Anagrams of cross-grained

Word cross-grained has 1822 anagrams that can be made by using the letters of cross-grained.

10 letter words you can make with cross-grained

corianders: noun, Also called cilantro, Chinese parsley. an herb, Coriandrum sativum, of the parsley family, native to Europe, having strong-scented leaves used in cooking and aromatic seeds used as a seasoning and in medicine.
recordings: noun, the act or practice of a person or thing that records.

9 letter words you can make with cross-grained

idocrases: noun, vesuvianite.
diocesans: noun, one of the clergy or people of a diocese.
grandsire: noun, a grandfather.
disgraces: noun, the loss of respect, honor, or esteem; ignominy; shame:
organdies: noun, a fine, thin cotton fabric usually having a durable crisp finish, white, dyed, or printed: used for blouses, dresses, curtains, trimmings, etc.
considers: verb (used with object), to think carefully about, especially in order to make a decision; contemplate; reflect on:
Rosecrans: noun, William Starke [stahrk] /stɑrk/ (Show IPA), 1819–98, U.S. general.
garrisons: noun, a body of troops stationed in a fortified place.
coriander: noun, Also called cilantro, Chinese parsley. an herb, Coriandrum sativum, of the parsley family, native to Europe, having strong-scented leaves used in cooking and aromatic seeds used as a seasoning and in medicine.
recording: noun, the act or practice of a person or thing that records.
serranids: noun, any of numerous percoid fishes of the family Serranidae, living chiefly in warm seas, including the sea basses and groupers.
grandiose: adjective, affectedly grand or important; pompous:
serranoid: noun, a serranoid fish.
cosigners: noun, a cosignatory.
endosarcs: noun, the endoplasm of a protozoan (opposed to ectosarc).
sarcosine: 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.

8 letter words you can make with cross-grained

socagers: noun, a tenant holding land by socage; sokeman.
grecians: noun, a Greek.
Sarcodes: noun, protoplasm, especially the semifluid content of a protozoan.
Cassirer: noun, Ernst [urnst,, ernst] /ɜrnst,, ɛrnst/ (Show IPA), 1874–1945, German philosopher.
endosarc: noun, the endoplasm of a protozoan (opposed to ectosarc).
diocesan: noun, one of the clergy or people of a diocese.
coinages: noun, the act, process, or right of making coins.
sarcoids: noun, a growth resembling a sarcoma.
rescinds: verb (used with object), to abrogate; annul; revoke; repeal.
arsenics
discerns: verb (used with object), to perceive by the sight or some other sense or by the intellect; see, recognize, or apprehend:
cosigner: noun, a cosignatory.
sensoria: noun, a part of the brain or the brain itself regarded as the seat of sensation.
sidecars: noun, a small car attached on one side to a motorcycle and supported on the other side by a wheel of its own, used for a passenger, parcels, etc.
cordages: noun, fiber and wire ropes, lines, hawsers, etc., taken as a whole, especially with reference to the rigging and other equipment of a vessel.
crosiers: noun, a ceremonial staff carried by a bishop or an abbot, hooked at one end like a shepherd's crook.
grinders: noun, a person or thing that grinds.
argosies: noun, a large merchant ship, especially one with a rich cargo.
scenario: noun, an outline of the plot of a dramatic work, giving particulars as to the scenes, characters, situations, etc.
necrosis: noun, death of a circumscribed portion of animal or plant tissue.
coarsens: verb (used with or without object), to make or become coarse.
negroids: noun, Older Use: Usually Offensive. a member of such peoples.
organics: noun, a substance, as a fertilizer or pesticide, of animal or vegetable origin.
soarings: noun, the sport of flying a sailplane.
decagons: noun, a polygon having ten angles and ten sides.
signoras: noun, a conventional Italian term of address or title of respect for a married woman, either used separately or prefixed to the name.
Cressida: noun, (in medieval adaptations of the story of the Trojan wars) a Trojan woman portrayed as the lover of Troilus, whom she deserts for Diomedes.
sardonic: adjective, characterized by bitter or scornful derision; mocking; cynical; sneering:
diagnose: verb (used with object), to determine the identity of (a disease, illness, etc.) by a medical examination:
sardines: noun, the pilchard, Sardina pilchardus, often preserved in oil and used for food.
disgrace: noun, the loss of respect, honor, or esteem; ignominy; shame:
Gassendi: noun, Pierre [pyer] /pyɛr/ (Show IPA), 1592–1655, French philosopher and scientist.
crossing: noun, the act of a person or thing that crosses.
Ericsson: noun, John, 1803–89, Swedish engineer and inventor; in the U.S. after 1839.
dressoir: noun, a cabinet of the 18th century, having a number of shallow shelves for dishes over a base with drawers and closed cupboards.
seringas: noun, any of several Brazilian trees of the genus Hevea, yielding rubber.
Congress: noun, (initial capital letter) the national legislative body of the U.S., consisting of the Senate, or upper house, and the House of Representatives, or lower house, as a continuous institution. this body as it exists for a period of two years during which it has the same membership: a session of this body:
droseras: noun, any of several insectivorous plants of the genus Drosera, having leaves covered with sticky hairs, comprising the sundews.
sadirons: noun, Northern, North Midland, and Western U.S. Older Use. a flatiron that is pointed at both ends and has a detachable handle.
consider: verb (used with object), to think carefully about, especially in order to make a decision; contemplate; reflect on:
serranid: noun, any of numerous percoid fishes of the family Serranidae, living chiefly in warm seas, including the sea basses and groupers.
corrades: verb (used with object), to wear down by corrasion; abrade.
indorses: verb (used with object), endorse.
rosaries: noun, Roman Catholic Church. a series of prayers, usually consisting of 15 decades of aves, each decade being preceded by a paternoster and followed by a Gloria Patri, one of the mysteries or events in the life of Christ or the Virgin Mary being recalled at each decade. a string of beads used for counting these prayers during their recitation. a similar string of beads consisting of five decades.
erasions: noun, the act of erasing.
serranos: noun, a small, green or reddish, extremely hot chili pepper, the fruit of a variety of Capsicum annuum used in cooking.
cordings: noun, cord covered with yarns or fabric, used decoratively.
Radisson: noun, Pierre Esprit [es-pree] /ɛs pri/ (Show IPA), 1636?–1710? French fur trader and explorer in Canada.
roarings: noun, the act of a person, animal, or thing that roars.
air-core: adjective, having a nonmagnetic core, as one of fiber or plastic, encircled by a coil (air-core coil) or containing one or more such coils:
dressing: noun, the act of a person or thing that dresses.
aneroids: noun, aneroid barometer.
Gardners: noun, Erle Stanley [url] /ɜrl/ (Show IPA), 1889–1970, U.S. writer of detective stories.
carrions: noun, dead and putrefying flesh.
corridas: noun, a bullfight.
cardings: noun, the process in which fibers, as cotton, worsted, or wool, are manipulated into sliver form prior to spinning.
Corrigan: noun, Mairead [muh-reyd] /məˈreɪd/ (Show IPA), born 1944, Northern Irish peace activist: Nobel Peace Prize 1976.
corsairs: noun, a fast ship used for piracy.
narcosis: noun, a state of stupor or drowsiness.
idocrase: noun, vesuvianite.
readings: noun, the action or practice of a person who reads.
Garrison: noun, a body of troops stationed in a fortified place.
acrogens: noun, a flowerless plant growing and producing its reproductive structures at the apex only, as ferns and mosses.
adenosis: noun, abnormal development or enlargement of glandular tissue.
Gardiner: noun, Samuel Rawson [raw-suh n] /ˈrɔ sən/ (Show IPA), 1829–1902, English historian.
corsages: noun, a small bouquet worn at the waist, on the shoulder, on the wrist, etc., by a woman.

