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- concertinas
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noun,
a musical instrument resembling an accordion but having buttonlike keys, hexagonal bellows and ends, and a more limited range.
- concretions
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noun,
the act or process of concreting or becoming substantial; coalescence; solidification.
- containers
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noun,
anything that contains or can contain something, as a carton, box, crate, or can.
- octonaries
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noun,
a group of eight; an ogdoad.
- conoscenti
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plural noun,
cognoscenti.
- concertina
-
noun,
a musical instrument resembling an accordion but having buttonlike keys, hexagonal bellows and ends, and a more limited range.
- concertino
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noun,
a short concerto.
- consociate
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adjective, noun, verb (used without object),
associate.
- concretion
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noun,
the act or process of concreting or becoming substantial; coalescence; solidification.
- creations
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noun,
the act of producing or causing to exist; the act of creating; engendering.
- canonries
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noun,
the office or benefice of a canon.
- Constance
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noun,
Lake. German Boden·see. a lake in W Europe, bounded by Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. 46 miles (74 km) long; 207 sq. mi. (536 sq. km).
- conations
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noun,
the part of mental life having to do with striving, including desire and volition.
- constrain
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verb (used with object),
to force, compel, or oblige:
- ironstone
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noun,
any iron-bearing mineral or rock with siliceous impurities.
- coactions
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noun,
force or compulsion, either in restraining or in impelling.
- container
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noun,
anything that contains or can contain something, as a carton, box, crate, or can.
- certosina
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noun,
a technique of inlaying light-colored material, as bone, ivory, metal, or pale wood, in elaborate designs on a dark ground.
- cortisone
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noun,
Biochemistry. a steroid hormone of the adrenal cortex, C 21 H 28 O 5 , active in carbohydrate and protein metabolism.
- coercions
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noun,
the act of coercing; use of force or intimidation to obtain compliance.
- coenosarc
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noun,
the tubular tissue connecting the polyps of a hydroid colony.
- Rosinante
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noun,
the old, worn horse of Don Quixote.
- isooctane
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noun,
the octane C 8 H 18 , used as one of the standards in establishing the octane number of a fuel.
- serotonin
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noun,
a neurotransmitter, derived from tryptophan, that is involved in sleep, depression, memory, and other neurological processes.
- transonic
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adjective,
close to the speed of propagation of sound; moving at 700–780 miles per hour (1127–1255 km/h) at sea level.
- Rocinante
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noun,
Rosinante.
- corantoes
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noun,
courante.
- crenation
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noun,
a rounded projection or tooth, as on the margin of a leaf.
- anorectic
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noun,
an anorectic substance, as a drug; anorexiant.
- intonacos
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noun,
(formerly in fresco painting) the last and finest coat of plaster, usually applied in sections and painted while still damp with colors ground in water or a lime-water mixture.
- cast-iron
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noun,
an alloy of iron, carbon, and other elements, cast as a soft and strong, or as a hard and brittle, iron, depending on the mixture and methods of molding.
- narcotics
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noun,
any of a class of substances that blunt the senses, as opium, morphine, belladonna, and alcohol, that in large quantities produce euphoria, stupor, or coma, that when used constantly can cause habituation or addiction, and that are used in medicine to relieve pain, cause sedation, and induce sleep.
- connector
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noun,
a person or thing that connects.
- concertos
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noun,
a composition for one or more principal instruments, with orchestral accompaniment, now usually in symphonic form.
- crocoites
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noun,
a yellow, orange, or red mineral, lead chromate, PbCrO 4 , formed by replacement.
- Nestorian
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noun,
one of a sect of followers of Nestorius who denied the hypostatic union and were represented as maintaining the existence of two distinct persons in Christ.
- accentors
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noun,
any oscine bird of the family Prunellidae, of Europe and Asia, resembling sparrows but having more finely pointed bills, as the hedge sparrow.
- consortia
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noun,
a combination of financial institutions, capitalists, etc., for carrying into effect some financial operation requiring large resources of capital.
- accretion
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noun,
an increase by natural growth or by gradual external addition; growth in size or extent.
- cisterna
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noun,
cistern (def 2).
- Estonian
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noun,
a member of a Finnish people inhabiting Estonia, Livonia, and other districts of Russia.
- narcotic
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noun,
any of a class of substances that blunt the senses, as opium, morphine, belladonna, and alcohol, that in large quantities produce euphoria, stupor, or coma, that when used constantly can cause habituation or addiction, and that are used in medicine to relieve pain, cause sedation, and induce sleep.
- entrains
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verb (used with object),
to put aboard a train.
- ancients
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noun,
a person who lived in ancient times.
- coronate
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adjective,
having or wearing a crown, coronet, or the like.
- 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.
- Nearctic
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adjective,
belonging or pertaining to a geographical division comprising temperate Greenland and arctic North America, sometimes including high mountainous regions of the northern Temperate Zone.
- cantoris
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adjective,
of or relating to the gospel or liturgical north side of a church (opposed to decani).
- enations
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noun,
a small outgrowth of plant tissue, usually on a leaf, caused by virus infection.
- canotier
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noun,
a fabric constructed in a twill weave, used in the manufacture of yachting clothes.
- ancestor
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noun,
a person from whom one is descended; forebear; progenitor.
- cortico-
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- scenario
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noun,
an outline of the plot of a dramatic work, giving particulars as to the scenes, characters, situations, etc.
- Socratic
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noun,
a follower of Socrates.
- Notornis
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noun,
a rare, flightless gallinulelike bird, Notornis mantelli, of New Zealand.
- crocoite
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noun,
a yellow, orange, or red mineral, lead chromate, PbCrO 4 , formed by replacement.
- cosecant
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noun,
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the hypotenuse to the side opposite a given angle.
- croceins
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noun,
any of several acid azo dyes producing orange or scarlet colors.
- notaries
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noun,
notary public.
- senorita
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noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to miss, used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a girl or unmarried woman. Abbreviation: Srta.
- crannies
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noun,
a small, narrow opening in a wall, rock, etc.; chink; crevice; fissure:
- nitroso-
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- Cranston
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noun,
a city in E Rhode Island, near Providence.
- sanction
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noun,
authoritative permission or approval, as for an action.
- Creation
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noun,
the act of producing or causing to exist; the act of creating; engendering.
- carotins
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noun,
carotene.
- nonaries
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noun,
a number in a nonary system.
- occasion
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noun,
a particular time, especially as marked by certain circumstances or occurrences:
- ternions
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noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- corantos
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noun,
courante.
- concerns
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noun,
something that relates or pertains to a person; business; affair:
- conation
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noun,
the part of mental life having to do with striving, including desire and volition.
- acrostic
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noun,
a series of lines or verses in which the first, last, or other particular letters when taken in order spell out a word, phrase, etc.
- coaction
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noun,
force or compulsion, either in restraining or in impelling.
- conceits
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noun,
an excessively favorable opinion of one's own ability, importance, wit, etc.
- ostracon
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noun,
(in ancient Greece) a potsherd, especially one used as a ballot on which the name of a person voted to be ostracized was inscribed.
- instance
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noun,
a case or occurrence of anything:
- aconites
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noun,
any plant belonging to the genus Aconitum, of the buttercup family, having irregular flowers usually in loose clusters, including species with poisonous and medicinal properties.
- concents
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noun,
concord of sound, voices, etc.; harmony.
- concerto
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noun,
a composition for one or more principal instruments, with orchestral accompaniment, now usually in symphonic form.
- actinons
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noun,
a chemically inert, gaseous, short-lived isotope of radon that is a member of the actinium series. Symbol: An; atomic number: 86; atomic weight: 219.
- concerts
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noun,
a public musical performance in which a number of singers or instrumentalists, or both, participate.
- acentric
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adjective,
not centered; having no center.
- intonaco
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noun,
(formerly in fresco painting) the last and finest coat of plaster, usually applied in sections and painted while still damp with colors ground in water or a lime-water mixture.
- accentor
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noun,
any oscine bird of the family Prunellidae, of Europe and Asia, resembling sparrows but having more finely pointed bills, as the hedge sparrow.
- intrans.
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- reaction
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noun,
a reverse movement or tendency; an action in a reverse direction or manner.
- connects
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adjective,
of or relating to a connection or connections:
- connotes
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verb (used with object),
to signify or suggest (certain meanings, ideas, etc.) in addition to the explicit or primary meaning:
- cancrine
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adjective,
reading the same backwards as forwards:
- sonorant
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noun,
a voiced sound that is less sonorous than a vowel but more sonorous than a stop or fricative and that may occur as either a sonant or a consonant, as (l, r, m, n, y, w).
- Scranton
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noun,
William Warren, 1917–2011, U.S. politician.
- coercion
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noun,
the act of coercing; use of force or intimidation to obtain compliance.
- contains
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verb (used with object),
to hold or include within its volume or area:
- canister
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noun,
a small box or jar, often one of a kitchen set, for holding tea, coffee, flour, and sugar.
