Anagrams of containerizes
Word containerizes has
1843 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of containerizes.
- containerize
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verb (used with object),
to package (freight) in uniform, sealed containers for shipment.
- incinerates
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verb (used with object),
to burn or reduce to ashes; cremate.
- containers
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noun,
anything that contains or can contain something, as a carton, box, crate, or can.
- incinerate
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verb (used with object),
to burn or reduce to ashes; cremate.
- creatinine
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noun,
a crystalline end product of creatine metabolism, C 4 H 7 N 3 O, occurring in urine, muscle, and blood.
- transience
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noun,
transient state or quality.
- caen-stone
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noun,
a cream-colored limestone quarried near Caen, France, for use in building.
- nectarines
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noun,
a variety or mutation of peach having a smooth, downless skin.
- 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.
- carotenes
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noun,
any of three yellow or orange fat-soluble pigments having the formula C 40 H 56 , found in many plants, especially carrots, and transformed to vitamin A in the liver; provitamin A.
- 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.
- renascent
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adjective,
being reborn; springing again into being or vigor:
- narceines
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noun,
a narcotic alkaloid, C 23 H 27 NO 8 , occurring in opium and acting as a mild relaxant on smooth muscle.
- 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.
- resection
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noun,
Surveying. a technique of ascertaining the location of a point by taking bearings from the point on two other points of known location.
- esoterica
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plural noun,
things understood by or meant for a select few; recondite matters or items.
- carnitine
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noun,
a dipolar compound that occurs in muscle and liver and is involved in the transport of fatty acids across the inner mitochondrial membrane.
- eroticize
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verb (used with object),
to render or make erotic:
- triazines
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noun,
any of a group of three compounds containing three nitrogen and three carbon atoms arranged in a six-membered ring and having the formula C 3 H 3 N 3 .
- centiares
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noun,
a square meter. Abbreviation: ca.
- resonance
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noun,
the state or quality of being resonant.
- 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.
- entrances
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noun,
an act of entering, as into a place or upon new duties.
- Nierstein
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noun,
a village in SW central Germany, SSE of Mainz: noted for its wines.
- recension
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noun,
an editorial revision of a literary work, especially on the basis of critical examination of the text and the sources used.
- cantonize
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verb (used with object),
canton (def 7).
- inactions
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noun,
absence of action; idleness.
- iterances
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noun,
iteration.
- one-acter
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noun,
a short play consisting of one act.
- insincere
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adjective,
not sincere; not honest in the expression of actual feeling; hypocritical.
- insertion
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noun,
the act of inserting:
- tenancies
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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.
- ostracize
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verb (used with object),
to exclude, by general consent, from society, friendship, conversation, privileges, etc.:
- notarizes
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verb (used with object),
to certify (a document, contract, etc.) or cause to become certified through a notary public.
- inertance
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noun,
the effect of inertia in an acoustic system, an impeding of the transmission of sound through the system.
- incretion
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noun,
a substance, as a hormone, that is secreted internally.
- canneries
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noun,
a factory where foodstuffs, as meat, fish, or fruit are canned.
- canzonets
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noun,
an early polyphonic song of dancelike character.
- tanneries
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noun,
a place where tanning is carried on.
- antinoise
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adjective,
designed to reduce or ban excessively loud sound, as of jet engines or traffic:
- anti-icer
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noun,
a device used to prevent the forming of ice, as on an airplane propeller.
- canonizes
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verb (used with object),
Ecclesiastical. to place in the canon of saints.
- canonries
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noun,
the office or benefice of a canon.
- Cantonese
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noun,
a Chinese language spoken in Canton, the surrounding area of southern China, and Hong Kong.
- Toscanini
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noun,
Arturo [ahr-too r-oh;; Italian ahr-too-raw] /ɑrˈtʊər oʊ;; Italian ɑrˈtu rɔ/ (Show IPA), 1867–1957, Italian orchestra conductor, in the U.S. after 1928.
- Rocinante
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noun,
Rosinante.
- nicotines
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noun,
a colorless, oily, water-soluble, highly toxic, liquid alkaloid, C 10 H 14 N 2 , found in tobacco and valued as an insecticide.
- narcotize
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verb (used with object),
to subject to or treat with a narcotic; stupefy.
- cretonnes
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noun,
a heavy cotton material in colorfully printed designs, used especially for drapery and slipcovers.
- crenation
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noun,
a rounded projection or tooth, as on the margin of a leaf.
- neoterics
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noun,
a new or modern writer, thinker, etc.
- nectarize
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verb (used with object),
to mix or saturate with nectar.
- nectarine
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noun,
a variety or mutation of peach having a smooth, downless skin.
- constrain
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verb (used with object),
to force, compel, or oblige:
- container
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noun,
anything that contains or can contain something, as a carton, box, crate, or can.
- nectaries
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noun,
Botany. an organ or part that secretes nectar.
- creatines
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noun,
an amino acid, C 4 H 9 N 3 O 2 , that is a constituent of the muscles of vertebrates and is phosphorylated to store energy used for muscular contraction.
- Rosinante
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noun,
the old, worn horse of Don Quixote.
- creations
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noun,
the act of producing or causing to exist; the act of creating; engendering.
- secretion
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noun,
(in a cell or gland) the act or process of separating, elaborating, and releasing a substance that fulfills some function within the organism or undergoes excretion.
- scientize
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verb (used with object),
to apply or attempt to apply scientific principles to:
- necrotize
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verb (used without object),
to undergo necrosis.
- sanitizer
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noun,
a substance or preparation for killing germs, designed for use especially on food-processing equipment.
- encrinite
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noun,
a fossil crinoid.
- cretinize
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become cretinous; cause (a person) to be incapable of normal intelligence or sound judgment.
- seriation
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noun,
the arrangement of a collection of artifacts into a chronological sequence.
- scienter
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noun,
a mental state in which one has knowledge that one’s action, statement, etc., is wrong, deceptive, or illegal: often used as a standard of guilt:
- scenario
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noun,
an outline of the plot of a dramatic work, giving particulars as to the scenes, characters, situations, etc.
- canonize
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verb (used with object),
Ecclesiastical. to place in the canon of saints.
- canonist
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noun,
a person who is a specialist in canon law.
- canotier
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noun,
a fabric constructed in a twill weave, used in the manufacture of yachting clothes.
- seicento
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noun,
the 17th century, with reference to the Italian art or literature of that period.
- incienso
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noun,
a shrubby, composite desert plant, Encelia farinosa, of the southwestern U.S., having silvery leaves and clusters of yellow flowers.
- secretin
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noun,
a polypeptide hormone, produced in the small intestine, that activates the pancreas to secrete pancreatic juice.
- crannies
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noun,
a small, narrow opening in a wall, rock, etc.; chink; crevice; fissure:
- canister
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noun,
a small box or jar, often one of a kitchen set, for holding tea, coffee, flour, and sugar.
- cisterna
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noun,
cistern (def 2).
- Cranston
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noun,
a city in E Rhode Island, near Providence.
- instance
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noun,
a case or occurrence of anything:
- Oresteia
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noun,
a trilogy of tragic dramas (458 b.c.) by Aeschylus, consisting of the Agamemnon, the Choëphori, and the Eumenides.
- ternions
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noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- Teresina
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noun,
a port in NE Brazil, on the Parnahiba River.
- Teresian
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noun,
a member of the reformed order of barefooted Carmelites, founded in Spain in 1562.
- intrans.
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- internes
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noun, verb (used without object),
intern2 .
- Creation
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noun,
the act of producing or causing to exist; the act of creating; engendering.
- Increase
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noun,
growth or augmentation in numbers, size, strength, quality, etc.:
- creatine
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noun,
an amino acid, C 4 H 9 N 3 O 2 , that is a constituent of the muscles of vertebrates and is phosphorylated to store energy used for muscular contraction.
- cretonne
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noun,
a heavy cotton material in colorfully printed designs, used especially for drapery and slipcovers.
- tea-rose
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noun,
any of several cultivated varieties of roses having a scent resembling that of tea.
- inertias
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noun,
inertness, especially with regard to effort, motion, action, and the like; inactivity; sluggishness.
- incenter
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noun,
the center of an inscribed circle; that point where the bisectors of the angles of a triangle or of a regular polygon intersect.
- crinites
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noun,
a fossil crinoid.
- increate
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adjective,
not created; uncreated.
- canteens
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noun,
a small container used especially by soldiers and hikers for carrying water or other liquids.
- Scranton
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noun,
William Warren, 1917–2011, U.S. politician.
- satirize
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verb (used with object),
to attack or ridicule with satire.
- resonate
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verb (used with object),
to cause to resound.
- ironizes
-
verb (used with object),
to make ironical.
- centners
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noun,
(in several European countries) a unit of weight of 50 kilograms, equivalent to 110.2 pounds avoirdupois.
- resinate
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noun,
Chemistry. any of the salts of the acids found in rosin.
- serotine
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noun,
a small Eurasian brown bat, Eptesicus serotinus.
- 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).
- soricine
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adjective,
of or resembling the shrews.
- Socinian
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noun,
a follower of Faustus and Laelius Socinus who rejected a number of traditional Christian doctrines, as the Trinity, the divinity of Christ, and original sin, and who held that Christ was miraculously begotten and that salvation will be granted to those who adopt Christ's virtues.
- centares
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noun,
centiare.
- erection
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noun,
the act of erecting.
- enations
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noun,
a small outgrowth of plant tissue, usually on a leaf, caused by virus infection.
- entrance
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noun,
an act of entering, as into a place or upon new duties.
- entrains
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verb (used with object),
to put aboard a train.
- sirenian
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noun,
an aquatic, herbivorous mammal of the order Sirenia, including the manatee and dugong.
- cineaste
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noun,
any person, especially a director or producer, associated professionally with filmmaking.
- citrines
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noun,
a translucent, yellow variety of quartz, often sold as topaz; false topaz; topaz quartz.
- centiare
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noun,
a square meter. Abbreviation: ca.
- sericite
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noun,
a fine-grained variety of muscovite produced by the alteration of feldspar.
- sarcenet
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noun,
a fine, soft fabric, often of silk, made in plain or twill weave and used especially for linings.
- sanction
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noun,
authoritative permission or approval, as for an action.
- 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.
- cantoris
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adjective,
of or relating to the gospel or liturgical north side of a church (opposed to decani).
- canzones
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noun,
a variety of lyric poetry in the Italian style, of Provençal origin, that closely resembles the madrigal.
- cinerins
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noun,
either of two oily, liquid compounds, C 20 H 28 O 3 or C 21 H 28 O 5 , used as insecticides.
