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- secretions
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noun,
(in a cell or gland) the act or process of separating, elaborating, and releasing a substance that fulfills some function within the organism or undergoes excretion.
- resections
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noun,
Surveying. a technique of ascertaining the location of a point by taking bearings from the point on two other points of known location.
- cornetfish
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noun,
any of several slender fishes of the family Fistulariidae, of tropical seas, having an elongated snout and bony plates instead of scales.
- ostriches
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noun,
a large, two-toed, swift-footed flightless bird, Struthio camelus, indigenous to Africa and Arabia, domesticated for its plumage: the largest of living birds.
- stonefish
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noun,
a tropical scorpion fish, Synanceja verrucosa, having dorsal-fin spines from which a deadly poison is discharged.
- scot-free
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adjective,
completely free from harm, restraint, punishment, or obligation:
- heterosis
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noun,
the increase in growth, size, fecundity, function, yield, or other characters in hybrids over those of the parents.
- forensics
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noun,
forensics, (used with a singular or plural verb) the art or study of argumentation and formal debate.
- hessonite
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noun,
essonite.
- recession
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noun,
the act of receding or withdrawing.
- Frenchies
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noun,
Informal. a native or inhabitant of France or a person of French descent.
- isotheres
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noun,
a line on a weather map or chart connecting points that have the same mean summer temperature.
- coheiress
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noun,
a joint heiress.
- neoterics
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noun,
a new or modern writer, thinker, etc.
- secretion
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noun,
(in a cell or gland) the act or process of separating, elaborating, and releasing a substance that fulfills some function within the organism or undergoes excretion.
- serotines
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noun,
a small Eurasian brown bat, Eptesicus serotinus.
- honesties
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noun,
the quality or fact of being honest; uprightness and fairness.
- resection
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noun,
Surveying. a technique of ascertaining the location of a point by taking bearings from the point on two other points of known location.
- softeners
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noun,
Chemistry.
any admixture to a substance for promoting or increasing its softness, smoothness, or plasticity.
water softener.
- secretins
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noun,
a polypeptide hormone, produced in the small intestine, that activates the pancreas to secrete pancreatic juice.
- christens
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verb (used with object),
to receive into the Christian church by baptism; baptize.
- Firestone
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noun,
a fire-resisting stone, especially a kind of sandstone used in fireplaces, furnaces, etc.
- otherness
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noun,
the state or fact of being different or distinct.
- refection
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noun,
refreshment, especially with food or drink.
- esoteric
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adjective,
understood by or meant for only the select few who have special knowledge or interest; recondite:
- scienter
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noun,
a mental state in which one has knowledge that one’s action, statement, etc., is wrong, deceptive, or illegal: often used as a standard of guilt:
- coesites
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noun,
a rare form of silicon dioxide, a denser polymorph of quartz, originally synthesized from quartz at high temperatures and pressures: later discovered in nature.
- secretin
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noun,
a polypeptide hormone, produced in the small intestine, that activates the pancreas to secrete pancreatic juice.
- cheerios
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noun,
a goodbye or farewell.
- Steichen
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noun,
Edward, 1879–1973, U.S. photographer.
- essonite
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noun,
Mineralogy. a variety of grossularite garnet.
- sections
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noun,
a part that is cut off or separated.
- cohenite
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noun,
a rare microscopic mineral, carbide of iron, nickel, or cobalt, (Fe, Ni, Co) 3 C, found in lunar rocks and some meteorites.
- hereinto
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adverb,
into this place.
- Chretien
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noun,
Jean, born 1934, Canadian politician: prime minister 1993–2003.
- crosstie
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noun,
Railroads. a tie.
- softener
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noun,
Chemistry.
any admixture to a substance for promoting or increasing its softness, smoothness, or plasticity.
water softener.
- Christen
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verb (used with object),
to receive into the Christian church by baptism; baptize.
- Christo-
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- enforces
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verb (used with object),
to put or keep in force; compel obedience to:
- chorines
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noun,
a chorus girl.
- histones
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noun,
any of a group of five small basic proteins, occurring in the nucleus of eukaryotic cells, that organize DNA strands into nucleosomes by forming molecular complexes around which the DNA winds.
- shifters
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noun,
a person or thing that shifts.
- enriches
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verb (used with object),
to supply with riches, wealth, abundant or valuable possessions, etc.:
- Hortense
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noun,
a female given name.
- Ericsson
-
noun,
John, 1803–89, Swedish engineer and inventor; in the U.S. after 1839.
- theories
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noun,
a coherent group of tested general propositions, commonly regarded as correct, that can be used as principles of explanation and prediction for a class of phenomena:
Synonyms: principle, law, doctrine.
- treefish
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noun,
a rockfish, Sebastes serriceps, of waters off southern California, marked with black bands.
- chinfest
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noun,
gabfest; bull session; rap session.
- estrones
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noun,
Biochemistry. an estrogenic hormone, C 18 H 22 O 2 , produced by the ovarian follicles and found during pregnancy in urine and placental tissue.
- erection
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noun,
the act of erecting.
- stenches
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noun,
an offensive smell or odor; stink.
- cistrons
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noun,
a segment of DNA that encodes for the formation of a specific polypeptide chain; a structural gene.
- trenches
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noun,
Fortification. a long, narrow excavation in the ground, the earth from which is thrown up in front to serve as a shelter from enemy fire or attack.
- seicento
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noun,
the 17th century, with reference to the Italian art or literature of that period.
- isothere
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noun,
a line on a weather map or chart connecting points that have the same mean summer temperature.
- trochees
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noun,
a foot of two syllables, a long followed by a short in quantitative meter, or a stressed followed by an unstressed in accentual meter. Symbol: .
- serotine
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noun,
a small Eurasian brown bat, Eptesicus serotinus.
- centesis
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noun,
a puncture or perforation.
- rosefish
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noun,
redfish (def 1).
- conifers
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noun,
any of numerous, chiefly evergreen trees or shrubs of the class Coniferinae (or group Coniferales), including the pine, fir, spruce, and other cone-bearing trees and shrubs, and also the yews and their allies that bear drupelike seeds.
- isostere
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noun,
Chemistry. a compound isosteric with one or more other compounds.
- snitches
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noun,
Also called snitcher. an informer.
- snifters
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noun,
Also called inhaler. a pear-shaped glass, narrowing at the top to intensify the aroma of brandy, liqueur, etc.
- neoteric
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noun,
a new or modern writer, thinker, etc.
- frenetic
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adjective,
frantic; frenzied.
- frescoes
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noun,
Also called buon fresco, true fresco. the art or technique of painting on a moist, plaster surface with colors ground up in water or a limewater mixture.
Compare fresco secco.
- frenches
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noun,
the people of France and their direct descendants.
- forensic
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noun,
forensics, (used with a singular or plural verb) the art or study of argumentation and formal debate.
- shortens
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verb (used with object),
to make short or shorter.
- sentries
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noun,
a soldier stationed at a place to stand guard and prevent the passage of unauthorized persons, watch for fires, etc., especially a sentinel stationed at a pass, gate, opening in a defense work, or the like.
- fishnets
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noun,
a net for catching fish.
- fetishes
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noun,
an object regarded with awe as being the embodiment or habitation of a potent spirit or as having magical potency.
- necrosis
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noun,
death of a circumscribed portion of animal or plant tissue.
- freshens
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Verb phrases,
freshen up, to make oneself feel freshly clean or neat, as by washing, changing clothes, etc.:
- necroses
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noun,
death of a circumscribed portion of animal or plant tissue.
- freshets
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noun,
a freshwater stream flowing into the sea.
- coherent
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adjective,
logically connected; consistent:
- Corinth
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noun,
an ancient city in Greece, on the Isthmus of Corinth: one of the wealthiest and most powerful of the ancient Greek cities.
- theines
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noun,
caffeine, especially in tea.
- soirees
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noun,
an evening party or social gathering, especially one held for a particular purpose:
- 2,4,5-t
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noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- Teniers
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noun,
David [dey-vid;; Flemish dah-vit;; French dah-veed] /ˈdeɪ vɪd;; Flemish ˈdɑ vɪt;; French dɑˈvid/ (Show IPA), ("the Elder") 1582–1649, Flemish painter and engraver.
- echino-
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- tenrecs
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noun,
any of several insectivorous mammals of the family Tenrecidae, of Madagascar, having a long, pointed snout, certain species of which are spiny and tailless.
- hosiers
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noun,
a person who makes or deals in hose or stockings or goods knitted or woven like hose.
- shiners
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noun,
a person or thing that shines.
- Cornish
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noun,
the Celtic language of Cornwall, extinct since c1800.
- Horsens
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noun,
a port city in central Denmark.
- Screens
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noun,
a movable or fixed device, usually consisting of a covered frame, that provides shelter, serves as a partition, etc.
- cornets
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noun,
Music. a valved wind instrument of the trumpet family.
- screeno
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noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) (formerly) bingo played in a movie theater.
- coterie
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noun,
a group of people who associate closely.
- scoters
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noun,
any of the large diving ducks of the genus Melanitta, inhabiting northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere.
- cretins
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noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- shorten
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verb (used with object),
to make short or shorter.
- finches
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noun,
any of numerous small passerine birds of the family Fringillidae, including the buntings, sparrows, crossbills, purple finches, and grosbeaks, most of which have a short, conical bill adapted for eating seeds.
- costers
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noun,
costermonger.
- inserts
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noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- softens
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verb (used with object),
to make soft or softer.
- shortie
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noun,
a person of less than average stature (sometimes used as a disparaging and offensive term of address).
- cosines
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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.
- cresset
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noun,
a metal cup or basket often mounted on a pole or suspended from above, containing oil, pitch, a rope steeped in rosin, etc., burned as a light or beacon.
- inheres
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verb (used without object),
to exist permanently and inseparably in, as a quality, attribute, or element; belong intrinsically; be inherent:
- coshers
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verb (used with object),
to treat with special fondness; pamper.
- incests
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noun,
sexual intercourse between closely related persons.
- infests
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verb (used with object),
to live in or overrun to an unwanted degree or in a troublesome manner, especially as predatory animals or vermin do:
- crinose
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adjective,
hairy.
- infects
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adjective,
Archaic. infected.
- cronies
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noun,
a close friend or companion; chum.
- incross
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noun,
a mating between organisms that are both homozygous for the same allele.
- softish
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adjective,
somewhat or relatively soft.
- tensors
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noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
- trienes
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noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- tricho-
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- corsets
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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.
- seiners
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noun,
a person who fishes with a seine.
- hetero-
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- encores
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noun,
a demand, as by applause, for a repetition of a song, act, etc., or for a performance of a number or piece additional to those on a program, or for a reappearance by the performers, as at the end of a concert, recital, etc.
- Forseti
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noun,
the god of justice, the son of Balder and Nanna.
- frisson
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noun,
a sudden, passing sensation of excitement; a shudder of emotion; thrill:
- sferics
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noun,
(used with a singular verb) electronic equipment for determining the position of storms by locating their accompanying atmospherics.
- freshet
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noun,
a freshwater stream flowing into the sea.
- freshes
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noun,
the fresh part or time.
