Anagrams of confectioneries
Word confectioneries has
1360 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of confectioneries.
- confectioners
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noun,
a person who makes or sells candies and, sometimes, ice cream, cakes, etc.
- confectioner
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noun,
a person who makes or sells candies and, sometimes, ice cream, cakes, etc.
- confections
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noun,
a sweet preparation of fruit or the like, as a preserve or candy.
- concretions
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noun,
the act or process of concreting or becoming substantial; coalescence; solidification.
- confection
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noun,
a sweet preparation of fruit or the like, as a preserve or candy.
- reticences
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noun,
the state of being reticent, or reserved, especially with regard to speaking freely; restraint:
- increscent
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adjective,
increasing or waxing, as the moon.
- ferocities
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noun,
a ferocious quality or state; savage fierceness.
- conoscenti
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plural noun,
cognoscenti.
- fictioneer
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noun,
a writer of fiction, especially a prolific one whose works are of mediocre quality.
- connecters
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noun,
connector.
- conference
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noun,
a meeting for consultation or discussion:
- concretion
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noun,
the act or process of concreting or becoming substantial; coalescence; solidification.
- concertino
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noun,
a short concerto.
- cicerones
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noun,
a person who conducts sightseers; guide.
- refection
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noun,
refreshment, especially with food or drink.
- enceintes
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noun,
a wall or enclosure, as of a fortified place.
- ironstone
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noun,
any iron-bearing mineral or rock with siliceous impurities.
- neoterics
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noun,
a new or modern writer, thinker, etc.
- neotenies
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noun,
Also called pedogenesis. the production of offspring by an organism in its larval or juvenile form; the elimination of the adult phase of the life cycle.
- connector
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noun,
a person or thing that connects.
- encrinite
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noun,
a fossil crinoid.
- connecter
-
noun,
connector.
- reticence
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noun,
the state of being reticent, or reserved, especially with regard to speaking freely; restraint:
- certifies
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verb (used with object),
to attest as certain; give reliable information of; confirm:
- sentience
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noun,
sentient condition or character; capacity for sensation or feeling.
- sonneteer
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noun,
a composer of sonnets.
- intorsion
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noun,
a twisting about an axis or fixed point, as of the stem of a plant.
- frontenis
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noun,
a Latin American game, resembling squash, played with rackets and a hard rubber ball on a three-walled court similar to a jai alai court.
- coniferin
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noun,
a grayish-white, water-soluble powder, C 16 H 22 O 8 ⋅2H 2 O, obtained from the cambium of coniferous trees and from asparagus: used chiefly in the manufacture of vanillin.
- conferees
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noun,
a person on whom something is conferred, especially the recipient of an academic degree.
- concretes
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noun,
an artificial, stonelike material used for various structural purposes, made by mixing cement and various aggregates, as sand, pebbles, gravel, or shale, with water and allowing the mixture to harden.
Compare reinforced concrete.
- concision
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noun,
concise quality; brevity; terseness.
- concertos
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noun,
a composition for one or more principal instruments, with orchestral accompaniment, now usually in symphonic form.
- cretonnes
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noun,
a heavy cotton material in colorfully printed designs, used especially for drapery and slipcovers.
- concentre
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verb (used with or without object),
concenter.
- concenter
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verb (used with or without object),
to bring or converge to a common center; concentrate.
- Finistere
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noun,
a department in W France. 2714 sq. mi. (7030 sq. km). Capital: Quimper.
- Firestone
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noun,
a fire-resisting stone, especially a kind of sandstone used in fireplaces, furnaces, etc.
- scot-free
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adjective,
completely free from harm, restraint, punishment, or obligation:
- crocoites
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noun,
a yellow, orange, or red mineral, lead chromate, PbCrO 4 , formed by replacement.
- coercions
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noun,
the act of coercing; use of force or intimidation to obtain compliance.
- rotenones
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noun,
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, poisonous heterocyclic compound, C 23 H 22 O 6 , obtained from derris root: used chiefly as the active ingredient of certain insecticides and in medicine in the treatment of chiggers and scabies.
- confronts
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verb (used with object),
to face in hostility or defiance; oppose:
- freestone
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noun,
a fruit having a stone to which the flesh does not cling, as certain peaches and plums.
- internees
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noun,
a person who is or has been interned, as a prisoner of war.
- recension
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noun,
an editorial revision of a literary work, especially on the basis of critical examination of the text and the sources used.
- serotonin
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noun,
a neurotransmitter, derived from tryptophan, that is involved in sleep, depression, memory, and other neurological processes.
- inference
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noun,
the act or process of inferring.
- rectifies
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verb (used with object),
to make, put, or set right; remedy; correct:
- Nierstein
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noun,
a village in SW central Germany, SSE of Mainz: noted for its wines.
- coronitis
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noun,
inflammation of the coronary cushion of hoofed animals.
- infection
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noun,
an act or fact of infecting; state of being infected.
- insincere
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adjective,
not sincere; not honest in the expression of actual feeling; hypocritical.
- nicotines
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noun,
a colorless, oily, water-soluble, highly toxic, liquid alkaloid, C 10 H 14 N 2 , found in tobacco and valued as an insecticide.
- insertion
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noun,
the act of inserting:
- secretion
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noun,
(in a cell or gland) the act or process of separating, elaborating, and releasing a substance that fulfills some function within the organism or undergoes excretion.
- resection
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noun,
Surveying. a technique of ascertaining the location of a point by taking bearings from the point on two other points of known location.
- nescience
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noun,
lack of knowledge; ignorance.
- cortisone
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noun,
Biochemistry. a steroid hormone of the adrenal cortex, C 21 H 28 O 5 , active in carbohydrate and protein metabolism.
- incretion
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noun,
a substance, as a hormone, that is secreted internally.
- ton-force
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noun,
two thousand pound-force. Abbreviation: tonf.
- Ernestine
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noun,
a female given name: derived from Ernest.
- fineries
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noun,
fine or showy dress, ornaments, etc.
- crocoite
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noun,
a yellow, orange, or red mineral, lead chromate, PbCrO 4 , formed by replacement.
- coercion
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noun,
the act of coercing; use of force or intimidation to obtain compliance.
- cocinero
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noun,
a cook, especially one working on a ranch or a trail drive.
- erection
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noun,
the act of erecting.
- confines
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noun,
Usually, confines. a boundary or bound; limit; border; frontier.
- creosote
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noun,
an oily liquid having a burning taste and a penetrating odor, obtained by the distillation of coal and wood tar, used mainly as a preservative for wood and as an antiseptic.
- frenetic
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adjective,
frantic; frenzied.
- rotenone
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noun,
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, poisonous heterocyclic compound, C 23 H 22 O 6 , obtained from derris root: used chiefly as the active ingredient of certain insecticides and in medicine in the treatment of chiggers and scabies.
- confront
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verb (used with object),
to face in hostility or defiance; oppose:
- sericite
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noun,
a fine-grained variety of muscovite produced by the alteration of feldspar.
- nicotine
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noun,
a colorless, oily, water-soluble, highly toxic, liquid alkaloid, C 10 H 14 N 2 , found in tobacco and valued as an insecticide.
- croceins
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noun,
any of several acid azo dyes producing orange or scarlet colors.
- conferee
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noun,
a person on whom something is conferred, especially the recipient of an academic degree.
- friction
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noun,
surface resistance to relative motion, as of a body sliding or rolling.
- concerto
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noun,
a composition for one or more principal instruments, with orchestral accompaniment, now usually in symphonic form.
- Crescent
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noun,
a shape resembling a segment of a ring tapering to points at the ends.
- Notornis
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noun,
a rare, flightless gallinulelike bird, Notornis mantelli, of New Zealand.
- conenose
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noun,
any of several bloodsucking assassin bugs of the genus Triatoma, some of which inflict a painful bite and serve as vectors of Chagas' disease.
- recision
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noun,
an act of canceling or voiding; cancellation.
- forensic
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noun,
forensics, (used with a singular or plural verb) the art or study of argumentation and formal debate.
- concrete
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noun,
an artificial, stonelike material used for various structural purposes, made by mixing cement and various aggregates, as sand, pebbles, gravel, or shale, with water and allowing the mixture to harden.
Compare reinforced concrete.
- cretonne
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noun,
a heavy cotton material in colorfully printed designs, used especially for drapery and slipcovers.
- concerts
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noun,
a public musical performance in which a number of singers or instrumentalists, or both, participate.
- nineties
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noun,
a cardinal number, ten times nine.
- cornices
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noun,
Architecture.
any prominent, continuous, horizontally projecting feature surmounting a wall or other construction, or dividing it horizontally for compositional purposes.
the uppermost member of a classical entablature, consisting of a bed molding, a corona, and a cymatium, with rows of dentils, modillions, etc., often placed between the bed molding and the corona.
- concerns
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noun,
something that relates or pertains to a person; business; affair:
- confects
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noun,
a preserved, candied, or other sweet confection.
- concents
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noun,
concord of sound, voices, etc.; harmony.
- isotonic
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adjective,
Also, isosmotic. Physical Chemistry. noting or pertaining to solutions characterized by equal osmotic pressure.
Compare hypertonic (def 2), hypotonic (def 2).
- conceits
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noun,
an excessively favorable opinion of one's own ability, importance, wit, etc.
- crinites
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noun,
a fossil crinoid.
- secretin
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noun,
a polypeptide hormone, produced in the small intestine, that activates the pancreas to secrete pancreatic juice.
- coitions
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noun,
coitus.
- niteries
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noun,
a nightclub.
- citrines
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noun,
a translucent, yellow variety of quartz, often sold as topaz; false topaz; topaz quartz.
- internee
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noun,
a person who is or has been interned, as a prisoner of war.
- Tenerife
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noun,
the largest of the Canary Islands, off the NW Coast of Africa. 794 sq. mi. (2055 sq. km). . Capital: Santa Cruz de Tenerife.
