Anagrams of consubstantial
Word consubstantial has
1786 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of consubstantial.
- substantial
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adjective,
of ample or considerable amount, quantity, size, etc.:
- consultant
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noun,
a person who gives professional or expert advice:
- lactations
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noun,
the secretion or formation of milk.
- Constantia
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noun,
a female given name, form of Constance.
- salutation
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noun,
the act of saluting.
- battailous
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adjective,
ready for battle; warlike.
- substation
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noun,
a branch of a main post office.
- Tubal-cain
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noun,
the son of Lamech and Zillah: the progenitor of metalworkers. Gen. 4:22.
- scalation
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noun,
an arrangement of scales, as on a fish.
- Sausalito
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noun,
a town in W California on San Fransisco Bay: resort; formerly artist's colony.
- ablutions
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noun,
a cleansing with water or other liquid, especially as a religious ritual.
- continual
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adjective,
of regular or frequent recurrence; often repeated; very frequent:
- battalion
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noun,
Military. a ground force unit composed of a headquarters and two or more companies or similar units.
- cassation
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noun,
annulment; cancellation; reversal.
- nationals
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noun,
a citizen or subject of a particular nation who is entitled to its protection:
- Tocantins
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noun,
a river in E Brazil, flowing N to the Pará River. 1700 miles (2735 km) long.
- abutilons
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noun,
any tropical shrub belonging to the genus Abutilon, of the mallow family, comprising the flowering maples.
- sonatinas
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noun,
a short or simplified sonata.
- sailboats
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noun,
a boat having sails as its principal means of propulsion.
- inoculant
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noun,
inoculum.
- cabalists
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noun,
a student of or expert in the cabala.
- sanctions
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noun,
authoritative permission or approval, as for an action.
- insulants
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noun,
an insulating material, as used in building trades.
- canonists
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noun,
a person who is a specialist in canon law.
- bissonata
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noun,
a coarse woolen cloth constructed in plain weave and dyed black or brown, used in the manufacture of clerical vestments.
- annalists
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noun,
a chronicler of events, especially yearly ones; historian.
- lactation
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noun,
the secretion or formation of milk.
- salacious
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adjective,
lustful or lecherous.
- natations
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noun,
an act or the skill of swimming.
- ablations
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noun,
the removal, especially of organs, abnormal growths, or harmful substances, from the body by mechanical means, as by surgery.
- nutations
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noun,
an act or instance of nodding one's head, especially involuntarily or spasmodically.
- causation
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noun,
the action of causing or producing.
- lutanists
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noun,
lutenist.
- tantalous
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adjective,
containing trivalent tantalum.
- botanicas
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noun,
a shop specializing in herbs, spiritual items, etc.
- botanical
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noun,
Pharmacology. a drug made from part of a plant, as from roots, leaves, bark, or berries.
- cat-built
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adjective,
(of a sailing vessel) having a bluff bow and straight stern without a figurehead.
- lunations
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noun,
the period of time from one new moon to the next (about 29½ days); a lunar month.
- constants
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noun,
something that does not or cannot change or vary.
- santonica
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noun,
the dried flower heads of any of several species of wormwood, belonging to the genus Artemisia, used as a vermifuge.
- saltation
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noun,
a dancing, hopping, or leaping movement.
- coattails
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noun,
the back of the skirt on a man's coat or jacket.
- Constanta
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noun,
a seaport in SE Romania, on the Black Sea.
- subtonics
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noun,
the seventh tone of a scale, being the next below the upper tonic.
- connubial
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adjective,
of marriage or wedlock; matrimonial; conjugal:
- lutanist
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noun,
lutenist.
- Caulonia
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noun,
a town in S Calabria, in S Italy: ruins of ancient Achaean colony.
- scabious
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noun,
Also called pincushion flower. any of various plants belonging to the genus Scabiosa, of the teasel family, having opposite leaves and often showy flower heads in a variety of colors.
- subtonic
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noun,
the seventh tone of a scale, being the next below the upper tonic.
- annalist
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noun,
a chronicler of events, especially yearly ones; historian.
- Subotica
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noun,
a city in the autonomous province of Vojvodina, in N Serbia.
- subsonic
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adjective,
noting or pertaining to a speed less than that of sound in air at the same height above sea level.
- linocuts
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noun,
a cut made from a design cut into linoleum mounted on a block of wood.
- Lusatian
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Lusatia.
- Talassio
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noun,
a god invoked at ancient Roman weddings, especially in epithalamions.
- suctions
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noun,
the act, process, or condition of sucking.
- Anatolic
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adjective, noun,
Anatolian.
- cabalist
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noun,
a student of or expert in the cabala.
- altoists
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noun,
a performer on the alto saxophone.
- subtotal
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noun,
the sum or total of a part of a group or column of figures, as in an accounting statement.
- lunation
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noun,
the period of time from one new moon to the next (about 29½ days); a lunar month.
- lunatics
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noun,
(no longer in technical use; now considered offensive) an insane person.
- anacusis
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noun,
total deafness.
- scansion
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noun,
the metrical analysis of verse. The usual marks for scansion are ˘ for a short or unaccented syllable, ¯ or · for a long or accented syllable, ^ for a rest, | for a foot division, and ‖ for a caesura or pause.
- annattos
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noun,
Also called lipstick tree. a small tree, Bixa orellana, of tropical America.
- botulins
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noun,
the toxin formed by botulinus and causing botulism.
- Cannabis
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noun,
the hemp plant, Cannabis sativa.
- coattail
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noun,
the back of the skirt on a man's coat or jacket.
- titanous
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adjective,
containing trivalent titanium.
- Constant
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noun,
something that does not or cannot change or vary.
- stannous
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adjective,
containing tin, especially in the bivalent state.
- stations
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noun,
a place or position in which a person or thing is normally located.
- Baconian
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noun,
an adherent of the Baconian philosophy.
- stunsail
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noun,
studdingsail.
- bailouts
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noun,
the act of parachuting from an aircraft, especially to escape a crash, fire, etc.
- coalbins
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noun,
a bin used for holding coal.
- consults
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noun,
a consultation.
- Staunton
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noun,
a city in N Virginia.
- Tantalic
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adjective,
of or relating to tantalum, especially in the pentavalent state.
- catboats
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noun,
a boat having one mast set well forward with a single large sail.
- banausic
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adjective,
serving utilitarian purposes only; mechanical; practical:
- cattails
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noun,
any tall, reedlike marsh plant of the genus Typha, especially T. latifolia, having long, sword-shaped leaves and dense, cylindrical clusters of minute brown flowers.
- cattalos
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noun,
beefalo.
- cautions
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noun,
alertness and prudence in a hazardous situation; care; wariness:
- auctions
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noun,
Also called public sale. a publicly held sale at which property or goods are sold to the highest bidder.
- contains
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verb (used with object),
to hold or include within its volume or area:
- cannibal
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noun,
a person who eats human flesh, especially for magical or religious purposes, as among certain tribal peoples.
- insulant
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noun,
an insulating material, as used in building trades.
- laotians
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Laos.
- Antinous
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noun,
the chief suitor of Penelope, killed by Odysseus upon his return from Troy.
- cannulas
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noun,
a metal tube for insertion into the body to draw off fluid or to introduce medication.
- Antonius
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noun,
Marcus, Antony, Mark.
- Istanbul
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noun,
a port in NW Turkey, on both sides of the Bosporus: built by Constantine I on the site of ancient Byzantium; capital of the Eastern Roman Empire and of the Ottoman Empire; capital removed to Ankara 1923.
- canonist
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noun,
a person who is a specialist in canon law.
- tonalist
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noun,
a person who works with or uses tonality, especially one who uses traditional tonality rather than atonality in composing music.
- instants
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noun,
an infinitesimal or very short space of time; a moment:
- Atlantis
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noun,
a legendary island, first mentioned by Plato, said to have existed in the Atlantic Ocean west of Gibraltar and to have sunk beneath the sea, but linked by some modern archaeologists with the island of Thera, the surviving remnant of a much larger island destroyed by a volcanic eruption c1500 b.c.
- cantinas
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noun,
a saloon; bar.
- subcosta
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noun,
a longitudinal vein in the anterior portion of the wing of an insect.
- Casaubon
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noun,
Isaac [ahy-zuh k;; French ee-zak] /ˈaɪ zək;; French iˈzak/ (Show IPA), 1559–1614, French classical scholar.
- sonatina
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noun,
a short or simplified sonata.
- biannual
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adjective,
occurring twice a year; semiannual.
- Asuncion
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noun,
a city in and the capital of Paraguay, in the S part.
- Atlantic
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noun,
Atlantic Ocean.
- Alcinous
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noun,
king of the Phaeacians and father of Nausicaä and Laodamas.
- Tantalus
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noun,
Classical Mythology. a Phrygian king who was condemned to remain in Tartarus, chin deep in water, with fruit-laden branches hanging above his head: whenever he tried to drink or eat, the water and fruit receded out of reach.
- sanction
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noun,
authoritative permission or approval, as for an action.
- ablation
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noun,
the removal, especially of organs, abnormal growths, or harmful substances, from the body by mechanical means, as by surgery.
- nutation
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noun,
an act or instance of nodding one's head, especially involuntarily or spasmodically.
- outlasts
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verb (used with object),
to endure or last longer than:
- sultanas
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noun,
a small, seedless raisin.
- abuttals
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noun,
abuttals.
those parts of one piece of land that abut on adjacent lands; boundaries.
Also, buttals. Law. the boundary lines of a piece of land in relation to adjacent lands.
- natation
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noun,
an act or the skill of swimming.
- National
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noun,
a citizen or subject of a particular nation who is entitled to its protection:
- nautical
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adjective,
of or relating to sailors, ships, or navigation:
- oscitant
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adjective,
yawning, as with drowsiness; gaping.
- aboulias
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noun,
abulia.
- ouabains
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noun,
a glycoside occurring as a white, crystalline powder, C 29 H 44 O 12 , obtained from the seeds of a shrub, Strophanthus gratus, or from the wood of trees of the genus Acokanthera, and used in medicine chiefly as a cardiac stimulant.
- sailboat
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noun,
a boat having sails as its principal means of propulsion.
- tactions
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noun,
touch; contact.
- nonsuits
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noun,
a judgment given against a plaintiff who neglects to prosecute, or who fails to show a legal cause of action or to bring sufficient evidence.
- Tacloban
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noun,
a seaport on NE Leyte, in the central Philippines.
- outclass
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verb (used with object),
to surpass in excellence or quality, especially by a wide margin; be superior:
- absonant
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adjective,
dissonant; discordant (usually followed by from or to):
- osculant
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adjective,
united by certain common characteristics.
- botanica
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noun,
a shop specializing in herbs, spiritual items, etc.
- oculists
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noun,
ophthalmologist.
- Abutilon
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noun,
any tropical shrub belonging to the genus Abutilon, of the mallow family, comprising the flowering maples.
- sabatons
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noun,
a foot defense of mail or of a number of lames with solid toe and heel pieces.
- outsails
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verb (used with object),
to outdo in sailing; sail farther, more skillfully, or faster than.
- actinons
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noun,
a chemically inert, gaseous, short-lived isotope of radon that is a member of the actinium series. Symbol: An; atomic number: 86; atomic weight: 219.
- abstains
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verb (used without object),
to hold oneself back voluntarily, especially from something regarded as improper or unhealthy (usually followed by from):
- botanist
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noun,
a specialist in botany.
- butanols
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noun,
butyl alcohol.
- unctions
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noun,
an act of anointing, especially as a medical treatment or religious rite.
- ablution
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noun,
a cleansing with water or other liquid, especially as a religious ritual.
- consult
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noun,
a consultation.
- atonics
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noun,
Grammar. an unaccented word, syllable, or sound.
- Susiana
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noun,
Elam.
- ablauts
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noun,
(in Indo-European languages) regular alternation in the internal phonological structure of a word element, especially alternation of a vowel, that is coordinated with a change in grammatical function or combination, as in English sing, sang, sung, song; apophony.
- auction
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noun,
Also called public sale. a publicly held sale at which property or goods are sold to the highest bidder.
- unction
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noun,
an act of anointing, especially as a medical treatment or religious rite.
- outcast
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noun,
a person who is rejected or cast out, as from home or society:
- contain
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verb (used with object),
to hold or include within its volume or area:
- attains
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verb (used with object),
to reach, achieve, or accomplish; gain; obtain:
- Costain
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noun,
Thomas Bertram, 1885–1965, U.S. novelist, historian, and editor, born in Canada.
- cassina
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noun,
dahoon.
- Stalino
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noun,
a former name of Donetsk.
- Cassino
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noun,
casino (def 3).
- Cottbus
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noun,
a city in E Germany, on the Spree River.
- oculist
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noun,
ophthalmologist.
- Cassatt
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noun,
Mary, 1845–1926, U.S. painter.
- tocsins
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noun,
a signal, especially of alarm, sounded on a bell or bells.
- solatia
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noun,
something given in compensation for inconvenience, loss, injury, or the like; recompense.
- assault
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noun,
a sudden, violent attack; onslaught:
- sonants
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noun,
a speech sound that by itself makes a syllable or subordinates to itself the other sounds in the syllable; a syllabic sound (opposed to consonant).
- cutlass
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noun,
a short, heavy, slightly curved sword with a single cutting edge, formerly used by sailors.
- outsail
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verb (used with object),
to outdo in sailing; sail farther, more skillfully, or faster than.
- sonatas
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noun,
a composition for one or two instruments, typically in three or four movements in contrasted forms and keys.
- botulin
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noun,
the toxin formed by botulinus and causing botulism.
- astatic
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adjective,
unstable; unsteady.
- Astolat
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noun,
a place in the Arthurian romances, possibly in Surrey, England.
- outlast
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verb (used with object),
to endure or last longer than:
- abstain
-
verb (used without object),
to hold oneself back voluntarily, especially from something regarded as improper or unhealthy (usually followed by from):
- uncoils
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verb (used with or without object),
to unwind from a coiled position.
- casinos
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noun,
a building or large room used for meetings, entertainment, dancing, etc., especially such a place equipped with gambling devices, gambling tables, etc.
- cubital
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noun,
Ornithology Now Rare. a secondary feather.
- tanists
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noun,
the successor apparent to a Celtic chief, usually the oldest or worthiest of his kin, chosen by election among the tribe during the chief's lifetime.
- casitas
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noun,
a small crude dwelling forming part of a shantytown inhabited by Mexican laborers in the southwestern U.S.
- aboulia
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noun,
abulia.
- suasion
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noun,
the act of advising, urging, or attempting to persuade; persuasion.
