Anagrams of considerate
Word considerate has
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- second-rate
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adjective,
of lesser or minor quality, importance, or the like:
- discreate
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verb (used with object),
to reduce to nothing; annihilate.
- Doncaster
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noun,
a city in South Yorkshire, in N England.
- carotenes
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noun,
any of three yellow or orange fat-soluble pigments having the formula C 40 H 56 , found in many plants, especially carrots, and transformed to vitamin A in the liver; provitamin A.
- dentaries
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noun,
one of a pair of membrane bones that in lower vertebrates form the distal part of the lower jaws and in mammals comprise the mandible.
- 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.
- 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.
- decanters
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noun,
a vessel, usually an ornamental glass bottle, for holding and serving wine, brandy, or the like.
- catenoids
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noun,
the surface generated by rotating a catenary about its axis of symmetry.
- recondite
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adjective,
dealing with very profound, difficult, or abstruse subject matter:
- toe-dance
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noun,
a dance performed on the tips of the toes.
- neoterics
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noun,
a new or modern writer, thinker, etc.
- dicentras
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noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Dicentra, of the fumitory family, having long clusters of drooping flowers, as the Dutchman's-breeches or the bleeding heart.
- iterances
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noun,
iteration.
- nectaries
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noun,
Botany. an organ or part that secretes nectar.
- centroids
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noun,
Mechanics. the point that may be considered as the center of a one- or two-dimensional figure, the sum of the displacements of all points in the figure from such a point being zero.
Compare center of mass.
- ordinates
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noun,
Mathematics. (in plane Cartesian coordinates) the y-coordinate of a point: its distance from the x-axis measured parallel to the y-axis.
- centiares
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noun,
a square meter. Abbreviation: ca.
- one-acter
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noun,
a short play consisting of one act.
- decorates
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verb (used with object),
to furnish or adorn with something ornamental or becoming; embellish:
- desertion
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noun,
the act of deserting or the state of being deserted.
- Oceanside
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noun,
a city in SW California.
- creatines
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noun,
an amino acid, C 4 H 9 N 3 O 2 , that is a constituent of the muscles of vertebrates and is phosphorylated to store energy used for muscular contraction.
- detainers
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noun,
a writ for the further detention of a person already in custody.
- secretion
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noun,
(in a cell or gland) the act or process of separating, elaborating, and releasing a substance that fulfills some function within the organism or undergoes excretion.
- creations
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noun,
the act of producing or causing to exist; the act of creating; engendering.
- resection
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noun,
Surveying. a technique of ascertaining the location of a point by taking bearings from the point on two other points of known location.
- seed-corn
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noun,
ears or kernels of corn set apart as seed.
- esoterica
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plural noun,
things understood by or meant for a select few; recondite matters or items.
- resonate
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verb (used with object),
to cause to resound.
- doctrine
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noun,
a particular principle, position, or policy taught or advocated, as of a religion or government:
- neoteric
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noun,
a new or modern writer, thinker, etc.
- resinate
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noun,
Chemistry. any of the salts of the acids found in rosin.
- ceratoid
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adjective,
hornlike; horny.
- cisterna
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noun,
cistern (def 2).
- centroid
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noun,
Mechanics. the point that may be considered as the center of a one- or two-dimensional figure, the sum of the displacements of all points in the figure from such a point being zero.
Compare center of mass.
- die-cast
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adjective,
formed by die casting.
- diocesan
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noun,
one of the clergy or people of a diocese.
- Rodentia
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noun,
the order comprising the rodents.
- cineaste
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noun,
any person, especially a director or producer, associated professionally with filmmaking.
- D-notice
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noun,
a government notice sent to newspapers or other publications requesting them to withhold information for reasons of state security.
- notecase
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noun,
billfold.
- Dniester
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noun,
a river in the SW Russian Federation in Europe, flowing SE from the Carpathian Mountains to the Black Sea. About 875 miles (1410 km) long.
- distance
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noun,
the extent or amount of space between two things, points, lines, etc.
- andesite
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noun,
a dark-colored volcanic rock composed essentially of plagioclase feldspar and one or more mafic minerals, as hornblende or biotite.
- discrete
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adjective,
apart or detached from others; separate; distinct:
- discreet
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adjective,
judicious in one's conduct or speech, especially with regard to respecting privacy or maintaining silence about something of a delicate nature; prudent; circumspect.
- aneroids
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noun,
aneroid barometer.
- anecdote
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noun,
a short account of a particular incident or event, especially of an interesting or amusing nature.
- notaries
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noun,
notary public.
- trade-in
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noun,
goods given in whole or, usually, part payment of a purchase:
- ancestor
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noun,
a person from whom one is descended; forebear; progenitor.
- iterance
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noun,
iteration.
- centiare
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noun,
a square meter. Abbreviation: ca.
- increate
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adjective,
not created; uncreated.
- seicento
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noun,
the 17th century, with reference to the Italian art or literature of that period.
- inserted
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noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- asteroid
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noun,
Also called minor planet. Astronomy. any of the thousands of small bodies of from 480 miles (775 km) to less than one mile (1.6 km) in diameter that revolve about the sun in orbits lying mostly between those of Mars and Jupiter.
- astonied
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adjective,
dazed; bewildered; filled with consternation.
- cantoris
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adjective,
of or relating to the gospel or liturgical north side of a church (opposed to decani).
- sedation
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noun,
the calming of mental excitement or abatement of physiological function, especially by the administration of a drug.
- Increase
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noun,
growth or augmentation in numbers, size, strength, quality, etc.:
- endocast
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noun,
endocranial cast.
- erection
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noun,
the act of erecting.
- canotier
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noun,
a fabric constructed in a twill weave, used in the manufacture of yachting clothes.
- canister
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noun,
a small box or jar, often one of a kitchen set, for holding tea, coffee, flour, and sugar.
- secretin
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noun,
a polypeptide hormone, produced in the small intestine, that activates the pancreas to secrete pancreatic juice.
- scenario
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noun,
an outline of the plot of a dramatic work, giving particulars as to the scenes, characters, situations, etc.
- scienter
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noun,
a mental state in which one has knowledge that one’s action, statement, etc., is wrong, deceptive, or illegal: often used as a standard of guilt:
- esoteric
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adjective,
understood by or meant for only the select few who have special knowledge or interest; recondite:
- endosarc
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noun,
the endoplasm of a protozoan (opposed to ectosarc).
- intrados
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noun,
the interior curve or surface of an arch or vault.
- arenites
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noun,
psammite.
- catenoid
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noun,
the surface generated by rotating a catenary about its axis of symmetry.
- centares
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noun,
centiare.
- Dicentra
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noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Dicentra, of the fumitory family, having long clusters of drooping flowers, as the Dutchman's-breeches or the bleeding heart.
- east-end
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noun,
a section of E London, England.
- serotine
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noun,
a small Eurasian brown bat, Eptesicus serotinus.
- Teresian
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noun,
a member of the reformed order of barefooted Carmelites, founded in Spain in 1562.
- Teresina
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noun,
a port in NE Brazil, on the Parnahiba River.
- sericate
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adjective,
sericeous; silky.
- arsenide
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noun,
a compound containing two elements of which arsenic is the negative one, as silver arsenide, Ag 3 As.
- carotene
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noun,
any of three yellow or orange fat-soluble pigments having the formula C 40 H 56 , found in many plants, especially carrots, and transformed to vitamin A in the liver; provitamin A.
- arsenite
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noun,
a salt or ester of arsenous acid.
- 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.
- carotins
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noun,
carotene.
- sarcenet
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noun,
a fine, soft fabric, often of silk, made in plain or twill weave and used especially for linings.
- carotids
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noun,
Also called carotid artery. either of the two large arteries, one on each side of the head, that carry blood to the head and that divide into an external branch supplying the neck, face, and other external parts, and an internal branch supplying the brain, eye, and other internal parts.
- ascender
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noun,
a person or thing that ascends or causes ascension.
- sardonic
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adjective,
characterized by bitter or scornful derision; mocking; cynical; sneering:
- resident
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noun,
a person who resides in a place.
- idocrase
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noun,
vesuvianite.
- cordites
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noun,
a smokeless, slow-burning powder composed of 30 to 58 percent nitroglycerin, 37 to 65 percent cellulose nitrate, and 5 to 6 percent mineral jelly.
- deration
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verb (used with object),
to discontinue the rationing of (something).
- Redstone
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noun,
a U.S. surface-to-surface ballistic missile powered by a single rocket engine.
- Creation
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noun,
the act of producing or causing to exist; the act of creating; engendering.
- strained
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noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- 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.
- creatine
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noun,
an amino acid, C 4 H 9 N 3 O 2 , that is a constituent of the muscles of vertebrates and is phosphorylated to store energy used for muscular contraction.
- decorate
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verb (used with object),
to furnish or adorn with something ornamental or becoming; embellish:
- codeines
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noun,
a white, crystalline, slightly bitter alkaloid, C 18 H 21 NO 3 , obtained from opium, used in medicine chiefly as an analgesic or sedative and to inhibit coughing.
- ordinate
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noun,
Mathematics. (in plane Cartesian coordinates) the y-coordinate of a point: its distance from the x-axis measured parallel to the y-axis.
- reaction
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noun,
a reverse movement or tendency; an action in a reverse direction or manner.
- Oresteia
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noun,
a trilogy of tragic dramas (458 b.c.) by Aeschylus, consisting of the Agamemnon, the Choëphori, and the Eumenides.
- reasoned
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noun,
a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.:
- decanter
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noun,
a vessel, usually an ornamental glass bottle, for holding and serving wine, brandy, or the like.
- detainer
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noun,
a writ for the further detention of a person already in custody.
- trendies
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noun,
a trendy person, place, object, or idea.
- redcoats
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noun,
(especially during the American Revolution) a British soldier.
- acetones
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noun,
a colorless, volatile, water-soluble, flammable liquid, C 3 H 6 O, usually derived by oxidation of isopropyl alcohol or by bacterial fermentation of carbohydrates: used chiefly in paints and varnishes, as a general solvent, and in organic synthesis.
- tea-rose
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noun,
any of several cultivated varieties of roses having a scent resembling that of tea.
- deciares
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noun,
a unit of surface measure equal to one-tenth of an are, or 10 square meters: equivalent to 11.96 square yards.
- detrains
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verb (used without object),
to alight from a railway train; arrive by train.
- consider
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verb (used with object),
to think carefully about, especially in order to make a decision; contemplate; reflect on:
- sterno-
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- carnies
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noun,
a person employed by a carnival.
- carnose
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adjective,
of or relating to flesh; fleshy.
- endorse
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noun,
Heraldry. a narrow pale, about one quarter the usual width and usually repeated several times.
- endears
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verb (used with object),
to make dear, esteemed, or beloved:
- costard
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noun,
a large English variety of apple.
- carnets
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noun,
a customs document allowing an automobile to be driven at no cost across international borders.
- carotid
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noun,
Also called carotid artery. either of the two large arteries, one on each side of the head, that carry blood to the head and that divide into an external branch supplying the neck, face, and other external parts, and an internal branch supplying the brain, eye, and other internal parts.
- Costain
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noun,
Thomas Bertram, 1885–1965, U.S. novelist, historian, and editor, born in Canada.
- cornets
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noun,
Music. a valved wind instrument of the trumpet family.
- decerns
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verb (used with object),
Archaic. to discern.
- seriate
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adjective,
arranged or occurring in one or more series.
- deceits
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noun,
the act or practice of deceiving; concealment or distortion of the truth for the purpose of misleading; duplicity; fraud; cheating:
- decares
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noun,
a unit of surface measure equal to 10 ares, or 1000 square meters: equivalent to 0.2471 acre.
- corneas
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noun,
the transparent anterior part of the external coat of the eye covering the iris and the pupil and continuous with the sclera.
- decants
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verb (used with object),
to pour (wine or other liquid) gently so as not to disturb the sediment.
- encodes
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verb (used with object),
to convert (a message, information, etc.) into code.
- stereo-
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- encores
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noun,
a demand, as by applause, for a repetition of a song, act, etc., or for a performance of a number or piece additional to those on a program, or for a reappearance by the performers, as at the end of a concert, recital, etc.
- decanes
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noun,
a hydrocarbon, C 10 H 22 , of the methane series, occurring in several isomeric forms.
- cortina
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noun,
a weblike, often evanescent veil covering the gills or hanging from the cap edge of certain mushrooms, particularly those of genus Cortinarius, and sometimes persisting as a ring or remnant of fibrils around the mushroom stalk.
- carotin
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noun,
carotene.
- dearies
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noun,
darling.
- steroid
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noun,
any of a large group of fat-soluble organic compounds, as the sterols, bile acids, and sex hormones, most of which have specific physiological action.
- senator
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noun,
a member of a senate.
- coarsen
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become coarse.
- careens
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noun,
a careening.
- erotica
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noun,
written works, usually fiction, dealing with sexual love.
- crenate
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adjective,
having the margin notched or scalloped so as to form rounded teeth, as a leaf.
- tanrecs
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noun,
tenrec.
- Candiot
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noun,
a Cretan.
- candies
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noun,
any of a variety of confections made with sugar, syrup, etc., often combined with chocolate, fruit, nuts, etc.
- candier
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- ctenoid
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adjective,
comblike or pectinate; rough-edged.
- erotics
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noun,
an erotic poem.
- erodent
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adjective,
eroding; erosive:
- Cairene
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noun,
a native or resident of Cairo, Egypt.
- cretins
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noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- seconde
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noun,
the second of the eight defensive positions.
