- Terris
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- armors
-
noun,
any covering worn as a defense against weapons.
- armies
-
noun,
the military forces of a nation, exclusive of the navy and in some countries the air force.
- armets
-
noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- Marist
-
noun,
a member of a religious order founded in Lyons, France, in 1816 for missionary and educational work in the name of the Virgin Mary.
- iatro-
-
- thecia
-
noun,
hymenium.
- ichors
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. an ethereal fluid flowing in the veins of the gods.
- ariose
-
adjective,
characterized by melody; songlike.
- theirs
-
noun,
any male person or animal; a man:
- theism
-
noun,
the belief in one God as the creator and ruler of the universe, without rejection of revelation (distinguished from deism).
- marish
-
noun,
a marsh.
- archt.
-
- Archie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Archibald.
- archi-
-
- Artois
-
noun,
a former province in N France: artesian wells.
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- Archer
-
noun,
a person who shoots with a bow and arrow; bowman.
- tacho-
-
- Horite
-
noun,
an ancient people of Edom living in the region of the Dead Sea, possibly identical with the Hurrians.
- cahier
-
noun,
Bookbinding. a number of sheets of paper or leaves of a book placed together, as for binding.
- steric
-
adjective,
of or relating to the spatial relationships of atoms in a molecule.
- Mather
-
noun,
Cotton, 1663–1728, American clergyman and author.
- atomic
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, resulting from, or using atoms, atomic energy, or atomic bombs:
- stream
-
noun,
a body of water flowing in a channel or watercourse, as a river, rivulet, or brook. Synonyms: rill, run, streamlet, runnel.
- hosier
-
noun,
a person who makes or deals in hose or stockings or goods knitted or woven like hose.
- stroma
-
noun,
Cell Biology. the supporting framework or matrix of a cell.
- maters
-
noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- astro-
-
- Mascot
-
noun,
an animal, person, or thing adopted by a group as its representative symbol and supposed to bring good luck:
- Taisho
-
noun,
the designation of the period of the reign of Emperor Yoshihito, 1912–26.
- chimar
-
noun,
chimere.
- Mastic
-
noun,
Also called mastic tree, lentisk. a small Mediterranean tree, Pistacia lentiscus, of the cashew family, that is the source of an aromatic resin used in making varnish and adhesives.
- Taoism
-
noun,
the philosophical system evolved by Lao-tzu and Chuang-tzu, advocating a life of complete simplicity and naturalness and of noninterference with the course of natural events, in order to attain a happy existence in harmony with the Tao.
- Master
-
noun,
a person with the ability or power to use, control, or dispose of something:
- ashore
-
adverb,
to the shore; onto the shore:
- tarso-
-
- mashie
-
noun,
a club with an iron head, the face having more slope than a mashie iron but less slope than a mashie niblick.
- masher
-
noun,
a person or thing that mashes.
- Arches
-
noun,
Architecture.
a curved masonry construction for spanning an opening, consisting of a number of wedgelike stones, bricks, or the like, set with the narrower side toward the opening in such a way that forces on the arch are transmitted as vertical or oblique stresses on either side of the opening.
an upwardly curved construction, as of steel or timber functioning in the manner of a masonry arch.
a doorway, gateway, etc., having a curved head; an archway.
the curved head of an opening, as a doorway.
- ihrams
-
noun,
the dress worn by male Muslims on their pilgrimage to Mecca, consisting of two white cotton cloths, one worn round the waist, the other over the left shoulder.
- starch
-
noun,
a white, tasteless, solid carbohydrate, (C 6 H 10 O 5) n , occurring in the form of minute granules in the seeds, tubers, and other parts of plants, and forming an important constituent of rice, corn, wheat, beans, potatoes, and many other vegetable foods.
- trich-
-
- macers
-
noun,
macebearer.
- Maceio
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Alagoas, in E Brazil.
- treasr
-
- tremor
-
noun,
involuntary shaking of the body or limbs, as from disease, fear, weakness, or excitement; a fit of trembling.
- Ishtar
-
noun,
the Assyrian and Babylonian goddess of love and war, identified with the Phoenician Astarte, the Semitic Ashtoreth, and the Sumerian Inanna.
- triacs
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- March.
-
- trices
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- acmite
-
noun,
a rare pyroxene mineral, sodium-ferric iron silicate, NaFe(Si 2 O 6), found in feldspathoid rocks.
- tracer
-
noun,
a person or thing that traces.
- Ithome
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in SW Greece, in SW Peloponnesus. 2630 feet (802 meters).
- triers
-
noun,
a person or thing that tries or tests; tester.
- isomer
-
noun,
Chemistry. a compound displaying isomerism with one or more other compounds.
- aceto-
-
- trimer
-
noun,
a molecule composed of three identical, simpler molecules.
- isotac
-
noun,
a line drawn on a map connecting all points where ice starts to melt at approximately the same period in spring.
- triose
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- trocar
-
noun,
a sharp-pointed instrument enclosed in a cannula, used for withdrawing fluid from a cavity, as the abdominal cavity.
- 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.
- traces
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- Tories
-
noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- therm-
-
- 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.
- aorist
-
noun,
a verb tense, as in Classical Greek, expressing action or, in the indicative mood, past action, without further limitation or implication.
- Therma
-
noun,
ancient name of Salonika.
- therms
-
noun,
any of several units of heat, as one equivalent to 1000 large calories or 100,000 British thermal units.
- Thiers
-
noun,
Louis Adolphe [lwee a-dawlf] /lwi aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1797–1877, French statesman: president 1871–73.
- imaret
-
noun,
(in Turkey) a hospice for pilgrims, travelers, etc.
- thiram
-
noun,
a white, crystalline compound, C 6 H 12 N 2 S 4 , insoluble in water, slightly soluble in alcohol, soluble in benzene and acetone, used as a vulcanizer and accelerator for rubber and as a fungicide, bacteriostat, and seed disinfectant.
- Thomas
-
noun,
an apostle who demanded proof of Christ's Resurrection. John 20:24–29.
- thoria
-
noun,
a white, heavy, water-insoluble powder, ThO 2 , used chiefly in incandescent mantles, as the Welsbach gas mantle.
- amices
-
noun,
an oblong vestment, usually of white linen, worn about the neck and shoulders and partly under the alb.
- thrice
-
adverb,
three times, as in succession; on three occasions or in three ways.
- Machos
-
noun,
Also, machoism. assertive or aggressive manliness; machismo.
- Marcos
-
noun,
Ferdinand E(dralin) [ed-ruh-lin] /ˈɛd rə lɪn/ (Show IPA), 1917–1989, Philippine political leader: president 1965–86.
- Marcie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marcia.
- timers
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- MArchE
-
noun,
The, a region in central Italy, bordering the Adriatic. 3743 sq. mi. (9695 sq. km).
- Maoris
-
noun,
a member of the native Polynesian population of New Zealand.
- tocher
-
noun,
a dowry; marriage settlement given to the groom by the bride or her family.
- torahs
-
noun,
the Pentateuch, being the first of the three Jewish divisions of the Old Testament.
Compare Tanach.
- ahorse
-
adjective, adverb,
on horseback:
- macro-
-
- cameos
-
noun,
a technique of engraving upon a gem or other stone, as onyx, in such a way that an underlying stone of one color is exposed as a background for a low-relief design of another color.
- masto-
-
- oaters
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- cerias
-
noun,
a white-to-yellow, heavy powder, cerium dioxide, CeO 2 , usually derived from cerium nitrate by decomposition with heat: used chiefly in ceramics, glass polishing, and decolorizing.
- chaise
-
noun,
a light, open carriage, usually with a hood, especially a one-horse, two-wheeled carriage for two persons; shay.
- shamir
-
noun,
Yitzhak [yits-hahk] /yɪtsˈhɑk/ (Show IPA), 1915–2012, Israeli political leader: prime minister 1986–92.
- chairs
-
noun,
a seat, especially for one person, usually having four legs for support and a rest for the back and often having rests for the arms.
- hiero-
-
- metro-
-
- metric
-
noun,
Often, metrics. a standard for measuring or evaluating something, especially one that uses figures or statistics:
- shicer
-
noun,
Slang. a swindler.
- shmear
-
noun, verb (used with object),
schmear.
- cerat-
-
- Chamos
-
noun,
Chemosh.
- Sierra
-
noun,
a chain of hills or mountains, the peaks of which suggest the teeth of a saw.
- Cathie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Catherine.