- Batista
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noun,
Fulgencio [fool-hen-syaw] /fulˈhɛn syɔ/ (Show IPA), (Fulgencio Batista y Zaldívar) 1901–73, Cuban military leader: dictator of Cuba 1934–40; president 1940–44, 1952–59.
- nuncios
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noun,
a diplomatic representative of the pope at a foreign court or capital: equal in status to an ambassador.
- sustain
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verb (used with object),
to support, hold, or bear up from below; bear the weight of, as a structure.
- cations
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noun,
a positively charged ion that is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis.
- Taunton
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noun,
a city in SE Massachusetts.
- Tacitus
-
noun,
Publius Cornelius [puhb-lee-uh s] /ˈpʌb li əs/ (Show IPA), a.d. c55–c120, Roman historian.
- coalbin
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noun,
a bin used for holding coal.
- catboat
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noun,
a boat having one mast set well forward with a single large sail.
- Bassano
-
noun,
Jacopo [yah-kaw-paw] /ˈyɑ kɔ pɔ/ (Show IPA), (Giacomo da Ponte) 1510–92, Italian painter.
- Balaton
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noun,
a lake in W Hungary: the largest lake in central Europe. About 50 miles (80 km) long; 230 sq. mi. (596 sq. km).
- Stilton
-
- oblasts
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noun,
(in Russia and the Soviet Union) an administrative division corresponding to an autonomous province.
- basions
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noun,
the midpoint of the anterior margin of the foramen magnum.
- Clinton
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noun,
De Witt [duh wit] /də ˈwɪt/ (Show IPA), 1769–1828, U.S. political leader and statesman: governor of New York 1817–21, 1825–28 (son of James Clinton).
- Catalin
-
- Basilan
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noun,
an island in the Philippines, SW of Mindanao. 495 sq. mi. (1282 sq. km).
- obtains
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verb (used with object),
to come into possession of; get, acquire, or procure, as through an effort or by a request:
- cattail
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noun,
any tall, reedlike marsh plant of the genus Typha, especially T. latifolia, having long, sword-shaped leaves and dense, cylindrical clusters of minute brown flowers.
- stoical
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adjective,
impassive; characterized by a calm, austere fortitude befitting the Stoics:
- oilcans
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noun,
a can having a long spout through which oil is poured or squirted to lubricate machinery or the like.
- basalts
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noun,
the dark, dense igneous rock of a lava flow or minor intrusion, composed essentially of labradorite and pyroxene and often displaying a columnar structure.
- cattalo
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noun,
beefalo.
- banians
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noun,
banyan.
- caution
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noun,
alertness and prudence in a hazardous situation; care; wariness:
- octants
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noun,
the eighth part of a circle.
- coastal
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adjective,
of, relating to, bordering on, or located near a coast:
- ouabain
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noun,
a glycoside occurring as a white, crystalline powder, C 29 H 44 O 12 , obtained from the seeds of a shrub, Strophanthus gratus, or from the wood of trees of the genus Acokanthera, and used in medicine chiefly as a cardiac stimulant.
- outacts
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verb (used with object),
to outdo in acting.
- tincals
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noun,
a former name for crude native borax.
- unisons
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noun,
coincidence in pitch of two or more musical tones, voices, etc.
- consist
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noun,
Railroads.
the rolling stock, exclusive of the locomotive, making up a train.
a record made of this rolling stock.
- autoist
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noun,
motorist.
- Tabasco
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noun,
a state in SE Mexico, on the Gulf of Campeche. 9783 sq. mi. (25,338 sq. km). Capital: Villahermosa.
- conatus
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noun,
an effort or striving.
- stannic
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adjective,
of or containing tin, especially in the tetravalent state.
- Socinus
-
noun,
Faustus [faw-stuh s] /ˈfɔ stəs/ (Show IPA), (Fausto Sozzini) 1539–1604, and his uncle, Laelius [lee-lee-uh s] /ˈli li əs/ (Show IPA) (Lelio Sozzini), 1525–62, Italian Protestant theologians and reformers.
- Stanton
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noun,
Edwin McMasters [muh k-mas-terz,, -mah-sterz] /məkˈmæs tərz,, -ˈmɑ stərz/ (Show IPA), 1814–69, U.S. statesman: Secretary of War 1862–67.
- Basutos
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noun,
Sotho (def 3).
- casuals
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noun,
a worker employed only irregularly.
- bailout
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noun,
the act of parachuting from an aircraft, especially to escape a crash, fire, etc.
- casuist
-
noun,
an oversubtle or disingenuous reasoner, especially in questions of morality.
- statics
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noun,
the branch of mechanics that deals with bodies at rest or forces in equilibrium.
- station
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noun,
a place or position in which a person or thing is normally located.
- cobnuts
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noun,
the nut of certain cultivated varieties of hazel, Corylus avellana grandis.
- bastion
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noun,
Fortification. a projecting portion of a rampart or fortification that forms an irregular pentagon attached at the base to the main work.
- Bastian
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noun,
Adolf [ah-dawlf] /ˈɑ dɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1826–1905, German anthropologist.
- cobalts
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noun,
a silver-white metallic element with a faint pinkish tinge, occurring in compounds whose silicates afford important blue coloring substances for ceramics. Symbol: Co; atomic weight: 58.933; atomic number: 27; specific gravity: 8.9 at 20°C.
- abacist
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noun,
a person skilled in using an abacus.
- Statius
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noun,
Publius Papinius [puhb-lee-uh s puh-pin-ee-uh s] /ˈpʌb li əs pəˈpɪn i əs/ (Show IPA), a.d. c45–c96, Roman poet.
- unnails
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verb (used with object),
to take out the nails from.
- canulas
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noun,
cannula.
- asocial
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adjective,
not sociable or gregarious; withdrawn from society.
- socials
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noun,
a social gathering or party, especially of or as given by an organized group:
- taction
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noun,
touch; contact.
- anconas
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noun,
an altarpiece, usually consisting of a painted panel or panels, reliefs, or statues set in an elaborate frame.
- toucans
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noun,
any of several usually brightly colored, fruit-eating birds of the family Ramphastidae, of tropical America, having a very large bill.
- bonitas
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noun,
a female given name.
- caisson
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noun,
a structure used in underwater work, consisting of an airtight chamber, open at the bottom and containing air under sufficient pressure to exclude the water.
- subsoil
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noun,
the bed or stratum of earth or earthy material immediately under the surface soil.
- scotias
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noun,
a deep concave molding between two fillets, as in the Attic base.
- blatant
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adjective,
brazenly obvious; flagrant:
- Caliban
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noun,
the ugly, beastlike slave of Prospero in Shakespeare's The Tempest.
- blasto-
-
- bonacis
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noun,
any of several edible serranid fishes, as Mycteroperca bonaci.
- blastic
-
- Annatol
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noun,
a male given name.
- annatto
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noun,
Also called lipstick tree. a small tree, Bixa orellana, of tropical America.
- Sanctus
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noun,
(italics). Also called Tersanctus. the hymn beginning “Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of hosts,” with which the Eucharistic preface culminates.
- actino-
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- actinal
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adjective,
having tentacles or rays.
- annuals
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noun,
Botany. a plant living only one year or season.
- latinos
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noun,
a person of Latin-American descent:
- 2,4,5-t
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noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- linocut
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noun,
a cut made from a design cut into linoleum mounted on a block of wood.
- anattos
-
noun,
annatto.
- Buisson
-
noun,
Ferdinand Édouard [fer-dee-nahn ey-dwar] /fɛr diˈnɑ̃ eɪˈdwær/ (Show IPA), 1841–1932, French statesman and educator: Nobel Peace Prize 1927.
- buttons
-
noun,
a bellboy or page in a hotel.
- lutists
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noun,
a lute player; lutenist.
- buttals
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plural noun,
abuttal (def 1b).
- Albinus
-
noun,
Alcuin.
- alinota
-
noun,
the plate to which the wings are attached on the notum of an insect.
- sanious
-
adjective,
characterized by the discharge of sanies.
- albinos
-
noun,
a person with pale skin, light hair, pinkish eyes, and visual abnormalities resulting from a hereditary inability to produce the pigment melanin.
- Lusatia
-
noun,
a region in E Germany and SW Poland, between the Elbe and Oder rivers.
- saltant
-
adjective,
dancing; leaping; jumping.
- lunatic
-
noun,
(no longer in technical use; now considered offensive) an insane person.
- Lucania
-
noun,
an ancient region in S Italy, NW of the Gulf of Taranto.
- Nilsson
-
noun,
(Märta) Birgit [mahr-tah bir-git;; English mahr-tuh bur-git] /ˈmɑr tɑ ˈbɪr gɪt;; English ˈmɑr tə ˈbɜr gɪt/ (Show IPA), 1918–2005, Swedish soprano.
- Santali
-
noun,
the Munda language spoken by the Santal.
- Salinas
-
noun,
a city in W California.
- butanol
-
noun,
butyl alcohol.
- nasions
-
noun,
the intersection of the internasal suture with the nasofrontal suture in the midsagittal plane.
- suction
-
noun,
the act, process, or condition of sucking.
- satanic
-
adjective,
of Satan.
- Sultana
-
noun,
a small, seedless raisin.
- altoist
-
noun,
a performer on the alto saxophone.
- tactual
-
adjective,
of or relating to the sense of touch.
- cannoli
-
plural noun,
tubular pastry shells stuffed with a sweetened filling of whipped ricotta and often containing nuts, citron, or bits of chocolate.
- actinon
-
noun,
a chemically inert, gaseous, short-lived isotope of radon that is a member of the actinium series. Symbol: An; atomic number: 86; atomic weight: 219.
- Laotian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Laos.
- insults
-
noun,
an insolent or contemptuously rude action or remark; affront.
- Antonia
-
noun,
a female given name: derived from Antonius.
- suntans
-
noun,
a tan military uniform for summer wear.
- issuant
-
adjective,
Heraldry. (of a beast) represented with the body erect and only the forepart visible:
- tonsils
-
noun,
a prominent oval mass of lymphoid tissue on each side of the throat.
- acinous
-
adjective,
consisting of acini.
- Canossa
-
noun,
a ruined castle in N Italy: scene of the penance of Emperor Henry IV of the Holy Roman Empire before Pope Gregory VII in 1077.
- anoints
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or sprinkle on; apply an unguent, ointment, or oily liquid to.
- abuttal
-
noun,
abuttals.
those parts of one piece of land that abut on adjacent lands; boundaries.
Also, buttals. Law. the boundary lines of a piece of land in relation to adjacent lands.
- nonsuit
-
noun,
a judgment given against a plaintiff who neglects to prosecute, or who fails to show a legal cause of action or to bring sufficient evidence.
- outsits
-
verb (used with object),
to sit longer than; outwait:
- cantina
-
noun,
a saloon; bar.
- Susanna
-
noun,
a book of the Apocrypha, constituting the 13th chapter of Daniel in the Douay Bible.
- instant
-
noun,
an infinitesimal or very short space of time; a moment:
- instals
-
verb (used with object),
install.
- insouls
-
verb (used with object),
ensoul.
- abulias
-
noun,
a symptom of mental disorder involving impairment or loss of volition.
- Sno-Cat
-
- Itabuna
-
noun,
a city in E Brazil.
- Latinus
-
noun,
the father of Lavinia and king of Latium at the time of the arrival of Aeneas.
- Ansonia
-
noun,
a city in SW Connecticut.
- unbolts
-
verb (used with object),
to open (a door, window, etc.) by or as if by removing a bolt; unlock; unfasten.
- sabaton
-
noun,
a foot defense of mail or of a number of lames with solid toe and heel pieces.
- cannula
-
noun,
a metal tube for insertion into the body to draw off fluid or to introduce medication.
- uncials
-
noun,
an uncial letter.
- Toscana
-
noun,
Italian name of Tuscany.
- lacunas
-
noun,
a gap or missing part, as in a manuscript, series, or logical argument; hiatus.
- Laconia
-
noun,
an ancient country in the S part of Greece. Capital: Sparta.
- sabalos
-
noun,
the tarpon.
- Sinaloa
-
noun,
a state in W Mexico, bordering on the Gulf of California. 22,582 sq. mi. (58,485 sq. km). Capital: Culiacán.
- talions
-
noun,
lex talionis.
- bitonal
-
adjective,
marked by or using bitonality.
- tablas
-
noun,
an island in the Sibuyan Sea, Philippines, one of the Romblon Islands. 265 sq. mi. (686 sq. km).
- Susian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Susa or Susiana.
- canula
-
noun,
cannula.
- Catlin
-
noun,
George, 1796–1872, U.S. painter.
- Button
-
noun,
a small disk, knob, or the like for sewing or otherwise attaching to an article, as of clothing, serving as a fastening when passed through a buttonhole or loop.
- cannas
-
noun,
any of various tropical plants of the genus Canna, cultivated for their large, usually brightly colored leaves and showy flowers.
- buttal
-
plural noun,
abuttal (def 1b).
- sultan
-
noun,
the sovereign of an Islamic country.
- Canton
-
noun,
a small territorial district, especially one of the states of the Swiss confederation.
- Casals
-
noun,
Pablo [pah-bloh;; Spanish pah-vlaw] /ˈpɑ bloʊ;; Spanish ˈpɑ vlɔ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1973, Spanish cellist, conductor, and composer; in France after 1936; in Puerto Rico after 1956.
- cannot
-
verb,
a form of ·can not.
- suntan
-
noun,
a browning or a brown color of the skin resulting from exposure to sunlight or a sunlamp; tan.
- Cantos
-
noun,
one of the main or larger divisions of a long poem.
- cantus
-
noun,
cantus firmus.
- cation
-
noun,
a positively charged ion that is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis.
- Calais
-
noun,
the winged son of Boreas the north wind. As Argonauts he and his brother Zetes chased away the Harpies.
- suints
-
noun,
the natural grease of the wool of sheep, consisting of a mixture of fatty matter and potassium salts, used as a source of potash and in the preparation of ointments.
- cansos
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in SE Canada, the NE extremity of Nova Scotia.
- cabots
-
noun,
John (Giovanni Caboto) c1450–98? Italian navigator in the service of England: discoverer of North American mainland 1497.
- Cassia
-
noun,
Also called cassia bark, Chinese cinnamon. a variety of cinnamon derived from the cassia-bark tree.
- buncos
-
noun,
bunko.
- cabals
-
noun,
a small group of secret plotters, as against a government or person in authority.
- subito
-
adverb,
(as a musical direction) suddenly; abruptly:
- casita
-
noun,
a small crude dwelling forming part of a shantytown inhabited by Mexican laborers in the southwestern U.S.
- casual
-
noun,
a worker employed only irregularly.
- Catano
-
noun,
a city in NE Puerto Rico, SW of San Juan.