- ethions
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noun,
a highly toxic organophosphate, C 9 H 22 O 4 P 2 S 3, used as a pesticide.
- ethnics
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noun,
a member of an ethnic group.
- freshen
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Verb phrases,
freshen up, to make oneself feel freshly clean or neat, as by washing, changing clothes, etc.:
- frescos
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noun,
Also called buon fresco, true fresco. the art or technique of painting on a moist, plaster surface with colors ground up in water or a limewater mixture.
Compare fresco secco.
- Frechet
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noun,
René Maurice [ruh-ney maw-rees] /rəˈneɪ mɔˈris/ (Show IPA), 1878–1973, French mathematician.
- tocsins
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noun,
a signal, especially of alarm, sounded on a bell or bells.
- tochers
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noun,
a dowry; marriage settlement given to the groom by the bride or her family.
- Fosters
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noun,
Stephen (Collins) 1826–64, U.S. songwriter.
- Fechner
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noun,
Gustav Theodor [goo s-tahf tey-aw-dawr] /ˈgʊs tɑf ˈteɪ ɔˌdɔr/ (Show IPA), 1801–87, German physicist, psychologist, and philosopher.
- forties
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noun,
a cardinal number, ten times four.
- forints
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noun,
an aluminum coin and the monetary unit of Hungary, equal to 100 fillér. Abbreviation: F., Ft.
- estrins
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noun,
estrone.
- forests
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noun,
a large tract of land covered with trees and underbrush; woodland.
- fencers
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noun,
a person who practices the art of fencing with a sword, foil, etc.
- fenster
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noun,
an erosional break in an overthrust rock sheet, exposing the rocks that underlie the sheet.
- senhors
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noun,
a Portuguese term of address equivalent to sir or Mr., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a man. Abbreviation: Sr.
- serines
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noun,
a crystalline amino acid, HOCH 2 CH(NH 2)COOH, found in many proteins and obtained by the hydrolysis of sericin, the protein constituting silk gum. Symbol: S. Abbreviation: Ser;
- tierces
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noun,
an old measure of capacity equivalent to one third of a pipe, or 42 wine gallons.
- festers
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noun,
an ulcer; a rankling sore.
- fetches
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noun,
the act of fetching.
- fitness
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noun,
health.
- fitches
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noun,
the European polecat, Mustela putorius.
- fishnet
-
noun,
a net for catching fish.
- Fishers
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noun,
any animal that catches fish for food.
- Fischer
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noun,
Edwin, 1886–1960, Swiss pianist.
- sereins
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noun,
fine rain falling after sunset from a sky in which no clouds are visible.
- estrone
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noun,
Biochemistry. an estrogenic hormone, C 18 H 22 O 2 , produced by the ovarian follicles and found during pregnancy in urine and placental tissue.
- frontis
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noun,
the front wall of a cancha or jai alai court.
Compare rebote (def 1).
- therein
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adverb,
in or into that place or thing.
- torches
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noun,
a light to be carried in the hand, consisting of some combustible substance, as resinous wood, or of twisted flax or the like soaked with tallow or other flammable substance, ignited at the upper end.
- thereof
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adverb,
of that or it.
- enforce
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verb (used with object),
to put or keep in force; compel obedience to:
- thereon
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adverb,
on or upon that or it.
- histone
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noun,
any of a group of five small basic proteins, occurring in the nucleus of eukaryotic cells, that organize DNA strands into nucleosomes by forming molecular complexes around which the DNA winds.
- shifter
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noun,
a person or thing that shifts.
- enserfs
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verb (used with object),
to make a serf of; place in bondage.
- enteric
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noun,
enterics, Bacteriology. enterobacteria.
- entero-
-
- entices
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verb (used with object),
to lead on by exciting hope or desire; allure; inveigle:
- entires
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noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- secerns
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verb (used with object),
to discriminate or distinguish in thought.
- entries
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noun,
an act of entering; entrance.
- heteros
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noun,
Informal. a heterosexual person.
- shrifts
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noun,
the imposition of penance by a priest on a penitent after confession.
- hessite
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noun,
a rare mineral, silver telluride, Ag 2 Te, found in silver ores: sometimes contains gold.
- hectors
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noun,
Classical Mythology. the eldest son of Priam and husband of Andromache: the greatest Trojan hero in the Trojan War, killed by Achilles.
- sherifs
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noun,
a governor of Mecca descended from Muhammad.
- section
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noun,
a part that is cut off or separated.
- heifers
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noun,
a young cow over one year old that has not produced a calf.
- heiress
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noun,
a woman who inherits or has a right of inheritance, especially a woman who has inherited or will inherit considerable wealth.
- secrets
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noun,
something that is or is kept secret, hidden, or concealed.
- escorts
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noun,
a group of persons, or a single person, accompanying another or others for protection, guidance, or courtesy:
- henries
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noun,
the standard unit of inductance in the International System of Units (SI), formally defined to be the inductance of a closed circuit in which an electromotive force of one volt is produced when the electric current in the circuit varies uniformly at a rate of one ampere per second. Abbreviation: H.
- erotics
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noun,
an erotic poem.
- heroins
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noun,
a white, crystalline, narcotic powder, C 21 H 23 NO 5 , derived from morphine, formerly used as an analgesic and sedative: manufacture and importation of heroin are now controlled by federal law in the U.S. because of the danger of addiction.
- heretic
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noun,
a professed believer who maintains religious opinions contrary to those accepted by his or her church or rejects doctrines prescribed by that church.
- heriots
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noun,
a feudal service or tribute, originally of borrowed military equipment and later of a chattel, due to the lord on the death of a tenant.
- hernio-
-
- heroics
-
noun,
Usually, heroics. heroic verse.
- 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).
- heroine
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noun,
a woman noted for courageous acts or nobility of character:
- tenches
-
noun,
a freshwater food fish, Tinca tinca, of Europe and Asia that can survive short periods out of water.
- inshore
-
adverb,
toward the shore:
- finesse
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noun,
extreme delicacy or subtlety in action, performance, skill, discrimination, taste, etc.
- stoners
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
- sinters
-
noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- Oriente
-
noun,
a region in Ecuador, E of the Andes: the border long disputed by Peru.
- Orestes
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, and the brother of Electra and Iphigenia: he avenged the murder of Agamemnon by killing Clytemenestra and her lover, Aegisthus, then was pursued by the Furies until saved by Athena.
- Steiner
-
noun,
Jakob [yah-kawp] /ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1796–1863, Swiss mathematician.
- Chester
-
noun,
a city in Cheshire, in NW England: only English city with the Roman walls still intact.
- orceins
-
noun,
a red dye, the principal coloring matter of cudbear and orchil, obtained by oxidizing an ammoniacal solution of orcinol.
- stereo-
-
- Chinese
-
noun,
the standard language of China, based on the speech of Beijing; Mandarin.
- sthenic
-
adjective,
sturdy; heavily and strongly built.
- chitons
-
noun,
Also called sea cradle. a mollusk of the class Amphineura, having a mantle covered with calcareous plates, found adhering to rocks.
- Chi-tse
-
noun,
Ki Tse.
- chorine
-
noun,
a chorus girl.
- orients
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- chorten
-
noun,
(in Tibet) a monument to a distinguished Buddhist, especially a lama.
- notices
-
noun,
an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning:
- notches
-
noun,
an angular or V -shaped cut, indentation, or slit in an object, surface, or edge.
- noshers
-
noun,
Informal. a person who snacks, especially one who does so often or continuously.
- christs
-
noun,
Jesus of Nazareth, held by Christians to be the fulfillment of prophecies in the Old Testament regarding the eventual coming of a Messiah.
- sincere
-
adjective,
free of deceit, hypocrisy, or falseness; earnest:
- 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.
- sorites
-
noun,
a form of argument having several premises and one conclusion, capable of being resolved into a chain of syllogisms, the conclusion of each of which is a premise of the next.
- rochets
-
noun,
a vestment of linen or lawn, resembling a surplice, worn especially by bishops and abbots.
- sifters
-
noun,
a person or thing that sifts.
- noetics
-
noun,
the science of the intellect or of pure thought; reasoning.
- Chenier
-
noun,
a hummock in a marshy region, with stands of evergreen oaks.
- Cheiron
-
noun,
Chiron.
- cistron
-
noun,
a segment of DNA that encodes for the formation of a specific polypeptide chain; a structural gene.
- centro-
-
- resents
-
verb (used with object),
to feel or show displeasure or indignation at (a person, act, remark, etc.) from a sense of injury or insult.
- resects
-
verb (used with object),
to do a resection on.
- snifter
-
noun,
Also called inhaler. a pear-shaped glass, narrowing at the top to intensify the aroma of brandy, liqueur, etc.
- retches
-
noun,
the act or an instance of retching.
- cenotes
-
noun,
a deep natural well or sinkhole, especially in Central America, formed by the collapse of surface limestone that exposes ground water underneath, and sometimes used by the ancient Mayans for sacrificial offerings.
- refines
-
Verb phrases,
refine on/upon, to improve by inserting finer distinctions, superior elements, etc.:
- censers
-
noun,
a container, usually covered, in which incense is burned, especially during religious services; thurible.
- refects
-
verb (used with object),
to refresh, especially with food or drink.
- censors
-
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.
- centres
-
noun,
Geometry. the middle point, as the point within a circle or sphere equally distant from all points of the circumference or surface, or the point within a regular polygon equally distant from the vertices.
- centri-
-
- recites
-
verb (used with object),
to repeat the words of, as from memory, especially in a formal manner:
- cheiro-
-
- trochee
-
noun,
a foot of two syllables, a long followed by a short in quantitative meter, or a stressed followed by an unstressed in accentual meter. Symbol: .
- cerises
-
adjective, noun,
moderate to deep red.
- richens
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become rich or richer.
- cession
-
noun,
act of ceding, as by treaty.
- ostrich
-
noun,
a large, two-toed, swift-footed flightless bird, Struthio camelus, indigenous to Africa and Arabia, domesticated for its plumage: the largest of living birds.
- Ossetic
-
noun,
the Indo-European, Iranian language of the Ossets.
- trioses
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- cheerio
-
noun,
a goodbye or farewell.
- Oscines
-
noun,
an oscine bird.
- cheeros
-
interjection, noun,
cheerio.
- ornith-
-
- cistern
-
noun,
a reservoir, tank, or container for storing or holding water or other liquid.
- sterno-
-
- neither
-
pronoun,
not either; not one person or the other; not one thing or the other:
- necrose
-
verb (used with or without object),
to affect or be affected with necrosis.
- citrons
-
noun,
a pale-yellow fruit resembling the lemon but larger and with thicker rind, borne by a small tree or large bush, Citrus medica, allied to the lemon and lime.
- consist
-
noun,
Railroads.
the rolling stock, exclusive of the locomotive, making up a train.
a record made of this rolling stock.
- coheres
-
verb (used without object),
to stick together; be united; hold fast, as parts of the same mass:
- conster
-
verb (used with or without object),
construe.
- stories
-
noun,
a narrative, either true or fictitious, in prose or verse, designed to interest, amuse, or instruct the hearer or reader; tale.
