Anagrams of cross-examine
Word cross-examine has
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- isomerase
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noun,
any of a class of enzymes that catalyze reactions involving intramolecular rearrangements.
- exorcises
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verb (used with object),
to seek to expel (an evil spirit) by adjuration or religious or solemn ceremonies:
- sarcosine
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noun,
a crystalline compound, C 3 H 7 NO 2 , with a sweet taste, soluble in water, slightly soluble in alcohol: used in the manufacture of toothpaste, cosmetics, and pharmaceuticals.
- emersions
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noun,
Also called egress. Astronomy. the emergence of a heavenly body from an eclipse, an occultation, or a transit.
Compare immersion (def 5).
- recession
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noun,
the act of receding or withdrawing.
- anorexics
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noun,
a person suffering from anorexia or especially anorexia nervosa.
- masonries
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noun,
the craft or occupation of a mason.
- exciseman
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noun,
an officer who collects excise taxes and enforces excise laws.
- near-miss
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noun,
a strike by a missile that is not a direct hit but is close enough to damage the target.
- smiercase
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noun,
smearcase.
- exocrines
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noun,
an external secretion.
- exorcisms
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noun,
the act or process of exorcising.
- cassimere
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noun,
a twill-weave, worsted suiting fabric, often with a striped pattern.
- casimeres
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noun,
cassimere.
- increases
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noun,
growth or augmentation in numbers, size, strength, quality, etc.:
- exorcism
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noun,
the act or process of exorcising.
- exorcise
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verb (used with object),
to seek to expel (an evil spirit) by adjuration or religious or solemn ceremonies:
- exocrine
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noun,
an external secretion.
- incomers
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noun,
a person who comes in.
- Increase
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noun,
growth or augmentation in numbers, size, strength, quality, etc.:
- excimers
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noun,
a molecular complex of two, usually identical, molecules that is stable only when one of them is in an excited state.
- examines
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verb (used with object),
to inspect or scrutinize carefully:
- Romanies
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noun,
Gypsy (def 2).
- romances
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noun,
a novel, movie, or genre of popular fiction in which characters fall in love or begin a romantic relationship (often used attributively):
- Ericsson
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noun,
John, 1803–89, Swedish engineer and inventor; in the U.S. after 1839.
- saxonies
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noun,
a fine, three-ply woolen yarn.
- moraines
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noun,
a ridge, mound, or irregular mass of unstratified glacial drift, chiefly boulders, gravel, sand, and clay.
- anemosis
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noun,
wind shake (def 1).
- arsenics
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- sermonic
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adjective,
of, relating to, or resembling a sermon.
- seriemas
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noun,
either of two birds of the family Cariamidae, Cariama cristata, of southern Brazil, or Chunga burmeisteri, of Argentina, having long legs, an erectile crest, a short, broad bill, and limited ability to fly.
- carmines
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noun,
a crimson or purplish-red color.
- Asnieres
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noun,
a city in N central France, near Paris.
- casimere
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noun,
cassimere.
- sensoria
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noun,
a part of the brain or the brain itself regarded as the seat of sensation.
- cerimans
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noun,
a climbing, tropical American plant, Monstera deliciosa, of the arum family, characterized by cordlike, aerial roots and large, perforated leaves.
- necrosis
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noun,
death of a circumscribed portion of animal or plant tissue.
- Saxonism
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noun,
an English word or idiom of Anglo-Saxon rather than foreign, as Latin or French, origin.
- necroses
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noun,
death of a circumscribed portion of animal or plant tissue.
- coarsens
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become coarse.
- cremains
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plural noun,
the ashes of a cremated corpse.
- crimsons
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noun,
a crimson color, pigment, or dye.
- anorexic
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noun,
a person suffering from anorexia or especially anorexia nervosa.
- narcosis
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noun,
a state of stupor or drowsiness.
- emersion
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noun,
Also called egress. Astronomy. the emergence of a heavenly body from an eclipse, an occultation, or a transit.
Compare immersion (def 5).
- romaines
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noun,
Also called romaine lettuce, cos, cos lettuce. a variety of lettuce, Lactuca sativa longifolia, having a cylindrical head of long, relatively loose leaves.
- scenario
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noun,
an outline of the plot of a dramatic work, giving particulars as to the scenes, characters, situations, etc.
- erasions
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noun,
the act of erasing.
- M-series
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noun,
See under M-line.
- Messenia
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noun,
a division of ancient Greece, in the SW Peloponnesus: an important center of Mycenaean culture.
- racemose
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adjective,
Botany.
having the form of a raceme.
arranged in racemes.
- minorcas
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noun,
Spanish Menorca. one of the Balearic Islands, in the W Mediterranean. 271 sq. mi. (700 sq. km).
- mexicans
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Mexico, or a person of Mexican descent.
- Mexicano
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noun,
the Nahuatl language.
- Messiaen
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noun,
Olivier Eugène Prosper Charles [aw-lee-vyey œ-zhen praw-sper sharl] /ɔ liˈvyeɪ œˈʒɛn prɔˈspɛr ʃarl/ (Show IPA), 1908–92, French composer and organist.
- axonemes
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noun,
the shaft within a flagellum or cilium, containing twenty microtubules arranged as nine doublets and two singlets.
- inseams
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noun,
an inside or inner seam of a garment, especially the seam of a trouser leg that runs from the crotch down to the bottom of the leg.
- seminar
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noun,
a small group of students, as in a university, engaged in advanced study and original research under a member of the faculty and meeting regularly to exchange information and hold discussions.
- censors
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noun,
an official who examines books, plays, news reports, motion pictures, radio and television programs, letters, cablegrams, etc., for the purpose of suppressing parts deemed objectionable on moral, political, military, or other grounds.
- orceins
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noun,
a red dye, the principal coloring matter of cudbear and orchil, obtained by oxidizing an ammoniacal solution of orcinol.
- ceriman
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noun,
a climbing, tropical American plant, Monstera deliciosa, of the arum family, characterized by cordlike, aerial roots and large, perforated leaves.
- racisms
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noun,
a belief or doctrine that inherent differences among the various human racial groups determine cultural or individual achievement, usually involving the idea that one's own race is superior and has the right to dominate others or that a particular racial group is inferior to the others.
- cerises
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adjective, noun,
moderate to deep red.
- cession
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noun,
act of ceding, as by treaty.
- senoras
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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.
- cinemas
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noun,
Chiefly British. motion picture.
- Miocene
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noun,
the Miocene Epoch or Series.
- senecas
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noun,
a member of the largest tribe of the Iroquois Confederacy of North American Indians, formerly inhabiting western New York and being conspicuous in the wars south and west of Lake Erie.
- Romains
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noun,
Jules [zhyl] /ʒül/ (Show IPA), (Louis Farigoule) 1885–1972, French novelist, poet, and dramatist.
- Minorca
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noun,
Spanish Menorca. one of the Balearic Islands, in the W Mediterranean. 271 sq. mi. (700 sq. km).
- oarsmen
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noun,
a person who rows a boat, especially a racing boat; rower.
- coarsen
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become coarse.
- microns
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noun,
Also called micrometer. the millionth part of a meter. Symbol: μ, mu.
- semaise
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noun,
cymaise.
- necrose
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verb (used with or without object),
to affect or be affected with necrosis.
- seismo-
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- Comines
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noun,
Philippe de [fee-leep duh] /fiˈlip də/ (Show IPA), 1445?–1511? French historian and diplomat.
- seiners
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noun,
a person who fishes with a seine.
- coremia
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noun,
the fruiting bodies of certain fungi, consisting of a loosely bound bundle of conidiophores.
- Rameses
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noun,
Ramses (def 1).
- corneas
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noun,
the transparent anterior part of the external coat of the eye covering the iris and the pupil and continuous with the sclera.
- cosines
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noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side adjacent to a given angle to the hypotenuse.
the sine of the complement of a given angle or arc. Abbreviation: cos.
- censers
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noun,
a container, usually covered, in which incense is burned, especially during religious services; thurible.
- cassone
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noun,
a large Italian chest of the Middle Ages and Renaissance, usually highly ornamented.
- cranio-
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- careens
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noun,
a careening.
- Nemesis
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noun,
something that a person cannot conquer, achieve, etc.:
- moraine
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noun,
a ridge, mound, or irregular mass of unstratified glacial drift, chiefly boulders, gravel, sand, and clay.
- Cairene
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noun,
a native or resident of Cairo, Egypt.
- caisson
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noun,
a structure used in underwater work, consisting of an airtight chamber, open at the bottom and containing air under sufficient pressure to exclude the water.
- serines
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noun,
a crystalline amino acid, HOCH 2 CH(NH 2)COOH, found in many proteins and obtained by the hydrolysis of sericin, the protein constituting silk gum. Symbol: S. Abbreviation: Ser;
- Cameron
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noun,
Julia Margaret, 1815–79, English photographer, born in India.
- camions
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noun,
a strongly built cart or wagon for transporting heavy loads; dray.
- camises
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noun,
a lightweight, loose-fitting shirt or smock with long sleeves.
- Camoens
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noun,
Luis Vaz de [loo-eesh vahzh duh] /luˈiʃ vɑʒ də/ (Show IPA), 1524?–80, Portuguese poet.
- monesia
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noun,
a preparation extracted from the bark of a South American tree, Pradosia lactescens, and used chiefly as an astringent and as an expectorant.
- seriema
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noun,
either of two birds of the family Cariamidae, Cariama cristata, of southern Brazil, or Chunga burmeisteri, of Argentina, having long legs, an erectile crest, a short, broad bill, and limited ability to fly.
- Carmine
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noun,
a crimson or purplish-red color.
- Cassino
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noun,
casino (def 3).
- Oscines
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noun,
an oscine bird.
- Moissan
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noun,
Henri [ahn-ree] /ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1852–1907, French chemist: Nobel prize 1906.
- carnies
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noun,
a person employed by a carnival.
- carnose
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adjective,
of or relating to flesh; fleshy.
- sereins
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noun,
fine rain falling after sunset from a sky in which no clouds are visible.
- caseins
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noun,
Biochemistry. a protein precipitated from milk, as by rennet, and forming the basis of cheese and certain plastics.
- caserns
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noun,
a lodging for soldiers in a garrison town; barracks.
- moreens
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noun,
a heavy fabric of wool, or wool and cotton, with a ribbed face and a moiré finish, used for curtains, petticoats, etc.
- misease
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noun,
Archaic. discomfort; distress; suffering.
- casinos
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noun,
a building or large room used for meetings, entertainment, dancing, etc., especially such a place equipped with gambling devices, gambling tables, etc.
- racemes
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noun,
a simple indeterminate inflorescence in which the flowers are borne on short pedicels lying along a common axis, as in the lily of the valley.
- secerns
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verb (used with object),
to discriminate or distinguish in thought.
- craniom
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- incross
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noun,
a mating between organisms that are both homozygous for the same allele.
- marines
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noun,
a member of the U.S. Marine Corps.
- Ericson
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noun,
Leif [leef;; Icelandic leyv] /lif;; Icelandic leɪv/ (Show IPA), flourished a.d. c1000, Norse mariner: according to Icelandic saga, discoverer of Vinland (son of Eric the Red).
- menaces
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noun,
something that threatens to cause evil, harm, injury, etc.; a threat:
- Meissen
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noun,
a city in E central Germany, on the Elbe River: famous for fine porcelain.
- examens
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noun,
an examination, as of conscience.
- examine
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verb (used with object),
to inspect or scrutinize carefully:
- reasons
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noun,
a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.:
- excimer
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noun,
a molecular complex of two, usually identical, molecules that is stable only when one of them is in an excited state.
- Massine
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noun,
Léonide [ley-aw-need] /leɪ ɔˈnid/ (Show IPA), 1896–1979, U.S. ballet dancer and choreographer, born in Russia.
- Masonic
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adjective,
pertaining to or characteristic of Freemasons or Freemasonry.
- excises
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noun,
an internal tax or duty on certain commodities, as liquor or tobacco, levied on their manufacture, sale, or consumption within the country.
- mascons
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noun,
a massive concentration of high-density material beneath the surface of the moon.
- samisen
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noun,
a guitarlike Japanese musical instrument having an extremely long neck and three strings, played with a plectrum.
- ransoms
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noun,
the redemption of a prisoner, slave, or kidnapped person, of captured goods, etc., for a price.
- remains
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noun,
Usually, remains. something that remains or is left.
- Marconi
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noun,
Guglielmo [goo-lyel-maw] /guˈlyɛl mɔ/ (Show IPA), Marchese, 1874–1937, Italian electrical engineer and inventor, especially in the field of wireless telegraphy: Nobel Prize in physics 1909.
- Marcion
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noun,
a.d. c100–c160, Christian Gnostic.
- remises
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verb (used with object),
to give up a claim to; surrender by deed.
- Roscian
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adjective,
of, relating to, or involving acting.
- incases
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verb (used with object),
encase.
- incomer
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noun,
a person who comes in.
- maniocs
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noun,
cassava.
- incomes
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noun,
the monetary payment received for goods or services, or from other sources, as rents or investments.
- remixes
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noun,
a remixed recording.
- macrons
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noun,
a horizontal line used as a diacritic over a vowel to indicate that it has a long sound or other specified pronunciation, as (ā) in fate (fāt).
- Menorca
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noun,
Minorca.
- axoneme
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noun,
the shaft within a flagellum or cilium, containing twenty microtubules arranged as nine doublets and two singlets.
- creases
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noun,
a ridge or groove produced in anything by folding, heat, pressure, etc.; fold; furrow.
- ramsons
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noun,
a garlic, Allium ursinum, having broad leaves.
- Romance
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noun,
a novel, movie, or genre of popular fiction in which characters fall in love or begin a romantic relationship (often used attributively):
- Cremona
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noun,
a city in N Italy, on the Po River.
- Romaine
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noun,
Also called romaine lettuce, cos, cos lettuce. a variety of lettuce, Lactuca sativa longifolia, having a cylindrical head of long, relatively loose leaves.
- isomers
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noun,
Chemistry. a compound displaying isomerism with one or more other compounds.
- crinose
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adjective,
hairy.
- cronies
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noun,
a close friend or companion; chum.
- seances
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noun,
a meeting in which a spiritualist attempts to communicate with the spirits of the dead.
- Screens
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noun,
a movable or fixed device, usually consisting of a covered frame, that provides shelter, serves as a partition, etc.
- screeno
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noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) (formerly) bingo played in a movie theater.
- screams
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noun,
a loud, sharp, piercing cry:
- Mexican
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Mexico, or a person of Mexican descent.
- Messier
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noun,
Charles [sharl] /ʃarl/ (Show IPA), 1730–1817, French astronomer.
- erasion
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noun,
the act of erasing.
- Romanic
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noun,
romance1 (def 9).
- Riesman
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noun,
David, 1909–2002, U.S. sociologist.
- Emerson
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noun,
Ralph Waldo [wawl-doh,, wol-] /ˈwɔl doʊ,, ˈwɒl-/ (Show IPA), 1803–82, U.S. essayist and poet.
- narcose
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adjective,
characterized by stupor; stuporous.
- merinos
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noun,
(often initial capital letter) one of a breed of sheep, raised originally in Spain, valued for their fine wool.
- enamors
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verb (used with object),
to fill or inflame with love (usually used in the passive and followed by of or sometimes with):
- encases
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verb (used with object),
to enclose in or as in a case:
- encomia
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noun,
a formal expression of high praise; eulogy:
- encores
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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.
- eonisms
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noun,
the adoption of feminine mannerisms, clothing, etc., by a male.
- mercies
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noun,
compassionate or kindly forbearance shown toward an offender, an enemy, or other person in one's power; compassion, pity, or benevolence:
- Mercian
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Mercia.
- crimson
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noun,
a crimson color, pigment, or dye.
- Messina
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noun,
a seaport in NE Sicily.
- xerosis
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noun,
abnormal dryness, as of the eye or skin.
- Ximenes
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noun,
Jiménez de Cisneros.
- arseno-
-
- Siemens
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noun,
Electricity. the standard unit of electrical conductance in the International System of Units (SI), equal to the reciprocal of the ohm and replacing the equivalent MKS unit (mho) Abbreviation: S.
- sincere
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adjective,
free of deceit, hypocrisy, or falseness; earnest:
- anoesis
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noun,
a state of mind consisting of pure sensation or emotion without cognitive content.
- Siamese
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noun,
a native of Siam.
- amerces
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verb (used with object),
to punish by imposing a fine not fixed by statute.
- arenose
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adjective,
sandy; gritty.
- arsines
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noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- acerose
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adjective,
needle-shaped, as the leaves of the pine.
- soirees
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noun,
an evening party or social gathering, especially one held for a particular purpose:
- Enesco
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noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1881–1955, Romanian violinist, composer, and conductor: teacher of Yehudi Menuhin.
- ecrase
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adjective,
(of leather) crushed to produce a grained effect.
- scones
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noun,
a small, light, biscuitlike quick bread made of oatmeal, wheat flour, barley meal, or the like.
- scoria
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noun,
Metallurgy. the refuse, dross, or slag left after melting or smelting metal; scum.
- scorns
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noun,
open or unqualified contempt; disdain:
- Enrico
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noun,
a male given name: Italian form of Henry.
- anomie
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noun,
a state or condition of individuals or society characterized by a breakdown or absence of social norms and values, as in the case of uprooted people.
- Ecorse
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noun,
a city in SE Michigan, near Detroit.
- McNair
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noun,
Lesley James, 1883–1944, U.S. army officer.
- narco-
-
- meacon
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verb (used with object),
to give false signals to (electronic navigational equipment), as by means of a radio transmitter.
- mascon
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noun,
a massive concentration of high-density material beneath the surface of the moon.
- recess
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noun,
temporary withdrawal or cessation from the usual work or activity.
- scrams
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noun,
the rapid shutdown of a nuclear reactor in an emergency.
- ecesis
-
noun,
the establishment of an immigrant plant in a new environment.
- enosis
-
noun,
a movement for securing the political union of Greece and Cyprus.
- recons
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noun,
reconnaissance.
- aniso-
-
- enamor
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verb (used with object),
to fill or inflame with love (usually used in the passive and followed by of or sometimes with):
- encore
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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.
- scares
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noun,
a sudden fright or alarm, especially with little or no reason.
- animes
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noun,
a Japanese style of motion-picture animation, characterized by highly stylized, colorful art, futuristic settings, violence, and sexuality.
- encase
-
verb (used with object),
to enclose in or as in a case:
- aeron.
-
- masers
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noun,
a device for amplifying electromagnetic waves by stimulated emission of radiation.
- scenas
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noun,
an extended operatic vocal solo, usually including an aria and a recitative.
- sonics
-
noun,
the branch of science that deals with the practical applications of sound.
- narcos
-
noun,
narc.
- scream
-
noun,
a loud, sharp, piercing cry:
- Maxine
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noun,
a female given name.
- anises
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- scions
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noun,
a descendant.
- emesis
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noun,
vomitus.
- scores
-
noun,
the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.
- meanie
-
noun,
Informal. meany.
- Sisera
-
noun,
the commander of the Canaanite army of King Jabin: killed by Jael. Judges 4:17–22.
- Merino
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) one of a breed of sheep, raised originally in Spain, valued for their fine wool.
- sirees
-
noun,
sirree.
- cremes
-
noun,
cream.
- Mercia
-
noun,
an early English kingdom in central Britain.
- crease
-
noun,
a ridge or groove produced in anything by folding, heat, pressure, etc.; fold; furrow.
- creams
-
noun,
the fatty part of milk, which rises to the surface when the liquid is allowed to stand unless homogenized.
- Ransom
-
noun,
the redemption of a prisoner, slave, or kidnapped person, of captured goods, etc., for a price.
- crasis
-
noun,
composition; constitution; makeup.
- secern
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verb (used with object),
to discriminate or distinguish in thought.
- Mosaic
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noun,
a picture or decoration made of small, usually colored pieces of inlaid stone, glass, etc.
- Mersin
-
noun,
a seaport in S Turkey, on the NW coast of the Mediterranean Sea.
- oscars
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter O.
- cossie
-
noun,
a bathing suit; bathers.
- ranees
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- ariose
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adjective,
characterized by melody; songlike.
- COSINE
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noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side adjacent to a given angle to the hypotenuse.
the sine of the complement of a given angle or arc. Abbreviation: cos.
- cosies
-
noun,
a padded covering for a teapot, chocolate pot, etc., to retain the heat.
- Season
-
noun,
one of the four periods of the year (spring, summer, autumn, and winter), beginning astronomically at an equinox or solstice, but geographically at different dates in different climates.
- menses
-
noun,
the periodic flow of blood and mucosal tissue from the uterus; menstrual flow.
- easies
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- seamen
-
noun,
a person skilled in seamanship.
- easier
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- saxons
-
noun,
a member of a Germanic people in ancient times dwelling near the mouth of the Elbe, a portion of whom invaded and occupied parts of Britain in the 5th and 6th centuries.
- screen
-
noun,
a movable or fixed device, usually consisting of a covered frame, that provides shelter, serves as a partition, etc.
- reason
-
noun,
a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.:
- screes
-
noun,
a steep mass of detritus on the side of a mountain.
- scries
-
verb (used without object),
to use divination to discover hidden knowledge or future events, especially by means of a crystal ball.
- scrims
-
noun,
a cotton or linen fabric of open weave used for bunting, curtains, etc.
- seance
-
noun,
a meeting in which a spiritualist attempts to communicate with the spirits of the dead.
- Crimea
-
noun,
the, a peninsula in SE Ukraine, between the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov.
- menace
-
noun,
something that threatens to cause evil, harm, injury, etc.; a threat:
- Nasser
-
noun,
Gamal Abdel [guh-mahl ab-doo l,, juh-] /gəˈmɑl ˈæb dʊl,, dʒə-/ (Show IPA), 1918–70, Egyptian military and political leader: prime minister of Egypt 1954–56; president of Egypt 1956–58; president of the United Arab Republic 1958–70.
- Crosse
-
noun,
a long-handled racket used in the game of lacrosse.
- cross-
-
- sirens
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- crones
-
noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- Sirena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- orcein
-
noun,
a red dye, the principal coloring matter of cudbear and orchil, obtained by oxidizing an ammoniacal solution of orcinol.
- eonism
-
noun,
the adoption of feminine mannerisms, clothing, etc., by a male.
- anemo-
-
- eosins
-
noun,
Also called bromeosin, tetrabromofluorescein. a red, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 20 H 8 Br 4 O 5 , derived from fluorescein by bromination: used chiefly as an acid dye for dyeing silk a rose red color and as a histological stain.
- macons
-
noun,
Nathaniel, 1758–1837, U.S. politician: Speaker of the House 1801–07.
- Soares
-
noun,
Mário [mah-ryoo] /ˈmɑ ryʊ/ (Show IPA), born 1924, Portuguese statesman: prime minister 1976–78, 1983–85; president 1986–96.
- incase
-
verb (used with object),
encase.
- Maceio
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Alagoas, in E Brazil.
- rosace
-
noun,
rosette (def 3).
- Amiens
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Somme, in N France: cathedral; battles 1914, 1918, 1944.
- macers
-
noun,
macebearer.
- Rosina
-
noun,
a female given name, Italian form of Rose.
- rosins
-
noun,
Chemistry. the yellowish to amber, translucent, hard, brittle, fragmented resin left after distilling the oil of turpentine from the crude oleoresin of the pine: used chiefly in making varnishes, varnish and paint driers, printing inks, and for rubbing on the bows of such string instruments as the violin.
- amices
-
noun,
an oblong vestment, usually of white linen, worn about the neck and shoulders and partly under the alb.
- icemen
-
noun,
a man whose business is gathering, storing, selling, or delivering ice.
- iceman
-
noun,
a man whose business is gathering, storing, selling, or delivering ice.
- macro-
-
- macron
-
noun,
a horizontal line used as a diacritic over a vowel to indicate that it has a long sound or other specified pronunciation, as (ā) in fate (fāt).
- somni-
-
- sacro-
-
- MAeroE
-
- income
-
noun,
the monetary payment received for goods or services, or from other sources, as rents or investments.
- socman
-
noun,
sokeman.
- Remsen
-
noun,
Ira, 1846–1927, U.S. chemist and educator.
- ixoras
-
noun,
any of numerous tropical shrubs or trees belonging to the genus Ixora, of the madder family, having glossy leaves and clusters of showy flowers in a variety of colors.
- MSCons
-
- Ismene
-
noun,
a daughter of Oedipus and Jocasta who did not join Antigone in her forbidden burial of their brother Polynices.
- irones
-
noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- isomer
-
noun,
Chemistry. a compound displaying isomerism with one or more other compounds.
- airmen
-
noun,
an aviator.
- rinses
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- Romaic
-
noun,
demotic (def 5).
- rimose
-
adjective,
full of crevices, chinks, or cracks.
- socmen
-
noun,
sokeman.
- ameers
-
noun,
emir.
- soiree
-
noun,
an evening party or social gathering, especially one held for a particular purpose:
- Orense
-
noun,
a city in N Spain, NW of Madrid.
- Romans
-
noun,
an Epistle of the New Testament, written by Paul to the Christian community in Rome. Abbreviation: Rom.
- amerce
-
verb (used with object),
to punish by imposing a fine not fixed by statute.
- inseam
-
noun,
an inside or inner seam of a garment, especially the seam of a trouser leg that runs from the crotch down to the bottom of the leg.
- orexis
-
noun,
the affective and conative character of mental activity as contrasted with its cognitive aspect; the appetitive aspect of an act.
- Somers
-
- saices
-
noun,
syce.
- nacres
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- smears
-
noun,
an oily, greasy, viscous, or wet substance, especially a dab of such a substance.
- sarsen
-
noun,
any of numerous large sandstone blocks or fragments found in south-central England, probably remnants of eroded Tertiary beds.
- Sansom
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Samson.
- sarco-
-
- snares
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- Marcos
-
noun,
Ferdinand E(dralin) [ed-ruh-lin] /ˈɛd rə lɪn/ (Show IPA), 1917–1989, Philippine political leader: president 1965–86.
- sarees
-
noun,
sari.
- Naoise
-
noun,
the husband of Deirdre and a nephew of Conchobar, by whom he was treacherously killed.
- remain
-
noun,
Usually, remains. something that remains or is left.
- marine
-
noun,
a member of the U.S. Marine Corps.
- Marcie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marcia.
- Ermine
-
noun,
an Old World weasel, Mustela erminea, having in its winter color phase a white coat with black at the tip of the tail.
Compare stoat.
- Saseno
-
noun,
an island off the W coast of Albania, at the entrance to Valona Bay: belongs to Albania. 2 sq. mi. (5 sq. km).
- Marino
-
noun,
Daniel Constantine ("Dan") born 1961, U.S. football player.
- Marion
-
noun,
Francis ("the Swamp Fox") 1732?–95, American Revolutionary general.
- ericas
-
noun,
any of numerous low-growing evergreen shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Erica, of the heath family, including several species of heather.
- anemic
-
adjective,
Pathology. suffering from anemia.
- norias
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- erases
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
- sansei
-
noun,
a grandchild of Japanese immigrants to the U.S. or Canada.
- remans
-
verb (used with object),
to man again; furnish with a fresh supply of personnel.
- Mainer
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of the state of Maine.
- excise
-
noun,
an internal tax or duty on certain commodities, as liquor or tobacco, levied on their manufacture, sale, or consumption within the country.
- amines
-
noun,
any of a class of compounds derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms with organic groups.
- amino-
-
- remiss
-
adjective,
negligent, careless, or slow in performing one's duty, business, etc.:
- manioc
-
noun,
cassava.
- exines
-
noun,
the outer coat of a spore, especially a pollen grain.
- sonars
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- amnios
-
- snores
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- essoin
-
noun,
(in England) an excuse for nonappearance in a court of law at the prescribed time.
- manses
-
noun,
the house and land occupied by a minister or parson.
- excess
-
noun,
the fact of exceeding something else in amount or degree:
- Samson
-
noun,
a judge of Israel famous for his great strength. Judges 13–16.
- remise
-
verb (used with object),
to give up a claim to; surrender by deed.
- sneers
-
noun,
a look or expression of derision, scorn, or contempt.
- examen
-
noun,
an examination, as of conscience.
- Maoris
-
noun,
a member of the native Polynesian population of New Zealand.
- sanies
-
noun,
a thin, often greenish, serous fluid that is discharged from ulcers, wounds, etc.
- corses
-
noun,
corpse.
- mensas
-
noun,
Also called altar slab, altar stone. the flat stone forming the top of the altar in a Roman Catholic church.
- cornea
-
noun,
the transparent anterior part of the external coat of the eye covering the iris and the pupil and continuous with the sclera.
- careen
-
noun,
a careening.
- xenias
-
noun,
the influence or effect of pollen on a structure other than the embryo, as the seed or fruit.
- cerias
-
noun,
a white-to-yellow, heavy powder, cerium dioxide, CeO 2 , usually derived from cerium nitrate by decomposition with heat: used chiefly in ceramics, glass polishing, and decolorizing.
- arsino
-
adjective,
containing the arsino group.
- cerise
-
adjective, noun,
moderate to deep red.
- caress
-
noun,
an act or gesture expressing affection, as an embrace or kiss, especially a light stroking or touching.
- Moreen
-
noun,
a heavy fabric of wool, or wool and cotton, with a ribbed face and a moiré finish, used for curtains, petticoats, etc.
- oscine
-
noun,
an oscine bird.
- Ossian
-
noun,
a legendary hero and poet and son of Finn, who is supposed to have lived during the 3rd century a.d., represented in Gaelic poems and in imitations of them written by James Macpherson in the 18th century.
- Cesena
-
noun,
a city in E central Italy.
- miners
-
noun,
Also called mineworker. a person who works in a mine, especially a commercial mine producing coal or metallic ores.
- arsine
-
noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- senors
-
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.
- Neisse
-
noun,
a river in N Europe, flowing N from the NW Czech Republic along part of the boundary between Germany and Poland to the Oder River. 145 miles (233 km) long.
- sensor
-
noun,
a mechanical device sensitive to light, temperature, radiation level, or the like, that transmits a signal to a measuring or control instrument.
- 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.
- cansos
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in SE Canada, the NE extremity of Nova Scotia.
- minces
-
noun,
something cut up very small; mincemeat.
- misers
-
noun,
a person who lives in wretched circumstances in order to save and hoard money.
- cinema
-
noun,
Chiefly British. motion picture.
- caners
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- Senior
-
noun,
a person who is older than another.
- osmics
-
noun,
the science dealing with the sense of smell.
- arsen-
-
- 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.
- raises
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- Moerae
-
plural noun,
the Fates.
- micros
-
noun,
anything extremely small in scope or capability.
- oximes
-
noun,
any of a group of compounds containing the group >C=NOH, produced by the condensation of ketones or aldehydes with hydroxylamine.
- racons
-
noun,
radar beacon.
- micron
-
noun,
Also called micrometer. the millionth part of a meter. Symbol: μ, mu.
- caroms
-
noun,
Billiards, Pool. a shot in which the cue ball hits two balls in succession.
- simars
-
noun,
Also, cymar. a loose, lightweight jacket or robe for women, fashionable in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- Miseno
-
noun,
a cape in SW Italy, on the N shore of the Bay of Naples: ruins of ancient Misenum, a Roman naval station and resort.
- Simeon
-
noun,
a son of Jacob and Leah. Gen. 29:33.
- casino
-
noun,
a building or large room used for meetings, entertainment, dancing, etc., especially such a place equipped with gambling devices, gambling tables, etc.
- casein
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a protein precipitated from milk, as by rennet, and forming the basis of cheese and certain plastics.
- Serena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- serein
-
noun,
fine rain falling after sunset from a sky in which no clouds are visible.
- Carson
-
noun,
Christopher ("Kit") 1809–68, U.S. frontiersman and scout.
- Cassie
-
noun,
huisache.
- Simons
-
noun,
the original name of the apostle Peter.
Compare Peter.
- carses
-
noun,
bottom land.
- c-axis
-
noun,
the vertical crystallographic axis.
- raceme
-
noun,
a simple indeterminate inflorescence in which the flowers are borne on short pedicels lying along a common axis, as in the lily of the valley.
- caries
-
noun,
decay, as of bone or of plant tissue.
- mixers
-
noun,
a person or thing that mixes.
- ceases
-
noun,
cessation:
- serais
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- seracs
-
noun,
a large irregularity of glacial ice, as a pinnacle found in glacial crevasses and formed by melting or movement of the ice.
- Nereis
-
noun,
clamworm.
- Racine
-
noun,
Jean Baptiste [zhahn ba-teest] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist/ (Show IPA), 1639–99, French dramatist.
- Carmen
-
noun,
Ciudad del Carmen.
- racism
-
noun,
a belief or doctrine that inherent differences among the various human racial groups determine cultural or individual achievement, usually involving the idea that one's own race is superior and has the right to dominate others or that a particular racial group is inferior to the others.
- censer
-
noun,
a container, usually covered, in which incense is burned, especially during religious services; thurible.
- censes
-
verb (used with object),
to burn incense near or in front of; perfume with incense.
- 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.
- arsons
-
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.
- minxes
-
noun,
a pert, impudent, or flirtatious girl.
- Moesia
-
noun,
an ancient country in S Europe, S of the Danube and N of ancient Thrace and Macedonia: later a Roman province.
- ossein
-
noun,
the collagen of bone, remaining after the mineral matter has been removed by treatment with dilute acid.
- cnemis
-
noun,
the tibia or shin.
- monies
-
noun,
a plural of money.
- Ramses
-
noun,
the name of several kings of ancient Egypt.
- axenic
-
adjective,
(of an experimental animal) raised under sterile conditions; germfree.
- comers
-
noun,
Informal. a person or thing that is progressing well or is very promising:
- ramson
-
noun,
a garlic, Allium ursinum, having broad leaves.
- Mexico
-
noun,
a republic in S North America. 761,530 sq. mi. (1,972,363 sq. km). . Capital: Mexico City.
- Cairns
-
noun,
a seaport in NE Australia.
- semens
-
noun,
the viscid, whitish fluid produced in the male reproductive organs, containing spermatozoa.
- Monera
-
noun,
a taxonomic kingdom of prokaryotic organisms that typically reproduce by asexual budding or fission and have a nutritional mode of absorption, photosynthesis, or chemosynthesis, comprising the bacteria, blue-green algae, and various primitive pathogens.
- Monica
-
noun,
a female given name.
- seines
-
noun,
a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
- Nessie
-
noun,
Loch Ness monster.
- seiner
-
noun,
a person who fishes with a seine.
- conies
-
noun,
the fur of a rabbit, especially when dyed to simulate Hudson seal.
- ramose
-
adjective,
having many branches.
- serins
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- sermon
-
noun,
a discourse for the purpose of religious instruction or exhortation, especially one based on a text of Scripture and delivered by a member of the clergy as part of a religious service.
- osiers
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- messin
-
noun,
messan.
- serosa
-
noun,
Embryology, Zoology.
the chorion.
a similar membrane in insects and other lower invertebrates.
- arises
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- morass
-
noun,
a tract of low, soft, wet ground.
- across
-
adverb,
from one side to another.
- messan
-
noun,
a lap dog; small pet dog.
- sesame
-
noun,
a tropical, herbaceous plant, Sesamum indicum, whose small oval seeds are edible and yield an oil.
- mesons
-
noun,
Physics. any hadron, or strongly interacting particle, other than a baryon. Mesons are bosons, having spins of 0, 1, 2, …, and, unlike baryons, do not obey a conservation law.
- sexism
-
noun,
attitudes or behavior based on traditional stereotypes of gender roles.
- noesis
-
noun,
(in Greek philosophy) the exercise of reason.
- necro-
-
- casern
-
noun,
a lodging for soldiers in a garrison town; barracks.
- serine
-
noun,
a crystalline amino acid, HOCH 2 CH(NH 2)COOH, found in many proteins and obtained by the hydrolysis of sericin, the protein constituting silk gum. Symbol: S. Abbreviation: Ser;
- camion
-
noun,
a strongly built cart or wagon for transporting heavy loads; dray.
- assoc.
-
- armies
-
noun,
the military forces of a nation, exclusive of the navy and in some countries the air force.
- micro-
-
- moires
-
noun,
any moiré fabric.
- camise
-
noun,
a lightweight, loose-fitting shirt or smock with long sleeves.
- cameos
-
noun,
a technique of engraving upon a gem or other stone, as onyx, in such a way that an underlying stone of one color is exposed as a background for a low-relief design of another color.
- series
-
noun,
a group or a number of related or similar things, events, etc., arranged or occurring in temporal, spatial, or other order or succession; sequence.
- coarse
-
adjective,
composed of relatively large parts or particles:
- noises
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- miso-
-
- Miss.
-
- mixer
-
noun,
a person or thing that mixes.
- misos
-
noun,
a fermented seasoning paste of soybeans, often with rice or barley added, used to flavor soups and sauces.
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- Moira
-
noun,
Classical Mythology.
the personification of fate.
Moirai, the Fates.
- Ixora
-
noun,
any of numerous tropical shrubs or trees belonging to the genus Ixora, of the madder family, having glossy leaves and clusters of showy flowers in a variety of colors.
- Missa
-
noun,
Mass.
- macer
-
noun,
macebearer.
- remex
-
noun,
one of the flight feathers of the wing.
- moire
-
noun,
any moiré fabric.
- Maori
-
noun,
a member of the native Polynesian population of New Zealand.
- osmic
-
adjective,
of or containing osmium in its higher valences, especially the tetravalent state.
- somas
-
noun,
the body of an organism as contrasted with its germ cells.
- mises
-
noun,
a settlement or agreement.
- rises
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- Macon
-
noun,
Nathaniel, 1758–1837, U.S. politician: Speaker of the House 1801–07.
- resin
-
noun,
any of a class of nonvolatile, solid or semisolid organic substances, as copal or mastic, that consist of amorphous mixtures of carboxylic acids and are obtained directly from certain plants as exudations or prepared by polymerization of simple molecules: used in medicine and in the making of varnishes and plastics.
- reman
-
verb (used with object),
to man again; furnish with a fresh supply of personnel.
- maces
-
noun,
a clublike armor-breaking weapon of war, often with a flanged or spiked metal head, used chiefly in the Middle Ages.
- manse
-
noun,
the house and land occupied by a minister or parson.
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- Morea
-
noun,
Peloponnesus.
- ornes
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- moxie
-
noun,
vigor; verve; pep.
- Maine
-
noun,
a state in the NE United States, on the Atlantic coast. 33,215 sq. mi. (86,027 sq. km). Capital: Augusta.
Abbreviation: ME (for use with zip code), Me.
- Osman
-
noun,
1259–1326, Turkish emir 1299–1326: founder of the Ottoman dynasty.
- oxime
-
noun,
any of a group of compounds containing the group >C=NOH, produced by the condensation of ketones or aldehydes with hydroxylamine.
- mains
-
noun,
the main or home farm of a manor, as where the ownerlives; manse.
- noise
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- moxas
-
noun,
a flammable substance or material obtained from the leaves of certain Chinese and Japanese wormwood plants, especially Artemisia moxa.
- monas
-
noun,
monad.
- rices
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- mairs
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- reni-
-
- rimes
-
noun,
Also called rime ice. an opaque coating of tiny, white, granular ice particles, caused by the rapid freezing of supercooled water droplets on impact with an object.
Compare frost (def 3), glaze (def 17).
- manos
-
noun,
the upper or handheld stone used when grinding maize or other grains on a metate.
- monic
-
adjective,
(of a polynomial) having the coefficient of the term of highest degree equal to 1.
- ossia
-
conjunction,
(indicating an alternative, usually easier, version of a passage in a musical score) or; or else.
- remix
-
noun,
a remixed recording.
- mores
-
noun,
an additional quantity, amount, or number:
- manic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or affected by mania.
- ornis
-
noun,
an avifauna.
- rexes
-
noun,
king.
- mixes
-
noun,
an act or instance of mixing.
- moans
-
noun,
a prolonged, low, inarticulate sound uttered from or as if from physical or mental suffering.
- nomes
-
noun,
one of the provinces of ancient Egypt.
- Rimas
-
noun,
a female given name.
- manor
-
noun,
(in England) a landed estate or territorial unit, originally of the nature of a feudal lordship, consisting of a lord's demesne and of lands within which he has the right to exercise certain privileges, exact certain fees, etc.
- SONAR
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- races
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- Aimee
-
noun,
a female given name.
- aeri-
-
- 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.
- Ramon
-
noun,
any of several tropical American trees belonging to the genus Brosimum, of the mulberry family, the leaves of which are used as forage, especially B. alicastrum, which bears the breadnut.
- meno-
-
- Miass
-
noun,
a city in the S Russian Federation in Asia, near the Ural Mountains, W of Chelyabinsk.
- ramie
-
noun,
an Asian shrub, Boehmeria nivea, of the nettle family, yielding a fiber used especially in making textiles.
- Morse
-
noun,
an ornamented metal clasp or brooch for fastening a cope in front.
- micas
-
noun,
any member of a group of minerals, hydrous silicates of aluminum with other bases, chiefly potassium, magnesium, iron, and lithium, that separate readily into thin, tough, often transparent, and usually elastic laminae; isinglass.
- Menes
-
noun,
flourished c3200 b.c, traditionally the unifier and 1st king of Egypt: founder of the 1st dynasty.
- rases
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- rason
-
noun,
a long, loose, black gown with wide sleeves, worn by the clergy.
- Ramos
-
noun,
Fidel V. born 1928, Philippine political leader: president 1992–98.
- micra
-
noun,
a plural of micron.
- Meier
-
noun,
Richard, born 1934, U.S. architect.
- Moser
-
noun,
Johann Jakob [yoh-hahn yah-kawp] /ˈyoʊ hɑn ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1701–85, German jurist and publicist.
- reams
-
noun,
a standard quantity of paper, consisting of 20 quires or 500 sheets (formerly 480 sheets), or 516 sheets (printer's ream or perfect ream)
- Mears
-
noun,
mere3 .
- aerie
-
noun,
the nest of a bird of prey, as an eagle or a hawk.
- acmes
-
noun,
the highest point; summit; peak:
- MEANS
-
noun,
Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
- Ramee
-
noun,
Louise de la ("Ouida") 1839–1908, English novelist.
- Mensa
-
noun,
Also called altar slab, altar stone. the flat stone forming the top of the altar in a Roman Catholic church.
- mense
-
noun,
propriety; discretion.
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- meros
-
noun,
(in the Doric order) a flat surface between two channels of a triglyph.
- meso-
-
- mesne
-
adjective,
intermediate or intervening.
- mesic
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or adapted to an environment having a balanced supply of moisture.
- mesas
-
noun,
a land formation, less extensive than a plateau, having steep walls and a relatively flat top and common in arid and semiarid parts of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico.
- Ranee
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- acron
-
noun,
the unsegmented, preoral portion of the body of an arthropod.
- acro-
-
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- 30-30
-
- Meroe
-
noun,
a ruined city in Sudan, on the Nile, NE of Khartoum: a capital of ancient Ethiopia that was destroyed a.d. c350.
- soras
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- mero-
-
- nixes
-
noun,
nothing.
- meres
-
noun,
Chiefly British Dialect. a lake or pond.
- sores
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- nomas
-
noun,
a gangrenous ulceration of the mouth or genitalia, occurring mainly in debilitated children.
- 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.
- Merci
-
interjection,
thank you.
- Merca
-
noun,
a city in S Somalia.
- miens
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- morns
-
noun,
morning.
- sones
-
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.
- misc.
-
- mires
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- marse
-
noun,
(used chiefly in representation of southern black speech) master.
- meson
-
noun,
Physics. any hadron, or strongly interacting particle, other than a baryon. Mesons are bosons, having spins of 0, 1, 2, …, and, unlike baryons, do not obey a conservation law.
- Oscan
-
noun,
one of an ancient people of south-central Italy.
- Maros
-
noun,
Hungarian name of Mures.
- Maroc
-
noun,
French name of Morocco.
- Xeres
-
noun,
former name of Jerez.
- Marne
-
noun,
a river in NE France, flowing W to the Seine near Paris: battles 1914, 1918, 1944. 325 miles (525 km) long.
- Maris
-
noun,
Roger (Eugene) 1934–85, U.S. baseball player.
- Mario
-
noun,
a male given name: from the Roman family name Marius.
- Mossi
-
noun,
an agricultural people of Africa living mainly in Burkina Faso.
- Sonia
-
noun,
a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.
- misce
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) mix.
- xeric
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or adapted to a dry environment.
- Marin
-
noun,
John, 1870–1953, U.S. painter and etcher.
- Marie
-
noun,
(Marie Alexandra Victoria of Saxe-Coburg) 1875–1938, queen of Romania 1914–27.
- Nimes
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Gard, in S France: Roman ruins.
- marcs
-
noun,
the grapes contained in the wine press and the residue, as skins and pips, remaining after the juice is expressed.
- xero-
-
- miser
-
noun,
a person who lives in wretched circumstances in order to save and hoard money.
- reins
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- masc.
-
- minas
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- Moses
-
noun,
the Hebrew prophet who led the Israelites out of Egypt and delivered the Law during their years of wandering in the wilderness.
- MINCE
-
noun,
something cut up very small; mincemeat.
- aero-
-
- McRae
-
noun,
Carmen, 1920–94, U.S. jazz singer and songwriter.
- RECON
-
noun,
reconnaissance.
- Rains
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- Miner
-
noun,
Also called mineworker. a person who works in a mine, especially a commercial mine producing coal or metallic ores.
- Mines
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- maxis
-
noun,
maxiskirt.
- Minor
-
noun,
a person under the legal age of full responsibility.
- OSCAR
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter O.
- xeno-
-
- Xenia
-
noun,
the influence or effect of pollen on a structure other than the embryo, as the seed or fruit.
- masse
-
noun,
a stroke made by hitting the cue ball with the cue held almost or quite perpendicular to the table.
- Minos
-
noun,
a king of Crete: he ordered Daedalus to build the Labyrinth.
- Reims
-
noun,
a city in NE France: cathedral; unconditional surrender of Germany May 7, 1945.
- sonic
-
adjective,
of or relating to sound.
- Mason
-
noun,
a person whose trade is building with units of various natural or artificial mineral products, as stones, bricks, cinder blocks, or tiles, usually with the use of mortar or cement as a bonding agent.
- racon
-
noun,
radar beacon.
- MASER
-
noun,
a device for amplifying electromagnetic waves by stimulated emission of radiation.
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- Isere
-
noun,
a river in SE France, flowing from the Alps to the Rhone River. 150 miles (240 km) long.
- sexi-
-
- roams
-
noun,
an act or instance of roaming; a ramble.
- sines
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side opposite a given acute angle to the hypotenuse.
(of an angle) a trigonometric function equal to the ratio of the ordinate of the end point of the arc to the radius vector of this end point, the origin being at the center of the circle on which the arc lies and the initial point of the arc being on the x-axis. Abbreviation: sin.
- Cons.
-
- Comr.
-
- comix
-
noun,
comic strips or comic art, often luridly sexual or political in character.
- Armen
-
- comes
-
noun,
Astronomy. companion1 (def 6).
- Comer
-
noun,
Informal. a person or thing that is progressing well or is very promising:
- COMAS
-
noun,
a state of prolonged unconsciousness, including a lack of response to stimuli, from which it is impossible to rouse a person.
- seise
-
verb (used with or without object),
Chiefly Law. seize.
- seism
-
noun,
an earthquake.
- coirs
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- coins
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- Sino-
-
- arose
-
verb,
simple past tense of arise.
- oasis
-
noun,
a small fertile or green area in a desert region, usually having a spring or well.
- semen
-
noun,
the viscid, whitish fluid produced in the male reproductive organs, containing spermatozoa.
- semi-
-
- since
-
adverb,
from then till now (often preceded by ever):
- semis
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, the half part of an as.
- Sinas
-
noun,
a female given name.
- cires
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- cions
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- cines
-
noun,
a film; motion picture.
- cine-
-
- Cimon
-
noun,
507–499 b.c, Athenian military leader, naval commander, and statesman (son of Miltiades).
- cimex
-
noun,
a bedbug of the genus Cimex.
- 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.
- Seine
-
noun,
a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
- Corea
-
noun,
Armando Anthony [ahr-mahn-doh] /ɑrˈmɑn doʊ/ (Show IPA), ("Chick") born 1941, U.S. jazz pianist and composer.
- Ciano
-
noun,
Count Galeazzo [gah-le-aht-tsaw] /ˌgɑ lɛˈɑt tsɔ/ (Show IPA), (Ciano di Cortellazzo) 1903–44, Italian Fascist statesman: minister of foreign affairs 1936–43.
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- Orcas
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- crim.
-
- cries
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- cress
-
noun,
any of various plants of the mustard family, especially the watercress, having pungent-tasting leaves often used for salad and as a garnish.
- Creon
-
noun,
a king of Thebes, the brother of Jocasta and the uncle of Eteocles, Polynices, and Antigone.
- creme
-
noun,
cream.
- Crees
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- Naxos
-
noun,
a Greek island in the S Aegean: the largest of the Cyclades group. 169 sq. mi. (438 sq. km).
- areo-
-
- cream
-
noun,
the fatty part of milk, which rises to the surface when the liquid is allowed to stand unless homogenized.
- crass
-
adjective,
without refinement, delicacy, or sensitivity; gross; obtuse; stupid:
- siree
-
noun,
sirree.
- Crane
-
noun,
any large wading bird of the family Gruidae, characterized by long legs, bill, and neck and an elevated hind toe.
- cores
-
- crams
-
noun,
Informal. the act of cramming for an examination.
- coxes
-
noun,
coxswain.
- Arion
-
noun,
flourished 7th century b.c, Greek poet: inventor of the dithyramb.
- secos
-
noun,
sekos.
- ocean
-
noun,
the vast body of salt water that covers almost three fourths of the earth's surface.
- seems
-
verb (used without object),
to appear to be, feel, do, etc.:
- Corse
-
noun,
corpse.
- 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.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- corms
-
noun,
an enlarged, fleshy, bulblike base of a stem, as in the crocus.
- nears
-
- coria
-
noun,
plural of corium.
- seers
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- arses
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- sensa
-
noun,
plural of sensum.
- 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.
- camis
-
noun,
camisole (def 1).
- Carie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- Carex
-
noun,
any sedge of the genus Carex.
- cares
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- Caren
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Sices
-
noun,
syce.
- Seric
-
- Canso
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in SE Canada, the NE extremity of Nova Scotia.
- 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.
- canes
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- caner
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- Asser
-
noun,
Tobias [toh-bahy-uh s;; Dutch taw-bee-ahs] /toʊˈbaɪ əs;; Dutch tɔˈbi ɑs/ (Show IPA), 1838–1913, Dutch jurist and statesman: Nobel Peace Prize 1911.
- assn.
-
- nemos
-
noun,
remote (def 10).
- Carme
-
noun,
a small natural satellite of the planet Jupiter.
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- cames
-
noun,
a slender, grooved bar of lead for holding together the pieces of glass in windows of latticework or stained glass.
- Cameo
-
noun,
a technique of engraving upon a gem or other stone, as onyx, in such a way that an underlying stone of one color is exposed as a background for a low-relief design of another color.
- noses
-
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.
- Cairo
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Egypt, in the N part on the E bank of the Nile.
- cairn
-
noun,
a heap of stones set up as a landmark, monument, tombstone, etc.
- axiom
-
noun,
a self-evident truth that requires no proof.
- cains
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- caine
-
noun,
(Sir Thomas Henry) Hall, 1853–1931, English novelist.
- axion
-
noun,
a hypothetical particle having no charge, zero spin, and small mass: postulated in some forms of quantum chromodynamics.
- sero-
-
- Nemea
-
noun,
a valley in SE Greece, in ancient Argolis.
- sexes
-
noun,
either the male or female division of a species, especially as differentiated with reference to the reproductive functions.
- Carin
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Seres
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- ceros
-
noun,
a large Atlantic and Gulf Coast mackerel game fish, Scomberomorus regalis.
- serac
-
noun,
a large irregularity of glacial ice, as a pinnacle found in glacial crevasses and formed by melting or movement of the ice.
- cero-
-
- sense
-
noun,
any of the faculties, as sight, hearing, smell, taste, or touch, by which humans and animals perceive stimuli originating from outside or inside the body:
- arsis
-
noun,
Music. the upward stroke in conducting; upbeat.
Compare thesis (def 4).
- ceria
-
noun,
a white-to-yellow, heavy powder, cerium dioxide, CeO 2 , usually derived from cerium nitrate by decomposition with heat: used chiefly in ceramics, glass polishing, and decolorizing.
- Ceres
-
noun,
a pre-Roman goddess of agriculture under whose name the Romans adopted the worship of the Greek goddess Demeter.
- ceras
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- Ceram
-
noun,
an island of the Moluccas in Indonesia, W of New Guinea. 7191 sq. mi. (18,625 sq. km).
- 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.
- oases
-
noun,
a small fertile or green area in a desert region, usually having a spring or well.
- Norma
-
noun,
the Rule, a small southern constellation between Lupus and Ara.
- cense
-
verb (used with object),
to burn incense near or in front of; perfume with incense.
- Cenis
-
noun,
Mont, a mountain pass between SE France and Italy, in the Alps. 6834 feet (2083 meters) high.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- carne
-
noun,
Marcel [mahr-sel;; French mar-sel] /mɑrˈsɛl;; French marˈsɛl/ (Show IPA), 1909–1996, French film director.
- cease
-
noun,
cessation:
- Norse
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
- asco-
-
- ascon
-
noun,
a type of sponge having an oval shape and a thin body wall with pores leading directly into the spongocoel.
- Simon
-
noun,
the original name of the apostle Peter.
Compare Peter.
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- cases
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- simas
-
noun,
an assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and magnesium, that constitutes the lower layer of the earth's crust and is found beneath the ocean floors and the sial of continents.
- simar
-
noun,
Also, cymar. a loose, lightweight jacket or robe for women, fashionable in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- carse
-
noun,
bottom land.
- carom
-
noun,
Billiards, Pool. a shot in which the cue ball hits two balls in succession.
- carns
-
noun,
cairn.
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- crime
-
noun,
an action or an instance of negligence that is deemed injurious to the public welfare or morals or to the interests of the state and that is legally prohibited.
- crine
-
noun,
hair; head of hair.
- snore
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- amin-
-
- amine
-
noun,
any of a class of compounds derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms with organic groups.
- Omani
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Oman.
- exons
-
noun,
(in Britain) one of four yeomen of the guard who act as commanding officers in the absence of higher authority.
- amirs
-
noun,
emir.
- Soane
-
noun,
Sir John, 1753–1837, English architect.
- SAMOS
-
noun,
a Greek island in the E Aegean. 194 sq. mi. (502 sq. km).
- exine
-
noun,
the outer coat of a spore, especially a pollen grain.
- execs
-
noun,
an executive, especially in business.
- exec.
-
- amiss
-
Idioms,
take amiss, to be offended at or resentful of (something not meant to cause offense or resentment); misunderstand:
- axmen
-
noun,
a person who wields an ax.
- nacre
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- sneer
-
noun,
a look or expression of derision, scorn, or contempt.
- Names
-
noun,
a word or a combination of words by which a person, place, or thing, a body or class, or any object of thought is designated, called, or known.
- sanes
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- crone
-
noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- Essen
-
noun,
a city in W Germany: the chief city of the Ruhr River valley.
- Sans.
-
- Saone
-
noun,
a river flowing S from NE France to the Rhone. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- sarc-
-
- Saree
-
noun,
sari.
- saris
-
noun,
a garment worn by Hindu women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder.
- erose
-
adjective,
uneven, as if gnawed away.
- sains
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- saice
-
noun,
syce.
- Ernie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Ernest.
- Amer.
-
- roans
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- Irons
-
noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- irone
-
noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- orans
-
noun,
orant.
- Irene
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of the Horae, the personification of peace.
- niece
-
noun,
a daughter of a person's brother or sister.
- Iran.
-
- ameer
-
noun,
emir.
- Roman
-
noun,
a metrical narrative, especially in medieval French literature.
- amens
-
noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- onces
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- omers
-
noun,
a Hebrew unit of dry measure, the tenth part of an ephah.
- incr.
-
- incor
-
- soars
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- AMICE
-
noun,
an oblong vestment, usually of white linen, worn about the neck and shoulders and partly under the alb.
- incas
-
noun,
a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- Imena
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Arabic word meaning “faith.”.
- rosin
-
noun,
Chemistry. the yellowish to amber, translucent, hard, brittle, fragmented resin left after distilling the oil of turpentine from the crude oleoresin of the pine: used chiefly in making varnishes, varnish and paint driers, printing inks, and for rubbing on the bows of such string instruments as the violin.
- icons
-
- omni-
-
- Rosse
-
noun,
William Parsons, Third Earl of, William Parsons.
- Saros
-
noun,
the period of 223 synodic months, equaling 6585.32 days or 18 years, 11.32 days (or 10.32 days if 5 leap years occur in the interval), after which eclipses repeat but are shifted 120° west.
- ESSEX
-
noun,
2nd Earl of, Devereux, Robert.
- ernes
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- eases
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- scene
-
noun,
the place where some action or event occurs:
- emirs
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- scion
-
noun,
a descendant.
- Naomi
-
noun,
the mother-in-law of Ruth and the great-grandmother of David. Ruth 1.
- Sixes
-
noun,
a cardinal number, five plus one.
- score
-
noun,
the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.
- moras
-
noun,
the unit of time equivalent to the ordinary or normal short sound or syllable.
- scorn
-
noun,
open or unqualified contempt; disdain:
- econ.
-
- SCRAM
-
noun,
the rapid shutdown of a nuclear reactor in an emergency.
- scree
-
noun,
a steep mass of detritus on the side of a mountain.
- anis-
-
- noria
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- 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.
- scrim
-
noun,
a cotton or linen fabric of open weave used for bunting, curtains, etc.
- narcs
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- seams
-
noun,
the line formed by sewing together pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.
- ocrea
-
noun,
a sheathing part, as a pair of stipules united about a stem.
- sires
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- naso-
-
- Sears
-
noun,
Richard Warren, 1863–1914, U.S. mail-order retailer.
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- Scone
-
noun,
a small, light, biscuitlike quick bread made of oatmeal, wheat flour, barley meal, or the like.
- scena
-
noun,
an extended operatic vocal solo, usually including an aria and a recitative.
- Ensor
-
noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- sasin
-
noun,
blackbuck.
- Noemi
-
noun,
Naomi (def 1).
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- ERICA
-
noun,
any of numerous low-growing evergreen shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Erica, of the heath family, including several species of heather.
- Saxon
-
noun,
a member of a Germanic people in ancient times dwelling near the mouth of the Elbe, a portion of whom invaded and occupied parts of Britain in the 5th and 6th centuries.
- ancre
-
adjective,
having the end of each limb divided and carved outward like the flukes of an anchor; moline:
- erase
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
- eosin
-
noun,
Also called bromeosin, tetrabromofluorescein. a red, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 20 H 8 Br 4 O 5 , derived from fluorescein by bromination: used chiefly as an acid dye for dyeing silk a rose red color and as a histological stain.
- smear
-
noun,
an oily, greasy, viscous, or wet substance, especially a dab of such a substance.
- scams
-
noun,
a confidence game or other fraudulent scheme, especially for making a quick profit; swindle.
- AMORC
-
- scare
-
noun,
a sudden fright or alarm, especially with little or no reason.
- anim.
-
- enema
-
noun,
the injection of a fluid into the rectum to cause a bowel movement.
- scans
-
noun,
an act or instance of scanning; close examination.
- anime
-
noun,
a Japanese style of motion-picture animation, characterized by highly stylized, colorful art, futuristic settings, violence, and sexuality.
- enorm
-
adjective,
enormous; huge; vast.
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- orcs
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- Norm
-
noun,
a standard, model, or pattern.
- nom.
-
- Nor.
-
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- Oise
-
noun,
a river in W Europe, flowing SW from S Belgium through N France to the Seine, near Paris. 186 miles (300 km) long.
- Nome
-
noun,
one of the provinces of ancient Egypt.
- Orca
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- omen
-
noun,
anything perceived or happening that is believed to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; portent.
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- Omer
-
noun,
a Hebrew unit of dry measure, the tenth part of an ephah.
- Orem
-
noun,
a city in N Utah.
- Oman
-
noun,
Sultanate of. Formerly Muscat and Oman. an independent sultanate in SE Arabia. About 82,800 sq. mi. (212,380 sq. km). Capital: Muscat.
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- 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.
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- once
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- Omar
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Noma
-
noun,
a gangrenous ulceration of the mouth or genitalia, occurring mainly in debilitated children.
- OEEC
-
- nos-
-
- ocas
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- Omri
-
noun,
a king of Israel and the father of Ahab. I Kings 16:16–28.
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- Saxe
-
noun,
Comte Hermann Maurice de [er-man maw-rees duh] /ɛrˈman mɔˈris də/ (Show IPA), 1696–1750, French military leader: marshal of France 1744.
- Osee
-
noun,
Hosea.
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- sex-
-
- sers
-
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).
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- sene
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Western Samoa, the 100th part of a tala.
- seme
-
adjective,
covered with many small, identical figures.
- Sem.
-
- seis
-
noun,
sei whale.
- sees
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- Seen
-
verb,
past participle of see1 .
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- Seem
-
verb (used without object),
to appear to be, feel, do, etc.:
- Secs
-
noun,
second2 (def 2).
- sec.
-
- SEAS
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- seam
-
noun,
the line formed by sewing together pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.
- SCSI
-
noun,
a standard for computer interface ports featuring faster data transmission and greater flexibility than normal ports.
- scr.
-
- sci.
-
- SIAM
-
noun,
former name of Thailand (def 1).
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- SCAN
-
noun,
an act or instance of scanning; close examination.
- 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.
- Xosa
-
noun,
Xhosa.
- Xmas
-
- Xian
-
noun,
hsien.
- sris
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- SRAM
-
- Sra.
-
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- Soni
-
- some
-
adverb,
(used with numerals and with words expressing degree, extent, etc.) approximately; about:
- sics
-
adverb,
so; thus: usually written parenthetically to denote that a word, phrase, passage, etc., that may appear strange or incorrect has been written intentionally or has been quoted verbatim: (sic).
- Soma
-
noun,
the body of an organism as contrasted with its germ cells.
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- SMSA
-
- sirs
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- SINE
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side opposite a given acute angle to the hypotenuse.
(of an angle) a trigonometric function equal to the ratio of the ordinate of the end point of the arc to the radius vector of this end point, the origin being at the center of the circle on which the arc lies and the initial point of the arc being on the x-axis. Abbreviation: sin.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Sims
-
noun,
William Sowden [soud-n] /ˈsaʊd n/ (Show IPA), 1858–1936, U.S. admiral, born in Canada.
- Sima
-
noun,
an assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and magnesium, that constitutes the lower layer of the earth's crust and is found beneath the ocean floors and the sial of continents.
- scar
-
noun,
a mark left by a healed wound, sore, or burn.
- scam
-
noun,
a confidence game or other fraudulent scheme, especially for making a quick profit; swindle.
- osis
-
- Rees
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- rime
-
noun,
Also called rime ice. an opaque coating of tiny, white, granular ice particles, caused by the rapid freezing of supercooled water droplets on impact with an object.
Compare frost (def 3), glaze (def 17).
- Rima
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Rico
-
noun,
Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act: a U.S. law, enacted in 1970, allowing victims of organized crime to sue those responsible for punitive damages.
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- rems
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- Rein
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- RISC
-
noun,
reduced instruction set computer: a computer whose central processing unit recognizes a relatively small number of instructions, which it can execute very rapidly.
- ream
-
noun,
a standard quantity of paper, consisting of 20 quires or 500 sheets (formerly 480 sheets), or 516 sheets (printer's ream or perfect ream)
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- rami
-
noun,
plural of ramus.
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- rain
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- RACE
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- oxes
-
noun,
the adult castrated male of the genus Bos, used chiefly as a draft animal.
- oxen
-
noun,
a plural of ox.
- OSSA
-
noun,
plural of os1 .
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- Sax.
-
- Saco
-
noun,
a city in SW Maine.
- SASE
-
- Sari
-
noun,
a garment worn by Hindu women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder.
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- Sams
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Samuel.
- Sami
-
noun,
Lapp.
- same
-
Idioms,
all the same,
notwithstanding; nevertheless:
of no difference; immaterial:
- Sam.
-
- Sais
-
noun,
an ancient city in N Egypt, on the Nile delta: an ancient capital of Lower Egypt.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- Sacs
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- Ross
-
noun,
the rough exterior of bark.
- RNAS
-
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- RONA
-
- roms
-
noun,
a Gypsy man or boy.
- Rome
-
noun,
Harold (Jacob) 1908–1993, U.S. lyricist and composer.
- Roma
-
noun,
Rome.
- Rom.
-
- rocs
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- Roca
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in W Portugal, near Lisbon: the western extremity of continental Europe.
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- roam
-
noun,
an act or instance of roaming; a ramble.
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- 1080
-
- emes
-
noun,
friend.
- 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.
- Mair
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- Main
-
noun,
a principal pipe or duct in a system used to distribute water, gas, etc.
- maes
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- Cass
-
noun,
Lewis, 1782–1866, U.S. statesman.
- macs
-
noun,
fellow; bud (a familiar term of address to a man or boy whose name is not known to the speaker).
- maco
-
noun,
an Egyptian cotton, used especially in the manufacture of hosiery and undergarments.
- Mace
-
noun,
a clublike armor-breaking weapon of war, often with a flanged or spiked metal head, used chiefly in the Middle Ages.
- cees
-
noun,
the letter C.
- Mac-
-
- M-16
-
noun,
a lightweight, fully automatic rifle shooting a small-caliber bullet at an extremely high velocity: a U.S. Army combat weapon for mobile units and jungle fighting.
- M-14
-
noun,
a fully automatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber rifle developed from the M-1: replaced the M-1 as the standard U.S. Army combat rifle.
- cen.
-
- cene
-
- cera
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- CERN
-
- mane
-
noun,
the long hair growing on the back of or around the neck and neighboring parts of some animals, as the horse or lion.
- cess
-
noun,
British. a tax, assessment, or lien.
- ciao
-
interjection,
(used as a word of greeting or parting): hello; goodbye; so long; see you later.
- ISSN
-
- iso-
-
- isms
-
noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- cion
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- cir.
-
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- cis-
-
- Cmon
-
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- CMOS
-
noun,
complementary metal oxide semiconductor.
- iron
-
noun,
Chemistry. a ductile, malleable, silver-white metallic element, scarcely known in a pure condition, but much used in its crude or impure carbon-containing forms for making tools, implements, machinery, etc. Symbol: Fe; atomic weight: 55.847; atomic number: 26; specific gravity: 7.86 at 20°C.
Compare cast iron, pig iron, steel, wrought iron.
- coax
-
noun,
coaxial cable.
- Man.
-
- Mani
-
noun,
Manes.
- coir
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- cams
-
noun,
Machinery. a disk or cylinder having an irregular form such that its motion, usually rotary, gives to a part or parts in contact with it a specific rocking or reciprocating motion.
- acr-
-
- mess
-
noun,
a dirty, untidy, or disordered condition:
- mesa
-
noun,
a land formation, less extensive than a plateau, having steep walls and a relatively flat top and common in arid and semiarid parts of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico.
- mes-
-
- MERS
-
noun,
Middle East(ern) Respiratory Syndrome: an often fatal respiratory illness caused by a coronavirus similar to the SARS virus and characterized by fever, coughing, and shortness of breath.
- mere
-
noun,
Chiefly British Dialect. a lake or pond.
- Merc
-
noun,
a mercenary soldier.
- men-
-
- Meir
-
noun,
Golda [gohl-duh] /ˈgoʊl də/ (Show IPA), (Goldie Mabovitch; Goldie Myerson) 1898–1978, Israeli political leader, born in Russia: prime minister 1969–74.
- Cain
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- Came
-
noun,
a slender, grooved bar of lead for holding together the pieces of glass in windows of latticework or stained glass.
- Meer
-
noun,
Jan van der [yahn vahn der] /yɑn vɑn dɛr/ (Show IPA), Vermeer, Jan.
- Cami
-
noun,
camisole (def 1).
- meas
-
- mean
-
noun,
Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
- Mano
-
noun,
the upper or handheld stone used when grinding maize or other grains on a metate.
- MARS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman god of war and agriculture, identified with the Greek god Ares.
- Manx
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) the inhabitants of the Isle of Man.
- CASE
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- Mar.
-
- MARC
-
noun,
the grapes contained in the wine press and the residue, as skins and pips, remaining after the juice is expressed.
- Mare
-
noun,
a fully mature female horse or other equine animal.
- Mari
-
noun,
a member of a Uralic people living in scattered communities north of Cheboksary and Kazan in European Russia, mainly in the Mari Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.
- Marx
-
noun,
Karl (Heinrich) [kahrl hahyn-rik;; German kahrl hahyn-rikh] /kɑrl ˈhaɪn rɪk;; German kɑrl ˈhaɪn rɪx/ (Show IPA), 1818–83, German economist, philosopher, and socialist.
- Can.
-
- Carn
-
noun,
cairn.
- Mass
-
noun,
a body of coherent matter, usually of indefinite shape and often of considerable size:
- max.
-
- CARE
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- MAXI
-
noun,
maxiskirt.
- cane
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- coin
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- Irma
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Erma.
- mias
-
plural,
missing in action.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Exc.
-
- exam
-
noun,
an examination, as in school.
- exa-
-
- esse
-
noun,
being; existence.
- eso-
-
- esne
-
noun,
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a member of the lowest class; laborer.
- ESIS
-
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- 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.
- 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.”.
- Erma
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- exo-
-
- Erie
-
noun,
Lake, a lake between the NE central United States and SE central Canada: the southernmost lake of the Great Lakes; Commodore Perry's defeat of the British in 1813. 239 miles (385 km) long; 9940 sq. mi. (25,745 sq. km).
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- ease
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- eco-
-
- Ens.
-
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- ence
-
- enc.
-
- EEOC
-
- emir
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- emic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or being a significant unit that functions in contrast with other units in a language or other system of behavior.
- emia
-
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- exes
-
noun,
the letter X, x.
- Exon
-
noun,
(in Britain) one of four yeomen of the guard who act as commanding officers in the absence of higher authority.
- Ire.
-
- inae
-
- Com.
-
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- coma
-
noun,
a state of prolonged unconsciousness, including a lack of response to stimuli, from which it is impossible to rouse a person.
- come
-
noun,
Slang: Vulgar. semen.
- COMS
-
noun,
Trademark. Comedy Central: a cable television channel.
- ions
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- Con.
-
- cone
-
noun,
Geometry.
a solid whose surface is generated by a line passing through a fixed point and a fixed plane curve not containing the point, consisting of two equal sections joined at a vertex.
a plane surface resembling the cross section of a solid cone.
- ins.
-
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- Cor.
-
- Inca
-
noun,
a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
- Inc.
-
- Cora
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. Kore.
- exor
-
- coss
-
noun,
kos.
- exr.
-
- 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.
- Cres
-
- Cree
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- CRAM
-
noun,
Informal. the act of cramming for an examination.
- coxa
-
noun,
Anatomy.
innominate bone.
the joint of the hip.
- cose
-
verb (used without object),
coze.
- IMCO
-
- 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.
- corm
-
noun,
an enlarged, fleshy, bulblike base of a stem, as in the crocus.
- ICAO
-
- Ice.
-
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- Cori
-
noun,
Carl Ferdinand, 1896–1984, and his wife, Gerty Theresa, 1896–1957, U.S. biochemists, born in Austria-Hungary: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1947.
- Miao
-
noun,
Also, Meo. a member of a diverse group of seminomadic farming people of the mountains of southeastern China and adjacent areas of Laos, North Vietnam, and Thailand.
- mear
-
noun,
mere3 .
- Mic.
-
- MSEE
-
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- name
-
noun,
a word or a combination of words by which a person, place, or thing, a body or class, or any object of thought is designated, called, or known.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- ance
-
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- ano-
-
- MSSc
-
- ANSI
-
- mica
-
noun,
any member of a group of minerals, hydrous silicates of aluminum with other bases, chiefly potassium, magnesium, iron, and lithium, that separate readily into thin, tough, often transparent, and usually elastic laminae; isinglass.
- ARCO
-
adverb,
(of the performance of a passage for stringed instruments) with the bow.
- MSIE
-
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- msec
-
- Amos
-
noun,
a Minor Prophet of the 8th century b.c.
- ARIS
-
- MSCE
-
- MSAE
-
- Arm.
-
- Mrs.
-
plural,
a title of respect prefixed to the surname or full name of a married woman:
- mRNA
-
- arms
-
noun,
the upper limb of the human body, especially the part extending from the shoulder to the wrist.
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- moxa
-
noun,
a flammable substance or material obtained from the leaves of certain Chinese and Japanese wormwood plants, especially Artemisia moxa.
- Moss
-
noun,
any tiny, leafy-stemmed, flowerless plant of the class Musci, reproducing by spores and growing in tufts, sods, or mats on moist ground, tree trunks, rocks, etc.
- Amri
-
noun,
Omri.
- Amor
-
noun,
Cupid.
- more
-
noun,
an additional quantity, amount, or number:
- Nemo
-
noun,
remote (def 10).
- aeon
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- aer-
-
- NIRA
-
- NIMS
-
noun,
a game in which two players alternate in drawing counters, pennies, or the like, from a set of 12 arranged in three rows of 3, 4, and 5 counters, respectively, the object being to draw the last counter, or, sometimes, to avoid drawing it.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- NICE
-
noun,
a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
- aesc
-
noun,
ash2 (def 3).
- Nexo
-
noun,
Martin Andersen [mahr-ten-ah-nuh r-suh n] /ˈmɑr tɛnˈɑ nər sən/ (Show IPA), 1869–1954, Danish novelist.
- ness
-
noun,
a headland; promontory; cape.
- 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.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- neo-
-
- AIME
-
- Amon
-
noun,
Amen.
- AIMS
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- Aire
-
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- neem
-
- Amen
-
noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- Ames
-
noun,
a city in central Iowa.
- amic
-
adjective,
of or relating to an amide or amine.
- Amie
-
noun,
a female friend.
- Amir
-
noun,
emir.
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- Amis
-
noun,
Kingsley, 1922–95, English novelist.
- narc
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- morn
-
noun,
morning.
- 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.
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- mire
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- ASME
-
- ARCS
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- asse
-
noun,
Cape fox.
- ASSR
-
- Acis
-
noun,
the lover of Galatea, killed by Polyphemus out of jealousy.
- acme
-
noun,
the highest point; summit; peak:
- axes
-
noun,
plural of axis1 .
- Mora
-
noun,
the unit of time equivalent to the ordinary or normal short sound or syllable.
- mis-
-
- Miro
-
noun,
Gabriel [gah-vree-el] /ˌgɑ vriˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1879–1930, Spanish novelist, short-story writer, and essayist.
- Mira
-
noun,
Astronomy. the first long-period pulsating variable star to be discovered, with a period averaging 331 days. It is a red giant and a component of a binary star in the constellation Cetus.
- asis
-
- 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.
- MINX
-
noun,
a pert, impudent, or flirtatious girl.
- mins
-
noun,
a group of Chinese languages spoken in southeastern China, including Foochow and Fukienese.
- Axis
-
noun,
the line about which a rotating body, such as the earth, turns.
- axon
-
noun,
Cell Biology. the appendage of the neuron that transmits impulses away from the cell body.
- Mino
-
noun,
Minho.
- MiNE
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- Mina
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- min.
-
- mien
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- MICE
-
noun,
plural of mouse.
- MNAS
-
- mise
-
noun,
a settlement or agreement.
- Mons
-
noun,
an area of the body that is higher than neighboring areas.
- asci
-
noun,
plural of ascus.
- moas
-
noun,
any of several flightless birds of the family Dinornithidae, of New Zealand, related to the kiwis but resembling the ostrich: extinct since about the end of the 18th century.
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- asc-
-
- moan
-
noun,
a prolonged, low, inarticulate sound uttered from or as if from physical or mental suffering.
- Mon.
-
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- Mona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- cs.
-
- CIA
-
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- 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
-
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- EAM
-
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- CAI
-
- ea.
-
- SCS
-
- CIE
-
- SSA
-
- AIS
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- AMC
-
- se-
-
- AME
-
- cr.
-
- CNS
-
- cee
-
noun,
the letter C.
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- ACS
-
- ae.
-
- AEC
-
- eir
-
- ca.
-
- EEO
-
- CIO
-
noun,
a federation of affiliated industrial labor unions, founded 1935 within the American Federation of Labor but independent of it 1938–55. Abbreviation: C.I.O., CIO.
- SES
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- EEC
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- CEA
-
- Co.
-
- ECM
-
- CEO
-
- ECA
-
- ec-
-
- AIC
-
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- 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).
- ARS
-
- AIM
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- CAM
-
noun,
Machinery. a disk or cylinder having an irregular form such that its motion, usually rotary, gives to a part or parts in contact with it a specific rocking or reciprocating motion.
- SOC
-
noun,
sociology or a class or course in sociology.
- CIM
-
- Six
-
noun,
a cardinal number, five plus one.
- Sr.
-
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- ASS
-
noun,
a long-eared, slow, patient, sure-footed domesticated mammal, Equus asinus, related to the horse, used chiefly as a beast of burden.
- SMS
-
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- ASR
-
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- SMA
-
- CAS
-
verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- ANC
-
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- sis
-
noun,
sister.
- ASI
-
- aor
-
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- ASN
-
- CNM
-
- 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.
- ASM
-
- SIC
-
adverb,
so; thus: usually written parenthetically to denote that a word, phrase, passage, etc., that may appear strange or incorrect has been written intentionally or has been quoted verbatim: (sic).
- AMS
-
- AMI
-
noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- CSA
-
- CNO
-
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- EOM
-
- eo-
-
- ss.
-
- SRS
-
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- CSR
-
- CSO
-
- CRS
-
- CMA
-
- EIS
-
- ase
-
- Cox
-
noun,
coxswain.
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- COS
-
noun,
romaine.
- CAR
-
noun,
an automobile.
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- ax.
-
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- RSE
-
- eme
-
noun,
friend.
- MOS
-
noun,
moment (def 1).
- ox-
-
- MOA
-
noun,
any of several flightless birds of the family Dinornithidae, of New Zealand, related to the kiwis but resembling the ostrich: extinct since about the end of the 18th century.
- MOC
-
noun,
moccasin.
- OSS
-
- Moe
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Morris or Moses.
- MOI
-
- MOR
-
- ose
-
- Mr.
-
plural,
mister: a title of respect prefixed to a man's name or position:
- MNE
-
- MRA
-
- MRE
-
- MRI
-
- MSA
-
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- MSE
-
- orc
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- MSI
-
- MNS
-
- MNA
-
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- MIE
-
- rax
-
verb (used with object),
to elongate; stretch.
- Meo
-
noun,
Miao (def 1).
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- MEX
-
- mi.
-
- MI5
-
noun,
the government's security and counterespionage service that works in liaison with Scotland Yard's Special Branch.
- MI6
-
noun,
the government's secret intelligence service.
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- Ar.
-
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- MIR
-
noun,
a village commune of peasant farmers in prerevolutionary Russia.
- mix
-
noun,
an act or instance of mixing.
- RMS
-
plural,
ream.
- RMA
-
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- Re.
-
- RCS
-
- RAM
-
noun,
a male sheep.
- MSN
-
- ons
-
- RCN
-
- NRC
-
- 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.
- Am.
-
- OSA
-
- Xn.
-
- Oc.
-
- NSC
-
- NSA
-
- NRA
-
- NEC
-
- nr.
-
- NES
-
- NIA
-
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- NIM
-
noun,
a game in which two players alternate in drawing counters, pennies, or the like, from a set of 12 arranged in three rows of 3, 4, and 5 counters, respectively, the object being to draw the last counter, or, sometimes, to avoid drawing it.
- nix
-
noun,
nothing.
- XOR
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result when either but not both of its operands are positive.
- NMI
-
- NMR
-
- Nee
-
adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- Oca
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- ONR
-
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- ONI
-
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- an.
-
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- OMS
-
noun,
a mantric word thought to be a complete expression of Brahman and interpreted as having three sounds representing Brahma or creation, Vishnu or preservation, and Siva or destruction, or as consisting of the same three sounds, representing waking, dreams, and deep sleep, along with the following silence, which is fulfillment.
- ac-
-
- NCO
-
- xis
-
noun,
the 14th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ξ, ξ).
- NAM
-
noun,
Vietnam.
- NEA
-
- oma
-
plural,
a noun suffix used to form names of tumors, of the kind specified by the base:
- Om.
-
- OIr
-
- oic
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- OEM
-
- OCS
-
- OCR
-
- ne-
-
- SCM
-
- RCA
-
- REA
-
- So.
-
- io-
-
- Ia.
-
- SAE
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- IAS
-
- ICA
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- SAC
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- SRO
-
- SSE
-
- ics
-
- SSI
-
- SSM
-
- SSN
-
- RSS
-
- sox
-
noun,
a plural of sock1 .
- RSA
-
- Rs.
-
- ier
-
- in.
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- NOC
-
- ine
-
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- EMR
-
- EMS
-
noun,
the letter M, m.
- en-
-
- ene
-
- EOE
-
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- sc.
-
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- SSC
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- ESA
-
- Esc
-
- ese
-
- SAR
-
- ESR
-
- ess
-
noun,
the letter S, s.
- Ex.
-
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- MEC
-
noun,
a pimp; mack.
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- IOC
-
- REX
-
noun,
king.
- Me.
-
- MIA
-
plural,
missing in action.
- Mo.
-
- MS.
-
plural,
manuscript.
- RIM
-
noun,
the outer edge, border, margin, or brink of something, especially of a circular object.
- MSC
-
- M-1
-
noun,
a semiautomatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber, clip-fed rifle, with a weight of 8.56 pounds (3.88 kg): the standard U.S. Army rifle in World War II and in the Korean War.
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- ion
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- MAE
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- Mao
-
- REM
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- mas
-
noun,
mother1 .
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- MCI
-
- MCR
-
- MEA
-
noun,
an acknowledgment of one's responsibility for a fault or error.
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- Mc-
-
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- SOS
-
noun,
any call for help:
- ISA
-
- ior
-
- Ios
-
noun,
a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey.
- Ir.
-
- IRC
-
- IRO
-
- ROI
-
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- IRS
-
- ROC
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ise
-
- ROA
-
- SSR
-
- ism
-
noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- RNA
-
- RMC
-
- rm.
-
plural,
ream.
- ISR
-
- XO
-
- Xe
-
- AI
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noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- xi
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noun,
the 14th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ξ, ξ).
- AO
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- A.
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noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- xc
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- ic
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- SN
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- RN
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- No
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noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- NM
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- O.
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- OE
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noun,
oy2 .
- OA
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- NI
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- NC
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- NA
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adverb,
no1 .
- N.
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- MX
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- R.
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- RA
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noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- RC
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- RI
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- MN
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- SI
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noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- MA
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noun,
mother1 .
- M.
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- RO
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- RX
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- S.
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- SA
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- SM
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- i.
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- er
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interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- EI
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- ee
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- E.
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noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- CM
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- CE
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- xr
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