- Sutton
-
noun,
a borough of Greater London, England.
- sunnas
-
noun,
the traditional portion of Muslim law, based on the words and acts of Muhammad, and preserved in the traditional literature.
- bunton
-
noun,
one of a number of struts reinforcing the walls of a shaft and dividing it into vertical compartments.
- Busoni
-
noun,
Ferruccio (Benvenuto) [fer-root-chaw ben-ve-noo-taw] /fɛrˈrut tʃɔ ˌbɛn vɛˈnu tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1866–1924, Italian composer and pianist.
- sunlit
-
adjective,
lighted by the sun.
- casino
-
noun,
a building or large room used for meetings, entertainment, dancing, etc., especially such a place equipped with gambling devices, gambling tables, etc.
- Cantab
-
- Cantal
-
noun,
a department in S central France. 2231 sq. mi. (5780 sq. km). Capital: Aurillac.
- bunion
-
noun,
inflammation of the synovial bursa of the great toe, usually resulting in enlargement of the joint and lateral displacement of the toe.
- bonaci
-
noun,
any of several edible serranid fishes, as Mycteroperca bonaci.
- Catton
-
noun,
(Charles) Bruce, 1899–1978, U.S. journalist and historian.
- Linton
-
noun,
Ralph, 1893–1953, U.S. anthropologist.
- lutist
-
noun,
a lute player; lutenist.
- Lucias
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “light.”.
- Lucian
-
noun,
a.d. 117–c180, Greek rhetorician and satirist.
- Santal
-
noun,
sandalwood.
- Santos
-
noun,
a seaport in S Brazil: world's largest coffee-exporting port.
- Sanusi
-
noun,
a member of an Islamic brotherhood established among the anticolonial Bedouins of North Africa.
- satins
-
noun,
a fabric in a warp-effect or filling-effect satin weave, as acetate, rayon, nylon, or silk, often having a glossy face and a soft, slippery texture.
- locust
-
noun,
Also called acridid, short-horned grasshopper. any of several grasshoppers of the family Acrididae, having short antennae and commonly migrating in swarms that strip the vegetation from large areas.
- saults
-
noun,
a waterfall or rapid.
- saunas
-
noun,
a bath that uses dry heat to induce perspiration, and in which steam is produced by pouring water on heated stones.
- Lisbon
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Portugal, in the SW part, on the Tagus estuary.
- Li-sao
-
noun,
a poem (c320 b.c.) by Ch'ü Yüan.
- scants
-
adverb,
Scot. and North England Dialect. scarcely; barely; hardly.
- scato-
-
- saltus
-
noun,
oscillation (def 5b).
- scatts
-
noun,
scat5 .
- linacs
-
noun,
linear accelerator.
- scions
-
noun,
a descendant.
- Scotia
-
noun,
a deep concave molding between two fillets, as in the Attic base.
- lianas
-
noun,
any of various usually woody vines that may climb as high as the tree canopy in a tropical forest.
- Scotti
-
noun,
Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1866–1936, Italian baritone.
- Scotts
-
noun,
Barbara Ann, 1928–2012, Canadian figure skater.
- Scotus
-
noun,
John Duns, Duns Scotus, John.
- lauans
-
noun,
Philippine mahogany.
- scouts
-
noun,
a soldier, warship, airplane, etc., employed in reconnoitering.
- Latona
-
noun,
the goddess Leto as identified in Roman mythology.
- latins
-
noun,
an Italic language spoken in ancient Rome, fixed in the 2nd or 1st century b.c., and established as the official language of the Roman Empire. Abbreviation: L.
- Latino
-
noun,
a person of Latin-American descent:
- sancta
-
noun,
a sacred or holy place.
- nasals
-
noun,
Phonetics. a nasal speech sound.
- scubas
-
noun,
a portable breathing device for free-swimming divers, consisting of a mouthpiece joined by hoses to one or two tanks of compressed air that are strapped on the back.
- sabalo
-
noun,
the tarpon.
- octant
-
noun,
the eighth part of a circle.
- Octans
-
noun,
the Octant, a southern constellation that contains the south celestial pole.
- oilcan
-
noun,
a can having a long spout through which oil is poured or squirted to lubricate machinery or the like.
- obtain
-
verb (used with object),
to come into possession of; get, acquire, or procure, as through an effort or by a request:
- oblast
-
noun,
(in Russia and the Soviet Union) an administrative division corresponding to an autonomous province.
- Ossian
-
noun,
a legendary hero and poet and son of Finn, who is supposed to have lived during the 3rd century a.d., represented in Gaelic poems and in imitations of them written by James Macpherson in the 18th century.
- nutant
-
adjective,
drooping; nodding.
- nuncio
-
noun,
a diplomatic representative of the pope at a foreign court or capital: equal in status to an ambassador.
- outact
-
verb (used with object),
to outdo in acting.
- nubias
-
noun,
a light, knitted woolen head scarf for women.
- Nubian
-
noun,
a member of any of the various peoples inhabiting Nubia.
- outsat
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of outsit.
- outsit
-
verb (used with object),
to sit longer than; outwait:
- noctis
-
adjective,
(in prescriptions) of the night.
- nasion
-
noun,
the intersection of the internasal suture with the nasofrontal suture in the midsagittal plane.
- nocti-
-
- Sabina
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “a Sabine woman.”.
- sabins
-
noun,
Physics. a unit of sound absorption, equal to one square foot (929 square centimeters) of a perfectly absorptive surface.
- sabots
-
noun,
a shoe made of a single block of wood hollowed out, worn especially by farmers and workers in the Netherlands, France, Belgium, etc.
- nitons
-
noun,
(formerly) radon. Symbol: Nt.
- Nissan
-
noun,
Nisan.
- saints
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- Salian
-
noun,
a Salian Frank.
- nation
-
noun,
a large body of people, associated with a particular territory, that is sufficiently conscious of its unity to seek or to possess a government peculiarly its own:
- natant
-
adjective,
swimming; floating.
- natals
-
noun,
a province in the E part of the Republic of South Africa. 35,284 sq. mi. (91,886 sq. km). Capital: Pietermaritzburg.
- 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.
- Salina
-
noun,
a saline marsh, spring, or the like.
- Nassau
-
noun,
a seaport on New Providence Island: capital of the Bahamas; seaside resort.
- Latina
-
noun,
a woman of Latin-American descent.
- lanais
-
noun,
a veranda, especially a fully furnished one used as a living room.
- causal
-
adjective,
of, constituting, or implying a cause.
- status
-
noun,
the position of an individual in relation to another or others, especially in regard to social or professional standing.
- Stalin
-
noun,
Joseph V (Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili or Dzugashvili) 1879–1953, Soviet political leader: secretary general of the Communist Party 1922–53; premier of the U.S.S.R. 1941–53.
- contin
-
- consul
-
noun,
an official appointed by the government of one country to look after its commercial interests and the welfare of its citizens in another country.
- Conant
-
noun,
James Bryant, 1893–1978, U.S. chemist and educator: president of Harvard University 1933–53.
- colins
-
noun,
any of several American quails, especially the bobwhite.
- static
-
noun,
Electricity.
static or atmospheric electricity.
interference due to such electricity.
- coitus
-
noun,
sexual intercourse, especially between a man and a woman.
- cobnut
-
noun,
the nut of certain cultivated varieties of hazel, Corylus avellana grandis.
- cobias
-
noun,
a large, fusiform fish, Rachycentron canadum, found off the eastern coast of temperate and tropical America, in the East Indies, and in Japan.
- cobalt
-
noun,
a silver-white metallic element with a faint pinkish tinge, occurring in compounds whose silicates afford important blue coloring substances for ceramics. Symbol: Co; atomic weight: 58.933; atomic number: 27; specific gravity: 8.9 at 20°C.
- 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.
- coasts
-
noun,
the land next to the sea; seashore:
- coalas
-
noun,
koala.
- stilts
-
noun,
one of two poles, each with a support for the foot at some distance above the bottom end, enabling the wearer to walk with his or her feet above the ground.
- stains
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- clouts
-
noun,
a blow, especially with the hand; cuff:
- stints
-
noun,
a period of time spent doing something:
- clonus
-
noun,
a rapid succession of flexions and extensions of a group of muscles, usually signifying an affection of the brain or spinal cord.
- stoats
-
noun,
the ermine, Mustela erminea, especially when in brown summer pelage.
- clints
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Clinton.
- clino-
-
- clasts
-
noun,
a grain of sediment, silt, sand, gravel, etc., especially as a constituent fragment of a clastic rock formation, as distinguished from a chemical or biogenic component of such a formation.
- class.
-
- stoics
-
noun,
a member or adherent of the Stoic school of philosophy.
- Cibola
-
noun,
the Seven Cities of, legendary cities of great wealth believed by earlier Spanish explorers to exist in the SW United States.
- stolas
-
noun,
a long, loose tunic or robe, with or without sleeves, worn by women of ancient Rome.
- stouts
-
noun,
a dark, sweet brew made of roasted malt and having a higher percentage of hops than porter.
- C-bias
-
noun,
grid bias.
- costal
-
adjective,
Anatomy. pertaining to the ribs or the upper sides of the body:
- cottas
-
noun,
a surplice.
- lacuna
-
noun,
a gap or missing part, as in a manuscript, series, or logical argument; hiatus.
- inlaut
-
noun,
medial position in a word, especially as a conditioning environment in sound change.
- Labuan
-
noun,
an island off the W coast of Sabah: part of Sabah state, E Malaysia: a free port. 35 sq. mi. (90.65 sq. km).
- labio-
-
- Siouan
-
noun,
an American Indian language family formerly widespread from Saskatchewan to the lower Mississippi, also found in the Virginia and Carolina piedmont, and including Catawba, Crow, Dakota, Hidatsa, Mandan, Osage, and Winnebago.
- Itasca
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in N Minnesota: one of the sources of the Mississippi River.
- isotac
-
noun,
a line drawn on a map connecting all points where ice starts to melt at approximately the same period in spring.
- situla
-
noun,
a deep urn, vase, or bucket-shaped vessel, especially one made in the ancient world.
- Isaacs
-
noun,
Sir Isaac Alfred, 1855–1948, Australian jurist: governor general of Australia 1931–36.
- slants
-
noun,
slanting or oblique direction; slope:
- intact
-
adjective,
not altered, broken, or impaired; remaining uninjured, sound, or whole; untouched; unblemished:
- insult
-
noun,
an insolent or contemptuously rude action or remark; affront.
- insula
-
noun,
a group of convolutions situated at the base of the lateral fissure of the brain.
- instal
-
verb (used with object),
install.
- insoul
-
verb (used with object),
ensoul.
- incult
-
adjective,
wild; rude; unrefined.
- cotula
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) a measure.
- social
-
noun,
a social gathering or party, especially of or as given by an organized group:
- solans
-
noun,
a gannet.
- sonant
-
noun,
a speech sound that by itself makes a syllable or subordinates to itself the other sounds in the syllable; a syllabic sound (opposed to consonant).
- sonata
-
noun,
a composition for one or two instruments, typically in three or four movements in contrasted forms and keys.
- cut-in
-
noun,
Movies. a still, as of a scene or an object, inserted in a film and interrupting the action or continuity:
- Culion
-
noun,
an island of the Philippines, in the W part of the group, N of Palawan. 150 sq. mi. (389 sq. km).
- Cuiaba
-
noun,
a river in SW Brazil. About 300 miles (485 km) long.
- cubits
-
noun,
an ancient linear unit based on the length of the forearm, from elbow to the tip of the middle finger, usually from 17 to 21 inches (43 to 53 cm).
- sonics
-
noun,
the branch of science that deals with the practical applications of sound.
- Stacia
-
noun,
a female given name.
- coutil
-
noun,
a sturdy fabric constructed of a compactly woven herringbone twill.
- Cousin
-
noun,
Also called first cousin, full cousin. the son or daughter of an uncle or aunt.
See also second cousin, removed (def 2).
- counts
-
noun,
the act of counting; enumeration; reckoning; calculation:
- coulis
-
noun,
a sauce made with puréed vegetables or fruit and used as a base or garnish.
- custos
-
noun,
(italics) Latin. a custodian.
- lacto-
-
- toluic
-
adjective,
of or derived from toluic acid.
- U-boat
-
noun,
a German submarine.
- Bianca
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Italian word meaning “white.”.
- Bianco
-
noun,
Mon·te [mawn-te] /ˈmɔn tɛ/ (Show IPA). Italian name of Mont Blanc.
- anlaut
-
noun,
initial position in a word, especially as a conditioning environment in sound change.
- Attius
-
noun,
Lucius, Accius, Lucius.
- aloins
-
noun,
an intensely bitter, crystalline, water-soluble powder composed of the active principles of and obtained from aloe, used chiefly as a purgative.
- Tocsin
-
noun,
a signal, especially of alarm, sounded on a bell or bells.
- Bicols
-
noun,
Bikol.
- Tunica
-
noun,
a tunic.
- Tuscan
-
noun,
the standard literary form of the Italian language.
- tussal
-
adjective,
pertaining to tussis.
- Tustin
-
noun,
a city in SW California.
- Aintab
-
noun,
former name of Gaziantep.
- talons
-
noun,
a claw, especially of a bird of prey.
- titans
-
noun,
Classical Mythology.
any of the sons of Uranus and Gaea, including Coeus, Crius, Cronus, Hyperion, Iapetus, and Oceanus.
Also, Titaness. any of the sisters of these, including Mnemosyne, Phoebe, Rhea, Tethys, Themis, and Thia.
any of the offspring of the children of Uranus and Gaea.
- aniso-
-
- Tobias
-
noun,
the son of Tobit.
- Assuan
-
noun,
Aswan.
- Baltic
-
noun,
the Baltic branch of the Indo-European family of languages.
- biotas
-
noun,
the animals, plants, fungi, etc., of a region or period.
- Alston
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Bissau
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Guinea-Bissau, in the W part.
- assoil
-
verb (used with object),
to absolve; acquit; pardon.
- talion
-
noun,
lex talionis.
- actual
-
adjective,
existing in act or fact; real:
- assoc.
-
- blains
-
noun,
an inflammatory swelling or sore.
- Assiut
-
noun,
Asyut.
- assail
-
verb (used with object),
to attack vigorously or violently; assault.
- Alcuin
-
noun,
(Ealhwine Flaccus) a.d. 735–804, English theologian and scholar: teacher and adviser of Charlemagne.
- blasts
-
- tanist
-
noun,
the successor apparent to a Celtic chief, usually the oldest or worthiest of his kin, chosen by election among the tribe during the chief's lifetime.
- bauson
-
noun,
a badger (applied contemptuously to people).