- cocaines
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noun,
a bitter, crystalline alkaloid, C 17 H 21 NO 4 , obtained from coca leaves, used as a local anesthetic and also widely used as an illicit drug for its stimulant and euphorigenic properties.
- canonist
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noun,
a person who is a specialist in canon law.
- cooncans
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noun,
a variety of rummy for two players.
- cocinero
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noun,
a cook, especially one working on a ranch or a trail drive.
- resonant
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noun,
Phonetics. a vowel or a voiced consonant or semivowel that is neither a stop nor an affricate, as, in English, (m, ng, n, l, r, y, w).
- ectosarc
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noun,
the ectoplasm of a protozoan (opposed to endosarc).
- Etonian
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noun,
a person who is or has been a pupil at Eton College.
- 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.
- enroots
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verb (used with object),
to fix by the root.
- entrain
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verb (used with object),
to put aboard a train.
- encinas
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noun,
the live oak, Quercus virginiana.
- canters
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noun,
an easy gallop.
- cartoon
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noun,
a sketch or drawing, usually humorous, as in a newspaper or periodical, symbolizing, satirizing, or caricaturing some action, subject, or person of popular interest.
- sonance
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noun,
the condition or quality of being sonant.
- intones
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verb (used with object),
to utter with a particular tone or voice modulation.
- Socotra
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noun,
an island in the Indian Ocean, S of Arabia: a part of the Republic of Yemen. 1382 sq. mi. (3579 sq. km).
- enation
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noun,
a small outgrowth of plant tissue, usually on a leaf, caused by virus infection.
- canines
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noun,
a canid, or member of the dog family Canidae.
- erotics
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noun,
an erotic poem.
- interns
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noun,
a person who is or has been interned; internee.
- sirocco
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noun,
a hot, dry, dustladen wind blowing from northern Africa and affecting parts of southern Europe.
- connote
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verb (used with object),
to signify or suggest (certain meanings, ideas, etc.) in addition to the explicit or primary meaning:
- erotica
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noun,
written works, usually fiction, dealing with sexual love.
- cancion
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noun,
song.
- erosion
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noun,
the act or state of eroding; state of being eroded.
- Sno-Cat
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- Ericson
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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).
- insnare
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verb (used with object),
ensnare.
- Estonia
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noun,
a republic in N Europe, on the Baltic, S of the Gulf of Finland: an independent republic 1918–40; annexed by the Soviet Union 1940; regained independence 1991. 17,413 sq. mi. (45,100 sq. km). Capital: Tallinn.
- erasion
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noun,
the act of erasing.
- Insecta
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noun,
the class comprising the insects.
- intens.
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- ternion
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noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- carnies
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noun,
a person employed by a carnival.
- carnose
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adjective,
of or relating to flesh; fleshy.
- carotin
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noun,
carotene.
- carnets
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noun,
a customs document allowing an automobile to be driven at no cost across international borders.
- ciceros
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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.
- cations
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noun,
a positively charged ion that is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis.
- contra-
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- cornets
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noun,
Music. a valved wind instrument of the trumpet family.
- citrons
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noun,
a pale-yellow fruit resembling the lemon but larger and with thicker rind, borne by a small tree or large bush, Citrus medica, allied to the lemon and lime.
- tanrecs
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noun,
tenrec.
- corneas
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noun,
the transparent anterior part of the external coat of the eye covering the iris and the pupil and continuous with the sclera.
- coranto
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noun,
courante.
- coarsen
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become coarse.
- coaster
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noun,
a person or thing that coasts.
- coontie
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noun,
either of two arrowroots, Zamia integrifolia or Z. floridana, of Florida, having a short trunk, pinnate leaves, and cones: Z. floridana is an endangered species.
- cooncan
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noun,
a variety of rummy for two players.
- cocaine
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noun,
a bitter, crystalline alkaloid, C 17 H 21 NO 4 , obtained from coca leaves, used as a local anesthetic and also widely used as an illicit drug for its stimulant and euphorigenic properties.
- contras
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noun,
(often initial capital letter) a member of a counterrevolutionary guerrilla group in Nicaragua.
- contain
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verb (used with object),
to hold or include within its volume or area:
- cistron
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noun,
a segment of DNA that encodes for the formation of a specific polypeptide chain; a structural gene.
- constr.
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- conster
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verb (used with or without object),
construe.
- conceit
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noun,
an excessively favorable opinion of one's own ability, importance, wit, etc.
- concent
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noun,
concord of sound, voices, etc.; harmony.
- concern
-
noun,
something that relates or pertains to a person; business; affair:
- concert
-
noun,
a public musical performance in which a number of singers or instrumentalists, or both, participate.
- concise
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adjective,
expressing or covering much in few words; brief in form but comprehensive in scope; succinct; terse:
- consort
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noun,
a husband or wife; spouse, especially of a reigning monarch.
Compare prince consort, queen consort.
- consent
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noun,
permission, approval, or agreement; compliance; acquiescence:
- connate
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adjective,
existing in a person or thing from birth or origin; inborn:
- connect
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adjective,
of or relating to a connection or connections:
- cornice
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noun,
Architecture.
any prominent, continuous, horizontally projecting feature surmounting a wall or other construction, or dividing it horizontally for compositional purposes.
the uppermost member of a classical entablature, consisting of a bed molding, a corona, and a cymatium, with rows of dentils, modillions, etc., often placed between the bed molding and the corona.
- cistern
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noun,
a reservoir, tank, or container for storing or holding water or other liquid.
- tension
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noun,
the act of stretching or straining.
- crocein
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noun,
any of several acid azo dyes producing orange or scarlet colors.
- stannic
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adjective,
of or containing tin, especially in the tetravalent state.
- stearic
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adjective,
of or relating to suet or fat.
- stearin
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noun,
Chemistry. any of the three glyceryl esters of stearic acid, especially C 3 H 5 (C 18 H 35 O 2) 3 , a soft, white, odorless solid found in many natural fats.
- stearo-
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- crotons
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noun,
any of numerous chiefly tropical plants constituting the genus Croton, of the spurge family, several species of which, as C. tiglium, have important medicinal properties.
- Crotone
-
noun,
a city in S Italy; ancient Greek colony.
- cronies
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noun,
a close friend or companion; chum.
- centri-
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- centric
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adjective,
pertaining to or situated at the center; central.
- centro-
-
- cerato-
-
- rations
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noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- coronas
-
noun,
a white or colored circle or set of concentric circles of light seen around a luminous body, especially around the sun or moon.
- crinose
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adjective,
hairy.
- cretins
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noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- cerotic
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adjective,
of or derived from cerotic acid.
- certain
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Idioms,
for certain, without a doubt; surely:
- sterno-
-
- cratons
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noun,
a relatively rigid and immobile region of continental portions of the earth's crust.
- cranio-
-
- Costain
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noun,
Thomas Bertram, 1885–1965, U.S. novelist, historian, and editor, born in Canada.
- Cortona
-
noun,
Pietro da [pye-traw dah] /ˈpyɛ trɔ dɑ/ (Show IPA), (Pietro Berrettini) 1596–1669, Italian painter and architect.
- cortina
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noun,
a weblike, often evanescent veil covering the gills or hanging from the cap edge of certain mushrooms, particularly those of genus Cortinarius, and sometimes persisting as a ring or remnant of fibrils around the mushroom stalk.
- Corsica
-
noun,
an island in the Mediterranean, SE of and forming a department of France. 3367 sq. mi. (8720 sq. km). Capital: Ajaccio.
- coronet
-
noun,
a small crown.
- tinners
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noun,
a tinsmith.
- nancies
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Meurthe-et-Moselle, in NE France: battles 1477, 1914, 1944.
- Connors
-
noun,
James Scott (Jimmy) born 1952, U.S. tennis player.
- arseno-
-
- octanes
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noun,
any of 18 isomeric saturated hydrocarbons having the formula C 8 H 18 , some of which are obtained in the distillation and cracking of petroleum.
- scanner
-
noun,
a person or thing that scans.
- Tonnies
-
noun,
Ferdinand [fer-dee-nahnt] /ˈfɛr diˌnɑnt/ (Show IPA), 1855–1936, German sociologist.
- natrons
-
noun,
a mineral, hydrated sodium carbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅10H 2 O.
- Oneonta
-
noun,
a city in E central New York.
- tonners
-
noun,
something having a specified weight in tons (used in combination):
- Ontario
-
noun,
a province in S Canada, bordering on the Great Lakes. 412,582 sq. mi. (1,068,585 sq. km). Capital: Toronto.
- retsina
-
noun,
a strong, resinated white or red wine of Greece and Cyprus.
- Ariosto
-
noun,
Ludovico [loo-daw-vee-kaw] /ˌlu dɔˈvi kɔ/ (Show IPA), 1474–1533, Italian poet: author of Orlando Furioso.
- nascent
-
adjective,
beginning to exist or develop:
- narcose
-
adjective,
characterized by stupor; stuporous.
