Anagrams of consuetudinary
Word consuetudinary has
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- in-and-outer
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noun,
a person who is by turns in and out of a particular situation, condition, venture, investment, etc.
- denunciatory
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adjective,
characterized by or given to denunciation.
- constrained
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adjective,
forced, compelled, or obliged:
- countryside
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noun,
a particular section of a country, especially a rural section.
- trade-union
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noun,
a labor union of craftspeople or workers in related crafts, as distinguished from general workers or a union including all workers in an industry.
- in-and-out
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noun,
Manège. an obstacle consisting of two fences placed too far apart to be cleared in one jump and too close together to allow more than one or two strides between.
- undercoats
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noun,
a coat or jacket worn under another.
- nunciature
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noun,
the office or the term of service of a nuncio.
- unstrained
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adjective,
not under strain or tension:
- centurions
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noun,
(in the ancient Roman army) the commander of a century.
- souari-nut
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noun,
the large, edible, oily nut of a tall tree, Caryocar nuciferum, of tropical South America.
- discounter
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noun,
a person who discounts.
- introduces
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verb (used with object),
to present (a person) to another so as to make acquainted.
- Courantyne
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noun,
a river in N South America, flowing N along the Guyana-Suriname border to the Atlantic Ocean. About 450 miles (725 km) long.
- educations
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noun,
the act or process of imparting or acquiring general knowledge, developing the powers of reasoning and judgment, and generally of preparing oneself or others intellectually for mature life.
- rediscount
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verb (used with object),
to discount again.
- containers
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noun,
anything that contains or can contain something, as a carton, box, crate, or can.
- ordnances
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noun,
cannon or artillery.
- underacts
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verb (used with or without object),
to underplay.
- nectarous
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adjective,
of the nature of or resembling nectar.
- asyndeton
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noun,
Rhetoric. the omission of conjunctions, as in “He has provided the poor with jobs, with opportunity, with self-respect.”.
- uncertain
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adjective,
not definitely ascertainable or fixed, as in time of occurrence, number, dimensions, or quality.
- transduce
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verb (used with object),
to convert (energy) from one form into another.
- uncounted
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adjective,
not counted.
- continued
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adjective,
lasting or enduring without interruption:
- Saturnine
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adjective,
sluggish in temperament; gloomy; taciturn.
- undercast
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noun,
Mining. a crossing of two passages, as airways, dug at the same level so that one descends to pass beneath the other without any opening into it.
Compare overcast (def 9).
- courantes
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noun,
a dance dating back to the 17th century and characterized by a running or gliding step.
- turned-on
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adjective,
lively and chic; switched-on.
- transonic
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adjective,
close to the speed of propagation of sound; moving at 700–780 miles per hour (1127–1255 km/h) at sea level.
- undercuts
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noun,
a cut or a cutting away underneath.
- countries
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noun,
a state or nation:
- cutaneous
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adjective,
of, relating to, or affecting the skin.
- ordinance
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noun,
an authoritative rule or law; a decree or command.
- ordinates
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noun,
Mathematics. (in plane Cartesian coordinates) the y-coordinate of a point: its distance from the x-axis measured parallel to the y-axis.
- undercoat
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noun,
a coat or jacket worn under another.
- syndicate
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noun,
a group of individuals or organizations combined or making a joint effort to undertake some specific duty or carry out specific transactions or negotiations:
- noncredit
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adjective,
(of academic courses) carrying or conferring no official academic credit in a particular program or toward a particular degree or diploma.
- eductions
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noun,
the act of educing.
- constrain
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verb (used with object),
to force, compel, or oblige:
- continues
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verb (used with object),
to go on with or persist in:
- consarned
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adjective,
confounded; damned.
- contained
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adjective,
showing restraint or calmness; controlled; poised:
- ancientry
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noun,
Archaic.
ancient character or style.
ancient times.
- nocturnes
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noun,
a piece appropriate to the night or evening.
- seduction
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noun,
an act or instance of seducing, especially sexually.
- truancies
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noun,
the act or state of being truant.
- neurotics
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noun,
a neurotic person.
- custodian
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noun,
a person who has custody; keeper; guardian.
- insurance
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noun,
the act, system, or business of insuring property, life, one's person, etc., against loss or harm arising in specified contingencies, as fire, accident, death, disablement, or the like, in consideration of a payment proportionate to the risk involved.
- educatory
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adjective,
educative.
- Cointreau
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- suctorian
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noun,
a suctorial animal.
- container
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noun,
anything that contains or can contain something, as a carton, box, crate, or can.
- Education
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noun,
the act or process of imparting or acquiring general knowledge, developing the powers of reasoning and judgment, and generally of preparing oneself or others intellectually for mature life.
- autodynes
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noun,
a type of heterodyne circuit containing a vacuum tube or transistor that acts simultaneously as a detector and oscillator.
- neuration
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noun,
venation, as of an insect's wings.
- Nestorian
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noun,
one of a sect of followers of Nestorius who denied the hypostatic union and were represented as maintaining the existence of two distinct persons in Christ.
- secondary
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noun,
a person or thing that is secondary.
- reduction
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noun,
the act of reducing or the state of being reduced.
- courtesan
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noun,
a prostitute or paramour, especially one associating with noblemen or men of wealth.
- insectary
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noun,
a laboratory for the study of live insects, their life histories, effects on plants, reaction to insecticides, etc.
- indurates
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adjective,
hardened; unfeeling; callous; inured.
- inundates
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verb (used with object),
to flood; cover or overspread with water; deluge.
- Rosinante
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noun,
the old, worn horse of Don Quixote.
- centurion
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noun,
(in the ancient Roman army) the commander of a century.
- centroids
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noun,
Mechanics. the point that may be considered as the center of a one- or two-dimensional figure, the sum of the displacements of all points in the figure from such a point being zero.
Compare center of mass.
- Centaurus
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noun,
Astronomy. the Centaur, a southern constellation between Lupus and Vela, containing the triple-star system Alpha Centauri.
- creations
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noun,
the act of producing or causing to exist; the act of creating; engendering.
- disnature
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verb (used with object),
to deprive (something) of its proper nature or appearance; make unnatural.
- crenation
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noun,
a rounded projection or tooth, as on the margin of a leaf.
- Rocinante
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noun,
Rosinante.
- detrusion
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noun,
the act of detruding.
- certosina
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noun,
a technique of inlaying light-colored material, as bone, ivory, metal, or pale wood, in elaborate designs on a dark ground.
- tenacious
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adjective,
holding fast; characterized by keeping a firm hold (often followed by of):
- tendinous
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adjective,
of the nature of or resembling a tendon.
- introduce
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verb (used with object),
to present (a person) to another so as to make acquainted.
- Tyndareus
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noun,
the husband of Leda and father of Clytemnestra and Castor.
- croustade
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noun,
a shell of bread or pastry, sometimes of noodles, rice, or mashed potatoes, baked or fried and filled with ragout or the like.
- diner-out
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noun,
a person who dines out.
- antinodes
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noun,
the region of maximum amplitude between two adjacent nodes in a standing wave.
- dicentras
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noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Dicentra, of the fumitory family, having long clusters of drooping flowers, as the Dutchman's-breeches or the bleeding heart.
- dynatrons
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noun,
a tetrode, once frequently used as an oscillator in radio, in which an increase in the plate voltage results in a decrease in the plate current because of emission of electrons from the plate.
- catenoids
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noun,
the surface generated by rotating a catenary about its axis of symmetry.
- tyrannies
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noun,
arbitrary or unrestrained exercise of power; despotic abuse of authority. Synonyms: despotism, absolutism, dictatorship.
- Ceratodus
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noun,
a lungfish of either of two genera, Ceratodus or Neoceratodus, having hornlike ridges on the teeth.
- unstoried
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adjective,
without a history; not written as history or told as folklore:
- unstained
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adjective,
not stained or spotted; unsoiled.
- rutaceous
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adjective,
of or like rue.
- decurions
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noun,
the head of a decury.
- Doncaster
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noun,
a city in South Yorkshire, in N England.
- courtside
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noun,
(in sports) the area adjoining the official playing area of a court, as in basketball, tennis, or volleyball.
- canonries
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noun,
the office or benefice of a canon.
- sun-cured
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adjective,
cured or preserved by exposure to the rays of the sun, as meat, fish, fruit, tobacco, etc.
- outrances
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noun,
the utmost extremity.
- cast-iron
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noun,
an alloy of iron, carbon, and other elements, cast as a soft and strong, or as a hard and brittle, iron, depending on the mixture and methods of molding.
- runcinate
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adjective,
(of a leaf) pinnately incised, with the lobes or teeth curved backward.
- arytenoid
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adjective,
pertaining to either of two small cartilages on top of the cricoid cartilage at the upper, back part of the larynx.
- transcend
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verb (used with object),
to rise above or go beyond; overpass; exceed:
- tyrannous
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adjective,
tyrannical.
- nacreous
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adjective,
of or relating to nacre.
- continue
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verb (used with object),
to go on with or persist in:
- neutrons
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noun,
an elementary particle having no charge, mass slightly greater than that of a proton, and spin of ½: a constituent of the nuclei of all atoms except those of hydrogen. Symbol: n.
- nycturia
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noun,
nocturia.
- courante
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noun,
a dance dating back to the 17th century and characterized by a running or gliding step.
- cornuted
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adjective,
having horns.
- intrans.
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- intrados
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noun,
the interior curve or surface of an arch or vault.
- cordites
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noun,
a smokeless, slow-burning powder composed of 30 to 58 percent nitroglycerin, 37 to 65 percent cellulose nitrate, and 5 to 6 percent mineral jelly.
- courtesy
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noun,
excellence of manners or social conduct; polite behavior.
- suricate
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noun,
a small, burrowing South African carnivore, Suricata suricatta, of a grayish color with dark bands across the back, related to the mongooses and having social behavior similar to that of prairie dogs.
- courants
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noun,
courante.
- Cournand
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noun,
André Frédéric [ahn-drey frey-dey-reek] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ freɪ deɪˈrik/ (Show IPA), 1895–1988, U.S. physiologist, born in France: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1956.
- sudatory
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noun,
sudatorium.
- counter-
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- Antonius
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noun,
Marcus, Antony, Mark.
- stand-in
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noun,
a substitute for a motion-picture star during the preparation of lighting, cameras, etc., or in dangerous scenes.
- Asuncion
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noun,
a city in and the capital of Paraguay, in the S part.
- astonied
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adjective,
dazed; bewildered; filled with consternation.
- sourdine
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noun,
mute (def 10).
- neurotic
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noun,
a neurotic person.
- Cranston
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noun,
a city in E Rhode Island, near Providence.
- crannies
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noun,
a small, narrow opening in a wall, rock, etc.; chink; crevice; fissure:
- counters
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noun,
a table or display case on which goods can be shown, business transacted, etc.
- Creation
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noun,
the act of producing or causing to exist; the act of creating; engendering.
- Cousteau
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noun,
Jacques Yves [zhahk eev] /ʒɑk iv/ (Show IPA), 1910–97, French naval officer, author, and underseas explorer: developed the Aqua-Lung.
- counties
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noun,
the largest administrative division of a U.S. state:
- crannied
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adjective,
having or full of crannies.
- asteroid
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noun,
Also called minor planet. Astronomy. any of the thousands of small bodies of from 480 miles (775 km) to less than one mile (1.6 km) in diameter that revolve about the sun in orbits lying mostly between those of Mars and Jupiter.
- strained
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noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- rainouts
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noun,
a contest, performance, or the like, that has been rained out.
- intrudes
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verb (used with object),
to thrust or bring in without invitation, permission, or welcome.
- Neustria
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noun,
the W part of the Frankish kingdom, corresponding roughly to N and NW France.
- neutrino
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noun,
any of the massless or nearly massless electrically neutral leptons. There is a distinct kind of neutrino associated with each of the massive leptons.
- cousinry
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noun,
cousins or relatives collectively.
- taurines
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noun,
a neutral crystalline substance, C 2 H 7 NO 3 S, obtained from bile.
- security
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noun,
freedom from danger, risk, etc.; safety.
- contends
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verb (used with object),
to assert or maintain earnestly:
- outsider
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noun,
a person not belonging to a particular group, set, party, etc.:
- Cernauti
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noun,
a city in SW Ukraine, on the Prut River: formerly in Romania.
- cernuous
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adjective,
drooping, as a flower; nodding.
- routines
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noun,
a customary or regular course of procedure.
- ructions
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noun,
a disturbance, quarrel, or row.
- ruinates
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adjective,
ruined.
- cantoris
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adjective,
of or relating to the gospel or liturgical north side of a church (opposed to decani).
- outrides
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noun,
Prosody. an unaccented syllable or syllables added to a metrical foot, especially in sprung rhythm.
- rotundas
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noun,
a round building, especially one with a dome.
- outrance
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noun,
the utmost extremity.
- canotier
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noun,
a fabric constructed in a twill weave, used in the manufacture of yachting clothes.
- outraces
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verb (used with object),
to race or run faster than:
- canonist
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noun,
a person who is a specialist in canon law.
- cyaneous
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adjective,
deep blue; cerulean.
- cyanides
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noun,
Also, cyanid, C10/C1079000 sahy-uh-nid, ˈsaɪ ə nɪd. Chemistry.
a salt of hydrocyanic acid, as potassium cyanide, KCN.
a nitrile, as methyl cyanide, C 2 H 3 N.
- cyanines
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noun,
any of several groups of dyes that make silver halide photographic plates sensitive to a wider color range.
- ceratoid
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adjective,
hornlike; horny.
- die-cast
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adjective,
formed by die casting.
- cyanites
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noun,
Mineralogy. kyanite.
- cautious
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adjective,
showing, using, or characterized by caution:
- catenoid
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noun,
the surface generated by rotating a catenary about its axis of symmetry.
- resonant
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noun,
Phonetics. a vowel or a voiced consonant or semivowel that is neither a stop nor an affricate, as, in English, (m, ng, n, l, r, y, w).
- redcoats
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noun,
(especially during the American Revolution) a British soldier.
- re-sound
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verb (used with or without object),
to sound again.
- recusant
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noun,
a person who is recusant.
- cautions
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noun,
alertness and prudence in a hazardous situation; care; wariness:
- re-count
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noun,
a second or additional count, as of votes in an election.
- centroid
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noun,
Mechanics. the point that may be considered as the center of a one- or two-dimensional figure, the sum of the displacements of all points in the figure from such a point being zero.
Compare center of mass.
- carotins
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noun,
carotene.
- carotids
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noun,
Also called carotid artery. either of the two large arteries, one on each side of the head, that carry blood to the head and that divide into an external branch supplying the neck, face, and other external parts, and an internal branch supplying the brain, eye, and other internal parts.
- reaction
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noun,
a reverse movement or tendency; an action in a reverse direction or manner.
- centaury
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noun,
any of various plants belonging to the genus Centaurium, of the gentian family, having clusters of small pink or red flowers.
- Rodentia
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noun,
the order comprising the rodents.
- carneous
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adjective,
fleshlike; flesh-colored.
- centaurs
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noun,
Classical Mythology. one of a race of monsters having the head, trunk, and arms of a man, and the body and legs of a horse.
- canister
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noun,
a small box or jar, often one of a kitchen set, for holding tea, coffee, flour, and sugar.
- outdares
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verb (used with object),
to surpass in daring.
- contains
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verb (used with object),
to hold or include within its volume or area:
- senorita
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noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to miss, used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a girl or unmarried woman. Abbreviation: Srta.
- autocide
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noun,
suicide by crashing the vehicle one is driving.
- nocturns
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noun,
the office of matins, consisting of nine psalms and either three or nine lessons.
- sedation
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noun,
the calming of mental excitement or abatement of physiological function, especially by the administration of a drug.
- nocturne
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noun,
a piece appropriate to the night or evening.
- conduits
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noun,
a pipe, tube, or the like, for conveying water or other fluid.
- nocturia
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noun,
a condition in which one often wakes up during the night to urinate.
- noctuids
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noun,
Also called owlet moth. any of numerous dull-colored moths of the family Noctuidae, the larvae of which include the armyworms and cutworms.
- coinsure
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verb (used with or without object),
to insure jointly with another or others.
- Conneaut
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noun,
a city in NE Ohio.
- consider
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verb (used with object),
to think carefully about, especially in order to make a decision; contemplate; reflect on:
- auditory
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noun,
an assembly of hearers; audience.
- syndetic
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adjective,
serving to unite or connect; connective; copulative.
- construe
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noun,
the act of construing.
- 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.
- syntonic
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adjective,
Electricity. adjusted to oscillations of the same or a particular frequency.
- autodyne
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noun,
a type of heterodyne circuit containing a vacuum tube or transistor that acts simultaneously as a detector and oscillator.
- nonaries
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noun,
a number in a nonary system.
- sanction
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noun,
authoritative permission or approval, as for an action.
- cytosine
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noun,
a pyrimidine base, C 4 H 5 N 3 O, that is one of the fundamental components of DNA and RNA, in which it forms a base pair with guanine. Symbol: C.
- outcries
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noun,
a strong and usually public expression of protest, indignation, or the like.
- cynosure
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noun,
something that strongly attracts attention by its brilliance, interest, etc.:
- ordnance
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noun,
cannon or artillery.
- ordinate
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noun,
Mathematics. (in plane Cartesian coordinates) the y-coordinate of a point: its distance from the x-axis measured parallel to the y-axis.
- cisterna
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noun,
cistern (def 2).
- sardonic
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adjective,
characterized by bitter or scornful derision; mocking; cynical; sneering:
- citreous
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adjective,
lemon-yellow; greenish-yellow.
- nondairy
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adjective,
being a substitute for milk or milk products; containing no dairy ingredients:
- Nuristan
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noun,
a mountainous region in NE Afghanistan. 5000 sq. mi. (12,950 sq. km).
- scandent
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adjective,
climbing, as a plant.
- nuisance
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noun,
an obnoxious or annoying person, thing, condition, practice, etc.:
- scenario
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noun,
an outline of the plot of a dramatic work, giving particulars as to the scenes, characters, situations, etc.
- notaries
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noun,
notary public.
- Scranton
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noun,
William Warren, 1917–2011, U.S. politician.
- scrutiny
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noun,
a searching examination or investigation; minute inquiry.
- insurant
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noun,
a person who takes out an insurance policy.
- inundate
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verb (used with object),
to flood; cover or overspread with water; deluge.
- ternions
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noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- endosarc
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noun,
the endoplasm of a protozoan (opposed to ectosarc).
- uncaused
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adjective,
not resulting from some antecedent cause.
- durances
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noun,
incarceration or imprisonment (often used in the phrase durance vile).
- duration
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noun,
the length of time something continues or exists (often used with the).
- edacious
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adjective,
devouring; voracious; consuming.
- educator
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noun,
a person or thing that educates, especially a teacher, principal, or other person involved in planning or directing education.
- Aidoneus
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noun,
a king of Thesprotia.
- eduction
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noun,
the act of educing.
- trounces
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verb (used with object),
to beat severely; thrash.
- Teucrian
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noun,
one of the ancient Trojans.
- eductors
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noun,
ejector (def 3).
- enactory
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adjective,
of or relating to an enactment that creates new rights and obligations.
- enations
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noun,
a small outgrowth of plant tissue, usually on a leaf, caused by virus infection.
- endocast
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noun,
endocranial cast.
- endurant
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adjective,
capable of enduring hardship, misfortune, or the like.
- unctions
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noun,
an act of anointing, especially as a medical treatment or religious rite.
- entrains
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verb (used with object),
to put aboard a train.
- transude
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verb (used without object),
to pass or ooze through pores or interstices, as a fluid.
- Eridanus
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noun,
the River, a large southern constellation between Cetus and Orion, containing the bright star Achernar.
- ancestor
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noun,
a person from whom one is descended; forebear; progenitor.
- ancestry
-
noun,
family or ancestral descent; lineage.
- ancients
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noun,
a person who lived in ancient times.
- traduces
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verb (used with object),
to speak maliciously and falsely of; slander; defame:
- Anderson
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noun,
Carl David, 1905–91, U.S. physicist: discoverer of the positron; Nobel Prize 1936.
- trade-in
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noun,
goods given in whole or, usually, part payment of a purchase:
- andirons
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noun,
one of a pair of metal stands, usually of iron or brass, for holding logs in a fireplace.
- tourneys
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noun,
a tournament.
- curtains
-
noun,
a hanging piece of fabric used to shut out the light from a window, adorn a room, increase privacy, etc.
- Touraine
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noun,
a former province in W France. Capital: Tours.
- uncinate
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adjective,
hooked; bent at the end like a hook.
- underact
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verb (used with or without object),
to underplay.
- Etruscan
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noun,
an inhabitant of ancient Etruria.
- aconites
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noun,
any plant belonging to the genus Aconitum, of the buttercup family, having irregular flowers usually in loose clusters, including species with poisonous and medicinal properties.
- Dictynna
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noun,
an ancient Cretan goddess of the sea.
- dynatron
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noun,
a tetrode, once frequently used as an oscillator in radio, in which an increase in the plate voltage results in a decrease in the plate current because of emission of electrons from the plate.
- Dicentra
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noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Dicentra, of the fumitory family, having long clusters of drooping flowers, as the Dutchman's-breeches or the bleeding heart.
- dinosaur
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noun,
any chiefly terrestrial, herbivorous or carnivorous reptile of the extinct orders Saurischia and Ornithischia, from the Mesozoic Era, certain species of which are the largest known land animals.
- diocesan
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noun,
one of the clergy or people of a diocese.
- urinates
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verb (used without object),
to pass or discharge urine.
- discount
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noun,
the act or an instance of discounting.
- detrains
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verb (used without object),
to alight from a railway train; arrive by train.
- uranites
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noun,
any of the uranium phosphates, as autunite or torbernite.
- distance
-
noun,
the extent or amount of space between two things, points, lines, etc.
- dystonia
-
noun,
abnormal tone of any tissue.
- deration
-
verb (used with object),
to discontinue the rationing of (something).
- untreads
-
verb (used with object),
to go back through in the same steps.
- D-notice
-
noun,
a government notice sent to newspapers or other publications requesting them to withhold information for reasons of state security.
- undercut
-
noun,
a cut or a cutting away underneath.
- unsteady
-
adjective,
not steady or firm; unstable; shaky:
- unrounds
-
verb (used with object),
to articulate (an ordinarily rounded vowel) without rounding the lips; delabialize.
- doctrine
-
noun,
a particular principle, position, or policy taught or advocated, as of a religion or government:
- actinons
-
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.
- denarius
-
noun,
a silver coin and monetary unit of ancient Rome, first issued in the latter part of the 3rd century b.c., that fluctuated in value and sometimes appeared as a bronze coin.
- unreason
-
noun,
inability or unwillingness to think or act rationally, reasonably, or sensibly; irrationality.
- decurion
-
noun,
the head of a decury.
- douanier
-
noun,
a customs officer or official.
- unitards
-
noun,
a one-piece leotard with full-length stockings; bodysuit.
- douceurs
-
noun,
a gratuity; tip.
- dourines
-
noun,
an infectious disease of horses, affecting the genitals and hind legs, caused by a protozoan parasite, Trypanosoma equiperdum.
- deaconry
-
noun,
the office of a deacon.
- dunnites
-
noun,
an ammonium picrate explosive used as a bursting charge for armor-piercing projectiles and in high-explosive shells; explosive D.
- Estonian
-
noun,
a member of a Finnish people inhabiting Estonia, Livonia, and other districts of Russia.
- coutures
-
noun,
the occupation of a couturier; dressmaking and designing.
- anodynes
-
noun,
a medicine that relieves or allays pain.
- aneroids
-
noun,
aneroid barometer.
- industry
-
noun,
the aggregate of manufacturing or technically productive enterprises in a particular field, often named after its principal product:
- indurate
-
adjective,
hardened; unfeeling; callous; inured.
- inductor
-
noun,
Also called inductance. Electricity. a coil used to introduce inductance into an electric circuit.
- tyrosine
-
noun,
a crystalline amino acid, HOC 6 H 4 CH 2 CH(NH 2)COOH, abundant in ripe cheese, that acts as a precursor of norepinephrine and dopamine. Symbol: Y. Abbreviation: Tyr;
- inducers
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a substance that has the capability of activating genes within a cell.
- crudites
-
noun,
an appetizer consisting of a variety of raw vegetables, usually cut into strips or bite-size pieces, and served with a dip.
- instancy
-
noun,
quality of being instant; urgency; pressing nature.
- Anicetus
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 155?–166?.
- tonneaus
-
noun,
a rear part or compartment of an automobile body, containing seats for passengers.
- aneurins
-
noun,
thiamine.
- idocrase
-
noun,
vesuvianite.
- instance
-
noun,
a case or occurrence of anything:
- Antinous
-
noun,
the chief suitor of Penelope, killed by Odysseus upon his return from Troy.
- antinode
-
noun,
the region of maximum amplitude between two adjacent nodes in a standing wave.
- outrace
-
verb (used with object),
to race or run faster than:
- decants
-
verb (used with object),
to pour (wine or other liquid) gently so as not to disturb the sediment.
- Decatur
-
noun,
Stephen, 1779–1820, U.S. naval officer.
- 2,4,5-t
-
noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- cyanite
-
noun,
Mineralogy. kyanite.
- douceur
-
noun,
a gratuity; tip.
- cyanine
-
noun,
any of several groups of dyes that make silver halide photographic plates sensitive to a wider color range.
- credits
-
noun,
commendation or honor given for some action, quality, etc.:
- cyanide
-
noun,
Also, cyanid, C10/C1079000 sahy-uh-nid, ˈsaɪ ə nɪd. Chemistry.
a salt of hydrocyanic acid, as potassium cyanide, KCN.
a nitrile, as methyl cyanide, C 2 H 3 N.
- douanes
-
noun,
a custom house; customs.
- inturns
-
noun,
an inward turn or curve around an axis or fixed point.
- crusado
-
noun,
an early Portuguese coin of gold or silver, bearing the figure of a cross.
- outdare
-
verb (used with object),
to surpass in daring.
- Donatus
-
noun,
early-4th-century bishop of Casae Nigrae in northern Africa: leader of a heretical Christian group.
Compare Donatist.
- crusade
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) any of the military expeditions undertaken by the Christians of Europe in the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries for the recovery of the Holy Land from the Muslims.
- insured
-
noun,
the person, group, or organization whose life or property is covered by an insurance policy.
- Insecta
-
noun,
the class comprising the insects.
- donates
-
verb (used with object),
to present as a gift, grant, or contribution; make a donation of, as to a fund or cause:
- intrude
-
verb (used with object),
to thrust or bring in without invitation, permission, or welcome.
- outride
-
noun,
Prosody. an unaccented syllable or syllables added to a metrical foot, especially in sprung rhythm.
- introns
-
noun,
a noncoding segment in a length of DNA that interrupts a gene-coding sequence or nontranslated sequence, the corresponding segment being removed from the RNA copy before transcription.
- outruns
-
verb (used with object),
to run faster or farther than.
- outside
-
noun,
the outer side, surface, or part; exterior:
- inroads
-
noun,
a damaging or serious encroachment:
- cautery
-
noun,
an escharotic substance, electric current, or hot iron used to destroy tissue.
- docents
-
noun,
privatdocent.
- dunnite
-
noun,
an ammonium picrate explosive used as a bursting charge for armor-piercing projectiles and in high-explosive shells; explosive D.
- Oceanus
-
noun,
a Titan who was the son of Uranus and Gaea, the consort of Tethys, and the father of the river gods and Oceanids.