- sanitize
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verb (used with object),
to free from dirt, germs, etc., as by cleaning or sterilizing.
- inaction
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noun,
absence of action; idleness.
- reaction
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noun,
a reverse movement or tendency; an action in a reverse direction or manner.
- contains
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verb (used with object),
to hold or include within its volume or area:
- esoteric
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adjective,
understood by or meant for only the select few who have special knowledge or interest; recondite:
- carotene
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noun,
any of three yellow or orange fat-soluble pigments having the formula C 40 H 56 , found in many plants, especially carrots, and transformed to vitamin A in the liver; provitamin A.
- coniines
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noun,
a volatile, highly poisonous alkaloid, C 8 H 17 N, constituting the active principle of the poison hemlock.
- carotins
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noun,
carotene.
- recision
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noun,
an act of canceling or voiding; cancellation.
- Einstein
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noun,
Albert [al-bert;; German ahl-bert] /ˈæl bərt;; German ˈɑl bɛrt/ (Show IPA), 1879–1955, German physicist, U.S. citizen from 1940: formulator of the theory of relativity; Nobel Prize 1921.
- Estonian
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noun,
a member of a Finnish people inhabiting Estonia, Livonia, and other districts of Russia.
- sericate
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adjective,
sericeous; silky.
- arsenite
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noun,
a salt or ester of arsenous acid.
- canzonet
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noun,
an early polyphonic song of dancelike character.
- notaries
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noun,
notary public.
- nonaries
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noun,
a number in a nonary system.
- acetones
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noun,
a colorless, volatile, water-soluble, flammable liquid, C 3 H 6 O, usually derived by oxidation of isopropyl alcohol or by bacterial fermentation of carbohydrates: used chiefly in paints and varnishes, as a general solvent, and in organic synthesis.
- triennia
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noun,
a period of three years.
- neonates
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noun,
a newborn child, or one in its first 28 days.
- anserine
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adjective,
of or relating to the subfamily Anserinae, of the family Anatidae, comprising the true geese.
- niteries
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noun,
a nightclub.
- zincites
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noun,
a brittle, deep-red to orange-yellow mineral, native zinc oxide, ZnO, usually massive or granular: formerly an important ore of zinc.
- zincates
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noun,
a salt derived from H 2 ZnO 2 , the acid form of amphoteric zinc hydroxide.
- niceties
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noun,
a delicate or fine point; punctilio:
- 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.
- Iscariot
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noun,
the surname of Judas, the betrayer of Jesus. Mark 3:19; 14:10, 11.
- Nazirite
-
noun,
Nazarite.
- notecase
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noun,
billfold.
- nineties
-
noun,
a cardinal number, ten times nine.
- arenites
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noun,
psammite.
- iterance
-
noun,
iteration.
- nicotine
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noun,
a colorless, oily, water-soluble, highly toxic, liquid alkaloid, C 10 H 14 N 2 , found in tobacco and valued as an insecticide.
- aoristic
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adjective,
Grammar. pertaining to the aorist.
- notarize
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verb (used with object),
to certify (a document, contract, etc.) or cause to become certified through a notary public.
- triazoic
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adjective,
hydrazoic.
- 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.
- ancestor
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noun,
a person from whom one is descended; forebear; progenitor.
- ancients
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noun,
a person who lived in ancient times.
- triazine
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noun,
any of a group of three compounds containing three nitrogen and three carbon atoms arranged in a six-membered ring and having the formula C 3 H 3 N 3 .
- narceine
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noun,
a narcotic alkaloid, C 23 H 27 NO 8 , occurring in opium and acting as a mild relaxant on smooth muscle.
- neoteric
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noun,
a new or modern writer, thinker, etc.
- Neronize
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verb (used with object),
to characterize (a person) as resembling Nero.
- stereo-
-
- Steiner
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noun,
Jakob [yah-kawp] /ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1796–1863, Swiss mathematician.
- natrons
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noun,
a mineral, hydrated sodium carbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅10H 2 O.
- 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.
- Cezanne
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noun,
Paul [pawl] /pɔl/ (Show IPA), 1839–1906, French painter.
- entrain
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verb (used with object),
to put aboard a train.
- entires
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noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- citizen
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noun,
a native or naturalized member of a state or nation who owes allegiance to its government and is entitled to its protection (distinguished from alien).
- sirenic
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adjective,
of or characteristic of a siren; melodious, tempting, or alluring.
- stearo-
-
- rennets
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noun,
the lining membrane of the fourth stomach of a calf or of the stomach of certain other young animals.
- Estonia
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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.
- cinerin
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noun,
either of two oily, liquid compounds, C 20 H 28 O 3 or C 21 H 28 O 5 , used as insecticides.
- cistron
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noun,
a segment of DNA that encodes for the formation of a specific polypeptide chain; a structural gene.
- entices
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verb (used with object),
to lead on by exciting hope or desire; allure; inveigle:
- estrone
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noun,
Biochemistry. an estrogenic hormone, C 18 H 22 O 2 , produced by the ovarian follicles and found during pregnancy in urine and placental tissue.
- narcose
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adjective,
characterized by stupor; stuporous.
- enteron
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noun,
the alimentary canal; the digestive tract.
- entero-
-
- enteric
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noun,
enterics, Bacteriology. enterobacteria.
- sincere
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adjective,
free of deceit, hypocrisy, or falseness; earnest:
- cistern
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noun,
a reservoir, tank, or container for storing or holding water or other liquid.
- ensnare
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verb (used with object),
to capture in, or involve as in, a snare:
- etesian
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adjective,
(of certain Mediterranean winds) occurring annually.
- neatens
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verb (used with object),
to make neat:
- cetanes
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noun,
a colorless, liquid hydrocarbon of the alkane series, C 16 H 34 , used as a solvent and in cetane number determinations.
- entries
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noun,
an act of entering; entrance.
- cerates
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noun,
Pharmacology. an unctuous, often medicated, preparation for external application, consisting of lard or oil mixed with wax, rosin, or the like, especially one that has a firmer consistency than a typical ointment and does not melt when in contact with the skin.
- erotics
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noun,
an erotic poem.
- centner
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noun,
(in several European countries) a unit of weight of 50 kilograms, equivalent to 110.2 pounds avoirdupois.
- nascent
-
adjective,
beginning to exist or develop:
- centare
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noun,
centiare.
- erotica
-
noun,
written works, usually fiction, dealing with sexual love.
- trienes
-
noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- centres
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noun,
Geometry. the middle point, as the point within a circle or sphere equally distant from all points of the circumference or surface, or the point within a regular polygon equally distant from the vertices.
- centri-
-
- centro-
-
- cenotes
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noun,
a deep natural well or sinkhole, especially in Central America, formed by the collapse of surface limestone that exposes ground water underneath, and sometimes used by the ancient Mayans for sacrificial offerings.
- Niteroi
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Rio de Janeiro state, in SE Brazil.
- eristic
-
noun,
a person who engages in disputation; controversialist.
- cerato-
-
- cations
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noun,
a positively charged ion that is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis.
- retains
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verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- stannic
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adjective,
of or containing tin, especially in the tetravalent state.
- citrine
-
noun,
a translucent, yellow variety of quartz, often sold as topaz; false topaz; topaz quartz.
- 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).
- retsina
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noun,
a strong, resinated white or red wine of Greece and Cyprus.
- sonance
-
noun,
the condition or quality of being sonant.
- certain
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Idioms,
for certain, without a doubt; surely:
- stearic
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adjective,
of or relating to suet or fat.
- rezones
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noun,
an act or instance of rezoning; reclassification:
- 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.
- erasion
-
noun,
the act of erasing.
- Sno-Cat
-
- aristo-
-
- coarsen
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become coarse.
- citrins
-
noun,
bioflavonoid.
- cranio-
-
- earnest
-
noun,
full seriousness, as of intention or purpose:
- cornets
-
noun,
Music. a valved wind instrument of the trumpet family.
- senator
-
noun,
a member of a senate.
- 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.
- scanner
-
noun,
a person or thing that scans.
- Cosenza
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noun,
a city in S Italy.
- czarist
-
noun,
an adherent of a czar or of czarism.
- zircons
-
noun,
a common mineral, zirconium silicate, ZrSiO 4 , occurring in small tetragonal crystals or grains of various colors, usually opaque: used as a refractory when opaque and as a gem when transparent.
- Costain
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noun,
Thomas Bertram, 1885–1965, U.S. novelist, historian, and editor, born in Canada.
- section
-
noun,
a part that is cut off or separated.
- coterie
-
noun,
a group of people who associate closely.
- acetone
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noun,
a colorless, volatile, water-soluble, flammable liquid, C 3 H 6 O, usually derived by oxidation of isopropyl alcohol or by bacterial fermentation of carbohydrates: used chiefly in paints and varnishes, as a general solvent, and in organic synthesis.
- acetoin
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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.
- cronies
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noun,
a close friend or companion; chum.
- acetins
-
noun,
a colorless, thick, hygroscopic liquid, C 5 H 10 O 4 : used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives.
- aconite
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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.
- neritic
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adjective,
of or relating to the region of water lying directly above the sublittoral zone of the sea bottom.
- screeno
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noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) (formerly) bingo played in a movie theater.
- crenate
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adjective,
having the margin notched or scalloped so as to form rounded teeth, as a leaf.
- scrinia
-
noun,
a cylindrical container used in ancient Rome to hold papyrus rolls.
- cretins
-
noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- Zontian
-
noun,
a member of a Zonta Club, an organization for professional women.
- Zonites
-
noun,
a body segment of a diplopod.
- creates
-
adjective,
Archaic. created.
- crinose
-
adjective,
hairy.
- niacins
-
noun,
nicotinic acid.
- zoisite
-
noun,
an orthorhombic dimorph of clinozoisite.
- crazies
-
noun,
Slang. an unpredictable, nonconforming person; oddball:
- cratons
-
noun,
a relatively rigid and immobile region of continental portions of the earth's crust.
- crinite
-
noun,
a fossil crinoid.
- acerose
-
adjective,
needle-shaped, as the leaves of the pine.
- corneas
-
noun,
the transparent anterior part of the external coat of the eye covering the iris and the pupil and continuous with the sclera.
- Eastern
-
adjective,
lying toward or situated in the east:
- 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.
- Nicosia
-
noun,
a city on and the capital of Cyprus, in the central part.
- necrose
-
verb (used with or without object),
to affect or be affected with necrosis.
