Anagrams of contortions
Word contortions has
365 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of contortions.
- contortion
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noun,
the act or process of contorting.
- contorts
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verb (used with object),
to twist, bend, or draw out of shape; distort.
- Notornis
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noun,
a rare, flightless gallinulelike bird, Notornis mantelli, of New Zealand.
- 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.
- nitroso-
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- torsion
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noun,
the act of twisting.
- 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.
- contort
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verb (used with object),
to twist, bend, or draw out of shape; distort.
- constr.
-
- notions
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noun,
a general understanding; vague or imperfect conception or idea of something:
- consort
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noun,
a husband or wife; spouse, especially of a reigning monarch.
Compare prince consort, queen consort.
- 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.
- Connors
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noun,
James Scott (Jimmy) born 1952, U.S. tennis player.
- ronions
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noun,
ronyon.
- Ironton
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noun,
a city in S Ohio, on the Ohio River.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- risotto
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noun,
a dish of rice cooked with broth and flavored with grated cheese and other ingredients.
- 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.
- 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.
- cistron
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noun,
a segment of DNA that encodes for the formation of a specific polypeptide chain; a structural gene.
- costo-
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- Osorno
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noun,
a city in S Chile.
- ronion
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noun,
ronyon.
- croons
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noun,
the act or sound of crooning.
- nitons
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noun,
(formerly) radon. Symbol: Nt.
- socio-
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- strict
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adjective,
characterized by or acting in close conformity to requirements or principles:
- icono-
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- 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.
- Nostoc
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noun,
any freshwater, blue-green alga of the genus Nostoc, often occurring in jellylike colonies in moist places.
- 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.
- 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.
- Cronin
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noun,
A(rchibald) J(oseph) 1896–1981, Scottish novelist and physician in the U.S.
- noctis
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adjective,
(in prescriptions) of the night.
- nitro-
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- nocti-
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- Norton
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noun,
Charles Eliot, 1827–1908, U.S. scholar.
- roncos
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noun,
any grunt of the genus Haemulon, especially H. parrai, the sailor's-choice, of West Indian waters.
- 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.
- Tocsin
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noun,
a signal, especially of alarm, sounded on a bell or bells.
- tincts
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noun,
tint; tinge; coloring.
- Onions
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noun,
Charles Talbut [tawl-buh t,, tal-] /ˈtɔl bət,, ˈtæl-/ (Show IPA), 1873–1965, English lexicographer and philologist.
- intros
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noun,
an introduction.
- 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.
- Scotti
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noun,
Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1866–1936, Italian baritone.
- 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.
- scoto-
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- 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.
- intro.
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- orison
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noun,
a prayer.
- Torino
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noun,
Turin.
- Scioto
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noun,
a river in central Ohio, flowing S to the Ohio River. 237 miles (382 km) long.
- contin
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- Connor
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noun,
Ralph (Charles William Gordon) 1860–1937, Canadian novelist and clergyman.
- contr.
-
- instr.
-
- contos
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noun,
a money of account of Portugal and Cape Verde, equal to 1000 escudos.
- tinct.
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- notion
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noun,
a general understanding; vague or imperfect conception or idea of something:
- 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.
- Irons
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noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- 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.
- ottos
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noun,
a male given name: from a Germanic word meaning “rich.”.
- torcs
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noun,
torque (def 4).
- stint
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noun,
a period of time spent doing something:
- 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).
- 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.
- Stoic
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noun,
a member or adherent of the Stoic school of philosophy.
- onto-
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- Ninos
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noun,
boy; child.
- noto-
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- ontic
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adjective,
possessing the character of real rather than phenomenal existence; noumenal.
- onion
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noun,
a plant, Allium cepa, of the amaryllis family, having an edible, succulent, pungent bulb.
- tints
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noun,
a color or a variety of a color; hue.
- onco-
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- TIROS
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noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- octo-
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- 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.
- Titos
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noun,
Marshal (Josip Broz) 1891–1980, president of Yugoslavia 1953–80.
- ornis
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noun,
an avifauna.
- Orono
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noun,
a town in S Maine.
- Orson
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noun,
a male given name: from an Old French word meaning “bearlike.”.
- Orton
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noun,
Joe (John Kingsley Orton) 1933–67, English playwright.
- Niort
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noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- noso-
-
- 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.
- toros
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noun,
a bull.
- 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:
- noct-
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- tonic
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noun,
a medicine that invigorates or strengthens:
- sito-
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- nitr-
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- niton
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noun,
(formerly) radon. Symbol: Nt.
- tono-
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- Norco
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noun,
a town in S California.
- Ronco
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noun,
any grunt of the genus Haemulon, especially H. parrai, the sailor's-choice, of West Indian waters.
- 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.
- scoot
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noun,
a swift, darting movement or course.
- croon
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noun,
the act or sound of crooning.
- trois
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noun,
the number 3.
- crit.
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- trios
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noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- Scot.
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- rotos
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noun,
rotogravure.
- 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.
- 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.
- coirs
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noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- Const
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- torsi
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noun,
a plural of torso.
- 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.
- sonic
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adjective,
of or relating to sound.
- Conn.
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- 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.
- conns
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noun,
responsibility for the steering of a ship.
- Conon
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noun,
died a.d. 687, pope 686–687.
- Cons.
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- scion
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noun,
a descendant.
- conto
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noun,
a money of account of Portugal and Cape Verde, equal to 1000 escudos.
