Anagrams of desegregations
Word desegregations has
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- desegregation
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noun,
the elimination of laws, customs, or practices under which people from different religions, ancestries, ethnic groups, etc., are restricted to specific or separate public facilities, neighborhoods, schools, organizations, or the like.
- segregation
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noun,
the act or practice of segregating; a setting apart or separation of people or things from others or from the main body or group:
- designates
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adjective,
named or selected for an office, position, etc., but not yet installed (often used in combination following the noun it modifies):
- aggression
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noun,
the action of a state in violating by force the rights of another state, particularly its territorial rights; an unprovoked offensive, attack, invasion, or the like:
- segregates
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noun,
a segregated thing, person, or group.
- East-sider
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noun,
a native or resident of the East Side of Manhattan, in New York City.
- gadgeteers
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noun,
a person who invents or is particularly fond of using gadgets.
- gadgetries
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noun,
mechanical or electronic contrivances; gadgets:
- segregated
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noun,
a segregated thing, person, or group.
- denigrates
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verb (used with object),
to speak damagingly of; criticize in a derogatory manner; sully; defame:
- disgregate
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verb (used with or without object),
to separate; disintegrate; scatter.
- resinates
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noun,
Chemistry. any of the salts of the acids found in rosin.
- sedations
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noun,
the calming of mental excitement or abatement of physiological function, especially by the administration of a drug.
- arsenites
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noun,
a salt or ester of arsenous acid.
- disgorges
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verb (used with object),
to eject or throw out from the throat, mouth, or stomach; vomit forth.
- resonates
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verb (used with object),
to cause to resound.
- redingote
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noun,
a dress or lightweight coat, usually belted, open along the entire front to reveal a dress or petticoat worn underneath it.
- digesters
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noun,
a person or thing that digests.
- agentries
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noun,
the profession, business, or activities of an agent:
- disengage
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verb (used with object),
to release from attachment or connection; loosen; unfasten:
- toggeries
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noun,
Informal. clothes; garments; togs.
- estrogens
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noun,
any of several major female sex hormones produced primarily by the ovarian follicles of female mammals, capable of inducing estrus, developing and maintaining secondary female sex characteristics, and preparing the uterus for the reception of a fertilized egg: used, especially in synthetic form, as a component of oral contraceptives, in certain cancer treatments, and in other therapies.
- senoritas
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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.
- arsenides
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noun,
a compound containing two elements of which arsenic is the negative one, as silver arsenide, Ag 3 As.
- dinergate
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noun,
a soldier ant.
- greetings
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noun,
the act or words of a person who greets.
- segregate
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noun,
a segregated thing, person, or group.
- andesites
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noun,
a dark-colored volcanic rock composed essentially of plagioclase feldspar and one or more mafic minerals, as hornblende or biotite.
- organdies
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noun,
a fine, thin cotton fabric usually having a durable crisp finish, white, dyed, or printed: used for blouses, dresses, curtains, trimmings, etc.
- teenagers
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noun,
a person in his or her teens.
- egression
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noun,
a going out; egress.
- 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.
- renegades
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noun,
a person who deserts a party or cause for another.
- renegados
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noun,
a renegade.
- generates
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verb (used with object),
to bring into existence; cause to be; produce.
- Agrigento
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noun,
a city in S Italy.
- geodesies
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noun,
the branch of applied mathematics that deals with the measurement of the shape and area of large tracts of country, the exact position of geographical points, and the curvature, shape, and dimensions of the earth.
- dragonets
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noun,
any fish of the genus Callionymus, the species of which are small and usually brightly colored.
- estragons
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noun,
tarragon.
- estranged
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adjective,
displaying or evincing a feeling of alienation; alienated.
- astringes
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verb (used with object),
to compress; bind together; constrict.
- estranges
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verb (used with object),
to turn away in feeling or affection; make unfriendly or hostile; alienate the affections of:
- disagrees
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verb (used without object),
to fail to agree; differ:
- reediness
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- Dissenter
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noun,
a person who dissents, as from an established church, political party, or majority opinion.
- steadings
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noun,
a farm, especially its buildings.
- assertion
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noun,
a positive statement or declaration, often without support or reason:
- desertion
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noun,
the act of deserting or the state of being deserted.
- stingaree
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noun,
a stingray.
- grandiose
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adjective,
affectedly grand or important; pompous:
- detainers
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noun,
a writ for the further detention of a person already in custody.
- designate
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adjective,
named or selected for an office, position, etc., but not yet installed (often used in combination following the noun it modifies):
- endorsees
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noun,
a person to whom a negotiable document is endorsed.
- gadgeteer
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noun,
a person who invents or is particularly fond of using gadgets.
- serotines
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noun,
a small Eurasian brown bat, Eptesicus serotinus.
- tragedies
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noun,
a lamentable, dreadful, or fatal event or affair; calamity; disaster:
- denigrate
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verb (used with object),
to speak damagingly of; criticize in a derogatory manner; sully; defame:
- derogates
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adjective,
Archaic. debased.
- gasogenes
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noun,
gazogene.
- doggeries
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noun,
doglike behavior or conduct, especially when surly.
- dentaries
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noun,
one of a pair of membrane bones that in lower vertebrates form the distal part of the lower jaws and in mammals comprise the mandible.
- steerages
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noun,
a part or division of a ship, formerly the part containing the steering apparatus.
- Negritoes
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noun,
a member of any of various small-statured, indigenous peoples of Africa, the Philippines, the Malay Peninsula, the Andaman Islands, and southern India.
- set-aside
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noun,
something, as land or profits, set aside for a particular purpose.
- sea-green
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noun,
a clear, light, bluish green.
- readiness
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noun,
the condition of being ready.
- detainees
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noun,
a person held in custody, especially for a political offense or for questioning.
- egestions
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noun,
the process of egesting; the voiding of the refuse of digestion.
- ganisters
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noun,
a highly refractory, siliceous rock used to line furnaces.
- serenades
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noun,
a complimentary performance of vocal or instrumental music in the open air at night, as by a lover under the window of his lady.
- georgians
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noun,
a person, especially a writer, of either of the Georgian periods in England.
- deaneries
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noun,
the office, jurisdiction, district, or residence of an ecclesiastical dean.
- ingrates
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noun,
an ungrateful person.
- steadies
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noun,
Informal. a person of the opposite sex whom one dates exclusively; sweetheart; boyfriend or girlfriend.
- standees
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noun,
a person who stands, as a passenger in a train, a spectator at a theater, etc., either because all the seats are taken or because standing room is cheaper than a seat.
- seatings
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noun,
an act or instance of furnishing with, assigning, or escorting to a seat.
- Asnieres
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noun,
a city in N central France, near Paris.
- Ossetian
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noun,
an Osset.
- disrates
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verb (used with object),
to reduce to a lower rating or rank.
- strigose
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adjective,
Botany. set with stiff bristles of hairs; hispid.
- seagoing
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noun,
the activity of a person who travels by sea.
- St-Denis
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noun,
Ruth, 1880?–1968, U.S. dancer.
- Teresian
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noun,
a member of the reformed order of barefooted Carmelites, founded in Spain in 1562.
- organist
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noun,
a person who plays the organ.
- stringed
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noun,
a slender cord or thick thread used for binding or tying; line.
- giantess
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noun,
an imaginary female being of human form but superhuman size, strength, etc.
- arenites
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noun,
psammite.
- Teresina
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noun,
a port in NE Brazil, on the Parnahiba River.
- intrados
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noun,
the interior curve or surface of an arch or vault.
- Dniester
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noun,
a river in the SW Russian Federation in Europe, flowing SE from the Carpathian Mountains to the Black Sea. About 875 miles (1410 km) long.
- sedation
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noun,
the calming of mental excitement or abatement of physiological function, especially by the administration of a drug.
- Gigantes
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plural noun,
huge monsters, the children of Gaea, who fought the Olympians but were defeated by them.
- gastrins
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noun,
a hormone that stimulates the secretion of gastric juice.
- arsonist
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noun,
a person who commits arson.
- disgorge
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verb (used with object),
to eject or throw out from the throat, mouth, or stomach; vomit forth.
- inserted
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noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- egestion
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noun,
the process of egesting; the voiding of the refuse of digestion.
- Radisson
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noun,
Pierre Esprit [es-pree] /ɛs pri/ (Show IPA), 1636?–1710? French fur trader and explorer in Canada.
- gearings
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noun,
an assembly of parts, especially a train of gears, for transmitting and modifying motion and torque in a machine.
- Oresteia
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noun,
a trilogy of tragic dramas (458 b.c.) by Aeschylus, consisting of the Agamemnon, the Choëphori, and the Eumenides.
- tragions
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noun,
a point in the depth of the notch just above the tragus of the ear.
- arsenite
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noun,
a salt or ester of arsenous acid.
- torsades
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noun,
a twisted cord.
- disaster
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noun,
a calamitous event, especially one occurring suddenly and causing great loss of life, damage, or hardship, as a flood, airplane crash, or business failure.
- argento-
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- arsenide
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noun,
a compound containing two elements of which arsenic is the negative one, as silver arsenide, Ag 3 As.
- disagree
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verb (used without object),
to fail to agree; differ:
- trade-in
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noun,
goods given in whole or, usually, part payment of a purchase:
- digestor
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noun,
digester (def 2).
- asserted
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Idioms,
assert oneself, to insist on one's rights, declare one's views forcefully, etc.:
- energies
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noun,
the capacity for vigorous activity; available power:
- deterges
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verb (used with object),
to wipe or wash away; cleanse.
- gentries
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noun,
wellborn and well-bred people.
- sentries
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noun,
a soldier stationed at a place to stand guard and prevent the passage of unauthorized persons, watch for fires, etc., especially a sentinel stationed at a pass, gate, opening in a defense work, or the like.
- strained
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noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- engorges
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verb (used with or without object),
to swallow greedily; glut or gorge.
- detainer
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noun,
a writ for the further detention of a person already in custody.
- serenade
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noun,
a complimentary performance of vocal or instrumental music in the open air at night, as by a lover under the window of his lady.
- detainee
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noun,
a person held in custody, especially for a political offense or for questioning.
- destines
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verb (used with object),
to set apart for a particular use, purpose, etc.; design; intend.
- destains
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verb (used with object),
to remove stain (from a specimen) to enhance visibility and contrast of parts.
- Sergeant
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noun,
a noncommissioned army officer of a rank above that of corporal.
- designer
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noun,
a person who devises or executes designs, especially one who creates forms, structures, and patterns, as for works of art or machines.
- sensoria
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noun,
a part of the brain or the brain itself regarded as the seat of sensation.
- degrease
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verb (used with object),
to remove grease, oil, or the like, from, especially by treating with a chemical.
- nest-egg
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noun,
money saved and held in reserve for emergencies, retirement, etc.
- designee
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noun,
a person selected or designated to carry out a duty or role:
- endorses
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noun,
Heraldry. a narrow pale, about one quarter the usual width and usually repeated several times.
- seringas
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noun,
any of several Brazilian trees of the genus Hevea, yielding rubber.
- endorsee
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noun,
a person to whom a negotiable document is endorsed.
- negroids
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noun,
Older Use: Usually Offensive. a member of such peoples.
- derogate
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adjective,
Archaic. debased.
- serotine
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noun,
a small Eurasian brown bat, Eptesicus serotinus.
- Georgian
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noun,
a person, especially a writer, of either of the Georgian periods in England.
- Negritos
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noun,
a member of any of various small-statured, indigenous peoples of Africa, the Philippines, the Malay Peninsula, the Andaman Islands, and southern India.
- deration
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verb (used with object),
to discontinue the rationing of (something).
- Georgina
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noun,
a town in SE Ontario, in S Canada.
- detrains
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verb (used without object),
to alight from a railway train; arrive by train.
- Diogenes
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noun,
412?–323 b.c, Greek Cynic philosopher.
- staggies
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noun,
a colt.
- assignee
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noun,
a person to whom some right or interest is transferred, either for his or her own enjoyment or in trust.
- erasions
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noun,
the act of erasing.
- assorted
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adjective,
consisting of different or various kinds; miscellaneous:
- 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.
- 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.
- generate
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verb (used with object),
to bring into existence; cause to be; produce.
- astonied
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adjective,
dazed; bewildered; filled with consternation.
- signoras
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noun,
a conventional Italian term of address or title of respect for a married woman, either used separately or prefixed to the name.
- astringe
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verb (used with object),
to compress; bind together; constrict.
- isagoges
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noun,
an introduction, especially a scholarly introduction to a field of study or research.
- dog-star
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noun,
the bright star Sirius, in Canis Major.
- isostere
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noun,
Chemistry. a compound isosteric with one or more other compounds.
- notaries
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noun,
notary public.
- segreant
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adjective,
(of a griffin) rampant.
- oersteds
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noun,
the centimeter-gram-second unit of magnetic intensity, equal to the magnetic pole of unit strength when undergoing a force of one dyne in a vacuum. Abbreviation: Oe.
- digester
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noun,
a person or thing that digests.
- signages
-
- genitors
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noun,
a parent, especially a father.
- diesters
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noun,
an organic compound that contains two ester groups.
- diasters
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noun,
the stage in mitosis at which the chromosomes, after their division and separation, are grouped near the poles of the spindle.
- enargite
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noun,
a mineral, copper arsenic and sulfide, Cu 3 AsS 4 , occurring in the form of black orthorhombic crystals having perfect cleavage: an important source of copper.
- diagnose
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verb (used with object),
to determine the identity of (a disease, illness, etc.) by a medical examination:
- genoises
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noun,
a light yellow cake made with eggs and butter and typically layered, filled, and frosted or made into petits fours for serving.
- 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.
- stagings
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noun,
the act, process, or manner of presenting a play on the stage.
- gigatons
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noun,
one billion tons. Abbreviation: GT.
- argosies
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noun,
a large merchant ship, especially one with a rich cargo.
- deranges
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verb (used with object),
to throw into disorder; disarrange.
- estragon
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noun,
tarragon.
- estrones
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noun,
Biochemistry. an estrogenic hormone, C 18 H 22 O 2 , produced by the ovarian follicles and found during pregnancy in urine and placental tissue.
- resinate
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noun,
Chemistry. any of the salts of the acids found in rosin.
- resignee
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noun,
a person who has resigned or is about to resign.
- resigned
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adjective,
submissive or acquiescent.
- soarings
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noun,
the sport of flying a sailplane.
- dressing
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noun,
the act of a person or thing that dresses.
- dressage
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noun,
haute école (def 1).
- resident
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noun,
a person who resides in a place.
- estrogen
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noun,
any of several major female sex hormones produced primarily by the ovarian follicles of female mammals, capable of inducing estrus, developing and maintaining secondary female sex characteristics, and preparing the uterus for the reception of a fertilized egg: used, especially in synthetic form, as a component of oral contraceptives, in certain cancer treatments, and in other therapies.
- greeting
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noun,
the act or words of a person who greets.
- teenager
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noun,
a person in his or her teens.
- estrange
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verb (used with object),
to turn away in feeling or affection; make unfriendly or hostile; alienate the affections of:
- dragonet
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noun,
any fish of the genus Callionymus, the species of which are small and usually brightly colored.
- greatens
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verb (used with object),
to make greater; enlarge; increase.
- greisens
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noun,
a hydrothermally altered rock of granitic texture composed chiefly of quartz and mica, common in the tin mines of Europe.
- renegado
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noun,
a renegade.
- renegade
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noun,
a person who deserts a party or cause for another.
- dragnets
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noun,
a net to be drawn along the bottom of a river, pond, etc., or along the ground, to catch fish, small game, etc.
- esterase
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noun,
any enzyme that hydrolyzes an ester into an alcohol and an acid.
- Edgerton
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noun,
Harold Eugene ("Doc") 1903–90, U.S. electrical engineer and photographer.
- trendies
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noun,
a trendy person, place, object, or idea.
- dosseret
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noun,
a supplementary capital or thickened abacus, as in Byzantine architecture.
- steroids
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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.
- essonite
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noun,
Mineralogy. a variety of grossularite garnet.
- andesite
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noun,
a dark-colored volcanic rock composed essentially of plagioclase feldspar and one or more mafic minerals, as hornblende or biotite.
- sarsenet
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noun,
sarcenet.
- resonate
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verb (used with object),
to cause to resound.
- agenesis
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noun,
absence of or failed development of a body part.
- reedings
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noun,
a set of moldings, as on a column, resembling small convex fluting.
- grandees
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noun,
a man of high social position or eminence, especially a Spanish or Portuguese nobleman.
- east-end
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noun,
a section of E London, England.
- sadirons
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noun,
Northern, North Midland, and Western U.S. Older Use. a flatiron that is pointed at both ends and has a detachable handle.
- sagenite
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noun,
a variety of rutile occurring as needlelike crystals embedded in quartz.
- steerage
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noun,
a part or division of a ship, formerly the part containing the steering apparatus.
- steering
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noun,
the discriminatory practice by a real estate agent of maneuvering a client from a minority group away from considering a home in a white neighborhood.
- Gossaert
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noun,
Jan [yahn] /yɑn/ (Show IPA), Mabuse, Jan.
- gradient
-
noun,
the degree of inclination, or the rate of ascent or descent, in a highway, railroad, etc.
- earnests
-
noun,
full seriousness, as of intention or purpose:
- adenosis
-
noun,
abnormal development or enlargement of glandular tissue.
- Rodentia
-
noun,
the order comprising the rodents.
- roasting
-
noun,
a severely critical notice or review; pan.
- eastings
-
noun,
Navigation. the distance due east made good on any course tending eastward; easterly departure.
- stenosed
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adjective,
characterized by stenosis; abnormally narrowed.
- stearins
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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.
- gangster
-
noun,
a member of a gang of criminals, especially a racketeer.
- ringtoss
-
noun,
a game in which rings, often made of rope, are tossed to encircle an upright peg.
- ganister
-
noun,
a highly refractory, siliceous rock used to line furnaces.
- granites
-
noun,
a coarse-grained igneous rock composed chiefly of orthoclase and albite feldspars and of quartz, usually with lesser amounts of one or more other minerals, as mica, hornblende, or augite.
- grantees
-
noun,
the receiver of a grant.
- gantries
-
noun,
a framework spanning a railroad track or tracks for displaying signals.
- eateries
-
noun,
a restaurant or other commercial establishment serving food.
- sardines
-
noun,
the pilchard, Sardina pilchardus, often preserved in oil and used for food.
- retsinas
-
noun,
a strong, resinated white or red wine of Greece and Cyprus.
- tea-rose
-
noun,
any of several cultivated varieties of roses having a scent resembling that of tea.
- etageres
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noun,
a stand with a series of open shelves for small objects, bric-a-brac, etc.
- gratings
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noun,
a fixed frame of bars or the like covering an opening to exclude persons, animals, coarse material, or objects while admitting light, air, or fine material.
- snot-rag
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noun,
a handkerchief.
- agonists
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noun,
a person engaged in a contest, conflict, struggle, etc., especially the protagonist in a literary work.
- reagents
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noun,
a substance that, because of the reactions it causes, is used in analysis and synthesis.
- gasogene
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noun,
gazogene.
- reasoned
-
noun,
a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.:
- stingers
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noun,
a person or thing that stings.
- indorses
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verb (used with object),
endorse.