7 letter words you can make with cross-grained

grinder: noun, a person or thing that grinds.
sea-dog: noun, a sailor, especially an old or experienced one.
coinage: noun, the act, process, or right of making coins.
seconds: noun, a second part.
codgers: noun, an eccentric man, especially one who is old.
codings: noun, the transforming of a variate into a more convenient variate.
seadogs: noun, fogbow.
Reading: noun, the action or practice of a person who reads.
Congers: noun, a large marine eel, Conger conger, sometimes reaching a length of 10 feet (3 meters), used for food.
Grecian: noun, a Greek.
rancors: noun, bitter, rankling resentment or ill will; hatred; malice.
coarser: adjective, of or relating to a topology on a topological space whose open sets are included among the open sets of a second specified topology on the space.
incases: verb (used with object), encase.
cargoes: noun, the lading or freight of a ship, airplane, etc.
ignores: verb (used with object), to refrain from noticing or recognizing:
cardio-
carding: noun, the process in which fibers, as cotton, worsted, or wool, are manipulated into sliver form prior to spinning.
incages: verb (used with object), encage.
seringa: noun, any of several Brazilian trees of the genus Hevea, yielding rubber.
candors: noun, the state or quality of being frank, open, and sincere in speech or expression; candidness:
carnies: noun, a person employed by a carnival.
candies: noun, any of a variety of confections made with sugar, syrup, etc., often combined with chocolate, fruit, nuts, etc.
candier
caisson: 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.
incross: noun, a mating between organisms that are both homozygous for the same allele.
indorse: verb (used with object), endorse.
Serrano: noun, a small, green or reddish, extremely hot chili pepper, the fruit of a variety of Capsicum annuum used in cooking.
ingress: noun, the act of going in or entering.
raiders: noun, a person or thing that raids.
carnose: adjective, of or relating to flesh; fleshy.
coarsen: verb (used with or without object), to make or become coarse.
randies: noun, Chiefly Scot. a rude or coarse beggar.
cirrose: adjective, having a cirrus or cirri.
Grisons: noun, a canton in E Switzerland. 2747 sq. mi. (7115 sq. km). Capital: Chur.
grosser: noun, a commercial production, as a motion picture or record, that generates a large amount of income.
rangers: noun, forest ranger.
cession: noun, act of ceding, as by treaty.
senoras: 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.
Randers: noun, a seaport in E Jutland, in Denmark.
carrion: noun, dead and putrefying flesh.
censors: 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.
cassone: noun, a large Italian chest of the Middle Ages and Renaissance, usually highly ornamented.
Cassino: noun, casino (def 3).
casinos: noun, a building or large room used for meetings, entertainment, dancing, etc., especially such a place equipped with gambling devices, gambling tables, etc.
casings: noun, a case or covering; housing.
caserns: noun, a lodging for soldiers in a garrison town; barracks.
caseins: noun, Biochemistry. a protein precipitated from milk, as by rennet, and forming the basis of cheese and certain plastics.
cordage: noun, fiber and wire ropes, lines, hawsers, etc., taken as a whole, especially with reference to the rigging and other equipment of a vessel.
reagins: noun, Also called Wassermann antibody. an antibody formed in response to syphilis and reactive with cardiolipin in various blood tests for the disease.
cording: noun, cord covered with yarns or fabric, used decoratively.
garners: noun, a granary or grain bin.
ganders: noun, the male of the goose. Compare goose (def 2).
ganoids: noun, a ganoid fish.
garcons: noun, (usually in direct address) a waiter in a restaurant.
Ricardo: noun, David, 1772–1823, English economist.
gardens: noun, a plot of ground, usually near a house, where flowers, shrubs, vegetables, fruits, or herbs are cultivated.
Gardner: noun, Erle Stanley [url] /ɜrl/ (Show IPA), 1889–1970, U.S. writer of detective stories.
dog-ear: noun, (in a book) a corner of a page folded over like a dog's ear, as by careless use, or to mark a place.
dosages: noun, the administration of medicine in doses.
Sanders: noun, a person or thing that sands or sandpapers.
re-sign: verb (used with or without object), to sign again.
gascons: noun, a native of Gascony, France, the inhabitants of which were reputedly very boastful.
sangers: noun, Frederick, 1918–2013, English biochemist: Nobel Prize in chemistry 1958.
disegno: noun, drawing or design: a term used during the 16th and 17th centuries to designate the formal discipline required for the representation of the ideal form of an object in the visual arts, especially as expressed in the linear structure of a work of art.
discern: verb (used with object), to perceive by the sight or some other sense or by the intellect; see, recognize, or apprehend:
discase: verb (used with object), to take the case or covering from; uncase.
dorsers: noun, dosser1 .
dossier: noun, a collection or file of documents on the same subject, especially a complete file containing detailed information about a person or topic.
dingoes: noun, a wolflike, wild dog, Canis familiaris dingo, of Australia, having a reddish- or yellowish-brown coat.
Roscian: adjective, of, relating to, or involving acting.
roaring: noun, the act of a person, animal, or thing that roars.
engirds: verb (used with object), to encircle; encompass:
engross: verb (used with object), to occupy completely, as the mind or attention; absorb:
Rodgers: noun, James Charles ("Jimmie") 1897–1933, U.S. country-and-western singer, guitarist, and composer.
erasion: noun, the act of erasing.
Ronsard: noun, Pierre de [pyer duh] /pyɛr də/ (Show IPA), 1524–85, French poet.
ergodic: adjective, of or relating to the condition that, in an interval of sufficient duration, a system will return to states that are closely similar to previous ones: the assumption of such a condition underlies statistical methods used in modern dynamics and atomic theory.
gainers: noun, a person or thing that gains.
earring: noun, an ornament worn on or hanging from the lobe of the ear.
earings: noun, a rope attached to a cringle and used for bending a corner of a sail to a yard, boom, or gaff or for reefing a sail.
Ericson: 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).
ringers: noun, a person or thing that encircles, rings, etc.
sadiron: noun, Northern, North Midland, and Western U.S. Older Use. a flatiron that is pointed at both ends and has a detachable handle.
Drosera: noun, any of several insectivorous plants of the genus Drosera, having leaves covered with sticky hairs, comprising the sundews.
errands: noun, a short and quick trip to accomplish a specific purpose, as to buy something, deliver a package, or convey a message, often for someone else.
rescind: verb (used with object), to abrogate; annul; revoke; repeal.
sarcode: noun, protoplasm, especially the semifluid content of a protozoan.
grained: noun, a small, hard seed, especially the seed of a food plant such as wheat, corn, rye, oats, rice, or millet.
cosigns: verb (used with or without object), to sign as a cosigner.
cronies: noun, a close friend or companion; chum.
crinose: adjective, hairy.
cringes: noun, servile or fawning deference.
cranio-
graders: noun, a person or thing that grades.
cosines: 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.
gradins: noun, one of a series of steps or seats raised one above another.
crossed: noun, a structure consisting essentially of an upright and a transverse piece, used to execute persons in ancient times.
corsair: noun, a fast ship used for piracy.
corsage: noun, a small bouquet worn at the waist, on the shoulder, on the wrist, etc., by a woman.
corrida: noun, a bullfight.
corrade: verb (used with object), to wear down by corrasion; abrade.
Graeco-
corners: noun, the place at which two converging lines or surfaces meet.
corneas: noun, the transparent anterior part of the external coat of the eye covering the iris and the pupil and continuous with the sclera.
crosier: noun, a ceremonial staff carried by a bishop or an abbot, hooked at one end like a shepherd's crook.
Gordian: Idioms, cut the Gordian knot, to act quickly and decisively in a difficult situation; solve a problem boldly.
dineros: noun, a former silver coin of Peru, the 10th part of a sol.
regains: noun, (in a moisture-free fabric) the percentage of the weight that represents the amount of moisture the material is expected to absorb under normal conditions.
sarcoid: noun, a growth resembling a sarcoma.
digress: verb (used without object), to deviate or wander away from the main topic or purpose in speaking or writing; depart from the principal line of argument, plot, study, etc.
sardine: noun, the pilchard, Sardina pilchardus, often preserved in oil and used for food.
designs: noun, an outline, sketch, or plan, as of the form and structure of a work of art, an edifice, or a machine to be executed or constructed.
reginas: noun, queen.
regards: noun, reference; relation:
decagon: noun, a polygon having ten angles and ten sides.
reasons: noun, a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.:
sarongs: noun, a loose-fitting skirtlike garment formed by wrapping a strip of cloth around the lower part of the body, worn by both men and women in the Malay Archipelago and certain islands of the Pacific Ocean.
Gironde: noun, an estuary in SW France, formed by the junction of the Garonne and Dordogne rivers. 45 miles (72 km) long.
darners: noun, a person or thing that darns.
darings: noun, adventurous courage; boldness.
Records: noun, an act of recording.
dancers: noun, a person who dances.
Scarron: noun, Paul [pawl] /pɔl/ (Show IPA), 1610–60, French novelist, dramatist, and poet.
inroads: noun, a damaging or serious encroachment:
coignes: noun, verb (used with object), quoin.
sidecar: noun, a small car attached on one side to a motorcycle and supported on the other side by a wheel of its own, used for a passenger, parcels, etc.
orceins: noun, a red dye, the principal coloring matter of cudbear and orchil, obtained by oxidizing an ammoniacal solution of orcinol.
acrogen: noun, a flowerless plant growing and producing its reproductive structures at the apex only, as ferns and mosses.
ascends: verb (used with object), to go or move upward upon or along; climb; mount:
arsines: noun, Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
oneidas: noun, a member of an Iroquois people formerly inhabiting the region east of Oneida Lake.
ironers: noun, a person or thing that irons.
arseno-
signers: noun, a person who signs.
Sogdian: noun, a native or inhabitant of Sogdiana.
Signora: noun, a conventional Italian term of address or title of respect for a married woman, either used separately or prefixed to the name.
Nidaros: noun, former name of Trondheim.
socages: noun, a tenure of land held by the tenant in performance of specified services or by payment of rent, and not requiring military service.
socager: noun, a tenant holding land by socage; sokeman.
soaring: noun, the sport of flying a sailplane.
sierras: noun, a chain of hills or mountains, the peaks of which suggest the teeth of a saw.
ordains: verb (used with object), to invest with ministerial or sacerdotal functions; confer holy orders upon.
signors: noun, a conventional Italian term of address or title of respect for a man, either used separately or prefixed to the name. Abbreviation: Sig., sig.
Isadore: noun, a male given name: from the Greek word meaning “gift of Isis.”.
Oscines: noun, an oscine bird.
agonies: noun, extreme and generally prolonged pain; intense physical or mental suffering.
Negroid: noun, Older Use: Usually Offensive. a member of such peoples.
singers: noun, a person who sings, especially a trained or professional vocalist.
anoesis: noun, a state of mind consisting of pure sensation or emotion without cognitive content.
organic: noun, a substance, as a fertilizer or pesticide, of animal or vegetable origin.
origans: noun, an aromatic herb, especially oregano.
narcose: adjective, characterized by stupor; stuporous.
aneroid: noun, aneroid barometer.
sirdars: noun, (in India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan) a military chief or leader.
onagers: noun, a wild ass, Equus hemionus, of southwestern Asia.
signore: noun, a conventional Italian title of respect for a man, usually used separately; signor.
Nordica: noun, Lillian (Lillian Norton) 1859–1914, U.S. soprano.
side-on: adverb, with the side or sides foremost, especially in a collision:
Oceanid: noun, any of the daughters of Oceanus and Tethys; a sea nymph.
sidero-
radices: noun, a plural of radix.
soredia: noun, a group of algal cells surrounded by hyphal tissue, occurring on the surface of the thallus and functioning in vegetative reproduction.

6 letter words you can make with cross-grained

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).
Dassin: noun, Jules [joolz;; French zhyl] /dʒulz;; French ʒül/ (Show IPA), 1911–2008, French motion-picture director, born in the U.S.
dassie: noun, hyrax.
Darren: noun, a male given name.
agric.
darner: noun, a person or thing that darns.
Negros: noun, an island of the central Philippines. 5043 sq. mi. (13,061 sq. km).
daring: noun, adventurous courage; boldness.
Darien: noun, Gulf of, an arm of the Caribbean between NE Panama and NW Colombia.
gnosis: noun, knowledge of spiritual matters; mystical knowledge.
darics: noun, a gold coin and monetary unit of ancient Persia.
Deacon: noun, (in hierarchical churches) a member of the clerical order next below that of a priest.
redans: noun, a V -shaped work, usually projecting from a fortified line.
danios: noun, any of several cyprinid fishes of the genera Danio and Brachydanio, of India and Sri Lanka, often kept in aquariums.
agron.
danger: noun, liability or exposure to harm or injury; risk; peril.
roadie: noun, a member of a crew for a traveling group of musicians or other entertainers, whose work usually includes the setting up of equipment.
dances: noun, a successive group of rhythmical steps or bodily motions, or both, usually executed to music.
oreads: noun, Classical Mythology. any of a group of nymphs who were the companions of Artemis.
sarsen: noun, any of numerous large sandstone blocks or fragments found in south-central England, probably remnants of eroded Tertiary beds.
Regain: noun, (in a moisture-free fabric) the percentage of the weight that represents the amount of moisture the material is expected to absorb under normal conditions.
girder: noun, a large beam, as of steel, reinforced concrete, or timber, for supporting masonry, joists, purlins, etc.
Gideon: noun, Also called Jerubbaal. a judge of Israel and conqueror of the Midianites. Judges 6–8.
sarges: noun, sergeant.
Derain: noun, André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1880–1954, French painter.
Edison: noun, Thomas Alva [al-vuh] /ˈæl və/ (Show IPA), 1847–1931, U.S. inventor, especially of electrical devices.
Gerard: noun, Also, Gé·rard·. a male given name, form of Gerald.
sargos: noun, a silvery grunt, Anisotremus davidsonii, inhabiting waters off the coasts of California and Mexico, having blackish markings and yellowish fins.
region: noun, an extensive, continuous part of a surface, space, or body:
orders: noun, an authoritative direction or instruction; command; mandate.
deigns: verb (used with object), to condescend to give or grant:
Regina: noun, queen.
snores: noun, the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
Rogers: noun, Bernard, 1893–1968, U.S. composer.
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.
decors: noun, style or mode of decoration, as of a room, building, or the like:
regard: noun, reference; relation:
sarods: noun, a lute of northern India, played with a bow.
decani: adjective, of or relating to the epistle or liturgical south side of a church (opposed to cantoris).
agonic: adjective, not forming an angle.
Girard: noun, Stephen, 1750–1831, U.S. merchant, banker, and philanthropist, born in France.
sarong: noun, a loose-fitting skirtlike garment formed by wrapping a strip of cloth around the lower part of the body, worn by both men and women in the Malay Archipelago and certain islands of the Pacific Ocean.
record: noun, an act of recording.
dancer: noun, a person who dances.
scares: noun, a sudden fright or alarm, especially with little or no reason.
Dairen: noun, former Japanese name of Dalian (def 2).
credos: noun, (often initial capital letter) the Apostles' Creed or the Nicene Creed.
crones: noun, a withered, witchlike old woman.
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.
cringe: noun, servile or fawning deference.
gorses: noun, any spiny shrub of the genus Ulex, of the legume family, native to the Old World, especially U. europaeus, having rudimentary leaves and yellow flowers and growing in waste places and sandy soil.
criers: noun, a person who cries.
gossan: noun, a rust-colored deposit of mineral matter at the outcrop of a vein or orebody containing iron-bearing materials.
orgies: noun, wild or drunken festivity or revelry, especially involving sex with multiple participants.
Graces: noun, elegance or beauty of form, manner, motion, or action: Synonyms: attractiveness, charm, gracefulness, comeliness, ease, lissomeness, fluidity. Antonyms: stiffness, ugliness, awkwardness, clumsiness; klutziness.
Odessa: noun, a seaport in S Ukraine, on the Black Sea.
crasis: noun, composition; constitution; makeup.
crores: noun, (in India) the sum of ten million, especially of rupees; one hundred lacs.
grader: noun, a person or thing that grades.
grades: noun, a degree or step in a scale, as of rank, advancement, quality, value, or intensity:
cossie: noun, a bathing suit; bathers.
scrags: noun, a lean or scrawny person or animal.
Rodger: noun, a male given name, form of Roger.
origan: noun, an aromatic herb, especially oregano.
engird: verb (used with object), to encircle; encompass:
COSINE: 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.
Andres: noun, John, 1751–80, British major hanged as a spy by the Americans in the Revolutionary War: plotted the betrayal of West Point with Benedict Arnold.
Andric: noun, Ivo [ee-vaw] /ˈi vɔ/ (Show IPA), 1892–1975, Yugoslavian poet, novelist, and short-story writer: Nobel Prize 1961.
Sirena: noun, a female given name.
sirens: noun, Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
design: noun, an outline, sketch, or plan, as of the form and structure of a work of art, an edifice, or a machine to be executed or constructed.
scions: noun, a descendant.
gonads: noun, a sex gland in which gametes are produced; an ovary or testis.
recons: noun, reconnaissance.
dagoes: noun, a contemptuous term used to refer to a person of Italian or sometimes Spanish origin or descent.
Gondar: noun, a city in NW Ethiopia, N of Lake Tana: a former capital.
snares: noun, a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
Dacron
scenas: noun, an extended operatic vocal solo, usually including an aria and a recitative.
scends: noun, the heaving motion of a vessel.
goners: noun, a person or thing that is dead, lost, or past recovery.
necro-
enosis: noun, a movement for securing the political union of Greece and Cyprus.
Enrico: noun, a male given name: Italian form of Henry.
scones: noun, a small, light, biscuitlike quick bread made of oatmeal, wheat flour, barley meal, or the like.
orenda: noun, a supernatural force believed by the Iroquois Indians to be present, in varying degrees, in all objects or persons, and to be the spiritual force by which human accomplishment is attained or accounted for.
scores: noun, the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.
scoria: noun, Metallurgy. the refuse, dross, or slag left after melting or smelting metal; scum.
reason: noun, a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.:
scorns: noun, open or unqualified contempt; disdain:
Sisera: noun, the commander of the Canaanite army of King Jabin: killed by Jael. Judges 4:17–22.
radios: noun, wireless telegraphy or telephony:
cross-
Derris: noun, any East Indian plant belonging to the genus Derris, of the legume family, especially D. elliptica, the roots of which contain rotenone and are used as an insecticide.
risers: noun, a person who rises, especially from bed:
geoids: noun, an imaginary surface that coincides with mean sea level in the ocean and its extension through the continents.
Saigon: noun, former name of Ho Chi Minh City: capital of former South Vietnam 1954–76.
across: adverb, from one side to another.
saices: noun, syce.
Rosser: noun, a logger who peels the bark from, and often smooths one side of, a log so that it may be dragged easily.
ganoid: noun, a ganoid fish.
dories: noun, a boat with a narrow, flat bottom, high bow, and flaring sides.
sondes: noun, a rocket, balloon, or rockoon used as a probe for observing phenomena in the atmosphere.
Dorian: noun, a member of a people who entered Greece about the 12th century b.c., conquered the Peloponnesus, and destroyed the Mycenaean culture: one of the four main divisions of the prehistoric Greeks. Compare Achaean (def 5), Aeolian (def 2), Ionian (def 3).
Dorcas: noun, a Christian woman at Joppa who made clothing for the poor. Acts 9:36–41.
Garcon: noun, (usually in direct address) a waiter in a restaurant.
donsie: adjective, Midland U.S. somewhat sick, weak, or lacking in vitality; not completely well.
dorser: noun, dosser1 .
dongas: noun, (in an ice shelf) a small ravine with steep sides.
Garden: noun, a plot of ground, usually near a house, where flowers, shrubs, vegetables, fruits, or herbs are cultivated.
adeno-
sonars: noun, a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
norias: noun, a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
noesis: noun, (in Greek philosophy) the exercise of reason.
Oneida: noun, a member of an Iroquois people formerly inhabiting the region east of Oneida Lake.
Garner: noun, a granary or grain bin.
Norris: noun, Charles Gilman, 1881–1945, U.S. novelist and editor.
Gander: noun, the male of the goose. Compare goose (def 2).
dorsi-
Adonic: noun, Prosody. an Adonic verse or line.
rigors: noun, strictness, severity, or harshness, as in dealing with people.
Nordic: noun, a member of the Nordic people, especially a Scandinavian.
onager: noun, a wild ass, Equus hemionus, of southwestern Asia.
erring: adjective, going astray; in error; wrong.
ringer: noun, a person or thing that encircles, rings, etc.
ringed: noun, a typically circular band of metal or other durable material, especially one of gold or other precious metal, often set with gems, for wearing on the finger as an ornament, a token of betrothal or marriage, etc.
sacro-
Esdras: noun, either of the first two books of the Apocrypha, I Esdras or II Esdras.
Sondra: noun, a female given name.
sacred: adjective, devoted or dedicated to a deity or to some religious purpose; consecrated.
esrogs: noun, etrog.
dosage: noun, the administration of medicine in doses.
essoin: noun, (in England) an excuse for nonappearance in a court of law at the prescribed time.
drains: noun, something, as a pipe or conduit, by which a liquid drains.
riders: noun, a person who rides a horse or other animal, a bicycle, etc.
Dragon: noun, a mythical monster generally represented as a huge, winged reptile with crested head and enormous claws and teeth, and often spouting fire.
Gainer: noun, a person or thing that gains.
noises: noun, sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
Gaines: noun, Edmund Pendleton, 1777–1849, U.S. general.
dosser: noun, a basket for carrying objects on the back; pannier.
ricers: noun, an implement for ricing potatoes, squash, etc., by pressing them through small holes.
rinses: noun, an act or instance of rinsing.
doings: noun, action; performance; execution:
Sander: noun, a person or thing that sands or sandpapers.
errand: noun, a short and quick trip to accomplish a specific purpose, as to buy something, deliver a package, or convey a message, often for someone else.
aeron.
sansei: noun, a grandchild of Japanese immigrants to the U.S. or Canada.
ogress: noun, a female monster in fairy tales and popular legend, usually represented as a hideous giant who feeds on human flesh.
Renard: noun, Reynard.
sarco-
nicads: noun, nickel-cadmium battery.
dinges: noun, the condition of being dingy.
dinger: noun, humdinger.
reigns: noun, the period during which a sovereign occupies the throne.
cosign: verb (used with or without object), to sign as a cosigner.
diners: noun, a person who dines.
sonics: noun, the branch of science that deals with the practical applications of sound.
rosace: noun, rosette (def 3).
dinero: noun, a former silver coin of Peru, the 10th part of a sol.
dinars: noun, any of various former coins of the Near East, especially gold coins issued by Islamic governments.
socage: noun, a tenure of land held by the tenant in performance of specified services or by payment of rent, and not requiring military service.
orcein: noun, a red dye, the principal coloring matter of cudbear and orchil, obtained by oxidizing an ammoniacal solution of orcinol.
genoas: noun, a large jib for cruising and racing yachts, overlapping the mainsail.
Ogaden: noun, an arid region in SE Ethiopia.
Soares: noun, Mário [mah-ryoo] /ˈmɑ ryʊ/ (Show IPA), born 1924, Portuguese statesman: prime minister 1976–78, 1983–85; president 1986–96.
Sardis: noun, an ancient city in W Asia Minor: the capital of ancient Lydia.
ordain: verb (used with object), to invest with ministerial or sacerdotal functions; confer holy orders upon.
Renoir: noun, Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1894–1979, French film director and writer.
sanies: noun, a thin, often greenish, serous fluid that is discharged from ulcers, wounds, etc.
