Anagrams of contortionists
Word contortionists has
472 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of contortionists.
- contortionist
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noun,
a person who performs gymnastic feats involving contorted postures.
- sortition
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noun,
the casting or drawing of lots.
- sinistro-
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- striction
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noun,
the act of constricting.
- coronitis
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noun,
inflammation of the coronary cushion of hoofed animals.
- intorsion
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noun,
a twisting about an axis or fixed point, as of the stem of a plant.
- isotonic
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adjective,
Also, isosmotic. Physical Chemistry. noting or pertaining to solutions characterized by equal osmotic pressure.
Compare hypertonic (def 2), hypotonic (def 2).
- nitroso-
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- Notornis
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noun,
a rare, flightless gallinulelike bird, Notornis mantelli, of New Zealand.
- coitions
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noun,
coitus.
- tortonis
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noun,
ice cream made with eggs and heavy cream, often containing chopped cherries or topped with minced almonds or crumbled macaroons.
- torsions
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noun,
the act of twisting.
- consorts
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noun,
a husband or wife; spouse, especially of a reigning monarch.
Compare prince consort, queen consort.
- incisors
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noun,
any of the four anterior teeth in each jaw, used for cutting and gnawing.
- contorts
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verb (used with object),
to twist, bend, or draw out of shape; distort.
- ironists
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noun,
a person who uses irony habitually, especially a writer.
- Tritonis
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noun,
(in ancient geography) a mythical lake near the Mediterranean coast of Libya.
- introits
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noun,
Roman Catholic Church. a part of a psalm with antiphon recited by the celebrant of the Mass at the foot of the altar and, at High Mass, sung by the choir when the priest begins the Mass.
- instinct
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noun,
an inborn pattern of activity or tendency to action common to a given biological species.
- cistrons
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noun,
a segment of DNA that encodes for the formation of a specific polypeptide chain; a structural gene.
- contort
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verb (used with object),
to twist, bend, or draw out of shape; distort.
- nostocs
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noun,
any freshwater, blue-green alga of the genus Nostoc, often occurring in jellylike colonies in moist places.
- notions
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noun,
a general understanding; vague or imperfect conception or idea of something:
- risotto
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noun,
a dish of rice cooked with broth and flavored with grated cheese and other ingredients.
- tortoni
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noun,
ice cream made with eggs and heavy cream, often containing chopped cherries or topped with minced almonds or crumbled macaroons.
- cottons
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noun,
a soft, white, downy substance consisting of the hairs or fibers attached to the seeds of plants belonging to the genus Gossypium, of the mallow family, used in making fabrics, thread, wadding, etc.
- Ironton
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noun,
a city in S Ohio, on the Ohio River.
- ironist
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noun,
a person who uses irony habitually, especially a writer.
- crotons
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noun,
any of numerous chiefly tropical plants constituting the genus Croton, of the spurge family, several species of which, as C. tiglium, have important medicinal properties.
- Toronto
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noun,
a city in and the capital of Ontario, in SE Canada, on Lake Ontario.
- introns
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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.
- Introit
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noun,
Roman Catholic Church. a part of a psalm with antiphon recited by the celebrant of the Mass at the foot of the altar and, at High Mass, sung by the choir when the priest begins the Mass.
- tocsins
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noun,
a signal, especially of alarm, sounded on a bell or bells.
- incross
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noun,
a mating between organisms that are both homozygous for the same allele.
- torsion
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noun,
the act of twisting.
- incisor
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noun,
any of the four anterior teeth in each jaw, used for cutting and gnawing.
- constr.
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- Rossini
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noun,
Gioacchino Antonio [jaw-ahk-kee-naw ahn-taw-nyaw] /ˌdʒɔ ɑkˈki nɔ ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1792–1868, Italian composer.
- 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.
- tricots
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noun,
a warp-knit fabric of various natural or synthetic fibers, as wool, silk, or nylon, having fine vertical ribs on the face and horizontal ribs on the back, used especially for making garments.
