Anagrams of demarcations
Word demarcations has
3209 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of demarcations.
- demarcation
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noun,
the determining and marking off of the boundaries of something.
- Sacramento
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noun,
a port in and the capital of California, in the central part, on the Sacramento River.
- Americanos
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noun,
a cocktail made with bitters, sweet vermouth, and soda water.
- discarnate
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adjective,
without a physical body; incorporeal.
- dormancies
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noun,
the state of being dormant.
- maceration
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noun,
the act or process of macerating.
- mesocardia
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noun,
the double layer of splanchnic mesoderm supporting the embryonic heart.
- mordancies
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noun,
the quality of being mordant; sharpness.
- Trasimeno
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noun,
a lake in central Italy, in Umbria near Perugia: Romans defeated by Hannibal 217 b.c. About 50 sq. mi. (130 sq. km).
- marinades
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noun,
a seasoned liquid, usually of vinegar or wine with oil, herbs, spices, etc., in which meat, fish, vegetables, etc., are steeped before cooking.
- one-a-cat
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noun,
one old cat.
- marinates
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verb (used with object),
to steep (food) in a marinade.
- tamarinds
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noun,
the pod of a large, tropical tree, Tamarindus indica, of the legume family, containing seeds enclosed in a juicy acid pulp that is used in beverages and food.
- demoniacs
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noun,
a person seemingly possessed by a demon or evil spirit.
- intercoms
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noun,
an intercommunication system.
- on-stream
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adverb,
in or into regular operation, especially as part of a system, assembly line, or the like:
- disenamor
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verb (used with object),
to disillusion; disenchant (usually used in the passive and followed by of or with):
- narcotism
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noun,
habitual use of narcotics.
- sacrament
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noun,
Ecclesiastical. a visible sign of an inward grace, especially one of the solemn Christian rites considered to have been instituted by Jesus Christ to symbolize or confer grace: the sacraments of the Protestant churches are baptism and the Lord's Supper; the sacraments of the Roman Catholic and Greek Orthodox churches are baptism, confirmation, the Eucharist, matrimony, penance, holy orders, and extreme unction.
- steradian
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noun,
a solid angle at the center of a sphere subtending a section on the surface equal in area to the square of the radius of the sphere. Abbreviation: sr.
- diaconate
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noun,
the office or dignity of a deacon.
- mediators
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noun,
a person who mediates, especially between parties at variance.
- modernist
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noun,
a person who follows or favors modern ways, tendencies, etc.
- tradesman
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noun,
a person engaged in trade.
- Doncaster
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noun,
a city in South Yorkshire, in N England.
- macaronis
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noun,
small, tubular pasta prepared from wheat flour.
- timecards
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noun,
a card for recording the time at which an employee arrives at and departs from a job.
- radiances
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noun,
radiant brightness or light:
- Macedonia
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noun,
Also, Macedon [mas-i-don] /ˈmæs ɪˌdɒn/ (Show IPA). an ancient kingdom in the Balkan Peninsula, in S Europe: now a region in N Greece, SW Bulgaria, and the Republic of Macedonia.
- marcasite
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noun,
Also called white iron pyrites. a common mineral, iron disulfide, FeS 2 , chemically similar to pyrite but crystallizing in the orthorhombic system.
- Cartesian
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noun,
a follower of Cartesian thought.
- Actoridae
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plural noun,
Moliones.
- caseation
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noun,
Pathology. transformation of tissue into a soft cheeselike mass, as in tuberculosis.
- radiocast
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noun,
a radiobroadcast.
- catenoids
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noun,
the surface generated by rotating a catenary about its axis of symmetry.
- cast-iron
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noun,
an alloy of iron, carbon, and other elements, cast as a soft and strong, or as a hard and brittle, iron, depending on the mixture and methods of molding.
- dicentras
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noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Dicentra, of the fumitory family, having long clusters of drooping flowers, as the Dutchman's-breeches or the bleeding heart.
- Masoretic
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adjective,
of or relating to the Masorah or the Masoretes.
- Americano
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noun,
a cocktail made with bitters, sweet vermouth, and soda water.
- centroids
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noun,
Mechanics. the point that may be considered as the center of a one- or two-dimensional figure, the sum of the displacements of all points in the figure from such a point being zero.
Compare center of mass.
- ordinates
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noun,
Mathematics. (in plane Cartesian coordinates) the y-coordinate of a point: its distance from the x-axis measured parallel to the y-axis.
- dominates
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verb (used with object),
to rule over; govern; control.
- craniates
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noun,
a craniate animal.
- sectarian
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noun,
a member of a sect.
- mandiocas
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noun,
cassava.
- certosina
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noun,
a technique of inlaying light-colored material, as bone, ivory, metal, or pale wood, in elaborate designs on a dark ground.
- mandators
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noun,
a person who gives a mandate.
- Androsace
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noun,
any plant of the genus Androsace, of the primrose family, having basal leaves and white or reddish flowers.
- androecia
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noun,
the stamens of a flower collectively.
- creations
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noun,
the act of producing or causing to exist; the act of creating; engendering.
- manticore
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noun,
a legendary monster with a man's head, horns, a lion's body, and the tail of a dragon or, sometimes, a scorpion.
- encomiast
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noun,
a person who utters or writes an encomium; eulogist.
- ascertain
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verb (used with object),
to find out definitely; learn with certainty or assurance; determine:
- aromatics
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noun,
a plant, drug, or medicine yielding a fragrant aroma, as sage or certain spices and oils.
- miscreant
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noun,
a vicious or depraved person; villain.
- anatomies
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noun,
the science dealing with the structure of animals and plants.
- Scamander
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noun,
ancient name of the river Menderes.
- dramatics
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noun,
(used with a singular or plural verb) the art of producing or acting dramas.
- Maidstone
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noun,
a city in Kent, in SE England.
- Docetism
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noun,
an early Christian doctrine that the sufferings of Christ were apparent and not real and that after the crucifixion he appeared in a spiritual body.
- caterans
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noun,
(formerly) a freebooter or marauder of the Scottish Highlands.
- timecard
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noun,
a card for recording the time at which an employee arrives at and departs from a job.
- sea-maid
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noun,
a mermaid.
- cadastre
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noun,
an official register of the ownership, extent, and value of real property in a given area, used as a basis of taxation.
- endocast
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noun,
endocranial cast.
- ordinate
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noun,
Mathematics. (in plane Cartesian coordinates) the y-coordinate of a point: its distance from the x-axis measured parallel to the y-axis.
- intrados
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noun,
the interior curve or surface of an arch or vault.
- catenoid
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noun,
the surface generated by rotating a catenary about its axis of symmetry.
- amentias
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noun,
lack of intellectual development; imbecility; severe mental retardation.
- araneids
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noun,
a member of the order Araneae (Araneida), comprising the spiders.
- matrices
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noun,
something that constitutes the place or point from which something else originates, takes form, or develops:
- Caterina
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noun,
a female given name, form of Catherine.
- ceratoid
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adjective,
hornlike; horny.
- airdates
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noun,
the date of a broadcast or scheduled broadcast.
- centroid
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noun,
Mechanics. the point that may be considered as the center of a one- or two-dimensional figure, the sum of the displacements of all points in the figure from such a point being zero.
Compare center of mass.
- demotics
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noun,
demotic script.
- dominate
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verb (used with object),
to rule over; govern; control.
- seatrain
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noun,
a ship for the transportation of loaded railroad cars.
- ceramist
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noun,
a person who makes ceramics.
- endosarc
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noun,
the endoplasm of a protozoan (opposed to ectosarc).
- doctrine
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noun,
a particular principle, position, or policy taught or advocated, as of a religion or government:
- minorcas
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noun,
Spanish Menorca. one of the Balearic Islands, in the W Mediterranean. 271 sq. mi. (700 sq. km).
- matadors
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noun,
the principal bullfighter in a bullfight who passes the bull with a muleta and then, in many countries, kills it with a sword thrust; a torero.
- intercom
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noun,
an intercommunication system.
- demoniac
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noun,
a person seemingly possessed by a demon or evil spirit.
- Democrat
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noun,
an advocate of democracy.
- domestic
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noun,
a hired household servant.
- centimos
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noun,
the 100th part of the monetary units of various countries, as Costa Rica, Equatorial Guinea, Paraguay, and Venezuela.
- incomers
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noun,
a person who comes in.
- American
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noun,
a citizen of the United States of America.
- Canaries
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noun,
any of several Old World finches of the genus Serinus, especially S. canaria (common canary) native to the Canary Islands and often kept as a pet, in the wild being greenish with brown streaks above and yellow below and in domesticated varieties usually bright yellow or pale yellow.
- Dicentra
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noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Dicentra, of the fumitory family, having long clusters of drooping flowers, as the Dutchman's-breeches or the bleeding heart.
- minarets
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noun,
a lofty, often slender, tower or turret attached to a mosque, surrounded by or furnished with one or more balconies, from which the muezzin calls the people to prayer.
- die-cast
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adjective,
formed by die casting.
- camisado
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noun,
a military attack made at night.
- Camisard
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noun,
any French Protestant, living in the region of the Cévennes Mountains, who carried on a revolt against Louis XIV in the early part of the 18th century.
- ancestor
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noun,
a person from whom one is descended; forebear; progenitor.
- Cardenas
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noun,
Lázaro [lah-sah-raw] /ˈlɑ sɑˌrɔ/ (Show IPA), 1895–1970, Mexican general and political reformer: president 1934–40.
- notaries
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noun,
notary public.
- Caodaism
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noun,
an eclectic religion, originated in Cochin-China in 1926, combining Buddhist, Taoist, and Confucianist elements and affected to some extent by Christianity.
- sardonic
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adjective,
characterized by bitter or scornful derision; mocking; cynical; sneering:
- cantoris
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adjective,
of or relating to the gospel or liturgical north side of a church (opposed to decani).
- Santeria
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noun,
(sometimes lowercase) a religion merging the worship of Yoruba deities with veneration of Roman Catholic saints: practiced in Cuba and spread to other parts of the Caribbean and to the U.S. by Cuban emigrés.
- sarmenta
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noun,
a slender running stem; runner.
- animator
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noun,
a person or thing that animates.
- canotier
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noun,
a fabric constructed in a twill weave, used in the manufacture of yachting clothes.
- metanoia
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noun,
a profound, usually spiritual, transformation; conversion.
- canister
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noun,
a small box or jar, often one of a kitchen set, for holding tea, coffee, flour, and sugar.
- diocesan
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noun,
one of the clergy or people of a diocese.
- animates
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adjective,
alive; possessing life:
- animated
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adjective,
full of life, action, or spirit; lively; vigorous:
- estocada
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noun,
the thrust of the sword by the matador into the bull in the final stage of a bullfight, designed to kill the bull.
- aneroids
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noun,
aneroid barometer.
- strained
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noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- idocrase
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noun,
vesuvianite.
- carinate
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adjective,
Zoology, Botany. formed with a carina; keellike.
- amerinds
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noun,
Indian (def 1).
- mediator
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noun,
a person who mediates, especially between parties at variance.
- deration
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verb (used with object),
to discontinue the rationing of (something).
- Erasmian
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noun,
a follower of Erasmus.
- dermato-
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- mediants
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noun,
the third degree of a major or minor musical scale.
- D-notice
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noun,
a government notice sent to newspapers or other publications requesting them to withhold information for reasons of state security.
- Artesian
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adjective,
noting, pertaining to, or characteristic of an artesian well.
- detrains
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verb (used without object),
to alight from a railway train; arrive by train.
- Erastian
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noun,
an advocate of Erastianism.
- carotids
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noun,
Also called carotid artery. either of the two large arteries, one on each side of the head, that carry blood to the head and that divide into an external branch supplying the neck, face, and other external parts, and an internal branch supplying the brain, eye, and other internal parts.
- scenario
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noun,
an outline of the plot of a dramatic work, giving particulars as to the scenes, characters, situations, etc.
- antacids
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noun,
an antacid agent.
- Diamante
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noun,
a sequin, rhinestone, or other glittery ornamentation on a garment.
- Nocardia
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noun,
any of several filamentous or rod-shaped, aerobic bacteria of the genus Nocardia, certain species of which are pathogenic for humans and other animals.
- amirates
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noun,
emirate.
- mind-set
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noun,
an attitude, disposition, or mood.
- amnesiac
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noun,
a person affected by amnesia.
- ocarinas
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noun,
a simple musical wind instrument shaped somewhat like an elongated egg with a mouthpiece and finger holes.
- amniotes
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noun,
any vertebrate of the group Amniota, comprising the reptiles, birds, and mammals, characterized by having an amnion during the embryonic stage.
- distance
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noun,
the extent or amount of space between two things, points, lines, etc.
- carmines
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noun,
a crimson or purplish-red color.
- tamarins
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noun,
any South American marmoset of the genera Saguinus and Leontopithecus (Leontideus), having silky fur and a nonprehensile tail: several species are threatened or endangered.
- tamarind
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noun,
the pod of a large, tropical tree, Tamarindus indica, of the legume family, containing seeds enclosed in a juicy acid pulp that is used in beverages and food.
- diastema
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noun,
Cell Biology. the modified protoplasm at the equator of a cell, existing before mitotic division.
- Santarem
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noun,
a city in N Brazil, on the Amazon River.
- carotins
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noun,
carotene.
- Masonite
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- dioramas
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noun,
a scene, often in miniature, reproduced in three dimensions by placing objects, figures, etc., in front of a painted background.
- cerimans
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noun,
a climbing, tropical American plant, Monstera deliciosa, of the arum family, characterized by cordlike, aerial roots and large, perforated leaves.
- madrones
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noun,
any of several evergreen trees belonging to the genus Arbutus, of the heath family, especially A. menziesii (Pacific madrone) of western North America, having red, flaky bark and bearing edible reddish berries.
- aconites
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noun,
any plant belonging to the genus Aconitum, of the buttercup family, having irregular flowers usually in loose clusters, including species with poisonous and medicinal properties.
- raincoat
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noun,
a waterproof or water-repellent coat worn as protection against rain.
- comedist
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noun,
a writer of comedies.
- comedian
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noun,
a professional entertainer who amuses by relating anecdotes, acting out comical situations, engaging in humorous repartee, etc.
- monastic
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noun,
a member of a monastic community or order, especially a monk.
- raiments
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noun,
clothing; apparel; attire.
- monardas
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noun,
any aromatic, erect plant belonging to the genus Monarda, of the mint family, native to North America, including horsemint and Oswego tea.
- acrotism
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noun,
absence or weakness of the pulse.
- trade-in
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noun,
goods given in whole or, usually, part payment of a purchase:
- dormient
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adjective,
sleeping; dormant.
- sermonic
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adjective,
of, relating to, or resembling a sermon.
- astonied
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adjective,
dazed; bewildered; filled with consternation.
- madeiras
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noun,
a group of eight islands off the NW coast of Africa, part of Portugal. 308 sq. mi. (798 sq. km). Capital: Funchal.
- radiomen
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noun,
a person who operates a radio.
- monacids
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adjective, noun,
monoacid.
- narcomas
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noun,
stupor produced by narcotics.
- do-re-mi
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noun,
money.
- radioman
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noun,
a person who operates a radio.
- senorita
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noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to miss, used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a girl or unmarried woman. Abbreviation: Srta.
- comrades
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noun,
a person who shares in one's activities, occupation, etc.; companion, associate, or friend.
- Croatian
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noun,
a Croat.
- adamsite
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noun,
a yellow irritant smoke, containing a poisonous form of arsenic and used as a harassing agent.
- mordants
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noun,
a substance used in dyeing to fix the coloring matter, especially a metallic compound, as an oxide or hydroxide, that combines with the organic dye and forms an insoluble colored compound or lake in the fiber.
- mordents
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noun,
a melodic embellishment consisting of a rapid alternation of a principal tone with the tone a half or a whole step below it, called single or short when the auxiliary tone occurs once and double or long when this occurs twice or more.
- craniate
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noun,
a craniate animal.
- mortices
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noun,
a notch, hole, groove, or slot made in a piece of wood or the like to receive a tenon of the same dimensions.
- mandioca
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noun,
cassava.
- reaction
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noun,
a reverse movement or tendency; an action in a reverse direction or manner.
- mandator
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noun,
a person who gives a mandate.
- mandates
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noun,
a command or authorization to act in a particular way on a public issue given by the electorate to its representative:
- Mordecai
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noun,
the cousin and guardian of Esther who delivered the Jews from the destruction planned by Haman. Esther 2–8.
- Creation
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noun,
the act of producing or causing to exist; the act of creating; engendering.
- Tridacna
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noun,
a genus of giant clams inhabiting reefs in the South Pacific, attaining a diameter of 4 feet (1.2 meters) or more, and weighing over 500 pounds (227 kg).
- redcoats
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noun,
(especially during the American Revolution) a British soldier.
- cremains
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plural noun,
the ashes of a cremated corpse.
- Aaronite
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noun,
one of the priestly descendants of Aaron.
- aromatic
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noun,
a plant, drug, or medicine yielding a fragrant aroma, as sage or certain spices and oils.
- cordites
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noun,
a smokeless, slow-burning powder composed of 30 to 58 percent nitroglycerin, 37 to 65 percent cellulose nitrate, and 5 to 6 percent mineral jelly.
- moraines
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noun,
a ridge, mound, or irregular mass of unstratified glacial drift, chiefly boulders, gravel, sand, and clay.
- acarines
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noun,
any of numerous arachnids of the order Acarina, comprising the mites and ticks.
- dramatic
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adjective,
of or relating to the drama.
- Monteria
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noun,
a city in N Colombia.
- Monstera
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noun,
any of various tropical American climbing plants belonging to the genus Monstera, of the arum family, especially M. deliciosa, having split or perforated leaves and often grown as a houseplant.
- consider
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verb (used with object),
to think carefully about, especially in order to make a decision; contemplate; reflect on:
- radicant
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adjective,
rooting from the stem, as ivy.
- asteroid
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noun,
Also called minor planet. Astronomy. any of the thousands of small bodies of from 480 miles (775 km) to less than one mile (1.6 km) in diameter that revolve about the sun in orbits lying mostly between those of Mars and Jupiter.
- Estancia
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noun,
(in Spanish America) a landed estate or a cattle ranch.
- marinate
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verb (used with object),
to steep (food) in a marinade.
- Romanies
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noun,
Gypsy (def 2).
- sedation
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noun,
the calming of mental excitement or abatement of physiological function, especially by the administration of a drug.
- marinade
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noun,
a seasoned liquid, usually of vinegar or wine with oil, herbs, spices, etc., in which meat, fish, vegetables, etc., are steeped before cooking.
- cisterna
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noun,
cistern (def 2).
- arcanist
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noun,
a person professing special secret knowledge concerning ceramics, especially concerning the making of porcelain.
- romances
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noun,
a novel, movie, or genre of popular fiction in which characters fall in love or begin a romantic relationship (often used attributively):
- Rodentia
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noun,
the order comprising the rodents.
- macaroni
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noun,
small, tubular pasta prepared from wheat flour.
- romaines
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noun,
Also called romaine lettuce, cos, cos lettuce. a variety of lettuce, Lactuca sativa longifolia, having a cylindrical head of long, relatively loose leaves.
- Maronite
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noun,
a member of a body of Uniates living chiefly in Lebanon, who maintain a Syriac liturgy and a married clergy, and who are governed by the patriarch of Antioch.
- marocain
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noun,
a crepe fabric made of silk, wool, or rayon, or a combination of these fibers, and distinguished by a strong rib effect, used in the manufacture of dresses and women's suits; a heavy Canton crepe.
- Cinerama
-
- Marciano
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noun,
Rocky (Rocco Francis Marchegiano) 1924–69, U.S. boxer: world heavyweight champion 1952–56.
- Cimarosa
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noun,
Domenico [daw-me-nee-kaw] /dɔˈmɛ ni kɔ/ (Show IPA), 1749–1801, Italian conductor and composer.
- rimstone
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noun,
a calcareous deposit forming a dam at the edge or outlet of an overflowing pool of water, as in a cavern.
- semantic
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adjective,
of, relating to, or arising from the different meanings of words or other symbols:
- radiance
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noun,
radiant brightness or light:
- romantic
-
noun,
a romantic person.
- mascaron
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noun,
mask (def 11).
- martians
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noun,
a supposed inhabitant of the planet Mars:
- dataries
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noun,
the office of the Curia Romana that investigates candidates for papal benefices.
- radiants
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noun,
a point or object from which rays proceed.
- Romanite
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noun,
a fossil resin similar to amber, used for jewelry.
- adenomas
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noun,
a benign tumor originating in a secretory gland.
- radiates
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adjective,
radiating from a center.
- Romanist
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noun,
Disparaging. a member of the Roman Catholic Church.
- Candiot
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noun,
a Cretan.
- mortice
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noun,
a notch, hole, groove, or slot made in a piece of wood or the like to receive a tenon of the same dimensions.
- section
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noun,
a part that is cut off or separated.
- Sinatra
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noun,
Frank (Francis Albert) 1915–98, U.S. singer and actor.
- candies
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noun,
any of a variety of confections made with sugar, syrup, etc., often combined with chocolate, fruit, nuts, etc.
- sedarim
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noun,
a plural of Seder.
- atonics
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noun,
Grammar. an unaccented word, syllable, or sound.
- discant
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noun,
Also, discantus [dis-kan-tuh s] /dɪsˈkæn təs/ (Show IPA). Music. a 13th-century polyphonic style with strict mensural meter in all the voice parts, in contrast to the metrically free organum of the period.
- Camoens
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noun,
Luis Vaz de [loo-eesh vahzh duh] /luˈiʃ vɑʒ də/ (Show IPA), 1524?–80, Portuguese poet.
- canards
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noun,
a false or baseless, usually derogatory story, report, or rumor.
- Domenic
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noun,
a male given name.
- atresia
-
noun,
the congenital absence, or the pathological closure, of an opening, passage, or cavity.
- directs
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adverb,
in a direct manner; directly; straight:
- atonies
-
noun,
Pathology. lack of tone or energy; muscular weakness, especially in a contractile organ.
- drastic
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adjective,
acting with force or violence; violent.
- ascarid
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noun,
any nematode of the family Ascaridae; roundworm.
- candier
-
- namaste
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noun,
a conventional Hindu expression on meeting or parting, used by the speaker usually while holding the palms together vertically in front of the bosom.
- noetics
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noun,
the science of the intellect or of pure thought; reasoning.
- domines
-
noun,
lord; master (used as a title of address).
- mortise
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noun,
a notch, hole, groove, or slot made in a piece of wood or the like to receive a tenon of the same dimensions.
- ascared
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adjective,
afraid; scared.
- camions
-
noun,
a strongly built cart or wagon for transporting heavy loads; dray.
- narcose
-
adjective,
characterized by stupor; stuporous.
- Scandia
-
noun,
scandium oxide.
- Nidaros
-
noun,
former name of Trondheim.
- sematic
-
adjective,
serving as a sign or warning of danger, as the conspicuous colors or markings of certain poisonous animals.
- nimrods
-
noun,
the great-grandson of Noah: noted as a great hunter. Gen. 10:8–10.
- narcoma
-
noun,
stupor produced by narcotics.
- seminar
-
noun,
a small group of students, as in a university, engaged in advanced study and original research under a member of the faculty and meeting regularly to exchange information and hold discussions.
- senator
-
noun,
a member of a senate.
- caimans
-
noun,
any of several tropical American crocodilians of the genus Caiman and allied genera: some are endangered.
- Aterian
-
adjective,
of or indicating a Middle Paleolithic industry of northwestern Africa and the Sahara, characterized by the production of tanged points and bifacially worked leaf-shaped points of varying sizes.
- nematic
-
adjective,
noting a mesomorphic state in which the arrangement of the molecules is linear.
