Anagrams of consecrations
Word consecrations has
1929 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of consecrations.
- Consecration
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noun,
the act of consecrating; dedication to the service and worship of a deity.
- 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.
- constancies
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noun,
the quality of being unchanging or unwavering, as in purpose, love, or loyalty; firmness of mind; faithfulness.
- concretions
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noun,
the act or process of concreting or becoming substantial; coalescence; solidification.
- concertina
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noun,
a musical instrument resembling an accordion but having buttonlike keys, hexagonal bellows and ends, and a more limited range.
- constrains
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verb (used with object),
to force, compel, or oblige:
- constances
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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).
- consociate
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adjective, noun, verb (used without object),
associate.
- octonaries
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noun,
a group of eight; an ogdoad.
- conoscenti
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plural noun,
cognoscenti.
- ironstones
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noun,
any iron-bearing mineral or rock with siliceous impurities.
- cortisones
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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.
- ostensoria
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noun,
ostensory.
- concession
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noun,
the act of conceding or yielding, as a right, a privilege, or a point or fact in an argument:
- concertino
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noun,
a short concerto.
- containers
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noun,
anything that contains or can contain something, as a carton, box, crate, or can.
- concretion
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noun,
the act or process of concreting or becoming substantial; coalescence; solidification.
- transsonic
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adjective,
transonic.
- 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.
- coactions
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noun,
force or compulsion, either in restraining or in impelling.
- estonians
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noun,
a member of a Finnish people inhabiting Estonia, Livonia, and other districts of Russia.
- concertos
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noun,
a composition for one or more principal instruments, with orchestral accompaniment, now usually in symphonic form.
- cosecants
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noun,
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the hypotenuse to the side opposite a given angle.
- incessant
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adjective,
continuing without interruption; ceaseless; unending:
- 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.
- Rosinante
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noun,
the old, worn horse of Don Quixote.
- canonries
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noun,
the office or benefice of a canon.
- canonists
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noun,
a person who is a specialist in canon law.
- connector
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noun,
a person or thing that connects.
- 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.
- Isocrates
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noun,
436–338 b.c, Athenian orator.
- cessation
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noun,
a temporary or complete stopping; discontinuance:
- 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.
- canisters
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noun,
a small box or jar, often one of a kitchen set, for holding tea, coffee, flour, and sugar.
- occasions
-
noun,
a particular time, especially as marked by certain circumstances or occurrences:
- 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.
- constrain
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verb (used with object),
to force, compel, or oblige:
- sarcosine
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noun,
a crystalline compound, C 3 H 7 NO 2 , with a sweet taste, soluble in water, slightly soluble in alcohol: used in the manufacture of toothpaste, cosmetics, and pharmaceuticals.
- anorectic
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noun,
an anorectic substance, as a drug; anorexiant.
- sonorants
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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).
- 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.
- 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).
- 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.
- crocoites
-
noun,
a yellow, orange, or red mineral, lead chromate, PbCrO 4 , formed by replacement.
- sanctions
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noun,
authoritative permission or approval, as for an action.
- ectosarcs
-
noun,
the ectoplasm of a protozoan (opposed to endosarc).
- corantoes
-
noun,
courante.
- instances
-
noun,
a case or occurrence of anything:
- croissant
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noun,
a rich, buttery, crescent-shaped roll of leavened dough or puff paste.
- ironstone
-
noun,
any iron-bearing mineral or rock with siliceous impurities.
- accession
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noun,
the act of coming into the possession of a right, title, office, etc.:
- 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.
- container
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noun,
anything that contains or can contain something, as a carton, box, crate, or can.
- serotonin
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noun,
a neurotransmitter, derived from tryptophan, that is involved in sleep, depression, memory, and other neurological processes.
- sensation
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noun,
the operation or function of the senses; perception or awareness of stimuli through the senses.
- crenation
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noun,
a rounded projection or tooth, as on the margin of a leaf.
- Rocinante
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noun,
Rosinante.
- senoritas
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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.
- scenarist
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noun,
a writer of motion-picture or television scenarios.
- acrostics
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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.
- coenosarc
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noun,
the tubular tissue connecting the polyps of a hydroid colony.
- 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.
- conations
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noun,
the part of mental life having to do with striving, including desire and volition.
- creations
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noun,
the act of producing or causing to exist; the act of creating; engendering.
- coercions
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noun,
the act of coercing; use of force or intimidation to obtain compliance.
- accretion
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noun,
an increase by natural growth or by gradual external addition; growth in size or extent.
- assertion
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noun,
a positive statement or declaration, often without support or reason:
- Ascension
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noun,
the act of ascending; ascent.
- 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.
- resonants
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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).
- consorts
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noun,
a husband or wife; spouse, especially of a reigning monarch.
Compare prince consort, queen consort.
- consents
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noun,
permission, approval, or agreement; compliance; acquiescence:
- scooters
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noun,
a child's vehicle that typically has two wheels with a low footboard between them, is steered by a handlebar, and is propelled by pushing one foot against the ground while resting the other on the footboard.
- coercion
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noun,
the act of coercing; use of force or intimidation to obtain compliance.
- 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.
- Socrates
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noun,
469?–399 b.c, Athenian philosopher.
- 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.
- Socratic
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noun,
a follower of Socrates.
- notaries
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noun,
notary public.
- sections
-
noun,
a part that is cut off or separated.
- 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).
- cisterna
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noun,
cistern (def 2).
- sonances
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noun,
the condition or quality of being sonant.
- cocinero
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noun,
a cook, especially one working on a ranch or a trail drive.
- 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.
- coaction
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noun,
force or compulsion, either in restraining or in impelling.
- concerns
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noun,
something that relates or pertains to a person; business; affair:
- sensoria
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noun,
a part of the brain or the brain itself regarded as the seat of sensation.
- siroccos
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noun,
a hot, dry, dustladen wind blowing from northern Africa and affecting parts of southern Europe.
- occasion
-
noun,
a particular time, especially as marked by certain circumstances or occurrences:
- concents
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noun,
concord of sound, voices, etc.; harmony.
- Notornis
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noun,
a rare, flightless gallinulelike bird, Notornis mantelli, of New Zealand.
- coasters
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noun,
a person or thing that coasts.
- concerto
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noun,
a composition for one or more principal instruments, with orchestral accompaniment, now usually in symphonic form.
- conceits
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noun,
an excessively favorable opinion of one's own ability, importance, wit, etc.
- concerts
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noun,
a public musical performance in which a number of singers or instrumentalists, or both, participate.
- arsenics
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- necrosis
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noun,
death of a circumscribed portion of animal or plant tissue.
- nonaries
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noun,
a number in a nonary system.
- coarsens
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become coarse.
- 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:
- scenario
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noun,
an outline of the plot of a dramatic work, giving particulars as to the scenes, characters, situations, etc.
- scanties
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noun,
scanties, very brief underpants, especially for women.
- Scranton
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noun,
William Warren, 1917–2011, U.S. politician.
- conation
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noun,
the part of mental life having to do with striving, including desire and volition.
- isotones
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noun,
one of two or more atoms having an equal number of neutrons but different atomic numbers.
- scansion
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noun,
the metrical analysis of verse. The usual marks for scansion are ˘ for a short or unaccented syllable, ¯ or · for a long or accented syllable, ^ for a rest, | for a foot division, and ‖ for a caesura or pause.
- carotins
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noun,
carotene.
- connects
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adjective,
of or relating to a connection or connections:
- narcosis
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noun,
a state of stupor or drowsiness.
- arsonist
-
noun,
a person who commits arson.
- 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.
- nitroso-
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- contains
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verb (used with object),
to hold or include within its volume or area:
- Estonian
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noun,
a member of a Finnish people inhabiting Estonia, Livonia, and other districts of Russia.
- acentric
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adjective,
not centered; having no center.
- 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.
- reaction
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noun,
a reverse movement or tendency; an action in a reverse direction or manner.
- Ossetian
-
noun,
an Osset.
- canoness
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noun,
a member of a Christian community of women living under a rule but not under a vow.
- canonist
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noun,
a person who is a specialist in canon law.
- canotier
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noun,
a fabric constructed in a twill weave, used in the manufacture of yachting clothes.
- cortico-
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- tensions
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noun,
the act of stretching or straining.
- cosecant
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noun,
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the hypotenuse to the side opposite a given angle.
- 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.
- ternions
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noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- Castries
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noun,
a port in and the capital of the state of St. Lucia, on the NW coast.
- 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.
- cantoris
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adjective,
of or relating to the gospel or liturgical north side of a church (opposed to decani).
- esconson
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noun,
sconcheon.
- crosstie
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noun,
Railroads. a tie.
- 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.
- crannies
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noun,
a small, narrow opening in a wall, rock, etc.; chink; crevice; fissure:
- entrains
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verb (used with object),
to put aboard a train.
- Cranston
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noun,
a city in E Rhode Island, near Providence.
- erosions
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noun,
the act or state of eroding; state of being eroded.
- torsions
-
noun,
the act of twisting.
- acrostic
-
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.
- Ericsson
-
noun,
John, 1803–89, Swedish engineer and inventor; in the U.S. after 1839.
- retsinas
-
noun,
a strong, resinated white or red wine of Greece and Cyprus.
- erasions
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noun,
the act of erasing.
- enations
-
noun,
a small outgrowth of plant tissue, usually on a leaf, caused by virus infection.
- coronate
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adjective,
having or wearing a crown, coronet, or the like.
- Creation
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noun,
the act of producing or causing to exist; the act of creating; engendering.
- cooncans
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noun,
a variety of rummy for two players.
- ectosarc
-
noun,
the ectoplasm of a protozoan (opposed to endosarc).