- tritons
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noun,
a positively-charged particle consisting of a proton and two neutrons, equivalent to the nucleus of an atom of tritium.
- citrons
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noun,
a pale-yellow fruit resembling the lemon but larger and with thicker rind, borne by a small tree or large bush, Citrus medica, allied to the lemon and lime.
- coition
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noun,
coitus.
- orisons
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noun,
a prayer.
- ronions
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noun,
ronyon.
- Connors
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noun,
James Scott (Jimmy) born 1952, U.S. tennis player.
- consort
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noun,
a husband or wife; spouse, especially of a reigning monarch.
Compare prince consort, queen consort.
- cistron
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noun,
a segment of DNA that encodes for the formation of a specific polypeptide chain; a structural gene.
- citrins
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noun,
bioflavonoid.
- consist
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noun,
Railroads.
the rolling stock, exclusive of the locomotive, making up a train.
a record made of this rolling stock.
- Orinoco
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noun,
a river in N South America, flowing N from the border of Brazil, along the E border of Colombia, and NE through Venezuela to the Atlantic. 1600 miles (2575 km) long.
- Osorno
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noun,
a city in S Chile.
- ironic
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adjective,
using words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning; containing or exemplifying irony:
- otitis
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noun,
inflammation of the ear.
- Osiris
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noun,
the king and judge of the dead, the husband and brother of Isis, and father (or brother) of Horus, killed by Set but later resurrected (after Horus killed Set): usually depicted as a man, partly wrapped as a mummy, having a beard and wearing the atef-crown.
- intros
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noun,
an introduction.
- Tissot
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noun,
James Joseph Jacques [zham zhaw-zef zhahk,, zheymz] /ʒam ʒɔˈzɛf ʒɑk,, ʒeɪmz/ (Show IPA), 1836–1902, French painter.
- ionics
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noun,
Prosody. an Ionic foot, verse, or meter.
- Ticino
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noun,
a canton in S Switzerland. 1086 sq. mi. (2813 sq. km). Capital: Bellinzona.
- rosins
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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.
- intron
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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.
- roosts
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noun,
a perch upon which birds or fowls rest at night.
- intro.
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- ricins
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noun,
a white, poisonous, protein powder from the bean of the castor-oil plant.
- instr.
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- insist
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verb (used with object),
to assert or maintain firmly:
- Tocsin
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noun,
a signal, especially of alarm, sounded on a bell or bells.
- ronion
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noun,
ronyon.
- roncos
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noun,
any grunt of the genus Haemulon, especially H. parrai, the sailor's-choice, of West Indian waters.
- tinct.
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- stints
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noun,
a period of time spent doing something:
- scions
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noun,
a descendant.
- socio-
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- notion
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noun,
a general understanding; vague or imperfect conception or idea of something:
- snoots
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noun,
Slang. the nose.
- sit-in
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noun,
any organized protest in which a group of people peacefully occupy and refuse to leave a premises:
- octroi
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noun,
(formerly especially in France and Italy) a local tax levied on certain articles, such as foodstuffs, on their entry into a city.
- Onions
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noun,
Charles Talbut [tawl-buh t,, tal-] /ˈtɔl bət,, ˈtæl-/ (Show IPA), 1873–1965, English lexicographer and philologist.
- Scotts
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noun,
Barbara Ann, 1928–2012, Canadian figure skater.
- snorts
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noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- Scotti
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noun,
Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1866–1936, Italian baritone.
- Norton
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noun,
Charles Eliot, 1827–1908, U.S. scholar.
- scoto-
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- Scioto
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noun,
a river in central Ohio, flowing S to the Ohio River. 237 miles (382 km) long.
- scorns
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noun,
open or unqualified contempt; disdain:
- sonics
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noun,
the branch of science that deals with the practical applications of sound.
- noctis
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adjective,
(in prescriptions) of the night.
- nocti-
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- scoots
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noun,
a swift, darting movement or course.
- nitro-
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- nitric
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adjective,
containing nitrogen, usually in the pentavalent state.
