Anagrams of contrails
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- 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.
- cilantros
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noun,
the strong-scented leaves of the coriander plant, used in salads or to flavor and garnish food.
- contrail
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noun,
a visible condensation of water droplets or ice crystals from the atmosphere, occurring in the wake of an aircraft, rocket, or missile under certain conditions.
- Clairton
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noun,
a city in SW Pennsylvania.
- crotalin
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noun,
a protein in the venom of pit vipers, used as an antigen in the preparation of snake antivenins.
- clarions
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noun,
an ancient trumpet with a curved shape.
- cantoris
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adjective,
of or relating to the gospel or liturgical north side of a church (opposed to decani).
- clarinos
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noun,
a valveless trumpet used in the 17th and 18th centuries for playing rapid passages in the high register.
- cilantro
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noun,
the strong-scented leaves of the coriander plant, used in salads or to flavor and garnish food.
- carotins
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noun,
carotene.
- Stalino
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noun,
a former name of Donetsk.
- cranio-
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- craniol
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- cratons
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noun,
a relatively rigid and immobile region of continental portions of the earth's crust.
- stoical
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adjective,
impassive; characterized by a calm, austere fortitude befitting the Stoics:
- aristo-
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- lictors
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noun,
(in ancient Rome) one of a body of attendants on chief magistrates, who preceded them carrying the fasces and whose duties included executing the sentences of criminals.
- cistron
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noun,
a segment of DNA that encodes for the formation of a specific polypeptide chain; a structural gene.
- rations
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noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- latinos
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noun,
a person of Latin-American descent:
- rialtos
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noun,
an exchange or mart.
- astrol.
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- Roscian
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adjective,
of, relating to, or involving acting.
- atonics
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noun,
Grammar. an unaccented word, syllable, or sound.
- carotin
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noun,
carotene.
- talions
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noun,
lex talionis.
- Clarion
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noun,
an ancient trumpet with a curved shape.
- Costain
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noun,
Thomas Bertram, 1885–1965, U.S. novelist, historian, and editor, born in Canada.
- clarino
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noun,
a valveless trumpet used in the 17th and 18th centuries for playing rapid passages in the high register.
- cations
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noun,
a positively charged ion that is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis.
- citrals
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noun,
a pale yellow, water-insoluble, liquid aldehyde, C 10 H 16 O, having a strong lemonlike odor, consisting in natural form of two isomers (citral a or geranial and citral b or neral) usually obtained from the oils of lemon and orange or synthetically: used chiefly in perfumery, flavoring, and the synthesis of vitamin A.
- tailors
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noun,
a person whose occupation is the making, mending, or altering of clothes, especially suits, coats, and other outer garments.
- Carlist
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noun,
a supporter of the claims of Don Carlos of Spain or of his successors to the Spanish throne.
- 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.
- Carlson
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noun,
Anton Julius [an-tohn,, -ton] /ˈæn toʊn,, -tɒn/ (Show IPA), 1875–1956, U.S. physiologist, born in Sweden.
- Carlton
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noun,
Stephen Norman ("Steve"; "Lefty") born 1944, U.S. baseball player.
- 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.
- tincals
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noun,
a former name for crude native borax.
- Conrail
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noun,
a government-supported corporation that combined six bankrupt railroads to provide freight and commuter service in 17 states from Boston to St. Louis.
- oilcans
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noun,
a can having a long spout through which oil is poured or squirted to lubricate machinery or the like.
- contras
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noun,
(often initial capital letter) a member of a counterrevolutionary guerrilla group in Nicaragua.
- transl.
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- Sno-Cat
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- actino-
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- contra-
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- constr.
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- cortina
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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.
- nostril
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noun,
either of the two external openings of the nose.
- oralist
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noun,
an advocate of oralism.
- Cantor
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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.
- Cantos
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noun,
one of the main or larger divisions of a long poem.
- triacs
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noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- actin-
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- nastic
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adjective,
of or showing sufficiently greater cellular force or growth on one side of an axis to change the form or position of the axis.
- tainos
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noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- sailor
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noun,
a person whose occupation is sailing or navigation; mariner.
- Cairns
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noun,
a seaport in NE Australia.
