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- concrescences
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noun,
a growing together, as of tissue or embryonic parts; coalescence.
- consentience
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noun,
agreement or unity of opinion; concurrence.
- concrescence
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noun,
a growing together, as of tissue or embryonic parts; coalescence.
- intercession
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noun,
an act or instance of interceding.
- innocencies
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noun,
innocence (defs 1–6).
- internecine
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adjective,
of or relating to conflict or struggle within a group:
- inconscient
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adjective,
unconscious.
- snickersnee
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noun,
a knife, especially one used as a weapon.
- continences
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noun,
self-restraint or abstinence, especially in regard to sexual activity; temperance; moderation.
- increscent
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adjective,
increasing or waxing, as the moon.
- reticences
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noun,
the state of being reticent, or reserved, especially with regard to speaking freely; restraint:
- resections
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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.
- concentric
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adjective,
having a common center, as circles or spheres.
- Eisenstein
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noun,
Ferdinand Gotthold Max [fer-di-nahnt gawt-hawlt mahks] /ˈfɛr dɪˌnɑnt ˈgɔt hɔlt mɑks/ (Show IPA), 1823–52, German mathematician.
- innocences
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noun,
the quality or state of being innocent; freedom from sin or moral wrong.
- continence
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noun,
self-restraint or abstinence, especially in regard to sexual activity; temperance; moderation.
- conscience
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noun,
the inner sense of what is right or wrong in one's conduct or motives, impelling one toward right action:
- insistence
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noun,
the act or fact of insisting.
- secretions
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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.
- serenities
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noun,
the state or quality of being serene, calm, or tranquil; sereneness.
- connecters
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noun,
connector.
- skinneries
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noun,
a place where skins are prepared, as for the market.
- concenter
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verb (used with or without object),
to bring or converge to a common center; concentrate.
- nineteens
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noun,
a cardinal number, ten plus nine.
- incretion
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noun,
a substance, as a hormone, that is secreted internally.
- 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.
- Nierstein
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noun,
a village in SW central Germany, SSE of Mainz: noted for its wines.
- 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.
- innocence
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noun,
the quality or state of being innocent; freedom from sin or moral wrong.
- innocents
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noun,
an innocent person.
- insertion
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noun,
the act of inserting:
- insincere
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adjective,
not sincere; not honest in the expression of actual feeling; hypocritical.
- nescience
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noun,
lack of knowledge; ignorance.
- cicerones
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noun,
a person who conducts sightseers; guide.
- instrokes
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noun,
a stroke traveling in an inward direction.
- 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.
- senescent
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adjective,
growing old; aging.
- recession
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noun,
the act of receding or withdrawing.
- enceintes
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noun,
a wall or enclosure, as of a fortified place.
- sentences
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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.
- sentience
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noun,
sentient condition or character; capacity for sensation or feeling.
- eccentric
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noun,
a person who has an unusual, peculiar, or odd personality, set of beliefs, or behavior pattern.
- 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.
- secretins
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noun,
a polypeptide hormone, produced in the small intestine, that activates the pancreas to secrete pancreatic juice.
- serotines
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noun,
a small Eurasian brown bat, Eptesicus serotinus.
- secrecies
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noun,
the state or condition of being secret, hidden, or concealed:
- cretonnes
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noun,
a heavy cotton material in colorfully printed designs, used especially for drapery and slipcovers.
- sickeners
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noun,
something that sickens or disgusts.
- encrinite
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noun,
a fossil crinoid.
- recisions
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noun,
an act of canceling or voiding; cancellation.
- sinistro-
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- ensconces
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verb (used with object),
to settle securely or snugly:
- sceneries
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noun,
the general appearance of a place; the aggregate of features that give character to a landscape.
- rockiness
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noun,
the state or condition of being rocky.
- reticence
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noun,
the state of being reticent, or reserved, especially with regard to speaking freely; restraint:
- Ernestine
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noun,
a female given name: derived from Ernest.
- 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.
- societies
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noun,
an organized group of persons associated together for religious, benevolent, cultural, scientific, political, patriotic, or other purposes.
- sonneteer
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noun,
a composer of sonnets.
- connecter
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noun,
connector.
- intension
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noun,
intensification; increase in degree.
- concentre
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verb (used with or without object),
concenter.
- kieserite
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noun,
a mineral, hydrous magnesium sulfate, MgSO 4 ⋅H 2 O, having a white or yellowish color and found with salt deposits.
- internees
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noun,
a person who is or has been interned, as a prisoner of war.
- Isenstein
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noun,
(in the Nibelungenlied) the home of Brunhild in Isenland.
- isosteric
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adjective,
Chemistry. having the same number of valence electrons in the same configuration but differing in the kinds and numbers of atoms.
- 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.
- iron-sick
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adjective,
noting a wooden hull, fastened with iron, in which chemical interaction between the iron and the wood has resulted in the decay of both; nail-sick.
- kinetosis
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noun,
any condition caused by motion of the body, as seasickness.
- kerosenes
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noun,
a mixture of liquid hydrocarbons obtained by distilling petroleum, bituminous shale, or the like, and widely used as a fuel, cleaning solvent, etc.
- neoterics
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noun,
a new or modern writer, thinker, etc.
- neck-rein
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verb (used with object),
to guide or direct (a horse) with the pressure of a rein on the opposite side of the neck from the direction in which the rider wishes to travel.
- 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.
- kinetins
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noun,
a synthetic cytokinin, C 10 H 9 ON 5 , that retards senescence in plants.
- skeeters
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noun,
mosquito.
- kinesics
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noun,
the study of body movements, gestures, facial expressions, etc., as a means of communication.
- ironists
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noun,
a person who uses irony habitually, especially a writer.
- erection
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noun,
the act of erecting.
- concerns
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noun,
something that relates or pertains to a person; business; affair:
- Ericsson
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noun,
John, 1803–89, Swedish engineer and inventor; in the U.S. after 1839.
- restocks
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verb (used with or without object),
to stock again; replenish.
- 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.
- eristics
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noun,
a person who engages in disputation; controversialist.
- snickers
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noun,
a snickering laugh.
- kinetics
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noun,
the branch of mechanics that deals with the actions of forces in producing or changing the motion of masses.
- Reinecke
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noun,
Carl Heinrich Carsten [kahrl hahyn-rikh kahr-stuh n] /ˈkɑrl ˈhaɪn rɪx ˈkɑr stən/ (Show IPA), 1824–1910, German pianist, conductor, composer, and teacher.
- K-series
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noun,
See under K-line.
- consents
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noun,
permission, approval, or agreement; compliance; acquiescence:
- centesis
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noun,
a puncture or perforation.
- concerts
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noun,
a public musical performance in which a number of singers or instrumentalists, or both, participate.
- 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.
- Sorensen
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noun,
Soren Peter Lauritz [sœ-ruh n pey-tar lou-rits] /ˈsœ rən ˈpeɪ tær ˈlaʊ rɪts/ (Show IPA), 1868–1939, Danish chemist: developed pH scale.
- 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.
- esoteric
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adjective,
understood by or meant for only the select few who have special knowledge or interest; recondite:
- soricine
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adjective,
of or resembling the shrews.
- recision
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noun,
an act of canceling or voiding; cancellation.
- coniines
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noun,
a volatile, highly poisonous alkaloid, C 8 H 17 N, constituting the active principle of the poison hemlock.
- essonite
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noun,
Mineralogy. a variety of grossularite garnet.
- tensions
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noun,
the act of stretching or straining.
- 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:
- ensconce
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verb (used with object),
to settle securely or snugly:
- kerosene
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noun,
a mixture of liquid hydrocarbons obtained by distilling petroleum, bituminous shale, or the like, and widely used as a fuel, cleaning solvent, etc.
- 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.
- keesters
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noun,
keister.
- sentries
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noun,
a soldier stationed at a place to stand guard and prevent the passage of unauthorized persons, watch for fires, etc., especially a sentinel stationed at a pass, gate, opening in a defense work, or the like.
- crosstie
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noun,
Railroads. a tie.
- seicento
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noun,
the 17th century, with reference to the Italian art or literature of that period.
- keisters
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noun,
the buttocks; rump.
- sections
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noun,
a part that is cut off or separated.
- sericins
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noun,
a gelatinous organic compound that holds the two strands of natural silk together.
- sericite
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noun,
a fine-grained variety of muscovite produced by the alteration of feldspar.
- crockets
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noun,
a medieval ornament, usually in the form of a leaf that curves up and away from the supporting surface and returns partially upon itself.
- kernites
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noun,
a mineral, hydrated sodium borate, Na 2 B 4 O 7 ⋅4H 2 O, occurring in transparent colorless crystals: the principal source of boron compounds in the U.S.
- croceins
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noun,
any of several acid azo dyes producing orange or scarlet colors.
- secretin
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noun,
a polypeptide hormone, produced in the small intestine, that activates the pancreas to secrete pancreatic juice.
- sinister
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adjective,
threatening or portending evil, harm, or trouble; ominous:
- secretes
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noun,
a steel skullcap of the 17th century, worn under a soft hat.
- sesterce
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noun,
a silver coin of ancient Rome, the quarter of a denarius, equal to 2½ asses: introduced in the 3rd century b.c.
- crinites
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noun,
a fossil crinoid.
- einkorns
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noun,
one of the earliest cultivated forms of wheat, Triticum monococcum, having a one-grained spikelet, now grown in limited areas of Europe and Asia.
- 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.
- isostere
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noun,
Chemistry. a compound isosteric with one or more other compounds.
- cretonne
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noun,
a heavy cotton material in colorfully printed designs, used especially for drapery and slipcovers.
- sickener
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noun,
something that sickens or disgusts.
- ekistics
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noun,
the scientific study of human settlements, drawing on diverse disciplines, including architecture, city planning, and behavioral science.
- enceinte
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noun,
a wall or enclosure, as of a fortified place.
- Crescent
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noun,
a shape resembling a segment of a ring tapering to points at the ends.
- Sikeston
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noun,
a city in SE Missouri.
- conceits
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noun,
an excessively favorable opinion of one's own ability, importance, wit, etc.
- concents
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noun,
concord of sound, voices, etc.; harmony.
- eserines
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noun,
physostigmine.
- estrones
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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.