- conifer
-
noun,
any of numerous, chiefly evergreen trees or shrubs of the class Coniferinae (or group Coniferales), including the pine, fir, spruce, and other cone-bearing trees and shrubs, and also the yews and their allies that bear drupelike seeds.
- coheirs
-
noun,
a joint heir.
- confess
-
verb (used with object),
to acknowledge or avow (a fault, crime, misdeed, weakness, etc.) by way of revelation.
- constr.
-
- confers
-
verb (used with object),
to bestow upon as a gift, favor, honor, etc.:
- nestors
-
noun,
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- techno-
-
- coesite
-
noun,
a rare form of silicon dioxide, a denser polymorph of quartz, originally synthesized from quartz at high temperatures and pressures: later discovered in nature.
- 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.
- Nessie
-
noun,
Loch Ness monster.
- frises
-
noun,
a rug or upholstery fabric having the pile in uncut loops or in a combination of cut and uncut loops.
- rosins
-
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.
- others
-
noun,
the other one:
- Frisco
-
noun,
San Francisco.
- Frisch
-
noun,
Karl von [kahrl von;; German kahrl fuh n] /kɑrl vɒn;; German kɑrl fən/ (Show IPA), 1886–1982, Austrian zoologist: Nobel Prize in Physiology 1973.
- Fresno
-
noun,
a city in central California.
- seiche
-
noun,
an occasional and sudden oscillation of the water of a lake, bay, estuary, etc., producing fluctuations in the water level and caused by wind, earthquakes, changes in barometric pressure, etc.
- tensor
-
noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
- tenses
-
noun,
a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
- richen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become rich or richer.
- Recent
-
noun,
Also called Holocene. (initial capital letter) Geology. the Recent Epoch or Series.
- Rhines
-
noun,
Joseph Banks, 1895–1980, U.S. psychologist: pioneer in parapsychology.
- rhino-
-
- rhinos
-
noun,
a rhinoceros.
- rhotic
-
noun,
a rhotic sound.
- Tessie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- friths
-
noun,
firth.
- ossein
-
noun,
the collagen of bone, remaining after the mineral matter has been removed by treatment with dilute acid.
- hecto-
-
- scents
-
noun,
a distinctive odor, especially when agreeable:
- techie
-
noun,
a student, enthusiast, or specialist in a particular technical field or subject, especially electronics.
- ternes
-
noun,
terne metal.
- heists
-
noun,
a robbery or holdup:
- oscine
-
noun,
an oscine bird.
- terces
-
noun,
tierce (def 3).
- softie
-
noun,
softy.
- heifer
-
noun,
a young cow over one year old that has not produced a calf.
- Richet
-
noun,
Charles Robert [sharl raw-ber] /ʃarl rɔˈbɛr/ (Show IPA), 1850–1935, French physician: Nobel prize 1913.
- Hector
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the eldest son of Priam and husband of Andromache: the greatest Trojan hero in the Trojan War, killed by Achilles.
- Osetic
-
adjective, noun,
Ossetic.
- steers
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- Nestor
-
noun,
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- sector
-
noun,
Geometry. a plane figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle.
- soften
-
verb (used with object),
to make soft or softer.
- thrice
-
adverb,
three times, as in succession; on three occasions or in three ways.
- froths
-
noun,
an aggregation of bubbles, as on an agitated liquid or at the mouth of a hard-driven horse; foam; spume.
- frosts
-
noun,
a degree or state of coldness sufficient to cause the freezing of water.
- fronts
-
noun,
the foremost part or surface of anything.
- osiers
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- recess
-
noun,
temporary withdrawal or cessation from the usual work or activity.
- riches
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) rich persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- fresco
-
noun,
Also called buon fresco, true fresco. the art or technique of painting on a moist, plaster surface with colors ground up in water or a limewater mixture.
Compare fresco secco.
- seiner
-
noun,
a person who fishes with a seine.
- Recife
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Pernambuco province, in NE Brazil.
- resect
-
verb (used with object),
to do a resection on.
- Senior
-
noun,
a person who is older than another.
- Neisse
-
noun,
a river in N Europe, flowing N from the NW Czech Republic along part of the boundary between Germany and Poland to the Oder River. 145 miles (233 km) long.
- foehns
-
noun,
a warm, dry wind descending a mountain, as on the north side of the Alps.
- senors
-
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.
- refits
-
noun,
an act of refitting.
- sensor
-
noun,
a mechanical device sensitive to light, temperature, radiation level, or the like, that transmits a signal to a measuring or control instrument.
- Sothis
-
noun,
the name for the star Sirius, the Dog Star, given by the ancient Egyptians.
- rentes
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- Reston
-
noun,
James (Barrett) ("Scotty") 1909–1995, U.S. journalist, born in Scotland.
- Fishes
-
noun,
any of various cold-blooded, aquatic vertebrates, having gills, commonly fins, and typically an elongated body covered with scales.
- foists
-
noun,
Chinese Buddhism.
- resent
-
verb (used with object),
to feel or show displeasure or indignation at (a person, act, remark, etc.) from a sense of injury or insult.
- Fisher
-
noun,
any animal that catches fish for food.
- necro-
-
- firths
-
noun,
a long, narrow indentation of the seacoast.
- firsts
-
noun,
the person or thing that is first in time, order, rank, etc.
- serein
-
noun,
fine rain falling after sunset from a sky in which no clouds are visible.
- resets
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- reshes
-
noun,
the 20th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- finest
-
noun,
the police:
- refine
-
Verb phrases,
refine on/upon, to improve by inserting finer distinctions, superior elements, etc.:
- tierce
-
noun,
an old measure of capacity equivalent to one third of a pipe, or 42 wine gallons.
- recite
-
verb (used with object),
to repeat the words of, as from memory, especially in a formal manner:
- fortes
-
noun,
a person's strong suit, or most highly developed characteristic, talent, or skill; something that one excels in:
Synonyms: talent, skill, excellence, strength, strong point, specialty, proficiency; knack, bent.
- French
-
noun,
the people of France and their direct descendants.
- freest
-
Idioms,
for free, Informal. without charge:
- intro.
-
- Nereis
-
noun,
clamworm.
- throne
-
noun,
the chair or seat occupied by a sovereign, bishop, or other exalted personage on ceremonial occasions, usually raised on a dais and covered with a canopy.
- seines
-
noun,
a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
- Foster
-
noun,
Stephen (Collins) 1826–64, U.S. songwriter.
- fortis
-
noun,
a fortis consonant.
- recons
-
noun,
reconnaissance.
- recti-
-
- itches
-
noun,
the sensation of itching.
- rectos
-
- rhenic
-
adjective,
of or containing rhenium.
- forint
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and the monetary unit of Hungary, equal to 100 fillér. Abbreviation: F., Ft.
- reecho
-
noun,
a repeated echo.
- reests
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- Forest
-
noun,
a large tract of land covered with trees and underbrush; woodland.
- refect
-
verb (used with object),
to refresh, especially with food or drink.
- tenrec
-
noun,
any of several insectivorous mammals of the family Tenrecidae, of Madagascar, having a long, pointed snout, certain species of which are spiny and tailless.
- senhor
-
noun,
a Portuguese term of address equivalent to sir or Mr., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a man. Abbreviation: Sr.
- intros
-
noun,
an introduction.
- rosets
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- nether
-
adjective,
lying or believed to lie beneath the earth's surface; infernal:
- nitro-
-
- hosier
-
noun,
a person who makes or deals in hose or stockings or goods knitted or woven like hose.
- Hosein
-
noun,
Hussein (def 1).
- screen
-
noun,
a movable or fixed device, usually consisting of a covered frame, that provides shelter, serves as a partition, etc.
- norite
-
noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- horsts
-
noun,
a portion of the earth's crust, bounded on at least two sides by faults, that has risen in relation to adjacent portions.
- horses
-
noun,
a large, solid-hoofed, herbivorous quadruped, Equus caballus, domesticated since prehistoric times, bred in a number of varieties, and used for carrying or pulling loads, for riding, and for racing.
- norths
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, lying in the plane of the meridian and to the left of a person facing the rising sun. Abbreviation: N.
- Hornie
-
noun,
Satan.
- hornet
-
noun,
any large, stinging paper wasp of the family Vespidae, as Vespa crabro (giant hornet) introduced into the U.S. from Europe, or Vespula maculata (bald-faced hornet or white-faced hornet) of North America.
- Horite
-
noun,
an ancient people of Edom living in the region of the Dead Sea, possibly identical with the Hurrians.
- rochet
-
noun,
a vestment of linen or lawn, resembling a surplice, worn especially by bishops and abbots.
- screes
-
noun,
a steep mass of detritus on the side of a mountain.
- scries
-
verb (used without object),
to use divination to discover hidden knowledge or future events, especially by means of a crystal ball.
- nosher
-
noun,
Informal. a person who snacks, especially one who does so often or continuously.
- inhere
-
verb (used without object),
to exist permanently and inseparably in, as a quality, attribute, or element; belong intrinsically; be inherent:
- honest
-
adjective,
honorable in principles, intentions, and actions; upright and fair:
- nitres
-
noun,
niter.
- hoists
-
- hoises
-
verb (used with object),
to hoist.
- sneers
-
noun,
a look or expression of derision, scorn, or contempt.
- Hoenir
-
noun,
a god, one of the Aesir, companion of Odin and Loki, hostage to the Vanir.
- Hotien
-
noun,
Wade-Giles. Hotan.
- noises
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- schist
-
noun,
any of a class of crystalline metamorphic rocks whose constituent mineral grains have a more or less parallel or foliated arrangement.
- scores
-
noun,
the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.
- noesis
-
noun,
(in Greek philosophy) the exercise of reason.
- inches
-
noun,
a unit of length, 1/12 (0.0833) foot, equivalent to 2.54 centimeters.
- Noetic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the mind.
- infect
-
adjective,
Archaic. infected.
- incher
-
noun,
something that has or is associated with a height or length of an inch or a specified number of inches (often used in combination):
- scions
-
noun,
a descendant.
- nocti-
-
- incest
-
noun,
sexual intercourse between closely related persons.
- Tessin
-
noun,
French and German name of Ticino.
- scones
-
noun,
a small, light, biscuitlike quick bread made of oatmeal, wheat flour, barley meal, or the like.
- scorns
-
noun,
open or unqualified contempt; disdain:
- thence
-
adverb,
from that place:
- infers
-
verb (used with object),
to derive by reasoning; conclude or judge from premises or evidence:
- Scoter
-
noun,
any of the large diving ducks of the genus Melanitta, inhabiting northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere.
- ichors
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. an ethereal fluid flowing in the veins of the gods.
- theine
-
noun,
caffeine, especially in tea.
- infest
-
verb (used with object),
to live in or overrun to an unwanted degree or in a troublesome manner, especially as predatory animals or vermin do:
- Stones
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- no-hit
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or noting a game in which a pitcher allows no base hits to the opposing team:
- stores
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- theirn
-
pronoun,
theirs.
- theirs
-
noun,
any male person or animal; a man:
- noshes
-
noun,
a snack.
- nother
-
adjective,
Informal. a whole nother, an entirely different; a whole other.
- herein
-
adverb,
in or into this place.