- encores
-
noun,
a demand, as by applause, for a repetition of a song, act, etc., or for a performance of a number or piece additional to those on a program, or for a reappearance by the performers, as at the end of a concert, recital, etc.
- encinas
-
noun,
the live oak, Quercus virginiana.
- recites
-
verb (used with object),
to repeat the words of, as from memory, especially in a formal manner:
- Rosanne
-
noun,
a female given name.
- coaster
-
noun,
a person or thing that coasts.
- Roscian
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving acting.
- coatees
-
noun,
a close-fitting short coat, especially one with tails or skirts.
- zeatins
-
noun,
a cytokinin occurring in corn, spinach, and peas.
- enation
-
noun,
a small outgrowth of plant tissue, usually on a leaf, caused by virus infection.
- coesite
-
noun,
a rare form of silicon dioxide, a denser polymorph of quartz, originally synthesized from quartz at high temperatures and pressures: later discovered in nature.
- roseate
-
adjective,
tinged with rose; rosy:
- nectars
-
noun,
the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or birds that pollinate the flower.
- sericin
-
noun,
a gelatinous organic compound that holds the two strands of natural silk together.
- 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.
- contras
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) a member of a counterrevolutionary guerrilla group in Nicaragua.
- contain
-
verb (used with object),
to hold or include within its volume or area:
- contra-
-
- zinnias
-
noun,
any of several composite plants of the genus Zinnia, native to Mexico and adjacent areas, especially the widely cultivated species Z. elegans, having variously colored, many-rayed flower heads.
- neonate
-
noun,
a newborn child, or one in its first 28 days.
- Nicetas
-
noun,
Saint Ignatius (def 2).
- zincite
-
noun,
a brittle, deep-red to orange-yellow mineral, native zinc oxide, ZnO, usually massive or granular: formerly an important ore of zinc.
- zincate
-
noun,
a salt derived from H 2 ZnO 2 , the acid form of amphoteric zinc hydroxide.
- ecartes
-
noun,
a card game for two players.
- coniine
-
noun,
a volatile, highly poisonous alkaloid, C 8 H 17 N, constituting the active principle of the poison hemlock.
- constr.
-
- conster
-
verb (used with or without object),
construe.
- consent
-
noun,
permission, approval, or agreement; compliance; acquiescence:
- connate
-
adjective,
existing in a person or thing from birth or origin; inborn:
- seriate
-
adjective,
arranged or occurring in one or more series.
- actino-
-
- Etonian
-
noun,
a person who is or has been a pupil at Eton College.
- ancient
-
noun,
a person who lived in ancient times.
- arenose
-
adjective,
sandy; gritty.
- noetics
-
noun,
the science of the intellect or of pure thought; reasoning.
- intones
-
verb (used with object),
to utter with a particular tone or voice modulation.
- incisor
-
noun,
any of the four anterior teeth in each jaw, used for cutting and gnawing.
- 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.
- Antoine
-
noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1858–1943, French theatrical director, manager, and critic.
- ization
-
- Anteros
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a brother of Eros, most often regarded as the avenger of unrequited love.
- antero-
-
- canteen
-
noun,
a small container used especially by soldiers and hikers for carrying water or other liquids.
- 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.
- tension
-
noun,
the act of stretching or straining.
- canters
-
noun,
an easy gallop.
- insnare
-
verb (used with object),
ensnare.
- notices
-
noun,
an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning:
- Aretino
-
noun,
Pietro [pye-traw] /ˈpyɛ trɔ/ (Show IPA), 1492–1556, Italian satirist and dramatist.
- orients
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- asinine
-
adjective,
foolish, unintelligent, or silly; stupid:
- ratines
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- canzone
-
noun,
a variety of lyric poetry in the Italian style, of Provençal origin, that closely resembles the madrigal.
- anoints
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or sprinkle on; apply an unguent, ointment, or oily liquid to.
- intines
-
noun,
the inner coat of a spore, especially a pollen grain.
- canines
-
noun,
a canid, or member of the dog family Canidae.
- trainee
-
noun,
a person being trained, especially in a vocation; apprentice.
- atonics
-
noun,
Grammar. an unaccented word, syllable, or sound.
- Teniers
-
noun,
David [dey-vid;; Flemish dah-vit;; French dah-veed] /ˈdeɪ vɪd;; Flemish ˈdɑ vɪt;; French dɑˈvid/ (Show IPA), ("the Elder") 1582–1649, Flemish painter and engraver.
- Insecta
-
noun,
the class comprising the insects.
- tenners
-
noun,
a 10-dollar bill.
- arenite
-
noun,
psammite.
- intens.
-
- tenaces
-
noun,
a sequence of two high cards of the same suit that lack an intervening card to be in consecutive order, as the ace and queen.
- intense
-
adjective,
existing or occurring in a high or extreme degree:
- atonies
-
noun,
Pathology. lack of tone or energy; muscular weakness, especially in a contractile organ.
- treason
-
noun,
the offense of acting to overthrow one's government or to harm or kill its sovereign.
- Cainite
-
noun,
a member of a Gnostic sect that exalted Cain and regarded the God of the Old Testament as responsible for evil.
- incites
-
verb (used with object),
to stir, encourage, or urge on; stimulate or prompt to action:
- tonners
-
noun,
something having a specified weight in tons (used in combination):
- interne
-
noun, verb (used without object),
intern2 .
- Cairene
-
noun,
a native or resident of Cairo, Egypt.
- interns
-
noun,
a person who is or has been interned; internee.
- inertia
-
noun,
inertness, especially with regard to effort, motion, action, and the like; inactivity; sluggishness.
- tenrecs
-
noun,
any of several insectivorous mammals of the family Tenrecidae, of Madagascar, having a long, pointed snout, certain species of which are spiny and tailless.
- 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.
- tanrecs
-
noun,
tenrec.
- Tonnies
-
noun,
Ferdinand [fer-dee-nahnt] /ˈfɛr diˌnɑnt/ (Show IPA), 1855–1936, German sociologist.
- ternion
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- incense
-
noun,
an aromatic gum or other substance producing a sweet odor when burned, used in religious ceremonies, to enhance a mood, etc.
- oneiric
-
adjective,
of or relating to dreams.
- ironies
-
noun,
the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning:
- recants
-
verb (used with object),
to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
- carnets
-
noun,
a customs document allowing an automobile to be driven at no cost across international borders.
- irenics
-
noun,
the branch of theology dealing with the promotion of peace and conciliation among Christian churches.
Compare polemics (def 2).
- ionizes
-
verb (used with object),
to separate or change into ions.
- carnies
-
noun,
a person employed by a carnival.
- carnose
-
adjective,
of or relating to flesh; fleshy.
- isation
-
- arseno-
-
- iatrics
-
- 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.
- Ascenez
-
noun,
Ashkenaz.
- tinners
-
noun,
a tinsmith.
- carotin
-
noun,
carotene.
- orceins
-
noun,
a red dye, the principal coloring matter of cudbear and orchil, obtained by oxidizing an ammoniacal solution of orcinol.
- tierces
-
noun,
an old measure of capacity equivalent to one third of a pipe, or 42 wine gallons.
- nancies
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Meurthe-et-Moselle, in NE France: battles 1477, 1914, 1944.
- Oriente
-
noun,
a region in Ecuador, E of the Andes: the border long disputed by Peru.
- sterno-
-
- ironize
-
verb (used with object),
to make ironical.
- ironist
-
noun,
a person who uses irony habitually, especially a writer.
- rations
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- careens
-
noun,
a careening.
- ocreate
-
adjective,
having an ocrea or ocreae; sheathed.
- intine
-
noun,
the inner coat of a spore, especially a pollen grain.
- notice
-
noun,
an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning:
- Scotia
-
noun,
a deep concave molding between two fillets, as in the Attic base.
- Nicias
-
noun,
died 413 b.c, Athenian statesman and general.
- inters
-
verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- Octans
-
noun,
the Octant, a southern constellation that contains the south celestial pole.
- instar
-
noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- Rosina
-
noun,
a female given name, Italian form of Rose.
- Nerine
-
noun,
any of several bulbous plants belonging to the genus Nerine, of the amaryllis family, native to southern Africa, having funnel-shaped red, pink, or white flowers.
- isatin
-
noun,
a yellowish-red or orange, crystalline, water-soluble solid, C 8 H 5 NO 2 , used chiefly in the synthesis of vat dyes.
- instr.
-
- Osetic
-
adjective, noun,
Ossetic.
- intern
-
noun,
a person who is or has been interned; internee.
- 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.
- 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.
- ironic
-
adjective,
using words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning; containing or exemplifying irony:
- Ecorse
-
noun,
a city in SE Michigan, near Detroit.
- Scoter
-
noun,
any of the large diving ducks of the genus Melanitta, inhabiting northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere.
- ecrase
-
adjective,
(of leather) crushed to produce a grained effect.
- sacro-
-
- Rosita
-
noun,
a female given name, Spanish form of Rose.
- inter.
-
- niacin
-
noun,
nicotinic acid.
- oaters
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- irenic
-
adjective,
tending to promote peace or reconciliation; peaceful or conciliatory.
- ecarte
-
noun,
a card game for two players.
- satori
-
noun,
sudden enlightenment.
- Sarton
-
noun,
May, 1912–95, U.S. poet, novelist, and playwright.
- Cronin
-
noun,
A(rchibald) J(oseph) 1896–1981, Scottish novelist and physician in the U.S.
- sateen
-
noun,
a strong cotton fabric constructed in satin weave and having a lustrous face.
- crozes
-
noun,
the groove at either end of the staves of a barrel, cask, etc., into which the edge of the head fits.
- satire
-
noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- Ionian
-
noun,
a member of one of the four main divisions of the prehistoric Greeks who invaded the Greek mainland and, after the Dorian invasions, emigrated to the Aegean islands and the coast of Asia Minor.
Compare Achaean (def 5), Aeolian2 (def 2), Dorian1 (def 2).
- ionics
-
noun,
Prosody. an Ionic foot, verse, or meter.
- ornate
-
adjective,
elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so:
- Orense
-
noun,
a city in N Spain, NW of Madrid.
- Orient
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- scato-
-
- cteno-
-
- Ionize
-
verb (used with object),
to separate or change into ions.
- Nicene
-
adjective,
of or relating to Nicaea.
- C-star
-
noun,
carbon star.
- Sarnen
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Obwalden, in central Switzerland, E of Bern.
- intros
-
noun,
an introduction.
- oscine
-
noun,
an oscine bird.
- Nereis
-
noun,
clamworm.
- intone
-
verb (used with object),
to utter with a particular tone or voice modulation.
