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- decoration
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noun,
something used for decorating; adornment; embellishment:
- coordinate
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noun,
a person or thing of equal rank or importance; an equal.
- carotenoid
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noun,
any of a group of red and yellow pigments, chemically similar to carotene, contained in animal fat and some plants.
- octonaries
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noun,
a group of eight; an ogdoad.
- donatories
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noun,
a donee of the king, especially one given the right by the king to property obtained by escheat or forfeit.
- dicentras
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noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Dicentra, of the fumitory family, having long clusters of drooping flowers, as the Dutchman's-breeches or the bleeding heart.
- ordinates
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noun,
Mathematics. (in plane Cartesian coordinates) the y-coordinate of a point: its distance from the x-axis measured parallel to the y-axis.
- consortia
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noun,
a combination of financial institutions, capitalists, etc., for carrying into effect some financial operation requiring large resources of capital.
- certosina
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noun,
a technique of inlaying light-colored material, as bone, ivory, metal, or pale wood, in elaborate designs on a dark ground.
- coeditors
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noun,
a person who cooperates or collaborates as editor with another.
- Doncaster
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noun,
a city in South Yorkshire, in N England.
- cortisone
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noun,
Biochemistry. a steroid hormone of the adrenal cortex, C 21 H 28 O 5 , active in carbohydrate and protein metabolism.
- catenoids
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noun,
the surface generated by rotating a catenary about its axis of symmetry.
- isooctane
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noun,
the octane C 8 H 18 , used as one of the standards in establishing the octane number of a fuel.
- 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.
- creations
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noun,
the act of producing or causing to exist; the act of creating; engendering.
- centroids
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noun,
Mechanics. the point that may be considered as the center of a one- or two-dimensional figure, the sum of the displacements of all points in the figure from such a point being zero.
Compare center of mass.
- creodonts
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noun,
any of a diverse group of extinct predatory mammals, from the Paleocene to Pleistocene epochs, that constituted the suborder Creodonta, of the order Carnivora, developing along evolutionary lines somewhat parallel to those of the ancestors of modern carnivores and typically having a stocky, doglike body and a long, low skull.
- corantoes
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noun,
courante.
- tornadoes
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noun,
a localized, violently destructive windstorm occurring over land, especially in the Middle West, and characterized by a long, funnel-shaped cloud extending toward the ground and made visible by condensation and debris.
Compare waterspout (def 3).
- cantoris
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adjective,
of or relating to the gospel or liturgical north side of a church (opposed to decani).
- ceratoid
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adjective,
hornlike; horny.
- catenoid
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noun,
the surface generated by rotating a catenary about its axis of symmetry.
- Dorticos
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noun,
Osvaldo [aws-vahl-daw] /ɔsˈvɑl dɔ/ (Show IPA), (Osvaldo Dorticós Torrado) 1919–83, Cuban lawyer and statesman: president 1959–76.
- canotier
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noun,
a fabric constructed in a twill weave, used in the manufacture of yachting clothes.
- odorants
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noun,
an odorous substance or product.
- canister
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noun,
a small box or jar, often one of a kitchen set, for holding tea, coffee, flour, and sugar.
- strained
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noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- reaction
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noun,
a reverse movement or tendency; an action in a reverse direction or manner.
- distance
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noun,
the extent or amount of space between two things, points, lines, etc.
- odonates
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noun,
any of numerous large predatory aquatic insects of the order Odonata, occurring worldwide and characterized by two pairs of membranous wings.
- doorcase
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noun,
the finish frame of a doorway.
- tornados
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noun,
a localized, violently destructive windstorm occurring over land, especially in the Middle West, and characterized by a long, funnel-shaped cloud extending toward the ground and made visible by condensation and debris.
Compare waterspout (def 3).
- Dicentra
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noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Dicentra, of the fumitory family, having long clusters of drooping flowers, as the Dutchman's-breeches or the bleeding heart.
- D-notice
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noun,
a government notice sent to newspapers or other publications requesting them to withhold information for reasons of state security.
- carotins
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noun,
carotene.
- carotids
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noun,
Also called carotid artery. either of the two large arteries, one on each side of the head, that carry blood to the head and that divide into an external branch supplying the neck, face, and other external parts, and an internal branch supplying the brain, eye, and other internal parts.
- nitroso-
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- diocesan
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noun,
one of the clergy or people of a diocese.
- ancestor
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noun,
a person from whom one is descended; forebear; progenitor.
- die-cast
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adjective,
formed by die casting.
- detrains
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verb (used without object),
to alight from a railway train; arrive by train.
- centroid
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noun,
Mechanics. the point that may be considered as the center of a one- or two-dimensional figure, the sum of the displacements of all points in the figure from such a point being zero.
Compare center of mass.
- notaries
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noun,
notary public.
- doctrine
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noun,
a particular principle, position, or policy taught or advocated, as of a religion or government:
- trade-in
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noun,
goods given in whole or, usually, part payment of a purchase:
- Rodentia
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noun,
the order comprising the rodents.
- deration
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verb (used with object),
to discontinue the rationing of (something).
- redcoats
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noun,
(especially during the American Revolution) a British soldier.
- cardoons
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noun,
a composite plant, Cynara cardunculus, of the Mediterranean area, having a root and leafstalks eaten as a vegetable.
- cisterna
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noun,
cistern (def 2).
- senorita
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noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to miss, used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a girl or unmarried woman. Abbreviation: Srta.
- sedation
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noun,
the calming of mental excitement or abatement of physiological function, especially by the administration of a drug.
- sardonic
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adjective,
characterized by bitter or scornful derision; mocking; cynical; sneering:
- coronate
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adjective,
having or wearing a crown, coronet, or the like.
- aconites
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noun,
any plant belonging to the genus Aconitum, of the buttercup family, having irregular flowers usually in loose clusters, including species with poisonous and medicinal properties.
- Tandoori
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noun,
a plural of tandoor.
- corodies
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noun,
a right to receive maintenance in the form of housing, food, or clothing, especially the right enjoyed by the sovereign or a private benefactor to receive such maintenance from a religious house.
- scenario
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noun,
an outline of the plot of a dramatic work, giving particulars as to the scenes, characters, situations, etc.
- consider
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verb (used with object),
to think carefully about, especially in order to make a decision; contemplate; reflect on:
- intrados
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noun,
the interior curve or surface of an arch or vault.
- cordites
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noun,
a smokeless, slow-burning powder composed of 30 to 58 percent nitroglycerin, 37 to 65 percent cellulose nitrate, and 5 to 6 percent mineral jelly.
- ordinate
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noun,
Mathematics. (in plane Cartesian coordinates) the y-coordinate of a point: its distance from the x-axis measured parallel to the y-axis.
- ostracod
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noun,
seed shrimp.
- ostracon
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noun,
(in ancient Greece) a potsherd, especially one used as a ballot on which the name of a person voted to be ostracized was inscribed.
- astonied
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adjective,
dazed; bewildered; filled with consternation.
- asteroid
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noun,
Also called minor planet. Astronomy. any of the thousands of small bodies of from 480 miles (775 km) to less than one mile (1.6 km) in diameter that revolve about the sun in orbits lying mostly between those of Mars and Jupiter.
- idocrase
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noun,
vesuvianite.
- corantos
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noun,
courante.
- asconoid
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adjective,
pertaining to or resembling an ascon.
- acrodont
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adjective,
having rootless teeth fastened to the alveolar ridge of the jaws.
- aneroids
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noun,
aneroid barometer.
- coeditor
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noun,
a person who cooperates or collaborates as editor with another.
- endocast
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noun,
endocranial cast.
- creodont
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noun,
any of a diverse group of extinct predatory mammals, from the Paleocene to Pleistocene epochs, that constituted the suborder Creodonta, of the order Carnivora, developing along evolutionary lines somewhat parallel to those of the ancestors of modern carnivores and typically having a stocky, doglike body and a long, low skull.
- endosarc
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noun,
the endoplasm of a protozoan (opposed to ectosarc).
- Creation
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noun,
the act of producing or causing to exist; the act of creating; engendering.
- drastic
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adjective,
acting with force or violence; violent.
- Sno-Cat
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- candors
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noun,
the state or quality of being frank, open, and sincere in speech or expression; candidness:
- astride
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preposition,
with a leg on each side of; straddling:
- carnies
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noun,
a person employed by a carnival.
- carnose
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adjective,
of or relating to flesh; fleshy.
- sardine
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noun,
the pilchard, Sardina pilchardus, often preserved in oil and used for food.
- secondo
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noun,
the second or lower part in a duet, especially in a piano duet.
- sarcoid
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noun,
a growth resembling a sarcoma.
- docents
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noun,
privatdocent.
- sarcode
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noun,
protoplasm, especially the semifluid content of a protozoan.
- carotid
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noun,
Also called carotid artery. either of the two large arteries, one on each side of the head, that carry blood to the head and that divide into an external branch supplying the neck, face, and other external parts, and an internal branch supplying the brain, eye, and other internal parts.
- Candiot
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noun,
a Cretan.
- candies
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noun,
any of a variety of confections made with sugar, syrup, etc., often combined with chocolate, fruit, nuts, etc.
- carotin
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noun,
carotene.
- candier
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- senator
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noun,
a member of a senate.
- carnets
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noun,
a customs document allowing an automobile to be driven at no cost across international borders.
- astroid
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noun,
a hypocycloid with four cusps.
- doctors
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noun,
a person licensed to practice medicine, as a physician, surgeon, dentist, or veterinarian.
- sidero-
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- erasion
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noun,
the act of erasing.
- Ericson
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noun,
Leif [leef;; Icelandic leyv] /lif;; Icelandic leɪv/ (Show IPA), flourished a.d. c1000, Norse mariner: according to Icelandic saga, discoverer of Vinland (son of Eric the Red).
- scooter
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noun,
a child's vehicle that typically has two wheels with a low footboard between them, is steered by a handlebar, and is propelled by pushing one foot against the ground while resting the other on the footboard.
- erosion
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noun,
the act or state of eroding; state of being eroded.
- toadies
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noun,
an obsequious flatterer; sycophant.
- cardio-
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- erotica
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noun,
written works, usually fiction, dealing with sexual love.
- tirades
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noun,
a prolonged outburst of bitter, outspoken denunciation:
- cardoon
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noun,
a composite plant, Cynara cardunculus, of the Mediterranean area, having a root and leafstalks eaten as a vegetable.
- canters
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noun,
an easy gallop.
- section
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noun,
a part that is cut off or separated.
- atonies
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noun,
Pathology. lack of tone or energy; muscular weakness, especially in a contractile organ.
- enroots
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verb (used with object),
to fix by the root.
- atonics
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noun,
Grammar. an unaccented word, syllable, or sound.
- side-on
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adverb,
with the side or sides foremost, especially in a collision:
- sidecar
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noun,
a small car attached on one side to a motorcycle and supported on the other side by a wheel of its own, used for a passenger, parcels, etc.
- donates
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verb (used with object),
to present as a gift, grant, or contribution; make a donation of, as to a fund or cause:
- tinders
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noun,
a highly flammable material or preparation formerly used for catching the spark from a flint and steel struck together for fire or light.
- Estonia
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noun,
a republic in N Europe, on the Baltic, S of the Gulf of Finland: an independent republic 1918–40; annexed by the Soviet Union 1940; regained independence 1991. 17,413 sq. mi. (45,100 sq. km). Capital: Tallinn.
- erotics
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noun,
an erotic poem.
- detains
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verb (used with object),
to keep from proceeding; keep waiting; delay.
- cartoon
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noun,
a sketch or drawing, usually humorous, as in a newspaper or periodical, symbolizing, satirizing, or caricaturing some action, subject, or person of popular interest.
- coronet
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noun,
a small crown.
- 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.
- crinose
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adjective,
hairy.
- cretins
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noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- coarsen
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become coarse.
- coaster
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noun,
a person or thing that coasts.
- credits
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noun,
commendation or honor given for some action, quality, etc.:
- cratons
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noun,
a relatively rigid and immobile region of continental portions of the earth's crust.
- cranio-
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- costard
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noun,
a large English variety of apple.
- coedits
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verb (used with object),
to edit jointly with another.
- Costain
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noun,
Thomas Bertram, 1885–1965, U.S. novelist, historian, and editor, born in Canada.
- tanrecs
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noun,
tenrec.
- Cortona
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noun,
Pietro da [pye-traw dah] /ˈpyɛ trɔ dɑ/ (Show IPA), (Pietro Berrettini) 1596–1669, Italian painter and architect.
- 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.
- condors
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noun,
either of two large, New World vultures of the family Cathartidae, Gymnogyps californianus (California condor) or Vultur gryphus (Andean condor) the largest flying birds in the Western Hemisphere: the California condor is almost extinct; the Andean condor is greatly reduced in number and rare in many areas.
- Crotone
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noun,
a city in S Italy; ancient Greek colony.
- contoid
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adjective,
of or relating to a sound characterized by stoppage or obstruction of the flow of air in the vocal tract; consonantlike.
- coontie
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noun,
either of two arrowroots, Zamia integrifolia or Z. floridana, of Florida, having a short trunk, pinnate leaves, and cones: Z. floridana is an endangered species.
- Tancred
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noun,
1078?–1112, Norman leader in the first Crusade.