- ternions
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noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- Einstein
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noun,
Albert [al-bert;; German ahl-bert] /ˈæl bərt;; German ˈɑl bɛrt/ (Show IPA), 1879–1955, German physicist, U.S. citizen from 1940: formulator of the theory of relativity; Nobel Prize 1921.
- nitroso-
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- incienso
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noun,
a shrubby, composite desert plant, Encelia farinosa, of the southwestern U.S., having silvery leaves and clusters of yellow flowers.
- cicerone
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noun,
a person who conducts sightseers; guide.
- ice-foot
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noun,
(in polar regions) a belt of ice frozen to the shore, formed chiefly as a result of the rise and fall of the tides.
- ice-free
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adjective,
free of ice.
- enceinte
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noun,
a wall or enclosure, as of a fortified place.
- neoteric
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noun,
a new or modern writer, thinker, etc.
- incenter
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noun,
the center of an inscribed circle; that point where the bisectors of the angles of a triangle or of a regular polygon intersect.
- soricine
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adjective,
of or resembling the shrews.
- connotes
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verb (used with object),
to signify or suggest (certain meanings, ideas, etc.) in addition to the explicit or primary meaning:
- serotine
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noun,
a small Eurasian brown bat, Eptesicus serotinus.
- enforces
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verb (used with object),
to put or keep in force; compel obedience to:
- internes
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noun, verb (used without object),
intern2 .
- seicento
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noun,
the 17th century, with reference to the Italian art or literature of that period.
- ensconce
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verb (used with object),
to settle securely or snugly:
- cortico-
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- softener
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noun,
Chemistry.
any admixture to a substance for promoting or increasing its softness, smoothness, or plasticity.
water softener.
- cinerins
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noun,
either of two oily, liquid compounds, C 20 H 28 O 3 or C 21 H 28 O 5 , used as insecticides.
- conifers
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noun,
any of numerous, chiefly evergreen trees or shrubs of the class Coniferinae (or group Coniferales), including the pine, fir, spruce, and other cone-bearing trees and shrubs, and also the yews and their allies that bear drupelike seeds.
- Estienne
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noun,
Also, Étienne. a family of French printers, book dealers, and scholars, including especially Henri [ahn-ree] /ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA) died 1520; his son, Robert [raw-ber] /rɔˈbɛr/ (Show IPA) 1503?–59; Henri, (son of Robert), 1531?–98.
- notifies
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verb (used with object),
to inform (someone) or give notice to:
- scienter
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noun,
a mental state in which one has knowledge that one’s action, statement, etc., is wrong, deceptive, or illegal: often used as a standard of guilt:
- coniines
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noun,
a volatile, highly poisonous alkaloid, C 8 H 17 N, constituting the active principle of the poison hemlock.
- sentence
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noun,
Grammar. a grammatical unit of one or more words that expresses an independent statement, question, request, command, exclamation, etc., and that typically has a subject as well as a predicate, as in John is here. or Is John here? In print or writing, a sentence typically begins with a capital letter and ends with appropriate punctuation; in speech it displays recognizable, communicative intonation patterns and is often marked by preceding and following pauses.
- esoteric
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adjective,
understood by or meant for only the select few who have special knowledge or interest; recondite:
- fornenst
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preposition,
next to; near to:
- niceties
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noun,
a delicate or fine point; punctilio:
- frontons
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noun,
a building in which jai alai is played, containing the cancha or court and sometimes having facilities for betting.
- ferities
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noun,
a wild, untamed, or uncultivated state.
- ecotones
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noun,
the transition zone between two different plant communities, as that between forest and prairie.
- connects
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adjective,
of or relating to a connection or connections:
- centners
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noun,
(in several European countries) a unit of weight of 50 kilograms, equivalent to 110.2 pounds avoirdupois.
- sincere
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adjective,
free of deceit, hypocrisy, or falseness; earnest:
- retenes
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noun,
a crystalline hydrocarbon, C 18 H 18 , obtained chiefly from the tar of resinous woods and certain fossil resins.
- science
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noun,
a branch of knowledge or study dealing with a body of facts or truths systematically arranged and showing the operation of general laws:
- ironies
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noun,
the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning:
- ironist
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noun,
a person who uses irony habitually, especially a writer.
- Ironton
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noun,
a city in S Ohio, on the Ohio River.
- notions
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noun,
a general understanding; vague or imperfect conception or idea of something:
- cornets
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noun,
Music. a valved wind instrument of the trumpet family.
- cornice
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noun,
Architecture.
any prominent, continuous, horizontally projecting feature surmounting a wall or other construction, or dividing it horizontally for compositional purposes.
the uppermost member of a classical entablature, consisting of a bed molding, a corona, and a cymatium, with rows of dentils, modillions, etc., often placed between the bed molding and the corona.
- coronet
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noun,
a small crown.
- tinners
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noun,
a tinsmith.
- foetors
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noun,
fetor.
- coterie
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noun,
a group of people who associate closely.
- notices
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noun,
an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning:
- isotone
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noun,
one of two or more atoms having an equal number of neutrons but different atomic numbers.
- crotons
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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.
- norites
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noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- entires
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noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- neritic
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adjective,
of or relating to the region of water lying directly above the sublittoral zone of the sea bottom.
- enforce
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verb (used with object),
to put or keep in force; compel obedience to:
- teeners
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noun,
a teenager.
- ronions
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noun,
ronyon.
- enroots
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verb (used with object),
to fix by the root.
- Etienne
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noun,
Estienne (def 1).
- enteric
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noun,
enterics, Bacteriology. enterobacteria.
- entero-
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- enteron
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noun,
the alimentary canal; the digestive tract.
- entices
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verb (used with object),
to lead on by exciting hope or desire; allure; inveigle:
- estrone
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noun,
Biochemistry. an estrogenic hormone, C 18 H 22 O 2 , produced by the ovarian follicles and found during pregnancy in urine and placental tissue.
- entrees
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noun,
a dish served as the main course of a meal.
- Teniers
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noun,
David [dey-vid;; Flemish dah-vit;; French dah-veed] /ˈdeɪ vɪd;; Flemish ˈdɑ vɪt;; French dɑˈvid/ (Show IPA), ("the Elder") 1582–1649, Flemish painter and engraver.
- entries
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noun,
an act of entering; entrance.
- Niteroi
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Rio de Janeiro state, in SE Brazil.
- eserine
-
noun,
physostigmine.
- Ericson
-
noun,
Leif [leef;; Icelandic leyv] /lif;; Icelandic leɪv/ (Show IPA), flourished a.d. c1000, Norse mariner: according to Icelandic saga, discoverer of Vinland (son of Eric the Red).
- sterno-
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- eristic
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noun,
a person who engages in disputation; controversialist.
- escence
-
- Steiner
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noun,
Jakob [yah-kawp] /ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1796–1863, Swiss mathematician.
- stereo-
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- nifties
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noun,
something nifty, as a clever remark or joke.
- erosion
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noun,
the act or state of eroding; state of being eroded.
- encores
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noun,
a demand, as by applause, for a repetition of a song, act, etc., or for a performance of a number or piece additional to those on a program, or for a reappearance by the performers, as at the end of a concert, recital, etc.
- tenners
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noun,
a 10-dollar bill.
- cretins
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noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- snifter
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noun,
Also called inhaler. a pear-shaped glass, narrowing at the top to intensify the aroma of brandy, liqueur, etc.
- sirenic
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adjective,
of or characteristic of a siren; melodious, tempting, or alluring.
- crinite
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noun,
a fossil crinoid.
- crinose
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adjective,
hairy.
- finites
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noun,
something that is finite.
- tierces
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noun,
an old measure of capacity equivalent to one third of a pipe, or 42 wine gallons.
- crocein
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noun,
any of several acid azo dyes producing orange or scarlet colors.
- sirocco
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noun,
a hot, dry, dustladen wind blowing from northern Africa and affecting parts of southern Europe.
- cronies
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noun,
a close friend or companion; chum.
- fiction
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noun,
the class of literature comprising works of imaginative narration, especially in prose form.
- Crotone
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noun,
a city in S Italy; ancient Greek colony.
- irenics
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noun,
the branch of theology dealing with the promotion of peace and conciliation among Christian churches.
Compare polemics (def 2).
- festoon
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noun,
a string or chain of flowers, foliage, ribbon, etc., suspended in a curve between two points.
- eftsoon
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adverb,
soon afterward.
- necrose
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verb (used with or without object),
to affect or be affected with necrosis.
- ternion
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- Neocene
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adjective, noun,
Neogene.
- fenster
-
noun,
an erosional break in an overthrust rock sheet, exposing the rocks that underlie the sheet.
- Terence
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noun,
(Publius Terentius Afer) c190–159? b.c, Roman playwright.
- fennecs
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noun,
a small, pale yellowish-brown fox, Fennecus zerda, of northern Africa, having large, pointed ears.
- fencers
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noun,
a person who practices the art of fencing with a sword, foil, etc.
- eccrine
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adjective,
of or relating to certain sweat glands, distributed over the entire body, that secrete a type of sweat important for regulating body heat (distinguished from apocrine).
- tension
-
noun,
the act of stretching or straining.
- noetics
-
noun,
the science of the intellect or of pure thought; reasoning.
- ecotone
-
noun,
the transition zone between two different plant communities, as that between forest and prairie.
- tenrecs
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noun,
any of several insectivorous mammals of the family Tenrecidae, of Madagascar, having a long, pointed snout, certain species of which are spiny and tailless.
- footers
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noun,
British Informal.
Rugby (def 3).
soccer.
- scooter
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noun,
a child's vehicle that typically has two wheels with a low footboard between them, is steered by a handlebar, and is propelled by pushing one foot against the ground while resting the other on the footboard.
- coontie
-
noun,
either of two arrowroots, Zamia integrifolia or Z. floridana, of Florida, having a short trunk, pinnate leaves, and cones: Z. floridana is an endangered species.