- Scott
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noun,
Barbara Ann, 1928–2012, Canadian figure skater.
- cont.
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- 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.
- snoot
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noun,
Slang. the nose.
- 30-30
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- Sinon
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noun,
a Greek, posing as a deserter, who persuaded the Trojans to take the Trojan Horse into their city.
- torso
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noun,
the trunk of the human body.
- Sino-
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- intr.
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- trots
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noun,
the gait of a horse, dog, or other quadruped, when trotting.
- inst.
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- ronin
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noun,
a samurai who no longer serves a daimyo, or feudal lord.
- rooti
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noun,
rooty2 .
- incr.
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- incor
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- icons
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- snort
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noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- 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.
- Roost
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noun,
a perch upon which birds or fowls rest at night.
- toti-
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- cions
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noun,
scion (def 2).
- snit
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noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- oro-
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- 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.
- 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.
- tics
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noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- orcs
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noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- scr.
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- sort
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noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- sci.
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- 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.
- sori
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noun,
plural of sorus.
- rit.
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- rocs
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noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Stir
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noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- 'roo
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noun,
kangaroo.
- Otto
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noun,
attar (def 1).
- soon
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Idioms,
sooner or later, eventually:
- orts
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noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- 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.
- Roti
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noun,
roast.
- 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.
- roto
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noun,
rotogravure.
- oto-
-
- Otis
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noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- ROTS
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noun,
the process of rotting.
- otic
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adjective,
of or relating to the ear; auricular.
- str.
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- Soni
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- snot
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noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- 1080
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- tonn
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- Sion
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noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- Inc.
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- Trio
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noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- tri-
-
- tots
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noun,
a small child.
- ctr.
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- cts.
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- tost
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noun,
an act or instance of tossing.
- inns
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noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- trit
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- 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.
- ins.
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- int.
-
- 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.
- 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.
- Ont.
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- tors
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noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- Cost
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noun,
the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
- Cort
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- 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.
- cit.
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- Trot
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noun,
the gait of a horse, dog, or other quadruped, when trotting.
- tron
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- cion
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noun,
scion (def 2).
- cir.
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- cis-
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- cist
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noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- coin
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noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- 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.
- coir
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noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- Con.
-
- 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.
- 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.
- Cor.
-
- 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.
- toro
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noun,
a bull.
- 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 = .
- 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.
- Toni
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noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- tits
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noun,
a titmouse.
- not-
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- nos-
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- 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.
- iso-
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- 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.
- Nor.
-
- noon
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noun,
midday.
- non-
-
- noir
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adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- Tito
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noun,
Marshal (Josip Broz) 1891–1980, president of Yugoslavia 1953–80.
- 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.
- Nino
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noun,
boy; child.
- Tit.
-
- Oct.
-
- toon
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noun,
an Asian tree, Cedrela toona, of the mahogany family, yielding an aromatic red wood used for furniture, carving, etc.
- toot
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noun,
an act or sound of tooting.
- Tiro
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noun,
tyro.
- tion
-
- tint
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noun,
a color or a variety of a color; hue.
- torc
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noun,
torque (def 4).
- Tori
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noun,
plural of torus.
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- TIC
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noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- TSI
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- Tro
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- TSR
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noun,
a computer program with any of several ancillary functions, usually held resident in RAM for instant activation while one is using another program.
- TNT
-
- Soo
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noun,
the, Canadian. Sault Ste. Marie.
- 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.
- TCS
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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.
- tr.
-
- too
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Idioms,
only too. only (def 10).
- tot
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noun,
a small child.
- Tor
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noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- STI
-
- St.
-
- SRI
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noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- Sr.
-
- sot
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noun,
a drunkard.
- 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.
- oon
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- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- ISR
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- ior
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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.
- IOT
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- Ir.
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- IRC
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- IRO
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- IRS
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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).
- ist
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- IOC
-
- ITC
-
- ITO
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noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- NCO
-
- NIC
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noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- nit
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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.
- NOC
-
- nr.
-
- SIR
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noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- 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 = .
- INN
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noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- Oc.
-
- COO
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noun,
a cooing sound.
- CIO
-
noun,
a federation of affiliated industrial labor unions, founded 1935 within the American Federation of Labor but independent of it 1938–55. Abbreviation: C.I.O., CIO.
- Co.
-
- cr.
-
- cs.
-
- ct.
-
- CNN
-
- CNO
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- CNS
-
- COS
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noun,
romaine.
- in.
-
- COT
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noun,
a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
- CRS
-
- CRT
-
- CSO
-
- CSR
-
- CST
-
- ctn
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plural,
carton.
- ics
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- io-
-
- NSC
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- NRC
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- OTC
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- ROI
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- ot-
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- OCR
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- RCS
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- RCN
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- RCT
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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.
- ROC
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noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- ROT
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noun,
the process of rotting.
- ORT
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noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- Rs.
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- rt.
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- RTS
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- So.
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- SRO
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- sc.
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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).
- Sin
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noun,
transgression of divine law:
- OSO
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- OTS
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- TTS
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- ONR
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- ONI
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- OIt
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- OIr
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- oo-
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- oic
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- OCS
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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.
- OOT
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- orc
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noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- ons
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- SI
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noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
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- TN
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- S.
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- SN
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- No
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noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- TT
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- TI
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noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- NI
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- TC
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- NC
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- N.
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- i.
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- ic
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- RN
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- RI
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- RC
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- R.
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- IT
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noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
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- T1
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- RO
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