- ascetic
-
noun,
a person who dedicates his or her life to a pursuit of contemplative ideals and practices extreme self-denial or self-mortification for religious reasons.
- retains
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- oration
-
noun,
a formal public speech, especially one delivered on a special occasion, as on an anniversary, at a funeral, or at academic exercises.
- 2,4,5-t
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noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- orceins
-
noun,
a red dye, the principal coloring matter of cudbear and orchil, obtained by oxidizing an ammoniacal solution of orcinol.
- orectic
-
adjective,
of or relating to desire; appetitive.
- aristo-
-
- Oceanic
-
adjective,
of, living in, or produced by the ocean:
- scooter
-
noun,
a child's vehicle that typically has two wheels with a low footboard between them, is steered by a handlebar, and is propelled by pushing one foot against the ground while resting the other on the footboard.
- notices
-
noun,
an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning:
- antero-
-
- Anteros
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a brother of Eros, most often regarded as the avenger of unrequited love.
- noetics
-
noun,
the science of the intellect or of pure thought; reasoning.
- anoints
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or sprinkle on; apply an unguent, ointment, or oily liquid to.
- norites
-
noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- Antoine
-
noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1858–1943, French theatrical director, manager, and critic.
- Ionesco
-
noun,
Eugène [French œ-zhen;; English yoo-jeen,, yoo-jeen] /French œˈʒɛn;; English yuˈdʒin,, ˈyu dʒin/ (Show IPA), 1912–94, French playwright, born in Romania.
- Torenia
-
noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Torenia, of the figwort family, native to Africa and Asia, having two-lipped, usually blue or purple flowers.
- notions
-
noun,
a general understanding; vague or imperfect conception or idea of something:
- nectars
-
noun,
the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or birds that pollinate the flower.
- Nicetas
-
noun,
Saint Ignatius (def 2).
- arctics
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the region lying north of the Arctic Circle or of the northernmost limit of tree growth; the polar area north of the timber line.
- Roscian
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving acting.
- Rosanne
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Aretino
-
noun,
Pietro [pye-traw] /ˈpyɛ trɔ/ (Show IPA), 1492–1556, Italian satirist and dramatist.
- ancient
-
noun,
a person who lived in ancient times.
- ronions
-
noun,
ronyon.
- torsion
-
noun,
the act of twisting.
- orients
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- treason
-
noun,
the offense of acting to overthrow one's government or to harm or kill its sovereign.
- senator
-
noun,
a member of a senate.
- ratoons
-
noun,
a sprout or shoot from the root of a plant, especially a sugarcane, after it has been cropped.
- section
-
noun,
a part that is cut off or separated.
- accents
-
noun,
prominence of a syllable in terms of differential loudness, or of pitch, or length, or of a combination of these.
- recants
-
verb (used with object),
to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
- Ironton
-
noun,
a city in S Ohio, on the Ohio River.
- acetins
-
noun,
a colorless, thick, hygroscopic liquid, C 5 H 10 O 4 : used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives.
- raccoon
-
noun,
a nocturnal carnivore, Procyon lotor, having a masklike black stripe across the eyes, a sharp snout, and a bushy, ringed tail, native to North and Central America and introduced elsewhere for its valuable fur.
- acetoin
-
noun,
a yellowish, pleasant-smelling liquid, C 4 H 8 O 2 , obtained from various carbohydrates, as glucose, by fermentation: used chiefly in the manufacture of flavors and essences.
- isotone
-
noun,
one of two or more atoms having an equal number of neutrons but different atomic numbers.
- racoons
-
noun,
raccoon.
- aconite
-
noun,
any plant belonging to the genus Aconitum, of the buttercup family, having irregular flowers usually in loose clusters, including species with poisonous and medicinal properties.
- ionones
-
noun,
a light-yellow to colorless, slightly water-soluble liquid that is either one or a mixture of two unsaturated ketones having the formula C 13 H 20 O, used chiefly in perfumery.
- atonies
-
noun,
Pathology. lack of tone or energy; muscular weakness, especially in a contractile organ.
- ratines
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- actinon
-
noun,
a chemically inert, gaseous, short-lived isotope of radon that is a member of the actinium series. Symbol: An; atomic number: 86; atomic weight: 219.
- Orontes
-
noun,
a river in W Asia, flowing N from Lebanon through NW Syria and then SW past Antioch, Turkey, to the Mediterranean. 250 miles (405 km) long.
- actino-
-
- atonics
-
noun,
Grammar. an unaccented word, syllable, or sound.
- 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.
- Cortes
-
noun,
(in Spain or Portugal) the two houses constituting the national legislative body.
- Roscoe
-
noun,
a revolver or pistol.
- ratoon
-
noun,
a sprout or shoot from the root of a plant, especially a sugarcane, after it has been cropped.
- recast
-
noun,
a recasting.
- Raetic
-
noun,
an extinct language of uncertain affinities that was spoken in Rhaetia and written with the Etruscan alphabet.
- rosace
-
noun,
rosette (def 3).
- corona
-
noun,
a white or colored circle or set of concentric circles of light seen around a luminous body, especially around the sun or moon.
- Ronnie
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Ronald or Veronica.
- oaters
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- norias
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- recant
-
verb (used with object),
to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
- costo-
-
- ratine
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- 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.
- Norton
-
noun,
Charles Eliot, 1827–1908, U.S. scholar.
- re-act
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- Coster
-
noun,
costermonger.
- COSTAR
-
noun,
a performer, especially an actor or actress, who shares star billing with another.
- Nostoc
-
noun,
any freshwater, blue-green alga of the genus Nostoc, often occurring in jellylike colonies in moist places.
- COSINE
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side adjacent to a given angle to the hypotenuse.
the sine of the complement of a given angle or arc. Abbreviation: cos.
- Conroe
-
noun,
a town in E Texas.
- Rosita
-
noun,
a female given name, Spanish form of Rose.
- crates
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- stoner
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
- notice
-
noun,
an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning:
- craton
-
noun,
a relatively rigid and immobile region of continental portions of the earth's crust.
- reason
-
noun,
a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.:
- notion
-
noun,
a general understanding; vague or imperfect conception or idea of something:
- ornate
-
adjective,
elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so:
- occas.
-
- ronion
-
noun,
ronyon.
- retain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- otiose
-
adjective,
being at leisure; idle; indolent.
- osteo-
-
- retina
-
noun,
the innermost coat of the posterior part of the eyeball that receives the image produced by the lens, is continuous with the optic nerve, and consists of several layers, one of which contains the rods and cones that are sensitive to light.
- renins
-
noun,
a proteolytic enzyme secreted by the kidneys that is involved in the release of angiotensin.
- Osetic
-
adjective, noun,
Ossetic.
- orates
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- oscine
-
noun,
an oscine bird.
- Reston
-
noun,
James (Barrett) ("Scotty") 1909–1995, U.S. journalist, born in Scotland.
- nonets
-
noun,
a group of nine performers or instruments.
- contr.
-
- Renton
-
noun,
a city in W Washington, near Seattle.
- contos
-
noun,
a money of account of Portugal and Cape Verde, equal to 1000 escudos.
- contin
-
- contes
-
plural,
Trademark. a brand of crayon made of graphite and clay, usually in black, red, or brown.
- orcein
-
noun,
a red dye, the principal coloring matter of cudbear and orchil, obtained by oxidizing an ammoniacal solution of orcinol.
- Orient
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- cooner
-
noun,
coon dog.
- Cooter
-
noun,
Chiefly Southern U.S. any of several large aquatic turtles of the southern U.S. and northern Mexico.
- racoon
-
noun,
raccoon.
- corita
-
noun,
a boat resembling a large, woven basket, used by Indians of the southwestern U.S.
- racons
-
noun,
radar beacon.
- CORNET
-
noun,
Music. a valved wind instrument of the trumpet family.
- roncos
-
noun,
any grunt of the genus Haemulon, especially H. parrai, the sailor's-choice, of West Indian waters.
- orison
-
noun,
a prayer.
- racist
-
noun,
a person who believes in racism, the doctrine that one's own racial group is superior or that a particular racial group is inferior to the others.
- cornea
-
noun,
the transparent anterior part of the external coat of the eye covering the iris and the pupil and continuous with the sclera.
- Strain
-
noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- Racine
-
noun,
Jean Baptiste [zhahn ba-teest] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist/ (Show IPA), 1639–99, French dramatist.
- cootie
-
noun,
a louse, especially one affecting humans, as the body louse, head louse, or pubic louse.
- octane
-
noun,
any of 18 isomeric saturated hydrocarbons having the formula C 8 H 18 , some of which are obtained in the distillation and cracking of petroleum.
- Octans
-
noun,
the Octant, a southern constellation that contains the south celestial pole.
- octroi
-
noun,
(formerly especially in France and Italy) a local tax levied on certain articles, such as foodstuffs, on their entry into a city.
- recons
-
noun,
reconnaissance.