- tierced
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adjective,
(of an escutcheon) divided vertically or horizontally into three equal parts.
- tierces
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noun,
an old measure of capacity equivalent to one third of a pipe, or 42 wine gallons.
- crinose
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adjective,
hairy.
- Tancred
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noun,
1078?–1112, Norman leader in the first Crusade.
- candors
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noun,
the state or quality of being frank, open, and sincere in speech or expression; candidness:
- dacoits
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noun,
(in India and Burma) a member of a class of criminals who engage in organized robbery and murder.
- coterie
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noun,
a group of people who associate closely.
- storied
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noun,
a narrative, either true or fictitious, in prose or verse, designed to interest, amuse, or instruct the hearer or reader; tale.
- enteric
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noun,
enterics, Bacteriology. enterobacteria.
- entero-
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- cranio-
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- cations
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noun,
a positively charged ion that is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis.
- entices
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verb (used with object),
to lead on by exciting hope or desire; allure; inveigle:
- entires
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noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- entries
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noun,
an act of entering; entrance.
- section
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noun,
a part that is cut off or separated.
- cratons
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noun,
a relatively rigid and immobile region of continental portions of the earth's crust.
- dancers
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noun,
a person who dances.
- creates
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adjective,
Archaic. created.
- canters
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noun,
an easy gallop.
- credent
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adjective,
Archaic. believing.
- credits
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noun,
commendation or honor given for some action, quality, etc.:
- Ericson
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noun,
Leif [leef;; Icelandic leyv] /lif;; Icelandic leɪv/ (Show IPA), flourished a.d. c1000, Norse mariner: according to Icelandic saga, discoverer of Vinland (son of Eric the Red).
- cardio-
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- Eastern
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adjective,
lying toward or situated in the east:
- deciare
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noun,
a unit of surface measure equal to one-tenth of an are, or 10 square meters: equivalent to 11.96 square yards.
- estrade
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noun,
a slightly raised platform in a room or hall.
- soredia
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noun,
a group of algal cells surrounded by hyphal tissue, occurring on the surface of the thallus and functioning in vegetative reproduction.
- descant
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noun,
Music.
a melody or counterpoint accompanying a simple musical theme and usually written above it.
(in part music) the soprano.
a song or melody.
- Tenedos
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noun,
an island in the Aegean, near the entrance to the Dardanelles, belonging to Turkey.
- discant
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noun,
Also, discantus [dis-kan-tuh s] /dɪsˈkæn təs/ (Show IPA). Music. a 13th-century polyphonic style with strict mensural meter in all the voice parts, in contrast to the metrically free organum of the period.
- discern
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verb (used with object),
to perceive by the sight or some other sense or by the intellect; see, recognize, or apprehend:
- Teniers
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noun,
David [dey-vid;; Flemish dah-vit;; French dah-veed] /ˈdeɪ vɪd;; Flemish ˈdɑ vɪt;; French dɑˈvid/ (Show IPA), ("the Elder") 1582–1649, Flemish painter and engraver.
- deontic
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adjective,
of or relating to duty and moral obligation as ethical concepts.
- diocese
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noun,
an ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop.
- coedits
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verb (used with object),
to edit jointly with another.
- disrate
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verb (used with object),
to reduce to a lower rating or rank.
- cetanes
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noun,
a colorless, liquid hydrocarbon of the alkane series, C 16 H 34 , used as a solvent and in cetane number determinations.
- coesite
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noun,
a rare form of silicon dioxide, a denser polymorph of quartz, originally synthesized from quartz at high temperatures and pressures: later discovered in nature.
- tenrecs
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noun,
any of several insectivorous mammals of the family Tenrecidae, of Madagascar, having a long, pointed snout, certain species of which are spiny and tailless.
- cestoid
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noun,
cestode.
- directs
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adverb,
in a direct manner; directly; straight:
- descent
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noun,
the act, process, or fact of moving from a higher to a lower position. Synonyms: falling, sinking; fall, drop.
- denotes
-
verb (used with object),
to be a mark or sign of; indicate:
- diester
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noun,
an organic compound that contains two ester groups.
- diaster
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noun,
the stage in mitosis at which the chromosomes, after their division and separation, are grouped near the poles of the spindle.
- coaster
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noun,
a person or thing that coasts.
- detrain
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verb (used without object),
to alight from a railway train; arrive by train.
- detains
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verb (used with object),
to keep from proceeding; keep waiting; delay.
- citrons
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noun,
a pale-yellow fruit resembling the lemon but larger and with thicker rind, borne by a small tree or large bush, Citrus medica, allied to the lemon and lime.
- coatees
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noun,
a close-fitting short coat, especially one with tails or skirts.
- cistron
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noun,
a segment of DNA that encodes for the formation of a specific polypeptide chain; a structural gene.
- tenders
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noun,
the act of tendering; an offer of something for acceptance.
- cistern
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noun,
a reservoir, tank, or container for storing or holding water or other liquid.
- tenaces
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noun,
a sequence of two high cards of the same suit that lack an intervening card to be in consecutive order, as the ace and queen.
- dineros
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noun,
a former silver coin of Peru, the 10th part of a sol.
- destine
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verb (used with object),
to set apart for a particular use, purpose, etc.; design; intend.
- destain
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verb (used with object),
to remove stain (from a specimen) to enhance visibility and contrast of parts.
- codeine
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noun,
a white, crystalline, slightly bitter alkaloid, C 18 H 21 NO 3 , obtained from opium, used in medicine chiefly as an analgesic or sedative and to inhibit coughing.
- cestode
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noun,
a parasitic platyhelminth or flatworm of the class Cestoda, which comprises the tapeworms.
- certain
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Idioms,
for certain, without a doubt; surely:
- cordite
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noun,
a smokeless, slow-burning powder composed of 30 to 58 percent nitroglycerin, 37 to 65 percent cellulose nitrate, and 5 to 6 percent mineral jelly.
- side-on
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adverb,
with the side or sides foremost, especially in a collision:
- contras
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noun,
(often initial capital letter) a member of a counterrevolutionary guerrilla group in Nicaragua.
- drastic
-
adjective,
acting with force or violence; violent.
- centare
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noun,
centiare.
- sincere
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adjective,
free of deceit, hypocrisy, or falseness; earnest:
- cenotes
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noun,
a deep natural well or sinkhole, especially in Central America, formed by the collapse of surface limestone that exposes ground water underneath, and sometimes used by the ancient Mayans for sacrificial offerings.
- sidero-
-
- sidecar
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noun,
a small car attached on one side to a motorcycle and supported on the other side by a wheel of its own, used for a passenger, parcels, etc.
- decries
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verb (used with object),
to speak disparagingly of; denounce as faulty or worthless; express censure of:
- earnest
-
noun,
full seriousness, as of intention or purpose:
- Steiner
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noun,
Jakob [yah-kawp] /ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1796–1863, Swiss mathematician.
- standee
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noun,
a person who stands, as a passenger in a train, a spectator at a theater, etc., either because all the seats are taken or because standing room is cheaper than a seat.
- cordate
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adjective,
heart-shaped:
- teredos
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noun,
a shipworm of the genus Teredo.
- ecartes
-
noun,
a card game for two players.
- contra-
-
- centres
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noun,
Geometry. the middle point, as the point within a circle or sphere equally distant from all points of the circumference or surface, or the point within a regular polygon equally distant from the vertices.
- docents
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noun,
privatdocent.
- constr.
-
- Docetae
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plural noun,
early Christian adherents of Docetism.
- deniers
-
noun,
a person who denies.
- stearic
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adjective,
of or relating to suet or fat.
- donates
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verb (used with object),
to present as a gift, grant, or contribution; make a donation of, as to a fund or cause:
- stearin
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noun,
Chemistry. any of the three glyceryl esters of stearic acid, especially C 3 H 5 (C 18 H 35 O 2) 3 , a soft, white, odorless solid found in many natural fats.
- conster
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verb (used with or without object),
construe.
- cerato-
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- centri-
-
- deicers
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noun,
a device or a chemical substance for preventing or removing ice.
- cerates
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noun,
Pharmacology. an unctuous, often medicated, preparation for external application, consisting of lard or oil mixed with wax, rosin, or the like, especially one that has a firmer consistency than a typical ointment and does not melt when in contact with the skin.
- cerated
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adjective,
covered with wax.
- Sno-Cat
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- stearo-
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- centro-
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- 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.
- erasion
-
noun,
the act of erasing.
- cronies
-
noun,
a close friend or companion; chum.
- oreides
-
noun,
oroide.
- Rostand
-
noun,
Edmond [ed-mawn] /ɛdˈmɔ̃/ (Show IPA), 1868–1918, French dramatist and poet.
- 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.
- redcoat
-
noun,
(especially during the American Revolution) a British soldier.
- narcose
-
adjective,
characterized by stupor; stuporous.
- Aretino
-
noun,
Pietro [pye-traw] /ˈpyɛ trɔ/ (Show IPA), 1492–1556, Italian satirist and dramatist.
- redacts
-
verb (used with object),
to put into suitable literary form; revise; edit.
- orceins
-
noun,
a red dye, the principal coloring matter of cudbear and orchil, obtained by oxidizing an ammoniacal solution of orcinol.
- aristo-
-
- sadiron
-
noun,
Northern, North Midland, and Western U.S. Older Use. a flatiron that is pointed at both ends and has a detachable handle.
- sainted
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- ordains
-
verb (used with object),
to invest with ministerial or sacerdotal functions; confer holy orders upon.
- Isadore
-
noun,
a male given name: from the Greek word meaning “gift of Isis.”.
- arenite
-
noun,
psammite.
- norites
-
noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- Oriente
-
noun,
a region in Ecuador, E of the Andes: the border long disputed by Peru.
- orients
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- arseno-
-
- actino-
-
- recites
-
verb (used with object),
to repeat the words of, as from memory, especially in a formal manner:
- sarcode
-
noun,
protoplasm, especially the semifluid content of a protozoan.
- sarcoid
-
noun,
a growth resembling a sarcoma.
- sardine
-
noun,
the pilchard, Sardina pilchardus, often preserved in oil and used for food.
- iodates
-
noun,
Chemistry. a salt of iodic acid, as sodium iodate, NaIO 3 .
- recants
-
verb (used with object),
to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
- 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.
- arenose
-
adjective,
sandy; gritty.
- oneidas
-
noun,
a member of an Iroquois people formerly inhabiting the region east of Oneida Lake.
- triodes
-
noun,
a vacuum tube containing three elements, usually anode, cathode, and control grid.
- torsade
-
noun,
a twisted cord.
- Nordica
-
noun,
Lillian (Lillian Norton) 1859–1914, U.S. soprano.
- notices
-
noun,
an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning:
- noetics
-
noun,
the science of the intellect or of pure thought; reasoning.
- aneroid
-
noun,
aneroid barometer.
- retsina
-
noun,
a strong, resinated white or red wine of Greece and Cyprus.
- trainee
-
noun,
a person being trained, especially in a vocation; apprentice.
- retains
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- aniseed
-
noun,
the aromatic seed of anise, the oil of which (anise oil, aniseed oil, oil of anise) is used in the manufacture of anethole, in medicine as a carminative and expectorant, and in cookery and liqueurs for its licoricelike flavor.
- Nidaros
-
noun,
former name of Trondheim.
- Nicetas
-
noun,
Saint Ignatius (def 2).
- estrone
-
noun,
Biochemistry. an estrogenic hormone, C 18 H 22 O 2 , produced by the ovarian follicles and found during pregnancy in urine and placental tissue.
- antero-
-
- oersted
-
noun,
the centimeter-gram-second unit of magnetic intensity, equal to the magnetic pole of unit strength when undergoing a force of one dyne in a vacuum. Abbreviation: Oe.
- treason
-
noun,
the offense of acting to overthrow one's government or to harm or kill its sovereign.
- Anteros
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a brother of Eros, most often regarded as the avenger of unrequited love.
- Nereids
-
noun,
any elongate cylindrical worm of the polychaete family Nereididae, including clamworms.
- rescind
-
verb (used with object),
to abrogate; annul; revoke; repeal.
- rodents
-
noun,
a rodent mammal.
- nectars
-
noun,
the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or birds that pollinate the flower.
- Oceanid
-
noun,
any of the daughters of Oceanus and Tethys; a sea nymph.
- necrose
-
verb (used with or without object),
to affect or be affected with necrosis.
- ocreate
-
adjective,
having an ocrea or ocreae; sheathed.
- octanes
-
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.
- Roscian
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving acting.
- roseate
-
adjective,
tinged with rose; rosy:
- readies
-
noun,
the state or condition of being ready.
- trienes
-
noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- acetone
-
noun,
a colorless, volatile, water-soluble, flammable liquid, C 3 H 6 O, usually derived by oxidation of isopropyl alcohol or by bacterial fermentation of carbohydrates: used chiefly in paints and varnishes, as a general solvent, and in organic synthesis.
- astroid
-
noun,
a hypocycloid with four cusps.
- inroads
-
noun,
a damaging or serious encroachment:
- indorse
-
verb (used with object),
endorse.
- tirades
-
noun,
a prolonged outburst of bitter, outspoken denunciation:
- acerose
-
adjective,
needle-shaped, as the leaves of the pine.
- astride
-
preposition,
with a leg on each side of; straddling:
- ratines
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- atonies
-
noun,
Pathology. lack of tone or energy; muscular weakness, especially in a contractile organ.
- acetins
-
noun,
a colorless, thick, hygroscopic liquid, C 5 H 10 O 4 : used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives.
