Anagrams of Counter-Reformation
Word Counter-Reformation has
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- re-creation
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noun,
the act of creating anew.
- cementation
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noun,
the act, process, or result of cementing.
- reconnoiter
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verb (used with object),
to inspect, observe, or survey (the enemy, the enemy's strength or position, a region, etc.) in order to gain information for military purposes.
- tumefacient
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adjective,
tumefying; causing to swell.
- mountaineer
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noun,
an inhabitant of a mountainous district.
- tumefaction
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noun,
an act of making or becoming swollen or tumid.
- continuator
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noun,
a person or thing that continues.
- reconnoitre
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verb (used with or without object),
reconnoiter.
- Reformation
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noun,
the act of reforming; state of being reformed.
- retroaction
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noun,
action that is opposed or contrary to the preceding action.
- enumeration
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noun,
an act of enumerating.
- counterfort
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noun,
a buttress, especially one for strengthening a basement wall against the pressure of earth.
- counter-ion
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noun,
an ion in solution that associates itself with an ion of opposite charge on the surface of a member of a solute.
- innumerate
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adjective,
unfamiliar with mathematical concepts and methods; unable to use mathematics; not numerate.
- nitrometer
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noun,
an apparatus for determining the amount of nitrogen or nitrogen compounds in a substance or mixture.
- monoacetin
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noun,
acetin.
- terminator
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noun,
a person or thing that terminates.
- acroterion
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noun,
acroterium.
- refraction
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noun,
Physics. the change of direction of a ray of light, sound, heat, or the like, in passing obliquely from one medium into another in which its wave velocity is different.
- recreation
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noun,
refreshment by means of some pastime, agreeable exercise, or the like.
- autoerotic
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adjective,
producing sexual excitement or pleasure without association with another person or external stimulation.
- enantiomer
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noun,
either of a pair of optical isomers that are mirror images of each other.
- motoneuron
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noun,
motor neuron.
- cafetorium
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noun,
a large room, especially in a school, that functions both as a cafeteria and an auditorium.
- freemartin
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noun,
a female calf that is born as a twin with a male and is sterile as a result of exposure to masculinizing hormones produced by the male.
- acroterium
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noun,
a pedestal for a sculpture or ornament at each base or at the apex of a pediment.
- ratiometer
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noun,
(in three-color photography) a device for determining the exposure factors of the filters to be used.
- countermen
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noun,
a person who waits on customers from behind a counter, as in a cafeteria.
- counterman
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noun,
a person who waits on customers from behind a counter, as in a cafeteria.
- marionette
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noun,
a puppet manipulated from above by strings attached to its jointed limbs.
- one-to-one
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adjective,
Also, one-one. (of the relationship between two or more groups of things) corresponding element by element.
- tournament
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noun,
a trial of skill in some game, in which competitors play a series of contests:
- come-outer
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noun,
an outspoken or very active supporter of a cause, especially a reformer or a social activist.
- rencounter
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noun,
a hostile meeting; battle.
- remittance
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noun,
the sending of money, checks, etc., to a recipient at a distance.
- cartonnier
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noun,
an ornamental box for papers, usually for placing on a desk.
- urinometer
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noun,
a device for assessing the specific gravity of urine; a hydrometer for use on urine specimens.
- rotorcraft
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noun,
a rotary-wing aircraft.
- oceanfront
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noun,
the land along the shore of an ocean.
- racerunner
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noun,
a whiptail lizard, Cnemidophorus sexlineatus, common in the eastern and central U.S., that runs with great speed.
- continuate
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adjective,
continuing; uninterrupted.
- contortion
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noun,
the act or process of contorting.
- feneration
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noun,
the lending of money on interest.
- retraction
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noun,
the act of retracting or the state of being retracted.
- numeration
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noun,
an act or instance of or the process or result of numbering or counting.
- auctioneer
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noun,
a person who conducts sales by auction.
- coronation
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noun,
the act or ceremony of crowning a king, queen, or other sovereign.
- truncation
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noun,
the act or process of truncating.
- meritocrat
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noun,
a member of a meritocracy.
- fortunate
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adjective,
having good fortune; receiving good from uncertain or unexpected sources; lucky:
- fornicate
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adjective,
arched or vaulted in form.
- formation
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noun,
the act or process of forming or the state of being formed:
- forecourt
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noun,
Tennis. the part of either half of a tennis court that lies between the net and the line that marks the inbounds limit of a service.
Compare backcourt (def 1).
- force-out
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noun,
a put-out of a base runner on a force play.
- utterance
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noun,
an act of uttering; vocal expression.
- Fromentin
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noun,
Eugene [œ-zhen] /œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), 1820–76, French painter, critic, and author.
- interment
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noun,
the act or ceremony of interring; burial.
- Rocinante
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noun,
Rosinante.
- Marinette
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noun,
a city in NE Wisconsin.
- manticore
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noun,
a legendary monster with a man's head, horns, a lion's body, and the tail of a dragon or, sometimes, a scorpion.
- Rotameter
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noun,
an instrument for measuring the rate of flow of a liquid, consisting of a tapered vertical tube in which a small float is forced upward until its weight balances the fluid force.
- antecourt
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noun,
a forecourt.
- internat.
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- interface
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noun,
a surface regarded as the common boundary of two bodies, spaces, or phases.
- fruiterer
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noun,
a dealer in fruit.
- infortune
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noun,
Astrology. a planet or aspect of evil influence, especially Saturn or Mars.
- uncertain
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adjective,
not definitely ascertainable or fixed, as in time of occurrence, number, dimensions, or quality.
- informant
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noun,
a person who informs or gives information; informer.
- inertance
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noun,
the effect of inertia in an acoustic system, an impeding of the transmission of sound through the system.
- incurrent
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adjective,
carrying or relating to an inward current.
- increment
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noun,
something added or gained; addition; increase.
- runcinate
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adjective,
(of a leaf) pinnately incised, with the lobes or teeth curved backward.
- forcemeat
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noun,
a mixture of finely chopped and seasoned foods, usually containing egg white, meat or fish, etc., used as a stuffing or served alone.
- eruciform
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adjective,
having the physical characteristics of a caterpillar.
- tauriform
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adjective,
shaped like a bull or the head or horns of a bull.
- cormorant
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noun,
any of several voracious, totipalmate seabirds of the family Phalacrocoracidae, as Phalacrocorax carbo, of America, Europe, and Asia, having a long neck and a distensible pouch under the bill for holding captured fish, used in China for catching fish.
- tormentor
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noun,
a person or thing that torments.
- courtroom
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noun,
a room in which the sessions of a law court are held.
- coumarone
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noun,
a colorless liquid, C 8 H 6 O 7 , derived from a naphtha distilled from coal tar: used chiefly in the synthesis of coumarone resins.
- cotunnite
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noun,
a soft, white to yellowish mineral, lead chloride, PbCl 2 , that forms as an alteration product of galena.
- carnotite
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noun,
a yellow, earthy, hydrous potassium uranium vanadate: an ore of uranium.
- cornerman
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noun,
Basketball. a forward.
- container
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noun,
anything that contains or can contain something, as a carton, box, crate, or can.
- crenature
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noun,
a crenation.
- confiture
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noun,
a confection; a preserve, as of fruit.
- Comintern
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noun,
Third International.
- Comforter
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noun,
a person or thing that comforts.
- Cointreau
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- cofeature
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noun,
a movie that shares a bill with another movie.
- cinerator
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noun,
an incinerator.
- centurion
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noun,
(in the ancient Roman army) the commander of a century.
- crenation
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noun,
a rounded projection or tooth, as on the margin of a leaf.
- cuneiform
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noun,
cuneiform characters or writing.
- atonement
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noun,
satisfaction or reparation for a wrong or injury; amends.
- autonomic
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adjective,
autonomous.
- focometer
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noun,
an instrument for measuring the focal length of a lens or other optical system.
- fire-cure
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verb (used with object),
to cure (tobacco) by means of open fires, the smoke and flame imparting a creosotic flavor.
- tectiform
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noun,
Archaeology. a design found in Paleolithic cave art and believed to represent a structure or dwelling.
- tentorium
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noun,
Anatomy. an extension of one of the membranes covering the cerebrum which, with the transverse fissure, separates the cerebrum from the cerebellum.
- terminate
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verb (used with object),
to bring to an end; put an end to:
- terrarium
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noun,
a vivarium for land animals (distinguished from aquarium).
- tierceron
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noun,
(in a ribbed vault) a diagonal rib, other than an ogive, springing from a point of support.
- tonometer
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noun,
an instrument for measuring the frequencies of tones, as a tuning fork or a graduated set of tuning forks.
- enunciate
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verb (used with object),
to utter or pronounce (words, sentences, etc.), especially in an articulate or a particular manner:
- entertain
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verb (used with object),
to hold the attention of pleasantly or agreeably; divert; amuse.
- encounter
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noun,
a meeting with a person or thing, especially a casual, unexpected, or brief meeting:
- enactment
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noun,
the act of enacting.
- emittance
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noun,
the total flux emitted per unit area.
- tocometer
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noun,
tokodynamometer.
- ton-force
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noun,
two thousand pound-force. Abbreviation: tonf.
- mentation
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noun,
mental activity.
- routineer
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noun,
a person who follows or adheres to routine or a routine.
- mercurate
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noun,
Also, mercuriate [mer-kyoo r-ee-it, -eyt] /mərˈkyʊər i ɪt, -ˌeɪt/ (Show IPA). any salt in which bivalent mercury is part of a complex anion.
- nectarine
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noun,
a variety or mutation of peach having a smooth, downless skin.
- nutriment
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noun,
any substance or matter that, taken into a living organism, serves to sustain it in its existence, promoting growth, replacing loss, and providing energy.
- retractor
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noun,
a person or thing that retracts.
- retortion
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noun,
the act of turning or bending back.
- numerator
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noun,
Arithmetic. the term of a fraction, usually above the line, that indicates the number of equal parts that are to be added together; the dividend placed over a divisor:
Compare denominator (def 1).
- retention
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noun,
the act of retaining.
- monacetin
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noun,
acetin.
- notionate
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adjective,
strong-willed or stubborn.
- neuration
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noun,
venation, as of an insect's wings.
- moutonnee
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adjective,
noting or pertaining to a rock formation having a rounded outline like the back of a sheep, resulting from glacial action.
Compare roche moutonnée.
- rencontre
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noun,
rencounter.
- rectorate
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noun,
the office, dignity, or term of a rector.
- remontant
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noun,
a remontant rose.
- octameter
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adjective,
consisting of eight measures or feet.
- recurrent
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adjective,
that recurs; occurring or appearing again, especially repeatedly or periodically.
- reentrant
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noun,
a reentering angle or part.
- refection
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noun,
refreshment, especially with food or drink.
- mucronate
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adjective,
having an abruptly projecting point, as a feather or leaf.
- reiterant
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adjective,
reiterating or repeating, especially to an intensified degree:
- nanometer
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noun,
one billionth of a meter. Abbreviation: nm.
- reinforce
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noun,
something that reinforces.
- afternoon
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noun,
the time from noon until evening.
- refinance
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verb (used with object),
to finance again.
- refractor
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noun,
a person or thing that refracts.
- reformate
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noun,
the product of the reforming process.
- raconteur
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noun,
a person who is skilled in relating stories and anecdotes interestingly.
- acre-foot
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noun,
a unit of volume of water in irrigation: the amount covering one acre to a depth of one foot, equal to 43,560 cubic feet.
- aforetime
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adverb,
in time past; in a former time; previously.
- micturate
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verb (used without object),
to pass urine; urinate.
- orientate
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verb (used with or without object),
orient (defs 4–12).
- one-acter
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noun,
a short play consisting of one act.
- octometer
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noun,
octameter.
- retrofire
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verb (used with object),
to ignite (a retrorocket).
- microtone
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noun,
any musical interval smaller than a semitone, specifically, a quarter tone.
- outercoat
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noun,
coat (def 1).
- neoteric
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noun,
a new or modern writer, thinker, etc.
- tincture
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noun,
Pharmacology. a solution of alcohol or of alcohol and water, containing animal, vegetable, or chemical drugs.
- recreant
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noun,
a coward.
- Touraine
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noun,
a former province in W France. Capital: Tours.
- Ottonian
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adjective,
of or relating to the German dynasty (Otto I, II, III) that ruled as emperors of the Holy Roman Empire from 962 to 1002.
- neurotic
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noun,
a neurotic person.
- enforcer
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noun,
a person or thing that enforces.
- cut-rate
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noun,
a price, fare, or rate below the standard charge.
- neutrino
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noun,
any of the massless or nearly massless electrically neutral leptons. There is a distinct kind of neutrino associated with each of the massive leptons.
- cuniform
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adjective, noun,
cuneiform.
- re-count
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noun,
a second or additional count, as of votes in an election.
- cumarone
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noun,
coumarone.
- toreutic
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adjective,
of or relating to toreutics or the objects produced by this technique.
- one-time
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adjective,
having been as specified at one time; former:
- traction
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noun,
the adhesive friction of a body on some surface, as a wheel on a rail or a tire on a road.
- oratorio
-
noun,
an extended musical composition with a text more or less dramatic in character and usually based upon a religious theme, for solo voices, chorus, and orchestra, and performed without action, costume, or scenery.
- orometer
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noun,
an aneroid barometer with a scale giving elevations above sea level, used to determine land-surface altitudes.
- Cernauti
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noun,
a city in SW Ukraine, on the Prut River: formerly in Romania.
- tetramer
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noun,
a molecule composed of four identical, simpler molecules.
- Teucrian
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noun,
one of the ancient Trojans.
- eructate
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verb (used with or without object),
to eruct.
- trecento
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noun,
the 14th century, with reference to Italy, and especially to its art or literature.
- Cimarron
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noun,
bighorn.
- Teutonic
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noun,
Germanic.
- coatroom
-
noun,
cloakroom (def 1).
- Nanterre
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noun,
a city in and the capital of Hauts-de-Seine, in N France: W suburb of Paris.
- erection
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noun,
the act of erecting.
- time-out
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noun,
a brief suspension of activity; intermission or break.
- narceine
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noun,
a narcotic alkaloid, C 23 H 27 NO 8 , occurring in opium and acting as a mild relaxant on smooth muscle.
- trainmen
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noun,
a member of the crew that operates a railroad train, usually an assistant to the conductor, such as a brakeman or flagman.
- cretonne
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noun,
a heavy cotton material in colorfully printed designs, used especially for drapery and slipcovers.
- entrance
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noun,
an act of entering, as into a place or upon new duties.
- cromorne
-
noun,
crumhorn.
- Conneaut
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noun,
a city in NE Ohio.
- Recamier
-
noun,
a backless day bed of the Directoire and Empire periods, having raised ends of equal height.
- numerate
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adjective,
able to use or understand numerical techniques of mathematics.
- outrance
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noun,
the utmost extremity.
- Torrence
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noun,
(Frederic) Ridgely [rij-lee] /ˈrɪdʒ li/ (Show IPA), 1875–1950, U.S. poet, playwright, and editor.
- corotate
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verb (used without object),
to rotate jointly, as with another rotating object or field.
- coronium
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noun,
a hypothetical element once thought to exist because certain spectral lines in the emission spectrum of the solar corona could not be identified by known elements. These lines were subsequently found to be emitted by certain highly ionized metals.
- conation
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noun,
the part of mental life having to do with striving, including desire and volition.
- nuciform
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adjective,
having the shape of a nut; nut-shaped.
- coronate
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adjective,
having or wearing a crown, coronet, or the like.
- toucanet
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noun,
any of several small South and Central American toucans, especially of the genus Aulacorhynchus.
- cotenant
-
noun,
a joint tenant.
- nutation
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noun,
an act or instance of nodding one's head, especially involuntarily or spasmodically.
- contrite
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adjective,
caused by or showing sincere remorse.
- contrate
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adjective,
(of a gear) having teeth at right angles to the plane of rotation.
- nutrient
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noun,
a nutrient substance.
- confetti
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plural noun,
(used with a singular verb) small bits of paper, usually colored, thrown or dropped from a height to enhance the gaiety of a festive event, as a parade, wedding, or New Year's Eve party.
- continuo
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noun,
a keyboard accompanying part consisting originally of a figured bass, which in modern scores is usually realized, and serving to provide or fill out the harmonic texture.
- continue
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verb (used with object),
to go on with or persist in:
- confrere
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noun,
a fellow member of a fraternity, profession, etc.; colleague:
- Torrance
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noun,
a city in SW California, SW of Los Angeles.
- notturno
-
noun,
an 18th-century composition for chamber orchestra, similar to a serenade or a divertimento.
- confront
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verb (used with object),
to face in hostility or defiance; oppose:
- Courtrai
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noun,
a city in W Belgium, on the Lys River: important medieval city.
- cremator
-
noun,
a person who cremates.
- no-count
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adjective, noun,
no-account.
- creature
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noun,
an animal, especially a nonhuman:
- Creation
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noun,
the act of producing or causing to exist; the act of creating; engendering.
- creatine
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noun,
an amino acid, C 4 H 9 N 3 O 2 , that is a constituent of the muscles of vertebrates and is phosphorylated to store energy used for muscular contraction.
- Craftint
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- nocturia
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noun,
a condition in which one often wakes up during the night to urinate.
- courtier
-
noun,
a person who is often in attendance at the court of a king or other royal personage.
- coumarin
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noun,
a fragrant crystalline substance, C 9 H 6 O 2 , obtained from the tonka bean, sweet clover, and certain other plants or prepared synthetically, used chiefly in soaps and perfumery.
- courante
-
noun,
a dance dating back to the 17th century and characterized by a running or gliding step.
- nocturne
-
noun,
a piece appropriate to the night or evening.
- nominate
-
adjective,
having a particular name.
- noontime
-
noun,
noon; noontide; noonday:
- Eurocrat
-
noun,
a member of the executive and technical staff at the headquarters of the European Common Market.
- notation
-
noun,
a system of graphic symbols for a specialized use, other than ordinary writing:
- counter-
-
- ointment
-
noun,
a soft, unctuous preparation, often medicated, for application to the skin; unguent.
- reaction
-
noun,
a reverse movement or tendency; an action in a reverse direction or manner.
- Terceira
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noun,
an island in the Azores, in the N Atlantic. 153 sq. mi. (395 sq. km). Capital: Angra do Heroismo.
- reformer
-
noun,
a person devoted to bringing about reform, as in politics or society.
- routemen
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noun,
a person who works in a specified area or covers a specific route, as a mail carrier or truckdriver.
- intonate
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verb (used with object),
to utter with a particular tone or modulation of voice.
- intonaco
-
noun,
(formerly in fresco painting) the last and finest coat of plaster, usually applied in sections and painted while still damp with colors ground in water or a lime-water mixture.
- internet
-
noun,
a vast computer network linking smaller computer networks worldwide (usually preceded by the). The Internet includes commercial, educational, governmental, and other networks, all of which use the same set of communications protocols.
- re-trace
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verb (used with object),
to trace again, as lines in writing or drawing.
- intercut
-
noun,
a film sequence or scene produced by intercutting.
- retirant
-
noun,
retiree.
- intercom
-
noun,
an intercommunication system.
- interact
-
verb (used without object),
to act one upon another.
- routeman
-
noun,
a person who works in a specified area or covers a specific route, as a mail carrier or truckdriver.
- retiform
-
adjective,
netlike; reticulate.
- roturier
-
noun,
a person of low rank; plebeian.
- reticent
-
adjective,
disposed to be silent or not to speak freely; reserved.
- informer
-
noun,
a person who informs against another, especially for money or other reward.
- retainer
-
noun,
a person or thing that retains.
- reorient
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adjective,
Rare. rising anew.
- inerrant
-
adjective,
free from error; infallible.
- monocrat
-
noun,
a person favoring monocracy.
- monotint
-
noun,
monochrome.
- increate
-
adjective,
not created; uncreated.
- incenter
-
noun,
the center of an inscribed circle; that point where the bisectors of the angles of a triangle or of a regular polygon intersect.
- intranet
-
noun,
a computer network with restricted access, as within a company, that uses software and protocols developed for the Internet.
- Minotaur
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noun,
Classical Mythology. a monster, the offspring of Pasiphaë and the Cretan bull, that had the head of a bull on the body of a man: housed in the Cretan Labyrinth, it was fed on human flesh until Theseus, helped by Ariadne, killed it.
- ruminate
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verb (used with object),
to chew again or over and over.
- manicure
-
noun,
a cosmetic treatment of the hands and fingernails, including trimming and polishing of the nails and removing cuticles.
- meteoric
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or consisting of meteors.
- ritenuto
-
adverb, adjective,
(of a passage in a musical score) immediately slower.
- Martinon
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noun,
Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1910–76, French violinist, conductor, and composer.
- martinet
-
noun,
a strict disciplinarian, especially a military one.
- Maronite
-
noun,
a member of a body of Uniates living chiefly in Lebanon, who maintain a Syriac liturgy and a married clergy, and who are governed by the patriarch of Antioch.
- Mariette
-
noun,
Auguste Édouard [oh-gyst ey-dwar] /oʊˈgüst eɪˈdwar/ (Show IPA), 1821–81, French Egyptologist.
- Romanite
-
noun,
a fossil resin similar to amber, used for jewelry.
- romantic
-
noun,
a romantic person.
- retroact
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verb (used without object),
to act in opposition; react.
- rooftree
-
noun,
the ridgepole of a roof.
- rotiform
-
adjective,
shaped like a wheel.
- roomette
-
noun,
a small private compartment in the sleeping car of a train, usually for one person, containing its own washroom facilities and a bed that folds against the wall when not in use.
- iterance
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noun,
iteration.
- re-treat
-
verb (used with or without object),
to treat again.
- rotation
-
noun,
the act of rotating; a turning around as on an axis.
- rotenone
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, poisonous heterocyclic compound, C 23 H 22 O 6 , obtained from derris root: used chiefly as the active ingredient of certain insecticides and in medicine in the treatment of chiggers and scabies.
- irrorate
-
adjective,
marked with small spots of color; speckled.
- iron-man
-
noun,
a person, as a worker or athlete, of great physical endurance who can be depended upon to perform a given task or job tirelessly.
- Rotifera
-
noun,
the phylum or class comprising the rotifers.