- Cadmean
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or like Cadmus.
- Nicetas
-
noun,
Saint Ignatius (def 2).
- docents
-
noun,
privatdocent.
- astride
-
preposition,
with a leg on each side of; straddling:
- caeomas
-
noun,
(in fungi) an aecium in which the spores are formed in chains and not enclosed in a peridium.
- astroid
-
noun,
a hypocycloid with four cusps.
- Caedmon
-
noun,
fl. a.d. c670, Anglo-Saxon religious poet.
- nemato-
-
- Ditmars
-
noun,
Raymond Lee, 1876–1942, U.S. zoologist and author.
- rations
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- atomics
-
noun,
the branch of physics that deals with atoms, especially atomic energy.
- dormins
-
noun,
abscisic acid.
- sidero-
-
- side-on
-
adverb,
with the side or sides foremost, especially in a collision:
- discern
-
verb (used with object),
to perceive by the sight or some other sense or by the intellect; see, recognize, or apprehend:
- sideman
-
noun,
an instrumentalist in a band or orchestra.
- atomies
-
noun,
an atom; mote.
- 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.
- sidearm
-
adverb,
with a swinging motion of the arm moving to the side of the body at shoulder level or below and nearly parallel to the ground:
- dormant
-
adjective,
lying asleep or as if asleep; inactive, as in sleep; torpid:
- disrate
-
verb (used with object),
to reduce to a lower rating or rank.
- dormice
-
noun,
any small, furry-tailed, Old World rodent of the family Gliridae, resembling small squirrels in appearance and habits.
- nectars
-
noun,
the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or birds that pollinate the flower.
- Setaria
-
noun,
any grass of the genus Setaria, having a dense panicle, grown for forage.
- Astaire
-
noun,
Fred, 1899–1987, U.S. dancer and actor.
- scatoma
-
noun,
a tumorlike mass of feces in the colon or rectum.
- donates
-
verb (used with object),
to present as a gift, grant, or contribution; make a donation of, as to a fund or cause:
- Cameron
-
noun,
Julia Margaret, 1815–79, English photographer, born in India.
- maniocs
-
noun,
cassava.
- candors
-
noun,
the state or quality of being frank, open, and sincere in speech or expression; candidness:
- coaster
-
noun,
a person or thing that coasts.
- ctenoid
-
adjective,
comblike or pectinate; rough-edged.
- remands
-
noun,
the act of remanding.
- raiment
-
noun,
clothing; apparel; attire.
- comates
-
noun,
a mate or companion.
- radomes
-
noun,
a dome-shaped device used to house a radar antenna.
- reminds
-
verb (used with object),
to cause (a person) to remember; cause (a person) to think (of someone or something):
- dacoits
-
noun,
(in India and Burma) a member of a class of criminals who engage in organized robbery and murder.
- coedits
-
verb (used with object),
to edit jointly with another.
- rescind
-
verb (used with object),
to abrogate; annul; revoke; repeal.
- daimons
-
noun,
daemon.
- retains
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- retsina
-
noun,
a strong, resinated white or red wine of Greece and Cyprus.
- radices
-
noun,
a plural of radix.
- coarsen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become coarse.
- Comines
-
noun,
Philippe de [fee-leep duh] /fiˈlip də/ (Show IPA), 1445?–1511? French historian and diplomat.
- radiate
-
adjective,
radiating from a center.
- radiant
-
noun,
a point or object from which rays proceed.
- radians
-
noun,
the measure of a central angle subtending an arc equal in length to the radius: equal to 57.2958°. Abbreviation: rad.
- Riesman
-
noun,
David, 1909–2002, U.S. sociologist.
- danaite
-
noun,
a variety of arsenopyrite having cobalt in place of some of the iron.
- citrons
-
noun,
a pale-yellow fruit resembling the lemon but larger and with thicker rind, borne by a small tree or large bush, Citrus medica, allied to the lemon and lime.
- dancers
-
noun,
a person who dances.
- cistron
-
noun,
a segment of DNA that encodes for the formation of a specific polypeptide chain; a structural gene.
- cistern
-
noun,
a reservoir, tank, or container for storing or holding water or other liquid.
- rodents
-
noun,
a rodent mammal.
- osmatic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the sense of smell.
- cinemas
-
noun,
Chiefly British. motion picture.
- Romaine
-
noun,
Also called romaine lettuce, cos, cos lettuce. a variety of lettuce, Lactuca sativa longifolia, having a cylindrical head of long, relatively loose leaves.
- remains
-
noun,
Usually, remains. something that remains or is left.
- comrade
-
noun,
a person who shares in one's activities, occupation, etc.; companion, associate, or friend.
- Romance
-
noun,
a novel, movie, or genre of popular fiction in which characters fall in love or begin a romantic relationship (often used attributively):
- randoms
-
noun,
something that is random, or a random state or condition:
- costard
-
noun,
a large English variety of apple.
- Costain
-
noun,
Thomas Bertram, 1885–1965, U.S. novelist, historian, and editor, born in Canada.
- cranio-
-
- craniom
-
- cortina
-
noun,
a weblike, often evanescent veil covering the gills or hanging from the cap edge of certain mushrooms, particularly those of genus Cortinarius, and sometimes persisting as a ring or remnant of fibrils around the mushroom stalk.
- cratons
-
noun,
a relatively rigid and immobile region of continental portions of the earth's crust.
- cornets
-
noun,
Music. a valved wind instrument of the trumpet family.
- credits
-
noun,
commendation or honor given for some action, quality, etc.:
- corneas
-
noun,
the transparent anterior part of the external coat of the eye covering the iris and the pupil and continuous with the sclera.
- recants
-
verb (used with object),
to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
- Cremona
-
noun,
a city in N Italy, on the Po River.
- cretins
-
noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- coremia
-
noun,
the fruiting bodies of certain fungi, consisting of a loosely bound bundle of conidiophores.
- cordite
-
noun,
a smokeless, slow-burning powder composed of 30 to 58 percent nitroglycerin, 37 to 65 percent cellulose nitrate, and 5 to 6 percent mineral jelly.
- ramenta
-
noun,
a scraping, shaving, or particle.
- cordate
-
adjective,
heart-shaped:
- crimson
-
noun,
a crimson color, pigment, or dye.
- redacts
-
verb (used with object),
to put into suitable literary form; revise; edit.
- contras
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) a member of a counterrevolutionary guerrilla group in Nicaragua.
- contra-
-
- randies
-
noun,
Chiefly Scot. a rude or coarse beggar.
- crinose
-
adjective,
hairy.
- constr.
-
- conster
-
verb (used with or without object),
construe.
- redcoat
-
noun,
(especially during the American Revolution) a British soldier.
- Croatia
-
noun,
a republic in SE Europe: includes the historical regions of Dalmatia, Istria, and Slavonia; formerly a part of Yugoslavia. 21,835 sq. mi. (56,555 sq. km) Capital: Zagreb.
- cronies
-
noun,
a close friend or companion; chum.
- Comtian
-
noun,
a follower of the philosophy of Auguste Comte.
- Romains
-
noun,
Jules [zhyl] /ʒül/ (Show IPA), (Louis Farigoule) 1885–1972, French novelist, poet, and dramatist.
- Romania
-
noun,
a republic in SE Europe, bordering on the Black Sea. 91,699 sq. mi. (237,500 sq. km). Capital: Bucharest.
- diorama
-
noun,
a scene, often in miniature, reproduced in three dimensions by placing objects, figures, etc., in front of a painted background.
- Sarcina
-
noun,
any of several spherical, saprophytic bacteria of the genus Sarcina, having a cuboidal cell arrangement.
- carnose
-
adjective,
of or relating to flesh; fleshy.
- carnies
-
noun,
a person employed by a carnival.
- carnets
-
noun,
a customs document allowing an automobile to be driven at no cost across international borders.
- ocarina
-
noun,
a simple musical wind instrument shaped somewhat like an elongated egg with a mouthpiece and finger holes.
- diastem
-
noun,
a minor hiatus in an orderly succession of sedimentary rocks.
- Carmine
-
noun,
a crimson or purplish-red color.
- diaster
-
noun,
the stage in mitosis at which the chromosomes, after their division and separation, are grouped near the poles of the spindle.
- caritas
-
noun,
charity.
- carinas
-
noun,
Zoology. a keellike part or ridge, especially a ridge of bone on the ventral side of the sternum of birds.
- diatoms
-
noun,
any of numerous microscopic, unicellular, marine or freshwater algae of the phylum Chrysophyta, having cell walls containing silica.
- Saracen
-
noun,
History/Historical. a member of any of the nomadic tribes on the Syrian borders of the Roman Empire.
- oarsmen
-
noun,
a person who rows a boat, especially a racing boat; rower.
- oarsman
-
noun,
a person who rows a boat, especially a racing boat; rower.
- cardio-
-
- Oceanid
-
noun,
any of the daughters of Oceanus and Tethys; a sea nymph.
- cardias
-
noun,
an opening that connects the esophagus and the upper part of the stomach.
- notices
-
noun,
an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning:
- sarcode
-
noun,
protoplasm, especially the semifluid content of a protozoan.
- sarcoid
-
noun,
a growth resembling a sarcoma.
- sarcoma
-
noun,
any of various malignant tumors composed of neoplastic cells resembling embryonic connective tissue.
- sardine
-
noun,
the pilchard, Sardina pilchardus, often preserved in oil and used for food.
- norites
-
noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- canters
-
noun,
an easy gallop.
- dineros
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Peru, the 10th part of a sol.
- Nordica
-
noun,
Lillian (Lillian Norton) 1859–1914, U.S. soprano.
- satanic
-
adjective,
of Satan.
- Dionaea
-
noun,
the Venus's-flytrap.
- nomadic
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of nomads.
- Oceania
-
noun,
the islands of the central and S Pacific, including Micronesia, Melanesia, Polynesia, and traditionally Australasia. About 3,450,000 sq. mi. (8,935,500 sq. km).
- carotid
-
noun,
Also called carotid artery. either of the two large arteries, one on each side of the head, that carry blood to the head and that divide into an external branch supplying the neck, face, and other external parts, and an internal branch supplying the brain, eye, and other internal parts.
- Romanic
-
noun,
romance1 (def 9).
- oneidas
-
noun,
a member of an Iroquois people formerly inhabiting the region east of Oneida Lake.
- cestoid
-
noun,
cestode.
- orients
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- certain
-
Idioms,
for certain, without a doubt; surely:
- Roscian
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving acting.
- ceriman
-
noun,
a climbing, tropical American plant, Monstera deliciosa, of the arum family, characterized by cordlike, aerial roots and large, perforated leaves.
- cerato-
-
- ordains
-
verb (used with object),
to invest with ministerial or sacerdotal functions; confer holy orders upon.
- Rostand
-
noun,
Edmond [ed-mawn] /ɛdˈmɔ̃/ (Show IPA), 1868–1918, French dramatist and poet.
- orceins
-
noun,
a red dye, the principal coloring matter of cudbear and orchil, obtained by oxidizing an ammoniacal solution of orcinol.
- centro-
-
- centri-
-
- decants
-
verb (used with object),
to pour (wine or other liquid) gently so as not to disturb the sediment.
- centimo
-
noun,
the 100th part of the monetary units of various countries, as Costa Rica, Equatorial Guinea, Paraguay, and Venezuela.
- sadiron
-
noun,
Northern, North Midland, and Western U.S. Older Use. a flatiron that is pointed at both ends and has a detachable handle.
- carotin
-
noun,
carotene.
- sainted
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- cations
-
noun,
a positively charged ion that is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis.
- demonic
-
adjective,
inspired as if by a demon, indwelling spirit, or genius.
- Demotic
-
noun,
demotic script.
- cateran
-
noun,
(formerly) a freebooter or marauder of the Scottish Highlands.
- Samanid
-
noun,
a member of the rulers of Persia in the 9th and 10th centuries.
- deontic
-
adjective,
of or relating to duty and moral obligation as ethical concepts.
- octanes
-
noun,
any of 18 isomeric saturated hydrocarbons having the formula C 8 H 18 , some of which are obtained in the distillation and cracking of petroleum.
- dermat-
-
- Caserta
-
noun,
a city in S Italy, near Naples.
- descant
-
noun,
Music.
a melody or counterpoint accompanying a simple musical theme and usually written above it.
(in part music) the soprano.
a song or melody.
- destain
-
verb (used with object),
to remove stain (from a specimen) to enhance visibility and contrast of parts.
- detains
-
verb (used with object),
to keep from proceeding; keep waiting; delay.
- detrain
-
verb (used without object),
to alight from a railway train; arrive by train.
- artisan
-
noun,
a person skilled in an applied art; a craftsperson.
- ratines
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- animato
-
adjective,
animated; lively. Abbreviation: anim.
- mastoid
-
noun,
the mastoid process.
- erotics
-
noun,
an erotic poem.
- Madison
-
noun,
Dolly or Dolley [dol-ee] /ˈdɒl i/ (Show IPA), (Dorothea Payne) 1768–1849, wife of James Madison.
- Mideast
-
noun,
Middle East.
- marines
-
noun,
a member of the U.S. Marine Corps.
- microns
-
noun,
Also called micrometer. the millionth part of a meter. Symbol: μ, mu.
- Maderno
-
noun,
Carlo [kahr-law] /ˈkɑr lɔ/ (Show IPA), 1556–1629, Italian architect.
- Actaeon
-
noun,
a hunter who, for having seen Diana bathing, was changed by her into a stag and was torn to pieces by his own hounds.
- America
-
noun,
United States.
- AmerInd
-
noun,
Indian (def 1).
- animate
-
adjective,
alive; possessing life:
- minaret
-
noun,
a lofty, often slender, tower or turret attached to a mosque, surrounded by or furnished with one or more balconies, from which the muezzin calls the people to prayer.
- storied
-
noun,
a narrative, either true or fictitious, in prose or verse, designed to interest, amuse, or instruct the hearer or reader; tale.
- estamin
-
noun,
a worsted fabric constructed in twill weave with a rough surface.
- indorse
-
verb (used with object),
endorse.
- aneroid
-
noun,
aneroid barometer.
- actino-
-
- Estonia
-
noun,
a republic in N Europe, on the Baltic, S of the Gulf of Finland: an independent republic 1918–40; annexed by the Soviet Union 1940; regained independence 1991. 17,413 sq. mi. (45,100 sq. km). Capital: Tallinn.
- anemias
-
noun,
Pathology. a quantitative deficiency of the hemoglobin, often accompanied by a reduced number of red blood cells and causing pallor, weakness, and breathlessness.
- Madeira
-
noun,
a group of eight islands off the NW coast of Africa, part of Portugal. 308 sq. mi. (798 sq. km). Capital: Funchal.
- marcato
-
adjective,
(of notes or chords in a musical score) strongly accented.
- erotica
-
noun,
written works, usually fiction, dealing with sexual love.
- steroid
-
noun,
any of a large group of fat-soluble organic compounds, as the sterols, bile acids, and sex hormones, most of which have specific physiological action.
- marinas
-
noun,
a boat basin offering dockage and other service for small craft.
- antacid
-
noun,
an antacid agent.
- antiars
-
noun,
the upas tree.
- stearic
-
adjective,
of or relating to suet or fat.
- stearin
-
noun,
Chemistry. any of the three glyceryl esters of stearic acid, especially C 3 H 5 (C 18 H 35 O 2) 3 , a soft, white, odorless solid found in many natural fats.
- macaron
-
noun,
a round, colored cookie consisting of a ganache or buttercream filling between two halves made from beaten egg whites mixed with sugar and ground almonds.
- Amen-Ra
-
noun,
a god in whom Amen and Ra were combined: the god of the universe and the supreme Egyptian god during the period of Theban political supremacy.
- antero-
-
- stearo-
-
- inroads
-
noun,
a damaging or serious encroachment:
- Antares
-
noun,
a red supergiant star of the first magnitude in the constellation Scorpius.
- acnemia
-
noun,
a condition characterized by atrophy of the muscles of the calf of the leg.
- acrasin
-
noun,
a chemotactic substance, identical with cAMP, secreted by myxamebas of cellular slime molds and attracting other myxamebas to aggregate and form a pseudoplasmodium.
- minders
-
noun,
Chiefly British. a person who looks after something (usually used in combination):
- transom
-
noun,
a crosspiece separating a door or the like from a window or fanlight above it.
- aconite
-
noun,
any plant belonging to the genus Aconitum, of the buttercup family, having irregular flowers usually in loose clusters, including species with poisonous and medicinal properties.
- 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).
- madrone
-
noun,
any of several evergreen trees belonging to the genus Arbutus, of the heath family, especially A. menziesii (Pacific madrone) of western North America, having red, flaky bark and bearing edible reddish berries.
- sterno-
-
- anosmia
-
noun,
absence or loss of the sense of smell.
- amentia
-
noun,
lack of intellectual development; imbecility; severe mental retardation.
- anomite
-
noun,
a variety of mica, similar to biotite but differing in optical orientation.
- Tarasco
-
noun,
Tarascan.
- Artesia
-
noun,
a city in S California.
- erasion
-
noun,
the act of erasing.
- Amon-Ra
-
noun,
Amen-Ra.
- amritas
-
noun,
the beverage of immortality.
- Marconi
-
noun,
Guglielmo [goo-lyel-maw] /guˈlyɛl mɔ/ (Show IPA), Marchese, 1874–1937, Italian electrical engineer and inventor, especially in the field of wireless telegraphy: Nobel Prize in physics 1909.
- to-name
-
noun,
a nickname, especially one to distinguish a person from others of the same name.
- imarets
-
noun,
(in Turkey) a hospice for pilgrims, travelers, etc.
- amosite
-
noun,
an asbestine variety of anthophyllite, rich in iron, formerly used as a heat-resistant material.
- medinas
-
noun,
the old Arab quarter of a North African city.
- tamarin
-
noun,
any South American marmoset of the genera Saguinus and Leontopithecus (Leontideus), having silky fur and a nonprehensile tail: several species are threatened or endangered.
- Amorite
-
noun,
a member of one of the principal tribes, or nations, of Canaan before its conquest by the Israelites. II Sam. 12:26–31.
- amorist
-
noun,
a person who is devoted to love and lovemaking.
- tamaris
-
noun,
a rich, naturally fermented soybean sauce containing little or no wheat and thicker than soy sauce.
- incomes
-
noun,
the monetary payment received for goods or services, or from other sources, as rents or investments.
- amniote
-
noun,
any vertebrate of the group Amniota, comprising the reptiles, birds, and mammals, characterized by having an amnion during the embryonic stage.
- tandems
-
noun,
a vehicle, as a truck, tractor, or trailer, in which a pair or pairs of axles are arranged in tandem.
- amnesia
-
noun,
loss of a large block of interrelated memories; complete or partial loss of memory caused by brain injury, shock, etc.
- medicos
-
noun,
a physician or surgeon; doctor.
- medico-
-
- amirate
-
noun,
emirate.
- admires
-
Idioms,
be admiring of, Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. to admire:
- Tancred
-
noun,
1078?–1112, Norman leader in the first Crusade.
- aminate
-
verb (used with object),
to introduce an amino group into (a compound).
- incomer
-
noun,
a person who comes in.
- amtracs
-
noun,
amphibian (def 4).
- Toscana
-
noun,
Italian name of Tuscany.
- Mercast
-
noun,
a broadcasting system used by U.S. agencies to deliver messages to government-operated ships.
- Adonais
-
noun,
Hebrew. a title of reverence for God, serving also as a substitute pronunciation of the Tetragrammaton.
- macrons
-
noun,
a horizontal line used as a diacritic over a vowel to indicate that it has a long sound or other specified pronunciation, as (ā) in fate (fāt).
- Andrias
-
noun,
a city in Apulia, S Italy.
- mediant
-
noun,
the third degree of a major or minor musical scale.
- merinos
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) one of a breed of sheep, raised originally in Spain, valued for their fine wool.
- Andreas
-
noun,
a male or female given name, Latinized form of Andrew.
- Mercian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Mercia.
- tanrecs
-
noun,
tenrec.
- Adamite
-
noun,
a descendant of Adam; human being.
- Mercado
-
noun,
a market.
- Marcion
-
noun,
a.d. c100–c160, Christian Gnostic.
- torsade
-
noun,
a twisted cord.
- Marcian
-
noun,
a.d. 392?–457, emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire 450–457.
- amidase
-
noun,
an enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of an acid amide.
- Menorca
-
noun,
Minorca.
- Torenia
-
noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Torenia, of the figwort family, native to Africa and Asia, having two-lipped, usually blue or purple flowers.
- Mendota
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in S Wisconsin, in N Madison. About 15 sq. mi. (39 sq. km).
- amidate
-
verb (used with object),
to convert into an amide.
- anaemic
-
adjective,
anemic.
- anadems
-
noun,
a garland or wreath for the head.
- adenoma
-
noun,
a benign tumor originating in a secretory gland.
- tarmacs
-
noun,
(lowercase) a road, airport runway, parking area, etc., paved with Tarmac, tarmacadam, or a layer of tar.
- Anteros
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a brother of Eros, most often regarded as the avenger of unrequited love.
- maenads
-
noun,
bacchante.
- monacid
-
adjective, noun,
monoacid.
- monesia
-
noun,
a preparation extracted from the bark of a South American tree, Pradosia lactescens, and used chiefly as an astringent and as an expectorant.
- Manteca
-
noun,
a town in central California.
- aristo-
-
- Monarda
-
noun,
any aromatic, erect plant belonging to the genus Monarda, of the mint family, native to North America, including horsemint and Oswego tea.
- tinders
-
noun,
a highly flammable material or preparation formerly used for catching the spark from a flint and steel struck together for fire or light.
- Isadora
-
noun,
a female given name: derived from Isidor.
- somatic
-
adjective,
of the body; bodily; physical.
- Aaronic
-
adjective,
of or relating to Aaron.
- monades
-
noun,
plural of monas.
- Isadore
-
noun,
a male given name: from the Greek word meaning “gift of Isis.”.
- Mansart
-
noun,
Jules Hardouin [zhyl ar-dwan] /ʒül arˈdwɛ̃/ (Show IPA), (Jules Hardouin) 1646–1708, French architect: chief architectural director for Louis XIV.
- moisten
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become moist.
- martins
-
noun,
Peter, born 1946, U.S. choreographer and ballet master, born in Denmark.
- Martina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- tirades
-
noun,
a prolonged outburst of bitter, outspoken denunciation:
- Insecta
-
noun,
the class comprising the insects.
- Trianda
-
noun,
a town on the Greek island of Rhodes, in the Aegean Sea: built on the site of ancient Ialysus.
- Ariadne
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a daughter of Minos and Pasiphaë who gave Theseus the thread by which he escaped from the labyrinth: deserted by Theseus on Naxos, she became the bride of Dionysus.
- Aretino
-
noun,
Pietro [pye-traw] /ˈpyɛ trɔ/ (Show IPA), 1492–1556, Italian satirist and dramatist.
- 2,4,5-t
-
noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- Armenia
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Asia: now divided between Armenia, Turkey, and Iran.
- Eastman
-
noun,
George, 1854–1932, U.S. philanthropist and inventor in the field of photography.
- acarine
-
noun,
any of numerous arachnids of the order Acarina, comprising the mites and ticks.
- Smetana
-
noun,
Bedřich [Czech be-drzhikh] /Czech ˈbɛ drʒɪx/ (Show IPA), 1824–84, Czech composer.
- ARTEMIS
-
noun,
Also called Cynthia. an ancient Greek goddess, the daughter of Leto and the sister of Apollo, characterized as a virgin huntress and associated with the moon.
Compare Diana.
- smarten
-
Verb phrases,
smarten up,
to groom oneself:
to become aware of one's mistakes, shortcomings, etc., and make efforts to correct them:
- mordent
-
noun,
a melodic embellishment consisting of a rapid alternation of a principal tone with the tone a half or a whole step below it, called single or short when the auxiliary tone occurs once and double or long when this occurs twice or more.
- Matador
-
noun,
the principal bullfighter in a bullfight who passes the bull with a muleta and then, in many countries, kills it with a sword thrust; a torero.
- tsarina
-
noun,
czarina.
- arseno-
-
- mordant
-
noun,
a substance used in dyeing to fix the coloring matter, especially a metallic compound, as an oxide or hydroxide, that combines with the organic dye and forms an insoluble colored compound or lake in the fiber.
- tsardom
-
noun,
czardom.
- Smeaton
-
noun,
John, 1724–92, English engineer.
- Morandi
-
noun,
Giorgio [jawr-jaw] /ˈdʒɔr dʒɔ/ (Show IPA), 1890–1964, Italian painter.
- triodes
-
noun,
a vacuum tube containing three elements, usually anode, cathode, and control grid.
- moraine
-
noun,
a ridge, mound, or irregular mass of unstratified glacial drift, chiefly boulders, gravel, sand, and clay.
- Masonic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or characteristic of Freemasons or Freemasonry.
- Mansard
-
noun,
Also called mansard roof. a hip roof, each face of which has a steeper lower part and a shallower upper part.
Compare French roof.
- trisome
-
noun,
a trisomic individual.
- arnicas
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Arnica, having opposite leaves and yellow flower heads.
- monster
-
noun,
a legendary animal combining features of animal and human form or having the forms of various animals in combination, as a centaur, griffin, or sphinx.
- mandate
-
noun,
a command or authorization to act in a particular way on a public issue given by the electorate to its representative:
- airdate
-
noun,
the date of a broadcast or scheduled broadcast.
- iodates
-
noun,
Chemistry. a salt of iodic acid, as sodium iodate, NaIO 3 .
- Sno-Cat
-
- acarids
-
noun,
an acarine, especially a mite of the family Acaridae.
- Martian
-
noun,
a supposed inhabitant of the planet Mars:
- modiste
-
noun,
Older Use. a female maker of or dealer in women's fashionable attire.
- stamina
-
noun,
strength of physical constitution; power to endure disease, fatigue, privation, etc.
- instead
-
Idioms,
instead of, in place of; in lieu of:
- miscode
-
verb (used with object),
to code mistakenly, as in data processing.
- acetins
-
noun,
a colorless, thick, hygroscopic liquid, C 5 H 10 O 4 : used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives.
- encomia
-
noun,
a formal expression of high praise; eulogy:
- araneid
-
noun,
a member of the order Araneae (Araneida), comprising the spiders.
- aramids
-
noun,
any of a class of synthetic aromatic long-chain polyamides capable of extrusion into fibers having resistance to high temperatures and great strength.
- endmost
-
adjective,
farthest; most distant; last:
- stamin-
-
- acetoin
-
noun,
a yellowish, pleasant-smelling liquid, C 4 H 8 O 2 , obtained from various carbohydrates, as glucose, by fermentation: used chiefly in the manufacture of flavors and essences.
- matrons
-
noun,
a married woman, especially one who is mature and staid or dignified and has an established social position.
- mantras
-
noun,
Hinduism. a word or formula, as from the Veda, chanted or sung as an incantation or prayer.
- Miranda
-
noun,
Francisco de [frahn-sees-kaw th e] /frɑnˈsis kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), 1750–1816, Venezuelan revolutionist and patriot.
- maestro
-
noun,
an eminent composer, teacher, or conductor of music:
- treason
-
noun,
the offense of acting to overthrow one's government or to harm or kill its sovereign.
- Minster
-
noun,
a church actually or originally connected with a monastic establishment.
- stardom
-
noun,
the world or class of professional stars, as of the stage.
- Marston
-
noun,
John, c1575–1634, English dramatist and satirical poet.
- Minorca
-
noun,
Spanish Menorca. one of the Balearic Islands, in the W Mediterranean. 271 sq. mi. (700 sq. km).
- Maritsa
-
noun,
a river in S Europe, flowing from S Bulgaria along the boundary between Greece and European Turkey and into the Aegean. 300 miles (485 km) long.
- misdate
-
noun,
a wrong date.
- enamors
-
verb (used with object),
to fill or inflame with love (usually used in the passive and followed by of or sometimes with):
- aminase
-
noun,
any of a group of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of amino compounds, releasing the amino group and liberating nitrogen.
- Martens
-
noun,
any of several slender, chiefly arboreal carnivores of the genus Martes, of northern forests, having a long, glossy coat and bushy tail.
- Maidens
-
noun,
a girl or young unmarried woman; maid.
- mantids
-
noun,
mantis.
- misread
-
verb (used with or without object),
to read wrongly.
- acedias
-
noun,
sloth (def 1).
Compare deadly sins.
- acaroid
-
adjective,
resembling a mite or tick.
- soredia
-
noun,
a group of algal cells surrounded by hyphal tissue, occurring on the surface of the thallus and functioning in vegetative reproduction.
- moderns
-
noun,
a person of modern times.
- toadies
-
noun,
an obsequious flatterer; sycophant.
- darics
-
noun,
a gold coin and monetary unit of ancient Persia.
- isomer
-
noun,
Chemistry. a compound displaying isomerism with one or more other compounds.
- irades
-
noun,
a decree of a Muslim ruler.
- marine
-
noun,
a member of the U.S. Marine Corps.
- Racine
-
noun,
Jean Baptiste [zhahn ba-teest] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist/ (Show IPA), 1639–99, French dramatist.
- Darien
-
noun,
Gulf of, an arm of the Caribbean between NE Panama and NW Colombia.
- Mastic
-
noun,
Also called mastic tree, lentisk. a small Mediterranean tree, Pistacia lentiscus, of the cashew family, that is the source of an aromatic resin used in making varnish and adhesives.
- danios
-
noun,
any of several cyprinid fishes of the genera Danio and Brachydanio, of India and Sri Lanka, often kept in aquariums.
- dances
-
noun,
a successive group of rhythmical steps or bodily motions, or both, usually executed to music.
- isotac
-
noun,
a line drawn on a map connecting all points where ice starts to melt at approximately the same period in spring.
- Master
-
noun,
a person with the ability or power to use, control, or dispose of something:
- oscine
-
noun,
an oscine bird.
- Marten
-
noun,
any of several slender, chiefly arboreal carnivores of the genus Martes, of northern forests, having a long, glossy coat and bushy tail.
- dancer
-
noun,
a person who dances.
- oreads
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. any of a group of nymphs who were the companions of Artemis.
- Ostend
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Belgium.
- Marian
-
noun,
a person who has a particular devotion to the Virgin Mary.
- ornate
-
adjective,
elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so:
- racism
-
noun,
a belief or doctrine that inherent differences among the various human racial groups determine cultural or individual achievement, usually involving the idea that one's own race is superior and has the right to dominate others or that a particular racial group is inferior to the others.
- mascon
-
noun,
a massive concentration of high-density material beneath the surface of the moon.
- Orinda
-
noun,
a town in W California.
- 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.
- Orient
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- Marina
-
noun,
a boat basin offering dockage and other service for small craft.
- Itasca
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in N Minnesota: one of the sources of the Mississippi River.
- Marino
-
noun,
Daniel Constantine ("Dan") born 1961, U.S. football player.
- Mascot
-
noun,
an animal, person, or thing adopted by a group as its representative symbol and supposed to bring good luck:
- 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.
- Marist
-
noun,
a member of a religious order founded in Lyons, France, in 1816 for missionary and educational work in the name of the Virgin Mary.
- racist
-
noun,
a person who believes in racism, the doctrine that one's own racial group is superior or that a particular racial group is inferior to the others.
- Danite
-
noun,
a member of the tribe of Dan.
- Osetic
-
adjective, noun,
Ossetic.
- Marion
-
noun,
Francis ("the Swamp Fox") 1732?–95, American Revolutionary general.
- Marcos
-
noun,
Ferdinand E(dralin) [ed-ruh-lin] /ˈɛd rə lɪn/ (Show IPA), 1917–1989, Philippine political leader: president 1965–86.
- droits
-
noun,
a legal right or claim.
- racons
-
noun,
radar beacon.
- maidan
-
noun,
an open area or space in or near a town, often used as a marketplace or parade ground.
- Mainer
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of the state of Maine.
- ranids
-
noun,
frog1 (def 2).
- random
-
noun,
something that is random, or a random state or condition:
- Crimea
-
noun,
the, a peninsula in SE Ukraine, between the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov.
- mantis
-
noun,
any of several predaceous insects of the order Mantidae, having a long prothorax and typically holding the forelegs in an upraised position as if in prayer.
- maiden
-
noun,
a girl or young unmarried woman; maid.
- Crista
-
noun,
a crest or ridge.
- Cretan
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Crete.
- rancid
-
adjective,
having a rank, unpleasant, stale smell or taste, as through decomposition, especially of fats or oils:
- ramson
-
noun,
a garlic, Allium ursinum, having broad leaves.
- mantra
-
noun,
Hinduism. a word or formula, as from the Veda, chanted or sung as an incantation or prayer.
- Maoris
-
noun,
a member of the native Polynesian population of New Zealand.
- ramose
-
adjective,
having many branches.
- crones
-
noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- cretin
-
noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- Ransom
-
noun,
the redemption of a prisoner, slave, or kidnapped person, of captured goods, etc., for a price.
- maenad
-
noun,
bacchante.
- crates
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- ratine
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- Crania
-
noun,
the skull of a vertebrate.
- manias
-
noun,
excessive excitement or enthusiasm; craze:
- maniac
-
noun,
a raving or violently insane person; lunatic.
- Manisa
-
noun,
a city in W Turkey, near the Aegean: Roman defeat of Antiochus the Great 190 b.c.
- ratans
-
noun,
rattan.
- craton
-
noun,
a relatively rigid and immobile region of continental portions of the earth's crust.
- mantid
-
noun,
mantis.
- creams
-
noun,
the fatty part of milk, which rises to the surface when the liquid is allowed to stand unless homogenized.
- Manati
-
noun,
a city in N Puerto Rico.
- Manado
-
noun,
Menado.
- credit
-
noun,
commendation or honor given for some action, quality, etc.:
- mantas
-
noun,
(in Spain and Spanish America) a cloak or wrap.
- credos
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the Apostles' Creed or the Nicene Creed.
- mantic
-
adjective,
of or relating to divination.
- Ramona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ramets
-
noun,
an individual of a clone.
- radian
-
noun,
the measure of a central angle subtending an arc equal in length to the radius: equal to 57.2958°. Abbreviation: rad.
- macons
-
noun,
Nathaniel, 1758–1837, U.S. politician: Speaker of the House 1801–07.
- daimon
-
noun,
daemon.
- Dairen
-
noun,
former Japanese name of Dalian (def 2).
- macron
-
noun,
a horizontal line used as a diacritic over a vowel to indicate that it has a long sound or other specified pronunciation, as (ā) in fate (fāt).
- macro-
-
- radio-
-
- damans
-
noun,
a hyrax, Procavia syriaca, of Syria, Palestine, etc.: the cony of the Bible.
- damars
-
noun,
dammar.
- Marcia
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “warlike.”.
- Marcie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marcia.
- macers
-
noun,
macebearer.
- Damien
-
noun,
Father (Jo·seph de Veu·ster) [French zhaw-zef--duh-vœ-ster] /French ʒɔˈzɛf də vœˈstɛr/ (Show IPA), 1840–89, Belgian Roman Catholic missionary to the lepers of Molokai.
- Maceio
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Alagoas, in E Brazil.
- Maced.
-
- damson
-
noun,
Also called damson plum. the small, dark-blue or purple fruit of a plum, Prunus insititia, of the rose family, introduced into Europe from Asia Minor.
- daimen
-
adjective,
rare; occasional.
- daemon
-
noun,
Classical Mythology.
a god.
a subordinate deity, as the genius of a place or a person's attendant spirit.
- C-star
-
noun,
carbon star.
- Madras
-
noun,
a light cotton fabric of various weaves, especially one in multicolored plaid or stripes, used for shirts, dresses, jackets, etc.
- marais
-
noun,
a swamp or bayou.
- ramate
-
adjective,
having branches; branching out or off.
- cteno-
-
- madres
-
noun,
mother1 .
- raised
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- Marcan
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of St. Mark or of the second Gospel.
- Madian
-
noun,
Midian.
- Dacron
-
- Madero
-
noun,
Francisco Indalecio [frahn-sees-kaw een-dah-le-syaw] /frɑnˈsis kɔ ˌin dɑˈlɛ syɔ/ (Show IPA), 1873–1913, Mexican revolutionary and political leader: president 1911–13.
- Raetic
-
noun,
an extinct language of uncertain affinities that was spoken in Rhaetia and written with the Etruscan alphabet.
- 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.
- Madera
-
noun,
a city in central California.
- radome
-
noun,
a dome-shaped device used to house a radar antenna.
- radios
-
noun,
wireless telegraphy or telephony:
- dacoit
-
noun,
(in India and Burma) a member of a class of criminals who engage in organized robbery and murder.
- masto-
-
- Median
-
noun,
Arithmetic, Statistics. the middle number in a given sequence of numbers, taken as the average of the two middle numbers when the sequence has an even number of numbers:
- Deacon
-
noun,
(in hierarchical churches) a member of the clerical order next below that of a priest.
- Nemrod
-
noun,
Nimrod (def 1).
- Nicaea
-
noun,
an ancient city in NW Asia Minor: Nicene Creed formulated here a.d.
- doater
-
noun,
doter.
- nicads
-
noun,
nickel-cadmium battery.
- docent
-
noun,
privatdocent.
- miners
-
noun,
Also called mineworker. a person who works in a mine, especially a commercial mine producing coal or metallic ores.
- eonism
-
noun,
the adoption of feminine mannerisms, clothing, etc., by a male.
- Nestor
-
noun,
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- nemat-
-
- Nimrod
-
noun,
the great-grandson of Noah: noted as a great hunter. Gen. 10:8–10.
- Enrico
-
noun,
a male given name: Italian form of Henry.
- DOMAIN
-
noun,
a field of action, thought, influence, etc.:
- nectar
-
noun,
the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or birds that pollinate the flower.
- necro-
-
- domine
-
noun,
lord; master (used as a title of address).
- enamor
-
verb (used with object),
to fill or inflame with love (usually used in the passive and followed by of or sometimes with):
- enacts
-
verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- Miseno
-
noun,
a cape in SW Italy, on the N shore of the Bay of Naples: ruins of ancient Misenum, a Roman naval station and resort.
- Dnestr
-
noun,
Russian name of Dniester.
- niters
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- NASCAR
-
noun,
National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing.
- nocti-
-
- Esmond
-
noun,
a male given name.
- micron
-
noun,
Also called micrometer. the millionth part of a meter. Symbol: μ, mu.
- escort
-
noun,
a group of persons, or a single person, accompanying another or others for protection, guidance, or courtesy:
- Noetic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the mind.
- direct
-
adverb,
in a direct manner; directly; straight:
- noctis
-
adjective,
(in prescriptions) of the night.
- micros
-
noun,
anything extremely small in scope or capability.
- disarm
-
verb (used with object),
to deprive of a weapon or weapons.
- 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.
- mid-on
-
noun,
the position of a fielder on the on side of the wicket.
- erotic
-
noun,
an erotic poem.
- minces
-
noun,
something cut up very small; mincemeat.
- disco-
-
- minder
-
noun,
Chiefly British. a person who looks after something (usually used in combination):
- nitro-
-
- distr.
-
- nitres
-
noun,
niter.
- nastic
-
adjective,
of or showing sufficiently greater cellular force or growth on one side of an axis to change the form or position of the axis.
- donate
-
verb (used with object),
to present as a gift, grant, or contribution; make a donation of, as to a fund or cause:
- metros
-
noun,
the underground electric railway of Paris, France, Montreal, Canada, Washington, D.C., and other cities.
- naiads
-
noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) Classical Mythology. any of a class of nymphs presiding over rivers and springs.
- dormin
-
noun,
abscisic acid.
- Moneta
-
noun,
Ernesto Teodoro [er-ne-staw te-aw-daw-raw] /ɛrˈnɛ stɔ ˌtɛ ɔˈdɔ rɔ/ (Show IPA), 1833–1918, Italian journalist: Nobel Peace Prize 1907.
- Monica
-
noun,
a female given name.
- monied
-
adjective,
moneyed.
- monies
-
noun,
a plural of money.
- Naoise
-
noun,
the husband of Deirdre and a nephew of Conchobar, by whom he was treacherously killed.
- dorsi-
-
- nadirs
-
noun,
Astronomy. the point on the celestial sphere directly beneath a given position or observer and diametrically opposite the zenith.
- Easton
-
noun,
a city in E Pennsylvania, on the Delaware River.
- Moraea
-
noun,
any of various plants belonging to the genera Moraea and Dietes, of the iris family, native to tropical Africa.
- drains
-
noun,
something, as a pipe or conduit, by which a liquid drains.
- nacres
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- nacred
-
adjective,
lined with or resembling nacre.
- Dreams
-
noun,
a succession of images, thoughts, or emotions passing through the mind during sleep.
- dreamt
-
noun,
a succession of images, thoughts, or emotions passing through the mind during sleep.
- Mosaic
-
noun,
a picture or decoration made of small, usually colored pieces of inlaid stone, glass, etc.
- driest
-
noun,
a prohibitionist.
- dormie
-
adjective,
(of a player or side in match play) being in the lead by as many holes as are still to be played.
- Monera
-
noun,
a taxonomic kingdom of prokaryotic organisms that typically reproduce by asexual budding or fission and have a nutritional mode of absorption, photosynthesis, or chemosynthesis, comprising the bacteria, blue-green algae, and various primitive pathogens.
- Mister
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) a conventional title of respect for a man, prefixed to the name and to certain official designations (usually written as the abbreviation Mr.).
- editor
-
noun,
a person having managerial and sometimes policy-making responsibility related to the writing, compilation, and revision of content for a publishing firm or for a newspaper, magazine, or other publication:
- miters
-
noun,
the official headdress of a bishop in the Western Church, in its modern form a tall cap with a top deeply cleft crosswise, the outline of the front and back resembling that of a pointed arch.
- mitres
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- Modena
-
noun,
a city in N Italy, NW of Bologna.
- Modern
-
noun,
a person of modern times.
- modest
-
adjective,
having or showing a moderate or humble estimate of one's merits, importance, etc.; free from vanity, egotism, boastfulness, or great pretensions.
- Moesia
-
noun,
an ancient country in S Europe, S of the Danube and N of ancient Thrace and Macedonia: later a Roman province.
- Donets
-
noun,
a river rising in the SW Russian Federation near Belgorod, flowing SE through Ukraine to the Don River. About 650 miles (1045 km) long.
- donsie
-
adjective,
Midland U.S. somewhat sick, weak, or lacking in vitality; not completely well.
- Dorati
-
noun,
Antal [ahn-tahl;; Hungarian on-tol] /ˈɑn tɑl;; Hungarian ˈɒn tɒl/ (Show IPA), 1906–1988, Hungarian conductor, in the U.S.
- mondes
-
noun,
the world; people; society.
- Dorcas
-
noun,
a Christian woman at Joppa who made clothing for the poor. Acts 9:36–41.
- Edison
-
noun,
Thomas Alva [al-vuh] /ˈæl və/ (Show IPA), 1847–1931, U.S. inventor, especially of electrical devices.
- narcos
-
noun,
narc.
- moires
-
noun,
any moiré fabric.
- 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).
- dories
-
noun,
a boat with a narrow, flat bottom, high bow, and flaring sides.
- narco-
-
- monads
-
noun,
Biology.
any simple, single-celled organism.
any of various small, flagellate, colorless ameboids with one to three flagella, especially of the genus Monas.
- micro-
-
- nomads
-
noun,
a member of a people or tribe that has no permanent abode but moves about from place to place, usually seasonally and often following a traditional route or circuit according to the state of the pasturage or food supply.
- Matadi
-
noun,
a seaport in the W Democratic Republic of the Congo, near the mouth of the Congo (Zaire) River.
- meacon
-
verb (used with object),
to give false signals to (electronic navigational equipment), as by means of a radio transmitter.
- demits
-
noun,
Also, dimit. (especially in Freemasonry) a written certification of honorable withdrawal or resignation, as from membership.
- instr.
-
- instar
-
noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- McNair
-
noun,
Lesley James, 1883–1944, U.S. army officer.
- insert
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- insect
-
noun,
any animal of the class Insecta, comprising small, air-breathing arthropods having the body divided into three parts (head, thorax, and abdomen), and having three pairs of legs and usually two pairs of wings.
- inseam
-
noun,
an inside or inner seam of a garment, especially the seam of a trouser leg that runs from the crotch down to the bottom of the leg.
- omenta
-
noun,
a fold of the peritoneum connecting the stomach and the abdominal viscera forming a protective and supportive covering.
- inter.
-
- inroad
-
noun,
a damaging or serious encroachment:
- denims
-
noun,
a heavy, Z-twist, twill cotton for jeans, overalls, and other work and leisure garments.
- denom.
-
- denti-
-
- inmost
-
adjective,
situated farthest within:
- Octans
-
noun,
the Octant, a southern constellation that contains the south celestial pole.
- inmate
-
noun,
a person who is confined in a prison, hospital, etc.
- Derain
-
noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1880–1954, French painter.
- Oneida
-
noun,
a member of an Iroquois people formerly inhabiting the region east of Oneida Lake.
- inters
-
verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- dermas
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. dermis.
- decant
-
verb (used with object),
to pour (wine or other liquid) gently so as not to disturb the sediment.
- ordain
-
verb (used with object),
to invest with ministerial or sacerdotal functions; confer holy orders upon.
- Matane
-
noun,
a city in E Quebec, in SE Canada, on the St. Lawrence River.
- maters
-
noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- orcein
-
noun,
a red dye, the principal coloring matter of cudbear and orchil, obtained by oxidizing an ammoniacal solution of orcinol.
- matins
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) matins, Also, especially British, mattins. (usually used with a singular verb) Ecclesiastical.
the first of the seven canonical hours.
the service for it, properly beginning at midnight, but sometimes beginning at daybreak.
Also called Morning Prayer. the service of public prayer, said in the morning, in the Anglican Church.
- iodate
-
noun,
Chemistry. a salt of iodic acid, as sodium iodate, NaIO 3 .
- orates
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- decani
-
adjective,
of or relating to the epistle or liturgical south side of a church (opposed to cantoris).
- matri-
-
- onside
-
adjective, adverb,
not offside; being within the prescribed line or area at the beginning of or during play or a play.
- intros
-
noun,
an introduction.
- intro.
-
- decors
-
noun,
style or mode of decoration, as of a room, building, or the like:
- Oradea
-
noun,
a city in NW Romania.
- intra-
-
- Deimos
-
noun,
an ancient Greek personification of terror, a son of Ares and Aphrodite.
- intoed
-
adjective,
having inwardly turned toes.
- matron
-
noun,
a married woman, especially one who is mature and staid or dignified and has an established social position.
- octane
-
noun,
any of 18 isomeric saturated hydrocarbons having the formula C 8 H 18 , some of which are obtained in the distillation and cracking of petroleum.
- Indore
-
noun,
a former state in central India: now part of Madhya Pradesh.
- Estrin
-
noun,
estrone.
- merits
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- Mentor
-
noun,
a wise and trusted counselor or teacher.
- dimers
-
noun,
a molecule composed of two identical, simpler molecules.
- iatro-
-
- Mercia
-
noun,
an early English kingdom in central Britain.
- Merida
-
noun,
suntan (def 2).
- Merino
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) one of a breed of sheep, raised originally in Spain, valued for their fine wool.
- dinars
-
noun,
any of various former coins of the Near East, especially gold coins issued by Islamic governments.
- norite
-
noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- iceman
-
noun,
a man whose business is gathering, storing, selling, or delivering ice.
- norias
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- dinero
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Peru, the 10th part of a sol.
- Mersin
-
noun,
a seaport in S Turkey, on the NW coast of the Mediterranean Sea.
- diners
-
noun,
a person who dines.
- Merton
-
noun,
Robert King, 1910–2003, U.S. sociologist.
- metric
-
noun,
Often, metrics. a standard for measuring or evaluating something, especially one that uses figures or statistics:
- metro-
-
- Nordic
-
noun,
a member of the Nordic people, especially a Scandinavian.
- notice
-
noun,
an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning:
- Idaean
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, associated with, or inhabiting Mount Ida in Asia Minor or Crete.
- dermic
-
adjective,
dermal.
- medias
-
noun,
a plural of medium.
- dermis
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. the dense inner layer of skin beneath the epidermis, composed of connective tissue, blood and lymph vessels, sweat glands, hair follicles, and an elaborate sensory nerve network.
- dermo-
-
- octads
-
noun,
a group or series of eight.
- desman
-
noun,
either of two aquatic, insectivorous mammals, Myogale moschata, of southeastern Russia, or M. pyrenaica, of the Pyrenees, related to shrews.
- detain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep from proceeding; keep waiting; delay.
- income
-
noun,
the monetary payment received for goods or services, or from other sources, as rents or investments.
- incest
-
noun,
sexual intercourse between closely related persons.
- incase
-
verb (used with object),
encase.
- Medina
-
noun,
the old Arab quarter of a North African city.
- ideata
-
noun,
(in epistemology) the object of knowledge as known by the mind.
Compare datum (def 3).
- imaret
-
noun,
(in Turkey) a hospice for pilgrims, travelers, etc.
- diatom
-
noun,
any of numerous microscopic, unicellular, marine or freshwater algae of the phylum Chrysophyta, having cell walls containing silica.
- Medit.
-
- dicast
-
noun,
(in ancient Athens) a citizen eligible to sit as a judge.
- Menado
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Sulawesi, in NE Indonesia.
- oaters
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- dicots
-
noun,
a dicotyledon.
- menads
-
noun,
maenad.
- Namtar
-
noun,
the Sumerian and Akkadian demon personifying death.
- Dorset
-
noun,
1st Earl of, Thomas Sackville.
- ration
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- aroint
-
verb (imperative),
begone:
- ariose
-
adjective,
characterized by melody; songlike.
- somat-
-
- Arista
-
noun,
Botany. a bristlelike appendage of the spikelets of grains or grasses; an awn.
- socmen
-
noun,
sokeman.
- Armand
-
noun,
a male given name, French form of Herman.
- socman
-
noun,
sokeman.
- armets
-
noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- armies
-
noun,
the military forces of a nation, exclusive of the navy and in some countries the air force.
- arnica
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Arnica, having opposite leaves and yellow flower heads.
- aroids
-
noun,
any plant of the arum family.
- Aromas
-
noun,
an odor arising from spices, plants, cooking, etc., especially an agreeable odor; fragrance.
- somni-
-
- arsen-
-
- arsine
-
noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- arsino
-
adjective,
containing the arsino group.
- Artois
-
noun,
a former province in N France: artesian wells.
- Asante
-
noun,
Ashanti.
- ascend
-
verb (used with object),
to go or move upward upon or along; climb; mount:
- ascent
-
noun,
an act of ascending; upward movement; a rising movement:
- Sirena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ascoma
-
noun,
a fruiting body that bears asci.
- sinter
-
noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- Simeon
-
noun,
a son of Jacob and Leah. Gen. 29:33.
- somite
-
noun,
any of the longitudinal series of segments or parts into which the body of certain animals is divided; a metamere.
- sonata
-
noun,
a composition for one or two instruments, typically in three or four movements in contrasted forms and keys.
- set-in
-
adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- stamen
-
noun,
the pollen-bearing organ of a flower, consisting of the filament and the anther.
- Anomia
-
noun,
the inability to name objects or to recognize the written or spoken names of objects.
- anomie
-
noun,
a state or condition of individuals or society characterized by a breakdown or absence of social norms and values, as in the case of uprooted people.
- steric
-
adjective,
of or relating to the spatial relationships of atoms in a molecule.
- ansate
-
adjective,
having a handle or handlelike part.
- steno-
-
- antiar
-
noun,
the upas tree.
- antres
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- Antrim
-
noun,
a county in NE Northern Ireland. 1098 sq. mi. (2844 sq. km). County seat: Belfast.
- aorist
-
noun,
a verb tense, as in Classical Greek, expressing action or, in the indicative mood, past action, without further limitation or implication.
- stance
-
noun,
the position or bearing of the body while standing:
- aortas
-
noun,
the main trunk of the arterial system, conveying blood from the left ventricle of the heart to all of the body except the lungs.
- aramid
-
noun,
any of a class of synthetic aromatic long-chain polyamides capable of extrusion into fibers having resistance to high temperatures and great strength.
- Ariane
-
noun,
Rocketry. a French-built, three-stage, liquid-propellant rocket for launching satellites into orbit around the earth.
- arcade
-
noun,
Architecture.
a series of arches supported on piers or columns.
an arched, roofed-in gallery. Compare colonnade.
- arcane
-
adjective,
known or understood by very few; mysterious; secret; obscure; esoteric:
- stadia
-
noun,
a method of surveying in which distances are read by noting the interval on a graduated rod intercepted by two parallel cross hairs (stadia hairs or stadia wires) mounted in the telescope of a surveying instrument, the rod being placed at one end of the distance to be measured and the surveying instrument at the other.
- Stacia
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ardent
-
adjective,
having, expressive of, or characterized by intense feeling; passionate; fervent:
- sortie
-
noun,
a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
- sorted
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- arecas
-
noun,
any tropical Asian palm of the genus Areca, as the betel palm.
- Sorata
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in W Bolivia, in the Andes, near Lake Titicaca: two peaks, Ancohuma, 21,490 feet (6550 meters), and Illampu, 21,276 feet (6485 meters).
- Arendt
-
noun,
Hannah, 1906–75, U.S. author, political scientist, and teacher, born in Germany.
- Sondra
-
noun,
a female given name.
- asemia
-
noun,
inability to comprehend or use communicative symbols, as words or gestures.
- asonia
-
noun,
tone deafness.
- aniso-
-
- Candia
-
noun,
former name of Iráklion.
- Camden
-
noun,
a borough of Greater London, England.
- cameos
-
noun,
a technique of engraving upon a gem or other stone, as onyx, in such a way that an underlying stone of one color is exposed as a background for a low-relief design of another color.
- camera
-
noun,
a device for capturing a photographic image or recording a video, using film or digital memory.
- camion
-
noun,
a strongly built cart or wagon for transporting heavy loads; dray.
- camise
-
noun,
a lightweight, loose-fitting shirt or smock with long sleeves.
- camote
-
noun,
batata.
- satori
-
noun,
sudden enlightenment.
- satire
-
noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- Canad.
-
- canard
-
noun,
a false or baseless, usually derogatory story, report, or rumor.
- Candor
-
noun,
the state or quality of being frank, open, and sincere in speech or expression; candidness:
- Cairns
-
noun,
a seaport in NE Australia.
- caners
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- canids
-
noun,
any animal of the dog family Canidae, including the wolves, jackals, hyenas, coyotes, foxes, and domestic dogs.
- Sarton
-
noun,
May, 1912–95, U.S. poet, novelist, and playwright.
- Sarnia
-
noun,
a port in SE Ontario, in S Canada, on the S shore of Lake Huron, on the St. Clair River, across from Port Huron, Michigan.
- cantar
-
noun,
a poem consisting of four-line stanzas, each line having eight syllables.
- Canter
-
noun,
an easy gallop.
- Cantor
-
noun,
the religious official of a synagogue who conducts the liturgical portion of a service and sings or chants the prayers and parts of prayers designed to be performed as solos.
- Cantos
-
noun,
one of the main or larger divisions of a long poem.
- carats
-
noun,
a unit of weight in gemstones, 200 milligrams (about 3 grains of troy or avoirdupois weight). Abbreviation: c., ct.
- sarco-
-
- cardi-
-
- scato-
-
- cairds
-
noun,
a traveling tinker, especially a gypsy.
- astern
-
adverb,
in a position behind a specified vessel or aircraft:
- second
-
noun,
a second part.
- sermon
-
noun,
a discourse for the purpose of religious instruction or exhortation, especially one based on a text of Scripture and delivered by a member of the clergy as part of a religious service.
- Astrid
-
noun,
a female given name: from Scandinavian, meaning “divine strength.”.
- astro-
-
- astron
-
- 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.
- Senior
-
noun,
a person who is older than another.
- Sendai
-
noun,
a city on NE Honshu, in central Japan.
- atomic
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, resulting from, or using atoms, atomic energy, or atomic bombs:
- atones
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- atonic
-
noun,
Grammar. an unaccented word, syllable, or sound.
- sector
-
noun,
Geometry. a plane figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle.
- secant
-
noun,
Geometry. an intersecting line, especially one intersecting a curve at two or more points.
- caiman
-
noun,
any of several tropical American crocodilians of the genus Caiman and allied genera: some are endangered.
- Seaman
-
noun,
a person skilled in seamanship.
- scrota
-
noun,
the pouch of skin that contains the testes.
- scream
-
noun,
a loud, sharp, piercing cry:
- cadent
-
adjective,
having cadence.
- Scotia
-
noun,
a deep concave molding between two fillets, as in the Attic base.
- Scoter
-
noun,
any of the large diving ducks of the genus Melanitta, inhabiting northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere.
- cadets
-
noun,
a student in a national service academy or private military school or on a training ship.
- scoria
-
noun,
Metallurgy. the refuse, dross, or slag left after melting or smelting metal; scum.
- cadres
-
noun,
Military. the key group of officers and enlisted personnel necessary to establish and train a new military unit.
- caeoma
-
noun,
(in fungi) an aecium in which the spores are formed in chains and not enclosed in a peridium.
- Caesar
-
noun,
Gaius [gey-uh s] /ˈgeɪ əs/ (Show IPA), (or Caius) [key-uh s] /ˈkeɪ əs/ (Show IPA), Julius, c100–44 b.c, Roman general, statesman, and historian.
- anodic
-
adjective,
pertaining to an anode or the phenomena in its vicinity.
- stoned
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- Cardin
-
noun,
Pierre, born 1922, French fashion designer.
- adorns
-
verb (used with object),
to decorate or add beauty to, as by ornaments:
- adeno-
-
- adient
-
adjective,
tending to move toward a stimulus.
- toners
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- admire
-
Idioms,
be admiring of, Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. to admire:
- admits
-
verb (used with object),
to allow to enter; grant or afford entrance to:
- adnate
-
adjective,
grown fast to something; congenitally attached.
- Adonai
-
noun,
Hebrew. a title of reverence for God, serving also as a substitute pronunciation of the Tetragrammaton.
- Adonic
-
noun,
Prosody. an Adonic verse or line.
- 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.
- adores
-
verb (used with object),
to regard with the utmost esteem, love, and respect; honor.
- adren-
-
- Adamic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or suggestive of Adam.
- adreno
-
- toe-in
-
noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- Adrian
-
noun,
Edgar Douglas, 1889–1977, English physiologist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1932.
- adroit
-
adjective,
expert or nimble in the use of the hands or body.
- todies
-
noun,
any of several small West Indian birds of the family Todidae, related to the motmots and kingfishers, having brightly colored green and red plumage.
- Tocsin
-
noun,
a signal, especially of alarm, sounded on a bell or bells.
- tisane
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- tirade
-
noun,
a prolonged outburst of bitter, outspoken denunciation:
- tineas
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- aeron.
-
- tinder
-
noun,
a highly flammable material or preparation formerly used for catching the spark from a flint and steel struck together for fire or light.
- Tories
-
noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- traces
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- aidman
-
noun,
a military medical corpsman trained to provide initial emergency treatment.
- acetin
-
noun,
a colorless, thick, hygroscopic liquid, C 5 H 10 O 4 : used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives.
- trones
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- tronas
-
noun,
a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
- triose
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- triode
-
noun,
a vacuum tube containing three elements, usually anode, cathode, and control grid.
- trines
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- triens
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- trices
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- acarid
-
noun,
an acarine, especially a mite of the family Acaridae.
- triads
-
noun,
a group of three, especially of three closely related persons or things.
- triacs
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- acedia
-
noun,
sloth (def 1).
Compare deadly sins.
- aceto-
-
- action
-
noun,
the process or state of acting or of being active:
- trends
-
noun,
the general course or prevailing tendency; drift:
- treads
-
noun,
the action of treading, stepping, or walking.
- acmite
-
noun,
a rare pyroxene mineral, sodium-ferric iron silicate, NaFe(Si 2 O 6), found in feldspathoid rocks.
- acoasm
-
noun,
acouasm.
- transe
-
noun,
a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
- trans.
-
- trance
-
noun,
a half-conscious state, seemingly between sleeping and waking, in which ability to function voluntarily may be suspended.
- trains
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- trades
-
noun,
the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries:
- actin-
-
- actins
-
noun,
a globulin that is present in muscle plasma and that in connection with myosin plays an important role in muscle contraction.
- timers
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- aidmen
-
noun,
a military medical corpsman trained to provide initial emergency treatment.
- stoner
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
- Andria
-
noun,
a city in Apulia, S Italy.
- tainos
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- taenia
-
noun,
Classical Antiquity. a headband or fillet.
- Tadmor
-
noun,
Biblical name of Palmyra.
- Tadema
-
noun,
Sir Lawrence Alma-, Alma-Tadema, Sir Lawrence.
- Tacoma
-
noun,
a seaport in W Washington, on Puget Sound.
- stroma
-
noun,
Cell Biology. the supporting framework or matrix of a cell.
- strode
-
noun,
a striding manner or a striding gait.
- Strine
-
noun,
Australian English.
- Andrea
-
noun,
a male or female given name, Latinized form of Andrew.
- 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.
- amtrac
-
noun,
amphibian (def 4).
- andro-
-
- Andros
-
noun,
Sir Edmund, 1637–1714, British governor in the American colonies, 1686–89, 1692–98.
- stride
-
noun,
a striding manner or a striding gait.
- stream
-
noun,
a body of water flowing in a channel or watercourse, as a river, rivulet, or brook. Synonyms: rill, run, streamlet, runnel.
- Anemia
-
noun,
Pathology. a quantitative deficiency of the hemoglobin, often accompanied by a reduced number of red blood cells and causing pallor, weakness, and breathlessness.
- anemic
-
adjective,
Pathology. suffering from anemia.
- anemo-
-
- Strand
-
noun,
the land bordering the sea, a lake, or a river; shore; beach.
- Strain
-
noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- Animas
-
noun,
soul; life.
- animes
-
noun,
a Japanese style of motion-picture animation, characterized by highly stylized, colorful art, futuristic settings, violence, and sexuality.
- anadem
-
noun,
a garland or wreath for the head.
- Amrita
-
noun,
the beverage of immortality.
- tiaras
-
noun,
a jeweled, ornamental coronet worn by women.
- amends
-
noun,
reparation or compensation for a loss, damage, or injury of any kind; recompense.
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- airman
-
noun,
an aviator.
- airmen
-
noun,
an aviator.
- tensor
-
noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
- tenias
-
noun,
taenia.
- Amadis
-
noun,
a knight-errant, model of the chivalric hero.
- tenaim
-
noun,
the terms of a Jewish marriage, as the wedding date, amount of the bride's dowry, etc., or an agreement containing such terms, made by the parents of an engaged couple at the engagement party.
- Tasman
-
noun,
Abel Janszoon [ah-buh l yahn-sohn] /ˈɑ bəl ˈyɑn soʊn/ (Show IPA), 1602?–59, Dutch navigator and explorer.
- tarso-
-
- tarsia
-
noun,
intarsia.
- Tarmac
-
noun,
(lowercase) a road, airport runway, parking area, etc., paved with Tarmac, tarmacadam, or a layer of tar.
- aments
-
noun,
catkin.
- tamari
-
noun,
a rich, naturally fermented soybean sauce containing little or no wheat and thicker than soy sauce.
- Taoism
-
noun,
the philosophical system evolved by Lao-tzu and Chuang-tzu, advocating a life of complete simplicity and naturalness and of noninterference with the course of natural events, in order to attain a happy existence in harmony with the Tao.
- amices
-
noun,
an oblong vestment, usually of white linen, worn about the neck and shoulders and partly under the alb.
- tanrec
-
noun,
tenrec.
- amides
-
noun,
a metallic derivative of ammonia in which the −NH 2 group is retained, as potassium amide, KNH 2 .
- amido-
-
- amidst
-
preposition,
amid.
- Amiens
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Somme, in N France: cathedral; battles 1914, 1918, 1944.
- tandem
-
noun,
a vehicle, as a truck, tractor, or trailer, in which a pair or pairs of axles are arranged in tandem.
- amines
-
noun,
any of a class of compounds derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms with organic groups.
- amino-
-
- amnios
-
- cardia
-
noun,
an opening that connects the esophagus and the upper part of the stomach.
- sitcom
-
noun,
situation comedy.
- comtes
-
noun,
count2 .
- Catano
-
noun,
a city in NE Puerto Rico, SW of San Juan.
- Renata
-
noun,
a female given name.
- caters
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- redact
-
verb (used with object),
to put into suitable literary form; revise; edit.
- rectos
-
- Samain
-
noun,
Samhain.
- coedit
-
verb (used with object),
to edit jointly with another.
- cordis
-
adjective,
(in prescriptions) of the heart.
- recti-
-
- catena
-
noun,
a chain or connected series, especially of extracts from the writings of the fathers of the Christian church.
- Romaic
-
noun,
demotic (def 5).
- cinder
-
noun,
a partially or mostly burned piece of coal, wood, etc.
- coders
-
noun,
a person or device that translates information into a code.
- Reston
-
noun,
James (Barrett) ("Scotty") 1909–1995, U.S. journalist, born in Scotland.
- comers
-
noun,
Informal. a person or thing that is progressing well or is very promising:
- contes
-
plural,
Trademark. a brand of crayon made of graphite and clay, usually in black, red, or brown.
- Castro
-
noun,
Cipriano [sip-ree-ah-noh;; Spanish see-pree-ah-naw] /ˌsɪp riˈɑ noʊ;; Spanish ˌsi priˈɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1858?–1924, Venezuelan military and political leader: president 1901–08; exiled 1908.
- Castor
-
noun,
Also, castoreum. a brownish, unctuous substance with a strong, penetrating odor, secreted by certain glands in the groin of the beaver, used in medicine and perfumery.
- recons
-
noun,
reconnaissance.
- rodmen
-
noun,
a person who works with rods, as in making reinforced concrete.
- Caster
-
noun,
a person or thing that casts.
- cinema
-
noun,
Chiefly British. motion picture.
- Samian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Samos.
- samite
-
noun,
a heavy silk fabric, sometimes interwoven with gold, worn in the Middle Ages.
- casita
-
noun,
a small crude dwelling forming part of a shantytown inhabited by Mexican laborers in the southwestern U.S.
- corita
-
noun,
a boat resembling a large, woven basket, used by Indians of the southwestern U.S.
- casino
-
noun,
a building or large room used for meetings, entertainment, dancing, etc., especially such a place equipped with gambling devices, gambling tables, etc.
- casern
-
noun,
a lodging for soldiers in a garrison town; barracks.
- retina
-
noun,
the innermost coat of the posterior part of the eyeball that receives the image produced by the lens, is continuous with the optic nerve, and consists of several layers, one of which contains the rods and cones that are sensitive to light.
- casein
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a protein precipitated from milk, as by rennet, and forming the basis of cheese and certain plastics.
- contr.
-
- 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.
- recast
-
noun,
a recasting.
- Rosina
-
noun,
a female given name, Italian form of Rose.
- centos
-
noun,
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
- centr-
-
- centi-
-
- centra
-
noun,
a plural of centrum.
- centas
-
noun,
a former bronze coin of Lithuania, the 100th part of a litas.
- remand
-
noun,
the act of remanding.
- remain
-
noun,
Usually, remains. something that remains or is left.
- 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.
- sacred
-
adjective,
devoted or dedicated to a deity or to some religious purpose; consecrated.
- Comdt.
-
- COMSAT
-
noun,
(often lowercase) a communications satellite.
- Rosita
-
noun,
a female given name, Spanish form of Rose.
- Comdr.
-
- sacro-
-
- cerat-
-
- contd.
-
- Cedars
-
noun,
any of several Old World, coniferous trees of the genus Cedrus, having wide, spreading branches.
Compare cedar of Lebanon.
- 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.
- remans
-
verb (used with object),
to man again; furnish with a fresh supply of personnel.
- cedarn
-
adjective,
resembling or made of cedar.
- comate
-
noun,
a mate or companion.
- rosace
-
noun,
rosette (def 3).
- remind
-
verb (used with object),
to cause (a person) to remember; cause (a person) to think (of someone or something):
- manioc
-
noun,
cassava.
- Romans
-
noun,
an Epistle of the New Testament, written by Paul to the Christian community in Rome. Abbreviation: Rom.
- conies
-
noun,
the fur of a rabbit, especially when dyed to simulate Hudson seal.
- Conrad
-
noun,
Charles, Jr ("Pete") 1930–1999, U.S. astronaut.
- redans
-
noun,
a V -shaped work, usually projecting from a fortified line.
- remits
-
noun,
Law. a transfer of the record of an action from one tribunal to another, particularly from an appellate court to the court of original jurisdiction.
- cation
-
noun,
a positively charged ion that is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis.
- coatis
-
noun,
any tropical American carnivore of the genus Nasua, related to the raccoon, having an elongated body, long, ringed tail, and a slender, flexible snout.
- retain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- riatas
-
noun,
a lariat.
- caroms
-
noun,
Billiards, Pool. a shot in which the cue ball hits two balls in succession.
- Cortes
-
noun,
(in Spain or Portugal) the two houses constituting the national legislative body.
- reason
-
noun,
a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.:
- Coster
-
noun,
costermonger.
- santir
-
noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- Sandie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Sandro.
- 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.
- Carson
-
noun,
Christopher ("Kit") 1809–68, U.S. frontiersman and scout.
- caries
-
noun,
decay, as of bone or of plant tissue.
- Sandor
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Carina
-
noun,
Zoology. a keellike part or ridge, especially a ridge of bone on the ventral side of the sternum of birds.
- Sandra
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Alexandra.
- Carian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Caria.
- Sandro
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Carman
-
noun,
one of the crew of a streetcar or the like, as the motorman.
- coarse
-
adjective,
composed of relatively large parts or particles:
- 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.
- Coanda
-
noun,
Henri Marie [ahn-ree ma-ree] /ɑ̃ˈri maˈri/ (Show IPA), 1885–1972, French engineer and inventor.
- Carnot
-
noun,
Lazare Nicolas Marguerite [la-zar nee-kaw-lah mar-guh-reet] /laˈzar ni kɔˈlɑ mar gəˈrit/ (Show IPA), 1753–1823, French general and statesman.
- Carmen
-
noun,
Ciudad del Carmen.
- C-note
-
noun,
See C (def 11).
- COSTAR
-
noun,
a performer, especially an actor or actress, who shares star billing with another.
- rident
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- re-act
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- cnemis
-
noun,
the tibia or shin.
- Sander
-
noun,
a person or thing that sands or sandpapers.
- cartes
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- reatas
-
noun,
riata.
- Samoan
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Samoa.
- cornea
-
noun,
the transparent anterior part of the external coat of the eye covering the iris and the pupil and continuous with the sclera.
- 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.
- CORNET
-
noun,
Music. a valved wind instrument of the trumpet family.
- Rodman
-
noun,
a person who works with rods, as in making reinforced concrete.
- carton
-
noun,
a cardboard or plastic box used typically for storage or shipping.
- carets
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- rimose
-
adjective,
full of crevices, chinks, or cracks.
- sancta
-
noun,
a sacred or holy place.
- recant
-
verb (used with object),
to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
- carnet
-
noun,
a customs document allowing an automobile to be driven at no cost across international borders.
- Coates
-
noun,
Eric, 1886–1957, English violist and composer.
- Citron
-
noun,
a pale-yellow fruit resembling the lemon but larger and with thicker rind, borne by a small tree or large bush, Citrus medica, allied to the lemon and lime.
- corset
-
noun,
Sometimes, corsets. a close-fitting undergarment, stiffened with whalebone or similar material and often capable of being tightened by lacing, enclosing the trunk: worn, especially by women, to shape and support the body; stays.
- rodent
-
noun,
a rodent mammal.
- coated
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- raias
-
noun,
rayah.
- mesic
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or adapted to an environment having a balanced supply of moisture.
- Tarim
-
noun,
a river in NW China, in Xinjiang Uygur region. About 1300 miles (2090 km) long.
- 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.
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- taros
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- mero-
-
- McRae
-
noun,
Carmen, 1920–94, U.S. jazz singer and songwriter.
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- meros
-
noun,
(in the Doric order) a flat surface between two channels of a triglyph.
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- rides
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- tera-
-
- 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).
- raids
-
noun,
a sudden assault or attack, as upon something to be seized or suppressed:
- teams
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- tears
-
- Rimas
-
noun,
a female given name.
- meso-
-
- tends
-
Verb phrases,
tend on/upon, Archaic. to attend or wait upon; minister to; serve:
- temin
-
noun,
Howard M(artin) 1934–94, U.S. virologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1975.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- teno-
-
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- meson
-
noun,
Physics. any hadron, or strongly interacting particle, other than a baryon. Mesons are bosons, having spins of 0, 1, 2, …, and, unlike baryons, do not obey a conservation law.
- Taino
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- Meads
-
noun,
an alcoholic liquor made by fermenting honey and water.
- Mensa
-
noun,
Also called altar slab, altar stone. the flat stone forming the top of the altar in a Roman Catholic church.
- Merca
-
noun,
a city in S Somalia.
- Tamis
-
noun,
a worsted cloth mesh constructed in open weave and having a corded face, used as a sieve or strainer.
- Medic
-
noun,
a member of a military medical corps; corpsman.
- tames
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- Tamas
-
noun,
See under guna.
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- Tamar
-
noun,
the daughter of David and half-sister of Absalom. II Sam. 13.
- menta
-
noun,
Entomology. the medial plate of the labium in insects.
- Taira
-
noun,
a member of a powerful family in Japan that ruled the country 1160–85.
- 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.
- Medoc
-
noun,
a wine-growing region in Gironde, in SW France.
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Medon
-
noun,
(in the Odyssey) a herald who warned Penelope that her suitors were conspiring against Telemachus.
- meno-
-
- menad
-
noun,
maenad.
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- retd.
-
- mends
-
noun,
the act of mending; repair or improvement.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- tacos
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- tardo
-
adjective,
slow (used as a musical direction).
- rices
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- MEANS
-
noun,
Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
- meant
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of mean1 .
- Mears
-
noun,
mere3 .
- Medan
-
noun,
a city in NE Sumatra, in W Indonesia.
- Tarde
-
noun,
Gabriel [ga-bree-el] /ga briˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1843–1904, French sociologist.
- merit
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- Tarai
-
noun,
Terai.
- Media
-
noun,
a plural of medium.
- remit
-
noun,
Law. a transfer of the record of an action from one tribunal to another, particularly from an appellate court to the court of original jurisdiction.
- rents
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- menat
-
noun,
an amulet worn by certain Egyptians in ancient times to secure divine protection and to ensure fertility.
- Radom
-
noun,
a city in E Poland.
- taces
-
noun,
tasset.
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- Merci
-
interjection,
thank you.
- riata
-
noun,
a lariat.
- rends
-
verb (used with object),
to separate into parts with force or violence:
- reni-
-
- matr-
-
- oater
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- Raman
-
noun,
Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata [chuhn-druh-shey-ker-uh veng-kuh-tuh] /ˈtʃʌn drəˈʃeɪ kər ə ˈvɛŋ kə tə/ (Show IPA), 1888–1970, Indian physicist: Nobel prize 1930.
- RECON
-
noun,
reconnaissance.
- tread
-
noun,
the action of treading, stepping, or walking.
- maras
-
noun,
a city in S Turkey, NE of Adana.
- Marat
-
noun,
Jean Paul [zhahn-pawl] /ʒɑ̃ pɔl/ (Show IPA), 1743–93, French politician and journalist: leader in the French Revolution; assassinated by Charlotte Corday d'Armont.
- rason
-
noun,
a long, loose, black gown with wide sleeves, worn by the clergy.
- trams
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- trama
-
noun,
a specialized hyphal tissue constituting the internal structure of mushroom gills, pore tubes, or spines.
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- Recit
-
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- trade
-
noun,
the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries:
- Trace
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- Maori
-
noun,
a member of the native Polynesian population of New Zealand.
- Tosca
-
noun,
an opera (1900) by Giacomo Puccini.
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- torse
-
noun,
a wreath of twisted silks of two alternating tinctures, usually a metal and a color, depicted supporting a crest or coronet, often upon a helmet.
- rect.
-
- toric
-
adjective,
noting or pertaining to a lens with a surface forming a portion of a torus, used for eyeglasses and contact lenses that correct astigmatism.
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- recta
-
noun,
a plural of rectum.
- torcs
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- ranid
-
noun,
frog1 (def 2).
- toran
-
noun,
(in Indian Buddhist and Hindu architecture) a gateway having two or three lintels between two posts.
- tonic
-
noun,
a medicine that invigorates or strengthens:
- treas
-
- trend
-
noun,
the general course or prevailing tendency; drift:
- tones
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- react
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- Tsana
-
noun,
Lake. Tana, Lake.
- tsadi
-
noun,
sadhe.
- ratos
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- manit
-
noun,
man-minute.
- manor
-
noun,
(in England) a landed estate or territorial unit, originally of the nature of a feudal lordship, consisting of a lord's demesne and of lands within which he has the right to exercise certain privileges, exact certain fees, etc.
- manos
-
noun,
the upper or handheld stone used when grinding maize or other grains on a metate.
- trone
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- Trona
-
noun,
a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- Troad
-
noun,
The, a region in NW Asia Minor surrounding ancient Troy.
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- manse
-
noun,
the house and land occupied by a minister or parson.
- ratan
-
noun,
rattan.
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- Manta
-
noun,
(in Spain and Spanish America) a cloak or wrap.
- trims
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- tried
-
noun,
an attempt or effort:
- reads
-
noun,
an act or instance of reading:
- trice
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- reams
-
noun,
a standard quantity of paper, consisting of 20 quires or 500 sheets (formerly 480 sheets), or 516 sheets (printer's ream or perfect ream)
- Triad
-
noun,
a group of three, especially of three closely related persons or things.
- triac
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- reata
-
noun,
riata.
- tonia
-
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- term.
-
- times
-
noun,
the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- rimes
-
noun,
Also called rime ice. an opaque coating of tiny, white, granular ice particles, caused by the rapid freezing of supercooled water droplets on impact with an object.
Compare frost (def 3), glaze (def 17).
- ramet
-
noun,
an individual of a clone.
- Masai
-
noun,
a member of an African people inhabiting the highlands of Kenya and Tanzania and having a largely pastoral economy and a society based on the patrilineal clan.
- Masan
-
noun,
a seaport in SE South Korea.
- masc.
-
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- 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.
- Timor
-
noun,
an island in the S part of Indonesia: largest and easternmost of the Lesser Sunda Islands; E half formerly belonged to Portugal. 13,095 sq. mi. (33,913 sq. km).
- Timon
-
noun,
c320–c230 b.c, Greek philosopher.
- MASER
-
noun,
a device for amplifying electromagnetic waves by stimulated emission of radiation.
- Mason
-
noun,
a person whose trade is building with units of various natural or artificial mineral products, as stones, bricks, cinder blocks, or tiles, usually with the use of mortar or cement as a bonding agent.
- timer
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- mast-
-
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- tiers
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- tides
-
noun,
the periodic rise and fall of the waters of the ocean and its inlets, produced by the attraction of the moon and sun, and occurring about every 12 hours.
- reman
-
verb (used with object),
to man again; furnish with a fresh supply of personnel.
- tiara
-
noun,
a jeweled, ornamental coronet worn by women.
- terns
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- mater
-
noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- terms
-
noun,
a word or group of words designating something, especially in a particular field, as atom in physics, quietism in theology, adze in carpentry, or district leader in politics.
- matin
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) matins, Also, especially British, mattins. (usually used with a singular verb) Ecclesiastical.
the first of the seven canonical hours.
the service for it, properly beginning at midnight, but sometimes beginning at daybreak.
Also called Morning Prayer. the service of public prayer, said in the morning, in the Anglican Church.
- marts
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- ramie
-
noun,
an Asian shrub, Boehmeria nivea, of the nettle family, yielding a fiber used especially in making textiles.
- tomia
-
noun,
the cutting edge of a bird's bill.
- Marne
-
noun,
a river in NE France, flowing W to the Seine near Paris: battles 1914, 1918, 1944. 325 miles (525 km) long.
- marcs
-
noun,
the grapes contained in the wine press and the residue, as skins and pips, remaining after the juice is expressed.
- Maria
-
noun,
calaba.
- Marie
-
noun,
(Marie Alexandra Victoria of Saxe-Coburg) 1875–1938, queen of Romania 1914–27.
- Marin
-
noun,
John, 1870–1953, U.S. painter and etcher.
- tomes
-
noun,
a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
- Redan
-
noun,
a V -shaped work, usually projecting from a fortified line.
- toman
-
noun,
a coin of Iran, equal to 10 rials.
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- Mario
-
noun,
a male given name: from the Roman family name Marius.
- Maris
-
noun,
Roger (Eugene) 1934–85, U.S. baseball player.
- redia
-
noun,
a cylindrical larval stage of some trematodes, produced by a sporocyst and giving rise to daughter rediae or to cercariae.
- Maroc
-
noun,
French name of Morocco.
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- redos
-
noun,
the act or an instance of redoing.
- Maros
-
noun,
Hungarian name of Mures.
- marse
-
noun,
(used chiefly in representation of southern black speech) master.
- Ramos
-
noun,
Fidel V. born 1928, Philippine political leader: president 1992–98.
- Reims
-
noun,
a city in NE France: cathedral; unconditional surrender of Germany May 7, 1945.
- Marta
-
noun,
a female given name.
- T-man
-
noun,
a special investigator of the Department of the Treasury.
- Ramon
-
noun,
any of several tropical American trees belonging to the genus Brosimum, of the mulberry family, the leaves of which are used as forage, especially B. alicastrum, which bears the breadnut.
- Marti
-
noun,
José [haw-se] /hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1853–1895, Cuban patriot and writer.
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- tired
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- meta-
-
- MINCE
-
noun,
something cut up very small; mincemeat.
- metas
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) a column or post, or a group of columns or posts, placed at each end of a racetrack to mark the turning places.
- Omani
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Oman.
- omni-
-
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- Seric
-
- 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.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- omits
-
verb (used with object),
to leave out; fail to include or mention:
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- omers
-
noun,
a Hebrew unit of dry measure, the tenth part of an ephah.
- 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.
- narcs
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- nards
-
noun,
an aromatic Himalayan plant, believed to be the spikenard, Nardostachys jatamansi, the source of an ointment used by the ancients.
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- seti-
-
- Nasca
-
adjective,
Nazca.
- semi-
-
- Sedan
-
noun,
an enclosed automobile body having two or four doors and seating four or more persons on two full-width seats.
- oidea
-
- naso-
-
- Saman
-
noun,
a Persian noble who lived in the 8th century a.d., progenitor of the Samanid dynasty.
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- nears
-
- Odets
-
noun,
Clifford, 1906–63, U.S. dramatist.
- sect.
-
- Samar
-
noun,
an island in the E central Philippines. 5309 sq. mi. (13,750 sq. km).
- SEATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Manila (1954), comprising Australia, Great Britain, France, New Zealand, Pakistan, the Philippines, Thailand, and the United States, for collective defense against aggression in southeastern Asia and the southwestern Pacific: abolished in 1977.
- sero-
-
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- scrim
-
noun,
a cotton or linen fabric of open weave used for bunting, curtains, etc.
- naiad
-
noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) Classical Mythology. any of a class of nymphs presiding over rivers and springs.
- Moser
-
noun,
Johann Jakob [yoh-hahn yah-kawp] /ˈyoʊ hɑn ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1701–85, German jurist and publicist.
- motes
-
noun,
a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
- MSEnt
-
- nacre
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- Sadie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Sara or Sarah.
- Sadoc
-
noun,
Zadok.
- Sino-
-
- Nader
-
noun,
Ralph, born 1934, U.S. lawyer, author, political reformer, and consumer advocate.
- since
-
adverb,
from then till now (often preceded by ever):
- nadir
-
noun,
Astronomy. the point on the celestial sphere directly beneath a given position or observer and diametrically opposite the zenith.
- Simon
-
noun,
the original name of the apostle Peter.
Compare Peter.
- saice
-
noun,
syce.
- Saida
-
noun,
a seaport in SW Lebanon: the site of ancient Sidon.
- Naida
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Naima
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Arabic word meaning “benevolent.”.
- naira
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Nigeria, equal to 100 kobo: replaced the pound in 1973.
- onces
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- Names
-
noun,
a word or a combination of words by which a person, place, or thing, a body or class, or any object of thought is designated, called, or known.
- simar
-
noun,
Also, cymar. a loose, lightweight jacket or robe for women, fashionable in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- Maine
-
noun,
a state in the NE United States, on the Atlantic coast. 33,215 sq. mi. (86,027 sq. km). Capital: Augusta.
Abbreviation: ME (for use with zip code), Me.
- Sidra
-
noun,
Gulf of, an inlet of the Mediterranean, on the N coast of Libya.
- Naomi
-
noun,
the mother-in-law of Ruth and the great-grandmother of David. Ruth 1.
- Sidon
-
noun,
a city of ancient Phoenicia: site of modern Saida.
- Seton
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- scrod
-
noun,
a young Atlantic codfish or haddock, especially one split for cooking.
- SCRAM
-
noun,
the rapid shutdown of a nuclear reactor in an emergency.
- Siret
-
noun,
a river in SE Europe, flowing SE from the Carpathian Mountains in Ukraine, through E Romania to the Danube. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- noria
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- Noemi
-
noun,
Naomi (def 1).
- noise
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- nomad
-
noun,
a member of a people or tribe that has no permanent abode but moves about from place to place, usually seasonally and often following a traditional route or circuit according to the state of the pasturage or food supply.
- ocean
-
noun,
the vast body of salt water that covers almost three fourths of the earth's surface.
- satin
-
noun,
a fabric in a warp-effect or filling-effect satin weave, as acetate, rayon, nylon, or silk, often having a glossy face and a soft, slippery texture.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- satem
-
adjective,
belonging to or consisting of those branches of the Indo-European family in which alveolar or palatal fricatives, as the sounds (s) or (sh), developed in ancient times from Proto-Indo-European palatal stops: the satem branches are Indo-Iranian, Armenian, Slavic, Baltic, and Albanian.
- Satan
-
noun,
the chief evil spirit; the great adversary of humanity; the devil.
- nomas
-
noun,
a gangrenous ulceration of the mouth or genitalia, occurring mainly in debilitated children.
- nomes
-
noun,
one of the provinces of ancient Egypt.
- NORAD
-
noun,
a joint U.S.-Canadian air force command responsible for detecting aircraft and space vehicles deemed a threat to the continental airspace.
- sanit
-
- Sarto
-
noun,
Andrea del [ahn-drey-uh del;; Italian ahn-dre-ah del] /ɑnˈdreɪ ə dɛl;; Italian ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ dɛl/ (Show IPA), Andrea del Sarto.
- Scand
-
- sarod
-
noun,
a lute of northern India, played with a bow.
- Santa
-
noun,
Santa Claus.
- Norma
-
noun,
the Rule, a small southern constellation between Lupus and Ara.
- Norse
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
- Oates
-
noun,
Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- noted
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- notes
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- Santo
-
noun,
a carved figure of a saint, usually of wood, as from Puerto Rico, Mexico, or the southwestern U.S.
- 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.
- sarc-
-
- Saran
-
noun,
a thermoplastic copolymer of vinylidene chloride and usually small amounts of vinyl chloride or acrylonitrile: used as a fiber, for packaging, and for making acid-resistant pipe.
- oaten
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or made of oats.
- noct-
-
- ocrea
-
noun,
a sheathing part, as a pair of stipules united about a stem.
- nemos
-
noun,
remote (def 10).
- Nimes
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Gard, in S France: Roman ruins.
- octan
-
noun,
an octan fever.
- nerds
-
noun,
a person considered to be socially awkward, boring, unstylish, etc.
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- Scot.
-
- scorn
-
noun,
open or unqualified contempt; disdain:
- nicad
-
noun,
nickel-cadmium battery.
- score
-
noun,
the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.
- Samoa
-
noun,
a group of islands in the S Pacific, the islands W of 170° W longitude constituting an independent state and the rest belonging to the U.S.
- Scone
-
noun,
a small, light, biscuitlike quick bread made of oatmeal, wheat flour, barley meal, or the like.
- scion
-
noun,
a descendant.
- scent
-
noun,
a distinctive odor, especially when agreeable:
- nides
-
noun,
a nest or brood, especially of pheasants.
- scend
-
noun,
the heaving motion of a vessel.
- scant
-
adverb,
Scot. and North England Dialect. scarcely; barely; hardly.
- scena
-
noun,
an extended operatic vocal solo, usually including an aria and a recitative.
- Niort
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- sceat
-
noun,
a silver Anglo-Saxon coin of the 7th and 8th centuries, sometimes including an amount of gold.
- nitr-
-
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- octad
-
noun,
a group or series of eight.
- octa-
-
- scat-
-
- Sande
-
noun,
Earl, 1898–1968, U.S. jockey and racehorse trainer.
- scart
-
verb (used with or without object),
to scratch, scrape, mark, or scar.
- scare
-
noun,
a sudden fright or alarm, especially with little or no reason.
- Sadat
-
noun,
Anwar el- [ahn-wahr el] /ˈɑn wɑr ɛl/ (Show IPA), 1918–81, Egyptian political leader: president 1970–81; Nobel Peace Prize 1978.
- morts
-
noun,
Hunting. the note played on a hunting horn signifying that the animal hunted has been killed.
- metic
-
noun,
an alien resident of an ancient Greek city who paid a tax for the right to live there.
- stand
-
noun,
the act of standing; an assuming of or a remaining in an upright position.
- Osman
-
noun,
1259–1326, Turkish emir 1299–1326: founder of the Ottoman dynasty.
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- steam
-
noun,
water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor.
- Miner
-
noun,
Also called mineworker. a person who works in a mine, especially a commercial mine producing coal or metallic ores.
- Stead
-
noun,
the place of a person or thing as occupied by a successor or substitute:
- Mines
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- Minor
-
noun,
a person under the legal age of full responsibility.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- Minos
-
noun,
a king of Crete: he ordered Daedalus to build the Labyrinth.
- Minot
-
noun,
George Richards [rich-erdz] /ˈrɪtʃ ərdz/ (Show IPA), 1885–1950, U.S. physician: Nobel prize 1934.
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- Minto
-
noun,
Gilbert John Elliot-Murray-Kynynmond [el-ee-uh t-mur-ee-ki-nin-muh nd,, -muhr-ee-,, el-yuh t-] /ˈɛl i ətˈmɜr i kɪˈnɪn mənd,, -ˈmʌr i-,, ˈɛl yət-/ (Show IPA), 4th Earl of, 1845–1914, British colonial administrator: governor general of Canada 1898–1904; viceroy of India 1905–10.
- ster.
-
- mints
-
noun,
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
Compare mint family.
- mires
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- OSCAR
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter O.
- misc.
-
- Oscan
-
noun,
one of an ancient people of south-central Italy.
- misce
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) mix.
- ornis
-
noun,
an avifauna.
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- staid
-
noun,
the act of stopping or being stopped.
- ornes
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- Roman
-
noun,
a metrical narrative, especially in medieval French literature.
- minds
-
noun,
(in a human or other conscious being) the element, part, substance, or process that reasons, thinks, feels, wills, perceives, judges, etc.:
- osmic
-
adjective,
of or containing osmium in its higher valences, especially the tetravalent state.
- misdo
-
verb (used with object),
to do badly or wrongly; botch.
- races
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- Metis
-
noun,
any person of mixed ancestry.
- metr-
-
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- racon
-
noun,
radar beacon.
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- riots
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- Storm
-
noun,
a disturbance of the normal condition of the atmosphere, manifesting itself by winds of unusual force or direction, often accompanied by rain, snow, hail, thunder, and lightning, or flying sand or dust.
- micas
-
noun,
any member of a group of minerals, hydrous silicates of aluminum with other bases, chiefly potassium, magnesium, iron, and lithium, that separate readily into thin, tough, often transparent, and usually elastic laminae; isinglass.
- micra
-
noun,
a plural of micron.
- roams
-
noun,
an act or instance of roaming; a ramble.
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- roans
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- Ostia
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, SW of Rome: ruins from 4th century b.c.; site of ancient port of Rome.
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- roast
-
noun,
roasted meat or a piece of roasted meat, as a piece of beef or veal of a quantity and shape for slicing into more than one portion.
- MIDAS
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a Phrygian king, son of Gordius, who was given by Dionysus the power of turning whatever he touched into gold.
- Stone
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- stome
-
- stoma
-
noun,
Also, stomate. Botany. any of various small apertures, especially one of the minute orifices or slits in the epidermis of leaves, stems, etc., through which gases are exchanged.
- Stoic
-
noun,
a member or adherent of the Stoic school of philosophy.
- stime
-
noun,
the smallest bit; a drop, taste, or glimpse.
- miens
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- Rodin
-
noun,
(François) Auguste (René) [frahn-swa oh-gyst ruh-ney] /frɑ̃ˈswa oʊˈgüst rəˈneɪ/ (Show IPA), 1840–1917, French sculptor.
- minas
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- Saone
-
noun,
a river flowing S from NE France to the Rhone. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- oste-
-
- stade
-
noun,
a period of time represented by a glacial deposit.
- miser
-
noun,
a person who lives in wretched circumstances in order to save and hoard money.
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- orans
-
noun,
orant.
- Soane
-
noun,
Sir John, 1753–1837, English architect.
- snort
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- Saadi
-
noun,
(Muslih ud-Din) 1184?–1291? Persian poet.
- monic
-
adjective,
(of a polynomial) having the coefficient of the term of highest degree equal to 1.
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- snore
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- snide
-
adjective,
derogatory in a nasty, insinuating manner:
- orant
-
noun,
a representation of a female figure, with outstretched arms and palms up in a gesture of prayer, in ancient and early Christian art.
- snead
-
noun,
Samuel Jackson ("Slamming Sammy") 1912–2002, U.S. golfer.
- Mont.
-
- Monte
-
noun,
Also called monte bank. a gambling game played with a 40-card pack in which players bet that one of two layouts, each consisting of two cards drawn from either the top or bottom of the deck and turned face up, will be matched in suit by the next card turned up.
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- smote
-
verb,
a simple past tense of smite.
- monde
-
noun,
the world; people; society.
- moras
-
noun,
the unit of time equivalent to the ordinary or normal short sound or syllable.
- smite
-
Idioms,
smite hip and thigh. hip1 (def 9).
- smear
-
noun,
an oily, greasy, viscous, or wet substance, especially a dab of such a substance.
- ontic
-
adjective,
possessing the character of real rather than phenomenal existence; noumenal.
- Smart
-
noun,
a sharp local pain, usually superficial, as from a wound, blow, or sting.
- Morea
-
noun,
Peloponnesus.
- mores
-
noun,
an additional quantity, amount, or number:
- morns
-
noun,
morning.
- Morse
-
noun,
an ornamented metal clasp or brooch for fastening a cope in front.
- sito-
-
- ratio
-
noun,
the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:
- onset
-
noun,
a beginning or start:
- Monet
-
noun,
Claude [klawd;; French klohd] /klɔd;; French kloʊd/ (Show IPA), 1840–1926, French painter.
- Orcas
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- miso-
-
- modes
-
noun,
a manner of acting or doing; method; way:
- Srta.
-
- sotie
-
noun,
a satirical and topical comedy employing actors dressed in traditional fool's costume, popular in France during the late Middle Ages, and often used as a curtain raiser to mystery and morality plays.
- miter
-
noun,
the official headdress of a bishop in the Western Church, in its modern form a tall cap with a top deeply cleft crosswise, the outline of the front and back resembling that of a pointed arch.
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- mites
-
noun,
any of numerous small to microscopic arachnids of the subclass Acari, including species that are parasitic on animals and plants or that feed on decaying matter and stored foods.
- Mitra
-
noun,
the mitriform pileus of certain fungi.
- Mitre
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- ronde
-
noun,
a typeface imitative of upright, somewhat angular, handwriting.
- moans
-
noun,
a prolonged, low, inarticulate sound uttered from or as if from physical or mental suffering.
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- oread
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. any of a group of nymphs who were the companions of Artemis.
- ordn.
-
- monas
-
noun,
monad.
- sonic
-
adjective,
of or relating to sound.
- Sonia
-
noun,
a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.
- Moira
-
noun,
Classical Mythology.
the personification of fate.
Moirai, the Fates.
- moire
-
noun,
any moiré fabric.
- sonde
-
noun,
a rocket, balloon, or rockoon used as a probe for observing phenomena in the atmosphere.
- 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.
- moist
-
adjective,
moderately or slightly wet; damp.
- SONAR
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- monad
-
noun,
Biology.
any simple, single-celled organism.
any of various small, flagellate, colorless ameboids with one to three flagella, especially of the genus Monas.
- rotas
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- sodic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or containing sodium:
- Redon
-
noun,
Odilon [ohd-l-on;; French aw-dee-lawn] /ˈoʊd lˌɒn;; French ɔ diˈlɔ̃/ (Show IPA), 1840–1916, French painter and etcher.
- rands
-
noun,
(in shoemaking) a strip of leather set in a shoe at the heel before the lifts are attached.
- manic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or affected by mania.
- donas
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Madam; Lady: a Portuguese title prefixed to a woman's given name.
- canid
-
noun,
any animal of the dog family Canidae, including the wolves, jackals, hyenas, coyotes, foxes, and domestic dogs.
- doest
-
noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- canes
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- caner
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- doits
-
noun,
Also, duit. an old small copper coin of the Netherlands and Dutch colonies, first issued in the 17th century.
- domes
-
noun,
Architecture.
a vault, having a circular plan and usually in the form of a portion of a sphere, so constructed as to exert an equal thrust in all directions.
a domical roof or ceiling.
a polygonal vault, ceiling, or roof.
- Canea
-
noun,
a seaport on and the capital of Crete, on the W part.
- camis
-
noun,
camisole (def 1).
- cames
-
noun,
a slender, grooved bar of lead for holding together the pieces of glass in windows of latticework or stained glass.
- Cameo
-
noun,
a technique of engraving upon a gem or other stone, as onyx, in such a way that an underlying stone of one color is exposed as a background for a low-relief design of another color.
- Donar
-
noun,
the god of thunder, corresponding to Thor.
- Cairo
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Egypt, in the N part on the E bank of the Nile.
- cairn
-
noun,
a heap of stones set up as a landmark, monument, tombstone, etc.
- Caird
-
noun,
a traveling tinker, especially a gypsy.
- 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.
- cains
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- donec
-
conjunction,
(in prescriptions) until.
- caine
-
noun,
(Sir Thomas Henry) Hall, 1853–1931, English novelist.
- caids
-
noun,
(in North Africa) a Muslim tribal chief, judge, or senior official.
- DORAN
-
noun,
an electronic device for determining range and assisting navigation, employing the principle of the Doppler effect.
- 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.
- Doris
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the wife of Nereus and mother of the Nereids.
- cadre
-
noun,
Military. the key group of officers and enlisted personnel necessary to establish and train a new military unit.
- cadis
-
noun,
qadi.
- dorms
-
noun,
dormitory.
- dorse
-
noun,
the back of a book or folded document.
- Cadet
-
noun,
a student in a national service academy or private military school or on a training ship.
- dorts
-
noun,
Dordrecht.
- 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.
- doers
-
noun,
a person or thing that does something, especially a person who gets things done with vigor and efficiency.
- Canso
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in SE Canada, the NE extremity of Nova Scotia.
- atria
-
noun,
Architecture.
Also called cavaedium. the main or central room of an ancient Roman house, open to the sky at the center and usually having a pool for the collection of rain water.
a courtyard, flanked or surrounded by porticoes, in front of an early or medieval Christian church.
a skylit central court in a contemporary building or house.
- carne
-
noun,
Marcel [mahr-sel;; French mar-sel] /mɑrˈsɛl;; French marˈsɛl/ (Show IPA), 1909–1996, French film director.
- cater
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- dirts
-
noun,
any foul or filthy substance, as mud, grime, dust, or excrement.
- disc.
-
- disme
-
noun,
a former coin of the U.S., equal to 10 cents, issued in 1792: early form of the dime.
- cata-
-
- caste
-
noun,
Sociology.
an endogamous and hereditary social group limited to persons of the same rank, occupation, economic position, etc., and having mores distinguishing it from other such groups.
any rigid system of social distinctions.
- dist.
-
- dites
-
noun,
a bit (usually used in negative constructions):
- carts
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- Carte
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- carse
-
noun,
bottom land.
- carom
-
noun,
Billiards, Pool. a shot in which the cue ball hits two balls in succession.
- carns
-
noun,
cairn.
- Carme
-
noun,
a small natural satellite of the planet Jupiter.
- canst
-
noun,
a sealed container for food, beverages, etc., as of aluminum, sheet iron coated with tin, or other metal:
- Carin
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Carie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- Caria
-
noun,
an ancient district in SW Asia Minor.
- caret
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- cares
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- Caren
-
noun,
a female given name.
- doats
-
verb (used without object),
dote.
- cards
-
noun,
a usually rectangular piece of stiff paper, thin pasteboard, or plastic for various uses, as to write information on or printed as a means of identifying the holder:
- Card.
-
- carat
-
noun,
a unit of weight in gemstones, 200 milligrams (about 3 grains of troy or avoirdupois weight). Abbreviation: c., ct.
- Caras
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Italian word meaning “dear one.”.
- cants
-
noun,
insincere, especially conventional expressions of enthusiasm for high ideals, goodness, or piety.
- canto
-
noun,
one of the main or larger divisions of a long poem.
- Cant.
-
- dotes
-
noun,
decay of wood.
- Draco
-
noun,
the Dragon, a northern circumpolar constellation between Ursa Major and Cepheus.
- Dirae
-
plural noun,
the Furies. See fury (def 3).
- edict
-
noun,
a decree issued by a sovereign or other authority. Synonyms: dictum, pronouncement.
- Arndt
-
noun,
Ernst Moritz [ernst moh-rits] /ɛrnst ˈmoʊ rɪts/ (Show IPA), 1769–1860, German poet and historian.
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- armet
-
noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- Eaton
-
noun,
Theophilus, 1590–1658, English colonist and colonial administrator in America.
- Armen
-
- armed
-
noun,
Usually, arms. weapons, especially firearms.
- econ.
-
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- ectad
-
adverb,
outward.
- ecto-
-
- Arion
-
noun,
flourished 7th century b.c, Greek poet: inventor of the dithyramb.
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- Arica
-
noun,
a seaport in N Chile.
- Edina
-
noun,
a city in SE Minnesota, near Minneapolis.
- aroma
-
noun,
an odor arising from spices, plants, cooking, etc., especially an agreeable odor; fragrance.
- edit.
-
- edits
-
noun,
an instance of or the work of editing:
- arias
-
noun,
an air or melody.
- arian
-
noun,
an adherent of Arianism.
- Edman
-
noun,
Irwin, 1896–1954, U.S. philosopher and essayist.
- Ednas
-
noun,
Adnah.
- areo-
-
- ARENA
-
noun,
the oval space in the center of a Roman amphitheater for gladiatorial combats or other performances.
- Areca
-
noun,
any tropical Asian palm of the genus Areca, as the betel palm.
- 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.
- Arcas
-
noun,
a son of Zeus and Callisto, the ancestor of the Arcadians who was set among the stars with his mother as the Little Bear and the Great Bear respectively.
- eidos
-
noun,
the formal content of a culture, encompassing its system of ideas, criteria for interpreting experience, etc.
- aorta
-
noun,
the main trunk of the arterial system, conveying blood from the left ventricle of the heart to all of the body except the lungs.
- aroid
-
noun,
any plant of the arum family.
- arose
-
verb,
simple past tense of arise.
- Drain
-
noun,
something, as a pipe or conduit, by which a liquid drains.
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- atone
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- drama
-
noun,
a composition in prose or verse presenting in dialogue or pantomime a story involving conflict or contrast of character, especially one intended to be acted on the stage; a play.
- drams
-
noun,
Measurements.
a unit of apothecaries' weight, equal to 60 grains, or 1/8 (0.125) ounce (3.89 grams).
1/16 (0.0625) ounce, avoirdupois weight (27.34 grains; 1.77 grams). Abbreviation: dr., dr.
- crate
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- atmo-
-
- Atman
-
noun,
the principle of life.
- ation
-
- astr.
-
- crone
-
noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- Aston
-
noun,
Francis William, 1877–1945, English physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1922.
- drats
-
interjection,
(used to express mild disgust, disappointment, or the like):
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- aside
-
noun,
a part of an actor's lines supposedly not heard by others on the stage and intended only for the audience.
- 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.
- Asian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Asia, or a person of Asian descent.
- ASEAN
-
- Dream
-
noun,
a succession of images, thoughts, or emotions passing through the mind during sleep.
- drest
-
noun,
an outer garment for women and girls, consisting of bodice and skirt in one piece.
- dries
-
noun,
a plural of dry.
- 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.
- droit
-
noun,
a legal right or claim.
- ASDIC
-
noun,
sonar.
- drome
-
noun,
a department in SE France. 2533 sq. mi. (6560 sq. km). Capital: Valence.
- drone
-
noun,
the male of the honeybee and other bees, stingless and making no honey.
- Ascot
-
noun,
a necktie or scarf with broad ends, tied and arranged so that the ends are laid flat, one across the other, sometimes with a pin to secure them.
- ascon
-
noun,
a type of sponge having an oval shape and a thin body wall with pores leading directly into the spongocoel.
- asco-
-
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- Cates
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- Dirac
-
noun,
Paul Adrien Maurice, 1902–84, British physicist, in the U.S. after 1971: Nobel Prize 1933.
- emirs
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- daric
-
noun,
a gold coin and monetary unit of ancient Persia.
- corms
-
noun,
an enlarged, fleshy, bulblike base of a stem, as in the crocus.
- coria
-
noun,
plural of corium.
- cores
-
- Corea
-
noun,
Armando Anthony [ahr-mahn-doh] /ɑrˈmɑn doʊ/ (Show IPA), ("Chick") born 1941, U.S. jazz pianist and composer.
- cords
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) clothing, especially trousers, of corded fabric; corduroys.
- Conte
-
noun,
count2 .
- cont.
-
- Dania
-
noun,
a town in S Florida.
- danio
-
noun,
any of several cyprinid fishes of the genera Danio and Brachydanio, of India and Sri Lanka, often kept in aquariums.
- Dante
-
noun,
(Dante Alighieri) 1265–1321, Italian poet: author of the Divine Comedy.
- Const
-
- Cons.
-
- Dares
-
noun,
an act of daring or defiance; challenge.
- 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.
- Corse
-
noun,
corpse.
- Dario
-
noun,
Rubén [roo-ven] /ruˈvɛn/ (Show IPA), (Félix Rubén García Sarmiento) 1867–1916, Nicaraguan poet and diplomat.
- darns
-
noun,
a darned place, as in a garment:
- darts
-
- Comte
-
noun,
count2 .
- dates
-
noun,
a particular month, day, and year at which some event happened or will happen:
- Comr.
-
- comet
-
noun,
a celestial body moving about the sun, usually in a highly eccentric orbit, consisting of a central mass surrounded by an envelope of dust and gas that may form a tail that streams away from the sun.
- datos
-
noun,
(in the Philippines) a native chief.
- comes
-
noun,
Astronomy. companion1 (def 6).
- Comer
-
noun,
Informal. a person or thing that is progressing well or is very promising:
- COMAS
-
noun,
a state of prolonged unconsciousness, including a lack of response to stimuli, from which it is impossible to rouse a person.
- coirs
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- dears
-
noun,
a person who is good, kind, or generous:
- deca-
-
- 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.
- Corti
-
noun,
Alfonso [al-fon-soh;; Italian ahl-fawn-saw] /ælˈfɒn soʊ;; Italian ɑlˈfɔn sɔ/ (Show IPA), 1822–76, Italian anatomist.
- deci-
-
- cotes
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- crit.
-
- crine
-
noun,
hair; head of hair.
- crime
-
noun,
an action or an instance of negligence that is deemed injurious to the public welfare or morals or to the interests of the state and that is legally prohibited.
- crim.
-
- cries
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- cried
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- crest
-
noun,
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- Creon
-
noun,
a king of Thebes, the brother of Jocasta and the uncle of Eteocles, Polynices, and Antigone.
- Credo
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the Apostles' Creed or the Nicene Creed.
- cream
-
noun,
the fatty part of milk, which rises to the surface when the liquid is allowed to stand unless homogenized.
- mania
-
noun,
excessive excitement or enthusiasm; craze:
- Crane
-
noun,
any large wading bird of the family Gruidae, characterized by long legs, bill, and neck and an elevated hind toe.
- crams
-
noun,
Informal. the act of cramming for an examination.
- daces
-
noun,
a small, freshwater cyprinoid fish, Leuciscus leuciscus, of Europe, having a stout, fusiform body.
- danes
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Denmark.
- Dacia
-
noun,
an ancient kingdom and later a Roman province in S Europe between the Carpathian Mountains and the Danube, corresponding generally to modern Romania and adjacent regions.
- Daman
-
noun,
a hyrax, Procavia syriaca, of Syria, Palestine, etc.: the cony of the Bible.
- Damar
-
noun,
dammar.
- Damas
-
noun,
French name of Damascus.
- Costa
-
noun,
a rib or riblike part.
- dames
-
noun,
(initial capital letter)
the official title of a female member of the Order of the British Empire, equivalent to that of a knight.
the official title of the wife of a knight or baronet.
- Damia
-
noun,
a spirit of fertility.
- damns
-
noun,
the utterance of “damn” in swearing or for emphasis.
- Damon
-
noun,
a male given name.
- coset
-
noun,
a subset of a group, formed by the consistent operation of a given element of the group on the left or right of all the elements of a subgroup of the group.
- Danae
-
noun,
a daughter of the king of Argos and mother, by Zeus disguised as a shower of gold, of Perseus.
- Danai
-
plural noun,
the Argives.
- Danas
-
noun,
Danu.
- dance
-
noun,
a successive group of rhythmical steps or bodily motions, or both, usually executed to music.
- decan
-
noun,
any of three divisions of 10° within a sign of the zodiac.
- coins
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- Ceara
-
noun,
Fortaleza.
- diets
-
noun,
food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health:
- dicot
-
noun,
a dicotyledon.
- dict.
-
- cine-
-
- dicta
-
noun,
a plural of dictum.
- Cimon
-
noun,
507–499 b.c, Athenian military leader, naval commander, and statesman (son of Miltiades).
- 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.
- 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.
- cetin
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble fat, C 32 H 64 O 2 , obtained from spermaceti by extraction with ether: used chiefly as an emulsive agent in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals and cosmetics and as a base in the manufacture of candles and soaps.
- Cesti
-
noun,
Marcantonio [mahr-kahn-taw-nyaw] /ˌmɑr kɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1623–69, Italian composer.
- cesta
-
noun,
a narrow, curved basket fitted on one end to a wooden handle with a glovelike compartment at the base, for catching and throwing the ball.
- cert.
-
- ceros
-
noun,
a large Atlantic and Gulf Coast mackerel game fish, Scomberomorus regalis.
- cero-
-
- 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.
- cines
-
noun,
a film; motion picture.
- ceras
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- Ceram
-
noun,
an island of the Moluccas in Indonesia, W of New Guinea. 7191 sq. mi. (18,625 sq. km).
- dimer
-
noun,
a molecule composed of two identical, simpler molecules.
- cents
-
noun,
a bronze coin of the U.S., the 100th part of a U.S. dollar: made of steel during part of 1943. Symbol: ¢.
- dinar
-
noun,
any of various former coins of the Near East, especially gold coins issued by Islamic governments.
- diner
-
noun,
a person who dines.
- dines
-
noun,
Scot. dinner.
- CENTO
-
noun,
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
- cent.
-
- Cenis
-
noun,
Mont, a mountain pass between SE France and Italy, in the Alps. 6834 feet (2083 meters) high.
- cedis
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Ghana, equal to 100 pesewas.
- dints
-
noun,
force; power:
- Dione
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a Titan and a consort of Zeus.
- Cedar
-
noun,
any of several Old World, coniferous trees of the genus Cedrus, having wide, spreading branches.
Compare cedar of Lebanon.
- dices
-
Idioms,
no dice, Informal. of no use or help; ineffective.
- cions
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- decor
-
noun,
style or mode of decoration, as of a room, building, or the like:
- Demos
-
noun,
the common people of an ancient Greek state.
- decos
-
noun,
art deco.
- coeds
-
noun,
Older Use. a female student in a coeducational institution, especially in a college or university.
- deism
-
noun,
belief in the existence of a God on the evidence of reason and nature only, with rejection of supernatural revelation (distinguished from theism).
- deist
-
noun,
a person who believes in deism.
- 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:
- coder
-
noun,
a person or device that translates information into a code.
- demi-
-
- demit
-
noun,
Also, dimit. (especially in Freemasonry) a written certification of honorable withdrawal or resignation, as from membership.
- demo-
-
- codas
-
noun,
Music. a more or less independent passage, at the end of a composition, introduced to bring it to a satisfactory close.
- Demon
-
noun,
an evil spirit; devil or fiend.
- Coats
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- coati
-
noun,
any tropical American carnivore of the genus Nasua, related to the raccoon, having an elongated body, long, ringed tail, and a slender, flexible snout.
- coast
-
noun,
the land next to the sea; seashore:
- Diana
-
noun,
(Princess of Wales; Lady Diana Spencer) 1961–97, former wife of Charles, Prince of Wales.
- denar
-
noun,
the basic monetary unit of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
- denim
-
noun,
a heavy, Z-twist, twill cotton for jeans, overalls, and other work and leisure garments.
- cnida
-
noun,
a nematocyst.
- Cmdr.
-
- Denis
-
noun,
a male given name.
- cites
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- dent.
-
- dents
-
noun,
a hollow or depression in a surface, as from a blow.
- derm-
-
- derma
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. dermis.
- derms
-
noun,
a navigational device for making a nearby object conspicuous on a radarscope.
- desc.
-
- cires
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- diam.
-
- 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.
- Astor
-
noun,
John Jacob, 1763–1848, U.S. capitalist and fur merchant.
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- Aides
-
noun,
nurse's aide.
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- Imena
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Arabic word meaning “faith.”.
- 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.
- incor
-
- incr.
-
- Indo-
-
- Indra
-
noun,
Hinduism. the chief of the Vedic gods, the god of rain and thunder.
- Indre
-
noun,
a department in central France. 2667 sq. mi. (6910 sq. km). Capital: Châteauroux.
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- Aidos
-
noun,
the ancient Greek personification of modesty, respect, and shame.
- Aetna
-
noun,
Mount. Etna, Mount.
- Amado
-
noun,
Jorge [Portuguese zhawr-zhuh] /Portuguese ˈʒɔr ʒə/ (Show IPA), 1912–2001, Brazilian novelist.
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- inst.
-
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- intr.
-
- aero-
-
- Aeria
-
noun,
an area in the northern hemisphere of Mars.
- aeri-
-
- aeons
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- aemia
-
- iotas
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- ideo-
-
- aecia
-
noun,
the fruiting body of rust fungi, which bears chainlike or stalked spores.
- Amida
-
noun,
a Buddha who rules over paradise, enjoying endless and infinite bliss.
- anat.
-
- amort
-
adjective,
spiritless; lifeless.
- AMORC
-
- Amora
-
noun,
one of a group of Jewish scholars, active in the rabbinical academies of Palestine and Babylonia from the 3rd to the 6th centuries a.d., whose commentaries on and interpretations of the Mishnah comprise the Palestinian and Babylonian Gemaras.
- estoc
-
noun,
a thrusting sword of the 13th–17th centuries having a long, narrow blade of rectangular section.
- amirs
-
noun,
emir.
- amine
-
noun,
any of a class of compounds derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms with organic groups.
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- amin-
-
- amide
-
noun,
a metallic derivative of ammonia in which the −NH 2 group is retained, as potassium amide, KNH 2 .
- amid-
-
- amain
-
adverb,
with full force.
- AMICE
-
noun,
an oblong vestment, usually of white linen, worn about the neck and shoulders and partly under the alb.
- Amer.
-
- ament
-
noun,
catkin.
- amens
-
noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- Amend
-
verb (used with object),
to alter, modify, rephrase, or add to or subtract from (a motion, bill, constitution, etc.) by formal procedure:
- AMEDS
-
- IATSE
-
- Amato
-
noun,
Pasquale [puh-skwah-lee,, -ley;; Italian pahs-kwah-le] /pəˈskwɑ li,, -leɪ;; Italian pɑsˈkwɑ lɛ/ (Show IPA), 1879–1942, Italian operatic baritone.
- Amati
-
noun,
Nicolò [nee-kaw-law] /ˌni kɔˈlɔ/ (Show IPA), 1596–1684, Italian violinmaker, one of a famous family of 16th- and 17th-century violinmakers: teacher of Antonio Stradivari.
- amate
-
verb (used with object),
to dismay; daunt.
- icons
-
- Aedon
-
noun,
a daughter of Pandareus who mistakenly killed her son. Zeus took pity on her and turned her into a nightingale.
- irade
-
noun,
a decree of a Muslim ruler.
- andor
-
conjunction,
(used to imply that either or both of the things mentioned may be affected or involved):
- acari
-
noun,
plural of acarus.
- Acoma
-
noun,
a Pueblo Indian village near Albuquerque, New Mexico, built on a sandstone mesa: oldest continuously inhabited location in the U.S.
- 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.
- Macao
-
noun,
a Portuguese overseas territory in S China, in the delta of the Zhu Jiang River and including two small adjacent islands. 6 sq. mi. (16 sq. km).
- acmes
-
noun,
the highest point; summit; peak:
- macer
-
noun,
macebearer.
- maces
-
noun,
a clublike armor-breaking weapon of war, often with a flanged or spiked metal head, used chiefly in the Middle Ages.
- Macon
-
noun,
Nathaniel, 1758–1837, U.S. politician: Speaker of the House 1801–07.
- 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.
- madre
-
noun,
mother1 .
- acet-
-
- Maera
-
noun,
Hecuba, after being changed into a dog for blinding Polymestor.
- maars
-
noun,
a circular volcanic landform resulting from explosive ash eruptions.
- Aaron
-
noun,
the older brother of Moses, usually regarded as the first high priest of the Hebrews. Ex. 28; 40:13–16.
- maids
-
noun,
a female servant.
- mains
-
noun,
the main or home farm of a manor, as where the ownerlives; manse.
- mairs
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- maist
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
most.
- manas
-
noun,
the rational faculty of the mind.
- Manat
-
noun,
a pre-Islamic Arabian goddess personifying fortune, sometimes considered a daughter of Allah.
- Mande
-
noun,
a branch of the Niger-Congo subfamily of languages, spoken in western Africa and including Mende, Malinke, Bambara, and Kpelle.
- 30-30
-
- Manet
-
noun,
Édouard [ey-dwar] /eɪˈdwar/ (Show IPA), 1832–83, French painter.
- 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.
- acorn
-
noun,
the typically ovoid fruit or nut of an oak, enclosed at the base by a cupule.
- acred
-
adjective,
owning many acres of land; landed.
- Iran.
-
- adman
-
noun,
Also called advertising man. one whose profession is writing, designing, or selling advertisements.
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- adret
-
noun,
a side of a mountain receiving direct sunlight.
- adorn
-
verb (used with object),
to decorate or add beauty to, as by ornaments:
- 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.
- Irons
-
noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- Adore
-
verb (used with object),
to regard with the utmost esteem, love, and respect; honor.
- admit
-
verb (used with object),
to allow to enter; grant or afford entrance to:
- Isaac
-
noun,
a son of Abraham and Sarah, and father of Jacob. Gen. 21:1–4.
- admin
-
noun,
administration; administrative work.
- admen
-
noun,
Also called advertising man. one whose profession is writing, designing, or selling advertisements.
- isnad
-
noun,
the chain of testimony by which a hadith is transmitted.
- acrid
-
adjective,
sharp or biting to the taste or smell; bitterly pungent; irritating to the eyes, nose, etc.:
- adits
-
noun,
an entrance or a passage.
- adios
-
interjection,
goodbye; farewell.
- aden-
-
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Adams
-
noun,
Abigail (Smith) 1744–1818, U.S. social and political figure (wife of John Adams).
- actos
-
- Actor
-
noun,
a person who acts in stage plays, motion pictures, television broadcasts, etc.
- Acton
-
noun,
a quilted garment worn under mail in the 13th and 14th centuries; gambeson.
- Actis
-
noun,
a son of Rhoda and Helius who, when banished from his home for fratricide, fled to Egypt, where he taught astrology. The Colossus of Rhodes was built in his honor.
- acron
-
noun,
the unsegmented, preoral portion of the body of an arthropod.
- acro-
-
- ancre
-
adjective,
having the end of each limb divided and carved outward like the flukes of an anchor; moline:
- Croat
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Croatia; Croatian.
- anim.
-
- anear
-
adverb, preposition,
near.
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- antic
-
noun,
Usually, antics.
a playful trick or prank; caper.
a grotesque, fantastic, or ludicrous gesture, act, or posture.
- 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.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- anime
-
noun,
a Japanese style of motion-picture animation, characterized by highly stylized, colorful art, futuristic settings, violence, and sexuality.
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- enact
-
verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- anti-
-
- anima
-
noun,
soul; life.
- 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).
- enorm
-
adjective,
enormous; huge; vast.
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- Ernst
-
noun,
Max [maks;; German mahks] /mæks;; German mɑks/ (Show IPA), 1891–1976, German painter, in the U.S. 1941–49, in France 1949–76.
- endo-
-
- Aneto
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA). Spanish name of Pic de Néthou.
- ento-
-
- anode
-
noun,
the electrode or terminal by which current enters an electrolytic cell, voltaic cell, battery, etc.
- Andie
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- anoas
-
noun,
a small forest buffalo, Bubalus (Anoa) depressicornis, of the island of Celebes, having a brown coat and straight, sharp-tipped horns: an endangered species.
- emits
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- andr-
-
- anis-
-
- anoia
-
noun,
extreme mental deficiency.
- Ensor
-
noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- 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.
- Anita
-
noun,
a female given name: Spanish form of Anna.
- Ansar
-
noun,
the first inhabitants of Medina to accept Islam.
- antas
-
noun,
a privately supported organization, chartered by Congress in 1935, for the encouragement and advancement of professional and nonprofessional theater.
- 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.
- ante-
-
- Soma
-
noun,
the body of an organism as contrasted with its germ cells.
- coat
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- rets
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- tome
-
noun,
a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
- TOMS
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- ARIS
-
- coda
-
noun,
Music. a more or less independent passage, at the end of a composition, introduced to bring it to a satisfactory close.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- coir
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- rend
-
verb (used with object),
to separate into parts with force or violence:
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- Adie
-
noun,
a female given name.
- coin
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- torc
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- rent
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- adit
-
noun,
an entrance or a passage.
- 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.
- arid
-
adjective,
being without moisture; extremely dry; parched:
- Adm.
-
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- 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:
- some
-
adverb,
(used with numerals and with words expressing degree, extent, etc.) approximately; about:
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- soda
-
noun,
sodium hydroxide.
- anoa
-
noun,
a small forest buffalo, Bubalus (Anoa) depressicornis, of the island of Celebes, having a brown coat and straight, sharp-tipped horns: an endangered species.
- cis-
-
- 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.
- cit.
-
- toad
-
noun,
any of various tailless amphibians that are close relatives of the frogs in the order Anura and that typically have dry, warty skin and are terrestrial or semiterrestrial in habit.
Compare frog1 (def 1).
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- roam
-
noun,
an act or instance of roaming; a ramble.
- ano-
-
- cist
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- Roca
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in W Portugal, near Lisbon: the western extremity of continental Europe.
- rocs
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- rode
-
noun,
a rope by which a boat is anchored.
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- cir.
-
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- arms
-
noun,
the upper limb of the human body, especially the part extending from the shoulder to the wrist.
- Rodi
-
noun,
Italian name of Rhodes.
- RNAS
-
- TODS
-
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- Arm.
-
- 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.
- Rida
-
- ride
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- rids
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of ride.
- CMOS
-
noun,
complementary metal oxide semiconductor.
- Rima
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Cmon
-
- rime
-
noun,
Also called rime ice. an opaque coating of tiny, white, granular ice particles, caused by the rapid freezing of supercooled water droplets on impact with an object.
Compare frost (def 3), glaze (def 17).
- toed
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Rind
-
noun,
a thick and firm outer coat or covering, as of certain fruits, cheeses, and meats:
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- riot
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- 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.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- rit.
-
- adat
-
noun,
the native law traditional in Indonesia.
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- rems
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- SRAM
-
- ARCS
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- rcd.
-
- RdAc
-
- trim
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- trid
-
- ARCO
-
adverb,
(of the performance of a passage for stringed instruments) with the bow.
- acad
-
- Cost
-
noun,
the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
- 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.
- ACDA
-
- acea
-
- Sra.
-
- Read
-
noun,
an act or instance of reading:
- cose
-
verb (used without object),
coze.
- tri-
-
- 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.
- area
-
noun,
any particular extent of space or surface; part:
- ream
-
noun,
a standard quantity of paper, consisting of 20 quires or 500 sheets (formerly 480 sheets), or 516 sheets (printer's ream or perfect ream)
- Cote
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- Aras
-
noun,
Also, Araks. Ancient Araxes. a river in SW Asia, flowing from E Turkey along part of the boundary between NW Iran and Armenia and Azerbaijan into the Kura River. About 660 miles (1065 km) long.
- Ste.
-
- RAND
-
noun,
(in shoemaking) a strip of leather set in a shoe at the heel before the lifts are attached.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- 1080
-
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- Arad
-
noun,
a city in W Romania, on the Mures River.
- Aram
-
noun,
Biblical name of ancient Syria.
- Cres
-
- CRAM
-
noun,
Informal. the act of cramming for an examination.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- tron
-
- rasa
-
noun,
(in Hindu aesthetics) flavor, sentiment, or emotion: regarded as one of the fundamental qualities of classical music, dance, and poetry.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- trod
-
noun,
the action of treading, stepping, or walking.
- arca
-
noun,
a chest for valuables, used in medieval Spain and Italy.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- crat
-
- tRNA
-
- Acis
-
noun,
the lover of Galatea, killed by Polyphemus out of jealousy.
- Cort
-
- Adar
-
noun,
the sixth month of the Jewish calendar.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- 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.
- Reid
-
noun,
Sir George Huston, 1845–1918, Australian statesman, born in Scotland: prime minister 1904–05.
- Con.
-
- ANTA
-
noun,
a privately supported organization, chartered by Congress in 1935, for the encouragement and advancement of professional and nonprofessional theater.
- 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.
- ant.
-
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- COMS
-
noun,
Trademark. Comedy Central: a cable television channel.
- ANSI
-
- Cond
-
- ACTS
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- Adam
-
noun,
the name of the first man: husband of Eve and progenitor of the human race. Gen. 2:7; 5:1–5.
- 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.
- torn
-
noun,
a drop of the saline, watery fluid continually secreted by the lacrimal glands between the surface of the eye and the eyelid, serving to moisten and lubricate these parts and keep them clear of foreign particles. Synonyms: teardrop.
- come
-
noun,
Slang: Vulgar. semen.
- comd
-
- ansa
-
noun,
Archaeology. a looped handle, especially of a vase.
- coma
-
noun,
a state of prolonged unconsciousness, including a lack of response to stimuli, from which it is impossible to rouse a person.
- Com.
-
- Aria
-
noun,
an air or melody.
- Acta
-
plural noun,
official records, as of acts, deeds, proceedings, transactions, or the like.
- acme
-
noun,
the highest point; summit; peak:
- Cora
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. Kore.
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- CORN
-
noun,
Also called Indian corn; especially technical and British, maize. a tall cereal plant, Zea mays, cultivated in many varieties, having a jointed, solid stem and bearing the grain, seeds, or kernels on large ears.
- corm
-
noun,
an enlarged, fleshy, bulblike base of a stem, as in the crocus.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- 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.
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- sord
-
noun,
a flight or flock of mallards.
- 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.
- Cord
-
noun,
a string or thin rope made of several strands braided, twisted, or woven together.
- Cor.
-
- 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.
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- acr-
-
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- 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.
- stem
-
noun,
the ascending axis of a plant, whether above or below ground, which ordinarily grows in an opposite direction to the root or descending axis.
- Soni
-
- 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.
- tram
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- redo
-
noun,
the act or an instance of redoing.
- cion
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Cami
-
noun,
camisole (def 1).
- asea
-
adjective, adverb,
to or toward the sea; seaward.
- scar
-
noun,
a mark left by a healed wound, sore, or burn.
- Ames
-
noun,
a city in central Iowa.
- Came
-
noun,
a slender, grooved bar of lead for holding together the pieces of glass in windows of latticework or stained glass.
- amic
-
adjective,
of or relating to an amide or amine.
- Tara
-
noun,
a village in the NE Republic of Ireland, NW of Dublin: home of the ancient Irish kings (Hill of Tara)
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- cams
-
noun,
Machinery. a disk or cylinder having an irregular form such that its motion, usually rotary, gives to a part or parts in contact with it a specific rocking or reciprocating motion.
- Tace
-
noun,
tasset.
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- Cain
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- sci.
-
- Amie
-
noun,
a female friend.
- caid
-
noun,
(in North Africa) a Muslim tribal chief, judge, or senior official.
- Sima
-
noun,
an assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and magnesium, that constitutes the lower layer of the earth's crust and is found beneath the ocean floors and the sial of continents.
- Asia
-
noun,
a continent bounded by Europe and the Arctic, Pacific, and Indian oceans. About 16,000,000 sq. mi. (41,440,000 sq. km).
- SCAN
-
noun,
an act or instance of scanning; close examination.
- scam
-
noun,
a confidence game or other fraudulent scheme, especially for making a quick profit; swindle.
- Tana
-
noun,
thana.
- Taro
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- Cara
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Italian word meaning “dear one.”.
- Sard
-
noun,
a reddish-brown chalcedony, used as a gem.
- TDRS
-
- 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.
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- Tasm
-
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- amdt
-
- Sat.
-
- ands
-
- SCAD
-
noun,
any carangid fish of the genus Decapterus, inhabiting tropical and subtropical shore waters.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- sate
-
noun,
a Southeast Asian, especially Indonesian and Malaysian, dish of marinated, bite-size pieces of meat, skewered, barbecued, and usually served with a peanut-flavored dipping sauce.
- Amen
-
noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- cane
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- Cana
-
noun,
an ancient town in N Israel, in Galilee: scene of Jesus' first miracle. John 2:1, 11.
- Sato
-
noun,
Eisaku [ey-sah-koo;; Japanese ey-sah-koo] /eɪˈsɑ ku;; Japanese ˈeɪ sɑˌku/ (Show IPA), 1901–75, Japanese political leader: prime minister 1964–72; Nobel Peace Prize 1974.
- Can.
-
- cads
-
noun,
an ill-bred man, especially one who behaves in a dishonorable or irresponsible way toward women.
- cadi
-
noun,
qadi.
- 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.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- Anam
-
noun,
Annam.
- Anas
-
- atic
-
- ates
-
- send
-
noun,
the heaving motion of a vessel.
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- atar
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- atm.
-
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- Sem.
-
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- tads
-
noun,
a small child, especially a boy.
- ASTM
-
- ance
-
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- SIAM
-
noun,
former name of Thailand (def 1).
- amt.
-
- Amri
-
noun,
Omri.
- Tams
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- seat
-
noun,
something designed to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair, bench, or pew; a place on or in which one sits.
- Amir
-
noun,
emir.
- taco
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- 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).
- Tame
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- scr.
-
- 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.
- seam
-
noun,
the line formed by sewing together pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- sec.
-
- Amos
-
noun,
a Minor Prophet of the 8th century b.c.
- Amis
-
noun,
Kingsley, 1922–95, English novelist.
- Amon
-
noun,
Amen.
- ator
-
- Amor
-
noun,
Cupid.
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- ASME
-
- Aton
-
noun,
a solar deity declared by Amenhotep IV to be the only god, represented as a solar disk with rays ending in human hands.
- atom
-
noun,
Physics.
the smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element, consisting of a nucleus containing combinations of neutrons and protons and one or more electrons bound to the nucleus by electrical attraction; the number of protons determines the identity of the element.
an atom with one of the electrons replaced by some other particle:
- side
-
noun,
one of the surfaces forming the outside of or bounding a thing, or one of the lines bounding a geometric figure.
- team
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- 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.
- snod
-
adjective,
smooth; sleek.
- Time
-
noun,
the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- aide
-
noun,
nurse's aide.
- cera
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- Rota
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- ROTC
-
noun,
a body of students at some colleges and universities who are given training toward becoming officers in the armed forces. Abbreviation: ROTC, R.O.T.C.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- std.
-
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- 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.
- tier
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- Saar
-
noun,
Also called Saar Basin. a coal-producing region in W Germany, in the Saar River valley: governed by the League of Nations 1919–35; returned to Germany 1935 as a result of a plebiscite; under French economic control following World War II until 1956.
- Saco
-
noun,
a city in SW Maine.
- Aiea
-
noun,
a town on S Oahu, in Hawaii.
- tide
-
noun,
the periodic rise and fall of the waters of the ocean and its inlets, produced by the attraction of the moon and sun, and occurring about every 12 hours.
- cen.
-
- art.
-
- tics
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- Aida
-
noun,
(italics) an opera (1871) by Giuseppe Verdi.
- aet.
-
- 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.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- aer-
-
- Rom.
-
- Roma
-
noun,
Rome.
- tion
-
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- cide
-
- ciao
-
interjection,
(used as a word of greeting or parting): hello; goodbye; so long; see you later.
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- Ceto
-
- Ceta
-
noun,
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.
- CERN
-
- cet-
-
- aesc
-
noun,
ash2 (def 3).
- Rome
-
noun,
Harold (Jacob) 1908–1993, U.S. lyricist and composer.
- roms
-
noun,
a Gypsy man or boy.
- RONA
-
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- cedi
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Ghana, equal to 100 pesewas.
- AIME
-
- amas
-
noun,
a Japanese diver, usually a woman, who tends underwater oyster beds used in the cultivation of pearls.
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- Sand
-
noun,
the more or less fine debris of rocks, consisting of small, loose grains, often of quartz.
- asci
-
noun,
plural of ascus.
- ter.
-
- CART
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- Carn
-
noun,
cairn.
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- tend
-
Verb phrases,
tend on/upon, Archaic. to attend or wait upon; minister to; serve:
- str.
-
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- ten.
-
- SARA
-
noun,
a member of a people of the Central African Republic.
- Aman
-
noun,
Haman.
- teds
-
noun,
British Slang. Teddy boy.
- CARE
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- teas
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- Casa
-
noun,
a house.
- CASE
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- Sadi
-
noun,
sadhe.
- SAMA
-
noun,
the Sufi practice of gathering to listen to religious poetry that is sung, often accompanied by ecstatic dance or other ritual.
- AIMS
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- said
-
noun,
sayyid.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- AInd
-
- Cdr.
-
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- Asat
-
noun,
(in Vedic mythology) the realm of nonexistence, populated by demons.
Compare sat2 (def 1).
- Sam.
-
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- cast
-
noun,
act of casting or throwing.
- asc-
-
- Cate
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- tern
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- Aire
-
- cat.
-
- same
-
Idioms,
all the same,
notwithstanding; nevertheless:
of no difference; immaterial:
- Sami
-
noun,
Lapp.
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Cato
-
noun,
Marcus Porcius [pawr-shee-uh s,, -shuh s] /ˈpɔr ʃi əs,, -ʃəs/ (Show IPA), ("the Elder"or"the Censor") 234–149 b.c, Roman statesman, soldier, and writer.
- drat
-
interjection,
(used to express mild disgust, disappointment, or the like):
- rami
-
noun,
plural of ramus.
- mote
-
noun,
a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- ears
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- Mons
-
noun,
an area of the body that is higher than neighboring areas.
- Eads
-
noun,
James Buchanan, 1820–87, U.S. engineer and inventor.
- Mora
-
noun,
the unit of time equivalent to the ordinary or normal short sound or syllable.
- more
-
noun,
an additional quantity, amount, or number:
- morn
-
noun,
morning.
- Mort
-
noun,
Hunting. the note played on a hunting horn signifying that the animal hunted has been killed.
- Drin
-
noun,
a river in S Europe, flowing generally NW from SW Macedonia through N Albania into the Adriatic. 180 miles (290 km) long.
- most
-
noun,
the greatest quantity, amount, or degree; the utmost:
- mots
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- ect-
-
- mRNA
-
- Mrs.
-
plural,
a title of respect prefixed to the surname or full name of a married woman:
- MScD
-
- MSCE
-
- msec
-
- MSIE
-
- NACA
-
- Nada
-
noun,
nothing; zero; none:
- DRAM
-
noun,
Measurements.
a unit of apothecaries' weight, equal to 60 grains, or 1/8 (0.125) ounce (3.89 grams).
1/16 (0.0625) ounce, avoirdupois weight (27.34 grains; 1.77 grams). Abbreviation: dr., dr.
- DOTE
-
noun,
decay of wood.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- dost
-
noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- eco-
-
- Edam
-
noun,
a mild, hard, yellow cheese, produced in a round shape and coated with red wax.
- dose
-
noun,
a quantity of medicine prescribed to be taken at one time.
- emic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or being a significant unit that functions in contrast with other units in a language or other system of behavior.
- mire
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- ends
-
noun,
the last part or extremity, lengthwise, of anything that is longer than it is wide or broad:
- Miro
-
noun,
Gabriel [gah-vree-el] /ˌgɑ vriˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1879–1930, Spanish novelist, short-story writer, and essayist.
- mis-
-
- end-
-
- enc.
-
- mise
-
noun,
a settlement or agreement.
- emit
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- mist
-
noun,
a cloudlike aggregation of minute globules of water suspended in the atmosphere at or near the earth's surface, reducing visibility to a lesser degree than fog.
- Mita
-
noun,
a colonial system in Peru by which the Spanish government required Indians to perform periodic forced labor, especially in the mines.
- mite
-
noun,
any of numerous small to microscopic arachnids of the subclass Acari, including species that are parasitic on animals and plants or that feed on decaying matter and stored foods.
- emir
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- emia
-
- Mona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- MNAS
-
- moan
-
noun,
a prolonged, low, inarticulate sound uttered from or as if from physical or mental suffering.
- EDTA
-
- moas
-
noun,
any of several flightless birds of the family Dinornithidae, of New Zealand, related to the kiwis but resembling the ostrich: extinct since about the end of the 18th century.
- moat
-
noun,
a deep, wide trench, usually filled with water, surrounding the rampart of a fortified place, as a town or a castle.
- mod.
-
- Mode
-
noun,
a manner of acting or doing; method; way:
- Edom
-
noun,
Esau, the brother of Jacob.
- Edna
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “rejuvenation, rebirth.”.
- Mods
-
noun,
a person who is in the vanguard in style, dress, etc.
- moit
-
noun,
a foreign particle found in wool, as a burr, twig, or seed.
- Mon.
-
- Nama
-
noun,
a member of a Khoikhoi people of Namaqualand, in SW Africa.
- name
-
noun,
a word or a combination of words by which a person, place, or thing, a body or class, or any object of thought is designated, called, or known.
- Mira
-
noun,
Astronomy. the first long-period pulsating variable star to be discovered, with a period averaging 331 days. It is a red giant and a component of a binary star in the constellation Cetus.
- dite
-
noun,
a bit (usually used in negative constructions):
- nest
-
noun,
a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
- DOCS
-
noun,
doctor.
- doc.
-
plural,
document.
- doat
-
verb (used without object),
dote.
- NICE
-
noun,
a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
- Nida
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Nydia.
- nide
-
noun,
a nest or brood, especially of pheasants.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- DMSO
-
- NIMS
-
noun,
a game in which two players alternate in drawing counters, pennies, or the like, from a set of 12 arranged in three rows of 3, 4, and 5 counters, respectively, the object being to draw the last counter, or, sometimes, to avoid drawing it.
- NIRA
-
- dits
-
noun,
an echoic word, the referent of which is a click or brief tone interval, used to designate the dot of Morse code, International Morse code, etc.
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- NOAA
-
- dis-
-
- node
-
noun,
a knot, protuberance, or knob.
- DIRT
-
noun,
any foul or filthy substance, as mud, grime, dust, or excrement.
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- DIRE
-
adjective,
causing or involving great fear or suffering; dreadful; terrible:
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- nom.
-
- Noma
-
noun,
a gangrenous ulceration of the mouth or genitalia, occurring mainly in debilitated children.
- dir.
-
- Dior
-
noun,
Christian [kris-chuh n;; French krees-tyahn] /ˈkrɪs tʃən;; French krisˈtyɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1905–57, French fashion designer.
- dioc
-
- 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.
- doer
-
noun,
a person or thing that does something, especially a person who gets things done with vigor and efficiency.
- Dort
-
noun,
Dordrecht.
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- Nara
-
noun,
a city on S Honshu, in central Japan: chief Buddhist center of ancient Japan; first capital of Japan a.d. 710–84.
- narc
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- dorm
-
noun,
dormitory.
- DORE
-
noun,
the walleye or pike perch of North America.
- Dora
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Greek word meaning “gift.”.
- nard
-
noun,
an aromatic Himalayan plant, believed to be the spikenard, Nardostachys jatamansi, the source of an ointment used by the ancients.
- dons
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Mr.; Sir: a Spanish title prefixed to a man's given name.
- NASA
-
noun,
National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
- done
-
noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- NASD
-
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- Dona
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Madam; Lady: a Portuguese title prefixed to a woman's given name.
- nerd
-
noun,
a person considered to be socially awkward, boring, unstylish, etc.
- NATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Washington, D.C. (1949), comprising the 12 nations of the Atlantic Pact together with Greece, Turkey, and the Federal Republic of Germany, for the purpose of collective defense against aggression.
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- NCAA
-
- NCTE
-
- NDAC
-
- doms
-
noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) a title of a monk in the Benedictine, Carthusian, Cistercian, and certain other monastic orders.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- dome
-
noun,
Architecture.
a vault, having a circular plan and usually in the form of a portion of a sphere, so constructed as to exert an equal thrust in all directions.
a domical roof or ceiling.
a polygonal vault, ceiling, or roof.
- doit
-
noun,
Also, duit. an old small copper coin of the Netherlands and Dutch colonies, first issued in the 17th century.
- Nemo
-
noun,
remote (def 10).
- does
-
noun,
a plural of doe.
- neo-
-
- Enid
-
noun,
a city in N Oklahoma.
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- Nor.
-
- 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 = .
- Itea
-
noun,
any tree or shrub belonging to the genus Itea, of the saxifrage family, having simple, alternate leaves and clusters of small, greenish-white flowers, as the Virginia willow, I. virginica.
- MARS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman god of war and agriculture, identified with the Greek god Ares.
- Mart
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- iso-
-
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- masa
-
noun,
flour or dough made of dried, ground corn, used especially for tortillas.
- 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.
- Irma
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Erma.
- Ire.
-
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- MatE
-
noun,
a partner in marriage; spouse.
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- iod-
-
- into
-
adjective,
Mathematics. pertaining to a function or map from one set to another set, the range of which is a proper subset of the second set, as the function f, from the set of all integers into the set of all perfect squares where f (x) = x 2 for every integer.
- int.
-
- MDES
-
- mdnt
-
- mdse
-
- ins.
-
- Mead
-
noun,
an alcoholic liquor made by fermenting honey and water.
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- mean
-
noun,
Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
- mear
-
noun,
mere3 .
- meas
-
- item
-
noun,
a separate article or particular:
- med.
-
- IndE
-
- MAEd
-
- Mani
-
noun,
Manes.
- Mano
-
noun,
the upper or handheld stone used when grinding maize or other grains on a metate.
- mane
-
noun,
the long hair growing on the back of or around the neck and neighboring parts of some animals, as the horse or lion.
- Mana
-
noun,
a generalized, supernatural force or power, which may be concentrated in objects or persons.
- Man.
-
- Mair
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- Main
-
noun,
a principal pipe or duct in a system used to distribute water, gas, etc.
- maid
-
noun,
a female servant.
- Maia
-
noun,
the eldest of the Pleiades and the mother of Hermes by Zeus.
- maes
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- Mar.
-
- Mara
-
noun,
Hindu Mythology. the god of death, sometimes seen as one aspect of a god whose other aspect is Kama, or erotic desire.
- mads
-
noun,
an angry or ill-tempered period, mood, or spell:
- M-14
-
noun,
a fully automatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber rifle developed from the M-1: replaced the M-1 as the standard U.S. Army combat rifle.
- MARC
-
noun,
the grapes contained in the wine press and the residue, as skins and pips, remaining after the juice is expressed.
- made
-
noun,
the style or manner in which something is made; form; build.
- macs
-
noun,
fellow; bud (a familiar term of address to a man or boy whose name is not known to the speaker).
- maco
-
noun,
an Egyptian cotton, used especially in the manufacture of hosiery and undergarments.
- Mace
-
noun,
a clublike armor-breaking weapon of war, often with a flanged or spiked metal head, used chiefly in the Middle Ages.
- Mac-
-
- Mare
-
noun,
a fully mature female horse or other equine animal.
- Mari
-
noun,
a member of a Uralic people living in scattered communities north of Cheboksary and Kazan in European Russia, mainly in the Mari Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.
- Maat
-
noun,
the goddess personifying law and righteousness.
- Maas
-
noun,
Dutch name of the Meuse.
- maar
-
noun,
a circular volcanic landform resulting from explosive ash eruptions.
- M-16
-
noun,
a lightweight, fully automatic rifle shooting a small-caliber bullet at an extremely high velocity: a U.S. Army combat weapon for mobile units and jungle fighting.
- meat
-
noun,
the flesh of animals as used for food.
- 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.
- mint
-
noun,
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
Compare mint family.
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- mias
-
plural,
missing in action.
- Mic.
-
- mica
-
noun,
any member of a group of minerals, hydrous silicates of aluminum with other bases, chiefly potassium, magnesium, iron, and lithium, that separate readily into thin, tough, often transparent, and usually elastic laminae; isinglass.
- est.
-
- MICE
-
noun,
plural of mouse.
- eso-
-
- Esd.
-
- Mid.
-
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- midn
-
- mids
-
noun,
Archaic. the middle.
- mien
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- min.
-
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- Mina
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- Erma
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Mind
-
noun,
(in a human or other conscious being) the element, part, substance, or process that reasons, thinks, feels, wills, perceives, judges, etc.:
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- MiNE
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- Mino
-
noun,
Minho.
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- mins
-
noun,
a group of Chinese languages spoken in southeastern China, including Foochow and Fukienese.
- Ens.
-
- Miao
-
noun,
Also, Meo. a member of a diverse group of seminomadic farming people of the mountains of southeastern China and adjacent areas of Laos, North Vietnam, and Thailand.
- etc.
-
- Inc.
-
- iced
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- inae
-
- IMCO
-
- Meir
-
noun,
Golda [gohl-duh] /ˈgoʊl də/ (Show IPA), (Goldie Mabovitch; Goldie Myerson) 1898–1978, Israeli political leader, born in Russia: prime minister 1969–74.
- men-
-
- ides
-
noun,
(in the ancient Roman calendar) the fifteenth day of March, May, July, or October, and the thirteenth day of the other months.
- idem
-
noun,
another exactly the same.
- IDEA
-
noun,
any conception existing in the mind as a result of mental understanding, awareness, or activity.
- Mend
-
noun,
the act of mending; repair or improvement.
- 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).
- idae
-
- ment
-
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- Merc
-
noun,
a mercenary soldier.
- etic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or being the raw data of a language or other area of behavior, without considering the data as significant units functioning within a system.
- Ice.
-
- ICAO
-
- IATA
-
- iana
-
- IAEA
-
- Ind.
-
- MERS
-
noun,
Middle East(ern) Respiratory Syndrome: an often fatal respiratory illness caused by a coronavirus similar to the SARS virus and characterized by fever, coughing, and shortness of breath.
- mes-
-
- mesa
-
noun,
a land formation, less extensive than a plateau, having steep walls and a relatively flat top and common in arid and semiarid parts of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico.
- met.
-
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- Nome
-
noun,
one of the provinces of ancient Egypt.
- MSAE
-
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- Omri
-
noun,
a king of Israel and the father of Ahab. I Kings 16:16–28.
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- Darn
-
noun,
a darned place, as in a garment:
- Dari
-
noun,
a form of Persian, spoken in Afghanistan.
- Dare
-
noun,
an act of daring or defiance; challenge.
- der.
-
- OSRD
-
- dern
-
adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
darn2 .
- Oct.
-
- otic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ear; auricular.
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- dia-
-
- OCDM
-
- RACE
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- Dane
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Denmark.
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- rad.
-
- Dana
-
noun,
Danu.
- Dan.
-
abbreviation,
Bible. Daniel (def 1).
- damn
-
noun,
the utterance of “damn” in swearing or for emphasis.
- ocas
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- 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.
- Dame
-
noun,
(initial capital letter)
the official title of a female member of the Order of the British Empire, equivalent to that of a knight.
the official title of the wife of a knight or baronet.
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- 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.
- DAIS
-
noun,
a raised platform, as at the front of a room, for a lectern, throne, seats of honor, etc.
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- Dies
-
noun,
Martin, 1901–72, U.S. politician.
- RADM
-
- Dace
-
noun,
a small, freshwater cyprinoid fish, Leuciscus leuciscus, of Europe, having a stout, fusiform body.
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- dat.
-
- rads
-
noun,
a standard unit of absorbed dose of radiation equal to 0.01 gray2 .
- deco
-
noun,
art deco.
- omit
-
verb (used with object),
to leave out; fail to include or mention:
- Omer
-
noun,
a Hebrew unit of dry measure, the tenth part of an ephah.
- Deni
-
noun,
a monetary unit of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the 100th part of a denar.
- omen
-
noun,
anything perceived or happening that is believed to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; portent.
- Omar
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- once
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- Oman
-
noun,
Sultanate of. Formerly Muscat and Oman. an independent sultanate in SE Arabia. About 82,800 sq. mi. (212,380 sq. km). Capital: Muscat.
- Dem.
-
- Ont.
-
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- orad
-
adverb,
toward the mouth or the oral region.
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- DATA
-
noun,
a plural of datum.
- 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.
- Orca
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- Dec.
-
- orcs
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- ord.
-
- 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.
- OECD
-
- Odin
-
noun,
the ruler of the Aesir and god of war, poetry, knowledge, and wisdom; Wotan: the chief god.
- odic
-
adjective,
of an ode.
- Orem
-
noun,
a city in N Utah.
- 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.
- dato
-
noun,
(in the Philippines) a native chief.
- date
-
noun,
a particular month, day, and year at which some event happened or will happen:
- NTIA
-
- Den.
-
- Din.
-
- Dino
-
- Rama
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) any of the three avatars of Vishnu: Balarama, Parashurama, or Ramachandra.
- Dine
-
noun,
Scot. dinner.
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- RAID
-
noun,
a sudden assault or attack, as upon something to be seized or suppressed:
- DIMS
-
Idioms,
take a dim view of, to regard with disapproval, skepticism, or dismay:
- Dom.
-
- ctr.
-
- dime
-
noun,
a cupronickel-clad coin of the U.S. and Canada, the 10th part of a dollar, equal to 10 cents.
- cts.
-
- dim.
-
- 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.
- nos-
-
- Norm
-
noun,
a standard, model, or pattern.
- Raia
-
noun,
rayah.
- dint
-
noun,
force; power:
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- Diet
-
noun,
food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health:
- not-
-
- 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).
- Nord
-
noun,
a department in N France. 2229 sq. mi. (5770 sq. km). Capital: Lille.
- dins
-
noun,
a loud, confused noise; a continued loud or tumultuous sound; noisy clamor.
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- ETR
-
- Aar
-
- AAM
-
- ETO
-
- REM
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- ctn
-
plural,
carton.
- AAE
-
- mi.
-
- Ar.
-
- CTA
-
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- MI5
-
noun,
the government's security and counterespionage service that works in liaison with Scotland Yard's Special Branch.
- cte
-
- ETS
-
- 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.
- MSC
-
- AMI
-
noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- IAS
-
- tea
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- DAR
-
- TCS
-
- TCA
-
- Meo
-
noun,
Miao (def 1).
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- AMC
-
- ose
-
- ICA
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- AME
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- Mao
-
- AAS
-
noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- Ia.
-
- io-
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- DAS
-
noun,
hyrax.
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- id.
-
- ics
-
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- MI6
-
noun,
the government's secret intelligence service.
- TAM
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- DCS
-
- CRT
-
- DEI
-
adverb,
by the grace of God.
- Am.
-
- CRS
-
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- ons
-
- ONR
-
- ret
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- ONI
-
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- CSA
-
- TSE
-
- TSI
-
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- STM
-
- OMS
-
noun,
a mantric word thought to be a complete expression of Brahman and interpreted as having three sounds representing Brahma or creation, Vishnu or preservation, and Siva or destruction, or as consisting of the same three sounds, representing waking, dreams, and deep sleep, along with the following silence, which is fulfillment.
- MIR
-
noun,
a village commune of peasant farmers in prerevolutionary Russia.
- STI
-
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- de-
-
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- an.
-
- DEA
-
- AMA
-
noun,
a Japanese diver, usually a woman, who tends underwater oyster beds used in the cultivation of pearls.
- AID
-
noun,
help or support; assistance.
- AMS
-
- ESR
-
- AIA
-
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- Esc
-
- ESA
-
- ANC
-
- ac-
-
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- Tro
-
- ERT
-
- CST
-
- Tad
-
noun,
a small child, especially a boy.
- ADC
-
- orc
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- CSR
-
- MIE
-
- ad-
-
- MAE
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- ote
-
- MAD
-
noun,
an angry or ill-tempered period, mood, or spell:
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- RCA
-
- ISA
-
- ado
-
noun,
busy activity; bustle; fuss.
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- IRS
-
- Tom
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- M-1
-
noun,
a semiautomatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber, clip-fed rifle, with a weight of 8.56 pounds (3.88 kg): the standard U.S. Army rifle in World War II and in the Korean War.
- IRO
-
- RCN
-
- RCT
-
- IRC
-
- mas
-
noun,
mother1 .
- ADS
-
noun,
advertisement.
- ae.
-
- AEA
-
- RDA
-
- TMO
-
- AEC
-
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- Ir.
-
- Mat
-
noun,
a piece of fabric made of plaited or woven rushes, straw, hemp, or similar fiber, or of some other pliant material, as rubber, used as a protective covering on a floor or other surface, to wipe the shoes on, etc.
- Dam
-
noun,
a barrier to obstruct the flow of water, especially one of earth, masonry, etc., built across a stream or river.
- ton
-
noun,
a unit of weight, equivalent to 2000 pounds (0.907 metric ton) avoirdupois (short ton) in the U.S. and 2240 pounds (1.016 metric tons) avoirdupois (long ton) in Great Britain.
- COT
-
noun,
a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
- 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.
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- ACT
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- MS.
-
plural,
manuscript.
- Mo.
-
- MIA
-
plural,
missing in action.
- tra
-
- tr.
-
- Me.
-
- Md.
-
- ADA
-
noun,
a programming language particularly suited to real-time applications: developed for use by the U.S. Department of Defense.
- Mc-
-
- DSC
-
- ise
-
- DSM
-
- DSO
-
- ade
-
noun,
George, 1866–1944, U.S. humorist.
- ite
-
- ITC
-
- ITA
-
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- ist
-
- ISR
-
- DAE
-
- ism
-
noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- IOT
-
- RDC
-
- ot-
-
- Ido
-
noun,
a revised and simplified form of Esperanto, introduced in 1907.
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- Re.
-
- RCS
-
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- RAM
-
noun,
a male sheep.
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- in.
-
- ier
-
- 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.
- 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.
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- MEC
-
noun,
a pimp; mack.
- Rd.
-
- OTS
-
- do.
-
- 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.
- ide
-
- ACS
-
- Ted
-
noun,
British Slang. Teddy boy.
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- OTA
-
- DCM
-
- 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).
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- ior
-
- tin
-
noun,
Chemistry. a low-melting, malleable, ductile metallic element nearly approaching silver in color and luster: used in plating and in making alloys, tinfoil, and soft solders. Symbol: Sn; atomic weight: 118.69; atomic number: 50; specific gravity: 7.31 at 20°C.
- RDS
-
- REA
-
- 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 = .
- MAA
-
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- IOC
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- rat
-
noun,
any of several long-tailed rodents of the family Muridae, of the genus Rattus and related genera, distinguished from the mouse by being larger.
- MCI
-
- MCR
-
- DOA
-
- TIA
-
- AIC
-
- MDT
-
- MEA
-
noun,
an acknowledgment of one's responsibility for a fault or error.
- Tim
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Timothy.
- RMS
-
plural,
ream.
- ine
-
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- TID
-
- RMA
-
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- AIM
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- COS
-
noun,
romaine.
- en-
-
- CNS
-
- CAA
-
- Co.
-
- DOT
-
noun,
a small, roundish mark made with or as if with a pen.
- COD
-
noun,
any of several soft-rayed food fishes of the family Gadidae, especially Gadus morhua, of cool, North Atlantic waters.
- cr.
-
- NAM
-
noun,
Vietnam.
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- se-
-
- SDR
-
- SDI
-
- SDA
-
- cs.
-
- ct.
-
- 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.
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- ROI
-
- OAS
-
- 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.
- CIM
-
- CIE
-
- CAI
-
- SCM
-
- 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.
- Dor
-
noun,
Also, dorbeetle [dawr-beet-l] /ˈdɔrˌbit l/ (Show IPA). a common European dung beetle, Geotrupes stercorarius.
- CID
-
noun,
The ("El Cid Campeador"; Rodrigo Díaz de Bivar) c1040–99, Spanish soldier: hero of the wars against the Moors.
- Oca
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- ca.
-
- CIA
-
- CNO
-
- ASR
-
- ast
-
- di.
-
- MSD
-
- MSE
-
- Rod
-
noun,
a stick, wand, staff, or the like, of wood, metal, or other material.
- MSI
-
- MSN
-
- MST
-
- Mt.
-
- MTI
-
- 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).
- mtn
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- MTO
-
- ATA
-
- MTS
-
- ATC
-
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- NCO
-
- NAA
-
- OCD
-
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- NAD
-
- SED
-
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- Dr.
-
- OTC
-
- ScD
-
- ASN
-
- NMI
-
- DMT
-
- RSA
-
- DMS
-
- RSE
-
- DMA
-
- rt.
-
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- rte
-
- RTS
-
- CAS
-
verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- dit
-
noun,
an echoic word, the referent of which is a click or brief tone interval, used to designate the dot of Morse code, International Morse code, etc.
- NMR
-
- Rs.
-
- NOC
-
- sd.
-
- Nod
-
noun,
a short, quick downward bending forward of the head, as in assent, greeting, or command or because of drowsiness.
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- So.
-
- SRO
-
- SAA
-
- CDT
-
- CEA
-
- SAE
-
- CED
-
- SAC
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- NIM
-
noun,
a game in which two players alternate in drawing counters, pennies, or the like, from a set of 12 arranged in three rows of 3, 4, and 5 counters, respectively, the object being to draw the last counter, or, sometimes, to avoid drawing it.
- DNA
-
- OSD
-
- NRC
-
- OSA
-
- CAM
-
noun,
Machinery. a disk or cylinder having an irregular form such that its motion, usually rotary, gives to a part or parts in contact with it a specific rocking or reciprocating motion.
- OED
-
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- Don
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Mr.; Sir: a Spanish title prefixed to a man's given name.
- Oc.
-
- NSC
-
- NDE
-
- sc.
-
- ne-
-
- NEA
-
- NSA
-
- NEC
-
- SAR
-
- NRA
-
- NED
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Edward.
- nr.
-
- Doi
-
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- DOE
-
noun,
the female of the deer, antelope, goat, rabbit, and certain other animals.
- NES
-
- CAR
-
noun,
an automobile.
- CEO
-
- NET
-
noun,
a bag or other contrivance of strong thread or cord worked into an open, meshed fabric, for catching fish, birds, or other animals:
- NIA
-
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- DNR
-
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- at.
-
- TSR
-
noun,
a computer program with any of several ancillary functions, usually held resident in RAM for instant activation while one is using another program.
- eir
-
- Sta
-
- ODS
-
noun,
a hypothetical force formerly held to pervade all nature and to manifest itself in magnetism, mesmerism, chemical action, etc.
- MNA
-
- EDA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ed.
-
- sod
-
noun,
a section cut or torn from the surface of grassland, containing the matted roots of grass.
- ECM
-
- CSO
-
- ECA
-
- SOC
-
noun,
sociology or a class or course in sociology.
- ec-
-
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- ODT
-
- rm.
-
plural,
ream.
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- RMC
-
- RNA
-
- ode
-
noun,
a lyric poem typically of elaborate or irregular metrical form and expressive of exalted or enthusiastic emotion.
- 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.
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- ean
-
- EAM
-
- rnd
-
- ead
-
- St.
-
- OEM
-
- SMD
-
- MOC
-
noun,
moccasin.
- MOA
-
noun,
any of several flightless birds of the family Dinornithidae, of New Zealand, related to the kiwis but resembling the ostrich: extinct since about the end of the 18th century.
- MNS
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- MNE
-
- Sr.
-
- ard
-
- OIt
-
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- 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.
- OIr
-
- CMD
-
- CMA
-
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- EDT
-
- EDS
-
noun,
education:
- oid
-
- EDO
-
noun,
a member of an indigenous people of western Africa, in the Benin region of southern Nigeria.
- oic
-
- OES
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noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- Moe
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noun,
a male given name, form of Morris or Moses.
- EdM
-
abbreviation,
electronic dance music: a range of genres of electronic music often played in nightclubs and characterized by a strong danceable beat:
- MOI
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- EDC
-
- ARS
-
- MOR
-
- EAA
-
- Mr.
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plural,
mister: a title of respect prefixed to a man's name or position:
- ODA
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noun,
a room within a harem.
- ase
-
- AOA
-
- Sin
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noun,
transgression of divine law:
- MOS
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noun,
moment (def 1).
- MOT
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noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- OCS
-
- ASI
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- EMR
-
- DRE
-
- DET
-
- MRA
-
- aor
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- MRE
-
- ASM
-
- MRI
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- EMS
-
noun,
the letter M, m.
- RID
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noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- OCR
-
- SID
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Sidney or Sydney.
- ROC
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noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- 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).
- MSA
-
- EMT
-
- Sad
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noun,
the 14th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- CNM
-
- MIT
-
- DSA
-
- Om.
-
- ea.
-
- SMA
-
- ETD
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- EIS
-
- ASA
-
noun,
a king of Judah, 913?–873? b.c. I Kings 15:8–24.
- RIM
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noun,
the outer edge, border, margin, or brink of something, especially of a circular object.
- EOM
-
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- DSR
-
- eo-
-
- ARA
-
noun,
the Altar, a southern constellation between Triangulum Australe and Scorpius.
- oma
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plural,
a noun suffix used to form names of tumors, of the kind specified by the base:
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- DST
-
- ROA
-
- SM
-
- NM
-
- TD
-
- DM
-
- MN
-
- S.
-
- 2D
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noun,
a two-dimensional form or appearance:
- A.
-
noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- 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.
- AO
-
- 3D
-
noun,
a three-dimensional form or appearance:
- No
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noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- SA
-
- AA
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noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- t.
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- SI
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noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- D.
-
- NC
-
- CE
-
- E.
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noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- DT
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noun,
a withdrawal syndrome occurring in persons who have developed physiological dependence on alcohol, characterized by tremor, visual hallucinations, and autonomic instability. Abbreviation: d.t.
- TC
-
- TE
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noun,
ti1 .
- NI
-
- ND
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- CM
-
- N.
-
- RN
-
- RI
-
- R.
-
- TI
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noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- RC
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- EI
-
- TM
-
- 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.
- OD
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noun,
a hypothetical force formerly held to pervade all nature and to manifest itself in magnetism, mesmerism, chemical action, etc.
- T1
-
- TA
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noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- DC
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noun,
a surgical method for the removal of diseased tissue or an early embryo from the lining of the uterus by means of scraping.
- DN
-
- O.
-
- MA
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noun,
mother1 .
- M.
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- IT
-
noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- OA
-
- i.
-
- ic
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- SN
-
- RO
-
- TN
-
- et
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verb,
a simple past tense of eat.