- sacro-
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- actins
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noun,
a globulin that is present in muscle plasma and that in connection with myosin plays an important role in muscle contraction.
- isotac
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noun,
a line drawn on a map connecting all points where ice starts to melt at approximately the same period in spring.
- corita
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noun,
a boat resembling a large, woven basket, used by Indians of the southwestern U.S.
- talion
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noun,
lex talionis.
- Rosita
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noun,
a female given name, Spanish form of Rose.
- talons
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noun,
a claw, especially of a bird of prey.
- Rosina
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noun,
a female given name, Italian form of Rose.
- claros
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noun,
such a cigar.
- action
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noun,
the process or state of acting or of being active:
- contr.
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- atonic
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noun,
Grammar. an unaccented word, syllable, or sound.
- narcos
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noun,
narc.
- lacto-
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- clino-
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- santir
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noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- Carlos
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noun,
Don [don;; Spanish dawn] /dɒn;; Spanish dɔn/ (Show IPA), (Carlos Maria Isidro de Borbón) 1788–1855, pretender to the Spanish throne.
- trinal
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adjective,
threefold; triple; trine.
- Castor
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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.
- noctis
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adjective,
(in prescriptions) of the night.
- instar
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noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- instr.
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- nocti-
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- tronas
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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.
- satori
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noun,
sudden enlightenment.
- citral
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noun,
a pale yellow, water-insoluble, liquid aldehyde, C 10 H 16 O, having a strong lemonlike odor, consisting in natural form of two isomers (citral a or geranial and citral b or neral) usually obtained from the oils of lemon and orange or synthetically: used chiefly in perfumery, flavoring, and the synthesis of vitamin A.
- Strain
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noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- Catlin
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noun,
George, 1796–1872, U.S. painter.
- corals
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noun,
the hard, variously colored, calcareous skeleton secreted by certain marine polyps.
- cation
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noun,
a positively charged ion that is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis.
- intra-
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- Castro
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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.
- intro.
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- astron
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- Caslon
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noun,
William, 1692–1766, English type founder and designer.
- casino
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noun,
a building or large room used for meetings, entertainment, dancing, etc., especially such a place equipped with gambling devices, gambling tables, etc.
- intros
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noun,
an introduction.
- Sarton
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noun,
May, 1912–95, U.S. poet, novelist, and playwright.
- carton
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noun,
a cardboard or plastic box used typically for storage or shipping.
- norias
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noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- Carson
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noun,
Christopher ("Kit") 1809–68, U.S. frontiersman and scout.
- nitro-
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- sarco-
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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.
- Carnot
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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.
- Tailor
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noun,
a person whose occupation is the making, mending, or altering of clothes, especially suits, coats, and other outer garments.
- triols
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noun,
a compound having three hydroxyl groups.
- social
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noun,
a social gathering or party, especially of or as given by an organized group:
- Stalin
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noun,
Joseph V (Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili or Dzugashvili) 1879–1953, Soviet political leader: secretary general of the Communist Party 1922–53; premier of the U.S.S.R. 1941–53.
- clints
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noun,
a male given name, form of Clinton.
- narco-
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- Lorain
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noun,
a port in N Ohio, on Lake Erie.
- astro-
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- aorist
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noun,
a verb tense, as in Classical Greek, expressing action or, in the indicative mood, past action, without further limitation or implication.
- coatis
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noun,
any tropical American carnivore of the genus Nasua, related to the raccoon, having an elongated body, long, ringed tail, and a slender, flexible snout.
- racons
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noun,
radar beacon.
- Li-sao
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noun,
a poem (c320 b.c.) by Ch'ü Yüan.
- C-star
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noun,
carbon star.
- tolans
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noun,
a crystalline, water-insoluble, solid, unsaturated compound, C 14 H 10 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- racist
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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.
- aniso-
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- Locris
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noun,
either of two districts in the central part of ancient Greece.
- Crista
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noun,
a crest or ridge.
- trails
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noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- scrota
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noun,
the pouch of skin that contains the testes.
- Alston
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noun,
a male given name.
- tonsil
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noun,
a prominent oval mass of lymphoid tissue on each side of the throat.