- treasons
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noun,
the offense of acting to overthrow one's government or to harm or kill its sovereign.
- songster
-
noun,
a person who sings; a singer.
- aneroids
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noun,
aneroid barometer.
- steading
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noun,
a farm, especially its buildings.
- G-string
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noun,
a loincloth or breechcloth, usually secured by a cord at the waist.
- aniseeds
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noun,
the aromatic seed of anise, the oil of which (anise oil, aniseed oil, oil of anise) is used in the manufacture of anethole, in medicine as a carminative and expectorant, and in cookery and liqueurs for its licoricelike flavor.
- readings
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noun,
the action or practice of a person who reads.
- anergies
-
noun,
Pathology. deficiency of energy.
- editress
-
noun,
a woman employed in the work of editing.
- Redstone
-
noun,
a U.S. surface-to-surface ballistic missile powered by a single rocket engine.
- eserines
-
noun,
physostigmine.
- Gassendi
-
noun,
Pierre [pyer] /pyɛr/ (Show IPA), 1592–1655, French philosopher and scientist.
- sniggers
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verb (used with or without object), noun,
snicker.
- sinters
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noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- disease
-
noun,
a disordered or incorrectly functioning organ, part, structure, or system of the body resulting from the effect of genetic or developmental errors, infection, poisons, nutritional deficiency or imbalance, toxicity, or unfavorable environmental factors; illness; sickness; ailment.
- ignores
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verb (used with object),
to refrain from noticing or recognizing:
- gorgets
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noun,
a patch on the throat of a bird or other animal, distinguished by its color, texture, etc.
- derange
-
verb (used with object),
to throw into disorder; disarrange.
- grantee
-
noun,
the receiver of a grant.
- nasties
-
noun,
Informal. a nasty person or thing.
- Gorgias
-
noun,
c483–c375 b.c, Greek philosopher.
- Gigante
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plural noun,
huge monsters, the children of Gaea, who fought the Olympians but were defeated by them.
- inroads
-
noun,
a damaging or serious encroachment:
- strange
-
adverb,
in a strange manner.
- tearing
-
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.
- detains
-
verb (used with object),
to keep from proceeding; keep waiting; delay.
- tenders
-
noun,
the act of tendering; an offer of something for acceptance.
- Gironde
-
noun,
an estuary in SW France, formed by the junction of the Garonne and Dordogne rivers. 45 miles (72 km) long.
- eatings
-
noun,
the act of a person or thing that eats.
- deterge
-
verb (used with object),
to wipe or wash away; cleanse.
- gratine
-
verb (used with object),
to bake or broil (food) in au gratin style.
- grating
-
noun,
a fixed frame of bars or the like covering an opening to exclude persons, animals, coarse material, or objects while admitting light, air, or fine material.
- teasers
-
noun,
a person or thing that teases.
- inserts
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- detrain
-
verb (used without object),
to alight from a railway train; arrive by train.
- gratins
-
noun,
au gratin.
- sorites
-
noun,
a form of argument having several premises and one conclusion, capable of being resolved into a chain of syllogisms, the conclusion of each of which is a premise of the next.
- side-on
-
adverb,
with the side or sides foremost, especially in a collision:
- greases
-
noun,
the melted or rendered fat of animals, especially when in a soft state.
- destine
-
verb (used with object),
to set apart for a particular use, purpose, etc.; design; intend.
- indorse
-
verb (used with object),
endorse.
- granite
-
noun,
a coarse-grained igneous rock composed chiefly of orthoclase and albite feldspars and of quartz, usually with lesser amounts of one or more other minerals, as mica, hornblende, or augite.
- dog-ear
-
noun,
(in a book) a corner of a page folded over like a dog's ear, as by careless use, or to mark a place.
- ingesta
-
plural noun,
substances ingested.
- doggies
-
noun,
a little dog or a puppy.
- ingates
-
noun,
gate1 (def 15).
- Sogdian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Sogdiana.
- doggers
-
noun,
a two-masted Dutch fishing vessel with a blunt bow, used in the North Sea.
- Tenedos
-
noun,
an island in the Aegean, near the entrance to the Dardanelles, belonging to Turkey.
- ingrate
-
noun,
an ungrateful person.
- Eastern
-
adjective,
lying toward or situated in the east:
- gradins
-
noun,
one of a series of steps or seats raised one above another.
- earnest
-
noun,
full seriousness, as of intention or purpose:
- deseret
-
noun,
a territory established by the Mormons in 1849 as a proposed state of the Union: was refused admission to the Union by Congress and incorporated in the newly organized Territory of Utah 1850.
- gingers
-
noun,
a reedlike plant, Zingiber officinale, native to the East Indies but now cultivated in most tropical countries, having a pungent, spicy rhizome used in cookery and medicine.
Compare ginger family.
- grained
-
noun,
a small, hard seed, especially the seed of a food plant such as wheat, corn, rye, oats, rice, or millet.
- deserts
-
noun,
a region so arid because of little rainfall that it supports only sparse and widely spaced vegetation or no vegetation at all:
Synonyms: waste, wasteland, barren wilderness.
- earings
-
noun,
a rope attached to a cringle and used for bending a corner of a sail to a yard, boom, or gaff or for reefing a sail.
- destain
-
verb (used with object),
to remove stain (from a specimen) to enhance visibility and contrast of parts.
- sestina
-
noun,
a poem of six six-line stanzas and a three-line envoy, originally without rhyme, in which each stanza repeats the end words of the lines of the first stanza, but in different order, the envoy using the six words again, three in the middle of the lines and three at the end.
- easters
-
noun,
an annual Christian festival in commemoration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, observed on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the vernal equinox, as calculated according to tables based in Western churches on the Gregorian calendar and in Orthodox churches on the Julian calendar.
- easting
-
noun,
Navigation. the distance due east made good on any course tending eastward; easterly departure.
- gigaton
-
noun,
one billion tons. Abbreviation: GT.
- grandee
-
noun,
a man of high social position or eminence, especially a Spanish or Portuguese nobleman.
- ingress
-
noun,
the act of going in or entering.
- granges
-
noun,
Chiefly British. a country house or large farmhouse with its various farm buildings (usually in house names):
- designs
-
noun,
an outline, sketch, or plan, as of the form and structure of a work of art, an edifice, or a machine to be executed or constructed.
- greaten
-
verb (used with object),
to make greater; enlarge; increase.
- donates
-
verb (used with object),
to present as a gift, grant, or contribution; make a donation of, as to a fund or cause:
- desires
-
noun,
a longing or craving, as for something that brings satisfaction or enjoyment:
- endears
-
verb (used with object),
to make dear, esteemed, or beloved:
- sorting
-
noun,
the process by which sedimentary particles become separated according to some particular characteristic, as size or shape.
- dessert
-
noun,
cake, pie, fruit, pudding, ice cream, etc., served as the final course of a meal.
- gisants
-
noun,
a sculptured representation of a dead person in a recumbent position, usually as part of a sepulchral monument.
- Geraint
-
noun,
one of the knights of the Round Table, husband of Enid.
- sidero-
-
- singers
-
noun,
a person who sings, especially a trained or professional vocalist.
- snigger
-
verb (used with or without object), noun,
snicker.
- isagoge
-
noun,
an introduction, especially a scholarly introduction to a field of study or research.
- Isadore
-
noun,
a male given name: from the Greek word meaning “gift of Isis.”.
- Signora
-
noun,
a conventional Italian term of address or title of respect for a married woman, either used separately or prefixed to the name.
- greisen
-
noun,
a hydrothermally altered rock of granitic texture composed chiefly of quartz and mica, common in the tin mines of Europe.
- signore
-
noun,
a conventional Italian title of respect for a man, usually used separately; signor.
- 2,4,5-t
-
noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- dissent
-
noun,
difference of sentiment or opinion.
- dingoes
-
noun,
a wolflike, wild dog, Canis familiaris dingo, of Australia, having a reddish- or yellowish-brown coat.
- signors
-
noun,
a conventional Italian term of address or title of respect for a man, either used separately or prefixed to the name. Abbreviation: Sig., sig.
- dragnet
-
noun,
a net to be drawn along the bottom of a river, pond, etc., or along the ground, to catch fish, small game, etc.
- dragees
-
noun,
a sugarcoated nut or candy.
- grenade
-
noun,
a small shell containing an explosive and thrown by hand or fired from a rifle or launching device.
- teeners
-
noun,
a teenager.
- dotages
-
noun,
a decline of mental faculties, especially as associated with old age; senility.
- dineros
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Peru, the 10th part of a sol.
- disseat
-
verb (used with object),
to unseat.
- godsent
-
adjective,
sent by God or as if by God:
- goiters
-
noun,
an enlargement of the thyroid gland on the front and sides of the neck, usually symptomatic of abnormal thyroid secretion, especially hypothyroidism due to a lack of iodine in the diet.
- iodates
-
noun,
Chemistry. a salt of iodic acid, as sodium iodate, NaIO 3 .
- dossier
-
noun,
a collection or file of documents on the same subject, especially a complete file containing detailed information about a person or topic.
- disrate
-
verb (used with object),
to reduce to a lower rating or rank.
- Goering
-
noun,
Hermann Wilhelm [her-mahn vil-helm,, hur-muh n wil-helm;; German her-mahn vil-helm] /ˈhɛr mɑn ˈvɪl hɛlm,, ˈhɜr mən ˈwɪl hɛlm;; German ˈhɛr mɑn ˈvɪl hɛlm/ (Show IPA), Göring, Hermann Wilhelm.
- gringos
-
noun,
a term used in Latin America or Spain to refer to a foreigner, especially one of U.S. or British descent (sometimes used facetiously).
- egoists
-
noun,
a self-centered or selfish person (opposed to altruist).
- teredos
-
noun,
a shipworm of the genus Teredo.
- edgings
-
noun,
something that forms or is placed along an edge or border.
- stagers
-
noun,
a person of experience in some profession, way of life, etc.
- Grisons
-
noun,
a canton in E Switzerland. 2747 sq. mi. (7115 sq. km). Capital: Chur.
- disegno
-
noun,
drawing or design: a term used during the 16th and 17th centuries to designate the formal discipline required for the representation of the ideal form of an object in the visual arts, especially as expressed in the linear structure of a work of art.
- greiges
-
noun,
Textiles. gray goods.
- Teniers
-
noun,
David [dey-vid;; Flemish dah-vit;; French dah-veed] /ˈdeɪ vɪd;; Flemish ˈdɑ vɪt;; French dɑˈvid/ (Show IPA), ("the Elder") 1582–1649, Flemish painter and engraver.
- naggers
-
noun,
nag1 (def 5).
- integer
-
noun,
Mathematics. one of the positive or negative numbers 1, 2, 3, etc., or zero.
Compare whole number.
- ideates
-
noun,
ideatum.
- instars
-
noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- tensors
-
noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
- diaster
-
noun,
the stage in mitosis at which the chromosomes, after their division and separation, are grouped near the poles of the spindle.
- dosages
-
noun,
the administration of medicine in doses.
- staging
-
noun,
the act, process, or manner of presenting a play on the stage.
- Sienese
-
noun,
an inhabitant of Siena.
- diester
-
noun,
an organic compound that contains two ester groups.
- tansies
-
noun,
any of several composite plants of the genus Tanacetum, especially a strong-scented, weedy, Old World herb, T. vulgare, having flat-topped clusters of tubular yellow flowers.
- tessera
-
noun,
one of the small pieces used in mosaic work.
- instead
-
Idioms,
instead of, in place of; in lieu of:
- signage
-
noun,
graphic designs, as symbols, emblems, or words, used especially for identification or as a means of giving directions or warning.
- strides
-
noun,
a striding manner or a striding gait.
- soredia
-
noun,
a group of algal cells surrounded by hyphal tissue, occurring on the surface of the thallus and functioning in vegetative reproduction.
- gainers
-
noun,
a person or thing that gains.
- soaring
-
noun,
the sport of flying a sailplane.
- Sitsang
-
noun,
Tibet (def 1).
- digests
-
noun,
a collection or compendium, usually of literary, historical, legal, or scientific matter, especially when classified or condensed.
- signees
-
noun,
a person who signs a document, register, etc.; signer; signatory:
- soirees
-
noun,
an evening party or social gathering, especially one held for a particular purpose:
- digress
-
verb (used without object),
to deviate or wander away from the main topic or purpose in speaking or writing; depart from the principal line of argument, plot, study, etc.
- Tangier
-
noun,
a seaport in N Morocco, on the W Strait of Gibraltar: capital of the former Tangier Zone.
- greenie
-
noun,
Slang. an amphetamine pill, especially one that is green in color.
- gerents
-
noun,
a ruler or manager.
- Gordian
-
Idioms,
cut the Gordian knot, to act quickly and decisively in a difficult situation; solve a problem boldly.
- dissert
-
verb (used without object),
to discourse on a subject.
- signers
-
noun,
a person who signs.
- teenage
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of a teenager.
- signets
-
noun,
a small seal, as on a finger ring.
- stagger
-
verb (used without object),
to walk, move, or stand unsteadily.
- ingests
-
verb (used with object),
to take, as food, into the body (opposed to egest).
- Staines
-
noun,
a town in Surrey, SE England, on the Thames River near Heathrow airport.
- negates
-
verb (used with object),
to deny the existence, evidence, or truth of:
- reagent
-
noun,
a substance that, because of the reactions it causes, is used in analysis and synthesis.
- stinger
-
noun,
a person or thing that stings.
- ratings
-
noun,
classification according to grade or rank.
- Anteros
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a brother of Eros, most often regarded as the avenger of unrequited love.
- antero-
-
- rations
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- sateens
-
noun,
a strong cotton fabric constructed in satin weave and having a lustrous face.
- anoesis
-
noun,
a state of mind consisting of pure sensation or emotion without cognitive content.
- readies
-
noun,
the state or condition of being ready.
- Reading
-
noun,
the action or practice of a person who reads.
- aniseed
-
noun,
the aromatic seed of anise, the oil of which (anise oil, aniseed oil, oil of anise) is used in the manufacture of anethole, in medicine as a carminative and expectorant, and in cookery and liqueurs for its licoricelike flavor.
- treason
-
noun,
the offense of acting to overthrow one's government or to harm or kill its sovereign.
- eserine
-
noun,
physostigmine.
- reagins
-
noun,
Also called Wassermann antibody. an antibody formed in response to syphilis and reactive with cardiolipin in various blood tests for the disease.
- reasons
-
noun,
a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.:
- garotes
-
noun,
a method of capital punishment of Spanish origin in which an iron collar is tightened around a condemned person's neck until death occurs by strangulation or by injury to the spinal column at the base of the brain.
- redness
-
noun,
the quality or state of being red.
- garnets
-
noun,
any of a group of hard, vitreous minerals, silicates of calcium, magnesium, iron, or manganese with aluminum or iron, varying in color: a deep-red transparent variety is used as a gem and as an abrasive.
- aneroid
-
noun,
aneroid barometer.
- reeding
-
noun,
a set of moldings, as on a column, resembling small convex fluting.
- gargets
-
noun,
Veterinary Pathology. inflammation of the udder of a cow; bovine mastitis.
- regains
-
noun,
(in a moisture-free fabric) the percentage of the weight that represents the amount of moisture the material is expected to absorb under normal conditions.
- 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.
- ratines
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- stingos
-
noun,
strong beer.
- reginas
-
noun,
queen.
- Seaside
-
noun,
the land along the sea; seacoast.
- Ossetia
-
noun,
a region in Caucasia: divided between North Ossetia of the Russian Federation and the South Ossetian Autonomous Region of the Georgian Republic.
- sedates
-
adjective,
calm, quiet, or composed; undisturbed by passion or excitement:
- gastro-
-
- aristos
-
noun,
aristocrat.
- aristo-
-
- seating
-
noun,
an act or instance of furnishing with, assigning, or escorting to a seat.
- seaters
-
noun,
a person or thing that seats.
- gastrin
-
noun,
a hormone that stimulates the secretion of gastric juice.
- erodent
-
adjective,
eroding; erosive:
- tragion
-
noun,
a point in the depth of the notch just above the tragus of the ear.
- tigress
-
noun,
a female tiger.
- aorists
-
noun,
a verb tense, as in Classical Greek, expressing action or, in the indicative mood, past action, without further limitation or implication.
- argents
-
noun,
Heraldry. the tincture or metal silver.
- Seagirt
-
noun,
surrounded by the sea.
- Aretino
-
noun,
Pietro [pye-traw] /ˈpyɛ trɔ/ (Show IPA), 1492–1556, Italian satirist and dramatist.
- seadogs
-
noun,
fogbow.
- trainee
-
noun,
a person being trained, especially in a vocation; apprentice.
- gassing
-
noun,
an affecting, overcoming, or poisoning with gas or fumes.
- arenose
-
adjective,
sandy; gritty.
- arenite
-
noun,
psammite.
- sea-dog
-
noun,
a sailor, especially an old or experienced one.
- randies
-
noun,
Chiefly Scot. a rude or coarse beggar.
- satoris
-
noun,
sudden enlightenment.
- reggaes
-
noun,
a style of Jamaican popular music blending blues, calypso, and rock-'n'-roll, characterized by a strong syncopated rhythm and lyrics of social protest.
- tressed
-
adjective,
(of the hair) arranged or formed into tresses; braided; plaited.
- arseno-
-
- stereo-
-
- sterno-
-
- retenes
-
noun,
a crystalline hydrocarbon, C 18 H 18 , obtained chiefly from the tar of resinous woods and certain fossil resins.
- stearo-
-
- retsina
-
noun,
a strong, resinated white or red wine of Greece and Cyprus.
- etesian
-
adjective,
(of certain Mediterranean winds) occurring annually.
- sardine
-
noun,
the pilchard, Sardina pilchardus, often preserved in oil and used for food.
- trioses
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- ganoids
-
noun,
a ganoid fish.
- santirs
-
noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- Rigsdag
-
noun,
the former parliament of Denmark, consisting of an upper house and a lower house: replaced in 1953 by the unicameral Folketing.
- sangers
-
noun,
Frederick, 1918–2013, English biochemist: Nobel Prize in chemistry 1958.
- retains
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- gangers
-
noun,
a foreman of a gang of laborers.
- Steiner
-
noun,
Jakob [yah-kawp] /ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1796–1863, Swiss mathematician.
- ganders
-
noun,
the male of the goose.
Compare goose (def 2).
- Sanders
-
noun,
a person or thing that sands or sandpapers.
- rodents
-
noun,
a rodent mammal.
- sainted
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- roseate
-
adjective,
tinged with rose; rosy:
- gaiters
-
noun,
a covering of cloth or leather for the ankle and instep and sometimes also the lower leg, worn over the shoe or boot.
Compare upper1 (def 7).
- Rostand
-
noun,
Edmond [ed-mawn] /ɛdˈmɔ̃/ (Show IPA), 1868–1918, French dramatist and poet.
- saggers
-
noun,
a box or case made of refractory baked clay in which the finer ceramic wares are enclosed and protected while baking.
- sadiron
-
noun,
Northern, North Midland, and Western U.S. Older Use. a flatiron that is pointed at both ends and has a detachable handle.
- triodes
-
noun,
a vacuum tube containing three elements, usually anode, cathode, and control grid.
