Anagrams of cornicles
Word cornicles has
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- cornicle
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noun,
any of various small, horn-shaped processes, especially one of a pair of tubes at the posterior end of the abdomen of aphids, from which a waxy fluid is emitted.
- croceins
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noun,
any of several acid azo dyes producing orange or scarlet colors.
- close-in
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adjective,
near, as to a common center; adjacent, especially to a city:
- cornices
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noun,
Architecture.
any prominent, continuous, horizontally projecting feature surmounting a wall or other construction, or dividing it horizontally for compositional purposes.
the uppermost member of a classical entablature, consisting of a bed molding, a corona, and a cymatium, with rows of dentils, modillions, etc., often placed between the bed molding and the corona.
- orceins
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noun,
a red dye, the principal coloring matter of cudbear and orchil, obtained by oxidizing an ammoniacal solution of orcinol.
- clerics
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noun,
a member of the clergy.
- inclose
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verb (used with object),
enclose.
- circles
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noun,
a closed plane curve consisting of all points at a given distance from a point within it called the center. Equation: x 2 + y 2 = r 2 .
- cronies
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noun,
a close friend or companion; chum.
- sclero-
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- ciceros
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noun,
a Continental unit of measurement for type, equal to 12 Didot points, or 0.178 inches (4.5 mm), roughly comparable to a pica.
- 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).
- re-coil
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verb (used with or without object),
to coil again.
- cornels
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noun,
any tree or shrub of the genus Cornus; dogwood.
- cornice
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noun,
Architecture.
any prominent, continuous, horizontally projecting feature surmounting a wall or other construction, or dividing it horizontally for compositional purposes.
the uppermost member of a classical entablature, consisting of a bed molding, a corona, and a cymatium, with rows of dentils, modillions, etc., often placed between the bed molding and the corona.
- concise
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adjective,
expressing or covering much in few words; brief in form but comprehensive in scope; succinct; terse:
- crocein
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noun,
any of several acid azo dyes producing orange or scarlet colors.
- crinose
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adjective,
hairy.
- lories
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noun,
any of several small, usually brilliantly colored Australasian parrots having the tongue bordered with a brushlike fringe for feeding on nectar and fruit juices.
- orcein
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noun,
a red dye, the principal coloring matter of cudbear and orchil, obtained by oxidizing an ammoniacal solution of orcinol.
- closer
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noun,
a person or thing that closes.
- Cloris
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noun,
a male or female given name.
- recons
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noun,
reconnaissance.
- clones
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noun,
Biology.
a cell, cell product, or organism that is genetically identical to the unit or individual from which it was derived.
a population of identical units, cells, or individuals that derive from the same ancestral line.
- elisor
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noun,
a person appointed by a court to perform the duties of a sheriff or coroner who is disqualified from acting in a certain case.
- Senior
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noun,
a person who is older than another.
- oscine
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noun,
an oscine bird.
- Nicole
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noun,
a female given name: from Greek words meaning “victory” and “people.”.
- clino-
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- clines
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noun,
Biology. the gradual change in certain characteristics exhibited by members of a series of adjacent populations of organisms of the same species.
- soccer
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noun,
a form of football played between two teams of 11 players, in which the ball may be advanced by kicking or by bouncing it off any part of the body but the arms and hands, except in the case of the goalkeepers, who may use their hands to catch, carry, throw, or stop the ball.
- crones
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noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- nerols
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noun,
a colorless, liquid, unsaturated alcohol, C 10 H 18 O, an isomeric form of geraniol occurring in neroli oil, used in perfumery.
- resoil
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verb (used with object),
to replace topsoil, especially that lost by erosion.
- Elinor
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noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- recoil
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noun,
an act of recoiling.
- Silone
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noun,
Ignazio [ee-nyah-tsyaw] /iˈnyɑ tsyɔ/ (Show IPA), (Secondo Tranquilli) 1900–78, Italian author.
- Cornel
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noun,
any tree or shrub of the genus Cornus; dogwood.
- necro-
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- COSINE
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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.
- conies
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noun,
the fur of a rabbit, especially when dyed to simulate Hudson seal.
- conics
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noun,
the branch of geometry that deals with conic sections.
- Lorens
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noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- cresol
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noun,
any of three isomeric compounds having the formula C 7 H 8 O, usually derived from coal tar and wood tar, and used chiefly as a disinfectant.
- Enrico
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noun,
a male given name: Italian form of Henry.
- enrols
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verb (used with or without object),
enroll.
- colins
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noun,
any of several American quails, especially the bobwhite.
