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Word coruscation has
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- narcotics
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noun,
any of a class of substances that blunt the senses, as opium, morphine, belladonna, and alcohol, that in large quantities produce euphoria, stupor, or coma, that when used constantly can cause habituation or addiction, and that are used in medicine to relieve pain, cause sedation, and induce sleep.
- atrocious
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adjective,
extremely or shockingly wicked, cruel, or brutal:
- coactions
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noun,
force or compulsion, either in restraining or in impelling.
- cocoanuts
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noun,
coconut.
- cast-iron
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noun,
an alloy of iron, carbon, and other elements, cast as a soft and strong, or as a hard and brittle, iron, depending on the mixture and methods of molding.
- consortia
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noun,
a combination of financial institutions, capitalists, etc., for carrying into effect some financial operation requiring large resources of capital.
- coruscant
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adjective,
sparkling or gleaming; scintillating; coruscating.
- suctorian
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noun,
a suctorial animal.
- cantoris
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adjective,
of or relating to the gospel or liturgical north side of a church (opposed to decani).
- acrostic
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noun,
a series of lines or verses in which the first, last, or other particular letters when taken in order spell out a word, phrase, etc.
- curtains
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noun,
a hanging piece of fabric used to shut out the light from a window, adorn a room, increase privacy, etc.
- ructions
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noun,
a disturbance, quarrel, or row.
- cortico-
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- occasion
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noun,
a particular time, especially as marked by certain circumstances or occurrences:
- narcotic
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noun,
any of a class of substances that blunt the senses, as opium, morphine, belladonna, and alcohol, that in large quantities produce euphoria, stupor, or coma, that when used constantly can cause habituation or addiction, and that are used in medicine to relieve pain, cause sedation, and induce sleep.
- Socratic
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noun,
a follower of Socrates.
- cautions
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noun,
alertness and prudence in a hazardous situation; care; wariness:
- courants
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noun,
courante.
- nocturia
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noun,
a condition in which one often wakes up during the night to urinate.
- carotins
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noun,
carotene.
- canorous
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adjective,
melodious; musical.
- acoustic
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noun,
Obsolete. a remedy for deafness or imperfect hearing.
- coaction
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noun,
force or compulsion, either in restraining or in impelling.
- ostracon
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noun,
(in ancient Greece) a potsherd, especially one used as a ballot on which the name of a person voted to be ostracized was inscribed.
- concours
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noun,
a public contest or competition.
- corantos
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noun,
courante.
- tournois
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adjective,
(of coins) minted in Tours, France:
- touracos
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noun,
any of several large, brightly colored birds of the family Musophagidae, of Africa, having a helmetlike crest.
- cornutos
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noun,
a cuckold.
- rainouts
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noun,
a contest, performance, or the like, that has been rained out.
- nitroso-
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- auctions
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noun,
Also called public sale. a publicly held sale at which property or goods are sold to the highest bidder.
- accounts
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noun,
an oral or written description of particular events or situations; narrative:
- croutons
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noun,
a small piece of fried or toasted bread, sometimes seasoned, used as a garnish for soups, salads, and other dishes.
- cocoanut
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noun,
coconut.
- Tournai
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noun,
a city in W Belgium, on the Scheldt River.
- nitrous
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adjective,
pertaining to compounds obtained from niter, usually containing less oxygen than the corresponding nitric compounds.
- raccoon
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noun,
a nocturnal carnivore, Procyon lotor, having a masklike black stripe across the eyes, a sharp snout, and a bushy, ringed tail, native to North and Central America and introduced elsewhere for its valuable fur.
- Roscian
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adjective,
of, relating to, or involving acting.
- nutrias
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noun,
the coypu.
- courant
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noun,
courante.
- 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.
- surcoat
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noun,
a garment worn over medieval armor, often embroidered with heraldic arms.
- ruction
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noun,
a disturbance, quarrel, or row.
- suction
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noun,
the act, process, or condition of sucking.
- touraco
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noun,
any of several large, brightly colored birds of the family Musophagidae, of Africa, having a helmetlike crest.
- atonics
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noun,
Grammar. an unaccented word, syllable, or sound.
- cratons
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noun,
a relatively rigid and immobile region of continental portions of the earth's crust.
- Austro-
-
- toucans
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noun,
any of several usually brightly colored, fruit-eating birds of the family Ramphastidae, of tropical America, having a very large bill.
- auction
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noun,
Also called public sale. a publicly held sale at which property or goods are sold to the highest bidder.
- torsion
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noun,
the act of twisting.
- outsoar
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verb (used with object),
to soar beyond.
- carious
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adjective,
having caries, as teeth; decayed.
- coronas
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noun,
a white or colored circle or set of concentric circles of light seen around a luminous body, especially around the sun or moon.
- contras
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noun,
(often initial capital letter) a member of a counterrevolutionary guerrilla group in Nicaragua.
- contra-
-
- contour
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noun,
the outline of a figure or body; the edge or line that defines or bounds a shape or object.
- constr.
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- consort
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noun,
a husband or wife; spouse, especially of a reigning monarch.
Compare prince consort, queen consort.
- sirocco
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noun,
a hot, dry, dustladen wind blowing from northern Africa and affecting parts of southern Europe.
- concurs
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verb (used without object),
to accord in opinion; agree:
- conatus
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noun,
an effort or striving.
- Scutari
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noun,
Lake, a lake between NW Albania and Montenegro. About 135 sq. mi. (350 sq. km).
- incrust
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verb (used with object),
to cover or line with a crust or hard coating.
- coconut
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noun,
the large, hard-shelled seed of the coconut palm, lined with a white edible meat, and containing a milky liquid.
- cornuto
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noun,
a cuckold.
- Corsica
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noun,
an island in the Mediterranean, SE of and forming a department of France. 3367 sq. mi. (8720 sq. km). Capital: Ajaccio.
- carnous
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adjective,
carnose.
- citrons
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noun,
a pale-yellow fruit resembling the lemon but larger and with thicker rind, borne by a small tree or large bush, Citrus medica, allied to the lemon and lime.
- Sno-Cat
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- cistron
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noun,
a segment of DNA that encodes for the formation of a specific polypeptide chain; a structural gene.
- sautoir
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noun,
a ribbon, chain, scarf, or the like, tied around the neck in such a manner that the ends cross over each other.