Adonis: noun, Classical Mythology. a youth slain by a wild boar but permitted by Zeus to pass four months every year in the lower world with Persephone, four with Aphrodite, and four wherever he chose.
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.
onside: adjective, adverb, not offside; being within the prescribed line or area at the beginning of or during play or a play.
adores: verb (used with object), to regard with the utmost esteem, love, and respect; honor.
earing: noun, a rope attached to a cringle and used for bending a corner of a sail to a yard, boom, or gaff or for reefing a sail.
Sandie: noun, a male given name, form of Sandro.
Sandor: noun, a male given name.
Sandro: noun, a male given name.
Gascon: noun, a native of Gascony, France, the inhabitants of which were reputedly very boastful.
adorns: verb (used with object), to decorate or add beauty to, as by ornaments:
gassed: noun, Physics. a substance possessing perfect molecular mobility and the property of indefinite expansion, as opposed to a solid or liquid.
resign: verb (used with object), to give up (an office, position, etc.), often formally.
adren-
Sanger: noun, Frederick, 1918–2013, English biochemist: Nobel Prize in chemistry 1958.
adreno
soigne: adjective, carefully or elegantly done, operated, or designed.
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.
Orange: noun, a globose, reddish-yellow, bitter or sweet, edible citrus fruit.
discos: noun, discotheque.
disco-
orangs: noun, orangutan.
Gasser: noun, Slang. something that is extraordinarily pleasing or successful, especially a very funny joke.
andro-
Crosse: noun, a long-handled racket used in the game of lacrosse.
cosies: noun, a padded covering for a teapot, chocolate pot, etc., to retain the heat.
rancid: adjective, having a rank, unpleasant, stale smell or taste, as through decomposition, especially of fats or oils:
aroids: noun, any plant of the arum family.
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.
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.
Signor: noun, a conventional Italian term of address or title of respect for a man, either used separately or prefixed to the name. Abbreviation: Sig., sig.
sensor: noun, a mechanical device sensitive to light, temperature, radiation level, or the like, that transmits a signal to a measuring or control instrument.
arride: verb (used with object), to be agreeable or pleasing to.
Cedars: noun, any of several Old World, coniferous trees of the genus Cedrus, having wide, spreading branches. Compare cedar of Lebanon.
cedarn: adjective, resembling or made of cedar.
rancor: noun, bitter, rankling resentment or ill will; hatred; malice.
raises: noun, an increase in amount, as of wages:
irreg.
seracs: noun, a large irregularity of glacial ice, as a pinnacle found in glacial crevasses and formed by melting or movement of the ice.
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.
signer: noun, a person who signs.
gneiss: noun, a metamorphic rock, generally made up of bands that differ in color and composition, some bands being rich in feldspar and quartz, others rich in hornblende or mica.
raised: noun, an increase in amount, as of wages:
arsen-
casino: noun, a building or large room used for meetings, entertainment, dancing, etc., especially such a place equipped with gambling devices, gambling tables, etc.
casing: noun, a case or covering; housing.
casern: noun, a lodging for soldiers in a garrison town; barracks.
arsine: noun, Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
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.
ranged: noun, the extent to which or the limits between which variation is possible:
serais: noun, (in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
grocer: noun, the owner or operator of a store that sells general food supplies and certain nonedible articles of household use, as soaps and paper products.
coders: noun, a person or device that translates information into a code.
oscine: noun, an oscine bird.
argons: noun, a colorless, odorless, chemically inactive, monatomic, gaseous element that, because of its inertness, is used for filling fluorescent and incandescent lamps and vacuum tubes. Symbol: Ar; atomic number: 18; atomic weight: 39.948.
coarse: adjective, composed of relatively large parts or particles:
grinds: noun, the act of grinding.
Grison: noun, a weasellike carnivore, Galictis vittata, ranging from southern Mexico to Peru, having a grayish-white upper body, a distinctive white stripe across the forehead and ears, and a dark brown face, chest, and legs.
sedans: noun, an enclosed automobile body having two or four doors and seating four or more persons on two full-width seats.
ariose: adjective, characterized by melody; songlike.
cirro-
groans: noun, a low, mournful sound uttered in pain or grief:
groins: noun, Anatomy. the fold or hollow on either side of the front of the body where the thigh joins the abdomen.
Ranger: noun, forest ranger.
cinder: noun, a partially or mostly burned piece of coal, wood, etc.
osiers: noun, any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
raring: adjective, very eager or anxious; enthusiastic:
ciders: noun, the juice pressed from apples (or formerly from some other fruit) used for drinking, either before fermentation (sweet cider) or after fermentation (hard cider) or for making applejack, vinegar, etc.
Sendai: noun, a city on NE Honshu, in central Japan.
ranids: noun, frog1 (def 2).
ranges: noun, the extent to which or the limits between which variation is possible:
Senior: noun, a person who is older than another.
arises: verb (used without object), to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
scries: verb (used without object), to use divination to discover hidden knowledge or future events, especially by means of a crystal ball.
casein: noun, Biochemistry. a protein precipitated from milk, as by rennet, and forming the basis of cheese and certain plastics.
Serang: noun, Ceram.
codger: noun, an eccentric man, especially one who is old.
cagers: noun, Informal. a basketball player.
asides: noun, a part of an actor's lines supposedly not heard by others on the stage and intended only for the audience.
serins: noun, a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
racers: noun, a person, animal, or thing that races or takes part in a race, as a racehorse, bicycle, yacht, etc.
Cairns: noun, a seaport in NE Australia.
incorr
cairds: noun, a traveling tinker, especially a gypsy.
Indore: noun, a former state in central India: now part of Madhya Pradesh.
Sidras: noun, Gulf of, an inlet of the Mediterranean, on the N coast of Libya.
serosa: noun, Embryology, Zoology. the chorion. a similar membrane in insects and other lower invertebrates.
Racine: noun, Jean Baptiste [zhahn ba-teest] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist/ (Show IPA), 1639–99, French dramatist.
racons: noun, radar beacon.
Sierra: noun, a chain of hills or mountains, the peaks of which suggest the teeth of a saw.
cadres: noun, Military. the key group of officers and enlisted personnel necessary to establish and train a new military unit.
radons: noun, a chemically inert, radioactive gaseous element produced by the decay of radium: emissions produced by outgassing of rock, brick, etc. are a health hazard. Symbol: Rn; atomic number: 86; atomic weight: 222.
cadges: noun, a frame on which hawks are carried to the field.
Radnor: noun, a town in SE Pennsylvania, near Philadelphia.
INGRES: noun, Jean Auguste Dominique [zhahn oh-gyst daw-mee-neek] /ʒɑ̃ oʊˈgüst dɔ miˈnik/ (Show IPA), 1780–1867, French painter.
assign: noun, Usually, assigns. Law. a person to whom the property or interest of another is or may be transferred; assignee:
inorg.
radio-
inroad: noun, a damaging or serious encroachment:
assoc.
Candor: noun, the state or quality of being frank, open, and sincere in speech or expression; candidness:
incogs: adjective, adverb, noun, incognita or incognito.
Carson: noun, Christopher ("Kit") 1809–68, U.S. frontiersman and scout.
ignore: verb (used with object), to refrain from noticing or recognizing:
carses: noun, bottom land.
arsino: adjective, containing the arsino group.
Carrie: noun, a female given name, form of Caroline.
ironer: noun, a person or thing that irons.
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.
Signac: noun, Paul [pawl] /pɔl/ (Show IPA), 1863–1935, French painter.
ascend: verb (used with object), to go or move upward upon or along; climb; mount:
caries: noun, decay, as of bone or of plant tissue.
raider: noun, a person or thing that raids.
cargos: noun, the lading or freight of a ship, airplane, etc.
caress: noun, an act or gesture expressing affection, as an embrace or kiss, especially a light stroking or touching.
caners: noun, a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
ossein: noun, the collagen of bone, remaining after the mineral matter has been removed by treatment with dilute acid.
incage: verb (used with object), encage.
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.
Cardin: noun, Pierre, born 1922, French fashion designer.
cardi-
asdics: noun, sonar.
cansos: noun, Cape, a cape in SE Canada, the NE extremity of Nova Scotia.
incase: verb (used with object), encase.
canids: noun, any animal of the dog family Canidae, including the wolves, jackals, hyenas, coyotes, foxes, and domestic dogs.
irades: noun, a decree of a Muslim ruler.
grides: noun, a griding or grating sound.
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.
oscars: noun, a word used in communications to represent the letter O.
seadog: noun, fogbow.
grand-
Grande: noun, Rio. Rio Grande.
cordis: adjective, (in prescriptions) of the heart.
nadirs: noun, Astronomy. the point on the celestial sphere directly beneath a given position or observer and diametrically opposite the zenith.
anodic: adjective, pertaining to an anode or the phenomena in its vicinity.
singes: noun, a superficial burn.
coding: noun, the transforming of a variate into a more convenient variate.
grands: noun, grand piano.
Singer: noun, a person who sings, especially a trained or professional vocalist.
reagin: noun, Also called Wassermann antibody. an antibody formed in response to syphilis and reactive with cardiolipin in various blood tests for the disease.
Conrad: noun, Charles, Jr ("Pete") 1930–1999, U.S. astronaut.
conies: noun, the fur of a rabbit, especially when dyed to simulate Hudson seal.
conges: noun, leave-taking; farewell.
Conger: noun, a large marine eel, Conger conger, sometimes reaching a length of 10 feet (3 meters), used for food.
grani-
congas: noun, a Cuban ballroom dance that consists of three steps forward followed by a kick, characteristically performed by a group following a leader in a single line.
grano-
nacres: noun, mother-of-pearl.
corers: noun, a person or thing that cores.
grains: noun, an iron instrument with barbed prongs, for spearing or harpooning fish.
Grasse: noun, François Joseph Paul [frahn-swa zhaw-zef pawl] /frɑ̃ˈswa ʒɔˈzɛf pɔl/ (Show IPA), Comte de (Marquis de Grasse-Tilly) 1722–1788, French admiral.
angio-
gradin: noun, one of a series of steps or seats raised one above another.
corses: noun, corpse.
Andros: noun, Sir Edmund, 1637–1714, British governor in the American colonies, 1686–89, 1692–98.
sirdar: noun, (in India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan) a military chief or leader.
Corrie: noun, a circular hollow in the side of a hill or mountain.
Angers: noun, a city in and capital of Maine-et-Loire, in W France.
narcos: noun, narc.
narco-
Origen: noun, (Origenes Admantius) a.d. 185?–254? Alexandrian writer, Christian theologian, and teacher.
corgis: noun, Welsh corgi.
Corner: noun, the place at which two converging lines or surfaces meet.
corned: noun, Also called Indian corn; especially technical and British, maize. a tall cereal plant, Zea mays, cultivated in many varieties, having a jointed, solid stem and bearing the grain, seeds, or kernels on large ears.
Naoise: noun, the husband of Deirdre and a nephew of Conchobar, by whom he was treacherously killed.
cornea: noun, the transparent anterior part of the external coat of the eye covering the iris and the pupil and continuous with the sclera.
scrods: noun, a young Atlantic codfish or haddock, especially one split for cooking.
coring: noun, the act of removing a core or of cutting from a central part.
Orinda: noun, a town in W California.
anises: noun, a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
aniso-
nacred: adjective, lined with or resembling nacre.
scrogs: noun, any naturally short or stunted tree or bush, as a crab apple tree or blackthorn bush.
Cassie: noun, huisache.
Greco-
coigns: noun, verb (used with object), quoin.
ardors: noun, great warmth of feeling; fervor; passion:
Osages: noun, a member of a North American Indian people formerly of western Missouri, now living in northern Oklahoma.
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.
second: noun, a second part.
coigne: noun, verb (used with object), quoin.