- coerces
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verb (used with object),
to compel by force, intimidation, or authority, especially without regard for individual desire or volition:
- one-one
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adjective,
one-to-one (def 1).
- section
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noun,
a part that is cut off or separated.
- oneiric
-
adjective,
of or relating to dreams.
- Tonnies
-
noun,
Ferdinand [fer-dee-nahnt] /ˈfɛr diˌnɑnt/ (Show IPA), 1855–1936, German sociologist.
- incense
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noun,
an aromatic gum or other substance producing a sweet odor when burned, used in religious ceremonies, to enhance a mood, etc.
- tonners
-
noun,
something having a specified weight in tons (used in combination):
- centro-
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- centric
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adjective,
pertaining to or situated at the center; central.
- introns
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noun,
a noncoding segment in a length of DNA that interrupts a gene-coding sequence or nontranslated sequence, the corresponding segment being removed from the RNA copy before transcription.
- centri-
-
- interne
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noun, verb (used without object),
intern2 .
- coesite
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noun,
a rare form of silicon dioxide, a denser polymorph of quartz, originally synthesized from quartz at high temperatures and pressures: later discovered in nature.
- centres
-
noun,
Geometry. the middle point, as the point within a circle or sphere equally distant from all points of the circumference or surface, or the point within a regular polygon equally distant from the vertices.
- Ionesco
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noun,
Eugène [French œ-zhen;; English yoo-jeen,, yoo-jeen] /French œˈʒɛn;; English yuˈdʒin,, ˈyu dʒin/ (Show IPA), 1912–94, French playwright, born in Romania.
- orectic
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adjective,
of or relating to desire; appetitive.
- incisor
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noun,
any of the four anterior teeth in each jaw, used for cutting and gnawing.
- sericin
-
noun,
a gelatinous organic compound that holds the two strands of natural silk together.
- conceit
-
noun,
an excessively favorable opinion of one's own ability, importance, wit, etc.
- concent
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noun,
concord of sound, voices, etc.; harmony.
- concern
-
noun,
something that relates or pertains to a person; business; affair:
- citrons
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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.
- citrins
-
noun,
bioflavonoid.
- concise
-
adjective,
expressing or covering much in few words; brief in form but comprehensive in scope; succinct; terse:
- intines
-
noun,
the inner coat of a spore, especially a pollen grain.
- ciceros
-
noun,
a Continental unit of measurement for type, equal to 12 Didot points, or 0.178 inches (4.5 mm), roughly comparable to a pica.
- cinerin
-
noun,
either of two oily, liquid compounds, C 20 H 28 O 3 or C 21 H 28 O 5 , used as insecticides.
- refects
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verb (used with object),
to refresh, especially with food or drink.
- orceins
-
noun,
a red dye, the principal coloring matter of cudbear and orchil, obtained by oxidizing an ammoniacal solution of orcinol.
- Oriente
-
noun,
a region in Ecuador, E of the Andes: the border long disputed by Peru.
- orients
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- orifice
-
noun,
an opening or aperture, as of a tube or pipe; a mouthlike opening or hole; mouth; vent.
- interns
-
noun,
a person who is or has been interned; internee.
- refines
-
Verb phrases,
refine on/upon, to improve by inserting finer distinctions, superior elements, etc.:
- intones
-
verb (used with object),
to utter with a particular tone or voice modulation.
- citrine
-
noun,
a translucent, yellow variety of quartz, often sold as topaz; false topaz; topaz quartz.
- reifies
-
verb (used with object),
to convert into or regard as a concrete thing:
- torsion
-
noun,
the act of twisting.
- cistern
-
noun,
a reservoir, tank, or container for storing or holding water or other liquid.
- icteric
-
adjective,
pertaining to or affected with icterus; jaundiced.
- cistron
-
noun,
a segment of DNA that encodes for the formation of a specific polypeptide chain; a structural gene.
- cerotic
-
adjective,
of or derived from cerotic acid.
- Orontes
-
noun,
a river in W Asia, flowing N from Lebanon through NW Syria and then SW past Antioch, Turkey, to the Mediterranean. 250 miles (405 km) long.
- fronton
-
noun,
a building in which jai alai is played, containing the cancha or court and sometimes having facilities for betting.
- fronto-
-
- frontis
-
noun,
the front wall of a cancha or jai alai court.
Compare rebote (def 1).
- concert
-
noun,
a public musical performance in which a number of singers or instrumentalists, or both, participate.
- coition
-
noun,
coitus.
- incites
-
verb (used with object),
to stir, encourage, or urge on; stimulate or prompt to action:
- constr.
-
- Connors
-
noun,
James Scott (Jimmy) born 1952, U.S. tennis player.
- connote
-
verb (used with object),
to signify or suggest (certain meanings, ideas, etc.) in addition to the explicit or primary meaning:
- infects
-
adjective,
Archaic. infected.
- Inferno
-
noun,
hell; the infernal regions.
- consort
-
noun,
a husband or wife; spouse, especially of a reigning monarch.
Compare prince consort, queen consort.
- forties
-
noun,
a cardinal number, ten times four.
- conster
-
verb (used with or without object),
construe.
- trienes
-
noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- cenotes
-
noun,
a deep natural well or sinkhole, especially in Central America, formed by the collapse of surface limestone that exposes ground water underneath, and sometimes used by the ancient Mayans for sacrificial offerings.
- erotics
-
noun,
an erotic poem.
- Forseti
-
noun,
the god of justice, the son of Balder and Nanna.
- forints
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and the monetary unit of Hungary, equal to 100 fillér. Abbreviation: F., Ft.
- foresee
-
verb (used with object),
to have prescience of; to know in advance; foreknow.
- 2,4,5-t
-
noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- recites
-
verb (used with object),
to repeat the words of, as from memory, especially in a formal manner:
- screeno
-
noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) (formerly) bingo played in a movie theater.
- footsie
-
noun,
Sometimes, footsies. the act of flirting or sharing a surreptitious intimacy.
- secrete
-
noun,
a steel skullcap of the 17th century, worn under a soft hat.
- consent
-
noun,
permission, approval, or agreement; compliance; acquiescence:
- intens.
-
- rennets
-
noun,
the lining membrane of the fourth stomach of a calf or of the stomach of certain other young animals.
- centner
-
noun,
(in several European countries) a unit of weight of 50 kilograms, equivalent to 110.2 pounds avoirdupois.
- confect
-
noun,
a preserved, candied, or other sweet confection.
- confine
-
noun,
Usually, confines. a boundary or bound; limit; border; frontier.
- intense
-
adjective,
existing or occurring in a high or extreme degree:
- conifer
-
noun,
any of numerous, chiefly evergreen trees or shrubs of the class Coniferinae (or group Coniferales), including the pine, fir, spruce, and other cone-bearing trees and shrubs, and also the yews and their allies that bear drupelike seeds.
- coniine
-
noun,
a volatile, highly poisonous alkaloid, C 8 H 17 N, constituting the active principle of the poison hemlock.
- confers
-
verb (used with object),
to bestow upon as a gift, favor, honor, etc.:
- ionones
-
noun,
a light-yellow to colorless, slightly water-soluble liquid that is either one or a mixture of two unsaturated ketones having the formula C 13 H 20 O, used chiefly in perfumery.
- connect
-
adjective,
of or relating to a connection or connections:
- Esenin
-
noun,
Sergey Aleksandrovich [Russian syir-gyey uh-lyi-ksahn-druh-vyich] /Russian syɪrˈgyeɪ ʌ lyɪˈksɑn drə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), Yesenin, Sergey Aleksandrovich.
- iconic
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of an icon.
- infin.
-
- steno-
-
- secret
-
noun,
something that is or is kept secret, hidden, or concealed.
- Nerine
-
noun,
any of several bulbous plants belonging to the genus Nerine, of the amaryllis family, native to southern Africa, having funnel-shaped red, pink, or white flowers.
- incest
-
noun,
sexual intercourse between closely related persons.
- soiree
-
noun,
an evening party or social gathering, especially one held for a particular purpose:
- instr.
-
- secern
-
verb (used with object),
to discriminate or distinguish in thought.
- insert
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- inters
-
verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- seiner
-
noun,
a person who fishes with a seine.
- Nicene
-
adjective,
of or relating to Nicaea.
- incite
-
verb (used with object),
to stir, encourage, or urge on; stimulate or prompt to action:
- Nernst
-
noun,
Walther Herman [vahl-tuh r her-mahn] /ˈvɑl tər ˈhɛr mɑn/ (Show IPA), 1864–1941, German physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in chemistry 1920.
- inter.
-
- sonnet
-
noun,
Prosody. a poem, properly expressive of a single, complete thought, idea, or sentiment, of 14 lines, usually in iambic pentameter, with rhymes arranged according to one of certain definite schemes, being in the strict or Italian form divided into a major group of 8 lines (the octave) followed by a minor group of 6 lines (the sestet), and in a common English form into 3 quatrains followed by a couplet.
- Sooner
-
noun,
a person who settles on government land before it is legally opened to settlers in order to gain the choice of location.
- sector
-
noun,
Geometry. a plane figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle.
- roncos
-
noun,
any grunt of the genus Haemulon, especially H. parrai, the sailor's-choice, of West Indian waters.
- infect
-
adjective,
Archaic. infected.
- incise
-
verb (used with object),
to cut into; cut marks, figures, etc., upon.
- escort
-
noun,
a group of persons, or a single person, accompanying another or others for protection, guidance, or courtesy:
- Estrin
-
noun,
estrone.
- escent
-
- ronion
-
noun,
ronyon.
- sortie
-
noun,
a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
- intern
-
noun,
a person who is or has been interned; internee.
- Nestor
-
noun,
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- eterne
-
adjective,
eternal.