- colies
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noun,
any of several slender, fruit-eating, African birds constituting the family Coliidae, having grayish-brown plumage and a long, pointed tail.
- colics
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noun,
paroxysmal pain in the abdomen or bowels.
- slicer
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noun,
a thin-bladed knife or implement used for slicing, especially food:
- cleric
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noun,
a member of the clergy.
- clonic
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adjective,
of or relating to clonus.
- CRONIC
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noun,
very potent marijuana.
- Locris
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noun,
either of two districts in the central part of ancient Greece.
- oilers
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noun,
a person or thing that oils.
- Cicero
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noun,
a Continental unit of measurement for type, equal to 12 Didot points, or 0.178 inches (4.5 mm), roughly comparable to a pica.
- scler-
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- scenic
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noun,
a photograph, graphic representation, etc., depicting natural scenery.
- Cercis
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noun,
any shrub or small tree of the genus Cercis, as the redbud or Judas tree.
- ceorls
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noun,
churl (def 4).
- censor
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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.
- sconce
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noun,
a bracket for candles or other lights, placed on a wall, mirror, picture frame, etc.
- irones
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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.
- cecils
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noun,
(Edgar Algernon) Robert (1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood) 1864–1958, British statesman: Nobel Peace Prize 1937.
- liners
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noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- oleins
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noun,
Also called glyceryl trioleate, triolein. a colorless to yellowish, oily, water-insoluble liquid, C 57 H 104 O 6 , the triglyceride of oleic acid, present in many vegetable oils.
- Lenoir
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noun,
Jean Joseph Étienne [zhahn zhoh-zef ey-tyen] /ʒɑ̃ ʒoʊˈzɛf eɪˈtyɛn/ (Show IPA), 1822–1900, French inventor.
- lesion
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noun,
an injury; hurt; wound.
- C-in-C
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- oriels
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noun,
a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
- insole
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noun,
the inner sole of a shoe or boot.
- circle
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noun,
a closed plane curve consisting of all points at a given distance from a point within it called the center. Equation: x 2 + y 2 = r 2 .
- loners
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noun,
a person who is or prefers to be alone, especially one who avoids the company of others:
- score
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noun,
the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.
- Irons
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noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- riels
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noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- riles
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verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- rosin
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noun,
Chemistry. the yellowish to amber, translucent, hard, brittle, fragmented resin left after distilling the oil of turpentine from the crude oleoresin of the pine: used chiefly in making varnishes, varnish and paint driers, printing inks, and for rubbing on the bows of such string instruments as the violin.
- Rosie
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noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- loner
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noun,
a person who is or prefers to be alone, especially one who avoids the company of others:
- Linos
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noun,
linoleum.
- roils
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verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- since
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adverb,
from then till now (often preceded by ever):
- econ.
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- lores
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noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- ecol.
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- incl.
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- nerol
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noun,
a colorless, liquid, unsaturated alcohol, C 10 H 18 O, an isomeric form of geraniol occurring in neroli oil, used in perfumery.
- liner
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noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- eccl.
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- liers
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noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- Sino-
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- lenis
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noun,
a lenis consonant.
- Siren
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noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- lenos
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noun,
Also called leno weave, gauze weave. a weave structure in which paired warp yarns are intertwined in a series of figure eights and filling yarn is passed through each of the interstices so formed, producing a firm, open mesh.
- rinse
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noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- Leoni
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noun,
Raúl [rah-ool] /rɑˈul/ (Show IPA), 1905–72, Venezuelan statesman: president 1964–69.
- slice
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noun,
a thin, flat piece cut from something:
- scorn
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noun,
open or unqualified contempt; disdain:
- Neils
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noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- incor
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- encl.
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- sero-
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- insol
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- secco
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noun,
fresco secco.
- senor
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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.
- Lorne
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noun,
Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
- loser
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noun,
a person, team, nation, etc., that loses:
- Seric
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- Lorin
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noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- resin
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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.
- rices
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noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- eosin
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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.
- serin
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noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- reni-
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- Eolic
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noun,
the Greek dialect of ancient Aeolis and Thessaly; Aeolian.
- Loris
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noun,
Also called slender loris. a small, slender, tailless, large-eyed, nocturnal lemur, Loris gracilis, of southern India and Sri Lanka.
- Scone
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noun,
a small, light, biscuitlike quick bread made of oatmeal, wheat flour, barley meal, or the like.
- scion
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noun,
a descendant.
- Ensor
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noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- Loire
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noun,
a river in France, flowing NW and W into the Atlantic: the longest river in France. 625 miles (1005 km) long.
- relic
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noun,
a surviving memorial of something past.