- atonics
-
noun,
Grammar. an unaccented word, syllable, or sound.
- toadies
-
noun,
an obsequious flatterer; sycophant.
- radices
-
noun,
a plural of radix.
- ideates
-
noun,
ideatum.
- 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.
- rations
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- randies
-
noun,
Chiefly Scot. a rude or coarse beggar.
- 2,4,5-t
-
noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- etesian
-
adjective,
(of certain Mediterranean winds) occurring annually.
- instead
-
Idioms,
instead of, in place of; in lieu of:
- Insecta
-
noun,
the class comprising the insects.
- tinders
-
noun,
a highly flammable material or preparation formerly used for catching the spark from a flint and steel struck together for fire or light.
- screeno
-
noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) (formerly) bingo played in a movie theater.
- tanrec
-
noun,
tenrec.
- desire
-
noun,
a longing or craving, as for something that brings satisfaction or enjoyment:
- diners
-
noun,
a person who dines.
- Oneida
-
noun,
a member of an Iroquois people formerly inhabiting the region east of Oneida Lake.
- dinars
-
noun,
any of various former coins of the Near East, especially gold coins issued by Islamic governments.
- Derain
-
noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1880–1954, French painter.
- ranids
-
noun,
frog1 (def 2).
- detain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep from proceeding; keep waiting; delay.
- rentes
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- octads
-
noun,
a group or series of eight.
- 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.
- redoes
-
noun,
the act or an instance of redoing.
- Dacron
-
- ranees
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- Dairen
-
noun,
former Japanese name of Dalian (def 2).
- Octans
-
noun,
the Octant, a southern constellation that contains the south celestial pole.
- desert
-
noun,
a region so arid because of little rainfall that it supports only sparse and widely spaced vegetation or no vegetation at all:
Synonyms: waste, wasteland, barren wilderness.
- dinero
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Peru, the 10th part of a sol.
- Odense
-
noun,
a seaport on Fyn island, in S Denmark.
- notice
-
noun,
an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning:
- ration
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- dacoit
-
noun,
(in India and Burma) a member of a class of criminals who engage in organized robbery and murder.
- 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.
- resend
-
verb (used with object),
to send again.
- cteno-
-
- Reston
-
noun,
James (Barrett) ("Scotty") 1909–1995, U.S. journalist, born in Scotland.
- reside
-
noun,
a piece or section of siding:
- retain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- dienes
-
noun,
any compound, as 1,3-butadiene, CH 2 =CH−CH=CH 2 , that contains two double bonds.
- dicast
-
noun,
(in ancient Athens) a citizen eligible to sit as a judge.
- rancid
-
adjective,
having a rank, unpleasant, stale smell or taste, as through decomposition, especially of fats or oils:
- resent
-
verb (used with object),
to feel or show displeasure or indignation at (a person, act, remark, etc.) from a sense of injury or insult.
- strode
-
noun,
a striding manner or a striding gait.
- stance
-
noun,
the position or bearing of the body while standing:
- Strine
-
noun,
Australian English.
- dicots
-
noun,
a dicotyledon.
- C-star
-
noun,
carbon star.
- stride
-
noun,
a striding manner or a striding gait.
- Reseda
-
noun,
a grayish green.
- denti-
-
- oaters
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- tainos
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- resect
-
verb (used with object),
to do a resection on.
- deters
-
verb (used with object),
to discourage or restrain from acting or proceeding:
- reseat
-
verb (used with object),
to provide with a new seat or new seats.
- Strand
-
noun,
the land bordering the sea, a lake, or a river; shore; beach.
- raised
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- ratine
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- radios
-
noun,
wireless telegraphy or telephony:
- Strain
-
noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- decani
-
adjective,
of or relating to the epistle or liturgical south side of a church (opposed to cantoris).
- recons
-
noun,
reconnaissance.
- decern
-
verb (used with object),
Archaic. to discern.
- decent
-
adjective,
conforming to the recognized standard of propriety, good taste, modesty, etc., as in behavior or speech.
- Danite
-
noun,
a member of the tribe of Dan.
- deceit
-
noun,
the act or practice of deceiving; concealment or distortion of the truth for the purpose of misleading; duplicity; fraud; cheating:
- oscine
-
noun,
an oscine bird.
- decare
-
noun,
a unit of surface measure equal to 10 ares, or 1000 square meters: equivalent to 0.2471 acre.
- Osetic
-
adjective, noun,
Ossetic.
- recite
-
verb (used with object),
to repeat the words of, as from memory, especially in a formal manner:
- Ostend
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Belgium.
- Recent
-
noun,
Also called Holocene. (initial capital letter) Geology. the Recent Epoch or Series.
- decant
-
verb (used with object),
to pour (wine or other liquid) gently so as not to disturb the sediment.
- recast
-
noun,
a recasting.
- Orinda
-
noun,
a town in W California.
- decane
-
noun,
a hydrocarbon, C 10 H 22 , of the methane series, occurring in several isomeric forms.
- stoner
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
- stoned
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- re-act
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- steno-
-
- darics
-
noun,
a gold coin and monetary unit of ancient Persia.
- recant
-
verb (used with object),
to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
- reason
-
noun,
a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.:
- Deacon
-
noun,
(in hierarchical churches) a member of the clerical order next below that of a priest.
- steric
-
adjective,
of or relating to the spatial relationships of atoms in a molecule.
- Sterne
-
noun,
Laurence, 1713–68, English clergyman and novelist.
- Darien
-
noun,
Gulf of, an arm of the Caribbean between NE Panama and NW Colombia.
- ornate
-
adjective,
elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so:
- danios
-
noun,
any of several cyprinid fishes of the genera Danio and Brachydanio, of India and Sri Lanka, often kept in aquariums.
- onside
-
adjective, adverb,
not offside; being within the prescribed line or area at the beginning of or during play or a play.
- orcein
-
noun,
a red dye, the principal coloring matter of cudbear and orchil, obtained by oxidizing an ammoniacal solution of orcinol.
- Raetic
-
noun,
an extinct language of uncertain affinities that was spoken in Rhaetia and written with the Etruscan alphabet.
- radons
-
noun,
a chemically inert, radioactive gaseous element produced by the decay of radium: emissions produced by outgassing of rock, brick, etc. are a health hazard. Symbol: Rn; atomic number: 86; atomic weight: 222.
- dentes
-
noun,
plural of dens.
- redans
-
noun,
a V -shaped work, usually projecting from a fortified line.
- radio-
-
- denote
-
verb (used with object),
to be a mark or sign of; indicate:
- Denise
-
noun,
a female given name: derived from Denis.
- orates
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- denies
-
Idioms,
deny oneself, to refrain from satisfying one's desires or needs; practice self-denial.
- racons
-
noun,
radar beacon.
- denier
-
noun,
a person who denies.
- redact
-
verb (used with object),
to put into suitable literary form; revise; edit.
- dancer
-
noun,
a person who dances.
- Racine
-
noun,
Jean Baptiste [zhahn ba-teest] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist/ (Show IPA), 1639–99, French dramatist.
- deices
-
verb (used with object),
to free of ice; prevent or remove ice formation on, as the wing of an airplane.
- rectos
-
- recti-
-
- ordain
-
verb (used with object),
to invest with ministerial or sacerdotal functions; confer holy orders upon.
- deicer
-
noun,
a device or a chemical substance for preventing or removing ice.
- oreads
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. any of a group of nymphs who were the companions of Artemis.
- decors
-
noun,
style or mode of decoration, as of a room, building, or the like:
- oreide
-
noun,
oroide.
- 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.
- dances
-
noun,
a successive group of rhythmical steps or bodily motions, or both, usually executed to music.
- orenda
-
noun,
a supernatural force believed by the Iroquois Indians to be present, in varying degrees, in all objects or persons, and to be the spiritual force by which human accomplishment is attained or accounted for.
- Orense
-
noun,
a city in N Spain, NW of Madrid.
- Orient
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- sortie
-
noun,
a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
- Estrin
-
noun,
estrone.
- 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.
- instr.
-
- intros
-
noun,
an introduction.
- intro.
-
- intra-
-
- intoed
-
adjective,
having inwardly turned toes.
- inters
-
verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- inter.
-
- Senate
-
noun,
an assembly or council of citizens having the highest deliberative functions in a government, especially a legislative assembly of a state or nation.
- iodate
-
noun,
Chemistry. a salt of iodic acid, as sodium iodate, NaIO 3 .
- Enesco
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1881–1955, Romanian violinist, composer, and conductor: teacher of Yehudi Menuhin.
- seiner
-
noun,
a person who fishes with a seine.
- Enrico
-
noun,
a male given name: Italian form of Henry.
- enter-
-
- instar
-
noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- insert
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- Enders
-
noun,
John Franklin, 1897–1985, U.S. bacteriologist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1954.
- sarco-
-
- Sarton
-
noun,
May, 1912–95, U.S. poet, novelist, and playwright.
- Sender
-
noun,
a person or thing that sends.
- 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.
- eiders
-
noun,
eider duck.
- Senior
-
noun,
a person who is older than another.
- Seneca
-
noun,
a member of the largest tribe of the Iroquois Confederacy of North American Indians, formerly inhabiting western New York and being conspicuous in the wars south and west of Lake Erie.
- enacts
-
verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- enates
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- encase
-
verb (used with object),
to enclose in or as in a case:
- irades
-
noun,
a decree of a Muslim ruler.
- Sendai
-
noun,
a city on NE Honshu, in central Japan.
- encode
-
verb (used with object),
to convert (a message, information, etc.) into code.
- Santee
-
noun,
a city in SW California.
- encore
-
noun,
a demand, as by applause, for a repetition of a song, act, etc., or for a performance of a number or piece additional to those on a program, or for a reappearance by the performers, as at the end of a concert, recital, etc.
- santir
-
noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- endear
-
verb (used with object),
to make dear, esteemed, or beloved:
- enters
-
Verb phrases,
enter into,
to participate in; engage in.
to investigate; consider:
to sympathize with; share in.
to form a constituent part or ingredient of:
to go into a particular state:
- entice
-
verb (used with object),
to lead on by exciting hope or desire; allure; inveigle:
- editor
-
noun,
a person having managerial and sometimes policy-making responsibility related to the writing, compilation, and revision of content for a publishing firm or for a newspaper, magazine, or other publication:
- secern
-
verb (used with object),
to discriminate or distinguish in thought.
- scoria
-
noun,
Metallurgy. the refuse, dross, or slag left after melting or smelting metal; scum.
- secret
-
noun,
something that is or is kept secret, hidden, or concealed.
- Scoter
-
noun,
any of the large diving ducks of the genus Melanitta, inhabiting northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere.
- Scotia
-
noun,
a deep concave molding between two fillets, as in the Attic base.
- screed
-
noun,
a long discourse or essay, especially a diatribe.
- second
-
noun,
a second part.
- screen
-
noun,
a movable or fixed device, usually consisting of a covered frame, that provides shelter, serves as a partition, etc.
- iatro-
-
- secant
-
noun,
Geometry. an intersecting line, especially one intersecting a curve at two or more points.
- escent
-
- escort
-
noun,
a group of persons, or a single person, accompanying another or others for protection, guidance, or courtesy:
- seater
-
noun,
a person or thing that seats.
- seance
-
noun,
a meeting in which a spiritualist attempts to communicate with the spirits of the dead.
- scrota
-
noun,
the pouch of skin that contains the testes.
- erotic
-
noun,
an erotic poem.
- scato-
-
- entire
-
noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- 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.
- inroad
-
noun,
a damaging or serious encroachment:
- Indore
-
noun,
a former state in central India: now part of Madhya Pradesh.
- sateen
-
noun,
a strong cotton fabric constructed in satin weave and having a lustrous face.
- crones
-
noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- erects
-
adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- sedate
-
adjective,
calm, quiet, or composed; undisturbed by passion or excitement:
- incest
-
noun,
sexual intercourse between closely related persons.
- ideate
-
noun,
ideatum.
- incase
-
verb (used with object),
encase.
- satire
-
noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- sector
-
noun,
Geometry. a plane figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle.
- satori
-
noun,
sudden enlightenment.
- Ernest
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “vigor, intent.”.
- erodes
-
verb (used with object),
to eat into or away; destroy by slow consumption or disintegration:
Synonyms: corrode, waste, ravage, spoil.
Antonyms: strengthen, reinforce.
- 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.
- Edison
-
noun,
Thomas Alva [al-vuh] /ˈæl və/ (Show IPA), 1847–1931, U.S. inventor, especially of electrical devices.
- norias
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- nectar
-
noun,
the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or birds that pollinate the flower.
- docent
-
noun,
privatdocent.
- rodent
-
noun,
a rodent mammal.
- Nereis
-
noun,
clamworm.
- soiree
-
noun,
an evening party or social gathering, especially one held for a particular purpose:
- donate
-
verb (used with object),
to present as a gift, grant, or contribution; make a donation of, as to a fund or cause:
- Nereid
-
noun,
any elongate cylindrical worm of the polychaete family Nereididae, including clamworms.
- donees
-
noun,
a person to whom a gift is made.
- Sondra
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Donets
-
noun,
a river rising in the SW Russian Federation near Belgorod, flowing SE through Ukraine to the Don River. About 650 miles (1045 km) long.
- donsie
-
adjective,
Midland U.S. somewhat sick, weak, or lacking in vitality; not completely well.
- necro-
-
- Dorati
-
noun,
Antal [ahn-tahl;; Hungarian on-tol] /ˈɑn tɑl;; Hungarian ˈɒn tɒl/ (Show IPA), 1906–1988, Hungarian conductor, in the U.S.