- intra-
-
- isotac
-
noun,
a line drawn on a map connecting all points where ice starts to melt at approximately the same period in spring.
- Santee
-
noun,
a city in SW California.
- orates
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- Crista
-
noun,
a crest or ridge.
- santir
-
noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- Easton
-
noun,
a city in E Pennsylvania, on the Delaware River.
- crones
-
noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- intro.
-
- orcein
-
noun,
a red dye, the principal coloring matter of cudbear and orchil, obtained by oxidizing an ammoniacal solution of orcinol.
- Easter
-
noun,
an annual Christian festival in commemoration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, observed on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the vernal equinox, as calculated according to tables based in Western churches on the Gregorian calendar and in Orthodox churches on the Julian calendar.
- easier
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- 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-
-
- scoria
-
noun,
Metallurgy. the refuse, dross, or slag left after melting or smelting metal; scum.
- recite
-
verb (used with object),
to repeat the words of, as from memory, especially in a formal manner:
- Raetic
-
noun,
an extinct language of uncertain affinities that was spoken in Rhaetia and written with the Etruscan alphabet.
- enacts
-
verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- nitons
-
noun,
(formerly) radon. Symbol: Nt.
- reseat
-
verb (used with object),
to provide with a new seat or new seats.
- resect
-
verb (used with object),
to do a resection on.
- iatro-
-
- ersatz
-
noun,
an artificial substance or article used to replace something natural or genuine; a substitute.
- reason
-
noun,
a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.:
- 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.
- resent
-
verb (used with object),
to feel or show displeasure or indignation at (a person, act, remark, etc.) from a sense of injury or insult.
- re-act
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- razees
-
noun,
a ship, especially a warship, reduced in height by the removal of the upper deck.
- ration
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- escent
-
- erotic
-
noun,
an erotic poem.
- Ernest
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “vigor, intent.”.
- nances
-
noun,
Offensive. an effeminate male.
- nocent
-
adjective,
harmful; injurious.
- nocti-
-
- nasion
-
noun,
the intersection of the internasal suture with the nasofrontal suture in the midsagittal plane.
- niters
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- Reston
-
noun,
James (Barrett) ("Scotty") 1909–1995, U.S. journalist, born in Scotland.
- retain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- Renton
-
noun,
a city in W Washington, near Seattle.
- escort
-
noun,
a group of persons, or a single person, accompanying another or others for protection, guidance, or courtesy:
- noctis
-
adjective,
(in prescriptions) of the night.
- narcos
-
noun,
narc.
- recons
-
noun,
reconnaissance.
- Recent
-
noun,
Also called Holocene. (initial capital letter) Geology. the Recent Epoch or Series.
- recti-
-
- rectos
-
- nitres
-
noun,
niter.
- Naoise
-
noun,
the husband of Deirdre and a nephew of Conchobar, by whom he was treacherously killed.
- Nantes
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Loire-Atlantique, in W France, at the mouth of the Loire River.
- Estrin
-
noun,
estrone.
- narco-
-
- nitric
-
adjective,
containing nitrogen, usually in the pentavalent state.
- rentes
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- renins
-
noun,
a proteolytic enzyme secreted by the kidneys that is involved in the release of angiotensin.
- Rennes
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Ille-et-Vilaine, in NW France: former capital of Brittany; scene of trial of Alfred Dreyfus, 1899.
- rennet
-
noun,
the lining membrane of the fourth stomach of a calf or of the stomach of certain other young animals.
- recast
-
noun,
a recasting.
- nitro-
-
- recant
-
verb (used with object),
to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
- iatric
-
adjective,
of or relating to a physician or medicine; medical.
- Rennie
-
noun,
John, 1761–1821, Scottish engineer.
- Esenin
-
noun,
Sergey Aleksandrovich [Russian syir-gyey uh-lyi-ksahn-druh-vyich] /Russian syɪrˈgyeɪ ʌ lyɪˈksɑn drə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), Yesenin, Sergey Aleksandrovich.
- ratine
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- inanes
-
noun,
something that is empty or void, especially the void of infinite space.
- insert
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- innate
-
adjective,
existing in one from birth; inborn; native:
- ranees
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- raisin
-
noun,
a grape of any of various sweet varieties dried in the sun or by artificial means, often used in cookery.
- enter-
-
- Enrico
-
noun,
a male given name: Italian form of Henry.
- Ronnie
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Ronald or Veronica.
- Enesco
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1881–1955, Romanian violinist, composer, and conductor: teacher of Yehudi Menuhin.
- necro-
-
- rosace
-
noun,
rosette (def 3).
- racons
-
noun,
radar beacon.
- encore
-
noun,
a demand, as by applause, for a repetition of a song, act, etc., or for a performance of a number or piece additional to those on a program, or for a reappearance by the performers, as at the end of a concert, recital, etc.
- 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.
- 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.
- Encina
-
noun,
the live oak, Quercus virginiana.
- Racine
-
noun,
Jean Baptiste [zhahn ba-teest] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist/ (Show IPA), 1639–99, French dramatist.
- Istria
-
noun,
a peninsula at the N end of the Adriatic, in SW Slovenia and W Croatia.
- encase
-
verb (used with object),
to enclose in or as in a case:
- insane
-
adjective,
not sane; not of sound mind; mentally deranged.
- 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.
- nectar
-
noun,
the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or birds that pollinate the flower.
- enates
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- enters
-
Verb phrases,
enter into,
to participate in; engage in.
to investigate; consider:
to sympathize with; share in.
to form a constituent part or ingredient of:
to go into a particular state:
- entice
-
verb (used with object),
to lead on by exciting hope or desire; allure; inveigle:
- 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.
- incest
-
noun,
sexual intercourse between closely related persons.
- Noetic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the mind.
- 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.
- incase
-
verb (used with object),
encase.
- rezone
-
noun,
an act or instance of rezoning; reclassification:
- 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.
- erects
-
adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- nacres
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- 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:
- ricins
-
noun,
a white, poisonous, protein powder from the bean of the castor-oil plant.
- Rienzi
-
noun,
Cola di [kaw-lah dee] /ˈkɔ lɑ di/ (Show IPA), (Nicholas Gabrini) 1313?–54, Roman orator and tribune.
- incite
-
verb (used with object),
to stir, encourage, or urge on; stimulate or prompt to action:
- eonian
-
adjective,
aeonian.
- natron
-
noun,
a mineral, hydrated sodium carbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅10H 2 O.
- nonces
-
noun,
the present, or immediate, occasion or purpose (usually used in the phrase for the nonce).
- nonets
-
noun,
a group of nine performers or instruments.
- entire
-
noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- Noreen
-
noun,
a female given name, Irish diminutive of Nora.
- incise
-
verb (used with object),
to cut into; cut marks, figures, etc., upon.
- norias
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- neaten
-
verb (used with object),
to make neat:
- cretin
-
noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- corita
-
noun,
a boat resembling a large, woven basket, used by Indians of the southwestern U.S.
- Cretan
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Crete.
- tonner
-
noun,
something having a specified weight in tons (used in combination):
- cation
-
noun,
a positively charged ion that is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis.
- caters
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- antres
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- tonnes
-
noun,
metric ton.
- 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.
- steno-
-
- aorist
-
noun,
a verb tense, as in Classical Greek, expressing action or, in the indicative mood, past action, without further limitation or implication.
- casino
-
noun,
a building or large room used for meetings, entertainment, dancing, etc., especially such a place equipped with gambling devices, gambling tables, etc.
- casern
-
noun,
a lodging for soldiers in a garrison town; barracks.
- casein
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a protein precipitated from milk, as by rennet, and forming the basis of cheese and certain plastics.
- stance
-
noun,
the position or bearing of the body while standing:
- steric
-
adjective,
of or relating to the spatial relationships of atoms in a molecule.
- 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.
- toners
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- Sterne
-
noun,
Laurence, 1713–68, English clergyman and novelist.
- Carson
-
noun,
Christopher ("Kit") 1809–68, U.S. frontiersman and scout.
- aretes
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- 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.
- carnet
-
noun,
a customs document allowing an automobile to be driven at no cost across international borders.
- stoner
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
- caries
-
noun,
decay, as of bone or of plant tissue.
- Antons
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Anthony.
- cenizo
-
noun,
chamiso.
- carets
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- 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).
- aniso-
-
- trans.
-
- trance
-
noun,
a half-conscious state, seemingly between sleeping and waking, in which ability to function voluntarily may be suspended.
- trains
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- anoint
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or sprinkle on; apply an unguent, ointment, or oily liquid to.
- traces
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- Cesena
-
noun,
a city in E central Italy.
- certes
-
adverb,
certainly; in truth.
- soiree
-
noun,
an evening party or social gathering, especially one held for a particular purpose:
- cerise
-
adjective, noun,
moderate to deep red.
- cerias
-
noun,
a white-to-yellow, heavy powder, cerium dioxide, CeO 2 , usually derived from cerium nitrate by decomposition with heat: used chiefly in ceramics, glass polishing, and decolorizing.
- cerate
-
noun,
Pharmacology. an unctuous, often medicated, preparation for external application, consisting of lard or oil mixed with wax, rosin, or the like, especially one that has a firmer consistency than a typical ointment and does not melt when in contact with the skin.
- cenote
-
noun,
a deep natural well or sinkhole, especially in Central America, formed by the collapse of surface limestone that exposes ground water underneath, and sometimes used by the ancient Mayans for sacrificial offerings.
- cerat-
-
- 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.
- sortie
-
noun,
a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
- Centre
-
noun,
Geometry. the middle point, as the point within a circle or sphere equally distant from all points of the circumference or surface, or the point within a regular polygon equally distant from the vertices.
- centr-
-
- centos
-
noun,
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
- centi-
-
- Center
-
noun,
Geometry. the middle point, as the point within a circle or sphere equally distant from all points of the circumference or surface, or the point within a regular polygon equally distant from the vertices.
- centas
-
noun,
a former bronze coin of Lithuania, the 100th part of a litas.
- 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.
- censer
-
noun,
a container, usually covered, in which incense is burned, especially during religious services; thurible.
- Tories
-
noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- Strain
-
noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- toe-in
-
noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- transe
-
noun,
a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
- tie-in
-
noun,
an arrangement or campaign whereby related products are promoted, marketed, or sold together:
- tenias
-
noun,
taenia.
- azotic
-
adjective,
of or relating to azote; nitric.
- azotes
-
noun,
nitrogen.
- Azorin
-
noun,
(José Martínez Ruiz) 1873–1967, Spanish novelist and critic.
