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- lacerations
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noun,
the result of lacerating; a rough, jagged tear.
- unactorlike
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- declaration
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noun,
the act of declaring; announcement:
- reductional
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- elucidators
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- educational
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adjective,
pertaining to education.
- radiolucent
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- coral-snake
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noun,
any of numerous venomous elapid snakes, found chiefly in the New World tropics, as Micrurus fulvius (eastern coral snake) of the southeastern U.S., often brilliantly marked with bands of red, yellow, and black.
- aeronautics
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noun,
the science or art of flight.
- antisudoral
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- lacustrine
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adjective,
of or relating to a lake.
- andalusite
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noun,
an orthorhombic form of aluminum silicate, Al 2 SiO 5 , found in schistose rocks.
- discounter
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noun,
a person who discounts.
- discarnate
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adjective,
without a physical body; incorporeal.
- elucidator
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- sacerdotal
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adjective,
of priests; priestly.
- introduces
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verb (used with object),
to present (a person) to another so as to make acquainted.
- Alcoranist
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noun,
a person who believes in an absolutely literal interpretation of the Koran.
- keratinous
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adjective,
composed of or resembling keratin; horny.
- laceration
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noun,
the result of lacerating; a rough, jagged tear.
- acetonuria
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noun,
ketonuria.
- keratoncus
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- soundtrack
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noun,
the narrow band on one or both sides of a motion-picture film on which sound is recorded.
- acidulates
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verb (used with object),
to make somewhat acid.
- Delsartian
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adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of François Delsarte or the Delsarte method.
- Australoid
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noun,
Anthropology. a descriptive category including principally the Australian Aborigines and sometimes including Papuans, Melanesians, various small-statured peoples, as Negritos, of the Philippines, Malay Peninsula, and Andaman Islands, and some of the tribes of central and southern India.
- rediscount
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verb (used with object),
to discount again.
- translucid
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- understock
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- undercoats
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noun,
a coat or jacket worn under another.
- educations
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noun,
the act or process of imparting or acquiring general knowledge, developing the powers of reasoning and judgment, and generally of preparing oneself or others intellectually for mature life.
- corn-salad
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noun,
any of several plants of the genus Valerianella, of the valerian family, especially V. locusta (or V. olitoria), having small light blue flowers and tender, narrow leaves eaten in salads.
- inoculates
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verb (used with object),
to implant (a disease agent or antigen) in a person, animal, or plant to produce a disease for study or to stimulate disease resistance.
- close-knit
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adjective,
tightly united, connected, or organized.
- ascaridole
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noun,
a liquid, C 10 H 16 O 2 , constituting the active principle of chenopodium oil, used chiefly as a catalyst in polymerization reactions.
- inosculate
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verb (used with or without object),
to unite by openings, as arteries in anastomosis.
- ultrasonic
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adjective,
of, relating to, or utilizing ultrasound.
- senatorial
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adjective,
of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or befitting a senator or senate:
- truckloads
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noun,
the amount that a truck can carry.
- lardaceous
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adjective,
lardlike; fatty.
- Strickland
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noun,
William, 1787–1854, U.S. architect and engineer.
- Leuckartia
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- sectorial
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adjective,
of or relating to a sector.
- adulation
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noun,
excessive devotion to someone; servile flattery.
- serotinal
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adjective,
pertaining to or occurring in late summer.
- courtesan
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noun,
a prostitute or paramour, especially one associating with noblemen or men of wealth.
- courtlike
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- courtside
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noun,
(in sports) the area adjoining the official playing area of a court, as in basketball, tennis, or volleyball.
- courantes
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noun,
a dance dating back to the 17th century and characterized by a running or gliding step.
- reclusion
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noun,
the condition or life of a recluse.
- custodial
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noun,
a container or receptacle for something sacred, as the Host.
- air-lance
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noun,
a lance using an air blast.
- custodian
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noun,
a person who has custody; keeper; guardian.
- Caledonia
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noun,
Chiefly Literary. Scotland.
- untracked
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adjective,
that is not or cannot be tracked or traced:
- air-slake
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verb (used with object),
to slake (lime or the like) with moist air.
- klendusic
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- transduce
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verb (used with object),
to convert (energy) from one form into another.
- rationals
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noun,
Mathematics. rational number.
- countries
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noun,
a state or nation:
- ordinates
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noun,
Mathematics. (in plane Cartesian coordinates) the y-coordinate of a point: its distance from the x-axis measured parallel to the y-axis.
- ironclads
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noun,
a wooden warship of the middle or late 19th century having iron or steel armor plating.
- creations
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noun,
the act of producing or causing to exist; the act of creating; engendering.
- croustade
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noun,
a shell of bread or pastry, sometimes of noodles, rice, or mashed potatoes, baked or fried and filled with ragout or the like.
- Orleanais
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noun,
a former province in N France. Capital: Orléans.
- cankerous
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- trackside
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adjective,
located next to a railroad track.
- aeronauts
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noun,
the pilot of a balloon or other lighter-than-air aircraft.
- rationale
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noun,
the fundamental reason or reasons serving to account for something.
- recountal
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noun,
an act of recounting.
- anorectal
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adjective,
of, relating to, or associated with the anus and rectum.
- ketonuria
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noun,
the presence of ketone bodies in the urine.
- steradian
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noun,
a solid angle at the center of a sphere subtending a section on the surface equal in area to the square of the radius of the sphere. Abbreviation: sr.
- Sterculia
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noun,
any of various tropical trees of the genus Sterculia, of which some species are grown as ornamentals and some are the source of commercially valuable wood.
- seduction
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noun,
an act or instance of seducing, especially sexually.
- cardinals
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noun,
Roman Catholic Church. a high ecclesiastic appointed by the pope to the College of Cardinals and ranking above every other ecclesiastic but the pope.
- calutrons
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noun,
a device for separating isotopes by atomic mass, operating in a manner similar to a mass spectrograph.
- trainload
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noun,
the cargo or passenger capacity of a train.
- Orleanist
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noun,
a supporter of the Orléans branch of the former French royal family and of its claim to the throne of France through descent from the younger brother of Louis XIV.
- craniates
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noun,
a craniate animal.
- cantorial
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adjective,
of or relating to a cantor.
- lacertids
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noun,
any of numerous Old World lizards of the family Lacertidae.
- Cornstalk
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noun,
the stalk or stem of corn, especially Indian corn.
- larcenous
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adjective,
of, resembling, or characteristic of larceny.
- coastline
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noun,
the outline or contour of a coast; shoreline.
- coastland
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noun,
land along a coast; seacoast.
- coadunate
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adjective,
united by growth.
- causation
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noun,
the action of causing or producing.
- Aleutians
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noun,
Aleut (def 1).
- analcites
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noun,
a white or slightly colored zeolite mineral, Na(AlSi 2 O 6)⋅H 2 O, generally found in crystalline form.
- radiocast
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noun,
a radiobroadcast.
- truckload
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noun,
the amount that a truck can carry.
- Laodicean
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noun,
a person who is lukewarm or indifferent, especially in religion.
- Anacletus
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noun,
flourished 1st century a.d, pope 76–88.
- outrances
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noun,
the utmost extremity.
- laitances
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noun,
a milky deposit on the surface of new cement or concrete, usually caused by too much water.
- Centralia
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noun,
a city in central Illinois.
- laudation
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noun,
an act or instance of lauding; encomium; tribute.
- laundries
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noun,
articles of clothing, linens, etc., that have been or are to be washed.
- centroids
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noun,
Mechanics. the point that may be considered as the center of a one- or two-dimensional figure, the sum of the displacements of all points in the figure from such a point being zero.
Compare center of mass.
- centurial
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adjective,
pertaining to a century.
- truancies
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noun,
the act or state of being truant.
- Ceratodus
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noun,
a lungfish of either of two genera, Ceratodus or Neoceratodus, having hornlike ridges on the teeth.
- clarinets
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noun,
a woodwind instrument in the form of a cylindrical tube with a single reed attached to its mouthpiece.
- Claretian
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noun,
a member of the “Congregation of the Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary,” founded in Spain in 1849, and devoted chiefly to missionary work.
- radiances
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noun,
radiant brightness or light:
- certosina
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noun,
a technique of inlaying light-colored material, as bone, ivory, metal, or pale wood, in elaborate designs on a dark ground.
- Aleksandr
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- cauldrons
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noun,
a large kettle or boiler.
- Cornelius
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noun,
Saint, died a.d. 253, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 251–253.
- Androcles
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noun,
a slave who was spared in the arena by a lion from whose foot he had long before extracted a thorn.
- unstoried
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adjective,
without a history; not written as history or told as folklore:
- Solutrean
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adjective,
Archaeology. of or designating an Upper Paleolithic European culture c18,000–16,000 b.c., characterized by the making of stone projectile points and low-relief stone sculptures.
- carolines
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noun,
a female given name.
- unstalked
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- anecdotal
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adjective,
pertaining to, resembling, or containing anecdotes:
- unslicked
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- unslacked
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- contrails
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noun,
a visible condensation of water droplets or ice crystals from the atmosphere, occurring in the wake of an aircraft, rocket, or missile under certain conditions.
- consulate
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noun,
the premises officially occupied by a consul.
- Androsace
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noun,
any plant of the genus Androsace, of the primrose family, having basal leaves and white or reddish flowers.
- androecia
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noun,
the stamens of a flower collectively.
- Kunstlied
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- Cointreau
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- Kurdistan
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noun,
a mountain and plateau region in SE Turkey, NW Iran, and N Iraq: inhabited largely by Kurds. 74,000 sq. mi. (191,660 sq. km).
- conelrads
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noun,
a system formerly used by the U.S. civil defense system to prevent enemy planes or missiles from homing on radio and television frequencies.
- cartloads
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noun,
the amount a cart can hold.
- caseation
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noun,
Pathology. transformation of tissue into a soft cheeselike mass, as in tuberculosis.
- ransacked
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- cast-iron
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noun,
an alloy of iron, carbon, and other elements, cast as a soft and strong, or as a hard and brittle, iron, depending on the mixture and methods of molding.
- sidetrack
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noun,
any railroad track, other than a siding, auxiliary to the main track.
- catenoids
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noun,
the surface generated by rotating a catenary about its axis of symmetry.
- colanders
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noun,
a metal or plastic container with a perforated bottom, for draining and straining foods.
- outlander
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noun,
a foreigner; alien.
- ancestral
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adjective,
pertaining to ancestors; descending or claimed from ancestors:
- Cartesian
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noun,
a follower of Cartesian thought.
- orientals
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noun,
(usually initial capital letter) Older Use: Usually Disparaging and Offensive. a native or inhabitant of the Orient, or East.
- introduce
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verb (used with object),
to present (a person) to another so as to make acquainted.
- dicentras
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noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Dicentra, of the fumitory family, having long clusters of drooping flowers, as the Dutchman's-breeches or the bleeding heart.
- acidulate
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verb (used with object),
to make somewhat acid.
- acidulent
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noun,
Chemistry. acidulant.
- auctorial
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adjective,
of, by, or pertaining to an author:
- sclerotia
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noun,
a vegetative, resting food-storage body in certain higher fungi, composed of a compact mass of hardened mycelia.
- underacts
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verb (used with or without object),
to underplay.
- sclerotin
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noun,
an insoluble protein that serves to stiffen the chitin of the cuticle of arthropods.
- tailraces
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noun,
the race, flume, or channel leading away from a waterwheel or the like.
- nickelous
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adjective,
containing bivalent nickel.
- undercast
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noun,
Mining. a crossing of two passages, as airways, dug at the same level so that one descends to pass beneath the other without any opening into it.
Compare overcast (def 9).
- undercoat
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noun,
a coat or jacket worn under another.
- roundlets
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noun,
a small circle or circular object.
- Escalator
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noun,
Also called moving staircase, moving stairway. a continuously moving stairway on an endless loop for carrying passengers up or down.
- diaconate
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noun,
the office or dignity of a deacon.
- Deucalion
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noun,
a son of Prometheus who survived the Deluge to regenerate the human race.
- detrusion
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noun,
the act of detruding.
- scoundrel
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noun,
an unprincipled, dishonorable person; villain.
- undersoil
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noun,
subsoil.
- acroleins
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noun,
a yellow, flammable liquid, C 3 H 4 O, having a stifling odor, usually obtained by the decomposition of glycerol: used chiefly in the synthesis of commercial and pharmaceutical products.
- Auslander
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noun,
foreigner; alien; outlander.
- estradiol
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noun,
Biochemistry. an estrogenic hormone, C 18 H 24 O 2 , produced by the maturing Graafian follicle, that causes proliferation and thickening of the tissues and blood vessels of the endometrium.
- neurotics
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noun,
a neurotic person.
- acidulant
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noun,
an acidulating substance.
- diner-out
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noun,
a person who dines out.
- autarkies
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noun,
the condition of self-sufficiency, especially economic, as applied to a nation.
- rock-salt
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noun,
common salt occurring in extensive, irregular beds in rocklike masses.
- tenacious
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adjective,
holding fast; characterized by keeping a firm hold (often followed by of):
- oceanauts
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noun,
aquanaut.
- duckstone
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- arsenical
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noun,
any of a group of pesticides, drugs, or other compounds containing arsenic.
- ducktails
-
- dulcianas
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noun,
an organ stop having metal pipes and giving thin, incisive, somewhat stringlike tones.
- dulcineas
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noun,
a ladylove; sweetheart.
- Doncaster
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noun,
a city in South Yorkshire, in N England.
- ascertain
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verb (used with object),
to find out definitely; learn with certainty or assurance; determine:
- rockslide
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- scalation
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noun,
an arrangement of scales, as on a fish.
- one-track
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adjective,
having only one track.
- doctrinal
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adjective,
of, relating to, or concerned with doctrine:
- talukdari
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- Education
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noun,
the act or process of imparting or acquiring general knowledge, developing the powers of reasoning and judgment, and generally of preparing oneself or others intellectually for mature life.
- eductions
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noun,
the act of educing.
- Uitlander
-
noun,
a foreigner, especially a British settler in the Boer republics prior to the formation of the Union of South Africa.
- one-a-cat
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noun,
one old cat.
- arcuation
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noun,
the state of being bent or curved.
- urokinase
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noun,
an enzyme, present in the blood and urine of mammals, that activates plasminogen and is used medicinally to dissolve blood clots.
- disnature
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verb (used with object),
to deprive (something) of its proper nature or appearance; make unnatural.
- dislocate
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noun,
Gymnastics. a maneuver on the rings in which a gymnast in an inverted pike position turns over to swing down while pushing the arms out and turning them so that the palms are facing out when the body turns over.
- autacoids
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noun,
any physiologically active internal secretion, especially one of uncertain classification, as histamine or prostaglandin.
- Dickerson
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noun,
Eric Demetric [dih-me-trik] /dɪˈmɛ trɪk/ (Show IPA), born 1960, U.S. football player.
- cilantros
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noun,
the strong-scented leaves of the coriander plant, used in salads or to flavor and garnish food.
- suctorial
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adjective,
adapted for sucking or suction, as an organ; functioning as a sucker for imbibing or adhering.
- sudatoria
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noun,
a hot-air bath for inducing sweating.
- reduction
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noun,
the act of reducing or the state of being reduced.
- inoculate
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verb (used with object),
to implant (a disease agent or antigen) in a person, animal, or plant to produce a disease for study or to stimulate disease resistance.
- declarant
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noun,
a person who declares or makes a declaration or statement.
- indurates
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adjective,
hardened; unfeeling; callous; inured.
- suctorian
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noun,
a suctorial animal.
- idolaters
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noun,
Also, idolist [ahyd-l-ist] /ˈaɪd l ɪst/ (Show IPA). a worshiper of idols.
- autocades
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noun,
a procession or parade of automobiles; motorcade.
- antisolar
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adjective,
(on the celestial sphere) opposite the sun.
- Naucratis
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noun,
an ancient Greek city in N Egypt, on the Nile delta.
- relations
-
noun,
an existing connection; a significant association between or among things:
- inclosure
-
noun,
enclosure.
- Actoridae
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plural noun,
Moliones.
- cadential
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adjective,
of, relating to, or constituting a musical cadence.
- actuaries
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noun,
Insurance. a person who computes premium rates, dividends, risks, etc., according to probabilities based on statistical records.
- nectarous
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adjective,
of the nature of or resembling nectar.
- sectarian
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noun,
a member of a sect.
- insulator
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noun,
Electricity.
a material of such low conductivity that the flow of current through it is negligible.
insulating material, often glass or porcelain, in a unit form designed so as to support a charged conductor and electrically isolate it.
- decurions
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noun,
the head of a decury.
- sectional
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noun,
a sofa composed of several independent sections that can be arranged individually or in various combinations.
- oatcakes
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noun,
a cake, usually thin and brittle, made of oatmeal.
- asteroid
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noun,
Also called minor planet. Astronomy. any of the thousands of small bodies of from 480 miles (775 km) to less than one mile (1.6 km) in diameter that revolve about the sun in orbits lying mostly between those of Mars and Jupiter.
- calendar
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noun,
a table or register with the days of each month and week in a year:
- Cernauti
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noun,
a city in SW Ukraine, on the Prut River: formerly in Romania.
- loadstar
-
noun,
lodestar.
- nautical
-
adjective,
of or relating to sailors, ships, or navigation:
- astonied
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adjective,
dazed; bewildered; filled with consternation.
- Caulonia
-
noun,
a town in S Calabria, in S Italy: ruins of ancient Achaean colony.
- Asturian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Asturias.
- caulkers
-
noun,
a person who caulks the seams of boats or the like.
- seatrain
-
noun,
a ship for the transportation of loaded railroad cars.
- calderas
-
noun,
a large, basinlike depression resulting from the explosion or collapse of the center of a volcano.
- cauldron
-
noun,
a large kettle or boiler.
- sea-lion
-
noun,
any of several large eared seals, as Eumetopias jubatus (Steller's sea lion) of the northern Pacific, and Zalophus californicus (California sea lion) of the Pacific coast of North America.
- scenario
-
noun,
an outline of the plot of a dramatic work, giving particulars as to the scenes, characters, situations, etc.
- caudaite
-
noun,
a small meteorite, generally less than one half millimeter in diameter, containing crystals of more or less pure magnetite.
- Liakoura
-
noun,
modern name of Parnassus (def 1).
- uncasked
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- leotards
-
noun,
a skintight, one-piece garment for the torso, having a high or low neck, long or short sleeves, and a lower portion resembling either briefs or tights, worn by acrobats, dancers, etc.
- cilantro
-
noun,
the strong-scented leaves of the coriander plant, used in salads or to flavor and garnish food.
- catslide
-
noun,
(in early American architecture) a steep roof ending close to the ground, as on a saltbox.
- cautions
-
noun,
alertness and prudence in a hazardous situation; care; wariness:
- trounces
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verb (used with object),
to beat severely; thrash.
- trundles
-
noun,
a small wheel, roller, or the like.
- celadons
-
noun,
any of several Chinese porcelains having a translucent, pale green glaze.
- naturals
-
noun,
any person or thing that is or is likely or certain to be very suitable to and successful in an endeavor without much training or difficulty.
- ocarinas
-
noun,
a simple musical wind instrument shaped somewhat like an elongated egg with a mouthpiece and finger holes.
- calutron
-
noun,
a device for separating isotopes by atomic mass, operating in a manner similar to a mass spectrograph.
- Artesian
-
adjective,
noting, pertaining to, or characteristic of an artesian well.
- linocuts
-
noun,
a cut made from a design cut into linoleum mounted on a block of wood.
- centaurs
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of a race of monsters having the head, trunk, and arms of a man, and the body and legs of a horse.
- articled
-
noun,
a written composition in prose, usually nonfiction, on a specific topic, forming an independent part of a book or other publication, as a newspaper or magazine.
- linstock
-
noun,
a staff with one end forked to hold a match, formerly used in firing cannon.
- line-out
-
noun,
a procedure for putting an out-of-bounds ball back in play, whereby a player outside the touchline tosses the ball high and between two lines of opposing forwards lined up perpendicular to the touchline.
- oceanaut
-
noun,
aquanaut.
- asternal
-
adjective,
not reaching to or connected with the sternum.
- lodestar
-
noun,
a star that shows the way.
- Canaries
-
noun,
any of several Old World finches of the genus Serinus, especially S. canaria (common canary) native to the Canary Islands and often kept as a pet, in the wild being greenish with brown streaks above and yellow below and in domesticated varieties usually bright yellow or pale yellow.
- nuclides
-
noun,
an atomic species in which the atoms all have the same atomic number and mass number.
- nucleoid
-
noun,
the central region in a prokaryotic cell, as a bacterium, that contains the chromosomes and that has no surrounding membrane.
- candelas
-
noun,
a basic unit of luminous intensity in the International System of Units (SI), formally defined as the luminous intensity of a source that emits monochromatic radiation of frequency 540 × 10 12 hertz and that has a radiant intensity of 1/683 watt/steradian: adopted in 1979 as the international standard of luminous intensity. Abbreviation: Cd.
- sedation
-
noun,
the calming of mental excitement or abatement of physiological function, especially by the administration of a drug.
- notaries
-
noun,
notary public.
- ceratoid
-
adjective,
hornlike; horny.
- notarial
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of a notary public.
- centrals
-
noun,
a main telephone exchange.
a telephone operator at such an exchange.
- Truckles
-
noun,
truckle bed.
- neurotic
-
noun,
a neurotic person.
- turnsole
-
noun,
any of several plants regarded as turning with the movement of the sun.
- carneous
-
adjective,
fleshlike; flesh-colored.
- Cardenas
-
noun,
Lázaro [lah-sah-raw] /ˈlɑ sɑˌrɔ/ (Show IPA), 1895–1970, Mexican general and political reformer: president 1934–40.
- Caroline
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Carolina
-
noun,
a former English colony on the Atlantic coast of North America: officially divided into North Carolina and South Carolina in 1729.
- Aurelian
-
noun,
(Lucius Domitius Aurelianus) a.d. 212?–275, Roman emperor 270–275.
- aureolin
-
noun,
a pigment used in painting, consisting of potassium cobaltinitrite and characterized by its brilliant yellow hue, transparency, and permanence.
- auricles
-
noun,
Anatomy.
the projecting outer portion of the ear; pinna.
Also called auricular appendage. an ear-shaped appendage projecting from each atrium of the heart.
(loosely) the atrium.
- Cardinal
-
noun,
Roman Catholic Church. a high ecclesiastic appointed by the pope to the College of Cardinals and ranking above every other ecclesiastic but the pope.
- Carolean
-
adjective,
characteristic of the time of Charles I and II of England:
- autocade
-
noun,
a procession or parade of automobiles; motorcade.
- Carniola
-
noun,
a former duchy and crown land of Austria: now part of Slovenia.
- lunatics
-
noun,
(no longer in technical use; now considered offensive) an insane person.
- lucarnes
-
noun,
a dormer window.
- carotids
-
noun,
Also called carotid artery. either of the two large arteries, one on each side of the head, that carry blood to the head and that divide into an external branch supplying the neck, face, and other external parts, and an internal branch supplying the brain, eye, and other internal parts.
- lunacies
-
noun,
insanity; mental disorder.
- neutrals
-
noun,
a person or a nation that remains neutral, as in a controversy or war.
- carloads
-
noun,
the amount carried by a car, especially a freight car.
- carlines
-
noun,
an old woman.
- Carleton
-
noun,
Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester, 1724–1808, English general.
- Neustria
-
noun,
the W part of the Frankish kingdom, corresponding roughly to N and NW France.
- Lucretia
-
noun,
Also, Lucrece [loo-krees] /luˈkris/ (Show IPA). Roman Legend. a Roman woman whose suicide led to the expulsion of the Tarquins and the establishment of the Roman republic.
- Austral.
-
- carioles
-
noun,
a small, open, two-wheeled vehicle.
- carinula
-
noun,
a small carina.
- carinate
-
adjective,
Zoology, Botany. formed with a carina; keellike.
- autacoid
-
noun,
any physiologically active internal secretion, especially one of uncertain classification, as histamine or prostaglandin.
- Scotland
-
noun,
a division of the United Kingdom in the N part of Great Britain. 30,412 sq. mi. (78,772 sq. km). Capital: Edinburgh.
- carotins
-
noun,
carotene.
- Caterina
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Catherine.
- caseload
-
noun,
the number of cases handled by a court, an agency, a social worker, etc., either at any given moment or over a stated period.
- caterans
-
noun,
(formerly) a freebooter or marauder of the Scottish Highlands.
- canister
-
noun,
a small box or jar, often one of a kitchen set, for holding tea, coffee, flour, and sugar.
- nocturia
-
noun,
a condition in which one often wakes up during the night to urinate.
- catenoid
-
noun,
the surface generated by rotating a catenary about its axis of symmetry.
- noctuids
-
noun,
Also called owlet moth. any of numerous dull-colored moths of the family Noctuidae, the larvae of which include the armyworms and cutworms.
- Nocardia
-
noun,
any of several filamentous or rod-shaped, aerobic bacteria of the genus Nocardia, certain species of which are pathogenic for humans and other animals.
- nacreous
-
adjective,
of or relating to nacre.
- Auckland
-
noun,
a seaport on N North Island, in New Zealand.
- sidelock
-
noun,
earlock.
- auctions
-
noun,
Also called public sale. a publicly held sale at which property or goods are sold to the highest bidder.
- Lorestan
-
noun,
Luristan.
- loricate
-
adjective,
covered with a lorica.
- canotier
-
noun,
a fabric constructed in a twill weave, used in the manufacture of yachting clothes.
- carousal
-
noun,
a noisy or drunken feast or social gathering; revelry.
- cadastre
-
noun,
an official register of the ownership, extent, and value of real property in a given area, used as a basis of taxation.
- tunicles
-
noun,
a vestment worn over the alb by subdeacons, as at the celebration of the Mass, and by bishops.
- senorita
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to miss, used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a girl or unmarried woman. Abbreviation: Srta.
- scleroid
-
adjective,
hard or indurated.
- cartload
-
noun,
the amount a cart can hold.
- autocide
-
noun,
suicide by crashing the vehicle one is driving.
- Nicklaus
-
noun,
Jack (William) born 1940, U.S. golfer.
- carousel
-
noun,
merry-go-round (def 1).
- cantoris
-
adjective,
of or relating to the gospel or liturgical north side of a church (opposed to decani).
- caldrons
-
noun,
cauldron.
- Lusatian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Lusatia.
- Luristan
-
noun,
a mountainous region in W Iran.
- noctules
-
noun,
a large reddish insectivorous bat, Nyctalus noctula, common to Europe and Asia.
- rotundas
-
noun,
a round building, especially one with a dome.
- Leonidas
-
noun,
died 480 b.c, Greek hero: king of Sparta 489?–480.
- denarius
-
noun,
a silver coin and monetary unit of ancient Rome, first issued in the latter part of the 3rd century b.c., that fluctuated in value and sometimes appeared as a bronze coin.
- strickle
-
noun,
a straightedge used for sweeping off heaped-up grain to the level of the rim of a measure.
- toenails
-
noun,
a nail of a toe.
- idolater
-
noun,
Also, idolist [ahyd-l-ist] /ˈaɪd l ɪst/ (Show IPA). a worshiper of idols.
- idocrase
-
noun,
vesuvianite.
- decrials
-
noun,
the act of decrying; noisy censure.
- decurion
-
noun,
the head of a decury.
- toadlike
-
- delusion
-
noun,
an act or instance of deluding.
- Tirolean
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of the Tyrol.
- includes
-
verb (used with object),
to contain, as a whole does parts or any part or element:
- Eustacia
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Eurasian
-
noun,
the offspring of a European and an Asian.
- dentalia
-
noun,
any tooth shell of the genus Dentalium.
- suricate
-
noun,
a small, burrowing South African carnivore, Suricata suricatta, of a grayish color with dark bands across the back, related to the mongooses and having social behavior similar to that of prairie dogs.
- Etruscan
-
noun,
an inhabitant of ancient Etruria.
- deration
-
verb (used with object),
to discontinue the rationing of (something).
- estocada
-
noun,
the thrust of the sword by the matador into the bull in the final stage of a bullfight, designed to kill the bull.
- Estancia
-
noun,
(in Spanish America) a landed estate or a cattle ranch.
- detrains
-
verb (used without object),
to alight from a railway train; arrive by train.
- stricken
-
noun,
an act or instance of striking.
- dataries
-
noun,
the office of the Curia Romana that investigates candidates for papal benefices.
- Escorial
-
noun,
a building in central Spain, 27 miles (43 km) NW of Madrid, containing a monastery, palace, church, and mausoleum of the Spanish sovereigns: erected 1563–84.
- stockade
-
noun,
Fortification. a defensive barrier consisting of strong posts or timbers fixed upright in the ground.
- kalendar
-
noun,
a calendar, especially of a church:
- isolated
-
noun,
a person, thing, or group that is set apart or isolated, as for purposes of study.
- stickler
-
noun,
a person who insists on something unyieldingly (usually followed by for):
- islander
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of an island.
- stinkard
-
noun,
a despicable person; stinker.
- curtails
-
noun,
a horizontal, spiral termination to the lower end of a stair railing.
- curtains
-
noun,
a hanging piece of fabric used to shut out the light from a window, adorn a room, increase privacy, etc.
- ironclad
-
noun,
a wooden warship of the middle or late 19th century having iron or steel armor plating.
- cutlines
-
noun,
a caption or legend accompanying a cut or illustration in a publication.
- inducers
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a substance that has the capability of activating genes within a cell.
- intrudes
-
verb (used with object),
to thrust or bring in without invitation, permission, or welcome.
- intrados
-
noun,
the interior curve or surface of an arch or vault.
- insulate
-
verb (used with object),
to cover, line, or separate with a material that prevents or reduces the passage, transfer, or leakage of heat, electricity, or sound:
- instroke
-
noun,
a stroke traveling in an inward direction.
- insolate
-
verb (used with object),
to expose to the sun's rays; treat by exposure to the sun's rays.
- strained
-
noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- indurate
-
adjective,
hardened; unfeeling; callous; inured.
- darioles
-
noun,
a small round mold.
- inductor
-
noun,
Also called inductance. Electricity. a coil used to introduce inductance into an electric circuit.
- Escurial
-
noun,
Escorial.
- diaconal
-
adjective,
pertaining to a deacon.
- starlike
-
adjective,
of the shape of or like a star.
- donicker
-
noun,
bathroom; toilet.
- D-notice
-
noun,
a government notice sent to newspapers or other publications requesting them to withhold information for reasons of state security.
- edacious
-
adjective,
devouring; voracious; consuming.
- tankards
-
noun,
a large drinking cup, usually with a handle and a hinged cover.
- ticklers
-
noun,
a person or thing that tickles.
- doctrine
-
noun,
a particular principle, position, or policy taught or advocated, as of a religion or government:
- Eastland
-
noun,
James O(liver) 1904–86, U.S. politician: senator 1941, 1943–78.
- earlocks
-
noun,
a lock of hair worn near or in front of the ear.
- Teucrian
-
noun,
one of the ancient Trojans.
- duration
-
noun,
the length of time something continues or exists (often used with the).
- eduction
-
noun,
the act of educing.
- durances
-
noun,
incarceration or imprisonment (often used in the phrase durance vile).
- taurines
-
noun,
a neutral crystalline substance, C 2 H 7 NO 3 S, obtained from bile.
- dornicks
-
noun,
a stout linen cloth, especially one of a damask linen.
- Dulcinea
-
noun,
a ladylove; sweetheart.
- Dulciana
-
noun,
an organ stop having metal pipes and giving thin, incisive, somewhat stringlike tones.
- douanier
-
noun,
a customs officer or official.
- ducktail
-
- dourines
-
noun,
an infectious disease of horses, affecting the genitals and hind legs, caused by a protozoan parasite, Trypanosoma equiperdum.
- tendrils
-
noun,
a threadlike, leafless organ of climbing plants, often growing in spiral form, which attaches itself to or twines round some other body, so as to support the plant.
- educator
-
noun,
a person or thing that educates, especially a teacher, principal, or other person involved in planning or directing education.
- eductors
-
noun,
ejector (def 3).
- tail-end
-
noun,
the hinder or rear part of anything.
- diluents
-
noun,
a diluting substance.
- diastole
-
noun,
Physiology. the normal rhythmical dilatation of the heart during which the chambers are filling with blood.
Compare systole (def 1).
- Dicentra
-
noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Dicentra, of the fumitory family, having long clusters of drooping flowers, as the Dutchman's-breeches or the bleeding heart.
- tailored
-
noun,
a person whose occupation is the making, mending, or altering of clothes, especially suits, coats, and other outer garments.
- tailrace
-
noun,
the race, flume, or channel leading away from a waterwheel or the like.
- die-cast
-
adjective,
formed by die casting.
- Eridanus
-
noun,
the River, a large southern constellation between Cetus and Orion, containing the bright star Achernar.
- diestock
-
noun,
a frame for holding a number of standard threaded dies for cutting screw threads.
- Erastian
-
noun,
an advocate of Erastianism.
- dilators
-
noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that dilates some cavity of the body.
- taker-in
-
noun,
licker-in.
- diurnals
-
noun,
Liturgy. a service book containing offices for the daily hours of prayer.
- entrails
-
plural noun,
the internal parts of the trunk of an animal body.
- dinosaur
-
noun,
any chiefly terrestrial, herbivorous or carnivorous reptile of the extinct orders Saurischia and Ornithischia, from the Mesozoic Era, certain species of which are the largest known land animals.
- diocesan
-
noun,
one of the clergy or people of a diocese.
- endosarc
-
noun,
the endoplasm of a protozoan (opposed to ectosarc).
- endocast
-
noun,
endocranial cast.
- discount
-
noun,
the act or an instance of discounting.
- elations
-
noun,
a feeling or state of great joy or pride; exultant gladness; high spirits.
- distance
-
noun,
the extent or amount of space between two things, points, lines, etc.
- talukdar
-
- Touraine
-
noun,
a former province in W France. Capital: Tours.
- trade-in
-
noun,
goods given in whole or, usually, part payment of a purchase:
- cislunar
-
adjective,
of or relating to the space between the earth and the orbit of the moon.
- Ladrones
-
noun,
a thief.
- clunkers
-
noun,
something worthless or inferior.
- Landrace
-
noun,
one of several widely distributed strains of large, white, lop-eared swine of northern European origin.
- Tridacna
-
noun,
a genus of giant clams inhabiting reefs in the South Pacific, attaining a diameter of 4 feet (1.2 meters) or more, and weighing over 500 pounds (227 kg).
- triclads
-
noun,
a planarian.
- coal-tar
-
noun,
a thick, black, viscid liquid formed during the distillation of coal, that upon further distillation yields compounds, as benzene, anthracene, and phenol, from which are derived a large number of dyes, drugs, and other synthetic compounds, and that yields a final residuum (coal-tar pitch) which is used chiefly in making pavements.
- trickles
-
noun,
a trickling flow or stream.
- Laktasic
-
- laitance
-
noun,
a milky deposit on the surface of new cement or concrete, usually caused by too much water.
- coinsure
-
verb (used with or without object),
to insure jointly with another or others.
- Laodicea
-
noun,
ancient name of Latakia.
- lacunose
-
adjective,
full of or having lacunae.
- coistrel
-
noun,
a scoundrel; knave.
- lacunars
-
noun,
Architecture.
a coffered vault, ceiling, or soffit.
coffer (def 4).
- cokernut
-
noun,
coconut.
- lactones
-
noun,
any of a group of internal esters derived from hydroxy acids.
- lacteous
-
adjective,
milky; of the color of milk.
- colander
-
noun,
a metal or plastic container with a perforated bottom, for draining and straining foods.
- centroid
-
noun,
Mechanics. the point that may be considered as the center of a one- or two-dimensional figure, the sum of the displacements of all points in the figure from such a point being zero.
Compare center of mass.
- Lacertid
-
noun,
any of numerous Old World lizards of the family Lacertidae.
- laniards
-
noun,
lanyard.
- clotures
-
noun,
a method of closing a debate and causing an immediate vote to be taken on the question.
- colinear
-
adjective,
collinear.
- clarions
-
noun,
an ancient trumpet with a curved shape.
- cisterna
-
noun,
cistern (def 2).
- citreous
-
adjective,
lemon-yellow; greenish-yellow.
- Clairaut
-
noun,
Alexis Claude [a-lek-see klohd] /a lɛkˈsi kloʊd/ (Show IPA), 1713–65, French mathematician.
- Clairton
-
noun,
a city in SW Pennsylvania.
- lections
-
noun,
a version of a passage in a particular copy or edition of a text; a variant reading.
- lean-tos
-
noun,
a shack or shed supported at one side by trees or posts and having an inclined roof.
- Clarinda
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Clara.
- clarinet
-
noun,
a woodwind instrument in the form of a cylindrical tube with a single reed attached to its mouthpiece.
- clarinos
-
noun,
a valveless trumpet used in the 17th and 18th centuries for playing rapid passages in the high register.
- clarkias
-
noun,
any of various western U.S. plants belonging to the genus Clarkia, of the evening primrose family, having narrow leaves and ornamental red or purple flowers.
- laotians
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Laos.
- Claudine
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Claudia.
- cleanout
-
noun,
an act of cleaning out.
- launders
-
noun,
(in ore dressing) a passage carrying products of intermediate grade and residue in water suspension.
- clinkers
-
noun,
a mass of incombustible matter fused together, as in the burning of coal.
- trinodal
-
adjective,
having three nodes or joints.
- trindles
-
noun,
British Dialect. a wheel, especially of a wheelbarrow.
- cloister
-
noun,
a covered walk, especially in a religious institution, having an open arcade or colonnade usually opening onto a courtyard.
- Clorinda
-
noun,
a female given name.
- close-in
-
adjective,
near, as to a common center; adjacent, especially to a city:
- societal
-
adjective,
noting or pertaining to large social groups, or to their activities, customs, etc.
- sodalite
-
noun,
a mineral, sodium aluminum silicate, Na 4 Al 3 Si 3 O 12 Cl, occurring massive and in crystals, usually blue in color and found in certain alkali-rich igneous rocks.
- Karelian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Karelia.
- keratins
-
noun,
a scleroprotein or albuminoid substance, found in the dead outer skin layer, and in horn, hair, feathers, hoofs, nails, claws, bills, etc.
- courante
-
noun,
a dance dating back to the 17th century and characterized by a running or gliding step.
- courants
-
noun,
courante.
- Courland
-
noun,
a former duchy on the Baltic: later, a province of Russia and, in 1918, incorporated into Latvia.
- courlans
-
noun,
the limpkin.
- sourdine
-
noun,
mute (def 10).
- craniate
-
noun,
a craniate animal.
- crankles
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
bend; turn; crinkle.
- keratoid
-
adjective,
resembling horn; horny.
- Creation
-
noun,
the act of producing or causing to exist; the act of creating; engendering.
- counters
-
noun,
a table or display case on which goods can be shown, business transacted, etc.
- keitloas
-
noun,
a variety of the black rhinoceros having the posterior horn equal to or longer than the anterior horn.
- crinkles
-
noun,
a wrinkle or ripple.
- Croatian
-
noun,
a Croat.
- crotalin
-
noun,
a protein in the venom of pit vipers, used as an antigen in the preparation of snake antivenins.
- katcinas
-
noun,
kachina.
- crudites
-
noun,
an appetizer consisting of a variety of raw vegetables, usually cut into strips or bite-size pieces, and served with a dip.
- Karoline
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Karlstad
-
noun,
a city in S Sweden.
- traduces
-
verb (used with object),
to speak maliciously and falsely of; slander; defame:
- counties
-
noun,
the largest administrative division of a U.S. state:
- counter-
-
- trenails
-
noun,
treenail.
- transude
-
verb (used without object),
to pass or ooze through pores or interstices, as a fluid.
- Coltrane
-
noun,
John (William) 1926–67, U.S. jazz saxophonist and composer.
- Kustanai
-
noun,
a city in N Kazakhstan, on the Tobol river.
- conduits
-
noun,
a pipe, tube, or the like, for conveying water or other fluid.
- Conelrad
-
noun,
a system formerly used by the U.S. civil defense system to prevent enemy planes or missiles from homing on radio and television frequencies.
- solander
-
noun,
a case for maps, plates, etc., made to resemble a book and having the front cover and fore edge hinged.
- consider
-
verb (used with object),
to think carefully about, especially in order to make a decision; contemplate; reflect on:
- construe
-
noun,
the act of construing.
- Consuela
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “consolation.”.
- contrail
-
noun,
a visible condensation of water droplets or ice crystals from the atmosphere, occurring in the wake of an aircraft, rocket, or missile under certain conditions.
- Cordelia
-
noun,
(in Shakespeare's King Lear) the youngest of Lear's three daughters and the only one who remains loyal to her father.
Compare Goneril, Regan.
- Coulters
-
noun,
colter.
- cordials
-
noun,
a strong, sweetened, aromatic alcoholic liquor; liqueur.
- cordites
-
noun,
a smokeless, slow-burning powder composed of 30 to 58 percent nitroglycerin, 37 to 65 percent cellulose nitrate, and 5 to 6 percent mineral jelly.
- cordlike
-
- solitude
-
noun,
the state of being or living alone; seclusion:
- Transkei
-
noun,
a self-governing Bantu territory of South Africa on the Indian Ocean: granted independence in 1976 by South Africa, but not recognized by any other country as an independent state. 16,910 sq. mi. (43,798 sq. km). Capital: Umtata.
- Cornelia
-
noun,
flourished 2nd century b.c, Roman matron: mother of Gaius and Tiberius Gracchus.
- cornuted
-
adjective,
having horns.
- Cortland
-
noun,
a city in central New York.
- soredial
-
adjective,
pertaining to or resembling a soredium.
- sardonic
-
adjective,
characterized by bitter or scornful derision; mocking; cynical; sneering:
- Kairouan
-
noun,
a city in NE Tunisia: a holy city of Islam.
- salaried
-
adjective,
receiving a salary:
- alcaides
-
noun,
a commander of a fortress.
- ructions
-
noun,
a disturbance, quarrel, or row.
- Rockland
-
noun,
a city in SE Massachusetts.
- unsolder
-
verb (used with object),
to separate (something soldered).
- unsicker
-
adjective,
unsafe; untrustworthy.
- ordinals
-
noun,
an ordinal number or numeral.
- antacids
-
noun,
an antacid agent.
- ordinate
-
noun,
Mathematics. (in plane Cartesian coordinates) the y-coordinate of a point: its distance from the x-axis measured parallel to the y-axis.
- Aaronite
-
noun,
one of the priestly descendants of Aaron.
- Oriental
-
noun,
(usually initial capital letter) Older Use: Usually Disparaging and Offensive. a native or inhabitant of the Orient, or East.
- rosulate
-
adjective,
forming a rosette or rosettes.
- rational
-
noun,
Mathematics. rational number.
- orinasal
-
noun,
an orinasal sound.
- roadlike
-
- Salonika
-
noun,
Also, Salonica [suh-lon-i-kuh, sal-uh-nee-kuh] /səˈlɒn ɪ kə, ˌsæl əˈni kə/ (Show IPA), Saloniki [Greek sah-law-nee-kee] /Greek ˌsɑ lɔˈni ki/ (Show IPA). Official name Thessalonike. Ancient Therma. a seaport in south-central Macedonia, in NE Greece, on the Gulf of Salonika.
- Alcandre
-
noun,
the wife of Polybus who received Helen and Menelaus on their way home from Troy.
- Alcinous
-
noun,
king of the Phaeacians and father of Nausicaä and Laodamas.
- acarines
-
noun,
any of numerous arachnids of the order Acarina, comprising the mites and ticks.
- residual
-
noun,
a residual quantity; remainder.
- unitards
-
noun,
a one-piece leotard with full-length stockings; bodysuit.
- unsacked
-
- untasked
-
- antiduke
-
- rainouts
-
noun,
a contest, performance, or the like, that has been rained out.
- araneids
-
noun,
a member of the order Araneae (Araneida), comprising the spiders.
- aeronaut
-
noun,
the pilot of a balloon or other lighter-than-air aircraft.
- rundlets
-
noun,
an old British measure of capacity, about 15 imperial gallons (68 liters).
- aesculin
-
noun,
esculin.
- Adlerian
-
adjective,
of or relating to Alfred Adler or his doctrines, especially in respect to the belief that behavior is determined by compensation for feelings of inferiority.
- arcanist
-
noun,
a person professing special secret knowledge concerning ceramics, especially concerning the making of porcelain.
- relation
-
noun,
an existing connection; a significant association between or among things:
- uralites
-
noun,
a fibrous, dark-green hornblende formed by the hydrothermal alteration of pyroxene.
- underact
-
verb (used with or without object),
to underplay.
- Rodentia
-
noun,
the order comprising the rodents.
- Aidoneus
-
noun,
a king of Thesprotia.
- Aalesund
-
noun,
Ålesund.
- ailerons
-
noun,
Aeronautics. a movable surface, usually near the trailing edge of a wing, that controls the roll of the airframe or effects maneuvers, as banks and the like.
- araceous
-
adjective,
belonging to the plant family Araceae.
- underlit
-
adjective,
lacking adequate light.
- reaction
-
noun,
a reverse movement or tendency; an action in a reverse direction or manner.
- Roskilde
-
- untreads
-
verb (used with object),
to go back through in the same steps.
- airdates
-
noun,
the date of a broadcast or scheduled broadcast.
- saltando
-
adverb,
in a saltando manner.
- ratlines
-
noun,
any of the small ropes or lines that traverse the shrouds horizontally and serve as steps for going aloft.
- re-sound
-
verb (used with or without object),
to sound again.
- raincoat
-
noun,
a waterproof or water-repellent coat worn as protection against rain.
- Ruisdael
-
noun,
Jacob van [yah-kawp vahn] /ˌyɑ kɔp vɑn/ (Show IPA), 1628?–82, Dutch painter.
- retinula
-
noun,
a group of elongate neural receptor cells forming part of an arthropod compound eye: each retinula cell leads to a nerve fiber passing to the optic ganglion.
- retinols
-
noun,
vitamin A.
- radiance
-
noun,
radiant brightness or light:
- Anatolic
-
adjective, noun,
Anatolian.
- acrolein
-
noun,
a yellow, flammable liquid, C 3 H 4 O, having a stifling odor, usually obtained by the decomposition of glycerol: used chiefly in the synthesis of commercial and pharmaceutical products.
- roundlet
-
noun,
a small circle or circular object.
- outlines
-
noun,
the line by which a figure or object is defined or bounded; contour.
- outraces
-
verb (used with object),
to race or run faster than:
- analects
-
plural noun,
selected passages from the writings of an author or of different authors.
- analcite
-
noun,
a white or slightly colored zeolite mineral, Na(AlSi 2 O 6)⋅H 2 O, generally found in crystalline form.
- outrance
-
noun,
the utmost extremity.
- outliers
-
noun,
something that lies outside the main body or group that it is a part of, as a cow far from the rest of the herd, or a distant island belonging to a cluster of islands:
- alunites
-
noun,
a mineral, a hydrous sulfate of potassium and aluminum, KAl 3 (SO 4) 2 (OH) 6 , commonly occurring in fine-grained masses.
- unlisted
-
adjective,
not listed; not entered in a list or directory:
- also-ran
-
noun,
Sports.
(in a race) a contestant who fails to win or to place among the first three finishers.
an athlete or team whose performance in competition is rarely, if ever, a winning or near-winning one.
- unlicked
-
- outranks
-
verb (used with object),
to have a higher rank than:
- aconites
-
noun,
any plant belonging to the genus Aconitum, of the buttercup family, having irregular flowers usually in loose clusters, including species with poisonous and medicinal properties.
- outrides
-
noun,
Prosody. an unaccented syllable or syllables added to a metrical foot, especially in sprung rhythm.
- outsider
-
noun,
a person not belonging to a particular group, set, party, etc.:
- routines
-
noun,
a customary or regular course of procedure.
- ancestor
-
noun,
a person from whom one is descended; forebear; progenitor.
- radiants
-
noun,
a point or object from which rays proceed.
- osculant
-
adjective,
united by certain common characteristics.
- aneroids
-
noun,
aneroid barometer.
- acerolas
-
noun,
the cherrylike fruit of a small tree, Malpighia glabra, of the West Indies and adjacent areas, having a high concentration of vitamin C.
- osculate
-
verb (used with object),
to bring into close contact or union.
- Aleutian
-
noun,
Aleut (def 1).
- Alicante
-
noun,
a seaport in SE Spain, on the Mediterranean.
- Anicetus
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 155?–166?.
- radicles
-
noun,
Botany.
the lower part of the axis of an embryo; the primary root.
a rudimentary root; radicel or rootlet.
- alienors
-
noun,
a person who transfers property.
- roulades
-
noun,
a musical embellishment consisting of a rapid succession of tones sung to a single syllable.
- radicels
-
noun,
a minute root; a rootlet.
- radicant
-
adjective,
rooting from the stem, as ivy.
- outlands
-
noun,
Usually, outlands. the outlying districts or remote regions of a country; provinces:
- radicals
-
noun,
a person who holds or follows strong convictions or extreme principles; extremist.
- retinals
-
noun,
an orange pigment, C 20 H 28 O, that is the active component of rhodopsin and is liberated upon the absorption of light in the vision cycle; vitamin A aldehyde.
- outasked
-
- outcries
-
noun,
a strong and usually public expression of protest, indignation, or the like.
- roundels
-
noun,
something round or circular.
- radiatus
-
adjective,
(of a cloud) having bands that appear to converge toward a point on the horizon.
- alkanets
-
noun,
a European plant, Alkanna tinctoria, of the borage family.
- outdares
-
verb (used with object),
to surpass in daring.
- radiates
-
adjective,
radiating from a center.
- ruinates
-
adjective,
ruined.
- urinates
-
verb (used without object),
to pass or discharge urine.
- re-count
-
noun,
a second or additional count, as of votes in an election.
- sandlike
-
- aedicula
-
noun,
aedicule.
- redcoats
-
noun,
(especially during the American Revolution) a British soldier.
- Rosalind
-
noun,
a female given name.
- adrenals
-
noun,
adrenal gland.
- unclosed
-
adjective,
not closed:
- adulates
-
verb (used with object),
to show excessive admiration or devotion to; flatter or admire servilely.
- utricles
-
noun,
a small sac or baglike body, as an air-filled cavity in a seaweed.
- uranites
-
noun,
any of the uranium phosphates, as autunite or torbernite.
- recusant
-
noun,
a person who is recusant.
- Santeria
-
noun,
(sometimes lowercase) a religion merging the worship of Yoruba deities with veneration of Roman Catholic saints: practiced in Cuba and spread to other parts of the Caribbean and to the U.S. by Cuban emigrés.
- uncloaks
-
verb (used with object),
to remove the cloak from.
- cloture
-
noun,
a method of closing a debate and causing an immediate vote to be taken on the question.
- lariats
-
noun,
a long, noosed rope used to catch horses, cattle, or other livestock; lasso.
- dakotas
-
noun,
a former territory in the United States: divided into the states of North Dakota and South Dakota in 1889.
- unlocks
-
verb (used with object),
to undo the lock of (a door, chest, etc.), especially with a key.
- alienor
-
noun,
a person who transfers property.
- Eurasia
-
noun,
Europe and Asia considered together as one continent.
- actinal
-
adjective,
having tentacles or rays.
- actino-
-
- Laotian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Laos.
- lardons
-
noun,
a strip of fat used in larding, especially as drawn through the substance of meat, chicken, etc., with a kind of needle or pin.
- radicle
-
noun,
Botany.
the lower part of the axis of an embryo; the primary root.
a rudimentary root; radicel or rootlet.
- alinota
-
noun,
the plate to which the wings are attached on the notum of an insect.
- radicel
-
noun,
a minute root; a rootlet.
- retains
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- surcoat
-
noun,
a garment worn over medieval armor, often embroidered with heraldic arms.
- Isadore
-
noun,
a male given name: from the Greek word meaning “gift of Isis.”.
- closure
-
noun,
the act of closing; the state of being closed.
- radices
-
noun,
a plural of radix.
- stinker
-
noun,
a person or thing that stinks.
- Isadora
-
noun,
a female given name: derived from Isidor.
- curtail
-
noun,
a horizontal, spiral termination to the lower end of a stair railing.
- dentals
-
noun,
Phonetics. a dental sound.
- Latinus
-
noun,
the father of Lavinia and king of Latium at the time of the arrival of Aeneas.
- etalons
-
noun,
an interferometer consisting of two glass plates that reflect approximately half of each ray of light incident upon them and that are separated by a small, fixed distance: used to compare wavelengths and to study atomic spectra.
- dakoits
-
noun,
dacoit.
- unloads
-
verb (used with object),
to take the load from; remove the cargo or freight from:
- curtain
-
noun,
a hanging piece of fabric used to shut out the light from a window, adorn a room, increase privacy, etc.
- rundles
-
noun,
a rung of a ladder.
- latrine
-
noun,
a toilet or something used as a toilet, as a trench in the earth in a camp, or bivouac area.
- latrias
-
noun,
the supreme worship, which may be offered to God only.
- derails
-
noun,
a track device for derailing rolling stock in an emergency.
- clinker
-
noun,
a mass of incombustible matter fused together, as in the burning of coal.
- aliunde
-
adverb, adjective,
not part of or derivable from the document or instrument itself:
- retinal
-
noun,
an orange pigment, C 20 H 28 O, that is the active component of rhodopsin and is liberated upon the absorption of light in the vision cycle; vitamin A aldehyde.
- clokies
-
noun,
cloque.
- latinos
-
noun,
a person of Latin-American descent:
- deontic
-
adjective,
of or relating to duty and moral obligation as ethical concepts.
- Actaeon
-
noun,
a hunter who, for having seen Diana bathing, was changed by her into a stag and was torn to pieces by his own hounds.
- radical
-
noun,
a person who holds or follows strong convictions or extreme principles; extremist.
- latices
-
noun,
a plural of latex.
- Lateran
-
noun,
the church of St. John Lateran, the cathedral church of the city of Rome; the church of the pope as bishop of Rome.
- laterad
-
adverb,
toward the side.
- dentils
-
noun,
any of a series of closely spaced, small, rectangular blocks, used especially in classical architecture beneath the coronas of Ionic, Corinthian, and Composite cornices.
- trindle
-
noun,
British Dialect. a wheel, especially of a wheelbarrow.
- torsade
-
noun,
a twisted cord.
- Laodice
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) a daughter of Priam and Hecuba who chose to be swallowed up by the earth rather than live as a Greek concubine.
- Daniels
-
noun,
Jonathan Worth, 1902–81, U.S. journalist, editor, and author.
- eutocia
-
noun,
normal childbirth.
- ladrone
-
noun,
a thief.
- toadies
-
noun,
an obsequious flatterer; sycophant.
- trickle
-
noun,
a trickling flow or stream.
- curiosa
-
plural noun,
books, pamphlets, etc., dealing with unusual subjects.
- insular
-
noun,
an inhabitant of an island; islander.
- Iceland
-
noun,
a large island in the N Atlantic between Greenland and Scandinavia. 39,698 sq. mi. (102,820 sq. km).
- stickle
-
verb (used without object),
to argue or haggle insistently, especially on trivial matters.
- snicker
-
noun,
a snickering laugh.
- Sno-Cat
-
- codline
-
noun,
an untarred cord of hemp or cotton, used for fishing and for various purposes aboard a ship.
- Aleardi
-
noun,
Count Aleardo [ah-le-ahr-daw] /ˌɑ lɛˈɑr dɔ/ (Show IPA), 1812–78, Italian poet and patriot.
- Ladinos
-
noun,
Also called Judeo-Spanish, Judezmo. a Romance language of Sephardic Jews, based on Old Spanish and written in the Hebrew script.
- alerion
-
noun,
an eagle displayed, usually represented without a beak or legs.
- coedits
-
verb (used with object),
to edit jointly with another.
- icterus
-
noun,
jaundice (def 1).
- Trianda
-
noun,
a town on the Greek island of Rhodes, in the Aegean Sea: built on the site of ancient Ialysus.
- snorkel
-
noun,
Also called, British, snort. a device permitting a submarine to remain submerged for prolonged periods, consisting of tubes extended above the surface of the water to take in air for the diesel engine and for general ventilation and to discharge exhaust gases and foul air.
- rainout
-
noun,
a contest, performance, or the like, that has been rained out.
- aldrins
-
noun,
a brown, water-insoluble, toxic solid consisting of more than 95 percent of the chlorinated hydrocarbon C 12 H 8 Cl 6 : used as an insecticide.
- sticker
-
noun,
a person or thing that sticks.
- restock
-
verb (used with or without object),
to stock again; replenish.
- lacunas
-
noun,
a gap or missing part, as in a manuscript, series, or logical argument; hiatus.
- redouts
-
noun,
a condition experienced by pilots and astronauts in which blood is forced to the head and results in a reddening of the field of vision during rapid deceleration or in maneuvers that produce a negative gravity force.
- Delanos
-
noun,
a city in S California.
- Sukarno
-
noun,
Achmed [ahk-med] /ˈɑk mɛd/ (Show IPA), 1901–1970, Indonesian statesman: president of the Republic of Indonesia 1945–67.
- laniard
-
noun,
lanyard.
- Deloria
-
noun,
Vine, (Jr.) [vahyn] /vaɪn/ (Show IPA), 1933–2005, U.S. writer.
- triodes
-
noun,
a vacuum tube containing three elements, usually anode, cathode, and control grid.
- retails
-
noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- clunker
-
noun,
something worthless or inferior.
- insured
-
noun,
the person, group, or organization whose life or property is covered by an insurance policy.
- recusal
-
noun,
the disqualification of a judge for a particular lawsuit or proceeding, especially due to some possible conflict of interest or prejudice.
- landsat
-
noun,
a U.S. scientific satellite that studies and photographs the earth's surface by using remote-sensing techniques.
- cluster
-
noun,
a number of things of the same kind, growing or held together; a bunch:
- curites
-
noun,
a radioactive uranium mineral, Pb 2 U 5 O 17 ·4H 2 O, with adamantine luster, occurring as reddish-brown to deep-yellow needle-shaped crystals, formed by alteration of uraninite.
- deltaic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or like a delta.
- sundial
-
noun,
an instrument that indicates the time of day by means of the position, on a graduated plate or surface, of the shadow of the gnomon as it is cast by the sun.
- triclad
-
noun,
a planarian.
- isolate
-
noun,
a person, thing, or group that is set apart or isolated, as for purposes of study.
- Landers
-
noun,
a space probe designed to land on a planet or other solid celestial body.
- Sultana
-
noun,
a small, seedless raisin.
- lancets
-
noun,
a small surgical instrument, usually sharp-pointed and two-edged, for making small incisions, opening abscesses, etc.
- coalers
-
noun,
a railroad, ship, etc., used mainly to haul or supply coal.
- sadiron
-
noun,
Northern, North Midland, and Western U.S. Older Use. a flatiron that is pointed at both ends and has a detachable handle.
- delicts
-
noun,
Law. a misdemeanor; offense.
- lancers
-
noun,
a set of quadrilles danced in sequence.
- coarsen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become coarse.
- sulcate
-
adjective,
having long, narrow grooves or channels, as plant stems, or being furrowed or cleft, as hoofs.
- coastal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, bordering on, or located near a coast:
- coaster
-
noun,
a person or thing that coasts.
- Laudian
-
noun,
a supporter of Archbishop Laud or of Laudianism.
- estriol
-
noun,
Biochemistry. an estrogenic hormone, C 18 H 21 (OH) 3 , occurring in urine during pregnancy.
- launces
-
noun,
sand lance.
- citadel
-
noun,
a fortress that commands a city and is used in the control of the inhabitants and in defense during attack or siege.
- Troilus
-
noun,
a warrior son of Priam, mentioned by Homer and Vergil and later represented as the lover of Cressida.
- troikas
-
noun,
a Russian carriage, wagon, or sleigh drawn by a team of three horses abreast.
- Leonard
-
noun,
Sugar Ray (Ray Charles Leonard) born 1956, U.S. boxer.
- lentoid
-
noun,
a lentoid body.
- iodates
-
noun,
Chemistry. a salt of iodic acid, as sodium iodate, NaIO 3 .
- lentisk
-
noun,
mastic (def 1).
- cistern
-
noun,
a reservoir, tank, or container for storing or holding water or other liquid.
- esculin
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, slightly water-soluble glucoside, C 15 H 16 O 9 , obtained from the bark of the common horse chestnut and used chiefly in skin preparations as a protective against sunburn.
- cistron
-
noun,
a segment of DNA that encodes for the formation of a specific polypeptide chain; a structural gene.
- retsina
-
noun,
a strong, resinated white or red wine of Greece and Cyprus.
- Rosalie
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning rose festival.
- leotard
-
noun,
a skintight, one-piece garment for the torso, having a high or low neck, long or short sleeves, and a lower portion resembling either briefs or tights, worn by acrobats, dancers, etc.
- stonker
-
verb (used with object),
to hit hard; knock unconscious.
- citoles
-
noun,
cittern.
- Acrilan
-
- citrals
-
noun,
a pale yellow, water-insoluble, liquid aldehyde, C 10 H 16 O, having a strong lemonlike odor, consisting in natural form of two isomers (citral a or geranial and citral b or neral) usually obtained from the oils of lemon and orange or synthetically: used chiefly in perfumery, flavoring, and the synthesis of vitamin A.
- Torenia
-
noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Torenia, of the figwort family, native to Africa and Asia, having two-lipped, usually blue or purple flowers.
- adrenal
-
noun,
adrenal gland.
- detrain
-
verb (used without object),
to alight from a railway train; arrive by train.
- citrons
-
noun,
a pale-yellow fruit resembling the lemon but larger and with thicker rind, borne by a small tree or large bush, Citrus medica, allied to the lemon and lime.
- slacken
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become less active, vigorous, intense, etc.
- triunes
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) the Trinity.
- Leonids
-
noun,
any of a shower of meteors occurring around November 15 and appearing to radiate from a point in the constellation Leo.
- storied
-
noun,
a narrative, either true or fictitious, in prose or verse, designed to interest, amuse, or instruct the hearer or reader; tale.
- slacker
-
noun,
a person who evades his or her duty or work; shirker.
- aconite
-
noun,
any plant belonging to the genus Aconitum, of the buttercup family, having irregular flowers usually in loose clusters, including species with poisonous and medicinal properties.
- tailors
-
noun,
a person whose occupation is the making, mending, or altering of clothes, especially suits, coats, and other outer garments.
- Dickens
-
noun,
devil; deuce (usually preceded by the and often used in exclamations and as a mild imprecation):
- urinate
-
verb (used without object),
to pass or discharge urine.
- certain
-
Idioms,
for certain, without a doubt; surely:
- lictors
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) one of a body of attendants on chief magistrates, who preceded them carrying the fasces and whose duties included executing the sentences of criminals.
- rialtos
-
noun,
an exchange or mart.
- intrude
-
verb (used with object),
to thrust or bring in without invitation, permission, or welcome.
- cestoid
-
noun,
cestode.
- tirades
-
noun,
a prolonged outburst of bitter, outspoken denunciation:
- trounce
-
verb (used with object),
to beat severely; thrash.
- skatole
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, watersoluble solid, C 9 H 9 N, having a strong, fecal odor: used chiefly as a fixative in the manufacture of perfume.
- acrasin
-
noun,
a chemotactic substance, identical with cAMP, secreted by myxamebas of cellular slime molds and attracting other myxamebas to aggregate and form a pseudoplasmodium.
- dacoits
-
noun,
(in India and Burma) a member of a class of criminals who engage in organized robbery and murder.
- diaster
-
noun,
the stage in mitosis at which the chromosomes, after their division and separation, are grouped near the poles of the spindle.
- inulase
-
noun,
an enzyme that converts insulin to levulose.
- Leuctra
-
noun,
a town in ancient Greece, in Boeotia: Thebans defeated Spartans here 371 b.c.
- red-ink
-
noun,
a financial deficit; business loss.
- tonsure
-
noun,
the act of cutting the hair or shaving the head.
- dialect
-
noun,
Linguistics. a variety of a language that is distinguished from other varieties of the same language by features of phonology, grammar, and vocabulary, and by its use by a group of speakers who are set off from others geographically or socially.
- Skelton
-
noun,
John, c1460–1529, English poet.
- escolar
-
noun,
a snake mackerel, especially Lepidocybium flavobrunneum.
- urinals
-
noun,
a flushable wall fixture, as in a public lavatory, used by men for urinating.
- daikers
-
verb (used without object),
dacker.
- detours
-
noun,
a roundabout or circuitous way or course, especially one used temporarily when the main route is closed.
- launder
-
noun,
(in ore dressing) a passage carrying products of intermediate grade and residue in water suspension.
- Lautrec
-
noun,
Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri.
- clarino
-
noun,
a valveless trumpet used in the 17th and 18th centuries for playing rapid passages in the high register.
- alkines
-
noun,
alkyne.
- Clarion
-
noun,
an ancient trumpet with a curved shape.
- radiate
-
adjective,
radiating from a center.
- lead-in
-
noun,
something that leads in or introduces; introduction; opening.
- retinol
-
noun,
vitamin A.
- Clarkia
-
noun,
any of various western U.S. plants belonging to the genus Clarkia, of the evening primrose family, having narrow leaves and ornamental red or purple flowers.
- custard
-
noun,
a dessert made of eggs, sugar, and milk, either baked, boiled, or frozen.
- slicken
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become slick.
- slicker
-
noun,
a long, loose oilskin raincoat.
- destain
-
verb (used with object),
to remove stain (from a specimen) to enhance visibility and contrast of parts.
- adulate
-
verb (used with object),
to show excessive admiration or devotion to; flatter or admire servilely.
- Claudia
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Roman family name meaning “lame.”.
- redacts
-
verb (used with object),
to put into suitable literary form; revise; edit.
- intakes
-
noun,
the place or opening at which a fluid is taken into a channel, pipe, etc.
- Laurens
-
noun,
Henry, 1724–92, South Carolina and U.S. Revolutionary political leader: president of the Continental Congress 1777–78.
- descant
-
noun,
Music.
a melody or counterpoint accompanying a simple musical theme and usually written above it.
(in part music) the soprano.
a song or melody.
- laurate
-
noun,
a salt or ester of lauric acid.
- alkanet
-
noun,
a European plant, Alkanna tinctoria, of the borage family.
- lacunar
-
noun,
Architecture.
a coffered vault, ceiling, or soffit.
coffer (def 4).
- alkanes
-
noun,
any member of the alkane series.
- curtals
-
noun,
a 16th-century bassoon.
- Alkoran
-
noun,
the Koran.
- radiant
-
noun,
a point or object from which rays proceed.
- slander
-
noun,
defamation; calumny:
- Ireland
-
noun,
John, 1838–1918, U.S. Roman Catholic clergyman and social reformer, born in Ireland: archbishop of St. Paul, Minn., 1888–1918.
- cutline
-
noun,
a caption or legend accompanying a cut or illustration in a publication.
- Lecuona
-
noun,
Ernesto [er-nes-taw] /ɛrˈnɛs tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1896–1963, Cuban composer.
- lectors
-
noun,
a lecturer in a college or university.
- radials
-
noun,
a radial section or construction.
- cutlers
-
noun,
a person who makes, sells, or repairs knives and other cutting instruments.
- daikons
-
noun,
a large, elongated, white winter radish, Raphanus sativus longipinnatus, used especially in Asian cuisine and sometimes pickled.
- iracund
-
adjective,
prone to anger; irascible.
- stoical
-
adjective,
impassive; characterized by a calm, austere fortitude befitting the Stoics:
- claires
-
noun,
Ina, 1892–1985, U.S. actress.
- deticks
-
verb (used with object),
to free (as livestock) of ticks, as by a chemical dip, spray, or dust.
- lection
-
noun,
a version of a passage in a particular copy or edition of a text; a variant reading.
- redcoat
-
noun,
(especially during the American Revolution) a British soldier.
- lectins
-
noun,
any of a group of proteins that bind to particular carbohydrates in the manner of an antibody and are commonly extracted from plants for use as an agglutinin, as in clumping red blood cells for blood typing.
- stocker
-
noun,
a person or thing that stocks.
- detains
-
verb (used with object),
to keep from proceeding; keep waiting; delay.
- Estonia
-
noun,
a republic in N Europe, on the Baltic, S of the Gulf of Finland: an independent republic 1918–40; annexed by the Soviet Union 1940; regained independence 1991. 17,413 sq. mi. (45,100 sq. km). Capital: Tallinn.
- clarain
-
noun,
the coal forming the bright layers in banded bituminous coal.
- Aloidae
-
plural noun,
Aloadae.
- lean-to
-
noun,
a shack or shed supported at one side by trees or posts and having an inclined roof.
- details
-
noun,
an individual or minute part; an item or particular.
- radians
-
noun,
the measure of a central angle subtending an arc equal in length to the radius: equal to 57.2958°. Abbreviation: rad.
- clarets
-
noun,
the red table wine produced in the Bordeaux region of France: originally it was light red or yellowish.
- claries
-
noun,
any of several aromatic herbs of the genus Salvia, especially S. sclarea, having hairy, heart-shaped leaves and open clusters of lilac or blue flowers, used as a seasoning, a wine flavoring, and an ingredient in perfumes.
- decrial
-
noun,
the act of decrying; noisy censure.
- randies
-
noun,
Chiefly Scot. a rude or coarse beggar.
- resound
-
verb (used with object),
to reecho (a sound).
- Kilauea
-
noun,
a crater on Mauna Loa volcano, on SE Hawaii island, in Hawaii. 2 miles (3.2 km) wide; 4040 feet (1231 meters) high.
- courlan
-
noun,
the limpkin.
- uracils
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a pyrimidine base, C 4 H 4 N 2 O 2 , that is one of the fundamental components of RNA, in which it forms base pairs with adenine. Symbol: U.
- readout
-
noun,
Computers. the output of information from a computer in readable form.
Compare printout.
- tousled
-
noun,
a disheveled or rumpled mass, especially of hair.
- darnels
-
noun,
any of several grasses of the genus Lolium, having simple stems, flat leaves, and terminal spikes.
- kaolins
-
noun,
a fine white clay used in the manufacture of porcelain.
- Karaite
-
noun,
a member of a sect, founded in Persia in the 8th century a.d. by the religious leader Anan ben David, that rejected the Talmud and the teachings of the rabbis in favor of strict adherence to the Bible as the only source of Jewish law and practice.
- aileron
-
noun,
Aeronautics. a movable surface, usually near the trailing edge of a wing, that controls the roll of the airframe or effects maneuvers, as banks and the like.
- Kildare
-
noun,
a county in Leinster, in the E Republic of Ireland. 654 sq. mi. (1695 sq. km). County seat: Naas.
- Uralian
-
adjective,
of or relating to the Ural Mountains or their inhabitants.
- couters
-
noun,
a piece of plate armor for the elbow.
- ctenoid
-
adjective,
comblike or pectinate; rough-edged.
- sounder
-
noun,
a person or thing that makes a sound or noise, or sounds something.
- inducer
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a substance that has the capability of activating genes within a cell.
- realist
-
noun,
a person who tends to view or represent things as they really are.
- reliant
-
adjective,
having or showing dependence:
- cradles
-
noun,
a small bed for an infant, usually on rockers.
- uralite
-
noun,
a fibrous, dark-green hornblende formed by the hydrothermal alteration of pyroxene.
- Kerouac
-
noun,
Jack (Jean-Louis Lefris de Kérouac) 1922–69, U.S. novelist.
- soutane
-
noun,
a cassock.
- darkles
-
verb (used without object),
to appear dark; show indistinctly.
- cranial
-
adjective,
of or relating to the cranium or skull.
- dancers
-
noun,
a person who dances.
- indorse
-
verb (used with object),
endorse.
- recount
-
noun,
a second or additional count, as of votes in an election.
- kindles
-
noun,
a litter of kittens, rabbits, etc.
- Tournai
-
noun,
a city in W Belgium, on the Scheldt River.
- incrust
-
verb (used with object),
to cover or line with a crust or hard coating.
- incudes
-
noun,
a plural of incus.
- kirtles
-
noun,
a woman's loose gown, worn in the Middle Ages.
- Costain
-
noun,
Thomas Bertram, 1885–1965, U.S. novelist, historian, and editor, born in Canada.
- Kirsten
-
noun,
a female given name, Scandinavian form of Christine.
- costard
-
noun,
a large English variety of apple.
- soredia
-
noun,
a group of algal cells surrounded by hyphal tissue, occurring on the surface of the thallus and functioning in vegetative reproduction.
- costrel
-
noun,
a flask made of leather, earthenware, or wood, usually with an ear or ears by which to suspend it, as from the waist.
- kineto-
-
- cotidal
-
adjective,
pertaining to a coincidence of tides.
- untried
-
adjective,
not tried; not attempted, proved, or tested.
- couldst
-
noun,
a sealed container for food, beverages, etc., as of aluminum, sheet iron coated with tin, or other metal:
- indoles
-
noun,
a colorless to yellowish solid, C 8 H 7 N, having a low melting point and a fecal odor, found in the oil of jasmine and clove and as a putrefaction product from animals' intestines: used in perfumery and as a reagent.
- Coulter
-
noun,
colter.
- dartles
-
verb (used with or without object),
to dart or shoot forth repeatedly.
- counsel
-
noun,
advice; opinion or instruction given in directing the judgment or conduct of another.
- kilters
-
noun,
good condition; order:
- untread
-
verb (used with object),
to go back through in the same steps.
- kantars
-
noun,
(in some Middle Eastern countries) a unit of weight corresponding to the hundredweight, but varying in different localities.
- airdate
-
noun,
the date of a broadcast or scheduled broadcast.
- Insecta
-
noun,
the class comprising the insects.
- courant
-
noun,
courante.
- induces
-
verb (used with object),
to lead or move by persuasion or influence, as to some action or state of mind:
- cranio-
-
- rundlet
-
noun,
an old British measure of capacity, about 15 imperial gallons (68 liters).
- cronies
-
noun,
a close friend or companion; chum.
- ruinate
-
adjective,
ruined.
- crinkle
-
noun,
a wrinkle or ripple.
- crusado
-
noun,
an early Portuguese coin of gold or silver, bearing the figure of a cross.
- crinose
-
adjective,
hairy.
- stadial
-
noun,
stade.
- Stalino
-
noun,
a former name of Donetsk.
- Inkster
-
noun,
a city in SE Michigan, near Detroit.
- Croatia
-
noun,
a republic in SE Europe: includes the historical regions of Dalmatia, Istria, and Slavonia; formerly a part of Yugoslavia. 21,835 sq. mi. (56,555 sq. km) Capital: Zagreb.
- crusade
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) any of the military expeditions undertaken by the Christians of Europe in the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries for the recovery of the Holy Land from the Muslims.
- kauries
-
noun,
kauri.
- stalked
-
noun,
an act or course of stalking quarry, prey, or the like:
- keitloa
-
noun,
a variety of the black rhinoceros having the posterior horn equal to or longer than the anterior horn.
- uranite
-
noun,
any of the uranium phosphates, as autunite or torbernite.
- Katrine
-
noun,
Loch, a lake in central Scotland. 8 miles (13 km) long.
- Katrina
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Katherine.
- kations
-
noun,
cation.
- inlaces
-
verb (used with object),
enlace.
- Stalker
-
noun,
a person who pursues game, prey, or a person stealthily.
- katcina
-
noun,
kachina.
- reckons
-
Verb phrases,
reckon with,
to include in consideration or planning; anticipate:
to deal with:
- Kastner
-
noun,
Erich [ey-rikh] /ˈeɪ rɪx/ (Show IPA), 1899–1974, German writer.
- Adonais
-
noun,
Hebrew. a title of reverence for God, serving also as a substitute pronunciation of the Tetragrammaton.
- re-laid
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of re-lay.
- recital
-
noun,
a musical entertainment given usually by a single performer or by a performer and one or more accompanists.
- craniol
-
- cratons
-
noun,
a relatively rigid and immobile region of continental portions of the earth's crust.
- crankle
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
bend; turn; crinkle.
- karates
-
noun,
a method developed in Japan of defending oneself without the use of weapons by striking sensitive areas on an attacker's body with the hands, elbows, knees, or feet.
Compare judo, jujitsu.
- darkens
-
Idioms,
darken someone's door, to come to visit; make an appearance:
- traduce
-
verb (used with object),
to speak maliciously and falsely of; slander; defame:
- crusted
-
noun,
the brown, hard outer portion or surface of a loaf or slice of bread (distinguished from crumb).
- crustal
-
adjective,
of or relating to a crust, as of the earth.
- recants
-
verb (used with object),
to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
- kerato-
-
- Aetolus
-
noun,
son of Endymion and founder of Aetolia.
- inroads
-
noun,
a damaging or serious encroachment:
- Aetolia
-
noun,
an ancient district in W Greece, now part of the province of Aetolia and Acarnania.
- cretins
-
noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- keratin
-
noun,
a scleroprotein or albuminoid substance, found in the dead outer skin layer, and in horn, hair, feathers, hoofs, nails, claws, bills, etc.
- inducts
-
verb (used with object),
to install in an office, benefice, position, etc., especially with formal ceremonies:
- uranias
-
noun,
uranium dioxide.
- Karelia
-
noun,
a region in the NW Russian Federation in Europe, comprising Lake Ladoga and Onega Lake and the adjoining area along the E border of Finland.
- credits
-
noun,
commendation or honor given for some action, quality, etc.:
- dariole
-
noun,
a small round mold.
- Soutine
-
noun,
Chaim [khahy-im,, khahy-im] /xaɪˈɪm,, ˈxaɪ ɪm/ (Show IPA), 1894–1943, Lithuanian painter in France.
- Kenitra
-
noun,
a port in NW Morocco, NE of Rabat.
- stacked
-
noun,
a more or less orderly pile or heap:
- keloids
-
noun,
an abnormal proliferation of scar tissue, as on the site of a surgical incision.
- indults
-
noun,
a dispensation granted often temporarily by the pope, permitting a deviation from church law.
- incluse
-
noun,
recluse (def 2).
- relicts
-
noun,
Ecology. a species or community living in an environment that has changed from that which is typical for it.
- sudaria
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) a cloth, usually of linen, for wiping the face; handkerchief.
- Alcaeus
-
noun,
flourished c600 b.c, Greek poet of Mytilene.
- stencil
-
noun,
a device for applying a pattern, design, words, etc., to a surface, consisting of a thin sheet of cardboard, metal, or other material from which figures or letters have been cut out, a coloring substance, ink, etc., being rubbed, brushed, or pressed over the sheet, passing through the perforations and onto the surface.
- colures
-
noun,
either of two great circles of the celestial sphere intersecting each other at the poles, one passing through both equinoxes and the other through both solstices.
- stearo-
-
- conatus
-
noun,
an effort or striving.
- treason
-
noun,
the offense of acting to overthrow one's government or to harm or kill its sovereign.
- Kurland
-
noun,
Courland.
- conduit
-
noun,
a pipe, tube, or the like, for conveying water or other fluid.
- alcaide
-
noun,
a commander of a fortress.
- soilure
-
noun,
a stain.
- rescind
-
verb (used with object),
to abrogate; annul; revoke; repeal.
- Rantoul
-
noun,
a city in E Illinois.
- colters
-
noun,
a sharp blade or wheel attached to the beam of a plow, used to cut the ground in advance of the plowshare.
- suction
-
noun,
the act, process, or condition of sucking.
- stearin
-
noun,
Chemistry. any of the three glyceryl esters of stearic acid, especially C 3 H 5 (C 18 H 35 O 2) 3 , a soft, white, odorless solid found in many natural fats.
- Decatur
-
noun,
Stephen, 1779–1820, U.S. naval officer.
- conkers
-
noun,
a horse chestnut.
- ranulas
-
noun,
a cystic tumor formed beneath the tongue, caused by obstruction of the sublingual or submaxillary gland or of a mucous gland.
- solaria
-
noun,
a glass-enclosed room, porch, or the like, exposed to the sun's rays, as at a seaside hotel or for convalescents in a hospital.
- Conrail
-
noun,
a government-supported corporation that combined six bankrupt railroads to provide freight and commuter service in 17 states from Boston to St. Louis.
- decants
-
verb (used with object),
to pour (wine or other liquid) gently so as not to disturb the sediment.
- Cernuda
-
noun,
Luis [loo-ees] /luˈis/ (Show IPA), 1902–63, Spanish poet, in England after 1939.
- conster
-
verb (used with or without object),
construe.
- Alcaids
-
plural noun,
the descendants of Alcaeus.
- Kutenai
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of British Columbia, Montana, and Idaho.
- Toscana
-
noun,
Italian name of Tuscany.
- lackers
-
noun,
a protective coating consisting of a resin, cellulose ester, or both, dissolved in a volatile solvent, sometimes with pigment added.
- lactose
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a disaccharide, C 12 H 22 O 11 , present in milk, that upon hydrolysis yields glucose and galactose.
- re-coil
-
verb (used with or without object),
to coil again.
- lactone
-
noun,
any of a group of internal esters derived from hydroxy acids.
- curdles
-
Idioms,
curdle the / one's blood, to fill a person with horror or fear; terrify:
- Sudanic
-
adjective,
(especially in former systems of classification) of or relating to a residual category of African languages including most of the non-Bantu and non-Hamitic languages of northern and central Africa: most now reclassified as part of the Niger-Congo subfamily.
- Rutland
-
noun,
a city in W Vermont.
- lactase
-
noun,
an enzyme capable of hydrolyzing lactose into glucose and galactose.
- Lacoste
-
noun,
René [ruh-ney;; French ruh-ney] /rəˈneɪ;; French rəˈneɪ/ (Show IPA), 1905–1996, French tennis player.
- steroid
-
noun,
any of a large group of fat-soluble organic compounds, as the sterols, bile acids, and sex hormones, most of which have specific physiological action.
- Laconia
-
noun,
an ancient country in the S part of Greece. Capital: Sparta.
- Alcoran
-
noun,
Alkoran.
- instead
-
Idioms,
instead of, in place of; in lieu of:
- Lacerta
-
noun,
the Lizard, a northern constellation between Cepheus and Pegasus.
- oilcans
-
noun,
a can having a long spout through which oil is poured or squirted to lubricate machinery or the like.
- rankles
-
verb (used with object),
to cause keen irritation or bitter resentment in:
- sterno-
-
- curates
-
noun,
Chiefly British. a member of the clergy employed to assist a rector or vicar.
- ransack
-
verb (used with object),
to search thoroughly or vigorously through (a house, receptacle, etc.):
- Alcides
-
noun,
Hercules (def 1).
- sternal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the sternum.
- torulas
-
noun,
a highly nutritious yeast produced commercially on a sugar recovered from the manufacture of wood products or from processed fruit.
- daltons
-
noun,
atomic mass unit.
- trenail
-
noun,
treenail.
- constr.
-
- rutiles
-
noun,
a common mineral, titanium dioxide, TiO 2 , usually reddish-brown in color with a brilliant metallic or adamantine luster, occurring in crystals: used to coat welding rods.
- Tourane
-
noun,
former name of Danang.
- redskin
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a North American Indian.
- solunar
-
adjective,
pertaining to or listing the rising and setting times of the sun and moon, phases of the moon, eclipses, etc.:
- relucts
-
verb (used without object),
to struggle (against something); rebel.
- corneas
-
noun,
the transparent anterior part of the external coat of the eye covering the iris and the pupil and continuous with the sclera.
- ratines
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- unstick
-
verb (used with object),
to free, as one thing stuck to another.
- cornels
-
noun,
any tree or shrub of the genus Cornus; dogwood.
- knurled
-
noun,
a small ridge or bead, especially one of a series, as on a button for decoration or on the edge of a thumbscrew to assist in obtaining a firm grip.
- cornets
-
noun,
Music. a valved wind instrument of the trumpet family.
- inclose
-
verb (used with object),
enclose.
- untacks
-
verb (used with object),
to unfasten (something tacked).
- cornute
-
adjective,
cornuted.
- kalends
-
noun,
calends.
- kalians
-
noun,
a Persian tobacco pipe in which the smoke is drawn through water; hookah.
- include
-
verb (used with object),
to contain, as a whole does parts or any part or element:
- daturas
-
noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Datura, of the nightshade family, including some species grown as ornamentals and usually having funnel-shaped flowers and prickly pods: the leaves and seeds are the source of hallucinogenic alkaloids.
- corslet
-
noun,
corselet (def 2).
- rations
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- knaidel
-
noun,
a dumpling, especially a small ball of matzo meal, eggs, and salt, often mixed with another foodstuff, as ground almonds or grated potato, usually served in soup.
- klister
-
noun,
a sticky wax for use on skis, as for slopes where the snow is excessively wet.
- Aeolian
-
noun,
a member of one of the four main divisions of the prehistoric Greeks.
Compare Achaean (def 5), Dorian1 (def 2), Ionian (def 3).
- cortina
-
noun,
a weblike, often evanescent veil covering the gills or hanging from the cap edge of certain mushrooms, particularly those of genus Cortinarius, and sometimes persisting as a ring or remnant of fibrils around the mushroom stalk.
- ratline
-
noun,
any of the small ropes or lines that traverse the shrouds horizontally and serve as steps for going aloft.
- Renault
-
noun,
Louis [loo-ee;; French lwee] /ˈlu i;; French lwi/ (Show IPA), 1843–1918, French jurist: Nobel Peace Prize 1907.
- transl.
-
- decanol
-
noun,
a colorless liquid, C 10 H 22 O, insoluble in water and soluble in alcohol: used as a plasticizer, detergent, and in perfumes and flavorings.
- contras
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) a member of a counterrevolutionary guerrilla group in Nicaragua.
- solatia
-
noun,
something given in compensation for inconvenience, loss, injury, or the like; recompense.
- Alarcon
-
noun,
Pedro Antonio [pe-th raw ahn-taw-nyaw] /ˈpɛ ðrɔ ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), (Pedro Antonio Alarcón y Ariza) 1833–91, Spanish novelist, short-story writer, and diplomat.
- consult
-
noun,
a consultation.
- decanal
-
adjective,
of or relating to a dean or deanery:
- 2,4,5-t
-
noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- suckler
-
noun,
an animal that suckles its young; mammal.
- ruction
-
noun,
a disturbance, quarrel, or row.
- contra-
-
- stearic
-
adjective,
of or relating to suet or fat.
- Decalin
-
- contuse
-
verb (used with object),
to injure (tissue), especially without breaking the skin; bruise.
- toenail
-
noun,
a nail of a toe.
- danaite
-
noun,
a variety of arsenopyrite having cobalt in place of some of the iron.
- korunas
-
noun,
an aluminum bronze coin and monetary unit of the Czech Republic, equal to 100 halers. Abbreviation: Kčs.
- strudel
-
noun,
a pastry, usually consisting of a fruit, cheese, or other mixture, rolled in a paper-thin sheet of dough and baked.
- soldier
-
noun,
a person who serves in an army; a person engaged in military service.
- dackers
-
verb (used without object),
to totter or stagger.
- cordate
-
adjective,
heart-shaped:
- Danakil
-
noun,
Afar.
- cordial
-
noun,
a strong, sweetened, aromatic alcoholic liquor; liqueur.
- toucans
-
noun,
any of several usually brightly colored, fruit-eating birds of the family Ramphastidae, of tropical America, having a very large bill.
- koreans
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of South Korea or North Korea.
- cordite
-
noun,
a smokeless, slow-burning powder composed of 30 to 58 percent nitroglycerin, 37 to 65 percent cellulose nitrate, and 5 to 6 percent mineral jelly.
- Alastor
-
noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) an avenging spirit or deity frequently evoked in Greek tragedy; a male Nemesis.
- dialers
-
noun,
a person or thing that dials.
- dickers
-
noun,
a petty bargain.
- secular
-
noun,
a layperson.
- douanes
-
noun,
a custom house; customs.
- Antaeus
-
noun,
an African giant who was invincible when in contact with the earth but was lifted into the air by Hercules and crushed.
- calends
-
noun,
the first day of the month in the ancient Roman calendar, from which the days of the preceding month were counted backward to the ides.
- dockets
-
noun,
Also called trial docket. a list of cases in court for trial, or the names of the parties who have cases pending.
- antacid
-
noun,
an antacid agent.
- calkers
-
noun,
caulker.
- sautoir
-
noun,
a ribbon, chain, scarf, or the like, tied around the neck in such a manner that the ends cross over each other.
- Aaronic
-
adjective,
of or relating to Aaron.
- Calkins
-
noun,
calk2 (def 1).
- Calorie
-
noun,
Thermodynamics.
Also called gram calorie, small calorie. an amount of heat exactly equal to 4.1840 joules. Abbreviation: cal.
(usually initial capital letter) kilocalorie. Abbreviation: Cal.
- caldron
-
noun,
cauldron.
- narcose
-
adjective,
characterized by stupor; stuporous.
- dockers
-
noun,
a laborer on shipping docks; longshoreman.
- tuladis
-
noun,
lake trout.
- saurian
-
noun,
a saurian animal, as a dinosaur or lizard.
- tankard
-
noun,
a large drinking cup, usually with a handle and a hinged cover.
- tickles
-
noun,
an act or instance of tickling.
- Ecuador
-
noun,
a republic in NW South America. 109,483 sq. mi. (283,561 sq. km). Capital: Quito.
- Sedalia
-
noun,
a city in central Missouri.
- canards
-
noun,
a false or baseless, usually derogatory story, report, or rumor.
- docents
-
noun,
privatdocent.
- Antares
-
noun,
a red supergiant star of the first magnitude in the constellation Scorpius.
- nuclide
-
noun,
an atomic species in which the atoms all have the same atomic number and mass number.
- Ticknor
-
noun,
George, 1791–1871, U.S. literary historian and educator.
- scalade
-
noun,
escalade.
- Anterus
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 235–236.
- natured
-
adjective,
having a temperament of a particular kind (usually used in combination):
- askance
-
adverb,
with suspicion, mistrust, or disapproval:
- eclairs
-
noun,
a finger-shaped cream puff, filled with whipped cream, custard, or pastry cream, often coated with icing.
- oldster
-
noun,
an old or elderly person.
- Anteros
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a brother of Eros, most often regarded as the avenger of unrequited love.
- natural
-
noun,
any person or thing that is or is likely or certain to be very suitable to and successful in an endeavor without much training or difficulty.
- scalare
-
noun,
any of three deep-bodied, cichlid fishes, Pterophyllum scalare, P. altum, and P. eimekei, inhabiting northern South American rivers, often kept in aquariums.
- duelist
-
noun,
a person who participates in a duel.
- Seconal
-
- nuclear
-
noun,
nuclear energy:
- ductile
-
adjective,
capable of being hammered out thin, as certain metals; malleable.
- tickler
-
noun,
a person or thing that tickles.
- Natalie
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “birthday.”.
- Rockies
-
noun,
Rocky Mountains.
- rockets
-
noun,
any of various simple or complex tubelike devices containing combustibles that on being ignited liberate gases whose action propels the tube through the air: used for pyrotechnic effect, signaling, carrying a lifeline, hurling explosives at an enemy, putting a space vehicle into orbit, etc.
- antero-
-
- section
-
noun,
a part that is cut off or separated.
- calando
-
adverb,
in a slower, softer manner.
- ordinal
-
noun,
an ordinal number or numeral.
- nucleo-
-
- Caldera
-
noun,
a large, basinlike depression resulting from the explosion or collapse of the center of a volcano.
- candela
-
noun,
a basic unit of luminous intensity in the International System of Units (SI), formally defined as the luminous intensity of a source that emits monochromatic radiation of frequency 540 × 10 12 hertz and that has a radiant intensity of 1/683 watt/steradian: adopted in 1979 as the international standard of luminous intensity. Abbreviation: Cd.
- candier
-
- tickers
-
noun,
a telegraphic receiving instrument that automatically prints stock prices, market reports, etc., on a paper tape.
- lurdans
-
noun,
a lazy, stupid, loutish fellow.
- rituals
-
noun,
an established or prescribed procedure for a religious or other rite.
- diurnal
-
noun,
Liturgy. a service book containing offices for the daily hours of prayer.
- canular
-
adjective,
cannular.
- ascared
-
adjective,
afraid; scared.
- canulas
-
noun,
cannula.
- utricle
-
noun,
a small sac or baglike body, as an air-filled cavity in a seaweed.
- Lusatia
-
noun,
a region in E Germany and SW Poland, between the Elbe and Oder rivers.
- Aretino
-
noun,
Pietro [pye-traw] /ˈpyɛ trɔ/ (Show IPA), 1492–1556, Italian satirist and dramatist.
- anlaces
-
noun,
anelace.
- Oakdale
-
noun,
a town in E Minnesota.
- luteins
-
noun,
Also called xanthophyll. a yellow-red, water-insoluble, crystalline, carotenoid alcohol, C 40 H 56 O 2 , found in the petals of marigold and certain other flowers, egg yolk, algae, and corpora lutea: used chiefly in the biochemical study of the carotenoids.
- Aruntas
-
noun,
Aranda.
- elastic
-
noun,
webbing, or material in the form of a band, made elastic, as with strips of rubber.
- elastin
-
noun,
a protein constituting the basic substance of elastic tissue.
- cardias
-
noun,
an opening that connects the esophagus and the upper part of the stomach.
- rotunda
-
noun,
a round building, especially one with a dome.
- elation
-
noun,
a feeling or state of great joy or pride; exultant gladness; high spirits.
- Oakland
-
noun,
a seaport in W California, on San Francisco Bay.
- anklets
-
noun,
a sock that reaches just above the ankle.
- cardio-
-
- Arundel
-
noun,
a town in S West Sussex, in S England: castle.
- ascarid
-
noun,
any nematode of the family Ascaridae; roundworm.
- unitard
-
noun,
a one-piece leotard with full-length stockings; bodysuit.
- candies
-
noun,
any of a variety of confections made with sugar, syrup, etc., often combined with chocolate, fruit, nuts, etc.
- cankers
-
noun,
a gangrenous or ulcerous sore, especially in the mouth.
- Candiot
-
noun,
a Cretan.
- candles
-
noun,
a long, usually slender piece of tallow or wax with an embedded wick that is burned to give light.
- nutrias
-
noun,
the coypu.
- candors
-
noun,
the state or quality of being frank, open, and sincere in speech or expression; candidness:
- nailers
-
noun,
a person or thing that drives nails, as a machine that drives nails automatically.
- Tancred
-
noun,
1078?–1112, Norman leader in the first Crusade.
- saunter
-
noun,
a leisurely walk or ramble; stroll.
- senator
-
noun,
a member of a senate.
- anoraks
-
noun,
a hooded pullover jacket originally made of fur and worn in the arctic, now made of any weather-resistant fabric.
- orients
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- areolas
-
noun,
a ring of color, as around the human nipple.
- diurons
-
noun,
a white crystalline substance, C 9 H 10 Cl 2 N 2 O, used as a weed-killer.
- Saundra
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Saucier
-
noun,
a chef or cook who specializes in making sauces.
- acarids
-
noun,
an acarine, especially a mite of the family Acaridae.
- acarine
-
noun,
any of numerous arachnids of the order Acarina, comprising the mites and ticks.
- eductor
-
noun,
ejector (def 3).
- canters
-
noun,
an easy gallop.
- Orleans
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Loiret, in central France, SSW of Paris: English siege of the city raised by Joan of Arc 1428.
- cantles
-
noun,
the hind part of a saddle, usually curved upward.
- acaroid
-
adjective,
resembling a mite or tick.
- rondeau
-
noun,
Prosody. a short poem of fixed form, consisting of 13 or 10 lines on two rhymes and having the opening words or phrase used in two places as an unrhymed refrain.
- askarel
-
noun,
any of the class of synthetic, nonflammable, liquid dielectrics used chiefly for insulation in transformers.
- doeskin
-
noun,
the skin of a doe.
- lunatic
-
noun,
(no longer in technical use; now considered offensive) an insane person.
- Nidaros
-
noun,
former name of Trondheim.
- audiles
-
noun,
a person in whose mind auditory images, rather than visual or motor images, are predominant or unusually distinct.
- Dunarea
-
noun,
Romanian name of the Dvina.
- Durante
-
noun,
James Francis ("Jimmy") 1893–1980, U.S. comedian.
- auditor
-
noun,
a person appointed and authorized to examine accounts and accounting records, compare the charges with the vouchers, verify balance sheet and income items, and state the result.
- Nilotes
-
noun,
a member of any of several indigenous black peoples of the Sudan and eastern Africa.
- astrol.
-
- astroid
-
noun,
a hypocycloid with four cusps.
- durians
-
noun,
the edible fruit of a tree, Durio zibethinus, of the bombax family, of southeastern Asia, having a hard, prickly rind, a highly flavored, pulpy flesh, and an unpleasant odor.
- auklets
-
noun,
any of several small auks of the coasts of the North Pacific, as Aethia cristatella (crested auklet) having a crest of recurved plumes.
- utensil
-
noun,
any of the instruments or vessels commonly used in a kitchen, dairy, etc.:
- Durance
-
noun,
incarceration or imprisonment (often used in the phrase durance vile).
- turdine
-
adjective,
belonging or pertaining to the family Turdidae, comprising the true thrushes.
- Nicolet
-
noun,
Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1598–1642, French explorer in America.
- Donetsk
-
noun,
a city in E Ukraine, in the Donets Basin.
- araneid
-
noun,
a member of the order Araneae (Araneida), comprising the spiders.
- astride
-
preposition,
with a leg on each side of; straddling:
- nickers
-
noun,
a person or thing that nicks.
- Nordica
-
noun,
Lillian (Lillian Norton) 1859–1914, U.S. soprano.
- saltire
-
noun,
an ordinary in the form of a cross with arms running diagonally from the dexter chief to the sinister base and from the sinister chief to the dexter base; St. Andrew's cross.
- turacos
-
noun,
touraco.
- Scarlet
-
noun,
a bright-red color inclining toward orange.
- nitrous
-
adjective,
pertaining to compounds obtained from niter, usually containing less oxygen than the corresponding nitric compounds.
- Turkana
-
noun,
a member of a seminomadic people of northwestern Kenya and bordering areas of Uganda.
- Nicetas
-
noun,
Saint Ignatius (def 2).
- noetics
-
noun,
the science of the intellect or of pure thought; reasoning.
- dunites
-
noun,
a coarse-grained igneous rock composed almost entirely of olivine.
- Aterian
-
adjective,
of or indicating a Middle Paleolithic industry of northwestern Africa and the Sahara, characterized by the production of tanged points and bifacially worked leaf-shaped points of varying sizes.
- nodular
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or characterized by nodules.
- dornick
-
noun,
a stout linen cloth, especially one of a damask linen.
- arcuate
-
adjective,
bent or curved like a bow.
- nodical
-
adjective,
of or relating to a node or the nodes.
- uncorks
-
verb (used with object),
to draw the cork from.
- oneidas
-
noun,
a member of an Iroquois people formerly inhabiting the region east of Oneida Lake.
- Turlock
-
noun,
a town in central California.
- noctule
-
noun,
a large reddish insectivorous bat, Nyctalus noctula, common to Europe and Asia.
- noctuid
-
noun,
Also called owlet moth. any of numerous dull-colored moths of the family Noctuidae, the larvae of which include the armyworms and cutworms.
- asunder
-
adverb, adjective,
into separate parts; in or into pieces:
- Noludar
-
- dunkers
-
noun,
a member of the Church of the Brethren, a denomination of Christians founded in Germany in 1708 and later reorganized in the U.S., characterized by the practice of trine immersion, the celebration of a love feast accompanying the Lord's Supper, and opposition to the taking of oaths and to military service.
- atonics
-
noun,
Grammar. an unaccented word, syllable, or sound.
- atonies
-
noun,
Pathology. lack of tone or energy; muscular weakness, especially in a contractile organ.
- onliest
-
Idioms,
only too,
as a matter of fact; extremely:
unfortunately; very:
- atresia
-
noun,
the congenital absence, or the pathological closure, of an opening, passage, or cavity.
- rodents
-
noun,
a rodent mammal.
- taurine
-
noun,
a neutral crystalline substance, C 2 H 7 NO 3 S, obtained from bile.
- sclero-
-
- auction
-
noun,
Also called public sale. a publicly held sale at which property or goods are sold to the highest bidder.
- Aurelia
-
noun,
moon jellyfish.
- auricle
-
noun,
Anatomy.
the projecting outer portion of the ear; pinna.
Also called auricular appendage. an ear-shaped appendage projecting from each atrium of the heart.
(loosely) the atrium.
- ordeals
-
noun,
any extremely severe or trying test, experience, or trial.