- iodates
-
noun,
Chemistry. a salt of iodic acid, as sodium iodate, NaIO 3 .
- redouts
-
noun,
a condition experienced by pilots and astronauts in which blood is forced to the head and results in a reddening of the field of vision during rapid deceleration or in maneuvers that produce a negative gravity force.
- Dunsany
-
noun,
Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett [mawr-tn draks pluhng-ket,, -kit,, mohr-] /ˈmɔr tn dræks ˈplʌŋ kɛt,, -kɪt,, ˈmoʊr-/ (Show IPA), 18th Baron ("Lord Dunsany") 1878–1957, Irish dramatist, poet, and essayist.
- octanes
-
noun,
any of 18 isomeric saturated hydrocarbons having the formula C 8 H 18 , some of which are obtained in the distillation and cracking of petroleum.
- cistron
-
noun,
a segment of DNA that encodes for the formation of a specific polypeptide chain; a structural gene.
- cystoid
-
noun,
a cystlike structure or formation.
- cystine
-
noun,
a crystalline amino acid, C 6 H 12 O 4 N 2 S 2 , occurring in most proteins, especially the keratins in hair, wool, and horn, and yielding cysteine on reduction.
- cratons
-
noun,
a relatively rigid and immobile region of continental portions of the earth's crust.
- oneidas
-
noun,
a member of an Iroquois people formerly inhabiting the region east of Oneida Lake.
- cistern
-
noun,
a reservoir, tank, or container for storing or holding water or other liquid.
- dourine
-
noun,
an infectious disease of horses, affecting the genitals and hind legs, caused by a protozoan parasite, Trypanosoma equiperdum.
- orceins
-
noun,
a red dye, the principal coloring matter of cudbear and orchil, obtained by oxidizing an ammoniacal solution of orcinol.
- ordains
-
verb (used with object),
to invest with ministerial or sacerdotal functions; confer holy orders upon.
- dunites
-
noun,
a coarse-grained igneous rock composed almost entirely of olivine.
- duennas
-
noun,
(in Spain and Portugal) an older woman serving as escort or chaperon of a young lady.
- innards
-
noun,
the internal parts of the body; entrails or viscera.
- drastic
-
adjective,
acting with force or violence; violent.
- Drayton
-
noun,
Michael, 1563–1631, English poet.
- crusted
-
noun,
the brown, hard outer portion or surface of a loaf or slice of bread (distinguished from crumb).
- orients
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- ostiary
-
noun,
Also called doorkeeper, porter. Roman Catholic Church.
a member of the lowest-ranking of the four minor orders.
the order itself. Compare acolyte (def 2), exorcist (def 2), lector (def 2).
- Denison
-
noun,
a city in NE Texas.
- cestoid
-
noun,
cestode.
- caution
-
noun,
alertness and prudence in a hazardous situation; care; wariness:
- raucous
-
adjective,
harsh; strident; grating:
- ratines
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- Destiny
-
noun,
something that is to happen or has happened to a particular person or thing; lot or fortune.
- redacts
-
verb (used with object),
to put into suitable literary form; revise; edit.
- destroy
-
verb (used with object),
to reduce (an object) to useless fragments, a useless form, or remains, as by rending, burning, or dissolving; injure beyond repair or renewal; demolish; ruin; annihilate.
- detains
-
verb (used with object),
to keep from proceeding; keep waiting; delay.
- instead
-
Idioms,
instead of, in place of; in lieu of:
- detours
-
noun,
a roundabout or circuitous way or course, especially one used temporarily when the main route is closed.
- centaur
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of a race of monsters having the head, trunk, and arms of a man, and the body and legs of a horse.
- catouse
-
noun,
New England. a noisy disturbance; commotion.
- rations
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- detrain
-
verb (used without object),
to alight from a railway train; arrive by train.
- centri-
-
- intones
-
verb (used with object),
to utter with a particular tone or voice modulation.
- readout
-
noun,
Computers. the output of information from a computer in readable form.
Compare printout.
- recants
-
verb (used with object),
to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
- interns
-
noun,
a person who is or has been interned; internee.
- intens.
-
- recount
-
noun,
a second or additional count, as of votes in an election.
- discern
-
verb (used with object),
to perceive by the sight or some other sense or by the intellect; see, recognize, or apprehend:
- discant
-
noun,
Also, discantus [dis-kan-tuh s] /dɪsˈkæn təs/ (Show IPA). Music. a 13th-century polyphonic style with strict mensural meter in all the voice parts, in contrast to the metrically free organum of the period.
- cronies
-
noun,
a close friend or companion; chum.
- directs
-
adverb,
in a direct manner; directly; straight:
- randies
-
noun,
Chiefly Scot. a rude or coarse beggar.
- cations
-
noun,
a positively charged ion that is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis.
- density
-
noun,
the state or quality of being dense; compactness; closely set or crowded condition.
- crudity
-
noun,
the state or quality of being crude.
- insnare
-
verb (used with object),
ensnare.
- dineros
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Peru, the 10th part of a sol.
- dentary
-
noun,
one of a pair of membrane bones that in lower vertebrates form the distal part of the lower jaws and in mammals comprise the mandible.
- cretins
-
noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- certain
-
Idioms,
for certain, without a doubt; surely:
- citrons
-
noun,
a pale-yellow fruit resembling the lemon but larger and with thicker rind, borne by a small tree or large bush, Citrus medica, allied to the lemon and lime.
- radices
-
noun,
a plural of radix.
- dentins
-
noun,
the hard, calcareous tissue, similar to but denser than bone, that forms the major portion of a tooth, surrounds the pulp cavity, and is situated beneath the enamel and cementum.
- Cernuda
-
noun,
Luis [loo-ees] /luˈis/ (Show IPA), 1902–63, Spanish poet, in England after 1939.
- diurons
-
noun,
a white crystalline substance, C 9 H 10 Cl 2 N 2 O, used as a weed-killer.
- deontic
-
adjective,
of or relating to duty and moral obligation as ethical concepts.
- centro-
-
- dysuria
-
noun,
difficult or painful urination.
- cerato-
-
- rainout
-
noun,
a contest, performance, or the like, that has been rained out.
- intends
-
verb (used with object),
to have in mind as something to be done or brought about; plan:
- diaster
-
noun,
the stage in mitosis at which the chromosomes, after their division and separation, are grouped near the poles of the spindle.
- crinose
-
adjective,
hairy.
- redcoat
-
noun,
(especially during the American Revolution) a British soldier.
- descant
-
noun,
Music.
a melody or counterpoint accompanying a simple musical theme and usually written above it.
(in part music) the soprano.
a song or melody.
- Century
-
noun,
a period of 100 years.
- disrate
-
verb (used with object),
to reduce to a lower rating or rank.
- destain
-
verb (used with object),
to remove stain (from a specimen) to enhance visibility and contrast of parts.
- eutocia
-
noun,
normal childbirth.
- Durance
-
noun,
incarceration or imprisonment (often used in the phrase durance vile).
- Oceanid
-
noun,
any of the daughters of Oceanus and Tethys; a sea nymph.
- contra-
-
- curates
-
noun,
Chiefly British. a member of the clergy employed to assist a rector or vicar.
- neutro-
-
- custard
-
noun,
a dessert made of eggs, sugar, and milk, either baked, boiled, or frozen.
- erotics
-
noun,
an erotic poem.
- cordite
-
noun,
a smokeless, slow-burning powder composed of 30 to 58 percent nitroglycerin, 37 to 65 percent cellulose nitrate, and 5 to 6 percent mineral jelly.
- neutron
-
noun,
an elementary particle having no charge, mass slightly greater than that of a proton, and spin of ½: a constituent of the nuclei of all atoms except those of hydrogen. Symbol: n.
- cordate
-
adjective,
heart-shaped:
- Nicetas
-
noun,
Saint Ignatius (def 2).
- contuse
-
verb (used with object),
to injure (tissue), especially without breaking the skin; bruise.
- contras
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) a member of a counterrevolutionary guerrilla group in Nicaragua.
- custody
-
noun,
keeping; guardianship; care.
- neuston
-
noun,
the aggregate of minute aquatic organisms that float or swim in the surface film of a body of water.
- erotica
-
noun,
written works, usually fiction, dealing with sexual love.
- cunners
-
noun,
a small wrasse, Tautogolabrus adspersus, common in North Atlantic coastal waters of the U.S.
- Nidaros
-
noun,
former name of Trondheim.
- incrust
-
verb (used with object),
to cover or line with a crust or hard coating.
- contend
-
verb (used with object),
to assert or maintain earnestly:
- Ninurta
-
noun,
a Sumerian and Babylonian hero god.
- incudes
-
noun,
a plural of incus.
- indents
-
noun,
a toothlike notch or deep recess; indentation.
- Ericson
-
noun,
Leif [leef;; Icelandic leyv] /lif;; Icelandic leɪv/ (Show IPA), flourished a.d. c1000, Norse mariner: according to Icelandic saga, discoverer of Vinland (son of Eric the Red).
- erasion
-
noun,
the act of erasing.
- indorse
-
verb (used with object),
endorse.
- curtsey
-
noun,
curtsy.
- Curtius
-
noun,
Ernst [ernst] /ɛrnst/ (Show IPA), 1814–96, German archaeologist and historian.
- contain
-
verb (used with object),
to hold or include within its volume or area:
- natured
-
adjective,
having a temperament of a particular kind (usually used in combination):
- curious
-
adjective,
eager to learn or know; inquisitive.
- Yaounde
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Cameroon, in the SW part.
- nancies
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Meurthe-et-Moselle, in NE France: battles 1477, 1914, 1944.
- nanduti
-
noun,
a fine, intricate lace made in Paraguay, usually of cotton, and resembling a spiderweb.
- costard
-
noun,
a large English variety of apple.
- Costain
-
noun,
Thomas Bertram, 1885–1965, U.S. novelist, historian, and editor, born in Canada.
- narcose
-
adjective,
characterized by stupor; stuporous.
- nascent
-
adjective,
beginning to exist or develop:
- natrons
-
noun,
a mineral, hydrated sodium carbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅10H 2 O.
- curites
-
noun,
a radioactive uranium mineral, Pb 2 U 5 O 17 ·4H 2 O, with adamantine luster, occurring as reddish-brown to deep-yellow needle-shaped crystals, formed by alteration of uraninite.
- cortina
-
noun,
a weblike, often evanescent veil covering the gills or hanging from the cap edge of certain mushrooms, particularly those of genus Cortinarius, and sometimes persisting as a ring or remnant of fibrils around the mushroom stalk.
- nectary
-
noun,
Botany. an organ or part that secretes nectar.
- courant
-
noun,
courante.
- Etonian
-
noun,
a person who is or has been a pupil at Eton College.
- cornute
-
adjective,
cornuted.
- estuary
-
noun,
that part of the mouth or lower course of a river in which the river's current meets the sea's tide.
- country
-
noun,
a state or nation:
- nectars
-
noun,
the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or birds that pollinate the flower.
- cornets
-
noun,
Music. a valved wind instrument of the trumpet family.
- corneas
-
noun,
the transparent anterior part of the external coat of the eye covering the iris and the pupil and continuous with the sclera.
- Estonia
-
noun,
a republic in N Europe, on the Baltic, S of the Gulf of Finland: an independent republic 1918–40; annexed by the Soviet Union 1940; regained independence 1991. 17,413 sq. mi. (45,100 sq. km). Capital: Tallinn.
- curtain
-
noun,
a hanging piece of fabric used to shut out the light from a window, adorn a room, increase privacy, etc.
- icterus
-
noun,
jaundice (def 1).
- Coryate
-
noun,
Thomas, 1577–1617, English traveler and author.
- entrain
-
verb (used with object),
to put aboard a train.
- enduros
-
noun,
an endurance race for automobiles or sometimes motorcycles.
- nutrias
-
noun,
the coypu.
- Durante
-
noun,
James Francis ("Jimmy") 1893–1980, U.S. comedian.
- danseur
-
noun,
a male ballet dancer.
- Ecuador
-
noun,
a republic in NW South America. 109,483 sq. mi. (283,561 sq. km). Capital: Quito.
- duteous
-
adjective,
dutiful; obedient.
- durians
-
noun,
the edible fruit of a tree, Durio zibethinus, of the bombax family, of southeastern Asia, having a hard, prickly rind, a highly flavored, pulpy flesh, and an unpleasant odor.
- you-uns
-
pronoun,
you (used in direct address usually to two or more persons).
- Duranty
-
noun,
Walter, 1884–1957, English journalist and author in the U.S.
- coedits
-
verb (used with object),
to edit jointly with another.
- 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.
- nonuser
-
noun,
a person who does not use or partake of something, as drugs or alcoholic beverages.
- Nordica
-
noun,
Lillian (Lillian Norton) 1859–1914, U.S. soprano.
- norites
-
noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- crayons
-
noun,
a pointed stick or pencil of colored clay, chalk, wax, etc., used for drawing or coloring.
- dasyure
-
noun,
any of several nocturnal, carnivorous marsupials of the genus Dasyurus and related genera, of Australia, Tasmania, and nearby islands, typically having a reddish or olive-brown coat marked with white spots.
- inducts
-
verb (used with object),
to install in an office, benefice, position, etc., especially with formal ceremonies:
- notices
-
noun,
an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning:
- nourice
-
noun,
a nurse.
- nuances
-
noun,
a subtle difference or distinction in expression, meaning, response, etc.
- cranio-
-
- coaster
-
noun,
a person or thing that coasts.
- coarsen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become coarse.
- curiosa
-
plural noun,
books, pamphlets, etc., dealing with unusual subjects.
- nuncios
-
noun,
a diplomatic representative of the pope at a foreign court or capital: equal in status to an ambassador.
- Dunstan
-
noun,
Saint, a.d. c925–988, English statesman: archbishop of Canterbury 961–978.
- edacity
-
noun,
the state of being edacious; voraciousness; appetite.
- noyades
-
noun,
destruction or execution by drowning, especially as practiced at Nantes, France, in 1793–94, during the Reign of Terror.
- inducer
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a substance that has the capability of activating genes within a cell.
- noctuid
-
noun,
Also called owlet moth. any of numerous dull-colored moths of the family Noctuidae, the larvae of which include the armyworms and cutworms.
- endrins
-
noun,
a highly toxic, chlorinated hydrocarbon, C 12 H 8 OCl 6 , formerly used as an insecticide.
- Isadore
-
noun,
a male given name: from the Greek word meaning “gift of Isis.”.
- constr.
-
- conster
-
verb (used with or without object),
construe.
- dacoity
-
noun,
(in India and Burma) gang robbery; robbery by dacoits.
- dacoits
-
noun,
(in India and Burma) a member of a class of criminals who engage in organized robbery and murder.
- consent
-
noun,
permission, approval, or agreement; compliance; acquiescence:
- dacryon
-
noun,
the point of junction of the maxillary, lacrimal, and frontal bones.
- nitrous
-
adjective,
pertaining to compounds obtained from niter, usually containing less oxygen than the corresponding nitric compounds.
- encrust
-
verb (used with or without object),
incrust.
- connate
-
adjective,
existing in a person or thing from birth or origin; inborn:
- encinas
-
noun,
the live oak, Quercus virginiana.
- noetics
-
noun,
the science of the intellect or of pure thought; reasoning.
- enation
-
noun,
a small outgrowth of plant tissue, usually on a leaf, caused by virus infection.
- induces
-
verb (used with object),
to lead or move by persuasion or influence, as to some action or state of mind:
- conduit
-
noun,
a pipe, tube, or the like, for conveying water or other fluid.
- nocturn
-
noun,
the office of matins, consisting of nine psalms and either three or nine lessons.
- couteau
-
noun,
a knife, especially a large double-edged one formerly carried as a weapon.
- couters
-
noun,
a piece of plate armor for the elbow.
- Couture
-
noun,
the occupation of a couturier; dressmaking and designing.
- eductor
-
noun,
ejector (def 3).
- dancers
-
noun,
a person who dances.
- ctenoid
-
adjective,
comblike or pectinate; rough-edged.
- iracund
-
adjective,
prone to anger; irascible.
- conatus
-
noun,
an effort or striving.
- dietary
-
noun,
a regulated allowance of food.
- Reynaud
-
noun,
Paul [pawl] /pɔl/ (Show IPA), 1878–1966, French statesman: premier 1940.
- triodes
-
noun,
a vacuum tube containing three elements, usually anode, cathode, and control grid.
- side-on
-
adverb,
with the side or sides foremost, especially in a collision:
- sidero-
-
- truancy
-
noun,
the act or state of being truant.
- auditor
-
noun,
a person appointed and authorized to examine accounts and accounting records, compare the charges with the vouchers, verify balance sheet and income items, and state the result.
- trounce
-
verb (used with object),
to beat severely; thrash.
- synodic
-
adjective,
Astronomy. pertaining to a conjunction, or to two successive conjunctions of the same bodies.
- auction
-
noun,
Also called public sale. a publicly held sale at which property or goods are sold to the highest bidder.
- sinuate
-
adjective,
bent in and out; winding; sinuous.
- triunes
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) the Trinity.
- atonies
-
noun,
Pathology. lack of tone or energy; muscular weakness, especially in a contractile organ.
- atonics
-
noun,
Grammar. an unaccented word, syllable, or sound.
- Sno-Cat
-
- Trudeau
-
noun,
Pierre Elliott [pee-air] /piˈɛər/ (Show IPA), 1919–2000, Canadian political leader: prime minister 1968–79 and 1980–84.
- society
-
noun,
an organized group of persons associated together for religious, benevolent, cultural, scientific, political, patriotic, or other purposes.
- sonance
-
noun,
the condition or quality of being sonant.
- soredia
-
noun,
a group of algal cells surrounded by hyphal tissue, occurring on the surface of the thallus and functioning in vegetative reproduction.
- asunder
-
adverb, adjective,
into separate parts; in or into pieces:
- astroid
-
noun,
a hypocycloid with four cusps.
- sounder
-
noun,
a person or thing that makes a sound or noise, or sounds something.
- astride
-
preposition,
with a leg on each side of; straddling:
- astound
-
adjective,
Archaic. astonished; astounded.
- soutane
-
noun,
a cassock.
- treason
-
noun,
the offense of acting to overthrow one's government or to harm or kill its sovereign.
- soutenu
-
adjective,
performed in a carefully sustained manner.
- sidecar
-
noun,
a small car attached on one side to a motorcycle and supported on the other side by a wheel of its own, used for a passenger, parcels, etc.
- syconia
-
noun,
a multiple fruit developed from a hollow fleshy receptacle containing numerous flowers, as in the fig.
- stannic
-
adjective,
of or containing tin, especially in the tetravalent state.
- unction
-
noun,
an act of anointing, especially as a medical treatment or religious rite.
- candent
-
adjective,
glowing with heat; being at a white heat.
- sardine
-
noun,
the pilchard, Sardina pilchardus, often preserved in oil and used for food.
- unitard
-
noun,
a one-piece leotard with full-length stockings; bodysuit.
- unicorn
-
noun,
a mythical creature resembling a horse, with a single horn in the center of its forehead: often symbolic of chastity or purity.
- Saucier
-
noun,
a chef or cook who specializes in making sauces.
- saunter
-
noun,
a leisurely walk or ramble; stroll.
- sautoir
-
noun,
a ribbon, chain, scarf, or the like, tied around the neck in such a manner that the ends cross over each other.
- scanner
-
noun,
a person or thing that scans.
- undines
-
noun,
any of a group of female water spirits described by Paracelsus.
- adnouns
-
noun,
an adjective used as a noun, as meek in Blessed are the meek; absolute adjective.
- scouter
-
noun,
a person who scouts.
- Scudery
-
noun,
Magdeleine de [mag-duh-len duh] /mag dəˈlɛn də/ (Show IPA), 1607–1701, French novelist.
- Tuesday
-
noun,
the third day of the week, following Monday.
- Tuscany
-
noun,
a region in W central Italy: formerly a grand duchy. 8879 sq. mi. (22,995 sq. km).
- scunner
-
noun,
an irrational dislike; loathing:
- Scutari
-
noun,
Lake, a lake between NW Albania and Montenegro. About 135 sq. mi. (350 sq. km).
- turdine
-
adjective,
belonging or pertaining to the family Turdidae, comprising the true thrushes.
- Sectary
-
noun,
a member of a particular sect, especially an adherent of a religious body regarded as heretical or schismatic.
- section
-
noun,
a part that is cut off or separated.
- auteurs
-
noun,
a filmmaker whose individual style and complete control over all elements of production give a film its personal and unique stamp.
- Austro-
-
- turacos
-
noun,
touraco.
- senator
-
noun,
a member of a senate.
- tunnies
-
noun,
tuna1 .
- tundras
-
noun,
one of the vast, nearly level, treeless plains of the arctic regions of Europe, Asia, and North America.
- Soutine
-
noun,
Chaim [khahy-im,, khahy-im] /xaɪˈɪm,, ˈxaɪ ɪm/ (Show IPA), 1894–1943, Lithuanian painter in France.
- ancient
-
noun,
a person who lived in ancient times.
- unitary
-
adjective,
of or relating to a unit or units.
- tendons
-
noun,
Anatomy. a cord or band of dense, tough, inelastic, white, fibrous tissue, serving to connect a muscle with a bone or part; sinew.
- toadies
-
noun,
an obsequious flatterer; sycophant.
- Aretino
-
noun,
Pietro [pye-traw] /ˈpyɛ trɔ/ (Show IPA), 1492–1556, Italian satirist and dramatist.
- tanrecs
-
noun,
tenrec.
- Tardieu
-
noun,
André Pierre Gabriel Amédée [ahn-drey pyer ga-bree-el a-mey-dey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ pyɛr ga briˈɛl a meɪˈdeɪ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, French statesman.
- annoyed
-
noun,
Archaic. an annoyance.
- arduous
-
adjective,
requiring great exertion; laborious; difficult:
- taurine
-
noun,
a neutral crystalline substance, C 2 H 7 NO 3 S, obtained from bile.
- annuity
-
noun,
a specified income payable at stated intervals for a fixed or a contingent period, often for the recipient's life, in consideration of a stipulated premium paid either in prior installment payments or in a single payment.
- tedious
-
adjective,
marked by monotony or tedium; long and tiresome:
- tirades
-
noun,
a prolonged outburst of bitter, outspoken denunciation:
- tenancy
-
noun,
a holding, as of lands, by any kind of title; occupancy of land, a house, or the like, under a lease or on payment of rent; tenure.
- anodyne
-
noun,
a medicine that relieves or allays pain.
- Tancred
-
noun,
1078?–1112, Norman leader in the first Crusade.
- tinners
-
noun,
a tinsmith.
- anoints
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or sprinkle on; apply an unguent, ointment, or oily liquid to.
- anurous
-
adjective,
having no tail.
- tinnery
-
noun,
tinworks.
- tension
-
noun,
the act of stretching or straining.
- tinders
-
noun,
a highly flammable material or preparation formerly used for catching the spark from a flint and steel struck together for fire or light.
- tindery
-
adjective,
resembling tinder; highly inflammable or inflammatory.
- tenuous
-
adjective,
thin or slender in form, as a thread.
- antero-
-
- Anteros
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a brother of Eros, most often regarded as the avenger of unrequited love.
- ternion
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- Antoine
-
noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1858–1943, French theatrical director, manager, and critic.
- tannery
-
noun,
a place where tanning is carried on.
- aristo-
-
- stearic
-
adjective,
of or relating to suet or fat.
- torsade
-
noun,
a twisted cord.
- stearin
-
noun,
Chemistry. any of the three glyceryl esters of stearic acid, especially C 3 H 5 (C 18 H 35 O 2) 3 , a soft, white, odorless solid found in many natural fats.
- traduce
-
verb (used with object),
to speak maliciously and falsely of; slander; defame:
- stearo-
-
- andiron
-
noun,
one of a pair of metal stands, usually of iron or brass, for holding logs in a fireplace.
- tourney
-
noun,
a tournament.
- Tournai
-
noun,
a city in W Belgium, on the Scheldt River.
- sterno-
-
- steroid
-
noun,
any of a large group of fat-soluble organic compounds, as the sterols, bile acids, and sex hormones, most of which have specific physiological action.
- Tourane
-
noun,
former name of Danang.
- toucans
-
noun,
any of several usually brightly colored, fruit-eating birds of the family Ramphastidae, of tropical America, having a very large bill.
- androus
-
- Torenia
-
noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Torenia, of the figwort family, native to Africa and Asia, having two-lipped, usually blue or purple flowers.
- surcoat
-
noun,
a garment worn over medieval armor, often embroidered with heraldic arms.
- storied
-
noun,
a narrative, either true or fictitious, in prose or verse, designed to interest, amuse, or instruct the hearer or reader; tale.
- tonsure
-
noun,
the act of cutting the hair or shaving the head.
- Tonnies
-
noun,
Ferdinand [fer-dee-nahnt] /ˈfɛr diˌnɑnt/ (Show IPA), 1855–1936, German sociologist.
- aneroid
-
noun,
aneroid barometer.
- tonners
-
noun,
something having a specified weight in tons (used in combination):
- stunner
-
noun,
a person or thing that stuns.
- suction
-
noun,
the act, process, or condition of sucking.
- arseno-
-
- Sudanic
-
adjective,
(especially in former systems of classification) of or relating to a residual category of African languages including most of the non-Bantu and non-Hamitic languages of northern and central Africa: most now reclassified as part of the Niger-Congo subfamily.
- Aneurin
-
noun,
thiamine.
- tonneau
-
noun,
a rear part or compartment of an automobile body, containing seats for passengers.
- Sunnite
-
noun,
Sunni (def 1).
- sarcoid
-
noun,
a growth resembling a sarcoma.
- Anterus
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 235–236.
- candier
-
- actino-
-
- canters
-
noun,
an easy gallop.
- rodents
-
noun,
a rodent mammal.
- run-out
-
noun,
the act of evading a jump or jumping outside of the limiting markers.
- unsound
-
adjective,
not sound; unhealthy, diseased, or disordered, as the body or mind.
- canonry
-
noun,
the office or benefice of a canon.
- carneys
-
noun,
carny.
- carnets
-
noun,
a customs document allowing an automobile to be driven at no cost across international borders.
- carnies
-
noun,
a person employed by a carnival.
- rondeau
-
noun,
Prosody. a short poem of fixed form, consisting of 13 or 10 lines on two rhymes and having the opening words or phrase used in two places as an unrhymed refrain.
- cannery
-
noun,
a factory where foodstuffs, as meat, fish, or fruit are canned.
- carnose
-
adjective,
of or relating to flesh; fleshy.
- sainted
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- canines
-
noun,
a canid, or member of the dog family Canidae.
- actinon
-
noun,
a chemically inert, gaseous, short-lived isotope of radon that is a member of the actinium series. Symbol: An; atomic number: 86; atomic weight: 219.
- carnous
-
adjective,
carnose.
- unround
-
verb (used with object),
to articulate (an ordinarily rounded vowel) without rounding the lips; delabialize.
- urinate
-
verb (used without object),
to pass or discharge urine.
- uranous
-
adjective,
containing trivalent uranium.
- carious
-
adjective,
having caries, as teeth; decayed.
- urinous
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, resembling, or having the odor or qualities of urine.
- untried
-
adjective,
not tried; not attempted, proved, or tested.
- Rostand
-
noun,
Edmond [ed-mawn] /ɛdˈmɔ̃/ (Show IPA), 1868–1918, French dramatist and poet.