- lorans
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noun,
a system of long-range navigation whereby the latitude and longitude of a ship or airplane are determined from the time displacement between radio signals from two or more fixed transmitters.
- craton
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noun,
a relatively rigid and immobile region of continental portions of the earth's crust.
- aloins
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noun,
an intensely bitter, crystalline, water-soluble powder composed of the active principles of and obtained from aloe, used chiefly as a purgative.
- lorica
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noun,
Zoology. a hard protective case or sheath, as the protective coverings secreted by certain protists.
- Alnico
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noun,
a permanent-magnet alloy having aluminum, nickel, and cobalt as its principal ingredients.
- oilcan
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noun,
a can having a long spout through which oil is poured or squirted to lubricate machinery or the like.
- Alison
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noun,
a female given name, form of Alice.
- colins
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noun,
any of several American quails, especially the bobwhite.
- COSTAR
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noun,
a performer, especially an actor or actress, who shares star billing with another.
- costal
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adjective,
Anatomy. pertaining to the ribs or the upper sides of the body:
- Tocsin
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noun,
a signal, especially of alarm, sounded on a bell or bells.
- instal
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verb (used with object),
install.
- Octans
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noun,
the Octant, a southern constellation that contains the south celestial pole.
- trans.
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- ration
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noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- scoria
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noun,
Metallurgy. the refuse, dross, or slag left after melting or smelting metal; scum.
- Artois
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noun,
a former province in N France: artesian wells.
- tincal
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noun,
a former name for crude native borax.
- latins
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noun,
an Italic language spoken in ancient Rome, fixed in the 2nd or 1st century b.c., and established as the official language of the Roman Empire. Abbreviation: L.
- Latino
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noun,
a person of Latin-American descent:
- ticals
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noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Siam, equal to 100 satang: replaced in 1928 by the baht.
- Cloris
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noun,
a male or female given name.
- tarso-
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- arsino
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adjective,
containing the arsino group.
- lictor
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noun,
(in ancient Rome) one of a body of attendants on chief magistrates, who preceded them carrying the fasces and whose duties included executing the sentences of criminals.
- aroint
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verb (imperative),
begone:
- Rialto
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noun,
an exchange or mart.
- Scotia
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noun,
a deep concave molding between two fillets, as in the Attic base.
- trains
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noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- iatro-
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- linacs
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noun,
linear accelerator.
- scato-
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- 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.
- insol
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- scat-
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- Costa
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noun,
a rib or riblike part.
- scart
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verb (used with or without object),
to scratch, scrape, mark, or scar.
- snail
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noun,
any mollusk of the class Gastropoda, having a spirally coiled shell and a ventral muscular foot on which it slowly glides about.
- scion
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noun,
a descendant.
- incl.
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- Croat
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Croatia; Croatian.
- icons
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- Scot.
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- incr.
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- 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.
- sinal
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adjective,
of, relating to, or involving a sinus.
- Sino-
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- sitar
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noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- sito-
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- scorn
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noun,
open or unqualified contempt; disdain:
- crit.
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- incas
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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.
- slain
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noun,
sley.
- slant
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noun,
slanting or oblique direction; slope:
- Sloan
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noun,
John, 1871–1951, U.S. painter.
- snarl
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noun,
the act of snarling.
- incor
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- scant
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adverb,
Scot. and North England Dialect. scarcely; barely; hardly.
- Ital.
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- inst.
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- orant
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noun,
a representation of a female figure, with outstretched arms and palms up in a gesture of prayer, in ancient and early Christian art.
- liras
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noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- racon
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noun,
radar beacon.
- litas
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noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Lithuania, equal to 100 centai.
- Ostia
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noun,
a town in central Italy, SW of Rome: ruins from 4th century b.c.; site of ancient port of Rome.
- OSCAR
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noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter O.
- loans
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noun,
the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something:
- Oscan
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noun,
one of an ancient people of south-central Italy.
- ornis
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noun,
an avifauna.
- orial
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- LORAN
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noun,
a system of long-range navigation whereby the latitude and longitude of a ship or airplane are determined from the time displacement between radio signals from two or more fixed transmitters.