- balsas
-
noun,
Río, Río Balsas.
- basils
-
noun,
any of several aromatic herbs belonging to the genus Ocimum, of the mint family, as O. basilicum (sweet basil) having purplish-green ovate leaves used in cooking.
- Banias
-
noun,
banyan (def 2).
- Alcott
-
noun,
(Amos) Bronson [bron-suh n] /ˈbrɒn sən/ (Show IPA), 1799–1888, U.S. educator and philosopher.
- annals
-
noun,
a record of events, especially a yearly record, usually in chronological order.
- Tuinal
-
- Alboin
-
noun,
died a.d. 573? king of the Langobards 561?–573?
- Albion
-
noun,
Alebion.
- atonic
-
noun,
Grammar. an unaccented word, syllable, or sound.
- albino
-
noun,
a person with pale skin, light hair, pinkish eyes, and visual abnormalities resulting from a hereditary inability to produce the pigment melanin.
- atonal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or marked by atonality.
- basalt
-
noun,
the dark, dense igneous rock of a lava flow or minor intrusion, composed essentially of labradorite and pyroxene and often displaying a columnar structure.
- attain
-
verb (used with object),
to reach, achieve, or accomplish; gain; obtain:
- annual
-
noun,
Botany. a plant living only one year or season.
- Tucson
-
noun,
a city in S Arizona: health resort.
- annuls
-
verb (used with object),
(especially of laws or other established rules, usages, etc.) to make void or null; abolish; cancel; invalidate:
- Alison
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Alice.
- tannic
-
adjective,
Chemistry. of, relating to, or derived from tan or tannin.
- Attila
-
noun,
("Scourge of God") a.d. 406?–453, king of the Huns who invaded Europe: defeated by the Romans and Visigoths in 451 at Châlons-sur-Marne in France.
- Baucis
-
noun,
an aged Phrygian peasant woman who, with her husband Philemon, offered hospitality to the disguised Zeus and Hermes: they were rewarded by being saved from a flood and changed into trees.
- toucan
-
noun,
any of several usually brightly colored, fruit-eating birds of the family Ramphastidae, of tropical America, having a very large bill.
- Tanoan
-
noun,
an American Indian language family of which the three surviving languages are spoken in several pueblos, including Taos, in northern New Mexico near the Rio Grande.
- Alnico
-
noun,
a permanent-magnet alloy having aluminum, nickel, and cobalt as its principal ingredients.
- anoint
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or sprinkle on; apply an unguent, ointment, or oily liquid to.
- Tucana
-
noun,
the Toucan, a southern constellation between Octans and Phoenix.
- Basuto
-
noun,
Sotho (def 3).
- basion
-
noun,
the midpoint of the anterior margin of the foramen magnum.
- totals
-
noun,
the total amount; sum; aggregate:
- Bastia
-
noun,
a seaport on the NE coast of Corsica: the former capital of Corsica.
- bancos
-
noun,
a declaration made by a bettor in certain gambling games, as baccarat and chemin de fer, indicating a bet matching the full amount in the bank, to the exclusion of all previous lower bets: often used as an interjection.
- Attica
-
noun,
a region in SE Greece, surrounding Athens: under Athenian rule in ancient times.
- toasts
-
noun,
sliced bread that has been browned by dry heat.
- Alissa
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “joy.”.
- Altaic
-
noun,
the Turkic, Mongolian, and Tungusic language families collectively, spoken over a broad expanse of Eurasia, from southeastern Europe to the Pacific: variously considered to be a single, genetically related family, with Japanese and Korean sometimes also included, or a group of languages with shared typologies and histories, but not genetically akin.
- blancs
-
noun,
a silver coin of France of the 14th–18th centuries, debased in later years.
- Austin
-
noun,
Alfred, 1835–1913, English poet: poet laureate 1896–1913.
- aslant
-
adverb,
at a slant; slantingly; obliquely.
- bolita
-
noun,
a form of numbers pool.
- tactus
-
noun,
the basic metrical unit in medieval music.
- ablaut
-
noun,
(in Indo-European languages) regular alternation in the internal phonological structure of a word element, especially alternation of a vowel, that is coordinated with a change in grammatical function or combination, as in English sing, sang, sung, song; apophony.
- Antons
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Anthony.
- unison
-
noun,
coincidence in pitch of two or more musical tones, voices, etc.
- tincts
-
noun,
tint; tinge; coloring.
- Anubis
-
noun,
the god of tombs and weigher of the hearts of the dead: represented as having the head of a jackal.
- tonsil
-
noun,
a prominent oval mass of lymphoid tissue on each side of the throat.
- abatis
-
noun,
an obstacle or barricade of trees with bent or sharpened branches directed toward an enemy.
- unnail
-
verb (used with object),
to take out the nails from.
- Bonita
-
noun,
a female given name.
- abacus
-
noun,
a device for making arithmetic calculations, consisting of a frame set with rods on which balls or beads are moved.
- taunts
-
noun,
an insulting gibe or sarcasm; scornful reproach or challenge.
- tinct.
-
- tauto-
-
- uncoil
-
verb (used with or without object),
to unwind from a coiled position.
- bosuns
-
noun,
boatswain.
- ascots
-
noun,
a necktie or scarf with broad ends, tied and arranged so that the ends are laid flat, one across the other, sometimes with a pin to secure them.
- Uticas
-
noun,
an ancient city on the N coast of Africa, NW of Carthage.
- Caslon
-
noun,
William, 1692–1766, English type founder and designer.
- Toluca
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Mexico state, in S central Mexico.
- tincal
-
noun,
a former name for crude native borax.
- Anatol
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Greek word meaning “sunrise.”.
- bacons
-
noun,
the back and sides of the hog, salted and dried or smoked, usually sliced thin and fried for food.
- bonsai
-
noun,
a tree or shrub that has been dwarfed, as by pruning the roots and pinching, and is grown in a pot or other container and trained to produce a desired shape or effect.
- anatto
-
noun,
annatto.
- ticals
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Siam, equal to 100 satang: replaced in 1928 by the baht.
- asians
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Asia, or a person of Asian descent.
- Bosnia
-
noun,
a historic region in SE Europe: a former Turkish province; a part of Austria-Hungary (1879–1918) now part of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
- Altona
-
noun,
a metropolitan district of Hamburg, Germany: formerly an independent city.
- tolans
-
noun,
a crystalline, water-insoluble, solid, unsaturated compound, C 14 H 10 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- Antlia
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Air Pump, a small southern constellation between Vela and Hydra.
- banian
-
noun,
banyan.
- abulia
-
noun,
a symptom of mental disorder involving impairment or loss of volition.
- unbolt
-
verb (used with object),
to open (a door, window, etc.) by or as if by removing a bolt; unlock; unfasten.
- Asosan
-
noun,
a volcano in SW Japan, in central Kyushu. 5225 feet (1593 meters); crater 12 miles (19 km) across.
- actin-
-
- blunts
-
noun,
something blunt, as a small-game arrow, a short sewing needle, or a short, thick cigar.
- asonia
-
noun,
tone deafness.
- acious
-
- tainos
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- Tatius
-
noun,
a Sabine king who, following the rape of the Sabine women, attacked Rome and eventually ruled with Romulus.
- uncial
-
noun,
an uncial letter.
- Talbot
-
noun,
a hound with long pendent ears.
- acinus
-
noun,
Botany. one of the small drupelets or berries of an aggregate, baccate fruit, as the blackberry.
- Ancona
-
noun,
an altarpiece, usually consisting of a painted panel or panels, reliefs, or statues set in an elaborate frame.
- boasts
-
noun,
a thing boasted of; a cause for pride:
- Tainan
-
noun,
a city in SW Taiwan.
- bloats
-
noun,
Also called hoven. Veterinary Pathology. (in cattle, sheep, and horses) a distention of the rumen or paunch or of the large colon by gases of fermentation, caused by eating ravenously of green forage, especially legumes.
- actins
-
noun,
a globulin that is present in muscle plasma and that in connection with myosin plays an important role in muscle contraction.
- Tissot
-
noun,
James Joseph Jacques [zham zhaw-zef zhahk,, zheymz] /ʒam ʒɔˈzɛf ʒɑk,, ʒeɪmz/ (Show IPA), 1836–1902, French painter.
- action
-
noun,
the process or state of acting or of being active:
- balaos
-
noun,
a halfbeak, Hemiramphus balao, of tropical western Atlantic seas.
- taints
-
noun,
a trace of something bad, offensive, or harmful.
- scion
-
noun,
a descendant.
- scant
-
adverb,
Scot. and North England Dialect. scarcely; barely; hardly.
- Scot.
-
- scat-
-
- anion
-
noun,
a negatively charged ion, as one attracted to the anode in electrolysis.
- lauan
-
noun,
Philippine mahogany.
- linac
-
noun,
linear accelerator.
- Scout
-
noun,
a soldier, warship, airplane, etc., employed in reconnoitering.
- Linus
-
noun,
Saint, died a.d. 76? pope 67?–76?.
- anis-
-
- anils
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- annal
-
noun,
a record of events of a particular year:
- linns
-
noun,
a waterfall or torrent of rushing water in a river or stream.
- Ancon
-
noun,
the elbow.
- lints
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- Liana
-
noun,
any of various usually woody vines that may climb as high as the tree canopy in a tropical forest.
- scatt
-
noun,
scat5 .
- Anita
-
noun,
a female given name: Spanish form of Anna.
- SCOTS
-
noun,
Also called Scottish. the English language as spoken in Scotland.
Compare Scots Gaelic.
- Scott
-
noun,
Barbara Ann, 1928–2012, Canadian figure skater.
- Libau
-
noun,
German name of Liepāja.
- scats
-
noun,
scat singing.
- Linos
-
noun,
linoleum.
- touts
-
noun,
a person who solicits business, employment, support, or the like, importunately.
- lanas
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- annas
-
noun,
a former cupronickel coin of Pakistan, the 16th part of a rupee: last issued in 1960.
- situs
-
noun,
position; situation.
- antic
-
noun,
Usually, antics.
a playful trick or prank; caper.
a grotesque, fantastic, or ludicrous gesture, act, or posture.
- Sinan
-
noun,
1489?–1587, Turkish architect, especially of mosques.
- Sinas
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Sino-
-
- Sinon
-
noun,
a Greek, posing as a deserter, who persuaded the Trojans to take the Trojan Horse into their city.
- Sinus
-
noun,
a curve; bend.
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- SISAL
-
noun,
Also called sisal hemp. a fiber yielded by an agave, Agave sisalana, of Yucatán, used for making rope, rugs, etc.
- Ital.
-
- Anton
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Anthony.
- sito-
-
- tonus
-
noun,
a normal state of continuous slight tension in muscle tissue that facilitates its response to stimulation.
- slabs
-
noun,
a broad, flat, somewhat thick piece of stone, wood, or other solid material.
- silts
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- isbas
-
noun,
izba.
- slain
-
noun,
sley.
- Isaac
-
noun,
a son of Abraham and Sarah, and father of Jacob. Gen. 21:1–4.
- slant
-
noun,
slanting or oblique direction; slope:
- tonic
-
noun,
a medicine that invigorates or strengthens:
- iotas
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- Sloan
-
noun,
John, 1871–1951, U.S. painter.
- slobs
-
noun,
a slovenly or boorish person.
- slubs
-
noun,
the fibers produced by slubbing.
- sluit
-
noun,
(in South Africa) a deep, dry gulch or channel formed by erosion due to heavy rains.
- tonia
-
- tonal
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having tonality.
- sinal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving a sinus.
- Laban
-
noun,
the father of Leah and Rachel and the father-in-law of Jacob. Gen. 24:29; 29:16–30.
- annot
-
- sials
-
noun,
the assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and alumina, that comprise the continental portions of the upper layer of the earth's crust.
- annul
-
verb (used with object),
(especially of laws or other established rules, usages, etc.) to make void or null; abolish; cancel; invalidate:
- toti-
-
- Latin
-
noun,
an Italic language spoken in ancient Rome, fixed in the 2nd or 1st century b.c., and established as the official language of the Roman Empire. Abbreviation: L.
- lasts
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- SCUBA
-
noun,
a portable breathing device for free-swimming divers, consisting of a mouthpiece joined by hoses to one or two tanks of compressed air that are strapped on the back.
- lasso
-
noun,
a long rope or line of hide or other material with a running noose at one end, used for roping horses, cattle, etc.
- Lassa
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Lhasa.
- anoas
-
noun,
a small forest buffalo, Bubalus (Anoa) depressicornis, of the island of Celebes, having a brown coat and straight, sharp-tipped horns: an endangered species.
- anoia
-
noun,
extreme mental deficiency.
- scuta
-
noun,
plural of scutum.
- scuts
-
noun,
a short tail, especially that of a hare, rabbit, or deer.
- lansa
-
noun,
langsat.
- Tsana
-
noun,
Lake. Tana, Lake.
- labia
-
noun,
plural of labium.
- anon.
-
- Lanai
-
noun,
a veranda, especially a fully furnished one used as a living room.
- Laius
-
noun,
a king of Thebes, the husband of Jocasta and father of Oedipus: unwittingly killed by Oedipus.
- laics
-
noun,
one of the laity.
- Silas
-
noun,
a male given name.
- total
-
noun,
the total amount; sum; aggregate:
- ocul-
-
- Anson
-
noun,
a male given name.
- lact-
-
- silos
-
noun,
a structure, typically cylindrical, in which fodder or forage is kept.
- Tosca
-
noun,
an opera (1900) by Giacomo Puccini.
- antas
-
noun,
a privately supported organization, chartered by Congress in 1935, for the encouragement and advancement of professional and nonprofessional theater.
- anti-
-
- anat.
-
- botts
-
noun,
bot2 .
- lists
-
noun,
an enclosed arena for a tilting contest.
- Ninus
-
noun,
the legendary husband of Semiramis and founder of Nineveh.
- nona-
-
- noils
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- uncia
-
noun,
a bronze coin of ancient Rome, the 12th part of an as.
- NoibN
-
- noct-
-
- Sabin
-
noun,
Physics. a unit of sound absorption, equal to one square foot (929 square centimeters) of a perfectly absorptive surface.
- 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.
- sabot
-
noun,
a shoe made of a single block of wood hollowed out, worn especially by farmers and workers in the Netherlands, France, Belgium, etc.
- Acton
-
noun,
a quilted garment worn under mail in the 13th and 14th centuries; gambeson.
- actos
-
- niton
-
noun,
(formerly) radon. Symbol: Nt.
- nisus
-
noun,
an effort or striving toward a particular goal or attainment; impulse.
- Nisan
-
noun,
the seventh month of the Jewish calendar.