- tandoor
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noun,
a cylindrical clay oven, fired to a high heat by wood or charcoal, in which foods, especially meats, are cooked and bread is baked.
- contras
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noun,
(often initial capital letter) a member of a counterrevolutionary guerrilla group in Nicaragua.
- contra-
-
- cordate
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adjective,
heart-shaped:
- cordite
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noun,
a smokeless, slow-burning powder composed of 30 to 58 percent nitroglycerin, 37 to 65 percent cellulose nitrate, and 5 to 6 percent mineral jelly.
- coronas
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noun,
a white or colored circle or set of concentric circles of light seen around a luminous body, especially around the sun or moon.
- constr.
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- conster
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verb (used with or without object),
construe.
- corneas
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noun,
the transparent anterior part of the external coat of the eye covering the iris and the pupil and continuous with the sclera.
- consort
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noun,
a husband or wife; spouse, especially of a reigning monarch.
Compare prince consort, queen consort.
- cornets
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noun,
Music. a valved wind instrument of the trumpet family.
- conoids
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noun,
a geometrical solid formed by the revolution of a conic section about one of its axes.
- cronies
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noun,
a close friend or companion; chum.
- cistron
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noun,
a segment of DNA that encodes for the formation of a specific polypeptide chain; a structural gene.
- disroot
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verb (used with object),
to uproot; dislodge.
- cations
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noun,
a positively charged ion that is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis.
- descant
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noun,
Music.
a melody or counterpoint accompanying a simple musical theme and usually written above it.
(in part music) the soprano.
a song or melody.
- destain
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verb (used with object),
to remove stain (from a specimen) to enhance visibility and contrast of parts.
- sordino
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noun,
mute (def 10).
- indorse
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verb (used with object),
endorse.
- detrain
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verb (used without object),
to alight from a railway train; arrive by train.
- diaster
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noun,
the stage in mitosis at which the chromosomes, after their division and separation, are grouped near the poles of the spindle.
- dineros
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noun,
a former silver coin of Peru, the 10th part of a sol.
- deontic
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adjective,
of or relating to duty and moral obligation as ethical concepts.
- cordons
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noun,
a line of police, sentinels, military posts, warships, etc., enclosing or guarding an area.
- directs
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adverb,
in a direct manner; directly; straight:
- Socotra
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noun,
an island in the Indian Ocean, S of Arabia: a part of the Republic of Yemen. 1382 sq. mi. (3579 sq. km).
- discant
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noun,
Also, discantus [dis-kan-tuh s] /dɪsˈkæn təs/ (Show IPA). Music. a 13th-century polyphonic style with strict mensural meter in all the voice parts, in contrast to the metrically free organum of the period.
- discern
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verb (used with object),
to perceive by the sight or some other sense or by the intellect; see, recognize, or apprehend:
- disrate
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verb (used with object),
to reduce to a lower rating or rank.
- soredia
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noun,
a group of algal cells surrounded by hyphal tissue, occurring on the surface of the thallus and functioning in vegetative reproduction.
- centri-
-
- cistern
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noun,
a reservoir, tank, or container for storing or holding water or other liquid.
- stearo-
-
- 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.
- storied
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noun,
a narrative, either true or fictitious, in prose or verse, designed to interest, amuse, or instruct the hearer or reader; tale.
- ctenoid
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adjective,
comblike or pectinate; rough-edged.
- steroid
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noun,
any of a large group of fat-soluble organic compounds, as the sterols, bile acids, and sex hormones, most of which have specific physiological action.
- sterno-
-
- dacoits
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noun,
(in India and Burma) a member of a class of criminals who engage in organized robbery and murder.
- stearin
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noun,
Chemistry. any of the three glyceryl esters of stearic acid, especially C 3 H 5 (C 18 H 35 O 2) 3 , a soft, white, odorless solid found in many natural fats.
- centro-
-
- stearic
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adjective,
of or relating to suet or fat.
- dancers
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noun,
a person who dances.
- cestoid
-
noun,
cestode.
- certain
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Idioms,
for certain, without a doubt; surely:
- cerato-
-
- decants
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verb (used with object),
to pour (wine or other liquid) gently so as not to disturb the sediment.
- indoors
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adverb,
in or into a house or building:
- coranto
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noun,
courante.
- sainted
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- Roscian
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adjective,
of, relating to, or involving acting.
- rodents
-
noun,
a rodent mammal.
- adornos
-
noun,
relief ornament applied to a piece.
- narcose
-
adjective,
characterized by stupor; stuporous.
- oneidas
-
noun,
a member of an Iroquois people formerly inhabiting the region east of Oneida Lake.
- ratoons
-
noun,
a sprout or shoot from the root of a plant, especially a sugarcane, after it has been cropped.
- tornado
-
noun,
a localized, violently destructive windstorm occurring over land, especially in the Middle West, and characterized by a long, funnel-shaped cloud extending toward the ground and made visible by condensation and debris.
Compare waterspout (def 3).
- Ontario
-
noun,
a province in S Canada, bordering on the Great Lakes. 412,582 sq. mi. (1,068,585 sq. km). Capital: Toronto.
- rations
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- ratines
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- oration
-
noun,
a formal public speech, especially one delivered on a special occasion, as on an anniversary, at a funeral, or at academic exercises.
- antero-
-
- Aretino
-
noun,
Pietro [pye-traw] /ˈpyɛ trɔ/ (Show IPA), 1492–1556, Italian satirist and dramatist.
- isotone
-
noun,
one of two or more atoms having an equal number of neutrons but different atomic numbers.
- orceins
-
noun,
a red dye, the principal coloring matter of cudbear and orchil, obtained by oxidizing an ammoniacal solution of orcinol.
- Ariosto
-
noun,
Ludovico [loo-daw-vee-kaw] /ˌlu dɔˈvi kɔ/ (Show IPA), 1474–1533, Italian poet: author of Orlando Furioso.
- Rostand
-
noun,
Edmond [ed-mawn] /ɛdˈmɔ̃/ (Show IPA), 1868–1918, French dramatist and poet.
- Isadore
-
noun,
a male given name: from the Greek word meaning “gift of Isis.”.
- ordains
-
verb (used with object),
to invest with ministerial or sacerdotal functions; confer holy orders upon.
- aristo-
-
- actino-
-
- Anteros
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a brother of Eros, most often regarded as the avenger of unrequited love.
- recants
-
verb (used with object),
to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
- Torenia
-
noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Torenia, of the figwort family, native to Africa and Asia, having two-lipped, usually blue or purple flowers.
- octanes
-
noun,
any of 18 isomeric saturated hydrocarbons having the formula C 8 H 18 , some of which are obtained in the distillation and cracking of petroleum.
- notices
-
noun,
an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning:
- retains
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- Oceanid
-
noun,
any of the daughters of Oceanus and Tethys; a sea nymph.
- retsina
-
noun,
a strong, resinated white or red wine of Greece and Cyprus.
- redcoat
-
noun,
(especially during the American Revolution) a British soldier.
- norites
-
noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- torsion
-
noun,
the act of twisting.
- treason
-
noun,
the offense of acting to overthrow one's government or to harm or kill its sovereign.
- Nordica
-
noun,
Lillian (Lillian Norton) 1859–1914, U.S. soprano.
- noetics
-
noun,
the science of the intellect or of pure thought; reasoning.
- toroids
-
noun,
a surface generated by the revolution of any closed plane curve or contour about an axis lying in its plane.
- redacts
-
verb (used with object),
to put into suitable literary form; revise; edit.
- torsade
-
noun,
a twisted cord.
- aneroid
-
noun,
aneroid barometer.
- Odoacer
-
noun,
a.d. 434?–493, first barbarian ruler of Italy 476–493.
- Nidaros
-
noun,
former name of Trondheim.
- odonate
-
noun,
any of numerous large predatory aquatic insects of the order Odonata, occurring worldwide and characterized by two pairs of membranous wings.
- Nicetas
-
noun,
Saint Ignatius (def 2).
- odorant
-
noun,
an odorous substance or product.
- roadeos
-
noun,
a competition, usually held annually, for professional truck drivers testing driving skill.
- nectars
-
noun,
the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or birds that pollinate the flower.
- randies
-
noun,
Chiefly Scot. a rude or coarse beggar.
- rescind
-
verb (used with object),
to abrogate; annul; revoke; repeal.
- iodates
-
noun,
Chemistry. a salt of iodic acid, as sodium iodate, NaIO 3 .
- aconite
-
noun,
any plant belonging to the genus Aconitum, of the buttercup family, having irregular flowers usually in loose clusters, including species with poisonous and medicinal properties.
- 2,4,5-t
-
noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- Orontes
-
noun,
a river in W Asia, flowing N from Lebanon through NW Syria and then SW past Antioch, Turkey, to the Mediterranean. 250 miles (405 km) long.
- triodes
-
noun,
a vacuum tube containing three elements, usually anode, cathode, and control grid.
- instead
-
Idioms,
instead of, in place of; in lieu of:
- arseno-
-
- sadiron
-
noun,
Northern, North Midland, and Western U.S. Older Use. a flatiron that is pointed at both ends and has a detachable handle.
- Insecta
-
noun,
the class comprising the insects.
- Ionesco
-
noun,
Eugène [French œ-zhen;; English yoo-jeen,, yoo-jeen] /French œˈʒɛn;; English yuˈdʒin,, ˈyu dʒin/ (Show IPA), 1912–94, French playwright, born in Romania.
- oroides
-
noun,
an alloy containing copper, tin, etc., used to imitate gold.
- radices
-
noun,
a plural of radix.
- osteoid
-
adjective,
resembling bone; bonelike.
- racoons
-
noun,
raccoon.
- acetoin
-
noun,
a yellowish, pleasant-smelling liquid, C 4 H 8 O 2 , obtained from various carbohydrates, as glucose, by fermentation: used chiefly in the manufacture of flavors and essences.
- inroads
-
noun,
a damaging or serious encroachment:
- orients
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- acetins
-
noun,
a colorless, thick, hygroscopic liquid, C 5 H 10 O 4 : used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives.
- dancer
-
noun,
a person who dances.
- Raetic
-
noun,
an extinct language of uncertain affinities that was spoken in Rhaetia and written with the Etruscan alphabet.
- rectos
-
- redact
-
verb (used with object),
to put into suitable literary form; revise; edit.
- dances
-
noun,
a successive group of rhythmical steps or bodily motions, or both, usually executed to music.
- orenda
-
noun,
a supernatural force believed by the Iroquois Indians to be present, in varying degrees, in all objects or persons, and to be the spiritual force by which human accomplishment is attained or accounted for.
- Dairen
-
noun,
former Japanese name of Dalian (def 2).
- recti-
-
- osteo-
-
- cordon
-
noun,
a line of police, sentinels, military posts, warships, etc., enclosing or guarding an area.
- corita
-
noun,
a boat resembling a large, woven basket, used by Indians of the southwestern U.S.
- Dacron
-
- cornea
-
noun,
the transparent anterior part of the external coat of the eye covering the iris and the pupil and continuous with the sclera.
- dacoit
-
noun,
(in India and Burma) a member of a class of criminals who engage in organized robbery and murder.
- Ostend
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Belgium.
- steno-
-
- Osetic
-
adjective, noun,
Ossetic.
- danios
-
noun,
any of several cyprinid fishes of the genera Danio and Brachydanio, of India and Sri Lanka, often kept in aquariums.
- stance
-
noun,
the position or bearing of the body while standing:
- cordis
-
adjective,
(in prescriptions) of the heart.
- octane
-
noun,
any of 18 isomeric saturated hydrocarbons having the formula C 8 H 18 , some of which are obtained in the distillation and cracking of petroleum.
- racist
-
noun,
a person who believes in racism, the doctrine that one's own racial group is superior or that a particular racial group is inferior to the others.
- oaters
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- denti-
-
- sorted
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- racons
-
noun,
radar beacon.
- racoon
-
noun,
raccoon.
- redans
-
noun,
a V -shaped work, usually projecting from a fortified line.
- octads
-
noun,
a group or series of eight.
- decors
-
noun,
style or mode of decoration, as of a room, building, or the like:
- radio-
-
- sortie
-
noun,
a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
- octroi
-
noun,
(formerly especially in France and Italy) a local tax levied on certain articles, such as foodstuffs, on their entry into a city.
- radios
-
noun,
wireless telegraphy or telephony:
- decant
-
verb (used with object),
to pour (wine or other liquid) gently so as not to disturb the sediment.
- otiose
-
adjective,
being at leisure; idle; indolent.
- radons
-
noun,
a chemically inert, radioactive gaseous element produced by the decay of radium: emissions produced by outgassing of rock, brick, etc. are a health hazard. Symbol: Rn; atomic number: 86; atomic weight: 222.
- Octans
-
noun,
the Octant, a southern constellation that contains the south celestial pole.
- decani
-
adjective,
of or relating to the epistle or liturgical south side of a church (opposed to cantoris).
- Deacon
-
noun,
(in hierarchical churches) a member of the clerical order next below that of a priest.
- steric
-
adjective,
of or relating to the spatial relationships of atoms in a molecule.
- Darien
-
noun,
Gulf of, an arm of the Caribbean between NE Panama and NW Colombia.