- Lorca
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noun,
García Lorca.
- Lorin
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noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- Loris
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noun,
Also called slender loris. a small, slender, tailless, large-eyed, nocturnal lemur, Loris gracilis, of southern India and Sri Lanka.
- Orcas
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noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- lotas
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noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- Rains
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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).
- octa-
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- noct-
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- noria
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noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- nitr-
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- Niort
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noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- natl.
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- naso-
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- narcs
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noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- orans
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noun,
orant.
- octal
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noun,
octonary (def 6).
- octan
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noun,
an octan fever.
- nails
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noun,
a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
- ontic
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adjective,
possessing the character of real rather than phenomenal existence; noumenal.
- orals
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noun,
an oral examination in a school, college, or university, given especially to a candidate for an advanced degree.
- lotic
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adjective,
pertaining to or living in flowing water.
- rails
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noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- lints
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noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- satin
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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.
- 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.
- intr.
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- Sarto
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noun,
Andrea del [ahn-drey-uh del;; Italian ahn-dre-ah del] /ɑnˈdreɪ ə dɛl;; Italian ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ dɛl/ (Show IPA), Andrea del Sarto.
- sarc-
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- Santo
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noun,
a carved figure of a saint, usually of wood, as from Puerto Rico, Mexico, or the southwestern U.S.
- iotas
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noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- Iran.
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- sanit
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- Salto
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noun,
a city in NW Uruguay, on the Uruguay River.
- salon
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noun,
a drawing room or reception room in a large house.
- Salic
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adjective,
of or relating to the Salian Franks.
- Irons
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noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- Saint
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noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- rotls
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noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- rotas
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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.
- roils
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verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- Linos
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noun,
linoleum.
- rials
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noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- ranis
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noun,
ranee.
- linac
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noun,
linear accelerator.
- rants
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noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- rason
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noun,
a long, loose, black gown with wide sleeves, worn by the clergy.
- ratio
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noun,
the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:
- ratos
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noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- Latin
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noun,
an Italic language spoken in ancient Rome, fixed in the 2nd or 1st century b.c., and established as the official language of the Roman Empire. Abbreviation: L.
- lact-
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- riant
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adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- Laris
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noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- 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.
- roans
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noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- laics
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noun,
one of the laity.
- roast
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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.
- snort
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noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- Lorna
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noun,
a female given name.
- coria
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noun,
plural of corium.
- Tiran
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noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- Aston
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noun,
Francis William, 1877–1945, English physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1922.
- astir
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adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- tical
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noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Siam, equal to 100 satang: replaced in 1928 by the baht.
- Ascot
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noun,
a necktie or scarf with broad ends, tied and arranged so that the ends are laid flat, one across the other, sometimes with a pin to secure them.
- ascon
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noun,
a type of sponge having an oval shape and a thin body wall with pores leading directly into the spongocoel.
- asco-
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- arson
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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.
- astr.
-
- tirls
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noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- Tirol
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noun,
Tyrol.
- Arion
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noun,
flourished 7th century b.c, Greek poet: inventor of the dithyramb.
- arils
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noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- TIROS
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noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- toils
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noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- antis
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noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- Astor
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noun,
John Jacob, 1763–1848, U.S. capitalist and fur merchant.
- ation
-
- anti-
-
- Taino
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noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- Carin
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noun,
a female given name.
- tails
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noun,
tail1 (def 6).
- 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.
- Cant.
-
- canst
-
noun,
a sealed container for food, beverages, etc., as of aluminum, sheet iron coated with tin, or other metal:
- Canso
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in SE Canada, the NE extremity of Nova Scotia.
- Cairo
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Egypt, in the N part on the E bank of the Nile.
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- 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.
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- talcs
-
noun,
Also, talcum [tal-kuh m] /ˈtæl kəm/ (Show IPA). a green-to-gray, soft mineral, hydrous magnesium silicate, Mg 3 (Si 4 O 10)(OH) 2 , unctuous to the touch, and occurring usually in foliated or compact masses, used in making lubricants, talcum powder, electrical insulation, etc.
- talon
-
noun,
a claw, especially of a bird of prey.