- untunes
-
verb (used with object),
to render or cause to become out of tune:
- acetous
-
adjective,
containing or producing acetic acid.
- acinous
-
adjective,
consisting of acini.
- cardio-
-
- acetoin
-
noun,
a yellowish, pleasant-smelling liquid, C 4 H 8 O 2 , obtained from various carbohydrates, as glucose, by fermentation: used chiefly in the manufacture of flavors and essences.
- routine
-
noun,
a customary or regular course of procedure.
- uranite
-
noun,
any of the uranium phosphates, as autunite or torbernite.
- aconite
-
noun,
any plant belonging to the genus Aconitum, of the buttercup family, having irregular flowers usually in loose clusters, including species with poisonous and medicinal properties.
- acetins
-
noun,
a colorless, thick, hygroscopic liquid, C 5 H 10 O 4 : used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives.
- ruction
-
noun,
a disturbance, quarrel, or row.
- Roscian
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving acting.
- Rosanne
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ruinate
-
adjective,
ruined.
- untread
-
verb (used with object),
to go back through in the same steps.
- acerous
-
adjective,
acerose1 .
- ruinous
-
adjective,
bringing or tending to bring ruin; destructive; disastrous:
- carotid
-
noun,
Also called carotid artery. either of the two large arteries, one on each side of the head, that carry blood to the head and that divide into an external branch supplying the neck, face, and other external parts, and an internal branch supplying the brain, eye, and other internal parts.
- sadiron
-
noun,
Northern, North Midland, and Western U.S. Older Use. a flatiron that is pointed at both ends and has a detachable handle.
- carotin
-
noun,
carotene.
- unready
-
adjective,
not ready; not made ready:
- Reynosa
-
noun,
a city in N Tamaulipas, in E Mexico, on the Rio Grande.
- candies
-
noun,
any of a variety of confections made with sugar, syrup, etc., often combined with chocolate, fruit, nuts, etc.
- Candiot
-
noun,
a Cretan.
- sarcode
-
noun,
protoplasm, especially the semifluid content of a protozoan.
- candors
-
noun,
the state or quality of being frank, open, and sincere in speech or expression; candidness:
- rescind
-
verb (used with object),
to abrogate; annul; revoke; repeal.
- resound
-
verb (used with object),
to reecho (a sound).
- retains
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- Sandron
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Sandro.
- retsina
-
noun,
a strong, resinated white or red wine of Greece and Cyprus.
- Reunion
-
noun,
the act of uniting again.
- rinceau
-
noun,
an ornamental foliate or floral motif.
- rotunda
-
noun,
a round building, especially one with a dome.
- carouse
-
noun,
carousal.
- tinned
-
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.
- Utuado
-
noun,
a city in central Puerto Rico.
- escudo
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Cape Verde, equal to 100 centavos.
- diseur
-
noun,
a male professional entertainer who performs monologues.
- tineas
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- estray
-
noun,
a person or animal that has strayed.
- Estrin
-
noun,
estrone.
- toucan
-
noun,
any of several usually brightly colored, fruit-eating birds of the family Ramphastidae, of tropical America, having a very large bill.
- indent
-
noun,
a toothlike notch or deep recess; indentation.
- induc.
-
- urano-
-
- tinner
-
noun,
a tinsmith.
- Uticas
-
noun,
an ancient city on the N coast of Africa, NW of Carthage.
- Tories
-
noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- insect
-
noun,
any animal of the class Insecta, comprising small, air-breathing arthropods having the body divided into three parts (head, thorax, and abdomen), and having three pairs of legs and usually two pairs of wings.
- insane
-
adjective,
not sane; not of sound mind; mentally deranged.
- dinero
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Peru, the 10th part of a sol.
- insert
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- direct
-
adverb,
in a direct manner; directly; straight:
- uterus
-
noun,
the enlarged, muscular, expandable portion of the oviduct in which the fertilized ovum implants and develops or rests during prenatal development; the womb of certain mammals.
- tisane
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- uranic
-
adjective,
of or containing uranium, especially in the tetravalent state.
- trance
-
noun,
a half-conscious state, seemingly between sleeping and waking, in which ability to function voluntarily may be suspended.
- trains
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- urino-
-
- U-turn
-
noun,
a U -shaped turn made by a vehicle so as to head in the opposite direction from its original course.
- Tyrone
-
noun,
a former administrative county in W Northern Ireland: replaced by several new districts 1973.
- trades
-
noun,
the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries:
- induce
-
verb (used with object),
to lead or move by persuasion or influence, as to some action or state of mind:
- eructs
-
verb (used with or without object),
to belch forth, as gas from the stomach.
- dinars
-
noun,
any of various former coins of the Near East, especially gold coins issued by Islamic governments.
- traces
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- Escaut
-
noun,
French name of Scheldt.
- escort
-
noun,
a group of persons, or a single person, accompanying another or others for protection, guidance, or courtesy:
- dynast
-
noun,
a ruler or potentate, especially a hereditary ruler.
- Disney
-
noun,
Walt(er E.) 1901–66, U.S. creator and producer of animated cartoons, motion pictures, etc.
- urines
-
noun,
the liquid-to-semisolid waste matter excreted by the kidneys, in humans being a yellowish, slightly acid, watery fluid.
- Eudora
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Tyrian
-
adjective,
of or relating to ancient Tyre or its people.
- uraeus
-
noun,
the sacred asp as represented upon the headdress of divinities and royal personages of ancient Egypt, usually directly over the forehead, as an emblem of supreme power.
- yentas
-
noun,
a person, especially a woman, who is a busybody or gossip.
- tonner
-
noun,
something having a specified weight in tons (used in combination):
- induna
-
noun,
an official functionary of a king or chief in South African Bantu societies.
- inanes
-
noun,
something that is empty or void, especially the void of infinite space.
- toners
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- incase
-
verb (used with object),
encase.
- incest
-
noun,
sexual intercourse between closely related persons.
- toe-in
-
noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- Urundi
-
noun,
former name of Burundi.
- uretic
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or occurring in the urine.
- todies
-
noun,
any of several small West Indian birds of the family Todidae, related to the motmots and kingfishers, having brightly colored green and red plumage.
- indues
-
verb (used with object),
endue.
- ursine
-
adjective,
of or relating to a bear or bears.
- dinner
-
noun,
the main meal of the day, eaten in the evening or at midday.
- incurs
-
verb (used with object),
to come into or acquire (some consequence, usually undesirable or injurious):
- incuse
-
noun,
an incuse figure or impression.
- diners
-
noun,
a person who dines.
- disco-
-
- inroad
-
noun,
a damaging or serious encroachment:
- yearns
-
verb (used without object),
to have an earnest or strong desire; long:
- Uranus
-
noun,
Astronomy. the planet seventh in order from the sun, having an equatorial diameter of 32,600 miles (56,460 km), a mean distance from the sun of 1,784 million miles (2,871 million km), a period of revolution of 84.07 years, and 15 moons.
- urates
-
noun,
a salt of uric acid.
- iatro-
-
- Yaunde
-
noun,
Yaoundé.
- Icarus
-
noun,
Also, Ikaros. Classical Mythology. a youth who attempted to escape from Crete with wings of wax and feathers but flew so high that his wings melted from the heat of the sun, and he plunged to his death in the sea.
- tonnes
-
noun,
metric ton.
- induct
-
verb (used with object),
to install in an office, benefice, position, etc., especially with formal ceremonies:
- innate
-
adjective,
existing in one from birth; inborn; native:
- todays
-
noun,
this present day:
- utero-
-
- Tocsin
-
noun,
a signal, especially of alarm, sounded on a bell or bells.
- Ieyasu
-
noun,
Iyeyasu.
- Indore
-
noun,
a former state in central India: now part of Madhya Pradesh.
- usance
-
noun,
Commerce. a length of time, exclusive of days of grace and varying in different places, allowed by custom or usage for the payment of foreign bills of exchange.
- Yentai
-
noun,
Wade-Giles. Yantai.
- tirade
-
noun,
a prolonged outburst of bitter, outspoken denunciation:
- uredia
-
noun,
uredinium.
- trendy
-
noun,
a trendy person, place, object, or idea.
- unused
-
adjective,
not used; not put to use:
- donuts
-
noun,
doughnut.
- Dorian
-
noun,
a member of a people who entered Greece about the 12th century b.c., conquered the Peloponnesus, and destroyed the Mycenaean culture: one of the four main divisions of the prehistoric Greeks.
Compare Achaean (def 5), Aeolian (def 2), Ionian (def 3).
- Undine
-
noun,
any of a group of female water spirits described by Paracelsus.
- unread
-
adjective,
not read, as a letter or newspaper.
- Dunois
-
noun,
Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), Comte de ("Bastard of Orleans") 1403?–68, French military leader: relieved by Joan of Arc and her troops when besieged at Orleans.
- undies
-
plural noun,
women's or children's underwear.
- under-
-
- durain
-
noun,
the coal forming the dull layers in banded bituminous coal.
- Dorcas
-
noun,
a Christian woman at Joppa who made clothing for the poor. Acts 9:36–41.
- Dorati
-
noun,
Antal [ahn-tahl;; Hungarian on-tol] /ˈɑn tɑl;; Hungarian ˈɒn tɒl/ (Show IPA), 1906–1988, Hungarian conductor, in the U.S.
- uncase
-
verb (used with object),
to remove from a case; remove the case from.
- donsie
-
adjective,
Midland U.S. somewhat sick, weak, or lacking in vitality; not completely well.
- Duncan
-
noun,
Isadora, 1878–1927, U.S. dancer: pioneer in modern dance.
- donnas
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Madam; Lady: an Italian title of respect prefixed to the given name of a woman.
- Durant
-
noun,
Ariel, 1898–1981, U.S. author and historian (wife of Will).
- Tuscan
-
noun,
the standard literary form of the Italian language.
- turion
-
noun,
a small shoot, as of asparagus or certain aquatic plants, from which a new plant can develop.
- Donets
-
noun,
a river rising in the SW Russian Federation near Belgorod, flowing SE through Ukraine to the Don River. About 650 miles (1045 km) long.
- durian
-
noun,
the edible fruit of a tree, Durio zibethinus, of the bombax family, of southeastern Asia, having a hard, prickly rind, a highly flavored, pulpy flesh, and an unpleasant odor.
- unrent
-
adjective,
not rent; not torn, disturbed, pained, or the like:
- unrest
-
noun,
lack of rest; a restless, troubled, or uneasy state; disquiet:
- turco-
-
- Duryea
-
noun,
Charles Edgar, 1861–1938, U.S. inventor and manufacturer of automobiles and automotive devices.
- durocs
-
noun,
one of an American breed of hardy red hogs having drooping ears.
- dunite
-
noun,
a coarse-grained igneous rock composed almost entirely of olivine.
- Dunant
-
noun,
Jean Henri [French zhahn ahn-ree] /French ʒɑ̃ ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1828–1910, Swiss banker and philanthropist: founder of the Red Cross; Nobel Peace Prize 1901.
- Dustin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- drains
-
noun,
something, as a pipe or conduit, by which a liquid drains.
- United
-
adjective,
made into or caused to act as a single entity:
- douane
-
noun,
a custom house; customs.
- dorsi-
-
- unison
-
noun,
coincidence in pitch of two or more musical tones, voices, etc.
- douras
-
noun,
durra.
- Uniate
-
noun,
a member of an Eastern church that is in union with the Roman Catholic Church, acknowledges the Roman pope as supreme in matters of faith, but maintains its own liturgy, discipline, and rite.
- UNESCO
-
noun,
an agency of the United Nations charged with instituting and administering programs for cooperative, coordinated action by member states in education, science, and the arts.
- douser
-
noun,
a person or thing that douses.
- douter
-
noun,
an implement for snuffing out candles, consisting either of a scissorlike device with two broad flat blades or of a cone at the end of a handle.
- Dracut
-
noun,
a city in NE Massachusetts.
- uneasy
-
adjective,
not easy in body or mind; uncomfortable; restless; disturbed; perturbed.
- undoes
-
verb (used with object),
to reverse the doing of; cause to be as if never done:
- Undset
-
noun,
Sigrid [sig-rid;; Norwegian si-gri] /ˈsɪg rɪd;; Norwegian ˈsɪ grɪ/ (Show IPA), 1882–1949, Norwegian novelist: Nobel prize 1928.
- driest
-
noun,
a prohibitionist.
- undone
-
verb,
past participle of undo.
- droits
-
noun,
a legal right or claim.
- Duarte
-
noun,
a city in SW California.
- Dorset
-
noun,
1st Earl of, Thomas Sackville.
- ducats
-
noun,
any of various gold coins formerly issued in various parts of Europe, especially that first issued in Venice in 1284.
Compare sequin (def 2).
- ductor
-
noun,
the roller that conveys ink in a press from the ink reservoir to the distributor.
- duenna
-
noun,
(in Spain and Portugal) an older woman serving as escort or chaperon of a young lady.
- Dorsey
-
noun,
Tommy, 1905–56, U.S. jazz trombonist and bandleader.
- dories
-
noun,
a boat with a narrow, flat bottom, high bow, and flaring sides.
- Duster
-
noun,
a person or thing that removes or applies dust.
- tinder
-
noun,
a highly flammable material or preparation formerly used for catching the spark from a flint and steel struck together for fire or light.
- trans.
-
- Enrico
-
noun,
a male given name: Italian form of Henry.
- trines
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- diuron
-
noun,
a white crystalline substance, C 9 H 10 Cl 2 N 2 O, used as a weed-killer.
- triens
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- endrin
-
noun,
a highly toxic, chlorinated hydrocarbon, C 12 H 8 OCl 6 , formerly used as an insecticide.
- trices
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- triads
-
noun,
a group of three, especially of three closely related persons or things.
- enduro
-
noun,
an endurance race for automobiles or sometimes motorcycles.
- triacs
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- Ennius
-
noun,
Quintus [kwin-tuh s] /ˈkwɪn təs/ (Show IPA), 239–169? b.c, Roman poet.
- ennuis
-
noun,
a feeling of utter weariness and discontent resulting from satiety or lack of interest; boredom:
- trends
-
noun,
the general course or prevailing tendency; drift:
- triose
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- untrod
-
adjective,
not trod; not traversed:
- untrue
-
adjective,
not true, as to a person or a cause, to fact, or to a standard.
- unites
-
noun,
a former gold coin of England, equal to 20 shillings, issued under James I and Charles I.
- distr.
-
- eonian
-
adjective,
aeonian.
- untune
-
verb (used with object),
to render or cause to become out of tune:
- ericas
-
noun,
any of numerous low-growing evergreen shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Erica, of the heath family, including several species of heather.
- treads
-
noun,
the action of treading, stepping, or walking.
- transe
-
noun,
a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
- Erinys
-
noun,
any of the Furies.
- erotic
-
noun,
an erotic poem.
- triode
-
noun,
a vacuum tube containing three elements, usually anode, cathode, and control grid.
- Dnestr
-
noun,
Russian name of Dniester.
- Easton
-
noun,
a city in E Pennsylvania, on the Delaware River.
- unsaid
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of unsay.
- turaco
-
noun,
touraco.
- Tunney
-
noun,
James Joseph ("Gene") 1898–1978, U.S. boxer: world heavyweight champion 1926–28.
- Tunica
-
noun,
a tunic.
- Edison
-
noun,
Thomas Alva [al-vuh] /ˈæl və/ (Show IPA), 1847–1931, U.S. inventor, especially of electrical devices.
- editor
-
noun,
a person having managerial and sometimes policy-making responsibility related to the writing, compilation, and revision of content for a publishing firm or for a newspaper, magazine, or other publication:
- tuners
-
noun,
a person or thing that tunes.
- donate
-
verb (used with object),
to present as a gift, grant, or contribution; make a donation of, as to a fund or cause:
- tundra
-
noun,
one of the vast, nearly level, treeless plains of the arctic regions of Europe, Asia, and North America.
- doyens
-
noun,
the senior member, as in age, rank, or experience, of a group, class, profession, etc.
- Tucson
-
noun,
a city in S Arizona: health resort.
- truces
-
noun,
a suspension of hostilities for a specified period of time by mutual agreement of the warring parties; cease-fire; armistice.
- unseat
-
verb (used with object),
to dislodge from a seat, especially to throw from a saddle, as a rider; unhorse.
- Triune
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) the Trinity.
- docent
-
noun,
privatdocent.
- educts
-
noun,
something educed; eduction.
- trones
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- enacts
-
verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- tronas
-
noun,
a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
- Troyes
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Aube, in NE France, on the Seine: truce treaty in Hundred Year's War.
- doater
-
noun,
doter.
- unsure
-
adjective,
not certain or confident:
- Encina
-
noun,
the live oak, Quercus virginiana.
- untidy
-
adjective,
not tidy or neat; slovenly; disordered:
- encyst
-
verb (used with or without object),
to enclose or become enclosed in a cyst.
- duties
-
noun,
something that one is expected or required to do by moral or legal obligation.
- suntan
-
noun,
a browning or a brown color of the skin resulting from exposure to sunlight or a sunlamp; tan.
- instar
-
noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- Oneida
-
noun,
a member of an Iroquois people formerly inhabiting the region east of Oneida Lake.
- sauced
-
noun,
any preparation, usually liquid or semiliquid, eaten as a gravy or as a relish accompanying food.
- Saturn
-
noun,
an ancient Roman god of agriculture, the consort of Ops, believed to have ruled the earth during an age of happiness and virtue, identified with the Greek god Cronus.
- satori
-
noun,
sudden enlightenment.
- satire
-
noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- octads
-
noun,
a group or series of eight.
- octane
-
noun,
any of 18 isomeric saturated hydrocarbons having the formula C 8 H 18 , some of which are obtained in the distillation and cracking of petroleum.
- satiny
-
adjective,
satinlike; smooth; glossy.
- Octans
-
noun,
the Octant, a southern constellation that contains the south celestial pole.
- oyster
-
noun,
any of several edible, marine, bivalve mollusks of the family Ostreidae, having an irregularly shaped shell, occurring on the bottom or adhering to rocks or other objects in shallow water.
- Ondine
-
noun,
undine.
- Sarton
-
noun,
May, 1912–95, U.S. poet, novelist, and playwright.
- Sarnen
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Obwalden, in central Switzerland, E of Bern.
- Sardou
-
noun,
Victorien [veek-taw-ryen] /vik tɔˈryɛ̃/ (Show IPA), 1831–1908, French dramatist.
- oaters
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- onside
-
adjective, adverb,
not offside; being within the prescribed line or area at the beginning of or during play or a play.
- orates
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- orcein
-
noun,
a red dye, the principal coloring matter of cudbear and orchil, obtained by oxidizing an ammoniacal solution of orcinol.
- ordain
-
verb (used with object),
to invest with ministerial or sacerdotal functions; confer holy orders upon.
- santir
-
noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- sanity
-
noun,
the state of being sane; soundness of mind.
- oreads
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. any of a group of nymphs who were the companions of Artemis.
- orenda
-
noun,
a supernatural force believed by the Iroquois Indians to be present, in varying degrees, in all objects or persons, and to be the spiritual force by which human accomplishment is attained or accounted for.
- Orient
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- Sandro
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Orinda
-
noun,
a town in W California.
- ornate
-
adjective,
elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so:
- oscine
-
noun,
an oscine bird.
- saucer
-
noun,
a small, round, shallow dish to hold a cup.
- nutria
-
noun,
the coypu.
- Ostend
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Belgium.
- Nordau
-
noun,
Max Simon [mahks zee-mawn] /mɑks ˈzi mɔn/ (Show IPA), 1849–1923, Hungarian author, physician, and leader in the Zionist movement.
- Senior
-
noun,
a person who is older than another.
- Sendai
-
noun,
a city on NE Honshu, in central Japan.
- senary
-
adjective,
of or relating to the number six.
- Noetic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the mind.
- secund
-
adjective,
arranged on one side only; unilateral.
- noyade
-
noun,
destruction or execution by drowning, especially as practiced at Nantes, France, in 1793–94, during the Reign of Terror.
- nonary
-
noun,
a number in a nonary system.
- sector
-
noun,
Geometry. a plane figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle.
- nonces
-
noun,
the present, or immediate, occasion or purpose (usually used in the phrase for the nonce).
- second
-
noun,
a second part.
- secant
-
noun,
Geometry. an intersecting line, especially one intersecting a curve at two or more points.
- Searcy
-
noun,
a city in central Arkansas.
- nonets
-
noun,
a group of nine performers or instruments.
- Nordic
-
noun,
a member of the Nordic people, especially a Scandinavian.
- sauncy
-
adjective,
sonsy.
- norias
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- norite
-
noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- scrota
-
noun,
the pouch of skin that contains the testes.
- notary
-
noun,
notary public.
- notice
-
noun,
an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning:
- Scotia
-
noun,
a deep concave molding between two fillets, as in the Attic base.
- Scoter
-
noun,
any of the large diving ducks of the genus Melanitta, inhabiting northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere.
- nuance
-
noun,
a subtle difference or distinction in expression, meaning, response, etc.
- scoria
-
noun,
Metallurgy. the refuse, dross, or slag left after melting or smelting metal; scum.
- scato-
-
- nudity
-
noun,
the state or fact of being nude; nakedness.
- scanty
-
noun,
scanties, very brief underpants, especially for women.
- nuncio
-
noun,
a diplomatic representative of the pope at a foreign court or capital: equal in status to an ambassador.
- Osetic
-
adjective, noun,
Ossetic.
- Sandor
-
noun,
a male given name.
- sennit
-
noun,
a flat, braided cordage, formed by plaiting strands of rope yarn or other fiber, used as small stuff aboard ships.
- recast
-
noun,
a recasting.
- Roseau
-
noun,
a seaport on and the capital of Dominica.
- rancid
-
adjective,
having a rank, unpleasant, stale smell or taste, as through decomposition, especially of fats or oils:
- rosace
-
noun,
rosette (def 3).
- Ronnie
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Ronald or Veronica.
- ranids
-
noun,
frog1 (def 2).
- ratine
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- Rodney
-
noun,
George Brydges [brij-iz] /ˈbrɪdʒ ɪz/ (Show IPA), Baron, 1718–92, British admiral.
- ration
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- rodent
-
noun,
a rodent mammal.
- re-act
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- roadie
-
noun,
a member of a crew for a traveling group of musicians or other entertainers, whose work usually includes the setting up of equipment.
- reason
-
noun,
a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.:
- recant
-
verb (used with object),
to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
- recons
-
noun,
reconnaissance.
- raised
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- recti-
-
- rectos
-
- rident
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- rictus
-
noun,
the gape of the mouth of a bird.
- rectus
-
noun,
any of several straight muscles, as of the abdomen, thigh, eye, etc.
- redact
-
verb (used with object),
to put into suitable literary form; revise; edit.
- retina
-
noun,
the innermost coat of the posterior part of the eyeball that receives the image produced by the lens, is continuous with the optic nerve, and consists of several layers, one of which contains the rods and cones that are sensitive to light.
- retain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- redans
-
noun,
a V -shaped work, usually projecting from a fortified line.
- Reston
-
noun,
James (Barrett) ("Scotty") 1909–1995, U.S. journalist, born in Scotland.
- Renton
-
noun,
a city in W Washington, near Seattle.
- renins
-
noun,
a proteolytic enzyme secreted by the kidneys that is involved in the release of angiotensin.
- redout
-
noun,
a condition experienced by pilots and astronauts in which blood is forced to the head and results in a reddening of the field of vision during rapid deceleration or in maneuvers that produce a negative gravity force.
- Rosina
-
noun,
a female given name, Italian form of Rose.
- rayons
-
noun,
a regenerated, semisynthetic textile filament made from cellulose, cotton linters, or wood chips by treating these with caustic soda and carbon disulfide and passing the resultant solution, viscose, through spinnerets.
- ounces
-
noun,
a unit of weight equal to 437.5 grains or 1/16 pound (28.35 grams) avoirdupois.
- outrun
-
verb (used with object),
to run faster or farther than.
- ouster
-
noun,
expulsion or removal from a place or position occupied:
- outcry
-
noun,
a strong and usually public expression of protest, indignation, or the like.
- Sandie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Sandro.
- Sander
-
noun,
a person or thing that sands or sandpapers.
- sacro-
-
- sacred
-
adjective,
devoted or dedicated to a deity or to some religious purpose; consecrated.
- rutins
-
noun,
a bright yellow or greenish-yellow substance, C 27 H 30 O 16 , obtained chiefly from buckwheat, and used in the treatment of capillary fragility.
- Ruston
-
noun,
a city in N Louisiana.
- Rustin
-
noun,
Bayard [bey-erd] /ˈbeɪ ərd/ (Show IPA), 1910–1987, U.S. civil rights leader.
- outran
-
verb,
simple past tense of outrun.
- rustic
-
noun,
a country person.
- runout
-
noun,
Machinery.
the gradual termination of a groove on the body of an object not ending there, as the upper termination of a flute in a twist drill.
Also called back clearance. a space in a depressed area of an object into which a machine tool or grinding wheel may safely enter at the end of a pass or operation.
- run-on
-
noun,
run-on matter.
- Runyon
-
noun,
(Alfred) Damon [dey-muh n] /ˈdeɪ mən/ (Show IPA), 1884–1946, U.S. journalist and short-story writer.
- Rosita
-
noun,
a female given name, Spanish form of Rose.
- run-in
-
noun,
a quarrel; argument.
- Racine
-
noun,
Jean Baptiste [zhahn ba-teest] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist/ (Show IPA), 1639–99, French dramatist.
- racist
-
noun,
a person who believes in racism, the doctrine that one's own racial group is superior or that a particular racial group is inferior to the others.
- racons
-
noun,
radar beacon.
- radio-
-
- radios
-
noun,
wireless telegraphy or telephony:
- routes
-
noun,
a course, way, or road for passage or travel:
- rounds
-
noun,
any round shape, as a circle, ring or sphere.
- radius
-
noun,
a straight line extending from the center of a circle or sphere to the circumference or surface:
- radons
-
noun,
a chemically inert, radioactive gaseous element produced by the decay of radium: emissions produced by outgassing of rock, brick, etc. are a health hazard. Symbol: Rn; atomic number: 86; atomic weight: 222.
- Raetic
-
noun,
an extinct language of uncertain affinities that was spoken in Rhaetia and written with the Etruscan alphabet.
- rouens
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Seine-Maritime, in N France, on the Seine: famous cathedral; execution of Joan of Arc 1431.
- rotund
-
adjective,
round in shape; rounded:
- Sennar
-
noun,
a region in the E Sudan between the White and Blue Nile rivers, S of Khartoum: a former kingdom.
- Senora
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to Mrs., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a married or older woman. Abbreviation: Sra.
- Tydeus
-
noun,
the father of Diomedes: one of the Seven Against Thebes.
- nacred
-
adjective,
lined with or resembling nacre.
- suture
-
noun,
Surgery.
a joining of the lips or edges of a wound or the like by stitching or some similar process.
a particular method of doing this.
one of the stitches or fastenings employed.
- surety
-
noun,
security against loss or damage or for the fulfillment of an obligation, the payment of a debt, etc.; a pledge, guaranty, or bond.
- irades
-
noun,
a decree of a Muslim ruler.
- reduct
-
verb (used with object),
to reduce.
- Sunray
-
noun,
a ray of sunlight; sunbeam.
- irones
-
noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- sundry
-
Idioms,
all and sundry, everybody, collectively and individually:
- sunder
-
verb (used with object),
to separate; part; divide; sever.