- inkstone
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noun,
a slab of stone used in Chinese calligraphy and painting to grind dry ink and mix it with water.
- stinkers
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noun,
a person or thing that stinks.
- incenses
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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.
- 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.
- 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.
- stockers
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noun,
a person or thing that stocks.
- incisors
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noun,
any of the four anterior teeth in each jaw, used for cutting and gnawing.
- necroses
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noun,
death of a circumscribed portion of animal or plant tissue.
- necrosis
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noun,
death of a circumscribed portion of animal or plant tissue.
- niteries
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noun,
a nightclub.
- nineties
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noun,
a cardinal number, ten times nine.
- cistrons
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noun,
a segment of DNA that encodes for the formation of a specific polypeptide chain; a structural gene.
- nineteen
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noun,
a cardinal number, ten plus nine.
- nonstick
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adjective,
having or providing a finish designed to prevent food from sticking during cooking or baking:
- ternions
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noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- stricken
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noun,
an act or instance of striking.
- innocent
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noun,
an innocent person.
- neoteric
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noun,
a new or modern writer, thinker, etc.
- 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.
- niceties
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noun,
a delicate or fine point; punctilio:
- 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.
- internes
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noun, verb (used without object),
intern2 .
- internee
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noun,
a person who is or has been interned, as a prisoner of war.
- instroke
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noun,
a stroke traveling in an inward direction.
- cicerone
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noun,
a person who conducts sightseers; guide.
- nonsense
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noun,
words or language having little or no sense or meaning.
- citrines
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noun,
a translucent, yellow variety of quartz, often sold as topaz; false topaz; topaz quartz.
- serotine
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noun,
a small Eurasian brown bat, Eptesicus serotinus.
- coesites
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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.
- sternson
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noun,
a knee in a timber-framed vessel, reinforcing the angle between the keelson and the sternpost.
- stickers
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noun,
a person or thing that sticks.
- keister
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noun,
the buttocks; rump.
- ekistic
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adjective,
of or relating to ekistics.
- einkorn
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noun,
one of the earliest cultivated forms of wheat, Triticum monococcum, having a one-grained spikelet, now grown in limited areas of Europe and Asia.
- intines
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noun,
the inner coat of a spore, especially a pollen grain.
- Neocene
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adjective, noun,
Neogene.
- nektons
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noun,
the aggregate of actively swimming aquatic organisms in a body of water, able to move independently of water currents.
- Screens
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noun,
a movable or fixed device, usually consisting of a covered frame, that provides shelter, serves as a partition, etc.
- oneness
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noun,
the quality of being one; singleness.
- Kristin
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noun,
a female given name, form of Christine.
- screeno
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noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) (formerly) bingo played in a movie theater.
- Inkster
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noun,
a city in SE Michigan, near Detroit.
- ketones
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noun,
any of a class of organic compounds containing a carbonyl group, CO, attached to two alkyl groups, as CH 3 COCH 3 or CH 3 COC 2 H 5 .
- intones
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verb (used with object),
to utter with a particular tone or voice modulation.
- orceins
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noun,
a red dye, the principal coloring matter of cudbear and orchil, obtained by oxidizing an ammoniacal solution of orcinol.
- scoters
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noun,
any of the large diving ducks of the genus Melanitta, inhabiting northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere.
- Ossetic
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noun,
the Indo-European, Iranian language of the Ossets.
- Knesset
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noun,
the unicameral parliament of Israel.
- ketoses
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noun,
a monosaccharide that contains a ketone group.
- 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.
- ninnies
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noun,
a fool or simpleton.
- sconces
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noun,
a bracket for candles or other lights, placed on a wall, mirror, picture frame, etc.
- Essonne
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noun,
a department in N France. 699 sq. mi. (1810 sq. km). Capital: Évry.
- incross
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noun,
a mating between organisms that are both homozygous for the same allele.
- intens.
-
- secerns
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verb (used with object),
to discriminate or distinguish in thought.
- ketenes
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noun,
a colorless, poisonous gas, C 2 H 2 O, irritating to the lungs, prepared from acetone or acetic acid by pyrolysis: used chiefly in the manufacture of certain commercial chemicals, as acetic anhydride and aspirin.
- interne
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noun, verb (used without object),
intern2 .
- inserts
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noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- sennets
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noun,
any of several small barracudas, as Sphyraena borealis (northern sennet) ranging along the eastern coast of North and Central America.
- seiners
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noun,
a person who fishes with a seine.
- neritic
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adjective,
of or relating to the region of water lying directly above the sublittoral zone of the sea bottom.
- seekers
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noun,
a person or thing that seeks.
- necrose
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verb (used with or without object),
to affect or be affected with necrosis.
- necktie
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noun,
a band of decorative fabric worn around the neck, under the collar, and tied in front to hang down the front of a shirt or to form a small bow.
- eccrine
-
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).
- kenosis
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noun,
the doctrine that Christ relinquished His divine attributes so as to experience human suffering.
- orients
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- estrins
-
noun,
estrone.
- secrets
-
noun,
something that is or is kept secret, hidden, or concealed.
- orectic
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adjective,
of or relating to desire; appetitive.
- interns
-
noun,
a person who is or has been interned; internee.
- kernite
-
noun,
a mineral, hydrated sodium borate, Na 2 B 4 O 7 ⋅4H 2 O, occurring in transparent colorless crystals: the principal source of boron compounds in the U.S.
- nestors
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noun,
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- Oriente
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noun,
a region in Ecuador, E of the Andes: the border long disputed by Peru.
- nickers
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noun,
a person or thing that nicks.
- Oscines
-
noun,
an oscine bird.
- Etienne
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noun,
Estienne (def 1).
- secrete
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noun,
a steel skullcap of the 17th century, worn under a soft hat.
- Orestes
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noun,
Classical Mythology. the son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, and the brother of Electra and Iphigenia: he avenged the murder of Agamemnon by killing Clytemenestra and her lover, Aegisthus, then was pursued by the Furies until saved by Athena.
- science
-
noun,
a branch of knowledge or study dealing with a body of facts or truths systematically arranged and showing the operation of general laws:
- ketosis
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noun,
the accumulation of excessive ketones in the body, as in diabetic acidosis.
- 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.
- 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.
- rennins
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noun,
a coagulating enzyme occurring in the gastric juice of the calf, forming the active principle of rennet and able to curdle milk.
- ironies
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noun,
the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning:
- resents
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verb (used with object),
to feel or show displeasure or indignation at (a person, act, remark, etc.) from a sense of injury or insult.
- kinesis
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noun,
the movement of an organism in response to a stimulus, as light.
- resects
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verb (used with object),
to do a resection on.
- kinetic
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adjective,
pertaining to motion.
- Kinston
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noun,
a city in E North Carolina.
- kinetin
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noun,
a synthetic cytokinin, C 10 H 9 ON 5 , that retards senescence in plants.
- recites
-
verb (used with object),
to repeat the words of, as from memory, especially in a formal manner:
- kineto-
-
- erotics
-
noun,
an erotic poem.
- Erskine
-
noun,
John (Erskine of Carnock) 1695–1768, Scottish writer on law.
- eristic
-
noun,
a person who engages in disputation; controversialist.
- rennets
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noun,
the lining membrane of the fourth stomach of a calf or of the stomach of certain other young animals.
- escence
-
- escorts
-
noun,
a group of persons, or a single person, accompanying another or others for protection, guidance, or courtesy:
- eserine
-
noun,
physostigmine.
- incense
-
noun,
an aromatic gum or other substance producing a sweet odor when burned, used in religious ceremonies, to enhance a mood, etc.
- noetics
-
noun,
the science of the intellect or of pure thought; reasoning.
- intense
-
adjective,
existing or occurring in a high or extreme degree:
- icteric
-
adjective,
pertaining to or affected with icterus; jaundiced.
- Kinross
-
noun,
a historic county in E Scotland.
- reckons
-
Verb phrases,
reckon with,
to include in consideration or planning; anticipate:
to deal with:
- notices
-
noun,
an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning:
- incests
-
noun,
sexual intercourse between closely related persons.
- 2,4,5-t
-
noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- irenics
-
noun,
the branch of theology dealing with the promotion of peace and conciliation among Christian churches.
Compare polemics (def 2).
- Rockies
-
noun,
Rocky Mountains.
- enskies
-
verb (used with object),
to place in or as if in the heavens; exalt.
- kinesic
-
noun,
the study of body movements, gestures, facial expressions, etc., as a means of communication.
- Rossini
-
noun,
Gioacchino Antonio [jaw-ahk-kee-naw ahn-taw-nyaw] /ˌdʒɔ ɑkˈki nɔ ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1792–1868, Italian composer.
- enteric
-
noun,
enterics, Bacteriology. enterobacteria.
- entero-
-
- enteron
-
noun,
the alimentary canal; the digestive tract.
- entices
-
verb (used with object),
to lead on by exciting hope or desire; allure; inveigle:
- entires
-
noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- Kirsten
-
noun,
a female given name, Scandinavian form of Christine.
- entrees
-
noun,
a dish served as the main course of a meal.
- entries
-
noun,
an act of entering; entrance.
- rockets
-
noun,
any of various simple or complex tubelike devices containing combustibles that on being ignited liberate gases whose action propels the tube through the air: used for pyrotechnic effect, signaling, carrying a lifeline, hurling explosives at an enemy, putting a space vehicle into orbit, etc.
- restock
-
verb (used with or without object),
to stock again; replenish.
- estrone
-
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.
- rickets
-
noun,
a disease of childhood, characterized by softening of the bones as a result of inadequate intake of vitamin D and insufficient exposure to sunlight, also associated with impaired calcium and phosphorus metabolism.
- incites
-
verb (used with object),
to stir, encourage, or urge on; stimulate or prompt to action:
- oneiric
-
adjective,
of or relating to dreams.
- incisor
-
noun,
any of the four anterior teeth in each jaw, used for cutting and gnawing.
- ironist
-
noun,
a person who uses irony habitually, especially a writer.
- retenes
-
noun,
a crystalline hydrocarbon, C 18 H 18 , obtained chiefly from the tar of resinous woods and certain fossil resins.
- 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).
- incises
-
verb (used with object),
to cut into; cut marks, figures, etc., upon.
- essence
-
noun,
the basic, real, and invariable nature of a thing or its significant individual feature or features:
- Erikson
-
noun,
Erik (Homburger) [hom-bur-ger] /ˈhɒm bɜr gər/ (Show IPA), 1902–94, U.S. psychoanalyst, born in Germany.
- Niteroi
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Rio de Janeiro state, in SE Brazil.
- section
-
noun,
a part that is cut off or separated.
- sennits
-
noun,
a flat, braided cordage, formed by plaiting strands of rope yarn or other fiber, used as small stuff aboard ships.
- cockers
-
noun,
cocker spaniel.
- stereo-
-
- sterno-
-
- sticker
-
noun,
a person or thing that sticks.
- coesite
-
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.
- coerces
-
verb (used with object),
to compel by force, intimidation, or authority, especially without regard for individual desire or volition:
- Stikine
-
noun,
a river in NW British Columbia, Canada and SE Alaska, flowing W and SW to the Pacific Ocean: important route in 1890s Klondike gold rush. 335 miles (539 km) long.
- cockies
-
noun,
Australian.
cockatoo (def 1).
cockatoo (def 2a).
- stinker
-
noun,
a person or thing that stinks.
- concent
-
noun,
concord of sound, voices, etc.; harmony.
- Stinnes
-
noun,
Hugo [hoo-gaw;; English hyoo-goh] /ˈhu gɔ;; English ˈhyu goʊ/ (Show IPA), 1870–1924, German industrialist.
- stocker
-
noun,
a person or thing that stocks.
- citrons
-
noun,
a pale-yellow fruit resembling the lemon but larger and with thicker rind, borne by a small tree or large bush, Citrus medica, allied to the lemon and lime.
- citrins
-
noun,
bioflavonoid.
- citrine
-
noun,
a translucent, yellow variety of quartz, often sold as topaz; false topaz; topaz quartz.
- stokers
-
noun,
a person or thing that stokes.
- stoners
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
- conceit
-
noun,
an excessively favorable opinion of one's own ability, importance, wit, etc.
- concern
-
noun,
something that relates or pertains to a person; business; affair:
- cistron
-
noun,
a segment of DNA that encodes for the formation of a specific polypeptide chain; a structural gene.
- consist
-
noun,
Railroads.
the rolling stock, exclusive of the locomotive, making up a train.
a record made of this rolling stock.
- snicker
-
noun,
a snickering laugh.
- cornice
-
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.
- cornets
-
noun,
Music. a valved wind instrument of the trumpet family.
- soccers
-
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.
- soirees
-
noun,
an evening party or social gathering, especially one held for a particular purpose:
- constr.
-
- conster
-
verb (used with or without object),
construe.
- consent
-
noun,
permission, approval, or agreement; compliance; acquiescence:
- concert
-
noun,
a public musical performance in which a number of singers or instrumentalists, or both, participate.
- sonnies
-
noun,
little son (often used as a familiar term of address to a boy).
- connect
-
adjective,
of or relating to a connection or connections:
- sorites
-
noun,
a form of argument having several premises and one conclusion, capable of being resolved into a chain of syllogisms, the conclusion of each of which is a premise of the next.
- conkers
-
noun,
a horse chestnut.
- coniine
-
noun,
a volatile, highly poisonous alkaloid, C 8 H 17 N, constituting the active principle of the poison hemlock.
- Steiner
-
noun,
Jakob [yah-kawp] /ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1796–1863, Swiss mathematician.
- concise
-
adjective,
expressing or covering much in few words; brief in form but comprehensive in scope; succinct; terse:
- stonker
-
verb (used with object),
to hit hard; knock unconscious.
- cistern
-
noun,
a reservoir, tank, or container for storing or holding water or other liquid.
- Skinner
-
noun,
a person or thing that skins.
- tinners
-
noun,
a tinsmith.
- centro-
-
- centric
-
adjective,
pertaining to or situated at the center; central.
- centri-
-
- 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.
- tierces
-
noun,
an old measure of capacity equivalent to one third of a pipe, or 42 wine gallons.
- tinkers
-
noun,
a mender of pots, kettles, pans, etc., usually an itinerant.
- centner
-
noun,
(in several European countries) a unit of weight of 50 kilograms, equivalent to 110.2 pounds avoirdupois.
- censors
-
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.
- tickers
-
noun,
a telegraphic receiving instrument that automatically prints stock prices, market reports, etc., on a paper tape.
- tocsins
-
noun,
a signal, especially of alarm, sounded on a bell or bells.
- censers
-
noun,
a container, usually covered, in which incense is burned, especially during religious services; thurible.
- 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.
- tonners
-
noun,
something having a specified weight in tons (used in combination):
- Tonnies
-
noun,
Ferdinand [fer-dee-nahnt] /ˈfɛr diˌnɑnt/ (Show IPA), 1855–1936, German sociologist.
- trienes
-
noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- trioses
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- Ticknor
-
noun,
George, 1791–1871, U.S. literary historian and educator.
- cerises
-
adjective, noun,
moderate to deep red.
- stories
-
noun,
a narrative, either true or fictitious, in prose or verse, designed to interest, amuse, or instruct the hearer or reader; tale.
- cinerin
-
noun,
either of two oily, liquid compounds, C 20 H 28 O 3 or C 21 H 28 O 5 , used as insecticides.
- ciscoes
-
noun,
any of several whitefishes of the genus Coregonus, of the Great Lakes and smaller lakes of eastern North America.
- streeks
-
verb (used with object),
to stretch (one's limbs), as on awakening or by exercise.
- stricks
-
noun,
a group of any of the major bast fibers, as flax or jute, prepared for conversion into sliver form.
- strikes
-
noun,
an act or instance of striking.
- strokes
-
noun,
the act or an instance of striking, as with the fist, a weapon, or a hammer; a blow.
- teeners
-
noun,
a teenager.
- Teniers
-
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.
- tenners
-
noun,
a 10-dollar bill.
- ternion
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- 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.
- tenrecs
-
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.
- tension
-
noun,
the act of stretching or straining.
- cession
-
noun,
act of ceding, as by treaty.
- tensors
-
noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
- Terence
-
noun,
(Publius Terentius Afer) c190–159? b.c, Roman playwright.
- cerotic
-
adjective,
of or derived from cerotic acid.
- corsets
-
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.
- keester
-
noun,
keister.
- cresset
-
noun,
a metal cup or basket often mounted on a pole or suspended from above, containing oil, pitch, a rope steeped in rosin, etc., burned as a light or beacon.
- sericin
-
noun,
a gelatinous organic compound that holds the two strands of natural silk together.
- crinose
-
adjective,
hairy.
- cosines
-
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.
- sincere
-
adjective,
free of deceit, hypocrisy, or falseness; earnest:
- sereins
-
noun,
fine rain falling after sunset from a sky in which no clouds are visible.
- Sienese
-
noun,
an inhabitant of Siena.
- serenes
-
noun,
serenity; tranquillity.
- Sistine
-
adjective,
of or relating to any pope named Sixtus.
- cronies
-
noun,
a close friend or companion; chum.
- creeses
-
noun,
a short sword or heavy dagger with a wavy blade, used by the Malays.
- sirenic
-
adjective,
of or characteristic of a siren; melodious, tempting, or alluring.
- serines
-
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;
- crinite
-
noun,
a fossil crinoid.
- skeeter
-
noun,
mosquito.
- crocket
-
noun,
a medieval ornament, usually in the form of a leaf that curves up and away from the supporting surface and returns partially upon itself.
- sinters
-
noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- costers
-
noun,
costermonger.
- sickens
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become sick.
- sinkers
-
noun,
a person or thing that sinks.
- cricket
-
noun,
any of several jumping, orthopterous insects of the family Gryllidae, characterized by long antennae and stridulating organs on the forewings of the male, as one of the species commonly found in pastures and meadows (field cricket) or on trees and shrubs (tree cricket)
- coterie
-
noun,
a group of people who associate closely.
- Sickert
-
noun,
Walter Richard, 1860–1942, English painter.
- cretins
-
noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- crocein
-
noun,
any of several acid azo dyes producing orange or scarlet colors.
- tenses
-
noun,
a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
- Nereis
-
noun,
clamworm.
- tenson
-
noun,
a Provençal poem taking the form of a dialogue or debate between two rival troubadours.
- secret
-
noun,
something that is or is kept secret, hidden, or concealed.
- tensor
-
noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
- Serkin
-
noun,
Rudolf [roo-dolf;; German roo-dawlf] /ˈru dɒlf;; German ˈruˌdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1903–91, U.S. pianist, born in Bohemia.
- 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;
- ternes
-
noun,
terne metal.
- 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.
- terces
-
noun,
tierce (def 3).
- serins
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- 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.
- 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.
- nicker
-
noun,
a person or thing that nicks.
- sicker
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) sick persons collectively (usually preceded by the).
- screen
-
noun,
a movable or fixed device, usually consisting of a covered frame, that provides shelter, serves as a partition, etc.
- stores
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- streek
-
verb (used with object),
to stretch (one's limbs), as on awakening or by exercise.
- sicken
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become sick.
- strick
-
noun,
a group of any of the major bast fibers, as flax or jute, prepared for conversion into sliver form.
- screes
-
noun,
a steep mass of detritus on the side of a mountain.
- strike
-
noun,
an act or instance of striking.
- scries
-
verb (used without object),
to use divination to discover hidden knowledge or future events, especially by means of a crystal ball.
- Strine
-
noun,
Australian English.
- stroke
-
noun,
the act or an instance of striking, as with the fist, a weapon, or a hammer; a blow.
- seccos
-
noun,
fresco secco.
- tenons
-
noun,
a projection formed on the end of a timber or the like for insertion into a mortise of the same dimensions.
- Nicene
-
adjective,
of or relating to Nicaea.
- teener
-
noun,
a teenager.
- setose
-
adjective,
covered with setae or bristles; bristly.
- setons
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- Nestor
-
noun,
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- Nessie
-
noun,
Loch Ness monster.
- set-in
-
adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- Tenner
-
noun,
a 10-dollar bill.
- secern
-
verb (used with object),
to discriminate or distinguish in thought.
- Tessin
-
noun,
French and German name of Ticino.
- 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.
- Tessie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- ricins
-
noun,
a white, poisonous, protein powder from the bean of the castor-oil plant.
- Ticino
-
noun,
a canton in S Switzerland. 1086 sq. mi. (2813 sq. km). Capital: Bellinzona.
- triene
-
noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- tonnes
-
noun,
metric ton.
- seniti
-
noun,
a bronze or brass coin and monetary unit of Tonga, the 100th part of a pa'anga.
- Tories
-
noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- torses
-
noun,
a wreath of twisted silks of two alternating tinctures, usually a metal and a color, depicted supporting a crest or coronet, often upon a helmet.
- torsks
-
noun,
a cod.
- ketose
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that contains a ketone group.
- treens
-
noun,
treenware.
- ketone
-
noun,
any of a class of organic compounds containing a carbonyl group, CO, attached to two alkyl groups, as CH 3 COCH 3 or CH 3 COC 2 H 5 .
- trices
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- tricks
-
noun,
a crafty or underhanded device, maneuver, stratagem, or the like, intended to deceive or cheat; artifice; ruse; wile.
- ketene
-
noun,
a colorless, poisonous gas, C 2 H 2 O, irritating to the lungs, prepared from acetone or acetic acid by pyrolysis: used chiefly in the manufacture of certain commercial chemicals, as acetic anhydride and aspirin.
- tonner
-
noun,
something having a specified weight in tons (used in combination):
- sennet
-
noun,
any of several small barracudas, as Sphyraena borealis (northern sennet) ranging along the eastern coast of North and Central America.
- triens
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- kernos
-
noun,
a Mycenaean ceramic piece, usually in the form of a ring, to which were attached a number of cups or vases.
- trikes
-
noun,
tricycle.
- trines
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- Kenton
-
noun,
Stan(ley Newcomb) 1912–79, U.S. jazz composer, pianist, and bandleader.
- triose
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- Kenner
-
noun,
a city in SE Louisiana, near New Orleans.
- senors
-
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.
- trokes
-
noun,
truck2 (defs 4–7).
- 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.
- Senior
-
noun,
a person who is older than another.
- sensor
-
noun,
a mechanical device sensitive to light, temperature, radiation level, or the like, that transmits a signal to a measuring or control instrument.
- nekton
-
noun,
the aggregate of actively swimming aquatic organisms in a body of water, able to move independently of water currents.
- tierce
-
noun,
an old measure of capacity equivalent to one third of a pipe, or 42 wine gallons.
- Neisse
-
noun,
a river in N Europe, flowing N from the NW Czech Republic along part of the boundary between Germany and Poland to the Oder River. 145 miles (233 km) long.
- ticker
-
noun,
a telegraphic receiving instrument that automatically prints stock prices, market reports, etc., on a paper tape.
- Stones
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- Keenes
-
noun,
a city in SW New Hampshire.
- tie-in
-
noun,
an arrangement or campaign whereby related products are promoted, marketed, or sold together:
- necro-
-
- sector
-
noun,
Geometry. a plane figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle.
- Necker
-
noun,
Jacques [zhahk] /ʒɑk/ (Show IPA), 1732–1804, French statesman, born in Switzerland.
- seeker
-
noun,
a person or thing that seeks.
- Kosice
-
noun,
a city in SE Slovakia.
- koines
-
noun,
(usually initial capital letter) an amalgam of Greek dialects, chiefly Attic and Ionic, that replaced the Classical Greek dialects in the Hellenistic period and flourished under the Roman Empire.
- kisser
-
noun,
a person who kisses.
- Tonkin
-
noun,
a former state in N French Indochina, now part of Vietnam.
- tinker
-
noun,
a mender of pots, kettles, pans, etc., usually an itinerant.
- Serene
-
noun,
serenity; tranquillity.
- kinins
-
noun,
cytokinin.
- tinner
-
noun,
a tinsmith.
- seiner
-
noun,
a person who fishes with a seine.
- Tocsin
-
noun,
a signal, especially of alarm, sounded on a bell or bells.
- serein
-
noun,
fine rain falling after sunset from a sky in which no clouds are visible.
- seines
-
noun,
a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
- toe-in
-
noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- seisin
-
noun,
seizin.
- toners
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- series
-
noun,
a group or a number of related or similar things, events, etc., arranged or occurring in temporal, spatial, or other order or succession; sequence.
- niters
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- ninons
-
noun,
a sturdy chiffon or voile constructed in either plain or novelty weaves and generally used in the manufacture of women's garments, curtains, and drapery.
- rectos
-
- Rennie
-
noun,
John, 1761–1821, Scottish engineer.
- sonics
-
noun,
the branch of science that deals with the practical applications of sound.
- rennet
-
noun,
the lining membrane of the fourth stomach of a calf or of the stomach of certain other young animals.
- 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.
- Rockne
-
noun,
Knute (Kenneth) [noot] /nut/ (Show IPA), 1888–1931, U.S. football coach, born in Norway.
- renins
-
noun,
a proteolytic enzyme secreted by the kidneys that is involved in the release of angiotensin.
- 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.
- siskin
-
noun,
any of several small, cardueline finches, especially Carduelis spinus, of Europe.
- Ronnie
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Ronald or Veronica.
- reests
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- recti-
-
- Sister
-
noun,
a female offspring having both parents in common with another offspring; female sibling.
- recons
-
noun,
reconnaissance.
- sirens
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- reckon
-
Verb phrases,
reckon with,
to include in consideration or planning; anticipate:
to deal with:
- rosets
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- rosins
-
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.
- recite
-
verb (used with object),
to repeat the words of, as from memory, especially in a formal manner:
- sortie
-
noun,
a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
- steeks
-
verb (used with object),
to shut, close, fasten or lock (a window, door, or the like).
- sirees
-
noun,
sirree.
- recess
-
noun,
temporary withdrawal or cessation from the usual work or activity.
- steers
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- rennin
-
noun,
a coagulating enzyme occurring in the gastric juice of the calf, forming the active principle of rennet and able to curdle milk.
- soiree
-
noun,
an evening party or social gathering, especially one held for a particular purpose:
- steins
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- rocket
-
noun,
any of various simple or complex tubelike devices containing combustibles that on being ignited liberate gases whose action propels the tube through the air: used for pyrotechnic effect, signaling, carrying a lifeline, hurling explosives at an enemy, putting a space vehicle into orbit, etc.
- skeins
-
noun,
a length of yarn or thread wound on a reel or swift preparatory for use in manufacturing.
- skiers
-
noun,
a person who skis.
- skeets
-
noun,
a form of trapshooting in which two traps are used and targets are hurled singly or in pairs at varying elevations and speeds so as to simulate the angles of flight taken by game birds.
- skirts
-
noun,
the part of a gown, dress, slip, or coat that extends downward from the waist.
- retene
-
noun,
a crystalline hydrocarbon, C 18 H 18 , obtained chiefly from the tar of resinous woods and certain fossil resins.
- rinses
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- skites
-
noun,
a quick, oblique blow or stroke; a chopping blow.
- Reston
-
noun,
James (Barrett) ("Scotty") 1909–1995, U.S. journalist, born in Scotland.
- snecks
-
noun,
a door latch or its lever.
- sneers
-
noun,
a look or expression of derision, scorn, or contempt.
- reskin
-
verb (used with object),
to replace or repair the exterior surface or coating of:
- rentes
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- sit-in
-
noun,
any organized protest in which a group of people peacefully occupy and refuse to leave a premises:
- resist
-
noun,
a substance that prevents or inhibits some effect from taking place, as a coating on a surface of a metallic printing plate that prevents or inhibits corrosion of the metal by acid.
- resets
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- snicks
-
noun,
a small cut; nick.
- 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.
- snores
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- snorts
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- 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.
- resect
-
verb (used with object),
to do a resection on.
- Renton
-
noun,
a city in W Washington, near Seattle.
- socket
-
noun,
a hollow part or piece for receiving and holding some part or thing.
- Recent
-
noun,
Also called Holocene. (initial capital letter) Geology. the Recent Epoch or Series.
- steno-
-
- niseis
-
noun,
a person of Japanese descent, born and educated in the U.S. or Canada.
- sickos
-
noun,
sickie (def 1).
- scones
-
noun,
a small, light, biscuitlike quick bread made of oatmeal, wheat flour, barley meal, or the like.
- Noetic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the mind.
- noesis
-
noun,
(in Greek philosophy) the exercise of reason.
- noctis
-
adjective,
(in prescriptions) of the night.
- nocti-
-
- nocent
-
adjective,
harmful; injurious.
- nitro-
-
- stinko
-
adjective,
drunk.
- stinks
-
noun,
a strong offensive smell; stench.
- nitric
-
adjective,
containing nitrogen, usually in the pentavalent state.
- stirks
-
noun,
a young bull or cow, especially one in its second year.
- nonces
-
noun,
the present, or immediate, occasion or purpose (usually used in the phrase for the nonce).
- scores
-
noun,
the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.
- stocks
-
noun,
a supply of goods kept on hand for sale to customers by a merchant, distributor, manufacturer, etc.; inventory.
- sickie
-
noun,
Also, sicko. a person who is deranged or perverted.
- stoics
-
noun,
a member or adherent of the Stoic school of philosophy.
- nitons
-
noun,
(formerly) radon. Symbol: Nt.
- scorns
-
noun,
open or unqualified contempt; disdain:
- Riccio
-
noun,
David [Italian dah-veed] /Italian ˈdɑ vid/ (Show IPA), Rizzio.
- stoker
-
noun,
a person or thing that stokes.
- Scoter
-
noun,
any of the large diving ducks of the genus Melanitta, inhabiting northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere.
- Stokes
-
noun,
Carl B(urton) 1927–1996, U.S. politician: the first black mayor of a major U.S. city (Cleveland, Ohio, 1967–71).
- stoner
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
- noises
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- nonets
-
noun,
a group of nine performers or instruments.
- ossein
-
noun,
the collagen of bone, remaining after the mineral matter has been removed by treatment with dilute acid.
- steric
-
adjective,
of or relating to the spatial relationships of atoms in a molecule.
- Osiris
-
noun,
the king and judge of the dead, the husband and brother of Isis, and father (or brother) of Horus, killed by Set but later resurrected (after Horus killed Set): usually depicted as a man, partly wrapped as a mummy, having a beard and wearing the atef-crown.
- osiers
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- Osetic
-
adjective, noun,
Ossetic.
- sinter
-
noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- sinner
-
noun,
a person who sins; transgressor.
- oscine
-
noun,
an oscine bird.
- stenos
-
noun,
a stenographer.
- scenic
-
noun,
a photograph, graphic representation, etc., depicting natural scenery.
- Orient
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- sennit
-
noun,
a flat, braided cordage, formed by plaiting strands of rope yarn or other fiber, used as small stuff aboard ships.
- Orense
-
noun,
a city in N Spain, NW of Madrid.
- sconce
-
noun,
a bracket for candles or other lights, placed on a wall, mirror, picture frame, etc.
- Sterne
-
noun,
Laurence, 1713–68, English clergyman and novelist.
- scents
-
noun,
a distinctive odor, especially when agreeable:
- orcein
-
noun,
a red dye, the principal coloring matter of cudbear and orchil, obtained by oxidizing an ammoniacal solution of orcinol.
- sterns
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- sinker
-
noun,
a person or thing that sinks.
- ockers
-
noun,
an uncultured Australian male.
- notice
-
noun,
an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning:
- scions
-
noun,
a descendant.
- 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.
- Noreen
-
noun,
a female given name, Irish diminutive of Nora.
- sticks
-
noun,
a branch or shoot of a tree or shrub that has been cut or broken off.
- steres
-
- nitres
-
noun,
niter.
- Coster
-
noun,
costermonger.
- 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.
- CRONIC
-
noun,
very potent marijuana.
- 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.
- cosies
-
noun,
a padded covering for a teapot, chocolate pot, etc., to retain the heat.
- insist
-
verb (used with object),
to assert or maintain firmly:
- Cronin
-
noun,
A(rchibald) J(oseph) 1896–1981, Scottish novelist and physician in the U.S.
- cosets
-
noun,
a subset of a group, formed by the consistent operation of a given element of the group on the left or right of all the elements of a subgroup of the group.
- censes
-
verb (used with object),
to burn incense near or in front of; perfume with incense.
- insets
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- eosins
-
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.
- Enrico
-
noun,
a male given name: Italian form of Henry.
- cosecs
-
noun,
cosecant.
- cross-
-
- cossie
-
noun,
a bathing suit; bathers.
- erects
-
adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- insert
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- C-note
-
noun,
See C (def 11).
- irenic
-
adjective,
tending to promote peace or reconciliation; peaceful or conciliatory.
- Crosse
-
noun,
a long-handled racket used in the game of lacrosse.
- enosis
-
noun,
a movement for securing the political union of Greece and Cyprus.
- certes
-
adverb,
certainly; in truth.
- Cortes
-
noun,
(in Spain or Portugal) the two houses constituting the national legislative body.
- irises
-
noun,
Anatomy. the contractile, circular diaphragm forming the colored portion of the eye and containing a circular opening, the pupil, in its center.
- Cercis
-
noun,
any shrub or small tree of the genus Cercis, as the redbud or Judas tree.
- citrin
-
noun,
bioflavonoid.
- crisis
-
noun,
a stage in a sequence of events at which the trend of all future events, especially for better or for worse, is determined; turning point.
- cosset
-
noun,
a lamb brought up without its dam; pet lamb.
- crones
-
noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- Ernest
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “vigor, intent.”.
- entice
-
verb (used with object),
to lead on by exciting hope or desire; allure; inveigle:
- 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.
- 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.
- ionics
-
noun,
Prosody. an Ionic foot, verse, or meter.
- ickers
-
noun,
the fruit-bearing spike of any cereal plant, especially an ear of corn.
- cricks
-
noun,
a sharp, painful spasm of the muscles, as of the neck or back.
- 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.
- enter-
-
- intro.
-
- cretin
-
noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- 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:
- crests
-
noun,
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- intone
-
verb (used with object),
to utter with a particular tone or voice modulation.
- iconic
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of an icon.
- instr.
-
- entire
-
noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- creese
-
noun,
a short sword or heavy dagger with a wavy blade, used by the Malays.
- critic
-
noun,
a person who judges, evaluates, or criticizes:
- C-in-C
-
- crocks
-
noun,
an earthenware pot, jar, or other container.
- entree
-
noun,
a dish served as the main course of a meal.
- Eocene
-
noun,
the Eocene Epoch or Series.
- intine
-
noun,
the inner coat of a spore, especially a pollen grain.
- inters
-
verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- intern
-
noun,
a person who is or has been interned; internee.
- inter.
-
- censer
-
noun,
a container, usually covered, in which incense is burned, especially during religious services; thurible.
- 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.
- 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.
- citric
-
adjective,
of or derived from citric acid.
- ecesis
-
noun,
the establishment of an immigrant plant in a new environment.
- 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.
- Connie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Constance.
- ciscos
-
noun,
any of several whitefishes of the genus Coregonus, of the Great Lakes and smaller lakes of eastern North America.
- conker
-
noun,
a horse chestnut.
- incest
-
noun,
sexual intercourse between closely related persons.
- eskers
-
noun,
a serpentine ridge of gravelly and sandy drift, believed to have been formed by streams under or in glacial ice.
- 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.
- incise
-
verb (used with object),
to cut into; cut marks, figures, etc., upon.
- coerce
-
verb (used with object),
to compel by force, intimidation, or authority, especially without regard for individual desire or volition:
- Estrin
-
noun,
estrone.
- estocs
-
noun,
a thrusting sword of the 13th–17th centuries having a long, narrow blade of rectangular section.
- Esenin
-
noun,
Sergey Aleksandrovich [Russian syir-gyey uh-lyi-ksahn-druh-vyich] /Russian syɪrˈgyeɪ ʌ lyɪˈksɑn drə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), Yesenin, Sergey Aleksandrovich.
- Eckert
-
noun,
John Presper [pres-per] /ˈprɛs pər/ (Show IPA), 1919–95, U.S. engineer and computer pioneer.
- cokers
-
noun,
Often, cokers. an inhabitant of the mountains of the coal-mining regions of West Virginia and Pennsylvania.
- incite
-
verb (used with object),
to stir, encourage, or urge on; stimulate or prompt to action:
- Essene
-
noun,
a member of a Palestinian sect, characterized by asceticism, celibacy, and joint holding of property, that flourished from the 2nd century b.c. to the 2nd century a.d.
- essoin
-
noun,
(in England) an excuse for nonappearance in a court of law at the prescribed time.
- conies
-
noun,
the fur of a rabbit, especially when dyed to simulate Hudson seal.
- eikons
-
noun,
icon (defs 1, 2).
- conics
-
noun,
the branch of geometry that deals with conic sections.
- esters
-
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 .
- cerise
-
adjective, noun,
moderate to deep red.
- Ecorse
-
noun,
a city in SE Michigan, near Detroit.
- centr-
-
- eterne
-
adjective,
eternal.
- intros
-
noun,
an introduction.
- contin
-
- ironic
-
adjective,
using words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning; containing or exemplifying irony:
- corses
-
noun,
corpse.
- cities
-
noun,
a large or important town.
- erotic
-
noun,
an erotic poem.
- CORNET
-
noun,
Music. a valved wind instrument of the trumpet family.
- 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.
- centi-
-
- Enesco
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1881–1955, Romanian violinist, composer, and conductor: teacher of Yehudi Menuhin.
- centos
-
noun,
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
- Inness
-
noun,
George, 1825–94, and his son George, 1854–1926, U.S. painters.
- Cocker
-
noun,
cocker spaniel.
- contr.
-
- escent
-
- escort
-
noun,
a group of persons, or a single person, accompanying another or others for protection, guidance, or courtesy:
- contes
-
plural,
Trademark. a brand of crayon made of graphite and clay, usually in black, red, or brown.
- 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.
- Ciskei
-
noun,
a self-governing Bantu territory of South Africa on the Indian Ocean: granted independence in 1981 by South Africa, but not recognized by any other country as an independent state. 3200 sq. mi. (8300 sq. km). Capital: Bisho.
- cteno-
-
- 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.
- scree
-
noun,
a steep mass of detritus on the side of a mountain.
- Scot.
-
- Ensor
-
noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- scion
-
noun,
a descendant.
- Tenn.
-
- cine-
-
- Ennis
-
noun,
a town in N Texas.
- scoke
-
noun,
pokeweed.
- scent
-
noun,
a distinctive odor, especially when agreeable:
- Scone
-
noun,
a small, light, biscuitlike quick bread made of oatmeal, wheat flour, barley meal, or the like.
- scene
-
noun,
the place where some action or event occurs:
- cines
-
noun,
a film; motion picture.
- cions
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- teno-
-
- teens
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- secco
-
noun,
fresco secco.
- SCOTS
-
noun,
Also called Scottish. the English language as spoken in Scotland.
Compare Scots Gaelic.
- scorn
-
noun,
open or unqualified contempt; disdain:
- score
-
noun,
the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.
- tenon
-
noun,
a projection formed on the end of a timber or the like for insertion into a mortise of the same dimensions.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- Ernie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Ernest.
- cokes
-
noun,
the solid product resulting from the destructive distillation of coal in an oven or closed chamber or by imperfect combustion, consisting principally of carbon: used chiefly as a fuel in metallurgy to reduce metallic oxides to metals.
- erose
-
adjective,
uneven, as if gnawed away.
- cert.
-
- 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.
- rente
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- terne
-
noun,
terne metal.
- ceros
-
noun,
a large Atlantic and Gulf Coast mackerel game fish, Scomberomorus regalis.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- renin
-
noun,
a proteolytic enzyme secreted by the kidneys that is involved in the release of angiotensin.
- reni-
-
- Renee
-
noun,
a female given name, French form of Renata.
- 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.
- reset
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- reest
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- reeks
-
noun,
a strong, unpleasant smell.
- cero-
-
- esker
-
noun,
a serpentine ridge of gravelly and sandy drift, believed to have been formed by streams under or in glacial ice.
- rect.
-
- RECON
-
noun,
reconnaissance.
- recks
-
verb (used with object),
Archaic. to have regard for; mind; heed.
- 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.
- terse
-
adjective,
neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.
- Recit
-
- Essen
-
noun,
a city in W Germany: the chief city of the Ruhr River valley.
- recce
-
noun,
(especially in British military use) reconnaissance:
- ceric
-
adjective,
containing cerium, especially in the tetravalent state.
- ernes
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- 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.
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- rises
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- Rosse
-
noun,
William Parsons, Third Earl of, William Parsons.
- 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.
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- Ronne
-
noun,
a seaport on W Bornholm island, Denmark, in the S Baltic Sea: stone quarries.
- ronin
-
noun,
a samurai who no longer serves a daimyo, or feudal lord.
- tense
-
noun,
a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
- rocks
-
noun,
a large mass of stone forming a hill, cliff, promontory, or the like.
- ento-
-
- 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.
- risks
-
noun,
exposure to the chance of injury or loss; a hazard or dangerous chance:
- secos
-
noun,
sekos.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- 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.
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- rinks
-
noun,
a smooth expanse of ice for ice-skating, often artificially prepared and inside a building or arena.
- Cesti
-
noun,
Marcantonio [mahr-kahn-taw-nyaw] /ˌmɑr kɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1623–69, Italian composer.
- Rieti
-
noun,
Vittorio [veet-taw-ryaw] /vitˈtɔ ryɔ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1994, U.S. composer, born in Italy.
- ricks
-
noun,
Also, hayrick. Chiefly Midland U.S. a large, usually rectangular stack or pile of hay, straw, corn, or the like, in a field, especially when thatched or covered by a tarpaulin; an outdoor or makeshift mow.
- 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.
- ricin
-
noun,
a white, poisonous, protein powder from the bean of the castor-oil plant.
- rices
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- Ricci
-
noun,
Sebastiano [se-bahs-tyah-naw] /ˌsɛ bɑsˈtyɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1660?–1734, Italian painter.
- erect
-
adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- terce
-
noun,
tierce (def 3).
- rests
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- eikon
-
noun,
icon (defs 1, 2).
- sents
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- eerie
-
adjective,
uncanny, so as to inspire superstitious fear; weird:
- skits
-
noun,
a short literary piece of a humorous or satirical character.
- snots
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- snort
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- snore
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- snoek
-
noun,
a long, slender marine food fish, Thyrsites atun, of the family Gempylidae, of the southern oceans.
- snits
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- corks
-
noun,
the outer bark of an oak, Quercus suber, of Mediterranean countries, used for making stoppers for bottles, floats, etc.
- 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.
- snick
-
noun,
a small cut; nick.
- Corse
-
noun,
corpse.
- sneer
-
noun,
a look or expression of derision, scorn, or contempt.
- sneck
-
noun,
a door latch or its lever.
- cocci
-
noun,
plural of coccus.
- skite
-
noun,
a quick, oblique blow or stroke; a chopping blow.
- socks
-
noun,
a short stocking usually reaching to the calf or just above the ankle.
- skirt
-
noun,
the part of a gown, dress, slip, or coat that extends downward from the waist.
- skint
-
adjective,
having no money; penniless.
- Corti
-
noun,
Alfonso [al-fon-soh;; Italian ahl-fawn-saw] /ælˈfɒn soʊ;; Italian ɑlˈfɔn sɔ/ (Show IPA), 1822–76, Italian anatomist.
- skies
-
noun,
plural of sky.
- Skier
-
noun,
a person who skis.
- skete
-
noun,
a settlement of monks or ascetics.
- Skene
-
noun,
(in the ancient Greek theater) a structure facing the audience and forming the background before which performances were given.
- skein
-
noun,
a length of yarn or thread wound on a reel or swift preparatory for use in manufacturing.
- cosec
-
noun,
cosecant.
- 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.
- skeet
-
noun,
a form of trapshooting in which two traps are used and targets are hurled singly or in pairs at varying elevations and speeds so as to simulate the angles of flight taken by game birds.
- Skees
-
noun,
ski.
- sito-
-
- cores
-
- Conte
-
noun,
count2 .
- stirk
-
noun,
a young bull or cow, especially one in its second year.
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- ster.
-
- conc.
-
- conic
-
noun,
Geometry. conic section.
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- steer
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- Steen
-
noun,
Jan [yahn] /yɑn/ (Show IPA), 1626–79, Dutch painter.
- steek
-
verb (used with object),
to shut, close, fasten or lock (a window, door, or the like).
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- Coker
-
noun,
Often, cokers. an inhabitant of the mountains of the coal-mining regions of West Virginia and Pennsylvania.
- coirs
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- stick
-
noun,
a branch or shoot of a tree or shrub that has been cut or broken off.
- coins
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- 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.
- sties
-
noun,
a pen or enclosure for swine; pigpen.
- soken
-
noun,
a district held by socage.
- Cocks
-
noun,
a male chicken; rooster.
- sorts
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- conks
-
noun,
the head.
- Conn.
-
- sores
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- conns
-
noun,
responsibility for the steering of a ship.
- Cons.
-
- Const
-
- cont.
-
- sonic
-
adjective,
of or relating to sound.
- sones
-
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.
- stink
-
noun,
a strong offensive smell; stench.
- sokes
-
noun,
the privilege of holding court, usually connected with the feudal rights of lordship.
- sites
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- siris
-
noun,
lebbek (def 1).
- 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.
- 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.
- crock
-
noun,
an earthenware pot, jar, or other container.
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- crocs
-
noun,
crocodile.
- crone
-
noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- Seric
-
- Seres
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- cronk
-
adjective,
sick or feeble.
- stoke
-
noun,
a unit of kinematic viscosity, equal to the viscosity of a fluid in poises divided by the density of the fluid in grams per cubic centimeter.
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- Stone
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- cites
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- sense
-
noun,
any of the faculties, as sight, hearing, smell, taste, or touch, by which humans and animals perceive stimuli originating from outside or inside the body:
- cists
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- sero-
-
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- sekos
-
noun,
a sanctuary.
the cella of a temple.
- stork
-
noun,
any of several wading birds of the family Ciconiidae, having long legs and a long neck and bill.
Compare adjutant stork, jabiru, marabou (def 1), white stork, wood ibis.
- seise
-
verb (used with or without object),
Chiefly Law. seize.
- Cisco
-
noun,
any of several whitefishes of the genus Coregonus, of the Great Lakes and smaller lakes of eastern North America.
- Seine
-
noun,
a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
- seers
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- seeks
-
Idioms,
be sought after, to be desired or in demand:
- 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).
- sect.
-
- econ.
-
- ecto-
-
- Croce
-
noun,
Benedetto [be-ne-det-taw] /ˌbɛ nɛˈdɛt tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1866–1952, Italian statesman, philosopher, and historian.
- crit.
-
- 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.
- Crees
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- sires
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- siree
-
noun,
sirree.
- stirs
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- costs
-
noun,
the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
- Sinon
-
noun,
a Greek, posing as a deserter, who persuaded the Trojans to take the Trojan Horse into their city.
- Sino-
-
- sinks
-
noun,
a basin or receptacle, as in a kitchen or laundry, usually connected with a water supply and drainage system, for washing dishes, clothing, etc.
- cotes
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- Stock
-
noun,
a supply of goods kept on hand for sale to customers by a merchant, distributor, manufacturer, etc.; inventory.
- sines
-
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.
- Creek
-
noun,
U.S., Canada, and Australia. a stream smaller than a river.
- since
-
adverb,
from then till now (often preceded by ever):
- Sikes
-
noun,
a small stream.
- seti-
-
- siker
-
adverb,
certainly; without doubt.
- sicks
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) sick persons collectively (usually preceded by the).
- Creon
-
noun,
a king of Thebes, the brother of Jocasta and the uncle of Eteocles, Polynices, and Antigone.
- sicko
-
noun,
sickie (def 1).
- cress
-
noun,
any of various plants of the mustard family, especially the watercress, having pungent-tasting leaves often used for salad and as a garnish.
- crest
-
noun,
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- Crete
-
noun,
Formerly Candia. a Greek island in the Mediterranean, SE of mainland Greece. 3235 sq. mi. (8380 sq. km). Capital: Canea.
- Crick
-
noun,
a sharp, painful spasm of the muscles, as of the neck or back.
- Sices
-
noun,
syce.
- Stoic
-
noun,
a member or adherent of the Stoic school of philosophy.
- cries
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- Seton
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- crine
-
noun,
hair; head of hair.
- Ceres
-
noun,
a pre-Roman goddess of agriculture under whose name the Romans adopted the worship of the Greek goddess Demeter.
- 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.
- ticks
-
noun,
a slight, sharp, recurring click, tap, or beat, as of a clock.
- kinin
-
noun,
cytokinin.
- token
-
noun,
something serving to represent or indicate some fact, event, feeling, etc.; sign:
- 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.
- tokes
-
noun,
a tip or gratuity given by a gambler to a dealer or other employee at a casino.
- incr.
-
- incor
-
- trike
-
noun,
tricycle.
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- niton
-
noun,
(formerly) radon. Symbol: Nt.
- kinos
-
noun,
(in Europe) a motion-picture theater; cinema.
- tones
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- nitr-
-
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- Kirin
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Jilin.
- 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.
- Ocker
-
noun,
an uncultured Australian male.
- kirns
-
noun,
a churn.
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- Niort
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- 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.
- Nisei
-
noun,
a person of Japanese descent, born and educated in the U.S. or Canada.
- Isere
-
noun,
a river in SE France, flowing from the Alps to the Rhone River. 150 miles (240 km) long.
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- tonne
-
noun,
metric ton.
- cent.
-
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- kiers
-
noun,
a large vat in which fibers, yarns, or fabrics are boiled, bleached, or dyed.
- Ionic
-
noun,
Prosody. an Ionic foot, verse, or meter.
- necks
-
noun,
the part of the body of an animal or human being that connects the head and the trunk.
- kines
-
noun,
a plural of cow1 .
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- Irons
-
noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- tonic
-
noun,
a medicine that invigorates or strengthens:
- oinks
-
noun,
the squealing or grunting sound made by a pig.
- icons
-
- Ickes
-
noun,
Harold (Le Claire) [luh klair] /lə klɛər/ (Show IPA), 1874–1952, U.S. lawyer and statesman.
- nonet
-
noun,
a group of nine performers or instruments.
- 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.).
- Kosti
-
noun,
a city in E central Sudan, on the White Nile.
- nonce
-
noun,
the present, or immediate, occasion or purpose (usually used in the phrase for the nonce).
- nocks
-
noun,
a metal or plastic piece at the end of an arrow, having a notch for the bowstring.
- noise
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- tress
-
noun,
Usually, tresses. long locks or curls of hair.
- Koine
-
noun,
(usually initial capital letter) an amalgam of Greek dialects, chiefly Attic and Ionic, that replaced the Classical Greek dialects in the Hellenistic period and flourished under the Roman Empire.
- trick
-
noun,
a crafty or underhanded device, maneuver, stratagem, or the like, intended to deceive or cheat; artifice; ruse; wile.
- Koner
-
noun,
Pauline, 1905–2000, U.S. dancer and choreographer.
- noct-
-
- cense
-
verb (used with object),
to burn incense near or in front of; perfume with incense.
- ikons
-
noun,
icon (defs 1, 2).
- Cenis
-
noun,
Mont, a mountain pass between SE France and Italy, in the Alps. 6834 feet (2083 meters) high.
- icker
-
noun,
the fruit-bearing spike of any cereal plant, especially an ear of corn.
- torsk
-
noun,
a cod.
- Norse
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
- notes
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- Irene
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of the Horae, the personification of peace.
- noses
-
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.
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- treen
-
noun,
treenware.
- kists
-
noun,
a coffer; a money chest.
- krone
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Denmark, equal to 100 öre. Abbreviation: Kr., kr.
- knits
-
noun,
fabric produced by knitting.
- Norns
-
noun,
an extinct Norse dialect, spoken until early modern times in the Shetland and Orkney Islands and in parts of northern Scotland.
- Iceni
-
noun,
an ancient Celtic tribe of eastern England, whose queen, Boadicea, headed an insurrection against the Romans in a.d. 61.
- kites
-
noun,
a light frame covered with some thin material, to be flown in the wind at the end of a long string.
- 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.
- knees
-
noun,
Anatomy. the joint of the leg that allows for movement between the femur and tibia and is protected by the patella; the central area of the leg between the thigh and the lower leg.
- Knies
-
noun,
Karl Gustav Adolf [kahrl goo s-tahf ah-dawlf] /kɑrl ˈgʊs tɑf ˈɑ dɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1821–98, German statistician and historical economist.
- Ninos
-
noun,
boy; child.
- trice
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- 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.
- kente
-
noun,
a colorful fabric of Ghanaian origin: often worn as a symbol of African-American pride.
- nines
-
noun,
a cardinal number, eight plus one.
- Nikon
-
noun,
1605–81, patriarch of Russian Orthodox Church 1652–66.
- inst.
-
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- 30-30
-
- ornes
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- ornis
-
noun,
an avifauna.
- ition
-
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- keirs
-
noun,
kier.
- 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: ¢.
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- Inner
-
adjective,
situated within or farther within; interior:
- 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.
- estoc
-
noun,
a thrusting sword of the 13th–17th centuries having a long, narrow blade of rectangular section.
- Estes
-
noun,
a male given name.
- keets
-
noun,
a young guinea fowl.
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- Tieck
-
noun,
Ludwig [loot-vikh,, lood-] /ˈlut vɪx,, ˈlud-/ (Show IPA), 1773–1853, German writer.
- niece
-
noun,
a daughter of a person's brother or sister.
- keens
-
noun,
a wailing lament for the dead.
- Osset
-
noun,
a member of an Aryan people of Ossetia whose religion combines features of Islam and Christianity.
- 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 .
- Keene
-
noun,
a city in SW New Hampshire.
- oste-
-
- nests
-
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.
- Nicks
-
noun,
a small notch, groove, chip, or the like, cut into or existing in something.
- 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.
- 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.
- kenos
-
noun,
a game of chance, adapted from lotto for gambling purposes.
- Nenni
-
noun,
Pietro [pye-traw] /ˈpyɛ trɔ/ (Show IPA), 1891–1980, Italian socialist leader and author.
- istic
-
- Kerns
-
noun,
a part of the face of a type projecting beyond the body or shank, as in certain italic letters.
- CENTO
-
noun,
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
- keros
-
noun,
a wooden container, as a beaker, made by the Incas.
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- onces
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- onset
-
noun,
a beginning or start:
- Kerst
-
noun,
Donald William, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- intr.
-
- init.
-
- Ninon
-
noun,
a sturdy chiffon or voile constructed in either plain or novelty weaves and generally used in the manufacture of women's garments, curtains, and drapery.
- Issei
-
noun,
a Japanese person who immigrated to the U.S. or Canada after 1907 and was not eligible until 1952 for citizenship.
- ontic
-
adjective,
possessing the character of real rather than phenomenal existence; noumenal.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- inion
-
noun,
a point at the external occipital protuberance of the skull.
- torcs
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- keto-
-
- tikis
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) (in Polynesian mythology) the first man on earth.
- troke
-
noun,
truck2 (defs 4–7).
- tri-
-
- Krio
-
noun,
an English-based creole of Sierra Leone, a first language of the residents of Freetown and its environs, and a lingua franca elsewhere in the country.
- Cree
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- nene
-
noun,
a barred, gray-brown wild goose, Nesochen sandvicensis, native to Hawaii, where it is the state bird.
- 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.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- 1080
-
- 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.
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- 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.
- ness
-
noun,
a headland; promontory; cape.
- Kris
-
noun,
creese.
- Cres
-
- cees
-
noun,
the letter C.
- sick
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) sick persons collectively (usually preceded by the).
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- neo-
-
- NCTE
-
- int.
-
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- sers
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- toss
-
noun,
an act or instance of tossing.
- neck
-
noun,
the part of the body of an animal or human being that connects the head and the trunk.
- trek
-
noun,
a journey or trip, especially one involving difficulty or hardship.
- 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.
- 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.
- sics
-
adverb,
so; thus: usually written parenthetically to denote that a word, phrase, passage, etc., that may appear strange or incorrect has been written intentionally or has been quoted verbatim: (sic).
- 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 = .
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- cen.
-
- sike
-
noun,
a small stream.
- croc
-
noun,
crocodile.
- 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.
- 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.
- Ire.
-
- Sink
-
noun,
a basin or receptacle, as in a kitchen or laundry, usually connected with a water supply and drainage system, for washing dishes, clothing, etc.
- kero
-
noun,
a wooden container, as a beaker, made by the Incas.
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- Keos
-
noun,
a Greek island in the Aegean, off the SE coast of the Greek mainland. 56 sq. mi. (145 sq. km).
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- tron
-
- Kern
-
noun,
a part of the face of a type projecting beyond the body or shank, as in certain italic letters.
- Soni
-
- 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.
- soke
-
noun,
the privilege of holding court, usually connected with the feudal rights of lordship.
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- ISSN
-
- ket-
-
- sock
-
noun,
a short stocking usually reaching to the calf or just above the ankle.
- Cor.
-
- iso-
-
- ISIS
-
noun,
a goddess of fertility, the sister and wife of Osiris and mother of Horus, and usually represented as a woman with a cow's horns with the solar disk between them: later worshiped in the Greek and Roman empires.
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- Kent
-
noun,
James, 1763–1847, U.S. jurist.
- kens
-
noun,
knowledge, understanding, or cognizance; mental perception:
- Isin
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city in S Iraq: archaeological site.
- keet
-
noun,
a young guinea fowl.
- kc/s
-
- 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.
- tsks
-
noun,
an exclamation of “tsk.”.
- KCSI
-
- Keen
-
noun,
a wailing lament for the dead.
- conk
-
noun,
the head.
- Ste.
-
- Coke
-
noun,
the solid product resulting from the destructive distillation of coal in an oven or closed chamber or by imperfect combustion, consisting principally of carbon: used chiefly as a fuel in metallurgy to reduce metallic oxides to metals.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Keir
-
noun,
kier.
- coir
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- itis
-
- sris
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- coin
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- sots
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- keno
-
noun,
a game of chance, adapted from lotto for gambling purposes.
- 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.
- Cork
-
noun,
the outer bark of an oak, Quercus suber, of Mediterranean countries, used for making stoppers for bottles, floats, etc.
- kors
-
noun,
homer2 .
- sirs
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- skee
-
noun,
ski.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- sits
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- kite
-
noun,
a light frame covered with some thin material, to be flown in the wind at the end of a long string.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- knee
-
noun,
Anatomy. the joint of the leg that allows for movement between the femur and tibia and is protected by the patella; the central area of the leg between the thigh and the lower leg.
- coss
-
noun,
kos.
- knit
-
noun,
fabric produced by knitting.
- ins.
-
- knot
-
noun,
an interlacing, twining, looping, etc., of a cord, rope, or the like, drawn tight into a knob or lump, for fastening, binding, or connecting two cords together or a cord to something else.
- Cost
-
noun,
the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
- Knt.
-
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- Kore
-
noun,
Greek Antiquity. a sculptured representation of a young woman, especially one produced prior to the 5th century b.c.
- Cote
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- kist
-
noun,
a coffer; a money chest.
- KISS
-
noun,
an act or instance of kissing.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- irks
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate, annoy, or exasperate:
- Kier
-
noun,
a large vat in which fibers, yarns, or fabrics are boiled, bleached, or dyed.
- 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.
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- kine
-
noun,
a plural of cow1 .
- 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.
- Cock
-
noun,
a male chicken; rooster.
- 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.
- skit
-
noun,
a short literary piece of a humorous or satirical character.
- kirs
-
noun,
an apéritif of white wine or sometimes champagne (Kir Royale) flavored with cassis.
- skis
-
noun,
one of a pair of long, slender runners made of wood, plastic, or metal used in gliding over snow.
- Cort
-
- kino
-
noun,
(in Europe) a motion-picture theater; cinema.
- skin
-
noun,
the external covering or integument of an animal body, especially when soft and flexible.
- Iris
-
noun,
Anatomy. the contractile, circular diaphragm forming the colored portion of the eye and containing a circular opening, the pupil, in its center.
- kins
-
noun,
a person's relatives collectively; kinfolk.
- kirn
-
noun,
a churn.
- cose
-
verb (used without object),
coze.
- NICE
-
noun,
a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
- str.
-
- Nick
-
noun,
a small notch, groove, chip, or the like, cut into or existing in something.
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- cess
-
noun,
British. a tax, assessment, or lien.
- Rick
-
noun,
Also, hayrick. Chiefly Midland U.S. a large, usually rectangular stack or pile of hay, straw, corn, or the like, in a field, especially when thatched or covered by a tarpaulin; an outdoor or makeshift mow.
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- Oct.
-
- OEEC
-
- 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.
- ter.
-
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- oiks
-
noun,
oaf; lout.
- 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.
- oink
-
noun,
the squealing or grunting sound made by a pig.
- 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).
- Erik
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- 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.
- Erne
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- toke
-
noun,
a tip or gratuity given by a gambler to a dealer or other employee at a casino.
- Riis
-
noun,
Jacob August, 1849–1914, U.S. journalist and social reformer, born in Denmark.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Cete
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- Ceto
-
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- rocs
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- not-
-
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- Ice.
-
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- Rock
-
noun,
a large mass of stone forming a hill, cliff, promontory, or the like.
- cet-
-
- rink
-
noun,
a smooth expanse of ice for ice-skating, often artificially prepared and inside a building or arena.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- rit.
-
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- risk
-
noun,
exposure to the chance of injury or loss; a hazard or dangerous chance:
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- RISC
-
noun,
reduced instruction set computer: a computer whose central processing unit recognizes a relatively small number of instructions, which it can execute very rapidly.
- riot
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- Oken
-
noun,
Lorenz (Lorenz Ockenfuss) 1779–1851, German naturalist and philosopher.
- 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.
- reck
-
verb (used with object),
Archaic. to have regard for; mind; heed.
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- CERN
-
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- Orsk
-
noun,
a city in the S Russian Federation in Europe, on the Ural River.
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- 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.
- esne
-
noun,
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a member of the lowest class; laborer.
- eso-
-
- Osee
-
noun,
Hosea.
- etc.
-
- esse
-
noun,
being; existence.
- osis
-
- est.
-
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- Tess
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- tick
-
noun,
a slight, sharp, recurring click, tap, or beat, as of a clock.
- 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.
- tics
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- reek
-
noun,
a strong, unpleasant smell.
- Rees
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- okes
-
noun,
oka1 .
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- Okie
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a migrant farm worker from Oklahoma or nearby states, especially one who moved westward during the Great Depression.
- once
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- tion
-
- 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.
- rent
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- Ont.
-
- 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.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- orcs
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- Tiki
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) (in Polynesian mythology) the first man on earth.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- Rein
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- Reik
-
noun,
Theodor [thee-uh-dawr,, -dohr;; German tey-aw-dawr] /ˈθi əˌdɔr,, -ˌdoʊr;; German ˈteɪ ɔˌdɔr/ (Show IPA), 1888–1969, U.S. psychologist and author, born in Austria.
- ESIS
-
- roke
-
noun,
a seam or scratch filled with scale or slag on the surface of an ingot or bar.
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- nos-
-
- cir.
-
- seek
-
Idioms,
be sought after, to be desired or in demand:
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- eco-
-
- Secs
-
noun,
second2 (def 2).
- 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):
- ect-
-
- torc
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- circ
-
noun,
circular (def 9).
- EEOC
-
- Seen
-
verb,
past participle of see1 .
- sec.
-
- SCSI
-
noun,
a standard for computer interface ports featuring faster data transmission and greater flexibility than normal ports.
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- Eisk
-
noun,
Yeisk.
- ekes
-
Verb phrases,
eke out,
to make (a living) or support (existence) laboriously:
to supplement; add to; stretch:
- Inc.
-
- scr.
-
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- Nino
-
noun,
boy; child.
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- enc.
-
- cts.
-
- INRI
-
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- inns
-
noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- cit.
-
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- cist
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- ctr.
-
- sene
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Western Samoa, the 100th part of a tala.
- sees
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- Nike
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of victory.
- Sekt
-
noun,
sparkling wine; champagne.
- Nine
-
noun,
a cardinal number, eight plus one.
- seis
-
noun,
sei whale.
- otic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ear; auricular.
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- inks
-
noun,
a fluid or viscous substance used for writing or printing.
- CISC
-
noun,
complex instruction set computer: a computer whose central processing unit recognizes a relatively large number of instructions.
- cis-
-
- cion
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- teen
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- ence
-
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- tonn
-
- Ens.
-
- IEEE
-
- ten.
-
- non-
-
- none
-
noun,
nones1 .
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- 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.
- Nor.
-
- tonk
-
noun,
a form of rummy for two or more players with deuces wild.
- Ross
-
noun,
the rough exterior of bark.
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- Norn
-
noun,
an extinct Norse dialect, spoken until early modern times in the Shetland and Orkney Islands and in parts of northern Scotland.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- sci.
-
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- ikon
-
noun,
icon (defs 1, 2).
- cene
-
- nock
-
noun,
a metal or plastic piece at the end of an arrow, having a notch for the bowstring.
- 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.
- Enki
-
noun,
a Sumerian water god and god of wisdom: the counterpart of the Akkadian Ea.
- Con.
-
- stk
-
- tsk
-
noun,
an exclamation of “tsk.”.
- CNO
-
- TSE
-
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- TSI
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- CEC
-
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- TKO
-
- ct.
-
- CNC
-
- 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.
- CEO
-
- 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.
- 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.
- Tro
-
- CCC
-
- CCS
-
verb (used with object),
to send a duplicate of a document, email, or the like to:
- CCR
-
- cr.
-
- Co.
-
- CNN
-
- 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.
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- TCS
-
- CIE
-
- CIC
-
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- cee
-
noun,
the letter C.
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- CNS
-
- cc.
-
- cs.
-
- STI
-
- tr.
-
- Kt.
-
- St.
-
- ock
-
- OIt
-
- OIr
-
- oik
-
noun,
oaf; lout.
- oic
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- OCS
-
- OCR
-
- io-
-
- OCC
-
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- OTC
-
- Oc.
-
- NSC
-
- NRC
-
- nr.
-
- ICC
-
- ick
-
interjection,
(used as an expression of distaste or repugnance.)
- ier
-
- Ike
-
noun,
Eisenhower, Dwight David.
- oke
-
noun,
oka1 .
- ics
-
- in.
-
- ot-
-
- ESR
-
- ess
-
noun,
the letter S, s.
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- RCT
-
- RCN
-
- Re.
-
- SST
-
- OTS
-
- ote
-
- OSS
-
- ONI
-
- ose
-
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- ETO
-
- ETR
-
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- ETS
-
- orc
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- ons
-
- ONR
-
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- NOC
-
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- kin
-
noun,
a person's relatives collectively; kinfolk.
- koi
-
noun,
any of various colorful cultivated forms of the common carp, Cyprinus carpio, apparently originating in Japan and other parts of eastern temperate Asia.
- IRC
-
- kn.
-
- Kit
-
noun,
a set or collection of tools, supplies, instructional matter, etc., for a specific purpose:
- kir
-
noun,
an apéritif of white wine or sometimes champagne (Kir Royale) flavored with cassis.
- irk
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate, annoy, or exasperate:
- IRO
-
- IRS
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- kor
-
noun,
homer2 .
- ise
-
- ISR
-
- ist
-
- ITC
-
- Ker
-
- ite
-
- Ken
-
noun,
knowledge, understanding, or cognizance; mental perception:
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- kCi
-
- Ir.
-
- Kos
-
noun,
a unit of land distance of various lengths from 1 to 3 miles (1.6 to 4.8 km).
- NNE
-
- IOC
-
- ine
-
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- ink
-
noun,
a fluid or viscous substance used for writing or printing.
- INN
-
noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- nik
-
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- 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:
- NES
-
- Nee
-
adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- 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 = .
- IOT
-
- NEC
-
- ne-
-
- NCC
-
- NCO
-
- ksi
-
- ior
-
- krs
-
- 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.
- kr.
-
- Esk
-
- RCS
-
- ese
-
- CTC
-
- 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).
- CRS
-
- CRT
-
- CSC
-
- csk
-
- CSO
-
- CSR
-
- CST
-
- cte
-
- 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).
- ctn
-
plural,
carton.
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- eo-
-
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- Esc
-
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- Eck
-
noun,
Johann [yoh-hahn] /ˈyoʊ hɑn/ (Show IPA), (Johann Mayer) 1486–1543, German Roman Catholic theologian: opponent of Martin Luther.
- EEC
-
- EEE
-
- SES
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- eir
-
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- SSR
-
- SSN
-
- SSI
-
- SSE
-
- SSC
-
- ss.
-
- SRS
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- Sr.
-
- SOS
-
noun,
any call for help:
- CRC
-
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- SOC
-
noun,
sociology or a class or course in sociology.
- Skt
-
- COS
-
noun,
romaine.
- ski
-
noun,
one of a pair of long, slender runners made of wood, plastic, or metal used in gliding over snow.
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- sis
-
noun,
sister.
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- COT
-
noun,
a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
- EEO
-
- ec-
-
- TSS
-
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- So.
-
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- RTS
-
- rte
-
- rt.
-
- RSS
-
- RSE
-
- sc.
-
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- Rs.
-
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- ROK
-
noun,
a soldier in the army of the Republic of Korea.
- ROI
-
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- ROC
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- SRO
-
- EOE
-
- SCS
-
- ERT
-
- ene
-
- 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.
- erk
-
noun,
an aircraftsman of the lowest rank in the Royal Air Force.
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- en-
-
- eke
-
adverb,
also.
- se-
-
- EIS
-
- RI
-
- KC
-
- KO
-
noun,
a knockout in boxing.
- K.
-
- RC
-
- RO
-
- SN
-
- R.
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- KI
-
noun,
the Sumerian goddess personifying earth: the counterpart of the Akkadian Aruru.
- RN
-
- 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.
- CE
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- sk
-
- ee
-
- TC
-
- O.
-
- T1
-
- t.
-
- K2
-
noun,
Also called Godwin Austen [god-win aw-stin] /ˈgɒd wɪn ˈɔ stɪn/ (Show IPA), Dapsang [duh p-suhng] /dəpˈsʌŋ/ (Show IPA). a mountain in N Kashmir, in the Karakoram range: second highest peak in the world. 28,250 feet (8611 meters).
- TN
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- EI
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- tk
-
- OK
-
noun,
an approval, agreement, or endorsement:
- S.
-
- ic
-
- NI
-
- NC
-
- N.
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- ck
-
- i.
-