- Dorcas
-
noun,
a Christian woman at Joppa who made clothing for the poor. Acts 9:36–41.
- rosace
-
noun,
rosette (def 3).
- doater
-
noun,
doter.
- nested
-
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.
- Rosita
-
noun,
a female given name, Spanish form of Rose.
- noctis
-
adjective,
(in prescriptions) of the night.
- sorted
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- direct
-
adverb,
in a direct manner; directly; straight:
- Nordic
-
noun,
a member of the Nordic people, especially a Scandinavian.
- rident
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- Noetic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the mind.
- disco-
-
- nocti-
-
- Nestor
-
noun,
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- nitro-
-
- nitres
-
noun,
niter.
- niters
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- distr.
-
- roadie
-
noun,
a member of a crew for a traveling group of musicians or other entertainers, whose work usually includes the setting up of equipment.
- nicads
-
noun,
nickel-cadmium battery.
- Rosina
-
noun,
a female given name, Italian form of Rose.
- Doreen
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Edirne
-
noun,
a city in NW Turkey, in the European part.
- ecrase
-
adjective,
(of leather) crushed to produce a grained effect.
- sacred
-
adjective,
devoted or dedicated to a deity or to some religious purpose; consecrated.
- Easton
-
noun,
a city in E Pennsylvania, on the Delaware River.
- ecarte
-
noun,
a card game for two players.
- sacro-
-
- Ecorse
-
noun,
a city in SE Michigan, near Detroit.
- isotac
-
noun,
a line drawn on a map connecting all points where ice starts to melt at approximately the same period in spring.
- Sander
-
noun,
a person or thing that sands or sandpapers.
- nacred
-
adjective,
lined with or resembling nacre.
- serine
-
noun,
a crystalline amino acid, HOCH 2 CH(NH 2)COOH, found in many proteins and obtained by the hydrolysis of sericin, the protein constituting silk gum. Symbol: S. Abbreviation: Ser;
- Sandie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Sandro.
- Serena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Sandor
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Sandro
-
noun,
a male given name.
- serein
-
noun,
fine rain falling after sunset from a sky in which no clouds are visible.
- Easter
-
noun,
an annual Christian festival in commemoration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, observed on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the vernal equinox, as calculated according to tables based in Western churches on the Gregorian calendar and in Orthodox churches on the Julian calendar.
- set-in
-
adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- Dorian
-
noun,
a member of a people who entered Greece about the 12th century b.c., conquered the Peloponnesus, and destroyed the Mycenaean culture: one of the four main divisions of the prehistoric Greeks.
Compare Achaean (def 5), Aeolian (def 2), Ionian (def 3).
- driest
-
noun,
a prohibitionist.
- dories
-
noun,
a boat with a narrow, flat bottom, high bow, and flaring sides.
- Dorset
-
noun,
1st Earl of, Thomas Sackville.
- dorsi-
-
- 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.
- drains
-
noun,
something, as a pipe or conduit, by which a liquid drains.
- Sirena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- droits
-
noun,
a legal right or claim.
- easier
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- sinter
-
noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- narcos
-
noun,
narc.
- narco-
-
- Naoise
-
noun,
the husband of Deirdre and a nephew of Conchobar, by whom he was treacherously killed.
- nadirs
-
noun,
Astronomy. the point on the celestial sphere directly beneath a given position or observer and diametrically opposite the zenith.
- nacres
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- Dnestr
-
noun,
Russian name of Dniester.
- 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.
- cadres
-
noun,
Military. the key group of officers and enlisted personnel necessary to establish and train a new military unit.
- centra
-
noun,
a plural of centrum.
- traces
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- Cesena
-
noun,
a city in E central Italy.
- certes
-
adverb,
certainly; in truth.
- cerise
-
adjective, noun,
moderate to deep red.
- 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.
- anodic
-
adjective,
pertaining to an anode or the phenomena in its vicinity.
- cerate
-
noun,
Pharmacology. an unctuous, often medicated, preparation for external application, consisting of lard or oil mixed with wax, rosin, or the like, especially one that has a firmer consistency than a typical ointment and does not melt when in contact with the skin.
- cerat-
-
- antres
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- tensor
-
noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
- Centre
-
noun,
Geometry. the middle point, as the point within a circle or sphere equally distant from all points of the circumference or surface, or the point within a regular polygon equally distant from the vertices.
- aorist
-
noun,
a verb tense, as in Classical Greek, expressing action or, in the indicative mood, past action, without further limitation or implication.
- cetane
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid hydrocarbon of the alkane series, C 16 H 34 , used as a solvent and in cetane number determinations.
- centr-
-
- Tories
-
noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- centos
-
noun,
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
- ardent
-
adjective,
having, expressive of, or characterized by intense feeling; passionate; fervent:
- Arendt
-
noun,
Hannah, 1906–75, U.S. author, political scientist, and teacher, born in Germany.
- centi-
-
- Center
-
noun,
Geometry. the middle point, as the point within a circle or sphere equally distant from all points of the circumference or surface, or the point within a regular polygon equally distant from the vertices.
- centas
-
noun,
a former bronze coin of Lithuania, the 100th part of a litas.
- aretes
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- 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.
- ariose
-
adjective,
characterized by melody; songlike.
- censer
-
noun,
a container, usually covered, in which incense is burned, especially during religious services; thurible.
- tenrec
-
noun,
any of several insectivorous mammals of the family Tenrecidae, of Madagascar, having a long, pointed snout, certain species of which are spiny and tailless.
- Andros
-
noun,
Sir Edmund, 1637–1714, British governor in the American colonies, 1686–89, 1692–98.
- aroids
-
noun,
any plant of the arum family.
- treens
-
noun,
treenware.
- triacs
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- teaser
-
noun,
a person or thing that teases.
- coders
-
noun,
a person or device that translates information into a code.
- 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.
- Coates
-
noun,
Eric, 1886–1957, English violist and composer.
- coatee
-
noun,
a close-fitting short coat, especially one with tails or skirts.
- coated
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- aeron.
-
- coarse
-
adjective,
composed of relatively large parts or particles:
- C-note
-
noun,
See C (def 11).
- trends
-
noun,
the general course or prevailing tendency; drift:
- 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.
- treads
-
noun,
the action of treading, stepping, or walking.
- andro-
-
- tenace
-
noun,
a sequence of two high cards of the same suit that lack an intervening card to be in consecutive order, as the ace and queen.
- transe
-
noun,
a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
- tender
-
noun,
the act of tendering; an offer of something for acceptance.
- trans.
-
- trance
-
noun,
a half-conscious state, seemingly between sleeping and waking, in which ability to function voluntarily may be suspended.
- trains
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- cinder
-
noun,
a partially or mostly burned piece of coal, wood, etc.
- trades
-
noun,
the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries:
- ciders
-
noun,
the juice pressed from apples (or formerly from some other fruit) used for drinking, either before fermentation (sweet cider) or after fermentation (hard cider) or for making applejack, vinegar, etc.
- tenias
-
noun,
taenia.
- Andres
-
noun,
John, 1751–80, British major hanged as a spy by the Americans in the Revolutionary War: plotted the betrayal of West Point with Benedict Arnold.
- Andric
-
noun,
Ivo [ee-vaw] /ˈi vɔ/ (Show IPA), 1892–1975, Yugoslavian poet, novelist, and short-story writer: Nobel Prize 1961.
- cenote
-
noun,
a deep natural well or sinkhole, especially in Central America, formed by the collapse of surface limestone that exposes ground water underneath, and sometimes used by the ancient Mayans for sacrificial offerings.
- aroint
-
verb (imperative),
begone:
- Aeneid
-
noun,
a Latin epic poem by Vergil, recounting the adventures of Aeneas after the fall of Troy.
- atonic
-
noun,
Grammar. an unaccented word, syllable, or sound.
- Astrid
-
noun,
a female given name: from Scandinavian, meaning “divine strength.”.
- astro-
-
- caries
-
noun,
decay, as of bone or of plant tissue.
- astron
-
- carets
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- tisane
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- careen
-
noun,
a careening.
- Cardin
-
noun,
Pierre, born 1922, French fashion designer.
- cardi-
-
- Cantos
-
noun,
one of the main or larger divisions of a long poem.
- atones
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- 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.
- Canter
-
noun,
an easy gallop.
- 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.
- canids
-
noun,
any animal of the dog family Canidae, including the wolves, jackals, hyenas, coyotes, foxes, and domestic dogs.
- caners
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- tirade
-
noun,
a prolonged outburst of bitter, outspoken denunciation:
- tineas
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- Candor
-
noun,
the state or quality of being frank, open, and sincere in speech or expression; candidness:
- tierce
-
noun,
an old measure of capacity equivalent to one third of a pipe, or 42 wine gallons.
- Cairns
-
noun,
a seaport in NE Australia.
- tinder
-
noun,
a highly flammable material or preparation formerly used for catching the spark from a flint and steel struck together for fire or light.
- cairds
-
noun,
a traveling tinker, especially a gypsy.
- cadent
-
adjective,
having cadence.
- cadets
-
noun,
a student in a national service academy or private military school or on a training ship.
- tiered
-
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.
- carnet
-
noun,
a customs document allowing an automobile to be driven at no cost across international borders.
- Carson
-
noun,
Christopher ("Kit") 1809–68, U.S. frontiersman and scout.
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- ascend
-
verb (used with object),
to go or move upward upon or along; climb; mount:
- terces
-
noun,
tierce (def 3).
- arsen-
-
- teredo
-
noun,
a shipworm of the genus Teredo.
- Cedars
-
noun,
any of several Old World, coniferous trees of the genus Cedrus, having wide, spreading branches.
Compare cedar of Lebanon.
- arsine
-
noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- arsino
-
adjective,
containing the arsino group.
- cedarn
-
adjective,
resembling or made of cedar.
- Teresa
-
noun,
Mother (Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu) 1910–97, Albanian nun: Nobel Peace Prize 1979 for work in the slums of Calcutta, India.
- cation
-
noun,
a positively charged ion that is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis.
- caters
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- Artois
-
noun,
a former province in N France: artesian wells.
- toners
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- ascent
-
noun,
an act of ascending; upward movement; a rising movement:
- cartes
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- Castro
-
noun,
Cipriano [sip-ree-ah-noh;; Spanish see-pree-ah-naw] /ˌsɪp riˈɑ noʊ;; Spanish ˌsi priˈɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1858?–1924, Venezuelan military and political leader: president 1901–08; exiled 1908.
- Castor
-
noun,
Also, castoreum. a brownish, unctuous substance with a strong, penetrating odor, secreted by certain glands in the groin of the beaver, used in medicine and perfumery.
- toe-in
-
noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- Caster
-
noun,
a person or thing that casts.
- ternes
-
noun,
terne metal.
- casino
-
noun,
a building or large room used for meetings, entertainment, dancing, etc., especially such a place equipped with gambling devices, gambling tables, etc.
- casern
-
noun,
a lodging for soldiers in a garrison town; barracks.
- todies
-
noun,
any of several small West Indian birds of the family Todidae, related to the motmots and kingfishers, having brightly colored green and red plumage.
- casein
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a protein precipitated from milk, as by rennet, and forming the basis of cheese and certain plastics.
- astern
-
adverb,
in a position behind a specified vessel or aircraft:
- Tocsin
-
noun,
a signal, especially of alarm, sounded on a bell or bells.
- carton
-
noun,
a cardboard or plastic box used typically for storage or shipping.
- coedit
-
verb (used with object),
to edit jointly with another.
- aniso-
-
- crates
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- triode
-
noun,
a vacuum tube containing three elements, usually anode, cathode, and control grid.
- action
-
noun,
the process or state of acting or of being active:
- trices
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- credos
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the Apostles' Creed or the Nicene Creed.
- tarso-
-
- contr.
-
- triose
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- contd.
-
- 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.
- Adonic
-
noun,
Prosody. an Adonic verse or line.
- Cortes
-
noun,
(in Spain or Portugal) the two houses constituting the national legislative body.
- 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.
- cordis
-
adjective,
(in prescriptions) of the heart.
- adreno
-
- triene
-
noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- adren-
-
- contes
-
plural,
Trademark. a brand of crayon made of graphite and clay, usually in black, red, or brown.
- adorns
-
verb (used with object),
to decorate or add beauty to, as by ornaments:
- Adonis
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a youth slain by a wild boar but permitted by Zeus to pass four months every year in the lower world with Persephone, four with Aphrodite, and four wherever he chose.
- trines
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- Cretan
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Crete.
- CORNET
-
noun,
Music. a valved wind instrument of the trumpet family.
- adores
-
verb (used with object),
to regard with the utmost esteem, love, and respect; honor.
- corned
-
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.
- cornea
-
noun,
the transparent anterior part of the external coat of the eye covering the iris and the pupil and continuous with the sclera.
- 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.
- Conrad
-
noun,
Charles, Jr ("Pete") 1930–1999, U.S. astronaut.
- credit
-
noun,
commendation or honor given for some action, quality, etc.:
- create
-
adjective,
Archaic. created.
- actin-
-
- acetin
-
noun,
a colorless, thick, hygroscopic liquid, C 5 H 10 O 4 : used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives.
- adeno-
-
- corita
-
noun,
a boat resembling a large, woven basket, used by Indians of the southwestern U.S.
- aceto-
-
- actins
-
noun,
a globulin that is present in muscle plasma and that in connection with myosin plays an important role in muscle contraction.