- Sunday
-
noun,
the first day of the week, observed as the Sabbath by most Christian sects.
- sundae
-
noun,
ice cream served with syrup poured over it, and often other toppings, as whipped cream, chopped nuts, or fruit.
- isotac
-
noun,
a line drawn on a map connecting all points where ice starts to melt at approximately the same period in spring.
- suitor
-
noun,
a man who courts or woos a woman.
- suited
-
noun,
a set of clothing, armor, or the like, intended for wear together.
- tainos
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- nacres
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- sturdy
-
noun,
gid.
- studio
-
noun,
the workroom or atelier of an artist, as a painter or sculptor.
- Stroud
-
noun,
a coarse woolen cloth, blanket, or garment formerly used by the British in bartering with the North American Indians.
- strode
-
noun,
a striding manner or a striding gait.
- Nadine
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Strine
-
noun,
Australian English.
- stride
-
noun,
a striding manner or a striding gait.
- Strand
-
noun,
the land bordering the sea, a lake, or a river; shore; beach.
- Strain
-
noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- nadirs
-
noun,
Astronomy. the point on the celestial sphere directly beneath a given position or observer and diametrically opposite the zenith.
- stound
-
noun,
Archaic. a short time; short while.
- nances
-
noun,
Offensive. an effeminate male.
- yonder
-
adverb,
at, in, or to that place specified or more or less distant; over there.
- Tanner
-
noun,
a person whose occupation it is to tan hides.
- stoney
-
adjective,
stony.
- tenons
-
noun,
a projection formed on the end of a timber or the like for insertion into a mortise of the same dimensions.
- instr.
-
- insure
-
verb (used with object),
to guarantee against loss or harm.
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- intend
-
verb (used with object),
to have in mind as something to be done or brought about; plan:
- tenuis
-
noun,
an unaspirated, voiceless plosive.
- tensor
-
noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
- tenson
-
noun,
a Provençal poem taking the form of a dialogue or debate between two rival troubadours.
- inter.
-
- intern
-
noun,
a person who is or has been interned; internee.
- inters
-
verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- intoed
-
adjective,
having inwardly turned toes.
- intone
-
verb (used with object),
to utter with a particular tone or voice modulation.
- intra-
-
- tennis
-
noun,
a game played on a rectangular court by two players or two pairs of players equipped with rackets, in which a ball is driven back and forth over a low net that divides the court in half.
- iodate
-
noun,
Chemistry. a salt of iodic acid, as sodium iodate, NaIO 3 .
- tenias
-
noun,
taenia.
- intro.
-
- tendon
-
noun,
Anatomy. a cord or band of dense, tough, inelastic, white, fibrous tissue, serving to connect a muscle with a bone or part; sinew.
- Storey
-
noun,
story2 .
- intros
-
noun,
an introduction.
- Taurus
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Bull, a zodiacal constellation between Gemini and Aries, containing the bright star Aldebaran.
- tauro-
-
- inturn
-
noun,
an inward turn or curve around an axis or fixed point.
- tarso-
-
- tanrec
-
noun,
tenrec.
- tannic
-
adjective,
Chemistry. of, relating to, or derived from tan or tannin.
- inures
-
verb (used with object),
to accustom to hardship, difficulty, pain, etc.; toughen or harden; habituate (usually followed by to):
- inurns
-
verb (used with object),
to put into an urn, especially ashes after cremation.
- stoner
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
- nanoid
-
adjective,
dwarfish.
- sentry
-
noun,
a soldier stationed at a place to stand guard and prevent the passage of unauthorized persons, watch for fires, etc., especially a sentinel stationed at a pass, gate, opening in a defense work, or the like.
- nitery
-
noun,
a nightclub.
- nicety
-
noun,
a delicate or fine point; punctilio:
- nycti-
-
- nycto-
-
- 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).
- Snyder
-
noun,
Gary, born 1930, U.S. poet and essayist.
- Syrian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Syria.
- Syriac
-
noun,
a form of Aramaic used by various Eastern Churches.
- ninety
-
noun,
a cardinal number, ten times nine.
- Sirena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- 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.
- Nistru
-
noun,
Romanian name of Dniester.
- sinter
-
noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- sinner
-
noun,
a person who sins; transgressor.
- sindon
-
noun,
cloth of fine linen or silk, used especially for shrouds.
- nicads
-
noun,
nickel-cadmium battery.
- syndic
-
noun,
a person chosen to represent and transact business for a corporation, as a university.
- sienna
-
noun,
a ferruginous earth used as a yellowish-brown pigment (raw sienna) or, after roasting in a furnace, as a reddish-brown pigment (burnt sienna)
- Sidney
-
noun,
Sir Philip, 1554–86, English poet, writer, statesman, and soldier.
- niters
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- nitons
-
noun,
(formerly) radon. Symbol: Nt.
- nitres
-
noun,
niter.
- nitro-
-
- Sicyon
-
noun,
an ancient city in S Greece, near Corinth.
- Seurat
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1859–91, French (pointillist) painter.
- nocent
-
adjective,
harmful; injurious.
- nocti-
-
- noctis
-
adjective,
(in prescriptions) of the night.
- set-in
-
adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- Sondra
-
noun,
a female given name.
- sonnet
-
noun,
Prosody. a poem, properly expressive of a single, complete thought, idea, or sentiment, of 14 lines, usually in iambic pentameter, with rhymes arranged according to one of certain definite schemes, being in the strict or Italian form divided into a major group of 8 lines (the octave) followed by a minor group of 6 lines (the sestet), and in a common English form into 3 quatrains followed by a couplet.
- Nantes
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Loire-Atlantique, in W France, at the mouth of the Loire River.
- Nautes
-
noun,
(in the Aeneid) an aged Trojan and advisor to Aeneas.
- Naoise
-
noun,
the husband of Deirdre and a nephew of Conchobar, by whom he was treacherously killed.
- narco-
-
- stoned
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- narcos
-
noun,
narc.
- Styria
-
noun,
a province in SE Austria: formerly a duchy. 6327 sq. mi. (16,385 sq. km). Capital: Graz.
- nasion
-
noun,
the intersection of the internasal suture with the nasofrontal suture in the midsagittal plane.
- nastic
-
adjective,
of or showing sufficiently greater cellular force or growth on one side of an axis to change the form or position of the axis.
- nasute
-
noun,
a soldier termite characterized by a beaklike snout through which a sticky secretion repellent to other insects is emitted.
- 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:
- natron
-
noun,
a mineral, hydrated sodium carbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅10H 2 O.
- steric
-
adjective,
of or relating to the spatial relationships of atoms in a molecule.
- Nature
-
noun,
the material world, especially as surrounding humankind and existing independently of human activities.
- steno-
-
- necro-
-
- sorted
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- nectar
-
noun,
the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or birds that pollinate the flower.
- Steady
-
noun,
Informal. a person of the opposite sex whom one dates exclusively; sweetheart; boyfriend or girlfriend.
- stance
-
noun,
the position or bearing of the body while standing:
- Nernst
-
noun,
Walther Herman [vahl-tuh r her-mahn] /ˈvɑl tər ˈhɛr mɑn/ (Show IPA), 1864–1941, German physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in chemistry 1920.
- Stacey
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- Neruda
-
noun,
Pablo [pah-vlaw;; English pah-bloh] /ˈpɑ vlɔ;; English ˈpɑ bloʊ/ (Show IPA), (Neftali Ricardo Reyes Basoalto) 1904–73, Chilean poet and diplomat: Nobel Prize in literature 1971.
- Nestor
-
noun,
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- souter
-
noun,
a person who makes or repairs shoes; cobbler; shoemaker.
- neuro-
-
- neuron
-
noun,
Cell Biology. a specialized, impulse-conducting cell that is the functional unit of the nervous system, consisting of the cell body and its processes, the axon and dendrites.
- source
-
noun,
any thing or place from which something comes, arises, or is obtained; origin:
- soucar
-
noun,
a Hindu banker.
- sortie
-
noun,
a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
- intron
-
noun,
a noncoding segment in a length of DNA that interrupts a gene-coding sequence or nontranslated sequence, the corresponding segment being removed from the RNA copy before transcription.
- sarco-
-
- centra
-
noun,
a plural of centrum.
- contd.
-
- candys
-
noun,
any of a variety of confections made with sugar, syrup, etc., often combined with chocolate, fruit, nuts, etc.
- Cayuse
-
noun,
Western U.S. a horse, especially an Indian pony.
- Cairns
-
noun,
a seaport in NE Australia.
- cairds
-
noun,
a traveling tinker, especially a gypsy.
- curets
-
noun,
a scoop-shaped surgical instrument for removing tissue from body cavities, as the uterus.
- cadres
-
noun,
Military. the key group of officers and enlisted personnel necessary to establish and train a new military unit.
- cadets
-
noun,
a student in a national service academy or private military school or on a training ship.
- cadent
-
adjective,
having cadence.
- curios
-
noun,
any unusual article, object of art, etc., valued as a curiosity.
- curite
-
noun,
a radioactive uranium mineral, Pb 2 U 5 O 17 ·4H 2 O, with adamantine luster, occurring as reddish-brown to deep-yellow needle-shaped crystals, formed by alteration of uraninite.
- caners
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- austr-
-
- Austin
-
noun,
Alfred, 1835–1913, English poet: poet laureate 1896–1913.
- Auster
-
noun,
the south wind personified.
- Austen
-
noun,
Jane, 1775–1817, English novelist.
- aurous
-
adjective,
Chemistry. of or containing gold in the univalent state.
- aurist
-
noun,
a physician specializing in the treatment of ear diseases; otologist.
- aureus
-
noun,
a gold coin and monetary unit of ancient Rome, from Caesar to Constantine I.
- cursed
-
noun,
the expression of a wish that misfortune, evil, doom, etc., befall a person, group, etc.
- auntie
-
noun,
Informal. aunt.
- Curtin
-
noun,
John, 1885–1945, Australian statesman: prime minister 1941–45.
- Candor
-
noun,
the state or quality of being frank, open, and sincere in speech or expression; candidness:
- canids
-
noun,
any animal of the dog family Canidae, including the wolves, jackals, hyenas, coyotes, foxes, and domestic dogs.
- Audrey
-
noun,
a female given name: from Old English words meaning “noble” and “strength.”.
- Canute
-
noun,
a.d. 994?–1035, Danish king of England 1017–35; of Denmark 1018–35; and of Norway 1028–35.
- cteno-
-
- carets
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- careys
-
noun,
male given name, form of Carew.
- cueist
-
noun,
a billiard player.
- cuesta
-
noun,
a long, low ridge with a relatively steep face or escarpment on one side and a long, gentle slope on the other.
- Cardin
-
noun,
Pierre, born 1922, French fashion designer.
- cardi-
-
- cuneus
-
noun,
Anatomy. a wedge-shaped convolution on the medial surface of the occipital lobe of the cerebrum.
- cunner
-
noun,
a small wrasse, Tautogolabrus adspersus, common in North Atlantic coastal waters of the U.S.
- cantus
-
noun,
cantus firmus.
- canine
-
noun,
a canid, or member of the dog family Canidae.
- Cantos
-
noun,
one of the main or larger divisions of a long poem.
- Cantor
-
noun,
the religious official of a synagogue who conducts the liturgical portion of a service and sings or chants the prayers and parts of prayers designed to be performed as solos.
- Canton
-
noun,
a small territorial district, especially one of the states of the Swiss confederation.
- Canter
-
noun,
an easy gallop.
- cannot
-
verb,
a form of ·can not.
- curate
-
noun,
Chiefly British. a member of the clergy employed to assist a rector or vicar.
- Cannes
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Mediterranean Sea: resort; annual film festival.
- canner
-
noun,
a person who cans meat, fruit, etc., for preservation.
- canned
-
noun,
a sealed container for food, beverages, etc., as of aluminum, sheet iron coated with tin, or other metal:
- Canyon
-
noun,
a deep valley with steep sides, often with a stream flowing through it.
- Curtis
-
noun,
Benjamin Robbins, 1809–74, U.S. jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1851–57; resigned in dissent over Dred Scott case.
- audits
-
noun,
an official examination and verification of accounts and records, especially of financial accounts.
- C-star
-
noun,
carbon star.
- aroids
-
noun,
any plant of the arum family.
- Danite
-
noun,
a member of the tribe of Dan.
- Artois
-
noun,
a former province in N France: artesian wells.
- Danton
-
noun,
Georges Jacques [zhawrzh zhahk] /ʒɔrʒ ʒɑk/ (Show IPA), 1759–94, French Revolutionary leader.
- arsino
-
adjective,
containing the arsino group.
- arsine
-
noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- arsen-
-
- arouse
-
verb (used with object),
to stir to action or strong response; excite:
- around
-
Idioms,
been around, having had much worldly experience:
- aroint
-
verb (imperative),
begone:
- ariose
-
adjective,
characterized by melody; songlike.
- danios
-
noun,
any of several cyprinid fishes of the genera Danio and Brachydanio, of India and Sri Lanka, often kept in aquariums.
- Arendt
-
noun,
Hannah, 1906–75, U.S. author, political scientist, and teacher, born in Germany.
- ardent
-
adjective,
having, expressive of, or characterized by intense feeling; passionate; fervent:
- darics
-
noun,
a gold coin and monetary unit of ancient Persia.
- Darien
-
noun,
Gulf of, an arm of the Caribbean between NE Panama and NW Colombia.
- aorist
-
noun,
a verb tense, as in Classical Greek, expressing action or, in the indicative mood, past action, without further limitation or implication.
- dastur
-
noun,
a Parsee chief priest.
- antres
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- Antons
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Anthony.
- Antony
-
noun,
Mark (Marcus Antonius) 83?–30 b.c, Roman general: friend of Caesar; member of the second triumvirate and rival of Octavian.
- dauncy
-
adjective,
donsie.
- ascend
-
verb (used with object),
to go or move upward upon or along; climb; mount:
- ascent
-
noun,
an act of ascending; upward movement; a rising movement:
- curtsy
-
noun,
a respectful bow made by women and girls, consisting of bending the knees and lowering the body.
- cut-in
-
noun,
Movies. a still, as of a scene or an object, inserted in a film and interrupting the action or continuity:
- Custer
-
noun,
George Armstrong [ahrm-strawng,, -strong] /ˈɑrm strɔŋ,, -strɒŋ/ (Show IPA), 1839–76, U.S. general and Indian fighter.
- audios
-
noun,
Television.
the audio elements of television (distinguished from video).
the circuits in a receiver for reproducing sound.
the audio part of a television broadcast.
- Audion
-
noun,
an early type of triode.
- audio-
-
- cuteys
-
noun,
cutie.
- cutesy
-
adjective,
forcedly and consciously cute; coyly mannered:
- Atreus
-
noun,
the father of Plisthenes, Agamemnon, Menelaus, and Anaxibia upon whose house Thyestes pronounced a curse.
- atonic
-
noun,
Grammar. an unaccented word, syllable, or sound.
- atones
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- astron
-
- aseity
-
noun,
existence originating from and having no source other than itself.
- astro-
-
- Astrid
-
noun,
a female given name: from Scandinavian, meaning “divine strength.”.
- dacoit
-
noun,
(in India and Burma) a member of a class of criminals who engage in organized robbery and murder.
- Dacron
-
- dainty
-
noun,
something delicious to the taste; a delicacy.
- astern
-
adverb,
in a position behind a specified vessel or aircraft:
- Dairen
-
noun,
former Japanese name of Dalian (def 2).
- Dayton
-
noun,
Jonathan, 1760–1824, U.S. politician, Speaker of the House 1795–99.
- dancer
-
noun,
a person who dances.
- dances
-
noun,
a successive group of rhythmical steps or bodily motions, or both, usually executed to music.
- caries
-
noun,
decay, as of bone or of plant tissue.
- caryo-
-
- dautie
-
noun,
a darling.
- Coster
-
noun,
costermonger.
- Cortes
-
noun,
(in Spain or Portugal) the two houses constituting the national legislative body.
- Coruna
-
noun,
La Coruña.
- Citrus
-
noun,
any small tree or spiny shrub of the genus Citrus, of the rue family, including the lemon, lime, orange, tangerine, grapefruit, citron, kumquat, and shaddock, widely cultivated for fruit or grown as an ornamental.
- Citron
-
noun,
a pale-yellow fruit resembling the lemon but larger and with thicker rind, borne by a small tree or large bush, Citrus medica, allied to the lemon and lime.
- COSINE
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side adjacent to a given angle to the hypotenuse.
the sine of the complement of a given angle or arc. Abbreviation: cos.
- Cosyra
-
noun,
ancient name of Pantelleria.
- cysto-
-
- cysti-
-
- COSTAR
-
noun,
a performer, especially an actor or actress, who shares star billing with another.
- cinder
-
noun,
a partially or mostly burned piece of coal, wood, etc.
- C-note
-
noun,
See C (def 11).
- Cydnus
-
noun,
a river in SE Asia Minor, in Cilicia.
- cyders
-
noun,
cider.
- county
-
noun,
the largest administrative division of a U.S. state:
- counts
-
noun,
the act of counting; enumeration; reckoning; calculation:
- ciders
-
noun,
the juice pressed from apples (or formerly from some other fruit) used for drinking, either before fermentation (sweet cider) or after fermentation (hard cider) or for making applejack, vinegar, etc.
- course
-
noun,
a direction or route taken or to be taken.
- courts
-
noun,
Law.
a place where justice is administered.
a judicial tribunal duly constituted for the hearing and determination of cases.
a session of a judicial assembly.
- cyano-
-
- Cetura
-
noun,
Keturah.
- cesura
-
noun,
caesura.
- Cnidus
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Asia Minor, in Caria: the Athenians defeated the Spartans in a naval battle near here 394 b.c.
- coarse
-
adjective,
composed of relatively large parts or particles:
- cerias
-
noun,
a white-to-yellow, heavy powder, cerium dioxide, CeO 2 , usually derived from cerium nitrate by decomposition with heat: used chiefly in ceramics, glass polishing, and decolorizing.
- coitus
-
noun,
sexual intercourse, especially between a man and a woman.
- contes
-
plural,
Trademark. a brand of crayon made of graphite and clay, usually in black, red, or brown.
- Conrad
-
noun,
Charles, Jr ("Pete") 1930–1999, U.S. astronaut.
- Connie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Constance.
- conies
-
noun,
the fur of a rabbit, especially when dyed to simulate Hudson seal.
- coneys
-
noun,
a serranid fish, Epinephelus fulvus, of tropical American waters.
- Conant
-
noun,
James Bryant, 1893–1978, U.S. chemist and educator: president of Harvard University 1933–53.
- contin
-
- contr.
-
- conure
-
noun,
any of several long-tailed New World parrots, especially of the genus Aratinga, certain species of which are kept as pets.
- Corday
-
noun,
Charlotte (Maria Anne Charlotte Corday d'Armont) 1768–93, French Revolutionary heroine: assassinated Jean-Paul Marat.
- corset
-
noun,
Sometimes, corsets. a close-fitting undergarment, stiffened with whalebone or similar material and often capable of being tightened by lacing, enclosing the trunk: worn, especially by women, to shape and support the body; stays.
- cordis
-
adjective,
(in prescriptions) of the heart.
- coedit
-
verb (used with object),
to edit jointly with another.
- corita
-
noun,
a boat resembling a large, woven basket, used by Indians of the southwestern U.S.
- coders
-
noun,
a person or device that translates information into a code.
- cornea
-
noun,
the transparent anterior part of the external coat of the eye covering the iris and the pupil and continuous with the sclera.
- corned
-
noun,
Also called Indian corn; especially technical and British, maize. a tall cereal plant, Zea mays, cultivated in many varieties, having a jointed, solid stem and bearing the grain, seeds, or kernels on large ears.
- CORNET
-
noun,
Music. a valved wind instrument of the trumpet family.
- coatis
-
noun,
any tropical American carnivore of the genus Nasua, related to the raccoon, having an elongated body, long, ringed tail, and a slender, flexible snout.
- Coates
-
noun,
Eric, 1886–1957, English violist and composer.
- coated
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- cerous
-
adjective,
containing trivalent cerium.
- cerat-
-
- Carney
-
noun,
carny.
- Cronyn
-
noun,
Hume, 1911–2003, Canadian actor in the U.S.
- casern
-
noun,
a lodging for soldiers in a garrison town; barracks.
- casein
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a protein precipitated from milk, as by rennet, and forming the basis of cheese and certain plastics.
- cryst.
-
- Crista
-
noun,
a crest or ridge.
- Caruso
-
noun,
Enrico [en-ree-koh;; Italian en-ree-kaw] /ɛnˈri koʊ;; Italian ɛnˈri kɔ/ (Show IPA), 1873–1921, Italian operatic tenor.
- carton
-
noun,
a cardboard or plastic box used typically for storage or shipping.
- cartes
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- crones
-
noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- Cronin
-
noun,
A(rchibald) J(oseph) 1896–1981, Scottish novelist and physician in the U.S.
- Cronus
-
noun,
a Titan, son of Uranus and Gaea, who was dethroned by his son Zeus.
- cretin
-
noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- Crouse
-
noun,
Russel, 1893–1966, U.S. dramatist.
- croute
-
noun,
crust.
- Carson
-
noun,
Christopher ("Kit") 1809–68, U.S. frontiersman and scout.
- crudes
-
noun,
crude oil.
- cruets
-
noun,
a glass bottle, especially one for holding vinegar, oil, etc., for the table.
- cruise
-
noun,
the act of cruising.
- Crusoe
-
noun,
Robinson, Robinson Crusoe.
- Carnot
-
noun,
Lazare Nicolas Marguerite [la-zar nee-kaw-lah mar-guh-reet] /laˈzar ni kɔˈlɑ mar gəˈrit/ (Show IPA), 1753–1823, French general and statesman.
- crusty
-
adjective,
having a crisp or thick crust:
- carnet
-
noun,
a customs document allowing an automobile to be driven at no cost across international borders.
- Creusa
-
noun,
the bride to be of Jason, slain by Medea.
- Cretan
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Crete.
- Cousin
-
noun,
Also called first cousin, full cousin. the son or daughter of an uncle or aunt.
See also second cousin, removed (def 2).
- Causey
-
noun,
British Dialect. a causeway.
- couter
-
noun,
a piece of plate armor for the elbow.
- centr-
-
- centos
-
noun,
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
- centi-
-
- centas
-
noun,
a former bronze coin of Lithuania, the 100th part of a litas.
- crayon
-
noun,
a pointed stick or pencil of colored clay, chalk, wax, etc., used for drawing or coloring.
- censor
-
noun,
an official who examines books, plays, news reports, motion pictures, radio and television programs, letters, cablegrams, etc., for the purpose of suppressing parts deemed objectionable on moral, political, military, or other grounds.
- Cedars
-
noun,
any of several Old World, coniferous trees of the genus Cedrus, having wide, spreading branches.
Compare cedar of Lebanon.
- cedarn
-
adjective,
resembling or made of cedar.
- cation
-
noun,
a positively charged ion that is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis.
- casino
-
noun,
a building or large room used for meetings, entertainment, dancing, etc., especially such a place equipped with gambling devices, gambling tables, etc.
- cranny
-
noun,
a small, narrow opening in a wall, rock, etc.; chink; crevice; fissure:
- caters
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- Castro
-
noun,
Cipriano [sip-ree-ah-noh;; Spanish see-pree-ah-naw] /ˌsɪp riˈɑ noʊ;; Spanish ˌsi priˈɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1858?–1924, Venezuelan military and political leader: president 1901–08; exiled 1908.
- Castor
-
noun,
Also, castoreum. a brownish, unctuous substance with a strong, penetrating odor, secreted by certain glands in the groin of the beaver, used in medicine and perfumery.
- Caster
-
noun,
a person or thing that casts.
- crates
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- craton
-
noun,
a relatively rigid and immobile region of continental portions of the earth's crust.
- creasy
-
adjective,
full of creases.
- credit
-
noun,
commendation or honor given for some action, quality, etc.:
- credos
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the Apostles' Creed or the Nicene Creed.
- daunts
-
verb (used with object),
to overcome with fear; intimidate:
- auteur
-
noun,
a filmmaker whose individual style and complete control over all elements of production give a film its personal and unique stamp.
- deuton
-
noun,
deuteron.
- Deacon
-
noun,
(in hierarchical churches) a member of the clerical order next below that of a priest.
- Adonis
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a youth slain by a wild boar but permitted by Zeus to pass four months every year in the lower world with Persephone, four with Aphrodite, and four wherever he chose.
- actin-
-
- adores
-
verb (used with object),
to regard with the utmost esteem, love, and respect; honor.
- Denton
-
noun,
a city in N Texas.
- adorns
-
verb (used with object),
to decorate or add beauty to, as by ornaments:
- adren-
-
- dentin
-
noun,
the hard, calcareous tissue, similar to but denser than bone, that forms the major portion of a tooth, surrounds the pulp cavity, and is situated beneath the enamel and cementum.
- anyone
-
pronoun,
any person at all; anybody:
- denti-
-
- adnoun
-
noun,
an adjective used as a noun, as meek in Blessed are the meek; absolute adjective.
- adreno
-
- Dennis
-
noun,
John, 1657–1734, English dramatist and critic.
- aniso-
-
- Annecy
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Haute-Savoie, in SE France.
- dicast
-
noun,
(in ancient Athens) a citizen eligible to sit as a judge.
- acious
-
- acinus
-
noun,
Botany. one of the small drupelets or berries of an aggregate, baccate fruit, as the blackberry.
- decors
-
noun,
style or mode of decoration, as of a room, building, or the like:
- aceto-
-
- Adonic
-
noun,
Prosody. an Adonic verse or line.
- actins
-
noun,
a globulin that is present in muscle plasma and that in connection with myosin plays an important role in muscle contraction.
- acetin
-
noun,
a colorless, thick, hygroscopic liquid, C 5 H 10 O 4 : used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives.
- acutes
-
noun,
the acute accent.
- Andros
-
noun,
Sir Edmund, 1637–1714, British governor in the American colonies, 1686–89, 1692–98.
- deuto-
-
- Andron
-
noun,
(in an ancient Greek house) an apartment for men, especially one for banqueting.
- andro-
-
- detour
-
noun,
a roundabout or circuitous way or course, especially one used temporarily when the main route is closed.
- detain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep from proceeding; keep waiting; delay.
- Andric
-
noun,
Ivo [ee-vaw] /ˈi vɔ/ (Show IPA), 1892–1975, Yugoslavian poet, novelist, and short-story writer: Nobel Prize 1961.
- decays
-
noun,
decomposition; rot:
- Andrus
-
noun,
Andron.
- decani
-
adjective,
of or relating to the epistle or liturgical south side of a church (opposed to cantoris).
- action
-
noun,
the process or state of acting or of being active:
- Andres
-
noun,
John, 1751–80, British major hanged as a spy by the Americans in the Revolutionary War: plotted the betrayal of West Point with Benedict Arnold.
- descry
-
verb (used with object),
to see (something unclear or distant) by looking carefully; discern; espy:
- adeno-
-
- adient
-
adjective,
tending to move toward a stimulus.
- decant
-
verb (used with object),
to pour (wine or other liquid) gently so as not to disturb the sediment.
- acuity
-
noun,
sharpness; acuteness; keenness:
- Decius
-
noun,
(Gaius Messius Quintus Trajanus Decius) a.d. c201–251, emperor of Rome 249–251.
- anenst
-
preposition,
anent (def 2).
- Derain
-
noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1880–1954, French painter.
- aeron.
-
- adroit
-
adjective,
expert or nimble in the use of the hands or body.
- denary
-
adjective,
containing ten; tenfold.
- dicots
-
noun,
a dicotyledon.
- aceous
-
- decury
-
noun,
a division, company, or body of ten men.
- anodic
-
adjective,
pertaining to an anode or the phenomena in its vicinity.
- annoys
-
noun,
Archaic. an annoyance.
- anoint
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or sprinkle on; apply an unguent, ointment, or oily liquid to.
- Recit
-
- rosin
-
noun,
Chemistry. the yellowish to amber, translucent, hard, brittle, fragmented resin left after distilling the oil of turpentine from the crude oleoresin of the pine: used chiefly in making varnishes, varnish and paint driers, printing inks, and for rubbing on the bows of such string instruments as the violin.
- adieu
-
noun,
the act of leaving or departing; farewell.
- Tudor
-
noun,
Antony, 1909–87, English choreographer and dancer.
- Cedar
-
noun,
any of several Old World, coniferous trees of the genus Cedrus, having wide, spreading branches.
Compare cedar of Lebanon.
- cedis
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Ghana, equal to 100 pesewas.
- caret
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- reads
-
noun,
an act or instance of reading:
- Ready
-
noun,
the state or condition of being ready.
- Cenis
-
noun,
Mont, a mountain pass between SE France and Italy, in the Alps. 6834 feet (2083 meters) high.
- RECON
-
noun,
reconnaissance.
- recta
-
noun,
a plural of rectum.
- rect.
-
- react
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- adios
-
interjection,
goodbye; farewell.
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- cause
-
noun,
a person or thing that acts, happens, or exists in such a way that some specific thing happens as a result; the producer of an effect:
- Aides
-
noun,
nurse's aide.
- caus.
-
- Redan
-
noun,
a V -shaped work, usually projecting from a fortified line.
- adits
-
noun,
an entrance or a passage.
- Cates
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- Carie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- redia
-
noun,
a cylindrical larval stage of some trematodes, produced by a sporocyst and giving rise to daughter rediae or to cercariae.
- cater
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- undue
-
adjective,
unwarranted; excessive:
- cares
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- cent.
-
- tsadi
-
noun,
sadhe.
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- roust
-
verb (used with object),
to rout, as from a place:
- cents
-
noun,
a bronze coin of the U.S., the 100th part of a U.S. dollar: made of steel during part of 1943. Symbol: ¢.
- Randy
-
noun,
Chiefly Scot. a rude or coarse beggar.
- rouse
-
noun,
a rousing.
- rands
-
noun,
(in shoemaking) a strip of leather set in a shoe at the heel before the lifts are attached.
- truce
-
noun,
a suspension of hostilities for a specified period of time by mutual agreement of the warring parties; cease-fire; armistice.
- Trudy
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Gertrude.
- ranid
-
noun,
frog1 (def 2).
- round
-
noun,
any round shape, as a circle, ring or sphere.
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- roues
-
noun,
a dissolute and licentious man; rake.
- cards
-
noun,
a usually rectangular piece of stiff paper, thin pasteboard, or plastic for various uses, as to write information on or printed as a means of identifying the holder:
- ratos
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- Rouen
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Seine-Maritime, in N France, on the Seine: famous cathedral; execution of Joan of Arc 1431.
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- rason
-
noun,
a long, loose, black gown with wide sleeves, worn by the clergy.
- Carey
-
noun,
male given name, form of Carew.
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- aden-
-
- CENTO
-
noun,
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
- Aidos
-
noun,
the ancient Greek personification of modesty, respect, and shame.
- ratio
-
noun,
the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- rotas
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- Caren
-
noun,
a female given name.
- redos
-
noun,
the act or an instance of redoing.
- Redon
-
noun,
Odilon [ohd-l-on;; French aw-dee-lawn] /ˈoʊd lˌɒn;; French ɔ diˈlɔ̃/ (Show IPA), 1840–1916, French painter and etcher.
- roast
-
noun,
roasted meat or a piece of roasted meat, as a piece of beef or veal of a quantity and shape for slicing into more than one portion.
- 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.
- ricey
-
adjective,
pertaining to, resembling, or containing rice.
- uncia
-
noun,
a bronze coin of ancient Rome, the 12th part of an as.
- adust
-
adjective,
dried or darkened as by heat.
- tunes
-
noun,
a succession of musical sounds forming an air or melody, with or without the harmony accompanying it.
- Carte
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- unary
-
adjective,
pertaining to a function whose domain is a given set and whose range is contained in that set.
- Udine
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy.
- Aedon
-
noun,
a daughter of Pandareus who mistakenly killed her son. Zeus took pity on her and turned her into a nightingale.
- tunic
-
noun,
Chiefly British. a coat worn as part of a military or other uniform.
- Carny
-
noun,
a person employed by a carnival.
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- aeons
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- Turin
-
noun,
a city in NW Italy, on the Po: capital of the Kingdom of Italy 1860–65.
- rices
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- retd.
-
- turds
-
noun,
a piece of excrement.
- rides
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- carse
-
noun,
bottom land.
- aeri-
-
- rynds
-
noun,
rind2 .
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- riots
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- ryots
-
noun,
a peasant.
- aero-
-
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- TUNIS
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Tunisia, in the NE part.
- carns
-
noun,
cairn.
- roans
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- adunc
-
adjective,
curved inward; hooked.
- carts
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- Adore
-
verb (used with object),
to regard with the utmost esteem, love, and respect; honor.
- renin
-
noun,
a proteolytic enzyme secreted by the kidneys that is involved in the release of angiotensin.
- tunny
-
noun,
tuna1 .
- Carin
-
noun,
a female given name.
- caste
-
noun,
Sociology.
an endogamous and hereditary social group limited to persons of the same rank, occupation, economic position, etc., and having mores distinguishing it from other such groups.
any rigid system of social distinctions.
- reins
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- adorn
-
verb (used with object),
to decorate or add beauty to, as by ornaments:
- Renan
-
noun,
Ernest [ur-nist;; French er-nest] /ˈɜr nɪst;; French ɛrˈnɛst/ (Show IPA), 1823–92, French philologist, historian, and critic.
- Caryn
-
noun,
a female given name.
- rends
-
verb (used with object),
to separate into parts with force or violence:
- tuner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tunes.
- Ronne
-
noun,
a seaport on W Bornholm island, Denmark, in the S Baltic Sea: stone quarries.
- reni-
-
- ronin
-
noun,
a samurai who no longer serves a daimyo, or feudal lord.
- ronde
-
noun,
a typeface imitative of upright, somewhat angular, handwriting.
- UNCIO
-
- Ronan
-
noun,
a king who killed his son, Mael Fothartaigh, after his wife had falsely accused the boy of attempting to seduce her, and who was himself killed by the children of Mael Fothartaigh.
- Royce
-
noun,
Josiah, 1855–1916, U.S. philosopher and educator.
- rents
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- uncut
-
adjective,
not cut.
- uncus
-
noun,
any hook-shaped or curved part of a body process, especially the hippocampal gyrus in the temporal lobe of the brain.
- adret
-
noun,
a side of a mountain receiving direct sunlight.
- resin
-
noun,
any of a class of nonvolatile, solid or semisolid organic substances, as copal or mastic, that consist of amorphous mixtures of carboxylic acids and are obtained directly from certain plants as exudations or prepared by polymerization of simple molecules: used in medicine and in the making of varnishes and plastics.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- Union
-
noun,
the act of uniting two or more things.
- carne
-
noun,
Marcel [mahr-sel;; French mar-sel] /mɑrˈsɛl;; French marˈsɛl/ (Show IPA), 1909–1996, French film director.
- Casey
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “brave.”.
- Rodin
-
noun,
(François) Auguste (René) [frahn-swa oh-gyst ruh-ney] /frɑ̃ˈswa oʊˈgüst rəˈneɪ/ (Show IPA), 1840–1917, French sculptor.
- uncos
-
noun,
something extraordinary or unusual; a novelty.
- rayon
-
noun,
a regenerated, semisynthetic textile filament made from cellulose, cotton linters, or wood chips by treating these with caustic soda and carbon disulfide and passing the resultant solution, viscose, through spinnerets.
- anon.
-
- Rains
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- Coats
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- acidy
-
adjective,
of the nature of or resembling acid; sharp; sour:
- Notus
-
noun,
the ancient Greek personification of the south wind.
- 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.
- uran-
-
- notes
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- noted
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- nosey
-
adjective,
nosy.
- nuci-
-
- Norse
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
- Norns
-
noun,
an extinct Norse dialect, spoken until early modern times in the Shetland and Orkney Islands and in parts of northern Scotland.
- codas
-
noun,
Music. a more or less independent passage, at the end of a composition, introduced to bring it to a satisfactory close.
- acet-
-
- coder
-
noun,
a person or device that translates information into a code.
- noria
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- urase
-
noun,
urease.
- acids
-
noun,
Chemistry. a compound usually having a sour taste and capable of neutralizing alkalis and reddening blue litmus paper, containing hydrogen that can be replaced by a metal or an electropositive group to form a salt, or containing an atom that can accept a pair of electrons from a base. Acids are proton donors that yield hydronium ions in water solution, or electron-pair acceptors that combine with electron-pair donors or bases.
- nudes
-
noun,
a sculpture, painting, etc., of a nude human figure.
- NORAD
-
noun,
a joint U.S.-Canadian air force command responsible for detecting aircraft and space vehicles deemed a threat to the continental airspace.
- oater
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- acorn
-
noun,
the typically ovoid fruit or nut of an oak, enclosed at the base by a cupule.
- untie
-
verb (used with object),
to loose or unfasten (anything tied); let or set loose by undoing a knot.
- ocean
-
noun,
the vast body of salt water that covers almost three fourths of the earth's surface.
- Oates
-
noun,
Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- cnida
-
noun,
a nematocyst.
- acnes
-
noun,
an inflammatory disease of the sebaceous glands, characterized by comedones and pimples, especially on the face, back, and chest, and, in severe cases, by cysts and nodules resulting in scarring.
- oaten
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or made of oats.
- nudi-
-
- oared
-
noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- nutsy
-
adjective,
nutty (defs 3, 4).
- acity
-
- Nurse
-
noun,
a person formally educated and trained in the care of the sick or infirm.
Compare nurse-midwife, nurse-practitioner, physician's assistant, practical nurse, registered nurse.
- nurds
-
noun,
nerd.
- coast
-
noun,
the land next to the sea; seashore:
- nudie
-
noun,
a film, performance, or magazine featuring nude performers or photographs.
- codes
-
noun,
a system for communication by telegraph, heliograph, etc., in which long and short sounds, light flashes, etc., are used to symbolize the content of a message:
- non-U
-
adjective,
not characteristic of or appropriate to the upper class, especially of Great Britain:
- ocrea
-
noun,
a sheathing part, as a pair of stipules united about a stem.
- conns
-
noun,
responsibility for the steering of a ship.
- Coney
-
noun,
a serranid fish, Epinephelus fulvus, of tropical American waters.
- usury
-
noun,
the lending or practice of lending money at an exorbitant interest.
- utend
-
- noct-
-
- Conn.
-
- Utica
-
noun,
an ancient city on the N coast of Africa, NW of Carthage.
- 30-30
-
- Usnea
-
noun,
any pale-green or gray, mosslike lichen of the genus Usnea, common on rocks and trees.
- 2,4-d
-
noun,
a white to yellow, crystalline powder, C 8 H 6 O 3 Cl 2 , slightly soluble in water: used for killing weeds.
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- nitr-
-
- Cons.
-
- niton
-
noun,
(formerly) radon. Symbol: Nt.
- Const
-
- cont.
-
- Conde
-
noun,
Louis II de Bourbon [lwee,, duh boor-bawn] /lwi,, də burˈbɔ̃/ (Show IPA), Prince de (Duc d'Enghien"the Great Condé") 1621–86, French general.
- Ursid
-
noun,
any plantigrade carnivore of the family Ursidae, comprising the spectacled bear, the black, brown, and sun bears, and various extinct species that also gave rise to the giant panda of the family Ailuropodidae.
- nonet
-
noun,
a group of nine performers or instruments.
- nona-
-
- nones
-
noun,
the fifth of the seven canonical hours, or the service for it, originally fixed for the ninth hour of the day (or 3 p.m.).
- coeds
-
noun,
Older Use. a female student in a coeducational institution, especially in a college or university.
- nonce
-
noun,
the present, or immediate, occasion or purpose (usually used in the phrase for the nonce).
- urate
-
noun,
a salt of uric acid.
- ureas
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a compound, CO(NH 2) 2 , occurring in urine and other body fluids as a product of protein metabolism.
- nonas
-
noun,
sleeping sickness (def 2).
- coins
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- noisy
-
adjective,
making much noise:
- Conan
-
noun,
a male given name.
- noise
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- Noyes
-
noun,
Alfred, 1880–1958, English poet.
- coirs
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- Uredo
-
noun,
a skin irritation; hives; urticaria.
- nodus
-
noun,
a difficult or intricate point, situation, plot, etc.
- Urena
-
noun,
any tropical plant or shrub belonging to the genus Urena, of the mallow family, having clusters of small, yellow flowers, especially U. lobata, which yields a useful bast fiber.
- urine
-
noun,
the liquid-to-semisolid waste matter excreted by the kidneys, in humans being a yellowish, slightly acid, watery fluid.
- acred
-
adjective,
owning many acres of land; landed.
- octa-
-
- ceras
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- ounce
-
noun,
a unit of weight equal to 437.5 grains or 1/16 pound (28.35 grams) avoirdupois.
- Outer
-
adjective,
situated on or toward the outside; external; exterior:
- outen
-
verb (used with object),
to turn off (a light) or extinguish (a fire).
- 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.
- unite
-
noun,
a former gold coin of England, equal to 20 shillings, issued under James I and Charles I.
- cyans
-
noun,
cyan blue.
- ourie
-
adjective,
shabby; dingy.
- Ouida
-
noun,
pen name of Louise de la Ramée.
- Ceuta
-
noun,
a seaport and enclave of Spain in N Morocco, on the Strait of Gibraltar.
- Otaru
-
noun,
a city in W Hokkaido, in N Japan.
- Ostia
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, SW of Rome: ruins from 4th century b.c.; site of ancient port of Rome.
- cider
-
noun,
the juice pressed from apples (or formerly from some other fruit) used for drinking, either before fermentation (sweet cider) or after fermentation (hard cider) or for making applejack, vinegar, etc.
- oste-
-
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- Unity
-
noun,
the state of being one; oneness.
- cyder
-
noun,
cider.
- cyan-
-
- Cetus
-
noun,
the Whale, a constellation lying above the equator, containing the variable star Mira.
- Actor
-
noun,
a person who acts in stage plays, motion pictures, television broadcasts, etc.
- ceros
-
noun,
a large Atlantic and Gulf Coast mackerel game fish, Scomberomorus regalis.
- Unit.
-
- rainy
-
adjective,
characterized by rain:
- rayed
-
noun,
a narrow beam of light.
- raids
-
noun,
a sudden assault or attack, as upon something to be seized or suppressed:
- ceria
-
noun,
a white-to-yellow, heavy powder, cerium dioxide, CeO 2 , usually derived from cerium nitrate by decomposition with heat: used chiefly in ceramics, glass polishing, and decolorizing.
- radon
-
noun,
a chemically inert, radioactive gaseous element produced by the decay of radium: emissions produced by outgassing of rock, brick, etc. are a health hazard. Symbol: Rn; atomic number: 86; atomic weight: 222.
- cero-
-
- ayins
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- outre
-
adjective,
passing the bounds of what is usual or considered proper; unconventional; bizarre.
- cert.
-
- racon
-
noun,
radar beacon.
- cesta
-
noun,
a narrow, curved basket fitted on one end to a wooden handle with a glovelike compartment at the base, for catching and throwing the ball.
- Cesti
-
noun,
Marcantonio [mahr-kahn-taw-nyaw] /ˌmɑr kɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1623–69, Italian composer.
- races
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- cetin
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble fat, C 32 H 64 O 2 , obtained from spermaceti by extraction with ether: used chiefly as an emulsive agent in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals and cosmetics and as a base in the manufacture of candles and soaps.
- acute
-
noun,
the acute accent.
- actos
-
- OSCAR
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter O.
- octad
-
noun,
a group or series of eight.
- oyers
-
noun,
oyer and terminer.
- ontic
-
adjective,
possessing the character of real rather than phenomenal existence; noumenal.
- cyst-
-
- onset
-
noun,
a beginning or start:
- unset
-
adjective,
not set; not solidified or made firm, as concrete or asphalt.
- acron
-
noun,
the unsegmented, preoral portion of the body of an arthropod.
- onces
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- acro-
-
- orans
-
noun,
orant.
- oidea
-
- oecus
-
noun,
(in an ancient Roman house) an apartment, especially a dining room, decorated with columns.
- Odets
-
noun,
Clifford, 1906–63, U.S. dramatist.
- acrid
-
adjective,
sharp or biting to the taste or smell; bitterly pungent; irritating to the eyes, nose, etc.:
- cites
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- octan
-
noun,
an octan fever.
- cyto-
-
- oracy
-
noun,
the ability to express oneself in and understand spoken language.
- unsay
-
verb (used with object),
to withdraw (something said), as if it had never been said; retract.
- Acton
-
noun,
a quilted garment worn under mail in the 13th and 14th centuries; gambeson.
- oread
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. any of a group of nymphs who were the companions of Artemis.
- Oscan
-
noun,
one of an ancient people of south-central Italy.
- ornis
-
noun,
an avifauna.
- ornes
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- 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.
- Oriya
-
noun,
an Indic language spoken in Odisha, in eastern India.
- Cindy
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cynthia.
- cine-
-
- cines
-
noun,
a film; motion picture.
- orant
-
noun,
a representation of a female figure, with outstretched arms and palms up in a gesture of prayer, in ancient and early Christian art.
- ordn.
-
- cions
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- cires
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- Orcus
-
noun,
the ancient Roman god of the underworld, identified with the Greek Pluto, or Hades.
- Cyrus
-
noun,
("the Elder"or"the Great") c600–529 b.c, king of Persia 558?–529: founder of the Persian empire.
- Orcas
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- route
-
noun,
a course, way, or road for passage or travel:
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- Card.
-
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- ASDIC
-
noun,
sonar.
- Stone
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- Stoic
-
noun,
a member or adherent of the Stoic school of philosophy.
- tones
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- tonia
-
- tonic
-
noun,
a medicine that invigorates or strengthens:
- aside
-
noun,
a part of an actor's lines supposedly not heard by others on the stage and intended only for the audience.
- stony
-
adjective,
full of or abounding in stones or rock:
- tonne
-
noun,
metric ton.
- ster.
-
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- Stead
-
noun,
the place of a person or thing as occupied by a successor or substitute:
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- 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.
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- anis-
-
- Sucre
-
noun,
Antonio José de [ahn-taw-nyaw haw-se th e] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ hɔˈsɛ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), 1793–1830, Venezuelan general and South American liberator: 1st president of Bolivia 1826–28.
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- arson
-
noun,
Law. the malicious burning of another's house or property, or in some statutes, the burning of one's own house or property, as to collect insurance.
- study
-
noun,
application of the mind to the acquisition of knowledge, as by reading, investigation, or reflection:
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- stroy
-
verb (used with object),
to destroy.
- artsy
-
adjective,
arty.
- ascon
-
noun,
a type of sponge having an oval shape and a thin body wall with pores leading directly into the spongocoel.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- stray
-
noun,
a domestic animal found wandering at large or without an owner.
- stour
-
noun,
British Dialect.
tumult; confusion.
a storm.
- asco-
-
- Story
-
noun,
a narrative, either true or fictitious, in prose or verse, designed to interest, amuse, or instruct the hearer or reader; tale.
- stand
-
noun,
the act of standing; an assuming of or a remaining in an upright position.
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- Sudan
-
noun,
a region in N Africa, S of the Sahara and Libyan deserts, extending from the Atlantic to the Red Sea.
- sodic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or containing sodium:
- sonic
-
adjective,
of or relating to sound.
- Sonya
-
noun,
a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.
- Sonia
-
noun,
a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.
- sonde
-
noun,
a rocket, balloon, or rockoon used as a probe for observing phenomena in the atmosphere.
- SONAR
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- ation
-
- Soane
-
noun,
Sir John, 1753–1837, English architect.
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- snout
-
noun,
the part of an animal's head projecting forward and containing the nose and jaws; muzzle.
- snort
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- snore
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- atone
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- toric
-
adjective,
noting or pertaining to a lens with a surface forming a portion of a torus, used for eyeglasses and contact lenses that correct astigmatism.
- snide
-
adjective,
derogatory in a nasty, insinuating manner:
- snead
-
noun,
Samuel Jackson ("Slamming Sammy") 1912–2002, U.S. golfer.
- Sonny
-
noun,
little son (often used as a familiar term of address to a boy).
- sotie
-
noun,
a satirical and topical comedy employing actors dressed in traditional fool's costume, popular in France during the late Middle Ages, and often used as a curtain raiser to mystery and morality plays.
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- Srta.
-
- staid
-
noun,
the act of stopping or being stopped.
- stade
-
noun,
a period of time represented by a glacial deposit.
- Stacy
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- anion
-
noun,
a negatively charged ion, as one attracted to the anode in electrolysis.
- Aneto
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA). Spanish name of Pic de Néthou.
- sruti
-
noun,
the Vedas and some of the Upanishads, regarded as divinely revealed.
- anent
-
preposition,
in regard to; about; concerning.
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- Aston
-
noun,
Francis William, 1877–1945, English physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1922.
- Astor
-
noun,
John Jacob, 1763–1848, U.S. capitalist and fur merchant.
- tonus
-
noun,
a normal state of continuous slight tension in muscle tissue that facilitates its response to stimulation.
- astr.
-
- toran
-
noun,
(in Indian Buddhist and Hindu architecture) a gateway having two or three lintels between two posts.
- torcs
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- SOUND
-
noun,
the sensation produced by stimulation of the organs of hearing by vibrations transmitted through the air or other medium.
- today
-
noun,
this present day:
- toady
-
noun,
an obsequious flatterer; sycophant.
- sito-
-
- teno-
-
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- antsy
-
adjective,
unable to sit or stand still; fidgety:
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- tenon
-
noun,
a projection formed on the end of a timber or the like for insertion into a mortise of the same dimensions.
- annot
-
- A-one
-
adjective,
noting a vessel regarded by a shipping-classification society as being equipped to the highest standard and with equipment maintained in first-class condition.
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- Tenn.
-
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- tends
-
Verb phrases,
tend on/upon, Archaic. to attend or wait upon; minister to; serve:
- tired
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- arces
-
noun,
a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
- tears
-
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- tera-
-
- anode
-
noun,
the electrode or terminal by which current enters an electrolytic cell, voltaic cell, battery, etc.
- teary
-
adjective,
of or like tears.
- tinny
-
adjective,
of or like tin.
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- Tyner
-
noun,
McCoy (Sulaimon Saud) born 1938, U.S. jazz pianist and composer.
- Anson
-
noun,
a male given name.
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- ante-
-
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- anti-
-
- tiers
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- antic
-
noun,
Usually, antics.
a playful trick or prank; caper.
a grotesque, fantastic, or ludicrous gesture, act, or posture.
- tides
-
noun,
the periodic rise and fall of the waters of the ocean and its inlets, produced by the attraction of the moon and sun, and occurring about every 12 hours.
- tious
-
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- terns
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- Anton
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Anthony.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- tyres
-
noun,
an ancient seaport of Phoenicia: one of the great cities of antiquity, famous for its navigators and traders; site of modern Sur.
- arcus
-
noun,
a dense, horizontal, roll-shaped cloud sometimes occurring at the lower front portion of a cumulonimbus.
- Sudra
-
noun,
Shudra.
- Sunny
-
adjective,
abounding in sunshine:
- sutra
-
noun,
Hinduism. a collection of aphorisms relating to some aspect of the conduct of life.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- Arius
-
noun,
died a.d. 336, Christian priest at Alexandria: founder of Arianism.
- Arndt
-
noun,
Ernst Moritz [ernst moh-rits] /ɛrnst ˈmoʊ rɪts/ (Show IPA), 1769–1860, German poet and historian.
- Surat
-
noun,
a seaport in S Gujarat, in W India: first British settlement in India 1612.
- aroid
-
noun,
any plant of the arum family.
- 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.
- tacos
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- Sunna
-
noun,
the traditional portion of Muslim law, based on the words and acts of Muhammad, and preserved in the traditional literature.
- tyros
-
noun,
a beginner in learning anything; novice.
- Annie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Ann, Anna, or Anne.
- arose
-
verb,
simple past tense of arise.
- Tyson
-
noun,
Michael Gerald ("Mike"; "Iron Mike") born 1966, U.S. boxer.
- suite
-
noun,
a number of things forming a series or set.
- 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.
- taces
-
noun,
tasset.
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- Arden
-
noun,
Forest of, a forest district in central England, in N Warwickshire: scene of Shakespeare's As You Like It.
- Tarde
-
noun,
Gabriel [ga-bree-el] /ga briˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1843–1904, French sociologist.
- taros
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- tardo
-
adjective,
slow (used as a musical direction).
- annoy
-
noun,
Archaic. an annoyance.
- tardy
-
adjective,
late; behind time; not on time:
- Tansy
-
noun,
any of several composite plants of the genus Tanacetum, especially a strong-scented, weedy, Old World herb, T. vulgare, having flat-topped clusters of tubular yellow flowers.
- Taino
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- areo-
-
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- Taney
-
noun,
Roger Brooke, 1777–1864, U.S. jurist: chief justice of the U.S. 1836–64.
- Arion
-
noun,
flourished 7th century b.c, Greek poet: inventor of the dithyramb.
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- routs
-
noun,
a defeat attended with disorderly flight; dispersal of a defeated force in complete disorder:
- Santo
-
noun,
a carved figure of a saint, usually of wood, as from Puerto Rico, Mexico, or the southwestern U.S.
- sarod
-
noun,
a lute of northern India, played with a bow.
- Caius
-
noun,
Saint, died a.d. 296, pope 283–296.
- treas
-
- Candy
-
noun,
any of a variety of confections made with sugar, syrup, etc., often combined with chocolate, fruit, nuts, etc.
- sarc-
-
- Saone
-
noun,
a river flowing S from NE France to the Rhone. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- treys
-
noun,
a playing card or a die having three pips.
- Cairo
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Egypt, in the N part on the E bank of the Nile.
- sanit
-
- caner
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- trend
-
noun,
the general course or prevailing tendency; drift:
- canes
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- canid
-
noun,
any animal of the dog family Canidae, including the wolves, jackals, hyenas, coyotes, foxes, and domestic dogs.
- Sandy
-
noun,
a male given name.
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- Sarto
-
noun,
Andrea del [ahn-drey-uh del;; Italian ahn-dre-ah del] /ɑnˈdreɪ ə dɛl;; Italian ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ dɛl/ (Show IPA), Andrea del Sarto.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- triac
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- Saucy
-
adjective,
impertinent; insolent:
- Scand
-
- saute
-
noun,
a dish of sautéed food.
- saury
-
noun,
a sharp-snouted fish, Scomberesox saurus, inhabiting temperate regions of the Atlantic Ocean.
- caids
-
noun,
(in North Africa) a Muslim tribal chief, judge, or senior official.
- Saudi
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Saudi Arabia.
- Cayes
-
noun,
Les. Les Cayes.