- Talos
-
noun,
a man of brass made by Hephaestus for Minos as a guardian of Crete.
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- antic
-
noun,
Usually, antics.
a playful trick or prank; caper.
a grotesque, fantastic, or ludicrous gesture, act, or posture.
- tolan
-
noun,
a crystalline, water-insoluble, solid, unsaturated compound, C 14 H 10 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- carns
-
noun,
cairn.
- trial
-
noun,
Law.
the examination before a judicial tribunal of the facts put in issue in a cause, often including issues of law as well as those of fact.
the determination of a person's guilt or innocence by due process of law.
- trail
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- triac
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- actos
-
- Actor
-
noun,
a person who acts in stage plays, motion pictures, television broadcasts, etc.
- Acton
-
noun,
a quilted garment worn under mail in the 13th and 14th centuries; gambeson.
- Actis
-
noun,
a son of Rhoda and Helius who, when banished from his home for fratricide, fled to Egypt, where he taught astrology. The Colossus of Rhodes was built in his honor.
- acron
-
noun,
the unsegmented, preoral portion of the body of an arthropod.
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- acro-
-
- acorn
-
noun,
the typically ovoid fruit or nut of an oak, enclosed at the base by a cupule.
- triol
-
noun,
a compound having three hydroxyl groups.
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- 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.
- 30-30
-
- Tosca
-
noun,
an opera (1900) by Giacomo Puccini.
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- Tolar
-
noun,
the basic monetary unit of Slovenia until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 stotins.
- alti-
-
- anis-
-
- anils
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- tolas
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India: the government tola is 180 ser and equals 180 grains (11.7 grams), the weight of a silver rupee.
- tonal
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having tonality.
- tonia
-
- Alton
-
noun,
a city in SW Illinois.
- alto-
-
- tonic
-
noun,
a medicine that invigorates or strengthens:
- 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.
- toran
-
noun,
(in Indian Buddhist and Hindu architecture) a gateway having two or three lintels between two posts.
- Alost
-
noun,
a city in central Belgium, NW of Brussels.
- Aloin
-
noun,
an intensely bitter, crystalline, water-soluble powder composed of the active principles of and obtained from aloe, used chiefly as a purgative.
- alist
-
adjective,
inclined to one side; heeling or listing.
- torcs
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- Alcor
-
- Alcon
-
noun,
a noted archer who helped Hercules abduct the cattle of Geryon.
- carls
-
noun,
Scot.
a strong, robust fellow, especially a strong manual laborer.
a miser; an extremely thrifty person.
- 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.
- Carol
-
noun,
a song, especially of joy.
- Clair
-
noun,
René [ruh-ney] /rəˈneɪ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1981, French motion-picture director and writer.
- Stoic
-
noun,
a member or adherent of the Stoic school of philosophy.
- claro
-
noun,
such a cigar.
- Cons.
-
- coils
-
noun,
a connected series of spirals or rings into which a rope or the like is wound.
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- solan
-
noun,
a gannet.
- Colin
-
noun,
any of several American quails, especially the bobwhite.
- colat
-
- Colas
-
noun,
a carbonated soft drink containing an extract made from kola nuts, together with sweeteners and other flavorings.
- cions
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- solar
-
noun,
Informal. solar energy.
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- Clint
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Clinton.
- clast
-
noun,
a grain of sediment, silt, sand, gravel, etc., especially as a constituent fragment of a clastic rock formation, as distinguished from a chemical or biogenic component of such a formation.
- SONAR
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- coirs
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- Solti
-
noun,
Sir Georg [gey-awrg,, jawrj] /ˈgeɪ ɔrg,, dʒɔrdʒ/ (Show IPA), 1912–97, British orchestra conductor, born in Hungary.
- coins
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- clans
-
noun,
a group of families or households, as among the Scottish Highlanders, the heads of which claim descent from a common ancestor:
- Srta.
-
- Const
-
- Coats
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- tacos
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- noils
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- clots
-
noun,
a mass or lump.
- sonic
-
adjective,
of or relating to sound.
- 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.
- cont.
-
- coast
-
noun,
the land next to the sea; seashore:
- coals
-
noun,
a black or dark-brown combustible mineral substance consisting of carbonized vegetable matter, used as a fuel.
