Anagrams of consultation
Word consultation has
1023 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of consultation.
- osculation
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noun,
the act of kissing.
- consultant
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noun,
a person who gives professional or expert advice:
- nutations
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noun,
an act or instance of nodding one's head, especially involuntarily or spasmodically.
- Tocantins
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noun,
a river in E Brazil, flowing N to the Pará River. 1700 miles (2735 km) long.
- lunations
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noun,
the period of time from one new moon to the next (about 29½ days); a lunar month.
- continual
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adjective,
of regular or frequent recurrence; often repeated; very frequent:
- locutions
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noun,
a particular form of expression; a word, phrase, expression, or idiom, especially as used by a particular person, group, etc.
- inoculant
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noun,
inoculum.
- intonacos
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noun,
(formerly in fresco painting) the last and finest coat of plaster, usually applied in sections and painted while still damp with colors ground in water or a lime-water mixture.
- conations
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noun,
the part of mental life having to do with striving, including desire and volition.
- contusion
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noun,
an injury, as from a blow with a blunt instrument, in which the subsurface tissue is injured but the skin is not broken; bruise.
- locations
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noun,
a place of settlement, activity, or residence:
- continuos
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noun,
a keyboard accompanying part consisting originally of a figured bass, which in modern scores is usually realized, and serving to provide or fill out the harmonic texture.
- contains
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verb (used with object),
to hold or include within its volume or area:
- continuo
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noun,
a keyboard accompanying part consisting originally of a figured bass, which in modern scores is usually realized, and serving to provide or fill out the harmonic texture.
- solution
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noun,
the act of solving a problem, question, etc.:
- Antinous
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noun,
the chief suitor of Penelope, killed by Odysseus upon his return from Troy.
- coolants
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noun,
a substance, usually a liquid or a gas, used to reduce the temperature of a system below a specified value by conducting away the heat produced in the operation of the system, as the liquid in an automobile cooling system or the fluid that removes heat from the core of a nuclear reactor.
- notation
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noun,
a system of graphic symbols for a specialized use, other than ordinary writing:
- lunatics
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noun,
(no longer in technical use; now considered offensive) an insane person.
- lunation
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noun,
the period of time from one new moon to the next (about 29½ days); a lunar month.
- lutanist
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noun,
lutenist.
- Constant
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noun,
something that does not or cannot change or vary.
- 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.
- Asuncion
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noun,
a city in and the capital of Paraguay, in the S part.
- canonist
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noun,
a person who is a specialist in canon law.
- cautions
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noun,
alertness and prudence in a hazardous situation; care; wariness:
- insulant
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noun,
an insulating material, as used in building trades.
- linocuts
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noun,
a cut made from a design cut into linoleum mounted on a block of wood.
- titanous
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adjective,
containing trivalent titanium.
- nutation
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noun,
an act or instance of nodding one's head, especially involuntarily or spasmodically.
- oscitant
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adjective,
yawning, as with drowsiness; gaping.
- osculant
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adjective,
united by certain common characteristics.
- conation
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noun,
the part of mental life having to do with striving, including desire and volition.
- location
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noun,
a place of settlement, activity, or residence:
- tonalist
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noun,
a person who works with or uses tonality, especially one who uses traditional tonality rather than atonality in composing music.
- locution
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noun,
a particular form of expression; a word, phrase, expression, or idiom, especially as used by a particular person, group, etc.
- no-count
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adjective, noun,
no-account.
- Staunton
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noun,
a city in N Virginia.
- colonist
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noun,
an inhabitant of a colony.
- ostinato
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noun,
a constantly recurring melodic fragment.
- Antonius
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noun,
Marcus, Antony, Mark.
- actinons
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noun,
a chemically inert, gaseous, short-lived isotope of radon that is a member of the actinium series. Symbol: An; atomic number: 86; atomic weight: 219.
- tactions
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noun,
touch; contact.
- unctions
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noun,
an act of anointing, especially as a medical treatment or religious rite.
- Nicolson
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noun,
Sir Harold George, 1886–1968, English diplomat, biographer, and journalist (husband of Victoria Mary Sackville-West).
- sanction
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noun,
authoritative permission or approval, as for an action.
- intonaco
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noun,
(formerly in fresco painting) the last and finest coat of plaster, usually applied in sections and painted while still damp with colors ground in water or a lime-water mixture.
- Ilocanos
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noun,
a member of a people of Luzon in the Philippines.
- Ottonian
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adjective,
of or relating to the German dynasty (Otto I, II, III) that ruled as emperors of the Holy Roman Empire from 962 to 1002.
- notional
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adjective,
pertaining to or expressing a notion or idea.
- Alcinous
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noun,
king of the Phaeacians and father of Nausicaä and Laodamas.
- Stilton
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- actinon
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noun,
a chemically inert, gaseous, short-lived isotope of radon that is a member of the actinium series. Symbol: An; atomic number: 86; atomic weight: 219.
- colonus
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noun,
a serf in the latter period of the Roman Empire or in the early feudal period.
- Taunton
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noun,
a city in SE Massachusetts.
- atonics
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noun,
Grammar. an unaccented word, syllable, or sound.
- conatus
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noun,
an effort or striving.
- outacts
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verb (used with object),
to outdo in acting.
- auction
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noun,
Also called public sale. a publicly held sale at which property or goods are sold to the highest bidder.
- soliton
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- lotions
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noun,
Pharmacology. a liquid, usually aqueous or sometimes alcoholic preparation containing insoluble material in the form of a suspension or emulsion, intended for external application without rubbing, in such skin conditions as itching, infection, allergy, pain, or the like.
- toucans
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noun,
any of several usually brightly colored, fruit-eating birds of the family Ramphastidae, of tropical America, having a very large bill.
- consult
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noun,
a consultation.
- Ilocano
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noun,
a member of a people of Luzon in the Philippines.
- contain
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verb (used with object),
to hold or include within its volume or area:
- notions
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noun,
a general understanding; vague or imperfect conception or idea of something:
- outsail
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verb (used with object),
to outdo in sailing; sail farther, more skillfully, or faster than.
- unnails
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verb (used with object),
to take out the nails from.
- actino-
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- tincals
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noun,
a former name for crude native borax.
- instant
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noun,
an infinitesimal or very short space of time; a moment:
- caution
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noun,
alertness and prudence in a hazardous situation; care; wariness:
- outcast
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noun,
a person who is rejected or cast out, as from home or society:
- linocut
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noun,
a cut made from a design cut into linoleum mounted on a block of wood.
- cations
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noun,
a positively charged ion that is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis.
- Clinton
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noun,
De Witt [duh wit] /də ˈwɪt/ (Show IPA), 1769–1828, U.S. political leader and statesman: governor of New York 1817–21, 1825–28 (son of James Clinton).
- outlast
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verb (used with object),
to endure or last longer than:
- suction
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noun,
the act, process, or condition of sucking.
- oculist
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noun,
ophthalmologist.
- latinos
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noun,
a person of Latin-American descent:
- nuncios
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noun,
a diplomatic representative of the pope at a foreign court or capital: equal in status to an ambassador.