- triads
-
noun,
a group of three, especially of three closely related persons or things.
- 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.
- COSTAR
-
noun,
a performer, especially an actor or actress, who shares star billing with another.
- Crista
-
noun,
a crest or ridge.
- Coster
-
noun,
costermonger.
- crease
-
noun,
a ridge or groove produced in anything by folding, heat, pressure, etc.; fold; furrow.
- conies
-
noun,
the fur of a rabbit, especially when dyed to simulate Hudson seal.
- triens
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- cretin
-
noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- adroit
-
adjective,
expert or nimble in the use of the hands or body.
- adient
-
adjective,
tending to move toward a stimulus.
- craton
-
noun,
a relatively rigid and immobile region of continental portions of the earth's crust.
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- reads
-
noun,
an act or instance of reading:
- inst.
-
- 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.
- ascon
-
noun,
a type of sponge having an oval shape and a thin body wall with pores leading directly into the spongocoel.
- asco-
-
- Saree
-
noun,
sari.
- 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.
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- ASDIC
-
noun,
sonar.
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- aside
-
noun,
a part of an actor's lines supposedly not heard by others on the stage and intended only for the audience.
- acids
-
noun,
Chemistry. a compound usually having a sour taste and capable of neutralizing alkalis and reddening blue litmus paper, containing hydrogen that can be replaced by a metal or an electropositive group to form a salt, or containing an atom that can accept a pair of electrons from a base. Acids are proton donors that yield hydronium ions in water solution, or electron-pair acceptors that combine with electron-pair donors or bases.
- intr.
-
- Reade
-
noun,
Charles, 1814–84, English novelist.
- sarod
-
noun,
a lute of northern India, played with a bow.
- 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.
- Triad
-
noun,
a group of three, especially of three closely related persons or things.
- acorn
-
noun,
the typically ovoid fruit or nut of an oak, enclosed at the base by a cupule.
- tonic
-
noun,
a medicine that invigorates or strengthens:
- Irons
-
noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- acron
-
noun,
the unsegmented, preoral portion of the body of an arthropod.
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- tonia
-
- arose
-
verb,
simple past tense of arise.
- Isere
-
noun,
a river in SE France, flowing from the Alps to the Rhone River. 150 miles (240 km) long.
- 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.
- isnad
-
noun,
the chain of testimony by which a hadith is transmitted.
- Sande
-
noun,
Earl, 1898–1968, U.S. jockey and racehorse trainer.
- RECON
-
noun,
reconnaissance.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- OSCAR
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter O.
- saice
-
noun,
syce.
- acro-
-
- sanit
-
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- Iran.
-
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- acred
-
adjective,
owning many acres of land; landed.
- iotas
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- react
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- irade
-
noun,
a decree of a Muslim ruler.
- tones
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- Recit
-
- oste-
-
- Saone
-
noun,
a river flowing S from NE France to the Rhone. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- Ostia
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, SW of Rome: ruins from 4th century b.c.; site of ancient port of Rome.
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- Santo
-
noun,
a carved figure of a saint, usually of wood, as from Puerto Rico, Mexico, or the southwestern U.S.
- 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.
- Irene
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of the Horae, the personification of peace.
- acrid
-
adjective,
sharp or biting to the taste or smell; bitterly pungent; irritating to the eyes, nose, etc.:
- sarc-
-
- Indre
-
noun,
a department in central France. 2667 sq. mi. (6910 sq. km). Capital: Châteauroux.
- races
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- scent
-
noun,
a distinctive odor, especially when agreeable:
- Scot.
-
- scorn
-
noun,
open or unqualified contempt; disdain:
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- score
-
noun,
the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.
- Scone
-
noun,
a small, light, biscuitlike quick bread made of oatmeal, wheat flour, barley meal, or the like.
- scion
-
noun,
a descendant.
- scene
-
noun,
the place where some action or event occurs:
- scree
-
noun,
a steep mass of detritus on the side of a mountain.
- tired
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- IATSE
-
- scend
-
noun,
the heaving motion of a vessel.
- 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.
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- scena
-
noun,
an extended operatic vocal solo, usually including an aria and a recitative.
- tsadi
-
noun,
sadhe.
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- 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).
- Cades
-
noun,
a juniper, Juniperus oxycedrus, of the Mediterranean area, whose wood on destructive distillation yields an oily liquid (oil of cade) used in treating skin diseases.
- cadis
-
noun,
qadi.
- Ester
-
noun,
a compound produced by the reaction between an acid and an alcohol with the elimination of a molecule of water, as ethyl acetate, C 4 H 8 O 2 , or dimethyl sulfate, C 2 H 6 SO 4 .
- estoc
-
noun,
a thrusting sword of the 13th–17th centuries having a long, narrow blade of rectangular section.
- rason
-
noun,
a long, loose, black gown with wide sleeves, worn by the clergy.
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- Cadet
-
noun,
a student in a national service academy or private military school or on a training ship.
- 2,4-d
-
noun,
a white to yellow, crystalline powder, C 8 H 6 O 3 Cl 2 , slightly soluble in water: used for killing weeds.
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- ranid
-
noun,
frog1 (def 2).
- Ranee
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- scrod
-
noun,
a young Atlantic codfish or haddock, especially one split for cooking.
- rands
-
noun,
(in shoemaking) a strip of leather set in a shoe at the heel before the lifts are attached.
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- 30-30
-
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- sceat
-
noun,
a silver Anglo-Saxon coin of the 7th and 8th centuries, sometimes including an amount of gold.
- icons
-
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- Astor
-
noun,
John Jacob, 1763–1848, U.S. capitalist and fur merchant.
- radon
-
noun,
a chemically inert, radioactive gaseous element produced by the decay of radium: emissions produced by outgassing of rock, brick, etc. are a health hazard. Symbol: Rn; atomic number: 86; atomic weight: 222.
- Troad
-
noun,
The, a region in NW Asia Minor surrounding ancient Troy.
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- Indo-
-
- astr.
-
- racon
-
noun,
radar beacon.
- Indra
-
noun,
Hinduism. the chief of the Vedic gods, the god of rain and thunder.
- incr.
-
- aroid
-
noun,
any plant of the arum family.
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- Aston
-
noun,
Francis William, 1877–1945, English physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1922.
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- acet-
-
- Cenis
-
noun,
Mont, a mountain pass between SE France and Italy, in the Alps. 6834 feet (2083 meters) high.
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- ratos
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- incor
-
- scat-
-
- ideo-
-
- scart
-
verb (used with or without object),
to scratch, scrape, mark, or scar.
- ratio
-
noun,
the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:
- scare
-
noun,
a sudden fright or alarm, especially with little or no reason.
- scant
-
adverb,
Scot. and North England Dialect. scarcely; barely; hardly.
- atone
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Scand
-
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- raids
-
noun,
a sudden assault or attack, as upon something to be seized or suppressed:
- ation
-
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- 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.
- 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.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- 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.
- Sadoc
-
noun,
Zadok.
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- toran
-
noun,
(in Indian Buddhist and Hindu architecture) a gateway having two or three lintels between two posts.
- tread
-
noun,
the action of treading, stepping, or walking.
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- adorn
-
verb (used with object),
to decorate or add beauty to, as by ornaments:
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- Orcas
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- 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.
- reset
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- retd.
-
- oared
-
noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- treas
-
- oaten
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or made of oats.
- oater
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- treed
-
noun,
a plant having a permanently woody main stem or trunk, ordinarily growing to a considerable height, and usually developing branches at some distance from the ground.
- Oates
-
noun,
Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- Adore
-
verb (used with object),
to regard with the utmost esteem, love, and respect; honor.
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- Aidos
-
noun,
the ancient Greek personification of modesty, respect, and shame.
- andr-
-
- recta
-
noun,
a plural of rectum.
- NORAD
-
noun,
a joint U.S.-Canadian air force command responsible for detecting aircraft and space vehicles deemed a threat to the continental airspace.
- ordn.
-
- adits
-
noun,
an entrance or a passage.
- noria
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- Andre
-
noun,
John, 1751–80, British major hanged as a spy by the Americans in the Revolutionary War: plotted the betrayal of West Point with Benedict Arnold.
- Norse
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
- ancre
-
adjective,
having the end of each limb divided and carved outward like the flukes of an anchor; moline:
- rices
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- Andie
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- Andes
-
plural noun,
a mountain range in W South America, extending about 4500 miles (7250 km) from N Colombia and Venezuela S to Cape Horn. Highest peak, Aconcagua, 22,834 feet (6960 meters).
- noted
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- notes
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- andor
-
conjunction,
(used to imply that either or both of the things mentioned may be affected or involved):
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- treen
-
noun,
treenware.
- Aides
-
noun,
nurse's aide.
- noise
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- oidea
-
- Odets
-
noun,
Clifford, 1906–63, U.S. dramatist.
- rends
-
verb (used with object),
to separate into parts with force or violence:
- ontic
-
adjective,
possessing the character of real rather than phenomenal existence; noumenal.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- 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.
- 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.
- reest
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- triac
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- onset
-
noun,
a beginning or start:
- redes
-
noun,
counsel; advice.
- redos
-
noun,
the act or an instance of redoing.
- Redon
-
noun,
Odilon [ohd-l-on;; French aw-dee-lawn] /ˈoʊd lˌɒn;; French ɔ diˈlɔ̃/ (Show IPA), 1840–1916, French painter and etcher.
- onces
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- redia
-
noun,
a cylindrical larval stage of some trematodes, produced by a sporocyst and giving rise to daughter rediae or to cercariae.
- Aedon
-
noun,
a daughter of Pandareus who mistakenly killed her son. Zeus took pity on her and turned her into a nightingale.
- reni-
-
- aeri-
-
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- 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.
- ocean
-
noun,
the vast body of salt water that covers almost three fourths of the earth's surface.
- trend
-
noun,
the general course or prevailing tendency; drift:
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- 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.
- ocrea
-
noun,
a sheathing part, as a pair of stipules united about a stem.
- Redan
-
noun,
a V -shaped work, usually projecting from a fortified line.
- rente
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- aerie
-
noun,
the nest of a bird of prey, as an eagle or a hawk.
- octa-
-
- orans
-
noun,
orant.
- octad
-
noun,
a group or series of eight.
- adret
-
noun,
a side of a mountain receiving direct sunlight.
- octan
-
noun,
an octan fever.
- trice
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- aero-
-
- rides
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- trade
-
noun,
the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries:
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- rect.
-
- areo-
-
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- 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.
- 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.
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- naso-
-
- Arden
-
noun,
Forest of, a forest district in central England, in N Warwickshire: scene of Shakespeare's As You Like It.
- nears
-
- 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.
- Acton
-
noun,
a quilted garment worn under mail in the 13th and 14th centuries; gambeson.
- 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.
- Actor
-
noun,
a person who acts in stage plays, motion pictures, television broadcasts, etc.
- ornes
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- 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.
- ronde
-
noun,
a typeface imitative of upright, somewhat angular, handwriting.
- Nader
-
noun,
Ralph, born 1934, U.S. lawyer, author, political reformer, and consumer advocate.
- Sadie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Sara or Sarah.
- Arndt
-
noun,
Ernst Moritz [ernst moh-rits] /ɛrnst ˈmoʊ rɪts/ (Show IPA), 1769–1860, German poet and historian.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- nacre
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- Oscan
-
noun,
one of an ancient people of south-central Italy.
- torcs
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- nadir
-
noun,
Astronomy. the point on the celestial sphere directly beneath a given position or observer and diametrically opposite the zenith.
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- Arion
-
noun,
flourished 7th century b.c, Greek poet: inventor of the dithyramb.
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- Aedes
-
noun,
yellow-fever mosquito.
- Arete
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- narcs
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- nards
-
noun,
an aromatic Himalayan plant, believed to be the spikenard, Nardostachys jatamansi, the source of an ointment used by the ancients.
- ornis
-
noun,
an avifauna.
- actos
-
- Rodin
-
noun,
(François) Auguste (René) [frahn-swa oh-gyst ruh-ney] /frɑ̃ˈswa oʊˈgüst rəˈneɪ/ (Show IPA), 1840–1917, French sculptor.
- oread
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. any of a group of nymphs who were the companions of Artemis.
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- niece
-
noun,
a daughter of a person's brother or sister.
- tried
-
noun,
an attempt or effort:
- Niort
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- Croat
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Croatia; Croatian.
- nitr-
-
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- Tosca
-
noun,
an opera (1900) by Giacomo Puccini.
- anis-
-
- noct-
-
- adios
-
interjection,
goodbye; farewell.
- Trace
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- Aneto
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA). Spanish name of Pic de Néthou.
- riots
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- nides
-
noun,
a nest or brood, especially of pheasants.
- anode
-
noun,
the electrode or terminal by which current enters an electrolytic cell, voltaic cell, battery, etc.
- needs
-
noun,
a requirement, necessary duty, or obligation:
- antic
-
noun,
Usually, antics.
a playful trick or prank; caper.
a grotesque, fantastic, or ludicrous gesture, act, or posture.
- 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.
- Aoede
-
noun,
one of the original three Muses; the Muse of song.
- nerds
-
noun,
a person considered to be socially awkward, boring, unstylish, etc.
- aden-
-
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- anti-
-
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- ante-
-
- 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.
- 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.
- nicad
-
noun,
nickel-cadmium battery.
- crone
-
noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- cadre
-
noun,
Military. the key group of officers and enlisted personnel necessary to establish and train a new military unit.
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- Ceres
-
noun,
a pre-Roman goddess of agriculture under whose name the Romans adopted the worship of the Greek goddess Demeter.
- deci-
-
- Donar
-
noun,
the god of thunder, corresponding to Thor.
- donas
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Madam; Lady: a Portuguese title prefixed to a woman's given name.
- Corea
-
noun,
Armando Anthony [ahr-mahn-doh] /ɑrˈmɑn doʊ/ (Show IPA), ("Chick") born 1941, U.S. jazz pianist and composer.
- cores
-
- 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.
- tense
-
noun,
a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
- cords
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) clothing, especially trousers, of corded fabric; corduroys.
- snore
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- donec
-
conjunction,
(in prescriptions) until.
- donee
-
noun,
a person to whom a gift is made.
- ceras
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- coria
-
noun,
plural of corium.
- DORAN
-
noun,
an electronic device for determining range and assisting navigation, employing the principle of the Doppler effect.
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- snort
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- doits
-
noun,
Also, duit. an old small copper coin of the Netherlands and Dutch colonies, first issued in the 17th century.
- 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: ¢.
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- cert.
-
- doats
-
verb (used without object),
dote.
- sonde
-
noun,
a rocket, balloon, or rockoon used as a probe for observing phenomena in the atmosphere.
- ceros
-
noun,
a large Atlantic and Gulf Coast mackerel game fish, Scomberomorus regalis.
- cero-
-
- steer
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- 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.
- Soane
-
noun,
Sir John, 1753–1837, English architect.
- SONAR
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- decos
-
noun,
art deco.
- sodic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or containing sodium:
- doers
-
noun,
a person or thing that does something, especially a person who gets things done with vigor and efficiency.
- decor
-
noun,
style or mode of decoration, as of a room, building, or the like:
- doest
-
noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- 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.
- 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.
- Corse
-
noun,
corpse.
- Steen
-
noun,
Jan [yahn] /yɑn/ (Show IPA), 1626–79, Dutch painter.
- cent.
-
- drats
-
interjection,
(used to express mild disgust, disappointment, 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.
- drees
-
adjective,
tedious; dreary.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- drest
-
noun,
an outer garment for women and girls, consisting of bodice and skirt in one piece.
- dries
-
noun,
a plural of dry.
- 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.
- Drain
-
noun,
something, as a pipe or conduit, by which a liquid drains.
- codes
-
noun,
a system for communication by telegraph, heliograph, etc., in which long and short sounds, light flashes, etc., are used to symbolize the content of a message:
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- Drina
-
noun,
a river in S Europe, flowing N along the part of the border between Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina to the Sava River at Belgrade, Serbia. 285 miles (459 km) long.
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- Costa
-
noun,
a rib or riblike part.
- droit
-
noun,
a legal right or claim.
- drone
-
noun,
the male of the honeybee and other bees, stingless and making no honey.
- ster.
-
- Draco
-
noun,
the Dragon, a northern circumpolar constellation between Ursa Major and Cepheus.
- snide
-
adjective,
derogatory in a nasty, insinuating manner:
- CENTO
-
noun,
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- Doric
-
noun,
a dialect of ancient Greek spoken on Rhodes and other islands of the Dodecanese, in Crete, in Syracuse, and in all of the Peloponnesus except Arcadia.
- decan
-
noun,
any of three divisions of 10° within a sign of the zodiac.
- Doris
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the wife of Nereus and mother of the Nereids.
- dorse
-
noun,
the back of a book or folded document.
- deca-
-
- sneer
-
noun,
a look or expression of derision, scorn, or contempt.
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- Corti
-
noun,
Alfonso [al-fon-soh;; Italian ahl-fawn-saw] /ælˈfɒn soʊ;; Italian ɑlˈfɔn sɔ/ (Show IPA), 1822–76, Italian anatomist.
- dears
-
noun,
a person who is good, kind, or generous:
- dorts
-
noun,
Dordrecht.
- snead
-
noun,
Samuel Jackson ("Slamming Sammy") 1912–2002, U.S. golfer.
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- sito-
-
- dotes
-
noun,
decay of wood.
- deers
-
noun,
any of several ruminants of the family Cervidae, most of the males of which have solid, deciduous antlers.
- steed
-
noun,
a horse, especially a high-spirited one.
- datos
-
noun,
(in the Philippines) a native chief.
- diets
-
noun,
food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health:
- diene
-
noun,
any compound, as 1,3-butadiene, CH 2 =CH−CH=CH 2 , that contains two double bonds.
- dents
-
noun,
a hollow or depression in a surface, as from a blow.
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- coeds
-
noun,
Older Use. a female student in a coeducational institution, especially in a college or university.
- tease
-
noun,
a person who teases or annoys.
- staid
-
noun,
the act of stopping or being stopped.
- stade
-
noun,
a period of time represented by a glacial deposit.
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- dinar
-
noun,
any of various former coins of the Near East, especially gold coins issued by Islamic governments.
- Srta.
-
- diner
-
noun,
a person who dines.
- cires
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- coins
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- dines
-
noun,
Scot. dinner.
- dent.
-
- cites
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- dicta
-
noun,
a plural of dictum.
- 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.
- 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.
- coder
-
noun,
a person or device that translates information into a code.
- codas
-
noun,
Music. a more or less independent passage, at the end of a composition, introduced to bring it to a satisfactory close.
- Teena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Albertina, Bettina, or Christina.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- Coats
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- deter
-
verb (used with object),
to discourage or restrain from acting or proceeding:
- dict.
-
- teens
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- coast
-
noun,
the land next to the sea; seashore:
- stand
-
noun,
the act of standing; an assuming of or a remaining in an upright position.
- Teide
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA) a volcanic peak in the Canary Islands, on Tenerife. 12,190 feet (3716 meters).
- cnida
-
noun,
a nematocyst.
- dices
-
Idioms,
no dice, Informal. of no use or help; ineffective.
- dicot
-
noun,
a dicotyledon.
- dense
-
adjective,
having the component parts closely compacted together; crowded or compact:
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- deets
-
plural noun,
details:
- Const
-
- cetes
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- dist.
-
- denar
-
noun,
the basic monetary unit of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
- Cons.
-
- deist
-
noun,
a person who believes in deism.
- dites
-
noun,
a bit (usually used in negative constructions):
- denes
-
noun,
a bare, sandy tract or low sand hill near the sea.
- sonic
-
adjective,
of or relating to sound.
- cont.
-
- Sonia
-
noun,
a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.
- deice
-
verb (used with object),
to free of ice; prevent or remove ice formation on, as the wing of an airplane.
- Conte
-
noun,
count2 .
- Cesti
-
noun,
Marcantonio [mahr-kahn-taw-nyaw] /ˌmɑr kɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1623–69, Italian composer.
- 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.
- 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.
- teno-
-
- dints
-
noun,
force; power:
- tears
-
- cions
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- cines
-
noun,
a film; motion picture.
- cine-
-
- Dione
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a Titan and a consort of Zeus.
- coirs
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- Dirac
-
noun,
Paul Adrien Maurice, 1902–84, British physicist, in the U.S. after 1971: Nobel Prize 1933.
- Dirae
-
plural noun,
the Furies. See fury (def 3).
- tends
-
Verb phrases,
tend on/upon, Archaic. to attend or wait upon; minister to; serve:
- 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.
- Denis
-
noun,
a male given name.
- cider
-
noun,
the juice pressed from apples (or formerly from some other fruit) used for drinking, either before fermentation (sweet cider) or after fermentation (hard cider) or for making applejack, vinegar, etc.
- Conde
-
noun,
Louis II de Bourbon [lwee,, duh boor-bawn] /lwi,, də burˈbɔ̃/ (Show IPA), Prince de (Duc d'Enghien"the Great Condé") 1621–86, French general.
- dirts
-
noun,
any foul or filthy substance, as mud, grime, dust, or excrement.
- Stead
-
noun,
the place of a person or thing as occupied by a successor or substitute:
- disc.
-
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- siree
-
noun,
sirree.
- desc.
-
- dates
-
noun,
a particular month, day, and year at which some event happened or will happen:
- Crete
-
noun,
Formerly Candia. a Greek island in the Mediterranean, SE of mainland Greece. 3235 sq. mi. (8380 sq. km). Capital: Canea.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- cares
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- Ensor
-
noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- Caren
-
noun,
a female given name.
- crest
-
noun,
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- cards
-
noun,
a usually rectangular piece of stiff paper, thin pasteboard, or plastic for various uses, as to write information on or printed as a means of identifying the holder:
- taces
-
noun,
tasset.
- Seine
-
noun,
a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- Card.
-
- tides
-
noun,
the periodic rise and fall of the waters of the ocean and its inlets, produced by the attraction of the moon and sun, and occurring about every 12 hours.
- ento-
-
- cants
-
noun,
insincere, especially conventional expressions of enthusiasm for high ideals, goodness, or piety.
- tacos
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- caret
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- Carie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- 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.
- Carte
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- Crees
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- enact
-
verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- enate
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- terns
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- carts
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- terse
-
adjective,
neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.
- Carin
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Creon
-
noun,
a king of Thebes, the brother of Jocasta and the uncle of Eteocles, Polynices, and Antigone.
- carse
-
noun,
bottom land.
- carns
-
noun,
cairn.
- Ender
-
noun,
Kornelia [kawr-neyl-yuh,, -ney-lee-uh] /kɔrˈneɪl yə,, -ˈneɪ li ə/ (Show IPA), born 1958, German swimmer.
- endo-
-
- carne
-
noun,
Marcel [mahr-sel;; French mar-sel] /mɑrˈsɛl;; French marˈsɛl/ (Show IPA), 1909–1996, French film director.
- cried
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- Seder
-
noun,
a ceremonial dinner that commemorates the Exodus from Egypt and includes the reading of the Haggadah and the eating of symbolic foods, generally held on the first night of Passover by Reform Jews and Jews in Israel and on both the first and second nights by Orthodox and Conservative Jews outside of Israel.
- creed
-
noun,
any system, doctrine, or formula of religious belief, as of a denomination.
- Caird
-
noun,
a traveling tinker, especially a gypsy.
- 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.
- erode
-
verb (used with object),
to eat into or away; destroy by slow consumption or disintegration:
Synonyms: corrode, waste, ravage, spoil.
Antonyms: strengthen, reinforce.
- caner
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- erose
-
adjective,
uneven, as if gnawed away.
- Cairo
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Egypt, in the N part on the E bank of the Nile.
- cairn
-
noun,
a heap of stones set up as a landmark, monument, tombstone, etc.
- cains
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- cries
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- caine
-
noun,
(Sir Thomas Henry) Hall, 1853–1931, English novelist.
- caids
-
noun,
(in North Africa) a Muslim tribal chief, judge, or senior official.
- 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.
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- crit.
-
- crine
-
noun,
hair; head of hair.
- Ernie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Ernest.
- erase
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
- Canso
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in SE Canada, the NE extremity of Nova Scotia.
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- canto
-
noun,
one of the main or larger divisions of a long poem.
- erect
-
adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- Cant.
-
- canst
-
noun,
a sealed container for food, beverages, etc., as of aluminum, sheet iron coated with tin, or other metal:
- 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.
- 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.
- ernes
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- Taino
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- Sedan
-
noun,
an enclosed automobile body having two or four doors and seating four or more persons on two full-width seats.
- canid
-
noun,
any animal of the dog family Canidae, including the wolves, jackals, hyenas, coyotes, foxes, and domestic dogs.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- sect.
-
- canes
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- 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.
- daces
-
noun,
a small, freshwater cyprinoid fish, Leuciscus leuciscus, of Europe, having a stout, fusiform body.
- Tarde
-
noun,
Gabriel [ga-bree-el] /ga briˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1843–1904, French sociologist.
- Dante
-
noun,
(Dante Alighieri) 1265–1321, Italian poet: author of the Divine Comedy.
- Sidon
-
noun,
a city of ancient Phoenicia: site of modern Saida.
- ecto-
-
- since
-
adverb,
from then till now (often preceded by ever):
- ectad
-
adverb,
outward.
- crate
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- econ.
-
- sero-
-
- cease
-
noun,
cessation:
- tardo
-
adjective,
slow (used as a musical direction).
- Cedar
-
noun,
any of several Old World, coniferous trees of the genus Cedrus, having wide, spreading branches.
Compare cedar of Lebanon.
- Eaton
-
noun,
Theophilus, 1590–1658, English colonist and colonial administrator in America.
- eaten
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- seti-
-
- cedes
-
verb (used with object),
to yield or formally surrender to another:
- cense
-
verb (used with object),
to burn incense near or in front of; perfume with incense.
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- cedis
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Ghana, equal to 100 pesewas.
- terce
-
noun,
tierce (def 3).
- Seton
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- Crane
-
noun,
any large wading bird of the family Gruidae, characterized by long legs, bill, and neck and an elevated hind toe.
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- Dares
-
noun,
an act of daring or defiance; challenge.
- cotes
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- eared
-
noun,
the part of a cereal plant, as corn, wheat, etc., that contains the flowers and hence the fruit, grains, or kernels.
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- tera-
-
- Sidra
-
noun,
Gulf of, an inlet of the Mediterranean, on the N coast of Libya.
- daric
-
noun,
a gold coin and monetary unit of ancient Persia.
- Dario
-
noun,
Rubén [roo-ven] /ruˈvɛn/ (Show IPA), (Félix Rubén García Sarmiento) 1867–1916, Nicaraguan poet and diplomat.
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- Stone
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- edit.
-
- eidos
-
noun,
the formal content of a culture, encompassing its system of ideas, criteria for interpreting experience, etc.
- eider
-
noun,
eider duck.
- 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.
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- Credo
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the Apostles' Creed or the Nicene Creed.
- serac
-
noun,
a large irregularity of glacial ice, as a pinnacle found in glacial crevasses and formed by melting or movement of the ice.
- Sino-
-
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- Ednas
-
noun,
Adnah.
- dance
-
noun,
a successive group of rhythmical steps or bodily motions, or both, usually executed to music.
- danes
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Denmark.
- darns
-
noun,
a darned place, as in a garment:
- Stoic
-
noun,
a member or adherent of the Stoic school of philosophy.
- edits
-
noun,
an instance of or the work of editing:
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- edict
-
noun,
a decree issued by a sovereign or other authority. Synonyms: dictum, pronouncement.
- Cates
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- terne
-
noun,
terne metal.
- Seric
-
- danio
-
noun,
any of several cyprinid fishes of the genera Danio and Brachydanio, of India and Sri Lanka, often kept in aquariums.
- Edina
-
noun,
a city in SE Minnesota, near Minneapolis.
- darts
-
- cater
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- 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.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- reds
-
noun,
any of various colors resembling the color of blood; the primary color at one extreme end of the visible spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 610 and 780 nanometers.
- Ste.
-
- Reid
-
noun,
Sir George Huston, 1845–1918, Australian statesman, born in Scotland: prime minister 1904–05.
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- teds
-
noun,
British Slang. Teddy boy.
- Rees
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- Reed
-
noun,
the straight stalk of any of various tall grasses, especially of the genera Phragmites and Arundo, growing in marshy places.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- rcd.
-
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- 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.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- trid
-
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- trod
-
noun,
the action of treading, stepping, or walking.
- str.
-
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- RdAc
-
- tron
-
- TDRS
-
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- rede
-
noun,
counsel; advice.
- Tace
-
noun,
tasset.
- taco
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- tads
-
noun,
a small child, especially a boy.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- redo
-
noun,
the act or an instance of redoing.
- 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.
- tRNA
-
- Read
-
noun,
an act or instance of reading:
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- 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.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- Sand
-
noun,
the more or less fine debris of rocks, consisting of small, loose grains, often of quartz.
- 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.
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- Sard
-
noun,
a reddish-brown chalcedony, used as a gem.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- 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.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- side
-
noun,
one of the surfaces forming the outside of or bounding a thing, or one of the lines bounding a geometric figure.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- said
-
noun,
sayyid.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- torc
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- Sadi
-
noun,
sadhe.
- Sade
-
noun,
Donatien Alphonse François [daw-na-syan al-fawns frahn-swa] /dɔ naˈsyɛ̃ alˈfɔ̃s frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), Comte de (Marquis de Sade) 1740–1814, French soldier and novelist, notorious for his paraphilia.
- Sind
-
noun,
a former province of Pakistan, in the lower Indus valley; now part of West Pakistan. 48,136 sq. mi. (125,154 sq. km). Capital: Karachi.
- 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.
- Saco
-
noun,
a city in SW Maine.
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- std.
-
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- sec.
-
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- 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.
- scr.
-
- tion
-
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- sci.
-
- Seed
-
noun,
the fertilized, matured ovule of a flowering plant, containing an embryo or rudimentary plant.
- Seen
-
verb,
past participle of see1 .
- scar
-
noun,
a mark left by a healed wound, sore, or burn.
- SCAN
-
noun,
an act or instance of scanning; close examination.
- toed
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- SCAD
-
noun,
any carangid fish of the genus Decapterus, inhabiting tropical and subtropical shore waters.
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- 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.
- tide
-
noun,
the periodic rise and fall of the waters of the ocean and its inlets, produced by the attraction of the moon and sun, and occurring about every 12 hours.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- toad
-
noun,
any of various tailless amphibians that are close relatives of the frogs in the order Anura and that typically have dry, warty skin and are terrestrial or semiterrestrial in habit.
Compare frog1 (def 1).
- tics
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- 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.
- send
-
noun,
the heaving motion of a vessel.
- Sat.
-
- sene
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Western Samoa, the 100th part of a tala.
- TODS
-
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- ROTC
-
noun,
a body of students at some colleges and universities who are given training toward becoming officers in the armed forces. Abbreviation: ROTC, R.O.T.C.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- rids
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of ride.
- sord
-
noun,
a flight or flock of mallards.
- ride
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- Rida
-
- 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.
- 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.
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- 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.
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- Sra.
-
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- tend
-
Verb phrases,
tend on/upon, Archaic. to attend or wait upon; minister to; serve:
- Tree
-
noun,
a plant having a permanently woody main stem or trunk, ordinarily growing to a considerable height, and usually developing branches at some distance from the ground.
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- ten.
-
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- tri-
-
- Tees
-
noun,
a river in N England, flowing E along the boundary between Durham and Yorkshire to the North Sea. 70 miles (113 km) long.
- rent
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- teen
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- rend
-
verb (used with object),
to separate into parts with force or violence:
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- Rind
-
noun,
a thick and firm outer coat or covering, as of certain fruits, cheeses, and meats:
- 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.
- rocs
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- 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.
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- RONA
-
- ter.
-
- Rodi
-
noun,
Italian name of Rhodes.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- snod
-
adjective,
smooth; sleek.
- rode
-
noun,
a rope by which a boat is anchored.
- Roca
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in W Portugal, near Lisbon: the western extremity of continental Europe.
- 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.
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- soda
-
noun,
sodium hydroxide.
- road
-
noun,
a long, narrow stretch with a smoothed or paved surface, made for traveling by motor vehicle, carriage, etc., between two or more points; street or highway.
- RNAS
-
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- rit.
-
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- RISC
-
noun,
reduced instruction set computer: a computer whose central processing unit recognizes a relatively small number of instructions, which it can execute very rapidly.
- 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.
- Soni
-
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- 1080
-
- DIAS
-
noun,
Bartholomeu [bahr-too-loo-me-oo] /ˌbɑr tʊ lʊˈmɛ ʊ/ (Show IPA), c1450–1500, Portuguese navigator: discoverer of the Cape of Good Hope.
- Ind.
-
- 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).
- cods
-
noun,
any of several soft-rayed food fishes of the family Gadidae, especially Gadus morhua, of cool, North Atlantic waters.
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- code
-
noun,
a system for communication by telegraph, heliograph, etc., in which long and short sounds, light flashes, etc., are used to symbolize the content of a message:
- coda
-
noun,
Music. a more or less independent passage, at the end of a composition, introduced to bring it to a satisfactory close.
- coat
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- coed
-
noun,
Older Use. a female student in a coeducational institution, especially in a college or university.
- cit.
-
- cist
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- cis-
-
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- cir.
-
- ICAO
-
- Ice.
-
- iced
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- cion
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- coin
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- idae
-
- Cor.
-
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- Erie
-
noun,
Lake, a lake between the NE central United States and SE central Canada: the southernmost lake of the Great Lakes; Commodore Perry's defeat of the British in 1813. 239 miles (385 km) long; 9940 sq. mi. (25,745 sq. km).
- Cora
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. Kore.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- Erne
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- coir
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- 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.
- Esd.
-
- esne
-
noun,
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a member of the lowest class; laborer.
- eso-
-
- Cond
-
- est.
-
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- Con.
-
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- Idas
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in W Turkey, in NW Asia Minor, SE of ancient Troy. 5810 feet (1771 meters).
Turkish Kazdaği [kahz-dah-gee; Turkish kahz-dah-uh] /ˌkɑz dɑˈgi; Turkish ˌkɑz dɑˈʌ/ (Show IPA).
- 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.
- iso-
-
- cen.
-
- cees
-
noun,
the letter C.
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- dia-
-
- cedi
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Ghana, equal to 100 pesewas.
- 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.
- cede
-
verb (used with object),
to yield or formally surrender to another:
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- Cdr.
-
- cene
-
- 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.
- Cate
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- cat.
-
- cast
-
noun,
act of casting or throwing.
- CASE
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- 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.
- CART
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Carn
-
noun,
cairn.
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- cera
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- cide
-
- 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.
- IDEA
-
noun,
any conception existing in the mind as a result of mental understanding, awareness, or activity.
- ides
-
noun,
(in the ancient Roman calendar) the fifteenth day of March, May, July, or October, and the thirteenth day of the other months.
- ciao
-
interjection,
(used as a word of greeting or parting): hello; goodbye; so long; see you later.
- Ceto
-
- Cete
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- Ceta
-
noun,
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.
- inae
-
- Inc.
-
- IndE
-
- 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 = .
- cet-
-
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- ins.
-
- int.
-
- 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.
- CERN
-
- iod-
-
- CerE
-
noun,
a fleshy, membranous covering of the base of the upper mandible of a bird, especially a bird of prey or a parrot, through which the nostrils open.
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- Cord
-
noun,
a string or thin rope made of several strands braided, twisted, or woven together.
- 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.
- cane
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- Dec.
-
- dees
-
noun,
a metal loop attached to tack, for fastening gear:
- doat
-
verb (used without object),
dote.
- doc.
-
plural,
document.
- DOCS
-
noun,
doctor.
- Deer
-
noun,
any of several ruminants of the family Cervidae, most of the males of which have solid, deciduous antlers.
- doer
-
noun,
a person or thing that does something, especially a person who gets things done with vigor and efficiency.
- does
-
noun,
a plural of doe.
- deco
-
noun,
art deco.
- DEAR
-
noun,
a person who is good, kind, or generous:
- dits
-
noun,
an echoic word, the referent of which is a click or brief tone interval, used to designate the dot of Morse code, International Morse code, etc.
- doit
-
noun,
Also, duit. an old small copper coin of the Netherlands and Dutch colonies, first issued in the 17th century.
- Dean
-
noun,
Education.
the head of a faculty, school, or administrative division in a university or college:
an official in an American college or secondary school having charge of student personnel services, such as counseling or discipline:
the official in charge of undergraduate students at an English university.
- Dona
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Madam; Lady: a Portuguese title prefixed to a woman's given name.
- done
-
noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- dons
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Mr.; Sir: a Spanish title prefixed to a man's given name.
- Dora
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Greek word meaning “gift.”.
- DORE
-
noun,
the walleye or pike perch of North America.
- Dort
-
noun,
Dordrecht.
- dose
-
noun,
a quantity of medicine prescribed to be taken at one time.
- deet
-
plural noun,
details:
- dite
-
noun,
a bit (usually used in negative constructions):
- DOTE
-
noun,
decay of wood.
- Dino
-
- Dice
-
noun,
Machinery.
any of various devices for cutting or forming material in a press or a stamping or forging machine.
a hollow device of steel, often composed of several pieces to be fitted into a stock, for cutting the threads of bolts or the like.
one of the separate pieces of such a device.
a steel block or plate with small conical holes through which wire, plastic rods, etc., are drawn.
- Dies
-
noun,
Martin, 1901–72, U.S. politician.
- Diet
-
noun,
food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health:
- Din.
-
- dern
-
adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
darn2 .
- dere
-
adjective,
dear2 .
- Dine
-
noun,
Scot. dinner.
- der.
-
- Deni
-
noun,
a monetary unit of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the 100th part of a denar.
- Den.
-
- dins
-
noun,
a loud, confused noise; a continued loud or tumultuous sound; noisy clamor.
- dint
-
noun,
force; power:
- Dene
-
noun,
a bare, sandy tract or low sand hill near the sea.
- dioc
-
- Dior
-
noun,
Christian [kris-chuh n;; French krees-tyahn] /ˈkrɪs tʃən;; French krisˈtyɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1905–57, French fashion designer.
- dir.
-
- DIRE
-
adjective,
causing or involving great fear or suffering; dreadful; terrible:
- DIRT
-
noun,
any foul or filthy substance, as mud, grime, dust, or excrement.
- dis-
-
- dost
-
noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- drat
-
interjection,
(used to express mild disgust, disappointment, or the like):
- Cort
-
- enc.
-
- Edie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Edith.
- Edna
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “rejuvenation, rebirth.”.
- EDTA
-
- Cres
-
- Cree
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- EEOC
-
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- crat
-
- ence
-
- Eden
-
noun,
the place where Adam and Eve lived before the Fall. Gen. 2:8–24.
- end-
-
- ends
-
noun,
the last part or extremity, lengthwise, of anything that is longer than it is wide or broad:
- Cote
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- Enid
-
noun,
a city in N Oklahoma.
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- Ens.
-
- Cost
-
noun,
the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
- cose
-
verb (used without object),
coze.
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- EDES
-
noun,
a city in SW Nigeria.
- ect-
-
- dato
-
noun,
(in the Philippines) a native chief.
- DAIS
-
noun,
a raised platform, as at the front of a room, for a lectern, throne, seats of honor, etc.
- dree
-
adjective,
tedious; dreary.
- Drin
-
noun,
a river in S Europe, flowing generally NW from SW Macedonia through N Albania into the Adriatic. 180 miles (290 km) long.
- date
-
noun,
a particular month, day, and year at which some event happened or will happen:
- dat.
-
- Darn
-
noun,
a darned place, as in a garment:
- Dari
-
noun,
a form of Persian, spoken in Afghanistan.
- Dare
-
noun,
an act of daring or defiance; challenge.
- Dane
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Denmark.
- Dan.
-
abbreviation,
Bible. Daniel (def 1).
- Dace
-
noun,
a small, freshwater cyprinoid fish, Leuciscus leuciscus, of Europe, having a stout, fusiform body.
- eco-
-
- Eads
-
noun,
James Buchanan, 1820–87, U.S. engineer and inventor.