Compare anthracite, bituminous coal, lignite.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- stola
-
noun,
a long, loose tunic or robe, with or without sleeves, worn by women of ancient Rome.
- carts
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- Coral
-
noun,
the hard, variously colored, calcareous skeleton secreted by certain marine polyps.
- Sonia
-
noun,
a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.
- 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.
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- Orca
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- SLIC
-
- slat
-
noun,
a long thin, narrow strip of wood, metal, etc., used as a support for a bed, as one of the horizontal laths of a Venetian blind, etc.
- torc
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- Soni
-
- orcs
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- 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.
- oils
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- tron
-
- tRNA
-
- nos-
-
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- not-
-
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- NTIA
-
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- ocas
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- Oct.
-
- soil
-
noun,
the portion of the earth's surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus.
- Sol.
-
- Sola
-
noun,
an Indian shrub, Aeschynomene aspera, of the legume family, the pith of which is used for making helmets.
- slot
-
noun,
a narrow, elongated depression, groove, notch, slit, or aperture, especially a narrow opening for receiving or admitting something, as a coin or a letter.
- tri-
-
- soln
-
- otic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ear; auricular.
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- Olin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- Ont.
-
- oral
-
noun,
an oral examination in a school, college, or university, given especially to a candidate for an advanced degree.
- silt
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- 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).
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- roil
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- 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.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- RONA
-
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- rocs
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- 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.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- SCAN
-
noun,
an act or instance of scanning; close examination.
- Roca
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in W Portugal, near Lisbon: the western extremity of continental Europe.
- 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.
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- 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.
- talc
-
noun,
Also, talcum [tal-kuh m] /ˈtæl kəm/ (Show IPA). a green-to-gray, soft mineral, hydrous magnesium silicate, Mg 3 (Si 4 O 10)(OH) 2 , unctuous to the touch, and occurring usually in foliated or compact masses, used in making lubricants, talcum powder, electrical insulation, etc.
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- str.
-
- tail
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- Sat.
-
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- SALT
-
noun,
a crystalline compound, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring as a mineral, a constituent of seawater, etc., and used for seasoning food, as a preservative, etc.
- taco
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- sail
-
noun,
an area of canvas or other fabric extended to the wind in such a way as to transmit the force of the wind to an assemblage of spars and rigging mounted firmly on a hull, raft, iceboat, etc., so as to drive it along.
- 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.
- Saco
-
noun,
a city in SW Maine.
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- STOL
-
noun,
a convertiplane that can become airborne after a short takeoff run and has forward speeds comparable to those of conventional aircraft.
- ROTL
-
noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- RNAS
-
- rit.
-
- silo
-
noun,
a structure, typically cylindrical, in which fodder or forage is kept.
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- Sra.
-
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- toil
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- 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.
- tirl
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- scr.
-
- rail
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- tola
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India: the government tola is 180 ser and equals 180 grains (11.7 grams), the weight of a silver rupee.
- sial
-
noun,
the assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and alumina, that comprise the continental portions of the upper layer of the earth's crust.
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- scil
-
- 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.
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- 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.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- 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.
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- scar
-
noun,
a mark left by a healed wound, sore, or burn.
- sci.
-
- tics
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- tils
-
noun,
the sesame plant.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- rial
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- tion
-
- Nor.
-
- 1080
-
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- Carn
-
noun,
cairn.
- lain
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- laic
-
noun,
one of the laity.
- lacs
-
noun,
a resinous substance deposited on the twigs of various trees in southern Asia by the female of the lac insect: used in the manufacture of varnishes, sealing wax, etc., and in the production of a red coloring matter.
Compare shellac (defs 1, 2).
- Cain
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- Cal.
-
- CALS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Calvin.
- Can.
-
- Carl
-
noun,
Scot.
a strong, robust fellow, especially a strong manual laborer.
a miser; an extremely thrifty person.
- itol
-
- LAIS
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- CART
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- cast
-
noun,
act of casting or throwing.
- cat.
-
- 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.
- ciao
-
interjection,
(used as a word of greeting or parting): hello; goodbye; so long; see you later.