- etagere
-
noun,
a stand with a series of open shelves for small objects, bric-a-brac, etc.
- sarongs
-
noun,
a loose-fitting skirtlike garment formed by wrapping a strip of cloth around the lower part of the body, worn by both men and women in the Malay Archipelago and certain islands of the Pacific Ocean.
- agonist
-
noun,
a person engaged in a contest, conflict, struggle, etc., especially the protagonist in a literary work.
- Reigate
-
noun,
a city in Surrey in SE England, a London suburb.
- 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.
- gardens
-
noun,
a plot of ground, usually near a house, where flowers, shrubs, vegetables, fruits, or herbs are cultivated.
- triages
-
noun,
the process of sorting victims, as of a battle or disaster, to determine medical priority in order to increase the number of survivors.
- 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.
- trienes
-
noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- estrade
-
noun,
a slightly raised platform in a room or hall.
- reneges
-
noun,
Cards. an act or instance of reneging.
- agreges
-
noun,
a degree awarded by a French university, based on a competitive examination given by the state and qualifying the recipient for the highest teaching positions in a lycée or for the rank of professor in a school of law or medicine.
- reseats
-
verb (used with object),
to provide with a new seat or new seats.
- agonies
-
noun,
extreme and generally prolonged pain; intense physical or mental suffering.
- ageings
-
noun,
aging.
- resedas
-
noun,
a grayish green.
- resends
-
verb (used with object),
to send again.
- estrins
-
noun,
estrone.
- resents
-
verb (used with object),
to feel or show displeasure or indignation at (a person, act, remark, etc.) from a sense of injury or insult.
- trigone
-
noun,
Also, trigonum. Anatomy.
a triangular part or area.
the area on the floor of the urinary bladder between the opening of the urethra in front and the two ureters at the sides.
- estrone
-
noun,
Biochemistry. an estrogenic hormone, C 18 H 22 O 2 , produced by the ovarian follicles and found during pregnancy in urine and placental tissue.
- trigons
-
noun,
a triangle.
- re-sign
-
verb (used with or without object),
to sign again.
- aggress
-
verb (used with object),
to behave aggressively toward; attack (often followed by upon):
- Sargent
-
noun,
Sir (Harold) Malcolm (Watts) 1895–1967, English conductor.
- resting
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- stodges
-
noun,
food that is particularly filling.
- gasters
-
- easiest
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- nestors
-
noun,
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- senoras
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to Mrs., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a married or older woman. Abbreviation: Sra.
- strains
-
noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- entries
-
noun,
an act of entering; entrance.
- storied
-
noun,
a narrative, either true or fictitious, in prose or verse, designed to interest, amuse, or instruct the hearer or reader; tale.
- atonies
-
noun,
Pathology. lack of tone or energy; muscular weakness, especially in a contractile organ.
- Nidaros
-
noun,
former name of Trondheim.
- seriate
-
adjective,
arranged or occurring in one or more series.
- onagers
-
noun,
a wild ass, Equus hemionus, of southwestern Asia.
- Genista
-
noun,
any plant belonging to the genus Genista, of the legume family, having showy flowers and including many species of broom.
- entrees
-
noun,
a dish served as the main course of a meal.
- oneidas
-
noun,
a member of an Iroquois people formerly inhabiting the region east of Oneida Lake.
- seggars
-
noun, verb (used with object),
sagger.
- engross
-
verb (used with object),
to occupy completely, as the mind or attention; absorb:
- strands
-
noun,
the land bordering the sea, a lake, or a river; shore; beach.
- astroid
-
noun,
a hypocycloid with four cusps.
- storage
-
noun,
the act of storing; state or fact of being stored:
- astride
-
preposition,
with a leg on each side of; straddling:
- onstage
-
adverb,
on or onto the stage (opposed to offstage): .
- niggard
-
noun,
an excessively parsimonious, miserly, or stingy person.
- oersted
-
noun,
the centimeter-gram-second unit of magnetic intensity, equal to the magnetic pole of unit strength when undergoing a force of one dyne in a vacuum. Abbreviation: Oe.
- engirds
-
verb (used with object),
to encircle; encompass:
- dearies
-
noun,
darling.
- genoise
-
noun,
a light yellow cake made with eggs and butter and typically layered, filled, and frosted or made into petits fours for serving.
- toadies
-
noun,
an obsequious flatterer; sycophant.
- entero-
-
- entasis
-
noun,
a slight convexity given to a column or tower, as to correct an optical illusion.
- engages
-
adjective,
choosing to involve oneself in or commit oneself to something:
- senegas
-
noun,
the dried root of a milkwort, Polygala senega, of the eastern U.S., used as an expectorant and diuretic.
- stories
-
noun,
a narrative, either true or fictitious, in prose or verse, designed to interest, amuse, or instruct the hearer or reader; tale.
- Genoese
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Genoa.
- senator
-
noun,
a member of a senate.
- Geordie
-
noun,
a native of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England.
- engaged
-
adjective,
busy or occupied; involved:
- arsines
-
noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- entires
-
noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- genitor
-
noun,
a parent, especially a father.
- daggers
-
noun,
a short, swordlike weapon with a pointed blade and a handle, used for stabbing.
- serenes
-
noun,
serenity; tranquillity.
- genito-
-
- niggers
-
noun,
Slang: Extremely Disparaging and Offensive.
a contemptuous term used to refer to a black person.
a contemptuous term used to refer to a member of any dark-skinned people.
- seiners
-
noun,
a person who fishes with a seine.
- serines
-
noun,
a crystalline amino acid, HOCH 2 CH(NH 2)COOH, found in many proteins and obtained by the hydrolysis of sericin, the protein constituting silk gum. Symbol: S. Abbreviation: Ser;
- seringa
-
noun,
any of several Brazilian trees of the genus Hevea, yielding rubber.
- tisanes
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- seeders
-
noun,
a person or thing that seeds.
- orients
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- Georgia
-
noun,
a state in the SE United States. 58,876 sq. mi. (152,489 sq. km). Capital: Atlanta.
Abbreviation: GA (for use with zip code), Ga.
- ergotin
-
noun,
any of various extracts of ergot used in medicine.
- origans
-
noun,
an aromatic herb, especially oregano.
- torsade
-
noun,
a twisted cord.
- Negroid
-
noun,
Older Use: Usually Offensive. a member of such peoples.
- denotes
-
verb (used with object),
to be a mark or sign of; indicate:
- gearset
-
noun,
a combination of gears that mesh to provide a particular gear ratio.
- Erigena
-
noun,
Johannes Scotus [joh-han-eez skoh-tuh s,, -han-is] /dʒoʊˈhæn iz ˈskoʊ təs,, -ˈhæn ɪs/ (Show IPA), a.d. c810–c877, Irish philosopher and theologian.
- Oriente
-
noun,
a region in Ecuador, E of the Andes: the border long disputed by Peru.
- 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.
- darings
-
noun,
adventurous courage; boldness.
- Erigone
-
noun,
a daughter of Clytemnestra and Aegisthus who hanged herself when Orestes was acquitted of the murder of her parents.
- Negroes
-
noun,
Anthropology. (no longer in technical use) a member of the peoples traditionally classified as the Negro race, especially those who originate in sub-Saharan Africa.
- Negrito
-
noun,
a member of any of various small-statured, indigenous peoples of Africa, the Philippines, the Malay Peninsula, the Andaman Islands, and southern India.
- Negress
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a black woman or girl.
- gearing
-
noun,
an assembly of parts, especially a train of gears, for transmitting and modifying motion and torque in a machine.
- stogies
-
noun,
a long, slender, roughly made, inexpensive cigar.
- endgate
-
noun,
tailboard.
- standee
-
noun,
a person who stands, as a passenger in a train, a spectator at a theater, etc., either because all the seats are taken or because standing room is cheaper than a seat.
- genesis
-
noun,
an origin, creation, or beginning.
- engorge
-
verb (used with or without object),
to swallow greedily; glut or gorge.
- seeings
-
noun,
the act of a person who sees.
- tirades
-
noun,
a prolonged outburst of bitter, outspoken denunciation:
- ordains
-
verb (used with object),
to invest with ministerial or sacerdotal functions; confer holy orders upon.
- 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.
- enrages
-
verb (used with object),
to make extremely angry; put into a rage; infuriate:
- sensate
-
adjective,
perceiving or perceived through the senses.
- Nereids
-
noun,
any elongate cylindrical worm of the polychaete family Nereididae, including clamworms.
- erasion
-
noun,
the act of erasing.
- senders
-
noun,
a person or thing that sends.
- sereins
-
noun,
fine rain falling after sunset from a sky in which no clouds are visible.
- oreides
-
noun,
oroide.
- endorse
-
noun,
Heraldry. a narrow pale, about one quarter the usual width and usually repeated several times.
- Georges
-
noun,
a figure of St. George killing the dragon, especially one forming part of the insignia of the Order of the Garter.
- stoners
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
- Orestes
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, and the brother of Electra and Iphigenia: he avenged the murder of Agamemnon by killing Clytemenestra and her lover, Aegisthus, then was pursued by the Furies until saved by Athena.
- deniers
-
noun,
a person who denies.
- 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.
- ergates
-
noun,
a worker ant.
- orgeats
-
noun,
a syrup or drink made originally from barley but later from almonds, prepared with sugar and an extract of orange flowers.
- Gorgas
-
noun,
William Crawford, 1854–1920, U.S. physician and epidemiologist: chief sanitary officer of the Panama Canal 1904–13; surgeon general of the U.S. Army 1914–18.
- stares
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- geoids
-
noun,
an imaginary surface that coincides with mean sea level in the ocean and its extension through the continents.
- gorged
-
noun,
a narrow cleft with steep, rocky walls, especially one through which a stream runs.
- Gorges
-
noun,
a narrow cleft with steep, rocky walls, especially one through which a stream runs.
- gorget
-
noun,
a patch on the throat of a bird or other animal, distinguished by its color, texture, etc.
- ganoid
-
noun,
a ganoid fish.
- Ganges
-
noun,
a river flowing SE from the Himalayas in N India into the Bay of Bengal: sacred to Hindus. 1550 miles (2495 km) long.
- Goring
-
noun,
the triangular area along a leech of a square sail, created by the presence of a gore.
- gorses
-
noun,
any spiny shrub of the genus Ulex, of the legume family, native to the Old World, especially U. europaeus, having rudimentary leaves and yellow flowers and growing in waste places and sandy soil.
- ganger
-
noun,
a foreman of a gang of laborers.
- steeds
-
noun,
a horse, especially a high-spirited one.
- Gander
-
noun,
the male of the goose.
Compare goose (def 2).
- gaiter
-
noun,
a covering of cloth or leather for the ankle and instep and sometimes also the lower leg, worn over the shoe or boot.
Compare upper1 (def 7).
- gaited
-
noun,
a manner of walking, stepping, or running.
- George
-
noun,
a figure of St. George killing the dragon, especially one forming part of the insignia of the Order of the Garter.
- goiter
-
noun,
an enlargement of the thyroid gland on the front and sides of the neck, usually symptomatic of abnormal thyroid secretion, especially hypothyroidism due to a lack of iodine in the diet.
- geodes
-
noun,
a hollow concretionary or nodular stone often lined with crystals.
- Geiger
-
noun,
Hans [hahns] /hɑns/ (Show IPA), 1882–1947, German physicist.
- Gesner
-
noun,
Konrad von [kon-rad von;; German kawn-raht fuh n] /ˈkɒn ræd vɒn;; German ˈkɔn rɑt fən/ (Show IPA), 1516–65, Swiss naturalist.
- gassed
-
noun,
Physics. a substance possessing perfect molecular mobility and the property of indefinite expansion, as opposed to a solid or liquid.
- Ginger
-
noun,
a reedlike plant, Zingiber officinale, native to the East Indies but now cultivated in most tropical countries, having a pungent, spicy rhizome used in cookery and medicine.
Compare ginger family.
- genera
-
noun,
a plural of genus.
- gigots
-
noun,
a leg-of-mutton sleeve.
- Gessen
-
noun,
Goshen (def 1).
- Gasser
-
noun,
Slang. something that is extraordinarily pleasing or successful, especially a very funny joke.
- gender
-
noun,
either the male or female division of a species, especially as differentiated by social and cultural roles and behavior:
Compare sex (def 1).
- stages
-
noun,
a single step or degree in a process; a particular phase, period, position, etc., in a process, development, or series.
- gestes
-
noun,
gest.
- sortie
-
noun,
a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
- Gaston
-
noun,
a male given name.
- gastr-
-
- Gideon
-
noun,
Also called Jerubbaal. a judge of Israel and conqueror of the Midianites. Judges 6–8.
- stands
-
noun,
the act of standing; an assuming of or a remaining in an upright position.
- stades
-
noun,
a period of time represented by a glacial deposit.
- gating
-
noun,
the process by which a channel in a cell membrane opens or closes.
- staged
-
noun,
a single step or degree in a process; a particular phase, period, position, etc., in a process, development, or series.
- gators
-
noun,
Southern U.S. Informal. alligator.
- stager
-
noun,
a person of experience in some profession, way of life, etc.
- genets
-
noun,
any small, Old World carnivore of the genus Genetta, especially G. genetta, having spotted sides and a ringed tail.
- sorted
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- Garden
-
noun,
a plot of ground, usually near a house, where flowers, shrubs, vegetables, fruits, or herbs are cultivated.
- steads
-
noun,
the place of a person or thing as occupied by a successor or substitute:
- stains
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- sonars
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- goners
-
noun,
a person or thing that is dead, lost, or past recovery.
- Gondar
-
noun,
a city in NW Ethiopia, N of Lake Tana: a former capital.
- gerent
-
noun,
a ruler or manager.
- sondes
-
noun,
a rocket, balloon, or rockoon used as a probe for observing phenomena in the atmosphere.
- gonads
-
noun,
a sex gland in which gametes are produced; an ovary or testis.
- Sondra
-
noun,
a female given name.
- genoas
-
noun,
a large jib for cruising and racing yachts, overlapping the mainsail.
- garget
-
noun,
Veterinary Pathology. inflammation of the udder of a cow; bovine mastitis.
- gisant
-
noun,
a sculptured representation of a dead person in a recumbent position, usually as part of a sepulchral monument.
- goings
-
noun,
the act of leaving or departing; departure:
- Garnet
-
noun,
any of a group of hard, vitreous minerals, silicates of calcium, magnesium, iron, or manganese with aluminum or iron, varying in color: a deep-red transparent variety is used as a gem and as an abrasive.
- garote
-
noun,
a method of capital punishment of Spanish origin in which an iron collar is tightened around a condemned person's neck until death occurs by strangulation or by injury to the spinal column at the base of the brain.
- goatee
-
noun,
a man's beard trimmed to a tuft or point on the chin.
- Sontag
-
noun,
Susan, 1933–2004, U.S. critic, novelist, and essayist.
- genit.
-
- gnosis
-
noun,
knowledge of spiritual matters; mystical knowledge.
- gneiss
-
noun,
a metamorphic rock, generally made up of bands that differ in color and composition, some bands being rich in feldspar and quartz, others rich in hornblende or mica.
- genies
-
noun,
Islamic Mythology. jinn.
- gossan
-
noun,
a rust-colored deposit of mineral matter at the outcrop of a vein or orebody containing iron-bearing materials.
- seadog
-
noun,
fogbow.
- soiree
-
noun,
an evening party or social gathering, especially one held for a particular purpose:
- 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.
- osiers
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- seders
-
noun,
a ceremonial dinner that commemorates the Exodus from Egypt and includes the reading of the Haggadah and the eating of symbolic foods, generally held on the first night of Passover by Reform Jews and Jews in Israel and on both the first and second nights by Orthodox and Conservative Jews outside of Israel.
- ossein
-
noun,
the collagen of bone, remaining after the mineral matter has been removed by treatment with dilute acid.
- Ossian
-
noun,
a legendary hero and poet and son of Finn, who is supposed to have lived during the 3rd century a.d., represented in Gaelic poems and in imitations of them written by James Macpherson in the 18th century.
- Ostend
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Belgium.
- sedate
-
adjective,
calm, quiet, or composed; undisturbed by passion or excitement:
- sedans
-
noun,
an enclosed automobile body having two or four doors and seating four or more persons on two full-width seats.
- seater
-
noun,
a person or thing that seats.
- Season
-
noun,
one of the four periods of the year (spring, summer, autumn, and winter), beginning astronomically at an equinox or solstice, but geographically at different dates in different climates.
- radio-
-
- radios
-
noun,
wireless telegraphy or telephony:
- ragged
-
noun,
British. an act of ragging.
- Osages
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people formerly of western Missouri, now living in northern Oklahoma.
- raised
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- raises
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- ranees
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- ranged
-
noun,
the extent to which or the limits between which variation is possible:
- ranges
-
noun,
the extent to which or the limits between which variation is possible:
- satori
-
noun,
sudden enlightenment.
- ranids
-
noun,
frog1 (def 2).
- satire
-
noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- satins
-
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.
- ratine
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- rating
-
noun,
classification according to grade or rank.
- ration
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- sedges
-
noun,
any rushlike or grasslike plant of the genus Carex, growing in wet places.
Compare sedge family.
- Seeder
-
noun,
a person or thing that seeds.
- reagin
-
noun,
Also called Wassermann antibody. an antibody formed in response to syphilis and reactive with cardiolipin in various blood tests for the disease.
- orates
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- Odense
-
noun,
a seaport on Fyn island, in S Denmark.
- Odessa
-
noun,
a seaport in S Ukraine, on the Black Sea.
- seines
-
noun,
a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
- seiner
-
noun,
a person who fishes with a seine.
- Ogaden
-
noun,
an arid region in SE Ethiopia.
- ogress
-
noun,
a female monster in fairy tales and popular legend, usually represented as a hideous giant who feeds on human flesh.
- onager
-
noun,
a wild ass, Equus hemionus, of southwestern Asia.
- Oneida
-
noun,
a member of an Iroquois people formerly inhabiting the region east of Oneida Lake.
- seggar
-
noun, verb (used with object),
sagger.
- onside
-
adjective, adverb,
not offside; being within the prescribed line or area at the beginning of or during play or a play.
- Orange
-
noun,
a globose, reddish-yellow, bitter or sweet, edible citrus fruit.
- orangs
-
noun,
orangutan.
- ordain
-
verb (used with object),
to invest with ministerial or sacerdotal functions; confer holy orders upon.
- ornate
-
adjective,
elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so:
- seeing
-
noun,
the act of a person who sees.
- oreads
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. any of a group of nymphs who were the companions of Artemis.
- oreide
-
noun,
oroide.
- 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.
- Orense
-
noun,
a city in N Spain, NW of Madrid.
- Seeger
-
noun,
Alan, 1888–1916, U.S. poet.
- orgeat
-
noun,
a syrup or drink made originally from barley but later from almonds, prepared with sugar and an extract of orange flowers.
- orgies
-
noun,
wild or drunken festivity or revelry, especially involving sex with multiple participants.
- Orient
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- origan
-
noun,
an aromatic herb, especially oregano.
- Origen
-
noun,
(Origenes Admantius) a.d. 185?–254? Alexandrian writer, Christian theologian, and teacher.
- Orinda
-
noun,
a town in W California.
- sateen
-
noun,
a strong cotton fabric constructed in satin weave and having a lustrous face.
- reason
-
noun,
a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.:
- oaters
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- Sandor
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Sardis
-
noun,
an ancient city in W Asia Minor: the capital of ancient Lydia.
- rident
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- Santos
-
noun,
a seaport in S Brazil: world's largest coffee-exporting port.
- santir
-
noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- Santee
-
noun,
a city in SW California.
- sansei
-
noun,
a grandchild of Japanese immigrants to the U.S. or Canada.
- ringed
-
noun,
a typically circular band of metal or other durable material, especially one of gold or other precious metal, often set with gems, for wearing on the finger as an ornament, a token of betrothal or marriage, etc.
- rinses
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- sanies
-
noun,
a thin, often greenish, serous fluid that is discharged from ulcers, wounds, etc.
- Sanger
-
noun,
Frederick, 1918–2013, English biochemist: Nobel Prize in chemistry 1958.
- Sandro
-
noun,
a male given name.
- 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.
- retene
-
noun,
a crystalline hydrocarbon, C 18 H 18 , obtained chiefly from the tar of resinous woods and certain fossil resins.
- Sandie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Sandro.
- roasts
-
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.
- Sander
-
noun,
a person or thing that sands or sandpapers.
- rodent
-
noun,
a rodent mammal.
- saints
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- rosets
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- Rosina
-
noun,
a female given name, Italian form of Rose.
- rosins
-
noun,
Chemistry. the yellowish to amber, translucent, hard, brittle, fragmented resin left after distilling the oil of turpentine from the crude oleoresin of the pine: used chiefly in making varnishes, varnish and paint driers, printing inks, and for rubbing on the bows of such string instruments as the violin.
- Rosita
-
noun,
a female given name, Spanish form of Rose.
- Saigon
-
noun,
former name of Ho Chi Minh City: capital of former South Vietnam 1954–76.
- sagger
-
noun,
a box or case made of refractory baked clay in which the finer ceramic wares are enclosed and protected while baking.
- sadist
-
noun,
Psychiatry. a person who has the condition of sadism, in which one receives sexual gratification from causing pain and degradation to another.
- 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.
- sarees
-
noun,
sari.
- redans
-
noun,
a V -shaped work, usually projecting from a fortified line.
- sarods
-
noun,
a lute of northern India, played with a bow.
- redoes
-
noun,
the act or an instance of redoing.
- Saseno
-
noun,
an island off the W coast of Albania, at the entrance to Valona Bay: belongs to Albania. 2 sq. mi. (5 sq. km).
- Sarton
-
noun,
May, 1912–95, U.S. poet, novelist, and playwright.
- reests
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- Regain
-
noun,
(in a moisture-free fabric) the percentage of the weight that represents the amount of moisture the material is expected to absorb under normal conditions.
- sarsen
-
noun,
any of numerous large sandstone blocks or fragments found in south-central England, probably remnants of eroded Tertiary beds.
- regent
-
noun,
a person who exercises the ruling power in a kingdom during the minority, absence, or disability of the sovereign.
- reggae
-
noun,
a style of Jamaican popular music blending blues, calypso, and rock-'n'-roll, characterized by a strong syncopated rhythm and lyrics of social protest.
- Regina
-
noun,
queen.
- region
-
noun,
an extensive, continuous part of a surface, space, or body:
- reigns
-
noun,
the period during which a sovereign occupies the throne.
- sarong
-
noun,
a loose-fitting skirtlike garment formed by wrapping a strip of cloth around the lower part of the body, worn by both men and women in the Malay Archipelago and certain islands of the Pacific Ocean.
- renege
-
noun,
Cards. an act or instance of reneging.
- retain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- sargos
-
noun,
a silvery grunt, Anisotremus davidsonii, inhabiting waters off the coasts of California and Mexico, having blackish markings and yellowish fins.
- rentes
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- sarges
-
noun,
sergeant.
- reseat
-
verb (used with object),
to provide with a new seat or new seats.
- Reseda
-
noun,
a grayish green.
- resend
-
verb (used with object),
to send again.
- resent
-
verb (used with object),
to feel or show displeasure or indignation at (a person, act, remark, etc.) from a sense of injury or insult.
- resets
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- reside
-
noun,
a piece or section of siding:
- resign
-
verb (used with object),
to give up (an office, position, etc.), often formally.
- resist
-
noun,
a substance that prevents or inhibits some effect from taking place, as a coating on a surface of a metallic printing plate that prevents or inhibits corrosion of the metal by acid.
- Reston
-
noun,
James (Barrett) ("Scotty") 1909–1995, U.S. journalist, born in Scotland.
- Senate
-
noun,
an assembly or council of citizens having the highest deliberative functions in a government, especially a legislative assembly of a state or nation.
- Sendai
-
noun,
a city on NE Honshu, in central Japan.
- soigne
-
adjective,
carefully or elegantly done, operated, or designed.
- Sister
-
noun,
a female offspring having both parents in common with another offspring; female sibling.
- grists
-
noun,
grain to be ground.
- snorts
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- groans
-
noun,
a low, mournful sound uttered in pain or grief:
- groats
-
noun,
hulled grain, as wheat or oats, broken into fragments.
- groins
-
noun,
Anatomy. the fold or hollow on either side of the front of the body where the thigh joins the abdomen.
- snores
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- sneers
-
noun,
a look or expression of derision, scorn, or contempt.
- snares
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- iatro-
-
- ideate
-
noun,
ideatum.
- sitars
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- Sisera
-
noun,
the commander of the Canaanite army of King Jabin: killed by Jael. Judges 4:17–22.
- griots
-
noun,
a member of a hereditary caste among the peoples of western Africa whose function is to keep an oral history of the tribe or village and to entertain with stories, poems, songs, dances, etc.
- ignore
-
verb (used with object),
to refrain from noticing or recognizing:
- sirens
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- Sirena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Indore
-
noun,
a former state in central India: now part of Madhya Pradesh.
- sirees
-
noun,
sirree.
- ingate
-
noun,
gate1 (def 15).
- ingest
-
verb (used with object),
to take, as food, into the body (opposed to egest).
- ingots
-
noun,
a mass of metal cast in a convenient form for shaping, remelting, or refining.
- INGRES
-
noun,
Jean Auguste Dominique [zhahn oh-gyst daw-mee-neek] /ʒɑ̃ oʊˈgüst dɔ miˈnik/ (Show IPA), 1780–1867, French painter.
- inorg.
-
- inroad
-
noun,
a damaging or serious encroachment:
- insert
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- Grison
-
noun,
a weasellike carnivore, Galictis vittata, ranging from southern Mexico to Peru, having a grayish-white upper body, a distinctive white stripe across the forehead and ears, and a dark brown face, chest, and legs.
- gringo
-
noun,
a term used in Latin America or Spain to refer to a foreigner, especially one of U.S. or British descent (sometimes used facetiously).
- instar
-
noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- gratin
-
noun,
au gratin.
- grades
-
noun,
a degree or step in a scale, as of rank, advancement, quality, value, or intensity:
- gradin
-
noun,
one of a series of steps or seats raised one above another.
- grains
-
noun,
an iron instrument with barbed prongs, for spearing or harpooning fish.
- grand-
-
- Grande
-
noun,
Rio. Rio Grande.
- grands
-
noun,
grand piano.
- Grange
-
noun,
Chiefly British. a country house or large farmhouse with its various farm buildings (usually in house names):
- grani-
-
- grano-
-
- Grants
-
noun,
a town in W New Mexico.
- Grasse
-
noun,
François Joseph Paul [frahn-swa zhaw-zef pawl] /frɑ̃ˈswa ʒɔˈzɛf pɔl/ (Show IPA), Comte de (Marquis de Grasse-Tilly) 1722–1788, French admiral.
- grates
-
noun,
a frame of metal bars for holding fuel when burning, as in a fireplace, furnace, or stove.
- gratis
-
adverb,
without charge or payment; free:
- grinds
-
noun,
the act of grinding.
- grease
-
noun,
the melted or rendered fat of animals, especially when in a soft state.
- Greats
-
- greeds
-
noun,
excessive or rapacious desire, especially for wealth or possessions.
- Greene
-
noun,
Graham, 1904–91, English novelist and journalist.
- greens
-
noun,
a color intermediate in the spectrum between yellow and blue, an effect of light with a wavelength between 500 and 570 nm; found in nature as the color of most grasses and leaves while growing, of some fruits while ripening, and of the sea.
- greets
-
verb (used with object),
to address with some form of salutation; welcome.
- gregos
-
noun,
a short, hooded coat of thick, coarse fabric, originally worn in the eastern Mediterranean countries.
- greige
-
noun,
Textiles. gray goods.
- Soares
-
noun,
Mário [mah-ryoo] /ˈmɑ ryʊ/ (Show IPA), born 1924, Portuguese statesman: prime minister 1976–78, 1983–85; president 1986–96.
- Gretna
-
noun,
a city in SE Louisiana, near New Orleans.
- grides
-
noun,
a griding or grating sound.
- griege
-
noun,
gray goods.
- insets
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- instr.
-
- sendee
-
noun,
the person to whom something is sent.
- Serena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- serins
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- Nessie
-
noun,
Loch Ness monster.
- serine
-
noun,
a crystalline amino acid, HOCH 2 CH(NH 2)COOH, found in many proteins and obtained by the hydrolysis of sericin, the protein constituting silk gum. Symbol: S. Abbreviation: Ser;
- Nestor
-
noun,
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- series
-
noun,
a group or a number of related or similar things, events, etc., arranged or occurring in temporal, spatial, or other order or succession; sequence.
- serges
-
noun,
a twilled worsted or woolen fabric used especially for clothing.
- nigger
-
noun,
Slang: Extremely Disparaging and Offensive.
a contemptuous term used to refer to a black person.
a contemptuous term used to refer to a member of any dark-skinned people.
- niters
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- nitres
-
noun,
niter.
- nitro-
-
- Serene
-
noun,
serenity; tranquillity.
- serein
-
noun,
fine rain falling after sunset from a sky in which no clouds are visible.
- Nereid
-
noun,
any elongate cylindrical worm of the polychaete family Nereididae, including clamworms.
- noesis
-
noun,
(in Greek philosophy) the exercise of reason.
- Serang
-
noun,
Ceram.
- serais
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- noises
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- norias
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- 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.
- sensor
-
noun,
a mechanical device sensitive to light, temperature, radiation level, or the like, that transmits a signal to a measuring or control instrument.
- senors
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to sir or Mr., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a man. Abbreviation: Sr.
- 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.
- senega
-
noun,
the dried root of a milkwort, Polygala senega, of the eastern U.S., used as an expectorant and diuretic.
- Sender
-
noun,
a person or thing that sends.
- Nereis
-
noun,
clamworm.
- serosa
-
noun,
Embryology, Zoology.
the chorion.
a similar membrane in insects and other lower invertebrates.
- sinter
-
noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- signet
-
noun,
a small seal, as on a finger ring.
- inter.
-
- inters
-
verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- intoed
-
adjective,
having inwardly turned toes.
- intra-
-
- intro.
-
- intros
-
noun,
an introduction.
- iodate
-
noun,
Chemistry. a salt of iodic acid, as sodium iodate, NaIO 3 .
- singes
-
noun,
a superficial burn.
- Singer
-
noun,
a person who sings, especially a trained or professional vocalist.
- irades
-
noun,
a decree of a Muslim ruler.
- 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.
- Signor
-
noun,
a conventional Italian term of address or title of respect for a man, either used separately or prefixed to the name. Abbreviation: Sig., sig.
- signer
-
noun,
a person who signs.
- Neisse
-
noun,
a river in N Europe, flowing N from the NW Czech Republic along part of the boundary between Germany and Poland to the Oder River. 145 miles (233 km) long.
- signee
-
noun,
a person who signs a document, register, etc.; signer; signatory:
- siesta
-
noun,
a midday or afternoon rest or nap, especially as taken in Spain and Latin America.
- Sidras
-
noun,
Gulf of, an inlet of the Mediterranean, on the N coast of Libya.
- nadirs
-
noun,
Astronomy. the point on the celestial sphere directly beneath a given position or observer and diametrically opposite the zenith.
- nagger
-
noun,
nag1 (def 5).
- Naoise
-
noun,
the husband of Deirdre and a nephew of Conchobar, by whom he was treacherously killed.
- Nasser
-
noun,
Gamal Abdel [guh-mahl ab-doo l,, juh-] /gəˈmɑl ˈæb dʊl,, dʒə-/ (Show IPA), 1918–70, Egyptian military and political leader: prime minister of Egypt 1954–56; president of Egypt 1956–58; president of the United Arab Republic 1958–70.
- setose
-
adjective,
covered with setae or bristles; bristly.
- setons
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- set-in
-
adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- negate
-
verb (used with object),
to deny the existence, evidence, or truth of:
- Negros
-
noun,
an island of the central Philippines. 5043 sq. mi. (13,061 sq. km).
- gainst
-
preposition,
against.
- nested
-
noun,
a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
- Gaines
-
noun,
Edmund Pendleton, 1777–1849, U.S. general.
- ternes
-
noun,
terne metal.
- Tessin
-
noun,
French and German name of Ticino.
- dienes
-
noun,
any compound, as 1,3-butadiene, CH 2 =CH−CH=CH 2 , that contains two double bonds.
- Tessie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- Digest
-
noun,
a collection or compendium, usually of literary, historical, legal, or scientific matter, especially when classified or condensed.
- Digger
-
noun,
a person or an animal that digs.
- dinars
-
noun,
any of various former coins of the Near East, especially gold coins issued by Islamic governments.
- dinero
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Peru, the 10th part of a sol.
- diners
-
noun,
a person who dines.
- dinger
-
noun,
humdinger.
- deters
-
verb (used with object),
to discourage or restrain from acting or proceeding:
- dinges
-
noun,
the condition of being dingy.
- Teresa
-
noun,
Mother (Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu) 1910–97, Albanian nun: Nobel Peace Prize 1979 for work in the slums of Calcutta, India.
- stanes
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- teredo
-
noun,
a shipworm of the genus Teredo.
- distr.
-
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- Dnestr
-
noun,
Russian name of Dniester.
- tensor
-
noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
- tiered
-
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.
- detain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep from proceeding; keep waiting; delay.
- doater
-
noun,
doter.
- deists
-
noun,
a person who believes in deism.
- tirage
-
noun,
the withdrawing of wine from a barrel, as for testing or tasting.
- tirade
-
noun,
a prolonged outburst of bitter, outspoken denunciation:
- tinges
-
noun,
a slight degree of coloration.
- deesis
-
noun,
a representation in Byzantine art of Christ enthroned and flanked by the Virgin Mary and St. John the Baptist, often found on an iconostasis.
- tineas
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- degage
-
adjective,
unconstrained; easy, as in manner or style.
- degree
-
noun,
any of a series of steps or stages, as in a process or course of action; a point in any scale.
- deigns
-
verb (used with object),
to condescend to give or grant:
- 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.
- desist
-
verb (used without object),
to cease, as from some action or proceeding; stop.
- denier
-
noun,
a person who denies.
- denies
-
Idioms,
deny oneself, to refrain from satisfying one's desires or needs; practice self-denial.
- Denise
-
noun,
a female given name: derived from Denis.
- denote
-
verb (used with object),
to be a mark or sign of; indicate:
- dentes
-
noun,
plural of dens.
- denti-
-
- Derain
-
noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1880–1954, French painter.
- desert
-
noun,
a region so arid because of little rainfall that it supports only sparse and widely spaced vegetation or no vegetation at all:
Synonyms: waste, wasteland, barren wilderness.
- design
-
noun,
an outline, sketch, or plan, as of the form and structure of a work of art, an edifice, or a machine to be executed or constructed.
- tenses
-
noun,
a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
- tensas
-
noun,
a river in NE Louisiana, flowing S to the Ouachita River. 250 miles (402 km) long.
- dassie
-
noun,
hyrax.
- targes
-
noun,
a small, round shield; a target or buckler.
- teases
-
noun,
a person who teases or annoys.
- droits
-
noun,
a legal right or claim.
- teaser
-
noun,
a person or thing that teases.
- Tassie
-
noun,
tass.
- tarso-
-
- eagers
-
noun,
eagre.
- eagres
-
noun,
a tidal bore or flood.
- earing
-
noun,
a rope attached to a cringle and used for bending a corner of a sail to a yard, boom, or gaff or for reefing a sail.
- easier
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- drains
-
noun,
something, as a pipe or conduit, by which a liquid drains.
- easies
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- Easter
-
noun,
an annual Christian festival in commemoration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, observed on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the vernal equinox, as calculated according to tables based in Western churches on the Gregorian calendar and in Orthodox churches on the Julian calendar.
- Easton
-
noun,
a city in E Pennsylvania, on the Delaware River.
- eating
-
noun,
the act of a person or thing that eats.
- tangos
-
noun,
a ballroom dance of Latin-American origin, danced by couples, and having many varied steps, figures, and poses.
- Edessa
-
noun,
an ancient city in NW Mesopotamia, on the modern site of Urfa: an early center of Christianity; the capital of a principality under the Crusaders.
- edgers
-
noun,
a person who puts an edge, especially a finishing edge, on a garment, surface, lens, etc.
- edging
-
noun,
something that forms or is placed along an edge or border.
- Edirne
-
noun,
a city in NW Turkey, in the European part.
- driest
-
noun,
a prohibitionist.
- Dragon
-
noun,
a mythical monster generally represented as a huge, winged reptile with crested head and enormous claws and teeth, and often spouting fire.
- Dogger
-
noun,
a two-masted Dutch fishing vessel with a blunt bow, used in the North Sea.
- Dorati
-
noun,
Antal [ahn-tahl;; Hungarian on-tol] /ˈɑn tɑl;; Hungarian ˈɒn tɒl/ (Show IPA), 1906–1988, Hungarian conductor, in the U.S.
- doings
-
noun,
action; performance; execution:
- tenias
-
noun,
taenia.
- donate
-
verb (used with object),
to present as a gift, grant, or contribution; make a donation of, as to a fund or cause:
- donees
-
noun,
a person to whom a gift is made.
- 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.
- dongas
-
noun,
(in an ice shelf) a small ravine with steep sides.
- tender
-
noun,
the act of tendering; an offer of something for acceptance.
- donsie
-
adjective,
Midland U.S. somewhat sick, weak, or lacking in vitality; not completely well.
- Doreen
-
noun,
a female given name.
- dragee
-
noun,
a sugarcoated nut or candy.
- 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.
- Dorset
-
noun,
1st Earl of, Thomas Sackville.
- dorsi-
-
- dosage
-
noun,
the administration of medicine in doses.
- dosser
-
noun,
a basket for carrying objects on the back; pannier.
- dotage
-
noun,
a decline of mental faculties, especially as associated with old age; senility.
- doting
-
noun,
decay of wood.
- teener
-
noun,
a teenager.
- Dassin
-
noun,
Jules [joolz;; French zhyl] /dʒulz;; French ʒül/ (Show IPA), 1911–2008, French motion-picture director, born in the U.S.
- daring
-
noun,
adventurous courage; boldness.
- 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:
- triads
-
noun,
a group of three, especially of three closely related persons or things.
- trigon
-
noun,
a triangle.