- Sno-Cat
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- cannoli
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plural noun,
tubular pastry shells stuffed with a sweetened filling of whipped ricotta and often containing nuts, citron, or bits of chocolate.
- nonsuit
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noun,
a judgment given against a plaintiff who neglects to prosecute, or who fails to show a legal cause of action or to bring sufficient evidence.
- acinous
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adjective,
consisting of acini.
- sociol.
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- autoist
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noun,
motorist.
- Latinus
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noun,
the father of Lavinia and king of Latium at the time of the arrival of Aeneas.
- stoical
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adjective,
impassive; characterized by a calm, austere fortitude befitting the Stoics:
- oilcans
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noun,
a can having a long spout through which oil is poured or squirted to lubricate machinery or the like.
- unction
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noun,
an act of anointing, especially as a medical treatment or religious rite.
- altoist
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noun,
a performer on the alto saxophone.
- Costain
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noun,
Thomas Bertram, 1885–1965, U.S. novelist, historian, and editor, born in Canada.
- Stalino
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noun,
a former name of Donetsk.
- stannic
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adjective,
of or containing tin, especially in the tetravalent state.
- octants
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noun,
the eighth part of a circle.
- talions
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noun,
lex talionis.
- taction
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noun,
touch; contact.
- Stanton
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noun,
Edwin McMasters [muh k-mas-terz,, -mah-sterz] /məkˈmæs tərz,, -ˈmɑ stərz/ (Show IPA), 1814–69, U.S. statesman: Secretary of War 1862–67.
- Tacitus
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noun,
Publius Cornelius [puhb-lee-uh s] /ˈpʌb li əs/ (Show IPA), a.d. c55–c120, Roman historian.
- anoints
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verb (used with object),
to rub or sprinkle on; apply an unguent, ointment, or oily liquid to.
- coolant
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noun,
a substance, usually a liquid or a gas, used to reduce the temperature of a system below a specified value by conducting away the heat produced in the operation of the system, as the liquid in an automobile cooling system or the fluid that removes heat from the core of a nuclear reactor.
- 2,4,5-t
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noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- uncoils
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verb (used with or without object),
to unwind from a coiled position.
- lunatic
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noun,
(no longer in technical use; now considered offensive) an insane person.
- scolion
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noun,
a song sung at banquets in ancient Greece.
- uncials
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noun,
an uncial letter.
- station
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noun,
a place or position in which a person or thing is normally located.
- cottons
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noun,
a soft, white, downy substance consisting of the hairs or fibers attached to the seeds of plants belonging to the genus Gossypium, of the mallow family, used in making fabrics, thread, wadding, etc.
- tinct.
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- Culion
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noun,
an island of the Philippines, in the W part of the group, N of Palawan. 150 sq. mi. (389 sq. km).
- talion
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noun,
lex talionis.
- tincal
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noun,
a former name for crude native borax.
- taints
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noun,
a trace of something bad, offensive, or harmful.
- nuncio
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noun,
a diplomatic representative of the pope at a foreign court or capital: equal in status to an ambassador.
- Stalin
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noun,
Joseph V (Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili or Dzugashvili) 1879–1953, Soviet political leader: secretary general of the Communist Party 1922–53; premier of the U.S.S.R. 1941–53.
- coatis
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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.
- inlaut
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noun,
medial position in a word, especially as a conditioning environment in sound change.
- talons
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noun,
a claw, especially of a bird of prey.
- clouts
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noun,
a blow, especially with the hand; cuff:
- Cloots
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noun,
Jean Baptiste du Val-de-Grâce [zhahn ba-teest dy val duh-grahs] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist dü val dəˈgrɑs/ (Show IPA), Baron de ("Anacharsis Clootz") 1755–94, Prussian leader in the French Revolution.
- tincts
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noun,
tint; tinge; coloring.
- insoul
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verb (used with object),
ensoul.
- instal
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verb (used with object),
install.
- isotac
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noun,
a line drawn on a map connecting all points where ice starts to melt at approximately the same period in spring.
- cut-in
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noun,
Movies. a still, as of a scene or an object, inserted in a film and interrupting the action or continuity:
- static
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noun,
Electricity.
static or atmospheric electricity.
interference due to such electricity.
- titans
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noun,
Classical Mythology.
any of the sons of Uranus and Gaea, including Coeus, Crius, Cronus, Hyperion, Iapetus, and Oceanus.
Also, Titaness. any of the sisters of these, including Mnemosyne, Phoebe, Rhea, Tethys, Themis, and Thia.
any of the offspring of the children of Uranus and Gaea.
- insult
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noun,
an insolent or contemptuously rude action or remark; affront.
- clino-
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- linacs
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noun,
linear accelerator.
- tainos
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noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- notion
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noun,
a general understanding; vague or imperfect conception or idea of something:
- clints
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noun,
a male given name, form of Clinton.
- intact
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adjective,
not altered, broken, or impaired; remaining uninjured, sound, or whole; untouched; unblemished:
- nutant
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adjective,
drooping; nodding.
- clonus
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noun,
a rapid succession of flexions and extensions of a group of muscles, usually signifying an affection of the brain or spinal cord.
- social
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noun,
a social gathering or party, especially of or as given by an organized group:
- incult
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adjective,
wild; rude; unrefined.
- counts
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noun,
the act of counting; enumeration; reckoning; calculation:
- coutil
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noun,
a sturdy fabric constructed of a compactly woven herringbone twill.
- lacto-
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- sunlit
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adjective,
lighted by the sun.
- tactus
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noun,
the basic metrical unit in medieval music.
- tanist
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noun,
the successor apparent to a Celtic chief, usually the oldest or worthiest of his kin, chosen by election among the tribe during the chief's lifetime.
- Nostoc
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noun,
any freshwater, blue-green alga of the genus Nostoc, often occurring in jellylike colonies in moist places.
- outact
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verb (used with object),
to outdo in acting.
- consol
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noun,
singular of consols.
- tannic
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adjective,
Chemistry. of, relating to, or derived from tan or tannin.
- consul
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noun,
an official appointed by the government of one country to look after its commercial interests and the welfare of its citizens in another country.
- Conant
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noun,
James Bryant, 1893–1978, U.S. chemist and educator: president of Harvard University 1933–53.
- sonant
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noun,
a speech sound that by itself makes a syllable or subordinates to itself the other sounds in the syllable; a syllabic sound (opposed to consonant).
- icono-
-
- contin
-
- suntan
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noun,
a browning or a brown color of the skin resulting from exposure to sunlight or a sunlamp; tan.
- Sutton
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noun,
a borough of Greater London, England.
- contos
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noun,
a money of account of Portugal and Cape Verde, equal to 1000 escudos.
- Linton
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noun,
Ralph, 1893–1953, U.S. anthropologist.
- costal
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adjective,
Anatomy. pertaining to the ribs or the upper sides of the body:
- Colton
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noun,
a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
- socio-
-
- latins
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noun,
an Italic language spoken in ancient Rome, fixed in the 2nd or 1st century b.c., and established as the official language of the Roman Empire. Abbreviation: L.