5 letter words you can make with cross-grained

oread: noun, Classical Mythology. any of a group of nymphs who were the companions of Artemis.
irade: noun, a decree of a Muslim ruler.
Gerar: noun, an ancient city in Palestine, near the Mediterranean: now an archaeological site in Israel.
Regin: noun, a smith, the brother of Fafnir, who raises Sigurd and encourages him to kill Fafnir in the hope of gaining the gold he guards.
ERISA: noun, Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
rinse: noun, an act or instance of rinsing.
rings: noun, a typically circular band of metal or other durable material, especially one of gold or other precious metal, often set with gems, for wearing on the finger as an ornament, a token of betrothal or marriage, etc.
noria: noun, a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
Norge: noun, Norwegian name of Norway.
incor
Gosse: noun, Sir Edmund William, 1849–1928, English poet, biographer, and critic.
grain: noun, a small, hard seed, especially the seed of a food plant such as wheat, corn, rye, oats, rice, or millet.
gesso: noun, gypsum or plaster of Paris prepared with glue for use as a surface for painting.
girns: noun, verb (used with object), grin2 .
NORAD: noun, a joint U.S.-Canadian air force command responsible for detecting aircraft and space vehicles deemed a threat to the continental airspace.
Goren: noun, Charles Henry, 1901–91, U.S authority and writer on contract bridge.
erron
rides: noun, a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
grins: noun, a broad smile.
gorse: noun, any spiny shrub of the genus Ulex, of the legume family, native to the Old World, especially U. europaeus, having rudimentary leaves and yellow flowers and growing in waste places and sandy soil.
grice: noun, a pig, especially a young or suckling pig.
Grace: noun, elegance or beauty of form, manner, motion, or action: Synonyms: attractiveness, charm, gracefulness, comeliness, ease, lissomeness, fluidity. Antonyms: stiffness, ugliness, awkwardness, clumsiness; klutziness.
naso-
incog: adjective, adverb, noun, incognita or incognito.
Rider: noun, a person who rides a horse or other animal, a bicycle, etc.
rigor: noun, strictness, severity, or harshness, as in dealing with people.
esrog: noun, etrog.
gores: noun, blood that is shed, especially when clotted.
Iran.
Oscan: noun, one of an ancient people of south-central Italy.
ridge: noun, a long, narrow elevation of land; a chain of hills or mountains.
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.
rears
Indo-
incr.
roans: noun, a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
girds: noun, a gibe.
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.
rises: noun, an act or instance of rising.
radon: noun, a chemically inert, radioactive gaseous element produced by the decay of radium: emissions produced by outgassing of rock, brick, etc. are a health hazard. Symbol: Rn; atomic number: 86; atomic weight: 222.
Ensor: noun, James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
Regan: noun, (in Shakespeare's King Lear) the younger of Lear's two faithless daughters. Compare Cordelia (def 1), Goneril.
grind: noun, the act of grinding.
narcs: noun, a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
Indre: noun, a department in central France. 2667 sq. mi. (6910 sq. km). Capital: Châteauroux.
ocrea: noun, a sheathing part, as a pair of stipules united about a stem.
nerds: noun, a person considered to be socially awkward, boring, unstylish, etc.
engr.
ordn.
OSCAR: noun, a word used in communications to represent the letter O.
ocean: noun, the vast body of salt water that covers almost three fourths of the earth's surface.
oasis: noun, a small fertile or green area in a desert region, usually having a spring or well.
nards: noun, an aromatic Himalayan plant, believed to be the spikenard, Nardostachys jatamansi, the source of an ointment used by the ancients.
isnad: noun, the chain of testimony by which a hadith is transmitted.
races: noun, a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
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.
racer: noun, a person, animal, or thing that races or takes part in a race, as a racehorse, bicycle, yacht, etc.
gride: noun, a griding or grating sound.
grads: noun, a graduate.
Norse: noun, (used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
orig.
grade: noun, a degree or step in a scale, as of rank, advancement, quality, value, or intensity:
racon: noun, radar beacon.
riser: noun, a person who rises, especially from bed:
nares: plural noun, the nostrils or the nasal passages.
oidea
osier: noun, any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
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.
ogres: noun, a monster in fairy tales and popular legend, usually represented as a hideous giant who feeds on human flesh.
ergo-
Indra: noun, Hinduism. the chief of the Vedic gods, the god of rain and thunder.
Ogden: noun, Charles Kay, 1889–1957, British psychologist and linguist, inventor of Basic English.
noise: noun, sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
ranid: noun, frog1 (def 2).
gains
Niger: noun, a republic in NW Africa: formerly part of French West Africa. 458,976 sq. mi. (1,188,748 sq. km). Capital: Niamey.
Irons: noun, Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
nidge: verb (used with object), to dress (a stone) with a pick or kevel.
nicad: noun, nickel-cadmium battery.
goers: noun, a person or thing that goes:
orans: noun, orant.
reads: noun, an act or instance of reading:
icons
GRASS: noun, any plant of the family Gramineae, having jointed stems, sheathing leaves, and seedlike grains. Compare grass family.
Negro: noun, Anthropology. (no longer in technical use) a member of the peoples traditionally classified as the Negro race, especially those who originate in sub-Saharan Africa.
grans: noun, grandmother.
Genoa: noun, a large jib for cruising and racing yachts, overlapping the mainsail.
Goias: noun, a state in central Brazil. 247,826 sq. mi. (641,870 sq. km). Capital: Goiânia.
Osage: noun, a member of a North American Indian people formerly of western Missouri, now living in northern Oklahoma.
gonad: noun, a sex gland in which gametes are produced; an ovary or testis.
ranis: noun, ranee.
nides: noun, a nest or brood, especially of pheasants.
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ornis: noun, an avifauna.
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.
gnars: verb (used without object), to snarl; growl.
reign: noun, the period during which a sovereign occupies the throne.
dingo: noun, a wolflike, wild dog, Canis familiaris dingo, of Australia, having a reddish- or yellowish-brown coat.
Orrin: noun, a male given name.
redia: noun, a cylindrical larval stage of some trematodes, produced by a sporocyst and giving rise to daughter rediae or to cercariae.
nacre: noun, mother-of-pearl.
Range: noun, the extent to which or the limits between which variation is possible:
Redan: noun, a V -shaped work, usually projecting from a fortified line.
gears: noun, Machinery. a part, as a disk, wheel, or section of a shaft, having cut teeth of such form, size, and spacing that they mesh with teeth in another part to transmit or receive force and motion. an assembly of such parts. one of several possible arrangements of such parts in a mechanism, as an automobile transmission, for affording different relations of torque and speed between the driving and the driven machinery, or for permitting the driven machinery to run in either direction: a mechanism or group of parts performing one function or serving one purpose in a complex machine:
goads: noun, a stick with a pointed or electrically charged end, for driving cattle, oxen, etc.; prod.
genic: adjective, of, pertaining to, resembling, or arising from a gene or genes.
rends: verb (used with object), to separate into parts with force or violence:
Orcas: noun, the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
rands: noun, (in shoemaking) a strip of leather set in a shoe at the heel before the lifts are attached.
renga: noun, linked verse.
rares: adjective, coming or occurring far apart in time; unusual; uncommon:
Orang: noun, orangutan.
rices: noun, the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
giros: noun, autogiro.
Gaons: noun, a title of honor for the directors of the Jewish academies at Sura and Pumbedita in Babylonia, used from the end of the 6th century a.d. to about the beginning of the 11th century.
raids: noun, a sudden assault or attack, as upon something to be seized or suppressed:
ricer: noun, an implement for ricing potatoes, squash, etc., by pressing them through small holes.
groin: noun, Anatomy. the fold or hollow on either side of the front of the body where the thigh joins the abdomen.
ornes: noun, a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
order: noun, an authoritative direction or instruction; command; mandate.
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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.
REGIS: noun, a male given name.
ragis: noun, a cereal grass, Eleusine coracana, cultivated in the Old World for its grain.
onces: noun, a single occasion; one time only:
rages: noun, angry fury; violent anger (sometimes used in combination):
groan: noun, a low, mournful sound uttered in pain or grief:
ossia: conjunction, (indicating an alternative, usually easier, version of a passage in a musical score) or; or else.
orris: noun, an iris, Iris germanica florentina, having a fragrant rootstock.
geoid: noun, an imaginary surface that coincides with mean sea level in the ocean and its extension through the continents.
Nogai: noun, a member of a people living in the Caucasus region.
Nader: noun, Ralph, born 1934, U.S. lawyer, author, political reformer, and consumer advocate.
nadir: noun, Astronomy. the point on the celestial sphere directly beneath a given position or observer and diametrically opposite the zenith.
Oreg.
Redon: noun, Odilon [ohd-l-on;; French aw-dee-lawn] /ˈoʊd lˌɒn;; French ɔ diˈlɔ̃/ (Show IPA), 1840–1916, French painter and etcher.
raise: noun, an increase in amount, as of wages:
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.
redos: noun, the act or an instance of redoing.
genro: noun, any of the unofficial elder statesmen of Japan who influenced the government c1875–1940.
2,4-d: noun, a white to yellow, crystalline powder, C 8 H 6 O 3 Cl 2 , slightly soluble in water: used for killing weeds.
garni: adjective, garnished.
Onega: noun, Lake, a lake in the NW Russian Federation in Europe: second largest lake in Europe. 3764 sq. mi. (9750 sq. km).
RECON: noun, reconnaissance.
Gross: noun, a group of 12 dozen, or 144, things. Abbreviation: gro.
goner: noun, a person or thing that is dead, lost, or past recovery.
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rases: verb (used with object), raze.
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).
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rason: noun, a long, loose, black gown with wide sleeves, worn by the clergy.
Gondi: noun, a Dravidian language, the language of the Gonds.
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Carin: noun, a female given name.
Canso: noun, Cape, a cape in SE Canada, the NE extremity of Nova Scotia.
Card.
cards: noun, a usually rectangular piece of stiff paper, thin pasteboard, or plastic for various uses, as to write information on or printed as a means of identifying the holder:
serin: noun, a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
Caren: noun, a female given name.
cares: noun, a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
cargo: noun, the lading or freight of a ship, airplane, etc.
Carie: noun, a female given name, form of Caroline.
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canid: noun, any animal of the dog family Canidae, including the wolves, jackals, hyenas, coyotes, foxes, and domestic dogs.
carne: noun, Marcel [mahr-sel;; French mar-sel] /mɑrˈsɛl;; French marˈsɛl/ (Show IPA), 1909–1996, French film director.
carns: noun, cairn.
carse: noun, bottom land.
cases: noun, an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
serai: noun, (in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
serac: noun, a large irregularity of glacial ice, as a pinnacle found in glacial crevasses and formed by melting or movement of the ice.
Cedar: noun, any of several Old World, coniferous trees of the genus Cedrus, having wide, spreading branches. Compare cedar of Lebanon.
cedis: noun, a paper money and monetary unit of Ghana, equal to 100 pesewas.
Cenis: noun, Mont, a mountain pass between SE France and Italy, in the Alps. 6834 feet (2083 meters) high.
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.
ceras: noun, (in prescriptions) wax.
cadis: noun, qadi.
Sidra: noun, Gulf of, an inlet of the Mediterranean, on the N coast of Libya.
Sidon: noun, a city of ancient Phoenicia: site of modern Saida.
sides: noun, one of the surfaces forming the outside of or bounding a thing, or one of the lines bounding a geometric figure.
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.
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Sices: noun, syce.
Cades: noun, a juniper, Juniperus oxycedrus, of the Mediterranean area, whose wood on destructive distillation yields an oily liquid (oil of cade) used in treating skin diseases.
cadge: noun, a frame on which hawks are carried to the field.
cadre: noun, Military. the key group of officers and enlisted personnel necessary to establish and train a new military unit.
caner: noun, a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
cager: noun, Informal. a basketball player.
cages: noun, a boxlike enclosure having wires, bars, or the like, for confining and displaying birds or animals.
caids: noun, (in North Africa) a Muslim tribal chief, judge, or senior official.
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caine: noun, (Sir Thomas Henry) Hall, 1853–1931, English novelist.
cains: noun, Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
Caird: noun, a traveling tinker, especially a gypsy.
cairn: noun, a heap of stones set up as a landmark, monument, tombstone, etc.
Cairo: noun, a city in and the capital of Egypt, in the N part on the E bank of the Nile.
sensa: noun, plural of sensum.
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.
Asine: noun, an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
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coign: noun, verb (used with object), quoin.
Sears: noun, Richard Warren, 1863–1914, U.S. mail-order retailer.
coins: noun, a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
coirs: noun, the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
Conde: noun, Louis II de Bourbon [lwee,, duh boor-bawn] /lwi,, də burˈbɔ̃/ (Show IPA), Prince de (Duc d'Enghien"the Great Condé") 1621–86, French general.
Cong.
conga: noun, a Cuban ballroom dance that consists of three steps forward followed by a kick, characteristically performed by a group following a leader in a single line.
conge: noun, leave-taking; farewell.
cords: noun, (used with a plural verb) clothing, especially trousers, of corded fabric; corduroys.
codes: noun, a system for communication by telegraph, heliograph, etc., in which long and short sounds, light flashes, etc., are used to symbolize the content of a message:
Corea: noun, Armando Anthony [ahr-mahn-doh] /ɑrˈmɑn doʊ/ (Show IPA), ("Chick") born 1941, U.S. jazz pianist and composer.
corer: noun, a person or thing that cores.
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corgi: noun, Welsh corgi.
scrog: noun, any naturally short or stunted tree or bush, as a crab apple tree or blackthorn bush.
coria: noun, plural of corium.
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.
corr.
Corse: noun, corpse.
coeds: noun, Older Use. a female student in a coeducational institution, especially in a college or university.
coder: noun, a person or device that translates information into a code.
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cigar: noun, a more or less cylindrical roll of tobacco cured for smoking, of any of various lengths, thicknesses, degrees of straightness, etc., usually wrapped in a tobacco leaf.
ceros: noun, a large Atlantic and Gulf Coast mackerel game fish, Scomberomorus regalis.
Cerro: noun, a hill or peak.
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.
sengi: noun, a monetary unit of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, equal to 1/10,000 (.0001) of a zaire.
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.
sends: noun, the heaving motion of a vessel.
cider: noun, the juice pressed from apples (or formerly from some other fruit) used for drinking, either before fermentation (sweet cider) or after fermentation (hard cider) or for making applejack, vinegar, etc.
segos: noun, sego lily.
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codas: noun, Music. a more or less independent passage, at the end of a composition, introduced to bring it to a satisfactory close.
cines: noun, a film; motion picture.
segno: noun, a sign.
cions: noun, scion (def 2).
Segni: noun, Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1891–1972, Italian teacher, lawyer, and statesman: president 1962–64.
roars: noun, a loud, deep cry or howl, as of an animal or a person:
cires: noun, a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
cnida: noun, a nematocyst.
Sedan: noun, an enclosed automobile body having two or four doors and seating four or more persons on two full-width seats.
secos: noun, sekos.
Siena: noun, a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
aside: noun, a part of an actor's lines supposedly not heard by others on the stage and intended only for the audience.
scrag: noun, a lean or scrawny person or animal.
agers: noun, (often initial capital letter) a person living in a certain historical age:
Aegir: noun, a sea god, husband of Ran, and host at feast of the gods spoiled by Loki.
AEGIS: noun, Classical Mythology. the shield or breastplate of Zeus or Athena, bearing at its center the head of the Gorgon.
sodas: noun, sodium hydroxide.
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.
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Aesir: noun, the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
soars: noun, an act or instance of soaring.
agios: noun, a premium on money in exchange.
sodic: adjective, pertaining to or containing sodium:
Agnes: noun, Saint, a.d. 292?–304? Roman Catholic child martyr.
Soane: noun, Sir John, 1753–1837, English architect.
snore: noun, the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
agone: adverb, adjective, ago.
snogs: verb (used without object), to kiss and cuddle.
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snide: adjective, derogatory in a nasty, insinuating manner:
Aides: noun, nurse's aide.
Aidos: noun, the ancient Greek personification of modesty, respect, and shame.
Aedon: noun, a daughter of Pandareus who mistakenly killed her son. Zeus took pity on her and turned her into a nightingale.
adorn: verb (used with object), to decorate or add beauty to, as by ornaments:
snare: noun, a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
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.
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sores: noun, a sore spot or place on the body.
sords: noun, a flight or flock of mallards.
soras: noun, a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
sonic: adjective, of or relating to sound.
Sonia: noun, a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.
acids: noun, Chemistry. a compound usually having a sour taste and capable of neutralizing alkalis and reddening blue litmus paper, containing hydrogen that can be replaced by a metal or an electropositive group to form a salt, or containing an atom that can accept a pair of electrons from a base. Acids are proton donors that yield hydronium ions in water solution, or electron-pair acceptors that combine with electron-pair donors or bases.
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.
acorn: noun, the typically ovoid fruit or nut of an oak, enclosed at the base by a cupule.
Adore: verb (used with object), to regard with the utmost esteem, love, and respect; honor.
acred: adjective, owning many acres of land; landed.
acrid: adjective, sharp or biting to the taste or smell; bitterly pungent; irritating to the eyes, nose, etc.:
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acron: noun, the unsegmented, preoral portion of the body of an arthropod.
sonde: noun, a rocket, balloon, or rockoon used as a probe for observing phenomena in the atmosphere.
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Adige: noun, a river in N Italy, flowing SE to the Adriatic Sea. 220 miles (354 km) long.
adios: interjection, goodbye; farewell.
SONAR: noun, a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
snead: noun, Samuel Jackson ("Slamming Sammy") 1912–2002, U.S. golfer.
snags: noun, a tree or part of a tree held fast in the bottom of a river, lake, etc., and forming an impediment or danger to navigation.
ASDIC: noun, sonar.
Arion: noun, flourished 7th century b.c, Greek poet: inventor of the dithyramb.
ardor: noun, great warmth of feeling; fervor; passion:
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since: adverb, from then till now (often preceded by ever):
Sinas: noun, a female given name.
argon: noun, a colorless, odorless, chemically inactive, monatomic, gaseous element that, because of its inertness, is used for filling fluorescent and incandescent lamps and vacuum tubes. Symbol: Ar; atomic number: 18; atomic weight: 39.948.
Argos: noun, an ancient city in SE Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis: a powerful rival of Sparta, Athens, and Corinth.
signs: noun, a token; indication.
Aries: noun, Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
arise: verb (used without object), to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
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.
aroid: noun, any plant of the arum family.
arose: verb, simple past tense of arise.
arris: noun, a sharp ridge, as between adjoining channels of a Doric column.
arses: noun, ass2 (defs 1, 2).
arsis: noun, Music. the upward stroke in conducting; upbeat. Compare thesis (def 4).
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.
signa: verb, (used imperatively, in prescriptions) mark; write; label.
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ascon: noun, a type of sponge having an oval shape and a thin body wall with pores leading directly into the spongocoel.
Arden: noun, Forest of, a forest district in central England, in N Warwickshire: scene of Shakespeare's As You Like It.
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.
sires: noun, the male parent of a quadruped.
anger: noun, a strong feeling of displeasure and belligerence aroused by a wrong; wrath; ire.
Aisne: noun, a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
ancre: adjective, having the end of each limb divided and carved outward like the flukes of an anchor; moline:
andor: conjunction, (used to imply that either or both of the things mentioned may be affected or involved):
Siren: noun, Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
Andes: plural noun, a mountain range in W South America, extending about 4500 miles (7250 km) from N Colombia and Venezuela S to Cape Horn. Highest peak, Aconcagua, 22,834 feet (6960 meters).
Andie: noun, a male or female given name.
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Andre: noun, John, 1751–80, British major hanged as a spy by the Americans in the Revolutionary War: plotted the betrayal of West Point with Benedict Arnold.
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Angie: noun, a male or female given name, form of Angel.
angor: noun, extreme distress or mental anguish, usually of physical origin.
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anise: noun, a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
sings: noun, the act or performance of singing.
anode: noun, the electrode or terminal by which current enters an electrolytic cell, voltaic cell, battery, etc.
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.
singe: noun, a superficial burn.
scrod: noun, a young Atlantic codfish or haddock, especially one split for cooking.
segar: noun, cigar.
Craig: noun, Edward Gordon, 1872–1966, English stage designer, producer, and author.
dogie: noun, a motherless calf in a cattle herd.
Sango: noun, a Niger-Congo language of the Adamawa-Eastern branch, used as a lingua franca in the Central African Republic.
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sanes: noun, a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
Crane: noun, any large wading bird of the family Gruidae, characterized by long legs, bill, and neck and an elevated hind toe.
doers: noun, a person or thing that does something, especially a person who gets things done with vigor and efficiency.
doges: noun, the chief magistrate in the former republics of Venice and Genoa.
doing: noun, action; performance; execution:
Dirae: plural noun, the Furies. See fury (def 3).
Sande: noun, Earl, 1898–1968, U.S. jockey and racehorse trainer.
Donar: noun, the god of thunder, corresponding to Thor.
donas: noun, (initial capital letter) Madam; Lady: a Portuguese title prefixed to a woman's given name.
donec: conjunction, (in prescriptions) until.
sains: verb (used with object), to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
donga: noun, (in an ice shelf) a small ravine with steep sides.
dongs: noun, a deep sound like that of a large bell.
dirge: noun, a funeral song or tune, or one expressing mourning in commemoration of the dead.
Dirac: noun, Paul Adrien Maurice, 1902–84, British physicist, in the U.S. after 1971: Nobel Prize 1933.
DORAN: noun, an electronic device for determining range and assisting navigation, employing the principle of the Doppler effect.
dinar: noun, any of various former coins of the Near East, especially gold coins issued by Islamic governments.
Denis: noun, a male given name.
sargo: noun, a silvery grunt, Anisotremus davidsonii, inhabiting waters off the coasts of California and Mexico, having blackish markings and yellowish fins.
desc.
Sarge: noun, sergeant.
sards: noun, a reddish-brown chalcedony, used as a gem.
diag.
dices: Idioms, no dice, Informal. of no use or help; ineffective.
diner: noun, a person who dines.
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dines: noun, Scot. dinner.
dinge: noun, the condition of being dingy.
oared: noun, a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
dings: noun, a ringing sound.
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Saone: noun, a river flowing S from NE France to the Rhone. 270 miles (435 km) long.
Dione: noun, Classical Mythology. a Titan and a consort of Zeus.
saids: noun, sayyid.
Doric: noun, a dialect of ancient Greek spoken on Rhodes and other islands of the Dodecanese, in Crete, in Syracuse, and in all of the Peloponnesus except Arcadia.
deign: verb (used with object), to condescend to give or grant:
EDGAR: noun, an award given annually in various categories of mystery writing.
dross: noun, waste matter; refuse.
Sadie: noun, a female given name, form of Sara or Sarah.
Rosse: noun, William Parsons, Third Earl of, William Parsons.
earns: verb (used with object), to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
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.
Rosie: noun, a female given name, form of Rose.
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Edina: noun, a city in SE Minnesota, near Minneapolis.
Drina: noun, a river in S Europe, flowing N along the part of the border between Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina to the Sava River at Belgrade, Serbia. 285 miles (459 km) long.
ronde: noun, a typeface imitative of upright, somewhat angular, handwriting.
Ednas: noun, Adnah.
Roger: noun, a male given name: from Germanic words meaning “fame” and “spear.”.
Egadi: noun, a group of islands in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of W Sicily. 15 sq. mi. (39 sq. km).
egads: interjection, (used as an expletive or mild oath):
Rodin: noun, (François) Auguste (René) [frahn-swa oh-gyst ruh-ney] /frɑ̃ˈswa oʊˈgüst rəˈneɪ/ (Show IPA), 1840–1917, French sculptor.
eidos: noun, the formal content of a culture, encompassing its system of ideas, criteria for interpreting experience, etc.
drone: noun, the male of the honeybee and other bees, stingless and making no honey.
sadis: noun, sadhe.
Doris: noun, Classical Mythology. the wife of Nereus and mother of the Nereids.
drags: noun, Nautical. a designed increase of draft toward the stern of a vessel. resistance to the movement of a hull through the water. any of a number of weights dragged cumulatively by a vessel sliding down ways to check its speed. any object dragged in the water, as a sea anchor. any device for dragging the bottom of a body of water to recover or detect objects.
dorrs: noun, dor1 .
dorse: noun, the back of a book or folded document.
saice: noun, syce.
doses: noun, a quantity of medicine prescribed to be taken at one time.
sagos: noun, a starchy foodstuff derived from the soft interior of the trunk of various palms and cycads, used in making puddings.
Draco: noun, the Dragon, a northern circumpolar constellation between Ursa Major and Cepheus.
Drago: noun, Luis María [loo-is muh-ree-uh;; Spanish loo-ees mah-ree-ah] /ˈlu ɪs məˈri ə;; Spanish luˈis mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1859–1921, Argentine jurist and statesman.
Drain: noun, something, as a pipe or conduit, by which a liquid drains.
dries: noun, a plural of dry.
drang: noun, a narrow lane or alleyway.
sages: noun, a profoundly wise person; a person famed for wisdom.
drear: adjective, dreary.
dregs: noun, dregs, the sediment of liquids; lees; grounds.
dress: noun, an outer garment for women and girls, consisting of bodice and skirt in one piece.
Sadoc: noun, Zadok.
drier: noun, a person or thing that dries.
denar: noun, the basic monetary unit of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
Sands: noun, the more or less fine debris of rocks, consisting of small, loose grains, often of quartz.
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.
scena: noun, an extended operatic vocal solo, usually including an aria and a recitative.
Dario: noun, Rubén [roo-ven] /ruˈvɛn/ (Show IPA), (Félix Rubén García Sarmiento) 1867–1916, Nicaraguan poet and diplomat.
daric: noun, a gold coin and monetary unit of ancient Persia.
scads: noun, any carangid fish of the genus Decapterus, inhabiting tropical and subtropical shore waters.
Dares: noun, an act of daring or defiance; challenge.
scags: noun, heroin.
danio: noun, any of several cyprinid fishes of the genera Danio and Brachydanio, of India and Sri Lanka, often kept in aquariums.
dangs: verb (used with object), adjective, noun, damn (used euphemistically).
Scand
danes: noun, a native or inhabitant of Denmark.
scans: noun, an act or instance of scanning; close examination.
dance: noun, a successive group of rhythmical steps or bodily motions, or both, usually executed to music.
scare: noun, a sudden fright or alarm, especially with little or no reason.
dagos: noun, a contemptuous term used to refer to a person of Italian or sometimes Spanish origin or descent.
Dagon: noun, a Phoenician and Philistine god of agriculture and the earth: the national god of the Philistines.
daces: noun, a small, freshwater cyprinoid fish, Leuciscus leuciscus, of Europe, having a stout, fusiform body.
sasin: noun, blackbuck.
cries: noun, the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
crass: adjective, without refinement, delicacy, or sensitivity; gross; obtuse; stupid:
Credo: noun, (often initial capital letter) the Apostles' Creed or the Nicene Creed.
Creon: noun, a king of Thebes, the brother of Jocasta and the uncle of Eteocles, Polynices, and Antigone.
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.
cried: noun, the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
crier: noun, a person who cries.
crine: noun, hair; head of hair.
scend: noun, the heaving motion of a vessel.
crone: noun, a withered, witchlike old woman.
crore: noun, (in India) the sum of ten million, especially of rupees; one hundred lacs.
scorn: noun, open or unqualified contempt; disdain:
score: noun, the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.
Scone: noun, a small, light, biscuitlike quick bread made of oatmeal, wheat flour, barley meal, or the like.
scion: noun, a descendant.
darns: noun, a darned place, as in a garment:
oases: noun, a small fertile or green area in a desert region, usually having a spring or well.
Sarre: noun, French name of Saar.
sarod: noun, a lute of northern India, played with a bow.
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.
decan: noun, any of three divisions of 10° within a sign of the zodiac.
deci-
Degas: noun, Hilaire Germain Edgar [ee-ler zher-man ed-gar] /iˈlɛr ʒɛrˈmɛ̃ ɛdˈgar/ (Show IPA), 1834–1917, French impressionist painter.
decos: noun, art deco.
dears: noun, a person who is good, kind, or generous:
decor: noun, style or mode of decoration, as of a room, building, or the like:
deca-

4 letter words you can make with cross-grained

regd
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).
Rise: noun, an act or instance of rising.
SCSI: noun, a standard for computer interface ports featuring faster data transmission and greater flexibility than normal ports.
regs: noun, Usually, regs. Informal. regulations.
ROSE: noun, any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa. Compare rose family.
Oran: noun, a seaport in NW Algeria.
orad: adverb, toward the mouth or the oral region.
Rais: noun, Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
Rosa: noun, Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
Ross: noun, the rough exterior of bark.
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.
oras: noun, plural of os2 .
SOAR: noun, an act or instance of soaring.
snog: verb (used without object), to kiss and cuddle.
Sard: noun, a reddish-brown chalcedony, used as a gem.
sear: noun, a mark or scar made by searing.
sci.
Sean: noun, a male given name, form of John.
Reid: noun, Sir George Huston, 1845–1918, Australian statesman, born in Scotland: prime minister 1904–05.
ord.
soda: noun, sodium hydroxide.
orcs: noun, any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
Sadi: noun, sadhe.
Sade: noun, Donatien Alphonse François [daw-na-syan al-fawns frahn-swa] /dɔ naˈsyɛ̃ alˈfɔ̃s frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), Comte de (Marquis de Sade) 1740–1814, French soldier and novelist, notorious for his paraphilia.
Sacs: noun, a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
Saco: noun, a city in SW Maine.
Orca: noun, the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
regr
Seri: noun, a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
rage: noun, angry fury; violent anger (sometimes used in combination):
odic: adjective, of an ode.
rode: noun, a rope by which a boat is anchored.
ogre: noun, a monster in fairy tales and popular legend, usually represented as a hideous giant who feeds on human flesh.
sore: noun, a sore spot or place on the body.
rocs: noun, a bird of enormous size and strength.
OECD
Odin: noun, the ruler of the Aesir and god of war, poetry, knowledge, and wisdom; Wotan: the chief god.
sori: noun, plural of sorus.
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).
Oder: noun, a river in central Europe, flowing from the NE Czech Republic, N through SW Poland and along the border between Germany and Poland into the Baltic. 562 miles (905 km) long.
Sra.
sris: noun, a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
Roca: noun, Cape, a cape in W Portugal, near Lisbon: the western extremity of continental Europe.
ocas: noun, a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
SScD
sord: noun, a flight or flock of mallards.
sora: noun, a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
Ring: noun, a typically circular band of metal or other durable material, especially one of gold or other precious metal, often set with gems, for wearing on the finger as an ornament, a token of betrothal or marriage, etc.
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.
ragi: noun, a cereal grass, Eleusine coracana, cultivated in the Old World for its grain.
RONA
once: noun, a single occasion; one time only:
RNAS
road: noun, a long, narrow stretch with a smoothed or paved surface, made for traveling by motor vehicle, carriage, etc., between two or more points; street or highway.
Onas: noun, a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
scr.
roar: noun, a loud, deep cry or howl, as of an animal or a person:
RAID: noun, a sudden assault or attack, as upon something to be seized or suppressed:
Song: noun, a short metrical composition intended or adapted for singing, especially one in rhymed stanzas; a lyric; a ballad.
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.
roan: noun, a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
Soni
Rodi: noun, Italian name of Rhodes.
snod: adjective, smooth; sleek.
SEAS: noun, the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
Rind: noun, a thick and firm outer coat or covering, as of certain fruits, cheeses, and meats:
osis
sgd.
seis: noun, sei whale.
Sand: noun, the more or less fine debris of rocks, consisting of small, loose grains, often of quartz.
OSSA: noun, plural of os1 .
rase: verb (used with object), raze.
OSRD
RIAS: noun, a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
send: noun, the heaving motion of a vessel.
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).
Sais: noun, an ancient city in N Egypt, on the Nile delta: an ancient capital of Lower Egypt.
scag: noun, heroin.
sego: noun, sego lily.
Sina: noun, a female given name.
rend: verb (used with object), to separate into parts with force or violence:
RARE: adjective, coming or occurring far apart in time; unusual; uncommon:
redo: noun, the act or an instance of redoing.
osar: noun, plural of os3 .
sice: noun, syce.
rang: noun, a boomerang.
Reno: noun, Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
rad.
SASE
reds: noun, any of various colors resembling the color of blood; the primary color at one extreme end of the visible spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 610 and 780 nanometers.
Reg.
SCAD: noun, any carangid fish of the genus Decapterus, inhabiting tropical and subtropical shore waters.
Sian: noun, Older Spelling. Xian.
Sang: noun, the act or performance of singing.
Sig.
sign: noun, a token; indication.
Rani: noun, ranee.
RACE: noun, a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
sane: noun, a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
sain: verb (used with object), to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
SCAN: noun, an act or instance of scanning; close examination.
Rina: noun, a female given name.
Read: noun, an act or instance of reading:
sire: noun, the male parent of a quadruped.
scar: noun, a mark left by a healed wound, sore, or burn.
RdAc
rads: noun, a standard unit of absorbed dose of radiation equal to 0.01 gray2 .
sec.
rids: verb, a simple past tense and past participle of ride.
Sage: noun, a profoundly wise person; a person famed for wisdom.
ride: noun, a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
Riga: noun, a seaport in and the capital of Latvia, on the Gulf of Riga.
sirs: noun, a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
org.
snag: noun, a tree or part of a tree held fast in the bottom of a river, lake, etc., and forming an impediment or danger to navigation.
side: noun, one of the surfaces forming the outside of or bounding a thing, or one of the lines bounding a geometric figure.
Sera: noun, a plural of serum.
Sion: noun, a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
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.
Sind: noun, a former province of Pakistan, in the lower Indus valley; now part of West Pakistan. 48,136 sq. mi. (125,154 sq. km). Capital: Karachi.
Reis: plural noun, a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
Rice: noun, the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
orra: adjective, not regular or scheduled; odd:
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.
said: noun, sayyid.
recs: noun, recreation.
Rena: noun, a female given name, form of Marina.
RAND: noun, (in shoemaking) a strip of leather set in a shoe at the heel before the lifts are attached.
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.
rcd.
Orne: noun, a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
sags: noun, an act or instance of sagging.
Secs: noun, second2 (def 2).
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.
sago: noun, a starchy foodstuff derived from the soft interior of the trunk of various palms and cycads, used in making puddings.
Rida
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CERN
ciao: interjection, (used as a word of greeting or parting): hello; goodbye; so long; see you later.
Gand: noun, French name of Ghent.
Gaon: noun, a title of honor for the directors of the Jewish academies at Sura and Pumbedita in Babylonia, used from the end of the 6th century a.d. to about the beginning of the 11th century.
Gard: noun, a department in S France. 2271 sq. mi. (5882 sq. km). Capital: Nîmes.
Gare: noun, low-grade wool fibers from the legs of sheep.
gars: noun, Also called garfish, garpike. any predaceous freshwater fish of the genus Lepisosteus, of North America, covered with hard, diamond-shaped scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth.
cess: noun, British. a tax, assessment, or lien.
cera: noun, (in prescriptions) wax.
cide
cen.
cedi: noun, a paper money and monetary unit of Ghana, equal to 100 pesewas.
Cdr.
Cass: noun, Lewis, 1782–1866, U.S. statesman.
gds.
Gean: noun, heart cherry.
gear: noun, Machinery. a part, as a disk, wheel, or section of a shaft, having cut teeth of such form, size, and spacing that they mesh with teeth in another part to transmit or receive force and motion. an assembly of such parts. one of several possible arrangements of such parts in a mechanism, as an automobile transmission, for affording different relations of torque and speed between the driving and the driven machinery, or for permitting the driven machinery to run in either direction: a mechanism or group of parts performing one function or serving one purpose in a complex machine:
CASE: noun, an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
gads: noun, the act of gadding.
CIGS: noun, a cigarette.
Gen.
Erna: noun, a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
coed: noun, Older Use. a female student in a coeducational institution, especially in a college or university.
cods: noun, any of several soft-rayed food fishes of the family Gadidae, especially Gadus morhua, of cool, North Atlantic waters.
code: noun, a system for communication by telegraph, heliograph, etc., in which long and short sounds, light flashes, etc., are used to symbolize the content of a message:
ergs
Eric: noun, Eric the Red.
Erin: noun, Literary. Ireland.
Eris: noun, the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
Eros: noun, the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
cion: noun, scion (def 2).
coda: noun, Music. a more or less independent passage, at the end of a composition, introduced to bring it to a satisfactory close.
errs: verb (used without object), to go astray in thought or belief; be mistaken; be incorrect.
Esd.
cis-
ESIS
eso-
cire: noun, a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
cir.
geds: noun, any fish of the pike family.
Gena: noun, the cheek or side region of the head.
cog.
Gore: noun, blood that is shed, especially when clotted.
dern: adjective, adverb, verb (used with object), darn2 .
GOES: noun, plural of go1 .
caid: noun, (in North Africa) a Muslim tribal chief, judge, or senior official.
gon-
Gond: noun, a member of an aboriginal people of Dravidian stock, in central India and the Deccan.
Gone: noun, the act of going:
Cage: noun, a boxlike enclosure having wires, bars, or the like, for confining and displaying birds or animals.
cads: noun, an ill-bred man, especially one who behaves in a dishonorable or irresponsible way toward women.
Can.
grad: noun, a graduate.
Gran: noun, grandmother.
gras
cadi: noun, qadi.
gres
grid: noun, a grating of crossed bars; gridiron.
cade: noun, a juniper, Juniperus oxycedrus, of the Mediterranean area, whose wood on destructive distillation yields an oily liquid (oil of cade) used in treating skin diseases.
grin: noun, a broad smile.
Cain: noun, Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
goas: noun, a gazelle, Procapra picticaudata, of the Tibetan plateau.
gens: noun, a group of families in ancient Rome claiming descent from a common ancestor and united by a common name and common ancestral religious rites.
Carr: noun, John Dickson, 1906–77, U.S. mystery writer.
geo-
Ger.
Gera: noun, a city in E central Germany.
Gerd: noun, the daughter of a giant and the consort of Frey, who wooed her through his servant Skirnir.
Gers: noun, a department in SW France. 2429 sq. mi. (6290 sq. km). Capital: Auch.
Gide: noun, André (Paul Guillaume) [ahn-drey pawl gee-yohm] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ pɔl giˈyoʊm/ (Show IPA), 1869–1951, French novelist, essayist, poet, and critic: Nobel Prize 1947.
gids
Carn: noun, cairn.
goad: noun, a stick with a pointed or electrically charged end, for driving cattle, oxen, etc.; prod.
Gina: noun, a female given name.
Gino: noun, a male given name.
gird: noun, a gibe.
girn: noun, verb (used with object), grin2 .
giro: noun, autogiro.
CARE: noun, a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
gnar: verb (used without object), to snarl; growl.
cane: noun, a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
eons: noun, an indefinitely long period of time; age.
cogs: noun, (not in technical use) a gear tooth, formerly especially one of hardwood or metal, fitted into a slot in a gearwheel of less durable material.
gro.
Dona: noun, (initial capital letter) Madam; Lady: a Portuguese title prefixed to a woman's given name.
deco: noun, art deco.
doer: noun, a person or thing that does something, especially a person who gets things done with vigor and efficiency.
does: noun, a plural of doe.
Dec.
Doge: noun, the chief magistrate in the former republics of Venice and Genoa.
DEAR: noun, a person who is good, kind, or generous:
Dean: noun, Education. the head of a faculty, school, or administrative division in a university or college: an official in an American college or secondary school having charge of student personnel services, such as counseling or discipline: the official in charge of undergraduate students at an English university.
done: noun, Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
doc.: plural, document.
Dong: noun, a deep sound like that of a large bell.
dons: noun, (initial capital letter) Mr.; Sir: a Spanish title prefixed to a man's given name.
Dora: noun, a female given name: from a Greek word meaning “gift.”.
DORE: noun, the walleye or pike perch of North America.
Dorr: noun, dor1 .
dose: noun, a quantity of medicine prescribed to be taken at one time.
Doss: noun, a place to sleep, especially in a cheap lodging house.
drag: noun, Nautical. a designed increase of draft toward the stern of a vessel. resistance to the movement of a hull through the water. any of a number of weights dragged cumulatively by a vessel sliding down ways to check its speed. any object dragged in the water, as a sea anchor. any device for dragging the bottom of a body of water to recover or detect objects.
DOCS: noun, doctor.
deg.
Darn: noun, a darned place, as in a garment:
Dine: noun, Scot. dinner.
DIAS: noun, Bartholomeu [bahr-too-loo-me-oo] /ˌbɑr tʊ lʊˈmɛ ʊ/ (Show IPA), c1450–1500, Portuguese navigator: discoverer of the Cape of Good Hope.
Dice: noun, Machinery. any of various devices for cutting or forming material in a press or a stamping or forging machine. a hollow device of steel, often composed of several pieces to be fitted into a stock, for cutting the threads of bolts or the like. one of the separate pieces of such a device. a steel block or plate with small conical holes through which wire, plastic rods, etc., are drawn.
der.
Dies: noun, Martin, 1901–72, U.S. politician.
dig.
digs: noun, thrust; poke:
Din.
ding: noun, a ringing sound.
Den.
Dino
dins: noun, a loud, confused noise; a continued loud or tumultuous sound; noisy clamor.
Deni: noun, a monetary unit of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the 100th part of a denar.
dioc
Dior: noun, Christian [kris-chuh n;; French krees-tyahn] /ˈkrɪs tʃən;; French krisˈtyɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1905–57, French fashion designer.
dir.
DIRE: adjective, causing or involving great fear or suffering; dreadful; terrible:
dis-
dreg: noun, dregs, the sediment of liquids; lees; grounds.
Drin: noun, a river in S Europe, flowing generally NW from SW Macedonia through N Albania into the Adriatic. 180 miles (290 km) long.
coin: noun, a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
Cond
Cora: noun, Classical Mythology. Kore.
egad: interjection, (used as an expletive or mild oath):
egis: noun, aegis.
egos: noun, the “I” or self of any person; a person as thinking, feeling, and willing, and distinguishing itself from the selves of others and from objects of its thought.
Cor.
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.
enc.
end-
Cord: noun, a string or thin rope made of several strands braided, twisted, or woven together.
ends: noun, the last part or extremity, lengthwise, of anything that is longer than it is wide or broad:
Eng.
engs: noun, the symbol, ŋ, that, in the International Phonetic Alphabet and in the pronunciation alphabets of some dictionaries, represents the voiced velar nasal consonant indicated in English spelling by (ng), as in the pronunciations of cling [kling] /klɪŋ/ (Show IPA) and clink [klingk] /klɪŋk/ (Show IPA).
Enid: noun, a city in N Oklahoma.
Enos: noun, the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
Ens.
Con.
coir: noun, the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
Edna: noun, a female given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “rejuvenation, rebirth.”.
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.
Dari: noun, a form of Persian, spoken in Afghanistan.
Dace: noun, a small, freshwater cyprinoid fish, Leuciscus leuciscus, of Europe, having a stout, fusiform body.
darg: noun, Scot. and North England. a day's work.
Dare: noun, an act of daring or defiance; challenge.
Dang: verb (used with object), adjective, noun, damn (used euphemistically).
Dane: noun, a native or inhabitant of Denmark.
Dan.: abbreviation, Bible. Daniel (def 1).
DAIS: noun, a raised platform, as at the front of a room, for a lectern, throne, seats of honor, etc.
dags: noun, one of a series of decorative scallops or foliations along the edge of a garment, cloth, etc.
Dago: noun, a contemptuous term used to refer to a person of Italian or sometimes Spanish origin or descent.
DEng
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.
Eads: noun, James Buchanan, 1820–87, U.S. engineer and inventor.
Cres
EARN: verb (used with object), to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
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.
Crag: noun, a steep, rugged rock; rough, broken, projecting part of a rock.
coss: noun, kos.
cose: verb (used without object), coze.
eco-
Gris: noun, Juan [hwahn] /ʰwɑn/ (Show IPA), (José Vittoriano Gonzáles) 1887–1927, Spanish painter in France.
Goer: noun, a person or thing that goes:
Gros: noun, Antoine Jean [ahn-twan zhahn] /ɑ̃ˈtwan ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), Baron, 1771–1835, French painter.
ains: noun, a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
agio: noun, a premium on money in exchange.
Agni: noun, Hindu Mythology. the god of fire, one of the three chief divinities of the Vedas.
Agon: noun, (in ancient Greece) a contest in which prizes were awarded in any of a number of events, as athletics, drama, music, poetry, and painting.
agr.
NDAC
Nasi: noun, the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
NASD
nard: noun, an aromatic Himalayan plant, believed to be the spikenard, Nardostachys jatamansi, the source of an ointment used by the ancients.
narc: noun, a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
Naos: noun, a temple.
Nair: noun, a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
aide: noun, nurse's aide.
AInd
Aire
neo-
airs: noun, a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
ISSN
iso-
ance
Isar: noun, a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
Ande: plural noun, a mountain range in W South America, extending about 4500 miles (7250 km) from N Colombia and Venezuela S to Cape Horn. Highest peak, Aconcagua, 22,834 feet (6960 meters).
ands
anes: adverb, once.
Irra: noun, the Akkadian god of pestilence.
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.
Ire.
ano-
ANSI
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.
agin: preposition, against; opposed to.
ages: noun, the length of time during which a being or thing has existed; length of life or existence to the time spoken of or referred to:
IRAS: noun, a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
Adie: noun, a female given name.
ARCS: noun, Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
acid: noun, Chemistry. a compound usually having a sour taste and capable of neutralizing alkalis and reddening blue litmus paper, containing hydrogen that can be replaced by a metal or an electropositive group to form a salt, or containing an atom that can accept a pair of electrons from a base. Acids are proton donors that yield hydronium ions in water solution, or electron-pair acceptors that combine with electron-pair donors or bases.
Acis: noun, the lover of Galatea, killed by Polyphemus out of jealousy.
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.
acne: noun, an inflammatory disease of the sebaceous glands, characterized by comedones and pimples, especially on the face, back, and chest, and, in severe cases, by cysts and nodules resulting in scarring.
acr-
nos-
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.
nori: noun, a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
Nord: noun, a department in N France. 2229 sq. mi. (5770 sq. km). Capital: Lille.
Nora: noun, a female given name, form of Honora.
Nor.
noir: adjective, black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
nogs: noun, any beverage made with beaten eggs, usually with alcoholic liquor; eggnog.
noes: noun, an utterance of the word “no.”.
nerd: noun, a person considered to be socially awkward, boring, unstylish, etc.
node: noun, a knot, protuberance, or knob.
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
Nier: noun, Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
nide: noun, a nest or brood, especially of pheasants.
aesc: noun, ash2 (def 3).
Nida: noun, a female given name, form of Nydia.
NICE: noun, a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
aged: noun, (used with a plural verb) old people collectively (usually preceded by the):
ness: noun, a headland; promontory; cape.
ager: noun, (often initial capital letter) a person living in a certain historical age:
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.
ARCO: adverb, (of the performance of a passage for stringed instruments) with the bow.
AIDS: noun, a disease of the immune system characterized by increased susceptibility to opportunistic infections, as pneumocystis carinii pneumonia and candidiasis, to certain cancers, as Kaposi's sarcoma, and to neurological disorders: caused by a retrovirus and transmitted chiefly through blood or blood products that enter the body's bloodstream, especially by sexual contact or contaminated hypodermic needles.
iod-
ins.
Aser: noun, Asher (def 1).
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.
Idas: noun, Mount, a mountain in W Turkey, in NW Asia Minor, SE of ancient Troy. 5810 feet (1771 meters). Turkish Kazdaği [kahz-dah-gee; Turkish kahz-dah-uh] /ˌkɑz dɑˈgi; Turkish ˌkɑz dɑˈʌ/ (Show IPA).
ICAO
Arg.
Ind.
Argo: noun, Astronomy. a very large southern constellation, now divided into Vela, Carina, Puppis, and Pyxis, four separate constellations lying largely south of Canis Major.
IDEA: noun, any conception existing in the mind as a result of mental understanding, awareness, or activity.
asc-
inro: noun, a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
ides: noun, (in the ancient Roman calendar) the fifteenth day of March, May, July, or October, and the thirteenth day of the other months.
Inge: noun, William (Motter) [mot-er] /ˈmɒt ər/ (Show IPA), 1913–73, U.S. playwright.
Arne: noun, Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
asci: noun, plural of ascus.
arid: adjective, being without moisture; extremely dry; parched:
IndE
idae
asgd
Inc.
iced: noun, the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
arse: noun, ass2 (defs 1, 2).
Ice.
Ares: noun, the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
Asir: noun, a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
asse: noun, Cape fox.
asis
ign.
Iago: noun, the villain in Shakespeare's Othello.
Iona: noun, an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
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 = .
arr.
Aron: noun, a male given name.
ices: noun, the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
ASSR
Arno: noun, Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
inae
ARIS

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ade: noun, George, 1866–1944, U.S. humorist.
Aso: noun, Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
ard
ASN
DCS
ado: noun, busy activity; bustle; fuss.
d-c: noun, a surgical method for the removal of diseased tissue or an early embryo from the lining of the uterus by means of scraping.
Son: noun, a male child or person in relation to his parents.
DAS: noun, hyrax.
sc.
ADS: noun, advertisement.
ae.
CAI
AEC
DAR
sod: noun, a section cut or torn from the surface of grassland, containing the matted roots of grass.
AES: noun, any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome. Compare as2 (def 1).
ASR
DEA
de-
ag-
SSN
SSI
SSE
SSD
SSC
SSA
ss.
SRS
SRI: noun, a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
Sr.
SOS: noun, any call for help:
ac-
ad-
ADC
AID: noun, help or support; assistance.
ASS: noun, a long-eared, slow, patient, sure-footed domesticated mammal, Equus asinus, related to the horse, used chiefly as a beast of burden.
an.
Ar.
DEI: adverb, by the grace of God.
COD: noun, any of several soft-rayed food fishes of the family Gadidae, especially Gadus morhua, of cool, North Atlantic waters.
ACE: noun, a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
cr.
cs.
Co.
SES: noun, the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
CAD: noun, an ill-bred man, especially one who behaves in a dishonorable or irresponsible way toward women.
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.
SID: noun, a male or female given name, form of Sidney or Sydney.
ca.
ACS
ASI
SOC: noun, sociology or a class or course in sociology.
ScD
ANG
sis: noun, sister.
Sin: noun, transgression of divine law:
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.
ANC
CNS
SED
CNO
ane: adjective, noun, pronoun, one.
CEA
CED
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).
SIR: noun, a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
ANI: noun, any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
Ain: noun, a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
cig: noun, a cigarette.
SEI: noun, sei whale.
CIE
SEN: noun, a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
CID: noun, The ("El Cid Campeador"; Rodrigo Díaz de Bivar) c1040–99, Spanish soldier: hero of the wars against the Moors.
ans: noun, the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
CEO
aor
CIA
ARC: noun, Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
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.
CGS
AIR: noun, a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
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).
Dag: noun, one of a series of decorative scallops or foliations along the edge of a garment, cloth, etc.
COS: noun, romaine.
DAE
DSO
DSC
DOA
do.
CSR
CSO
CSA
CRS
AGC
age: noun, the length of time during which a being or thing has existed; length of life or existence to the time spoken of or referred to:
CGI
CAR: noun, an automobile.
AIC
ase
SCS
SDA
SDI
SDR
SDS
ago: adverb, in past time; in the past:
se-
sea: noun, the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
ARS
CAS: verb (used with or without object), to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
AGS: adjective, noun, agriculture:
OAS
ean
SSR
IOC
Ido: noun, a revised and simplified form of Esperanto, introduced in 1907.
IDS: noun, the part of the psyche, residing in the unconscious, that is the source of instinctive impulses that seek satisfaction in accordance with the pleasure principle and are modified by the ego and the superego before they are given overt expression.
ier
in.
Rai: noun, a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
ina: noun, a female given name.
rag: noun, a worthless piece of cloth, especially one that is torn or worn.
Rae: noun, John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
ine
ing
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 = .
RAN: noun, a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
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
Re.
RCS
Rd.
IRO
OSS
IRS
ide
IDA: noun, Mount, a mountain in W Turkey, in NW Asia Minor, SE of ancient Troy. 5810 feet (1771 meters). Turkish Kazdaği [kahz-dah-gee; Turkish kahz-dah-uh] /ˌkɑz dɑˈgi; Turkish ˌkɑz dɑˈʌ/ (Show IPA).
ISA
di.
God: noun, the one Supreme Being, the creator and ruler of the universe.
goi: noun, goy.
REC: noun, recreation.
Gor: interjection, (used as a mild oath.)
Gr.
gre
REA
RDS
RDC
RDA
RCA
ICA: noun, Portuguese name of Putumayo.
GSA
RAS: noun, the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
GSC
GSR
ics
id.
IRA: noun, a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
io-
Ia.
ian: noun, a male given name, Scottish form of John.
IAS
Is.: noun, (used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
ose
Goa: noun, a gazelle, Procapra picticaudata, of the Tibetan plateau.
OES: noun, the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
nog: noun, any beverage made with beaten eggs, usually with alcoholic liquor; eggnog.
one: noun, the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
ONA: noun, a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
OIr
oid
oic
nr.
NRA
NRC
NSA
NSC
ONI
ODS: noun, a hypothetical force formerly held to pervade all nature and to manifest itself in magnetism, mesmerism, chemical action, etc.
Oc.
ode: noun, a lyric poem typically of elaborate or irregular metrical form and expressive of exalted or enthusiastic emotion.
ODA: noun, a room within a harem.
OCS
OED
OCR
OSA
OCD
OSD
Oca: noun, a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
Noe: noun, Noah (def 1).
ONR
ise
NED: noun, a male given name, form of Edward.
ISR
NCO
Orr: noun, Sir John Boyd, Boyd Orr, Sir John.
NAD
nae: adverb, no1 ; not.
NAG: noun, Also, nagger. a person who nags, especially habitually.
NDE
ne-
NEA
NEC
NEG: noun, a photographic negative.
ons
Ore: noun, a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
NES
NGC
NGO: noun, 1901–1963, South Vietnamese statesman: president of the Republic of South Vietnam 1956–63.
NIA
NIC: noun, a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
orc: noun, any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
NIG: verb (used with object), nidge.
NOC
Nod: noun, a short, quick downward bending forward of the head, as in assent, greeting, or command or because of drowsiness.
Ora: noun, plural of os2 .
red: noun, any of various colors resembling the color of blood; the primary color at one extreme end of the visible spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 610 and 780 nanometers.
RCN
Eg.
DSS
EDO: noun, a member of an indigenous people of western Africa, in the Benin region of southern Nigeria.
ROI
EDS: noun, education:
ROG
ROE: noun, the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
EGO: noun, the “I” or self of any person; a person as thinking, feeling, and willing, and distinguishing itself from the selves of others and from objects of its thought.
eir
EIS
So.
San: noun, a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
Don: noun, (initial capital letter) Mr.; Sir: a Spanish title prefixed to a man's given name.
Rod: noun, a stick, wand, staff, or the like, of wood, metal, or other material.
en-
Doi
Sad: noun, the 14th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
ROC: noun, a bird of enormous size and strength.
eon: noun, an indefinitely long period of time; age.
ROA
EDC
GIs: noun, a lightweight, two-piece, usually white garment worn by barefooted martial-arts participants, consisting of loose-fitting pants and a wraparound jacket with cloth belt.
RNR
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.
RSE
SAE
DSA
SAG: noun, an act or instance of sagging.
RSA
Rs.
ead
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.
EAS: noun, the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
DSR
ec-
ECA
ECG
ed.
DRE
Dr.
Dor: noun, Also, dorbeetle [dawr-beet-l] /ˈdɔrˌbit l/ (Show IPA). a common European dung beetle, Geotrupes stercorarius.
EDA: noun, a female given name.
sd.
dog: noun, a domesticated canid, Canis familiaris, bred in many varieties.
rnd
DRG
GCE
DNA
ea.
GAS: noun, Physics. a substance possessing perfect molecular mobility and the property of indefinite expansion, as opposed to a solid or liquid.
SAR
GCA
GCD
res: noun, an object or thing; matter.
Die: noun, Machinery. any of various devices for cutting or forming material in a press or a stamping or forging machine. a hollow device of steel, often composed of several pieces to be fitted into a stock, for cutting the threads of bolts or the like. one of the separate pieces of such a device. a steel block or plate with small conical holes through which wire, plastic rods, etc., are drawn.
GCI
RNA
GCR
eo-
Gde
GDR
Ged: noun, any fish of the pike family.
Ges
gie: noun, gi.
GIN: noun, an alcoholic liquor obtained by distilling grain mash with juniper berries.
SAC: noun, a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
Ria: noun, a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
GAO: noun, a city in E Mali.
ESR
EOS: noun, the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
ERA: noun, a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
err: verb (used without object), to go astray in thought or belief; be mistaken; be incorrect.
ERS: noun, ervil.
ESA
Esc
SRO
rin: noun, a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
rig: noun, the arrangement of the masts, spars, sails, etc., on a boat or ship.
GAN: noun, cotton gin.
ess: noun, the letter S, s.
DOE: noun, the female of the deer, antelope, goat, rabbit, and certain other animals.
Ga.
GAR: noun, Also called garfish, garpike. any predaceous freshwater fish of the genus Lepisosteus, of North America, covered with hard, diamond-shaped scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth.
gi.
DNR
Gad: noun, the act of gadding.
RID: noun, a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
RSS

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E.: noun, Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
GN
AO
AI: 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.
O.
OD: noun, a hypothetical force formerly held to pervade all nature and to manifest itself in magnetism, mesmerism, chemical action, etc.
OE: noun, oy2 .
3D: noun, a three-dimensional form or appearance:
OG
2D: noun, a two-dimensional form or appearance:
DN
OA
A.: noun, Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
NA: adverb, no1 .
EI
RC
GD
SI: noun, the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
GC
rg
CE
i.
ic
GO: noun, the act of going:
G.
IG
RO
RN
RI
RA: noun, the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
er: interjection, (used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
R.
N.
NC
SN
ND
NG
NI
D.
DA: noun, a male hairstyle, especially of the 1950s, in which the hair is slicked back on both sides to overlap at the back of the head.
DC: noun, a surgical method for the removal of diseased tissue or an early embryo from the lining of the uterus by means of scraping.
S.
SA
No: noun, an utterance of the word “no.”.
SG
DG

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