- Ancon
-
noun,
the elbow.
- caine
-
noun,
(Sir Thomas Henry) Hall, 1853–1931, English novelist.
- 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.
- sauce
-
noun,
any preparation, usually liquid or semiliquid, eaten as a gravy or as a relish accompanying food.
- cains
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- Caird
-
noun,
a traveling tinker, especially a gypsy.
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- cairn
-
noun,
a heap of stones set up as a landmark, monument, tombstone, etc.
- satyr
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of a class of woodland deities, attendant on Bacchus, represented as part human, part horse, and sometimes part goat and noted for riotousness and lasciviousness.
- tread
-
noun,
the action of treading, stepping, or walking.
- Sande
-
noun,
Earl, 1898–1968, U.S. jockey and racehorse trainer.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- ancre
-
adjective,
having the end of each limb divided and carved outward like the flukes of an anchor; moline:
- tynes
-
noun,
tine.
- Canty
-
adjective,
cheerful; lively.
- canto
-
noun,
one of the main or larger divisions of a long poem.
- runic
-
adjective,
consisting of or set down in runes:
- runes
-
noun,
any of the characters of certain ancient alphabets, as of a script used for writing the Germanic languages, especially of Scandinavia and Britain, from c200 to c1200, or a script used for inscriptions in a Turkic language of the 6th to 8th centuries from the area near the Orkhon River in Mongolia.
- runed
-
adjective,
having runes inscribed:
- Rundi
-
noun,
a member of a people constituting virtually the entire population of Burundi.
- ruins
-
noun,
ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay:
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- ayous
-
noun,
the wood of the obeche.
- Troad
-
noun,
The, a region in NW Asia Minor surrounding ancient Troy.
- cants
-
noun,
insincere, especially conventional expressions of enthusiasm for high ideals, goodness, or piety.
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- troys
-
noun,
Latin Ilium. Greek Ilion. an ancient ruined city in NW Asia Minor: the seventh of nine settlements on the site is commonly identified as the Troy of the Iliad.
- Trona
-
noun,
a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
- trone
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- runny
-
adjective,
tending to run or drip:
- Cant.
-
- Triad
-
noun,
a group of three, especially of three closely related persons or things.
- canny
-
adverb,
in a canny manner.
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- saice
-
noun,
syce.
- Sadoc
-
noun,
Zadok.
- Sadie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Sara or Sarah.
- trice
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- Ayres
-
noun,
air1 (def 8d).
- tried
-
noun,
an attempt or effort:
- rutin
-
noun,
a bright yellow or greenish-yellow substance, C 27 H 30 O 16 , obtained chiefly from buckwheat, and used in the treatment of capillary fragility.
- canst
-
noun,
a sealed container for food, beverages, etc., as of aluminum, sheet iron coated with tin, or other metal:
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- canoe
-
noun,
any of various slender, open boats, tapering to a point at both ends, propelled by paddles or sometimes sails and traditionally formed of light framework covered with bark, skins, or canvas, or formed from a dug-out or burned-out log or logs, and now usually made of aluminum, fiberglass, etc.
- 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.
- Canso
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in SE Canada, the NE extremity of Nova Scotia.
- Rusty
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- runts
-
noun,
an animal that is small or stunted as compared with others of its kind.
- runty
-
adjective,
stunted; dwarfish:
- scant
-
adverb,
Scot. and North England Dialect. scarcely; barely; hardly.
- scare
-
noun,
a sudden fright or alarm, especially with little or no reason.
- atony
-
noun,
Pathology. lack of tone or energy; muscular weakness, especially in a contractile organ.
- seti-
-
- audit
-
noun,
an official examination and verification of accounts and records, especially of financial accounts.
- Toure
-
noun,
Sékou [sey-koo] /ˈseɪ ku/ (Show IPA), 1922–84, Guinean political leader: prime minister 1958-72; president 1958–84.
- Sycon
-
noun,
a type of sponge having a thick body wall that is folded to form many short canals leading to the spongocoel.
- andry
-
- aunty
-
noun,
auntie.
- Seton
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- sero-
-
- Sidra
-
noun,
Gulf of, an inlet of the Mediterranean, on the N coast of Libya.
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- Seric
-
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- serac
-
noun,
a large irregularity of glacial ice, as a pinnacle found in glacial crevasses and formed by melting or movement of the ice.
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- Andre
-
noun,
John, 1751–80, British major hanged as a spy by the Americans in the Revolutionary War: plotted the betrayal of West Point with Benedict Arnold.
- Auric
-
adjective,
of or containing gold in the trivalent state.
- Sidon
-
noun,
a city of ancient Phoenicia: site of modern Saida.
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- Tours
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Indre-et-Loire, in W France, on the Loire River: Charles Martel defeated the Saracens near here a.d. 732.
- Sinon
-
noun,
a Greek, posing as a deserter, who persuaded the Trojans to take the Trojan Horse into their city.
- torse
-
noun,
a wreath of twisted silks of two alternating tinctures, usually a metal and a color, depicted supporting a crest or coronet, often upon a helmet.
- Syria
-
noun,
Official name Syrian Arab Republic. a republic in SW Asia at the E end of the Mediterranean. 71,227 sq. mi. (184,478 sq. km). Capital: Damascus.
- Siret
-
noun,
a river in SE Europe, flowing SE from the Carpathian Mountains in Ukraine, through E Romania to the Danube. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- atory
-
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- Torun
-
noun,
a city in N Poland, on the Vistula.
- torus
-
noun,
Architecture. a large convex molding, more or less semicircular in profile, commonly forming the lowest molding of the base of a column, directly above the plinth, sometimes occurring as one of a pair separated by a scotia and fillets. and column.
- Sinan
-
noun,
1489?–1587, Turkish architect, especially of mosques.
- synod
-
noun,
an assembly of ecclesiastics or other church delegates, convoked pursuant to the law of the church, for the discussion and decision of ecclesiastical affairs; ecclesiastical council.
- Sino-
-
- Auden
-
noun,
W(ystan) H(ugh) [wis-tuh n] /ˈwɪs tən/ (Show IPA), 1907–73, English poet in the U.S.
- Audie
-
noun,
a female or male given name.
- Tosca
-
noun,
an opera (1900) by Giacomo Puccini.
- synd.
-
- since
-
adverb,
from then till now (often preceded by ever):
- senor
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to sir or Mr., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a man. Abbreviation: Sr.
- Senna
-
noun,
any plant, shrub, or tree belonging to the genus Cassia, of the legume family, having pinnate leaves and large clusters of flowers.
- scary
-
adjective,
causing fright or alarm.
- scion
-
noun,
a descendant.
- Cadet
-
noun,
a student in a national service academy or private military school or on a training ship.
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- Scot.
-
- scorn
-
noun,
open or unqualified contempt; disdain:
- score
-
noun,
the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.
- Scone
-
noun,
a small, light, biscuitlike quick bread made of oatmeal, wheat flour, barley meal, or the like.
- scent
-
noun,
a distinctive odor, especially when agreeable:
- Scout
-
noun,
a soldier, warship, airplane, etc., employed in reconnoitering.
- scend
-
noun,
the heaving motion of a vessel.
- cadis
-
noun,
qadi.
- scena
-
noun,
an extended operatic vocal solo, usually including an aria and a recitative.
- sceat
-
noun,
a silver Anglo-Saxon coin of the 7th and 8th centuries, sometimes including an amount of gold.
- cadre
-
noun,
Military. the key group of officers and enlisted personnel necessary to establish and train a new military unit.
- scat-
-
- scart
-
verb (used with or without object),
to scratch, scrape, mark, or scar.
- scour
-
noun,
the act of scouring.
- Cades
-
noun,
a juniper, Juniperus oxycedrus, of the Mediterranean area, whose wood on destructive distillation yields an oily liquid (oil of cade) used in treating skin diseases.
- Aust.
-
- auto.
-
- touse
-
noun,
a commotion; rumpus.
- Trace
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- andr-
-
- Tracy
-
noun,
Spencer, 1900–67, U.S. film actor.
- Sedan
-
noun,
an enclosed automobile body having two or four doors and seating four or more persons on two full-width seats.
- trade
-
noun,
the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries:
- Andie
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- Autry
-
noun,
Gene, 1907–1998, U.S. actor and singer.
- andor
-
conjunction,
(used to imply that either or both of the things mentioned may be affected or involved):
- sect.
-
- Andes
-
plural noun,
a mountain range in W South America, extending about 4500 miles (7250 km) from N Colombia and Venezuela S to Cape Horn. Highest peak, Aconcagua, 22,834 feet (6960 meters).
- SEATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Manila (1954), comprising Australia, Great Britain, France, New Zealand, Pakistan, the Philippines, Thailand, and the United States, for collective defense against aggression in southeastern Asia and the southwestern Pacific: abolished in 1977.
- scute
-
noun,
a dermal bony plate, as on an armadillo, or a large horny plate, as on a turtle.
- scuta
-
noun,
plural of scutum.
- scudo
-
noun,
any of various gold or silver coins, of various Italian states, issued from the late 16th through the early 19th centuries.
- scrod
-
noun,
a young Atlantic codfish or haddock, especially one split for cooking.
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- Asyut
-
noun,
a city in central Egypt, on the Nile.
- iotas
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- youse
-
pronoun,
you (usually used in addressing two or more people).
- Crane
-
noun,
any large wading bird of the family Gruidae, characterized by long legs, bill, and neck and an elevated hind toe.
- Dario
-
noun,
Rubén [roo-ven] /ruˈvɛn/ (Show IPA), (Félix Rubén García Sarmiento) 1867–1916, Nicaraguan poet and diplomat.
- dures
-
verb (used with or without object),
endure.
- duras
-
noun,
dura mater.
- irade
-
noun,
a decree of a Muslim ruler.
- darns
-
noun,
a darned place, as in a garment:
- Iran.
-
- darts
-
- Duran
-
noun,
Roberto [ruh-bair-toh;; Spanish raw-ber-taw] /rəˈbɛər toʊ;; Spanish rɔˈbɛr tɔ/ (Show IPA), born 1951, Panamanian boxer.
- yours
-
noun,
something or someone closely identified with or resembling the person addressed:
- irone
-
noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- irony
-
noun,
the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning:
- Irons
-
noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- yauds
-
noun,
a mare, especially an old, worn-out one.
- dates
-
noun,
a particular month, day, and year at which some event happened or will happen:
- datos
-
noun,
(in the Philippines) a native chief.
- dunno
-
- dunny
-
noun,
an outside privy; outhouse.
- Dunne
-
noun,
Finley Peter [fin-lee] /ˈfɪn li/ (Show IPA), 1867–1936, U.S. humorist.
- isnad
-
noun,
the chain of testimony by which a hadith is transmitted.
- durns
-
adjective, adverb, verb (used with object), noun,
darn2 .
- Duroc
-
noun,
one of an American breed of hardy red hogs having drooping ears.
- Cousy
-
noun,
Robert Joseph ("Bob") born 1928, U.S. basketball player.
- Credo
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the Apostles' Creed or the Nicene Creed.
- econ.
-
- intr.
-
- cryo-
-
- crine
-
noun,
hair; head of hair.
- cries
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- cried
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- crest
-
noun,
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- Eaton
-
noun,
Theophilus, 1590–1658, English colonist and colonial administrator in America.
- Creon
-
noun,
a king of Thebes, the brother of Jocasta and the uncle of Eteocles, Polynices, and Antigone.
- inure
-
verb (used with object),
to accustom to hardship, difficulty, pain, etc.; toughen or harden; habituate (usually followed by to):
- daric
-
noun,
a gold coin and monetary unit of ancient Persia.
- inurn
-
verb (used with object),
to put into an urn, especially ashes after cremation.
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- crate
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- yonis
-
noun,
(in Shaktism) the external female genitals regarded as the symbol of Shakti.
Compare lingam (def 2).
- Yonne
-
noun,
a department in central France. 2881 sq. mi. (7460 sq. km). Capital: Auxerre.
- Dares
-
noun,
an act of daring or defiance; challenge.
- Dusty
-
adjective,
filled, covered, or clouded with or as with dust.
- yores
-
noun,
Chiefly Literary. time past:
- Durst
-
noun,
an act of daring or defiance; challenge.
- duros
-
noun,
a peso of Spain or Spanish America.
- daunt
-
verb (used with object),
to overcome with fear; intimidate:
- dunce
-
noun,
a dull-witted, stupid, or ignorant person; dolt.
- Crius
-
noun,
a Titan, the son of Uranus and Gaea.
- Nance
-
noun,
Offensive. an effeminate male.
- nadir
-
noun,
Astronomy. the point on the celestial sphere directly beneath a given position or observer and diametrically opposite the zenith.
- deca-
-
- Decay
-
noun,
decomposition; rot:
- douse
-
noun,
British Dialect. a stroke or blow.
- decan
-
noun,
any of three divisions of 10° within a sign of the zodiac.
- doura
-
noun,
durra.
- Nairn
-
noun,
a historic county in N Scotland.
- deci-
-
- douce
-
adjective,
sedate; modest; quiet.
- decoy
-
noun,
a person who entices or lures another person or thing, as into danger, a trap, or the like.
- Draco
-
noun,
the Dragon, a northern circumpolar constellation between Ursa Major and Cepheus.
- Count
-
noun,
the act of counting; enumeration; reckoning; calculation:
- Nancy
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Meurthe-et-Moselle, in NE France: battles 1477, 1914, 1944.
- Douai
-
noun,
a city in N France, SE of Calais.
- Nandi
-
noun,
a member of an agricultural people of southwestern Kenya.
- dotes
-
noun,
decay of wood.
- nano-
-
- cotes
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- dorts
-
noun,
Dordrecht.
- dorty
-
adjective,
sullen; sulky.
- decor
-
noun,
style or mode of decoration, as of a room, building, or the like:
- Nader
-
noun,
Ralph, born 1934, U.S. lawyer, author, political reformer, and consumer advocate.
- Court
-
noun,
Law.
a place where justice is administered.
a judicial tribunal duly constituted for the hearing and determination of cases.
a session of a judicial assembly.
- duits
-
noun,
doit (def 1).
- Druse
-
noun,
an incrustation of small crystals on the surface of a rock or mineral.
- duets
-
noun,
a musical composition for two voices or instruments.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Duero
-
noun,
Spanish name of Douro.
- dauts
-
verb (used with object),
to caress.
- ducts
-
noun,
any tube, canal, pipe, or conduit by which a fluid, air, or other substance is conducted or conveyed.
- duces
-
noun,
a leader or dictator.
- ducat
-
noun,
any of various gold coins formerly issued in various parts of Europe, especially that first issued in Venice in 1284.
Compare sequin (def 2).
- Duane
-
noun,
a male given name.
- yuans
-
noun,
Also called yuan dollar. a copper coin of the Republic of China, equal to 100 cents; dollar.
- yurts
-
noun,
a tentlike dwelling of the Mongol and Turkic peoples of central Asia, consisting of a cylindrical wall of poles in a lattice arrangement with a conical roof of poles, both covered by felt or skins.
- drone
-
noun,
the male of the honeybee and other bees, stingless and making no honey.
- nacre
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- droit
-
noun,
a legal right or claim.
- Drina
-
noun,
a river in S Europe, flowing N along the part of the border between Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina to the Sava River at Belgrade, Serbia. 285 miles (459 km) long.
- dries
-
noun,
a plural of dry.
- Dryas
-
noun,
any creeping plant belonging to the genus Dryas, of the rose family, having solitary white or yellow flowers, comprising the mountain avens.
- drest
-
noun,
an outer garment for women and girls, consisting of bodice and skirt in one piece.
- drats
-
interjection,
(used to express mild disgust, disappointment, or the like):
- Deary
-
noun,
darling.
- drays
-
noun,
a low, strong cart without fixed sides, for carrying heavy loads.
- dears
-
noun,
a person who is good, kind, or generous:
- Drain
-
noun,
something, as a pipe or conduit, by which a liquid drains.
- crit.
-
- Croat
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Croatia; Croatian.
- dorse
-
noun,
the back of a book or folded document.
- cutey
-
noun,
cutie.
- curns
-
noun,
a grain.
- curse
-
noun,
the expression of a wish that misfortune, evil, doom, etc., befall a person, group, etc.
- curst
-
noun,
the expression of a wish that misfortune, evil, doom, etc., befall a person, group, etc.
- estoc
-
noun,
a thrusting sword of the 13th–17th centuries having a long, narrow blade of rectangular section.
- yetis
-
noun,
Abominable Snowman.
- eruct
-
verb (used with or without object),
to belch forth, as gas from the stomach.
- yirds
-
noun,
earth.
- Ernst
-
noun,
Max [maks;; German mahks] /mæks;; German mɑks/ (Show IPA), 1891–1976, German painter, in the U.S. 1941–49, in France 1949–76.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- cunts
-
noun,
the vulva or vagina.
- Yenan
-
noun,
Wade-Giles. Yanan.
- inane
-
noun,
something that is empty or void, especially the void of infinite space.
- Eridu
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian and Babylonian city near the Euphrates in S Iraq: center for the worship of Ea; partially excavated.
- cutes
-
noun,
the cutes, Informal. self-consciously cute mannerisms or appeal; affected coyness:
- 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.
- ERICA
-
noun,
any of numerous low-growing evergreen shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Erica, of the heath family, including several species of heather.
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- incor
-
- cutie
-
noun,
Informal. a charmingly attractive or cute person, especially a girl or a young woman (often used as a form of address):
- incr.
-
- 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.
- yenta
-
noun,
a person, especially a woman, who is a busybody or gossip.
- Nisan
-
noun,
the seventh month of the Jewish calendar.
- eosin
-
noun,
Also called bromeosin, tetrabromofluorescein. a red, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 20 H 8 Br 4 O 5 , derived from fluorescein by bromination: used chiefly as an acid dye for dyeing silk a rose red color and as a histological stain.
- ideo-
-
- Yauco
-
noun,
a city in SW Puerto Rico.
- curet
-
noun,
a scoop-shaped surgical instrument for removing tissue from body cavities, as the uterus.
- IATSE
-
- Curia
-
noun,
one of the political subdivisions of each of the three tribes of ancient Rome.
- icons
-
- cures
-
noun,
a means of healing or restoring to health; remedy.
- ictus
-
noun,
Prosody. rhythmical or metrical stress.
- iatry
-
- Curie
-
noun,
a unit of activity of radioactive substances equivalent to 3.70 × 10 10 disintegrations per second: it is approximately the amount of activity produced by 1 gram of radium-226. Abbreviation: Ci.
- curio
-
noun,
any unusual article, object of art, etc., valued as a curiosity.
- Eurus
-
noun,
the ancient Greek personification of the east wind.
- curdy
-
adjective,
like curd; full of or containing curd; coagulated.
- euros
-
noun,
wallaroo.
- Euro-
-
- eury-
-
- yeans
-
verb (used without object),
(of a sheep or goat) to bring forth young.
- etuis
-
noun,
a small, often decorative case, especially one for needles, toilet articles, or the like.
- yearn
-
verb (used without object),
to have an earnest or strong desire; long:
- curds
-
noun,
Often, curds. a substance consisting mainly of casein and the like, obtained from milk by coagulation, and used as food or made into cheese.
- yeast
-
noun,
any of various small, single-celled fungi of the phylum Ascomycota that reproduce by fission or budding, the daughter cells often remaining attached, and that are capable of fermenting carbohydrates into alcohol and carbon dioxide.
- Yeats
-
noun,
William Butler, 1865–1939, Irish poet, dramatist, and essayist: Nobel prize 1923.
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- incur
-
verb (used with object),
to come into or acquire (some consequence, usually undesirable or injurious):
- 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.
- ectad
-
adverb,
outward.
- educ.
-
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- cruet
-
noun,
a glass bottle, especially one for holding vinegar, oil, etc., for the table.
- inst.
-
- cruds
-
noun,
Slang.
a deposit or coating of refuse or of an impure or alien substance; muck.
a filthy, repulsive, or contemptible person.
something that is worthless, objectionable, or contemptible.
prevarication, exaggeration, or flattery.
a nonspecific, imaginary, or vaguely defined disease or disorder of the body:
any unpleasant external ailment, disorder, or the like, as a skin rash.
venereal disease, especially syphilis.
Vulgar. dried semen.
- educt
-
noun,
something educed; eduction.
- crude
-
noun,
crude oil.
- dancy
-
adjective,
suitable for or conducive to dancing; danceable.
- danes
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Denmark.
- danio
-
noun,
any of several cyprinid fishes of the genera Danio and Brachydanio, of India and Sri Lanka, often kept in aquariums.
- Ednas
-
noun,
Adnah.
- eidos
-
noun,
the formal content of a culture, encompassing its system of ideas, criteria for interpreting experience, etc.
- edits
-
noun,
an instance of or the work of editing:
- edit.
-
- Edina
-
noun,
a city in SE Minnesota, near Minneapolis.
- edict
-
noun,
a decree issued by a sovereign or other authority. Synonyms: dictum, pronouncement.
- Danny
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Daniel.
- Dante
-
noun,
(Dante Alighieri) 1265–1321, Italian poet: author of the Divine Comedy.
- Ecua.
-
- ecto-
-
- crony
-
noun,
a close friend or companion; chum.
- crone
-
noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- dance
-
noun,
a successive group of rhythmical steps or bodily motions, or both, usually executed to music.
- eyras
-
noun,
a jaguarundi.
- cutin
-
noun,
a transparent, waxy substance constituting, together with cellulose, the cuticle of plants.
- Ennis
-
noun,
a town in N Texas.
- Indo-
-
- entry
-
noun,
an act of entering; entrance.
- cutis
-
noun,
the true skin, consisting of the dermis and the epidermis.
- ento-
-
- Indra
-
noun,
Hinduism. the chief of the Vedic gods, the god of rain and thunder.
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- Indre
-
noun,
a department in central France. 2667 sq. mi. (6910 sq. km). Capital: Châteauroux.
- Ensor
-
noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- ennui
-
noun,
a feeling of utter weariness and discontent resulting from satiety or lack of interest; boredom:
- indue
-
verb (used with object),
endue.
- Indus
-
noun,
a river in S Asia, flowing from W Tibet through Kashmir and Pakistan to the Arabian Sea. 1900 miles (3060 km) long.
- enact
-
verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- daces
-
noun,
a small, freshwater cyprinoid fish, Leuciscus leuciscus, of Europe, having a stout, fusiform body.
- Inner
-
adjective,
situated within or farther within; interior:
- endo-
-
- 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.
- ency.
-
- crust
-
noun,
the brown, hard outer portion or surface of a loaf or slice of bread (distinguished from crumb).
- dairy
-
noun,
an establishment, as a room, building, or buildings, where milk and cream are kept and butter and cheese are made.
- cruse
-
noun,
an earthen pot, bottle, etc., for liquids.
- Daisy
-
noun,
any of various composite plants the flowers of which have a yellow disk and white rays, as the English daisy and the oxeye daisy.
- decos
-
noun,
art deco.
- dunts
-
noun,
a hard blow or hit, especially one that makes a dull sound; thump.
- Costa
-
noun,
a rib or riblike part.
- diner
-
noun,
a person who dines.
- dines
-
noun,
Scot. dinner.
- doyen
-
noun,
the senior member, as in age, rank, or experience, of a group, class, profession, etc.
- cores
-
- Corey
-
noun,
Elias James, born 1928, U.S. chemist and educator: Nobel Prize 1990.
- Denis
-
noun,
a male given name.
- neut.
-
- dicey
-
adjective,
unpredictable; risky; uncertain.
- Corea
-
noun,
Armando Anthony [ahr-mahn-doh] /ɑrˈmɑn doʊ/ (Show IPA), ("Chick") born 1941, U.S. jazz pianist and composer.
- Doisy
-
noun,
Edward Adelbert [ad-l-bert,, uh-del-] /ˈæd l bərt,, əˈdɛl-/ (Show IPA), 1893–1986, U.S. biochemist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1943.
- dices
-
Idioms,
no dice, Informal. of no use or help; ineffective.
- doits
-
noun,
Also, duit. an old small copper coin of the Netherlands and Dutch colonies, first issued in the 17th century.
- naut.
-
- Nauru
-
noun,
Republic of, an island republic in the Pacific, near the equator, W of the Gilbert Islands: administered by Australia before 1968. 8¼ sq. mi. (21 sq. km).
- cords
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) clothing, especially trousers, of corded fabric; corduroys.
- dynes
-
noun,
the standard centimeter-gram-second unit of force, equal to the force that produces an acceleration of one centimeter per second per second on a mass of one gram. Abbreviation: dyn.
- dicot
-
noun,
a dicotyledon.
- dict.
-
- Donar
-
noun,
the god of thunder, corresponding to Thor.
- dirty
-
Idioms,
do (someone) dirty, Slang. to treat unfairly or reprehensibly, as by cheating or slandering.
- Corti
-
noun,
Alfonso [al-fon-soh;; Italian ahl-fawn-saw] /ælˈfɒn soʊ;; Italian ɑlˈfɔn sɔ/ (Show IPA), 1822–76, Italian anatomist.
- donas
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Madam; Lady: a Portuguese title prefixed to a woman's given name.
- dicta
-
noun,
a plural of dictum.
- dinar
-
noun,
any of various former coins of the Near East, especially gold coins issued by Islamic governments.
- Donau
-
noun,
German name of Danube.
- coset
-
noun,
a subset of a group, formed by the consistent operation of a given element of the group on the left or right of all the elements of a subgroup of the group.
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- denar
-
noun,
the basic monetary unit of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
- donec
-
conjunction,
(in prescriptions) until.
- 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.
- doest
-
noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- doers
-
noun,
a person or thing that does something, especially a person who gets things done with vigor and efficiency.
- Donna
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Madam; Lady: an Italian title of respect prefixed to the given name of a woman.
- corns
-
noun,
Also called Indian corn; especially technical and British, maize. a tall cereal plant, Zea mays, cultivated in many varieties, having a jointed, solid stem and bearing the grain, seeds, or kernels on large ears.
- neons
-
noun,
Chemistry. a chemically inert gaseous element occurring in small amounts in the earth's atmosphere, used chiefly in a type of electrical lamp. Symbol: Ne; atomic weight: 20.183; atomic number: 10; density: 0.9002 g/l at 0°C and 760 mm pressure.
- nerdy
-
adjective,
Slang. of or like a nerd.
- nerds
-
noun,
a person considered to be socially awkward, boring, unstylish, etc.
- disc.
-
- Deut.
-
- diary
-
noun,
a daily record, usually private, especially of the writer's own experiences, observations, feelings, attitudes, etc.
- Corny
-
adjective,
of or abounding in corn.
- dist.
-
- Dirae
-
plural noun,
the Furies. See fury (def 3).
- desc.
-
- disty
-
- Dirac
-
noun,
Paul Adrien Maurice, 1902–84, British physicist, in the U.S. after 1971: Nobel Prize 1933.
- Doris
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the wife of Nereus and mother of the Nereids.
- cornu
-
noun,
a horn, especially a bony part that resembles a horn.
- Denys
-
noun,
Saint, Denîs, Saint.
- Corse
-
noun,
corpse.
- Dione
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a Titan and a consort of Zeus.
- dites
-
noun,
a bit (usually used in negative constructions):
- ditsy
-
adjective,
flighty and easily confused; mildly or harmlessly eccentric.
- dents
-
noun,
a hollow or depression in a surface, as from a blow.
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- dints
-
noun,
force; power:
- nears
-
- dent.
-
- neur-
-
- doats
-
verb (used without object),
dote.
- Dyaus
-
noun,
the Vedic god of the sky.
- coria
-
noun,
plural of corium.
- Denny
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Dennis.
- nasty
-
noun,
Informal. a nasty person or thing.
- nicad
-
noun,
nickel-cadmium battery.
- Deity
-
noun,
a god or goddess.
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- deist
-
noun,
a person who believes in deism.
- naso-
-
- Donus
-
noun,
died a.d. 678, pope 676–678.
- donut
-
noun,
doughnut.
- diets
-
noun,
food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health:
- DORAN
-
noun,
an electronic device for determining range and assisting navigation, employing the principle of the Doppler effect.
- nines
-
noun,
a cardinal number, eight plus one.
- nards
-
noun,
an aromatic Himalayan plant, believed to be the spikenard, Nardostachys jatamansi, the source of an ointment used by the ancients.
- nidus
-
noun,
a nest, especially one in which insects, spiders, etc., deposit their eggs.
- Ninos
-
noun,
boy; child.
- Conte
-
noun,
count2 .
- Ninus
-
noun,
the legendary husband of Semiramis and founder of Nineveh.
- Doric
-
noun,
a dialect of ancient Greek spoken on Rhodes and other islands of the Dodecanese, in Crete, in Syracuse, and in all of the Peloponnesus except Arcadia.
- decry
-
verb (used with object),
to speak disparagingly of; denounce as faulty or worthless; express censure of:
- Niort
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- narcs
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- Donne
-
noun,
John, 1573–1631, English poet and clergyman.
- dirts
-
noun,
any foul or filthy substance, as mud, grime, dust, or excrement.
- nides
-
noun,
a nest or brood, especially of pheasants.
- Nydia
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- Asur
-
noun,
Assur.
- ends
-
noun,
the last part or extremity, lengthwise, of anything that is longer than it is wide or broad:
- Sour
-
noun,
something that is sour.
- Dace
-
noun,
a small, freshwater cyprinoid fish, Leuciscus leuciscus, of Europe, having a stout, fusiform body.
- sci.
-
- dins
-
noun,
a loud, confused noise; a continued loud or tumultuous sound; noisy clamor.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- dint
-
noun,
force; power:
- Yard
-
noun,
a common unit of linear measure in English-speaking countries, equal to 3 feet or 36 inches, and equivalent to 0.9144 meter.
- end-
-
- acr-
-
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- Sra.
-
- Acre
-
noun,
a common measure of area: in the U.S. and U.K., 1 acre equals 4,840 square yards (4,047 square meters) or 0.405 hectare; 640 acres equals one square mile.
- enc.
-
- yare
-
adjective,
quick; agile; lively.
- unto
-
preposition,
to (in its various uses, except as the accompaniment of the infinitive).
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- DAIS
-
noun,
a raised platform, as at the front of a room, for a lectern, throne, seats of honor, etc.
- acne
-
noun,
an inflammatory disease of the sebaceous glands, characterized by comedones and pimples, especially on the face, back, and chest, and, in severe cases, by cysts and nodules resulting in scarring.
- soda
-
noun,
sodium hydroxide.
- Utas
-
noun,
any of several iguanid lizards of the genus Uta, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico.
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- atic
-
- Dino
-
- ates
-
- sone
-
noun,
a unit for measuring the loudness of sound, equal to the loudness of a sound that, in the judgment of a group of listeners, is equal to that of a 1000-cycle-per-second reference sound having an intensity of 40 decibels.
- Soni
-
- sord
-
noun,
a flight or flock of mallards.
- scr.
-
- Ind.
-
- Enyo
-
noun,
an ancient Greek war goddess.
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- Enid
-
noun,
a city in N Oklahoma.
- curs
-
noun,
a mongrel dog, especially a worthless or unfriendly one.
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- cadi
-
noun,
qadi.
- yarn
-
noun,
thread made of natural or synthetic fibers and used for knitting and weaving.
- scar
-
noun,
a mark left by a healed wound, sore, or burn.
- stay
-
noun,
the act of stopping or being stopped.
- saur
-
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- etc.
-
- etic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or being the raw data of a language or other area of behavior, without considering the data as significant units functioning within a system.
- Diet
-
noun,
food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health:
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- Styr
-
noun,
a river in NW Ukraine, flowing N to the Pripet River. 300 miles (480 km) long.
- DIRE
-
adjective,
causing or involving great fear or suffering; dreadful; terrible:
- caid
-
noun,
(in North Africa) a Muslim tribal chief, judge, or senior official.
- SCAN
-
noun,
an act or instance of scanning; close examination.
- dyes
-
noun,
a coloring material or matter.
- Uru.
-
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- Dies
-
noun,
Martin, 1901–72, U.S. politician.
- dia-
-
- Dane
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Denmark.
- DIRT
-
noun,
any foul or filthy substance, as mud, grime, dust, or excrement.
- yaud
-
noun,
a mare, especially an old, worn-out one.
- SCAD
-
noun,
any carangid fish of the genus Decapterus, inhabiting tropical and subtropical shore waters.
- Dan.
-
abbreviation,
Bible. Daniel (def 1).
- scry
-
verb (used without object),
to use divination to discover hidden knowledge or future events, especially by means of a crystal ball.
- eyra
-
noun,
a jaguarundi.
- aur-
-
- dioc
-
- uro-
-
- DIAS
-
noun,
Bartholomeu [bahr-too-loo-me-oo] /ˌbɑr tʊ lʊˈmɛ ʊ/ (Show IPA), c1450–1500, Portuguese navigator: discoverer of the Cape of Good Hope.
- cads
-
noun,
an ill-bred man, especially one who behaves in a dishonorable or irresponsible way toward women.
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- Dior
-
noun,
Christian [kris-chuh n;; French krees-tyahn] /ˈkrɪs tʃən;; French krisˈtyɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1905–57, French fashion designer.
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- Ste.
-
- eyot
-
noun,
ait.
- Utes
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- Din.
-
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- dir.
-
- eyas
-
noun,
a nestling, usually a hawk.
- 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.
- Ens.
-
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- aut-
-
- Sind
-
noun,
a former province of Pakistan, in the lower Indus valley; now part of West Pakistan. 48,136 sq. mi. (125,154 sq. km). Capital: Karachi.
- Dyna
-
- est.
-
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- Urey
-
noun,
Harold Clayton [kleyt-n] /ˈkleɪt n/ (Show IPA), 1893–1981, U.S. chemist: Nobel prize 1934.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- curn
-
noun,
a grain.
- urea
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a compound, CO(NH 2) 2 , occurring in urine and other body fluids as a product of protein metabolism.
- uret
-
- SINE
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side opposite a given acute angle to the hypotenuse.
(of an angle) a trigonometric function equal to the ratio of the ordinate of the end point of the arc to the radius vector of this end point, the origin being at the center of the circle on which the arc lies and the initial point of the arc being on the x-axis. Abbreviation: sin.
- syne
-
adverb, preposition, conjunction,
since.
- Aude
-
noun,
a department in S France. 2449 sq. mi. (6345 sq. km). Capital: Carcassonne.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- Urdu
-
noun,
one of the official languages of Pakistan, a language derived from Hindustani, used by Muslims, and written with Persian-Arabic letters.
- etui
-
noun,
a small, often decorative case, especially one for needles, toilet articles, or the like.
- USCA
-
- aud.
-
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- sync
-
noun,
synchronization:
- used
-
noun,
the act of employing, using, or putting into service:
- aune
-
noun,
an old French unit of measure for fabrics, equivalent to about 47 inches (119 cm).
- eso-
-
- Esd.
-
- Curt
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Curtis.
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- uric
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, contained in, or derived from urine.
- syce
-
noun,
(in India) a groom; stable attendant.
- aunt
-
noun,
the sister of one's father or mother.
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- USAR
-
- side
-
noun,
one of the surfaces forming the outside of or bounding a thing, or one of the lines bounding a geometric figure.
- Auer
-
noun,
Leopold [lee-uh-pohld;; Hungarian ley-aw-pawlt] /ˈli əˌpoʊld;; Hungarian ˈleɪ ɔˌpɔlt/ (Show IPA), 1845–1930, Hungarian violinist and teacher.
- Esau
-
noun,
a son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Jacob, to whom he sold his birthright. Gen. 25:21–25.
- uria
-
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- syn-
-
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- cute
-
noun,
the cutes, Informal. self-consciously cute mannerisms or appeal; affected coyness:
- USDA
-
- atry
-
adjective,
lying to under a trysail in heavy weather; trying.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- Aus.
-
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- USIA
-
- USNA
-
- scut
-
noun,
a short tail, especially that of a hare, rabbit, or deer.
- USRC
-
- snye
-
noun,
a backwater.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- SCUD
-
noun,
the act of scudding.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- snod
-
adjective,
smooth; sleek.
- Dyce
-
noun,
Alexander, 1798–1869, Scottish editor.
- Dice
-
noun,
Machinery.
any of various devices for cutting or forming material in a press or a stamping or forging machine.
a hollow device of steel, often composed of several pieces to be fitted into a stock, for cutting the threads of bolts or the like.
one of the separate pieces of such a device.
a steel block or plate with small conical holes through which wire, plastic rods, etc., are drawn.
- cade
-
noun,
a juniper, Juniperus oxycedrus, of the Mediterranean area, whose wood on destructive distillation yields an oily liquid (oil of cade) used in treating skin diseases.
- USTC
-
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- Uris
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- Acis
-
noun,
the lover of Galatea, killed by Polyphemus out of jealousy.
- situ
-
noun,
in situ.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- urds
-
noun,
a plant, Vigna mungo, of the legume family, widely cultivated in tropical Asia for its edible seeds and for forage.
- dyne
-
noun,
the standard centimeter-gram-second unit of force, equal to the force that produces an acceleration of one centimeter per second per second on a mass of one gram. Abbreviation: dyn.
- user
-
noun,
a person or thing that uses.
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- Syr.
-
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- ator
-
- secy
-
- Dine
-
noun,
Scot. dinner.
- sec.
-
- urus
-
noun,
the aurochs.
- Eur.
-
- send
-
noun,
the heaving motion of a vessel.
- eous
-
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- ARCS
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- seat
-
noun,
something designed to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair, bench, or pew; a place on or in which one sits.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- acid
-
noun,
Chemistry. a compound usually having a sour taste and capable of neutralizing alkalis and reddening blue litmus paper, containing hydrogen that can be replaced by a metal or an electropositive group to form a salt, or containing an atom that can accept a pair of electrons from a base. Acids are proton donors that yield hydronium ions in water solution, or electron-pair acceptors that combine with electron-pair donors or bases.
- der.
-
- EDTA
-
- TODS
-
- ducs
-
noun,
duke.
- done
-
noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- Tyro
-
noun,
a beginner in learning anything; novice.
- Duce
-
noun,
a leader or dictator.
- tude
-
noun,
an arrogant attitude.
- toad
-
noun,
any of various tailless amphibians that are close relatives of the frogs in the order Anura and that typically have dry, warty skin and are terrestrial or semiterrestrial in habit.
Compare frog1 (def 1).
- Anne
-
noun,
1665–1714, queen of England 1702–14 (daughter of James II of England).
- ann.
-
- tody
-
noun,
any of several small West Indian birds of the family Todidae, related to the motmots and kingfishers, having brightly colored green and red plumage.
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- Tyre
-
noun,
an ancient seaport of Phoenicia: one of the great cities of antiquity, famous for its navigators and traders; site of modern Sur.
- toed
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- toey
-
adjective,
touchy or restive; apprehensive; fractious.
- toys
-
noun,
an object, often a small representation of something familiar, as an animal or person, for children or others to play with; plaything.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- Den.
-
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- AIDS
-
noun,
a disease of the immune system characterized by increased susceptibility to opportunistic infections, as pneumocystis carinii pneumonia and candidiasis, to certain cancers, as Kaposi's sarcoma, and to neurological disorders: caused by a retrovirus and transmitted chiefly through blood or blood products that enter the body's bloodstream, especially by sexual contact or contaminated hypodermic needles.
- drys
-
noun,
a prohibitionist.
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- Tony
-
noun,
one of a group of awards made annually by the American Theatre Wing, a professional school for the performing arts, for achievements in theatrical production and performance.
- duct
-
noun,
any tube, canal, pipe, or conduit by which a fluid, air, or other substance is conducted or conveyed.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- tonn
-
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- aet.
-
- tidy
-
noun,
any of various articles for keeping things tidy, as a box having small drawers and compartments.
- Deni
-
noun,
a monetary unit of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the 100th part of a denar.
- tier
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- tune
-
noun,
a succession of musical sounds forming an air or melody, with or without the harmony accompanying it.
- aide
-
noun,
nurse's aide.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- dune
-
noun,
a sand hill or sand ridge formed by the wind, usually in desert regions or near lakes and oceans.
- daut
-
verb (used with object),
to caress.
- ant.
-
- Tyne
-
noun,
tine.
- Tues
-
- Duna
-
noun,
Hungarian name of the Danube.
- Duit
-
noun,
doit (def 1).
- Tiny
-
adjective,
very small; minute; wee.
- ANSI
-
- duet
-
noun,
a musical composition for two voices or instruments.
- dues
-
noun,
something that is due, owed, or naturally belongs to someone.
- tion
-
- 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.
- 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.
- ano-
-
- Drin
-
noun,
a river in S Europe, flowing generally NW from SW Macedonia through N Albania into the Adriatic. 180 miles (290 km) long.
- Dean
-
noun,
Education.
the head of a faculty, school, or administrative division in a university or college:
an official in an American college or secondary school having charge of student personnel services, such as counseling or discipline:
the official in charge of undergraduate students at an English university.
- tide
-
noun,
the periodic rise and fall of the waters of the ocean and its inlets, produced by the attraction of the moon and sun, and occurring about every 12 hours.
- Ande
-
plural noun,
a mountain range in W South America, extending about 4500 miles (7250 km) from N Colombia and Venezuela S to Cape Horn. Highest peak, Aconcagua, 22,834 feet (6960 meters).
- Aire
-
- deco
-
noun,
art deco.
- ayre
-
noun,
air1 (def 8d).
- trid
-
- DORE
-
noun,
the walleye or pike perch of North America.
- Dory
-
noun,
a boat with a narrow, flat bottom, high bow, and flaring sides.
- Airy
-
adjective,
open to a free current of fresh air; breezy:
- Doty
-
adjective,
(of wood) decayed.
- Andy
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Andrew.
- DOTE
-
noun,
decay of wood.
- Tray
-
noun,
a flat, shallow container or receptacle made of wood, metal, etc., usually with slightly raised edges, used for carrying, holding, or displaying articles of food, glass, china, etc.
- dour
-
adjective,
sullen; gloomy:
- dost
-
noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- dose
-
noun,
a quantity of medicine prescribed to be taken at one time.
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- ancy
-
- ance
-
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- tri-
-
- Dort
-
noun,
Dordrecht.
- Trey
-
noun,
a playing card or a die having three pips.
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- Dora
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Greek word meaning “gift.”.
- Ayer
-
noun,
Sir A(lfred) J(ules) 1910–1989, English philosopher, teacher, and author.
- ands
-
- ayes
-
noun,
an affirmative vote or voter, especially in British Parliament, corresponding to yea in U.S. Congress.
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- ayin
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- torc
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- drat
-
interjection,
(used to express mild disgust, disappointment, or the like):
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- DEAR
-
noun,
a person who is good, kind, or generous:
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- Tory
-
noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- dons
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Mr.; Sir: a Spanish title prefixed to a man's given name.
- torn
-
noun,
a drop of the saline, watery fluid continually secreted by the lacrimal glands between the surface of the eye and the eyelid, serving to moisten and lubricate these parts and keep them clear of foreign particles. Synonyms: teardrop.
- Ainu
-
noun,
a member of an aboriginal population of northernmost Japan, having lighter skin and hairier bodies than other Japanese.
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- tron
-
- Dray
-
noun,
a low, strong cart without fixed sides, for carrying heavy loads.
- Dec.
-
- AInd
-
- Troy
-
noun,
Latin Ilium. Greek Ilion. an ancient ruined city in NW Asia Minor: the seventh of nine settlements on the site is commonly identified as the Troy of the Iliad.
- trod
-
noun,
the action of treading, stepping, or walking.
- deys
-
noun,
the title of the governor of Algiers before the French conquest in 1830.
- Tour
-
noun,
a traveling around from place to place.
- tRNA
-
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- Deny
-
Idioms,
deny oneself, to refrain from satisfying one's desires or needs; practice self-denial.
- tics
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- asci
-
noun,
plural of ascus.
- ears
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- dits
-
noun,
an echoic word, the referent of which is a click or brief tone interval, used to designate the dot of Morse code, International Morse code, etc.
- 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.
- doat
-
verb (used without object),
dote.
- Danu
-
noun,
the mother of the Tuatha De Danann: identified with the Welsh Don.
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- easy
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- sur-
-
- Sura
-
noun,
any of the 114 chapters of the Koran.
- surd
-
noun,
Phonetics. a voiceless consonant (opposed to sonant).
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- sure
-
Idioms,
for sure, as a certainty; surely:
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- Surt
-
noun,
the guardian and ruler of Muspelheim, destined to defeat Frey at Ragnarok and destroy the world with fire.
- ARIS
-
- Tace
-
noun,
tasset.
- Eads
-
noun,
James Buchanan, 1820–87, U.S. engineer and inventor.
- taco
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- tads
-
noun,
a small child, especially a boy.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- eco-
-
- doc.
-
plural,
document.
- art.
-
- str.
-
- Edna
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “rejuvenation, rebirth.”.
- ACTS
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- dis-
-
- asc-
-
- dys-
-
- Acus
-
noun,
Surgery. a needle, especially one used in a surgical operation.
- stud
-
noun,
a boss, knob, nailhead, or other protuberance projecting from a surface or part, especially as an ornament.
- Arty
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- stun
-
noun,
the act of stunning.
- Deus
-
noun,
God. Abbreviation: D.
- undy
-
plural noun,
women's or children's underwear.
- uni-
-
- Adie
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ect-
-
- dern
-
adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
darn2 .
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- Ecru
-
noun,
an ecru color.
- suet
-
noun,
the hard fatty tissue about the loins and kidneys of beef, sheep, etc., used in cooking or processed to yield tallow.
- adit
-
noun,
an entrance or a passage.
- undo
-
verb (used with object),
to reverse the doing of; cause to be as if never done:
- dite
-
noun,
a bit (usually used in negative constructions):
- suit
-
noun,
a set of clothing, armor, or the like, intended for wear together.
- arid
-
adjective,
being without moisture; extremely dry; parched:
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- Duns
-
noun,
a person, especially a creditor, who duns another.
- date
-
noun,
a particular month, day, and year at which some event happened or will happen:
- tend
-
Verb phrases,
tend on/upon, Archaic. to attend or wait upon; minister to; serve:
- dure
-
adjective,
hard; severe.
- Darn
-
noun,
a darned place, as in a garment:
- aery
-
noun,
aerie.
- turd
-
noun,
a piece of excrement.
- doit
-
noun,
Also, duit. an old small copper coin of the Netherlands and Dutch colonies, first issued in the 17th century.
- dat.
-
- anus
-
noun,
the opening at the lower end of the alimentary canal, through which the solid refuse of digestion is excreted.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- ANTU
-
- dura
-
noun,
dura mater.
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- duos
-
noun,
Music. duet.
- ter.
-
- Tura
-
noun,
Cosimo [kaw-zee-maw] /ˈkɔ zi mɔ/ (Show IPA), c1430–98? Italian painter.
- tuns
-
noun,
a large cask for holding liquids, especially wine, ale, or beer.
- duo-
-
- aesc
-
noun,
ash2 (def 3).
- Dona
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Madam; Lady: a Portuguese title prefixed to a woman's given name.
- dunt
-
noun,
a hard blow or hit, especially one that makes a dull sound; thump.
- tern
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- dato
-
noun,
(in the Philippines) a native chief.
- Arce
-
noun,
a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
- ten.
-
- duty
-
noun,
something that one is expected or required to do by moral or legal obligation.
- doer
-
noun,
a person or thing that does something, especially a person who gets things done with vigor and efficiency.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- Dare
-
noun,
an act of daring or defiance; challenge.
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- unco
-
noun,
something extraordinary or unusual; a novelty.
- DOCS
-
noun,
doctor.
- Dari
-
noun,
a form of Persian, spoken in Afghanistan.
- Dust
-
noun,
earth or other matter in fine, dry particles.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Duse
-
noun,
Eleonora [el-ee-uh-nawr-uh;; Italian e-le-aw-naw-rah] /ˌɛl i əˈnɔr ə;; Italian ˌɛ lɛ ɔˈnɔ rɑ/ (Show IPA), 1859–1924, Italian actress.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- Taro
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- teds
-
noun,
British Slang. Teddy boy.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- taur
-
- udos
-
noun,
a plant, Aralia cordata, of the ginseng family, cultivated, especially in Japan and China, for its edible shoots.
- does
-
noun,
a plural of doe.
- duro
-
noun,
a peso of Spain or Spanish America.
- TDRS
-
- durn
-
adjective, adverb, verb (used with object), noun,
darn2 .
- aeon
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- aer-
-
- teas
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- ARCO
-
adverb,
(of the performance of a passage for stringed instruments) with the bow.
- Saud
-
noun,
(Saud ibn Abdul-Aziz), 1901?–69, king of Saudi Arabia 1953–64 (son of ibn-Saud and brother of Faisal).
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- 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 = .
- crus
-
noun,
the part of the leg or hind limb between the femur or thigh and the ankle or tarsus; shank.
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- oary
-
adjective,
oarlike.
- nane
-
pronoun, adverb, adjective,
none1 .
- rcd.
-
- cion
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- Coty
-
noun,
René Jules Gustave [ruh-ney zhyl gys-tav] /rəˈneɪ ʒül güsˈtav/ (Show IPA), 1882–1962, president of France 1954–59.
- road
-
noun,
a long, narrow stretch with a smoothed or paved surface, made for traveling by motor vehicle, carriage, etc., between two or more points; street or highway.
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- Yuan
-
noun,
Also called yuan dollar. a copper coin of the Republic of China, equal to 100 cents; dollar.
- ins.
-
- Roca
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in W Portugal, near Lisbon: the western extremity of continental Europe.
- rocs
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- Coue
-
noun,
Émile [ey-meel] /eɪˈmil/ (Show IPA), 1857–1926, French psychotherapist.
- cray
-
adjective,
crazy.
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- rode
-
noun,
a rope by which a boat is anchored.
- RNAS
-
- NDAC
-
- inns
-
noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- ocas
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Rind
-
noun,
a thick and firm outer coat or covering, as of certain fruits, cheeses, and meats:
- rynd
-
noun,
rind2 .
- riot
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- ryot
-
noun,
a peasant.
- ord.
-
- RISC
-
noun,
reduced instruction set computer: a computer whose central processing unit recognizes a relatively small number of instructions, which it can execute very rapidly.
- NCTE
-
- RdAc
-
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- rit.
-
- cir.
-
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- Ryun
-
noun,
James Ronald ("Jim") born 1947, U.S. distance runner; congressman 1996–2007.
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- Rodi
-
noun,
Italian name of Rhodes.
- ryes
-
noun,
a widely cultivated cereal grass, Secale cereale, having one-nerved glumes and two- or three-flowered spikelets.
- Nary
-
adjective,
not any; no; never a:
- nunc
-
adverb,
now.
- ctr.
-
- cts.
-
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- Cort
-
- nude
-
noun,
a sculpture, painting, etc., of a nude human figure.
- coat
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- Cnut
-
noun,
Canute.
- neo-
-
- Rota
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- ROTC
-
noun,
a body of students at some colleges and universities who are given training toward becoming officers in the armed forces. Abbreviation: ROTC, R.O.T.C.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- cuds
-
noun,
the portion of food that a ruminant returns from the first stomach to the mouth to chew a second time.
- NTIA
-
- Rosy
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- crut
-
noun,
crud (def 1).
- nays
-
noun,
a denial or refusal.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- Ire.
-
- Cain
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- iron
-
noun,
Chemistry. a ductile, malleable, silver-white metallic element, scarcely known in a pure condition, but much used in its crude or impure carbon-containing forms for making tools, implements, machinery, etc. Symbol: Fe; atomic weight: 55.847; atomic number: 26; specific gravity: 7.86 at 20°C.
Compare cast iron, pig iron, steel, wrought iron.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- Dyer
-
noun,
John, 1700–58, British poet.
- RONA
-
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- RAND
-
noun,
(in shoemaking) a strip of leather set in a shoe at the heel before the lifts are attached.
- yrs.
-
- Carn
-
noun,
cairn.
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- nurd
-
noun,
nerd.
- orcs
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- roue
-
noun,
a dissolute and licentious man; rake.
- crat
-
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- oyer
-
noun,
oyer and terminer.
- Cate
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- cat.
-
- NYSE
-
- reds
-
noun,
any of various colors resembling the color of blood; the primary color at one extreme end of the visible spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 610 and 780 nanometers.
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- yods
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- Reid
-
noun,
Sir George Huston, 1845–1918, Australian statesman, born in Scotland: prime minister 1904–05.
- Rein
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- narc
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- iod-
-
- cedi
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Ghana, equal to 100 pesewas.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- OECD
-
- orad
-
adverb,
toward the mouth or the oral region.
- Oise
-
noun,
a river in W Europe, flowing SW from S Belgium through N France to the Seine, near Paris. 186 miles (300 km) long.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- Cdr.
-
- 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.
- yoni
-
noun,
(in Shaktism) the external female genitals regarded as the symbol of Shakti.
Compare lingam (def 2).
- Cost
-
noun,
the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
- yore
-
noun,
Chiefly Literary. time past:
- yond
-
adverb, adjective,
yonder.
- cit.
-
- NASD
-
- once
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- redo
-
noun,
the act or an instance of redoing.
- Ont.
-
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- nard
-
noun,
an aromatic Himalayan plant, believed to be the spikenard, Nardostachys jatamansi, the source of an ointment used by the ancients.
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- onus
-
noun,
a difficult or disagreeable obligation, task, burden, etc.
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- rend
-
verb (used with object),
to separate into parts with force or violence:
- rids
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of ride.
- Oct.
-
- int.
-
- City
-
noun,
a large or important town.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- ryas
-
noun,
a handwoven Scandinavian rug with a thick pile and usually a strong, colorful design.
- Read
-
noun,
an act or instance of reading:
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- 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.
- Rico
-
noun,
Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act: a U.S. law, enacted in 1970, allowing victims of organized crime to sue those responsible for punitive damages.
- cosy
-
noun,
a padded covering for a teapot, chocolate pot, etc., to retain the heat.
- CART
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- Rida
-
- ride
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- yous
-
noun,
plural of you.
- cose
-
verb (used without object),
coze.
- cis-
-
- Cote
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- crud
-
noun,
Slang.
a deposit or coating of refuse or of an impure or alien substance; muck.
a filthy, repulsive, or contemptible person.
something that is worthless, objectionable, or contemptible.
prevarication, exaggeration, or flattery.
a nonspecific, imaginary, or vaguely defined disease or disorder of the body:
any unpleasant external ailment, disorder, or the like, as a skin rash.
venereal disease, especially syphilis.
Vulgar. dried semen.
- Ryan
-
noun,
a male given name.
- cyte
-
- Odus
-
- CASE
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- cast
-
noun,
act of casting or throwing.
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- rent
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- Odin
-
noun,
the ruler of the Aesir and god of war, poetry, knowledge, and wisdom; Wotan: the chief god.
- Cres
-
- odic
-
adjective,
of an ode.
- your
-
noun,
something or someone closely identified with or resembling the person addressed:
- Orca
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- cen.
-
- cist
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- ious
-
- 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.
- rets
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- Reus
-
noun,
a city in Catalonia, NE Spain, on the Mediterranean Sea.
- Oder
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing from the NE Czech Republic, N through SW Poland and along the border between Germany and Poland into the Baltic. 562 miles (905 km) long.
- CARE
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- Cuda
-
noun,
a barracuda.
- cera
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- Indy
-
noun,
Indianapolis, Ind.
- yens
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of Japan, equal to 100 sen or 1000 rin. Symbol: ¥; Abbreviation: Y.
- non-
-
- Cord
-
noun,
a string or thin rope made of several strands braided, twisted, or woven together.
- said
-
noun,
sayyid.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- NICE
-
noun,
a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
- Sade
-
noun,
Donatien Alphonse François [daw-na-syan al-fawns frahn-swa] /dɔ naˈsyɛ̃ alˈfɔ̃s frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), Comte de (Marquis de Sade) 1740–1814, French soldier and novelist, notorious for his paraphilia.
- Yedo
-
noun,
a former name of Tokyo.
- rad.
-
- Cora
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. Kore.
- Nine
-
noun,
a cardinal number, eight plus one.
- coys
-
adjective,
artfully or affectedly shy or reserved; slyly hesitant; coquettish.
- yeas
-
noun,
an affirmation; an affirmative reply or vote.
- Sadi
-
noun,
sadhe.
- ouds
-
noun,
a musical instrument of the Middle East and northern Africa belonging to the lute family.
- Sand
-
noun,
the more or less fine debris of rocks, consisting of small, loose grains, often of quartz.
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- Nor.
-
- cods
-
noun,
any of several soft-rayed food fishes of the family Gadidae, especially Gadus morhua, of cool, North Atlantic waters.
- Cori
-
noun,
Carl Ferdinand, 1896–1984, and his wife, Gerty Theresa, 1896–1957, U.S. biochemists, born in Austria-Hungary: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1947.
- otic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ear; auricular.
- coed
-
noun,
Older Use. a female student in a coeducational institution, especially in a college or university.
- none
-
noun,
nones1 .
- idae
-
- coir
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- coin
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- std.
-
- CERN
-
- outs
-
noun,
a means of escape or excuse, as from a place, punishment, retribution, responsibility, etc.:
- Saco
-
noun,
a city in SW Maine.
- curd
-
noun,
Often, curds. a substance consisting mainly of casein and the like, obtained from milk by coagulation, and used as food or made into cheese.
- Idas
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in W Turkey, in NW Asia Minor, SE of ancient Troy. 5810 feet (1771 meters).
Turkish Kazdaği [kahz-dah-gee; Turkish kahz-dah-uh] /ˌkɑz dɑˈgi; Turkish ˌkɑz dɑˈʌ/ (Show IPA).
- Cor.
-
- year
-
noun,
a period of 365 or 366 days, in the Gregorian calendar, divided into 12 calendar months, now reckoned as beginning Jan. 1 and ending Dec. 31 (calendar year or civil year)
Compare common year, leap year.
- Cory
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- Ouse
-
noun,
Also called Great Ouse. a river in E England, flowing NE to the Wash. 160 miles (260 km) long.
- Cond
-
- cure
-
noun,
a means of healing or restoring to health; remedy.
- ciao
-
interjection,
(used as a word of greeting or parting): hello; goodbye; so long; see you later.
- cone
-
noun,
Geometry.
a solid whose surface is generated by a line passing through a fixed point and a fixed plane curve not containing the point, consisting of two equal sections joined at a vertex.
a plane surface resembling the cross section of a solid cone.
- ours
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- Cony
-
noun,
the fur of a rabbit, especially when dyed to simulate Hudson seal.
- 1080
-
- nide
-
noun,
a nest or brood, especially of pheasants.
- ides
-
noun,
(in the ancient Roman calendar) the fifteenth day of March, May, July, or October, and the thirteenth day of the other months.
- Sard
-
noun,
a reddish-brown chalcedony, used as a gem.
- Can.
-
- IDEA
-
noun,
any conception existing in the mind as a result of mental understanding, awareness, or activity.
- oust
-
verb (used with object),
to expel or remove from a place or position occupied:
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- Sari
-
noun,
a garment worn by Hindu women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder.
- RACE
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- Con.
-
- racy
-
adjective,
slightly improper or indelicate; suggestive; risqué.
- Nina
-
noun,
girl; child.
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- Itea
-
noun,
any tree or shrub belonging to the genus Itea, of the saxifrage family, having simple, alternate leaves and clusters of small, greenish-white flowers, as the Virginia willow, I. virginica.
- yean
-
verb (used without object),
(of a sheep or goat) to bring forth young.
- node
-
noun,
a knot, protuberance, or knob.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- Nida
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Nydia.
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- Niue
-
noun,
an island in the S Pacific between Tonga and Cook Islands: possession of New Zealand. 5128; about 100 sq. mi. (260 sq. km).
- cays
-
noun,
a small low island; key.
- Idun
-
noun,
a goddess, keeper of the apples of youth and wife of Bragi; abducted by the giant Thjazi, from whom she was rescued.
- cane
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- cet-
-
- Yurt
-
noun,
a tentlike dwelling of the Mongol and Turkic peoples of central Asia, consisting of a cylindrical wall of poles in a lattice arrangement with a conical roof of poles, both covered by felt or skins.
- nyet
-
adverb, noun,
no1 .
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- Nord
-
noun,
a department in N France. 2229 sq. mi. (5770 sq. km). Capital: Lille.
- Rude
-
noun,
François [frahn-swa] /frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), 1784–1855, French sculptor.
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- nerd
-
noun,
a person considered to be socially awkward, boring, unstylish, etc.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- 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.
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- yuca
-
noun,
cassava.
- Rudy
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Rudolf.
- 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.
- coda
-
noun,
Music. a more or less independent passage, at the end of a composition, introduced to bring it to a satisfactory close.
- rues
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- ruin
-
noun,
ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay:
- Inc.
-
- cunt
-
noun,
the vulva or vagina.
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- RAID
-
noun,
a sudden assault or attack, as upon something to be seized or suppressed:
- inae
-
- rout
-
noun,
a defeat attended with disorderly flight; dispersal of a defeated force in complete disorder:
- cues
-
noun,
anything said or done, on or off stage, that is followed by a specific line or action:
- ICAO
-
- IndE
-
- OSRD
-
- ROUS
-
noun,
(Francis) Peyton, 1879–1970, U.S. pathologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1966.
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- 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.
- neon
-
noun,
Chemistry. a chemically inert gaseous element occurring in small amounts in the earth's atmosphere, used chiefly in a type of electrical lamp. Symbol: Ne; atomic weight: 20.183; atomic number: 10; density: 0.9002 g/l at 0°C and 760 mm pressure.
- Yser
-
noun,
a river flowing from N France through NW Belgium into the North Sea: battles 1914–18. 55 miles (89 km) long.
- rain
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- Ceto
-
- Ice.
-
- iso-
-
- iced
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- nous
-
noun,
Greek Philosophy. mind or intellect.
- cur.
-
- out-
-
- rune
-
noun,
any of the characters of certain ancient alphabets, as of a script used for writing the Germanic languages, especially of Scandinavia and Britain, from c200 to c1200, or a script used for inscriptions in a Turkic language of the 6th to 8th centuries from the area near the Orkhon River in Mongolia.
- Rus.
-
- Norn
-
noun,
an extinct Norse dialect, spoken until early modern times in the Shetland and Orkney Islands and in parts of northern Scotland.
- runt
-
noun,
an animal that is small or stunted as compared with others of its kind.
- Iyar
-
noun,
the eighth month of the Jewish calendar.
- nest
-
noun,
a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
- code
-
noun,
a system for communication by telegraph, heliograph, etc., in which long and short sounds, light flashes, etc., are used to symbolize the content of a message:
- sate
-
noun,
a Southeast Asian, especially Indonesian and Malaysian, dish of marinated, bite-size pieces of meat, skewered, barbecued, and usually served with a peanut-flavored dipping sauce.
- rads
-
noun,
a standard unit of absorbed dose of radiation equal to 0.01 gray2 .
- Nino
-
noun,
boy; child.
- Ruse
-
noun,
a trick, stratagem, or artifice.
- Sat.
-
- Rust
-
noun,
Also called iron rust. the red or orange coating that forms on the surface of iron when exposed to air and moisture, consisting chiefly of ferric hydroxide and ferric oxide formed by oxidation.
- yeti
-
noun,
Abominable Snowman.
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- CORN
-
noun,
Also called Indian corn; especially technical and British, maize. a tall cereal plant, Zea mays, cultivated in many varieties, having a jointed, solid stem and bearing the grain, seeds, or kernels on large ears.
- Cody
-
noun,
William Frederick ("Buffalo Bill") 1846–1917, U.S. Army scout and showman.
- cide
-
- runs
-
noun,
an act or instance, or a period of running:
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- yids
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a Jew.
- not-
-
- 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.
- yird
-
noun,
earth.
- yins
-
noun,
See under yin and yang.
- nos-
-
- NIRA
-
- Nysa
-
noun,
the mountain where Zeus sent the infant Dionysus to protect him from the vindictive wrath of Hera.
- nosy
-
adjective,
unduly curious about the affairs of others; prying; meddlesome.
- Nero
-
noun,
(Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus) (“Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus”) a.d. 37–68, emperor of Rome 54–68, known for his cruelty and depravity.
- nose
-
noun,
the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
- Ceta
-
noun,
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.
- IUD
-
- 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.
- ONR
-
- TOY
-
noun,
an object, often a small representation of something familiar, as an animal or person, for children or others to play with; plaything.
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- ONI
-
- IUS
-
- ons
-
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- CIA
-
- DSA
-
- oui
-
adverb, noun,
yes.
- CID
-
noun,
The ("El Cid Campeador"; Rodrigo Díaz de Bivar) c1040–99, Spanish soldier: hero of the wars against the Moors.
- ot-
-
- ote
-
- ory
-
- tra
-
- tr.
-
- OTA
-
- CIE
-
- Nan
-
noun,
naan.
- Nay
-
noun,
a denial or refusal.
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- NYC
-
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- Dr.
-
- ose
-
- NUT
-
noun,
a dry fruit consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shell.
- NAD
-
- Dou
-
noun,
Gerard [gey-rahrt] /ˈgeɪ rɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1613–75, Dutch painter: pupil of Rembrandt.
- CYO
-
- 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.
- orc
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- NCO
-
- our
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- Any
-
Idioms,
any which way, in any manner whatever; indifferently or carelessly:
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- Cyd
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Dry
-
noun,
a prohibitionist.
- ays
-
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- DOT
-
noun,
a small, roundish mark made with or as if with a pen.
- DRE
-
- COT
-
noun,
a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
- ANC
-
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- oud
-
noun,
a musical instrument of the Middle East and northern Africa belonging to the lute family.
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- OTS
-
- ICA
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- DEI
-
adverb,
by the grace of God.
- nr.
-
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- NYA
-
- NIA
-
- Coy
-
adjective,
artfully or affectedly shy or reserved; slyly hesitant; coquettish.
- acy
-
- ur-
-
- NET
-
noun,
a bag or other contrivance of strong thread or cord worked into an open, meshed fabric, for catching fish, birds, or other animals:
- NES
-
- ACS
-
- ACT
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- uns
-
- UNO
-
- NRA
-
- ure
-
- NRC
-
- NSA
-
- di.
-
- NSC
-
- ade
-
noun,
George, 1866–1944, U.S. humorist.
- NSU
-
- DET
-
- Une
-
- Ney
-
noun,
Michel [mee-shel] /miˈʃɛl/ (Show IPA), Duke of Elchingen [el-khing-uh n] /ˈɛl xɪŋ ən/ (Show IPA), 1769–1815, French revolutionary and Napoleonic military leader: marshal of France 1805–15.
- NED
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Edward.
- Nun
-
noun,
a woman member of a religious order, especially one bound by vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience.
- dit
-
noun,
an echoic word, the referent of which is a click or brief tone interval, used to designate the dot of Morse code, International Morse code, etc.
- ado
-
noun,
busy activity; bustle; fuss.
- CNS
-
- Urd
-
noun,
a plant, Vigna mungo, of the legume family, widely cultivated in tropical Asia for its edible seeds and for forage.
- AUC
-
- DIU
-
noun,
part of the union territory of Daman and Diu (Goa, Daman, and Diu in 1961–87) in W India: a former Portuguese colony, comprising a small island and seaport at the extremity of Kathiawar peninsula.
- USN
-
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- Utu
-
noun,
the Sumerian sun god: the counterpart of the Akkadian Shamash.
- 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.
- uti
-
- Die
-
noun,
Machinery.
any of various devices for cutting or forming material in a press or a stamping or forging machine.
a hollow device of steel, often composed of several pieces to be fitted into a stock, for cutting the threads of bolts or the like.
one of the separate pieces of such a device.
a steel block or plate with small conical holes through which wire, plastic rods, etc., are drawn.
- UTE
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- UTC
-
- Uta
-
noun,
any of several iguanid lizards of the genus Uta, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico.
- usu
-
- USR
-
- USO
-
- DIY
-
- NNE
-
- NOC
-
- Uri
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- USE
-
noun,
the act of employing, using, or putting into service:
- Nye
-
noun,
Edgar Wilson ("Bill Nye") 1850–96, U.S. humorist.
- USC
-
- ac-
-
- ad-
-
- ADC
-
- urs
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city on the Euphrates, in S Iraq: extensive excavations, especially of royal tombs.
- urn
-
noun,
a large or decorative vase, especially one with an ornamental foot or pedestal.
- Nod
-
noun,
a short, quick downward bending forward of the head, as in assent, greeting, or command or because of drowsiness.
- AID
-
noun,
help or support; assistance.
- an.
-
- dyn
-
- Ar.
-
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- NEC
-
- DNA
-
- Dey
-
noun,
the title of the governor of Algiers before the French conquest in 1830.
- ODT
-
- OCS
-
- AIC
-
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- tun
-
noun,
a large cask for holding liquids, especially wine, ale, or beer.
- 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.
- tue
-
- ODA
-
noun,
a room within a harem.
- ode
-
noun,
a lyric poem typically of elaborate or irregular metrical form and expressive of exalted or enthusiastic emotion.
- Tu.
-
- TSR
-
noun,
a computer program with any of several ancillary functions, usually held resident in RAM for instant activation while one is using another program.
- TSI
-
- TSE
-
- ODS
-
noun,
a hypothetical force formerly held to pervade all nature and to manifest itself in magnetism, mesmerism, chemical action, etc.
- aye
-
noun,
an affirmative vote or voter, especially in British Parliament, corresponding to yea in U.S. Congress.
- COS
-
noun,
romaine.
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- oic
-
- Ayn
-
noun,
ʿain.
- oid
-
- OIr
-
- Oys
-
noun,
a grandchild.
- OIt
-
- Tro
-
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- Dor
-
noun,
Also, dorbeetle [dawr-beet-l] /ˈdɔrˌbit l/ (Show IPA). a common European dung beetle, Geotrupes stercorarius.
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Ayr
-
noun,
a seaport in SW Scotland.
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- OCR
-
- OCD
-
- DNR
-
- OSA
-
- CNO
-
- NUS
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- CNN
-
- NEA
-
- ADS
-
noun,
advertisement.
- ne-
-
- Oc.
-
- DOE
-
noun,
the female of the deer, antelope, goat, rabbit, and certain other animals.
- ae.
-
- AEC
-
- unc
-
- OED
-
- Una
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “one.”.
- UIT
-
- udo
-
noun,
a plant, Aralia cordata, of the ginseng family, cultivated, especially in Japan and China, for its edible shoots.
- Oca
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- OSD
-
- UDC
-
- UCR
-
- UAE
-
- USA
-
- UAR
-
- OTC
-
- Doi
-
- oar
-
noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- NDE
-
- OAS
-
- OAU
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- Don
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Mr.; Sir: a Spanish title prefixed to a man's given name.
- DSR
-
- 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.
- DST
-
- ctn
-
plural,
carton.
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- SOC
-
noun,
sociology or a class or course in sociology.
- cud
-
noun,
the portion of food that a ruminant returns from the first stomach to the mouth to chew a second time.
- sod
-
noun,
a section cut or torn from the surface of grassland, containing the matted roots of grass.
- soy
-
noun,
soy sauce.
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- cte
-
- cue
-
noun,
anything said or done, on or off stage, that is followed by a specific line or action:
- CTA
-
- CST
-
- CSR
-
- CSO
-
- ine
-
- ATC
-
- SNU
-
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- at.
-
- rt.
-
- run
-
noun,
an act or instance, or a period of running:
- Rue
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- RTS
-
- rte
-
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- RSE
-
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- ery
-
- RSA
-
- Rs.
-
- CAR
-
noun,
an automobile.
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- 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.
- INN
-
noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- CSA
-
- in.
-
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- ROA
-
- ast
-
- ASR
-
- rnd
-
- eir
-
- RNA
-
- ASN
-
- en-
-
- dye
-
noun,
a coloring material or matter.
- ASI
-
- STI
-
- sty
-
noun,
a pen or enclosure for swine; pigpen.
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- ase
-
- Rye
-
noun,
a widely cultivated cereal grass, Secale cereale, having one-nerved glumes and two- or three-flowered spikelets.
- EIS
-
- ROC
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- DSO
-
- do.
-
- DOA
-
- Sou
-
noun,
(formerly) either of two bronze coins of France, equal to 5 centimes and 10 centimes.
- ASU
-
- DSC
-
- Roy
-
noun,
Rammohun [rah-moh-hon] /rɑˈmoʊ hɒn/ (Show IPA), 1774–1833, Indian religious leader: founder of Brahmo Samaj.
- ROI
-
- Sta
-
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- DAE
-
- Sr.
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- DAY
-
noun,
the interval of light between two successive nights; the time between sunrise and sunset:
- Rod
-
noun,
a stick, wand, staff, or the like, of wood, metal, or other material.
- St.
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- yis
-
noun,
(in Chinese ethical philosophy) faithful performance of one's specified duties to society.
- EDS
-
noun,
education:
- IDS
-
noun,
the part of the psyche, residing in the unconscious, that is the source of instinctive impulses that seek satisfaction in accordance with the pleasure principle and are modified by the ego and the superego before they are given overt expression.
- ics
-
- CAD
-
noun,
an ill-bred man, especially one who behaves in a dishonorable or irresponsible way toward women.
- Ido
-
noun,
a revised and simplified form of Esperanto, introduced in 1907.
- ct.
-
- SAR
-
- cs.
-
- cr.
-
- ide
-
- yds
-
- SDA
-
- SDI
-
- SDR
-
- se-
-
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- COD
-
noun,
any of several soft-rayed food fishes of the family Gadidae, especially Gadus morhua, of cool, North Atlantic waters.
- id.
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Co.
-
- IAS
-
- Sau
-
noun,
German name of Sava.
- cay
-
noun,
a small low island; key.
- sc.
-
- icy
-
adjective,
made of, full of, or covered with ice:
- CAI
-
- yas
-
noun,
the 28th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- IDA
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in W Turkey, in NW Asia Minor, SE of ancient Troy. 5810 feet (1771 meters).
Turkish Kazdaği [kahz-dah-gee; Turkish kahz-dah-uh] /ˌkɑz dɑˈgi; Turkish ˌkɑz dɑˈʌ/ (Show IPA).
- ITU
-
- yar
-
adjective,
yare (defs 1, 2).
- ScD
-
- Yao
-
noun,
Wade-Giles, Pinyin. a legendary emperor of China who, with his successor (Shun) was a paragon of good government.
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- yad
-
noun,
a tapered, usually ornamented rod, usually of silver, with the tip of the tapered part forming a fist with the index finger extended, used by the reader of a scroll of the Torah as a place marker.
- Ia.
-
- io-
-
- yea
-
noun,
an affirmation; an affirmative reply or vote.
- 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.
- Yin
-
noun,
See under yin and yang.
- 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).
- ier
-
- ESR
-
- yer
-
- rut
-
noun,
a furrow or track in the ground, especially one made by the passage of a vehicle or vehicles.
- yes
-
noun,
an affirmative reply.
- yet
-
Idioms,
as yet. as1 (def 31).
- Esc
-
- sd.
-
- SID
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Sidney or Sydney.
- ESA
-
- ERT
-
- Yid
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a Jew.
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- Cut
-
noun,
the act of cutting; a stroke or a blow, as with a knife, whip, etc.
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- Yeo
-
- So.
-
- eu-
-
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- ca.
-
- ETS
-
- SED
-
- ETR
-
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- ETO
-
- SRO
-
- SAE
-
- Yen
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of Japan, equal to 100 sen or 1000 rin. Symbol: ¥; Abbreviation: Y.
- ety
-
- ESU
-
- Sad
-
noun,
the 14th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- SER
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- SAC
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- EDT
-
- UUT
-
- EDO
-
noun,
a member of an indigenous people of western Africa, in the Benin region of southern Nigeria.
- Ir.
-
- RDA
-
- RCT
-
- RCN
-
- RCA
-
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- AOU
-
- aor
-
- Ted
-
noun,
British Slang. Teddy boy.
- DAS
-
noun,
hyrax.
- IRC
-
- rat
-
noun,
any of several long-tailed rodents of the family Muridae, of the genus Rattus and related genera, distinguished from the mouse by being larger.
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- IRO
-
- IRS
-
- RDC
-
- cru
-
noun,
(in France) a vineyard producing wine of high quality, sometimes classified by the government as either a Great Growth (Grand Cru) or a First Growth (Premier Cru)
- CEO
-
- TAU
-
noun,
the 19th letter of the Greek alphabet (T, τ).
- CEA
-
- CED
-
- IOT
-
- IOU
-
- you
-
noun,
something or someone closely identified with or resembling the person addressed:
- ARE
-
noun,
a measure of surface area; 1 are is equal to1/100 (0.01) of a hectare (100 square meters or 119.6 square yards). Abbreviation: a.
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- RDS
-
- ard
-
- TCA
-
- TCS
-
- TDY
-
- tea
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- REA
-
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- CDT
-
- RCS
-
- Tyr
-
noun,
the god of strife.
- ity
-
- d-c
-
noun,
a surgical method for the removal of diseased tissue or an early embryo from the lining of the uterus by means of scraping.
- due
-
noun,
something that is due, owed, or naturally belongs to someone.
- Re.
-
- DCS
-
- Rd.
-
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- de-
-
- Duc
-
noun,
duke.
- DEA
-
- Tiu
-
noun,
an English god of the sky and of war, the equivalent of Tyr in Scandinavian mythology.
- Du.
-
- ite
-
- YTD
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- tin
-
noun,
Chemistry. a low-melting, malleable, ductile metallic element nearly approaching silver in color and luster: used in plating and in making alloys, tinfoil, and soft solders. Symbol: Sn; atomic weight: 118.69; atomic number: 50; specific gravity: 7.31 at 20°C.
- dau
-
noun,
dhow.
- TIA
-
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- TID
-
- ISA
-
- ise
-
- Ray
-
noun,
a narrow beam of light.
- ITC
-
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- ISR
-
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- ist
-
- Dun
-
noun,
a person, especially a creditor, who duns another.
- ITA
-
- DUI
-
- 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.
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- IOC
-
- Stu
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stewart or Stuart.
- ead
-
- 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 = .
- EDA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Sue
-
noun,
Eugène [œ-zhen] /œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), (Marie Joseph Sue) 1804–57, French novelist.
- rya
-
noun,
a handwoven Scandinavian rug with a thick pile and usually a strong, colorful design.
- ean
-
- ear
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- Rey
-
noun,
a city in N Iran, near Teheran.
- yod
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- yon
-
pronoun,
that or those yonder.
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- ec-
-
- ed.
-
- 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.
- ECA
-
- ARS
-
- ECU
-
noun,
the shield carried by a mounted man-at-arms in the Middle Ages.
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- ret
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- Sui
-
noun,
a dynasty ruling in China a.d. 589–618.
- Tad
-
noun,
a small child, especially a boy.
- CAS
-
verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- ior
-
- DAR
-
- ary
-
adjective,
any; anyone.
- ARU
-
- CRT
-
- eo-
-
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- red
-
noun,
any of various colors resembling the color of blood; the primary color at one extreme end of the visible spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 610 and 780 nanometers.
- RID
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noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- CRS
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- ETA
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noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- TAO
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noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- ETD
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- ea.
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- Tay
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noun,
a river flowing through central Scotland into the Firth of Tay. 118 miles (190 km) long.
- EDC
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- Tan
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noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- TN
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- cy
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noun,
a male given name, form of Cyrus.
- ry
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- 2D
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noun,
a two-dimensional form or appearance:
- SU
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- ND
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- NI
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- YU
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noun,
a legendary Chinese emperor who drained the land and made the mountains.
- RO
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- RN
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- yd
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noun,
a unit of area measurement equal to a square measuring one yard on each side; 0.8361 square meters. 2 , sq. yd. Abbreviation: yd.
- i.
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- RC
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- N.
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- UT
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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.
- NA
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adverb,
no1 .
- YA
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noun,
the 28th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- R.
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- RA
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noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- YT
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- Y.
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- ey
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- A.
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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.
- 3D
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noun,
a three-dimensional form or appearance:
- No
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noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- RI
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- ic
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- NC
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- Ud
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- DT
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noun,
a withdrawal syndrome occurring in persons who have developed physiological dependence on alcohol, characterized by tremor, visual hallucinations, and autonomic instability. Abbreviation: d.t.
- TE
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noun,
ti1 .
- T1
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- SI
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noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- sy
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noun,
a male given name, form of Seymour, Simon, or Silas.
- yr
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- TA
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noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- Yi
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noun,
(in Chinese ethical philosophy) faithful performance of one's specified duties to society.
- DN
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- DC
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noun,
a surgical method for the removal of diseased tissue or an early embryo from the lining of the uterus by means of scraping.
- er
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interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- TD
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- RU
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- DA
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noun,
a male hairstyle, especially of the 1950s, in which the hair is slicked back on both sides to overlap at the back of the head.
- TC
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- EI
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- D.
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- CU
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- E.
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noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- NU
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noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- O.
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- OD
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noun,
a hypothetical force formerly held to pervade all nature and to manifest itself in magnetism, mesmerism, chemical action, etc.
- AI
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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.
- SN
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- OU
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noun,
a rare Hawaiian honeycreeper, Psittirostra psittacea, having an olive-green body, a parrotlike bill, and in the male a bright yellow head.
- ye
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pronoun,
Archaic, except in some elevated or ecclesiastical prose Literary, or British Dialect.
(used nominatively as the plural of thou especially in rhetorical, didactic, or poetic contexts, in addressing a group of persons or things):
(used nominatively for the second person singular, especially in polite address):
(used objectively in the second person singular or plural):
- U.
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- IT
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noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- CE
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- UC
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- AU
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plural,
to the; at the; with the.
- NY
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- yo
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interjection,
(used as an exclamation to get someone's attention, express excitement, greet someone, etc.)
- t.
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- UI
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- ty
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- AO
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- et
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verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- TI
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noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- oy
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noun,
a grandchild.
- SA
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- S.
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- OE
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noun,
oy2 .
- OA
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