- ticals
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noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Siam, equal to 100 satang: replaced in 1928 by the baht.
- coitus
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noun,
sexual intercourse, especially between a man and a woman.
- Cousin
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noun,
Also called first cousin, full cousin. the son or daughter of an uncle or aunt.
See also second cousin, removed (def 2).
- Tatius
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noun,
a Sabine king who, following the rape of the Sabine women, attacked Rome and eventually ruled with Romulus.
- stolon
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noun,
Botany. a prostrate stem, at or just below the surface of the ground, that produces new plants from buds at its tips or nodes.
- tauto-
-
- coulis
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noun,
a sauce made with puréed vegetables or fruit and used as a base or garnish.
- cotula
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noun,
(in prescriptions) a measure.
- costo-
-
- colins
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noun,
any of several American quails, especially the bobwhite.
- sultan
-
noun,
the sovereign of an Islamic country.
- taunts
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noun,
an insulting gibe or sarcasm; scornful reproach or challenge.
- Cotton
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noun,
a soft, white, downy substance consisting of the hairs or fibers attached to the seeds of plants belonging to the genus Gossypium, of the mallow family, used in making fabrics, thread, wadding, etc.
- Latino
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noun,
a person of Latin-American descent:
- cottas
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noun,
a surplice.
- colous
-
- solion
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noun,
Chemistry, Electricity. a low-frequency amplifying device that operates by controlling the flow of ions in solution: some types, as the micropump, accomplish this by means of electro-osmotic pressure.
- insula
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noun,
a group of convolutions situated at the base of the lateral fissure of the brain.
- Tustin
-
noun,
a city in SW California.
- Attius
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noun,
Lucius, Accius, Lucius.
- uncoil
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verb (used with or without object),
to unwind from a coiled position.
- Lucian
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noun,
a.d. 117–c180, Greek rhetorician and satirist.
- uncool
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adjective,
not self-assured or relaxed:
- atonic
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noun,
Grammar. an unaccented word, syllable, or sound.
- outsit
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verb (used with object),
to sit longer than; outwait:
- scato-
-
- nasion
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noun,
the intersection of the internasal suture with the nasofrontal suture in the midsagittal plane.
- Alston
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noun,
a male given name.
- Lucias
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noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “light.”.
- outsat
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verb,
simple past tense and past participle of outsit.
- nocti-
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- unison
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noun,
coincidence in pitch of two or more musical tones, voices, etc.
- nastic
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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.
- Austin
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noun,
Alfred, 1835–1913, English poet: poet laureate 1896–1913.
- aloins
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noun,
an intensely bitter, crystalline, water-soluble powder composed of the active principles of and obtained from aloe, used chiefly as a purgative.
- Scotti
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noun,
Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1866–1936, Italian baritone.
- Onions
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noun,
Charles Talbut [tawl-buh t,, tal-] /ˈtɔl bət,, ˈtæl-/ (Show IPA), 1873–1965, English lexicographer and philologist.
- nation
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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:
- Alison
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noun,
a female given name, form of Alice.
- Antons
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noun,
a male given name, form of Anthony.
- Tuinal
-
- Tucson
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noun,
a city in S Arizona: health resort.
- Scotia
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noun,
a deep concave molding between two fillets, as in the Attic base.
- scoto-
-
- octant
-
noun,
the eighth part of a circle.
- Scioto
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noun,
a river in central Ohio, flowing S to the Ohio River. 237 miles (382 km) long.
- Alonso
-
noun,
Alicia (Alicia Ernestina de la Caridad del Cobre Martínez Hoyo) born 1921, Cuban ballerina.
- lotion
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noun,
Pharmacology. a liquid, usually aqueous or sometimes alcoholic preparation containing insoluble material in the form of a suspension or emulsion, intended for external application without rubbing, in such skin conditions as itching, infection, allergy, pain, or the like.
- Toulon
-
noun,
a seaport in SE France: naval base.
- Alcuin
-
noun,
(Ealhwine Flaccus) a.d. 735–804, English theologian and scholar: teacher and adviser of Charlemagne.
- toucan
-
noun,
any of several usually brightly colored, fruit-eating birds of the family Ramphastidae, of tropical America, having a very large bill.
- Alcott
-
noun,
(Amos) Bronson [bron-suh n] /ˈbrɒn sən/ (Show IPA), 1799–1888, U.S. educator and philosopher.
- Octans
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noun,
the Octant, a southern constellation that contains the south celestial pole.
- uncial
-
noun,
an uncial letter.
- totals
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noun,
the total amount; sum; aggregate:
- locust
-
noun,
Also called acridid, short-horned grasshopper. any of several grasshoppers of the family Acrididae, having short antennae and commonly migrating in swarms that strip the vegetation from large areas.
- tonsil
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noun,
a prominent oval mass of lymphoid tissue on each side of the throat.
- anoint
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verb (used with object),
to rub or sprinkle on; apply an unguent, ointment, or oily liquid to.
- cation
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noun,
a positively charged ion that is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis.
- oculo-
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- cantus
-
noun,
cantus firmus.
- nitons
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noun,
(formerly) radon. Symbol: Nt.
- tolans
-
noun,
a crystalline, water-insoluble, solid, unsaturated compound, C 14 H 10 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- casino
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noun,
a building or large room used for meetings, entertainment, dancing, etc., especially such a place equipped with gambling devices, gambling tables, etc.
- Caslon
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noun,
William, 1692–1766, English type founder and designer.
- saloon
-
noun,
a place for the sale and consumption of alcoholic drinks.
- lutist
-
noun,
a lute player; lutenist.
- action
-
noun,
the process or state of acting or of being active:
- Catlin
-
noun,
George, 1796–1872, U.S. painter.
- Li-sao
-
noun,
a poem (c320 b.c.) by Ch'ü Yüan.
- Olcott
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noun,
Chauncey (Chancellor John Olcott) 1860–1932, U.S. tenor, actor, and songwriter.
- Catton
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noun,
(Charles) Bruce, 1899–1978, U.S. journalist and historian.
- Tocsin
-
noun,
a signal, especially of alarm, sounded on a bell or bells.
- oilcan
-
noun,
a can having a long spout through which oil is poured or squirted to lubricate machinery or the like.
- Uticas
-
noun,
an ancient city on the N coast of Africa, NW of Carthage.
- Tuscan
-
noun,
the standard literary form of the Italian language.
- Cantos
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noun,
one of the main or larger divisions of a long poem.
- aniso-
-
- Alnico
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noun,
a permanent-magnet alloy having aluminum, nickel, and cobalt as its principal ingredients.
- cannot
-
verb,
a form of ·can not.
- actins
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noun,
a globulin that is present in muscle plasma and that in connection with myosin plays an important role in muscle contraction.
- noctis
-
adjective,
(in prescriptions) of the night.
- actin-
-
- toluic
-
adjective,
of or derived from toluic acid.
- Toluca
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Mexico state, in S central Mexico.
- Tunica
-
noun,
a tunic.
- Canton
-
noun,
a small territorial district, especially one of the states of the Swiss confederation.