- Ninos
-
noun,
boy; child.
- UNCIO
-
- ulnas
-
noun,
Anatomy. the bone of the forearm on the side opposite to the thumb.
Compare radius (def 7).
- sails
-
noun,
an area of canvas or other fabric extended to the wind in such a way as to transmit the force of the wind to an assemblage of spars and rigging mounted firmly on a hull, raft, iceboat, etc., so as to drive it along.
- sains
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- ulans
-
noun,
uhlan.
- Salas
-
noun,
a large hall, living room, or reception room.
- naut.
-
- Natta
-
noun,
Giulio [joo-lyaw] /ˈdʒu lyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1903–79, Italian chemist and engineer: Nobel Prize in chemistry 1963.
- salat
-
noun,
prayers, said five times a day: the second of the Pillars of Islam.
- natl.
-
- TUNIS
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Tunisia, in the NE part.
- Natal
-
noun,
a province in the E part of the Republic of South Africa. 35,284 sq. mi. (91,886 sq. km). Capital: Pietermaritzburg.
- Salic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the Salian Franks.
- nonas
-
noun,
sleeping sickness (def 2).
- non-U
-
adjective,
not characteristic of or appropriate to the upper class, especially of Great Britain:
- alani
-
plural noun,
a nomadic Iranian people who flourished in the 2nd–4th centuries a.d. and are ancestors of the present-day Ossets.
- ossia
-
conjunction,
(indicating an alternative, usually easier, version of a passage in a musical score) or; or else.
- 30-30
-
- Utica
-
noun,
an ancient city on the N coast of Africa, NW of Carthage.
- octan
-
noun,
an octan fever.
- octal
-
noun,
octonary (def 6).
- octa-
-
- USSCt
-
- Ocala
-
noun,
a city in central Florida.
- USLTA
-
- obits
-
noun,
Informal. an obituary.
- ontic
-
adjective,
possessing the character of real rather than phenomenal existence; noumenal.
- Oscan
-
noun,
one of an ancient people of south-central Italy.
- oasts
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- oasis
-
noun,
a small fertile or green area in a desert region, usually having a spring or well.
- Ostia
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, SW of Rome: ruins from 4th century b.c.; site of ancient port of Rome.
- abuts
-
verb (used with object),
to be adjacent to; border on; end at.
- Aalst
-
noun,
Flemish name of Alost.
- Aalto
-
noun,
Alvar [ahl-vahr] /ˈɑl vɑr/ (Show IPA), 1898–1976, Finnish architect and furniture designer.
- until
-
conjunction,
up to the time that or when; till:
- Abaco
-
noun,
two islands (Great Abaco and Little Abaco) in the N Bahamas. 776 sq. mi. (2010 sq. km).
- ousts
-
verb (used with object),
to expel or remove from a place or position occupied:
- Unit.
-
- nuci-
-
- Union
-
noun,
the act of uniting two or more things.
- Nubia
-
noun,
a light, knitted woolen head scarf for women.
- aboil
-
adverb, adjective,
boiling:
- uncos
-
noun,
something extraordinary or unusual; a novelty.
- about
-
adverb,
near in time, number, degree, etc.; approximately:
- Abuna
-
noun,
the title of the chief bishop of the Ethiopian Church.
- Notus
-
noun,
the ancient Greek personification of the south wind.
- tunic
-
noun,
Chiefly British. a coat worn as part of a military or other uniform.
- Alans
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Celtic word meaning “harmony.”.
- scans
-
noun,
an act or instance of scanning; close examination.
- lotas
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- asco-
-
- tubas
-
noun,
Music.
a valved, brass wind instrument having a low range.
an organ reed stop of large scale with tones of exceptional power.
an ancient Roman trumpet.
- Santo
-
noun,
a carved figure of a saint, usually of wood, as from Puerto Rico, Mexico, or the southwestern U.S.
- Alta.
-
- Altai
-
noun,
a territory of the Russian Federation in central Asia. 101,000 sq. mi. (261,700 sq. km). Capital: Barnaul.
- sasin
-
noun,
blackbuck.
- louts
-
noun,
an awkward, stupid person; clumsy, ill-mannered boor; oaf.
- Satan
-
noun,
the chief evil spirit; the great adversary of humanity; the devil.
- alti-
-
- Louis
-
noun,
louis d'or.
- Lotus
-
noun,
a plant believed to be a jujube or elm, referred to in Greek legend as yielding a fruit that induced a state of dreamy and contented forgetfulness in those who ate it.
- Lotta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Charlotte.
- lotic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or living in flowing water.
- 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.
- Lucas
-
noun,
George, born 1944, U.S. film director.
- alto-
-
- satis
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- Sauls
-
noun,
the first king of Israel. I Sam. 9.
- Sault
-
noun,
a waterfall or rapid.
- Alton
-
noun,
a city in SW Illinois.
- locus
-
noun,
a place; locality.
- sauna
-
noun,
a bath that uses dry heat to induce perspiration, and in which steam is produced by pouring water on heated stones.
- tubal
-
adjective,
pertaining to a tube, as a Fallopian tube.
- lobus
-
noun,
a lobe.
- Altus
-
noun,
a city in SW Oklahoma.
- loans
-
noun,
the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something:
- scabs
-
noun,
the incrustation that forms over a sore or wound during healing.
- anal.
-
- litas
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Lithuania, equal to 100 centai.
- tubi-
-
- Lucia
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “light.”.
- naso-
-
- Nabis
-
- Alas.
-
- Tunas
-
noun,
any of several large food and game fishes of the family Scombridae, inhabiting temperate and tropical seas.
Compare albacore, bluefin tuna, yellowfin tuna.
- Nasca
-
adjective,
Nazca.
- Alban
-
noun,
Saint, 3rd century a.d, first English martyr.
- nasal
-
noun,
Phonetics. a nasal speech sound.
- salon
-
noun,
a drawing room or reception room in a large house.
- nano-
-
- nanas
-
noun,
Chiefly Northeastern U.S. grandmother; grandma.
- salsa
-
noun,
a lively, vigorous type of contemporary Latin American popular music, blending predominantly Cuban rhythms with elements of jazz, rock, and soul music.
- nails
-
noun,
a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
- Salta
-
noun,
a game for two, resembling Chinese checkers, played on a board with 100 squares.
- albas
-
noun,
a Provençal troubadour poem or love song, typically about the parting of lovers at dawn.
- Tulsa
-
noun,
a city in NE Oklahoma: center of a rich oil-producing region.
- Nabal
-
noun,
a wealthy Calebite, husband of Abigail, who refused rightful tribute to King David for protecting Nabal's flocks. I Sam. 25.
- Alost
-
noun,
a city in central Belgium, NW of Brussels.
- Salto
-
noun,
a city in NW Uruguay, on the Uruguay River.
- salts
-
noun,
a crystalline compound, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring as a mineral, a constituent of seawater, etc., and used for seasoning food, as a preservative, etc.
- Salus
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess of health and prosperity: identified with the Greek goddess Hygeia.
- Luton
-
noun,
a city in Bedfordshire, S central England, NW of London.
- Alcon
-
noun,
a noted archer who helped Hercules abduct the cattle of Geryon.
- alias
-
noun,
a false name used to conceal one's identity; an assumed name:
- lusts
-
noun,
intense sexual desire or appetite.
- sanit
-
- lunts
-
noun,
a match; the flame used to light a fire.
- Sans.
-
- alist
-
adjective,
inclined to one side; heeling or listing.
- Aloin
-
noun,
an intensely bitter, crystalline, water-soluble powder composed of the active principles of and obtained from aloe, used chiefly as a purgative.
- lunas
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess personifying the moon, sometimes identified with Diana.
- Santa
-
noun,
Santa Claus.
- Lucan
-
noun,
(Marcus Annaeus Lucanus) a.d. 39–65, Roman poet, born in Spain.
- sluts
-
noun,
Disparaging and Offensive. a sexually promiscuous woman, or a woman who behaves or dresses in an overtly sexual way.
- ascon
-
noun,
a type of sponge having an oval shape and a thin body wall with pores leading directly into the spongocoel.
- BALUN
-
noun,
a device for converting a balanced line into an unbalanced line and vice versa.
- taint
-
noun,
a trace of something bad, offensive, or harmful.
- stilt
-
noun,
one of two poles, each with a support for the foot at some distance above the bottom end, enabling the wearer to walk with his or her feet above the ground.
- balon
-
noun,
ballon.
- stint
-
noun,
a period of time spent doing something:
- balsa
-
noun,
a tropical American tree, Ochroma pyramidale (lagopus), of the bombax family, yielding an exceedingly light wood used for life preservers, rafts, toy airplanes, etc.
- Blunt
-
noun,
something blunt, as a small-game arrow, a short sewing needle, or a short, thick cigar.
- clout
-
noun,
a blow, especially with the hand; cuff:
- clots
-
noun,
a mass or lump.
- stoas
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- Balt.
-
- Stoat
-
noun,
the ermine, Mustela erminea, especially when in brown summer pelage.
- 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.
- ta-ta
-
interjection,
goodbye.
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Clint
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Clinton.
- banal
-
adjective,
devoid of freshness or originality; hackneyed; trite:
- stobs
-
noun,
a post, stump, or stake.
- Banat
-
noun,
a fertile low-lying region extending through parts of Hungary, Romania, and Serbia.
- clast
-
noun,
a grain of sediment, silt, sand, gravel, etc., especially as a constituent fragment of a clastic rock formation, as distinguished from a chemical or biogenic component of such a formation.
- Tasso
-
noun,
Torquato [tawr-kwah-taw] /tɔrˈkwɑ tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1544–95, Italian poet.
- clans
-
noun,
a group of families or households, as among the Scottish Highlanders, the heads of which claim descent from a common ancestor:
- Stoic
-
noun,
a member or adherent of the Stoic school of philosophy.
- Banco
-
noun,
a declaration made by a bettor in certain gambling games, as baccarat and chemin de fer, indicating a bet matching the full amount in the bank, to the exclusion of all previous lower bets: often used as an interjection.
- cists
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- Cabal
-
noun,
a small group of secret plotters, as against a government or person in authority.
- cions
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- stilb
-
noun,
a unit of luminance, equal to one candle per square centimeter.
- Balas
-
noun,
a rose-red variety of spinel.
- BANCS
-
noun,
the seat on which judges sit in court.
- Bacon
-
noun,
the back and sides of the hog, salted and dried or smoked, usually sliced thin and fried for food.
- BLitt
-
- Colin
-
noun,
any of several American quails, especially the bobwhite.
- colat
-
- talcs
-
noun,
Also, talcum [tal-kuh m] /ˈtæl kəm/ (Show IPA). a green-to-gray, soft mineral, hydrous magnesium silicate, Mg 3 (Si 4 O 10)(OH) 2 , unctuous to the touch, and occurring usually in foliated or compact masses, used in making lubricants, talcum powder, electrical insulation, etc.
- stat.
-
- coins
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- tilts
-
noun,
an act or instance of tilting.
- coils
-
noun,
a connected series of spirals or rings into which a rope or the like is wound.
- boils
-
noun,
the act or an instance of boiling.
- Bacau
-
noun,
a city in E Romania.
- boats
-
noun,
a vessel for transport by water, constructed to provide buoyancy by excluding water and shaped to give stability and permit propulsion.
- boast
-
noun,
a thing boasted of; a cause for pride:
- cobia
-
noun,
a large, fusiform fish, Rachycentron canadum, found off the eastern coast of temperate and tropical America, in the East Indies, and in Japan.
- suint
-
noun,
the natural grease of the wool of sheep, consisting of a mixture of fatty matter and potassium salts, used as a source of potash and in the preparation of ointments.
- bact.
-
- tical
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Siam, equal to 100 satang: replaced in 1928 by the baht.
- bails
-
noun,
property or money given as surety that a person released from custody will return at an appointed time.
- Coats
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- 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.
- stats
-
noun,
Also, 'stat. thermostat.
- baits
-
noun,
food, or some substitute, used as a lure in fishing, trapping, etc.
- coast
-
noun,
the land next to the sea; seashore:
- Taino
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- coals
-
noun,
a black or dark-brown combustible mineral substance consisting of carbonized vegetable matter, used as a fuel.
Compare anthracite, bituminous coal, lignite.
- taunt
-
noun,
an insulting gibe or sarcasm; scornful reproach or challenge.
- Balao
-
noun,
a halfbeak, Hemiramphus balao, of tropical western Atlantic seas.
- coala
-
noun,
koala.
- stola
-
noun,
a long, loose tunic or robe, with or without sleeves, worn by women of ancient Rome.
- talas
-
noun,
a repeated rhythmic pattern of stressed and unstressed beats played on a percussion instrument in Indian music.
- tails
-
noun,
tail1 (def 6).
- canto
-
noun,
one of the main or larger divisions of a long poem.
- Baton
-
noun,
Music. a wand used by a conductor.
- batts
-
noun,
a sheet of matted cotton, wool, or synthetic fibers.
- tanna
-
noun,
one of a group of Jewish scholars, active in Palestine during the 1st and 2nd centuries a.d., whose teachings are found chiefly in the Mishnah.
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- casas
-
noun,
Bartolomé de las [bahr-taw-law-me th e lahs] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ ðɛ lɑs/ (Show IPA), Las Casas, Bartolomé de.
- Bicol
-
noun,
Bikol.
- Talca
-
noun,
a city in central Chile.
- binal
-
adjective,
double; twofold.
- talus
-
noun,
the uppermost bone of the proximal row of bones of the tarsus; anklebone.
- cants
-
noun,
insincere, especially conventional expressions of enthusiasm for high ideals, goodness, or piety.
- bints
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a woman or girl.
- Talos
-
noun,
a man of brass made by Hephaestus for Minos as a guardian of Crete.
- canal
-
noun,
an artificial waterway for navigation, irrigation, etc.
- blats
-
noun,
bleat (def 4).
- biol.
-
- biont
-
- talon
-
noun,
a claw, especially of a bird of prey.
- Cant.
-
- canst
-
noun,
a sealed container for food, beverages, etc., as of aluminum, sheet iron coated with tin, or other metal:
- Canna
-
noun,
any of various tropical plants of the genus Canna, cultivated for their large, usually brightly colored leaves and showy flowers.
- Biota
-
noun,
the animals, plants, fungi, etc., of a region or period.
- Canso
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in SE Canada, the NE extremity of Nova Scotia.
- bison
-
noun,
Also called American bison, American buffalo. a North American, oxlike ruminant, Bison bison, having a large head and high, humped shoulders: formerly common in North America, its small remaining population in isolated western areas of the U.S. and Canada is now protected.
- Blanc
-
noun,
a silver coin of France of the 14th–18th centuries, debased in later years.