- icono-
-
- infers
-
verb (used with object),
to derive by reasoning; conclude or judge from premises or evidence:
- infest
-
verb (used with object),
to live in or overrun to an unwanted degree or in a troublesome manner, especially as predatory animals or vermin do:
- softie
-
noun,
softy.
- serein
-
noun,
fine rain falling after sunset from a sky in which no clouds are visible.
- intine
-
noun,
the inner coat of a spore, especially a pollen grain.
- sinner
-
noun,
a person who sins; transgressor.
- ionics
-
noun,
Prosody. an Ionic foot, verse, or meter.
- Finnic
-
noun,
a subdivision of the Finno-Ugric branch of the Uralic language family that includes Finnish, Estonian, Lapp, Mordvin, Udmurt, Mari, and Komi.
- Fresno
-
noun,
a city in central California.
- scenic
-
noun,
a photograph, graphic representation, etc., depicting natural scenery.
- Finsen
-
noun,
Niels Ryberg [neels ry-ber] /nils ˈrü bɛr/ (Show IPA), 1860–1904, Danish physician: Nobel Prize 1903.
- fresco
-
noun,
Also called buon fresco, true fresco. the art or technique of painting on a moist, plaster surface with colors ground up in water or a limewater mixture.
Compare fresco secco.
- ionone
-
noun,
a light-yellow to colorless, slightly water-soluble liquid that is either one or a mixture of two unsaturated ketones having the formula C 13 H 20 O, used chiefly in perfumery.
- freest
-
Idioms,
for free, Informal. without charge:
- sinter
-
noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- serine
-
noun,
a crystalline amino acid, HOCH 2 CH(NH 2)COOH, found in many proteins and obtained by the hydrolysis of sericin, the protein constituting silk gum. Symbol: S. Abbreviation: Ser;
- sci-fi
-
noun,
science fiction.
- fistic
-
adjective,
of boxing; pugilistic:
- Foster
-
noun,
Stephen (Collins) 1826–64, U.S. songwriter.
- fortis
-
noun,
a fortis consonant.
- Scoter
-
noun,
any of the large diving ducks of the genus Melanitta, inhabiting northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere.
- sifter
-
noun,
a person or thing that sifts.
- foetor
-
noun,
fetor.
- fortes
-
noun,
a person's strong suit, or most highly developed characteristic, talent, or skill; something that one excels in:
Synonyms: talent, skill, excellence, strength, strong point, specialty, proficiency; knack, bent.
- forint
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and the monetary unit of Hungary, equal to 100 fillér. Abbreviation: F., Ft.
- Forest
-
noun,
a large tract of land covered with trees and underbrush; woodland.
- ironic
-
adjective,
using words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning; containing or exemplifying irony:
- irenic
-
adjective,
tending to promote peace or reconciliation; peaceful or conciliatory.
- foison
-
noun,
abundance; plenty.
- irones
-
noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- set-in
-
adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- Scioto
-
noun,
a river in central Ohio, flowing S to the Ohio River. 237 miles (382 km) long.
- sconce
-
noun,
a bracket for candles or other lights, placed on a wall, mirror, picture frame, etc.
- footer
-
noun,
British Informal.
Rugby (def 3).
soccer.
- finite
-
noun,
something that is finite.
- Frisco
-
noun,
San Francisco.
- Senior
-
noun,
a person who is older than another.
- soccer
-
noun,
a form of football played between two teams of 11 players, in which the ball may be advanced by kicking or by bouncing it off any part of the body but the arms and hands, except in the case of the goalkeepers, who may use their hands to catch, carry, throw, or stop the ball.
- Nereis
-
noun,
clamworm.
- soften
-
verb (used with object),
to make soft or softer.
- seniti
-
noun,
a bronze or brass coin and monetary unit of Tonga, the 100th part of a pa'anga.
- feints
-
noun,
a movement made in order to deceive an adversary; an attack aimed at one place or point merely as a distraction from the real place or point of attack:
- sennet
-
noun,
any of several small barracudas, as Sphyraena borealis (northern sennet) ranging along the eastern coast of North and Central America.
- feirie
-
adjective,
healthy; strong.
- socio-
-
- sennit
-
noun,
a flat, braided cordage, formed by plaiting strands of rope yarn or other fiber, used as small stuff aboard ships.
- Ronnie
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Ronald or Veronica.
- fencer
-
noun,
a person who practices the art of fencing with a sword, foil, etc.
- intone
-
verb (used with object),
to utter with a particular tone or voice modulation.
- fences
-
noun,
a barrier enclosing or bordering a field, yard, etc., usually made of posts and wire or wood, used to prevent entrance, to confine, or to mark a boundary.
- fennec
-
noun,
a small, pale yellowish-brown fox, Fennecus zerda, of northern Africa, having large, pointed ears.
- footie
-
noun,
footsie.
- scoto-
-
- fronts
-
noun,
the foremost part or surface of anything.
- ferine
-
adjective,
feral1 .
- fester
-
noun,
an ulcer; a rankling sore.
- necro-
-
- Roscoe
-
noun,
a revolver or pistol.
- fetors
-
noun,
a strong, offensive smell; stench.
- ficoes
-
noun,
fig1 (def 4).
- intro.
-
- intron
-
noun,
a noncoding segment in a length of DNA that interrupts a gene-coding sequence or nontranslated sequence, the corresponding segment being removed from the RNA copy before transcription.
- Serene
-
noun,
serenity; tranquillity.
- sit-in
-
noun,
any organized protest in which a group of people peacefully occupy and refuse to leave a premises:
- fierce
-
adjective,
menacingly wild, savage, or hostile:
- intros
-
noun,
an introduction.
- finest
-
noun,
the police:
- steric
-
adjective,
of or relating to the spatial relationships of atoms in a molecule.
- nocent
-
adjective,
harmful; injurious.
- eroto-
-
- Connor
-
noun,
Ralph (Charles William Gordon) 1860–1937, Canadian novelist and clergyman.
- contos
-
noun,
a money of account of Portugal and Cape Verde, equal to 1000 escudos.
- Renton
-
noun,
a city in W Washington, near Seattle.
- contin
-
- contes
-
plural,
Trademark. a brand of crayon made of graphite and clay, usually in black, red, or brown.
- rentes
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- octroi
-
noun,
(formerly especially in France and Italy) a local tax levied on certain articles, such as foodstuffs, on their entry into a city.
- Conroe
-
noun,
a town in E Texas.
- Oenone
-
noun,
a nymph of Mount Ida who was the wife of Paris, but was deserted by him for Helen.
- Rennie
-
noun,
John, 1761–1821, Scottish engineer.
- Connie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Constance.
- cooees
-
noun,
a prolonged, shrill, clear call or cry used as a signal by Australian Aborigines and adopted by the settlers in the country.
- conies
-
noun,
the fur of a rabbit, especially when dyed to simulate Hudson seal.
- conics
-
noun,
the branch of geometry that deals with conic sections.
- rennet
-
noun,
the lining membrane of the fourth stomach of a calf or of the stomach of certain other young animals.
- confit
-
noun,
duck or goose cooked in its own fat and preserved.
- confer
-
verb (used with object),
to bestow upon as a gift, favor, honor, etc.:
- Rennes
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Ille-et-Vilaine, in NW France: former capital of Brittany; scene of trial of Alfred Dreyfus, 1899.
- renins
-
noun,
a proteolytic enzyme secreted by the kidneys that is involved in the release of angiotensin.
- tonner
-
noun,
something having a specified weight in tons (used in combination):
- coerce
-
verb (used with object),
to compel by force, intimidation, or authority, especially without regard for individual desire or volition:
- contr.
-
- resect
-
verb (used with object),
to do a resection on.
- tonnes
-
noun,
metric ton.
- Cortes
-
noun,
(in Spain or Portugal) the two houses constituting the national legislative body.
- creese
-
noun,
a short sword or heavy dagger with a wavy blade, used by the Malays.
- Norton
-
noun,
Charles Eliot, 1827–1908, U.S. scholar.
- tinner
-
noun,
a tinsmith.
- costo-
-
- Coster
-
noun,
costermonger.
- Nostoc
-
noun,
any freshwater, blue-green alga of the genus Nostoc, often occurring in jellylike colonies in moist places.
- COSINE
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side adjacent to a given angle to the hypotenuse.
the sine of the complement of a given angle or arc. Abbreviation: cos.
- retene
-
noun,
a crystalline hydrocarbon, C 18 H 18 , obtained chiefly from the tar of resinous woods and certain fossil resins.
- notice
-
noun,
an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning:
- corset
-
noun,
Sometimes, corsets. a close-fitting undergarment, stiffened with whalebone or similar material and often capable of being tightened by lacing, enclosing the trunk: worn, especially by women, to shape and support the body; stays.
- toners
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- notion
-
noun,
a general understanding; vague or imperfect conception or idea of something:
- CORNET
-
noun,
Music. a valved wind instrument of the trumpet family.
- Tocsin
-
noun,
a signal, especially of alarm, sounded on a bell or bells.
- toe-in
-
noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- erotic
-
noun,
an erotic poem.
- Reston
-
noun,
James (Barrett) ("Scotty") 1909–1995, U.S. journalist, born in Scotland.
- cootie
-
noun,
a louse, especially one affecting humans, as the body louse, head louse, or pubic louse.
- Cooter
-
noun,
Chiefly Southern U.S. any of several large aquatic turtles of the southern U.S. and northern Mexico.
- resent
-
verb (used with object),
to feel or show displeasure or indignation at (a person, act, remark, etc.) from a sense of injury or insult.
- cooner
-
noun,
coon dog.
- coeno-
-
- C-note
-
noun,
See C (def 11).
- cretin
-
noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- otiose
-
adjective,
being at leisure; idle; indolent.
- centos
-
noun,
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
- rectos
-
- centi-
-
- Center
-
noun,
Geometry. the middle point, as the point within a circle or sphere equally distant from all points of the circumference or surface, or the point within a regular polygon equally distant from the vertices.