- agreed
-
adjective,
arranged or set by common consent:
- agrees
-
verb (used with object),
to concede; grant (usually followed by a noun clause):
- agrege
-
noun,
a degree awarded by a French university, based on a competitive examination given by the state and qualifying the recipient for the highest teaching positions in a lycée or for the rank of professor in a school of law or medicine.
- agron.
-
- triens
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- triene
-
noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- triage
-
noun,
the process of sorting victims, as of a battle or disaster, to determine medical priority in order to increase the number of survivors.
- trends
-
noun,
the general course or prevailing tendency; drift:
- trigos
-
noun,
wheat; field of wheat.
- treens
-
noun,
treenware.
- 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.
- andro-
-
- Andros
-
noun,
Sir Edmund, 1637–1714, British governor in the American colonies, 1686–89, 1692–98.
- Angers
-
noun,
a city in and capital of Maine-et-Loire, in W France.
- angio-
-
- angsts
-
noun,
a feeling of dread, anxiety, or anguish.
- anises
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- aniso-
-
- agists
-
verb (used with object),
to feed or pasture (livestock) for a fee.
- aggros
-
noun,
aggressiveness, especially that of an urban youth gang or gang member.
- antres
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- adorns
-
verb (used with object),
to decorate or add beauty to, as by ornaments:
- Tsonga
-
noun,
a Bantu language spoken in Mozambique, Zambia, and South Africa.
- tsadis
-
noun,
sadhe.
- 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.
- adeno-
-
- adient
-
adjective,
tending to move toward a stimulus.
- 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-
-
- aggers
-
noun,
Also called double tide. Oceanography.
a high tide in which the water rises to a certain level, recedes, then rises again.
a low tide in which the water recedes to a certain level, rises slightly, then recedes again.
- adreno
-
- adroit
-
adjective,
expert or nimble in the use of the hands or body.
- Aeetes
-
noun,
a king of Colchis, father of Medea and custodian of the Golden Fleece.
- Aeneid
-
noun,
a Latin epic poem by Vergil, recounting the adventures of Aeneas after the fall of Troy.
- triose
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- aeron.
-
- triode
-
noun,
a vacuum tube containing three elements, usually anode, cathode, and control grid.
- trines
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- ageing
-
noun,
aging.
- treads
-
noun,
the action of treading, stepping, or walking.
- transe
-
noun,
a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
- Darien
-
noun,
Gulf of, an arm of the Caribbean between NE Panama and NW Colombia.
- atones
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- assert
-
Idioms,
assert oneself, to insist on one's rights, declare one's views forcefully, etc.:
- assign
-
noun,
Usually, assigns. Law. a person to whom the property or interest of another is or may be transferred; assignee:
- assort
-
verb (used with object),
to distribute, place, or arrange according to kind or class; classify; sort.
- astern
-
adverb,
in a position behind a specified vessel or aircraft:
- Astrid
-
noun,
a female given name: from Scandinavian, meaning “divine strength.”.
- astro-
-
- astron
-
- Tongas
-
noun,
a light, two-wheeled, horse-drawn vehicle used in India.
- toners
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- Tories
-
noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- toe-in
-
noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- dagger
-
noun,
a short, swordlike weapon with a pointed blade and a handle, used for stabbing.
- dagoes
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a person of Italian or sometimes Spanish origin or descent.
- Dairen
-
noun,
former Japanese name of Dalian (def 2).
- 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.
- danger
-
noun,
liability or exposure to harm or injury; risk; peril.
- danios
-
noun,
any of several cyprinid fishes of the genera Danio and Brachydanio, of India and Sri Lanka, often kept in aquariums.
- Danite
-
noun,
a member of the tribe of Dan.
- tisane
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- assent
-
noun,
agreement, as to a proposal; concurrence.
- asides
-
noun,
a part of an actor's lines supposedly not heard by others on the stage and intended only for the audience.
- aorist
-
noun,
a verb tense, as in Classical Greek, expressing action or, in the indicative mood, past action, without further limitation or implication.
- Ariege
-
noun,
a department in S France. 1893 sq. mi. (4905 sq. km). Capital: Foix.
- trans.
-
- ardent
-
adjective,
having, expressive of, or characterized by intense feeling; passionate; fervent:
- trains
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- Arendt
-
noun,
Hannah, 1906–75, U.S. author, political scientist, and teacher, born in Germany.
- aretes
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- Argent
-
noun,
Heraldry. the tincture or metal silver.
- argons
-
noun,
a colorless, odorless, chemically inactive, monatomic, gaseous element that, because of its inertness, is used for filling fluorescent and incandescent lamps and vacuum tubes. Symbol: Ar; atomic number: 18; atomic weight: 39.948.
- argots
-
noun,
a specialized idiomatic vocabulary peculiar to a particular class or group of people, especially that of an underworld group, devised for private communication and identification:
- ariose
-
adjective,
characterized by melody; songlike.
- Artois
-
noun,
a former province in N France: artesian wells.
- arises
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- trades
-
noun,
the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries:
- aroids
-
noun,
any plant of the arum family.
- aroint
-
verb (imperative),
begone:
- 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.
- arsons
-
noun,
Law. the malicious burning of another's house or property, or in some statutes, the burning of one's own house or property, as to collect insurance.
- torses
-
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.
- Edison
-
noun,
Thomas Alva [al-vuh] /ˈæl və/ (Show IPA), 1847–1931, U.S. inventor, especially of electrical devices.
- desire
-
noun,
a longing or craving, as for something that brings satisfaction or enjoyment:
- strode
-
noun,
a striding manner or a striding gait.
- stingo
-
noun,
strong beer.
- erases
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
- enates
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- steers
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- Stones
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- endear
-
verb (used with object),
to make dear, esteemed, or beloved:
- eosins
-
noun,
Also called bromeosin, tetrabromofluorescein. a red, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 20 H 8 Br 4 O 5 , derived from fluorescein by bromination: used chiefly as an acid dye for dyeing silk a rose red color and as a histological stain.
- stings
-
noun,
an act or an instance of stinging.
- Enders
-
noun,
John Franklin, 1897–1985, U.S. bacteriologist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1954.
- Esdras
-
noun,
either of the first two books of the Apocrypha, I Esdras or II Esdras.
- stride
-
noun,
a striding manner or a striding gait.
- Sterne
-
noun,
Laurence, 1713–68, English clergyman and novelist.
- Tagore
-
noun,
Sir Rabindranath [ruh-been-druh-naht] /rəˈbin drəˌnɑt/ (Show IPA), 1861–1941, Indian poet: Nobel prize 1913.
- Strand
-
noun,
the land bordering the sea, a lake, or a river; shore; beach.
- engage
-
adjective,
choosing to involve oneself in or commit oneself to something:
- engird
-
verb (used with object),
to encircle; encompass:
- esrogs
-
noun,
etrog.
- gadget
-
noun,
a mechanical contrivance or device; any ingenious article.
- stores
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- Strega
-
- eiders
-
noun,
eider duck.
- tainos
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- Strine
-
noun,
Australian English.
- stoned
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- steres
-
- eggers
-
noun,
tent caterpillar.
- egests
-
verb (used with object),
to discharge, as from the body; void (opposed to ingest).
- stoner
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
- string
-
noun,
a slender cord or thick thread used for binding or tying; line.
- ergots
-
noun,
Plant Pathology.
a disease of rye and other cereal grasses, caused by a fungus of the genus Claviceps, especially C. purpurea, which replaces the affected grain with a long, hard, blackish sclerotial body.
the sclerotial body itself.
- Gadite
-
noun,
a member of the tribe of Gad.
- stodge
-
noun,
food that is particularly filling.
- erodes
-
verb (used with object),
to eat into or away; destroy by slow consumption or disintegration:
Synonyms: corrode, waste, ravage, spoil.
Antonyms: strengthen, reinforce.
- egoist
-
noun,
a self-centered or selfish person (opposed to altruist).
- egress
-
noun,
the act or an instance of going, especially from an enclosed place.
- Ernest
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “vigor, intent.”.
- Egesta
-
noun,
matter egested from the body, as excrement or other waste.
- egrets
-
noun,
any of several usually white herons that grow long, graceful plumes during the breeding season, as Egretta garzetta (little egret) of the Old World.
- ergate
-
noun,
a worker ant.
- etrogs
-
noun,
Judaism. a citron for use with the lulav during the Sukkoth festival service.
- Strong
-
Idioms,
come on strong, Slang. to behave in an aggressive, ardent, or flamboyant manner:
- stego-
-
- Eogene
-
adjective, noun,
(formerly) Paleogene.
- stenos
-
noun,
a stenographer.
- enrage
-
verb (used with object),
to make extremely angry; put into a rage; infuriate:
- entree
-
noun,
a dish served as the main course of a meal.
- Estrin
-
noun,
estrone.
- steins
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- entire
-
noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- eterne
-
adjective,
eternal.
- enter-
-
- enters
-
Verb phrases,
enter into,
to participate in; engage in.
to investigate; consider:
to sympathize with; share in.
to form a constituent part or ingredient of:
to go into a particular state:
- Gainer
-
noun,
a person or thing that gains.
- sterns
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- Essene
-
noun,
a member of a Palestinian sect, characterized by asceticism, celibacy, and joint holding of property, that flourished from the 2nd century b.c. to the 2nd century a.d.
- enosis
-
noun,
a movement for securing the political union of Greece and Cyprus.
- Strain
-
noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- essoin
-
noun,
(in England) an excuse for nonappearance in a court of law at the prescribed time.
- steno-
-
- esters
-
noun,
a compound produced by the reaction between an acid and an alcohol with the elimination of a molecule of water, as ethyl acetate, C 4 H 8 O 2 , or dimethyl sulfate, C 2 H 6 SO 4 .
- astr.
-
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- Orang
-
noun,
orangutan.
- aeri-
-
- seers
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- Astor
-
noun,
John Jacob, 1763–1848, U.S. capitalist and fur merchant.
- nitr-
-
- Norge
-
noun,
Norwegian name of Norway.
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- segar
-
noun,
cigar.
- 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.
- atone
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- Segre
-
noun,
Emilio [uh-mee-lee-oh,, uh-meel-yoh;; Italian e-mee-lyaw] /əˈmi liˌoʊ,, əˈmil yoʊ;; Italian ɛˈmi lyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1905–1989, U.S. physicist, born in Italy: Nobel prize 1959.
- segos
-
noun,
sego lily.
- tones
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- ation
-
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- segno
-
noun,
a sign.
- ergo-
-
- Onega
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in the NW Russian Federation in Europe: second largest lake in Europe. 3764 sq. mi. (9750 sq. km).
- tings
-
noun,
a tinging sound.
- Tonga
-
noun,
a light, two-wheeled, horse-drawn vehicle used in India.
- Segni
-
noun,
Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1891–1972, Italian teacher, lawyer, and statesman: president 1962–64.
- stand
-
noun,
the act of standing; an assuming of or a remaining in an upright position.
- onset
-
noun,
a beginning or start:
- geese
-
noun,
a plural of goose.
- orans
-
noun,
orant.
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- 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.
- Niort
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- Stone
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- etrog
-
noun,
Judaism. a citron for use with the lulav during the Sukkoth festival service.
- Deere
-
noun,
John, 1804–86, U.S. inventor and manufacturer of farm implements.
- Saree
-
noun,
sari.
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- aero-
-
- toran
-
noun,
(in Indian Buddhist and Hindu architecture) a gateway having two or three lintels between two posts.
- gears
-
noun,
Machinery.
a part, as a disk, wheel, or section of a shaft, having cut teeth of such form, size, and spacing that they mesh with teeth in another part to transmit or receive force and motion.
an assembly of such parts.
one of several possible arrangements of such parts in a mechanism, as an automobile transmission, for affording different relations of torque and speed between the driving and the driven machinery, or for permitting the driven machinery to run in either direction:
a mechanism or group of parts performing one function or serving one purpose in a complex machine:
- Asser
-
noun,
Tobias [toh-bahy-uh s;; Dutch taw-bee-ahs] /toʊˈbaɪ əs;; Dutch tɔˈbi ɑs/ (Show IPA), 1838–1913, Dutch jurist and statesman: Nobel Peace Prize 1911.
- adret
-
noun,
a side of a mountain receiving direct sunlight.
- asset
-
noun,
a useful and desirable thing or quality:
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- assn.
-
- Seres
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- sards
-
noun,
a reddish-brown chalcedony, used as a gem.
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- dears
-
noun,
a person who is good, kind, or generous:
- oidea
-
- Aston
-
noun,
Francis William, 1877–1945, English physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1922.
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- tongs
-
noun,
any of various implements consisting of two arms hinged, pivoted, or otherwise fastened together, for seizing, holding, or lifting something (usually used with pair of).
- ergot
-
noun,
Plant Pathology.
a disease of rye and other cereal grasses, caused by a fungus of the genus Claviceps, especially C. purpurea, which replaces the affected grain with a long, hard, blackish sclerotial body.
the sclerotial body itself.
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- Oreg.
-
- aerie
-
noun,
the nest of a bird of prey, as an eagle or a hawk.
- ordn.
-
- asst.
-
- oread
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. any of a group of nymphs who were the companions of Artemis.
- tinge
-
noun,
a slight degree of coloration.
- tonia
-
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- ogees
-
noun,
a double curve, resembling the letter S, formed by the union of a concave and a convex line.
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- notes
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- noggs
-
noun,
a shave for shaping dowels and handles.
- Genet
-
noun,
any small, Old World carnivore of the genus Genetta, especially G. genetta, having spotted sides and a ringed tail.
- rings
-
noun,
a typically circular band of metal or other durable material, especially one of gold or other precious metal, often set with gems, for wearing on the finger as an ornament, a token of betrothal or marriage, etc.
- dangs
-
verb (used with object), adjective, noun,
damn (used euphemistically).
- sengi
-
noun,
a monetary unit of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, equal to 1/10,000 (.0001) of a zaire.
- danio
-
noun,
any of several cyprinid fishes of the genera Danio and Brachydanio, of India and Sri Lanka, often kept in aquariums.
- 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.
- 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.
- Genie
-
noun,
Islamic Mythology. jinn.
- Dante
-
noun,
(Dante Alighieri) 1265–1321, Italian poet: author of the Divine Comedy.
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- sensa
-
noun,
plural of sensum.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- noise
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- sends
-
noun,
the heaving motion of a vessel.
- NORAD
-
noun,
a joint U.S.-Canadian air force command responsible for detecting aircraft and space vehicles deemed a threat to the continental airspace.
- darns
-
noun,
a darned place, as in a garment:
- noria
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- tired
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Dario
-
noun,
Rubén [roo-ven] /ruˈvɛn/ (Show IPA), (Félix Rubén García Sarmiento) 1867–1916, Nicaraguan poet and diplomat.
- Norse
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
- Sans.
-
- sents
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- noted
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- noses
-
noun,
the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Troad
-
noun,
The, a region in NW Asia Minor surrounding ancient Troy.
- darts
-
- Ednas
-
noun,
Adnah.
- Dares
-
noun,
an act of daring or defiance; challenge.
- Aedes
-
noun,
yellow-fever mosquito.
- Nogai
-
noun,
a member of a people living in the Caucasus region.
- Saone
-
noun,
a river flowing S from NE France to the Rhone. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- togas
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) the loose outer garment worn by citizens in public.
- AEGIS
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the shield or breastplate of Zeus or Athena, bearing at its center the head of the Gorgon.
- ridge
-
noun,
a long, narrow elevation of land; a chain of hills or mountains.
- dates
-
noun,
a particular month, day, and year at which some event happened or will happen:
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- rides
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- datos
-
noun,
(in the Philippines) a native chief.
- ster.
-
- Santo
-
noun,
a carved figure of a saint, usually of wood, as from Puerto Rico, Mexico, or the southwestern U.S.
- Ogden
-
noun,
Charles Kay, 1889–1957, British psychologist and linguist, inventor of Basic English.
- Seine
-
noun,
a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- Genoa
-
noun,
a large jib for cruising and racing yachts, overlapping the mainsail.
- ogres
-
noun,
a monster in fairy tales and popular legend, usually represented as a hideous giant who feeds on human flesh.
- Odets
-
noun,
Clifford, 1906–63, U.S. dramatist.
- seise
-
verb (used with or without object),
Chiefly Law. seize.
- danes
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Denmark.
- oaten
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or made of oats.
- 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.
- Aedon
-
noun,
a daughter of Pandareus who mistakenly killed her son. Zeus took pity on her and turned her into a nightingale.
- oases
-
noun,
a small fertile or green area in a desert region, usually having a spring or well.
- oasis
-
noun,
a small fertile or green area in a desert region, usually having a spring or well.
- oasts
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- ento-
-
- oater
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- erase
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- aside
-
noun,
a part of an actor's lines supposedly not heard by others on the stage and intended only for the audience.
- Oates
-
noun,
Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- Aegir
-
noun,
a sea god, husband of Ran, and host at feast of the gods spoiled by Loki.
- dagos
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a person of Italian or sometimes Spanish origin or descent.
- Dagon
-
noun,
a Phoenician and Philistine god of agriculture and the earth: the national god of the Philistines.
- orig.
-
- sense
-
noun,
any of the faculties, as sight, hearing, smell, taste, or touch, by which humans and animals perceive stimuli originating from outside or inside the body:
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- treed
-
noun,
a plant having a permanently woody main stem or trunk, ordinarily growing to a considerable height, and usually developing branches at some distance from the ground.
- sting
-
noun,
an act or an instance of stinging.
- anger
-
noun,
a strong feeling of displeasure and belligerence aroused by a wrong; wrath; ire.
- sasin
-
noun,
blackbuck.
- Aneto
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA). Spanish name of Pic de Néthou.
- Redon
-
noun,
Odilon [ohd-l-on;; French aw-dee-lawn] /ˈoʊd lˌɒn;; French ɔ diˈlɔ̃/ (Show IPA), 1840–1916, French painter and etcher.
- redos
-
noun,
the act or an instance of redoing.
- 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.
- aggro
-
noun,
aggressiveness, especially that of an urban youth gang or gang member.
- redes
-
noun,
counsel; advice.
- treen
-
noun,
treenware.
- sties
-
noun,
a pen or enclosure for swine; pigpen.
- esrog
-
noun,
etrog.
- 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.
- reest
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- Andre
-
noun,
John, 1751–80, British major hanged as a spy by the Americans in the Revolutionary War: plotted the betrayal of West Point with Benedict Arnold.
- andr-
-
- Andie
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- redia
-
noun,
a cylindrical larval stage of some trematodes, produced by a sporocyst and giving rise to daughter rediae or to cercariae.
- Aggie
-
noun,
agate (def 2).
- Regan
-
noun,
(in Shakespeare's King Lear) the younger of Lear's two faithless daughters.
Compare Cordelia (def 1), Goneril.
- anode
-
noun,
the electrode or terminal by which current enters an electrolytic cell, voltaic cell, battery, etc.
- trass
-
noun,
a light-colored type of volcanic tuff used in making water-resistant cement and mortar.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- ratos
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- sates
-
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.
- tread
-
noun,
the action of treading, stepping, or walking.
- stirs
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- Reade
-
noun,
Charles, 1814–84, English novelist.
- treas
-
- angi-
-
- agger
-
noun,
Also called double tide. Oceanography.
a high tide in which the water rises to a certain level, recedes, then rises again.
a low tide in which the water recedes to a certain level, rises slightly, then recedes again.
- reads
-
noun,
an act or instance of reading:
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- anis-
-
- angst
-
noun,
a feeling of dread, anxiety, or anguish.
- angor
-
noun,
extreme distress or mental anguish, usually of physical origin.
- Angie
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Angel.
- Redan
-
noun,
a V -shaped work, usually projecting from a fortified line.
- 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).
- stge.
-
- ratio
-
noun,
the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:
- rente
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- Aides
-
noun,
nurse's aide.
- tried
-
noun,
an attempt or effort:
- Ester
-
noun,
a compound produced by the reaction between an acid and an alcohol with the elimination of a molecule of water, as ethyl acetate, C 4 H 8 O 2 , or dimethyl sulfate, C 2 H 6 SO 4 .
- renga
-
noun,
linked verse.
- reni-
-
- agro-
-
- sargo
-
noun,
a silvery grunt, Anisotremus davidsonii, inhabiting waters off the coasts of California and Mexico, having blackish markings and yellowish fins.
- 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.
- Renee
-
noun,
a female given name, French form of Renata.
- Estes
-
noun,
a male given name.
- agree
-
verb (used with object),
to concede; grant (usually followed by a noun clause):
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- agone
-
adverb, adjective,
ago.
- trig.
-
- triga
-
noun,
a two-wheeled chariot drawn by a team of three horses.
- trigo
-
noun,
wheat; field of wheat.
- reset
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- Aidos
-
noun,
the ancient Greek personification of modesty, respect, and shame.
- rends
-
verb (used with object),
to separate into parts with force or violence:
- andor
-
conjunction,
(used to imply that either or both of the things mentioned may be affected or involved):
- Regt.
-
- trend
-
noun,
the general course or prevailing tendency; drift:
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- Regin
-
noun,
a smith, the brother of Fafnir, who raises Sigurd and encourages him to kill Fafnir in the hope of gaining the gold he guards.
- garni
-
adjective,
garnished.
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- tress
-
noun,
Usually, tresses. long locks or curls of hair.
- REGIS
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Saros
-
noun,
the period of 223 synodic months, equaling 6585.32 days or 18 years, 11.32 days (or 10.32 days if 5 leap years occur in the interval), after which eclipses repeat but are shifted 120° west.
- steed
-
noun,
a horse, especially a high-spirited one.
- agist
-
verb (used with object),
to feed or pasture (livestock) for a fee.
- Triad
-
noun,
a group of three, especially of three closely related persons or things.
- reign
-
noun,
the period during which a sovereign occupies the throne.
- Essen
-
noun,
a city in W Germany: the chief city of the Ruhr River valley.
- 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.
- agios
-
noun,
a premium on money in exchange.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- sarod
-
noun,
a lute of northern India, played with a bow.
- saris
-
noun,
a garment worn by Hindu women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder.
- ante-
-
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- 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.
- seats
-
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.
- trade
-
noun,
the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries:
- oste-
-
- Ostia
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, SW of Rome: ruins from 4th century b.c.; site of ancient port of Rome.
- ernes
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- aroid
-
noun,
any plant of the arum family.
- gator
-
noun,
Southern U.S. Informal. alligator.
- Sedan
-
noun,
an enclosed automobile body having two or four doors and seating four or more persons on two full-width seats.
- 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.
- arose
-
verb,
simple past tense of arise.
- Arndt
-
noun,
Ernst Moritz [ernst moh-rits] /ɛrnst ˈmoʊ rɪts/ (Show IPA), 1769–1860, German poet and historian.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- Gates
-
noun,
Horatio, 1728–1806, American Revolutionary general, born in England.
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- 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.
- gater
-
noun,
gator.
- GATED
-
noun,
a movable barrier, usually on hinges, closing an opening in a fence, wall, or other enclosure.
- ossia
-
conjunction,
(indicating an alternative, usually easier, version of a passage in a musical score) or; or else.
- Osset
-
noun,
a member of an Aryan people of Ossetia whose religion combines features of Islam and Christianity.
- argot
-
noun,
a specialized idiomatic vocabulary peculiar to a particular class or group of people, especially that of an underworld group, devised for private communication and identification:
- 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.
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- seeds
-
noun,
the fertilized, matured ovule of a flowering plant, containing an embryo or rudimentary plant.
- ornes
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- ornis
-
noun,
an avifauna.
- stang
-
noun,
an act or an instance of stinging.
- Stans
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Nidwalden, in central Switzerland.
- Osage
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people formerly of western Missouri, now living in northern Oklahoma.
- Niger
-
noun,
a republic in NW Africa: formerly part of French West Africa. 458,976 sq. mi. (1,188,748 sq. km). Capital: Niamey.
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- arsis
-
noun,
Music. the upward stroke in conducting; upbeat.
Compare thesis (def 4).
- sedge
-
noun,
any rushlike or grasslike plant of the genus Carex, growing in wet places.
Compare sedge family.
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- retd.
-
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- Seder
-
noun,
a ceremonial dinner that commemorates the Exodus from Egypt and includes the reading of the Haggadah and the eating of symbolic foods, generally held on the first night of Passover by Reform Jews and Jews in Israel and on both the first and second nights by Orthodox and Conservative Jews outside of Israel.
- arses
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- 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.
- Argos
-
noun,
an ancient city in SE Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis: a powerful rival of Sparta, Athens, and Corinth.
- anti-
-
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- Range
-
noun,
the extent to which or the limits between which variation is possible:
- stoas
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- erose
-
adjective,
uneven, as if gnawed away.
- ranid
-
noun,
frog1 (def 2).
- 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.
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- agers
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) a person living in a certain historical age:
- satis
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- erode
-
verb (used with object),
to eat into or away; destroy by slow consumption or disintegration:
Synonyms: corrode, waste, ravage, spoil.
Antonyms: strengthen, reinforce.
- Aoede
-
noun,
one of the original three Muses; the Muse of song.
- rases
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- rason
-
noun,
a long, loose, black gown with wide sleeves, worn by the clergy.
- trigs
-
noun,
trigonometry.
- 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.
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- Arden
-
noun,
Forest of, a forest district in central England, in N Warwickshire: scene of Shakespeare's As You Like It.
- Ranee
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- Sarge
-
noun,
sergeant.
- raids
-
noun,
a sudden assault or attack, as upon something to be seized or suppressed:
- Sears
-
noun,
Richard Warren, 1863–1914, U.S. mail-order retailer.
- rests
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- rages
-
noun,
angry fury; violent anger (sometimes used in combination):
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- agent
-
noun,
a person or business authorized to act on another's behalf:
- ragis
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Eleusine coracana, cultivated in the Old World for its grain.
- argon
-
noun,
a colorless, odorless, chemically inactive, monatomic, gaseous element that, because of its inertness, is used for filling fluorescent and incandescent lamps and vacuum tubes. Symbol: Ar; atomic number: 18; atomic weight: 39.948.
- Stead
-
noun,
the place of a person or thing as occupied by a successor or substitute:
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- rands
-
noun,
(in shoemaking) a strip of leather set in a shoe at the heel before the lifts are attached.
- 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).
- gasts
-
verb (used with object),
to terrify or frighten.
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- Arete
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- areo-
-
- Ernie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Ernest.
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- 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.
- deers
-
noun,
any of several ruminants of the family Cervidae, most of the males of which have solid, deciduous antlers.
- dirts
-
noun,
any foul or filthy substance, as mud, grime, dust, or excrement.
- Serge
-
noun,
a twilled worsted or woolen fabric used especially for clothing.
- gride
-
noun,
a griding or grating sound.
- drags
-
noun,
Nautical.
a designed increase of draft toward the stern of a vessel.
resistance to the movement of a hull through the water.
any of a number of weights dragged cumulatively by a vessel sliding down ways to check its speed.
any object dragged in the water, as a sea anchor.
any device for dragging the bottom of a body of water to recover or detect objects.
- 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.
- Drago
-
noun,
Luis María [loo-is muh-ree-uh;; Spanish loo-ees mah-ree-ah] /ˈlu ɪs məˈri ə;; Spanish luˈis mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1859–1921, Argentine jurist and statesman.
- 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.
- egads
-
interjection,
(used as an expletive or mild oath):
- Greta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Margaret.
- gigot
-
noun,
a leg-of-mutton sleeve.
- dotes
-
noun,
decay of wood.
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- Grieg
-
noun,
Edvard [ed-vahrd;; Norwegian ed-vahrt] /ˈɛd vɑrd;; Norwegian ˈɛd vɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1843–1907, Norwegian composer.
- 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.
- Soane
-
noun,
Sir John, 1753–1837, English architect.
- grigs
-
noun,
a cricket or grasshopper.
- snots
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- grind
-
noun,
the act of grinding.
- teens
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- Drain
-
noun,
something, as a pipe or conduit, by which a liquid drains.
- grego
-
noun,
a short, hooded coat of thick, coarse fabric, originally worn in the eastern Mediterranean countries.
- grins
-
noun,
a broad smile.
- drest
-
noun,
an outer garment for women and girls, consisting of bodice and skirt in one piece.
- soars
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- droit
-
noun,
a legal right or claim.
- 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.
- Egadi
-
noun,
a group of islands in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of W Sicily. 15 sq. mi. (39 sq. km).
- dries
-
noun,
a plural of dry.
- Rosse
-
noun,
William Parsons, Third Earl of, William Parsons.
- greed
-
noun,
excessive or rapacious desire, especially for wealth or possessions.
- Green
-
noun,
a color intermediate in the spectrum between yellow and blue, an effect of light with a wavelength between 500 and 570 nm; found in nature as the color of most grasses and leaves while growing, of some fruits while ripening, and of the sea.
- drang
-
noun,
a narrow lane or alleyway.
- dress
-
noun,
an outer garment for women and girls, consisting of bodice and skirt in one piece.
- dregs
-
noun,
dregs, the sediment of liquids; lees; grounds.
- sains
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- grees
-
noun,
superiority, mastery, or victory.
- greet
-
verb (used with object),
to address with some form of salutation; welcome.
- drees
-
adjective,
tedious; dreary.
- Teena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Albertina, Bettina, or Christina.
- drats
-
interjection,
(used to express mild disgust, disappointment, or the like):
- 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.
- griot
-
noun,
a member of a hereditary caste among the peoples of western Africa whose function is to keep an oral history of the tribe or village and to entertain with stories, poems, songs, dances, etc.
- drone
-
noun,
the male of the honeybee and other bees, stingless and making no honey.
- sneer
-
noun,
a look or expression of derision, scorn, or contempt.
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- snits
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- aden-
-
- Srta.
-
- snide
-
adjective,
derogatory in a nasty, insinuating manner:
- ronde
-
noun,
a typeface imitative of upright, somewhat angular, handwriting.
- snead
-
noun,
Samuel Jackson ("Slamming Sammy") 1912–2002, U.S. golfer.
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- stade
-
noun,
a period of time represented by a glacial deposit.
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- snags
-
noun,
a tree or part of a tree held fast in the bottom of a river, lake, etc., and forming an impediment or danger to navigation.
- DORAN
-
noun,
an electronic device for determining range and assisting navigation, employing the principle of the Doppler effect.
- IATSE
-
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- sito-
-
- giga-
-
- snogs
-
verb (used without object),
to kiss and cuddle.
- Tegea
-
noun,
an ancient city in SE Arcadia, Greece.
- egest
-
verb (used with object),
to discharge, as from the body; void (opposed to ingest).
- doses
-
noun,
a quantity of medicine prescribed to be taken at one time.
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- egers
-
noun,
German name of Ohře.
- grist
-
noun,
grain to be ground.
- dorts
-
noun,
Dordrecht.
- Teide
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA) a volcanic peak in the Canary Islands, on Tenerife. 12,190 feet (3716 meters).
- groan
-
noun,
a low, mournful sound uttered in pain or grief:
- groat
-
noun,
a silver coin of England, equal to four pennies, issued from 1279 to 1662.
- grots
-
noun,
a grotto.
- snort
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- grogs
-
noun,
a mixture of rum and water, often flavored with lemon, sugar, and spices and sometimes served hot.
- groin
-
noun,
Anatomy. the fold or hollow on either side of the front of the body where the thigh joins the abdomen.
- dorse
-
noun,
the back of a book or folded document.
- Doris
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the wife of Nereus and mother of the Nereids.
- Gross
-
noun,
a group of 12 dozen, or 144, things. Abbreviation: gro.
- snore
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- Grote
-
noun,
George, 1794–1871, English historian.
- sorts
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- dross
-
noun,
waste matter; refuse.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- tsars
-
noun,
czar.
- edger
-
noun,
a person who puts an edge, especially a finishing edge, on a garment, surface, lens, etc.
- 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.
- EDGAR
-
noun,
an award given annually in various categories of mystery writing.
- Gondi
-
noun,
a Dravidian language, the language of the Gonds.
- sonde
-
noun,
a rocket, balloon, or rockoon used as a probe for observing phenomena in the atmosphere.
- goner
-
noun,
a person or thing that is dead, lost, or past recovery.
- gists
-
noun,
the main or essential part of a matter:
- SONAR
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- sores
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- tangs
-
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- Goren
-
noun,
Charles Henry, 1901–91, U.S authority and writer on contract bridge.
- gores
-
noun,
blood that is shed, especially when clotted.
- sages
-
noun,
a profoundly wise person; a person famed for wisdom.
- gorge
-
noun,
a narrow cleft with steep, rocky walls, especially one through which a stream runs.
- Eaton
-
noun,
Theophilus, 1590–1658, English colonist and colonial administrator in America.
- gonad
-
noun,
a sex gland in which gametes are produced; an ovary or testis.
- edges
-
noun,
a line or border at which a surface terminates:
- eaten
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- 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.
- edits
-
noun,
an instance of or the work of editing:
- soras
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- Sadie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Sara or Sarah.
- goads
-
noun,
a stick with a pointed or electrically charged end, for driving cattle, oxen, etc.; prod.
- gnars
-
verb (used without object),
to snarl; growl.
- Sonia
-
noun,
a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.
- edit.
-
- godet
-
noun,
a triangular piece of fabric, often rounded at the top, inserted in a garment to give fullness.
Compare gore3 (def 1), gusset (def 1).
- tango
-
noun,
a ballroom dance of Latin-American origin, danced by couples, and having many varied steps, figures, and poses.
- sords
-
noun,
a flight or flock of mallards.
- Edina
-
noun,
a city in SE Minnesota, near Minneapolis.
- goers
-
noun,
a person or thing that goes:
- sadis
-
noun,
sadhe.
- sones
-
noun,
a unit for measuring the loudness of sound, equal to the loudness of a sound that, in the judgment of a group of listeners, is equal to that of a 1000-cycle-per-second reference sound having an intensity of 40 decibels.
- 30-30
-
- Goias
-
noun,
a state in central Brazil. 247,826 sq. mi. (641,870 sq. km). Capital: Goiânia.
- Going
-
noun,
the act of leaving or departing; departure:
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Tarde
-
noun,
Gabriel [ga-bree-el] /ga briˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1843–1904, French sociologist.
- eerie
-
adjective,
uncanny, so as to inspire superstitious fear; weird:
- saids
-
noun,
sayyid.
- girns
-
noun, verb (used with object),
grin2 .
- eager
-
noun,
eagre.
- 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.
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- grans
-
noun,
grandmother.
- Grant
-
noun,
something granted, as a privilege or right, a sum of money, or a tract of land:
- girds
-
noun,
a gibe.
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- Tasso
-
noun,
Torquato [tawr-kwah-taw] /tɔrˈkwɑ tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1544–95, Italian poet.
- 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.
- GRASS
-
noun,
any plant of the family Gramineae, having jointed stems, sheathing leaves, and seedlike grains.
Compare grass family.
- tsadi
-
noun,
sadhe.
- grate
-
noun,
a frame of metal bars for holding fuel when burning, as in a fireplace, furnace, or stove.
- tears
-
- tease
-
noun,
a person who teases or annoys.
- eagre
-
noun,
a tidal bore or flood.
- sagos
-
noun,
a starchy foodstuff derived from the soft interior of the trunk of various palms and cycads, used in making puddings.
- easts
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- eases
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- gorse
-
noun,
any spiny shrub of the genus Ulex, of the legume family, native to the Old World, especially U. europaeus, having rudimentary leaves and yellow flowers and growing in waste places and sandy soil.
- Taino
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- tardo
-
adjective,
slow (used as a musical direction).
- Gosse
-
noun,
Sir Edmund William, 1849–1928, English poet, biographer, and critic.
- girts
-
noun,
Carpentry.
a timber or plate connecting the corner posts of an exterior wooden frame, as a braced frame, at a floor above the ground floor.
a heavy beam, as for supporting the ends of rafters.
- gotra
-
noun,
a Hindu clan tracing its paternal lineage from a common ancestor, usually a saint or sage.
- gages
-
noun,
something, as a glove, thrown down by a medieval knight in token of challenge to combat.
- grade
-
noun,
a degree or step in a scale, as of rank, advancement, quality, value, or intensity:
- eared
-
noun,
the part of a cereal plant, as corn, wheat, etc., that contains the flowers and hence the fruit, grains, or kernels.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- targe
-
noun,
a small, round shield; a target or buckler.
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- grads
-
noun,
a graduate.
- grain
-
noun,
a small, hard seed, especially the seed of a food plant such as wheat, corn, rye, oats, rice, or millet.
- giros
-
noun,
autogiro.
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- sodas
-
noun,
sodium hydroxide.
- sites
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- Roget
-
noun,
Peter Mark, 1779–1869, English physician and author of a thesaurus.
- ideo-
-
- endo-
-
- nadir
-
noun,
Astronomy. the point on the celestial sphere directly beneath a given position or observer and diametrically opposite the zenith.
- Sidon
-
noun,
a city of ancient Phoenicia: site of modern Saida.
- sides
-
noun,
one of the surfaces forming the outside of or bounding a thing, or one of the lines bounding a geometric figure.
- adorn
-
verb (used with object),
to decorate or add beauty to, as by ornaments:
- diag.
-
- 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.
- Sands
-
noun,
the more or less fine debris of rocks, consisting of small, loose grains, often of quartz.
- nards
-
noun,
an aromatic Himalayan plant, believed to be the spikenard, Nardostachys jatamansi, the source of an ointment used by the ancients.
- Sidra
-
noun,
Gulf of, an inlet of the Mediterranean, on the N coast of Libya.
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- sanes
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- naso-
-
- deter
-
verb (used with object),
to discourage or restrain from acting or proceeding:
- 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.
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- Seton
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- Nader
-
noun,
Ralph, born 1934, U.S. lawyer, author, political reformer, and consumer advocate.
- diene
-
noun,
any compound, as 1,3-butadiene, CH 2 =CH−CH=CH 2 , that contains two double bonds.
- gains
-
- terse
-
adjective,
neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- diner
-
noun,
a person who dines.
- Isere
-
noun,
a river in SE France, flowing from the Alps to the Rhone River. 150 miles (240 km) long.
- isnad
-
noun,
the chain of testimony by which a hadith is transmitted.
- enate
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- dinar
-
noun,
any of various former coins of the Near East, especially gold coins issued by Islamic governments.
- 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.
- staid
-
noun,
the act of stopping or being stopped.
- siege
-
noun,
the act or process of surrounding and attacking a fortified place in such a way as to isolate it from help and supplies, for the purpose of lessening the resistance of the defenders and thereby making capture possible.
- steer
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- diets
-
noun,
food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health:
- signa
-
verb,
(used imperatively, in prescriptions) mark; write; label.
- Adore
-
verb (used with object),
to regard with the utmost esteem, love, and respect; honor.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Steen
-
noun,
Jan [yahn] /yɑn/ (Show IPA), 1626–79, Dutch painter.
- Ender
-
noun,
Kornelia [kawr-neyl-yuh,, -ney-lee-uh] /kɔrˈneɪl yə,, -ˈneɪ li ə/ (Show IPA), born 1958, German swimmer.
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- seti-
-
- nears
-
- dinge
-
noun,
the condition of being dingy.
- Degas
-
noun,
Hilaire Germain Edgar [ee-ler zher-man ed-gar] /iˈlɛr ʒɛrˈmɛ̃ ɛdˈgar/ (Show IPA), 1834–1917, French impressionist painter.
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- deist
-
noun,
a person who believes in deism.
- genro
-
noun,
any of the unofficial elder statesmen of Japan who influenced the government c1875–1940.
- deign
-
verb (used with object),
to condescend to give or grant:
- 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.
- Gaons
-
noun,
a title of honor for the directors of the Jewish academies at Sura and Pumbedita in Babylonia, used from the end of the 6th century a.d. to about the beginning of the 11th century.
- genre
-
noun,
a class or category of artistic endeavor having a particular form, content, technique, or the like:
- Ensor
-
noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- denes
-
noun,
a bare, sandy tract or low sand hill near the sea.
- nests
-
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.
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- deets
-
plural noun,
details:
- sanit
-
- nides
-
noun,
a nest or brood, especially of pheasants.
- nidge
-
verb (used with object),
to dress (a stone) with a pick or kevel.
- denar
-
noun,
the basic monetary unit of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
- nerds
-
noun,
a person considered to be socially awkward, boring, unstylish, etc.
- geoid
-
noun,
an imaginary surface that coincides with mean sea level in the ocean and its extension through the continents.
- dents
-
noun,
a hollow or depression in a surface, as from a blow.
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- Sango
-
noun,
a Niger-Congo language of the Adamawa-Eastern branch, used as a lingua franca in the Central African Republic.
- geog.
-
- needs
-
noun,
a requirement, necessary duty, or obligation:
- tiger
-
noun,
a large, carnivorous, tawny-colored and black-striped feline, Panthera tigris, of Asia, ranging in several subspecies from India and the Malay Peninsula to Siberia: the entire species is endangered, with some subspecies thought to be extinct.
- Tigre
-
noun,
a Semitic language spoken in northern Ethiopia.
- engr.
-
- geode
-
noun,
a hollow concretionary or nodular stone often lined with crystals.
- sero-
-
- dent.
-
- Negro
-
noun,
Anthropology. (no longer in technical use) a member of the peoples traditionally classified as the Negro race, especially those who originate in sub-Saharan Africa.
- dense
-
adjective,
having the component parts closely compacted together; crowded or compact:
- geod.
-
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- Denis
-
noun,
a male given name.
- gents
-
noun,
Informal. gentleman (defs 1, 2).
- rises
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- dines
-
noun,
Scot. dinner.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- eidos
-
noun,
the formal content of a culture, encompassing its system of ideas, criteria for interpreting experience, etc.
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- doits
-
noun,
Also, duit. an old small copper coin of the Netherlands and Dutch colonies, first issued in the 17th century.
- gaits
-
noun,
a manner of walking, stepping, or running.
- getas
-
noun,
a traditional Japanese wooden clog that is worn outdoors, with a thong that passes between the first two toes and with two transverse supports on the bottom of the sole.
- doing
-
noun,
action; performance; execution:
- ingot
-
noun,
a mass of metal cast in a convenient form for shaping, remelting, or refining.
- dogie
-
noun,
a motherless calf in a cattle herd.
- doges
-
noun,
the chief magistrate in the former republics of Venice and Genoa.
- teno-
-
- doest
-
noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- siree
-
noun,
sirree.
- Adige
-
noun,
a river in N Italy, flowing SE to the Adriatic Sea. 220 miles (354 km) long.
- adios
-
interjection,
goodbye; farewell.
- doers
-
noun,
a person or thing that does something, especially a person who gets things done with vigor and efficiency.
- tense
-
noun,
a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
- doats
-
verb (used without object),
dote.
- gests
-
noun,
a story or tale.
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- Irons
-
noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- geste
-
noun,
gest.
- sires
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- Rodin
-
noun,
(François) Auguste (René) [frahn-swa oh-gyst ruh-ney] /frɑ̃ˈswa oʊˈgüst rəˈneɪ/ (Show IPA), 1840–1917, French sculptor.
- dongs
-
noun,
a deep sound like that of a large bell.
- egger
-
noun,
tent caterpillar.
- Sande
-
noun,
Earl, 1898–1968, U.S. jockey and racehorse trainer.
- 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.
- donga
-
noun,
(in an ice shelf) a small ravine with steep sides.
- giant
-
noun,
(in folklore) a being with human form but superhuman size, strength, etc.
- trogs
-
noun,
Chiefly British Slang. a hooligan; lout.
- Donar
-
noun,
the god of thunder, corresponding to Thor.
- donee
-
noun,
a person to whom a gift is made.
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- Indo-
-
- tends
-
Verb phrases,
tend on/upon, Archaic. to attend or wait upon; minister to; serve:
- STAGE
-
noun,
a single step or degree in a process; a particular phase, period, position, etc., in a process, development, or series.
- donas
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Madam; Lady: a Portuguese title prefixed to a woman's given name.
- 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.
- inst.
-
- Agnes
-
noun,
Saint, a.d. 292?–304? Roman Catholic child martyr.
- Sinas
-
noun,
a female given name.
- sing.
-
- Dione
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a Titan and a consort of Zeus.
- dints
-
noun,
force; power:
- adits
-
noun,
an entrance or a passage.
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- tera-
-
- singe
-
noun,
a superficial burn.
- sines
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side opposite a given acute angle to the hypotenuse.
(of an angle) a trigonometric function equal to the ratio of the ordinate of the end point of the arc to the radius vector of this end point, the origin being at the center of the circle on which the arc lies and the initial point of the arc being on the x-axis. Abbreviation: sin.
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- roans
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- iotas
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- 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.
- irade
-
noun,
a decree of a Muslim ruler.
- terne
-
noun,
terne metal.
- Iran.
-
- Irene
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of the Horae, the personification of peace.
- Dirae
-
plural noun,
the Furies. See fury (def 3).
- sings
-
noun,
the act or performance of singing.
- dites
-
noun,
a bit (usually used in negative constructions):
- dirge
-
noun,
a funeral song or tune, or one expressing mourning in commemoration of the dead.
- Stagg
-
noun,
Amos Alonzo, 1862–1965, U.S. football coach.
- intr.
-
- dist.
-
- Sino-
-
- EGRET
-
noun,
any of several usually white herons that grow long, graceful plumes during the breeding season, as Egretta garzetta (little egret) of the Old World.
- dingo
-
noun,
a wolflike, wild dog, Canis familiaris dingo, of Australia, having a reddish- or yellowish-brown coat.
- eider
-
noun,
eider duck.
- signs
-
noun,
a token; indication.
- gesso
-
noun,
gypsum or plaster of Paris prepared with glue for use as a surface for painting.
- dings
-
noun,
a ringing sound.
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- Sand
-
noun,
the more or less fine debris of rocks, consisting of small, loose grains, often of quartz.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- Sais
-
noun,
an ancient city in N Egypt, on the Nile delta: an ancient capital of Lower Egypt.
- trog
-
noun,
Chiefly British Slang. a hooligan; lout.
- said
-
noun,
sayyid.
- Sard
-
noun,
a reddish-brown chalcedony, used as a gem.
- trod
-
noun,
the action of treading, stepping, or walking.
- Sage
-
noun,
a profoundly wise person; a person famed for wisdom.
- sags
-
noun,
an act or instance of sagging.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- tron
-
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- sago
-
noun,
a starchy foodstuff derived from the soft interior of the trunk of various palms and cycads, used in making puddings.
- Sang
-
noun,
the act or performance of singing.
- tRNA
-
- sord
-
noun,
a flight or flock of mallards.
- 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.
- Stag
-
noun,
an adult male deer.
- snod
-
adjective,
smooth; sleek.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- sris
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- ten.
-
- snag
-
noun,
a tree or part of a tree held fast in the bottom of a river, lake, etc., and forming an impediment or danger to navigation.
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- sits
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- tend
-
Verb phrases,
tend on/upon, Archaic. to attend or wait upon; minister to; serve:
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- sirs
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- ter.
-
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Tess
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- sign
-
noun,
a token; indication.
- Sig.
-
- 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.
- 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.
- snog
-
verb (used without object),
to kiss and cuddle.
- tegs
-
noun,
Animal Husbandry.
a two-year-old sheep that has not been shorn.
the wool shorn from such a sheep.
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- Soni
-
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- Song
-
noun,
a short metrical composition intended or adapted for singing, especially one in rhymed stanzas; a lyric; a ballad.
- 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.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Tees
-
noun,
a river in N England, flowing E along the boundary between Durham and Yorkshire to the North Sea. 70 miles (113 km) long.
- 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.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- TASS
-
noun,
a cup or small goblet, especially an ornamental one.
- soda
-
noun,
sodium hydroxide.
- TDRS
-
- 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.
- tads
-
noun,
a small child, especially a boy.
- teds
-
noun,
British Slang. Teddy boy.
- teen
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- sots
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- Sra.
-
- side
-
noun,
one of the surfaces forming the outside of or bounding a thing, or one of the lines bounding a geometric figure.
- sgd.
-
- trid
-
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- 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.
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- 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.
- Seed
-
noun,
the fertilized, matured ovule of a flowering plant, containing an embryo or rudimentary plant.
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- toss
-
noun,
an act or instance of tossing.
- 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.
- SEAS
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- Ste.
-
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- Edge
-
noun,
a line or border at which a surface terminates:
- 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.
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- sate
-
noun,
a Southeast Asian, especially Indonesian and Malaysian, dish of marinated, bite-size pieces of meat, skewered, barbecued, and usually served with a peanut-flavored dipping sauce.
- Sat.
-
- Tree
-
noun,
a plant having a permanently woody main stem or trunk, ordinarily growing to a considerable height, and usually developing branches at some distance from the ground.
- SASE
-
- tri-
-
- stg.
-
- Seen
-
verb,
past participle of see1 .
- sees
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- sers
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- str.
-
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- Ting
-
noun,
a tinging sound.
- tion
-
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- tong
-
noun,
tongs.
- sene
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Western Samoa, the 100th part of a tala.
- 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).
- TODS
-
- send
-
noun,
the heaving motion of a vessel.
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- seis
-
noun,
sei whale.
- toed
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- toga
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) the loose outer garment worn by citizens in public.
- togs
-
noun,
a coat.
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- sego
-
noun,
sego lily.
- Sadi
-
noun,
sadhe.
- 1080
-
- dees
-
noun,
a metal loop attached to tack, for fastening gear:
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- ions
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- gags
-
noun,
something put into a person's mouth to prevent speech, shouting, etc.
- Gage
-
noun,
something, as a glove, thrown down by a medieval knight in token of challenge to combat.
- 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.
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- dia-
-
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Ire.
-
- gads
-
noun,
the act of gadding.
- iod-
-
- 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.
- dern
-
adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
darn2 .
- dere
-
adjective,
dear2 .
- der.
-
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- 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.
- iso-
-
- Deni
-
noun,
a monetary unit of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the 100th part of a denar.
- ISSN
-
- gait
-
noun,
a manner of walking, stepping, or running.
- 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.
- Den.
-
- Din.
-
- 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).
- dint
-
noun,
force; power:
- IDEA
-
noun,
any conception existing in the mind as a result of mental understanding, awareness, or activity.
- ides
-
noun,
(in the ancient Roman calendar) the fifteenth day of March, May, July, or October, and the thirteenth day of the other months.
- dins
-
noun,
a loud, confused noise; a continued loud or tumultuous sound; noisy clamor.
- Dino
-
- ding
-
noun,
a ringing sound.
- IEEE
-
- Dine
-
noun,
Scot. dinner.
- digs
-
noun,
thrust; poke:
- int.
-
- ign.
-
- Gand
-
noun,
French name of Ghent.
- dig.
-
- inae
-
- IndE
-
- Diet
-
noun,
food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health:
- Dies
-
noun,
Martin, 1901–72, U.S. politician.
- Inge
-
noun,
William (Motter) [mot-er] /ˈmɒt ər/ (Show IPA), 1913–73, U.S. playwright.
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- ins.
-
- Dene
-
noun,
a bare, sandy tract or low sand hill near the sea.
- deg.
-
- Dior
-
noun,
Christian [kris-chuh n;; French krees-tyahn] /ˈkrɪs tʃən;; French krisˈtyɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1905–57, French fashion designer.
- 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.
- Dang
-
verb (used with object), adjective, noun,
damn (used euphemistically).
- need
-
noun,
a requirement, necessary duty, or obligation:
- Dane
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Denmark.
- neo-
-
- nerd
-
noun,
a person considered to be socially awkward, boring, unstylish, etc.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- Nero
-
noun,
(Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus) (“Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus”) a.d. 37–68, emperor of Rome 54–68, known for his cruelty and depravity.
- Dan.
-
abbreviation,
Bible. Daniel (def 1).
- ness
-
noun,
a headland; promontory; cape.
- DAIS
-
noun,
a raised platform, as at the front of a room, for a lectern, throne, seats of honor, etc.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- dags
-
noun,
one of a series of decorative scallops or foliations along the edge of a garment, cloth, etc.
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- 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.
- Dago
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a person of Italian or sometimes Spanish origin or descent.
- NIRA
-
- gees
-
noun,
a sum of one thousand dollars:
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- Dare
-
noun,
an act of daring or defiance; challenge.
- 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.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- deet
-
plural noun,
details:
- Eger
-
noun,
German name of Ohře.
- Deer
-
noun,
any of several ruminants of the family Cervidae, most of the males of which have solid, deciduous antlers.
- ease
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- 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.
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- dato
-
noun,
(in the Philippines) a native chief.
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- darg
-
noun,
Scot. and North England. a day's work.
- nard
-
noun,
an aromatic Himalayan plant, believed to be the spikenard, Nardostachys jatamansi, the source of an ointment used by the ancients.
- date
-
noun,
a particular month, day, and year at which some event happened or will happen:
- NASD
-
- dat.
-
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- Darn
-
noun,
a darned place, as in a garment:
- 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.
- Dari
-
noun,
a form of Persian, spoken in Afghanistan.
- idae
-
- dir.
-
- node
-
noun,
a knot, protuberance, or knob.
- dose
-
noun,
a quantity of medicine prescribed to be taken at one time.
- drag
-
noun,
Nautical.
a designed increase of draft toward the stern of a vessel.
resistance to the movement of a hull through the water.
any of a number of weights dragged cumulatively by a vessel sliding down ways to check its speed.
any object dragged in the water, as a sea anchor.
any device for dragging the bottom of a body of water to recover or detect objects.
- gate
-
noun,
a movable barrier, usually on hinges, closing an opening in a fence, wall, or other enclosure.
- DOTE
-
noun,
decay of wood.
- GIGO
-
noun,
a rule of thumb stating that when faulty data are fed into a computer, the information that emerges will also be faulty.
- dost
-
noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- gigs
-
noun,
a light, two-wheeled one-horse carriage.
- gast
-
verb (used with object),
to terrify or frighten.
- Gina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Doss
-
noun,
a place to sleep, especially in a cheap lodging house.
- Gino
-
noun,
a male given name.
- gats
-
noun,
a pistol or revolver.
- gird
-
noun,
a gibe.
- girn
-
noun, verb (used with object),
grin2 .
- giro
-
noun,
autogiro.
- girt
-
noun,
Carpentry.
a timber or plate connecting the corner posts of an exterior wooden frame, as a braced frame, at a floor above the ground floor.
a heavy beam, as for supporting the ends of rafters.
- Dort
-
noun,
Dordrecht.
- gist
-
noun,
the main or essential part of a matter:
- DORE
-
noun,
the walleye or pike perch of North America.
- gite
-
noun,
a furnished vacation home in France that is available for rental, especially in a rural setting.
- Dora
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Greek word meaning “gift.”.
- drat
-
interjection,
(used to express mild disgust, disappointment, or the like):
- dree
-
adjective,
tedious; dreary.
- gnat
-
noun,
any of certain small flies, especially the biting gnats or punkies of the family Ceratopogonidae, the midges of the family Chironomidae, and the black flies of the family Simuliidae.
- Gert
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Gertrude.
- Gena
-
noun,
the cheek or side region of the head.
- gene
-
noun,
the basic physical unit of heredity; a linear sequence of nucleotides along a segment of DNA that provides the coded instructions for synthesis of RNA, which, when translated into protein, leads to the expression of hereditary character.
- gens
-
noun,
a group of families in ancient Rome claiming descent from a common ancestor and united by a common name and common ancestral religious rites.
- Gent
-
noun,
Informal. gentleman (defs 1, 2).
- geo-
-
- Ger.
-
- Gera
-
noun,
a city in E central Germany.
- Gerd
-
noun,
the daughter of a giant and the consort of Frey, who wooed her through his servant Skirnir.
- Gers
-
noun,
a department in SW France. 2429 sq. mi. (6290 sq. km). Capital: Auch.
- geds
-
noun,
any fish of the pike family.
- std.
-
- gest
-
noun,
a story or tale.
- geta
-
noun,
a traditional Japanese wooden clog that is worn outdoors, with a thong that passes between the first two toes and with two transverse supports on the bottom of the sole.
- gets
-
noun,
an offspring or the total of the offspring, especially of a male animal:
- gear
-
noun,
Machinery.
a part, as a disk, wheel, or section of a shaft, having cut teeth of such form, size, and spacing that they mesh with teeth in another part to transmit or receive force and motion.
an assembly of such parts.
one of several possible arrangements of such parts in a mechanism, as an automobile transmission, for affording different relations of torque and speed between the driving and the driven machinery, or for permitting the driven machinery to run in either direction:
a mechanism or group of parts performing one function or serving one purpose in a complex machine:
- Gean
-
noun,
heart cherry.
- Gide
-
noun,
André (Paul Guillaume) [ahn-drey pawl gee-yohm] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ pɔl giˈyoʊm/ (Show IPA), 1869–1951, French novelist, essayist, poet, and critic: Nobel Prize 1947.
- gids
-
- gds.
-
- Drin
-
noun,
a river in S Europe, flowing generally NW from SW Macedonia through N Albania into the Adriatic. 180 miles (290 km) long.
- dreg
-
noun,
dregs, the sediment of liquids; lees; grounds.
- gnar
-
verb (used without object),
to snarl; growl.
- Eads
-
noun,
James Buchanan, 1820–87, U.S. engineer and inventor.
- DIRE
-
adjective,
causing or involving great fear or suffering; dreadful; terrible:
- doer
-
noun,
a person or thing that does something, especially a person who gets things done with vigor and efficiency.
- grig
-
noun,
a cricket or grasshopper.
- grin
-
noun,
a broad smile.
- Gris
-
noun,
Juan [hwahn] /ʰwɑn/ (Show IPA), (José Vittoriano Gonzáles) 1887–1927, Spanish painter in France.
- Grit
-
noun,
abrasive particles or granules, as of sand or other small, coarse impurities found in the air, food, water, etc.
- gro.
-
- grog
-
noun,
a mixture of rum and water, often flavored with lemon, sugar, and spices and sometimes served hot.
- Gros
-
noun,
Antoine Jean [ahn-twan zhahn] /ɑ̃ˈtwan ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), Baron, 1771–1835, French painter.
- grot
-
noun,
a grotto.
- does
-
noun,
a plural of doe.
- Gard
-
noun,
a department in S France. 2271 sq. mi. (5882 sq. km). Capital: Nîmes.
- gres
-
- gtd.
-
- doat
-
verb (used without object),
dote.
- Gaon
-
noun,
a title of honor for the directors of the Jewish academies at Sura and Pumbedita in Babylonia, used from the end of the 6th century a.d. to about the beginning of the 11th century.
- 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.
- Ind.
-
- dite
-
noun,
a bit (usually used in negative constructions):
- gang
-
noun,
a group or band:
- dis-
-
- Iago
-
noun,
the villain in Shakespeare's Othello.
- DIRT
-
noun,
any foul or filthy substance, as mud, grime, dust, or excrement.
- grid
-
noun,
a grating of crossed bars; gridiron.
- Greg
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Gregory.
- goad
-
noun,
a stick with a pointed or electrically charged end, for driving cattle, oxen, etc.; prod.
- Gone
-
noun,
the act of going:
- goas
-
noun,
a gazelle, Procapra picticaudata, of the Tibetan plateau.
- Goat
-
noun,
any of numerous agile, hollow-horned ruminants of the genus Capra, of the family Bovidae, closely related to the sheep, found native in rocky and mountainous regions of the Old World, and widely distributed in domesticated varieties.
- dons
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Mr.; Sir: a Spanish title prefixed to a man's given name.
- Goer
-
noun,
a person or thing that goes:
- GOES
-
noun,
plural of go1 .
- Dong
-
noun,
a deep sound like that of a large bell.
- done
-
noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- gon-
-
- Gond
-
noun,
a member of an aboriginal people of Dravidian stock, in central India and the Deccan.
- gong
-
noun,
a large bronze disk, of Asian origin, having an upturned rim, that produces a vibrant, hollow tone when struck, usually with a stick or hammer that has a padded head.
- gree
-
noun,
superiority, mastery, or victory.
- Dona
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Madam; Lady: a Portuguese title prefixed to a woman's given name.
- gars
-
noun,
Also called garfish, garpike. any predaceous freshwater fish of the genus Lepisosteus, of North America, covered with hard, diamond-shaped scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth.
- Gore
-
noun,
blood that is shed, especially when clotted.
- doit
-
noun,
Also, duit. an old small copper coin of the Netherlands and Dutch colonies, first issued in the 17th century.
- garg
-
- grad
-
noun,
a graduate.
- Gran
-
noun,
grandmother.
- gras
-
- Doge
-
noun,
the chief magistrate in the former republics of Venice and Genoa.
- Gare
-
noun,
low-grade wool fibers from the legs of sheep.
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- Gen.
-
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- Rees
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- aide
-
noun,
nurse's aide.
- Read
-
noun,
an act or instance of reading:
- adit
-
noun,
an entrance or a passage.
- rede
-
noun,
counsel; advice.
- redo
-
noun,
the act or an instance of redoing.
- reds
-
noun,
any of various colors resembling the color of blood; the primary color at one extreme end of the visible spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 610 and 780 nanometers.
- agst
-
- Reed
-
noun,
the straight stalk of any of various tall grasses, especially of the genera Phragmites and Arundo, growing in marshy places.
- Reg.
-
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- regd
-
- regs
-
noun,
Usually, regs. Informal. regulations.
- Reid
-
noun,
Sir George Huston, 1845–1918, Australian statesman, born in Scotland: prime minister 1904–05.
- 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.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- rend
-
verb (used with object),
to separate into parts with force or violence:
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- 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.
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- ends
-
noun,
the last part or extremity, lengthwise, of anything that is longer than it is wide or broad:
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- ragi
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Eleusine coracana, cultivated in the Old World for its grain.
- 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).
- RAID
-
noun,
a sudden assault or attack, as upon something to be seized or suppressed:
- 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).
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- RAND
-
noun,
(in shoemaking) a strip of leather set in a shoe at the heel before the lifts are attached.
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- end-
-
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- Aire
-
- EDTA
-
- rang
-
noun,
a boomerang.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- Adie
-
noun,
a female given name.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- AInd
-
- 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.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- Enid
-
noun,
a city in N Oklahoma.
- ager
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) a person living in a certain historical age:
- Agee
-
noun,
James, 1909–55, U.S. author, scenarist, and film critic.
- 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.
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- aged
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) old people collectively (usually preceded by the):
- rode
-
noun,
a rope by which a boat is anchored.
- Rodi
-
noun,
Italian name of Rhodes.
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- aet.
-
- aer-
-
- RNAS
-
- RONA
-
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- Ross
-
noun,
the rough exterior of bark.
- Eng.
-
- engs
-
noun,
the symbol, ŋ, that, in the International Phonetic Alphabet and in the pronunciation alphabets of some dictionaries, represents the voiced velar nasal consonant indicated in English spelling by (ng), as in the pronunciations of cling [kling] /klɪŋ/ (Show IPA) and clink [klingk] /klɪŋk/ (Show IPA).
- 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.
- 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.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- ages
-
noun,
the length of time during which a being or thing has existed; length of life or existence to the time spoken of or referred to:
- agin
-
preposition,
against; opposed to.
- agr.
-
- rids
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of ride.
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- 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.
- Agon
-
noun,
(in ancient Greece) a contest in which prizes were awarded in any of a number of events, as athletics, drama, music, poetry, and painting.
- agog
-
adverb,
in a state of eager desire; excitedly.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- Ens.
-
- Rida
-
- Agni
-
noun,
Hindu Mythology. the god of fire, one of the three chief divinities of the Vedas.
- ride
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- agit
-
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- Riga
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Latvia, on the Gulf of Riga.
- agio
-
noun,
a premium on money in exchange.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Rind
-
noun,
a thick and firm outer coat or covering, as of certain fruits, cheeses, and meats:
- Ring
-
noun,
a typically circular band of metal or other durable material, especially one of gold or other precious metal, often set with gems, for wearing on the finger as an ornament, a token of betrothal or marriage, etc.
- 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.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- rit.
-
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- rage
-
noun,
angry fury; violent anger (sometimes used in combination):
- ands
-
- ergs
-
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- Eden
-
noun,
the place where Adam and Eve lived before the Fall. Gen. 2:8–24.
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- EDES
-
noun,
a city in SW Nigeria.
- ASSR
-
- eso-
-
- asse
-
noun,
Cape fox.
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- esne
-
noun,
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a member of the lowest class; laborer.
- egad
-
interjection,
(used as an expletive or mild oath):
- ates
-
- ESIS
-
- Edie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Edith.
- Esd.
-
- 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.
- Odin
-
noun,
the ruler of the Aesir and god of war, poetry, knowledge, and wisdom; Wotan: the chief god.
- asis
-
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- egos
-
noun,
the “I” or self of any person; a person as thinking, feeling, and willing, and distinguishing itself from the selves of others and from objects of its thought.
- Edna
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “rejuvenation, rebirth.”.
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- egis
-
noun,
aegis.
- rads
-
noun,
a standard unit of absorbed dose of radiation equal to 0.01 gray2 .
- nos-
-
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- nogg
-
noun,
a shave for shaping dowels and handles.
- nogs
-
noun,
any beverage made with beaten eggs, usually with alcoholic liquor; eggnog.
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- Nor.
-
- est.
-
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- Nord
-
noun,
a department in N France. 2229 sq. mi. (5770 sq. km). Capital: Lille.
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- 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.
- 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.
- not-
-
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- DEng
-
- esse
-
noun,
being; existence.
- eggs
-
noun,
the roundish reproductive body produced by the female of certain animals, as birds and most reptiles, consisting of an ovum and its envelope of albumen, jelly, membranes, egg case, or shell, according to species.
- NTIA
-
- ator
-
- ogee
-
noun,
a double curve, resembling the letter S, formed by the union of a concave and a convex line.
- asgd
-
- ogre
-
noun,
a monster in fairy tales and popular legend, usually represented as a hideous giant who feeds on human flesh.
- Erne
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- Argo
-
noun,
Astronomy. a very large southern constellation, now divided into Vela, Carina, Puppis, and Pyxis, four separate constellations lying largely south of Canis Major.
- Osee
-
noun,
Hosea.
- osis
-
- OSRD
-
- Arg.
-
- OSSA
-
noun,
plural of os1 .
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- ant.
-
- ANSI
-
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- ano-
-
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- Erie
-
noun,
Lake, a lake between the NE central United States and SE central Canada: the southernmost lake of the Great Lakes; Commodore Perry's defeat of the British in 1813. 239 miles (385 km) long; 9940 sq. mi. (25,745 sq. km).
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- rad.
-
- arid
-
adjective,
being without moisture; extremely dry; parched:
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- Ont.
-
- art.
-
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- 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.
- ARIS
-
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- orad
-
adverb,
toward the mouth or the oral region.
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- ord.
-
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- org.
-
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- TAG
-
noun,
a piece or strip of strong paper, plastic, metal, leather, etc., for attaching by one end to something as a mark or label:
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- EEO
-
- eo-
-
- EDA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- EDS
-
noun,
education:
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- Ede
-
noun,
a city in SW Nigeria.
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- EDO
-
noun,
a member of an indigenous people of western Africa, in the Benin region of southern Nigeria.
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- ear
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- ETD
-
- EDT
-
- ean
-
- EEE
-
- EEG
-
- ead
-
- ea.
-
- ed.
-
- Sad
-
noun,
the 14th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- Eg.
-
- tr.
-
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- ANG
-
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- aor
-
- ard
-
- 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.
- tra
-
- ARS
-
- 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.
- ase
-
- ASI
-
- ASN
-
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- ASR
-
- ASS
-
noun,
a long-eared, slow, patient, sure-footed domesticated mammal, Equus asinus, related to the horse, used chiefly as a beast of burden.
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- ast
-
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- ade
-
noun,
George, 1866–1944, U.S. humorist.
- 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.
- TSI
-
- TSE
-
- ad-
-
- ag-
-
- AID
-
noun,
help or support; assistance.
- an.
-
- Ar.
-
- ado
-
noun,
busy activity; bustle; fuss.
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- ADS
-
noun,
advertisement.
- Tro
-
- ae.
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- age
-
noun,
the length of time during which a being or thing has existed; length of life or existence to the time spoken of or referred to:
- ago
-
adverb,
in past time; in the past:
- AGS
-
adjective, noun,
agriculture:
- Agt
-
- at.
-
- 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.
- 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.
- DOT
-
noun,
a small, roundish mark made with or as if with a pen.
- DNA
-
- DNR
-
- DOE
-
noun,
the female of the deer, antelope, goat, rabbit, and certain other animals.
- dog
-
noun,
a domesticated canid, Canis familiaris, bred in many varieties.
- Doi
-
- Don
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Mr.; Sir: a Spanish title prefixed to a man's given name.
- Dor
-
noun,
Also, dorbeetle [dawr-beet-l] /ˈdɔrˌbit l/ (Show IPA). a common European dung beetle, Geotrupes stercorarius.
- teg
-
noun,
Animal Husbandry.
a two-year-old sheep that has not been shorn.
the wool shorn from such a sheep.
- Dr.
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- DRE
-
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- DRG
-
- Ted
-
noun,
British Slang. Teddy boy.
- DSA
-
- DSR
-
- DSS
-
- DST
-
- 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.
- 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.
- do.
-
- DAS
-
noun,
hyrax.
- DOA
-
- DSO
-
- tog
-
noun,
a coat.
- DAE
-
- Dag
-
noun,
one of a series of decorative scallops or foliations along the edge of a garment, cloth, etc.
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- Tng
-
- DAR
-
- de-
-
- TGN
-
- DEA
-
- Dee
-
noun,
a metal loop attached to tack, for fastening gear:
- DEI
-
adverb,
by the grace of God.
- 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.
- DET
-
- di.
-
- TID
-
- TIA
-
- Tad
-
noun,
a small child, especially a boy.
- SSE
-
- TSS
-
- NGO
-
noun,
1901–1963, South Vietnamese statesman: president of the Republic of South Vietnam 1956–63.
- NDE
-
- ne-
-
- NEA
-
- SES
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- NED
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Edward.
- rnd
-
- Nee
-
adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- NEG
-
noun,
a photographic negative.
- NES
-
- 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
-
- Sgt
-
- NIG
-
verb (used with object),
nidge.
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- RNA
-
- 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).
- nog
-
noun,
any beverage made with beaten eggs, usually with alcoholic liquor; eggnog.
- 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).
- nr.
-
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- NRA
-
- rig
-
noun,
the arrangement of the masts, spars, sails, etc., on a boat or ship.
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- SID
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Sidney or Sydney.
- SAR
-
- ISR
-
- ior
-
- Ios
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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.
- IOT
-
- Ir.
-
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- IRO
-
- IRS
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ISA
-
- ise
-
- ist
-
- NAG
-
noun,
Also, nagger. a person who nags, especially habitually.
- ROI
-
- ITA
-
- ite
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- ROG
-
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- Rod
-
noun,
a stick, wand, staff, or the like, of wood, metal, or other material.
- ROA
-
- NAD
-
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- NSA
-
- RID
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- RDS
-
- REA
-
- ot-
-
- OTA
-
- ote
-
- SED
-
- OTS
-
- Rd.
-
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- Re.
-
- 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.
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- ose
-
- rag
-
noun,
a worthless piece of cloth, especially one that is torn or worn.
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- se-
-
- SDS
-
- SDR
-
- SDI
-
- SDA
-
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- 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.
- OSS
-
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- ODT
-
- OED
-
- OSA
-
- OSD
-
- 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.
- 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.
- OAS
-
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- ODA
-
noun,
a room within a harem.
- ode
-
noun,
a lyric poem typically of elaborate or irregular metrical form and expressive of exalted or enthusiastic emotion.
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- ODS
-
noun,
a hypothetical force formerly held to pervade all nature and to manifest itself in magnetism, mesmerism, chemical action, etc.
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- oid
-
- OIr
-
- OIt
-
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- ONI
-
- ONR
-
- ons
-
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- Rs.
-
- 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 = .
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- Ged
-
noun,
any fish of the pike family.
- Gad
-
noun,
the act of gadding.
- Gag
-
noun,
something put into a person's mouth to prevent speech, shouting, etc.
- GAN
-
noun,
cotton gin.
- GAO
-
noun,
a city in E Mali.
- GAS
-
noun,
Physics. a substance possessing perfect molecular mobility and the property of indefinite expansion, as opposed to a solid or liquid.
- Gat
-
noun,
a pistol or revolver.
- sd.
-
- Gde
-
- GDR
-
- Gee
-
noun,
a sum of one thousand dollars:
- GAR
-
noun,
Also called garfish, garpike. any predaceous freshwater fish of the genus Lepisosteus, of North America, covered with hard, diamond-shaped scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth.
- Ges
-
- SAE
-
- SAG
-
noun,
an act or instance of sagging.
- get
-
noun,
an offspring or the total of the offspring, especially of a male animal:
- RTS
-
- ggr
-
- Sta
-
- St.
-
- ing
-
- SSR
-
- gi.
-
- Ga.
-
- SSI
-
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- SRO
-
- So.
-
- egg
-
noun,
the roundish reproductive body produced by the female of certain animals, as birds and most reptiles, consisting of an ovum and its envelope of albumen, jelly, membranes, egg case, or shell, according to species.
- EGO
-
noun,
the “I” or self of any person; a person as thinking, feeling, and willing, and distinguishing itself from the selves of others and from objects of its thought.
- eir
-
- EIS
-
- en-
-
- ene
-
- EOE
-
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- ETS
-
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- ERT
-
- ESA
-
- ese
-
- ESR
-
- STI
-
- ess
-
noun,
the letter S, s.
- ETO
-
- ETR
-
- SSN
-
- SST
-
- SSD
-
- IAS
-
- GSR
-
- gt.
-
- GTO
-
- GTS
-
- rt.
-
- RSS
-
- id.
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- io-
-
- Ia.
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- RSE
-
- SSA
-
- 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).
- ide
-
- Ido
-
noun,
a revised and simplified form of Esperanto, introduced in 1907.
- IDS
-
noun,
the part of the psyche, residing in the unconscious, that is the source of instinctive impulses that seek satisfaction in accordance with the pleasure principle and are modified by the ego and the superego before they are given overt expression.
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- ier
-
- sis
-
noun,
sister.
- RSA
-
- in.
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ine
-
- GSA
-
- gre
-
- RDA
-
- gie
-
noun,
gi.
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- SOS
-
noun,
any call for help:
- GIs
-
noun,
a lightweight, two-piece, usually white garment worn by barefooted martial-arts participants, consisting of loose-fitting pants and a wraparound jacket with cloth belt.
- git
-
noun,
British Slang. a foolish or contemptible person.
- gig
-
noun,
a light, two-wheeled one-horse carriage.
- rte
-
- SRS
-
- Goa
-
noun,
a gazelle, Procapra picticaudata, of the Tibetan plateau.
- God
-
noun,
the one Supreme Being, the creator and ruler of the universe.
- Sr.
-
- Gog
-
noun,
a chief prince of Meshech and Tubal who came from Magog. Ezek. 38–39.
- goi
-
noun,
goy.
- Gor
-
interjection,
(used as a mild oath.)
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- ss.
-
- got
-
noun,
an offspring or the total of the offspring, especially of a male animal:
- Gr.
-
- sod
-
noun,
a section cut or torn from the surface of grassland, containing the matted roots of grass.
- GIN
-
noun,
an alcoholic liquor obtained by distilling grain mash with juniper berries.
- 2D
-
noun,
a two-dimensional form or appearance:
- RO
-
- rg
-
- AO
-
- 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.
- SA
-
- SG
-
- 3D
-
noun,
a three-dimensional form or appearance:
- S.
-
- t.
-
- RN
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- DN
-
- i.
-
- GN
-
- GG
-
- DT
-
noun,
a withdrawal syndrome occurring in persons who have developed physiological dependence on alcohol, characterized by tremor, visual hallucinations, and autonomic instability. Abbreviation: d.t.
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- ee
-
- EI
-
- IG
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- GD
-
- GO
-
noun,
the act of going:
- G.
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- T1
-
- TD
-
- SN
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- RI
-
- 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.
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- R.
-
- OA
-
- OG
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- OD
-
noun,
a hypothetical force formerly held to pervade all nature and to manifest itself in magnetism, mesmerism, chemical action, etc.
- O.
-
- D.
-
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- DG
-
- TN
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- NI
-
- TG
-
- ND
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- N.
-
- 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.
- NG
-