- antiars
-
noun,
the upas tree.
- Ukraina
-
noun,
Ukraine.
- scouter
-
noun,
a person who scouts.
- tunicle
-
noun,
a vestment worn over the alb by subdeacons, as at the celebration of the Mass, and by bishops.
- Tarasco
-
noun,
Tarascan.
- earlock
-
noun,
a lock of hair worn near or in front of the ear.
- tanrecs
-
noun,
tenrec.
- duikers
-
noun,
any of several small African antelopes of the Cephalophus, Sylvicapra, and related genera, the males and often the females having short, spikelike horns: some are endangered.
- nectars
-
noun,
the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or birds that pollinate the flower.
- notices
-
noun,
an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning:
- asocial
-
adjective,
not sociable or gregarious; withdrawn from society.
- Tardieu
-
noun,
André Pierre Gabriel Amédée [ahn-drey pyer ga-bree-el a-mey-dey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ pyɛr ga briˈɛl a meɪˈdeɪ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, French statesman.
- tankers
-
noun,
a ship, airplane, or truck designed for bulk shipment of liquids or gases.
- Ukraine
-
noun,
a republic in SE Europe: rich agricultural and industrial region. 223,090 sq. mi. (603,700 sq. km). Capital: Kiev.
- tundras
-
noun,
one of the vast, nearly level, treeless plains of the arctic regions of Europe, Asia, and North America.
- Scutari
-
noun,
Lake, a lake between NW Albania and Montenegro. About 135 sq. mi. (350 sq. km).
- sealant
-
noun,
a substance used for sealing, as sealing wax or adhesives.
- ordains
-
verb (used with object),
to invest with ministerial or sacerdotal functions; confer holy orders upon.
- nourice
-
noun,
a nurse.
- Caelian
-
noun,
the southeastern hill of the seven hills of ancient Rome.
- caesura
-
noun,
Prosody. a break, especially a sense pause, usually near the middle of a verse, and marked in scansion by a double vertical line, as in know then thyself ‖ presume not God to scan.
- tedious
-
adjective,
marked by monotony or tedium; long and tiresome:
- scandal
-
noun,
a disgraceful or discreditable action, circumstance, etc.
- Astaire
-
noun,
Fred, 1899–1987, U.S. dancer and actor.
- saltine
-
noun,
a crisp, salted cracker.
- uncoils
-
verb (used with or without object),
to unwind from a coiled position.
- astound
-
adjective,
Archaic. astonished; astounded.
- Donatus
-
noun,
early-4th-century bishop of Casae Nigrae in northern Africa: leader of a heretical Christian group.
Compare Donatist.
- saltier
-
noun,
saltire.
- Roscian
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving acting.
- neutro-
-
- oralist
-
noun,
an advocate of oralism.
- neutral
-
noun,
a person or a nation that remains neutral, as in a controversy or war.
- donates
-
verb (used with object),
to present as a gift, grant, or contribution; make a donation of, as to a fund or cause:
- saltern
-
noun,
a saltworks.
- anurias
-
noun,
the absence or suppression of urine.
- Austria
-
noun,
a republic in central Europe. 32,381 sq. mi. (83,865 sq. km). Capital: Vienna.
- sandlot
-
noun,
a vacant lot used by youngsters for games or sports.
- Austro-
-
- Tuonela
-
noun,
the afterworld, an island on which the sun and moon never shine.
- norites
-
noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- nostril
-
noun,
either of the two external openings of the nose.
- Scandia
-
noun,
scandium oxide.
- undocks
-
verb (used with object),
to uncouple (two spacecraft modules or a spacecraft and space station).
- dulcets
-
noun,
an organ stop resembling the dulciana but an octave higher.
- Rostand
-
noun,
Edmond [ed-mawn] /ɛdˈmɔ̃/ (Show IPA), 1868–1918, French dramatist and poet.
- orceins
-
noun,
a red dye, the principal coloring matter of cudbear and orchil, obtained by oxidizing an ammoniacal solution of orcinol.
- Antlers
-
noun,
one of the solid deciduous horns, usually branched, of an animal of the deer family.
- salient
-
noun,
a salient angle or part, as the central outward-projecting angle of a bastion or an outward projection in a battle line.
- lunkers
-
noun,
something unusually large for its kind.
- nodules
-
noun,
a small node, knot, or knob.
- unlaces
-
verb (used with object),
to loosen or undo the lacing or laces of (a pair of shoes, a corset, etc.).
- loiters
-
verb (used with object),
to pass (time) in an idle or aimless manner (usually followed by away):
- tendril
-
noun,
a threadlike, leafless organ of climbing plants, often growing in spiral form, which attaches itself to or twines round some other body, so as to support the plant.
- sarcoid
-
noun,
a growth resembling a sarcoma.
- outlaid
-
noun,
an expending or spending, as of money.
- outland
-
noun,
Usually, outlands. the outlying districts or remote regions of a country; provinces:
- uncials
-
noun,
an uncial letter.
- central
-
noun,
a main telephone exchange.
a telephone operator at such an exchange.
- cateran
-
noun,
(formerly) a freebooter or marauder of the Scottish Highlands.
- outlier
-
noun,
something that lies outside the main body or group that it is a part of, as a cow far from the rest of the herd, or a distant island belonging to a cluster of islands:
- Catalin
-
- entails
-
noun,
the act of entailing.
- cations
-
noun,
a positively charged ion that is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis.
- acetoin
-
noun,
a yellowish, pleasant-smelling liquid, C 4 H 8 O 2 , obtained from various carbohydrates, as glucose, by fermentation: used chiefly in the manufacture of flavors and essences.
- catkins
-
noun,
a spike of unisexual, apetalous flowers having scaly, usually deciduous bracts, as of a willow or birch.
- catlike
-
adjective,
resembling or typical of a cat:
- dineros
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Peru, the 10th part of a sol.
- lockets
-
noun,
a small case for a miniature portrait, a lock of hair, or other keepsake, usually worn on a necklace.
- catouse
-
noun,
New England. a noisy disturbance; commotion.
- Londres
-
noun,
a cylindrically shaped cigar of medium to large size.
- outride
-
noun,
Prosody. an unaccented syllable or syllables added to a metrical foot, especially in sprung rhythm.
- lockers
-
noun,
a chest, drawer, compartment, closet, or the like, that may be locked, especially one at a gymnasium, school, etc. for storage and safekeeping of clothing and valuables.
- tsarina
-
noun,
czarina.
- Oceania
-
noun,
the islands of the central and S Pacific, including Micronesia, Melanesia, Polynesia, and traditionally Australasia. About 3,450,000 sq. mi. (8,935,500 sq. km).
- Andrias
-
noun,
a city in Apulia, S Italy.
- Oceanid
-
noun,
any of the daughters of Oceanus and Tethys; a sea nymph.
- sarcode
-
noun,
protoplasm, especially the semifluid content of a protozoan.
- tinders
-
noun,
a highly flammable material or preparation formerly used for catching the spark from a flint and steel struck together for fire or light.
- Caserta
-
noun,
a city in S Italy, near Naples.
- Lorient
-
noun,
a seaport in NW France, on the Bay of Biscay.
- centri-
-
- Oceanus
-
noun,
a Titan who was the son of Uranus and Gaea, the consort of Tethys, and the father of the river gods and Oceanids.
- sidero-
-
- satanic
-
adjective,
of Satan.
- Andreas
-
noun,
a male or female given name, Latinized form of Andrew.
- Castile
-
noun,
Spanish Cas·ti·lla, [kahs-tee-lyah, -yah] /kɑsˈti lyɑ, -yɑ/ (Show IPA). a former kingdom comprising most of Spain.
- outdare
-
verb (used with object),
to surpass in daring.
- side-on
-
adverb,
with the side or sides foremost, especially in a collision:
- Dracula
-
noun,
(italics) a novel (1897) by Bram Stoker.
- Loraine
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Lorraine.
- disrate
-
verb (used with object),
to reduce to a lower rating or rank.
- octanes
-
noun,
any of 18 isomeric saturated hydrocarbons having the formula C 8 H 18 , some of which are obtained in the distillation and cracking of petroleum.
- sardine
-
noun,
the pilchard, Sardina pilchardus, often preserved in oil and used for food.
- caudate
-
adjective,
having a tail or taillike appendage.
- sidecar
-
noun,
a small car attached on one side to a motorcycle and supported on the other side by a wheel of its own, used for a passenger, parcels, etc.
- oculars
-
noun,
Optics. eyepiece.
- dilator
-
noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that dilates some cavity of the body.
- dilates
-
verb (used with object),
to make wider or larger; cause to expand.
- Sinaloa
-
noun,
a state in W Mexico, bordering on the Gulf of California. 22,582 sq. mi. (58,485 sq. km). Capital: Culiacán.
- outrank
-
verb (used with object),
to have a higher rank than:
- truckle
-
noun,
truckle bed.
- Celadon
-
noun,
any of several Chinese porcelains having a translucent, pale green glaze.
- Saracen
-
noun,
History/Historical. a member of any of the nomadic tribes on the Syrian borders of the Roman Empire.
- erasion
-
noun,
the act of erasing.
- oculist
-
noun,
ophthalmologist.
- diluent
-
noun,
a diluting substance.
- Celosia
-
noun,
any plant of the genus Celosia, having small, usually red or yellowish flowers in dense, crested or plumelike spikes.
Compare cockscomb (def 3).
- tinkers
-
noun,
a mender of pots, kettles, pans, etc., usually an itinerant.
- Sinatra
-
noun,
Frank (Francis Albert) 1915–98, U.S. singer and actor.
- centaur
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of a race of monsters having the head, trunk, and arms of a man, and the body and legs of a horse.
- tinkles
-
noun,
a tinkling sound or tune.
- linters
-
noun,
linters, short cotton fibers that stick to seeds after a first ginning.
- Ericson
-
noun,
Leif [leef;; Icelandic leyv] /lif;; Icelandic leɪv/ (Show IPA), flourished a.d. c1000, Norse mariner: according to Icelandic saga, discoverer of Vinland (son of Eric the Red).
- rickets
-
noun,
a disease of childhood, characterized by softening of the bones as a result of inadequate intake of vitamin D and insufficient exposure to sunlight, also associated with impaired calcium and phosphorus metabolism.
- centals
-
noun,
hundredweight (def 1).
- sinuate
-
adjective,
bent in and out; winding; sinuous.
- acinous
-
adjective,
consisting of acini.
- entoils
-
verb (used with object),
to take in toils; ensnare; enmesh.
- cauline
-
adjective,
of or relating to a stem, especially pertaining to or arising from the upper part of a stem.
- caudles
-
noun,
a warm drink for the sick, as of wine or ale mixed with eggs, bread, sugar, spices, etc.
- Lockean
-
noun,
an adherent of the philosophy of Locke.
- linocut
-
noun,
a cut made from a design cut into linoleum mounted on a block of wood.
- entrail
-
plural noun,
the internal parts of the trunk of an animal body.
- unleads
-
verb (used with object),
Printing. to remove the leads between (lines of type).
- outline
-
noun,
the line by which a figure or object is defined or bounded; contour.
- Ancaeus
-
noun,
a son of Poseidon who joined the Argonauts and became helmsman of the Argo.
- locates
-
verb (used with object),
to identify or discover the place or location of:
- acetous
-
adjective,
containing or producing acetic acid.
- take-in
-
noun,
a deception, fraud, or imposition.
- caulker
-
noun,
a person who caulks the seams of boats or the like.
- unlades
-
verb (used with object),
to take the lading, load, or cargo from; unload.
- arnicas
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Arnica, having opposite leaves and yellow flower heads.
- loaners
-
noun,
a person or thing that loans.
- outrace
-
verb (used with object),
to race or run faster than:
- loaders
-
noun,
a person or thing that loads.
- caution
-
noun,
alertness and prudence in a hazardous situation; care; wariness:
- trundle
-
noun,
a small wheel, roller, or the like.
- dilutes
-
adjective,
reduced in strength, as a chemical by admixture; weak:
- rondels
-
noun,
Prosody. a short poem of fixed form, consisting usually of 14 lines on two rhymes, of which four are made up of the initial couplet repeated in the middle and at the end, with the second line of the couplet sometimes being omitted at the end.
- aristo-
-
- enduros
-
noun,
an endurance race for automobiles or sometimes motorcycles.
- Artesia
-
noun,
a city in S California.
- Carline
-
noun,
an old woman.
- article
-
noun,
a written composition in prose, usually nonfiction, on a specific topic, forming an independent part of a book or other publication, as a newspaper or magazine.
- Carlist
-
noun,
a supporter of the claims of Don Carlos of Spain or of his successors to the Spanish throne.
- Linacre
-
noun,
Thomas, 1460?–1521, English humanist, translator, scholar, and physician.
- erotica
-
noun,
written works, usually fiction, dealing with sexual love.
- Carlita
-
noun,
a female given name.
- carload
-
noun,
the amount carried by a car, especially a freight car.
- Linares
-
noun,
a city in S Spain.
- Sarcina
-
noun,
any of several spherical, saprophytic bacteria of the genus Sarcina, having a cuboidal cell arrangement.
- cerato-
-
- oatcake
-
noun,
a cake, usually thin and brittle, made of oatmeal.
- sanicle
-
noun,
any plant belonging to the genus Sanicula, of the parsley family, as S. marilandica, of America, used in medicine.
- Carlota
-
noun,
1840–1927, wife of Maximillian: empress of Mexico 1864–67 (daughter of Leopold I of Belgium).
- duckers
-
noun,
a person or thing that ducks.
- Carlson
-
noun,
Anton Julius [an-tohn,, -ton] /ˈæn toʊn,, -tɒn/ (Show IPA), 1875–1956, U.S. physiologist, born in Sweden.
- Carlton
-
noun,
Stephen Norman ("Steve"; "Lefty") born 1944, U.S. baseball player.
- outside
-
noun,
the outer side, surface, or part; exterior:
- lucarne
-
noun,
a dormer window.
- drastic
-
adjective,
acting with force or violence; violent.
- Ariadne
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a daughter of Minos and Pasiphaë who gave Theseus the thread by which he escaped from the labyrinth: deserted by Theseus on Naxos, she became the bride of Dionysus.
- discant
-
noun,
Also, discantus [dis-kan-tuh s] /dɪsˈkæn təs/ (Show IPA). Music. a 13th-century polyphonic style with strict mensural meter in all the voice parts, in contrast to the metrically free organum of the period.
- eluants
-
noun,
a liquid used for elution.
- carinas
-
noun,
Zoology. a keellike part or ridge, especially a ridge of bone on the ventral side of the sternum of birds.
- acedias
-
noun,
sloth (def 1).
Compare deadly sins.
- roulade
-
noun,
a musical embellishment consisting of a rapid succession of tones sung to a single syllable.
- unasked
-
adjective,
not asked:
- duckies
-
noun,
(used as a term of endearment or familiarity) dear; sweetheart; darling; pet.
- talions
-
noun,
lex talionis.
- acerola
-
noun,
the cherrylike fruit of a small tree, Malpighia glabra, of the West Indies and adjacent areas, having a high concentration of vitamin C.
- Dickson
-
noun,
Leonard Eugene, 1874–1954, U.S. mathematician.
- artisan
-
noun,
a person skilled in an applied art; a craftsperson.
- erotics
-
noun,
an erotic poem.
- dourine
-
noun,
an infectious disease of horses, affecting the genitals and hind legs, caused by a protozoan parasite, Trypanosoma equiperdum.
- Lucinda
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Lucy.
- anisole
-
noun,
a colorless, water-insoluble liquid, C 7 H 8 O, having a pleasant, aromatic odor, used chiefly in perfumery and organic synthesis, and as a vermicide.
- uncloak
-
verb (used with object),
to remove the cloak from.
- oscular
-
adjective,
pertaining to an osculum.
- sainted
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- cariole
-
noun,
a small, open, two-wheeled vehicle.
- carious
-
adjective,
having caries, as teeth; decayed.
- caritas
-
noun,
charity.
- discern
-
verb (used with object),
to perceive by the sight or some other sense or by the intellect; see, recognize, or apprehend:
- acerous
-
adjective,
acerose1 .
- sickout
-
noun,
an organized absence from work by employees on the pretext of sickness, as to avoid the legal problems or antistrike clauses that would be invoked in the case of a formal strike.
- alunite
-
noun,
a mineral, a hydrous sulfate of potassium and aluminum, KAl 3 (SO 4) 2 (OH) 6 , commonly occurring in fine-grained masses.
- Lucania
-
noun,
an ancient region in S Italy, NW of the Gulf of Taranto.
- cartels
-
noun,
an international syndicate, combine, or trust formed especially to regulate prices and output in some field of business.
- Saladin
-
noun,
(Salāh-ed-Dīn Yūsuf ibn Ayyūb) 1137–93, sultan of Egypt and Syria 1175–93: opponent of Crusaders.
- Sialkot
-
noun,
a city in NE Pakistan: military station.
- unclose
-
verb (used with or without object),
to bring or come out of a closed state; open.
- Lourdes
-
noun,
a city in SW France: Roman Catholic shrine famed for miraculous cures.
- talcose
-
adjective,
containing or composed largely of talc.
- Erikson
-
noun,
Erik (Homburger) [hom-bur-ger] /ˈhɒm bɜr gər/ (Show IPA), 1902–94, U.S. psychoanalyst, born in Germany.
- tincals
-
noun,
a former name for crude native borax.
- loudens
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become loud.
- arsenal
-
noun,
a place of storage or a magazine containing arms and military equipment for land or naval service.
- arseno-
-
- encrust
-
verb (used with or without object),
incrust.
- androus
-
- Dionaea
-
noun,
the Venus's-flytrap.
- acetals
-
noun,
Also called diethylacetal. a colorless, volatile, sparingly water-soluble liquid, C 6 H 14 O 2 , having a nutlike aftertaste, obtained from acetaldehyde and ethyl alcohol: used chiefly as a solvent and in the manufacture of perfumes.
- rinceau
-
noun,
an ornamental foliate or floral motif.
- acetins
-
noun,
a colorless, thick, hygroscopic liquid, C 5 H 10 O 4 : used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives.
- Sickert
-
noun,
Walter Richard, 1860–1942, English painter.
- tuckers
-
noun,
a person or thing that tucks.
- centro-
-
- ocarina
-
noun,
a simple musical wind instrument shaped somewhat like an elongated egg with a mouthpiece and finger holes.
- carouse
-
noun,
carousal.
- Unkelos
-
noun,
Onkelos.
- directs
-
adverb,
in a direct manner; directly; straight:
- aneuria
-
noun,
neurasthenia.
- carnose
-
adjective,
of or relating to flesh; fleshy.
- outsail
-
verb (used with object),
to outdo in sailing; sail farther, more skillfully, or faster than.
- Santali
-
noun,
the Munda language spoken by the Santal.
- carnous
-
adjective,
carnose.
- carotin
-
noun,
carotene.
- Setaria
-
noun,
any grass of the genus Setaria, having a dense panicle, grown for forage.
- roundel
-
noun,
something round or circular.
- carnies
-
noun,
a person employed by a carnival.
- elusion
-
noun,
the act of eluding; evasion.
- Salerno
-
noun,
a seaport in SW Italy: taken by U.S. forces September 1943.
- aneroid
-
noun,
aneroid barometer.
- Carolus
-
noun,
any of various coins issued under monarchs named Charles, especially the broad of Charles I of England.
- carnets
-
noun,
a customs document allowing an automobile to be driven at no cost across international borders.
- carotid
-
noun,
Also called carotid artery. either of the two large arteries, one on each side of the head, that carry blood to the head and that divide into an external branch supplying the neck, face, and other external parts, and an internal branch supplying the brain, eye, and other internal parts.
- danseur
-
noun,
a male ballet dancer.
- routine
-
noun,
a customary or regular course of procedure.
- Rosina
-
noun,
a female given name, Italian form of Rose.
- intro.
-
- Roseau
-
noun,
a seaport on and the capital of Dominica.
- dulias
-
noun,
veneration and invocation given to saints as the servants of God.
- dunite
-
noun,
a coarse-grained igneous rock composed almost entirely of olivine.
- rankle
-
verb (used with object),
to cause keen irritation or bitter resentment in:
- inlace
-
verb (used with object),
enlace.
- instr.
-
- drinks
-
noun,
any liquid that is swallowed to quench thirst, for nourishment, etc.; beverage.
- duckie
-
adjective,
ducky1 .
- intake
-
noun,
the place or opening at which a fluid is taken into a channel, pipe, etc.
- Ronald
-
noun,
a male given name: from Scandinavian words meaning “counsel” and “rule.”.
- ducats
-
noun,
any of various gold coins formerly issued in various parts of Europe, especially that first issued in Venice in 1284.
Compare sequin (def 2).
- insoul
-
verb (used with object),
ensoul.
- instal
-
verb (used with object),
install.
- ducker
-
noun,
a person or thing that ducks.
- insure
-
verb (used with object),
to guarantee against loss or harm.
- Duarte
-
noun,
a city in SW California.
- instar
-
noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- rondel
-
noun,
Prosody. a short poem of fixed form, consisting usually of 14 lines on two rhymes, of which four are made up of the initial couplet repeated in the middle and at the end, with the second line of the couplet sometimes being omitted at the end.
- insult
-
noun,
an insolent or contemptuously rude action or remark; affront.
- rundle
-
noun,
a rung of a ladder.
- redout
-
noun,
a condition experienced by pilots and astronauts in which blood is forced to the head and results in a reddening of the field of vision during rapid deceleration or in maneuvers that produce a negative gravity force.
- strake
-
noun,
Nautical. a continuous course of planks or plates on a ship forming a hull shell, deck, etc.
- insula
-
noun,
a group of convolutions situated at the base of the lateral fissure of the brain.
- insole
-
noun,
the inner sole of a shoe or boot.
- ductor
-
noun,
the roller that conveys ink in a press from the ink reservoir to the distributor.
- droits
-
noun,
a legal right or claim.
- dulcet
-
noun,
an organ stop resembling the dulciana but an octave higher.
- intra-
-
- drouks
-
verb (used with object),
to wet thoroughly; drench.
- inlaut
-
noun,
medial position in a word, especially as a conditioning environment in sound change.
- Roland
-
noun,
Italian Orlando. the greatest of the paladins in the Charlemagne cycle of the chansons de geste, renowned for his prowess and the manner of his death in the battle of Roncesvalles (a.d. 778), also for his five days' combat with Oliver in which neither was the victor.
- drunks
-
noun,
an intoxicated person.
- reduct
-
verb (used with object),
to reduce.
- inroad
-
noun,
a damaging or serious encroachment:
- insert
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- intoed
-
adjective,
having inwardly turned toes.
- stound
-
noun,
Archaic. a short time; short while.
- inters
-
verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- Strain
-
noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- duiker
-
noun,
any of several small African antelopes of the Cephalophus, Sylvicapra, and related genera, the males and often the females having short, spikelike horns: some are endangered.
- insect
-
noun,
any animal of the class Insecta, comprising small, air-breathing arthropods having the body divided into three parts (head, thorax, and abdomen), and having three pairs of legs and usually two pairs of wings.
- inter.
-
- telson
-
noun,
the last segment, or an appendage of the last segment, of certain arthropods, as the middle flipper of a lobster's tail.
- rental
-
noun,
an amount received or paid as rent.
- inkles
-
noun,
a linen tape used for trimmings.
- Elinor
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- enacts
-
verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- Eluard
-
noun,
Paul [pawl] /pɔl/ (Show IPA), (Eugène Grindel) 1895–1952, French poet.
- retain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- sunlit
-
adjective,
lighted by the sun.
- eluant
-
noun,
a liquid used for elution.
- talers
-
noun,
thaler.
- sunket
-
noun,
something, especially something to eat.
- retail
-
noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- elisor
-
noun,
a person appointed by a court to perform the duties of a sheriff or coroner who is disqualified from acting in a certain case.
- sunder
-
verb (used with object),
to separate; part; divide; sever.
- Talien
-
noun,
Wade-Giles. Dalian.
- sundae
-
noun,
ice cream served with syrup poured over it, and often other toppings, as whipped cream, chopped nuts, or fruit.
- elints
-
noun,
the gathering of military or other intelligence through the monitoring of electronic signals other than voice communications, as satellite transmissions, rocket telemetry, and radar.
- sultan
-
noun,
the sovereign of an Islamic country.
- iatro-
-
- Eudora
-
noun,
a female given name.
- suitor
-
noun,
a man who courts or woos a woman.
- suited
-
noun,
a set of clothing, armor, or the like, intended for wear together.
- Icarus
-
noun,
Also, Ikaros. Classical Mythology. a youth who attempted to escape from Crete with wings of wax and feathers but flew so high that his wings melted from the heat of the sun, and he plunged to his death in the sea.
- talion
-
noun,
lex talionis.
- ickers
-
noun,
the fruit-bearing spike of any cereal plant, especially an ear of corn.
- talkie
-
noun,
talking picture.
- rouens
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Seine-Maritime, in N France, on the Seine: famous cathedral; execution of Joan of Arc 1431.
- result
-
noun,
something that happens as a consequence; outcome.
- Reston
-
noun,
James (Barrett) ("Scotty") 1909–1995, U.S. journalist, born in Scotland.
- elands
-
noun,
either of two large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragus, having long, spirally twisted horns: now rare.
- talons
-
noun,
a claw, especially of a bird of prey.
- ritual
-
noun,
an established or prescribed procedure for a religious or other rite.
- eikons
-
noun,
icon (defs 1, 2).
- Idaean
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, associated with, or inhabiting Mount Ida in Asia Minor or Crete.
- retina
-
noun,
the innermost coat of the posterior part of the eyeball that receives the image produced by the lens, is continuous with the optic nerve, and consists of several layers, one of which contains the rods and cones that are sensitive to light.
- Euclid
-
noun,
flourished c300 b.c, Greek geometrician and educator at Alexandria.
- resoil
-
verb (used with object),
to replace topsoil, especially that lost by erosion.
- taenia
-
noun,
Classical Antiquity. a headband or fillet.
- eructs
-
verb (used with or without object),
to belch forth, as gas from the stomach.
- erotic
-
noun,
an erotic poem.
- Tailor
-
noun,
a person whose occupation is the making, mending, or altering of clothes, especially suits, coats, and other outer garments.
- tailed
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- Rialto
-
noun,
an exchange or mart.
- Escaut
-
noun,
French name of Scheldt.
- routes
-
noun,
a course, way, or road for passage or travel:
- tainos
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- ruanas
-
noun,
a poncholike outer garment of heavy wool, worn especially in the mountains of Colombia.
- escort
-
noun,
a group of persons, or a single person, accompanying another or others for protection, guidance, or courtesy:
- escudo
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Cape Verde, equal to 100 centavos.
- rictus
-
noun,
the gape of the mouth of a bird.
- 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.
- rident
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- Ruanda
-
noun,
a member of a people living in Rwanda and the E Democratic Republic of the Congo.
- enduro
-
noun,
an endurance race for automobiles or sometimes motorcycles.
- Enrico
-
noun,
a male given name: Italian form of Henry.
- sutler
-
noun,
(formerly) a person who followed an army or maintained a store on an army post to sell provisions to the soldiers.
- tackle
-
noun,
equipment, apparatus, or gear, especially for fishing:
- Enkidu
-
noun,
the servant and friend of Gilgamesh.
- enlist
-
verb (used with object),
to engage for military service:
- etalon
-
noun,
an interferometer consisting of two glass plates that reflect approximately half of each ray of light incident upon them and that are separated by a small, fixed distance: used to compare wavelengths and to study atomic spectra.
- takins
-
noun,
a mountain-dwelling bovid, Budorcas taxicolor, native to the eastern Himalayas, China, and northern Burma, that resembles a cross between a goat and a musk ox.
- enrols
-
verb (used with or without object),
enroll.
- rounds
-
noun,
any round shape, as a circle, ring or sphere.
- Estrin
-
noun,
estrone.
- estral
-
adjective,
estrous.
- ensoul
-
verb (used with object),
to endow with a soul.
- entail
-
noun,
the act of entailing.
- entoil
-
verb (used with object),
to take in toils; ensnare; enmesh.
- Eolian
-
noun,
Aeolian2 (def 3).
- educts
-
noun,
something educed; eduction.
- reskin
-
verb (used with object),
to replace or repair the exterior surface or coating of:
- Strand
-
noun,
the land bordering the sea, a lake, or a river; shore; beach.
- tarsia
-
noun,
intarsia.
- relict
-
noun,
Ecology. a species or community living in an environment that has changed from that which is typical for it.
- Tarlac
-
noun,
a city on N central Luzon, in the N Philippines.
- incurs
-
verb (used with object),
to come into or acquire (some consequence, usually undesirable or injurious):
- duties
-
noun,
something that one is expected or required to do by moral or legal obligation.
- Dustin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- incuse
-
noun,
an incuse figure or impression.
- indecl
-
- indole
-
noun,
a colorless to yellowish solid, C 8 H 7 N, having a low melting point and a fecal odor, found in the oil of jasmine and clove and as a putrefaction product from animals' intestines: used in perfumery and as a reagent.
- Duster
-
noun,
a person or thing that removes or applies dust.
- Indore
-
noun,
a former state in central India: now part of Madhya Pradesh.
- taroks
-
noun,
a card game dating probably from the Renaissance and still popular in central Europe, originally played with a special pack of 78 cards but now usually played with 32 cards of a regular pack together with 22 tarots.
- durocs
-
noun,
one of an American breed of hardy red hogs having drooping ears.
- induc.
-
- tarsal
-
noun,
a tarsal bone, joint, or the like.
- induce
-
verb (used with object),
to lead or move by persuasion or influence, as to some action or state of mind:
- incult
-
adjective,
wild; rude; unrefined.
- Rosita
-
noun,
a female given name, Spanish form of Rose.
- durian
-
noun,
the edible fruit of a tree, Durio zibethinus, of the bombax family, of southeastern Asia, having a hard, prickly rind, a highly flavored, pulpy flesh, and an unpleasant odor.
- Tarski
-
noun,
Alfred, 1902–1983, U.S. mathematician and logician, born in Poland.
- rodent
-
noun,
a rodent mammal.
- Durant
-
noun,
Ariel, 1898–1981, U.S. author and historian (wife of Will).
- induct
-
verb (used with object),
to install in an office, benefice, position, etc., especially with formal ceremonies:
- durain
-
noun,
the coal forming the dull layers in banded bituminous coal.
- tarso-
-
- Dunois
-
noun,
Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), Comte de ("Bastard of Orleans") 1403?–68, French military leader: relieved by Joan of Arc and her troops when besieged at Orleans.
- indues
-
verb (used with object),
endue.
- Dunker
-
noun,
a member of the Church of the Brethren, a denomination of Christians founded in Germany in 1708 and later reorganized in the U.S., characterized by the practice of trine immersion, the celebration of a love feast accompanying the Lord's Supper, and opposition to the taking of oaths and to military service.
- indult
-
noun,
a dispensation granted often temporarily by the pope, permitting a deviation from church law.
- tauro-
-
- streak
-
noun,
a long, narrow mark, smear, band of color, or the like:
- rosace
-
noun,
rosette (def 3).
- Eakins
-
noun,
Thomas, 1844–1916, U.S. painter.
- ideals
-
noun,
a conception of something in its perfection.
- Stroud
-
noun,
a coarse woolen cloth, blanket, or garment formerly used by the British in bartering with the North American Indians.
- rotund
-
adjective,
round in shape; rounded:
- roadie
-
noun,
a member of a crew for a traveling group of musicians or other entertainers, whose work usually includes the setting up of equipment.
- rocket
-
noun,
any of various simple or complex tubelike devices containing combustibles that on being ignited liberate gases whose action propels the tube through the air: used for pyrotechnic effect, signaling, carrying a lifeline, hurling explosives at an enemy, putting a space vehicle into orbit, etc.
- taluks
-
noun,
a hereditary estate.
- ideata
-
noun,
(in epistemology) the object of knowledge as known by the mind.
Compare datum (def 3).
- editor
-
noun,
a person having managerial and sometimes policy-making responsibility related to the writing, compilation, and revision of content for a publishing firm or for a newspaper, magazine, or other publication:
- Edison
-
noun,
Thomas Alva [al-vuh] /ˈæl və/ (Show IPA), 1847–1931, U.S. inventor, especially of electrical devices.
- idlers
-
noun,
a person who passes time in a lazy or unproductive way.
- resail
-
verb (used without object),
to sail back or again.
- tankas
-
noun,
a Japanese poem consisting of 31 syllables in 5 lines, with 5 syllables in the first and third lines and 7 in the others.
- riatas
-
noun,
a lariat.
- suckle
-
verb (used with object),
to nurse at the breast or udder.
- sucker
-
noun,
a person or thing that sucks.
- studio
-
noun,
the workroom or atelier of an artist, as a painter or sculptor.
- eclats
-
noun,
brilliance of success, reputation, etc.:
- Rockne
-
noun,
Knute (Kenneth) [noot] /nut/ (Show IPA), 1888–1931, U.S. football coach, born in Norway.
- incest
-
noun,
sexual intercourse between closely related persons.
- Easton
-
noun,
a city in E Pennsylvania, on the Delaware River.
- tanrec
-
noun,
tenrec.
- tanker
-
noun,
a ship, airplane, or truck designed for bulk shipment of liquids or gases.
- reluct
-
verb (used without object),
to struggle (against something); rebel.
- tanked
-
noun,
a large receptacle, container, or structure for holding a liquid or gas:
- eclair
-
noun,
a finger-shaped cream puff, filled with whipped cream, custard, or pastry cream, often coated with icing.
- incase
-
verb (used with object),
encase.
- stroke
-
noun,
the act or an instance of striking, as with the fist, a weapon, or a hammer; a blow.
- strick
-
noun,
a group of any of the major bast fibers, as flax or jute, prepared for conversion into sliver form.
- Renata
-
noun,
a female given name.
- stride
-
noun,
a striding manner or a striding gait.
- strike
-
noun,
an act or instance of striking.
- Strine
-
noun,
Australian English.
- strode
-
noun,
a striding manner or a striding gait.
- struck
-
noun,
an act or instance of striking.
- oilers
-
noun,
a person or thing that oils.
- intros
-
noun,
an introduction.
- Lucian
-
noun,
a.d. 117–c180, Greek rhetorician and satirist.
- Serkin
-
noun,
Rudolf [roo-dolf;; German roo-dawlf] /ˈru dɒlf;; German ˈruˌdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1903–91, U.S. pianist, born in Bohemia.
- lucres
-
noun,
monetary reward or gain; money.
- luckie
-
noun,
lucky2 .
- Osetic
-
adjective, noun,
Ossetic.
- Lucite
-
- lucida
-
noun,
the brightest star in a constellation.
- Salian
-
noun,
a Salian Frank.
- osteal
-
adjective,
osseous.
- Ostend
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Belgium.
- Lucias
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “light.”.
- lucent
-
adjective,
shining.
- Lukacs
-
noun,
George, 1885–1971, Hungarian literary critic.
- Ostiak
-
noun,
Ostyak.
- Luanda
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Bantu word meaning “melody.”.
- set-in
-
adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- setula
-
noun,
a short, blunt seta.
- Seurat
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1859–91, French (pointillist) painter.
- Ostler
-
noun,
hostler.
- Salado
-
noun,
Rí·o [ree-oh;; Spanish ree-aw] /ˈri oʊ;; Spanish ˈri ɔ/ (Show IPA) a river in N Argentina, flowing SE to the Paraná River. About 1200 miles (1930 km) long.
- Louise
-
noun,
Lake, a glacial lake in W Canada, in SW Alberta in the Canadian Rockies: resort. 5670 feet (1728 meters) above sea level.
- louies
-
noun,
looie.
- louden
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become loud.
- luetic
-
adjective,
syphilitic.
- serial
-
noun,
anything published, broadcast, etc., in short installments at regular intervals, as a novel appearing in successive issues of a magazine.
- ounces
-
noun,
a unit of weight equal to 437.5 grains or 1/16 pound (28.35 grams) avoirdupois.
- lutein
-
noun,
Also called xanthophyll. a yellow-red, water-insoluble, crystalline, carotenoid alcohol, C 40 H 56 O 2 , found in the petals of marigold and certain other flowers, egg yolk, algae, and corpora lutea: used chiefly in the biochemical study of the carotenoids.
- nacres
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- Orinda
-
noun,
a town in W California.
- nacred
-
adjective,
lined with or resembling nacre.
- Sendai
-
noun,
a city on NE Honshu, in central Japan.
- sendal
-
noun,
a silk fabric in use during the Middle Ages.
- Senior
-
noun,
a person who is older than another.
- Senlac
-
noun,
a hill in SE England: believed by some historians to have been the site of the Battle of Hastings, 1066.
- Senora
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to Mrs., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a married or older woman. Abbreviation: Sra.
- lutose
-
adjective,
covered with a powdery substance resembling mud, as certain insects.
- luteo-
-
- lustre
-
noun,
the state or quality of shining by reflecting light; glitter, sparkle, sheen, or gloss:
- oscine
-
noun,
an oscine bird.
- luster
-
noun,
the state or quality of shining by reflecting light; glitter, sparkle, sheen, or gloss:
- ornate
-
adjective,
elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so:
- Lusaka
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Zambia, in the S central part.
- lurdan
-
noun,
a lazy, stupid, loutish fellow.
- Lurcat
-
noun,
Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1892–1966, French painter and tapestry designer.
- saline
-
noun,
a sterile solution of sodium chloride used to dilute medications or for intravenous therapy.
- lunker
-
noun,
something unusually large for its kind.
- lunies
-
noun,
a lunatic.
- Salina
-
noun,
a saline marsh, spring, or the like.
- lunate
-
noun,
Anatomy. the second bone from the thumb side of the proximal row of bones of the carpus.
- lunars
-
noun,
a lunar observation taken for purposes of navigation or mapping.
- salade
-
noun,
sallet.
- sicken
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become sick.
- naiads
-
noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) Classical Mythology. any of a class of nymphs presiding over rivers and springs.
- drecks
-
noun,
excrement; dung.
- Lister
-
noun,
Also called lister plow, middlebreaker, middlebuster. a plow with a double moldboard, used to prepare the ground for planting by producing furrows and ridges.
- listen
-
Verb phrases,
listen in,
to listen to a radio or television broadcast:
to overhear a conversation or communication, especially by telephone; eavesdrop:
- listed
-
noun,
a series of names or other items written or printed together in a meaningful grouping or sequence so as to constitute a record:
- Li-sao
-
noun,
a poem (c320 b.c.) by Ch'ü Yüan.
- sinker
-
noun,
a person or thing that sinks.
- lionet
-
noun,
a young or small lion.
- linter
-
noun,
linters, short cotton fibers that stick to seeds after a first ginning.
- sinter
-
noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- linked
-
noun,
one of the rings or separate pieces of which a chain is composed.
- Siouan
-
noun,
an American Indian language family formerly widespread from Saskatchewan to the lower Mississippi, also found in the Virginia and Carolina piedmont, and including Catawba, Crow, Dakota, Hidatsa, Mandan, Osage, and Winnebago.
- liners
-
noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- outran
-
verb,
simple past tense of outrun.
- linear
-
adjective,
of, consisting of, or using lines:
- linacs
-
noun,
linear accelerator.
- sailor
-
noun,
a person whose occupation is sailing or navigation; mariner.
- Sirena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- likuta
-
noun,
a paper money, aluminum coin, and monetary unit of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the 100th part of a zaire.
- sailer
-
noun,
a vessel propelled by a sail or sails.
- racial
-
adjective,
of or relating to the social construct of race:
- likens
-
verb (used with object),
to represent as similar or like; compare:
- Lieut.
-
- situla
-
noun,
a deep urn, vase, or bucket-shaped vessel, especially one made in the ancient world.
- lidars
-
noun,
a device similar to radar in principle and operation but using infrared laser light instead of radio waves and capable of detecting particles, distant objects, and varying physical conditions in the atmosphere.
- liters
-
noun,
a unit of capacity redefined in 1964 by a reduction of 28 parts in a million to be exactly equal to one cubic decimeter. It is equivalent to 1.0567 U.S. liquid quarts and is equal to the volume of one kilogram of distilled water at 4°C. Abbreviation: l.
- litres
-
noun,
liter.
- sicker
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) sick persons collectively (usually preceded by the).
- Loiret
-
noun,
a department in central France. 2630 sq. mi. (6810 sq. km). Capital: Orléans.
- sickle
-
noun,
an implement for cutting grain, grass, etc., consisting of a curved, hooklike blade mounted in a short handle.
- ouster
-
noun,
expulsion or removal from a place or position occupied:
- lories
-
noun,
any of several small, usually brilliantly colored Australasian parrots having the tongue bordered with a brushlike fringe for feeding on nectar and fruit juices.
- lorica
-
noun,
Zoology. a hard protective case or sheath, as the protective coverings secreted by certain protists.
- Lorens
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- Lorena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- lorans
-
noun,
a system of long-range navigation whereby the latitude and longitude of a ship or airplane are determined from the time displacement between radio signals from two or more fixed transmitters.
- Lorain
-
noun,
a port in N Ohio, on Lake Erie.
- loners
-
noun,
a person who is or prefers to be alone, especially one who avoids the company of others:
- loiter
-
verb (used with object),
to pass (time) in an idle or aimless manner (usually followed by away):
- lodens
-
noun,
a thick, heavily fulled, waterproof fabric, used in coats and jackets for cold climates.
- silure
-
plural noun,
a British Celtic tribe resident in southeastern Wales at the time of the Roman conquest of Britain.
- locust
-
noun,
Also called acridid, short-horned grasshopper. any of several grasshoppers of the family Acrididae, having short antennae and commonly migrating in swarms that strip the vegetation from large areas.
- Locris
-
noun,
either of two districts in the central part of ancient Greece.
- locket
-
noun,
a small case for a miniature portrait, a lock of hair, or other keepsake, usually worn on a necklace.
- locker
-
noun,
a chest, drawer, compartment, closet, or the like, that may be locked, especially one at a gymnasium, school, etc. for storage and safekeeping of clothing and valuables.
- silane
-
noun,
Also called silicon tetrahydride. a gas with an unpleasant odor, SiH 4 , soluble in water: used as a doping agent for semiconductors in the production of solid-state devices.
- locate
-
verb (used with object),
to identify or discover the place or location of:
- silent
-
noun,
Usually, silents. silent films.
- loaner
-
noun,
a person or thing that loans.
- loader
-
noun,
a person or thing that loads.
- silken
-
adjective,
made of silk.
- Silone
-
noun,
Ignazio [ee-nyah-tsyaw] /iˈnyɑ tsyɔ/ (Show IPA), (Secondo Tranquilli) 1900–78, Italian author.
- nadirs
-
noun,
Astronomy. the point on the celestial sphere directly beneath a given position or observer and diametrically opposite the zenith.
- nailer
-
noun,
a person or thing that drives nails, as a machine that drives nails automatically.
- lictor
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) one of a body of attendants on chief magistrates, who preceded them carrying the fasces and whose duties included executing the sentences of criminals.
- sandal
-
noun,
a shoe consisting of a sole of leather or other material fastened to the foot by thongs or straps.
- scaler
-
noun,
a person or thing that scales.
- notice
-
noun,
an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning:
- oleins
-
noun,
Also called glyceryl trioleate, triolein. a colorless to yellowish, oily, water-insoluble liquid, C 57 H 104 O 6 , the triglyceride of oleic acid, present in many vegetable oils.
- Sandie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Sandro.
- norite
-
noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- norias
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- Nordic
-
noun,
a member of the Nordic people, especially a Scandinavian.
- Nordau
-
noun,
Max Simon [mahks zee-mawn] /mɑks ˈzi mɔn/ (Show IPA), 1849–1923, Hungarian author, physician, and leader in the Zionist movement.
- Sander
-
noun,
a person or thing that sands or sandpapers.
- scato-
-
- Noetic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the mind.
- scalar
-
noun,
Mathematics, Physics. a quantity possessing only magnitude.
Compare vector (def 1a).
- Oneida
-
noun,
a member of an Iroquois people formerly inhabiting the region east of Oneida Lake.
- nodule
-
noun,
a small node, knot, or knob.
- sancta
-
noun,
a sacred or holy place.
- noctis
-
adjective,
(in prescriptions) of the night.
- nocti-
-
- sclent
-
noun,
any slanting surface, as a slope.
- scler-
-
- sclera
-
noun,
a dense, white, fibrous membrane that, with the cornea, forms the external covering of the eyeball.
- salute
-
noun,
Military.
the special act of respect paid in saluting.
the position of the hand or rifle in saluting:
- Saluki
-
noun,
(sometimes lowercase) one of a breed of black and tan, white, gold, or tricolor dogs resembling the greyhound and having fringes of long hair on the ears, legs, and thighs, raised originally in Egypt and southwestern Asia.
- onside
-
adjective, adverb,
not offside; being within the prescribed line or area at the beginning of or during play or a play.
- scaled
-
noun,
Zoology.
one of the thin, flat, horny plates forming the covering of certain animals, as snakes, lizards, and pangolins.
one of the hard, bony or dentinal plates, either flat or denticulate, forming the covering of certain other animals, as fishes.
- nuclei
-
noun,
plural of nucleus.
- nitres
-
noun,
niter.
- santir
-
noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- sarco-
-
- Sardou
-
noun,
Victorien [veek-taw-ryen] /vik tɔˈryɛ̃/ (Show IPA), 1831–1908, French dramatist.
- Sarnia
-
noun,
a port in SE Ontario, in S Canada, on the S shore of Lake Huron, on the St. Clair River, across from Port Huron, Michigan.
- Sarouk
-
noun,
a tightly woven Oriental rug with soft colors and, usually, a center design.
- Sarton
-
noun,
May, 1912–95, U.S. poet, novelist, and playwright.
- ocular
-
noun,
Optics. eyepiece.
- Octans
-
noun,
the Octant, a southern constellation that contains the south celestial pole.
- octane
-
noun,
any of 18 isomeric saturated hydrocarbons having the formula C 8 H 18 , some of which are obtained in the distillation and cracking of petroleum.
- octads
-
noun,
a group or series of eight.
- ockers
-
noun,
an uncultured Australian male.
- Santal
-
noun,
sandalwood.
- Sandor
-
noun,
a male given name.
- satire
-
noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- oaters
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- satori
-
noun,
sudden enlightenment.
- Sandro
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Saturn
-
noun,
an ancient Roman god of agriculture, the consort of Ops, believed to have ruled the earth during an age of happiness and virtue, identified with the Greek god Cronus.
- sauced
-
noun,
any preparation, usually liquid or semiliquid, eaten as a gravy or as a relish accompanying food.
- saucer
-
noun,
a small, round, shallow dish to hold a cup.
- Sandra
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Alexandra.
- nutria
-
noun,
the coypu.
- saurel
-
noun,
any of several elongated marine fishes of the genus Trachurus, having bony plates along each side.
- oldest
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) old persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- nitro-
-
- niters
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- Orient
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- nasute
-
noun,
a soldier termite characterized by a beaklike snout through which a sticky secretion repellent to other insects is emitted.
- necro-
-
- Neckar
-
noun,
a river in SW Germany, flowing N and NE from the Black Forest, then W to the Rhine River. 246 miles (395 km) long.
- ordeal
-
noun,
any extremely severe or trying test, experience, or trial.
- secant
-
noun,
Geometry. an intersecting line, especially one intersecting a curve at two or more points.
- Nautes
-
noun,
(in the Aeneid) an aged Trojan and advisor to Aeneas.
- nausea
-
noun,
sickness at the stomach, especially when accompanied by a loathing for food and an involuntary impulse to vomit.
- Nature
-
noun,
the material world, especially as surrounding humankind and existing independently of human activities.
- second
-
noun,
a second part.
- Natick
-
noun,
a town in E Massachusetts, W of Boston.
- natals
-
noun,
a province in the E part of the Republic of South Africa. 35,284 sq. mi. (91,886 sq. km). Capital: Pietermaritzburg.
- nastic
-
adjective,
of or showing sufficiently greater cellular force or growth on one side of an axis to change the form or position of the axis.
- ordain
-
verb (used with object),
to invest with ministerial or sacerdotal functions; confer holy orders upon.
- NASCAR
-
noun,
National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing.
- sector
-
noun,
Geometry. a plane figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle.
- narial
-
adjective,
of or relating to the nares or nostrils.
- oreads
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. any of a group of nymphs who were the companions of Artemis.
- narcos
-
noun,
narc.
- narco-
-
- secund
-
adjective,
arranged on one side only; unilateral.
- orenda
-
noun,
a supernatural force believed by the Iroquois Indians to be present, in varying degrees, in all objects or persons, and to be the spiritual force by which human accomplishment is attained or accounted for.
- oriels
-
noun,
a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
- Naoise
-
noun,
the husband of Deirdre and a nephew of Conchobar, by whom he was treacherously killed.
- naleds
-
noun,
a synthetic insecticide and miticide, C 4 H 7 Br 2 Cl 2 O 4 , having relatively low toxicity to mammals.
- nectar
-
noun,
the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or birds that pollinate the flower.
- scrota
-
noun,
the pouch of skin that contains the testes.
- Nistru
-
noun,
Romanian name of Dniester.
- nicads
-
noun,
nickel-cadmium battery.
- Nilote
-
noun,
a member of any of several indigenous black peoples of the Sudan and eastern Africa.
- scoria
-
noun,
Metallurgy. the refuse, dross, or slag left after melting or smelting metal; scum.
- Scoter
-
noun,
any of the large diving ducks of the genus Melanitta, inhabiting northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere.
- Scotia
-
noun,
a deep concave molding between two fillets, as in the Attic base.
- Nicole
-
noun,
a female given name: from Greek words meaning “victory” and “people.”.
- nicker
-
noun,
a person or thing that nicks.
- nickel
-
noun,
Chemistry. a hard, silvery-white, ductile and malleable metallic element, allied to iron and cobalt, not readily oxidized: used chiefly in alloys, in electroplating, and as a catalyst in organic synthesis. Symbol: Ni; atomic weight: 58.71; atomic number: 28; specific gravity: 8.9 at 20°C.
- oracle
-
noun,
(especially in ancient Greece) an utterance, often ambiguous or obscure, given by a priest or priestess at a shrine as the response of a god to an inquiry.
- Oradea
-
noun,
a city in NW Romania.
- Nicaea
-
noun,
an ancient city in NW Asia Minor: Nicene Creed formulated here a.d.
- saltie
-
noun,
an ocean-going sailor.
- nerols
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid, unsaturated alcohol, C 10 H 18 O, an isomeric form of geraniol occurring in neroli oil, used in perfumery.
- orates
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- Salter
-
noun,
a person who makes or sells salt.
- Salten
-
noun,
Felix [fee-liks;; German fey-liks] /ˈfi lɪks;; German ˈfeɪ lɪks/ (Show IPA), (Siegmund Salzman) 1869–1945, Austrian novelist, in Switzerland after 1938.
- orcein
-
noun,
a red dye, the principal coloring matter of cudbear and orchil, obtained by oxidizing an ammoniacal solution of orcinol.
- salted
-
noun,
a crystalline compound, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring as a mineral, a constituent of seawater, etc., and used for seasoning food, as a preservative, etc.
- neurol
-
- neuro-
-
- neural
-
adjective,
of or relating to a nerve or the nervous system.
- Nestor
-
noun,
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- screak
-
noun,
a screech.
- Neruda
-
noun,
Pablo [pah-vlaw;; English pah-bloh] /ˈpɑ vlɔ;; English ˈpɑ bloʊ/ (Show IPA), (Neftali Ricardo Reyes Basoalto) 1904–73, Chilean poet and diplomat: Nobel Prize in literature 1971.
- Racine
-
noun,
Jean Baptiste [zhahn ba-teest] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist/ (Show IPA), 1639–99, French dramatist.
- Skanda
-
noun,
the Hindu god of war.
- redial
-
noun,
automatic redial.
- source
-
noun,
any thing or place from which something comes, arises, or is obtained; origin:
- sorted
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- kinase
-
noun,
a transferase that catalyzes the phosphorylation of a substrate by ATP.
- sortie
-
noun,
a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
- Ruskin
-
noun,
John, 1819–1900, English author, art critic, and social reformer.
- kilter
-
noun,
good condition; order:
- re-act
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- kilted
-
noun,
any short, pleated skirt, especially a tartan wraparound, as that worn by men in the Scottish Highlands.
- soucar
-
noun,
a Hindu banker.
- Kidron
-
noun,
a ravine E of Jerusalem, leading to the Mount of Olives: traditionally identified by Jewish, Christian, and Muslim religions as the Valley of Decision, the place of final judgment. Joel 3:2, 12.
- realia
-
plural noun,
Education. objects, as coins, tools, etc., used by a teacher to illustrate everyday living.
- kernos
-
noun,
a Mycenaean ceramic piece, usually in the form of a ring, to which were attached a number of cups or vases.
- rustic
-
noun,
a country person.
- reason
-
noun,
a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.:
- souter
-
noun,
a person who makes or repairs shoes; cobbler; shoemaker.
- reatas
-
noun,
riata.
- recant
-
verb (used with object),
to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
- recast
-
noun,
a recasting.
- kerat-
-
- Kerala
-
noun,
a state in SW India: formerly the regions of Travancore and Cochin. 15,005 sq. mi. (38,836 sq. km). Capital: Thiruvananthapuram.
- Stacia
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Kelson
-
noun,
keelson.
- keloid
-
noun,
an abnormal proliferation of scar tissue, as on the site of a surgical incision.
- Kedron
-
noun,
Kidron.
- kindle
-
noun,
a litter of kittens, rabbits, etc.
- kirtle
-
noun,
a woman's loose gown, worn in the Middle Ages.
- Keaton
-
noun,
Buster (Joseph Francis Keaton) 1895–1966, U.S. film comedian and director.
- koines
-
noun,
(usually initial capital letter) an amalgam of Greek dialects, chiefly Attic and Ionic, that replaced the Classical Greek dialects in the Hellenistic period and flourished under the Roman Empire.
- rustle
-
noun,
the sound made by anything that rustles:
- ratals
-
noun,
the amount on which rates or taxes are assessed.
- ratans
-
noun,
rattan.
- Rustin
-
noun,
Bayard [bey-erd] /ˈbeɪ ərd/ (Show IPA), 1910–1987, U.S. civil rights leader.
- Korean
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of South Korea or North Korea.
- Solent
-
noun,
The, a channel between the Isle of Wight and the mainland of S England. 2–5 miles (3.2–8 km) wide.
- Konrad
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Solera
-
noun,
(especially in Spain) a series of casks, graded according to age, in which sherries and brandies are stored while maturing.
- ratels
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- ratine
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- solute
-
noun,
the substance dissolved in a given solution.
- Kiruna
-
noun,
a city in N Sweden: important iron-mining center.
- koalas
-
noun,
a sluggish, tailless, gray, furry, arboreal marsupial, Phascolarctos cinereus, of Australia.
- knurls
-
noun,
a small ridge or bead, especially one of a series, as on a button for decoration or on the edge of a thumbscrew to assist in obtaining a firm grip.
- ration
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- sonata
-
noun,
a composition for one or two instruments, typically in three or four movements in contrasted forms and keys.
- knouts
-
noun,
a whip with a lash of leather thongs, formerly used in Russia for flogging criminals.
- Sondra
-
noun,
a female given name.
- kneads
-
verb (used with object),
to work (dough, clay, etc.) into a uniform mixture by pressing, folding, and stretching.
- K-line
-
noun,
one of a series of lines (K-series) in the x-ray spectrum of an atom corresponding to radiation (K-radiation) produced by the transition of an electron to the K-shell.
- Kleist
-
noun,
(Bernd) Heinrich (Wilhelm) von [bernt hahyn-rikh vil-helm fuh n] /bɛrnt ˈhaɪn rɪx ˈvɪl hɛlm fən/ (Show IPA), 1777–1811, German poet, dramatist, and story writer.
- Sorata
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in W Bolivia, in the Andes, near Lake Titicaca: two peaks, Ancohuma, 21,490 feet (6550 meters), and Illampu, 21,276 feet (6485 meters).
- Kistna
-
noun,
former name of Krishna (def 2).
- stadia
-
noun,
a method of surveying in which distances are read by noting the interval on a graduated rod intercepted by two parallel cross hairs (stadia hairs or stadia wires) mounted in the telescope of a surveying instrument, the rod being placed at one end of the distance to be measured and the surveying instrument at the other.
- stadle
-
noun,
staddle.
- rastle
-
verb (used with or without object),
wrestle.
- redact
-
verb (used with object),
to put into suitable literary form; revise; edit.
- Itasca
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in N Minnesota: one of the sources of the Mississippi River.
- sterol
-
noun,
any of a group of solid, mostly unsaturated, polycyclic alcohols, as cholesterol and ergosterol, derived from plants or animals.
- Israel
-
noun,
a republic in SW Asia, on the Mediterranean: formed as a Jewish state May 1948. 7984 sq. mi. (20,679 sq. km). Capital: Jerusalem.
- isotac
-
noun,
a line drawn on a map connecting all points where ice starts to melt at approximately the same period in spring.
- Isolde
-
noun,
German name of Iseult.
- Isolda
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Iseult.
- rectos
-
- rectus
-
noun,
any of several straight muscles, as of the abdomen, thigh, eye, etc.
- Island
-
noun,
a tract of land completely surrounded by water, and not large enough to be called a continent.
- Iseult
-
noun,
Also, Yseult. German Isolde. Arthurian Romance.
the daughter of a king of Ireland who became the wife of King Mark of Cornwall: she was the beloved of Tristram.
daughter of the king of Brittany, and wife of Tristram.
- stinko
-
adjective,
drunk.
- recti-
-
- irones
-
noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- redans
-
noun,
a V -shaped work, usually projecting from a fortified line.
- stoked
-
adjective,
exhilarated; excited.
- stoker
-
noun,
a person or thing that stokes.
- irades
-
noun,
a decree of a Muslim ruler.
- stolen
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- stolid
-
adjective,
not easily stirred or moved mentally; unemotional; impassive.
- stoned
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- stoner
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
- iodate
-
noun,
Chemistry. a salt of iodic acid, as sodium iodate, NaIO 3 .
- inures
-
verb (used with object),
to accustom to hardship, difficulty, pain, etc.; toughen or harden; habituate (usually followed by to):
- steric
-
adjective,
of or relating to the spatial relationships of atoms in a molecule.
- steno-
-
- Kearns
-
noun,
a town in N Utah, near Salt Lake City.
- Karens
-
noun,
a group of people of eastern and southern Burma (Myanmar).
- Stalin
-
noun,
Joseph V (Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili or Dzugashvili) 1879–1953, Soviet political leader: secretary general of the Communist Party 1922–53; premier of the U.S.S.R. 1941–53.
- kauris
-
noun,
Also, kauri pine. a tall, coniferous tree, Agathis australis, of New Zealand, yielding a valuable timber and a resin.
- Kaunda
-
noun,
Kenneth (David) born 1924, Zambian political leader: first president 1964–91.
- Kaunas
-
noun,
a city in S central Lithuania.
- kation
-
noun,
cation.
- reckon
-
Verb phrases,
reckon with,
to include in consideration or planning; anticipate:
to deal with:
- Kastro
-
noun,
Mytilene (def 2).
- karuna
-
noun,
the universal compassion of a Bodhisattva.
- stance
-
noun,
the position or bearing of the body while standing:
- recoil
-
noun,
an act of recoiling.
- recons
-
noun,
reconnaissance.
- Kaduna
-
noun,
a city in central Nigeria.
- karats
-
noun,
a unit for measuring the fineness of gold, pure gold being 24 karats fine. Abbreviation: k., kt.
- karate
-
noun,
a method developed in Japan of defending oneself without the use of weapons by striking sensitive areas on an attacker's body with the hands, elbows, knees, or feet.
Compare judo, jujitsu.
- kaolin
-
noun,
a fine white clay used in the manufacture of porcelain.
- Kanuri
-
noun,
a member of a people living in northeast Nigeria and in Niger.
- Kantor
-
noun,
MacKinlay [muh-kin-lee] /məˈkɪn li/ (Show IPA), 1904–77, U.S. novelist.
- kantar
-
noun,
(in some Middle Eastern countries) a unit of weight corresponding to the hundredweight, but varying in different localities.
- kalian
-
noun,
a Persian tobacco pipe in which the smoke is drawn through water; hookah.
- rectal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or for the rectum.
- Kaiser
-
noun,
a German emperor.
- oilcan
-
noun,
a can having a long spout through which oil is poured or squirted to lubricate machinery or the like.
- Kailua
-
noun,
a city on SE Oahu, in Hawaii.
- koruna
-
noun,
an aluminum bronze coin and monetary unit of the Czech Republic, equal to 100 halers. Abbreviation: Kčs.
- solder
-
noun,
any of various alloys fused and applied to the joint between metal objects to unite them without heating the objects to the melting point.
- liards
-
noun,
a former silver coin of France, the fourth part of a sol, issued from the 15th century to 1793 and made from copper after 1650.
- latria
-
noun,
the supreme worship, which may be offered to God only.
- Slater
-
noun,
a person who lays slates, as for roofing.
- slicer
-
noun,
a thin-bladed knife or implement used for slicing, especially food:
- slider
-
noun,
a person or thing that slides.
- Laurie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Laura.
- lauric
-
adjective,
of or derived from lauric acid.
- Lauren
-
noun,
a female given name.
- lauras
-
noun,
a monastery consisting formerly of a group of cells or huts for monks who met together for meals and worship.
- Launce
-
noun,
sand lance.
- Lauder
-
noun,
Sir Harry (MacLennan) [muh-klen-uh n] /məˈklɛn ən/ (Show IPA), 1870–1950, Scottish balladeer and composer.
- lauans
-
noun,
Philippine mahogany.
- Latona
-
noun,
the goddess Leto as identified in Roman mythology.
- learnt
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of learn.
- latkes
-
noun,
a pancake, especially one made of grated potato.
- latins
-
noun,
an Italic language spoken in ancient Rome, fixed in the 2nd or 1st century b.c., and established as the official language of the Roman Empire. Abbreviation: L.
- Latino
-
noun,
a person of Latin-American descent:
- Latina
-
noun,
a woman of Latin-American descent.
- latens
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- Sloane
-
noun,
Sir Hans, 1660–1753, English physician and naturalist.
- Lasker
-
noun,
Emanuel [ey-mah-noo-el] /eɪˈmɑ nu ɛl/ (Show IPA), 1868–1941, German chess player, mathematician, and author.
- lascar
-
noun,
an East Indian sailor.
- Larkin
-
noun,
Philip, 1922–85, English poet and critic.
- Larine
-
adjective,
characteristic of or resembling a gull.
- lariat
-
noun,
a long, noosed rope used to catch horses, cattle, or other livestock; lasso.
- learns
-
verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- lectin
-
noun,
any of a group of proteins that bind to particular carbohydrates in the manner of an antibody and are commonly extracted from plants for use as an agglutinin, as in clumping red blood cells for blood typing.
- Laredo
-
noun,
a city in S Texas, on the Rio Grande.
- racket
-
noun,
a loud noise or clamor, especially of a disturbing or confusing kind; din; uproar:
- skater
-
noun,
a person who skates.
- lianas
-
noun,
any of various usually woody vines that may climb as high as the tree canopy in a tropical forest.
- 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.
- leuko-
-
- Leukas
-
noun,
Levkas.
- Leucon
-
noun,
a type of sponge having a thick body wall with a highly branched canal system leading into the spongocoel.
- leuco-
-
- Leucas
-
noun,
Levkas.
- lesion
-
noun,
an injury; hurt; wound.
- Lerida
-
noun,
a city in NE Spain.
- rackle
-
adjective,
headstrong; rash.
- radian
-
noun,
the measure of a central angle subtending an arc equal in length to the radius: equal to 57.2958°. Abbreviation: rad.
- racons
-
noun,
radar beacon.
- Leonid
-
noun,
any of a shower of meteors occurring around November 15 and appearing to radiate from a point in the constellation Leo.
- radeau
-
noun,
an armed scow, variously rigged, used as a floating battery during the American Revolution.
- lentic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or living in still water.
- sklent
-
noun,
any slanting surface, as a slope.
- Lenoir
-
noun,
Jean Joseph Étienne [zhahn zhoh-zef ey-tyen] /ʒɑ̃ ʒoʊˈzɛf eɪˈtyɛn/ (Show IPA), 1822–1900, French inventor.
- Lencas
-
noun,
a member of an Indian people of El Salvador and central Honduras.
- radial
-
noun,
a radial section or construction.
- Lenard
-
noun,
Philipp [fee-lip] /ˈfi lɪp/ (Show IPA), 1862–1947, German physicist, born in Austria-Hungary: Nobel Prize 1905.
- slaker
-
noun,
a person or thing that slakes.
- lector
-
noun,
a lecturer in a college or university.
- sluice
-
noun,
an artificial channel for conducting water, often fitted with a gate (sluice gate) at the upper end for regulating the flow.
- lardon
-
noun,
a strip of fat used in larding, especially as drawn through the substance of meat, chicken, etc., with a kind of needle or pin.
- Kosice
-
noun,
a city in SE Slovakia.
- kurtas
-
noun,
a long-sleeved, hip-length shirt worn by men in India.
- raised
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- sacker
-
noun,
bagger (def 1).
- lacuna
-
noun,
a gap or missing part, as in a manuscript, series, or logical argument; hiatus.
- rancid
-
adjective,
having a rank, unpleasant, stale smell or taste, as through decomposition, especially of fats or oils:
- lacto-
-
- ranids
-
noun,
frog1 (def 2).
- lacker
-
noun,
a protective coating consisting of a resin, cellulose ester, or both, dissolved in a volatile solvent, sometimes with pigment added.
- ranket
-
noun,
a double-reed wind instrument of the 16th and 17th centuries.
- social
-
noun,
a social gathering or party, especially of or as given by an organized group:
- socket
-
noun,
a hollow part or piece for receiving and holding some part or thing.
- rutins
-
noun,
a bright yellow or greenish-yellow substance, C 27 H 30 O 16 , obtained chiefly from buckwheat, and used in the treatment of capillary fragility.
- ladens
-
adjective,
burdened; loaded down.
- ranula
-
noun,
a cystic tumor formed beneath the tongue, caused by obstruction of the sublingual or submaxillary gland or of a mucous gland.
- solace
-
noun,
comfort in sorrow, misfortune, or trouble; alleviation of distress or discomfort.
- solate
-
verb (used with object),
to change from a gel to a sol.
- krauts
-
noun,
Informal. sauerkraut.
- Rascal
-
noun,
a base, dishonest, or unscrupulous person.
- kraits
-
noun,
any of several large, usually banded, placid but highly venomous snakes constituting the genus Bungarus, of the cobra family, common in southeastern Asia and the Malay Archipelago.
- kraals
-
noun,
an enclosure for cattle and other domestic animals in southern Africa.
- Soldan
-
noun,
the ruler of an Islamic country.
- Kosrae
-
noun,
an island in the W Pacific: part of the Federated States of Micronesia. 42 sq. mi. (109 sq. km).
- rutile
-
noun,
a common mineral, titanium dioxide, TiO 2 , usually reddish-brown in color with a brilliant metallic or adamantine luster, occurring in crystals: used to coat welding rods.
- Ruston
-
noun,
a city in N Louisiana.
- sacral
-
adjective,
of or relating to sacred rites or observances.
- ladies
-
noun,
a woman who is refined, polite, and well-spoken:
- lanose
-
adjective,
lanate.
- Landau
-
noun,
a four-wheeled, two-seated carriage with a top made in two parts that may be let down or folded back.
- Lanier
-
noun,
Sidney, 1842–81, U.S. poet and literary scholar.
- radio-
-
- Landus
-
noun,
Lando.
- Landor
-
noun,
Walter Savage, 1775–1864, English poet and prose writer.
- radios
-
noun,
wireless telegraphy or telephony:
- Landis
-
noun,
Kenesaw Mountain [ken-uh-saw] /ˈkɛn əˌsɔ/ (Show IPA), 1866–1944, U.S. jurist: first commissioner of baseball 1920–44.
- Landes
-
noun,
a department in SW France. 3615 sq. mi. (9365 sq. km). Capital: Mont-de-Marsan.
- radius
-
noun,
a straight line extending from the center of a circle or sphere to the circumference or surface:
- radons
-
noun,
a chemically inert, radioactive gaseous element produced by the decay of radium: emissions produced by outgassing of rock, brick, etc. are a health hazard. Symbol: Rn; atomic number: 86; atomic weight: 222.
- Lander
-
noun,
a space probe designed to land on a planet or other solid celestial body.
- lancet
-
noun,
a small surgical instrument, usually sharp-pointed and two-edged, for making small incisions, opening abscesses, etc.
- Ladino
-
noun,
Also called Judeo-Spanish, Judezmo. a Romance language of Sephardic Jews, based on Old Spanish and written in the Hebrew script.
- lances
-
noun,
a long wooden shaft with a pointed metal head, used as a weapon by knights and cavalry soldiers in charging.
- lancer
-
noun,
a cavalry soldier armed with a lance.
- radula
-
noun,
a chitinous band in the mouth of most mollusks, set with numerous, minute, horny teeth and drawn backward and forward over the floor of the mouth in the process of breaking up food.
- Raetic
-
noun,
an extinct language of uncertain affinities that was spoken in Rhaetia and written with the Etruscan alphabet.
- lanate
-
adjective,
woolly; covered with something resembling wool.
- Lanark
-
noun,
a historic county in S Scotland.
- lanais
-
noun,
a veranda, especially a fully furnished one used as a living room.
- sacro-
-
- lakers
-
noun,
a person associated with a lake, as a resident, visitor, or worker.
- sacred
-
adjective,
devoted or dedicated to a deity or to some religious purpose; consecrated.
- lairds
-
noun,
a landed proprietor.
- driest
-
noun,
a prohibitionist.
- citole
-
noun,
cittern.
- cinder
-
noun,
a partially or mostly burned piece of coal, wood, etc.
- Cronus
-
noun,
a Titan, son of Uranus and Gaea, who was dethroned by his son Zeus.
- crudes
-
noun,
crude oil.
- Artois
-
noun,
a former province in N France: artesian wells.
- Arunta
-
noun,
Aranda.
- traiks
-
verb (used without object),
to become ill or lose one's good health.
- Asante
-
noun,
Ashanti.
- ultras
-
noun,
an extremist, as in politics, religion, fashion, etc.
- trails
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- croute
-
noun,
crust.
- Crouse
-
noun,
Russel, 1893–1966, U.S. dramatist.
- ascend
-
verb (used with object),
to go or move upward upon or along; climb; mount:
- Artaud
-
noun,
Antonin [ahn-taw-nan] /ɑ̃ tɔˈnɛ̃/ (Show IPA), 1896–1948, French actor, poet, and drama critic.
- crones
-
noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- ascent
-
noun,
an act of ascending; upward movement; a rising movement:
- ultra-
-
- croaks
-
noun,
the act or sound of croaking.
- Crista
-
noun,
a crest or ridge.
- Ulster
-
noun,
a former province in Ireland, now comprising Northern Ireland and a part of the Republic of Ireland.
- Creusa
-
noun,
the bride to be of Jason, slain by Medea.
- cretin
-
noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- Cretan
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Crete.
- cresol
-
noun,
any of three isomeric compounds having the formula C 7 H 8 O, usually derived from coal tar and wood tar, and used chiefly as a disinfectant.
- artels
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- cruets
-
noun,
a glass bottle, especially one for holding vinegar, oil, etc., for the table.
- aslant
-
adverb,
at a slant; slantingly; obliquely.
- tousle
-
noun,
a disheveled or rumpled mass, especially of hair.
- culets
-
noun,
Jewelry. a small face forming the bottom of a faceted gem.
- toucan
-
noun,
any of several usually brightly colored, fruit-eating birds of the family Ramphastidae, of tropical America, having a very large bill.
- cuesta
-
noun,
a long, low ridge with a relatively steep face or escarpment on one side and a long, gentle slope on the other.
- arnica
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Arnica, having opposite leaves and yellow flower heads.
- cueist
-
noun,
a billiard player.
- Arnold
-
noun,
Benedict, 1741–1801, American general in the Revolutionary War who became a traitor.
- aroids
-
noun,
any plant of the arum family.
- aroint
-
verb (imperative),
begone:
- uncial
-
noun,
an uncial letter.
- cteno-
-
- uncase
-
verb (used with object),
to remove from a case; remove the case from.
- around
-
Idioms,
been around, having had much worldly experience:
- C-star
-
noun,
carbon star.
- arouse
-
verb (used with object),
to stir to action or strong response; excite:
- traces
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- arsen-
-
- arsine
-
noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- trades
-
noun,
the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries:
- Crusoe
-
noun,
Robinson, Robinson Crusoe.
- arsino
-
adjective,
containing the arsino group.
- cruise
-
noun,
the act of cruising.
- Askari
-
noun,
a native African police officer or soldier, especially one serving a colonial administration.
- credos
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the Apostles' Creed or the Nicene Creed.
- unclad
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of unclothe.
- atonic
-
noun,
Grammar. an unaccented word, syllable, or sound.
- Tuscan
-
noun,
the standard literary form of the Italian language.
- trance
-
noun,
a half-conscious state, seemingly between sleeping and waking, in which ability to function voluntarily may be suspended.
- Coster
-
noun,
costermonger.
- COSTAR
-
noun,
a performer, especially an actor or actress, who shares star billing with another.
- costal
-
adjective,
Anatomy. pertaining to the ribs or the upper sides of the body:
- Atkins
-
noun,
Chester ("Chet") 1924–2001, U.S. country-and-western singer and musician.
- atonal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or marked by atonality.
- COSINE
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side adjacent to a given angle to the hypotenuse.
the sine of the complement of a given angle or arc. Abbreviation: cos.
- atones
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- tranks
-
noun,
a tranquilizer.
- tra-la
-
noun,
nonsense syllables sung as a refrain, expressing gaiety.
- trans.
-
- turkis
-
noun,
the Turkic languages of central Asia, taken collectively.
- Coruna
-
noun,
La Coruña.
- Atreus
-
noun,
the father of Plisthenes, Agamemnon, Menelaus, and Anaxibia upon whose house Thyestes pronounced a curse.
- Cortes
-
noun,
(in Spain or Portugal) the two houses constituting the national legislative body.
- Turkic
-
noun,
a family of closely related languages of southwest, central, and northern Asia and eastern Europe, including Turkish, Azerbaijani, Turkmen, Uzbek, Kirghiz, and Yakut.
- 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.
- audile
-
noun,
a person in whose mind auditory images, rather than visual or motor images, are predominant or unusually distinct.
- audio-
-
- Audion
-
noun,
an early type of triode.
- tusker
-
noun,
an animal with tusks, as an elephant or a wild boar.
- uakari
-
noun,
any of several medium-sized, tree-dwelling Amazon basin monkeys of the genus Cacajao, the only New World monkeys having a short tail: all are now rare.
- credit
-
noun,
commendation or honor given for some action, quality, etc.:
- coutil
-
noun,
a sturdy fabric constructed of a compactly woven herringbone twill.
- creaks
-
noun,
a creaking sound.
- asonia
-
noun,
tone deafness.
- craton
-
noun,
a relatively rigid and immobile region of continental portions of the earth's crust.
- crates
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- Cranks
-
noun,
Machinery. any of several types of arms or levers for imparting rotary or oscillatory motion to a rotating shaft, one end of the crank being fixed to the shaft and the other end receiving reciprocating motion from a hand, connecting rod, etc.
- Crania
-
noun,
the skull of a vertebrate.
- astern
-
adverb,
in a position behind a specified vessel or aircraft:
- crakes
-
noun,
any of several short-billed rails, especially the corn crake.
- cradle
-
noun,
a small bed for an infant, usually on rockers.
- craals
-
noun,
kraal.
- couter
-
noun,
a piece of plate armor for the elbow.
- cotula
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) a measure.
- astral
-
adjective,
pertaining to or proceeding from the stars; stellar; star-shaped.
- Astrid
-
noun,
a female given name: from Scandinavian, meaning “divine strength.”.
- astro-
-
- astron
-
- Cousin
-
noun,
Also called first cousin, full cousin. the son or daughter of an uncle or aunt.
See also second cousin, removed (def 2).
- courts
-
noun,
Law.
a place where justice is administered.
a judicial tribunal duly constituted for the hearing and determination of cases.
a session of a judicial assembly.
- course
-
noun,
a direction or route taken or to be taken.
- counts
-
noun,
the act of counting; enumeration; reckoning; calculation:
- coulis
-
noun,
a sauce made with puréed vegetables or fruit and used as a base or garnish.
- trains
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- Culion
-
noun,
an island of the Philippines, in the W part of the group, N of Palawan. 150 sq. mi. (389 sq. km).
- celto-
-
- CORNET
-
noun,
Music. a valved wind instrument of the trumpet family.
- Uniate
-
noun,
a member of an Eastern church that is in union with the Roman Catholic Church, acknowledges the Roman pope as supreme in matters of faith, but maintains its own liturgy, discipline, and rite.
- darkle
-
verb (used without object),
to appear dark; show indistinctly.
- darkie
-
noun,
darky.
- Darken
-
Idioms,
darken someone's door, to come to visit; make an appearance:
- tolans
-
noun,
a crystalline, water-insoluble, solid, unsaturated compound, C 14 H 10 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- Darien
-
noun,
Gulf of, an arm of the Caribbean between NE Panama and NW Colombia.
- darics
-
noun,
a gold coin and monetary unit of ancient Persia.
- anodic
-
adjective,
pertaining to an anode or the phenomena in its vicinity.
- anoles
-
noun,
any of numerous chiefly insectivorous New World lizards of the genus Anolis, related to the iguana, that have the ability to change the color of their skin among a wide range of green and brown shades.
- anorak
-
noun,
a hooded pullover jacket originally made of fur and worn in the arctic, now made of any weather-resistant fabric.
- Toluca
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Mexico state, in S central Mexico.
- Darlan
-
noun,
Jean Louis Xavier François [zhahn lwee gza-vyey frahn-swa] /ʒɑ̃ lwi gzaˈvyeɪ frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), 1881–1942, French naval officer and politician.
- ansate
-
adjective,
having a handle or handlelike part.
- Danite
-
noun,
a member of the tribe of Dan.
- danios
-
noun,
any of several cyprinid fishes of the genera Danio and Brachydanio, of India and Sri Lanka, often kept in aquariums.
- Daniel
-
noun,
Bible.
a prophet living in Babylon during the Captivity.
the book of the Bible bearing his name. Abbreviation: Dan.
- toluic
-
adjective,
of or derived from toluic acid.
- dances
-
noun,
a successive group of rhythmical steps or bodily motions, or both, usually executed to music.
- dancer
-
noun,
a person who dances.
- UNESCO
-
noun,
an agency of the United Nations charged with instituting and administering programs for cooperative, coordinated action by member states in education, science, and the arts.
- Undset
-
noun,
Sigrid [sig-rid;; Norwegian si-gri] /ˈsɪg rɪd;; Norwegian ˈsɪ grɪ/ (Show IPA), 1882–1949, Norwegian novelist: Nobel prize 1928.
- Danaus
-
noun,
a ruler of Argos who ordered his 50 daughters to kill their husbands on their wedding night.
- anlaut
-
noun,
initial position in a word, especially as a conditioning environment in sound change.
- Toland
-
noun,
Gregg, 1904–48, U.S. cinematographer.
- Dalton
-
noun,
atomic mass unit.
- unites
-
noun,
a former gold coin of England, equal to 20 shillings, issued under James I and Charles I.
- decals
-
noun,
a specially prepared paper bearing a picture or design for transfer to wood, metal, glass, etc.
- Andric
-
noun,
Ivo [ee-vaw] /ˈi vɔ/ (Show IPA), 1892–1975, Yugoslavian poet, novelist, and short-story writer: Nobel Prize 1961.
- andro-
-
- deasil
-
adverb,
clockwise or in a direction following the apparent course of the sun: considered as lucky or auspicious.
- Andros
-
noun,
Sir Edmund, 1637–1714, British governor in the American colonies, 1686–89, 1692–98.
- Andrus
-
noun,
Andron.
- unlace
-
verb (used with object),
to loosen or undo the lacing or laces of (a pair of shoes, a corset, etc.).
- toe-in
-
noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- Deakin
-
noun,
Alfred, 1856–1919, Australian statesman: prime minister 1903–04; 1905–08; 1909–10.
- Deacon
-
noun,
(in hierarchical churches) a member of the clerical order next below that of a priest.
- toiles
-
noun,
any of various transparent linens and cottons.
- darnel
-
noun,
any of several grasses of the genus Lolium, having simple stems, flat leaves, and terminal spikes.
- United
-
adjective,
made into or caused to act as a single entity:
- dautie
-
noun,
a darling.
- daunts
-
verb (used with object),
to overcome with fear; intimidate:
- Datura
-
noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Datura, of the nightshade family, including some species grown as ornamentals and usually having funnel-shaped flowers and prickly pods: the leaves and seeds are the source of hallucinogenic alkaloids.
- aniso-
-
- Toklas
-
noun,
Alice B. 1877–1967, U.S. author in France: friend and companion of Gertrude Stein.
- anklet
-
noun,
a sock that reaches just above the ankle.
- dastur
-
noun,
a Parsee chief priest.
- anlace
-
noun,
anelace.
- dartle
-
verb (used with or without object),
to dart or shoot forth repeatedly.
- antiar
-
noun,
the upas tree.
- toners
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- cuneal
-
adjective,
wedgelike; wedge-shaped.
- cursed
-
noun,
the expression of a wish that misfortune, evil, doom, etc., befall a person, group, etc.
- uncoil
-
verb (used with or without object),
to unwind from a coiled position.
- arecas
-
noun,
any tropical Asian palm of the genus Areca, as the betel palm.
- Tories
-
noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- Custer
-
noun,
George Armstrong [ahrm-strawng,, -strong] /ˈɑrm strɔŋ,, -strɒŋ/ (Show IPA), 1839–76, U.S. general and Indian fighter.
- Arendt
-
noun,
Hannah, 1906–75, U.S. author, political scientist, and teacher, born in Germany.
- Curtis
-
noun,
Benjamin Robbins, 1809–74, U.S. jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1851–57; resigned in dissent over Dred Scott case.
- Curtin
-
noun,
John, 1885–1945, Australian statesman: prime minister 1941–45.
- areola
-
noun,
a ring of color, as around the human nipple.
- curtal
-
noun,
a 16th-century bassoon.
- Ariane
-
noun,
Rocketry. a French-built, three-stage, liquid-propellant rocket for launching satellites into orbit around the earth.
- cut-in
-
noun,
Movies. a still, as of a scene or an object, inserted in a film and interrupting the action or continuity:
- torsel
-
noun,
a beam or slab of wood, stone, iron, etc., laid on a masonry wall to receive and distribute the weight from one end of a beam.
- curite
-
noun,
a radioactive uranium mineral, Pb 2 U 5 O 17 ·4H 2 O, with adamantine luster, occurring as reddish-brown to deep-yellow needle-shaped crystals, formed by alteration of uraninite.
- curios
-
noun,
any unusual article, object of art, etc., valued as a curiosity.
- ariels
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- curets
-
noun,
a scoop-shaped surgical instrument for removing tissue from body cavities, as the uterus.
- curdle
-
Idioms,
curdle the / one's blood, to fill a person with horror or fear; terrify:
- torula
-
noun,
a highly nutritious yeast produced commercially on a sugar recovered from the manufacture of wood products or from processed fruit.
- curate
-
noun,
Chiefly British. a member of the clergy employed to assist a rector or vicar.
- ariose
-
adjective,
characterized by melody; songlike.
- Arista
-
noun,
Botany. a bristlelike appendage of the spikelets of grains or grasses; an awn.
- ardent
-
adjective,
having, expressive of, or characterized by intense feeling; passionate; fervent:
- uncork
-
verb (used with object),
to draw the cork from.
- antler
-
noun,
one of the solid deciduous horns, usually branched, of an animal of the deer family.
- daiker
-
verb (used without object),
dacker.
- Antlia
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Air Pump, a small southern constellation between Vela and Hydra.
- dalasi
-
noun,
a paper money, cupronickel coin, and monetary unit of Gambia, equal to 100 bututs.
- antres
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- undoes
-
verb (used with object),
to reverse the doing of; cause to be as if never done:
- Dakota
-
noun,
a former territory in the United States: divided into the states of North Dakota and South Dakota in 1889.
- dakoit
-
noun,
dacoit.
- anuria
-
noun,
the absence or suppression of urine.
- undock
-
verb (used with object),
to uncouple (two spacecraft modules or a spacecraft and space station).
- Dairen
-
noun,
former Japanese name of Dalian (def 2).
- daikon
-
noun,
a large, elongated, white winter radish, Raphanus sativus longipinnatus, used especially in Asian cuisine and sometimes pickled.
- tonsil
-
noun,
a prominent oval mass of lymphoid tissue on each side of the throat.
- arcked
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- Dacron
-
- dacoit
-
noun,
(in India and Burma) a member of a class of criminals who engage in organized robbery and murder.
- undies
-
plural noun,
women's or children's underwear.
- dacker
-
verb (used without object),
to totter or stagger.
- aorist
-
noun,
a verb tense, as in Classical Greek, expressing action or, in the indicative mood, past action, without further limitation or implication.
- aortas
-
noun,
the main trunk of the arterial system, conveying blood from the left ventricle of the heart to all of the body except the lungs.
- under-
-
- arcade
-
noun,
Architecture.
a series of arches supported on piers or columns.
an arched, roofed-in gallery. Compare colonnade.
- arcane
-
adjective,
known or understood by very few; mysterious; secret; obscure; esoteric:
- Cutler
-
noun,
a person who makes, sells, or repairs knives and other cutting instruments.
- audios
-
noun,
Television.
the audio elements of television (distinguished from video).
the circuits in a receiver for reproducing sound.
the audio part of a television broadcast.
- Cornel
-
noun,
any tree or shrub of the genus Cornus; dogwood.
- decani
-
adjective,
of or relating to the epistle or liturgical south side of a church (opposed to cantoris).
- carnet
-
noun,
a customs document allowing an automobile to be driven at no cost across international borders.
- Clarks
-
noun,
Alvan, 1804–87, and his son Alvan Graham, 1832–97, U.S. astronomers and telescope-lens manufacturers.
- Clarke
-
noun,
Arthur C(harles) 1917–2008, English science-fiction writer.
- caries
-
noun,
decay, as of bone or of plant tissue.
- claret
-
noun,
the red table wine produced in the Bordeaux region of France: originally it was light red or yellowish.
- Carina
-
noun,
Zoology. a keellike part or ridge, especially a ridge of bone on the ventral side of the sternum of birds.
- clares
-
noun,
a county in W Republic of Ireland. 1231 sq. mi. (3190 sq. km). County seat: Ennis.
- Carlos
-
noun,
Don [don;; Spanish dawn] /dɒn;; Spanish dɔn/ (Show IPA), (Carlos Maria Isidro de Borbón) 1788–1855, pretender to the Spanish throne.
- Tucson
-
noun,
a city in S Arizona: health resort.
- carnal
-
adjective,
pertaining to or characterized by the flesh or the body, its passions and appetites; sensual:
- clanks
-
noun,
a sharp, hard, nonresonant sound, like that produced by two pieces of metal striking, one against the other:
- Carian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Caria.
- triose
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- Claire
-
noun,
Ina, 1892–1985, U.S. actress.
- Carnot
-
noun,
Lazare Nicolas Marguerite [la-zar nee-kaw-lah mar-guh-reet] /laˈzar ni kɔˈlɑ mar gəˈrit/ (Show IPA), 1753–1823, French general and statesman.
- clado-
-
- Carola
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Carol.
- Triune
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) the Trinity.
- Citrus
-
noun,
any small tree or spiny shrub of the genus Citrus, of the rue family, including the lemon, lime, orange, tangerine, grapefruit, citron, kumquat, and shaddock, widely cultivated for fruit or grown as an ornamental.
- Carole
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Citron
-
noun,
a pale-yellow fruit resembling the lemon but larger and with thicker rind, borne by a small tree or large bush, Citrus medica, allied to the lemon and lime.
- citral
-
noun,
a pale yellow, water-insoluble, liquid aldehyde, C 10 H 16 O, having a strong lemonlike odor, consisting in natural form of two isomers (citral a or geranial and citral b or neral) usually obtained from the oils of lemon and orange or synthetically: used chiefly in perfumery, flavoring, and the synthesis of vitamin A.
- claros
-
noun,
such a cigar.
- Claude
-
noun,
Albert, 1899–1983, U.S. biologist, born in Belgium: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1974.
- cartel
-
noun,
an international syndicate, combine, or trust formed especially to regulate prices and output in some field of business.
- Cardin
-
noun,
Pierre, born 1922, French fashion designer.
- Tuinal
-
- carats
-
noun,
a unit of weight in gemstones, 200 milligrams (about 3 grains of troy or avoirdupois weight). Abbreviation: c., ct.
- trines
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- clites
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the wife of Cyzicus, who hanged herself when her husband was mistakenly killed by the Argonauts.
- cardi-
-
- clints
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Clinton.
- cardia
-
noun,
an opening that connects the esophagus and the upper part of the stomach.
- clino-
-
- clinks
-
noun,
a clinking sound.
- clines
-
noun,
Biology. the gradual change in certain characteristics exhibited by members of a series of adjacent populations of organisms of the same species.
- clause
-
noun,
Grammar. a syntactic construction containing a subject and predicate and forming part of a sentence or constituting a whole simple sentence.
- client
-
noun,
a person or group that uses the professional advice or services of a lawyer, accountant, advertising agency, architect, etc.
- triode
-
noun,
a vacuum tube containing three elements, usually anode, cathode, and control grid.
- Cletus
-
noun,
Anacletus.
- clerks
-
noun,
a person employed, as in an office, to keep records, file, type, or perform other general office tasks.
- carets
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- cleoid
-
noun,
a claw-shaped dental instrument used to remove carious material from a cavity.
- cleats
-
noun,
a wedge-shaped block fastened to a surface to serve as a check or support:
- clears
-
noun,
a clear or unobstructed space.
- cleans
-
- triols
-
noun,
a compound having three hydroxyl groups.
- Carson
-
noun,
Christopher ("Kit") 1809–68, U.S. frontiersman and scout.
- cartes
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- clones
-
noun,
Biology.
a cell, cell product, or organism that is genetically identical to the unit or individual from which it was derived.
a population of identical units, cells, or individuals that derive from the same ancestral line.
- causal
-
adjective,
of, constituting, or implying a cause.
- catkin
-
noun,
a spike of unisexual, apetalous flowers having scaly, usually deciduous bracts, as of a willow or birch.
- Catlin
-
noun,
George, 1796–1872, U.S. painter.
- caudal
-
noun,
Medicine/Medical. a caudal anesthetic.
- caudle
-
noun,
a warm drink for the sick, as of wine or ale mixed with eggs, bread, sugar, spices, etc.
- 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.
- caulds
-
adjective, noun,
cold.
- caulks
-
noun,
Also, caulking [kaw-king] /ˈkɔ kɪŋ/ (Show IPA). a material or substance used for caulking.
- cerat-
-
- ceorls
-
noun,
churl (def 4).
- trucks
-
noun,
any of various forms of vehicle for carrying goods and materials, usually consisting of a single self-propelled unit but also often composed of a trailer vehicle hauled by a tractor unit.
- cation
-
noun,
a positively charged ion that is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis.
- centra
-
noun,
a plural of centrum.
- centr-
-
- cedarn
-
adjective,
resembling or made of cedar.
- centos
-
noun,
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
- Cedars
-
noun,
any of several Old World, coniferous trees of the genus Cedrus, having wide, spreading branches.
Compare cedar of Lebanon.
- centi-
-
- centas
-
noun,
a former bronze coin of Lithuania, the 100th part of a litas.
- cental
-
noun,
hundredweight (def 1).
- censor
-
noun,
an official who examines books, plays, news reports, motion pictures, radio and television programs, letters, cablegrams, etc., for the purpose of suppressing parts deemed objectionable on moral, political, military, or other grounds.
- truces
-
noun,
a suspension of hostilities for a specified period of time by mutual agreement of the warring parties; cease-fire; armistice.
- cerous
-
adjective,
containing trivalent cerium.
- cesura
-
noun,
caesura.
- carton
-
noun,
a cardboard or plastic box used typically for storage or shipping.
- Caslon
-
noun,
William, 1692–1766, English type founder and designer.
- troika
-
noun,
a Russian carriage, wagon, or sleigh drawn by a team of three horses abreast.
- Caruso
-
noun,
Enrico [en-ree-koh;; Italian en-ree-kaw] /ɛnˈri koʊ;; Italian ɛnˈri kɔ/ (Show IPA), 1873–1921, Italian operatic tenor.
- Tucker
-
noun,
a person or thing that tucks.
- casein
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a protein precipitated from milk, as by rennet, and forming the basis of cheese and certain plastics.
- casern
-
noun,
a lodging for soldiers in a garrison town; barracks.
- casino
-
noun,
a building or large room used for meetings, entertainment, dancing, etc., especially such a place equipped with gambling devices, gambling tables, etc.
- casita
-
noun,
a small crude dwelling forming part of a shantytown inhabited by Mexican laborers in the southwestern U.S.
- Tucana
-
noun,
the Toucan, a southern constellation between Octans and Phoenix.
- ciders
-
noun,
the juice pressed from apples (or formerly from some other fruit) used for drinking, either before fermentation (sweet cider) or after fermentation (hard cider) or for making applejack, vinegar, etc.
- casket
-
noun,
a coffin.
- Caster
-
noun,
a person or thing that casts.
- caters
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- trokes
-
noun,
truck2 (defs 4–7).
- Castle
-
noun,
a fortified, usually walled residence, as of a prince or noble in feudal times.
- Castor
-
noun,
Also, castoreum. a brownish, unctuous substance with a strong, penetrating odor, secreted by certain glands in the groin of the beaver, used in medicine and perfumery.
- Castro
-
noun,
Cipriano [sip-ree-ah-noh;; Spanish see-pree-ah-naw] /ˌsɪp riˈɑ noʊ;; Spanish ˌsi priˈɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1858?–1924, Venezuelan military and political leader: president 1901–08; exiled 1908.
- casual
-
noun,
a worker employed only irregularly.
- tronas
-
noun,
a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
- Catano
-
noun,
a city in NE Puerto Rico, SW of San Juan.
- Cetura
-
noun,
Keturah.
- catena
-
noun,
a chain or connected series, especially of extracts from the writings of the fathers of the Christian church.
- trones
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- Canute
-
noun,
a.d. 994?–1035, Danish king of England 1017–35; of Denmark 1018–35; and of Norway 1028–35.
- canula
-
noun,
cannula.
- corned
-
noun,
Also called Indian corn; especially technical and British, maize. a tall cereal plant, Zea mays, cultivated in many varieties, having a jointed, solid stem and bearing the grain, seeds, or kernels on large ears.
- colies
-
noun,
any of several slender, fruit-eating, African birds constituting the family Coliidae, having grayish-brown plumage and a long, pointed tail.
- Tunica
-
noun,
a tunic.
- conker
-
noun,
a horse chestnut.
- treads
-
noun,
the action of treading, stepping, or walking.
- conies
-
noun,
the fur of a rabbit, especially when dyed to simulate Hudson seal.
- tuners
-
noun,
a person or thing that tunes.
- colure
-
noun,
either of two great circles of the celestial sphere intersecting each other at the poles, one passing through both equinoxes and the other through both solstices.
- colter
-
noun,
a sharp blade or wheel attached to the beam of a plow, used to cut the ground in advance of the plowshare.
- colins
-
noun,
any of several American quails, especially the bobwhite.
- cadent
-
adjective,
having cadence.
- cadets
-
noun,
a student in a national service academy or private military school or on a training ship.
- Conrad
-
noun,
Charles, Jr ("Pete") 1930–1999, U.S. astronaut.
- Coleus
-
noun,
any of several tropical Asian or African plants belonging to the genus Coleus, of the mint family, certain species of which are cultivated for their showy, colored foliage and blue flowers.
- colent
-
- trends
-
noun,
the general course or prevailing tendency; drift:
- cadres
-
noun,
Military. the key group of officers and enlisted personnel necessary to establish and train a new military unit.
- Colden
-
noun,
Cadwallader, 1688–1776, Scottish physician, botanist, and public official in America, born in Ireland.
- tundra
-
noun,
one of the vast, nearly level, treeless plains of the arctic regions of Europe, Asia, and North America.
- Caesar
-
noun,
Gaius [gey-uh s] /ˈgeɪ əs/ (Show IPA), (or Caius) [key-uh s] /ˈkeɪ əs/ (Show IPA), Julius, c100–44 b.c, Roman general, statesman, and historian.
- Colada
-
noun,
piña colada.
- triacs
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- cokers
-
noun,
Often, cokers. an inhabitant of the mountains of the coal-mining regions of West Virginia and Pennsylvania.
- Tunker
-
noun,
Dunker.
- austr-
-
- triads
-
noun,
a group of three, especially of three closely related persons or things.
- turaco
-
noun,
touraco.
- cornea
-
noun,
the transparent anterior part of the external coat of the eye covering the iris and the pupil and continuous with the sclera.
- transe
-
noun,
a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
- audits
-
noun,
an official examination and verification of accounts and records, especially of financial accounts.
- turion
-
noun,
a small shoot, as of asparagus or certain aquatic plants, from which a new plant can develop.
- corked
-
noun,
the outer bark of an oak, Quercus suber, of Mediterranean countries, used for making stoppers for bottles, floats, etc.
- corita
-
noun,
a boat resembling a large, woven basket, used by Indians of the southwestern U.S.
- auklet
-
noun,
any of several small auks of the coasts of the North Pacific, as Aethia cristatella (crested auklet) having a crest of recurved plumes.
- Aulard
-
noun,
François Victor Alphonse [frahn-swa veek-tawr al-fawns] /frɑ̃ˈswa vikˈtɔr alˈfɔ̃s/ (Show IPA), 1849–1928, French historian.
- turco-
-
- auntie
-
noun,
Informal. aunt.
- cordis
-
adjective,
(in prescriptions) of the heart.
- Austin
-
noun,
Alfred, 1835–1913, English poet: poet laureate 1896–1913.
- corals
-
noun,
the hard, variously colored, calcareous skeleton secreted by certain marine polyps.
- Auriol
-
noun,
Vincent [vin-suh nt;; French van-sahn] /ˈvɪn sənt;; French vɛ̃ˈsɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1884–1966, French statesman: president 1947–54.
- conure
-
noun,
any of several long-tailed New World parrots, especially of the genus Aratinga, certain species of which are kept as pets.
- contr.
-
- aurist
-
noun,
a physician specializing in the treatment of ear diseases; otologist.
- contes
-
plural,
Trademark. a brand of crayon made of graphite and clay, usually in black, red, or brown.
- contd.
-
- Austen
-
noun,
Jane, 1775–1817, English novelist.
- Auster
-
noun,
the south wind personified.
- consul
-
noun,
an official appointed by the government of one country to look after its commercial interests and the welfare of its citizens in another country.
- coitus
-
noun,
sexual intercourse, especially between a man and a woman.
- cairds
-
noun,
a traveling tinker, especially a gypsy.
- cantus
-
noun,
cantus firmus.
- trikes
-
noun,
tricycle.
- clunks
-
noun,
a hard hit, especially on the head.
- caners
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- triens
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- clouts
-
noun,
a blow, especially with the hand; cuff:
- canids
-
noun,
any animal of the dog family Canidae, including the wolves, jackals, hyenas, coyotes, foxes, and domestic dogs.
- canker
-
noun,
a gangrenous or ulcerous sore, especially in the mouth.
- Clouds
-
noun,
a visible collection of particles of water or ice suspended in the air, usually at an elevation above the earth's surface.
- Cantal
-
noun,
a department in S central France. 2231 sq. mi. (5780 sq. km). Capital: Aurillac.
- cantar
-
noun,
a poem consisting of four-line stanzas, each line having eight syllables.
- closet
-
noun,
a small room, enclosed recess, or cabinet for storing clothing, food, utensils, etc.
- C-note
-
noun,
See C (def 11).
- closer
-
noun,
a person or thing that closes.
- closed
-
noun,
the act of closing.
- Canter
-
noun,
an easy gallop.
- cantle
-
noun,
the hind part of a saddle, usually curved upward.
- trinal
-
adjective,
threefold; triple; trine.
- Cloris
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- clonus
-
noun,
a rapid succession of flexions and extensions of a group of muscles, usually signifying an affection of the brain or spinal cord.
- clonks
-
noun,
a low, dull sound of impact, as of a heavy object striking against another.
- Cantor
-
noun,
the religious official of a synagogue who conducts the liturgical portion of a service and sings or chants the prayers and parts of prayers designed to be performed as solos.
- Cantos
-
noun,
one of the main or larger divisions of a long poem.
- Cnidus
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Asia Minor, in Caria: the Athenians defeated the Spartans in a naval battle near here 394 b.c.
- Candor
-
noun,
the state or quality of being frank, open, and sincere in speech or expression; candidness:
- Cairns
-
noun,
a seaport in NE Australia.
- tuladi
-
noun,
lake trout.
- coedit
-
verb (used with object),
to edit jointly with another.
- trices
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- Tulear
-
noun,
a city on SW Madagascar.
- Calais
-
noun,
the winged son of Boreas the north wind. As Argonauts he and his brother Zetes chased away the Harpies.
- Calder
-
noun,
Alexander, 1898–1976, U.S. sculptor; originator of mobiles.
- calesa
-
noun,
(in the Philippines) a small, two-wheeled calash.
- coders
-
noun,
a person or device that translates information into a code.
- calker
-
noun,
caulker.
- calkin
-
noun,
calk2 (def 1).
- Tulare
-
noun,
a city in central California.
- 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.
- tricks
-
noun,
a crafty or underhanded device, maneuver, stratagem, or the like, intended to deceive or cheat; artifice; ruse; wile.
- Canad.
-
- canard
-
noun,
a false or baseless, usually derogatory story, report, or rumor.
- Coates
-
noun,
Eric, 1886–1957, English violist and composer.
- coated
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- Candia
-
noun,
former name of Iráklion.
- candle
-
noun,
a long, usually slender piece of tallow or wax with an embedded wick that is burned to give light.
- coarse
-
adjective,
composed of relatively large parts or particles:
- Coanda
-
noun,
Henri Marie [ahn-ree ma-ree] /ɑ̃ˈri maˈri/ (Show IPA), 1885–1972, French engineer and inventor.
- coaler
-
noun,
a railroad, ship, etc., used mainly to haul or supply coal.
- coalas
-
noun,
koala.
- Andria
-
noun,
a city in Apulia, S Italy.
- arkose
-
noun,
a granular sedimentary rock composed of quartz and feldspar or mica; a feldspathic sandstone.
- Andres
-
noun,
John, 1751–80, British major hanged as a spy by the Americans in the Revolutionary War: plotted the betrayal of West Point with Benedict Arnold.
- actin-
-
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- unreal
-
adjective,
not real or actual.
- dories
-
noun,
a boat with a narrow, flat bottom, high bow, and flaring sides.
- unrest
-
noun,
lack of rest; a restless, troubled, or uneasy state; disquiet:
- Aldrin
-
noun,
a brown, water-insoluble, toxic solid consisting of more than 95 percent of the chlorinated hydrocarbon C 12 H 8 Cl 6 : used as an insecticide.
- urinal
-
noun,
a flushable wall fixture, as in a public lavatory, used by men for urinating.
- aldose
-
noun,
a sugar containing the aldehyde group or its hemiacetal equivalent.
- Aldine
-
noun,
an Aldine or other early edition.
- Dorian
-
noun,
a member of a people who entered Greece about the 12th century b.c., conquered the Peloponnesus, and destroyed the Mycenaean culture: one of the four main divisions of the prehistoric Greeks.
Compare Achaean (def 5), Aeolian (def 2), Ionian (def 3).
- alders
-
- tinsel
-
noun,
a glittering metallic substance, as copper or brass, in thin sheets, used in pieces, strips, threads, etc., to produce a sparkling effect cheaply.
- Dorcas
-
noun,
a Christian woman at Joppa who made clothing for the poor. Acts 9:36–41.
- Dorati
-
noun,
Antal [ahn-tahl;; Hungarian on-tol] /ˈɑn tɑl;; Hungarian ˈɒn tɒl/ (Show IPA), 1906–1988, Hungarian conductor, in the U.S.
- urials
-
noun,
a wild, bearded sheep, Ovis vignei, of southern Asia, having a reddish coat.
- tinkle
-
noun,
a tinkling sound or tune.
- dicots
-
noun,
a dicotyledon.
- dilate
-
verb (used with object),
to make wider or larger; cause to expand.
- actins
-
noun,
a globulin that is present in muscle plasma and that in connection with myosin plays an important role in muscle contraction.
- action
-
noun,
the process or state of acting or of being active:
- donuts
-
noun,
doughnut.
- dilute
-
adjective,
reduced in strength, as a chemical by admixture; weak:
- unsaid
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of unsay.
- tinker
-
noun,
a mender of pots, kettles, pans, etc., usually an itinerant.
- Alcuin
-
noun,
(Ealhwine Flaccus) a.d. 735–804, English theologian and scholar: teacher and adviser of Charlemagne.
- dinars
-
noun,
any of various former coins of the Near East, especially gold coins issued by Islamic governments.
- dinero
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Peru, the 10th part of a sol.
- unseal
-
verb (used with object),
to break or remove the seal of; open, as something sealed or firmly closed:
- donsie
-
adjective,
Midland U.S. somewhat sick, weak, or lacking in vitality; not completely well.
- diners
-
noun,
a person who dines.
- Donets
-
noun,
a river rising in the SW Russian Federation near Belgorod, flowing SE through Ukraine to the Don River. About 650 miles (1045 km) long.
- dorsal
-
noun,
Phonetics. a dorsal speech sound.
- Alecto
-
noun,
one of the Furies.
- acuate
-
adjective,
sharpened; pointed.
- tensor
-
noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
- alkane
-
noun,
any member of the alkane series.
- desalt
-
verb (used with object),
to remove the salt from (especially sea water), usually to make it drinkable.
- unlock
-
verb (used with object),
to undo the lock of (a door, chest, etc.), especially with a key.
- acetal
-
noun,
Also called diethylacetal. a colorless, volatile, sparingly water-soluble liquid, C 6 H 14 O 2 , having a nutlike aftertaste, obtained from acetaldehyde and ethyl alcohol: used chiefly as a solvent and in the manufacture of perfumes.
- Alison
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Alice.
- alines
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- A-line
-
noun,
(especially in women's clothing) a cut of garment consisting basically of two A -shaped panels for the front and back, designed to give increasing fullness toward the hemline.
- acetin
-
noun,
a colorless, thick, hygroscopic liquid, C 5 H 10 O 4 : used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives.
- detail
-
noun,
an individual or minute part; an item or particular.
- detain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep from proceeding; keep waiting; delay.
- detick
-
verb (used with object),
to free (as livestock) of ticks, as by a chemical dip, spray, or dust.
- aceto-
-
- detour
-
noun,
a roundabout or circuitous way or course, especially one used temporarily when the main route is closed.
- acinus
-
noun,
Botany. one of the small drupelets or berries of an aggregate, baccate fruit, as the blackberry.
- acious
-
- dicker
-
noun,
a petty bargain.
- deuto-
-
- deuton
-
noun,
deuteron.
- tenuis
-
noun,
an unaspirated, voiceless plosive.
- urino-
-
- ackton
-
noun,
acton.
- Alesia
-
noun,
an ancient city and fortress in Gaul: Caesar captured Vercingetorix here 52 b.c.
- unread
-
adjective,
not read, as a letter or newspaper.
- dialer
-
noun,
a person or thing that dials.
- alerts
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- urines
-
noun,
the liquid-to-semisolid waste matter excreted by the kidneys, in humans being a yellowish, slightly acid, watery fluid.
- dorsi-
-
- dicast
-
noun,
(in ancient Athens) a citizen eligible to sit as a judge.
- Dorset
-
noun,
1st Earl of, Thomas Sackville.
- tirade
-
noun,
a prolonged outburst of bitter, outspoken denunciation:
- actual
-
adjective,
existing in act or fact; real:
- alcids
-
noun,
a bird of the family Alcidae.
- Douala
-
noun,
a seaport in W Cameroon.
- Docile
-
adjective,
easily managed or handled; tractable:
- disco-
-
- diseur
-
noun,
a male professional entertainer who performs monologues.
- adren-
-
- docket
-
noun,
Also called trial docket. a list of cases in court for trial, or the names of the parties who have cases pending.
- Uralic
-
noun,
a family of languages that comprises Finno-Ugric and Samoyed as subfamilies. Hungarian, Finnish, and Estonian belong to Uralic.
- distal
-
adjective,
situated away from the point of origin or attachment, as of a limb or bone; terminal.
Compare proximal.
- distr.
-
- docker
-
noun,
a laborer on shipping docks; longshoreman.
- Andrea
-
noun,
a male or female given name, Latinized form of Andrew.
- adreno
-
- Adrian
-
noun,
Edgar Douglas, 1889–1977, English physiologist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1932.
- tildes
-
noun,
a diacritic (~) placed over an n, as in Spanish mañana, to indicate a palatal nasal sound or over a vowel, as in Portuquese são, to indicate nasalization.
- adroit
-
adjective,
expert or nimble in the use of the hands or body.
- Urania
-
noun,
uranium dioxide.
- Tilden
-
noun,
Samuel Jones, 1814–86, U.S. statesman.
- tickle
-
noun,
an act or instance of tickling.
- docent
-
noun,
privatdocent.
- uranic
-
adjective,
of or containing uranium, especially in the tetravalent state.
- aeron.
-
- urates
-
noun,
a salt of uric acid.
- diuron
-
noun,
a white crystalline substance, C 9 H 10 Cl 2 N 2 O, used as a weed-killer.
- tilaks
-
noun,
a distinctive spot of colored powder or paste worn on the forehead by Hindu men and women as a religious symbol.
- aerial
-
noun,
a radio or television antenna.
- Aeacus
-
noun,
a judge in Hades, a son of Zeus and grandfather of Achilles.
- urano-
-
- doater
-
noun,
doter.
- Aeolus
-
noun,
the ruler of the winds.
- Aeolis
-
noun,
an ancient coastal region and Greek colony in NW Asia Minor: settled by Aeolians.
- Aeolic
-
noun,
the Greek dialect of ancient Aeolis and Thessaly; Aeolian.
- Dnestr
-
noun,
Russian name of Dniester.
- uracil
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a pyrimidine base, C 4 H 4 N 2 O 2 , that is one of the fundamental components of RNA, in which it forms base pairs with adenine. Symbol: U.
- untrod
-
adjective,
not trod; not traversed:
- acutes
-
noun,
the acute accent.
- adnate
-
adjective,
grown fast to something; congenitally attached.
- uretic
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or occurring in the urine.
- tineas
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- alcaid
-
plural noun,
the descendants of Alcaeus.
- unseat
-
verb (used with object),
to dislodge from a seat, especially to throw from a saddle, as a rider; unhorse.
- donate
-
verb (used with object),
to present as a gift, grant, or contribution; make a donation of, as to a fund or cause:
- Dinkas
-
noun,
a member of a tall, pastoral people of Sudan.
- alates
-
noun,
the winged form of an insect when both winged and wingless forms occur in the species.
- adeno-
-
- Alaric
-
noun,
a.d. c370–410, king of the Visigoths: captured Rome 410.
- uredia
-
noun,
uredinium.
- adient
-
adjective,
tending to move toward a stimulus.
- tinder
-
noun,
a highly flammable material or preparation formerly used for catching the spark from a flint and steel struck together for fire or light.
- tiaras
-
noun,
a jeweled, ornamental coronet worn by women.
- Tindal
-
noun,
Matthew, c1655–1733, English deist.
- Adonai
-
noun,
Hebrew. a title of reverence for God, serving also as a substitute pronunciation of the Tetragrammaton.
- Adoula
-
noun,
Cyrille [see-ril] /siˈrɪl/ (Show IPA), 1922–78, African statesman: premier of the Democratic Republic of the Congo 1961–64.
- adores
-
verb (used with object),
to regard with the utmost esteem, love, and respect; honor.
- adorns
-
verb (used with object),
to decorate or add beauty to, as by ornaments:
- tilers
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- untold
-
adjective,
not told; not related; not revealed:
- ticker
-
noun,
a telegraphic receiving instrument that automatically prints stock prices, market reports, etc., on a paper tape.
- Aitken
-
noun,
Robert Grant, 1864–1951, U.S. astronomer.
- ticked
-
noun,
a slight, sharp, recurring click, tap, or beat, as of a clock.
- direct
-
adverb,
in a direct manner; directly; straight:
- tincal
-
noun,
a former name for crude native borax.
- untack
-
verb (used with object),
to unfasten (something tacked).
- Adonis
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a youth slain by a wild boar but permitted by Zeus to pass four months every year in the lower world with Persephone, four with Aphrodite, and four wherever he chose.
- ticals
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Siam, equal to 100 satang: replaced in 1928 by the baht.
- akelas
-
noun,
(in the Cub Scouts) a pack leader.
- Adonic
-
noun,
Prosody. an Adonic verse or line.
- aketon
-
noun,
acton.
- Derain
-
noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1880–1954, French painter.
- Aeolia
-
noun,
Aeolis.
- alkies
-
noun,
an alcoholic.
- acedia
-
noun,
sloth (def 1).
Compare deadly sins.
- tisane
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- usance
-
noun,
Commerce. a length of time, exclusive of days of grace and varying in different places, allowed by custom or usage for the payment of foreign bills of exchange.
- douras
-
noun,
durra.
- Delius
-
noun,
Frederick, 1862–1934, English composer.
- delist
-
verb (used with object),
to delete from a list, as one that indicates acceptability, legitimacy, or the like.
- dental
-
noun,
Phonetics. a dental sound.
- denti-
-
- todies
-
noun,
any of several small West Indian birds of the family Todidae, related to the motmots and kingfishers, having brightly colored green and red plumage.
- dentil
-
noun,
any of a series of closely spaced, small, rectangular blocks, used especially in classical architecture beneath the coronas of Ionic, Corinthian, and Composite cornices.
- utero-
-
- acarid
-
noun,
an acarine, especially a mite of the family Acaridae.
- aceous
-
- drails
-
noun,
a hook with a lead-covered shank used in trolling.
- Uticas
-
noun,
an ancient city on the N coast of Africa, NW of Carthage.
- unlead
-
verb (used with object),
Printing. to remove the leads between (lines of type).
- drakes
-
noun,
a male duck.
Compare duck1 (def 2).
- Alsace
-
noun,
a region and former province of France between the Vosges and the Rhine.
- Dracut
-
noun,
a city in NE Massachusetts.
- drains
-
noun,
something, as a pipe or conduit, by which a liquid drains.
- Acarus
-
noun,
a mite, especially of the genus Acarus.
- ursine
-
adjective,
of or relating to a bear or bears.
- Altaic
-
noun,
the Turkic, Mongolian, and Tungusic language families collectively, spoken over a broad expanse of Eurasia, from southeastern Europe to the Pacific: variously considered to be a single, genetically related family, with Japanese and Korean sometimes also included, or a group of languages with shared typologies and histories, but not genetically akin.
- Tocsin
-
noun,
a signal, especially of alarm, sounded on a bell or bells.
- Alston
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Anatol
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Greek word meaning “sunrise.”.
- douter
-
noun,
an implement for snuffing out candles, consisting either of a scissorlike device with two broad flat blades or of a cone at the end of a handle.
- ancile
-
noun,
a shield given by Mars to Numa Pompilius as the palladium of Rome.
- denial
-
noun,
an assertion that something said, believed, alleged, etc., is false:
- unlike
-
noun,
a person or thing differing from another or others.
- unlade
-
verb (used with object),
to take the lading, load, or cargo from; unload.
- unlaid
-
adjective,
not laid or placed:
- Altair
-
noun,
a first-magnitude star in the constellation Aquila.
- decors
-
noun,
style or mode of decoration, as of a room, building, or the like:
- douser
-
noun,
a person or thing that douses.
- delict
-
noun,
Law. a misdemeanor; offense.
- tenias
-
noun,
taenia.
- aloins
-
noun,
an intensely bitter, crystalline, water-soluble powder composed of the active principles of and obtained from aloe, used chiefly as a purgative.
- Aloeus
-
noun,
a son of Poseidon, husband of Iphimedia, and foster father of Otus and Ephialtes.
- altern
-
adjective,
alternate; following one another.
- Delano
-
noun,
a city in S California.
- alkine
-
noun,
alkyne.
- decant
-
verb (used with object),
to pour (wine or other liquid) gently so as not to disturb the sediment.
- derail
-
noun,
a track device for derailing rolling stock in an emergency.
- alters
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- douane
-
noun,
a custom house; customs.
- Altona
-
noun,
a metropolitan district of Hamburg, Germany: formerly an independent city.
- Delian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Delos.
- Alnico
-
noun,
a permanent-magnet alloy having aluminum, nickel, and cobalt as its principal ingredients.
- unload
-
verb (used with object),
to take the load from; remove the cargo or freight from:
- alodia
-
noun,
allodium.
- Decius
-
noun,
(Gaius Messius Quintus Trajanus Decius) a.d. c201–251, emperor of Rome 249–251.
- Nasca
-
adjective,
Nazca.
- Rodin
-
noun,
(François) Auguste (René) [frahn-swa oh-gyst ruh-ney] /frɑ̃ˈswa oʊˈgüst rəˈneɪ/ (Show IPA), 1840–1917, French sculptor.
- Usnea
-
noun,
any pale-green or gray, mosslike lichen of the genus Usnea, common on rocks and trees.
- cauld
-
adjective, noun,
cold.
- Canea
-
noun,
a seaport on and the capital of Crete, on the W part.
- Adore
-
verb (used with object),
to regard with the utmost esteem, love, and respect; honor.
- Adlai
-
noun,
a male given name.
- adorn
-
verb (used with object),
to decorate or add beauty to, as by ornaments:
- siker
-
adverb,
certainly; without doubt.
- Natal
-
noun,
a province in the E part of the Republic of South Africa. 35,284 sq. mi. (91,886 sq. km). Capital: Pietermaritzburg.
- naiad
-
noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) Classical Mythology. any of a class of nymphs presiding over rivers and springs.
- Rundi
-
noun,
a member of a people constituting virtually the entire population of Burundi.
- rends
-
verb (used with object),
to separate into parts with force or violence:
- sect.
-
- Naida
-
noun,
a female given name.
- cakes
-
noun,
a sweet, baked, breadlike food, made with or without shortening, and usually containing flour, sugar, baking powder or soda, eggs, and liquid flavoring.
- caner
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- rosin
-
noun,
Chemistry. the yellowish to amber, translucent, hard, brittle, fragmented resin left after distilling the oil of turpentine from the crude oleoresin of the pine: used chiefly in making varnishes, varnish and paint driers, printing inks, and for rubbing on the bows of such string instruments as the violin.
- cakra
-
noun,
any of the points of spiritual power located along the body, usually given as six in number. The points are personified by gods and can be released through the proper exercises.
- caulk
-
noun,
Also, caulking [kaw-king] /ˈkɔ kɪŋ/ (Show IPA). a material or substance used for caulking.
- Aalst
-
noun,
Flemish name of Alost.
- naso-
-
- nasal
-
noun,
Phonetics. a nasal speech sound.
- locus
-
noun,
a place; locality.
- Rules
-
noun,
a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc.:
- narks
-
noun,
British Slang. a stool pigeon or informer.
- naled
-
noun,
a synthetic insecticide and miticide, C 4 H 7 Br 2 Cl 2 O 4 , having relatively low toxicity to mammals.
- Adler
-
noun,
Alfred, 1870–1937, Austrian psychiatrist and psychologist.
- Sedan
-
noun,
an enclosed automobile body having two or four doors and seating four or more persons on two full-width seats.
- tsadi
-
noun,
sadhe.
- cauda
-
noun,
a tail or taillike appendage.
- relic
-
noun,
a surviving memorial of something past.
- canal
-
noun,
an artificial waterway for navigation, irrigation, etc.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- locks
-
noun,
a device for securing a door, gate, lid, drawer, or the like in position when closed, consisting of a bolt or system of bolts propelled and withdrawn by a mechanism operated by a key, dial, etc.
- USLTA
-
- ruins
-
noun,
ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay:
- reins
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- trunk
-
noun,
the main stem of a tree, as distinct from the branches and roots.
- ureas
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a compound, CO(NH 2) 2 , occurring in urine and other body fluids as a product of protein metabolism.
- nails
-
noun,
a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
- narcs
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- calks
-
noun,
Also, calkin. a projection on a horseshoe to prevent slipping on ice, pavement, etc.
- naked
-
adjective,
being without clothing or covering; nude:
- rocks
-
noun,
a large mass of stone forming a hill, cliff, promontory, or the like.
- nards
-
noun,
an aromatic Himalayan plant, believed to be the spikenard, Nardostachys jatamansi, the source of an ointment used by the ancients.
- adios
-
interjection,
goodbye; farewell.
- Locke
-
noun,
Alain LeRoy [al-in luh-roi,, lee-roi] /ˈæl ɪn ləˈrɔɪ,, ˈli rɔɪ/ (Show IPA), 1886–1954, U.S. educator and author.
- naira
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Nigeria, equal to 100 kobo: replaced the pound in 1973.
- adieu
-
noun,
the act of leaving or departing; farewell.
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- sikra
-
noun,
sikhara.
- renal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the kidneys or the surrounding regions.
- adits
-
noun,
an entrance or a passage.
- tules
-
noun,
either of two large bulrushes, Scirpus lacustris or S. acutus, found in California and adjacent regions in inundated lands and marshes.
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- Caius
-
noun,
Saint, died a.d. 296, pope 283–296.
- sculk
-
noun,
a person who skulks.
- cedis
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Ghana, equal to 100 pesewas.
- nerds
-
noun,
a person considered to be socially awkward, boring, unstylish, etc.
- scudo
-
noun,
any of various gold or silver coins, of various Italian states, issued from the late 16th through the early 19th centuries.
- neral
-
noun,
citral b.
See under citral.
- 30-30
-
- adust
-
adjective,
dried or darkened as by heat.
- lites
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- tuner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tunes.
- Nelda
-
noun,
a female given name.
- utile
-
adjective,
useful.
- Neils
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- adunc
-
adjective,
curved inward; hooked.
- scuta
-
noun,
plural of scutum.
- ronde
-
noun,
a typeface imitative of upright, somewhat angular, handwriting.
- liter
-
noun,
a unit of capacity redefined in 1964 by a reduction of 28 parts in a million to be exactly equal to one cubic decimeter. It is equivalent to 1.0567 U.S. liquid quarts and is equal to the volume of one kilogram of distilled water at 4°C. Abbreviation: l.
- nerol
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid, unsaturated alcohol, C 10 H 18 O, an isomeric form of geraniol occurring in neroli oil, used in perfumery.
- Cades
-
noun,
a juniper, Juniperus oxycedrus, of the Mediterranean area, whose wood on destructive distillation yields an oily liquid (oil of cade) used in treating skin diseases.
- urase
-
noun,
urease.
- neur-
-
- neuks
-
noun,
nook.
- TUNIS
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Tunisia, in the NE part.
- aecia
-
noun,
the fruiting body of rust fungi, which bears chainlike or stalked spores.
- truck
-
noun,
any of various forms of vehicle for carrying goods and materials, usually consisting of a single self-propelled unit but also often composed of a trailer vehicle hauled by a tractor unit.
- Celia
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cecilia.
- tunic
-
noun,
Chiefly British. a coat worn as part of a military or other uniform.
- urate
-
noun,
a salt of uric acid.
- ceils
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- 2,4-d
-
noun,
a white to yellow, crystalline powder, C 8 H 6 O 3 Cl 2 , slightly soluble in water: used for killing weeds.
- scrod
-
noun,
a young Atlantic codfish or haddock, especially one split for cooking.
- litas
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Lithuania, equal to 100 centai.
- tunes
-
noun,
a succession of musical sounds forming an air or melody, with or without the harmony accompanying it.
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- sinal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving a sinus.
- Redan
-
noun,
a V -shaped work, usually projecting from a fortified line.
- Cadet
-
noun,
a student in a national service academy or private military school or on a training ship.
- loans
-
noun,
the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something:
- redos
-
noun,
the act or an instance of redoing.
- Tulsa
-
noun,
a city in NE Oklahoma: center of a rich oil-producing region.
- Redon
-
noun,
Odilon [ohd-l-on;; French aw-dee-lawn] /ˈoʊd lˌɒn;; French ɔ diˈlɔ̃/ (Show IPA), 1840–1916, French painter and etcher.
- loads
-
noun,
anything put in or on something for conveyance or transportation; freight; cargo:
- caine
-
noun,
(Sir Thomas Henry) Hall, 1853–1931, English novelist.
- cains
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- reni-
-
- Caird
-
noun,
a traveling tinker, especially a gypsy.
- caids
-
noun,
(in North Africa) a Muslim tribal chief, judge, or senior official.
- caus.
-
- cauls
-
noun,
a part of the amnion sometimes covering the head of a child at birth.
- cairn
-
noun,
a heap of stones set up as a landmark, monument, tombstone, etc.
- natl.
-
- Cairo
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Egypt, in the N part on the E bank of the Nile.
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- cause
-
noun,
a person or thing that acts, happens, or exists in such a way that some specific thing happens as a result; the producer of an effect:
- roils
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- necks
-
noun,
the part of the body of an animal or human being that connects the head and the trunk.
- nears
-
- adult
-
noun,
a person who is fully grown or developed or of age.
- litre
-
noun,
liter.
- cadis
-
noun,
qadi.
- scute
-
noun,
a dermal bony plate, as on an armadillo, or a large horny plate, as on a turtle.
- Utica
-
noun,
an ancient city on the N coast of Africa, NW of Carthage.
- redia
-
noun,
a cylindrical larval stage of some trematodes, produced by a sporocyst and giving rise to daughter rediae or to cercariae.
- cadre
-
noun,
Military. the key group of officers and enlisted personnel necessary to establish and train a new military unit.
- naut.
-
- Cedar
-
noun,
any of several Old World, coniferous trees of the genus Cedrus, having wide, spreading branches.
Compare cedar of Lebanon.
- adret
-
noun,
a side of a mountain receiving direct sunlight.
- Ndola
-
noun,
a city in N Zambia.
- 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.
- utend
-
- Ceara
-
noun,
Fortaleza.
- Tunas
-
noun,
any of several large food and game fishes of the family Scombridae, inhabiting temperate and tropical seas.
Compare albacore, bluefin tuna, yellowfin tuna.
- canes
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- lodes
-
noun,
a veinlike deposit, usually metalliferous.
- Aalto
-
noun,
Alvar [ahl-vahr] /ˈɑl vɑr/ (Show IPA), 1898–1976, Finnish architect and furniture designer.
- carks
-
noun,
care or worry.
- Carin
-
noun,
a female given name.
- lucre
-
noun,
monetary reward or gain; money.
- lucks
-
noun,
the force that seems to operate for good or ill in a person's life, as in shaping circumstances, events, or opportunities:
- rices
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- roues
-
noun,
a dissolute and licentious man; rake.
- Tudor
-
noun,
Antony, 1909–87, English choreographer and dancer.
- Carla
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- ludes
-
noun,
Quaalude.
- lucid
-
adjective,
easily understood; completely intelligible or comprehensible:
- 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.
- carls
-
noun,
Scot.
a strong, robust fellow, especially a strong manual laborer.
a miser; an extremely thrifty person.
- Lucia
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “light.”.
- luces
-
noun,
plural of lux.
- Lorin
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- sero-
-
- Rouen
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Seine-Maritime, in N France, on the Seine: famous cathedral; execution of Joan of Arc 1431.
- ricks
-
noun,
Also, hayrick. Chiefly Midland U.S. a large, usually rectangular stack or pile of hay, straw, corn, or the like, in a field, especially when thatched or covered by a tarpaulin; an outdoor or makeshift mow.
- 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.
- Loren
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- rials
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- Lukas
-
noun,
Paul, 1895–1971, U.S. actor, born in Hungary.
- Lukan
-
adjective,
of or relating to the Evangelist Luke or to the Gospel of Luke.
- acorn
-
noun,
the typically ovoid fruit or nut of an oak, enclosed at the base by a cupule.
- Caria
-
noun,
an ancient district in SW Asia Minor.
- acold
-
adjective,
being cold or chilled.
- ludic
-
adjective,
playful in an aimless way:
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- acnes
-
noun,
an inflammatory disease of the sebaceous glands, characterized by comedones and pimples, especially on the face, back, and chest, and, in severe cases, by cysts and nodules resulting in scarring.
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- riata
-
noun,
a lariat.
- Carie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- lores
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- urine
-
noun,
the liquid-to-semisolid waste matter excreted by the kidneys, in humans being a yellowish, slightly acid, watery fluid.
- Loris
-
noun,
Also called slender loris. a small, slender, tailless, large-eyed, nocturnal lemur, Loris gracilis, of southern India and Sri Lanka.
- Lucas
-
noun,
George, born 1944, U.S. film director.
- routs
-
noun,
a defeat attended with disorderly flight; dispersal of a defeated force in complete disorder:
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- louse
-
noun,
any small, wingless insect of the order Anoplura (sucking louse) parasitic on humans and other mammals and having mouthparts adapted for sucking, as Pediculus humanus (body louse or head louse) and Phthirius pubis (crab louse or pubic louse)
- lours
-
verb (used without object), noun,
lower2 .
- loser
-
noun,
a person, team, nation, etc., that loses:
- sicko
-
noun,
sickie (def 1).
- tucks
-
noun,
something tucked or folded in.
- Louis
-
noun,
louis d'or.
- Carte
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- Rilke
-
noun,
Rainer Maria [rahy-nuh r mah-ree-ah] /ˈraɪ nər mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1875–1926, Austrian poet, born in Prague.
- Louie
-
noun,
looie.
- lotas
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- round
-
noun,
any round shape, as a circle, ring or sphere.
- rinks
-
noun,
a smooth expanse of ice for ice-skating, often artificially prepared and inside a building or arena.
- Lotus
-
noun,
a plant believed to be a jujube or elm, referred to in Greek legend as yielding a fruit that induced a state of dreamy and contented forgetfulness in those who ate it.
- carts
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- carse
-
noun,
bottom land.
- Lorne
-
noun,
Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
- route
-
noun,
a course, way, or road for passage or travel:
- Lorna
-
noun,
a female given name.
- carne
-
noun,
Marcel [mahr-sel;; French mar-sel] /mɑrˈsɛl;; French marˈsɛl/ (Show IPA), 1909–1996, French film director.
- roust
-
verb (used with object),
to rout, as from a place:
- rouse
-
noun,
a rousing.
- Lucan
-
noun,
(Marcus Annaeus Lucanus) a.d. 39–65, Roman poet, born in Spain.
- acet-
-
- rides
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- carns
-
noun,
cairn.
- louts
-
noun,
an awkward, stupid person; clumsy, ill-mannered boor; oaf.
- seti-
-
- Rieka
-
noun,
Rijeka.
- Carol
-
noun,
a song, especially of joy.
- Seton
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- riels
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- acids
-
noun,
Chemistry. a compound usually having a sour taste and capable of neutralizing alkalis and reddening blue litmus paper, containing hydrogen that can be replaced by a metal or an electropositive group to form a salt, or containing an atom that can accept a pair of electrons from a base. Acids are proton donors that yield hydronium ions in water solution, or electron-pair acceptors that combine with electron-pair donors or bases.
- riles
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- Seric
-
- caret
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- loden
-
noun,
a thick, heavily fulled, waterproof fabric, used in coats and jackets for cold climates.
- Sidra
-
noun,
Gulf of, an inlet of the Mediterranean, on the N coast of Libya.
- acute
-
noun,
the acute accent.
- Loire
-
noun,
a river in France, flowing NW and W into the Atlantic: the longest river in France. 625 miles (1005 km) long.
- canto
-
noun,
one of the main or larger divisions of a long poem.
- rucks
-
noun,
a large number or quantity; mass.
- Urial
-
noun,
a wild, bearded sheep, Ovis vignei, of southern Asia, having a reddish coat.
- 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.
- Luton
-
noun,
a city in Bedfordshire, S central England, NW of London.
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- actos
-
- cater
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- Actor
-
noun,
a person who acts in stage plays, motion pictures, television broadcasts, etc.
- cants
-
noun,
insincere, especially conventional expressions of enthusiasm for high ideals, goodness, or piety.
- Acton
-
noun,
a quilted garment worn under mail in the 13th and 14th centuries; gambeson.
- 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.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- resin
-
noun,
any of a class of nonvolatile, solid or semisolid organic substances, as copal or mastic, that consist of amorphous mixtures of carboxylic acids and are obtained directly from certain plants as exudations or prepared by polymerization of simple molecules: used in medicine and in the making of varnishes and plastics.
- 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.
- canoe
-
noun,
any of various slender, open boats, tapering to a point at both ends, propelled by paddles or sometimes sails and traditionally formed of light framework covered with bark, skins, or canvas, or formed from a dug-out or burned-out log or logs, and now usually made of aluminum, fiberglass, etc.
- nadir
-
noun,
Astronomy. the point on the celestial sphere directly beneath a given position or observer and diametrically opposite the zenith.
- Nader
-
noun,
Ralph, born 1934, U.S. lawyer, author, political reformer, and consumer advocate.
- aden-
-
- canid
-
noun,
any animal of the dog family Canidae, including the wolves, jackals, hyenas, coyotes, foxes, and domestic dogs.
- Uredo
-
noun,
a skin irritation; hives; urticaria.
- rents
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- Aaron
-
noun,
the older brother of Moses, usually regarded as the first high priest of the Hebrews. Ex. 28; 40:13–16.
- senor
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to sir or Mr., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a man. Abbreviation: Sr.
- Canso
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in SE Canada, the NE extremity of Nova Scotia.
- nacre
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- canst
-
noun,
a sealed container for food, beverages, etc., as of aluminum, sheet iron coated with tin, or other metal:
- Cant.
-
- Urena
-
noun,
any tropical plant or shrub belonging to the genus Urena, of the mallow family, having clusters of small, yellow flowers, especially U. lobata, which yields a useful bast fiber.
- lotic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or living in flowing water.
- Cates
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- roans
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- Sidon
-
noun,
a city of ancient Phoenicia: site of modern Saida.
- Ursid
-
noun,
any plantigrade carnivore of the family Ursidae, comprising the spectacled bear, the black, brown, and sun bears, and various extinct species that also gave rise to the giant panda of the family Ailuropodidae.
- acred
-
adjective,
owning many acres of land; landed.
- acro-
-
- acrid
-
adjective,
sharp or biting to the taste or smell; bitterly pungent; irritating to the eyes, nose, etc.:
- rotls
-
noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- lunes
-
noun,
Archaic. fits of madness.
- seral
-
adjective,
of or relating to a sere.
- LORAN
-
noun,
a system of long-range navigation whereby the latitude and longitude of a ship or airplane are determined from the time displacement between radio signals from two or more fixed transmitters.
- Lorca
-
noun,
García Lorca.
- Uriel
-
noun,
one of the archangels. II Esdras 4.
- cards
-
noun,
a usually rectangular piece of stiff paper, thin pasteboard, or plastic for various uses, as to write information on or printed as a means of identifying the holder:
- Caren
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Lords
-
noun,
a person who has authority, control, or power over others; a master, chief, or ruler.
- lunas
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess personifying the moon, sometimes identified with Diana.
- tunka
-
noun,
wax gourd.
- cares
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- lunar
-
noun,
a lunar observation taken for purposes of navigation or mapping.
- acron
-
noun,
the unsegmented, preoral portion of the body of an arthropod.
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- sidle
-
noun,
a sidling movement.
- lures
-
noun,
anything that attracts, entices, or allures.
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- lurks
-
noun,
an underhand scheme; dodge.
- Seoul
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of South Korea, in the W part.
- Caras
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Italian word meaning “dear one.”.
- Tsana
-
noun,
Lake. Tana, Lake.
- lurid
-
adjective,
gruesome; horrible; revolting:
- carat
-
noun,
a unit of weight in gemstones, 200 milligrams (about 3 grains of troy or avoirdupois weight). Abbreviation: c., ct.
- loner
-
noun,
a person who is or prefers to be alone, especially one who avoids the company of others:
- retd.
-
- Card.
-
- serac
-
noun,
a large irregularity of glacial ice, as a pinnacle found in glacial crevasses and formed by melting or movement of the ice.
- acari
-
noun,
plural of acarus.
- cata-
-
- lunts
-
noun,
a match; the flame used to light a fire.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- ruana
-
noun,
a poncholike outer garment of heavy wool, worn especially in the mountains of Colombia.
- nitr-
-
- Aedon
-
noun,
a daughter of Pandareus who mistakenly killed her son. Zeus took pity on her and turned her into a nightingale.
- Alick
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Alexander.
- Olean
-
noun,
a city in SW New York.
- ARENA
-
noun,
the oval space in the center of a Roman amphitheater for gladiatorial combats or other performances.
- Aline
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- areo-
-
- alike
-
adverb,
in the same manner or form; similarly:
- oldie
-
noun,
a popular song, joke, movie, etc., that was in vogue at a time in the past.
- alien
-
noun,
Often Disparaging and Offensive. a resident of one country who was born in or owes allegiance to another country and has not acquired citizenship by naturalization in the country of residence (distinguished from citizen).
See also resident alien, illegal alien.
- Older
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) old persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- olden
-
adjective,
of or relating to the distant past or bygone times; ancient.
- olein
-
noun,
Also called glyceryl trioleate, triolein. a colorless to yellowish, oily, water-insoluble liquid, C 57 H 104 O 6 , the triglyceride of oleic acid, present in many vegetable oils.
- Oland
-
noun,
an island in SE Sweden, separated from the mainland by Kalmar Sound. 26,750; 519 sq. mi. (1345 sq. km).
- Alice
-
noun,
a city in S Texas.
- arian
-
noun,
an adherent of Arianism.
- okras
-
noun,
a shrub, Abelmoschus esculentus, of the mallow family, bearing beaked pods.
- alias
-
noun,
a false name used to conceal one's identity; an assumed name:
- Okla.
-
- Aleut
-
noun,
Also, Aleutian. a member of a people native to the Aleutian Islands and the western Alaska Peninsula who are related physically and culturally to the Eskimos.
- sanit
-
- oleic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or derived from oleic acid.
- Areca
-
noun,
any tropical Asian palm of the genus Areca, as the betel palm.
- arias
-
noun,
an air or melody.
- ontic
-
adjective,
possessing the character of real rather than phenomenal existence; noumenal.
- orals
-
noun,
an oral examination in a school, college, or university, given especially to a candidate for an advanced degree.
- alone
-
Idioms,
leave alone,
to allow (someone) to be by himself or herself:
to refrain from annoying or interfering with:
- Aloin
-
noun,
an intensely bitter, crystalline, water-soluble powder composed of the active principles of and obtained from aloe, used chiefly as a purgative.
- orale
-
noun,
fanon (def 2).
- A-one
-
adjective,
noting a vessel regarded by a shipping-classification society as being equipped to the highest standard and with equipment maintained in first-class condition.
- aorta
-
noun,
the main trunk of the arterial system, conveying blood from the left ventricle of the heart to all of the body except the lungs.
- Araks
-
noun,
Aras (def 1).
- Salto
-
noun,
a city in NW Uruguay, on the Uruguay River.
- salud
-
interjection,
(used after a person has sneezed or as a toast.)
- Sande
-
noun,
Earl, 1898–1968, U.S. jockey and racehorse trainer.
- onset
-
noun,
a beginning or start:
- Arcas
-
noun,
a son of Zeus and Callisto, the ancestor of the Arcadians who was set among the stars with his mother as the Little Bear and the Great Bear respectively.
- uncos
-
noun,
something extraordinary or unusual; a novelty.
- 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.
- arcus
-
noun,
a dense, horizontal, roll-shaped cloud sometimes occurring at the lower front portion of a cumulonimbus.
- alist
-
adjective,
inclined to one side; heeling or listing.
- onces
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- Arden
-
noun,
Forest of, a forest district in central England, in N Warwickshire: scene of Shakespeare's As You Like It.
- Santa
-
noun,
Santa Claus.
- Arica
-
noun,
a seaport in N Chile.
- orans
-
noun,
orant.
- Arnel
-
- Arlen
-
noun,
Harold (Hymen Arluck) 1905–1986, U.S. songwriter.
- sarod
-
noun,
a lute of northern India, played with a bow.
- Odets
-
noun,
Clifford, 1906–63, U.S. dramatist.
- Arles
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Rhone River: Roman ruins.
- 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.
- Arndt
-
noun,
Ernst Moritz [ernst moh-rits] /ɛrnst ˈmoʊ rɪts/ (Show IPA), 1769–1860, German poet and historian.
- UNCIO
-
- raids
-
noun,
a sudden assault or attack, as upon something to be seized or suppressed:
- ocul-
-
- raias
-
noun,
rayah.
- rails
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- aroid
-
noun,
any plant of the arum family.
- alecs
-
noun,
a herring.
- octan
-
noun,
an octan fever.
- octal
-
noun,
octonary (def 6).
- octad
-
noun,
a group or series of eight.
- octa-
-
- Saruk
-
noun,
Sarouk.
- Sadat
-
noun,
Anwar el- [ahn-wahr el] /ˈɑn wɑr ɛl/ (Show IPA), 1918–81, Egyptian political leader: president 1970–81; Nobel Peace Prize 1978.
- oecus
-
noun,
(in an ancient Roman house) an apartment, especially a dining room, decorated with columns.
- Ariel
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- arils
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- Aleus
-
noun,
a king of Tegea and the father of Amphidamas, Auge, Cepheus, and Lycurgus.
- Santo
-
noun,
a carved figure of a saint, usually of wood, as from Puerto Rico, Mexico, or the southwestern U.S.
- Saone
-
noun,
a river flowing S from NE France to the Rhone. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- radon
-
noun,
a chemically inert, radioactive gaseous element produced by the decay of radium: emissions produced by outgassing of rock, brick, etc. are a health hazard. Symbol: Rn; atomic number: 86; atomic weight: 222.
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- oinks
-
noun,
the squealing or grunting sound made by a pig.
- Saran
-
noun,
a thermoplastic copolymer of vinylidene chloride and usually small amounts of vinyl chloride or acrylonitrile: used as a fiber, for packaging, and for making acid-resistant pipe.
- sarc-
-
- oiler
-
noun,
a person or thing that oils.
- Arkie
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a migrant worker originally from Arkansas.
- oiled
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- Arion
-
noun,
flourished 7th century b.c, Greek poet: inventor of the dithyramb.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- Sadie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Sara or Sarah.
- alert
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- Arius
-
noun,
died a.d. 336, Christian priest at Alexandria: founder of Arianism.
- oidea
-
- UNCLE
-
noun,
a brother of one's father or mother.
- OIcel
-
- Alost
-
noun,
a city in central Belgium, NW of Brussels.
- orant
-
noun,
a representation of a female figure, with outstretched arms and palms up in a gesture of prayer, in ancient and early Christian art.
- Satan
-
noun,
the chief evil spirit; the great adversary of humanity; the devil.
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- unite
-
noun,
a former gold coin of England, equal to 20 shillings, issued under James I and Charles I.
- anile
-
adjective,
of or like a foolish, doddering old woman.
- oste-
-
- anils
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- Osler
-
noun,
Sir William, 1849–1919, Canadian physician and professor of medicine.
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- anis-
-
- Salic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the Salian Franks.
- anat.
-
- Aneto
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA). Spanish name of Pic de Néthou.
- Anita
-
noun,
a female given name: Spanish form of Anna.
- ankle
-
noun,
(in humans) the joint between the foot and the leg, in which movement occurs in two planes.
- OSCAR
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter O.
- Oscan
-
noun,
one of an ancient people of south-central Italy.
- anal.
-
- alure
-
noun,
a passageway, as the walk along one side of a cloister.
- Osaka
-
noun,
a city on S Honshu, in S Japan.
- ankus
-
noun,
an elephant goad of India with a spike and a hook at one end.
- Ostia
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, SW of Rome: ruins from 4th century b.c.; site of ancient port of Rome.
- ancre
-
adjective,
having the end of each limb divided and carved outward like the flukes of an anchor; moline:
- ornis
-
noun,
an avifauna.
- Ouida
-
noun,
pen name of Louise de la Ramée.
- Andre
-
noun,
John, 1751–80, British major hanged as a spy by the Americans in the Revolutionary War: plotted the betrayal of West Point with Benedict Arnold.
- Sakel
-
noun,
Manfred (Joshua) 1906–57, U.S. psychiatrist, born in Austria.
- ousel
-
noun,
ouzel.
- saker
-
noun,
an Old World falcon, Falco cherrug, used in falconry.
- ourie
-
adjective,
shabby; dingy.
- Sakta
-
noun,
Shakta.
- outen
-
verb (used with object),
to turn off (a light) or extinguish (a fire).
- ounce
-
noun,
a unit of weight equal to 437.5 grains or 1/16 pound (28.35 grams) avoirdupois.
- Sakti
-
noun,
Shakti.
- andor
-
conjunction,
(used to imply that either or both of the things mentioned may be affected or involved):
- salad
-
noun,
a usually cold dish consisting of vegetables, as lettuce, tomatoes, and cucumbers, covered with a dressing and sometimes containing seafood, meat, or eggs.
- Outer
-
adjective,
situated on or toward the outside; external; exterior:
- andr-
-
- Andie
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- anear
-
adverb, preposition,
near.
- Andes
-
plural noun,
a mountain range in W South America, extending about 4500 miles (7250 km) from N Colombia and Venezuela S to Cape Horn. Highest peak, Aconcagua, 22,834 feet (6960 meters).
- salat
-
noun,
prayers, said five times a day: the second of the Pillars of Islam.
- Otaru
-
noun,
a city in W Hokkaido, in N Japan.
- Altus
-
noun,
a city in SW Oklahoma.
- ornes
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- radek
-
noun,
Karl [kahrl] /kɑrl/ (Show IPA), 1885–1939? Russian writer and politician.
- antic
-
noun,
Usually, antics.
a playful trick or prank; caper.
a grotesque, fantastic, or ludicrous gesture, act, or posture.
- races
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- Altai
-
noun,
a territory of the Russian Federation in central Asia. 101,000 sq. mi. (261,700 sq. km). Capital: Barnaul.
- Alta.
-
- antas
-
noun,
a privately supported organization, chartered by Congress in 1935, for the encouragement and advancement of professional and nonprofessional theater.
- saice
-
noun,
syce.
- ante-
-
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- anti-
-
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- ordn.
-
- Orcus
-
noun,
the ancient Roman god of the underworld, identified with the Greek Pluto, or Hades.
- racks
-
noun,
a framework of bars, wires, or pegs on which articles are arranged or deposited:
- racon
-
noun,
radar beacon.
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- Orcas
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- Sadoc
-
noun,
Zadok.
- aloud
-
adverb,
with the normal tone and volume of the speaking voice, as distinguished from whisperingly:
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- Saida
-
noun,
a seaport in SW Lebanon: the site of ancient Sidon.
- Salta
-
noun,
a game for two, resembling Chinese checkers, played on a board with 100 squares.
- salon
-
noun,
a drawing room or reception room in a large house.
- anode
-
noun,
the electrode or terminal by which current enters an electrolytic cell, voltaic cell, battery, etc.
- outre
-
adjective,
passing the bounds of what is usual or considered proper; unconventional; bizarre.
- Alton
-
noun,
a city in SW Illinois.
- alto-
-
- Sakai
-
noun,
a member of a tribal people of Malaya.
- alti-
-
- orles
-
noun,
Heraldry.
a charge in the form of a narrow band following the form of the escutcheon within the edge, so that the extreme outer edge of the escutcheon is of the field tincture.
an arrangement in orle of small charges:
- anoas
-
noun,
a small forest buffalo, Bubalus (Anoa) depressicornis, of the island of Celebes, having a brown coat and straight, sharp-tipped horns: an endangered species.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- anoia
-
noun,
extreme mental deficiency.
- oread
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. any of a group of nymphs who were the companions of Artemis.
- Anoka
-
noun,
a city in E Minnesota.
- anole
-
noun,
any of numerous chiefly insectivorous New World lizards of the genus Anolis, related to the iguana, that have the ability to change the color of their skin among a wide range of green and brown shades.
- alter
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- Unit.
-
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- Ansar
-
noun,
the first inhabitants of Medina to accept Islam.
- Oriel
-
noun,
a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
- orial
-
- altar
-
noun,
an elevated place or structure, as a mound or platform, at which religious rites are performed or on which sacrifices are offered to gods, ancestors, etc.
- ocrea
-
noun,
a sheathing part, as a pair of stipules united about a stem.
- Ocker
-
noun,
an uncultured Australian male.
- auto.
-
- react
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- ation
-
- nodal
-
adjective,
pertaining to or of the nature of a node.
- ratos
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- ATLAS
-
noun,
a bound collection of maps.
- turks
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Turkey.
- runts
-
noun,
an animal that is small or stunted as compared with others of its kind.
- runic
-
adjective,
consisting of or set down in runes:
- atone
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- noct-
-
- aisle
-
noun,
a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
- nocks
-
noun,
a metal or plastic piece at the end of an arrow, having a notch for the bowstring.
- scion
-
noun,
a descendant.
- runes
-
noun,
any of the characters of certain ancient alphabets, as of a script used for writing the Germanic languages, especially of Scandinavia and Britain, from c200 to c1200, or a script used for inscriptions in a Turkic language of the 6th to 8th centuries from the area near the Orkhon River in Mongolia.
- reads
-
noun,
an act or instance of reading:
- atria
-
noun,
Architecture.
Also called cavaedium. the main or central room of an ancient Roman house, open to the sky at the center and usually having a pool for the collection of rain water.
a courtyard, flanked or surrounded by porticoes, in front of an early or medieval Christian church.
a skylit central court in a contemporary building or house.
- runed
-
adjective,
having runes inscribed:
- Aiken
-
noun,
Conrad (Potter) 1889–1973, U.S. poet.
- Turki
-
noun,
the Turkic languages of central Asia, taken collectively.
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- Auden
-
noun,
W(ystan) H(ugh) [wis-tuh n] /ˈwɪs tən/ (Show IPA), 1907–73, English poet in the U.S.
- sceat
-
noun,
a silver Anglo-Saxon coin of the 7th and 8th centuries, sometimes including an amount of gold.
- scart
-
verb (used with or without object),
to scratch, scrape, mark, or scar.
- NORAD
-
noun,
a joint U.S.-Canadian air force command responsible for detecting aircraft and space vehicles deemed a threat to the continental airspace.
- scat-
-
- ukase
-
noun,
(in czarist Russia) an edict or order of the czar having the force of law.
- Asura
-
noun,
(in Indian mythology) a god or demon.
- Akela
-
noun,
(in the Cub Scouts) a pack leader.
- Nolde
-
noun,
Emil (Emil Hansen) 1867–1956, German painter.
- noise
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- ratio
-
noun,
the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:
- until
-
conjunction,
up to the time that or when; till:
- noils
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- scena
-
noun,
an extended operatic vocal solo, usually including an aria and a recitative.
- Udine
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy.
- untie
-
verb (used with object),
to loose or unfasten (anything tied); let or set loose by undoing a knot.
- noels
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- scend
-
noun,
the heaving motion of a vessel.
- scent
-
noun,
a distinctive odor, especially when agreeable:
- nodus
-
noun,
a difficult or intricate point, situation, plot, etc.
- Turk.
-
- Audie
-
noun,
a female or male given name.
- ratel
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- aeri-
-
- Aulis
-
noun,
a port in ancient Boeotia, in E central Greece: the Greek fleet set out from here for Troy during the Trojan War.
- Nicks
-
noun,
a small notch, groove, chip, or the like, cut into or existing in something.
- aulos
-
noun,
an ancient Greek wind instrument, a double pipe played with a double reed.
- aero-
-
- recks
-
verb (used with object),
Archaic. to have regard for; mind; heed.
- Aural
-
adjective,
of or relating to an aura.
- Auric
-
adjective,
of or containing gold in the trivalent state.
- Aeria
-
noun,
an area in the northern hemisphere of Mars.
- RECON
-
noun,
reconnaissance.
- turds
-
noun,
a piece of excrement.
- aeons
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- nicad
-
noun,
nickel-cadmium battery.
- scour
-
noun,
the act of scouring.
- Scout
-
noun,
a soldier, warship, airplane, etc., employed in reconnoitering.
- Aust.
-
- neut.
-
- rect.
-
- recta
-
noun,
a plural of rectum.
- aulic
-
adjective,
of or relating to a royal court.
- nides
-
noun,
a nest or brood, especially of pheasants.
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- scold
-
noun,
a person who is constantly scolding, often with loud and abusive speech.
- reals
-
noun,
real number.
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- Aidos
-
noun,
the ancient Greek personification of modesty, respect, and shame.
- audit
-
noun,
an official examination and verification of accounts and records, especially of financial accounts.
- reata
-
noun,
riata.
- Aides
-
noun,
nurse's aide.
- scoke
-
noun,
pokeweed.
- Niort
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- uran-
-
- nidus
-
noun,
a nest, especially one in which insects, spiders, etc., deposit their eggs.
- Aetna
-
noun,
Mount. Etna, Mount.
- Recit
-
- Niles
-
noun,
a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- Scone
-
noun,
a small, light, biscuitlike quick bread made of oatmeal, wheat flour, barley meal, or the like.
- score
-
noun,
the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.
- Turin
-
noun,
a city in NW Italy, on the Po: capital of the Kingdom of Italy 1860–65.
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- scorn
-
noun,
open or unqualified contempt; disdain:
- Scot.
-
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- Akins
-
noun,
Zoë [zoh-ee] /ˈzoʊ i/ (Show IPA), 1886–1958, U.S. playwright.
- arose
-
verb,
simple past tense of arise.
- Alcon
-
noun,
a noted archer who helped Hercules abduct the cattle of Geryon.
- oared
-
noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- Aldan
-
noun,
a river in the Russian Federation in Asia, flowing NE from the Yabloni Mountains to the Lena. about 1500 miles (2415 km) long.
- sauce
-
noun,
any preparation, usually liquid or semiliquid, eaten as a gravy or as a relish accompanying food.
- rands
-
noun,
(in shoemaking) a strip of leather set in a shoe at the heel before the lifts are attached.
- ranid
-
noun,
frog1 (def 2).
- oaken
-
adjective,
made of oak:
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- Alcor
-
- Saudi
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Saudi Arabia.
- artel
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- Sault
-
noun,
a waterfall or rapid.
- sauna
-
noun,
a bath that uses dry heat to induce perspiration, and in which steam is produced by pouring water on heated stones.
- ranks
-
noun,
a number of persons forming a separate class in a social hierarchy or in any graded body.
- asco-
-
- ascon
-
noun,
a type of sponge having an oval shape and a thin body wall with pores leading directly into the spongocoel.
- Nurse
-
noun,
a person formally educated and trained in the care of the sick or infirm.
Compare nurse-midwife, nurse-practitioner, physician's assistant, practical nurse, registered nurse.
- nurls
-
noun,
a small ridge or bead, especially one of a series, as on a button for decoration or on the edge of a thumbscrew to assist in obtaining a firm grip.
- 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.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- oaten
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or made of oats.
- ASDIC
-
noun,
sonar.
- Alden
-
noun,
John, 1599?–1687, Pilgrim settler in Plymouth, Massachusetts, 1620.
- Rains
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- uncia
-
noun,
a bronze coin of ancient Rome, the 12th part of an as.
- raked
-
noun,
an agricultural implement with teeth or tines for gathering cut grass, hay, or the like or for smoothing the surface of the ground.
- rakes
-
noun,
an agricultural implement with teeth or tines for gathering cut grass, hay, or the like or for smoothing the surface of the ground.
- rakis
-
noun,
a spirituous liquor distilled from grain, grapes, plums, etc., in southeastern Europe and the Near East.
- ocean
-
noun,
the vast body of salt water that covers almost three fourths of the earth's surface.
- Linda
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Spanish word meaning “pretty.”.
- arson
-
noun,
Law. the malicious burning of another's house or property, or in some statutes, the burning of one's own house or property, as to collect insurance.
- oater
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- Ocala
-
noun,
a city in central Florida.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- rales
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- satin
-
noun,
a fabric in a warp-effect or filling-effect satin weave, as acetate, rayon, nylon, or silk, often having a glossy face and a soft, slippery texture.
- Aldas
-
noun,
Frances, 1885–1952, U.S. operatic singer.
- Saadi
-
noun,
(Muslih ud-Din) 1184?–1291? Persian poet.
- Oates
-
noun,
Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- artal
-
noun,
plural of rotl.
- nurds
-
noun,
nerd.
- saute
-
noun,
a dish of sautéed food.
- Akita
-
noun,
a seaport on N Honshu, in N Japan, on the Sea of Japan.
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- Alans
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Celtic word meaning “harmony.”.
- notes
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- rason
-
noun,
a long, loose, black gown with wide sleeves, worn by the clergy.
- noted
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- alani
-
plural noun,
a nomadic Iranian people who flourished in the 2nd–4th centuries a.d. and are ancestors of the present-day Ossets.
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- alack
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation of sorrow, regret, or dismay.)
- scant
-
adverb,
Scot. and North England Dialect. scarcely; barely; hardly.
- scare
-
noun,
a sudden fright or alarm, especially with little or no reason.
- Alas.
-
- Norse
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
- ratal
-
noun,
the amount on which rates or taxes are assessed.
- Aston
-
noun,
Francis William, 1877–1945, English physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1922.
- Astor
-
noun,
John Jacob, 1763–1848, U.S. capitalist and fur merchant.
- astr.
-
- Akron
-
noun,
a city in NE Ohio.
- noria
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- ratan
-
noun,
rattan.
- unset
-
adjective,
not set; not solidified or made firm, as concrete or asphalt.
- rutin
-
noun,
a bright yellow or greenish-yellow substance, C 27 H 30 O 16 , obtained chiefly from buckwheat, and used in the treatment of capillary fragility.
- nukes
-
noun,
a nuclear or thermonuclear weapon.
- nuci-
-
- nudie
-
noun,
a film, performance, or magazine featuring nude performers or photographs.
- nudi-
-
- nudes
-
noun,
a sculpture, painting, etc., of a nude human figure.
- ASEAN
-
- ulnas
-
noun,
Anatomy. the bone of the forearm on the side opposite to the thumb.
Compare radius (def 7).
- ulent
-
- Asian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Asia, or a person of Asian descent.
- alcid
-
noun,
a bird of the family Alcidae.
- aside
-
noun,
a part of an actor's lines supposedly not heard by others on the stage and intended only for the audience.
- Asoka
-
noun,
died 232 b.c, Buddhist king in India 269?–232? b.c.
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- ulcer
-
noun,
Pathology. a sore on the skin or a mucous membrane, accompanied by the disintegration of tissue, the formation of pus, etc.
- ulans
-
noun,
uhlan.
- scald
-
noun,
a burn caused by the action of hot liquid or steam.
- scale
-
noun,
Zoology.
one of the thin, flat, horny plates forming the covering of certain animals, as snakes, lizards, and pangolins.
one of the hard, bony or dentinal plates, either flat or denticulate, forming the covering of certain other animals, as fishes.
- Notus
-
noun,
the ancient Greek personification of the south wind.
- Scand
-
- alate
-
noun,
the winged form of an insect when both winged and wingless forms occur in the species.
- Celt.
-
abbreviation,
Celtic.
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- since
-
adverb,
from then till now (often preceded by ever):
- darks
-
noun,
the absence of light; darkness:
- Dante
-
noun,
(Dante Alighieri) 1265–1321, Italian poet: author of the Divine Comedy.
- inkle
-
noun,
a linen tape used for trimmings.
- tolas
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India: the government tola is 180 ser and equals 180 grains (11.7 grams), the weight of a silver rupee.
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- Dares
-
noun,
an act of daring or defiance; challenge.
- Indus
-
noun,
a river in S Asia, flowing from W Tibet through Kashmir and Pakistan to the Arabian Sea. 1900 miles (3060 km) long.
- Tolar
-
noun,
the basic monetary unit of Slovenia until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 stotins.
- daric
-
noun,
a gold coin and monetary unit of ancient Persia.
- Dario
-
noun,
Rubén [roo-ven] /ruˈvɛn/ (Show IPA), (Félix Rubén García Sarmiento) 1867–1916, Nicaraguan poet and diplomat.
- indue
-
verb (used with object),
endue.
- Indre
-
noun,
a department in central France. 2667 sq. mi. (6910 sq. km). Capital: Châteauroux.
- danke
-
interjection,
thank you.
- Indra
-
noun,
Hinduism. the chief of the Vedic gods, the god of rain and thunder.
- darns
-
noun,
a darned place, as in a garment:
- darts
-
- tolan
-
noun,
a crystalline, water-insoluble, solid, unsaturated compound, C 14 H 10 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- Indo-
-
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- incus
-
noun,
Anatomy. the middle one of a chain of three small bones in the middle ear of humans and other mammals.
Compare malleus, stapes.
- incur
-
verb (used with object),
to come into or acquire (some consequence, usually undesirable or injurious):
- tokes
-
noun,
a tip or gratuity given by a gambler to a dealer or other employee at a casino.
- dates
-
noun,
a particular month, day, and year at which some event happened or will happen:
- token
-
noun,
something serving to represent or indicate some fact, event, feeling, etc.; sign:
- toles
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- inlet
-
noun,
an indentation of a shoreline, usually long and narrow; small bay or arm.
- incor
-
- tones
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- inure
-
verb (used with object),
to accustom to hardship, difficulty, pain, etc.; toughen or harden; habituate (usually followed by to):
- daces
-
noun,
a small, freshwater cyprinoid fish, Leuciscus leuciscus, of Europe, having a stout, fusiform body.
- Dacia
-
noun,
an ancient kingdom and later a Roman province in S Europe between the Carpathian Mountains and the Danube, corresponding generally to modern Romania and adjacent regions.
- Dacko
-
noun,
David, 1930–2003, African statesman: president of the Central African Republic 1960–66, 1979–81.
- intr.
-
- stour
-
noun,
British Dialect.
tumult; confusion.
a storm.
- tonic
-
noun,
a medicine that invigorates or strengthens:
- Dakar
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Senegal; capital of former French West Africa. 68 sq. mi. (176 sq. km).
- intel
-
noun,
intelligence (defs 4, 6).
- tonia
-
- dalan
-
noun,
(in Persian and Indian architecture) a veranda or open hall for reception of visitors.
- Dalen
-
noun,
Gustaf [goo s-tahf] /ˈgʊs tɑf/ (Show IPA), 1869–1937, Swedish inventor: Nobel Prize in Physics 1912.
- danio
-
noun,
any of several cyprinid fishes of the genera Danio and Brachydanio, of India and Sri Lanka, often kept in aquariums.
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- tonal
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having tonality.
- Danae
-
noun,
a daughter of the king of Argos and mother, by Zeus disguised as a shower of gold, of Perseus.
- inst.
-
- Danai
-
plural noun,
the Argives.
- Danas
-
noun,
Danu.
- insol
-
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- dance
-
noun,
a successive group of rhythmical steps or bodily motions, or both, usually executed to music.
- danes
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Denmark.
- Dania
-
noun,
a town in S Florida.
- incr.
-
- datos
-
noun,
(in the Philippines) a native chief.
- stork
-
noun,
any of several wading birds of the family Ciconiidae, having long legs and a long neck and bill.
Compare adjutant stork, jabiru, marabou (def 1), white stork, wood ibis.
- suint
-
noun,
the natural grease of the wool of sheep, consisting of a mixture of fatty matter and potassium salts, used as a source of potash and in the preparation of ointments.
- Sudan
-
noun,
a region in N Africa, S of the Sahara and Libyan deserts, extending from the Atlantic to the Red Sea.
- decor
-
noun,
style or mode of decoration, as of a room, building, or the like:
- decos
-
noun,
art deco.
- ictus
-
noun,
Prosody. rhythmical or metrical stress.
- icons
-
- Ickes
-
noun,
Harold (Le Claire) [luh klair] /lə klɛər/ (Show IPA), 1874–1952, U.S. lawyer and statesman.
- deils
-
noun,
devil.
- icker
-
noun,
the fruit-bearing spike of any cereal plant, especially an ear of corn.
- Sudra
-
noun,
Shudra.
- deist
-
noun,
a person who believes in deism.
- Icel.
-
- deka-
-
- ideal
-
noun,
a conception of something in its perfection.
- suite
-
noun,
a number of things forming a series or set.
- IATSE
-
- Delia
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cordelia.
- delis
-
noun,
a delicatessen.
- Delos
-
noun,
a Greek island in the Cyclades, in the SW Aegean: site of an oracle of Apollo.
- Delta
-
noun,
the fourth letter of the Greek alphabet (Δ, δ).
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- sural
-
adjective,
of or relating to the calf of the leg.
- Surat
-
noun,
a seaport in S Gujarat, in W India: first British settlement in India 1612.
- denar
-
noun,
the basic monetary unit of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
- eusol
-
noun,
an antiseptic solution prepared from chlorinated lime and boric acid, formerly used in treating wounds.
- decl.
-
- decks
-
noun,
Nautical.
a floorlike surface wholly or partially occupying one level of a hull, superstructure, or deckhouse, generally cambered, and often serving as a member for strengthening the structure of a vessel.
the space between such a surface and the next such surface above:
- daunt
-
verb (used with object),
to overcome with fear; intimidate:
- dears
-
noun,
a person who is good, kind, or generous:
- incl.
-
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- incas
-
noun,
a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
- dauts
-
verb (used with object),
to caress.
- toils
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- toile
-
noun,
any of various transparent linens and cottons.
- deals
-
noun,
a business transaction:
- dealt
-
noun,
a business transaction:
- ileus
-
noun,
intestinal obstruction characterized by lack of peristalsis and leading to severe colicky pain and vomiting.
- ileo-
-
- ileac
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ileum.
- stuck
-
noun,
a branch or shoot of a tree or shrub that has been cut or broken off.
- ideo-
-
- ikons
-
noun,
icon (defs 1, 2).
- Ikeda
-
noun,
Hayato [hah-yah-taw] /hɑˈyɑ tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1899–1965, Japanese statesman: prime minister 1960–64.
- Stuka
-
noun,
a German two-seated dive bomber with a single in-line engine, used by the Luftwaffe in World War II.
- stunk
-
noun,
a strong offensive smell; stench.
- deca-
-
- decal
-
noun,
a specially prepared paper bearing a picture or design for transfer to wood, metal, glass, etc.
- decan
-
noun,
any of three divisions of 10° within a sign of the zodiac.
- Sucre
-
noun,
Antonio José de [ahn-taw-nyaw haw-se th e] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ hɔˈsɛ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), 1793–1830, Venezuelan general and South American liberator: 1st president of Bolivia 1826–28.
- idles
-
noun,
the state or quality of being idle.
- idler
-
noun,
a person who passes time in a lazy or unproductive way.
- deci-
-
- tonus
-
noun,
a normal state of continuous slight tension in muscle tissue that facilitates its response to stimulation.
- toran
-
noun,
(in Indian Buddhist and Hindu architecture) a gateway having two or three lintels between two posts.
- Euro-
-
- Kans.
-
- crust
-
noun,
the brown, hard outer portion or surface of a loaf or slice of bread (distinguished from crumb).
- trade
-
noun,
the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries:
- karat
-
noun,
a unit for measuring the fineness of gold, pure gold being 24 karats fine. Abbreviation: k., kt.
- kaons
-
noun,
a meson with strangeness +1 and either positive or zero electric charge, or its antiparticle, with strangeness −1 and either negative or zero electric charge. Symbol: K.
- Trace
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- touse
-
noun,
a commotion; rumpus.
- Tours
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Indre-et-Loire, in W France, on the Loire River: Charles Martel defeated the Saracens near here a.d. 732.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- Kansu
-
noun,
Wade-Giles. Gansu.
- Kansa
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people formerly of eastern Kansas, now living mostly in northern Oklahoma.
- Stark
-
noun,
Harold Raynsford [reynz-ferd] /ˈreɪnz fərd/ (Show IPA), 1880–1972, U.S. admiral.
- Karen
-
noun,
a group of people of eastern and southern Burma (Myanmar).
- kanes
-
noun,
cain.
- Toure
-
noun,
Sékou [sey-koo] /ˈseɪ ku/ (Show IPA), 1922–84, Guinean political leader: prime minister 1958-72; president 1958–84.
- kanas
-
noun,
a Japanese syllabic script consisting of 71 symbols and having two written varieties.
- Stead
-
noun,
the place of a person or thing as occupied by a successor or substitute:
- kalis
-
noun,
the wife of Shiva and the malevolent form of the Mother Goddess.
- steak
-
noun,
a slice of meat or fish, especially beef, cooked by broiling, frying, etc.
- kales
-
- Kalat
-
noun,
a region in S Baluchistan, in SW Pakistan.
- steal
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- cukes
-
noun,
cucumber.
- kains
-
noun,
cain.
- cruse
-
noun,
an earthen pot, bottle, etc., for liquids.
- crunk
-
noun,
a type of hip-hop originating in the southern U.S. and characterized by heavy bass and call-and-response vocals.
- culet
-
noun,
Jewelry. a small face forming the bottom of a faceted gem.
- Katar
-
noun,
Qatar.
- croak
-
noun,
the act or sound of croaking.
- Stalk
-
noun,
the stem or main axis of a plant.
- Croat
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Croatia; Croatian.
- crone
-
noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- kauri
-
noun,
Also, kauri pine. a tall, coniferous tree, Agathis australis, of New Zealand, yielding a valuable timber and a resin.
- cronk
-
adjective,
sick or feeble.
- Kauai
-
noun,
an island in NW Hawaii. 511 sq. mi. (1325 sq. km).
- trail
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- Katie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Katherine or Catherine.
- traik
-
verb (used without object),
to become ill or lose one's good health.
- crude
-
noun,
crude oil.
- kata-
-
- stank
-
noun,
a strong offensive smell; stench.
- cruds
-
noun,
Slang.
a deposit or coating of refuse or of an impure or alien substance; muck.
a filthy, repulsive, or contemptible person.
something that is worthless, objectionable, or contemptible.
prevarication, exaggeration, or flattery.
a nonspecific, imaginary, or vaguely defined disease or disorder of the body:
any unpleasant external ailment, disorder, or the like, as a skin rash.
venereal disease, especially syphilis.
Vulgar. dried semen.
- Kasai
-
noun,
a river in S central Africa, flowing from central Angola to and then NW along the Angola-Democratic Republic of the Congo border and through the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the Congo (Zaire) River. About 1100 miles (1770 km) long.
- cruel
-
adjective,
willfully or knowingly causing pain or distress to others.
- karts
-
noun,
a small, light, low-slung, four-wheeled vehicle, usually powered by a gasoline engine, capable of speeds up to 60 miles per hour (96 km/h), and used for racing or recreation.
- cruet
-
noun,
a glass bottle, especially one for holding vinegar, oil, etc., for the table.
- Karst
-
noun,
an area of limestone terrane characterized by sinks, ravines, and underground streams.
- stand
-
noun,
the act of standing; an assuming of or a remaining in an upright position.
- karos
-
noun,
a shrub or small tree, Pittosporum crassifolium, of New Zealand, having shiny leaves with a white, felty underside, red flowers, and densely hairy fruit.
- Karol
-
noun,
a female given name.
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- Karla
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- Cukor
-
noun,
George, 1899–1983, U.S. film director.
- kadis
-
noun,
qadi.
- torcs
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- 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.
- curse
-
noun,
the expression of a wish that misfortune, evil, doom, etc., befall a person, group, etc.
- curst
-
noun,
the expression of a wish that misfortune, evil, doom, etc., befall a person, group, etc.
- Isaac
-
noun,
a son of Abraham and Sarah, and father of Jacob. Gen. 21:1–4.
- stirk
-
noun,
a young bull or cow, especially one in its second year.
- Irons
-
noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- irone
-
noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- Stock
-
noun,
a supply of goods kept on hand for sale to customers by a merchant, distributor, manufacturer, etc.; inventory.
- Stoic
-
noun,
a member or adherent of the Stoic school of philosophy.
- cutes
-
noun,
the cutes, Informal. self-consciously cute mannerisms or appeal; affected coyness:
- stoke
-
noun,
a unit of kinematic viscosity, equal to the viscosity of a fluid in poises divided by the density of the fluid in grams per cubic centimeter.
- cutie
-
noun,
Informal. a charmingly attractive or cute person, especially a girl or a young woman (often used as a form of address):
- stink
-
noun,
a strong offensive smell; stench.
- Iran.
-
- cutin
-
noun,
a transparent, waxy substance constituting, together with cellulose, the cuticle of plants.
- irade
-
noun,
a decree of a Muslim ruler.
- cutis
-
noun,
the true skin, consisting of the dermis and the epidermis.
- stola
-
noun,
a long, loose tunic or robe, with or without sleeves, worn by women of ancient Rome.
- stole
-
noun,
an ecclesiastical vestment consisting of a narrow strip of silk or other material worn over the shoulders or, by deacons, over the left shoulder only, and arranged to hang down in front to the knee or below.
Compare tippet (def 2).
- iotas
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- 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.
- Stone
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- curns
-
noun,
a grain.
- curls
-
noun,
a coil or ringlet of hair.
- Kadar
-
noun,
János [yah-nawsh] /ˈyɑ nɔʃ/ (Show IPA), 1912–89, Hungarian political leader: general secretary of the Communist Party 1956–88.
- curds
-
noun,
Often, curds. a substance consisting mainly of casein and the like, obtained from milk by coagulation, and used as food or made into cheese.
- Kadai
-
noun,
a group of languages related to the Thai group and spoken by a small population in southern China and northern Vietnam.
- Tosca
-
noun,
an opera (1900) by Giacomo Puccini.
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- stela
-
noun,
stele (defs 1–3).
- torus
-
noun,
Architecture. a large convex molding, more or less semicircular in profile, commonly forming the lowest molding of the base of a column, directly above the plinth, sometimes occurring as one of a pair separated by a scotia and fillets. and column.
- Cunas
-
noun,
a member of a group of American Indian people inhabiting settlements on the Isthmus of Panama and islands in the Gulf of San Blas.
- ster.
-
- Torun
-
noun,
a city in N Poland, on the Vistula.
- cunts
-
noun,
the vulva or vagina.
- celts
-
noun,
an ax of stone or metal without perforations or grooves, for hafting.
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- Ital.
-
- stile
-
noun,
a series of steps or rungs by means of which a person may pass over a wall or fence that remains a barrier to sheep or cattle.
- torsk
-
noun,
a cod.
- stick
-
noun,
a branch or shoot of a tree or shrub that has been cut or broken off.
- istle
-
noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- cures
-
noun,
a means of healing or restoring to health; remedy.
- curet
-
noun,
a scoop-shaped surgical instrument for removing tissue from body cavities, as the uterus.
- Curia
-
noun,
one of the political subdivisions of each of the three tribes of ancient Rome.
- Curie
-
noun,
a unit of activity of radioactive substances equivalent to 3.70 × 10 10 disintegrations per second: it is approximately the amount of activity produced by 1 gram of radium-226. Abbreviation: Ci.
- curio
-
noun,
any unusual article, object of art, etc., valued as a curiosity.
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- isnad
-
noun,
the chain of testimony by which a hadith is transmitted.
- islet
-
noun,
a very small island.
- euros
-
noun,
wallaroo.
- Denis
-
noun,
a male given name.
- stake
-
noun,
a stick or post pointed at one end for driving into the ground as a boundary mark, part of a fence, support for a plant, etc.
- donec
-
conjunction,
(in prescriptions) until.
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- tarok
-
noun,
a card game dating probably from the Renaissance and still popular in central Europe, originally played with a special pack of 78 cards but now usually played with 32 cards of a regular pack together with 22 tarots.
- Donar
-
noun,
the god of thunder, corresponding to Thor.
- donas
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Madam; Lady: a Portuguese title prefixed to a woman's given name.
- Donau
-
noun,
German name of Danube.
- 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.
- Durst
-
noun,
an act of daring or defiance; challenge.
- duros
-
noun,
a peso of Spain or Spanish America.
- Tesla
-
noun,
a unit of magnetic induction equal to one weber per square meter. Abbreviation: T.
- Duroc
-
noun,
one of an American breed of hardy red hogs having drooping ears.
- durns
-
adjective, adverb, verb (used with object), noun,
darn2 .
- tiara
-
noun,
a jeweled, ornamental coronet worn by women.
- terns
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- dures
-
verb (used with or without object),
endure.
- Donus
-
noun,
died a.d. 678, pope 676–678.
- donut
-
noun,
doughnut.
- duras
-
noun,
dura mater.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- DORAN
-
noun,
an electronic device for determining range and assisting navigation, employing the principle of the Doppler effect.
- Duran
-
noun,
Roberto [ruh-bair-toh;; Spanish raw-ber-taw] /rəˈbɛər toʊ;; Spanish rɔˈbɛr tɔ/ (Show IPA), born 1951, Panamanian boxer.
- dural
-
adjective,
of or relating to the dura mater.
- dunts
-
noun,
a hard blow or hit, especially one that makes a dull sound; thump.
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- dolus
-
noun,
fraud; deceit, especially involving or evidencing evil intent (distinguished from culpa):
- dunks
-
noun,
any flavorful sauce, dip, gravy, etc., into which portions of food are dipped before eating.
- doest
-
noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- Ecua.
-
- tanka
-
noun,
a Japanese poem consisting of 31 syllables in 5 lines, with 5 syllables in the first and third lines and 7 in the others.
- ecto-
-
- ectal
-
adjective,
external; outer; on the surface of.
- ectad
-
adverb,
outward.
- econ.
-
- ecol.
-
- docks
-
noun,
a landing pier.
- eclat
-
noun,
brilliance of success, reputation, etc.:
- doers
-
noun,
a person or thing that does something, especially a person who gets things done with vigor and efficiency.
- doits
-
noun,
Also, duit. an old small copper coin of the Netherlands and Dutch colonies, first issued in the 17th century.
- tardo
-
adjective,
slow (used as a musical direction).
- tanks
-
noun,
a large receptacle, container, or structure for holding a liquid or gas:
- Eaton
-
noun,
Theophilus, 1590–1658, English colonist and colonial administrator in America.
- dolce
-
noun,
an instruction to the performer that the music is to be executed softly and sweetly.
- doles
-
noun,
a portion or allotment of money, food, etc., especially as given at regular intervals by a charity or for maintenance.
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- dolia
-
noun,
a large earthenware jar used by the ancient Romans.
- Dolin
-
noun,
Sir Anton [an-ton] /ˈæn tɒn/ (Show IPA), (Patrick Healey-Kay) 1904–83, English ballet dancer.
- Tarai
-
noun,
Terai.
- tical
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Siam, equal to 100 satang: replaced in 1928 by the baht.
- Tarde
-
noun,
Gabriel [ga-bree-el] /ga briˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1843–1904, French sociologist.
- dolts
-
noun,
a dull, stupid person; blockhead.
- Doric
-
noun,
a dialect of ancient Greek spoken on Rhodes and other islands of the Dodecanese, in Crete, in Syracuse, and in all of the Peloponnesus except Arcadia.
- Doris
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the wife of Nereus and mother of the Nereids.
- Edina
-
noun,
a city in SE Minnesota, near Minneapolis.
- drunk
-
noun,
an intoxicated person.
- teno-
-
- ducat
-
noun,
any of various gold coins formerly issued in various parts of Europe, especially that first issued in Venice in 1284.
Compare sequin (def 2).
- Ducal
-
adjective,
of or relating to a duke or dukedom.
- telos
-
noun,
the end term of a goal-directed process; especially, the Aristotelian final cause.
- Draco
-
noun,
the Dragon, a northern circumpolar constellation between Ursa Major and Cepheus.
- Duane
-
noun,
a male given name.
- duals
-
noun,
the dual number.
- Duala
-
noun,
Douala.
- drail
-
noun,
a hook with a lead-covered shank used in trolling.
- Druse
-
noun,
an incrustation of small crystals on the surface of a rock or mineral.
- Drain
-
noun,
something, as a pipe or conduit, by which a liquid drains.
- drouk
-
verb (used with object),
to wet thoroughly; drench.
- duces
-
noun,
a leader or dictator.
- drone
-
noun,
the male of the honeybee and other bees, stingless and making no honey.
- Drake
-
noun,
a male duck.
Compare duck1 (def 2).
- droit
-
noun,
a legal right or claim.
- drink
-
noun,
any liquid that is swallowed to quench thirst, for nourishment, etc.; beverage.
- Drina
-
noun,
a river in S Europe, flowing N along the part of the border between Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina to the Sava River at Belgrade, Serbia. 285 miles (459 km) long.
- drank
-
noun,
any liquid that is swallowed to quench thirst, for nourishment, etc.; beverage.
- dries
-
noun,
a plural of dry.
- drest
-
noun,
an outer garment for women and girls, consisting of bodice and skirt in one piece.
- dreks
-
noun,
dreck.
- tends
-
Verb phrases,
tend on/upon, Archaic. to attend or wait upon; minister to; serve:
- drats
-
interjection,
(used to express mild disgust, disappointment, or the like):
- telo-
-
- telic
-
adjective,
Grammar. expressing end or purpose:
- dorks
-
noun,
Slang. a silly, out-of-touch person who tends to look odd or behave ridiculously around others; a social misfit:
Synonyms: jerk, schmo; nerd, geek.
- duits
-
noun,
doit (def 1).
- dunce
-
noun,
a dull-witted, stupid, or ignorant person; dolt.
- dorse
-
noun,
the back of a book or folded document.
- teaks
-
noun,
a large East Indian tree, Tectona grandis, of the verbena family, yielding a hard, durable, resinous, yellowish-brown wood used for shipbuilding, making furniture, etc.
- dulse
-
noun,
a coarse, edible, red seaweed, Rhodymenia palmata.
- dulia
-
noun,
veneration and invocation given to saints as the servants of God.
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- dorts
-
noun,
Dordrecht.
- tera-
-
- Dulce
-
noun,
a female given name: from the Latin word meaning “sweet.”.
- teals
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- Dukas
-
noun,
Paul (Abraham) [pawl a-bra-am] /pɔl a braˈam/ (Show IPA), 1865–1935, French composer.
- tears
-
- douse
-
noun,
British Dialect. a stroke or blow.
- dotes
-
noun,
decay of wood.
- duets
-
noun,
a musical composition for two voices or instruments.
- Duero
-
noun,
Spanish name of Douro.
- duels
-
noun,
a prearranged combat between two persons, fought with deadly weapons according to an accepted code of procedure, especially to settle a private quarrel.
- Douai
-
noun,
a city in N France, SE of Calais.
- ducts
-
noun,
any tube, canal, pipe, or conduit by which a fluid, air, or other substance is conducted or conveyed.
- telia
-
noun,
the cluster of spore cases of the rust and smut fungi, bearing teliospores.
- douce
-
adjective,
sedate; modest; quiet.
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- doura
-
noun,
durra.
- ducks
-
noun,
any of numerous wild or domesticated web-footed swimming birds of the family Anatidae, especially of the genus Anas and allied genera, characterized by abroad, flat bill, short legs, and depressed body.
- edict
-
noun,
a decree issued by a sovereign or other authority. Synonyms: dictum, pronouncement.
- doats
-
verb (used without object),
dote.
- dent.
-
- Taira
-
noun,
a member of a powerful family in Japan that ruled the country 1160–85.
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- Taino
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- tious
-
- Erika
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Eridu
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian and Babylonian city near the Euphrates in S Iraq: center for the worship of Ea; partially excavated.
- Diels
-
noun,
Otto [ot-oh;; German awt-oh] /ˈɒt oʊ;; German ˈɔt oʊ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1954, German chemist: Nobel Prize 1950.
- diets
-
noun,
food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health:
- 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.
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- eosin
-
noun,
Also called bromeosin, tetrabromofluorescein. a red, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 20 H 8 Br 4 O 5 , derived from fluorescein by bromination: used chiefly as an acid dye for dyeing silk a rose red color and as a histological stain.
- tails
-
noun,
tail1 (def 6).
- taken
-
noun,
the act of taking.
- Eolic
-
noun,
the Greek dialect of ancient Aeolis and Thessaly; Aeolian.
- dinar
-
noun,
any of various former coins of the Near East, especially gold coins issued by Islamic governments.
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- diner
-
noun,
a person who dines.
- ento-
-
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- dines
-
noun,
Scot. dinner.
- Ensor
-
noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- takes
-
- Dinka
-
noun,
a member of a tall, pastoral people of Sudan.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- Ernst
-
noun,
Max [maks;; German mahks] /mæks;; German mɑks/ (Show IPA), 1891–1976, German painter, in the U.S. 1941–49, in France 1949–76.
- takin
-
noun,
a mountain-dwelling bovid, Budorcas taxicolor, native to the eastern Himalayas, China, and northern Burma, that resembles a cross between a goat and a musk ox.
- taels
-
noun,
liang.
- etuis
-
noun,
a small, often decorative case, especially one for needles, toilet articles, or the like.
- dents
-
noun,
a hollow or depression in a surface, as from a blow.
- Tirol
-
noun,
Tyrol.
- sutra
-
noun,
Hinduism. a collection of aphorisms relating to some aspect of the conduct of life.
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- taces
-
noun,
tasset.
- tacks
-
noun,
a short, sharp-pointed nail, usually with a flat, broad head.
- desc.
-
- tirls
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- estoc
-
noun,
a thrusting sword of the 13th–17th centuries having a long, narrow blade of rectangular section.
- tacos
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- dicta
-
noun,
a plural of dictum.
- Deut.
-
- tired
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- dial.
-
- dials
-
noun,
a plate, disk, face, or other surface containing markings or figures upon which the time of day is indicated by hands, pointers, or shadows, as of a clock or sundial.
- Diana
-
noun,
(Princess of Wales; Lady Diana Spencer) 1961–97, former wife of Charles, Prince of Wales.
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- dices
-
Idioms,
no dice, Informal. of no use or help; ineffective.
- eruct
-
verb (used with or without object),
to belch forth, as gas from the stomach.
- Dicks
-
noun,
Older Use. a detective.
- dicot
-
noun,
a dicotyledon.
- dict.
-
- enrol
-
verb (used with or without object),
enroll.
- enols
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- edit.
-
- eikon
-
noun,
icon (defs 1, 2).
- dist.
-
- talks
-
noun,
the act of talking; speech; conversation, especially of a familiar or informal kind.
- Elara
-
noun,
Astronomy. a small moon of the planet Jupiter.
- elans
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- Eland
-
noun,
either of two large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragus, having long, spirally twisted horns: now rare.
- talon
-
noun,
a claw, especially of a bird of prey.
- dites
-
noun,
a bit (usually used in negative constructions):
- Talos
-
noun,
a man of brass made by Hephaestus for Minos as a guardian of Crete.
- taluk
-
noun,
a hereditary estate.
- Eilat
-
noun,
a seaport at the N tip of the Gulf of Aqaba, in S Israel.
- tilde
-
noun,
a diacritic (~) placed over an n, as in Spanish mañana, to indicate a palatal nasal sound or over a vowel, as in Portuquese são, to indicate nasalization.
- eidos
-
noun,
the formal content of a culture, encompassing its system of ideas, criteria for interpreting experience, etc.
- Elias
-
noun,
Douay Bible. Elijah (def 1).
- tilak
-
noun,
a distinctive spot of colored powder or paste worn on the forehead by Hindu men and women as a religious symbol.
- 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.
- educt
-
noun,
something educed; eduction.
- Tieck
-
noun,
Ludwig [loot-vikh,, lood-] /ˈlut vɪx,, ˈlud-/ (Show IPA), 1773–1853, German writer.
- tides
-
noun,
the periodic rise and fall of the waters of the ocean and its inlets, produced by the attraction of the moon and sun, and occurring about every 12 hours.
- tidal
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, characterized by, or subject to tides:
- educ.
-
- talus
-
noun,
the uppermost bone of the proximal row of bones of the tarsus; anklebone.
- Ednas
-
noun,
Adnah.
- ticks
-
noun,
a slight, sharp, recurring click, tap, or beat, as of a clock.
- edits
-
noun,
an instance of or the work of editing:
- tiled
-
noun,
a thin slab or bent piece of baked clay, sometimes painted or glazed, used for various purposes, as to form one of the units of a roof covering, floor, or revetment.
- disc.
-
- Enola
-
noun,
a female given name.
- talcs
-
noun,
Also, talcum [tal-kuh m] /ˈtæl kəm/ (Show IPA). a green-to-gray, soft mineral, hydrous magnesium silicate, Mg 3 (Si 4 O 10)(OH) 2 , unctuous to the touch, and occurring usually in foliated or compact masses, used in making lubricants, talcum powder, electrical insulation, etc.
- dinks
-
noun,
dinghy.
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- talas
-
noun,
a repeated rhythmic pattern of stressed and unstressed beats played on a percussion instrument in Indian music.
- dints
-
noun,
force; power:
- diols
-
noun,
glycol (def 2).
- endo-
-
- Talca
-
noun,
a city in central Chile.
- Dione
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a Titan and a consort of Zeus.
- encl.
-
- Dirac
-
noun,
Paul Adrien Maurice, 1902–84, British physicist, in the U.S. after 1971: Nobel Prize 1933.
- enact
-
verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- Dirae
-
plural noun,
the Furies. See fury (def 3).
- elint
-
noun,
the gathering of military or other intelligence through the monitoring of electronic signals other than voice communications, as satellite transmissions, rocket telemetry, and radar.
- Elura
-
noun,
Ellora.
- dirks
-
noun,
a dagger, especially of the Scottish Highlands.
- tiles
-
noun,
a thin slab or bent piece of baked clay, sometimes painted or glazed, used for various purposes, as to form one of the units of a roof covering, floor, or revetment.
- Elton
-
noun,
a male given name.
- taler
-
noun,
thaler.
- Elkin
-
noun,
Stanley, 1930–1995, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- dirls
-
verb (used without object),
to vibrate; shake.
- Elisa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- dirts
-
noun,
any foul or filthy substance, as mud, grime, dust, or excrement.
- Eliot
-
noun,
Charles William, 1834–1926, U.S. educator: president of Harvard University 1869–1909.
- Tiler
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- stale
-
adjective,
not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- slunk
-
noun,
a prematurely born calf or other animal.
- sloid
-
noun,
sloyd.
- sloka
-
noun,
a couplet or distich of Sanskrit verse, especially one with each line containing 16 syllables.
- sloke
-
noun,
algae or seaweed.
- Larsa
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city in southern Iraq: archaeological site.
- clonk
-
noun,
a low, dull sound of impact, as of a heavy object striking against another.
- Laris
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- Lares
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- Close
-
noun,
the act of closing.
- lards
-
noun,
the rendered fat of hogs, especially the internal fat of the abdomen.
- sluit
-
noun,
(in South Africa) a deep, dry gulch or channel formed by erosion due to heavy rains.
- clots
-
noun,
a mass or lump.
- clone
-
noun,
Biology.
a cell, cell product, or organism that is genetically identical to the unit or individual from which it was derived.
a population of identical units, cells, or individuals that derive from the same ancestral line.
- trike
-
noun,
tricycle.
- snack
-
noun,
a small portion of food or drink or a light meal, especially one eaten between regular meals.
- CLOUD
-
noun,
a visible collection of particles of water or ice suspended in the air, usually at an elevation above the earth's surface.
- clout
-
noun,
a blow, especially with the hand; cuff:
- snail
-
noun,
any mollusk of the class Gastropoda, having a spirally coiled shell and a ventral muscular foot on which it slowly glides about.
- lansa
-
noun,
langsat.
- snake
-
noun,
any of numerous limbless, scaly, elongate reptiles of the suborder Serpentes, comprising venomous and nonvenomous species inhabiting tropical and temperate areas.
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- tried
-
noun,
an attempt or effort:
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- LASER
-
noun,
a device that produces a nearly parallel, nearly monochromatic, and coherent beam of light by exciting atoms to a higher energy level and causing them to radiate their energy in phase.
- Laski
-
noun,
Harold Joseph, 1893–1950, English political scientist and writer.
- clunk
-
noun,
a hard hit, especially on the head.
- lauan
-
noun,
Philippine mahogany.
- clast
-
noun,
a grain of sediment, silt, sand, gravel, etc., especially as a constituent fragment of a clastic rock formation, as distinguished from a chemical or biogenic component of such a formation.
- triol
-
noun,
a compound having three hydroxyl groups.
- Laura
-
noun,
a monastery consisting formerly of a group of cells or huts for monks who met together for meals and worship.
- clear
-
noun,
a clear or unobstructed space.
- cleat
-
noun,
a wedge-shaped block fastened to a surface to serve as a check or support:
- slier
-
adjective,
a comparative of sly.
- lauds
-
noun,
a song or hymn of praise.
- Cleon
-
noun,
died 422 b.c, Athenian general and political opponent of Pericles.
- Clerk
-
noun,
a person employed, as in an office, to keep records, file, type, or perform other general office tasks.
- slink
-
noun,
a prematurely born calf or other animal.
- cline
-
noun,
Biology. the gradual change in certain characteristics exhibited by members of a series of adjacent populations of organisms of the same species.
- cloak
-
noun,
a loose outer garment, as a cape or coat.
- clink
-
noun,
a clinking sound.
- latke
-
noun,
a pancake, especially one made of grated potato.
- Clint
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Clinton.
- Latin
-
noun,
an Italic language spoken in ancient Rome, fixed in the 2nd or 1st century b.c., and established as the official language of the Roman Empire. Abbreviation: L.
- Clite
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the wife of Cyzicus, who hanged herself when her husband was mistakenly killed by the Argonauts.
- later
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- laten
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- lated
-
adjective,
belated.
- Sloan
-
noun,
John, 1871–1951, U.S. painter.
- Snark
-
noun,
a mysterious, imaginary animal.
- cnida
-
noun,
a nematocyst.
- claro
-
noun,
such a cigar.
- Triad
-
noun,
a group of three, especially of three closely related persons or things.
- coeds
-
noun,
Older Use. a female student in a coeducational institution, especially in a college or university.
- Ladin
-
noun,
a Rhaeto-Romanic dialect of the southern Tyrol.
- coel-
-
- lades
-
verb (used with object),
to put (something) on or in, as a burden, load, or cargo; load.
- coils
-
noun,
a connected series of spirals or rings into which a rope or the like is wound.
- Laden
-
adjective,
burdened; loaded down.
- trial
-
noun,
Law.
the examination before a judicial tribunal of the facts put in issue in a cause, often including issues of law as well as those of fact.
the determination of a person's guilt or innocence by due process of law.
- snort
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- coins
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- coirs
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- Coker
-
noun,
Often, cokers. an inhabitant of the mountains of the coal-mining regions of West Virginia and Pennsylvania.
- trice
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- cokes
-
noun,
the solid product resulting from the destructive distillation of coal in an oven or closed chamber or by imperfect combustion, consisting principally of carbon: used chiefly as a fuel in metallurgy to reduce metallic oxides to metals.
- triac
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- Colas
-
noun,
a carbonated soft drink containing an extract made from kola nuts, together with sweeteners and other flavorings.
- lact-
-
- colat
-
- lacks
-
noun,
deficiency or absence of something needed, desirable, or customary:
- colds
-
noun,
the relative absence of heat:
- snout
-
noun,
the part of an animal's head projecting forward and containing the nose and jaws; muzzle.
- laces
-
noun,
a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- Coles
-
noun,
any of various plants of the genus Brassica, of the mustard family, especially kale and rape.
- Ladon
-
noun,
a dragon having 100 heads and guarding the garden of the Hesperides: killed by Hercules.
- snore
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- Lando
-
noun,
died a.d. 914, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 913–914.
- Coats
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- coala
-
noun,
koala.
- snarl
-
noun,
the act of snarling.
- coals
-
noun,
a black or dark-brown combustible mineral substance consisting of carbonized vegetable matter, used as a fuel.
Compare anthracite, bituminous coal, lignite.
- coast
-
noun,
the land next to the sea; seashore:
- LANCE
-
noun,
a long wooden shaft with a pointed metal head, used as a weapon by knights and cavalry soldiers in charging.
- lanas
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- 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.
- Lanai
-
noun,
a veranda, especially a fully furnished one used as a living room.
- snead
-
noun,
Samuel Jackson ("Slamming Sammy") 1912–2002, U.S. golfer.
- Lakin
-
noun,
Obsolete. ladykin.
- laker
-
noun,
a person associated with a lake, as a resident, visitor, or worker.
- snoek
-
noun,
a long, slender marine food fish, Thyrsites atun, of the family Gempylidae, of the southern oceans.
- sneck
-
noun,
a door latch or its lever.
- Laius
-
noun,
a king of Thebes, the husband of Jocasta and father of Oedipus: unwittingly killed by Oedipus.
- codas
-
noun,
Music. a more or less independent passage, at the end of a composition, introduced to bring it to a satisfactory close.
- trick
-
noun,
a crafty or underhanded device, maneuver, stratagem, or the like, intended to deceive or cheat; artifice; ruse; wile.
- snick
-
noun,
a small cut; nick.
- coder
-
noun,
a person or device that translates information into a code.
- Laird
-
noun,
a landed proprietor.
- snide
-
adjective,
derogatory in a nasty, insinuating manner:
- laics
-
noun,
one of the laity.
- codes
-
noun,
a system for communication by telegraph, heliograph, etc., in which long and short sounds, light flashes, etc., are used to symbolize the content of a message:
- clase
-
- slick
-
noun,
a smooth or slippery place or spot or the substance causing it:
- snuck
-
noun,
a sneaking, underhand, or contemptible person.
- skate
-
noun,
ice skate (def 1).
- Sitka
-
noun,
a town in SE Alaska, on an island in the Alexander Archipelago: the capital of former Russian America.
- sito-
-
- lidos
-
noun,
a fashionable beach resort.
- cert.
-
- LIDAR
-
noun,
a device similar to radar in principle and operation but using infrared laser light instead of radio waves and capable of detecting particles, distant objects, and varying physical conditions in the atmosphere.
- skald
-
noun,
one of the ancient Scandinavian poets.
- 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.
- licks
-
noun,
a stroke of the tongue over something.
- licet
-
- Liard
-
noun,
a former silver coin of France, the fourth part of a sol, issued from the 15th century to 1793 and made from copper after 1650.
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- cetin
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble fat, C 32 H 64 O 2 , obtained from spermaceti by extraction with ether: used chiefly as an emulsive agent in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals and cosmetics and as a base in the manufacture of candles and soaps.
- trone
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- Liana
-
noun,
any of various usually woody vines that may climb as high as the tree canopy in a tropical forest.
- Cetus
-
noun,
the Whale, a constellation lying above the equator, containing the variable star Mira.
- skean
-
noun,
a knife or dagger formerly used in Ireland and in the Scottish Highlands.
- Ceuta
-
noun,
a seaport and enclave of Spain in N Morocco, on the Strait of Gibraltar.
- Skeat
-
noun,
Walter William, 1835–1912, English philologist and lexicographer.
- leuds
-
noun,
a vassal or tenant in the early Middle Ages.
- Ciano
-
noun,
Count Galeazzo [gah-le-aht-tsaw] /ˌgɑ lɛˈɑt tsɔ/ (Show IPA), (Ciano di Cortellazzo) 1903–44, Italian Fascist statesman: minister of foreign affairs 1936–43.
- Trona
-
noun,
a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
- liers
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- ceros
-
noun,
a large Atlantic and Gulf Coast mackerel game fish, Scomberomorus regalis.
- leuc-
-
- liner
-
noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- liras
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- Cenis
-
noun,
Mont, a mountain pass between SE France and Italy, in the Alps. 6834 feet (2083 meters) high.
- Sino-
-
- Linus
-
noun,
Saint, died a.d. 76? pope 67?–76?.
- lints
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- cent.
-
- Linos
-
noun,
linoleum.
- CENTO
-
noun,
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
- links
-
noun,
golf course.
- cents
-
noun,
a bronze coin of the U.S., the 100th part of a U.S. dollar: made of steel during part of 1943. Symbol: ¢.
- truce
-
noun,
a suspension of hostilities for a specified period of time by mutual agreement of the warring parties; cease-fire; armistice.
- liken
-
verb (used with object),
to represent as similar or like; compare:
- ceorl
-
noun,
churl (def 4).
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- ceras
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- linac
-
noun,
linear accelerator.
- 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.
- 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.
- Likud
-
noun,
a conservative political party in Israel, founded in 1973.
- likes
-
noun,
a similar or comparable person or thing, or like persons or things; counterpart, match, or equal (usually preceded by a possessive adjective or the):
- cero-
-
- cidal
-
- skein
-
noun,
a length of yarn or thread wound on a reel or swift preparatory for use in manufacturing.
- slice
-
noun,
a thin, flat piece cut from something:
- slant
-
noun,
slanting or oblique direction; slope:
- slain
-
noun,
sley.
- slake
-
verb (used with object),
to allay (thirst, desire, wrath, etc.) by satisfying.
- clade
-
noun,
a taxonomic group of organisms classified together on the basis of homologous features traced to a common ancestor.
- slank
-
noun,
a prematurely born calf or other animal.
- clads
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of clothe.
- Clair
-
noun,
René [ruh-ney] /rəˈneɪ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1981, French motion-picture director and writer.
- clank
-
noun,
a sharp, hard, nonresonant sound, like that produced by two pieces of metal striking, one against the other:
- clans
-
noun,
a group of families or households, as among the Scottish Highlanders, the heads of which claim descent from a common ancestor:
- lect.
-
- least
-
noun,
something that is least; the least amount, quantity, degree, etc.
- lears
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- Skuld
-
noun,
See under Norn.
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- Clara
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “clear, bright.”.
- learn
-
verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- Clare
-
noun,
a county in W Republic of Ireland. 1231 sq. mi. (3190 sq. km). County seat: Ennis.
- leant
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- leans
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- slate
-
noun,
a fine-grained rock formed by the metamorphosis of clay, shale, etc., that tends to split along parallel cleavage planes, usually at an angle to the planes of stratification.
- leaks
-
noun,
an unintended hole, crack, or the like, through which liquid, gas, light, etc., enters or escapes:
- leads
-
noun,
the first or foremost place; position in advance of others:
- Clark
-
noun,
Alvan, 1804–87, and his son Alvan Graham, 1832–97, U.S. astronomers and telescope-lens manufacturers.
- Slack
-
noun,
a slack condition or part.
- Lenca
-
noun,
a member of an Indian people of El Salvador and central Honduras.
- cider
-
noun,
the juice pressed from apples (or formerly from some other fruit) used for drinking, either before fermentation (sweet cider) or after fermentation (hard cider) or for making applejack, vinegar, etc.
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- skied
-
noun,
one of a pair of long, slender runners made of wood, plastic, or metal used in gliding over snow.
- Skier
-
noun,
a person who skis.
- Leros
-
noun,
one of the Dodecanese Islands of Greece, off the SW coast of Turkey. 21 sq. mi. (54 sq. km).
- Lerna
-
noun,
a marshy region near Argos, Greece: the legendary abode of the Hydra slain by Hercules.
- troke
-
noun,
truck2 (defs 4–7).
- skint
-
adjective,
having no money; penniless.
- dreck
-
noun,
excrement; dung.
- cine-
-
- skirl
-
noun,
the sound of a bagpipe.
- cines
-
noun,
a film; motion picture.
- cions
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- lends
-
Idioms,
lend a hand, to give help; aid:
- Leoni
-
noun,
Raúl [rah-ool] /rɑˈul/ (Show IPA), 1905–72, Venezuelan statesman: president 1964–69.
- cires
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- Leona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- skirt
-
noun,
the part of a gown, dress, slip, or coat that extends downward from the waist.
- lento
-
adverb,
slowly.
- Troad
-
noun,
The, a region in NW Asia Minor surrounding ancient Troy.
- skite
-
noun,
a quick, oblique blow or stroke; a chopping blow.
- lenos
-
noun,
Also called leno weave, gauze weave. a weave structure in which paired warp yarns are intertwined in a series of figure eights and filling yarn is passed through each of the interstices so formed, producing a firm, open mesh.
- cites
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- skoal
-
noun,
a toast.
- lenis
-
noun,
a lenis consonant.
- Colet
-
noun,
John, 1467?–1519, English educator and clergyman.
- lands
-
noun,
any part of the earth's surface not covered by a body of water; the part of the earth's surface occupied by continents and islands:
- klans
-
noun,
Ku Klux Klan.
- Kerns
-
noun,
a part of the face of a type projecting beyond the body or shank, as in certain italic letters.
- creak
-
noun,
a creaking sound.
- crate
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- crank
-
noun,
Machinery. any of several types of arms or levers for imparting rotary or oscillatory motion to a rotating shaft, one end of the crank being fixed to the shaft and the other end receiving reciprocating motion from a hand, connecting rod, etc.
- Koine
-
noun,
(usually initial capital letter) an amalgam of Greek dialects, chiefly Attic and Ionic, that replaced the Classical Greek dialects in the Hellenistic period and flourished under the Roman Empire.
- koels
-
noun,
any of several cuckoos of the genus Eudynamys, of India, the Malay Archipelago, and Australia.
- Solti
-
noun,
Sir Georg [gey-awrg,, jawrj] /ˈgeɪ ɔrg,, dʒɔrdʒ/ (Show IPA), 1912–97, British orchestra conductor, born in Hungary.
- corks
-
noun,
the outer bark of an oak, Quercus suber, of Mediterranean countries, used for making stoppers for bottles, floats, etc.
- koans
-
noun,
a nonsensical or paradoxical question to a student for which an answer is demanded, the stress of meditation on the question often being illuminating.
- kolas
-
noun,
kola nut.
- koala
-
noun,
a sluggish, tailless, gray, furry, arboreal marsupial, Phascolarctos cinereus, of Australia.
- Crane
-
noun,
any large wading bird of the family Gruidae, characterized by long legs, bill, and neck and an elevated hind toe.
- SONAR
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- knurs
-
noun,
a knotty or hard protuberance or growth, as on a tree.
- knurl
-
noun,
a small ridge or bead, especially one of a series, as on a button for decoration or on the edge of a thumbscrew to assist in obtaining a firm grip.
- corns
-
noun,
Also called Indian corn; especially technical and British, maize. a tall cereal plant, Zea mays, cultivated in many varieties, having a jointed, solid stem and bearing the grain, seeds, or kernels on large ears.
- keros
-
noun,
a wooden container, as a beaker, made by the Incas.
- Kerst
-
noun,
Donald William, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- Kolar
-
noun,
a city in SE Karnataka, in S India: rich mining district.
- Credo
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the Apostles' Creed or the Nicene Creed.
- cornu
-
noun,
a horn, especially a bony part that resembles a horn.
- sruti
-
noun,
the Vedas and some of the Upanishads, regarded as divinely revealed.
- kendo
-
noun,
a Japanese form of fencing using bamboo staves, with the contestants wearing head guards and protective garments.
- tread
-
noun,
the action of treading, stepping, or walking.
- Coral
-
noun,
the hard, variously colored, calcareous skeleton secreted by certain marine polyps.
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- cords
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) clothing, especially trousers, of corded fabric; corduroys.
- Korea
-
noun,
a former country in E Asia, on a peninsula SE of Manchuria and between the Sea of Japan and the Yellow Sea: a kingdom prior to 1910; under Japanese rule 1910–45; now divided at 38° N into North Korea and South Korea.
Compare Korean War.
- Creon
-
noun,
a king of Thebes, the brother of Jocasta and the uncle of Eteocles, Polynices, and Antigone.
- kenos
-
noun,
a game of chance, adapted from lotto for gambling purposes.
- Koran
-
noun,
the sacred text of Islam, divided into 114 chapters, or suras: revered as the word of God, dictated to Muhammad by the archangel Gabriel, and accepted as the foundation of Islamic law, religion, culture, and politics.
- solid
-
noun,
a body or object having three dimensions (length, breadth, and thickness).
- Corea
-
noun,
Armando Anthony [ahr-mahn-doh] /ɑrˈmɑn doʊ/ (Show IPA), ("Chick") born 1941, U.S. jazz pianist and composer.
- cores
-
- Srta.
-
- Konia
-
noun,
Konya.
- Koner
-
noun,
Pauline, 1905–2000, U.S. dancer and choreographer.
- soler
-
noun,
Padre Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1729–83, Spanish organist and composer.
- coria
-
noun,
plural of corium.
- Kolis
-
noun,
a people of low caste in northern India.
- sonde
-
noun,
a rocket, balloon, or rockoon used as a probe for observing phenomena in the atmosphere.
- knout
-
noun,
a whip with a lash of leather thongs, formerly used in Russia for flogging criminals.
- kelts
-
noun,
a salmon that has spawned.
- Sorel
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1847–1922, French engineer and social philosopher.
- kilos
-
noun,
kilogram.
- 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.
- 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.
- kisan
-
noun,
(in India) a peasant.
- trank
-
noun,
a tranquilizer.
- Costa
-
noun,
a rib or riblike part.
- kirns
-
noun,
a churn.
- Count
-
noun,
the act of counting; enumeration; reckoning; calculation:
- kites
-
noun,
a light frame covered with some thin material, to be flown in the wind at the end of a long string.
- kinos
-
noun,
(in Europe) a motion-picture theater; cinema.
- kines
-
noun,
a plural of cow1 .
- kilts
-
noun,
any short, pleated skirt, especially a tartan wraparound, as that worn by men in the Scottish Highlands.
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- Kindu
-
noun,
a town in E Zaire, on the Lualaba River.
- kinds
-
noun,
a class or group of individual objects, people, animals, etc., of the same nature or character, or classified together because they have traits in common; category:
- kinas
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, equal to 100 toea.
- could
-
noun,
a sealed container for food, beverages, etc., as of aluminum, sheet iron coated with tin, or other metal:
- kilo-
-
- kilns
-
noun,
a furnace or oven for burning, baking, or drying something, especially one for firing pottery, calcining limestone, or baking bricks.
- Corse
-
noun,
corpse.
- knars
-
noun,
a knot on a tree or in wood.
- knits
-
noun,
fabric produced by knitting.
- Kesia
-
noun,
a female given name: from an African word meaning “favorite.”.
- crake
-
noun,
any of several short-billed rails, especially the corn crake.
- Knies
-
noun,
Karl Gustav Adolf [kahrl goo s-tahf ah-dawlf] /kɑrl ˈgʊs tɑf ˈɑ dɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1821–98, German statistician and historical economist.
- keto-
-
- knelt
-
noun,
the action or position of kneeling.
- knead
-
verb (used with object),
to work (dough, clay, etc.) into a uniform mixture by pressing, folding, and stretching.
- craal
-
noun,
kraal.
- SOUND
-
noun,
the sensation produced by stimulation of the organs of hearing by vibrations transmitted through the air or other medium.
- sonic
-
adjective,
of or relating to sound.
- Soult
-
noun,
Nicolas Jean de Dieu [nee-kaw-lah zhahn duh dyœ] /ni kɔˈlɑ ʒɑ̃ də dyœ/ (Show IPA), (Duke of Dalmatia) 1769–1851, French marshal.
- Sonia
-
noun,
a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.
- Corti
-
noun,
Alfonso [al-fon-soh;; Italian ahl-fawn-saw] /ælˈfɒn soʊ;; Italian ɑlˈfɔn sɔ/ (Show IPA), 1822–76, Italian anatomist.
- kiers
-
noun,
a large vat in which fibers, yarns, or fabrics are boiled, bleached, or dyed.
- Kline
-
noun,
Franz (Josef) [joh-zuh f,, -suh f] /ˈdʒoʊ zəf,, -səf/ (Show IPA), 1910–62, U.S. painter.
- Klein
-
noun,
Felix [fee-liks;; German fey-liks] /ˈfi lɪks;; German ˈfeɪ lɪks/ (Show IPA), 1849–1925, German mathematician.
- Court
-
noun,
Law.
a place where justice is administered.
a judicial tribunal duly constituted for the hearing and determination of cases.
a session of a judicial assembly.
- Soane
-
noun,
Sir John, 1753–1837, English architect.
- stack
-
noun,
a more or less orderly pile or heap:
- cotes
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- keirs
-
noun,
kier.
- Const
-
- socle
-
noun,
a low, plain part forming a base for a column, pedestal, or the like; plinth.
- Kraus
-
noun,
Karl, 1874–1936, Austrian writer and editor.
- Kraut
-
noun,
Informal. sauerkraut.
- kudos
-
noun,
honor; glory; acclaim:
- cried
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- Keita
-
noun,
Modibo [maw-dee-baw] /mɔˈdi bɔ/ (Show IPA), 1915–77, African statesman: president of Mali 1960–68.
- solan
-
noun,
a gannet.
- crine
-
noun,
hair; head of hair.
- trend
-
noun,
the general course or prevailing tendency; drift:
- crit.
-
- conks
-
noun,
the head.
- Cons.
-
- Crile
-
noun,
George Washington, 1864–1943, U.S. surgeon.
- Kedar
-
noun,
the second son of Ishmael. Gen. 25:13.
- stade
-
noun,
a period of time represented by a glacial deposit.
- solar
-
noun,
Informal. solar energy.
- cries
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- krone
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Denmark, equal to 100 öre. Abbreviation: Kr., kr.
- krona
-
noun,
a silver and cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Sweden, equal to 100 öre. Abbreviation: Kr., kr.
- krans
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Iran.
- Keats
-
noun,
John, 1795–1821, English poet.
- cont.
-
- kraal
-
noun,
an enclosure for cattle and other domestic animals in southern Africa.
- CONUS
-
noun,
the most anterior part of the simple tubular heart of lower vertebrates and embryos of higher vertebrates, leading into the artery that leaves the heart; in mammals it forms a part of the upper wall of the right ventricle, in which the pulmonary artery originates.
- sodic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or containing sodium:
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- Kosti
-
noun,
a city in E central Sudan, on the White Nile.
- kurta
-
noun,
a long-sleeved, hip-length shirt worn by men in India.
- staid
-
noun,
the act of stopping or being stopped.
- crest
-
noun,
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- Colin
-
noun,
any of several American quails, especially the bobwhite.
- Conte
-
noun,
count2 .
- Crius
-
noun,
a Titan, the son of Uranus and Gaea.
- Conde
-
noun,
Louis II de Bourbon [lwee,, duh boor-bawn] /lwi,, də burˈbɔ̃/ (Show IPA), Prince de (Duc d'Enghien"the Great Condé") 1621–86, French general.
- krait
-
noun,
any of several large, usually banded, placid but highly venomous snakes constituting the genus Bungarus, of the cobra family, common in southeastern Asia and the Malay Archipelago.
- treas
-
- soken
-
noun,
a district held by socage.
- Kelso
-
noun,
a town in SW Washington.
- Soul
-
noun,
the principle of life, feeling, thought, and action in humans, regarded as a distinct entity separate from the body, and commonly held to be separable in existence from the body; the spiritual part of humans as distinct from the physical part.
- rues
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- USIA
-
- user
-
noun,
a person or thing that uses.
- uret
-
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- souk
-
noun,
suk.
- skin
-
noun,
the external covering or integument of an animal body, especially when soft and flexible.
- ruin
-
noun,
ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay:
- used
-
noun,
the act of employing, using, or putting into service:
- 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.
- Toul
-
noun,
a fortress town in NE France, on the Moselle: siege 1870. 16,832.
- Tour
-
noun,
a traveling around from place to place.
- Rude
-
noun,
François [frahn-swa] /frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), 1784–1855, French sculptor.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- tend
-
Verb phrases,
tend on/upon, Archaic. to attend or wait upon; minister to; serve:
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- USNA
-
- 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.
- Sind
-
noun,
a former province of Pakistan, in the lower Indus valley; now part of West Pakistan. 48,136 sq. mi. (125,154 sq. km). Capital: Karachi.
- Sard
-
noun,
a reddish-brown chalcedony, used as a gem.
- SINE
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side opposite a given acute angle to the hypotenuse.
(of an angle) a trigonometric function equal to the ratio of the ordinate of the end point of the arc to the radius vector of this end point, the origin being at the center of the circle on which the arc lies and the initial point of the arc being on the x-axis. Abbreviation: sin.
- tRNA
-
- Sink
-
noun,
a basin or receptacle, as in a kitchen or laundry, usually connected with a water supply and drainage system, for washing dishes, clothing, etc.
- sick
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) sick persons collectively (usually preceded by the).
- Utes
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- trod
-
noun,
the action of treading, stepping, or walking.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- tick
-
noun,
a slight, sharp, recurring click, tap, or beat, as of a clock.
- skit
-
noun,
a short literary piece of a humorous or satirical character.
- rule
-
noun,
a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc.:
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- side
-
noun,
one of the surfaces forming the outside of or bounding a thing, or one of the lines bounding a geometric figure.
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- Sark
-
noun,
any long, shirtlike garment worn next to the skin, as a chemise, nightshirt, or the like.
- Tara
-
noun,
a village in the NE Republic of Ireland, NW of Dublin: home of the ancient Irish kings (Hill of Tara)
- urea
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a compound, CO(NH 2) 2 , occurring in urine and other body fluids as a product of protein metabolism.
- ulto
-
- Saul
-
noun,
the first king of Israel. I Sam. 9.
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- Sauk
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people formerly of Wisconsin and Iowa, now living mostly in Oklahoma.
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- Utas
-
noun,
any of several iguanid lizards of the genus Uta, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico.
- USTC
-
- USRC
-
- Tuck
-
noun,
something tucked or folded in.
- silt
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- silo
-
noun,
a structure, typically cylindrical, in which fodder or forage is kept.
- 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.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- SCAN
-
noun,
an act or instance of scanning; close examination.
- Skat
-
noun,
a card game for three players, using a pack of 32 playing cards, sevens through aces, the object being to fulfill any of various contracts, with scoring computed on strategy and on tricks won.
- ulna
-
noun,
Anatomy. the bone of the forearm on the side opposite to the thumb.
Compare radius (def 7).
- Teak
-
noun,
a large East Indian tree, Tectona grandis, of the verbena family, yielding a hard, durable, resinous, yellowish-brown wood used for shipbuilding, making furniture, etc.
- sild
-
noun,
(in Scandinavia) any of numerous species of herring.
- 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.
- roue
-
noun,
a dissolute and licentious man; rake.
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- Sika
-
noun,
a small, reddish deer, Cervus nippon, native to eastern Asia: most populations are endangered.
- sike
-
noun,
a small stream.
- Ulan
-
noun,
uhlan.
- ter.
-
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- teal
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- Uris
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- rout
-
noun,
a defeat attended with disorderly flight; dispersal of a defeated force in complete disorder:
- 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.
- situ
-
noun,
in situ.
- ROUS
-
noun,
(Francis) Peyton, 1879–1970, U.S. pathologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1966.
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- 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.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- teds
-
noun,
British Slang. Teddy boy.
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- uro-
-
- TDRS
-
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- USDA
-
- ruck
-
noun,
a large number or quantity; mass.
- ten.
-
- Ste.
-
- skid
-
noun,
a plank, bar, log, or the like, especially one of a pair, on which something heavy may be slid or rolled along.
- Sour
-
noun,
something that is sour.
- uria
-
- USCA
-
- USAR
-
- tron
-
- scar
-
noun,
a mark left by a healed wound, sore, or burn.
- tel-
-
- Sat.
-
- Saud
-
noun,
(Saud ibn Abdul-Aziz), 1901?–69, king of Saudi Arabia 1953–64 (son of ibn-Saud and brother of Faisal).
- sked
-
noun,
an airline that maintains a regular schedule of flights.
- tern
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- ukes
-
noun,
ukulele.
- 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.
- SCAD
-
noun,
any carangid fish of the genus Decapterus, inhabiting tropical and subtropical shore waters.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- silk
-
noun,
the soft, lustrous fiber obtained as a filament from the cocoon of the silkworm.
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- ROTL
-
noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- uric
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, contained in, or derived from urine.
- task
-
noun,
a definite piece of work assigned to, falling to, or expected of a person; duty.
- taur
-
- Ukr.
-
- Sra.
-
- soak
-
noun,
the act or state of soaking or the state of being soaked.
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- Sura
-
noun,
any of the 114 chapters of the Koran.
- Tura
-
noun,
Cosimo [kaw-zee-maw] /ˈkɔ zi mɔ/ (Show IPA), c1430–98? Italian painter.
- Surt
-
noun,
the guardian and ruler of Muspelheim, destined to defeat Frey at Ragnarok and destroy the world with fire.
- sure
-
Idioms,
for sure, as a certainty; surely:
- surd
-
noun,
Phonetics. a voiceless consonant (opposed to sonant).
- sold
-
noun,
an act or method of selling.
- uni-
-
- SALT
-
noun,
a crystalline compound, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring as a mineral, a constituent of seawater, etc., and used for seasoning food, as a preservative, etc.
- sur-
-
- Tace
-
noun,
tasset.
- said
-
noun,
sayyid.
- sail
-
noun,
an area of canvas or other fabric extended to the wind in such a way as to transmit the force of the wind to an assemblage of spars and rigging mounted firmly on a hull, raft, iceboat, etc., so as to drive it along.
- sunk
-
noun,
a basin or receptacle, as in a kitchen or laundry, usually connected with a water supply and drainage system, for washing dishes, clothing, etc.
- tuns
-
noun,
a large cask for holding liquids, especially wine, ale, or beer.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- sulk
-
noun,
a state or fit of sulking.
- tule
-
noun,
either of two large bulrushes, Scirpus lacustris or S. acutus, found in California and adjacent regions in inundated lands and marshes.
- Taal
-
noun,
Afrikaans (usually preceded by the).
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- toad
-
noun,
any of various tailless amphibians that are close relatives of the frogs in the order Anura and that typically have dry, warty skin and are terrestrial or semiterrestrial in habit.
Compare frog1 (def 1).
- tail
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- Sadi
-
noun,
sadhe.
- turd
-
noun,
a piece of excrement.
- str.
-
- sole
-
noun,
the bottom or under surface of the foot.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Sekt
-
noun,
sparkling wine; champagne.
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- tack
-
noun,
a short, sharp-pointed nail, usually with a flat, broad head.
- tads
-
noun,
a small child, especially a boy.
- saur
-
- tirl
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- Tula
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, S of Moscow.
- taco
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- trid
-
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- tole
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- told
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of tell1 .
- tonk
-
noun,
a form of rummy for two or more players with deuces wild.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- sec.
-
- scut
-
noun,
a short tail, especially that of a hare, rabbit, or deer.
- stud
-
noun,
a boss, knob, nailhead, or other protuberance projecting from a surface or part, especially as an ornament.
- tri-
-
- sala
-
noun,
a large hall, living room, or reception room.
- 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.
- sock
-
noun,
a short stocking usually reaching to the calf or just above the ankle.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- stun
-
noun,
the act of stunning.
- toed
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- tune
-
noun,
a succession of musical sounds forming an air or melody, with or without the harmony accompanying it.
- Sale
-
noun,
the act of selling.
- toil
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- seal
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- toke
-
noun,
a tip or gratuity given by a gambler to a dealer or other employee at a casino.
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- Saki
-
noun,
any of several monkeys of the genus Pithecia, of tropical South America, having a golden-brown to black, thick, shaggy coat and a long, bushy, nonprehensile tail.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- soil
-
noun,
the portion of the earth's surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus.
- suit
-
noun,
a set of clothing, armor, or the like, intended for wear together.
- snod
-
adjective,
smooth; sleek.
- suet
-
noun,
the hard fatty tissue about the loins and kidneys of beef, sheep, etc., used in cooking or processed to yield tallow.
- scr.
-
- Sola
-
noun,
an Indian shrub, Aeschynomene aspera, of the legume family, the pith of which is used for making helmets.
- Sol.
-
- soke
-
noun,
the privilege of holding court, usually connected with the feudal rights of lordship.
- Salk
-
noun,
Jonas E(dward) 1914–95, U.S. bacteriologist: developed Salk vaccine.
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- TODS
-
- SCUD
-
noun,
the act of scudding.
- trek
-
noun,
a journey or trip, especially one involving difficulty or hardship.
- tola
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India: the government tola is 180 ser and equals 180 grains (11.7 grams), the weight of a silver rupee.
- sake
-
noun,
cause, account, interest, or benefit:
- soda
-
noun,
sodium hydroxide.
- tuna
-
noun,
any of several large food and game fishes of the family Scombridae, inhabiting temperate and tropical seas.
Compare albacore, bluefin tuna, yellowfin tuna.
- Sade
-
noun,
Donatien Alphonse François [daw-na-syan al-fawns frahn-swa] /dɔ naˈsyɛ̃ alˈfɔ̃s frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), Comte de (Marquis de Sade) 1740–1814, French soldier and novelist, notorious for his paraphilia.
- undo
-
verb (used with object),
to reverse the doing of; cause to be as if never done:
- udos
-
noun,
a plant, Aralia cordata, of the ginseng family, cultivated, especially in Japan and China, for its edible shoots.
- Ural
-
noun,
a river in the Russian Federation, flowing S from the S Ural Mountains to the Caspian Sea. 1575 miles (2535 km) long.
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- tude
-
noun,
an arrogant attitude.
- rune
-
noun,
any of the characters of certain ancient alphabets, as of a script used for writing the Germanic languages, especially of Scandinavia and Britain, from c200 to c1200, or a script used for inscriptions in a Turkic language of the 6th to 8th centuries from the area near the Orkhon River in Mongolia.
- sank
-
noun,
a basin or receptacle, as in a kitchen or laundry, usually connected with a water supply and drainage system, for washing dishes, clothing, etc.
- tile
-
noun,
a thin slab or bent piece of baked clay, sometimes painted or glazed, used for various purposes, as to form one of the units of a roof covering, floor, or revetment.
- talk
-
noun,
the act of talking; speech; conversation, especially of a familiar or informal kind.
- sld.
-
- SLED
-
noun,
a small vehicle consisting of a platform mounted on runners for use in traveling over snow or ice.
- sord
-
noun,
a flight or flock of mallards.
- SLIC
-
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- runs
-
noun,
an act or instance, or a period of running:
- runt
-
noun,
an animal that is small or stunted as compared with others of its kind.
- unco
-
noun,
something extraordinary or unusual; a novelty.
- Rus.
-
- Ruse
-
noun,
a trick, stratagem, or artifice.
- slat
-
noun,
a long thin, narrow strip of wood, metal, etc., used as a support for a bed, as one of the horizontal laths of a Venetian blind, etc.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- Soni
-
- tusk
-
noun,
(in certain animals) a tooth developed to great length, usually one of a pair, as in the elephant, walrus, and wild boar, but singly in the narwhal.
- skua
-
noun,
Also called bonxie. any of several large brown gull-like predatory birds of the genus Catharacta, related to jaegers, especially C. skua (great skua) of colder waters of both northern and southern seas.
- urds
-
noun,
a plant, Vigna mungo, of the legume family, widely cultivated in tropical Asia for its edible seeds and for forage.
- tank
-
noun,
a large receptacle, container, or structure for holding a liquid or gas:
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- sial
-
noun,
the assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and alumina, that comprise the continental portions of the upper layer of the earth's crust.
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- Tana
-
noun,
thana.
- SARA
-
noun,
a member of a people of the Central African Republic.
- tics
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- tide
-
noun,
the periodic rise and fall of the waters of the ocean and its inlets, produced by the attraction of the moon and sun, and occurring about every 12 hours.
- sci.
-
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- scil
-
- 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.
- Rusk
-
noun,
a slice of sweet raised bread dried and baked again in the oven; zwieback.
- Rust
-
noun,
Also called iron rust. the red or orange coating that forms on the surface of iron when exposed to air and moisture, consisting chiefly of ferric hydroxide and ferric oxide formed by oxidation.
- slut
-
noun,
Disparaging and Offensive. a sexually promiscuous woman, or a woman who behaves or dresses in an overtly sexual way.
- Saar
-
noun,
Also called Saar Basin. a coal-producing region in W Germany, in the Saar River valley: governed by the League of Nations 1919–35; returned to Germany 1935 as a result of a plebiscite; under French economic control following World War II until 1956.
- tuis
-
noun,
a black New Zealand honey eater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, having a patch of white feathers on each side of the throat, sometimes tamed as a pet.
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- soln
-
- std.
-
- Taka
-
noun,
a paper money, cupronickel coin, and monetary unit of Bangladesh, equal to 100 poisha.
- slot
-
noun,
a narrow, elongated depression, groove, notch, slit, or aperture, especially a narrow opening for receiving or admitting something, as a coin or a letter.
- torc
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- slue
-
noun,
the act of sluing.
- sloe
-
noun,
the small, sour, blackish fruit of the blackthorn, Prunus spinosa, of the rose family.
- SACK
-
noun,
a large bag of strong, coarsely woven material, as for grain, potatoes, or coal.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- tion
-
- Saco
-
noun,
a city in SW Maine.
- slur
-
noun,
a slurred utterance or sound.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- send
-
noun,
the heaving motion of a vessel.
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- torn
-
noun,
a drop of the saline, watery fluid continually secreted by the lacrimal glands between the surface of the eye and the eyelid, serving to moisten and lubricate these parts and keep them clear of foreign particles. Synonyms: teardrop.
- unto
-
preposition,
to (in its various uses, except as the accompaniment of the infinitive).
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- tils
-
noun,
the sesame plant.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- sone
-
noun,
a unit for measuring the loudness of sound, equal to the loudness of a sound that, in the judgment of a group of listeners, is equal to that of a 1000-cycle-per-second reference sound having an intensity of 40 decibels.
- STOL
-
noun,
a convertiplane that can become airborne after a short takeoff run and has forward speeds comparable to those of conventional aircraft.
- Tues
-
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- talc
-
noun,
Also, talcum [tal-kuh m] /ˈtæl kəm/ (Show IPA). a green-to-gray, soft mineral, hydrous magnesium silicate, Mg 3 (Si 4 O 10)(OH) 2 , unctuous to the touch, and occurring usually in foliated or compact masses, used in making lubricants, talcum powder, electrical insulation, etc.
- Tala
-
noun,
a repeated rhythmic pattern of stressed and unstressed beats played on a percussion instrument in Indian music.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- Taku
-
noun,
Wade-Giles. Dagu.
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- Sand
-
noun,
the more or less fine debris of rocks, consisting of small, loose grains, often of quartz.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- 1080
-
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- duos
-
noun,
Music. duet.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- 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.
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- Earl
-
noun,
a British nobleman of a rank below that of marquis and above that of viscount: called count for a time after the Norman conquest. The wife of an earl is a countess.
- Eads
-
noun,
James Buchanan, 1820–87, U.S. engineer and inventor.
- Dust
-
noun,
earth or other matter in fine, dry particles.
- dusk
-
noun,
the state or period of partial darkness between day and night; the dark part of twilight.
- Duse
-
noun,
Eleonora [el-ee-uh-nawr-uh;; Italian e-le-aw-naw-rah] /ˌɛl i əˈnɔr ə;; Italian ˌɛ lɛ ɔˈnɔ rɑ/ (Show IPA), 1859–1924, Italian actress.
- duro
-
noun,
a peso of Spain or Spanish America.
- durn
-
adjective, adverb, verb (used with object), noun,
darn2 .
- dure
-
adjective,
hard; severe.
- dura
-
noun,
dura mater.
- duo-
-
- Ecru
-
noun,
an ecru color.
- dunt
-
noun,
a hard blow or hit, especially one that makes a dull sound; thump.
- Duns
-
noun,
a person, especially a creditor, who duns another.
- dunk
-
noun,
any flavorful sauce, dip, gravy, etc., into which portions of food are dipped before eating.
- dune
-
noun,
a sand hill or sand ridge formed by the wind, usually in desert regions or near lakes and oceans.
- Duna
-
noun,
Hungarian name of the Danube.
- dulc
-
- Duke
-
noun,
(in Continental Europe) the male ruler of a duchy; the sovereign of a small state.
- Duit
-
noun,
doit (def 1).
- duet
-
noun,
a musical composition for two voices or instruments.
- dues
-
noun,
something that is due, owed, or naturally belongs to someone.
- duel
-
noun,
a prearranged combat between two persons, fought with deadly weapons according to an accepted code of procedure, especially to settle a private quarrel.
- duct
-
noun,
any tube, canal, pipe, or conduit by which a fluid, air, or other substance is conducted or conveyed.
- ducs
-
noun,
duke.
- eco-
-
- ect-
-
- Duce
-
noun,
a leader or dictator.
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- eso-
-
- Esd.
-
- Esau
-
noun,
a son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Jacob, to whom he sold his birthright. Gen. 25:21–25.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- Erik
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- eous
-
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- Ens.
-
- enol
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- Edna
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “rejuvenation, rebirth.”.
- enl.
-
- Enki
-
noun,
a Sumerian water god and god of wisdom: the counterpart of the Akkadian Ea.
- Enid
-
noun,
a city in N Oklahoma.
- ends
-
noun,
the last part or extremity, lengthwise, of anything that is longer than it is wide or broad:
- end-
-
- enc.
-
- Elsa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- Elia
-
noun,
the pen name of Charles Lamb.
- elds
-
noun,
age.
- ELAS
-
- elan
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- Eisk
-
noun,
Yeisk.
- EDTA
-
- Duck
-
noun,
any of numerous wild or domesticated web-footed swimming birds of the family Anatidae, especially of the genus Anas and allied genera, characterized by abroad, flat bill, short legs, and depressed body.
- dual
-
noun,
the dual number.
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- diel
-
adjective,
of or relating to a 24-hour period, especially a regular daily cycle, as of the physiology or behavior of an organism.
- dir.
-
- Dior
-
noun,
Christian [kris-chuh n;; French krees-tyahn] /ˈkrɪs tʃən;; French krisˈtyɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1905–57, French fashion designer.
- diol
-
noun,
glycol (def 2).
- dioc
-
- dint
-
noun,
force; power:
- dins
-
noun,
a loud, confused noise; a continued loud or tumultuous sound; noisy clamor.
- Dino
-
- dink
-
noun,
dinghy.
- Dine
-
noun,
Scot. dinner.
- Din.
-
- Dike
-
noun,
an embankment for controlling or holding back the waters of the sea or a river:
- Diet
-
noun,
food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health:
- Dies
-
noun,
Martin, 1901–72, U.S. politician.
- Dick
-
noun,
Older Use. a detective.
- Dirk
-
noun,
a dagger, especially of the Scottish Highlands.
- Dice
-
noun,
Machinery.
any of various devices for cutting or forming material in a press or a stamping or forging machine.
a hollow device of steel, often composed of several pieces to be fitted into a stock, for cutting the threads of bolts or the like.
one of the separate pieces of such a device.
a steel block or plate with small conical holes through which wire, plastic rods, etc., are drawn.
- DIAS
-
noun,
Bartholomeu [bahr-too-loo-me-oo] /ˌbɑr tʊ lʊˈmɛ ʊ/ (Show IPA), c1450–1500, Portuguese navigator: discoverer of the Cape of Good Hope.
- dia-
-
- Deus
-
noun,
God. Abbreviation: D.
- desk
-
noun,
an article of furniture having a broad, usually level, writing surface, as well as drawers or compartments for papers, writing materials, etc.
- dern
-
adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
darn2 .
- der.
-
- Deni
-
noun,
a monetary unit of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the 100th part of a denar.
- Den.
-
- dels
-
noun,
a differential operator. Symbol: ∇.
- deli
-
noun,
a delicatessen.
- Del.
-
- deil
-
noun,
devil.
- deco
-
noun,
art deco.
- DIRE
-
adjective,
causing or involving great fear or suffering; dreadful; terrible:
- dirl
-
verb (used without object),
to vibrate; shake.
- Drin
-
noun,
a river in S Europe, flowing generally NW from SW Macedonia through N Albania into the Adriatic. 180 miles (290 km) long.
- dolt
-
noun,
a dull, stupid person; blockhead.
- drek
-
noun,
dreck.
- drat
-
interjection,
(used to express mild disgust, disappointment, or the like):
- dour
-
adjective,
sullen; gloomy:
- DOTE
-
noun,
decay of wood.
- dost
-
noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- dose
-
noun,
a quantity of medicine prescribed to be taken at one time.
- Dort
-
noun,
Dordrecht.
- dork
-
noun,
Slang. a silly, out-of-touch person who tends to look odd or behave ridiculously around others; a social misfit:
Synonyms: jerk, schmo; nerd, geek.
- DORE
-
noun,
the walleye or pike perch of North America.
- Dora
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Greek word meaning “gift.”.
- dons
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Mr.; Sir: a Spanish title prefixed to a man's given name.
- done
-
noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- Dona
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Madam; Lady: a Portuguese title prefixed to a woman's given name.
- dols
-
noun,
a unit for measuring the intensity of pain.
- DIRT
-
noun,
any foul or filthy substance, as mud, grime, dust, or excrement.
- Dole
-
noun,
a portion or allotment of money, food, etc., especially as given at regular intervals by a charity or for maintenance.
- dol.
-
- doit
-
noun,
Also, duit. an old small copper coin of the Netherlands and Dutch colonies, first issued in the 17th century.
- does
-
noun,
a plural of doe.
- doer
-
noun,
a person or thing that does something, especially a person who gets things done with vigor and efficiency.
- DOCS
-
noun,
doctor.
- dock
-
noun,
a landing pier.
- doc.
-
plural,
document.
- doat
-
verb (used without object),
dote.
- dlr.
-
- dits
-
noun,
an echoic word, the referent of which is a click or brief tone interval, used to designate the dot of Morse code, International Morse code, etc.
- dite
-
noun,
a bit (usually used in negative constructions):
- disk
-
noun,
any thin, flat, circular plate or object.
- dis-
-
- est.
-
- etc.
-
- Dec.
-
- kero
-
noun,
a wooden container, as a beaker, made by the Incas.
- kirn
-
noun,
a churn.
- kins
-
noun,
a person's relatives collectively; kinfolk.
- kino
-
noun,
(in Europe) a motion-picture theater; cinema.
- kine
-
noun,
a plural of cow1 .
- Kind
-
noun,
a class or group of individual objects, people, animals, etc., of the same nature or character, or classified together because they have traits in common; category:
- kina
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, equal to 100 toea.
- kilt
-
noun,
any short, pleated skirt, especially a tartan wraparound, as that worn by men in the Scottish Highlands.
- Kiln
-
noun,
a furnace or oven for burning, baking, or drying something, especially one for firing pottery, calcining limestone, or baking bricks.
- Kier
-
noun,
a large vat in which fibers, yarns, or fabrics are boiled, bleached, or dyed.
- Kiel
-
noun,
the capital of Schleswig-Holstein in N Germany, at the Baltic end of the Kiel Canal.
- KIAS
-
- keta
-
noun,
chum salmon.
- ket-
-
- Kern
-
noun,
a part of the face of a type projecting beyond the body or shank, as in certain italic letters.
- kist
-
noun,
a coffer; a money chest.
- Keos
-
noun,
a Greek island in the Aegean, off the SE coast of the Greek mainland. 56 sq. mi. (145 sq. km).
- Kent
-
noun,
James, 1763–1847, U.S. jurist.
- kens
-
noun,
knowledge, understanding, or cognizance; mental perception:
- keno
-
noun,
a game of chance, adapted from lotto for gambling purposes.
- Kelt
-
noun,
a salmon that has spawned.
- Keir
-
noun,
kier.
- keat
-
noun,
keet.
- keas
-
noun,
a large, greenish New Zealand parrot, Nestor notabilis.
- Kean
-
noun,
Edmund, 1787–1833, English actor, especially known for performance of Shakespearean roles.
- KCSI
-
- kcal
-
- kc/s
-
- kats
-
- kirs
-
noun,
an apéritif of white wine or sometimes champagne (Kir Royale) flavored with cassis.
- kite
-
noun,
a light frame covered with some thin material, to be flown in the wind at the end of a long string.
- kart
-
noun,
a small, light, low-slung, four-wheeled vehicle, usually powered by a gasoline engine, capable of speeds up to 60 miles per hour (96 km/h), and used for racing or recreation.
- kran
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Iran.
- lacs
-
noun,
a resinous substance deposited on the twigs of various trees in southern Asia by the female of the lac insect: used in the manufacture of varnishes, sealing wax, etc., and in the production of a red coloring matter.
Compare shellac (defs 1, 2).
- lack
-
noun,
deficiency or absence of something needed, desirable, or customary:
- lace
-
noun,
a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- Kurt
-
noun,
a male given name.
- kurn
-
noun,
kirn2 .
- Kure
-
noun,
a seaport on SW Honshu, in SW Japan.
- Kurd
-
noun,
a member of an Islamic people speaking Kurdish and dwelling chiefly in Kurdistan.
- Kura
-
noun,
a river flowing from NE Turkey, through the Georgian Republic and Azerbaijan SE to the Caspian Sea. 950 miles (1530 km) long.
- Kuna
-
noun,
the basic monetary unit of Croatia, equal to 100 lipa.
- kudo
-
noun,
honor; glory; acclaim:
- Kris
-
noun,
creese.
- Krio
-
noun,
an English-based creole of Sierra Leone, a first language of the residents of Freetown and its environs, and a lingua franca elsewhere in the country.
- kras
-
noun,
Isthmus of, the narrowest part of the Malay Peninsula, between the Bay of Bengal and the Gulf of Siam. 35 miles (56 km) wide.
- kors
-
noun,
homer2 .
- Klan
-
noun,
Ku Klux Klan.
- Kore
-
noun,
Greek Antiquity. a sculptured representation of a young woman, especially one produced prior to the 5th century b.c.
- Kona
-
noun,
a southwesterly winter wind in Hawaii, often strong and bringing rain.
- Koln
-
noun,
German name of Cologne.
- Koli
-
noun,
a people of low caste in northern India.
- Kola
-
noun,
kola nut.
- koel
-
noun,
any of several cuckoos of the genus Eudynamys, of India, the Malay Archipelago, and Australia.
- koas
-
noun,
a Hawaiian acacia, Acacia koa, of the legume family, characterized by spreading branches and gray bark.
- koan
-
noun,
a nonsensical or paradoxical question to a student for which an answer is demanded, the stress of meditation on the question often being illuminating.
- Knut
-
noun,
Canute.
- knur
-
noun,
a knotty or hard protuberance or growth, as on a tree.
- Knt.
-
- knot
-
noun,
an interlacing, twining, looping, etc., of a cord, rope, or the like, drawn tight into a knob or lump, for fastening, binding, or connecting two cords together or a cord to something else.
- knit
-
noun,
fabric produced by knitting.
- knar
-
noun,
a knot on a tree or in wood.
- Kate
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Katherine or Catherine.
- Kars
-
noun,
a city in NE Turkey.
- 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.
- Idas
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in W Turkey, in NW Asia Minor, SE of ancient Troy. 5810 feet (1771 meters).
Turkish Kazdaği [kahz-dah-gee; Turkish kahz-dah-uh] /ˌkɑz dɑˈgi; Turkish ˌkɑz dɑˈʌ/ (Show IPA).
- Inc.
-
- inae
-
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- ilks
-
noun,
family, class, or kind:
- Ilka
-
adjective,
every; each.
- ile-
-
- ikon
-
noun,
icon (defs 1, 2).
- ikat
-
noun,
a method of printing woven fabric by tie-dyeing the warp yarns (warp ikat) the weft yarns (weft ikat) or both (double ikat) before weaving.
- Idun
-
noun,
a goddess, keeper of the apples of youth and wife of Bragi; abducted by the giant Thjazi, from whom she was rescued.
- idol
-
noun,
an image or other material object representing a deity to which religious worship is addressed.
- idle
-
noun,
the state or quality of being idle.
- ides
-
noun,
(in the ancient Roman calendar) the fifteenth day of March, May, July, or October, and the thirteenth day of the other months.
- RONA
-
- idae
-
- IndE
-
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- iced
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- Ice.
-
- ICAO
-
- ical
-
- IATA
-
- iana
-
- IAEA
-
- Ind.
-
- Eur.
-
- Eula
-
noun,
End-User License Agreement: a contract between the manufacturer of computer software and the person who installs and uses it:
- etui
-
noun,
a small, often decorative case, especially one for needles, toilet articles, or the like.
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- Inca
-
noun,
a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
- inks
-
noun,
a fluid or viscous substance used for writing or printing.
- karo
-
noun,
a shrub or small tree, Pittosporum crassifolium, of New Zealand, having shiny leaves with a white, felty underside, red flowers, and densely hairy fruit.
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- Karl
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Charles.
- kaon
-
noun,
a meson with strangeness +1 and either positive or zero electric charge, or its antiparticle, with strangeness −1 and either negative or zero electric charge. Symbol: K.
- Kant
-
noun,
Immanuel [ih-man-yoo-uh l;; German ih-mah-noo-el] /ɪˈmæn yu əl;; German ɪˈmɑ nuˌɛl/ (Show IPA), 1724–1804, German philosopher.
- Kano
-
noun,
a city in N Nigeria.
- Kane
-
noun,
cain.
- kana
-
noun,
a Japanese syllabic script consisting of 71 symbols and having two written varieties.
- Kali
-
noun,
the wife of Shiva and the malevolent form of the Mother Goddess.
- Kain
-
noun,
cain.
- kadi
-
noun,
qadi.
- itol
-
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Itea
-
noun,
any tree or shrub belonging to the genus Itea, of the saxifrage family, having simple, alternate leaves and clusters of small, greenish-white flowers, as the Virginia willow, I. virginica.
- iso-
-
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- iron
-
noun,
Chemistry. a ductile, malleable, silver-white metallic element, scarcely known in a pure condition, but much used in its crude or impure carbon-containing forms for making tools, implements, machinery, etc. Symbol: Fe; atomic weight: 55.847; atomic number: 26; specific gravity: 7.86 at 20°C.
Compare cast iron, pig iron, steel, wrought iron.
- irks
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate, annoy, or exasperate:
- Ire.
-
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Irak
-
noun,
Iraq.
- ious
-
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- ions
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- iod-
-
- into
-
adjective,
Mathematics. pertaining to a function or map from one set to another set, the range of which is a proper subset of the second set, as the function f, from the set of all integers into the set of all perfect squares where f (x) = x 2 for every integer.
- intl
-
- int.
-
- ins.
-
- Deck
-
noun,
Nautical.
a floorlike surface wholly or partially occupying one level of a hull, superstructure, or deckhouse, generally cambered, and often serving as a member for strengthening the structure of a vessel.
the space between such a surface and the next such surface above:
- DEAR
-
noun,
a person who is good, kind, or generous:
- lads
-
noun,
a boy or youth.
- arid
-
adjective,
being without moisture; extremely dry; parched:
- asea
-
adjective, adverb,
to or toward the sea; seaward.
- asci
-
noun,
plural of ascus.
- asc-
-
- Asat
-
noun,
(in Vedic mythology) the realm of nonexistence, populated by demons.
Compare sat2 (def 1).
- art.
-
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- arks
-
noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter). Also called Noah's Ark. the large boat built by Noah in which he saved himself, his family, and a pair of every kind of creature during the Flood. Gen. 6–9.
- Ark.
-
- ARIS
-
- aril
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- Aria
-
noun,
an air or melody.
- Asia
-
noun,
a continent bounded by Europe and the Arctic, Pacific, and Indian oceans. About 16,000,000 sq. mi. (41,440,000 sq. km).
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- area
-
noun,
any particular extent of space or surface; part:
- ARCO
-
adverb,
(of the performance of a passage for stringed instruments) with the bow.
- Arce
-
noun,
a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
- arca
-
noun,
a chest for valuables, used in medieval Spain and Italy.
- Aras
-
noun,
Also, Araks. Ancient Araxes. a river in SW Asia, flowing from E Turkey along part of the boundary between NW Iran and Armenia and Azerbaijan into the Kura River. About 660 miles (1065 km) long.
- Arak
-
noun,
arrack.
- Arad
-
noun,
a city in W Romania, on the Mures River.
- Aoki
-
noun,
Shuzo [shoo-zaw] /ˈʃu zɔ/ (Show IPA), 1844–1914, first Japanese ambassador to U.S., 1905–09.
- A-OK
-
adjective, adverb,
Informal. OK; perfect:
- anus
-
noun,
the opening at the lower end of the alimentary canal, through which the solid refuse of digestion is excreted.
- ANTU
-
- ANTA
-
noun,
a privately supported organization, chartered by Congress in 1935, for the encouragement and advancement of professional and nonprofessional theater.
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- ANSI
-
- aur-
-
- Can.
-
- CALS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Calvin.
- calk
-
noun,
Also, calkin. a projection on a horseshoe to prevent slipping on ice, pavement, etc.
- Cal.
-
- cake
-
noun,
a sweet, baked, breadlike food, made with or without shortening, and usually containing flour, sugar, baking powder or soda, eggs, and liquid flavoring.
- Cain
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- caid
-
noun,
(in North Africa) a Muslim tribal chief, judge, or senior official.
- cads
-
noun,
an ill-bred man, especially one who behaves in a dishonorable or irresponsible way toward women.
- cadi
-
noun,
qadi.
- cade
-
noun,
a juniper, Juniperus oxycedrus, of the Mediterranean area, whose wood on destructive distillation yields an oily liquid (oil of cade) used in treating skin diseases.
- aut-
-
- Aus.
-
- AURA
-
noun,
a distinctive and pervasive quality or character; air; atmosphere:
- aunt
-
noun,
the sister of one's father or mother.
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- aune
-
noun,
an old French unit of measure for fabrics, equivalent to about 47 inches (119 cm).
- auld
-
adjective,
old.
- auks
-
noun,
any of several usually black-and-white diving birds of the family Alcidae, of northern seas, having webbed feet and small wings.
- Auer
-
noun,
Leopold [lee-uh-pohld;; Hungarian ley-aw-pawlt] /ˈli əˌpoʊld;; Hungarian ˈleɪ ɔˌpɔlt/ (Show IPA), 1845–1930, Hungarian violinist and teacher.
- Aude
-
noun,
a department in S France. 2449 sq. mi. (6345 sq. km). Capital: Carcassonne.
- aud.
-
- ator
-
- Aton
-
noun,
a solar deity declared by Amenhotep IV to be the only god, represented as a solar disk with rays ending in human hands.
- Atli
-
noun,
Attila, king of the Huns: represented in the Volsunga Saga as the brother of Brynhild and the second husband of Gudrun, whose brothers he killed in order to get the Nibelung treasure.
- atic
-
- ates
-
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- atar
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- Asur
-
noun,
Assur.
- ant.
-
- ansa
-
noun,
Archaeology. a looped handle, especially of a vase.
- cane
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- Adar
-
noun,
the sixth month of the Jewish calendar.
- AInd
-
- ails
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- Aiea
-
noun,
a town on S Oahu, in Hawaii.
- AIDS
-
noun,
a disease of the immune system characterized by increased susceptibility to opportunistic infections, as pneumocystis carinii pneumonia and candidiasis, to certain cancers, as Kaposi's sarcoma, and to neurological disorders: caused by a retrovirus and transmitted chiefly through blood or blood products that enter the body's bloodstream, especially by sexual contact or contaminated hypodermic needles.
- aide
-
noun,
nurse's aide.
- Aida
-
noun,
(italics) an opera (1871) by Giuseppe Verdi.
- aet.
-
- aesc
-
noun,
ash2 (def 3).
- aer-
-
- aeon
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- adit
-
noun,
an entrance or a passage.
- Adie
-
noun,
a female given name.
- adat
-
noun,
the native law traditional in Indonesia.
- Acus
-
noun,
Surgery. a needle, especially one used in a surgical operation.
- Ainu
-
noun,
a member of an aboriginal population of northernmost Japan, having lighter skin and hairier bodies than other Japanese.
- ACTS
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- Acta
-
plural noun,
official records, as of acts, deeds, proceedings, transactions, or the like.
- Acre
-
noun,
a common measure of area: in the U.S. and U.K., 1 acre equals 4,840 square yards (4,047 square meters) or 0.405 hectare; 640 acres equals one square mile.
- acr-
-
- acne
-
noun,
an inflammatory disease of the sebaceous glands, characterized by comedones and pimples, especially on the face, back, and chest, and, in severe cases, by cysts and nodules resulting in scarring.
- ACLU
-
- ACLS
-
- acle
-
noun,
the hard, durable wood of a Philippine leguminous tree, Albizzia acle, used for making fine furniture.
- Acis
-
noun,
the lover of Galatea, killed by Polyphemus out of jealousy.
- acid
-
noun,
Chemistry. a compound usually having a sour taste and capable of neutralizing alkalis and reddening blue litmus paper, containing hydrogen that can be replaced by a metal or an electropositive group to form a salt, or containing an atom that can accept a pair of electrons from a base. Acids are proton donors that yield hydronium ions in water solution, or electron-pair acceptors that combine with electron-pair donors or bases.
- acea
-
- ACDA
-
- acad
-
- ARCS
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- Aire
-
- anoa
-
noun,
a small forest buffalo, Bubalus (Anoa) depressicornis, of the island of Celebes, having a brown coat and straight, sharp-tipped horns: an endangered species.
- Alis
-
- ano-
-
- Anil
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- ands
-
- Ande
-
plural noun,
a mountain range in W South America, extending about 4500 miles (7250 km) from N Colombia and Venezuela S to Cape Horn. Highest peak, Aconcagua, 22,834 feet (6960 meters).
- ance
-
- Anas
-
- alts
-
noun,
in alt, in the first octave above the treble staff.
- alt.
-
- Also
-
adverb,
in addition; too; besides; as well:
- aloe
-
noun,
any chiefly African shrub belonging to the genus Aloe, of the lily family, certain species of which yield a fiber.
- alk.
-
- ALIT
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
- ales
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Alec
-
noun,
a herring.
- Alea
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. an epithet of Athena referring to a sanctuary built in her honor by Aleus.
- Alda
-
noun,
Frances, 1885–1952, U.S. operatic singer.
- Ald.
-
- Alco
-
- Alar
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having wings; alary.
- Alan
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Celtic word meaning “harmony.”.
- Alai
-
noun,
a mountain range in SW Kyrgyzstan, part of the Tien Shan. To 19,280 feet (5880 meters).
- alae
-
noun,
plural of ala.
- Ala.
-
- Akin
-
adjective,
of kin; related by blood (usually used predicatively):
- Akan
-
noun,
a language of the Kwa branch of Niger-Congo spoken in much of Ghana and parts of the Ivory Coast.
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- Cana
-
noun,
an ancient town in N Israel, in Galilee: scene of Jesus' first miracle. John 2:1, 11.
- Cara
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Italian word meaning “dear one.”.
- Dean
-
noun,
Education.
the head of a faculty, school, or administrative division in a university or college:
an official in an American college or secondary school having charge of student personnel services, such as counseling or discipline:
the official in charge of undergraduate students at an English university.
- Cres
-
- cunt
-
noun,
the vulva or vagina.
- Cuna
-
noun,
a member of a group of American Indian people inhabiting settlements on the Isthmus of Panama and islands in the Gulf of San Blas.
- cult
-
noun,
a particular system of religious worship, especially with reference to its rites and ceremonies.
- cule
-
- cuke
-
noun,
cucumber.
- cues
-
noun,
anything said or done, on or off stage, that is followed by a specific line or action:
- cuds
-
noun,
the portion of food that a ruminant returns from the first stomach to the mouth to chew a second time.
- Cuda
-
noun,
a barracuda.
- cts.
-
- ctr.
-
- crut
-
noun,
crud (def 1).
- crus
-
noun,
the part of the leg or hind limb between the femur or thigh and the ankle or tarsus; shank.
- crud
-
noun,
Slang.
a deposit or coating of refuse or of an impure or alien substance; muck.
a filthy, repulsive, or contemptible person.
something that is worthless, objectionable, or contemptible.
prevarication, exaggeration, or flattery.
a nonspecific, imaginary, or vaguely defined disease or disorder of the body:
any unpleasant external ailment, disorder, or the like, as a skin rash.
venereal disease, especially syphilis.
Vulgar. dried semen.
- crat
-
- curd
-
noun,
Often, curds. a substance consisting mainly of casein and the like, obtained from milk by coagulation, and used as food or made into cheese.
- Coue
-
noun,
Émile [ey-meel] /eɪˈmil/ (Show IPA), 1857–1926, French psychotherapist.
- Cote
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- Cost
-
noun,
the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
- cose
-
verb (used without object),
coze.
- Cort
-
- CORN
-
noun,
Also called Indian corn; especially technical and British, maize. a tall cereal plant, Zea mays, cultivated in many varieties, having a jointed, solid stem and bearing the grain, seeds, or kernels on large ears.
- Cork
-
noun,
the outer bark of an oak, Quercus suber, of Mediterranean countries, used for making stoppers for bottles, floats, etc.
- Cori
-
noun,
Carl Ferdinand, 1896–1984, and his wife, Gerty Theresa, 1896–1957, U.S. biochemists, born in Austria-Hungary: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1947.
- Cord
-
noun,
a string or thin rope made of several strands braided, twisted, or woven together.
- Cora
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. Kore.
- Cor.
-
- conk
-
noun,
the head.
- cone
-
noun,
Geometry.
a solid whose surface is generated by a line passing through a fixed point and a fixed plane curve not containing the point, consisting of two equal sections joined at a vertex.
a plane surface resembling the cross section of a solid cone.
- cur.
-
- cure
-
noun,
a means of healing or restoring to health; remedy.
- Con.
-
- dank
-
noun,
Slang. high-quality marijuana:
- deal
-
noun,
a business transaction:
- DCNL
-
- daut
-
verb (used with object),
to caress.
- dato
-
noun,
(in the Philippines) a native chief.
- date
-
noun,
a particular month, day, and year at which some event happened or will happen:
- DATA
-
noun,
a plural of datum.
- dat.
-
- Darn
-
noun,
a darned place, as in a garment:
- dark
-
noun,
the absence of light; darkness:
- Dari
-
noun,
a form of Persian, spoken in Afghanistan.
- Dare
-
noun,
an act of daring or defiance; challenge.
- Danu
-
noun,
the mother of the Tuatha De Danann: identified with the Welsh Don.
- Danl
-
- Dane
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Denmark.
- curl
-
noun,
a coil or ringlet of hair.
- Dana
-
noun,
Danu.
- Dan.
-
abbreviation,
Bible. Daniel (def 1).
- dals
-
noun,
a sauce made from lentils and spices, usually served with rice.
- Dali
-
noun,
Salvador [sal-vuh-dawr;; Spanish sahl-vah-th awr] /ˈsæl vəˌdɔr;; Spanish ˌsɑl vɑˈðɔr/ (Show IPA), 1904–89, Spanish painter and illustrator.
- Dale
-
noun,
a valley, especially a broad valley.
- daks
-
noun,
transportation by relays of people or horses, especially in the East Indies.
- Dak.
-
- DAIS
-
noun,
a raised platform, as at the front of a room, for a lectern, throne, seats of honor, etc.
- Dace
-
noun,
a small, freshwater cyprinoid fish, Leuciscus leuciscus, of Europe, having a stout, fusiform body.
- cute
-
noun,
the cutes, Informal. self-consciously cute mannerisms or appeal; affected coyness:
- cusk
-
noun,
an edible marine fish, Brosme brosme, of North Atlantic coastal waters.
- Curt
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Curtis.
- curs
-
noun,
a mongrel dog, especially a worthless or unfriendly one.
- curn
-
noun,
a grain.
- Cond
-
- COLT
-
noun,
a young male animal of the horse family.
- CARE
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- Cela
-
noun,
Camilo José [kah-mee-law haw-se] /kɑˈmi lɔ hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1916–2001, Spanish writer.
- cis-
-
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- cir.
-
- cion
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- cide
-
- ciao
-
interjection,
(used as a word of greeting or parting): hello; goodbye; so long; see you later.
- Ceto
-
- Ceta
-
noun,
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.
- cet-
-
- CERN
-
- cera
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- cen.
-
- Cels
-
- Ceil
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- cit.
-
- cedi
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Ghana, equal to 100 pesewas.
- Cdr.
-
- caul
-
noun,
a part of the amnion sometimes covering the head of a child at birth.
- Cato
-
noun,
Marcus Porcius [pawr-shee-uh s,, -shuh s] /ˈpɔr ʃi əs,, -ʃəs/ (Show IPA), ("the Elder"or"the Censor") 234–149 b.c, Roman statesman, soldier, and writer.
- Cate
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- cat.
-
- cast
-
noun,
act of casting or throwing.
- cask
-
noun,
a container made and shaped like a barrel, especially one larger and stronger, for holding liquids.
- CASE
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- Casa
-
noun,
a house.
- CART
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- Carn
-
noun,
cairn.
- Carl
-
noun,
Scot.
a strong, robust fellow, especially a strong manual laborer.
a miser; an extremely thrifty person.
- cark
-
noun,
care or worry.
- cist
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- cols
-
noun,
Physical Geography. a pass or depression in a mountain range or ridge.
- coat
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- Coln
-
noun,
former German name of Cologne.
- Cole
-
noun,
any of various plants of the genus Brassica, of the mustard family, especially kale and rape.
- Cold
-
noun,
the relative absence of heat:
- COLA
-
noun,
a carbonated soft drink containing an extract made from kola nuts, together with sweeteners and other flavorings.
- Col.
-
- Coke
-
noun,
the solid product resulting from the destructive distillation of coal in an oven or closed chamber or by imperfect combustion, consisting principally of carbon: used chiefly as a fuel in metallurgy to reduce metallic oxides to metals.
- coir
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- coin
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- coil
-
noun,
a connected series of spirals or rings into which a rope or the like is wound.
- coed
-
noun,
Older Use. a female student in a coeducational institution, especially in a college or university.
- cods
-
noun,
any of several soft-rayed food fishes of the family Gadidae, especially Gadus morhua, of cool, North Atlantic waters.
- code
-
noun,
a system for communication by telegraph, heliograph, etc., in which long and short sounds, light flashes, etc., are used to symbolize the content of a message:
- coda
-
noun,
Music. a more or less independent passage, at the end of a composition, introduced to bring it to a satisfactory close.
- coal
-
noun,
a black or dark-brown combustible mineral substance consisting of carbonized vegetable matter, used as a fuel.
Compare anthracite, bituminous coal, lignite.
- clad
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of clothe.
- coak
-
noun,
(in a scarf joint) a tenon in one member fitting into a corresponding recess of the other.
- Cnut
-
noun,
Canute.
- clue
-
noun,
anything that serves to guide or direct in the solution of a problem, mystery, etc.
- clou
-
noun,
a major point of interest or attention.
- clot
-
noun,
a mass or lump.
- CLOS
-
noun,
a walled vineyard.
- Cloe
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Chloe.
- clod
-
noun,
a lump or mass, especially of earth or clay.
- clit
-
noun,
clitoris.
- Clio
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the Muse of history.
- Cleo
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Clea
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cleopatra.
- clar
-
- clan
-
noun,
a group of families or households, as among the Scottish Highlanders, the heads of which claim descent from a common ancestor:
- lade
-
verb (used with object),
to put (something) on or in, as a burden, load, or cargo; load.
- IDEA
-
noun,
any conception existing in the mind as a result of mental understanding, awareness, or activity.
- laic
-
noun,
one of the laity.
- Nile
-
noun,
a river in E Africa, the longest in the world, flowing N from Lake Victoria to the Mediterranean. 3473 miles (5592 km) long; from the headwaters of the Kagera River, 4000 miles (6440 km) long.
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- noil
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- Noel
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- node
-
noun,
a knot, protuberance, or knob.
- nock
-
noun,
a metal or plastic piece at the end of an arrow, having a notch for the bowstring.
- NOAA
-
- Niue
-
noun,
an island in the S Pacific between Tonga and Cook Islands: possession of New Zealand. 5128; about 100 sq. mi. (260 sq. km).
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- NIRA
-
- Nils
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- Nike
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of victory.
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- nide
-
noun,
a nest or brood, especially of pheasants.
- Nida
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Nydia.
- Nick
-
noun,
a small notch, groove, chip, or the like, cut into or existing in something.
- NICE
-
noun,
a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
- neuk
-
noun,
nook.
- nest
-
noun,
a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
- Nero
-
noun,
(Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus) (“Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus”) a.d. 37–68, emperor of Rome 54–68, known for his cruelty and depravity.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- nerd
-
noun,
a person considered to be socially awkward, boring, unstylish, etc.
- neo-
-
- Nor.
-
- Nord
-
noun,
a department in N France. 2229 sq. mi. (5770 sq. km). Capital: Lille.
- neck
-
noun,
the part of the body of an animal or human being that connects the head and the trunk.
- Oaks
-
noun,
any tree or shrub belonging to the genus Quercus, of the beech family, bearing the acorn as fruit.
- oils
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- oiks
-
noun,
oaf; lout.
- OECD
-
- Odus
-
- Odin
-
noun,
the ruler of the Aesir and god of war, poetry, knowledge, and wisdom; Wotan: the chief god.
- odic
-
adjective,
of an ode.
- Oder
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing from the NE Czech Republic, N through SW Poland and along the border between Germany and Poland into the Baltic. 562 miles (905 km) long.
- Oct.
-
- ocas
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- nurl
-
noun,
a small ridge or bead, especially one of a series, as on a button for decoration or on the edge of a thumbscrew to assist in obtaining a firm grip.
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- nurd
-
noun,
nerd.
- nuke
-
noun,
a nuclear or thermonuclear weapon.
- nude
-
noun,
a sculpture, painting, etc., of a nude human figure.
- NTIA
-
- nous
-
noun,
Greek Philosophy. mind or intellect.
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- not-
-
- nose
-
noun,
the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
- nos-
-
- Neil
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- 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.
- lote
-
noun,
lotus.
- Luik
-
noun,
Flemish name of Liège.
- lues
-
noun,
syphilis.
- lude
-
noun,
Quaalude.
- Luck
-
noun,
the force that seems to operate for good or ill in a person's life, as in shaping circumstances, events, or opportunities:
- Luce
-
noun,
a pike, especially when fully grown.
- Ltd.
-
- lout
-
noun,
an awkward, stupid person; clumsy, ill-mannered boor; oaf.
- lour
-
verb (used without object), noun,
lower2 .
- loun
-
noun,
loon2 .
- loud
-
Idioms,
out loud, aloud; audibly:
- Loti
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Lesotho, equal to 100 lisente.
- Lota
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- Luks
-
noun,
George Benjamin, 1867–1933, U.S. painter.
- lost
-
Idioms,
get lost, Slang.
to absent oneself:
to stop being a nuisance:
- Lose
-
Idioms,
lose face. face (def 51).
- Lorn
-
noun,
Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
- Lore
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- Lord
-
noun,
a person who has authority, control, or power over others; a master, chief, or ruler.
- lone
-
adjective,
being alone; without company or accompaniment; solitary; unaccompanied:
- lond
-
- Loki
-
noun,
a trickster god, born of Jotun ancestry but accepted among the Aesir as Odin's adopted brother: father of the monsters Fenrir, Hel, and the Midgard serpent, and the instigator of Balder's death.
- Lois
-
noun,
a female given name.
- loin
-
noun,
Usually, loins. the part or parts of the human body or of a quadruped animal on either side of the spinal column, between the false ribs and hipbone.
- Lodi
-
noun,
a town in N Italy, SE of Milan: Napoleon's defeat of the Austrians 1796.
- Luke
-
noun,
an early Christian disciple and companion of Paul, a physician and probably a gentile: traditionally believed to be the author of the third Gospel and the Acts.
- Luna
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess personifying the moon, sometimes identified with Diana.
- Neal
-
noun,
a male given name.
- nark
-
noun,
British Slang. a stool pigeon or informer.
- NDSL
-
- NDak
-
- NDAC
-
- NCTE
-
- NCAA
-
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- NATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Washington, D.C. (1949), comprising the 12 nations of the Atlantic Pact together with Greece, Turkey, and the Federal Republic of Germany, for the purpose of collective defense against aggression.
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- NASD
-
- NASA
-
noun,
National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
- nard
-
noun,
an aromatic Himalayan plant, believed to be the spikenard, Nardostachys jatamansi, the source of an ointment used by the ancients.
- Lune
-
noun,
anything shaped like a crescent or a half moon.
- narc
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- Nara
-
noun,
a city on S Honshu, in central Japan: chief Buddhist center of ancient Japan; first capital of Japan a.d. 710–84.
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- nail
-
noun,
a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
- Nada
-
noun,
nothing; zero; none:
- NACA
-
- Lust
-
noun,
intense sexual desire or appetite.
- lurk
-
noun,
an underhand scheme; dodge.
- lure
-
noun,
anything that attracts, entices, or allures.
- Lunt
-
noun,
a match; the flame used to light a fire.
- oink
-
noun,
the squealing or grunting sound made by a pig.
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- lock
-
noun,
a device for securing a door, gate, lid, drawer, or the like in position when closed, consisting of a bolt or system of bolts propelled and withdrawn by a mechanism operated by a key, dial, etc.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- 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.
- rial
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- Reus
-
noun,
a city in Catalonia, NE Spain, on the Mediterranean Sea.
- 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.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- rent
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- rend
-
verb (used with object),
to separate into parts with force or violence:
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- rel.
-
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- 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.
- Rein
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- Reik
-
noun,
Theodor [thee-uh-dawr,, -dohr;; German tey-aw-dawr] /ˈθi əˌdɔr,, -ˌdoʊr;; German ˈteɪ ɔˌdɔr/ (Show IPA), 1888–1969, U.S. psychologist and author, born in Austria.
- Reid
-
noun,
Sir George Huston, 1845–1918, Australian statesman, born in Scotland: prime minister 1904–05.
- reds
-
noun,
any of various colors resembling the color of blood; the primary color at one extreme end of the visible spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 610 and 780 nanometers.
- redo
-
noun,
the act or an instance of redoing.
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- reck
-
verb (used with object),
Archaic. to have regard for; mind; heed.
- real
-
noun,
real number.
- Read
-
noun,
an act or instance of reading:
- RdAc
-
- rcd.
-
- Rick
-
noun,
Also, hayrick. Chiefly Midland U.S. a large, usually rectangular stack or pile of hay, straw, corn, or the like, in a field, especially when thatched or covered by a tarpaulin; an outdoor or makeshift mow.
- Rida
-
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- role
-
noun,
a part or character played by an actor or actress.
- roke
-
noun,
a seam or scratch filled with scale or slag on the surface of an ingot or bar.
- roil
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- Rodi
-
noun,
Italian name of Rhodes.
- rode
-
noun,
a rope by which a boat is anchored.
- rocs
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- Rock
-
noun,
a large mass of stone forming a hill, cliff, promontory, or the like.
- Roca
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in W Portugal, near Lisbon: the western extremity of continental Europe.
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- road
-
noun,
a long, narrow stretch with a smoothed or paved surface, made for traveling by motor vehicle, carriage, etc., between two or more points; street or highway.
- RNAS
-
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- ride
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- rit.
-
- risk
-
noun,
exposure to the chance of injury or loss; a hazard or dangerous chance:
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- RISC
-
noun,
reduced instruction set computer: a computer whose central processing unit recognizes a relatively small number of instructions, which it can execute very rapidly.
- 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.
- rink
-
noun,
a smooth expanse of ice for ice-skating, often artificially prepared and inside a building or arena.
- Rind
-
noun,
a thick and firm outer coat or covering, as of certain fruits, cheeses, and meats:
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- rids
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of ride.
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- Rask
-
noun,
Rasmus Christian [ras-muh s kris-chuh n;; Danish rahs-moo s krees-tyahn] /ˈræs məs ˈkrɪs tʃən;; Danish ˈrɑs mʊs ˈkris tyɑn/ (Show IPA), 1787–1832, Danish philologist.
- okas
-
noun,
Also called old oka. a former measure of weight in Turkey and neighboring countries, equal to about 2.75 pounds (1.25 kilograms).
Also called new oka. a modern measure of weight in Turkey and neighboring countries, standarized as equal to the kilogram.
- orad
-
adverb,
toward the mouth or the oral region.
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- Orsk
-
noun,
a city in the S Russian Federation in Europe, on the Ural River.
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- orle
-
noun,
Heraldry.
a charge in the form of a narrow band following the form of the escutcheon within the edge, so that the extreme outer edge of the escutcheon is of the field tincture.
an arrangement in orle of small charges:
- Orel
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, on the left bank of the Oka River, S of Moscow.
- ord.
-
- orcs
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- Orca
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- oral
-
noun,
an oral examination in a school, college, or university, given especially to a candidate for an advanced degree.
- onus
-
noun,
a difficult or disagreeable obligation, task, burden, etc.
- OSRD
-
- Ont.
-
- once
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- Olin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- oles
-
noun,
a cry of “olé.”.
- ole-
-
- Olds
-
noun,
Ransom Eli, 1864–1950, U.S. automobile pioneer and manufacturer.
- okra
-
noun,
a shrub, Abelmoschus esculentus, of the mallow family, bearing beaked pods.
- Okie
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a migrant farm worker from Oklahoma or nearby states, especially one who moved westward during the Great Depression.
- okes
-
noun,
oka1 .
- Oken
-
noun,
Lorenz (Lorenz Ockenfuss) 1779–1851, German naturalist and philosopher.
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- otic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ear; auricular.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- rail
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- rasa
-
noun,
(in Hindu aesthetics) flavor, sentiment, or emotion: regarded as one of the fundamental qualities of classical music, dance, and poetry.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- Rank
-
noun,
a number of persons forming a separate class in a social hierarchy or in any graded body.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- RAND
-
noun,
(in shoemaking) a strip of leather set in a shoe at the heel before the lifts are attached.
- rale
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- raku
-
noun,
a thick-walled, rough, dark lead-glazed Japanese earthenware used in the tea ceremony.
- raki
-
noun,
a spirituous liquor distilled from grain, grapes, plums, etc., in southeastern Europe and the Near East.
- rake
-
noun,
an agricultural implement with teeth or tines for gathering cut grass, hay, or the like or for smoothing the surface of the ground.
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- rain
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- RAID
-
noun,
a sudden assault or attack, as upon something to be seized or suppressed:
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- Raia
-
noun,
rayah.
- rads
-
noun,
a standard unit of absorbed dose of radiation equal to 0.01 gray2 .
- rad.
-
- rack
-
noun,
a framework of bars, wires, or pegs on which articles are arranged or deposited:
- RACE
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- outs
-
noun,
a means of escape or excuse, as from a place, punishment, retribution, responsibility, etc.:
- out-
-
- oust
-
verb (used with object),
to expel or remove from a place or position occupied:
- Ouse
-
noun,
Also called Great Ouse. a river in E England, flowing NE to the Wash. 160 miles (260 km) long.
- ours
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ouds
-
noun,
a musical instrument of the Middle East and northern Africa belonging to the lute family.
- lode
-
noun,
a veinlike deposit, usually metalliferous.
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- loci
-
noun,
plural of locus.
- leud
-
noun,
a vassal or tenant in the early Middle Ages.
- Lick
-
noun,
a stroke of the tongue over something.
- lice
-
noun,
plural of louse.
- Lias
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- liar
-
noun,
a person who tells lies.
- Liao
-
noun,
a river in NE China, flowing from Inner Mongolia to the Gulf of Liaodong. 900 miles (1448 km) long.
- leuk
-
- Leto
-
noun,
the mother by Zeus of Apollo and Artemis, called Latona by the Romans.
- lied
-
noun,
a typically 19th-century German art song characterized by the setting of a poetic text in either strophic or through-composed style and the treatment of the piano and voice in equal artistic partnership:
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- Leos
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- Leon
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leo.
- lent
-
noun,
(in the Christian religion) an annual season of fasting and penitence in preparation for Easter, beginning on Ash Wednesday and lasting 40 weekdays to Easter, observed by Roman Catholic, Anglican, and certain other churches.
- lens
-
noun,
a piece of transparent substance, usually glass, having two opposite surfaces either both curved or one curved and one plane, used in an optical device in changing the convergence of light rays, as for magnification, or in correcting defects of vision.
- Leno
-
noun,
Also called leno weave, gauze weave. a weave structure in which paired warp yarns are intertwined in a series of figure eights and filling yarn is passed through each of the interstices so formed, producing a firm, open mesh.
- Lido
-
noun,
a fashionable beach resort.
- lien
-
noun,
Law. the legal claim of one person upon the property of another person to secure the payment of a debt or the satisfaction of an obligation.
- Lena
-
noun,
a river in the Russian Federation in Asia, flowing NE from Lake Baikal through the Yakutsk Republic into the Laptev Sea. 2800 miles (4500 km) long.
- lino
-
noun,
linoleum.
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- LISA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Lira
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- Lion
-
noun,
a large, usually tawny-yellow cat, Panthera leo, native to Africa and southern Asia, having a tufted tail and, in the male, a large mane.
- lint
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- Lins
-
noun,
a city in E Brazil.
- Link
-
noun,
one of the rings or separate pieces of which a chain is composed.
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- Line
-
noun,
a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface:
- Lind
-
noun,
Jenny (Johanna Maria Lind Goldschmidt"The Swedish Nightingale") 1820–87, Swedish soprano.
- Lina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- lin.
-
- like
-
noun,
a similar or comparable person or thing, or like persons or things; counterpart, match, or equal (usually preceded by a possessive adjective or the):
- lieu
-
noun,
place; stead.
- lend
-
Idioms,
lend a hand, to give help; aid:
- leks
-
noun,
a traditional place where males assemble during the mating season and engage in competitive displays that attract females.
- lit.
-
- Lane
-
noun,
a narrow way or passage between hedges, fences, walls, or houses.
- lard
-
noun,
the rendered fat of hogs, especially the internal fat of the abdomen.
- LARC
-
noun,
long-acting reversible contraceptive (or contraception):
- Laos
-
noun,
a country in SE Asia: formerly part of French Indochina. 91,500 sq. mi. (236,985 sq. km). Capital: Vientiane.
- Laon
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Aisne, in N France, E of Paris.
- lank
-
adjective,
(of plants) unduly long and slender:
- Lani
-
- Land
-
noun,
any part of the earth's surface not covered by a body of water; the part of the earth's surface occupied by continents and islands:
- Lark
-
noun,
any of numerous, chiefly Old World oscine birds, of the family Alaudidae, characterized by an unusually long, straight hind claw, especially the skylark, Alauda arvensis.
- Lana
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- Lake
-
noun,
a body of fresh or salt water of considerable size, surrounded by land.
- LAIS
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- lair
-
noun,
a den or resting place of a wild animal:
- lain
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- laid
-
noun,
the way or position in which a thing is laid or lies:
- Lari
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- Lars
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- Lead
-
noun,
the first or foremost place; position in advance of others:
- leds
-
noun,
light-emitting diode: a semiconductor diode that emits light when conducting current and is used in electronic displays, indoor and outdoor lighting, etc.
- Leda
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the mother, by her husband Tyndareus, of Castor and Clytemnestra and, by Zeus in the form of a swan, of Pollux and Helen.
- LEAS
-
noun,
a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow.
- Lear
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- Lean
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- leak
-
noun,
an unintended hole, crack, or the like, through which liquid, gas, light, etc., enters or escapes:
- lea.
-
- lasa
-
noun,
Lhasa.
- Laue
-
noun,
Max Theodor Felix von [mahks tey-oh-dohr fey-liks fuh n] /mɑks ˈteɪ oʊˌdoʊr ˈfeɪ lɪks fən/ (Show IPA), 1879–1960, German physicist: Nobel Prize 1914.
- Laud
-
noun,
a song or hymn of praise.
- lats
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Latvia, equal to 100 santimi.
- late
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- Lat.
-
- last
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- lase
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- LIST
-
noun,
a series of names or other items written or printed together in a meaningful grouping or sequence so as to constitute a record:
- Leta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Latona.
- loan
-
noun,
the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something:
- lits
-
noun,
litas.
- litu
-
noun,
a plural of litas.
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- LitD
-
- loca
-
noun,
a plural of locus.
- load
-
noun,
anything put in or on something for conveyance or transportation; freight; cargo:
- Auk
-
noun,
any of several usually black-and-white diving birds of the family Alcidae, of northern seas, having webbed feet and small wings.
- LDC
-
- Ld.
-
- kir
-
noun,
an apéritif of white wine or sometimes champagne (Kir Royale) flavored with cassis.
- cr.
-
- SAC
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- SLE
-
- Sad
-
noun,
the 14th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- ca.
-
- 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.
-
- COD
-
noun,
any of several soft-rayed food fishes of the family Gadidae, especially Gadus morhua, of cool, North Atlantic waters.
- uts
-
noun,
the syllable once generally used for the first tone or keynote of a scale and sometimes for the tone C: now commonly superseded by do.
- ct.
-
- cs.
-
- tun
-
noun,
a large cask for holding liquids, especially wine, ale, or beer.
- RCS
-
- Re.
-
- IDA
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in W Turkey, in NW Asia Minor, SE of ancient Troy. 5810 feet (1771 meters).
Turkish Kazdaği [kahz-dah-gee; Turkish kahz-dah-uh] /ˌkɑz dɑˈgi; Turkish ˌkɑz dɑˈʌ/ (Show IPA).
- Sou
-
noun,
(formerly) either of two bronze coins of France, equal to 5 centimes and 10 centimes.
- SAE
-
- ETO
-
- kin
-
noun,
a person's relatives collectively; kinfolk.
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- CAI
-
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- CAD
-
noun,
an ill-bred man, especially one who behaves in a dishonorable or irresponsible way toward women.
- CAA
-
- cl.
-
- AUA
-
- SRO
-
- LCT
-
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- ASN
-
- ASK
-
noun,
the first man, made by the gods from an ash tree.
- LCI
-
- ule
-
noun,
caucho.
- LCD
-
- ASI
-
- kn.
-
- ASR
-
- ult
-
- ase
-
- LCA
-
- rut
-
noun,
a furrow or track in the ground, especially one made by the passage of a vehicle or vehicles.
- Una
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “one.”.
- ASA
-
noun,
a king of Judah, 913?–873? b.c. I Kings 15:8–24.
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- ast
-
- SAA
-
- UAE
-
- Kit
-
noun,
a set or collection of tools, supplies, instructional matter, etc., for a specific purpose:
- tui
-
noun,
a black New Zealand honey eater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, having a patch of white feathers on each side of the throat, sometimes tamed as a pet.
- So.
-
- ATC
-
- UAR
-
- USA
-
- sd.
-
- Uke
-
noun,
ukulele.
- UCR
-
- UDC
-
- ATA
-
- udo
-
noun,
a plant, Aralia cordata, of the ginseng family, cultivated, especially in Japan and China, for its edible shoots.
- at.
-
- UIT
-
- ASU
-
- CAR
-
noun,
an automobile.
- kil
-
- tue
-
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- ONR
-
- ons
-
- ked
-
noun,
sheeptick.
- Clo
-
- clk
-
- SKU
-
- CLI
-
- ONI
-
- Tad
-
noun,
a small child, especially a boy.
- Ken
-
noun,
knowledge, understanding, or cognizance; mental perception:
- cle
-
- Sta
-
- orc
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- St.
-
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- CLR
-
- SLA
-
- SID
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Sidney or Sydney.
- oke
-
noun,
oka1 .
- ESL
-
- LEO
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- kCi
-
- Ola
-
- Old
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) old persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- Kea
-
noun,
a large, greenish New Zealand parrot, Nestor notabilis.
- en-
-
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- ESR
-
- Skt
-
- CNS
-
- CNO
-
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- Tro
-
- Len
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- Rd.
-
- TSE
-
- CDT
-
- oud
-
noun,
a musical instrument of the Middle East and northern Africa belonging to the lute family.
- KIA
-
- Sal
-
noun,
salt1 .
- oui
-
adverb, noun,
yes.
- our
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- TSI
-
- CED
-
- tsk
-
noun,
an exclamation of “tsk.”.
- 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.
- Tu.
-
- Kid
-
noun,
Informal. a child or young person.
- LED
-
noun,
light-emitting diode: a semiconductor diode that emits light when conducting current and is used in electronic displays, indoor and outdoor lighting, etc.
- CAS
-
verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- unc
-
- CEA
-
- OTS
-
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- ESU
-
- Sr.
-
- CIE
-
- Ker
-
- CID
-
noun,
The ("El Cid Campeador"; Rodrigo Díaz de Bivar) c1040–99, Spanish soldier: hero of the wars against the Moors.
- CIA
-
- ide
-
- Lek
-
noun,
a traditional place where males assemble during the mating season and engage in competitive displays that attract females.
- ose
-
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- ot-
-
- CEO
-
- OTA
-
- ote
-
- ARU
-
- ARS
-
- 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.
- ROA
-
- Urd
-
noun,
a plant, Vigna mungo, of the legume family, widely cultivated in tropical Asia for its edible seeds and for forage.
- ADS
-
noun,
advertisement.
- ure
-
- ado
-
noun,
busy activity; bustle; fuss.
- rnd
-
- ade
-
noun,
George, 1866–1944, U.S. humorist.
- ADA
-
noun,
a programming language particularly suited to real-time applications: developed for use by the U.S. Department of Defense.
- AEA
-
- Uri
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- LAC
-
noun,
a resinous substance deposited on the twigs of various trees in southern Asia by the female of the lac insect: used in the manufacture of varnishes, sealing wax, etc., and in the production of a red coloring matter.
Compare shellac (defs 1, 2).
- ROC
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- ACT
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- ACS
-
- ae.
-
- AEC
-
- SNU
-
- LDS
-
- ial
-
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- La.
-
- sod
-
noun,
a section cut or torn from the surface of grassland, containing the matted roots of grass.
- ur-
-
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- RNA
-
- LSD
-
- Lt.
-
- Kra
-
noun,
Isthmus of, the narrowest part of the Malay Peninsula, between the Bay of Bengal and the Gulf of Siam. 35 miles (56 km) wide.
- AIC
-
- SOC
-
noun,
sociology or a class or course in sociology.
- RLD
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- LOC
-
- 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.
- al.
-
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- USO
-
- USR
-
- Ar.
-
- an.
-
- Uta
-
noun,
any of several iguanid lizards of the genus Uta, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico.
- UTC
-
- AUC
-
- UTE
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- AID
-
noun,
help or support; assistance.
- AIA
-
- ADC
-
- uti
-
- ad-
-
- ac-
-
- USN
-
- Usk
-
noun,
a river flowing S and SE from SE Wales through SW England into the Severn estuary. 60 miles (97 km) long.
- Rod
-
noun,
a stick, wand, staff, or the like, of wood, metal, or other material.
- urs
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city on the Euphrates, in S Iraq: extensive excavations, especially of royal tombs.
- IAS
-
- Lad
-
noun,
a boy or youth.
- ACK
-
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- urn
-
noun,
a large or decorative vase, especially one with an ornamental foot or pedestal.
- ROI
-
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- AAE
-
- ROK
-
noun,
a soldier in the army of the Republic of Korea.
- Suk
-
noun,
(especially in the Arab countries) the market, especially the traditional bazaar.
- AAU
-
- USC
-
- AAS
-
noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- Aar
-
- USE
-
noun,
the act of employing, using, or putting into service:
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- ick
-
interjection,
(used as an expression of distaste or repugnance.)
- AOA
-
- red
-
noun,
any of various colors resembling the color of blood; the primary color at one extreme end of the visible spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 610 and 780 nanometers.
- ARA
-
noun,
the Altar, a southern constellation between Triangulum Australe and Scorpius.
- AOU
-
- aor
-
- koi
-
noun,
any of various colorful cultivated forms of the common carp, Cyprinus carpio, apparently originating in Japan and other parts of eastern temperate Asia.
- run
-
noun,
an act or instance, or a period of running:
- Las
-
noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- ANU
-
noun,
a twining herb, Tropaeolum tuberosum, of the nasturtium family, found in the Andes, having edible tubers and large flowers with yellow petals and red spurs.
- SLR
-
- Une
-
- kor
-
noun,
homer2 .
- ics
-
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- Sue
-
noun,
Eugène [œ-zhen] /œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), (Marie Joseph Sue) 1804–57, French novelist.
- eu-
-
- Kos
-
noun,
a unit of land distance of various lengths from 1 to 3 miles (1.6 to 4.8 km).
- RDA
-
- Oka
-
noun,
Also called old oka. a former measure of weight in Turkey and neighboring countries, equal to about 2.75 pounds (1.25 kilograms).
Also called new oka. a modern measure of weight in Turkey and neighboring countries, standarized as equal to the kilogram.
- ETR
-
- RCA
-
- ETS
-
- RCN
-
- RCT
-
- LON
-
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- RDC
-
- RDS
-
- REA
-
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- 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.
- ard
-
- Koa
-
noun,
a Hawaiian acacia, Acacia koa, of the legume family, characterized by spreading branches and gray bark.
- id.
-
- Rue
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- SUN
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the star that is the central body of the solar system, around which the planets revolve and from which they receive light and heat: its mean distance from the earth is about 93 million miles (150 million km), its diameter about 864,000 miles (1.4 million km), and its mass about 330,000 times that of the earth; its period of surface rotation is about 26 days at its equator but longer at higher latitudes.
- LAO
-
noun,
a member of a people of Laos and northern Thailand.
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- krs
-
- ksi
-
- ITU
-
- ALC
-
- Kun
-
noun,
Béla [bey-lo] /ˈbeɪ lɒ/ (Show IPA), 1885–1937, Hungarian Communist leader.
- RID
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- Rs.
-
- Kur
-
noun,
(in Sumerian mythology) the world of the dead.
- io-
-
- Ia.
-
- ake
-
verb (used without object),
ache.
- AKC
-
- LOE
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
love.
- AKA
-
- uns
-
- RSA
-
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- 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.
- kr.
-
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- Sui
-
noun,
a dynasty ruling in China a.d. 589–618.
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- LAR
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- ANC
-
- ALU
-
- RSE
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- RTS
-
- rte
-
- rt.
-
- UNO
-
- Esk
-
- CLU
-
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- SDI
-
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- se-
-
- TIA
-
- Don
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Mr.; Sir: a Spanish title prefixed to a man's given name.
- SDR
-
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- SDA
-
- 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).
- NEC
-
- IOU
-
- Doi
-
- NED
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Edward.
- DOE
-
noun,
the female of the deer, antelope, goat, rabbit, and certain other animals.
- Ir.
-
- IDS
-
noun,
the part of the psyche, residing in the unconscious, that is the source of instinctive impulses that seek satisfaction in accordance with the pleasure principle and are modified by the ego and the superego before they are given overt expression.
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- Dor
-
noun,
Also, dorbeetle [dawr-beet-l] /ˈdɔrˌbit l/ (Show IPA). a common European dung beetle, Geotrupes stercorarius.
- IRC
-
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- DSR
-
- DSA
-
- IOC
-
- DRE
-
- ion
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- Dr.
-
- Dou
-
noun,
Gerard [gey-rahrt] /ˈgeɪ rɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1613–75, Dutch painter: pupil of Rembrandt.
- IOT
-
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- DOT
-
noun,
a small, roundish mark made with or as if with a pen.
- ior
-
- NDE
-
- 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.
- ne-
-
- NEA
-
- Lou
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Louis.
- DNR
-
- Du.
-
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- STL
-
- nik
-
- stk
-
- IRS
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ISA
-
- DIL
-
- IRO
-
- ise
-
- Isl
-
- Die
-
noun,
Machinery.
any of various devices for cutting or forming material in a press or a stamping or forging machine.
a hollow device of steel, often composed of several pieces to be fitted into a stock, for cutting the threads of bolts or the like.
one of the separate pieces of such a device.
a steel block or plate with small conical holes through which wire, plastic rods, etc., are drawn.
- NOC
-
- ska
-
noun,
a modern style of vocalized Jamaican popular music, which emerged in the 1950s as a blend of African-Jamaican folk music, calypso, and American rhythm and blues, notable for its shuffling, scratchlike tempo and jazzlike horn riffs on the offbeat.
- Nod
-
noun,
a short, quick downward bending forward of the head, as in assent, greeting, or command or because of drowsiness.
- lid
-
noun,
a removable or hinged cover for closing the opening, usually at the top, of a pot, jar, trunk, etc.; a movable cover.
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- tin
-
noun,
Chemistry. a low-melting, malleable, ductile metallic element nearly approaching silver in color and luster: used in plating and in making alloys, tinfoil, and soft solders. Symbol: Sn; atomic weight: 118.69; atomic number: 50; specific gravity: 7.31 at 20°C.
- TID
-
- dk.
-
- DNA
-
- DLS
-
- NES
-
- DLO
-
- DLC
-
- dkl
-
- DIU
-
noun,
part of the union territory of Daman and Diu (Goa, Daman, and Diu in 1961–87) in W India: a former Portuguese colony, comprising a small island and seaport at the extremity of Kathiawar peninsula.
- IRL
-
- erk
-
noun,
an aircraftsman of the lowest rank in the Royal Air Force.
- NET
-
noun,
a bag or other contrivance of strong thread or cord worked into an open, meshed fabric, for catching fish, birds, or other animals:
- dit
-
noun,
an echoic word, the referent of which is a click or brief tone interval, used to designate the dot of Morse code, International Morse code, etc.
- irk
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate, annoy, or exasperate:
- NIA
-
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- DST
-
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- Eck
-
noun,
Johann [yoh-hahn] /ˈyoʊ hɑn/ (Show IPA), (Johann Mayer) 1486–1543, German Roman Catholic theologian: opponent of Martin Luther.
- EDA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ed.
-
- ECU
-
noun,
the shield carried by a mounted man-at-arms in the Middle Ages.
- ILO
-
- Luo
-
noun,
a member of a people living mainly in southwest Kenya.
- ILS
-
- ECA
-
- LST
-
- ec-
-
- 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).
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- in.
-
- EDC
-
- EDO
-
noun,
a member of an indigenous people of western Africa, in the Benin region of southern Nigeria.
- 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.
- ILA
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- Ike
-
noun,
Eisenhower, Dwight David.
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- elk
-
noun,
Also called European elk. the moose, Alces alces.
- ltr
-
- il-
-
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- eld
-
noun,
age.
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- Stu
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stewart or Stuart.
- ilk
-
noun,
family, class, or kind:
- EIS
-
- eir
-
- LTA
-
- EDT
-
- EDS
-
noun,
education:
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- ean
-
- Duc
-
noun,
duke.
- DUI
-
- 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.
- LSI
-
- Dun
-
noun,
a person, especially a creditor, who duns another.
- LSC
-
- ine
-
- SED
-
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- TCS
-
- Ted
-
noun,
British Slang. Teddy boy.
- ink
-
noun,
a fluid or viscous substance used for writing or printing.
- due
-
noun,
something that is due, owed, or naturally belongs to someone.
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- ier
-
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- TCA
-
- ead
-
- NUT
-
noun,
a dry fruit consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shell.
- EAA
-
- ea.
-
- ETD
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- eo-
-
- NCO
-
- NAA
-
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- NAD
-
- TAL
-
- TAU
-
noun,
the 19th letter of the Greek alphabet (T, τ).
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- di.
-
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- DET
-
- Esc
-
- CTA
-
- DAE
-
- CST
-
- OSA
-
- OED
-
- CSR
-
- Dal
-
noun,
a sauce made from lentils and spices, usually served with rice.
- CSO
-
- csk
-
- CSA
-
- Oc.
-
- ode
-
noun,
a lyric poem typically of elaborate or irregular metrical form and expressive of exalted or enthusiastic emotion.
- leu
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Romania, equal to 100 bani. Abbreviation: L.
- tra
-
- cru
-
noun,
(in France) a vineyard producing wine of high quality, sometimes classified by the government as either a Great Growth (Grand Cru) or a First Growth (Premier Cru)
- NUS
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- ERT
-
- ton
-
noun,
a unit of weight, equivalent to 2000 pounds (0.907 metric ton) avoirdupois (short ton) in the U.S. and 2240 pounds (1.016 metric tons) avoirdupois (long ton) in Great Britain.
- CRT
-
- CRS
-
- ka-
-
- NUL
-
- OCS
-
- ODT
-
- sc.
-
- DAR
-
- OSD
-
- tr.
-
- ski
-
noun,
one of a pair of long, slender runners made of wood, plastic, or metal used in gliding over snow.
- Sau
-
noun,
German name of Sava.
- cue
-
noun,
anything said or done, on or off stage, that is followed by a specific line or action:
- ock
-
- Cui
-
noun,
César [French sey-zar] /French seɪˈzar/ (Show IPA), Antonovich [Russian uhn-taw-nuh-vyich] /Russian ʌnˈtɔ nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1835–1918, Russian composer.
- OCD
-
- Kan
-
- Oca
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- OAU
-
- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- cud
-
noun,
the portion of food that a ruminant returns from the first stomach to the mouth to chew a second time.
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- Kal
-
- OAS
-
- oar
-
noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- ESA
-
- OAK
-
noun,
any tree or shrub belonging to the genus Quercus, of the beech family, bearing the acorn as fruit.
- Lot
-
noun,
one of a set of objects, as straws or pebbles, drawn or thrown from a container to decide a question or choice by chance.
- ODA
-
noun,
a room within a harem.
- Cut
-
noun,
the act of cutting; a stroke or a blow, as with a knife, whip, etc.
- OTC
-
- ctn
-
plural,
carton.
- cte
-
- DCL
-
- do.
-
- DOA
-
- DSC
-
- DSO
-
- Kt.
-
- ODS
-
noun,
a hypothetical force formerly held to pervade all nature and to manifest itself in magnetism, mesmerism, chemical action, etc.
- COT
-
noun,
a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- DEI
-
adverb,
by the grace of God.
- ite
-
- ITC
-
- ITA
-
- oik
-
noun,
oaf; lout.
- tlr
-
- tlo
-
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- oil
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- TKO
-
- Les
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- OIr
-
- Tiu
-
noun,
an English god of the sky and of war, the equivalent of Tyr in Scandinavian mythology.
- Kas
-
noun,
(in the Netherlands and in Dutch colonies) a large cabinet of the 17th and 18th centuries, having two doors and often a number of drawers at the bottom, and usually having an elaborately painted or carved decoration with a heavy cornice.
- STI
-
- ScD
-
- SAR
-
- OIt
-
- ist
-
- Lai
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- ISR
-
- Ido
-
noun,
a revised and simplified form of Esperanto, introduced in 1907.
- TLC
-
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- de-
-
- NSU
-
- DAS
-
noun,
hyrax.
- NSC
-
- NSA
-
- NRC
-
- NRA
-
- dau
-
noun,
dhow.
- nr.
-
- d-c
-
noun,
a surgical method for the removal of diseased tissue or an early embryo from the lining of the uterus by means of scraping.
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- DCS
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- ICA
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- OCR
-
- DEA
-
- IUD
-
- COS
-
noun,
romaine.
- oid
-
- IUS
-
- oic
-
- 2D
-
noun,
a two-dimensional form or appearance:
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- 3D
-
noun,
a three-dimensional form or appearance:
- AO
-
- KD
-
- 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.
- EI
-
- RO
-
- NC
-
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- KC
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- L2
-
- AA
-
noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- 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.
- CU
-
- N.
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- ln
-
- ol
-
- UT
-
noun,
the syllable once generally used for the first tone or keynote of a scale and sometimes for the tone C: now commonly superseded by do.
- ck
-
- AU
-
plural,
to the; at the; with the.
- DC
-
noun,
a surgical method for the removal of diseased tissue or an early embryo from the lining of the uterus by means of scraping.
- ND
-
- TL
-
- NU
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- ic
-
- KO
-
noun,
a knockout in boxing.
- i.
-
- K.
-
- CE
-
- DN
-
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- T1
-
- TD
-
- le
-
- TN
-
- SL
-
- OK
-
noun,
an approval, agreement, or endorsement:
- K2
-
noun,
Also called Godwin Austen [god-win aw-stin] /ˈgɒd wɪn ˈɔ stɪn/ (Show IPA), Dapsang [duh p-suhng] /dəpˈsʌŋ/ (Show IPA). a mountain in N Kashmir, in the Karakoram range: second highest peak in the world. 28,250 feet (8611 meters).
- t.
-
- U.
-
- UC
-
- UK
-
- sk
-
- tk
-
- NL
-
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- Ud
-
- UL
-
- 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.
- S.
-
- UI
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- RN
-
- NI
-
- LR
-
- L1
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- TC
-
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- LC
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- L.
-
- KI
-
noun,
the Sumerian goddess personifying earth: the counterpart of the Akkadian Aruru.
- OA
-
- AK
-
- D.
-
- OU
-
noun,
a rare Hawaiian honeycreeper, Psittirostra psittacea, having an olive-green body, a parrotlike bill, and in the male a bright yellow head.
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- DA
-
noun,
a male hairstyle, especially of the 1950s, in which the hair is slicked back on both sides to overlap at the back of the head.
- RI
-
- SA
-
- DT
-
noun,
a withdrawal syndrome occurring in persons who have developed physiological dependence on alcohol, characterized by tremor, visual hallucinations, and autonomic instability. Abbreviation: d.t.
- dl
-
- LO
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
- SU
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- OD
-
noun,
a hypothetical force formerly held to pervade all nature and to manifest itself in magnetism, mesmerism, chemical action, etc.
- RU
-
- R.
-
- SN
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- O.
-
- RC
-
- LU
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Lou.