- Canon
-
noun,
an ecclesiastical rule or law enacted by a council or other competent authority and, in the Roman Catholic Church, approved by the pope.
- Blain
-
noun,
an inflammatory swelling or sore.
- bisso
-
noun,
bis2 .
- Batna
-
noun,
a city in NE Algeria.
- stunt
-
noun,
a stop or hindrance in growth or development.
- Blois
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Loire-et-Cher, in central France, on the Loire River: historic castle.
- tanto
-
adverb,
(of a musical direction) too much; so much.
- 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.
- Stout
-
noun,
a dark, sweet brew made of roasted malt and having a higher percentage of hops than porter.
- bania
-
noun,
banyan (def 2).
- banns
-
noun,
notice of an intended marriage, given three times in the parish church of each of the betrothed.
- Banon
-
noun,
a small, round goat cheese from Provence, France, that is dipped in brandy before being wrapped in chestnut leaves.
- cabin
-
noun,
a small house or cottage, usually of simple design and construction:
- caus.
-
- Cabot
-
noun,
John (Giovanni Caboto) c1450–98? Italian navigator in the service of England: discoverer of North American mainland 1497.
- bloat
-
noun,
Also called hoven. Veterinary Pathology. (in cattle, sheep, and horses) a distention of the rumen or paunch or of the large colon by gases of fermentation, caused by eating ravenously of green forage, especially legumes.
- cauls
-
noun,
a part of the amnion sometimes covering the head of a child at birth.
- Bantu
-
noun,
a member of any of several peoples forming a linguistically and in some respects culturally interrelated family in central and southern Africa.
- subst
-
- basal
-
adjective,
of, at, or forming the base.
- basts
-
noun,
Botany. phloem.
- BASIC
-
noun,
Military.
basic training.
a soldier or airman receiving basic training.
- Basil
-
noun,
any of several aromatic herbs belonging to the genus Ocimum, of the mint family, as O. basilicum (sweet basil) having purplish-green ovate leaves used in cooking.
- cains
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- stuns
-
noun,
the act of stunning.
- basin
-
noun,
a circular container with a greater width than depth, becoming smaller toward the bottom, used chiefly to hold water or other liquid, especially for washing.
- basis
-
noun,
the bottom or base of anything; the part on which something stands or rests.
- bason
-
noun,
a basin.
- Bliss
-
noun,
supreme happiness; utter joy or contentment:
- Basso
-
noun,
a person who sings bass; a bass.
- Tanta
-
noun,
a city in N Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- basta
-
interjection,
enough; stop.
- Caius
-
noun,
Saint, died a.d. 296, pope 283–296.
- cata-
-
- Stans
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Nidwalden, in central Switzerland.
- Colas
-
noun,
a carbonated soft drink containing an extract made from kola nuts, together with sweeteners and other flavorings.
- bitts
-
noun,
Also called bollard. a strong post of wood or iron projecting, usually in pairs, above the deck of a ship, used for securing cables, lines for towing, etc.
- cutin
-
noun,
a transparent, waxy substance constituting, together with cellulose, the cuticle of plants.
- tacos
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- solan
-
noun,
a gannet.
- toils
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- assai
-
noun,
any of several slender Brazilian palms of the genus Euterpe, especially E. edulis, a species bearing a purple fruit from which a beverage is made by infusion.
- bonus
-
noun,
something given or paid over and above what is due.
- Solti
-
noun,
Sir Georg [gey-awrg,, jawrj] /ˈgeɪ ɔrg,, dʒɔrdʒ/ (Show IPA), 1912–97, British orchestra conductor, born in Hungary.
- Susan
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Susanna or Susannah.
- solus
-
adjective,
(referring to a man) alone; by oneself (used formerly in stage directions).
- assn.
-
- cutis
-
noun,
the true skin, consisting of the dermis and the epidermis.
- asst.
-
- snubs
-
noun,
an act or instance of snubbing.
- Conan
-
noun,
a male given name.
- cunts
-
noun,
the vulva or vagina.
- Aston
-
noun,
Francis William, 1877–1945, English physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1922.
- Cunas
-
noun,
a member of a group of American Indian people inhabiting settlements on the Isthmus of Panama and islands in the Gulf of San Blas.
- Bonns
-
noun,
a city in W Germany, on the Rhine: seat of the government; former capital of West Germany.
- Sonia
-
noun,
a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.
- Tobit
-
noun,
a book of the Apocrypha.
- sonic
-
adjective,
of or relating to sound.
- Tobin
-
noun,
James, 1918–2002, U.S. economist: Nobel prize 1981.
- sunns
-
noun,
a tall East Indian shrub, Crotalaria juncea, of the legume family, having slender branches and yellow flowers, and an inner bark that yields a hemplike fiber used for making ropes, sacking, etc.
- soils
-
noun,
the portion of the earth's surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus.
- icons
-
- cubas
-
noun,
a republic in the Caribbean, S of Florida: largest island in the West Indies. 44,218 sq. mi. (114,525 sq. km). Capital: Havana.
- snail
-
noun,
any mollusk of the class Gastropoda, having a spirally coiled shell and a ventral muscular foot on which it slowly glides about.
- Ascus
-
noun,
the sac in ascomycetes in which the sexual spores are formed.
- tacit
-
adjective,
understood without being openly expressed; implied:
- Boult
-
noun,
Sir Adrian Cedric, 1889–1983, English conductor.
- inst.
-
- tolas
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India: the government tola is 180 ser and equals 180 grains (11.7 grams), the weight of a silver rupee.
- Asian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Asia, or a person of Asian descent.
- botas
-
noun,
Also called bota bag. a wine bag of Spain made of untanned goatskin and usually holding 1–2 liters (1.1–2.2 quarts).
- tabla
-
noun,
a small drum or pair of drums of India tuned to different pitches and played with the hands.
- insol
-
- tabis
-
noun,
a covering for the foot, similar to a sock, having a separate pouchlike stall for the large toe, worn especially in Japan, often with zoris.
- Inonu
-
noun,
Ismet [is-met] /ɪsˈmɛt/ (Show IPA), (Ismet Paşa) 1884–1973, president of Turkey 1938–50; prime minister 1923–24, 1925–37, 1961–65.
- ictus
-
noun,
Prosody. rhythmical or metrical stress.
- snibs
-
noun,
a bolt, catch, lock, or fastening on a door or window.
- in-lb
-
- incus
-
noun,
Anatomy. the middle one of a chain of three small bones in the middle ear of humans and other mammals.
Compare malleus, stapes.
- incl.
-
- 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.
- snits
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- snobs
-
noun,
a person who imitates, cultivates, or slavishly admires social superiors and is condescending or overbearing to others.
- tolan
-
noun,
a crystalline, water-insoluble, solid, unsaturated compound, C 14 H 10 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- bosun
-
noun,
boatswain.
- snots
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- snout
-
noun,
the part of an animal's head projecting forward and containing the nose and jaws; muzzle.
- cubit
-
noun,
an ancient linear unit based on the length of the forearm, from elbow to the tip of the middle finger, usually from 17 to 21 inches (43 to 53 cm).
- built
-
noun,
the physical structure, especially of a person; physique; figure:
- Sunni
-
noun,
Also called Sunnite. a member of one of the two great religious divisions of Islam, regarding the first four caliphs as legitimate successors of Muhammad and stressing the importance of Sunna as a basis for law.
Compare Shiʿite.
- aulos
-
noun,
an ancient Greek wind instrument, a double pipe played with a double reed.
- Costa
-
noun,
a rib or riblike part.
- Bunns
-
noun,
bun1 (def 1).
- Sunna
-
noun,
the traditional portion of Muslim law, based on the words and acts of Muhammad, and preserved in the traditional literature.
- CONUS
-
noun,
the most anterior part of the simple tubular heart of lower vertebrates and embryos of higher vertebrates, leading into the artery that leaves the heart; in mammals it forms a part of the upper wall of the right ventricle, in which the pulmonary artery originates.
- Titos
-
noun,
Marshal (Josip Broz) 1891–1980, president of Yugoslavia 1953–80.
- atto-
-
- bunco
-
noun,
bunko.
- cont.
-
- aulic
-
adjective,
of or relating to a royal court.
- Aulis
-
noun,
a port in ancient Boeotia, in E central Greece: the Greek fleet set out from here for Troy during the Trojan War.
- bunts
-
noun,
a push with the head or horns; butt.
- costs
-
noun,
the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
- Aust.
-
- Const
-
- bolas
-
noun,
bola (def 1).
- auto.
-
- Cons.
-
- tious
-
- conns
-
noun,
responsibility for the steering of a ship.
- Conn.
-
- busts
-
noun,
a sculptured, painted, drawn, or engraved representation of the upper part of the human figure, especially a portrait sculpture showing only the head and shoulders of the subject.
- tints
-
noun,
a color or a variety of a color; hue.
- Attic
-
noun,
the part of a building, especially of a house, directly under a roof; garret.
- bolts
-
noun,
a movable bar or rod that when slid into a socket fastens a door, gate, etc.
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- Sousa
-
noun,
John Philip, 1854–1932, U.S. band conductor and composer.
- bolus
-
noun,
Pharmacology, Veterinary Medicine. a round mass of medicinal material, larger than an ordinary pill. Abbreviation: bol.
- stabs
-
noun,
the act of stabbing.
- atilt
-
adjective, adverb,
with a tilt or inclination; tilted:
- tacts
-
noun,
a keen sense of what to say or do to avoid giving offense; skill in dealing with difficult or delicate situations.
- ATLAS
-
noun,
a bound collection of maps.
- Count
-
noun,
the act of counting; enumeration; reckoning; calculation:
- ation
-
- toast
-
noun,
sliced bread that has been browned by dry heat.
- Titus
-
noun,
a disciple and companion of the apostle Paul, to whom Paul is supposed to have addressed an Epistle.
- cotta
-
noun,
a surplice.
- Bunin
-
noun,
Ivan Alekseevich [ee-vahn uh-lyi-ksye-yi-vyich] /iˈvɑn ʌ lyɪˈksyɛ yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1870–1953, Russian poet and novelist: Nobel Prize 1933.
- Soult
-
noun,
Nicolas Jean de Dieu [nee-kaw-lah zhahn duh dyœ] /ni kɔˈlɑ ʒɑ̃ də dyœ/ (Show IPA), (Duke of Dalmatia) 1769–1851, French marshal.
- tabs
-
noun,
a small flap, strap, loop, or similar appendage, as on a garment, used for pulling, hanging, or decoration.
- Utas
-
noun,
any of several iguanid lizards of the genus Uta, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico.
- suit
-
noun,
a set of clothing, armor, or the like, intended for wear together.
- tab.
-
- tabi
-
noun,
a covering for the foot, similar to a sock, having a separate pouchlike stall for the large toe, worn especially in Japan, often with zoris.
- USTC
-
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- oust
-
verb (used with object),
to expel or remove from a place or position occupied:
- sunn
-
noun,
a tall East Indian shrub, Crotalaria juncea, of the legume family, having slender branches and yellow flowers, and an inner bark that yields a hemplike fiber used for making ropes, sacking, etc.
- outs
-
noun,
a means of escape or excuse, as from a place, punishment, retribution, responsibility, etc.:
- tact
-
noun,
a keen sense of what to say or do to avoid giving offense; skill in dealing with difficult or delicate situations.
- Sacs
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- Tala
-
noun,
a repeated rhythmic pattern of stressed and unstressed beats played on a percussion instrument in Indian music.
- subs
-
noun,
a submarine.
- ulto
-
- uni-
-
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- osis
-
- oils
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- unto
-
preposition,
to (in its various uses, except as the accompaniment of the infinitive).
- USCA
-
- Saba
-
noun,
an island in the Netherlands Antilles, in the N Leeward Islands. 5 sq. mi. (13 sq. km).
- USIA
-
- onus
-
noun,
a difficult or disagreeable obligation, task, burden, etc.
- taco
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- Ont.
-
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- OSSA
-
noun,
plural of os1 .
- Susa
-
noun,
a ruined city in W Iran: the capital of ancient Elam; palaces of Darius and Artaxerxes I; stele containing the Code of Hammurabi discovered here.
- Olin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Saco
-
noun,
a city in SW Maine.
- talc
-
noun,
Also, talcum [tal-kuh m] /ˈtæl kəm/ (Show IPA). a green-to-gray, soft mineral, hydrous magnesium silicate, Mg 3 (Si 4 O 10)(OH) 2 , unctuous to the touch, and occurring usually in foliated or compact masses, used in making lubricants, talcum powder, electrical insulation, etc.
- USIS
-
- Sab.
-
- Taal
-
noun,
Afrikaans (usually preceded by the).
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- USNA
-
- USSB
-
- out-
-
- otic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ear; auricular.
- unco
-
noun,
something extraordinary or unusual; a novelty.
- tail
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- stob
-
noun,
a post, stump, or stake.
- sail
-
noun,
an area of canvas or other fabric extended to the wind in such a way as to transmit the force of the wind to an assemblage of spars and rigging mounted firmly on a hull, raft, iceboat, etc., so as to drive it along.
- silo
-
noun,
a structure, typically cylindrical, in which fodder or forage is kept.
- Sola
-
noun,
an Indian shrub, Aeschynomene aspera, of the legume family, the pith of which is used for making helmets.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- soln
-
- sols
-
noun,
the syllable used for the fifth tone of a diatonic scale.
- silt
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- toss
-
noun,
an act or instance of tossing.
- tost
-
noun,
an act or instance of tossing.
- toil
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- sics
-
adverb,
so; thus: usually written parenthetically to denote that a word, phrase, passage, etc., that may appear strange or incorrect has been written intentionally or has been quoted verbatim: (sic).
- soil
-
noun,
the portion of the earth's surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus.
- sibs
-
noun,
a kinsman; relative.
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- Soni
-
- sial
-
noun,
the assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and alumina, that comprise the continental portions of the upper layer of the earth's crust.
- Tob.
-
- sots
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- scut
-
noun,
a short tail, especially that of a hare, rabbit, or deer.
- Soul
-
noun,
the principle of life, feeling, thought, and action in humans, regarded as a distinct entity separate from the body, and commonly held to be separable in existence from the body; the spiritual part of humans as distinct from the physical part.
- stab
-
noun,
the act of stabbing.
- Sol.
-
- tola
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India: the government tola is 180 ser and equals 180 grains (11.7 grams), the weight of a silver rupee.
- tits
-
noun,
a titmouse.
- slat
-
noun,
a long thin, narrow strip of wood, metal, etc., used as a support for a bed, as one of the horizontal laths of a Venetian blind, etc.