- Onions
-
noun,
Charles Talbut [tawl-buh t,, tal-] /ˈtɔl bət,, ˈtæl-/ (Show IPA), 1873–1965, English lexicographer and philologist.
- recti-
-
- Strine
-
noun,
Australian English.
- rectos
-
- no-one
-
pronoun,
no person; not anyone; nobody:
- Senora
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to Mrs., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a married or older woman. Abbreviation: Sra.
- nonces
-
noun,
the present, or immediate, occasion or purpose (usually used in the phrase for the nonce).
- sconce
-
noun,
a bracket for candles or other lights, placed on a wall, mirror, picture frame, etc.
- scoto-
-
- Scotia
-
noun,
a deep concave molding between two fillets, as in the Attic base.
- Scoter
-
noun,
any of the large diving ducks of the genus Melanitta, inhabiting northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere.
- scoria
-
noun,
Metallurgy. the refuse, dross, or slag left after melting or smelting metal; scum.
- icono-
-
- set-in
-
adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- iatro-
-
- sienna
-
noun,
a ferruginous earth used as a yellowish-brown pigment (raw sienna) or, after roasting in a furnace, as a reddish-brown pigment (burnt sienna)
- sinner
-
noun,
a person who sins; transgressor.
- sinter
-
noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- Scioto
-
noun,
a river in central Ohio, flowing S to the Ohio River. 237 miles (382 km) long.
- incase
-
verb (used with object),
encase.
- Sirena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- nacres
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- scenic
-
noun,
a photograph, graphic representation, etc., depicting natural scenery.
- Estrin
-
noun,
estrone.
- nances
-
noun,
Offensive. an effeminate male.
- escort
-
noun,
a group of persons, or a single person, accompanying another or others for protection, guidance, or courtesy:
- Nantes
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Loire-Atlantique, in W France, at the mouth of the Loire River.
- eroto-
-
- Naoise
-
noun,
the husband of Deirdre and a nephew of Conchobar, by whom he was treacherously killed.
- narco-
-
- inanes
-
noun,
something that is empty or void, especially the void of infinite space.
- incest
-
noun,
sexual intercourse between closely related persons.
- narcos
-
noun,
narc.
- intern
-
noun,
a person who is or has been interned; internee.
- intros
-
noun,
an introduction.
- 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.
- intro.
-
- ionone
-
noun,
a light-yellow to colorless, slightly water-soluble liquid that is either one or a mixture of two unsaturated ketones having the formula C 13 H 20 O, used chiefly in perfumery.
- intra-
-
- intone
-
verb (used with object),
to utter with a particular tone or voice modulation.
- sennit
-
noun,
a flat, braided cordage, formed by plaiting strands of rope yarn or other fiber, used as small stuff aboard ships.
- Sennar
-
noun,
a region in the E Sudan between the White and Blue Nile rivers, S of Khartoum: a former kingdom.
- inters
-
verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- Senior
-
noun,
a person who is older than another.
- inter.
-
- innate
-
adjective,
existing in one from birth; inborn; native:
- instr.
-
- instar
-
noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- sector
-
noun,
Geometry. a plane figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle.
- secant
-
noun,
Geometry. an intersecting line, especially one intersecting a curve at two or more points.
- 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.
- insert
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- scrota
-
noun,
the pouch of skin that contains the testes.
- 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.
- insane
-
adjective,
not sane; not of sound mind; mentally deranged.
- isotac
-
noun,
a line drawn on a map connecting all points where ice starts to melt at approximately the same period in spring.
- erotic
-
noun,
an erotic poem.
- scato-
-
- sacro-
-
- CRONIC
-
noun,
very potent marijuana.
- Nestor
-
noun,
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- Sarton
-
noun,
May, 1912–95, U.S. poet, novelist, and playwright.
- steno-
-
- Sarnen
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Obwalden, in central Switzerland, E of Bern.
- Croton
-
noun,
any of numerous chiefly tropical plants constituting the genus Croton, of the spurge family, several species of which, as C. tiglium, have important medicinal properties.
- croons
-
noun,
the act or sound of crooning.
- Cronin
-
noun,
A(rchibald) J(oseph) 1896–1981, Scottish novelist and physician in the U.S.
- sarco-
-
- santir
-
noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- niters
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- crones
-
noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- cteno-
-
- nitons
-
noun,
(formerly) radon. Symbol: Nt.
- nitres
-
noun,
niter.
- nocent
-
adjective,
harmful; injurious.
- steric
-
adjective,
of or relating to the spatial relationships of atoms in a molecule.
- nocti-
-
- Crista
-
noun,
a crest or ridge.
- noctis
-
adjective,
(in prescriptions) of the night.
- Noetic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the mind.
- cretin
-
noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- Cretan
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Crete.
- C-star
-
noun,
carbon star.
- stance
-
noun,
the position or bearing of the body while standing:
- ericas
-
noun,
any of numerous low-growing evergreen shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Erica, of the heath family, including several species of heather.
- Enrico
-
noun,
a male given name: Italian form of Henry.
- 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.
- nasion
-
noun,
the intersection of the internasal suture with the nasofrontal suture in the midsagittal plane.
- nastic
-
adjective,
of or showing sufficiently greater cellular force or growth on one side of an axis to change the form or position of the axis.
- socio-
-
- nation
-
noun,
a large body of people, associated with a particular territory, that is sufficiently conscious of its unity to seek or to possess a government peculiarly its own:
- eonian
-
adjective,
aeonian.
- natron
-
noun,
a mineral, hydrated sodium carbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅10H 2 O.
- scarce
-
Idioms,
make oneself scarce, Informal.
to depart, especially suddenly.
to stay away; avoid.
- sonant
-
noun,
a speech sound that by itself makes a syllable or subordinates to itself the other sounds in the syllable; a syllabic sound (opposed to consonant).
- enroot
-
verb (used with object),
to fix by the root.
- Encina
-
noun,
the live oak, Quercus virginiana.
- stacc.
-
- satori
-
noun,
sudden enlightenment.
- necro-
-
- enacts
-
verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- nectar
-
noun,
the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or birds that pollinate the flower.
- 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.
- Sonora
-
noun,
a state in NW Mexico. 70,484 sq. mi. (182,555 sq. km). Capital: Hermosillo.
- Sooner
-
noun,
a person who settles on government land before it is legally opened to settlers in order to gain the choice of location.
- Easton
-
noun,
a city in E Pennsylvania, on the Delaware River.
- satire
-
noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- sortie
-
noun,
a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
- 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.
- nitro-
-
- ration
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- Connor
-
noun,
Ralph (Charles William Gordon) 1860–1937, Canadian novelist and clergyman.
- cannot
-
verb,
a form of ·can not.
- Carnot
-
noun,
Lazare Nicolas Marguerite [la-zar nee-kaw-lah mar-guh-reet] /laˈzar ni kɔˈlɑ mar gəˈrit/ (Show IPA), 1753–1823, French general and statesman.
- carnet
-
noun,
a customs document allowing an automobile to be driven at no cost across international borders.
- caries
-
noun,
decay, as of bone or of plant tissue.
- carets
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- Cantos
-
noun,
one of the main or larger divisions of a long poem.
- Cantor
-
noun,
the religious official of a synagogue who conducts the liturgical portion of a service and sings or chants the prayers and parts of prayers designed to be performed as solos.
- Canton
-
noun,
a small territorial district, especially one of the states of the Swiss confederation.
- Canter
-
noun,
an easy gallop.
- Cannes
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Mediterranean Sea: resort; annual film festival.
- cartes
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- canner
-
noun,
a person who cans meat, fruit, etc., for preservation.
- canine
-
noun,
a canid, or member of the dog family Canidae.
- caners
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- Cancer
-
noun,
Pathology.
a malignant and invasive growth or tumor, especially one originating in epithelium, tending to recur after excision and to metastasize to other sites.
any disease characterized by such growths.
- Cairns
-
noun,
a seaport in NE Australia.
- tineas
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- tinner
-
noun,
a tinsmith.
- atonic
-
noun,
Grammar. an unaccented word, syllable, or sound.
- atones
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- Carson
-
noun,
Christopher ("Kit") 1809–68, U.S. frontiersman and scout.
- carton
-
noun,
a cardboard or plastic box used typically for storage or shipping.
- Tocsin
-
noun,
a signal, especially of alarm, sounded on a bell or bells.
- tenons
-
noun,
a projection formed on the end of a timber or the like for insertion into a mortise of the same dimensions.
- Cercis
-
noun,
any shrub or small tree of the genus Cercis, as the redbud or Judas tree.
- cerat-
-
- 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.
- centra
-
noun,
a plural of centrum.
- centr-
-
- centos
-
noun,
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
- centi-
-
- centas
-
noun,
a former bronze coin of Lithuania, the 100th part of a litas.
- 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.
- tenson
-
noun,
a Provençal poem taking the form of a dialogue or debate between two rival troubadours.
