Anagrams of country-and-western
Word country-and-western has
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- countryseat
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noun,
a country mansion or estate, especially one belonging to a distinguished family and large enough to accommodate house parties, hunt meetings, etc.
- watercourse
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noun,
a stream of water, as a river or brook.
- undertenant
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noun,
a subtenant.
- contredanse
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noun,
a variation of the quadrille in which the dancers face each other.
- watt-second
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noun,
a unit of energy equal to the energy of one watt acting for one second; the equivalent of one joule.
- underwaters
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noun,
the water beneath the surface:
- cut-and-try
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adjective,
marked by a procedure of trial and error; empirical:
- second-rate
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adjective,
of lesser or minor quality, importance, or the like:
- rencounters
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noun,
a hostile meeting; battle.
- tetrandrous
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adjective,
having four stamens.
- Down-easter
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noun,
a full-rigged ship built in New England in the late 19th century, usually of wood and relatively fast.
- consternate
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verb (used with object),
to dismay, confuse, or terrify.
- underwears
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noun,
clothing worn next to the skin under outer clothes.
- nonstarter
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noun,
an issue, plan, etc., that does not get or deserve to get under way.
- undercoats
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noun,
a coat or jacket worn under another.
- Courantyne
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noun,
a river in N South America, flowing N along the Guyana-Suriname border to the Atlantic Ocean. About 450 miles (725 km) long.
- nontenured
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adjective,
not having tenure.
- rectorates
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noun,
the office, dignity, or term of a rector.
- twenty-one
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noun,
a cardinal number, 20 plus 1.
- announcers
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noun,
a person who announces, especially one who introduces programs, presents news items, reads advertisements, and does other similar assignments over radio or television.
- condensate
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noun,
a product of condensation, as a liquid reduced from a gas or vapor.
- undertones
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noun,
a low or subdued tone:
- nectareous
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adjective,
nectarous.
- rencontres
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noun,
rencounter.
- rencounter
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noun,
a hostile meeting; battle.
- underwater
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noun,
the water beneath the surface:
- underwrote
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verb,
simple past tense of underwrite.
- Wyandottes
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noun,
a city in SE Michigan, on the Detroit River.
- underrates
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verb (used with object),
to rate or evaluate too low; underestimate.
- rose-water
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noun,
water tinctured with the essential oil of roses, used as a perfume.
- water-cure
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noun,
hydropathy; hydrotherapy.
- understory
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noun,
the shrubs and plants growing beneath the main canopy of a forest.
- cannoneers
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noun,
an artilleryman.
- year-round
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adjective,
continuing, active, operating, etc., throughout the year:
- transducer
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noun,
a device that receives a signal in the form of one type of energy and converts it to a signal in another form:
- rune-stone
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noun,
a stone bearing one or more runic inscriptions.
- endurances
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noun,
the fact or power of enduring or bearing pain, hardships, etc.
- destructor
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noun,
British. a furnace for the burning of refuse; incinerator.
- raconteurs
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noun,
a person who is skilled in relating stories and anecdotes interestingly.
- caen-stone
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noun,
a cream-colored limestone quarried near Caen, France, for use in building.
- understate
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verb (used with object),
to state or represent less strongly or strikingly than the facts would bear out; set forth in restrained, moderate, or weak terms:
- detruncate
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verb (used with object),
to reduce by cutting off a part; cut down.
- encounters
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noun,
a meeting with a person or thing, especially a casual, unexpected, or brief meeting:
- underscore
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noun,
a line drawn beneath something written or printed.
- two-seater
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noun,
a vehicle accommodating two persons.
- transcend
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verb (used with object),
to rise above or go beyond; overpass; exceed:
- renascent
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adjective,
being reborn; springing again into being or vigor:
- asyndeton
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noun,
Rhetoric. the omission of conjunctions, as in “He has provided the poor with jobs, with opportunity, with self-respect.”.
- wet-nurse
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noun,
a woman hired to suckle another's infant.
- underwear
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noun,
clothing worn next to the skin under outer clothes.
- decurrent
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adjective,
extending down the stem below the place of insertion, as certain leaves.
- contented
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noun,
the state or feeling of being contented; satisfaction; contentment:
- toe-dance
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noun,
a dance performed on the tips of the toes.
- cannoneer
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noun,
an artilleryman.
- dry-nurse
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noun,
a nurse who takes care of but does not breast-feed another's infant.
Compare wet nurse.
- tree-toad
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noun,
tree frog.
- renatures
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verb (used with object),
to restore (a denatured substance) to its former, natural state.
- rencontre
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noun,
rencounter.
- undertows
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noun,
the seaward, subsurface flow or draft of water from waves breaking on a beach.
- turnstone
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noun,
any shorebird of the genus Arenaria, characterized by the habit of turning over stones in search of food.
- outerwear
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noun,
garments, as raincoats or overcoats, worn over other clothing for warmth or protection outdoors; overclothes.
- contrasty
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adjective,
(of a subject, photograph, or film stock) having or producing a preponderance of dark and light tones with few intermediate shades.
- transeunt
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adjective,
(of a mental act) producing an effect outside of the mind.
- carotenes
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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.
- seed-corn
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noun,
ears or kernels of corn set apart as seed.
- raconteur
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noun,
a person who is skilled in relating stories and anecdotes interestingly.
- secretary
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noun,
a person, usually an official, who is in charge of the records, correspondence, minutes of meetings, and related affairs of an organization, company, association, etc.:
- annectent
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adjective,
connecting or linking, as a group of animals transitional between two other species, families, classes, etc.
- secondary
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noun,
a person or thing that is secondary.
- tyrannous
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adjective,
tyrannical.
- undertone
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noun,
a low or subdued tone:
- secretory
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noun,
a secretory organ, vessel, or the like.
- Cantonese
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noun,
a Chinese language spoken in Canton, the surrounding area of southern China, and Hong Kong.
- decennary
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noun,
a decennium.
- reductase
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noun,
any enzyme acting as a reducing agent.
- scrutator
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noun,
a person who investigates.
- Tyndareus
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noun,
the husband of Leda and father of Clytemnestra and Castor.
- antecourt
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noun,
a forecourt.
- wanderers
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noun,
a Covenanter persecuted by Charles II and James II, especially one who fled home to follow rebellious Presbyterian ministers who refused to accept episcopacy.
- Watterson
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noun,
Henry ("Marse Henry") 1840–1921, U.S. journalist and political leader.
- transduce
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verb (used with object),
to convert (energy) from one form into another.
- outrances
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noun,
the utmost extremity.
- sea-otter
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noun,
a marine otter, Enhydra lutris, of the shores of the northern Pacific, with a very valuable fur: now greatly reduced in number and rare in many areas.
- eructates
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verb (used with or without object),
to eruct.
- reentrant
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noun,
a reentering angle or part.
- decorates
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verb (used with object),
to furnish or adorn with something ornamental or becoming; embellish:
- sedentary
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adjective,
characterized by or requiring a sitting posture:
- announces
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verb (used with object),
to make known publicly or officially; proclaim; give notice of:
- sea-trout
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noun,
any of various species of trout inhabiting salt water, as the salmon trout, Salmo trutta.
- decanters
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noun,
a vessel, usually an ornamental glass bottle, for holding and serving wine, brandy, or the like.
- sternward
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adverb,
toward the stern; astern.
- suntanned
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adjective,
having a suntan:
- outtrades
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verb (used with object),
to outdo in trading; get the better of in a trade.
- decretory
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adjective,
pertaining to or following a decree.
- rectorate
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noun,
the office, dignity, or term of a rector.
- announcer
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noun,
a person who announces, especially one who introduces programs, presents news items, reads advertisements, and does other similar assignments over radio or television.
- underwent
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verb,
simple past tense of undergo.
- Wyandotte
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noun,
a city in SE Michigan, on the Detroit River.
- undercast
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noun,
Mining. a crossing of two passages, as airways, dug at the same level so that one descends to pass beneath the other without any opening into it.
Compare overcast (def 9).
- tendances
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noun,
attention; care; ministration, as to the sick.
- utterance
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noun,
an act of uttering; vocal expression.
- Tarrytown
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noun,
a village in SE New York, on the Hudson River: restored home of Washington Irving.
- underacts
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verb (used with or without object),
to underplay.
- rest-cure
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noun,
a treatment for nervous disorders, consisting of a complete rest, usually combined with systematic diet, massage, etc., especially at a spa or sanitorium.
- courantes
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noun,
a dance dating back to the 17th century and characterized by a running or gliding step.
- turncoats
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noun,
a person who changes to the opposite party or faction, reverses principles, etc.; renegade.
- autodynes
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noun,
a type of heterodyne circuit containing a vacuum tube or transistor that acts simultaneously as a detector and oscillator.
- consarned
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adjective,
confounded; damned.
- scattered
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noun,
the act of scattering.
- drawn-out
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adjective,
long-drawn-out.
- ordnances
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noun,
cannon or artillery.
- Worcester
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noun,
Joseph Emerson, 1784–1865, U.S. lexicographer.
- croustade
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noun,
a shell of bread or pastry, sometimes of noodles, rice, or mashed potatoes, baked or fried and filled with ragout or the like.
- dynatrons
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noun,
a tetrode, once frequently used as an oscillator in radio, in which an increase in the plate voltage results in a decrease in the plate current because of emission of electrons from the plate.
- courtesan
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noun,
a prostitute or paramour, especially one associating with noblemen or men of wealth.
- nocturnes
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noun,
a piece appropriate to the night or evening.
- Centenary
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noun,
a centennial.
- encounter
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noun,
a meeting with a person or thing, especially a casual, unexpected, or brief meeting:
- condenser
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noun,
a person or thing that condenses.
- deuterons
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noun,
a positively charged particle consisting of a proton and a neutron, equivalent to the nucleus of an atom of deuterium.
- teardowns
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noun,
a taking apart; disassembly.
- Ceratodus
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noun,
a lungfish of either of two genera, Ceratodus or Neoceratodus, having hornlike ridges on the teeth.
- endurance
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noun,
the fact or power of enduring or bearing pain, hardships, etc.
- crenature
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noun,
a crenation.
- destroyer
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noun,
a person or thing that destroys.
- streetcar
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noun,
a public vehicle running regularly along certain streets, usually on rails, as a trolley car or trolley bus.
- uncrowned
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adjective,
not crowned; not having yet assumed the crown.
- acesodyne
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adjective,
mitigating pain; anodyne.
- cretonnes
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noun,
a heavy cotton material in colorfully printed designs, used especially for drapery and slipcovers.
- stoneware
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noun,
a hard, opaque, vitrified ceramic ware.
- one-acter
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noun,
a short play consisting of one act.
- courtyard
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noun,
a court open to the sky, especially one enclosed on all four sides.
- entrances
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noun,
an act of entering, as into a place or upon new duties.
- eucaryote
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noun,
eukaryote.
- turndowns
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noun,
an act or instance of being refused or rejected:
- cotenants
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noun,
a joint tenant.
- downturns
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noun,
an act or instance of turning down or the state of being turned down:
- renounces
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noun,
Cards. an act or instance of renouncing.
- recreants
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noun,
a coward.
- downstate
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noun,
the southern part of a U.S. state.
- sundowner
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noun,
Chiefly British. an alcoholic drink taken after completing the day's work, usually at sundown.
- road-test
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noun,
a check of an automobile's performance in actual operation on the road.
- undercoat
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noun,
a coat or jacket worn under another.
- denatures
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verb (used with object),
to deprive (something) of its natural character, properties, etc.
- astrocyte
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noun,
a star-shaped neuroglial cell of ectodermal origin.
- turned-on
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adjective,
lively and chic; switched-on.
- nectarous
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adjective,
of the nature of or resembling nectar.
- educatory
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adjective,
educative.
- cutwaters
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noun,
Nautical.
the forward edge of the stem of a vessel, dividing the water as the vessel advances.
a vertical timber construction set forward of and following the stem of a wooden vessel below the water line, usually curving forward above the water line to support a beak-head or figurehead.
- aerodynes
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noun,
any heavier-than-air aircraft deriving its lift mainly from aerodynamic forces.
- denounces
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verb (used with object),
to condemn or censure openly or publicly:
- detonates
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verb (used with object),
to cause (something explosive) to explode.
- Doncaster
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noun,
a city in South Yorkshire, in N England.
- resonance
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noun,
the state or quality of being resonant.
- resnatron
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noun,
a tetrode with the grid connected to form a drift space for the electrons, formerly used to generate high power at very high frequency.
- retroacts
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verb (used without object),
to act in opposition; react.
- truncates
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adjective,
truncated.
- underrate
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verb (used with object),
to rate or evaluate too low; underestimate.
- truncated
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adjective,
shortened by or as if by having a part cut off; cut short:
- dancette
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noun,
an ornamental zigzag, as in a molding.
- roadster
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noun,
an early automobile having an open body, a single seat for two or three persons, and a large trunk or a rumble seat.
- transude
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verb (used without object),
to pass or ooze through pores or interstices, as a fluid.
- east-end
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noun,
a section of E London, England.
- deaconry
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noun,
the office of a deacon.
- reasoned
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noun,
a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.:
- traduces
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verb (used with object),
to speak maliciously and falsely of; slander; defame:
- recreant
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noun,
a coward.
- recusant
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noun,
a person who is recusant.
- enactory
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adjective,
of or relating to an enactment that creates new rights and obligations.
- educator
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noun,
a person or thing that educates, especially a teacher, principal, or other person involved in planning or directing education.
- Townsend
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noun,
Francis Everett, 1867–1960, U.S. physician and proposer of the Townsend plan.
- transect
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verb (used with object),
to cut across; dissect transversely.
- scandent
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adjective,
climbing, as a plant.
- cayennes
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noun,
a hot, biting condiment composed of the ground pods and seeds of the pepper Capsicum annuum longum.
- two-star
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adjective,
of or being a major general, as indicated by two stars on an insignia.
- educates
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verb (used with object),
to develop the faculties and powers of (a person) by teaching, instruction, or schooling. Synonyms: instruct, school, drill, indoctrinate.
- ecdysone
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noun,
an insect hormone that stimulates metamorphosis.
- wardenry
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noun,
the office, jurisdiction, or district of a warden.
- autodyne
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noun,
a type of heterodyne circuit containing a vacuum tube or transistor that acts simultaneously as a detector and oscillator.
- run-down
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adjective,
fatigued; weary; exhausted.
- recourse
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noun,
access or resort to a person or thing for help or protection:
- re-count
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noun,
a second or additional count, as of votes in an election.
- eductors
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noun,
ejector (def 3).
- cadettes
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noun,
(initial capital letter). Also called Cadette scout. a member of the Girl Scouts from 12 through 14 years of age.
- rundowns
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noun,
a quick review or summary of main points of information, usually oral:
- counter-
-
- tutoyers
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verb (used with object),
to address (someone), especially in French, using the familiar forms of the pronoun “you” rather than the more formal forms; address familiarly.
- dentures
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noun,
an artificial replacement of one or several of the teeth (partial denture) or all of the teeth (full denture) of either or both jaws; dental prosthesis.
- statured
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adjective,
of or having a stature of a certain kind (usually used in combination):
- resource
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noun,
a source of supply, support, or aid, especially one that can be readily drawn upon when needed.
- re-sound
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verb (used with or without object),
to sound again.
- turndown
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noun,
an act or instance of being refused or rejected:
- doyennes
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noun,
a woman who is the senior member, as in age or rank, of a group, class, profession, etc.
- sandwort
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noun,
any plant belonging to the genus Arenaria, of the pink family, having narrow leaves and clusters of usually white flowers, many of which grow in sandy soil.
- retroact
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verb (used without object),
to act in opposition; react.
- Staunton
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noun,
a city in N Virginia.
- resonate
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verb (used with object),
to cause to resound.
- resonant
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noun,
Phonetics. a vowel or a voiced consonant or semivowel that is neither a stop nor an affricate, as, in English, (m, ng, n, l, r, y, w).
- caterers
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noun,
one whose business is to provide food, supplies, and sometimes service at social gatherings.
- cat-eyed
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adjective,
having eyes resembling those of a cat.
- sarcenet
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noun,
a fine, soft fabric, often of silk, made in plain or twill weave and used especially for linings.
- denounce
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verb (used with object),
to condemn or censure openly or publicly:
- truncate
-
adjective,
truncated.
- Sancerre
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noun,
a dry white wine from the Loire valley region of France.
- re-treat
-
verb (used with or without object),
to treat again.
- downcast
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noun,
overthrow or ruin.
- detector
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noun,
a person or thing that detects.
- detracts
-
verb (used with object),
to draw away or divert; distract:
- re-tread
-
verb (used with or without object),
to tread again.
- deutero-
-
- deuteron
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noun,
a positively charged particle consisting of a proton and a neutron, equivalent to the nucleus of an atom of deuterium.
- centners
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noun,
(in several European countries) a unit of weight of 50 kilograms, equivalent to 110.2 pounds avoirdupois.
- retracts
-
verb (used with object),
to draw back or in:
- centaurs
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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.
- Desterro
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noun,
former name of Florianópolis.
- centaury
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noun,
any of various plants belonging to the genus Centaurium, of the gentian family, having clusters of small pink or red flowers.
- turncoat
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noun,
a person who changes to the opposite party or faction, reverses principles, etc.; renegade.
- dewaters
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verb (used with object),
to remove the water from; drain; dehydrate.
- centares
-
noun,
centiare.
- re-trace
-
verb (used with object),
to trace again, as lines in writing or drawing.
- destruct
-
noun,
the act or process of intentional destruction:
- dynatron
-
noun,
a tetrode, once frequently used as an oscillator in radio, in which an increase in the plate voltage results in a decrease in the plate current because of emission of electrons from the plate.
- truantry
-
noun,
truancy.
- sternway
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noun,
Nautical. the movement of a vessel backward, or stern foremost.
- treasure
-
noun,
wealth or riches stored or accumulated, especially in the form of precious metals, money, jewels, or plate.
- starwort
-
noun,
any of several chickweeds of the genus Stellaria.
- reducers
-
noun,
a person or thing that reduces.
- Cranston
-
noun,
a city in E Rhode Island, near Providence.
- Redstone
-
noun,
a U.S. surface-to-surface ballistic missile powered by a single rocket engine.
- redstart
-
noun,
any of several small, Old World thrushes, usually with reddish-brown tails, especially Phoenicurus phoenicurus (European redstart)
- canteens
-
noun,
a small container used especially by soldiers and hikers for carrying water or other liquids.
- durances
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noun,
incarceration or imprisonment (often used in the phrase durance vile).
- decanter
-
noun,
a vessel, usually an ornamental glass bottle, for holding and serving wine, brandy, or the like.
- redwares
-
noun,
an early American earthenware made from red clay.
- red-rose
-
noun,
the emblem of the royal house of Lancaster.
- sauterne
-
noun,
a semisweet white wine of California, commonly sold as a jug wine.
- cannonry
-
noun,
a discharge of artillery.
- sudatory
-
noun,
sudatorium.
- redcoats
-
noun,
(especially during the American Revolution) a British soldier.
- trecento
-
noun,
the 14th century, with reference to Italy, and especially to its art or literature.
- Treasury
-
noun,
a place where the funds of the government, of a corporation, or the like are deposited, kept, and disbursed.
- reductor
-
noun,
a tube with a stopcock at one end, usually filled with a metal, for reducing a constituent in a solution.
- cytaster
-
noun,
aster.
- renowned
-
adjective,
celebrated; famous.
- trounces
-
verb (used with object),
to beat severely; thrash.
- downturn
-
noun,
an act or instance of turning down or the state of being turned down:
- Carteret
-
noun,
John, Earl of Granville, 1690–1763, British statesman and orator.
- renounce
-
noun,
Cards. an act or instance of renouncing.
- denature
-
verb (used with object),
to deprive (something) of its natural character, properties, etc.
- cyaneous
-
adjective,
deep blue; cerulean.
- carry-on
-
noun,
a piece of carry-on luggage.
- turreted
-
adjective,
furnished with a turret or turrets.
- carotene
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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.
- duecento
-
noun,
the 13th century, with reference to Italy, especially to its art or literature.
- carneous
-
adjective,
fleshlike; flesh-colored.
- renature
-
verb (used with object),
to restore (a denatured substance) to its former, natural state.
- Wanderer
-
noun,
a Covenanter persecuted by Charles II and James II, especially one who fled home to follow rebellious Presbyterian ministers who refused to accept episcopacy.
- cynosure
-
noun,
something that strongly attracts attention by its brilliance, interest, etc.:
- careworn
-
adjective,
showing signs of care or worry; fatigued by trouble or anxiety; haggard:
- reynards
-
noun,
a name given to the fox, originally in the medieval beast epic Reynard the Fox.
- decorate
-
verb (used with object),
to furnish or adorn with something ornamental or becoming; embellish:
- stonecat
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noun,
a yellowish-brown, freshwater catfish, Noturus flavus, of the Mississippi River valley and Great Lakes, having poisonous pectoral spines.
- entrants
-
noun,
a competitor in a contest.
- Endecott
-
noun,
John, 1588?–1665, colonial governor of Massachusetts 1644–65, born in England.
- unwanted
-
adjective,
not desired or needed; not wanted:
- Wyandots
-
noun,
an Indian of the former Huron confederacy.
- outdares
-
verb (used with object),
to surpass in daring.
- underway
-
adjective,
occurring while under way:
- corrades
-
verb (used with object),
to wear down by corrasion; abrade.
- outcaste
-
noun,
(in India) a person who has left or been expelled from his or her caste.
- Andrewes
-
noun,
Lancelot, 1555–1626, English theologian: one of the translators of the Authorized Version of the Bible.
- Nanterre
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Hauts-de-Seine, in N France: W suburb of Paris.
- terranes
-
noun,
any rock formation or series of formations or the area in which a particular formation or group of rocks is predominant.
- outdates
-
verb (used with object),
to put out of date; make antiquated or obsolete:
- Anderson
-
noun,
Carl David, 1905–91, U.S. physicist: discoverer of the positron; Nobel Prize 1936.
- Andersen
-
noun,
Hans Christian [hanz] /hænz/ (Show IPA), 1805–75, Danish author, especially of fairy tales.
- untreads
-
verb (used with object),
to go back through in the same steps.
- terraces
-
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.
- ancestry
-
noun,
family or ancestral descent; lineage.
- ancestor
-
noun,
a person from whom one is descended; forebear; progenitor.
- untoward
-
adjective,
unfavorable or unfortunate:
- anecdote
-
noun,
a short account of a particular incident or event, especially of an interesting or amusing nature.
- cornuted
-
adjective,
having horns.
- unearned
-
adjective,
not received in exchange for labor or services; not gained by lawful work or employment.
- outrance
-
noun,
the utmost extremity.
- antrorse
-
adjective,
bent or directed forward or upward.
- outtrade
-
verb (used with object),
to outdo in trading; get the better of in a trade.
- outswear
-
verb (used with object),
to outdo in swearing.
- outstare
-
verb (used with object),
to outdo in staring; stare down.
- outstand
-
verb (used with object),
to stay or remain beyond:
- curators
-
noun,
the person in charge of a museum, art collection, etc.
- cornered
-
noun,
the place at which two converging lines or surfaces meet.
- anodynes
-
noun,
a medicine that relieves or allays pain.
- outdraws
-
verb (used with object),
to draw a gun, revolver, etc., from a holster, faster than (an opponent or competitor):
- tetrodes
-
noun,
a vacuum tube containing four electrodes, usually a plate, two grids, and a cathode.
- announce
-
verb (used with object),
to make known publicly or officially; proclaim; give notice of:
- Tetracyn
-
- sederunt
-
noun,
a prolonged discussion or session for discussion.
- condense
-
verb (used with object),
to make more dense or compact; reduce the volume or extent of; concentrate.
- undertow
-
noun,
the seaward, subsurface flow or draft of water from waves breaking on a beach.
- nacreous
-
adjective,
of or relating to nacre.
- rounders
-
noun,
a person or thing that rounds something.
- cotenant
-
noun,
a joint tenant.
- rondures
-
noun,
a circle or sphere.
- Nuneaton
-
noun,
a town in Warwickshire, central England, E of Birmingham.
- cryostat
-
noun,
an apparatus, usually automatic, maintaining a very low constant temperature.
- tendency
-
noun,
a natural or prevailing disposition to move, proceed, or act in some direction or toward some point, end, or result:
- tendance
-
noun,
attention; care; ministration, as to the sick.
- tenantry
-
noun,
tenants collectively; the body of tenants on an estate.
- courtesy
-
noun,
excellence of manners or social conduct; polite behavior.
- rostrate
-
adjective,
furnished with a rostrum.
- acetones
-
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.
- cretonne
-
noun,
a heavy cotton material in colorfully printed designs, used especially for drapery and slipcovers.
- Cournand
-
noun,
André Frédéric [ahn-drey frey-dey-reek] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ freɪ deɪˈrik/ (Show IPA), 1895–1988, U.S. physiologist, born in France: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1956.
- tarweeds
-
noun,
any of several resinous or gummy, composite plants of the genus Grindelia, having solitary flower heads.
- oystered
-
noun,
any of several edible, marine, bivalve mollusks of the family Ostreidae, having an irregularly shaped shell, occurring on the bottom or adhering to rocks or other objects in shallow water.
- rotundas
-
noun,
a round building, especially one with a dome.
- tear-out
-
adjective,
designed to be easily torn out, as from bound matter:
- tea-rose
-
noun,
any of several cultivated varieties of roses having a scent resembling that of tea.
- teardown
-
noun,
a taking apart; disassembly.
- creature
-
noun,
an animal, especially a nonhuman:
- notecase
-
noun,
billfold.
- courants
-
noun,
courante.
- aerodyne
-
noun,
any heavier-than-air aircraft deriving its lift mainly from aerodynamic forces.
- serrated
-
adjective,
having a notched edge or sawlike teeth, especially for cutting; serrate:
- unreason
-
noun,
inability or unwillingness to think or act rationally, reasonably, or sensibly; irrationality.
- crownets
-
noun,
a coronet.
- neonates
-
noun,
a newborn child, or one in its first 28 days.
- crowners
-
noun,
a person or thing that crowns.
- unsteady
-
adjective,
not steady or firm; unstable; shaky:
- outraces
-
verb (used with object),
to race or run faster than:
- neutrons
-
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.
- counters
-
noun,
a table or display case on which goods can be shown, business transacted, etc.
- Tennyson
-
noun,
Alfred, Lord (1st Baron) 1809–92, English poet: poet laureate 1850–92.
- new-year
-
noun,
the year approaching or newly begun.
- nocturne
-
noun,
a piece appropriate to the night or evening.
- nocturns
-
noun,
the office of matins, consisting of nine psalms and either three or nine lessons.
- crosette
-
noun,
crossette.
- ordnance
-
noun,
cannon or artillery.
- nondense
-
adjective,
nowhere-dense.
- courante
-
noun,
a dance dating back to the 17th century and characterized by a running or gliding step.
- outwards
-
noun,
that which is external; the external or material world.
- detonate
-
verb (used with object),
to cause (something explosive) to explode.
- cut-rate
-
noun,
a price, fare, or rate below the standard charge.
- standout
-
noun,
something or someone, as a person, performance, etc., remarkably superior to others:
- uncrowns
-
verb (used with object),
to deprive or divest of a crown.
- Etruscan
-
noun,
an inhabitant of ancient Etruria.
- Conneaut
-
noun,
a city in NE Ohio.
- Suwannee
-
noun,
a river in SE Georgia and N Florida, flowing SW to the Gulf of Mexico. 240 miles (386 km) long.
- Torrence
-
noun,
(Frederic) Ridgely [rij-lee] /ˈrɪdʒ li/ (Show IPA), 1875–1950, U.S. poet, playwright, and editor.
- contrate
-
adjective,
(of a gear) having teeth at right angles to the plane of rotation.
- contrast
-
noun,
the act of contrasting; the state of being contrasted.
- enounces
-
verb (used with object),
to utter or pronounce, as words; enunciate.
- underact
-
verb (used with or without object),
to underplay.
- swannery
-
noun,
a place where swans are raised.
- wear-out
-
noun,
the act or fact of wearing out; a worn-out condition:
- contrary
-
noun,
something that is contrary or opposite:
- entrance
-
noun,
an act of entering, as into a place or upon new duties.
- entreaty
-
noun,
earnest request or petition; supplication.
- Escudero
-
noun,
Vicente [bee-then-te] /biˈθɛn tɛ/ (Show IPA), 1892?–1980, Spanish dancer.
- undersea
-
adverb,
underseas.
- ascender
-
noun,
a person or thing that ascends or causes ascension.
- entreats
-
verb (used with object),
to ask (a person) earnestly; beseech; implore; beg:
- Constant
-
noun,
something that does not or cannot change or vary.
- tourneys
-
noun,
a tournament.
- construe
-
noun,
the act of construing.
- cutwater
-
noun,
Nautical.
the forward edge of the stem of a vessel, dividing the water as the vessel advances.
a vertical timber construction set forward of and following the stem of a wooden vessel below the water line, usually curving forward above the water line to support a beak-head or figurehead.
- toucanet
-
noun,
any of several small South and Central American toucans, especially of the genus Aulacorhynchus.
- eructate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to eruct.
- tortures
-
noun,
the act of inflicting excruciating pain, as punishment or revenge, as a means of getting a confession or information, or for sheer cruelty.
- contents
-
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:
- ratteens
-
noun,
ratiné.
- cutdowns
-
noun,
reduction; decrease; diminution:
- contends
-
verb (used with object),
to assert or maintain earnestly:
- Scranton
-
noun,
William Warren, 1917–2011, U.S. politician.
- endurant
-
adjective,
capable of enduring hardship, misfortune, or the like.
- Torrance
-
noun,
a city in SW California, SW of Los Angeles.
- Streator
-
noun,
a city in N Illinois.
- underset
-
noun,
a current of water below the surface and flowing in a direction contrary to the water on the surface.
- rear-end
-
noun,
the hindmost part of something.
- year-end
-
noun,
year's end; the end of a calendar year.
- endosarc
-
noun,
the endoplasm of a protozoan (opposed to ectosarc).
- Ardennes
-
noun,
Forest of, a wooded plateau region in W Europe, in NE France, SE Belgium, and Luxembourg: World War I battle 1914; World War II battle 1944–45.
- Tyrtaeus
-
noun,
flourished 7th century b.c, Greek poet.
- tonneaus
-
noun,
a rear part or compartment of an automobile body, containing seats for passengers.
- endnotes
-
noun,
a note, as of explanation, emendation, or the like, added at the end of an article, chapter, etc.
- currents
-
noun,
a flowing; flow, as of a river.
- unwonted
-
adjective,
not customary or usual; rare:
- Eurocrat
-
noun,
a member of the executive and technical staff at the headquarters of the European Common Market.
- curettes
-
noun,
a scoop-shaped surgical instrument for removing tissue from body cavities, as the uterus.
- attorney
-
noun,
a lawyer; attorney-at-law.
- outwears
-
verb (used with object),
to wear or last longer than; outlast:
- endocast
-
noun,
endocranial cast.
- 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.
- rodents
-
noun,
a rodent mammal.
- Rosette
-
noun,
any arrangement, part, object, or formation more or less resembling a rose.
- Creator
-
noun,
a person or thing that creates.
- creates
-
adjective,
Archaic. created.
- cratons
-
noun,
a relatively rigid and immobile region of continental portions of the earth's crust.
- Rosetta
-
noun,
a town in N Egypt, at a mouth of the Nile.
- denture
-
noun,
an artificial replacement of one or several of the teeth (partial denture) or all of the teeth (full denture) of either or both jaws; dental prosthesis.
- darters
-
noun,
a person or thing that darts or moves swiftly.
- dentate
-
adjective,
having a toothed margin or toothlike projections or processes.
- detents
-
noun,
a mechanism that temporarily keeps one part in a certain position relative to that of another, and can be released by applying force to one of the parts.
- credent
-
adjective,
Archaic. believing.
- detects
-
verb (used with object),
to discover or catch (a person) in the performance of some act:
- descent
-
noun,
the act, process, or fact of moving from a higher to a lower position. Synonyms: falling, sinking; fall, drop.
- uncrown
-
verb (used with object),
to deprive or divest of a crown.
- roaster
-
noun,
a contrivance for roasting something, as an oven, a pan for roasting meat, or a machine for roasting coffee beans.
- rotates
-
adjective,
wheel-shaped: applied especially to a gamopetalous short-tubed corolla with a spreading limb.
- destroy
-
verb (used with object),
to reduce (an object) to useless fragments, a useless form, or remains, as by rending, burning, or dissolving; injure beyond repair or renewal; demolish; ruin; annihilate.
- dacryon
-
noun,
the point of junction of the maxillary, lacrimal, and frontal bones.
- stouten
-
verb (used with object),
to make stout.
- descant
-
noun,
Music.
a melody or counterpoint accompanying a simple musical theme and usually written above it.
(in part music) the soprano.
a song or melody.
- darners
-
noun,
a person or thing that darns.
- crenate
-
adjective,
having the margin notched or scalloped so as to form rounded teeth, as a leaf.
- dancers
-
noun,
a person who dances.
- Rostand
-
noun,
Edmond [ed-mawn] /ɛdˈmɔ̃/ (Show IPA), 1868–1918, French dramatist and poet.
- unscrew
-
verb (used with object),
to draw or loosen a screw from (a hinge, bracket, etc.).
- danseur
-
noun,
a male ballet dancer.
- uncanny
-
adjective,
having or seeming to have a supernatural or inexplicable basis; beyond the ordinary or normal; extraordinary:
- Derwent
-
noun,
a river flowing N and W into Solway Firth, in N England. About 33 miles (53 km) long.
- rondure
-
noun,
a circle or sphere.
- denotes
-
verb (used with object),
to be a mark or sign of; indicate:
- dasyure
-
noun,
any of several nocturnal, carnivorous marsupials of the genus Dasyurus and related genera, of Australia, Tasmania, and nearby islands, typically having a reddish or olive-brown coat marked with white spots.
- curates
-
noun,
Chiefly British. a member of the clergy employed to assist a rector or vicar.
- cursory
-
adjective,
going rapidly over something, without noticing details; hasty; superficial:
- deanery
-
noun,
the office, jurisdiction, district, or residence of an ecclesiastical dean.
- Ronsard
-
noun,
Pierre de [pyer duh] /pyɛr də/ (Show IPA), 1524–85, French poet.
- cuneate
-
adjective,
having or being in the shape of a wedge; wedge-shaped.
- cunners
-
noun,
a small wrasse, Tautogolabrus adspersus, common in North Atlantic coastal waters of the U.S.
- tutoyer
-
verb (used with object),
to address (someone), especially in French, using the familiar forms of the pronoun “you” rather than the more formal forms; address familiarly.
- Sudeten
-
noun,
Also, Sudetes [soo-dee-teez] /suˈdi tiz/ (Show IPA). Czech Sudety [soo -de-ti] /ˈsʊ dɛ tɪ/ (Show IPA). a mountain range in E central Europe, extending along the N boundary of the Czech Republic between the Elbe and Oder rivers. Highest peak, 5259 feet (1603 meters).
- curares
-
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.
- royster
-
verb (used without object),
roister.
- current
-
noun,
a flowing; flow, as of a river.
- curtsey
-
noun,
curtsy.
- decanes
-
noun,
a hydrocarbon, C 10 H 22 , of the methane series, occurring in several isomeric forms.
- currant
-
noun,
a small seedless raisin, produced chiefly in California and in the Levant, and used in cookery and confectionery.
- rewards
-
noun,
a sum of money offered for the detection or capture of a criminal, the recovery of lost or stolen property, etc.
- curator
-
noun,
the person in charge of a museum, art collection, etc.
- rewords
-
verb (used with object),
to put into other words:
- decerns
-
verb (used with object),
Archaic. to discern.
- curette
-
noun,
a scoop-shaped surgical instrument for removing tissue from body cavities, as the uterus.
- rondeau
-
noun,
Prosody. a short poem of fixed form, consisting of 13 or 10 lines on two rhymes and having the opening words or phrase used in two places as an unrhymed refrain.
- Decatur
-
noun,
Stephen, 1779–1820, U.S. naval officer.
- decares
-
noun,
a unit of surface measure equal to 10 ares, or 1000 square meters: equivalent to 0.2471 acre.
- curtate
-
adjective,
shortened; reduced; abbreviated.
- Tuscany
-
noun,
a region in W central Italy: formerly a grand duchy. 8879 sq. mi. (22,995 sq. km).
- crowned
-
noun,
any of various types of headgear worn by a monarch as a symbol of sovereignty, often made of precious metal and ornamented with valuable gems.
- Rosanne
-
noun,
a female given name.
- dentary
-
noun,
one of a pair of membrane bones that in lower vertebrates form the distal part of the lower jaws and in mammals comprise the mandible.
- retrude
-
verb (used with object),
to produce retrusion in.
- crowner
-
noun,
a person or thing that crowns.
- crownet
-
noun,
a coronet.
- unready
-
adjective,
not ready; not made ready:
- decants
-
verb (used with object),
to pour (wine or other liquid) gently so as not to disturb the sediment.
- cutdown
-
noun,
reduction; decrease; diminution:
- returns
-
noun,
the act or fact of returning as by going or coming back or bringing, sending, or giving back:
- roseate
-
adjective,
tinged with rose; rosy:
- crusade
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) any of the military expeditions undertaken by the Christians of Europe in the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries for the recovery of the Holy Land from the Muslims.
- stunted
-
noun,
a stop or hindrance in growth or development.
- crusado
-
noun,
an early Portuguese coin of gold or silver, bearing the figure of a cross.
- crusted
-
noun,
the brown, hard outer portion or surface of a loaf or slice of bread (distinguished from crumb).
- undraws
-
verb (used with object),
to draw open or aside:
- strato-
-
- custody
-
noun,
keeping; guardianship; care.
- custard
-
noun,
a dessert made of eggs, sugar, and milk, either baked, boiled, or frozen.
- turnery
-
noun,
the process or art of forming or shaping objects on a lathe.
- Turners
-
noun,
a person or thing that turns or is employed in turning.
- student
-
noun,
a person formally engaged in learning, especially one enrolled in a school or college; pupil:
- stunner
-
noun,
a person or thing that stuns.
- Reuters
-
noun,
a publicly owned international news and information company established in London, 1851.
- reducer
-
noun,
a person or thing that reduces.
- detours
-
noun,
a roundabout or circuitous way or course, especially one used temporarily when the main route is closed.
- tetanus
-
noun,
Pathology. an infectious, often fatal disease caused by a specific bacterium that enters the body through wounds and characterized by respiratory paralysis and tonic spasms and rigidity of the voluntary muscles, especially those of the neck and lower jaw.
Compare lockjaw.
- yester-
-
- yestern
-
adjective,
yester.
- outwear
-
verb (used with object),
to wear or last longer than; outlast:
- outward
-
noun,
that which is external; the external or material world.
- outstay
-
verb (used with object),
to stay longer than.
- outsert
-
noun,
an additional folded signature or sheet into which another is bound.
- teutons
-
noun,
a member of a Germanic people or tribe first mentioned in the 4th century b.c. and supposed to have dwelt in Jutland.
- tetrode
-
noun,
a vacuum tube containing four electrodes, usually a plate, two grids, and a cathode.
- tetrads
-
noun,
a group of four.
- outrace
-
verb (used with object),
to race or run faster than:
- testudo
-
noun,
(among the ancient Romans) a movable shelter with a strong and usually fireproof arched roof, used for protection of soldiers in siege operations.
- swotter
-
noun,
swot2 (def 2).
- testacy
-
noun,
the state of being testate.
- Na-Dene
-
noun,
a group of North American Indian languages, comprising the Athabaskan family, Eyak, Tlingit, and Haida, hypothetically considered to be descendants of a single protolanguage: the genetic relationship of either Tlingit or Haida to Athabaskan and Eyak is now disputed.
- outdraw
-
verb (used with object),
to draw a gun, revolver, etc., from a holster, faster than (an opponent or competitor):
- outdate
-
verb (used with object),
to put out of date; make antiquated or obsolete:
- outdare
-
verb (used with object),
to surpass in daring.
- terrets
-
noun,
one of the round loops or rings on the saddle of a harness, through which the driving reins pass.
- Nanette
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Ann.
- outcast
-
noun,
a person who is rejected or cast out, as from home or society:
- narcose
-
adjective,
characterized by stupor; stuporous.
- outacts
-
verb (used with object),
to outdo in acting.
- terrane
-
noun,
any rock formation or series of formations or the area in which a particular formation or group of rocks is predominant.
- outwent
-
noun,
the act or process of going out:
- toaster
-
noun,
an instrument or appliance for toasting bread, muffins, etc.
- nascent
-
adjective,
beginning to exist or develop:
- Randers
-
noun,
a seaport in E Jutland, in Denmark.
- errands
-
noun,
a short and quick trip to accomplish a specific purpose, as to buy something, deliver a package, or convey a message, often for someone else.
- ratteen
-
noun,
ratiné.
- 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.
- torsade
-
noun,
a twisted cord.
- esotery
-
noun,
esotericism.
- torrent
-
noun,
a stream of water flowing with great rapidity and violence.
- Torrens
-
noun,
Lake, a salt lake in Australia, in E South Australia. 130 miles (210 km) long; 2400 sq. mi. (6220 sq. km); 25 feet (8 meters) below sea level.
- estrade
-
noun,
a slightly raised platform in a room or hall.
- estreat
-
noun,
a true copy or extract of an original writing or record, as of a fine.
- estrone
-
noun,
Biochemistry. an estrogenic hormone, C 18 H 22 O 2 , produced by the ovarian follicles and found during pregnancy in urine and placental tissue.
- estuary
-
noun,
that part of the mouth or lower course of a river in which the river's current meets the sea's tide.
- Ettarre
-
noun,
the vain and heartless lady beloved by Sir Pelleas.
- yawners
-
noun,
a person who yawns.
- rancors
-
noun,
bitter, rankling resentment or ill will; hatred; malice.
- tonsure
-
noun,
the act of cutting the hair or shaving the head.
- tonners
-
noun,
something having a specified weight in tons (used in combination):
- swatter
-
noun,
a person or thing that swats.
- Eustace
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Greek word meaning “steadfast.”.
- tonneau
-
noun,
a rear part or compartment of an automobile body, containing seats for passengers.
- sweated
-
noun,
the process of sweating or perspiring.
- sweater
-
noun,
a knitted jacket or jersey, in pullover or cardigan style, with or without sleeves.
- Yaounde
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Cameroon, in the SW part.
- yarrows
-
noun,
a composite plant, Achillea millefolium, of Eurasia, having fernlike leaves and flat-topped clusters of whitish flowers, naturalized in North America.
- yatters
-
noun,
chatter; idle talk.
- Narrows
-
noun,
a narrow part, place, or thing.
- 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.
- ratters
-
noun,
a person, animal, or thing that catches rats, as a terrier or a cat.
- Nunnery
-
noun,
a building or group of buildings for nuns; convent.
- tenners
-
noun,
a 10-dollar bill.
- Tennant
-
noun,
Smithson, 1761–1815, English chemist: discoverer of osmium and iridium.
- Tenedos
-
noun,
an island in the Aegean, near the entrance to the Dardanelles, belonging to Turkey.
- notates
-
verb (used with object),
to note, mark, or set down in a system of notation:
- tendons
-
noun,
Anatomy. a cord or band of dense, tough, inelastic, white, fibrous tissue, serving to connect a muscle with a bone or part; sinew.
- onwards
-
adverb,
toward a point ahead or in front; forward, as in space or time.
- tenders
-
noun,
the act of tendering; an offer of something for acceptance.
- tenancy
-
noun,
a holding, as of lands, by any kind of title; occupancy of land, a house, or the like, under a lease or on payment of rent; tenure.
- tenaces
-
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.
- nuances
-
noun,
a subtle difference or distinction in expression, meaning, response, etc.
- one-way
-
adjective,
moving, or allowing movement in one direction only:
- tarweed
-
noun,
any of several resinous or gummy, composite plants of the genus Grindelia, having solitary flower heads.
- noyades
-
noun,
destruction or execution by drowning, especially as practiced at Nantes, France, in 1793–94, during the Reign of Terror.
- nursery
-
noun,
a room or place set apart for young children.
- nutates
-
verb (used without object),
to undergo or show nutation.
- nutters
-
noun,
a person who gathers nuts.
- 2,4,5-t
-
noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- oersted
-
noun,
the centimeter-gram-second unit of magnetic intensity, equal to the magnetic pole of unit strength when undergoing a force of one dyne in a vacuum. Abbreviation: Oe.
- Taunton
-
noun,
a city in SE Massachusetts.
- tawneys
-
noun,
Richard Henry, 1880–1962, English historian, born in Calcutta.
- Oceanus
-
noun,
a Titan who was the son of Uranus and Gaea, the consort of Tethys, and the father of the river gods and Oceanids.
- ocreate
-
adjective,
having an ocrea or ocreae; sheathed.
- tautens
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become taut.
- octants
-
noun,
the eighth part of a circle.
- nonuser
-
noun,
a person who does not use or partake of something, as drugs or alcoholic beverages.
- ordures
-
noun,
dung; manure; excrement.
- Tancred
-
noun,
1078?–1112, Norman leader in the first Crusade.
- tanrecs
-
noun,
tenrec.
- natrons
-
noun,
a mineral, hydrated sodium carbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅10H 2 O.
- natters
-
noun,
a conversation; chat.
- natured
-
adjective,
having a temperament of a particular kind (usually used in combination):
- Ternate
-
noun,
an island in E Indonesia, W of Halmahera: important source of spices. 53 sq. mi. (137 sq. km).
- ternary
-
noun,
a group of three.
- tannery
-
noun,
a place where tanning is carried on.
- neatens
-
verb (used with object),
to make neat:
- necrose
-
verb (used with or without object),
to affect or be affected with necrosis.
- nectary
-
noun,
Botany. an organ or part that secretes nectar.
- nectars
-
noun,
the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or birds that pollinate the flower.
- teredos
-
noun,
a shipworm of the genus Teredo.
- tercets
-
noun,
Prosody. a group of three lines rhyming together or connected by rhyme with the adjacent group or groups of three lines.
- tenrecs
-
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.
- neonate
-
noun,
a newborn child, or one in its first 28 days.
- neoteny
-
noun,
Also called pedogenesis. the production of offspring by an organism in its larval or juvenile form; the elimination of the adult phase of the life cycle.
- tenures
-
noun,
the holding or possessing of anything:
- neuston
-
noun,
the aggregate of minute aquatic organisms that float or swim in the surface film of a body of water.
- neuters
-
noun,
Grammar.
the neuter gender.
a noun of that gender.
another element marking that gender.
an intransitive verb.
- neutro-
-
- 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.
- tenured
-
noun,
the holding or possessing of anything:
- newtons
-
noun,
the standard unit of force in the International System of Units (SI), equal to the force that produces an acceleration of one meter per second per second on a mass of one kilogram. Abbreviation: N.
- tenters
-
noun,
a framework on which cloth in the process of manufacture is stretched so it may set or dry evenly.
- nocturn
-
noun,
the office of matins, consisting of nine psalms and either three or nine lessons.
- errancy
-
noun,
the state or an instance of erring.
- erodent
-
adjective,
eroding; erosive:
- detract
-
verb (used with object),
to draw away or divert; distract:
- trounce
-
verb (used with object),
to beat severely; thrash.
- sundown
-
noun,
sunset, especially the time of sunset.
- truancy
-
noun,
the act or state of being truant.
- downers
-
noun,
Informal.
a depressant or sedative drug, especially a barbiturate.
a depressing experience, person, or situation.
- renowns
-
noun,
widespread and high repute; fame.
- rennets
-
noun,
the lining membrane of the fourth stomach of a calf or of the stomach of certain other young animals.
- Drayton
-
noun,
Michael, 1563–1631, English poet.
- drawees
-
noun,
a person on whom an order, draft, or bill of exchange is drawn.
- drawers
-
noun,
a sliding, lidless, horizontal compartment, as in a piece of furniture, that may be drawn out in order to gain access to it.
- renders
-
noun,
Building Trades. a first coat of plaster for a masonry surface.
- trouser
-
noun,
a leg of a pair of trousers.
- dry-rot
-
noun,
Plant Pathology.
a decay of seasoned timber, resulting in its becoming brittle and crumbling to a dry powder, caused by various fungi.
any of various diseases of plants in which the rotted tissues are dry.
- rereads
-
noun,
the act of reading something again.
- Drosera
-
noun,
any of several insectivorous plants of the genus Drosera, having leaves covered with sticky hairs, comprising the sundews.
- Reynosa
-
noun,
a city in N Tamaulipas, in E Mexico, on the Rio Grande.
- Reynaud
-
noun,
Paul [pawl] /pɔl/ (Show IPA), 1878–1966, French statesman: premier 1940.
- Reynard
-
noun,
a name given to the fox, originally in the medieval beast epic Reynard the Fox.
- reentry
-
noun,
an act of reentering.
- trocars
-
noun,
a sharp-pointed instrument enclosed in a cannula, used for withdrawing fluid from a cavity, as the abdominal cavity.
- duennas
-
noun,
(in Spain and Portugal) an older woman serving as escort or chaperon of a young lady.
- red-wat
-
adjective,
stained with blood; bloody.
- redware
-
noun,
an early American earthenware made from red clay.
- tryouts
-
noun,
a trial or test to ascertain fitness for some purpose.
- reduces
-
verb (used with object),
to bring down to a smaller extent, size, amount, number, etc.:
- douanes
-
noun,
a custom house; customs.
- reredos
-
noun,
a screen or a decorated part of the wall behind an altar in a church.
- Dunstan
-
noun,
Saint, a.d. c925–988, English statesman: archbishop of Canterbury 961–978.
- tundras
-
noun,
one of the vast, nearly level, treeless plains of the arctic regions of Europe, Asia, and North America.
- 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.
- retread
-
noun,
a tire that has been retreaded.
- deuter-
-
- tureens
-
noun,
a large, deep, covered dish for serving soup, stew, or other foods.
- retract
-
verb (used with object),
to draw back or in:
- dewater
-
verb (used with object),
to remove the water from; drain; dehydrate.
- retrace
-
verb (used with object),
to trace backward; go back over:
- retorts
-
noun,
a severe, incisive, or witty reply, especially one that counters a first speaker's statement, argument, etc.
- turacos
-
noun,
touraco.
- retards
-
noun,
a slowing down, diminution, or hindrance, as in a machine.
- restore
-
verb (used with object),
to bring back into existence, use, or the like; reestablish:
- docents
-
noun,
privatdocent.
- trustee
-
noun,
a person, usually one of a body of persons, appointed to administer the affairs of a company, institution, etc.
- Docetae
-
plural noun,
early Christian adherents of Docetism.
- restate
-
verb (used with object),
to state again or in a new way.
- tuyeres
-
noun,
an opening through which the blast of air enters a blast furnace, cupola, forge, or the like, to facilitate combustion.
- doyenne
-
noun,
a woman who is the senior member, as in age or rank, of a group, class, profession, etc.
- Tuesday
-
noun,
the third day of the week, following Monday.
- resound
-
verb (used with object),
to reecho (a sound).
- re-sort
-
verb (used with object),
to sort or arrange (cards, papers, etc.) again.
- donates
-
verb (used with object),
to present as a gift, grant, or contribution; make a donation of, as to a fund or cause:
- Donatus
-
noun,
early-4th-century bishop of Casae Nigrae in northern Africa: leader of a heretical Christian group.
Compare Donatist.
- donnees
-
noun,
a set of artistic or literary premises or assumptions.
- trustor
-
noun,
a person who creates a trust.
- Dunsany
-
noun,
Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett [mawr-tn draks pluhng-ket,, -kit,, mohr-] /ˈmɔr tn dræks ˈplʌŋ kɛt,, -kɪt,, ˈmoʊr-/ (Show IPA), 18th Baron ("Lord Dunsany") 1878–1957, Irish dramatist, poet, and essayist.
- 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.
- rattons
-
noun,
a rat.
- readers
-
noun,
a person who reads.
- towards
-
adjective,
about to come soon; imminent.
- endears
-
verb (used with object),
to make dear, esteemed, or beloved:
- endnote
-
noun,
a note, as of explanation, emendation, or the like, added at the end of an article, chapter, etc.
- endorse
-
noun,
Heraldry. a narrow pale, about one quarter the usual width and usually repeated several times.
- readout
-
noun,
Computers. the output of information from a computer in readable form.
Compare printout.
- endures
-
verb (used with object),
to hold out against; sustain without impairment or yielding; undergo:
- enduros
-
noun,
an endurance race for automobiles or sometimes motorcycles.
- endways
-
adverb,
on end:
- touters
-
noun,
a tout.
- enneads
-
noun,
a group of nine persons or things.
- enounce
-
verb (used with object),
to utter or pronounce, as words; enunciate.
- ensnare
-
verb (used with object),
to capture in, or involve as in, a snare:
- encores
-
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.
- entero-
-
- enteron
-
noun,
the alimentary canal; the digestive tract.
- entrant
-
noun,
a competitor in a contest.
- entreat
-
verb (used with object),
to ask (a person) earnestly; beseech; implore; beg:
- entrust
-
verb (used with object),
to charge or invest with a trust or responsibility; charge with a specified office or duty involving trust:
- tourney
-
noun,
a tournament.
- Tourane
-
noun,
former name of Danang.
- erasure
-
noun,
an act or instance of erasing.
- toucans
-
noun,
any of several usually brightly colored, fruit-eating birds of the family Ramphastidae, of tropical America, having a very large bill.
- Suttner
-
noun,
Bertha von [bur-thuh von;; German ber-tuh fuh n] /ˈbɜr θə vɒn;; German ˈbɛr tə fən/ (Show IPA), 1843–1914, Austrian writer: Nobel Peace Prize 1905.
- erector
-
noun,
Also, erecter. a person or thing that erects.
- encrust
-
verb (used with or without object),
incrust.
- encodes
-
verb (used with object),
to convert (a message, information, etc.) into code.
- Durance
-
noun,
incarceration or imprisonment (often used in the phrase durance vile).
- ecartes
-
noun,
a card game for two players.
- Durante
-
noun,
James Francis ("Jimmy") 1893–1980, U.S. comedian.
- Duranty
-
noun,
Walter, 1884–1957, English journalist and author in the U.S.
- redowas
-
noun,
a Bohemian dance in two forms, one resembling the waltz or the mazurka, the other resembling the polka.
- redouts
-
noun,
a condition experienced by pilots and astronauts in which blood is forced to the head and results in a reddening of the field of vision during rapid deceleration or in maneuvers that produce a negative gravity force.
- sunward
-
adverb,
Also, sunwards. toward the sun.
- redcoat
-
noun,
(especially during the American Revolution) a British soldier.
- redacts
-
verb (used with object),
to put into suitable literary form; revise; edit.
- earnest
-
noun,
full seriousness, as of intention or purpose:
- treason
-
noun,
the offense of acting to overthrow one's government or to harm or kill its sovereign.
- tranter
-
noun,
a peddler, hawker, or carrier using a horse and cart.
- Eastern
-
adjective,
lying toward or situated in the east:
- rectory
-
noun,
a rector's house; parsonage.
- surcoat
-
noun,
a garment worn over medieval armor, often embroidered with heraldic arms.
- Ecuador
-
noun,
a republic in NW South America. 109,483 sq. mi. (283,561 sq. km). Capital: Quito.
- traduce
-
verb (used with object),
to speak maliciously and falsely of; slander; defame:
- traders
-
noun,
a person who trades; a merchant or businessperson.
- tractor
-
noun,
a powerful motor-driven vehicle with large, heavy treads, used for pulling farm machinery, other vehicles, etc.
- educate
-
verb (used with object),
to develop the faculties and powers of (a person) by teaching, instruction, or schooling. Synonyms: instruct, school, drill, indoctrinate.
- eductor
-
noun,
ejector (def 3).
- recount
-
noun,
a second or additional count, as of votes in an election.
- tracers
-
noun,
a person or thing that traces.
- tracery
-
noun,
ornamental work consisting of ramified ribs, bars, or the like, as in the upper part of a Gothic window, in panels, screens, etc.
- Records
-
noun,
an act of recording.
- recants
-
verb (used with object),
to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
- craters
-
noun,
the cup-shaped depression or cavity on the surface of the earth or other heavenly body marking the orifice of a volcano.
- octanes
-
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.
- catouse
-
noun,
New England. a noisy disturbance; commotion.
- cordate
-
adjective,
heart-shaped:
- antero-
-
- Sectary
-
noun,
a member of a particular sect, especially an adherent of a religious body regarded as heretical or schismatic.
- serrate
-
adjective,
Chiefly Biology. notched on the edge like a saw:
- routers
-
noun,
any of various tools or machines for routing, hollowing out, or furrowing.
- Serrano
-
noun,
a small, green or reddish, extremely hot chili pepper, the fruit of a variety of Capsicum annuum used in cooking.
- austere
-
adjective,
severe in manner or appearance; uncompromising; strict; forbidding:
- aeneous
-
adjective,
bronze-colored:
- carters
-
noun,
Bennett Lester ("Benny") 1907–2003, U.S. jazz saxophonist and composer.
- screeno
-
noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) (formerly) bingo played in a movie theater.
- Coryate
-
noun,
Thomas, 1577–1617, English traveler and author.
- way-out
-
noun,
the means by which a predicament, dilemma, etc., may be solved.
- wonders
-
noun,
something strange and surprising; a cause of surprise, astonishment, or admiration:
- coarsen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become coarse.
- contuse
-
verb (used with object),
to injure (tissue), especially without breaking the skin; bruise.
- contras
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) a member of a counterrevolutionary guerrilla group in Nicaragua.
- scenery
-
noun,
the general appearance of a place; the aggregate of features that give character to a landscape.
- contra-
-
- Warrens
-
noun,
a place where rabbits breed or abound.
- Anteros
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a brother of Eros, most often regarded as the avenger of unrequited love.
- Anterus
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 235–236.
- coarser
-
adjective,
of or relating to a topology on a topological space whose open sets are included among the open sets of a second specified topology on the space.
- rundown
-
noun,
a quick review or summary of main points of information, usually oral:
- adnouns
-
noun,
an adjective used as a noun, as meek in Blessed are the meek; absolute adjective.
- carnous
-
adjective,
carnose.
- untread
-
verb (used with object),
to go back through in the same steps.
- warders
-
noun,
a person who guards something, as a doorkeeper or caretaker.
- carouse
-
noun,
carousal.
- scatter
-
noun,
the act of scattering.
- corrade
-
verb (used with object),
to wear down by corrasion; abrade.
- cenotes
-
noun,
a deep natural well or sinkhole, especially in Central America, formed by the collapse of surface limestone that exposes ground water underneath, and sometimes used by the ancient Mayans for sacrificial offerings.
- cornute
-
adjective,
cornuted.
- Austro-
-
- rouster
-
noun,
roustabout (def 1).
- carroty
-
adjective,
like a carrot, as in color, flavor, or shape.
- cornets
-
noun,
Music. a valved wind instrument of the trumpet family.
- screwed
-
noun,
a metal fastener having a tapered shank with a helical thread, and topped with a slotted head, driven into wood or the like by rotating, especially by means of a screwdriver.
- corners
-
noun,
the place at which two converging lines or surfaces meet.
- stertor
-
noun,
a heavy snoring sound accompanying respiration in certain diseases.
- weaners
-
noun,
a recently weaned animal.
- corneas
-
noun,
the transparent anterior part of the external coat of the eye covering the iris and the pupil and continuous with the sclera.
- contest
-
noun,
a race, conflict, or other competition between rivals, as for a prize.
- 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:
- carnose
-
adjective,
of or relating to flesh; fleshy.
- soutter
-
noun,
souter.
- senator
-
noun,
a member of a senate.
- stature
-
noun,
the height of a human or animal body.
- soutane
-
noun,
a cassock.
- statued
-
adjective,
having or ornamented with statues:
- scourer
-
noun,
a person who scours or cleanses.
- styrene
-
noun,
a colorless, water-insoluble liquid, C 8 H 8 , having a penetrating aromatic odor, usually prepared from ethylene and benzene or ethylbenzene, that polymerizes to a clear transparent material and copolymerizes with other materials to form synthetic rubbers.
- cattery
-
noun,
a place where cats are kept and bred.
- Watters
-
noun,
a light bulb, radio station, etc., of specified wattage (usually used in combination):
- watered
-
noun,
a transparent, odorless, tasteless liquid, a compound of hydrogen and oxygen, H 2 O, freezing at 32°F or 0°C and boiling at 212°F or 100°C, that in a more or less impure state constitutes rain, oceans, lakes, rivers, etc.: it contains 11.188 percent hydrogen and 88.812 percent oxygen, by weight.
- Western
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) a story, movie, or radio or television play about the U.S. West of the 19th century.
- Stewart
-
noun,
Also, Stuart. Darnley, Lord Henry.
- Wyandot
-
noun,
an Indian of the former Huron confederacy.
- asunder
-
adverb, adjective,
into separate parts; in or into pieces:
- scouter
-
noun,
a person who scouts.
- androus
-
- Steward
-
noun,
a person who manages another's property or financial affairs; one who administers anything as the agent of another or others.
- Andrews
-
noun,
Charles McLean [muh-kleyn] /məˈkleɪn/ (Show IPA), 1863–1943, U.S. historian and author.
- Stanton
-
noun,
Edwin McMasters [muh k-mas-terz,, -mah-sterz] /məkˈmæs tərz,, -ˈmɑ stərz/ (Show IPA), 1814–69, U.S. statesman: Secretary of War 1862–67.
- conatus
-
noun,
an effort or striving.
- cautery
-
noun,
an escharotic substance, electric current, or hot iron used to destroy tissue.
- contend
-
verb (used with object),
to assert or maintain earnestly:
- astound
-
adjective,
Archaic. astonished; astounded.
- sarcode
-
noun,
protoplasm, especially the semifluid content of a protozoan.
- anodyne
-
noun,
a medicine that relieves or allays pain.
- scrawny
-
adjective,
excessively thin; lean; scraggy:
- attunes
-
verb (used with object),
to bring into accord, harmony, or sympathetic relationship; adjust:
- coaster
-
noun,
a person or thing that coasts.
- constr.
-
- conster
-
verb (used with or without object),
construe.
- consent
-
noun,
permission, approval, or agreement; compliance; acquiescence:
- attorns
-
verb (used with object),
to turn over to another; transfer.
- sounder
-
noun,
a person or thing that makes a sound or noise, or sounds something.
- Sennett
-
noun,
Mack (Michael Sinnott) 1884–1960, U.S. motion-picture director and producer, born in Canada.
- ureters
-
noun,
a muscular duct or tube conveying the urine from a kidney to the bladder or cloaca.
- connate
-
adjective,
existing in a person or thing from birth or origin; inborn:
- annoyed
-
noun,
Archaic. an annoyance.
- coatees
-
noun,
a close-fitting short coat, especially one with tails or skirts.
- Annette
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Anne.
- caterer
-
noun,
one whose business is to provide food, supplies, and sometimes service at social gatherings.
- attends
-
verb (used with object),
to be present at:
- Sandron
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Sandro.
- wardens
-
noun,
a person charged with the care or custody of persons, animals, or things; keeper.
- seconde
-
noun,
the second of the eight defensive positions.
- stereo-
-
- starred
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- carnets
-
noun,
a customs document allowing an automobile to be driven at no cost across international borders.
- acetous
-
adjective,
containing or producing acetic acid.
- courant
-
noun,
courante.
- cestode
-
noun,
a parasitic platyhelminth or flatworm of the class Cestoda, which comprises the tapeworms.
- Cernuda
-
noun,
Luis [loo-ees] /luˈis/ (Show IPA), 1902–63, Spanish poet, in England after 1939.
- scunner
-
noun,
an irrational dislike; loathing:
- country
-
noun,
a state or nation:
- reactor
-
noun,
a person or thing that reacts or undergoes reaction.
- scutter
-
verb (used without object), noun,
scurry.
- steato-
-
- rotunda
-
noun,
a round building, especially one with a dome.
- candent
-
adjective,
glowing with heat; being at a white heat.
- arseno-
-
- sea-cow
-
noun,
any sirenian, as the manatee or dugong.
- 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.
- courser
-
noun,
a person or thing that courses.
- centner
-
noun,
(in several European countries) a unit of weight of 50 kilograms, equivalent to 110.2 pounds avoirdupois.
- centres
-
noun,
Geometry. the middle point, as the point within a circle or sphere equally distant from all points of the circumference or surface, or the point within a regular polygon equally distant from the vertices.
- Sno-Cat
-
- wanders
-
noun,
Mechanics. the drift of a gyroscope or a similar device.
- Stentor
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) a Greek herald with a loud voice.
- centro-
-
- couters
-
noun,
a piece of plate armor for the elbow.
- worsted
-
noun,
firmly twisted yarn or thread spun from combed, stapled wool fibers of the same length, for weaving, knitting, etc.
Compare woolen.
- unstate
-
verb (used with object),
Archaic. to deprive (a person) of office or rank.
- arenose
-
adjective,
sandy; gritty.
- Century
-
noun,
a period of 100 years.
- careens
-
noun,
a careening.
- acerose
-
adjective,
needle-shaped, as the leaves of the pine.
- cowards
-
noun,
a person who lacks courage in facing danger, difficulty, opposition, pain, etc.; a timid or easily intimidated person.
- candors
-
noun,
the state or quality of being frank, open, and sincere in speech or expression; candidness:
- snorter
-
noun,
a person or thing that snorts.
- acerous
-
adjective,
acerose1 .
- cotters
-
noun,
a pin, wedge, key, or the like, fitted or driven into an opening to secure something or hold parts together.
- Scudery
-
noun,
Magdeleine de [mag-duh-len duh] /mag dəˈlɛn də/ (Show IPA), 1607–1701, French novelist.
- cetanes
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid hydrocarbon of the alkane series, C 16 H 34 , used as a solvent and in cetane number determinations.
- sonance
-
noun,
the condition or quality of being sonant.
- canteen
-
noun,
a small container used especially by soldiers and hikers for carrying water or other liquids.
- censure
-
noun,
strong or vehement expression of disapproval:
- sterno-
-
- costate
-
adjective,
Anatomy. having ribs.
- runways
-
noun,
a way along which something runs.
- cerato-
-
- saunter
-
noun,
a leisurely walk or ramble; stroll.
- canonry
-
noun,
the office or benefice of a canon.
- rounder
-
noun,
a person or thing that rounds something.
- cerates
-
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.
- costard
-
noun,
a large English variety of apple.
- cerated
-
adjective,
covered with wax.
- carneys
-
noun,
carny.
- crayons
-
noun,
a pointed stick or pencil of colored clay, chalk, wax, etc., used for drawing or coloring.
- wantons
-
noun,
a wanton or lascivious person, especially a woman.
- Scarron
-
noun,
Paul [pawl] /pɔl/ (Show IPA), 1610–60, French novelist, dramatist, and poet.
- starter
-
noun,
a person or thing that starts.
- canters
-
noun,
an easy gallop.
- stearo-
-
- unswear
-
verb (used with object),
to retract (something sworn or sworn to); recant by a subsequent oath; abjure.
- Cayenne
-
noun,
a hot, biting condiment composed of the ground pods and seeds of the pepper Capsicum annuum longum.
- scanner
-
noun,
a person or thing that scans.
- cereous
-
adjective,
waxlike.
- standee
-
noun,
a person who stands, as a passenger in a train, a spectator at a theater, etc., either because all the seats are taken or because standing room is cheaper than a seat.
- sorcery
-
noun,
the art, practices, or spells of a person who is supposed to exercise supernatural powers through the aid of evil spirits; black magic; witchery.
- scutate
-
adjective,
Botany. formed like a round buckler.
- 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.
- cannery
-
noun,
a factory where foodstuffs, as meat, fish, or fruit are canned.
- cadette
-
noun,
(initial capital letter). Also called Cadette scout. a member of the Girl Scouts from 12 through 14 years of age.
- centare
-
noun,
centiare.
- rotters
-
noun,
a thoroughly bad, worthless, or objectionable person.
- ranees
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- astron
-
- astro-
-
- arrest
-
noun,
the taking of a person into legal custody, as by officers of the law.
- Sutter
-
noun,
John Augustus, 1803–80, U.S. frontiersman: owner of Sutter's Mill.
- astute
-
adjective,
of keen penetration or discernment; sagacious:
- eraser
-
noun,
a device, as a piece of rubber or cloth, for erasing marks made with pen, pencil, chalk, etc.
- Surrey
-
noun,
a light, four-wheeled, two-seated carriage, with or without a top, for four persons.
- erects
-
adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- suttee
-
noun,
sati.
- scurry
-
noun,
a scurrying rush:
- ascend
-
verb (used with object),
to go or move upward upon or along; climb; mount:
- erenow
-
adverb,
before this time.
- ascent
-
noun,
an act of ascending; upward movement; a rising movement:
- swayed
-
noun,
the act of swaying; swaying movement.
- raters
-
noun,
a person who makes rates or ratings.
- esnecy
-
noun,
the right of the oldest member of a coparcenary to have first choice of share upon division of the inheritance.
- screwy
-
adjective,
crazy; nutty:
- eructs
-
verb (used with or without object),
to belch forth, as gas from the stomach.
- raster
-
noun,
Television. a pattern of scanning lines covering the area upon which the image is projected in the cathode-ray tube or liquid-crystal display of a television set or other screen.
- Rasure
-
noun,
an erasure.
- estate
-
noun,
a piece of landed property, especially one of large extent with an elaborate house on it:
- tortes
-
noun,
a rich cake, especially one containing little or no flour, usually made with eggs and ground nuts or bread crumbs.
- Swanee
-
noun,
Suwannee.
- Escaut
-
noun,
French name of Scheldt.
- escent
-
- escort
-
noun,
a group of persons, or a single person, accompanying another or others for protection, guidance, or courtesy:
- escudo
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Cape Verde, equal to 100 centavos.
- escrow
-
noun,
a contract, deed, bond, or other written agreement deposited with a third person, by whom it is to be delivered to the grantee or promisee on the fulfillment of some condition.
- scrota
-
noun,
the pouch of skin that contains the testes.
- artery
-
noun,
Anatomy. a blood vessel that conveys blood from the heart to any part of the body.
- arrowy
-
adjective,
resembling or suggesting an arrow, as in slimness or swiftness.
- ratton
-
noun,
a rat.
- Torrey
-
noun,
John, 1796–1873, U.S. botanist and chemist.
- toucan
-
noun,
any of several usually brightly colored, fruit-eating birds of the family Ramphastidae, of tropical America, having a very large bill.
- Sutton
-
noun,
a borough of Greater London, England.
- arrows
-
noun,
a slender, straight, generally pointed missile or weapon made to be shot from a bow and equipped with feathers at the end of the shaft near the nock, for controlling flight.
- Ernest
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “vigor, intent.”.
- astern
-
adverb,
in a position behind a specified vessel or aircraft:
- erodes
-
verb (used with object),
to eat into or away; destroy by slow consumption or disintegration:
Synonyms: corrode, waste, ravage, spoil.
Antonyms: strengthen, reinforce.
- estray
-
noun,
a person or animal that has strayed.
- screed
-
noun,
a long discourse or essay, especially a diatribe.
- ratter
-
noun,
a person, animal, or thing that catches rats, as a terrier or a cat.
- screen
-
noun,
a movable or fixed device, usually consisting of a covered frame, that provides shelter, serves as a partition, etc.
- arsen-
-
- errand
-
noun,
a short and quick trip to accomplish a specific purpose, as to buy something, deliver a package, or convey a message, often for someone else.
- errant
-
adjective,
deviating from the regular or proper course; erring; straying.
- weaner
-
noun,
a recently weaned animal.
- rotter
-
noun,
a thoroughly bad, worthless, or objectionable person.
- toward
-
adjective,
about to come soon; imminent.
- watter
-
noun,
a light bulb, radio station, etc., of specified wattage (usually used in combination):
- trance
-
noun,
a half-conscious state, seemingly between sleeping and waking, in which ability to function voluntarily may be suspended.
- rectos
-
- Cayuse
-
noun,
Western U.S. a horse, especially an Indian pony.
- transe
-
noun,
a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
- ecarte
-
noun,
a card game for two players.
- Ecorse
-
noun,
a city in SE Michigan, near Detroit.
- ecrase
-
adjective,
(of leather) crushed to produce a grained effect.
- cadres
-
noun,
Military. the key group of officers and enlisted personnel necessary to establish and train a new military unit.
- scanty
-
noun,
scanties, very brief underpants, especially for women.
- cadets
-
noun,
a student in a national service academy or private military school or on a training ship.
- Rector
-
noun,
a member of the clergy in charge of a parish in the Protestant Episcopal Church.
- trans.
-
- cadent
-
adjective,
having cadence.
- rectus
-
noun,
any of several straight muscles, as of the abdomen, thigh, eye, etc.
- trades
-
noun,
the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries:
- scarry
-
adjective,
marked with the scars of wounds.
- trader
-
noun,
a person who trades; a merchant or businessperson.
- wanton
-
noun,
a wanton or lascivious person, especially a woman.
- Warden
-
noun,
a person charged with the care or custody of persons, animals, or things; keeper.
- Warder
-
noun,
a person who guards something, as a doorkeeper or caretaker.
- educes
-
verb (used with object),
to draw forth or bring out, as something potential or latent; elicit; develop.
- scato-
-
- educts
-
noun,
something educed; eduction.
- traces
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- scatty
-
adjective,
scatterbrained.
- eatery
-
noun,
a restaurant or other commercial establishment serving food.
- Easton
-
noun,
a city in E Pennsylvania, on the Delaware River.
- towser
-
noun,
a big dog.
- Canyon
-
noun,
a deep valley with steep sides, often with a stream flowing through it.
- redout
-
noun,
a condition experienced by pilots and astronauts in which blood is forced to the head and results in a reddening of the field of vision during rapid deceleration or in maneuvers that produce a negative gravity force.
- durocs
-
noun,
one of an American breed of hardy red hogs having drooping ears.
- durras
-
noun,
a type of grain sorghum with slender stalks, cultivated in Asia and Africa and introduced into the U.S.
- redoes
-
noun,
the act or an instance of redoing.
- Duster
-
noun,
a person or thing that removes or applies dust.
- Cannes
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Mediterranean Sea: resort; annual film festival.
- Dwayne
-
noun,
a male given name.
- canner
-
noun,
a person who cans meat, fruit, etc., for preservation.
- treens
-
noun,
treenware.
- redans
-
noun,
a V -shaped work, usually projecting from a fortified line.
- canned
-
noun,
a sealed container for food, beverages, etc., as of aluminum, sheet iron coated with tin, or other metal:
- treats
-
noun,
entertainment, food, drink, etc., given by way of compliment or as an expression of friendly regard.
- cranny
-
noun,
a small, narrow opening in a wall, rock, etc.; chink; crevice; fissure:
- treaty
-
noun,
a formal agreement between two or more states in reference to peace, alliance, commerce, or other international relations.
- redact
-
verb (used with object),
to put into suitable literary form; revise; edit.
- Sawyer
-
noun,
a person who saws wood, especially as an occupation.
- caners
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- recuse
-
verb (used with object),
to reject or challenge (a judge or juror) as disqualified to act, especially because of interest or bias.
- treasr
-
- starry
-
adjective,
abounding with stars:
- recurs
-
verb (used without object),
to occur again, as an event, experience, etc.
- treads
-
noun,
the action of treading, stepping, or walking.
- Candor
-
noun,
the state or quality of being frank, open, and sincere in speech or expression; candidness:
- candys
-
noun,
any of a variety of confections made with sugar, syrup, etc., often combined with chocolate, fruit, nuts, etc.
- tracer
-
noun,
a person or thing that traces.
- record
-
noun,
an act of recording.
- enures
-
verb (used with or without object),
inure.
- Atreus
-
noun,
the father of Plisthenes, Agamemnon, Menelaus, and Anaxibia upon whose house Thyestes pronounced a curse.
- attorn
-
verb (used with object),
to turn over to another; transfer.
- endure
-
verb (used with object),
to hold out against; sustain without impairment or yielding; undergo:
- Scoter
-
noun,
any of the large diving ducks of the genus Melanitta, inhabiting northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere.
- enduro
-
noun,
an endurance race for automobiles or sometimes motorcycles.
- wasted
-
noun,
useless consumption or expenditure; use without adequate return; an act or instance of wasting:
- Enesco
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1881–1955, Romanian violinist, composer, and conductor: teacher of Yehudi Menuhin.
- ennead
-
noun,
a group of nine persons or things.
- attend
-
verb (used with object),
to be present at:
- touter
-
noun,
a tout.
- waster
-
noun,
a person or thing that wastes time, money, etc.
- Scotty
-
noun,
(often lowercase) Informal. a Scot; Scotsman or Scotswoman.
- Reader
-
noun,
a person who reads.
- attune
-
verb (used with object),
to bring into accord, harmony, or sympathetic relationship; adjust:
- centra
-
noun,
a plural of centrum.
- ensure
-
verb (used with object),
to secure or guarantee:
- enter-
-
- atones
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- enters
-
Verb phrases,
enter into,
to participate in; engage in.
to investigate; consider:
to sympathize with; share in.
to form a constituent part or ingredient of:
to go into a particular state:
- re-act
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- Ateste
-
noun,
ancient name of Este.
- watery
-
adjective,
pertaining to or connected with water:
- Waters
-
noun,
Ethel, 1896–1977, U.S. singer and actress.
- Watson
-
noun,
James Dewey, born 1928, U.S. biologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1962.
- surety
-
noun,
security against loss or damage or for the fulfillment of an obligation, the payment of a debt, etc.; a pledge, guaranty, or bond.
- endues
-
verb (used with object),
to invest or endow with some gift, quality, or faculty.
- rancor
-
noun,
bitter, rankling resentment or ill will; hatred; malice.
- Warner
-
noun,
Charles Dudley [duhd-lee] /ˈdʌd li/ (Show IPA), 1829–1900, U.S. editor and essayist.
- encase
-
verb (used with object),
to enclose in or as in a case:
- recons
-
noun,
reconnaissance.
- Townes
-
noun,
Charles Hard, 1915–2015, U.S. physicist and educator: Nobel Prize in physics 1964.
- Towner
-
noun,
a person who lives in a town or city.
- Recent
-
noun,
Also called Holocene. (initial capital letter) Geology. the Recent Epoch or Series.
- recast
-
noun,
a recasting.
- Towers
-
noun,
a building or structure high in proportion to its lateral dimensions, either isolated or forming part of a building.
- recant
-
verb (used with object),
to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
- austr-
-
- enacts
-
verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- enates
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- towery
-
adjective,
having towers:
- Auster
-
noun,
the south wind personified.
- endows
-
verb (used with object),
to provide with a permanent fund or source of income:
- reason
-
noun,
a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.:
- encyst
-
verb (used with or without object),
to enclose or become enclosed in a cyst.
- encode
-
verb (used with object),
to convert (a message, information, etc.) into code.
- Austen
-
noun,
Jane, 1775–1817, English novelist.
- 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.
- Warren
-
noun,
a place where rabbits breed or abound.
- endear
-
verb (used with object),
to make dear, esteemed, or beloved:
- warrty
-
- Enders
-
noun,
John Franklin, 1897–1985, U.S. bacteriologist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1954.
- Audrey
-
noun,
a female given name: from Old English words meaning “noble” and “strength.”.
- atween
-
preposition, adverb,
between.
- arouse
-
verb (used with object),
to stir to action or strong response; excite:
- yearns
-
verb (used without object),
to have an earnest or strong desire; long:
- etudes
-
noun,
a musical composition, usually instrumental, intended mainly for the practice of some point of technique.
- adores
-
verb (used with object),
to regard with the utmost esteem, love, and respect; honor.
- tenter
-
noun,
a framework on which cloth in the process of manufacture is stretched so it may set or dry evenly.
- tented
-
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.
- Orense
-
noun,
a city in N Spain, NW of Madrid.
- tensor
-
noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
- tenson
-
noun,
a Provençal poem taking the form of a dialogue or debate between two rival troubadours.
- orenda
-
noun,
a supernatural force believed by the Iroquois Indians to be present, in varying degrees, in all objects or persons, and to be the spiritual force by which human accomplishment is attained or accounted for.
- oreads
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. any of a group of nymphs who were the companions of Artemis.
- nocent
-
adjective,
harmful; injurious.
- adren-
-
- adorns
-
verb (used with object),
to decorate or add beauty to, as by ornaments:
- setout
-
noun,
preparations, especially for beginning a journey.
- 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.
- nycto-
-
- Tarnow
-
noun,
a city in SE Poland, E of Cracow.
- tenons
-
noun,
a projection formed on the end of a timber or the like for insertion into a mortise of the same dimensions.
- noyade
-
noun,
destruction or execution by drowning, especially as practiced at Nantes, France, in 1793–94, during the Reign of Terror.
- ordure
-
noun,
dung; manure; excrement.
- adnoun
-
noun,
an adjective used as a noun, as meek in Blessed are the meek; absolute adjective.
- adeno-
-
- nonary
-
noun,
a number in a nonary system.
- orders
-
noun,
an authoritative direction or instruction; command; mandate.
- nonces
-
noun,
the present, or immediate, occasion or purpose (usually used in the phrase for the nonce).
- setter
-
noun,
a person or thing that sets.
- nonets
-
noun,
a group of nine performers or instruments.
- adreno
-
- ornate
-
adjective,
elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so:
- Seurat
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1859–91, French (pointillist) painter.
- Nereus
-
noun,
a sea god, the son of Pontus and Gaea and father of the Nereids.
- soucar
-
noun,
a Hindu banker.
- sotted
-
adjective,
drunken; besotted.
- Teresa
-
noun,
Mother (Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu) 1910–97, Albanian nun: Nobel Peace Prize 1979 for work in the slums of Calcutta, India.
- teredo
-
noun,
a shipworm of the genus Teredo.
- aeron.
-
- tercet
-
noun,
Prosody. a group of three lines rhyming together or connected by rhyme with the adjacent group or groups of three lines.
- terces
-
noun,
tierce (def 3).
- Ostend
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Belgium.
- Wonder
-
noun,
something strange and surprising; a cause of surprise, astonishment, or admiration:
- Serena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- terat-
-
- Nernst
-
noun,
Walther Herman [vahl-tuh r her-mahn] /ˈvɑl tər ˈhɛr mɑn/ (Show IPA), 1864–1941, German physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in chemistry 1920.
- sorted
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- Neruda
-
noun,
Pablo [pah-vlaw;; English pah-bloh] /ˈpɑ vlɔ;; English ˈpɑ bloʊ/ (Show IPA), (Neftali Ricardo Reyes Basoalto) 1904–73, Chilean poet and diplomat: Nobel Prize in literature 1971.
- tenuto
-
adjective,
Music. (of a note, chord, or rest) held to the full time value.
- nested
-
noun,
a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
- Nestor
-
noun,
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- neuro-
-
- 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.
- neuter
-
noun,
Grammar.
the neuter gender.
a noun of that gender.
another element marking that gender.
an intransitive verb.
- Wonsan
-
noun,
a seaport in E North Korea.
- wonted
-
noun,
custom; habit; practice:
- tenure
-
noun,
the holding or possessing of anything:
- ornery
-
adjective,
ugly and unpleasant in disposition or temper:
- Newton
-
noun,
the standard unit of force in the International System of Units (SI), equal to the force that produces an acceleration of one meter per second per second on a mass of one kilogram. Abbreviation: N.
- set-to
-
noun,
a usually brief, sharp fight or argument.
- acutes
-
noun,
the acute accent.
- nectar
-
noun,
the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or birds that pollinate the flower.
- oaters
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- Nutter
-
noun,
a person who gathers nuts.
- Snyder
-
noun,
Gary, born 1930, U.S. poet and essayist.
- oyster
-
noun,
any of several edible, marine, bivalve mollusks of the family Ostreidae, having an irregularly shaped shell, occurring on the bottom or adhering to rocks or other objects in shallow water.
- taster
-
noun,
a person who tastes, especially one skilled in distinguishing the qualities of liquors, tea, etc., by the taste.
- teaser
-
noun,
a person or thing that teases.
- Oeneus
-
noun,
a king of Calydon believed to have been the first man to cultivate grapes.
- taters
-
noun,
potato.
- wounds
-
noun,
an injury, usually involving division of tissue or rupture of the integument or mucous membrane, due to external violence or some mechanical agency rather than disease.
- taunts
-
noun,
an insulting gibe or sarcasm; scornful reproach or challenge.
- Odette
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Odetta
-
noun,
(Odetta Holmes) 1930–2008, U.S. folk singer.
- Odense
-
noun,
a seaport on Fyn island, in S Denmark.
- nutant
-
adjective,
drooping; nodding.
- tauro-
-
- sonant
-
noun,
a speech sound that by itself makes a syllable or subordinates to itself the other sounds in the syllable; a syllabic sound (opposed to consonant).
- Tawney
-
noun,
Richard Henry, 1880–1962, English historian, born in Calcutta.
- tawdry
-
noun,
cheap, gaudy apparel.
- tauted
-
adjective,
(especially of wood or hair) tangled or matted together.
- snotty
-
adjective,
Vulgar. of or relating to snot.
- tauto-
-
- octets
-
noun,
a company of eight singers or musicians.
- tauten
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become taut.
- octads
-
noun,
a group or series of eight.
- 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.
- nutate
-
verb (used without object),
to undergo or show nutation.
- aceous
-
- Seward
-
noun,
William Henry, 1801–72, U.S. statesman: secretary of state 1861–69.
- tender
-
noun,
the act of tendering; an offer of something for acceptance.
- Tenner
-
noun,
a 10-dollar bill.
- Nordau
-
noun,
Max Simon [mahks zee-mawn] /mɑks ˈzi mɔn/ (Show IPA), 1849–1923, Hungarian author, physician, and leader in the Zionist movement.
- Noreen
-
noun,
a female given name, Irish diminutive of Nora.
- orates
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- Norway
-
noun,
Norwegian Norge. a kingdom in N Europe, in the W part of the Scandinavian Peninsula. 124,555 sq. mi. (322,597 sq. km). Capital: Oslo.
- tarots
-
noun,
any of a set of 22 playing cards bearing allegorical representations, used for fortunetelling and as trump cards in tarok.
- tenets
-
noun,
any opinion, principle, doctrine, dogma, etc., especially one held as true by members of a profession, group, or movement.
- notary
-
noun,
notary public.
- notate
-
verb (used with object),
to note, mark, or set down in a system of notation:
- tendon
-
noun,
Anatomy. a cord or band of dense, tough, inelastic, white, fibrous tissue, serving to connect a muscle with a bone or part; sinew.
- sonnet
-
noun,
Prosody. a poem, properly expressive of a single, complete thought, idea, or sentiment, of 14 lines, usually in iambic pentameter, with rhymes arranged according to one of certain definite schemes, being in the strict or Italian form divided into a major group of 8 lines (the octave) followed by a minor group of 6 lines (the sestet), and in a common English form into 3 quatrains followed by a couplet.
- onward
-
adverb,
toward a point ahead or in front; forward, as in space or time.
- nurser
-
noun,
a person, animal, or thing that nurses.
- noways
-
adverb,
in no way, respect, or degree; not at all; nowise:
- worsen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become worse.
- worser
-
adjective, adverb,
worse.
- tarso-
-
- 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.
- Sondra
-
noun,
a female given name.
- worset
-
noun, adjective,
worsted.
- 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.
- nuance
-
noun,
a subtle difference or distinction in expression, meaning, response, etc.
- Nueces
-
noun,
a river in S Texas, flowing SE to Corpus Christi Bay, on the Gulf of Mexico. 338 miles (545 km) long.
- teensy
-
adjective,
teeny; tiny.
- aceto-
-
- sentry
-
noun,
a soldier stationed at a place to stand guard and prevent the passage of unauthorized persons, watch for fires, etc., especially a sentinel stationed at a pass, gate, opening in a defense work, or the like.
- Senora
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to Mrs., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a married or older woman. Abbreviation: Sra.
- around
-
Idioms,
been around, having had much worldly experience:
- Antons
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Anthony.
- seater
-
noun,
a person or thing that seats.
- owners
-
noun,
a person who owns; possessor; proprietor.
- swound
-
verb (used without object), noun,
swoon.
- yentas
-
noun,
a person, especially a woman, who is a busybody or gossip.
- Tyrone
-
noun,
a former administrative county in W Northern Ireland: replaced by several new districts 1973.
- secant
-
noun,
Geometry. an intersecting line, especially one intersecting a curve at two or more points.
- secern
-
verb (used with object),
to discriminate or distinguish in thought.
- second
-
noun,
a second part.
- Werner
-
noun,
Alfred [al-fred,, -frid;; German ahl-freyt] /ˈæl frɛd,, -frɪd;; German ˈɑl freɪt/ (Show IPA), 1866–1919, Swiss chemist: Nobel prize 1913.
- secret
-
noun,
something that is or is kept secret, hidden, or concealed.
- antres
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- tyrant
-
noun,
a sovereign or other ruler who uses power oppressively or unjustly.
- Stacey
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- Antony
-
noun,
Mark (Marcus Antonius) 83?–30 b.c, Roman general: friend of Caesar; member of the second triumvirate and rival of Octavian.
- tutees
-
noun,
a person who is being tutored; the pupil of a tutor.
- yonder
-
adverb,
at, in, or to that place specified or more or less distant; over there.
- sector
-
noun,
Geometry. a plane figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle.
- outset
-
noun,
the beginning or start:
- answer
-
noun,
a spoken or written reply or response to a question, request, letter, etc.:
- Tydeus
-
noun,
the father of Diomedes: one of the Seven Against Thebes.
- outsat
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of outsit.
- secund
-
adjective,
arranged on one side only; unilateral.
- 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.
- secure
-
adjective,
free from or not exposed to danger or harm; safe.
- Cannon
-
noun,
a mounted gun for firing heavy projectiles; a gun, howitzer, or mortar.
- Searcy
-
noun,
a city in central Arkansas.
- sedate
-
adjective,
calm, quiet, or composed; undisturbed by passion or excitement:
- Arendt
-
noun,
Hannah, 1906–75, U.S. author, political scientist, and teacher, born in Germany.
- Eudora
-
noun,
a female given name.
- tonnes
-
noun,
metric ton.
- rayons
-
noun,
a regenerated, semisynthetic textile filament made from cellulose, cotton linters, or wood chips by treating these with caustic soda and carbon disulfide and passing the resultant solution, viscose, through spinnerets.
- stance
-
noun,
the position or bearing of the body while standing:
- tonner
-
noun,
something having a specified weight in tons (used in combination):
- aretes
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- radons
-
noun,
a chemically inert, radioactive gaseous element produced by the decay of radium: emissions produced by outgassing of rock, brick, etc. are a health hazard. Symbol: Rn; atomic number: 86; atomic weight: 222.
- toners
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- Radnor
-
noun,
a town in SE Pennsylvania, near Philadelphia.
- stacte
-
noun,
one of the sweet spices used in the holy incense of the ancient Hebrews. Ex. 30:34.
- seance
-
noun,
a meeting in which a spiritualist attempts to communicate with the spirits of the dead.
- Weyden
-
noun,
Roger or Rogier [Flemish raw-geer] /Flemish rɔˈgir/ (Show IPA), van der [van der;; Flemish vahn duh r] /væn dər;; Flemish vɑn dər/ (Show IPA), 1400?–64, Flemish painter.
- toasty
-
adjective,
comfortably or cozily warm.
- racons
-
noun,
radar beacon.
- yarrow
-
noun,
a composite plant, Achillea millefolium, of Eurasia, having fernlike leaves and flat-topped clusters of whitish flowers, naturalized in North America.
- ardors
-
noun,
great warmth of feeling; fervor; passion:
- yatter
-
noun,
chatter; idle talk.
- ardent
-
adjective,
having, expressive of, or characterized by intense feeling; passionate; fervent:
- sweaty
-
adjective,
covered, moist, or stained with sweat.
- racers
-
noun,
a person, animal, or thing that races or takes part in a race, as a racehorse, bicycle, yacht, etc.
- Yaunde
-
noun,
Yaoundé.
- yawner
-
noun,
a person who yawns.
- Sweden
-
noun,
a kingdom in N Europe, in the E part of the Scandinavian Peninsula. 173,732 sq. mi. (449,964 sq. km). Capital: Stockholm.
- todays
-
noun,
this present day:
- Sweeny
-
noun,
atrophy of the shoulder muscles in horses.
- Tetuan
-
noun,
a seaport in N Morocco, on the Mediterranean: former capital of the Spanish zone of Morocco.
- tetras
-
noun,
any of several tropical, freshwater fishes of the family Characidae, often kept in aquariums.
- necro-
-
- ounces
-
noun,
a unit of weight equal to 437.5 grains or 1/16 pound (28.35 grams) avoirdupois.
- Andres
-
noun,
John, 1751–80, British major hanged as a spy by the Americans in the Revolutionary War: plotted the betrayal of West Point with Benedict Arnold.
- souter
-
noun,
a person who makes or repairs shoes; cobbler; shoemaker.
- outact
-
verb (used with object),
to outdo in acting.
- ouster
-
noun,
expulsion or removal from a place or position occupied:
- narrow
-
noun,
a narrow part, place, or thing.
- source
-
noun,
any thing or place from which something comes, arises, or is obtained; origin:
- senary
-
adjective,
of or relating to the number six.
- Senate
-
noun,
an assembly or council of citizens having the highest deliberative functions in a government, especially a legislative assembly of a state or nation.
- tactus
-
noun,
the basic metrical unit in medieval music.
- Sender
-
noun,
a person or thing that sends.
- nasute
-
noun,
a soldier termite characterized by a beaklike snout through which a sticky secretion repellent to other insects is emitted.
- natron
-
noun,
a mineral, hydrated sodium carbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅10H 2 O.
- narco-
-
- Tanner
-
noun,
a person whose occupation it is to tan hides.
- natter
-
noun,
a conversation; chat.
- Seneca
-
noun,
a member of the largest tribe of the Iroquois Confederacy of North American Indians, formerly inhabiting western New York and being conspicuous in the wars south and west of Lake Erie.
- Nature
-
noun,
the material world, especially as surrounding humankind and existing independently of human activities.
- Nautes
-
noun,
(in the Aeneid) an aged Trojan and advisor to Aeneas.
- ternes
-
noun,
terne metal.
- ottars
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- Sennar
-
noun,
a region in the E Sudan between the White and Blue Nile rivers, S of Khartoum: a former kingdom.
- sennet
-
noun,
any of several small barracudas, as Sphyraena borealis (northern sennet) ranging along the eastern coast of North and Central America.
- tanrec
-
noun,
tenrec.
- neaten
-
verb (used with object),
to make neat:
- Tereus
-
noun,
a Thracian prince, the husband of Procne, who raped his sister-in-law Philomela and was changed into a hoopoe as a punishment.
- narcos
-
noun,
narc.
- terras
-
noun,
earth; land.
- outran
-
verb,
simple past tense of outrun.
- nacres
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- annoys
-
noun,
Archaic. an annoyance.
- Yunnan
-
noun,
a province in S China. 168,417 sq. mi. (436,200 sq. km). Capital: Kunming.
- tetrad
-
noun,
a group of four.
- tetra-
-
- Annecy
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Haute-Savoie, in SE France.
- Wester
-
noun,
a wind or storm coming from the west.
- tetany
-
noun,
a state marked by severe, intermittent tonic contractions and muscular pain, due to abnormal calcium metabolism.
- teston
-
noun,
a former silver coin of France, equal at various times to between 10 and 14½ sols, bearing on the obverse a bust of the reigning king.
- tester
-
noun,
a person or thing that tests.
- nacred
-
adjective,
lined with or resembling nacre.
- anyone
-
pronoun,
any person at all; anybody:
- Weston
-
noun,
Edward, 1886–1958, U.S. photographer.
- terret
-
noun,
one of the round loops or rings on the saddle of a harness, through which the driving reins pass.
- seduce
-
verb (used with object),
to lead astray, as from duty, rectitude, or the like; corrupt.
- sowcar
-
noun,
soucar.
- anenst
-
preposition,
anent (def 2).
- Andrus
-
noun,
Andron.
- nances
-
noun,
Offensive. an effeminate male.
- outcry
-
noun,
a strong and usually public expression of protest, indignation, or the like.
- Andros
-
noun,
Sir Edmund, 1637–1714, British governor in the American colonies, 1686–89, 1692–98.
- Andron
-
noun,
(in an ancient Greek house) an apartment for men, especially one for banqueting.
- andro-
-
- Nansen
-
noun,
Fridtjof [frit-yof] /ˈfrɪt yɒf/ (Show IPA), 1861–1930, Norwegian arctic explorer, zoologist, and statesman: Nobel Peace Prize 1922.
- Andrew
-
noun,
one of the 12 apostles of Jesus. Mark 3:18; John 1:40–42.
- Nantes
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Loire-Atlantique, in W France, at the mouth of the Loire River.
- trendy
-
noun,
a trendy person, place, object, or idea.
- Easter
-
noun,
an annual Christian festival in commemoration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, observed on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the vernal equinox, as calculated according to tables based in Western churches on the Gregorian calendar and in Orthodox churches on the Julian calendar.
- trends
-
noun,
the general course or prevailing tendency; drift:
- dentes
-
noun,
plural of dens.
- return
-
noun,
the act or fact of returning as by going or coming back or bringing, sending, or giving back:
- denote
-
verb (used with object),
to be a mark or sign of; indicate:
- crusty
-
adjective,
having a crisp or thick crust:
- Ruston
-
noun,
a city in N Louisiana.
- Strand
-
noun,
the land bordering the sea, a lake, or a river; shore; beach.
- Crusoe
-
noun,
Robinson, Robinson Crusoe.
- cetane
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid hydrocarbon of the alkane series, C 16 H 34 , used as a solvent and in cetane number determinations.
- Rutter
-
noun,
portolano.
- rosace
-
noun,
rosette (def 3).
- Denton
-
noun,
a city in N Texas.
- Sterne
-
noun,
Laurence, 1713–68, English clergyman and novelist.
- cesura
-
noun,
caesura.
- Cesena
-
noun,
a city in E central Italy.
- ceruse
-
noun,
a pigment composed of white lead.
- certes
-
adverb,
certainly; in truth.
- retro-
-
- cerous
-
adjective,
containing trivalent cerium.
- Coster
-
noun,
costermonger.
- descry
-
verb (used with object),
to see (something unclear or distant) by looking carefully; discern; espy:
- unread
-
adjective,
not read, as a letter or newspaper.
- cruors
-
noun,
coagulated blood, or the portion of the blood that forms the clot.
- Cetura
-
noun,
Keturah.
- retuse
-
adjective,
having an obtuse or rounded apex with a shallow notch, as leaves.
- desert
-
noun,
a region so arid because of little rainfall that it supports only sparse and widely spaced vegetation or no vegetation at all:
Synonyms: waste, wasteland, barren wilderness.
- usenet
-
noun,
Computers. an extensive system of newsgroups: a branch of the Internet.
- Cydnus
-
noun,
a river in SE Asia Minor, in Cilicia.
- cyders
-
noun,
cider.
- Tuscan
-
noun,
the standard literary form of the Italian language.
- Reuter
-
noun,
Paul Julius, Baron de, 1816–99, English founder of an international news agency, born in Germany.
- turret
-
noun,
a small tower, usually one forming part of a larger structure.
- reused
-
adjective,
noting wool that previously has been spun, woven, and used.
- cteno-
-
- undoes
-
verb (used with object),
to reverse the doing of; cause to be as if never done:
- undone
-
verb,
past participle of undo.
- undraw
-
verb (used with object),
to draw open or aside:
- Turner
-
noun,
a person or thing that turns or is employed in turning.
- Duryea
-
noun,
Charles Edgar, 1861–1938, U.S. inventor and manufacturer of automobiles and automotive devices.
- runway
-
noun,
a way along which something runs.
- C-star
-
noun,
carbon star.
- cyano-
-
- Cosyra
-
noun,
ancient name of Pantelleria.
- Undset
-
noun,
Sigrid [sig-rid;; Norwegian si-gri] /ˈsɪg rɪd;; Norwegian ˈsɪ grɪ/ (Show IPA), 1882–1949, Norwegian novelist: Nobel prize 1928.
- denary
-
adjective,
containing ten; tenfold.
- COSTAR
-
noun,
a performer, especially an actor or actress, who shares star billing with another.
- uneasy
-
adjective,
not easy in body or mind; uncomfortable; restless; disturbed; perturbed.
- UNESCO
-
noun,
an agency of the United Nations charged with instituting and administering programs for cooperative, coordinated action by member states in education, science, and the arts.
- cruets
-
noun,
a glass bottle, especially one for holding vinegar, oil, etc., for the table.
- steno-
-
- Cyrene
-
noun,
an ancient Greek city and colony in N Africa, in Cyrenaica.
- dynast
-
noun,
a ruler or potentate, especially a hereditary ruler.
- centas
-
noun,
a former bronze coin of Lithuania, the 100th part of a litas.
- Roseau
-
noun,
a seaport on and the capital of Dominica.
- sacred
-
adjective,
devoted or dedicated to a deity or to some religious purpose; consecrated.
- retort
-
noun,
a severe, incisive, or witty reply, especially one that counters a first speaker's statement, argument, etc.
- turco-
-
- censor
-
noun,
an official who examines books, plays, news reports, motion pictures, radio and television programs, letters, cablegrams, etc., for the purpose of suppressing parts deemed objectionable on moral, political, military, or other grounds.
- turaco
-
noun,
touraco.
- sundae
-
noun,
ice cream served with syrup poured over it, and often other toppings, as whipped cream, chopped nuts, or fruit.
- Crowns
-
noun,
any of various types of headgear worn by a monarch as a symbol of sovereignty, often made of precious metal and ornamented with valuable gems.
- censer
-
noun,
a container, usually covered, in which incense is burned, especially during religious services; thurible.
- 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.
- sacro-
-
- retard
-
noun,
a slowing down, diminution, or hindrance, as in a machine.
- Tunney
-
noun,
James Joseph ("Gene") 1898–1978, U.S. boxer: world heavyweight champion 1926–28.
- Sunday
-
noun,
the first day of the week, observed as the Sabbath by most Christian sects.
- tuners
-
noun,
a person or thing that tunes.
- Dnestr
-
noun,
Russian name of Dniester.
- cottas
-
noun,
a surplice.
- Cotter
-
noun,
a pin, wedge, key, or the like, fitted or driven into an opening to secure something or hold parts together.
- 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.
- doater
-
noun,
doter.
- dewars
-
noun,
Sir James, 1842–1923, Scottish chemist and physicist.
- dewans
-
noun,
(in India) any of certain officials, as a financial minister or prime minister of a native colony.
- usward
-
adverb,
toward us.
- detour
-
noun,
a roundabout or circuitous way or course, especially one used temporarily when the main route is closed.
- Cereus
-
noun,
any of various plants of the genus Cereus, of the cactus family, having large, usually white, funnel-shaped flowers.
- Rosary
-
noun,
Roman Catholic Church.
a series of prayers, usually consisting of 15 decades of aves, each decade being preceded by a paternoster and followed by a Gloria Patri, one of the mysteries or events in the life of Christ or the Virgin Mary being recalled at each decade.
a string of beads used for counting these prayers during their recitation.
a similar string of beads consisting of five decades.
- detect
-
verb (used with object),
to discover or catch (a person) in the performance of some act:
- detent
-
noun,
a mechanism that temporarily keeps one part in a certain position relative to that of another, and can be released by applying force to one of the parts.
- crudes
-
noun,
crude oil.
- deters
-
verb (used with object),
to discourage or restrain from acting or proceeding:
- detest
-
verb (used with object),
to feel abhorrence of; hate; dislike intensely.
- 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.
- cerat-
-
- unstow
-
verb (used with object),
to remove (tools, utensils, equipment, etc.) from stowage, especially in preparation for use.
- Steady
-
noun,
Informal. a person of the opposite sex whom one dates exclusively; sweetheart; boyfriend or girlfriend.
- utero-
-
- unrent
-
adjective,
not rent; not torn, disturbed, pained, or the like:
- unrest
-
noun,
lack of rest; a restless, troubled, or uneasy state; disquiet:
- deuces
-
noun,
Cards. a card having two pips; a two, or two-spot.
- Deurne
-
noun,
a former city in N Belgium, now part of Antwerp.
- 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.
- centr-
-
- centos
-
noun,
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
- deuto-
-
- deuton
-
noun,
deuteron.
- decury
-
noun,
a division, company, or body of ten men.
- reward
-
noun,
a sum of money offered for the detection or capture of a criminal, the recovery of lost or stolen property, etc.
- rouens
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Seine-Maritime, in N France, on the Seine: famous cathedral; execution of Joan of Arc 1431.
- dances
-
noun,
a successive group of rhythmical steps or bodily motions, or both, usually executed to music.
- Storey
-
noun,
story2 .
- urates
-
noun,
a salt of uric acid.
- Dacron
-
- uncase
-
verb (used with object),
to remove from a case; remove the case from.
- stoned
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- Dayton
-
noun,
Jonathan, 1760–1824, U.S. politician, Speaker of the House 1795–99.
- strode
-
noun,
a striding manner or a striding gait.
- routes
-
noun,
a course, way, or road for passage or travel:
- dancer
-
noun,
a person who dances.
- Conant
-
noun,
James Bryant, 1893–1978, U.S. chemist and educator: president of Harvard University 1933–53.
- stoney
-
adjective,
stony.
- Stroud
-
noun,
a coarse woolen cloth, blanket, or garment formerly used by the British in bartering with the North American Indians.
- corers
-
noun,
a person or thing that cores.
- curets
-
noun,
a scoop-shaped surgical instrument for removing tissue from body cavities, as the uterus.
- router
-
noun,
any of various tools or machines for routing, hollowing out, or furrowing.
- Danton
-
noun,
Georges Jacques [zhawrzh zhahk] /ʒɔrʒ ʒɑk/ (Show IPA), 1759–94, French Revolutionary leader.
- urease
-
noun,
an enzyme that changes urea into ammonium carbonate, occurring in bacteria, fungi, etc.
- stewed
-
noun,
a preparation of meat, fish, or other food cooked by stewing, especially a mixture of meat and vegetables.
- unwary
-
adjective,
not wary; not cautious or watchful, as against danger or misfortune.
- cornea
-
noun,
the transparent anterior part of the external coat of the eye covering the iris and the pupil and continuous with the sclera.
- darner
-
noun,
a person or thing that darns.
- Corday
-
noun,
Charlotte (Maria Anne Charlotte Corday d'Armont) 1768–93, French Revolutionary heroine: assassinated Jean-Paul Marat.
- rodent
-
noun,
a rodent mammal.
- Darren
-
noun,
a male given name.
- cuteys
-
noun,
cutie.
- Conway
-
noun,
Thomas, 1735–1800? Irish soldier of fortune in America and India.
- cursor
-
noun,
Digital Technology. a movable, sometimes blinking, symbol that indicates the position on a display screen where the next character entered from the keyboard will appear, or where user action is needed.
- cursed
-
noun,
the expression of a wish that misfortune, evil, doom, etc., befall a person, group, etc.
- conure
-
noun,
any of several long-tailed New World parrots, especially of the genus Aratinga, certain species of which are kept as pets.
- curtsy
-
noun,
a respectful bow made by women and girls, consisting of bending the knees and lowering the body.
- Custer
-
noun,
George Armstrong [ahrm-strawng,, -strong] /ˈɑrm strɔŋ,, -strɒŋ/ (Show IPA), 1839–76, U.S. general and Indian fighter.
- contr.
-
- contes
-
plural,
Trademark. a brand of crayon made of graphite and clay, usually in black, red, or brown.
- Street
-
noun,
a public thoroughfare, usually paved, in a village, town, or city, including the sidewalk or sidewalks.
- Rodney
-
noun,
George Brydges [brij-iz] /ˈbrɪdʒ ɪz/ (Show IPA), Baron, 1718–92, British admiral.
- coneys
-
noun,
a serranid fish, Epinephelus fulvus, of tropical American waters.
- cutesy
-
adjective,
forcedly and consciously cute; coyly mannered:
- urano-
-
- Cutter
-
noun,
a person who cuts, especially as a job, as one who cuts fabric for garments.
- contd.
-
- Rowena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- strawy
-
adjective,
of, containing, or resembling straw.
- rowens
-
noun,
Chiefly Northern U.S. the second crop of grass or hay in a season; aftermath.
- Conrad
-
noun,
Charles, Jr ("Pete") 1930–1999, U.S. astronaut.
- under-
-
- stoner
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
- strunt
-
noun,
the fleshy part or stump of a tail, especially of a horse's tail.
- Darrow
-
noun,
Clarence (Seward) 1857–1938, U.S. lawyer, lecturer, and author.
- decors
-
noun,
style or mode of decoration, as of a room, building, or the like:
- untrod
-
adjective,
not trod; not traversed:
- Octans
-
noun,
the Octant, a southern constellation that contains the south celestial pole.
- corset
-
noun,
Sometimes, corsets. a close-fitting undergarment, stiffened with whalebone or similar material and often capable of being tightened by lacing, enclosing the trunk: worn, especially by women, to shape and support the body; stays.
- decays
-
noun,
decomposition; rot:
- Cortes
-
noun,
(in Spain or Portugal) the two houses constituting the national legislative body.
- decane
-
noun,
a hydrocarbon, C 10 H 22 , of the methane series, occurring in several isomeric forms.
- decant
-
verb (used with object),
to pour (wine or other liquid) gently so as not to disturb the sediment.
- coarse
-
adjective,
composed of relatively large parts or particles:
- Coruna
-
noun,
La Coruña.
- usance
-
noun,
Commerce. a length of time, exclusive of days of grace and varying in different places, allowed by custom or usage for the payment of foreign bills of exchange.
- decare
-
noun,
a unit of surface measure equal to 10 ares, or 1000 square meters: equivalent to 0.2471 acre.
- coated
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- C-note
-
noun,
See C (def 11).
- Runyon
-
noun,
(Alfred) Damon [dey-muh n] /ˈdeɪ mən/ (Show IPA), 1884–1946, U.S. journalist and short-story writer.
- runner
-
noun,
a person, animal, or thing that runs, especially as a racer.
- decent
-
adjective,
conforming to the recognized standard of propriety, good taste, modesty, etc., as in behavior or speech.
- decern
-
verb (used with object),
Archaic. to discern.
- cytost
-
noun,
any cellular substance liberated because of injury to the cell or cells.
- rounds
-
noun,
any round shape, as a circle, ring or sphere.
- reword
-
verb (used with object),
to put into other words:
- run-on
-
noun,
run-on matter.
- cysto-
-
- cuesta
-
noun,
a long, low ridge with a relatively steep face or escarpment on one side and a long, gentle slope on the other.
- coatee
-
noun,
a close-fitting short coat, especially one with tails or skirts.
- darter
-
noun,
a person or thing that darts or moves swiftly.
- ureter
-
noun,
a muscular duct or tube conveying the urine from a kidney to the bladder or cloaca.
- Ruyter
-
noun,
Michel Adriaanssoon de [Dutch mi-khuh l ah-dree-ahn-soon duh] /Dutch ˈmɪ xəl ˌɑ driˈɑn sun də/ (Show IPA), 1607–76, Dutch admiral.
- twenty
-
noun,
a cardinal number, 10 times 2.
- coders
-
noun,
a person or device that translates information into a code.
- dastur
-
noun,
a Parsee chief priest.
- tweets
-
noun,
a weak chirping sound, as of a young or small bird.
- corned
-
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.
- tweeny
-
noun,
'tween (def 2).
- Stuart
-
noun,
a member of the royal family that ruled in Scotland from 1371 to 1714 and in England from 1603 to 1714.
- tweeds
-
noun,
a coarse wool cloth in a variety of weaves and colors, either hand-spun and handwoven in Scotland or reproduced, often by machine, elsewhere.
- dauncy
-
adjective,
donsie.
- daunts
-
verb (used with object),
to overcome with fear; intimidate:
- Deacon
-
noun,
(in hierarchical churches) a member of the clerical order next below that of a priest.
- tweedy
-
adjective,
made of or resembling tweed, as in texture, appearance, or the like.
- Corner
-
noun,
the place at which two converging lines or surfaces meet.
- curate
-
noun,
Chiefly British. a member of the clergy employed to assist a rector or vicar.
- CORNET
-
noun,
Music. a valved wind instrument of the trumpet family.
- 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.
- Coates
-
noun,
Eric, 1886–1957, English violist and composer.
- Dawson
-
noun,
Sir John William, 1820–99, Canadian geologist and educator.
- sturdy
-
noun,
gid.
- tutors
-
noun,
a person employed to instruct another in some branch or branches of learning, especially a private instructor.
- cunner
-
noun,
a small wrasse, Tautogolabrus adspersus, common in North Atlantic coastal waters of the U.S.
- Reston
-
noun,
James (Barrett) ("Scotty") 1909–1995, U.S. journalist, born in Scotland.
- tureen
-
noun,
a large, deep, covered dish for serving soup, stew, or other foods.
- docent
-
noun,
privatdocent.
- Sartre
-
noun,
Jean-Paul [zhahn-pawl] /ʒɑ̃ˈpɔl/ (Show IPA), 1905–80, French philosopher, novelist, and dramatist: declined 1964 Nobel Prize in literature.
- 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.
- Cretan
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Crete.
- carrys
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Carew.
- Sarton
-
noun,
May, 1912–95, U.S. poet, novelist, and playwright.
- wander
-
noun,
Mechanics. the drift of a gyroscope or a similar device.
- rotate
-
adjective,
wheel-shaped: applied especially to a gamopetalous short-tubed corolla with a spreading limb.
- render
-
noun,
Building Trades. a first coat of plaster for a masonry surface.
- dreary
-
adjective,
causing sadness or gloom.
- sundry
-
Idioms,
all and sundry, everybody, collectively and individually:
- 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.
- drawer
-
noun,
a sliding, lidless, horizontal compartment, as in a piece of furniture, that may be drawn out in order to gain access to it.
- stator
-
noun,
Electricity, Machinery. a portion of a machine that remains fixed with respect to rotating parts, especially the collection of stationary parts in the magnetic circuits of a machine.
Compare rotor (def 1).
- Coward
-
noun,
a person who lacks courage in facing danger, difficulty, opposition, pain, etc.; a timid or easily intimidated person.
- dryers
-
noun,
Also, drier. a machine, appliance, or apparatus for removing moisture, as by forced ventilation or heat:
- carnet
-
noun,
a customs document allowing an automobile to be driven at no cost across international borders.
- Carney
-
noun,
carny.
- stater
-
noun,
any of various gold or silver or electrum coin units or coins of the ancient Greek states or cities.
- caryo-
-
- Renard
-
noun,
Reynard.
- drowns
-
Verb phrases,
drown in,
to be overwhelmed by:
to be covered with or enveloped in:
- drowse
-
noun,
a sleepy condition; state of being half-asleep.
- couter
-
noun,
a piece of plate armor for the elbow.
- drawee
-
noun,
a person on whom an order, draft, or bill of exchange is drawn.
- cowers
-
verb (used without object),
to crouch, as in fear or shame.
- Caruso
-
noun,
Enrico [en-ree-koh;; Italian en-ree-kaw] /ɛnˈri koʊ;; Italian ɛnˈri kɔ/ (Show IPA), 1873–1921, Italian operatic tenor.
- statue
-
noun,
a three-dimensional work of art, as a representational or abstract form, carved in stone or wood, molded in a plastic material, cast in bronze, or the like.
- dowery
-
noun,
dowry.
- dowers
-
noun,
Law. the portion of a deceased husband's real property allowed to his widow for her lifetime.
- truant
-
noun,
a student who stays away from school without permission.
- Creuse
-
noun,
a department in central France. 2165 sq. mi. (5605 sq. km). Capital: Guéret.
- casern
-
noun,
a lodging for soldiers in a garrison town; barracks.
- Sardou
-
noun,
Victorien [veek-taw-ryen] /vik tɔˈryɛ̃/ (Show IPA), 1831–1908, French dramatist.
- Creusa
-
noun,
the bride to be of Jason, slain by Medea.
- Downey
-
noun,
a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
- downer
-
noun,
Informal.
a depressant or sedative drug, especially a barbiturate.
a depressing experience, person, or situation.
- Sarnen
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Obwalden, in central Switzerland, E of Bern.
- Rennes
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Ille-et-Vilaine, in NW France: former capital of Brittany; scene of trial of Alfred Dreyfus, 1899.
- carton
-
noun,
a cardboard or plastic box used typically for storage or shipping.
- cartes
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- renown
-
noun,
widespread and high repute; fame.
- Carter
-
noun,
Bennett Lester ("Benny") 1907–2003, U.S. jazz saxophonist and composer.
- stound
-
noun,
Archaic. a short time; short while.
- dowser
-
noun,
Also called dowsing rod [dou-zing] /ˈdaʊ zɪŋ/ (Show IPA). divining rod.
- Carson
-
noun,
Christopher ("Kit") 1809–68, U.S. frontiersman and scout.
- Dracut
-
noun,
a city in NE Massachusetts.
- trouts
-
noun,
any of several game fishes of the genus Salmo, related to the salmon.
Compare brown trout, cutthroat trout, rainbow trout.
- rennet
-
noun,
the lining membrane of the fourth stomach of a calf or of the stomach of certain other young animals.
- drowsy
-
adjective,
half-asleep; sleepy.
- trones
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- crewed
-
noun,
a group of persons involved in a particular kind of work or working together:
- Canton
-
noun,
a small territorial district, especially one of the states of the Swiss confederation.
- Dunant
-
noun,
Jean Henri [French zhahn ahn-ree] /French ʒɑ̃ ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1828–1910, Swiss banker and philanthropist: founder of the Red Cross; Nobel Peace Prize 1901.
- Duncan
-
noun,
Isadora, 1878–1927, U.S. dancer: pioneer in modern dance.
- tryout
-
noun,
a trial or test to ascertain fitness for some purpose.
- Canute
-
noun,
a.d. 994?–1035, Danish king of England 1017–35; of Denmark 1018–35; and of Norway 1028–35.
- reduct
-
verb (used with object),
to reduce.
- cantus
-
noun,
cantus firmus.
- crates
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- Cantos
-
noun,
one of the main or larger divisions of a long poem.
- 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.
- reduce
-
verb (used with object),
to bring down to a smaller extent, size, amount, number, etc.:
- sauced
-
noun,
any preparation, usually liquid or semiliquid, eaten as a gravy or as a relish accompanying food.
- crayon
-
noun,
a pointed stick or pencil of colored clay, chalk, wax, etc., used for drawing or coloring.
- sauncy
-
adjective,
sonsy.
- Trento
-
noun,
Italian name of Trent.
- Canter
-
noun,
an easy gallop.
- Durant
-
noun,
Ariel, 1898–1981, U.S. author and historian (wife of Will).
- Crater
-
noun,
the cup-shaped depression or cavity on the surface of the earth or other heavenly body marking the orifice of a volcano.
- rotten
-
adjective,
decomposing or decaying; putrid; tainted, foul, or bad-smelling.
- unseen
-
adjective,
not seen; unperceived; unobserved; invisible.
- cannot
-
verb,
a form of ·can not.
- redowa
-
noun,
a Bohemian dance in two forms, one resembling the waltz or the mazurka, the other resembling the polka.
- saucer
-
noun,
a small, round, shallow dish to hold a cup.
- craton
-
noun,
a relatively rigid and immobile region of continental portions of the earth's crust.
- sateen
-
noun,
a strong cotton fabric constructed in satin weave and having a lustrous face.
- creasy
-
adjective,
full of creases.
- tronas
-
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.
- credos
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the Apostles' Creed or the Nicene Creed.
- carets
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- stated
-
noun,
the condition of a person or thing, as with respect to circumstances or attributes:
- Duarte
-
noun,
a city in SW California.
- rotund
-
adjective,
round in shape; rounded:
- Troyes
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Aube, in NE France, on the Seine: truce treaty in Hundred Year's War.
- rottes
-
noun,
rote2 .
- ducats
-
noun,
any of various gold coins formerly issued in various parts of Europe, especially that first issued in Venice in 1284.
Compare sequin (def 2).
- create
-
adjective,
Archaic. created.
- Saturn
-
noun,
an ancient Roman god of agriculture, the consort of Ops, believed to have ruled the earth during an age of happiness and virtue, identified with the Greek god Cronus.
- careen
-
noun,
a careening.
- crease
-
noun,
a ridge or groove produced in anything by folding, heat, pressure, etc.; fold; furrow.
- careys
-
noun,
male given name, form of Carew.
- ductor
-
noun,
the roller that conveys ink in a press from the ink reservoir to the distributor.
- trocar
-
noun,
a sharp-pointed instrument enclosed in a cannula, used for withdrawing fluid from a cavity, as the abdominal cavity.
- unseat
-
verb (used with object),
to dislodge from a seat, especially to throw from a saddle, as a rider; unhorse.
- duenna
-
noun,
(in Spain and Portugal) an older woman serving as escort or chaperon of a young lady.
- crayer
-
noun,
a small sailing vessel formerly used in trade along the coasts of western Europe.
- career
-
noun,
an occupation or profession, especially one requiring special training, followed as one's lifework:
- Sunray
-
noun,
a ray of sunlight; sunbeam.
- suntan
-
noun,
a browning or a brown color of the skin resulting from exposure to sunlight or a sunlamp; tan.
- Rotary
-
noun,
a rotary device or machine.
- rowans
-
noun,
the European mountain ash, Sorbus aucuparia, having pinnate leaves and clusters of bright red berries.
- douter
-
noun,
an implement for snuffing out candles, consisting either of a scissorlike device with two broad flat blades or of a cone at the end of a handle.
- Cronus
-
noun,
a Titan, son of Uranus and Gaea, who was dethroned by his son Zeus.
- Santee
-
noun,
a city in SW California.
- donate
-
verb (used with object),
to present as a gift, grant, or contribution; make a donation of, as to a fund or cause:
- rescue
-
noun,
the act of rescuing.
- Causey
-
noun,
British Dialect. a causeway.
- croute
-
noun,
crust.
- course
-
noun,
a direction or route taken or to be taken.
- tuyere
-
noun,
an opening through which the blast of air enters a blast furnace, cupola, forge, or the like, to facilitate combustion.
- trusty
-
adjective,
able to be trusted or relied on; trustworthy; reliable.
- Cronyn
-
noun,
Hume, 1911–2003, Canadian actor in the U.S.
- Dorsey
-
noun,
Tommy, 1905–56, U.S. jazz trombonist and bandleader.
- doyens
-
noun,
the senior member, as in age, rank, or experience, of a group, class, profession, etc.
- dorser
-
noun,
dosser1 .
- Sandor
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Dorset
-
noun,
1st Earl of, Thomas Sackville.
- caters
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- resort
-
noun,
a place to which people frequently or generally go for relaxation or pleasure, especially one providing rest and recreation facilities for vacationers:
- Doreen
-
noun,
a female given name.
- sundew
-
noun,
any of several small, carnivorous bog plants of the genus Drosera, having sticky hairs that trap insects.
- donees
-
noun,
a person to whom a gift is made.
- Crouse
-
noun,
Russel, 1893–1966, U.S. dramatist.
- resent
-
verb (used with object),
to feel or show displeasure or indignation at (a person, act, remark, etc.) from a sense of injury or insult.
- donnas
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Madam; Lady: an Italian title of respect prefixed to the given name of a woman.
- resend
-
verb (used with object),
to send again.
- Reseda
-
noun,
a grayish green.
- Donets
-
noun,
a river rising in the SW Russian Federation near Belgorod, flowing SE through Ukraine to the Don River. About 650 miles (1045 km) long.
- donuts
-
noun,
doughnut.
- resect
-
verb (used with object),
to do a resection on.
- reseat
-
verb (used with object),
to provide with a new seat or new seats.
- Tucson
-
noun,
a city in S Arizona: health resort.
- waders
-
noun,
a person or thing that wades.
- crores
-
noun,
(in India) the sum of ten million, especially of rupees; one hundred lacs.
- reseau
-
noun,
a network.
- counts
-
noun,
the act of counting; enumeration; reckoning; calculation:
- Dorcas
-
noun,
a Christian woman at Joppa who made clothing for the poor. Acts 9:36–41.
- Catton
-
noun,
(Charles) Bruce, 1899–1978, U.S. journalist and historian.
- dorter
-
noun,
a dormitory, especially in a monastery.
- Sandro
-
noun,
a male given name.
- donnee
-
noun,
a set of artistic or literary premises or assumptions.
- cryst.
-
- rentes
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- truces
-
noun,
a suspension of hostilities for a specified period of time by mutual agreement of the warring parties; cease-fire; armistice.
- Renton
-
noun,
a city in W Washington, near Seattle.
- Caster
-
noun,
a person or thing that casts.
- county
-
noun,
the largest administrative division of a U.S. state:
- rostra
-
noun,
a plural of rostrum.
- douras
-
noun,
durra.
- douane
-
noun,
a custom house; customs.
- Cedars
-
noun,
any of several Old World, coniferous trees of the genus Cedrus, having wide, spreading branches.
Compare cedar of Lebanon.
- renter
-
noun,
a person or organization that holds, or has the use of, property by payment of rent.
- roster
-
noun,
a list of persons or groups, as of military personnel or units with their turns or periods of duty.
- reread
-
noun,
the act of reading something again.
- crowds
-
noun,
a large number of persons gathered closely together; throng:
- Castor
-
noun,
Also, castoreum. a brownish, unctuous substance with a strong, penetrating odor, secreted by certain glands in the groin of the beaver, used in medicine and perfumery.
- Castro
-
noun,
Cipriano [sip-ree-ah-noh;; Spanish see-pree-ah-naw] /ˌsɪp riˈɑ noʊ;; Spanish ˌsi priˈɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1858?–1924, Venezuelan military and political leader: president 1901–08; exiled 1908.
- crowdy
-
noun,
a dish of meal, especially oatmeal and water, or sometimes milk, stirred together; gruel; brose; porridge.
- reruns
-
noun,
the act of rerunning.
- crones
-
noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- Sander
-
noun,
a person or thing that sands or sandpapers.
- utters
-
adjective,
complete; total; absolute:
- sarco-
-
- douser
-
noun,
a person or thing that douses.
- sunder
-
verb (used with object),
to separate; part; divide; sever.
- cedarn
-
adjective,
resembling or made of cedar.
- tundra
-
noun,
one of the vast, nearly level, treeless plains of the arctic regions of Europe, Asia, and North America.
- courts
-
noun,
Law.
a place where justice is administered.
a judicial tribunal duly constituted for the hearing and determination of cases.
a session of a judicial assembly.
- rotte
-
noun,
rote2 .
- tarty
-
adjective,
tart; somewhat sour.
- Sonny
-
noun,
little son (often used as a familiar term of address to a boy).
- Syene
-
noun,
ancient name of Aswan.
- Sonya
-
noun,
a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.
- serow
-
noun,
a goat antelope of the genus Capricornis, of eastern Asia, related to the goral: the Sumatran serow is endangered.
- 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.
- Rowan
-
noun,
the European mountain ash, Sorbus aucuparia, having pinnate leaves and clusters of bright red berries.
- snowy
-
adjective,
abounding in or covered with snow:
- Royce
-
noun,
Josiah, 1855–1916, U.S. philosopher and educator.
- synd.
-
- Tarde
-
noun,
Gabriel [ga-bree-el] /ga briˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1843–1904, French sociologist.
- serry
-
verb (used with or without object),
to crowd closely together.
- snout
-
noun,
the part of an animal's head projecting forward and containing the nose and jaws; muzzle.
- sero-
-
- tardy
-
adjective,
late; behind time; not on time:
- octet
-
noun,
a company of eight singers or musicians.
- onset
-
noun,
a beginning or start:
- Oscan
-
noun,
one of an ancient people of south-central Italy.
- synod
-
noun,
an assembly of ecclesiastics or other church delegates, convoked pursuant to the law of the church, for the discussion and decision of ecclesiastical affairs; ecclesiastical council.
- tanto
-
adverb,
(of a musical direction) too much; so much.
- routs
-
noun,
a defeat attended with disorderly flight; dispersal of a defeated force in complete disorder:
- OSCAR
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter O.
- roues
-
noun,
a dissolute and licentious man; rake.
- oracy
-
noun,
the ability to express oneself in and understand spoken language.
- tardo
-
adjective,
slow (used as a musical direction).
- Stout
-
noun,
a dark, sweet brew made of roasted malt and having a higher percentage of hops than porter.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- onces
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- oread
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. any of a group of nymphs who were the companions of Artemis.
- oecus
-
noun,
(in an ancient Roman house) an apartment, especially a dining room, decorated with columns.
- Seton
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- taros
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- rotas
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- sewan
-
noun,
seawan.
- snead
-
noun,
Samuel Jackson ("Slamming Sammy") 1912–2002, U.S. golfer.
- tater
-
noun,
potato.
- Tartu
-
noun,
a city in SE Estonia.
- tasty
-
adjective,
good-tasting; savory:
- oyers
-
noun,
oyer and terminer.
- rouse
-
noun,
a rousing.
- sonde
-
noun,
a rocket, balloon, or rockoon used as a probe for observing phenomena in the atmosphere.
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- Orcas
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- sorry
-
adjective,
feeling regret, compunction, sympathy, pity, etc.:
- Orcus
-
noun,
the ancient Roman god of the underworld, identified with the Greek Pluto, or Hades.
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- order
-
noun,
an authoritative direction or instruction; command; mandate.
- sneer
-
noun,
a look or expression of derision, scorn, or contempt.
- 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.
- Stowe
-
noun,
Harriet (Elizabeth) Beecher, 1811–96, U.S. abolitionist and novelist.
- taste
-
noun,
the act of tasting food or drink.
- sewer
-
noun,
an artificial conduit, usually underground, for carrying off waste water and refuse, as in a town or city.
- roust
-
verb (used with object),
to rout, as from a place:
- ronde
-
noun,
a typeface imitative of upright, somewhat angular, handwriting.
- round
-
noun,
any round shape, as a circle, ring or sphere.
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- tarts
-
noun,
a small pie filled with cooked fruit or other sweetened preparation, usually having no top crust.
- ornes
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- Sycon
-
noun,
a type of sponge having a thick body wall that is folded to form many short canals leading to the spongocoel.
- sycee
-
noun,
fine uncoined silver in lumps of various sizes usually bearing a banker's or assayer's stamp or mark, formerly used in China as a medium of exchange.
- Odets
-
noun,
Clifford, 1906–63, U.S. dramatist.
- stour
-
noun,
British Dialect.
tumult; confusion.
a storm.
- tarry
-
noun,
a stay; sojourn.
- orans
-
noun,
orant.
- 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.
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- tarot
-
noun,
any of a set of 22 playing cards bearing allegorical representations, used for fortunetelling and as trump cards in tarok.
- ordn.
-
- snort
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- snore
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- taunt
-
noun,
an insulting gibe or sarcasm; scornful reproach or challenge.
- SONAR
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- Ronne
-
noun,
a seaport on W Bornholm island, Denmark, in the S Baltic Sea: stone quarries.
- route
-
noun,
a course, way, or road for passage or travel:
- stray
-
noun,
a domestic animal found wandering at large or without an owner.
- Story
-
noun,
a narrative, either true or fictitious, in prose or verse, designed to interest, amuse, or instruct the hearer or reader; tale.
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- straw
-
noun,
a single stalk or stem, especially of certain species of grain, chiefly wheat, rye, oats, and barley.
- owner
-
noun,
a person who owns; possessor; proprietor.
- Tansy
-
noun,
any of several composite plants of the genus Tanacetum, especially a strong-scented, weedy, Old World herb, T. vulgare, having flat-topped clusters of tubular yellow flowers.
- sarc-
-
- Saone
-
noun,
a river flowing S from NE France to the Rhone. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- react
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- Scout
-
noun,
a soldier, warship, airplane, etc., employed in reconnoitering.
- resaw
-
noun,
Lumbering. a machine for cutting logs into lumber.
- Reade
-
noun,
Charles, 1814–84, English novelist.
- scour
-
noun,
the act of scouring.
- rerun
-
noun,
the act of rerunning.
- Ready
-
noun,
the state or condition of being ready.
- surra
-
noun,
an often fatal infectious disease of horses, camels, elephants, and dogs caused by a blood-infecting protozoan parasite, Trypanosoma evansi, transmitted by the bite of horseflies, characterized by fever, anemia, and emaciation.
- Scott
-
noun,
Barbara Ann, 1928–2012, Canadian figure skater.
- rents
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- Scot.
-
- reads
-
noun,
an act or instance of reading:
- scorn
-
noun,
open or unqualified contempt; disdain:
- score
-
noun,
the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.
- Scone
-
noun,
a small, light, biscuitlike quick bread made of oatmeal, wheat flour, barley meal, or the like.
- rears
-
- reset
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- sutra
-
noun,
Hinduism. a collection of aphorisms relating to some aspect of the conduct of life.
- rente
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- rares
-
adjective,
coming or occurring far apart in time; unusual; uncommon:
- scudo
-
noun,
any of various gold or silver coins, of various Italian states, issued from the late 16th through the early 19th centuries.
- sward
-
noun,
the grassy surface of land; turf.
- rason
-
noun,
a long, loose, black gown with wide sleeves, worn by the clergy.
- scrod
-
noun,
a young Atlantic codfish or haddock, especially one split for cooking.
- retd.
-
- rater
-
noun,
a person who makes rates or ratings.
- screw
-
noun,
a metal fastener having a tapered shank with a helical thread, and topped with a slotted head, driven into wood or the like by rotating, especially by means of a screwdriver.
- restr
-
- Santo
-
noun,
a carved figure of a saint, usually of wood, as from Puerto Rico, Mexico, or the southwestern U.S.
- ratos
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- Stead
-
noun,
the place of a person or thing as occupied by a successor or substitute:
- Sadoc
-
noun,
Zadok.
- ratty
-
adjective,
full of rats.
- scree
-
noun,
a steep mass of detritus on the side of a mountain.
- Sande
-
noun,
Earl, 1898–1968, U.S. jockey and racehorse trainer.
- Sandy
-
noun,
a male given name.
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- scent
-
noun,
a distinctive odor, especially when agreeable:
- scene
-
noun,
the place where some action or event occurs:
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- recur
-
verb (used without object),
to occur again, as an event, experience, etc.
- Scand
-
- reest
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- Starr
-
noun,
Belle (Myra Belle Shirley) 1848–89, U.S. outlaw and folk hero.
- Sunny
-
adjective,
abounding in sunshine:
- State
-
noun,
the condition of a person or thing, as with respect to circumstances or attributes:
- Reedy
-
adjective,
full of reeds:
- sauce
-
noun,
any preparation, usually liquid or semiliquid, eaten as a gravy or as a relish accompanying food.
- start
-
noun,
a beginning of an action, journey, etc.
- scant
-
adverb,
Scot. and North England Dialect. scarcely; barely; hardly.
- Saucy
-
adjective,
impertinent; insolent:
- Redan
-
noun,
a V -shaped work, usually projecting from a fortified line.
- stat.
-
- redes
-
noun,
counsel; advice.
- saury
-
noun,
a sharp-snouted fish, Scomberesox saurus, inhabiting temperate regions of the Atlantic Ocean.
- Redon
-
noun,
Odilon [ohd-l-on;; French aw-dee-lawn] /ˈoʊd lˌɒn;; French ɔ diˈlɔ̃/ (Show IPA), 1840–1916, French painter and etcher.
- redos
-
noun,
the act or an instance of redoing.
- saute
-
noun,
a dish of sautéed food.
- Sunna
-
noun,
the traditional portion of Muslim law, based on the words and acts of Muhammad, and preserved in the traditional literature.
- satyr
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of a class of woodland deities, attendant on Bacchus, represented as part human, part horse, and sometimes part goat and noted for riotousness and lasciviousness.
- scend
-
noun,
the heaving motion of a vessel.
- rends
-
verb (used with object),
to separate into parts with force or violence:
- Saree
-
noun,
sari.
- sarod
-
noun,
a lute of northern India, played with a bow.
- Sarre
-
noun,
French name of Saar.
- RECON
-
noun,
reconnaissance.
- Sarto
-
noun,
Andrea del [ahn-drey-uh del;; Italian ahn-dre-ah del] /ɑnˈdreɪ ə dɛl;; Italian ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ dɛl/ (Show IPA), Andrea del Sarto.
- renew
-
verb (used with object),
to begin or take up again, as an acquaintance, a conversation, etc.; resume.
- scena
-
noun,
an extended operatic vocal solo, usually including an aria and a recitative.
- sceat
-
noun,
a silver Anglo-Saxon coin of the 7th and 8th centuries, sometimes including an amount of gold.
- scatt
-
noun,
scat5 .
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- scat-
-
- scart
-
verb (used with or without object),
to scratch, scrape, mark, or scar.
- Surat
-
noun,
a seaport in S Gujarat, in W India: first British settlement in India 1612.
- rect.
-
- scary
-
adjective,
causing fright or alarm.
- recta
-
noun,
a plural of rectum.
- scare
-
noun,
a sudden fright or alarm, especially with little or no reason.
- Renan
-
noun,
Ernest [ur-nist;; French er-nest] /ˈɜr nɪst;; French ɛrˈnɛst/ (Show IPA), 1823–92, French philologist, historian, and critic.
- sware
-
verb,
simple past tense of swear.
- Swart
-
noun,
Charles Robberts [rob-erts] /ˈrɒb ərts/ (Show IPA), 1894–1982, South African statesman: president 1961–67.
- oste-
-
- stunt
-
noun,
a stop or hindrance in growth or development.
- strow
-
verb,
strew.
- seedy
-
adjective,
abounding in seed.
- roans
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- Rudra
-
noun,
father of the storm gods and controller of the powers of nature.
- strut
-
noun,
the act of strutting.
- study
-
noun,
application of the mind to the acquisition of knowledge, as by reading, investigation, or reflection:
- runed
-
adjective,
having runes inscribed:
- ryots
-
noun,
a peasant.
- Stoat
-
noun,
the ermine, Mustela erminea, especially when in brown summer pelage.
- outen
-
verb (used with object),
to turn off (a light) or extinguish (a fire).
- Outer
-
adjective,
situated on or toward the outside; external; exterior:
- rynds
-
noun,
rind2 .
- Sturt
-
noun,
violent quarreling.
- Sucre
-
noun,
Antonio José de [ahn-taw-nyaw haw-se th e] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ hɔˈsɛ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), 1793–1830, Venezuelan general and South American liberator: 1st president of Bolivia 1826–28.
- educt
-
noun,
something educed; eduction.
- Ryder
-
noun,
Albert Pinkham [ping-kuh m] /ˈpɪŋ kəm/ (Show IPA), 1847–1917, U.S. painter.
- Sudan
-
noun,
a region in N Africa, S of the Sahara and Libyan deserts, extending from the Atlantic to the Red Sea.
- tacts
-
noun,
a keen sense of what to say or do to avoid giving offense; skill in dealing with difficult or delicate situations.
- roars
-
noun,
a loud, deep cry or howl, as of an animal or a person:
- runes
-
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.
- stony
-
adjective,
full of or abounding in stones or rock:
- rowdy
-
noun,
a rough, disorderly person.
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- Otaru
-
noun,
a city in W Hokkaido, in N Japan.
- serac
-
noun,
a large irregularity of glacial ice, as a pinnacle found in glacial crevasses and formed by melting or movement of the ice.
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- SOUND
-
noun,
the sensation produced by stimulation of the organs of hearing by vibrations transmitted through the air or other medium.
- Rowen
-
noun,
Chiefly Northern U.S. the second crop of grass or hay in a season; aftermath.
- senor
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to sir or Mr., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a man. Abbreviation: Sr.
- ottar
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- roast
-
noun,
roasted meat or a piece of roasted meat, as a piece of beef or veal of a quantity and shape for slicing into more than one portion.
- 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.
- Senna
-
noun,
any plant, shrub, or tree belonging to the genus Cassia, of the legume family, having pinnate leaves and large clusters of flowers.
- strew
-
verb (used with object),
to let fall in separate pieces or particles over a surface; scatter or sprinkle:
- Otway
-
noun,
Thomas, 1652–85, English dramatist.
- Taney
-
noun,
Roger Brooke, 1777–1864, U.S. jurist: chief justice of the U.S. 1836–64.
- ounce
-
noun,
a unit of weight equal to 437.5 grains or 1/16 pound (28.35 grams) avoirdupois.
- stroy
-
verb (used with object),
to destroy.
- Stone
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- Seder
-
noun,
a ceremonial dinner that commemorates the Exodus from Egypt and includes the reading of the Haggadah and the eating of symbolic foods, generally held on the first night of Passover by Reform Jews and Jews in Israel and on both the first and second nights by Orthodox and Conservative Jews outside of Israel.
- Sudra
-
noun,
Shudra.
- Ranee
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- stade
-
noun,
a period of time represented by a glacial deposit.
- racon
-
noun,
radar beacon.
- rutty
-
adjective,
full of or abounding in ruts, as a road.
- ster.
-
- radon
-
noun,
a chemically inert, radioactive gaseous element produced by the decay of radium: emissions produced by outgassing of rock, brick, etc. are a health hazard. Symbol: Rn; atomic number: 86; atomic weight: 222.
- Stent
-
noun,
Medicine/Medical. a small, expandable tube used for inserting in a blocked vessel or other part.
- sweat
-
noun,
the process of sweating or perspiring.
- swear
-
Verb phrases,
swear by,
to name (a sacred being or thing) as one's witness or guarantee in swearing.
Informal. to have great confidence in; rely on:
to have certain knowledge of:
- rayed
-
noun,
a narrow beam of light.
- rayon
-
noun,
a regenerated, semisynthetic textile filament made from cellulose, cotton linters, or wood chips by treating these with caustic soda and carbon disulfide and passing the resultant solution, viscose, through spinnerets.
- races
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- steer
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- scute
-
noun,
a dermal bony plate, as on an armadillo, or a large horny plate, as on a turtle.
- Steen
-
noun,
Jan [yahn] /yɑn/ (Show IPA), 1626–79, Dutch painter.
- scuta
-
noun,
plural of scutum.
- stand
-
noun,
the act of standing; an assuming of or a remaining in an upright position.
- Randy
-
noun,
Chiefly Scot. a rude or coarse beggar.
- steed
-
noun,
a horse, especially a high-spirited one.
- rands
-
noun,
(in shoemaking) a strip of leather set in a shoe at the heel before the lifts are attached.
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- Rusty
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- Sedan
-
noun,
an enclosed automobile body having two or four doors and seating four or more persons on two full-width seats.
- Srta.
-
- outre
-
adjective,
passing the bounds of what is usual or considered proper; unconventional; bizarre.
- tacos
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- runny
-
adjective,
tending to run or drip:
- runty
-
adjective,
stunted; dwarfish:
- runts
-
noun,
an animal that is small or stunted as compared with others of its kind.
- tacet
-
verb (imperative),
be silent (directing an instrument or voice not to play or sing).
- taces
-
noun,
tasset.
- Owens
-
noun,
Jesse (John Cleveland) 1913–80, U.S. athlete.
- SEATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Manila (1954), comprising Australia, Great Britain, France, New Zealand, Pakistan, the Philippines, Thailand, and the United States, for collective defense against aggression in southeastern Asia and the southwestern Pacific: abolished in 1977.
- racer
-
noun,
a person, animal, or thing that races or takes part in a race, as a racehorse, bicycle, yacht, etc.
- suede
-
noun,
kid or other leather finished with a soft, napped surface, on the flesh side or on the outer side after removal of a thin outer layer.
- sworn
-
verb,
past participle of swear.
- swore
-
verb,
a simple past tense of swear.
- sword
-
noun,
a weapon having various forms but consisting typically of a long, straight or slightly curved blade, sharp-edged on one or both sides, with one end pointed and the other fixed in a hilt or handle.
- Sweet
-
noun,
a sweet flavor, smell, or sound; sweetness.
- sweer
-
adjective,
slothful; indolent.
- Stacy
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- Swede
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Sweden.
- sect.
-
- Wurst
-
noun,
sausage (def 1).
- octan
-
noun,
an octan fever.
- Cousy
-
noun,
Robert Joseph ("Bob") born 1928, U.S. basketball player.
- crate
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- Crane
-
noun,
any large wading bird of the family Gruidae, characterized by long legs, bill, and neck and an elevated hind toe.
- unset
-
adjective,
not set; not solidified or made firm, as concrete or asphalt.
- unsew
-
verb (used with object),
to remove or rip the stitches of (something sewed).
- cowry
-
noun,
cowrie.
- Cowes
-
noun,
a seaport on the Isle of Wight, in S England: resort.
- Cower
-
verb (used without object),
to crouch, as in fear or shame.
- 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.
- Credo
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the Apostles' Creed or the Nicene Creed.
- Count
-
noun,
the act of counting; enumeration; reckoning; calculation:
- cotta
-
noun,
a surplice.
- cotes
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- Costa
-
noun,
a rib or riblike part.
- coset
-
noun,
a subset of a group, formed by the consistent operation of a given element of the group on the left or right of all the elements of a subgroup of the group.
- Corse
-
noun,
corpse.
- corr.
-
- cornu
-
noun,
a horn, especially a bony part that resembles a horn.
- craws
-
noun,
the crop of a bird or insect.
- creed
-
noun,
any system, doctrine, or formula of religious belief, as of a denomination.
- Corny
-
adjective,
of or abounding in corn.
- crony
-
noun,
a close friend or companion; chum.
- cruds
-
noun,
Slang.
a deposit or coating of refuse or of an impure or alien substance; muck.
a filthy, repulsive, or contemptible person.
something that is worthless, objectionable, or contemptible.
prevarication, exaggeration, or flattery.
a nonspecific, imaginary, or vaguely defined disease or disorder of the body:
any unpleasant external ailment, disorder, or the like, as a skin rash.
venereal disease, especially syphilis.
Vulgar. dried semen.
- crude
-
noun,
crude oil.
- crows
-
noun,
any of several large oscine birds of the genus Corvus, of the family Corvidae, having a long, stout bill, lustrous black plumage, and a wedge-shaped tail, as the common C. brachyrhynchos, of North America.
- Crown
-
noun,
any of various types of headgear worn by a monarch as a symbol of sovereignty, often made of precious metal and ornamented with valuable gems.
- crowd
-
noun,
a large number of persons gathered closely together; throng:
- UNRRA
-
- crore
-
noun,
(in India) the sum of ten million, especially of rupees; one hundred lacs.
- crone
-
noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- Crees
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- Croat
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Croatia; Croatian.
- cryo-
-
- crews
-
noun,
a group of persons involved in a particular kind of work or working together:
- UNRWA
-
- Crete
-
noun,
Formerly Candia. a Greek island in the Mediterranean, SE of mainland Greece. 3235 sq. mi. (8380 sq. km). Capital: Canea.
- crest
-
noun,
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- unsay
-
verb (used with object),
to withdraw (something said), as if it had never been said; retract.
- Creon
-
noun,
a king of Thebes, the brother of Jocasta and the uncle of Eteocles, Polynices, and Antigone.
- corns
-
noun,
Also called Indian corn; especially technical and British, maize. a tall cereal plant, Zea mays, cultivated in many varieties, having a jointed, solid stem and bearing the grain, seeds, or kernels on large ears.
- cores
-
- cruor
-
noun,
coagulated blood, or the portion of the blood that forms the clot.
- cyans
-
noun,
cyan blue.
- codas
-
noun,
Music. a more or less independent passage, at the end of a composition, introduced to bring it to a satisfactory close.
- Coats
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- coast
-
noun,
the land next to the sea; seashore:
- cyto-
-
- cyst-
-
- Cyrus
-
noun,
("the Elder"or"the Great") c600–529 b.c, king of Persia 558?–529: founder of the Persian empire.
- cyder
-
noun,
cider.
- cyan-
-
- codes
-
noun,
a system for communication by telegraph, heliograph, etc., in which long and short sounds, light flashes, etc., are used to symbolize the content of a message:
- Ceuta
-
noun,
a seaport and enclave of Spain in N Morocco, on the Strait of Gibraltar.
- Cetus
-
noun,
the Whale, a constellation lying above the equator, containing the variable star Mira.
- cetes
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- Usnea
-
noun,
any pale-green or gray, mosslike lichen of the genus Usnea, common on rocks and trees.
- cesta
-
noun,
a narrow, curved basket fitted on one end to a wooden handle with a glovelike compartment at the base, for catching and throwing the ball.
- cert.
-
- Cerro
-
noun,
a hill or peak.
- ceros
-
noun,
a large Atlantic and Gulf Coast mackerel game fish, Scomberomorus regalis.
- coder
-
noun,
a person or device that translates information into a code.
- 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.
- corer
-
noun,
a person or thing that cores.
- Const
-
- Corey
-
noun,
Elias James, born 1928, U.S. chemist and educator: Nobel Prize 1990.
- Corea
-
noun,
Armando Anthony [ahr-mahn-doh] /ɑrˈmɑn doʊ/ (Show IPA), ("Chick") born 1941, U.S. jazz pianist and composer.
- cords
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) clothing, especially trousers, of corded fabric; corduroys.
- uran-
-
- urase
-
noun,
urease.
- CONUS
-
noun,
the most anterior part of the simple tubular heart of lower vertebrates and embryos of higher vertebrates, leading into the artery that leaves the heart; in mammals it forms a part of the upper wall of the right ventricle, in which the pulmonary artery originates.
- Conte
-
noun,
count2 .
- cont.
-
- Cons.
-
- Uredo
-
noun,
a skin irritation; hives; urticaria.
- conns
-
noun,
responsibility for the steering of a ship.
- Conn.
-
- urate
-
noun,
a salt of uric acid.
- Coney
-
noun,
a serranid fish, Epinephelus fulvus, of tropical American waters.
- Conde
-
noun,
Louis II de Bourbon [lwee,, duh boor-bawn] /lwi,, də burˈbɔ̃/ (Show IPA), Prince de (Duc d'Enghien"the Great Condé") 1621–86, French general.
- Conan
-
noun,
a male given name.
- ureas
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a compound, CO(NH 2) 2 , occurring in urine and other body fluids as a product of protein metabolism.
- coeds
-
noun,
Older Use. a female student in a coeducational institution, especially in a college or university.
- cruet
-
noun,
a glass bottle, especially one for holding vinegar, oil, etc., for the table.
- cruse
-
noun,
an earthen pot, bottle, etc., for liquids.
- Ceres
-
noun,
a pre-Roman goddess of agriculture under whose name the Romans adopted the worship of the Greek goddess Demeter.
- dent.
-
- dewan
-
noun,
(in India) any of certain officials, as a financial minister or prime minister of a native colony.
- Deut.
-
- deuce
-
noun,
Cards. a card having two pips; a two, or two-spot.
- deter
-
verb (used with object),
to discourage or restrain from acting or proceeding:
- desc.
-
- Derry
-
noun,
a meaningless refrain or chorus in old songs.
- dents
-
noun,
a hollow or depression in a surface, as from a blow.
- dense
-
adjective,
having the component parts closely compacted together; crowded or compact:
- Dewey
-
noun,
George, 1837–1917, U.S. admiral: defeated Spanish fleet in Manila Bay during the Spanish-American War.
- Denny
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Dennis.
- Denys
-
noun,
Saint, Denîs, Saint.
- denes
-
noun,
a bare, sandy tract or low sand hill near the sea.
- denar
-
noun,
the basic monetary unit of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
- deets
-
plural noun,
details:
- deers
-
noun,
any of several ruminants of the family Cervidae, most of the males of which have solid, deciduous antlers.
- decry
-
verb (used with object),
to speak disparagingly of; denounce as faulty or worthless; express censure of:
- decos
-
noun,
art deco.
- Dewar
-
noun,
Sir James, 1842–1923, Scottish chemist and physicist.
- turds
-
noun,
a piece of excrement.
- decoy
-
noun,
a person who entices or lures another person or thing, as into danger, a trap, or the like.
- Donar
-
noun,
the god of thunder, corresponding to Thor.
- Tudor
-
noun,
Antony, 1909–87, English choreographer and dancer.
- Donne
-
noun,
John, 1573–1631, English poet and clergyman.
- Donna
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Madam; Lady: an Italian title of respect prefixed to the given name of a woman.
- donee
-
noun,
a person to whom a gift is made.
- donec
-
conjunction,
(in prescriptions) until.
- Donau
-
noun,
German name of Danube.
- donas
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Madam; Lady: a Portuguese title prefixed to a woman's given name.
- doyen
-
noun,
the senior member, as in age, rank, or experience, of a group, class, profession, etc.
- Dyaus
-
noun,
the Vedic god of the sky.
- doest
-
noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- doers
-
noun,
a person or thing that does something, especially a person who gets things done with vigor and efficiency.
- Tunas
-
noun,
any of several large food and game fishes of the family Scombridae, inhabiting temperate and tropical seas.
Compare albacore, bluefin tuna, yellowfin tuna.
- doats
-
verb (used without object),
dote.
- tuner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tunes.
- tunes
-
noun,
a succession of musical sounds forming an air or melody, with or without the harmony accompanying it.
- dynes
-
noun,
the standard centimeter-gram-second unit of force, equal to the force that produces an acceleration of one centimeter per second per second on a mass of one gram. Abbreviation: dyn.
- tunny
-
noun,
tuna1 .
- decor
-
noun,
style or mode of decoration, as of a room, building, or the like:
- octad
-
noun,
a group or series of eight.
- crust
-
noun,
the brown, hard outer portion or surface of a loaf or slice of bread (distinguished from crumb).
- curse
-
noun,
the expression of a wish that misfortune, evil, doom, etc., befall a person, group, etc.
- unary
-
adjective,
pertaining to a function whose domain is a given set and whose range is contained in that set.
- daces
-
noun,
a small, freshwater cyprinoid fish, Leuciscus leuciscus, of Europe, having a stout, fusiform body.
- uncos
-
noun,
something extraordinary or unusual; a novelty.
- Cutty
-
noun,
a short spoon.
- cutes
-
noun,
the cutes, Informal. self-consciously cute mannerisms or appeal; affected coyness:
- cutey
-
noun,
cutie.
- curst
-
noun,
the expression of a wish that misfortune, evil, doom, etc., befall a person, group, etc.
- currs
-
verb (used without object),
to make a low, purring sound, as a cat.
- dancy
-
adjective,
suitable for or conducive to dancing; danceable.
- Curry
-
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.
- curns
-
noun,
a grain.
- curet
-
noun,
a scoop-shaped surgical instrument for removing tissue from body cavities, as the uterus.
- cures
-
noun,
a means of healing or restoring to health; remedy.
- curds
-
noun,
Often, curds. a substance consisting mainly of casein and the like, obtained from milk by coagulation, and used as food or made into cheese.
- curdy
-
adjective,
like curd; full of or containing curd; coagulated.
- cunts
-
noun,
the vulva or vagina.
- Cunas
-
noun,
a member of a group of American Indian people inhabiting settlements on the Isthmus of Panama and islands in the Gulf of San Blas.
- dance
-
noun,
a successive group of rhythmical steps or bodily motions, or both, usually executed to music.
- danes
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Denmark.
- decan
-
noun,
any of three divisions of 10° within a sign of the zodiac.
- Tweed
-
noun,
a coarse wool cloth in a variety of weaves and colors, either hand-spun and handwoven in Scotland or reproduced, often by machine, elsewhere.
- Decay
-
noun,
decomposition; rot:
- deca-
-
- dears
-
noun,
a person who is good, kind, or generous:
- Deary
-
noun,
darling.
- tutor
-
noun,
a person employed to instruct another in some branch or branches of learning, especially a private instructor.
- twats
-
noun,
vulva.
- dawns
-
noun,
the first appearance of daylight in the morning:
- Dawes
-
noun,
Charles Gates, 1865–1951, U.S. financier and diplomat: vice president of the U.S. 1925–29; Nobel Peace Prize 1925.
- dauts
-
verb (used with object),
to caress.
- Danny
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Daniel.
- daunt
-
verb (used with object),
to overcome with fear; intimidate:
- datos
-
noun,
(in the Philippines) a native chief.
- dates
-
noun,
a particular month, day, and year at which some event happened or will happen:
- tweet
-
noun,
a weak chirping sound, as of a young or small bird.
- darts
-
- darns
-
noun,
a darned place, as in a garment:
- Dares
-
noun,
an act of daring or defiance; challenge.
- Dante
-
noun,
(Dante Alighieri) 1265–1321, Italian poet: author of the Divine Comedy.
- cero-
-
- ceras
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- donut
-
noun,
doughnut.
- annoy
-
noun,
Archaic. an annoyance.
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- ante-
-
- Anson
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Weser
-
noun,
a river in Germany, flowing N from S Lower Saxony into the North Sea. About 300 miles (485 km) long.
- anon.
-
- anode
-
noun,
the electrode or terminal by which current enters an electrolytic cell, voltaic cell, battery, etc.
- annot
-
- Aneto
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA). Spanish name of Pic de Néthou.
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- anent
-
preposition,
in regard to; about; concerning.
- andry
-
- Andre
-
noun,
John, 1751–80, British major hanged as a spy by the Americans in the Revolutionary War: plotted the betrayal of West Point with Benedict Arnold.
- andr-
-
- Andes
-
plural noun,
a mountain range in W South America, extending about 4500 miles (7250 km) from N Colombia and Venezuela S to Cape Horn. Highest peak, Aconcagua, 22,834 feet (6960 meters).
- andor
-
conjunction,
(used to imply that either or both of the things mentioned may be affected or involved):
- ancre
-
adjective,
having the end of each limb divided and carved outward like the flukes of an anchor; moline:
- Ancon
-
noun,
the elbow.
- Anton
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Anthony.
- antsy
-
adjective,
unable to sit or stand still; fidgety:
- wynds
-
noun,
a narrow street or alley.
- areo-
-
- arose
-
verb,
simple past tense of arise.
- weedy
-
adjective,
full of or abounding in weeds.
- weeds
-
noun,
weeds, mourning garments:
- Arndt
-
noun,
Ernst Moritz [ernst moh-rits] /ɛrnst ˈmoʊ rɪts/ (Show IPA), 1769–1860, German poet and historian.
- weeny
-
noun,
weenie.
- Arete
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- weens
-
verb (used with or without object),
to think; suppose.
- ardor
-
noun,
great warmth of feeling; fervor; passion:
- Werra
-
noun,
a river in central Germany, flowing N from the Thuringian Forest and joining the Fulda River to form the Weser River. 181 miles (291 km) long.
- Arden
-
noun,
Forest of, a forest district in central England, in N Warwickshire: scene of Shakespeare's As You Like It.
- arcus
-
noun,
a dense, horizontal, roll-shaped cloud sometimes occurring at the lower front portion of a cumulonimbus.
- arces
-
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.
- Wendy
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Gwendolyn.
- wends
-
noun,
a member of a Slavic people of E Germany; Sorb.
- wenny
-
adjective,
of the nature of or resembling a wen.
- 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.
- Aoede
-
noun,
one of the original three Muses; the Muse of song.
- Wyatt
-
noun,
James, 1746–1813, English architect.
- Ayres
-
noun,
air1 (def 8d).
- wears
-
noun,
the act of wearing; use, as of a garment:
- worst
-
noun,
that which is worst.
- worry
-
noun,
a worried condition or feeling; uneasiness or anxiety.
- worse
-
noun,
that which is worse.
- acron
-
noun,
the unsegmented, preoral portion of the body of an arthropod.
- acro-
-
- acred
-
adjective,
owning many acres of land; landed.
- acorn
-
noun,
the typically ovoid fruit or nut of an oak, enclosed at the base by a cupule.
- acnes
-
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.
- acet-
-
- Actor
-
noun,
a person who acts in stage plays, motion pictures, television broadcasts, etc.
- worts
-
noun,
the unfermented or fermenting infusion of malt that after fermentation becomes beer or mash.
- Wotan
-
- wound
-
noun,
an injury, usually involving division of tissue or rupture of the integument or mucous membrane, due to external violence or some mechanical agency rather than disease.
- wrest
-
noun,
a wresting; twist or wrench.
- wrote
-
verb,
a simple past tense of write.
- 30-30
-
- Wundt
-
noun,
Wilhelm Max [vil-helm mahks] /ˈvɪl hɛlm ˈmɑks/ (Show IPA), 1832–1920, German physiologist and psychologist.
- 2,4-d
-
noun,
a white to yellow, crystalline powder, C 8 H 6 O 3 Cl 2 , slightly soluble in water: used for killing weeds.
- Acton
-
noun,
a quilted garment worn under mail in the 13th and 14th centuries; gambeson.
- actos
-
- wynns
-
noun,
a character (ƿ) representing the sound (w) in Old English and early Middle English manuscripts, based on a rune with the same phonetic value.
- Aedon
-
noun,
a daughter of Pandareus who mistakenly killed her son. Zeus took pity on her and turned her into a nightingale.
- ayous
-
noun,
the wood of the obeche.
- wytes
-
noun,
a fine imposed by a king or lord on a subject who committed a serious crime.
a fee demanded for granting a special privilege.
- woads
-
noun,
a European plant, Isatis tinctoria, of the mustard family, formerly cultivated for a blue dye extracted from its leaves.
- wocas
-
noun,
a yellow pond lily, Nuphar polysepalum, of northwestern North America, having heart-shaped leaves and cup-shaped flowers.
- Woden
-
noun,
the chief god of the pagan Anglo-Saxons, identified with the Scandinavian Odin.
- aero-
-
- aeons
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- wonna
-
- Aedes
-
noun,
yellow-fever mosquito.
- acute
-
noun,
the acute accent.
- adust
-
adjective,
dried or darkened as by heat.
- adunc
-
adjective,
curved inward; hooked.
- adret
-
noun,
a side of a mountain receiving direct sunlight.
- adown
-
adverb, preposition,
down1 .
- adorn
-
verb (used with object),
to decorate or add beauty to, as by ornaments:
- Adore
-
verb (used with object),
to regard with the utmost esteem, love, and respect; honor.
- aden-
-
- wordy
-
adjective,
characterized by or given to the use of many, or too many, words; verbose:
- arrow
-
noun,
a slender, straight, generally pointed missile or weapon made to be shot from a bow and equipped with feathers at the end of the shaft near the nock, for controlling flight.
- arson
-
noun,
Law. the malicious burning of another's house or property, or in some statutes, the burning of one's own house or property, as to collect insurance.
- utend
-
- Caren
-
noun,
a female given name.
- carns
-
noun,
cairn.
- Carny
-
noun,
a person employed by a carnival.
- carne
-
noun,
Marcel [mahr-sel;; French mar-sel] /mɑrˈsɛl;; French marˈsɛl/ (Show IPA), 1909–1996, French film director.
- Caryn
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Carew
-
noun,
Thomas, 1598?–1639? English poet.
- caret
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- cares
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- Carey
-
noun,
male given name, form of Carew.
- carse
-
noun,
bottom land.
- cards
-
noun,
a usually rectangular piece of stiff paper, thin pasteboard, or plastic for various uses, as to write information on or printed as a means of identifying the holder:
- Card.
-
- cants
-
noun,
insincere, especially conventional expressions of enthusiasm for high ideals, goodness, or piety.
- canto
-
noun,
one of the main or larger divisions of a long poem.
- Canty
-
adjective,
cheerful; lively.
- Cant.
-
- canst
-
noun,
a sealed container for food, beverages, etc., as of aluminum, sheet iron coated with tin, or other metal:
- Canso
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in SE Canada, the NE extremity of Nova Scotia.
- Carry
-
noun,
range, as of a gun.
- Carte
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- 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.
- wader
-
noun,
a person or thing that wades.
- cents
-
noun,
a bronze coin of the U.S., the 100th part of a U.S. dollar: made of steel during part of 1943. Symbol: ¢.
- CENTO
-
noun,
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
- cent.
-
- cense
-
verb (used with object),
to burn incense near or in front of; perfume with incense.
- Utter
-
adjective,
complete; total; absolute:
- cedes
-
verb (used with object),
to yield or formally surrender to another:
- Cedar
-
noun,
any of several Old World, coniferous trees of the genus Cedrus, having wide, spreading branches.
Compare cedar of Lebanon.
- cease
-
noun,
cessation:
- cause
-
noun,
a person or thing that acts, happens, or exists in such a way that some specific thing happens as a result; the producer of an effect:
- carts
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- caus.
-
- Catty
-
noun,
(in China and southeast Asia) a weight equal to about 1½ pounds (680 grams) avoirdupois.
- wades
-
noun,
an act or instance of wading:
- Cates
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- cater
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- caste
-
noun,
Sociology.
an endogamous and hereditary social group limited to persons of the same rank, occupation, economic position, etc., and having mores distinguishing it from other such groups.
any rigid system of social distinctions.
- Casey
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “brave.”.
- Wayne
-
noun,
Anthony ("Mad Anthony") 1745–96, American Revolutionary War general.
- 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.
- canny
-
adverb,
in a canny manner.
- weary
-
adjective,
physically or mentally exhausted by hard work, exertion, strain, etc.; fatigued; tired:
- Aston
-
noun,
Francis William, 1877–1945, English physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1922.
- atty.
-
- water
-
noun,
a transparent, odorless, tasteless liquid, a compound of hydrogen and oxygen, H 2 O, freezing at 32°F or 0°C and boiling at 212°F or 100°C, that in a more or less impure state constitutes rain, oceans, lakes, rivers, etc.: it contains 11.188 percent hydrogen and 88.812 percent oxygen, by weight.
- atory
-
- atony
-
noun,
Pathology. lack of tone or energy; muscular weakness, especially in a contractile organ.
- atone
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- astr.
-
- Astor
-
noun,
John Jacob, 1763–1848, U.S. capitalist and fur merchant.
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- waste
-
noun,
useless consumption or expenditure; use without adequate return; an act or instance of wasting:
- Watts
-
noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ˈɑn dreɪ/ (Show IPA), born 1946, U.S. concert pianist, born in Germany.
- Asyut
-
noun,
a city in central Egypt, on the Nile.
- Ascot
-
noun,
a necktie or scarf with broad ends, tied and arranged so that the ends are laid flat, one across the other, sometimes with a pin to secure them.
- ascon
-
noun,
a type of sponge having an oval shape and a thin body wall with pores leading directly into the spongocoel.
- asco-
-
- weans
-
Verb phrases,
wean on, to accustom to; to familiarize with from, or as if from, childhood:
- Artur
-
noun,
a male given name.
- artsy
-
adjective,
arty.
- atto-
-
- warty
-
adjective,
having warts; covered with or as with warts.
- canes
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- Cades
-
noun,
a juniper, Juniperus oxycedrus, of the Mediterranean area, whose wood on destructive distillation yields an oily liquid (oil of cade) used in treating skin diseases.
- caner
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- wands
-
noun,
a slender stick or rod, especially one used by a magician, conjurer, or diviner.
- Candy
-
noun,
any of a variety of confections made with sugar, syrup, etc., often combined with chocolate, fruit, nuts, etc.
- waney
-
adjective,
wany (def 1).
- Cayes
-
noun,
Les. Les Cayes.
- wanes
-
noun,
a gradual decrease or decline in strength, intensity, power, etc.
- cadre
-
noun,
Military. the key group of officers and enlisted personnel necessary to establish and train a new military unit.
- Cadet
-
noun,
a student in a national service academy or private military school or on a training ship.
- wants
-
noun,
something wanted or needed; necessity:
- Auden
-
noun,
W(ystan) H(ugh) [wis-tuh n] /ˈwɪs tən/ (Show IPA), 1907–73, English poet in the U.S.
- wards
-
noun,
a division or district of a city or town, as for administrative or political purposes.
- awner
-
noun,
a machine for cutting the awns from grain.
- wares
-
noun,
Usually, wares.
articles of merchandise or manufacture; goods:
any intangible items, as services or products of artistic or intellectual creativity, that are salable:
- Autry
-
noun,
Gene, 1907–1998, U.S. actor and singer.
- auto.
-
- Aust.
-
- warns
-
verb (used with object),
to give notice, advice, or intimation to (a person, group, etc.) of danger, impending evil, possible harm, or anything else unfavorable:
- aunty
-
noun,
auntie.
- Donus
-
noun,
died a.d. 678, pope 676–678.
- tutee
-
noun,
a person who is being tutored; the pupil of a tutor.
- DORAN
-
noun,
an electronic device for determining range and assisting navigation, employing the principle of the Doppler effect.
- Euro-
-
- tenet
-
noun,
any opinion, principle, doctrine, dogma, etc., especially one held as true by members of a profession, group, or movement.
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- nosey
-
adjective,
nosy.
- torcs
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- Tenn.
-
- Norw.
-
- toran
-
noun,
(in Indian Buddhist and Hindu architecture) a gateway having two or three lintels between two posts.
- Norse
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
- Norns
-
noun,
an extinct Norse dialect, spoken until early modern times in the Shetland and Orkney Islands and in parts of northern Scotland.
- tonus
-
noun,
a normal state of continuous slight tension in muscle tissue that facilitates its response to stimulation.
- NORAD
-
noun,
a joint U.S.-Canadian air force command responsible for detecting aircraft and space vehicles deemed a threat to the continental airspace.
- non-U
-
adjective,
not characteristic of or appropriate to the upper class, especially of Great Britain:
- etude
-
noun,
a musical composition, usually instrumental, intended mainly for the practice of some point of technique.
- eury-
-
- euros
-
noun,
wallaroo.
- tends
-
Verb phrases,
tend on/upon, Archaic. to attend or wait upon; minister to; serve:
- tonne
-
noun,
metric ton.
- ewery
-
noun,
a room for storing ewers, towels, napkins, etc.
- ewers
-
noun,
a pitcher with a wide spout.
- nonet
-
noun,
a group of nine performers or instruments.
- tones
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- nones
-
noun,
the fifth of the seven canonical hours, or the service for it, originally fixed for the ninth hour of the day (or 3 p.m.).
- teno-
-
- nonce
-
noun,
the present, or immediate, occasion or purpose (usually used in the phrase for the nonce).
- nonas
-
noun,
sleeping sickness (def 2).
- nona-
-
- tenon
-
noun,
a projection formed on the end of a timber or the like for insertion into a mortise of the same dimensions.
- Noyes
-
noun,
Alfred, 1880–1958, English poet.
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- noted
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- noct-
-
- erode
-
verb (used with object),
to eat into or away; destroy by slow consumption or disintegration:
Synonyms: corrode, waste, ravage, spoil.
Antonyms: strengthen, reinforce.
- ensue
-
verb (used without object),
to follow in order; come afterward, especially in immediate succession:
- ento-
-
- entry
-
noun,
an act of entering; entrance.
- Nurse
-
noun,
a person formally educated and trained in the care of the sick or infirm.
Compare nurse-midwife, nurse-practitioner, physician's assistant, practical nurse, registered nurse.
- enure
-
verb (used with or without object),
inure.
- Tours
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Indre-et-Loire, in W France, on the Loire River: Charles Martel defeated the Saracens near here a.d. 732.
- Toure
-
noun,
Sékou [sey-koo] /ˈseɪ ku/ (Show IPA), 1922–84, Guinean political leader: prime minister 1958-72; president 1958–84.
- nurds
-
noun,
nerd.
- teens
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- erase
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- erect
-
adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- ernes
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- Ernst
-
noun,
Max [maks;; German mahks] /mæks;; German mɑks/ (Show IPA), 1891–1976, German painter, in the U.S. 1941–49, in France 1949–76.
- naut.
-
- notes
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- torts
-
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.
- estoc
-
noun,
a thrusting sword of the 13th–17th centuries having a long, narrow blade of rectangular section.
- Ester
-
noun,
a compound produced by the reaction between an acid and an alcohol with the elimination of a molecule of water, as ethyl acetate, C 4 H 8 O 2 , or dimethyl sulfate, C 2 H 6 SO 4 .
- Notus
-
noun,
the ancient Greek personification of the south wind.
- torse
-
noun,
a wreath of twisted silks of two alternating tinctures, usually a metal and a color, depicted supporting a crest or coronet, often upon a helmet.
- noway
-
adverb,
in no way, respect, or degree; not at all; nowise:
- Torte
-
noun,
a rich cake, especially one containing little or no flour, usually made with eggs and ground nuts or bread crumbs.
- eruct
-
verb (used with or without object),
to belch forth, as gas from the stomach.
- erose
-
adjective,
uneven, as if gnawed away.
- Teyde
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), Teide, Pico de.
- Torun
-
noun,
a city in N Poland, on the Vistula.
- torus
-
noun,
Architecture. a large convex molding, more or less semicircular in profile, commonly forming the lowest molding of the base of a column, directly above the plinth, sometimes occurring as one of a pair separated by a scotia and fillets. and column.
- Tosca
-
noun,
an opera (1900) by Giacomo Puccini.
- nudes
-
noun,
a sculpture, painting, etc., of a nude human figure.
- erron
-
- nodus
-
noun,
a difficult or intricate point, situation, plot, etc.
- Yauco
-
noun,
a city in SW Puerto Rico.
- nutsy
-
adjective,
nutty (defs 3, 4).
- Nanny
-
noun,
a person, usually with special training, employed to care for children in a household.
- yurts
-
noun,
a tentlike dwelling of the Mongol and Turkic peoples of central Asia, consisting of a cylindrical wall of poles in a lattice arrangement with a conical roof of poles, both covered by felt or skins.
- Teton
-
noun,
the westernmost branch of the Dakota Indians.
- testy
-
adjective,
irritably impatient; touchy.
- nerds
-
noun,
a person considered to be socially awkward, boring, unstylish, etc.
- nacre
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- Nader
-
noun,
Ralph, born 1934, U.S. lawyer, author, political reformer, and consumer advocate.
- nerdy
-
adjective,
Slang. of or like a nerd.
- testa
-
noun,
the outer, usually hard, integument or coat of a seed.
- neons
-
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.
- terce
-
noun,
tierce (def 3).
- terse
-
adjective,
neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.
- Terry
-
noun,
the loop formed by the pile of a fabric when left uncut.
- Nance
-
noun,
Offensive. an effeminate male.
- Nancy
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Meurthe-et-Moselle, in NE France: battles 1477, 1914, 1944.
- nano-
-
- tera-
-
- nasty
-
noun,
Informal. a nasty person or thing.
- terns
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- terne
-
noun,
terne metal.
- terr.
-
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- Terra
-
noun,
earth; land.
- nears
-
- needs
-
noun,
a requirement, necessary duty, or obligation:
- naso-
-
- Narew
-
noun,
a river in NE Poland, flowing S and SW into the Bug River: battle 1915. 290 miles (465 km) long.
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- needy
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) needy persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- nards
-
noun,
an aromatic Himalayan plant, believed to be the spikenard, Nardostachys jatamansi, the source of an ointment used by the ancients.
- narcs
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- yuans
-
noun,
Also called yuan dollar. a copper coin of the Republic of China, equal to 100 cents; dollar.
- Teut.
-
- tense
-
noun,
a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
- Yenan
-
noun,
Wade-Giles. Yanan.
- yauds
-
noun,
a mare, especially an old, worn-out one.
- yawns
-
noun,
an act or instance of yawning.
- today
-
noun,
this present day:
- tenty
-
adjective,
watchful; attentive.
- toast
-
noun,
sliced bread that has been browned by dry heat.
- toady
-
noun,
an obsequious flatterer; sycophant.
- yeans
-
verb (used without object),
(of a sheep or goat) to bring forth young.
- newts
-
noun,
any of several brilliantly colored salamanders of the family Salamandridae, especially those of the genera Triturus and Notophthalmus, of North America, Europe, and northern Asia.
- yearn
-
verb (used without object),
to have an earnest or strong desire; long:
- tents
-
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.
- Tyson
-
noun,
Michael Gerald ("Mike"; "Iron Mike") born 1966, U.S. boxer.
- yeast
-
noun,
any of various small, single-celled fungi of the phylum Ascomycota that reproduce by fission or budding, the daughter cells often remaining attached, and that are capable of fermenting carbohydrates into alcohol and carbon dioxide.
- Yeats
-
noun,
William Butler, 1865–1939, Irish poet, dramatist, and essayist: Nobel prize 1923.
- newsy
-
noun,
a person who sells or distributes newspapers.
- tyros
-
noun,
a beginner in learning anything; novice.
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- neut.
-
- youse
-
pronoun,
you (usually used in addressing two or more people).
- yours
-
noun,
something or someone closely identified with or resembling the person addressed:
- yores
-
noun,
Chiefly Literary. time past:
- neur-
-
- Yonne
-
noun,
a department in central France. 2881 sq. mi. (7460 sq. km). Capital: Auxerre.
- tyees
-
noun,
chinook salmon.
- Tyner
-
noun,
McCoy (Sulaimon Saud) born 1938, U.S. jazz pianist and composer.
- yenta
-
noun,
a person, especially a woman, who is a busybody or gossip.
- tynes
-
noun,
tine.
- yetts
-
noun,
gate.
- Yetta
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Tyree
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in Antarctica, near Ronne Ice Shelf. About 16,290 feet (4965 meters).
- tyres
-
noun,
an ancient seaport of Phoenicia: one of the great cities of antiquity, famous for its navigators and traders; site of modern Sur.
- Newar
-
noun,
a member of a Mongoloid people of Nepal.
- teeny
-
adjective,
tiny.
- totes
-
noun,
the act or course of toting.
- Ensor
-
noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- troys
-
noun,
Latin Ilium. Greek Ilion. an ancient ruined city in NW Asia Minor: the seventh of nine settlements on the site is commonly identified as the Troy of the Iliad.
- teary
-
adjective,
of or like tears.
- ducts
-
noun,
any tube, canal, pipe, or conduit by which a fluid, air, or other substance is conducted or conveyed.
- oaten
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or made of oats.
- duces
-
noun,
a leader or dictator.
- ducat
-
noun,
any of various gold coins formerly issued in various parts of Europe, especially that first issued in Venice in 1284.
Compare sequin (def 2).
- Duane
-
noun,
a male given name.
- oater
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- Troad
-
noun,
The, a region in NW Asia Minor surrounding ancient Troy.
- 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.
- Oates
-
noun,
Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- Druse
-
noun,
an incrustation of small crystals on the surface of a rock or mineral.
- drown
-
Verb phrases,
drown in,
to be overwhelmed by:
to be covered with or enveloped in:
- drone
-
noun,
the male of the honeybee and other bees, stingless and making no honey.
- Duero
-
noun,
Spanish name of Douro.
- oared
-
noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- Dryas
-
noun,
any creeping plant belonging to the genus Dryas, of the rose family, having solitary white or yellow flowers, comprising the mountain avens.
- trets
-
noun,
(formerly) an allowance for waste, after deduction for tare.
- Durer
-
noun,
Albrecht [ahl-brekht] /ˈɑl brɛxt/ (Show IPA), 1471–1528, German painter and engraver.
- Trent
-
noun,
Italian Trento. Ancient Tridentum. a city in N Italy, on the Adige River.
- tease
-
noun,
a person who teases or annoys.
- duras
-
noun,
dura mater.
- Duran
-
noun,
Roberto [ruh-bair-toh;; Spanish raw-ber-taw] /rəˈbɛər toʊ;; Spanish rɔˈbɛr tɔ/ (Show IPA), born 1951, Panamanian boxer.
- dunts
-
noun,
a hard blow or hit, especially one that makes a dull sound; thump.
- trews
-
noun,
close-fitting tartan trousers, worn especially by certain Scottish regiments.
- duets
-
noun,
a musical composition for two voices or instruments.
- dunno
-
- touse
-
noun,
a commotion; rumpus.
- Dunne
-
noun,
Finley Peter [fin-lee] /ˈfɪn li/ (Show IPA), 1867–1936, U.S. humorist.
- tears
-
- dunce
-
noun,
a dull-witted, stupid, or ignorant person; dolt.
- tryst
-
noun,
an appointment to meet at a certain time and place, especially one made somewhat secretly by lovers.
- dryer
-
noun,
Also, drier. a machine, appliance, or apparatus for removing moisture, as by forced ventilation or heat:
- trots
-
noun,
the gait of a horse, dog, or other quadruped, when trotting.
- durns
-
adjective, adverb, verb (used with object), noun,
darn2 .
- ocrea
-
noun,
a sheathing part, as a pair of stipules united about a stem.
- douse
-
noun,
British Dialect. a stroke or blow.
- doura
-
noun,
durra.
- douce
-
adjective,
sedate; modest; quiet.
- Trudy
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Gertrude.
- Dotty
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Dorothea and Dorothy.
- dotes
-
noun,
decay of wood.
- Truro
-
noun,
a town in central Nova Scotia, in SE Canada.
- truce
-
noun,
a suspension of hostilities for a specified period of time by mutual agreement of the warring parties; cease-fire; armistice.
- Trust
-
noun,
reliance on the integrity, strength, ability, surety, etc., of a person or thing; confidence.
- dorts
-
noun,
Dordrecht.
- dorty
-
adjective,
sullen; sulky.
- dorse
-
noun,
the back of a book or folded document.
- dorrs
-
noun,
dor1 .
- octa-
-
- ocean
-
noun,
the vast body of salt water that covers almost three fourths of the earth's surface.
- dower
-
noun,
Law. the portion of a deceased husband's real property allowed to his widow for her lifetime.
- Drews
-
noun,
Charles Richard, 1904–50, U.S. physician: developer of blood-bank technique.
- Trout
-
noun,
any of several game fishes of the genus Salmo, related to the salmon.
Compare brown trout, cutthroat trout, rainbow trout.
- drest
-
noun,
an outer garment for women and girls, consisting of bodice and skirt in one piece.
- drees
-
adjective,
tedious; dreary.
- drear
-
adjective,
dreary.
- draws
-
- drawn
-
noun,
an act of drawing.
- drats
-
interjection,
(used to express mild disgust, disappointment, or the like):
- drays
-
noun,
a low, strong cart without fixed sides, for carrying heavy loads.
- tawny
-
noun,
a shade of brown tinged with yellow; dull yellowish brown.
- Draco
-
noun,
the Dragon, a northern circumpolar constellation between Ursa Major and Cepheus.
- dowse
-
noun,
British Dialect. a stroke or blow.
- trows
-
verb (used with or without object),
to believe, think, or suppose.
- dowry
-
noun,
Also, dower. the money, goods, or estate that a wife brings to her husband at marriage.
- Downs
-
noun,
a downward movement; descent.
- downy
-
adjective,
of the nature of or resembling down; fluffy; soft.
- dures
-
verb (used with or without object),
endure.
- dunny
-
noun,
an outside privy; outhouse.
- Natty
-
adjective,
neatly or trimly smart in dress or appearance; spruce:
- eaten
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- enact
-
verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- eyres
-
noun,
a circuit made by an itinerant judge (justice in eyre) in medieval England.
- Teena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Albertina, Bettina, or Christina.
- trade
-
noun,
the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries:
- treas
-
- eyras
-
noun,
a jaguarundi.
- Towny
-
noun,
townie.
- Trace
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- tread
-
noun,
the action of treading, stepping, or walking.
- Tracy
-
noun,
Spencer, 1900–67, U.S. film actor.
- eared
-
noun,
the part of a cereal plant, as corn, wheat, etc., that contains the flowers and hence the fruit, grains, or kernels.
- Eaton
-
noun,
Theophilus, 1590–1658, English colonist and colonial administrator in America.
- econ.
-
- ectad
-
adverb,
outward.
- ecto-
-
- Ecua.
-
- Soane
-
noun,
Sir John, 1753–1837, English architect.
- educe
-
verb (used with object),
to draw forth or bring out, as something potential or latent; elicit; develop.
- educ.
-
- Ednas
-
noun,
Adnah.
- enate
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- Tower
-
noun,
a building or structure high in proportion to its lateral dimensions, either isolated or forming part of a building.
- Dusty
-
adjective,
filled, covered, or clouded with or as with dust.
- nutty
-
adjective,
abounding in or producing nuts.
- Duroc
-
noun,
one of an American breed of hardy red hogs having drooping ears.
- duros
-
noun,
a peso of Spain or Spanish America.
- durra
-
noun,
a type of grain sorghum with slender stalks, cultivated in Asia and Africa and introduced into the U.S.
- touts
-
noun,
a person who solicits business, employment, support, or the like, importunately.
- Durst
-
noun,
an act of daring or defiance; challenge.
- trend
-
noun,
the general course or prevailing tendency; drift:
- tecta
-
noun,
a rooflike structure.
- treys
-
noun,
a playing card or a die having three pips.
- endow
-
verb (used with object),
to provide with a permanent fund or source of income:
- teats
-
noun,
the protuberance on the breast or udder in female mammals, except the monotremes, through which the milk ducts discharge; nipple or mammilla.
- endue
-
verb (used with object),
to invest or endow with some gift, quality, or faculty.
- Tract
-
noun,
an expanse or area of land, water, etc.; region; stretch.
- endo-
-
- treen
-
noun,
treenware.
- ency.
-
- TREAT
-
noun,
entertainment, food, drink, etc., given by way of compliment or as an expression of friendly regard.
- Ender
-
noun,
Kornelia [kawr-neyl-yuh,, -ney-lee-uh] /kɔrˈneɪl yə,, -ˈneɪ li ə/ (Show IPA), born 1958, German swimmer.
- treed
-
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.
- wons
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of win1 .
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- ween
-
verb (used with or without object),
to think; suppose.
- 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.
- Wren
-
noun,
any of numerous small, active songbirds of the family Troglodytidae, especially Troglodytes troglodytes, of the Northern Hemisphere, having dark-brown plumage barred with black and a short, upright tail.
Compare house wren, marsh wren, rock wren, winter wren.
- Wear
-
noun,
the act of wearing; use, as of a garment:
- teen
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- taws
-
noun,
a whip or leather thong used to drive a spinning top.
- Tees
-
noun,
a river in N England, flowing E along the boundary between Durham and Yorkshire to the North Sea. 70 miles (113 km) long.
- wrnt
-
- Weed
-
noun,
a valueless plant growing wild, especially one that grows on cultivated ground to the exclusion or injury of the desired crop.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- weds
-
- Word
-
noun,
a unit of language, consisting of one or more spoken sounds or their written representation, that functions as a principal carrier of meaning. Words are composed of one or more morphemes and are either the smallest units susceptible of independent use or consist of two or three such units combined under certain linking conditions, as with the loss of primary accent that distinguishes black·bird· from black· bird·. Words are usually separated by spaces in writing, and are distinguished phonologically, as by accent, in many languages.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- WRNS
-
- wets
-
noun,
something that is or makes wet, as water or other liquid; moisture:
- stay
-
noun,
the act of stopping or being stopped.
- 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.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- worn
-
noun,
the act of wearing; use, as of a garment:
- sone
-
noun,
a unit for measuring the loudness of sound, equal to the loudness of a sound that, in the judgment of a group of listeners, is equal to that of a 1000-cycle-per-second reference sound having an intensity of 40 decibels.
- wens
-
noun,
Pathology. a benign encysted tumor of the skin, especially on the scalp, containing sebaceous matter; a sebaceous cyst.
- sord
-
noun,
a flight or flock of mallards.
- Sra.
-
- tats
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do, or make by, tatting.
- went
-
noun,
the act of going:
- Sour
-
noun,
something that is sour.
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- Tate
-
noun,
Sir Henry, 1819–99, English merchant and philanthropist: founder of an art gallery (Tate Gallery) in London, England.
- wert
-
verb,
a 2nd person singular pt. indicative and subj. of be.
- teas
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- sown
-
verb,
a past participle of sow1 .
- West
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the left when facing north, corresponding to the point where the sun is seen to set. Abbreviation: W.
- 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.
- TDRS
-
- wyes
-
noun,
the letter Y, or something having a similar shape.
- ten.
-
- woad
-
noun,
a European plant, Isatis tinctoria, of the mustard family, formerly cultivated for a blue dye extracted from its leaves.
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- teds
-
noun,
British Slang. Teddy boy.
- tart
-
noun,
a small pie filled with cooked fruit or other sweetened preparation, usually having no top crust.
- tend
-
Verb phrases,
tend on/upon, Archaic. to attend or wait upon; minister to; serve:
- ter.
-
- wore
-
noun,
the act of wearing; use, as of a garment:
- WRAC
-
- teat
-
noun,
the protuberance on the breast or udder in female mammals, except the monotremes, through which the milk ducts discharge; nipple or mammilla.
- wynd
-
noun,
a narrow street or alley.
- wyte
-
noun,
a fine imposed by a king or lord on a subject who committed a serious crime.
a fee demanded for granting a special privilege.
- Wyo.
-
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- weys
-
noun,
an old British unit of weight of various values, especially 16 stones of 16 pounds each, or 256 pounds.
- Wynn
-
noun,
a character (ƿ) representing the sound (w) in Old English and early Middle English manuscripts, based on a rune with the same phonetic value.
- Wend
-
noun,
a member of a Slavic people of E Germany; Sorb.
- wort
-
noun,
the unfermented or fermenting infusion of malt that after fermentation becomes beer or mash.
- taur
-
- UTWA
-
- wean
-
Verb phrases,
wean on, to accustom to; to familiarize with from, or as if from, childhood:
- tost
-
noun,
an act or instance of tossing.
- tows
-
noun,
an act or instance of towing.
- Town
-
noun,
a thickly populated area, usually smaller than a city and larger than a village, having fixed boundaries and certain local powers of government.
- towy
-
adjective,
of the nature of or resembling the fiber tow.
- tout
-
noun,
a person who solicits business, employment, support, or the like, importunately.
- surd
-
noun,
Phonetics. a voiceless consonant (opposed to sonant).
- unto
-
preposition,
to (in its various uses, except as the accompaniment of the infinitive).
- stot
-
noun,
a springing gait of certain bovids, as gazelles and antelopes, used especially when running in alarm from a predator.
- sure
-
Idioms,
for sure, as a certainty; surely:
- Surt
-
noun,
the guardian and ruler of Muspelheim, destined to defeat Frey at Ragnarok and destroy the world with fire.
- Tour
-
noun,
a traveling around from place to place.
- tots
-
noun,
a small child.
- tote
-
noun,
the act or course of toting.
- urds
-
noun,
a plant, Vigna mungo, of the legume family, widely cultivated in tropical Asia for its edible seeds and for forage.
- str.
-
- urea
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a compound, CO(NH 2) 2 , occurring in urine and other body fluids as a product of protein metabolism.
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- Styr
-
noun,
a river in NW Ukraine, flowing N to the Pripet River. 300 miles (480 km) long.
- SWAN
-
noun,
any of several large, stately aquatic birds of the subfamily Anserinae, having a long, slender neck and usually pure-white plumage in the adult.
Compare mute swan, trumpeter swan, whistling swan, whooper swan.
- Urey
-
noun,
Harold Clayton [kleyt-n] /ˈkleɪt n/ (Show IPA), 1893–1981, U.S. chemist: Nobel prize 1934.
- 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.
- Stew
-
noun,
a preparation of meat, fish, or other food cooked by stewing, especially a mixture of meat and vegetables.
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- uret
-
- stet
-
verb (used with object),
to mark (a manuscript, printer's proof, etc.) with the word “stet” or with dots as a direction to let cancelled material remain.
- 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.
- uro-
-
- USAR
-
- Stow
-
noun,
a city in NE Ohio.
- Tray
-
noun,
a flat, shallow container or receptacle made of wood, metal, etc., usually with slightly raised edges, used for carrying, holding, or displaying articles of food, glass, china, etc.
- 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.
- trod
-
noun,
the action of treading, stepping, or walking.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- Tues
-
- 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.
- tune
-
noun,
a succession of musical sounds forming an air or melody, with or without the harmony accompanying it.
- tuns
-
noun,
a large cask for holding liquids, especially wine, ale, or beer.
- Tura
-
noun,
Cosimo [kaw-zee-maw] /ˈkɔ zi mɔ/ (Show IPA), c1430–98? Italian painter.
- turd
-
noun,
a piece of excrement.
- Trow
-
verb (used with or without object),
to believe, think, or suppose.
- suet
-
noun,
the hard fatty tissue about the loins and kidneys of beef, sheep, etc., used in cooking or processed to yield tallow.
- Trot
-
noun,
the gait of a horse, dog, or other quadruped, when trotting.
- sunn
-
noun,
a tall East Indian shrub, Crotalaria juncea, of the legume family, having slender branches and yellow flowers, and an inner bark that yields a hemplike fiber used for making ropes, sacking, etc.
- tron
-
- Troy
-
noun,
Latin Ilium. Greek Ilion. an ancient ruined city in NW Asia Minor: the seventh of nine settlements on the site is commonly identified as the Troy of the Iliad.
- tuts
-
noun,
an exclamation of “tut.”.
- undo
-
verb (used with object),
to reverse the doing of; cause to be as if never done:
- twat
-
noun,
vulva.
- twee
-
adjective,
affectedly dainty or quaint:
- tRNA
-
- stun
-
noun,
the act of stunning.
- stud
-
noun,
a boss, knob, nailhead, or other protuberance projecting from a surface or part, especially as an ornament.
- tret
-
noun,
(formerly) an allowance for waste, after deduction for tare.
- udos
-
noun,
a plant, Aralia cordata, of the ginseng family, cultivated, especially in Japan and China, for its edible shoots.
- unco
-
noun,
something extraordinary or unusual; a novelty.
- sur-
-
- Trey
-
noun,
a playing card or a die having three pips.
- 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.
- Sura
-
noun,
any of the 114 chapters of the Koran.
- undy
-
plural noun,
women's or children's underwear.
- USCA
-
- USDA
-
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- tete
-
noun,
a city in W Mozambique, on the Zambezi River.
- wand
-
noun,
a slender stick or rod, especially one used by a magician, conjurer, or diviner.
- swot
-
noun,
a student who studies assiduously, especially to the exclusion of other activities or interests; grind.
- Tyrr
-
noun,
Tyr.
- Tace
-
noun,
tasset.
- taco
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- Tyro
-
noun,
a beginner in learning anything; novice.
- Tyre
-
noun,
an ancient seaport of Phoenicia: one of the great cities of antiquity, famous for its navigators and traders; site of modern Sur.
- Tyne
-
noun,
tine.
- tyee
-
noun,
chinook salmon.
- Tewa
-
noun,
a member of a cluster of pueblo-dwelling North American Indian peoples of New Mexico and Arizona.
- Wane
-
noun,
a gradual decrease or decline in strength, intensity, power, etc.
- tets
-
noun,
the Vietnamese New Year celebration, occurring during the first seven days of the first month of the lunar calendar.
- wany
-
adjective,
Also, waney. waning; decreasing; diminished in part.
- wans
-
noun,
wide-area network.
- waes
-
noun,
woe.
- want
-
noun,
something wanted or needed; necessity:
- ward
-
noun,
a division or district of a city or town, as for administrative or political purposes.
- Ware
-
noun,
Usually, wares.
articles of merchandise or manufacture; goods:
any intangible items, as services or products of artistic or intellectual creativity, that are salable:
- wary
-
adjective,
watchful; being on one's guard against danger.
- warn
-
verb (used with object),
to give notice, advice, or intimation to (a person, group, etc.) of danger, impending evil, possible harm, or anything else unfavorable:
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- Test
-
noun,
the means by which the presence, quality, or genuineness of anything is determined; a means of trial.
- wart
-
noun,
a small, often hard, abnormal elevation on the skin, usually caused by a papomavirus.
- Wast
-
verb,
a 2nd person singular pt. indicative of be.
- tact
-
noun,
a keen sense of what to say or do to avoid giving offense; skill in dealing with difficult or delicate situations.
- tads
-
noun,
a small child, especially a boy.
- WATS
-
noun,
bulk-rate telephone service that enables a subscriber to make an unlimited number of long-distance telephone calls within a given service area for a fixed monthly charge or to receive calls from given areas with no charge to the caller.
- Watt
-
noun,
the standard unit of power in the International System of Units (SI), equivalent to one joule per second and equal to the power in a circuit in which a current of one ampere flows across a potential difference of one volt. Abbreviation: W, w.
- toad
-
noun,
any of various tailless amphibians that are close relatives of the frogs in the order Anura and that typically have dry, warty skin and are terrestrial or semiterrestrial in habit.
Compare frog1 (def 1).
- WADS
-
noun,
a small mass, lump, or ball of anything:
- Tory
-
noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- Ste.
-
- used
-
noun,
the act of employing, using, or putting into service:
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- user
-
noun,
a person or thing that uses.
- torc
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- USNA
-
- Swat
-
noun,
a smart blow; slap; smack.
- USRC
-
- USTC
-
- Utas
-
noun,
any of several iguanid lizards of the genus Uta, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico.
- tonn
-
- Tony
-
noun,
one of a group of awards made annually by the American Theatre Wing, a professional school for the performing arts, for achievements in theatrical production and performance.
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- Utes
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- toys
-
noun,
an object, often a small representation of something familiar, as an animal or person, for children or others to play with; plaything.
- wady
-
noun,
wadi.
- Staw
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
stall1 .
- toey
-
adjective,
touchy or restive; apprehensive; fractious.
- tude
-
noun,
an arrogant attitude.
- toed
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- WCTU
-
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- Wace
-
noun,
Robert [rob-ert;; French raw-ber] /ˈrɒb ərt;; French rɔˈbɛr/ (Show IPA), ("Wace of Jersey") c1100–c1180, Anglo-Norman poet born on the Channel Island of Jersey.
- Waco
-
noun,
a city in central Texas, on the Brazos River.
- Wacs
-
noun,
a member of the Women's Army Corps, formerly an auxiliary of the U.S. Army.
- Wade
-
noun,
an act or instance of wading:
- Todt
-
noun,
Fritz [frits] /frɪts/ (Show IPA), 1891–1942, German military engineer.
- TODS
-
- tody
-
noun,
any of several small West Indian birds of the family Todidae, related to the motmots and kingfishers, having brightly colored green and red plumage.
- soda
-
noun,
sodium hydroxide.
- daut
-
verb (used with object),
to caress.
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- Yurt
-
noun,
a tentlike dwelling of the Mongol and Turkic peoples of central Asia, consisting of a cylindrical wall of poles in a lattice arrangement with a conical roof of poles, both covered by felt or skins.
- cosy
-
noun,
a padded covering for a teapot, chocolate pot, etc., to retain the heat.
- yond
-
adverb, adjective,
yonder.
- yore
-
noun,
Chiefly Literary. time past:
- cose
-
verb (used without object),
coze.
- your
-
noun,
something or someone closely identified with or resembling the person addressed:
- yous
-
noun,
plural of you.
- Cort
-
- yows
-
interjection, noun,
(an exclamation or shout of pain, dismay, etc.)
- 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.
- yrs.
-
- Yser
-
noun,
a river flowing from N France through NW Belgium into the North Sea: battles 1914–18. 55 miles (89 km) long.
- Cory
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- Yuan
-
noun,
Also called yuan dollar. a copper coin of the Republic of China, equal to 100 cents; dollar.
- yuca
-
noun,
cassava.
- Cord
-
noun,
a string or thin rope made of several strands braided, twisted, or woven together.
- Cost
-
noun,
the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
- cods
-
noun,
any of several soft-rayed food fishes of the family Gadidae, especially Gadus morhua, of cool, North Atlantic waters.
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- nane
-
pronoun, adverb, adjective,
none1 .
- coda
-
noun,
Music. a more or less independent passage, at the end of a composition, introduced to bring it to a satisfactory close.
- nays
-
noun,
a denial or refusal.
- code
-
noun,
a system for communication by telegraph, heliograph, etc., in which long and short sounds, light flashes, etc., are used to symbolize the content of a message:
- Cody
-
noun,
William Frederick ("Buffalo Bill") 1846–1917, U.S. Army scout and showman.
- coed
-
noun,
Older Use. a female student in a coeducational institution, especially in a college or university.
- Cora
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. Kore.
- coys
-
adjective,
artfully or affectedly shy or reserved; slyly hesitant; coquettish.
- Con.
-
- Cond
-
- 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.
- Cony
-
noun,
the fur of a rabbit, especially when dyed to simulate Hudson seal.
- Cor.
-
- yods
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- Cote
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- nard
-
noun,
an aromatic Himalayan plant, believed to be the spikenard, Nardostachys jatamansi, the source of an ointment used by the ancients.
- crut
-
noun,
crud (def 1).
- yaud
-
noun,
a mare, especially an old, worn-out one.
- yarn
-
noun,
thread made of natural or synthetic fibers and used for knitting and weaving.
- yare
-
adjective,
quick; agile; lively.
- Yard
-
noun,
a common unit of linear measure in English-speaking countries, equal to 3 feet or 36 inches, and equivalent to 0.9144 meter.
- crud
-
noun,
Slang.
a deposit or coating of refuse or of an impure or alien substance; muck.
a filthy, repulsive, or contemptible person.
something that is worthless, objectionable, or contemptible.
prevarication, exaggeration, or flattery.
a nonspecific, imaginary, or vaguely defined disease or disorder of the body:
any unpleasant external ailment, disorder, or the like, as a skin rash.
venereal disease, especially syphilis.
Vulgar. dried semen.
- crus
-
noun,
the part of the leg or hind limb between the femur or thigh and the ankle or tarsus; shank.
- YWCA
-
- yaws
-
noun,
an infectious, nonvenereal tropical disease, primarily of children, characterized by raspberrylike eruptions of the skin and caused by a spirochete, Treponema pertenue, that is closely related to the agent of syphilis.
- Ewer
-
noun,
a pitcher with a wide spout.
- Ewan
-
noun,
a male given name, Welsh form of John.
- Eure
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2331 sq. mi. (6035 sq. km). Capital: Evreux.
- Eur.
-
- ette
-
- Etta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Henrietta.
- yawn
-
noun,
an act or instance of yawning.
- Crow
-
noun,
any of several large oscine birds of the genus Corvus, of the family Corvidae, having a long, stout bill, lustrous black plumage, and a wedge-shaped tail, as the common C. brachyrhynchos, of North America.
- yews
-
noun,
any of several evergreen, coniferous trees and shrubs of the genera Taxus and Torreya, constituting the family Taxaceae, of the Old World, North America, and Japan, having needlelike or scalelike foliage and seeds enclosed in a fleshy aril.
- crat
-
- Coty
-
noun,
René Jules Gustave [ruh-ney zhyl gys-tav] /rəˈneɪ ʒül güsˈtav/ (Show IPA), 1882–1962, president of France 1954–59.
- yett
-
noun,
gate.
- Coue
-
noun,
Émile [ey-meel] /eɪˈmil/ (Show IPA), 1857–1926, French psychotherapist.
- cows
-
noun,
the mature female of a bovine animal, especially of the genus Bos.
- cray
-
adjective,
crazy.
- yens
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of Japan, equal to 100 sen or 1000 rin. Symbol: ¥; Abbreviation: Y.
- Yedo
-
noun,
a former name of Tokyo.
- crew
-
noun,
a group of persons involved in a particular kind of work or working together:
- yeas
-
noun,
an affirmation; an affirmative reply or vote.
- Craw
-
noun,
the crop of a bird or insect.
- Cree
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- year
-
noun,
a period of 365 or 366 days, in the Gregorian calendar, divided into 12 calendar months, now reckoned as beginning Jan. 1 and ending Dec. 31 (calendar year or civil year)
Compare common year, leap year.
- yean
-
verb (used without object),
(of a sheep or goat) to bring forth young.
- Cres
-
- narc
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- Nary
-
adjective,
not any; no; never a:
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- Dyer
-
noun,
John, 1700–58, British poet.
- cene
-
- nude
-
noun,
a sculpture, painting, etc., of a nude human figure.
- 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.
- CERN
-
- nowt
-
noun,
an ox.
- nowy
-
adjective,
noting a partition line or charge in which one or more curves interrupt a normally straight line or lines, usually halfway along their length:
- nurd
-
noun,
nerd.
- nous
-
noun,
Greek Philosophy. mind or intellect.
- 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.
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- not-
-
- nunc
-
adverb,
now.
- cen.
-
- nose
-
noun,
the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- Carr
-
noun,
John Dickson, 1906–77, U.S. mystery writer.
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- CART
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- CASE
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- cast
-
noun,
act of casting or throwing.
- cat.
-
- Cate
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- cees
-
noun,
the letter C.
- oary
-
adjective,
oarlike.
- 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.
- Catt
-
noun,
Carrie Chapman Lane, 1859–1947, U.S. leader in women's suffrage movements.
- caws
-
noun,
the harsh, grating cry of the crow, raven, etc.
- Cdr.
-
- cede
-
verb (used with object),
to yield or formally surrender to another:
- nosy
-
adjective,
unduly curious about the affairs of others; prying; meddlesome.
- nos-
-
- NASD
-
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- 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.
- nerd
-
noun,
a person considered to be socially awkward, boring, unstylish, etc.
- 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.
- neo-
-
- nene
-
noun,
a barred, gray-brown wild goose, Nesochen sandvicensis, native to Hawaii, where it is the state bird.
- need
-
noun,
a requirement, necessary duty, or obligation:
- Cnut
-
noun,
Canute.
- nest
-
noun,
a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
- NDAC
-
- NCTE
-
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- NATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Washington, D.C. (1949), comprising the 12 nations of the Atlantic Pact together with Greece, Turkey, and the Federal Republic of Germany, for the purpose of collective defense against aggression.
- coat
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- cyte
-
- NEWS
-
noun,
a report of a recent event; intelligence; information:
- Norn
-
noun,
an extinct Norse dialect, spoken until early modern times in the Shetland and Orkney Islands and in parts of northern Scotland.
- cet-
-
- Nord
-
noun,
a department in N France. 2229 sq. mi. (5770 sq. km). Capital: Lille.
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- Nor.
-
- none
-
noun,
nones1 .
- non-
-
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- node
-
noun,
a knot, protuberance, or knob.
- NEWT
-
noun,
any of several brilliantly colored salamanders of the family Salamandridae, especially those of the genera Triturus and Notophthalmus, of North America, Europe, and northern Asia.
- Ceta
-
noun,
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.
- Cete
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- Ceto
-
- NYSE
-
- Nysa
-
noun,
the mountain where Zeus sent the infant Dionysus to protect him from the vindictive wrath of Hera.
- nyet
-
adverb, noun,
no1 .
- ctr.
-
- cts.
-
- ocas
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- duct
-
noun,
any tube, canal, pipe, or conduit by which a fluid, air, or other substance is conducted or conveyed.
- dowy
-
adjective,
dowie.
- Down
-
noun,
a downward movement; descent.
- Dows
-
noun,
dhow.
- Dray
-
noun,
a low, strong cart without fixed sides, for carrying heavy loads.
- drat
-
interjection,
(used to express mild disgust, disappointment, or the like):
- dree
-
adjective,
tedious; dreary.
- Drew
-
noun,
Charles Richard, 1904–50, U.S. physician: developer of blood-bank technique.
- deco
-
noun,
art deco.
- drys
-
noun,
a prohibitionist.
- Dec.
-
- DEAR
-
noun,
a person who is good, kind, or generous:
- Dean
-
noun,
Education.
the head of a faculty, school, or administrative division in a university or college:
an official in an American college or secondary school having charge of student personnel services, such as counseling or discipline:
the official in charge of undergraduate students at an English university.
- Duce
-
noun,
a leader or dictator.
- ducs
-
noun,
duke.
- dues
-
noun,
something that is due, owed, or naturally belongs to someone.
- Douw
-
noun,
Gerrard [Dutch gey-rahrt] /Dutch ˈgeɪ rɑrt/ (Show IPA), Dou, Gerard.
- duos
-
noun,
Music. duet.
- Dust
-
noun,
earth or other matter in fine, dry particles.
- Duse
-
noun,
Eleonora [el-ee-uh-nawr-uh;; Italian e-le-aw-naw-rah] /ˌɛl i əˈnɔr ə;; Italian ˌɛ lɛ ɔˈnɔ rɑ/ (Show IPA), 1859–1924, Italian actress.
- duro
-
noun,
a peso of Spain or Spanish America.
- durn
-
adjective, adverb, verb (used with object), noun,
darn2 .
- dure
-
adjective,
hard; severe.
- dura
-
noun,
dura mater.
- duo-
-
- daws
-
noun,
jackdaw.
- dunt
-
noun,
a hard blow or hit, especially one that makes a dull sound; thump.
- Duns
-
noun,
a person, especially a creditor, who duns another.
- dune
-
noun,
a sand hill or sand ridge formed by the wind, usually in desert regions or near lakes and oceans.
- Duna
-
noun,
Hungarian name of the Danube.
- Dawn
-
noun,
the first appearance of daylight in the morning:
- duet
-
noun,
a musical composition for two voices or instruments.
- Deer
-
noun,
any of several ruminants of the family Cervidae, most of the males of which have solid, deciduous antlers.
- dour
-
adjective,
sullen; gloomy:
- 1080
-
- doc.
-
plural,
document.
- done
-
noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- Dona
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Madam; Lady: a Portuguese title prefixed to a woman's given name.
- does
-
noun,
a plural of doe.
- Deus
-
noun,
God. Abbreviation: D.
- doer
-
noun,
a person or thing that does something, especially a person who gets things done with vigor and efficiency.
- DOCS
-
noun,
doctor.
- doat
-
verb (used without object),
dote.
- dons
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Mr.; Sir: a Spanish title prefixed to a man's given name.
- dewy
-
adjective,
moist with or as if with dew.
- dews
-
noun,
moisture condensed from the atmosphere, especially at night, and deposited in the form of small drops upon any cool surface.
- Dyce
-
noun,
Alexander, 1798–1869, Scottish editor.
- dys-
-
- dyne
-
noun,
the standard centimeter-gram-second unit of force, equal to the force that produces an acceleration of one centimeter per second per second on a mass of one gram. Abbreviation: dyn.
- Dyna
-
- dern
-
adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
darn2 .
- dere
-
adjective,
dear2 .
- dees
-
noun,
a metal loop attached to tack, for fastening gear:
- Dorr
-
noun,
dor1 .
- Doty
-
adjective,
(of wood) decayed.
- DOTE
-
noun,
decay of wood.
- deet
-
plural noun,
details:
- dost
-
noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- dose
-
noun,
a quantity of medicine prescribed to be taken at one time.
- Dort
-
noun,
Dordrecht.
- Dory
-
noun,
a boat with a narrow, flat bottom, high bow, and flaring sides.
- Dora
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Greek word meaning “gift.”.
- DORE
-
noun,
the walleye or pike perch of North America.
- deys
-
noun,
the title of the governor of Algiers before the French conquest in 1830.
- Den.
-
- Dene
-
noun,
a bare, sandy tract or low sand hill near the sea.
- Deny
-
Idioms,
deny oneself, to refrain from satisfying one's desires or needs; practice self-denial.
- der.
-
- duty
-
noun,
something that one is expected or required to do by moral or legal obligation.
- dato
-
noun,
(in the Philippines) a native chief.
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- curs
-
noun,
a mongrel dog, especially a worthless or unfriendly one.
- cure
-
noun,
a means of healing or restoring to health; remedy.
- curn
-
noun,
a grain.
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- Erne
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- Curr
-
verb (used without object),
to make a low, purring sound, as a cat.
- Curt
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Curtis.
- curd
-
noun,
Often, curds. a substance consisting mainly of casein and the like, obtained from milk by coagulation, and used as food or made into cheese.
- eous
-
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- cute
-
noun,
the cutes, Informal. self-consciously cute mannerisms or appeal; affected coyness:
- Ens.
-
- enow
-
adjective, adverb,
enough.
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- errs
-
verb (used without object),
to go astray in thought or belief; be mistaken; be incorrect.
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- ends
-
noun,
the last part or extremity, lengthwise, of anything that is longer than it is wide or broad:
- eso-
-
- etc.
-
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- Cuda
-
noun,
a barracuda.
- cuds
-
noun,
the portion of food that a ruminant returns from the first stomach to the mouth to chew a second time.
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- est.
-
- esne
-
noun,
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a member of the lowest class; laborer.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- cues
-
noun,
anything said or done, on or off stage, that is followed by a specific line or action:
- Esd.
-
- 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.
- Esau
-
noun,
a son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Jacob, to whom he sold his birthright. Gen. 25:21–25.
- cunt
-
noun,
the vulva or vagina.
- cur.
-
- Enyo
-
noun,
an ancient Greek war goddess.
- end-
-
- date
-
noun,
a particular month, day, and year at which some event happened or will happen:
- easy
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- ect-
-
- Ecru
-
noun,
an ecru color.
- eco-
-
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- Danu
-
noun,
the mother of the Tuatha De Danann: identified with the Welsh Don.
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- ease
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- EDES
-
noun,
a city in SW Nigeria.
- ears
-
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.
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- Dare
-
noun,
an act of daring or defiance; challenge.
- Eads
-
noun,
James Buchanan, 1820–87, U.S. engineer and inventor.
- Darn
-
noun,
a darned place, as in a garment:
- dat.
-
- Eden
-
noun,
the place where Adam and Eve lived before the Fall. Gen. 2:8–24.
- Edna
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “rejuvenation, rebirth.”.
- ence
-
- eyen
-
noun,
plural of eye.
- enc.
-
- Eyre
-
noun,
a circuit made by an itinerant judge (justice in eyre) in medieval England.
- eyra
-
noun,
a jaguarundi.
- eyot
-
noun,
ait.
- eyne
-
noun,
plural of eye.
- eyes
-
noun,
the organ of sight, in vertebrates typically one of a pair of spherical bodies contained in an orbit of the skull and in humans appearing externally as a dense, white, curved membrane, or sclera, surrounding a circular, colored portion, or iris, that is covered by a clear, curved membrane, or cornea, and in the center of which is an opening, or pupil, through which light passes to the retina.
- eyed
-
noun,
the organ of sight, in vertebrates typically one of a pair of spherical bodies contained in an orbit of the skull and in humans appearing externally as a dense, white, curved membrane, or sclera, surrounding a circular, colored portion, or iris, that is covered by a clear, curved membrane, or cornea, and in the center of which is an opening, or pupil, through which light passes to the retina.
- Dane
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Denmark.
- Dace
-
noun,
a small, freshwater cyprinoid fish, Leuciscus leuciscus, of Europe, having a stout, fusiform body.
- eyas
-
noun,
a nestling, usually a hawk.
- eery
-
adjective,
eerie.
- EEOC
-
- EDTA
-
- Dan.
-
abbreviation,
Bible. Daniel (def 1).
- Carn
-
noun,
cairn.
- nows
-
noun,
the present time or moment:
- CARE
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- 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.
- 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:
- ann.
-
- Roca
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in W Portugal, near Lisbon: the western extremity of continental Europe.
- rocs
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- rode
-
noun,
a rope by which a boat is anchored.
- anew
-
adverb,
over again; again; once more:
- RONA
-
- Rory
-
noun,
a male given name.
- rort
-
noun,
a rowdy, usually drunken party.
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- Rosy
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- 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.
- Anne
-
noun,
1665–1714, queen of England 1702–14 (daughter of James II of England).
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- roue
-
noun,
a dissolute and licentious man; rake.
- ROUS
-
noun,
(Francis) Peyton, 1879–1970, U.S. pathologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1966.
- rout
-
noun,
a defeat attended with disorderly flight; dispersal of a defeated force in complete disorder:
- Rowe
-
noun,
Nicholas, 1674–1718, British poet and dramatist, poet laureate 1715–18.
- rows
-
noun,
a number of persons or things arranged in a line, especially a straight line:
- ands
-
- Andy
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Andrew.
- Ande
-
plural noun,
a mountain range in W South America, extending about 4500 miles (7250 km) from N Colombia and Venezuela S to Cape Horn. Highest peak, Aconcagua, 22,834 feet (6960 meters).
- RSWC
-
- ancy
-
- ance
-
- Rude
-
noun,
François [frahn-swa] /frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), 1784–1855, French sculptor.
- road
-
noun,
a long, narrow stretch with a smoothed or paved surface, made for traveling by motor vehicle, carriage, etc., between two or more points; street or highway.
- ano-
-
- Rudy
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Rudolf.
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- RdAc
-
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- Read
-
noun,
an act or instance of reading:
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- rede
-
noun,
counsel; advice.
- redo
-
noun,
the act or an instance of redoing.
- reds
-
noun,
any of various colors resembling the color of blood; the primary color at one extreme end of the visible spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 610 and 780 nanometers.
- Reed
-
noun,
the straight stalk of any of various tall grasses, especially of the genera Phragmites and Arundo, growing in marshy places.
- Rees
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- rend
-
verb (used with object),
to separate into parts with force or violence:
- 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.
- ant.
-
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- ARCO
-
adverb,
(of the performance of a passage for stringed instruments) with the bow.
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- 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.
- rets
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- Reus
-
noun,
a city in Catalonia, NE Spain, on the Mediterranean Sea.
- Ryan
-
noun,
a male given name.
- ryas
-
noun,
a handwoven Scandinavian rug with a thick pile and usually a strong, colorful design.
- ryes
-
noun,
a widely cultivated cereal grass, Secale cereale, having one-nerved glumes and two- or three-flowered spikelets.
- rynd
-
noun,
rind2 .
- ryot
-
noun,
a peasant.
- Ryun
-
noun,
James Ronald ("Jim") born 1947, U.S. distance runner; congressman 1996–2007.
- ANTU
-
- RNAS
-
- ayre
-
noun,
air1 (def 8d).
- rues
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- rcd.
-
- ARCS
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- seat
-
noun,
something designed to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair, bench, or pew; a place on or in which one sits.
- 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.
- acr-
-
- sec.
-
- secy
-
- 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.
- Seed
-
noun,
the fertilized, matured ovule of a flowering plant, containing an embryo or rudimentary plant.
- Seen
-
verb,
past participle of see1 .
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- send
-
noun,
the heaving motion of a vessel.
- sene
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Western Samoa, the 100th part of a tala.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- Acus
-
noun,
Surgery. a needle, especially one used in a surgical operation.
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- sett
-
noun,
Also called pitcher. a small, rectangular paving stone.
- sewn
-
noun,
the amount of additional water necessary to float a grounded vessel.
- syce
-
noun,
(in India) a groom; stable attendant.
- syn-
-
- sync
-
noun,
synchronization:
- syne
-
adverb, preposition, conjunction,
since.
- Syr.
-
- snye
-
noun,
a backwater.
- snod
-
adjective,
smooth; sleek.
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- Snow
-
noun,
Meteorology. a precipitation in the form of ice crystals, mainly of intricately branched, hexagonal form and often agglomerated into snowflakes, formed directly from the freezing of the water vapor in the air.
Compare ice crystals, snow grains, snow pellets.
- ACTS
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- scut
-
noun,
a short tail, especially that of a hare, rabbit, or deer.
- 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.
- Sade
-
noun,
Donatien Alphonse François [daw-na-syan al-fawns frahn-swa] /dɔ naˈsyɛ̃ alˈfɔ̃s frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), Comte de (Marquis de Sade) 1740–1814, French soldier and novelist, notorious for his paraphilia.
- runs
-
noun,
an act or instance, or a period of running:
- runt
-
noun,
an animal that is small or stunted as compared with others of its kind.
- Rus.
-
- Ruse
-
noun,
a trick, stratagem, or artifice.
- Rust
-
noun,
Also called iron rust. the red or orange coating that forms on the surface of iron when exposed to air and moisture, consisting chiefly of ferric hydroxide and ferric oxide formed by oxidation.
- ayes
-
noun,
an affirmative vote or voter, especially in British Parliament, corresponding to yea in U.S. Congress.
- Ayer
-
noun,
Sir A(lfred) J(ules) 1910–1989, English philosopher, teacher, and author.
- Rwy.
-
- aet.
-
- aesc
-
noun,
ash2 (def 3).
- std.
-
- aery
-
noun,
aerie.
- Saco
-
noun,
a city in SW Maine.
- aer-
-
- 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.
- SCUD
-
noun,
the act of scudding.
- sawn
-
noun,
a tool or device for cutting, typically a thin blade of metal with a series of sharp teeth.
- scry
-
verb (used without object),
to use divination to discover hidden knowledge or future events, especially by means of a crystal ball.
- scr.
-
- scow
-
noun,
any of various vessels having a flat-bottomed rectangular hull with sloping ends, built in various sizes with or without means of propulsion, as barges, punts, rowboats, or sailboats.
- scar
-
noun,
a mark left by a healed wound, sore, or burn.
- SCAN
-
noun,
an act or instance of scanning; close examination.
- SCAD
-
noun,
any carangid fish of the genus Decapterus, inhabiting tropical and subtropical shore waters.
- saur
-
- Sand
-
noun,
the more or less fine debris of rocks, consisting of small, loose grains, often of quartz.
- Saud
-
noun,
(Saud ibn Abdul-Aziz), 1901?–69, king of Saudi Arabia 1953–64 (son of ibn-Saud and brother of Faisal).
- Sato
-
noun,
Eisaku [ey-sah-koo;; Japanese ey-sah-koo] /eɪˈsɑ ku;; Japanese ˈeɪ sɑˌku/ (Show IPA), 1901–75, Japanese political leader: prime minister 1964–72; Nobel Peace Prize 1974.
- sate
-
noun,
a Southeast Asian, especially Indonesian and Malaysian, dish of marinated, bite-size pieces of meat, skewered, barbecued, and usually served with a peanut-flavored dipping sauce.
- Sat.
-
- Sard
-
noun,
a reddish-brown chalcedony, used as a gem.
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- arr.
-
- anus
-
noun,
the opening at the lower end of the alimentary canal, through which the solid refuse of digestion is excreted.
- dyes
-
noun,
a coloring material or matter.
- out-
-
- ouds
-
noun,
a musical instrument of the Middle East and northern Africa belonging to the lute family.
- Attu
-
noun,
the westernmost of the Aleutian Islands: Japanese occupation 1942–43.
- attn
-
- ours
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- atry
-
adjective,
lying to under a trysail in heavy weather; trying.
- Ouse
-
noun,
Also called Great Ouse. a river in E England, flowing NE to the Wash. 160 miles (260 km) long.
- once
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- oust
-
verb (used with object),
to expel or remove from a place or position occupied:
- outs
-
noun,
a means of escape or excuse, as from a place, punishment, retribution, responsibility, etc.:
- Ont.
-
- ator
-
- 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.
- Owen
-
noun,
Sir Richard, 1804–92, English zoologist and anatomist.
- orra
-
adjective,
not regular or scheduled; odd:
- ates
-
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- att.
-
- oyer
-
noun,
oyer and terminer.
- owns
-
Idioms,
come into one's own,
to take possession of that which is due or owed one.
to receive the recognition that one's abilities merit:
- aud.
-
- onus
-
noun,
a difficult or disagreeable obligation, task, burden, etc.
- Asur
-
noun,
Assur.
- aur-
-
- awed
-
noun,
an overwhelming feeling of reverence, admiration, fear, etc., produced by that which is grand, sublime, extremely powerful, or the like:
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- awes
-
noun,
an overwhelming feeling of reverence, admiration, fear, etc., produced by that which is grand, sublime, extremely powerful, or the like:
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- aut-
-
- Aus.
-
- ord.
-
- orcs
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- Osee
-
noun,
Hosea.
- Aude
-
noun,
a department in S France. 2449 sq. mi. (6345 sq. km). Capital: Carcassonne.
- Orca
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- OSRD
-
- aunt
-
noun,
the sister of one's father or mother.
- awns
-
noun,
a bristlelike appendage of a plant, especially on the glumes of grasses.
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- aune
-
noun,
an old French unit of measure for fabrics, equivalent to about 47 inches (119 cm).
- orad
-
adverb,
toward the mouth or the oral region.
- Auer
-
noun,
Leopold [lee-uh-pohld;; Hungarian ley-aw-pawlt] /ˈli əˌpoʊld;; Hungarian ˈleɪ ɔˌpɔlt/ (Show IPA), 1845–1930, Hungarian violinist and teacher.
- awry
-
adverb, adjective,
with a turn or twist to one side; askew:
- owse
-
noun,
ox.
- owes
-
verb (used with object),
to be under obligation to pay or repay:
- rad.
-
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- cane
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- RARE
-
adjective,
coming or occurring far apart in time; unusual; uncommon:
- cade
-
noun,
a juniper, Juniperus oxycedrus, of the Mediterranean area, whose wood on destructive distillation yields an oily liquid (oil of cade) used in treating skin diseases.
- Can.
-
- Oct.
-
- cads
-
noun,
an ill-bred man, especially one who behaves in a dishonorable or irresponsible way toward women.
- RAND
-
noun,
(in shoemaking) a strip of leather set in a shoe at the heel before the lifts are attached.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- Oder
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing from the NE Czech Republic, N through SW Poland and along the border between Germany and Poland into the Baltic. 562 miles (905 km) long.
- RACE
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- asc-
-
- racy
-
adjective,
slightly improper or indelicate; suggestive; risqué.
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- rads
-
noun,
a standard unit of absorbed dose of radiation equal to 0.01 gray2 .
- OECD
-
- Odus
-
- Arty
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- raws
-
noun,
a sore or irritated place, as on the flesh.
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- art.
-
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- cays
-
noun,
a small low island; key.
- OEEC
-
- dau
-
noun,
dhow.
- USW
-
- ACW
-
- Uta
-
noun,
any of several iguanid lizards of the genus Uta, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico.
- ca.
-
- two
-
noun,
a cardinal number, 1 plus 1.
- ade
-
noun,
George, 1866–1944, U.S. humorist.
- ado
-
noun,
busy activity; bustle; fuss.
- DEW
-
noun,
moisture condensed from the atmosphere, especially at night, and deposited in the form of small drops upon any cool surface.
- ADC
-
- dye
-
noun,
a coloring material or matter.
- AEC
-
- wud
-
adjective,
wood; mad.
- ADS
-
noun,
advertisement.
- ad-
-
- daw
-
noun,
jackdaw.
- CAS
-
verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- ae.
-
- wry
-
adjective,
produced by a distortion or lopsidedness of the facial features:
- ac-
-
- awn
-
noun,
a bristlelike appendage of a plant, especially on the glumes of grasses.
- Co.
-
- DAS
-
noun,
hyrax.
- CDT
-
- d-c
-
noun,
a surgical method for the removal of diseased tissue or an early embryo from the lining of the uterus by means of scraping.
- wad
-
noun,
a small mass, lump, or ball of anything:
- caw
-
noun,
the harsh, grating cry of the crow, raven, etc.
- uts
-
noun,
the syllable once generally used for the first tone or keynote of a scale and sometimes for the tone C: now commonly superseded by do.
- Dey
-
noun,
the title of the governor of Algiers before the French conquest in 1830.
- Dee
-
noun,
a metal loop attached to tack, for fastening gear:
- wot
-
verb,
first and third person singular present of wit2 .
- cs.
-
- cee
-
noun,
the letter C.
- ct.
-
- CAD
-
noun,
an ill-bred man, especially one who behaves in a dishonorable or irresponsible way toward women.
- CED
-
- CWO
-
- acy
-
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- AUC
-
- wd.
-
- WAC
-
noun,
a member of the Women's Army Corps, formerly an auxiliary of the U.S. Army.
- CEA
-
- Ar.
-
- Tut
-
noun,
an exclamation of “tut.”.
- way
-
noun,
manner, mode, or fashion:
- de-
-
- UTC
-
- UTE
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- wos
-
noun,
woe.
- cay
-
noun,
a small low island; key.
- COD
-
noun,
any of several soft-rayed food fishes of the family Gadidae, especially Gadus morhua, of cool, North Atlantic waters.
- TWA
-
noun,
a member of a Pygmy people of Burundi, Rwanda, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
- DCS
-
- DET
-
- War
-
noun,
a conflict carried on by force of arms, as between nations or between parties within a nation; warfare, as by land, sea, or air.
- DEA
-
- CEO
-
- wae
-
noun,
woe.
- ACT
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- an.
-
- ACS
-
- cr.
-
- WRA
-
- Won
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of North and South Korea, equal to 100 chon.
- ARS
-
- DAR
-
- 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.
- CSR
-
- aor
-
- CST
-
- WDC
-
- csw
-
- Coy
-
adjective,
artfully or affectedly shy or reserved; slyly hesitant; coquettish.
- CAR
-
noun,
an automobile.
- CTA
-
- cte
-
- AOU
-
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- ctn
-
plural,
carton.
- ASR
-
- ast
-
- ASU
-
- cud
-
noun,
the portion of food that a ruminant returns from the first stomach to the mouth to chew a second time.
- ASW
-
- Wes
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Wesley.
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- Une
-
- CSO
-
- cue
-
noun,
anything said or done, on or off stage, that is followed by a specific line or action:
- uns
-
- COS
-
noun,
romaine.
- COT
-
noun,
a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
- ary
-
adjective,
any; anyone.
- cow
-
noun,
the mature female of a bovine animal, especially of the genus Bos.
- Wey
-
noun,
an old British unit of weight of various values, especially 16 stones of 16 pounds each, or 256 pounds.
- ARU
-
- ur-
-
- 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.
- ard
-
- ase
-
- CSA
-
- wen
-
noun,
Pathology. a benign encysted tumor of the skin, especially on the scalp, containing sebaceous matter; a sebaceous cyst.
- CRS
-
- 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)
- Urd
-
noun,
a plant, Vigna mungo, of the legume family, widely cultivated in tropical Asia for its edible seeds and for forage.
- ure
-
- ASN
-
- UNO
-
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- at.
-
- ATC
-
- woe
-
noun,
grievous distress, affliction, or trouble:
- USR
-
- dwt
-
- Ayr
-
noun,
a seaport in SW Scotland.
- DAE
-
- Ayn
-
noun,
ʿain.
- DAY
-
noun,
the interval of light between two successive nights; the time between sunrise and sunset:
- wee
-
adjective,
little; very small.
- Una
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “one.”.
- USO
-
- udo
-
noun,
a plant, Aralia cordata, of the ginseng family, cultivated, especially in Japan and China, for its edible shoots.
- USN
-
- UDC
-
- UCR
-
- UAW
-
- UAE
-
- USA
-
- UAR
-
- aye
-
noun,
an affirmative vote or voter, especially in British Parliament, corresponding to yea in U.S. Congress.
- awe
-
noun,
an overwhelming feeling of reverence, admiration, fear, etc., produced by that which is grand, sublime, extremely powerful, or the like:
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- DSO
-
- ays
-
- Any
-
Idioms,
any which way, in any manner whatever; indifferently or carelessly:
- CWA
-
- wet
-
noun,
something that is or makes wet, as water or other liquid; moisture:
- urn
-
noun,
a large or decorative vase, especially one with an ornamental foot or pedestal.
- urs
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city on the Euphrates, in S Iraq: extensive excavations, especially of royal tombs.
- CNS
-
- CNO
-
- USC
-
- CNN
-
- Cut
-
noun,
the act of cutting; a stroke or a blow, as with a knife, whip, etc.
- Wat
-
noun,
a Buddhist temple or monastery in Thailand or Cambodia.
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- ANC
-
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- do.
-
- DOA
-
- USE
-
noun,
the act of employing, using, or putting into service:
- CYO
-
- DSC
-
- was
-
verb,
1st and 3rd person singular pt. indicative of be.
- Wye
-
noun,
the letter Y, or something having a similar shape.
- Cyd
-
noun,
a female given name.
- unc
-
- ery
-
- dyn
-
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- Orr
-
noun,
Sir John Boyd, Boyd Orr, Sir John.
- ory
-
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- orc
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- ons
-
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- ONR
-
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- Oys
-
noun,
a grandchild.
- TAT
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do, or make by, tatting.
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- TAU
-
noun,
the 19th letter of the Greek alphabet (T, τ).
- ose
-
- ot-
-
- ODS
-
noun,
a hypothetical force formerly held to pervade all nature and to manifest itself in magnetism, mesmerism, chemical action, etc.
- owe
-
verb (used with object),
to be under obligation to pay or repay:
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- Re.
-
- RCS
-
- swy
-
noun,
the game of two-up.
- Rd.
-
- own
-
Idioms,
come into one's own,
to take possession of that which is due or owed one.
to receive the recognition that one's abilities merit:
- Tad
-
noun,
a small child, especially a boy.
- OTA
-
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- Tay
-
noun,
a river flowing through central Scotland into the Firth of Tay. 118 miles (190 km) long.
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- our
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- oud
-
noun,
a musical instrument of the Middle East and northern Africa belonging to the lute family.
- OTS
-
- ote
-
- ODT
-
- ode
-
noun,
a lyric poem typically of elaborate or irregular metrical form and expressive of exalted or enthusiastic emotion.
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- NRC
-
- NWC
-
- NUS
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- Nun
-
noun,
a woman member of a religious order, especially one bound by vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience.
- NSU
-
- NSC
-
- NSA
-
- NRA
-
- Oc.
-
- nr.
-
- now
-
noun,
the present time or moment:
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- Nod
-
noun,
a short, quick downward bending forward of the head, as in assent, greeting, or command or because of drowsiness.
- NOC
-
- NNW
-
- NNE
-
- Ted
-
noun,
British Slang. Teddy boy.
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- ODA
-
noun,
a room within a harem.
- TCS
-
- OCS
-
- OCR
-
- taw
-
noun,
a choice or fancy marble used as a shooter.
- OCD
-
- Oca
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- OAU
-
- TCA
-
- TDY
-
- OED
-
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- 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.
- OAS
-
- 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.
- OTC
-
- OSD
-
- OSA
-
- Ray
-
noun,
a narrow beam of light.
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- NYA
-
- SAE
-
- ScD
-
- sc.
-
- SAW
-
noun,
a tool or device for cutting, typically a thin blade of metal with a series of sharp teeth.
- Sau
-
noun,
German name of Sava.
- SAR
-
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- Sad
-
noun,
the 14th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- SDR
-
- SAC
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- SWA
-
- SRO
-
- So.
-
- sd.
-
- rut
-
noun,
a furrow or track in the ground, especially one made by the passage of a vehicle or vehicles.
- run
-
noun,
an act or instance, or a period of running:
- SDA
-
- se-
-
- sty
-
noun,
a pen or enclosure for swine; pigpen.
- Sou
-
noun,
(formerly) either of two bronze coins of France, equal to 5 centimes and 10 centimes.
- sod
-
noun,
a section cut or torn from the surface of grassland, containing the matted roots of grass.
- SNU
-
- soy
-
noun,
soy sauce.
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- sew
-
noun,
the amount of additional water necessary to float a grounded vessel.
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- SER
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- SOW
-
noun,
an adult female swine.
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- SED
-
- Sr.
-
- St.
-
- Sta
-
- Rue
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- rtw
-
- 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.
- REA
-
- 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.
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- Rey
-
noun,
a city in N Iran, near Teheran.
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- red
-
noun,
any of various colors resembling the color of blood; the primary color at one extreme end of the visible spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 610 and 780 nanometers.
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- RDS
-
- Sue
-
noun,
Eugène [œ-zhen] /œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), (Marie Joseph Sue) 1804–57, French novelist.
- RDC
-
- RDA
-
- RCT
-
- RCN
-
- RCA
-
- raw
-
noun,
a sore or irritated place, as on the flesh.
- Sw.
-
- SUN
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the star that is the central body of the solar system, around which the planets revolve and from which they receive light and heat: its mean distance from the earth is about 93 million miles (150 million km), its diameter about 864,000 miles (1.4 million km), and its mass about 330,000 times that of the earth; its period of surface rotation is about 26 days at its equator but longer at higher latitudes.
- rya
-
noun,
a handwoven Scandinavian rug with a thick pile and usually a strong, colorful design.
- RTS
-
- Roy
-
noun,
Rammohun [rah-moh-hon] /rɑˈmoʊ hɒn/ (Show IPA), 1774–1833, Indian religious leader: founder of Brahmo Samaj.
- rte
-
- rt.
-
- RSE
-
- RSA
-
- Rs.
-
- ROW
-
noun,
a number of persons or things arranged in a line, especially a straight line:
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- Rye
-
noun,
a widely cultivated cereal grass, Secale cereale, having one-nerved glumes and two- or three-flowered spikelets.
- Rod
-
noun,
a stick, wand, staff, or the like, of wood, metal, or other material.
- ROC
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- Stu
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stewart or Stuart.
- ROA
-
- RNR
-
- rnd
-
- RNA
-
- Nye
-
noun,
Edgar Wilson ("Bill Nye") 1850–96, U.S. humorist.
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- New
-
noun,
something that is new; a new object, quality, condition, etc.:
- EEO
-
- ene
-
- TOW
-
noun,
an act or instance of towing.
- en-
-
- eye
-
noun,
the organ of sight, in vertebrates typically one of a pair of spherical bodies contained in an orbit of the skull and in humans appearing externally as a dense, white, curved membrane, or sclera, surrounding a circular, colored portion, or iris, that is covered by a clear, curved membrane, or cornea, and in the center of which is an opening, or pupil, through which light passes to the retina.
- tr.
-
- tra
-
- EEC
-
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- EDT
-
- EDS
-
noun,
education:
- EDO
-
noun,
a member of an indigenous people of western Africa, in the Benin region of southern Nigeria.
- Ede
-
noun,
a city in SW Nigeria.
- EDC
-
- EDA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ed.
-
- EOE
-
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- ECA
-
- ese
-
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- ETS
-
- ETR
-
- ETO
-
- ety
-
- ESU
-
- ESR
-
- 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:
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- ESA
-
- ERT
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- tot
-
noun,
a small child.
- err
-
verb (used without object),
to go astray in thought or belief; be mistaken; be incorrect.
- SOC
-
noun,
sociology or a class or course in sociology.
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- ECU
-
noun,
the shield carried by a mounted man-at-arms in the Middle Ages.
- ec-
-
- Ewe
-
noun,
a female sheep, especially when fully mature.
- TTS
-
- DOW
-
noun,
dhow.
- Dou
-
noun,
Gerard [gey-rahrt] /ˈgeɪ rɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1613–75, Dutch painter: pupil of Rembrandt.
- DOT
-
noun,
a small, roundish mark made with or as if with a pen.
- TSE
-
- TSR
-
noun,
a computer program with any of several ancillary functions, usually held resident in RAM for instant activation while one is using another program.
- TTY
-
- Tu.
-
- DRE
-
- Dor
-
noun,
Also, dorbeetle [dawr-beet-l] /ˈdɔrˌbit l/ (Show IPA). a common European dung beetle, Geotrupes stercorarius.
- tue
-
- Don
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Mr.; Sir: a Spanish title prefixed to a man's given name.
- tun
-
noun,
a large cask for holding liquids, especially wine, ale, or beer.
- DOE
-
noun,
the female of the deer, antelope, goat, rabbit, and certain other animals.
- DNR
-
- DNA
-
- Dr.
-
- Dry
-
noun,
a prohibitionist.
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- eo-
-
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- 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.
- ean
-
- ead
-
- ea.
-
- ETD
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- Dun
-
noun,
a person, especially a creditor, who duns another.
- DSA
-
- Tro
-
- due
-
noun,
something that is due, owed, or naturally belongs to someone.
- Duc
-
noun,
duke.
- Du.
-
- DSW
-
- DST
-
- DSR
-
- eu-
-
- Esc
-
- NWS
-
- Nay
-
noun,
a denial or refusal.
- TNT
-
- Yen
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of Japan, equal to 100 sen or 1000 rin. Symbol: ¥; Abbreviation: Y.
- Yeo
-
- tet
-
noun,
the Vietnamese New Year celebration, occurring during the first seven days of the first month of the lunar calendar.
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- Nan
-
noun,
naan.
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- yes
-
noun,
an affirmative reply.
- yet
-
Idioms,
as yet. as1 (def 31).
- yew
-
noun,
any of several evergreen, coniferous trees and shrubs of the genera Taxus and Torreya, constituting the family Taxaceae, of the Old World, North America, and Japan, having needlelike or scalelike foliage and seeds enclosed in a fleshy aril.
- Tyr
-
noun,
the god of strife.
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- NDE
-
- yod
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- NAD
-
- yon
-
pronoun,
that or those yonder.
- you
-
noun,
something or someone closely identified with or resembling the person addressed:
- NWT
-
- NUT
-
noun,
a dry fruit consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shell.
- yow
-
interjection, noun,
(an exclamation or shout of pain, dismay, etc.)
- YTD
-
- NSW
-
- NYC
-
- NCO
-
- yea
-
noun,
an affirmation; an affirmative reply or vote.
- yer
-
- yds
-
- yas
-
noun,
the 28th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- yad
-
noun,
a tapered, usually ornamented rod, usually of silver, with the tip of the tapered part forming a fist with the index finger extended, used by the reader of a scroll of the Torah as a place marker.
- Yao
-
noun,
Wade-Giles, Pinyin. a legendary emperor of China who, with his successor (Shun) was a paragon of good government.
- 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.
- ne-
-
- NES
-
- Ney
-
noun,
Michel [mee-shel] /miˈʃɛl/ (Show IPA), Duke of Elchingen [el-khing-uh n] /ˈɛl xɪŋ ən/ (Show IPA), 1769–1815, French revolutionary and Napoleonic military leader: marshal of France 1805–15.
- Nee
-
adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- TOY
-
noun,
an object, often a small representation of something familiar, as an animal or person, for children or others to play with; plaything.
- yar
-
adjective,
yare (defs 1, 2).
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- NED
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Edward.
- yaw
-
noun,
a movement of deviation from a direct course, as of a ship.
- NEC
-
- NEA
-
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- ee
-
- w/
-
- WC
-
- WU
-
noun,
a dynasty that ruled in China a.d. 222–80.
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- S.
-
- cy
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Cyrus.
- SA
-
- 2D
-
noun,
a two-dimensional form or appearance:
- RW
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- UW
-
- DN
-
- O.
-
- DT
-
noun,
a withdrawal syndrome occurring in persons who have developed physiological dependence on alcohol, characterized by tremor, visual hallucinations, and autonomic instability. Abbreviation: d.t.
- sy
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Seymour, Simon, or Silas.
- AO
-
- TT
-
- NW
-
- wt
-
- AU
-
plural,
to the; at the; with the.
- 3D
-
noun,
a three-dimensional form or appearance:
- A.
-
noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- NU
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- UT
-
noun,
the syllable once generally used for the first tone or keynote of a scale and sometimes for the tone C: now commonly superseded by do.
- SN
-
- WO
-
noun,
woe.
- Y.
-
- OD
-
noun,
a hypothetical force formerly held to pervade all nature and to manifest itself in magnetism, mesmerism, chemical action, etc.
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- CW
-
- TN
-
- oy
-
noun,
a grandchild.
- ye
-
pronoun,
Archaic, except in some elevated or ecclesiastical prose Literary, or British Dialect.
(used nominatively as the plural of thou especially in rhetorical, didactic, or poetic contexts, in addressing a group of persons or things):
(used nominatively for the second person singular, especially in polite address):
(used objectively in the second person singular or plural):
- yd
-
noun,
a unit of area measurement equal to a square measuring one yard on each side; 0.8361 square meters. 2 , sq. yd. Abbreviation: yd.
- RN
-
- we
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- CE
-
- RC
-
- R.
-
- DA
-
noun,
a male hairstyle, especially of the 1950s, in which the hair is slicked back on both sides to overlap at the back of the head.
- t.
-
- TD
-
- T1
-
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- OW
-
interjection,
(used especially as an expression of intense or sudden pain.)
- CU
-
- YA
-
noun,
the 28th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- OU
-
noun,
a rare Hawaiian honeycreeper, Psittirostra psittacea, having an olive-green body, a parrotlike bill, and in the male a bright yellow head.
- YT
-
- D.
-
- DC
-
noun,
a surgical method for the removal of diseased tissue or an early embryo from the lining of the uterus by means of scraping.
- RU
-
- EW
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation expressing disgust, aversion, or the like):
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- NY
-
- ND
-
- NC
-
- U.
-
- OA
-
- UC
-
- WY
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- YU
-
noun,
a legendary Chinese emperor who drained the land and made the mountains.
- yo
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation to get someone's attention, express excitement, greet someone, etc.)
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- Ud
-
- yr
-
- RO
-
- ty
-
- TC
-
- SU
-
- ry
-
- ey
-
- DW
-
- N.
-