- cion
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- cir.
-
- cis-
-
- lair
-
noun,
a den or resting place of a wild animal:
- Lani
-
- cit.
-
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- lint
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- Lins
-
noun,
a city in E Brazil.
- lino
-
noun,
linoleum.
- Lina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- lin.
-
- Lias
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- liar
-
noun,
a person who tells lies.
- Liao
-
noun,
a river in NE China, flowing from Inner Mongolia to the Gulf of Liaodong. 900 miles (1448 km) long.
- atic
-
- Laon
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Aisne, in N France, E of Paris.
- Atli
-
noun,
Attila, king of the Huns: represented in the Volsunga Saga as the brother of Brynhild and the second husband of Gudrun, whose brothers he killed in order to get the Nibelung treasure.
- 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.
- lats
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Latvia, equal to 100 santimi.
- Lat.
-
- last
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- Lars
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- Lari
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- LARC
-
noun,
long-acting reversible contraceptive (or contraception):
- Laos
-
noun,
a country in SE Asia: formerly part of French Indochina. 91,500 sq. mi. (236,985 sq. km). Capital: Vientiane.
- cist
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- clan
-
noun,
a group of families or households, as among the Scottish Highlanders, the heads of which claim descent from a common ancestor:
- Lira
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- Con.
-
- coir
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- Col.
-
- ICAO
-
- ical
-
- COLA
-
noun,
a carbonated soft drink containing an extract made from kola nuts, together with sweeteners and other flavorings.
- Coln
-
noun,
former German name of Cologne.
- cols
-
noun,
Physical Geography. a pass or depression in a mountain range or ridge.
- COLT
-
noun,
a young male animal of the horse family.
- Cor.
-
- noil
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- Cora
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. Kore.
- 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.
- 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.
- Cort
-
- Cost
-
noun,
the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
- cts.
-
- ctr.
-
- crat
-
- coin
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- coil
-
noun,
a connected series of spirals or rings into which a rope or the like is wound.
- iso-
-
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- clar
-
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- Clio
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the Muse of history.
- clit
-
noun,
clitoris.
- 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.
- CLOS
-
noun,
a walled vineyard.
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- clot
-
noun,
a mass or lump.
- 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 = .
- Inc.
-
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- coal
-
noun,
a black or dark-brown combustible mineral substance consisting of carbonized vegetable matter, used as a fuel.
Compare anthracite, bituminous coal, lignite.
- into
-
adjective,
Mathematics. pertaining to a function or map from one set to another set, the range of which is a proper subset of the second set, as the function f, from the set of all integers into the set of all perfect squares where f (x) = x 2 for every integer.
- intl
-
- int.
-
- coat
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- ins.
-
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- 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.
- Lion
-
noun,
a large, usually tawny-yellow cat, Panthera leo, native to Africa and southern Asia, having a tufted tail and, in the male, a large mane.
- ator
-
- alts
-
noun,
in alt, in the first octave above the treble staff.
- ANSI
-
- Lois
-
noun,
a female given name.
- acr-
-
- Lorn
-
noun,
Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- ACTS
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- ails
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- Lota
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- Loti
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Lesotho, equal to 100 lisente.
- ARCO
-
adverb,
(of the performance of a passage for stringed instruments) with the bow.
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- ant.
-
- 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.
- loin
-
noun,
Usually, loins. the part or parts of the human body or of a quadruped animal on either side of the spinal column, between the false ribs and hipbone.
- ano-
-
- Anil
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- alt.
-
- narc
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- Also
-
adverb,
in addition; too; besides; as well:
- ALIT
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
- Alis
-
- Alco
-
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- nail
-
noun,
a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
- ACLS
-
- lost
-
Idioms,
get lost, Slang.
to absent oneself:
to stop being a nuisance:
- Acis
-
noun,
the lover of Galatea, killed by Polyphemus out of jealousy.
- lit.
-
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- asci
-
noun,
plural of ascus.
- aril
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- asc-
-
- lits
-
noun,
litas.
- art.
-
- NIRA
-
- Nils
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- loca
-
noun,
a plural of locus.
- loci
-
noun,
plural of locus.