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- cation
-
noun,
a positively charged ion that is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis.
- caters
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- tensor
-
noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
- Castro
-
noun,
Cipriano [sip-ree-ah-noh;; Spanish see-pree-ah-naw] /ˌsɪp riˈɑ noʊ;; Spanish ˌsi priˈɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1858?–1924, Venezuelan military and political leader: president 1901–08; exiled 1908.
- Castor
-
noun,
Also, castoreum. a brownish, unctuous substance with a strong, penetrating odor, secreted by certain glands in the groin of the beaver, used in medicine and perfumery.
- Caster
-
noun,
a person or thing that casts.
- casino
-
noun,
a building or large room used for meetings, entertainment, dancing, etc., especially such a place equipped with gambling devices, gambling tables, etc.
- casern
-
noun,
a lodging for soldiers in a garrison town; barracks.
- casein
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a protein precipitated from milk, as by rennet, and forming the basis of cheese and certain plastics.
- tisane
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- astro-
-
- tenias
-
noun,
taenia.
- actin-
-
- trance
-
noun,
a half-conscious state, seemingly between sleeping and waking, in which ability to function voluntarily may be suspended.
- trans.
-
- transe
-
noun,
a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
- aeron.
-
- triacs
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- trices
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- action
-
noun,
the process or state of acting or of being active:
- actins
-
noun,
a globulin that is present in muscle plasma and that in connection with myosin plays an important role in muscle contraction.
- triens
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- traces
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- trines
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- aceto-
-
- acetin
-
noun,
a colorless, thick, hygroscopic liquid, C 5 H 10 O 4 : used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives.
- acetic
-
adjective,
pertaining to, derived from, or producing vinegar or acetic acid.
- triose
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- accost
-
noun,
a greeting.
- accent
-
noun,
prominence of a syllable in terms of differential loudness, or of pitch, or length, or of a combination of these.
- tronas
-
noun,
a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
- 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.
- trains
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- anenst
-
preposition,
anent (def 2).
- toe-in
-
noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- aroint
-
verb (imperative),
begone:
- astern
-
adverb,
in a position behind a specified vessel or aircraft:
- toners
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- ascent
-
noun,
an act of ascending; upward movement; a rising movement:
- Artois
-
noun,
a former province in N France: artesian wells.
- tonner
-
noun,
something having a specified weight in tons (used in combination):
- arsino
-
adjective,
containing the arsino group.
- arsine
-
noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- arsen-
-
- tonnes
-
noun,
metric ton.
- arioso
-
noun,
an arioso composition or section.
- torose
-
adjective,
Botany. cylindrical, with swellings or constrictions at intervals; knobbed.
- ariose
-
adjective,
characterized by melody; songlike.
- Arctic
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the region lying north of the Arctic Circle or of the northernmost limit of tree growth; the polar area north of the timber line.
- aorist
-
noun,
a verb tense, as in Classical Greek, expressing action or, in the indicative mood, past action, without further limitation or implication.
- antres
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- Antons
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Anthony.
- Tories
-
noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- anoint
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or sprinkle on; apply an unguent, ointment, or oily liquid to.
- Torino
-
noun,
Turin.
- aniso-
-
- cerias
-
noun,
a white-to-yellow, heavy powder, cerium dioxide, CeO 2 , usually derived from cerium nitrate by decomposition with heat: used chiefly in ceramics, glass polishing, and decolorizing.
- astron
-
- Coates
-
noun,
Eric, 1886–1957, English violist and composer.
- C-in-C
-
- tannic
-
adjective,
Chemistry. of, relating to, or derived from tan or tannin.
- 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.
- coeno-
-
- tainos
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- tanrec
-
noun,
tenrec.
- Tanner
-
noun,
a person whose occupation it is to tan hides.
- 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.
- tarso-
-
- conics
-
noun,
the branch of geometry that deals with conic sections.
- coarse
-
adjective,
composed of relatively large parts or particles:
- conies
-
noun,
the fur of a rabbit, especially when dyed to simulate Hudson seal.
- C-note
-
noun,
See C (def 11).
- Conant
-
noun,
James Bryant, 1893–1978, U.S. chemist and educator: president of Harvard University 1933–53.
- coacts
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do or act together.
- coatis
-
noun,
any tropical American carnivore of the genus Nasua, related to the raccoon, having an elongated body, long, ringed tail, and a slender, flexible snout.
- cocoas
-
noun,
a powder made from roasted, husked, and ground seeds of the cacao, Theobroma cacao, from which much of the fat has been removed.
- Rosina
-
noun,
a female given name, Italian form of Rose.
- Connie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Constance.
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- Coats
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- noise
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- niton
-
noun,
(formerly) radon. Symbol: Nt.
- ante-
-
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- nitr-
-
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- anti-
-
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- saice
-
noun,
syce.
- antic
-
noun,
Usually, antics.
a playful trick or prank; caper.
a grotesque, fantastic, or ludicrous gesture, act, or posture.
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- A-one
-
adjective,
noting a vessel regarded by a shipping-classification society as being equipped to the highest standard and with equipment maintained in first-class condition.
- noct-
-
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- tacos
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- Anton
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Anthony.
- scart
-
verb (used with or without object),
to scratch, scrape, mark, or scar.
- nonce
-
noun,
the present, or immediate, occasion or purpose (usually used in the phrase for the nonce).
- nona-
-
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- anion
-
noun,
a negatively charged ion, as one attracted to the anode in electrolysis.
- anis-
-
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- cocoa
-
noun,
a powder made from roasted, husked, and ground seeds of the cacao, Theobroma cacao, from which much of the fat has been removed.
- notes
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- rotas
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- Annie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Ann, Anna, or Anne.
- noso-
-
- annot
-
- Norse
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
- Norns
-
noun,
an extinct Norse dialect, spoken until early modern times in the Shetland and Orkney Islands and in parts of northern Scotland.
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- cocas
-
noun,
a shrub, Erythroxylon coca, native to the Andes, having simple, alternate leaves and small yellowish flowers.
- nonas
-
noun,
sleeping sickness (def 2).
- anon.
-
- noria
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- Norco
-
noun,
a town in S California.
- rotos
-
noun,
rotogravure.
- noose
-
noun,
a loop with a running knot, as in a snare, lasso, or hangman's halter, that tightens as the rope is pulled.
- noons
-
noun,
midday.
- no-no
-
noun,
anything that is forbidden or not advisable, as because of being improper or unsafe:
- 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.
- 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.).
- Sacco
-
noun,
Nicola [nee-kaw-lah] /niˈkɔ lɑ/ (Show IPA), 1891–1927, Italian anarchist, in the U.S. after 1908: together with Bartolomeo Vanzetti, found guilty of robbery and murder 1921; executed 1927.
- Anson
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Nisan
-
noun,
the seventh month of the Jewish calendar.
- sanit
-
- Sarto
-
noun,
Andrea del [ahn-drey-uh del;; Italian ahn-dre-ah del] /ɑnˈdreɪ ə dɛl;; Italian ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ dɛl/ (Show IPA), Andrea del Sarto.
- Niort
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- nano-
-
- naso-
-
- arson
-
noun,
Law. the malicious burning of another's house or property, or in some statutes, the burning of one's own house or property, as to collect insurance.
- coast
-
noun,
the land next to the sea; seashore:
- 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.
- narcs
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- tonne
-
noun,
metric ton.
- sceat
-
noun,
a silver Anglo-Saxon coin of the 7th and 8th centuries, sometimes including an amount of gold.
- scena
-
noun,
an extended operatic vocal solo, usually including an aria and a recitative.
- asco-
-
- ascon
-
noun,
a type of sponge having an oval shape and a thin body wall with pores leading directly into the spongocoel.
- Ascot
-
noun,
a necktie or scarf with broad ends, tied and arranged so that the ends are laid flat, one across the other, sometimes with a pin to secure them.
- coots
-
noun,
any aquatic bird of the genus Fulica, as F. americana, of North America, and F. atra, of the Old World, characterized by lobate toes and short wings and tail.
- tonic
-
noun,
a medicine that invigorates or strengthens:
- tonia
-
- Nance
-
noun,
Offensive. an effeminate male.
- Nairn
-
noun,
a historic county in N Scotland.
- scent
-
noun,
a distinctive odor, especially when agreeable:
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- nacre
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- scion
-
noun,
a descendant.
- tones
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- coact
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do or act together.
- Scone
-
noun,
a small, light, biscuitlike quick bread made of oatmeal, wheat flour, barley meal, or the like.
- scat-
-
- crit.
-
- Ninos
-
noun,
boy; child.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- Santo
-
noun,
a carved figure of a saint, usually of wood, as from Puerto Rico, Mexico, or the southwestern U.S.
- nines
-
noun,
a cardinal number, eight plus one.
- Saone
-
noun,
a river flowing S from NE France to the Rhone. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- sarc-
-
- arces
-
noun,
a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
- torcs
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- toros
-
noun,
a bull.