- stearins
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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.
- treasons
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noun,
the offense of acting to overthrow one's government or to harm or kill its sovereign.
- cancrine
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adjective,
reading the same backwards as forwards:
- ancestor
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noun,
a person from whom one is descended; forebear; progenitor.
- 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.
- cistrons
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noun,
a segment of DNA that encodes for the formation of a specific polypeptide chain; a structural gene.
- 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).
- sanction
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noun,
authoritative permission or approval, as for an action.
- corantos
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noun,
courante.
- intrans.
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- contessa
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noun,
countess.
- sternson
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noun,
a knee in a timber-framed vessel, reinforcing the angle between the keelson and the sternpost.
- croceins
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noun,
any of several acid azo dyes producing orange or scarlet colors.
- instance
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noun,
a case or occurrence of anything:
- insnares
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verb (used with object),
ensnare.
- canister
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noun,
a small box or jar, often one of a kitchen set, for holding tea, coffee, flour, and sugar.
- 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.
- ancients
-
noun,
a person who lived in ancient times.
- crocoite
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noun,
a yellow, orange, or red mineral, lead chromate, PbCrO 4 , formed by replacement.
- cistron
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noun,
a segment of DNA that encodes for the formation of a specific polypeptide chain; a structural gene.
- recants
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verb (used with object),
to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
- 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.
- rations
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noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- caseins
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noun,
Biochemistry. a protein precipitated from milk, as by rennet, and forming the basis of cheese and certain plastics.
- cistern
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noun,
a reservoir, tank, or container for storing or holding water or other liquid.
- notices
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noun,
an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning:
- 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.
- ciscoes
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noun,
any of several whitefishes of the genus Coregonus, of the Great Lakes and smaller lakes of eastern North America.
- ratoons
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noun,
a sprout or shoot from the root of a plant, especially a sugarcane, after it has been cropped.
- caserns
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noun,
a lodging for soldiers in a garrison town; barracks.
- noetics
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noun,
the science of the intellect or of pure thought; reasoning.
- nostocs
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noun,
any freshwater, blue-green alga of the genus Nostoc, often occurring in jellylike colonies in moist places.
- norites
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noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- reasons
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noun,
a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.:
- casinos
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noun,
a building or large room used for meetings, entertainment, dancing, etc., especially such a place equipped with gambling devices, gambling tables, etc.
- racists
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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.
- Cassino
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noun,
casino (def 3).
- Oscines
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noun,
an oscine bird.
- oration
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noun,
a formal public speech, especially one delivered on a special occasion, as on an anniversary, at a funeral, or at academic exercises.
- orceins
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noun,
a red dye, the principal coloring matter of cudbear and orchil, obtained by oxidizing an ammoniacal solution of orcinol.
- Ontario
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noun,
a province in S Canada, bordering on the Great Lakes. 412,582 sq. mi. (1,068,585 sq. km). Capital: Toronto.
- orients
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noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- centro-
-
- Oneonta
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noun,
a city in E central New York.
- centric
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adjective,
pertaining to or situated at the center; central.
- cerotic
-
adjective,
of or derived from cerotic acid.
- centri-
-
- orisons
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noun,
a prayer.
- certain
-
Idioms,
for certain, without a doubt; surely:
- Orontes
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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.
- cession
-
noun,
act of ceding, as by treaty.
- Cassite
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noun,
Kassite.
- censors
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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.
- Ossetia
-
noun,
a region in Caucasia: divided between North Ossetia of the Russian Federation and the South Ossetian Autonomous Region of the Georgian Republic.
- 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.
- Ossetic
-
noun,
the Indo-European, Iranian language of the Ossets.
- Oceanic
-
adjective,
of, living in, or produced by the ocean:
- cations
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noun,
a positively charged ion that is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis.
- raccoon
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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.
- cerato-
-
- racoons
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noun,
raccoon.
- castors
-
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.
- ratines
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noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- notions
-
noun,
a general understanding; vague or imperfect conception or idea of something:
- cassone
-
noun,
a large Italian chest of the Middle Ages and Renaissance, usually highly ornamented.
- orectic
-
adjective,
of or relating to desire; appetitive.
- connate
-
adjective,
existing in a person or thing from birth or origin; inborn:
- citrons
-
noun,
a pale-yellow fruit resembling the lemon but larger and with thicker rind, borne by a small tree or large bush, Citrus medica, allied to the lemon and lime.
- cortina
-
noun,
a weblike, often evanescent veil covering the gills or hanging from the cap edge of certain mushrooms, particularly those of genus Cortinarius, and sometimes persisting as a ring or remnant of fibrils around the mushroom stalk.
- Costain
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noun,
Thomas Bertram, 1885–1965, U.S. novelist, historian, and editor, born in Canada.
- Estonia
-
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.
- estrins
-
noun,
estrone.
- cosines
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side adjacent to a given angle to the hypotenuse.
the sine of the complement of a given angle or arc. Abbreviation: cos.
- Etonian
-
noun,
a person who is or has been a pupil at Eton College.
- incases
-
verb (used with object),
encase.
- Cortona
-
noun,
Pietro da [pye-traw dah] /ˈpyɛ trɔ dɑ/ (Show IPA), (Pietro Berrettini) 1596–1669, Italian painter and architect.
- incests
-
noun,
sexual intercourse between closely related persons.
- costers
-
noun,
costermonger.
- incross
-
noun,
a mating between organisms that are both homozygous for the same allele.
- Corsica
-
noun,
an island in the Mediterranean, SE of and forming a department of France. 3367 sq. mi. (8720 sq. km). Capital: Ajaccio.
- corsets
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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.
- Insecta
-
noun,
the class comprising the insects.
- coronet
-
noun,
a small crown.
- 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.
- inserts
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- cornice
-
noun,
Architecture.
any prominent, continuous, horizontally projecting feature surmounting a wall or other construction, or dividing it horizontally for compositional purposes.
the uppermost member of a classical entablature, consisting of a bed molding, a corona, and a cymatium, with rows of dentils, modillions, etc., often placed between the bed molding and the corona.
- costars
-
noun,
a performer, especially an actor or actress, who shares star billing with another.
- escorts
-
noun,
a group of persons, or a single person, accompanying another or others for protection, guidance, or courtesy:
- corneas
-
noun,
the transparent anterior part of the external coat of the eye covering the iris and the pupil and continuous with the sclera.
- enroots
-
verb (used with object),
to fix by the root.
- Crotone
-
noun,
a city in S Italy; ancient Greek colony.
- crotons
-
noun,
any of numerous chiefly tropical plants constituting the genus Croton, of the spurge family, several species of which, as C. tiglium, have important medicinal properties.
- cronies
-
noun,
a close friend or companion; chum.
- crocein
-
noun,
any of several acid azo dyes producing orange or scarlet colors.
- enation
-
noun,
a small outgrowth of plant tissue, usually on a leaf, caused by virus infection.
- encinas
-
noun,
the live oak, Quercus virginiana.
- crinose
-
adjective,
hairy.
- cretins
-
noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- entasis
-
noun,
a slight convexity given to a column or tower, as to correct an optical illusion.
- erotics
-
noun,
an erotic poem.
- entrain
-
verb (used with object),
to put aboard a train.
- Crescas
-
noun,
Hasdai [khahs-dahy] /ˈxɑs daɪ/ (Show IPA), 1340–1412? Jewish philosopher and theologian, born in Spain.
- erasion
-
noun,
the act of erasing.
- cratons
-
noun,
a relatively rigid and immobile region of continental portions of the earth's crust.
- Ericson
-
noun,
Leif [leef;; Icelandic leyv] /lif;; Icelandic leɪv/ (Show IPA), flourished a.d. c1000, Norse mariner: according to Icelandic saga, discoverer of Vinland (son of Eric the Red).
- erosion
-
noun,
the act or state of eroding; state of being eroded.
- cranio-
-
- erotica
-
noun,
written works, usually fiction, dealing with sexual love.
- cornets
-
noun,
Music. a valved wind instrument of the trumpet family.
- insnare
-
verb (used with object),
ensnare.
- Nicetas
-
noun,
Saint Ignatius (def 2).
- nascent
-
adjective,
beginning to exist or develop:
- concise
-
adjective,
expressing or covering much in few words; brief in form but comprehensive in scope; succinct; terse:
- concert
-
noun,
a public musical performance in which a number of singers or instrumentalists, or both, participate.
- concern
-
noun,
something that relates or pertains to a person; business; affair:
- concent
-
noun,
concord of sound, voices, etc.; harmony.
- conceit
-
noun,
an excessively favorable opinion of one's own ability, importance, wit, etc.
- nancies
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Meurthe-et-Moselle, in NE France: battles 1477, 1914, 1944.
- narcose
-
adjective,
characterized by stupor; stuporous.
- nasions
-
noun,
the intersection of the internasal suture with the nasofrontal suture in the midsagittal plane.
- connect
-
adjective,
of or relating to a connection or connections:
- cocaine
-
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.
- nasties
-
noun,
Informal. a nasty person or thing.
- natrons
-
noun,
a mineral, hydrated sodium carbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅10H 2 O.
- coaster
-
noun,
a person or thing that coasts.
- coarsen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become coarse.
- nectars
-
noun,
the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or birds that pollinate the flower.
- 2,4,5-t
-
noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- nestors
-
noun,
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- isotone
-
noun,
one of two or more atoms having an equal number of neutrons but different atomic numbers.
- Connors
-
noun,
James Scott (Jimmy) born 1952, U.S. tennis player.
- instars
-
noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- introns
-
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.
- coranto
-
noun,
courante.