- darics
-
noun,
a gold coin and monetary unit of ancient Persia.
- Danite
-
noun,
a member of the tribe of Dan.
- oscine
-
noun,
an oscine bird.
- corned
-
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.
- recons
-
noun,
reconnaissance.
- Strine
-
noun,
Australian English.
- ootids
-
noun,
the cell that results from the meiotic divisions of an oocyte and matures into an ovum.
- credos
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the Apostles' Creed or the Nicene Creed.
- orates
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- credit
-
noun,
commendation or honor given for some action, quality, etc.:
- ranids
-
noun,
frog1 (def 2).
- orcein
-
noun,
a red dye, the principal coloring matter of cudbear and orchil, obtained by oxidizing an ammoniacal solution of orcinol.
- ornate
-
adjective,
elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so:
- craton
-
noun,
a relatively rigid and immobile region of continental portions of the earth's crust.
- crates
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- stride
-
noun,
a striding manner or a striding gait.
- costo-
-
- Strand
-
noun,
the land bordering the sea, a lake, or a river; shore; beach.
- Coster
-
noun,
costermonger.
- orison
-
noun,
a prayer.
- corset
-
noun,
Sometimes, corsets. a close-fitting undergarment, stiffened with whalebone or similar material and often capable of being tightened by lacing, enclosing the trunk: worn, especially by women, to shape and support the body; stays.
- ordain
-
verb (used with object),
to invest with ministerial or sacerdotal functions; confer holy orders upon.
- COSTAR
-
noun,
a performer, especially an actor or actress, who shares star billing with another.
- Cortes
-
noun,
(in Spain or Portugal) the two houses constituting the national legislative body.
- Orinda
-
noun,
a town in W California.
- Orient
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- oreads
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. any of a group of nymphs who were the companions of Artemis.
- strode
-
noun,
a striding manner or a striding gait.
- ratine
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- rancid
-
adjective,
having a rank, unpleasant, stale smell or taste, as through decomposition, especially of fats or oils:
- recast
-
noun,
a recasting.
- re-act
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- raised
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- cteno-
-
- COSINE
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side adjacent to a given angle to the hypotenuse.
the sine of the complement of a given angle or arc. Abbreviation: cos.
- stoned
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- stoner
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
- C-star
-
noun,
carbon star.
- CORNET
-
noun,
Music. a valved wind instrument of the trumpet family.
- Strain
-
noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- recant
-
verb (used with object),
to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
- reason
-
noun,
a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.:
- Oneida
-
noun,
a member of an Iroquois people formerly inhabiting the region east of Oneida Lake.
- Derain
-
noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1880–1954, French painter.
- Croton
-
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.
- croons
-
noun,
the act or sound of crooning.
- ratoon
-
noun,
a sprout or shoot from the root of a plant, especially a sugarcane, after it has been cropped.
- onside
-
adjective, adverb,
not offside; being within the prescribed line or area at the beginning of or during play or a play.
- crones
-
noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- Crista
-
noun,
a crest or ridge.
- corona
-
noun,
a white or colored circle or set of concentric circles of light seen around a luminous body, especially around the sun or moon.
- oroide
-
noun,
an alloy containing copper, tin, etc., used to imitate gold.
- cretin
-
noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- ration
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- Cretan
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Crete.
- dinars
-
noun,
any of various former coins of the Near East, especially gold coins issued by Islamic governments.
- Reston
-
noun,
James (Barrett) ("Scotty") 1909–1995, U.S. journalist, born in Scotland.
- second
-
noun,
a second part.
- sacro-
-
- ericas
-
noun,
any of numerous low-growing evergreen shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Erica, of the heath family, including several species of heather.
- sacred
-
adjective,
devoted or dedicated to a deity or to some religious purpose; consecrated.
- Scoter
-
noun,
any of the large diving ducks of the genus Melanitta, inhabiting northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere.
- irades
-
noun,
a decree of a Muslim ruler.
- Scotia
-
noun,
a deep concave molding between two fillets, as in the Attic base.
- scoto-
-
- enroot
-
verb (used with object),
to fix by the root.
- cootie
-
noun,
a louse, especially one affecting humans, as the body louse, head louse, or pubic louse.
- scrota
-
noun,
the pouch of skin that contains the testes.
- irones
-
noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- enacts
-
verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- secant
-
noun,
Geometry. an intersecting line, especially one intersecting a curve at two or more points.
- sector
-
noun,
Geometry. a plane figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle.
- erotic
-
noun,
an erotic poem.
- editor
-
noun,
a person having managerial and sometimes policy-making responsibility related to the writing, compilation, and revision of content for a publishing firm or for a newspaper, magazine, or other publication:
- Edison
-
noun,
Thomas Alva [al-vuh] /ˈæl və/ (Show IPA), 1847–1931, U.S. inventor, especially of electrical devices.
- isotac
-
noun,
a line drawn on a map connecting all points where ice starts to melt at approximately the same period in spring.
- Sendai
-
noun,
a city on NE Honshu, in central Japan.
- Senior
-
noun,
a person who is older than another.
- Senora
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to Mrs., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a married or older woman. Abbreviation: Sra.
- Rosita
-
noun,
a female given name, Spanish form of Rose.
- Rosina
-
noun,
a female given name, Italian form of Rose.
- Roscoe
-
noun,
a revolver or pistol.
- Easton
-
noun,
a city in E Pennsylvania, on the Delaware River.
- set-in
-
adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- rosace
-
noun,
rosette (def 3).
- rooted
-
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.
- scoria
-
noun,
Metallurgy. the refuse, dross, or slag left after melting or smelting metal; scum.
- iodate
-
noun,
Chemistry. a salt of iodic acid, as sodium iodate, NaIO 3 .
- nacred
-
adjective,
lined with or resembling nacre.
- icono-
-
- Indore
-
noun,
a former state in central India: now part of Madhya Pradesh.
- indoor
-
adjective,
occurring, used, etc., in a house or building, rather than out of doors:
- incest
-
noun,
sexual intercourse between closely related persons.
- incase
-
verb (used with object),
encase.
- Sander
-
noun,
a person or thing that sands or sandpapers.
- Sandie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Sandro.
- Sandor
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Sandro
-
noun,
a male given name.
- insect
-
noun,
any animal of the class Insecta, comprising small, air-breathing arthropods having the body divided into three parts (head, thorax, and abdomen), and having three pairs of legs and usually two pairs of wings.
- santir
-
noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- sarco-
-
- insert
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- instar
-
noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- instr.
-
- intros
-
noun,
an introduction.
- inter.
-
- inters
-
verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- intoed
-
adjective,
having inwardly turned toes.
- iatro-
-
- Sarton
-
noun,
May, 1912–95, U.S. poet, novelist, and playwright.
- satire
-
noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- satori
-
noun,
sudden enlightenment.
- scato-
-
- Estrin
-
noun,
estrone.
- intra-
-
- intro.
-
- escort
-
noun,
a group of persons, or a single person, accompanying another or others for protection, guidance, or courtesy:
- Scioto
-
noun,
a river in central Ohio, flowing S to the Ohio River. 237 miles (382 km) long.
- eroto-
-
- droits
-
noun,
a legal right or claim.
- nacres
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- retain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- Sondra
-
noun,
a female given name.
- distr.
-
- niters
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- nitres
-
noun,
niter.
- disco-
-
- nitro-
-
- nocti-
-
- socio-
-
- noctis
-
adjective,
(in prescriptions) of the night.
- rident
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- direct
-
adverb,
in a direct manner; directly; straight:
- nodose
-
adjective,
having nodes.
- sodio-
-
- Noetic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the mind.
- diners
-
noun,
a person who dines.
- doater
-
noun,
doter.
- Nordic
-
noun,
a member of the Nordic people, especially a Scandinavian.
- dinero
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Peru, the 10th part of a sol.
- inroad
-
noun,
a damaging or serious encroachment:
- Sonora
-
noun,
a state in NW Mexico. 70,484 sq. mi. (182,555 sq. km). Capital: Hermosillo.
- norias
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- dicots
-
noun,
a dicotyledon.
- norite
-
noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- Sooner
-
noun,
a person who settles on government land before it is legally opened to settlers in order to gain the choice of location.
- dicast
-
noun,
(in ancient Athens) a citizen eligible to sit as a judge.
- Nostoc
-
noun,
any freshwater, blue-green alga of the genus Nostoc, often occurring in jellylike colonies in moist places.
- retina
-
noun,
the innermost coat of the posterior part of the eyeball that receives the image produced by the lens, is continuous with the optic nerve, and consists of several layers, one of which contains the rods and cones that are sensitive to light.
- detain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep from proceeding; keep waiting; delay.
- notice
-
noun,
an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning:
- Dnestr
-
noun,
Russian name of Dniester.
- docent
-
noun,
privatdocent.
- nadirs
-
noun,
Astronomy. the point on the celestial sphere directly beneath a given position or observer and diametrically opposite the zenith.
- narcos
-
noun,
narc.
- driest
-
noun,
a prohibitionist.
- Naoise
-
noun,
the husband of Deirdre and a nephew of Conchobar, by whom he was treacherously killed.
- drains
-
noun,
something, as a pipe or conduit, by which a liquid drains.
- rondos
-
noun,
a work or movement, often the last movement of a sonata, having one principal subject that is stated at least three times in the same key and to which return is made after the introduction of each subordinate theme.
- dorso-
-
- dorsi-
-
- narco-
-
- Dorset
-
noun,
1st Earl of, Thomas Sackville.
- dories
-
noun,
a boat with a narrow, flat bottom, high bow, and flaring sides.
- Dorian
-
noun,
a member of a people who entered Greece about the 12th century b.c., conquered the Peloponnesus, and destroyed the Mycenaean culture: one of the four main divisions of the prehistoric Greeks.
Compare Achaean (def 5), Aeolian (def 2), Ionian (def 3).
- sinter
-
noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- Dorcas
-
noun,
a Christian woman at Joppa who made clothing for the poor. Acts 9:36–41.
- Dorati
-
noun,
Antal [ahn-tahl;; Hungarian on-tol] /ˈɑn tɑl;; Hungarian ˈɒn tɒl/ (Show IPA), 1906–1988, Hungarian conductor, in the U.S.
- roncos
-
noun,
any grunt of the genus Haemulon, especially H. parrai, the sailor's-choice, of West Indian waters.
- nicads
-
noun,
nickel-cadmium battery.
- nastic
-
adjective,
of or showing sufficiently greater cellular force or growth on one side of an axis to change the form or position of the axis.
- Sirena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- donsie
-
adjective,
Midland U.S. somewhat sick, weak, or lacking in vitality; not completely well.
- donors
-
noun,
a person who gives or donates.
- Donets
-
noun,
a river rising in the SW Russian Federation near Belgorod, flowing SE through Ukraine to the Don River. About 650 miles (1045 km) long.
- rodeos
-
noun,
a public exhibition of cowboy skills, as bronco riding and calf roping.
- donate
-
verb (used with object),
to present as a gift, grant, or contribution; make a donation of, as to a fund or cause:
- rodent
-
noun,
a rodent mammal.
- Doctor
-
noun,
a person licensed to practice medicine, as a physician, surgeon, dentist, or veterinarian.
- necro-
-
- nectar
-
noun,
the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or birds that pollinate the flower.
- roadie
-
noun,
a member of a crew for a traveling group of musicians or other entertainers, whose work usually includes the setting up of equipment.
- roadeo
-
noun,
a competition, usually held annually, for professional truck drivers testing driving skill.
- Nestor
-
noun,
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- Enrico
-
noun,
a male given name: Italian form of Henry.
- Racine
-
noun,
Jean Baptiste [zhahn ba-teest] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist/ (Show IPA), 1639–99, French dramatist.
- Cooter
-
noun,
Chiefly Southern U.S. any of several large aquatic turtles of the southern U.S. and northern Mexico.
- caters
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- traces
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- censor
-
noun,
an official who examines books, plays, news reports, motion pictures, radio and television programs, letters, cablegrams, etc., for the purpose of suppressing parts deemed objectionable on moral, political, military, or other grounds.
- tensor
-
noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
- Cedars
-
noun,
any of several Old World, coniferous trees of the genus Cedrus, having wide, spreading branches.
Compare cedar of Lebanon.
- cedarn
-
adjective,
resembling or made of cedar.
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- tisane
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- Andres
-
noun,
John, 1751–80, British major hanged as a spy by the Americans in the Revolutionary War: plotted the betrayal of West Point with Benedict Arnold.
- Andric
-
noun,
Ivo [ee-vaw] /ˈi vɔ/ (Show IPA), 1892–1975, Yugoslavian poet, novelist, and short-story writer: Nobel Prize 1961.
- andro-
-
- centi-
-
- Andros
-
noun,
Sir Edmund, 1637–1714, British governor in the American colonies, 1686–89, 1692–98.
- Castro
-
noun,
Cipriano [sip-ree-ah-noh;; Spanish see-pree-ah-naw] /ˌsɪp riˈɑ noʊ;; Spanish ˌsi priˈɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1858?–1924, Venezuelan military and political leader: president 1901–08; exiled 1908.
- Castor
-
noun,
Also, castoreum. a brownish, unctuous substance with a strong, penetrating odor, secreted by certain glands in the groin of the beaver, used in medicine and perfumery.