- areo-
-
- toran
-
noun,
(in Indian Buddhist and Hindu architecture) a gateway having two or three lintels between two posts.
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- 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.
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- satin
-
noun,
a fabric in a warp-effect or filling-effect satin weave, as acetate, rayon, nylon, or silk, often having a glossy face and a soft, slippery texture.
- Arion
-
noun,
flourished 7th century b.c, Greek poet: inventor of the dithyramb.
- coati
-
noun,
any tropical American carnivore of the genus Nasua, related to the raccoon, having an elongated body, long, ringed tail, and a slender, flexible snout.
- toons
-
noun,
an Asian tree, Cedrela toona, of the mahogany family, yielding an aromatic red wood used for furniture, carving, etc.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- nears
-
- tono-
-
- scant
-
adverb,
Scot. and North England Dialect. scarcely; barely; hardly.
- taces
-
noun,
tasset.
- arose
-
verb,
simple past tense of arise.
- scare
-
noun,
a sudden fright or alarm, especially with little or no reason.
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- noto-
-
- conto
-
noun,
a money of account of Portugal and Cape Verde, equal to 1000 escudos.
- Aneto
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA). Spanish name of Pic de Néthou.
- OSCAR
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter O.
- acorn
-
noun,
the typically ovoid fruit or nut of an oak, enclosed at the base by a cupule.
- Renan
-
noun,
Ernest [ur-nist;; French er-nest] /ˈɜr nɪst;; French ɛrˈnɛst/ (Show IPA), 1823–92, French philologist, historian, and critic.
- reni-
-
- renin
-
noun,
a proteolytic enzyme secreted by the kidneys that is involved in the release of angiotensin.
- Const
-
- Ostia
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, SW of Rome: ruins from 4th century b.c.; site of ancient port of Rome.
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- oste-
-
- acro-
-
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- acron
-
noun,
the unsegmented, preoral portion of the body of an arthropod.
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- Oscan
-
noun,
one of an ancient people of south-central Italy.
- 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.
- conc.
-
- Orton
-
noun,
Joe (John Kingsley Orton) 1933–67, English playwright.
- 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.
- Orson
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Old French word meaning “bearlike.”.
- 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.
- ornis
-
noun,
an avifauna.
- ornes
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- Conan
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Orion
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a giant hunter who pursued the Pleiades, was eventually slain by Artemis, and was then placed in the sky as a constellation.
- Actis
-
noun,
a son of Rhoda and Helius who, when banished from his home for fratricide, fled to Egypt, where he taught astrology. The Colossus of Rhodes was built in his honor.
- Acton
-
noun,
a quilted garment worn under mail in the 13th and 14th centuries; gambeson.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- acnes
-
noun,
an inflammatory disease of the sebaceous glands, characterized by comedones and pimples, especially on the face, back, and chest, and, in severe cases, by cysts and nodules resulting in scarring.
- actos
-
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- ratio
-
noun,
the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:
- 30-30
-
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- Conon
-
noun,
died a.d. 687, pope 686–687.
- 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.
- rason
-
noun,
a long, loose, black gown with wide sleeves, worn by the clergy.
- ratos
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- react
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- Trona
-
noun,
a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- Rains
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- recta
-
noun,
a plural of rectum.
- Conn.
-
- Cons.
-
- Recit
-
- acct.
-
- acet-
-
- racon
-
noun,
radar beacon.
- conic
-
noun,
Geometry. conic section.
- races
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- RECON
-
noun,
reconnaissance.
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- rect.
-
- Actor
-
noun,
a person who acts in stage plays, motion pictures, television broadcasts, etc.
- cont.
-
- 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.
- 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.
- octan
-
noun,
an octan fever.
- octa-
-
- Ronan
-
noun,
a king who killed his son, Mael Fothartaigh, after his wife had falsely accused the boy of attempting to seduce her, and who was himself killed by the children of Mael Fothartaigh.
- ocrea
-
noun,
a sheathing part, as a pair of stipules united about a stem.
- Ronco
-
noun,
any grunt of the genus Haemulon, especially H. parrai, the sailor's-choice, of West Indian waters.
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- ocean
-
noun,
the vast body of salt water that covers almost three fourths of the earth's surface.
- Tosca
-
noun,
an opera (1900) by Giacomo Puccini.
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- torso
-
noun,
the trunk of the human body.
- ronin
-
noun,
a samurai who no longer serves a daimyo, or feudal lord.
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- Oates
-
noun,
Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- Cocos
-
noun,
coconut palm.
- Ancon
-
noun,
the elbow.
- oater
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- oaten
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or made of oats.
- Ronne
-
noun,
a seaport on W Bornholm island, Denmark, in the S Baltic Sea: stone quarries.
- ancre
-
adjective,
having the end of each limb divided and carved outward like the flukes of an anchor; moline:
- Roose
-
verb (used with or without object),
praise.
- Roost
-
noun,
a perch upon which birds or fowls rest at night.
- rooti
-
noun,
rooty2 .
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- anent
-
preposition,
in regard to; about; concerning.
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- Trace
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- trice
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- onto-
-
- Orcas
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- coirs
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- triac
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- aeons
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- aeri-
-
- orant
-
noun,
a representation of a female figure, with outstretched arms and palms up in a gesture of prayer, in ancient and early Christian art.
- orans
-
noun,
orant.
- aero-
-
- Taino
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- rices
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- ontic
-
adjective,
possessing the character of real rather than phenomenal existence; noumenal.
- octo-
-
- treas
-
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- onset
-
noun,
a beginning or start:
- 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.
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- onion
-
noun,
a plant, Allium cepa, of the amaryllis family, having an edible, succulent, pungent bulb.
- coins
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- onco-
-
- onces
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- roans
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- roast
-
noun,
roasted meat or a piece of roasted meat, as a piece of beef or veal of a quantity and shape for slicing into more than one portion.
- Conte
-
noun,
count2 .
- scoot
-
noun,
a swift, darting movement or course.
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- Corse
-
noun,
corpse.
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- cires
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- 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.
- cants
-
noun,
insincere, especially conventional expressions of enthusiasm for high ideals, goodness, or piety.
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- Sinon
-
noun,
a Greek, posing as a deserter, who persuaded the Trojans to take the Trojan Horse into their city.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- Caren
-
noun,
a female given name.
- cares
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- estoc
-
noun,
a thrusting sword of the 13th–17th centuries having a long, narrow blade of rectangular section.
- Srta.
-
- sito-
-
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- score
-
noun,
the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.
- 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.
- Corot
-
noun,
Jean Baptiste Camille [zhahn ba-teest ka-mee-yuh] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist kaˈmi yə/ (Show IPA), 1796–1875, French painter.
- Sino-
-
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- inane
-
noun,
something that is empty or void, especially the void of infinite space.
- Canon
-
noun,
an ecclesiastical rule or law enacted by a council or other competent authority and, in the Roman Catholic Church, approved by the pope.
- ster.
-
- cent.
-
- seti-
-
- icons
-
- 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.
- canst
-
noun,
a sealed container for food, beverages, etc., as of aluminum, sheet iron coated with tin, or other metal:
- Seton
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- Cenis
-
noun,
Mont, a mountain pass between SE France and Italy, in the Alps. 6834 feet (2083 meters) high.
- canto
-
noun,
one of the main or larger divisions of a long poem.
- 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.
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- IATSE
-
- Cant.
-
- teno-
-
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- Sinan
-
noun,
1489?–1587, Turkish architect, especially of mosques.
- since
-
adverb,
from then till now (often preceded by ever):
- tenon
-
noun,
a projection formed on the end of a timber or the like for insertion into a mortise of the same dimensions.
- caret
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- sero-
-
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- Costa
-
noun,
a rib or riblike part.
- cater
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- econ.
-
- Stone
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- ecto-
-
- ento-
-
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- Ensor
-
noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- cions
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- sonic
-
adjective,
of or relating to sound.
- cosec
-
noun,
cosecant.
- SONAR
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- Ennis
-
noun,
a town in N Texas.
- tera-
-
- caste
-
noun,
Sociology.
an endogamous and hereditary social group limited to persons of the same rank, occupation, economic position, etc., and having mores distinguishing it from other such groups.
any rigid system of social distinctions.
- Sonia
-
noun,
a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.
- enact
-
verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- cines
-
noun,
a film; motion picture.
- carts
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- Cates
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- Soane
-
noun,
Sir John, 1753–1837, English architect.
- snoot
-
noun,
Slang. the nose.
- snore
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- Carie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- Carin
-
noun,
a female given name.
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- carne
-
noun,
Marcel [mahr-sel;; French mar-sel] /mɑrˈsɛl;; French marˈsɛl/ (Show IPA), 1909–1996, French film director.
- snort
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- 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.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- cine-
-
- CIRCA
-
preposition, adverb,
about: (used especially in) approximate dates:
Abbreviation: ca, ca., c., c, cir., circ.
- circs
-
noun,
circular (def 9).
- Corti
-
noun,
Alfonso [al-fon-soh;; Italian ahl-fawn-saw] /ælˈfɒn soʊ;; Italian ɑlˈfɔn sɔ/ (Show IPA), 1822–76, Italian anatomist.
- ERICA
-
noun,
any of numerous low-growing evergreen shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Erica, of the heath family, including several species of heather.
- carns
-
noun,
cairn.
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- carse
-
noun,
bottom land.
- 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.
- 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.
- Eaton
-
noun,
Theophilus, 1590–1658, English colonist and colonial administrator in America.
- Carte
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- canoe
-
noun,
any of various slender, open boats, tapering to a point at both ends, propelled by paddles or sometimes sails and traditionally formed of light framework covered with bark, skins, or canvas, or formed from a dug-out or burned-out log or logs, and now usually made of aluminum, fiberglass, etc.
- Canso
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in SE Canada, the NE extremity of Nova Scotia.
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- crine
-
noun,
hair; head of hair.
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- cero-
-
- Iran.
-
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- iotas
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- cries
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- ation
-
- Senna
-
noun,
any plant, shrub, or tree belonging to the genus Cassia, of the legume family, having pinnate leaves and large clusters of flowers.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- atone
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- 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.
- secco
-
noun,
fresco secco.
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- ceric
-
adjective,
containing cerium, especially in the tetravalent state.
- crate
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- Stoic
-
noun,
a member or adherent of the Stoic school of philosophy.
- Croat
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Croatia; Croatian.
- ceria
-
noun,
a white-to-yellow, heavy powder, cerium dioxide, CeO 2 , usually derived from cerium nitrate by decomposition with heat: used chiefly in ceramics, glass polishing, and decolorizing.
- Croce
-
noun,
Benedetto [be-ne-det-taw] /ˌbɛ nɛˈdɛt tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1866–1952, Italian statesman, philosopher, and historian.
- intr.
-
- sect.
-
- coria
-
noun,
plural of corium.
- caco-
-
- Astor
-
noun,
John Jacob, 1763–1848, U.S. capitalist and fur merchant.
- scorn
-
noun,
open or unqualified contempt; disdain:
- Scot.
-
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- Corea
-
noun,
Armando Anthony [ahr-mahn-doh] /ɑrˈmɑn doʊ/ (Show IPA), ("Chick") born 1941, U.S. jazz pianist and composer.
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- cores
-
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- Cesti
-
noun,
Marcantonio [mahr-kahn-taw-nyaw] /ˌmɑr kɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1623–69, Italian composer.
- Aston
-
noun,
Francis William, 1877–1945, English physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1922.
- astr.
-
- ceros
-
noun,
a large Atlantic and Gulf Coast mackerel game fish, Scomberomorus regalis.
- cesta
-
noun,
a narrow, curved basket fitted on one end to a wooden handle with a glovelike compartment at the base, for catching and throwing the ball.
- Creon
-
noun,
a king of Thebes, the brother of Jocasta and the uncle of Eteocles, Polynices, and Antigone.
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- SEATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Manila (1954), comprising Australia, Great Britain, France, New Zealand, Pakistan, the Philippines, Thailand, and the United States, for collective defense against aggression in southeastern Asia and the southwestern Pacific: abolished in 1977.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- conns
-
noun,
responsibility for the steering of a ship.
- crest
-
noun,
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- Irons
-
noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- cert.
-
- 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.
- 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.
- taros
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- cacti
-
noun,
any of numerous succulent plants of the family Cactaceae, of warm, arid regions of the New World, having fleshy, leafless, usually spiny stems, and typically having solitary, showy flowers.
- serac
-
noun,
a large irregularity of glacial ice, as a pinnacle found in glacial crevasses and formed by melting or movement of the ice.
- canc.
-
- inst.
-
- Crane
-
noun,
any large wading bird of the family Gruidae, characterized by long legs, bill, and neck and an elevated hind toe.
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- caner
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- canes
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- 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.
- cotes
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- Cairo
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Egypt, in the N part on the E bank of the Nile.
- Inner
-
adjective,
situated within or farther within; interior:
- CENTO
-
noun,
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- Seric
-
- incr.
-
- incor
-
- Cisco
-
noun,
any of several whitefishes of the genus Coregonus, of the Great Lakes and smaller lakes of eastern North America.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- incas
-
noun,
a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
- 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.
- croon
-
noun,
the act or sound of crooning.
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- cairn
-
noun,
a heap of stones set up as a landmark, monument, tombstone, etc.
- crone
-
noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- caine
-
noun,
(Sir Thomas Henry) Hall, 1853–1931, English novelist.
- tears
-
- cains
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- crocs
-
noun,
crocodile.
- Tenn.
-
- ceras
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- 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: ¢.
- Ciano
-
noun,
Count Galeazzo [gah-le-aht-tsaw] /ˌgɑ lɛˈɑt tsɔ/ (Show IPA), (Ciano di Cortellazzo) 1903–44, Italian Fascist statesman: minister of foreign affairs 1936–43.
- cites
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- ter.
-
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- Soni
-
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- 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.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- 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.
- tri-
-
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- Sra.
-
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- Soot
-
noun,
a black, carbonaceous substance produced during incomplete combustion of coal, wood, oil, etc., rising in fine particles and adhering to the sides of the chimney or pipe conveying the smoke: also conveyed in the atmosphere to other locations.
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- 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.
- tron
-
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- Ste.
-
- soon
-
Idioms,
sooner or later, eventually:
- teas
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- tRNA
-
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- sate
-
noun,
a Southeast Asian, especially Indonesian and Malaysian, dish of marinated, bite-size pieces of meat, skewered, barbecued, and usually served with a peanut-flavored dipping sauce.
- Sat.
-
- tics
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- torc
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- Sari
-
noun,
a garment worn by Hindu women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- 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.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- Saco
-
noun,
a city in SW Maine.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- scr.
-
- sci.
-
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- seat
-
noun,
something designed to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair, bench, or pew; a place on or in which one sits.
- tonn
-
- sec.
-
- taco
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- Tace
-
noun,
tasset.
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- scar
-
noun,
a mark left by a healed wound, sore, or burn.
- tion
-
- SCAN
-
noun,
an act or instance of scanning; close examination.
- toon
-
noun,
an Asian tree, Cedrela toona, of the mahogany family, yielding an aromatic red wood used for furniture, carving, etc.
- Sato
-
noun,
Eisaku [ey-sah-koo;; Japanese ey-sah-koo] /eɪˈsɑ ku;; Japanese ˈeɪ sɑˌku/ (Show IPA), 1901–75, Japanese political leader: prime minister 1964–72; Nobel Peace Prize 1974.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- RNAS
-
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- RONA
-
- 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.
- rocs
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- Roca
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in W Portugal, near Lisbon: the western extremity of continental Europe.
- Taro
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- 'roo
-
noun,
kangaroo.
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- rit.
-
- 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.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- 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.
- 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.
- str.
-
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- roto
-
noun,
rotogravure.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- 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.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- ROTC
-
noun,
a body of students at some colleges and universities who are given training toward becoming officers in the armed forces. Abbreviation: ROTC, R.O.T.C.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- 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.
- Rota
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- torn
-
noun,
a drop of the saline, watery fluid continually secreted by the lacrimal glands between the surface of the eye and the eyelid, serving to moisten and lubricate these parts and keep them clear of foreign particles. Synonyms: teardrop.
- toro
-
noun,
a bull.
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- Con.
-
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- Root
-
noun,
a part of the body of a plant that develops, typically, from the radicle and grows downward into the soil, anchoring the plant and absorbing nutriment and moisture.
- ten.
-
- 1080
-
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- CERN
-
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- CART
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- CASE
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- cast
-
noun,
act of casting or throwing.
- cat.
-
- Cate
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- Cato
-
noun,
Marcus Porcius [pawr-shee-uh s,, -shuh s] /ˈpɔr ʃi əs,, -ʃəs/ (Show IPA), ("the Elder"or"the Censor") 234–149 b.c, Roman statesman, soldier, and writer.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Itea
-
noun,
any tree or shrub belonging to the genus Itea, of the saxifrage family, having simple, alternate leaves and clusters of small, greenish-white flowers, as the Virginia willow, I. virginica.
- cen.
-
- iso-
-
- cera
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- nane
-
pronoun, adverb, adjective,
none1 .
- cet-
-
- Ceta
-
noun,
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.
- Ceto
-
- 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.
- Ire.
-
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- ciao
-
interjection,
(used as a word of greeting or parting): hello; goodbye; so long; see you later.
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- ions
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- cion
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- cir.
-
- Carn
-
noun,
cairn.
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- int.
-
- 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.
- non-
-
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- NIRA
-
- Nino
-
noun,
boy; child.
- Nine
-
noun,
a cardinal number, eight plus one.
- Nina
-
noun,
girl; child.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- NICE
-
noun,
a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
- cac-
-
- Cain
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- cts.
-
- narc
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- Nero
-
noun,
(Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus) (“Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus”) a.d. 37–68, emperor of Rome 54–68, known for his cruelty and depravity.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- neon
-
noun,
Chemistry. a chemically inert gaseous element occurring in small amounts in the earth's atmosphere, used chiefly in a type of electrical lamp. Symbol: Ne; atomic weight: 20.183; atomic number: 10; density: 0.9002 g/l at 0°C and 760 mm pressure.
- neo-
-
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- Can.
-
- cane
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- NCTE
-
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- NATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Washington, D.C. (1949), comprising the 12 nations of the Atlantic Pact together with Greece, Turkey, and the Federal Republic of Germany, for the purpose of collective defense against aggression.
- CARE
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- 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.
- circ
-
noun,
circular (def 9).
- ator
-
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- Cor.
-
- Cora
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. Kore.
- Cori
-
noun,
Carl Ferdinand, 1896–1984, and his wife, Gerty Theresa, 1896–1957, U.S. biochemists, born in Austria-Hungary: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1947.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- 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.
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- Cort
-
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- cose
-
verb (used without object),
coze.
- Cost
-
noun,
the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
- coot
-
noun,
any aquatic bird of the genus Fulica, as F. americana, of North America, and F. atra, of the Old World, characterized by lobate toes and short wings and tail.
- Ens.
-
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- enc.
-
- Cote
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- crat
-
- ect-
-
- eco-
-
- Cres
-
- croc
-
noun,
crocodile.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- ears
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- eso-
-
- Coos
-
noun,
a language of a group of American Indians indigenous to the coast of Oregon.
- ins.
-
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- inns
-
noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- cis-
-
- Inca
-
noun,
a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
- Inc.
-
- inae
-
- CISC
-
noun,
complex instruction set computer: a computer whose central processing unit recognizes a relatively large number of instructions.
- cist
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- Ice.
-
- cit.
-
- ICAO
-
- est.
-
- coat
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- coca
-
noun,
a shrub, Erythroxylon coca, native to the Andes, having simple, alternate leaves and small yellowish flowers.
- Coco
-
noun,
coconut palm.
- coin
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- coir
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- 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.
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- 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.
- etc.
-
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- coon
-
noun,
raccoon.
- none
-
noun,
nones1 .
- ctr.
-
- Aton
-
noun,
a solar deity declared by Amenhotep IV to be the only god, represented as a solar disk with rays ending in human hands.
- ance
-
- Aire
-
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- Oost
-
noun,
Jacob van [yah-kawp vahn] /ˈyɑ kɔp vɑn/ (Show IPA), 1600?–71, and his son, Jacob van, 1639?–1713, Flemish painters.
- o-os
-
noun,
any of several species of Hawaiian honey eaters of the genus Moho, especially the extinct M. nobilis, of the island of Hawaii, that had black plumage and two tufts of yellow plumes used to make ceremonial robes for the Hawaiian kings.
- Oona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- Ont.
-
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- orcs
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- atic
-
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- ann.
-
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- Anne
-
noun,
1665–1714, queen of England 1702–14 (daughter of James II of England).
- ano-
-
- 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.
- ANSI
-
- ant.
-
- Arce
-
noun,
a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
- ARCO
-
adverb,
(of the performance of a passage for stringed instruments) with the bow.
- Orca
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- Acre
-
noun,
a common measure of area: in the U.S. and U.K., 1 acre equals 4,840 square yards (4,047 square meters) or 0.405 hectare; 640 acres equals one square mile.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- ARCS
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- acc.
-
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- rain
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- Acis
-
noun,
the lover of Galatea, killed by Polyphemus out of jealousy.
- RACE
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- acne
-
noun,
an inflammatory disease of the sebaceous glands, characterized by comedones and pimples, especially on the face, back, and chest, and, in severe cases, by cysts and nodules resulting in scarring.
- acr-
-
- ACTS
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- Otoe
-
noun,
Oto.
- oto-
-
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- otic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ear; auricular.
- aeon
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- aer-
-
- aesc
-
noun,
ash2 (def 3).
- aet.
-
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- oro-
-
- Oct.
-
- once
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- ARIS
-
- noon
-
noun,
midday.
- NTIA
-
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- nos-
-
- asci
-
noun,
plural of ascus.
- asc-
-
- art.
-
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- ates
-
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- Norn
-
noun,
an extinct Norse dialect, spoken until early modern times in the Shetland and Orkney Islands and in parts of northern Scotland.
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- 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.
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- ocas
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- not-
-
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- Nor.
-
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- ACT
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- ct.
-
- ae.
-
- 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.
- AEC
-
- ACS
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- at.
-
- ast
-
- cs.
-
- cr.
-
- COS
-
noun,
romaine.
- Co.
-
- Tro
-
- 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.
- CRT
-
- ctn
-
plural,
carton.
- cte
-
- CTC
-
- CTA
-
- CST
-
- CSR
-
- CSO
-
- CSC
-
- CSA
-
- TSI
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- TSE
-
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- CRS
-
- ac-
-
- an.
-
- Ar.
-
- CRC
-
- STI
-
- ATC
-
- ca.
-
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- cc.
-
- COT
-
noun,
a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
- CAI
-
- 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.
- AIC
-
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- CIE
-
- CIC
-
- TCA
-
- ARS
-
- TCS
-
- tea
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- CIA
-
- CAS
-
verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- aor
-
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- too
-
Idioms,
only too. only (def 10).
- ARE
-
noun,
a measure of surface area; 1 are is equal to1/100 (0.01) of a hectare (100 square meters or 119.6 square yards). Abbreviation: a.
- CEO
-
- CEC
-
- CEA
-
- CCS
-
verb (used with object),
to send a duplicate of a document, email, or the like to:
- CCR
-
- CCA
-
- ase
-
- ANC
-
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- TIA
-
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- COO
-
noun,
a cooing sound.
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- CNS
-
- CNO
-
- CNN
-
- CNC
-
- ASR
-
- ASI
-
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- tra
-
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- ASN
-
- CAR
-
noun,
an automobile.
- tr.
-
- AIS
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- 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.
- OSA
-
- Rs.
-
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- nr.
-
- NRA
-
- NRC
-
- NSA
-
- NSC
-
- Oc.
-
- OTC
-
- RSE
-
- OAO
-
- oar
-
noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- OAS
-
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- Oca
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- OCC
-
- OCR
-
- OCS
-
- RSA
-
- rt.
-
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- SAR
-
- NCC
-
- ne-
-
- NEA
-
- sc.
-
- NEC
-
- NES
-
- NIA
-
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- rte
-
- NNE
-
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- NOC
-
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- SAE
-
- SAC
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- SRO
-
- So.
-
- RTS
-
- ROI
-
- OEO
-
- Nan
-
noun,
naan.
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- ose
-
- OSO
-
- ot-
-
- OTA
-
- ote
-
- OTS
-
- RCS
-
- Re.
-
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- REA
-
- RCT
-
- RCN
-
- RCA
-
- rat
-
noun,
any of several long-tailed rodents of the family Muridae, of the genus Rattus and related genera, distinguished from the mouse by being larger.
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- ONI
-
- oic
-
- ROC
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- OIr
-
- OIt
-
- ROA
-
- RNA
-
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- ONR
-
- 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.
- ons
-
- oo-
-
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- o-o
-
noun,
any of several species of Hawaiian honey eaters of the genus Moho, especially the extinct M. nobilis, of the island of Hawaii, that had black plumage and two tufts of yellow plumes used to make ceremonial robes for the Hawaiian kings.
- oon
-
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- OOT
-
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- orc
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- 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:
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- ETS
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- ERT
-
- ESA
-
- Esc
-
- ESR
-
- ETO
-
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- ETR
-
- ics
-
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- io-
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- IAS
-
- ICA
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- 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).
- ICC
-
- SOC
-
noun,
sociology or a class or course in sociology.
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- in.
-
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- eo-
-
- Sta
-
- St.
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- Sr.
-
- ea.
-
- ean
-
- ear
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- ec-
-
- Soo
-
noun,
the, Canadian. Sault Ste. Marie.
- ECA
-
- eir
-
- EIS
-
- en-
-
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- ier
-
- Ia.
-
- IRO
-
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- ise
-
- se-
-
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- ISA
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- IRS
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ITA
-
- IRC
-
- ITC
-
- Ir.
-
- ite
-
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- ist
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- ISR
-
- IOC
-
- NCO
-
- ine
-
- Ios
-
noun,
a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey.
- ior
-
- INN
-
noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- 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
-
- 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).
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- RC
-
- NC
-
- A.
-
noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- 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.
- RI
-
- RN
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- AI
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- N.
-
- AO
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- OA
-
- R.
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- O.
-
- NI
-
- ic
-
- i.
-
- TC
-
- RO
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- SN
-
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- T1
-
- t.
-
- TN
-
- S.
-
- SA
-
- CE
-
- EI
-