- intens.
-
- interns
-
noun,
a person who is or has been interned; internee.
- coontie
-
noun,
either of two arrowroots, Zamia integrifolia or Z. floridana, of Florida, having a short trunk, pinnate leaves, and cones: Z. floridana is an endangered species.
- cooncan
-
noun,
a variety of rummy for two players.
- intones
-
verb (used with object),
to utter with a particular tone or voice modulation.
- contras
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) a member of a counterrevolutionary guerrilla group in Nicaragua.
- contra-
-
- 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.
- connote
-
verb (used with object),
to signify or suggest (certain meanings, ideas, etc.) in addition to the explicit or primary meaning:
- contain
-
verb (used with object),
to hold or include within its volume or area:
- constr.
-
- conster
-
verb (used with or without object),
construe.
- 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.
- consort
-
noun,
a husband or wife; spouse, especially of a reigning monarch.
Compare prince consort, queen consort.
- consist
-
noun,
Railroads.
the rolling stock, exclusive of the locomotive, making up a train.
a record made of this rolling stock.
- consent
-
noun,
permission, approval, or agreement; compliance; acquiescence:
- Ironton
-
noun,
a city in S Ohio, on the Ohio River.
- recasts
-
noun,
a recasting.
- casters
-
noun,
a person or thing that casts.
- arsines
-
noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- ancient
-
noun,
a person who lived in ancient times.
- section
-
noun,
a part that is cut off or separated.
- stearic
-
adjective,
of or relating to suet or fat.
- secants
-
noun,
Geometry. an intersecting line, especially one intersecting a curve at two or more points.
- stearin
-
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-
-
- scotias
-
noun,
a deep concave molding between two fillets, as in the Attic base.
- scoters
-
noun,
any of the large diving ducks of the genus Melanitta, inhabiting northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere.
- sterno-
-
- Stinnes
-
noun,
Hugo [hoo-gaw;; English hyoo-goh] /ˈhu gɔ;; English ˈhyu goʊ/ (Show IPA), 1870–1924, German industrialist.
- stoners
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
- 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.
- sconces
-
noun,
a bracket for candles or other lights, placed on a wall, mirror, picture frame, etc.
- stories
-
noun,
a narrative, either true or fictitious, in prose or verse, designed to interest, amuse, or instruct the hearer or reader; tale.
- stannic
-
adjective,
of or containing tin, especially in the tetravalent state.
- strains
-
noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- ariosos
-
noun,
an arioso composition or section.
- tansies
-
noun,
any of several composite plants of the genus Tanacetum, especially a strong-scented, weedy, Old World herb, T. vulgare, having flat-topped clusters of tubular yellow flowers.
- atonics
-
noun,
Grammar. an unaccented word, syllable, or sound.
- atonies
-
noun,
Pathology. lack of tone or energy; muscular weakness, especially in a contractile organ.
- tension
-
noun,
the act of stretching or straining.
- scanner
-
noun,
a person or thing that scans.
- satoris
-
noun,
sudden enlightenment.
- tensors
-
noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
- ternion
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- actress
-
noun,
a woman who acts in stage plays, motion pictures, television broadcasts, etc., especially professionally.
- tinners
-
noun,
a tinsmith.
- caisson
-
noun,
a structure used in underwater work, consisting of an airtight chamber, open at the bottom and containing air under sufficient pressure to exclude the water.
- anoesis
-
noun,
a state of mind consisting of pure sensation or emotion without cognitive content.
- senator
-
noun,
a member of a senate.
- santirs
-
noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- siennas
-
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)
- aristo-
-
- aristos
-
noun,
aristocrat.
- Sno-Cat
-
- soccers
-
noun,
a form of football played between two teams of 11 players, in which the ball may be advanced by kicking or by bouncing it off any part of the body but the arms and hands, except in the case of the goalkeepers, who may use their hands to catch, carry, throw, or stop the ball.
- Aretino
-
noun,
Pietro [pye-traw] /ˈpyɛ trɔ/ (Show IPA), 1492–1556, Italian satirist and dramatist.
- Socotra
-
noun,
an island in the Indian Ocean, S of Arabia: a part of the Republic of Yemen. 1382 sq. mi. (3579 sq. km).
- 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.
- sonance
-
noun,
the condition or quality of being sonant.
- sirocco
-
noun,
a hot, dry, dustladen wind blowing from northern Africa and affecting parts of southern Europe.
- arseno-
-
- sonants
-
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).
- sinters
-
noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- aorists
-
noun,
a verb tense, as in Classical Greek, expressing action or, in the indicative mood, past action, without further limitation or implication.
- sonnies
-
noun,
little son (often used as a familiar term of address to a boy).
- anoints
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or sprinkle on; apply an unguent, ointment, or oily liquid to.
- Antoine
-
noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1858–1943, French theatrical director, manager, and critic.
- sestina
-
noun,
a poem of six six-line stanzas and a three-line envoy, originally without rhyme, in which each stanza repeats the end words of the lines of the first stanza, but in different order, the envoy using the six words again, three in the middle of the lines and three at the end.
- ascents
-
noun,
an act of ascending; upward movement; a rising movement:
- 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.
- ascites
-
noun,
accumulation of serous fluid in the peritoneal cavity; dropsy of the peritoneum.
- sooners
-
noun,
a person who settles on government land before it is legally opened to settlers in order to gain the choice of location.
- sorites
-
noun,
a form of argument having several premises and one conclusion, capable of being resolved into a chain of syllogisms, the conclusion of each of which is a premise of the next.
- Anteros
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a brother of Eros, most often regarded as the avenger of unrequited love.
- antero-
-
- Staines
-
noun,
a town in Surrey, SE England, on the Thames River near Heathrow airport.
- senoras
-
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.
- sennits
-
noun,
a flat, braided cordage, formed by plaiting strands of rope yarn or other fiber, used as small stuff aboard ships.
- stances
-
noun,
the position or bearing of the body while standing:
- tisanes
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- tanrecs
-
noun,
tenrec.
- Ariosto
-
noun,
Ludovico [loo-daw-vee-kaw] /ˌlu dɔˈvi kɔ/ (Show IPA), 1474–1533, Italian poet: author of Orlando Furioso.
- ronions
-
noun,
ronyon.
- tonners
-
noun,
something having a specified weight in tons (used in combination):
- retsina
-
noun,
a strong, resinated white or red wine of Greece and Cyprus.
- Tonnies
-
noun,
Ferdinand [fer-dee-nahnt] /ˈfɛr diˌnɑnt/ (Show IPA), 1855–1936, German sociologist.
- canters
-
noun,
an easy gallop.
- accents
-
noun,
prominence of a syllable in terms of differential loudness, or of pitch, or length, or of a combination of these.
- accosts
-
noun,
a greeting.
- 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.
- carnets
-
noun,
a customs document allowing an automobile to be driven at no cost across international borders.
- 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.
- acetins
-
noun,
a colorless, thick, hygroscopic liquid, C 5 H 10 O 4 : used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives.
- torsion
-
noun,
the act of twisting.
- cancion
-
noun,
song.
- Roscian
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving acting.
- Rosanne
-
noun,
a female given name.
- 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.
- retains
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- treason
-
noun,
the offense of acting to overthrow one's government or to harm or kill its sovereign.
- carnies
-
noun,
a person employed by a carnival.
- canines
-
noun,
a canid, or member of the dog family Canidae.
- 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.
- carotin
-
noun,
carotene.
- carnose
-
adjective,
of or relating to flesh; fleshy.
- actino-
-
- tocsins
-
noun,
a signal, especially of alarm, sounded on a bell or bells.
- trioses
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- C-star
-
noun,
carbon star.
- intro.
-
- Enrico
-
noun,
a male given name: Italian form of Henry.
- 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.
- stanes
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- enroot
-
verb (used with object),
to fix by the root.
- stance
-
noun,
the position or bearing of the body while standing:
- trance
-
noun,
a half-conscious state, seemingly between sleeping and waking, in which ability to function voluntarily may be suspended.
- stains
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- trains
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- intra-
-
- traces
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- 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.
- stares
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- torsos
-
noun,
the trunk of the human body.
- 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.
- 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.
- intone
-
verb (used with object),
to utter with a particular tone or voice modulation.
- Soares
-
noun,
Mário [mah-ryoo] /ˈmɑ ryʊ/ (Show IPA), born 1924, Portuguese statesman: prime minister 1976–78, 1983–85; president 1986–96.
- snorts
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- enosis
-
noun,
a movement for securing the political union of Greece and Cyprus.
- stacc.
-
- intros
-
noun,
an introduction.
- trices
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- triose
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- Easton
-
noun,
a city in E Pennsylvania, on the Delaware River.
- trines
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- triens
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- sonars
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- sonics
-
noun,
the branch of science that deals with the practical applications of sound.
- 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.
- enacts
-
verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- Sonora
-
noun,
a state in NW Mexico. 70,484 sq. mi. (182,555 sq. km). Capital: Hermosillo.
- triacs
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- cteno-
-
- Sooner
-
noun,
a person who settles on government land before it is legally opened to settlers in order to gain the choice of location.
- socio-
-
- 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.
- transe
-
noun,
a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
- 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.
- sortie
-
noun,
a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
- Encina
-
noun,
the live oak, Quercus virginiana.
- trans.
-
- 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).
- eonian
-
adjective,
aeonian.
- escort
-
noun,
a group of persons, or a single person, accompanying another or others for protection, guidance, or courtesy:
- inters
-
verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- icono-
-
- tonner
-
noun,
something having a specified weight in tons (used in combination):
- Tassie
-
noun,
tass.