- cortina
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noun,
a weblike, often evanescent veil covering the gills or hanging from the cap edge of certain mushrooms, particularly those of genus Cortinarius, and sometimes persisting as a ring or remnant of fibrils around the mushroom stalk.
- Cortona
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noun,
Pietro da [pye-traw dah] /ˈpyɛ trɔ dɑ/ (Show IPA), (Pietro Berrettini) 1596–1669, Italian painter and architect.
- Socotra
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noun,
an island in the Indian Ocean, S of Arabia: a part of the Republic of Yemen. 1382 sq. mi. (3579 sq. km).
- caustic
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noun,
a caustic substance.
- cations
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noun,
a positively charged ion that is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis.
- Costain
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noun,
Thomas Bertram, 1885–1965, U.S. novelist, historian, and editor, born in Canada.
- cartoon
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noun,
a sketch or drawing, usually humorous, as in a newspaper or periodical, symbolizing, satirizing, or caricaturing some action, subject, or person of popular interest.
- carotin
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noun,
carotene.
- caution
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noun,
alertness and prudence in a hazardous situation; care; wariness:
- cranio-
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- coranto
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noun,
courante.
- racoons
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noun,
raccoon.
- curtain
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noun,
a hanging piece of fabric used to shut out the light from a window, adorn a room, increase privacy, etc.
- riotous
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adjective,
(of an act) characterized by or of the nature of rioting or a disturbance of the peace.
- actino-
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- turacos
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noun,
touraco.
- acinous
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adjective,
consisting of acini.
- Ontario
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noun,
a province in S Canada, bordering on the Great Lakes. 412,582 sq. mi. (1,068,585 sq. km). Capital: Toronto.
- arctics
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noun,
(often initial capital letter) the region lying north of the Arctic Circle or of the northernmost limit of tree growth; the polar area north of the timber line.
- crouton
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noun,
a small piece of fried or toasted bread, sometimes seasoned, used as a garnish for soups, salads, and other dishes.
- curiosa
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plural noun,
books, pamphlets, etc., dealing with unusual subjects.
- crotons
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noun,
any of numerous chiefly tropical plants constituting the genus Croton, of the spurge family, several species of which, as C. tiglium, have important medicinal properties.
- account
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noun,
an oral or written description of particular events or situations; narrative:
- Ariosto
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noun,
Ludovico [loo-daw-vee-kaw] /ˌlu dɔˈvi kɔ/ (Show IPA), 1474–1533, Italian poet: author of Orlando Furioso.
- rainout
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noun,
a contest, performance, or the like, that has been rained out.
- aristo-
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- Ouranos
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noun,
Uranus (def 2).
- rations
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noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- ratoons
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noun,
a sprout or shoot from the root of a plant, especially a sugarcane, after it has been cropped.
- unroots
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verb (used with object),
to uproot.
- oration
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noun,
a formal public speech, especially one delivered on a special occasion, as on an anniversary, at a funeral, or at academic exercises.
- Citron
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noun,
a pale-yellow fruit resembling the lemon but larger and with thicker rind, borne by a small tree or large bush, Citrus medica, allied to the lemon and lime.
- actin-
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- unroot
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verb (used with object),
to uproot.
- Castor
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noun,
Also, castoreum. a brownish, unctuous substance with a strong, penetrating odor, secreted by certain glands in the groin of the beaver, used in medicine and perfumery.
- Saturn
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noun,
an ancient Roman god of agriculture, the consort of Ops, believed to have ruled the earth during an age of happiness and virtue, identified with the Greek god Cronus.
- actins
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noun,
a globulin that is present in muscle plasma and that in connection with myosin plays an important role in muscle contraction.
- Castro
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noun,
Cipriano [sip-ree-ah-noh;; Spanish see-pree-ah-naw] /ˌsɪp riˈɑ noʊ;; Spanish ˌsi priˈɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1858?–1924, Venezuelan military and political leader: president 1901–08; exiled 1908.
- tauro-
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- circus
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noun,
a large public entertainment, typically presented in one or more very large tents or in an outdoor or indoor arena, featuring exhibitions of pageantry, feats of skill and daring, performing animals, etc., interspersed throughout with the slapstick antics of clowns.
Compare big top.
- action
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noun,
the process or state of acting or of being active:
- cation
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noun,
a positively charged ion that is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis.
- casino
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noun,
a building or large room used for meetings, entertainment, dancing, etc., especially such a place equipped with gambling devices, gambling tables, etc.
- Curtin
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noun,
John, 1885–1945, Australian statesman: prime minister 1941–45.
- tarso-
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- sarco-
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- suitor
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noun,
a man who courts or woos a woman.
- urano-
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- satori
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noun,
sudden enlightenment.
- uranic
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adjective,
of or containing uranium, especially in the tetravalent state.
- Curtis
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noun,
Benjamin Robbins, 1809–74, U.S. jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1851–57; resigned in dissent over Dred Scott case.
- nastic
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adjective,
of or showing sufficiently greater cellular force or growth on one side of an axis to change the form or position of the axis.
- narco-
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- scato-
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- narcos
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noun,
narc.
- C-in-C
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- C-star
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noun,
carbon star.
- ration
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noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- Sarton
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noun,
May, 1912–95, U.S. poet, novelist, and playwright.
- Coruna
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noun,
La Coruña.
- Tocsin
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noun,
a signal, especially of alarm, sounded on a bell or bells.
- Citrus
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noun,
any small tree or spiny shrub of the genus Citrus, of the rue family, including the lemon, lime, orange, tangerine, grapefruit, citron, kumquat, and shaddock, widely cultivated for fruit or grown as an ornamental.
- scoria
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noun,
Metallurgy. the refuse, dross, or slag left after melting or smelting metal; scum.
- stacc.
-
- contos
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noun,
a money of account of Portugal and Cape Verde, equal to 1000 escudos.
- conics
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noun,
the branch of geometry that deals with conic sections.
- racoon
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noun,
raccoon.
- intros
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noun,
an introduction.
- racons
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noun,
radar beacon.
- intro.
-
- intra-
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- soucar
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noun,
a Hindu banker.
- concur
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verb (used without object),
to accord in opinion; agree:
- contr.
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- outran
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verb,
simple past tense of outrun.
- Uticas
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noun,
an ancient city on the N coast of Africa, NW of Carthage.
- incurs
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verb (used with object),
to come into or acquire (some consequence, usually undesirable or injurious):
- racist
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noun,
a person who believes in racism, the doctrine that one's own racial group is superior or that a particular racial group is inferior to the others.
- instr.
-
- instar
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noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- Siouan
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noun,
an American Indian language family formerly widespread from Saskatchewan to the lower Mississippi, also found in the Virginia and Carolina piedmont, and including Catawba, Crow, Dakota, Hidatsa, Mandan, Osage, and Winnebago.
- curios
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noun,
any unusual article, object of art, etc., valued as a curiosity.
- isotac
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noun,
a line drawn on a map connecting all points where ice starts to melt at approximately the same period in spring.
- Scotia
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noun,
a deep concave molding between two fillets, as in the Attic base.
- Scioto
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noun,
a river in central Ohio, flowing S to the Ohio River. 237 miles (382 km) long.
- urino-
-
- coacts
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verb (used with or without object),
to do or act together.
- Caruso
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noun,
Enrico [en-ree-koh;; Italian en-ree-kaw] /ɛnˈri koʊ;; Italian ɛnˈri kɔ/ (Show IPA), 1873–1921, Italian operatic tenor.
- corona
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noun,
a white or colored circle or set of concentric circles of light seen around a luminous body, especially around the sun or moon.
- coatis
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noun,
any tropical American carnivore of the genus Nasua, related to the raccoon, having an elongated body, long, ringed tail, and a slender, flexible snout.
- acious
-
- scoto-
-
- Accius
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noun,
Lucius, c170–c90 b.c, Roman poet and prose writer.
- acinus
-
noun,
Botany. one of the small drupelets or berries of an aggregate, baccate fruit, as the blackberry.
- cocoas
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noun,
a powder made from roasted, husked, and ground seeds of the cacao, Theobroma cacao, from which much of the fat has been removed.
- scrota
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noun,
the pouch of skin that contains the testes.
- tainos
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- corita
-
noun,
a boat resembling a large, woven basket, used by Indians of the southwestern U.S.
- coitus
-
noun,
sexual intercourse, especially between a man and a woman.
- accost
-
noun,
a greeting.
- santir
-
noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- tronas
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noun,
a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
- arsino
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adjective,
containing the arsino group.
- toucan
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noun,
any of several usually brightly colored, fruit-eating birds of the family Ramphastidae, of tropical America, having a very large bill.
- roncos
-
noun,
any grunt of the genus Haemulon, especially H. parrai, the sailor's-choice, of West Indian waters.
- Croton
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noun,
any of numerous chiefly tropical plants constituting the genus Croton, of the spurge family, several species of which, as C. tiglium, have important medicinal properties.
- nutria
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noun,
the coypu.
- arioso
-
noun,
an arioso composition or section.
- atonic
-
noun,
Grammar. an unaccented word, syllable, or sound.
- Crista
-
noun,
a crest or ridge.
- Arctic
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noun,
(often initial capital letter) the region lying north of the Arctic Circle or of the northernmost limit of tree growth; the polar area north of the timber line.
- aorist
-
noun,
a verb tense, as in Classical Greek, expressing action or, in the indicative mood, past action, without further limitation or implication.
- astron
-
- Tunica
-
noun,
a tunic.
- aurist
-
noun,
a physician specializing in the treatment of ear diseases; otologist.
- stucco
-
noun,
an exterior finish for masonry or frame walls, usually composed of cement, sand, and hydrated lime mixed with water and laid on wet.
- Austin
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noun,
Alfred, 1835–1913, English poet: poet laureate 1896–1913.
- austr-
-
- rictus
-
noun,
the gape of the mouth of a bird.
- craton
-
noun,
a relatively rigid and immobile region of continental portions of the earth's crust.
- cut-in
-
noun,
Movies. a still, as of a scene or an object, inserted in a film and interrupting the action or continuity:
- Icarus
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noun,
Also, Ikaros. Classical Mythology. a youth who attempted to escape from Crete with wings of wax and feathers but flew so high that his wings melted from the heat of the sun, and he plunged to his death in the sea.
- astro-
-
- turaco
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noun,
touraco.
- aroint
-
verb (imperative),
begone:
- croons
-
noun,
the act or sound of crooning.
- Octans
-
noun,
the Octant, a southern constellation that contains the south celestial pole.
- Artois
-
noun,
a former province in N France: artesian wells.
- octroi
-
noun,
(formerly especially in France and Italy) a local tax levied on certain articles, such as foodstuffs, on their entry into a city.
- Cronus
-
noun,
a Titan, son of Uranus and Gaea, who was dethroned by his son Zeus.
- CRONIC
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noun,
very potent marijuana.
- occurs
-
verb (used without object),
to happen; take place; come to pass:
- Crocus
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noun,
any of the small, bulbous plants of the genus Crocus, of the iris family, cultivated for their showy, solitary flowers, which are among the first to bloom in the spring.
- occas.
-
- iatro-
-
- socio-
-
- triacs
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noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- Tucson
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noun,
a city in S Arizona: health resort.
- succor
-
noun,
help; relief; aid; assistance.
- trans.
-
- trains
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noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- Rosina
-
noun,
a female given name, Italian form of Rose.
- Rosita
-
noun,
a female given name, Spanish form of Rose.
- Strain
-
noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- Crucis
-
noun,
genitive of Crux.
- Cousin
-
noun,
Also called first cousin, full cousin. the son or daughter of an uncle or aunt.
See also second cousin, removed (def 2).
- nitro-
-
- counts
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noun,
the act of counting; enumeration; reckoning; calculation:
- Nostoc
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noun,
any freshwater, blue-green alga of the genus Nostoc, often occurring in jellylike colonies in moist places.
- sacro-
-
- turion
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noun,
a small shoot, as of asparagus or certain aquatic plants, from which a new plant can develop.
- Cantor
-
noun,
the religious official of a synagogue who conducts the liturgical portion of a service and sings or chants the prayers and parts of prayers designed to be performed as solos.
- Tuscan
-
noun,
the standard literary form of the Italian language.
- Cantos
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noun,
one of the main or larger divisions of a long poem.
- cantus
-
noun,
cantus firmus.
- icono-
-
- nocti-
-
- Nistru
-
noun,
Romanian name of Dniester.
- Carnot
-
noun,
Lazare Nicolas Marguerite [la-zar nee-kaw-lah mar-guh-reet] /laˈzar ni kɔˈlɑ mar gəˈrit/ (Show IPA), 1753–1823, French general and statesman.
- ratoon
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noun,
a sprout or shoot from the root of a plant, especially a sugarcane, after it has been cropped.
- costo-
-
- Sonora
-
noun,
a state in NW Mexico. 70,484 sq. mi. (182,555 sq. km). Capital: Hermosillo.
- Carson
-
noun,
Christopher ("Kit") 1809–68, U.S. frontiersman and scout.
- COSTAR
-
noun,
a performer, especially an actor or actress, who shares star billing with another.
- carton
-
noun,
a cardboard or plastic box used typically for storage or shipping.
- aniso-
-
- orison
-
noun,
a prayer.
- noctis
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adjective,
(in prescriptions) of the night.
- turco-
-
- courts
-
noun,
Law.
a place where justice is administered.
a judicial tribunal duly constituted for the hearing and determination of cases.
a session of a judicial assembly.
- rustic
-
noun,
a country person.
- Torino
-
noun,
Turin.
- norias
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- Rustin
-
noun,
Bayard [bey-erd] /ˈbeɪ ərd/ (Show IPA), 1910–1987, U.S. civil rights leader.
- Ruston
-
noun,
a city in N Louisiana.
- Cactus
-
noun,
any of numerous succulent plants of the family Cactaceae, of warm, arid regions of the New World, having fleshy, leafless, usually spiny stems, and typically having solitary, showy flowers.
- rutins
-
noun,
a bright yellow or greenish-yellow substance, C 27 H 30 O 16 , obtained chiefly from buckwheat, and used in the treatment of capillary fragility.
- Cairns
-
noun,
a seaport in NE Australia.
- curns
-
noun,
a grain.
- incur
-
verb (used with object),
to come into or acquire (some consequence, usually undesirable or injurious):
- incas
-
noun,
a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
- incr.
-
- icons
-
- cutis
-
noun,
the true skin, consisting of the dermis and the epidermis.
- ictus
-
noun,
Prosody. rhythmical or metrical stress.
- curst
-
noun,
the expression of a wish that misfortune, evil, doom, etc., befall a person, group, etc.
- incor
-
- snort
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- SONAR
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- cutin
-
noun,
a transparent, waxy substance constituting, together with cellulose, the cuticle of plants.
- Sonia
-
noun,
a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.
- snoot
-
noun,
Slang. the nose.
- Cusco
-
noun,
Cuzco.
- snout
-
noun,
the part of an animal's head projecting forward and containing the nose and jaws; muzzle.
- sonic
-
adjective,
of or relating to sound.
- sanit
-
- incus
-
noun,
Anatomy. the middle one of a chain of three small bones in the middle ear of humans and other mammals.
Compare malleus, stapes.
- octan
-
noun,
an octan fever.
- onto-
-
- ontic
-
adjective,
possessing the character of real rather than phenomenal existence; noumenal.
- roans
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- onco-
-
- roast
-
noun,
roasted meat or a piece of roasted meat, as a piece of beef or veal of a quantity and shape for slicing into more than one portion.
- Ronco
-
noun,
any grunt of the genus Haemulon, especially H. parrai, the sailor's-choice, of West Indian waters.
- octo-
-
- octa-
-
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- Roost
-
noun,
a perch upon which birds or fowls rest at night.
- occur
-
verb (used without object),
to happen; take place; come to pass:
- rooti
-
noun,
rooty2 .
- 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.
- rotas
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- rotos
-
noun,
rotogravure.
- roust
-
verb (used with object),
to rout, as from a place:
- 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.
- orans
-
noun,
orant.
- routs
-
noun,
a defeat attended with disorderly flight; dispersal of a defeated force in complete disorder:
- Oscan
-
noun,
one of an ancient people of south-central Italy.
- racon
-
noun,
radar beacon.
- Rains
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- Otaru
-
noun,
a city in W Hokkaido, in N Japan.
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- Ostia
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, SW of Rome: ruins from 4th century b.c.; site of ancient port of Rome.
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- OSCAR
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter O.
- rason
-
noun,
a long, loose, black gown with wide sleeves, worn by the clergy.
- orant
-
noun,
a representation of a female figure, with outstretched arms and palms up in a gesture of prayer, in ancient and early Christian art.
- ratio
-
noun,
the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:
- Orton
-
noun,
Joe (John Kingsley Orton) 1933–67, English playwright.
- Orson
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Old French word meaning “bearlike.”.
- ornis
-
noun,
an avifauna.
- Orion
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a giant hunter who pursued the Pleiades, was eventually slain by Artemis, and was then placed in the sky as a constellation.
- Orcus
-
noun,
the ancient Roman god of the underworld, identified with the Greek Pluto, or Hades.
- Orcas
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- ratos
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- nuci-
-
- ruins
-
noun,
ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay:
- sito-
-
- scour
-
noun,
the act of scouring.
- scart
-
verb (used with or without object),
to scratch, scrape, mark, or scar.
- scat-
-
- scion
-
noun,
a descendant.
- scoot
-
noun,
a swift, darting movement or course.
- scorn
-
noun,
open or unqualified contempt; disdain:
- Scot.
-
- Irons
-
noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- Scout
-
noun,
a soldier, warship, airplane, etc., employed in reconnoitering.
- satin
-
noun,
a fabric in a warp-effect or filling-effect satin weave, as acetate, rayon, nylon, or silk, often having a glossy face and a soft, slippery texture.
- Iran.
-
- iotas
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- scuta
-
noun,
plural of scutum.
- Sino-
-
- intr.
-
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- inst.
-
- scant
-
adverb,
Scot. and North England Dialect. scarcely; barely; hardly.
- narcs
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- runic
-
adjective,
consisting of or set down in runes:
- noct-
-
- Notus
-
noun,
the ancient Greek personification of the south wind.
- runts
-
noun,
an animal that is small or stunted as compared with others of its kind.
- noto-
-
- noso-
-
- noria
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- Norco
-
noun,
a town in S California.
- rutin
-
noun,
a bright yellow or greenish-yellow substance, C 27 H 30 O 16 , obtained chiefly from buckwheat, and used in the treatment of capillary fragility.
- Sacco
-
noun,
Nicola [nee-kaw-lah] /niˈkɔ lɑ/ (Show IPA), 1891–1927, Italian anarchist, in the U.S. after 1908: together with Bartolomeo Vanzetti, found guilty of robbery and murder 1921; executed 1927.
- naso-
-
- nitr-
-
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- Niort
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- Curia
-
noun,
one of the political subdivisions of each of the three tribes of ancient Rome.
- Santo
-
noun,
a carved figure of a saint, usually of wood, as from Puerto Rico, Mexico, or the southwestern U.S.
- naut.
-
- sarc-
-
- Sarto
-
noun,
Andrea del [ahn-drey-uh del;; Italian ahn-dre-ah del] /ɑnˈdreɪ ə dɛl;; Italian ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ dɛl/ (Show IPA), Andrea del Sarto.
- curio
-
noun,
any unusual article, object of art, etc., valued as a curiosity.
- Count
-
noun,
the act of counting; enumeration; reckoning; calculation:
- canst
-
noun,
a sealed container for food, beverages, etc., as of aluminum, sheet iron coated with tin, or other metal:
- carts
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- tonia
-
- caus.
-
- tonic
-
noun,
a medicine that invigorates or strengthens:
- tono-
-
- tonus
-
noun,
a normal state of continuous slight tension in muscle tissue that facilitates its response to stimulation.
- TUNIS
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Tunisia, in the NE part.
- toons
-
noun,
an Asian tree, Cedrela toona, of the mahogany family, yielding an aromatic red wood used for furniture, carving, etc.
- Ciano
-
noun,
Count Galeazzo [gah-le-aht-tsaw] /ˌgɑ lɛˈɑt tsɔ/ (Show IPA), (Ciano di Cortellazzo) 1903–44, Italian Fascist statesman: minister of foreign affairs 1936–43.
- carns
-
noun,
cairn.
- toran
-
noun,
(in Indian Buddhist and Hindu architecture) a gateway having two or three lintels between two posts.
- tunic
-
noun,
Chiefly British. a coat worn as part of a military or other uniform.
- Carin
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Tunas
-
noun,
any of several large food and game fishes of the family Scombridae, inhabiting temperate and tropical seas.
Compare albacore, bluefin tuna, yellowfin tuna.
- cants
-
noun,
insincere, especially conventional expressions of enthusiasm for high ideals, goodness, or piety.
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- Cant.
-
- Cisco
-
noun,
any of several whitefishes of the genus Coregonus, of the Great Lakes and smaller lakes of eastern North America.
- coact
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do or act together.
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- UNCIO
-
- taros
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- uncia
-
noun,
a bronze coin of ancient Rome, the 12th part of an as.
- Ascot
-
noun,
a necktie or scarf with broad ends, tied and arranged so that the ends are laid flat, one across the other, sometimes with a pin to secure them.
- tious
-
- Turin
-
noun,
a city in NW Italy, on the Po: capital of the Kingdom of Italy 1860–65.
- anti-
-
- circs
-
noun,
circular (def 9).
- antic
-
noun,
Usually, antics.
a playful trick or prank; caper.
a grotesque, fantastic, or ludicrous gesture, act, or posture.
- CIRCA
-
preposition, adverb,
about: (used especially in) approximate dates:
Abbreviation: ca, ca., c., c, cir., circ.
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- cions
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- canto
-
noun,
one of the main or larger divisions of a long poem.
- cunts
-
noun,
the vulva or vagina.
- coati
-
noun,
any tropical American carnivore of the genus Nasua, related to the raccoon, having an elongated body, long, ringed tail, and a slender, flexible snout.
- Trona
-
noun,
a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
- Tosca
-
noun,
an opera (1900) by Giacomo Puccini.
- Arius
-
noun,
died a.d. 336, Christian priest at Alexandria: founder of Arianism.
- ation
-
- Tours
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Indre-et-Loire, in W France, on the Loire River: Charles Martel defeated the Saracens near here a.d. 732.
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- arson
-
noun,
Law. the malicious burning of another's house or property, or in some statutes, the burning of one's own house or property, as to collect insurance.
- astr.
-
- torus
-
noun,
Architecture. a large convex molding, more or less semicircular in profile, commonly forming the lowest molding of the base of a column, directly above the plinth, sometimes occurring as one of a pair separated by a scotia and fillets. and column.
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- Astor
-
noun,
John Jacob, 1763–1848, U.S. capitalist and fur merchant.
- Aston
-
noun,
Francis William, 1877–1945, English physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1922.
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- triac
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- asco-
-
- ascon
-
noun,
a type of sponge having an oval shape and a thin body wall with pores leading directly into the spongocoel.
- Auric
-
adjective,
of or containing gold in the trivalent state.
- Aust.
-
- Canso
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in SE Canada, the NE extremity of Nova Scotia.
- 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.
- canc.
-
- torcs
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- Caius
-
noun,
Saint, died a.d. 296, pope 283–296.
- Cairo
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Egypt, in the N part on the E bank of the Nile.
- cairn
-
noun,
a heap of stones set up as a landmark, monument, tombstone, etc.
- cains
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- cacti
-
noun,
any of numerous succulent plants of the family Cactaceae, of warm, arid regions of the New World, having fleshy, leafless, usually spiny stems, and typically having solitary, showy flowers.
- Torun
-
noun,
a city in N Poland, on the Vistula.
- caco-
-
- toros
-
noun,
a bull.
- arcus
-
noun,
a dense, horizontal, roll-shaped cloud sometimes occurring at the lower front portion of a cumulonimbus.
- Arion
-
noun,
flourished 7th century b.c, Greek poet: inventor of the dithyramb.
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- torso
-
noun,
the trunk of the human body.
- auto.
-
- coast
-
noun,
the land next to the sea; seashore:
- anis-
-
- Coats
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- Crius
-
noun,
a Titan, the son of Uranus and Gaea.
- coots
-
noun,
any aquatic bird of the genus Fulica, as F. americana, of North America, and F. atra, of the Old World, characterized by lobate toes and short wings and tail.
- Surat
-
noun,
a seaport in S Gujarat, in W India: first British settlement in India 1612.
- coria
-
noun,
plural of corium.
- acron
-
noun,
the unsegmented, preoral portion of the body of an arthropod.
- 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.
- cornu
-
noun,
a horn, especially a bony part that resembles a horn.
- Corot
-
noun,
Jean Baptiste Camille [zhahn ba-teest ka-mee-yuh] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist kaˈmi yə/ (Show IPA), 1796–1875, French painter.
- acro-
-
- Corti
-
noun,
Alfonso [al-fon-soh;; Italian ahl-fawn-saw] /ælˈfɒn soʊ;; Italian ɑlˈfɔn sɔ/ (Show IPA), 1822–76, Italian anatomist.
- Costa
-
noun,
a rib or riblike part.
- suint
-
noun,
the natural grease of the wool of sheep, consisting of a mixture of fatty matter and potassium salts, used as a source of potash and in the preparation of ointments.
- Court
-
noun,
Law.
a place where justice is administered.
a judicial tribunal duly constituted for the hearing and determination of cases.
a session of a judicial assembly.
- crit.
-
- accus
-
- Croat
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Croatia; Croatian.
- Actis
-
noun,
a son of Rhoda and Helius who, when banished from his home for fratricide, fled to Egypt, where he taught astrology. The Colossus of Rhodes was built in his honor.
- acct.
-
- crocs
-
noun,
crocodile.
- croon
-
noun,
the act or sound of crooning.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- crust
-
noun,
the brown, hard outer portion or surface of a loaf or slice of bread (distinguished from crumb).
- stour
-
noun,
British Dialect.
tumult; confusion.
a storm.
- Stoic
-
noun,
a member or adherent of the Stoic school of philosophy.
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- sruti
-
noun,
the Vedas and some of the Upanishads, regarded as divinely revealed.
- Srta.
-
- Utica
-
noun,
an ancient city on the N coast of Africa, NW of Carthage.
- 30-30
-
- Cunas
-
noun,
a member of a group of American Indian people inhabiting settlements on the Isthmus of Panama and islands in the Gulf of San Blas.
- sutra
-
noun,
Hinduism. a collection of aphorisms relating to some aspect of the conduct of life.
- acorn
-
noun,
the typically ovoid fruit or nut of an oak, enclosed at the base by a cupule.
- tacos
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- conic
-
noun,
Geometry. conic section.
- uncos
-
noun,
something extraordinary or unusual; a novelty.
- cocas
-
noun,
a shrub, Erythroxylon coca, native to the Andes, having simple, alternate leaves and small yellowish flowers.
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- cocoa
-
noun,
a powder made from roasted, husked, and ground seeds of the cacao, Theobroma cacao, from which much of the fat has been removed.
- Cocos
-
noun,
coconut palm.
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Unit.
-
- coins
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- coirs
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- Acton
-
noun,
a quilted garment worn under mail in the 13th and 14th centuries; gambeson.
- Taino
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- uran-
-
- conc.
-
- actos
-
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- conto
-
noun,
a money of account of Portugal and Cape Verde, equal to 1000 escudos.
- Cons.
-
- Actor
-
noun,
a person who acts in stage plays, motion pictures, television broadcasts, etc.
- CONUS
-
noun,
the most anterior part of the simple tubular heart of lower vertebrates and embryos of higher vertebrates, leading into the artery that leaves the heart; in mammals it forms a part of the upper wall of the right ventricle, in which the pulmonary artery originates.
- cont.
-
- Const
-
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- rain
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- USIA
-
- USNA
-
- uni-
-
- unco
-
noun,
something extraordinary or unusual; a novelty.
- tron
-
- USAR
-
- USRC
-
- 'roo
-
noun,
kangaroo.
- uric
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, contained in, or derived from urine.
- tRNA
-
- USTC
-
- Utas
-
noun,
any of several iguanid lizards of the genus Uta, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico.
- Root
-
noun,
a part of the body of a plant that develops, typically, from the radicle and grows downward into the soil, anchoring the plant and absorbing nutriment and moisture.
- uria
-
- rit.
-
- USCA
-
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- 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.
- tuna
-
noun,
any of several large food and game fishes of the family Scombridae, inhabiting temperate and tropical seas.
Compare albacore, bluefin tuna, yellowfin tuna.
- riot
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Uris
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- RNAS
-
- 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.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- Tura
-
noun,
Cosimo [kaw-zee-maw] /ˈkɔ zi mɔ/ (Show IPA), c1430–98? Italian painter.
- unto
-
preposition,
to (in its various uses, except as the accompaniment of the infinitive).
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- rocs
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- RONA
-
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- tuns
-
noun,
a large cask for holding liquids, especially wine, ale, or beer.
- tuis
-
noun,
a black New Zealand honey eater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, having a patch of white feathers on each side of the throat, sometimes tamed as a pet.
- uro-
-
- Roca
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in W Portugal, near Lisbon: the western extremity of continental Europe.
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- Sura
-
noun,
any of the 114 chapters of the Koran.
- Surt
-
noun,
the guardian and ruler of Muspelheim, destined to defeat Frey at Ragnarok and destroy the world with fire.
- situ
-
noun,
in situ.
- taco
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- scut
-
noun,
a short tail, especially that of a hare, rabbit, or deer.
- scr.
-
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- SNCC
-
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.
- sur-
-
- sci.
-
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- Sour
-
noun,
something that is sour.
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- Sra.
-
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- Soot
-
noun,
a black, carbonaceous substance produced during incomplete combustion of coal, wood, oil, etc., rising in fine particles and adhering to the sides of the chimney or pipe conveying the smoke: also conveyed in the atmosphere to other locations.
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- soon
-
Idioms,
sooner or later, eventually:
- suit
-
noun,
a set of clothing, armor, or the like, intended for wear together.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- str.
-
- Soni
-
- stun
-
noun,
the act of stunning.
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- Taro
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- Tour
-
noun,
a traveling around from place to place.
- Rust
-
noun,
Also called iron rust. the red or orange coating that forms on the surface of iron when exposed to air and moisture, consisting chiefly of ferric hydroxide and ferric oxide formed by oxidation.
- Rus.
-
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- runt
-
noun,
an animal that is small or stunted as compared with others of its kind.
- runs
-
noun,
an act or instance, or a period of running:
- ruin
-
noun,
ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay:
- rout
-
noun,
a defeat attended with disorderly flight; dispersal of a defeated force in complete disorder:
- 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.
- ROUS
-
noun,
(Francis) Peyton, 1879–1970, U.S. pathologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1966.
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- roto
-
noun,
rotogravure.
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- 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.
- Rota
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- tri-
-
- toro
-
noun,
a bull.
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- scar
-
noun,
a mark left by a healed wound, sore, or burn.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- taur
-
- SCAN
-
noun,
an act or instance of scanning; close examination.
- saur
-
- tics
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- Sato
-
noun,
Eisaku [ey-sah-koo;; Japanese ey-sah-koo] /eɪˈsɑ ku;; Japanese ˈeɪ sɑˌku/ (Show IPA), 1901–75, Japanese political leader: prime minister 1964–72; Nobel Peace Prize 1974.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Sat.
-
- Saco
-
noun,
a city in SW Maine.
- tion
-
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- Sari
-
noun,
a garment worn by Hindu women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder.
- toon
-
noun,
an Asian tree, Cedrela toona, of the mahogany family, yielding an aromatic red wood used for furniture, carving, etc.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- torc
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- 1080
-
- NTIA
-
- crat
-
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- Aton
-
noun,
a solar deity declared by Amenhotep IV to be the only god, represented as a solar disk with rays ending in human hands.
- ator
-
- aunt
-
noun,
the sister of one's father or mother.
- aur-
-
- Aus.
-
- aut-
-
- cac-
-
- iso-
-
- Cain
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- Can.
-
- 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.
- Carn
-
noun,
cairn.
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- ious
-
- CART
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- cast
-
noun,
act of casting or throwing.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- narc
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- Cato
-
noun,
Marcus Porcius [pawr-shee-uh s,, -shuh s] /ˈpɔr ʃi əs,, -ʃəs/ (Show IPA), ("the Elder"or"the Censor") 234–149 b.c, Roman statesman, soldier, and writer.
- Nor.
-
- nous
-
noun,
Greek Philosophy. mind or intellect.
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- not-
-
- nos-
-
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- asci
-
noun,
plural of ascus.
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- Cost
-
noun,
the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
- Asur
-
noun,
Assur.
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- NATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Washington, D.C. (1949), comprising the 12 nations of the Atlantic Pact together with Greece, Turkey, and the Federal Republic of Germany, for the purpose of collective defense against aggression.
- atic
-
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- cat.
-
- 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 = .
- art.
-
- Coos
-
noun,
a language of a group of American Indians indigenous to the coast of Oregon.
- coca
-
noun,
a shrub, Erythroxylon coca, native to the Andes, having simple, alternate leaves and small yellowish flowers.
- cts.
-
- Coco
-
noun,
coconut palm.
- ctr.
-
- coin
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- coir
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- Con.
-
- coon
-
noun,
raccoon.
- coot
-
noun,
any aquatic bird of the genus Fulica, as F. americana, of North America, and F. atra, of the Old World, characterized by lobate toes and short wings and tail.
- Cuna
-
noun,
a member of a group of American Indian people inhabiting settlements on the Isthmus of Panama and islands in the Gulf of San Blas.
- Cor.
-
- crut
-
noun,
crud (def 1).
- crus
-
noun,
the part of the leg or hind limb between the femur or thigh and the ankle or tarsus; shank.
- Cora
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. Kore.
- Cori
-
noun,
Carl Ferdinand, 1896–1984, and his wife, Gerty Theresa, 1896–1957, U.S. biochemists, born in Austria-Hungary: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1947.
- CORN
-
noun,
Also called Indian corn; especially technical and British, maize. a tall cereal plant, Zea mays, cultivated in many varieties, having a jointed, solid stem and bearing the grain, seeds, or kernels on large ears.
- Cort
-
- croc
-
noun,
crocodile.
- coat
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- cunt
-
noun,
the vulva or vagina.
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- cion
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- 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.
- Inca
-
noun,
a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
- Inc.
-
- ciao
-
interjection,
(used as a word of greeting or parting): hello; goodbye; so long; see you later.
- ICAO
-
- cir.
-
- Cnut
-
noun,
Canute.
- circ
-
noun,
circular (def 9).
- cis-
-
- CISC
-
noun,
complex instruction set computer: a computer whose central processing unit recognizes a relatively large number of instructions.
- cist
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- cit.
-
- Curt
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Curtis.
- curs
-
noun,
a mongrel dog, especially a worthless or unfriendly one.
- curn
-
noun,
a grain.
- cur.
-
- asc-
-
- NIRA
-
- onus
-
noun,
a difficult or disagreeable obligation, task, burden, etc.
- acr-
-
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- ocas
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- Oost
-
noun,
Jacob van [yah-kawp vahn] /ˈyɑ kɔp vɑn/ (Show IPA), 1600?–71, and his son, Jacob van, 1639?–1713, Flemish painters.
- Oct.
-
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- Acis
-
noun,
the lover of Galatea, killed by Polyphemus out of jealousy.
- oro-
-
- orcs
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- Orca
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- otic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ear; auricular.
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Ainu
-
noun,
a member of an aboriginal population of northernmost Japan, having lighter skin and hairier bodies than other Japanese.
- Ont.
-
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- ACTS
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- Acus
-
noun,
Surgery. a needle, especially one used in a surgical operation.
- Oona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- o-os
-
noun,
any of several species of Hawaiian honey eaters of the genus Moho, especially the extinct M. nobilis, of the island of Hawaii, that had black plumage and two tufts of yellow plumes used to make ceremonial robes for the Hawaiian kings.
- ano-
-
- acc.
-
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- ant.
-
- oust
-
verb (used with object),
to expel or remove from a place or position occupied:
- ours
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- anus
-
noun,
the opening at the lower end of the alimentary canal, through which the solid refuse of digestion is excreted.
- outs
-
noun,
a means of escape or excuse, as from a place, punishment, retribution, responsibility, etc.:
- ARIS
-
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- out-
-
- ARCS
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- ANTU
-
- oto-
-
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- ANSI
-
- ARCO
-
adverb,
(of the performance of a passage for stringed instruments) with the bow.
- CIA
-
- Uri
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- SUN
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the star that is the central body of the solar system, around which the planets revolve and from which they receive light and heat: its mean distance from the earth is about 93 million miles (150 million km), its diameter about 864,000 miles (1.4 million km), and its mass about 330,000 times that of the earth; its period of surface rotation is about 26 days at its equator but longer at higher latitudes.
- Uta
-
noun,
any of several iguanid lizards of the genus Uta, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico.
- UTC
-
- uti
-
- 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.
- AIC
-
- ACS
-
- ac-
-
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- CIC
-
- COS
-
noun,
romaine.
- TIA
-
- ACT
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- an.
-
- TCS
-
- urn
-
noun,
a large or decorative vase, especially one with an ornamental foot or pedestal.
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- AUC
-
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- USC
-
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- urs
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city on the Euphrates, in S Iraq: extensive excavations, especially of royal tombs.
- CNS
-
- USO
-
- TCA
-
- COO
-
noun,
a cooing sound.
- CNO
-
- CNC
-
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- USR
-
- TAU
-
noun,
the 19th letter of the Greek alphabet (T, τ).
- Ar.
-
- USN
-
- CCU
-
- ARS
-
- ur-
-
- ASR
-
- UAR
-
- ANC
-
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- ATC
-
- at.
-
- tr.
-
- tra
-
- ASU
-
- ANU
-
noun,
a twining herb, Tropaeolum tuberosum, of the nasturtium family, found in the Andes, having edible tubers and large flowers with yellow petals and red spurs.
- ast
-
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- UCC
-
- ASN
-
- ASI
-
- aor
-
- AOU
-
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- tun
-
noun,
a large cask for holding liquids, especially wine, ale, or beer.
- tui
-
noun,
a black New Zealand honey eater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, having a patch of white feathers on each side of the throat, sometimes tamed as a pet.
- Tu.
-
- 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.
- Tro
-
- TSI
-
- ARU
-
- USA
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- Tiu
-
noun,
an English god of the sky and of war, the equivalent of Tyr in Scandinavian mythology.
- CAR
-
noun,
an automobile.
- CCS
-
verb (used with object),
to send a duplicate of a document, email, or the like to:
- 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.
- CCR
-
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- uns
-
- CCA
-
- too
-
Idioms,
only too. only (def 10).
- CAS
-
verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- UNO
-
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- AIS
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- UCR
-
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- CAI
-
- unc
-
- ct.
-
- cs.
-
- cr.
-
- Co.
-
- CIO
-
noun,
a federation of affiliated industrial labor unions, founded 1935 within the American Federation of Labor but independent of it 1938–55. Abbreviation: C.I.O., CIO.
- cc.
-
- ca.
-
- Una
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “one.”.
- UIT
-
- uts
-
noun,
the syllable once generally used for the first tone or keynote of a scale and sometimes for the tone C: now commonly superseded by do.
- Sr.
-
- COT
-
noun,
a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
- Oc.
-
- NSU
-
- RTS
-
- rt.
-
- RSA
-
- Rs.
-
- NUS
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- OSA
-
- NSA
-
- OTC
-
- OAO
-
- oar
-
noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- OAS
-
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- OAU
-
- NSC
-
- NRC
-
- OCC
-
- Sui
-
noun,
a dynasty ruling in China a.d. 589–618.
- NUT
-
noun,
a dry fruit consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shell.
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- SAR
-
- NCC
-
- NIA
-
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- run
-
noun,
an act or instance, or a period of running:
- NOC
-
- SAC
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- SRO
-
- So.
-
- rut
-
noun,
a furrow or track in the ground, especially one made by the passage of a vehicle or vehicles.
- nr.
-
- NRA
-
- Oca
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- OCR
-
- Sau
-
noun,
German name of Sava.
- OSO
-
- RCN
-
- RCA
-
- orc
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- rat
-
noun,
any of several long-tailed rodents of the family Muridae, of the genus Rattus and related genera, distinguished from the mouse by being larger.
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- ot-
-
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- OTA
-
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- OTS
-
- oui
-
adverb, noun,
yes.
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- our
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- RCS
-
- RCT
-
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- OCS
-
- ONI
-
- oic
-
- OIr
-
- OIt
-
- ROI
-
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- ROC
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- ONR
-
- OOT
-
- ROA
-
- ons
-
- RNA
-
- oo-
-
- o-o
-
noun,
any of several species of Hawaiian honey eaters of the genus Moho, especially the extinct M. nobilis, of the island of Hawaii, that had black plumage and two tufts of yellow plumes used to make ceremonial robes for the Hawaiian kings.
- oon
-
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- NCO
-
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- CTA
-
- ITU
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- in.
-
- cru
-
noun,
(in France) a vineyard producing wine of high quality, sometimes classified by the government as either a Great Growth (Grand Cru) or a First Growth (Premier Cru)
- ICC
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- ICA
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noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- SNU
-
- IAS
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- SOC
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noun,
sociology or a class or course in sociology.
- ian
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noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- Ia.
-
- CSA
-
- CSC
-
- io-
-
- Son
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noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- IRA
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noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- SIT
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verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- ics
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- Soo
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noun,
the, Canadian. Sault Ste. Marie.
- Cut
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noun,
the act of cutting; a stroke or a blow, as with a knife, whip, etc.
- sot
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noun,
a drunkard.
- CSO
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- Sou
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noun,
(formerly) either of two bronze coins of France, equal to 5 centimes and 10 centimes.
- CSR
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- Cui
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noun,
César [French sey-zar] /French seɪˈzar/ (Show IPA), Antonovich [Russian uhn-taw-nuh-vyich] /Russian ʌnˈtɔ nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1835–1918, Russian composer.
- SRI
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noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- STI
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- St.
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- Sta
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- ctn
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plural,
carton.
- CTC
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- CST
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- Stu
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noun,
a male given name, form of Stewart or Stuart.
- CRT
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- IOU
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- Is.
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noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ist
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- IRS
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- IRO
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- IRC
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- ITA
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- ITC
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- ITO
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noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- IUS
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- Ir.
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- CRC
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- ISA
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- IOT
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- Ios
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noun,
a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey.
- SIC
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adverb,
so; thus: usually written parenthetically to denote that a word, phrase, passage, etc., that may appear strange or incorrect has been written intentionally or has been quoted verbatim: (sic).
- Sin
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noun,
transgression of divine law:
- ior
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- sc.
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- ion
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noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- SIR
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noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- IOC
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- CRS
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- ISR
-
- A.
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noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- RI
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- t.
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- RN
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- TA
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noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- T1
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- OU
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noun,
a rare Hawaiian honeycreeper, Psittirostra psittacea, having an olive-green body, a parrotlike bill, and in the male a bright yellow head.
- AO
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- AI
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noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- R.
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- AU
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plural,
to the; at the; with the.
- UT
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noun,
the syllable once generally used for the first tone or keynote of a scale and sometimes for the tone C: now commonly superseded by do.
- SU
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- NA
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adverb,
no1 .
- UC
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- CU
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- NU
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noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- N.
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- NI
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- IT
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noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- No
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noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- SA
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- S.
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- SI
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noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- RU
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- TN
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- O.
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- RC
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- SN
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- OA
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- U.
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- TI
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noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- NC
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- TC
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- UI
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- ic
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- i.
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- RO
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- RA
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noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.