- Cather
-
noun,
Willa (Sibert) [wil-uh see-bert] /ˈwɪl ə ˈsi bərt/ (Show IPA), 1876–1947, U.S. novelist.
- Sirach
-
noun,
Son of, Jesus (def 2).
- caters
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- sirrah
-
noun,
a term of address used to inferiors or children to express impatience, contempt, etc.
- hoarse
-
adjective,
having a vocal tone characterized by weakness of intensity and excessive breathiness; husky:
- sitcom
-
noun,
situation comedy.
- metros
-
noun,
the underground electric railway of Paris, France, Montreal, Canada, Washington, D.C., and other cities.
- Hestia
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the hearth.
- Castor
-
noun,
Also, castoreum. a brownish, unctuous substance with a strong, penetrating odor, secreted by certain glands in the groin of the beaver, used in medicine and perfumery.
- cheats
-
noun,
a person who acts dishonestly, deceives, or defrauds:
- heroic
-
noun,
Usually, heroics. heroic verse.
- scoria
-
noun,
Metallurgy. the refuse, dross, or slag left after melting or smelting metal; scum.
- Scoter
-
noun,
any of the large diving ducks of the genus Melanitta, inhabiting northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere.
- Scotia
-
noun,
a deep concave molding between two fillets, as in the Attic base.
- cherts
-
noun,
a compact rock consisting essentially of microcrystalline quartz.
- scream
-
noun,
a loud, sharp, piercing cry:
- chemo-
-
- micros
-
noun,
anything extremely small in scope or capability.
- scrota
-
noun,
the pouch of skin that contains the testes.
- charms
-
noun,
a power of pleasing or attracting, as through personality or beauty:
- search
-
noun,
the act of searching; careful examination or investigation:
an instance of this:
- micro-
-
- chaste
-
adjective,
refraining from sexual intercourse that is regarded as contrary to morality or religion; virtuous.
- chaser
-
noun,
a person or thing that chases or pursues.
- sector
-
noun,
Geometry. a plane figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle.
- charts
-
noun,
a sheet exhibiting information in tabular form.
- charrs
-
noun,
char2 .
- 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.
- Castro
-
noun,
Cipriano [sip-ree-ah-noh;; Spanish see-pree-ah-naw] /ˌsɪp riˈɑ noʊ;; Spanish ˌsi priˈɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1858?–1924, Venezuelan military and political leader: president 1901–08; exiled 1908.
- histo-
-
- somite
-
noun,
any of the longitudinal series of segments or parts into which the body of certain animals is divided; a metamere.
- Carter
-
noun,
Bennett Lester ("Benny") 1907–2003, U.S. jazz saxophonist and composer.
- somat-
-
- caries
-
noun,
decay, as of bone or of plant tissue.
- carets
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- sortie
-
noun,
a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
- smitch
-
noun,
smidgen.
- Horace
-
noun,
(Quintus Horatius Flaccus) 65–8 b.c, Roman poet and satirist.
- smirch
-
noun,
a dirty mark or smear, as of soot, dust, dirt, etc.
- caroms
-
noun,
Billiards, Pool. a shot in which the cue ball hits two balls in succession.
- cartes
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- Mercia
-
noun,
an early English kingdom in central Britain.
- homers
-
noun,
Baseball. home run.
- merits
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- Caster
-
noun,
a person or thing that casts.
- carrom
-
noun,
Billiards, Pool. a shot in which the cue ball hits two balls in succession.
- camote
-
noun,
batata.
- camise
-
noun,
a lightweight, loose-fitting shirt or smock with long sleeves.
- Carrie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- 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.
- mahoe
-
noun,
hau tree.
- Miche
-
verb (used without object),
to lurk out of sight.
- morts
-
noun,
Hunting. the note played on a hunting horn signifying that the animal hunted has been killed.
- mache
-
noun,
corn salad.
- maces
-
noun,
a clublike armor-breaking weapon of war, often with a flanged or spiked metal head, used chiefly in the Middle Ages.
- mach.
-
- macho
-
noun,
Also, machoism. assertive or aggressive manliness; machismo.
- Oates
-
noun,
Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- merch
-
noun,
merchandise, especially as marketed to a particular fan base:
- machs
-
noun,
a number indicating the ratio of the speed of an object to the speed of sound in the medium through which the object is moving. Abbreviation: M.
- mater
-
noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- Merci
-
interjection,
thank you.
- miter
-
noun,
the official headdress of a bishop in the Western Church, in its modern form a tall cap with a top deeply cleft crosswise, the outline of the front and back resembling that of a pointed arch.
- micra
-
noun,
a plural of micron.
- mites
-
noun,
any of numerous small to microscopic arachnids of the subclass Acari, including species that are parasitic on animals and plants or that feed on decaying matter and stored foods.
- ither
-
adjective, pronoun, adverb,
other.
- oater
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- mires
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- MSChE
-
- Mirth
-
noun,
gaiety or jollity, especially when accompanied by laughter:
- mech.
-
- moths
-
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.
- Meath
-
noun,
a county in Leinster, in the E Republic of Ireland. 902 sq. mi. (2335 sq. km). County seat: Trim.
- motes
-
noun,
a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
- math.
-
- Mears
-
noun,
mere3 .
- Moshi
-
noun,
a city in N Tanzania.
- Moser
-
noun,
Johann Jakob [yoh-hahn yah-kawp] /ˈyoʊ hɑn ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1701–85, German jurist and publicist.
- McRae
-
noun,
Carmen, 1920–94, U.S. jazz singer and songwriter.
- misc.
-
- matr-
-
- maths
-
noun,
mathematics.
- maist
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
most.
- macer
-
noun,
macebearer.
- mairs
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- Mitra
-
noun,
the mitriform pileus of certain fungi.
- Maori
-
noun,
a member of the native Polynesian population of New Zealand.
- masc.
-
- Maris
-
noun,
Roger (Eugene) 1934–85, U.S. baseball player.
- moire
-
noun,
any moiré fabric.
- meta-
-
- Moira
-
noun,
Classical Mythology.
the personification of fate.
Moirai, the Fates.
- meso-
-
- mesic
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or adapted to an environment having a balanced supply of moisture.
- MASER
-
noun,
a device for amplifying electromagnetic waves by stimulated emission of radiation.
- merit
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- Maroc
-
noun,
French name of Morocco.
- metas
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) a column or post, or a group of columns or posts, placed at each end of a racetrack to mark the turning places.
- marts
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- meros
-
noun,
(in the Doric order) a flat surface between two channels of a triglyph.
- Mitre
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- maror
-
noun,
a portion of horseradish or other bitter herb that is eaten at the Seder meal on Passover.
- Mocha
-
noun,
(initial capital letter). Also, Mukha. a seaport in the Republic of Yemen on the Red Sea.
- Marti
-
noun,
José [haw-se] /hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1853–1895, Cuban patriot and writer.
- Maros
-
noun,
Hungarian name of Mures.
- mero-
-
- marse
-
noun,
(used chiefly in representation of southern black speech) master.
- Mario
-
noun,
a male given name: from the Roman family name Marius.
- miso-
-
- Mich.
-
- misce
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) mix.
- micas
-
noun,
any member of a group of minerals, hydrous silicates of aluminum with other bases, chiefly potassium, magnesium, iron, and lithium, that separate readily into thin, tough, often transparent, and usually elastic laminae; isinglass.
- Micah
-
noun,
a Minor Prophet of the 8th century b.c.
- 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.
- Marsh
-
noun,
a tract of low wet land, often treeless and periodically inundated, generally characterized by a growth of grasses, sedges, cattails, and rushes.
- Morse
-
noun,
an ornamented metal clasp or brooch for fastening a cope in front.
- mast-
-
- metr-
-
- marcs
-
noun,
the grapes contained in the wine press and the residue, as skins and pips, remaining after the juice is expressed.
- Metis
-
noun,
any person of mixed ancestry.
- Mehta
-
noun,
Zubin [zoo-bin] /ˈzu bɪn/ (Show IPA), born 1936, Indian orchestra conductor, in the U.S. since 1961.
- metic
-
noun,
an alien resident of an ancient Greek city who paid a tax for the right to live there.
- meths
-
noun,
methamphetamine; Methedrine.
- meth-
-
- mores
-
noun,
an additional quantity, amount, or number:
- Morea
-
noun,
Peloponnesus.
- moras
-
noun,
the unit of time equivalent to the ordinary or normal short sound or syllable.
- moist
-
adjective,
moderately or slightly wet; damp.
- Marie
-
noun,
(Marie Alexandra Victoria of Saxe-Coburg) 1875–1938, queen of Romania 1914–27.
- miser
-
noun,
a person who lives in wretched circumstances in order to save and hoard money.
- Merca
-
noun,
a city in S Somalia.
- rotas
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- oaths
-
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.:
- tachs
-
noun,
tachometer.
- stime
-
noun,
the smallest bit; a drop, taste, or glimpse.
- Stoic
-
noun,
a member or adherent of the Stoic school of philosophy.
- stoma
-
noun,
Also, stomate. Botany. any of various small apertures, especially one of the minute orifices or slits in the epidermis of leaves, stems, etc., through which gases are exchanged.
- stome
-
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- Storm
-
noun,
a disturbance of the normal condition of the atmosphere, manifesting itself by winds of unusual force or direction, often accompanied by rain, snow, hail, thunder, and lightning, or flying sand or dust.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- taces
-
noun,
tasset.
- tache
-
noun,
a buckle; clasp.
- tacos
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- ster.
-
- 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.
- tahrs
-
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.
- tames
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- Tamis
-
noun,
a worsted cloth mesh constructed in open weave and having a corded face, used as a sieve or strainer.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Tarim
-
noun,
a river in NW China, in Xinjiang Uygur region. About 1300 miles (2090 km) long.
- taros
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- Teach
-
noun,
Informal. teacher.
- teams
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- tears
-
- Stich
-
noun,
a verse or line of poetry.
- stech
-
verb (used with object),
to fill or gorge (one's stomach) with food.
- tera-
-
- smear
-
noun,
an oily, greasy, viscous, or wet substance, especially a dab of such a substance.
- shoat
-
noun,
Also, shote. a young, weaned pig.
- shoer
-
noun,
a person who shoes horses or other animals.
- Shore
-
noun,
the land along the edge of a sea, lake, broad river, etc.
- Short
-
noun,
something that is short.
- shote
-
noun,
shoat (def 1).
- simar
-
noun,
Also, cymar. a loose, lightweight jacket or robe for women, fashionable in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- Siret
-
noun,
a river in SE Europe, flowing SE from the Carpathian Mountains in Ukraine, through E Romania to the Danube. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- sito-
-
- Smart
-
noun,
a sharp local pain, usually superficial, as from a wound, blow, or sting.
- smite
-
Idioms,
smite hip and thigh. hip1 (def 9).
- steam
-
noun,
water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor.
- Smith
-
noun,
a worker in metal.
- smote
-
verb,
a simple past tense of smite.
- Soche
-
noun,
Wade-Giles. Shache.
- Sochi
-
noun,
a seaport in the SW Russian Federation in Europe, on the Black Sea: resort.
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- sotie
-
noun,
a satirical and topical comedy employing actors dressed in traditional fool's costume, popular in France during the late Middle Ages, and often used as a curtain raiser to mystery and morality plays.
- Srta.
-
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- Starr
-
noun,
Belle (Myra Belle Shirley) 1848–89, U.S. outlaw and folk hero.
- tech.
-
- Terah
-
noun,
the father of Abraham. Gen. 11:25–32.
- shirr
-
noun,
Also, shirring. a shirred arrangement, as of cloth.
- Trace
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- tomia
-
noun,
the cutting edge of a bird's bill.
- Torah
-
noun,
the Pentateuch, being the first of the three Jewish divisions of the Old Testament.
Compare Tanach.
- 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.
- torcs
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- toric
-
adjective,
noting or pertaining to a lens with a surface forming a portion of a torus, used for eyeglasses and contact lenses that correct astigmatism.
- torse
-
noun,
a wreath of twisted silks of two alternating tinctures, usually a metal and a color, depicted supporting a crest or coronet, often upon a helmet.
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- Tosca
-
noun,
an opera (1900) by Giacomo Puccini.
- trams
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- trash
-
noun,
anything worthless, useless, or discarded; rubbish.
- treas
-
- triac
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- trice
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- Trier
-
noun,
a person or thing that tries or tests; tester.
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- trims
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- troch
-
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- tomes
-
noun,
a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- theo-
-
- term.
-
- terms
-
noun,
a word or group of words designating something, especially in a particular field, as atom in physics, quietism in theology, adze in carpentry, or district leader in politics.
- terr.
-
- Terra
-
noun,
earth; land.
- Terri
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- Thais
-
noun,
flourished late 4th century b.c, Athenian courtesan: mistress of Alexander the Great and Ptolemy I.
- Thare
-
noun,
Terah.
- theca
-
noun,
a case or receptacle.
- their
-
noun,
any male person or animal; a man:
- Thema
-
noun,
theme (def 7).
- theor
-
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Theos
-
- Thera
-
noun,
a Greek island in the S Aegean, in the Cyclades group. 30 sq. mi. (78 sq. km).
- thio-
-
- Thira
-
noun,
Thera.
- those
-
Idioms,
at that,
in spite of something; nevertheless:
in addition; besides:
- throe
-
noun,
a violent spasm or pang; paroxysm.
- tiers
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- timer
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- times
-
noun,
the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- Timor
-
noun,
an island in the S part of Indonesia: largest and easternmost of the Lesser Sunda Islands; E half formerly belonged to Portugal. 13,095 sq. mi. (33,913 sq. km).
- shirt
-
noun,
a long- or short-sleeved garment for the upper part of the body, usually lightweight and having a collar and a front opening.
- Shire
-
noun,
one of the counties of Great Britain.
- 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.
- reams
-
noun,
a standard quantity of paper, consisting of 20 quires or 500 sheets (formerly 480 sheets), or 516 sheets (printer's ream or perfect ream)
- Rasht
-
noun,
a city in NW Iran, about 10 miles (16 km) S of the Caspian Sea.
- ratch
-
noun,
a ratchet.
- rater
-
noun,
a person who makes rates or ratings.
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- rathe
-
adjective,
Archaic. growing, blooming, or ripening early in the year or season.
- ratio
-
noun,
the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:
- ratos
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- reach
-
noun,
an act or instance of reaching:
- react
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- rearm
-
verb (used with object),
to arm again.
- rares
-
adjective,
coming or occurring far apart in time; unusual; uncommon:
- rears
-
- Recit
-
- rect.
-
- recta
-
noun,
a plural of rectum.
- Reich
-
noun,
(with reference to Germany) empire; realm; nation.
- Reims
-
noun,
a city in NE France: cathedral; unconditional surrender of Germany May 7, 1945.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- remit
-
noun,
Law. a transfer of the record of an action from one tribunal to another, particularly from an appellate court to the court of original jurisdiction.
- Resht
-
noun,
Rasht.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- Rashi
-
noun,
(Solomon ben Isaac) 1040–1105, French Hebrew scholar.
- Ramos
-
noun,
Fidel V. born 1928, Philippine political leader: president 1992–98.
- retch
-
noun,
the act or an instance of retching.
- orris
-
noun,
an iris, Iris germanica florentina, having a fragrant rootstock.
- 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.
- ocrea
-
noun,
a sheathing part, as a pair of stipules united about a stem.
- octa-
-
- omers
-
noun,
a Hebrew unit of dry measure, the tenth part of an ephah.
- omits
-
verb (used with object),
to leave out; fail to include or mention:
- orach
-
noun,
any plant of the genus Atriplex, especially A. hortensis, of the amaranth family, cultivated for use like spinach.
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- Orcas
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- orch.
-
- ormer
-
noun,
an abalone, Haliotis tuberculata, living in waters of the Channel Islands.
- Orth.
-
- ramie
-
noun,
an Asian shrub, Boehmeria nivea, of the nettle family, yielding a fiber used especially in making textiles.
- OSCAR
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter O.
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- osmic
-
adjective,
of or containing osmium in its higher valences, especially the tetravalent state.
- oste-
-
- Ostia
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, SW of Rome: ruins from 4th century b.c.; site of ancient port of Rome.
- Other
-
noun,
the other one:
- racer
-
noun,
a person, animal, or thing that races or takes part in a race, as a racehorse, bicycle, yacht, etc.
- races
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- ramet
-
noun,
an individual of a clone.
- restr
-
- rheas
-
noun,
the ramie plant or fiber.
- shier
-
noun,
a horse having a tendency to shy.
- semi-
-
- scat-
-
- sceat
-
noun,
a silver Anglo-Saxon coin of the 7th and 8th centuries, sometimes including an amount of gold.
- schmo
-
noun,
a foolish, boring, or stupid person; a jerk.
- score
-
noun,
the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.
- Scot.
-
- SCRAM
-
noun,
the rapid shutdown of a nuclear reactor in an emergency.
- scrim
-
noun,
a cotton or linen fabric of open weave used for bunting, curtains, etc.
- SEATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Manila (1954), comprising Australia, Great Britain, France, New Zealand, Pakistan, the Philippines, Thailand, and the United States, for collective defense against aggression in southeastern Asia and the southwestern Pacific: abolished in 1977.
- sect.
-
- semih
-
- scare
-
noun,
a sudden fright or alarm, especially with little or no reason.
- serac
-
noun,
a large irregularity of glacial ice, as a pinnacle found in glacial crevasses and formed by melting or movement of the ice.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- Seric
-
- sero-
-
- seti-
-
- shame
-
noun,
the painful feeling arising from the consciousness of something dishonorable, improper, ridiculous, etc., done by oneself or another:
- share
-
noun,
the full or proper portion or part allotted or belonging to or contributed or owed by an individual or group.
- Shari
-
noun,
Also, Chari. a river in N central Africa, flowing NW from the Central African Republic into Lake Chad. 1400 miles (2254 km) long.
- Shear
-
noun,
Usually, shears. (sometimes used with a singular verb)
scissors of large size (usually used with pair of).
any of various other cutting implements or machines having two blades that resemble or suggest those of scissors.
- Shema
-
noun,
a liturgical prayer, prominent in Jewish history and tradition, that is recited daily at the morning and evening services and expresses the Jewish people's ardent faith in and love of God.
- scart
-
verb (used with or without object),
to scratch, scrape, mark, or scar.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- rhet.
-
- roast
-
noun,
roasted meat or a piece of roasted meat, as a piece of beef or veal of a quantity and shape for slicing into more than one portion.
- rhoea
-
- ricer
-
noun,
an implement for ricing potatoes, squash, etc., by pressing them through small holes.
- rices
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- Rimas
-
noun,
a female given name.
- rimes
-
noun,
Also called rime ice. an opaque coating of tiny, white, granular ice particles, caused by the rapid freezing of supercooled water droplets on impact with an object.
Compare frost (def 3), glaze (def 17).
- riots
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- riser
-
noun,
a person who rises, especially from bed:
- Roach
-
noun,
a cockroach.
- roams
-
noun,
an act or instance of roaming; a ramble.
- roars
-
noun,
a loud, deep cry or howl, as of an animal or a person:
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- satem
-
adjective,
belonging to or consisting of those branches of the Indo-European family in which alveolar or palatal fricatives, as the sounds (s) or (sh), developed in ancient times from Proto-Indo-European palatal stops: the satem branches are Indo-Iranian, Armenian, Slavic, Baltic, and Albanian.
- roshi
-
noun,
the religious leader of a group of Zen Buddhists.
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- rrhea
-
- saice
-
noun,
syce.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- saith
-
verb,
third person singular present of say1 .
- sarc-
-
- Sarre
-
noun,
French name of Saar.
- Sarto
-
noun,
Andrea del [ahn-drey-uh del;; Italian ahn-dre-ah del] /ɑnˈdreɪ ə dɛl;; Italian ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ dɛl/ (Show IPA), Andrea del Sarto.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Costa
-
noun,
a rib or riblike part.
- Corse
-
noun,
corpse.
- arris
-
noun,
a sharp ridge, as between adjoining channels of a Doric column.
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- ERICA
-
noun,
any of numerous low-growing evergreen shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Erica, of the heath family, including several species of heather.
- Ascot
-
noun,
a necktie or scarf with broad ends, tied and arranged so that the ends are laid flat, one across the other, sometimes with a pin to secure them.
- asco-
-
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- arose
-
verb,
simple past tense of arise.
- emits
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- Esth.
-
- estoc
-
noun,
a thrusting sword of the 13th–17th centuries having a long, narrow blade of rectangular section.
- ethic
-
noun,
the body of moral principles or values governing or distinctive of a particular culture or group:
- ethos
-
noun,
Sociology. the fundamental character or spirit of a culture; the underlying sentiment that informs the beliefs, customs, or practices of a group or society; dominant assumptions of a people or period:
- armor
-
noun,
any covering worn as a defense against weapons.
- armet
-
noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- arith
-
- Asher
-
noun,
a son of Jacob and Zilpah. Gen. 30:12–13.
- emirs
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- Croat
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Croatia; Croatian.
- crest
-
noun,
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- crier
-
noun,
a person who cries.
- cries
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- crim.
-
- crime
-
noun,
an action or an instance of negligence that is deemed injurious to the public welfare or morals or to the interests of the state and that is legally prohibited.
- crit.
-
- crore
-
noun,
(in India) the sum of ten million, especially of rupees; one hundred lacs.
- ecto-
-
- atmo-
-
- Athos
-
noun,
Mount, the easternmost of three prongs of the peninsula of Chalcidice, in NE Greece: site of an autonomous theocracy constituted of 20 monasteries. 131 sq. mi. (340 sq. km); about 35 miles (56 km) long.
- astr.
-
- Astor
-
noun,
John Jacob, 1763–1848, U.S. capitalist and fur merchant.
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- 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.
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- areo-
-
- crate
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- heist
-
noun,
a robbery or holdup:
- hates
-
noun,
intense dislike; extreme aversion or hostility.
- aitch
-
noun,
the letter H, h.
- hears
-
verb (used with object),
to perceive by the ear:
- 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.
- heats
-
noun,
the state of a body perceived as having or generating a relatively high degree of warmth.
- hect-
-
- hema-
-
- haste
-
noun,
swiftness of motion; speed; celerity:
- hemi-
-
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- hemia
-
- hemic
-
adjective,
hematic.
- hemo-
-
- Herat
-
noun,
a city in NW Afghanistan.
- Herma
-
noun,
herm.
- hater
-
noun,
a person who has an intense dislike for another person or thing (often used in combination):
- Harts
-
noun,
a male deer, commonly of the red deer, Cervus elaphus, especially after its fifth year.
- arche
-
- AMICE
-
noun,
an oblong vestment, usually of white linen, worn about the neck and shoulders and partly under the alb.
- Arch.
-
- arces
-
noun,
a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
- amort
-
adjective,
spiritless; lifeless.
- AMORC
-
- Amish
-
noun,
the Amish people.
- amirs
-
noun,
emir.
- haem-
-
- Amer.
-
- Harte
-
noun,
(Francis) Bret [bret] /brɛt/ (Show IPA), 1839–1902, U.S. author, especially of short stories.
- haets
-
noun,
a little bit; a whit.
- Hamer
-
noun,
Fannie Lou, 1917–77, U.S. civil rights activist.
- hames
-
noun,
either of two curved pieces lying upon the collar in the harness of an animal, to which the traces are fastened.
- haori
-
noun,
a loose, knee-length, Japanese garment resembling a coat.
- harem
-
noun,
the part of a Muslim palace or house reserved for the residence of women.
- Harim
-
noun,
harem.
- Harms
-
noun,
physical injury or mental damage; hurt:
- cream
-
noun,
the fatty part of milk, which rises to the surface when the liquid is allowed to stand unless homogenized.
- crash
-
noun,
a sudden loud noise, as of something being violently smashed or struck:
- Heros
-
noun,
a person noted for courageous acts or nobility of character:
- charr
-
noun,
char2 .
- chams
-
noun,
khan1 .
- chaos
-
noun,
a state of utter confusion or disorder; a total lack of organization or order.
- char-
-
- Chari
-
noun,
Shari.
- charm
-
noun,
a power of pleasing or attracting, as through personality or beauty:
- Carie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- chars
-
noun,
a charred material or surface.
- chais
-
noun,
a shed or other aboveground building where a winemaker stores wine in casks.
- chart
-
noun,
a sheet exhibiting information in tabular form.
- Chase
-
noun,
the act of chasing; pursuit:
- chasm
-
noun,
a yawning fissure or deep cleft in the earth's surface; gorge.
- chats
-
noun,
informal conversation:
- caret
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- cheat
-
noun,
a person who acts dishonestly, deceives, or defrauds:
- chem.
-
- Carme
-
noun,
a small natural satellite of the planet Jupiter.
- chair
-
noun,
a seat, especially for one person, usually having four legs for support and a rest for the back and often having rests for the arms.
- chest
-
noun,
Anatomy. the trunk of the body from the neck to the abdomen; thorax.
- Ceram
-
noun,
an island of the Moluccas in Indonesia, W of New Guinea. 7191 sq. mi. (18,625 sq. km).
- cater
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- Cates
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- Cath.
-
- carts
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- Carte
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- carse
-
noun,
bottom land.
- ceras
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- carom
-
noun,
Billiards, Pool. a shot in which the cue ball hits two balls in succession.
- ceria
-
noun,
a white-to-yellow, heavy powder, cerium dioxide, CeO 2 , usually derived from cerium nitrate by decomposition with heat: used chiefly in ceramics, glass polishing, and decolorizing.
- cero-
-
- ceros
-
noun,
a large Atlantic and Gulf Coast mackerel game fish, Scomberomorus regalis.
- Cerro
-
noun,
a hill or peak.
- cert.
-
- cesta
-
noun,
a narrow, curved basket fitted on one end to a wooden handle with a glovelike compartment at the base, for catching and throwing the ball.
- Cesti
-
noun,
Marcantonio [mahr-kahn-taw-nyaw] /ˌmɑr kɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1623–69, Italian composer.
- chert
-
noun,
a compact rock consisting essentially of microcrystalline quartz.
- chiao
-
noun,
jiao.
- crams
-
noun,
Informal. the act of cramming for an examination.
- Corea
-
noun,
Armando Anthony [ahr-mahn-doh] /ɑrˈmɑn doʊ/ (Show IPA), ("Chick") born 1941, U.S. jazz pianist and composer.
- Comer
-
noun,
Informal. a person or thing that is progressing well or is very promising:
- comes
-
noun,
Astronomy. companion1 (def 6).
- 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.
- Cairo
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Egypt, in the N part on the E bank of the Nile.
- Comr.
-
- Comte
-
noun,
count2 .
- corer
-
noun,
a person or thing that cores.
- coirs
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- cores
-
- coria
-
noun,
plural of corium.
- corms
-
noun,
an enlarged, fleshy, bulblike base of a stem, as in the crocus.
- corr.
-
- Corti
-
noun,
Alfonso [al-fon-soh;; Italian ahl-fawn-saw] /ælˈfɒn soʊ;; Italian ɑlˈfɔn sɔ/ (Show IPA), 1822–76, Italian anatomist.
- coset
-
noun,
a subset of a group, formed by the consistent operation of a given element of the group on the left or right of all the elements of a subgroup of the group.
- cotes
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- COMAS
-
noun,
a state of prolonged unconsciousness, including a lack of response to stimuli, from which it is impossible to rouse a person.
- Coats
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- chias
-
noun,
a plant, Salvia columbariae, of the mint family, native to the southwestern U.S. and Mexico, having mostly basal, oblong leaves and small blue flowers: the seeds are used as food and as the source of a beverage.
- chose
-
noun,
a thing; an article of personal property.
- chime
-
noun,
an apparatus for striking a bell so as to produce a musical sound, as one at the front door of a house by which visitors announce their presence.
- Chios
-
noun,
a Greek island in the Aegean, near the W coast of Turkey. 322 sq. mi. (834 sq. km).
- chirr
-
noun,
the sound of chirring.
- Chita
-
noun,
a city in the SE Russian Federation in Asia.
- chits
-
noun,
a signed note for money owed for food, drink, etc.
- choir
-
noun,
a company of singers, especially an organized group employed in church service.
- chore
-
noun,
a small or odd job; routine task.
- Chris
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Christopher.
- coati
-
noun,
any tropical American carnivore of the genus Nasua, related to the raccoon, having an elongated body, long, ringed tail, and a slender, flexible snout.
- cares
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- cires
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- cites
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- camis
-
noun,
camisole (def 1).
- cames
-
noun,
a slender, grooved bar of lead for holding together the pieces of glass in windows of latticework or stained glass.
- 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.
- coast
-
noun,
the land next to the sea; seashore:
- herms
-
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.
- caste
-
noun,
Sociology.
an endogamous and hereditary social group limited to persons of the same rank, occupation, economic position, etc., and having mores distinguishing it from other such groups.
any rigid system of social distinctions.
- 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.
- hort.
-
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- hoise
-
verb (used with object),
to hoist.
- ihram
-
noun,
the dress worn by male Muslims on their pilgrimage to Mecca, consisting of two white cotton cloths, one worn round the waist, the other over the left shoulder.
- hier-
-
- aero-
-
- actos
-
- aeri-
-
- Horta
-
noun,
Baron Victor, 1861?–1947, Belgian architect.
- Horsa
-
noun,
died a.d. 455, Jutish chief (brother of Hengist).
- acet-
-
- Hiram
-
noun,
a king of Tyre in the 10th century b.c. I Kings 5.
- Homer
-
noun,
Baseball. home run.
- hoars
-
noun,
hoarfrost; rime.
- HIRES
-
noun,
the act of hiring.
- ichor
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. an ethereal fluid flowing in the veins of the gods.
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- acro-
-
- horse
-
noun,
a large, solid-hoofed, herbivorous quadruped, Equus caballus, domesticated since prehistoric times, bred in a number of varieties, and used for carrying or pulling loads, for riding, and for racing.
- hist.
-
- IATSE
-
- Actis
-
noun,
a son of Rhoda and Helius who, when banished from his home for fratricide, fled to Egypt, where he taught astrology. The Colossus of Rhodes was built in his honor.
- Horst
-
noun,
a portion of the earth's crust, bounded on at least two sides by faults, that has risen in relation to adjacent portions.
- acmes
-
noun,
the highest point; summit; peak:
- 30-30
-
- iotas
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- homes
-
- Hosta
-
noun,
any of various plants belonging to the genus Hosta, of the lily family, which includes the plantain lily.
- horas
-
noun,
a traditional Romanian and Israeli round dance.
- horme
-
noun,
activity directed toward a goal; purposive effort.
- Actor
-
noun,
a person who acts in stage plays, motion pictures, television broadcasts, etc.
- 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).
- Isth.
-
- Hosea
-
noun,
a Minor Prophet of the 8th century b.c.
- Mari
-
noun,
a member of a Uralic people living in scattered communities north of Cheboksary and Kazan in European Russia, mainly in the Mari Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.
- Roth
-
noun,
Phillip, born 1933, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- ACTS
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- Roca
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in W Portugal, near Lisbon: the western extremity of continental Europe.
- stem
-
noun,
the ascending axis of a plant, whether above or below ground, which ordinarily grows in an opposite direction to the root or descending axis.
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- Cora
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. Kore.
- Cor.
-
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- IMHO
-
- roar
-
noun,
a loud, deep cry or howl, as of an animal or a person:
- CMOS
-
noun,
complementary metal oxide semiconductor.
- Came
-
noun,
a slender, grooved bar of lead for holding together the pieces of glass in windows of latticework or stained glass.
- Ice.
-
- roam
-
noun,
an act or instance of roaming; a ramble.
- ICAO
-
- Cori
-
noun,
Carl Ferdinand, 1896–1984, and his wife, Gerty Theresa, 1896–1957, U.S. biochemists, born in Austria-Hungary: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1947.
- COMS
-
noun,
Trademark. Comedy Central: a cable television channel.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- rocs
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- come
-
noun,
Slang: Vulgar. semen.
- coma
-
noun,
a state of prolonged unconsciousness, including a lack of response to stimuli, from which it is impossible to rouse a person.
- Com.
-
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- Mare
-
noun,
a fully mature female horse or other equine animal.
- rort
-
noun,
a rowdy, usually drunken party.
- roms
-
noun,
a Gypsy man or boy.
- coir
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- Rome
-
noun,
Harold (Jacob) 1908–1993, U.S. lyricist and composer.
- coat
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- 1080
-
- 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.
- Roma
-
noun,
Rome.
- IMCO
-
- Rom.
-
- 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.
- ICSH
-
- ichs
-
noun,
a disease of tropical fishes, characterized by small, white nodules on the fins, skin, and eyes, caused by a ciliate protozoan, Ichthyophthirius multifiliis.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- mica
-
noun,
any member of a group of minerals, hydrous silicates of aluminum with other bases, chiefly potassium, magnesium, iron, and lithium, that separate readily into thin, tough, often transparent, and usually elastic laminae; isinglass.
- riot
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- Tace
-
noun,
tasset.
- Hsia
-
noun,
a legendary dynasty in China, the traditional dates of which are 2205–1766 b.c.
- aet.
-
- resh
-
noun,
the 20th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- ator
-
- rems
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- str.
-
- 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:
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- atic
-
- 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.
- thi-
-
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- ates
-
- tach
-
noun,
tachometer.
- ctr.
-
- cts.
-
- atm.
-
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- taco
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- MatE
-
noun,
a partner in marriage; spouse.
- ASTM
-
- each
-
adverb,
to, from, or for each; apiece:
- 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.
- ears
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- aesc
-
noun,
ash2 (def 3).
- tosh
-
noun,
nonsense; bosh.
- rit.
-
- tram
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- MARS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman god of war and agriculture, identified with the Greek god Ares.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- RISC
-
noun,
reduced instruction set computer: a computer whose central processing unit recognizes a relatively small number of instructions, which it can execute very rapidly.
- corm
-
noun,
an enlarged, fleshy, bulblike base of a stem, as in the crocus.
- rime
-
noun,
Also called rime ice. an opaque coating of tiny, white, granular ice particles, caused by the rapid freezing of supercooled water droplets on impact with an object.
Compare frost (def 3), glaze (def 17).
- Rima
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- Rico
-
noun,
Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act: a U.S. law, enacted in 1970, allowing victims of organized crime to sue those responsible for punitive damages.
- Cort
-
- Mart
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- Rich
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) rich persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- cose
-
verb (used without object),
coze.
- cosh
-
noun,
a blackjack; bludgeon.
- rets
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- Cost
-
noun,
the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
- rhos
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Greek alphabet (P, ρ).
- Cote
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- CRAM
-
noun,
Informal. the act of cramming for an examination.
- aer-
-
- crat
-
- Cres
-
- MASH
-
noun,
a soft, pulpy mass.
- Rhea
-
noun,
the ramie plant or fiber.
- Ste.
-
- Saco
-
noun,
a city in SW Maine.
- Cami
-
noun,
camisole (def 1).
- Seth
-
noun,
the third son of Adam. Gen. 4:25.
- Ceta
-
noun,
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.
- Ceto
-
- Shem
-
noun,
the eldest of the three sons of Noah. Gen. 10:21.
- Shea
-
noun,
shea tree.
- Carr
-
noun,
John Dickson, 1906–77, U.S. mystery writer.
- chai
-
noun,
a shed or other aboveground building where a winemaker stores wine in casks.
- ARCS
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- Cham
-
noun,
khan1 .
- Sham
-
noun,
something that is not what it purports to be; a spurious imitation; fraud or hoax.
- Soma
-
noun,
the body of an organism as contrasted with its germ cells.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- shim
-
noun,
a thin slip or wedge of metal, wood, etc., for driving into crevices, as between machine parts to compensate for wear, or beneath bedplates, large stones, etc., to level them.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- trim
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- 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.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- 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-
-
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- Mace
-
noun,
a clublike armor-breaking weapon of war, often with a flanged or spiked metal head, used chiefly in the Middle Ages.
- ache
-
noun,
a continuous, dull pain (in contrast to a sharp, sudden, or sporadic pain).
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- Chas
-
noun,
tea.
- Sem.
-
- cet-
-
- shit
-
noun,
excrement; feces.
- Acis
-
noun,
the lover of Galatea, killed by Polyphemus out of jealousy.
- Tshi
-
noun,
Twi.
- sith
-
adverb, conjunction, preposition,
since.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- cat.
-
- Cate
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- Cash
-
noun,
money in the form of coins or banknotes, especially that issued by a government.
- Itch
-
noun,
the sensation of itching.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- CASE
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- 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.
- Sima
-
noun,
an assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and magnesium, that constitutes the lower layer of the earth's crust and is found beneath the ocean floors and the sial of continents.
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- SIAM
-
noun,
former name of Thailand (def 1).
- shmo
-
noun,
schmo.
- Itea
-
noun,
any tree or shrub belonging to the genus Itea, of the saxifrage family, having simple, alternate leaves and clusters of small, greenish-white flowers, as the Virginia willow, I. virginica.
- CART
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- shr.
-
- item
-
noun,
a separate article or particular:
- shot
-
noun,
a discharge of a firearm, bow, etc.
- cera
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- iso-
-
- shoe
-
noun,
an external covering for the human foot, usually of leather and consisting of a more or less stiff or heavy sole and a lighter upper part ending a short distance above, at, or below the ankle.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- Shoa
-
noun,
the Holocaust.
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- some
-
adverb,
(used with numerals and with words expressing degree, extent, etc.) approximately; about:
- acme
-
noun,
the highest point; summit; peak:
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- Sato
-
noun,
Eisaku [ey-sah-koo;; Japanese ey-sah-koo] /eɪˈsɑ ku;; Japanese ˈeɪ sɑˌku/ (Show IPA), 1901–75, Japanese political leader: prime minister 1964–72; Nobel Peace Prize 1974.
- Chr.
-
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- sate
-
noun,
a Southeast Asian, especially Indonesian and Malaysian, dish of marinated, bite-size pieces of meat, skewered, barbecued, and usually served with a peanut-flavored dipping sauce.
- Sat.
-
- chs.
-
- Mar.
-
- ciao
-
interjection,
(used as a word of greeting or parting): hello; goodbye; so long; see you later.
- Sari
-
noun,
a garment worn by Hindu women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder.
- CARE
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- cir.
-
- Sami
-
noun,
Lapp.
- scam
-
noun,
a confidence game or other fraudulent scheme, especially for making a quick profit; swindle.
- same
-
Idioms,
all the same,
notwithstanding; nevertheless:
of no difference; immaterial:
- Sam.
-
- MARC
-
noun,
the grapes contained in the wine press and the residue, as skins and pips, remaining after the juice is expressed.
- cis-
-
- cist
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- cit.
-
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- ACTH
-
- Sra.
-
- SRAM
-
- cams
-
noun,
Machinery. a disk or cylinder having an irregular form such that its motion, usually rotary, gives to a part or parts in contact with it a specific rocking or reciprocating motion.
- tri-
-
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- scar
-
noun,
a mark left by a healed wound, sore, or burn.
- sech
-
- Ire.
-
- sec.
-
- chat
-
noun,
informal conversation:
- seat
-
noun,
something designed to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair, bench, or pew; a place on or in which one sits.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- seam
-
noun,
the line formed by sewing together pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.
- Irra
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of pestilence.
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- acr-
-
- Irma
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Erma.
- Cher
-
noun,
a river in central France, flowing NW to the Loire River. 220 miles (355 km) long.
- maco
-
noun,
an Egyptian cotton, used especially in the manufacture of hosiery and undergarments.
- scr.
-
- Chet
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Chester.
- chm.
-
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- chia
-
noun,
a plant, Salvia columbariae, of the mint family, native to the southwestern U.S. and Mexico, having mostly basal, oblong leaves and small blue flowers: the seeds are used as food and as the source of a beverage.
- macs
-
noun,
fellow; bud (a familiar term of address to a man or boy whose name is not known to the speaker).
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- sci.
-
- 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.
- maes
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- sch.
-
- chis
-
noun,
the twenty-second letter of the Greek alphabet (X, χ).
- chit
-
noun,
a signed note for money owed for food, drink, etc.
- Mair
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- 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)
- hots
-
noun,
the hots, Slang. intense sexual desire or attraction.
- Erma
-
noun,
a female given name.
- haes
-
verb (used with object), auxiliary verb,
have.
- Amor
-
noun,
Cupid.
- Amis
-
noun,
Kingsley, 1922–95, English novelist.
- this
-
Idioms,
with this, following this; hereupon:
- Ahom
-
noun,
an extinct Thai language of Assam.
- MSIE
-
- 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.
- MSHE
-
- MSHA
-
- Amir
-
noun,
emir.
- msec
-
- Amie
-
noun,
a female friend.
- MSCE
-
- MSAE
-
- hom-
-
- MERS
-
noun,
Middle East(ern) Respiratory Syndrome: an often fatal respiratory illness caused by a coronavirus similar to the SARS virus and characterized by fever, coughing, and shortness of breath.
- Mrs.
-
plural,
a title of respect prefixed to the surname or full name of a married woman:
- amic
-
adjective,
of or relating to an amide or amine.
- Ames
-
noun,
a city in central Iowa.
- mes-
-
- mots
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- haet
-
noun,
a little bit; a whit.
- mesa
-
noun,
a land formation, less extensive than a plateau, having steep walls and a relatively flat top and common in arid and semiarid parts of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico.
- 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.
- hair
-
noun,
any of the numerous fine, usually cylindrical, keratinous filaments growing from the skin of humans and animals; a pilus.
- mote
-
noun,
a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
- most
-
noun,
the greatest quantity, amount, or degree; the utmost:
- thir
-
pronoun,
these.
- Amos
-
noun,
a Minor Prophet of the 8th century b.c.
- mesh
-
noun,
any knit, woven, or knotted fabric of open texture.
- Ochs
-
noun,
Adolph Simon, 1858–1935, U.S. newspaper publisher.
- Oise
-
noun,
a river in W Europe, flowing SW from S Belgium through N France to the Seine, near Paris. 186 miles (300 km) long.
- Meir
-
noun,
Golda [gohl-duh] /ˈgoʊl də/ (Show IPA), (Goldie Mabovitch; Goldie Myerson) 1898–1978, Israeli political leader, born in Russia: prime minister 1969–74.
- Thar
-
noun,
tahr.
- OHMS
-
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.
- Arm.
-
- the-
-
- Thea
-
noun,
a female given name.
- eths
-
noun,
a letter in the form of a crossed d, written đ or ð, used in Old English writing to represent both voiced and unvoiced th and in modern Icelandic and in phonetic alphabets to represent voiced th.
- Oct.
-
- Ahir
-
noun,
a member of the caste of cowherds and milkmen in India.
- etic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or being the raw data of a language or other area of behavior, without considering the data as significant units functioning within a system.
- Merc
-
noun,
a mercenary soldier.
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- Amri
-
noun,
Omri.
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- them
-
noun,
any male person or animal; a man:
- hora
-
noun,
a traditional Romanian and Israeli round dance.
- ocas
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- ARCO
-
adverb,
(of the performance of a passage for stringed instruments) with the bow.
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- hor.
-
- 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.:
- Homs
-
noun,
a city in W Syria.
- 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.
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- amt.
-
- hame
-
noun,
either of two curved pieces lying upon the collar in the harness of an animal, to which the traces are fastened.
- tics
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- Thai
-
noun,
Also called Thailander [tahy-lan-der, -luh n-] /ˈtaɪˌlæn dər, -lən-/ (Show IPA). a native or descendant of a native of Thailand.
- mias
-
plural,
missing in action.
- Mita
-
noun,
a colonial system in Peru by which the Spanish government required Indians to perform periodic forced labor, especially in the mines.
- mhos
-
noun,
See under siemens.
- tome
-
noun,
a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
- mist
-
noun,
a cloudlike aggregation of minute globules of water suspended in the atmosphere at or near the earth's surface, reducing visibility to a lesser degree than fog.
- Aire
-
- her.
-
- HERA
-
noun,
the ancient Greek queen of heaven, a daughter of Cronus and Rhea and the wife and sister of Zeus.
- mise
-
noun,
a settlement or agreement.
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- 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.
- mis-
-
- Miao
-
noun,
Also, Meo. a member of a diverse group of seminomadic farming people of the mountains of southeastern China and adjacent areas of Laos, North Vietnam, and Thailand.
- Miro
-
noun,
Gabriel [gah-vree-el] /ˌgɑ vriˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1879–1930, Spanish novelist, short-story writer, and essayist.
- AIMS
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- HERO
-
noun,
a person noted for courageous acts or nobility of character:
- mire
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- Mira
-
noun,
Astronomy. the first long-period pulsating variable star to be discovered, with a period averaging 331 days. It is a red giant and a component of a binary star in the constellation Cetus.
- toch
-
noun,
Ernst [ernst] /ɛrnst/ (Show IPA), 1887–1964, Austrian composer.
- Mic.
-
- Herr
-
noun,
the conventional German title of respect and term of address for a man, corresponding to Mr. or in direct address to sir.
- hers
-
noun,
Slang. a female:
- hest
-
noun,
behest.
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- hets
-
noun,
a heterosexual person.
- MICE
-
noun,
plural of mouse.
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- mite
-
noun,
any of numerous small to microscopic arachnids of the subclass Acari, including species that are parasitic on animals and plants or that feed on decaying matter and stored foods.
- hem-
-
- tier
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- Time
-
noun,
the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- hoar
-
noun,
hoarfrost; rime.
- 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.
- met.
-
- HARM
-
noun,
physical injury or mental damage; hurt:
- Mort
-
noun,
Hunting. the note played on a hunting horn signifying that the animal hunted has been killed.
- HMAS
-
- Hart
-
noun,
a male deer, commonly of the red deer, Cervus elaphus, especially after its fifth year.
- torc
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- more
-
noun,
an additional quantity, amount, or number:
- hast
-
noun,
Usually, haves. an individual or group that has wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have-not).
- Mora
-
noun,
the unit of time equivalent to the ordinary or normal short sound or syllable.
- moit
-
noun,
a foreign particle found in wool, as a burr, twig, or seed.
- hate
-
noun,
intense dislike; extreme aversion or hostility.
- TOMS
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- hire
-
noun,
the act of hiring.
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- HEAO
-
- moat
-
noun,
a deep, wide trench, usually filled with water, surrounding the rampart of a fortified place, as a town or a castle.
- moas
-
noun,
any of several flightless birds of the family Dinornithidae, of New Zealand, related to the kiwis but resembling the ostrich: extinct since about the end of the 18th century.
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- hear
-
verb (used with object),
to perceive by the ear:
- Hims
-
noun,
Informal. a male:
- AIME
-
- heat
-
noun,
the state of a body perceived as having or generating a relatively high degree of warmth.
- heir
-
noun,
a person who inherits or has a right of inheritance in the property of another following the latter's death.
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- ARIS
-
- thae
-
pronoun, adjective,
those.
- cast
-
noun,
act of casting or throwing.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- otic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ear; auricular.
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- ahem
-
interjection,
(an utterance similar to the sound of clearing one's throat, used to attract attention, express doubt or a mild warning, etc.)
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- ter.
-
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- asci
-
noun,
plural of ascus.
- errs
-
verb (used without object),
to go astray in thought or belief; be mistaken; be incorrect.
- Asch
-
noun,
Sholom [shaw-luh m] /ˈʃɔ ləm/ (Show IPA), or Sholem [shaw-luh m,, -lem] /ˈʃɔ ləm,, -lɛm/ (Show IPA), 1880–1957, U.S. author, born in Poland.
- Hos.
-
- eco-
-
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- echt
-
adjective,
real; authentic; genuine.
- Echo
-
noun,
a repetition of sound produced by the reflection of sound waves from a wall, mountain, or other obstructing surface.
- rash
-
noun,
an eruption or efflorescence on the skin.
- teas
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- Tasm
-
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- 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.
- emit
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- Hose
-
noun,
a flexible tube for conveying a liquid, as water, to a desired point:
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- rami
-
noun,
plural of ramus.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- emir
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- emic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or being a significant unit that functions in contrast with other units in a language or other system of behavior.
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- emia
-
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- RACE
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- RARE
-
adjective,
coming or occurring far apart in time; unusual; uncommon:
- ASME
-
- tchr
-
- Ashe
-
noun,
Arthur (Robert, Jr) 1943–93, U.S. tennis player.
- team
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- OSHA
-
noun,
the division of the Department of Labor that sets and enforces occupational health and safety rules.
- ect-
-
- asc-
-
- eath
-
adjective, adverb,
easy.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- meas
-
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- orcs
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- est.
-
- meat
-
noun,
the flesh of animals as used for food.
- mear
-
noun,
mere3 .
- Orem
-
noun,
a city in N Utah.
- arms
-
noun,
the upper limb of the human body, especially the part extending from the shoulder to the wrist.
- Eth.
-
- etch
-
noun,
Printing. an acid used for etching.
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- etc.
-
- Orca
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- Host
-
noun,
a person who receives or entertains guests at home or elsewhere:
- Tame
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- Omar
-
noun,
a male given name.
- eso-
-
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- Omri
-
noun,
a king of Israel and the father of Ahab. I Kings 16:16–28.
- orra
-
adjective,
not regular or scheduled; odd:
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- omit
-
verb (used with object),
to leave out; fail to include or mention:
- Tams
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- arr.
-
- Omer
-
noun,
a Hebrew unit of dry measure, the tenth part of an ephah.
- art.
-
- tra
-
- Ar.
-
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- SOC
-
noun,
sociology or a class or course in sociology.
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- TAM
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- AHE
-
- tr.
-
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- Tro
-
- TSH
-
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- ATC
-
- ast
-
- CAS
-
verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- ASR
-
- at.
-
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- TSE
-
- ac-
-
- TMO
-
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- Tom
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Am.
-
- TSI
-
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- AIS
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- 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.
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- cr.
-
- ACT
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- STI
-
- cs.
-
- ThM
-
- ct.
-
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- AMS
-
- aor
-
- CAR
-
noun,
an automobile.
- ARS
-
- ahi
-
noun,
yellowfin tuna, widely used in sashimi.
- CAI
-
- Sr.
-
- 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.
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- St.
-
- Sta
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- TRH
-
- th-
-
- THC
-
- tha
-
noun,
the fourth letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- ACS
-
- ae.
-
- ca.
-
- ch.
-
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- AMC
-
- ASM
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- AIM
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- Tim
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Timothy.
- ACH
-
interjection,
alas; oh.
- ASI
-
- AME
-
- TCA
-
- AEC
-
- CIO
-
noun,
a federation of affiliated industrial labor unions, founded 1935 within the American Federation of Labor but independent of it 1938–55. Abbreviation: C.I.O., CIO.
- AMI
-
noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- AIC
-
- TCS
-
- 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.
- Ash
-
noun,
the powdery residue of matter that remains after burning.
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- TIA
-
- STM
-
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- ase
-
- Teh
-
noun,
Te.
- Co.
-
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- TSR
-
noun,
a computer program with any of several ancillary functions, usually held resident in RAM for instant activation while one is using another program.
- SMA
-
- HAM
-
noun,
a cut of meat from the heavy-muscled part of a hog's rear quarter, between hip and hock, usually cured.
- MTh
-
- Mt.
-
- MST
-
- MSI
-
- MSH
-
- MSE
-
- MSA
-
- MRI
-
- MRE
-
- MRA
-
- Mr.
-
plural,
mister: a title of respect prefixed to a man's name or position:
- MOT
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- MOS
-
noun,
moment (def 1).
- MTO
-
- HAO
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of Vietnam, the tenth part of a dong.
- has
-
noun,
Usually, haves. an individual or group that has wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have-not).
- MOR
-
- HAT
-
noun,
a shaped covering for the head, usually with a crown and brim, especially for wear outdoors.
- MOI
-
- HCM
-
- HCR
-
- Moe
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Morris or Moses.
- MOC
-
noun,
moccasin.
- 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.
- MIT
-
- MIR
-
noun,
a village commune of peasant farmers in prerevolutionary Russia.
- MIE
-
- MTI
-
- MTS
-
- HIC
-
interjection,
(an onomatopoeic word used to imitate or represent a hiccup.)
- OCR
-
- orc
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- OMS
-
noun,
a mantric word thought to be a complete expression of Brahman and interpreted as having three sounds representing Brahma or creation, Vishnu or preservation, and Siva or destruction, or as consisting of the same three sounds, representing waking, dreams, and deep sleep, along with the following silence, which is fulfillment.
- oma
-
plural,
a noun suffix used to form names of tumors, of the kind specified by the base:
- Om.
-
- OIt
-
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- oic
-
- Ohm
-
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.
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- OEM
-
- OCS
-
- ETO
-
- Oc.
-
- ETR
-
- ETS
-
- 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.
- HMS
-
- hr.
-
- HSM
-
- hae
-
verb (used with object), auxiliary verb,
have.
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- OAS
-
- 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.
- OTC
-
- OSA
-
- het
-
noun,
a heterosexual person.
- hie
-
verb (used with object),
to hasten (oneself):
- ESR
-
- ise
-
- IOC
-
- ior
-
- Ios
-
noun,
a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey.
- IOT
-
- Mao
-
- Ir.
-
- IRC
-
- MAE
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- IRO
-
- IRS
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ISA
-
- ish
-
- ier
-
- M-1
-
noun,
a semiautomatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber, clip-fed rifle, with a weight of 8.56 pounds (3.88 kg): the standard U.S. Army rifle in World War II and in the Korean War.
- MSC
-
- MS.
-
plural,
manuscript.
- Mo.
-
- MIA
-
plural,
missing in action.
- Me.
-
- Mc-
-
- ism
-
noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- ISR
-
- ist
-
- ite
-
- ITC
-
- IHS
-
- ich
-
noun,
a disease of tropical fishes, characterized by small, white nodules on the fins, skin, and eyes, caused by a ciliate protozoan, Ichthyophthirius multifiliis.
- MI6
-
noun,
the government's secret intelligence service.
- MCR
-
- MI5
-
noun,
the government's security and counterespionage service that works in liaison with Scotland Yard's Special Branch.
- mi.
-
- MHR
-
- mho
-
noun,
See under siemens.
- MHE
-
- MHA
-
- HIM
-
noun,
Informal. a male:
- HIS
-
noun,
any male person or animal; a man:
- hit
-
noun,
an impact or collision, as of one thing against another.
- 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.
- Meo
-
noun,
Miao (def 1).
- MEC
-
noun,
a pimp; mack.
- MEA
-
noun,
an acknowledgment of one's responsibility for a fault or error.
- MCI
-
- ICA
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- hot
-
noun,
the hots, Slang. intense sexual desire or attraction.
- HRE
-
- 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.
- hrs
-
- HST
-
- ht.
-
- Hts
-
- ics
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- io-
-
- mas
-
noun,
mother1 .
- Ia.
-
- IAS
-
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- OIr
-
- Orr
-
noun,
Sir John Boyd, Boyd Orr, Sir John.
- CHI
-
noun,
the twenty-second letter of the Greek alphabet (X, χ).
- rhe
-
noun,
a centimeter-gram-second unit of fluidity, equal to the reciprocal of poise.
- ret
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- CRS
-
- CRT
-
- CSA
-
- CSO
-
- CSR
-
- Esc
-
- REM
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- se-
-
- sc.
-
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- CST
-
- CTA
-
- cte
-
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- SER
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- eo-
-
- EOM
-
- SHA
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- SCM
-
- rho
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Greek alphabet (P, ρ).
- So.
-
- ROI
-
- SAC
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- CMA
-
- RTS
-
- rte
-
- rt.
-
- RSE
-
- RSA
-
- Rs.
-
- SAE
-
- SAR
-
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- COT
-
noun,
a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
- ROC
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- ROA
-
- CIM
-
- RMC
-
- rm.
-
plural,
ream.
- ITA
-
- RIM
-
noun,
the outer edge, border, margin, or brink of something, especially of a circular object.
- COS
-
noun,
romaine.
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- CIE
-
- CIA
-
- ea.
-
- EAM
-
- 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.
- CEA
-
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- RMS
-
plural,
ream.
- RMA
-
- CEO
-
- Re.
-
- RCS
-
- sht
-
- RAM
-
noun,
a male sheep.
- SIC
-
adverb,
so; thus: usually written parenthetically to denote that a word, phrase, passage, etc., that may appear strange or incorrect has been written intentionally or has been quoted verbatim: (sic).
- OTS
-
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- ote
-
- OTA
-
- ot-
-
- err
-
verb (used without object),
to go astray in thought or belief; be mistaken; be incorrect.
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- ose
-
- ERT
-
- ESA
-
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- sho
-
- EMT
-
- EMS
-
noun,
the letter M, m.
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- REA
-
- RCT
-
- RCA
-
- ec-
-
- ECA
-
- ECM
-
- rat
-
noun,
any of several long-tailed rodents of the family Muridae, of the genus Rattus and related genera, distinguished from the mouse by being larger.
- CHA
-
noun,
tea.
- Ehr
-
- eir
-
- SRO
-
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- EIS
-
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- she
-
noun,
a female person or animal.
- rah
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation of encouragement to a player or team.)
- ChE
-
noun,
Ernesto [er-nes-taw] /ɛrˈnɛs tɔ/ (Show IPA), ("Che") 1928–67, Cuban revolutionist and political leader, born in Argentina.
- EMR
-
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- M.
-
- A.
-
noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- MA
-
noun,
mother1 .
- AH
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation of pain, surprise, pity, complaint, dislike, joy, etc., according to the manner of utterance.)
- sh
-
interjection,
(used to urge silence.)
- AI
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- AO
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- t.
-
- SM
-
- eh
-
interjection,
(an interrogative utterance, usually expressing surprise or doubt or seeking confirmation).
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- OH
-
noun,
the exclamation “oh.”.
- R.
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- RC
-
- RH
-
- h.
-
- HI
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of high:
- RI
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- TC
-
- OA
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- O.
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- SA
-
- CE
-
- S.
-
- ic
-
- i.
-
- RO
-
- CM
-
- HO
-
noun,
a sexually promiscuous woman.
- MH
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- T1
-
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- TM
-
- HE
-
noun,
any male person or animal; a man:
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- EI
-
- IT
-
noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.