- heroes
-
noun,
a person noted for courageous acts or nobility of character:
- instr.
-
- niches
-
noun,
an ornamental recess in a wall or the like, usually semicircular in plan and arched, as for a statue or other decorative object.
- secret
-
noun,
something that is or is kept secret, hidden, or concealed.
- stenos
-
noun,
a stenographer.
- steno-
-
- stench
-
noun,
an offensive smell or odor; stink.
- Heroin
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, narcotic powder, C 21 H 23 NO 5 , derived from morphine, formerly used as an analgesic and sedative: manufacture and importation of heroin are now controlled by federal law in the U.S. because of the danger of addiction.
- steins
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- orcein
-
noun,
a red dye, the principal coloring matter of cudbear and orchil, obtained by oxidizing an ammoniacal solution of orcinol.
- heroic
-
noun,
Usually, heroics. heroic verse.
- inter.
-
- steres
-
- Orchis
-
noun,
any orchid.
- inters
-
verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- heriot
-
noun,
a feudal service or tribute, originally of borrowed military equipment and later of a chattel, due to the lord on the death of a tenant.
- hereto
-
adverb,
to this matter, document, subject, etc.; regarding this point:
- Orense
-
noun,
a city in N Spain, NW of Madrid.
- hereon
-
adverb,
hereupon.
- hereof
-
adverb,
of this:
- Strine
-
noun,
Australian English.
- Orient
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- noctis
-
adjective,
(in prescriptions) of the night.
- Hester
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Esther.
- Thiers
-
noun,
Louis Adolphe [lwee a-dawlf] /lwi aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1797–1877, French statesman: president 1871–73.
- notice
-
noun,
an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning:
- theses
-
noun,
a proposition stated or put forward for consideration, especially one to be discussed and proved or to be maintained against objections:
- 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.
- insert
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- niters
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- stoner
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
- histo-
-
- stoics
-
noun,
a member or adherent of the Stoic school of philosophy.
- stichs
-
noun,
a verse or line of poetry.
- insets
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- secern
-
verb (used with object),
to discriminate or distinguish in thought.
- ochers
-
noun,
any of a class of natural earths, mixtures of hydrated oxide of iron with various earthy materials, ranging in color from pale yellow to orange and red, and used as pigments.
- hieron
-
noun,
(in ancient Greece) a temple or a sacred place.
- steric
-
adjective,
of or relating to the spatial relationships of atoms in a molecule.
- ochres
-
noun,
any of a class of natural earths, mixtures of hydrated oxide of iron with various earthy materials, ranging in color from pale yellow to orange and red, and used as pigments.
- hiero-
-
- thesis
-
noun,
a proposition stated or put forward for consideration, especially one to be discussed and proved or to be maintained against objections:
- rinses
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- Thess.
-
- sortie
-
noun,
a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
- strife
-
noun,
vigorous or bitter conflict, discord, or antagonism:
- sterns
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- Neches
-
noun,
a river in E Texas, flowing S and SE to Sabine Lake. 416 miles (669 km) long.
- Sterne
-
noun,
Laurence, 1713–68, English clergyman and novelist.
- sonics
-
noun,
the branch of science that deals with the practical applications of sound.
- resist
-
noun,
a substance that prevents or inhibits some effect from taking place, as a coating on a surface of a metallic printing plate that prevents or inhibits corrosion of the metal by acid.
- Sereth
-
noun,
German name of Siret.
- trines
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- shiers
-
noun,
a horse having a tendency to shy.
- erects
-
adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- chores
-
noun,
a small or odd job; routine task.
- chori-
-
- Chosen
-
noun,
elect.
- choses
-
noun,
a thing; an article of personal property.
- eosins
-
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.
- Christ
-
noun,
Jesus of Nazareth, held by Christians to be the fulfillment of prophecies in the Old Testament regarding the eventual coming of a Messiah.
- shiest
-
noun,
a sudden start aside, as in fear.
- Chron.
-
- entire
-
noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- Ernest
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “vigor, intent.”.
- entice
-
verb (used with object),
to lead on by exciting hope or desire; allure; inveigle:
- enters
-
Verb phrases,
enter into,
to participate in; engage in.
to investigate; consider:
to sympathize with; share in.
to form a constituent part or ingredient of:
to go into a particular state:
- enter-
-
- enserf
-
verb (used with object),
to make a serf of; place in bondage.
- Enrico
-
noun,
a male given name: Italian form of Henry.
- snitch
-
noun,
Also called snitcher. an informer.
- enrich
-
verb (used with object),
to supply with riches, wealth, abundant or valuable possessions, etc.:
- enosis
-
noun,
a movement for securing the political union of Greece and Cyprus.
- Enochs
-
noun,
the father of Methuselah. Gen. 5:22.
- sifter
-
noun,
a person or thing that sifts.
- Enesco
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1881–1955, Romanian violinist, composer, and conductor: teacher of Yehudi Menuhin.
- shicer
-
noun,
Slang. a swindler.
- cosher
-
verb (used with object),
to treat with special fondness; pamper.
- encore
-
noun,
a demand, as by applause, for a repetition of a song, act, etc., or for a performance of a number or piece additional to those on a program, or for a reappearance by the performers, as at the end of a concert, recital, etc.
- toners
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- Cherie
-
noun,
dear; sweetheart: used in referring to or addressing a woman or girl.
- cherts
-
noun,
a compact rock consisting essentially of microcrystalline quartz.
- chests
-
noun,
Anatomy. the trunk of the body from the neck to the abdomen; thorax.
- sinter
-
noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- esters
-
noun,
a compound produced by the reaction between an acid and an alcohol with the elimination of a molecule of water, as ethyl acetate, C 4 H 8 O 2 , or dimethyl sulfate, C 2 H 6 SO 4 .
- chiefs
-
noun,
the head or leader of an organized body of people; the person highest in authority:
- snorts
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- chines
-
noun,
a ravine formed in rock by the action of running water.
- essoin
-
noun,
(in England) an excuse for nonappearance in a court of law at the prescribed time.
- Chino-
-
- chinos
-
noun,
a tough, twilled cotton cloth used for uniforms, sports clothes, etc.
- erotic
-
noun,
an erotic poem.
- sheens
-
noun,
luster; brightness; radiance.
- chiro-
-
- Chiron
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a wise and beneficent centaur, teacher of Achilles, Asclepius, and others.
- sheers
-
noun,
shear (def 16).
- chiros
-
noun,
the ladyfish, Elops saurus.
- escort
-
noun,
a group of persons, or a single person, accompanying another or others for protection, guidance, or courtesy:
- escent
-
- chiton
-
noun,
Also called sea cradle. a mollusk of the class Amphineura, having a mantle covered with calcareous plates, found adhering to rocks.
- Sheets
-
noun,
a large rectangular piece of cotton, linen, or other material used as an article of bedding, commonly spread in pairs so that one is immediately above and the other immediately below the sleeper.
- Shensi
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Shaanxi.
- sherif
-
noun,
a governor of Mecca descended from Muhammad.
- shifts
-
noun,
a change or transfer from one place, position, direction, person, etc., to another:
- Sifnos
-
noun,
Siphnos.
- estocs
-
noun,
a thrusting sword of the 13th–17th centuries having a long, narrow blade of rectangular section.
- crests
-
noun,
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- trich-
-
- Crosse
-
noun,
a long-handled racket used in the game of lacrosse.
- contr.
-
- cross-
-
- crones
-
noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- Shrine
-
noun,
a building or other shelter, often of a stately or sumptuous character, enclosing the remains or relics of a saint or other holy person and forming an object of religious veneration and pilgrimage.
- crofts
-
noun,
a small farm, especially one worked by a tenant.
- shrift
-
noun,
the imposition of penance by a priest on a penitent after confession.
- CORNET
-
noun,
Music. a valved wind instrument of the trumpet family.
- cretin
-
noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- corses
-
noun,
corpse.
- contes
-
plural,
Trademark. a brand of crayon made of graphite and clay, usually in black, red, or brown.
- 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.
- shotes
-
noun,
shoat (def 1).
- Cortes
-
noun,
(in Spain or Portugal) the two houses constituting the national legislative body.
- triene
-
noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- Coster
-
noun,
costermonger.
- cossie
-
noun,
a bathing suit; bathers.
- cosset
-
noun,
a lamb brought up without its dam; pet lamb.
- shorts
-
noun,
something that is short.
- cosets
-
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.
- 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.
- cosies
-
noun,
a padded covering for a teapot, chocolate pot, etc., to retain the heat.
- trices
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- cteno-
-
- 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.
- Cohens
-
noun,
Morris Raphael, 1880–1947, U.S. philosopher and educator, born in Russia.
- either
-
adverb,
also; too; as well; to the same degree (used after negative clauses coordinated by and, or, or nor, or after negative subordinate clauses):
- Tories
-
noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- Shiner
-
noun,
a person or thing that shines.
- shines
-
noun,
radiance or brightness caused by emitted or reflected light.
- C-note
-
noun,
See C (def 11).
- torses
-
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.
- triens
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- Shinto
-
noun,
Also, Shintoism. the native religion of Japan, primarily a system of nature and ancestor worship.
- coheir
-
noun,
a joint heir.
- toshes
-
noun,
nonsense; bosh.
- shires
-
noun,
one of the counties of Great Britain.
- Ecorse
-
noun,
a city in SE Michigan, near Detroit.
- conies
-
noun,
the fur of a rabbit, especially when dyed to simulate Hudson seal.
- shirts
-
noun,
a long- or short-sleeved garment for the upper part of the body, usually lightweight and having a collar and a front opening.
- cohere
-
verb (used without object),
to stick together; be united; hold fast, as parts of the same mass:
- echoes
-
noun,
a repetition of sound produced by the reflection of sound waves from a wall, mountain, or other obstructing surface.
- snores
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- ecesis
-
noun,
the establishment of an immigrant plant in a new environment.
- soiree
-
noun,
an evening party or social gathering, especially one held for a particular purpose:
- treens
-
noun,
treenware.
- trench
-
noun,
Fortification. a long, narrow excavation in the ground, the earth from which is thrown up in front to serve as a shelter from enemy fire or attack.
- shoers
-
noun,
a person who shoes horses or other animals.
- confer
-
verb (used with object),
to bestow upon as a gift, favor, honor, etc.:
- confit
-
noun,
duck or goose cooked in its own fat and preserved.
- Esther
-
noun,
the wife of Ahasuerus.
- coshes
-
noun,
a blackjack; bludgeon.
- cheers
-
noun,
a shout of encouragement, approval, congratulation, etc.:
- certes
-
adverb,
certainly; in truth.
- centr-
-
- fences
-
noun,
a barrier enclosing or bordering a field, yard, etc., usually made of posts and wire or wood, used to prevent entrance, to confine, or to mark a boundary.
- Centre
-
noun,
Geometry. the middle point, as the point within a circle or sphere equally distant from all points of the circumference or surface, or the point within a regular polygon equally distant from the vertices.
- feists
-
noun,
Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. a small mongrel dog, especially one that is ill-tempered; cur; mutt.