- torose
-
adjective,
Botany. cylindrical, with swellings or constrictions at intervals; knobbed.
- Caster
-
noun,
a person or thing that casts.
- aniso-
-
- casino
-
noun,
a building or large room used for meetings, entertainment, dancing, etc., especially such a place equipped with gambling devices, gambling tables, etc.
- casern
-
noun,
a lodging for soldiers in a garrison town; barracks.
- casein
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a protein precipitated from milk, as by rennet, and forming the basis of cheese and certain plastics.
- carton
-
noun,
a cardboard or plastic box used typically for storage or shipping.
- centas
-
noun,
a former bronze coin of Lithuania, the 100th part of a litas.
- centos
-
noun,
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
- anodic
-
adjective,
pertaining to an anode or the phenomena in its vicinity.
- triacs
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- cinder
-
noun,
a partially or mostly burned piece of coal, wood, etc.
- ciders
-
noun,
the juice pressed from apples (or formerly from some other fruit) used for drinking, either before fermentation (sweet cider) or after fermentation (hard cider) or for making applejack, vinegar, etc.
- adores
-
verb (used with object),
to regard with the utmost esteem, love, and respect; honor.
- adorno
-
noun,
relief ornament applied to a piece.
- adorns
-
verb (used with object),
to decorate or add beauty to, as by ornaments:
- adren-
-
- adreno
-
- adroit
-
adjective,
expert or nimble in the use of the hands or body.
- tenias
-
noun,
taenia.
- trends
-
noun,
the general course or prevailing tendency; drift:
- centr-
-
- aeron.
-
- treads
-
noun,
the action of treading, stepping, or walking.
- cerias
-
noun,
a white-to-yellow, heavy powder, cerium dioxide, CeO 2 , usually derived from cerium nitrate by decomposition with heat: used chiefly in ceramics, glass polishing, and decolorizing.
- transe
-
noun,
a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
- cerat-
-
- trans.
-
- trance
-
noun,
a half-conscious state, seemingly between sleeping and waking, in which ability to function voluntarily may be suspended.
- centra
-
noun,
a plural of centrum.
- trains
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- trades
-
noun,
the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries:
- cartes
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- toroid
-
noun,
a surface generated by the revolution of any closed plane curve or contour about an axis lying in its plane.
- Adonic
-
noun,
Prosody. an Adonic verse or line.
- Astrid
-
noun,
a female given name: from Scandinavian, meaning “divine strength.”.
- ascend
-
verb (used with object),
to go or move upward upon or along; climb; mount:
- ascent
-
noun,
an act of ascending; upward movement; a rising movement:
- caners
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- Candor
-
noun,
the state or quality of being frank, open, and sincere in speech or expression; candidness:
- Cairns
-
noun,
a seaport in NE Australia.
- toners
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- cairds
-
noun,
a traveling tinker, especially a gypsy.
- astern
-
adverb,
in a position behind a specified vessel or aircraft:
- tineas
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- astro-
-
- canids
-
noun,
any animal of the dog family Canidae, including the wolves, jackals, hyenas, coyotes, foxes, and domestic dogs.
- astron
-
- cadres
-
noun,
Military. the key group of officers and enlisted personnel necessary to establish and train a new military unit.
- toe-in
-
noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- tirade
-
noun,
a prolonged outburst of bitter, outspoken denunciation:
- cadets
-
noun,
a student in a national service academy or private military school or on a training ship.
- to-dos
-
noun,
bustle; fuss:
- cadent
-
adjective,
having cadence.
- atones
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- atonic
-
noun,
Grammar. an unaccented word, syllable, or sound.
- todies
-
noun,
any of several small West Indian birds of the family Todidae, related to the motmots and kingfishers, having brightly colored green and red plumage.
- Artois
-
noun,
a former province in N France: artesian wells.
- arsino
-
adjective,
containing the arsino group.
- Carson
-
noun,
Christopher ("Kit") 1809–68, U.S. frontiersman and scout.
- Arendt
-
noun,
Hannah, 1906–75, U.S. author, political scientist, and teacher, born in Germany.
- Carnot
-
noun,
Lazare Nicolas Marguerite [la-zar nee-kaw-lah mar-guh-reet] /laˈzar ni kɔˈlɑ mar gəˈrit/ (Show IPA), 1753–1823, French general and statesman.
- carnet
-
noun,
a customs document allowing an automobile to be driven at no cost across international borders.
- antres
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- aorist
-
noun,
a verb tense, as in Classical Greek, expressing action or, in the indicative mood, past action, without further limitation or implication.
- Torino
-
noun,
Turin.
- ardent
-
adjective,
having, expressive of, or characterized by intense feeling; passionate; fervent:
- caries
-
noun,
decay, as of bone or of plant tissue.
- carets
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- Tories
-
noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- ariose
-
adjective,
characterized by melody; songlike.
- arsine
-
noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- Cardin
-
noun,
Pierre, born 1922, French fashion designer.
- cardi-
-
- arioso
-
noun,
an arioso composition or section.
- tinder
-
noun,
a highly flammable material or preparation formerly used for catching the spark from a flint and steel struck together for fire or light.
- Cantos
-
noun,
one of the main or larger divisions of a long poem.
- Cantor
-
noun,
the religious official of a synagogue who conducts the liturgical portion of a service and sings or chants the prayers and parts of prayers designed to be performed as solos.
- Canter
-
noun,
an easy gallop.
- aroids
-
noun,
any plant of the arum family.
- aroint
-
verb (imperative),
begone:
- arsen-
-
- Adonis
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a youth slain by a wild boar but permitted by Zeus to pass four months every year in the lower world with Persephone, four with Aphrodite, and four wherever he chose.
- cation
-
noun,
a positively charged ion that is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis.
- triads
-
noun,
a group of three, especially of three closely related persons or things.
- triens
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- triode
-
noun,
a vacuum tube containing three elements, usually anode, cathode, and control grid.
- coeno-
-
- coedit
-
verb (used with object),
to edit jointly with another.
- trines
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- codons
-
noun,
a triplet of adjacent nucleotides in the messenger RNA chain that codes for a specific amino acid in the synthesis of a protein molecule.
- coders
-
noun,
a person or device that translates information into a code.
- actin-
-
- aceto-
-
- coatis
-
noun,
any tropical American carnivore of the genus Nasua, related to the raccoon, having an elongated body, long, ringed tail, and a slender, flexible snout.
- actins
-
noun,
a globulin that is present in muscle plasma and that in connection with myosin plays an important role in muscle contraction.
- action
-
noun,
the process or state of acting or of being active:
- Coates
-
noun,
Eric, 1886–1957, English violist and composer.
- coated
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- coarse
-
adjective,
composed of relatively large parts or particles:
- tanrec
-
noun,
tenrec.
- acetin
-
noun,
a colorless, thick, hygroscopic liquid, C 5 H 10 O 4 : used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives.
- Citron
-
noun,
a pale-yellow fruit resembling the lemon but larger and with thicker rind, borne by a small tree or large bush, Citrus medica, allied to the lemon and lime.
- tronas
-
noun,
a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
- tainos
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- cooner
-
noun,
coon dog.
- contr.
-
- contos
-
noun,
a money of account of Portugal and Cape Verde, equal to 1000 escudos.
- trones
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- contes
-
plural,
Trademark. a brand of crayon made of graphite and clay, usually in black, red, or brown.
- contd.
-
- condor
-
noun,
either of two large, New World vultures of the family Cathartidae, Gymnogyps californianus (California condor) or Vultur gryphus (Andean condor) the largest flying birds in the Western Hemisphere: the California condor is almost extinct; the Andean condor is greatly reduced in number and rare in many areas.
- triose
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- Conroe
-
noun,
a town in E Texas.
- Conrad
-
noun,
Charles, Jr ("Pete") 1930–1999, U.S. astronaut.
- conoid
-
noun,
a geometrical solid formed by the revolution of a conic section about one of its axes.
- conies
-
noun,
the fur of a rabbit, especially when dyed to simulate Hudson seal.
- condos
-
noun,
condominium (defs 1, 2).
- C-note
-
noun,
See C (def 11).
- Tocsin
-
noun,
a signal, especially of alarm, sounded on a bell or bells.
- adeno-
-
- tarso-
-
- trices
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- adient
-
adjective,
tending to move toward a stimulus.
- saice
-
noun,
syce.
- toran
-
noun,
(in Indian Buddhist and Hindu architecture) a gateway having two or three lintels between two posts.
- arose
-
verb,
simple past tense of arise.
- desc.
-
- Sadoc
-
noun,
Zadok.
- trend
-
noun,
the general course or prevailing tendency; drift:
- torcs
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- Sadie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Sara or Sarah.
- onto-
-
- aroid
-
noun,
any plant of the arum family.
- iotas
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- oidea
-
- reads
-
noun,
an act or instance of reading:
- adorn
-
verb (used with object),
to decorate or add beauty to, as by ornaments:
- ontic
-
adjective,
possessing the character of real rather than phenomenal existence; noumenal.
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- ascon
-
noun,
a type of sponge having an oval shape and a thin body wall with pores leading directly into the spongocoel.
- asco-
-
- tono-
-
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- inst.
-
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- Iran.
-
- oste-
-
- raids
-
noun,
a sudden assault or attack, as upon something to be seized or suppressed:
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- toons
-
noun,
an Asian tree, Cedrela toona, of the mahogany family, yielding an aromatic red wood used for furniture, carving, etc.
- intr.
-
- arson
-
noun,
Law. the malicious burning of another's house or property, or in some statutes, the burning of one's own house or property, as to collect insurance.
- irade
-
noun,
a decree of a Muslim ruler.
- rotos
-
noun,
rotogravure.
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- Arion
-
noun,
flourished 7th century b.c, Greek poet: inventor of the dithyramb.
- acids
-
noun,
Chemistry. a compound usually having a sour taste and capable of neutralizing alkalis and reddening blue litmus paper, containing hydrogen that can be replaced by a metal or an electropositive group to form a salt, or containing an atom that can accept a pair of electrons from a base. Acids are proton donors that yield hydronium ions in water solution, or electron-pair acceptors that combine with electron-pair donors or bases.
- Roose
-
verb (used with or without object),
praise.
- Roost
-
noun,
a perch upon which birds or fowls rest at night.
- Orson
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Old French word meaning “bearlike.”.
- rooti
-
noun,
rooty2 .
- RECON
-
noun,
reconnaissance.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- areo-
-
- 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.
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- rosin
-
noun,
Chemistry. the yellowish to amber, translucent, hard, brittle, fragmented resin left after distilling the oil of turpentine from the crude oleoresin of the pine: used chiefly in making varnishes, varnish and paint driers, printing inks, and for rubbing on the bows of such string instruments as the violin.
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- Orton
-
noun,
Joe (John Kingsley Orton) 1933–67, English playwright.
- ASDIC
-
noun,
sonar.
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- Oscan
-
noun,
one of an ancient people of south-central Italy.
- OSCAR
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter O.
- Recit
-
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- isnad
-
noun,
the chain of testimony by which a hadith is transmitted.
- rotas
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- Rains
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- acet-
-
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- Irons
-
noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- Arndt
-
noun,
Ernst Moritz [ernst moh-rits] /ɛrnst ˈmoʊ rɪts/ (Show IPA), 1769–1860, German poet and historian.
- irone
-
noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- Ascot
-
noun,
a necktie or scarf with broad ends, tied and arranged so that the ends are laid flat, one across the other, sometimes with a pin to secure them.
- tonic
-
noun,
a medicine that invigorates or strengthens:
- adret
-
noun,
a side of a mountain receiving direct sunlight.
- scat-
-
- IATSE
-
- react
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- Sarto
-
noun,
Andrea del [ahn-drey-uh del;; Italian ahn-dre-ah del] /ɑnˈdreɪ ə dɛl;; Italian ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ dɛl/ (Show IPA), Andrea del Sarto.
- trice
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- onces
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- satin
-
noun,
a fabric in a warp-effect or filling-effect satin weave, as acetate, rayon, nylon, or silk, often having a glossy face and a soft, slippery texture.
- Scand
-
- onco-
-
- tsadi
-
noun,
sadhe.
- scant
-
adverb,
Scot. and North England Dialect. scarcely; barely; hardly.
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- scare
-
noun,
a sudden fright or alarm, especially with little or no reason.
- scart
-
verb (used with or without object),
to scratch, scrape, mark, or scar.
- onset
-
noun,
a beginning or start:
- trone
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- 30-30
-
- ation
-
- estoc
-
noun,
a thrusting sword of the 13th–17th centuries having a long, narrow blade of rectangular section.
- coots
-
noun,
any aquatic bird of the genus Fulica, as F. americana, of North America, and F. atra, of the Old World, characterized by lobate toes and short wings and tail.
- scena
-
noun,
an extended operatic vocal solo, usually including an aria and a recitative.
- to-do
-
noun,
bustle; fuss:
- scend
-
noun,
the heaving motion of a vessel.
- atone
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- scent
-
noun,
a distinctive odor, especially when agreeable:
- scion
-
noun,
a descendant.
- adits
-
noun,
an entrance or a passage.
- Scone
-
noun,
a small, light, biscuitlike quick bread made of oatmeal, wheat flour, barley meal, or the like.
- racon
-
noun,
radar beacon.
- 2,4-d
-
noun,
a white to yellow, crystalline powder, C 8 H 6 O 3 Cl 2 , slightly soluble in water: used for killing weeds.
- sarod
-
noun,
a lute of northern India, played with a bow.
- Adore
-
verb (used with object),
to regard with the utmost esteem, love, and respect; honor.
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- Sande
-
noun,
Earl, 1898–1968, U.S. jockey and racehorse trainer.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- Indre
-
noun,
a department in central France. 2667 sq. mi. (6910 sq. km). Capital: Châteauroux.
- Indra
-
noun,
Hinduism. the chief of the Vedic gods, the god of rain and thunder.
- tonia
-
- adios
-
interjection,
goodbye; farewell.
- aside
-
noun,
a part of an actor's lines supposedly not heard by others on the stage and intended only for the audience.
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- Indo-
-
- incr.
-
- Ostia
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, SW of Rome: ruins from 4th century b.c.; site of ancient port of Rome.
- incor
-
- tones
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- Troad
-
noun,
The, a region in NW Asia Minor surrounding ancient Troy.
- incas
-
noun,
a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- astr.
-
- Saone
-
noun,
a river flowing S from NE France to the Rhone. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- icons
-
- Astor
-
noun,
John Jacob, 1763–1848, U.S. capitalist and fur merchant.
- radon
-
noun,
a chemically inert, radioactive gaseous element produced by the decay of radium: emissions produced by outgassing of rock, brick, etc. are a health hazard. Symbol: Rn; atomic number: 86; atomic weight: 222.
- Aston
-
noun,
Francis William, 1877–1945, English physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1922.
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- sarc-
-
- ideo-
-
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- Santo
-
noun,
a carved figure of a saint, usually of wood, as from Puerto Rico, Mexico, or the southwestern U.S.
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- 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.
- sanit
-
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- tondo
-
noun,
a round painting or relief.
- nacre
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- Arden
-
noun,
Forest of, a forest district in central England, in N Warwickshire: scene of Shakespeare's As You Like It.
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- ranid
-
noun,
frog1 (def 2).
- actos
-
- notes
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- noted
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- trade
-
noun,
the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries:
- Actor
-
noun,
a person who acts in stage plays, motion pictures, television broadcasts, etc.
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- aero-
-
- Orcas
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- retd.
-
- Acton
-
noun,
a quilted garment worn under mail in the 13th and 14th centuries; gambeson.
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- 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.
- noso-
-
- Trace
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- noto-
-
- Norse
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
- aeri-
-
- Tosca
-
noun,
an opera (1900) by Giacomo Puccini.
- torso
-
noun,
the trunk of the human body.
- ancre
-
adjective,
having the end of each limb divided and carved outward like the flukes of an anchor; moline:
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- noria
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- andor
-
conjunction,
(used to imply that either or both of the things mentioned may be affected or involved):
- aeons
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- Norco
-
noun,
a town in S California.
- NORAD
-
noun,
a joint U.S.-Canadian air force command responsible for detecting aircraft and space vehicles deemed a threat to the continental airspace.
- rices
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- tried
-
noun,
an attempt or effort:
- noise
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- rason
-
noun,
a long, loose, black gown with wide sleeves, worn by the clergy.
- octan
-
noun,
an octan fever.
- treas
-
- octad
-
noun,
a group or series of eight.
- octa-
-
- Redan
-
noun,
a V -shaped work, usually projecting from a fortified line.
- ootid
-
noun,
the cell that results from the meiotic divisions of an oocyte and matures into an ovum.
- ocrea
-
noun,
a sheathing part, as a pair of stipules united about a stem.
- tread
-
noun,
the action of treading, stepping, or walking.
- Aides
-
noun,
nurse's aide.
- ocean
-
noun,
the vast body of salt water that covers almost three fourths of the earth's surface.
- Aidos
-
noun,
the ancient Greek personification of modesty, respect, and shame.
- redia
-
noun,
a cylindrical larval stage of some trematodes, produced by a sporocyst and giving rise to daughter rediae or to cercariae.
- Redon
-
noun,
Odilon [ohd-l-on;; French aw-dee-lawn] /ˈoʊd lˌɒn;; French ɔ diˈlɔ̃/ (Show IPA), 1840–1916, French painter and etcher.
- Oates
-
noun,
Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- octo-
-
- oater
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- oaten
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or made of oats.
- redos
-
noun,
the act or an instance of redoing.
- oared
-
noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- reins
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- orans
-
noun,
orant.
- rends
-
verb (used with object),
to separate into parts with force or violence:
- reni-
-
- rents
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- orant
-
noun,
a representation of a female figure, with outstretched arms and palms up in a gesture of prayer, in ancient and early Christian art.
- resin
-
noun,
any of a class of nonvolatile, solid or semisolid organic substances, as copal or mastic, that consist of amorphous mixtures of carboxylic acids and are obtained directly from certain plants as exudations or prepared by polymerization of simple molecules: used in medicine and in the making of varnishes and plastics.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- noose
-
noun,
a loop with a running knot, as in a snare, lasso, or hangman's halter, that tightens as the rope is pulled.
- Andes
-
plural noun,
a mountain range in W South America, extending about 4500 miles (7250 km) from N Colombia and Venezuela S to Cape Horn. Highest peak, Aconcagua, 22,834 feet (6960 meters).
- roods
-
noun,
a crucifix, especially a large one at the entrance to the choir or chancel of a medieval church, often supported on a rood beam or rood screen.
- Ronco
-
noun,
any grunt of the genus Haemulon, especially H. parrai, the sailor's-choice, of West Indian waters.
- roast
-
noun,
roasted meat or a piece of roasted meat, as a piece of beef or veal of a quantity and shape for slicing into more than one portion.
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- Triad
-
noun,
a group of three, especially of three closely related persons or things.
- Orion
-
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.
- nears
-
- ante-
-
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- anti-
-
- antic
-
noun,
Usually, antics.
a playful trick or prank; caper.
a grotesque, fantastic, or ludicrous gesture, act, or posture.
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- Rodin
-
noun,
(François) Auguste (René) [frahn-swa oh-gyst ruh-ney] /frɑ̃ˈswa oʊˈgüst rəˈneɪ/ (Show IPA), 1840–1917, French sculptor.
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- rect.
-
- ratos
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- nerds
-
noun,
a person considered to be socially awkward, boring, unstylish, etc.
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- acorn
-
noun,
the typically ovoid fruit or nut of an oak, enclosed at the base by a cupule.
- ornes
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- nards
-
noun,
an aromatic Himalayan plant, believed to be the spikenard, Nardostachys jatamansi, the source of an ointment used by the ancients.
- ronde
-
noun,
a typeface imitative of upright, somewhat angular, handwriting.
- narcs
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- ratio
-
noun,
the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:
- A-one
-
adjective,
noting a vessel regarded by a shipping-classification society as being equipped to the highest standard and with equipment maintained in first-class condition.
- ornis
-
noun,
an avifauna.
- rondo
-
noun,
a work or movement, often the last movement of a sonata, having one principal subject that is stated at least three times in the same key and to which return is made after the introduction of each subordinate theme.
- arces
-
noun,
a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
- acnes
-
noun,
an inflammatory disease of the sebaceous glands, characterized by comedones and pimples, especially on the face, back, and chest, and, in severe cases, by cysts and nodules resulting in scarring.
- nadir
-
noun,
Astronomy. the point on the celestial sphere directly beneath a given position or observer and diametrically opposite the zenith.
- Nader
-
noun,
Ralph, born 1934, U.S. lawyer, author, political reformer, and consumer advocate.
- roans
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- anode
-
noun,
the electrode or terminal by which current enters an electrolytic cell, voltaic cell, battery, etc.
- Odets
-
noun,
Clifford, 1906–63, U.S. dramatist.
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- Andie
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- andr-
-
- Andre
-
noun,
John, 1751–80, British major hanged as a spy by the Americans in the Revolutionary War: plotted the betrayal of West Point with Benedict Arnold.
- rides
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- Aedon
-
noun,
a daughter of Pandareus who mistakenly killed her son. Zeus took pity on her and turned her into a nightingale.
- recta
-
noun,
a plural of rectum.
- noct-
-
- triac
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- ordn.
-
- rands
-
noun,
(in shoemaking) a strip of leather set in a shoe at the heel before the lifts are attached.
- torse
-
noun,
a wreath of twisted silks of two alternating tinctures, usually a metal and a color, depicted supporting a crest or coronet, often upon a helmet.
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- nitr-
-
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- Niort
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- acred
-
adjective,
owning many acres of land; landed.
- oread
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. any of a group of nymphs who were the companions of Artemis.
- acrid
-
adjective,
sharp or biting to the taste or smell; bitterly pungent; irritating to the eyes, nose, etc.:
- toros
-
noun,
a bull.
- acro-
-
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- acron
-
noun,
the unsegmented, preoral portion of the body of an arthropod.
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- nicad
-
noun,
nickel-cadmium battery.
- ordos
-
noun,
a desert plateau in the S Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region in N China. About 35,000 sq. mi. (90,650 sq. km).
- anis-
-
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- Aneto
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA). Spanish name of Pic de Néthou.
- aden-
-
- nides
-
noun,
a nest or brood, especially of pheasants.
- riots
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- naso-
-
- sceat
-
noun,
a silver Anglo-Saxon coin of the 7th and 8th centuries, sometimes including an amount of gold.
- scoot
-
noun,
a swift, darting movement or course.
- deist
-
noun,
a person who believes in deism.
- ceria
-
noun,
a white-to-yellow, heavy powder, cerium dioxide, CeO 2 , usually derived from cerium nitrate by decomposition with heat: used chiefly in ceramics, glass polishing, and decolorizing.
- ceras
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- deci-
-
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- decor
-
noun,
style or mode of decoration, as of a room, building, or the like:
- cents
-
noun,
a bronze coin of the U.S., the 100th part of a U.S. dollar: made of steel during part of 1943. Symbol: ¢.
- decos
-
noun,
art deco.
- denar
-
noun,
the basic monetary unit of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
- deca-
-
- Denis
-
noun,
a male given name.
- dent.
-
- dents
-
noun,
a hollow or depression in a surface, as from a blow.
- CENTO
-
noun,
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
- races
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- cent.
-
- Cenis
-
noun,
Mont, a mountain pass between SE France and Italy, in the Alps. 6834 feet (2083 meters) high.
- cedis
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Ghana, equal to 100 pesewas.
- decan
-
noun,
any of three divisions of 10° within a sign of the zodiac.
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- tera-
-
- stand
-
noun,
the act of standing; an assuming of or a remaining in an upright position.
- daric
-
noun,
a gold coin and monetary unit of ancient Persia.
- ceros
-
noun,
a large Atlantic and Gulf Coast mackerel game fish, Scomberomorus regalis.
- cero-
-
- Dario
-
noun,
Rubén [roo-ven] /ruˈvɛn/ (Show IPA), (Félix Rubén García Sarmiento) 1867–1916, Nicaraguan poet and diplomat.
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- darns
-
noun,
a darned place, as in a garment:
- darts
-
- teno-
-
- dears
-
noun,
a person who is good, kind, or generous:
- dates
-
noun,
a particular month, day, and year at which some event happened or will happen:
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- datos
-
noun,
(in the Philippines) a native chief.
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- staid
-
noun,
the act of stopping or being stopped.
- stade
-
noun,
a period of time represented by a glacial deposit.
- Srta.
-
- sotie
-
noun,
a satirical and topical comedy employing actors dressed in traditional fool's costume, popular in France during the late Middle Ages, and often used as a curtain raiser to mystery and morality plays.
- Cedar
-
noun,
any of several Old World, coniferous trees of the genus Cedrus, having wide, spreading branches.
Compare cedar of Lebanon.
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- Soane
-
noun,
Sir John, 1753–1837, English architect.
- Dirae
-
plural noun,
the Furies. See fury (def 3).
- caste
-
noun,
Sociology.
an endogamous and hereditary social group limited to persons of the same rank, occupation, economic position, etc., and having mores distinguishing it from other such groups.
any rigid system of social distinctions.
- dirts
-
noun,
any foul or filthy substance, as mud, grime, dust, or excrement.
- disc.
-
- tides
-
noun,
the periodic rise and fall of the waters of the ocean and its inlets, produced by the attraction of the moon and sun, and occurring about every 12 hours.
- carts
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- dist.
-
- dites
-
noun,
a bit (usually used in negative constructions):
- sodic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or containing sodium:
- snort
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- snore
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- Carte
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- snoot
-
noun,
Slang. the nose.
- snood
-
noun,
the distinctive headband formerly worn by young unmarried women in Scotland and northern England.
- doats
-
verb (used without object),
dote.
- carse
-
noun,
bottom land.
- carns
-
noun,
cairn.
- Dirac
-
noun,
Paul Adrien Maurice, 1902–84, British physicist, in the U.S. after 1971: Nobel Prize 1933.
- Dioon
-
noun,
any of several Mexican and Central American palmlike plants belonging to the genus Dioon, of the cycad family, having a crown of stiff, pinnate leaves.
- dices
-
Idioms,
no dice, Informal. of no use or help; ineffective.
- dinar
-
noun,
any of various former coins of the Near East, especially gold coins issued by Islamic governments.
- dicot
-
noun,
a dicotyledon.
- dict.
-
- dicta
-
noun,
a plural of dictum.
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- sonic
-
adjective,
of or relating to sound.
- diets
-
noun,
food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health:
- Sonia
-
noun,
a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.
- Cates
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- Dione
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a Titan and a consort of Zeus.
- diner
-
noun,
a person who dines.
- cater
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- dines
-
noun,
Scot. dinner.
- terns
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- sonde
-
noun,
a rocket, balloon, or rockoon used as a probe for observing phenomena in the atmosphere.
- dints
-
noun,
force; power:
- SONAR
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- Dares
-
noun,
an act of daring or defiance; challenge.
- Dante
-
noun,
(Dante Alighieri) 1265–1321, Italian poet: author of the Divine Comedy.
- tiers
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- Tarde
-
noun,
Gabriel [ga-bree-el] /ga briˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1843–1904, French sociologist.
- coirs
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- taces
-
noun,
tasset.
- coset
-
noun,
a subset of a group, formed by the consistent operation of a given element of the group on the left or right of all the elements of a subgroup of the group.
- coins
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- Costa
-
noun,
a rib or riblike part.
- coeds
-
noun,
Older Use. a female student in a coeducational institution, especially in a college or university.
- codon
-
noun,
a triplet of adjacent nucleotides in the messenger RNA chain that codes for a specific amino acid in the synthesis of a protein molecule.
- cotes
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- Corti
-
noun,
Alfonso [al-fon-soh;; Italian ahl-fawn-saw] /ælˈfɒn soʊ;; Italian ɑlˈfɔn sɔ/ (Show IPA), 1822–76, Italian anatomist.
- Crane
-
noun,
any large wading bird of the family Gruidae, characterized by long legs, bill, and neck and an elevated hind toe.
- codes
-
noun,
a system for communication by telegraph, heliograph, etc., in which long and short sounds, light flashes, etc., are used to symbolize the content of a message:
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- crate
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- coder
-
noun,
a person or device that translates information into a code.
- tardo
-
adjective,
slow (used as a musical direction).
- codas
-
noun,
Music. a more or less independent passage, at the end of a composition, introduced to bring it to a satisfactory close.
- Coats
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- Conde
-
noun,
Louis II de Bourbon [lwee,, duh boor-bawn] /lwi,, də burˈbɔ̃/ (Show IPA), Prince de (Duc d'Enghien"the Great Condé") 1621–86, French general.
- 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.
- Corea
-
noun,
Armando Anthony [ahr-mahn-doh] /ɑrˈmɑn doʊ/ (Show IPA), ("Chick") born 1941, U.S. jazz pianist and composer.
- Taino
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- conto
-
noun,
a money of account of Portugal and Cape Verde, equal to 1000 escudos.
- Conte
-
noun,
count2 .
- rodeo
-
noun,
a public exhibition of cowboy skills, as bronco riding and calf roping.
- cords
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) clothing, especially trousers, of corded fabric; corduroys.
- cores
-
- Corse
-
noun,
corpse.
- coria
-
noun,
plural of corium.
- tacos
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- cont.
-
- Const
-
- Cons.
-
- corns
-
noun,
Also called Indian corn; especially technical and British, maize. a tall cereal plant, Zea mays, cultivated in many varieties, having a jointed, solid stem and bearing the grain, seeds, or kernels on large ears.
- condo
-
noun,
condominium (defs 1, 2).
- Corot
-
noun,
Jean Baptiste Camille [zhahn ba-teest ka-mee-yuh] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist kaˈmi yə/ (Show IPA), 1796–1875, French painter.
- Credo
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the Apostles' Creed or the Nicene Creed.
- Creon
-
noun,
a king of Thebes, the brother of Jocasta and the uncle of Eteocles, Polynices, and Antigone.
- cert.
-
- 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.
- Stone
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- Stoic
-
noun,
a member or adherent of the Stoic school of philosophy.
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- ster.
-
- cider
-
noun,
the juice pressed from apples (or formerly from some other fruit) used for drinking, either before fermentation (sweet cider) or after fermentation (hard cider) or for making applejack, vinegar, etc.
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- daces
-
noun,
a small, freshwater cyprinoid fish, Leuciscus leuciscus, of Europe, having a stout, fusiform body.
- tends
-
Verb phrases,
tend on/upon, Archaic. to attend or wait upon; minister to; serve:
- cines
-
noun,
a film; motion picture.
- cetin
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble fat, C 32 H 64 O 2 , obtained from spermaceti by extraction with ether: used chiefly as an emulsive agent in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals and cosmetics and as a base in the manufacture of candles and soaps.
- dance
-
noun,
a successive group of rhythmical steps or bodily motions, or both, usually executed to music.
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- Cesti
-
noun,
Marcantonio [mahr-kahn-taw-nyaw] /ˌmɑr kɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1623–69, Italian composer.
- Stead
-
noun,
the place of a person or thing as occupied by a successor or substitute:
- danes
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Denmark.
- danio
-
noun,
any of several cyprinid fishes of the genera Danio and Brachydanio, of India and Sri Lanka, often kept in aquariums.
- cesta
-
noun,
a narrow, curved basket fitted on one end to a wooden handle with a glovelike compartment at the base, for catching and throwing the ball.
- cine-
-
- tears
-
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Croat
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Croatia; Croatian.
- crest
-
noun,
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- coast
-
noun,
the land next to the sea; seashore:
- cried
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- cries
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- crine
-
noun,
hair; head of hair.
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- crit.
-
- crone
-
noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- cions
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- cnida
-
noun,
a nematocyst.
- croon
-
noun,
the act or sound of crooning.
- cites
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- 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.
- cires
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- stood
-
noun,
the act of standing; an assuming of or a remaining in an upright position.
- carne
-
noun,
Marcel [mahr-sel;; French mar-sel] /mɑrˈsɛl;; French marˈsɛl/ (Show IPA), 1909–1996, French film director.
- iodo-
-
- snide
-
adjective,
derogatory in a nasty, insinuating manner:
- caids
-
noun,
(in North Africa) a Muslim tribal chief, judge, or senior official.
- Sidra
-
noun,
Gulf of, an inlet of the Mediterranean, on the N coast of Libya.
- canst
-
noun,
a sealed container for food, beverages, etc., as of aluminum, sheet iron coated with tin, or other metal:
- cains
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- edits
-
noun,
an instance of or the work of editing:
- Cant.
-
- caine
-
noun,
(Sir Thomas Henry) Hall, 1853–1931, English novelist.
- Ednas
-
noun,
Adnah.
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- Drain
-
noun,
something, as a pipe or conduit, by which a liquid drains.
- Draco
-
noun,
the Dragon, a northern circumpolar constellation between Ursa Major and Cepheus.
- sect.
-
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- eidos
-
noun,
the formal content of a culture, encompassing its system of ideas, criteria for interpreting experience, etc.
- drats
-
interjection,
(used to express mild disgust, disappointment, or the like):
- dotes
-
noun,
decay of wood.
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- since
-
adverb,
from then till now (often preceded by ever):
- SEATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Manila (1954), comprising Australia, Great Britain, France, New Zealand, Pakistan, the Philippines, Thailand, and the United States, for collective defense against aggression in southeastern Asia and the southwestern Pacific: abolished in 1977.
- enact
-
verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- endo-
-
- Eaton
-
noun,
Theophilus, 1590–1658, English colonist and colonial administrator in America.
- dorts
-
noun,
Dordrecht.
- Sino-
-
- canto
-
noun,
one of the main or larger divisions of a long poem.
- cadis
-
noun,
qadi.
- dorse
-
noun,
the back of a book or folded document.
- Doris
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the wife of Nereus and mother of the Nereids.
- edit.
-
- Caird
-
noun,
a traveling tinker, especially a gypsy.
- Doric
-
noun,
a dialect of ancient Greek spoken on Rhodes and other islands of the Dodecanese, in Crete, in Syracuse, and in all of the Peloponnesus except Arcadia.
- seti-
-
- senor
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to sir or Mr., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a man. Abbreviation: Sr.
- Cairo
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Egypt, in the N part on the E bank of the Nile.
- caner
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- serac
-
noun,
a large irregularity of glacial ice, as a pinnacle found in glacial crevasses and formed by melting or movement of the ice.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- Seric
-
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- sero-
-
- econ.
-
- ectad
-
adverb,
outward.
- ecto-
-
- Seton
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- Sidon
-
noun,
a city of ancient Phoenicia: site of modern Saida.
- cairn
-
noun,
a heap of stones set up as a landmark, monument, tombstone, etc.
- Sedan
-
noun,
an enclosed automobile body having two or four doors and seating four or more persons on two full-width seats.
- edict
-
noun,
a decree issued by a sovereign or other authority. Synonyms: dictum, pronouncement.
- canes
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- canid
-
noun,
any animal of the dog family Canidae, including the wolves, jackals, hyenas, coyotes, foxes, and domestic dogs.
- drone
-
noun,
the male of the honeybee and other bees, stingless and making no honey.
- droit
-
noun,
a legal right or claim.
- Drina
-
noun,
a river in S Europe, flowing N along the part of the border between Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina to the Sava River at Belgrade, Serbia. 285 miles (459 km) long.
- canoe
-
noun,
any of various slender, open boats, tapering to a point at both ends, propelled by paddles or sometimes sails and traditionally formed of light framework covered with bark, skins, or canvas, or formed from a dug-out or burned-out log or logs, and now usually made of aluminum, fiberglass, etc.
- Edina
-
noun,
a city in SE Minnesota, near Minneapolis.
- Canso
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in SE Canada, the NE extremity of Nova Scotia.
- dries
-
noun,
a plural of dry.
- drest
-
noun,
an outer garment for women and girls, consisting of bodice and skirt in one piece.
- cants
-
noun,
insincere, especially conventional expressions of enthusiasm for high ideals, goodness, or piety.
- cadre
-
noun,
Military. the key group of officers and enlisted personnel necessary to establish and train a new military unit.
- Card.
-
- donas
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Madam; Lady: a Portuguese title prefixed to a woman's given name.
- cares
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- donor
-
noun,
a person who gives or donates.
- ento-
-
- Cades
-
noun,
a juniper, Juniperus oxycedrus, of the Mediterranean area, whose wood on destructive distillation yields an oily liquid (oil of cade) used in treating skin diseases.
- caret
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- eosin
-
noun,
Also called bromeosin, tetrabromofluorescein. a red, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 20 H 8 Br 4 O 5 , derived from fluorescein by bromination: used chiefly as an acid dye for dyeing silk a rose red color and as a histological stain.
- DORAN
-
noun,
an electronic device for determining range and assisting navigation, employing the principle of the Doppler effect.
- donec
-
conjunction,
(in prescriptions) until.
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- scorn
-
noun,
open or unqualified contempt; disdain:
- Carie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- Carin
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Donar
-
noun,
the god of thunder, corresponding to Thor.
- Caren
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ERICA
-
noun,
any of numerous low-growing evergreen shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Erica, of the heath family, including several species of heather.
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- tired
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- doits
-
noun,
Also, duit. an old small copper coin of the Netherlands and Dutch colonies, first issued in the 17th century.
- sito-
-
- score
-
noun,
the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- Ernst
-
noun,
Max [maks;; German mahks] /mæks;; German mɑks/ (Show IPA), 1891–1976, German painter, in the U.S. 1941–49, in France 1949–76.
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- doest
-
noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- snead
-
noun,
Samuel Jackson ("Slamming Sammy") 1912–2002, U.S. golfer.
- doers
-
noun,
a person or thing that does something, especially a person who gets things done with vigor and efficiency.
- Siret
-
noun,
a river in SE Europe, flowing SE from the Carpathian Mountains in Ukraine, through E Romania to the Danube. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- Scot.
-
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- cards
-
noun,
a usually rectangular piece of stiff paper, thin pasteboard, or plastic for various uses, as to write information on or printed as a means of identifying the holder:
- scrod
-
noun,
a young Atlantic codfish or haddock, especially one split for cooking.
- Cadet
-
noun,
a student in a national service academy or private military school or on a training ship.
- Ensor
-
noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- send
-
noun,
the heaving motion of a vessel.
- toed
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- taco
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- rcd.
-
- sci.
-
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- TDRS
-
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- rad.
-
- 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.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- tron
-
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- SCAN
-
noun,
an act or instance of scanning; close examination.
- 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.
- RdAc
-
- teas
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- RAND
-
noun,
(in shoemaking) a strip of leather set in a shoe at the heel before the lifts are attached.
- Sand
-
noun,
the more or less fine debris of rocks, consisting of small, loose grains, often of quartz.
- Read
-
noun,
an act or instance of reading:
- SCAD
-
noun,
any carangid fish of the genus Decapterus, inhabiting tropical and subtropical shore waters.
- sate
-
noun,
a Southeast Asian, especially Indonesian and Malaysian, dish of marinated, bite-size pieces of meat, skewered, barbecued, and usually served with a peanut-flavored dipping sauce.
- Tace
-
noun,
tasset.
- str.