- Azores
-
noun,
a group of islands in the N Atlantic, W of Portugal: politically part of Portugal. 890 sq. mi. (2305 sq. km).
- ascent
-
noun,
an act of ascending; upward movement; a rising movement:
- azonic
-
adjective,
not confined to any particular zone or region; not local.
- tierce
-
noun,
an old measure of capacity equivalent to one third of a pipe, or 42 wine gallons.
- Tenner
-
noun,
a 10-dollar bill.
- azines
-
noun,
any of a group of six-membered heterocyclic compounds containing one or more nitrogen atoms in the ring, the number of nitrogen atoms present being indicated by a prefix, as in diazine or triazine.
- 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.
- Ticino
-
noun,
a canton in S Switzerland. 1086 sq. mi. (2813 sq. km). Capital: Bellinzona.
- Artois
-
noun,
a former province in N France: artesian wells.
- atonic
-
noun,
Grammar. an unaccented word, syllable, or sound.
- atones
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- tenons
-
noun,
a projection formed on the end of a timber or the like for insertion into a mortise of the same dimensions.
- tenrec
-
noun,
any of several insectivorous mammals of the family Tenrecidae, of Madagascar, having a long, pointed snout, certain species of which are spiny and tailless.
- tenson
-
noun,
a Provençal poem taking the form of a dialogue or debate between two rival troubadours.
- tensor
-
noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
- astron
-
- astro-
-
- ternes
-
noun,
terne metal.
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- terces
-
noun,
tierce (def 3).
- astern
-
adverb,
in a position behind a specified vessel or aircraft:
- aztecs
-
noun,
a member of a Nahuatl-speaking state in central Mexico that was conquered by Cortés in 1521.
- tenace
-
noun,
a sequence of two high cards of the same suit that lack an intervening card to be in consecutive order, as the ace and queen.
- Strine
-
noun,
Australian English.
- Tanner
-
noun,
a person whose occupation it is to tan hides.
- ariose
-
adjective,
characterized by melody; songlike.
- Tocsin
-
noun,
a signal, especially of alarm, sounded on a bell or bells.
- careen
-
noun,
a careening.
- 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.
- tisane
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- aroint
-
verb (imperative),
begone:
- Canton
-
noun,
a small territorial district, especially one of the states of the Swiss confederation.
- tainos
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- Canter
-
noun,
an easy gallop.
- tinner
-
noun,
a tinsmith.
- tannic
-
adjective,
Chemistry. of, relating to, or derived from tan or tannin.
- teaser
-
noun,
a person or thing that teases.
- cannot
-
verb,
a form of ·can not.
- Cannes
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Mediterranean Sea: resort; annual film festival.
- canner
-
noun,
a person who cans meat, fruit, etc., for preservation.
- canine
-
noun,
a canid, or member of the dog family Canidae.
- tanrec
-
noun,
tenrec.
- caners
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- arsen-
-
- arsine
-
noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- arsino
-
adjective,
containing the arsino group.
- Cairns
-
noun,
a seaport in NE Australia.
- tarso-
-
- tineas
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- cetane
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid hydrocarbon of the alkane series, C 16 H 34 , used as a solvent and in cetane number determinations.
- centra
-
noun,
a plural of centrum.
- Teresa
-
noun,
Mother (Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu) 1910–97, Albanian nun: Nobel Peace Prize 1979 for work in the slums of Calcutta, India.
- Sennar
-
noun,
a region in the E Sudan between the White and Blue Nile rivers, S of Khartoum: a former kingdom.
- seizin
-
noun,
(originally) possession of either land or chattel.
- Senate
-
noun,
an assembly or council of citizens having the highest deliberative functions in a government, especially a legislative assembly of a state or nation.
- Cortes
-
noun,
(in Spain or Portugal) the two houses constituting the national legislative body.
- action
-
noun,
the process or state of acting or of being active:
- 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.
- Seneca
-
noun,
a member of the largest tribe of the Iroquois Confederacy of North American Indians, formerly inhabiting western New York and being conspicuous in the wars south and west of Lake Erie.
- Senior
-
noun,
a person who is older than another.
- zeroes
-
noun,
the figure or symbol 0, which in the Arabic notation for numbers stands for the absence of quantity; cipher.
- CORNET
-
noun,
Music. a valved wind instrument of the trumpet family.
- cornea
-
noun,
the transparent anterior part of the external coat of the eye covering the iris and the pupil and continuous with the sclera.
- seniti
-
noun,
a bronze or brass coin and monetary unit of Tonga, the 100th part of a pa'anga.
- Zenist
-
noun,
a person who advocates or practices Zen.
- sennet
-
noun,
any of several small barracudas, as Sphyraena borealis (northern sennet) ranging along the eastern coast of North and Central America.
- seiner
-
noun,
a person who fishes with a seine.
- sennit
-
noun,
a flat, braided cordage, formed by plaiting strands of rope yarn or other fiber, used as small stuff aboard ships.
- zeatin
-
noun,
a cytokinin occurring in corn, spinach, and peas.
- 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.
- contr.
-
- contes
-
plural,
Trademark. a brand of crayon made of graphite and clay, usually in black, red, or brown.
- zanies
-
noun,
one who plays the clown or fool in order to amuse others.
- zaires
-
noun,
Republic of, a former name of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
- aeron.
-
- serein
-
noun,
fine rain falling after sunset from a sky in which no clouds are visible.
- Serena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- 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.
- Connie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Constance.
- actins
-
noun,
a globulin that is present in muscle plasma and that in connection with myosin plays an important role in muscle contraction.
- actin-
-
- Conant
-
noun,
James Bryant, 1893–1978, U.S. chemist and educator: president of Harvard University 1933–53.
- cozies
-
noun,
a padded covering for a teapot, chocolate pot, etc., to retain the heat.
- screen
-
noun,
a movable or fixed device, usually consisting of a covered frame, that provides shelter, serves as a partition, etc.
- scrota
-
noun,
the pouch of skin that contains the testes.
- create
-
adjective,
Archaic. created.
- crease
-
noun,
a ridge or groove produced in anything by folding, heat, pressure, etc.; fold; furrow.
- crazes
-
noun,
a popular or widespread fad, fashion, etc.; mania:
- seance
-
noun,
a meeting in which a spiritualist attempts to communicate with the spirits of the dead.
- craton
-
noun,
a relatively rigid and immobile region of continental portions of the earth's crust.
- crates
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- seater
-
noun,
a person or thing that seats.
- zoster
-
noun,
Also called herpes zoster. Pathology. shingles.
- zonite
-
noun,
a body segment of a diplopod.
- secant
-
noun,
Geometry. an intersecting line, especially one intersecting a curve at two or more points.
- secern
-
verb (used with object),
to discriminate or distinguish in thought.
- Zinnia
-
noun,
any of several composite plants of the genus Zinnia, native to Mexico and adjacent areas, especially the widely cultivated species Z. elegans, having variously colored, many-rayed flower heads.
- Cozens
-
verb (used with or without object),
to cheat, deceive, or trick.
- Zonian
-
noun,
a U.S. citizen living in the Canal Zone.
- secret
-
noun,
something that is or is kept secret, hidden, or concealed.
- zonate
-
adjective,
marked with zones, as of color, texture, or the like.
- sector
-
noun,
Geometry. a plane figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle.
- acetin
-
noun,
a colorless, thick, hygroscopic liquid, C 5 H 10 O 4 : used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives.
- aceto-
-
- Coster
-
noun,
costermonger.
- COSTAR
-
noun,
a performer, especially an actor or actress, who shares star billing with another.
- Nestor
-
noun,
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- 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.
- zircon
-
noun,
a common mineral, zirconium silicate, ZrSiO 4 , occurring in small tetragonal crystals or grains of various colors, usually opaque: used as a refractory when opaque and as a gem when transparent.
- conies
-
noun,
the fur of a rabbit, especially when dyed to simulate Hudson seal.
- contin
-
- 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.
- serine
-
noun,
a crystalline amino acid, HOCH 2 CH(NH 2)COOH, found in many proteins and obtained by the hydrolysis of sericin, the protein constituting silk gum. Symbol: S. Abbreviation: Ser;
- set-in
-
adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- coatee
-
noun,
a close-fitting short coat, especially one with tails or skirts.
- cities
-
noun,
a large or important town.
- triens
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- Coates
-
noun,
Eric, 1886–1957, English violist and composer.
- sinner
-
noun,
a person who sins; transgressor.
- triene
-
noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- coarse
-
adjective,
composed of relatively large parts or particles:
- sinter
-
noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- 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.
- trices
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- C-note
-
noun,
See C (def 11).
- Sirena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- triacs
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- treens
-
noun,
treenware.
- citrin
-
noun,
bioflavonoid.
- anenst
-
preposition,
anent (def 2).
- sit-in
-
noun,
any organized protest in which a group of people peacefully occupy and refuse to leave a premises:
- 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.
- trines
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- 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)
- triose
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- ornes
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- onset
-
noun,
a beginning or start:
- zincs
-
noun,
Chemistry. a ductile, bluish-white metallic element: used in making galvanized iron, brass, and other alloys, and as an element in voltaic cells. Symbol: Zn; atomic weight: 65.37; atomic number: 30; specific gravity: 7.14 at 20°C.
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- zitis
-
noun,
a tubular pasta in short pieces, similar to rigatoni, often baked in a tomato sauce.
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- orans
-
noun,
orant.
- noise
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- 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.
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- ontic
-
adjective,
possessing the character of real rather than phenomenal existence; noumenal.
- zoeas
-
noun,
any of the free-swimming larva of certain crustaceans, as the crab, having rudimentary legs and a spiny carapace.
- Orcas
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- noct-
-
- treas
-
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- terne
-
noun,
terne metal.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- triac
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- trice
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- 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.
- terse
-
adjective,
neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.
- Zoser
-
noun,
flourished c2800 b.c, Egyptian ruler of the 3rd dynasty.
- 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.
- nitr-
-
- Trace
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- niton
-
noun,
(formerly) radon. Symbol: Nt.
- zones
-
noun,
any continuous area that differs in some respect, or is distinguished for some purpose, from adjoining areas, or within which certain distinctive circumstances exist or are established:
- Tosca
-
noun,
an opera (1900) by Giacomo Puccini.
- 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.
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- onces
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- 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.
- nona-
-
- tzars
-
noun,
czar.
- Zante
-
noun,
a Greek island, off the W coast of Greece: southernmost of the Ionian Islands. 157 sq. mi. (407 sq. km).
- oaten
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or made of oats.
- noria
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- 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.
- Zaire
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, equal to 100 makuta.
- torcs
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- niece
-
noun,
a daughter of a person's brother or sister.
- notes
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- tones
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- tonia
-
- toran
-
noun,
(in Indian Buddhist and Hindu architecture) a gateway having two or three lintels between two posts.
- tonic
-
noun,
a medicine that invigorates or strengthens:
- nines
-
noun,
a cardinal number, eight plus one.
- tonne
-
noun,
metric ton.
- Nisan
-
noun,
the seventh month of the Jewish calendar.
- Norse
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
- Niort
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- Norns
-
noun,
an extinct Norse dialect, spoken until early modern times in the Shetland and Orkney Islands and in parts of northern Scotland.
- Ninos
-
noun,
boy; child.
- oater
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- torii
-
noun,
(in Japan) a form of decorative gateway or portal, consisting of two upright wooden posts connected at the top by two horizontal crosspieces, commonly found at the entrance to Shinto temples.
- Zenia
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Greek word meaning “hospitality.”.
- Tinia
-
noun,
the chief god of the Etruscans, with powers similar to those of Zeus.
- nonas
-
noun,
sleeping sickness (def 2).
- zetas
-
noun,
the sixth letter of the Greek alphabet (Z, ζ).
- zeros
-
noun,
the figure or symbol 0, which in the Arabic notation for numbers stands for the absence of quantity; cipher.
- nonce
-
noun,
the present, or immediate, occasion or purpose (usually used in the phrase for the nonce).
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- Nisei
-
noun,
a person of Japanese descent, born and educated in the U.S. or Canada.
- 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.).
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- Zeist
-
noun,
a city in the central Netherlands.
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- octan
-
noun,
an octan fever.
- octa-
-
- Tisza
-
noun,
a river in S central Europe, rising in the Ukraine and flowing from the Carpathian Mountains along the Romanian border into E Hungary, Slovakia, and Serbia, where it joins the Danube N of Belgrade. 800 miles (1290 km) long.
- ocrea
-
noun,
a sheathing part, as a pair of stipules united about a stem.
- zeins
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a soft, yellow powder of simple proteins obtained from corn, used chiefly in the manufacture of textile fibers, plastics, and paper coatings.
- ocean
-
noun,
the vast body of salt water that covers almost three fourths of the earth's surface.
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- 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.
- nonet
-
noun,
a group of nine performers or instruments.
- Oates
-
noun,
Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- treen
-
noun,
treenware.
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- ornis
-
noun,
an avifauna.
- ronin
-
noun,
a samurai who no longer serves a daimyo, or feudal lord.
- siree
-
noun,
sirree.
- Sinon
-
noun,
a Greek, posing as a deserter, who persuaded the Trojans to take the Trojan Horse into their city.
- Sino-
-
- since
-
adverb,
from then till now (often preceded by ever):
- 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.
- Sinan
-
noun,
1489?–1587, Turkish architect, especially of mosques.
- Sinai
-
noun,
Also called Sinai Peninsula. a peninsula in NE Egypt, at the N end of the Red Sea between the Gulfs of Suez and Aqaba. 230 miles (370 km) long.
- 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.
- Ronne
-
noun,
a seaport on W Bornholm island, Denmark, in the S Baltic Sea: stone quarries.
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- Seton
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- seti-
-
- sero-
-
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- sneer
-
noun,
a look or expression of derision, scorn, or contempt.
- Soane
-
noun,
Sir John, 1753–1837, English architect.
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- rices
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- snort
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- ricin
-
noun,
a white, poisonous, protein powder from the bean of the castor-oil plant.
- snore
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- Rieti
-
noun,
Vittorio [veet-taw-ryaw] /vitˈtɔ ryɔ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1994, U.S. composer, born in Italy.
- 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.
- 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.
- roans
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- sizer
-
noun,
any device for measuring or sorting objects according to size.
- sizar
-
noun,
(at Cambridge University and at Trinity College, Dublin) an undergraduate who receives maintenance aid from the college.
- sito-
-
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- 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.
- Sonia
-
noun,
a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.
- scent
-
noun,
a distinctive odor, especially when agreeable:
- scant
-
adverb,
Scot. and North England Dialect. scarcely; barely; hardly.
- scare
-
noun,
a sudden fright or alarm, especially with little or no reason.
- scart
-
verb (used with or without object),
to scratch, scrape, mark, or scar.
- scat-
-
- sceat
-
noun,
a silver Anglo-Saxon coin of the 7th and 8th centuries, sometimes including an amount of gold.
- scene
-
noun,
the place where some action or event occurs:
- sect.
-
- 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.
- scion
-
noun,
a descendant.
- Scone
-
noun,
a small, light, biscuitlike quick bread made of oatmeal, wheat flour, barley meal, or the like.
- score
-
noun,
the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.
- scorn
-
noun,
open or unqualified contempt; disdain:
- Scot.
-
- 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.
- seize
-
verb (used with object),
to take hold of suddenly or forcibly; grasp:
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- Seric
-
- serac
-
noun,
a large irregularity of glacial ice, as a pinnacle found in glacial crevasses and formed by melting or movement of the ice.
- 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.
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- saice
-
noun,
syce.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- 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.
- sanit
-
- 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.
- Santo
-
noun,
a carved figure of a saint, usually of wood, as from Puerto Rico, Mexico, or the southwestern U.S.
- Senna
-
noun,
any plant, shrub, or tree belonging to the genus Cassia, of the legume family, having pinnate leaves and large clusters of flowers.
- Saone
-
noun,
a river flowing S from NE France to the Rhone. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- sarc-
-
- Saree
-
noun,
sari.
- SONAR
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- sonic
-
adjective,
of or relating to sound.
- Oscan
-
noun,
one of an ancient people of south-central Italy.
- Ranee
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- 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).
- 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.
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- 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.
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- tease
-
noun,
a person who teases or annoys.
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- rason
-
noun,
a long, loose, black gown with wide sleeves, worn by the clergy.
- scree
-
noun,
a steep mass of detritus on the side of a mountain.
- Taino
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- tears
-
- racon
-
noun,
radar beacon.
- tacos
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- tenon
-
noun,
a projection formed on the end of a timber or the like for insertion into a mortise of the same dimensions.
- terce
-
noun,
tierce (def 3).
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- tera-
-
- OSCAR
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter O.
- tense
-
noun,
a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- teno-
-
- Teena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Albertina, Bettina, or Christina.
- Tenn.
-
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- oste-
-
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- Ostia
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, SW of Rome: ruins from 4th century b.c.; site of ancient port of Rome.
- races
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- teens
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- ratio
-
noun,
the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- rente
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- renin
-
noun,
a proteolytic enzyme secreted by the kidneys that is involved in the release of angiotensin.
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- steer
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- Steen
-
noun,
Jan [yahn] /yɑn/ (Show IPA), 1626–79, Dutch painter.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- Renan
-
noun,
Ernest [ur-nist;; French er-nest] /ˈɜr nɪst;; French ɛrˈnɛst/ (Show IPA), 1823–92, French philologist, historian, and critic.
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- 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.
- Srta.
-
- 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.
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- reset
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- 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.
- reni-
-
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- taces
-
noun,
tasset.
- Stone
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- ratos
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- razee
-
noun,
a ship, especially a warship, reduced in height by the removal of the upper deck.
- razes
-
verb (used with object),
to tear down; demolish; level to the ground:
- react
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- Stoic
-
noun,
a member or adherent of the Stoic school of philosophy.
- 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.
- Recit
-
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- RECON
-
noun,
reconnaissance.
- rect.
-
- recta
-
noun,
a plural of rectum.
- ster.
-
- reest
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- Seine
-
noun,
a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
- scena
-
noun,
an extended operatic vocal solo, usually including an aria and a recitative.
- Creon
-
noun,
a king of Thebes, the brother of Jocasta and the uncle of Eteocles, Polynices, and Antigone.
- caret
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- Iceni
-
noun,
an ancient Celtic tribe of eastern England, whose queen, Boadicea, headed an insurrection against the Romans in a.d. 61.
- carne
-
noun,
Marcel [mahr-sel;; French mar-sel] /mɑrˈsɛl;; French marˈsɛl/ (Show IPA), 1909–1996, French film director.
- ician
-
- icons
-
- Carin
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Carie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- cares
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- carse
-
noun,
bottom land.
- inane
-
noun,
something that is empty or void, especially the void of infinite space.
- Inari
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in NE Finland. About 500 sq. mi. (1295 sq. km).
- Caren
-
noun,
a female given name.
- cants
-
noun,
insincere, especially conventional expressions of enthusiasm for high ideals, goodness, or piety.
- canto
-
noun,
one of the main or larger divisions of a long poem.
- 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.
- carns
-
noun,
cairn.
- Carte
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- incor
-
- cent.
-
- Ester
-
noun,
a compound produced by the reaction between an acid and an alcohol with the elimination of a molecule of water, as ethyl acetate, C 4 H 8 O 2 , or dimethyl sulfate, C 2 H 6 SO 4 .
- estoc
-
noun,
a thrusting sword of the 13th–17th centuries having a long, narrow blade of rectangular section.
- ceras
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- 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: ¢.
- CENTO
-
noun,
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- cense
-
verb (used with object),
to burn incense near or in front of; perfume with incense.
- carts
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- Cenis
-
noun,
Mont, a mountain pass between SE France and Italy, in the Alps. 6834 feet (2083 meters) high.
- cease
-
noun,
cessation:
- Cates
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- cater
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- 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.
- IATSE
-
- Cant.
-
- incr.
-
- 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.
- Astor
-
noun,
John Jacob, 1763–1848, U.S. capitalist and fur merchant.
- atone
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- intr.
-
- ation
-
- Ionia
-
noun,
an ancient region on the W coast of Asia Minor and on adjacent islands in the Aegean: colonized by the ancient Greeks.
- Ionic
-
noun,
Prosody. an Ionic foot, verse, or meter.
- astr.
-
- Aston
-
noun,
Francis William, 1877–1945, English physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1922.
- inst.
-
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- iotas
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- Iran.
-
- 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.
- azine
-
noun,
any of a group of six-membered heterocyclic compounds containing one or more nitrogen atoms in the ring, the number of nitrogen atoms present being indicated by a prefix, as in diazine or triazine.
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- canst
-
noun,
a sealed container for food, beverages, etc., as of aluminum, sheet iron coated with tin, or other metal:
- init.
-
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- Canso
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in SE Canada, the NE extremity of Nova Scotia.
- 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.
- canes
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- inion
-
noun,
a point at the external occipital protuberance of the skull.
- caner
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- Inner
-
adjective,
situated within or farther within; interior:
- azoic
-
adjective,
(formerly) noting or pertaining to the Precambrian Era, especially that part formerly believed to precede the first appearance of life; Archean.
- Cairo
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Egypt, in the N part on the E bank of the Nile.
- cairn
-
noun,
a heap of stones set up as a landmark, monument, tombstone, etc.
- cains
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- caine
-
noun,
(Sir Thomas Henry) Hall, 1853–1931, English novelist.
- Aztec
-
noun,
a member of a Nahuatl-speaking state in central Mexico that was conquered by Cortés in 1521.
- azote
-
noun,
nitrogen.
- Ceres
-
noun,
a pre-Roman goddess of agriculture under whose name the Romans adopted the worship of the Greek goddess Demeter.
- cero-
-
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- Corse
-
noun,
corpse.
- cozes
-
noun,
a friendly talk; a chat.
- cozen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to cheat, deceive, or trick.
- cotes
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- Costa
-
noun,
a rib or riblike part.
- 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.
- Corti
-
noun,
Alfonso [al-fon-soh;; Italian ahl-fawn-saw] /ælˈfɒn soʊ;; Italian ɑlˈfɔn sɔ/ (Show IPA), 1822–76, Italian anatomist.
- 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.
- ecto-
-
- nazir
-
noun,
(in Muslim countries) the title of any of various public officials.
- coria
-
noun,
plural of corium.
- cores
-
- Corea
-
noun,
Armando Anthony [ahr-mahn-doh] /ɑrˈmɑn doʊ/ (Show IPA), ("Chick") born 1941, U.S. jazz pianist and composer.
- enact
-
verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- enate
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- Crane
-
noun,
any large wading bird of the family Gruidae, characterized by long legs, bill, and neck and an elevated hind toe.
- crate
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- cont.
-
- crine
-
noun,
hair; head of hair.
- czars
-
noun,
an emperor or king.
- croze
-
noun,
the groove at either end of the staves of a barrel, cask, etc., into which the edge of the head fits.
- crone
-
noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- Croat
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Croatia; Croatian.
- crit.
-
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- cries
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- econ.
-
- Crete
-
noun,
Formerly Candia. a Greek island in the Mediterranean, SE of mainland Greece. 3235 sq. mi. (8380 sq. km). Capital: Canea.
- crest
-
noun,
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- eaten
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- Eaton
-
noun,
Theophilus, 1590–1658, English colonist and colonial administrator in America.
- Crees
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- craze
-
noun,
a popular or widespread fad, fashion, etc.; mania:
- Conte
-
noun,
count2 .
- Const
-
- ceros
-
noun,
a large Atlantic and Gulf Coast mackerel game fish, Scomberomorus regalis.
- cetes
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- cines
-
noun,
a film; motion picture.
- 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.
- cine-
-
- 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.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- 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.
- ernes
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- cions
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- Ernie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Ernest.
- 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.
- erose
-
adjective,
uneven, as if gnawed away.
- Cesti
-
noun,
Marcantonio [mahr-kahn-taw-nyaw] /ˌmɑr kɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1623–69, Italian composer.
- cesta
-
noun,
a narrow, curved basket fitted on one end to a wooden handle with a glovelike compartment at the base, for catching and throwing the ball.
- cert.
-
- erect
-
adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- Ennis
-
noun,
a town in N Texas.
- ento-
-
- Cons.
-
- Ensor
-
noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- conns
-
noun,
responsibility for the steering of a ship.
- Conn.
-
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- Conan
-
noun,
a male given name.
- coirs
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- erase
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
- coins
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- Coats
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- coati
-
noun,
any tropical American carnivore of the genus Nasua, related to the raccoon, having an elongated body, long, ringed tail, and a slender, flexible snout.
- coast
-
noun,
the land next to the sea; seashore:
- cites
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- cires
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- 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.
- ascon
-
noun,
a type of sponge having an oval shape and a thin body wall with pores leading directly into the spongocoel.
- 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.
- asco-
-
- anon.
-
- ition
-
- Ancon
-
noun,
the elbow.
- ancre
-
adjective,
having the end of each limb divided and carved outward like the flukes of an anchor; moline:
- anent
-
preposition,
in regard to; about; concerning.
- Aneto
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA). Spanish name of Pic de Néthou.
- anion
-
noun,
a negatively charged ion, as one attracted to the anode in electrolysis.
- anis-
-
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- istic
-
- Annie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Ann, Anna, or Anne.
- annot
-
- Anson
-
noun,
a male given name.
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- ante-
-
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- anti-
-
- antic
-
noun,
Usually, antics.
a playful trick or prank; caper.
a grotesque, fantastic, or ludicrous gesture, act, or posture.
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- Anton
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Anthony.
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- Anzio
-
noun,
a town in Italy, S of Rome on the Tyrrhenian coast: site of Allied beachhead in World War II.
- 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.
- Isiac
-
adjective,
of or relating to Isis or the worship of Isis.
- Isere
-
noun,
a river in SE France, flowing from the Alps to the Rhone River. 150 miles (240 km) long.
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- izars
-
noun,
a long, usually white cotton dress that covers the body completely, worn by women of North Africa and the Middle East.
- areo-
-
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- 30-30
-
- 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.
- acet-
-
- nears
-
- 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.
- acorn
-
noun,
the typically ovoid fruit or nut of an oak, enclosed at the base by a cupule.
- acro-
-
- acron
-
noun,
the unsegmented, preoral portion of the body of an arthropod.
- Actis
-
noun,
a son of Rhoda and Helius who, when banished from his home for fratricide, fled to Egypt, where he taught astrology. The Colossus of Rhodes was built in his honor.
- Acton
-
noun,
a quilted garment worn under mail in the 13th and 14th centuries; gambeson.
- Actor
-
noun,
a person who acts in stage plays, motion pictures, television broadcasts, etc.
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- naso-
-
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- narcs
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- actos
-
- nano-
-
- 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.
- Nance
-
noun,
Offensive. an effeminate male.
- aeri-
-
- Nairn
-
noun,
a historic county in N Scotland.
- aerie
-
noun,
the nest of a bird of prey, as an eagle or a hawk.
- aero-
-
- nacre
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- 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.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- arson
-
noun,
Law. the malicious burning of another's house or property, or in some statutes, the burning of one's own house or property, as to collect insurance.
- Irene
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of the Horae, the personification of peace.
- arose
-
verb,
simple past tense of arise.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- Arion
-
noun,
flourished 7th century b.c, Greek poet: inventor of the dithyramb.
- 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.
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- ASCII
-
noun,
a standard code, consisting of 128 7-bit combinations, for characters stored in a computer or to be transmitted between computers.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- Irons
-
noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- Arete
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- Irina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Ariz.
-
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- zein
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a soft, yellow powder of simple proteins obtained from corn, used chiefly in the manufacture of textile fibers, plastics, and paper coatings.
- 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.
- ter.
-
- ACTS
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- aeon
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- Zeno
-
noun,
Zeno of Citium.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- art.
-
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- zero
-
noun,
the figure or symbol 0, which in the Arabic notation for numbers stands for the absence of quantity; cipher.
- Cor.
-
- Cora
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. Kore.
- zees
-
noun,
the letter Z or z.
- aer-
-
- Con.
-
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- tzar
-
noun,
czar.
- 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.
- cis-
-
- 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.
- cist
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- cit.
-
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- tion
-
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- Zane
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- coat
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- atic
-
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- coin
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- ates
-
- coir
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- 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.
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- zest
-
noun,
keen relish; hearty enjoyment; gusto.
- zone
-
noun,
any continuous area that differs in some respect, or is distinguished for some purpose, from adjoining areas, or within which certain distinctive circumstances exist or are established:
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- Cree
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- zits
-
noun,
a pimple; skin blemish.
- Zoan
-
noun,
Biblical name of Tanis.
- Zoar
-
noun,
the city where Lot and his family took refuge during the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. Gen. 19:20–30.
- Cres
-
- zoea
-
noun,
any of the free-swimming larva of certain crustaceans, as the crab, having rudimentary legs and a spiny carapace.
- scr.
-
- asci
-
noun,
plural of ascus.
- ARCS
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- Zora
-
noun,
a female given name.
- zori
-
noun,
a Japanese sandal, often made of straw or rubber and consisting of a flat sole held on the foot by a thong passing between the first and second toes.
- Zorn
-
noun,
Anders Leonhard [ahn-duh rs ley-aw-nahrd] /ˈɑn dərs ˈleɪ ɔˌnɑrd/ (Show IPA), 1860–1920, Swedish painter, etcher, and sculptor.
- sci.
-
- 1080
-
- ctr.
-
- cts.
-
- scar
-
noun,
a mark left by a healed wound, sore, or burn.
- czar
-
noun,
an emperor or king.
- 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.
- Acis
-
noun,
the lover of Galatea, killed by Polyphemus out of jealousy.
- 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.
- ZETA
-
noun,
the sixth letter of the Greek alphabet (Z, ζ).
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- 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.
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- zinc
-
noun,
Chemistry. a ductile, bluish-white metallic element: used in making galvanized iron, brass, and other alloys, and as an element in voltaic cells. Symbol: Zn; atomic weight: 65.37; atomic number: 30; specific gravity: 7.14 at 20°C.
- sene
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Western Samoa, the 100th part of a tala.
- Cort
-
- 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.
- cose
-
verb (used without object),
coze.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Cost
-
noun,
the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
- 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.
- Seen
-
verb,
past participle of see1 .
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- Cote
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- acr-
-
- coze
-
noun,
a friendly talk; a chat.
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- Zion
-
noun,
a hill in Jerusalem, on which the Temple was built (used to symbolize the city itself, especially as a religious or spiritual center).
- asc-
-
- 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.
- sec.
-
- crat
-
- ziti
-
noun,
a tubular pasta in short pieces, similar to rigatoni, often baked in a tomato sauce.
- cir.
-
- aesc
-
noun,
ash2 (def 3).
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- cast
-
noun,
act of casting or throwing.
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- ant.
-
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- CART
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- ANSI
-
- ano-
-
- CASE
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- Cain
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- Carn
-
noun,
cairn.
- cat.
-
- Cate
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- 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.
- teen
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- 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.
- Ste.
-
- Anne
-
noun,
1665–1714, queen of England 1702–14 (daughter of James II of England).
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- cees
-
noun,
the letter C.
- cen.
-
- 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.
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- cene
-
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- 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.
- ARCO
-
adverb,
(of the performance of a passage for stringed instruments) with the bow.
- tonn
-
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- 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.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- torc
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- 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.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- CARE
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- taco
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- cane
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- Tace
-
noun,
tasset.
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- Can.
-
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- str.
-
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- ann.
-
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- Ceta
-
noun,
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.
- AISI
-
- Cete
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- ator
-
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- size
-
noun,
the spatial dimensions, proportions, magnitude, or bulk of anything:
- Aire
-
- Ceto
-
- cet-
-
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- ciao
-
interjection,
(used as a word of greeting or parting): hello; goodbye; so long; see you later.
- tRNA
-
- tron
-
- aet.
-
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- cion
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- azo-
-
- Tees
-
noun,
a river in N England, flowing E along the boundary between Durham and Yorkshire to the North Sea. 70 miles (113 km) long.
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- Sra.
-
- ten.
-
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- ARIS
-
- Tree
-
noun,
a plant having a permanently woody main stem or trunk, ordinarily growing to a considerable height, and usually developing branches at some distance from the ground.
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- cera
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- CerE
-
noun,
a fleshy, membranous covering of the base of the upper mandible of a bird, especially a bird of prey or a parrot, through which the nostrils open.
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- tri-
-
- Soni
-
- 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.
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- CERN
-
- tics
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- ance
-
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- SCAN
-
noun,
an act or instance of scanning; close examination.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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).
- raze
-
verb (used with object),
to tear down; demolish; level to the ground:
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- inae
-
- 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.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- Inc.
-
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- 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.
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- Inez
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Agnes.
- inns
-
noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- Ice.
-
- INRI
-
- RACE
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- neo-
-
- nene
-
noun,
a barred, gray-brown wild goose, Nesochen sandvicensis, native to Hawaii, where it is the state bird.
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- otic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ear; auricular.
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- ins.
-
- int.
-
- Osee
-
noun,
Hosea.
- 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.
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- ICAO
-
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- est.
-
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- Erne
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- esne
-
noun,
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a member of the lowest class; laborer.
- rent
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- eso-
-
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- Iasi
-
noun,
Romanian name of Jassy.
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- etc.
-
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- 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.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- 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.
- Rees
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- Ezra
-
noun,
a Jewish scribe and prophet of the 5th century b.c., who with Nehemiah led the revival of Judaism in Palestine.
- NICE
-
noun,
a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- ions
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- Erie
-
noun,
Lake, a lake between the NE central United States and SE central Canada: the southernmost lake of the Great Lakes; Commodore Perry's defeat of the British in 1813. 239 miles (385 km) long; 9940 sq. mi. (25,745 sq. km).
- Nino
-
noun,
boy; child.
- 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.
- nos-
-
- 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.
- Norn
-
noun,
an extinct Norse dialect, spoken until early modern times in the Shetland and Orkney Islands and in parts of northern Scotland.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- itis
-
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- Nor.
-
- Izar
-
noun,
a long, usually white cotton dress that covers the body completely, worn by women of North Africa and the Middle East.
- none
-
noun,
nones1 .
- NCTE
-
- Nazi
-
noun,
a member of the National Socialist German Workers' Party, which controlled Germany from 1933 to 1945 under Adolf Hitler and advocated totalitarian government, territorial expansion, anti-Semitism, and Aryan supremacy, all these leading directly to World War II and the Holocaust.
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- non-
-
- Naze
-
noun,
The, Lindesnes.
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- NIRA
-
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- nane
-
pronoun, adverb, adjective,
none1 .
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- narc
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- nisi
-
adjective,
not yet final or absolute (used, especially in law, to indicate that a judgment or decree will become final on a particular date unless set aside or invalidated by certain specified contingencies):
- not-
-
- Nine
-
noun,
a cardinal number, eight plus one.
- orcs
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- 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.
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- Orca
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- Ire.
-
- Ont.
-
- Iris
-
noun,
Anatomy. the contractile, circular diaphragm forming the colored portion of the eye and containing a circular opening, the pupil, in its center.
- once
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- OEEC
-
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- 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.
- Oct.
-
- Isai
-
noun,
Jesse.
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- ocas
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- Isin
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city in S Iraq: archaeological site.
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- Nina
-
noun,
girl; child.
- NTIA
-
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- iso-
-
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- 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.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- Sat.
-
- 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.
- EEOC
-
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- 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:
- Saco
-
noun,
a city in SW Maine.
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- Ritz
-
noun,
ostentatious or pretentious display.
- ect-
-
- 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.
- RNAS
-
- 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.
- 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.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- ence
-
- Ens.
-
- RONA
-
- enc.
-
- rocs
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- Roca
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in W Portugal, near Lisbon: the western extremity of continental Europe.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- ease
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- eco-
-
- 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.
- rit.
-
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- Riis
-
noun,
Jacob August, 1849–1914, U.S. journalist and social reformer, born in Denmark.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- RIIA
-
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- 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.
- 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.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- 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.
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- 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.
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- aor
-
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- IRC
-
- ECA
-
- rte
-
- OAS
-
- 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.
- zit
-
noun,
a pimple; skin blemish.
- OTC
-
- rt.
-
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- TIA
-
- OSA
-
- NEA
-
- RSE
-
- ise
-
- ONR
-
- Oca
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- ARS
-
- COT
-
noun,
a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
- OIt
-
- coz
-
noun,
cousin.
- OIr
-
- IRO
-
- oic
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- So.
-
- SRO
-
- SAC
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- RTS
-
- IRS
-
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- 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.
- OCS
-
- ISA
-
- SAE
-
- OCR
-
- ONI
-
- 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.
- 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.
- ons
-
- Oc.
-
- ist
-
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- NCO
-
- AIC
-
- CSR
-
- CST
-
- CTA
-
- TSE
-
- TSI
-
- 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.
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- ACS
-
- ACT
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- cte
-
- ctn
-
plural,
carton.
- ea.
-
- ae.
-
- sc.
-
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- 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:
- eo-
-
- Zen
-
noun,
Chinese Ch'an. Buddhism. a Mahayana movement, introduced into China in the 6th century a.d. and into Japan in the 12th century, that emphasizes enlightenment for the student by the most direct possible means, accepting formal studies and observances only when they form part of such means.
Compare koan, mondo1 .
- AEC
-
- Nan
-
noun,
naan.
- NIA
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- zee
-
noun,
the letter Z or z.
- NNE
-
- Zea
-
noun,
Keos.
- NOC
-
- Tro
-
- CSO
-
- NSC
-
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- NSA
-
- NRC
-
- NRA
-
- nr.
-
- tr.
-
- tra
-
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- se-
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- ec-
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- ISR
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- RSA
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- NES
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- ITA
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- ITC
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- ANI
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noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- AIR
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noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- ean
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- ne-
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- CSA
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- ize
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- CRT
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- CRS
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- AIS
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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.
- ITO
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noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- SAR
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- ait
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noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- ear
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noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- ANC
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- ane
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adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- EAS
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noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- ite
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- TES
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noun,
ti1 .
- CIE
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- ase
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- RNA
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- ETS
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- Ez.
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- cee
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noun,
the letter C.
- NIC
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noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- CEA
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- ics
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- IRA
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noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
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- Ia.
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- ian
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noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- IAS
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- REC
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noun,
recreation.
- CAS
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verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- ICA
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noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- REA
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- CNS
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- STI
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- RCT
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- RCN
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- RCA
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- ac-
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- ROA
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- ier
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- in.
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- ina
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noun,
a female given name.
- EOE
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- ACE
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noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- ROC
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noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- rat
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noun,
any of several long-tailed rodents of the family Muridae, of the genus Rattus and related genera, distinguished from the mouse by being larger.
- ROE
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noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- ETR
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- Sta
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- orc
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noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- EOS
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noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- Ria
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noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- CIA
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- ret
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verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- ERE
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preposition, conjunction,
before.
- SIR
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noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
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- ERS
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noun,
ervil.
- ERA
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noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- ERT
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- res
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noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- ESA
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- Esc
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- ese
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- SOC
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noun,
sociology or a class or course in sociology.
- Son
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noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- St.
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- rin
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noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- ESR
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- Ar.
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- eon
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noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- Sin
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noun,
transgression of divine law:
- CNN
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- CNO
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- CEO
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- SIC
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adverb,
so; thus: usually written parenthetically to denote that a word, phrase, passage, etc., that may appear strange or incorrect has been written intentionally or has been quoted verbatim: (sic).
- sot
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noun,
a drunkard.
- Sr.
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- Ree
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noun,
reeve3 .
- SRI
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noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- ETO
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- TAE
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preposition,
to.
- Tai
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noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- RAS
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noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- EEC
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- Co.
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- CIO
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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.
- NEC
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- ca.
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- ot-
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- eir
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- ROT
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noun,
the process of rotting.
- az-
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- ATS
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noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- ose
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- EEO
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- IOC
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- ORT
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noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- ion
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noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- ATC
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- CAR
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noun,
an automobile.
- ASR
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- ASI
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- Rs.
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- Ir.
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- ASN
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- Aso
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noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- COS
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noun,
romaine.
- ast
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- at.
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- SEN
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noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- Ore
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noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- IOT
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- Ios
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noun,
a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey.
- ior
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- SIT
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verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- OTA
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- ote
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- cr.
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- cs.
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- ROI
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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.
- RAN
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noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- ine
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- ene
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- Rai
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noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- Rae
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noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- INN
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noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- TAO
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noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- TAR
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noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- SER
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noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- Zoe
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noun,
a female given name: from a Greek word meaning “life.”.
- Re.
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- RCS
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- en-
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- Nee
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adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- zoa
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noun,
plural of zoon.
- EIS
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- tee
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noun,
the letter T or t.
- TEC
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noun,
detective.
- ct.
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- CAI
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- OTS
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- oz.
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- ozs
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- tea
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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.
- TCS
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- TCA
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- zo-
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- 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.
- AO
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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.
- Zn
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- ee
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- RC
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- ZI
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- et
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verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- RN
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- TA
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noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- T1
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- t.
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- ic
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- i.
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- SN
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- E.
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noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- SI
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noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- RO
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- S.
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- SA
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- CZ
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- er
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interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- EI
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- RI
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- RA
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noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- No
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noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- 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.
- ZA
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noun,
pizza.
- z.
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- NZ
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- NI
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- NC
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- NA
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adverb,
no1 .
- N.
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- O.
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- R.
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- OE
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noun,
oy2 .
- OA
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- TN
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- TI
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noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- CE
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- TE
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noun,
ti1 .
- TC
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- Zr
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