- ileo-
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- enrol
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verb (used with or without object),
enroll.
- incr.
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- Icel.
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- enols
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noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- icons
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- irone
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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.
- reins
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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.
- Loren
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noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- Croce
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noun,
Benedetto [be-ne-det-taw] /ˌbɛ nɛˈdɛt tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1866–1952, Italian statesman, philosopher, and historian.
- crone
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noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- Cleon
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noun,
died 422 b.c, Athenian general and political opponent of Pericles.
- circs
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noun,
circular (def 9).
- orles
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noun,
Heraldry.
a charge in the form of a narrow band following the form of the escutcheon within the edge, so that the extreme outer edge of the escutcheon is of the field tincture.
an arrangement in orle of small charges:
- cires
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noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- ornes
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noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- Cisco
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noun,
any of several whitefishes of the genus Coregonus, of the Great Lakes and smaller lakes of eastern North America.
- socle
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noun,
a low, plain part forming a base for a column, pedestal, or the like; plinth.
- ornis
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noun,
an avifauna.
- cline
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noun,
Biology. the gradual change in certain characteristics exhibited by members of a series of adjacent populations of organisms of the same species.
- OIcel
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- osier
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noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- Osler
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noun,
Sir William, 1849–1919, Canadian physician and professor of medicine.
- clone
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noun,
Biology.
a cell, cell product, or organism that is genetically identical to the unit or individual from which it was derived.
a population of identical units, cells, or individuals that derive from the same ancestral line.
- Close
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noun,
the act of closing.
- snore
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noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- Norse
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noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
- coel-
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- Circe
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noun,
Also, Kirke. Also called Aeaea. Classical Mythology. the enchantress represented by Homer as turning the companions of Odysseus into swine by means of a magic drink.
- cions
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noun,
scion (def 2).
- noise
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noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- ceils
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verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- Sorel
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noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1847–1922, French engineer and social philosopher.
- onces
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noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- sonic
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adjective,
of or relating to sound.
- olein
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noun,
Also called glyceryl trioleate, triolein. a colorless to yellowish, oily, water-insoluble liquid, C 57 H 104 O 6 , the triglyceride of oleic acid, present in many vegetable oils.
- soler
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noun,
Padre Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1729–83, Spanish organist and composer.
- Cecil
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noun,
(Edgar Algernon) Robert (1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood) 1864–1958, British statesman: Nobel Peace Prize 1937.
- oleic
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adjective,
pertaining to or derived from oleic acid.
- Oriel
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noun,
a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
- oiler
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noun,
a person or thing that oils.
- Cenci
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noun,
Beatrice [be-ah-tree-che] /ˌbɛ ɑˈtri tʃɛ/ (Show IPA), 1577–1599, Italian parricide whose life is the subject of various novels and poems.
- Cenis
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noun,
Mont, a mountain pass between SE France and Italy, in the Alps. 6834 feet (2083 meters) high.
- ceorl
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noun,
churl (def 4).
- ceric
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adjective,
containing cerium, especially in the tetravalent state.
- cero-
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- ceros
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noun,
a large Atlantic and Gulf Coast mackerel game fish, Scomberomorus regalis.
- cine-
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- cines
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noun,
a film; motion picture.
- coils
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noun,
a connected series of spirals or rings into which a rope or the like is wound.
- Clerc
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noun,
Laurent [loh-rahn] /loʊˈrɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1785–1869, French educator of the deaf, in the U.S. after 1816.
- coins
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noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- Niles
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noun,
a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- Cons.
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- cores
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- RECON
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noun,
reconnaissance.
- corns
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noun,
Also called Indian corn; especially technical and British, maize. a tall cereal plant, Zea mays, cultivated in many varieties, having a jointed, solid stem and bearing the grain, seeds, or kernels on large ears.
- Corse
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noun,
corpse.
- slier
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adjective,
a comparative of sly.
- cosec
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noun,
cosecant.
- conc.
-
- Creon
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noun,
a king of Thebes, the brother of Jocasta and the uncle of Eteocles, Polynices, and Antigone.
- cries
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noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- Crile
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noun,
George Washington, 1864–1943, U.S. surgeon.
- crine
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noun,
hair; head of hair.
- Leros
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noun,
one of the Dodecanese Islands of Greece, off the SW coast of Turkey. 21 sq. mi. (54 sq. km).
- crocs
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noun,
crocodile.
- conic
-
noun,
Geometry. conic section.
- 30-30
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- noels
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noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- Colin
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noun,
any of several American quails, especially the bobwhite.
- noils
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noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- Coles
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noun,
any of various plants of the genus Brassica, of the mustard family, especially kale and rape.
- colic
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noun,
paroxysmal pain in the abdomen or bowels.
- coirs
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noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- lien
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noun,
Law. the legal claim of one person upon the property of another person to secure the payment of a debt or the satisfaction of an obligation.
- lino
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noun,
linoleum.
- Lise
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noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- ole-
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- Lion
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noun,
a large, usually tawny-yellow cat, Panthera leo, native to Africa and southern Asia, having a tufted tail and, in the male, a large mane.
- nori
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noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- Reno
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noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- Lins
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noun,
a city in E Brazil.
- Lose
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Idioms,
lose face. face (def 51).
- orcs
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noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- Rein
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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.
- recs
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noun,
recreation.
- Nor.
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- oles
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noun,
a cry of “olé.”.
- Line
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noun,
a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface:
- rile
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verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- Olin
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noun,
a male given name.
- once
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- NICE
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noun,
a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
- Orel
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noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, on the left bank of the Oka River, S of Moscow.
- lice
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noun,
plural of louse.
- noir
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adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- lin.
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- Lorn
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noun,
Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
- Nile
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noun,
a river in E Africa, the longest in the world, flowing N from Lake Victoria to the Mediterranean. 3473 miles (5592 km) long; from the headwaters of the Kagera River, 4000 miles (6440 km) long.
- nose
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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.
- Lore
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- rel.
-
- noes
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noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- Orne
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noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- Neil
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noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- lone
-
adjective,
being alone; without company or accompaniment; solitary; unaccompanied:
- orle
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noun,
Heraldry.
a charge in the form of a narrow band following the form of the escutcheon within the edge, so that the extreme outer edge of the escutcheon is of the field tincture.
an arrangement in orle of small charges:
- Nils
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noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- neo-
-
- Riel
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noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- noil
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noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- Lois
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Rice
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noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- Neri
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noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- loin
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noun,
Usually, loins. the part or parts of the human body or of a quadruped animal on either side of the spinal column, between the false ribs and hipbone.
- Rico
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noun,
Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act: a U.S. law, enacted in 1970, allowing victims of organized crime to sue those responsible for punitive damages.
- Nero
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noun,
(Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus) (“Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus”) a.d. 37–68, emperor of Rome 54–68, known for his cruelty and depravity.
- nos-
-
- loci
-
noun,
plural of locus.
- 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.
- Noel
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- oils
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- 1080
-
- RISC
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noun,
reduced instruction set computer: a computer whose central processing unit recognizes a relatively small number of instructions, which it can execute very rapidly.
- Cori
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noun,
Carl Ferdinand, 1896–1984, and his wife, Gerty Theresa, 1896–1957, U.S. biochemists, born in Austria-Hungary: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1947.
- coin
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noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- coir
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noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- Col.
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- Cole
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noun,
any of various plants of the genus Brassica, of the mustard family, especially kale and rape.
- Coln
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noun,
former German name of Cologne.
- cols
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noun,
Physical Geography. a pass or depression in a mountain range or ridge.
- Con.
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- cone
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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.
- Cor.
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- CORN
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noun,
Also called Indian corn; especially technical and British, maize. a tall cereal plant, Zea mays, cultivated in many varieties, having a jointed, solid stem and bearing the grain, seeds, or kernels on large ears.
- sloe
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noun,
the small, sour, blackish fruit of the blackthorn, Prunus spinosa, of the rose family.
- cose
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verb (used without object),
coze.
- Cres
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- croc
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noun,
crocodile.
- SLIC
-
- sire
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noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- Sion
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noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- SINE
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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.
- Leos
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noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- silo
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noun,
a structure, typically cylindrical, in which fodder or forage is kept.
- Elis
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noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- coil
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noun,
a connected series of spirals or rings into which a rope or the like is wound.
- SNCC
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noun,
a U.S. civil-rights organization formed by students and active especially during the 1960s, whose aim was to achieve political and economic equality for blacks through local and regional action groups.
- enc.
-
- CERN
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- sori
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noun,
plural of sorus.
- sore
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noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- Soni
-
- sone
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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.
- CCls
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- soln
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- Ceil
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verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- Cels
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- cen.
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- sole
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noun,
the bottom or under surface of the foot.
- Sol.
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- CLOS
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noun,
a walled vineyard.
- soil
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noun,
the portion of the earth's surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus.
- cion
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noun,
scion (def 2).
- cir.
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- circ
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noun,
circular (def 9).
- cire
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noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- cis-
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- CISC
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noun,
complex instruction set computer: a computer whose central processing unit recognizes a relatively large number of instructions.
- Cleo
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noun,
a female given name.
- Clio
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noun,
Classical Mythology. the Muse of history.
- Cloe
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Chloe.
- sice
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noun,
syce.
- eco-
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- enl.
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- Isle
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noun,
a small island.
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Inc.
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- inro
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noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- ins.
-
- ions
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noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- enol
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noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- sci.
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- Ire.
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- iron
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noun,
Chemistry. a ductile, malleable, silver-white metallic element, scarcely known in a pure condition, but much used in its crude or impure carbon-containing forms for making tools, implements, machinery, etc. Symbol: Fe; atomic weight: 55.847; atomic number: 26; specific gravity: 7.86 at 20°C.
Compare cast iron, pig iron, steel, wrought iron.
- iso-
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- ile-
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- ROSE
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noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- role
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noun,
a part or character played by an actor or actress.
- roil
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verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- rocs
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noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- Leis
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noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- Leno
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noun,
Also called leno weave, gauze weave. a weave structure in which paired warp yarns are intertwined in a series of figure eights and filling yarn is passed through each of the interstices so formed, producing a firm, open mesh.
- lens
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noun,
a piece of transparent substance, usually glass, having two opposite surfaces either both curved or one curved and one plane, used in an optical device in changing the convergence of light rays, as for magnification, or in correcting defects of vision.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- Leon
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noun,
a male given name, form of Leo.
- scr.
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- scil
-
- Eric
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noun,
Eric the Red.
- Erin
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noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- ices
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noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- Ice.
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- sec.
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- Enos
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noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- eso-
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- Ens.
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- eons
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noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- Eris
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noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Seri
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noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- se-
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- res
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noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- ROI
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- ROC
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noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- ROE
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noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- Sin
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noun,
transgression of divine law:
- Son
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noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- SIC
-
adverb,
so; thus: usually written parenthetically to denote that a word, phrase, passage, etc., that may appear strange or incorrect has been written intentionally or has been quoted verbatim: (sic).
- Ore
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noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- Sr.
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- SIR
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noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- RSE
-
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- Re.
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- REC
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noun,
recreation.
- SEI
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noun,
sei whale.
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- SLR
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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).
- RCN
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- RCS
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- SLE
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- SOC
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noun,
sociology or a class or course in sociology.
- ose
-
- sc.
-
- SRO
-
- So.
-
- Rs.
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- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- Les
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- orc
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- ILO
-
- en-
-
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- ERS
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noun,
ervil.
- Esc
-
- ESL
-
- ESR
-
- ics
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- io-
-
- ICC
-
- ier
-
- il-
-
- ILS
-
- Eli
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noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- in.
-
- ine
-
- IOC
-
- ion
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- ior
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- 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.
- Ir.
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- IRC
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- IRL
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- IRO
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- ons
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- Is.
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noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- els
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noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- EIS
-
- Isl
-
- cle
-
- cc.
-
- CIO
-
noun,
a federation of affiliated industrial labor unions, founded 1935 within the American Federation of Labor but independent of it 1938–55. Abbreviation: C.I.O., CIO.
- Co.
-
- cr.
-
- cs.
-
- cl.
-
- CCR
-
- CCS
-
verb (used with object),
to send a duplicate of a document, email, or the like to:
- CEC
-
- CEO
-
- CIC
-
- CIE
-
- CLI
-
- eir
-
- Clo
-
- CLR
-
- CNC
-
- CNO
-
- CNS
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- COS
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noun,
romaine.
- CRC
-
- CRS
-
- CSC
-
- CSO
-
- CSR
-
- eo-
-
- ec-
-
- ise
-
- IRS
-
- ISR
-
- NSC
-
- NCC
-
- ne-
-
- NEC
-
- NES
-
- NIC
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noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- NOC
-
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- nr.
-
- NRC
-
- Oc.
-
- LSI
-
- OCC
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- OCR
-
- OCS
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- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- oic
-
- oil
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- OIr
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- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- ONI
-
- ONR
-
- NCO
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- LSC
-
- LOC
-
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- Len
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- LEO
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- LCI
-
- LOE
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
love.
- LON
-
- L1
-
- L2
-
- le
-
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- ol
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- RO
-
- LC
-
- SL
-
- CE
-
- O.
-
- R.
-
- S.
-
- RC
-
- RN
-
- SN
-
- L.
-
- N.
-
- NC
-
- i.
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- NI
-
- ic
-
- LO
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
- RI
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- ln
-
- EI
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- NL
-
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- LR
-
- el
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noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.