-
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- sec.
-
- Sard
-
noun,
a reddish-brown chalcedony, used as a gem.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- TODS
-
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- 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.
- 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).
- trid
-
- tion
-
- seat
-
noun,
something designed to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair, bench, or pew; a place on or in which one sits.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- rads
-
noun,
a standard unit of absorbed dose of radiation equal to 0.01 gray2 .
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- tRNA
-
- 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.
- scar
-
noun,
a mark left by a healed wound, sore, or burn.
- tads
-
noun,
a small child, especially a boy.
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- trod
-
noun,
the action of treading, stepping, or walking.
- Sat.
-
- scr.
-
- RAID
-
noun,
a sudden assault or attack, as upon something to be seized or suppressed:
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- side
-
noun,
one of the surfaces forming the outside of or bounding a thing, or one of the lines bounding a geometric figure.
- teds
-
noun,
British Slang. Teddy boy.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- 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.
- 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.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- toad
-
noun,
any of various tailless amphibians that are close relatives of the frogs in the order Anura and that typically have dry, warty skin and are terrestrial or semiterrestrial in habit.
Compare frog1 (def 1).
- sone
-
noun,
a unit for measuring the loudness of sound, equal to the loudness of a sound that, in the judgment of a group of listeners, is equal to that of a 1000-cycle-per-second reference sound having an intensity of 40 decibels.
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- Rind
-
noun,
a thick and firm outer coat or covering, as of certain fruits, cheeses, and meats:
- rids
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of ride.
- rit.
-
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- Soni
-
- ride
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- Rida
-
- 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.
- 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.
- soon
-
Idioms,
sooner or later, eventually:
- 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.
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- tern
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- soda
-
noun,
sodium hydroxide.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- rode
-
noun,
a rope by which a boat is anchored.
- snod
-
adjective,
smooth; sleek.
- 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.
- RONA
-
- 'roo
-
noun,
kangaroo.
- rood
-
noun,
a crucifix, especially a large one at the entrance to the choir or chancel of a medieval church, often supported on a rood beam or rood screen.
- tier
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- Rodi
-
noun,
Italian name of Rhodes.
- iod-
-
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- rocs
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- Roca
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in W Portugal, near Lisbon: the western extremity of continental Europe.
- toro
-
noun,
a bull.
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- tide
-
noun,
the periodic rise and fall of the waters of the ocean and its inlets, produced by the attraction of the moon and sun, and occurring about every 12 hours.
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- Root
-
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.
- tics
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- road
-
noun,
a long, narrow stretch with a smoothed or paved surface, made for traveling by motor vehicle, carriage, etc., between two or more points; street or highway.
- RNAS
-
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- SINE
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side opposite a given acute angle to the hypotenuse.
(of an angle) a trigonometric function equal to the ratio of the ordinate of the end point of the arc to the radius vector of this end point, the origin being at the center of the circle on which the arc lies and the initial point of the arc being on the x-axis. Abbreviation: sin.
- ten.
-
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- reds
-
noun,
any of various colors resembling the color of blood; the primary color at one extreme end of the visible spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 610 and 780 nanometers.
- torc
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- Sra.
-
- redo
-
noun,
the act or an instance of redoing.
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- said
-
noun,
sayyid.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- toon
-
noun,
an Asian tree, Cedrela toona, of the mahogany family, yielding an aromatic red wood used for furniture, carving, etc.
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- Rein
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- Ste.
-
- tri-
-
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- tend
-
Verb phrases,
tend on/upon, Archaic. to attend or wait upon; minister to; serve:
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- Reid
-
noun,
Sir George Huston, 1845–1918, Australian statesman, born in Scotland: prime minister 1904–05.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- Soot
-
noun,
a black, carbonaceous substance produced during incomplete combustion of coal, wood, oil, etc., rising in fine particles and adhering to the sides of the chimney or pipe conveying the smoke: also conveyed in the atmosphere to other locations.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- sord
-
noun,
a flight or flock of mallards.
- ter.
-
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- rets
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- roto
-
noun,
rotogravure.
- Sind
-
noun,
a former province of Pakistan, in the lower Indus valley; now part of West Pakistan. 48,136 sq. mi. (125,154 sq. km). Capital: Karachi.
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- std.
-
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- Saco
-
noun,
a city in SW Maine.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- Sade
-
noun,
Donatien Alphonse François [daw-na-syan al-fawns frahn-swa] /dɔ naˈsyɛ̃ alˈfɔ̃s frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), Comte de (Marquis de Sade) 1740–1814, French soldier and novelist, notorious for his paraphilia.
- rent
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- Sadi
-
noun,
sadhe.
- rend
-
verb (used with object),
to separate into parts with force or violence:
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- 1080
-
- RACE
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- ICAO
-
- code
-
noun,
a system for communication by telegraph, heliograph, etc., in which long and short sounds, light flashes, etc., are used to symbolize the content of a message:
- coda
-
noun,
Music. a more or less independent passage, at the end of a composition, introduced to bring it to a satisfactory close.
- Ind.
-
- coat
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- cit.
-
- cist
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- Ice.
-
- cods
-
noun,
any of several soft-rayed food fishes of the family Gadidae, especially Gadus morhua, of cool, North Atlantic waters.
- iced
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- cis-
-
- idae
-
- Idas
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in W Turkey, in NW Asia Minor, SE of ancient Troy. 5810 feet (1771 meters).
Turkish Kazdaği [kahz-dah-gee; Turkish kahz-dah-uh] /ˌkɑz dɑˈgi; Turkish ˌkɑz dɑˈʌ/ (Show IPA).
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- IDEA
-
noun,
any conception existing in the mind as a result of mental understanding, awareness, or activity.
- ides
-
noun,
(in the ancient Roman calendar) the fifteenth day of March, May, July, or October, and the thirteenth day of the other months.
- codo
-
noun,
a city in NE Brazil.
- coed
-
noun,
Older Use. a female student in a coeducational institution, especially in a college or university.
- cion
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- eso-
-
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- coon
-
noun,
raccoon.
- cone
-
noun,
Geometry.
a solid whose surface is generated by a line passing through a fixed point and a fixed plane curve not containing the point, consisting of two equal sections joined at a vertex.
a plane surface resembling the cross section of a solid cone.
- Esd.
-
- Cond
-
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- est.
-
- Con.
-
- coir
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- etc.
-
- etic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or being the raw data of a language or other area of behavior, without considering the data as significant units functioning within a system.
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- coin
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- cir.
-
- inae
-
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- iso-
-
- dern
-
adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
darn2 .
- Ire.
-
- 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.
- cast
-
noun,
act of casting or throwing.
- CASE
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- CART
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- Carn
-
noun,
cairn.
- 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.
- CARE
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- cane
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- Can.
-
- Itea
-
noun,
any tree or shrub belonging to the genus Itea, of the saxifrage family, having simple, alternate leaves and clusters of small, greenish-white flowers, as the Virginia willow, I. virginica.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Cain
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- caid
-
noun,
(in North Africa) a Muslim tribal chief, judge, or senior official.
- cads
-
noun,
an ill-bred man, especially one who behaves in a dishonorable or irresponsible way toward women.
- Cate
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- Cdr.
-
- Inc.
-
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- 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.
- IndE
-
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- ins.
-
- int.
-
- 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.
- cide
-
- ciao
-
interjection,
(used as a word of greeting or parting): hello; goodbye; so long; see you later.
- 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 = .
- cedi
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Ghana, equal to 100 pesewas.
- Ceto
-
- Ceta
-
noun,
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.
- cet-
-
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- CERN
-
- cera
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- cen.
-
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- Coos
-
noun,
a language of a group of American Indians indigenous to the coast of Oregon.
- cade
-
noun,
a juniper, Juniperus oxycedrus, of the Mediterranean area, whose wood on destructive distillation yields an oily liquid (oil of cade) used in treating skin diseases.
- doit
-
noun,
Also, duit. an old small copper coin of the Netherlands and Dutch colonies, first issued in the 17th century.
- dits
-
noun,
an echoic word, the referent of which is a click or brief tone interval, used to designate the dot of Morse code, International Morse code, etc.
- Dean
-
noun,
Education.
the head of a faculty, school, or administrative division in a university or college:
an official in an American college or secondary school having charge of student personnel services, such as counseling or discipline:
the official in charge of undergraduate students at an English university.
- doat
-
verb (used without object),
dote.
- doc.
-
plural,
document.
- DOCS
-
noun,
doctor.
- doer
-
noun,
a person or thing that does something, especially a person who gets things done with vigor and efficiency.
- does
-
noun,
a plural of doe.
- Dona
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Madam; Lady: a Portuguese title prefixed to a woman's given name.
- DEAR
-
noun,
a person who is good, kind, or generous:
- done
-
noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- dons
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Mr.; Sir: a Spanish title prefixed to a man's given name.
- Doon
-
noun,
a river in SW Scotland, flowing NW from Ayr County to the Firth of Clyde. About 30 miles (48 km) long.
- door
-
noun,
a movable, usually solid, barrier for opening and closing an entranceway, cupboard, cabinet, or the like, commonly turning on hinges or sliding in grooves.
- dato
-
noun,
(in the Philippines) a native chief.
- Dora
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Greek word meaning “gift.”.
- DORE
-
noun,
the walleye or pike perch of North America.
- Dort
-
noun,
Dordrecht.
- dite
-
noun,
a bit (usually used in negative constructions):
- Dec.
-
- dost
-
noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- Dine
-
noun,
Scot. dinner.
- Deni
-
noun,
a monetary unit of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the 100th part of a denar.
- dia-
-
- DIAS
-
noun,
Bartholomeu [bahr-too-loo-me-oo] /ˌbɑr tʊ lʊˈmɛ ʊ/ (Show IPA), c1450–1500, Portuguese navigator: discoverer of the Cape of Good Hope.
- Dice
-
noun,
Machinery.
any of various devices for cutting or forming material in a press or a stamping or forging machine.
a hollow device of steel, often composed of several pieces to be fitted into a stock, for cutting the threads of bolts or the like.
one of the separate pieces of such a device.
a steel block or plate with small conical holes through which wire, plastic rods, etc., are drawn.
- Den.
-
- Dies
-
noun,
Martin, 1901–72, U.S. politician.
- Diet
-
noun,
food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health:
- Din.
-
- Dino
-
- dis-
-
- dins
-
noun,
a loud, confused noise; a continued loud or tumultuous sound; noisy clamor.
- dint
-
noun,
force; power:
- dioc
-
- deco
-
noun,
art deco.
- Dior
-
noun,
Christian [kris-chuh n;; French krees-tyahn] /ˈkrɪs tʃən;; French krisˈtyɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1905–57, French fashion designer.
- dir.
-
- DIRE
-
adjective,
causing or involving great fear or suffering; dreadful; terrible:
- DIRT
-
noun,
any foul or filthy substance, as mud, grime, dust, or excrement.
- dose
-
noun,
a quantity of medicine prescribed to be taken at one time.
- date
-
noun,
a particular month, day, and year at which some event happened or will happen:
- coot
-
noun,
any aquatic bird of the genus Fulica, as F. americana, of North America, and F. atra, of the Old World, characterized by lobate toes and short wings and tail.
- end-
-
- Edna
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “rejuvenation, rebirth.”.
- Cost
-
noun,
the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
- cose
-
verb (used without object),
coze.
- EDTA
-
- Cort
-
- 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.
- enc.
-
- ends
-
noun,
the last part or extremity, lengthwise, of anything that is longer than it is wide or broad:
- crat
-
- 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.
- Cord
-
noun,
a string or thin rope made of several strands braided, twisted, or woven together.
- Cora
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. Kore.
- Enid
-
noun,
a city in N Oklahoma.
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- Ens.
-
- Cor.
-
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- Cote
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- Cres
-
- DOTE
-
noun,
decay of wood.
- DAIS
-
noun,
a raised platform, as at the front of a room, for a lectern, throne, seats of honor, etc.
- dat.
-
- drat
-
interjection,
(used to express mild disgust, disappointment, or the like):
- Darn
-
noun,
a darned place, as in a garment:
- Drin
-
noun,
a river in S Europe, flowing generally NW from SW Macedonia through N Albania into the Adriatic. 180 miles (290 km) long.
- Dari
-
noun,
a form of Persian, spoken in Afghanistan.
- Dare
-
noun,
an act of daring or defiance; challenge.
- Dane
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Denmark.
- Dan.
-
abbreviation,
Bible. Daniel (def 1).
- Dace
-
noun,
a small, freshwater cyprinoid fish, Leuciscus leuciscus, of Europe, having a stout, fusiform body.
- ect-
-
- cts.
-
- ctr.
-
- Eads
-
noun,
James Buchanan, 1820–87, U.S. engineer and inventor.
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- ears
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- eco-
-
- cadi
-
noun,
qadi.
- cat.
-
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- odic
-
adjective,
of an ode.
- ocas
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- Oct.
-
- ands
-
- Ande
-
plural noun,
a mountain range in W South America, extending about 4500 miles (7250 km) from N Colombia and Venezuela S to Cape Horn. Highest peak, Aconcagua, 22,834 feet (6960 meters).
- ance
-
- Oder
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing from the NE Czech Republic, N through SW Poland and along the border between Germany and Poland into the Baltic. 562 miles (905 km) long.
- Odin
-
noun,
the ruler of the Aesir and god of war, poetry, knowledge, and wisdom; Wotan: the chief god.
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- odor
-
noun,
the property of a substance that activates the sense of smell:
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- OECD
-
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Oise
-
noun,
a river in W Europe, flowing SW from S Belgium through N France to the Seine, near Paris. 186 miles (300 km) long.
- Aire
-
- ano-
-
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- asc-
-
- art.
-
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- NTIA
-
- ANSI
-
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- ARIS
-
- arid
-
adjective,
being without moisture; extremely dry; parched:
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- ARCO
-
adverb,
(of the performance of a passage for stringed instruments) with the bow.
- Arce
-
noun,
a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
- ant.
-
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- nose
-
noun,
the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
- acne
-
noun,
an inflammatory disease of the sebaceous glands, characterized by comedones and pimples, especially on the face, back, and chest, and, in severe cases, by cysts and nodules resulting in scarring.
- ordo
-
noun,
Roman Catholic Church. a booklet containing short and abbreviated directions for the contents of the office and Mass of each day in the year.
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- oro-
-
- Acre
-
noun,
a common measure of area: in the U.S. and U.K., 1 acre equals 4,840 square yards (4,047 square meters) or 0.405 hectare; 640 acres equals one square mile.
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- acr-
-
- OSRD
-
- orcs
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- Acis
-
noun,
the lover of Galatea, killed by Polyphemus out of jealousy.
- acid
-
noun,
Chemistry. a compound usually having a sour taste and capable of neutralizing alkalis and reddening blue litmus paper, containing hydrogen that can be replaced by a metal or an electropositive group to form a salt, or containing an atom that can accept a pair of electrons from a base. Acids are proton donors that yield hydronium ions in water solution, or electron-pair acceptors that combine with electron-pair donors or bases.
- ARCS
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- otic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ear; auricular.
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- oto-
-
- Otoe
-
noun,
Oto.
- ord.
-
- Orca
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- AInd
-
- Ont.
-
- once
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- AIDS
-
noun,
a disease of the immune system characterized by increased susceptibility to opportunistic infections, as pneumocystis carinii pneumonia and candidiasis, to certain cancers, as Kaposi's sarcoma, and to neurological disorders: caused by a retrovirus and transmitted chiefly through blood or blood products that enter the body's bloodstream, especially by sexual contact or contaminated hypodermic needles.
- aide
-
noun,
nurse's aide.
- aet.
-
- aesc
-
noun,
ash2 (def 3).
- aer-
-
- aeon
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- Oona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ACTS
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- o-os
-
noun,
any of several species of Hawaiian honey eaters of the genus Moho, especially the extinct M. nobilis, of the island of Hawaii, that had black plumage and two tufts of yellow plumes used to make ceremonial robes for the Hawaiian kings.
- Oost
-
noun,
Jacob van [yah-kawp vahn] /ˈyɑ kɔp vɑn/ (Show IPA), 1600?–71, and his son, Jacob van, 1639?–1713, Flemish painters.
- adit
-
noun,
an entrance or a passage.
- Adie
-
noun,
a female given name.
- orad
-
adverb,
toward the mouth or the oral region.
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- not-
-
- der.
-
- nos-
-
- NCTE
-
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- NIRA
-
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- nide
-
noun,
a nest or brood, especially of pheasants.
- Nida
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Nydia.
- NICE
-
noun,
a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
- 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.
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- NDAC
-
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- nest
-
noun,
a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
- ator
-
- Nero
-
noun,
(Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus) (“Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus”) a.d. 37–68, emperor of Rome 54–68, known for his cruelty and depravity.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- nerd
-
noun,
a person considered to be socially awkward, boring, unstylish, etc.
- 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.
- atic
-
- ates
-
- NASD
-
- neo-
-
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- nard
-
noun,
an aromatic Himalayan plant, believed to be the spikenard, Nardostachys jatamansi, the source of an ointment used by the ancients.
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- narc
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- asci
-
noun,
plural of ascus.
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- Nor.
-
- Nord
-
noun,
a department in N France. 2229 sq. mi. (5770 sq. km). Capital: Lille.
- node
-
noun,
a knot, protuberance, or knob.
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- ado
-
noun,
busy activity; bustle; fuss.
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- CAI
-
- ac-
-
- d-c
-
noun,
a surgical method for the removal of diseased tissue or an early embryo from the lining of the uterus by means of scraping.
- ad-
-
- ade
-
noun,
George, 1866–1944, U.S. humorist.
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- ADS
-
noun,
advertisement.
- TIA
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- ADC
-
- ae.
-
- DAS
-
noun,
hyrax.
- AEC
-
- TSE
-
- TSI
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- DAR
-
- TID
-
- de-
-
- ca.
-
- ACS
-
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- Tro
-
- cr.
-
- COD
-
noun,
any of several soft-rayed food fishes of the family Gadidae, especially Gadus morhua, of cool, North Atlantic waters.
- Co.
-
- CAD
-
noun,
an ill-bred man, especially one who behaves in a dishonorable or irresponsible way toward women.
- CAR
-
noun,
an automobile.
- ct.
-
- Ar.
-
- CDT
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- DCS
-
- an.
-
- 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.
- ACT
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- DEA
-
- AID
-
noun,
help or support; assistance.
- DEI
-
adverb,
by the grace of God.
- St.
-
- Sta
-
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- CAS
-
verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- 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.
- Sr.
-
- ctn
-
plural,
carton.
- AIC
-
- COO
-
noun,
a cooing sound.
- ASR
-
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- CID
-
noun,
The ("El Cid Campeador"; Rodrigo Díaz de Bivar) c1040–99, Spanish soldier: hero of the wars against the Moors.
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- cs.
-
- Ted
-
noun,
British Slang. Teddy boy.
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- ASN
-
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- aor
-
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- 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.
- CIE
-
- ASI
-
- ard
-
- ARE
-
noun,
a measure of surface area; 1 are is equal to1/100 (0.01) of a hectare (100 square meters or 119.6 square yards). Abbreviation: a.
- tea
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- TCS
-
- ase
-
- TCA
-
- ARS
-
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- CNS
-
- CNO
-
- ast
-
- ANC
-
- DAE
-
- CSR
-
- CEA
-
- DSO
-
- DSC
-
- DOA
-
- do.
-
- STI
-
- CED
-
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- too
-
Idioms,
only too. only (def 10).
- cte
-
- CEO
-
- CTA
-
- CST
-
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Tad
-
noun,
a small child, especially a boy.
- CSO
-
- CSA
-
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- CRT
-
- CRS
-
- ATC
-
- at.
-
- COT
-
noun,
a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
- 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.
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- tra
-
- COS
-
noun,
romaine.
- tr.
-
- CIA
-
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- ead
-
- DET
-
- NOC
-
- ROC
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- NED
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Edward.
- NES
-
- ROA
-
- rnd
-
- NET
-
noun,
a bag or other contrivance of strong thread or cord worked into an open, meshed fabric, for catching fish, birds, or other animals:
- RNA
-
- NIA
-
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- Nod
-
noun,
a short, quick downward bending forward of the head, as in assent, greeting, or command or because of drowsiness.
- Rod
-
noun,
a stick, wand, staff, or the like, of wood, metal, or other material.
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- RID
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- ret
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- nr.
-
- NRA
-
- NRC
-
- NSA
-
- NSC
-
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- Oc.
-
- NEC
-
- NEA
-
- OSA
-
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- rte
-
- rt.
-
- RSE
-
- RSA
-
- Rs.
-
- IRC
-
- IRO
-
- di.
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ISA
-
- ise
-
- ISR
-
- ne-
-
- ist
-
- ITA
-
- ITC
-
- ite
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- NCO
-
- NAD
-
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- ROI
-
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- NDE
-
- OED
-
- OSD
-
- sd.
-
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- ONI
-
- ONR
-
- ons
-
- oo-
-
- o-o
-
noun,
any of several species of Hawaiian honey eaters of the genus Moho, especially the extinct M. nobilis, of the island of Hawaii, that had black plumage and two tufts of yellow plumes used to make ceremonial robes for the Hawaiian kings.
- oon
-
- OOT
-
- 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.
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- orc
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- ose
-
- OSO
-
- ot-
-
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- OTA
-
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- ote
-
- OTS
-
- Rd.
-
- RCS
-
- Re.
-
- RCA
-
- RCN
-
- OTC
-
- ODS
-
noun,
a hypothetical force formerly held to pervade all nature and to manifest itself in magnetism, mesmerism, chemical action, etc.
- OAO
-
- 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.
- OAS
-
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- Oca
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- OCD
-
- OCR
-
- OCS
-
- ODA
-
noun,
a room within a harem.
- ode
-
noun,
a lyric poem typically of elaborate or irregular metrical form and expressive of exalted or enthusiastic emotion.
- red
-
noun,
any of various colors resembling the color of blood; the primary color at one extreme end of the visible spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 610 and 780 nanometers.
- ODT
-
- RCT
-
- OEO
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- oic
-
- oid
-
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- OIr
-
- OIt
-
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- REA
-
- RDS
-
- RDC
-
- RDA
-
- RTS
-
- IRS
-
- So.
-
- SED
-
- ear
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- SER
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- ec-
-
- ECA
-
- ed.
-
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- EDA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- EDC
-
- EDO
-
noun,
a member of an indigenous people of western Africa, in the Benin region of southern Nigeria.
- ea.
-
- EDS
-
noun,
education:
- EDT
-
- eir
-
- EIS
-
- en-
-
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- se-
-
- SDR
-
- SDI
-
- SDA
-
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- ean
-
- ETD
-
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- Die
-
noun,
Machinery.
any of various devices for cutting or forming material in a press or a stamping or forging machine.
a hollow device of steel, often composed of several pieces to be fitted into a stock, for cutting the threads of bolts or the like.
one of the separate pieces of such a device.
a steel block or plate with small conical holes through which wire, plastic rods, etc., are drawn.
- Soo
-
noun,
the, Canadian. Sault Ste. Marie.
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- sod
-
noun,
a section cut or torn from the surface of grassland, containing the matted roots of grass.
- SOC
-
noun,
sociology or a class or course in sociology.
- dit
-
noun,
an echoic word, the referent of which is a click or brief tone interval, used to designate the dot of Morse code, International Morse code, etc.
- DNA
-
- DNR
-
- DOE
-
noun,
the female of the deer, antelope, goat, rabbit, and certain other animals.
- Doi
-
- Don
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Mr.; Sir: a Spanish title prefixed to a man's given name.
- Dor
-
noun,
Also, dorbeetle [dawr-beet-l] /ˈdɔrˌbit l/ (Show IPA). a common European dung beetle, Geotrupes stercorarius.
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- DOT
-
noun,
a small, roundish mark made with or as if with a pen.
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- Dr.
-
- DRE
-
- DSA
-
- DSR
-
- DST
-
- SID
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Sidney or Sydney.
- 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).
- eo-
-
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- 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.
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- ior
-
- IDS
-
noun,
the part of the psyche, residing in the unconscious, that is the source of instinctive impulses that seek satisfaction in accordance with the pleasure principle and are modified by the ego and the superego before they are given overt expression.
- Sad
-
noun,
the 14th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- Ia.
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- IAS
-
- ICA
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- IDA
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in W Turkey, in NW Asia Minor, SE of ancient Troy. 5810 feet (1771 meters).
Turkish Kazdaği [kahz-dah-gee; Turkish kahz-dah-uh] /ˌkɑz dɑˈgi; Turkish ˌkɑz dɑˈʌ/ (Show IPA).
- ide
-
- Ios
-
noun,
a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey.
- ion
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- id.
-
- SAE
-
- ERT
-
- IOC
-
- ine
-
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- in.
-
- ier
-
- SAR
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- io-
-
- ics
-
- SRO
-
- ESA
-
- Esc
-
- ESR
-
- ScD
-
- ETO
-
- ETR
-
- IOT
-
- ETS
-
- sc.
-
- SAC
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- Ir.
-
- Ido
-
noun,
a revised and simplified form of Esperanto, introduced in 1907.
- RC
-
- 3D
-
noun,
a three-dimensional form or appearance:
- SN
-
- 2D
-
noun,
a two-dimensional form or appearance:
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- DN
-
- S.
-
- R.
-
- AO
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- RI
-
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- NC
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- CE
-
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- RO
-
- O.
-
- OD
-
noun,
a hypothetical force formerly held to pervade all nature and to manifest itself in magnetism, mesmerism, chemical action, etc.
- SA
-
- i.
-
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- T1
-
- OA
-
- TD
-
- t.
-
- ic
-
- TN
-
- DT
-
noun,
a withdrawal syndrome occurring in persons who have developed physiological dependence on alcohol, characterized by tremor, visual hallucinations, and autonomic instability. Abbreviation: d.t.
- NI
-
- RN
-
- ND
-
- D.
-
- TC
-
- DA
-
noun,
a male hairstyle, especially of the 1950s, in which the hair is slicked back on both sides to overlap at the back of the head.
- DC
-
noun,
a surgical method for the removal of diseased tissue or an early embryo from the lining of the uterus by means of scraping.
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- EI
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- N.
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .