Anagrams of collaborationist
Word collaborationist has
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- allocations
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noun,
the act of allocating; apportionment.
- oscillation
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noun,
an act or instance of oscillating.
- instillator
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noun,
an apparatus for putting liquid drop by drop into a cavity.
- abstraction
-
noun,
an abstract or general idea or term.
- bolt-action
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adjective,
(of a rifle) equipped with a manually operated sliding bolt.
- antiblastic
-
adjective,
antagonistic to growth.
- abortionist
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noun,
a person who performs or induces abortions, especially illegally.
- bilocation
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noun,
the state of being or the ability to be in two places at the same time.
- abolitions
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noun,
the act of abolishing:
- contraltos
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noun,
the lowest female voice or voice part, intermediate between soprano and tenor.
- coloration
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noun,
appearance with regard to color arrangement or use of colors; coloring:
- coalitions
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noun,
a combination or alliance, especially a temporary one between persons, factions, states, etc.
- cotillions
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noun,
a formal ball given especially for debutantes.
- antisocial
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noun,
a person exhibiting antisocial traits.
- biocontrol
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noun,
biological control.
- octillions
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noun,
a cardinal number represented in the U.S. by 1 followed by 27 zeros, and in Great Britain by 1 followed by 48 zeros.
- collations
-
noun,
the act of collating.
- anisocoria
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noun,
inequality in the size of the pupils.
- allocation
-
noun,
the act of allocating; apportionment.
- citronalis
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noun,
lemon verbena.
- lactations
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noun,
the secretion or formation of milk.
- tinctorial
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adjective,
pertaining to coloring or dyeing.
- Alcoranist
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noun,
a person who believes in an absolutely literal interpretation of the Koran.
- oscillator
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noun,
Electronics. a circuit that produces an alternating output current of a certain frequency determined by the characteristics of the circuit components.
- brilliants
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noun,
Jewelry. a gem, especially a diamond, having any of several varieties of the brilliant cut.
- rationals
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noun,
Mathematics. rational number.
- tractions
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noun,
the adhesive friction of a body on some surface, as a wheel on a rail or a tire on a road.
- cast-iron
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noun,
an alloy of iron, carbon, and other elements, cast as a soft and strong, or as a hard and brittle, iron, depending on the mixture and methods of molding.
- rototills
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verb (used with object),
to break up (soil) with a rototiller.
- rotations
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noun,
the act of rotating; a turning around as on an axis.
- Castilian
-
noun,
the dialect of Spanish spoken in Castile.
- cornballs
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noun,
popcorn rolled into a ball and flavored with molasses or caramel.
- altricial
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adjective,
helpless at birth or hatching and requiring parental care for a period of time (opposed to precocial. )
- cotillons
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noun,
cotillion.
- albinotic
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adjective,
of or relating to albinism.
- allobaric
-
adjective,
of or relating to change in atmospheric pressure:
- cabrillas
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noun,
any of several sea basses, especially Epinephelus analogus, of tropical eastern Pacific seas.
- notabilia
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plural noun,
matters, events, or items worthy of note.
- striction
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noun,
the act of constricting.
- coronitis
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noun,
inflammation of the coronary cushion of hoofed animals.
- cotillion
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noun,
a formal ball given especially for debutantes.
- allantoic
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adjective,
of or relating to the allantois.
- tortillas
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noun,
a thin, round, unleavened bread prepared from cornmeal or sometimes wheat flour, baked on a flat plate of iron, earthenware, or the like.
- tortillon
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noun,
a stump made of paper twisted to a point, used in drawing.
- tornillos
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noun,
screw bean.
- biostatic
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noun,
the branch of biology dealing with the structure of organisms in relation to their functions (opposed to biodynamics).
- allantois
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noun,
a vascular, extraembryonic membrane of birds, reptiles, and certain mammals that develops as a sac or diverticulum from the ventral wall of the hindgut.
- biosocial
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adjective,
of, relating to, or entailing the interaction or combination of social and biological factors.
- battalion
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noun,
Military. a ground force unit composed of a headquarters and two or more companies or similar units.
- coattails
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noun,
the back of the skirt on a man's coat or jacket.
- cloistral
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adjective,
of, relating to, or living in a cloister.
- last-born
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noun,
a last-born or youngest child.
- illations
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noun,
the act of inferring.
- satirical
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adjective,
of, pertaining to, containing, or characterized by satire:
- braciolas
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noun,
a flat piece of veal or beef rolled around a filling and baked in stock and wine.
- scalation
-
noun,
an arrangement of scales, as on a fish.
- lactation
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noun,
the secretion or formation of milk.
- Scarlatti
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noun,
Alessandro [ah-luh-sahn-droh;; Italian ah-les-sahn-draw] /ˌɑ ləˈsɑn droʊ;; Italian ˌɑ lɛsˈsɑn drɔ/ (Show IPA), 1659–1725, Italian composer.
- cilantros
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noun,
the strong-scented leaves of the coriander plant, used in salads or to flavor and garnish food.
- Braillist
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noun,
an expert at writing Braille.
- ballistic
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Idioms,
go ballistic, Informal. to become overwrought or irrational:
- scintilla
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noun,
a minute particle; spark; trace:
- Brilliant
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noun,
Jewelry. a gem, especially a diamond, having any of several varieties of the brilliant cut.
- isolation
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noun,
an act or instance of isolating.
- isoclinal
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noun,
isoclinic line.
- Tillotson
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noun,
John, 1630–94, English clergyman: archbishop of Canterbury 1691–94.
- botanicas
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noun,
a shop specializing in herbs, spiritual items, etc.
- locations
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noun,
a place of settlement, activity, or residence:
- arcosolia
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noun,
(in Roman catacombs) an arched recess for a sarcophagus.
- Anticosti
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noun,
an island at the head of the Gulf of St. Lawrence in E Canada, in E Quebec province. 135 miles (217 km) long; 3043 sq. mi. (7880 sq. km).
- antisolar
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adjective,
(on the celestial sphere) opposite the sun.
- oblations
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noun,
the offering to God of the elements of bread and wine in the Eucharist.
- Cristobal
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noun,
a seaport in Panama at the Atlantic end of the Panama Canal, adjacent to Colón.
- lobations
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noun,
lobate formation.
- littorals
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noun,
a littoral region.
- basilican
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adjective,
basilic (def 2).
- botanical
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noun,
Pharmacology. a drug made from part of a plant, as from roots, leaves, bark, or berries.
- saltation
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noun,
a dancing, hopping, or leaping movement.
- libration
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noun,
a real or apparent oscillatory motion, especially of the moon.
- tonsorial
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adjective,
of or relating to a barber or barbering:
- libations
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noun,
a pouring out of wine or other liquid in honor of a deity.
- coalition
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noun,
a combination or alliance, especially a temporary one between persons, factions, states, etc.
- solicitor
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noun,
a person who solicits.
- cat-train
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noun,
a train of sleds and other vehicles mounted on runners, the whole procession drawn by a tractor with caterpillar treads.
- striation
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noun,
striated condition or appearance.
- isallobar
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noun,
a line on a weather map or chart connecting points having equal pressure changes.
- contralto
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noun,
the lowest female voice or voice part, intermediate between soprano and tenor.
- consortia
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noun,
a combination of financial institutions, capitalists, etc., for carrying into effect some financial operation requiring large resources of capital.
- colonials
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noun,
an inhabitant of a colony.
- sortition
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noun,
the casting or drawing of lots.
- contrails
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noun,
a visible condensation of water droplets or ice crystals from the atmosphere, occurring in the wake of an aircraft, rocket, or missile under certain conditions.
- octillion
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noun,
a cardinal number represented in the U.S. by 1 followed by 27 zeros, and in Great Britain by 1 followed by 48 zeros.
- trillions
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noun,
a cardinal number represented in the U.S. by 1 followed by 12 zeros, and in Great Britain by 1 followed by 18 zeros.
- sortation
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noun,
the process or result of sorting things, especially computationally or mechanically.
- ablations
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noun,
the removal, especially of organs, abnormal growths, or harmful substances, from the body by mechanical means, as by surgery.
- cantorial
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adjective,
of or relating to a cantor.
- abattoirs
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noun,
a slaughterhouse.
- boltonias
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noun,
any of several composite plants of the genus Boltonia, of the U.S., having blue, purple, or white asterlike flower heads.
- carbinols
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noun,
methyl alcohol.
- collision
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noun,
the act of colliding; a coming violently into contact; crash:
- Octobrist
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noun,
a member of a Russian political party that advocated constitutional monarchism: so called because it was organized after the Czar's manifesto in October, 1905.
- Collinsia
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noun,
any plant belonging to the genus Collinsia, of the figwort family, having whorled leaves and usually clusters of variously colored flowers.
- abolition
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noun,
the act of abolishing:
- collation
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noun,
the act of collating.
- carillons
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noun,
a set of stationary bells hung in a tower and sounded by manual or pedal action, or by machinery.
- ocotillos
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noun,
a spiny, woody shrub, Fouqueria splendens, of arid regions of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico, having a tight cluster of red flowers at the tip of each branch.
- abortion
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noun,
Also called voluntary abortion. the removal of an embryo or fetus from the uterus in order to end a pregnancy.
- 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.
- carbanil
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noun,
phenyl isocyanate.
- Tantalic
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adjective,
of or relating to tantalum, especially in the pentavalent state.
- location
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noun,
a place of settlement, activity, or residence:
- coattail
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noun,
the back of the skirt on a man's coat or jacket.
- Sorocaba
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noun,
a city in SE Brazil, W of São Paulo.
- aoristic
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adjective,
Grammar. pertaining to the aorist.
- catboats
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noun,
a boat having one mast set well forward with a single large sail.
- aortitis
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noun,
inflammation of the aorta.
- orinasal
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noun,
an orinasal sound.
- criollos
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noun,
a person born in Spanish America but of European, usually Spanish, ancestry.
Compare Creole (def 1).
- Atlantis
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noun,
a legendary island, first mentioned by Plato, said to have existed in the Atlantic Ocean west of Gibraltar and to have sunk beneath the sea, but linked by some modern archaeologists with the island of Thera, the surviving remnant of a much larger island destroyed by a volcanic eruption c1500 b.c.
- criollas
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noun,
a woman or girl born in Spanish America but of European, usually Spanish, ancestry.
- 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.
- oronasal
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noun,
Phonetics. orinasal (def 2).
- ancillas
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noun,
an accessory; auxiliary or adjunct.
- bicolors
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noun,
a flag divided into two major areas of color.
- Castillo
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noun,
Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), (Antonio Cánovas del Castillo del Rey) 1908–1984, Spanish fashion designer.
- rototill
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verb (used with object),
to break up (soil) with a rototiller.
- trillion
-
noun,
a cardinal number represented in the U.S. by 1 followed by 12 zeros, and in Great Britain by 1 followed by 18 zeros.
- cabalist
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noun,
a student of or expert in the cabala.
- strontia
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noun,
Also called strontium oxide. a white or grayish-white, amorphous powder, SrO, resembling lime in its general character: used chiefly in the manufacture of strontium salts.
- cantoris
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adjective,
of or relating to the gospel or liturgical north side of a church (opposed to decani).
- Sabatini
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noun,
Rafael [raf-ee-uh l] /ˈræf i əl/ (Show IPA), 1875–1950, English novelist and short-story writer, born in Italy.
- abrasion
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noun,
a scraped spot or area; the result of rubbing or abrading:
- castrato
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noun,
a male singer, especially in the 18th century, castrated before puberty to prevent his soprano or contralto voice range from changing.
- Tornillo
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noun,
screw bean.
- intarsia
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noun,
an art or technique of decorating a surface with inlaid patterns, especially of wood mosaic, developed during the Renaissance.
- Citation
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noun,
Military. mention of a soldier or a unit in orders, usually for gallantry:
- Atlantic
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noun,
Atlantic Ocean.
- lobation
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noun,
lobate formation.
- scallion
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noun,
any onion that does not form a large bulb; green onion.
- sailboat
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noun,
a boat having sails as its principal means of propulsion.
- tonalist
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noun,
a person who works with or uses tonality, especially one who uses traditional tonality rather than atonality in composing music.
- colonist
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noun,
an inhabitant of a colony.
- libation
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noun,
a pouring out of wine or other liquid in honor of a deity.
- abattoir
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noun,
a slaughterhouse.
- laotians
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Laos.
- orcinols
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noun,
a white, crystalline, water-soluble solid, C 7 H 8 O 2 , sweet but unpleasant in taste, that reddens on exposure to air: obtained from many lichens or produced synthetically and used chiefly as a reagent for certain carbohydrates.
- artistic
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adjective,
conforming to the standards of art; satisfying aesthetic requirements:
- 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.
- Ilocanos
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noun,
a member of a people of Luzon in the Philippines.
- baronial
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adjective,
pertaining to a baron or barony or to the order of barons.
- colorant
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noun,
something used as a coloring matter; pigment; dye.
- botanica
-
noun,
a shop specializing in herbs, spiritual items, etc.
- orbitals
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noun,
Physics, Chemistry.
a wave function describing the state of a single electron in an atom (atomic orbital) or in a molecule (molecular orbital)
the electron in that state.
- colonial
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noun,
an inhabitant of a colony.
- botanist
-
noun,
a specialist in botany.
- illation
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noun,
the act of inferring.
- cilantro
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noun,
the strong-scented leaves of the coriander plant, used in salads or to flavor and garnish food.
- barillas
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noun,
either of two European saltworts, Salsola kali or S. soda, whose ashes yield an impure carbonate of soda.
- Latinist
-
noun,
a specialist in Latin.
- coalbins
-
noun,
a bin used for holding coal.
- tactions
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noun,
touch; contact.
- inositol
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noun,
Biochemistry. a compound, C 6 H 12 O 6 , derivative of cyclohexane, widely distributed in plants and seeds as phytin, and occurring in animal tissue and in urine: an essential growth factor for animal life, present in the vitamin B complex.
- Croatian
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noun,
a Croat.
- Tritonis
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noun,
(in ancient geography) a mythical lake near the Mediterranean coast of Libya.
- taborins
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noun,
a small tabor.
- billions
-
noun,
a cardinal number represented in the U.S. by 1 followed by 9 zeros, and in Great Britain by 1 followed by 12 zeros.
- littoral
-
noun,
a littoral region.
- crotalin
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noun,
a protein in the venom of pit vipers, used as an antigen in the preparation of snake antivenins.
- arcanist
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noun,
a person professing special secret knowledge concerning ceramics, especially concerning the making of porcelain.
- stallion
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noun,
an uncastrated adult male horse, especially one used for breeding.
- carillon
-
noun,
a set of stationary bells hung in a tower and sounded by manual or pedal action, or by machinery.
- colorist
-
noun,
a person who uses color skillfully.
- Tacloban
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Leyte, in the central Philippines.
- arnattos
-
noun,
annatto (def 2).
- cattails
-
noun,
any tall, reedlike marsh plant of the genus Typha, especially T. latifolia, having long, sword-shaped leaves and dense, cylindrical clusters of minute brown flowers.
- coal-tar
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noun,
a thick, black, viscid liquid formed during the distillation of coal, that upon further distillation yields compounds, as benzene, anthracene, and phenol, from which are derived a large number of dyes, drugs, and other synthetic compounds, and that yields a final residuum (coal-tar pitch) which is used chiefly in making pavements.
- Boltonia
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noun,
any of several composite plants of the genus Boltonia, of the U.S., having blue, purple, or white asterlike flower heads.
- Basilica
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noun,
an early Christian or medieval church of the type built especially in Italy, characterized by a plan including a nave, two or four side aisles, a semicircular apse, a narthex, and often other features, as a short transept, a number of small semicircular apses terminating the aisles, or an atrium. The interior is characterized by strong horizontality, with little or no attempt at rhythmic accents. All spaces are usually covered with timber roofs or ceilings except for the apse or apses, which are vaulted.
- cattalos
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noun,
beefalo.
- Basilian
-
noun,
a monk or nun following the rule of Saint Basil.
- braciola
-
noun,
a flat piece of veal or beef rolled around a filling and baked in stock and wine.
- inscroll
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verb (used with object),
enscroll.
- ablation
-
noun,
the removal, especially of organs, abnormal growths, or harmful substances, from the body by mechanical means, as by surgery.
- Anatolic
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adjective, noun,
Anatolian.
- rotation
-
noun,
the act of rotating; a turning around as on an axis.
- Castilla
-
noun,
Ramón [rah-mawn] /rɑˈmɔn/ (Show IPA), 1797–1867, Peruvian general and statesman: president of Peru 1845–51 and 1855–62.
- coronals
-
noun,
a crown; coronet.
- corollas
-
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.
- ostinato
-
noun,
a constantly recurring melodic fragment.
- coitions
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noun,
coitus.
- carotins
-
noun,
carotene.
- titanias
-
noun,
synthetic rutile, TiO 2 , used as a gem.
- corantos
-
noun,
courante.
- isocolon
-
noun,
a figure of speech or sentence having a parallel structure formed by the use of two or more clauses, or cola, of similar length, as “The bigger they are, the harder they fall.”.
- ricottas
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noun,
a soft Italian cheese that resembles cottage cheese.
- Ocotillo
-
noun,
a spiny, woody shrub, Fouqueria splendens, of arid regions of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico, having a tight cluster of red flowers at the tip of each branch.
- carbinol
-
noun,
methyl alcohol.
- contrast
-
noun,
the act of contrasting; the state of being contrasted.
- actinias
-
noun,
a sea anemone, especially of the genus Actinia.
- Brattain
-
noun,
Walter Houser [hou-zer] /ˈhaʊ zər/ (Show IPA), 1902–1987, U.S. physicist: Nobel Prize 1956.
- air-cool
-
verb (used with object),
Machinery. to remove the heat of combustion, friction, etc., from (a machine, engine, or device), as by air streams flowing over an engine jacket.
- nitroso-
-
- nitrolic
-
adjective,
of or noting a series of acids of the type RC(=NOH)NO 2 , whose salts form deep-red solutions.
- tortonis
-
noun,
ice cream made with eggs and heavy cream, often containing chopped cherries or topped with minced almonds or crumbled macaroons.
- callants
-
noun,
a lad; boy.
- rational
-
noun,
Mathematics. rational number.
- colistin
-
noun,
a toxic antibiotic polypeptide, C 45 H 85 O 10 N 13 , produced by the bacterium Bacillus colistinus, used in sulfate form against a broad spectrum of microorganisms and in the treatment of severe gastroenteritis.
- sibilant
-
noun,
Phonetics. a sibilant consonant.
- ironical
-
adjective,
pertaining to, of the nature of, exhibiting, or characterized by irony or mockery:
- Iscariot
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noun,
the surname of Judas, the betrayer of Jesus. Mark 3:19; 14:10, 11.
- ocarinas
-
noun,
a simple musical wind instrument shaped somewhat like an elongated egg with a mouthpiece and finger holes.
- traction
-
noun,
the adhesive friction of a body on some surface, as a wheel on a rail or a tire on a road.
- rat-tail
-
noun,
grenadier (def 4).
- Callisto
-
noun,
Also, Kallisto. Classical Mythology. a nymph attendant on Artemis, punished for a love affair with Zeus by being changed into a bear and then transformed into stars as the constellation Ursa Major.
- brasilin
-
noun,
brazilin.
- clarinos
-
noun,
a valveless trumpet used in the 17th and 18th centuries for playing rapid passages in the high register.
- notarial
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of a notary public.
- isobaric
-
adjective,
Meteorology. having or showing equal barometric pressure.
- corbinas
-
noun,
a game fish, Menticirrhus undulatus, of the croaker family, inhabiting Pacific coastal waters of North America.
- isobront
-
noun,
a line on a weather map or chart connecting various points where a given phase of thunderstorm activity occurred simultaneously.
- rattoons
-
noun,
a sprout or shoot from the root of a plant, especially a sugarcane, after it has been cropped.
- Carolina
-
noun,
a former English colony on the Atlantic coast of North America: officially divided into North Carolina and South Carolina in 1729.
- cornball
-
noun,
popcorn rolled into a ball and flavored with molasses or caramel.
- Brasilia
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Brazil, on the central plateau.
- contrib.
-
- biracial
-
adjective,
consisting of, representing, or combining members of two separate racial groups:
- airboats
-
noun,
Also called swamp boat. a small open boat having a very shallow draft and driven by a caged airplane propeller mounted above the rear transom, capable of traveling at relatively high speeds through shallow water, swamps, etc.
- Ratisbon
-
noun,
Regensburg.
- cotillon
-
noun,
cotillion.
- Cotabato
-
noun,
a city on W central Mindanao, in the S Philippines.
- tribasic
-
adjective,
(of an acid) having three atoms of hydrogen replaceable by basic atoms or groups.
- oblation
-
noun,
the offering to God of the elements of bread and wine in the Eucharist.
- ballista
-
noun,
an ancient military engine for throwing stones or other missiles.
- contorts
-
verb (used with object),
to twist, bend, or draw out of shape; distort.
- ortolans
-
noun,
an Old World bunting, Emberiza hortulana, esteemed as a table delicacy.
- cabrilla
-
noun,
any of several sea basses, especially Epinephelus analogus, of tropical eastern Pacific seas.
- abstrict
-
verb (used without object),
to undergo abstriction.
- transact
-
verb (used with object),
to carry on or conduct (business, negotiations, activities, etc.) to a conclusion or settlement. Synonyms: enact, conclude, settle, manage, negotiate.
- abstract
-
noun,
a summary of a text, scientific article, document, speech, etc.; epitome.
- Scriabin
-
noun,
Aleksandr Nikolaevich [al-ig-zan-der nik-uh-lahy-uh-vich,, -zahn-;; Russian uh-lyi-ksahn-dr nyi-kuh-lah-yi-vyich] /ˌæl ɪgˈzæn dər ˌnɪk əˈlaɪ ə vɪtʃ,, -ˈzɑn-;; Russian ʌ lyɪˈksɑn dr nyɪ kʌˈlɑ yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1872–1915, Russian composer and pianist.
- clarions
-
noun,
an ancient trumpet with a curved shape.
- sorbitol
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, sweet, water-soluble powder, C 6 H 8 (OH) 6 , occurring in cherries, plums, pears, seaweed, and many berries, obtained by the breakdown of dextrose and used as a sugar substitute for diabetics and in the manufacture of vitamin C, synthetic resins, candy, varnishes, etc.; sorbol.
- raincoat
-
noun,
a waterproof or water-repellent coat worn as protection against rain.
- tortilla
-
noun,
a thin, round, unleavened bread prepared from cornmeal or sometimes wheat flour, baked on a flat plate of iron, earthenware, or the like.
- Billiton
-
noun,
an island in Indonesia, between Borneo and Sumatra. 1866 sq. mi. (4833 sq. km).
- Carniola
-
noun,
a former duchy and crown land of Austria: now part of Slovenia.
- contrail
-
noun,
a visible condensation of water droplets or ice crystals from the atmosphere, occurring in the wake of an aircraft, rocket, or missile under certain conditions.
- also-ran
-
noun,
Sports.
(in a race) a contestant who fails to win or to place among the first three finishers.
an athlete or team whose performance in competition is rarely, if ever, a winning or near-winning one.
- cortisol
-
noun,
Biochemistry. one of several steroid hormones produced by the adrenal cortex and resembling cortisone in its action.
- biotrons
-
noun,
a controlled laboratory environment designed to provide uniform experimental conditions with the aim of producing uniform organisms for use in experiments.
- isotonic
-
adjective,
Also, isosmotic. Physical Chemistry. noting or pertaining to solutions characterized by equal osmotic pressure.
Compare hypertonic (def 2), hypotonic (def 2).
- allision
-
noun,
the striking of one ship by another.
- ostracon
-
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.
- Sinclair
-
noun,
Harry Ford, 1876–1956, U.S. oil businessman: a major figure in the Teapot Dome scandal.
- Carlotta
-
noun,
a female given name, Italian form of Charlotte.
- Clairton
-
noun,
a city in SW Pennsylvania.
- airbills
-
noun,
air waybill.
- oscitant
-
adjective,
yawning, as with drowsiness; gaping.
- clitoris
-
noun,
the erectile organ of the vulva, homologous to the penis of the male.
- all-star
-
noun,
Sports. a player selected for an all-star team.
- introits
-
noun,
Roman Catholic Church. a part of a psalm with antiphon recited by the celebrant of the Mass at the foot of the altar and, at High Mass, sung by the choir when the priest begins the Mass.
- robotics
-
noun,
the use of computer-controlled robots to perform manual tasks, especially on an assembly line.
- strobila
-
noun,
the body of a tapeworm exclusive of the head and neck region.
Compare scolex.
- Ilocano
-
noun,
a member of a people of Luzon in the Philippines.
- bailors
-
noun,
a person who delivers personal property in bailment.
- scrinia
-
noun,
a cylindrical container used in ancient Rome to hold papyrus rolls.
- starlit
-
adjective,
lighted by the stars:
- bonitas
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ironist
-
noun,
a person who uses irony habitually, especially a writer.
- bonsoir
-
interjection,
good evening; good night.
- incisor
-
noun,
any of the four anterior teeth in each jaw, used for cutting and gnawing.
- Introit
-
noun,
Roman Catholic Church. a part of a psalm with antiphon recited by the celebrant of the Mass at the foot of the altar and, at High Mass, sung by the choir when the priest begins the Mass.
- ballons
-
noun,
the lightness and grace of movement that make a dancer appear buoyant.
- 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.
- Collins
-
noun,
a tall drink made with gin, whiskey, rum, or vodka, and lemon or lime juice, soda water, and sugar.
- station
-
noun,
a place or position in which a person or thing is normally located.
- sirloin
-
noun,
the portion of the loin of beef in front of the rump.
- ballast
-
noun,
Nautical. any heavy material carried temporarily or permanently in a vessel to provide desired draft and stability.
- tincals
-
noun,
a former name for crude native borax.
- install
-
verb (used with object),
to place in position or connect for service or use:
- bonitos
-
noun,
any mackerellike fish of the genus Sarda, as S. sarda, of the Atlantic Ocean.
- instill
-
verb (used with object),
to infuse slowly or gradually into the mind or feelings; insinuate; inject:
- Balaton
-
noun,
a lake in W Hungary: the largest lake in central Europe. About 50 miles (80 km) long; 230 sq. mi. (596 sq. km).
- Sinatra
-
noun,
Frank (Francis Albert) 1915–98, U.S. singer and actor.
- Sinaloa
-
noun,
a state in W Mexico, bordering on the Gulf of California. 22,582 sq. mi. (58,485 sq. km). Capital: Culiacán.
- silicon
-
noun,
a nonmetallic element, having amorphous and crystalline forms, occurring in a combined state in minerals and rocks and constituting more than one fourth of the earth's crust: used in steelmaking, alloys, etc. Symbol: Si; atomic weight: 28.086; atomic number: 14; specific gravity: 2.4 at 20°C.
- stibial
-
adjective,
of or resembling antimony.
- coalbin
-
noun,
a bin used for holding coal.
- 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.
- bonacis
-
noun,
any of several edible serranid fishes, as Mycteroperca bonaci.
- cortina
-
noun,
a weblike, often evanescent veil covering the gills or hanging from the cap edge of certain mushrooms, particularly those of genus Cortinarius, and sometimes persisting as a ring or remnant of fibrils around the mushroom stalk.
- borasca
-
noun,
(especially in the Mediterranean) a squall, usually accompanied by thunder and lightning.
- tartans
-
noun,
a woolen or worsted cloth woven with stripes of different colors and widths crossing at right angles, worn chiefly by the Scottish Highlanders, each clan having its own distinctive plaid.
- Tarasco
-
noun,
Tarascan.
- Taranto
-
noun,
Ancient Tarentum. a fortified seaport in SE Italy, on the Gulf of Taranto: founded by the Greeks in the 8th century b.c.; naval base.
- biotron
-
noun,
a controlled laboratory environment designed to provide uniform experimental conditions with the aim of producing uniform organisms for use in experiments.
- biotins
-
noun,
a crystalline, water-soluble vitamin, C 10 H 16 O 3 N 2 S, of the vitamin B complex, that is present in all living cells and functions as a growth factor and as a catalyst in carboxylation reactions.
- contras
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) a member of a counterrevolutionary guerrilla group in Nicaragua.
- Tarlton
-
noun,
Richard, died 1588, English actor.
- Cortona
-
noun,
Pietro da [pye-traw dah] /ˈpyɛ trɔ dɑ/ (Show IPA), (Pietro Berrettini) 1596–1669, Italian painter and architect.
- Costain
-
noun,
Thomas Bertram, 1885–1965, U.S. novelist, historian, and editor, born in Canada.
- Tartini
-
noun,
Giuseppe [joo-zep-pe] /dʒuˈzɛp pɛ/ (Show IPA), 1692–1770, Italian violinist and composer.
- coition
-
noun,
coitus.
- bionics
-
noun,
the study of how humans and animals perform certain tasks and solve certain problems, and of the application of the findings to the design of electronic devices and mechanical parts.
- Stalino
-
noun,
a former name of Donetsk.
- 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.
- bistort
-
noun,
Also called snakeweed. a European plant, Polygonum bistorta, of the buckwheat family, having a twisted root, which is sometimes used as an astringent.
- contort
-
verb (used with object),
to twist, bend, or draw out of shape; distort.
- blatant
-
adjective,
brazenly obvious; flagrant:
- soroban
-
noun,
a Japanese abacus of Chinese derivation.
- 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.
- colitis
-
noun,
inflammation of the colon.
- coranto
-
noun,
courante.
- control
-
noun,
the act or power of controlling; regulation; domination or command:
- corbans
-
noun,
a sacrifice or offering made to God, especially among the ancient Hebrews in fulfillment of a vow.
- talions
-
noun,
lex talionis.
- coronal
-
noun,
a crown; coronet.
- blasto-
-
- blastic
-
- corbina
-
noun,
a game fish, Menticirrhus undulatus, of the croaker family, inhabiting Pacific coastal waters of North America.
- Sorbian
-
noun,
Also called Lusatian, Wendish. a Slavic language spoken by an isolated group in E Germany.
- 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.
- bitonal
-
adjective,
marked by or using bitonality.
- contra-
-
- billons
-
noun,
an alloy used in coinage, consisting of gold or silver with a larger amount of base metal.
- Icarian
-
noun,
an inhabitant of Icaria.
- solicit
-
verb (used with object),
to seek for (something) by entreaty, earnest or respectful request, formal application, etc.:
- 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.
- coastal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, bordering on, or located near a coast:
- basilic
-
adjective,
kingly; royal.
- basilar
-
adjective,
pertaining to or situated at the base, especially the base of the skull.
- Basilan
-
noun,
an island in the Philippines, SW of Mindanao. 495 sq. mi. (1282 sq. km).
- soliton
-
- solatia
-
noun,
something given in compensation for inconvenience, loss, injury, or the like; recompense.
- Bastian
-
noun,
Adolf [ah-dawlf] /ˈɑ dɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1826–1905, German anthropologist.
- solaria
-
noun,
a glass-enclosed room, porch, or the like, exposed to the sun's rays, as at a seaside hotel or for convalescents in a hospital.
- Socotra
-
noun,
an island in the Indian Ocean, S of Arabia: a part of the Republic of Yemen. 1382 sq. mi. (3579 sq. km).
- sociol.
-
- iatrics
-
- Sno-Cat
-
- Barinas
-
noun,
a city in W Venezuela.
- collat.
-
- bastion
-
noun,
Fortification. a projecting portion of a rampart or fortification that forms an irregular pentagon attached at the base to the main work.
- tantras
-
noun,
(italics) Hinduism. any of several books of esoteric doctrine regarding rituals, disciplines, meditation, etc., composed in the form of dialogues between Shiva and his Shakti; Agama.
- cranio-
-
- billion
-
noun,
a cardinal number represented in the U.S. by 1 followed by 9 zeros, and in Great Britain by 1 followed by 12 zeros.
- constr.
-
- 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.
- borstal
-
noun,
(in England) a school for delinquent boys that provides therapy and vocational training.
- bicolor
-
noun,
a flag divided into two major areas of color.
- cranial
-
adjective,
of or relating to the cranium or skull.
- craniol
-
- Croatia
-
noun,
a republic in SE Europe: includes the historical regions of Dalmatia, Istria, and Slavonia; formerly a part of Yugoslavia. 21,835 sq. mi. (56,555 sq. km) Capital: Zagreb.
- cratons
-
noun,
a relatively rigid and immobile region of continental portions of the earth's crust.
- criolla
-
noun,
a woman or girl born in Spanish America but of European, usually Spanish, ancestry.
- consort
-
noun,
a husband or wife; spouse, especially of a reigning monarch.
Compare prince consort, queen consort.
- criollo
-
noun,
a person born in Spanish America but of European, usually Spanish, ancestry.
Compare Creole (def 1).
- Conrail
-
noun,
a government-supported corporation that combined six bankrupt railroads to provide freight and commuter service in 17 states from Boston to St. Louis.
- Batista
-
noun,
Fulgencio [fool-hen-syaw] /fulˈhɛn syɔ/ (Show IPA), (Fulgencio Batista y Zaldívar) 1901–73, Cuban military leader: dictator of Cuba 1934–40; president 1940–44, 1952–59.
- cottons
-
noun,
a soft, white, downy substance consisting of the hairs or fibers attached to the seeds of plants belonging to the genus Gossypium, of the mallow family, used in making fabrics, thread, wadding, etc.
- barilla
-
noun,
either of two European saltworts, Salsola kali or S. soda, whose ashes yield an impure carbonate of soda.
- Bactria
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Asia, between the Oxus River and the Hindu Kush Mountains. Capital: Bactra.
- Toscana
-
noun,
Italian name of Tuscany.
- Allison
-
noun,
Donald ("Donnie") born 1939, and his brother, Robert, (Bobby), born 1937, U.S. racing-car drivers.
- Caitlin
-
noun,
a female given name, Irish form of Cathleen, Kathleen.
- risotto
-
noun,
a dish of rice cooked with broth and flavored with grated cheese and other ingredients.
- no-ball
-
noun,
an unfairly bowled ball.
- alinota
-
noun,
the plate to which the wings are attached on the notum of an insect.
- ricotta
-
noun,
a soft Italian cheese that resembles cottage cheese.
- Alcoran
-
noun,
Alkoran.
- Caliban
-
noun,
the ugly, beastlike slave of Prospero in Shakespeare's The Tempest.
- callant
-
noun,
a lad; boy.
- 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.
- nostril
-
noun,
either of the two external openings of the nose.
- albinos
-
noun,
a person with pale skin, light hair, pinkish eyes, and visual abnormalities resulting from a hereditary inability to produce the pigment melanin.
- carotin
-
noun,
carotene.
- rialtos
-
noun,
an exchange or mart.
- rattoon
-
noun,
a sprout or shoot from the root of a plant, especially a sugarcane, after it has been cropped.
- Alastor
-
noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) an avenging spirit or deity frequently evoked in Greek tragedy; a male Nemesis.
- rattons
-
noun,
a rat.
- Alarcon
-
noun,
Pedro Antonio [pe-th raw ahn-taw-nyaw] /ˈpɛ ðrɔ ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), (Pedro Antonio Alarcón y Ariza) 1833–91, Spanish novelist, short-story writer, and diplomat.
- rattans
-
noun,
Also called rattan palm. any of various climbing palms of the genus Calamus or allied genera.
- Nilotic
-
noun,
a group of languages belonging to the Eastern Sudanic branch of Nilo-Saharan, and including Dinka, Luo, Masai, and Nandi.
- Nicosia
-
noun,
a city on and the capital of Cyprus, in the central part.
- rations
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- Altoona
-
noun,
a city in central Pennsylvania.
- Tabasco
-
noun,
a state in SE Mexico, on the Gulf of Campeche. 9783 sq. mi. (25,338 sq. km). Capital: Villahermosa.
- sabaton
-
noun,
a foot defense of mail or of a number of lames with solid toe and heel pieces.
- Toronto
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Ontario, in SE Canada, on Lake Ontario.
- lotions
-
noun,
Pharmacology. a liquid, usually aqueous or sometimes alcoholic preparation containing insoluble material in the form of a suspension or emulsion, intended for external application without rubbing, in such skin conditions as itching, infection, allergy, pain, or the like.
- ancilla
-
noun,
an accessory; auxiliary or adjunct.
- torsion
-
noun,
the act of twisting.
- anattos
-
noun,
annatto.
- Clarion
-
noun,
an ancient trumpet with a curved shape.
- Roscian
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving acting.
- Nairobi
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Kenya, in the SW part.
- tortoni
-
noun,
ice cream made with eggs and heavy cream, often containing chopped cherries or topped with minced almonds or crumbled macaroons.
- altoist
-
noun,
a performer on the alto saxophone.
- Cabrini
-
noun,
Saint Frances Xavier ("Mother Cabrini") 1850–1917, U.S. nun, born in Italy; founder of the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
- Rollins
-
noun,
Theodore Walter ("Sonny") born 1930, U.S. jazz saxophonist and composer.
- cabrito
-
noun,
the meat of a young goat.
- natator
-
noun,
a swimmer.
- Tortola
-
noun,
the principal island of the British Virgin Islands, in the NE West Indies. 9730; 21 sq. mi. (54 sq. km).
- robalos
-
noun,
snook2 (def 1).
- Nicolai
-
noun,
(Carl) Otto (Ehrenfried) [kahrl awt-oh ey-ruh n-freet] /kɑrl ˈɔt oʊ ˈeɪ rənˌfrit/ (Show IPA), 1810–49, German composer.
- Allston
-
noun,
Washington, 1799–1843, U.S. painter, novelist, and poet.
- ratoons
-
noun,
a sprout or shoot from the root of a plant, especially a sugarcane, after it has been cropped.
- airboat
-
noun,
Also called swamp boat. a small open boat having a very shallow draft and driven by a caged airplane propeller mounted above the rear transom, capable of traveling at relatively high speeds through shallow water, swamps, etc.
- locator
-
noun,
a person who locates something.
- abiotic
-
adjective,
of or characterized by the absence of life or living organisms.
- strati-
-
- ooblast
-
noun,
a primordial cell from which the ovum is developed.
- stratal
-
adjective,
of a stratum or strata.
- rabatos
-
noun,
a wide, stiff collar of the 17th century, worn flat over the shoulders or open in front and standing at the back.
- carinas
-
noun,
Zoology. a keellike part or ridge, especially a ridge of bone on the ventral side of the sternum of birds.
- oralist
-
noun,
an advocate of oralism.
- ablator
-
noun,
See under ablation (def 3).
- oration
-
noun,
a formal public speech, especially one delivered on a special occasion, as on an anniversary, at a funeral, or at academic exercises.
- orbital
-
noun,
Physics, Chemistry.
a wave function describing the state of a single electron in an atom (atomic orbital) or in a molecule (molecular orbital)
the electron in that state.
- Ontario
-
noun,
a province in S Canada, bordering on the Great Lakes. 412,582 sq. mi. (1,068,585 sq. km). Capital: Toronto.
- Tristan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Tristram.
- abacist
-
noun,
a person skilled in using an abacus.
- orcinol
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-soluble solid, C 7 H 8 O 2 , sweet but unpleasant in taste, that reddens on exposure to air: obtained from many lichens or produced synthetically and used chiefly as a reagent for certain carbohydrates.
- Aaronic
-
adjective,
of or relating to Aaron.
- Orinoco
-
noun,
a river in N South America, flowing N from the border of Brazil, along the E border of Colombia, and NE through Venezuela to the Atlantic. 1600 miles (2575 km) long.
- tritons
-
noun,
a positively-charged particle consisting of a proton and two neutrons, equivalent to the nucleus of an atom of tritium.
- Otranto
-
noun,
Strait of, a strait between SE Italy and Albania, connecting the Adriatic and the Mediterranean. 44 miles (71 km) wide.
- ortolan
-
noun,
an Old World bunting, Emberiza hortulana, esteemed as a table delicacy.
- tsarina
-
noun,
czarina.
- caritas
-
noun,
charity.
- racoons
-
noun,
raccoon.
- airbill
-
noun,
air waybill.
- actinal
-
adjective,
having tentacles or rays.
- Transit
-
noun,
the act or fact of passing across or through; passage from one place to another.
- transl.
-
- strato-
-
- obtains
-
verb (used with object),
to come into possession of; get, acquire, or procure, as through an effort or by a request:
- ocarina
-
noun,
a simple musical wind instrument shaped somewhat like an elongated egg with a mouthpiece and finger holes.
- Carlton
-
noun,
Stephen Norman ("Steve"; "Lefty") born 1944, U.S. baseball player.
- Carlson
-
noun,
Anton Julius [an-tohn,, -ton] /ˈæn toʊn,, -tɒn/ (Show IPA), 1875–1956, U.S. physiologist, born in Sweden.
- actino-
-
- Actinia
-
noun,
a sea anemone, especially of the genus Actinia.
- Trianta
-
noun,
Trianda.
- Carlist
-
noun,
a supporter of the claims of Don Carlos of Spain or of his successors to the Spanish throne.
- octants
-
noun,
the eighth part of a circle.
- acrobat
-
noun,
a skilled performer of gymnastic feats, as walking on a tightrope or swinging on a trapeze.
- Acrilan
-
- acrasin
-
noun,
a chemotactic substance, identical with cAMP, secreted by myxamebas of cellular slime molds and attracting other myxamebas to aggregate and form a pseudoplasmodium.
- Carlota
-
noun,
1840–1927, wife of Maximillian: empress of Mexico 1864–67 (daughter of Leopold I of Belgium).
- oilcans
-
noun,
a can having a long spout through which oil is poured or squirted to lubricate machinery or the like.
- Carlita
-
noun,
a female given name.
- tricots
-
noun,
a warp-knit fabric of various natural or synthetic fibers, as wool, silk, or nylon, having fine vertical ribs on the face and horizontal ribs on the back, used especially for making garments.
- abstain
-
verb (used without object),
to hold oneself back voluntarily, especially from something regarded as improper or unhealthy (usually followed by from):
- Catalin
-
- rosolio
-
noun,
a cordial flavored with rose petals, cloves, cinnamon, or the like, popular in southern Europe.
- antiars
-
noun,
the upas tree.
- lariats
-
noun,
a long, noosed rope used to catch horses, cattle, or other livestock; lasso.
- Britton
-
noun,
Nathaniel Lord, 1859–1934, U.S. botanist.
- astrol.
-
- Laocoon
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a priest of Apollo at Troy who warned the Trojans of the Trojan Horse, and who, with his two sons, was killed by two huge serpents sent by Athena or Apollo.
- astrict
-
verb (used with object),
to bind fast; constrain.
- Stilton
-
- Laotian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Laos.
- Astolat
-
noun,
a place in the Arthurian romances, possibly in Surrey, England.
- cistron
-
noun,
a segment of DNA that encodes for the formation of a specific polypeptide chain; a structural gene.
- astatic
-
adjective,
unstable; unsteady.
- lacinia
-
noun,
Botany. a jagged or irregular part of a leaf or petal.
- satanic
-
adjective,
of Satan.
- tailors
-
noun,
a person whose occupation is the making, mending, or altering of clothes, especially suits, coats, and other outer garments.
- asocial
-
adjective,
not sociable or gregarious; withdrawn from society.
- Locarno
-
noun,
a town in S Switzerland, on Lake Maggiore: Locarno Pact 1925.
- Bontocs
-
noun,
Bontok.
- Asiatic
-
noun,
an Asian person.
- latinos
-
noun,
a person of Latin-American descent:
- ciboria
-
noun,
a permanent canopy placed over an altar; baldachin.
- Latitia
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Laconia
-
noun,
an ancient country in the S part of Greece. Capital: Sparta.
- citrals
-
noun,
a pale yellow, water-insoluble, liquid aldehyde, C 10 H 16 O, having a strong lemonlike odor, consisting in natural form of two isomers (citral a or geranial and citral b or neral) usually obtained from the oils of lemon and orange or synthetically: used chiefly in perfumery, flavoring, and the synthesis of vitamin A.
- broncos
-
noun,
a range pony or mustang of the western U.S., especially one that is not broken or is imperfectly broken.
- clarain
-
noun,
the coal forming the bright layers in banded bituminous coal.
- isation
-
- bacilli
-
noun,
any rod-shaped or cylindrical bacterium of the genus Bacillus, comprising spore-producing bacteria.
- 2,4,5-t
-
noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- Titania
-
noun,
synthetic rutile, TiO 2 , used as a gem.
- Titanic
-
noun,
a British luxury liner that sank after colliding with an iceberg in the North Atlantic on its maiden voyage in April, 1912, with a loss of 1517 lives.
- titians
-
noun,
(Tiziano Vecellio) c1477–1576, Italian painter.
- attrib.
-
- attorns
-
verb (used with object),
to turn over to another; transfer.
- clarino
-
noun,
a valveless trumpet used in the 17th and 18th centuries for playing rapid passages in the high register.
- Italian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Italy, or a person of Italian descent.
- Britain
-
noun,
Great Britain.
- italics
-
noun,
Often, italics. italic type.
- attains
-
verb (used with object),
to reach, achieve, or accomplish; gain; obtain:
- citrons
-
noun,
a pale-yellow fruit resembling the lemon but larger and with thicker rind, borne by a small tree or large bush, Citrus medica, allied to the lemon and lime.
- scolion
-
noun,
a song sung at banquets in ancient Greece.
- atonics
-
noun,
Grammar. an unaccented word, syllable, or sound.
- citrins
-
noun,
bioflavonoid.
- Bristol
-
noun,
a seaport in Avon, in SW England, on the Avon River near its confluence with the Severn estuary.
- labials
-
noun,
any labial consonant, especially a bilabial.
- atlatls
-
noun,
spear-thrower (def 2).
- latosol
-
noun,
a reddish lateritic soil of the tropics, deeply weathered and infertile, characterized by hydroxides of iron and aluminum.
- Ciliata
-
noun,
the class comprising the ciliate protozoans, considered as belonging in the kingdom Animalia.
- latrias
-
noun,
the supreme worship, which may be offered to God only.
- salicin
-
noun,
a colorless, crystalline, water-soluble glucoside, C 13 H 18 O 7 , obtained from the bark of the American aspen: used in medicine chiefly as an antipyretic and analgesic.
- taction
-
noun,
touch; contact.
- lictors
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) one of a body of attendants on chief magistrates, who preceded them carrying the fasces and whose duties included executing the sentences of criminals.
- Ariosto
-
noun,
Ludovico [loo-daw-vee-kaw] /ˌlu dɔˈvi kɔ/ (Show IPA), 1474–1533, Italian poet: author of Orlando Furioso.
- saltant
-
adjective,
dancing; leaping; jumping.
- cattalo
-
noun,
beefalo.
- cibaria
-
noun,
Entomology. a food pouch in front of the mouth in certain insects.
- Linaria
-
noun,
any of various plants belonging to the genus Linaria, of the figwort family, especially of the cultivated species, as L. maroccana or L. aeruginea, having slender clusters of spurred flowers in a variety of colors.
- cattail
-
noun,
any tall, reedlike marsh plant of the genus Typha, especially T. latifolia, having long, sword-shaped leaves and dense, cylindrical clusters of minute brown flowers.
- arnatto
-
noun,
annatto (def 2).
- taborin
-
noun,
a small tabor.
- Arabist
-
noun,
a person who specializes in or studies the Arabic language or Arab culture.
- cations
-
noun,
a positively charged ion that is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis.
- catboat
-
noun,
a boat having one mast set well forward with a single large sail.
- lobolos
-
noun,
a bride price, typically of cattle, paid to a bride's father among Bantu-speaking tribes of southern Africa.
- lobtail
-
verb (used without object),
(of a whale) to slap the flukes against the surface of the water.
- Sabrina
-
noun,
a female given name: from the Latin word for the river Severn.
- aristo-
-
- Latinic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the Latin language or the ancient Latin-speaking peoples.
- arnicas
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Arnica, having opposite leaves and yellow flower heads.
- Liatris
-
noun,
any of various composite plants of the genus Liatris, native to North America, having long spikes of purplish flowers.
- liaison
-
noun,
the contact or connection maintained by communications between units of the armed forces or of any other organization in order to ensure concerted action, cooperation, etc.
- artisan
-
noun,
a person skilled in an applied art; a craftsperson.
- Santali
-
noun,
the Munda language spoken by the Santal.
- stoical
-
adjective,
impassive; characterized by a calm, austere fortitude befitting the Stoics:
- Sarcina
-
noun,
any of several spherical, saprophytic bacteria of the genus Sarcina, having a cuboidal cell arrangement.
- clints
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Clinton.
- cation
-
noun,
a positively charged ion that is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis.
- cobias
-
noun,
a large, fusiform fish, Rachycentron canadum, found off the eastern coast of temperate and tropical America, in the East Indies, and in Japan.
- Caslon
-
noun,
William, 1692–1766, English type founder and designer.
- coatis
-
noun,
any tropical American carnivore of the genus Nasua, related to the raccoon, having an elongated body, long, ringed tail, and a slender, flexible snout.
- claros
-
noun,
such a cigar.
- clino-
-
- colins
-
noun,
any of several American quails, especially the bobwhite.
- Carson
-
noun,
Christopher ("Kit") 1809–68, U.S. frontiersman and scout.
- 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.
- 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.
- Catano
-
noun,
a city in NE Puerto Rico, SW of San Juan.
- stator
-
noun,
Electricity, Machinery. a portion of a machine that remains fixed with respect to rotating parts, especially the collection of stationary parts in the magnetic circuits of a machine.
Compare rotor (def 1).
- Citron
-
noun,
a pale-yellow fruit resembling the lemon but larger and with thicker rind, borne by a small tree or large bush, Citrus medica, allied to the lemon and lime.
- Stacia
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Carina
-
noun,
Zoology. a keellike part or ridge, especially a ridge of bone on the ventral side of the sternum of birds.
- 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.
- Cibola
-
noun,
the Seven Cities of, legendary cities of great wealth believed by earlier Spanish explorers to exist in the SW United States.
- Catlin
-
noun,
George, 1796–1872, U.S. painter.
- 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.
- 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.
- Stalin
-
noun,
Joseph V (Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili or Dzugashvili) 1879–1953, Soviet political leader: secretary general of the Communist Party 1922–53; premier of the U.S.S.R. 1941–53.
- coalas
-
noun,
koala.
- Catton
-
noun,
(Charles) Bruce, 1899–1978, U.S. journalist and historian.
- carnal
-
adjective,
pertaining to or characterized by the flesh or the body, its passions and appetites; sensual:
- Strait
-
noun,
Often, straits. (used with a singular verb) a narrow passage of water connecting two large bodies of water.
- 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.
- static
-
noun,
Electricity.
static or atmospheric electricity.
interference due to such electricity.
- Strabo
-
noun,
63? b.c.–a.d. 21? Greek geographer and historian.
- carobs
-
noun,
a Mediterranean tree, Ceratonia siliqua, of the legume family, bearing long, leathery pods containing hard seeds and sweet, edible pulp.
- carton
-
noun,
a cardboard or plastic box used typically for storage or shipping.
- Cloris
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- strata
-
noun,
a plural of stratum.
- Strain
-
noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- 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.
- casino
-
noun,
a building or large room used for meetings, entertainment, dancing, etc., especially such a place equipped with gambling devices, gambling tables, etc.
- Carola
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Carol.
- Carlos
-
noun,
Don [don;; Spanish dawn] /dɒn;; Spanish dɔn/ (Show IPA), (Carlos Maria Isidro de Borbón) 1788–1855, pretender to the Spanish throne.
- citrin
-
noun,
bioflavonoid.
- C-bias
-
noun,
grid bias.
- casita
-
noun,
a small crude dwelling forming part of a shantytown inhabited by Mexican laborers in the southwestern U.S.
- 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.
- collab
-
- citral
-
noun,
a pale yellow, water-insoluble, liquid aldehyde, C 10 H 16 O, having a strong lemonlike odor, consisting in natural form of two isomers (citral a or geranial and citral b or neral) usually obtained from the oils of lemon and orange or synthetically: used chiefly in perfumery, flavoring, and the synthesis of vitamin A.
- silica
-
noun,
the dioxide form of silicon, SiO 2 , occurring especially as quartz sand, flint, and agate: used usually in the form of its prepared white powder chiefly in the manufacture of glass, water glass, ceramics, and abrasives.
- collo-
-
- Rosina
-
noun,
a female given name, Italian form of Rose.
- Lolita
-
noun,
(italics) a novel (1955) by Vladimir Nabokov.
- sabalo
-
noun,
the tarpon.
- Lorain
-
noun,
a port in N Ohio, on Lake Erie.
- 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.
- lorica
-
noun,
Zoology. a hard protective case or sheath, as the protective coverings secreted by certain protists.
- lotion
-
noun,
Pharmacology. a liquid, usually aqueous or sometimes alcoholic preparation containing insoluble material in the form of a suspension or emulsion, intended for external application without rubbing, in such skin conditions as itching, infection, allergy, pain, or the like.
- Rosita
-
noun,
a female given name, Spanish form of Rose.
- roncos
-
noun,
any grunt of the genus Haemulon, especially H. parrai, the sailor's-choice, of West Indian waters.
- Locris
-
noun,
either of two districts in the central part of ancient Greece.
- narco-
-
- narcos
-
noun,
narc.
- narial
-
adjective,
of or relating to the nares or nostrils.
- NASCAR
-
noun,
National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing.
- nastic
-
adjective,
of or showing sufficiently greater cellular force or growth on one side of an axis to change the form or position of the axis.
- natals
-
noun,
a province in the E part of the Republic of South Africa. 35,284 sq. mi. (91,886 sq. km). Capital: Pietermaritzburg.
- Robson
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in SW Canada, in E British Columbia: highest peak in the Canadian Rockies, 12,972 feet (3954 meters).
- Sabina
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “a Sabine woman.”.
- sabora
-
noun,
one of a group of Jewish scholars, active in the rabbinical academies of Babylonia during the 6th century a.d., whose editing of the work of the Babylonian amoraim constituted the final stage in the preparation of the Babylonian Gemara.
- robalo
-
noun,
snook2 (def 1).
- Salina
-
noun,
a saline marsh, spring, or the like.
- santir
-
noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- Santal
-
noun,
sandalwood.
- libras
-
noun,
the ancient Roman pound (containing 5053 grains or 327.4 grams).
- lictor
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) one of a body of attendants on chief magistrates, who preceded them carrying the fasces and whose duties included executing the sentences of criminals.
- sancta
-
noun,
a sacred or holy place.
- linacs
-
noun,
linear accelerator.
- saloon
-
noun,
a place for the sale and consumption of alcoholic drinks.
- Li-sao
-
noun,
a poem (c320 b.c.) by Ch'ü Yüan.
- locals
-
noun,
a local train, bus, etc.
- Lisbon
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Portugal, in the SW part, on the Tagus estuary.
- Salian
-
noun,
a Salian Frank.
- llanos
-
noun,
an extensive grassy plain with few trees.
- sailor
-
noun,
a person whose occupation is sailing or navigation; mariner.
- sacro-
-
- Lobito
-
noun,
a seaport in W Angola.
- sacral
-
adjective,
of or relating to sacred rites or observances.
- lobolo
-
noun,
a bride price, typically of cattle, paid to a bride's father among Bantu-speaking tribes of southern Africa.
- Nicias
-
noun,
died 413 b.c, Athenian statesman and general.
- niobic
-
adjective,
of or relating to niobium; columbic.
- sarco-
-
- racist
-
noun,
a person who believes in racism, the doctrine that one's own racial group is superior or that a particular racial group is inferior to the others.
- octroi
-
noun,
(formerly especially in France and Italy) a local tax levied on certain articles, such as foodstuffs, on their entry into a city.
- oilcan
-
noun,
a can having a long spout through which oil is poured or squirted to lubricate machinery or the like.
- raisin
-
noun,
a grape of any of various sweet varieties dried in the sun or by artificial means, often used in cookery.
- Olcott
-
noun,
Chauncey (Chancellor John Olcott) 1860–1932, U.S. tenor, actor, and songwriter.
- Olonos
-
noun,
Erymanthus.
- racoon
-
noun,
raccoon.
- racons
-
noun,
radar beacon.
- racial
-
adjective,
of or relating to the social construct of race:
- Octans
-
noun,
the Octant, a southern constellation that contains the south celestial pole.
- rabats
-
noun,
a sleeveless, backless, vestlike garment extending to the waist, worn by a cleric beneath the clerical collar, especially in the Roman Catholic and Anglican churches.
- rabato
-
noun,
a wide, stiff collar of the 17th century, worn flat over the shoulders or open in front and standing at the back.
- orbits
-
noun,
the curved path, usually elliptical, described by a planet, satellite, spaceship, etc., around a celestial body, as the sun.
- ottars
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- oribis
-
noun,
a small tan-colored antelope, Ourebia ourebi , of south and east Africa, with spikelike horns.
- orison
-
noun,
a prayer.
- otitis
-
noun,
inflammation of the ear.
- Osborn
-
noun,
Henry Fairfield [fair-feeld] /ˈfɛərˌfild/ (Show IPA), 1857–1935, U.S. paleontologist and author.
- octant
-
noun,
the eighth part of a circle.
- Rascal
-
noun,
a base, dishonest, or unscrupulous person.
- nitric
-
adjective,
containing nitrogen, usually in the pentavalent state.
- riatas
-
noun,
a lariat.
- nitro-
-
- nocti-
-
- noctis
-
adjective,
(in prescriptions) of the night.
- ricins
-
noun,
a white, poisonous, protein powder from the bean of the castor-oil plant.
- norias
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- Nostoc
-
noun,
any freshwater, blue-green alga of the genus Nostoc, often occurring in jellylike colonies in moist places.
- riboso
-
noun,
rebozo.
- Rialto
-
noun,
an exchange or mart.
- obtain
-
verb (used with object),
to come into possession of; get, acquire, or procure, as through an effort or by a request:
- ratton
-
noun,
a rat.
- Rattan
-
noun,
Also called rattan palm. any of various climbing palms of the genus Calamus or allied genera.
- ratoon
-
noun,
a sprout or shoot from the root of a plant, especially a sugarcane, after it has been cropped.
- ration
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- ratans
-
noun,
rattan.
- oblast
-
noun,
(in Russia and the Soviet Union) an administrative division corresponding to an autonomous province.
- oboist
-
noun,
a player of the oboe.
- ratals
-
noun,
the amount on which rates or taxes are assessed.
- lianas
-
noun,
any of various usually woody vines that may climb as high as the tree canopy in a tropical forest.
- Sarnia
-
noun,
a port in SE Ontario, in S Canada, on the S shore of Lake Huron, on the St. Clair River, across from Port Huron, Michigan.
- 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.
- socio-
-
- Crista
-
noun,
a crest or ridge.
- croons
-
noun,
the act or sound of crooning.
- 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.
- sonata
-
noun,
a composition for one or two instruments, typically in three or four movements in contrasted forms and keys.
- C-star
-
noun,
carbon star.
- sollar
-
noun,
solar2 .
- solion
-
noun,
Chemistry, Electricity. a low-frequency amplifying device that operates by controlling the flow of ions in solution: some types, as the micropump, accomplish this by means of electro-osmotic pressure.
- iatric
-
adjective,
of or relating to a physician or medicine; medical.
- Crania
-
noun,
the skull of a vertebrate.
- iatro-
-
- social
-
noun,
a social gathering or party, especially of or as given by an organized group:
- Icaria
-
noun,
Also, Ikaria. a Greek island in the Aegean Sea: a part of the Southern Sporades group. 99 sq. mi. (256 sq. km).
- icono-
-
- Iloilo
-
noun,
a seaport on S Panay, in the central Philippines.
- Ilorin
-
noun,
a town in W central Nigeria.
- sit-in
-
noun,
any organized protest in which a group of people peacefully occupy and refuse to leave a premises:
- instal
-
verb (used with object),
install.
- craton
-
noun,
a relatively rigid and immobile region of continental portions of the earth's crust.
- Sonora
-
noun,
a state in NW Mexico. 70,484 sq. mi. (182,555 sq. km). Capital: Hermosillo.
- instil
-
verb (used with object),
instill.
- Corbin
-
noun,
Margaret (Cochran) 1751–1800, American Revolutionary military heroine.
- Colton
-
noun,
a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
- consol
-
noun,
singular of consols.
- contos
-
noun,
a money of account of Portugal and Cape Verde, equal to 1000 escudos.
- contr.
-
- sorbol
-
noun,
sorbitol.
- corals
-
noun,
the hard, variously colored, calcareous skeleton secreted by certain marine polyps.
- corban
-
noun,
a sacrifice or offering made to God, especially among the ancient Hebrews in fulfillment of a vow.
- corita
-
noun,
a boat resembling a large, woven basket, used by Indians of the southwestern U.S.
- craals
-
noun,
kraal.
- coroll
-
- 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.
- Sorata
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in W Bolivia, in the Andes, near Lake Titicaca: two peaks, Ancohuma, 21,490 feet (6550 meters), and Illampu, 21,276 feet (6485 meters).
- costal
-
adjective,
Anatomy. pertaining to the ribs or the upper sides of the body:
- COSTAR
-
noun,
a performer, especially an actor or actress, who shares star billing with another.
- costo-
-
- cottas
-
noun,
a surplice.
- Cotton
-
noun,
a soft, white, downy substance consisting of the hairs or fibers attached to the seeds of plants belonging to the genus Gossypium, of the mallow family, used in making fabrics, thread, wadding, etc.
- instar
-
noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- instr.
-
- latria
-
noun,
the supreme worship, which may be offered to God only.
- lacto-
-
- Scilla
-
noun,
modern name of Scylla.
- scato-
-
- labial
-
noun,
any labial consonant, especially a bilabial.
- labio-
-
- Labors
-
noun,
productive activity, especially for the sake of economic gain.
- scarab
-
noun,
any scarabaeid beetle, especially Scarabaeus sacer, regarded as sacred by the ancient Egyptians.
- 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.
- lanais
-
noun,
a veranda, especially a fully furnished one used as a living room.
- Itasca
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in N Minnesota: one of the sources of the Mississippi River.
- satori
-
noun,
sudden enlightenment.
- lariat
-
noun,
a long, noosed rope used to catch horses, cattle, or other livestock; lasso.
- lascar
-
noun,
an East Indian sailor.
- Sarton
-
noun,
May, 1912–95, U.S. poet, novelist, and playwright.
- Latina
-
noun,
a woman of Latin-American descent.
- Latino
-
noun,
a person of Latin-American descent:
- latins
-
noun,
an Italic language spoken in ancient Rome, fixed in the 2nd or 1st century b.c., and established as the official language of the Roman Empire. Abbreviation: L.
- Latona
-
noun,
the goddess Leto as identified in Roman mythology.
- Scioto
-
noun,
a river in central Ohio, flowing S to the Ohio River. 237 miles (382 km) long.
- Italic
-
noun,
Often, italics. italic type.
- intact
-
adjective,
not altered, broken, or impaired; remaining uninjured, sound, or whole; untouched; unblemished:
- scroll
-
noun,
a roll of parchment, paper, copper, or other material, especially one with writing on it:
- intra-
-
- intro.
-
- intros
-
noun,
an introduction.
- ionics
-
noun,
Prosody. an Ionic foot, verse, or meter.
- Carian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Caria.
- ironic
-
adjective,
using words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning; containing or exemplifying irony:
- scrota
-
noun,
the pouch of skin that contains the testes.
- Isaian
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of Isaiah or of the book of the Bible bearing his name.
- Italia
-
noun,
Italian name of Italy.
- isatin
-
noun,
a yellowish-red or orange, crystalline, water-soluble solid, C 8 H 5 NO 2 , used chiefly in the synthesis of vat dyes.
- Scotti
-
noun,
Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1866–1936, Italian baritone.
- scoto-
-
- isobar
-
noun,
Meteorology. a line drawn on a weather map or chart that connects points at which the barometric pressure is the same.
- isotac
-
noun,
a line drawn on a map connecting all points where ice starts to melt at approximately the same period in spring.
- Scotia
-
noun,
a deep concave molding between two fillets, as in the Attic base.
- Istria
-
noun,
a peninsula at the N end of the Adriatic, in SW Slovenia and W Croatia.
- scoria
-
noun,
Metallurgy. the refuse, dross, or slag left after melting or smelting metal; scum.
- Caribs
-
noun,
a member of a group of Indian peoples formerly dominant through the Lesser Antilles, now found in small numbers in a few areas of the West Indies and in parts of Central America and northeastern South America.
- Osorno
-
noun,
a city in S Chile.
- atonal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or marked by atonality.
- blains
-
noun,
an inflammatory swelling or sore.
- boarts
-
noun,
bort.
- aloins
-
noun,
an intensely bitter, crystalline, water-soluble powder composed of the active principles of and obtained from aloe, used chiefly as a purgative.
- Tarlac
-
noun,
a city on N central Luzon, in the N Philippines.
- Alonso
-
noun,
Alicia (Alicia Ernestina de la Caridad del Cobre Martínez Hoyo) born 1921, Cuban ballerina.
- blotto
-
adjective,
very drunk; so drunk as to be unconscious or not know what one is doing.
- Alston
-
noun,
a male given name.
- 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.
- tarots
-
noun,
any of a set of 22 playing cards bearing allegorical representations, used for fortunetelling and as trump cards in tarok.
- blinis
-
plural noun,
pancakes made with yeast and either white or buckwheat flour and traditionally served during Shrovetide with caviar and sour cream.
- Altair
-
noun,
a first-magnitude star in the constellation Aquila.
- tarsal
-
noun,
a tarsal bone, joint, or the like.
- blancs
-
noun,
a silver coin of France of the 14th–18th centuries, debased in later years.
- Blairs
-
noun,
Anthony Charles Lynton [lin-tuh n] /ˈlɪn tən/ (Show IPA), ("Tony") born 1953, British political leader: prime minister 1997–2007.
- tarsia
-
noun,
intarsia.
- allots
-
verb (used with object),
to divide or distribute by share or portion; distribute or parcel out; apportion:
- tarso-
-
- bistro
-
noun,
a small, modest, European-style restaurant or café.
- birota
-
noun,
a two-wheeled cart, usually drawn by three mules, used for transporting commercial goods and one or two passengers.
- Altona
-
noun,
a metropolitan district of Hamburg, Germany: formerly an independent city.
- Tartan
-
noun,
a woolen or worsted cloth woven with stripes of different colors and widths crossing at right angles, worn chiefly by the Scottish Highlanders, each clan having its own distinctive plaid.
- biotin
-
noun,
a crystalline, water-soluble vitamin, C 10 H 16 O 3 N 2 S, of the vitamin B complex, that is present in all living cells and functions as a growth factor and as a catalyst in carboxylation reactions.
- biotic
-
adjective,
pertaining to life.
- biotas
-
noun,
the animals, plants, fungi, etc., of a region or period.
- bionic
-
adjective,
utilizing electronic devices and mechanical parts to assist humans in performing difficult, dangerous, or intricate tasks, as by supplementing or duplicating parts of the body:
- Anatol
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Greek word meaning “sunrise.”.
- anatto
-
noun,
annatto.
- tatars
-
noun,
a member of a modern Turkic people living in the Tatar Autonomous Republic and adjacent regions of eastern European Russia and in widely scattered communities in western Siberia and central Asia.
- billon
-
noun,
an alloy used in coinage, consisting of gold or silver with a larger amount of base metal.
- Bicorn
-
noun,
bicorne.
- Alnico
-
noun,
a permanent-magnet alloy having aluminum, nickel, and cobalt as its principal ingredients.
- all-in
-
adjective,
Wrestling. without restrictions; with virtually every type of hold permitted.
- Bianco
-
noun,
Mon·te [mawn-te] /ˈmɔn tɛ/ (Show IPA). Italian name of Mont Blanc.
- Alboin
-
noun,
died a.d. 573? king of the Langobards 561?–573?
- trans.
-
- Boston
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Massachusetts, in the E part.
- Bosnia
-
noun,
a historic region in SE Europe: a former Turkish province; a part of Austria-Hungary (1879–1918) now part of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
- tra-la
-
noun,
nonsense syllables sung as a refrain, expressing gaiety.
- trains
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- trails
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- 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.
- Alaric
-
noun,
a.d. c370–410, king of the Visigoths: captured Rome 410.
- talion
-
noun,
lex talionis.
- totals
-
noun,
the total amount; sum; aggregate:
- borals
-
noun,
a compound of an aluminum tartrate and borate, used chiefly as an astringent and antiseptic.
- albino
-
noun,
a person with pale skin, light hair, pinkish eyes, and visual abnormalities resulting from a hereditary inability to produce the pigment melanin.
- Albion
-
noun,
Alebion.
- Tallis
-
noun,
Thomas, c1505–85, English organist and composer, especially of church music.
- Tantra
-
noun,
(italics) Hinduism. any of several books of esoteric doctrine regarding rituals, disciplines, meditation, etc., composed in the form of dialogues between Shiva and his Shakti; Agama.
- talons
-
noun,
a claw, especially of a bird of prey.
- Alcott
-
noun,
(Amos) Bronson [bron-suh n] /ˈbrɒn sən/ (Show IPA), 1799–1888, U.S. educator and philosopher.
- Bontoc
-
noun,
Bontok.
- bonsai
-
noun,
a tree or shrub that has been dwarfed, as by pruning the roots and pinching, and is grown in a pot or other container and trained to produce a desired shape or effect.
- bonito
-
noun,
any mackerellike fish of the genus Sarda, as S. sarda, of the Atlantic Ocean.
- Bonita
-
noun,
a female given name.
- bonaci
-
noun,
any of several edible serranid fishes, as Mycteroperca bonaci.
- tanist
-
noun,
the successor apparent to a Celtic chief, usually the oldest or worthiest of his kin, chosen by election among the tribe during the chief's lifetime.
- Alicia
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Alice.
- Bolton
-
noun,
a borough in Greater Manchester, in NW England.
- bolson
-
noun,
a desert valley, the level of which has been raised by aggradation, usually draining into a playa.
- Alison
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Alice.
- bolita
-
noun,
a form of numbers pool.
- al-Lat
-
noun,
a pre-Islamic Arabian goddess personifying the sun and considered to be a daughter of Allah.
- Bicols
-
noun,
Bikol.
- Bianca
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Italian word meaning “white.”.
- aiolis
-
noun,
a garlic-flavored mayonnaise of Provence, served with fish and seafood and often with vegetables.
- Bactra
-
noun,
ancient name of Balkh.
- ballot
-
noun,
a slip or sheet of paper, cardboard, or the like, on which a voter marks his or her vote.
- ballon
-
noun,
the lightness and grace of movement that make a dancer appear buoyant.
- ballas
-
noun,
a spherical aggregate of small diamond crystals used for drilling and for various industrial purposes.
- tinct.
-
- Baliol
-
noun,
John de, 1249–1315, king of Scotland 1292–96.
- balaos
-
noun,
a halfbeak, Hemiramphus balao, of tropical western Atlantic seas.
- aslant
-
adverb,
at a slant; slantingly; obliquely.
- tolans
-
noun,
a crystalline, water-insoluble, solid, unsaturated compound, C 14 H 10 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- tincts
-
noun,
tint; tinge; coloring.
- asonia
-
noun,
tone deafness.
- bairns
-
noun,
a child; son or daughter.
- bailor
-
noun,
a person who delivers personal property in bailment.
- astral
-
adjective,
pertaining to or proceeding from the stars; stellar; star-shaped.
- astro-
-
- artist
-
noun,
a person who produces works in any of the arts that are primarily subject to aesthetic criteria.
- bacons
-
noun,
the back and sides of the hog, salted and dried or smoked, usually sliced thin and fried for food.
- astron
-
- Tocsin
-
noun,
a signal, especially of alarm, sounded on a bell or bells.
- titans
-
noun,
Classical Mythology.
any of the sons of Uranus and Gaea, including Coeus, Crius, Cronus, Hyperion, Iapetus, and Oceanus.
Also, Titaness. any of the sisters of these, including Mnemosyne, Phoebe, Rhea, Tethys, Themis, and Thia.
any of the offspring of the children of Uranus and Gaea.
- tobira
-
noun,
a shrub, Pittosporum tobira, of China and Japan, having leathery leaves, fragrant, greenish-white flower clusters, densely hairy fruit, and lemon-scented foliage.
- Titian
-
noun,
(Tiziano Vecellio) c1477–1576, Italian painter.
- attorn
-
verb (used with object),
to turn over to another; transfer.
- Tobias
-
noun,
the son of Tobit.
- Attila
-
noun,
("Scourge of God") a.d. 406?–453, king of the Huns who invaded Europe: defeated by the Romans and Visigoths in 451 at Châlons-sur-Marne in France.
- Attica
-
noun,
a region in SE Greece, surrounding Athens: under Athenian rule in ancient times.
- attars
-
noun,
Also, atar, athar, ottar, otto. a perfume or essential oil obtained from flowers or petals.
- atlatl
-
noun,
spear-thrower (def 2).
- attain
-
verb (used with object),
to reach, achieve, or accomplish; gain; obtain:
- atonic
-
noun,
Grammar. an unaccented word, syllable, or sound.
- Artois
-
noun,
a former province in N France: artesian wells.
- Baltic
-
noun,
the Baltic branch of the Indo-European family of languages.
- tiaras
-
noun,
a jeweled, ornamental coronet worn by women.
- aorist
-
noun,
a verb tense, as in Classical Greek, expressing action or, in the indicative mood, past action, without further limitation or implication.
- tibias
-
noun,
Anatomy. the inner of the two bones of the leg, that extend from the knee to the ankle and articulate with the femur and the talus; shinbone.
- aniso-
-
- Bastia
-
noun,
a seaport on the NE coast of Corsica: the former capital of Corsica.
- ticals
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Siam, equal to 100 satang: replaced in 1928 by the baht.
- basion
-
noun,
the midpoint of the anterior margin of the foramen magnum.
- Torino
-
noun,
Turin.
- Ticino
-
noun,
a canton in S Switzerland. 1086 sq. mi. (2813 sq. km). Capital: Bellinzona.
- basalt
-
noun,
the dark, dense igneous rock of a lava flow or minor intrusion, composed essentially of labradorite and pyroxene and often displaying a columnar structure.
- antiar
-
noun,
the upas tree.
- Barton
-
noun,
Clara, 1821–1912, U.S. philanthropist who organized the American Red Cross in 1881.
- Antlia
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Air Pump, a small southern constellation between Vela and Hydra.
- Barsac
-
noun,
a village and winegrowing district in Gironde, in SW France.
- Barolo
-
noun,
a dry red wine from the Piedmont region of Italy.
- barit.
-
- tincal
-
noun,
a former name for crude native borax.
- aortas
-
noun,
the main trunk of the arterial system, conveying blood from the left ventricle of the heart to all of the body except the lungs.
- Arabic
-
noun,
a Semitic language that developed out of the language of the Arabians of the time of Muhammad, now spoken in countries of the Middle East and North Africa. Abbreviation: Ar.
- Arabis
-
noun,
any plant of the genus Arabis, including the rock cresses.
- scalar
-
noun,
Mathematics, Physics. a quantity possessing only magnitude.
Compare vector (def 1a).
- barcas
-
noun,
an ancient Carthaginian family to which Hamilcar, Hasdrubal, and Hannibal belonged.
- Tilsit
-
noun,
former name of Sovetsk.
- Banias
-
noun,
banyan (def 2).
- arioso
-
noun,
an arioso composition or section.
- Arista
-
noun,
Botany. a bristlelike appendage of the spikelets of grains or grasses; an awn.
- arnica
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Arnica, having opposite leaves and yellow flower heads.
- 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.
- aroint
-
verb (imperative),
begone:
- tonsil
-
noun,
a prominent oval mass of lymphoid tissue on each side of the throat.
- arsino
-
adjective,
containing the arsino group.
- Talbot
-
noun,
a hound with long pendent ears.
- Altaic
-
noun,
the Turkic, Mongolian, and Tungusic language families collectively, spoken over a broad expanse of Eurasia, from southeastern Europe to the Pacific: variously considered to be a single, genetically related family, with Japanese and Korean sometimes also included, or a group of languages with shared typologies and histories, but not genetically akin.
- calli-
-
- Brasil
-
noun,
Brazil.
- broncs
-
noun,
bronco:
- cabots
-
noun,
John (Giovanni Caboto) c1450–98? Italian navigator in the service of England: discoverer of North American mainland 1497.
- tribal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of a tribe:
- actin-
-
- tainos
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- actins
-
noun,
a globulin that is present in muscle plasma and that in connection with myosin plays an important role in muscle contraction.
- 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.
- aborts
-
noun,
a missile, rocket, etc., that has aborted.
- Tailor
-
noun,
a person whose occupation is the making, mending, or altering of clothes, especially suits, coats, and other outer garments.
- Triton
-
noun,
a positively-charged particle consisting of a proton and two neutrons, equivalent to the nucleus of an atom of tritium.
- action
-
noun,
the process or state of acting or of being active:
- abolla
-
noun,
a woolen cloak worn by men in ancient Rome.
- Cantab
-
- Cantal
-
noun,
a department in S central France. 2231 sq. mi. (5780 sq. km). Capital: Aurillac.
- cantar
-
noun,
a poem consisting of four-line stanzas, each line having eight syllables.
- bronco
-
noun,
a range pony or mustang of the western U.S., especially one that is not broken or is imperfectly broken.
- broils
-
noun,
the act or state of broiling; state of being broiled.
- Cabiri
-
noun,
a group of gods, probably of Eastern origin, worshiped in mysteries in various parts of ancient Greece, the cult centers being at Samothrace and Thebes.
- Briton
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Great Britain, especially of England.
- Cairns
-
noun,
a seaport in NE Australia.
- stroll
-
noun,
a leisurely walk; ramble; saunter:
- britts
-
noun,
a turbot of northeastern Atlantic seas.
- Calais
-
noun,
the winged son of Boreas the north wind. As Argonauts he and his brother Zetes chased away the Harpies.
- Cabral
-
noun,
Pedro Álvares [pe-droo awl-vuh-ruh sh] /ˈpɛ drʊ ˈɔl və rəʃ/ (Show IPA), c1460–c1520, Portuguese navigator.
- strict
-
adjective,
characterized by or acting in close conformity to requirements or principles:
- Callao
-
noun,
a seaport in W Peru, near Lima.
- trills
-
noun,
the act or sound of trilling.
- Callas
-
noun,
Maria Meneghini [men-i-gee-nee] /ˌmɛn ɪˈgi ni/ (Show IPA), 1923–77, U.S. soprano.
- tablas
-
noun,
an island in the Sibuyan Sea, Philippines, one of the Romblon Islands. 265 sq. mi. (686 sq. km).
- aaliis
-
noun,
a bushy shrub, Dodonaea viscosa, of Australia, Hawaii, Africa, and tropical America, having sticky foliage.
- Callot
-
noun,
Jacques [zhahk] /ʒɑk/ (Show IPA), 1592?–1635, French engraver and etcher.
- tricot
-
noun,
a warp-knit fabric of various natural or synthetic fibers, as wool, silk, or nylon, having fine vertical ribs on the face and horizontal ribs on the back, used especially for making garments.
- tribo-
-
- brills
-
noun,
a European flatfish, Scophthalmus rhombus, closely related to the turbot.
- brains
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. the part of the central nervous system enclosed in the cranium of humans and other vertebrates, consisting of a soft, convoluted mass of gray and white matter and serving to control and coordinate the mental and physical actions.
- aboral
-
adjective,
opposite to or away from the mouth.
- bracts
-
noun,
a specialized leaf or leaflike part, usually situated at the base of a flower or inflorescence.
- trinal
-
adjective,
threefold; triple; trine.
- taints
-
noun,
a trace of something bad, offensive, or harmful.
- carats
-
noun,
a unit of weight in gemstones, 200 milligrams (about 3 grains of troy or avoirdupois weight). Abbreviation: c., ct.
- tabors
-
noun,
a small drum formerly used to accompany oneself on a pipe or fife.
- triacs
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- carbo-
-
- 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.
- triols
-
noun,
a compound having three hydroxyl groups.
- abatis
-
noun,
an obstacle or barricade of trees with bent or sharpened branches directed toward an enemy.
- Cantos
-
noun,
one of the main or larger divisions of a long poem.
- brails
-
noun,
Nautical. any of several horizontal lines fastened to the edge of a fore-and-aft sail or lateen sail, for gathering in the sail.
- cabals
-
noun,
a small group of secret plotters, as against a government or person in authority.
- 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.
- Aintab
-
noun,
former name of Gaziantep.
- 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.
- Braila
-
noun,
a port in E Romania, on the Danube River. 203,983.
- Santa
-
noun,
Santa Claus.
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- linac
-
noun,
linear accelerator.
- toric
-
adjective,
noting or pertaining to a lens with a surface forming a portion of a torus, used for eyeglasses and contact lenses that correct astigmatism.
- orbit
-
noun,
the curved path, usually elliptical, described by a planet, satellite, spaceship, etc., around a celestial body, as the sun.
- libri
-
noun,
plural of liber2 .
- arils
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- torii
-
noun,
(in Japan) a form of decorative gateway or portal, consisting of two upright wooden posts connected at the top by two horizontal crosspieces, commonly found at the entrance to Shinto temples.
- Arion
-
noun,
flourished 7th century b.c, Greek poet: inventor of the dithyramb.
- orans
-
noun,
orant.
- lilts
-
noun,
rhythmic swing or cadence.
- licit
-
adjective,
legal; lawful; legitimate; permissible.
- 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.
- Sabra
-
noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) a person born in Israel.
- local
-
noun,
a local train, bus, etc.
- Salto
-
noun,
a city in NW Uruguay, on the Uruguay River.
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- antic
-
noun,
Usually, antics.
a playful trick or prank; caper.
a grotesque, fantastic, or ludicrous gesture, act, or posture.
- Lilas
-
noun,
creation, seen as the playful activity of a god.
- Lilac
-
noun,
any of various shrubs belonging to the genus Syringa, of the olive family, as S. vulgaris, having large clusters of fragrant purple or white flowers: the state flower of New Hampshire.
- sanit
-
- lobos
-
noun,
the gray or timber wolf of the western U.S.
- Arbil
-
noun,
Erbil.
- tools
-
noun,
an implement, especially one held in the hand, as a hammer, saw, or file, for performing or facilitating mechanical operations.
- toons
-
noun,
an Asian tree, Cedrela toona, of the mahogany family, yielding an aromatic red wood used for furniture, carving, etc.
- Llano
-
noun,
an extensive grassy plain with few trees.
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- loans
-
noun,
the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something:
- lobar
-
adjective,
of or relating to a lobe, as of the lungs.
- Orcas
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- toran
-
noun,
(in Indian Buddhist and Hindu architecture) a gateway having two or three lintels between two posts.
- toots
-
noun,
an affectionate or familiar term of address; honey; baby (sometimes offensive when used to strangers, casual acquaintances, subordinates, etc., especially by a male to a female).
- salal
-
noun,
an evergreen shrub, Gaultheria shallon, of the heath family, native to the western coast of North America, having leathery, oblong leaves and clusters of pink or white flowers and purplish-black fruit.
- litas
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Lithuania, equal to 100 centai.
- orial
-
- salat
-
noun,
prayers, said five times a day: the second of the Pillars of Islam.
- Arab.
-
- Arcas
-
noun,
a son of Zeus and Callisto, the ancestor of the Arcadians who was set among the stars with his mother as the Little Bear and the Great Bear respectively.
- Salic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the Salian Franks.
- Arica
-
noun,
a seaport in N Chile.
- Abaco
-
noun,
two islands (Great Abaco and Little Abaco) in the N Bahamas. 776 sq. mi. (2010 sq. km).
- liras
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- aorta
-
noun,
the main trunk of the arterial system, conveying blood from the left ventricle of the heart to all of the body except the lungs.
- arian
-
noun,
an adherent of Arianism.
- 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.
- salon
-
noun,
a drawing room or reception room in a large house.
- lints
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- ottos
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Germanic word meaning “rich.”.
- arias
-
noun,
an air or melody.
- Aaron
-
noun,
the older brother of Moses, usually regarded as the first high priest of the Hebrews. Ex. 28; 40:13–16.
- Linos
-
noun,
linoleum.
- torcs
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- Salta
-
noun,
a game for two, resembling Chinese checkers, played on a board with 100 squares.
- ottar
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- aioli
-
noun,
a garlic-flavored mayonnaise of Provence, served with fish and seafood and often with vegetables.
- oribi
-
noun,
a small tan-colored antelope, Ourebia ourebi , of south and east Africa, with spikelike horns.
- 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.
- scant
-
adverb,
Scot. and North England Dialect. scarcely; barely; hardly.
- laics
-
noun,
one of the laity.
- Tobol
-
noun,
a river rising in Kazakhstan, flowing NE through the Russian Federation in Asia to the Irtysh River. 800 miles (1290 km) long.
- scall
-
noun,
dandruff.
- lalia
-
- Lanai
-
noun,
a veranda, especially a fully furnished one used as a living room.
- lanas
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- Orton
-
noun,
Joe (John Kingsley Orton) 1933–67, English playwright.
- lansa
-
noun,
langsat.
- troll
-
noun,
a song whose parts are sung in succession; a round.
- astr.
-
- Orson
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Old French word meaning “bearlike.”.
- Astor
-
noun,
John Jacob, 1763–1848, U.S. capitalist and fur merchant.
- Aston
-
noun,
Francis William, 1877–1945, English physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1922.
- Tobit
-
noun,
a book of the Apocrypha.
- Oscan
-
noun,
one of an ancient people of south-central Italy.
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- 30-30
-
- scat-
-
- scart
-
verb (used with or without object),
to scratch, scrape, mark, or scar.
- Laban
-
noun,
the father of Leah and Rachel and the father-in-law of Jacob. Gen. 24:29; 29:16–30.
- labia
-
noun,
plural of labium.
- atoll
-
noun,
a ring-shaped coral reef or a string of closely spaced small coral islands, enclosing or nearly enclosing a shallow lagoon.
- toast
-
noun,
sliced bread that has been browned by dry heat.
- Tsana
-
noun,
Lake. Tana, Lake.
- Tobin
-
noun,
James, 1918–2002, U.S. economist: Nobel prize 1981.
- labor
-
noun,
productive activity, especially for the sake of economic gain.
- ATLAS
-
noun,
a bound collection of maps.
- trots
-
noun,
the gait of a horse, dog, or other quadruped, when trotting.
- ation
-
- atilt
-
adjective, adverb,
with a tilt or inclination; tilted:
- OSCAR
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter O.
- lact-
-
- satin
-
noun,
a fabric in a warp-effect or filling-effect satin weave, as acetate, rayon, nylon, or silk, often having a glossy face and a soft, slippery texture.
- Laris
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- Libra
-
noun,
the ancient Roman pound (containing 5053 grains or 327.4 grams).
- Santo
-
noun,
a carved figure of a saint, usually of wood, as from Puerto Rico, Mexico, or the southwestern U.S.
- tonal
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having tonality.
- Orion
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a giant hunter who pursued the Pleiades, was eventually slain by Artemis, and was then placed in the sky as a constellation.
- tonia
-
- sarc-
-
- Saran
-
noun,
a thermoplastic copolymer of vinylidene chloride and usually small amounts of vinyl chloride or acrylonitrile: used as a fiber, for packaging, and for making acid-resistant pipe.
- Liana
-
noun,
any of various usually woody vines that may climb as high as the tree canopy in a tropical forest.
- artal
-
noun,
plural of rotl.
- 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.
- tonic
-
noun,
a medicine that invigorates or strengthens:
- 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.
- Aalst
-
noun,
Flemish name of Alost.
- tono-
-
- Aalto
-
noun,
Alvar [ahl-vahr] /ˈɑl vɑr/ (Show IPA), 1898–1976, Finnish architect and furniture designer.
- Libia
-
noun,
Libya.
- 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.
- aalii
-
noun,
a bushy shrub, Dodonaea viscosa, of Australia, Hawaii, Africa, and tropical America, having sticky foliage.
- Orono
-
noun,
a town in S Maine.
- Latin
-
noun,
an Italic language spoken in ancient Rome, fixed in the 2nd or 1st century b.c., and established as the official language of the Roman Empire. Abbreviation: L.
- Larsa
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city in southern Iraq: archaeological site.
- toils
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- Satan
-
noun,
the chief evil spirit; the great adversary of humanity; the devil.
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- tolan
-
noun,
a crystalline, water-insoluble, solid, unsaturated compound, C 14 H 10 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- ornis
-
noun,
an avifauna.
- orlos
-
noun,
a plinth supporting the base of a column.
- ASCII
-
noun,
a standard code, consisting of 128 7-bit combinations, for characters stored in a computer or to be transmitted between computers.
- Orlon
-
- Tolar
-
noun,
the basic monetary unit of Slovenia until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 stotins.
- Asian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Asia, or a person of Asian descent.
- 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.
- 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.
- ascon
-
noun,
a type of sponge having an oval shape and a thin body wall with pores leading directly into the spongocoel.
- asco-
-
- anti-
-
- toros
-
noun,
a bull.
- rabal
-
noun,
the measurement and computation of the speed and direction of winds aloft by theodolitic tracking of a radiosonde.
- rills
-
noun,
a small rivulet or brook.
- Allan
-
noun,
a male given name.
- torts
-
noun,
a wrongful act, not including a breach of contract or trust, that results in injury to another's person, property, reputation, or the like, and for which the injured party is entitled to compensation.
- alist
-
adjective,
inclined to one side; heeling or listing.
- Nitti
-
noun,
Francesco Saverio [frahn-ches-kaw sah-ve-ryaw] /frɑnˈtʃɛs kɔ sɑˈvɛ ryɔ/ (Show IPA), 1868–1953, Italian lawyer, statesman, and economist.
- riots
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- Tosca
-
noun,
an opera (1900) by Giacomo Puccini.
- noct-
-
- nitr-
-
- octan
-
noun,
an octan fever.
- alibi
-
noun,
Law. the defense by an accused person of having been elsewhere at the time an alleged offense was committed.
- noils
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- alias
-
noun,
a false name used to conceal one's identity; an assumed name:
- octal
-
noun,
octonary (def 6).
- octa-
-
- nolos
-
noun,
nolo contendere.
- acron
-
noun,
the unsegmented, preoral portion of the body of an arthropod.
- Niort
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- Actis
-
noun,
a son of Rhoda and Helius who, when banished from his home for fratricide, fled to Egypt, where he taught astrology. The Colossus of Rhodes was built in his honor.
- Aloin
-
noun,
an intensely bitter, crystalline, water-soluble powder composed of the active principles of and obtained from aloe, used chiefly as a purgative.
- Natta
-
noun,
Giulio [joo-lyaw] /ˈdʒu lyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1903–79, Italian chemist and engineer: Nobel Prize in chemistry 1963.
- Alost
-
noun,
a city in central Belgium, NW of Brussels.
- acari
-
noun,
plural of acarus.
- rall.
-
- robot
-
noun,
a machine that resembles a human and does mechanical, routine tasks on command.
- Robin
-
noun,
any of several small Old World birds having a red or reddish breast, especially Erithacus rubecula, of Europe.
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- octo-
-
- acorn
-
noun,
the typically ovoid fruit or nut of an oak, enclosed at the base by a cupule.
- allot
-
verb (used with object),
to divide or distribute by share or portion; distribute or parcel out; apportion:
- 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.
- nills
-
verb (used with object),
to refuse or reject.
- allo-
-
- roans
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- acro-
-
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- Norco
-
noun,
a town in S California.
- natl.
-
- trait
-
noun,
a distinguishing characteristic or quality, especially of one's personal nature:
- Alans
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Celtic word meaning “harmony.”.
- alani
-
plural noun,
a nomadic Iranian people who flourished in the 2nd–4th centuries a.d. and are ancestors of the present-day Ossets.
- ratos
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- trail
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- trial
-
noun,
Law.
the examination before a judicial tribunal of the facts put in issue in a cause, often including issues of law as well as those of fact.
the determination of a person's guilt or innocence by due process of law.
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- rason
-
noun,
a long, loose, black gown with wide sleeves, worn by the clergy.
- ratal
-
noun,
the amount on which rates or taxes are assessed.
- OBrit
-
- obiit
-
- ratio
-
noun,
the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:
- obols
-
noun,
a silver coin of ancient Greece, the sixth part of a drachma.
- triac
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- obits
-
noun,
Informal. an obituary.
- Tract
-
noun,
an expanse or area of land, water, etc.; region; stretch.
- Alas.
-
- Alcor
-
- ribat
-
noun,
a building housing a community of Sufis.
- Acton
-
noun,
a quilted garment worn under mail in the 13th and 14th centuries; gambeson.
- noria
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- Alcon
-
noun,
a noted archer who helped Hercules abduct the cattle of Geryon.
- ricin
-
noun,
a white, poisonous, protein powder from the bean of the castor-oil plant.
- noso-
-
- total
-
noun,
the total amount; sum; aggregate:
- Actor
-
noun,
a person who acts in stage plays, motion pictures, television broadcasts, etc.
- noto-
-
- toti-
-
- actos
-
- Ocala
-
noun,
a city in central Florida.
- riata
-
noun,
a lariat.
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- albas
-
noun,
a Provençal troubadour poem or love song, typically about the parting of lovers at dawn.
- Alban
-
noun,
Saint, 3rd century a.d, first English martyr.
- rials
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- roils
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- Rains
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- 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.
- lotas
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- Lorna
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Rabin
-
noun,
Yitzhak [yits-khahk] /yɪtsˈxɑk/ (Show IPA), 1922–95, Israeli military and political leader: prime minister 1974–77 and 1992–95: Nobel Peace Prize 1994.
- anis-
-
- anils
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- rabot
-
noun,
a hardwood block used for rubbing marble before polishing.
- rotos
-
noun,
rotogravure.
- lotic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or living in flowing water.
- aboil
-
adverb, adjective,
boiling:
- aboon
-
adverb, preposition,
above.
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- lotos
-
noun,
lotus.
- Lotta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Charlotte.
- onto-
-
- lotto
-
noun,
a game of chance in which a leader draws numbered disks at random from a stock and the players cover the corresponding numbers on their cards, the winner being the first to cover a complete row.
- rotls
-
noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- Loris
-
noun,
Also called slender loris. a small, slender, tailless, large-eyed, nocturnal lemur, Loris gracilis, of southern India and Sri Lanka.
- Lorin
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- ontic
-
adjective,
possessing the character of real rather than phenomenal existence; noumenal.
- anoas
-
noun,
a small forest buffalo, Bubalus (Anoa) depressicornis, of the island of Celebes, having a brown coat and straight, sharp-tipped horns: an endangered species.
- antas
-
noun,
a privately supported organization, chartered by Congress in 1935, for the encouragement and advancement of professional and nonprofessional theater.
- locos
-
noun,
locoweed.
- orals
-
noun,
an oral examination in a school, college, or university, given especially to a candidate for an advanced degree.
- Sabir
-
noun,
lingua franca (def 2).
- Sabin
-
noun,
Physics. a unit of sound absorption, equal to one square foot (929 square centimeters) of a perfectly absorptive surface.
- Ansar
-
noun,
the first inhabitants of Medina to accept Islam.
- anoia
-
noun,
extreme mental deficiency.
- loons
-
noun,
any of several large, short-tailed, web-footed, fish-eating diving birds of the genus Gavia, of the Northern Hemisphere.
- Lorca
-
noun,
García Lorca.
- loots
-
noun,
spoils or plunder taken by pillaging, as in war.
- triol
-
noun,
a compound having three hydroxyl groups.
- ratan
-
noun,
rattan.
- Loral
-
adjective,
of or relating to lore, knowledge, learning, etc.
- Rabat
-
noun,
a sleeveless, backless, vestlike garment extending to the waist, worn by a cleric beneath the clerical collar, especially in the Roman Catholic and Anglican churches.
- 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.
- Anita
-
noun,
a female given name: Spanish form of Anna.
- torso
-
noun,
the trunk of the human body.
- 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.
- Alta.
-
- rails
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- narcs
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- altar
-
noun,
an elevated place or structure, as a mound or platform, at which religious rites are performed or on which sacrifices are offered to gods, ancestors, etc.
- Rollo
-
noun,
Also called Rolf, Roy, Hrolf, Rolf the Ganger. a.d. c860–931? Norse chieftain: 1st duke of Normandy 911?.
- ollas
-
noun,
a pot, especially an earthen pot for holding water, cooking, etc.
- nasal
-
noun,
Phonetics. a nasal speech sound.
- olios
-
noun,
a dish of many ingredients.
- Nasca
-
adjective,
Nazca.
- alti-
-
- Trill
-
noun,
the act or sound of trilling.
- scatt
-
noun,
scat5 .
- abstr
-
- naso-
-
- Rolla
-
noun,
a city in S central Missouri.
- Altai
-
noun,
a territory of the Russian Federation in central Asia. 101,000 sq. mi. (261,700 sq. km). Capital: Barnaul.
- Natal
-
noun,
a province in the E part of the Republic of South Africa. 35,284 sq. mi. (91,886 sq. km). Capital: Pietermaritzburg.
- abris
-
noun,
a shelter, especially a dugout.
- alto-
-
- abort
-
noun,
a missile, rocket, etc., that has aborted.
- Roost
-
noun,
a perch upon which birds or fowls rest at night.
- anat.
-
- rosin
-
noun,
Chemistry. the yellowish to amber, translucent, hard, brittle, fragmented resin left after distilling the oil of turpentine from the crude oleoresin of the pine: used chiefly in making varnishes, varnish and paint driers, printing inks, and for rubbing on the bows of such string instruments as the violin.
- racon
-
noun,
radar beacon.
- anal.
-
- rooti
-
noun,
rooty2 .
- Nabal
-
noun,
a wealthy Calebite, husband of Abigail, who refused rightful tribute to King David for protecting Nabal's flocks. I Sam. 25.
- Nabis
-
- nails
-
noun,
a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
- Olson
-
noun,
Charles, 1910–70, U.S. poet and essayist.
- naira
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Nigeria, equal to 100 kobo: replaced the pound in 1973.
- abrin
-
noun,
a highly poisonous protein found in the seeds of the rosary pea: inhibits protein synthesis, causing symptoms such as internal bleeding, intestinal upset, and irritation of mucous membranes.
- Alton
-
noun,
a city in SW Illinois.
- onco-
-
- Ronco
-
noun,
any grunt of the genus Haemulon, especially H. parrai, the sailor's-choice, of West Indian waters.
- raias
-
noun,
rayah.
- rolls
-
noun,
a document of paper, parchment, or the like, that is or may be rolled up, as for storing; scroll.
- carbs
-
noun,
a carburetor.
- Ital.
-
- Blanc
-
noun,
a silver coin of France of the 14th–18th centuries, debased in later years.
- brios
-
noun,
vigor; vivacity.
- bison
-
noun,
Also called American bison, American buffalo. a North American, oxlike ruminant, Bison bison, having a large head and high, humped shoulders: formerly common in North America, its small remaining population in isolated western areas of the U.S. and Canada is now protected.
- birls
-
noun,
British Informal. an attempt; a gamble.
- Corot
-
noun,
Jean Baptiste Camille [zhahn ba-teest ka-mee-yuh] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist kaˈmi yə/ (Show IPA), 1796–1875, French painter.
- Corti
-
noun,
Alfonso [al-fon-soh;; Italian ahl-fawn-saw] /ælˈfɒn soʊ;; Italian ɑlˈfɔn sɔ/ (Show IPA), 1822–76, Italian anatomist.
- Clair
-
noun,
René [ruh-ney] /rəˈneɪ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1981, French motion-picture director and writer.
- Taino
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- Costa
-
noun,
a rib or riblike part.
- stilt
-
noun,
one of two poles, each with a support for the foot at some distance above the bottom end, enabling the wearer to walk with his or her feet above the ground.
- Biota
-
noun,
the animals, plants, fungi, etc., of a region or period.
- biont
-
- tarts
-
noun,
a small pie filled with cooked fruit or other sweetened preparation, usually having no top crust.
- Brit.
-
- biol.
-
- ta-ta
-
interjection,
goodbye.
- Brill
-
noun,
a European flatfish, Scophthalmus rhombus, closely related to the turbot.
- bitts
-
noun,
Also called bollard. a strong post of wood or iron projecting, usually in pairs, above the deck of a ship, used for securing cables, lines for towing, etc.
- Tatar
-
noun,
a member of a modern Turkic people living in the Tatar Autonomous Republic and adjacent regions of eastern European Russia and in widely scattered communities in western Siberia and central Asia.
- Coral
-
noun,
the hard, variously colored, calcareous skeleton secreted by certain marine polyps.
- cools
-
noun,
something that is cool; a cool part, place, time, etc.:
- 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.
- Brian
-
noun,
a male given name.
- 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.
- 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.
- tarot
-
noun,
any of a set of 22 playing cards bearing allegorical representations, used for fortunetelling and as trump cards in tarok.
- blini
-
plural noun,
pancakes made with yeast and either white or buckwheat flour and traditionally served during Shrovetide with caviar and sour cream.
- 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.
- Clara
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “clear, bright.”.
- blats
-
noun,
bleat (def 4).
- Still
-
noun,
stillness or silence:
- coria
-
noun,
plural of corium.
- Blair
-
noun,
Anthony Charles Lynton [lin-tuh n] /ˈlɪn tən/ (Show IPA), ("Tony") born 1953, British political leader: prime minister 1997–2007.
- clans
-
noun,
a group of families or households, as among the Scottish Highlanders, the heads of which claim descent from a common ancestor:
- Blain
-
noun,
an inflammatory swelling or sore.
- bints
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a woman or girl.
- brits
-
noun,
the group of small marine animals forming the food of whalebone whales.
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Cilla
-
noun,
a sister of Priam who, with her infant son, was slain by Priam because it had been prophesied that a mother and child of the royal house would cause the destruction of Troy.
- croon
-
noun,
the act or sound of crooning.
- basta
-
interjection,
enough; stop.
- Basra
-
noun,
a port in SE Iraq, N of the Persian Gulf.
- cions
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- bason
-
noun,
a basin.
- Stoat
-
noun,
the ermine, Mustela erminea, especially when in brown summer pelage.
- SONAR
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- Croat
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Croatia; Croatian.
- Solti
-
noun,
Sir Georg [gey-awrg,, jawrj] /ˈgeɪ ɔrg,, dʒɔrdʒ/ (Show IPA), 1912–97, British orchestra conductor, born in Hungary.
- Coats
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- Broca
-
noun,
Paul [pawl] /pɔl/ (Show IPA), 1824–80, French surgeon and anthropologist.
- cilia
-
plural noun,
Biology. minute hairlike organelles, identical in structure to flagella, that line the surfaces of certain cells and beat in rhythmic waves, providing locomotion to ciliate protozoans and moving liquids along internal epithelial tissue in animals.
- basin
-
noun,
a circular container with a greater width than depth, becoming smaller toward the bottom, used chiefly to hold water or other liquid, especially for washing.
- broil
-
noun,
the act or state of broiling; state of being broiled.
- Basil
-
noun,
any of several aromatic herbs belonging to the genus Ocimum, of the mint family, as O. basilicum (sweet basil) having purplish-green ovate leaves used in cooking.
- tical
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Siam, equal to 100 satang: replaced in 1928 by the baht.
- crit.
-
- Britt
-
noun,
a turbot of northeastern Atlantic seas.
- Bicol
-
noun,
Bikol.
- tails
-
noun,
tail1 (def 6).
- binal
-
adjective,
double; twofold.
- cotta
-
noun,
a surplice.
- Bills
-
noun,
a statement of money owed for goods or services supplied:
- craal
-
noun,
kraal.
- stint
-
noun,
a period of time spent doing something:
- Ostia
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, SW of Rome: ruins from 4th century b.c.; site of ancient port of Rome.
- Batna
-
noun,
a city in NE Algeria.
- T-bar
-
noun,
a rolled metal bar or beam with a cross section resembling a T .
- sonic
-
adjective,
of or relating to sound.
- tiara
-
noun,
a jeweled, ornamental coronet worn by women.
- Sonia
-
noun,
a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.
- tibia
-
noun,
Anatomy. the inner of the two bones of the leg, that extend from the knee to the ankle and articulate with the femur and the talus; shinbone.
- batts
-
noun,
a sheet of matted cotton, wool, or synthetic fibers.
- Baton
-
noun,
Music. a wand used by a conductor.
- Blois
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Loire-et-Cher, in central France, on the Loire River: historic castle.
- claro
-
noun,
such a cigar.
- basal
-
adjective,
of, at, or forming the base.
- 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).
- boras
-
noun,
a city in S Sweden, near Göteborg.
- talas
-
noun,
a repeated rhythmic pattern of stressed and unstressed beats played on a percussion instrument in Indian music.
- Colas
-
noun,
a carbonated soft drink containing an extract made from kola nuts, together with sweeteners and other flavorings.
- colat
-
- Colin
-
noun,
any of several American quails, especially the bobwhite.
- boral
-
noun,
a compound of an aluminum tartrate and borate, used chiefly as an astringent and antiseptic.
- Boots
-
noun,
a servant, as at a hotel, who blacks or polishes shoes and boots.
- coals
-
noun,
a black or dark-brown combustible mineral substance consisting of carbonized vegetable matter, used as a fuel.
Compare anthracite, bituminous coal, lignite.
- coll.
-
- boost
-
noun,
an upward shove or raise; lift.
- talon
-
noun,
a claw, especially of a bird of prey.
- boons
-
noun,
something to be thankful for; blessing; benefit.
- Talos
-
noun,
a man of brass made by Hephaestus for Minos as a guardian of Crete.
- Taira
-
noun,
a member of a powerful family in Japan that ruled the country 1160–85.
- coala
-
noun,
koala.
- boric
-
adjective,
of or containing boron; boracic.
- coirs
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- Srta.
-
- 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.
- Talca
-
noun,
a city in central Chile.
- coati
-
noun,
any tropical American carnivore of the genus Nasua, related to the raccoon, having an elongated body, long, ringed tail, and a slender, flexible snout.
- stall
-
noun,
a compartment in a stable or shed for the accommodation of one animal.
- 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.
- cobia
-
noun,
a large, fusiform fish, Rachycentron canadum, found off the eastern coast of temperate and tropical America, in the East Indies, and in Japan.
- 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.
- 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.
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- boro-
-
- Boris
-
noun,
a male given name.
- boson
-
noun,
any particle that obeys Bose-Einstein statistics: bosons have integral spins: 0, 1, 2, ….
- coils
-
noun,
a connected series of spirals or rings into which a rope or the like is wound.
- coast
-
noun,
the land next to the sea; seashore:
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- coins
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- Colo.
-
- 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.
- boats
-
noun,
a vessel for transport by water, constructed to provide buoyancy by excluding water and shaped to give stability and permit propulsion.
- Const
-
- cont.
-
- conto
-
noun,
a money of account of Portugal and Cape Verde, equal to 1000 escudos.
- Boito
-
noun,
Arrigo [uh-ree-goh;; Italian ahr-ree-gaw] /əˈri goʊ;; Italian ɑrˈri gɔ/ (Show IPA), 1842–1918, Italian opera composer, poet, and novelist.
- boils
-
noun,
the act or an instance of boiling.
- Clint
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Clinton.
- Brans
-
noun,
the partly ground husk of wheat or other grain, separated from flour meal by sifting.
- brain
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. the part of the central nervous system enclosed in the cranium of humans and other vertebrates, consisting of a soft, convoluted mass of gray and white matter and serving to control and coordinate the mental and physical actions.
- boast
-
noun,
a thing boasted of; a cause for pride:
- Tarai
-
noun,
Terai.
- boart
-
noun,
bort.
- boars
-
noun,
the uncastrated male swine.
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- stilb
-
noun,
a unit of luminance, equal to one candle per square centimeter.
- 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.
- taint
-
noun,
a trace of something bad, offensive, or harmful.
- brail
-
noun,
Nautical. any of several horizontal lines fastened to the edge of a fore-and-aft sail or lateen sail, for gathering in the sail.
- 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.
- stat.
-
- 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.
- botts
-
noun,
bot2 .
- bolts
-
noun,
a movable bar or rod that when slid into a socket fastens a door, gate, etc.
- Tanta
-
noun,
a city in N Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- start
-
noun,
a beginning of an action, journey, etc.
- clots
-
noun,
a mass or lump.
- bract
-
noun,
a specialized leaf or leaflike part, usually situated at the base of a flower or inflorescence.
- bolar
-
adjective,
of or relating to bole or clay.
- 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.
- bolos
-
noun,
a large, heavy, single-edged knife or machete for hacking, used in the Philippines and by the U.S. Army.
- cloot
-
noun,
a cloven hoof; one of the divisions of the cloven hoof of the swine, sheep, etc.
- bolls
-
noun,
a rounded seed vessel or pod of a plant, as of flax or cotton.
- tanto
-
adverb,
(of a musical direction) too much; so much.
- Cons.
-
- bolas
-
noun,
bola (def 1).
- BASIC
-
noun,
Military.
basic training.
a soldier or airman receiving basic training.
- Solon
-
noun,
c638–c558 b.c, Athenian statesman.
- bronc
-
noun,
bronco:
- Tinia
-
noun,
the chief god of the Etruscans, with powers similar to those of Zeus.
- iotas
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- cairn
-
noun,
a heap of stones set up as a landmark, monument, tombstone, etc.
- Iran.
-
- Cairo
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Egypt, in the N part on the E bank of the Nile.
- Carol
-
noun,
a song, especially of joy.
- Irina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- baits
-
noun,
food, or some substitute, used as a lure in fishing, trapping, etc.
- cains
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- carob
-
noun,
a Mediterranean tree, Ceratonia siliqua, of the legume family, bearing long, leathery pods containing hard seeds and sweet, edible pulp.
- carns
-
noun,
cairn.
- calls
-
noun,
a cry or shout.
- tints
-
noun,
a color or a variety of a color; hue.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- Irons
-
noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- carts
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- Sinai
-
noun,
Also called Sinai Peninsula. a peninsula in NE Egypt, at the N end of the Red Sea between the Gulfs of Suez and Aqaba. 230 miles (370 km) long.
- Canso
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in SE Canada, the NE extremity of Nova Scotia.
- intr.
-
- Balt.
-
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- balsa
-
noun,
a tropical American tree, Ochroma pyramidale (lagopus), of the bombax family, yielding an exceedingly light wood used for life preservers, rafts, toy airplanes, etc.
- balon
-
noun,
ballon.
- solar
-
noun,
Informal. solar energy.
- balls
-
noun,
a spherical or approximately spherical body or shape; sphere:
- cabin
-
noun,
a small house or cottage, usually of simple design and construction:
- sinal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving a sinus.
- Balla
-
noun,
Giacomo [jah-kaw-maw] /ˈdʒɑ kɔ mɔ/ (Show IPA), 1871?–1958, Italian painter.
- Cabot
-
noun,
John (Giovanni Caboto) c1450–98? Italian navigator in the service of England: discoverer of North American mainland 1497.
- Sino-
-
- Ionia
-
noun,
an ancient region on the W coast of Asia Minor and on adjacent islands in the Aegean: colonized by the ancient Greeks.
- Ionic
-
noun,
Prosody. an Ionic foot, verse, or meter.
- Balas
-
noun,
a rose-red variety of spinel.
- Balao
-
noun,
a halfbeak, Hemiramphus balao, of tropical western Atlantic seas.
- canal
-
noun,
an artificial waterway for navigation, irrigation, etc.
- bairn
-
noun,
a child; son or daughter.
- Banat
-
noun,
a fertile low-lying region extending through parts of Hungary, Romania, and Serbia.
- Caria
-
noun,
an ancient district in SW Asia Minor.
- Scot.
-
- Carin
-
noun,
a female given name.
- istic
-
- carb-
-
- titis
-
noun,
any of various small reddish or grayish monkeys of the genus Callicebus, of South America.
- scorn
-
noun,
open or unqualified contempt; disdain:
- Attic
-
noun,
the part of a building, especially of a house, directly under a roof; garret.
- BLitt
-
- attar
-
noun,
Also, atar, athar, ottar, otto. a perfume or essential oil obtained from flowers or petals.
- scoot
-
noun,
a swift, darting movement or course.
- ition
-
- atria
-
noun,
Architecture.
Also called cavaedium. the main or central room of an ancient Roman house, open to the sky at the center and usually having a pool for the collection of rain water.
a courtyard, flanked or surrounded by porticoes, in front of an early or medieval Christian church.
a skylit central court in a contemporary building or house.
- Carib
-
noun,
a member of a group of Indian peoples formerly dominant through the Lesser Antilles, now found in small numbers in a few areas of the West Indies and in parts of Central America and northeastern South America.
- scion
-
noun,
a descendant.
- Titos
-
noun,
Marshal (Josip Broz) 1891–1980, president of Yugoslavia 1953–80.
- atto-
-
- carat
-
noun,
a unit of weight in gemstones, 200 milligrams (about 3 grains of troy or avoirdupois weight). Abbreviation: c., ct.
- bails
-
noun,
property or money given as surety that a person released from custody will return at an appointed time.
- canto
-
noun,
one of the main or larger divisions of a long poem.
- Isaac
-
noun,
a son of Abraham and Sarah, and father of Jacob. Gen. 21:1–4.
- canst
-
noun,
a sealed container for food, beverages, etc., as of aluminum, sheet iron coated with tin, or other metal:
- Cant.
-
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- bact.
-
- carls
-
noun,
Scot.
a strong, robust fellow, especially a strong manual laborer.
a miser; an extremely thrifty person.
- Bacon
-
noun,
the back and sides of the hog, salted and dried or smoked, usually sliced thin and fried for food.
- Caras
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Italian word meaning “dear one.”.
- Carla
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- Isiac
-
adjective,
of or relating to Isis or the worship of Isis.
- Scott
-
noun,
Barbara Ann, 1928–2012, Canadian figure skater.
- tirls
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- cants
-
noun,
insincere, especially conventional expressions of enthusiasm for high ideals, goodness, or piety.
- Tirol
-
noun,
Tyrol.
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- banal
-
adjective,
devoid of freshness or originality; hackneyed; trite:
- Cabal
-
noun,
a small group of secret plotters, as against a government or person in authority.
- 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.
- baric
-
adjective,
of or containing barium.
- tills
-
noun,
a drawer, box, or the like, as in a shop or bank, in which money is kept.
- Barca
-
noun,
an ancient Carthaginian family to which Hamilcar, Hasdrubal, and Hannibal belonged.
- tabla
-
noun,
a small drum or pair of drums of India tuned to different pitches and played with the hands.
- taboo
-
noun,
a prohibition or interdiction of anything; exclusion from use or practice:
Synonyms: ban, proscription, embargo, interdiction; no-no.
- Ilion
-
noun,
Greek name of ancient Troy.
- ilio-
-
- 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.
- Iliac
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or situated near the ilium.
- snail
-
noun,
any mollusk of the class Gastropoda, having a spirally coiled shell and a ventral muscular foot on which it slowly glides about.
- snarl
-
noun,
the act of snarling.
- stola
-
noun,
a long, loose tunic or robe, with or without sleeves, worn by women of ancient Rome.
- icons
-
- ician
-
- tacit
-
adjective,
understood without being openly expressed; implied:
- tabis
-
noun,
a covering for the foot, similar to a sock, having a separate pouchlike stall for the large toe, worn especially in Japan, often with zoris.
- tacos
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- baris
-
noun,
a seaport in SE Italy, on the Adriatic.
- snoot
-
noun,
Slang. the nose.
- snort
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- Iblis
-
noun,
an evil spirit or devil, the chief of the wicked jinn.
- tacts
-
noun,
a keen sense of what to say or do to avoid giving offense; skill in dealing with difficult or delicate situations.
- Sobor
-
noun,
a council, synod, or convention.
- baro-
-
- bros.
-
noun,
a brother.
- Baron
-
noun,
a member of the lowest grade of nobility.
- Bart.
-
- Ciano
-
noun,
Count Galeazzo [gah-le-aht-tsaw] /ˌgɑ lɛˈɑt tsɔ/ (Show IPA), (Ciano di Cortellazzo) 1903–44, Italian Fascist statesman: minister of foreign affairs 1936–43.
- Stoic
-
noun,
a member or adherent of the Stoic school of philosophy.
- solan
-
noun,
a gannet.
- Illia
-
noun,
Arturo [ahr-too-raw] /ɑrˈtu rɔ/ (Show IPA), 1900–83, Argentine physician and statesman: president 1963–66.
- Tabor
-
noun,
a small drum formerly used to accompany oneself on a pipe or fife.
- Sloan
-
noun,
John, 1871–1951, U.S. painter.
- incas
-
noun,
a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
- slain
-
noun,
sley.
- incl.
-
- in-lb
-
- init.
-
- tilts
-
noun,
an act or instance of tilting.
- slant
-
noun,
slanting or oblique direction; slope:
- Inari
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in NE Finland. About 500 sq. mi. (1295 sq. km).
- stool
-
noun,
a single seat on legs or a pedestal and without arms or a back.
- sito-
-
- cata-
-
- BANCS
-
noun,
the seat on which judges sit in court.
- incr.
-
- insol
-
- inst.
-
- incor
-
- bania
-
noun,
banyan (def 2).
- Trot
-
noun,
the gait of a horse, dog, or other quadruped, when trotting.
- tact
-
noun,
a keen sense of what to say or do to avoid giving offense; skill in dealing with difficult or delicate situations.
- raob
-
noun,
Meteorology. a radiosonde or rawinsonde observation.
- STOL
-
noun,
a convertiplane that can become airborne after a short takeoff run and has forward speeds comparable to those of conventional aircraft.
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- trit
-
- tail
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- Rabi
-
noun,
Isidor Isaac, 1898–1988, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1944.
- Raia
-
noun,
rayah.
- Taal
-
noun,
Afrikaans (usually preceded by the).
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- stob
-
noun,
a post, stump, or stake.
- TRIB
-
- rasa
-
noun,
(in Hindu aesthetics) flavor, sentiment, or emotion: regarded as one of the fundamental qualities of classical music, dance, and poetry.
- otic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ear; auricular.
- taco
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- rain
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- Raab
-
noun,
broccoli rabe.
- tRNA
-
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- tabi
-
noun,
a covering for the foot, similar to a sock, having a separate pouchlike stall for the large toe, worn especially in Japan, often with zoris.
- RIBA
-
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- oto-
-
- tab.
-
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- stot
-
noun,
a springing gait of certain bovids, as gazelles and antelopes, used especially when running in alarm from a predator.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- tri-
-
- tabs
-
noun,
a small flap, strap, loop, or similar appendage, as on a garment, used for pulling, hanging, or decoration.
- tron
-
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- str.
-
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- Tala
-
noun,
a repeated rhythmic pattern of stressed and unstressed beats played on a percussion instrument in Indian music.
- rail
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- Otto
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- sci.
-
- 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.
- toon
-
noun,
an Asian tree, Cedrela toona, of the mahogany family, yielding an aromatic red wood used for furniture, carving, etc.
- SARA
-
noun,
a member of a people of the Central African Republic.
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- slab
-
noun,
a broad, flat, somewhat thick piece of stone, wood, or other solid material.
- tool
-
noun,
an implement, especially one held in the hand, as a hammer, saw, or file, for performing or facilitating mechanical operations.
- 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.
- SLIC
-
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- tilt
-
noun,
an act or instance of tilting.
- 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.
- tils
-
noun,
the sesame plant.
- slob
-
noun,
a slovenly or boorish person.
- 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.
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- toot
-
noun,
an act or sound of tooting.
- sala
-
noun,
a large hall, living room, or reception room.
- snib
-
noun,
a bolt, catch, lock, or fastening on a door or window.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- torc
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- snob
-
noun,
a person who imitates, cultivates, or slavishly admires social superiors and is condescending or overbearing to others.
- sail
-
noun,
an area of canvas or other fabric extended to the wind in such a way as to transmit the force of the wind to an assemblage of spars and rigging mounted firmly on a hull, raft, iceboat, etc., so as to drive it along.
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- Till
-
noun,
a drawer, box, or the like, as in a shop or bank, in which money is kept.
- Saco
-
noun,
a city in SW Maine.
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- Sari
-
noun,
a garment worn by Hindu women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder.
- Sol.
-
- SBIC
-
- tits
-
noun,
a titmouse.
- Tito
-
noun,
Marshal (Josip Broz) 1891–1980, president of Yugoslavia 1953–80.
- Tob.
-
- scar
-
noun,
a mark left by a healed wound, sore, or burn.
- titi
-
noun,
any of various small reddish or grayish monkeys of the genus Callicebus, of South America.
- Tit.
-
- SCAN
-
noun,
an act or instance of scanning; close examination.
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- 1080
-
- scab
-
noun,
the incrustation that forms over a sore or wound during healing.
- tirl
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- SBLI
-
- scr.
-
- 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.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- tion
-
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- sial
-
noun,
the assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and alumina, that comprise the continental portions of the upper layer of the earth's crust.
- toil
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- SATB
-
- tint
-
noun,
a color or a variety of a color; hue.
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- 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.
- Sat.
-
- Sill
-
noun,
a horizontal timber, block, or the like serving as a foundation of a wall, house, etc.
- silo
-
noun,
a structure, typically cylindrical, in which fodder or forage is kept.
- silt
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- 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.
- soil
-
noun,
the portion of the earth's surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus.
- Sola
-
noun,
an Indian shrub, Aeschynomene aspera, of the legume family, the pith of which is used for making helmets.
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- Sra.
-
- rocs
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- Roca
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in W Portugal, near Lisbon: the western extremity of continental Europe.
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- robs
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Robert.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- Tara
-
noun,
a village in the NE Republic of Ireland, NW of Dublin: home of the ancient Irish kings (Hill of Tara)
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- RNAS
-
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- rit.
-
- RISC
-
noun,
reduced instruction set computer: a computer whose central processing unit recognizes a relatively small number of instructions, which it can execute very rapidly.
- riot
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- roil
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- rill
-
noun,
a small rivulet or brook.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- Riis
-
noun,
Jacob August, 1849–1914, U.S. journalist and social reformer, born in Denmark.
- RIIA
-
- Tana
-
noun,
thana.
- Rico
-
noun,
Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act: a U.S. law, enacted in 1970, allowing victims of organized crime to sue those responsible for punitive damages.
- tost
-
noun,
an act or instance of tossing.
- tall
-
adverb,
in a proud, confident, or erect manner:
- stab
-
noun,
the act of stabbing.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- rial
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- tots
-
noun,
a small child.
- 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.
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- tics
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- soln
-
- 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:
- 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.
- toro
-
noun,
a bull.
- Soni
-
- Saba
-
noun,
an island in the Netherlands Antilles, in the N Leeward Islands. 5 sq. mi. (13 sq. km).
- Sab.
-
- Saar
-
noun,
Also called Saar Basin. a coal-producing region in W Germany, in the Saar River valley: governed by the League of Nations 1919–35; returned to Germany 1935 as a result of a plebiscite; under French economic control following World War II until 1956.
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- roto
-
noun,
rotogravure.
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- tats
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do, or make by, tatting.
- ROTL
-
noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- 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.
- roll
-
noun,
a document of paper, parchment, or the like, that is or may be rolled up, as for storing; scroll.
- 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.
- soon
-
Idioms,
sooner or later, eventually:
- tort
-
noun,
a wrongful act, not including a breach of contract or trust, that results in injury to another's person, property, reputation, or the like, and for which the injured party is entitled to compensation.
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- 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.
- 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.
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- 'roo
-
noun,
kangaroo.
- tart
-
noun,
a small pie filled with cooked fruit or other sweetened preparation, usually having no top crust.
- RONA
-
- Sorb
-
noun,
a European tree, Sorbus domestica.
- scil
-
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- iso-
-
- BSOT
-
- Isai
-
noun,
Jesse.
- ions
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Iris
-
noun,
Anatomy. the contractile, circular diaphragm forming the colored portion of the eye and containing a circular opening, the pupil, in its center.
- batt
-
noun,
a sheet of matted cotton, wool, or synthetic fibers.
- iron
-
noun,
Chemistry. a ductile, malleable, silver-white metallic element, scarcely known in a pure condition, but much used in its crude or impure carbon-containing forms for making tools, implements, machinery, etc. Symbol: Fe; atomic weight: 55.847; atomic number: 26; specific gravity: 7.86 at 20°C.
Compare cast iron, pig iron, steel, wrought iron.
- Bast
-
noun,
Botany. phloem.
- BASc
-
- Barn
-
noun,
a building for storing hay, grain, etc., and often for housing livestock.
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- Bias
-
noun,
a particular tendency, trend, inclination, feeling, or opinion, especially one that is preconceived or unreasoned:
- isba
-
noun,
izba.
- ISBN
-
- Isin
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city in S Iraq: archaeological site.
- Bari
-
noun,
a seaport in SE Italy, on the Adriatic.
- Bara
-
noun,
Theda [thee-duh] /ˈθi də/ (Show IPA), (Theodosia Goodman) 1890–1955, U.S. actress.
- bar.
-
- bant
-
verb (used without object),
to lose weight by practicing Bantingism.
- bani
-
noun,
plural of ban4 .
- itis
-
- itol
-
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- into
-
adjective,
Mathematics. pertaining to a function or map from one set to another set, the range of which is a proper subset of the second set, as the function f, from the set of all integers into the set of all perfect squares where f (x) = x 2 for every integer.
- bals
-
noun,
Balmoral (def 2).
- ills
-
noun,
an unfavorable opinion or statement:
- Ibos
-
noun,
a member of an indigenous black people of southeastern Nigeria, renowned as traders and for their art.
- bitt
-
noun,
Also called bollard. a strong post of wood or iron projecting, usually in pairs, above the deck of a ship, used for securing cables, lines for towing, etc.
- ical
-
- ICAO
-
- birl
-
noun,
British Informal. an attempt; a gamble.
- Ilia
-
noun,
the broad, upper portion of either hipbone.
- biri
-
noun,
bidi.
- BIOS
-
noun,
computer firmware that directs many basic functions of the operating system, as booting and keyboard control.
- Ill.
-
- Bion
-
noun,
flourished c100 b.c, Greek pastoral poet.
- Bill
-
noun,
a statement of money owed for goods or services supplied:
- bio-
-
- bint
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a woman or girl.
- Inc.
-
- Inca
-
noun,
a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
- INRI
-
- bin-
-
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- ins.
-
- int.
-
- intl
-
- banc
-
noun,
the seat on which judges sit in court.
- Ball
-
noun,
a spherical or approximately spherical body or shape; sphere:
- ibis
-
noun,
any of several large wading birds of the family Threskiornithidae, of warm temperate and tropical regions, related to the herons and storks, and characterized by a long, thin, downward-curved bill.
Compare sacred ibis.
- Lila
-
noun,
creation, seen as the playful activity of a god.
- lats
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Latvia, equal to 100 santimi.
- attn
-
- BSRT
-
- 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.
- Liao
-
noun,
a river in NE China, flowing from Inner Mongolia to the Gulf of Liaodong. 900 miles (1448 km) long.
- liar
-
noun,
a person who tells lies.
- Lias
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- Lib.
-
- libs
-
noun,
liberation (def 2):
- Lili
-
noun,
a female given name.
- last
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- lilt
-
noun,
rhythmic swing or cadence.
- lin.
-
- Lina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- lino
-
noun,
linoleum.
- Lins
-
noun,
a city in E Brazil.
- lint
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- Lion
-
noun,
a large, usually tawny-yellow cat, Panthera leo, native to Africa and southern Asia, having a tufted tail and, in the male, a large mane.
- Lira
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- LISA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- LIST
-
noun,
a series of names or other items written or printed together in a meaningful grouping or sequence so as to constitute a record:
- Lat.
-
- lasa
-
noun,
Lhasa.
- Bali
-
noun,
an island in Indonesia, E of Java. 2147 sq. mi. (5561 sq. km). Capital: Singaraja.
- lair
-
noun,
a den or resting place of a wild animal:
- Bala
-
noun,
Bilhah.
- bal.
-
- bait
-
noun,
food, or some substitute, used as a lure in fishing, trapping, etc.
- Bais
-
noun,
a yellow mist occurring in eastern China and Japan during the spring and fall, caused by dust from the interior of China.
- Lab.
-
- Bail
-
noun,
property or money given as surety that a person released from custody will return at an appointed time.
- 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).
- laic
-
noun,
one of the laity.
- lain
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- LAIS
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- BRCS
-
- Lalo
-
noun,
(Victor Antoine) Edouard [veek-tawr ahn-twan ey-dwar] /vikˈtɔr ɑ̃ˈtwan eɪˈdwar/ (Show IPA), 1832–92, French composer.
- Lana
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- Lani
-
- baas
-
noun,
the bleating cry of a sheep.
- Baal
-
noun,
any of numerous local deities among the ancient Semitic peoples, typifying the productive forces of nature and worshiped with much sensuality.
- Laon
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Aisne, in N France, E of Paris.
- Laos
-
noun,
a country in SE Asia: formerly part of French Indochina. 91,500 sq. mi. (236,985 sq. km). Capital: Vientiane.
- LARC
-
noun,
long-acting reversible contraceptive (or contraception):
- Lari
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- Lars
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- blat
-
noun,
bleat (def 4).
- blin
-
noun,
singular of blini.
- LitB
-
- clan
-
noun,
a group of families or households, as among the Scottish Highlanders, the heads of which claim descent from a common ancestor:
- Catt
-
noun,
Carrie Chapman Lane, 1859–1947, U.S. leader in women's suffrage movements.
- bott
-
noun,
bot2 .
- ciao
-
interjection,
(used as a word of greeting or parting): hello; goodbye; so long; see you later.
- cion
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- cir.
-
- 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.
- cis-
-
- cist
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- cit.
-
- clar
-
- cat.
-
- 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).
- Clio
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the Muse of history.
- bot.
-
- Bosc
-
noun,
a large, greenish-yellow variety of pear.
- clit
-
noun,
clitoris.
- 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.
- CLOS
-
noun,
a walled vineyard.
- clot
-
noun,
a mass or lump.
- 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.
- Born
-
noun,
Max, 1882–1970, German physicist: Nobel Prize 1954.
- 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.
- cast
-
noun,
act of casting or throwing.
- coal
-
noun,
a black or dark-brown combustible mineral substance consisting of carbonized vegetable matter, used as a fuel.
Compare anthracite, bituminous coal, lignite.
- Cain
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- btl.
-
- BSNA
-
- BSIT
-
- BSIR
-
- BSAA
-
- Brno
-
noun,
a city in S Moravia, in the SE Czech Republic: former capital of Moravia.
- bris
-
noun,
Brith.
- brio
-
noun,
vigor; vivacity.
- 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.
- Cal.
-
- Casa
-
noun,
a house.
- Call
-
noun,
a cry or shout.
- CALS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Calvin.
- Can.
-
- Cana
-
noun,
an ancient town in N Israel, in Galilee: scene of Jesus' first miracle. John 2:1, 11.
- BRAT
-
noun,
a child, especially an annoying, spoiled, or impolite child (usually used in contempt or irritation).
- Cara
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Italian word meaning “dear one.”.
- Carl
-
noun,
Scot.
a strong, robust fellow, especially a strong manual laborer.
a miser; an extremely thrifty person.
- 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.
- Bran
-
noun,
the partly ground husk of wheat or other grain, separated from flour meal by sifting.
- Bora
-
noun,
(on the Adriatic coasts) a violent, dry, cold wind blowing from the north or northeast.
- coat
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- Iban
-
noun,
Also called Sea Dayak. a member of any of several Dayak tribes of Sarawak.
- boil
-
noun,
the act or an instance of boiling.
- Bolt
-
noun,
a movable bar or rod that when slid into a socket fastens a door, gate, etc.
- 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.
- crat
-
- crib
-
noun,
a child's bed with enclosed sides.
- Bolo
-
noun,
a large, heavy, single-edged knife or machete for hacking, used in the Philippines and by the U.S. Army.
- Boll
-
noun,
a rounded seed vessel or pod of a plant, as of flax or cotton.
- 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.
- Oslo
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Norway, in the SE part, at the head of Oslo Fiord.
- Bol.
-
- boat
-
noun,
a vessel for transport by water, constructed to provide buoyancy by excluding water and shaped to give stability and permit propulsion.
- Bona
-
noun,
Bône, the former name of Annaba.
- ctr.
-
- cts.
-
- Boas
-
noun,
Franz [frahnts] /frɑnts/ (Show IPA), 1858–1942, U.S. anthropologist, born in Germany.
- Boar
-
noun,
the uncastrated male swine.
- blot
-
noun,
a spot or stain, especially of ink on paper.
- iana
-
- bloc
-
noun,
a group of persons, businesses, etc., united for a particular purpose.
- Iasi
-
noun,
Romanian name of Jassy.
- IATA
-
- BLit
-
- Cost
-
noun,
the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
- Cort
-
- bor.
-
- boon
-
noun,
something to be thankful for; blessing; benefit.
- cobs
-
noun,
a corncob.
- coil
-
noun,
a connected series of spirals or rings into which a rope or the like is wound.
- coin
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- coir
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- Col.
-
- COLA
-
noun,
a carbonated soft drink containing an extract made from kola nuts, together with sweeteners and other flavorings.
- Boot
-
noun,
a covering of leather, rubber, or the like, for the foot and all or part of the leg.
- boos
-
noun,
an exclamation of contempt or disapproval:
- Coln
-
noun,
former German name of Cologne.
- Boor
-
noun,
a churlish, rude, or unmannerly person.
- cols
-
noun,
Physical Geography. a pass or depression in a mountain range or ridge.
- 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.
- COLT
-
noun,
a young male animal of the horse family.
- Con.
-
- bons
-
noun,
Cape, a cape on the NE coast of Tunisia: surrender of the German African forces, May 12, 1943.
- cool
-
noun,
something that is cool; a cool part, place, time, etc.:
- coon
-
noun,
raccoon.
- Coos
-
noun,
a language of a group of American Indians indigenous to the coast of Oregon.
- 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.
- Cor.
-
- Cora
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. Kore.
- Cori
-
noun,
Carl Ferdinand, 1896–1984, and his wife, Gerty Theresa, 1896–1957, U.S. biochemists, born in Austria-Hungary: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1947.
- lit.
-
- ator
-
- lits
-
noun,
litas.
- Alco
-
- nos-
-
- 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.
- alls
-
noun,
one's whole interest, energy, or property:
- all-
-
- NRAB
-
- ALIT
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
- Alis
-
- NTIA
-
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- 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.
- Albi
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Tarn, in S France: center of the Albigenses.
- Alba
-
noun,
a Provençal troubadour poem or love song, typically about the parting of lovers at dawn.
- Alb.
-
- NTSB
-
- Alar
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having wings; alary.
- Alan
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Celtic word meaning “harmony.”.
- Alai
-
noun,
a mountain range in SW Kyrgyzstan, part of the Tien Shan. To 19,280 feet (5880 meters).
- Ala.
-
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- Nor.
-
- AISI
-
- nisi
-
adjective,
not yet final or absolute (used, especially in law, to indicate that a judgment or decree will become final on a particular date unless set aside or invalidated by certain specified contingencies):
- ANSI
-
- nibs
-
noun,
his/her nibs, Informal: Often Facetious. a person in authority, especially one who is demanding and tyrannical:
- ansa
-
noun,
Archaeology. a looped handle, especially of a vase.
- anoa
-
noun,
a small forest buffalo, Bubalus (Anoa) depressicornis, of the island of Celebes, having a brown coat and straight, sharp-tipped horns: an endangered species.
- nill
-
verb (used with object),
to refuse or reject.
- Nils
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- NIRA
-
- ano-
-
- Anil
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- nolo
-
noun,
nolo contendere.
- anba
-
noun,
father: a title of a clergyman or saint in the Coptic Church.
- NLRB
-
- Anas
-
- NOAA
-
- alts
-
noun,
in alt, in the first octave above the treble staff.
- alt.
-
- nobs
-
noun,
Slang. the head.
- noil
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- NCAA
-
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- abos
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to an Australian Aborigine.
- Ont.
-
- ABLS
-
- abl.
-
- Oona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- 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.
- Oost
-
noun,
Jacob van [yah-kawp vahn] /ˈyɑ kɔp vɑn/ (Show IPA), 1600?–71, and his son, Jacob van, 1639?–1713, Flemish painters.
- ABCs
-
noun,
ABC's (defs 1, 3).
- oral
-
noun,
an oral examination in a school, college, or university, given especially to a candidate for an advanced degree.
- Abas
-
noun,
a coarse, felted fabric woven of camel's or goat's hair.
- abri
-
noun,
a shelter, especially a dugout.
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- ARCS
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- orbs
-
noun,
a sphere or globe:
- Orca
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- orcs
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- orlo
-
noun,
a plinth supporting the base of a column.
- oro-
-
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- abr.
-
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- ACTS
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- obis
-
noun,
a long, broad sash tied about the waist over a Japanese kimono.
- obit
-
noun,
Informal. an obituary.
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- obol
-
noun,
a silver coin of ancient Greece, the sixth part of a drachma.
- obs.
-
- ails
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- ocas
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- Oct.
-
- abs-
-
- Acta
-
plural noun,
official records, as of acts, deeds, proceedings, transactions, or the like.
- oils
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- acr-
-
- ACLS
-
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- Acis
-
noun,
the lover of Galatea, killed by Polyphemus out of jealousy.
- Olin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- olio
-
noun,
a dish of many ingredients.
- OLLA
-
noun,
a pot, especially an earthen pot for holding water, cooking, etc.
- ant.
-
- Also
-
adverb,
in addition; too; besides; as well:
- lost
-
Idioms,
get lost, Slang.
to absent oneself:
to stop being a nuisance:
- Aria
-
noun,
an air or melody.
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- Loco
-
noun,
locoweed.
- loci
-
noun,
plural of locus.
- ARIS
-
- aril
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- ARCO
-
adverb,
(of the performance of a passage for stringed instruments) with the bow.
- art.
-
- arca
-
noun,
a chest for valuables, used in medieval Spain and Italy.
- loca
-
noun,
a plural of locus.
- lobs
-
- lobo
-
noun,
the gray or timber wolf of the western U.S.
- lobi
-
noun,
plural of lobus.
- arbs
-
noun,
an arbitrager.
- loin
-
noun,
Usually, loins. the part or parts of the human body or of a quadruped animal on either side of the spinal column, between the false ribs and hipbone.
- Lois
-
noun,
a female given name.
- NACA
-
- Lorn
-
noun,
Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- Asia
-
noun,
a continent bounded by Europe and the Arctic, Pacific, and Indian oceans. About 16,000,000 sq. mi. (41,440,000 sq. km).
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- loot
-
noun,
spoils or plunder taken by pillaging, as in war.
- asci
-
noun,
plural of ascus.
- Loos
-
noun,
Adolf [ey-dolf;; German ah-dawlf] /ˈeɪ dɒlf;; German ˈɑ dɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1870–1933, Austrian architect and writer.
- Loon
-
noun,
any of several large, short-tailed, web-footed, fish-eating diving birds of the genus Gavia, of the Northern Hemisphere.
- Lola
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Charlotte or Dolores.
- asc-
-
- Lota
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- Loti
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Lesotho, equal to 100 lisente.
- att.
-
- Asat
-
noun,
(in Vedic mythology) the realm of nonexistence, populated by demons.
Compare sat2 (def 1).
- 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.
- nabs
-
verb (used with object),
to arrest or capture.
- atar
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- NASA
-
noun,
National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
- atic
-
- Atli
-
noun,
Attila, king of the Huns: represented in the Volsunga Saga as the brother of Brynhild and the second husband of Gudrun, whose brothers he killed in order to get the Nibelung treasure.
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- 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.
- narc
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- loan
-
noun,
the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something:
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- Nara
-
noun,
a city on S Honshu, in central Japan: chief Buddhist center of ancient Japan; first capital of Japan a.d. 710–84.
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- nail
-
noun,
a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
- ANTA
-
noun,
a privately supported organization, chartered by Congress in 1935, for the encouragement and advancement of professional and nonprofessional theater.
- Aras
-
noun,
Also, Araks. Ancient Araxes. a river in SW Asia, flowing from E Turkey along part of the boundary between NW Iran and Armenia and Azerbaijan into the Kura River. About 660 miles (1065 km) long.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- ab-
-
- at.
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- BSA
-
- an.
-
- BAA
-
noun,
the bleating cry of a sheep.
- abt
-
- BSL
-
- BCL
-
- bl.
-
- BSN
-
- TSI
-
- BSO
-
- ACS
-
- 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.
- ast
-
- TLC
-
- ATC
-
- BRT
-
- AIA
-
- Ar.
-
- al.
-
- Tro
-
- Aar
-
- AAS
-
noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- ASR
-
- ATA
-
- ABC
-
noun,
ABC's (defs 1, 3).
- Bra
-
noun,
brassiere.
- Bro
-
noun,
a brother.
- tlo
-
- tlr
-
- TAL
-
- ATB
-
- ac-
-
- TNB
-
- abn
-
- Abo
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to an Australian Aborigine.
- ABA
-
noun,
a coarse, felted fabric woven of camel's or goat's hair.
- ACT
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- TCA
-
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- ANC
-
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- tin
-
noun,
Chemistry. a low-melting, malleable, ductile metallic element nearly approaching silver in color and luster: used in plating and in making alloys, tinfoil, and soft solders. Symbol: Sn; atomic weight: 118.69; atomic number: 50; specific gravity: 7.31 at 20°C.
- BLL
-
- BAO
-
noun,
an African board game usually played by moving pebbles along two rows of holes.
- BLA
-
- TNT
-
- BIT
-
noun,
Machinery.
a removable drilling or boring tool for use in a brace, drill press, or the like.
a removable boring head used on certain kinds of drills, as a rock drill.
a device for drilling oil wells or the like, consisting of a horizontally rotating blade or an assembly of rotating toothed wheels.
- arb
-
noun,
an arbitrager.
- BAS
-
noun,
an aspect of the soul, represented as a human-headed bird.
- TAT
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do, or make by, tatting.
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- BLT
-
plural,
a bacon, lettuce, and tomato sandwich.
- 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.
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- ARA
-
noun,
the Altar, a southern constellation between Triangulum Australe and Scorpius.
- BCS
-
- aor
-
- bi-
-
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- AOA
-
- Bia
-
noun,
the ancient Greek personification of force: daughter of Pallas and Styx and sister of Cratus, Nike, and Zelos.
- TBA
-
- TIA
-
- Tbi
-
- TCS
-
- BLS
-
- Bn.
-
- ASN
-
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- AIC
-
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- BSC
-
- ASI
-
- Br.
-
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- 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.
- boo
-
noun,
an exclamation of contempt or disapproval:
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- TBO
-
- Bac
-
- AIS
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- asb
-
- BNS
-
- ASA
-
noun,
a king of Judah, 913?–873? b.c. I Kings 15:8–24.
- Bai
-
noun,
a yellow mist occurring in eastern China and Japan during the spring and fall, caused by dust from the interior of China.
- Bon
-
noun,
Cape, a cape on the NE coast of Tunisia: surrender of the German African forces, May 12, 1943.
- tra
-
- tr.
-
- ARS
-
- too
-
Idioms,
only too. only (def 10).
- tot
-
noun,
a small child.
- ALC
-
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- Ban
-
noun,
the act of prohibiting by law; interdiction.
- boa
-
noun,
any of several nonvenomous, chiefly tropical constrictors of the family Boidae, having vestigial hind limbs at the base of the tail.
- OSO
-
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- BST
-
- ROI
-
- LSC
-
- LSI
-
- LST
-
- LTA
-
- LTL
-
- ltr
-
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- NCO
-
- NAA
-
- NAB
-
verb (used with object),
to arrest or capture.
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- NBA
-
- Rs.
-
- NBC
-
- ROC
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- NBS
-
- NIA
-
- nib
-
noun,
the point of a pen, or either of its divisions.
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- ROB
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Robert.
- ROA
-
- RNA
-
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- 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.
- RSA
-
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- LAR
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- Las
-
noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- lb.
-
plural,
pound.
- LBO
-
- LBS
-
plural,
pound.
- LCA
-
- LCI
-
- LCT
-
- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- Bt.
-
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- rt.
-
- Sal
-
noun,
salt1 .
- ll.
-
- LLB
-
- SAC
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- LOC
-
- LON
-
- loo
-
noun,
a card game in which forfeits are paid into a pool.
- SAA
-
- SRO
-
- So.
-
- RTS
-
- nob
-
noun,
Slang. the head.
- NOC
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- SBA
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- o-o
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noun,
any of several species of Hawaiian honey eaters of the genus Moho, especially the extinct M. nobilis, of the island of Hawaii, that had black plumage and two tufts of yellow plumes used to make ceremonial robes for the Hawaiian kings.
- oil
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noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- RAN
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noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- OIr
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- OIt
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- Ola
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- ONA
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noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- Rai
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noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- ONI
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- ONR
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- ons
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- oo-
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- oon
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- OCS
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- OOT
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- Ora
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noun,
plural of os2 .
- Rab
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noun,
a wooden beater for mixing plaster or mortar.
- ORB
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noun,
a sphere or globe:
- RCS
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- orc
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noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- OTS
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- ORT
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noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- OTB
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- OTA
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- ot-
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- oic
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- RAS
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noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- rib
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noun,
one of a series of curved bones that are articulated with the vertebrae and occur in pairs, 12 in humans, on each side of the vertebrate body, certain pairs being connected with the sternum and forming the thoracic wall.
- ob.
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- nr.
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- NRA
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- NRC
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- NSA
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- NSC
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- Ria
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noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- RCT
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- RCN
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- RCA
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- RBI
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- RBC
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- Oc.
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- OCR
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- OSA
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- OSB
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- OTC
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- OAO
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- oar
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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
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- OAT
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noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- Oba
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noun,
a hereditary tribal ruler among various peoples in the Benin region of western Africa.
- obi
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noun,
a long, broad sash tied about the waist over a Japanese kimono.
- obl
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- rat
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noun,
any of several long-tailed rodents of the family Muridae, of the genus Rattus and related genera, distinguished from the mouse by being larger.
- Oca
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noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- sb.
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- SAR
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- LAO
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noun,
a member of a people of Laos and northern Thailand.
- IRA
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noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- COS
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noun,
romaine.
- COT
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noun,
a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
- Soo
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noun,
the, Canadian. Sault Ste. Marie.
- CRS
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- CRT
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- CSA
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- CSO
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- CSR
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- CST
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- CTA
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- ctn
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plural,
carton.
- ics
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- io-
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- sot
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noun,
a drunkard.
- Ia.
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- ial
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- ian
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noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- IAS
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- ib.
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- sc.
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- SOC
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noun,
sociology or a class or course in sociology.
- SOB
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noun,
the act of sobbing; a convulsive catching of the breath in weeping.
- IBN
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- Ibo
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noun,
a member of an indigenous black people of southeastern Nigeria, renowned as traders and for their art.
- ICA
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noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- il-
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- COO
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noun,
a cooing sound.
- Sr.
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- SLR
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- CBS
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- ca.
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- CIO
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noun,
a federation of affiliated industrial labor unions, founded 1935 within the American Federation of Labor but independent of it 1938–55. Abbreviation: C.I.O., CIO.
- Co.
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- cr.
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- cs.
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- ct.
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- cl.
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- CAA
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- CAB
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noun,
a taxicab.
- CAI
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- CAR
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noun,
an automobile.
- CAS
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verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- CIA
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- SRB
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- CIB
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- STL
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- CLI
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- STI
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- STB
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- Clo
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- CLR
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- CNO
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- CNS
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- COB
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noun,
a corncob.
- Sta
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- St.
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- SRI
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noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- ILA
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noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- TTS
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- ILO
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- ILS
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- IRC
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- IRL
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- SIC
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adverb,
so; thus: usually written parenthetically to denote that a word, phrase, passage, etc., that may appear strange or incorrect has been written intentionally or has been quoted verbatim: (sic).
- IRO
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- Sib
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noun,
a kinsman; relative.
- IRS
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- Is.
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noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ISA
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- Isl
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- ist
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- Sin
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noun,
transgression of divine law:
- ITA
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- ITC
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- ITO
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noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- La.
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- LCL
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- SCB
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- Lt.
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- LAC
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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).
- Lai
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noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- Ir.
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- ISR
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- SIT
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verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- ior
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- ina
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noun,
a female given name.
- SLA
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- SIR
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noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- IOT
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- Ios
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noun,
a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey.
- ion
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noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- in.
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- IOC
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- RN
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- T1
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- BA
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noun,
an aspect of the soul, represented as a human-headed bird.
- TA
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noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- AO
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- TB
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- t.
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- B-
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- AA
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noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- TI
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noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- RI
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- BC
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- RC
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- R.
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- L1
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- AI
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noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- L2
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- BO
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- 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.
- CB
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- SN
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- TT
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- RA
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noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- TL
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- LI
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noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- NA
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adverb,
no1 .
- i.
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- ic
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- O.
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- TC
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- S.
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- SA
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- OA
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- SL
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- N.
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- SI
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noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- NB
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- LC
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- No
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noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- LO
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adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
- ln
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- NC
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- IT
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noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- NI
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- TN
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- RO
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- L.
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- ol
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- LR
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- NL
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