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- back-country
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noun,
a sparsely populated rural region remote from a settled area.
- old-country
-
noun,
the original home country of an immigrant or a person's ancestors, especially a European country.
- roadblocks
-
noun,
an obstruction placed across a road, especially of barricades or police cars, for halting or hindering traffic, as to facilitate the capture of a pursued car or inspection for safety violations.
- conclusory
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adjective,
conclusive.
- concordats
-
noun,
an agreement or compact, especially an official one.
- soundtrack
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noun,
the narrow band on one or both sides of a motion-picture film on which sound is recorded.
- crystallo-
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- cyclotrons
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noun,
an accelerator in which particles are propelled in spiral paths by the use of a constant magnetic field.
- rock-bound
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adjective,
hemmed in, enclosed, or covered by rocks; rocky:
- absolutory
-
adjective,
giving absolution.
- truckloads
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noun,
the amount that a truck can carry.
- cotylosaur
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noun,
any member of the extinct order Cotylosauria, comprising heavy-bodied, splay-limbed, plant-eating reptiles that arose during the Carboniferous Period and that are considered to include the ancestors of all other reptiles.
- cyclotron
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noun,
an accelerator in which particles are propelled in spiral paths by the use of a constant magnetic field.
- cocoanuts
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noun,
coconut.
- clubroots
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noun,
Plant Pathology. a disease of cabbage and other cruciferous plants, characterized by enlarged, malformed roots, caused by a slime mold, Plasmodiophora brassicae.
- Osnabruck
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noun,
a city in Lower Saxony, in NW Germany.
- cauldrons
-
noun,
a large kettle or boiler.
- stock-car
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noun,
a standard model of automobile changed in various ways for racing purposes.
- cobaltous
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adjective,
containing bivalent cobalt.
- stockyard
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noun,
an enclosure with pens, sheds, etc., connected with a slaughterhouse, railroad, market, etc., for the temporary housing of cattle, sheep, swine, or horses.
- last-born
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noun,
a last-born or youngest child.
- buckaroos
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noun,
Western U.S. a cowboy, especially a broncobuster.
- cockboats
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- outboards
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noun,
an outboard motor.
- blackcods
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noun,
sablefish.
- coruscant
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adjective,
sparkling or gleaming; scintillating; coruscating.
- colorcast
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noun,
a television program broadcast in color.
- backcourt
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noun,
Basketball. the half of a court in which the basket being defended is located.
- roadblock
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noun,
an obstruction placed across a road, especially of barricades or police cars, for halting or hindering traffic, as to facilitate the capture of a pursued car or inspection for safety violations.
- truckload
-
noun,
the amount that a truck can carry.
- rollbacks
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noun,
an act or instance of rolling back.
- rock-salt
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noun,
common salt occurring in extensive, irregular beds in rocklike masses.
- Cornstalk
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noun,
the stalk or stem of corn, especially Indian corn.
- cornballs
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noun,
popcorn rolled into a ball and flavored with molasses or caramel.
- Corybants
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. any of the spirits or secondary divinities attending Cybele with wild music and dancing.
- bookstall
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noun,
a stand, booth, or stall at which books are sold, usually secondhand.
- all-round
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adjective,
all-around.
- bookstand
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noun,
a bookrack.
- consultor
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noun,
a member of a secular clergy who advises a bishop.
- conductor
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noun,
a person who conducts; a leader, guide, director, or manager.
- dulocracy
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noun,
rule by slaves.
- concordat
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noun,
an agreement or compact, especially an official one.
- cardstock
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noun,
paper stock stiff enough for the printing of business cards and similar uses.
- collutory
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noun,
mouthwash.
- dactylous
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- cuckoldry
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noun,
the act of making someone's husband a cuckold.
- calutrons
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noun,
a device for separating isotopes by atomic mass, operating in a manner similar to a mass spectrograph.
- carbonyls
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noun,
a compound containing metal combined with carbon monoxide, as nickel carbonyl, Ni(CO) 4 .
- obscurant
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noun,
a person who strives to prevent the increase and spread of knowledge.
- carbonous
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adjective,
of, containing, or derived from carbon.
- bankrolls
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noun,
money in one's possession; monetary resources.
- scrubland
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noun,
land on which the natural vegetation is chiefly scrub.
- crystall
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- Scotland
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noun,
a division of the United Kingdom in the N part of Great Britain. 30,412 sq. mi. (78,772 sq. km). Capital: Edinburgh.
- sudatory
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noun,
sudatorium.
- duckboat
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- calutron
-
noun,
a device for separating isotopes by atomic mass, operating in a manner similar to a mass spectrograph.
- butyrals
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noun,
any acetal of butyraldehyde.
- concours
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noun,
a public contest or competition.
- concords
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noun,
agreement between persons, groups, nations, etc.; concurrence in attitudes, feelings, etc.; unanimity; accord:
- donatory
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noun,
a donee of the king, especially one given the right by the king to property obtained by escheat or forfeit.
- croutons
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noun,
a small piece of fried or toasted bread, sometimes seasoned, used as a garnish for soups, salads, and other dishes.
- dactylus
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noun,
an enlarged portion of the leg after the first joint in some insects, as the pollen-carrying segment in the hind leg of certain bees.
- touracos
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noun,
any of several large, brightly colored birds of the family Musophagidae, of Africa, having a helmetlike crest.
- boundary
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noun,
something that indicates bounds or limits; a limiting or bounding line.
- coolants
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noun,
a substance, usually a liquid or a gas, used to reduce the temperature of a system below a specified value by conducting away the heat produced in the operation of the system, as the liquid in an automobile cooling system or the fluid that removes heat from the core of a nuclear reactor.
- bourdons
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noun,
the drone pipe of a bagpipe.
the drone string of a stringed instrument.
- butanols
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noun,
butyl alcohol.
- colorant
-
noun,
something used as a coloring matter; pigment; dye.
- ducatoon
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noun,
a former silver coin of the Netherlands, used through the 17th and 18th centuries: equal to three gulden.
- outranks
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verb (used with object),
to have a higher rank than:
- abductor
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noun,
a person who abducts.
- odorants
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noun,
an odorous substance or product.
- barstool
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noun,
a stool or seat, usually high and having a round, cushioned top, of a type often used for seating customers at a bar.
- blackout
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noun,
the extinguishing or concealment of all visible lights in a city, military post, etc., usually as a precaution against air raids.
- outlands
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noun,
Usually, outlands. the outlying districts or remote regions of a country; provinces:
- can-buoy
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noun,
a cylindrical, unlighted buoy used as a channel marker.
- collards
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noun,
a variety of kale, Brassica oleracea acephala, grown in the southern U.S., having a rosette of green leaves.
- runbacks
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noun,
Football.
a run made by a player toward the goal line of the opponents after receiving a kick, intercepting a pass, or recovering an opponent's fumble.
the distance covered in making such a run.
- barytons
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noun,
an 18th-century stringed instrument with six bowed strings and several additional strings that vibrate sympathetically.
- obduracy
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noun,
the state or quality of being obdurate.
- tobaccos
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noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Nicotiana, of the nightshade family, especially one of those species, as N. tabacum, whose leaves are prepared for smoking or chewing or as snuff.
- coronals
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noun,
a crown; coronet.
- studbook
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noun,
a genealogical register of a stud or studs; a book giving the pedigree of animals, especially horses.
- bankroll
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noun,
money in one's possession; monetary resources.
- rollouts
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noun,
the first public showing of an aircraft.
- caldrons
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noun,
cauldron.
- bollards
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noun,
Nautical.
a thick, low post, usually of iron or steel, mounted on a wharf or the like, to which mooring lines from vessels are attached.
a small post to which lines are attached.
bitt (def 1).
- rollback
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noun,
an act or instance of rolling back.
- bollocks
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noun,
(used with a plural verb) Vulgar. ballocks.
- corollas
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noun,
the inner envelope of floral leaves of a flower, usually of delicate texture and of some color other than green; the petals considered collectively.
- cornutos
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noun,
a cuckold.
- caboclos
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noun,
a Brazilian of Indian or mixed Indian and white ancestry.
- Rockland
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noun,
a city in SE Massachusetts.
- corncobs
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noun,
the elongated woody core in which the grains of an ear of corn are embedded.
- C-scroll
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noun,
an ornamental motif in the shape of a C , used chiefly on furniture.
- callboys
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noun,
a boy or man who summons actors, as from their dressing rooms, shortly before they are due to go on stage.
- cornball
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noun,
popcorn rolled into a ball and flavored with molasses or caramel.
- oarlocks
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noun,
any of various devices providing a pivot for an oar in rowing, especially a swiveling, crutchlike or ringlike metal device projecting above a gunwale.
- tornados
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noun,
a localized, violently destructive windstorm occurring over land, especially in the Middle West, and characterized by a long, funnel-shaped cloud extending toward the ground and made visible by condensation and debris.
Compare waterspout (def 3).
- Corybant
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noun,
Classical Mythology. any of the spirits or secondary divinities attending Cybele with wild music and dancing.
- courants
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noun,
courante.
- call-out
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noun,
an act or instance of calling out.
- Klystron
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- cordobas
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noun,
a silver coin and monetary unit of Nicaragua, equal to 100 centavos.
- rotundas
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noun,
a round building, especially one with a dome.
- Courland
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noun,
a former duchy on the Baltic: later, a province of Russia and, in 1918, incorporated into Latvia.
- corantos
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noun,
courante.
- courlans
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noun,
the limpkin.
- backdoor
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adjective,
secret; furtive; illicit; indirect.
- conducts
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noun,
personal behavior; way of acting; bearing or deportment.
- tallboys
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noun,
English Furniture.
a chest of drawers supported by a low stand. Compare highboy.
a chest-on-chest.
- dry-salt
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verb (used with object),
to cure or preserve (meat, hides, etc.) by drying and salting.
- cutbacks
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noun,
a reduction in rate, quantity, etc.:
- buckstay
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noun,
a beam held by stays to the exterior of a masonry wall, as that of a furnace or boiler, to keep the adjacent areas of the wall from being forced outward.
- osculant
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adjective,
united by certain common characteristics.
- bullocks
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noun,
a castrated bull; steer.
- accounts
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noun,
an oral or written description of particular events or situations; narrative:
- bullocky
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noun,
a bullock driver.
- carbonyl
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noun,
a compound containing metal combined with carbon monoxide, as nickel carbonyl, Ni(CO) 4 .
- clubroot
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noun,
Plant Pathology. a disease of cabbage and other cruciferous plants, characterized by enlarged, malformed roots, caused by a slime mold, Plasmodiophora brassicae.
- Lynbrook
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noun,
a village on W Long Island, in SE New York.
- burdocks
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noun,
a composite plant of the genus Arctium, especially A. lappa, a coarse, broad-leaved weed bearing prickly heads of burs that stick to the clothing.
- cauldron
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noun,
a large kettle or boiler.
- sourball
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noun,
a round piece of hard candy with a tart or acid fruit flavoring.
- ortolans
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noun,
an Old World bunting, Emberiza hortulana, esteemed as a table delicacy.
- cardoons
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noun,
a composite plant, Cynara cardunculus, of the Mediterranean area, having a root and leafstalks eaten as a vegetable.
- cacodyls
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noun,
an oily, slightly water-soluble, poisonous liquid compound composed of two cacodyl groups, (CH 3) 2 As−As(CH 3) 2 , that has a vile, garliclike odor and that undergoes spontaneous combustion in dry air.
- Clayborn
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noun,
a male given name.
- ballocks
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plural noun,
testes.
- card-cut
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adjective,
having a fretwork pattern in low relief:
- buckaroo
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noun,
Western U.S. a cowboy, especially a broncobuster.
- acrodont
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adjective,
having rootless teeth fastened to the alveolar ridge of the jaws.
- stoccado
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noun,
a thrust with a rapier or other pointed weapon.
- cyclonal
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adjective,
of or like a cyclone.
- Carboloy
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- Brooklyn
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noun,
a borough of New York City, on W Long Island. 76.4 sq. mi. (198 sq. km).
- locutory
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noun,
locutorium.
- baudrons
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noun,
a cat.
- cocoanut
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noun,
coconut.
- dactylo-
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- canorous
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adjective,
melodious; musical.
- outboard
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noun,
an outboard motor.
- outbacks
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noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) the back country or remote settlements; the bush (usually preceded by the).
- blackcod
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noun,
sablefish.
- balloons
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noun,
a bag made of thin rubber or other light material, usually brightly colored, inflated with air or with some lighter-than-air gas and used as a children's plaything or as a decoration.
- cockboat
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noun,
a small boat, especially one used as a tender.
- uncloaks
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verb (used with object),
to remove the cloak from.
- slotback
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noun,
an offensive back who lines up about one yard behind the gap in the line between a tackle and an end stationed a distance outside of the tackle.
- cutbanks
-
noun,
a nearly vertical cliff produced by erosion of the banks of a stream.
- octonary
-
noun,
a group of eight; an ogdoad.
- Cortland
-
noun,
a city in central New York.
- unblocks
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verb (used with object),
to remove a block or obstruction from:
- daybooks
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noun,
Bookkeeping. a book in which the transactions of the day are entered in the order of their occurrence.
- ostracod
-
noun,
seed shrimp.
- Brockton
-
noun,
a city in E Massachusetts.
- ostracon
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noun,
(in ancient Greece) a potsherd, especially one used as a ballot on which the name of a person voted to be ostracized was inscribed.
- cuckolds
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noun,
the husband of an unfaithful wife.
- tobacco
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noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Nicotiana, of the nightshade family, especially one of those species, as N. tabacum, whose leaves are prepared for smoking or chewing or as snuff.
- courant
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noun,
courante.
- Cutbank
-
noun,
a nearly vertical cliff produced by erosion of the banks of a stream.
- country
-
noun,
a state or nation:
- Socotra
-
noun,
an island in the Indian Ocean, S of Arabia: a part of the Republic of Yemen. 1382 sq. mi. (3579 sq. km).
- couldst
-
noun,
a sealed container for food, beverages, etc., as of aluminum, sheet iron coated with tin, or other metal:
- dacryon
-
noun,
the point of junction of the maxillary, lacrimal, and frontal bones.
- baryton
-
noun,
an 18th-century stringed instrument with six bowed strings and several additional strings that vibrate sympathetically.
- baryons
-
noun,
a proton, neutron, or any elementary particle that decays into a set of particles that includes a proton.
- toluols
-
noun,
toluene.
- cutback
-
noun,
a reduction in rate, quantity, etc.:
- costard
-
noun,
a large English variety of apple.
- bausond
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adjective,
(of animals) having white spots on a black or bay background; piebald.
- crackly
-
adjective,
apt to crackle.
- custody
-
noun,
keeping; guardianship; care.
- Croydon
-
noun,
a borough of Greater London, England: airport.
- daltons
-
noun,
atomic mass unit.
- blackly
-
adverb,
darkly; gloomily.
- Daktyls
-
noun,
Dactyl.
- cuckold
-
noun,
the husband of an unfaithful wife.
- crustal
-
adjective,
of or relating to a crust, as of the earth.
- crusado
-
noun,
an early Portuguese coin of gold or silver, bearing the figure of a cross.
- blankly
-
adverb,
without expression or understanding:
- by-talk
-
noun,
incidental conversation; small talk; chitchat.
- blasto-
-
- crouton
-
noun,
a small piece of fried or toasted bread, sometimes seasoned, used as a garnish for soups, salads, and other dishes.
- crotons
-
noun,
any of numerous chiefly tropical plants constituting the genus Croton, of the spurge family, several species of which, as C. tiglium, have important medicinal properties.
- Crystal
-
noun,
a clear, transparent mineral or glass resembling ice.
- daybook
-
noun,
Bookkeeping. a book in which the transactions of the day are entered in the order of their occurrence.
- cratons
-
noun,
a relatively rigid and immobile region of continental portions of the earth's crust.
- blouson
-
noun,
a woman's outer garment having a drawstring, belt, or similar closing, at or below the waist, which causes it to blouse.
- crayons
-
noun,
a pointed stick or pencil of colored clay, chalk, wax, etc., used for drawing or coloring.
- Danbury
-
noun,
a city in SW Connecticut.
- courtly
-
adverb,
in a courtly manner; politely or flatteringly.
- by-road
-
noun,
a side road.
- Slayton
-
noun,
Donald Kent ("Deke") 1924–1993, U.S. astronaut.
- curtals
-
noun,
a 16th-century bassoon.
- Tobolsk
-
noun,
a town in the W Russian Federation in Asia, on the Irtysh River at its confluence with the Tobol.
- custard
-
noun,
a dessert made of eggs, sugar, and milk, either baked, boiled, or frozen.
- courlan
-
noun,
the limpkin.
- Sno-Cat
-
- conduct
-
noun,
personal behavior; way of acting; bearing or deportment.
- Cortona
-
noun,
Pietro da [pye-traw dah] /ˈpyɛ trɔ dɑ/ (Show IPA), (Pietro Berrettini) 1596–1669, Italian painter and architect.
- Taylors
-
noun,
A(lan) J(ohn) P(ercivale) 1906–90, English historian.
- surcoat
-
noun,
a garment worn over medieval armor, often embroidered with heraldic arms.
- Carolus
-
noun,
any of various coins issued under monarchs named Charles, especially the broad of Charles I of England.
- cartoon
-
noun,
a sketch or drawing, usually humorous, as in a newspaper or periodical, symbolizing, satirizing, or caricaturing some action, subject, or person of popular interest.
- Bullock
-
noun,
a castrated bull; steer.
- bullary
-
noun,
bullarium.
- buckras
-
noun,
Usually Disparaging and Offensive. a term used to refer to a white man.
- buccaro
-
noun,
unglazed pottery.
- cytosol
-
noun,
the water-soluble components of cell cytoplasm, constituting the fluid portion that remains after removal of the organelles and other intracellular structures.
- Clayton
-
noun,
John Middleton, 1796–1856, U.S. jurist and politician: senator 1829–36, 1845–49, 1853–56; secretary of state 1849–50.
- carnous
-
adjective,
carnose.
- standby
-
noun,
a staunch supporter or adherent; one who can be relied upon.
- Brotula
-
noun,
any of several chiefly deep-sea fishes of the family Brotulidae.
- broncos
-
noun,
a range pony or mustang of the western U.S., especially one that is not broken or is imperfectly broken.
- Brodsky
-
noun,
Joseph, 1940–96, U.S. poet, born in Russia: Nobel Prize 1987; U.S. poet laureate 1991–92.
- cobalts
-
noun,
a silver-white metallic element with a faint pinkish tinge, occurring in compounds whose silicates afford important blue coloring substances for ceramics. Symbol: Co; atomic weight: 58.933; atomic number: 27; specific gravity: 8.9 at 20°C.
- cobnuts
-
noun,
the nut of certain cultivated varieties of hazel, Corylus avellana grandis.
- Broadus
-
noun,
something given as a bonus; lagniappe.
- tallboy
-
noun,
English Furniture.
a chest of drawers supported by a low stand. Compare highboy.
a chest-on-chest.
- Carolyn
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Carlton
-
noun,
Stephen Norman ("Steve"; "Lefty") born 1944, U.S. baseball player.
- coconut
-
noun,
the large, hard-shelled seed of the coconut palm, lined with a white edible meat, and containing a milky liquid.
- butanol
-
noun,
butyl alcohol.
- caldron
-
noun,
cauldron.
- Calydon
-
noun,
an ancient city in W Greece, in Aetolia.
- caboclo
-
noun,
a Brazilian of Indian or mixed Indian and white ancestry.
- callboy
-
noun,
a boy or man who summons actors, as from their dressing rooms, shortly before they are due to go on stage.
- callous
-
adjective,
made hard; hardened.
- succory
-
noun,
chicory.
- Sukarno
-
noun,
Achmed [ahk-med] /ˈɑk mɛd/ (Show IPA), 1901–1970, Indonesian statesman: president of the Republic of Indonesia 1945–67.
- butyral
-
noun,
any acetal of butyraldehyde.
- bustard
-
noun,
any of several large, chiefly terrestrial and ground-running birds of the family Otididae, of the Old World and Australia, related to the cranes.
- buoyant
-
adjective,
tending to float in a fluid.
- candors
-
noun,
the state or quality of being frank, open, and sincere in speech or expression; candidness:
- busload
-
noun,
an amount or number as great as a bus can hold.
- burtons
-
noun,
any of various small tackles for use on shipboard.
- sunback
-
adjective,
(of a garment) cut low to expose the back for sunbathing or coolness.
- carboys
-
noun,
a large glass bottle protected by basketwork or a wooden box, used especially for holding corrosive liquids.
- Buryats
-
noun,
a member of any of the Mongol people in the Buryat Republic.
- cardoon
-
noun,
a composite plant, Cynara cardunculus, of the Mediterranean area, having a root and leafstalks eaten as a vegetable.
- burdock
-
noun,
a composite plant of the genus Arctium, especially A. lappa, a coarse, broad-leaved weed bearing prickly heads of burs that stick to the clothing.
- Carlson
-
noun,
Anton Julius [an-tohn,, -ton] /ˈæn toʊn,, -tɒn/ (Show IPA), 1875–1956, U.S. physiologist, born in Sweden.
- Bryansk
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation, on the Desna River, SW of Moscow.
- soroban
-
noun,
a Japanese abacus of Chinese derivation.
- coronas
-
noun,
a white or colored circle or set of concentric circles of light seen around a luminous body, especially around the sun or moon.
- bonducs
-
noun,
a semitropical tree, Caesalpinia bonducella, of the legume family, the decorative seeds of which are used for jewelry and rosaries.
- control
-
noun,
the act or power of controlling; regulation; domination or command:
- coolant
-
noun,
a substance, usually a liquid or a gas, used to reduce the temperature of a system below a specified value by conducting away the heat produced in the operation of the system, as the liquid in an automobile cooling system or the fluid that removes heat from the core of a nuclear reactor.
- coranto
-
noun,
courante.
- corbans
-
noun,
a sacrifice or offering made to God, especially among the ancient Hebrews in fulfillment of a vow.
- Bontoks
-
noun,
a member of a people who inhabit northern Luzon in the Philippines.
- Bontocs
-
noun,
Bontok.
- Cordoba
-
noun,
a silver coin and monetary unit of Nicaragua, equal to 100 centavos.
- cordons
-
noun,
a line of police, sentinels, military posts, warships, etc., enclosing or guarding an area.
- Sokotra
-
noun,
Socotra.
- contra-
-
- corncob
-
noun,
the elongated woody core in which the grains of an ear of corn are embedded.
- cornuto
-
noun,
a cuckold.
- Corolla
-
noun,
the inner envelope of floral leaves of a flower, usually of delicate texture and of some color other than green; the petals considered collectively.
- bollard
-
noun,
Nautical.
a thick, low post, usually of iron or steel, mounted on a wharf or the like, to which mooring lines from vessels are attached.
a small post to which lines are attached.
bitt (def 1).
- Bolland
-
noun,
Jean de [French zhahn duh] /French ʒɑ̃ də/ (Show IPA), or Johan van [Flemish yoh-hahn vahn] /Flemish yoʊˈhɑn vɑn/ (Show IPA), or John, 1596–1665, Belgian Jesuit hagiographer.
- tycoons
-
noun,
a person of great wealth, influence, or power; magnate:
- coronal
-
noun,
a crown; coronet.
- Tyndall
-
noun,
John, 1820–93, English physicist.
- contras
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) a member of a counterrevolutionary guerrilla group in Nicaragua.
- contour
-
noun,
the outline of a figure or body; the edge or line that defines or bounds a shape or object.
- collard
-
noun,
a variety of kale, Brassica oleracea acephala, grown in the southern U.S., having a rosette of green leaves.
- Conakry
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Guinea, in NW Africa.
- collars
-
noun,
the part of a shirt, coat, dress, blouse, etc., that encompasses the neckline of the garment and is sewn permanently to it, often so as to fold or roll over.
- collat.
-
- collock
-
- bradsot
-
noun,
braxy (def 1).
- Colobus
-
noun,
any of several large, slender African monkeys of the genus Colobus, lacking thumbs and having long silky fur of black and white (C. polykomos), black and reddish-brown (C. badius), or olive (C. verus): now dwindling.
- colonus
-
noun,
a serf in the latter period of the Roman Empire or in the early feudal period.
- bourdon
-
noun,
the drone pipe of a bagpipe.
the drone string of a stringed instrument.
- colours
-
noun,
the quality of an object or substance with respect to light reflected by the object, usually determined visually by measurement of hue, saturation, and brightness of the reflected light; saturation or chroma; hue.
- conatus
-
noun,
an effort or striving.
- consult
-
noun,
a consultation.
- Concord
-
noun,
agreement between persons, groups, nations, etc.; concurrence in attitudes, feelings, etc.; unanimity; accord:
- tandoor
-
noun,
a cylindrical clay oven, fired to a high heat by wood or charcoal, in which foods, especially meats, are cooked and bread is baked.
- concurs
-
verb (used without object),
to accord in opinion; agree:
- condors
-
noun,
either of two large, New World vultures of the family Cathartidae, Gymnogyps californianus (California condor) or Vultur gryphus (Andean condor) the largest flying birds in the Western Hemisphere: the California condor is almost extinct; the Andean condor is greatly reduced in number and rare in many areas.
- Dobuans
-
noun,
Dobu.
- borstal
-
noun,
(in England) a school for delinquent boys that provides therapy and vocational training.
- solunar
-
adjective,
pertaining to or listing the rising and setting times of the sun and moon, phases of the moon, eclipses, etc.:
- consort
-
noun,
a husband or wife; spouse, especially of a reigning monarch.
Compare prince consort, queen consort.
- constr.
-
- Banyuls
-
- cacodyl
-
noun,
an oily, slightly water-soluble, poisonous liquid compound composed of two cacodyl groups, (CH 3) 2 As−As(CH 3) 2 , that has a vile, garliclike odor and that undergoes spontaneous combustion in dry air.
- all-out
-
adjective,
using all one's resources; complete; total:
- Locarno
-
noun,
a town in S Switzerland, on Lake Maggiore: Locarno Pact 1925.
- locular
-
adjective,
having one or more locules.
- Yorubas
-
noun,
a member of a numerous West African coastal people.
- lockout
-
noun,
the temporary closing of a business or the refusal by an employer to allow employees to come to work until they accept the employer's terms.
- you-all
-
pronoun,
(used in direct address to two or more persons, or to one person who represents a family, organization, etc.):
- locator
-
noun,
a person who locates something.
- astrol.
-
- lobular
-
adjective,
composed of, having the form of, or pertaining to lobules or small lobes.
- 2,4,5-t
-
noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- astound
-
adjective,
Archaic. astonished; astounded.
- rollout
-
noun,
the first public showing of an aircraft.
- rollock
-
noun,
rowlock.
- Rolland
-
noun,
Romain [raw-man] /rɔˈmɛ̃/ (Show IPA), 1866–1944, French novelist, music critic, and dramatist: Nobel prize 1915.
- Orlando
-
noun,
Vittorio Emanuele [veet-taw-ryaw e-mah-noo-e-le] /vitˈtɔ ryɔ ˌɛ mɑ nuˈɛ lɛ/ (Show IPA), 1860–1952, Italian statesman.
- orotund
-
adjective,
(of the voice or speech) characterized by strength, fullness, richness, and clearness.
- Yorkton
-
noun,
a city in SE Saskatchewan, in S Canada.
- undocks
-
verb (used with object),
to uncouple (two spacecraft modules or a spacecraft and space station).
- robands
-
noun,
a short piece of spun yarn or other material, used to secure a sail to a yard, gaff, or the like.
- unloads
-
verb (used with object),
to take the load from; remove the cargo or freight from:
- Rutland
-
noun,
a city in W Vermont.
- transl.
-
- accords
-
noun,
proper relationship or proportion; harmony.
- Duranty
-
noun,
Walter, 1884–1957, English journalist and author in the U.S.
- Austro-
-
- account
-
noun,
an oral or written description of particular events or situations; narrative:
- onboard
-
adjective,
provided, occurring, etc., on a vehicle:
- Rostand
-
noun,
Edmond [ed-mawn] /ɛdˈmɔ̃/ (Show IPA), 1868–1918, French dramatist and poet.
- dustoor
-
noun,
dastur.
- ooblast
-
noun,
a primordial cell from which the ovum is developed.
- runback
-
noun,
Football.
a run made by a player toward the goal line of the opponents after receiving a kick, intercepting a pass, or recovering an opponent's fumble.
the distance covered in making such a run.
- rubatos
-
noun,
a rubato phrase or passage.
- roundly
-
adverb,
in a round manner.
- rotunda
-
noun,
a round building, especially one with a dome.
- truancy
-
noun,
the act or state of being truant.
- uncorks
-
verb (used with object),
to draw the cork from.
- robalos
-
noun,
snook2 (def 1).
- unlocks
-
verb (used with object),
to undo the lock of (a door, chest, etc.), especially with a key.
- outbond
-
adjective,
composed mainly or entirely of stretchers (opposed to inbond).
- Ouranos
-
noun,
Uranus (def 2).
- doctors
-
noun,
a person licensed to practice medicine, as a physician, surgeon, dentist, or veterinarian.
- 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.
- outback
-
noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) the back country or remote settlements; the bush (usually preceded by the).
- Tuscany
-
noun,
a region in W central Italy: formerly a grand duchy. 8879 sq. mi. (22,995 sq. km).
- Kurland
-
noun,
Courland.
- racoons
-
noun,
raccoon.
- unblock
-
verb (used with object),
to remove a block or obstruction from:
- raccoon
-
noun,
a nocturnal carnivore, Procyon lotor, having a masklike black stripe across the eyes, a sharp snout, and a bushy, ringed tail, native to North and Central America and introduced elsewhere for its valuable fur.
- labours
-
noun,
productive activity, especially for the sake of economic gain.
- outsold
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of outsell.
- outsoar
-
verb (used with object),
to soar beyond.
- outland
-
noun,
Usually, outlands. the outlying districts or remote regions of a country; provinces:
- Allston
-
noun,
Washington, 1799–1843, U.S. painter, novelist, and poet.
- outrank
-
verb (used with object),
to have a higher rank than:
- androus
-
- latosol
-
noun,
a reddish lateritic soil of the tropics, deeply weathered and infertile, characterized by hydroxides of iron and aluminum.
- Klabund
-
noun,
(Alfred Henschke) 1890?–1928, German poet, novelist, and playwright.
- adornos
-
noun,
relief ornament applied to a piece.
- ortolan
-
noun,
an Old World bunting, Emberiza hortulana, esteemed as a table delicacy.
- ryokans
-
noun,
a traditional Japanese inn or small hotel whose floors are covered with tatami.
- tundras
-
noun,
one of the vast, nearly level, treeless plains of the arctic regions of Europe, Asia, and North America.
- kobolds
-
noun,
a spirit or goblin, often mischievous, that haunts houses.
- turacos
-
noun,
touraco.
- Lyndora
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ratoons
-
noun,
a sprout or shoot from the root of a plant, especially a sugarcane, after it has been cropped.
- Turlock
-
noun,
a town in central California.
- oscular
-
adjective,
pertaining to an osculum.
- lauroyl
-
adjective,
containing the lauroyl group.
- korunas
-
noun,
an aluminum bronze coin and monetary unit of the Czech Republic, equal to 100 halers. Abbreviation: Kčs.
- laundry
-
noun,
articles of clothing, linens, etc., that have been or are to be washed.
- Rantoul
-
noun,
a city in E Illinois.
- uncloak
-
verb (used with object),
to remove the cloak from.
- unbolts
-
verb (used with object),
to open (a door, window, etc.) by or as if by removing a bolt; unlock; unfasten.
- sackbut
-
noun,
a medieval form of the trombone.
- Rostock
-
noun,
a seaport in N Germany, on the Baltic.
- lurdans
-
noun,
a lazy, stupid, loutish fellow.
- Donatus
-
noun,
early-4th-century bishop of Casae Nigrae in northern Africa: leader of a heretical Christian group.
Compare Donatist.
- unrolls
-
verb (used with object),
to open or spread out (something rolled or coiled):
- odorant
-
noun,
an odorous substance or product.
- oarlock
-
noun,
any of various devices providing a pivot for an oar in rowing, especially a swiveling, crutchlike or ringlike metal device projecting above a gunwale.
- abounds
-
verb (used without object),
to occur or exist in great quantities or numbers:
- Noludar
-
- oculars
-
noun,
Optics. eyepiece.
- unroots
-
verb (used with object),
to uproot.
- nodular
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or characterized by nodules.
- abortus
-
noun,
immature placental or fetal tissue prematurely passed or curetted.
- Bacolod
-
noun,
a seaport on N Negros, in the central Philippines.
- dollars
-
noun,
a paper money, silver or cupronickel coin, and monetary unit of the United States, equal to 100 cents. Symbol: $.
- ballons
-
noun,
the lightness and grace of movement that make a dancer appear buoyant.
- tornado
-
noun,
a localized, violently destructive windstorm occurring over land, especially in the Middle West, and characterized by a long, funnel-shaped cloud extending toward the ground and made visible by condensation and debris.
Compare waterspout (def 3).
- balcony
-
noun,
a balustraded or railed elevated platform projecting from the wall of a building.
- Drayton
-
noun,
Michael, 1563–1631, English poet.
- uranyls
-
noun,
the bivalent ion UO 2+2 , or the group UO 2 , which forms salts with acids.
- sandbur
-
noun,
any of various grasses of the genus Cenchrus, having spikelets enclosed in prickly burs.
- no-ball
-
noun,
an unfairly bowled ball.
- sandlot
-
noun,
a vacant lot used by youngsters for games or sports.
- torulas
-
noun,
a highly nutritious yeast produced commercially on a sugar recovered from the manufacture of wood products or from processed fruit.
- abscond
-
verb (used without object),
to depart in a sudden and secret manner, especially to avoid capture and legal prosecution:
- untacks
-
verb (used with object),
to unfasten (something tacked).
- occults
-
noun,
the supernatural or supernatural agencies and affairs considered as a whole (usually preceded by the).
- balloon
-
noun,
a bag made of thin rubber or other light material, usually brightly colored, inflated with air or with some lighter-than-air gas and used as a children's plaything or as a decoration.
- abducts
-
verb (used with object),
to carry off or lead away (a person) illegally and in secret or by force, especially to kidnap.
- ballock
-
plural noun,
testes.
- toucans
-
noun,
any of several usually brightly colored, fruit-eating birds of the family Ramphastidae, of tropical America, having a very large bill.
- ducally
-
adverb,
in the manner of or pertaining to a duke.
- Nootkas
-
noun,
a Wakashan language spoken in SW Canada on the western coast of Vancouver Island.
- obtunds
-
verb (used with object),
to blunt; dull; deaden.
- lustral
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or employed in the lustrum, or rite of purification.
- touraco
-
noun,
any of several large, brightly colored birds of the family Musophagidae, of Africa, having a helmetlike crest.
- cobalt
-
noun,
a silver-white metallic element with a faint pinkish tinge, occurring in compounds whose silicates afford important blue coloring substances for ceramics. Symbol: Co; atomic weight: 58.933; atomic number: 27; specific gravity: 8.9 at 20°C.
- Clouds
-
noun,
a visible collection of particles of water or ice suspended in the air, usually at an elevation above the earth's surface.
- nycto-
-
- clonus
-
noun,
a rapid succession of flexions and extensions of a group of muscles, usually signifying an affection of the brain or spinal cord.
- Cloots
-
noun,
Jean Baptiste du Val-de-Grâce [zhahn ba-teest dy val duh-grahs] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist dü val dəˈgrɑs/ (Show IPA), Baron de ("Anacharsis Clootz") 1755–94, Prussian leader in the French Revolution.
- stalky
-
adjective,
abounding in stalks.
- cloudy
-
adjective,
full of or overcast by clouds:
- clucks
-
noun,
the sound uttered by a hen when brooding, or in calling her chicks.
- occult
-
noun,
the supernatural or supernatural agencies and affairs considered as a whole (usually preceded by the).
- obtund
-
verb (used with object),
to blunt; dull; deaden.
- clunky
-
adjective,
awkwardly heavy or clumsy:
- Ostyak
-
noun,
Khanty.
- clouts
-
noun,
a blow, especially with the hand; cuff:
- occas.
-
- coacts
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do or act together.
- Osborn
-
noun,
Henry Fairfield [fair-feeld] /ˈfɛərˌfild/ (Show IPA), 1857–1935, U.S. paleontologist and author.
- stacc.
-
- Stroud
-
noun,
a coarse woolen cloth, blanket, or garment formerly used by the British in bartering with the North American Indians.
- clunks
-
noun,
a hard hit, especially on the head.
- obolus
-
noun,
a modern Greek unit of weight equal to 0.1 gram.
- cobras
-
noun,
any of several highly venomous, Old World elapid snakes of the genera Naja and Ophiophagus, characterized by the ability to flatten the neck into a hoodlike form when disturbed.
- struck
-
noun,
an act or instance of striking.
- outlay
-
noun,
an expending or spending, as of money.
- Cactus
-
noun,
any of numerous succulent plants of the family Cactaceae, of warm, arid regions of the New World, having fleshy, leafless, usually spiny stems, and typically having solitary, showy flowers.
- outran
-
verb,
simple past tense of outrun.
- layout
-
noun,
an arrangement or plan:
- nullos
-
noun,
(in certain card games) a bid to take no tricks.
- notary
-
noun,
notary public.
- Layton
-
noun,
a town in N Utah.
- Collar
-
noun,
the part of a shirt, coat, dress, blouse, etc., that encompasses the neckline of the garment and is sewn permanently to it, often so as to fold or roll over.
- Nostoc
-
noun,
any freshwater, blue-green alga of the genus Nostoc, often occurring in jellylike colonies in moist places.
- Nordau
-
noun,
Max Simon [mahks zee-mawn] /mɑks ˈzi mɔn/ (Show IPA), 1849–1923, Hungarian author, physician, and leader in the Zionist movement.
- collab
-
- sorbol
-
noun,
sorbitol.
- stucco
-
noun,
an exterior finish for masonry or frame walls, usually composed of cement, sand, and hydrated lime mixed with water and laid on wet.
- codons
-
noun,
a triplet of adjacent nucleotides in the messenger RNA chain that codes for a specific amino acid in the synthesis of a protein molecule.
- outcry
-
noun,
a strong and usually public expression of protest, indignation, or the like.
- oblast
-
noun,
(in Russia and the Soviet Union) an administrative division corresponding to an autonomous province.
- cocoas
-
noun,
a powder made from roasted, husked, and ground seeds of the cacao, Theobroma cacao, from which much of the fat has been removed.
- Landor
-
noun,
Walter Savage, 1775–1864, English poet and prose writer.
- Landry
-
noun,
Thomas Wade ("Tom") 1924–2000, U.S. football player and coach.
- Landus
-
noun,
Lando.
- Nootka
-
noun,
a Wakashan language spoken in SW Canada on the western coast of Vancouver Island.
- soucar
-
noun,
a Hindu banker.
- Callot
-
noun,
Jacques [zhahk] /ʒɑk/ (Show IPA), 1592?–1635, French engraver and etcher.
- 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.
- nobody
-
noun,
a person of no importance, influence, or power.
- lastly
-
adverb,
in conclusion; in the last place; finally.
- cobnut
-
noun,
the nut of certain cultivated varieties of hazel, Corylus avellana grandis.
- callus
-
noun,
Pathology, Physiology.
a hardened or thickened part of the skin; a callosity.
a new growth of osseous matter at the ends of a fractured bone, serving to unite them.
- calory
-
noun,
calorie.
- clonks
-
noun,
a low, dull sound of impact, as of a heavy object striking against another.
- octads
-
noun,
a group or series of eight.
- candys
-
noun,
any of a variety of confections made with sugar, syrup, etc., often combined with chocolate, fruit, nuts, etc.
- 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.
- 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.
- stocky
-
adjective,
of solid and sturdy form or build; thick-set and, usually, short.
- collyr
-
- lordly
-
adverb,
Also, lordlily. in the manner of a lord.
- stolon
-
noun,
Botany. a prostrate stem, at or just below the surface of the ground, that produces new plants from buds at its tips or nodes.
- caulks
-
noun,
Also, caulking [kaw-king] /ˈkɔ kɪŋ/ (Show IPA). a material or substance used for caulking.
- caulds
-
adjective, noun,
cold.
- oculo-
-
- oocyst
-
noun,
the encysted zygotic stage in the life cycle of some sporozoans.
- Lukacs
-
noun,
George, 1885–1971, Hungarian literary critic.
- odours
-
noun,
odor.
- stound
-
noun,
Archaic. a short time; short while.
- 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.
- Caslon
-
noun,
William, 1692–1766, English type founder and designer.
- ocular
-
noun,
Optics. eyepiece.
- Strabo
-
noun,
63? b.c.–a.d. 21? Greek geographer and historian.
- Caruso
-
noun,
Enrico [en-ree-koh;; Italian en-ree-kaw] /ɛnˈri koʊ;; Italian ɛnˈri kɔ/ (Show IPA), 1873–1921, Italian operatic tenor.
- lulabs
-
noun,
lulav.
- carton
-
noun,
a cardboard or plastic box used typically for storage or shipping.
- Carson
-
noun,
Christopher ("Kit") 1809–68, U.S. frontiersman and scout.
- caryo-
-
- lunacy
-
noun,
insanity; mental disorder.
- lunars
-
noun,
a lunar observation taken for purposes of navigation or mapping.
- carobs
-
noun,
a Mediterranean tree, Ceratonia siliqua, of the legume family, bearing long, leathery pods containing hard seeds and sweet, edible pulp.
- Lurcat
-
noun,
Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1892–1966, French painter and tapestry designer.
- 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.
- Strand
-
noun,
the land bordering the sea, a lake, or a river; shore; beach.
- stroll
-
noun,
a leisurely walk; ramble; saunter:
- lurdan
-
noun,
a lazy, stupid, loutish fellow.
- carbon
-
noun,
Chemistry. a widely distributed element that forms organic compounds in combination with hydrogen, oxygen, etc., and that occurs in a pure state as diamond and graphite, and in an impure state as charcoal. Symbol: C; atomic weight: 12.011; atomic number: 6; specific gravity: (of diamond) 3.51 at 20°C; (of graphite) 2.26 at 20°C.
- cyano-
-
- clocks
-
noun,
an instrument for measuring and recording time, especially by mechanical means, usually with hands or changing numbers to indicate the hour and minute: not designed to be worn or carried about.
- Cantos
-
noun,
one of the main or larger divisions of a long poem.
- claros
-
noun,
such a cigar.
- Candor
-
noun,
the state or quality of being frank, open, and sincere in speech or expression; candidness:
- Clarks
-
noun,
Alvan, 1804–87, and his son Alvan Graham, 1832–97, U.S. astronomers and telescope-lens manufacturers.
- occurs
-
verb (used without object),
to happen; take place; come to pass:
- clanks
-
noun,
a sharp, hard, nonresonant sound, like that produced by two pieces of metal striking, one against the other:
- Clancy
-
noun,
Tom, 1947–2013, U.S. novelist.
- Carlos
-
noun,
Don [don;; Spanish dawn] /dɒn;; Spanish dɔn/ (Show IPA), (Carlos Maria Isidro de Borbón) 1788–1855, pretender to the Spanish throne.
- llanos
-
noun,
an extensive grassy plain with few trees.
- clado-
-
- clacks
-
noun,
a clacking sound.
- stylar
-
adjective,
having the shape of an ancient style; resembling a pen, pin, or peg.
- 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.
- cysto-
-
- stylo-
-
- narcos
-
noun,
narc.
- cycads
-
noun,
any gymnospermous plant of the order Cycadales, intermediate in appearance between ferns and the palms, many species having a thick, unbranched, columnar trunk bearing a crown of large, leathery, pinnate leaves.
- cantus
-
noun,
cantus firmus.
- Cydnus
-
noun,
a river in SE Asia Minor, in Cilicia.
- narco-
-
- Canuck
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a Canadian, especially a French Canadian.
- locals
-
noun,
a local train, bus, etc.
- strook
-
noun,
an act or instance of striking.
- cyclos
-
noun,
a three-wheeled pedaled or motorized taxi in southeast Asia; rickshaw.
- carbo-
-
- carboy
-
noun,
a large glass bottle protected by basketwork or a wooden box, used especially for holding corrosive liquids.
- Octans
-
noun,
the Octant, a southern constellation that contains the south celestial pole.
- cyclo-
-
- 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.
- cyclas
-
noun,
a tunic or surcoat, longer in back than in front, worn over armor in the Middle Ages.
- Loyola
-
noun,
Saint Ignatius of (Iñigo López de Loyola) 1491–1556, Spanish soldier and ecclesiastic: founder of the Society of Jesus.
- Doctor
-
noun,
a person licensed to practice medicine, as a physician, surgeon, dentist, or veterinarian.
- Kronos
-
noun,
Cronus.
- collo-
-
- snarly
-
adjective,
apt to snarl; easily irritated.
- snooty
-
adjective,
snobbish.
- crucks
-
noun,
(in old English building) one of a pair of naturally curved timbers forming one of several rigid arched frames supporting the roof of a cottage or farm building.
- crusty
-
adjective,
having a crisp or thick crust:
- sacro-
-
- Salyut
-
noun,
one of a series of Soviet earth-orbiting space stations, first launched in 1971.
- saloon
-
noun,
a place for the sale and consumption of alcoholic drinks.
- drunks
-
noun,
an intoxicated person.
- C-star
-
noun,
carbon star.
- ductor
-
noun,
the roller that conveys ink in a press from the ink reservoir to the distributor.
- drouks
-
verb (used with object),
to wet thoroughly; drench.
- drosky
-
noun,
droshky.
- drools
-
noun,
saliva running down from one's mouth; drivel.
- drooly
-
adjective,
drooling, tending to drool, or covered with drool.
- cuckoo
-
noun,
a common European bird, Cuculus canorus, of the family Cuculidae, noted for its characteristic call and its brood parasitism.
- drolls
-
noun,
a droll person; jester; wag.
- curacy
-
noun,
the office or position of a curate.
- Dracut
-
noun,
a city in NE Massachusetts.
- 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).
- Croton
-
noun,
any of numerous chiefly tropical plants constituting the genus Croton, of the spurge family, several species of which, as C. tiglium, have important medicinal properties.
- douras
-
noun,
durra.
- Durant
-
noun,
Ariel, 1898–1981, U.S. author and historian (wife of Will).
- crayon
-
noun,
a pointed stick or pencil of colored clay, chalk, wax, etc., used for drawing or coloring.
- durocs
-
noun,
one of an American breed of hardy red hogs having drooping ears.
- cranky
-
adjective,
ill-tempered; grouchy; cross:
- 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.
- craton
-
noun,
a relatively rigid and immobile region of continental portions of the earth's crust.
- Durban
-
noun,
a seaport in SE Natal, in the E Republic of South Africa.
- cryst.
-
- Ruston
-
noun,
a city in N Louisiana.
- Crosby
-
noun,
Bing (Harry Lillis Crosby) 1904–77, U.S. singer and actor.
- croaky
-
adjective,
low-pitched and hoarse; croaking.
- croaks
-
noun,
the act or sound of croaking.
- crocks
-
noun,
an earthenware pot, jar, or other container.
- Crocus
-
noun,
any of the small, bulbous plants of the genus Crocus, of the iris family, cultivated for their showy, solitary flowers, which are among the first to bloom in the spring.
- Dunbar
-
noun,
Paul Laurence, 1872–1906, U.S. poet.
- Cronus
-
noun,
a Titan, son of Uranus and Gaea, who was dethroned by his son Zeus.
- Crooks
-
noun,
a bent or curved implement, piece, appendage, etc.; hook.
- croons
-
noun,
the act or sound of crooning.
- curtsy
-
noun,
a respectful bow made by women and girls, consisting of bending the knees and lowering the body.
- Sandor
-
noun,
a male given name.
- cracky
-
noun,
by cracky.
- scanty
-
noun,
scanties, very brief underpants, especially for women.
- Dolton
-
noun,
a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- dauncy
-
adjective,
donsie.
- daunts
-
verb (used with object),
to overcome with fear; intimidate:
- dolors
-
noun,
sorrow; grief.
- Scylla
-
noun,
Modern name Scilla. a rock in the Strait of Messina off the S coast of Italy.
- scato-
-
- dynast
-
noun,
a ruler or potentate, especially a hereditary ruler.
- do-all
-
noun,
a person employed as a factotum, as the manager of all the affairs of an individual or a business.
- dastur
-
noun,
a Parsee chief priest.
- sauncy
-
adjective,
sonsy.
- doblas
-
noun,
a former gold coin of Spain.
- doblon
-
noun,
a former gold coin of Spain and Spanish America, equal to two gold escudos.
- dobras
-
noun,
any of various former Portuguese coins, especially a gold coin of John V equal to two johannes.
- Dobson
-
noun,
dobsonfly.
- Dollar
-
noun,
a paper money, silver or cupronickel coin, and monetary unit of the United States, equal to 100 cents. Symbol: $.
- 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.
- Dobuan
-
noun,
Dobu.
- scoto-
-
- darkly
-
adverb,
so as to appear dark.
- doubts
-
noun,
a feeling of uncertainty about the truth, reality, or nature of something.
- Sardou
-
noun,
Victorien [veek-taw-ryen] /vik tɔˈryɛ̃/ (Show IPA), 1831–1908, French dramatist.
- doubly
-
adverb,
to a double measure or degree:
- Sandro
-
noun,
a male given name.
- sarco-
-
- Skylab
-
noun,
a U.S. earth-orbiting space station that was periodically staffed by three separate crews of astronauts and remained in orbit 1973–79.
- dorso-
-
- Dacron
-
- dorsal
-
noun,
Phonetics. a dorsal speech sound.
- Dorcas
-
noun,
a Christian woman at Joppa who made clothing for the poor. Acts 9:36–41.
- scroll
-
noun,
a roll of parchment, paper, copper, or other material, especially one with writing on it:
- Sarouk
-
noun,
a tightly woven Oriental rug with soft colors and, usually, a center design.
- Dayton
-
noun,
Jonathan, 1760–1824, U.S. politician, Speaker of the House 1795–99.
- Daktyl
-
noun,
Dactyl.
- Dalton
-
noun,
atomic mass unit.
- donuts
-
noun,
doughnut.
- Sarton
-
noun,
May, 1912–95, U.S. poet, novelist, and playwright.
- donors
-
noun,
a person who gives or donates.
- scrota
-
noun,
the pouch of skin that contains the testes.
- cracks
-
- 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.
- collun
-
- koruna
-
noun,
an aluminum bronze coin and monetary unit of the Czech Republic, equal to 100 halers. Abbreviation: Kčs.
- condos
-
noun,
condominium (defs 1, 2).
- krauts
-
noun,
Informal. sauerkraut.
- Krasny
-
noun,
Russian name of Kyzyl.
- Conrad
-
noun,
Charles, Jr ("Pete") 1930–1999, U.S. astronaut.
- consol
-
noun,
singular of consols.
- kouros
-
noun,
a sculptured representation of a young man, especially one produced prior to the 5th century b.c.
- 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.
- contd.
-
- condor
-
noun,
either of two large, New World vultures of the family Cathartidae, Gymnogyps californianus (California condor) or Vultur gryphus (Andean condor) the largest flying birds in the Western Hemisphere: the California condor is almost extinct; the Andean condor is greatly reduced in number and rare in many areas.
- contos
-
noun,
a money of account of Portugal and Cape Verde, equal to 1000 escudos.
- korona
-
noun,
Also, krone. a former silver coin and monetary unit of Austria, equal to 100 hellers: discontinued after 1923.
- contr.
-
- Korbut
-
noun,
Olga, born 1955, Russian gymnast.
- Konrad
-
noun,
a male given name.
- ratoon
-
noun,
a sprout or shoot from the root of a plant, especially a sugarcane, after it has been cropped.
- Kodaly
-
noun,
Zoltán [zawl-tahn] /ˈzɔl tɑn/ (Show IPA), 1882–1967, Hungarian composer.
- sollar
-
noun,
solar2 .
- Krylon
-
- Sondra
-
noun,
a female given name.
- corals
-
noun,
the hard, variously colored, calcareous skeleton secreted by certain marine polyps.
- Labors
-
noun,
productive activity, especially for the sake of economic gain.
- collut
-
- lacto-
-
- colony
-
noun,
a group of people who leave their native country to form in a new land a settlement subject to, or connected with, the parent nation.
- Laclos
-
noun,
Pierre Ambroise François Choderlos de [pyer ahn-brwaz frahn-swa shaw der-loh duh] /pyɛr ɑ̃ˈbrwaz frɑ̃ˈswa ʃɔ dɛrˈloʊ də/ (Show IPA), 1741–1803, French general and writer.
- colors
-
noun,
the quality of an object or substance with respect to light reflected by the object, usually determined visually by measurement of hue, saturation, and brightness of the reflected light; saturation or chroma; hue.
- colour
-
noun,
the quality of an object or substance with respect to light reflected by the object, usually determined visually by measurement of hue, saturation, and brightness of the reflected light; saturation or chroma; hue.
- labour
-
noun,
productive activity, especially for the sake of economic gain.
- colous
-
- concur
-
verb (used without object),
to accord in opinion; agree:
- Sonora
-
noun,
a state in NW Mexico. 70,484 sq. mi. (182,555 sq. km). Capital: Hermosillo.
- Colton
-
noun,
a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
- racons
-
noun,
radar beacon.
- racoon
-
noun,
raccoon.
- kurtas
-
noun,
a long-sleeved, hip-length shirt worn by men in India.
- 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.
- rayons
-
noun,
a regenerated, semisynthetic textile filament made from cellulose, cotton linters, or wood chips by treating these with caustic soda and carbon disulfide and passing the resultant solution, viscose, through spinnerets.
- kroons
-
noun,
an aluminum bronze coin and monetary unit of Estonia from 1928 to 1940 and from 1992 to 2010, when it was replaced by the euro, equal to 100 marks or senti.
- Soldan
-
noun,
the ruler of an Islamic country.
- kobold
-
noun,
a spirit or goblin, often mischievous, that haunts houses.
- rubato
-
noun,
a rubato phrase or passage.
- COSTAR
-
noun,
a performer, especially an actor or actress, who shares star billing with another.
- yuccas
-
noun,
any plant belonging to the genus Yucca, of the agave family, native to the warmer regions of America, having pointed, usually rigid, sword-shaped leaves and clusters of white, waxy flowers: the state flower of New Mexico.
- roncos
-
noun,
any grunt of the genus Haemulon, especially H. parrai, the sailor's-choice, of West Indian waters.
- rondos
-
noun,
a work or movement, often the last movement of a sonata, having one principal subject that is stated at least three times in the same key and to which return is made after the introduction of each subordinate theme.
- Coruna
-
noun,
La Coruña.
- Yoruba
-
noun,
a member of a numerous West African coastal people.
- Cosyra
-
noun,
ancient name of Pantelleria.
- costal
-
adjective,
Anatomy. pertaining to the ribs or the upper sides of the body:
- costly
-
adjective,
costing much; expensive; high in price:
- corona
-
noun,
a white or colored circle or set of concentric circles of light seen around a luminous body, especially around the sun or moon.
- costo-
-
- cotula
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) a measure.
- Yokuts
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian group of small tribes speaking related dialects and occupying the San Joaquin Valley of California and the adjoining eastern foothill regions. Nearly all the Valley Yokuts are extinct; some foothill groups remain.
- coucal
-
noun,
any of several Old World cuckoos of the genus Centropus, having harsh-textured plumage and a long, daggerlike hind claw.
- county
-
noun,
the largest administrative division of a U.S. state:
- counts
-
noun,
the act of counting; enumeration; reckoning; calculation:
- rotund
-
adjective,
round in shape; rounded:
- rounds
-
noun,
any round shape, as a circle, ring or sphere.
- Ronald
-
noun,
a male given name: from Scandinavian words meaning “counsel” and “rule.”.
- yulans
-
noun,
a magnolia tree, Magnolia heptapeta, native to China, having large, fragrant white flowers and cylindrical brownish fruit.
- 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.
- Robson
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in SW Canada, in E British Columbia: highest peak in the Canadian Rockies, 12,972 feet (3954 meters).
- corban
-
noun,
a sacrifice or offering made to God, especially among the ancient Hebrews in fulfillment of a vow.
- knurly
-
adjective,
having knurls or knots; gnarled.
- ryokan
-
noun,
a traditional Japanese inn or small hotel whose floors are covered with tatami.
- Corday
-
noun,
Charlotte (Maria Anne Charlotte Corday d'Armont) 1768–93, French Revolutionary heroine: assassinated Jean-Paul Marat.
- knouts
-
noun,
a whip with a lash of leather thongs, formerly used in Russia for flogging criminals.
- cordon
-
noun,
a line of police, sentinels, military posts, warships, etc., enclosing or guarding an area.
- kytoon
-
noun,
a captive balloon, combining the features of a balloon and a kite, used to maintain meteorological instruments at a fixed height.
- roband
-
noun,
a short piece of spun yarn or other material, used to secure a sail to a yard, gaff, or the like.
- Kastro
-
noun,
Mytilene (def 2).
- 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.
- robust
-
adjective,
strong and healthy; hardy; vigorous:
- karoos
-
noun,
a vast plateau in the Republic of South Africa, in Cape of Good Hope province. 100,000 sq. mi. (260,000 sq. km); 3000–4000 feet (900–1200 meters) above sea level.
- karyo-
-
- Kantor
-
noun,
MacKinlay [muh-kin-lee] /məˈkɪn li/ (Show IPA), 1904–77, U.S. novelist.
- Royall
-
noun,
Anne Newport, 1769–1854, U.S. writer, newspaper publisher, and reformer.
- corody
-
noun,
a right to receive maintenance in the form of housing, food, or clothing, especially the right enjoyed by the sovereign or a private benefactor to receive such maintenance from a religious house.
- coroll
-
- royals
-
noun,
Nautical. a sail set on a royal mast.
- curtal
-
noun,
a 16th-century bassoon.
- tanbur
-
noun,
tambura.
- Bruant
-
noun,
Libéral [lee-bey-ral] /li beɪˈral/ (Show IPA), c1635–1697, French architect.
- blunts
-
noun,
something blunt, as a small-game arrow, a short sewing needle, or a short, thick cigar.
- taluks
-
noun,
a hereditary estate.
- blurts
-
noun,
an abrupt utterance.
- bouncy
-
adjective,
tending characteristically to bounce or bounce well:
- tolyls
-
adjective,
containing a tolyl group; cresyl.
- Bounds
-
noun,
a leap onward or upward; jump.
- Bounty
-
noun,
a premium or reward, especially one offered by a government:
- 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.
- Taylor
-
noun,
A(lan) J(ohn) P(ercivale) 1906–90, English historian.
- bourns
-
noun,
burn2 .
- Toulon
-
noun,
a seaport in SE France: naval base.
- ackton
-
noun,
acton.
- U-boat
-
noun,
a German submarine.
- undock
-
verb (used with object),
to uncouple (two spacecraft modules or a spacecraft and space station).
- to-dos
-
noun,
bustle; fuss:
- bracts
-
noun,
a specialized leaf or leaflike part, usually situated at the base of a flower or inflorescence.
- blousy
-
adjective,
blowzy.
- talons
-
noun,
a claw, especially of a bird of prey.
- brady-
-
- brutal
-
adjective,
savage; cruel; inhuman:
- tranks
-
noun,
a tranquilizer.
- trans.
-
- bacons
-
noun,
the back and sides of the hog, salted and dried or smoked, usually sliced thin and fried for food.
- toucan
-
noun,
any of several usually brightly colored, fruit-eating birds of the family Ramphastidae, of tropical America, having a very large bill.
- bloods
-
noun,
the fluid that circulates in the principal vascular system of human beings and other vertebrates, in humans consisting of plasma in which the red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets are suspended.
- Andrus
-
noun,
Andron.
- borons
-
noun,
a nonmetallic element occurring naturally only in combination, as in borax or boric acid, and obtained in either an amorphous or a crystalline form when reduced from its compounds. Symbol: B; atomic weight: 10.811; atomic number: 5.
- boarts
-
noun,
bort.
- Baylor
-
noun,
Elgin, born 1934, U.S. basketball player.
- Tuscan
-
noun,
the standard literary form of the Italian language.
- boards
-
noun,
a piece of wood sawed thin, and of considerable length and breadth compared with the thickness.
- astron
-
- unload
-
verb (used with object),
to take the load from; remove the cargo or freight from:
- baulks
-
noun,
a check or hindrance; defeat; disappointment.
- brants
-
noun,
any of several species of small, dark-colored geese of the genus Branta, especially B. bernicla, breeding in high northern latitudes and migrating south in the autumn.
- tabors
-
noun,
a small drum formerly used to accompany oneself on a pipe or fife.
- todays
-
noun,
this present day:
- Andros
-
noun,
Sir Edmund, 1637–1714, British governor in the American colonies, 1686–89, 1692–98.
- toluol
-
noun,
toluene.
- Toluca
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Mexico state, in S central Mexico.
- Boston
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Massachusetts, in the E part.
- unlays
-
verb (used with object),
to separate (a strand) from a rope.
- buckra
-
noun,
Usually Disparaging and Offensive. a term used to refer to a white man.
- andro-
-
- robalo
-
noun,
snook2 (def 1).
- botany
-
noun,
the science of plants; the branch of biology that deals with plant life.
- buccal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the cheek.
- Tallys
-
noun,
Thomas, Tallis, Thomas.
- Alston
-
noun,
a male given name.
- torula
-
noun,
a highly nutritious yeast produced commercially on a sugar recovered from the manufacture of wood products or from processed fruit.
- Blanks
-
noun,
a place where something is lacking; an empty space:
- broncs
-
noun,
bronco:
- Troyon
-
noun,
Constant [kawn-stahn] /kɔ̃ˈstɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1813–65, French painter.
- unclad
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of unclothe.
- unbolt
-
verb (used with object),
to open (a door, window, etc.) by or as if by removing a bolt; unlock; unfasten.
- bronco
-
noun,
a range pony or mustang of the western U.S., especially one that is not broken or is imperfectly broken.
- branks
-
noun,
Sometimes, brank. a device consisting of a headpiece with a flat, iron bit to restrain the tongue, formerly used to punish scolds.
- brolly
-
noun,
an umbrella.
- brocks
-
noun,
a European badger.
- unbars
-
verb (used with object),
to remove a bar or bars from; open; unlock; unbolt:
- Broads
-
noun,
The, (used with a plural verb) a low-lying region in E England, in Norfolk and Suffolk: bogs and marshy lakes.
- Alonso
-
noun,
Alicia (Alicia Ernestina de la Caridad del Cobre Martínez Hoyo) born 1921, Cuban ballerina.
- alkyls
-
noun,
an alkyl group.
- bloats
-
noun,
Also called hoven. Veterinary Pathology. (in cattle, sheep, and horses) a distention of the rumen or paunch or of the large colon by gases of fermentation, caused by eating ravenously of green forage, especially legumes.
- Toklas
-
noun,
Alice B. 1877–1967, U.S. author in France: friend and companion of Gertrude Stein.
- trolly
-
noun,
trolley.
- aldols
-
noun,
Also called acetaldol. a colorless, syrupy, water-soluble liquid, C 4 H 8 O 2 , formed by the condensation of acetaldehyde: used chiefly in the manufacture of rubber vulcanizers and accelerators, and in perfumery.
- Alyson
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Alice.
- ultras
-
noun,
an extremist, as in politics, religion, fashion, etc.
- Bryant
-
noun,
Gridley [grid-lee] /ˈgrɪd li/ (Show IPA), 1789–1867, U.S. engineer and inventor.
- tokays
-
noun,
a gecko, Gekko gecko, of the Malay Archipelago and southeastern Asia: sometimes kept as a pet.
- ultra-
-
- allots
-
verb (used with object),
to divide or distribute by share or portion; distribute or parcel out; apportion:
- adsorb
-
verb (used with object),
to gather (a gas, liquid, or dissolved substance) on a surface in a condensed layer:
- Brandy
-
noun,
a spirit distilled from wine or from the fermented juice of grapes or of apples, peaches, plums, etc.
- uncork
-
verb (used with object),
to draw the cork from.
- brunts
-
noun,
the main force or impact, as of an attack or blow:
- Brando
-
noun,
Marlon, 1924–2004, U.S. actor.
- brands
-
noun,
kind, grade, or make, as indicated by a stamp, trademark, or the like:
- tolans
-
noun,
a crystalline, water-insoluble, solid, unsaturated compound, C 14 H 10 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- Brandt
-
noun,
Willy [wil-ee;; German vil-ee] /ˈwɪl i;; German ˈvɪl i/ (Show IPA), (Karl Herbert Frahm) 1913–1992, West German political leader: chancellor 1969–74; Nobel Peace Prize 1971.
- bloody
-
adverb,
Slang. (used as an intensifier):
- 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.
- tauro-
-
- blacky
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a black person.
- uncool
-
adjective,
not self-assured or relaxed:
- blancs
-
noun,
a silver coin of France of the 14th–18th centuries, debased in later years.
- blacks
-
noun,
the color at one extreme end of the scale of grays, opposite to white, absorbing all light incident upon it.
Compare white (def 19).
- Toland
-
noun,
Gregg, 1904–48, U.S. cinematographer.
- Brooks
-
noun,
Gwendolyn, 1917–2000, U.S. poet and novelist.
- adorno
-
noun,
relief ornament applied to a piece.
- brooky
-
adjective,
abounding in brooks.
- austr-
-
- adorns
-
verb (used with object),
to decorate or add beauty to, as by ornaments:
- blocky
-
adjective,
heavily built; solid; stocky.
- broods
-
noun,
a number of young produced or hatched at one time; a family of offspring or young.
- broody
-
adjective,
moody; gloomy.
- astro-
-
- bauson
-
noun,
a badger (applied contemptuously to people).
- alkyds
-
noun,
Also called alkyd resin. any of a group of sticky resins derived from dicarboxylic acids, as phthalic or maleic acid, in reaction with polyvalent alcohols, as glycol or glycerol: used chiefly in adhesives and paints.
- Bontok
-
noun,
a member of a people who inhabit northern Luzon in the Philippines.
- Barolo
-
noun,
a dry red wine from the Piedmont region of Italy.
- Buryat
-
noun,
a member of any of the Mongol people in the Buryat Republic.
- Sunray
-
noun,
a ray of sunlight; sunbeam.
- butyls
-
adjective,
containing a butyl group.
- around
-
Idioms,
been around, having had much worldly experience:
- baryon
-
noun,
a proton, neutron, or any elementary particle that decays into a set of particles that includes a proton.
- ballot
-
noun,
a slip or sheet of paper, cardboard, or the like, on which a voter marks his or her vote.
- untack
-
verb (used with object),
to unfasten (something tacked).
- bancos
-
noun,
a declaration made by a bettor in certain gambling games, as baccarat and chemin de fer, indicating a bet matching the full amount in the bank, to the exclusion of all previous lower bets: often used as an interjection.
- succor
-
noun,
help; relief; aid; assistance.
- Bardot
-
noun,
Brigitte (Camille Javal) born 1934, French film actress and animal rights activist.
- burans
-
noun,
a strong Asian wind of the Asian steppes accompanying dust storms in summer and blizzards in winter.
- barony
-
noun,
the domain of a baron.
- boylas
-
noun,
a witch doctor; sorcerer.
- ballon
-
noun,
the lightness and grace of movement that make a dancer appear buoyant.
- Bartok
-
noun,
Béla [bey-luh;; Hungarian bey-lo] /ˈbeɪ lə;; Hungarian ˈbeɪ lɒ/ (Show IPA), 1881–1945, Hungarian composer.
- bolson
-
noun,
a desert valley, the level of which has been raised by aggradation, usually draining into a playa.
- ballsy
-
adjective,
boldly aggressive or courageous:
- aborts
-
noun,
a missile, rocket, etc., that has aborted.
- untrod
-
adjective,
not trod; not traversed:
- uranyl
-
noun,
the bivalent ion UO 2+2 , or the group UO 2 , which forms salts with acids.
- urano-
-
- sultan
-
noun,
the sovereign of an Islamic country.
- sultry
-
adjective,
oppressively hot and close or moist; sweltering:
- abduct
-
verb (used with object),
to carry off or lead away (a person) illegally and in secret or by force, especially to kidnap.
- Burton
-
noun,
any of various small tackles for use on shipboard.
- boldos
-
noun,
a Chilean evergreen tree, Peumus boldus, cultivated in California for its aromatic foliage.
- 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.
- tundra
-
noun,
one of the vast, nearly level, treeless plains of the arctic regions of Europe, Asia, and North America.
- Abydos
-
noun,
an ancient ruined city in central Egypt, near Thebes: temples and necropolis.
- Sunday
-
noun,
the first day of the week, observed as the Sabbath by most Christian sects.
- Arnold
-
noun,
Benedict, 1741–1801, American general in the Revolutionary War who became a traitor.
- Asbury
-
noun,
Francis, 1745–1816, English missionary: first bishop of the Methodist Church in America.
- untold
-
adjective,
not told; not related; not revealed:
- tycoon
-
noun,
a person of great wealth, influence, or power; magnate:
- sundry
-
Idioms,
all and sundry, everybody, collectively and individually:
- turaco
-
noun,
touraco.
- Subroc
-
noun,
a rocket that contains a nuclear depth charge and that can be launched underwater from a submarine torpedo tube.
- abound
-
verb (used without object),
to occur or exist in great quantities or numbers:
- unroll
-
verb (used with object),
to open or spread out (something rolled or coiled):
- Basuto
-
noun,
Sotho (def 3).
- borals
-
noun,
a compound of an aluminum tartrate and borate, used chiefly as an astringent and antiseptic.
- cabots
-
noun,
John (Giovanni Caboto) c1450–98? Italian navigator in the service of England: discoverer of North American mainland 1497.
- turco-
-
- buncos
-
noun,
bunko.
- accord
-
noun,
proper relationship or proportion; harmony.
- Tucson
-
noun,
a city in S Arizona: health resort.
- Bolton
-
noun,
a borough in Greater Manchester, in NW England.
- boyars
-
noun,
Russian History. a member of the old nobility of Russia, before Peter the Great made rank dependent on state service.
- Tyburn
-
noun,
a former place of public execution in London, England.
- bonduc
-
noun,
a semitropical tree, Caesalpinia bonducella, of the legume family, the decorative seeds of which are used for jewelry and rosaries.
- trullo
-
noun,
a dwelling of the Apulia region of Italy, roofed with conical constructions of corbeled dry masonry.
- turbos
-
noun,
turbine.
- turbo-
-
- bundts
-
adjective,
of or noting a cake baked in such a pan, or the ring-shaped form of such a cake.
- unlock
-
verb (used with object),
to undo the lock of (a door, chest, etc.), especially with a key.
- unroot
-
verb (used with object),
to uproot.
- Torbay
-
noun,
a borough in S Devonshire, in SW England: seaside resort.
- Barton
-
noun,
Clara, 1821–1912, U.S. philanthropist who organized the American Red Cross in 1881.
- turban
-
noun,
a man's headdress worn chiefly by Muslims in southern Asia, consisting of a long cloth of silk, linen, cotton, etc., wound either about a cap or directly around the head.
- suborn
-
verb (used with object),
to bribe or induce (someone) unlawfully or secretly to perform some misdeed or to commit a crime.
- Bontoc
-
noun,
Bontok.
- sturdy
-
noun,
gid.
- tarso-
-
- accost
-
noun,
a greeting.
- bunkos
-
noun,
a swindle in which a person is cheated at gambling, persuaded to buy a nonexistent, unsalable, or worthless object, or otherwise victimized.
- absurd
-
noun,
the quality or condition of existing in a meaningless and irrational world.
- trulls
-
noun,
a prostitute; strumpet.
- tubas
-
noun,
Music.
a valved, brass wind instrument having a low range.
an organ reed stop of large scale with tones of exceptional power.
an ancient Roman trumpet.
- Karol
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Karoo
-
noun,
a vast plateau in the Republic of South Africa, in Cape of Good Hope province. 100,000 sq. mi. (260,000 sq. km); 3000–4000 feet (900–1200 meters) above sea level.
- Yauco
-
noun,
a city in SW Puerto Rico.
- rotls
-
noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- Karyn
-
noun,
a female given name.
- 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.
- Rocky
-
noun,
a male given name.
- 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.
- rotos
-
noun,
rotogravure.
- yauds
-
noun,
a mare, especially an old, worn-out one.
- yauld
-
adjective,
active; vigorous.
- yclad
-
verb,
past participle of clothe.
- Kansu
-
noun,
Wade-Giles. Gansu.
- tubal
-
adjective,
pertaining to a tube, as a Fallopian tube.
- astr.
-
- Kans.
-
- rondo
-
noun,
a work or movement, often the last movement of a sonata, having one principal subject that is stated at least three times in the same key and to which return is made after the introduction of each subordinate theme.
- rooky
-
adjective,
full of or frequented by rooks.
- yours
-
noun,
something or someone closely identified with or resembling the person addressed:
- trunk
-
noun,
the main stem of a tree, as distinct from the branches and roots.
- roods
-
noun,
a crucifix, especially a large one at the entrance to the choir or chancel of a medieval church, often supported on a rood beam or rood screen.
- Rollo
-
noun,
Also called Rolf, Roy, Hrolf, Rolf the Ganger. a.d. c860–931? Norse chieftain: 1st duke of Normandy 911?.
- trull
-
noun,
a prostitute; strumpet.
- yurts
-
noun,
a tentlike dwelling of the Mongol and Turkic peoples of central Asia, consisting of a cylindrical wall of poles in a lattice arrangement with a conical roof of poles, both covered by felt or skins.
- Aston
-
noun,
Francis William, 1877–1945, English physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1922.
- rooks
-
noun,
a black, European crow, Corvus frugilegus, noted for its gregarious habits.
- Yurak
-
noun,
Nenets.
- Astor
-
noun,
John Jacob, 1763–1848, U.S. capitalist and fur merchant.
- Yulan
-
noun,
a magnolia tree, Magnolia heptapeta, native to China, having large, fragrant white flowers and cylindrical brownish fruit.
- yuans
-
noun,
Also called yuan dollar. a copper coin of the Republic of China, equal to 100 cents; dollar.
- Ronco
-
noun,
any grunt of the genus Haemulon, especially H. parrai, the sailor's-choice, of West Indian waters.
- rolls
-
noun,
a document of paper, parchment, or the like, that is or may be rolled up, as for storing; scroll.
- Yucca
-
noun,
any plant belonging to the genus Yucca, of the agave family, native to the warmer regions of America, having pointed, usually rigid, sword-shaped leaves and clusters of white, waxy flowers: the state flower of New Mexico.
- Yukon
-
noun,
a river flowing NW and then SW from NW Canada through Alaska to the Bering Sea. About 2000 miles (3220 km) long.
- truly
-
adverb,
in accordance with fact or truth; truthfully.
- Trudy
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Gertrude.
- 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.
- yucks
-
noun,
a loud, hearty laugh.
- yocks
-
noun,
a loud, hearty laugh.
- rocks
-
noun,
a large mass of stone forming a hill, cliff, promontory, or the like.
- atory
-
- Kandy
-
noun,
a city in central Sri Lanka: famous Buddhist temples.
- asco-
-
- Royal
-
noun,
Nautical. a sail set on a royal mast.
- ascon
-
noun,
a type of sponge having an oval shape and a thin body wall with pores leading directly into the spongocoel.
- 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.
- yolks
-
noun,
the yellow and principal substance of an egg, as distinguished from the white.
- Rolla
-
noun,
a city in S central Missouri.
- rooty
-
noun,
bread.
- 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.
- atony
-
noun,
Pathology. lack of tone or energy; muscular weakness, especially in a contractile organ.
- Asyut
-
noun,
a city in central Egypt, on the Nile.
- Roost
-
noun,
a perch upon which birds or fowls rest at night.
- Kabul
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Afghanistan, in the NE part.
- Yorks
-
noun,
a member of the royal house of England that ruled from 1461 to 1485.
- atoll
-
noun,
a ring-shaped coral reef or a string of closely spaced small coral islands, enclosing or nearly enclosing a shallow lagoon.
- kayos
-
noun,
KO.
- caco-
-
- round
-
noun,
any round shape, as a circle, ring or sphere.
- sarc-
-
- dooly
-
noun,
(in India) a simple litter, often used to transport sick or wounded persons.
- sarod
-
noun,
a lute of northern India, played with a bow.
- sarky
-
adjective,
sarcastic.
- dorab
-
noun,
wolf herring.
- DORAN
-
noun,
an electronic device for determining range and assisting navigation, employing the principle of the Doppler effect.
- Bally
-
noun,
a city in SW West Bengal, in E India, NW of Kolkata.
- toros
-
noun,
a bull.
- dorky
-
adjective,
stupid, inept, or unfashionable.
- 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.
- balks
-
noun,
a check or hindrance; defeat; disappointment.
- balky
-
adjective,
given to balking; stubborn; obstinate:
- dorty
-
adjective,
sullen; sulky.
- dorts
-
noun,
Dordrecht.
- Santo
-
noun,
a carved figure of a saint, usually of wood, as from Puerto Rico, Mexico, or the southwestern U.S.
- donut
-
noun,
doughnut.
- balds
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. a treeless mountaintop or area near the top: often used as part of a proper name.
- baldy
-
noun,
baldie.
- Doubs
-
noun,
a river in E France, flowing into the Saône River. About 260 miles (420 km) long.
- doubt
-
noun,
a feeling of uncertainty about the truth, reality, or nature of something.
- torsk
-
noun,
a cod.
- torso
-
noun,
the trunk of the human body.
- doura
-
noun,
durra.
- Douro
-
noun,
a river in SW Europe, flowing W from N Spain through N Portugal to the Atlantic. About 475 miles (765 km) long.
- Bakst
-
noun,
Léon Nikolaevich [lyi-awn nyi-kuh-lah-yi-vyich] /lyɪˈɔ̃ nyɪ kʌˈlɑ yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1866–1924, Russian painter and designer.
- Sandy
-
noun,
a male given name.
- drabs
-
noun,
dull gray; dull brownish or yellowish gray.
- Draco
-
noun,
the Dragon, a northern circumpolar constellation between Ursa Major and Cepheus.
- bayou
-
noun,
a marshy arm, inlet, or outlet of a lake, river, etc., usually sluggish or stagnant.
- 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.
- Donus
-
noun,
died a.d. 678, pope 676–678.
- Torun
-
noun,
a city in N Poland, on the Vistula.
- Dolby
-
- doats
-
verb (used without object),
dote.
- Sault
-
noun,
a waterfall or rapid.
- dobla
-
noun,
a former gold coin of Spain.
- Bantu
-
noun,
a member of any of several peoples forming a linguistically and in some respects culturally interrelated family in central and southern Africa.
- dobra
-
noun,
any of various former Portuguese coins, especially a gold coin of John V equal to two johannes.
- torcs
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- Dobro
-
noun,
(lowercase) any guitar of this type.
- Banks
-
noun,
Sir Joseph, 1734–1820, English naturalist.
- bands
-
noun,
a company of persons or, sometimes, animals or things, joined, acting, or functioning together; aggregation; party; troop:
- docks
-
noun,
a landing pier.
- Saucy
-
adjective,
impertinent; insolent:
- bandy
-
noun,
an early form of tennis.
- BANCS
-
noun,
the seat on which judges sit in court.
- Banco
-
noun,
a declaration made by a bettor in certain gambling games, as baccarat and chemin de fer, indicating a bet matching the full amount in the bank, to the exclusion of all previous lower bets: often used as an interjection.
- balls
-
noun,
a spherical or approximately spherical body or shape; sphere:
- Dolly
-
noun,
Informal. a doll.
- Dolon
-
noun,
a son of Eumedes who was killed by Diomedes and Odysseus even though he had given them valuable information about the Trojans.
- dolor
-
noun,
sorrow; grief.
- Stuka
-
noun,
a German two-seated dive bomber with a single in-line engine, used by the Luftwaffe in World War II.
- satyr
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of a class of woodland deities, attendant on Bacchus, represented as part human, part horse, and sometimes part goat and noted for riotousness and lasciviousness.
- Balt.
-
- dolts
-
noun,
a dull, stupid person; blockhead.
- dolus
-
noun,
fraud; deceit, especially involving or evidencing evil intent (distinguished from culpa):
- Saruk
-
noun,
Sarouk.
- 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.
- balon
-
noun,
ballon.
- Donau
-
noun,
German name of Danube.
- donor
-
noun,
a person who gives or donates.
- drays
-
noun,
a low, strong cart without fixed sides, for carrying heavy loads.
- drank
-
noun,
any liquid that is swallowed to quench thirst, for nourishment, etc.; beverage.
- troll
-
noun,
a song whose parts are sung in succession; a round.
- Duroc
-
noun,
one of an American breed of hardy red hogs having drooping ears.
- dulls
-
adjective,
not sharp; blunt:
- Troad
-
noun,
The, a region in NW Asia Minor surrounding ancient Troy.
- dunks
-
noun,
any flavorful sauce, dip, gravy, etc., into which portions of food are dipped before eating.
- Rusty
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- dunts
-
noun,
a hard blow or hit, especially one that makes a dull sound; thump.
- runts
-
noun,
an animal that is small or stunted as compared with others of its kind.
- dural
-
adjective,
of or relating to the dura mater.
- Duran
-
noun,
Roberto [ruh-bair-toh;; Spanish raw-ber-taw] /rəˈbɛər toʊ;; Spanish rɔˈbɛr tɔ/ (Show IPA), born 1951, Panamanian boxer.
- Autry
-
noun,
Gene, 1907–1998, U.S. actor and singer.
- auto.
-
- duras
-
noun,
dura mater.
- runty
-
adjective,
stunted; dwarfish:
- durns
-
adjective, adverb, verb (used with object), noun,
darn2 .
- duros
-
noun,
a peso of Spain or Spanish America.
- Dulcy
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Dulce.
- Durst
-
noun,
an act of daring or defiance; challenge.
- dusky
-
adjective,
somewhat dark; having little light; dim; shadowy.
- Aust.
-
- Dusty
-
adjective,
filled, covered, or clouded with or as with dust.
- rucks
-
noun,
a large number or quantity; mass.
- yacks
-
noun,
incessant idle or gossipy talk.
- aunty
-
noun,
auntie.
- troys
-
noun,
Latin Ilium. Greek Ilion. an ancient ruined city in NW Asia Minor: the seventh of nine settlements on the site is commonly identified as the Troy of the Iliad.
- Yakut
-
noun,
a member of a Turkic-speaking people of the Lena River valley and adjacent areas of eastern Siberia.
- routs
-
noun,
a defeat attended with disorderly flight; dispersal of a defeated force in complete disorder:
- yanks
-
noun,
an abrupt, vigorous pull; jerk.
- roust
-
verb (used with object),
to rout, as from a place:
- aulos
-
noun,
an ancient Greek wind instrument, a double pipe played with a double reed.
- sabot
-
noun,
a shoe made of a single block of wood hollowed out, worn especially by farmers and workers in the Netherlands, France, Belgium, etc.
- Sacco
-
noun,
Nicola [nee-kaw-lah] /niˈkɔ lɑ/ (Show IPA), 1891–1927, Italian anarchist, in the U.S. after 1908: together with Bartolomeo Vanzetti, found guilty of robbery and murder 1921; executed 1927.
- drats
-
interjection,
(used to express mild disgust, disappointment, or the like):
- Bacon
-
noun,
the back and sides of the hog, salted and dried or smoked, usually sliced thin and fried for food.
- salud
-
interjection,
(used after a person has sneezed or as a toast.)
- Dryas
-
noun,
any creeping plant belonging to the genus Dryas, of the rose family, having solitary white or yellow flowers, comprising the mountain avens.
- Salto
-
noun,
a city in NW Uruguay, on the Uruguay River.
- 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.
- droll
-
noun,
a droll person; jester; wag.
- Tosca
-
noun,
an opera (1900) by Giacomo Puccini.
- drool
-
noun,
saliva running down from one's mouth; drivel.
- badly
-
Idioms,
badly off. bad1 (def 41).
- bact.
-
- drouk
-
verb (used with object),
to wet thoroughly; drench.
- salty
-
adjective,
tasting of or containing salt; saline.
- drubs
-
noun,
a blow with a stick or the like.
- drunk
-
noun,
an intoxicated person.
- Backs
-
- Dukas
-
noun,
Paul (Abraham) [pawl a-bra-am] /pɔl a braˈam/ (Show IPA), 1865–1935, French composer.
- salon
-
noun,
a drawing room or reception room in a large house.
- Salol
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, aromatic powder, C 13 H 10 O 3 , produced by the interaction of salicylic acid and phenol, used as a preservative, a light absorber in suntan preparations, and in medicine chiefly as an antipyretic and as an antiseptic.
- Sally
-
noun,
a sortie of troops from a besieged place upon an enemy.
- duals
-
noun,
the dual number.
- baccy
-
noun,
Older Use. tobacco.
- Sadoc
-
noun,
Zadok.
- Ducal
-
adjective,
of or relating to a duke or dukedom.
- 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).
- 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.
- Tracy
-
noun,
Spencer, 1900–67, U.S. film actor.
- ducky
-
noun,
(used as a term of endearment or familiarity) dear; sweetheart; darling; pet.
- 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.
- trank
-
noun,
a tranquilizer.
- ducts
-
noun,
any tube, canal, pipe, or conduit by which a fluid, air, or other substance is conducted or conveyed.
- artsy
-
adjective,
arty.
- Turk.
-
- 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.
- lt-yr
-
- lotas
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- lotos
-
noun,
lotus.
- 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.
- Louys
-
noun,
Pierre [pyer] /pyɛr/ (Show IPA), 1870–1925, French poet and novelist.
- acyls
-
adjective,
containing the acyl group.
- loury
-
adjective,
lowery.
- lours
-
verb (used without object), noun,
lower2 .
- lousy
-
Idioms,
lousy with, Slang. well supplied with or filled with, often to excess:
- onto-
-
- louts
-
noun,
an awkward, stupid person; clumsy, ill-mannered boor; oaf.
- onlay
-
noun,
an overlay, especially one in relief.
- onco-
-
- Olson
-
noun,
Charles, 1910–70, U.S. poet and essayist.
- oracy
-
noun,
the ability to express oneself in and understand spoken language.
- ollas
-
noun,
a pot, especially an earthen pot for holding water, cooking, etc.
- lubra
-
noun,
an Aborigine girl or woman.
- Lucan
-
noun,
(Marcus Annaeus Lucanus) a.d. 39–65, Roman poet, born in Spain.
- Lucas
-
noun,
George, born 1944, U.S. film director.
- Lucca
-
noun,
a city in NW Italy, W of Florence.
- accus
-
- Lucky
-
noun,
a familiar name applied to an elderly woman, especially a grandmother; granny.
- lucks
-
noun,
the force that seems to operate for good or ill in a person's life, as in shaping circumstances, events, or opportunities:
- acct.
-
- Lukan
-
adjective,
of or relating to the Evangelist Luke or to the Gospel of Luke.
- Lukas
-
noun,
Paul, 1895–1971, U.S. actor, born in Hungary.
- Oland
-
noun,
an island in SE Sweden, separated from the mainland by Kalmar Sound. 26,750; 519 sq. mi. (1345 sq. km).
- lulab
-
noun,
lulav.
- Lorna
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Lords
-
noun,
a person who has authority, control, or power over others; a master, chief, or ruler.
- lunar
-
noun,
a lunar observation taken for purposes of navigation or mapping.
- loyal
-
adjective,
faithful to one's sovereign, government, or state:
- Acton
-
noun,
a quilted garment worn under mail in the 13th and 14th centuries; gambeson.
- lobus
-
noun,
a lobe.
- ordn.
-
- local
-
noun,
a local train, bus, etc.
- acron
-
noun,
the unsegmented, preoral portion of the body of an arthropod.
- acro-
-
- 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.
- Orcus
-
noun,
the ancient Roman god of the underworld, identified with the Greek Pluto, or Hades.
- locos
-
noun,
locoweed.
- locus
-
noun,
a place; locality.
- acorn
-
noun,
the typically ovoid fruit or nut of an oak, enclosed at the base by a cupule.
- acold
-
adjective,
being cold or chilled.
- acock
-
adverb, adjective,
cocked.
- Lorca
-
noun,
García Lorca.
- Orcas
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- looby
-
noun,
an awkward person, especially one who is lazy or stupid; lout; lubber.
- 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.
- looky
-
interjection,
look; look here.
- looks
-
noun,
the act of looking:
- orans
-
noun,
orant.
- loony
-
noun,
a lunatic.
- loons
-
noun,
any of several large, short-tailed, web-footed, fish-eating diving birds of the genus Gavia, of the Northern Hemisphere.
- orals
-
noun,
an oral examination in a school, college, or university, given especially to a candidate for an advanced degree.
- loots
-
noun,
spoils or plunder taken by pillaging, as in war.
- Loral
-
adjective,
of or relating to lore, knowledge, learning, etc.
- 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.
- unlay
-
verb (used with object),
to separate (a strand) from a rope.
- okras
-
noun,
a shrub, Abelmoschus esculentus, of the mallow family, bearing beaked pods.
- lunas
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess personifying the moon, sometimes identified with Diana.
- lobos
-
noun,
the gray or timber wolf of the western U.S.
- nolos
-
noun,
nolo contendere.
- Abdon
-
noun,
one of the minor judges of Israel. Judges 12:13–15.
- Ndola
-
noun,
a city in N Zambia.
- uran-
-
- obols
-
noun,
a silver coin of ancient Greece, the sixth part of a drachma.
- Urban
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 222–230.
- nobly
-
adverb,
in a noble manner.
- obdt.
-
- Obad.
-
- nocks
-
noun,
a metal or plastic piece at the end of an arrow, having a notch for the bowstring.
- noct-
-
- nodal
-
adjective,
pertaining to or of the nature of a node.
- nodus
-
noun,
a difficult or intricate point, situation, plot, etc.
- USLTA
-
- naut.
-
- nooky
-
noun,
coitus; sexual intercourse.
- NORAD
-
noun,
a joint U.S.-Canadian air force command responsible for detecting aircraft and space vehicles deemed a threat to the continental airspace.
- Norco
-
noun,
a town in S California.
- nutsy
-
adjective,
nutty (defs 3, 4).
- 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.
- noso-
-
- 30-30
-
- nurds
-
noun,
nerd.
- noto-
-
- nulls
-
noun,
Electronics. a point of minimum signal reception, as on a radio direction finder or other electronic meter.
- Notus
-
noun,
the ancient Greek personification of the south wind.
- 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.
- nullo
-
noun,
(in certain card games) a bid to take no tricks.
- Obuda
-
noun,
See under Budapest.
- occur
-
verb (used without object),
to happen; take place; come to pass:
- Okla.
-
- ocul-
-
- lunts
-
noun,
a match; the flame used to light a fire.
- Luray
-
noun,
a town in N Virginia: site of Luray Caverns.
- AC/DC
-
adjective,
sexually responsive to both men and women; bisexual.
- abuts
-
verb (used with object),
to be adjacent to; border on; end at.
- Abury
-
noun,
Avebury (def 2).
- okays
-
noun,
an approval, agreement, or endorsement:
- lurks
-
noun,
an underhand scheme; dodge.
- Lusty
-
adjective,
full of or characterized by healthy vigor.
- Luton
-
noun,
a city in Bedfordshire, S central England, NW of London.
- odour
-
noun,
odor.
- abstr
-
- odyls
-
noun,
od.
- about
-
adverb,
near in time, number, degree, etc.; approximately:
- abort
-
noun,
a missile, rocket, etc., that has aborted.
- natl.
-
- octo-
-
- aboon
-
adverb, preposition,
above.
- octan
-
noun,
an octan fever.
- unsay
-
verb (used with object),
to withdraw (something said), as if it had never been said; retract.
- narcs
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- octal
-
noun,
octonary (def 6).
- nards
-
noun,
an aromatic Himalayan plant, believed to be the spikenard, Nardostachys jatamansi, the source of an ointment used by the ancients.
- octad
-
noun,
a group or series of eight.
- narks
-
noun,
British Slang. a stool pigeon or informer.
- Nasby
-
noun,
Petroleum V. pen name of David Ross Locke.
- octa-
-
- naso-
-
- nasty
-
noun,
Informal. a nasty person or thing.
- ordos
-
noun,
a desert plateau in the S Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region in N China. About 35,000 sq. mi. (90,650 sq. km).
- Actor
-
noun,
a person who acts in stage plays, motion pictures, television broadcasts, etc.
- Karst
-
noun,
an area of limestone terrane characterized by sinks, ravines, and underground streams.
- krans
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Iran.
- Konya
-
noun,
a city in S Turkey, S of Ankara.
- rason
-
noun,
a long, loose, black gown with wide sleeves, worn by the clergy.
- Koord
-
noun,
a Kurd.
- 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.
- antsy
-
adjective,
unable to sit or stand still; fidgety:
- turds
-
noun,
a piece of excrement.
- saury
-
noun,
a sharp-snouted fish, Scomberesox saurus, inhabiting temperate regions of the Atlantic Ocean.
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- turks
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Turkey.
- kotos
-
noun,
a Japanese musical instrument having numerous strings, usually seven or thirteen, that are stretched over a convex wooden sounding board and are plucked with three plectra, worn on the thumb, index finger, and middle finger of one hand.
- ankus
-
noun,
an elephant goad of India with a spike and a hook at one end.
- ranks
-
noun,
a number of persons forming a separate class in a social hierarchy or in any graded body.
- rands
-
noun,
(in shoemaking) a strip of leather set in a shoe at the heel before the lifts are attached.
- Koloa
-
noun,
a Hawaiian duck, Anas wyvilliana, related to the mallard, having a dusky greenish head and dark chestnut breast.
- Kraus
-
noun,
Karl, 1874–1936, Austrian writer and editor.
- Kraut
-
noun,
Informal. sauerkraut.
- kryo-
-
- krona
-
noun,
a silver and cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Sweden, equal to 100 öre. Abbreviation: Kr., kr.
- kroon
-
noun,
an aluminum bronze coin and monetary unit of Estonia from 1928 to 1940 and from 1992 to 2010, when it was replaced by the euro, equal to 100 marks or senti.
- andry
-
- Randy
-
noun,
Chiefly Scot. a rude or coarse beggar.
- Kuban
-
noun,
a river flowing NW from the Caucasus Mountains to the Black and the Azov seas. 512 miles (825 km) long.
- kudos
-
noun,
honor; glory; acclaim:
- Kulla
-
noun,
the Sumerian and Akkadian god of bricks.
- rally
-
noun,
a recovery from dispersion or disorder, as of troops.
- rall.
-
- andr-
-
- kolos
-
noun,
a Serbian folk dance performed by a group arranged in a circle, with the soloists in the center.
- kolas
-
noun,
kola nut.
- andor
-
conjunction,
(used to imply that either or both of the things mentioned may be affected or involved):
- Arndt
-
noun,
Ernst Moritz [ernst moh-rits] /ɛrnst ˈmoʊ rɪts/ (Show IPA), 1769–1860, German poet and historian.
- tucks
-
noun,
something tucked or folded in.
- 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.
- Robus
-
noun,
Hugo, 1885–1963, U.S. sculptor.
- 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.
- kaury
-
noun,
kauri.
- robot
-
noun,
a machine that resembles a human and does mechanical, routine tasks on command.
- Tudor
-
noun,
Antony, 1909–87, English choreographer and dancer.
- 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.
- roans
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- kyats
-
noun,
a paper money, cupronickel coin, and monetary unit of Burma (Myanmar), equal to 100 pyas.
- Kyoto
-
noun,
a city on S Honshu, in central Japan: the capital of Japan a.d. 794–1868.
- Tully
-
noun,
Cicero, Marcus Tullius.
- Tulsa
-
noun,
a city in NE Oklahoma: center of a rich oil-producing region.
- Kolar
-
noun,
a city in SE Karnataka, in S India: rich mining district.
- klans
-
noun,
Ku Klux Klan.
- knars
-
noun,
a knot on a tree or in wood.
- Knoll
-
noun,
a small, rounded hill or eminence; hillock.
- ryots
-
noun,
a peasant.
- knout
-
noun,
a whip with a lash of leather thongs, formerly used in Russia for flogging criminals.
- 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.
- arcus
-
noun,
a dense, horizontal, roll-shaped cloud sometimes occurring at the lower front portion of a cumulonimbus.
- 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.
- tunka
-
noun,
wax gourd.
- knurs
-
noun,
a knotty or hard protuberance or growth, as on a tree.
- rynds
-
noun,
rind2 .
- 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.
- ratos
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- rayon
-
noun,
a regenerated, semisynthetic textile filament made from cellulose, cotton linters, or wood chips by treating these with caustic soda and carbon disulfide and passing the resultant solution, viscose, through spinnerets.
- kurta
-
noun,
a long-sleeved, hip-length shirt worn by men in India.
- lobar
-
adjective,
of or relating to a lobe, as of the lungs.
- Lynda
-
noun,
a female given name.
- unbar
-
verb (used with object),
to remove a bar or bars from; open; unlock; unbolt:
- Otaru
-
noun,
a city in W Hokkaido, in N Japan.
- Akron
-
noun,
a city in NE Ohio.
- latry
-
- lauds
-
noun,
a song or hymn of praise.
- ayous
-
noun,
the wood of the obeche.
- adust
-
adjective,
dried or darkened as by heat.
- adunc
-
adjective,
curved inward; hooked.
- adult
-
noun,
a person who is fully grown or developed or of age.
- OSCAR
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter O.
- Oscan
-
noun,
one of an ancient people of south-central Italy.
- lyard
-
adjective,
streaked or spotted with gray or white.
- adorn
-
verb (used with object),
to decorate or add beauty to, as by ornaments:
- Alcon
-
noun,
a noted archer who helped Hercules abduct the cattle of Geryon.
- Orton
-
noun,
Joe (John Kingsley Orton) 1933–67, English playwright.
- Lyons
-
noun,
Joseph Aloysius, 1879–1939, Australian statesman: prime minister 1932–39.
- lyso-
-
- Lysol
-
- Orson
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Old French word meaning “bearlike.”.
- uncos
-
noun,
something extraordinary or unusual; a novelty.
- Llano
-
noun,
an extensive grassy plain with few trees.
- actos
-
- LLoyd
-
noun,
Welsh Legend. Llwyd.
- orlos
-
noun,
a plinth supporting the base of a column.
- Orlon
-
- loads
-
noun,
anything put in or on something for conveyance or transportation; freight; cargo:
- loans
-
noun,
the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something:
- Lasky
-
noun,
Jesse Louis, 1880–1958, U.S. film producer.
- lards
-
noun,
the rendered fat of hogs, especially the internal fat of the abdomen.
- 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.
- Ladon
-
noun,
a dragon having 100 heads and guarding the garden of the Hesperides: killed by Hercules.
- Udall
-
noun,
Also called Uvedale. Nicholas, 1505–56, English translator and playwright, especially of comedy.
- Altus
-
noun,
a city in SW Oklahoma.
- racon
-
noun,
radar beacon.
- racks
-
noun,
a framework of bars, wires, or pegs on which articles are arranged or deposited:
- Alton
-
noun,
a city in SW Illinois.
- labor
-
noun,
productive activity, especially for the sake of economic gain.
- alto-
-
- rabot
-
noun,
a hardwood block used for rubbing marble before polishing.
- ulans
-
noun,
uhlan.
- lacks
-
noun,
deficiency or absence of something needed, desirable, or customary:
- aloud
-
adverb,
with the normal tone and volume of the speaking voice, as distinguished from whisperingly:
- lact-
-
- Alost
-
noun,
a city in central Belgium, NW of Brussels.
- allot
-
verb (used with object),
to divide or distribute by share or portion; distribute or parcel out; apportion:
- Alcor
-
- alloy
-
noun,
a substance composed of two or more metals, or of a metal or metals with a nonmetal, intimately mixed, as by fusion or electrodeposition.
- allo-
-
- ulnas
-
noun,
Anatomy. the bone of the forearm on the side opposite to the thumb.
Compare radius (def 7).
- outdo
-
verb (used with object),
to surpass in execution or performance:
- Landy
-
noun,
John Michael, born 1930, Australian track athlete and political leader: governor of Victoria 2001–06.
- Lando
-
noun,
died a.d. 914, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 913–914.
- alkyl
-
noun,
an alkyl group.
- 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:
- alkyd
-
noun,
Also called alkyd resin. any of a group of sticky resins derived from dicarboxylic acids, as phthalic or maleic acid, in reaction with polyvalent alcohols, as glycol or glycerol: used chiefly in adhesives and paints.
- lanky
-
adjective,
ungracefully thin and rawboned; bony; gaunt:
- aldol
-
noun,
Also called acetaldol. a colorless, syrupy, water-soluble liquid, C 4 H 8 O 2 , formed by the condensation of acetaldehyde: used chiefly in the manufacture of rubber vulcanizers and accelerators, and in perfumery.
- lardy
-
adjective,
like or consisting of lard:
- unary
-
adjective,
pertaining to a function whose domain is a given set and whose range is contained in that set.
- toran
-
noun,
(in Indian Buddhist and Hindu architecture) a gateway having two or three lintels between two posts.
- BALUN
-
noun,
a device for converting a balanced line into an unbalanced line and vice versa.
- tardy
-
adjective,
late; behind time; not on time:
- stony
-
adjective,
full of or abounding in stones or rock:
- boost
-
noun,
an upward shove or raise; lift.
- cooly
-
noun,
coolie.
- cools
-
noun,
something that is cool; a cool part, place, time, etc.:
- stola
-
noun,
a long, loose tunic or robe, with or without sleeves, worn by women of ancient Rome.
- 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.
- coony
-
adjective,
sharp-witted and shrewd; wily; canny.
- soldo
-
noun,
a former copper coin of Italy, the twentieth part of a lira, equal to five centesimi.
- boons
-
noun,
something to be thankful for; blessing; benefit.
- bulky
-
adjective,
of relatively large and cumbersome bulk or size.
- cooty
-
noun,
cootie1 .
- stood
-
noun,
the act of standing; an assuming of or a remaining in an upright position.
- sutra
-
noun,
Hinduism. a collection of aphorisms relating to some aspect of the conduct of life.
- coots
-
noun,
any aquatic bird of the genus Fulica, as F. americana, of North America, and F. atra, of the Old World, characterized by lobate toes and short wings and tail.
- stook
-
noun,
shock2 (def 1).
- solar
-
noun,
Informal. solar energy.
- Coral
-
noun,
the hard, variously colored, calcareous skeleton secreted by certain marine polyps.
- books
-
noun,
a handwritten or printed work of fiction or nonfiction, usually on sheets of paper fastened or bound together within covers.
- 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.
- stool
-
noun,
a single seat on legs or a pedestal and without arms or a back.
- caus.
-
- bonus
-
noun,
something given or paid over and above what is due.
- Corby
-
noun,
a town in NE Northamptonshire, in S England.
- cauls
-
noun,
a part of the amnion sometimes covering the head of a child at birth.
- Cooks
-
noun,
a person who cooks:
- Cooky
-
noun,
cookie.
- solan
-
noun,
a gannet.
- boral
-
noun,
a compound of an aluminum tartrate and borate, used chiefly as an astringent and antiseptic.
- cycl-
-
- conks
-
noun,
the head.
- boron
-
noun,
a nonmetallic element occurring naturally only in combination, as in borax or boric acid, and obtained in either an amorphous or a crystalline form when reduced from its compounds. Symbol: B; atomic weight: 10.811; atomic number: 5.
- Cons.
-
- boro-
-
- Bornu
-
noun,
a former sultanate in Africa, SW of Lake Chad: now largely a province in Nigeria.
- Const
-
- Cycas
-
noun,
any of several palmlike Old World tropical plants of the genus Cycas, some species of which are cultivated as ornamentals in warm climates.
- cycad
-
noun,
any gymnospermous plant of the order Cycadales, intermediate in appearance between ferns and the palms, many species having a thick, unbranched, columnar trunk bearing a crown of large, leathery, pinnate leaves.
- boras
-
noun,
a city in S Sweden, near Göteborg.
- cont.
-
- conto
-
noun,
a money of account of Portugal and Cape Verde, equal to 1000 escudos.
- taboo
-
noun,
a prohibition or interdiction of anything; exclusion from use or practice:
Synonyms: ban, proscription, embargo, interdiction; no-no.
- cyans
-
noun,
cyan blue.
- Borak
-
noun,
ridicule.
- tardo
-
adjective,
slow (used as a musical direction).
- cyan-
-
- Boots
-
noun,
a servant, as at a hotel, who blacks or polishes shoes and boots.
- booty
-
noun,
spoil taken from an enemy in war; plunder; pillage.
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- 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.
- Solon
-
noun,
c638–c558 b.c, Athenian statesman.
- Tabor
-
noun,
a small drum formerly used to accompany oneself on a pipe or fife.
- Stock
-
noun,
a supply of goods kept on hand for sale to customers by a merchant, distributor, manufacturer, etc.; inventory.
- bulks
-
noun,
magnitude in three dimensions:
- bonks
-
verb (used with or without object),
to hit, strike, collide, etc.:
- Bucks
-
noun,
Buckinghamshire.
- Bundy
-
noun,
a time clock.
- Tyson
-
noun,
Michael Gerald ("Mike"; "Iron Mike") born 1966, U.S. boxer.
- Cosby
-
noun,
William Henry (Bill) born 1937, U.S. comedian and actor.
- socko
-
adjective,
extremely impressive or successful:
- bunco
-
noun,
bunko.
- Costa
-
noun,
a rib or riblike part.
- 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.
- Boyds
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Gaelic word meaning “light.”.
- carts
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- boyar
-
noun,
Russian History. a member of the old nobility of Russia, before Peter the Great made rank dependent on state service.
- Sobor
-
noun,
a council, synod, or convention.
- toady
-
noun,
an obsequious flatterer; sycophant.
- tyros
-
noun,
a beginner in learning anything; novice.
- bunds
-
noun,
an embankment or an embanked quay, often providing a promenade.
- boats
-
noun,
a vessel for transport by water, constructed to provide buoyancy by excluding water and shaped to give stability and permit propulsion.
- could
-
noun,
a sealed container for food, beverages, etc., as of aluminum, sheet iron coated with tin, or other metal:
- stray
-
noun,
a domestic animal found wandering at large or without an owner.
- Count
-
noun,
the act of counting; enumeration; reckoning; calculation:
- boast
-
noun,
a thing boasted of; a cause for pride:
- Tobol
-
noun,
a river rising in Kazakhstan, flowing NE through the Russian Federation in Asia to the Irtysh River. 800 miles (1290 km) long.
- boart
-
noun,
bort.
- boars
-
noun,
the uncastrated male swine.
- board
-
noun,
a piece of wood sawed thin, and of considerable length and breadth compared with the thickness.
- today
-
noun,
this present day:
- boyos
-
noun,
boy; lad.
- Tyrol
-
noun,
an alpine region in W Austria and N Italy: a former Austrian crown land.
- caulk
-
noun,
Also, caulking [kaw-king] /ˈkɔ kɪŋ/ (Show IPA). a material or substance used for caulking.
- bolus
-
noun,
Pharmacology, Veterinary Medicine. a round mass of medicinal material, larger than an ordinary pill. Abbreviation: bol.
- cords
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) clothing, especially trousers, of corded fabric; corduroys.
- bull.
-
abbreviation,
bulletin.
- bulla
-
noun,
a seal attached to an official document, as a papal bull.
- Bully
-
noun,
a blustering, quarrelsome, overbearing person who habitually badgers and intimidates smaller or weaker people.
- cauld
-
adjective, noun,
cold.
- corky
-
adjective,
of the nature of cork; corklike.
- corks
-
noun,
the outer bark of an oak, Quercus suber, of Mediterranean countries, used for making stoppers for bottles, floats, etc.
- bonds
-
noun,
something that binds, fastens, confines, or holds together.
- Story
-
noun,
a narrative, either true or fictitious, in prose or verse, designed to interest, amuse, or instruct the hearer or reader; tale.
- T-bar
-
noun,
a rolled metal bar or beam with a cross section resembling a T .
- 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.
- Corny
-
adjective,
of or abounding in corn.
- stour
-
noun,
British Dialect.
tumult; confusion.
a storm.
- bulls
-
noun,
the male of a bovine animal, especially of the genus Bos, with sexual organs intact and capable of reproduction.
- 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.
- bolts
-
noun,
a movable bar or rod that when slid into a socket fastens a door, gate, etc.
- cornu
-
noun,
a horn, especially a bony part that resembles a horn.
- bolos
-
noun,
a large, heavy, single-edged knife or machete for hacking, used in the Philippines and by the U.S. Army.
- bolls
-
noun,
a rounded seed vessel or pod of a plant, as of flax or cotton.
- boldo
-
noun,
a Chilean evergreen tree, Peumus boldus, cultivated in California for its aromatic foliage.
- bolas
-
noun,
bola (def 1).
- bolar
-
adjective,
of or relating to bole or clay.
- Corot
-
noun,
Jean Baptiste Camille [zhahn ba-teest ka-mee-yuh] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist kaˈmi yə/ (Show IPA), 1796–1875, French painter.
- surly
-
adjective,
churlishly rude or bad-tempered:
Synonyms: sullen, uncivil, brusque, irascible, splenetic, choleric, cross; grumpy, grouchy, crabby.
- SONAR
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- Tansy
-
noun,
any of several composite plants of the genus Tanacetum, especially a strong-scented, weedy, Old World herb, T. vulgare, having flat-topped clusters of tubular yellow flowers.
- bundt
-
adjective,
of or noting a cake baked in such a pan, or the ring-shaped form of such a cake.
- coast
-
noun,
the land next to the sea; seashore:
- clunk
-
noun,
a hard hit, especially on the head.
- Brook
-
noun,
a small, natural stream of fresh water.
- 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.
- clank
-
noun,
a sharp, hard, nonresonant sound, like that produced by two pieces of metal striking, one against the other:
- Srta.
-
- Stark
-
noun,
Harold Raynsford [reynz-ferd] /ˈreɪnz fərd/ (Show IPA), 1880–1972, U.S. admiral.
- coact
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do or act together.
- brood
-
noun,
a number of young produced or hatched at one time; a family of offspring or young.
- coaly
-
adjective,
of, resembling, or containing coal.
- coals
-
noun,
a black or dark-brown combustible mineral substance consisting of carbonized vegetable matter, used as a fuel.
Compare anthracite, bituminous coal, lignite.
- Coats
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- Cluny
-
noun,
a town in E France, N of Lyons: ruins of a Benedictine abbey.
- SOUND
-
noun,
the sensation produced by stimulation of the organs of hearing by vibrations transmitted through the air or other medium.
- bronc
-
noun,
bronco:
- Brock
-
noun,
a European badger.
- Broca
-
noun,
Paul [pawl] /pɔl/ (Show IPA), 1824–80, French surgeon and anthropologist.
- COBOL
-
noun,
a programming language particularly suited for writing programs to process large files of data, using a vocabulary of common English words, phrases, and sentences.
- Cobra
-
noun,
any of several highly venomous, Old World elapid snakes of the genera Naja and Ophiophagus, characterized by the ability to flatten the neck into a hoodlike form when disturbed.
- 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.
- cocas
-
noun,
a shrub, Erythroxylon coca, native to the Andes, having simple, alternate leaves and small yellowish flowers.
- clads
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of clothe.
- Broad
-
noun,
the broad part of anything.
- styl-
-
- clans
-
noun,
a group of families or households, as among the Scottish Highlanders, the heads of which claim descent from a common ancestor:
- cluck
-
noun,
the sound uttered by a hen when brooding, or in calling her chicks.
- Cocks
-
noun,
a male chicken; rooster.
- Talys
-
noun,
Thomas, Tallis, Thomas.
- cloak
-
noun,
a loose outer garment, as a cape or coat.
- clock
-
noun,
an instrument for measuring and recording time, especially by mechanical means, usually with hands or changing numbers to indicate the hour and minute: not designed to be worn or carried about.
- talky
-
adjective,
having or containing superfluous or purposeless talk, conversation, or dialogue, especially so as to impede action or progress:
- stand
-
noun,
the act of standing; an assuming of or a remaining in an upright position.
- cloys
-
verb (used with object),
to weary by an excess of food, sweetness, pleasure, etc.; surfeit; satiate.
- cloky
-
noun,
cloque.
- clonk
-
noun,
a low, dull sound of impact, as of a heavy object striking against another.
- claro
-
noun,
such a cigar.
- Brusa
-
noun,
Bursa.
- cloot
-
noun,
a cloven hoof; one of the divisions of the cloven hoof of the swine, sheep, etc.
- brunt
-
noun,
the main force or impact, as of an attack or blow:
- stall
-
noun,
a compartment in a stable or shed for the accommodation of one animal.
- bros.
-
noun,
a brother.
- Bruno
-
noun,
Giordano [jawr-dah-naw] /dʒɔrˈdɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1548?–1600, Italian philosopher.
- clots
-
noun,
a mass or lump.
- Clark
-
noun,
Alvan, 1804–87, and his son Alvan Graham, 1832–97, U.S. astronomers and telescope-lens manufacturers.
- Stalk
-
noun,
the stem or main axis of a plant.
- CLOUD
-
noun,
a visible collection of particles of water or ice suspended in the air, usually at an elevation above the earth's surface.
- talks
-
noun,
the act of talking; speech; conversation, especially of a familiar or informal kind.
- clout
-
noun,
a blow, especially with the hand; cuff:
- Broun
-
noun,
(Matthew) Heywood (Campbell) 1888–1939, U.S. journalist, essayist, and novelist.
- Clary
-
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.
- stack
-
noun,
a more or less orderly pile or heap:
- Stacy
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- cocky
-
noun,
Australian.
cockatoo (def 1).
cockatoo (def 2a).
- cocoa
-
noun,
a powder made from roasted, husked, and ground seeds of the cacao, Theobroma cacao, from which much of the fat has been removed.
- bucko
-
noun,
Chiefly Irish English. young fellow; chap; young companion.
- Sonya
-
noun,
a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.
- btry.
-
- brads
-
noun,
a slender wire nail having either a small, deep head or a projection to one side of the head end.
- Colo.
-
- Colon
-
noun,
the sign (:) used to mark a major division in a sentence, to indicate that what follows is an elaboration, summation, implication, etc., of what precedes; or to separate groups of numbers referring to different things, as hours from minutes in 5:30; or the members of a ratio or proportion, as in 1 : 2 = 3 : 6.
- bract
-
noun,
a specialized leaf or leaflike part, usually situated at the base of a flower or inflorescence.
- Talos
-
noun,
a man of brass made by Hephaestus for Minos as a guardian of Crete.
- color
-
noun,
the quality of an object or substance with respect to light reflected by the object, usually determined visually by measurement of hue, saturation, and brightness of the reflected light; saturation or chroma; hue.
- taluk
-
noun,
a hereditary estate.
- bousy
-
adjective,
intoxicated; drunk; boozy.
- Bourn
-
noun,
burn2 .
- Bound
-
noun,
a leap onward or upward; jump.
- Boult
-
noun,
Sir Adrian Cedric, 1889–1983, English conductor.
- brays
-
noun,
the loud, harsh cry of a donkey.
- Bucco
-
- conc.
-
- Bouar
-
noun,
a city in the W Central African Republic.
- talus
-
noun,
the uppermost bone of the proximal row of bones of the tarsus; anklebone.
- botas
-
noun,
Also called bota bag. a wine bag of Spain made of untanned goatskin and usually holding 1–2 liters (1.1–2.2 quarts).
- bosun
-
noun,
boatswain.
- boson
-
noun,
any particle that obeys Bose-Einstein statistics: bosons have integral spins: 0, 1, 2, ….
- bosky
-
adjective,
covered with bushes, shrubs, and small trees; woody.
- condo
-
noun,
condominium (defs 1, 2).
- tanks
-
noun,
a large receptacle, container, or structure for holding a liquid or gas:
- borts
-
noun,
low-quality diamond, in granular aggregate or small fragments, valuable only in crushed or powdered form, especially for industrial use as an abrasive.
- talon
-
noun,
a claw, especially of a bird of prey.
- Colly
-
noun,
grime; soot.
- Bryan
-
noun,
William Jennings [jen-ingz] /ˈdʒɛn ɪŋz/ (Show IPA), 1860–1925, U.S. political leader.
- sooty
-
adjective,
covered, blackened, or smirched with soot.
- Braun
-
noun,
Eva [ee-vuh;; German ey-vah] /ˈi və;; German ˈeɪ vɑ/ (Show IPA), 1912–45, mistress of Adolf Hitler.
- Tally
-
noun,
an account or reckoning; a record of debit and credit, of the score of a game, or the like.
- Cocos
-
noun,
coconut palm.
- sotol
-
noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Dasylirion, of the agave family, native to the southwestern U.S. and northern Mexico, resembling the yucca.
- codas
-
noun,
Music. a more or less independent passage, at the end of a composition, introduced to bring it to a satisfactory close.
- tacos
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- Brant
-
noun,
any of several species of small, dark-colored geese of the genus Branta, especially B. bernicla, breeding in high northern latitudes and migrating south in the autumn.
- codon
-
noun,
a triplet of adjacent nucleotides in the messenger RNA chain that codes for a specific amino acid in the synthesis of a protein molecule.
- clack
-
noun,
a clacking sound.
- Brans
-
noun,
the partly ground husk of wheat or other grain, separated from flour meal by sifting.
- tacks
-
noun,
a short, sharp-pointed nail, usually with a flat, broad head.
- Colas
-
noun,
a carbonated soft drink containing an extract made from kola nuts, together with sweeteners and other flavorings.
- Cyrus
-
noun,
("the Elder"or"the Great") c600–529 b.c, king of Persia 558?–529: founder of the Persian empire.
- cytol
-
- colat
-
- Colby
-
noun,
a mild, cheddar-type cheese that is softer and more open in texture than standard cheddar.
- cyto-
-
- tacky
-
adjective,
sticky to the touch; adhesive.
- colds
-
noun,
the relative absence of heat:
- soony
-
adjective,
sentimental; emotional.
- coll.
-
- cyst-
-
- brank
-
verb (used without object),
to hold up and toss the head, as a horse when spurning the bit or prancing.
- Brand
-
noun,
kind, grade, or make, as indicated by a stamp, trademark, or the like:
- 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.
- boyla
-
noun,
a witch doctor; sorcerer.
- bunko
-
noun,
a swindle in which a person is cheated at gambling, persuaded to buy a nonexistent, unsalable, or worthless object, or otherwise victimized.
- synod
-
noun,
an assembly of ecclesiastics or other church delegates, convoked pursuant to the law of the church, for the discussion and decision of ecclesiastical affairs; ecclesiastical council.
- Cusco
-
noun,
Cuzco.
- Skuld
-
noun,
See under Norn.
- canc.
-
- tonal
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having tonality.
- tondo
-
noun,
a round painting or relief.
- skoal
-
noun,
a toast.
- baulk
-
noun,
a check or hindrance; defeat; disappointment.
- sulky
-
noun,
a light, two-wheeled, one-horse carriage for one person.
- skald
-
noun,
one of the ancient Scandinavian poets.
- Canby
-
noun,
Henry Seidel [sahyd-l] /ˈsaɪd l/ (Show IPA), 1878–1961, U.S. author and critic.
- synd.
-
- tolly
-
noun,
candle (def 1).
- Butyl
-
adjective,
containing a butyl group.
- Sycon
-
noun,
a type of sponge having a thick body wall that is folded to form many short canals leading to the spongocoel.
- Dacko
-
noun,
David, 1930–2003, African statesman: president of the Central African Republic 1960–66, 1979–81.
- bauds
-
noun,
a unit used to measure the speed of signaling or data transfer, equal to the number of pulses or bits per second:
- Baton
-
noun,
Music. a wand used by a conductor.
- tono-
-
- scuta
-
noun,
plural of scutum.
- Sudra
-
noun,
Shudra.
- tonus
-
noun,
a normal state of continuous slight tension in muscle tissue that facilitates its response to stimulation.
- bason
-
noun,
a basin.
- tolls
-
noun,
a payment or fee exacted by the state, the local authorities, etc., for some right or privilege, as for passage along a road or over a bridge.
- Candy
-
noun,
any of a variety of confections made with sugar, syrup, etc., often combined with chocolate, fruit, nuts, etc.
- Sudan
-
noun,
a region in N Africa, S of the Sahara and Libyan deserts, extending from the Atlantic to the Red Sea.
- cunts
-
noun,
the vulva or vagina.
- Cukor
-
noun,
George, 1899–1983, U.S. film director.
- Sloan
-
noun,
John, 1871–1951, U.S. painter.
- Cully
-
noun,
Archaic. a dupe.
- Canso
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in SE Canada, the NE extremity of Nova Scotia.
- culls
-
noun,
act of culling.
- Sully
-
noun,
Obsolete. a stain; soil.
- Busra
-
noun,
Basra.
- slaty
-
adjective,
consisting of, resembling, or pertaining to slate.
- 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.
- Sulla
-
noun,
(Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix) 138–78 b.c, Roman general and statesman: dictator 82–79.
- slant
-
noun,
slanting or oblique direction; slope:
- skull
-
noun,
the bony framework of the head, enclosing the brain and supporting the face; the skeleton of the head.
- Byron
-
noun,
George Gordon, Lord (6th Baron Byron) 1788–1824, English poet.
- slank
-
noun,
a prematurely born calf or other animal.
- curbs
-
noun,
Also, British, kerb. a rim, especially of joined stones or concrete, along a street or roadway, forming an edge for a sidewalk.
- curdy
-
adjective,
like curd; full of or containing curd; coagulated.
- 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.
- busty
-
adjective,
having a large bust; bosomy.
- curly
-
adjective,
curling or tending to curl:
- curls
-
noun,
a coil or ringlet of hair.
- Slack
-
noun,
a slack condition or part.
- curns
-
noun,
a grain.
- curst
-
noun,
the expression of a wish that misfortune, evil, doom, etc., befall a person, group, etc.
- scull
-
noun,
an oar mounted on a fulcrum at the stern of a small boat and moved from side to side to propel the boat forward.
- calls
-
noun,
a cry or shout.
- Cant.
-
- Dylan
-
noun,
Bob (Robert Zimmerman) born 1941, U.S. folk-rock singer, guitarist, and composer.
- dauts
-
verb (used with object),
to caress.
- scorn
-
noun,
open or unqualified contempt; disdain:
- Cabot
-
noun,
John (Giovanni Caboto) c1450–98? Italian navigator in the service of England: discoverer of North American mainland 1497.
- scoot
-
noun,
a swift, darting movement or course.
- scold
-
noun,
a person who is constantly scolding, often with loud and abusive speech.
- stull
-
noun,
a timber prop.
- scat-
-
- scart
-
verb (used with or without object),
to scratch, scrape, mark, or scar.
- Dyaus
-
noun,
the Vedic god of the sky.
- calc-
-
- scary
-
adjective,
causing fright or alarm.
- toons
-
noun,
an Asian tree, Cedrela toona, of the mahogany family, yielding an aromatic red wood used for furniture, carving, etc.
- stuck
-
noun,
a branch or shoot of a tree or shrub that has been cut or broken off.
- Bardo
-
noun,
(in Lamaism) the state of the soul between death and rebirth.
- bardy
-
noun,
a beetle larva of Australia, Bardistus cibarius, that bores into plants and is used as food by Aborigines.
- scant
-
adverb,
Scot. and North England Dialect. scarcely; barely; hardly.
- cacks
-
noun,
a soft-soled, heelless shoe for infants.
- Scand
-
- study
-
noun,
application of the mind to the acquisition of knowledge, as by reading, investigation, or reflection:
- scall
-
noun,
dandruff.
- scaly
-
adjective,
covered with or abounding in scales or scale.
- scald
-
noun,
a burn caused by the action of hot liquid or steam.
- Scot.
-
- daunt
-
verb (used with object),
to overcome with fear; intimidate:
- sculk
-
noun,
a person who skulks.
- scrod
-
noun,
a young Atlantic codfish or haddock, especially one split for cooking.
- scudo
-
noun,
any of various gold or silver coins, of various Italian states, issued from the late 16th through the early 19th centuries.
- dally
-
verb (used with object),
to waste (time) (usually followed by away).
- Dalny
-
noun,
former Russian name of Dalian (def 2).
- tools
-
noun,
an implement, especially one held in the hand, as a hammer, saw, or file, for performing or facilitating mechanical operations.
- SCUBA
-
noun,
a portable breathing device for free-swimming divers, consisting of a mouthpiece joined by hoses to one or two tanks of compressed air that are strapped on the back.
- dancy
-
adjective,
suitable for or conducive to dancing; danceable.
- Bart.
-
- scrub
-
noun,
an act or instance of scrubbing.
- Baron
-
noun,
a member of the lowest grade of nobility.
- Darby
-
noun,
a float having two handles, used by plasterers.
- darky
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a black person.
- barky
-
adjective,
consisting of, containing, or covered with bark.
- darks
-
noun,
the absence of light; darkness:
- darns
-
noun,
a darned place, as in a garment:
- darts
-
- stunk
-
noun,
a strong offensive smell; stench.
- baro-
-
- Scout
-
noun,
a soldier, warship, airplane, etc., employed in reconnoitering.
- scour
-
noun,
the act of scouring.
- datos
-
noun,
(in the Philippines) a native chief.
- calks
-
noun,
Also, calkin. a projection on a horseshoe to prevent slipping on ice, pavement, etc.
- barks
-
noun,
the abrupt, harsh, explosive cry of a dog.
- daubs
-
noun,
material, especially of an inferior kind, for daubing walls.
- canst
-
noun,
a sealed container for food, beverages, etc., as of aluminum, sheet iron coated with tin, or other metal:
- stank
-
noun,
a strong offensive smell; stench.
- sloyd
-
noun,
a system of manual training based on experience gained in woodworking, originally developed in Sweden.
- blats
-
noun,
bleat (def 4).
- crocs
-
noun,
crocodile.
- Tokay
-
noun,
a gecko, Gekko gecko, of the Malay Archipelago and southeastern Asia: sometimes kept as a pet.
- crony
-
noun,
a close friend or companion; chum.
- cronk
-
adjective,
sick or feeble.
- bloat
-
noun,
Also called hoven. Veterinary Pathology. (in cattle, sheep, and horses) a distention of the rumen or paunch or of the large colon by gases of fermentation, caused by eating ravenously of green forage, especially legumes.
- crook
-
noun,
a bent or curved implement, piece, appendage, etc.; hook.
- croon
-
noun,
the act or sound of crooning.
- carks
-
noun,
care or worry.
- Tokyo
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Japan, on Tokyo Bay: one of the world's largest cities; destructive earthquake and fire 1923; signing of the Japanese surrender document aboard the U.S.S. Missouri, September 2, 1945.
- Buran
-
noun,
a strong Asian wind of the Asian steppes accompanying dust storms in summer and blizzards in winter.
- Caryn
-
noun,
a female given name.
- tolan
-
noun,
a crystalline, water-insoluble, solid, unsaturated compound, C 14 H 10 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- Block
-
noun,
a solid mass of wood, stone, etc., usually with one or more flat or approximately flat faces.
- Blank
-
noun,
a place where something is lacking; an empty space:
- sloka
-
noun,
a couplet or distich of Sanskrit verse, especially one with each line containing 16 syllables.
- Caryl
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- Snook
-
noun,
any basslike fish of the genus Centropomus, especially C. undecimalis, inhabiting waters off Florida and the West Indies and south to Brazil, valued as food and game.
- 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:
- cruck
-
noun,
(in old English building) one of a pair of naturally curved timbers forming one of several rigid arched frames supporting the roof of a cottage or farm building.
- Bland
-
noun,
James A(llen) 1854–1911, U.S. songwriter and minstrel performer.
- burds
-
noun,
a young lady; maiden.
- snood
-
noun,
the distinctive headband formerly worn by young unmarried women in Scotland and northern England.
- 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.
- crunk
-
noun,
a type of hip-hop originating in the southern U.S. and characterized by heavy bass and call-and-response vocals.
- stroy
-
verb (used with object),
to destroy.
- crock
-
noun,
an earthenware pot, jar, or other container.
- carbs
-
noun,
a carburetor.
- bunks
-
noun,
a built-in platform bed, as on a ship.
- Carol
-
noun,
a song, especially of joy.
- Cousy
-
noun,
Robert Joseph ("Bob") born 1928, U.S. basketball player.
- carob
-
noun,
a Mediterranean tree, Ceratonia siliqua, of the legume family, bearing long, leathery pods containing hard seeds and sweet, edible pulp.
- cracy
-
- blurt
-
noun,
an abrupt utterance.
- to-do
-
noun,
bustle; fuss:
- snuck
-
noun,
a sneaking, underhand, or contemptible person.
- Blunt
-
noun,
something blunt, as a small-game arrow, a short sewing needle, or a short, thick cigar.
- 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.
- carns
-
noun,
cairn.
- snout
-
noun,
the part of an animal's head projecting forward and containing the nose and jaws; muzzle.
- toyon
-
- snort
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- Surat
-
noun,
a seaport in S Gujarat, in W India: first British settlement in India 1612.
- cryo-
-
- Blood
-
noun,
the fluid that circulates in the principal vascular system of human beings and other vertebrates, in humans consisting of plasma in which the red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets are suspended.
- blond
-
noun,
a blond person.
- Carny
-
noun,
a person employed by a carnival.
- croak
-
noun,
the act or sound of croaking.
- bunts
-
noun,
a push with the head or horns; butt.
- sural
-
adjective,
of or relating to the calf of the leg.
- buoys
-
noun,
Nautical. a distinctively shaped and marked float, sometimes carrying a signal or signals, anchored to mark a channel, anchorage, navigational hazard, etc., or to provide a mooring place away from the shore.
- Croat
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Croatia; Croatian.
- carls
-
noun,
Scot.
a strong, robust fellow, especially a strong manual laborer.
a miser; an extremely thrifty person.
- Card.
-
- snoot
-
noun,
Slang. the nose.
- crust
-
noun,
the brown, hard outer portion or surface of a loaf or slice of bread (distinguished from crumb).
- Bursa
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. a pouch, sac, or vesicle, especially a sac containing synovia, to facilitate motion, as between a tendon and a bone.
- Snark
-
noun,
a mysterious, imaginary animal.
- snaky
-
adjective,
of or relating to snakes.
- snack
-
noun,
a small portion of food or drink or a light meal, especially one eaten between regular meals.
- burls
-
noun,
a small knot or lump in wool, thread, or cloth.
- slurb
-
noun,
a shabby, ill-planned suburban area.
- Burns
-
noun,
Arthur F(rank) 1904–1987, U.S. economist, born in Austria: chairman of the Federal Reserve Board 1970–78.
- burnt
-
noun,
a burned place or area:
- carb-
-
- slunk
-
noun,
a prematurely born calf or other animal.
- burly
-
adjective,
large in bodily size; stout; sturdy.
- Tolar
-
noun,
the basic monetary unit of Slovenia until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 stotins.
- cants
-
noun,
insincere, especially conventional expressions of enthusiasm for high ideals, goodness, or piety.
- canto
-
noun,
one of the main or larger divisions of a long poem.
- cubas
-
noun,
a republic in the Caribbean, S of Florida: largest island in the West Indies. 44,218 sq. mi. (114,525 sq. km). Capital: Havana.
- 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.
- Canty
-
adjective,
cheerful; lively.
- bkcy.
-
- tolyl
-
adjective,
containing a tolyl group; cresyl.
- snarl
-
noun,
the act of snarling.
- burst
-
noun,
an act or instance of bursting.
- burka
-
noun,
a loose garment covering the entire body and having a veiled opening for the eyes, worn by Muslim women.
- Blanc
-
noun,
a silver coin of France of the 14th–18th centuries, debased in later years.
- Black
-
noun,
the color at one extreme end of the scale of grays, opposite to white, absorbing all light incident upon it.
Compare white (def 19).
- taco
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- odyl
-
noun,
od.
- nurd
-
noun,
nerd.
- odor
-
noun,
the property of a substance that activates the sense of smell:
- obol
-
noun,
a silver coin of ancient Greece, the sixth part of a drachma.
- 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.
- stun
-
noun,
the act of stunning.
- ocas
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- tab.
-
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- urbs
-
noun,
an urban area.
- surd
-
noun,
Phonetics. a voiceless consonant (opposed to sonant).
- str.
-
- 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.
- STOL
-
noun,
a convertiplane that can become airborne after a short takeoff run and has forward speeds comparable to those of conventional aircraft.
- Utas
-
noun,
any of several iguanid lizards of the genus Uta, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico.
- orad
-
adverb,
toward the mouth or the oral region.
- USAR
-
- Ont.
-
- undo
-
verb (used with object),
to reverse the doing of; cause to be as if never done:
- obs.
-
- null
-
noun,
Electronics. a point of minimum signal reception, as on a radio direction finder or other electronic meter.
- Styr
-
noun,
a river in NW Ukraine, flowing N to the Pripet River. 300 miles (480 km) long.
- talk
-
noun,
the act of talking; speech; conversation, especially of a familiar or informal kind.
- Ural
-
noun,
a river in the Russian Federation, flowing S from the S Ural Mountains to the Caspian Sea. 1575 miles (2535 km) long.
- ord.
-
- 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.
- only
-
Idioms,
only too,
as a matter of fact; extremely:
unfortunately; very:
- stob
-
noun,
a post, stump, or stake.
- stud
-
noun,
a boss, knob, nailhead, or other protuberance projecting from a surface or part, especially as an ornament.
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- tabs
-
noun,
a small flap, strap, loop, or similar appendage, as on a garment, used for pulling, hanging, or decoration.
- Okay
-
noun,
an approval, agreement, or endorsement:
- onus
-
noun,
a difficult or disagreeable obligation, task, burden, etc.
- Oona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- 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.
- orcs
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- Oaks
-
noun,
any tree or shrub belonging to the genus Quercus, of the beech family, bearing the acorn as fruit.
- stbd
-
- uro-
-
- tads
-
noun,
a small child, especially a boy.
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- sur-
-
- Surt
-
noun,
the guardian and ruler of Muspelheim, destined to defeat Frey at Ragnarok and destroy the world with fire.
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- USDA
-
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- oary
-
adjective,
oarlike.
- Oost
-
noun,
Jacob van [yah-kawp vahn] /ˈyɑ kɔp vɑn/ (Show IPA), 1600?–71, and his son, Jacob van, 1639?–1713, Flemish painters.
- oory
-
adjective,
ourie.
- USRC
-
- o-os
-
noun,
any of several species of Hawaiian honey eaters of the genus Moho, especially the extinct M. nobilis, of the island of Hawaii, that had black plumage and two tufts of yellow plumes used to make ceremonial robes for the Hawaiian kings.
- oldy
-
noun,
oldie.
- USNA
-
- unto
-
preposition,
to (in its various uses, except as the accompaniment of the infinitive).
- Oct.
-
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- tabu
-
noun,
a prohibition or interdiction of anything; exclusion from use or practice:
Synonyms: ban, proscription, embargo, interdiction; no-no.
- OLLA
-
noun,
a pot, especially an earthen pot for holding water, cooking, etc.
- sulk
-
noun,
a state or fit of sulking.
- Odus
-
- Taku
-
noun,
Wade-Giles. Dagu.
- USTC
-
- Olds
-
noun,
Ransom Eli, 1864–1950, U.S. automobile pioneer and manufacturer.
- Sura
-
noun,
any of the 114 chapters of the Koran.
- stub
-
noun,
a short projecting part.
- orby
-
adjective,
like or pertaining to an orb.
- okra
-
noun,
a shrub, Abelmoschus esculentus, of the mallow family, bearing beaked pods.
- oral
-
noun,
an oral examination in a school, college, or university, given especially to a candidate for an advanced degree.
- tack
-
noun,
a short, sharp-pointed nail, usually with a flat, broad head.
- Orca
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- sub-
-
- orbs
-
noun,
a sphere or globe:
- USCA
-
- urds
-
noun,
a plant, Vigna mungo, of the legume family, widely cultivated in tropical Asia for its edible seeds and for forage.
- SCAD
-
noun,
any carangid fish of the genus Decapterus, inhabiting tropical and subtropical shore waters.
- undy
-
plural noun,
women's or children's underwear.
- slut
-
noun,
Disparaging and Offensive. a sexually promiscuous woman, or a woman who behaves or dresses in an overtly sexual way.
- Rudy
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Rudolf.
- Troy
-
noun,
Latin Ilium. Greek Ilion. an ancient ruined city in NW Asia Minor: the seventh of nine settlements on the site is commonly identified as the Troy of the Iliad.
- runs
-
noun,
an act or instance, or a period of running:
- snod
-
adjective,
smooth; sleek.
- snob
-
noun,
a person who imitates, cultivates, or slavishly admires social superiors and is condescending or overbearing to others.
- runt
-
noun,
an animal that is small or stunted as compared with others of its kind.
- SNCC
-
noun,
a U.S. civil-rights organization formed by students and active especially during the 1960s, whose aim was to achieve political and economic equality for blacks through local and regional action groups.
- trod
-
noun,
the action of treading, stepping, or walking.
- Rus.
-
- rubs
-
noun,
an act or instance of rubbing:
- Rusk
-
noun,
a slice of sweet raised bread dried and baked again in the oven; zwieback.
- slur
-
noun,
a slurred utterance or sound.
- 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.
- slub
-
noun,
the fibers produced by slubbing.
- tRNA
-
- 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.
- std.
-
- Sab.
-
- told
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of tell1 .
- ruck
-
noun,
a large number or quantity; mass.
- Ruby
-
noun,
a red variety of corundum, used as a gem.
- SACK
-
noun,
a large bag of strong, coarsely woven material, as for grain, potatoes, or coal.
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- Toby
-
noun,
Also, Toby, Toby jug. a mug in the form of a stout old man wearing a three-cornered hat.
- 'roo
-
noun,
kangaroo.
- rood
-
noun,
a crucifix, especially a large one at the entrance to the choir or chancel of a medieval church, often supported on a rood beam or rood screen.
- tody
-
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.
- rook
-
noun,
a black, European crow, Corvus frugilegus, noted for its gregarious habits.
- soak
-
noun,
the act or state of soaking or the state of being soaked.
- TODS
-
- Root
-
noun,
a part of the body of a plant that develops, typically, from the radicle and grows downward into the soil, anchoring the plant and absorbing nutriment and moisture.
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- Rosy
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- rout
-
noun,
a defeat attended with disorderly flight; dispersal of a defeated force in complete disorder:
- 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.
- toys
-
noun,
an object, often a small representation of something familiar, as an animal or person, for children or others to play with; plaything.
- 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.
- ROTL
-
noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- roto
-
noun,
rotogravure.
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- tron
-
- ROUS
-
noun,
(Francis) Peyton, 1879–1970, U.S. pathologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1966.
- 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.
- slob
-
noun,
a slovenly or boorish person.
- Tray
-
noun,
a flat, shallow container or receptacle made of wood, metal, etc., usually with slightly raised edges, used for carrying, holding, or displaying articles of food, glass, china, etc.
- Tob.
-
- 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.
- SCUD
-
noun,
the act of scudding.
- Sark
-
noun,
any long, shirtlike garment worn next to the skin, as a chemise, nightshirt, or the like.
- scry
-
verb (used without object),
to use divination to discover hidden knowledge or future events, especially by means of a crystal ball.
- scr.
-
- toro
-
noun,
a bull.
- Sat.
-
- toon
-
noun,
an Asian tree, Cedrela toona, of the mahogany family, yielding an aromatic red wood used for furniture, carving, etc.
- SATB
-
- 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.
- tool
-
noun,
an implement, especially one held in the hand, as a hammer, saw, or file, for performing or facilitating mechanical operations.
- ScBC
-
- Saud
-
noun,
(Saud ibn Abdul-Aziz), 1901?–69, king of Saudi Arabia 1953–64 (son of ibn-Saud and brother of Faisal).
- Sauk
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people formerly of Wisconsin and Iowa, now living mostly in Oklahoma.
- Tory
-
noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- scar
-
noun,
a mark left by a healed wound, sore, or burn.
- torc
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- Saul
-
noun,
the first king of Israel. I Sam. 9.
- SCAN
-
noun,
an act or instance of scanning; close examination.
- saur
-
- Sard
-
noun,
a reddish-brown chalcedony, used as a gem.
- took
-
noun,
the act of taking.
- Saco
-
noun,
a city in SW Maine.
- 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.
- Tour
-
noun,
a traveling around from place to place.
- sld.
-
- Toul
-
noun,
a fortress town in NE France, on the Moselle: siege 1870. 16,832.
- 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.
- Salk
-
noun,
Jonas E(dward) 1914–95, U.S. bacteriologist: developed Salk vaccine.
- 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.
- slay
-
noun,
sley.
- slab
-
noun,
a broad, flat, somewhat thick piece of stone, wood, or other solid material.
- Toll
-
noun,
a payment or fee exacted by the state, the local authorities, etc., for some right or privilege, as for passage along a road or over a bridge.
- Sand
-
noun,
the more or less fine debris of rocks, consisting of small, loose grains, often of quartz.
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- 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.
- Syr.
-
- sync
-
noun,
synchronization:
- syn-
-
- syll
-
- Tony
-
noun,
one of a group of awards made annually by the American Theatre Wing, a professional school for the performing arts, for achievements in theatrical production and performance.
- tonk
-
noun,
a form of rummy for two or more players with deuces wild.
- 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.
- scut
-
noun,
a short tail, especially that of a hare, rabbit, or deer.
- RONA
-
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- ordo
-
noun,
Roman Catholic Church. a booklet containing short and abbreviated directions for the contents of the office and Mass of each day in the year.
- racy
-
adjective,
slightly improper or indelicate; suggestive; risqué.
- sord
-
noun,
a flight or flock of mallards.
- Sorb
-
noun,
a European tree, Sorbus domestica.
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- ulna
-
noun,
Anatomy. the bone of the forearm on the side opposite to the thumb.
Compare radius (def 7).
- Soot
-
noun,
a black, carbonaceous substance produced during incomplete combustion of coal, wood, oil, etc., rising in fine particles and adhering to the sides of the chimney or pipe conveying the smoke: also conveyed in the atmosphere to other locations.
- outs
-
noun,
a means of escape or excuse, as from a place, punishment, retribution, responsibility, etc.:
- Ulan
-
noun,
uhlan.
- Ukr.
-
- rack
-
noun,
a framework of bars, wires, or pegs on which articles are arranged or deposited:
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- soon
-
Idioms,
sooner or later, eventually:
- udos
-
noun,
a plant, Aralia cordata, of the ginseng family, cultivated, especially in Japan and China, for its edible shoots.
- rad.
-
- 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.
- rads
-
noun,
a standard unit of absorbed dose of radiation equal to 0.01 gray2 .
- raku
-
noun,
a thick-walled, rough, dark lead-glazed Japanese earthenware used in the tea ceremony.
- sook
-
noun,
Australia and New Zealand. a timid, cowardly person, especially a young person; crybaby.
- RAND
-
noun,
(in shoemaking) a strip of leather set in a shoe at the heel before the lifts are attached.
- tank
-
noun,
a large receptacle, container, or structure for holding a liquid or gas:
- ulto
-
- tall
-
adverb,
in a proud, confident, or erect manner:
- NTSB
-
- unco
-
noun,
something extraordinary or unusual; a novelty.
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- Orly
-
noun,
a suburb SE of Paris, France: international airport.
- orlo
-
noun,
a plinth supporting the base of a column.
- oro-
-
- Orsk
-
noun,
a city in the S Russian Federation in Europe, on the Ural River.
- stay
-
noun,
the act of stopping or being stopped.
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- stab
-
noun,
the act of stabbing.
- Oslo
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Norway, in the SE part, at the head of Oslo Fiord.
- out-
-
- Sra.
-
- OSRD
-
- Sour
-
noun,
something that is sour.
- oto-
-
- ouds
-
noun,
a musical instrument of the Middle East and northern Africa belonging to the lute family.
- ours
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- 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.
- souk
-
noun,
suk.
- oust
-
verb (used with object),
to expel or remove from a place or position occupied:
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- Rank
-
noun,
a number of persons forming a separate class in a social hierarchy or in any graded body.
- 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).
- 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.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- yond
-
adverb, adjective,
yonder.
- Tula
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, S of Moscow.
- task
-
noun,
a definite piece of work assigned to, falling to, or expected of a person; duty.
- robs
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Robert.
- Sola
-
noun,
an Indian shrub, Aeschynomene aspera, of the legume family, the pith of which is used for making helmets.
- taur
-
- Sol.
-
- TDRS
-
- 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.
- Rock
-
noun,
a large mass of stone forming a hill, cliff, promontory, or the like.
- Tuck
-
noun,
something tucked or folded in.
- soda
-
noun,
sodium hydroxide.
- Tyro
-
noun,
a beginner in learning anything; novice.
- rocs
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- roll
-
noun,
a document of paper, parchment, or the like, that is or may be rolled up, as for storing; scroll.
- sock
-
noun,
a short stocking usually reaching to the calf or just above the ankle.
- Tuba
-
noun,
Music.
a valved, brass wind instrument having a low range.
an organ reed stop of large scale with tones of exceptional power.
an ancient Roman trumpet.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- sold
-
noun,
an act or method of selling.
- 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.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- Tura
-
noun,
Cosimo [kaw-zee-maw] /ˈkɔ zi mɔ/ (Show IPA), c1430–98? Italian painter.
- raob
-
noun,
Meteorology. a radiosonde or rawinsonde observation.
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- turd
-
noun,
a piece of excrement.
- scab
-
noun,
the incrustation that forms over a sore or wound during healing.
- 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.
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- rcd.
-
- Solo
-
noun,
a musical composition or a passage or section in a musical composition written for performance by one singer or instrumentalist, with or without accompaniment:
- RdAc
-
- RNAS
-
- ryal
-
noun,
rose noble.
- Ryan
-
noun,
a male given name.
- ryas
-
noun,
a handwoven Scandinavian rug with a thick pile and usually a strong, colorful design.
- rynd
-
noun,
rind2 .
- soln
-
- tuns
-
noun,
a large cask for holding liquids, especially wine, ale, or beer.
- 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.
- ryot
-
noun,
a peasant.
- Ryun
-
noun,
James Ronald ("Jim") born 1947, U.S. distance runner; congressman 1996–2007.
- nubs
-
noun,
the point, gist, or heart of something.
- Carl
-
noun,
Scot.
a strong, robust fellow, especially a strong manual laborer.
a miser; an extremely thrifty person.
- curl
-
noun,
a coil or ringlet of hair.
- Bona
-
noun,
Bône, the former name of Annaba.
- drys
-
noun,
a prohibitionist.
- drat
-
interjection,
(used to express mild disgust, disappointment, or the like):
- Dray
-
noun,
a low, strong cart without fixed sides, for carrying heavy loads.
- drab
-
noun,
dull gray; dull brownish or yellowish gray.
- dour
-
adjective,
sullen; gloomy:
- Doty
-
adjective,
(of wood) decayed.
- dost
-
noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- Bolt
-
noun,
a movable bar or rod that when slid into a socket fastens a door, gate, etc.
- 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.
- Dory
-
noun,
a boat with a narrow, flat bottom, high bow, and flaring sides.
- Dora
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Greek word meaning “gift.”.
- door
-
noun,
a movable, usually solid, barrier for opening and closing an entranceway, cupboard, cabinet, or the like, commonly turning on hinges or sliding in grooves.
- Doon
-
noun,
a river in SW Scotland, flowing NW from Ayr County to the Firth of Clyde. About 30 miles (48 km) long.
- drub
-
noun,
a blow with a stick or the like.
- Bolo
-
noun,
a large, heavy, single-edged knife or machete for hacking, used in the Philippines and by the U.S. Army.
- dons
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Mr.; Sir: a Spanish title prefixed to a man's given name.
- duct
-
noun,
any tube, canal, pipe, or conduit by which a fluid, air, or other substance is conducted or conveyed.
- Duna
-
noun,
Hungarian name of the Danube.
- Boyd
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Gaelic word meaning “light.”.
- dull
-
adjective,
not sharp; blunt:
- duly
-
adverb,
in a due manner; properly; fittingly.
- boyo
-
noun,
boy; lad.
- dulc
-
- ducs
-
noun,
duke.
- Boll
-
noun,
a rounded seed vessel or pod of a plant, as of flax or cotton.
- 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.
- Bol.
-
- dubs
-
noun,
an awkward, unskillful person.
- bola
-
noun,
Also, bolas. a weapon consisting of two or more heavy balls secured to the ends of one or more strong cords, hurled by the Indians and gauchos of southern South America to entangle the legs of cattle and other animals.
- dual
-
noun,
the dual number.
- bold
-
Idioms,
be / make (so) bold, to presume or venture; dare:
- dook
-
noun,
plug (def 17).
- Dona
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Madam; Lady: a Portuguese title prefixed to a woman's given name.
- dunk
-
noun,
any flavorful sauce, dip, gravy, etc., into which portions of food are dipped before eating.
- Dyak
-
noun,
Dayak.
- bor.
-
- Bora
-
noun,
(on the Adriatic coasts) a violent, dry, cold wind blowing from the north or northeast.
- Bork
-
verb (used with object),
to attack (a candidate or public figure) systematically, especially in the media.
- dys-
-
- Dyna
-
- Born
-
noun,
Max, 1882–1970, German physicist: Nobel Prize 1954.
- DCNL
-
- Boot
-
noun,
a covering of leather, rubber, or the like, for the foot and all or part of the leg.
- Bors
-
noun,
Sir Arthurian Romance.. Also, Sir Bors de Ganis [duh gan-is] /də ˈgæn ɪs/ (Show IPA). a knight of the Round Table, cousin of Lancelot.
- bort
-
noun,
low-quality diamond, in granular aggregate or small fragments, valuable only in crushed or powdered form, especially for industrial use as an abrasive.
- Bosc
-
noun,
a large, greenish-yellow variety of pear.
- bosk
-
noun,
a small wood or thicket, especially of bushes.
- dbl.
-
- bot.
-
- dlr.
-
- boos
-
noun,
an exclamation of contempt or disapproval:
- Bond
-
noun,
something that binds, fastens, confines, or holds together.
- dock
-
noun,
a landing pier.
- dolt
-
noun,
a dull, stupid person; blockhead.
- dols
-
noun,
a unit for measuring the intensity of pain.
- Doll
-
noun,
a small figure representing a baby or other human being, especially for use as a child's toy.
- dol.
-
- bony
-
adjective,
of or like bone.
- DOCS
-
noun,
doctor.
- doc.
-
plural,
document.
- Boor
-
noun,
a churlish, rude, or unmannerly person.
- doby
-
noun,
adobe.
- doat
-
verb (used without object),
dote.
- bonk
-
verb (used with or without object),
to hit, strike, collide, etc.:
- bons
-
noun,
Cape, a cape on the NE coast of Tunisia: surrender of the German African forces, May 12, 1943.
- Book
-
noun,
a handwritten or printed work of fiction or nonfiction, usually on sheets of paper fastened or bound together within covers.
- boon
-
noun,
something to be thankful for; blessing; benefit.
- bods
-
noun,
body:
- Duns
-
noun,
a person, especially a creditor, who duns another.
- daut
-
verb (used with object),
to caress.
- Yuan
-
noun,
Also called yuan dollar. a copper coin of the Republic of China, equal to 100 cents; dollar.
- Baul
-
noun,
a member of a nonconformist Bengalese sect having gurus but no dogmas, rituals, religious institutions, or scriptures.
- Yurt
-
noun,
a tentlike dwelling of the Mongol and Turkic peoples of central Asia, consisting of a cylindrical wall of poles in a lattice arrangement with a conical roof of poles, both covered by felt or skins.
- yuks
-
noun,
a loud, hearty laugh.
- bdl.
-
plural,
bundle.
- yuck
-
noun,
a loud, hearty laugh.
- yuca
-
noun,
cassava.
- 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.
- kabs
-
noun,
cab2 .
- BDSA
-
- yrs.
-
- yrbk
-
- yous
-
noun,
plural of you.
- your
-
noun,
something or someone closely identified with or resembling the person addressed:
- Byrd
-
noun,
Richard Evelyn, 1888–1957, rear admiral in U.S. Navy: polar explorer.
- baud
-
noun,
a unit used to measure the speed of signaling or data transfer, equal to the number of pulses or bits per second:
- Bast
-
noun,
Botany. phloem.
- Yolo
-
interjection,
You only live once! (used especially to rationalize impulsive or reckless behavior):
- Karl
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Charles.
- Katy
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Katherine or Catherine.
- bark
-
noun,
the abrupt, harsh, explosive cry of a dog.
- 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.
- Barn
-
noun,
a building for storing hay, grain, etc., and often for housing livestock.
- Kars
-
noun,
a city in NE Turkey.
- 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.
- 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.
- kayo
-
noun,
KO.
- 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.
- Kalb
-
noun,
Johann [yoh-hahn] /ˈyoʊ hɑn/ (Show IPA), ("Baron de Kalb") 1721–80, German general in the American Revolutionary Army.
- BASc
-
- bask
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to expose to warmth or heat.
- kays
-
noun,
Sir Arthurian Romance. the rude, boastful foster brother and seneschal of Arthur.
- York
-
noun,
a member of the royal house of England that ruled from 1461 to 1485.
- yolk
-
noun,
the yellow and principal substance of an egg, as distinguished from the white.
- dunt
-
noun,
a hard blow or hit, especially one that makes a dull sound; thump.
- duty
-
noun,
something that one is expected or required to do by moral or legal obligation.
- Boar
-
noun,
the uncastrated male swine.
- yack
-
noun,
incessant idle or gossipy talk.
- Boas
-
noun,
Franz [frahnts] /frɑnts/ (Show IPA), 1858–1942, U.S. anthropologist, born in Germany.
- boat
-
noun,
a vessel for transport by water, constructed to provide buoyancy by excluding water and shaped to give stability and permit propulsion.
- Body
-
noun,
the physical structure and material substance of an animal or plant, living or dead.
- Bodo
-
noun,
a seaport in W Norway.
- Dust
-
noun,
earth or other matter in fine, dry particles.
- blur
-
noun,
a smudge or smear that obscures:
- dusk
-
noun,
the state or period of partial darkness between day and night; the dark part of twilight.
- duro
-
noun,
a peso of Spain or Spanish America.
- durn
-
adjective, adverb, verb (used with object), noun,
darn2 .
- dura
-
noun,
dura mater.
- duos
-
noun,
Music. duet.
- duo-
-
- yaks
-
noun,
a large, stocky, shaggy-haired wild ox, Bos grunniens, of the Tibetan highlands, having long, curved horns: endangered.
- Yalu
-
noun,
a river in E Asia, forming part of the boundary between Manchuria and North Korea and flowing SW to the Yellow Sea. 300 miles (483 km) long.
- yoks
-
noun,
a loud, hearty laugh.
- blat
-
noun,
bleat (def 4).
- bklr
-
- yods
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- bks.
-
- yock
-
noun,
a loud, hearty laugh.
- yobs
-
noun,
a teenage lout or hooligan.
- blad
-
noun,
a flier or other promotional material distributed by a company to sell a product.
- bldr
-
- Yank
-
noun,
an abrupt, vigorous pull; jerk.
- blk.
-
- yaud
-
noun,
a mare, especially an old, worn-out one.
- bloc
-
noun,
a group of persons, businesses, etc., united for a particular purpose.
- yarn
-
noun,
thread made of natural or synthetic fibers and used for knitting and weaving.
- Yard
-
noun,
a common unit of linear measure in English-speaking countries, equal to 3 feet or 36 inches, and equivalent to 0.9144 meter.
- Blok
-
noun,
Alexander Alexandrovich [al-ig-zan-der al-ig-zan-druh-vich,, -zahn-druh-,, -zahn-der;; Russian uh-lyi-ksahndr uh-lyi-ksahn-druh-vyich] /ˌæl ɪgˈzæn dər ˌæl ɪgˈzæn drə vɪtʃ,, -ˈzɑn drə-,, -ˈzɑn dər;; Russian ʌ lyɪˈksɑndr ʌ lyɪˈksɑn drə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1880–1921, Russian poet.
- blot
-
noun,
a spot or stain, especially of ink on paper.
- bota
-
noun,
Also called bota bag. a wine bag of Spain made of untanned goatskin and usually holding 1–2 liters (1.1–2.2 quarts).
- Daub
-
noun,
material, especially of an inferior kind, for daubing walls.
- Bard
-
noun,
(formerly) a person who composed and recited epic or heroic poems, often while playing the harp, lyre, or the like.
- Col.
-
- but-
-
- cols
-
noun,
Physical Geography. a pass or depression in a mountain range or ridge.
- Coln
-
noun,
former German name of Cologne.
- coly
-
noun,
any of several slender, fruit-eating, African birds constituting the family Coliidae, having grayish-brown plumage and a long, pointed tail.
- 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.
- coys
-
adjective,
artfully or affectedly shy or reserved; slyly hesitant; coquettish.
- Con.
-
- buts
-
noun,
buts, reservations or objections:
- cods
-
noun,
any of several soft-rayed food fishes of the family Gadidae, especially Gadus morhua, of cool, North Atlantic waters.
- codo
-
noun,
a city in NE Brazil.
- Cody
-
noun,
William Frederick ("Buffalo Bill") 1846–1917, U.S. Army scout and showman.
- coda
-
noun,
Music. a more or less independent passage, at the end of a composition, introduced to bring it to a satisfactory close.
- Coco
-
noun,
coconut palm.
- COLT
-
noun,
a young male animal of the horse family.
- Cond
-
- coca
-
noun,
a shrub, Erythroxylon coca, native to the Andes, having simple, alternate leaves and small yellowish flowers.
- coot
-
noun,
any aquatic bird of the genus Fulica, as F. americana, of North America, and F. atra, of the Old World, characterized by lobate toes and short wings and tail.
- 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.
- Cory
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- Cord
-
noun,
a string or thin rope made of several strands braided, twisted, or woven together.
- Cora
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. Kore.
- Cor.
-
- Coos
-
noun,
a language of a group of American Indians indigenous to the coast of Oregon.
- Cony
-
noun,
the fur of a rabbit, especially when dyed to simulate Hudson seal.
- coon
-
noun,
raccoon.
- cool
-
noun,
something that is cool; a cool part, place, time, etc.:
- Cook
-
noun,
a person who cooks:
- busk
-
verb (used without object),
Chiefly British. to entertain by dancing, singing, or reciting on the street or in a public place.
- conk
-
noun,
the head.
- Bust
-
noun,
a sculptured, painted, drawn, or engraved representation of the upper part of the human figure, especially a portrait sculpture showing only the head and shoulders of the subject.
- Cock
-
noun,
a male chicken; rooster.
- cobs
-
noun,
a corncob.
- Cort
-
- cark
-
noun,
care or worry.
- cyl.
-
- calk
-
noun,
Also, calkin. a projection on a horseshoe to prevent slipping on ice, pavement, etc.
- Call
-
noun,
a cry or shout.
- CALS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Calvin.
- Can.
-
- Cdr.
-
- 1080
-
- cays
-
noun,
a small low island; key.
- Carn
-
noun,
cairn.
- CART
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- CCls
-
- cask
-
noun,
a container made and shaped like a barrel, especially one larger and stronger, for holding liquids.
- cast
-
noun,
act of casting or throwing.
- cat.
-
- Cal.
-
- clad
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of clothe.
- coat
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- clot
-
noun,
a mass or lump.
- coal
-
noun,
a black or dark-brown combustible mineral substance consisting of carbonized vegetable matter, used as a fuel.
Compare anthracite, bituminous coal, lignite.
- coak
-
noun,
(in a scarf joint) a tenon in one member fitting into a corresponding recess of the other.
- Cnut
-
noun,
Canute.
- club
-
noun,
a heavy stick, usually thicker at one end than at the other, suitable for use as a weapon; a cudgel.
- cac-
-
- clou
-
noun,
a major point of interest or attention.
- CLOS
-
noun,
a walled vineyard.
- Clay
-
noun,
a natural earthy material that is plastic when wet, consisting essentially of hydrated silicates of aluminum: used for making bricks, pottery, etc.
- cloy
-
verb (used with object),
to weary by an excess of food, sweetness, pleasure, etc.; surfeit; satiate.
- clod
-
noun,
a lump or mass, especially of earth or clay.
- cack
-
noun,
a soft-soled, heelless shoe for infants.
- clar
-
- clan
-
noun,
a group of families or households, as among the Scottish Highlanders, the heads of which claim descent from a common ancestor:
- cads
-
noun,
an ill-bred man, especially one who behaves in a dishonorable or irresponsible way toward women.
- busy
-
adjective,
actively and attentively engaged in work or a pastime:
- bus.
-
- dato
-
noun,
(in the Philippines) a native chief.
- BSOT
-
- BRAT
-
noun,
a child, especially an annoying, spoiled, or impolite child (usually used in contempt or irritation).
- BRCA
-
noun,
either of two genes (BRCA1 or BRCA2) that, if inherited in a mutated form, may predispose some carriers to develop breast or ovarian cancer.
- Brno
-
noun,
a city in S Moravia, in the SE Czech Republic: former capital of Moravia.
- Brut
-
noun,
any of a number of partly legendary, partly historical chronicles dealing with early English history, written during the Middle Ages and usually beginning with Brutus, the mythic and eponymous ancestor of the country.
- bskt
-
- BSNA
-
- cusk
-
noun,
an edible marine fish, Brosme brosme, of North Atlantic coastal waters.
- Bran
-
noun,
the partly ground husk of wheat or other grain, separated from flour meal by sifting.
- Curt
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Curtis.
- BSRT
-
- curs
-
noun,
a mongrel dog, especially a worthless or unfriendly one.
- curn
-
noun,
a grain.
- 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.
- curb
-
noun,
Also, British, kerb. a rim, especially of joined stones or concrete, along a street or roadway, forming an edge for a sidewalk.
- dabs
-
noun,
a quick or light blow; a pat, as with the hand or something soft.
- Bray
-
noun,
the loud, harsh cry of a donkey.
- cunt
-
noun,
the vulva or vagina.
- Danl
-
- dat.
-
- bots
-
noun,
a disease affecting various mammals, especially horses, caused by the attachment of the parasitic larvae of botflies to the stomach of the host.
- Darn
-
noun,
a darned place, as in a garment:
- dark
-
noun,
the absence of light; darkness:
- boun
-
verb (used with or without object),
to prepare; make ready.
- Danu
-
noun,
the mother of the Tuatha De Danann: identified with the Welsh Don.
- dank
-
noun,
Slang. high-quality marijuana:
- Brad
-
noun,
a slender wire nail having either a small, deep head or a projection to one side of the head end.
- Dan.
-
abbreviation,
Bible. Daniel (def 1).
- dals
-
noun,
a sauce made from lentils and spices, usually served with rice.
- Daly
-
noun,
(John) Augustin [aw-guhs-tin] /ɔˈgʌs tɪn/ (Show IPA), 1838–99, U.S. playwright, critic, and theatrical manager.
- bout
-
noun,
a contest or trial of strength, as of boxing.
- daks
-
noun,
transportation by relays of people or horses, especially in the East Indies.
- Dak.
-
- cur.
-
- 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.
- cosy
-
noun,
a padded covering for a teapot, chocolate pot, etc., to retain the heat.
- Burk
-
noun,
Martha Jane, 1852?–1903, Calamity Jane.
- buoy
-
noun,
Nautical. a distinctively shaped and marked float, sometimes carrying a signal or signals, anchored to mark a channel, anchorage, navigational hazard, etc., or to provide a mooring place away from the shore.
- Bur.
-
- Burd
-
noun,
a young lady; maiden.
- croc
-
noun,
crocodile.
- Bury
-
noun,
Nautical. housing1 (def 8a, b).
- crat
-
- cray
-
adjective,
crazy.
- crus
-
noun,
the part of the leg or hind limb between the femur or thigh and the ankle or tarsus; shank.
- Crab
-
noun,
any decapod crustacean of the suborder Brachyura, having the eyes on short stalks and a short, broad, more or less flattened body, the abdomen being small and folded under the thorax.
- Coty
-
noun,
René Jules Gustave [ruh-ney zhyl gys-tav] /rəˈneɪ ʒül güsˈtav/ (Show IPA), 1882–1962, president of France 1954–59.
- Burl
-
noun,
a small knot or lump in wool, thread, or cloth.
- burs
-
noun,
a rough, prickly case around the seeds of certain plants, as the chestnut or burdock.
- Burt
-
noun,
William Austin, 1792–1858, U.S. surveyor and inventor.
- Cost
-
noun,
the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
- 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.
- crut
-
noun,
crud (def 1).
- cult
-
noun,
a particular system of religious worship, especially with reference to its rites and ceremonies.
- cts.
-
- Cull
-
noun,
act of culling.
- 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.
- btl.
-
- Cuba
-
noun,
a republic in the Caribbean, S of Florida: largest island in the West Indies. 44,218 sq. mi. (114,525 sq. km). Capital: Havana.
- Buck
-
noun,
the male of the deer, antelope, rabbit, hare, sheep, or goat.
- ctr.
-
- bunt
-
noun,
a push with the head or horns; butt.
- Buda
-
noun,
See under Budapest.
- buys
-
noun,
an act or instance of buying.
- bul.
-
- bulk
-
noun,
magnitude in three dimensions:
- Buna
-
- Bund
-
noun,
an embankment or an embanked quay, often providing a promenade.
- bunk
-
noun,
a built-in platform bed, as on a ship.
- kats
-
- bdls
-
plural,
bundle.
- kc/s
-
- Lorn
-
noun,
Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
- ANTU
-
- Lola
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Charlotte or Dolores.
- Lolo
-
noun,
Also called Yi. a member of a people inhabiting the mountainous regions of southwestern China near the eastern borders of Tibet and Burma.
- ant.
-
- lond
-
- ano-
-
- look
-
noun,
the act of looking:
- Loon
-
noun,
any of several large, short-tailed, web-footed, fish-eating diving birds of the genus Gavia, of the Northern Hemisphere.
- Loos
-
noun,
Adolf [ey-dolf;; German ah-dawlf] /ˈeɪ dɒlf;; German ˈɑ dɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1870–1933, Austrian architect and writer.
- loot
-
noun,
spoils or plunder taken by pillaging, as in war.
- Lord
-
noun,
a person who has authority, control, or power over others; a master, chief, or ruler.
- Lory
-
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.
- ands
-
- kcal
-
- Andy
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Andrew.
- lost
-
Idioms,
get lost, Slang.
to absent oneself:
to stop being a nuisance:
- ancy
-
- Lota
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- loud
-
Idioms,
out loud, aloud; audibly:
- loun
-
noun,
loon2 .
- lour
-
verb (used without object), noun,
lower2 .
- lout
-
noun,
an awkward, stupid person; clumsy, ill-mannered boor; oaf.
- alts
-
noun,
in alt, in the first octave above the treble staff.
- alt.
-
- Ltd.
-
- Also
-
adverb,
in addition; too; besides; as well:
- alls
-
noun,
one's whole interest, energy, or property:
- Loco
-
noun,
locoweed.
- loca
-
noun,
a plural of locus.
- Luba
-
noun,
a member of any of various groups of agricultural and hunting people inhabiting the SE Democratic Republic of the Congo, some of whom are famous for their wood carvings.
- 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.
- lard
-
noun,
the rendered fat of hogs, especially the internal fat of the abdomen.
- 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.
- Lars
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- asc-
-
- last
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- Lat.
-
- Arty
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- lats
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Latvia, equal to 100 santimi.
- Laud
-
noun,
a song or hymn of praise.
- art.
-
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- Ark.
-
- lobs
-
- aryl
-
adjective,
containing an aryl group.
- ARCO
-
adverb,
(of the performance of a passage for stringed instruments) with the bow.
- Lynd
-
noun,
Robert Staughton [stawt-n] /ˈstɔt n/ (Show IPA), 1892–1970, and his wife Helen (Merrell) [mer-uh l] /ˈmɛr əl/ (Show IPA) 1896–1982, U.S. sociologists.
- Lyon
-
noun,
Mary, 1797–1849, U.S. pioneer in advocating and providing advanced education for women: founder of Mount Holyoke College.
- Lyra
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lyre, a northern constellation between Cygnus and Hercules, containing the bright star Vega.
- lys-
-
- arbs
-
noun,
an arbitrager.
- Llyr
-
noun,
the father of Manawydan: corresponds to the Irish Ler.
- A-OK
-
adjective, adverb,
Informal. OK; perfect:
- load
-
noun,
anything put in or on something for conveyance or transportation; freight; cargo:
- loan
-
noun,
the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something:
- lobo
-
noun,
the gray or timber wolf of the western U.S.
- anus
-
noun,
the opening at the lower end of the alimentary canal, through which the solid refuse of digestion is excreted.
- ally
-
noun,
a person, group, or nation that is associated with another or others for some common cause or purpose:
- Lucy
-
noun,
the incomplete skeletal remains of a female hominid found in eastern Ethiopia in 1974 and classified as Australopithecus afarensis.
- Laos
-
noun,
a country in SE Asia: formerly part of French Indochina. 91,500 sq. mi. (236,985 sq. km). Capital: Vientiane.
- nock
-
noun,
a metal or plastic piece at the end of an arrow, having a notch for the bowstring.
- abs-
-
- abr.
-
- abos
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to an Australian Aborigine.
- NDAC
-
- NDak
-
- NDSL
-
- Nysa
-
noun,
the mountain where Zeus sent the infant Dionysus to protect him from the vindictive wrath of Hera.
- NLRB
-
- ABLS
-
- ably
-
adverb,
in an able manner; with skill or ability; competently.
- abl.
-
- nobs
-
noun,
Slang. the head.
- ABCs
-
noun,
ABC's (defs 1, 3).
- 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.
- nolo
-
noun,
nolo contendere.
- nook
-
noun,
a corner, as in a room.
- Nor.
-
- ARCS
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- Nord
-
noun,
a department in N France. 2229 sq. mi. (5770 sq. km). Capital: Lille.
- nos-
-
- nosy
-
adjective,
unduly curious about the affairs of others; prying; meddlesome.
- not-
-
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- nous
-
noun,
Greek Philosophy. mind or intellect.
- NRAB
-
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- abut
-
verb (used with object),
to be adjacent to; border on; end at.
- Luck
-
noun,
the force that seems to operate for good or ill in a person's life, as in shaping circumstances, events, or opportunities:
- Acus
-
noun,
Surgery. a needle, especially one used in a surgical operation.
- all-
-
- Luks
-
noun,
George Benjamin, 1867–1933, U.S. painter.
- alky
-
noun,
an alcoholic.
- alk.
-
- Luna
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess personifying the moon, sometimes identified with Diana.
- luny
-
noun,
a lunatic.
- Lunt
-
noun,
a match; the flame used to light a fire.
- lurk
-
noun,
an underhand scheme; dodge.
- Lust
-
noun,
intense sexual desire or appetite.
- Ald.
-
- Alco
-
- albs
-
noun,
a linen vestment with narrow sleeves, worn chiefly by priests, now invariably white in the Western Church but can be in a color in the Eastern Church.
- Alb.
-
- ACTS
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- acc.
-
- acr-
-
- nabs
-
verb (used with object),
to arrest or capture.
- ACLU
-
- ACLS
-
- nays
-
noun,
a denial or refusal.
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- narc
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- nard
-
noun,
an aromatic Himalayan plant, believed to be the spikenard, Nardostachys jatamansi, the source of an ointment used by the ancients.
- Nary
-
adjective,
not any; no; never a:
- nark
-
noun,
British Slang. a stool pigeon or informer.
- NASD
-
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- acyl
-
adjective,
containing the acyl group.
- LARC
-
noun,
long-acting reversible contraceptive (or contraception):
- 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.
- caul
-
noun,
a part of the amnion sometimes covering the head of a child at birth.
- aut-
-
- 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.
- knob
-
noun,
a projecting part, usually rounded, forming the handle of a door, drawer, or the like.
- balk
-
noun,
a check or hindrance; defeat; disappointment.
- Kuna
-
noun,
the basic monetary unit of Croatia, equal to 100 lipa.
- Ball
-
noun,
a spherical or approximately spherical body or shape; sphere:
- knar
-
noun,
a knot on a tree or in wood.
- Kura
-
noun,
a river flowing from NE Turkey, through the Georgian Republic and Azerbaijan SE to the Caspian Sea. 950 miles (1530 km) long.
- Kurd
-
noun,
a member of an Islamic people speaking Kurdish and dwelling chiefly in Kurdistan.
- kurn
-
noun,
kirn2 .
- knur
-
noun,
a knotty or hard protuberance or growth, as on a tree.
- Kurt
-
noun,
a male given name.
- aur-
-
- aunt
-
noun,
the sister of one's father or mother.
- 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.
- bals
-
noun,
Balmoral (def 2).
- aud.
-
- atry
-
adjective,
lying to under a trysail in heavy weather; trying.
- Lab.
-
- knub
-
noun,
nub.
- Knut
-
noun,
Canute.
- 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.
- kobo
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Nigeria, the 100th part of a naira.
- Kola
-
noun,
kola nut.
- Koln
-
noun,
German name of Cologne.
- kolo
-
noun,
a Serbian folk dance performed by a group arranged in a circle, with the soloists in the center.
- Kona
-
noun,
a southwesterly winter wind in Hawaii, often strong and bringing rain.
- kobs
-
noun,
an African antelope, Kobus kob, related to the puku and the lechwe.
- BAcc
-
- BRCS
-
- Badr
-
noun,
Battle of, Islam. a decisive battle in the early days of Islam (a.d. 624), in which Muhammad with about 300 men overcame a force of about 1000 Meccans.
- kors
-
noun,
homer2 .
- bads
-
noun,
that which is bad:
- kudo
-
noun,
honor; glory; acclaim:
- koto
-
noun,
a Japanese musical instrument having numerous strings, usually seven or thirteen, that are stretched over a convex wooden sounding board and are plucked with three plectra, worn on the thumb, index finger, and middle finger of one hand.
- Bays
-
noun,
a body of water forming an indentation of the shoreline, larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf.
- Baku
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Azerbaijan, in the E part, on the Caspian Sea.
- bal.
-
- koas
-
noun,
a Hawaiian acacia, Acacia koa, of the legume family, characterized by spreading branches and gray bark.
- kran
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Iran.
- 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.
- 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.
- Bald
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. a treeless mountaintop or area near the top: often used as part of a proper name.
- ator
-
- Aus.
-
- Bank
-
noun,
a long pile or heap; mass:
- 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).
- Lacy
-
noun,
a male given name.
- lack
-
noun,
deficiency or absence of something needed, desirable, or customary:
- 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:
- laky
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or resembling a lake.
- Asur
-
noun,
Assur.
- lank
-
adjective,
(of plants) unduly long and slender:
- lays
-
noun,
the way or position in which a thing is laid or lies:
- Klan
-
noun,
Ku Klux Klan.
- Lalo
-
noun,
(Victor Antoine) Edouard [veek-tawr ahn-twan ey-dwar] /vikˈtɔr ɑ̃ˈtwan eɪˈdwar/ (Show IPA), 1832–92, French composer.
- bant
-
verb (used without object),
to lose weight by practicing Bantingism.
- Kyra
-
noun,
a female given name.
- kyat
-
noun,
a paper money, cupronickel coin, and monetary unit of Burma (Myanmar), equal to 100 pyas.
- band
-
noun,
a company of persons or, sometimes, animals or things, joined, acting, or functioning together; aggregation; party; troop:
- banc
-
noun,
the seat on which judges sit in court.
- Laon
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Aisne, in N France, E of Paris.
- Lady
-
noun,
a woman who is refined, polite, and well-spoken:
- lads
-
noun,
a boy or youth.
- bar.
-
- Stu
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stewart or Stuart.
- BDA
-
- acy
-
- BAO
-
noun,
an African board game usually played by moving pebbles along two rows of holes.
- BCS
-
- UNO
-
- ACK
-
- CAR
-
noun,
an automobile.
- USN
-
- ac-
-
- ACS
-
- ADB
-
- Br.
-
- UTC
-
- bk.
-
- Uta
-
noun,
any of several iguanid lizards of the genus Uta, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico.
- USR
-
- ACT
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- Bac
-
- Bay
-
noun,
a body of water forming an indentation of the shoreline, larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf.
- CAS
-
verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- USO
-
- bad
-
noun,
that which is bad:
- 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.
- by-
-
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- ab-
-
- 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.
- abt
-
- urb
-
noun,
an urban area.
- BCD
-
- Ar.
-
- AUC
-
- CAD
-
noun,
an ill-bred man, especially one who behaves in a dishonorable or irresponsible way toward women.
- urs
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city on the Euphrates, in S Iraq: extensive excavations, especially of royal tombs.
- BAS
-
noun,
an aspect of the soul, represented as a human-headed bird.
- an.
-
- urn
-
noun,
a large or decorative vase, especially one with an ornamental foot or pedestal.
- cc.
-
- Ban
-
noun,
the act of prohibiting by law; interdiction.
- al.
-
- Urd
-
noun,
a plant, Vigna mungo, of the legume family, widely cultivated in tropical Asia for its edible seeds and for forage.
- Co.
-
- CAB
-
noun,
a taxicab.
- COD
-
noun,
any of several soft-rayed food fishes of the family Gadidae, especially Gadus morhua, of cool, North Atlantic waters.
- cr.
-
- cs.
-
- ct.
-
- ADS
-
noun,
advertisement.
- USB
-
- BCC
-
verb (used with object),
to send (a duplicate of a document, email, or the like) to (someone whose name is not visible to the primary addressee).
- aby
-
verb (used with object),
Archaic. to pay the penalty of.
- uns
-
- cl.
-
- Abo
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to an Australian Aborigine.
- Bat
-
noun,
Sports.
the wooden club used in certain games, as baseball and cricket, to strike the ball.
a racket, especially one used in badminton or table tennis.
a whip used by a jockey.
the act of using a club or racket in a game.
the right or turn to use a club or racket.
- abn
-
- Usk
-
noun,
a river flowing S and SE from SE Wales through SW England into the Severn estuary. 60 miles (97 km) long.
- too
-
Idioms,
only too. only (def 10).
- ca.
-
- USC
-
- ur-
-
- Suk
-
noun,
(especially in the Arab countries) the market, especially the traditional bazaar.
- abd
-
- ad-
-
- ABC
-
noun,
ABC's (defs 1, 3).
- CBD
-
- cay
-
noun,
a small low island; key.
- ADC
-
- ado
-
noun,
busy activity; bustle; fuss.
- TDY
-
- Ayn
-
noun,
ʿain.
- at.
-
- TLC
-
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- tlo
-
- arb
-
noun,
an arbitrager.
- AOU
-
- tlr
-
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- aor
-
- TNB
-
- Boy
-
noun,
a male child, from birth to full growth, especially one less than 18 years of age.
- ASU
-
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- ATB
-
- ATC
-
- 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.
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- Auk
-
noun,
any of several usually black-and-white diving birds of the family Alcidae, of northern seas, having webbed feet and small wings.
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- Any
-
Idioms,
any which way, in any manner whatever; indifferently or carelessly:
- boa
-
noun,
any of several nonvenomous, chiefly tropical constrictors of the family Boidae, having vestigial hind limbs at the base of the tail.
- TKO
-
- boo
-
noun,
an exclamation of contempt or disapproval:
- BNS
-
- TBA
-
- tsk
-
noun,
an exclamation of “tsk.”.
- ASN
-
- TCA
-
- Bon
-
noun,
Cape, a cape on the NE coast of Tunisia: surrender of the German African forces, May 12, 1943.
- TBO
-
- TBD
-
- 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.
-
- tub
-
noun,
a bathtub.
- ASK
-
noun,
the first man, made by the gods from an ash tree.
- asb
-
- ast
-
- ARU
-
- Tyr
-
noun,
the god of strife.
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- ARS
-
- Bok
-
noun,
Edward William, 1863–1930, U.S. editor and writer, born in the Netherlands.
- ASR
-
- tun
-
noun,
a large cask for holding liquids, especially wine, ale, or beer.
- TAU
-
noun,
the 19th letter of the Greek alphabet (T, τ).
- ary
-
adjective,
any; anyone.
- ard
-
- Tro
-
- Bra
-
noun,
brassiere.
- Ayr
-
noun,
a seaport in SW Scotland.
- BOD
-
noun,
body:
- bl.
-
- ult
-
- Bt.
-
- tra
-
- BLL
-
- Bly
-
noun,
Nellie (Elizabeth Cochrane Seaman) 1867–1922, U.S. journalist and social reformer.
- tr.
-
- bu.
-
- TCS
-
- BLA
-
- BDS
-
plural,
board.
- buy
-
noun,
an act or instance of buying.
- BSC
-
- Una
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “one.”.
- bkt
-
- bun
-
noun,
any of a wide variety of variously shaped bread rolls, usually leavened and slightly sweetened or plain, sometimes containing spices, dried currants, etc.
- BTU
-
noun,
the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 pound (0.4 kg) of water 1°F. Abbreviation: Btu, BTU, B.t.u., B.T.U., B.th.u.
- ALC
-
- AKC
-
- unc
-
- ays
-
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- BST
-
- Bn.
-
- BSD
-
- UAR
-
- USA
-
- BLT
-
plural,
a bacon, lettuce, and tomato sandwich.
- BLS
-
- ANC
-
- Bro
-
noun,
a brother.
- BRT
-
- UCC
-
- BSL
-
- BSA
-
- TOY
-
noun,
an object, often a small representation of something familiar, as an animal or person, for children or others to play with; plaything.
- bd.
-
plural,
board.
- TAL
-
- BSN
-
- BCL
-
- BSO
-
- Tay
-
noun,
a river flowing through central Scotland into the Firth of Tay. 118 miles (190 km) long.
- UCR
-
- Tad
-
noun,
a small child, especially a boy.
- ALU
-
- UDC
-
- udo
-
noun,
a plant, Aralia cordata, of the ginseng family, cultivated, especially in Japan and China, for its edible shoots.
- Bud
-
noun,
Botany.
a small axillary or terminal protuberance on a plant, containing rudimentary foliage (leaf bud) the rudimentary inflorescence (flower bud) or both (mixed bud)
an undeveloped or rudimentary stem or branch of a plant.
- NSA
-
- CBC
-
- Kur
-
noun,
(in Sumerian mythology) the world of the dead.
- 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).
- Lt.
-
- LSD
-
- LDS
-
- LCL
-
- La.
-
- Ray
-
noun,
a narrow beam of light.
- Kun
-
noun,
Béla [bey-lo] /ˈbeɪ lɒ/ (Show IPA), 1885–1937, Hungarian Communist leader.
- RCS
-
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- krs
-
- 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.
- kr.
-
- Kos
-
noun,
a unit of land distance of various lengths from 1 to 3 miles (1.6 to 4.8 km).
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- kor
-
noun,
homer2 .
- Rab
-
noun,
a wooden beater for mixing plaster or mortar.
- Rd.
-
- 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.
- OTA
-
- LCD
-
- LCA
-
- LBS
-
plural,
pound.
- OSO
-
- LBO
-
- lb.
-
plural,
pound.
- ot-
-
- OTB
-
- Lad
-
noun,
a boy or youth.
- OTS
-
- oud
-
noun,
a musical instrument of the Middle East and northern Africa belonging to the lute family.
- Las
-
noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- our
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- LAR
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- LAO
-
noun,
a member of a people of Laos and northern Thailand.
- Lay
-
noun,
the way or position in which a thing is laid or lies:
- Koo
-
noun,
(Vi Kyuin) Wellington [wee gyin] /ˈwi ˈgyɪn/ (Show IPA), (Ku Wei-chün; Gu Weijun) 1887–1985, Chinese diplomat and statesman.
- RBC
-
- Ld.
-
- Yuk
-
noun,
a loud, hearty laugh.
- Kal
-
- ROK
-
noun,
a soldier in the army of the Republic of Korea.
- Kay
-
noun,
Sir Arthurian Romance. the rude, boastful foster brother and seneschal of Arthur.
- kab
-
noun,
cab2 .
- ka-
-
- Kt.
-
- KCB
-
- YTD
-
- Rod
-
noun,
a stick, wand, staff, or the like, of wood, metal, or other material.
- you
-
noun,
something or someone closely identified with or resembling the person addressed:
- yon
-
pronoun,
that or those yonder.
- yok
-
noun,
a loud, hearty laugh.
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- yod
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- YOB
-
noun,
a teenage lout or hooligan.
- yds
-
- Roy
-
noun,
Rammohun [rah-moh-hon] /rɑˈmoʊ hɒn/ (Show IPA), 1774–1833, Indian religious leader: founder of Brahmo Samaj.
- CBS
-
- RCA
-
- Koa
-
noun,
a Hawaiian acacia, Acacia koa, of the legume family, characterized by spreading branches and gray bark.
- RCN
-
- RCT
-
- RDA
-
- RDC
-
- RDS
-
- rya
-
noun,
a handwoven Scandinavian rug with a thick pile and usually a strong, colorful design.
- kob
-
noun,
an African antelope, Kobus kob, related to the puku and the lechwe.
- RLD
-
- ROC
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- RNA
-
- rnd
-
- ROA
-
- kn.
-
- Kyd
-
noun,
Thomas, 1558–94, English dramatist.
- Ky.
-
- ROB
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Robert.
- 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.
- LCT
-
- LDC
-
- yas
-
noun,
the 28th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- OCC
-
- NOC
-
- nob
-
noun,
Slang. the head.
- obl
-
- NYA
-
- NCC
-
- Oca
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- NBS
-
- NBC
-
- OAU
-
- NBA
-
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- OCD
-
- ock
-
- OCR
-
- OCS
-
- Nay
-
noun,
a denial or refusal.
- Oba
-
noun,
a hereditary tribal ruler among various peoples in the Benin region of western Africa.
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- NAB
-
verb (used with object),
to arrest or capture.
- ob.
-
- NSU
-
- NRC
-
- nub
-
noun,
the point, gist, or heart of something.
- NUL
-
- NRA
-
- nr.
-
- NUS
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- Oc.
-
- Nod
-
noun,
a short, quick downward bending forward of the head, as in assent, greeting, or command or because of drowsiness.
- OSA
-
- OSB
-
- OSD
-
- OTC
-
- OAK
-
noun,
any tree or shrub belonging to the genus Quercus, of the beech family, bearing the acorn as fruit.
- OAO
-
- oar
-
noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- OAS
-
- NAD
-
- NUT
-
noun,
a dry fruit consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shell.
- LDL
-
- LON
-
- oon
-
- Lou
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Louis.
- 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.
- OOT
-
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- loo
-
noun,
a card game in which forfeits are paid into a pool.
- ORB
-
noun,
a sphere or globe:
- orc
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- oo-
-
- Loy
-
noun,
a female given name.
- LOC
-
- ory
-
- LLD
-
- LLB
-
- ll.
-
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- o-o
-
noun,
any of several species of Hawaiian honey eaters of the genus Moho, especially the extinct M. nobilis, of the island of Hawaii, that had black plumage and two tufts of yellow plumes used to make ceremonial robes for the Hawaiian kings.
- ons
-
- ODA
-
noun,
a room within a harem.
- Luo
-
noun,
a member of a people living mainly in southwest Kenya.
- NYC
-
- NCO
-
- ODS
-
noun,
a hypothetical force formerly held to pervade all nature and to manifest itself in magnetism, mesmerism, chemical action, etc.
- ODT
-
- Oyo
-
noun,
a city in W Nigeria.
- Oys
-
noun,
a grandchild.
- 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.
- Ola
-
- ONR
-
- Old
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) old persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- lub
-
- ltr
-
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- LTL
-
- LTA
-
- LST
-
- LSC
-
- YCL
-
- Kan
-
- yar
-
adjective,
yare (defs 1, 2).
- CTC
-
- SLA
-
- NSC
-
- Sly
-
Idioms,
on the sly, secretly; furtively:
- cud
-
noun,
the portion of food that a ruminant returns from the first stomach to the mouth to chew a second time.
- Cub
-
noun,
the young of certain animals, as the bear, lion, or tiger.
- SLR
-
- ctn
-
plural,
carton.
- CTA
-
- SKU
-
- CST
-
- CSR
-
- CSO
-
- csk
-
- CSC
-
- CSA
-
- 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)
- Cut
-
noun,
the act of cutting; a stroke or a blow, as with a knife, whip, etc.
- Skt
-
- CRS
-
- DAY
-
noun,
the interval of light between two successive nights; the time between sunrise and sunset:
- ScD
-
- DBS
-
- DBA
-
- dau
-
noun,
dhow.
- DAS
-
noun,
hyrax.
- DAR
-
- Dal
-
noun,
a sauce made from lentils and spices, usually served with rice.
- SDA
-
- Sky
-
noun,
the region of the clouds or the upper air; the upper atmosphere of the earth:
- SDR
-
- Syl
-
- DAB
-
noun,
a quick or light blow; a pat, as with the hand or something soft.
- DSO
-
- DSC
-
- DOA
-
- do.
-
- DCL
-
- CRT
-
- CRC
-
- SCB
-
- STL
-
- CLR
-
- Clo
-
- clk
-
- STB
-
- sty
-
noun,
a pen or enclosure for swine; pigpen.
- CYO
-
- stk
-
- Cyd
-
noun,
a female given name.
- CNC
-
- cyc
-
noun,
cyclorama (def 2).
- CDT
-
- CDC
-
- CCU
-
- CCS
-
verb (used with object),
to send a duplicate of a document, email, or the like to:
- CCR
-
- CCD
-
verb (used with object),
to send a duplicate of a document, email, or the like to:
- CCA
-
- CLU
-
- CNO
-
- SNU
-
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- SOB
-
noun,
the act of sobbing; a convulsive catching of the breath in weeping.
- COT
-
noun,
a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
- SOC
-
noun,
sociology or a class or course in sociology.
- COS
-
noun,
romaine.
- sod
-
noun,
a section cut or torn from the surface of grassland, containing the matted roots of grass.
- soy
-
noun,
soy sauce.
- COO
-
noun,
a cooing sound.
- Soo
-
noun,
the, Canadian. Sault Ste. Marie.
- Sta
-
- Coy
-
adjective,
artfully or affectedly shy or reserved; slyly hesitant; coquettish.
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- Sou
-
noun,
(formerly) either of two bronze coins of France, equal to 5 centimes and 10 centimes.
- COB
-
noun,
a corncob.
- Sr.
-
- SRB
-
- CNS
-
- St.
-
- 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.
- 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.
- DCS
-
- Sad
-
noun,
the 14th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- Sau
-
noun,
German name of Sava.
- Don
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Mr.; Sir: a Spanish title prefixed to a man's given name.
- Dor
-
noun,
Also, dorbeetle [dawr-beet-l] /ˈdɔrˌbit l/ (Show IPA). a common European dung beetle, Geotrupes stercorarius.
- SAR
-
- DOT
-
noun,
a small, roundish mark made with or as if with a pen.
- Dou
-
noun,
Gerard [gey-rahrt] /ˈgeɪ rɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1613–75, Dutch painter: pupil of Rembrandt.
- Dr.
-
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- Dry
-
noun,
a prohibitionist.
- DSA
-
- DSR
-
- Du.
-
- dub
-
noun,
an awkward, unskillful person.
- Sal
-
noun,
salt1 .
- Duc
-
noun,
duke.
- DNR
-
- yak
-
noun,
a large, stocky, shaggy-haired wild ox, Bos grunniens, of the Tibetan highlands, having long, curved horns: endangered.
- Yao
-
noun,
Wade-Giles, Pinyin. a legendary emperor of China who, with his successor (Shun) was a paragon of good government.
- Rs.
-
- RSA
-
- rt.
-
- RTS
-
- rub
-
noun,
an act or instance of rubbing:
- yad
-
noun,
a tapered, usually ornamented rod, usually of silver, with the tip of the tapered part forming a fist with the index finger extended, used by the reader of a scroll of the Torah as a place marker.
- SAC
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- run
-
noun,
an act or instance, or a period of running:
- rut
-
noun,
a furrow or track in the ground, especially one made by the passage of a vehicle or vehicles.
- sd.
-
- So.
-
- SRO
-
- Dun
-
noun,
a person, especially a creditor, who duns another.
- DOB
-
- DST
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- uts
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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.
- DLC
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- sc.
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- SBA
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- dkl
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- dk.
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- dyn
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- DNA
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- DNB
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- DLO
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- sb.
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- DLS
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- K.
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- TL
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- YT
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- KO
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noun,
a knockout in boxing.
- Y.
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- SU
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- K2
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noun,
Also called Godwin Austen [god-win aw-stin] /ˈgɒd wɪn ˈɔ stɪn/ (Show IPA), Dapsang [duh p-suhng] /dəpˈsʌŋ/ (Show IPA). a mountain in N Kashmir, in the Karakoram range: second highest peak in the world. 28,250 feet (8611 meters).
- CB
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- TN
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- No
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noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- NL
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- SL
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- YA
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noun,
the 28th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- S.
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- SA
-
- OU
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noun,
a rare Hawaiian honeycreeper, Psittirostra psittacea, having an olive-green body, a parrotlike bill, and in the male a bright yellow head.
- AO
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- DB
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- YU
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noun,
a legendary Chinese emperor who drained the land and made the mountains.
- yo
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation to get someone's attention, express excitement, greet someone, etc.)
- RA
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noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- 2D
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noun,
a two-dimensional form or appearance:
- yd
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noun,
a unit of area measurement equal to a square measuring one yard on each side; 0.8361 square meters. 2 , sq. yd. Abbreviation: yd.
- 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.
- 3D
-
noun,
a three-dimensional form or appearance:
- A.
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noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- NU
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noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- R.
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- yl
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- RN
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- AU
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plural,
to the; at the; with the.
- O.
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- cy
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Cyrus.
- OD
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noun,
a hypothetical force formerly held to pervade all nature and to manifest itself in magnetism, mesmerism, chemical action, etc.
- RU
-
- L2
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- L1
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- yr
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- OA
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- ck
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- KC
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- KB
-
- D.
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- KD
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- TC
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- TB
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- UL
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- TD
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- T1
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- TA
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noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- SN
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- Ud
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- LR
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- sk
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- UB
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- BC
-
- CU
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- UK
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- UC
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- ly
-
- U.
-
- YB
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- 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.
- ln
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- LO
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adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
- BO
-
- t.
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- LU
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noun,
a male or female given name, form of Lou.
- LC
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- DA
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noun,
a male hairstyle, especially of the 1950s, in which the hair is slicked back on both sides to overlap at the back of the head.
- DN
-
- L.
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- sy
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noun,
a male given name, form of Seymour, Simon, or Silas.
- NY
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- ND
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- RO
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- NC
-
- NB
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- B-
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- BA
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noun,
an aspect of the soul, represented as a human-headed bird.
- AK
-
- N.
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- oy
-
noun,
a grandchild.
- dl
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- DT
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noun,
a withdrawal syndrome occurring in persons who have developed physiological dependence on alcohol, characterized by tremor, visual hallucinations, and autonomic instability. Abbreviation: d.t.
- OK
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noun,
an approval, agreement, or endorsement:
- RC
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- ol
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- ry
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- ty
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- tk
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