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- tabu
-
noun,
a prohibition or interdiction of anything; exclusion from use or practice:
Synonyms: ban, proscription, embargo, interdiction; no-no.
- slut
-
noun,
Disparaging and Offensive. a sexually promiscuous woman, or a woman who behaves or dresses in an overtly sexual way.
- slub
-
noun,
the fibers produced by slubbing.
- slot
-
noun,
a narrow, elongated depression, groove, notch, slit, or aperture, especially a narrow opening for receiving or admitting something, as a coin or a letter.
- slob
-
noun,
a slovenly or boorish person.
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- SLIC
-
- snib
-
noun,
a bolt, catch, lock, or fastening on a door or window.
- sobs
-
noun,
the act of sobbing; a convulsive catching of the breath in weeping.
- tonn
-
- slab
-
noun,
a broad, flat, somewhat thick piece of stone, wood, or other solid material.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- snob
-
noun,
a person who imitates, cultivates, or slavishly admires social superiors and is condescending or overbearing to others.
- situ
-
noun,
in situ.
- sits
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- SCSI
-
noun,
a standard for computer interface ports featuring faster data transmission and greater flexibility than normal ports.
- tots
-
noun,
a small child.
- ulna
-
noun,
Anatomy. the bone of the forearm on the side opposite to the thumb.
Compare radius (def 7).
- sals
-
noun,
salt1 .
- TASS
-
noun,
a cup or small goblet, especially an ornamental one.
- stot
-
noun,
a springing gait of certain bovids, as gazelles and antelopes, used especially when running in alarm from a predator.
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- tuis
-
noun,
a black New Zealand honey eater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, having a patch of white feathers on each side of the throat, sometimes tamed as a pet.
- Tula
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, S of Moscow.
- stub
-
noun,
a short projecting part.
- stun
-
noun,
the act of stunning.
- SALT
-
noun,
a crystalline compound, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring as a mineral, a constituent of seawater, etc., and used for seasoning food, as a preservative, etc.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- tuna
-
noun,
any of several large food and game fishes of the family Scombridae, inhabiting temperate and tropical seas.
Compare albacore, bluefin tuna, yellowfin tuna.
- sub-
-
- Tana
-
noun,
thana.
- tuns
-
noun,
a large cask for holding liquids, especially wine, ale, or beer.
- tuts
-
noun,
an exclamation of “tut.”.
- Ulan
-
noun,
uhlan.
- sala
-
noun,
a large hall, living room, or reception room.
- Sais
-
noun,
an ancient city in N Egypt, on the Nile delta: an ancient capital of Lower Egypt.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- STOL
-
noun,
a convertiplane that can become airborne after a short takeoff run and has forward speeds comparable to those of conventional aircraft.
- Sat.
-
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- tils
-
noun,
the sesame plant.
- Tito
-
noun,
Marshal (Josip Broz) 1891–1980, president of Yugoslavia 1953–80.
- Tit.
-
- scil
-
- sci.
-
- Toul
-
noun,
a fortress town in NE France, on the Moselle: siege 1870. 16,832.
- tion
-
- tout
-
noun,
a person who solicits business, employment, support, or the like, importunately.
- tint
-
noun,
a color or a variety of a color; hue.
- tilt
-
noun,
an act or instance of tilting.
- SCAN
-
noun,
an act or instance of scanning; close examination.
- SATB
-
- tics
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- Tuba
-
noun,
Music.
a valved, brass wind instrument having a low range.
an organ reed stop of large scale with tones of exceptional power.
an ancient Roman trumpet.
- scab
-
noun,
the incrustation that forms over a sore or wound during healing.
- SBLI
-
- SBIC
-
- Saul
-
noun,
the first king of Israel. I Sam. 9.
- 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.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- tats
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do, or make by, tatting.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- LASS
-
noun,
a girl or young woman, especially one who is unmarried.
- Oct.
-
- Baal
-
noun,
any of numerous local deities among the ancient Semitic peoples, typifying the productive forces of nature and worshiped with much sensuality.
- Bais
-
noun,
a yellow mist occurring in eastern China and Japan during the spring and fall, caused by dust from the interior of China.
- iana
-
- Bail
-
noun,
property or money given as surety that a person released from custody will return at an appointed time.
- IATA
-
- Iban
-
noun,
Also called Sea Dayak. a member of any of several Dayak tribes of Sarawak.
- baas
-
noun,
the bleating cry of a sheep.
- Ibos
-
noun,
a member of an indigenous black people of southeastern Nigeria, renowned as traders and for their art.
- ical
-
- bal.
-
- ICAO
-
- aut-
-
- Aus.
-
- Inc.
-
- 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.
- aunt
-
noun,
the sister of one's father or mother.
- inns
-
noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- bait
-
noun,
food, or some substitute, used as a lure in fishing, trapping, etc.
- cuss
-
noun,
curse word; oath.
- int.
-
- bani
-
noun,
plural of ban4 .
- Cost
-
noun,
the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
- Baul
-
noun,
a member of a nonconformist Bengalese sect having gurus but no dogmas, rituals, religious institutions, or scriptures.
- batt
-
noun,
a sheet of matted cotton, wool, or synthetic fibers.
- Bast
-
noun,
Botany. phloem.
- Bass
-
noun,
the bass part.
- BASc
-
- bant
-
verb (used without object),
to lose weight by practicing Bantingism.
- banc
-
noun,
the seat on which judges sit in court.
- cunt
-
noun,
the vulva or vagina.
- cts.
-
- bals
-
noun,
Balmoral (def 2).
- Bali
-
noun,
an island in Indonesia, E of Java. 2147 sq. mi. (5561 sq. km). Capital: Singaraja.
- Cuba
-
noun,
a republic in the Caribbean, S of Florida: largest island in the West Indies. 44,218 sq. mi. (114,525 sq. km). Capital: Havana.
- Bala
-
noun,
Bilhah.
- cult
-
noun,
a particular system of religious worship, especially with reference to its rites and ceremonies.
- Cuna
-
noun,
a member of a group of American Indian people inhabiting settlements on the Isthmus of Panama and islands in the Gulf of San Blas.
- ins.
-
- intl
-
- Bias
-
noun,
a particular tendency, trend, inclination, feeling, or opinion, especially one that is preconceived or unreasoned:
- Lani
-
- asci
-
noun,
plural of ascus.
- lacs
-
noun,
a resinous substance deposited on the twigs of various trees in southern Asia by the female of the lac insect: used in the manufacture of varnishes, sealing wax, etc., and in the production of a red coloring matter.
Compare shellac (defs 1, 2).
- laic
-
noun,
one of the laity.
- lain
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- asc-
-
- LAIS
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- Lana
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- Asat
-
noun,
(in Vedic mythology) the realm of nonexistence, populated by demons.
Compare sat2 (def 1).
- Asia
-
noun,
a continent bounded by Europe and the Arctic, Pacific, and Indian oceans. About 16,000,000 sq. mi. (41,440,000 sq. km).
- Laon
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Aisne, in N France, E of Paris.
- Laos
-
noun,
a country in SE Asia: formerly part of French Indochina. 91,500 sq. mi. (236,985 sq. km). Capital: Vientiane.
- lasa
-
noun,
Lhasa.
- last
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- Lat.
-
- lats
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Latvia, equal to 100 santimi.
- anus
-
noun,
the opening at the lower end of the alimentary canal, through which the solid refuse of digestion is excreted.
- Lab.
-
- asis
-
- 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.
- isba
-
noun,
izba.
- Attu
-
noun,
the westernmost of the Aleutian Islands: Japanese occupation 1942–43.
- attn
-
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- 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 = .
- 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.
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- ious
-
- ISBN
-
- bout
-
noun,
a contest or trial of strength, as of boxing.
- isls
-
- iso-
-
- ISSN
-
- Atli
-
noun,
Attila, king of the Huns: represented in the Volsunga Saga as the brother of Brynhild and the second husband of Gudrun, whose brothers he killed in order to get the Nibelung treasure.
- atic
-
- att.
-
- itol
-
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- coss
-
noun,
kos.
- Con.
-
- ANTA
-
noun,
a privately supported organization, chartered by Congress in 1935, for the encouragement and advancement of professional and nonprofessional theater.
- bola
-
noun,
Also, bolas. a weapon consisting of two or more heavy balls secured to the ends of one or more strong cords, hurled by the Indians and gauchos of southern South America to entangle the legs of cattle and other animals.
- bus.
-
- buss
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
kiss.
- Bust
-
noun,
a sculptured, painted, drawn, or engraved representation of the upper part of the human figure, especially a portrait sculpture showing only the head and shoulders of the subject.
- but-
-
- buts
-
noun,
buts, reservations or objections:
- Butt
-
noun,
the end or extremity of anything, especially the thicker, larger, or blunt end considered as a bottom, base, support, or handle, as of a log, fishing rod, or pistol.
- Bolt
-
noun,
a movable bar or rod that when slid into a socket fastens a door, gate, etc.
- Bol.
-
- Bunn
-
noun,
bun1 (def 1).
- boil
-
noun,
the act or an instance of boiling.
- boat
-
noun,
a vessel for transport by water, constructed to provide buoyancy by excluding water and shaped to give stability and permit propulsion.
- Boas
-
noun,
Franz [frahnts] /frɑnts/ (Show IPA), 1858–1942, U.S. anthropologist, born in Germany.
- Cain
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- Cal.
-
- CALS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Calvin.
- Can.
-
- bunt
-
noun,
a push with the head or horns; butt.
- Buna
-
- Casa
-
noun,
a house.
- BSNA
-
- BSIT
-
- BSLS
-
- boun
-
verb (used with or without object),
to prepare; make ready.
- bott
-
noun,
bot2 .
- bots
-
noun,
a disease affecting various mammals, especially horses, caused by the attachment of the parasitic larvae of botflies to the stomach of the host.
- bota
-
noun,
Also called bota bag. a wine bag of Spain made of untanned goatskin and usually holding 1–2 liters (1.1–2.2 quarts).
- bot.
-
- BOSS
-
noun,
a person who employs or superintends workers; manager.
- Bona
-
noun,
Bône, the former name of Annaba.
- BSOT
-
- BSSA
-
- Bosc
-
noun,
a large, greenish-yellow variety of pear.
- bons
-
noun,
Cape, a cape on the NE coast of Tunisia: surrender of the German African forces, May 12, 1943.
- btl.
-
- Bonn
-
noun,
a city in W Germany, on the Rhine: seat of the government; former capital of West Germany.
- 1080
-
- bul.
-
- Cana
-
noun,
an ancient town in N Israel, in Galilee: scene of Jesus' first miracle. John 2:1, 11.
- Cass
-
noun,
Lewis, 1782–1866, U.S. statesman.
- COLT
-
noun,
a young male animal of the horse family.
- coat
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- club
-
noun,
a heavy stick, usually thicker at one end than at the other, suitable for use as a weapon; a cudgel.
- BIOS
-
noun,
computer firmware that directs many basic functions of the operating system, as booting and keyboard control.
- Bion
-
noun,
flourished c100 b.c, Greek pastoral poet.
- bio-
-
- bint
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a woman or girl.
- Cnut
-
noun,
Canute.
- coal
-
noun,
a black or dark-brown combustible mineral substance consisting of carbonized vegetable matter, used as a fuel.
Compare anthracite, bituminous coal, lignite.
- bin-
-
- bitt
-
noun,
Also called bollard. a strong post of wood or iron projecting, usually in pairs, above the deck of a ship, used for securing cables, lines for towing, etc.
- cobs
-
noun,
a corncob.
- coil
-
noun,
a connected series of spirals or rings into which a rope or the like is wound.
- coin
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- Col.
-
- COLA
-
noun,
a carbonated soft drink containing an extract made from kola nuts, together with sweeteners and other flavorings.
- Coln
-
noun,
former German name of Cologne.
- cols
-
noun,
Physical Geography. a pass or depression in a mountain range or ridge.
- clou
-
noun,
a major point of interest or attention.
- clot
-
noun,
a mass or lump.
- cast
-
noun,
act of casting or throwing.
- ciao
-
interjection,
(used as a word of greeting or parting): hello; goodbye; so long; see you later.
- cat.
-
- 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.
- Catt
-
noun,
Carrie Chapman Lane, 1859–1947, U.S. leader in women's suffrage movements.
- caul
-
noun,
a part of the amnion sometimes covering the head of a child at birth.
- blot
-
noun,
a spot or stain, especially of ink on paper.
- bloc
-
noun,
a group of persons, businesses, etc., united for a particular purpose.
- BLit
-
- blin
-
noun,
singular of blini.
- CLOS
-
noun,
a walled vineyard.
- cion
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- cis-
-
- cist
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- cit.
-
- clan
-
noun,
a group of families or households, as among the Scottish Highlanders, the heads of which claim descent from a common ancestor:
- blat
-
noun,
bleat (def 4).
- Clio
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the Muse of history.
- clit
-
noun,
clitoris.
- ANTU
-
- BSAA
-
- ant.
-
- Ala.
-
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- Alan
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Celtic word meaning “harmony.”.
- NATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Washington, D.C. (1949), comprising the 12 nations of the Atlantic Pact together with Greece, Turkey, and the Federal Republic of Germany, for the purpose of collective defense against aggression.
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- Alai
-
noun,
a mountain range in SW Kyrgyzstan, part of the Tien Shan. To 19,280 feet (5880 meters).
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- NCAA
-
- Ainu
-
noun,
a member of an aboriginal population of northernmost Japan, having lighter skin and hairier bodies than other Japanese.
- nibs
-
noun,
his/her nibs, Informal: Often Facetious. a person in authority, especially one who is demanding and tyrannical:
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- Nils
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- Nina
-
noun,
girl; child.
- NASA
-
noun,
National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
- Nana
-
noun,
Chiefly Northeastern U.S. grandmother; grandma.
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- Alis
-
- Luba
-
noun,
a member of any of various groups of agricultural and hunting people inhabiting the SE Democratic Republic of the Congo, some of whom are famous for their wood carvings.
- Luna
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess personifying the moon, sometimes identified with Diana.
- Lunt
-
noun,
a match; the flame used to light a fire.
- Also
-
adverb,
in addition; too; besides; as well:
- Lust
-
noun,
intense sexual desire or appetite.
- ALIT
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
- Alco
-
- Alb.
-
- albs
-
noun,
a linen vestment with narrow sleeves, worn chiefly by priests, now invariably white in the Western Church but can be in a color in the Eastern Church.
- Albi
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Tarn, in S France: center of the Albigenses.
- Alba
-
noun,
a Provençal troubadour poem or love song, typically about the parting of lovers at dawn.
- nabs
-
verb (used with object),
to arrest or capture.
- NACA
-
- ANSI
-
- Nino
-
noun,
boy; child.
- NOAA
-
- alts
-
noun,
in alt, in the first octave above the treble staff.
- ABCs
-
noun,
ABC's (defs 1, 3).
- abut
-
verb (used with object),
to be adjacent to; border on; end at.
- abs-
-
- abos
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to an Australian Aborigine.
- ABLS
-
- abl.
-
- Abiu
-
noun,
Douay Bible. Abihu.
- Abas
-
noun,
a coarse, felted fabric woven of camel's or goat's hair.
- Acis
-
noun,
the lover of Galatea, killed by Polyphemus out of jealousy.
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- obis
-
noun,
a long, broad sash tied about the waist over a Japanese kimono.
- obit
-
noun,
Informal. an obituary.
- obs.
-
- ocas
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- nunc
-
adverb,
now.
- ACLS
-
- ails
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- Acus
-
noun,
Surgery. a needle, especially one used in a surgical operation.
- nobs
-
noun,
Slang. the head.
- noil
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- non-
-
- nos-
-
- not-
-
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- ACTS
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- nubs
-
noun,
the point, gist, or heart of something.
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- noun
-
noun,
any member of a class of words that can function as the main or only elements of subjects of verbs (A dog just barked), or of objects of verbs or prepositions (to send money from home), and that in English can take plural forms and possessive endings (Three of his buddies want to borrow John's laptop). Nouns are often described as referring to persons, places, things, states, or qualities, and the word noun is itself often used as an attributive modifier, as in noun compound; noun group.
See also noun adjunct, noun clause, noun phrase.
Synonyms: substantive, name.
- nous
-
noun,
Greek Philosophy. mind or intellect.
- Acta
-
plural noun,
official records, as of acts, deeds, proceedings, transactions, or the like.
- NTIA
-
- NTSB
-
- ACLU
-
- alt.
-
- nail
-
noun,
a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
- litu
-
noun,
a plural of litas.
- ann.
-
- lobi
-
noun,
plural of lobus.
- Loti
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Lesotho, equal to 100 lisente.
- Lota
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- lint
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- Anas
-
- libs
-
noun,
liberation (def 2):
- lost
-
Idioms,
get lost, Slang.
to absent oneself:
to stop being a nuisance:
- Loss
-
noun,
detriment, disadvantage, or deprivation from failure to keep, have, or get:
- Anil
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- Linn
-
noun,
a waterfall or torrent of rushing water in a river or stream.
- anba
-
noun,
father: a title of a clergyman or saint in the Coptic Church.
- lin.
-
- Lois
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Lina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- lobs
-
- Lins
-
noun,
a city in E Brazil.
- loin
-
noun,
Usually, loins. the part or parts of the human body or of a quadruped animal on either side of the spinal column, between the false ribs and hipbone.
- loci
-
noun,
plural of locus.
- lino
-
noun,
linoleum.
- loan
-
noun,
the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something:
- Lion
-
noun,
a large, usually tawny-yellow cat, Panthera leo, native to Africa and southern Asia, having a tufted tail and, in the male, a large mane.
- loun
-
noun,
loon2 .
- Anna
-
noun,
a former cupronickel coin of Pakistan, the 16th part of a rupee: last issued in 1960.
- lits
-
noun,
litas.
- anoa
-
noun,
a small forest buffalo, Bubalus (Anoa) depressicornis, of the island of Celebes, having a brown coat and straight, sharp-tipped horns: an endangered species.
- LitB
-
- ansa
-
noun,
Archaeology. a looped handle, especially of a vase.
- ano-
-
- lit.
-
- Liao
-
noun,
a river in NE China, flowing from Inner Mongolia to the Gulf of Liaodong. 900 miles (1448 km) long.
- LIST
-
noun,
a series of names or other items written or printed together in a meaningful grouping or sequence so as to constitute a record:
- lout
-
noun,
an awkward, stupid person; clumsy, ill-mannered boor; oaf.
- Lias
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- Lib.
-
- loca
-
noun,
a plural of locus.
- LISA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- 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.
- TAL
-
- ASI
-
- ACT
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- BLS
-
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- Una
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “one.”.
- asb
-
- unc
-
- ult
-
- abt
-
- ACS
-
- bl.
-
- BLT
-
plural,
a bacon, lettuce, and tomato sandwich.
- USC
-
- ab-
-
- uti
-
- ANU
-
noun,
a twining herb, Tropaeolum tuberosum, of the nasturtium family, found in the Andes, having edible tubers and large flowers with yellow petals and red spurs.
- UTC
-
- ABA
-
noun,
a coarse, felted fabric woven of camel's or goat's hair.
- Uta
-
noun,
any of several iguanid lizards of the genus Uta, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico.
- ac-
-
- AIA
-
- USO
-
- al.
-
- USN
-
- AOA
-
- an.
-
- AUC
-
- USB
-
- Bn.
-
- AAS
-
noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- uns
-
- UNO
-
- Bon
-
noun,
Cape, a cape on the NE coast of Tunisia: surrender of the German African forces, May 12, 1943.
- AAU
-
- ABC
-
noun,
ABC's (defs 1, 3).
- AOU
-
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- ASN
-
- abn
-
- Abo
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to an Australian Aborigine.
- tot
-
noun,
a small child.
- boa
-
noun,
any of several nonvenomous, chiefly tropical constrictors of the family Boidae, having vestigial hind limbs at the base of the tail.
- BNS
-
- ASA
-
noun,
a king of Judah, 913?–873? b.c. I Kings 15:8–24.
- at.
-
- AIC
-
- TIA
-
- TAT
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do, or make by, tatting.
- Ban
-
noun,
the act of prohibiting by law; interdiction.
- TAU
-
noun,
the 19th letter of the Greek alphabet (T, τ).
- tun
-
noun,
a large cask for holding liquids, especially wine, ale, or beer.
- ALC
-
- AUA
-
- tui
-
noun,
a black New Zealand honey eater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, having a patch of white feathers on each side of the throat, sometimes tamed as a pet.
- TSI
-
- TBA
-
- Tbi
-
- TBO
-
- TCA
-
- TCS
-
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- TSS
-
- Bai
-
noun,
a yellow mist occurring in eastern China and Japan during the spring and fall, caused by dust from the interior of China.
- TTS
-
- Bac
-
- Tu.
-
- tub
-
noun,
a bathtub.
- BAA
-
noun,
the bleating cry of a sheep.
- BTU
-
noun,
the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 pound (0.4 kg) of water 1°F. Abbreviation: Btu, BTU, B.t.u., B.T.U., B.th.u.
- BCL
-
- 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.
- ALU
-
- BSC
-
- ANC
-
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- ASS
-
noun,
a long-eared, slow, patient, sure-footed domesticated mammal, Equus asinus, related to the horse, used chiefly as a beast of burden.
- ATC
-
- ast
-
- BLA
-
- ASU
-
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- BIT
-
noun,
Machinery.
a removable drilling or boring tool for use in a brace, drill press, or the like.
a removable boring head used on certain kinds of drills, as a rock drill.
a device for drilling oil wells or the like, consisting of a horizontally rotating blade or an assembly of rotating toothed wheels.
- BSS
-
- UIT
-
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- USS
-
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- ATA
-
- USA
-
- ATB
-
- Tut
-
noun,
an exclamation of “tut.”.
- BAO
-
noun,
an African board game usually played by moving pebbles along two rows of holes.
- AIS
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- TNT
-
- TNB
-
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- Bia
-
noun,
the ancient Greek personification of force: daughter of Pallas and Styx and sister of Cratus, Nike, and Zelos.
- bi-
-
- BCS
-
- tlo
-
- TLC
-
- Bat
-
noun,
Sports.
the wooden club used in certain games, as baseball and cricket, to strike the ball.
a racket, especially one used in badminton or table tennis.
a whip used by a jockey.
the act of using a club or racket in a game.
the right or turn to use a club or racket.
- Tiu
-
noun,
an English god of the sky and of war, the equivalent of Tyr in Scandinavian mythology.
- BAS
-
noun,
an aspect of the soul, represented as a human-headed bird.
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- CLU
-
- BSL
-
- Sau
-
noun,
German name of Sava.
- LCT
-
- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- SCB
-
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- sc.
-
- SBA
-
- sb.
-
- LOC
-
- LON
-
- Lot
-
noun,
one of a set of objects, as straws or pebbles, drawn or thrown from a container to decide a question or choice by chance.
- LCA
-
- Lou
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Louis.
- LSC
-
- LSI
-
- LSS
-
- LST
-
- LTA
-
- lub
-
- Luo
-
noun,
a member of a people living mainly in southwest Kenya.
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- NCO
-
- LCI
-
- LBS
-
plural,
pound.
- NAA
-
- La.
-
- Isl
-
- SLA
-
- ist
-
- ITA
-
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- ITC
-
- sis
-
noun,
sister.
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- IUS
-
- Lt.
-
- LBO
-
- BSA
-
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- LAC
-
noun,
a resinous substance deposited on the twigs of various trees in southern Asia by the female of the lac insect: used in the manufacture of varnishes, sealing wax, etc., and in the production of a red coloring matter.
Compare shellac (defs 1, 2).
- Lai
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- SIC
-
adverb,
so; thus: usually written parenthetically to denote that a word, phrase, passage, etc., that may appear strange or incorrect has been written intentionally or has been quoted verbatim: (sic).
- Sib
-
noun,
a kinsman; relative.
- LAO
-
noun,
a member of a people of Laos and northern Thailand.
- Las
-
noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- SCS
-
- lb.
-
plural,
pound.
- NUT
-
noun,
a dry fruit consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shell.
- NAB
-
verb (used with object),
to arrest or capture.
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- OAU
-
- OSA
-
- OTB
-
- OTA
-
- ot-
-
- OSB
-
- OTC
-
- OAS
-
- OSS
-
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- Oba
-
noun,
a hereditary tribal ruler among various peoples in the Benin region of western Africa.
- OTS
-
- obi
-
noun,
a long, broad sash tied about the waist over a Japanese kimono.
- ons
-
- ONI
-
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- obl
-
- Ola
-
- OIt
-
- Oca
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- OCS
-
- oil
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- Oc.
-
- ob.
-
- Nan
-
noun,
naan.
- SAC
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- NBA
-
- NBC
-
- NBS
-
- Sal
-
noun,
salt1 .
- NIA
-
- nib
-
noun,
the point of a pen, or either of its divisions.
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- nob
-
noun,
Slang. the head.
- oui
-
adverb, noun,
yes.
- NOC
-
- SAA
-
- So.
-
- NSA
-
- NSC
-
- NSU
-
- nub
-
noun,
the point, gist, or heart of something.
- NUL
-
- Nun
-
noun,
a woman member of a religious order, especially one bound by vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience.
- NUS
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- ISA
-
- uts
-
noun,
the syllable once generally used for the first tone or keynote of a scale and sometimes for the tone C: now commonly superseded by do.
- St.
-
- SSB
-
- CTA
-
- Sta
-
- IOU
-
- SST
-
- SSN
-
- SSI
-
- SSC
-
- cs.
-
- SSA
-
- CSO
-
- Co.
-
- CIO
-
noun,
a federation of affiliated industrial labor unions, founded 1935 within the American Federation of Labor but independent of it 1938–55. Abbreviation: C.I.O., CIO.
- Sui
-
noun,
a dynasty ruling in China a.d. 589–618.
- ss.
-
- ctn
-
plural,
carton.
- Sou
-
noun,
(formerly) either of two bronze coins of France, equal to 5 centimes and 10 centimes.
- Cub
-
noun,
the young of certain animals, as the bear, lion, or tiger.
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- CIA
-
- CST
-
- CSA
-
- Cui
-
noun,
César [French sey-zar] /French seɪˈzar/ (Show IPA), Antonovich [Russian uhn-taw-nuh-vyich] /Russian ʌnˈtɔ nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1835–1918, Russian composer.
- CNS
-
- CBS
-
- CLI
-
- Clo
-
- STL
-
- Stu
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stewart or Stuart.
- oic
-
- CNN
-
- CNO
-
- CAS
-
verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- COT
-
noun,
a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
- CAI
-
- CAB
-
noun,
a taxicab.
- CAA
-
- STI
-
- STB
-
- cl.
-
- ct.
-
- COB
-
noun,
a corncob.
- COS
-
noun,
romaine.
- SOS
-
noun,
any call for help:
- ca.
-
- Cut
-
noun,
the act of cutting; a stroke or a blow, as with a knife, whip, etc.
- BSO
-
- Bt.
-
- SOB
-
noun,
the act of sobbing; a convulsive catching of the breath in weeping.
- SNU
-
- SUN
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the star that is the central body of the solar system, around which the planets revolve and from which they receive light and heat: its mean distance from the earth is about 93 million miles (150 million km), its diameter about 864,000 miles (1.4 million km), and its mass about 330,000 times that of the earth; its period of surface rotation is about 26 days at its equator but longer at higher latitudes.
- BST
-
- ILA
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- ILO
-
- ILS
-
- ICA
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- in.
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- INN
-
noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- IOC
-
- BSN
-
- ion
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- Ios
-
noun,
a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey.
- IOT
-
- SOC
-
noun,
sociology or a class or course in sociology.
- il-
-
- Ibo
-
noun,
a member of an indigenous black people of southeastern Nigeria, renowned as traders and for their art.
- io-
-
- ics
-
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- ITU
-
- bun
-
noun,
any of a wide variety of variously shaped bread rolls, usually leavened and slightly sweetened or plain, sometimes containing spices, dried currants, etc.
- IBN
-
- bu.
-
- CIB
-
- ial
-
- Ia.
-
- ib.
-
- Sus
-
- IAS
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- OA
-
- 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.
- AO
-
- SU
-
- O.
-
- AA
-
noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- 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.
- CB
-
- AU
-
plural,
to the; at the; with the.
- OU
-
noun,
a rare Hawaiian honeycreeper, Psittirostra psittacea, having an olive-green body, a parrotlike bill, and in the male a bright yellow head.
- T1
-
- ol
-
- UT
-
noun,
the syllable once generally used for the first tone or keynote of a scale and sometimes for the tone C: now commonly superseded by do.
- t.
-
- TB
-
- TL
-
- NU
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- BC
-
- LO
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
- ln
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- BO
-
- L2
-
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- ic
-
- LC
-
- BA
-
noun,
an aspect of the soul, represented as a human-headed bird.
- L.
-
- B-
-
- SN
-
- IT
-
noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- TN
-
- TC
-
- i.
-
- S.
-
- UC
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- SA
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- No
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noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
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adverb,
no1 .
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- LU
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noun,
a male or female given name, form of Lou.
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