- feints
-
noun,
a movement made in order to deceive an adversary; an attack aimed at one place or point merely as a distraction from the real place or point of attack:
- cerise
-
adjective, noun,
moderate to deep red.
- tocher
-
noun,
a dowry; marriage settlement given to the groom by the bride or her family.
- Tocsin
-
noun,
a signal, especially of alarm, sounded on a bell or bells.
- centi-
-
- certif
-
- toe-in
-
noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- sirens
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- set-in
-
adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- setons
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- setose
-
adjective,
covered with setae or bristles; bristly.
- sirees
-
noun,
sirree.
- centos
-
noun,
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
- serins
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- ethno-
-
- fetors
-
noun,
a strong, offensive smell; stench.
- sneesh
-
noun,
snuff1 (def 9).
- fierce
-
adjective,
menacingly wild, savage, or hostile:
- 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.
- ficoes
-
noun,
fig1 (def 4).
- series
-
noun,
a group or a number of related or similar things, events, etc., arranged or occurring in temporal, spatial, or other order or succession; sequence.
- Fichte
-
noun,
Johann Gottlieb [yoh-hahn gawt-leep] /ˈyoʊ hɑn ˈgɔt lip/ (Show IPA), 1762–1814, German philosopher.
- Sister
-
noun,
a female offspring having both parents in common with another offspring; female sibling.
- fetish
-
noun,
an object regarded with awe as being the embodiment or habitation of a potent spirit or as having magical potency.
- Center
-
noun,
Geometry. the middle point, as the point within a circle or sphere equally distant from all points of the circumference or surface, or the point within a regular polygon equally distant from the vertices.
- cenote
-
noun,
a deep natural well or sinkhole, especially in Central America, formed by the collapse of surface limestone that exposes ground water underneath, and sometimes used by the ancient Mayans for sacrificial offerings.
- serifs
-
noun,
a smaller line used to finish off a main stroke of a letter, as at the top and bottom of M.
- censer
-
noun,
a container, usually covered, in which incense is burned, especially during religious services; thurible.
- fester
-
noun,
an ulcer; a rankling sore.
- censes
-
verb (used with object),
to burn incense near or in front of; perfume with incense.
- 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.
- serine
-
noun,
a crystalline amino acid, HOCH 2 CH(NH 2)COOH, found in many proteins and obtained by the hydrolysis of sericin, the protein constituting silk gum. Symbol: S. Abbreviation: Ser;
- ferine
-
adjective,
feral1 .
- ethnos
-
noun,
an ethnic group.
- fencer
-
noun,
a person who practices the art of fencing with a sword, foil, etc.
- ethnic
-
noun,
a member of an ethnic group.
- triose
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- Estrin
-
noun,
estrone.
- troche
-
noun,
a small tablet or lozenge, usually a circular one, made of medicinal substance worked into a paste with sugar and mucilage or the like, and dried.
- etches
-
noun,
Printing. an acid used for etching.
- ethics
-
noun,
(used with a singular or plural verb) a system of moral principles:
- cheero
-
interjection, noun,
cheerio.
- ethine
-
noun,
acetylene.
- ethion
-
noun,
a highly toxic organophosphate, C 9 H 22 O 4 P 2 S 3, used as a pesticide.
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- Cons.
-
- Rosse
-
noun,
William Parsons, Third Earl of, William Parsons.
- chess
-
noun,
a game played on a chessboard by two people who maneuver sixteen pieces each according to rules governing movement of the six kinds of pieces (pawn, rook, knight, bishop, queen, king), the object being to bring the opponent's king into checkmate.
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- Cenis
-
noun,
Mont, a mountain pass between SE France and Italy, in the Alps. 6834 feet (2083 meters) high.
- 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.
- Reich
-
noun,
(with reference to Germany) empire; realm; nation.
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- Const
-
- refit
-
noun,
an act of refitting.
- cont.
-
- Conte
-
noun,
count2 .
- cheer
-
noun,
a shout of encouragement, approval, congratulation, etc.:
- reifs
-
noun,
plunder; booty; loot.
- niche
-
noun,
an ornamental recess in a wall or the like, usually semicircular in plan and arched, as for a statue or other decorative object.
- chert
-
noun,
a compact rock consisting essentially of microcrystalline quartz.
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- cense
-
verb (used with object),
to burn incense near or in front of; perfume with incense.
- conf.
-
- coins
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- roshi
-
noun,
the religious leader of a group of Zen Buddhists.
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- tech.
-
- coifs
-
noun,
a hood-shaped cap, usually of white cloth and with extended sides, worn beneath a veil, as by nuns.
- Neth.
-
- nests
-
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.
- cent.
-
- Sices
-
noun,
syce.
- coirs
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- 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.
- snits
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- 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.
- chest
-
noun,
Anatomy. the trunk of the body from the neck to the abdomen; thorax.
- snore
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- orch.
-
- reni-
-
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- reset
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- ornes
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- Corti
-
noun,
Alfonso [al-fon-soh;; Italian ahl-fawn-saw] /ælˈfɒn soʊ;; Italian ɑlˈfɔn sɔ/ (Show IPA), 1822–76, Italian anatomist.
- sites
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- hoise
-
verb (used with object),
to hoist.
- sito-
-
- shote
-
noun,
shoat (def 1).
- ornis
-
noun,
an avifauna.
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- tense
-
noun,
a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
- Isere
-
noun,
a river in SE France, flowing from the Alps to the Rhone River. 150 miles (240 km) long.
- 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.
- 30-30
-
- softs
-
noun,
something that is soft or yielding; the soft part.
- Resht
-
noun,
Rasht.
- Irons
-
noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Necho
-
noun,
Prince of Sais and Prince of Memphis, flourished 633? b.c, chief of the Egyptian delta lords (father of Psamtik I).
- teno-
-
- ontic
-
adjective,
possessing the character of real rather than phenomenal existence; noumenal.
- teens
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- cores
-
- retch
-
noun,
the act or an instance of retching.
- sonic
-
adjective,
of or relating to sound.
- Tench
-
noun,
a freshwater food fish, Tinca tinca, of Europe and Asia that can survive short periods out of water.
- Chere
-
adjective,
dear; beloved: used in referring to or addressing a woman or girl.
- rests
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- ither
-
adjective, pronoun, adverb,
other.
- Isth.
-
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- sorts
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- rente
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- 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.
- sones
-
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.
- Corse
-
noun,
corpse.
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- Sino-
-
- onset
-
noun,
a beginning or start:
- niece
-
noun,
a daughter of a person's brother or sister.
- rises
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- chose
-
noun,
a thing; an article of personal property.
- oste-
-
- stech
-
verb (used with object),
to fill or gorge (one's stomach) with food.
- notes
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- notch
-
noun,
an angular or V -shaped cut, indentation, or slit in an object, surface, or edge.
- rices
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- Chris
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Christopher.
- Othin
-
noun,
Odin.
- 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.
- Osset
-
noun,
a member of an Aryan people of Ossetia whose religion combines features of Islam and Christianity.
- cert.
-
- noses
-
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.
- ceros
-
noun,
a large Atlantic and Gulf Coast mackerel game fish, Scomberomorus regalis.
- North
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, lying in the plane of the meridian and to the left of a person facing the rising sun. Abbreviation: N.
- Norse
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
- cero-
-
- often
-
adverb,
many times; frequently:
- chore
-
noun,
a small or odd job; routine task.
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- ocher
-
noun,
any of a class of natural earths, mixtures of hydrated oxide of iron with various earthy materials, ranging in color from pale yellow to orange and red, and used as pigments.
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- Stich
-
noun,
a verse or line of poetry.
- cetes
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- ochre
-
noun,
any of a class of natural earths, mixtures of hydrated oxide of iron with various earthy materials, ranging in color from pale yellow to orange and red, and used as pigments.
- OFris
-
noun,
the Frisian language before c1500. Abbreviation: OFris.
- steer
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- Chios
-
noun,
a Greek island in the Aegean, near the W coast of Turkey. 322 sq. mi. (834 sq. km).
- Steen
-
noun,
Jan [yahn] /yɑn/ (Show IPA), 1626–79, Dutch painter.
- choir
-
noun,
a company of singers, especially an organized group employed in church service.
- Stone
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- sties
-
noun,
a pen or enclosure for swine; pigpen.
- Other
-
noun,
the other one:
- 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.
- stirs
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- Stoic
-
noun,
a member or adherent of the Stoic school of philosophy.
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- sines
-
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.
- Cesti
-
noun,
Marcantonio [mahr-kahn-taw-nyaw] /ˌmɑr kɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1623–69, Italian composer.
- rhine
-
noun,
Joseph Banks, 1895–1980, U.S. psychologist: pioneer in parapsychology.
- rhin-
-
- Cohen
-
noun,
Morris Raphael, 1880–1947, U.S. philosopher and educator, born in Russia.
- chief
-
noun,
the head or leader of an organized body of people; the person highest in authority:
- rhet.
-
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- rect.
-
- Chin.
-
- troch
-
- CENTO
-
noun,
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- noct-
-
- nitr-
-
- Rhein
-
noun,
the Rhine.
- reefs
-
noun,
a ridge of rocks or sand, often of coral debris, at or near the surface of the water.
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- sores
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- reest
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- Niort
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- sinhs
-
noun,
hyperbolic sine.
- chine
-
noun,
a ravine formed in rock by the action of running water.
- cites
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- rifts
-
noun,
an opening made by splitting, cleaving, etc.; fissure; cleft; chink.
- sifts
-
verb (used with object),
to separate and retain the coarse parts of (flour, ashes, etc.) with a sieve.
- cine-
-
- cines
-
noun,
a film; motion picture.
- sires
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- since
-
adverb,
from then till now (often preceded by ever):
- cions
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- siree
-
noun,
sirree.
- noise
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- 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.
- cires
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- Orth.
-
- Ceres
-
noun,
a pre-Roman goddess of agriculture under whose name the Romans adopted the worship of the Greek goddess Demeter.
- Recit
-
- 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: ¢.
- onces
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- RECON
-
noun,
reconnaissance.
- ster.
-
- cists
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- chits
-
noun,
a signed note for money owed for food, drink, etc.
- crest
-
noun,
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- terce
-
noun,
tierce (def 3).
- frosh
-
noun,
a college or high-school freshman.
- thins
-
adverb,
in a thin manner.
- thio-
-
- Ester
-
noun,
a compound produced by the reaction between an acid and an alcohol with the elimination of a molecule of water, as ethyl acetate, C 4 H 8 O 2 , or dimethyl sulfate, C 2 H 6 SO 4 .
- Thorn
-
noun,
a sharp excrescence on a plant, especially a sharp-pointed aborted branch; spine; prickle.
- those
-
Idioms,
at that,
in spite of something; nevertheless:
in addition; besides:
- THREE
-
noun,
a cardinal number, 2 plus 1.
- seers
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- Estes
-
noun,
a male given name.
- froth
-
noun,
an aggregation of bubbles, as on an agitated liquid or at the mouth of a hard-driven horse; foam; spume.
- Esth.
-
- Frost
-
noun,
a degree or state of coldness sufficient to cause the freezing of water.
- estoc
-
noun,
a thrusting sword of the 13th–17th centuries having a long, narrow blade of rectangular section.
- hect-
-
- front
-
noun,
the foremost part or surface of anything.
- frons
-
noun,
the upper anterior portion of the head of an insect, above or behind the clypeus.
- throe
-
noun,
a violent spasm or pang; paroxysm.
- Frits
-
noun,
Ceramics.
a fused or partially fused material used as a basis for glazes or enamels.
the composition from which artificial soft porcelain is made.
- frith
-
noun,
firth.
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- frise
-
noun,
a rug or upholstery fabric having the pile in uncut loops or in a combination of cut and uncut loops.
- snots
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- Fris.
-
- Fries
-
noun,
plural of fry1 .
- ether
-
noun,
Also called diethyl ether, diethyl oxide, ethyl ether, ethyl oxide, sulfuric ether. Chemistry, Pharmacology. a colorless, highly volatile, flammable liquid, C 4 H 10 O, having an aromatic odor and sweet, burning taste, derived from ethyl alcohol by the action of sulfuric acid: used as a solvent and, formerly, as an inhalant anesthetic.
- frets
-
noun,
an irritated state of mind; annoyance; vexation.
- thine
-
pronoun,
the possessive case of thou1. used as a predicate adjective, after a noun or without a noun.
- Essen
-
noun,
a city in W Germany: the chief city of the Ruhr River valley.
- ethic
-
noun,
the body of moral principles or values governing or distinctive of a particular culture or group:
- snort
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- Erech
-
noun,
Biblical name of Uruk.
- Heros
-
noun,
a person noted for courageous acts or nobility of character:
- Heron
-
noun,
any of numerous long-legged, long-necked, usually long-billed birds of the family Ardeidae, including the true herons, egrets, night herons, and bitterns.
- erect
-
adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- shies
-
noun,
a sudden start aside, as in fear.
- sneer
-
noun,
a look or expression of derision, scorn, or contempt.
- shier
-
noun,
a horse having a tendency to shy.
- herns
-
- ernes
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- Herne
-
noun,
James A(hern) [uh-hurn] /əˈhɜrn/ (Show IPA), 1839–1901, U.S. actor and playwright.
- Ernie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Ernest.
- Ernst
-
noun,
Max [maks;; German mahks] /mæks;; German mɑks/ (Show IPA), 1891–1976, German painter, in the U.S. 1941–49, in France 1949–76.
- erose
-
adjective,
uneven, as if gnawed away.
- Sheen
-
noun,
luster; brightness; radiance.
- tonic
-
noun,
a medicine that invigorates or strengthens:
- Irene
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of the Horae, the personification of peace.
- Henri
-
noun,
Robert, 1865–1929, U.S. painter.
- Henie
-
noun,
Sonja, 1912–69, U.S. figure-skater and film actress, born in Norway.
- hence
-
adverb,
as an inference from this fact; for this reason; therefore:
- sheet
-
noun,
a large rectangular piece of cotton, linen, or other material used as an article of bedding, commonly spread in pairs so that one is immediately above and the other immediately below the sleeper.
- heist
-
noun,
a robbery or holdup:
- sheer
-
noun,
a thin, diaphanous material, as chiffon or voile.
- Heine
-
noun,
Heinrich [hahyn-rikh] /ˈhaɪn rɪx/ (Show IPA), 1797–1856, German lyric and satiric poet, journalist, and critic.
- tones
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- hefts
-
noun,
weight; heaviness:
- sect.
-
- fress
-
verb (used without object),
to eat or snack, especially often or in large quantities.
- fresh
-
noun,
the fresh part or time.
- Hesse
-
noun,
Hermann [her-mahn] /ˈhɛr mɑn/ (Show IPA), 1877–1962, German novelist and poet: Nobel Prize 1946.
- fiche
-
noun,
microfiche.
- foehn
-
noun,
a warm, dry wind descending a mountain, as on the north side of the Alps.
- 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.
- 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.
- sense
-
noun,
any of the faculties, as sight, hearing, smell, taste, or touch, by which humans and animals perceive stimuli originating from outside or inside the body:
- serif
-
noun,
a smaller line used to finish off a main stroke of a letter, as at the top and bottom of M.
- fetes
-
noun,
a day of celebration; holiday:
- Fitch
-
noun,
the European polecat, Mustela putorius.
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- fists
-
noun,
the hand closed tightly, with the fingers doubled into the palm.
- feti-
-
- fetor
-
noun,
a strong, offensive smell; stench.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- sents
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- fohns
-
noun,
foehn.
- fiscs
-
noun,
a royal or state treasury; exchequer.
- Sochi
-
noun,
a seaport in the SW Russian Federation in Europe, on the Black Sea: resort.
- Firth
-
noun,
a long, narrow indentation of the seacoast.
- first
-
noun,
the person or thing that is first in time, order, rank, etc.
- firns
-
noun,
névé.
- Seric
-
- fires
-
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- finos
-
noun,
a pale, very dry sherry of Spain.
- Seres
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- finch
-
noun,
any of numerous small passerine birds of the family Fringillidae, including the buntings, sparrows, crossbills, purple finches, and grosbeaks, most of which have a short, conical bill adapted for eating seeds.
- fines
-
noun,
fines.
Mining. crushed ore sufficiently fine to pass through a given screen. Compare short (def 29e).
Agriculture. the fine bits of corn kernel knocked off during handling of the grain.
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- feres
-
noun,
a companion; mate.
- ethos
-
noun,
Sociology. the fundamental character or spirit of a culture; the underlying sentiment that informs the beliefs, customs, or practices of a group or society; dominant assumptions of a people or period:
- fecit
-
verb,
he made (it); she made (it): formerly used on works of art after the name of the artist. Abbreviation: fe., fec.
- Freon
-
- Seton
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- seti-
-
- seifs
-
noun,
a long narrow sand dune parallel to the prevailing wind direction.
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- frees
-
Idioms,
for free, Informal. without charge:
- Seine
-
noun,
a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
- Soche
-
noun,
Wade-Giles. Shache.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- feces
-
noun,
waste matter discharged from the intestines through the anus; excrement.
- fosse
-
noun,
a moat or defensive ditch in a fortification, usually filled with water.
- seise
-
verb (used with or without object),
Chiefly Law. seize.
- Forth
-
noun,
Firth of, an arm of the North Sea, in SE Scotland: estuary of Forth River. 48 miles (77 km) long.
- foins
-
noun,
a thrust with a weapon.
- forte
-
noun,
a person's strong suit, or most highly developed characteristic, talent, or skill; something that one excels in:
Synonyms: talent, skill, excellence, strength, strong point, specialty, proficiency; knack, bent.
- fort.
-
- feint
-
noun,
a movement made in order to deceive an adversary; an attack aimed at one place or point merely as a distraction from the real place or point of attack:
- feist
-
noun,
Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. a small mongrel dog, especially one that is ill-tempered; cur; mutt.
- fence
-
noun,
a barrier enclosing or bordering a field, yard, etc., usually made of posts and wire or wood, used to prevent entrance, to confine, or to mark a boundary.
- fores
-
noun,
the forepart of anything; front.
- fore-
-
- force
-
noun,
physical power or strength possessed by a living being:
- Sofer
-
noun,
scribe1 (def 3).
- sero-
-
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- Foist
-
verb (used with object),
to force upon or impose fraudulently or unjustifiably (usually followed by on or upon):
- secos
-
noun,
sekos.
- hents
-
verb (used with object),
to seize.
- treen
-
noun,
treenware.
- scree
-
noun,
a steep mass of detritus on the side of a mountain.
- thens
-
noun,
that time:
- theo-
-
- hsien
-
noun,
(in popular Chinese religion) one of a group of benevolent spirits promoting good in the world.
- theor
-
- Crete
-
noun,
Formerly Candia. a Greek island in the Mediterranean, SE of mainland Greece. 3235 sq. mi. (8380 sq. km). Capital: Canea.
- shits
-
noun,
excrement; feces.
- Theos
-
- Finer
-
noun,
fines.
Mining. crushed ore sufficiently fine to pass through a given screen. Compare short (def 29e).
Agriculture. the fine bits of corn kernel knocked off during handling of the grain.
- hosts
-
noun,
a person who receives or entertains guests at home or elsewhere:
- cress
-
noun,
any of various plants of the mustard family, especially the watercress, having pungent-tasting leaves often used for salad and as a garnish.
- infos
-
noun,
information.
- Short
-
noun,
something that is short.
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- econ.
-
- shirt
-
noun,
a long- or short-sleeved garment for the upper part of the body, usually lightweight and having a collar and a front opening.
- ecto-
-
- incr.
-
- Horst
-
noun,
a portion of the earth's crust, bounded on at least two sides by faults, that has risen in relation to adjacent portions.
- Shire
-
noun,
one of the counties of Great Britain.
- Creon
-
noun,
a king of Thebes, the brother of Jocasta and the uncle of Eteocles, Polynices, and Antigone.
- SCOTS
-
noun,
Also called Scottish. the English language as spoken in Scotland.
Compare Scots Gaelic.
- their
-
noun,
any male person or animal; a man:
- Crees
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- infer
-
verb (used with object),
to derive by reasoning; conclude or judge from premises or evidence:
- trice
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- shorn
-
noun,
Usually, shears. (sometimes used with a singular verb)
scissors of large size (usually used with pair of).
any of various other cutting implements or machines having two blades that resemble or suggest those of scissors.
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- Scone
-
noun,
a small, light, biscuitlike quick bread made of oatmeal, wheat flour, barley meal, or the like.
- scion
-
noun,
a descendant.
- Shore
-
noun,
the land along the edge of a sea, lake, broad river, etc.
- shone
-
noun,
radiance or brightness caused by emitted or reflected light.
- crone
-
noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- score
-
noun,
the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.
- Croft
-
noun,
a small farm, especially one worked by a tenant.
- shoer
-
noun,
a person who shoes horses or other animals.
- crit.
-
- scorn
-
noun,
open or unqualified contempt; disdain:
- tress
-
noun,
Usually, tresses. long locks or curls of hair.
- crine
-
noun,
hair; head of hair.
- Scot.
-
- icons
-
- cries
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- shoes
-
noun,
an external covering for the human foot, usually of leather and consisting of a more or less stiff or heavy sole and a lighter upper part ending a short distance above, at, or below the ankle.
- ichor
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. an ethereal fluid flowing in the veins of the gods.
- horse
-
noun,
a large, solid-hoofed, herbivorous quadruped, Equus caballus, domesticated since prehistoric times, bred in a number of varieties, and used for carrying or pulling loads, for riding, and for racing.
- hort.
-
- horns
-
noun,
one of the bony, permanent, hollow paired growths, often curved and pointed, that project from the upper part of the head of certain ungulate mammals, as cattle, sheep, goats, or antelopes.
- hier-
-
- Enoch
-
noun,
the father of Methuselah. Gen. 5:22.
- inst.
-
- these
-
Idioms,
with this, following this; hereupon:
- HIRES
-
noun,
the act of hiring.
- scent
-
noun,
a distinctive odor, especially when agreeable:
- hints
-
noun,
an indirect, covert, or helpful suggestion; clue:
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- Hines
-
noun,
Earl ("Fatha") 1905–83, U.S. jazz pianist.
- Ensor
-
noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- THIEF
-
noun,
a person who steals, especially secretly or without open force; one guilty of theft or larceny.
- Hofei
-
noun,
Hefei.
- ento-
-
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- terne
-
noun,
terne metal.
- shift
-
noun,
a change or transfer from one place, position, direction, person, etc., to another:
- torcs
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- hests
-
noun,
behest.
- 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.
- scene
-
noun,
the place where some action or event occurs:
- torch
-
noun,
a light to be carried in the hand, consisting of some combustible substance, as resinous wood, or of twisted flax or the like soaked with tallow or other flammable substance, ignited at the upper end.
- 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.
- hist.
-
- incor
-
- 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.
- 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.
- costs
-
noun,
the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
- hones
-
noun,
a whetstone of fine, compact texture for sharpening razors and other cutting tools.
- there
-
noun,
that state or condition:
- shins
-
noun,
the front part of the leg from the knee to the ankle.
- intr.
-
- shine
-
noun,
radiance or brightness caused by emitted or reflected light.
- cotes
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- Horne
-
noun,
Lena, 1917–2010, U.S. singer and actress.
- Hofer
-
noun,
Andreas [ahn-drey-uh s] /ɑnˈdreɪ əs/ (Show IPA), 1767–1810, Tyrolese patriot.
- terse
-
adjective,
neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- scfh
-
- shot
-
noun,
a discharge of a firearm, bow, etc.
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- sene
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Western Samoa, the 100th part of a tala.
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- serf
-
noun,
a person in a condition of servitude, required to render services to a lord, commonly attached to the lord's land and transferred with it from one owner to another.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- 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.
- Rhee
-
noun,
Syngman [sing-muh n] /ˈsɪŋ mən/ (Show IPA), 1875–1965, president of South Korea 1948–60.
- Soni
-
- shr.
-
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- sots
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- sits
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- sith
-
adverb, conjunction, preposition,
since.
- sch.
-
- sci.
-
- 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.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- sirs
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- sift
-
verb (used with object),
to separate and retain the coarse parts of (flour, ashes, etc.) with a sieve.
- sees
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- rifs
-
noun,
Er [er] /ɛr/ (Show IPA) a mountainous coastal region in N Morocco.
- Seen
-
verb,
past participle of see1 .
- shee
-
noun,
sídh.
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- rift
-
noun,
an opening made by splitting, cleaving, etc.; fissure; cleft; chink.
- Shin
-
noun,
the front part of the leg from the knee to the ankle.
- rocs
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- Secs
-
noun,
second2 (def 2).
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- SCSI
-
noun,
a standard for computer interface ports featuring faster data transmission and greater flexibility than normal ports.
- sinh
-
noun,
hyperbolic sine.
- 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.
- sec.
-
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- rit.
-
- 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.
- sech
-
- rife
-
adjective,
of common or frequent occurrence; prevalent; in widespread existence, activity, or use:
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- Roth
-
noun,
Phillip, born 1933, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- Seth
-
noun,
the third son of Adam. Gen. 4:25.
- sers
-
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).
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- 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.
- seis
-
noun,
sei whale.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- rhos
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Greek alphabet (P, ρ).
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- Rich
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) rich persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- Ross
-
noun,
the rough exterior of bark.
- soft
-
noun,
something that is soft or yielding; the soft part.
- 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.
- Seif
-
noun,
a long narrow sand dune parallel to the prevailing wind direction.
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- scr.
-
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- 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.
- sics
-
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).
- shit
-
noun,
excrement; feces.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- shoe
-
noun,
an external covering for the human foot, usually of leather and consisting of a more or less stiff or heavy sole and a lighter upper part ending a short distance above, at, or below the ankle.
- 1080
-
- resh
-
noun,
the 20th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- est.
-
- Fens
-
noun,
Also called Fenland. a marshy lowland region in E England, S of the Wash: partly drained and channeled since the 17th century.
- toch
-
noun,
Ernst [ernst] /ɛrnst/ (Show IPA), 1887–1964, Austrian composer.
- feet
-
noun,
a plural of foot.
- fees
-
noun,
a charge or payment for professional services:
- fec.
-
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, 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.
- eths
-
noun,
a letter in the form of a crossed d, written đ or ð, used in Old English writing to represent both voiced and unvoiced th and in modern Icelandic and in phonetic alphabets to represent voiced th.
- Eth.
-
- etch
-
noun,
Printing. an acid used for etching.
- etc.
-
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- esse
-
noun,
being; existence.
- Fern
-
noun,
any seedless, nonflowering vascular plant of the class Filicinae, of tropical to temperate regions, characterized by true roots produced from a rhizome, triangular fronds that uncoil upward and have a branching vein system, and reproduction by spores contained in sporangia that appear as brown dots on the underside of the fronds.
- eso-
-
- esne
-
noun,
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a member of the lowest class; laborer.
- ESIS
-
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- torc
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- Erne
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- fere
-
noun,
a companion; mate.
- fess
-
noun,
an ordinary in the form of a broad horizontal band across the middle of an escutcheon.
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- FITS
-
noun,
the manner in which a thing fits:
- fret
-
noun,
an irritated state of mind; annoyance; vexation.
- Frei
-
noun,
Eduardo [e-dwahr-th aw] /ɛˈdwɑr ðɔ/ (Show IPA), 1911–82, Chilean statesman: president 1964–70.
- free
-
Idioms,
for free, Informal. without charge:
- FRCS
-
- tics
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- Foss
-
noun,
Lukas [loo-kuh s] /ˈlu kəs/ (Show IPA), 1922–2009, U.S. pianist, conductor, and composer; born in Germany.
- 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.
- for.
-
- font
-
noun,
a receptacle, usually of stone, as in a baptistery or church, containing the water used in baptism.
- Fons
-
noun,
a member of a people living mainly in Benin.
- foin
-
noun,
a thrust with a weapon.
- fohn
-
noun,
foehn.
- foci
-
noun,
a plural of focus.
- Foch
-
noun,
Ferdinand [fer-dee-nahn] /fɛr diˈnɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1851–1929, French marshal.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- fest
-
noun,
an assembly of people engaged in a common activity (often used in combination):
- fist
-
noun,
the hand closed tightly, with the fingers doubled into the palm.
- Fish
-
noun,
any of various cold-blooded, aquatic vertebrates, having gills, commonly fins, and typically an elongated body covered with scales.
- fisc
-
noun,
a royal or state treasury; exchequer.
- firs
-
noun,
any coniferous tree belonging to the genus Abies, of the pine family, characterized by its pyramidal style of growth, flat needles, and erect cones.
- firn
-
noun,
névé.
- tion
-
- Fino
-
noun,
a pale, very dry sherry of Spain.
- FINE
-
noun,
fines.
Mining. crushed ore sufficiently fine to pass through a given screen. Compare short (def 29e).
Agriculture. the fine bits of corn kernel knocked off during handling of the grain.
- Fin.
-
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- fict
-
- fico
-
noun,
fig1 (def 4).
- fete
-
noun,
a day of celebration; holiday:
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- Ens.
-
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- frit
-
noun,
Ceramics.
a fused or partially fused material used as a basis for glazes or enamels.
the composition from which artificial soft porcelain is made.
- Chet
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Chester.
- Cohn
-
noun,
Edwin Joseph, 1892–1953, U.S. chemist and researcher on blood proteins.
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- cit.
-
- cist
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- cis-
-
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- cir.
-
- cion
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- chs.
-
- Chr.
-
- Chon
-
noun,
Also, jun. a monetary unit of North Korea, the hundredth part of a won.
- chit
-
noun,
a signed note for money owed for food, drink, etc.
- chis
-
noun,
the twenty-second letter of the Greek alphabet (X, χ).
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- Cher
-
noun,
a river in central France, flowing NW to the Loire River. 220 miles (355 km) long.
- coin
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- Chen
-
noun,
a dynasty that ruled in China a.d. 557–89.
- chef
-
noun,
the chief cook, especially in a restaurant or hotel, usually responsible for planning menus, ordering foodstuffs, overseeing food preparation, and supervising the kitchen staff.
- Ceto
-
- Cete
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- cet-
-
- cess
-
noun,
British. a tax, assessment, or lien.
- CERN
-
- Cerf
-
noun,
Bennett (Alfred) 1898–1971, U.S. book publisher, editor, and writer.
- CerE
-
noun,
a fleshy, membranous covering of the base of the upper mandible of a bird, especially a bird of prey or a parrot, through which the nostrils open.
- cene
-
- cen.
-
- cees
-
noun,
the letter C.
- tron
-
- Tshi
-
noun,
Twi.
- coif
-
noun,
a hood-shaped cap, usually of white cloth and with extended sides, worn beneath a veil, as by nuns.
- coir
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- ence
-
- cts.
-
- enc.
-
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- 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.
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- efts
-
noun,
a newt, especially the eastern newt, Notophthalmus viridescens (red eft) in its immature terrestrial stage.
- tosh
-
noun,
nonsense; bosh.
- EEOC
-
- toss
-
noun,
an act or instance of tossing.
- ect-
-
- eco-
-
- echt
-
adjective,
real; authentic; genuine.
- Echo
-
noun,
a repetition of sound produced by the reflection of sound waves from a wall, mountain, or other obstructing surface.
- Tree
-
noun,
a plant having a permanently woody main stem or trunk, ordinarily growing to a considerable height, and usually developing branches at some distance from the ground.
- tref
-
adjective,
Judaism. unfit to be eaten or used, according to religious laws; not kosher.
- ctr.
-
- Con.
-
- tri-
-
- Cres
-
- Cree
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- Cote
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- Cost
-
noun,
the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
- coss
-
noun,
kos.
- cosh
-
noun,
a blackjack; bludgeon.
- cose
-
verb (used without object),
coze.
- 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.
- 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.
- corf
-
noun,
Mining.
a small wagon for carrying coal, ore, etc.
a wicker basket formerly used for this purpose.
- Cor.
-
- 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.
- Fri.
-
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- froe
-
noun,
frow.
- NEFS
-
noun,
a silver or gold table furnishing in the form of a ship, either for holding various utensils or for ornament.
- str.
-
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- NICE
-
noun,
a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
- thi-
-
- tchr
-
- ref.
-
- 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.
- ness
-
noun,
a headland; promontory; cape.
- 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.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- neo-
-
- Neh.
-
- Frs.
-
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- teen
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- Tees
-
noun,
a river in N England, flowing E along the boundary between Durham and Yorkshire to the North Sea. 70 miles (113 km) long.
- NCTE
-
- refs
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
referee.
- ten.
-
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Itch
-
noun,
the sensation of itching.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- reft
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of reave1 .
- ISSN
-
- iso-
-
- reif
-
noun,
plunder; booty; loot.
- Rees
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- Ire.
-
- OEEC
-
- Erie
-
noun,
Lake, a lake between the NE central United States and SE central Canada: the southernmost lake of the Great Lakes; Commodore Perry's defeat of the British in 1813. 239 miles (385 km) long; 9940 sq. mi. (25,745 sq. km).
- Ste.
-
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- otic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ear; auricular.
- osis
-
- Osee
-
noun,
Hosea.
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- orcs
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- Ont.
-
- once
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- 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.
- Oct.
-
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- sris
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- Ochs
-
noun,
Adolph Simon, 1858–1935, U.S. newspaper publisher.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- not-
-
- nosh
-
noun,
a snack.
- nose
-
noun,
the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
- nos-
-
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- Reef
-
noun,
a ridge of rocks or sand, often of coral debris, at or near the surface of the water.
- Nor.
-
- 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.
- ter.
-
- 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.
- HERO
-
noun,
a person noted for courageous acts or nobility of character:
- 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 = .
- Hons
-
noun,
honey (def 6).
- hone
-
noun,
a whetstone of fine, compact texture for sharpening razors and other cutting tools.
- Hiss
-
noun,
a hissing sound, especially one made in disapproval.
- hire
-
noun,
the act of hiring.
- hint
-
noun,
an indirect, covert, or helpful suggestion; clue:
- hins
-
noun,
an ancient Hebrew unit of liquid measure equal to about one and one half gallons (5.7 liters).
- hets
-
noun,
a heterosexual person.
- hest
-
noun,
behest.
- 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.
- Hess
-
noun,
Dame Myra, 1890–1965, English pianist.
- hers
-
noun,
Slang. a female:
- Here
-
noun,
this place:
- Hos.
-
- her.
-
- hent
-
verb (used with object),
to seize.
- Thin
-
adverb,
in a thin manner.
- heir
-
noun,
a person who inherits or has a right of inheritance in the property of another following the latter's death.
- heft
-
noun,
weight; heaviness:
- Heer
-
noun,
an old unit of measure for linen and woolen yarn, equivalent to about 600 yards (550 meters).
- thir
-
pronoun,
these.
- this
-
Idioms,
with this, following this; hereupon:
- THOR
-
noun,
Scandinavian Mythology. the god of thunder, rain, and farming, represented as riding a chariot drawn by goats and wielding the hammer Mjolnir: the defender of the Aesir, destined to kill and be killed by the Midgard Serpent.
- fth.
-
- frt.
-
- FRSS
-
- Horn
-
noun,
one of the bony, permanent, hollow paired growths, often curved and pointed, that project from the upper part of the head of certain ungulate mammals, as cattle, sheep, goats, or antelopes.
- hor.
-
- Hose
-
noun,
a flexible tube for conveying a liquid, as water, to a desired point:
- Inc.
-
- 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.
- 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.
- int.
-
- ins.
-
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- Tess
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- info
-
noun,
information.
- Inf.
-
- inch
-
noun,
a unit of length, 1/12 (0.0833) foot, equivalent to 2.54 centimeters.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- Host
-
noun,
a person who receives or entertains guests at home or elsewhere:
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- Ice.
-
- the-
-
- thee
-
pronoun,
the objective case of thou1 :
- ICSH
-
- ichs
-
noun,
a disease of tropical fishes, characterized by small, white nodules on the fins, skin, and eyes, caused by a ciliate protozoan, Ichthyophthirius multifiliis.
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- hots
-
noun,
the hots, Slang. intense sexual desire or attraction.
- then
-
noun,
that time:
- Sr.
-
- ss.
-
- SRS
-
- SSE
-
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- Tro
-
- TSR
-
noun,
a computer program with any of several ancillary functions, usually held resident in RAM for instant activation while one is using another program.
- TSI
-
- TSH
-
- TSE
-
- SSC
-
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- SSI
-
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- 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.
- SOF
-
- THC
-
- th-
-
- tfr
-
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- 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.
- SOC
-
noun,
sociology or a class or course in sociology.
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- SOS
-
noun,
any call for help:
- Teh
-
noun,
Te.
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- TCS
-
- tr.
-
- trf
-
- TRH
-
- STI
-
- St.
-
- SST
-
- SSR
-
- SSN
-
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- fo.
-
- 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 = .
- HST
-
- IFC
-
- CRS
-
- ier
-
- ich
-
noun,
a disease of tropical fishes, characterized by small, white nodules on the fins, skin, and eyes, caused by a ciliate protozoan, Ichthyophthirius multifiliis.
- io-
-
- IFS
-
noun,
a supposition; uncertain possibility:
- ics
-
- CRT
-
- CSF
-
- Hts
-
- ht.
-
- hrs
-
- IHS
-
- HRE
-
- hot
-
noun,
the hots, Slang. intense sexual desire or attraction.
- Hon
-
noun,
honey (def 6).
- Hoe
-
noun,
a long-handled implement having a thin, flat blade usually set transversely, used to break up the surface of the ground, destroy weeds, etc.
- CSO
-
- hit
-
noun,
an impact or collision, as of one thing against another.
- HIS
-
noun,
any male person or animal; a man:
- hin
-
noun,
an ancient Hebrew unit of liquid measure equal to about one and one half gallons (5.7 liters).
- hie
-
verb (used with object),
to hasten (oneself):
- HIC
-
interjection,
(an onomatopoeic word used to imitate or represent a hiccup.)
- hf.
-
- Ife
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- in.
-
- Hen
-
noun,
the female of the domestic fowl.
- ise
-
- CNO
-
- CNS
-
- NCO
-
- COS
-
noun,
romaine.
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- ite
-
- ITC
-
- COT
-
noun,
a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
- ist
-
- ISR
-
- ish
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ine
-
- IRS
-
- IRO
-
- IRC
-
- Ir.
-
- IOT
-
- 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.
- ior
-
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- IOF
-
- IOC
-
- INH
-
- het
-
noun,
a heterosexual person.
- CSR
-
- ne-
-
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- ETS
-
- ETR
-
- ETO
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- ec-
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- ess
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noun,
the letter S, s.
- ESR
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- ese
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- Esc
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- ERT
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- ERS
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noun,
ervil.
- ERE
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preposition, conjunction,
before.
- eon
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noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- FCS
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- EOF
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- EOE
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- ene
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- en-
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- EIS
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- eir
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- Ehr
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- EHF
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- ECF
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- eft
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noun,
a newt, especially the eastern newt, Notophthalmus viridescens (red eft) in its immature terrestrial stage.
- ef-
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- eo-
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- Fee
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noun,
a charge or payment for professional services:
- HCR
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- Fr.
-
abbreviation,
Father.
- hr.
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- CST
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- HCF
-
- cte
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- FTC
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- ft.
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- FSR
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- FSH
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- fro
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Idioms,
to and fro, alternating from one place to another; back and forth:
- FRC
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- ctf
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- FOT
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- Fen
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noun,
low land covered wholly or partially with water; boggy land; a marsh.
- FOS
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- FON
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noun,
a member of a people living mainly in Benin.
- foh
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interjection,
faugh.
- FOE
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noun,
a person who feels enmity, hatred, or malice toward another; enemy:
- ctn
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plural,
carton.
- FIT
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noun,
the manner in which a thing fits:
- FIR
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noun,
any coniferous tree belonging to the genus Abies, of the pine family, characterized by its pyramidal style of growth, flat needles, and erect cones.
- FIO
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- fie
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interjection,
(used to express mild disgust, disapprobation, annoyance, etc.)
- fic
-
- FET
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- fer
-
preposition, conjunction,
for.
- EEC
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- NSF
-
- NEC
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- rhe
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noun,
a centimeter-gram-second unit of fluidity, equal to the reciprocal of poise.
- RSS
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- RSE
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- Rs.
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- ROT
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noun,
the process of rotting.
- ROI
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- ROE
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noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- ROC
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noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- Co.
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- rin
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noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- RIF
-
noun,
Er [er] /ɛr/ (Show IPA) a mountainous coastal region in N Morocco.
- rho
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noun,
the 17th letter of the Greek alphabet (P, ρ).
- RFI
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- rte
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- RFE
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- RFC
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- cr.
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- ret
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verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- res
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noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- REC
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noun,
recreation.
- RCT
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- RCN
-
- cs.
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- ct.
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- rt.
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- RTF
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- Re.
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- SES
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- sis
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noun,
sister.
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- SIC
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adverb,
so; thus: usually written parenthetically to denote that a word, phrase, passage, etc., that may appear strange or incorrect has been written intentionally or has been quoted verbatim: (sic).
- sht
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- sho
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- SHF
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- she
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noun,
a female person or animal.
- cf.
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- Sfc
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- ch.
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- SER
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noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- RTS
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- TSS
-
- SEN
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noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- SEI
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noun,
sei whale.
- See
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noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- se-
-
- SCS
-
- SCF
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- sc.
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- SRO
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- So.
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- 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.
- Nee
-
adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- cee
-
noun,
the letter C.
- RCS
-
- NIH
-
- Oc.
-
- CFO
-
- Nth
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Idioms,
the nth degree / power,
a high degree or power.
the utmost degree or extent:
- NSC
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- NRC
-
- nr.
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- Noh
-
noun,
Nō.
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- NOC
-
- CFR
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- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- OSF
-
- cfs
-
- NHS
-
- ChE
-
noun,
Ernesto [er-nes-taw] /ɛrˈnɛs tɔ/ (Show IPA), ("Che") 1928–67, Cuban revolutionist and political leader, born in Argentina.
- CHI
-
noun,
the twenty-second letter of the Greek alphabet (X, χ).
- NHI
-
- CIE
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- CIF
-
- NFS
-
- NFC
-
- 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:
- NES
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- nef
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noun,
a silver or gold table furnishing in the form of a ship, either for holding various utensils or for ornament.
- CEF
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- CFI
-
- EEO
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- OTC
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- CEO
-
- OTS
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- ote
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- ot-
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- OSS
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- ose
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- ORT
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noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- Ore
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noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- orc
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noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- ons
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- ONR
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- ONI
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- ONF
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- one
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noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- OIt
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- OIr
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- oic
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- cfh
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- oft
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adverb,
often.
- OFr
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- of-
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- OES
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noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- OCS
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- OCR
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- och
-
interjection,
(used as an expression of surprise, disapproval, regret, etc.)
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- CE
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- EI
-
- ee
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- SN
-
- eh
-
interjection,
(an interrogative utterance, usually expressing surprise or doubt or seeking confirmation).
- RC
-
- T1
-
- t.
-
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- O.
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- OH
-
noun,
the exclamation “oh.”.
- R.
-
- RH
-
- NH
-
- RI
-
- RN
-
- RF
-
- RO
-
- S.
-
- SF
-
- sh
-
interjection,
(used to urge silence.)
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- TC
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- h.
-
- f.
-
noun,
(Paul) Felix (Edler von Münzberg) [poul fey-liks eyd-luh r fuh n mynts-berk] /paʊl ˈfeɪ lɪks ˈeɪd lər fən ˈmüntsˌbɛrk/ (Show IPA), 1863–1942, Austrian composer, conductor, and writer.
- FC
-
- FI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the fourth and fifth degrees of a scale.
- FE
-
- TN
-
- fn
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- HI
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of high:
- NI
-
- HE
-
noun,
any male person or animal; a man:
- HO
-
noun,
a sexually promiscuous woman.
- i.
-
- ic
-
- IF
-
noun,
a supposition; uncertain possibility:
- 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.
- N.
-
- NF
-
- NC
-