- 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.
- annuls
-
verb (used with object),
(especially of laws or other established rules, usages, etc.) to make void or null; abolish; cancel; invalidate:
- unnail
-
verb (used with object),
to take out the nails from.
- situla
-
noun,
a deep urn, vase, or bucket-shaped vessel, especially one made in the ancient world.
- acious
-
- acinus
-
noun,
Botany. one of the small drupelets or berries of an aggregate, baccate fruit, as the blackberry.
- Luton
-
noun,
a city in Bedfordshire, S central England, NW of London.
- Nisan
-
noun,
the seventh month of the Jewish calendar.
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- niton
-
noun,
(formerly) radon. Symbol: Nt.
- scant
-
adverb,
Scot. and North England Dialect. scarcely; barely; hardly.
- scat-
-
- Sault
-
noun,
a waterfall or rapid.
- lints
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- Ital.
-
- sanit
-
- salon
-
noun,
a drawing room or reception room in a large house.
- ottos
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Germanic word meaning “rich.”.
- Stout
-
noun,
a dark, sweet brew made of roasted malt and having a higher percentage of hops than porter.
- naut.
-
- noto-
-
- Salto
-
noun,
a city in NW Uruguay, on the Uruguay River.
- stool
-
noun,
a single seat on legs or a pedestal and without arms or a back.
- natl.
-
- stola
-
noun,
a long, loose tunic or robe, with or without sleeves, worn by women of ancient Rome.
- Santo
-
noun,
a carved figure of a saint, usually of wood, as from Puerto Rico, Mexico, or the southwestern U.S.
- nails
-
noun,
a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
- naso-
-
- Stoic
-
noun,
a member or adherent of the Stoic school of philosophy.
- iotas
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- stint
-
noun,
a period of time spent doing something:
- Ninos
-
noun,
boy; child.
- Ninus
-
noun,
the legendary husband of Semiramis and founder of Nineveh.
- stilt
-
noun,
one of two poles, each with a support for the foot at some distance above the bottom end, enabling the wearer to walk with his or her feet above the ground.
- nano-
-
- 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.
- stat.
-
- Stoat
-
noun,
the ermine, Mustela erminea, especially when in brown summer pelage.
- scoot
-
noun,
a swift, darting movement or course.
- Soult
-
noun,
Nicolas Jean de Dieu [nee-kaw-lah zhahn duh dyœ] /ni kɔˈlɑ ʒɑ̃ də dyœ/ (Show IPA), (Duke of Dalmatia) 1769–1851, French marshal.
- loans
-
noun,
the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something:
- Latin
-
noun,
an Italic language spoken in ancient Rome, fixed in the 2nd or 1st century b.c., and established as the official language of the Roman Empire. Abbreviation: L.
- loons
-
noun,
any of several large, short-tailed, web-footed, fish-eating diving birds of the genus Gavia, of the Northern Hemisphere.
- noct-
-
- sinal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving a sinus.
- Sinan
-
noun,
1489?–1587, Turkish architect, especially of mosques.
- non-U
-
adjective,
not characteristic of or appropriate to the upper class, especially of Great Britain:
- locus
-
noun,
a place; locality.
- locos
-
noun,
locoweed.
- Sino-
-
- Sinon
-
noun,
a Greek, posing as a deserter, who persuaded the Trojans to take the Trojan Horse into their city.
- snout
-
noun,
the part of an animal's head projecting forward and containing the nose and jaws; muzzle.
- snoot
-
noun,
Slang. the nose.
- sito-
-
- scuta
-
noun,
plural of scutum.
- noils
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- slain
-
noun,
sley.
- no-no
-
noun,
anything that is forbidden or not advisable, as because of being improper or unsafe:
- linac
-
noun,
linear accelerator.
- litas
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Lithuania, equal to 100 centai.
- snail
-
noun,
any mollusk of the class Gastropoda, having a spirally coiled shell and a ventral muscular foot on which it slowly glides about.
- linns
-
noun,
a waterfall or torrent of rushing water in a river or stream.
- slant
-
noun,
slanting or oblique direction; slope:
- nonas
-
noun,
sleeping sickness (def 2).
- nolos
-
noun,
nolo contendere.
- Linus
-
noun,
Saint, died a.d. 76? pope 67?–76?.
- Linos
-
noun,
linoleum.
- sluit
-
noun,
(in South Africa) a deep, dry gulch or channel formed by erosion due to heavy rains.
- loots
-
noun,
spoils or plunder taken by pillaging, as in war.
- Scout
-
noun,
a soldier, warship, airplane, etc., employed in reconnoitering.
- scatt
-
noun,
scat5 .
- Scot.
-
- lunts
-
noun,
a match; the flame used to light a fire.
- sotol
-
noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Dasylirion, of the agave family, native to the southwestern U.S. and northern Mexico, resembling the yucca.
- lunas
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess personifying the moon, sometimes identified with Diana.
- sonic
-
adjective,
of or relating to sound.
- Sonia
-
noun,
a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.
- Lucia
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “light.”.
- lact-
-
- Lucas
-
noun,
George, born 1944, U.S. film director.
- Lucan
-
noun,
(Marcus Annaeus Lucanus) a.d. 39–65, Roman poet, born in Spain.
- scion
-
noun,
a descendant.
- nona-
-
- laics
-
noun,
one of the laity.
- louts
-
noun,
an awkward, stupid person; clumsy, ill-mannered boor; oaf.
- noons
-
noun,
midday.
- Solti
-
noun,
Sir Georg [gey-awrg,, jawrj] /ˈgeɪ ɔrg,, dʒɔrdʒ/ (Show IPA), 1912–97, British orchestra conductor, born in Hungary.
- Louis
-
noun,
louis d'or.
- Scott
-
noun,
Barbara Ann, 1928–2012, Canadian figure skater.
- Solon
-
noun,
c638–c558 b.c, Athenian statesman.
- Lotus
-
noun,
a plant believed to be a jujube or elm, referred to in Greek legend as yielding a fruit that induced a state of dreamy and contented forgetfulness in those who ate it.
- lotto
-
noun,
a game of chance in which a leader draws numbered disks at random from a stock and the players cover the corresponding numbers on their cards, the winner being the first to cover a complete row.
- Laius
-
noun,
a king of Thebes, the husband of Jocasta and father of Oedipus: unwittingly killed by Oedipus.
- Lotta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Charlotte.
- noso-
-
- lotos
-
noun,
lotus.
- lotic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or living in flowing water.
- lotas
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- solan
-
noun,
a gannet.
- Sloan
-
noun,
John, 1871–1951, U.S. painter.
- nuci-
-
- inst.
-
- toti-
-
- toons
-
noun,
an Asian tree, Cedrela toona, of the mahogany family, yielding an aromatic red wood used for furniture, carving, etc.
- Attic
-
noun,
the part of a building, especially of a house, directly under a roof; garret.
- toots
-
noun,
an affectionate or familiar term of address; honey; baby (sometimes offensive when used to strangers, casual acquaintances, subordinates, etc., especially by a male to a female).
- Tosca
-
noun,
an opera (1900) by Giacomo Puccini.
- ation
-
- atilt
-
adjective, adverb,
with a tilt or inclination; tilted:
- total
-
noun,
the total amount; sum; aggregate:
- onion
-
noun,
a plant, Allium cepa, of the amaryllis family, having an edible, succulent, pungent bulb.
- ontic
-
adjective,
possessing the character of real rather than phenomenal existence; noumenal.
- Aston
-
noun,
Francis William, 1877–1945, English physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1922.
- onco-
-
- 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.
- ascon
-
noun,
a type of sponge having an oval shape and a thin body wall with pores leading directly into the spongocoel.
- asco-
-
- touts
-
noun,
a person who solicits business, employment, support, or the like, importunately.
- Olson
-
noun,
Charles, 1910–70, U.S. poet and essayist.
- olios
-
noun,
a dish of many ingredients.
- atto-
-
- aulic
-
adjective,
of or relating to a royal court.
- Anton
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Anthony.
- tonal
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having tonality.
- canto
-
noun,
one of the main or larger divisions of a long poem.
- Cant.
-
- insol
-
- Canso
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in SE Canada, the NE extremity of Nova Scotia.
- 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.
- tolas
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India: the government tola is 180 ser and equals 180 grains (11.7 grams), the weight of a silver rupee.
- Caius
-
noun,
Saint, died a.d. 296, pope 283–296.
- cains
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- tonia
-
- Aulis
-
noun,
a port in ancient Boeotia, in E central Greece: the Greek fleet set out from here for Troy during the Trojan War.
- tonic
-
noun,
a medicine that invigorates or strengthens:
- tono-
-
- auto.
-
- tonus
-
noun,
a normal state of continuous slight tension in muscle tissue that facilitates its response to stimulation.
- Aust.
-
- onto-
-
- tools
-
noun,
an implement, especially one held in the hand, as a hammer, saw, or file, for performing or facilitating mechanical operations.
- aulos
-
noun,
an ancient Greek wind instrument, a double pipe played with a double reed.
- Tulsa
-
noun,
a city in NE Oklahoma: center of a rich oil-producing region.
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- tolan
-
noun,
a crystalline, water-insoluble, solid, unsaturated compound, C 14 H 10 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- Union
-
noun,
the act of uniting two or more things.
- Aloin
-
noun,
an intensely bitter, crystalline, water-soluble powder composed of the active principles of and obtained from aloe, used chiefly as a purgative.
- alist
-
adjective,
inclined to one side; heeling or listing.
- uncia
-
noun,
a bronze coin of ancient Rome, the 12th part of an as.
- Alcon
-
noun,
a noted archer who helped Hercules abduct the cattle of Geryon.
- UNCIO
-
- uncos
-
noun,
something extraordinary or unusual; a novelty.
- octo-
-
- actos
-
- ulnas
-
noun,
Anatomy. the bone of the forearm on the side opposite to the thumb.
Compare radius (def 7).
- Acton
-
noun,
a quilted garment worn under mail in the 13th and 14th centuries; gambeson.
- 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.
- Unit.
-
- until
-
conjunction,
up to the time that or when; till:
- ocul-
-
- USLTA
-
- Utica
-
noun,
an ancient city on the N coast of Africa, NW of Carthage.
- 30-30
-
- Alost
-
noun,
a city in central Belgium, NW of Brussels.
- ulans
-
noun,
uhlan.
- antic
-
noun,
Usually, antics.
a playful trick or prank; caper.
a grotesque, fantastic, or ludicrous gesture, act, or posture.
- anis-
-
- anti-
-
- Anson
-
noun,
a male given name.
- 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.
- tunic
-
noun,
Chiefly British. a coat worn as part of a military or other uniform.
- anon.
-
- annul
-
verb (used with object),
(especially of laws or other established rules, usages, etc.) to make void or null; abolish; cancel; invalidate:
- annot
-
- TUNIS
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Tunisia, in the NE part.
- anion
-
noun,
a negatively charged ion, as one attracted to the anode in electrolysis.
- alti-
-
- anils
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- octa-
-
- Ancon
-
noun,
the elbow.
- octal
-
noun,
octonary (def 6).
- Altus
-
noun,
a city in SW Oklahoma.
- octan
-
noun,
an octan fever.
- Alton
-
noun,
a city in SW Illinois.
- alto-
-
- cants
-
noun,
insincere, especially conventional expressions of enthusiasm for high ideals, goodness, or piety.
- canst
-
noun,
a sealed container for food, beverages, etc., as of aluminum, sheet iron coated with tin, or other metal:
- Salic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the Salian Franks.
- Costa
-
noun,
a rib or riblike part.
- taint
-
noun,
a trace of something bad, offensive, or harmful.
- talcs
-
noun,
Also, talcum [tal-kuh m] /ˈtæl kəm/ (Show IPA). a green-to-gray, soft mineral, hydrous magnesium silicate, Mg 3 (Si 4 O 10)(OH) 2 , unctuous to the touch, and occurring usually in foliated or compact masses, used in making lubricants, talcum powder, electrical insulation, etc.
- talon
-
noun,
a claw, especially of a bird of prey.
- Talos
-
noun,
a man of brass made by Hephaestus for Minos as a guardian of Crete.
- Count
-
noun,
the act of counting; enumeration; reckoning; calculation:
- cotta
-
noun,
a surplice.
- talus
-
noun,
the uppermost bone of the proximal row of bones of the tarsus; anklebone.
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- 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.
- coots
-
noun,
any aquatic bird of the genus Fulica, as F. americana, of North America, and F. atra, of the Old World, characterized by lobate toes and short wings and tail.
- Ostia
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, SW of Rome: ruins from 4th century b.c.; site of ancient port of Rome.
- tanto
-
adverb,
(of a musical direction) too much; so much.
- cools
-
noun,
something that is cool; a cool part, place, time, etc.:
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- toils
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- conto
-
noun,
a money of account of Portugal and Cape Verde, equal to 1000 escudos.
- cont.
-
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- cunts
-
noun,
the vulva or vagina.
- Cons.
-
- Sunna
-
noun,
the traditional portion of Muslim law, based on the words and acts of Muhammad, and preserved in the traditional literature.
- stunt
-
noun,
a stop or hindrance in growth or development.
- 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.
- 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.
- incus
-
noun,
Anatomy. the middle one of a chain of three small bones in the middle ear of humans and other mammals.
Compare malleus, stapes.
- incl.
-
- incas
-
noun,
a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
- Notus
-
noun,
the ancient Greek personification of the south wind.
- 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.
- Taino
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- ictus
-
noun,
Prosody. rhythmical or metrical stress.
- icons
-
- tacit
-
adjective,
understood without being openly expressed; implied:
- tacos
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- tacts
-
noun,
a keen sense of what to say or do to avoid giving offense; skill in dealing with difficult or delicate situations.
- tails
-
noun,
tail1 (def 6).
- cutis
-
noun,
the true skin, consisting of the dermis and the epidermis.
- cutin
-
noun,
a transparent, waxy substance constituting, together with cellulose, the cuticle of plants.
- Const
-
- 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.
- Conon
-
noun,
died a.d. 687, pope 686–687.
- clast
-
noun,
a grain of sediment, silt, sand, gravel, etc., especially as a constituent fragment of a clastic rock formation, as distinguished from a chemical or biogenic component of such a formation.
- tilts
-
noun,
an act or instance of tilting.
- clout
-
noun,
a blow, especially with the hand; cuff:
- conns
-
noun,
responsibility for the steering of a ship.
- tints
-
noun,
a color or a variety of a color; hue.
- cloot
-
noun,
a cloven hoof; one of the divisions of the cloven hoof of the swine, sheep, etc.
- tious
-
- Clint
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Clinton.
- clans
-
noun,
a group of families or households, as among the Scottish Highlanders, the heads of which claim descent from a common ancestor:
- coast
-
noun,
the land next to the sea; seashore:
- Titos
-
noun,
Marshal (Josip Broz) 1891–1980, president of Yugoslavia 1953–80.
- Oscan
-
noun,
one of an ancient people of south-central Italy.
- cions
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- Titus
-
noun,
a disciple and companion of the apostle Paul, to whom Paul is supposed to have addressed an Epistle.
- toast
-
noun,
sliced bread that has been browned by dry heat.
- 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.
- caus.
-
- cauls
-
noun,
a part of the amnion sometimes covering the head of a child at birth.
- coals
-
noun,
a black or dark-brown combustible mineral substance consisting of carbonized vegetable matter, used as a fuel.
Compare anthracite, bituminous coal, lignite.
- clots
-
noun,
a mass or lump.
- 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.
- Colo.
-
- Colin
-
noun,
any of several American quails, especially the bobwhite.
- Coats
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- colat
-
- taunt
-
noun,
an insulting gibe or sarcasm; scornful reproach or challenge.
- Colas
-
noun,
a carbonated soft drink containing an extract made from kola nuts, together with sweeteners and other flavorings.
- Conan
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Colon
-
noun,
the sign (:) used to mark a major division in a sentence, to indicate that what follows is an elaboration, summation, implication, etc., of what precedes; or to separate groups of numbers referring to different things, as hours from minutes in 5:30; or the members of a ratio or proportion, as in 1 : 2 = 3 : 6.
- tical
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Siam, equal to 100 satang: replaced in 1928 by the baht.
- Conn.
-
- coins
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- coils
-
noun,
a connected series of spirals or rings into which a rope or the like is wound.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- Olin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- outs
-
noun,
a means of escape or excuse, as from a place, punishment, retribution, responsibility, etc.:
- Oslo
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Norway, in the SE part, at the head of Oslo Fiord.
- Oost
-
noun,
Jacob van [yah-kawp vahn] /ˈyɑ kɔp vɑn/ (Show IPA), 1600?–71, and his son, Jacob van, 1639?–1713, Flemish painters.
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- Otto
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- olio
-
noun,
a dish of many ingredients.
- Oona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- oto-
-
- onus
-
noun,
a difficult or disagreeable obligation, task, burden, etc.
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- otic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ear; auricular.
- sail
-
noun,
an area of canvas or other fabric extended to the wind in such a way as to transmit the force of the wind to an assemblage of spars and rigging mounted firmly on a hull, raft, iceboat, etc., so as to drive it along.
- Saco
-
noun,
a city in SW Maine.
- out-
-
- oust
-
verb (used with object),
to expel or remove from a place or position occupied:
- Ont.
-
- o-os
-
noun,
any of several species of Hawaiian honey eaters of the genus Moho, especially the extinct M. nobilis, of the island of Hawaii, that had black plumage and two tufts of yellow plumes used to make ceremonial robes for the Hawaiian kings.
- 1080
-
- SALT
-
noun,
a crystalline compound, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring as a mineral, a constituent of seawater, etc., and used for seasoning food, as a preservative, etc.
- Tit.
-
- tool
-
noun,
an implement, especially one held in the hand, as a hammer, saw, or file, for performing or facilitating mechanical operations.
- tonn
-
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- tola
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India: the government tola is 180 ser and equals 180 grains (11.7 grams), the weight of a silver rupee.
- toil
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- tits
-
noun,
a titmouse.
- Tito
-
noun,
Marshal (Josip Broz) 1891–1980, president of Yugoslavia 1953–80.
- tion
-
- toot
-
noun,
an act or sound of tooting.
- tint
-
noun,
a color or a variety of a color; hue.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- tilt
-
noun,
an act or instance of tilting.
- tils
-
noun,
the sesame plant.
- tics
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- tats
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do, or make by, tatting.
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- toon
-
noun,
an Asian tree, Cedrela toona, of the mahogany family, yielding an aromatic red wood used for furniture, carving, etc.
- tost
-
noun,
an act or instance of tossing.
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- ulto
-
- Utas
-
noun,
any of several iguanid lizards of the genus Uta, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico.
- USTC
-
- USNA
-
- USIA
-
- USCA
-
- unto
-
preposition,
to (in its various uses, except as the accompaniment of the infinitive).
- uni-
-
- unco
-
noun,
something extraordinary or unusual; a novelty.
- ulna
-
noun,
Anatomy. the bone of the forearm on the side opposite to the thumb.
Compare radius (def 7).
- tots
-
noun,
a small child.
- Ulan
-
noun,
uhlan.
- tuts
-
noun,
an exclamation of “tut.”.
- tuns
-
noun,
a large cask for holding liquids, especially wine, ale, or beer.
- 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.
- Tula
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, S of Moscow.
- 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.
- tout
-
noun,
a person who solicits business, employment, support, or the like, importunately.
- Toul
-
noun,
a fortress town in NE France, on the Moselle: siege 1870. 16,832.
- talc
-
noun,
Also, talcum [tal-kuh m] /ˈtæl kəm/ (Show IPA). a green-to-gray, soft mineral, hydrous magnesium silicate, Mg 3 (Si 4 O 10)(OH) 2 , unctuous to the touch, and occurring usually in foliated or compact masses, used in making lubricants, talcum powder, electrical insulation, etc.
- tail
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- Sat.
-
- silo
-
noun,
a structure, typically cylindrical, in which fodder or forage is kept.
- SLIC
-
- slat
-
noun,
a long thin, narrow strip of wood, metal, etc., used as a support for a bed, as one of the horizontal laths of a Venetian blind, etc.
- situ
-
noun,
in situ.
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- silt
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- slot
-
noun,
a narrow, elongated depression, groove, notch, slit, or aperture, especially a narrow opening for receiving or admitting something, as a coin or a letter.
- sial
-
noun,
the assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and alumina, that comprise the continental portions of the upper layer of the earth's crust.
- scut
-
noun,
a short tail, especially that of a hare, rabbit, or deer.
- scil
-
- sci.
-
- SCAN
-
noun,
an act or instance of scanning; close examination.
- Saul
-
noun,
the first king of Israel. I Sam. 9.
- Sato
-
noun,
Eisaku [ey-sah-koo;; Japanese ey-sah-koo] /eɪˈsɑ ku;; Japanese ˈeɪ sɑˌku/ (Show IPA), 1901–75, Japanese political leader: prime minister 1964–72; Nobel Peace Prize 1974.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- slut
-
noun,
Disparaging and Offensive. a sexually promiscuous woman, or a woman who behaves or dresses in an overtly sexual way.
- tact
-
noun,
a keen sense of what to say or do to avoid giving offense; skill in dealing with difficult or delicate situations.
- Soul
-
noun,
the principle of life, feeling, thought, and action in humans, regarded as a distinct entity separate from the body, and commonly held to be separable in existence from the body; the spiritual part of humans as distinct from the physical part.
- taco
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- 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.
- suit
-
noun,
a set of clothing, armor, or the like, intended for wear together.
- stun
-
noun,
the act of stunning.
- stot
-
noun,
a springing gait of certain bovids, as gazelles and antelopes, used especially when running in alarm from a predator.
- STOL
-
noun,
a convertiplane that can become airborne after a short takeoff run and has forward speeds comparable to those of conventional aircraft.
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- Soot
-
noun,
a black, carbonaceous substance produced during incomplete combustion of coal, wood, oil, etc., rising in fine particles and adhering to the sides of the chimney or pipe conveying the smoke: also conveyed in the atmosphere to other locations.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- soon
-
Idioms,
sooner or later, eventually:
- Soni
-
- Solo
-
noun,
a musical composition or a passage or section in a musical composition written for performance by one singer or instrumentalist, with or without accompaniment:
- soln
-
- Sola
-
noun,
an Indian shrub, Aeschynomene aspera, of the legume family, the pith of which is used for making helmets.
- Sol.
-
- soil
-
noun,
the portion of the earth's surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus.
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- nail
-
noun,
a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
- Inc.
-
- Laos
-
noun,
a country in SE Asia: formerly part of French Indochina. 91,500 sq. mi. (236,985 sq. km). Capital: Vientiane.
- Lina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- lin.
-
- Lias
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- Liao
-
noun,
a river in NE China, flowing from Inner Mongolia to the Gulf of Liaodong. 900 miles (1448 km) long.
- Aus.
-
- aut-
-
- lats
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Latvia, equal to 100 santimi.
- Lat.
-
- last
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- Laon
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Aisne, in N France, E of Paris.
- aunt
-
noun,
the sister of one's father or mother.
- Lani
-
- LAIS
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- lain
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- laic
-
noun,
one of the laity.
- lacs
-
noun,
a resinous substance deposited on the twigs of various trees in southern Asia by the female of the lac insect: used in the manufacture of varnishes, sealing wax, etc., and in the production of a red coloring matter.
Compare shellac (defs 1, 2).
- Cain
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- Cal.
-
- CALS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Calvin.
- Can.
-
- cast
-
noun,
act of casting or throwing.
- Linn
-
noun,
a waterfall or torrent of rushing water in a river or stream.
- lino
-
noun,
linoleum.
- 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.
- atic
-
- loot
-
noun,
spoils or plunder taken by pillaging, as in war.
- Loos
-
noun,
Adolf [ey-dolf;; German ah-dawlf] /ˈeɪ dɒlf;; German ˈɑ dɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1870–1933, Austrian architect and writer.
- Loon
-
noun,
any of several large, short-tailed, web-footed, fish-eating diving birds of the genus Gavia, of the Northern Hemisphere.
- att.
-
- Lois
-
noun,
a female given name.
- loin
-
noun,
Usually, loins. the part or parts of the human body or of a quadruped animal on either side of the spinal column, between the false ribs and hipbone.
- Loco
-
noun,
locoweed.
- loci
-
noun,
plural of locus.
- loca
-
noun,
a plural of locus.
- Atli
-
noun,
Attila, king of the Huns: represented in the Volsunga Saga as the brother of Brynhild and the second husband of Gudrun, whose brothers he killed in order to get the Nibelung treasure.
- Lins
-
noun,
a city in E Brazil.
- loan
-
noun,
the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something:
- litu
-
noun,
a plural of litas.
- attn
-
- lits
-
noun,
litas.
- lit.
-
- LIST
-
noun,
a series of names or other items written or printed together in a meaningful grouping or sequence so as to constitute a record:
- LISA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Attu
-
noun,
the westernmost of the Aleutian Islands: Japanese occupation 1942–43.
- Lion
-
noun,
a large, usually tawny-yellow cat, Panthera leo, native to Africa and southern Asia, having a tufted tail and, in the male, a large mane.
- lint
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- cat.
-
- Catt
-
noun,
Carrie Chapman Lane, 1859–1947, U.S. leader in women's suffrage movements.
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- cols
-
noun,
Physical Geography. a pass or depression in a mountain range or ridge.
- coal
-
noun,
a black or dark-brown combustible mineral substance consisting of carbonized vegetable matter, used as a fuel.
Compare anthracite, bituminous coal, lignite.
- coat
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- coil
-
noun,
a connected series of spirals or rings into which a rope or the like is wound.
- coin
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- Col.
-
- ICAO
-
- ical
-
- COLA
-
noun,
a carbonated soft drink containing an extract made from kola nuts, together with sweeteners and other flavorings.
- Coln
-
noun,
former German name of Cologne.
- COLT
-
noun,
a young male animal of the horse family.
- oils
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- Con.
-
- cool
-
noun,
something that is cool; a cool part, place, time, etc.:
- coon
-
noun,
raccoon.
- cunt
-
noun,
the vulva or vagina.
- 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.
- cult
-
noun,
a particular system of religious worship, especially with reference to its rites and ceremonies.
- Coos
-
noun,
a language of a group of American Indians indigenous to the coast of Oregon.
- coot
-
noun,
any aquatic bird of the genus Fulica, as F. americana, of North America, and F. atra, of the Old World, characterized by lobate toes and short wings and tail.
- cts.
-
- Cost
-
noun,
the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
- Cnut
-
noun,
Canute.
- 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.
- caul
-
noun,
a part of the amnion sometimes covering the head of a child at birth.
- Clio
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the Muse of history.
- ciao
-
interjection,
(used as a word of greeting or parting): hello; goodbye; so long; see you later.
- itol
-
- cion
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- cis-
-
- iso-
-
- cist
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- cit.
-
- clan
-
noun,
a group of families or households, as among the Scottish Highlanders, the heads of which claim descent from a common ancestor:
- ious
-
- clit
-
noun,
clitoris.
- inns
-
noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- CLOS
-
noun,
a walled vineyard.
- ions
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- clot
-
noun,
a mass or lump.
- clou
-
noun,
a major point of interest or attention.
- 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.
- intl
-
- int.
-
- ins.
-
- lost
-
Idioms,
get lost, Slang.
to absent oneself:
to stop being a nuisance:
- 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.
- Lota
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- ACLU
-
- noil
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- Acus
-
noun,
Surgery. a needle, especially one used in a surgical operation.
- Also
-
adverb,
in addition; too; besides; as well:
- alt.
-
- alts
-
noun,
in alt, in the first octave above the treble staff.
- ACTS
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- non-
-
- Nino
-
noun,
boy; child.
- Nina
-
noun,
girl; child.
- Nils
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- Acis
-
noun,
the lover of Galatea, killed by Polyphemus out of jealousy.
- Anil
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- nolo
-
noun,
nolo contendere.
- noon
-
noun,
midday.
- ano-
-
- nous
-
noun,
Greek Philosophy. mind or intellect.
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- Ainu
-
noun,
a member of an aboriginal population of northernmost Japan, having lighter skin and hairier bodies than other Japanese.
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- Alco
-
- Alis
-
- nunc
-
adverb,
now.
- 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.
- nos-
-
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- ALIT
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
- ails
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- not-
-
- Loti
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Lesotho, equal to 100 lisente.
- ann.
-
- ACLS
-
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- ANTU
-
- loun
-
noun,
loon2 .
- lout
-
noun,
an awkward, stupid person; clumsy, ill-mannered boor; oaf.
- Oct.
-
- asci
-
noun,
plural of ascus.
- ocas
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- Luna
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess personifying the moon, sometimes identified with Diana.
- Lunt
-
noun,
a match; the flame used to light a fire.
- Lust
-
noun,
intense sexual desire or appetite.
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- asc-
-
- anus
-
noun,
the opening at the lower end of the alimentary canal, through which the solid refuse of digestion is excreted.
- NTIA
-
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- ant.
-
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- 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.
- ANSI
-
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- CNN
-
- TCA
-
- al.
-
- Uta
-
noun,
any of several iguanid lizards of the genus Uta, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico.
- UTC
-
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- CLU
-
- COS
-
noun,
romaine.
- uti
-
- USC
-
- ac-
-
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- CNO
-
- AUC
-
- CNS
-
- 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.
- UNO
-
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- ACS
-
- ACT
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- TAU
-
noun,
the 19th letter of the Greek alphabet (T, τ).
- TIA
-
- USN
-
- uns
-
- COO
-
noun,
a cooing sound.
- TCS
-
- TAT
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do, or make by, tatting.
- an.
-
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- USO
-
- 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.
- AIC
-
- CIA
-
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- CSA
-
- ca.
-
- too
-
Idioms,
only too. only (def 10).
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- tun
-
noun,
a large cask for holding liquids, especially wine, ale, or beer.
- 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.
- AOU
-
- 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.
- Tu.
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- TTS
-
- Co.
-
- TSI
-
- ASI
-
- ASN
-
- tot
-
noun,
a small child.
- ATC
-
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- at.
-
- ast
-
- ASU
-
- 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.
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- Clo
-
- CAS
-
verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- ALC
-
- unc
-
- CLI
-
- Una
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “one.”.
- ult
-
- Tiu
-
noun,
an English god of the sky and of war, the equivalent of Tyr in Scandinavian mythology.
- TLC
-
- tlo
-
- TNT
-
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- cs.
-
- 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.
- UIT
-
- CAI
-
- cl.
-
- USA
-
- ALU
-
- Tut
-
noun,
an exclamation of “tut.”.
- ct.
-
- ANC
-
- COT
-
noun,
a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
- OIt
-
- CSO
-
- LSC
-
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- NIA
-
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- Nan
-
noun,
naan.
- NUT
-
noun,
a dry fruit consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shell.
- Sau
-
noun,
German name of Sava.
- NCO
-
- sc.
-
- Luo
-
noun,
a member of a people living mainly in southwest Kenya.
- LTA
-
- LST
-
- LSI
-
- Lou
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Louis.
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- Lot
-
noun,
one of a set of objects, as straws or pebbles, drawn or thrown from a container to decide a question or choice by chance.
- 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).
- loo
-
noun,
a card game in which forfeits are paid into a pool.
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- CST
-
- LOC
-
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- SLA
-
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- SNU
-
- SOC
-
noun,
sociology or a class or course in sociology.
- LCT
-
- LCI
-
- Sal
-
noun,
salt1 .
- SAC
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- Las
-
noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- oon
-
- Ola
-
- oil
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- oic
-
- OCS
-
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- Oca
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- OAU
-
- ONI
-
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- ons
-
- OAS
-
- OAO
-
- oo-
-
- o-o
-
noun,
any of several species of Hawaiian honey eaters of the genus Moho, especially the extinct M. nobilis, of the island of Hawaii, that had black plumage and two tufts of yellow plumes used to make ceremonial robes for the Hawaiian kings.
- OTC
-
- So.
-
- OTA
-
- NOC
-
- oui
-
adverb, noun,
yes.
- OTS
-
- NSA
-
- NSC
-
- NSU
-
- ot-
-
- OSA
-
- OSO
-
- NUL
-
- Nun
-
noun,
a woman member of a religious order, especially one bound by vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience.
- NUS
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- OOT
-
- Oc.
-
- LCA
-
- LON
-
- LAO
-
noun,
a member of a people of Laos and northern Thailand.
- ILO
-
- STL
-
- IOU
-
- IOT
-
- Ios
-
noun,
a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey.
- 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 = .
- IOC
-
- Stu
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stewart or Stuart.
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- Sui
-
noun,
a dynasty ruling in China a.d. 589–618.
- INN
-
noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- 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.
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- in.
-
- ILS
-
- ILA
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- ISA
-
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- CTA
-
- ctn
-
plural,
carton.
- TAL
-
- 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.
- Cut
-
noun,
the act of cutting; a stroke or a blow, as with a knife, whip, etc.
- ics
-
- ITU
-
- il-
-
- io-
-
- Ia.
-
- ial
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- IAS
-
- ICA
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- 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.
- STI
-
- Sou
-
noun,
(formerly) either of two bronze coins of France, equal to 5 centimes and 10 centimes.
- Lt.
-
- La.
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- IUS
-
- Soo
-
noun,
the, Canadian. Sault Ste. Marie.
- ITC
-
- Sta
-
- ITA
-
- St.
-
- LAC
-
noun,
a resinous substance deposited on the twigs of various trees in southern Asia by the female of the lac insect: used in the manufacture of varnishes, sealing wax, etc., and in the production of a red coloring matter.
Compare shellac (defs 1, 2).
- Lai
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- Isl
-
- ist
-
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- LO
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
- OA
-
- ln
-
- LC
-
- AO
-
- SN
-
- ic
-
- AU
-
plural,
to the; at the; with the.
- i.
-
- L1
-
- L2
-
- UT
-
noun,
the syllable once generally used for the first tone or keynote of a scale and sometimes for the tone C: now commonly superseded by do.
- CU
-
- AI
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- ol
-
- A.
-
noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- TC
-
- t.
-
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- SA
-
- NI
-
- IT
-
noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- NC
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- N.
-
- TT
-
- SU
-
- U.
-
- UC
-
- LU
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Lou.
- UI
-
- UL
-
- O.
-
- S.
-
- NL
-
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- TL
-
- OU
-
noun,
a rare Hawaiian honeycreeper, Psittirostra psittacea, having an olive-green body, a parrotlike bill, and in the male a bright yellow head.
- TN
-
- L.
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- NU
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- T1
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- SL
-