- tenias
-
noun,
taenia.
- 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.
- tenons
-
noun,
a projection formed on the end of a timber or the like for insertion into a mortise of the same dimensions.
- incest
-
noun,
sexual intercourse between closely related persons.
- tensas
-
noun,
a river in NE Louisiana, flowing S to the Ouachita River. 250 miles (402 km) long.
- erotic
-
noun,
an erotic poem.
- tenson
-
noun,
a Provençal poem taking the form of a dialogue or debate between two rival troubadours.
- tensor
-
noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
- incase
-
verb (used with object),
encase.
- inanes
-
noun,
something that is empty or void, especially the void of infinite space.
- toners
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- tonnes
-
noun,
metric ton.
- iatro-
-
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- Estrin
-
noun,
estrone.
- Tessin
-
noun,
French and German name of Ticino.
- tineas
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- tinner
-
noun,
a tinsmith.
- toe-in
-
noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- estocs
-
noun,
a thrusting sword of the 13th–17th centuries having a long, narrow blade of rectangular section.
- eroto-
-
- essoin
-
noun,
(in England) an excuse for nonappearance in a court of law at the prescribed time.
- tisane
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- Tocsin
-
noun,
a signal, especially of alarm, sounded on a bell or bells.
- tarso-
-
- innate
-
adjective,
existing in one from birth; inborn; native:
- steins
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- insets
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- intern
-
noun,
a person who is or has been interned; internee.
- inter.
-
- stenos
-
noun,
a stenographer.
- steric
-
adjective,
of or relating to the spatial relationships of atoms in a molecule.
- eosins
-
noun,
Also called bromeosin, tetrabromofluorescein. a red, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 20 H 8 Br 4 O 5 , derived from fluorescein by bromination: used chiefly as an acid dye for dyeing silk a rose red color and as a histological stain.
- instr.
-
- sterns
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- instar
-
noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- torses
-
noun,
a wreath of twisted silks of two alternating tinctures, usually a metal and a color, depicted supporting a crest or coronet, often upon a helmet.
- stoics
-
noun,
a member or adherent of the Stoic school of philosophy.
- stoner
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
- Stones
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- torose
-
adjective,
Botany. cylindrical, with swellings or constrictions at intervals; knobbed.
- tanrec
-
noun,
tenrec.
- stores
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- Torino
-
noun,
Turin.
- Tories
-
noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- Strain
-
noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- insert
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- 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.
- Strine
-
noun,
Australian English.
- tainos
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- Tanner
-
noun,
a person whose occupation it is to tan hides.
- 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.
- Inness
-
noun,
George, 1825–94, and his son George, 1854–1926, U.S. painters.
- tannic
-
adjective,
Chemistry. of, relating to, or derived from tan or tannin.
- steno-
-
- Renton
-
noun,
a city in W Washington, near Seattle.
- snores
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- santir
-
noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- orates
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- orcein
-
noun,
a red dye, the principal coloring matter of cudbear and orchil, obtained by oxidizing an ammoniacal solution of orcinol.
- sarco-
-
- Santos
-
noun,
a seaport in S Brazil: world's largest coffee-exporting port.
- Orient
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- orison
-
noun,
a prayer.
- sansei
-
noun,
a grandchild of Japanese immigrants to the U.S. or Canada.
- Onions
-
noun,
Charles Talbut [tawl-buh t,, tal-] /ˈtɔl bət,, ˈtæl-/ (Show IPA), 1873–1965, English lexicographer and philologist.
- sanies
-
noun,
a thin, often greenish, serous fluid that is discharged from ulcers, wounds, etc.
- ornate
-
adjective,
elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so:
- saints
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- oscars
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter O.
- oscine
-
noun,
an oscine bird.
- saices
-
noun,
syce.
- Osetic
-
adjective, noun,
Ossetic.
- Sarnen
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Obwalden, in central Switzerland, E of Bern.
- sarsen
-
noun,
any of numerous large sandstone blocks or fragments found in south-central England, probably remnants of eroded Tertiary beds.
- osiers
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- scarce
-
Idioms,
make oneself scarce, Informal.
to depart, especially suddenly.
to stay away; avoid.
- scenas
-
noun,
an extended operatic vocal solo, usually including an aria and a recitative.
- notion
-
noun,
a general understanding; vague or imperfect conception or idea of something:
- scato-
-
- scarts
-
verb (used with or without object),
to scratch, scrape, mark, or scar.
- oaters
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- occas.
-
- scares
-
noun,
a sudden fright or alarm, especially with little or no reason.
- scants
-
adverb,
Scot. and North England Dialect. scarcely; barely; hardly.
- octroi
-
noun,
(formerly especially in France and Italy) a local tax levied on certain articles, such as foodstuffs, on their entry into a city.
- 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.
- satori
-
noun,
sudden enlightenment.
- Octans
-
noun,
the Octant, a southern constellation that contains the south celestial pole.
- satire
-
noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- satins
-
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.
- Saseno
-
noun,
an island off the W coast of Albania, at the entrance to Valona Bay: belongs to Albania. 2 sq. mi. (5 sq. km).
- Sarton
-
noun,
May, 1912–95, U.S. poet, novelist, and playwright.
- sacro-
-
- ossein
-
noun,
the collagen of bone, remaining after the mineral matter has been removed by treatment with dilute acid.
- scenic
-
noun,
a photograph, graphic representation, etc., depicting natural scenery.
- retain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- roncos
-
noun,
any grunt of the genus Haemulon, especially H. parrai, the sailor's-choice, of West Indian waters.
- roasts
-
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.
- rinses
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- ratoon
-
noun,
a sprout or shoot from the root of a plant, especially a sugarcane, after it has been cropped.
- 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.
- re-act
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- Reston
-
noun,
James (Barrett) ("Scotty") 1909–1995, U.S. journalist, born in Scotland.
- ronion
-
noun,
ronyon.
- reason
-
noun,
a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.:
- recant
-
verb (used with object),
to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
- resist
-
noun,
a substance that prevents or inhibits some effect from taking place, as a coating on a surface of a metallic printing plate that prevents or inhibits corrosion of the metal by acid.
- recast
-
noun,
a recasting.
- recons
-
noun,
reconnaissance.
- recti-
-
- rectos
-
- ration
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- ratine
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- Rosita
-
noun,
a female given name, Spanish form of Rose.
- Racine
-
noun,
Jean Baptiste [zhahn ba-teest] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist/ (Show IPA), 1639–99, French dramatist.
- rosins
-
noun,
Chemistry. the yellowish to amber, translucent, hard, brittle, fragmented resin left after distilling the oil of turpentine from the crude oleoresin of the pine: used chiefly in making varnishes, varnish and paint driers, printing inks, and for rubbing on the bows of such string instruments as the violin.
- Rosina
-
noun,
a female given name, Italian form of Rose.
- Ossian
-
noun,
a legendary hero and poet and son of Finn, who is supposed to have lived during the 3rd century a.d., represented in Gaelic poems and in imitations of them written by James Macpherson in the 18th century.
- rosets
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- osteo-
-
- Roscoe
-
noun,
a revolver or pistol.
- otiose
-
adjective,
being at leisure; idle; indolent.
- 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.
- raises
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- racons
-
noun,
radar beacon.
- racoon
-
noun,
raccoon.
- rosace
-
noun,
rosette (def 3).
- roosts
-
noun,
a perch upon which birds or fowls rest at night.
- rooses
-
verb (used with or without object),
praise.
- Raetic
-
noun,
an extinct language of uncertain affinities that was spoken in Rhaetia and written with the Etruscan alphabet.
- Ronnie
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Ronald or Veronica.
- notice
-
noun,
an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning:
- Nostoc
-
noun,
any freshwater, blue-green alga of the genus Nostoc, often occurring in jellylike colonies in moist places.
- snoots
-
noun,
Slang. the nose.
- senors
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to sir or Mr., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a man. Abbreviation: Sr.
- narco-
-
- narcos
-
noun,
narc.
- serins
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- serais
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- seracs
-
noun,
a large irregularity of glacial ice, as a pinnacle found in glacial crevasses and formed by melting or movement of the ice.
- sensor
-
noun,
a mechanical device sensitive to light, temperature, radiation level, or the like, that transmits a signal to a measuring or control instrument.
- 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.
- Nantes
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Loire-Atlantique, in W France, at the mouth of the Loire River.
- nasion
-
noun,
the intersection of the internasal suture with the nasofrontal suture in the midsagittal plane.
- sennit
-
noun,
a flat, braided cordage, formed by plaiting strands of rope yarn or other fiber, used as small stuff aboard ships.
- Nasser
-
noun,
Gamal Abdel [guh-mahl ab-doo l,, juh-] /gəˈmɑl ˈæb dʊl,, dʒə-/ (Show IPA), 1918–70, Egyptian military and political leader: prime minister of Egypt 1954–56; president of Egypt 1956–58; president of the United Arab Republic 1958–70.
- sennas
-
noun,
any plant, shrub, or tree belonging to the genus Cassia, of the legume family, having pinnate leaves and large clusters of flowers.
- 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.
- Sennar
-
noun,
a region in the E Sudan between the White and Blue Nile rivers, S of Khartoum: a former kingdom.
- Senior
-
noun,
a person who is older than another.
- Naoise
-
noun,
the husband of Deirdre and a nephew of Conchobar, by whom he was treacherously killed.
- serosa
-
noun,
Embryology, Zoology.
the chorion.
a similar membrane in insects and other lower invertebrates.
- natron
-
noun,
a mineral, hydrated sodium carbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅10H 2 O.
- Sisera
-
noun,
the commander of the Canaanite army of King Jabin: killed by Jael. Judges 4:17–22.