- ARCS
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- loan
-
noun,
the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something:
- ARIS
-
- LISA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- LIST
-
noun,
a series of names or other items written or printed together in a meaningful grouping or sequence so as to constitute a record:
- COT
-
noun,
a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
- SLR
-
- ac-
-
- CNO
-
- Sr.
-
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- CLR
-
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- al.
-
- CRS
-
- TSI
-
- CRT
-
- an.
-
- CNS
-
- AIS
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- COS
-
noun,
romaine.
- tr.
-
- tra
-
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Tro
-
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- SOC
-
noun,
sociology or a class or course in sociology.
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- AIC
-
- Ar.
-
- ACT
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- ACS
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- ast
-
- St.
-
- CSO
-
- TLC
-
- cr.
-
- Co.
-
- 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.
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- ca.
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- ARS
-
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- ct.
-
- ATC
-
- at.
-
- ASI
-
- TCA
-
- 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.
- TCS
-
- ASN
-
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- TIA
-
- ASR
-
- cs.
-
- tlo
-
- Sta
-
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- Clo
-
- ALC
-
- CLI
-
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- STI
-
- STL
-
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- ANC
-
- 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.
- cl.
-
- CIA
-
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- CAS
-
verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- aor
-
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- CAR
-
noun,
an automobile.
- tlr
-
- TAL
-
- CAI
-
- CSA
-
- in.
-
- CSR
-
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- LSC
-
- Lot
-
noun,
one of a set of objects, as straws or pebbles, drawn or thrown from a container to decide a question or choice by chance.
- orc
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- LON
-
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- LOC
-
- ot-
-
- OTA
-
- OTS
-
- RCS
-
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- rat
-
noun,
any of several long-tailed rodents of the family Muridae, of the genus Rattus and related genera, distinguished from the mouse by being larger.
- LST
-
- Las
-
noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- ROC
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- ROA
-
- RNA
-
- LAO
-
noun,
a member of a people of Laos and northern Thailand.
- LAR
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- LCA
-
- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- CST
-
- RCT
-
- RCN
-
- RCA
-
- LCI
-
- LCT
-
- LSI
-
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- ROI
-
- OAS
-
- NOC
-
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- nr.
-
- NRA
-
- NRC
-
- NSA
-
- NSC
-
- NIA
-
- Oc.
-
- OSA
-
- OTC
-
- 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.
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- LTA
-
- OIt
-
- ltr
-
- ons
-
- ONR
-
- ONI
-
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- Ola
-
- OIr
-
- Oca
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- NCO
-
- oil
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- oic
-
- OCS
-
- OCR
-
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- Lai
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- LAC
-
noun,
a resinous substance deposited on the twigs of various trees in southern Asia by the female of the lac insect: used in the manufacture of varnishes, sealing wax, etc., and in the production of a red coloring matter.
Compare shellac (defs 1, 2).
- IOT
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- sc.
-
- IOC
-
- ion
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- ior
-
- Ios
-
noun,
a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey.
- SAR
-
- ILO
-
- Ir.
-
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- IRC
-
- IRO
-
- Sal
-
noun,
salt1 .
- IRS
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ILS
-
- ILA
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- Isl
-
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- SLA
-
- CTA
-
- ctn
-
plural,
carton.
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- ics
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- il-
-
- io-
-
- 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).
- Ia.
-
- ial
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- IAS
-
- ICA
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- ISA
-
- IRL
-
- 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.
- RTS
-
- Lt.
-
- La.
-
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- ITC
-
- ITA
-
- ist
-
- SAC
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- Rs.
-
- RSA
-
- rt.
-
- ISR
-
- SRO
-
- So.
-
- RN
-
- AO
-
- ln
-
- O.
-
- L.
-
- ic
-
- i.
-
- LC
-
- SN
-
- OA
-
- RO
-
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- TL
-
- NL
-
- AI
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- A.
-
noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- L1
-
- TN
-
- LR
-
- SA
-
- RC
-
- S.
-
- N.
-
- RI
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- SL
-
- ol
-
- NC
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- IT
-
noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- NI
-
- TC
-
- L2
-
- R.
-
- t.
-
- T1
-
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- LO
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products: