Anagrams of countenances
Word countenances has
653 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of countenances.
- countenance
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noun,
appearance, especially the look or expression of the face:
- caen-stone
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noun,
a cream-colored limestone quarried near Caen, France, for use in building.
- canescent
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adjective,
covered with whitish or grayish pubescence, as certain plants.
- Constance
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noun,
Lake. German Boden·see. a lake in W Europe, bounded by Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. 46 miles (74 km) long; 207 sq. mi. (536 sq. km).
- Cantonese
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noun,
a Chinese language spoken in Canton, the surrounding area of southern China, and Hong Kong.
- announces
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verb (used with object),
to make known publicly or officially; proclaim; give notice of:
- ensconce
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verb (used with object),
to settle securely or snugly:
- acescent
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adjective,
turning sour; slightly sour; acidulous.
- canteens
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noun,
a small container used especially by soldiers and hikers for carrying water or other liquids.
- tonneaus
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noun,
a rear part or compartment of an automobile body, containing seats for passengers.
- announce
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verb (used with object),
to make known publicly or officially; proclaim; give notice of:
- enounces
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verb (used with object),
to utter or pronounce, as words; enunciate.
- notecase
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noun,
billfold.
- neonates
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noun,
a newborn child, or one in its first 28 days.
- acetones
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noun,
a colorless, volatile, water-soluble, flammable liquid, C 3 H 6 O, usually derived by oxidation of isopropyl alcohol or by bacterial fermentation of carbohydrates: used chiefly in paints and varnishes, as a general solvent, and in organic synthesis.
- Nuneaton
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noun,
a town in Warwickshire, central England, E of Birmingham.
- concents
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noun,
concord of sound, voices, etc.; harmony.
- accounts
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noun,
an oral or written description of particular events or situations; narrative:
- cosecant
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noun,
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the hypotenuse to the side opposite a given angle.
- Conneaut
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noun,
a city in NE Ohio.
- connects
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adjective,
of or relating to a connection or connections:
- neuston
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noun,
the aggregate of minute aquatic organisms that float or swim in the surface film of a body of water.
- 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.
- connate
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adjective,
existing in a person or thing from birth or origin; inborn:
- nascent
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adjective,
beginning to exist or develop:
- cetanes
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noun,
a colorless, liquid hydrocarbon of the alkane series, C 16 H 34 , used as a solvent and in cetane number determinations.
- connect
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adjective,
of or relating to a connection or connections:
- concent
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noun,
concord of sound, voices, etc.; harmony.
- cuneate
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adjective,
having or being in the shape of a wedge; wedge-shaped.
- 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.
- Eustace
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noun,
a male given name: from a Greek word meaning “steadfast.”.
- cenotes
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noun,
a deep natural well or sinkhole, especially in Central America, formed by the collapse of surface limestone that exposes ground water underneath, and sometimes used by the ancient Mayans for sacrificial offerings.
- Oceanus
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noun,
a Titan who was the son of Uranus and Gaea, the consort of Tethys, and the father of the river gods and Oceanids.
- nuances
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noun,
a subtle difference or distinction in expression, meaning, response, etc.
- tonneau
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noun,
a rear part or compartment of an automobile body, containing seats for passengers.
- catouse
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noun,
New England. a noisy disturbance; commotion.
- octanes
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noun,
any of 18 isomeric saturated hydrocarbons having the formula C 8 H 18 , some of which are obtained in the distillation and cracking of petroleum.
- consent
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noun,
permission, approval, or agreement; compliance; acquiescence:
- canteen
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noun,
a small container used especially by soldiers and hikers for carrying water or other liquids.
- tenaces
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noun,
a sequence of two high cards of the same suit that lack an intervening card to be in consecutive order, as the ace and queen.
- enounce
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verb (used with object),
to utter or pronounce, as words; enunciate.
- soutane
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noun,
a cassock.
- contuse
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verb (used with object),
to injure (tissue), especially without breaking the skin; bruise.
- Sno-Cat
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- aeneous
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adjective,
bronze-colored:
- neonate
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noun,
a newborn child, or one in its first 28 days.
- accents
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noun,
prominence of a syllable in terms of differential loudness, or of pitch, or length, or of a combination of these.
- neatens
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verb (used with object),
to make neat:
- account
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noun,
an oral or written description of particular events or situations; narrative:
- acetone
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noun,
a colorless, volatile, water-soluble, flammable liquid, C 3 H 6 O, usually derived by oxidation of isopropyl alcohol or by bacterial fermentation of carbohydrates: used chiefly in paints and varnishes, as a general solvent, and in organic synthesis.
- Cocteau
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noun,
Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1889–1963, French author and painter.
- coatees
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noun,
a close-fitting short coat, especially one with tails or skirts.
- sonance
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noun,
the condition or quality of being sonant.
- conatus
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noun,
an effort or striving.
- acetous
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adjective,
containing or producing acetic acid.
- Cancun
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noun,
an island off NE Quintana Roo territory, on the Yucatán Peninsula, in SE Mexico: beach resort.
- Canton
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noun,
a small territorial district, especially one of the states of the Swiss confederation.
- Canute
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noun,
a.d. 994?–1035, Danish king of England 1017–35; of Denmark 1018–35; and of Norway 1028–35.
- enacts
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verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- Enesco
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noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1881–1955, Romanian violinist, composer, and conductor: teacher of Yehudi Menuhin.
- cantus
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noun,
cantus firmus.
- Cantos
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noun,
one of the main or larger divisions of a long poem.
- sennet
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noun,
any of several small barracudas, as Sphyraena borealis (northern sennet) ranging along the eastern coast of North and Central America.
- sateen
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noun,
a strong cotton fabric constructed in satin weave and having a lustrous face.
- Cannes
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noun,
a city in SE France, on the Mediterranean Sea: resort; annual film festival.
- encase
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verb (used with object),
to enclose in or as in a case:
- Conant
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noun,
James Bryant, 1893–1978, U.S. chemist and educator: president of Harvard University 1933–53.
- enates
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noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- Santee
-
noun,
a city in SW California.
- cannot
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verb,
a form of ·can not.
- Easton
-
noun,
a city in E Pennsylvania, on the Delaware River.
- Cannon
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noun,
a mounted gun for firing heavy projectiles; a gun, howitzer, or mortar.
- contes
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plural,
Trademark. a brand of crayon made of graphite and clay, usually in black, red, or brown.
- sonnet
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noun,
Prosody. a poem, properly expressive of a single, complete thought, idea, or sentiment, of 14 lines, usually in iambic pentameter, with rhymes arranged according to one of certain definite schemes, being in the strict or Italian form divided into a major group of 8 lines (the octave) followed by a minor group of 6 lines (the sestet), and in a common English form into 3 quatrains followed by a couplet.
- suntan
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noun,
a browning or a brown color of the skin resulting from exposure to sunlight or a sunlamp; tan.
- coatee
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noun,
a close-fitting short coat, especially one with tails or skirts.
- C-note
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noun,
See C (def 11).
- seance
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noun,
a meeting in which a spiritualist attempts to communicate with the spirits of the dead.
- stacc.
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- Cuenca
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noun,
a city in SW Ecuador.
- sonant
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noun,
a speech sound that by itself makes a syllable or subordinates to itself the other sounds in the syllable; a syllabic sound (opposed to consonant).
- cuesta
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noun,
a long, low ridge with a relatively steep face or escarpment on one side and a long, gentle slope on the other.
- cetane
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noun,
a colorless, liquid hydrocarbon of the alkane series, C 16 H 34 , used as a solvent and in cetane number determinations.
- stance
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noun,
the position or bearing of the body while standing:
- secant
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noun,
Geometry. an intersecting line, especially one intersecting a curve at two or more points.
- coacts
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verb (used with or without object),
to do or act together.
- Coates
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noun,
Eric, 1886–1957, English violist and composer.
- counts
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noun,
the act of counting; enumeration; reckoning; calculation:
- centos
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noun,
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
- centas
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noun,
a former bronze coin of Lithuania, the 100th part of a litas.
- Senate
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noun,
an assembly or council of citizens having the highest deliberative functions in a government, especially a legislative assembly of a state or nation.
- cenote
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noun,
a deep natural well or sinkhole, especially in Central America, formed by the collapse of surface limestone that exposes ground water underneath, and sometimes used by the ancient Mayans for sacrificial offerings.
- steno-
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- stucco
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noun,
an exterior finish for masonry or frame walls, usually composed of cement, sand, and hydrated lime mixed with water and laid on wet.
- Seneca
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noun,
a member of the largest tribe of the Iroquois Confederacy of North American Indians, formerly inhabiting western New York and being conspicuous in the wars south and west of Lake Erie.
- sconce
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noun,
a bracket for candles or other lights, placed on a wall, mirror, picture frame, etc.
- cteno-
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- scato-
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- Cesena
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noun,
a city in E central Italy.
- Cactus
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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.
- 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.
- UNESCO
-
noun,
an agency of the United Nations charged with instituting and administering programs for cooperative, coordinated action by member states in education, science, and the arts.
- Nansen
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noun,
Fridtjof [frit-yof] /ˈfrɪt yɒf/ (Show IPA), 1861–1930, Norwegian arctic explorer, zoologist, and statesman: Nobel Peace Prize 1922.
- aceto-
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- usance
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noun,
Commerce. a length of time, exclusive of days of grace and varying in different places, allowed by custom or usage for the payment of foreign bills of exchange.
- octane
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noun,
any of 18 isomeric saturated hydrocarbons having the formula C 8 H 18 , some of which are obtained in the distillation and cracking of petroleum.
- unseen
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adjective,
not seen; unperceived; unobserved; invisible.
- unseat
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verb (used with object),
to dislodge from a seat, especially to throw from a saddle, as a rider; unhorse.
- ascent
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noun,
an act of ascending; upward movement; a rising movement:
- neaten
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verb (used with object),
to make neat:
- acutes
-
noun,
the acute accent.
- tonnes
-
noun,
metric ton.
- nuance
-
noun,
a subtle difference or distinction in expression, meaning, response, etc.
- Octans
-
noun,
the Octant, a southern constellation that contains the south celestial pole.
- Nautes
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noun,
(in the Aeneid) an aged Trojan and advisor to Aeneas.
- Antons
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noun,
a male given name, form of Anthony.
- uncase
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verb (used with object),
to remove from a case; remove the case from.
- occas.
-
- Tuscan
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noun,
the standard literary form of the Italian language.
- Nueces
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noun,
a river in S Texas, flowing SE to Corpus Christi Bay, on the Gulf of Mexico. 338 miles (545 km) long.
- nances
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noun,
Offensive. an effeminate male.
- nasute
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noun,
a soldier termite characterized by a beaklike snout through which a sticky secretion repellent to other insects is emitted.
- anenst
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preposition,
anent (def 2).
- Nantes
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noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Loire-Atlantique, in W France, at the mouth of the Loire River.
- aceous
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- Tucson
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noun,
a city in S Arizona: health resort.
- accuse
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verb (used with object),
to charge with the fault, offense, or crime (usually followed by of):
- usenet
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noun,
Computers. an extensive system of newsgroups: a branch of the Internet.
- ounces
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noun,
a unit of weight equal to 437.5 grains or 1/16 pound (28.35 grams) avoirdupois.
- nonces
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noun,
the present, or immediate, occasion or purpose (usually used in the phrase for the nonce).
- Austen
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noun,
Jane, 1775–1817, English novelist.
- tenace
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noun,
a sequence of two high cards of the same suit that lack an intervening card to be in consecutive order, as the ace and queen.
- nocent
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adjective,
harmful; injurious.
- atones
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verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- escent
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- tenons
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noun,
a projection formed on the end of a timber or the like for insertion into a mortise of the same dimensions.
- Escaut
-
noun,
French name of Scheldt.
- nonets
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noun,
a group of nine performers or instruments.
- accost
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noun,
a greeting.
- Oeneus
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noun,
a king of Calydon believed to have been the first man to cultivate grapes.
- tenson
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noun,
a Provençal poem taking the form of a dialogue or debate between two rival troubadours.
- accent
-
noun,
prominence of a syllable in terms of differential loudness, or of pitch, or length, or of a combination of these.
- cotes
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- naut.
-
- nonce
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noun,
the present, or immediate, occasion or purpose (usually used in the phrase for the nonce).
- naso-
-
- cosec
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noun,
cosecant.
- nonet
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noun,
a group of nine performers or instruments.
- non-U
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adjective,
not characteristic of or appropriate to the upper class, especially of Great Britain:
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- SEATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Manila (1954), comprising Australia, Great Britain, France, New Zealand, Pakistan, the Philippines, Thailand, and the United States, for collective defense against aggression in southeastern Asia and the southwestern Pacific: abolished in 1977.
- neut.
-
- noct-
-
- sect.
-
- coset
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noun,
a subset of a group, formed by the consistent operation of a given element of the group on the left or right of all the elements of a subgroup of the group.
- notes
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noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- neons
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noun,
Chemistry. a chemically inert gaseous element occurring in small amounts in the earth's atmosphere, used chiefly in a type of electrical lamp. Symbol: Ne; atomic weight: 20.183; atomic number: 10; density: 0.9002 g/l at 0°C and 760 mm pressure.
- Costa
-
noun,
a rib or riblike part.
- nones
-
noun,
the fifth of the seven canonical hours, or the service for it, originally fixed for the ninth hour of the day (or 3 p.m.).
- Notus
-
noun,
the ancient Greek personification of the south wind.
- Senna
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noun,
any plant, shrub, or tree belonging to the genus Cassia, of the legume family, having pinnate leaves and large clusters of flowers.
- secco
-
noun,
fresco secco.
- Count
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noun,
the act of counting; enumeration; reckoning; calculation:
- outen
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verb (used with object),
to turn off (a light) or extinguish (a fire).
- scute
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noun,
a dermal bony plate, as on an armadillo, or a large horny plate, as on a turtle.
- Ecua.
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- sauce
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noun,
any preparation, usually liquid or semiliquid, eaten as a gravy or as a relish accompanying food.
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- econ.
-
- oecus
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noun,
(in an ancient Roman house) an apartment, especially a dining room, decorated with columns.
- estoc
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noun,
a thrusting sword of the 13th–17th centuries having a long, narrow blade of rectangular section.
- onces
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noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- onset
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noun,
a beginning or start:
- ecto-
-
- Saone
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noun,
a river flowing S from NE France to the Rhone. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- Eaton
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noun,
Theophilus, 1590–1658, English colonist and colonial administrator in America.
- Santo
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noun,
a carved figure of a saint, usually of wood, as from Puerto Rico, Mexico, or the southwestern U.S.
- Oscan
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noun,
one of an ancient people of south-central Italy.
- enact
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verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- oste-
-
- enate
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noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- ounce
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noun,
a unit of weight equal to 437.5 grains or 1/16 pound (28.35 grams) avoirdupois.
- Seton
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noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- Sacco
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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.
- ento-
-
- saute
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noun,
a dish of sautéed food.
- eaten
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noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- Cunas
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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.
- cutes
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noun,
the cutes, Informal. self-consciously cute mannerisms or appeal; affected coyness:
- nano-
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- oaten
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adjective,
of, relating to, or made of oats.
- scuta
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noun,
plural of scutum.
- cunts
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noun,
the vulva or vagina.
- ensue
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verb (used without object),
to follow in order; come afterward, especially in immediate succession:
- Cusco
-
noun,
Cuzco.
- cusec
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noun,
a unit of flow of one cubic foot per second.
- Oates
-
noun,
Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- Scout
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noun,
a soldier, warship, airplane, etc., employed in reconnoitering.
- Scot.
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- scant
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adverb,
Scot. and North England Dialect. scarcely; barely; hardly.
- ocean
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noun,
the vast body of salt water that covers almost three fourths of the earth's surface.
- Scone
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noun,
a small, light, biscuitlike quick bread made of oatmeal, wheat flour, barley meal, or the like.
- scent
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noun,
a distinctive odor, especially when agreeable:
- scene
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noun,
the place where some action or event occurs:
- scena
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noun,
an extended operatic vocal solo, usually including an aria and a recitative.
- sceat
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noun,
a silver Anglo-Saxon coin of the 7th and 8th centuries, sometimes including an amount of gold.
- octa-
-
- octan
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noun,
an octan fever.
- scat-
-
- Nance
-
noun,
Offensive. an effeminate male.
- cocas
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noun,
a shrub, Erythroxylon coca, native to the Andes, having simple, alternate leaves and small yellowish flowers.
- nona-
-
- Aust.
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- asco-
-
- ascon
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noun,
a type of sponge having an oval shape and a thin body wall with pores leading directly into the spongocoel.
- Ascot
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noun,
a necktie or scarf with broad ends, tied and arranged so that the ends are laid flat, one across the other, sometimes with a pin to secure them.
- tonne
-
noun,
metric ton.
- tones
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- Aston
-
noun,
Francis William, 1877–1945, English physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1922.
- tense
-
noun,
a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
- tenon
-
noun,
a projection formed on the end of a timber or the like for insertion into a mortise of the same dimensions.
- atone
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verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- teno-
-
- Tenn.
-
- CONUS
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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.
- tonus
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noun,
a normal state of continuous slight tension in muscle tissue that facilitates its response to stimulation.
- teens
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- Teena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Albertina, Bettina, or Christina.
- tease
-
noun,
a person who teases or annoys.
- caco-
-
- canc.
-
- canes
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noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- canoe
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noun,
any of various slender, open boats, tapering to a point at both ends, propelled by paddles or sometimes sails and traditionally formed of light framework covered with bark, skins, or canvas, or formed from a dug-out or burned-out log or logs, and now usually made of aluminum, fiberglass, etc.
- Canon
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noun,
an ecclesiastical rule or law enacted by a council or other competent authority and, in the Roman Catholic Church, approved by the pope.
- Canso
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in SE Canada, the NE extremity of Nova Scotia.
- canst
-
noun,
a sealed container for food, beverages, etc., as of aluminum, sheet iron coated with tin, or other metal:
- Cant.
-
- A-one
-
adjective,
noting a vessel regarded by a shipping-classification society as being equipped to the highest standard and with equipment maintained in first-class condition.
- Tosca
-
noun,
an opera (1900) by Giacomo Puccini.
- cants
-
noun,
insincere, especially conventional expressions of enthusiasm for high ideals, goodness, or piety.
- uncos
-
noun,
something extraordinary or unusual; a novelty.
- 30-30
-
- Usnea
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noun,
any pale-green or gray, mosslike lichen of the genus Usnea, common on rocks and trees.
- USECC
-
- acct.
-
- accus
-
- acet-
-
- acnes
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noun,
an inflammatory disease of the sebaceous glands, characterized by comedones and pimples, especially on the face, back, and chest, and, in severe cases, by cysts and nodules resulting in scarring.
- unset
-
adjective,
not set; not solidified or made firm, as concrete or asphalt.
- Acton
-
noun,
a quilted garment worn under mail in the 13th and 14th centuries; gambeson.
- actos
-
- acute
-
noun,
the acute accent.
- aeons
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- Anton
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Anthony.
- tunes
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noun,
a succession of musical sounds forming an air or melody, with or without the harmony accompanying it.
- Ancon
-
noun,
the elbow.
- 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.
- anent
-
preposition,
in regard to; about; concerning.
- Aneto
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA). Spanish name of Pic de Néthou.
- annot
-
- touse
-
noun,
a commotion; rumpus.
- anon.
-
- Anson
-
noun,
a male given name.
- ante-
-
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- canto
-
noun,
one of the main or larger divisions of a long poem.
- auto.
-
- Ceuta
-
noun,
a seaport and enclave of Spain in N Morocco, on the Strait of Gibraltar.
- cent.
-
- conc.
-
- coact
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do or act together.
- Conan
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Stone
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- Steen
-
noun,
Jan [yahn] /yɑn/ (Show IPA), 1626–79, Dutch painter.
- nonas
-
noun,
sleeping sickness (def 2).
- snout
-
noun,
the part of an animal's head projecting forward and containing the nose and jaws; muzzle.
- cense
-
verb (used with object),
to burn incense near or in front of; perfume with incense.
- Coats
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- conns
-
noun,
responsibility for the steering of a ship.
- CENTO
-
noun,
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
- cents
-
noun,
a bronze coin of the U.S., the 100th part of a U.S. dollar: made of steel during part of 1943. Symbol: ¢.
- cesta
-
noun,
a narrow, curved basket fitted on one end to a wooden handle with a glovelike compartment at the base, for catching and throwing the ball.
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- Soane
-
noun,
Sir John, 1753–1837, English architect.
- cetes
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- coast
-
noun,
the land next to the sea; seashore:
- Cetus
-
noun,
the Whale, a constellation lying above the equator, containing the variable star Mira.
- Conn.
-
- cease
-
noun,
cessation:
- cont.
-
- cause
-
noun,
a person or thing that acts, happens, or exists in such a way that some specific thing happens as a result; the producer of an effect:
- Const
-
- taces
-
noun,
tasset.
- caste
-
noun,
Sociology.
an endogamous and hereditary social group limited to persons of the same rank, occupation, economic position, etc., and having mores distinguishing it from other such groups.
any rigid system of social distinctions.
- caus.
-
- Cates
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- Cons.
-
- Conte
-
noun,
count2 .
- Sunna
-
noun,
the traditional portion of Muslim law, based on the words and acts of Muhammad, and preserved in the traditional literature.
- tacos
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- 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.
- Utes
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- none
-
noun,
nones1 .
- Seen
-
verb,
past participle of see1 .
- Utas
-
noun,
any of several iguanid lizards of the genus Uta, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico.
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- nunc
-
adverb,
now.
- Tues
-
- USTC
-
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- tuns
-
noun,
a large cask for holding liquids, especially wine, ale, or beer.
- tune
-
noun,
a succession of musical sounds forming an air or melody, with or without the harmony accompanying it.
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- unto
-
preposition,
to (in its various uses, except as the accompaniment of the infinitive).
- not-
-
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- nos-
-
- USCA
-
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- sene
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Western Samoa, the 100th part of a tala.
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- noun
-
noun,
any member of a class of words that can function as the main or only elements of subjects of verbs (A dog just barked), or of objects of verbs or prepositions (to send money from home), and that in English can take plural forms and possessive endings (Three of his buddies want to borrow John's laptop). Nouns are often described as referring to persons, places, things, states, or qualities, and the word noun is itself often used as an attributive modifier, as in noun compound; noun group.
See also noun adjunct, noun clause, noun phrase.
Synonyms: substantive, name.
- nous
-
noun,
Greek Philosophy. mind or intellect.
- unco
-
noun,
something extraordinary or unusual; a novelty.
- nose
-
noun,
the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
- USNA
-
- 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.
- Oct.
-
- sone
-
noun,
a unit for measuring the loudness of sound, equal to the loudness of a sound that, in the judgment of a group of listeners, is equal to that of a 1000-cycle-per-second reference sound having an intensity of 40 decibels.
- teas
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- oust
-
verb (used with object),
to expel or remove from a place or position occupied:
- out-
-
- suet
-
noun,
the hard fatty tissue about the loins and kidneys of beef, sheep, etc., used in cooking or processed to yield tallow.
- ten.
-
- Tees
-
noun,
a river in N England, flowing E along the boundary between Durham and Yorkshire to the North Sea. 70 miles (113 km) long.
- sunn
-
noun,
a tall East Indian shrub, Crotalaria juncea, of the legume family, having slender branches and yellow flowers, and an inner bark that yields a hemplike fiber used for making ropes, sacking, etc.
- teen
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- outs
-
noun,
a means of escape or excuse, as from a place, punishment, retribution, responsibility, etc.:
- Saco
-
noun,
a city in SW Maine.
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- Tace
-
noun,
tasset.
- taco
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- Sat.
-
- SCAN
-
noun,
an act or instance of scanning; close examination.
- sate
-
noun,
a Southeast Asian, especially Indonesian and Malaysian, dish of marinated, bite-size pieces of meat, skewered, barbecued, and usually served with a peanut-flavored dipping sauce.
- Ouse
-
noun,
Also called Great Ouse. a river in E England, flowing NE to the Wash. 160 miles (260 km) long.
- stun
-
noun,
the act of stunning.
- sec.
-
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- seat
-
noun,
something designed to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair, bench, or pew; a place on or in which one sits.
- 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.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- Ste.
-
- tonn
-
- OEEC
-
- Osee
-
noun,
Hosea.
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- once
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- scut
-
noun,
a short tail, especially that of a hare, rabbit, or deer.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- Ont.
-
- onus
-
noun,
a difficult or disagreeable obligation, task, burden, etc.
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- 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.
- 1080
-
- non-
-
- 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.
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- eco-
-
- ect-
-
- aut-
-
- EEOC
-
- Aus.
-
- enc.
-
- aunt
-
noun,
the sister of one's father or mother.
- aune
-
noun,
an old French unit of measure for fabrics, equivalent to about 47 inches (119 cm).
- ence
-
- ates
-
- cac-
-
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- Ens.
-
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- eous
-
- Esau
-
noun,
a son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Jacob, to whom he sold his birthright. Gen. 25:21–25.
- asc-
-
- anus
-
noun,
the opening at the lower end of the alimentary canal, through which the solid refuse of digestion is excreted.
- esne
-
noun,
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a member of the lowest class; laborer.
- eso-
-
- ANTU
-
- est.
-
- ease
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- Can.
-
- ant.
-
- cose
-
verb (used without object),
coze.
- Cete
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- Ceta
-
noun,
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.
- cet-
-
- cene
-
- Cnut
-
noun,
Canute.
- cen.
-
- cees
-
noun,
the letter C.
- coat
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- coca
-
noun,
a shrub, Erythroxylon coca, native to the Andes, having simple, alternate leaves and small yellowish flowers.
- Con.
-
- cone
-
noun,
Geometry.
a solid whose surface is generated by a line passing through a fixed point and a fixed plane curve not containing the point, consisting of two equal sections joined at a vertex.
a plane surface resembling the cross section of a solid cone.
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- Cost
-
noun,
the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
- cute
-
noun,
the cutes, Informal. self-consciously cute mannerisms or appeal; affected coyness:
- Cote
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- Coue
-
noun,
Émile [ey-meel] /eɪˈmil/ (Show IPA), 1857–1926, French psychotherapist.
- 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.
- Cate
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- cat.
-
- cast
-
noun,
act of casting or throwing.
- cts.
-
- CASE
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- cues
-
noun,
anything said or done, on or off stage, that is followed by a specific line or action:
- 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.
- cunt
-
noun,
the vulva or vagina.
- cane
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- Ceto
-
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- nane
-
pronoun, adverb, adjective,
none1 .
- NCTE
-
- aesc
-
noun,
ash2 (def 3).
- aet.
-
- acne
-
noun,
an inflammatory disease of the sebaceous glands, characterized by comedones and pimples, especially on the face, back, and chest, and, in severe cases, by cysts and nodules resulting in scarring.
- ance
-
- acc.
-
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- aeon
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- nene
-
noun,
a barred, gray-brown wild goose, Nesochen sandvicensis, native to Hawaii, where it is the state bird.
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- neo-
-
- ann.
-
- neon
-
noun,
Chemistry. a chemically inert gaseous element occurring in small amounts in the earth's atmosphere, used chiefly in a type of electrical lamp. Symbol: Ne; atomic weight: 20.183; atomic number: 10; density: 0.9002 g/l at 0°C and 760 mm pressure.
- etc.
-
- nest
-
noun,
a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
- ano-
-
- 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.
- Acus
-
noun,
Surgery. a needle, especially one used in a surgical operation.
- Anne
-
noun,
1665–1714, queen of England 1702–14 (daughter of James II of England).
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- ACTS
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- CCA
-
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- CAS
-
verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- USC
-
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- ACS
-
- ACT
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- CCS
-
verb (used with object),
to send a duplicate of a document, email, or the like to:
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- 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.
- USO
-
- UTE
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- UTC
-
- ac-
-
- CEO
-
- Uta
-
noun,
any of several iguanid lizards of the genus Uta, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico.
- an.
-
- cee
-
noun,
the letter C.
- CCU
-
- AUC
-
- Stu
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stewart or Stuart.
- USN
-
- uns
-
- USE
-
noun,
the act of employing, using, or putting into service:
- CEA
-
- Sue
-
noun,
Eugène [œ-zhen] /œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), (Marie Joseph Sue) 1804–57, French novelist.
- CEC
-
- Une
-
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- 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.
- ATC
-
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- at.
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- tun
-
noun,
a large cask for holding liquids, especially wine, ale, or beer.
- Sta
-
- ASU
-
- ast
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- ASN
-
- ase
-
- tue
-
- AOU
-
- Tu.
-
- 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.
- TSE
-
- ANC
-
- USA
-
- UNO
-
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- TAU
-
noun,
the 19th letter of the Greek alphabet (T, τ).
- TCA
-
- TCS
-
- tea
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- ae.
-
- AEC
-
- ct.
-
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- UAE
-
- cs.
-
- Co.
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- unc
-
- cc.
-
- ca.
-
- Una
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “one.”.
- UCC
-
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- 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.
- St.
-
- OTS
-
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- ons
-
- ese
-
- Esc
-
- ose
-
- ESA
-
- ot-
-
- OTA
-
- ote
-
- CNC
-
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- NEA
-
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- EOE
-
- NEC
-
- So.
-
- SAC
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- ene
-
- SAE
-
- ESU
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- NUS
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- NCC
-
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- OSA
-
- OTC
-
- Nun
-
noun,
a woman member of a religious order, especially one bound by vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience.
- OAS
-
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- Nan
-
noun,
naan.
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- OAU
-
- Oca
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- ne-
-
- NUT
-
noun,
a dry fruit consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shell.
- OCC
-
- NCO
-
- NSU
-
- NSC
-
- OCS
-
- NSA
-
- eu-
-
- ETS
-
- ETO
-
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- en-
-
- EEO
-
- CSA
-
- CTC
-
- NOC
-
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- CTA
-
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- CST
-
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- CSO
-
- CSC
-
- COT
-
noun,
a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
- ctn
-
plural,
carton.
- COS
-
noun,
romaine.
- SNU
-
- SOC
-
noun,
sociology or a class or course in sociology.
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- CNS
-
- CNO
-
- CNN
-
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- Sou
-
noun,
(formerly) either of two bronze coins of France, equal to 5 centimes and 10 centimes.
- EEC
-
- cte
-
- NNE
-
- cue
-
noun,
anything said or done, on or off stage, that is followed by a specific line or action:
- ECU
-
noun,
the shield carried by a mounted man-at-arms in the Middle Ages.
- Nee
-
adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- Sau
-
noun,
German name of Sava.
- ECA
-
- ec-
-
- sc.
-
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- ean
-
- Oc.
-
- ea.
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- NES
-
- eo-
-
- NET
-
noun,
a bag or other contrivance of strong thread or cord worked into an open, meshed fabric, for catching fish, birds, or other animals:
- Cut
-
noun,
the act of cutting; a stroke or a blow, as with a knife, whip, etc.
- se-
-
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- A.
-
noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- NU
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- AO
-
- UT
-
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.
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- AU
-
plural,
to the; at the; with the.
- 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.
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noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
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noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
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noun,
ti1 .
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noun,
oy2 .
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verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
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adverb,
no1 .
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