- 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.
- ctr.
-
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- ease
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- CARE
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- Ire.
-
- Can.
-
- arid
-
adjective,
being without moisture; extremely dry; parched:
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- ARIS
-
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- NTIA
-
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- 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.
- ARCO
-
adverb,
(of the performance of a passage for stringed instruments) with the bow.
- 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.
- ord.
-
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- not-
-
- ANSI
-
- OSRD
-
- asc-
-
- art.
-
- node
-
noun,
a knot, protuberance, or knob.
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- Nor.
-
- 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.
- Osee
-
noun,
Hosea.
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- Nord
-
noun,
a department in N France. 2229 sq. mi. (5770 sq. km). Capital: Lille.
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- nos-
-
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- ant.
-
- ano-
-
- adit
-
noun,
an entrance or a passage.
- OEEC
-
- aet.
-
- Odin
-
noun,
the ruler of the Aesir and god of war, poetry, knowledge, and wisdom; Wotan: the chief god.
- OECD
-
- aide
-
noun,
nurse's aide.
- AIDS
-
noun,
a disease of the immune system characterized by increased susceptibility to opportunistic infections, as pneumocystis carinii pneumonia and candidiasis, to certain cancers, as Kaposi's sarcoma, and to neurological disorders: caused by a retrovirus and transmitted chiefly through blood or blood products that enter the body's bloodstream, especially by sexual contact or contaminated hypodermic needles.
- once
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- aesc
-
noun,
ash2 (def 3).
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Aire
-
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- 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.
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- AInd
-
- Ont.
-
- odic
-
adjective,
of an ode.
- orcs
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- ands
-
- aer-
-
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- Orca
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- ocas
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- Ande
-
plural noun,
a mountain range in W South America, extending about 4500 miles (7250 km) from N Colombia and Venezuela S to Cape Horn. Highest peak, Aconcagua, 22,834 feet (6960 meters).
- Oder
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing from the NE Czech Republic, N through SW Poland and along the border between Germany and Poland into the Baltic. 562 miles (905 km) long.
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- ance
-
- Oct.
-
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- orad
-
adverb,
toward the mouth or the oral region.
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- asci
-
noun,
plural of ascus.
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- nard
-
noun,
an aromatic Himalayan plant, believed to be the spikenard, Nardostachys jatamansi, the source of an ointment used by the ancients.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- 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.
- ator
-
- acid
-
noun,
Chemistry. a compound usually having a sour taste and capable of neutralizing alkalis and reddening blue litmus paper, containing hydrogen that can be replaced by a metal or an electropositive group to form a salt, or containing an atom that can accept a pair of electrons from a base. Acids are proton donors that yield hydronium ions in water solution, or electron-pair acceptors that combine with electron-pair donors or bases.
- NDAC
-
- NCTE
-
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- otic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ear; auricular.
- ARCS
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- NASD
-
- RACE
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- narc
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- ates
-
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- rad.
-
- rads
-
noun,
a standard unit of absorbed dose of radiation equal to 0.01 gray2 .
- RAID
-
noun,
a sudden assault or attack, as upon something to be seized or suppressed:
- cade
-
noun,
a juniper, Juniperus oxycedrus, of the Mediterranean area, whose wood on destructive distillation yields an oily liquid (oil of cade) used in treating skin diseases.
- cadi
-
noun,
qadi.
- 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).
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- cads
-
noun,
an ill-bred man, especially one who behaves in a dishonorable or irresponsible way toward women.
- RAND
-
noun,
(in shoemaking) a strip of leather set in a shoe at the heel before the lifts are attached.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- caid
-
noun,
(in North Africa) a Muslim tribal chief, judge, or senior official.
- Cain
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- atic
-
- 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.
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- nide
-
noun,
a nest or brood, especially of pheasants.
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- Acis
-
noun,
the lover of Galatea, killed by Polyphemus out of jealousy.
- Adie
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- ACTS
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- 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.
- 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.
- Nida
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Nydia.
- acr-
-
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- nerd
-
noun,
a person considered to be socially awkward, boring, unstylish, etc.
- 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.
- need
-
noun,
a requirement, necessary duty, or obligation:
- neo-
-
- NICE
-
noun,
a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- NIRA
-
- 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.
- do.
-
- DSO
-
- TSE
-
- DOA
-
- TSI
-
- DSC
-
- DAE
-
- ado
-
noun,
busy activity; bustle; fuss.
- DET
-
- AIC
-
- DAR
-
- ADS
-
noun,
advertisement.
- an.
-
- ac-
-
- STI
-
- AEC
-
- de-
-
- DEA
-
- DCS
-
- DEI
-
adverb,
by the grace of God.
- d-c
-
noun,
a surgical method for the removal of diseased tissue or an early embryo from the lining of the uterus by means of scraping.
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- Tro
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- ad-
-
- ACS
-
- ACT
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- ade
-
noun,
George, 1866–1944, U.S. humorist.
- ae.
-
- Ar.
-
- AID
-
noun,
help or support; assistance.
- Dee
-
noun,
a metal loop attached to tack, for fastening gear:
- ADC
-
- DAS
-
noun,
hyrax.
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- tra
-
- Tad
-
noun,
a small child, especially a boy.
- ast
-
- CEO
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- ATC
-
- at.
-
- CIA
-
- CID
-
noun,
The ("El Cid Campeador"; Rodrigo Díaz de Bivar) c1040–99, Spanish soldier: hero of the wars against the Moors.
- ASR
-
- 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.
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- CIE
-
- ASN
-
- ASI
-
- 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.
- ase
-
- ca.
-
- cee
-
noun,
the letter C.
- CNS
-
- CAS
-
verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- TID
-
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- TIA
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- CAI
-
- 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.
- CAD
-
noun,
an ill-bred man, especially one who behaves in a dishonorable or irresponsible way toward women.
- CED
-
- ct.
-
- cs.
-
- cr.
-
- COD
-
noun,
any of several soft-rayed food fishes of the family Gadidae, especially Gadus morhua, of cool, North Atlantic waters.
- CDT
-
- Co.
-
- CEA
-
- CNO
-
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- 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.
- ANC
-
- CRS
-
- CRT
-
- CSA
-
- CSO
-
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- CSR
-
- CST
-
- CTA
-
- cte
-
- ctn
-
plural,
carton.
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- ARS
-
- 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.
- Ted
-
noun,
British Slang. Teddy boy.
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- 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.
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- TCS
-
- TCA
-
- ard
-
- COT
-
noun,
a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- aor
-
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- COS
-
noun,
romaine.
- tr.
-
- CAR
-
noun,
an automobile.
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- 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.
- di.
-
- 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:
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- NDE
-
- ne-
-
- NEA
-
- NEC
-
- NED
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Edward.
- Nee
-
adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- ROI
-
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- NES
-
- Rod
-
noun,
a stick, wand, staff, or the like, of wood, metal, or other material.
- ROC
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- NIA
-
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- ROA
-
- rnd
-
- RNA
-
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- NOC
-
- Nod
-
noun,
a short, quick downward bending forward of the head, as in assent, greeting, or command or because of drowsiness.
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- RID
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- Rs.
-
- NRA
-
- ite
-
- IRC
-
- IRO
-
- IRS
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ISA
-
- ise
-
- ISR
-
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- ist
-
- Die
-
noun,
Machinery.
any of various devices for cutting or forming material in a press or a stamping or forging machine.
a hollow device of steel, often composed of several pieces to be fitted into a stock, for cutting the threads of bolts or the like.
one of the separate pieces of such a device.
a steel block or plate with small conical holes through which wire, plastic rods, etc., are drawn.
- ITC
-
- SAE
-
- RSA
-
- ITO
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noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- Sad
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noun,
the 14th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- NCO
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- SAC
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noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- NAD
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- SRO
-
- So.
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- sd.
-
- RTS
-
- rte
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- rt.
-
- RSE
-
- nr.
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- NRC
-
- Ir.
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- Rd.
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- Ora
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noun,
plural of os2 .
- orc
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- red
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noun,
any of various colors resembling the color of blood; the primary color at one extreme end of the visible spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 610 and 780 nanometers.
- Ore
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noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- ORT
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noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- ose
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- ot-
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- OTA
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- ote
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- REC
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noun,
recreation.
- OTS
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- RCS
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- ONR
-
- Re.
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- REA
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- RDS
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- RDC
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- RDA
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- RCT
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- RCN
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- RCA
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- Rae
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noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- Rai
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noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- RAN
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noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- rat
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noun,
any of several long-tailed rodents of the family Muridae, of the genus Rattus and related genera, distinguished from the mouse by being larger.
- ons
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- ONI
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- NSA
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- res
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noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- NSC
-
- ret
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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.
- Oc.
-
- OED
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- OSA
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- OSD
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- OTC
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- oar
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noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- OAS
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- OAT
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noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- Oca
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noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- OCD
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- OCR
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- one
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noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- OCS
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- ODA
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noun,
a room within a harem.
- ode
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noun,
a lyric poem typically of elaborate or irregular metrical form and expressive of exalted or enthusiastic emotion.
- ODS
-
noun,
a hypothetical force formerly held to pervade all nature and to manifest itself in magnetism, mesmerism, chemical action, etc.
- ODT
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- OES
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noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- oic
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- oid
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- OIr
-
- OIt
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- Ree
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noun,
reeve3 .
- ONA
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noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- SAR
-
- ITA
-
- IOT
-
- Ede
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noun,
a city in SW Nigeria.
- ean
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- ear
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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.
- SID
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noun,
a male or female given name, form of Sidney or Sydney.
- SIC
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adverb,
so; thus: usually written parenthetically to denote that a word, phrase, passage, etc., that may appear strange or incorrect has been written intentionally or has been quoted verbatim: (sic).
- EAS
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noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- eat
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noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- ec-
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- ECA
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- ed.
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- EDA
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noun,
a female given name.
- EDC
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- EDO
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noun,
a member of an indigenous people of western Africa, in the Benin region of southern Nigeria.
- ea.
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- Ios
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noun,
a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey.
- EDT
-
- SER
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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).
- EEC
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- EEO
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- eir
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- EIS
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- en-
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- ene
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- SEN
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noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- SEI
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noun,
sei whale.
- ead
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- ETD
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- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- SOC
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noun,
sociology or a class or course in sociology.
- Sta
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- St.
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- SRI
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noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- Sr.
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- sot
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noun,
a drunkard.
- dit
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noun,
an echoic word, the referent of which is a click or brief tone interval, used to designate the dot of Morse code, International Morse code, etc.
- DNA
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- DNR
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- Son
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noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- DOE
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noun,
the female of the deer, antelope, goat, rabbit, and certain other animals.
- sod
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noun,
a section cut or torn from the surface of grassland, containing the matted roots of grass.
- Doi
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- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- Don
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Mr.; Sir: a Spanish title prefixed to a man's given name.
- Dor
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noun,
Also, dorbeetle [dawr-beet-l] /ˈdɔrˌbit l/ (Show IPA). a common European dung beetle, Geotrupes stercorarius.
- DOT
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noun,
a small, roundish mark made with or as if with a pen.
- Dr.
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- SIT
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verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- DRE
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- DSA
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- DSR
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- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- DST
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- eo-
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- EOE
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- EDS
-
noun,
education:
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- IDA
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noun,
Mount, a mountain in W Turkey, in NW Asia Minor, SE of ancient Troy. 5810 feet (1771 meters).
Turkish Kazdaği [kahz-dah-gee; Turkish kahz-dah-uh] /ˌkɑz dɑˈgi; Turkish ˌkɑz dɑˈʌ/ (Show IPA).
- ETS
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- ics
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- id.
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- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- io-
-
- Ia.
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- ian
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noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- IAS
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- ICA
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noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- ScD
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- ide
-
- ETO
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- Ido
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noun,
a revised and simplified form of Esperanto, introduced in 1907.
- IDS
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noun,
the part of the psyche, residing in the unconscious, that is the source of instinctive impulses that seek satisfaction in accordance with the pleasure principle and are modified by the ego and the superego before they are given overt expression.
- sc.
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- ier
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- in.
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- ina
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noun,
a female given name.
- ine
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- IOC
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- ion
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noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- ior
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- ETR
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- IRA
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noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- ESR
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- SED
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- ese
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- se-
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- Esc
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- ESA
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- SDR
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- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- ERT
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- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- SDA
-
- SDI
-
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- RI
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- R.
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- RC
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- RO
-
- IT
-
noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- RN
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- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- AO
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- TN
-
- 2D
-
noun,
a two-dimensional form or appearance:
- 3D
-
noun,
a three-dimensional form or appearance:
- TC
-
- DN
-
- 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.
- 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.
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- N.
-
- SN
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- i.
-
- S.
-
- D.
-
- DA
-
noun,
a male hairstyle, especially of the 1950s, in which the hair is slicked back on both sides to overlap at the back of the head.
- DC
-
noun,
a surgical method for the removal of diseased tissue or an early embryo from the lining of the uterus by means of scraping.
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- T1
-
- TD
-
- t.
-
- SA
-
- ic
-
- OD
-
noun,
a hypothetical force formerly held to pervade all nature and to manifest itself in magnetism, mesmerism, chemical action, etc.
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- CE
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- NI
-
- EI
-
- ee
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- DT
-
noun,
a withdrawal syndrome occurring in persons who have developed physiological dependence on alcohol, characterized by tremor, visual hallucinations, and autonomic instability. Abbreviation: d.t.
- ND
-
- O.
-
- NC
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- OA
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.