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Word chrismatories has
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- stomachers
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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.
- isometrics
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noun,
isometrics, isometric exercise (def 1).
- trichroism
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noun,
pleochroism of a biaxial crystal such that it exhibits three different colors when viewed from three different directions under transmitted light.
- triarchies
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noun,
government by three persons.
- costmaries
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noun,
a composite plant, Chrysanthemum balsamita, that has silvery, fragrant leaves and is used in salads and as a flavoring.
- cramoisies
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noun,
crimson cloth.
- choristers
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noun,
a singer in a choir.
- Timocharis
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noun,
a crater in the second quadrant of the face of the moon: about 25 miles (40 km) in diameter.
- armistices
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noun,
a temporary suspension of hostilities by agreement of the warring parties; truce:
- cross-mate
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verb (used with or without object),
to crossbreed.
- miscarries
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verb (used without object),
to have a miscarriage of a fetus.
- ischemias
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noun,
local deficiency of blood supply produced by vasoconstriction or local obstacles to the arterial flow.
- histories
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noun,
the branch of knowledge dealing with past events.
- scimitars
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noun,
a curved, single-edged sword of Asian, especially Eastern origin.
- rhetorics
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noun,
(in writing or speech) the undue use of exaggeration or display; bombast.
- Christmas
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noun,
the annual festival of the Christian church commemorating the birth of Jesus: celebrated on December 25 and now generally observed as a legal holiday and an occasion for exchanging gifts.
- arthrosis
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noun,
Anatomy. junction of two or more bones of the skeleton; joint.
- ameristic
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adjective,
not divided into parts; having no meristem.
- trichosis
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noun,
any disease of the hair.
- trichomes
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noun,
Botany. an outgrowth from the epidermis of plants, as a hair.
- chromates
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noun,
a salt of chromic acid, as potassium chromate, K 2 CrO 4 .
- ahistoric
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adjective,
without concern for history or historical development; indifferent to tradition.
- cremators
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noun,
a person who cremates.
- Carothers
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noun,
Wallace Hume, 1896–1937, U.S. chemist: associated with the invention of synthetic nylon material.
- isarithms
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noun,
isopleth.
- chromites
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noun,
Chemistry. a salt of chromium in the bivalent state.
- isocheims
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noun,
a line on a map connecting points that have the same mean winter temperature.
- eroticism
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noun,
the sexual or erotic quality or character of something.
- hematosis
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noun,
hematopoiesis.
- iotacisms
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noun,
the conversion of other vowel sounds, especially in Modern Greek, into (ē), the sound of iota.
- horsecars
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noun,
a streetcar drawn by a horse or horses.
- semiotics
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noun,
the study of signs and symbols as elements of communicative behavior; the analysis of systems of communication, as language, gestures, or clothing.
- 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.
- cirrhosis
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noun,
a disease of the liver characterized by increase of connective tissue and alteration in gross and microscopic makeup.
- ostiaries
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noun,
Also called doorkeeper, porter. Roman Catholic Church.
a member of the lowest-ranking of the four minor orders.
the order itself. Compare acolyte (def 2), exorcist (def 2), lector (def 2).
- Isocrates
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noun,
436–338 b.c, Athenian orator.
- Masoretic
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adjective,
of or relating to the Masorah or the Masoretes.
- ostracism
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noun,
exclusion, by general consent, from social acceptance, privileges, friendship, etc.
- 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.
- ostriches
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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.
- ceramists
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noun,
a person who makes ceramics.
- 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.
- armistice
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noun,
a temporary suspension of hostilities by agreement of the warring parties; truce:
- charities
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noun,
generous actions or donations to aid the poor, ill, or helpless:
- trisomies
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noun,
an abnormality characterized by the presence of an additional chromosome to the normal diploid number.
- chorister
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noun,
a singer in a choir.
- Castroism
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noun,
the political, social, and revolutionary theories and policies advocated by Fidel Castro.
- masochist
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noun,
Psychiatry. a person who has masochism, the condition in which sexual or other gratification depends on one's suffering physical pain or humiliation.
- mosaicist
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noun,
a person who works in mosaic.
- 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.
- isosteric
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adjective,
Chemistry. having the same number of valence electrons in the same configuration but differing in the kinds and numbers of atoms.
- case-shot
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noun,
a collection of small projectiles in a case, to be fired from a cannon.
- acrotisms
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noun,
absence or weakness of the pulse.
- isometric
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noun,
isometrics, isometric exercise (def 1).
- 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.
- isotherms
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noun,
Meteorology. a line on a weather map or chart connecting points having equal temperature.
- asterism
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noun,
Astronomy.
a group of stars.
a constellation.
- Tiresias
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noun,
a blind prophet, usually said to have been blinded because he saw Athena bathing, and then to have been awarded the gift of prophecy as a consolation for his blindness.
- 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.
- stomachs
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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.
- earshots
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noun,
the range or distance within which a sound, voice, etc., can be heard.
- miscites
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verb (used with or without object),
to misquote.
- starches
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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.
- Stroheim
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noun,
Erich von [er-ik] /ˈɛr ɪk/ (Show IPA), 1885–1957, U.S. actor and director, born in Austria.
- echoisms
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noun,
onomatopoeia.
- tachisms
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noun,
action painting (def 1).
- armoires
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noun,
a large wardrobe or movable cupboard, with doors and shelves.
- Mitscher
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noun,
Marc Andrew, 1887–1947, U.S. naval officer and aviator.
- armories
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noun,
a storage place for weapons and other war equipment.
- Stoicism
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noun,
a systematic philosophy, dating from around 300 b.c., that held the principles of logical thought to reflect a cosmic reason instantiated in nature.
- armorist
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noun,
a person who is an expert at heraldry.
- eristics
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noun,
a person who engages in disputation; controversialist.
- misteach
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verb (used with object),
to teach wrongly or badly.
- erratics
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noun,
an erratic or eccentric person.
- aseismic
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adjective,
free from earthquakes.
- armrests
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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.
- mishears
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verb (used with object),
to hear incorrectly or imperfectly:
- hamsters
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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.
- roasters
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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.
- rearmost
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adjective,
farthest in the rear; last.
- haricots
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noun,
any plant of the genus Phaseolus, especially P. vulgaris, the kidney bean.
- comities
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noun,
mutual courtesy; civility.
- mortises
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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.
- Chartres
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noun,
a city in and the capital of Eure-et-Loir, in N France, SW of Paris: cathedral.
- chrisoms
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noun,
chrism.
- 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.
- Cassirer
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noun,
Ernst [urnst,, ernst] /ɜrnst,, ɛrnst/ (Show IPA), 1874–1945, German philosopher.
- orchitis
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noun,
inflammation of the testis.
- Castries
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noun,
a port in and the capital of the state of St. Lucia, on the NW coast.
- chastise
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verb (used with object),
to discipline, especially by corporal punishment.
- 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.
- rosaries
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noun,
Roman Catholic Church.
a series of prayers, usually consisting of 15 decades of aves, each decade being preceded by a paternoster and followed by a Gloria Patri, one of the mysteries or events in the life of Christ or the Virgin Mary being recalled at each decade.
a string of beads used for counting these prayers during their recitation.
a similar string of beads consisting of five decades.
- 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.
- Charites
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plural noun,
the ancient Greek name for the Graces.
- theriacs
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noun,
molasses; treacle.
- rotaries
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noun,
a rotary device or machine.
- ceramist
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noun,
a person who makes ceramics.
- chamisos
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noun,
a saltbush, Atriplex canescens, of the western U.S. and Mexico, having grayish, scurfy foliage.
- Cerritos
-
noun,
a city in SW California.
- Christie
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noun,
Agatha, 1891–1976, English novelist of detective fiction.
- Christo-
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- moschate
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adjective,
having a musky smell.
- schmears
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noun,
a dab, as of cream cheese, spread on a roll, bagel, or the like.
- rarities
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noun,
something rare, unusual, or uncommon:
- crosstie
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noun,
Railroads. a tie.
- atheisms
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noun,
the doctrine or belief that there is no God.
- crosiers
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noun,
a ceremonial staff carried by a bishop or an abbot, hooked at one end like a shepherd's crook.
- scimitar
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noun,
a curved, single-edged sword of Asian, especially Eastern origin.
- criteria
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noun,
a standard of judgment or criticism; a rule or principle for evaluating or testing something.
- cremator
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noun,
a person who cremates.
- chromat-
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- roisters
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verb (used without object),
to act in a swaggering, boisterous, or uproarious manner.
- tarsiers
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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.
- corsairs
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noun,
a fast ship used for piracy.
- coasters
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noun,
a person or thing that coasts.
- rachitis
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noun,
rickets.
- chromite
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noun,
Chemistry. a salt of chromium in the bivalent state.
- chromate
-
noun,
a salt of chromic acid, as potassium chromate, K 2 CrO 4 .
- Socrates
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noun,
469?–399 b.c, Athenian philosopher.
- arterio-
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- hematics
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noun,
hematinic (def 1).
- rhematic
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adjective,
pertaining to the formation of words.
- massicot
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noun,
monoxide of lead, PbO, in the form of a yellow powder, used as a pigment and drier.
- smartish
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adjective,
rather smart; fairly intelligent or quick-witted:
- isotherm
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noun,
Meteorology. a line on a weather map or chart connecting points having equal temperature.
- isotachs
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noun,
a line on a weather map or chart connecting points where winds of equal speeds have been recorded.
- smarties
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noun,
a smart aleck.
- acrotism
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noun,
absence or weakness of the pulse.
- isomeric
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adjective,
of, relating to, or displaying isomerism.
- isocheim
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noun,
a line on a map connecting points that have the same mean winter temperature.
- amorists
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noun,
a person who is devoted to love and lovemaking.
- rhetoric
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noun,
(in writing or speech) the undue use of exaggeration or display; bombast.
- isochasm
-
noun,
a line on a map or chart connecting points where auroras are observed with equal frequency.
- horsecar
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noun,
a streetcar drawn by a horse or horses.
- amitosis
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noun,
the direct method of cell division, characterized by simple cleavage of the nucleus without the formation of chromosomes.
- resistor
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noun,
a device designed to introduce resistance into an electric circuit.
- trichome
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noun,
Botany. an outgrowth from the epidermis of plants, as a hair.
- achroite
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noun,
the colorless or white variety of tourmaline, often used as a gem.
- semiotic
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noun,
semiotics.
- airtimes
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noun,
the particular time that a program is broadcast or scheduled for broadcast:
- matrices
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noun,
something that constitutes the place or point from which something else originates, takes form, or develops:
- Semitics
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noun,
the study of Semitic languages, literature, etc.
- 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:
- simitars
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noun,
scimitar.
- ameiosis
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noun,
aberrant meiosis in which only an equational division occurs, as in parthenogenesis.
- semiarch
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noun,
a half arch.
- meristic
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adjective,
of, relating to, or divided into segments or somites.
- tracheo-
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- Mercator
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noun,
Gerhardus [jer-hahr-duh s] /dʒərˈhɑr dəs/ (Show IPA), (Gerhard Kremer) 1512–94, Flemish cartographer and geographer.
- Triassic
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noun,
Also, Trias [trahy-uh s] /ˈtraɪ əs/ (Show IPA). the Triassic Period or System.
- isarithm
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noun,
isopleth.
- Iscariot
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noun,
the surname of Judas, the betrayer of Jesus. Mark 3:19; 14:10, 11.
- ischemia
-
noun,
local deficiency of blood supply produced by vasoconstriction or local obstacles to the arterial flow.
- trisomes
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noun,
a trisomic individual.
- actorish
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adjective,
exaggeratedly theatrical; affected:
- aoristic
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adjective,
Grammar. pertaining to the aorist.
- smirches
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noun,
a dirty mark or smear, as of soot, dust, dirt, etc.
- marchers
-
noun,
a person who marches on foot:
- maitrise
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noun,
mastery; skill.
- marishes
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noun,
a marsh.
- maestros
-
noun,
an eminent composer, teacher, or conductor of music:
- heritors
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noun,
inheritor.
- achiotes
-
noun,
annatto.
- smothers
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noun,
dense, stifling smoke.
- smithies
-
noun,
the workshop of a smith, especially a blacksmith.
- hieratic
-
noun,
ancient Egyptian hieratic writing.
- heroisms
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noun,
the qualities or attributes of a hero or heroine:
- trisomic
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adjective,
having one chromosome in addition to the usual diploid number.
- seriatim
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adverb, adjective,
in a series; one after another.
- historic
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adjective,
well-known or important in history:
- iotacism
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noun,
the conversion of other vowel sounds, especially in Modern Greek, into (ē), the sound of iota.
- Chi-tse
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noun,
Ki Tse.
- coaster
-
noun,
a person or thing that coasts.
- cirrate
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adjective,
having cirri.
- mashers
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noun,
a person or thing that mashes.
- chamiso
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noun,
a saltbush, Atriplex canescens, of the western U.S. and Mexico, having grayish, scurfy foliage.
- 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.
- chaises
-
noun,
a light, open carriage, usually with a hood, especially a one-horse, two-wheeled carriage for two persons; shay.
- cirrose
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adjective,
having a cirrus or cirri.
- Samoset
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noun,
died 1653? North American Indian leader: aided Pilgrims during early years in New England.
- theisms
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noun,
the belief in one God as the creator and ruler of the universe, without rejection of revelation (distinguished from deism).
- termors
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noun,
a person who has an estate for a term of years or for life.
- chemist
-
noun,
a specialist in chemistry.
- coarser
-
adjective,
of or relating to a topology on a topological space whose open sets are included among the open sets of a second specified topology on the space.
- Ossetia
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noun,
a region in Caucasia: divided between North Ossetia of the Russian Federation and the South Ossetian Autonomous Region of the Georgian Republic.
- samites
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noun,
a heavy silk fabric, sometimes interwoven with gold, worn in the Middle Ages.
- Shorter
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noun,
Frank, born 1947, U.S. marathon runner.
- coheirs
-
noun,
a joint heir.
- comates
-
noun,
a mate or companion.
- comitia
-
noun,
an assembly of the people convened to pass on laws, nominate magistrates, etc.
- shortie
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noun,
a person of less than average stature (sometimes used as a disparaging and offensive term of address).
- marcher
-
noun,
a person who marches on foot:
- sashimi
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noun,
raw fish cut into very thin slices.
- coremia
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noun,
the fruiting bodies of certain fungi, consisting of a loosely bound bundle of conidiophores.
- satoris
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noun,
sudden enlightenment.
- cheiro-
-
- corsair
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noun,
a fast ship used for piracy.
- Matisse
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noun,
Henri [ahn-ree] /ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1869–1954, French painter.
- chamois
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noun,
an agile, goatlike antelope, Rupicapra rupicapra, of high mountains of Europe: now rare in some areas.
- Tharsis
-
noun,
Tarshish.
- mascots
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noun,
an animal, person, or thing adopted by a group as its representative symbol and supposed to bring good luck:
- shastri
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noun,
Lal Bahadur [lahl bah-hah-doo r] /lɑl bɑˈhɑ dʊər/ (Show IPA), 1904–66, Indian statesman: prime minister 1964–66.
- isotach
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noun,
a line on a weather map or chart connecting points where winds of equal speeds have been recorded.
- corsets
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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.
- 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.
- isomers
-
noun,
Chemistry. a compound displaying isomerism with one or more other compounds.
- 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.
- chrisms
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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.
- chrisom
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noun,
chrism.
- 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.
- 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.
- sachems
-
noun,
the chief of a tribe.
the chief of a confederation.
- Sherris
-
noun,
sherry.
- shmears
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noun, verb (used with object),
schmear.
- mastics
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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.
- cimaise
-
noun,
cymaise.
- christs
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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.
- Sharrie
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noun,
a female given name, form of Sharon.
- chimars
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noun,
chimere.
- chromas
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noun,
the purity of a color, or its freedom from white or gray.
- Chariot
-
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.
- oraches
-
noun,
any plant of the genus Atriplex, especially A. hortensis, of the amaranth family, cultivated for use like spinach.
- marshes
-
noun,
a tract of low wet land, often treeless and periodically inundated, generally characterized by a growth of grasses, sedges, cattails, and rushes.
- osmatic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the sense of smell.
- chromes
-
noun,
chromium.
- marries
-
verb (used with object),
to take in marriage:
- maestro
-
noun,
an eminent composer, teacher, or conductor of music:
- sachets
-
noun,
a small bag, case, or pad containing perfuming powder or the like, placed among handkerchiefs, lingerie, etc., to impart a pleasant scent.
- chasers
-
noun,
a person or thing that chases or pursues.
- Creator
-
noun,
a person or thing that creates.
- coshers
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verb (used with object),
to treat with special fondness; pamper.
- smasher
-
noun,
a person or thing that smashes.
- Hamites
-
noun,
a descendant of Ham. Gen. 10:1, 6–20.
- mishits
-
noun,
a bad or faulty hit, as in tennis or cricket.
- misters
-
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.).
- screams
-
noun,
a loud, sharp, piercing cry:
- Ossetic
-
noun,
the Indo-European, Iranian language of the Ossets.
- mithers
-
noun,
mother1 .
- Mithras
-
noun,
the god of light and truth, later of the sun.
- mitosis
-
noun,
the usual method of cell division, characterized typically by the resolving of the chromatin of the nucleus into a threadlike form, which condenses into chromosomes, each of which separates longitudinally into two parts, one part of each chromosome being retained in each of two new cells resulting from the original cell.
- 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.
- stearic
-
adjective,
of or relating to suet or fat.
- stearo-
-
- escorts
-
noun,
a group of persons, or a single person, accompanying another or others for protection, guidance, or courtesy:
- eschars
-
noun,
a hard crust or scab, as from a burn.
- Scotism
-
noun,
the set of doctrines of Duns Scotus.
- 2,4,5-t
-
noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- erratic
-
noun,
an erratic or eccentric person.
- erotics
-
noun,
an erotic poem.
- Hamitic
-
noun,
(especially formerly) the non-Semitic branches of the Afroasiatic language family.
- sorites
-
noun,
a form of argument having several premises and one conclusion, capable of being resolved into a chain of syllogisms, the conclusion of each of which is a premise of the next.
- Messiah
-
noun,
the promised and expected deliverer of the Jewish people.
- miscite
-
verb (used with or without object),
to misquote.
- Micheas
-
noun,
Micah (defs 1, 2).
- hectors
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the eldest son of Priam and husband of Andromache: the greatest Trojan hero in the Trojan War, killed by Achilles.
- miotics
-
noun,
a miotic drug.
- somatic
-
adjective,
of the body; bodily; physical.
- somites
-
noun,
any of the longitudinal series of segments or parts into which the body of certain animals is divided; a metamere.
- heriots
-
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.
- miscast
-
verb (used with object),
to assign an unsuitable role to (an actor):
- heritor
-
noun,
inheritor.
- mishear
-
verb (used with object),
to hear incorrectly or imperfectly:
- Harriet
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Harry.
- heroics
-
noun,
Usually, heroics. heroic verse.
- harries
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Harold or Henry.
- heroism
-
noun,
the qualities or attributes of a hero or heroine:
- harmost
-
noun,
a person serving the ancient Spartans as governor of a subject or conquered town.
- Herriot
-
noun,
Édouard [ey-dwar] /eɪˈdwar/ (Show IPA), 1872–1957, French statesman, political leader, and author.
- haricot
-
noun,
any plant of the genus Phaseolus, especially P. vulgaris, the kidney bean.
- smother
-
noun,
dense, stifling smoke.
- Homeric
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or suggestive of Homer or his poetry.
- erotica
-
noun,
written works, usually fiction, dealing with sexual love.
- costars
-
noun,
a performer, especially an actor or actress, who shares star billing with another.
- schmear
-
noun,
a dab, as of cream cheese, spread on a roll, bagel, or the like.
- sirrahs
-
noun,
a term of address used to inferiors or children to express impatience, contempt, etc.
- meiosis
-
noun,
Cell Biology. part of the process of gamete formation, consisting of chromosome conjugation and two cell divisions, in the course of which the diploid chromosome number becomes reduced to the haploid.
Compare mitosis.
- iatrics
-
- crosier
-
noun,
a ceremonial staff carried by a bishop or an abbot, hooked at one end like a shepherd's crook.
- simitar
-
noun,
scimitar.
- schmoes
-
noun,
a foolish, boring, or stupid person; a jerk.
- Semitic
-
noun,
a subfamily of Afroasiatic languages that includes Akkadian, Arabic, Aramaic, Ethiopic, Hebrew, and Phoenician.
- sierras
-
noun,
a chain of hills or mountains, the peaks of which suggest the teeth of a saw.
- sitcoms
-
noun,
situation comedy.
- hematic
-
noun,
hematinic (def 1).
- imarets
-
noun,
(in Turkey) a hospice for pilgrims, travelers, etc.
- craters
-
noun,
the cup-shaped depression or cavity on the surface of the earth or other heavenly body marking the orifice of a volcano.
- crashes
-
noun,
a sudden loud noise, as of something being violently smashed or struck:
- tarries
-
noun,
a stay; sojourn.
- tarsier
-
noun,
a small, arboreal, nocturnal primate of the genus Tarsius, of Indonesia and the Philippines, having a long thin tail, very large immobile eyes, and prominent pads on the fingers and toes: all populations are dwindling.
- scathes
-
noun,
hurt, harm, or injury.
- costers
-
noun,
costermonger.
- Mercast
-
noun,
a broadcasting system used by U.S. agencies to deliver messages to government-operated ships.
- mortise
-
noun,
a notch, hole, groove, or slot made in a piece of wood or the like to receive a tenon of the same dimensions.
- stimies
-
noun,
stymie.
- sematic
-
adjective,
serving as a sign or warning of danger, as the conspicuous colors or markings of certain poisonous animals.
- scotias
-
noun,
a deep concave molding between two fillets, as in the Attic base.
- seismic
-
adjective,
pertaining to, of the nature of, or caused by an earthquake or vibration of the earth, whether due to natural or artificial causes.
- eristic
-
noun,
a person who engages in disputation; controversialist.
- mohairs
-
noun,
the coat or fleece of an Angora goat.
- seismo-
-
- scoters
-
noun,
any of the large diving ducks of the genus Melanitta, inhabiting northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere.
- stomach
-
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.
- mesarch
-
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.
- stories
-
noun,
a narrative, either true or fictitious, in prose or verse, designed to interest, amuse, or instruct the hearer or reader; tale.
- hot-air
-
noun,
empty, exaggerated, or pretentious talk or writing:
- echoism
-
noun,
onomatopoeia.
- streams
-
noun,
a body of water flowing in a channel or watercourse, as a river, rivulet, or brook. Synonyms: rill, run, streamlet, runnel.
- earshot
-
noun,
the range or distance within which a sound, voice, etc., can be heard.
- mortars
-
noun,
a receptacle of hard material, having a bowl-shaped cavity in which substances are reduced to powder with a pestle.
- mortice
-
noun,
a notch, hole, groove, or slot made in a piece of wood or the like to receive a tenon of the same dimensions.
- tachism
-
noun,
action painting (def 1).
- hosiers
-
noun,
a person who makes or deals in hose or stockings or goods knitted or woven like hose.
- merisis
-
noun,
growth, especially growth resulting from cell division.
- hemato-
-
- Marches
-
noun,
The, a region in central Italy, bordering the Adriatic. 3743 sq. mi. (9695 sq. km).
- trashes
-
noun,
anything worthless, useless, or discarded; rubbish.
- trimers
-
noun,
a molecule composed of three identical, simpler molecules.
- atomics
-
noun,
the branch of physics that deals with atoms, especially atomic energy.
- tricho-
-
- Cassite
-
noun,
Kassite.
- thermic
-
adjective,
thermal (def 1).
- arteri-
-
- casters
-
noun,
a person or thing that casts.
- rhetors
-
noun,
a master or teacher of rhetoric.
- amities
-
noun,
friendship; peaceful harmony.
- arthro-
-
- atomies
-
noun,
an atom; mote.
- actress
-
noun,
a woman who acts in stage plays, motion pictures, television broadcasts, etc., especially professionally.
- reactor
-
noun,
a person or thing that reacts or undergoes reaction.
- amorist
-
noun,
a person who is devoted to love and lovemaking.
- aitches
-
noun,
the letter H, h.
- roister
-
verb (used without object),
to act in a swaggering, boisterous, or uproarious manner.
- Amorite
-
noun,
a member of one of the principal tribes, or nations, of Canaan before its conquest by the Israelites. II Sam. 12:26–31.
- trioses
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- at-home
-
noun,
Also, at home. a reception of visitors at certain hours at one's home.
- ARTEMIS
-
noun,
Also called Cynthia. an ancient Greek goddess, the daughter of Leto and the sister of Apollo, characterized as a virgin huntress and associated with the moon.
Compare Diana.
- torches
-
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.
- atheism
-
noun,
the doctrine or belief that there is no God.
- recasts
-
noun,
a recasting.
- armoire
-
noun,
a large wardrobe or movable cupboard, with doors and shelves.
- thorias
-
noun,
a white, heavy, water-insoluble powder, ThO 2 , used chiefly in incandescent mantles, as the Welsbach gas mantle.
- carters
-
noun,
Bennett Lester ("Benny") 1907–2003, U.S. jazz saxophonist and composer.
- carroms
-
noun,
Billiards, Pool. a shot in which the cue ball hits two balls in succession.
- Cartier
-
noun,
Sir George Étienne [zhawrzh ey-tyen] /ʒɔrʒ eɪˈtyɛn/ (Show IPA), 1814–73, Canadian political leader: prime minister 1857–62, defense minister 1867–73.
- armrest
-
noun,
a projecting, often padded support for the forearm, as at the side of a chair or sofa or between seats in a theater, car, or airplane.
- cahiers
-
noun,
Bookbinding. a number of sheets of paper or leaves of a book placed together, as for binding.
- Thraces
-
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.
- Amherst
-
noun,
Jeffrey, Baron, 1717–97, British field marshal: governor general of British North America 1760–63.
- tracers
-
noun,
a person or thing that traces.
- aristos
-
noun,
aristocrat.
- airtime
-
noun,
the particular time that a program is broadcast or scheduled for broadcast:
- arrests
-
noun,
the taking of a person into legal custody, as by officers of the law.
- re-sort
-
verb (used with object),
to sort or arrange (cards, papers, etc.) again.
- Thermos
-
noun,
a vacuum bottle or similar container lined with an insulating material, such as polystyrene, to keep liquids hot or cold.
- aristo-
-
- cashier
-
noun,
an employee, as in a market or department store, who collects payments for customer purchases.
- thermo-
-
- remoras
-
noun,
any of several fishes of the family Echeneididae, having on the top of the head a sucking disk by which they can attach themselves to sharks, turtles, ships, and other moving objects.
- castors
-
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.
- amosite
-
noun,
an asbestine variety of anthophyllite, rich in iron, formerly used as a heat-resistant material.
- cerato-
-
- rashers
-
noun,
a thin slice of bacon or ham for frying or broiling.
- archit.
-
- camises
-
noun,
a lightweight, loose-fitting shirt or smock with long sleeves.
- aorists
-
noun,
a verb tense, as in Classical Greek, expressing action or, in the indicative mood, past action, without further limitation or implication.
- racists
-
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.
- tochers
-
noun,
a dowry; marriage settlement given to the groom by the bride or her family.
- rematch
-
noun,
a second match between teams, challengers, etc.; return match.
- ratches
-
noun,
a ratchet.
- rochets
-
noun,
a vestment of linen or lawn, resembling a surplice, worn especially by bishops and abbots.
- rosters
-
noun,
a list of persons or groups, as of military personnel or units with their turns or periods of duty.
- tsarism
-
noun,
czarism.
- archers
-
noun,
a person who shoots with a bow and arrow; bowman.
- Richier
-
noun,
Germaine [zher-men] /ʒɛrˈmɛn/ (Show IPA), 1904–59, French sculptor.
- rasters
-
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.
- ostrich
-
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.
- roaches
-
noun,
a cockroach.
- Richter
-
noun,
Burton, born 1931, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1976.
- trocars
-
noun,
a sharp-pointed instrument enclosed in a cannula, used for withdrawing fluid from a cavity, as the abdominal cavity.
- theriac
-
noun,
molasses; treacle.
- roaster
-
noun,
a contrivance for roasting something, as an oven, a pan for roasting meat, or a machine for roasting coffee beans.
- Roerich
-
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.
- thirams
-
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.
- racisms
-
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.
- trisome
-
noun,
a trisomic individual.
- ascites
-
noun,
accumulation of serous fluid in the peritoneal cavity; dropsy of the peritoneum.
- achiote
-
noun,
annatto.
- miosis
-
noun,
excessive constriction of the pupil of the eye, as a result of drugs, disease, or the like.
- scrims
-
noun,
a cotton or linen fabric of open weave used for bunting, curtains, etc.
- haters
-
noun,
a person who has an intense dislike for another person or thing (often used in combination):
- somite
-
noun,
any of the longitudinal series of segments or parts into which the body of certain animals is divided; a metamere.
- Archie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Archibald.
- Hector
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the eldest son of Priam and husband of Andromache: the greatest Trojan hero in the Trojan War, killed by Achilles.
- archi-
-
- 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.
- heroic
-
noun,
Usually, heroics. heroic verse.
- Hastie
-
noun,
William Henry, 1904–76, U.S. jurist: first black judge of the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
- Smriti
-
noun,
writings containing traditions concerning law, rituals, teachings of the sages, the epics, and the Puranas.
- heists
-
noun,
a robbery or holdup:
- hastes
-
noun,
swiftness of motion; speed; celerity:
- hemat-
-
- Somers
-
- hecto-
-
- search
-
noun,
the act of searching; careful examination or investigation:
an instance of this:
- miotic
-
noun,
a miotic drug.
- recti-
-
- arises
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- 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.
- archt.
-
- heriot
-
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.
- Hearst
-
noun,
William Randolph, 1863–1951, U.S. editor and publisher.
- scrota
-
noun,
the pouch of skin that contains the testes.
- micros
-
noun,
anything extremely small in scope or capability.
- mirths
-
noun,
gaiety or jollity, especially when accompanied by laughter:
- rectos
-
- micro-
-
- Soares
-
noun,
Mário [mah-ryoo] /ˈmɑ ryʊ/ (Show IPA), born 1924, Portuguese statesman: prime minister 1976–78, 1983–85; president 1986–96.
- Hermit
-
noun,
a person who has withdrawn to a solitary place for a life of religious seclusion.
- Rector
-
noun,
a member of the clergy in charge of a parish in the Protestant Episcopal Church.
- ariose
-
adjective,
characterized by melody; songlike.
- somat-
-
- Tories
-
noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- satori
-
noun,
sudden enlightenment.
- Sothis
-
noun,
the name for the star Sirius, the Dog Star, given by the ancient Egyptians.
- armets
-
noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- mohair
-
noun,
the coat or fleece of an Angora goat.
- escort
-
noun,
a group of persons, or a single person, accompanying another or others for protection, guidance, or courtesy:
- eschar
-
noun,
a hard crust or scab, as from a burn.
- steric
-
adjective,
of or relating to the spatial relationships of atoms in a molecule.
- stichs
-
noun,
a verse or line of poetry.
- mochas
-
noun,
(initial capital letter). Also, Mukha. a seaport in the Republic of Yemen on the Red Sea.
- stimes
-
noun,
the smallest bit; a drop, taste, or glimpse.
- ascots
-
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.
- roasts
-
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.
- erotic
-
noun,
an erotic poem.
- Rather
-
Idioms,
had / would rather, to prefer that or to:
Compare soon (def 8).
- ashore
-
adverb,
to the shore; onto the shore:
- Moesia
-
noun,
an ancient country in S Europe, S of the Danube and N of ancient Thrace and Macedonia: later a Roman province.
- ericas
-
noun,
any of numerous low-growing evergreen shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Erica, of the heath family, including several species of heather.
- re-act
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- Scotia
-
noun,
a deep concave molding between two fillets, as in the Attic base.
- moires
-
noun,
any moiré fabric.
- raters
-
noun,
a person who makes rates or ratings.
- stoics
-
noun,
a member or adherent of the Stoic school of philosophy.
- Scoter
-
noun,
any of the large diving ducks of the genus Melanitta, inhabiting northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere.
- tocher
-
noun,
a dowry; marriage settlement given to the groom by the bride or her family.
- tmesis
-
noun,
the interpolation of one or more words between the parts of a compound word, as be thou ware for beware.
- stomas
-
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.
- stores
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- morass
-
noun,
a tract of low, soft, wet ground.
- Tishri
-
noun,
the first month of the Jewish calendar.
- scoria
-
noun,
Metallurgy. the refuse, dross, or slag left after melting or smelting metal; scum.
- cestas
-
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.
- Artois
-
noun,
a former province in N France: artesian wells.
- Harris
-
noun,
Benjamin, c1660–c1720, English journalist who published the first newspaper in America 1690.
- Hestia
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the hearth.
- armies
-
noun,
the military forces of a nation, exclusive of the navy and in some countries the air force.
- misers
-
noun,
a person who lives in wretched circumstances in order to save and hoard money.
- armors
-
noun,
any covering worn as a defense against weapons.
- harems
-
noun,
the part of a Muslim palace or house reserved for the residence of women.
- recast
-
noun,
a recasting.
- haoris
-
noun,
a loose, knee-length, Japanese garment resembling a coat.
- mishit
-
noun,
a bad or faulty hit, as in tennis or cricket.
- arrest
-
noun,
the taking of a person into legal custody, as by officers of the law.
- rearms
-
verb (used with object),
to arm again.
- Hamite
-
noun,
a descendant of Ham. Gen. 10:1, 6–20.
- sortie
-
noun,
a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
- scries
-
verb (used without object),
to use divination to discover hidden knowledge or future events, especially by means of a crystal ball.
- haemo-
-
- steams
-
noun,
water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor.
- 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.).
- scream
-
noun,
a loud, sharp, piercing cry:
- scrams
-
noun,
the rapid shutdown of a nuclear reactor in an emergency.
- 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.
- 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.
- mither
-
noun,
mother1 .
- ethics
-
noun,
(used with a singular or plural verb) a system of moral principles:
- arthr-
-
- stares
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- Mithra
-
noun,
the god of light and truth, later of the sun.
- estocs
-
noun,
a thrusting sword of the 13th–17th centuries having a long, narrow blade of rectangular section.
- mitres
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- Archer
-
noun,
a person who shoots with a bow and arrow; bowman.
- hoises
-
verb (used with object),
to hoist.
- sector
-
noun,
Geometry. a plane figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle.
- trimer
-
noun,
a molecule composed of three identical, simpler molecules.
- shires
-
noun,
one of the counties of Great Britain.
- mashie
-
noun,
a club with an iron head, the face having more slope than a mashie iron but less slope than a mashie niblick.
- shirrs
-
noun,
Also, shirring. a shirred arrangement, as of cloth.
- Istria
-
noun,
a peninsula at the N end of the Adriatic, in SW Slovenia and W Croatia.
- acmite
-
noun,
a rare pyroxene mineral, sodium-ferric iron silicate, NaFe(Si 2 O 6), found in feldspathoid rocks.
- shirts
-
noun,
a long- or short-sleeved garment for the upper part of the body, usually lightweight and having a collar and a front opening.
- triose
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- ricers
-
noun,
an implement for ricing potatoes, squash, etc., by pressing them through small holes.
- across
-
adverb,
from one side to another.
- isotac
-
noun,
a line drawn on a map connecting all points where ice starts to melt at approximately the same period in spring.
- rimose
-
adjective,
full of crevices, chinks, or cracks.
- rhotic
-
noun,
a rhotic sound.
- isomer
-
noun,
Chemistry. a compound displaying isomerism with one or more other compounds.
- rhetor
-
noun,
a master or teacher of rhetoric.
- mashes
-
noun,
a soft, pulpy mass.
- Master
-
noun,
a person with the ability or power to use, control, or dispose of something:
- shmear
-
noun, verb (used with object),
schmear.
- triers
-
noun,
a person or thing that tries or tests; tester.
- 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.
- Ishtar
-
noun,
the Assyrian and Babylonian goddess of love and war, identified with the Phoenician Astarte, the Semitic Ashtoreth, and the Sumerian Inanna.
- shmoes
-
noun,
schmo.
- masto-
-
- Ischia
-
noun,
an Italian island in the Tyrrhenian Sea, W of Naples: earthquake 1883. 18 sq. mi. (47 sq. km).
- trich-
-
- ahorse
-
adjective, adverb,
on horseback:
- trices
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- Rheita
-
noun,
a crater in the fourth quadrant of the face of the moon: about 42 miles (68 km) in diameter.
- shoats
-
noun,
Also, shote. a young, weaned pig.
- itches
-
noun,
the sensation of itching.
- masher
-
noun,
a person or thing that mashes.
- shoers
-
noun,
a person who shoes horses or other animals.
- 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.
- MArchE
-
noun,
The, a region in central Italy, bordering the Adriatic. 3743 sq. mi. (9695 sq. km).
- Marcos
-
noun,
Ferdinand E(dralin) [ed-ruh-lin] /ˈɛd rə lɪn/ (Show IPA), 1917–1989, Philippine political leader: president 1965–86.
- Maoris
-
noun,
a member of the native Polynesian population of New Zealand.
- maists
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
most.
- Maisie
-
noun,
a female given name, Scottish form of Margaret.
- marish
-
noun,
a marsh.
- 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.
- Richie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Richard.
- Richet
-
noun,
Charles Robert [sharl raw-ber] /ʃarl rɔˈbɛr/ (Show IPA), 1850–1935, French physician: Nobel prize 1913.
- shames
-
noun,
shammes.
- shamir
-
noun,
Yitzhak [yits-hahk] /yɪtsˈhɑk/ (Show IPA), 1915–2012, Israeli political leader: prime minister 1986–92.
- macro-
-
- Machos
-
noun,
Also, machoism. assertive or aggressive manliness; machismo.
- serosa
-
noun,
Embryology, Zoology.
the chorion.
a similar membrane in insects and other lower invertebrates.
- Shiite
-
noun,
a member of one of the two great religious divisions of Islam that regards Ali, the son-in-law of Muhammad, as the legitimate successor of Muhammad, and disregards the three caliphs who succeeded him.
- macers
-
noun,
macebearer.
- riches
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) rich persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- Maceio
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Alagoas, in E Brazil.
- shares
-
noun,
the full or proper portion or part allotted or belonging to or contributed or owed by an individual or group.
- trocar
-
noun,
a sharp-pointed instrument enclosed in a cannula, used for withdrawing fluid from a cavity, as the abdominal cavity.
- Mascot
-
noun,
an animal, person, or thing adopted by a group as its representative symbol and supposed to bring good luck:
- shicer
-
noun,
Slang. a swindler.
- March.
-
- aceto-
-
- shiers
-
noun,
a horse having a tendency to shy.
- shiest
-
noun,
a sudden start aside, as in fear.
- Ithome
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in SW Greece, in SW Peloponnesus. 2630 feet (802 meters).
- masers
-
noun,
a device for amplifying electromagnetic waves by stimulated emission of radiation.
- serais
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- triacs
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- Smiths
-
noun,
a worker in metal.
- Storrs
-
noun,
a town in NE Connecticut.
- tracer
-
noun,
a person or thing that traces.
- hosier
-
noun,
a person who makes or deals in hose or stockings or goods knitted or woven like hose.
- merits
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- horsts
-
noun,
a portion of the earth's crust, bounded on at least two sides by faults, that has risen in relation to adjacent portions.
- horses
-
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.
- resist
-
noun,
a substance that prevents or inhibits some effect from taking place, as a coating on a surface of a metallic printing plate that prevents or inhibits corrosion of the metal by acid.
- Horite
-
noun,
an ancient people of Edom living in the region of the Dead Sea, possibly identical with the Hurrians.
- Horace
-
noun,
(Quintus Horatius Flaccus) 65–8 b.c, Roman poet and satirist.
- 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.
- homers
-
noun,
Baseball. home run.
- toshes
-
noun,
nonsense; bosh.
- 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.
- hoists
-
- smarts
-
noun,
a sharp local pain, usually superficial, as from a wound, blow, or sting.
- Mercia
-
noun,
an early English kingdom in central Britain.
- hoarse
-
adjective,
having a vocal tone characterized by weakness of intensity and excessive breathiness; husky:
- remiss
-
adjective,
negligent, careless, or slow in performing one's duty, business, etc.:
- aorist
-
noun,
a verb tense, as in Classical Greek, expressing action or, in the indicative mood, past action, without further limitation or implication.
- smears
-
noun,
an oily, greasy, viscous, or wet substance, especially a dab of such a substance.
- torses
-
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.
- histo-
-
- smirch
-
noun,
a dirty mark or smear, as of soot, dust, dirt, etc.
- smitch
-
noun,
smidgen.
- metric
-
noun,
Often, metrics. a standard for measuring or evaluating something, especially one that uses figures or statistics:
- metro-
-
- smites
-
Idioms,
smite hip and thigh. hip1 (def 9).
- hiero-
-
- metros
-
noun,
the underground electric railway of Paris, France, Montreal, Canada, Washington, D.C., and other cities.
- resort
-
noun,
a place to which people frequently or generally go for relaxation or pleasure, especially one providing rest and recreation facilities for vacationers:
- hostas
-
noun,
any of various plants belonging to the genus Hosta, of the lily family, which includes the plantain lily.
- maters
-
noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- 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.
- irises
-
noun,
Anatomy. the contractile, circular diaphragm forming the colored portion of the eye and containing a circular opening, the pupil, in its center.
- Rheims
-
noun,
Reims.
- airish
-
adjective,
given to putting on airs.
- shorts
-
noun,
something that is short.
- Mather
-
noun,
Cotton, 1663–1728, American clergyman and author.
- shotes
-
noun,
shoat (def 1).
- matri-
-
- risers
-
noun,
a person who rises, especially from bed:
- seracs
-
noun,
a large irregularity of glacial ice, as a pinnacle found in glacial crevasses and formed by melting or movement of the ice.
- Sierra
-
noun,
a chain of hills or mountains, the peaks of which suggest the teeth of a saw.
- tremor
-
noun,
involuntary shaking of the body or limbs, as from disease, fear, weakness, or excitement; a fit of trembling.
- imaret
-
noun,
(in Turkey) a hospice for pilgrims, travelers, etc.
- treasr
-
- siesta
-
noun,
a midday or afternoon rest or nap, especially as taken in Spain and Latin America.
- traces
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- retro-
-
- ichors
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. an ethereal fluid flowing in the veins of the gods.
- simars
-
noun,
Also, cymar. a loose, lightweight jacket or robe for women, fashionable in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- iatro-
-
- iatric
-
adjective,
of or relating to a physician or medicine; medical.
- Sirach
-
noun,
Son of, Jesus (def 2).
- sirrah
-
noun,
a term of address used to inferiors or children to express impatience, contempt, etc.
- rishis
-
noun,
an inspired sage or poet.
- Sisera
-
noun,
the commander of the Canaanite army of King Jabin: killed by Jael. Judges 4:17–22.
- Sister
-
noun,
a female offspring having both parents in common with another offspring; female sibling.
- amices
-
noun,
an oblong vestment, usually of white linen, worn about the neck and shoulders and partly under the alb.
- sitars
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- sitcom
-
noun,
situation comedy.
- storms
-
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.
- torahs
-
noun,
the Pentateuch, being the first of the three Jewish divisions of the Old Testament.
Compare Tanach.
- rochet
-
noun,
a vestment of linen or lawn, resembling a surplice, worn especially by bishops and abbots.
- chimar
-
noun,
chimere.
- rrhoea
-
- satire
-
noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- cherts
-
noun,
a compact rock consisting essentially of microcrystalline quartz.
- sachem
-
noun,
the chief of a tribe.
the chief of a confederation.
- castes
-
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.
- chests
-
noun,
Anatomy. the trunk of the body from the neck to the abdomen; thorax.
- Orchis
-
noun,
any orchid.
- corers
-
noun,
a person or thing that cores.
- Caster
-
noun,
a person or thing that casts.
- 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.
- comtes
-
noun,
count2 .
- corita
-
noun,
a boat resembling a large, woven basket, used by Indians of the southwestern U.S.
- Cassie
-
noun,
huisache.
- sachet
-
noun,
a small bag, case, or pad containing perfuming powder or the like, placed among handkerchiefs, lingerie, etc., to impart a pleasant scent.
- chiro-
-
- COMSAT
-
noun,
(often lowercase) a communications satellite.
- chiros
-
noun,
the ladyfish, Elops saurus.
- oaters
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- orates
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- 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.
- chirrs
-
noun,
the sound of chirring.
- 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.
- cometh
-
verb,
3rd person singular present indicative of come.
- chemo-
-
- Marcie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marcia.
- Thames
-
noun,
a river in S England, flowing E through London to the North Sea. 209 miles (336 km) long.
- cosets
-
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.
- COSTAR
-
noun,
a performer, especially an actor or actress, who shares star billing with another.
- scathe
-
noun,
hurt, harm, or injury.
- cossie
-
noun,
a bathing suit; bathers.
- cosset
-
noun,
a lamb brought up without its dam; pet lamb.
- tarso-
-
- cosies
-
noun,
a padded covering for a teapot, chocolate pot, etc., to retain the heat.
- coshes
-
noun,
a blackjack; bludgeon.
- Thomas
-
noun,
an apostle who demanded proof of Christ's Resurrection. John 20:24–29.
- cosher
-
verb (used with object),
to treat with special fondness; pamper.
- 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.
- scarts
-
verb (used with or without object),
to scratch, scrape, mark, or scar.
- Raetic
-
noun,
an extinct language of uncertain affinities that was spoken in Rhaetia and written with the Etruscan alphabet.
- 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.
- ormers
-
noun,
an abalone, Haliotis tuberculata, living in waters of the Channel Islands.
- Tassie
-
noun,
tass.
- scares
-
noun,
a sudden fright or alarm, especially with little or no reason.
- Cortes
-
noun,
(in Spain or Portugal) the two houses constituting the national legislative body.
- cheats
-
noun,
a person who acts dishonestly, deceives, or defrauds:
- 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.
- corses
-
noun,
corpse.
- 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.
- Romaic
-
noun,
demotic (def 5).
- Corrie
-
noun,
a circular hollow in the side of a hill or mountain.
- Sartre
-
noun,
Jean-Paul [zhahn-pawl] /ʒɑ̃ˈpɔl/ (Show IPA), 1905–80, French philosopher, novelist, and dramatist: declined 1964 Nobel Prize in literature.
- comers
-
noun,
Informal. a person or thing that is progressing well or is very promising:
- Chasse
-
noun,
a gliding step in which one foot is kept in advance of the other.
- terras
-
noun,
earth; land.
- cirro-
-
- chrism
-
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.
- cartes
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- Christ
-
noun,
Jesus of Nazareth, held by Christians to be the fulfillment of prophecies in the Old Testament regarding the eventual coming of a Messiah.
- carets
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- racers
-
noun,
a person, animal, or thing that races or takes part in a race, as a racehorse, bicycle, yacht, etc.
- caries
-
noun,
decay, as of bone or of plant tissue.
- samite
-
noun,
a heavy silk fabric, sometimes interwoven with gold, worn in the Middle Ages.
- Carter
-
noun,
Bennett Lester ("Benny") 1907–2003, U.S. jazz saxophonist and composer.
- saithe
-
noun,
pollock.
- Thess.
-
- rachis
-
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.
- Terris
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- carses
-
noun,
bottom land.
- saices
-
noun,
syce.
- Romish
-
adjective,
of or relating to Rome as the center of the Roman Catholic Church.
- caroms
-
noun,
Billiards, Pool. a shot in which the cue ball hits two balls in succession.
- Thiers
-
noun,
Louis Adolphe [lwee a-dawlf] /lwi aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1797–1877, French statesman: president 1871–73.
- chrome
-
noun,
chromium.
- rosace
-
noun,
rosette (def 3).
- chrom-
-
- Carrie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- carrom
-
noun,
Billiards, Pool. a shot in which the cue ball hits two balls in succession.
- caress
-
noun,
an act or gesture expressing affection, as an embrace or kiss, especially a light stroking or touching.
- choses
-
noun,
a thing; an article of personal property.
- cashes
-
noun,
money in the form of coins or banknotes, especially that issued by a government.
- ochrea
-
noun,
ocrea.
- camise
-
noun,
a lightweight, loose-fitting shirt or smock with long sleeves.
- comate
-
noun,
a mate or companion.
- Sarthe
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2411 sq. mi. (6245 sq. km). Capital: Le Mans.
- Choate
-
noun,
Joseph Hodges, 1832–1917, U.S. lawyer and diplomat.
- ochers
-
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.
- coheir
-
noun,
a joint heir.
- rosets
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- sacro-
-
- 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.
- chorea
-
noun,
any of several diseases of the nervous system characterized by jerky, involuntary movements, chiefly of the face and extremities.
- therms
-
noun,
any of several units of heat, as one equivalent to 1000 large calories or 100,000 British thermal units.
- Coates
-
noun,
Eric, 1886–1957, English violist and composer.
- termor
-
noun,
a person who has an estate for a term of years or for life.
- chores
-
noun,
a small or odd job; routine task.
- ochres
-
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.
- coasts
-
noun,
the land next to the sea; seashore:
- camote
-
noun,
batata.
- racism
-
noun,
a belief or doctrine that inherent differences among the various human racial groups determine cultural or individual achievement, usually involving the idea that one's own race is superior and has the right to dominate others or that a particular racial group is inferior to the others.
- coarse
-
adjective,
composed of relatively large parts or particles:
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- chori-
-
- cities
-
noun,
a large or important town.
- thesis
-
noun,
a proposition stated or put forward for consideration, especially one to be discussed and proved or to be maintained against objections:
- sarco-
-
- chaste
-
adjective,
refraining from sexual intercourse that is regarded as contrary to morality or religion; virtuous.
- chroma
-
noun,
the purity of a color, or its freedom from white or gray.
- Taisho
-
noun,
the designation of the period of the reign of Emperor Yoshihito, 1912–26.
- Crimea
-
noun,
the, a peninsula in SE Ukraine, between the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov.
- Cathie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Catherine.
- 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).
- Cather
-
noun,
Willa (Sibert) [wil-uh see-bert] /ˈwɪl ə ˈsi bərt/ (Show IPA), 1876–1947, U.S. novelist.
- Ramses
-
noun,
the name of several kings of ancient Egypt.
- ramose
-
adjective,
having many branches.
- Crista
-
noun,
a crest or ridge.
- crisis
-
noun,
a stage in a sequence of events at which the trend of all future events, especially for better or for worse, is determined; turning point.
- 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.
- Cromer
-
noun,
1st Earl of, Evelyn Baring.
- charms
-
noun,
a power of pleasing or attracting, as through personality or beauty:
- Mother
-
noun,
a female parent.
- criers
-
noun,
a person who cries.
- mortar
-
noun,
a receptacle of hard material, having a bowl-shaped cavity in which substances are reduced to powder with a pestle.
- 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.
- Mosaic
-
noun,
a picture or decoration made of small, usually colored pieces of inlaid stone, glass, etc.
- crests
-
noun,
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- atomic
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, resulting from, or using atoms, atomic energy, or atomic bombs:
- Charis
-
noun,
one of the Graces, married to Hephaestus.
- crores
-
noun,
(in India) the sum of ten million, especially of rupees; one hundred lacs.
- assoc.
-
- 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.
- chaise
-
noun,
a light, open carriage, usually with a hood, especially a one-horse, two-wheeled carriage for two persons; shay.
- cerat-
-
- osmics
-
noun,
the science dealing with the sense of smell.
- astro-
-
- C-star
-
noun,
carbon star.
- roster
-
noun,
a list of persons or groups, as of military personnel or units with their turns or periods of duty.
- Chamos
-
noun,
Chemosh.
- Rosser
-
noun,
a logger who peels the bark from, and often smooths one side of, a log so that it may be dragged easily.
- 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.
- osiers
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- rasher
-
noun,
a thin slice of bacon or ham for frying or broiling.
- tacho-
-
- others
-
noun,
the other one:
- Osiris
-
noun,
the king and judge of the dead, the husband and brother of Isis, and father (or brother) of Horus, killed by Set but later resurrected (after Horus killed Set): usually depicted as a man, partly wrapped as a mummy, having a beard and wearing the atef-crown.
- timers
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- Crosse
-
noun,
a long-handled racket used in the game of lacrosse.
- rashes
-
noun,
an eruption or efflorescence on the skin.
- rostra
-
noun,
a plural of rostrum.
- cross-
-
- schist
-
noun,
any of a class of crystalline metamorphic rocks whose constituent mineral grains have a more or less parallel or foliated arrangement.
- assort
-
verb (used with object),
to distribute, place, or arrange according to kind or class; classify; sort.
- scores
-
noun,
the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.
- 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.
- Crater
-
noun,
the cup-shaped depression or cavity on the surface of the earth or other heavenly body marking the orifice of a volcano.
- Rosita
-
noun,
a female given name, Spanish form of Rose.
- scherm
-
noun,
(in South Africa) a hut, screen, or shelter constructed from branches and canvas, scraped animal hides, or the like.
- schema
-
noun,
a diagram, plan, or scheme. Synonyms: outline, framework, model.
- caters
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- chaser
-
noun,
a person or thing that chases or pursues.
- crasis
-
noun,
composition; constitution; makeup.
- oscars
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter O.
- assert
-
Idioms,
assert oneself, to insist on one's rights, declare one's views forcefully, etc.:
- thecia
-
noun,
hymenium.
- scato-
-
- thrice
-
adverb,
three times, as in succession; on three occasions or in three ways.
- MSArch
-
- therm-
-
- stream
-
noun,
a body of water flowing in a channel or watercourse, as a river, rivulet, or brook. Synonyms: rill, run, streamlet, runnel.
- charts
-
noun,
a sheet exhibiting information in tabular form.
- stroma
-
noun,
Cell Biology. the supporting framework or matrix of a cell.
- Moriah
-
noun,
a mountainous region in S Palestine, where Abraham prepared to sacrifice Isaac. Gen. 22:3.
- Osetic
-
adjective, noun,
Ossetic.
- cahier
-
noun,
Bookbinding. a number of sheets of paper or leaves of a book placed together, as for binding.
- chases
-
noun,
the act of chasing; pursuit:
- creams
-
noun,
the fatty part of milk, which rises to the surface when the liquid is allowed to stand unless homogenized.
- schism
-
noun,
division or disunion, especially into mutually opposed parties.
- 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.
- Coster
-
noun,
costermonger.
- Morris
-
noun,
Esther Hobart McQuigg Slack [muh-kwig slak] /məˈkwɪg ˈslæk/ (Show IPA), 1814–1902, U.S. suffragist.
- raises
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- crates
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- thoria
-
noun,
a white, heavy, water-insoluble powder, ThO 2 , used chiefly in incandescent mantles, as the Welsbach gas mantle.
- Therma
-
noun,
ancient name of Salonika.
- charrs
-
noun,
char2 .
- ramets
-
noun,
an individual of a clone.
- 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.
- matr-
-
- retch
-
noun,
the act or an instance of retching.
- omits
-
verb (used with object),
to leave out; fail to include or mention:
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- Rieti
-
noun,
Vittorio [veet-taw-ryaw] /vitˈtɔ ryɔ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1994, U.S. composer, born in Italy.
- Meath
-
noun,
a county in Leinster, in the E Republic of Ireland. 902 sq. mi. (2335 sq. km). County seat: Trim.
- serac
-
noun,
a large irregularity of glacial ice, as a pinnacle found in glacial crevasses and formed by melting or movement of the ice.
- McRae
-
noun,
Carmen, 1920–94, U.S. jazz singer and songwriter.
- omers
-
noun,
a Hebrew unit of dry measure, the tenth part of an ephah.
- saice
-
noun,
syce.
- Maris
-
noun,
Roger (Eugene) 1934–85, U.S. baseball player.
- ossia
-
conjunction,
(indicating an alternative, usually easier, version of a passage in a musical score) or; or else.
- Mario
-
noun,
a male given name: from the Roman family name Marius.
- Ostia
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, SW of Rome: ruins from 4th century b.c.; site of ancient port of Rome.
- semis
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, the half part of an as.
- Osset
-
noun,
a member of an Aryan people of Ossetia whose religion combines features of Islam and Christianity.
- Marie
-
noun,
(Marie Alexandra Victoria of Saxe-Coburg) 1875–1938, queen of Romania 1914–27.
- rises
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- Mears
-
noun,
mere3 .
- marcs
-
noun,
the grapes contained in the wine press and the residue, as skins and pips, remaining after the juice is expressed.
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- 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.
- osmic
-
adjective,
of or containing osmium in its higher valences, especially the tetravalent state.
- Rosse
-
noun,
William Parsons, Third Earl of, William Parsons.
- Orcas
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- orch.
-
- Seric
-
- masc.
-
- 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.
- 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).
- rrhea
-
- rhoea
-
- 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.
- marts
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- MASER
-
noun,
a device for amplifying electromagnetic waves by stimulated emission of radiation.
- ormer
-
noun,
an abalone, Haliotis tuberculata, living in waters of the Channel Islands.
- ricer
-
noun,
an implement for ricing potatoes, squash, etc., by pressing them through small holes.
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- orris
-
noun,
an iris, Iris germanica florentina, having a fragrant rootstock.
- Orth.
-
- OSCAR
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter O.
- masse
-
noun,
a stroke made by hitting the cue ball with the cue held almost or quite perpendicular to the table.
- rhet.
-
- roshi
-
noun,
the religious leader of a group of Zen Buddhists.
- riser
-
noun,
a person who rises, especially from bed:
- mater
-
noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- Maroc
-
noun,
French name of Morocco.
- rheas
-
noun,
the ramie plant or fiber.
- maths
-
noun,
mathematics.
- maror
-
noun,
a portion of horseradish or other bitter herb that is eaten at the Seder meal on Passover.
- math.
-
- Maros
-
noun,
Hungarian name of Mures.
- Other
-
noun,
the other one:
- Sachs
-
noun,
Hans [hahns] /hɑns/ (Show IPA), 1494–1576, German Meistersinger: author of stories, songs, poems and dramatic works.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- Marti
-
noun,
José [haw-se] /hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1853–1895, Cuban patriot and writer.
- marse
-
noun,
(used chiefly in representation of southern black speech) master.
- Marsh
-
noun,
a tract of low wet land, often treeless and periodically inundated, generally characterized by a growth of grasses, sedges, cattails, and rushes.
- orach
-
noun,
any plant of the genus Atriplex, especially A. hortensis, of the amaranth family, cultivated for use like spinach.
- rices
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- masts
-
noun,
Nautical.
a spar or structure rising above the hull and upper portions of a ship or boat to hold sails, spars, rigging, booms, signals, etc., at some point on the fore-and-aft line, as a foremast or mainmast.
any of a number of individual spars composing such a structure, as a topmast supported on trestletrees at the head of a lower mast.
any of various portions of a single spar that are beside particular sails, as a top-gallant mast and royal mast formed as a single spar.
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- sero-
-
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- mast-
-
- meth-
-
- mech.
-
- rears
-
- 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.
- 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.
- Mists
-
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.
- Misti
-
noun,
El Misti.
- Ramos
-
noun,
Fidel V. born 1928, Philippine political leader: president 1992–98.
- ramie
-
noun,
an Asian shrub, Boehmeria nivea, of the nettle family, yielding a fiber used especially in making textiles.
- roars
-
noun,
a loud, deep cry or howl, as of an animal or a person:
- Missa
-
noun,
Mass.
- Miss.
-
- misos
-
noun,
a fermented seasoning paste of soybeans, often with rice or barley added, used to flavor soups and sauces.
- miso-
-
- 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)
- rearm
-
verb (used with object),
to arm again.
- sceat
-
noun,
a silver Anglo-Saxon coin of the 7th and 8th centuries, sometimes including an amount of gold.
- scats
-
noun,
scat singing.
- schmo
-
noun,
a foolish, boring, or stupid person; a jerk.
- MSChE
-
- mises
-
noun,
a settlement or agreement.
- ramet
-
noun,
an individual of a clone.
- Recit
-
- miser
-
noun,
a person who lives in wretched circumstances in order to save and hoard money.
- scrim
-
noun,
a cotton or linen fabric of open weave used for bunting, curtains, etc.
- roams
-
noun,
an act or instance of roaming; a ramble.
- misce
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) mix.
- rect.
-
- recta
-
noun,
a plural of rectum.
- misc.
-
- scat-
-
- Mirth
-
noun,
gaiety or jollity, especially when accompanied by laughter:
- mires
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- 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.
- motes
-
noun,
a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
- seams
-
noun,
the line formed by sewing together pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.
- score
-
noun,
the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.
- Morea
-
noun,
Peloponnesus.
- mores
-
noun,
an additional quantity, amount, or number:
- moras
-
noun,
the unit of time equivalent to the ordinary or normal short sound or syllable.
- Scot.
-
- Morse
-
noun,
an ornamented metal clasp or brooch for fastening a cope in front.
- rater
-
noun,
a person who makes rates or ratings.
- moist
-
adjective,
moderately or slightly wet; damp.
- Rasht
-
noun,
a city in NW Iran, about 10 miles (16 km) S of the Caspian Sea.
- moire
-
noun,
any moiré fabric.
- Moira
-
noun,
Classical Mythology.
the personification of fate.
Moirai, the Fates.
- Rashi
-
noun,
(Solomon ben Isaac) 1040–1105, French Hebrew scholar.
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- morts
-
noun,
Hunting. the note played on a hunting horn signifying that the animal hunted has been killed.
- 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:
- Mitra
-
noun,
the mitriform pileus of certain fungi.
- Mossi
-
noun,
an agricultural people of Africa living mainly in Burkina Faso.
- mosts
-
noun,
the greatest quantity, amount, or degree; the utmost:
- Mitre
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- rares
-
adjective,
coming or occurring far apart in time; unusual; uncommon:
- react
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- SCRAM
-
noun,
the rapid shutdown of a nuclear reactor in an emergency.
- reach
-
noun,
an act or instance of reaching:
- SCOTS
-
noun,
Also called Scottish. the English language as spoken in Scotland.
Compare Scots Gaelic.
- ratos
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- Moshi
-
noun,
a city in N Tanzania.
- Moses
-
noun,
the Hebrew prophet who led the Israelites out of Egypt and delivered the Law during their years of wandering in the wilderness.
- Mocha
-
noun,
(initial capital letter). Also, Mukha. a seaport in the Republic of Yemen on the Red Sea.
- Moser
-
noun,
Johann Jakob [yoh-hahn yah-kawp] /ˈyoʊ hɑn ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1701–85, German jurist and publicist.
- 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.
- rases
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- scart
-
verb (used with or without object),
to scratch, scrape, mark, or scar.
- scare
-
noun,
a sudden fright or alarm, especially with little or no reason.
- rishi
-
noun,
an inspired sage or poet.
- semi-
-
- metic
-
noun,
an alien resident of an ancient Greek city who paid a tax for the right to live there.
- meths
-
noun,
methamphetamine; Methedrine.
- ratch
-
noun,
a ratchet.
- 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.
- meta-
-
- 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.
- saris
-
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.
- ocrea
-
noun,
a sheathing part, as a pair of stipules united about a stem.
- meso-
-
- mesic
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or adapted to an environment having a balanced supply of moisture.
- sarc-
-
- mesas
-
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.
- Resht
-
noun,
Rasht.
- octa-
-
- races
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- 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.
- saith
-
verb,
third person singular present of say1 .
- Mehta
-
noun,
Zubin [zoo-bin] /ˈzu bɪn/ (Show IPA), born 1936, Indian orchestra conductor, in the U.S. since 1961.
- rests
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- restr
-
- semih
-
- Merca
-
noun,
a city in S Somalia.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- racer
-
noun,
a person, animal, or thing that races or takes part in a race, as a racehorse, bicycle, yacht, etc.
- meros
-
noun,
(in the Doric order) a flat surface between two channels of a triglyph.
- merch
-
noun,
merchandise, especially as marketed to a particular fan base:
- Merci
-
interjection,
thank you.
- SAMOS
-
noun,
a Greek island in the E Aegean. 194 sq. mi. (502 sq. km).
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- merit
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- mero-
-
- 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.
- Saros
-
noun,
the period of 223 synodic months, equaling 6585.32 days or 18 years, 11.32 days (or 10.32 days if 5 leap years occur in the interval), after which eclipses repeat but are shifted 120° west.
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- Miass
-
noun,
a city in the S Russian Federation in Asia, near the Ural Mountains, W of Chelyabinsk.
- scams
-
noun,
a confidence game or other fraudulent scheme, especially for making a quick profit; swindle.
- Rimas
-
noun,
a female given name.
- satis
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- micra
-
noun,
a plural of micron.
- Reich
-
noun,
(with reference to Germany) empire; realm; nation.
- Miche
-
verb (used without object),
to lurk out of sight.
- Mich.
-
- 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.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- Reims
-
noun,
a city in NE France: cathedral; unconditional surrender of Germany May 7, 1945.
- sates
-
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.
- 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.
- Sears
-
noun,
Richard Warren, 1863–1914, U.S. mail-order retailer.
- 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.
- Metis
-
noun,
any person of mixed ancestry.
- Oates
-
noun,
Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- Sarre
-
noun,
French name of Saar.
- metr-
-
- 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.
- 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.:
- Roach
-
noun,
a cockroach.
- seism
-
noun,
an earthquake.
- sect.
-
- oases
-
noun,
a small fertile or green area in a desert region, usually having a spring or well.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- oater
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- secos
-
noun,
sekos.
- seats
-
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.
- oasts
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- oasis
-
noun,
a small fertile or green area in a desert region, usually having a spring or well.
- oste-
-
- chess
-
noun,
a game played on a chessboard by two people who maneuver sixteen pieces each according to rules governing movement of the six kinds of pieces (pawn, rook, knight, bishop, queen, king), the object being to bring the opponent's king into checkmate.
- those
-
Idioms,
at that,
in spite of something; nevertheless:
in addition; besides:
- corr.
-
- arsis
-
noun,
Music. the upward stroke in conducting; upbeat.
Compare thesis (def 4).
- corer
-
noun,
a person or thing that cores.
- cores
-
- arses
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- Teach
-
noun,
Informal. teacher.
- coria
-
noun,
plural of corium.
- torcs
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- corms
-
noun,
an enlarged, fleshy, bulblike base of a stem, as in the crocus.
- arris
-
noun,
a sharp ridge, as between adjoining channels of a Doric column.
- Corea
-
noun,
Armando Anthony [ahr-mahn-doh] /ɑrˈmɑn doʊ/ (Show IPA), ("Chick") born 1941, U.S. jazz pianist and composer.
- Corse
-
noun,
corpse.
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- Tasso
-
noun,
Torquato [tawr-kwah-taw] /tɔrˈkwɑ tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1544–95, Italian poet.
- 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.
- arose
-
verb,
simple past tense of arise.
- Costa
-
noun,
a rib or riblike part.
- costs
-
noun,
the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
- cotes
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- 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.
- crash
-
noun,
a sudden loud noise, as of something being violently smashed or struck:
- 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.
- cites
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- Torah
-
noun,
the Pentateuch, being the first of the three Jewish divisions of the Old Testament.
Compare Tanach.
- coast
-
noun,
the land next to the sea; seashore:
- Terah
-
noun,
the father of Abraham. Gen. 11:25–32.
- 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.
- Coats
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- tera-
-
- coirs
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- tech.
-
- teams
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- COMAS
-
noun,
a state of prolonged unconsciousness, including a lack of response to stimuli, from which it is impossible to rouse a person.
- asco-
-
- 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.
- Comr.
-
- tears
-
- ASCII
-
noun,
a standard code, consisting of 128 7-bit combinations, for characters stored in a computer or to be transmitted between computers.
- Comte
-
noun,
count2 .
- crams
-
noun,
Informal. the act of cramming for an examination.
- crass
-
adjective,
without refinement, delicacy, or sensitivity; gross; obtuse; stupid:
- cists
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- Arch.
-
- tacos
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- tachs
-
noun,
tachometer.
- tache
-
noun,
a buckle; clasp.
- taces
-
noun,
tasset.
- 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.
- arche
-
- easts
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- 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.
- areo-
-
- ecto-
-
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- throe
-
noun,
a violent spasm or pang; paroxysm.
- emirs
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- emits
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- stoma
-
noun,
Also, stomate. Botany. any of various small apertures, especially one of the minute orifices or slits in the epidermis of leaves, stems, etc., through which gases are exchanged.
- Stoic
-
noun,
a member or adherent of the Stoic school of philosophy.
- stoas
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- 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.
- armor
-
noun,
any covering worn as a defense against weapons.
- 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.
- 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.
- crate
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- armet
-
noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- Tarim
-
noun,
a river in NW China, in Xinjiang Uygur region. About 1300 miles (2090 km) long.
- cress
-
noun,
any of various plants of the mustard family, especially the watercress, having pungent-tasting leaves often used for salad and as a garnish.
- 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.
-
- crit.
-
- torii
-
noun,
(in Japan) a form of decorative gateway or portal, consisting of two upright wooden posts connected at the top by two horizontal crosspieces, commonly found at the entrance to Shinto temples.
- 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.
- Croat
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Croatia; Croatian.
- crore
-
noun,
(in India) the sum of ten million, especially of rupees; one hundred lacs.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- arith
-
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- Tamis
-
noun,
a worsted cloth mesh constructed in open weave and having a corded face, used as a sieve or strainer.
- tames
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- 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.
- 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.
- ceros
-
noun,
a large Atlantic and Gulf Coast mackerel game fish, Scomberomorus regalis.
- astr.
-
- Cath.
-
- Thera
-
noun,
a Greek island in the S Aegean, in the Cyclades group. 30 sq. mi. (78 sq. km).
- Theos
-
- Ceram
-
noun,
an island of the Moluccas in Indonesia, W of New Guinea. 7191 sq. mi. (18,625 sq. km).
- ceras
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- 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-
-
- Cerro
-
noun,
a hill or peak.
- cater
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- cert.
-
- theor
-
- 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.
- theo-
-
- Thema
-
noun,
theme (def 7).
- Astor
-
noun,
John Jacob, 1763–1848, U.S. capitalist and fur merchant.
- 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.
- chais
-
noun,
a shed or other aboveground building where a winemaker stores wine in casks.
- Cates
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- 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.
- chams
-
noun,
khan1 .
- cares
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- Cairo
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Egypt, in the N part on the E bank of the Nile.
- 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.
- 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.
- atmo-
-
- cames
-
noun,
a slender, grooved bar of lead for holding together the pieces of glass in windows of latticework or stained glass.
- camis
-
noun,
camisole (def 1).
- Thira
-
noun,
Thera.
- timer
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- thio-
-
- caret
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- cases
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- Carie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- Carme
-
noun,
a small natural satellite of the planet Jupiter.
- carom
-
noun,
Billiards, Pool. a shot in which the cue ball hits two balls in succession.
- 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.
- 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).
- carse
-
noun,
bottom land.
- Carte
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- carts
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- their
-
noun,
any male person or animal; a man:
- chaos
-
noun,
a state of utter confusion or disorder; a total lack of organization or order.
- Cirri
-
noun,
a plural of cirrus.
- chose
-
noun,
a thing; an article of personal property.
- 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.
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- Chita
-
noun,
a city in the SE Russian Federation in Asia.
- chits
-
noun,
a signed note for money owed for food, drink, etc.
- Thais
-
noun,
flourished late 4th century b.c, Athenian courtesan: mistress of Alexander the Great and Ptolemy I.
- 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.
- 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.
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- Ashes
-
noun,
the powdery residue of matter that remains after burning.
- Terri
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- Terra
-
noun,
earth; land.
- Asher
-
noun,
a son of Jacob and Zilpah. Gen. 30:12–13.
- tomes
-
noun,
a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
- tomia
-
noun,
the cutting edge of a bird's bill.
- terr.
-
- cires
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- 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.
- chiao
-
noun,
jiao.
- char-
-
- theca
-
noun,
a case or receptacle.
- Chari
-
noun,
Shari.
- charm
-
noun,
a power of pleasing or attracting, as through personality or beauty:
- charr
-
noun,
char2 .
- chars
-
noun,
a charred material or surface.
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- chart
-
noun,
a sheet exhibiting information in tabular form.
- Chase
-
noun,
the act of chasing; pursuit:
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- chasm
-
noun,
a yawning fissure or deep cleft in the earth's surface; gorge.
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- Thare
-
noun,
Terah.
- chats
-
noun,
informal conversation:
- asst.
-
- cheat
-
noun,
a person who acts dishonestly, deceives, or defrauds:
- chem.
-
- asset
-
noun,
a useful and desirable thing or quality:
- chert
-
noun,
a compact rock consisting essentially of microcrystalline quartz.
- cream
-
noun,
the fatty part of milk, which rises to the surface when the liquid is allowed to stand unless homogenized.
- chest
-
noun,
Anatomy. the trunk of the body from the neck to the abdomen; thorax.
- Asser
-
noun,
Tobias [toh-bahy-uh s;; Dutch taw-bee-ahs] /toʊˈbaɪ əs;; Dutch tɔˈbi ɑs/ (Show IPA), 1838–1913, Dutch jurist and statesman: Nobel Peace Prize 1911.
- 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.
- stome
-
- stirs
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- IATSE
-
- aero-
-
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- aeri-
-
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- siris
-
noun,
lebbek (def 1).
- 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.
- sires
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- iasis
-
noun,
Romanian name of Jassy.
- simas
-
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.
- Hosta
-
noun,
any of various plants belonging to the genus Hosta, of the lily family, which includes the plantain lily.
- ichor
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. an ethereal fluid flowing in the veins of the gods.
- simar
-
noun,
Also, cymar. a loose, lightweight jacket or robe for women, fashionable in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- actos
-
- 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.
- Actor
-
noun,
a person who acts in stage plays, motion pictures, television broadcasts, etc.
- imit.
-
- Sices
-
noun,
syce.
- 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.
- trims
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- hosts
-
noun,
a person who receives or entertains guests at home or elsewhere:
- sites
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- shote
-
noun,
shoat (def 1).
- 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).
- smash
-
noun,
the act or an instance of smashing or shattering.
- 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.
- hoars
-
noun,
hoarfrost; rime.
- hoise
-
verb (used with object),
to hoist.
- Homer
-
noun,
Baseball. home run.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- Smart
-
noun,
a sharp local pain, usually superficial, as from a wound, blow, or sting.
- trice
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- horas
-
noun,
a traditional Romanian and Israeli round dance.
- Hosea
-
noun,
a Minor Prophet of the 8th century b.c.
- horme
-
noun,
activity directed toward a goal; purposive effort.
- Horsa
-
noun,
died a.d. 455, Jutish chief (brother of Hengist).
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- 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.
- 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.
- hort.
-
- Horta
-
noun,
Baron Victor, 1861?–1947, Belgian architect.
- sito-
-
- Trier
-
noun,
a person or thing that tries or tests; tester.
- iotas
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- hist.
-
- mache
-
noun,
corn salad.
- 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.
- sheas
-
noun,
shea tree.
- 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.
- tsars
-
noun,
czar.
- 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.
- macer
-
noun,
macebearer.
- 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.
- shies
-
noun,
a sudden start aside, as in fear.
- 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.
- share
-
noun,
the full or proper portion or part allotted or belonging to or contributed or owed by an individual or group.
- shame
-
noun,
the painful feeling arising from the consciousness of something dishonorable, improper, ridiculous, etc., done by oneself or another:
- mahoe
-
noun,
hau tree.
- mairs
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- maist
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
most.
- seti-
-
- Maori
-
noun,
a member of the native Polynesian population of New Zealand.
- 30-30
-
- shier
-
noun,
a horse having a tendency to shy.
- ither
-
adjective, pronoun, adverb,
other.
- Irish
-
noun,
the inhabitants of Ireland and their descendants elsewhere.
- shits
-
noun,
excrement; feces.
- Short
-
noun,
something that is short.
- Shore
-
noun,
the land along the edge of a sea, lake, broad river, etc.
- shoes
-
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.
- shoer
-
noun,
a person who shoes horses or other animals.
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- shoat
-
noun,
Also, shote. a young, weaned pig.
- acro-
-
- Isiac
-
adjective,
of or relating to Isis or the worship of Isis.
- acmes
-
noun,
the highest point; summit; peak:
- acet-
-
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Issei
-
noun,
a Japanese person who immigrated to the U.S. or Canada after 1907 and was not eligible until 1952 for citizenship.
- Isth.
-
- troch
-
- istic
-
- 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.
- shirr
-
noun,
Also, shirring. a shirred arrangement, as of cloth.
- Shire
-
noun,
one of the counties of Great Britain.
- shims
-
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.
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- smear
-
noun,
an oily, greasy, viscous, or wet substance, especially a dab of such a substance.
- homes
-
- HIRES
-
noun,
the act of hiring.
- Harim
-
noun,
harem.
- sorts
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- Haiti
-
noun,
Formerly Hayti. a republic in the West Indies occupying the W part of the island of Hispaniola. 10,714 sq. mi. (27,750 sq. km). Capital: Port-au-Prince.
- AMORC
-
- 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.
- Trace
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- harem
-
noun,
the part of a Muslim palace or house reserved for the residence of women.
- sores
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- Harms
-
noun,
physical injury or mental damage; hurt:
- amiss
-
Idioms,
take amiss, to be offended at or resentful of (something not meant to cause offense or resentment); misunderstand:
- Harte
-
noun,
(Francis) Bret [bret] /brɛt/ (Show IPA), 1839–1902, U.S. author, especially of short stories.
- Harts
-
noun,
a male deer, commonly of the red deer, Cervus elaphus, especially after its fifth year.
- Hiram
-
noun,
a king of Tyre in the 10th century b.c. I Kings 5.
- Amish
-
noun,
the Amish people.
- haste
-
noun,
swiftness of motion; speed; celerity:
- hater
-
noun,
a person who has an intense dislike for another person or thing (often used in combination):
- hates
-
noun,
intense dislike; extreme aversion or hostility.
- haets
-
noun,
a little bit; a whit.
- haem-
-
- somas
-
noun,
the body of an organism as contrasted with its germ cells.
- Esth.
-
- 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.
- stime
-
noun,
the smallest bit; a drop, taste, or glimpse.
- sties
-
noun,
a pen or enclosure for swine; pigpen.
- Stich
-
noun,
a verse or line of poetry.
- ster.
-
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- Tosca
-
noun,
an opera (1900) by Giacomo Puccini.
- stech
-
verb (used with object),
to fill or gorge (one's stomach) with food.
- estoc
-
noun,
a thrusting sword of the 13th–17th centuries having a long, narrow blade of rectangular section.
- 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.
- steam
-
noun,
water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor.
- stash
-
noun,
something put away or hidden:
- Starr
-
noun,
Belle (Myra Belle Shirley) 1848–89, U.S. outlaw and folk hero.
- 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:
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- Srta.
-
- amort
-
adjective,
spiritless; lifeless.
- amirs
-
noun,
emir.
- soras
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- hears
-
verb (used with object),
to perceive by the ear:
- tress
-
noun,
Usually, tresses. long locks or curls of hair.
- hemic
-
adjective,
hematic.
- hemo-
-
- hests
-
noun,
behest.
- Soche
-
noun,
Wade-Giles. Shache.
- soars
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- Herat
-
noun,
a city in NW Afghanistan.
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- Amer.
-
- treas
-
- Herma
-
noun,
herm.
- trash
-
noun,
anything worthless, useless, or discarded; rubbish.
- Heros
-
noun,
a person noted for courageous acts or nobility of character:
- aitch
-
noun,
the letter H, h.
- 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.
- hemia
-
- hemi-
-
- smote
-
verb,
a simple past tense of smite.
- triac
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- smite
-
Idioms,
smite hip and thigh. hip1 (def 9).
- 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.
- AMICE
-
noun,
an oblong vestment, usually of white linen, worn about the neck and shoulders and partly under the alb.
- hier-
-
- Smith
-
noun,
a worker in metal.
- trams
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- heats
-
noun,
the state of a body perceived as having or generating a relatively high degree of warmth.
- hect-
-
- heist
-
noun,
a robbery or holdup:
- Sochi
-
noun,
a seaport in the SW Russian Federation in Europe, on the Black Sea: resort.
- hema-
-
- trass
-
noun,
a light-colored type of volcanic tuff used in making water-resistant cement and mortar.
- TOMS
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- tri-
-
- Tshi
-
noun,
Twi.
- 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.
- 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).
- 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.
- tosh
-
noun,
nonsense; bosh.
- torc
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- tics
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- roam
-
noun,
an act or instance of roaming; a ramble.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- rocs
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- 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.
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- roar
-
noun,
a loud, deep cry or howl, as of an animal or a person:
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- 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.
- tram
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- trim
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- toch
-
noun,
Ernst [ernst] /ɛrnst/ (Show IPA), 1887–1964, Austrian composer.
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- Roca
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in W Portugal, near Lisbon: the western extremity of continental Europe.
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- rit.
-
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- tome
-
noun,
a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
- 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.
- toss
-
noun,
an act or instance of tossing.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- 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.
- 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.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- sech
-
- sec.
-
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- 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.
- SEAS
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- Rima
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Soma
-
noun,
the body of an organism as contrasted with its germ cells.
- seam
-
noun,
the line formed by sewing together pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.
- SCSI
-
noun,
a standard for computer interface ports featuring faster data transmission and greater flexibility than normal ports.
- some
-
adverb,
(used with numerals and with words expressing degree, extent, etc.) approximately; about:
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- Secs
-
noun,
second2 (def 2).
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- sots
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- Sra.
-
- SRAM
-
- sris
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- Ste.
-
- 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.
- scr.
-
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- SMSA
-
- seis
-
noun,
sei whale.
- thi-
-
- shot
-
noun,
a discharge of a firearm, bow, etc.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- sers
-
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).
- Sham
-
noun,
something that is not what it purports to be; a spurious imitation; fraud or hoax.
- Shea
-
noun,
shea tree.
- Shem
-
noun,
the eldest of the three sons of Noah. Gen. 10:21.
- 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.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- shit
-
noun,
excrement; feces.
- shmo
-
noun,
schmo.
- Shoa
-
noun,
the Holocaust.
- 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.
- shr.
-
- sits
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- SIAM
-
noun,
former name of Thailand (def 1).
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- sics
-
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).
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- 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.
- Sims
-
noun,
William Sowden [soud-n] /ˈsaʊd n/ (Show IPA), 1858–1936, U.S. admiral, born in Canada.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- sirs
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- sith
-
adverb, conjunction, preposition,
since.
- Sem.
-
- str.
-
- Tace
-
noun,
tasset.
- Rom.
-
- Roth
-
noun,
Phillip, born 1933, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- Tess
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- Sais
-
noun,
an ancient city in N Egypt, on the Nile delta: an ancient capital of Lower Egypt.
- thae
-
pronoun, adjective,
those.
- Thai
-
noun,
Also called Thailander [tahy-lan-der, -luh n-] /ˈtaɪˌlæn dər, -lən-/ (Show IPA). a native or descendant of a native of Thailand.
- Sacs
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- Saco
-
noun,
a city in SW Maine.
- Thar
-
noun,
tahr.
- the-
-
- Thea
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- same
-
Idioms,
all the same,
notwithstanding; nevertheless:
of no difference; immaterial:
- 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.
- 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.
- them
-
noun,
any male person or animal; a man:
- Ross
-
noun,
the rough exterior of bark.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- rort
-
noun,
a rowdy, usually drunken party.
- roms
-
noun,
a Gypsy man or boy.
- thir
-
pronoun,
these.
- Rome
-
noun,
Harold (Jacob) 1908–1993, U.S. lyricist and composer.
- this
-
Idioms,
with this, following this; hereupon:
- Roma
-
noun,
Rome.
- Sam.
-
- Sami
-
noun,
Lapp.
- tach
-
noun,
tachometer.
- TASS
-
noun,
a cup or small goblet, especially an ornamental one.
- taco
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- 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.
- Tame
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- Tams
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- sci.
-
- 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.
- sch.
-
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- Tasm
-
- scar
-
noun,
a mark left by a healed wound, sore, or burn.
- Sams
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Samuel.
- scam
-
noun,
a confidence game or other fraudulent scheme, especially for making a quick profit; swindle.
- Seth
-
noun,
the third son of Adam. Gen. 4:25.
- tchr
-
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- 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.
-
- team
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- sash
-
noun,
a long band or scarf worn over one shoulder or around the waist, as by military officers as a part of the uniform or by women and children for ornament.
- SASE
-
- 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.
- ter.
-
- 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.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- met.
-
- hets
-
noun,
a heterosexual person.
- chat
-
noun,
informal conversation:
- ISIS
-
noun,
a goddess of fertility, the sister and wife of Osiris and mother of Horus, and usually represented as a woman with a cow's horns with the solar disk between them: later worshiped in the Greek and Roman empires.
- chis
-
noun,
the twenty-second letter of the Greek alphabet (X, χ).
- isms
-
noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- iso-
-
- 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.
- Chet
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Chester.
- Cher
-
noun,
a river in central France, flowing NW to the Loire River. 220 miles (355 km) long.
- Itch
-
noun,
the sensation of itching.
- 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.
- chm.
-
- item
-
noun,
a separate article or particular:
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- itis
-
- Chas
-
noun,
tea.
- Cham
-
noun,
khan1 .
- chai
-
noun,
a shed or other aboveground building where a winemaker stores wine in casks.
- Ceto
-
- Ceta
-
noun,
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.
- cet-
-
- chit
-
noun,
a signed note for money owed for food, drink, etc.
- Chr.
-
- cera
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- 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.
- ICSH
-
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- IMCO
-
- IMHO
-
- cit.
-
- cist
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- cis-
-
- cir.
-
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- ciao
-
interjection,
(used as a word of greeting or parting): hello; goodbye; so long; see you later.
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Ire.
-
- Iris
-
noun,
Anatomy. the contractile, circular diaphragm forming the colored portion of the eye and containing a circular opening, the pupil, in its center.
- Irma
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Erma.
- Irra
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of pestilence.
- chs.
-
- Isai
-
noun,
Jesse.
- cess
-
noun,
British. a tax, assessment, or lien.
- 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.
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- 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.
- Carr
-
noun,
John Dickson, 1906–77, U.S. mystery writer.
- mear
-
noun,
mere3 .
- meas
-
- CARE
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- 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.
- Merc
-
noun,
a mercenary soldier.
- 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.
- mes-
-
- mesh
-
noun,
any knit, woven, or knotted fabric of open texture.
- CASE
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- mess
-
noun,
a dirty, untidy, or disordered condition:
- cams
-
noun,
Machinery. a disk or cylinder having an irregular form such that its motion, usually rotary, gives to a part or parts in contact with it a specific rocking or reciprocating motion.
- Cami
-
noun,
camisole (def 1).
- Came
-
noun,
a slender, grooved bar of lead for holding together the pieces of glass in windows of latticework or stained glass.
- mhos
-
noun,
See under siemens.
- 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.
- mias
-
plural,
missing in action.
- Mic.
-
- 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.
- CART
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- MatE
-
noun,
a partner in marriage; spouse.
- 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.
- cat.
-
- Mac-
-
- Mace
-
noun,
a clublike armor-breaking weapon of war, often with a flanged or spiked metal head, used chiefly in the Middle Ages.
- maco
-
noun,
an Egyptian cotton, used especially in the manufacture of hosiery and undergarments.
- macs
-
noun,
fellow; bud (a familiar term of address to a man or boy whose name is not known to the speaker).
- maes
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- Mair
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- Cato
-
noun,
Marcus Porcius [pawr-shee-uh s,, -shuh s] /ˈpɔr ʃi əs,, -ʃəs/ (Show IPA), ("the Elder"or"the Censor") 234–149 b.c, Roman statesman, soldier, and writer.
- Cate
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- Mar.
-
- Cash
-
noun,
money in the form of coins or banknotes, especially that issued by a government.
- MARC
-
noun,
the grapes contained in the wine press and the residue, as skins and pips, remaining after the juice is expressed.
- cast
-
noun,
act of casting or throwing.
- Mare
-
noun,
a fully mature female horse or other equine animal.
- 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.
- MARS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman god of war and agriculture, identified with the Greek god Ares.
- Mart
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- Cass
-
noun,
Lewis, 1782–1866, U.S. statesman.
- MASH
-
noun,
a soft, pulpy mass.
- Mass
-
noun,
a body of coherent matter, usually of indefinite shape and often of considerable size:
- CMOS
-
noun,
complementary metal oxide semiconductor.
- Ice.
-
- 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.
- haet
-
noun,
a little bit; a whit.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- eath
-
adjective, adverb,
easy.
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- 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.
- each
-
adverb,
to, from, or for each; apiece:
- cts.
-
- ctr.
-
- haes
-
verb (used with object), auxiliary verb,
have.
- hair
-
noun,
any of the numerous fine, usually cylindrical, keratinous filaments growing from the skin of humans and animals; a pilus.
- echt
-
adjective,
real; authentic; genuine.
- hame
-
noun,
either of two curved pieces lying upon the collar in the harness of an animal, to which the traces are fastened.
- 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.
- HARM
-
noun,
physical injury or mental damage; hurt:
- Hart
-
noun,
a male deer, commonly of the red deer, Cervus elaphus, especially after its fifth year.
- hast
-
noun,
Usually, haves. an individual or group that has wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have-not).
- hate
-
noun,
intense dislike; extreme aversion or hostility.
- HEAO
-
- hear
-
verb (used with object),
to perceive by the ear:
- heat
-
noun,
the state of a body perceived as having or generating a relatively high degree of warmth.
- Echo
-
noun,
a repetition of sound produced by the reflection of sound waves from a wall, mountain, or other obstructing surface.
- 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.
- hem-
-
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- emit
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Erma
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- emir
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- errs
-
verb (used without object),
to go astray in thought or belief; be mistaken; be incorrect.
- emic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or being a significant unit that functions in contrast with other units in a language or other system of behavior.
- emia
-
- 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.
- ESIS
-
- eso-
-
- ect-
-
- eco-
-
- est.
-
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- etc.
-
- etch
-
noun,
Printing. an acid used for etching.
- Eth.
-
- heir
-
noun,
a person who inherits or has a right of inheritance in the property of another following the latter's death.
- her.
-
- ICAO
-
- corm
-
noun,
an enlarged, fleshy, bulblike base of a stem, as in the crocus.
- cose
-
verb (used without object),
coze.
- hora
-
noun,
a traditional Romanian and Israeli round dance.
- Hos.
-
- Hose
-
noun,
a flexible tube for conveying a liquid, as water, to a desired point:
- Host
-
noun,
a person who receives or entertains guests at home or elsewhere:
- hots
-
noun,
the hots, Slang. intense sexual desire or attraction.
- Cort
-
- Hsia
-
noun,
a legendary dynasty in China, the traditional dates of which are 2205–1766 b.c.
- 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.
- Homs
-
noun,
a city in W Syria.
- Cora
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. Kore.
- Cor.
-
- COMS
-
noun,
Trademark. Comedy Central: a cable television channel.
- 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.
-
- Iasi
-
noun,
Romanian name of Jassy.
- coir
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- coat
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- hor.
-
- hom-
-
- HERA
-
noun,
the ancient Greek queen of heaven, a daughter of Cronus and Rhea and the wife and sister of Zeus.
- Riis
-
noun,
Jacob August, 1849–1914, U.S. journalist and social reformer, born in Denmark.
- 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.
- HERO
-
noun,
a person noted for courageous acts or nobility of character:
- Herr
-
noun,
the conventional German title of respect and term of address for a man, corresponding to Mr. or in direct address to sir.
- Cres
-
- hers
-
noun,
Slang. a female:
- Hess
-
noun,
Dame Myra, 1890–1965, English pianist.
- hest
-
noun,
behest.
- 1080
-
- crat
-
- cosh
-
noun,
a blackjack; bludgeon.
- CRAM
-
noun,
Informal. the act of cramming for an examination.
- Cote
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- Hims
-
noun,
Informal. a male:
- hire
-
noun,
the act of hiring.
- Hiss
-
noun,
a hissing sound, especially one made in disapproval.
- Cost
-
noun,
the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
- HMAS
-
- coss
-
noun,
kos.
- hoar
-
noun,
hoarfrost; rime.
- MICE
-
noun,
plural of mouse.
- meat
-
noun,
the flesh of animals as used for food.
- art.
-
- Ochs
-
noun,
Adolph Simon, 1858–1935, U.S. newspaper publisher.
- OSHA
-
noun,
the division of the Department of Labor that sets and enforces occupational health and safety rules.
- 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.
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- ARIS
-
- osis
-
- Arm.
-
- Acis
-
noun,
the lover of Galatea, killed by Polyphemus out of jealousy.
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- arms
-
noun,
the upper limb of the human body, especially the part extending from the shoulder to the wrist.
- arr.
-
- Oct.
-
- Aire
-
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- RACE
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- 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.
- ocas
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- asc-
-
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- 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.:
- ache
-
noun,
a continuous, dull pain (in contrast to a sharp, sudden, or sporadic pain).
- OSSA
-
noun,
plural of os1 .
- 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.
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- asci
-
noun,
plural of ascus.
- 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)
- RARE
-
adjective,
coming or occurring far apart in time; unusual; uncommon:
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- Ashe
-
noun,
Arthur (Robert, Jr) 1943–93, U.S. tennis player.
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- ARCO
-
adverb,
(of the performance of a passage for stringed instruments) with the bow.
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- orcs
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- rash
-
noun,
an eruption or efflorescence on the skin.
- AISI
-
- Ames
-
noun,
a city in central Iowa.
- 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.
- amic
-
adjective,
of or relating to an amide or amine.
- Amie
-
noun,
a female friend.
- Amir
-
noun,
emir.
- Orem
-
noun,
a city in N Utah.
- Amis
-
noun,
Kingsley, 1922–95, English novelist.
- ACTH
-
- Amor
-
noun,
Cupid.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- acr-
-
- Orca
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- Amos
-
noun,
a Minor Prophet of the 8th century b.c.
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- Amri
-
noun,
Omri.
- orra
-
adjective,
not regular or scheduled; odd:
- Omri
-
noun,
a king of Israel and the father of Ahab. I Kings 16:16–28.
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- omit
-
verb (used with object),
to leave out; fail to include or mention:
- amt.
-
- Omer
-
noun,
a Hebrew unit of dry measure, the tenth part of an ephah.
- Omar
-
noun,
a male given name.
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- acme
-
noun,
the highest point; summit; peak:
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- 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.
- AIMS
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- AIME
-
- 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.
- ates
-
- Mort
-
noun,
Hunting. the note played on a hunting horn signifying that the animal hunted has been killed.
- more
-
noun,
an additional quantity, amount, or number:
- 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.
- Mora
-
noun,
the unit of time equivalent to the ordinary or normal short sound or syllable.
- atic
-
- ahem
-
interjection,
(an utterance similar to the sound of clearing one's throat, used to attract attention, express doubt or a mild warning, etc.)
- moit
-
noun,
a foreign particle found in wool, as a burr, twig, or seed.
- 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:
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- ator
-
- 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.
- aet.
-
- Mita
-
noun,
a colonial system in Peru by which the Spanish government required Indians to perform periodic forced labor, especially in the mines.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- mise
-
noun,
a settlement or agreement.
- mire
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- RIIA
-
- 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.
- Rich
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) rich persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- Miro
-
noun,
Gabriel [gah-vree-el] /ˌgɑ vriˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1879–1930, Spanish novelist, short-story writer, and essayist.
- mis-
-
- 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.
- aesc
-
noun,
ash2 (def 3).
- 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.
- aer-
-
- rhos
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Greek alphabet (P, ρ).
- ACTS
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- Rhea
-
noun,
the ramie plant or fiber.
- rami
-
noun,
plural of ramus.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- Moss
-
noun,
any tiny, leafy-stemmed, flowerless plant of the class Musci, reproducing by spores and growing in tufts, sods, or mats on moist ground, tree trunks, rocks, etc.
- msec
-
- asis
-
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- otic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ear; auricular.
- ASME
-
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- ARCS
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- MSTS
-
- MSSc
-
- MSIE
-
- MSHE
-
- rems
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- MSHA
-
- Ahom
-
noun,
an extinct Thai language of Assam.
- asse
-
noun,
Cape fox.
- MSCE
-
- most
-
noun,
the greatest quantity, amount, or degree; the utmost:
- atm.
-
- mote
-
noun,
a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
- 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.
- mots
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- resh
-
noun,
the 20th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- ASTM
-
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- Ahir
-
noun,
a member of the caste of cowherds and milkmen in India.
- Mrs.
-
plural,
a title of respect prefixed to the surname or full name of a married woman:
- ASSR
-
- MSAE
-
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- CRT
-
- CSA
-
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- CSO
-
- ACT
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- TIA
-
- ACS
-
- ec-
-
- TSR
-
noun,
a computer program with any of several ancillary functions, usually held resident in RAM for instant activation while one is using another program.
- TSI
-
- TSH
-
- EIS
-
- eir
-
- Ehr
-
- TSE
-
- Am.
-
- ECM
-
- ac-
-
- Ar.
-
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- Tro
-
- ECA
-
- ACH
-
interjection,
alas; oh.
- CSR
-
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- 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.
- EAM
-
- ea.
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- EOM
-
- eo-
-
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- TAM
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- cte
-
- CTA
-
- CST
-
- ae.
-
- tr.
-
- AEC
-
- ASM
-
- ASS
-
noun,
a long-eared, slow, patient, sure-footed domesticated mammal, Equus asinus, related to the horse, used chiefly as a beast of burden.
- CEA
-
- ASR
-
- TMO
-
- CEO
-
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- at.
-
- ChE
-
noun,
Ernesto [er-nes-taw] /ɛrˈnɛs tɔ/ (Show IPA), ("Che") 1928–67, Cuban revolutionist and political leader, born in Argentina.
- CHA
-
noun,
tea.
- Tom
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- ASI
-
- Ash
-
noun,
the powdery residue of matter that remains after burning.
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- ast
-
- CAS
-
verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- THC
-
- CAI
-
- 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.
- Co.
-
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- cr.
-
- cs.
-
- ct.
-
- ca.
-
- ATC
-
- ThM
-
- 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.
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- Tim
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Timothy.
- CAR
-
noun,
an automobile.
- EMS
-
noun,
the letter M, m.
- ase
-
- CHI
-
noun,
the twenty-second letter of the Greek alphabet (X, χ).
- CRS
-
- TRH
-
- AME
-
- AMC
-
- TCA
-
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- COS
-
noun,
romaine.
- 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.
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- 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.
- COT
-
noun,
a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
- AIM
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- AIC
-
- ahi
-
noun,
yellowfin tuna, widely used in sashimi.
- AHE
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- TCS
-
- AMI
-
noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- ARS
-
- CIM
-
- tha
-
noun,
the fourth letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- th-
-
- CIA
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- 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.
- CIE
-
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- aor
-
- CMA
-
- AMS
-
- ch.
-
- tra
-
- Teh
-
noun,
Te.
- EMR
-
- RIM
-
noun,
the outer edge, border, margin, or brink of something, especially of a circular object.
- EMT
-
- sc.
-
- MOT
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- Mr.
-
plural,
mister: a title of respect prefixed to a man's name or position:
- MRA
-
- MRE
-
- MRI
-
- MSA
-
- MSE
-
- MSH
-
- MSI
-
- MST
-
- Mt.
-
- MTh
-
- MOS
-
noun,
moment (def 1).
- MTI
-
- MTO
-
- MTS
-
- Oc.
-
- OSA
-
- OTC
-
- oar
-
noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- OAS
-
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- Oca
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- och
-
interjection,
(used as an expression of surprise, disapproval, regret, etc.)
- OCR
-
- SCM
-
- MOR
-
- SAR
-
- mho
-
noun,
See under siemens.
- SES
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- mas
-
noun,
mother1 .
- 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.
- MCI
-
- MCR
-
- MEA
-
noun,
an acknowledgment of one's responsibility for a fault or error.
- 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).
- MEC
-
noun,
a pimp; mack.
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- MHA
-
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- MHE
-
- MHR
-
- MOI
-
- mi.
-
- MI5
-
noun,
the government's security and counterespionage service that works in liaison with Scotland Yard's Special Branch.
- MI6
-
noun,
the government's secret intelligence service.
- MIE
-
- MIR
-
noun,
a village commune of peasant farmers in prerevolutionary Russia.
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- se-
-
- SCS
-
- MIT
-
- 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.
- MOC
-
noun,
moccasin.
- Moe
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Morris or Moses.
- OCS
-
- OEM
-
- SHA
-
- ROC
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- RAM
-
noun,
a male sheep.
- RCS
-
- Re.
-
- RMA
-
- RMS
-
plural,
ream.
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- rah
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation of encouragement to a player or team.)
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- ROI
-
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- rat
-
noun,
any of several long-tailed rodents of the family Muridae, of the genus Rattus and related genera, distinguished from the mouse by being larger.
- RCA
-
- ote
-
- RCT
-
- REA
-
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- REM
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- ROA
-
- RMC
-
- rm.
-
plural,
ream.
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- ret
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- rhe
-
noun,
a centimeter-gram-second unit of fluidity, equal to the reciprocal of poise.
- rho
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Greek alphabet (P, ρ).
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- OTS
-
- OTA
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- So.
-
- 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.
- oic
-
- OIr
-
- OIt
-
- Om.
-
- oma
-
plural,
a noun suffix used to form names of tumors, of the kind specified by the base:
- SAE
-
- 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.
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- orc
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- SAC
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- SRO
-
- RTS
-
- ot-
-
- rte
-
- rt.
-
- RSS
-
- RSE
-
- RSA
-
- Rs.
-
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- Orr
-
noun,
Sir John Boyd, Boyd Orr, Sir John.
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- ose
-
- OSS
-
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- Mao
-
- Meo
-
noun,
Miao (def 1).
- MAE
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- SMS
-
- HSM
-
- hae
-
verb (used with object), auxiliary verb,
have.
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- SOS
-
noun,
any call for help:
- HAM
-
noun,
a cut of meat from the heavy-muscled part of a hog's rear quarter, between hip and hock, usually cured.
- 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).
- HAT
-
noun,
a shaped covering for the head, usually with a crown and brim, especially for wear outdoors.
- HCM
-
- HCR
-
- SOC
-
noun,
sociology or a class or course in sociology.
- het
-
noun,
a heterosexual person.
- hr.
-
- HIC
-
interjection,
(an onomatopoeic word used to imitate or represent a hiccup.)
- hie
-
verb (used with object),
to hasten (oneself):
- 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.
- SMA
-
- hot
-
noun,
the hots, Slang. intense sexual desire or attraction.
- HRE
-
- hrs
-
- HST
-
- Sr.
-
- HMS
-
- ht.
-
- ETR
-
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- STM
-
- err
-
verb (used without object),
to go astray in thought or belief; be mistaken; be incorrect.
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- ERT
-
- STI
-
- ESA
-
- Esc
-
- ESR
-
- ess
-
noun,
the letter S, s.
- ETO
-
- ETS
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- Sta
-
- St.
-
- SST
-
- SSR
-
- SSM
-
- SSI
-
- SSE
-
- SSC
-
- SSA
-
- ss.
-
- SRS
-
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- TSS
-
- ISR
-
- Ir.
-
- ior
-
- 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).
- 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.
- ist
-
- Mc-
-
- ITA
-
- sht
-
- IOT
-
- IRC
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- IRO
-
- IRS
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ITC
-
- sho
-
- ISA
-
- ise
-
- Hts
-
- IOC
-
- Me.
-
- IHS
-
- ier
-
- she
-
noun,
a female person or animal.
- 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.
- sis
-
noun,
sister.
- MSC
-
- MS.
-
plural,
manuscript.
- Mo.
-
- ics
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- io-
-
- MIA
-
plural,
missing in action.
- Ia.
-
- ism
-
noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- IAS
-
- ish
-
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- ICA
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- 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.
- ite
-
- 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.
- t.
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- MH
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- M.
-
- MA
-
noun,
mother1 .
- eh
-
interjection,
(an interrogative utterance, usually expressing surprise or doubt or seeking confirmation).
- T1
-
- RO
-
- 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.
- AH
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation of pain, surprise, pity, complaint, dislike, joy, etc., according to the manner of utterance.)
- A.
-
noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- AO
-
- HI
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of high:
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- SM
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- OA
-
- O.
-
- i.
-
- TC
-
- ic
-
- HO
-
noun,
a sexually promiscuous woman.
- sh
-
interjection,
(used to urge silence.)
- TM
-
- HE
-
noun,
any male person or animal; a man:
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- SA
-
- RI
-
- S.
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- EI
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- CE
-
- h.
-
- R.
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- CM
-
- RC
-
- RH
-
- OH
-
noun,
the exclamation “oh.”.