- nitons
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noun,
(formerly) radon. Symbol: Nt.
- stoics
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noun,
a member or adherent of the Stoic school of philosophy.
- strict
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adjective,
characterized by or acting in close conformity to requirements or principles:
- Nostoc
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noun,
any freshwater, blue-green alga of the genus Nostoc, often occurring in jellylike colonies in moist places.
- orison
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noun,
a prayer.
- tincts
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noun,
tint; tinge; coloring.
- citrin
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noun,
bioflavonoid.
- contr.
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- contos
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noun,
a money of account of Portugal and Cape Verde, equal to 1000 escudos.
- contin
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- costo-
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- Connor
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noun,
Ralph (Charles William Gordon) 1860–1937, Canadian novelist and clergyman.
- Cotton
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noun,
a soft, white, downy substance consisting of the hairs or fibers attached to the seeds of plants belonging to the genus Gossypium, of the mallow family, used in making fabrics, thread, wadding, etc.
- crisis
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noun,
a stage in a sequence of events at which the trend of all future events, especially for better or for worse, is determined; turning point.
- Cronin
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noun,
A(rchibald) J(oseph) 1896–1981, Scottish novelist and physician in the U.S.
- croons
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noun,
the act or sound of crooning.
- torsos
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noun,
the trunk of the human body.
- Croton
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noun,
any of numerous chiefly tropical plants constituting the genus Croton, of the spurge family, several species of which, as C. tiglium, have important medicinal properties.
- tricot
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noun,
a warp-knit fabric of various natural or synthetic fibers, as wool, silk, or nylon, having fine vertical ribs on the face and horizontal ribs on the back, used especially for making garments.
- Citron
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noun,
a pale-yellow fruit resembling the lemon but larger and with thicker rind, borne by a small tree or large bush, Citrus medica, allied to the lemon and lime.
- Torino
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noun,
Turin.
- cross-
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- Triton
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noun,
a positively-charged particle consisting of a proton and two neutrons, equivalent to the nucleus of an atom of tritium.
- icono-
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- trios
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noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- cont.
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- conns
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noun,
responsibility for the steering of a ship.
- octo-
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- siris
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noun,
lebbek (def 1).
- Conon
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noun,
died a.d. 687, pope 686–687.
- sito-
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- ronin
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noun,
a samurai who no longer serves a daimyo, or feudal lord.
- snits
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noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- snoot
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noun,
Slang. the nose.
- Cons.
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- Const
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- noto-
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- 30-30
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- Sino-
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- snort
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noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- conto
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noun,
a money of account of Portugal and Cape Verde, equal to 1000 escudos.
- riots
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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.
- noso-
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- Ronco
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noun,
any grunt of the genus Haemulon, especially H. parrai, the sailor's-choice, of West Indian waters.
- Norns
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noun,
an extinct Norse dialect, spoken until early modern times in the Shetland and Orkney Islands and in parts of northern Scotland.
- snots
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noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- Norco
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noun,
a town in S California.
- incr.
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- noons
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noun,
midday.
- no-no
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noun,
anything that is forbidden or not advisable, as because of being improper or unsafe:
- sonic
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adjective,
of or relating to sound.
- Sinon
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noun,
a Greek, posing as a deserter, who persuaded the Trojans to take the Trojan Horse into their city.
- onco-
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- trots
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noun,
the gait of a horse, dog, or other quadruped, when trotting.
- Scot.
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- cists
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noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- Orton
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noun,
Joe (John Kingsley Orton) 1933–67, English playwright.
- rotos
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noun,
rotogravure.
- Orson
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noun,
a male given name: from an Old French word meaning “bearlike.”.
- Orono
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noun,
a town in S Maine.
- scoot
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noun,
a swift, darting movement or course.
- ornis
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noun,
an avifauna.
- ottos
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noun,
a male given name: from a Germanic word meaning “rich.”.
- cions
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noun,
scion (def 2).
- Orion
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noun,
Classical Mythology. a giant hunter who pursued the Pleiades, was eventually slain by Artemis, and was then placed in the sky as a constellation.
- scorn
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noun,
open or unqualified contempt; disdain:
- coins
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noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- toti-
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- scion
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noun,
a descendant.
- SCOTS
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noun,
Also called Scottish. the English language as spoken in Scotland.
Compare Scots Gaelic.
- Scott
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noun,
Barbara Ann, 1928–2012, Canadian figure skater.
- coirs
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noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- rosin
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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.
- rooti
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noun,
rooty2 .
- onto-
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- ontic
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adjective,
possessing the character of real rather than phenomenal existence; noumenal.
- trois
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noun,
the number 3.
- Conn.
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- onion
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noun,
a plant, Allium cepa, of the amaryllis family, having an edible, succulent, pungent bulb.
- Roost
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noun,
a perch upon which birds or fowls rest at night.
- ricin
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noun,
a white, poisonous, protein powder from the bean of the castor-oil plant.
- coots
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noun,
any aquatic bird of the genus Fulica, as F. americana, of North America, and F. atra, of the Old World, characterized by lobate toes and short wings and tail.
- incor
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- noct-
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- torii
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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.
- Stoic
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noun,
a member or adherent of the Stoic school of philosophy.
- istic
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- costs
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noun,
the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
- toros
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noun,
a bull.
- crit.
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- croon
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noun,
the act or sound of crooning.
- Irons
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noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- tints
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noun,
a color or a variety of a color; hue.
- TIROS
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noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- Ionic
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noun,
Prosody. an Ionic foot, verse, or meter.
- titis
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noun,
any of various small reddish or grayish monkeys of the genus Callicebus, of South America.
- toric
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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.
- ition
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- torcs
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noun,
torque (def 4).
- intr.
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- toots
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noun,
an affectionate or familiar term of address; honey; baby (sometimes offensive when used to strangers, casual acquaintances, subordinates, etc., especially by a male to a female).
- Titos
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noun,
Marshal (Josip Broz) 1891–1980, president of Yugoslavia 1953–80.
- toons
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noun,
an Asian tree, Cedrela toona, of the mahogany family, yielding an aromatic red wood used for furniture, carving, etc.
- inst.
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- icons
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- tonic
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noun,
a medicine that invigorates or strengthens:
- init.
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- inion
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noun,
a point at the external occipital protuberance of the skull.
- tono-
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- stirs
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noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- torts
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noun,
a wrongful act, not including a breach of contract or trust, that results in injury to another's person, property, reputation, or the like, and for which the injured party is entitled to compensation.
- Ninos
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noun,
boy; child.
- so-so
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adverb,
in an indifferent or passable manner; indifferently; tolerably.
- Corot
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noun,
Jean Baptiste Camille [zhahn ba-teest ka-mee-yuh] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist kaˈmi yə/ (Show IPA), 1796–1875, French painter.
- corns
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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.
- nitr-
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- torso
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noun,
the trunk of the human body.
- sorts
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noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- Corti
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noun,
Alfonso [al-fon-soh;; Italian ahl-fawn-saw] /ælˈfɒn soʊ;; Italian ɑlˈfɔn sɔ/ (Show IPA), 1822–76, Italian anatomist.
- soots
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noun,
a black, carbonaceous substance produced during incomplete combustion of coal, wood, oil, etc., rising in fine particles and adhering to the sides of the chimney or pipe conveying the smoke: also conveyed in the atmosphere to other locations.
- niton
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noun,
(formerly) radon. Symbol: Nt.
- stint
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noun,
a period of time spent doing something:
- Nitti
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noun,
Francesco Saverio [frahn-ches-kaw sah-ve-ryaw] /frɑnˈtʃɛs kɔ sɑˈvɛ ryɔ/ (Show IPA), 1868–1953, Italian lawyer, statesman, and economist.
- torsi
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noun,
a plural of torso.
- Niort
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noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- snot
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noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- ROTS
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noun,
the process of rotting.
- Ross
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noun,
the rough exterior of bark.
- roto
-
noun,
rotogravure.
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- trit
-
- ROTC
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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.
- sci.
-
- Stir
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noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- tits
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noun,
a titmouse.
- toot
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noun,
an act or sound of tooting.
- Root
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noun,
a part of the body of a plant that develops, typically, from the radicle and grows downward into the soil, anchoring the plant and absorbing nutriment and moisture.
- Soni
-
- toon
-
noun,
an Asian tree, Cedrela toona, of the mahogany family, yielding an aromatic red wood used for furniture, carving, etc.
- 'roo
-
noun,
kangaroo.
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- tron
-
- Trot
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noun,
the gait of a horse, dog, or other quadruped, when trotting.
- tonn
-
- Soot
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noun,
a black, carbonaceous substance produced during incomplete combustion of coal, wood, oil, etc., rising in fine particles and adhering to the sides of the chimney or pipe conveying the smoke: also conveyed in the atmosphere to other locations.
- tort
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noun,
a wrongful act, not including a breach of contract or trust, that results in injury to another's person, property, reputation, or the like, and for which the injured party is entitled to compensation.
- torc
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noun,
torque (def 4).
- Tito
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noun,
Marshal (Josip Broz) 1891–1980, president of Yugoslavia 1953–80.
- Trio
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noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- tors
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noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- sirs
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noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- Sion
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noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- sris
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noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- sots
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noun,
a drunkard.
- stot
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noun,
a springing gait of certain bovids, as gazelles and antelopes, used especially when running in alarm from a predator.
- str.
-
- sics
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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).
- tics
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noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- SCSI
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noun,
a standard for computer interface ports featuring faster data transmission and greater flexibility than normal ports.
- scr.
-
- tost
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noun,
an act or instance of tossing.
- soon
-
Idioms,
sooner or later, eventually:
- Tori
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noun,
plural of torus.
- tint
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noun,
a color or a variety of a color; hue.
- tion
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- Tiro
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noun,
tyro.
- sort
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noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- toro
-
noun,
a bull.
- tots
-
noun,
a small child.
- tri-
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- Tit.
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- titi
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noun,
any of various small reddish or grayish monkeys of the genus Callicebus, of South America.
- torn
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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.
- sori
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noun,
plural of sorus.
- sits
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verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- toss
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noun,
an act or instance of tossing.
- rocs
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- 1080
-
- noon
-
noun,
midday.
- CORN
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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.
- Oct.
-
- ISSN
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- ions
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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 = .
- Cost
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noun,
the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
- coss
-
noun,
kos.
- Cort
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- Ont.
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- Nino
-
noun,
boy; child.
- Cori
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noun,
Carl Ferdinand, 1896–1984, and his wife, Gerty Theresa, 1896–1957, U.S. biochemists, born in Austria-Hungary: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1947.
- Cor.
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- coot
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noun,
any aquatic bird of the genus Fulica, as F. americana, of North America, and F. atra, of the Old World, characterized by lobate toes and short wings and tail.
- o-os
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noun,
any of several species of Hawaiian honey eaters of the genus Moho, especially the extinct M. nobilis, of the island of Hawaii, that had black plumage and two tufts of yellow plumes used to make ceremonial robes for the Hawaiian kings.
- Oost
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noun,
Jacob van [yah-kawp vahn] /ˈyɑ kɔp vɑn/ (Show IPA), 1600?–71, and his son, Jacob van, 1639?–1713, Flemish painters.
- non-
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- into
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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.
- ctr.
-
- orcs
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noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- not-
-
- noir
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adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- Nor.
-
- INRI
-
- nori
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noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- Norn
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noun,
an extinct Norse dialect, spoken until early modern times in the Shetland and Orkney Islands and in parts of northern Scotland.
- nos-
-
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- cts.
-
- inns
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noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- inro
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noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- Inc.
-
- ins.
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- nits
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noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- int.
-
- nisi
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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):
- coon
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noun,
raccoon.
- Coos
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noun,
a language of a group of American Indians indigenous to the coast of Oregon.
- oro-
-
- cis-
-
- rit.
-
- iso-
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- RISC
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noun,
reduced instruction set computer: a computer whose central processing unit recognizes a relatively small number of instructions, which it can execute very rapidly.
- riot
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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.
- itis
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- Riis
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noun,
Jacob August, 1849–1914, U.S. journalist and social reformer, born in Denmark.
- Rico
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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.
- ISIS
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noun,
a goddess of fertility, the sister and wife of Osiris and mother of Horus, and usually represented as a woman with a cow's horns with the solar disk between them: later worshiped in the Greek and Roman empires.
- Isin
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noun,
an ancient Sumerian city in S Iraq: archaeological site.
- Otto
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noun,
attar (def 1).
- cion
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noun,
scion (def 2).
- cir.
-
- oto-
-
- otic
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adjective,
of or relating to the ear; auricular.
- Otis
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noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- cist
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noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- orts
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noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- osis
-
- cit.
-
- iron
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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.
- Con.
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- coir
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noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- coin
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- Iris
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noun,
Anatomy. the contractile, circular diaphragm forming the colored portion of the eye and containing a circular opening, the pupil, in its center.
- 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 = .
- TCS
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- Ir.
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- IRC
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- IRO
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- TIC
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noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- IOC
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- Is.
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noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- TNT
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- tin
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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.
- IRS
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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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- IOT
-
- TTS
-
- CSO
-
- ton
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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.
- tr.
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- TSS
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- TSR
-
noun,
a computer program with any of several ancillary functions, usually held resident in RAM for instant activation while one is using another program.
- TSI
-
- 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.
- Co.
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- cr.
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- cs.
-
- Tro
-
- ct.
-
- CNN
-
- CNO
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- CNS
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- tot
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noun,
a small child.
- INN
-
noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- COO
-
noun,
a cooing sound.
- COS
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noun,
romaine.
- COT
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noun,
a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
- CRS
-
- CRT
-
- CSR
-
- CST
-
- ctn
-
plural,
carton.
- Tor
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noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- ics
-
- io-
-
- in.
-
- too
-
Idioms,
only too. only (def 10).
- ISR
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- SSI
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- ist
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- SIC
-
adverb,
so; thus: usually written parenthetically to denote that a word, phrase, passage, etc., that may appear strange or incorrect has been written intentionally or has been quoted verbatim: (sic).
- oon
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- o-o
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noun,
any of several species of Hawaiian honey eaters of the genus Moho, especially the extinct M. nobilis, of the island of Hawaii, that had black plumage and two tufts of yellow plumes used to make ceremonial robes for the Hawaiian kings.
- oo-
-
- ons
-
- SCS
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- ONR
-
- ONI
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- orc
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- OIt
-
- OIr
-
- oic
-
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- OCS
-
- OCR
-
- OOT
-
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- OTC
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- ot-
-
- ROI
-
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- RCT
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- RCN
-
- RCS
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- OTS
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- ROT
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noun,
the process of rotting.
- OSS
-
- OSO
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- Rs.
-
- RSS
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- rt.
-
- RTS
-
- So.
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- SRO
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- sc.
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- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- sis
-
noun,
sister.
- Oc.
-
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- St.
-
- SST
-
- SSR
-
- SSN
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- ROC
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- SSC
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- ss.
-
- SRS
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- Sr.
-
- NCO
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- sot
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noun,
a drunkard.
- SOS
-
noun,
any call for help:
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- STI
-
- nr.
-
- ITC
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- NSC
-
- NRC
-
- SOC
-
noun,
sociology or a class or course in sociology.
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- Soo
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noun,
the, Canadian. Sault Ste. Marie.
- NOC
-
- RC
-
- N.
-
- R.
-
- T1
-
- t.
-
- TC
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- RN
-
- TT
-
- RI
-
- NC
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- S.
-
- ic
-
- NI
-
- TN
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- SN
-
- 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.
- i.
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- O.
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- RO
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