- censor
-
noun,
an official who examines books, plays, news reports, motion pictures, radio and television programs, letters, cablegrams, etc., for the purpose of suppressing parts deemed objectionable on moral, political, military, or other grounds.
- censer
-
noun,
a container, usually covered, in which incense is burned, especially during religious services; thurible.
- osteo-
-
- cenote
-
noun,
a deep natural well or sinkhole, especially in Central America, formed by the collapse of surface limestone that exposes ground water underneath, and sometimes used by the ancient Mayans for sacrificial offerings.
- recti-
-
- trices
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- Centre
-
noun,
Geometry. the middle point, as the point within a circle or sphere equally distant from all points of the circumference or surface, or the point within a regular polygon equally distant from the vertices.
- triene
-
noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- triens
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- recons
-
noun,
reconnaissance.
- trines
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- recite
-
verb (used with object),
to repeat the words of, as from memory, especially in a formal manner:
- triose
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- Recife
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Pernambuco province, in NE Brazil.
- trones
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- Recent
-
noun,
Also called Holocene. (initial capital letter) Geology. the Recent Epoch or Series.
- centr-
-
- Osetic
-
adjective, noun,
Ossetic.
- 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.
- Torino
-
noun,
Turin.
- citrin
-
noun,
bioflavonoid.
- citric
-
adjective,
of or derived from citric acid.
- cities
-
noun,
a large or important town.
- Onions
-
noun,
Charles Talbut [tawl-buh t,, tal-] /ˈtɔl bət,, ˈtæl-/ (Show IPA), 1873–1965, English lexicographer and philologist.
- refits
-
noun,
an act of refitting.
- refine
-
Verb phrases,
refine on/upon, to improve by inserting finer distinctions, superior elements, etc.:
- Tories
-
noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- orcein
-
noun,
a red dye, the principal coloring matter of cudbear and orchil, obtained by oxidizing an ammoniacal solution of orcinol.
- C-in-C
-
- Cicero
-
noun,
a Continental unit of measurement for type, equal to 12 Didot points, or 0.178 inches (4.5 mm), roughly comparable to a pica.
- Cercis
-
noun,
any shrub or small tree of the genus Cercis, as the redbud or Judas tree.
- Orense
-
noun,
a city in N Spain, NW of Madrid.
- Orient
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- torose
-
adjective,
Botany. cylindrical, with swellings or constrictions at intervals; knobbed.
- orison
-
noun,
a prayer.
- refect
-
verb (used with object),
to refresh, especially with food or drink.
- certif
-
- certes
-
adverb,
certainly; in truth.
- cerise
-
adjective, noun,
moderate to deep red.
- oscine
-
noun,
an oscine bird.
- treens
-
noun,
treenware.
- norite
-
noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- screen
-
noun,
a movable or fixed device, usually consisting of a covered frame, that provides shelter, serves as a partition, etc.
- Ecorse
-
noun,
a city in SE Michigan, near Detroit.
- ricins
-
noun,
a white, poisonous, protein powder from the bean of the castor-oil plant.
- entree
-
noun,
a dish served as the main course of a meal.
- nonets
-
noun,
a group of nine performers or instruments.
- nitons
-
noun,
(formerly) radon. Symbol: Nt.
- entire
-
noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- tie-in
-
noun,
an arrangement or campaign whereby related products are promoted, marketed, or sold together:
- entice
-
verb (used with object),
to lead on by exciting hope or desire; allure; inveigle:
- enters
-
Verb phrases,
enter into,
to participate in; engage in.
to investigate; consider:
to sympathize with; share in.
to form a constituent part or ingredient of:
to go into a particular state:
- enter-
-
- cteno-
-
- nonces
-
noun,
the present, or immediate, occasion or purpose (usually used in the phrase for the nonce).
- ternes
-
noun,
terne metal.
- enserf
-
verb (used with object),
to make a serf of; place in bondage.
- teener
-
noun,
a teenager.
- terces
-
noun,
tierce (def 3).
- enroot
-
verb (used with object),
to fix by the root.
- tierce
-
noun,
an old measure of capacity equivalent to one third of a pipe, or 42 wine gallons.
- nitro-
-
- tenons
-
noun,
a projection formed on the end of a timber or the like for insertion into a mortise of the same dimensions.
- nocti-
-
- tenrec
-
noun,
any of several insectivorous mammals of the family Tenrecidae, of Madagascar, having a long, pointed snout, certain species of which are spiny and tailless.
- noctis
-
adjective,
(in prescriptions) of the night.
- tennis
-
noun,
a game played on a rectangular court by two players or two pairs of players equipped with rackets, in which a ball is driven back and forth over a low net that divides the court in half.
- Tenner
-
noun,
a 10-dollar bill.
- Noetic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the mind.
- tensor
-
noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
- encore
-
noun,
a demand, as by applause, for a repetition of a song, act, etc., or for a performance of a number or piece additional to those on a program, or for a reappearance by the performers, as at the end of a concert, recital, etc.
- nitric
-
adjective,
containing nitrogen, usually in the pentavalent state.
- Enesco
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1881–1955, Romanian violinist, composer, and conductor: teacher of Yehudi Menuhin.
- nitres
-
noun,
niter.
- tenson
-
noun,
a Provençal poem taking the form of a dialogue or debate between two rival troubadours.
- Enrico
-
noun,
a male given name: Italian form of Henry.
- Eocene
-
noun,
the Eocene Epoch or Series.
- Ticino
-
noun,
a canton in S Switzerland. 1086 sq. mi. (2813 sq. km). Capital: Bellinzona.
- insect
-
noun,
any animal of the class Insecta, comprising small, air-breathing arthropods having the body divided into three parts (head, thorax, and abdomen), and having three pairs of legs and usually two pairs of wings.
- Cronin
-
noun,
A(rchibald) J(oseph) 1896–1981, Scottish novelist and physician in the U.S.
- Sterne
-
noun,
Laurence, 1713–68, English clergyman and novelist.
- erects
-
adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- Riccio
-
noun,
David [Italian dah-veed] /Italian ˈdɑ vid/ (Show IPA), Rizzio.
- critic
-
noun,
a person who judges, evaluates, or criticizes:
- crofts
-
noun,
a small farm, especially one worked by a tenant.
- Noreen
-
noun,
a female given name, Irish diminutive of Nora.
- no-one
-
pronoun,
no person; not anyone; nobody:
- crones
-
noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- CRONIC
-
noun,
very potent marijuana.
- Ernest
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “vigor, intent.”.
- niters
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- Strine
-
noun,
Australian English.
- 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.
- stoner
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
- croons
-
noun,
the act or sound of crooning.
- strife
-
noun,
vigorous or bitter conflict, discord, or antagonism:
- Ninos
-
noun,
boy; child.
- Niort
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- ontic
-
adjective,
possessing the character of real rather than phenomenal existence; noumenal.
- inst.
-
- refit
-
noun,
an act of refitting.
- 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.
- Recit
-
- Ronne
-
noun,
a seaport on W Bornholm island, Denmark, in the S Baltic Sea: stone quarries.
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- onto-
-
- 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.
- rifts
-
noun,
an opening made by splitting, cleaving, etc.; fissure; cleft; chink.
- nines
-
noun,
a cardinal number, eight plus one.
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- oste-
-
- RECON
-
noun,
reconnaissance.
- Orton
-
noun,
Joe (John Kingsley Orton) 1933–67, English playwright.
- Ronco
-
noun,
any grunt of the genus Haemulon, especially H. parrai, the sailor's-choice, of West Indian waters.
- onset
-
noun,
a beginning or start:
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- ronin
-
noun,
a samurai who no longer serves a daimyo, or feudal lord.
- rect.
-
- reefs
-
noun,
a ridge of rocks or sand, often of coral debris, at or near the surface of the water.
- nitr-
-
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- Nisei
-
noun,
a person of Japanese descent, born and educated in the U.S. or Canada.
- reest
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- Orson
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Old French word meaning “bearlike.”.
- ornis
-
noun,
an avifauna.
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- niton
-
noun,
(formerly) radon. Symbol: Nt.
- ornes
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- niece
-
noun,
a daughter of a person's brother or sister.
- scree
-
noun,
a steep mass of detritus on the side of a mountain.
- scene
-
noun,
the place where some action or event occurs:
- reifs
-
noun,
plunder; booty; loot.
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- rents
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- Scone
-
noun,
a small, light, biscuitlike quick bread made of oatmeal, wheat flour, barley meal, or the like.
- Irene
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of the Horae, the personification of peace.
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- 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.
- reset
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- resin
-
noun,
any of a class of nonvolatile, solid or semisolid organic substances, as copal or mastic, that consist of amorphous mixtures of carboxylic acids and are obtained directly from certain plants as exudations or prepared by polymerization of simple molecules: used in medicine and in the making of varnishes and plastics.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- no-no
-
noun,
anything that is forbidden or not advisable, as because of being improper or unsafe:
- irone
-
noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- noto-
-
- noons
-
noun,
midday.
- nonet
-
noun,
a group of nine performers or instruments.
- ition
-
- notes
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- Irons
-
noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- noose
-
noun,
a loop with a running knot, as in a snare, lasso, or hangman's halter, that tightens as the rope is pulled.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- rotos
-
noun,
rotogravure.
- Norco
-
noun,
a town in S California.
- noso-
-
- Ricci
-
noun,
Sebastiano [se-bahs-tyah-naw] /ˌsɛ bɑsˈtyɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1660?–1734, Italian painter.
- Isere
-
noun,
a river in SE France, flowing from the Alps to the Rhone River. 150 miles (240 km) long.
- scent
-
noun,
a distinctive odor, especially when agreeable:
- Norse
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
- Norns
-
noun,
an extinct Norse dialect, spoken until early modern times in the Shetland and Orkney Islands and in parts of northern Scotland.
- rooti
-
noun,
rooty2 .
- nones
-
noun,
the fifth of the seven canonical hours, or the service for it, originally fixed for the ninth hour of the day (or 3 p.m.).
- intr.
-
- Ionic
-
noun,
Prosody. an Ionic foot, verse, or meter.
- onion
-
noun,
a plant, Allium cepa, of the amaryllis family, having an edible, succulent, pungent bulb.
- reins
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- noct-
-
- neons
-
noun,
Chemistry. a chemically inert gaseous element occurring in small amounts in the earth's atmosphere, used chiefly in a type of electrical lamp. Symbol: Ne; atomic weight: 20.183; atomic number: 10; density: 0.9002 g/l at 0°C and 760 mm pressure.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- Rieti
-
noun,
Vittorio [veet-taw-ryaw] /vitˈtɔ ryɔ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1994, U.S. composer, born in Italy.
- istic
-
- onco-
-
- onces
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- Renee
-
noun,
a female given name, French form of Renata.
- reni-
-
- renin
-
noun,
a proteolytic enzyme secreted by the kidneys that is involved in the release of angiotensin.
- often
-
adverb,
many times; frequently:
- scoot
-
noun,
a swift, darting movement or course.
- OFris
-
noun,
the Frisian language before c1500. Abbreviation: OFris.
- noise
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- ricin
-
noun,
a white, poisonous, protein powder from the bean of the castor-oil plant.
- nonce
-
noun,
the present, or immediate, occasion or purpose (usually used in the phrase for the nonce).
- roofs
-
noun,
the external upper covering of a house or other building.
- Scot.
-
- scorn
-
noun,
open or unqualified contempt; disdain:
- Roose
-
verb (used with or without object),
praise.
- score
-
noun,
the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.
- Roost
-
noun,
a perch upon which birds or fowls rest at night.
- octo-
-
- rente
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- rices
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- scion
-
noun,
a descendant.
- Ennis
-
noun,
a town in N Texas.
- fetor
-
noun,
a strong, offensive smell; stench.
- cotes
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- crocs
-
noun,
crocodile.
- Croce
-
noun,
Benedetto [be-ne-det-taw] /ˌbɛ nɛˈdɛt tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1866–1952, Italian statesman, philosopher, and historian.
- crit.
-
- crine
-
noun,
hair; head of hair.
- cries
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- Crete
-
noun,
Formerly Candia. a Greek island in the Mediterranean, SE of mainland Greece. 3235 sq. mi. (8380 sq. km). Capital: Canea.
- crest
-
noun,
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- tiers
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- Creon
-
noun,
a king of Thebes, the brother of Jocasta and the uncle of Eteocles, Polynices, and Antigone.
- Crees
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- coset
-
noun,
a subset of a group, formed by the consistent operation of a given element of the group on the left or right of all the elements of a subgroup of the group.
- crone
-
noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- cosec
-
noun,
cosecant.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Corti
-
noun,
Alfonso [al-fon-soh;; Italian ahl-fawn-saw] /ælˈfɒn soʊ;; Italian ɑlˈfɔn sɔ/ (Show IPA), 1822–76, Italian anatomist.
- Corse
-
noun,
corpse.
- Corot
-
noun,
Jean Baptiste Camille [zhahn ba-teest ka-mee-yuh] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist kaˈmi yə/ (Show IPA), 1796–1875, French painter.
- 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.
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- cores
-
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- 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.
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- coofs
-
noun,
a silly or stupid person.
- Croft
-
noun,
a small farm, especially one worked by a tenant.
- croon
-
noun,
the act or sound of crooning.
- cooee
-
noun,
a prolonged, shrill, clear call or cry used as a signal by Australian Aborigines and adopted by the settlers in the country.
- teens
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- erose
-
adjective,
uneven, as if gnawed away.
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- Ernst
-
noun,
Max [maks;; German mahks] /mæks;; German mɑks/ (Show IPA), 1891–1976, German painter, in the U.S. 1941–49, in France 1949–76.
- Ernie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Ernest.
- ernes
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- Stoic
-
noun,
a member or adherent of the Stoic school of philosophy.
- Stone
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- erect
-
adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- eosin
-
noun,
Also called bromeosin, tetrabromofluorescein. a red, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 20 H 8 Br 4 O 5 , derived from fluorescein by bromination: used chiefly as an acid dye for dyeing silk a rose red color and as a histological stain.
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- ento-
-
- Ensor
-
noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- enfin
-
adverb,
in conclusion; finally.
- terse
-
adjective,
neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.
- Tenn.
-
- secco
-
noun,
fresco secco.
- tenon
-
noun,
a projection formed on the end of a timber or the like for insertion into a mortise of the same dimensions.
- eerie
-
adjective,
uncanny, so as to inspire superstitious fear; weird:
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- ecto-
-
- econ.
-
- tense
-
noun,
a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
- terce
-
noun,
tierce (def 3).
- terne
-
noun,
terne metal.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- terns
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- tones
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- conto
-
noun,
a money of account of Portugal and Cape Verde, equal to 1000 escudos.
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- Ceres
-
noun,
a pre-Roman goddess of agriculture under whose name the Romans adopted the worship of the Greek goddess Demeter.
- torse
-
noun,
a wreath of twisted silks of two alternating tinctures, usually a metal and a color, depicted supporting a crest or coronet, often upon a helmet.
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- cetin
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble fat, C 32 H 64 O 2 , obtained from spermaceti by extraction with ether: used chiefly as an emulsive agent in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals and cosmetics and as a base in the manufacture of candles and soaps.
- cetes
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- torso
-
noun,
the trunk of the human body.
- Cesti
-
noun,
Marcantonio [mahr-kahn-taw-nyaw] /ˌmɑr kɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1623–69, Italian composer.
- cert.
-
- ceros
-
noun,
a large Atlantic and Gulf Coast mackerel game fish, Scomberomorus regalis.
- cero-
-
- ceric
-
adjective,
containing cerium, especially in the tetravalent state.
- treen
-
noun,
treenware.
- cents
-
noun,
a bronze coin of the U.S., the 100th part of a U.S. dollar: made of steel during part of 1943. Symbol: ¢.
- cine-
-
- CENTO
-
noun,
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
- cent.
-
- cense
-
verb (used with object),
to burn incense near or in front of; perfume with incense.
- Cenis
-
noun,
Mont, a mountain pass between SE France and Italy, in the Alps. 6834 feet (2083 meters) high.
- Cenci
-
noun,
Beatrice [be-ah-tree-che] /ˌbɛ ɑˈtri tʃɛ/ (Show IPA), 1577–1599, Italian parricide whose life is the subject of various novels and poems.
- trice
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- trone
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- 30-30
-
- toros
-
noun,
a bull.
- cines
-
noun,
a film; motion picture.
- Conte
-
noun,
count2 .
- tonne
-
noun,
metric ton.
- cont.
-
- Const
-
- Cons.
-
- Conon
-
noun,
died a.d. 687, pope 686–687.
- conns
-
noun,
responsibility for the steering of a ship.
- Conn.
-
- conic
-
noun,
Geometry. conic section.
- conf.
-
- conc.
-
- tonic
-
noun,
a medicine that invigorates or strengthens:
- coirs
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- coins
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- coifs
-
noun,
a hood-shaped cap, usually of white cloth and with extended sides, worn beneath a veil, as by nuns.
- 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.
- Cocos
-
noun,
coconut palm.
- tono-
-
- cites
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- toons
-
noun,
an Asian tree, Cedrela toona, of the mahogany family, yielding an aromatic red wood used for furniture, carving, etc.
- torcs
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- Cisco
-
noun,
any of several whitefishes of the genus Coregonus, of the Great Lakes and smaller lakes of eastern North America.
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- cires
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- circs
-
noun,
circular (def 9).
- Circe
-
noun,
Also, Kirke. Also called Aeaea. Classical Mythology. the enchantress represented by Homer as turning the companions of Odysseus into swine by means of a magic drink.
- 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.
- cions
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- ster.
-
- teno-
-
- steer
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- Finer
-
noun,
fines.
Mining. crushed ore sufficiently fine to pass through a given screen. Compare short (def 29e).
Agriculture. the fine bits of corn kernel knocked off during handling of the grain.
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- finns
-
noun,
Irish Legend. a leader of the Fenian warriors and the father of Ossian: the subject of many legends.
- finis
-
noun,
end; conclusion.
- Freon
-
- frets
-
noun,
an irritated state of mind; annoyance; vexation.
- Siret
-
noun,
a river in SE Europe, flowing SE from the Carpathian Mountains in Ukraine, through E Romania to the Danube. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- fines
-
noun,
fines.
Mining. crushed ore sufficiently fine to pass through a given screen. Compare short (def 29e).
Agriculture. the fine bits of corn kernel knocked off during handling of the grain.
- Seric
-
- Fries
-
noun,
plural of fry1 .
- frees
-
Idioms,
for free, Informal. without charge:
- Fris.
-
- sito-
-
- frise
-
noun,
a rug or upholstery fabric having the pile in uncut loops or in a combination of cut and uncut loops.
- sneer
-
noun,
a look or expression of derision, scorn, or contempt.
- recce
-
noun,
(especially in British military use) reconnaissance:
- Frits
-
noun,
Ceramics.
a fused or partially fused material used as a basis for glazes or enamels.
the composition from which artificial soft porcelain is made.
- force
-
noun,
physical power or strength possessed by a living being:
- fetes
-
noun,
a day of celebration; holiday:
- snoot
-
noun,
Slang. the nose.
- finos
-
noun,
a pale, very dry sherry of Spain.
- siree
-
noun,
sirree.
- snore
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- forte
-
noun,
a person's strong suit, or most highly developed characteristic, talent, or skill; something that one excels in:
Synonyms: talent, skill, excellence, strength, strong point, specialty, proficiency; knack, bent.
- fores
-
noun,
the forepart of anything; front.
- foots
-
noun,
(in vertebrates) the terminal part of the leg, below the ankle joint, on which the body stands and moves.
- Foote
-
noun,
Andrew Hull, 1806–63, U.S. naval officer.
- seti-
-
- Seton
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- fort.
-
- Foist
-
verb (used with object),
to force upon or impose fraudulently or unjustifiably (usually followed by on or upon):
- foins
-
noun,
a thrust with a weapon.
- since
-
adverb,
from then till now (often preceded by ever):
- Fionn
-
noun,
Finn.
- sero-
-
- Sino-
-
- Sinon
-
noun,
a Greek, posing as a deserter, who persuaded the Trojans to take the Trojan Horse into their city.
- first
-
noun,
the person or thing that is first in time, order, rank, etc.
- firns
-
noun,
névé.
- Steen
-
noun,
Jan [yahn] /yɑn/ (Show IPA), 1626–79, Dutch painter.
- fires
-
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- serif
-
noun,
a smaller line used to finish off a main stroke of a letter, as at the top and bottom of M.
- frons
-
noun,
the upper anterior portion of the head of an insect, above or behind the clypeus.
- feti-
-
- front
-
noun,
the foremost part or surface of anything.
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- feces
-
noun,
waste matter discharged from the intestines through the anus; excrement.
- Frost
-
noun,
a degree or state of coldness sufficient to cause the freezing of water.
- icons
-
- sonic
-
adjective,
of or relating to sound.
- sect.
-
- incor
-
- incr.
-
- estoc
-
noun,
a thrusting sword of the 13th–17th centuries having a long, narrow blade of rectangular section.
- Iceni
-
noun,
an ancient Celtic tribe of eastern England, whose queen, Boadicea, headed an insurrection against the Romans in a.d. 61.
- Ester
-
noun,
a compound produced by the reaction between an acid and an alcohol with the elimination of a molecule of water, as ethyl acetate, C 4 H 8 O 2 , or dimethyl sulfate, C 2 H 6 SO 4 .
- infer
-
verb (used with object),
to derive by reasoning; conclude or judge from premises or evidence:
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- infos
-
noun,
information.
- inion
-
noun,
a point at the external occipital protuberance of the skull.
- sotie
-
noun,
a satirical and topical comedy employing actors dressed in traditional fool's costume, popular in France during the late Middle Ages, and often used as a curtain raiser to mystery and morality plays.
- init.
-
- Inner
-
adjective,
situated within or farther within; interior:
- Seine
-
noun,
a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
- fore-
-
- fecit
-
verb,
he made (it); she made (it): formerly used on works of art after the name of the artist. Abbreviation: fe., fec.
- feist
-
noun,
Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. a small mongrel dog, especially one that is ill-tempered; cur; mutt.
- feres
-
noun,
a companion; mate.
- snort
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- Sofer
-
noun,
scribe1 (def 3).
- feint
-
noun,
a movement made in order to deceive an adversary; an attack aimed at one place or point merely as a distraction from the real place or point of attack:
- fence
-
noun,
a barrier enclosing or bordering a field, yard, etc., usually made of posts and wire or wood, used to prevent entrance, to confine, or to mark a boundary.
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- senor
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to sir or Mr., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a man. Abbreviation: Sr.
- ref.
-
- torc
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- scr.
-
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- tron
-
- serf
-
noun,
a person in a condition of servitude, required to render services to a lord, commonly attached to the lord's land and transferred with it from one owner to another.
- toon
-
noun,
an Asian tree, Cedrela toona, of the mahogany family, yielding an aromatic red wood used for furniture, carving, etc.
- Rein
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- toro
-
noun,
a bull.
- tref
-
adjective,
Judaism. unfit to be eaten or used, according to religious laws; not kosher.
- sene
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Western Samoa, the 100th part of a tala.
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- refs
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
referee.
- reft
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of reave1 .
- Reef
-
noun,
a ridge of rocks or sand, often of coral debris, at or near the surface of the water.
- Tree
-
noun,
a plant having a permanently woody main stem or trunk, ordinarily growing to a considerable height, and usually developing branches at some distance from the ground.
- Seif
-
noun,
a long narrow sand dune parallel to the prevailing wind direction.
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- Seen
-
verb,
past participle of see1 .
- tri-
-
- Rees
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- 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.
- reif
-
noun,
plunder; booty; loot.
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- soon
-
Idioms,
sooner or later, eventually:
- tern
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- ter.
-
- 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.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- soft
-
noun,
something that is soft or yielding; the soft part.
- rife
-
adjective,
of common or frequent occurrence; prevalent; in widespread existence, activity, or use:
- rifs
-
noun,
Er [er] /ɛr/ (Show IPA) a mountainous coastal region in N Morocco.
- rift
-
noun,
an opening made by splitting, cleaving, etc.; fissure; cleft; chink.
- sone
-
noun,
a unit for measuring the loudness of sound, equal to the loudness of a sound that, in the judgment of a group of listeners, is equal to that of a 1000-cycle-per-second reference sound having an intensity of 40 decibels.
- ten.
-
- Tees
-
noun,
a river in N England, flowing E along the boundary between Durham and Yorkshire to the North Sea. 70 miles (113 km) long.
- Soni
-
- 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.
- roof
-
noun,
the external upper covering of a house or other building.
- teen
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- str.
-
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- Riis
-
noun,
Jacob August, 1849–1914, U.S. journalist and social reformer, born in Denmark.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- 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.
- rocs
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- rit.
-
- Ste.
-
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- 'roo
-
noun,
kangaroo.
- tics
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- tonn
-
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- sift
-
verb (used with object),
to separate and retain the coarse parts of (flour, ashes, etc.) with a sieve.
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- rent
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- SINE
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side opposite a given acute angle to the hypotenuse.
(of an angle) a trigonometric function equal to the ratio of the ordinate of the end point of the arc to the radius vector of this end point, the origin being at the center of the circle on which the arc lies and the initial point of the arc being on the x-axis. Abbreviation: sin.
- sci.
-
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- roto
-
noun,
rotogravure.
- tier
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- tion
-
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- 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.
- rets
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- SNCC
-
noun,
a U.S. civil-rights organization formed by students and active especially during the 1960s, whose aim was to achieve political and economic equality for blacks through local and regional action groups.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- 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.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- sec.
-
- 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.
- FCIC
-
- itis
-
- NCTE
-
- Cote
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- Cree
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- eso-
-
- Cres
-
- croc
-
noun,
crocodile.
- foin
-
noun,
a thrust with a weapon.
- esne
-
noun,
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a member of the lowest class; laborer.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Cost
-
noun,
the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- Fons
-
noun,
a member of a people living mainly in Benin.
- font
-
noun,
a receptacle, usually of stone, as in a baptistery or church, containing the water used in baptism.
- Foot
-
noun,
(in vertebrates) the terminal part of the leg, below the ankle joint, on which the body stands and moves.
- for.
-
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- Erne
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- foci
-
noun,
a plural of focus.
- cose
-
verb (used without object),
coze.
- cts.
-
- FITS
-
noun,
the manner in which a thing fits:
- Nine
-
noun,
a cardinal number, eight plus one.
- coon
-
noun,
raccoon.
- IOOF
-
- NICE
-
noun,
a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
- 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.
-
- corf
-
noun,
Mining.
a small wagon for carrying coal, ore, etc.
a wicker basket formerly used for this purpose.
- 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.
- NEFS
-
noun,
a silver or gold table furnishing in the form of a ship, either for holding various utensils or for ornament.
- 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.
- nest
-
noun,
a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
- Cort
-
- Nero
-
noun,
(Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus) (“Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus”) a.d. 37–68, emperor of Rome 54–68, known for his cruelty and depravity.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- neon
-
noun,
Chemistry. a chemically inert gaseous element occurring in small amounts in the earth's atmosphere, used chiefly in a type of electrical lamp. Symbol: Ne; atomic weight: 20.183; atomic number: 10; density: 0.9002 g/l at 0°C and 760 mm pressure.
- neo-
-
- nene
-
noun,
a barred, gray-brown wild goose, Nesochen sandvicensis, native to Hawaii, where it is the state bird.
- ctr.
-
- FRCS
-
- 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):
- Ifni
-
noun,
a former Spanish enclave on the W coast of Morocco, ceded to Morocco 1969.
- frt.
-
- INRI
-
- inns
-
noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- info
-
noun,
information.
- Inf.
-
- enc.
-
- Inc.
-
- ence
-
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- ins.
-
- 1080
-
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- Ens.
-
- Erie
-
noun,
Lake, a lake between the NE central United States and SE central Canada: the southernmost lake of the Great Lakes; Commodore Perry's defeat of the British in 1813. 239 miles (385 km) long; 9940 sq. mi. (25,745 sq. km).
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- IEEE
-
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- Ice.
-
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- int.
-
- free
-
Idioms,
for free, Informal. without charge:
- Iris
-
noun,
Anatomy. the contractile, circular diaphragm forming the colored portion of the eye and containing a circular opening, the pupil, in its center.
- iso-
-
- Frei
-
noun,
Eduardo [e-dwahr-th aw] /ɛˈdwɑr ðɔ/ (Show IPA), 1911–82, Chilean statesman: president 1964–70.
- Isin
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city in S Iraq: archaeological site.
- eco-
-
- ect-
-
- fret
-
noun,
an irritated state of mind; annoyance; vexation.
- 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.
- Fri.
-
- Ire.
-
- 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.
- frit
-
noun,
Ceramics.
a fused or partially fused material used as a basis for glazes or enamels.
the composition from which artificial soft porcelain is made.
- EEOC
-
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- froe
-
noun,
frow.
- 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 = .
- efts
-
noun,
a newt, especially the eastern newt, Notophthalmus viridescens (red eft) in its immature terrestrial stage.
- Frs.
-
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- Nino
-
noun,
boy; child.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- coof
-
noun,
a silly or stupid person.
- cet-
-
- cene
-
- fico
-
noun,
fig1 (def 4).
- etic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or being the raw data of a language or other area of behavior, without considering the data as significant units functioning within a system.
- Ont.
-
- CerE
-
noun,
a fleshy, membranous covering of the base of the upper mandible of a bird, especially a bird of prey or a parrot, through which the nostrils open.
- Cerf
-
noun,
Bennett (Alfred) 1898–1971, U.S. book publisher, editor, and writer.
- CERN
-
- fict
-
- once
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- Oost
-
noun,
Jacob van [yah-kawp vahn] /ˈyɑ kɔp vɑn/ (Show IPA), 1600?–71, and his son, Jacob van, 1639?–1713, Flemish painters.
- Cete
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- Oise
-
noun,
a river in W Europe, flowing SW from S Belgium through N France to the Seine, near Paris. 186 miles (300 km) long.
- Ceto
-
- etc.
-
- Fin.
-
- fist
-
noun,
the hand closed tightly, with the fingers doubled into the palm.
- Fini
-
adjective,
finished; done.
- Finn
-
noun,
Irish Legend. a leader of the Fenian warriors and the father of Ossian: the subject of many legends.
- 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.
- cen.
-
- Oct.
-
- fere
-
noun,
a companion; mate.
- fec.
-
- fees
-
noun,
a charge or payment for professional services:
- feet
-
noun,
a plural of foot.
- Fens
-
noun,
Also called Fenland. a marshy lowland region in E England, S of the Wash: partly drained and channeled since the 17th century.
- Otoe
-
noun,
Oto.
- oto-
-
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- otic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ear; auricular.
- Fern
-
noun,
any seedless, nonflowering vascular plant of the class Filicinae, of tropical to temperate regions, characterized by true roots produced from a rhizome, triangular fronds that uncoil upward and have a branching vein system, and reproduction by spores contained in sporangia that appear as brown dots on the underside of the fronds.
- orcs
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- fest
-
noun,
an assembly of people engaged in a common activity (often used in combination):
- Osee
-
noun,
Hosea.
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- fete
-
noun,
a day of celebration; holiday:
- oro-
-
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- cees
-
noun,
the letter C.
- OEEC
-
- FINE
-
noun,
fines.
Mining. crushed ore sufficiently fine to pass through a given screen. Compare short (def 29e).
Agriculture. the fine bits of corn kernel knocked off during handling of the grain.
- Fino
-
noun,
a pale, very dry sherry of Spain.
- none
-
noun,
nones1 .
- Norn
-
noun,
an extinct Norse dialect, spoken until early modern times in the Shetland and Orkney Islands and in parts of northern Scotland.
- cion
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- firs
-
noun,
any coniferous tree belonging to the genus Abies, of the pine family, characterized by its pyramidal style of growth, flat needles, and erect cones.
- fisc
-
noun,
a royal or state treasury; exchequer.
- Coco
-
noun,
coconut palm.
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- Nor.
-
- noon
-
noun,
midday.
- non-
-
- nose
-
noun,
the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- coif
-
noun,
a hood-shaped cap, usually of white cloth and with extended sides, worn beneath a veil, as by nuns.
- 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.
- Con.
-
- cone
-
noun,
Geometry.
a solid whose surface is generated by a line passing through a fixed point and a fixed plane curve not containing the point, consisting of two equal sections joined at a vertex.
a plane surface resembling the cross section of a solid cone.
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- nos-
-
- firn
-
noun,
névé.
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- circ
-
noun,
circular (def 9).
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- not-
-
- cis-
-
- CISC
-
noun,
complex instruction set computer: a computer whose central processing unit recognizes a relatively large number of instructions.
- cist
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- cit.
-
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- cir.
-
- est.
-
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- Soo
-
noun,
the, Canadian. Sault Ste. Marie.
- FCC
-
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- ERT
-
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- fo.
-
- St.
-
- Esc
-
- ETS
-
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- ese
-
- STI
-
- ESR
-
- Sr.
-
- ETO
-
- ETR
-
- RCT
-
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- CIF
-
- CFI
-
- CFO
-
- CFR
-
- cfs
-
- CIC
-
- CIE
-
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- CEO
-
- CNC
-
- too
-
Idioms,
only too. only (def 10).
- CNN
-
- CNO
-
- CNS
-
- COO
-
noun,
a cooing sound.
- tr.
-
- trf
-
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- Co.
-
- TSI
-
- TSE
-
- cc.
-
- cf.
-
- CIO
-
noun,
a federation of affiliated industrial labor unions, founded 1935 within the American Federation of Labor but independent of it 1938–55. Abbreviation: C.I.O., CIO.
- Tro
-
- cr.
-
- CEF
-
- cs.
-
- ct.
-
- CCR
-
- CCS
-
verb (used with object),
to send a duplicate of a document, email, or the like to:
- CEC
-
- cee
-
noun,
the letter C.
- 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.
- COS
-
noun,
romaine.
- EOF
-
- eir
-
- ECF
-
- EEC
-
- EEE
-
- EEO
-
- ef-
-
- eft
-
noun,
a newt, especially the eastern newt, Notophthalmus viridescens (red eft) in its immature terrestrial stage.
- EIS
-
- eo-
-
- en-
-
- ene
-
- EOE
-
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- TCS
-
- ec-
-
- ctn
-
plural,
carton.
- COT
-
noun,
a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
- CSO
-
- CRC
-
- 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.
- CRS
-
- CRT
-
- CSC
-
- CSF
-
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- ctf
-
- tfr
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- CSR
-
- CST
-
- CTC
-
- cte
-
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- SIC
-
adverb,
so; thus: usually written parenthetically to denote that a word, phrase, passage, etc., that may appear strange or incorrect has been written intentionally or has been quoted verbatim: (sic).
- FCS
-
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- NFS
-
- ROC
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- IRC
-
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- NNE
-
- NFC
-
- NOC
-
- RIF
-
noun,
Er [er] /ɛr/ (Show IPA) a mountainous coastal region in N Morocco.
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- RFI
-
- RFE
-
- RFC
-
- ret
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- ROI
-
- NET
-
noun,
a bag or other contrivance of strong thread or cord worked into an open, meshed fabric, for catching fish, birds, or other animals:
- NRC
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- RTF
-
- rte
-
- rt.
-
- RSE
-
- Rs.
-
- ITC
-
- ite
-
- NCO
-
- NES
-
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- NSF
-
- NCC
-
- ne-
-
- NEC
-
- Nee
-
adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- nef
-
noun,
a silver or gold table furnishing in the form of a ship, either for holding various utensils or for ornament.
- nr.
-
- NSC
-
- So.
-
- ose
-
- o-o
-
noun,
any of several species of Hawaiian honey eaters of the genus Moho, especially the extinct M. nobilis, of the island of Hawaii, that had black plumage and two tufts of yellow plumes used to make ceremonial robes for the Hawaiian kings.
- oon
-
- OOT
-
- orc
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- ons
-
- OSO
-
- ot-
-
- ote
-
- OTS
-
- RCS
-
- Re.
-
- RCN
-
- oo-
-
- ONR
-
- Oc.
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- OSF
-
- OTC
-
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- OCC
-
- OCR
-
- OCS
-
- OEO
-
- of-
-
- ONI
-
- OFr
-
- oft
-
adverb,
often.
- oic
-
- OIr
-
- OIt
-
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- ONF
-
- RTS
-
- 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.
- SRO
-
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- ICC
-
- IFS
-
noun,
a supposition; uncertain possibility:
- ics
-
- FTC
-
- ft.
-
- FSR
-
- SER
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- fro
-
Idioms,
to and fro, alternating from one place to another; back and forth:
- FRC
-
- Fr.
-
abbreviation,
Father.
- FOT
-
- FOS
-
- Sfc
-
- FON
-
noun,
a member of a people living mainly in Benin.
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- fic
-
- Fee
-
noun,
a charge or payment for professional services:
- SOF
-
- Fen
-
noun,
low land covered wholly or partially with water; boggy land; a marsh.
- SOC
-
noun,
sociology or a class or course in sociology.
- fer
-
preposition, conjunction,
for.
- FET
-
- fie
-
interjection,
(used to express mild disgust, disapprobation, annoyance, etc.)
- FOE
-
noun,
a person who feels enmity, hatred, or malice toward another; enemy:
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- FIO
-
- FIR
-
noun,
any coniferous tree belonging to the genus Abies, of the pine family, characterized by its pyramidal style of growth, flat needles, and erect cones.
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- FIT
-
noun,
the manner in which a thing fits:
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- ier
-
- io-
-
- IFC
-
- ise
-
- ISR
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- IRS
-
- IRO
-
- Ir.
-
- IOT
-
- Ios
-
noun,
a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey.
- ior
-
- ion
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- IOF
-
- IOC
-
- ist
-
- se-
-
- SCF
-
- Ife
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- sc.
-
- in.
-
- ine
-
- INN
-
noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- RC
-
- FI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the fourth and fifth degrees of a scale.
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- CE
-
- ee
-
- RI
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- R.
-
- FE
-
- SN
-
- IT
-
noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- RN
-
- EI
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- f.
-
noun,
(Paul) Felix (Edler von Münzberg) [poul fey-liks eyd-luh r fuh n mynts-berk] /paʊl ˈfeɪ lɪks ˈeɪd lər fən ˈmüntsˌbɛrk/ (Show IPA), 1863–1942, Austrian composer, conductor, and writer.
- FC
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- N.
-
- ic
-
- RO
-
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- TC
-
- T1
-
- t.
-
- RF
-
- S.
-
- O.
-
- NC
-
- i.
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- TN
-
- SF
-
- IF
-
noun,
a supposition; uncertain possibility:
- NI
-
- NF
-
- fn
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.