- Minorcan
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Minorca.
- ruminant
-
noun,
any even-toed, hoofed mammal of the suborder Ruminantia, being comprised of cloven-hoofed, cud-chewing quadrupeds, and including, besides domestic cattle, bison, buffalo, deer, antelopes, giraffes, camels, and chevrotains.
- monotone
-
noun,
a vocal utterance or series of speech sounds in one unvaried tone.
- factotum
-
noun,
a person, as a handyman or servant, employed to do all kinds of work around the house.
- remanent
-
adjective,
remaining; left behind.
- foot-ton
-
noun,
a foot-pound-second unit of work or energy, equivalent to 2240 foot-pounds and equal to the energy expended in raising a ton of 2240 pounds a distance of one foot against the force of gravity.
- footrace
-
noun,
a race run by contestants on foot.
- footnote
-
noun,
an explanatory or documenting note or comment at the bottom of a page, referring to a specific part of the text on the page.
- remotion
-
noun,
the act of removing; removal.
- Fomorian
-
noun,
one of a race of pirates or sea demons who raided and pillaged Ireland but were finally defeated: sometimes associated with the hostile powers of nature.
- remitter
-
noun,
Law.
the principle or operation by which a person who enters on an estate by a defective title, and who previously had an earlier and more valid title to it, is adjudged to hold it by the earlier and more valid one.
the act of remitting a case to another court for decision.
- tautomer
-
noun,
a compound that exhibits tautomerism.
- tear-out
-
adjective,
designed to be easily torn out, as from bound matter:
- fireroom
-
noun,
a chamber in which the boilers of a steam vessel are fired.
- ornament
-
noun,
an accessory, article, or detail used to beautify the appearance of something to which it is added or of which it is a part:
- forename
-
noun,
a name that precedes the family name or surname; first name.
- fine-cut
-
adjective,
cut into very thin strips (contrasted with rough-cut):
- feterita
-
noun,
a grain sorghum cultivated for grain and forage.
- tenorite
-
noun,
a mineral, cupric oxide, CuO, occurring in veins of copper in black, minute scales.
- tentoria
-
noun,
Anatomy. an extension of one of the membranes covering the cerebrum which, with the transverse fissure, separates the cerebrum from the cerebellum.
- Mercator
-
noun,
Gerhardus [jer-hahr-duh s] /dʒərˈhɑr dəs/ (Show IPA), (Gerhard Kremer) 1512–94, Flemish cartographer and geographer.
- muricate
-
adjective,
covered with short, sharp points.
- mutation
-
noun,
Biology.
a sudden departure from the parent type in one or more heritable characteristics, caused by a change in a gene or a chromosome.
an individual, species, or the like, resulting from such a departure.
- mutineer
-
noun,
a person who mutinies.
- Fairmont
-
noun,
a city in W West Virginia.
- renature
-
verb (used with object),
to restore (a denatured substance) to its former, natural state.
- forenoon
-
noun,
the period of daylight before noon.
- ice-foot
-
noun,
(in polar regions) a belt of ice frozen to the shore, formed chiefly as a result of the rise and fall of the tides.
- renounce
-
noun,
Cards. an act or instance of renouncing.
- taciturn
-
adjective,
inclined to silence; reserved in speech; reluctant to join in conversation.
- Taconite
-
noun,
a low-grade iron ore, containing about 27 percent iron and 51 percent silica, found as a hard rock formation in the Lake Superior region.
- furriner
-
noun,
a foreigner.
- function
-
noun,
the kind of action or activity proper to a person, thing, or institution; the purpose for which something is designed or exists; role.
- Monteria
-
noun,
a city in N Colombia.
- frotteur
-
noun,
a person who practices frottage.
- frontier
-
noun,
the part of a country that borders another country; boundary; border.
- Montfort
-
noun,
Simon de [see-mawn duh] /siˈmɔ̃ də/ (Show IPA), c1160–1218, French leader of the crusade against the Albigenses.
- frenetic
-
adjective,
frantic; frenzied.
- Tarentum
-
noun,
ancient name of Taranto.
- foretime
-
noun,
former or past time; the past.
- renitent
-
adjective,
resisting pressure; resistant.
- francium
-
noun,
a radioactive element of the alkali metal group. Symbol: Fr; atomic number: 87.
- Francine
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Frances.
- fracture
-
noun,
the breaking of a bone, cartilage, or the like, or the resulting condition.
Compare comminuted fracture, complete fracture, compound fracture, greenstick fracture, simple fracture.
- Fraction
-
noun,
Mathematics.
a number usually expressed in the form a/b.
a ratio of algebraic quantities similarly expressed.
- fourteen
-
noun,
a cardinal number, ten plus four.
- fountain
-
noun,
a spring or source of water; the source or head of a stream.
- motorcar
-
noun,
Chiefly British. an automobile.
- reniform
-
adjective,
kidney-shaped:
- Mountain
-
noun,
a natural elevation of the earth's surface rising more or less abruptly to a summit, and attaining an altitude greater than that of a hill, usually greater than 2000 feet (610 meters).
- centiare
-
noun,
a square meter. Abbreviation: ca.
- retrofit
-
noun,
something that has been retrofitted.
- urticant
-
adjective,
producing a stinging or itching sensation.
- antirent
-
adjective,
noting or pertaining to a political party (1839–47) in New York that opposed the payment of rents to patroons.
- truncate
-
adjective,
truncated.
- turmeric
-
noun,
the aromatic rhizome of an Asian plant, Curcuma domestica (or C. longa), of the ginger family.
- acromion
-
noun,
the outward end of the spine of the scapula or shoulder blade.
- urticate
-
verb (used with object),
to sting with or as if with nettles.
- trimotor
-
noun,
an airplane or other vehicle that has three motors.
- antimere
-
noun,
a segment or division of the body having a corresponding segment or division that is opposite to it relative to the longitudinal axis of the body.
- unfetter
-
verb (used with object),
to release from fetters.
- antinome
-
noun,
something that is contradictory or opposite to another; a logical contradiction.
- cat-foot
-
verb (used without object),
to move in the soft, stealthy manner of a cat; pussyfoot.
- turncoat
-
noun,
a person who changes to the opposite party or faction, reverses principles, etc.; renegade.
- amoretto
-
noun,
a little cupid.
- unciform
-
adjective,
hook-shaped.
- Cameroun
-
noun,
Cameroon (def 1).
- Cameroon
-
noun,
Also, Cameroun. Official name United Republic of Cameroon. an independent republic in W Africa: formed 1960 by the French trusteeship of Cameroun; Southern Cameroons incorporated as a self-governing province 1961. 183,350 sq. mi. (474,877 sq. km). Capital: Yaoundé.
- arterio-
-
- auriform
-
adjective,
shaped like an ear, as the shell of certain mollusks.
- arciform
-
adjective,
resembling an arch in appearance.
- trimeter
-
noun,
a verse of three measures or feet.
- anteroom
-
noun,
a room that admits to a larger room.
- Turcoman
-
noun,
Turkoman.
- trifecta
-
noun,
a type of bet, especially on horse races, in which the bettor must select the first three finishers in exact order.
- tunicate
-
noun,
Zoology. any sessile marine chordate of the subphylum Tunicata (Urochordata), having a saclike body enclosed in a thick membrane or tunic and two openings or siphons for the ingress and egress of water.
- canotier
-
noun,
a fabric constructed in a twill weave, used in the manufacture of yachting clothes.
- air-core
-
adjective,
having a nonmagnetic core, as one of fiber or plastic, encircled by a coil (air-core coil) or containing one or more such coils:
- ceinture
-
noun,
cincture (defs 1, 2).
- uncinate
-
adjective,
hooked; bent at the end like a hook.
- aeriform
-
adjective,
having the form or nature of air; gaseous.
- Carriere
-
noun,
Eugène [œ-zhen] /œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), 1849–1906, French painter and lithographer.
- Carteret
-
noun,
John, Earl of Granville, 1690–1763, British statesman and orator.
- anterior
-
adjective,
situated before or at the front of; fore (opposed to posterior).
- carotene
-
noun,
any of three yellow or orange fat-soluble pigments having the formula C 40 H 56 , found in many plants, especially carrots, and transformed to vitamin A in the liver; provitamin A.
- encomia
-
noun,
a formal expression of high praise; eulogy:
- entomo-
-
- unmiter
-
verb (used with object),
to deprive of a miter; depose from the rank of a bishop.
- Emerita
-
noun,
a woman with such status.
- furcate
-
adjective,
forked; branching.
- Cairene
-
noun,
a native or resident of Cairo, Egypt.
- functor
-
noun,
that which functions.
- motoric
-
adjective,
motor (def 11).
- actinon
-
noun,
a chemically inert, gaseous, short-lived isotope of radon that is a member of the actinium series. Symbol: An; atomic number: 86; atomic weight: 219.
- ruinate
-
adjective,
ruined.
- eminent
-
adjective,
high in station, rank, or repute; prominent; distinguished:
- incomer
-
noun,
a person who comes in.
- arenite
-
noun,
psammite.
- ruction
-
noun,
a disturbance, quarrel, or row.
- entrain
-
verb (used with object),
to put aboard a train.
- Cameron
-
noun,
Julia Margaret, 1815–79, English photographer, born in India.
- reactor
-
noun,
a person or thing that reacts or undergoes reaction.
- actino-
-
- ecotone
-
noun,
the transition zone between two different plant communities, as that between forest and prairie.
- nominee
-
noun,
a person nominated, as to run for elective office or fill a particular post.
- enforce
-
verb (used with object),
to put or keep in force; compel obedience to:
- furnace
-
noun,
a structure or apparatus in which heat may be generated, as for heating houses, smelting ores, or producing steam.
- mourner
-
noun,
a person who mourns.
- nocturn
-
noun,
the office of matins, consisting of nine psalms and either three or nine lessons.
- tinamou
-
noun,
any of several birds of the family Tinamidae, of South and Central America, related to the ratite birds but superficially resembling the gallinaceous birds.
- furmint
-
noun,
a variety of grape from which Tokay is made.
- enation
-
noun,
a small outgrowth of plant tissue, usually on a leaf, caused by virus infection.
- rattoon
-
noun,
a sprout or shoot from the root of a plant, especially a sugarcane, after it has been cropped.
- unmitre
-
verb (used with object),
unmiter.
- taction
-
noun,
touch; contact.
- enteric
-
noun,
enterics, Bacteriology. enterobacteria.
- entero-
-
- emirate
-
noun,
the office or rank of an emir.
- ratteen
-
noun,
ratiné.
- furrier
-
noun,
a person who buys and sells furs, or one who makes, repairs, or cleans furs and fur garments; a fur dealer or fur dresser.
- Mountie
-
noun,
a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
- enounce
-
verb (used with object),
to utter or pronounce, as words; enunciate.
- remount
-
noun,
a fresh horse or supply of fresh horses.
- emitter
-
noun,
a person or thing that emits.
- enteron
-
noun,
the alimentary canal; the digestive tract.
- mounter
-
noun,
a person or thing that mounts.
- emotion
-
noun,
an affective state of consciousness in which joy, sorrow, fear, hate, or the like, is experienced, as distinguished from cognitive and volitional states of consciousness.
- Noricum
-
noun,
an ancient Roman province in central Europe, roughly corresponding to the part of Austria south of the Danube.
- arcform
-
adjective,
noting a type of cargo-ship construction in which the sides have the form of arcs so drawn that the greatest breadth is at load waterline, the purpose being to promote the flow of water to the propeller with an easy bilge and without loss of capacity.
- monuron
-
noun,
a white crystalline solid, C 9 H 11 ClN 2 O, used as a herbicide, especially for broad-leaved plants.
- tritone
-
noun,
an interval consisting of three whole tones; an augmented fourth.
- urinate
-
verb (used without object),
to pass or discharge urine.
- ionomer
-
noun,
any of a class of plastics that because of its ionic bonding action is capable of conducting electric current.
- torment
-
noun,
a state of great bodily or mental suffering; agony; misery.
- crouton
-
noun,
a small piece of fried or toasted bread, sometimes seasoned, used as a garnish for soups, salads, and other dishes.
- Crotone
-
noun,
a city in S Italy; ancient Greek colony.
- Rotorua
-
noun,
a city on N central North Island, in New Zealand.
- rainout
-
noun,
a contest, performance, or the like, that has been rained out.
- antero-
-
- rentier
-
noun,
a person who has a fixed income, as from lands or bonds.
- crofter
-
noun,
a person who rents and works a small farm, especially in Scotland or northern England.
- critter
-
noun,
a domesticated animal.
- morceau
-
noun,
piece; morsel.
- aciform
-
adjective,
needle-shaped; acicular.
- montero
-
noun,
a Spanish hunter's cap, round in shape and having an earflap.
- Aretino
-
noun,
Pietro [pye-traw] /ˈpyɛ trɔ/ (Show IPA), 1492–1556, Italian satirist and dramatist.
- rotifer
-
noun,
any microscopic animal of the phylum (or class) Rotifera, found in fresh and salt waters, having one or more rings of cilia on the anterior end.
- acetone
-
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.
- Ironton
-
noun,
a city in S Ohio, on the Ohio River.
- montane
-
noun,
the lower vegetation belt on mountains.
- anomite
-
noun,
a variety of mica, similar to biotite but differing in optical orientation.
- raiment
-
noun,
clothing; apparel; attire.
- rotator
-
noun,
a person or thing that rotates.
- crenate
-
adjective,
having the margin notched or scalloped so as to form rounded teeth, as a leaf.
- Cremona
-
noun,
a city in N Italy, on the Po River.
- moraine
-
noun,
a ridge, mound, or irregular mass of unstratified glacial drift, chiefly boulders, gravel, sand, and clay.
- Torenia
-
noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Torenia, of the figwort family, native to Africa and Asia, having two-lipped, usually blue or purple flowers.
- infante
-
noun,
any son of the king of Spain or of Portugal who is not heir to the throne.
- Currier
-
noun,
a person who dresses and colors leather after it is tanned.
- infarct
-
noun,
a localized area of tissue, as in the heart or kidney, that is dying or dead, having been deprived of its blood supply because of an obstruction by embolism or thrombosis.
- Inferno
-
noun,
hell; the infernal regions.
- routine
-
noun,
a customary or regular course of procedure.
- tomenta
-
noun,
pubescence consisting of longish, soft, entangled hairs pressed close to the surface.
- mortice
-
noun,
a notch, hole, groove, or slot made in a piece of wood or the like to receive a tenon of the same dimensions.
- to-name
-
noun,
a nickname, especially one to distinguish a person from others of the same name.
- entreat
-
verb (used with object),
to ask (a person) earnestly; beseech; implore; beg:
- tonetic
-
noun,
the phonetic study of tone in language.
- infract
-
verb (used with object),
to break, violate, or infringe (a law, commitment, etc.).
- curtate
-
adjective,
shortened; reduced; abbreviated.
- curtain
-
noun,
a hanging piece of fabric used to shut out the light from a window, adorn a room, increase privacy, etc.
- current
-
noun,
a flowing; flow, as of a river.
- aconite
-
noun,
any plant belonging to the genus Aconitum, of the buttercup family, having irregular flowers usually in loose clusters, including species with poisonous and medicinal properties.
- currant
-
noun,
a small seedless raisin, produced chiefly in California and in the Levant, and used in cookery and confectionery.
- tonneau
-
noun,
a rear part or compartment of an automobile body, containing seats for passengers.
- Antoine
-
noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1858–1943, French theatrical director, manager, and critic.
- curette
-
noun,
a scoop-shaped surgical instrument for removing tissue from body cavities, as the uterus.
- curator
-
noun,
the person in charge of a museum, art collection, etc.
- interne
-
noun, verb (used without object),
intern2 .
- nourice
-
noun,
a nurse.
- tontine
-
noun,
an annuity scheme in which subscribers share a common fund with the benefit of survivorship, the survivors' shares being increased as the subscribers die, until the whole goes to the last survivor.
- anticum
-
noun,
pronaos.
- cumarin
-
noun,
coumarin.
- intrant
-
noun,
a person who enters (a college, association, etc.); entrant.
- intreat
-
verb (used with or without object),
entreat.
- entrant
-
noun,
a competitor in a contest.
- nutmeat
-
noun,
the kernel of a nut, usually edible.
- remnant
-
noun,
a remaining, usually small part, quantity, number, or the like.
- Formica
-
- foremen
-
noun,
a person in charge of a particular department, group of workers, etc., as in a factory or the like.
- feature
-
noun,
a prominent or conspicuous part or characteristic:
- forerun
-
verb (used with object),
to run in front of; come before; precede.
- Turenne
-
noun,
Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne de [ahn-ree duh la toor doh-vern-yuh duh] /ɑ̃ˈri də la ˈtur doʊˈvɛrn yə də/ (Show IPA), 1611–75, French general and marshal.
- recruit
-
noun,
a newly enlisted or drafted member of the armed forces.
- neonate
-
noun,
a newborn child, or one in its first 28 days.
- formant
-
noun,
Music. the range and number of partials present in a tone of a specific instrument, representing its timbre.
- formate
-
noun,
a salt or ester of formic acid.
- farrier
-
noun,
a blacksmith.
- far-out
-
adjective,
unconventional; offbeat; avant-garde.
- farmout
-
noun,
an act or instance of farming out or leasing, as land for oil exploration.
- turfman
-
noun,
a person who is extremely devoted to horse racing.
- Foreman
-
noun,
a person in charge of a particular department, group of workers, etc., as in a factory or the like.
- farceur
-
noun,
a writer or director of or actor in farce.
- FORTRAN
-
noun,
a high-level programming language used mainly for solving problems in science and engineering.
- Fortuna
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess of fortune, identified with the Greek goddess Tyche.
- Fortune
-
noun,
position in life as determined by wealth:
- termite
-
noun,
any of numerous pale-colored, soft-bodied, chiefly tropical social insects, of the order Isoptera, that feed on wood, some being highly destructive to buildings, furniture, etc.
- fouette
-
noun,
a whipping movement of the free leg, often executed during a turn.
- foumart
-
noun,
the European polecat, Mustela putorius.
- fancier
-
noun,
a person having a liking for or interest in something; enthusiast:
- murrain
-
noun,
Veterinary Pathology. any of various diseases of cattle, as anthrax, foot-and-mouth disease, and Texas fever.
- neuroma
-
noun,
a tumor formed of nerve tissue.
- faitour
-
noun,
impostor; fake.
- Fourier
-
noun,
François Marie Charles [frahn-swa ma-ree sharl] /frɑ̃ˈswa maˈri ʃarl/ (Show IPA), 1772–1837, French socialist, writer, and reformer.
- auction
-
noun,
Also called public sale. a publicly held sale at which property or goods are sold to the highest bidder.
- forearm
-
noun,
Anatomy. the part of the arm between the elbow and the wrist.
- faience
-
noun,
glazed earthenware or pottery, especially a fine variety with highly colored designs.
- ferrate
-
noun,
a salt of the hypothetical ferric acid, H 2 FeO 4 .
- Nanette
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Ann.
- Finance
-
noun,
the management of revenues; the conduct or transaction of money matters generally, especially those affecting the public, as in the fields of banking and investment.
- firearm
-
noun,
a small arms weapon, as a rifle or pistol, from which a projectile is fired by gunpowder.
- natrium
-
noun,
(formerly) sodium.
- fireman
-
noun,
a person employed to extinguish or prevent fires; firefighter.
- firemen
-
noun,
a person employed to extinguish or prevent fires; firefighter.
- teatime
-
noun,
the time at which tea is served or taken, usually in the late afternoon.
- fiancee
-
noun,
a woman engaged to be married.
- fitment
-
noun,
equipment; furnishing.
- tearoom
-
noun,
a room or shop where tea and other refreshments are served to customers.
- ferrite
-
noun,
Chemistry. a compound, as NaFeO 2 , formed when ferric oxide is combined with a more basic metallic oxide.
- Ferrero
-
noun,
Guglielmo [goo-lyel-maw] /guˈlyɛl mɔ/ (Show IPA), 1871–1942, Italian historian and sociologist.
- fermion
-
noun,
any particle that obeys the exclusion principle and Fermi-Dirac statistics; fermions have spins that are half an odd integer: 1/2, 3/2, 5/2, ….
- nemato-
-
- taurine
-
noun,
a neutral crystalline substance, C 2 H 7 NO 3 S, obtained from bile.
- ferment
-
noun,
Also called organized ferment. any of a group of living organisms, as yeasts, molds, and certain bacteria, that cause fermentation.
- Fontina
-
noun,
a type of Italian cheese, semisoft to firm, made of cow's or sheep's milk.
- Taunton
-
noun,
a city in SE Massachusetts.
- re-form
-
verb (used with or without object),
to form again.
- fenuron
-
noun,
a white crystalline compound, C 9 H 12 N 2 O, used as an herbicide.
- footman
-
noun,
a liveried servant who attends the door or carriage, waits on table, etc.
- footmen
-
noun,
a liveried servant who attends the door or carriage, waits on table, etc.
- refract
-
verb (used with object),
to subject to refraction.
- foramen
-
noun,
an opening, orifice, or short passage, as in a bone or in the integument of the ovule of a plant.
- nematic
-
adjective,
noting a mesomorphic state in which the arrangement of the molecules is linear.
- refrain
-
noun,
a phrase or verse recurring at intervals in a song or poem, especially at the end of each stanza; chorus.
- Ternate
-
noun,
an island in E Indonesia, W of Halmahera: important source of spices. 53 sq. mi. (137 sq. km).
- tartine
-
noun,
a fancy French open-faced sandwich topped with spreadable ingredients.
- fumaric
-
adjective,
of or derived from fumaric acid.
- Freneau
-
noun,
Philip, 1752–1832, U.S. poet and editor.
- Frannie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Frances.
- frantic
-
adjective,
desperate or wild with excitement, passion, fear, pain, etc.; frenzied.
- etamine
-
noun,
a lightweight cotton or worsted fabric constructed in plain weave and loosely woven.
- Freeman
-
noun,
a person who is free; a person who enjoys personal, civil, or political liberty.
- Ninette
-
noun,
a female given name.
- erratum
-
noun,
an error in writing or printing.
- erratic
-
noun,
an erratic or eccentric person.
- Fremont
-
noun,
a city in W California, near San Francisco Bay.
- Ninurta
-
noun,
a Sumerian and Babylonian hero god.
- frenate
-
adjective,
having a frenum or frenulum.
- erotica
-
noun,
written works, usually fiction, dealing with sexual love.
- tantrum
-
noun,
a violent demonstration of rage or frustration; a sudden burst of ill temper.
- Franco-
-
- Eritrea
-
noun,
a republic in NE Africa, on the Red Sea: Italian colony 1890–1941; province of Ethiopia 1962–93; independent since 1993. 47,076 sq. mi. (121,927 sq. km). Capital: Asmara.
- fritter
-
noun,
a small piece, fragment, or shred.
- erector
-
noun,
Also, erecter. a person or thing that erects.
- fronter
-
noun,
a person who belongs to a group or organization, especially a political one, that is or is presumed to be a cover or disguise for another activity:
- armorer
-
noun,
a maker or repairer of arms or armor.
- cremate
-
verb (used with object),
to reduce (a dead body) to ashes by fire, especially as a funeral rite.
- trounce
-
verb (used with object),
to beat severely; thrash.
- nitrate
-
noun,
Chemistry. a salt or ester of nitric acid, or any compound containing the univalent group –ONO 2 or NO 3 .
- fronto-
-
- fronton
-
noun,
a building in which jai alai is played, containing the cancha or court and sometimes having facilities for betting.
- fruiter
-
noun,
a cargo vessel carrying fruit.
- armoire
-
noun,
a large wardrobe or movable cupboard, with doors and shelves.
- Etonian
-
noun,
a person who is or has been a pupil at Eton College.
- Etruria
-
noun,
an ancient country located between the Arno and Tiber rivers, roughly corresponding to modern Tuscany in W Italy.
- facture
-
noun,
the act, process, or manner of making anything; construction.
- terrain
-
noun,
a tract of land, especially as considered with reference to its natural features, military advantages, etc.
- arteri-
-
- fractur
-
noun,
Fraktur (def 2).
- faction
-
noun,
a group or clique within a larger group, party, government, organization, or the like:
- turfmen
-
noun,
a person who is extremely devoted to horse racing.
- faconne
-
noun,
a fabric having a faconne pattern or motif.
- facient
-
- fraenum
-
noun,
frenum.
- neutro-
-
- ternion
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- neutron
-
noun,
an elementary particle having no charge, mass slightly greater than that of a proton, and spin of ½: a constituent of the nuclei of all atoms except those of hydrogen. Symbol: n.
- uranite
-
noun,
any of the uranium phosphates, as autunite or torbernite.
- terrace
-
noun,
a raised level with a vertical or sloping front or sides faced with masonry, turf, or the like, especially one of a series of levels rising one above another.
- terrane
-
noun,
any rock formation or series of formations or the area in which a particular formation or group of rocks is predominant.
- tetanic
-
adjective,
Pathology. pertaining to, of the nature of, or characterized by tetanus.
- recount
-
noun,
a second or additional count, as of votes in an election.
- muriate
-
noun,
(not in scientific use) any chloride, especially potassium chloride, KCl, used as a fertilizer.
- eutocia
-
noun,
normal childbirth.
- Francie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Frances.
- Euratom
-
noun,
an organization formed in 1957, comprising France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Italy, and West Germany, for coordinated action in developing and marketing their nuclear resources.
- Terrier
-
noun,
any of several breeds of usually small dogs, used originally to pursue game and drive it out of its hole or burrow.
- Eunomia
-
noun,
one of the Horae: the personification of order.
- eucrite
-
noun,
a basic gabbro consisting mainly of bytownite and augite.
- eucaine
-
noun,
a white, crystalline solid, C 15 H 21 NO 2 , formerly a local anesthetic, used in veterinary medicine as a substitute for cocaine.
- terrine
-
noun,
a casserole dish made of pottery.
- tertian
-
noun,
Pathology. a tertian fever.
- Ettarre
-
noun,
the vain and heartless lady beloved by Sir Pelleas.
- iterant
-
adjective,
characterized by repetition; repeating.
- cuneate
-
adjective,
having or being in the shape of a wedge; wedge-shaped.
- iterate
-
verb (used with object),
to utter again or repeatedly.
- Meitner
-
noun,
Lise [lee-zuh] /ˈli zə/ (Show IPA), 1878–1968, Austrian nuclear physicist.
- minaret
-
noun,
a lofty, often slender, tower or turret attached to a mosque, surrounded by or furnished with one or more balconies, from which the muezzin calls the people to prayer.
- Menotti
-
noun,
Gian Carlo [jahn kahr-loh;; Italian jahn kahr-law] /dʒɑn ˈkɑr loʊ;; Italian dʒɑn ˈkɑr lɔ/ (Show IPA), 1911–2007, U.S. composer, born in Italy.
- Menorca
-
noun,
Minorca.
- outcome
-
noun,
a final product or end result; consequence; issue.
- tranter
-
noun,
a peddler, hawker, or carrier using a horse and cart.
- miterer
-
noun,
a machine or tool for making miters.
- caution
-
noun,
alertness and prudence in a hazardous situation; care; wariness:
- carotin
-
noun,
carotene.
- trireme
-
noun,
a galley with three rows or tiers of oars on each side, one above another, used chiefly as a warship.
- contra-
-
- coontie
-
noun,
either of two arrowroots, Zamia integrifolia or Z. floridana, of Florida, having a short trunk, pinnate leaves, and cones: Z. floridana is an endangered species.
- Minette
-
noun,
a syenitic lamprophyre composed chiefly of orthoclase and biotite.
- contour
-
noun,
the outline of a figure or body; the edge or line that defines or bounds a shape or object.
- Carrere
-
noun,
John Merven, 1858–1911, U.S. architect.
- contort
-
verb (used with object),
to twist, bend, or draw out of shape; distort.
- anemone
-
noun,
any of various plants belonging to the genus Anemone, of the buttercup family, having petallike sepals and including several wild species with white flowers as well as others cultivated for their showy flowers in a variety of colors.
- Carrier
-
noun,
a person or thing that carries.
- traitor
-
noun,
a person who betrays another, a cause, or any trust.
- carrion
-
noun,
dead and putrefying flesh.
- amorino
-
noun,
a putto represented as an infant cupid.
- content
-
noun,
Usually, contents.
something that is contained:
the subjects or topics covered in a book or document.
the chapters or other formal divisions of a book or document:
- Mariner
-
noun,
a person who directs or assists in the navigation of a ship; sailor.
- uromere
-
noun,
any segment of the abdomen of an arthropod.
- Ontario
-
noun,
a province in S Canada, bordering on the Great Lakes. 412,582 sq. mi. (1,068,585 sq. km). Capital: Toronto.
- Oneonta
-
noun,
a city in E central New York.
- unction
-
noun,
an act of anointing, especially as a medical treatment or religious rite.
- oration
-
noun,
a formal public speech, especially one delivered on a special occasion, as on an anniversary, at a funeral, or at academic exercises.
- Trenton
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of New Jersey, in the W part, on the Delaware River: Washington defeated Hessian troops here 1776.
- torrent
-
noun,
a stream of water flowing with great rapidity and violence.
- Torreon
-
noun,
a city in N Mexico.
- Marcion
-
noun,
a.d. c100–c160, Christian Gnostic.
- Marconi
-
noun,
Guglielmo [goo-lyel-maw] /guˈlyɛl mɔ/ (Show IPA), Marchese, 1874–1937, Italian electrical engineer and inventor, especially in the field of wireless telegraphy: Nobel Prize in physics 1909.
- outrace
-
verb (used with object),
to race or run faster than:
- Romanic
-
noun,
romance1 (def 9).
- outfoot
-
verb (used with object),
to surpass (another person) in running, walking, etc.; outstrip.
- mention
-
noun,
a direct or incidental reference; a mentioning:
- Romance
-
noun,
a novel, movie, or genre of popular fiction in which characters fall in love or begin a romantic relationship (often used attributively):
- retinue
-
noun,
a body of retainers in attendance upon an important personage; suite.
- orarium
-
noun,
orarion.
- coremia
-
noun,
the fruiting bodies of certain fungi, consisting of a loosely bound bundle of conidiophores.
- outface
-
verb (used with object),
to cause to submit by or as if by staring down; face or stare down.
- rinceau
-
noun,
an ornamental foliate or floral motif.
- coranto
-
noun,
courante.
- orarion
-
noun,
a stole worn by deacons.
- tortoni
-
noun,
ice cream made with eggs and heavy cream, often containing chopped cherries or topped with minced almonds or crumbled macaroons.
- torture
-
noun,
the act of inflicting excruciating pain, as punishment or revenge, as a means of getting a confession or information, or for sheer cruelty.
- contemn
-
verb (used with object),
to treat or regard with disdain, scorn, or contempt.
- retrace
-
verb (used with object),
to trace backward; go back over:
- romaunt
-
noun,
a romantic tale or poem; romance.
- uterine
-
adjective,
of or relating to the uterus or womb.
- Cartier
-
noun,
Sir George Étienne [zhawrzh ey-tyen] /ʒɔrʒ eɪˈtyɛn/ (Show IPA), 1814–73, Canadian political leader: prime minister 1857–62, defense minister 1867–73.
- Miocene
-
noun,
the Miocene Epoch or Series.
- 2,4,5-t
-
noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- Ottoman
-
noun,
a Turk.
- Comtian
-
noun,
a follower of the philosophy of Auguste Comte.
- Mattoon
-
noun,
a city in E Illinois.
- Comorin
-
noun,
Cape, a cape on the S tip of India, extending into the Indian Ocean.
- touraco
-
noun,
any of several large, brightly colored birds of the family Musophagidae, of Africa, having a helmetlike crest.
- cartoon
-
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.
- catmint
-
noun,
catnip.
- Minorca
-
noun,
Spanish Menorca. one of the Balearic Islands, in the W Mediterranean. 271 sq. mi. (700 sq. km).
- retrain
-
verb (used with object),
to train again, especially for a different vocation or different tasks.
- Comfort
-
noun,
relief in affliction; consolation; solace:
- Maureen
-
noun,
a female given name, Irish form of Mary.
- Otranto
-
noun,
Strait of, a strait between SE Italy and Albania, connecting the Adriatic and the Mediterranean. 44 miles (71 km) wide.
- come-on
-
noun,
inducement; lure.
- one-man
-
adjective,
of or relating to, or operated, performed, or used by one person:
- Maurice
-
noun,
German Moritz. 1521–53, German general: elector of Saxony 1547–53.
- Tourane
-
noun,
former name of Danang.
- one-one
-
adjective,
one-to-one (def 1).
- Tournai
-
noun,
a city in W Belgium, on the Scheldt River.
- unicorn
-
noun,
a mythical creature resembling a horse, with a single horn in the center of its forehead: often symbolic of chastity or purity.
- tractor
-
noun,
a powerful motor-driven vehicle with large, heavy treads, used for pulling farm machinery, other vehicles, etc.
- contain
-
verb (used with object),
to hold or include within its volume or area:
- Trainer
-
noun,
a person or thing that trains.
- Aneurin
-
noun,
thiamine.
- cirrate
-
adjective,
having cirri.
- Martinu
-
noun,
Bohuslav [baw-hoo-slahf] /ˈbɔ hʊˌslɑf/ (Show IPA), 1890–1959, Czech composer.
- connote
-
verb (used with object),
to signify or suggest (certain meanings, ideas, etc.) in addition to the explicit or primary meaning:
- martnet
-
noun,
an arrangement of lines formerly used for gathering up a leech of a sail.
- monocot
-
noun,
a monocotyledon.
- Amorite
-
noun,
a member of one of the principal tribes, or nations, of Canaan before its conquest by the Israelites. II Sam. 12:26–31.
- Romaine
-
noun,
Also called romaine lettuce, cos, cos lettuce. a variety of lettuce, Lactuca sativa longifolia, having a cylindrical head of long, relatively loose leaves.
- connate
-
adjective,
existing in a person or thing from birth or origin; inborn:
- retract
-
verb (used with object),
to draw back or in:
- confine
-
noun,
Usually, confines. a boundary or bound; limit; border; frontier.
- conifer
-
noun,
any of numerous, chiefly evergreen trees or shrubs of the class Coniferinae (or group Coniferales), including the pine, fir, spruce, and other cone-bearing trees and shrubs, and also the yews and their allies that bear drupelike seeds.
- confute
-
verb (used with object),
to prove to be false, invalid, or defective; disprove:
- omicron
-
noun,
the 15th letter of the Greek alphabet (O, o).
- conform
-
verb (used without object),
to act in accordance or harmony; comply (usually followed by to):
- matinee
-
noun,
an entertainment, especially a dramatic or musical performance, held in the daytime, usually in the afternoon.
- trainee
-
noun,
a person being trained, especially in a vocation; apprentice.
- citrate
-
noun,
a salt or ester of citric acid.
- retreat
-
noun,
the forced or strategic withdrawal of an army or an armed force before an enemy, or the withdrawing of a naval force from action.
- cittern
-
noun,
an old musical instrument related to the guitar, having a flat, pear-shaped soundbox and wire strings.
- confirm
-
verb (used with object),
to establish the truth, accuracy, validity, or genuineness of; corroborate; verify:
- cerumen
-
noun,
earwax.
- caterer
-
noun,
one whose business is to provide food, supplies, and sometimes service at social gatherings.
- Reunion
-
noun,
the act of uniting again.
- Annette
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Anne.
- Carmine
-
noun,
a crimson or purplish-red color.
- mannite
-
noun,
mannitol.
- cortina
-
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.
- Tritoma
-
noun,
any of various plants belonging to the genus Kniphofia, of the lily family, native to Africa, especially K. uvaria, having long, dense clusters of tubular red or yellow flowers.
- ricotta
-
noun,
a soft Italian cheese that resembles cottage cheese.
- centime
-
noun,
a monetary unit of various nations and territories, as Lichtenstein, Martinique, Senegal, Switzerland, and Tahiti, the 100th part of a franc.
- canteen
-
noun,
a small container used especially by soldiers and hikers for carrying water or other liquids.
- cerato-
-
- Cortona
-
noun,
Pietro da [pye-traw dah] /ˈpyɛ trɔ dɑ/ (Show IPA), (Pietro Berrettini) 1596–1669, Italian painter and architect.
- centimo
-
noun,
the 100th part of the monetary units of various countries, as Costa Rica, Equatorial Guinea, Paraguay, and Venezuela.
- Manitou
-
noun,
(among the Algonquian Indians) a supernatural being that controls nature; a spirit, deity, or object that possesses supernatural power.
- coterie
-
noun,
a group of people who associate closely.
- Cotonou
-
noun,
a seaport in SE Benin.
- manifer
-
noun,
a gauntlet for protecting the left hand when holding the reins of a horse.
- moneran
-
noun,
any organism of the kingdom Monera.
- cranium
-
noun,
the skull of a vertebrate.
- centro-
-
- Moncton
-
noun,
a city in SE New Brunswick, in E Canada.
- Orinoco
-
noun,
a river in N South America, flowing N from the border of Brazil, along the E border of Colombia, and NE through Venezuela to the Atlantic. 1600 miles (2575 km) long.
- ocreate
-
adjective,
having an ocrea or ocreae; sheathed.
- courant
-
noun,
courante.
- mainour
-
noun,
a stolen article found on the person of or near the thief:
- centri-
-
- centner
-
noun,
(in several European countries) a unit of weight of 50 kilograms, equivalent to 110.2 pounds avoirdupois.
- Oriente
-
noun,
a region in Ecuador, E of the Andes: the border long disputed by Peru.
- Toronto
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Ontario, in SE Canada, on Lake Ontario.
- Courier
-
noun,
a messenger, usually traveling in haste, bearing urgent news, important reports or packages, diplomatic messages, etc.
- centrum
-
noun,
a center.
- reunite
-
verb (used with or without object),
to unite again, as after separation.
- cornute
-
adjective,
cornuted.
- tricorn
-
noun,
Also, tricorne. a hat with the brim turned up on three sides.
- craniom
-
- cranio-
-
- amniote
-
noun,
any vertebrate of the group Amniota, comprising the reptiles, birds, and mammals, characterized by having an amnion during the embryonic stage.
- triform
-
adjective,
formed of three parts; in three divisions.
- Mercier
-
noun,
Désiré Joseph [dey-zee-rey zhaw-zef] /deɪ ziˈreɪ ʒɔˈzɛf/ (Show IPA), 1851–1926, Belgian cardinal and patriot.
- Creamer
-
noun,
a person or thing that creams.
- Mercian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Mercia.
- coroner
-
noun,
an officer, as of a county or municipality, whose chief function is to investigate by inquest, as before a jury, any death not clearly resulting from natural causes.
- uniform
-
noun,
an identifying outfit or style of dress worn by the members of a given profession, organization, or rank.
- centare
-
noun,
centiare.
- centaur
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of a race of monsters having the head, trunk, and arms of a man, and the body and legs of a horse.
- Riemann
-
noun,
Georg Friedrich Bernhard [gey-awrk free-drikh bern-hahrt] /geɪˈɔrk ˈfri drɪx ˈbɛrn hɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1826–66, German mathematician.
- acetoin
-
noun,
a yellowish, pleasant-smelling liquid, C 4 H 8 O 2 , obtained from various carbohydrates, as glucose, by fermentation: used chiefly in the manufacture of flavors and essences.
- uniface
-
noun,
a coin or medal having a blank reverse.
- Cenaeum
-
noun,
(in ancient geography) a NW promontory of Euboea.
- ancient
-
noun,
a person who lived in ancient times.
- cornuto
-
noun,
a cuckold.
- ceriman
-
noun,
a climbing, tropical American plant, Monstera deliciosa, of the arum family, characterized by cordlike, aerial roots and large, perforated leaves.
- manroot
-
noun,
man-of-the-earth.
- monitor
-
noun,
(especially formerly) a student appointed to assist in the conduct of a class or school, as to help take attendance or keep order.
- Cranmer
-
noun,
Thomas, 1489–1556, first Protestant archbishop of Canterbury: leader in the English Protestant Reformation in England.
- mofette
-
noun,
a noxious emanation, consisting chiefly of carbon dioxide, escaping from the earth in regions of nearly extinct volcanic activity.
- Creator
-
noun,
a person or thing that creates.
- certain
-
Idioms,
for certain, without a doubt; surely:
- coronet
-
noun,
a small crown.
- tauten
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become taut.
- metric
-
noun,
Often, metrics. a standard for measuring or evaluating something, especially one that uses figures or statistics:
- atonic
-
noun,
Grammar. an unaccented word, syllable, or sound.
- Murcia
-
noun,
a city in SE Spain.
- foeman
-
noun,
an enemy in war.
- attire
-
noun,
clothes or apparel, especially rich or splendid garments.
- roemer
-
noun,
a German wineglass having a body with a globular top and a cylindrical bottom often decorated with prunts, supported by a conical foot.
- murine
-
noun,
a murine rodent.
- fitter
-
noun,
a person or thing that fits.
- uranic
-
adjective,
of or containing uranium, especially in the tetravalent state.
- McNutt
-
noun,
Paul Vories [vawr-eez,, vohr-] /ˈvɔr iz,, ˈvoʊr-/ (Show IPA), 1891–1955, U.S. diplomat and government official.
- France
-
noun,
Anatole [a-na-tawl] /a naˈtɔl/ (Show IPA), (Jacques Anatole Thibault) 1844–1924, French novelist and essayist: Nobel Prize 1921.
- refine
-
Verb phrases,
refine on/upon, to improve by inserting finer distinctions, superior elements, etc.:
- fitten
-
adjective,
suitable; appropriate.
- metier
-
noun,
a field of work; occupation, trade, or profession.
- meacon
-
verb (used with object),
to give false signals to (electronic navigational equipment), as by means of a radio transmitter.
- Firman
-
noun,
an edict or administrative order issued by or in the name of a Middle Eastern sovereign (formerly by an Ottoman Turkish sultan).
- tauto-
-
- meanie
-
noun,
Informal. meany.
- atrium
-
noun,
Architecture.
Also called cavaedium. the main or central room of an ancient Roman house, open to the sky at the center and usually having a pool for the collection of rain water.
a courtyard, flanked or surrounded by porticoes, in front of an early or medieval Christian church.
a skylit central court in a contemporary building or house.
- Minoan
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of ancient Crete.
- teamer
-
noun,
a teamster.
- Tunica
-
noun,
a tunic.
- me-too
-
adjective,
Slang. characterized by or involving me-tooism:
- McNair
-
noun,
Lesley James, 1883–1944, U.S. army officer.
- foemen
-
noun,
an enemy in war.
- Mercer
-
noun,
a dealer in textile fabrics; dry-goods merchant.
- foetor
-
noun,
fetor.
- micron
-
noun,
Also called micrometer. the millionth part of a meter. Symbol: μ, mu.
- Menton
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Mediterranean: winter resort.
- mutter
-
noun,
the act or utterance of a person who mutters.
- mutton
-
noun,
the flesh of sheep, especially full-grown or more mature sheep, used as food.
- forcer
-
noun,
a person or thing that forces.
- Mentor
-
noun,
a wise and trusted counselor or teacher.
- micro-
-
- Merino
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) one of a breed of sheep, raised originally in Spain, valued for their fine wool.
- formic
-
adjective,
of or relating to ants.
- former
-
noun,
a person or thing that forms or serves to form.
- formee
-
adjective,
paty.
- anemo-
-
- turco-
-
- unfair
-
adjective,
not fair; not conforming to approved standards, as of justice, honesty, or ethics:
- Uniate
-
noun,
a member of an Eastern church that is in union with the Roman Catholic Church, acknowledges the Roman pope as supreme in matters of faith, but maintains its own liturgy, discipline, and rite.
- Muttra
-
noun,
former name of Mathura.
- Mercia
-
noun,
an early English kingdom in central Britain.
- tureen
-
noun,
a large, deep, covered dish for serving soup, stew, or other foods.
- refute
-
verb (used with object),
to prove to be false or erroneous, as an opinion or charge.
- format
-
noun,
the shape and size of a book as determined by the number of times the original sheet has been folded to form the leaves.
Compare duodecimo, folio (def 2), octavo, quarto.
- Forman
-
noun,
Milos [mee-lawsh] /ˈmi lɔʃ/ (Show IPA), (Jan Tomas Forman) born 1932, U.S. film director, born in the former Czechoslovakia.
- forint
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and the monetary unit of Hungary, equal to 100 fillér. Abbreviation: F., Ft.
- turaco
-
noun,
touraco.
- mutate
-
verb (used with object),
to change; alter.
- meteor
-
noun,
Astronomy.
a meteoroid that has entered the earth's atmosphere.
a transient fiery streak in the sky produced by a meteoroid passing through the earth's atmosphere; a shooting star or bolide.
- footer
-
noun,
British Informal.
Rugby (def 3).
soccer.
- Ritter
-
noun,
a knight.
- Reuter
-
noun,
Paul Julius, Baron de, 1816–99, English founder of an international news agency, born in Germany.
- tauro-
-
- metate
-
noun,
a flat stone that has a shallow depression in the upper surface for holding maize or other grains to be ground with a mano.
- mecate
-
noun,
Southwestern U.S. a rope made of horsehair or sometimes maguey.
- foment
-
verb (used with object),
to instigate or foster (discord, rebellion, etc.); promote the growth or development of:
- Reform
-
noun,
the improvement or amendment of what is wrong, corrupt, unsatisfactory, etc.:
- Meerut
-
noun,
a city in W Uttar Pradesh, in N India.
- fouter
-
noun,
something that has no value (used in expressions of contempt):
- footie
-
noun,
footsie.
- retro-
-
- Merton
-
noun,
Robert King, 1910–2003, U.S. sociologist.
- return
-
noun,
the act or fact of returning as by going or coming back or bringing, sending, or giving back:
- menace
-
noun,
something that threatens to cause evil, harm, injury, etc.; a threat:
- UNICEF
-
noun,
United Nations Children's Fund: an agency, created by the United Nations General Assembly in 1946, concerned with improving the health and nutrition of children and mothers throughout the world; Nobel Peace Prize 1965.
- atomic
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, resulting from, or using atoms, atomic energy, or atomic bombs:
- Reiner
-
noun,
Fritz, 1888–1963, Hungarian conductor in the U.S.
- urano-
-
- tectum
-
noun,
a rooflike structure.
- afreet
-
noun,
a powerful evil demon or monster.
- mutant
-
noun,
a new type of organism produced as the result of mutation.
- anemic
-
adjective,
Pathology. suffering from anemia.
- unroot
-
verb (used with object),
to uproot.
- turion
-
noun,
a small shoot, as of asparagus or certain aquatic plants, from which a new plant can develop.
- Antrim
-
noun,
a county in NE Northern Ireland. 1098 sq. mi. (2844 sq. km). County seat: Belfast.
- Renoir
-
noun,
Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1894–1979, French film director and writer.
- intra-
-
- intone
-
verb (used with object),
to utter with a particular tone or voice modulation.
- Moreau
-
noun,
Gustave [gys-tav] /güsˈtav/ (Show IPA), 1826–98, French painter.
- narco-
-
- retain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- Moreen
-
noun,
a heavy fabric of wool, or wool and cotton, with a ribbed face and a moiré finish, used for curtains, petticoats, etc.
- manioc
-
noun,
cassava.
- intern
-
noun,
a person who is or has been interned; internee.
- manner
-
noun,
a way of doing, being done, or happening; mode of action, occurrence, etc.:
- Mannie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Emanuel.
- morion
-
noun,
an open helmet of the 16th and early 17th centuries, worn by common soldiers and usually having a flat or turned-down brim and a crest from front to back.
- Rennie
-
noun,
John, 1761–1821, Scottish engineer.
- antrum
-
noun,
a cavity in a body organ, especially a bone.
- Monaco
-
noun,
a principality on the Mediterranean coast, bordering SE France. ½ sq. mi. (1.3 sq. km).
- inter.
-
- intent
-
noun,
something that is intended; purpose; design; intention:
- Moerae
-
plural noun,
the Fates.
- intact
-
adjective,
not altered, broken, or impaired; remaining uninjured, sound, or whole; untouched; unblemished:
- Moroni
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of the Comoros.
- Aomori
-
noun,
a seaport on N Honshu, in N Japan.
- innate
-
adjective,
existing in one from birth; inborn; native:
- router
-
noun,
any of various tools or machines for routing, hollowing out, or furrowing.
- mantic
-
adjective,
of or relating to divination.
- inmate
-
noun,
a person who is confined in a prison, hospital, etc.
- infra-
-
- rennet
-
noun,
the lining membrane of the fourth stomach of a calf or of the stomach of certain other young animals.
- mortar
-
noun,
a receptacle of hard material, having a bowl-shaped cavity in which substances are reduced to powder with a pestle.
- amnion
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. the innermost of the embryonic or fetal membranes of reptiles, birds, and mammals; the sac in which the embryo is suspended.
- intro.
-
- inform
-
adjective,
without form; formless.
- Moneta
-
noun,
Ernesto Teodoro [er-ne-staw te-aw-daw-raw] /ɛrˈnɛ stɔ ˌtɛ ɔˈdɔ rɔ/ (Show IPA), 1833–1918, Italian journalist: Nobel Peace Prize 1907.
- anoint
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or sprinkle on; apply an unguent, ointment, or oily liquid to.
- rotate
-
adjective,
wheel-shaped: applied especially to a gamopetalous short-tubed corolla with a spreading limb.
- rooter
-
noun,
a person, animal, or thing that roots, as with the snout.
- anomie
-
noun,
a state or condition of individuals or society characterized by a breakdown or absence of social norms and values, as in the case of uprooted people.
- amino-
-
- Monroe
-
noun,
Harriet, 1861?–1936, U.S. editor and poet.
- roomie
-
noun,
roommate.
- roomer
-
noun,
a person who lives in a rented room; lodger.
- Monnet
-
noun,
Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1888–1979, French economist: originator of the European Common Market.
- ironer
-
noun,
a person or thing that irons.
- roofer
-
noun,
a person who makes or repairs roofs.
- Monica
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Maceio
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Alagoas, in E Brazil.
- Renton
-
noun,
a city in W Washington, near Seattle.
- intron
-
noun,
a noncoding segment in a length of DNA that interrupts a gene-coding sequence or nontranslated sequence, the corresponding segment being removed from the RNA copy before transcription.
- Ronnie
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Ronald or Veronica.
- moonie
-
noun,
a member or follower of the Unification Church.
- macro-
-
- macron
-
noun,
a horizontal line used as a diacritic over a vowel to indicate that it has a long sound or other specified pronunciation, as (ā) in fate (fāt).
- renter
-
noun,
a person or organization that holds, or has the use of, property by payment of rent.
- rotten
-
adjective,
decomposing or decaying; putrid; tainted, foul, or bad-smelling.
- MAeroE
-
- rotter
-
noun,
a thoroughly bad, worthless, or objectionable person.
- ionone
-
noun,
a light-yellow to colorless, slightly water-soluble liquid that is either one or a mixture of two unsaturated ketones having the formula C 13 H 20 O, used chiefly in perfumery.
- Monera
-
noun,
a taxonomic kingdom of prokaryotic organisms that typically reproduce by asexual budding or fission and have a nutritional mode of absorption, photosynthesis, or chemosynthesis, comprising the bacteria, blue-green algae, and various primitive pathogens.
- maftir
-
noun,
the concluding section of the portion of the Torah chanted or read in a Jewish service on the Sabbath and festivals.
- ronion
-
noun,
ronyon.
- Mainer
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of the state of Maine.
- inturn
-
noun,
an inward turn or curve around an axis or fixed point.
- manuf.
-
- manure
-
noun,
excrement, especially of animals, or other refuse used as fertilizer.
- aroint
-
verb (imperative),
begone:
- Tanner
-
noun,
a person whose occupation it is to tan hides.
- maroon
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) any of a group of blacks, descended from fugitive slaves of the 17th and 18th centuries, living in the West Indies and Guiana, especially in mountainous areas.
- furnit
-
- retort
-
noun,
a severe, incisive, or witty reply, especially one that counters a first speaker's statement, argument, etc.
- Marron
-
noun,
a large European chestnut, especially as used in cookery: candied or preserved in syrup.
- Furiae
-
plural noun,
fury (def 3).
- Marten
-
noun,
any of several slender, chiefly arboreal carnivores of the genus Martes, of northern forests, having a long, glossy coat and bushy tail.
- remote
-
noun,
Radio and Television. a broadcast, usually live, from a location outside a studio.
- mirror
-
noun,
a reflecting surface, originally of polished metal but now usually of glass with a silvery, metallic, or amalgam backing.
- remora
-
noun,
any of several fishes of the family Echeneididae, having on the top of the head a sucking disk by which they can attach themselves to sharks, turtles, ships, and other moving objects.
- Romaic
-
noun,
demotic (def 5).
- amount
-
noun,
the sum total of two or more quantities or sums; aggregate.
- Armour
-
noun,
armor.
- Muncie
-
noun,
a city in E Indiana.
- tannic
-
adjective,
Chemistry. of, relating to, or derived from tan or tannin.
- airmen
-
noun,
an aviator.
- tanrec
-
noun,
tenrec.
- matri-
-
- munite
-
verb (used with object),
to fortify.
- frenum
-
noun,
a fold of membrane that checks or restrains the motion of a part, as the fold on the underside of the tongue.
- armure
-
noun,
a woolen or silk fabric woven with a small, raised pattern.
- matron
-
noun,
a married woman, especially one who is mature and staid or dignified and has an established social position.
- minute
-
noun,
the sixtieth part (1/60) of an hour; sixty seconds.
- matter
-
noun,
the substance or substances of which any physical object consists or is composed:
- Munroe
-
noun,
Charles Edward, 1849–1938, U.S. chemist.
- muntin
-
noun,
Also called sash bar. a bar for holding the edges of window panes within a sash.
- mature
-
adjective,
complete in natural growth or development, as plant and animal forms:
- minuet
-
noun,
a slow, stately dance in triple meter, popular in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- remain
-
noun,
Usually, remains. something that remains or is left.
- frater
-
noun,
a brother, as in a religious or fraternal order; comrade.
- unroof
-
verb (used with object),
to take off the roof or covering of.
- unfact
-
noun,
a fabrication that is disseminated as fact.
- Morton
-
noun,
Jelly Roll (Ferdinand Morton) 1885–1941, U.S. jazz pianist, composer, and band leader.
- run-in
-
noun,
a quarrel; argument.
- infect
-
adjective,
Archaic. infected.
- infare
-
noun,
a party or reception for a newly married couple.
- retina
-
noun,
the innermost coat of the posterior part of the eyeball that receives the image produced by the lens, is continuous with the optic nerve, and consists of several layers, one of which contains the rods and cones that are sensitive to light.
- infant
-
noun,
a child during the earliest period of its life, especially before he or she can walk; baby.
- Marcie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marcia.
- amerce
-
verb (used with object),
to punish by imposing a fine not fixed by statute.
- motion
-
noun,
the action or process of moving or of changing place or position; movement.
- incorr
-
- income
-
noun,
the monetary payment received for goods or services, or from other sources, as rents or investments.
- unmeet
-
adjective,
not meet; not fitting, suitable, or proper; not becoming or seemly.
- tercet
-
noun,
Prosody. a group of three lines rhyming together or connected by rhyme with the adjacent group or groups of three lines.
- turret
-
noun,
a small tower, usually one forming part of a larger structure.
- imaret
-
noun,
(in Turkey) a hospice for pilgrims, travelers, etc.
- runner
-
noun,
a person, animal, or thing that runs, especially as a racer.
- Turner
-
noun,
a person or thing that turns or is employed in turning.
- icono-
-
- icemen
-
noun,
a man whose business is gathering, storing, selling, or delivering ice.
- iceman
-
noun,
a man whose business is gathering, storing, selling, or delivering ice.
- mitten
-
noun,
a hand covering enclosing the four fingers together and the thumb separately.
- marine
-
noun,
a member of the U.S. Marine Corps.
- run-on
-
noun,
run-on matter.
- iatro-
-
- Rutter
-
noun,
portolano.
- retire
-
noun,
a place of withdrawal; retreat:
- Marino
-
noun,
Daniel Constantine ("Dan") born 1961, U.S. football player.
- Mouton
-
noun,
sheepskin that has been processed to resemble another fur, especially seal or beaver.
- unmoor
-
verb (used with object),
to loose (a vessel) from moorings or anchorage.
- Marion
-
noun,
Francis ("the Swamp Fox") 1732?–95, American Revolutionary general.
- unrent
-
adjective,
not rent; not torn, disturbed, pained, or the like:
- uremia
-
noun,
a condition resulting from the retention in the blood of constituents normally excreted in the urine.
- cement
-
noun,
any of various calcined mixtures of clay and limestone, usually mixed with water and sand, gravel, etc., to form concrete, that are used as a building material.
- attorn
-
verb (used with object),
to turn over to another; transfer.
- numina
-
noun,
plural of numen.
- Crimea
-
noun,
the, a peninsula in SE Ukraine, between the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov.
- Crinum
-
noun,
any of the tropical and subtropical bulbous plants constituting the genus Crinum, of the amaryllis family, usually having umbels of large, showy flowers.
- nutate
-
verb (used without object),
to undergo or show nutation.
- nutant
-
adjective,
drooping; nodding.
- Cromer
-
noun,
1st Earl of, Evelyn Baring.
- nuncio
-
noun,
a diplomatic representative of the pope at a foreign court or capital: equal in status to an ambassador.
- Cronin
-
noun,
A(rchibald) J(oseph) 1896–1981, Scottish novelist and physician in the U.S.
- Croton
-
noun,
any of numerous chiefly tropical plants constituting the genus Croton, of the spurge family, several species of which, as C. tiglium, have important medicinal properties.
- acetum
-
noun,
a preparation having vinegar or dilute acetic acid as the solvent.
- croute
-
noun,
crust.
- Torino
-
noun,
Turin.
- acmite
-
noun,
a rare pyroxene mineral, sodium-ferric iron silicate, NaFe(Si 2 O 6), found in feldspathoid rocks.
- cteno-
-
- torero
-
noun,
a bullfighter, especially a matador.
- nuance
-
noun,
a subtle difference or distinction in expression, meaning, response, etc.
- Triune
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) the Trinity.
- cumene
-
noun,
a colorless and toxic liquid, C 9 H 12 , soluble in alcohol: used as a solvent and in the production of phenol and acetone.
- nutria
-
noun,
the coypu.
- Triton
-
noun,
a positively-charged particle consisting of a proton and two neutrons, equivalent to the nucleus of an atom of tritium.
- camote
-
noun,
batata.
- create
-
adjective,
Archaic. created.
- Canton
-
noun,
a small territorial district, especially one of the states of the Swiss confederation.
- raceme
-
noun,
a simple indeterminate inflorescence in which the flowers are borne on short pedicels lying along a common axis, as in the lily of the valley.
- Canter
-
noun,
an easy gallop.
- couter
-
noun,
a piece of plate armor for the elbow.
- aceto-
-
- Racine
-
noun,
Jean Baptiste [zhahn ba-teest] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist/ (Show IPA), 1639–99, French dramatist.
- Crater
-
noun,
the cup-shaped depression or cavity on the surface of the earth or other heavenly body marking the orifice of a volcano.
- craton
-
noun,
a relatively rigid and immobile region of continental portions of the earth's crust.
- racoon
-
noun,
raccoon.
- cretin
-
noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- Raetic
-
noun,
an extinct language of uncertain affinities that was spoken in Rhaetia and written with the Etruscan alphabet.
- cannot
-
verb,
a form of ·can not.
- Rafter
-
noun,
any of a series of timbers or the like, usually having a pronounced slope, for supporting the sheathing and covering of a roof.
- Cremer
-
noun,
Sir William Randal, 1838–1908, English union organizer: Nobel Peace Prize 1903.
- canner
-
noun,
a person who cans meat, fruit, etc., for preservation.
- canine
-
noun,
a canid, or member of the dog family Canidae.
- Cretan
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Crete.
- Nutter
-
noun,
a person who gathers nuts.
- rancor
-
noun,
bitter, rankling resentment or ill will; hatred; malice.
- camion
-
noun,
a strongly built cart or wagon for transporting heavy loads; dray.
- Canute
-
noun,
a.d. 994?–1035, Danish king of England 1017–35; of Denmark 1018–35; and of Norway 1028–35.
- titfer
-
noun,
hat.
- ecarte
-
noun,
a card game for two players.
- toe-in
-
noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- no-one
-
pronoun,
no person; not anyone; nobody:
- ration
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- nonfat
-
adjective,
without fat or fat solids; having the fat solids removed, as skim milk:
- ratite
-
noun,
a bird having a ratite breastbone.
- titmen
-
noun,
the runt of an animal litter, especially the smallest pig.
- titman
-
noun,
the runt of an animal litter, especially the smallest pig.
- noncom
-
noun,
a noncommissioned officer.
- Noreen
-
noun,
a female given name, Irish diminutive of Nora.
- Nomura
-
noun,
Kichisaburo [kee-chee-sah-boo-raw] /ˈki tʃiˈsɑ buˈrɔ/ (Show IPA), 1877–1964, Japanese diplomat.
- emetic
-
noun,
an emetic medicine or agent.
- tinter
-
noun,
a person who specializes in applying tints or dyes.
- tinner
-
noun,
a tinsmith.
- tinmen
-
noun,
a tinsmith.
- ratoon
-
noun,
a sprout or shoot from the root of a plant, especially a sugarcane, after it has been cropped.
- tinman
-
noun,
a tinsmith.
- ratter
-
noun,
a person, animal, or thing that catches rats, as a terrier or a cat.
- tomato
-
noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Lycopersicon, of the nightshade family, native to Mexico and Central and South America, especially the widely cultivated species L. lycopersicum, bearing a mildly acid, pulpy, usually red fruit eaten raw or cooked as a vegetable.
- tomcat
-
noun,
a male cat.
- cunner
-
noun,
a small wrasse, Tautogolabrus adspersus, common in North Atlantic coastal waters of the U.S.
- notice
-
noun,
an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning:
- Curare
-
noun,
a blackish, resinlike substance derived from tropical plants of the genus Strychnos, especially S. toxifera, and from the root of pareira, used by certain South American Indians for poisoning arrows and employed in physiological experiments, medicine, etc., for arresting the action of motor nerves.
- curate
-
noun,
Chiefly British. a member of the clergy employed to assist a rector or vicar.
- Noumea
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of New Caledonia, on the SW coast.
- curite
-
noun,
a radioactive uranium mineral, Pb 2 U 5 O 17 ·4H 2 O, with adamantine luster, occurring as reddish-brown to deep-yellow needle-shaped crystals, formed by alteration of uraninite.
- tonner
-
noun,
something having a specified weight in tons (used in combination):
- Currie
-
noun,
East Indian Cookery. a pungent dish of vegetables, onions, meat or fish, etc., flavored with various spices or curry powder, and often eaten with rice.
- notion
-
noun,
a general understanding; vague or imperfect conception or idea of something:
- Curtin
-
noun,
John, 1885–1945, Australian statesman: prime minister 1941–45.
- notate
-
verb (used with object),
to note, mark, or set down in a system of notation:
- ratine
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- Norton
-
noun,
Charles Eliot, 1827–1908, U.S. scholar.
- aeron.
-
- Norman
-
noun,
a member of that branch of the Northmen or Scandinavians who in the 10th century conquered Normandy.
- cut-in
-
noun,
Movies. a still, as of a scene or an object, inserted in a film and interrupting the action or continuity:
- Cutter
-
noun,
a person who cuts, especially as a job, as one who cuts fabric for garments.
- norite
-
noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- toneme
-
noun,
a phoneme consisting of a contrastive feature of tone in a tone language:
- Rector
-
noun,
a member of the clergy in charge of a parish in the Protestant Episcopal Church.
- 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.
- acetin
-
noun,
a colorless, thick, hygroscopic liquid, C 5 H 10 O 4 : used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives.
- ratton
-
noun,
a rat.
- tracer
-
noun,
a person or thing that traces.
- tremie
-
noun,
a funnellike device lowered into water to deposit concrete.
- trance
-
noun,
a half-conscious state, seemingly between sleeping and waking, in which ability to function voluntarily may be suspended.
- cinema
-
noun,
Chiefly British. motion picture.
- Catton
-
noun,
(Charles) Bruce, 1899–1978, U.S. journalist and historian.
- trimer
-
noun,
a molecule composed of three identical, simpler molecules.
- cirro-
-
- Citron
-
noun,
a pale-yellow fruit resembling the lemon but larger and with thicker rind, borne by a small tree or large bush, Citrus medica, allied to the lemon and lime.
- C-note
-
noun,
See C (def 11).
- Cetura
-
noun,
Keturah.
- utero-
-
- touter
-
noun,
a tout.
- coatee
-
noun,
a close-fitting short coat, especially one with tails or skirts.
- coeno-
-
- cation
-
noun,
a positively charged ion that is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis.
- comate
-
noun,
a mate or companion.
- comfit
-
noun,
a candy containing a nut or piece of fruit.
- Conant
-
noun,
James Bryant, 1893–1978, U.S. chemist and educator: president of Harvard University 1933–53.
- tremor
-
noun,
involuntary shaking of the body or limbs, as from disease, fear, weakness, or excitement; a fit of trembling.
- Trento
-
noun,
Italian name of Trent.
- confer
-
verb (used with object),
to bestow upon as a gift, favor, honor, etc.:
- tricot
-
noun,
a warp-knit fabric of various natural or synthetic fibers, as wool, silk, or nylon, having fine vertical ribs on the face and horizontal ribs on the back, used especially for making garments.
- triene
-
noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- cenote
-
noun,
a deep natural well or sinkhole, especially in Central America, formed by the collapse of surface limestone that exposes ground water underneath, and sometimes used by the ancient Mayans for sacrificial offerings.
- Center
-
noun,
Geometry. the middle point, as the point within a circle or sphere equally distant from all points of the circumference or surface, or the point within a regular polygon equally distant from the vertices.
- centi-
-
- centr-
-
- centra
-
noun,
a plural of centrum.
- Centre
-
noun,
Geometry. the middle point, as the point within a circle or sphere equally distant from all points of the circumference or surface, or the point within a regular polygon equally distant from the vertices.
- centum
-
noun,
one hundred.
- cerat-
-
- cetane
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid hydrocarbon of the alkane series, C 16 H 34 , used as a solvent and in cetane number determinations.
- cerate
-
noun,
Pharmacology. an unctuous, often medicated, preparation for external application, consisting of lard or oil mixed with wax, rosin, or the like, especially one that has a firmer consistency than a typical ointment and does not melt when in contact with the skin.
- Orient
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- ornate
-
adjective,
elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so:
- cerium
-
noun,
a steel-gray, ductile metallic element of the rare-earth group found only in combination. Symbol: Ce; atomic weight: 140.12; atomic number: 58.
- CERMET
-
noun,
a durable, heat-resistant alloy formed by compacting and sintering a metal and a ceramic substance, used under conditions of high temperature and stress.
- orcein
-
noun,
a red dye, the principal coloring matter of cudbear and orchil, obtained by oxidizing an ammoniacal solution of orcinol.
- orator
-
noun,
a person who delivers an oration; a public speaker, especially one of great eloquence:
- certif
-
- carton
-
noun,
a cardboard or plastic box used typically for storage or shipping.
- confit
-
noun,
duck or goose cooked in its own fat and preserved.
- careen
-
noun,
a careening.
- octroi
-
noun,
(formerly especially in France and Italy) a local tax levied on certain articles, such as foodstuffs, on their entry into a city.
- cornea
-
noun,
the transparent anterior part of the external coat of the eye covering the iris and the pupil and continuous with the sclera.
- Corner
-
noun,
the place at which two converging lines or surfaces meet.
- Oenone
-
noun,
a nymph of Mount Ida who was the wife of Paris, but was deserted by him for Helen.
- CORNET
-
noun,
Music. a valved wind instrument of the trumpet family.
- outran
-
verb,
simple past tense of outrun.
- corona
-
noun,
a white or colored circle or set of concentric circles of light seen around a luminous body, especially around the sun or moon.
- Carnot
-
noun,
Lazare Nicolas Marguerite [la-zar nee-kaw-lah mar-guh-reet] /laˈzar ni kɔˈlɑ mar gəˈrit/ (Show IPA), 1753–1823, French general and statesman.
- carnet
-
noun,
a customs document allowing an automobile to be driven at no cost across international borders.
- urino-
-
- corita
-
noun,
a boat resembling a large, woven basket, used by Indians of the southwestern U.S.
- Corrie
-
noun,
a circular hollow in the side of a hill or mountain.
- Coruna
-
noun,
La Coruña.
- Carmen
-
noun,
Ciudad del Carmen.
- octant
-
noun,
the eighth part of a circle.
- octane
-
noun,
any of 18 isomeric saturated hydrocarbons having the formula C 8 H 18 , some of which are obtained in the distillation and cracking of petroleum.
- Cotter
-
noun,
a pin, wedge, key, or the like, fitted or driven into an opening to secure something or hold parts together.
- Cotton
-
noun,
a soft, white, downy substance consisting of the hairs or fibers attached to the seeds of plants belonging to the genus Gossypium, of the mallow family, used in making fabrics, thread, wadding, etc.
- career
-
noun,
an occupation or profession, especially one requiring special training, followed as one's lifework:
- corium
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. dermis.
- outman
-
verb (used with object),
to surpass in manpower.
- Carter
-
noun,
Bennett Lester ("Benny") 1907–2003, U.S. jazz saxophonist and composer.
- contin
-
- Conium
-
noun,
the poison hemlock, Conium maculatum.
- carrot
-
noun,
a plant, Daucus carota, of the parsley family, having pinnately decompound leaves and umbels of small white or yellow flowers, in its wild form a widespread, familiar weed, and in cultivation valued for its edible root.
- Connie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Constance.
- Connor
-
noun,
Ralph (Charles William Gordon) 1860–1937, Canadian novelist and clergyman.
- omenta
-
noun,
a fold of the peritoneum connecting the stomach and the abdominal viscera forming a protective and supportive covering.
- Conroe
-
noun,
a town in E Texas.
- ourari
-
noun,
curare.
- carrom
-
noun,
Billiards, Pool. a shot in which the cue ball hits two balls in succession.
- Carrie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- Corfam
-
- contr.
-
- conure
-
noun,
any of several long-tailed New World parrots, especially of the genus Aratinga, certain species of which are kept as pets.
- toucan
-
noun,
any of several usually brightly colored, fruit-eating birds of the family Ramphastidae, of tropical America, having a very large bill.
- outact
-
verb (used with object),
to outdo in acting.
- cooner
-
noun,
coon dog.
- Cooter
-
noun,
Chiefly Southern U.S. any of several large aquatic turtles of the southern U.S. and northern Mexico.
- cootie
-
noun,
a louse, especially one affecting humans, as the body louse, head louse, or pubic louse.
- outfit
-
noun,
an assemblage of articles that equip a person for a particular task, role, trade, etc.:
- trocar
-
noun,
a sharp-pointed instrument enclosed in a cannula, used for withdrawing fluid from a cavity, as the abdominal cavity.
- metro-
-
- Noetic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the mind.
- tenter
-
noun,
a framework on which cloth in the process of manufacture is stretched so it may set or dry evenly.
- recant
-
verb (used with object),
to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
- nectar
-
noun,
the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or birds that pollinate the flower.
- ferine
-
adjective,
feral1 .
- Fermat
-
noun,
Pierre de [pyer duh] /pyɛr də/ (Show IPA), 1601–65, French mathematician.
- uretic
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or occurring in the urine.
- tenrec
-
noun,
any of several insectivorous mammals of the family Tenrecidae, of Madagascar, having a long, pointed snout, certain species of which are spiny and tailless.
- tierce
-
noun,
an old measure of capacity equivalent to one third of a pipe, or 42 wine gallons.
- Ermine
-
noun,
an Old World weasel, Mustela erminea, having in its winter color phase a white coat with black at the tip of the tail.
Compare stoat.
- necro-
-
- Tenner
-
noun,
a 10-dollar bill.
- neuron
-
noun,
Cell Biology. a specialized, impulse-conducting cell that is the functional unit of the nervous system, consisting of the cell body and its processes, the axon and dendrites.
- famine
-
noun,
extreme and general scarcity of food, as in a country or a large geographical area.
- truant
-
noun,
a student who stays away from school without permission.
- femto-
-
- Tifton
-
noun,
a town in central Georgia.
- Timaru
-
noun,
a seaport on the E coast of South Island, in S New Zealand.
- ferret
-
noun,
a domesticated, usually red-eyed, and albinic variety of the polecat, used in Europe for driving rabbits and rats from their burrows.
- Actium
-
noun,
a promontory in NW ancient Greece: Antony and Cleopatra were defeated by Octavian and Agrippa in a naval battle near here in 31 b.c.
- ferri-
-
- ferric
-
adjective,
of or containing iron, especially in the trivalent state.
- ferro-
-
- neaten
-
verb (used with object),
to make neat:
- Erfurt
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Thuringia, in central Germany.
- enamor
-
verb (used with object),
to fill or inflame with love (usually used in the passive and followed by of or sometimes with):
- neuro-
-
- termor
-
noun,
a person who has an estate for a term of years or for life.
- Nerine
-
noun,
any of several bulbous plants belonging to the genus Nerine, of the amaryllis family, native to southern Africa, having funnel-shaped red, pink, or white flowers.
- nemat-
-
- Fannie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Frances.
- tetra-
-
- acumen
-
noun,
keen insight; shrewdness:
- neuter
-
noun,
Grammar.
the neuter gender.
a noun of that gender.
another element marking that gender.
an intransitive verb.
- terret
-
noun,
one of the round loops or rings on the saddle of a harness, through which the driving reins pass.
- fencer
-
noun,
a person who practices the art of fencing with a sword, foil, etc.
- Factor
-
noun,
one of the elements contributing to a particular result or situation:
- Nicene
-
adjective,
of or relating to Nicaea.
- Eunice
-
noun,
a city in S central Louisiana.
- Fenian
-
noun,
a member of an Irish revolutionary organization founded in New York in 1858, which worked for the establishment of an independent Irish republic.
- terror
-
noun,
intense, sharp, overmastering fear:
- fenman
-
noun,
a dweller in the Fens of England.
- fenmen
-
noun,
a dweller in the Fens of England.
- Niemen
-
noun,
a river in the W Soviet Union in Europe, flowing into the Baltic: called Memel in its lower course. 565 miles (910 km) long.
- fennec
-
noun,
a small, pale yellowish-brown fox, Fennecus zerda, of northern Africa, having large, pointed ears.
- rectum
-
noun,
the comparatively straight, terminal section of the intestine, ending in the anus.
- Fenrir
-
noun,
a wolflike monster, a son of Loki and Angerboda, chained by Gleipnir but destined to be released at Ragnarok to eat Odin and to be killed by Vidar.
- Tetuan
-
noun,
a seaport in N Morocco, on the Mediterranean: former capital of the Spanish zone of Morocco.
- factum
-
noun,
a statement of the facts in a controversy or legal case.
- recite
-
verb (used with object),
to repeat the words of, as from memory, especially in a formal manner:
- faerie
-
noun,
the imaginary land of the fairies; fairyland.
- Recife
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Pernambuco province, in NE Brazil.
- Truman
-
noun,
Elizabeth Virginia Wallace ("Bess") 1885–1982, U.S. First Lady 1945–53 (wife of Harry S Truman).
- Teuton
-
noun,
a member of a Germanic people or tribe first mentioned in the 4th century b.c. and supposed to have dwelt in Jutland.
- Recent
-
noun,
Also called Holocene. (initial capital letter) Geology. the Recent Epoch or Series.
- errant
-
adjective,
deviating from the regular or proper course; erring; straying.
- eroto-
-
- erotic
-
noun,
an erotic poem.
- attune
-
verb (used with object),
to bring into accord, harmony, or sympathetic relationship; adjust:
- fanion
-
noun,
a small flag, originally carried by military brigades, used by soldiers and surveyors as a positional marker.
- eonian
-
adjective,
aeonian.
- nation
-
noun,
a large body of people, associated with a particular territory, that is sufficiently conscious of its unity to seek or to possess a government peculiarly its own:
- enter-
-
- auntie
-
noun,
Informal. aunt.
- uremic
-
adjective,
pertaining to uremia.
- enroot
-
verb (used with object),
to fix by the root.
- Enrico
-
noun,
a male given name: Italian form of Henry.
- nocent
-
adjective,
harmful; injurious.
- faucet
-
noun,
any device for controlling the flow of liquid from a pipe or the like by opening or closing an orifice; tap; cock.
- netmen
-
noun,
a tennis player.
- natron
-
noun,
a mineral, hydrated sodium carbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅10H 2 O.
- Temuco
-
noun,
a city in S Chile.
- fierce
-
adjective,
menacingly wild, savage, or hostile:
- refect
-
verb (used with object),
to refresh, especially with food or drink.
- fatten
-
verb (used with object),
to make fat.
- tenaim
-
noun,
the terms of a Jewish marriage, as the wedding date, amount of the bride's dowry, etc., or an agreement containing such terms, made by the parents of an engaged couple at the engagement party.
- terat-
-
- enface
-
verb (used with object),
to write, print, or stamp something on the face of (a note, draft, etc.).
- nocti-
-
- termer
-
noun,
a person who is serving a term, especially in prison (usually used in combination):
- actin-
-
- netman
-
noun,
a tennis player.
- Farmer
-
noun,
a person who farms; person who operates a farm or cultivates land.
- encore
-
noun,
a demand, as by applause, for a repetition of a song, act, etc., or for a performance of a number or piece additional to those on a program, or for a reappearance by the performers, as at the end of a concert, recital, etc.
- Encina
-
noun,
the live oak, Quercus virginiana.
- Mettie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Matilda or Martha.
- tinct.
-
- aecium
-
noun,
the fruiting body of rust fungi, which bears chainlike or stalked spores.
- natter
-
noun,
a conversation; chat.
- tenace
-
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.
- facete
-
adjective,
facetious.
- fetter
-
noun,
a chain or shackle placed on the feet.
- tentie
-
adjective,
tenty.
- nitro-
-
- action
-
noun,
the process or state of acting or of being active:
- ureter
-
noun,
a muscular duct or tube conveying the urine from a kidney to the bladder or cloaca.
- recti-
-
- reface
-
verb (used with object),
to renew, restore, or repair the face or surface of (buildings, stone, etc.).
- Timour
-
noun,
Tamerlane.
- tenure
-
noun,
the holding or possessing of anything:
- fiance
-
noun,
a man engaged to be married. Synonyms: future groom, future husband, future spouse, betrothed.
- Nature
-
noun,
the material world, especially as surrounding humankind and existing independently of human activities.
- tenuto
-
adjective,
Music. (of a note, chord, or rest) held to the full time value.
- reamer
-
noun,
any of various rotary tools, with helical or straight flutes, for finishing or enlarging holes drilled in metal.
- fiacre
-
noun,
a small horse-drawn carriage.
- entire
-
noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- fantom
-
noun,
an apparition or specter.
- entice
-
verb (used with object),
to lead on by exciting hope or desire; allure; inveigle:
- re-act
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- tenant
-
noun,
a person or group that rents and occupies land, a house, an office, or the like, from another for a period of time; lessee.
- Tumaco
-
noun,
a seaport in SW Colombia.
- Nemea
-
noun,
a valley in SE Greece, in ancient Argolis.
- Mitra
-
noun,
the mitriform pileus of certain fungi.
- miter
-
noun,
the official headdress of a bishop in the Western Church, in its modern form a tall cap with a top deeply cleft crosswise, the outline of the front and back resembling that of a pointed arch.
- Mitre
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- outen
-
verb (used with object),
to turn off (a light) or extinguish (a fire).
- rect.
-
- ourie
-
adjective,
shabby; dingy.
- Outer
-
adjective,
situated on or toward the outside; external; exterior:
- Afric
-
adjective,
African.
- recta
-
noun,
a plural of rectum.
- aeri-
-
- often
-
adverb,
many times; frequently:
- Neman
-
noun,
a river rising in central Byelorussia (Belarus), flowing W through Lithuania into the Baltic. 582 miles (937 km) long.
- Omani
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Oman.
- amour
-
noun,
a love affair.
- nacre
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- Utter
-
adjective,
complete; total; absolute:
- Orrin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Orono
-
noun,
a town in S Maine.
- Oromo
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic, pastoral people of Ethiopia and Kenya.
- 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.
- refit
-
noun,
an act of refitting.
- naut.
-
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- unfit
-
adjective,
not fit; not adapted or suited; unsuitable:
- Namur
-
noun,
a province in S Belgium. 1413 sq. mi. (3660 sq. km).
- Utica
-
noun,
an ancient city on the N coast of Africa, NW of Carthage.
- micra
-
noun,
a plural of micron.
- Oruro
-
noun,
a city in W Bolivia: a former capital, over 12,000 feet (3660 meters) high.
- 30-30
-
- Nance
-
noun,
Offensive. an effeminate male.
- urate
-
noun,
a salt of uric acid.
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- ricer
-
noun,
an implement for ricing potatoes, squash, etc., by pressing them through small holes.
- nano-
-
- afire
-
adjective,
on fire:
- 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.
- Naomi
-
noun,
the mother-in-law of Ruth and the great-grandmother of David. Ruth 1.
- refer
-
verb (used with object),
to direct for information or anything required:
- Orton
-
noun,
Joe (John Kingsley Orton) 1933–67, English playwright.
- MINCE
-
noun,
something cut up very small; mincemeat.
- afore
-
adverb, preposition, conjunction,
before.
- aerie
-
noun,
the nest of a bird of prey, as an eagle or a hawk.
- ounce
-
noun,
a unit of weight equal to 437.5 grains or 1/16 pound (28.35 grams) avoirdupois.
- afoot
-
adverb, adjective,
on foot; walking:
- amort
-
adjective,
spiritless; lifeless.
- omni-
-
- Omuta
-
noun,
a seaport on W Kyushu, in SW Japan.
- Otter
-
noun,
any of several aquatic, furbearing, weasellike mammals of the genus Lutra and related genera, having webbed feet and a long, slightly flattened tail.
- ottar
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- onco-
-
- Minto
-
noun,
Gilbert John Elliot-Murray-Kynynmond [el-ee-uh t-mur-ee-ki-nin-muh nd,, -muhr-ee-,, el-yuh t-] /ˈɛl i ətˈmɜr i kɪˈnɪn mənd,, -ˈmʌr i-,, ˈɛl yət-/ (Show IPA), 4th Earl of, 1845–1914, British colonial administrator: governor general of Canada 1898–1904; viceroy of India 1905–10.
- recur
-
verb (used without object),
to occur again, as an event, experience, etc.
- Nairn
-
noun,
a historic county in N Scotland.
- aero-
-
- Minot
-
noun,
George Richards [rich-erdz] /ˈrɪtʃ ərdz/ (Show IPA), 1885–1950, U.S. physician: Nobel prize 1934.
- Otomi
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of south-central Mexico.
- onion
-
noun,
a plant, Allium cepa, of the amaryllis family, having an edible, succulent, pungent bulb.
- Minor
-
noun,
a person under the legal age of full responsibility.
- onium
-
- Minna
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Minn.
-
- ontic
-
adjective,
possessing the character of real rather than phenomenal existence; noumenal.
- onto-
-
- Miner
-
noun,
Also called mineworker. a person who works in a mine, especially a commercial mine producing coal or metallic ores.
- Otaru
-
noun,
a city in W Hokkaido, in N Japan.
- Urena
-
noun,
any tropical plant or shrub belonging to the genus Urena, of the mallow family, having clusters of small, yellow flowers, especially U. lobata, which yields a useful bast fiber.
- murre
-
noun,
either of two black and white diving birds of the genus Uria, of northern seas, U. aalge (common murre) or U. lomvia (thick-billed murre)
- AMORC
-
- Aimee
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Reaum
-
- Norco
-
noun,
a town in S California.
- UNRRA
-
- mucin
-
noun,
any of a class of glycoproteins found in saliva, gastric juice, etc., that form viscous solutions and act as lubricants or protectants on external and internal surfaces of the body.
- noria
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- muco-
-
- mucor
-
noun,
any phycomycetous fungus of the genus Mucor, that forms a furry coating on foodstuffs and dead and decaying vegetable matter.
- rater
-
noun,
a person who makes rates or ratings.
- Norma
-
noun,
the Rule, a small southern constellation between Lupus and Ara.
- mucro
-
noun,
a short point projecting abruptly, as at the end of a leaf.
- untie
-
verb (used with object),
to loose or unfasten (anything tied); let or set loose by undoing a knot.
- Mufti
-
noun,
civilian clothes, in contrast with military or other uniforms, or as worn by a person who usually wears a uniform.
- rearm
-
verb (used with object),
to arm again.
- moron
-
noun,
Informal. a person who is notably stupid or lacking in good judgment:
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- nitr-
-
- niton
-
noun,
(formerly) radon. Symbol: Nt.
- remit
-
noun,
Law. a transfer of the record of an action from one tribunal to another, particularly from an appellate court to the court of original jurisdiction.
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- noto-
-
- acorn
-
noun,
the typically ovoid fruit or nut of an oak, enclosed at the base by a cupule.
- notum
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- Ranee
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- reman
-
verb (used with object),
to man again; furnish with a fresh supply of personnel.
- ratio
-
noun,
the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:
- acro-
-
- Munin
-
noun,
one of the two ravens of Odin that brought him news from the whole world.
- nonce
-
noun,
the present, or immediate, occasion or purpose (usually used in the phrase for the nonce).
- Noemi
-
noun,
Naomi (def 1).
- mourn
-
verb (used with object),
to feel or express sorrow or grief over (misfortune, loss, or anything regretted); deplore.
- nomen
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) the second name of a citizen, indicating his gens, as “Gaius Julius Caesar.”.
- Renan
-
noun,
Ernest [ur-nist;; French er-nest] /ˈɜr nɪst;; French ɛrˈnɛst/ (Show IPA), 1823–92, French philologist, historian, and critic.
- acron
-
noun,
the unsegmented, preoral portion of the body of an arthropod.
- nomo-
-
- ameer
-
noun,
emir.
- noct-
-
- nona-
-
- Mount
-
noun,
the act or a manner of mounting.
- reni-
-
- motto
-
noun,
a maxim adopted as an expression of the guiding principle of a person, organization, city, etc.
- renin
-
noun,
a proteolytic enzyme secreted by the kidneys that is involved in the release of angiotensin.
- motte
-
noun,
a grove or clump of trees in prairie land or open country.
- ament
-
noun,
catkin.
- motor
-
noun,
a comparatively small and powerful engine, especially an internal-combustion engine in an automobile, motorboat, or the like.
- react
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- Amer.
-
- nonet
-
noun,
a group of nine performers or instruments.
- moton
-
noun,
besague.
- no-no
-
noun,
anything that is forbidden or not advisable, as because of being improper or unsafe:
- motif
-
noun,
a recurring subject, theme, idea, etc., especially in a literary, artistic, or musical work.
- motet
-
noun,
a vocal composition in polyphonic style, on a Biblical or similar prose text, intended for use in a church service.
- non-U
-
adjective,
not characteristic of or appropriate to the upper class, especially of Great Britain:
- munic
-
- Ramon
-
noun,
any of several tropical American trees belonging to the genus Brosimum, of the mulberry family, the leaves of which are used as forage, especially B. alicastrum, which bears the breadnut.
- retem
-
noun,
a shrub, Retama raetam, of Syria and Arabia, having white flowers: said to be the juniper of the Old Testament.
- Union
-
noun,
the act of uniting two or more things.
- murra
-
noun,
a mineral or stone used in ancient Rome for making fine vases, cups, etc.: believed to have been fluorite.
- racer
-
noun,
a person, animal, or thing that races or takes part in a race, as a racehorse, bicycle, yacht, etc.
- oaten
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or made of oats.
- monic
-
adjective,
(of a polynomial) having the coefficient of the term of highest degree equal to 1.
- oater
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- neut.
-
- Monet
-
noun,
Claude [klawd;; French klohd] /klɔd;; French kloʊd/ (Show IPA), 1840–1926, French painter.
- ocean
-
noun,
the vast body of salt water that covers almost three fourths of the earth's surface.
- ocrea
-
noun,
a sheathing part, as a pair of stipules united about a stem.
- outre
-
adjective,
passing the bounds of what is usual or considered proper; unconventional; bizarre.
- octa-
-
- acet-
-
- racon
-
noun,
radar beacon.
- rerun
-
noun,
the act of rerunning.
- moire
-
noun,
any moiré fabric.
- Afro-
-
- octan
-
noun,
an octan fever.
- neur-
-
- Moira
-
noun,
Classical Mythology.
the personification of fate.
Moirai, the Fates.
- afrit
-
noun,
afreet.
- octet
-
noun,
a company of eight singers or musicians.
- octo-
-
- neume
-
noun,
any of various symbols representing from one to four notes, used in the musical notation of the Middle Ages but now employed solely in the notation of Gregorian chant in the liturgical books of the Roman Catholic Church.
- Urmia
-
noun,
Lake, a salt lake in NW Iran. About 2000 sq. mi. (5180 sq. km).
- mono-
-
- amine
-
noun,
any of a class of compounds derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms with organic groups.
- Morea
-
noun,
Peloponnesus.
- Nurmi
-
noun,
Paavo Johannes [pah-vaw yaw-hahn-nes] /ˈpɑ vɔ ˈyɔ hɑn nɛs/ (Show IPA), 1897–1973, Finnish athlete.
- ramie
-
noun,
an Asian shrub, Boehmeria nivea, of the nettle family, yielding a fiber used especially in making textiles.
- ramet
-
noun,
an individual of a clone.
- Munro
-
noun,
Alice (Laidlaw) [leyd-law] /ˈleɪdˌlɔ/ (Show IPA), born 1931, Canadian short-story writer.
- nuci-
-
- Ramee
-
noun,
Louise de la ("Ouida") 1839–1908, English novelist.
- Niort
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- unman
-
verb (used with object),
to deprive of courage or fortitude; break down the manly spirit of:
- rente
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- Moore
-
noun,
Archibald Lee ("Archie") 1913–1998, U.S. boxer.
- numen
-
noun,
divine power or spirit; a deity, especially one presiding locally or believed to inhabit a particular object.
- urine
-
noun,
the liquid-to-semisolid waste matter excreted by the kidneys, in humans being a yellowish, slightly acid, watery fluid.
- Recit
-
- amin-
-
- unite
-
noun,
a former gold coin of England, equal to 20 shillings, issued under James I and Charles I.
- uran-
-
- Murat
-
noun,
Joachim [zhaw-a-keem] /ʒɔ aˈkim/ (Show IPA), 1767?–1815, French marshal: king of Naples 1808–15.
- AMICE
-
noun,
an oblong vestment, usually of white linen, worn about the neck and shoulders and partly under the alb.
- RECON
-
noun,
reconnaissance.
- Monte
-
noun,
Also called monte bank. a gambling game played with a 40-card pack in which players bet that one of two layouts, each consisting of two cards drawn from either the top or bottom of the deck and turned face up, will be matched in suit by the next card turned up.
- niece
-
noun,
a daughter of a person's brother or sister.
- Mont.
-
- Acton
-
noun,
a quilted garment worn under mail in the 13th and 14th centuries; gambeson.
- Actor
-
noun,
a person who acts in stage plays, motion pictures, television broadcasts, etc.
- Unit.
-
- acute
-
noun,
the acute accent.
- moror
-
noun,
maror.
- Armen
-
- metr-
-
- ERICA
-
noun,
any of numerous low-growing evergreen shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Erica, of the heath family, including several species of heather.
- 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.
- trone
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- enure
-
verb (used with or without object),
inure.
- Timor
-
noun,
an island in the S part of Indonesia: largest and easternmost of the Lesser Sunda Islands; E half formerly belonged to Portugal. 13,095 sq. mi. (33,913 sq. km).
- Timon
-
noun,
c320–c230 b.c, Greek philosopher.
- timer
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- erect
-
adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- Trout
-
noun,
any of several game fishes of the genus Salmo, related to the salmon.
Compare brown trout, cutthroat trout, rainbow trout.
- Ernie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Ernest.
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- truce
-
noun,
a suspension of hostilities for a specified period of time by mutual agreement of the warring parties; cease-fire; armistice.
- erron
-
- error
-
noun,
a deviation from accuracy or correctness; a mistake, as in action or speech:
- eruct
-
verb (used with or without object),
to belch forth, as gas from the stomach.
- Teut.
-
- Truro
-
noun,
a town in central Nova Scotia, in SE Canada.
- Teton
-
noun,
the westernmost branch of the Dakota Indians.
- Terri
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- Euro-
-
- auto.
-
- ento-
-
- caine
-
noun,
(Sir Thomas Henry) Hall, 1853–1931, English novelist.
- terr.
-
- titer
-
noun,
the strength of a solution as determined by titration with a standard substance.
- tomia
-
noun,
the cutting edge of a bird's bill.
- eaten
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- Eaton
-
noun,
Theophilus, 1590–1658, English colonist and colonial administrator in America.
- toman
-
noun,
a coin of Iran, equal to 10 rials.
- econ.
-
- ecto-
-
- T-man
-
noun,
a special investigator of the Department of the Treasury.
- Ecua.
-
- titre
-
noun,
titer.
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- enorm
-
adjective,
enormous; huge; vast.
- Cameo
-
noun,
a technique of engraving upon a gem or other stone, as onyx, in such a way that an underlying stone of one color is exposed as a background for a low-relief design of another color.
- emote
-
verb (used without object),
to show or pretend emotion:
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- enact
-
verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- Cairo
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Egypt, in the N part on the E bank of the Nile.
- enate
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- cairn
-
noun,
a heap of stones set up as a landmark, monument, tombstone, etc.
- enema
-
noun,
the injection of a fluid into the rectum to cause a bowel movement.
- enfin
-
adverb,
in conclusion; finally.
- ennui
-
noun,
a feeling of utter weariness and discontent resulting from satiety or lack of interest; boredom:
- Terra
-
noun,
earth; land.
- facer
-
noun,
a person or thing that faces.
- tonia
-
- temin
-
noun,
Howard M(artin) 1934–94, U.S. virologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1975.
- feria
-
noun,
Ecclesiastical. a weekday on which no feast is celebrated.
- Fermi
-
noun,
a unit of length, 10− 15 m, used in measuring nuclear distances. Symbol: F.
- Tenn.
-
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- tenet
-
noun,
any opinion, principle, doctrine, dogma, etc., especially one held as true by members of a profession, group, or movement.
- tuner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tunes.
- feti-
-
- fetor
-
noun,
a strong, offensive smell; stench.
- Temne
-
noun,
a member of a people living mainly in Sierra Leone.
- finca
-
noun,
a ranch or large farm in a Spanish-speaking country, especially a plantation in tropical Spanish America.
- tenon
-
noun,
a projection formed on the end of a timber or the like for insertion into a mortise of the same dimensions.
- Teena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Albertina, Bettina, or Christina.
- Finer
-
noun,
fines.
Mining. crushed ore sufficiently fine to pass through a given screen. Compare short (def 29e).
Agriculture. the fine bits of corn kernel knocked off during handling of the grain.
- atto-
-
- Fiona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Fionn
-
noun,
Finn.
- tunic
-
noun,
Chiefly British. a coat worn as part of a military or other uniform.
- Attic
-
noun,
the part of a building, especially of a house, directly under a roof; garret.
- tecta
-
noun,
a rooflike structure.
- Fiume
-
noun,
Italian name of Rijeka.
- atone
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- teno-
-
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- facet
-
noun,
one of the small, polished plane surfaces of a cut gem.
- term.
-
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- terne
-
noun,
terne metal.
- faint
-
noun,
a temporary loss of consciousness resulting from a decreased flow of blood to the brain; a swoon:
- Auric
-
adjective,
of or containing gold in the trivalent state.
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- fanon
-
noun,
a maniple.
- Fanti
-
noun,
a Kwa language spoken in Ghana that is mutually intelligible with Twi.
- farce
-
noun,
a light, humorous play in which the plot depends upon a skillfully exploited situation rather than upon the development of character.
- farci
-
adjective,
filled with with seasoned bread crumbs or other savory matter; stuffed.
- Farro
-
noun,
emmer.
- fence
-
noun,
a barrier enclosing or bordering a field, yard, etc., usually made of posts and wire or wood, used to prevent entrance, to confine, or to mark a boundary.
- tumor
-
noun,
a swollen part; swelling; protuberance.
- terce
-
noun,
tierce (def 3).
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- Faure
-
noun,
Gabriel Urbain [ga-bree-el oor-ban] /ga briˈɛl urˈbɛ̃/ (Show IPA), 1845–1924, French composer.
- tera-
-
- fecit
-
verb,
he made (it); she made (it): formerly used on works of art after the name of the artist. Abbreviation: fe., fec.
- feint
-
noun,
a movement made in order to deceive an adversary; an attack aimed at one place or point merely as a distraction from the real place or point of attack:
- metic
-
noun,
an alien resident of an ancient Greek city who paid a tax for the right to live there.
- femic
-
adjective,
of or relating to a group of rock-forming minerals in which iron and magnesium are essential components.
- femur
-
noun,
Anatomy. a bone in the human leg extending from the pelvis to the knee, that is the longest, largest, and strongest in the body; thighbone.
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- cutin
-
noun,
a transparent, waxy substance constituting, together with cellulose, the cuticle of plants.
- atmo-
-
- Conon
-
noun,
died a.d. 687, pope 686–687.
- Comer
-
noun,
Informal. a person or thing that is progressing well or is very promising:
- comet
-
noun,
a celestial body moving about the sun, usually in a highly eccentric orbit, consisting of a central mass surrounded by an envelope of dust and gas that may form a tail that streams away from the sun.
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- Comr.
-
- Comte
-
noun,
count2 .
- Conan
-
noun,
a male given name.
- conf.
-
- Carte
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- Conn.
-
- cont.
-
- Toure
-
noun,
Sékou [sey-koo] /ˈseɪ ku/ (Show IPA), 1922–84, Guinean political leader: prime minister 1958-72; president 1958–84.
- Conte
-
noun,
count2 .
- conto
-
noun,
a money of account of Portugal and Cape Verde, equal to 1000 escudos.
- cooee
-
noun,
a prolonged, shrill, clear call or cry used as a signal by Australian Aborigines and adopted by the settlers in the country.
- toti-
-
- totem
-
noun,
a natural object or an animate being, as an animal or bird, assumed as the emblem of a clan, family, or group.
- Torun
-
noun,
a city in N Poland, on the Vistula.
- Corea
-
noun,
Armando Anthony [ahr-mahn-doh] /ɑrˈmɑn doʊ/ (Show IPA), ("Chick") born 1941, U.S. jazz pianist and composer.
- corer
-
noun,
a person or thing that cores.
- Torte
-
noun,
a rich cake, especially one containing little or no flour, usually made with eggs and ground nuts or bread crumbs.
- Corfu
-
noun,
Ancient Corcyra. one of the Ionian Islands, off the NW coast of Greece. 229 sq. mi. (593 sq. km).
- cater
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- 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.
- carom
-
noun,
Billiards, Pool. a shot in which the cue ball hits two balls in succession.
- cetin
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble fat, C 32 H 64 O 2 , obtained from spermaceti by extraction with ether: used chiefly as an emulsive agent in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals and cosmetics and as a base in the manufacture of candles and soaps.
- cent.
-
- CENTO
-
noun,
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
- Ceram
-
noun,
an island of the Moluccas in Indonesia, W of New Guinea. 7191 sq. mi. (18,625 sq. km).
- trice
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- triac
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- ceria
-
noun,
a white-to-yellow, heavy powder, cerium dioxide, CeO 2 , usually derived from cerium nitrate by decomposition with heat: used chiefly in ceramics, glass polishing, and decolorizing.
- cero-
-
- Cerro
-
noun,
a hill or peak.
- cert.
-
- Trent
-
noun,
Italian Trento. Ancient Tridentum. a city in N Italy, on the Adige River.
- Coamo
-
noun,
a city in S central Puerto Rico.
- Ceuta
-
noun,
a seaport and enclave of Spain in N Morocco, on the Strait of Gibraltar.
- treen
-
noun,
treenware.
- 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.
- TREAT
-
noun,
entertainment, food, drink, etc., given by way of compliment or as an expression of friendly regard.
- Cimon
-
noun,
507–499 b.c, Athenian military leader, naval commander, and statesman (son of Miltiades).
- cine-
-
- trait
-
noun,
a distinguishing characteristic or quality, especially of one's personal nature:
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- Tract
-
noun,
an expanse or area of land, water, etc.; region; stretch.
- Trace
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- coria
-
noun,
plural of corium.
- cornu
-
noun,
a horn, especially a bony part that resembles a horn.
- cutie
-
noun,
Informal. a charmingly attractive or cute person, especially a girl or a young woman (often used as a form of address):
- cruor
-
noun,
coagulated blood, or the portion of the blood that forms the clot.
- crine
-
noun,
hair; head of hair.
- crit.
-
- Croat
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Croatia; Croatian.
- Croft
-
noun,
a small farm, especially one worked by a tenant.
- caner
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- crone
-
noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- croon
-
noun,
the act or sound of crooning.
- crore
-
noun,
(in India) the sum of ten million, especially of rupees; one hundred lacs.
- cruet
-
noun,
a glass bottle, especially one for holding vinegar, oil, etc., for the table.
- 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.
- crim.
-
- toran
-
noun,
(in Indian Buddhist and Hindu architecture) a gateway having two or three lintels between two posts.
- Cumae
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Italy, on the coast of Campania: believed to be the earliest Greek colony in Italy or in Sicily.
- cumin
-
noun,
a small plant, Cuminum cyminum, of the parsley family, bearing aromatic, seedlike fruit, used in cookery and medicine.
- tono-
-
- curet
-
noun,
a scoop-shaped surgical instrument for removing tissue from body cavities, as the uterus.
- Curia
-
noun,
one of the political subdivisions of each of the three tribes of ancient Rome.
- Curie
-
noun,
a unit of activity of radioactive substances equivalent to 3.70 × 10 10 disintegrations per second: it is approximately the amount of activity produced by 1 gram of radium-226. Abbreviation: Ci.
- curio
-
noun,
any unusual article, object of art, etc., valued as a curiosity.
- tonne
-
noun,
metric ton.
- tonic
-
noun,
a medicine that invigorates or strengthens:
- crime
-
noun,
an action or an instance of negligence that is deemed injurious to the public welfare or morals or to the interests of the state and that is legally prohibited.
- crier
-
noun,
a person who cries.
- carne
-
noun,
Marcel [mahr-sel;; French mar-sel] /mɑrˈsɛl;; French marˈsɛl/ (Show IPA), 1909–1996, French film director.
- trite
-
adjective,
lacking in freshness or effectiveness because of constant use or excessive repetition; hackneyed; stale:
- Corot
-
noun,
Jean Baptiste Camille [zhahn ba-teest ka-mee-yuh] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist kaˈmi yə/ (Show IPA), 1796–1875, French painter.
- corr.
-
- Corti
-
noun,
Alfonso [al-fon-soh;; Italian ahl-fawn-saw] /ælˈfɒn soʊ;; Italian ɑlˈfɔn sɔ/ (Show IPA), 1822–76, Italian anatomist.
- Carme
-
noun,
a small natural satellite of the planet Jupiter.
- cotta
-
noun,
a surplice.
- Carin
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Carie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- caret
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- Count
-
noun,
the act of counting; enumeration; reckoning; calculation:
- Caren
-
noun,
a female given name.
- 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.
- Crete
-
noun,
Formerly Candia. a Greek island in the Mediterranean, SE of mainland Greece. 3235 sq. mi. (8380 sq. km). Capital: Canea.
- canto
-
noun,
one of the main or larger divisions of a long poem.
- craft
-
noun,
an art, trade, or occupation requiring special skill, especially manual skill:
- Crane
-
noun,
any large wading bird of the family Gruidae, characterized by long legs, bill, and neck and an elevated hind toe.
- crate
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- cream
-
noun,
the fatty part of milk, which rises to the surface when the liquid is allowed to stand unless homogenized.
- Cant.
-
- Canon
-
noun,
an ecclesiastical rule or law enacted by a council or other competent authority and, in the Roman Catholic Church, approved by the pope.
- canoe
-
noun,
any of various slender, open boats, tapering to a point at both ends, propelled by paddles or sometimes sails and traditionally formed of light framework covered with bark, skins, or canvas, or formed from a dug-out or burned-out log or logs, and now usually made of aluminum, fiberglass, etc.
- creme
-
noun,
cream.
- Creon
-
noun,
a king of Thebes, the brother of Jocasta and the uncle of Eteocles, Polynices, and Antigone.
- Foote
-
noun,
Andrew Hull, 1806–63, U.S. naval officer.
- ormer
-
noun,
an abalone, Haliotis tuberculata, living in waters of the Channel Islands.
- taunt
-
noun,
an insulting gibe or sarcasm; scornful reproach or challenge.
- Inonu
-
noun,
Ismet [is-met] /ɪsˈmɛt/ (Show IPA), (Ismet Paşa) 1884–1973, president of Turkey 1938–50; prime minister 1923–24, 1925–37, 1961–65.
- 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.
- matte
-
noun,
a dull or dead surface, often slightly roughened, as on metals, paint, paper, or glass.
- Matt.
-
- Inner
-
adjective,
situated within or farther within; interior:
- matr-
-
- matin
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) matins, Also, especially British, mattins. (usually used with a singular verb) Ecclesiastical.
the first of the seven canonical hours.
the service for it, properly beginning at midnight, but sometimes beginning at daybreak.
Also called Morning Prayer. the service of public prayer, said in the morning, in the Anglican Church.
- mater
-
noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- Marut
-
noun,
any of a group of storm gods, the offspring of Rudra.
- Unami
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people, one of the Delaware group.
- uncia
-
noun,
a bronze coin of ancient Rome, the 12th part of an as.
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- Anton
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Anthony.
- Aneto
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA). Spanish name of Pic de Néthou.
- route
-
noun,
a course, way, or road for passage or travel:
- Marti
-
noun,
José [haw-se] /hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1853–1895, Cuban patriot and writer.
- antic
-
noun,
Usually, antics.
a playful trick or prank; caper.
a grotesque, fantastic, or ludicrous gesture, act, or posture.
- unarm
-
verb (used with object),
to deprive or relieve of arms; disarm.
- infer
-
verb (used with object),
to derive by reasoning; conclude or judge from premises or evidence:
- anti-
-
- inane
-
noun,
something that is empty or void, especially the void of infinite space.
- Arion
-
noun,
flourished 7th century b.c, Greek poet: inventor of the dithyramb.
- runic
-
adjective,
consisting of or set down in runes:
- Imena
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Arabic word meaning “faith.”.
- Rumor
-
noun,
a story or statement in general circulation without confirmation or certainty as to facts:
- Arete
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- Maine
-
noun,
a state in the NE United States, on the Atlantic coast. 33,215 sq. mi. (86,027 sq. km). Capital: Augusta.
Abbreviation: ME (for use with zip code), Me.
- rumen
-
noun,
the first stomach of ruminating animals, lying next to the reticulum.
- McRae
-
noun,
Carmen, 1920–94, U.S. jazz singer and songwriter.
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- areo-
-
- incor
-
- incr.
-
- tutee
-
noun,
a person who is being tutored; the pupil of a tutor.
- incur
-
verb (used with object),
to come into or acquire (some consequence, usually undesirable or injurious):
- anent
-
preposition,
in regard to; about; concerning.
- tutor
-
noun,
a person employed to instruct another in some branch or branches of learning, especially a private instructor.
- McFee
-
noun,
William, 1881–1966, English writer.
- intr.
-
- Roman
-
noun,
a metrical narrative, especially in medieval French literature.
- 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.
- annot
-
- Manon
-
noun,
an opera (1884) by Jules Massenet.
- Romeo
-
noun,
the romantic lover of Juliet in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.
- anon.
-
- manit
-
noun,
man-minute.
- UNCIO
-
- manic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or affected by mania.
- rooti
-
noun,
rooty2 .
- Manet
-
noun,
Édouard [ey-dwar] /eɪˈdwar/ (Show IPA), 1832–83, French painter.
- irone
-
noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- Annie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Ann, Anna, or Anne.
- Ronan
-
noun,
a king who killed his son, Mael Fothartaigh, after his wife had falsely accused the boy of attempting to seduce her, and who was himself killed by the children of Mael Fothartaigh.
- Ronco
-
noun,
any grunt of the genus Haemulon, especially H. parrai, the sailor's-choice, of West Indian waters.
- macer
-
noun,
macebearer.
- Macon
-
noun,
Nathaniel, 1758–1837, U.S. politician: Speaker of the House 1801–07.
- Ronne
-
noun,
a seaport on W Bornholm island, Denmark, in the S Baltic Sea: stone quarries.
- mafic
-
adjective,
of or relating to rocks rich in dark, ferromagnesian minerals.
Compare basic (def 4), ultramafic.
- manor
-
noun,
(in England) a landed estate or territorial unit, originally of the nature of a feudal lordship, consisting of a lord's demesne and of lands within which he has the right to exercise certain privileges, exact certain fees, etc.
- ante-
-
- inure
-
verb (used with object),
to accustom to hardship, difficulty, pain, etc.; toughen or harden; habituate (usually followed by to):
- Marin
-
noun,
John, 1870–1953, U.S. painter and etcher.
- maror
-
noun,
a portion of horseradish or other bitter herb that is eaten at the Seder meal on Passover.
- inurn
-
verb (used with object),
to put into an urn, especially ashes after cremation.
- Maroc
-
noun,
French name of Morocco.
- Marne
-
noun,
a river in NE France, flowing W to the Seine near Paris: battles 1914, 1918, 1944. 325 miles (525 km) long.
- Rouen
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Seine-Maritime, in N France, on the Seine: famous cathedral; execution of Joan of Arc 1431.
- Mario
-
noun,
a male given name: from the Roman family name Marius.
- anim.
-
- anime
-
noun,
a Japanese style of motion-picture animation, characterized by highly stylized, colorful art, futuristic settings, violence, and sexuality.
- Manue
-
noun,
Manoah.
- Marie
-
noun,
(Marie Alexandra Victoria of Saxe-Coburg) 1875–1938, queen of Romania 1914–27.
- rotte
-
noun,
rote2 .
- Iran.
-
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- rotor
-
noun,
Electricity. a rotating member of a machine.
Compare stator (def 1).
- anion
-
noun,
a negatively charged ion, as one attracted to the anode in electrolysis.
- Irene
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of the Horae, the personification of peace.
- Maori
-
noun,
a member of the native Polynesian population of New Zealand.
- meant
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of mean1 .
- ronin
-
noun,
a samurai who no longer serves a daimyo, or feudal lord.
- Fount
-
noun,
a spring of water; fountain.
- Tarim
-
noun,
a river in NW China, in Xinjiang Uygur region. About 1300 miles (2090 km) long.
- frore
-
adjective,
frozen; frosty.
- tater
-
noun,
potato.
- meta-
-
- fort.
-
- frier
-
noun,
fryer.
- friar
-
noun,
Roman Catholic Church. a member of a religious order, especially the mendicant orders of Franciscans, Dominicans, Carmelites, and Augustinians.
- tanto
-
adverb,
(of a musical direction) too much; so much.
- Frere
-
noun,
brother.
- Freon
-
- forte
-
noun,
a person's strong suit, or most highly developed characteristic, talent, or skill; something that one excels in:
Synonyms: talent, skill, excellence, strength, strong point, specialty, proficiency; knack, bent.
- Merca
-
noun,
a city in S Somalia.
- Freer
-
noun,
a person or thing that frees.
- Merci
-
interjection,
thank you.
- menta
-
noun,
Entomology. the medial plate of the labium in insects.
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- Turin
-
noun,
a city in NW Italy, on the Po: capital of the Kingdom of Italy 1860–65.
- franc
-
noun,
an aluminum or nickel coin and monetary unit of France, Belgium, and Luxembourg until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centimes. Abbreviation: F., f., Fr, fr.
- Artur
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Frame
-
noun,
a border or case for enclosing a picture, mirror, etc.
- tarot
-
noun,
any of a set of 22 playing cards bearing allegorical representations, used for fortunetelling and as trump cards in tarok.
- Forum
-
noun,
the marketplace or public square of an ancient Roman city, the center of judicial and business affairs and a place of assembly for the people.
- Meroe
-
noun,
a ruined city in Sudan, on the Nile, NE of Khartoum: a capital of ancient Ethiopia that was destroyed a.d. c350.
- Tartu
-
noun,
a city in SE Estonia.
- merit
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- mero-
-
- ancre
-
adjective,
having the end of each limb divided and carved outward like the flukes of an anchor; moline:
- armor
-
noun,
any covering worn as a defense against weapons.
- front
-
noun,
the foremost part or surface of anything.
- forme
-
noun,
form (def 30).
- fore-
-
- Tatum
-
noun,
Art, 1910–56, U.S. jazz pianist.
- tacet
-
verb (imperative),
be silent (directing an instrument or voice not to play or sing).
- tacit
-
adjective,
understood without being openly expressed; implied:
- arium
-
- Meier
-
noun,
Richard, born 1934, U.S. architect.
- foram
-
noun,
foraminifer.
- futon
-
noun,
a thin mattress, usually filled with layers of cotton batting and encased in cotton fabric, placed on a floor for sleeping, especially in traditional Japanese interiors, and folded and stored during the day.
- meter
-
noun,
the fundamental unit of length in the metric system, equivalent to 39.37 U.S. inches, originally intended to be, and being very nearly, equal to one ten-millionth of the distance from the equator to the pole measured on a meridian: defined from 1889 to 1960 as the distance between two lines on a platinum-iridium bar (the “International Prototype Meter”) preserved at the International Bureau of Weights and Measures near Paris; from 1960 to 1983 defined as 1,650,763.73 wavelengths of the orange-red radiation of krypton 86 under specified conditions; and now defined as 1/299,792,458 of the distance light travels in a vacuum in one second. Abbreviation: m.
- force
-
noun,
physical power or strength possessed by a living being:
- ation
-
- menat
-
noun,
an amulet worn by certain Egyptians in ancient times to secure divine protection and to ensure fertility.
- Trier
-
noun,
a person or thing that tries or tests; tester.
- fruit
-
noun,
any product of plant growth useful to humans or animals.
- furan
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid, unsaturated, five-membered heterocyclic compound, C 4 H 4 O, obtained from furfural: used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- furor
-
noun,
a general outburst of enthusiasm, excitement, controversy, or the like.
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- meno-
-
- armet
-
noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- taint
-
noun,
a trace of something bad, offensive, or harmful.
- Ancon
-
noun,
the elbow.
- Taino
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- fumet
-
noun,
a stock made by simmering fish, chicken, game, etc., in water, wine, or in both, often boiled down to concentrate the flavor and used as a flavoring.
- RCAF
-
- toro
-
noun,
a bull.
- RONA
-
- 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.
- rife
-
adjective,
of common or frequent occurrence; prevalent; in widespread existence, activity, or use:
- RACE
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- 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.
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- rift
-
noun,
an opening made by splitting, cleaving, etc.; fissure; cleft; chink.
- oro-
-
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- Rome
-
noun,
Harold (Jacob) 1908–1993, U.S. lyricist and composer.
- tri-
-
- unco
-
noun,
something extraordinary or unusual; a novelty.
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- roam
-
noun,
an act or instance of roaming; a ramble.
- orra
-
adjective,
not regular or scheduled; odd:
- tret
-
noun,
(formerly) an allowance for waste, after deduction for tare.
- otic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ear; auricular.
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- roar
-
noun,
a loud, deep cry or howl, as of an animal or a person:
- tout
-
noun,
a person who solicits business, employment, support, or the like, importunately.
- Roca
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in W Portugal, near Lisbon: the western extremity of continental Europe.
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- Otto
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- rit.
-
- Otoe
-
noun,
Oto.
- 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.
- oto-
-
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- Rom.
-
- Roma
-
noun,
Rome.
- out-
-
- Torr
-
noun,
a unit of pressure, being the pressure necessary to support a column of mercury one millimeter high at 0°C and standard gravity, equal to 1333.2 microbars.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- uni-
-
- tram
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- tote
-
noun,
the act or course of toting.
- rime
-
noun,
Also called rime ice. an opaque coating of tiny, white, granular ice particles, caused by the rapid freezing of supercooled water droplets on impact with an object.
Compare frost (def 3), glaze (def 17).
- uro-
-
- trim
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- Tree
-
noun,
a plant having a permanently woody main stem or trunk, ordinarily growing to a considerable height, and usually developing branches at some distance from the ground.
- tort
-
noun,
a wrongful act, not including a breach of contract or trust, that results in injury to another's person, property, reputation, or the like, and for which the injured party is entitled to compensation.
- UNEF
-
- tref
-
adjective,
Judaism. unfit to be eaten or used, according to religious laws; not kosher.
- Rima
-
noun,
a female given name.
- trit
-
- Tour
-
noun,
a traveling around from place to place.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- raft
-
noun,
a more or less rigid floating platform made of buoyant material or materials:
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- unto
-
preposition,
to (in its various uses, except as the accompaniment of the infinitive).
- Tame
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- tern
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Taif
-
noun,
a city in W Saudi Arabia.
- Taft
-
noun,
Helen Herron [her-uh n] /ˈhɛr ən/ (Show IPA), 1861–1943, U.S. First Lady 1909–13 (wife of William Howard Taft).
- tuft
-
noun,
a bunch or cluster of small, usually soft and flexible parts, as feathers or hairs, attached or fixed closely together at the base and loose at the upper ends.
- tete
-
noun,
a city in W Mozambique, on the Zambezi River.
- tufa
-
noun,
Also called calcareous tufa, calc-tufa, calc-tuff. a porous limestone formed from calcium carbonate deposited by springs or the like.
Compare travertine.
- ter.
-
- tact
-
noun,
a keen sense of what to say or do to avoid giving offense; skill in dealing with difficult or delicate situations.
- taco
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- Tace
-
noun,
tasset.
- tier
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- Time
-
noun,
the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- runt
-
noun,
an animal that is small or stunted as compared with others of its kind.
- rune
-
noun,
any of the characters of certain ancient alphabets, as of a script used for writing the Germanic languages, especially of Scandinavia and Britain, from c200 to c1200, or a script used for inscriptions in a Turkic language of the 6th to 8th centuries from the area near the Orkhon River in Mongolia.
- Trot
-
noun,
the gait of a horse, dog, or other quadruped, when trotting.
- Rumi
-
noun,
Jalal ud-din [Persian jah-lahl ood-deen,, oo d-,, ja-] /Persian dʒɑˈlɑl udˈdin,, ʊd-,, dʒæ-/ (Show IPA), Jalal ud-din Rumi.
- uret
-
- 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.
- ruin
-
noun,
ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay:
- Rein
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- taur
-
- team
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- teat
-
noun,
the protuberance on the breast or udder in female mammals, except the monotremes, through which the milk ducts discharge; nipple or mammilla.
- reft
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of reave1 .
- turf
-
noun,
a layer of matted earth formed by grass and plant roots.
- urea
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a compound, CO(NH 2) 2 , occurring in urine and other body fluids as a product of protein metabolism.
- teem
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to produce (offspring).
- teen
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- reif
-
noun,
plunder; booty; loot.
- ten.
-
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- Tate
-
noun,
Sir Henry, 1819–99, English merchant and philanthropist: founder of an art gallery (Tate Gallery) in London, England.
- ref.
-
- Reef
-
noun,
a ridge of rocks or sand, often of coral debris, at or near the surface of the water.
- tart
-
noun,
a small pie filled with cooked fruit or other sweetened preparation, usually having no top crust.
- 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.
- tune
-
noun,
a succession of musical sounds forming an air or melody, with or without the harmony accompanying it.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- ream
-
noun,
a standard quantity of paper, consisting of 20 quires or 500 sheets (formerly 480 sheets), or 516 sheets (printer's ream or perfect ream)
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- 'roo
-
noun,
kangaroo.
- torc
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- tonn
-
- uric
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, contained in, or derived from urine.
- roto
-
noun,
rotogravure.
- tRNA
-
- toom
-
adjective,
empty; vacant.
- rami
-
noun,
plural of ramus.
- toon
-
noun,
an Asian tree, Cedrela toona, of the mahogany family, yielding an aromatic red wood used for furniture, carving, etc.
- toot
-
noun,
an act or sound of tooting.
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- uria
-
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- ROTC
-
noun,
a body of students at some colleges and universities who are given training toward becoming officers in the armed forces. Abbreviation: ROTC, R.O.T.C.
- 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.
- 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).
- rort
-
noun,
a rowdy, usually drunken party.
- 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.
- room
-
noun,
a portion of space within a building or other structure, separated by walls or partitions from other parts:
- roof
-
noun,
the external upper covering of a house or other building.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- roue
-
noun,
a dissolute and licentious man; rake.
- Urfa
-
noun,
a city in SE Turkey, E of the Euphrates River: on the site of ancient Edessa.
- Tito
-
noun,
Marshal (Josip Broz) 1891–1980, president of Yugoslavia 1953–80.
- Umea
-
noun,
a city in NE Sweden, on the Gulf of Bothnia.
- tron
-
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- tint
-
noun,
a color or a variety of a color; hue.
- tion
-
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- Tit.
-
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- Toft
-
noun,
the site of a house and outbuildings.
- tofu
-
noun,
a soft, bland, white cheeselike food, high in protein content, made from curdled soybean milk: used in Asian and vegetarian cookery.
- tome
-
noun,
a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- rout
-
noun,
a defeat attended with disorderly flight; dispersal of a defeated force in complete disorder:
- rent
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- Tura
-
noun,
Cosimo [kaw-zee-maw] /ˈkɔ zi mɔ/ (Show IPA), c1430–98? Italian painter.
- RARE
-
adjective,
coming or occurring far apart in time; unusual; uncommon:
- tent
-
noun,
a portable shelter of skins, canvas, plastic, or the like, supported by one or more poles or a frame and often secured by ropes fastened to pegs in the ground.
- 1080
-
- Orem
-
noun,
a city in N Utah.
- feta
-
noun,
a soft, white, brine-cured Greek cheese made from sheep's milk or goat's milk.
- fart
-
noun,
a flatus expelled through the anus.
- fate
-
noun,
something that unavoidably befalls a person; fortune; lot:
- Faun
-
noun,
one of a class of rural deities represented as men with the ears, horns, tail, and later also the hind legs of a goat.
- Fear
-
noun,
a distressing emotion aroused by impending danger, evil, pain, etc., whether the threat is real or imagined; the feeling or condition of being afraid. Synonyms: foreboding, apprehension, consternation, dismay, dread, terror, fright, panic, horror, trepidation, qualm.
Antonyms: courage, security, calm, intrepidity.
- feat
-
noun,
a noteworthy or extraordinary act or achievement, usually displaying boldness, skill, etc.:
- fec.
-
- feet
-
noun,
a plural of foot.
- fem.
-
- FEMA
-
noun,
Federal Emergency Management Agency: a federal agency that coordinates the response to disasters in the U.S.
- Feme
-
noun,
a woman or wife.
- FERA
-
- fere
-
noun,
a companion; mate.
- Fern
-
noun,
any seedless, nonflowering vascular plant of the class Filicinae, of tropical to temperate regions, characterized by true roots produced from a rhizome, triangular fronds that uncoil upward and have a branching vein system, and reproduction by spores contained in sporangia that appear as brown dots on the underside of the fronds.
- fete
-
noun,
a day of celebration; holiday:
- farm
-
noun,
a tract of land, usually with a house, barn, silo, etc., on which crops and often livestock are raised for livelihood.
- fiat
-
noun,
an authoritative decree, sanction, or order:
Synonyms: authorization, directive, ruling, mandate, diktat, ukase.
- FICA
-
- fico
-
noun,
fig1 (def 4).
- fict
-
- Fin.
-
- FINE
-
noun,
fines.
Mining. crushed ore sufficiently fine to pass through a given screen. Compare short (def 29e).
Agriculture. the fine bits of corn kernel knocked off during handling of the grain.
- Finn
-
noun,
Irish Legend. a leader of the Fenian warriors and the father of Ossian: the subject of many legends.
- Fino
-
noun,
a pale, very dry sherry of Spain.
- firm
-
noun,
a partnership or association for carrying on a business.
- firn
-
noun,
névé.
- FNMA
-
- foam
-
noun,
a collection of minute bubbles formed on the surface of a liquid by agitation, fermentation, etc.:
- foci
-
noun,
a plural of focus.
- Faro
-
noun,
a gambling game in which players place bets on a special board or layout, betting on each series of two cards as they are drawn from a box containing the dealer's or banker's pack.
- fare
-
noun,
the price of conveyance or passage in a bus, train, airplane, or other vehicle.
- foin
-
noun,
a thrust with a weapon.
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- emic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or being a significant unit that functions in contrast with other units in a language or other system of behavior.
- emir
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- emit
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- enc.
-
- ence
-
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- Erie
-
noun,
Lake, a lake between the NE central United States and SE central Canada: the southernmost lake of the Great Lakes; Commodore Perry's defeat of the British in 1813. 239 miles (385 km) long; 9940 sq. mi. (25,745 sq. km).
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- Erma
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- Erne
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- etc.
-
- etic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or being the raw data of a language or other area of behavior, without considering the data as significant units functioning within a system.
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- Fano
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, on the Adriatic Sea: cathedral; Roman ruins.
- Etta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Henrietta.
- ette
-
- etui
-
noun,
a small, often decorative case, especially one for needles, toilet articles, or the like.
- Eur.
-
- Eure
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2331 sq. mi. (6035 sq. km). Capital: Evreux.
- fam.
-
- fac.
-
- face
-
noun,
the front part of the head, from the forehead to the chin.
- fact
-
noun,
something that actually exists; reality; truth:
- fain
-
adverb,
gladly; willingly:
- Fair
-
noun,
Archaic. something that is fair.
- fame
-
noun,
widespread reputation, especially of a favorable character; renown; public eminence:
- fane
-
noun,
a temple.
- FOIA
-
- font
-
noun,
a receptacle, usually of stone, as in a baptistery or church, containing the water used in baptism.
- EMet
-
- Mair
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- Ire.
-
- Irma
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Erma.
- 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.
- Irra
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of pestilence.
- Itea
-
noun,
any tree or shrub belonging to the genus Itea, of the saxifrage family, having simple, alternate leaves and clusters of small, greenish-white flowers, as the Virginia willow, I. virginica.
- item
-
noun,
a separate article or particular:
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- M-14
-
noun,
a fully automatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber rifle developed from the M-1: replaced the M-1 as the standard U.S. Army combat rifle.
- M-16
-
noun,
a lightweight, fully automatic rifle shooting a small-caliber bullet at an extremely high velocity: a U.S. Army combat weapon for mobile units and jungle fighting.
- Mac-
-
- Mace
-
noun,
a clublike armor-breaking weapon of war, often with a flanged or spiked metal head, used chiefly in the Middle Ages.
- maco
-
noun,
an Egyptian cotton, used especially in the manufacture of hosiery and undergarments.
- Main
-
noun,
a principal pipe or duct in a system used to distribute water, gas, etc.
- Man.
-
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- mane
-
noun,
the long hair growing on the back of or around the neck and neighboring parts of some animals, as the horse or lion.
- Mani
-
noun,
Manes.
- Mano
-
noun,
the upper or handheld stone used when grinding maize or other grains on a metate.
- Manu
-
noun,
the progenitor and lawgiver of the human race.
- Mar.
-
- MARC
-
noun,
the grapes contained in the wine press and the residue, as skins and pips, remaining after the juice is expressed.
- Mare
-
noun,
a fully mature female horse or other equine animal.
- Mari
-
noun,
a member of a Uralic people living in scattered communities north of Cheboksary and Kazan in European Russia, mainly in the Mari Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.
- Mart
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- MatE
-
noun,
a partner in marriage; spouse.
- Maui
-
noun,
an island in central Hawaii. 728 sq. mi. (1886 sq. km).
- Maun
-
auxiliary verb,
must1 .
- mean
-
noun,
Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- 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.
- for.
-
- frt.
-
- fora
-
noun,
a plural of forum.
- Four
-
noun,
a cardinal number, three plus one.
- frae
-
preposition, adverb,
from.
- Fran
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Francis.
- frat
-
noun,
fraternity (def 1).
- Frau
-
noun,
a married woman; a wife.
- free
-
Idioms,
for free, Informal. without charge:
- Frei
-
noun,
Eduardo [e-dwahr-th aw] /ɛˈdwɑr ðɔ/ (Show IPA), 1911–82, Chilean statesman: president 1964–70.
- fret
-
noun,
an irritated state of mind; annoyance; vexation.
- Fri.
-
- frit
-
noun,
Ceramics.
a fused or partially fused material used as a basis for glazes or enamels.
the composition from which artificial soft porcelain is made.
- froe
-
noun,
frow.
- from
-
preposition,
(used to specify a starting point in spatial movement):
- Frum
-
adjective,
Yiddish. religious; observant.
- int.
-
- fume
-
noun,
Often, fumes. any smokelike or vaporous exhalation from matter or substances, especially of an odorous or harmful nature:
- fur.
-
- fut.
-
- IOOF
-
- ICAO
-
- Ice.
-
- IMCO
-
- inae
-
- Inc.
-
- 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.
- Inf.
-
- info
-
noun,
information.
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- emia
-
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- meat
-
noun,
the flesh of animals as used for food.
- Auer
-
noun,
Leopold [lee-uh-pohld;; Hungarian ley-aw-pawlt] /ˈli əˌpoʊld;; Hungarian ˈleɪ ɔˌpɔlt/ (Show IPA), 1845–1930, Hungarian violinist and teacher.
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- arr.
-
- art.
-
- att.
-
- atm.
-
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- atic
-
- atom
-
noun,
Physics.
the smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element, consisting of a nucleus containing combinations of neutrons and protons and one or more electrons bound to the nucleus by electrical attraction; the number of protons determines the identity of the element.
an atom with one of the electrons replaced by some other particle:
- 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
-
- attn
-
- Attu
-
noun,
the westernmost of the Aleutian Islands: Japanese occupation 1942–43.
- Atum
-
noun,
a primeval god who by himself begot Shu and Tefnut: the original god of the Ennead.
- aune
-
noun,
an old French unit of measure for fabrics, equivalent to about 47 inches (119 cm).
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- aunt
-
noun,
the sister of one's father or mother.
- aur-
-
- aut-
-
- CAFE
-
noun,
a restaurant, often with an enclosed or outdoor section extending onto the sidewalk.
- Cain
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- Came
-
noun,
a slender, grooved bar of lead for holding together the pieces of glass in windows of latticework or stained glass.
- Cami
-
noun,
camisole (def 1).
- Can.
-
- cane
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- CanF
-
- CARE
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- Carn
-
noun,
cairn.
- Carr
-
noun,
John Dickson, 1906–77, U.S. mystery writer.
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- Arm.
-
- cat.
-
- amic
-
adjective,
of or relating to an amide or amine.
- acme
-
noun,
the highest point; summit; peak:
- 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.
- acr-
-
- Acre
-
noun,
a common measure of area: in the U.S. and U.K., 1 acre equals 4,840 square yards (4,047 square meters) or 0.405 hectare; 640 acres equals one square mile.
- 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.
- aer-
-
- aet.
-
- afr-
-
- AIME
-
- Ainu
-
noun,
a member of an aboriginal population of northernmost Japan, having lighter skin and hairier bodies than other Japanese.
- Aire
-
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- Amen
-
noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- Amie
-
noun,
a female friend.
- ARCO
-
adverb,
(of the performance of a passage for stringed instruments) with the bow.
- Amir
-
noun,
emir.
- Amon
-
noun,
Amen.
- Amor
-
noun,
Cupid.
- Amri
-
noun,
Omri.
- amt.
-
- Amur
-
noun,
a river in E Asia, forming most of the boundary between N Manchuria and the SE Russian Federation, flowing into the Sea of Okhotsk. About 2700 miles (4350 km) long.
- ance
-
- ann.
-
- Anne
-
noun,
1665–1714, queen of England 1702–14 (daughter of James II of England).
- ano-
-
- ant.
-
- ANTU
-
- Arce
-
noun,
a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
- CART
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- Cate
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- EFTA
-
- crut
-
noun,
crud (def 1).
- 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.
- Cor.
-
- Cora
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. Kore.
- corf
-
noun,
Mining.
a small wagon for carrying coal, ore, etc.
a wicker basket formerly used for this purpose.
- 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.
- corm
-
noun,
an enlarged, fleshy, bulblike base of a stem, as in the crocus.
- 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
-
- 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.
- CRAM
-
noun,
Informal. the act of cramming for an examination.
- crat
-
- Cree
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- ctr.
-
- coom
-
noun,
soot; coal dust; smut.
- 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.
- cur.
-
- cure
-
noun,
a means of healing or restoring to health; remedy.
- curn
-
noun,
a grain.
- Curr
-
verb (used without object),
to make a low, purring sound, as a cat.
- Curt
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Curtis.
- cute
-
noun,
the cutes, Informal. self-consciously cute mannerisms or appeal; affected coyness:
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- eco-
-
- Ecru
-
noun,
an ecru color.
- ect-
-
- EEOC
-
- coon
-
noun,
raccoon.
- coof
-
noun,
a silly or stupid person.
- 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.
- cir.
-
- Catt
-
noun,
Carrie Chapman Lane, 1859–1947, U.S. leader in women's suffrage movements.
- cen.
-
- cene
-
- cera
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- CerE
-
noun,
a fleshy, membranous covering of the base of the upper mandible of a bird, especially a bird of prey or a parrot, through which the nostrils open.
- Cerf
-
noun,
Bennett (Alfred) 1898–1971, U.S. book publisher, editor, and writer.
- CERN
-
- cet-
-
- Ceta
-
noun,
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.
- Cete
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- Ceto
-
- ciao
-
interjection,
(used as a word of greeting or parting): hello; goodbye; so long; see you later.
- cion
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- 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.
- cit.
-
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- Cmon
-
- Cnut
-
noun,
Canute.
- coat
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- coif
-
noun,
a hood-shaped cap, usually of white cloth and with extended sides, worn beneath a veil, as by nuns.
- 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.
- Com.
-
- coma
-
noun,
a state of prolonged unconsciousness, including a lack of response to stimuli, from which it is impossible to rouse a person.
- come
-
noun,
Slang: Vulgar. semen.
- Como
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in N Italy, in Lombardy. 35 miles (56 km) long; 56 sq. mi. (145 sq. km).
- Con.
-
- mear
-
noun,
mere3 .
- Foot
-
noun,
(in vertebrates) the terminal part of the leg, below the ankle joint, on which the body stands and moves.
- neo-
-
- mout
-
- more
-
noun,
an additional quantity, amount, or number:
- morn
-
noun,
morning.
- Moro
-
noun,
a member of any of the various tribes of Muslim Malays in the southern Philippines.
- Mort
-
noun,
Hunting. the note played on a hunting horn signifying that the animal hunted has been killed.
- mote
-
noun,
a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
- Mott
-
noun,
John Raleigh, 1865–1955, U.S. religious leader: Nobel Peace Prize 1946.
- moue
-
noun,
a pouting grimace.
- mRNA
-
- moot
-
noun,
an assembly of the people in early England exercising political, administrative, and judicial powers.
- nunc
-
adverb,
now.
- NTIA
-
- muc-
-
- Muir
-
noun,
Edwin, 1887–1959, English poet.
- mun.
-
- Muni
-
noun,
a municipal bond.
- muon
-
noun,
a lepton similar in most respects to the electron except that it is unstable, it may be positively charged, and its mass is approximately 207 times greater; the positively charged muon is the antiparticle of the negatively charged muon. Symbol: μ.
- Mora
-
noun,
the unit of time equivalent to the ordinary or normal short sound or syllable.
- Moor
-
noun,
a tract of open, peaty, wasteland, often overgrown with heath, common in high latitudes and altitudes where drainage is poor; heath.
- Mure
-
noun,
Obsolete. a wall.
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- mint
-
noun,
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
Compare mint family.
- Mira
-
noun,
Astronomy. the first long-period pulsating variable star to be discovered, with a period averaging 331 days. It is a red giant and a component of a binary star in the constellation Cetus.
- omen
-
noun,
anything perceived or happening that is believed to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; portent.
- mire
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- Omar
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Miro
-
noun,
Gabriel [gah-vree-el] /ˌgɑ vriˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1879–1930, Spanish novelist, short-story writer, and essayist.
- Oman
-
noun,
Sultanate of. Formerly Muscat and Oman. an independent sultanate in SE Arabia. About 82,800 sq. mi. (212,380 sq. km). Capital: Muscat.
- Mita
-
noun,
a colonial system in Peru by which the Spanish government required Indians to perform periodic forced labor, especially in the mines.
- Mona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- mite
-
noun,
any of numerous small to microscopic arachnids of the subclass Acari, including species that are parasitic on animals and plants or that feed on decaying matter and stored foods.
- mitt
-
noun,
Baseball.
a rounded glove with one internal section for the four fingers and another for the thumb and having the side next to the palm of the hand protected by a thick padding, used by catchers.
a somewhat similar glove but with less padding and having sections for the thumb and one or two fingers, used by first basemen. Compare baseball glove.
- moan
-
noun,
a prolonged, low, inarticulate sound uttered from or as if from physical or mental suffering.
- moat
-
noun,
a deep, wide trench, usually filled with water, surrounding the rampart of a fortified place, as a town or a castle.
- OEEC
-
- Oct.
-
- moit
-
noun,
a foreign particle found in wool, as a burr, twig, or seed.
- Mon.
-
- Mura
-
noun,
(in Japan) a village; hamlet.
- mute
-
noun,
Offensive. a person incapable of speech.
- Omer
-
noun,
a Hebrew unit of dry measure, the tenth part of an ephah.
- Nemo
-
noun,
remote (def 10).
- 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.
- NCTE
-
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- Niue
-
noun,
an island in the S Pacific between Tonga and Cook Islands: possession of New Zealand. 5128; about 100 sq. mi. (260 sq. km).
- NIRA
-
- neem
-
- Nino
-
noun,
boy; child.
- nene
-
noun,
a barred, gray-brown wild goose, Nesochen sandvicensis, native to Hawaii, where it is the state bird.
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- Nine
-
noun,
a cardinal number, eight plus one.
- Nina
-
noun,
girl; child.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- NICE
-
noun,
a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
- 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.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- Nero
-
noun,
(Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus) (“Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus”) a.d. 37–68, emperor of Rome 54–68, known for his cruelty and depravity.
- narc
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- nom.
-
- mutt
-
noun,
a dog, especially a mongrel.
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- 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.
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- not-
-
- Norn
-
noun,
an extinct Norse dialect, spoken until early modern times in the Shetland and Orkney Islands and in parts of northern Scotland.
- Norm
-
noun,
a standard, model, or pattern.
- naif
-
noun,
a naive or inexperienced person.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- Noma
-
noun,
a gangrenous ulceration of the mouth or genitalia, occurring mainly in debilitated children.
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- Nor.
-
- noon
-
noun,
midday.
- name
-
noun,
a word or a combination of words by which a person, place, or thing, a body or class, or any object of thought is designated, called, or known.
- none
-
noun,
nones1 .
- nane
-
pronoun, adverb, adjective,
none1 .
- non-
-
- Nome
-
noun,
one of the provinces of ancient Egypt.
- Mino
-
noun,
Minho.
- Moon
-
noun,
the earth's natural satellite, orbiting the earth at a mean distance of 238,857 miles (384,393 km) and having a diameter of 2160 miles (3476 km).
- MiNE
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- mete
-
noun,
a limiting mark.
- menu
-
noun,
a list of the dishes served at a meal; bill of fare:
- Ont.
-
- Omri
-
noun,
a king of Israel and the father of Ahab. I Kings 16:16–28.
- Meer
-
noun,
Jan van der [yahn vahn der] /yɑn vɑn dɛr/ (Show IPA), Vermeer, Jan.
- MICE
-
noun,
plural of mouse.
- meet
-
noun,
an assembly, as of persons and hounds for a hunt or swimmers or runners for a race or series of races:
- Meir
-
noun,
Golda [gohl-duh] /ˈgoʊl də/ (Show IPA), (Goldie Mabovitch; Goldie Myerson) 1898–1978, Israeli political leader, born in Russia: prime minister 1969–74.
- mica
-
noun,
any member of a group of minerals, hydrous silicates of aluminum with other bases, chiefly potassium, magnesium, iron, and lithium, that separate readily into thin, tough, often transparent, and usually elastic laminae; isinglass.
- met.
-
- Oona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- mere
-
noun,
Chiefly British Dialect. a lake or pond.
- Mic.
-
- Merc
-
noun,
a mercenary soldier.
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- Miao
-
noun,
Also, Meo. a member of a diverse group of seminomadic farming people of the mountains of southeastern China and adjacent areas of Laos, North Vietnam, and Thailand.
- once
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- men-
-
- Orca
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- ment
-
- min.
-
- mien
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- Omoo
-
noun,
a novel (1847) by Herman Melville.
- Mina
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- omit
-
verb (used with object),
to leave out; fail to include or mention:
- AFC
-
- AIM
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- ACT
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- Uri
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- CIE
-
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- ur-
-
- CIA
-
- CFR
-
- CFO
-
- orc
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- oon
-
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- cfm
-
- ae.
-
- CIF
-
- AIC
-
- tra
-
- CMA
-
- 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.
- CNM
-
- CNN
-
- CNO
-
- AFM
-
- OOT
-
- nr.
-
- ure
-
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- AFT
-
adverb,
at, close to, or toward the stern or tail:
- CIM
-
- tr.
-
- Orr
-
noun,
Sir John Boyd, Boyd Orr, Sir John.
- AEF
-
- AEC
-
- COO
-
noun,
a cooing sound.
- tot
-
noun,
a small child.
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- Cui
-
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.
- cum
-
noun,
come (def 24).
- Uta
-
noun,
any of several iguanid lizards of the genus Uta, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico.
- too
-
Idioms,
only too. only (def 10).
- UTC
-
- NIM
-
noun,
a game in which two players alternate in drawing counters, pennies, or the like, from a set of 12 arranged in three rows of 3, 4, and 5 counters, respectively, the object being to draw the last counter, or, sometimes, to avoid drawing it.
- UTE
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- Af.
-
- NIA
-
- cue
-
noun,
anything said or done, on or off stage, that is followed by a specific line or action:
- ac-
-
- Cut
-
noun,
the act of cutting; a stroke or a blow, as with a knife, whip, etc.
- uti
-
- Am.
-
- NFC
-
- eo-
-
- EOM
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- ea.
-
- an.
-
- Ar.
-
- RCA
-
- COT
-
noun,
a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- 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.
- RCN
-
- RCT
-
- REA
-
- NOC
-
- NNE
-
- NMU
-
- NMR
-
- NMI
-
- urn
-
noun,
a large or decorative vase, especially one with an ornamental foot or pedestal.
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- CRT
-
- 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)
- CTA
-
- AUC
-
- cte
-
- ctf
-
- ctn
-
plural,
carton.
- CFI
-
- NUM
-
- CFA
-
- OFr
-
- Om.
-
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- OIt
-
- ARU
-
- at.
-
- OIr
-
- oic
-
- ATC
-
- oft
-
adverb,
often.
- of-
-
- ANF
-
- OEO
-
- OEM
-
- ANC
-
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- AMU
-
- tun
-
noun,
a large cask for holding liquids, especially wine, ale, or beer.
- AUM
-
noun,
Om.
- RAM
-
noun,
a male sheep.
- OCR
-
- tum
-
verb (used with object),
to tease (wool) in the preliminary carding operation, or to open out the fibers prior to carding.
- oma
-
plural,
a noun suffix used to form names of tumors, of the kind specified by the base:
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- Re.
-
- Ume
-
noun,
a river in N Sweden, flowing SE from the W border to the Gulf of Bothnia. Aabout 285 miles (460 km) long.
- 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.
- aor
-
- unc
-
- AOU
-
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- oui
-
adverb, noun,
yes.
- Una
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “one.”.
- UMT
-
- our
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- UIT
-
- ARF
-
interjection,
(used to imitate the bark of a dog).
- UFO
-
noun,
any unexplained moving object observed in the sky, especially one assumed by some observers to be of extraterrestrial origin.
- UFC
-
- Ufa
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of the Bashkir Autonomous Republic, in the Russian Federation in Europe.
- UCR
-
- UAM
-
- UAE
-
- UAR
-
- ARE
-
noun,
a measure of surface area; 1 are is equal to1/100 (0.01) of a hectare (100 square meters or 119.6 square yards). Abbreviation: a.
- Tut
-
noun,
an exclamation of “tut.”.
- Une
-
- 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.
- ca.
-
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- cee
-
noun,
the letter C.
- oo-
-
- AME
-
- OTC
-
- AMC
-
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- OFM
-
- RAF
-
- CEA
-
- CEF
-
- AMI
-
noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- Oc.
-
- UNO
-
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- CEO
-
- OTA
-
- Nun
-
noun,
a woman member of a religious order, especially one bound by vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience.
- trf
-
- ot-
-
- NRC
-
- NRA
-
- oaf
-
noun,
a clumsy, stupid person; lout.
- OAO
-
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- cr.
-
- tue
-
- Tu.
-
- CAF
-
- ean
-
- cf.
-
- ONF
-
- CIO
-
noun,
a federation of affiliated industrial labor unions, founded 1935 within the American Federation of Labor but independent of it 1938–55. Abbreviation: C.I.O., CIO.
- Co.
-
- ONI
-
- ct.
-
- CAR
-
noun,
an automobile.
- CAI
-
- RMA
-
- ONR
-
- CAM
-
noun,
Machinery. a disk or cylinder having an irregular form such that its motion, usually rotary, gives to a part or parts in contact with it a specific rocking or reciprocating motion.
- Tro
-
- Oca
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- OAU
-
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- ote
-
- 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.
- 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.
- RNA
-
- ear
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- ft.
-
- FTC
-
- fun
-
noun,
something that provides mirth or amusement:
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- MIT
-
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- ITU
-
- io-
-
- Ia.
-
- ICA
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- rut
-
noun,
a furrow or track in the ground, especially one made by the passage of a vehicle or vehicles.
- MIR
-
noun,
a village commune of peasant farmers in prerevolutionary Russia.
- ier
-
- IFC
-
- Ife
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- run
-
noun,
an act or instance, or a period of running:
- IMF
-
- imu
-
noun,
a usually large, covered cooking pit in which food is cooked by means of heated stones.
- in.
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- RUM
-
noun,
an alcoholic liquor or spirit distilled from molasses or some other fermented sugar-cane product.
- TAM
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- MNA
-
- ine
-
- fou
-
adjective,
drunk.
- fm.
-
- FMC
-
- 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.
- TCA
-
- MOR
-
- FOE
-
noun,
a person who feels enmity, hatred, or malice toward another; enemy:
- FON
-
noun,
a member of a people living mainly in Benin.
- 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:
- moo
-
noun,
a mooing sound.
- TAU
-
noun,
the 19th letter of the Greek alphabet (T, τ).
- FOT
-
- TAT
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do, or make by, tatting.
- fro
-
Idioms,
to and fro, alternating from one place to another; back and forth:
- Fr.
-
abbreviation,
Father.
- Fra
-
noun,
a title of address for a friar or brother.
- ret
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- MOI
-
- Moe
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Morris or Moses.
- FRC
-
- MOC
-
noun,
moccasin.
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- MOA
-
noun,
any of several flightless birds of the family Dinornithidae, of New Zealand, related to the kiwis but resembling the ostrich: extinct since about the end of the 18th century.
- MNE
-
- Rue
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- RTF
-
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- M-1
-
noun,
a semiautomatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber, clip-fed rifle, with a weight of 8.56 pounds (3.88 kg): the standard U.S. Army rifle in World War II and in the Korean War.
- MI5
-
noun,
the government's security and counterespionage service that works in liaison with Scotland Yard's Special Branch.
- mi.
-
- MFT
-
- MFR
-
- MFA
-
- MAE
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- RIF
-
noun,
Er [er] /ɛr/ (Show IPA) a mountainous coastal region in N Morocco.
- RIM
-
noun,
the outer edge, border, margin, or brink of something, especially of a circular object.
- Mao
-
- Meo
-
noun,
Miao (def 1).
- MIA
-
plural,
missing in action.
- Mat
-
noun,
a piece of fabric made of plaited or woven rushes, straw, hemp, or similar fiber, or of some other pliant material, as rubber, used as a protective covering on a floor or other surface, to wipe the shoes on, etc.
- ROI
-
- Mcf
-
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- MCI
-
- MEA
-
noun,
an acknowledgment of one's responsibility for a fault or error.
- ROC
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- MEC
-
noun,
a pimp; mack.
- rm.
-
plural,
ream.
- RMC
-
- ROA
-
- Mo.
-
- Me.
-
- rte
-
- MI6
-
noun,
the government's secret intelligence service.
- rt.
-
- INN
-
noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- MIE
-
- IOC
-
- IOF
-
- ion
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- ior
-
- IOT
-
- IOU
-
- Ir.
-
- IRC
-
- IRO
-
- Mc-
-
- RFA
-
- RFC
-
- ITA
-
- ITC
-
- ite
-
- RFE
-
- RFI
-
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- ium
-
- FIT
-
noun,
the manner in which a thing fits:
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- FIR
-
noun,
any coniferous tree belonging to the genus Abies, of the pine family, characterized by its pyramidal style of growth, flat needles, and erect cones.
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- ene
-
- 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.
- EOE
-
- EOF
-
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- NEA
-
- ne-
-
- Tim
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Timothy.
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- en-
-
- TIA
-
- tfr
-
- err
-
verb (used without object),
to go astray in thought or belief; be mistaken; be incorrect.
- ERT
-
- Nan
-
noun,
naan.
- ETO
-
- FIO
-
- ETR
-
- tet
-
noun,
the Vietnamese New Year celebration, occurring during the first seven days of the first month of the lunar calendar.
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- eu-
-
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- EMU
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noun,
a large, flightless, ratite bird, Emu (Dromaius) novaehollandiae, of Australia, resembling the ostrich but smaller and having a feathered head and neck and rudimentary wings.
- fo.
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- EEC
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- eat
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noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- ec-
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- ECA
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- Tom
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noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- ECF
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- ECM
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- toe
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noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- TNT
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- TMO
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- ECU
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noun,
the shield carried by a mounted man-at-arms in the Middle Ages.
- Tiu
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noun,
an English god of the sky and of war, the equivalent of Tyr in Scandinavian mythology.
- EEO
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- EMT
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- RNR
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- ef-
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- eft
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noun,
a newt, especially the eastern newt, Notophthalmus viridescens (red eft) in its immature terrestrial stage.
- eir
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- eme
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noun,
friend.
- EAM
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- EMF
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- nef
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noun,
a silver or gold table furnishing in the form of a ship, either for holding various utensils or for ornament.
- Nee
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adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- NEC
-
- EMR
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- NUT
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noun,
a dry fruit consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shell.
- NAM
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noun,
Vietnam.
- MCR
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- MTF
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- REM
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noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- FAT
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noun,
any of several white or yellowish greasy substances, forming the chief part of adipose tissue of animals and also occurring in plants, that when pure are colorless, odorless, and tasteless and are either solid or liquid esters of glycerol with fatty acids; fats are insoluble in water or cold alcohol but soluble in ether, chloroform, or benzene: used in the manufacture of soap, paints, and other protective coatings and in cooking.
- FCA
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- MUF
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- Fee
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noun,
a charge or payment for professional services:
- MTO
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- MTI
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- Fen
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noun,
low land covered wholly or partially with water; boggy land; a marsh.
- fer
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preposition, conjunction,
for.
- Mt.
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- FAR
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Idioms,
a far cry (from). cry (def 27).
- FET
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- MRI
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- MRE
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- Fia
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- MRA
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- fic
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- Mr.
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plural,
mister: a title of respect prefixed to a man's name or position:
- fie
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interjection,
(used to express mild disgust, disapprobation, annoyance, etc.)
- MOT
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noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- tee
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noun,
the letter T or t.
- Mur
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noun,
a river in S central Austria, NE Slovenia, and N Croatia, flowing NE and SE to the Drava River. 300 miles (483 km) long.
- mtn
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- FAO
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- NCO
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- Fan
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noun,
any device for producing a current of air by the movement of a broad surface or a number of such surfaces.
- mut
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noun,
mutt.
- NF
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- CM
-
- FC
-
- MF
-
- t.
-
- TM
-
- OE
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noun,
oy2 .
- TC
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- FI
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noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the fourth and fifth degrees of a scale.
- TN
-
- RI
-
- TE
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noun,
ti1 .
- AO
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- AU
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plural,
to the; at the; with the.
- E.
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noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- UI
-
- ee
-
- EI
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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.
- 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.
- fn
-
- RN
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- OA
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- T1
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- TA
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noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- RO
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- 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.
- CE
-
- CU
-
- TT
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- RA
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noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- RU
-
- MN
-
- OU
-
noun,
a rare Hawaiian honeycreeper, Psittirostra psittacea, having an olive-green body, a parrotlike bill, and in the male a bright yellow head.
- et
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verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- FE
-
- N.
-
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- MU
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noun,
the 12th letter of the Greek alphabet (M, μ).
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- RF
-
- NU
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- R.
-
- 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.
- TI
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noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- NM
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- UC
-
- i.
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- ic
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- RC
-
- NC
-
- O.
-
- FA
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noun,
the syllable used for the fourth tone of a diatonic scale.
- M.
-
- MA
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noun,
mother1 .
- IF
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noun,
a supposition; uncertain possibility:
- NI
-
- f.
-
noun,
(Paul) Felix (Edler von Münzberg) [poul fey-liks eyd-luh r fuh n mynts-berk] /paʊl ˈfeɪ lɪks ˈeɪd lər fən ˈmüntsˌbɛrk/ (Show IPA), 1863–1942, Austrian composer, conductor, and writer.
- U.
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