- snoose
-
noun,
finely powdered tobacco; snuff.
- isotac
-
noun,
a line drawn on a map connecting all points where ice starts to melt at approximately the same period in spring.
- snares
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- sitars
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- nacres
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- nances
-
noun,
Offensive. an effeminate male.
- Sister
-
noun,
a female offspring having both parents in common with another offspring; female sibling.
- sirens
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- set-in
-
adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- Sirena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- renins
-
noun,
a proteolytic enzyme secreted by the kidneys that is involved in the release of angiotensin.
- sinter
-
noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- sinner
-
noun,
a person who sins; transgressor.
- siesta
-
noun,
a midday or afternoon rest or nap, especially as taken in Spain and Latin America.
- 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)
- setons
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- 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:
- sector
-
noun,
Geometry. a plane figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle.
- Norton
-
noun,
Charles Eliot, 1827–1908, U.S. scholar.
- noises
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- scones
-
noun,
a small, light, biscuitlike quick bread made of oatmeal, wheat flour, barley meal, or the like.
- nocti-
-
- noctis
-
adjective,
(in prescriptions) of the night.
- sconce
-
noun,
a bracket for candles or other lights, placed on a wall, mirror, picture frame, etc.
- noesis
-
noun,
(in Greek philosophy) the exercise of reason.
- Noetic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the mind.
- Scioto
-
noun,
a river in central Ohio, flowing S to the Ohio River. 237 miles (382 km) long.
- scions
-
noun,
a descendant.
- nocent
-
adjective,
harmful; injurious.
- nonces
-
noun,
the present, or immediate, occasion or purpose (usually used in the phrase for the nonce).
- nonets
-
noun,
a group of nine performers or instruments.
- no-one
-
pronoun,
no person; not anyone; nobody:
- nooses
-
noun,
a loop with a running knot, as in a snare, lasso, or hangman's halter, that tightens as the rope is pulled.
- norias
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- 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.
- scents
-
noun,
a distinctive odor, especially when agreeable:
- scoots
-
noun,
a swift, darting movement or course.
- scores
-
noun,
the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.
- necro-
-
- Scotia
-
noun,
a deep concave molding between two fillets, as in the Attic base.
- seccos
-
noun,
fresco secco.
- secant
-
noun,
Geometry. an intersecting line, especially one intersecting a curve at two or more points.
- nectar
-
noun,
the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or birds that pollinate the flower.
- Season
-
noun,
one of the four periods of the year (spring, summer, autumn, and winter), beginning astronomically at an equinox or solstice, but geographically at different dates in different climates.
- scrota
-
noun,
the pouch of skin that contains the testes.
- scries
-
verb (used without object),
to use divination to discover hidden knowledge or future events, especially by means of a crystal ball.
- scoto-
-
- Nestor
-
noun,
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- nitro-
-
- Scoter
-
noun,
any of the large diving ducks of the genus Melanitta, inhabiting northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere.
- scorns
-
noun,
open or unqualified contempt; disdain:
- Nissan
-
noun,
Nisan.
- niters
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- scoria
-
noun,
Metallurgy. the refuse, dross, or slag left after melting or smelting metal; scum.
- nitons
-
noun,
(formerly) radon. Symbol: Nt.
- nitres
-
noun,
niter.
- 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.
- 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.
- Crosse
-
noun,
a long-handled racket used in the game of lacrosse.
- Caster
-
noun,
a person or thing that casts.
- 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.
- corses
-
noun,
corpse.
- casino
-
noun,
a building or large room used for meetings, entertainment, dancing, etc., especially such a place equipped with gambling devices, gambling tables, etc.
- 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.
- Cassie
-
noun,
huisache.
- assort
-
verb (used with object),
to distribute, place, or arrange according to kind or class; classify; sort.
- CORNET
-
noun,
Music. a valved wind instrument of the trumpet family.
- cornea
-
noun,
the transparent anterior part of the external coat of the eye covering the iris and the pupil and continuous with the sclera.
- corita
-
noun,
a boat resembling a large, woven basket, used by Indians of the southwestern U.S.
- assoc.
-
- casein
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a protein precipitated from milk, as by rennet, and forming the basis of cheese and certain plastics.
- aeron.
-
- Cooter
-
noun,
Chiefly Southern U.S. any of several large aquatic turtles of the southern U.S. and northern Mexico.
- cooner
-
noun,
coon dog.
- castes
-
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.
- contr.
-
- 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.
- assert
-
Idioms,
assert oneself, to insist on one's rights, declare one's views forcefully, etc.:
- Castor
-
noun,
Also, castoreum. a brownish, unctuous substance with a strong, penetrating odor, secreted by certain glands in the groin of the beaver, used in medicine and perfumery.
- casern
-
noun,
a lodging for soldiers in a garrison town; barracks.
- Cortes
-
noun,
(in Spain or Portugal) the two houses constituting the national legislative 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.
- action
-
noun,
the process or state of acting or of being active:
- astron
-
- COSTAR
-
noun,
a performer, especially an actor or actress, who shares star billing with another.
- cossie
-
noun,
a bathing suit; bathers.
- cosset
-
noun,
a lamb brought up without its dam; pet lamb.
- astro-
-
- actin-
-
- carets
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- actins
-
noun,
a globulin that is present in muscle plasma and that in connection with myosin plays an important role in muscle contraction.
- caries
-
noun,
decay, as of bone or of plant tissue.
- 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.
- carton
-
noun,
a cardboard or plastic box used typically for storage or shipping.
- cross-
-
- carnet
-
noun,
a customs document allowing an automobile to be driven at no cost across international borders.
- 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.
- cosies
-
noun,
a padded covering for a teapot, chocolate pot, etc., to retain the heat.
- carses
-
noun,
bottom land.
- cosets
-
noun,
a subset of a group, formed by the consistent operation of a given element of the group on the left or right of all the elements of a subgroup of the group.
- astern
-
adverb,
in a position behind a specified vessel or aircraft:
- Carson
-
noun,
Christopher ("Kit") 1809–68, U.S. frontiersman and scout.
- cosecs
-
noun,
cosecant.
- cartes
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- assent
-
noun,
agreement, as to a proposal; concurrence.
- caters
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- across
-
adverb,
from one side to another.
- anoint
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or sprinkle on; apply an unguent, ointment, or oily liquid to.
- Coates
-
noun,
Eric, 1886–1957, English violist and composer.
- anises
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- aniso-
-
- coasts
-
noun,
the land next to the sea; seashore:
- coarse
-
adjective,
composed of relatively large parts or particles:
- aroint
-
verb (imperative),
begone:
- coacts
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do or act together.
- cestas
-
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.
- C-note
-
noun,
See C (def 11).
- arises
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- 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.
- 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.
- arioso
-
noun,
an arioso composition or section.
- 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.
- ciscos
-
noun,
any of several whitefishes of the genus Coregonus, of the Great Lakes and smaller lakes of eastern North America.
- aorist
-
noun,
a verb tense, as in Classical Greek, expressing action or, in the indicative mood, past action, without further limitation or implication.
- 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.
- C-in-C
-
- antres
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- Antons
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Anthony.
- arsen-
-
- arsine
-
noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- cation
-
noun,
a positively charged ion that is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis.
- centi-
-
- ascots
-
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.
- Conroe
-
noun,
a town in E Texas.
- ascent
-
noun,
an act of ascending; upward movement; a rising movement:
- Connor
-
noun,
Ralph (Charles William Gordon) 1860–1937, Canadian novelist and clergyman.
- Connie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Constance.
- conies
-
noun,
the fur of a rabbit, especially when dyed to simulate Hudson seal.
- conics
-
noun,
the branch of geometry that deals with conic sections.
- 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.
- Artois
-
noun,
a former province in N France: artesian wells.
- centas
-
noun,
a former bronze coin of Lithuania, the 100th part of a litas.
- centos
-
noun,
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
- arsino
-
adjective,
containing the arsino group.
- centr-
-
- centra
-
noun,
a plural of centrum.
- arsons
-
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.
- Conant
-
noun,
James Bryant, 1893–1978, U.S. chemist and educator: president of Harvard University 1933–53.
- cerat-
-
- Cercis
-
noun,
any shrub or small tree of the genus Cercis, as the redbud or Judas tree.
- anenst
-
preposition,
anent (def 2).
- 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.
- coeno-
-
- 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.
- Coster
-
noun,
costermonger.
- cootie
-
noun,
a louse, especially one affecting humans, as the body louse, head louse, or pubic louse.
- costo-
-
- acetic
-
adjective,
pertaining to, derived from, or producing vinegar or acetic acid.
- 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.
- crests
-
noun,
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- Canton
-
noun,
a small territorial district, especially one of the states of the Swiss confederation.
- Cretan
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Crete.
- Canter
-
noun,
an easy gallop.
- cretin
-
noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- Crista
-
noun,
a crest or ridge.
- cansos
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in SE Canada, the NE extremity of Nova Scotia.
- aceto-
-
- acetin
-
noun,
a colorless, thick, hygroscopic liquid, C 5 H 10 O 4 : used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives.
- CRONIC
-
noun,
very potent marijuana.
- crates
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- accost
-
noun,
a greeting.
- access
-
noun,
the ability, right, or permission to approach, enter, speak with, or use; admittance:
- Cairns
-
noun,
a seaport in NE Australia.
- accent
-
noun,
prominence of a syllable in terms of differential loudness, or of pitch, or length, or of a combination of these.
- cannot
-
verb,
a form of ·can not.
- Cannes
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Mediterranean Sea: resort; annual film festival.
- canner
-
noun,
a person who cans meat, fruit, etc., for preservation.
- Cronin
-
noun,
A(rchibald) J(oseph) 1896–1981, Scottish novelist and physician in the U.S.
- 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.
- croons
-
noun,
the act or sound of crooning.
- craton
-
noun,
a relatively rigid and immobile region of continental portions of the earth's crust.
- crones
-
noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- 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.
- caress
-
noun,
an act or gesture expressing affection, as an embrace or kiss, especially a light stroking or touching.
- atones
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- crasis
-
noun,
composition; constitution; makeup.
- atonic
-
noun,
Grammar. an unaccented word, syllable, or sound.
- arses
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- cero-
-
- scorn
-
noun,
open or unqualified contempt; disdain:
- onion
-
noun,
a plant, Allium cepa, of the amaryllis family, having an edible, succulent, pungent bulb.
- onset
-
noun,
a beginning or start:
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- sires
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- 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.
- ceric
-
adjective,
containing cerium, especially in the tetravalent state.
- ontic
-
adjective,
possessing the character of real rather than phenomenal existence; noumenal.
- onto-
-
- saris
-
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.
- rises
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- onco-
-
- ation
-
- Cairo
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Egypt, in the N part on the E bank of the Nile.
- saice
-
noun,
syce.
- onces
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- Scone
-
noun,
a small, light, biscuitlike quick bread made of oatmeal, wheat flour, barley meal, or the like.
- 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.
- arose
-
verb,
simple past tense of arise.
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- sains
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- sites
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- ceros
-
noun,
a large Atlantic and Gulf Coast mackerel game fish, Scomberomorus regalis.
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- Sino-
-
- Sinon
-
noun,
a Greek, posing as a deserter, who persuaded the Trojans to take the Trojan Horse into their city.
- Orcas
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- ornis
-
noun,
an avifauna.
- ornes
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- Sices
-
noun,
syce.
- sasin
-
noun,
blackbuck.
- 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: ¢.
- 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.
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- ceras
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- caine
-
noun,
(Sir Thomas Henry) Hall, 1853–1931, English novelist.
- scion
-
noun,
a descendant.
- cains
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- 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.
- 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.
- octo-
-
- 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.
- cairn
-
noun,
a heap of stones set up as a landmark, monument, tombstone, etc.
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- atone
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- Sinan
-
noun,
1489?–1587, Turkish architect, especially of mosques.
- 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.
- Sinas
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Saros
-
noun,
the period of 223 synodic months, equaling 6585.32 days or 18 years, 11.32 days (or 10.32 days if 5 leap years occur in the interval), after which eclipses repeat but are shifted 120° west.
- since
-
adverb,
from then till now (often preceded by ever):
- sines
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side opposite a given acute angle to the hypotenuse.
(of an angle) a trigonometric function equal to the ratio of the ordinate of the end point of the arc to the radius vector of this end point, the origin being at the center of the circle on which the arc lies and the initial point of the arc being on the x-axis. Abbreviation: sin.
- arsis
-
noun,
Music. the upward stroke in conducting; upbeat.
Compare thesis (def 4).
- cert.
-
- sito-
-
- Orson
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Old French word meaning “bearlike.”.
- Sans.
-
- canc.
-
- 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.
- SONAR
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- noto-
-
- sanes
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- 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.
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- sanit
-
- notes
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- sones
-
noun,
a unit for measuring the loudness of sound, equal to the loudness of a sound that, in the judgment of a group of listeners, is equal to that of a 1000-cycle-per-second reference sound having an intensity of 40 decibels.
- Sonia
-
noun,
a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.
- sonic
-
adjective,
of or relating to sound.
- cine-
-
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- noso-
-
- noses
-
noun,
the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
- 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.
- caner
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- cines
-
noun,
a film; motion picture.
- 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.
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- caret
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- cions
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- Anton
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Anthony.
- 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.
- areo-
-
- Arion
-
noun,
flourished 7th century b.c, Greek poet: inventor of the dithyramb.
- 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.
- snoot
-
noun,
Slang. the nose.
- rices
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- 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.
- octan
-
noun,
an octan fever.
- octa-
-
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- sarc-
-
- ocrea
-
noun,
a sheathing part, as a pair of stipules united about a stem.
- Cesti
-
noun,
Marcantonio [mahr-kahn-taw-nyaw] /ˌmɑr kɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1623–69, Italian composer.
- ocean
-
noun,
the vast body of salt water that covers almost three fourths of the earth's surface.
- 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.
- snits
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- Oates
-
noun,
Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- soars
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- 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.
- snore
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- oasts
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- oasis
-
noun,
a small fertile or green area in a desert region, usually having a spring or well.
- oases
-
noun,
a small fertile or green area in a desert region, usually having a spring or well.
- snort
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- Saone
-
noun,
a river flowing S from NE France to the Rhone. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- score
-
noun,
the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.
- snots
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- Soane
-
noun,
Sir John, 1753–1837, English architect.
- canes
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- sates
-
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.
- scena
-
noun,
an extended operatic vocal solo, usually including an aria and a recitative.
- Orton
-
noun,
Joe (John Kingsley Orton) 1933–67, English playwright.
- scant
-
adverb,
Scot. and North England Dialect. scarcely; barely; hardly.
- cases
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- react
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- Ronne
-
noun,
a seaport on W Bornholm island, Denmark, in the S Baltic Sea: stone quarries.
- asst.
-
- 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.
- seats
-
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.
- cants
-
noun,
insincere, especially conventional expressions of enthusiasm for high ideals, goodness, or piety.
- ratos
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- Roose
-
verb (used with or without object),
praise.
- rests
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- Roost
-
noun,
a perch upon which birds or fowls rest at night.
- Astor
-
noun,
John Jacob, 1763–1848, U.S. capitalist and fur merchant.
- rooti
-
noun,
rooty2 .
- ronin
-
noun,
a samurai who no longer serves a daimyo, or feudal lord.
- ratio
-
noun,
the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:
- 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.
- astr.
-
- scans
-
noun,
an act or instance of scanning; close examination.
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- secco
-
noun,
fresco secco.
- roast
-
noun,
roasted meat or a piece of roasted meat, as a piece of beef or veal of a quantity and shape for slicing into more than one portion.
- roans
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- rason
-
noun,
a long, loose, black gown with wide sleeves, worn by the clergy.
- rases
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- secos
-
noun,
sekos.
- antic
-
noun,
Usually, antics.
a playful trick or prank; caper.
a grotesque, fantastic, or ludicrous gesture, act, or posture.
- scare
-
noun,
a sudden fright or alarm, especially with little or no reason.
- Sears
-
noun,
Richard Warren, 1863–1914, U.S. mail-order retailer.
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- Renan
-
noun,
Ernest [ur-nist;; French er-nest] /ˈɜr nɪst;; French ɛrˈnɛst/ (Show IPA), 1823–92, French philologist, historian, and critic.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- carns
-
noun,
cairn.
- 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.
- sceat
-
noun,
a silver Anglo-Saxon coin of the 7th and 8th centuries, sometimes including an amount of gold.
- Aston
-
noun,
Francis William, 1877–1945, English physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1922.
- 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.
- carse
-
noun,
bottom land.
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- scats
-
noun,
scat singing.
- renin
-
noun,
a proteolytic enzyme secreted by the kidneys that is involved in the release of angiotensin.
- scat-
-
- reni-
-
- SCOTS
-
noun,
Also called Scottish. the English language as spoken in Scotland.
Compare Scots Gaelic.
- Caren
-
noun,
a female given name.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- scart
-
verb (used with or without object),
to scratch, scrape, mark, or scar.
- 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.
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- recta
-
noun,
a plural of rectum.
- rect.
-
- carne
-
noun,
Marcel [mahr-sel;; French mar-sel] /mɑrˈsɛl;; French marˈsɛl/ (Show IPA), 1909–1996, French film director.
- Carte
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- RECON
-
noun,
reconnaissance.
- Recit
-
- 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.
- Ronco
-
noun,
any grunt of the genus Haemulon, especially H. parrai, the sailor's-choice, of West Indian waters.
- carts
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- canto
-
noun,
one of the main or larger divisions of a long poem.
- sect.
-
- cares
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- satis
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- caco-
-
- Seric
-
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- Ostia
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, SW of Rome: ruins from 4th century b.c.; site of ancient port of Rome.
- asco-
-
- sero-
-
- oste-
-
- ossia
-
conjunction,
(indicating an alternative, usually easier, version of a passage in a musical score) or; or else.
- 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.
- 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.
- Carie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- 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.
- scoot
-
noun,
a swift, darting movement or course.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- Osset
-
noun,
a member of an Aryan people of Ossetia whose religion combines features of Islam and Christianity.
- Cenis
-
noun,
Mont, a mountain pass between SE France and Italy, in the Alps. 6834 feet (2083 meters) high.
- seti-
-
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- cent.
-
- 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.
- rotos
-
noun,
rotogravure.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- CENTO
-
noun,
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
- OSCAR
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter O.
- Oscan
-
noun,
one of an ancient people of south-central Italy.
- Seton
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- 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.
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- Scot.
-
- Carin
-
noun,
a female given name.
- assn.
-
- asset
-
noun,
a useful and desirable thing or quality:
- Cant.
-
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- scent
-
noun,
a distinctive odor, especially when agreeable:
- canst
-
noun,
a sealed container for food, beverages, etc., as of aluminum, sheet iron coated with tin, or other metal:
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- 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).
- Asser
-
noun,
Tobias [toh-bahy-uh s;; Dutch taw-bee-ahs] /toʊˈbaɪ əs;; Dutch tɔˈbi ɑs/ (Show IPA), 1838–1913, Dutch jurist and statesman: Nobel Peace Prize 1911.
- 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.
- Canso
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in SE Canada, the NE extremity of Nova Scotia.
- serac
-
noun,
a large irregularity of glacial ice, as a pinnacle found in glacial crevasses and formed by melting or movement of the ice.
- Senna
-
noun,
any plant, shrub, or tree belonging to the genus Cassia, of the legume family, having pinnate leaves and large clusters of flowers.
- racon
-
noun,
radar beacon.
- cater
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- 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.
- Cates
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- races
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- 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.
- 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.
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- sensa
-
noun,
plural of sensum.
- Rosse
-
noun,
William Parsons, Third Earl of, William Parsons.
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- sents
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- Santo
-
noun,
a carved figure of a saint, usually of wood, as from Puerto Rico, Mexico, or the southwestern U.S.
- 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.
- 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.
- Corot
-
noun,
Jean Baptiste Camille [zhahn ba-teest ka-mee-yuh] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist kaˈmi yə/ (Show IPA), 1796–1875, French painter.
- Corse
-
noun,
corpse.
- tera-
-
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- Inner
-
adjective,
situated within or farther within; interior:
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- incr.
-
- incor
-
- Corti
-
noun,
Alfonso [al-fon-soh;; Italian ahl-fawn-saw] /ælˈfɒn soʊ;; Italian ɑlˈfɔn sɔ/ (Show IPA), 1822–76, Italian anatomist.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- 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.
- cosec
-
noun,
cosecant.
- 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.
- aeri-
-
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- 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.
- Actor
-
noun,
a person who acts in stage plays, motion pictures, television broadcasts, etc.
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- actos
-
- 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.
- IATSE
-
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- icons
-
- 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.
- inane
-
noun,
something that is empty or void, especially the void of infinite space.
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- inst.
-
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- Cons.
-
- Iran.
-
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- 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.
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- 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.
- Irons
-
noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- Tasso
-
noun,
Torquato [tawr-kwah-taw] /tɔrˈkwɑ tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1544–95, Italian poet.
- Conon
-
noun,
died a.d. 687, pope 686–687.
- conns
-
noun,
responsibility for the steering of a ship.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Conn.
-
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- iotas
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- tears
-
- coria
-
noun,
plural of corium.
- tenon
-
noun,
a projection formed on the end of a timber or the like for insertion into a mortise of the same dimensions.
- aero-
-
- cores
-
- Corea
-
noun,
Armando Anthony [ahr-mahn-doh] /ɑrˈmɑn doʊ/ (Show IPA), ("Chick") born 1941, U.S. jazz pianist and composer.
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- 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.
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- intr.
-
- Const
-
- teno-
-
- conto
-
noun,
a money of account of Portugal and Cape Verde, equal to 1000 escudos.
- Tenn.
-
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- Conte
-
noun,
count2 .
- noose
-
noun,
a loop with a running knot, as in a snare, lasso, or hangman's halter, that tightens as the rope is pulled.
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- tones
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- acet-
-
- Croat
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Croatia; Croatian.
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- Croce
-
noun,
Benedetto [be-ne-det-taw] /ˌbɛ nɛˈdɛt tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1866–1952, Italian statesman, philosopher, and historian.
- crocs
-
noun,
crocodile.
- enact
-
verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- torso
-
noun,
the trunk of the human body.
- crone
-
noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- ecto-
-
- Tosca
-
noun,
an opera (1900) by Giacomo Puccini.
- econ.
-
- 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.
- Eaton
-
noun,
Theophilus, 1590–1658, English colonist and colonial administrator in America.
- easts
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- acct.
-
- Ennis
-
noun,
a town in N Texas.
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- tsars
-
noun,
czar.
- 30-30
-
- 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.
- 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.
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- croon
-
noun,
the act or sound of crooning.
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- trice
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- triac
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- tress
-
noun,
Usually, tresses. long locks or curls of hair.
- treas
-
- trass
-
noun,
a light-colored type of volcanic tuff used in making water-resistant cement and mortar.
- crit.
-
- 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.
- Costa
-
noun,
a rib or riblike part.
- toons
-
noun,
an Asian tree, Cedrela toona, of the mahogany family, yielding an aromatic red wood used for furniture, carving, etc.
- acro-
-
- crass
-
adjective,
without refinement, delicacy, or sensitivity; gross; obtuse; stupid:
- Crane
-
noun,
any large wading bird of the family Gruidae, characterized by long legs, bill, and neck and an elevated hind toe.
- cotes
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- torcs
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- toran
-
noun,
(in Indian Buddhist and Hindu architecture) a gateway having two or three lintels between two posts.
- tono-
-
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- acron
-
noun,
the unsegmented, preoral portion of the body of an arthropod.
- costs
-
noun,
the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
- tonne
-
noun,
metric ton.
- tonic
-
noun,
a medicine that invigorates or strengthens:
- tonia
-
- estoc
-
noun,
a thrusting sword of the 13th–17th centuries having a long, narrow blade of rectangular section.
- 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.
- crine
-
noun,
hair; head of hair.
- cress
-
noun,
any of various plants of the mustard family, especially the watercress, having pungent-tasting leaves often used for salad and as a garnish.
- cries
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- 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.
- Ensor
-
noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- ento-
-
- crest
-
noun,
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- acorn
-
noun,
the typically ovoid fruit or nut of an oak, enclosed at the base by a cupule.
- 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.
- toros
-
noun,
a bull.
- 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.
- Creon
-
noun,
a king of Thebes, the brother of Jocasta and the uncle of Eteocles, Polynices, and Antigone.
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- 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.
- crate
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- cont.
-
- Taino
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- Stoic
-
noun,
a member or adherent of the Stoic school of philosophy.
- 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.
- naso-
-
- noct-
-
- 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.
- stoas
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- Cocos
-
noun,
coconut palm.
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- narcs
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- coins
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- cists
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- sorts
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- Nisan
-
noun,
the seventh month of the Jewish calendar.
- anent
-
preposition,
in regard to; about; concerning.
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- coirs
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- Stone
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- ancre
-
adjective,
having the end of each limb divided and carved outward like the flukes of an anchor; moline:
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- nano-
-
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- stirs
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- anis-
-
- niton
-
noun,
(formerly) radon. Symbol: Nt.
- nitr-
-
- Srta.
-
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- nears
-
- ster.
-
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- cites
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- cocas
-
noun,
a shrub, Erythroxylon coca, native to the Andes, having simple, alternate leaves and small yellowish flowers.
- anion
-
noun,
a negatively charged ion, as one attracted to the anode in electrolysis.
- Aneto
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA). Spanish name of Pic de Néthou.
- 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.
- sties
-
noun,
a pen or enclosure for swine; pigpen.
- Coats
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- 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.
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- so-so
-
adverb,
in an indifferent or passable manner; indifferently; tolerably.
- ante-
-
- Annie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Ann, Anna, or Anne.
- Conan
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Cisco
-
noun,
any of several whitefishes of the genus Coregonus, of the Great Lakes and smaller lakes of eastern North America.
- Stans
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Nidwalden, in central Switzerland.
- nacre
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- nonce
-
noun,
the present, or immediate, occasion or purpose (usually used in the phrase for the nonce).
- circs
-
noun,
circular (def 9).
- taces
-
noun,
tasset.
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- 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.).
- nonet
-
noun,
a group of nine performers or instruments.
- conic
-
noun,
Geometry. conic section.
- anon.
-
- 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.
- no-no
-
noun,
anything that is forbidden or not advisable, as because of being improper or unsafe:
- soots
-
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.
- CIRCA
-
preposition, adverb,
about: (used especially in) approximate dates:
Abbreviation: ca, ca., c., c, cir., circ.
- tacos
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- noons
-
noun,
midday.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- nines
-
noun,
a cardinal number, eight plus one.
- coast
-
noun,
the land next to the sea; seashore:
- nonas
-
noun,
sleeping sickness (def 2).
- noise
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- Nance
-
noun,
Offensive. an effeminate male.
- Anson
-
noun,
a male given name.
- coact
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do or act together.
- nests
-
noun,
a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
- Niort
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- anti-
-
- Ninos
-
noun,
boy; child.
- sores
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- annot
-
- Nairn
-
noun,
a historic county in N Scotland.
- cires
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- conc.
-
- nona-
-
- soras
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- Ancon
-
noun,
the elbow.
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- ant.
-
- sci.
-
- ator
-
- 1080
-
- toro
-
noun,
a bull.
- 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.
- scar
-
noun,
a mark left by a healed wound, sore, or burn.
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- ARIS
-
- acr-
-
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- 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.
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- 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.
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- tri-
-
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- Soni
-
- SASE
-
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- acc.
-
- 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.
- Can.
-
- 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.
- ARCS
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- tRNA
-
- tron
-
- soon
-
Idioms,
sooner or later, eventually:
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- Sat.
-
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- ARCO
-
adverb,
(of the performance of a passage for stringed instruments) with the bow.
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- sris
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- Sra.
-
- cac-
-
- sots
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- 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.
- toss
-
noun,
an act or instance of tossing.
- SCAN
-
noun,
an act or instance of scanning; close examination.
- 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.
- Acis
-
noun,
the lover of Galatea, killed by Polyphemus out of jealousy.
- 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.
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- Cain
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- 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.
- torc
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- 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.
- 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.
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- asis
-
- ance
-
- TASS
-
noun,
a cup or small goblet, especially an ornamental one.
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- sics
-
adverb,
so; thus: usually written parenthetically to denote that a word, phrase, passage, etc., that may appear strange or incorrect has been written intentionally or has been quoted verbatim: (sic).
- asse
-
noun,
Cape fox.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- ten.
-
- art.
-
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- seis
-
noun,
sei whale.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- aet.
-
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- Secs
-
noun,
second2 (def 2).
- aesc
-
noun,
ash2 (def 3).
- str.
-
- 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.
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- asc-
-
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- taco
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- sers
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- Aire
-
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- asci
-
noun,
plural of ascus.
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- Tace
-
noun,
tasset.
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- 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.
- ASSR
-
- ANSI
-
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- tion
-
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Anne
-
noun,
1665–1714, queen of England 1702–14 (daughter of James II of England).
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- Ste.
-
- ano-
-
- ACTS
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- sits
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- ates
-
- tonn
-
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- atic
-
- toon
-
noun,
an Asian tree, Cedrela toona, of the mahogany family, yielding an aromatic red wood used for furniture, carving, etc.
- ann.
-
- sirs
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- sec.
-
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- ter.
-
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- 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.
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- aer-
-
- 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.
- SEAS
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- 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.
- SCSI
-
noun,
a standard for computer interface ports featuring faster data transmission and greater flexibility than normal ports.
- Tess
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- tics
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- scr.
-
- 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.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- 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.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- cane
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- cis-
-
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- cit.
-
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- cist
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- CISC
-
noun,
complex instruction set computer: a computer whose central processing unit recognizes a relatively large number of instructions.
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- Nino
-
noun,
boy; child.
- non-
-
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- none
-
noun,
nones1 .
- noon
-
noun,
midday.
- circ
-
noun,
circular (def 9).
- Nor.
-
- NIRA
-
- Nine
-
noun,
a cardinal number, eight plus one.
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- neo-
-
- coca
-
noun,
a shrub, Erythroxylon coca, native to the Andes, having simple, alternate leaves and small yellowish flowers.
- 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.
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- NCTE
-
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- coat
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- 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.
- Nina
-
noun,
girl; child.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- 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.
- ness
-
noun,
a headland; promontory; cape.
- 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.
- NICE
-
noun,
a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- cir.
-
- Coco
-
noun,
coconut palm.
- Oost
-
noun,
Jacob van [yah-kawp vahn] /ˈyɑ kɔp vɑn/ (Show IPA), 1600?–71, and his son, Jacob van, 1639?–1713, Flemish painters.
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- once
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- CERN
-
- Ont.
-
- Oona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- o-os
-
noun,
any of several species of Hawaiian honey eaters of the genus Moho, especially the extinct M. nobilis, of the island of Hawaii, that had black plumage and two tufts of yellow plumes used to make ceremonial robes for the Hawaiian kings.
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- 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.
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- Orca
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- orcs
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- cera
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- oro-
-
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- cess
-
noun,
British. a tax, assessment, or lien.
- cion
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- ciao
-
interjection,
(used as a word of greeting or parting): hello; goodbye; so long; see you later.
- Norn
-
noun,
an extinct Norse dialect, spoken until early modern times in the Shetland and Orkney Islands and in parts of northern Scotland.
- nos-
-
- 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.
- not-
-
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- Oct.
-
- NTIA
-
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- Ceto
-
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- ocas
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- Ceta
-
noun,
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.
- cet-
-
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- Cost
-
noun,
the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
- crat
-
- Cote
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- ESIS
-
- eso-
-
- est.
-
- coss
-
noun,
kos.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- etc.
-
- 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.
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- ICAO
-
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- eco-
-
- ctr.
-
- cts.
-
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- 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.
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- ect-
-
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- croc
-
noun,
crocodile.
- enc.
-
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- Ens.
-
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- Cres
-
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- Ice.
-
- inae
-
- coin
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Ire.
-
- 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.
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- iso-
-
- ISSN
-
- 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.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- 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.
- nane
-
pronoun, adverb, adjective,
none1 .
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- narc
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- Con.
-
- coir
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- 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 = .
- Inc.
-
- 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.
- 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.
- cose
-
verb (used without object),
coze.
- Cort
-
- inns
-
noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- ins.
-
- 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.
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- int.
-
- Cora
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. Kore.
- Cor.
-
- 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.
- 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.
- Coos
-
noun,
a language of a group of American Indians indigenous to the coast of Oregon.
- coon
-
noun,
raccoon.
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- 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).
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- 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.
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- roto
-
noun,
rotogravure.
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- CART
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- 'roo
-
noun,
kangaroo.
- 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.
- RNAS
-
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- Otoe
-
noun,
Oto.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- Saco
-
noun,
a city in SW Maine.
- CASE
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- RONA
-
- oto-
-
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- 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.
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- Cass
-
noun,
Lewis, 1782–1866, U.S. statesman.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- cat.
-
- 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.
- Cate
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- CARE
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- RACE
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- Ross
-
noun,
the rough exterior of bark.
- 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.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- cast
-
noun,
act of casting or throwing.
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- rit.
-
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- Sacs
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- 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.
- cen.
-
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- OSSA
-
noun,
plural of os1 .
- osis
-
- Sais
-
noun,
an ancient city in N Egypt, on the Nile delta: an ancient capital of Lower Egypt.
- 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.
- 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.
- Carn
-
noun,
cairn.
- otic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ear; auricular.
- 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.
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- 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.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- 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.
- ise
-
- cs.
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ISA
-
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- cr.
-
- ist
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- 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.
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- ier
-
- CAR
-
noun,
an automobile.
- ISR
-
- AEC
-
- TIA
-
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- IRS
-
- in.
-
- Co.
-
- 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.
- COS
-
noun,
romaine.
- ROA
-
- 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.
- TCA
-
- IOT
-
- Ios
-
noun,
a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey.
- ior
-
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- 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 = .
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- AIC
-
- COO
-
noun,
a cooing sound.
- RNA
-
- ine
-
- ROC
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- Ir.
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- ca.
-
- cc.
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- ROI
-
- IRC
-
- INN
-
noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- IRO
-
- IOC
-
- ose
-
- ICC
-
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- 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.
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- SAE
-
- ec-
-
- SAR
-
- ECA
-
- tra
-
- tr.
-
- SAC
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- eir
-
- EIS
-
- en-
-
- eo-
-
- Ar.
-
- So.
-
- CSO
-
- 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.
- TSI
-
- TSE
-
- CRS
-
- CRT
-
- CSA
-
- CSC
-
- CSR
-
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- CST
-
- Tro
-
- CTA
-
- ac-
-
- CTC
-
- cte
-
- an.
-
- ctn
-
plural,
carton.
- SRO
-
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- ae.
-
- ETS
-
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- sc.
-
- 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.
- ETO
-
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- ct.
-
- ETR
-
- ics
-
- ESR
-
- ITA
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- io-
-
- Ia.
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- IAS
-
- ICA
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- ess
-
noun,
the letter S, s.
- ACT
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- RTS
-
- RSA
-
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- rte
-
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- CRC
-
- rt.
-
- RSS
-
- RSE
-
- Rs.
-
- ACS
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- ERT
-
- ESA
-
- too
-
Idioms,
only too. only (def 10).
- Esc
-
- COT
-
noun,
a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
- CAI
-
- 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.
- TSS
-
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- OAO
-
- NSC
-
- ASI
-
- SOC
-
noun,
sociology or a class or course in sociology.
- Oc.
-
- OSA
-
- OTC
-
- 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.
- 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.
- OAS
-
- RCS
-
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- ase
-
- Oca
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- OCC
-
- OTS
-
- NSA
-
- NRC
-
- OCS
-
- aor
-
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- Soo
-
noun,
the, Canadian. Sault Ste. Marie.
- ASS
-
noun,
a long-eared, slow, patient, sure-footed domesticated mammal, Equus asinus, related to the horse, used chiefly as a beast of burden.
- ITC
-
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- ASN
-
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- CIE
-
- CIC
-
- CIA
-
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- Re.
-
- nr.
-
- NRA
-
- OCR
-
- 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).
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- CCR
-
- OOT
-
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- CCS
-
verb (used with object),
to send a duplicate of a document, email, or the like to:
- CEA
-
- orc
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- CEC
-
- ot-
-
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- CEO
-
- SES
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- OSS
-
- 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).
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- OSO
-
- CCA
-
- oon
-
- OEO
-
- ARS
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- oic
-
- OIr
-
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- OIt
-
- sis
-
noun,
sister.
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- 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.
- ONI
-
- ote
-
- ONR
-
- ons
-
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- OTA
-
- oo-
-
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- ASR
-
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- SCS
-
- REA
-
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- CNO
-
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- NIA
-
- 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:
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- 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.
- CNS
-
- CAS
-
verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- NES
-
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- se-
-
- ast
-
- RCT
-
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- Nan
-
noun,
naan.
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- 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.
- ATC
-
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- ANC
-
- NEC
-
- STI
-
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- NCC
-
- ne-
-
- NEA
-
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- NCO
-
- at.
-
- RCN
-
- Sr.
-
- ss.
-
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- CNC
-
- SRS
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- NNE
-
- SSA
-
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- NOC
-
- ite
-
- SOS
-
noun,
any call for help:
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- SSC
-
- St.
-
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- SSE
-
- SSI
-
- SSN
-
- SSR
-
- SST
-
- RCA
-
- Sta
-
- CNN
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- 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.
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- NI
-
- N.
-
- T1
-
- NC
-
- t.
-
- 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.
- 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.
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- R.
-
- AO
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- ic
-
- i.
-
- TN
-
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- RN
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- RI
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- O.
-
- OA
-
- EI
-
- CE
-
- RC
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- S.
-
- SA
-
- SN
-
- RO
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- TC
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .