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- endaortitis
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noun,
an inflammation of the innermost lining of the aorta.
- notorieties
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noun,
the state, quality, or character of being notorious or widely known:
- Restoration
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noun,
the act of restoring; renewal, revival, or reestablishment.
- Irredentist
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noun,
(usually initial capital letter) a member of an Italian association that became prominent in 1878, advocating the redemption, or the incorporation into Italy, of certain neighboring regions (Italia irredenta) having a primarily Italian population.
- orientates
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verb (used with or without object),
orient (defs 4–12).
- detonators
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noun,
a device, as a percussion cap, used to make another substance explode.
- iterations
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noun,
the act of repeating; a repetition.
- interstade
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noun,
a period of temporary retreat of ice during a glacial stage; a warming period.
- distortion
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noun,
an act or instance of distorting.
- ordinaries
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noun,
the commonplace or average condition, degree, etc.:
- tertiaries
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noun,
(initial capital letter) Geology. the Tertiary Period or System.
- donatories
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noun,
a donee of the king, especially one given the right by the king to property obtained by escheat or forfeit.
- restrained
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adjective,
characterized by restraint:
- reorients
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adjective,
Rare. rising anew.
- 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.
- iteration
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noun,
the act of repeating; a repetition.
- tree-toad
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noun,
tree frog.
- reiterant
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adjective,
reiterating or repeating, especially to an intensified degree:
- stationer
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noun,
a person who sells the materials used in writing, as paper, pens, pencils, and ink.
- serranoid
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noun,
a serranoid fish.
- tenorites
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noun,
a mineral, cupric oxide, CuO, occurring in veins of copper in black, minute scales.
- tres-tine
-
noun,
royal antler.
- sortation
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noun,
the process or result of sorting things, especially computationally or mechanically.
- distraite
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adjective,
(of a woman) inattentive because of distracting worries, fears, etc.; absent-minded.
- dittanies
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noun,
a Cretan plant, Origanum dictamnus, of the mint family, having spikes of purple flowers and formerly believed to have medicinal qualities.
- irredenta
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noun,
a region that is under the political jurisdiction of one nation but is related to another by reason of cultural, historical, and ethnic ties.
- 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.
- denitrate
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verb (used with object),
Chemistry. to free from nitric acid or nitrates; remove oxides of nitrogen from.
- arteritis
-
noun,
inflammation of an artery.
- dotations
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noun,
an endowment.
- retorsion
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noun,
retaliation or reprisal by one state identical or similar to an act by an offending state, such as high tariffs or discriminating duties.
- tradition
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noun,
the handing down of statements, beliefs, legends, customs, information, etc., from generation to generation, especially by word of mouth or by practice:
- irritates
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verb (used with object),
to excite to impatience or anger; annoy.
- irritated
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adjective,
angered, provoked, or annoyed.
- iodinates
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verb (used with object),
to iodize.
- orientate
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verb (used with or without object),
orient (defs 4–12).
- irritants
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noun,
anything that irritates.
- toreadors
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noun,
a bullfighter; torero.
- seriation
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noun,
the arrangement of a collection of artifacts into a chronological sequence.
- retortion
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noun,
the act of turning or bending back.
- reinstate
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verb (used with object),
to put back or establish again, as in a former position or state:
- asiderite
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noun,
an iron-free meteorite consisting of friable material.
- sortition
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noun,
the casting or drawing of lots.
- tornadoes
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noun,
a localized, violently destructive windstorm occurring over land, especially in the Middle West, and characterized by a long, funnel-shaped cloud extending toward the ground and made visible by condensation and debris.
Compare waterspout (def 3).
- distraint
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noun,
the act of distraining; a distress.
- dietaries
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noun,
a regulated allowance of food.
- rotations
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noun,
the act of rotating; a turning around as on an axis.
- re-strain
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verb (used with or without object),
to strain again.
- serration
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noun,
serrated condition or form.
- desertion
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noun,
the act of deserting or the state of being deserted.
- retinites
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noun,
any of various fossil resins, especially one derived from brown coal.
- enteritis
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noun,
Pathology. inflammation of the intestines, especially the small intestine.
- itinerate
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verb (used without object),
to go from place to place, especially in a regular circuit, as a preacher or judge.
- road-test
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noun,
a check of an automobile's performance in actual operation on the road.
- restraint
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noun,
a restraining action or influence:
- ternaries
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noun,
a group of three.
- retainers
-
noun,
a person or thing that retains.
- detrition
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noun,
the act of wearing away by rubbing.
- trinitro-
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- resonator
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noun,
anything that resonates.
- oratories
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noun,
skill or eloquence in public speaking:
- sea-otter
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noun,
a marine otter, Enhydra lutris, of the shores of the northern Pacific, with a very valuable fur: now greatly reduced in number and rare in many areas.
- detainers
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noun,
a writ for the further detention of a person already in custody.
- detonator
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noun,
a device, as a percussion cap, used to make another substance explode.
- retirants
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noun,
retiree.
- striation
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noun,
striated condition or appearance.
- ideations
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noun,
the process of forming ideas or images.
- radioiron
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noun,
the radioactive isotope of iron, with atomic weight 59 and a half-life of 46 days: used chiefly as a tracer in biochemistry.
- toadstone
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noun,
any of various stones or stonelike objects, formerly supposed to have been formed in the head or body of a toad, worn as jewels or amulets.
- detonates
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verb (used with object),
to cause (something explosive) to explode.
- disorient
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verb (used with object),
to cause to lose one's way:
- Aristide
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noun,
Jean-Bertrand, born 1953, Haitian priest and political leader: first democratically elected president, 1991, 1994–96, 2001–04.
- tetanies
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noun,
a state marked by severe, intermittent tonic contractions and muscular pain, due to abnormal calcium metabolism.
- rotaries
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noun,
a rotary device or machine.
- rostrate
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adjective,
furnished with a rostrum.
- Teresina
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noun,
a port in NE Brazil, on the Parnahiba River.
- red-rose
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noun,
the emblem of the royal house of Lancaster.
- arsenite
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noun,
a salt or ester of arsenous acid.
- arsenide
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noun,
a compound containing two elements of which arsenic is the negative one, as silver arsenide, Ag 3 As.
- interest
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noun,
the feeling of a person whose attention, concern, or curiosity is particularly engaged by something:
- redstart
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noun,
any of several small, Old World thrushes, usually with reddish-brown tails, especially Phoenicurus phoenicurus (European redstart)
- noisette
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noun,
a loin, fillet, or other lean section of meat:
- Redstone
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noun,
a U.S. surface-to-surface ballistic missile powered by a single rocket engine.
- Donatist
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noun,
a member of a Christian sect that developed in northern Africa in a.d. 311 and maintained that it alone constituted the whole and only true church and that baptisms and ordinations of the orthodox clergy were invalid.
- Interior
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noun,
the internal or inner part; inside.
- tornados
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noun,
a localized, violently destructive windstorm occurring over land, especially in the Middle West, and characterized by a long, funnel-shaped cloud extending toward the ground and made visible by condensation and debris.
Compare waterspout (def 3).
- sedition
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noun,
incitement of discontent or rebellion against a government.
- sternite
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noun,
a sclerite of the sternum of an insect, especially a ventral sclerite of an abdominal segment.
- Teresian
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noun,
a member of the reformed order of barefooted Carmelites, founded in Spain in 1562.
- roadster
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noun,
an early automobile having an open body, a single seat for two or three persons, and a large trunk or a rumble seat.
- resinate
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noun,
Chemistry. any of the salts of the acids found in rosin.
- resinoid
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noun,
a resinoid substance.
- resonate
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verb (used with object),
to cause to resound.
- teratoid
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adjective,
resembling a monster.
- retirant
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noun,
retiree.
- retinoid
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noun,
Biochemistry. any of a group of substances related to vitamin A and functioning like vitamin A in the body.
- Rodentia
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noun,
the order comprising the rodents.
- disinter
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verb (used with object),
to take out of the place of interment; exhume; unearth.
- distrain
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verb (used with object),
to constrain by seizing and holding goods, etc., in pledge for rent, damages, etc., or in order to obtain satisfaction of a claim.
- retinite
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noun,
any of various fossil resins, especially one derived from brown coal.
- restrain
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verb (used with object),
to hold back from action; keep in check or under control; repress:
- dainties
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noun,
something delicious to the taste; a delicacy.
- inertias
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noun,
inertness, especially with regard to effort, motion, action, and the like; inactivity; sluggishness.
- retainer
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noun,
a person or thing that retains.
- notaries
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noun,
notary public.
- tentoria
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noun,
Anatomy. an extension of one of the membranes covering the cerebrum which, with the transverse fissure, separates the cerebrum from the cerebellum.
- resident
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noun,
a person who resides in a place.
- distrait
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adjective,
inattentive because of distracting worries, fears, etc.; absent-minded.
- arteries
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noun,
Anatomy. a blood vessel that conveys blood from the heart to any part of the body.
- redroots
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noun,
a North American plant, Lachnanthes caroliniana (or L. tinctoria), having sword-shaped leaves, woolly, yellowish flowers, and a root that is red in color.
- arterio-
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- tetrodes
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noun,
a vacuum tube containing four electrodes, usually a plate, two grids, and a cathode.
- 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.
- toreador
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noun,
a bullfighter; torero.
- rentiers
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noun,
a person who has a fixed income, as from lands or bonds.
- reorient
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adjective,
Rare. rising anew.
- sedation
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noun,
the calming of mental excitement or abatement of physiological function, especially by the administration of a drug.
- entreats
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verb (used with object),
to ask (a person) earnestly; beseech; implore; beg:
- dinettes
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noun,
a small space or alcove, often in or near the kitchen, serving as an informal dining area.
- odorants
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noun,
an odorous substance or product.
- 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.
- tenorist
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noun,
a person who sings tenor.
- odonates
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noun,
any of numerous large predatory aquatic insects of the order Odonata, occurring worldwide and characterized by two pairs of membranous wings.
- astonied
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adjective,
dazed; bewildered; filled with consternation.
- tenorite
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noun,
a mineral, cupric oxide, CuO, occurring in veins of copper in black, minute scales.
- Sorrento
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noun,
a seaport in SW Italy, on the Bay of Naples: resort; cathedral; ancient ruins.
- sororate
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noun,
subsequent or concurrent marriage with a wife's sister.
- re-tread
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verb (used with or without object),
to tread again.
- tea-rose
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noun,
any of several cultivated varieties of roses having a scent resembling that of tea.
- intreats
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verb (used with or without object),
entreat.
- nitrides
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noun,
a compound, containing two elements only, of which the more electronegative one is nitrogen.
- striated
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adjective,
marked with striae; furrowed; striped; streaked.
- ideation
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noun,
the process of forming ideas or images.
- derision
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noun,
ridicule; mockery:
- strident
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adjective,
making or having a harsh sound; grating; creaking:
- ratteens
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noun,
ratiné.
- tridents
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noun,
a three-pronged instrument or weapon.
- deration
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verb (used with object),
to discontinue the rationing of (something).
- nitrites
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noun,
Chemistry. a salt or ester of nitrous acid.
- Streator
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noun,
a city in N Illinois.
- strontia
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noun,
Also called strontium oxide. a white or grayish-white, amorphous powder, SrO, resembling lime in its general character: used chiefly in the manufacture of strontium salts.
- intrados
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noun,
the interior curve or surface of an arch or vault.
- trendies
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noun,
a trendy person, place, object, or idea.
- nitroso-
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- iterates
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verb (used with object),
to utter again or repeatedly.
- serranid
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noun,
any of numerous percoid fishes of the family Serranidae, living chiefly in warm seas, including the sea basses and groupers.
- niteries
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noun,
a nightclub.
- treatise
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noun,
a formal and systematic exposition in writing of the principles of a subject, generally longer and more detailed than an essay.
- introits
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noun,
Roman Catholic Church. a part of a psalm with antiphon recited by the celebrant of the Mass at the foot of the altar and, at High Mass, sung by the choir when the priest begins the Mass.
- serrated
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adjective,
having a notched edge or sawlike teeth, especially for cutting; serrate:
- serotine
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noun,
a small Eurasian brown bat, Eptesicus serotinus.
- adenitis
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noun,
lymphadenitis.
- detonate
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verb (used with object),
to cause (something explosive) to explode.
- siderite
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noun,
Also called chalybite. a common mineral, iron carbonate, FeCO 3 , usually occurring in yellowish to deep-brown cleavable masses: a minor ore of iron.
- iodinate
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verb (used with object),
to iodize.
- detainer
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noun,
a writ for the further detention of a person already in custody.
- Tritonis
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noun,
(in ancient geography) a mythical lake near the Mediterranean coast of Libya.
- tritones
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noun,
an interval consisting of three whole tones; an augmented fourth.
- nitrates
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noun,
Chemistry. a salt or ester of nitric acid, or any compound containing the univalent group –ONO 2 or NO 3 .
- east-end
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noun,
a section of E London, England.
- terranes
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noun,
any rock formation or series of formations or the area in which a particular formation or group of rocks is predominant.
- detrains
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verb (used without object),
to alight from a railway train; arrive by train.
- destrier
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noun,
a war-horse; charger.
- Desterro
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noun,
former name of Florianópolis.
- inserted
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- strained
-
noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- rarities
-
noun,
something rare, unusual, or uncommon:
- strainer
-
noun,
a person or thing that strains.
- ostinato
-
noun,
a constantly recurring melodic fragment.
- straiten
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verb (used with object),
to put into difficulties, especially financial ones:
- introrse
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adjective,
turned or facing inward, as anthers that open toward the gynoecium.
- treaties
-
noun,
a formal agreement between two or more states in reference to peace, alliance, commerce, or other international relations.
- rattoons
-
noun,
a sprout or shoot from the root of a plant, especially a sugarcane, after it has been cropped.
- Ironside
-
noun,
a strong person with great power of endurance or resistance.
- tortonis
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noun,
ice cream made with eggs and heavy cream, often containing chopped cherries or topped with minced almonds or crumbled macaroons.
- anterior
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adjective,
situated before or at the front of; fore (opposed to posterior).
- intorted
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adjective,
twisted inwardly about an axis or fixed point; curled; wound:
- terrines
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noun,
a casserole dish made of pottery.
- rear-end
-
noun,
the hindmost part of something.
- trade-in
-
noun,
goods given in whole or, usually, part payment of a purchase:
- antidote
-
noun,
a medicine or other remedy for counteracting the effects of poison, disease, etc.
- 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.
- antrorse
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adjective,
bent or directed forward or upward.
- 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.
- aortitis
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noun,
inflammation of the aorta.
- traditor
-
noun,
an early Christian who betrayed other Christians at the time of the Roman persecutions.
- tortoise
-
noun,
a turtle, especially a terrestrial turtle.
- entities
-
noun,
something that has a real existence; thing:
- diorites
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noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting essentially of plagioclase feldspar and hornblende.
- rotators
-
noun,
a person or thing that rotates.
- arenites
-
noun,
psammite.
- tertians
-
noun,
Pathology. a tertian fever.
- reasoned
-
noun,
a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.:
- rotation
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noun,
the act of rotating; a turning around as on an axis.
- retrains
-
verb (used with object),
to train again, especially for a different vocation or different tasks.
- re-treat
-
verb (used with or without object),
to treat again.
- teosinte
-
noun,
a tall grass, Zea mexicana, of Mexico and Central America, closely related to corn, and sometimes cultivated as a fodder plant.
- Tandoori
-
noun,
a plural of tandoor.
- aneroids
-
noun,
aneroid barometer.
- ridottos
-
noun,
a public ball or dance with music and often in masquerade, popular in the 18th century.
- irritant
-
noun,
anything that irritates.
- anisette
-
noun,
a cordial or liqueur flavored with aniseed.
- dotation
-
noun,
an endowment.
- trainers
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noun,
a person or thing that trains.
- 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.
- irritate
-
verb (used with object),
to excite to impatience or anger; annoy.
- Oresteia
-
noun,
a trilogy of tragic dramas (458 b.c.) by Aeschylus, consisting of the Agamemnon, the Choëphori, and the Eumenides.
- diarist
-
noun,
a person who keeps a diary.
- Ternate
-
noun,
an island in E Indonesia, W of Halmahera: important source of spices. 53 sq. mi. (137 sq. km).
- enroots
-
verb (used with object),
to fix by the root.
- dinette
-
noun,
a small space or alcove, often in or near the kitchen, serving as an informal dining area.
- Nereids
-
noun,
any elongate cylindrical worm of the polychaete family Nereididae, including clamworms.
- insider
-
noun,
a person who is a member of a group, organization, society, etc.
- diorite
-
noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting essentially of plagioclase feldspar and hornblende.
- diaries
-
noun,
a daily record, usually private, especially of the writer's own experiences, observations, feelings, attitudes, etc.
- detrain
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verb (used without object),
to alight from a railway train; arrive by train.
- ritters
-
noun,
a knight.
- Nidaros
-
noun,
former name of Trondheim.
- risotto
-
noun,
a dish of rice cooked with broth and flavored with grated cheese and other ingredients.
- Niteroi
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Rio de Janeiro state, in SE Brazil.
- diester
-
noun,
an organic compound that contains two ester groups.
- ridotto
-
noun,
a public ball or dance with music and often in masquerade, popular in the 18th century.
- dineros
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Peru, the 10th part of a sol.
- teredos
-
noun,
a shipworm of the genus Teredo.
- roadeos
-
noun,
a competition, usually held annually, for professional truck drivers testing driving skill.
- terrain
-
noun,
a tract of land, especially as considered with reference to its natural features, military advantages, etc.
- diaster
-
noun,
the stage in mitosis at which the chromosomes, after their division and separation, are grouped near the poles of the spindle.
- Detroit
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noun,
a city in SE Michigan, on the Detroit River.
- Rosette
-
noun,
any arrangement, part, object, or formation more or less resembling a rose.
- instate
-
verb (used with object),
to put or place in a certain state or position, as in an office; install.
- Dreiser
-
noun,
Theodore, 1871–1945, U.S. novelist.
- Drosera
-
noun,
any of several insectivorous plants of the genus Drosera, having leaves covered with sticky hairs, comprising the sundews.
- intreat
-
verb (used with or without object),
entreat.
- ironers
-
noun,
a person or thing that irons.
- steato-
-
- ironies
-
noun,
the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning:
- ironist
-
noun,
a person who uses irony habitually, especially a writer.
- sainted
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- Steiner
-
noun,
Jakob [yah-kawp] /ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1796–1863, Swiss mathematician.
- tandoor
-
noun,
a cylindrical clay oven, fired to a high heat by wood or charcoal, in which foods, especially meats, are cooked and bread is baked.
- sadiron
-
noun,
Northern, North Midland, and Western U.S. Older Use. a flatiron that is pointed at both ends and has a detachable handle.
- Isadore
-
noun,
a male given name: from the Greek word meaning “gift of Isis.”.
- stearo-
-
- rotters
-
noun,
a thoroughly bad, worthless, or objectionable person.
- isation
-
- 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.
- stridor
-
noun,
a harsh, grating, or creaking sound.
- striate
-
adjective,
striated.
- tarries
-
noun,
a stay; sojourn.
- iodates
-
noun,
Chemistry. a salt of iodic acid, as sodium iodate, NaIO 3 .
- sterno-
-
- 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.
- stertor
-
noun,
a heavy snoring sound accompanying respiration in certain diseases.
- iodines
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noun,
a nonmetallic halogen element occurring at ordinary temperatures as a grayish-black crystalline solid that sublimes to a dense violet vapor when heated: used in medicine as an antiseptic. Symbol: I; atomic weight: 126.904; atomic number: 53; specific gravity: (solid) 4.93 at 20°C.
- Eastern
-
adjective,
lying toward or situated in the east:
- stereo-
-
- satinet
-
noun,
a satin-weave fabric made with cotton warp and wool filling, fulled and finished to resemble wool.
- Introit
-
noun,
Roman Catholic Church. a part of a psalm with antiphon recited by the celebrant of the Mass at the foot of the altar and, at High Mass, sung by the choir when the priest begins the Mass.
- Stentor
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) a Greek herald with a loud voice.
- earnest
-
noun,
full seriousness, as of intention or purpose:
- storied
-
noun,
a narrative, either true or fictitious, in prose or verse, designed to interest, amuse, or instruct the hearer or reader; tale.
- sardine
-
noun,
the pilchard, Sardina pilchardus, often preserved in oil and used for food.
- edition
-
noun,
one of a series of printings of the same book, newspaper, etc., each issued at a different time and differing from another by alterations, additions, etc. (distinguished from impression).
- strati-
-
- strato-
-
- Isidora
-
noun,
a female given name.
- tarsier
-
noun,
a small, arboreal, nocturnal primate of the genus Tarsius, of Indonesia and the Philippines, having a long thin tail, very large immobile eyes, and prominent pads on the fingers and toes: all populations are dwindling.
- roaster
-
noun,
a contrivance for roasting something, as an oven, a pan for roasting meat, or a machine for roasting coffee beans.
- distort
-
verb (used with object),
to twist awry or out of shape; make crooked or deformed:
- natters
-
noun,
a conversation; chat.
- starter
-
noun,
a person or thing that starts.
- ditties
-
noun,
a poem intended to be sung.
- roister
-
verb (used without object),
to act in a swaggering, boisterous, or uproarious manner.
- instead
-
Idioms,
instead of, in place of; in lieu of:
- rodents
-
noun,
a rodent mammal.
- distent
-
adjective,
distended.
- Ronsard
-
noun,
Pierre de [pyer duh] /pyɛr də/ (Show IPA), 1524–85, French poet.
- distant
-
adjective,
far off or apart in space; not near at hand; remote or removed (often followed by from):
- distain
-
verb (used with object),
to discolor; stain; sully.
- disroot
-
verb (used with object),
to uproot; dislodge.
- disrate
-
verb (used with object),
to reduce to a lower rating or rank.
- starred
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- tenters
-
noun,
a framework on which cloth in the process of manufacture is stretched so it may set or dry evenly.
- dirties
-
Idioms,
do (someone) dirty, Slang. to treat unfairly or reprehensibly, as by cheating or slandering.
- endorse
-
noun,
Heraldry. a narrow pale, about one quarter the usual width and usually repeated several times.
- 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.
- isotone
-
noun,
one of two or more atoms having an equal number of neutrons but different atomic numbers.
- donates
-
verb (used with object),
to present as a gift, grant, or contribution; make a donation of, as to a fund or cause:
- tartine
-
noun,
a fancy French open-faced sandwich topped with spreadable ingredients.
- station
-
noun,
a place or position in which a person or thing is normally located.
- rotator
-
noun,
a person or thing that rotates.
- Tartini
-
noun,
Giuseppe [joo-zep-pe] /dʒuˈzɛp pɛ/ (Show IPA), 1692–1770, Italian violinist and composer.
- rotates
-
adjective,
wheel-shaped: applied especially to a gamopetalous short-tubed corolla with a spreading limb.
- iterant
-
adjective,
characterized by repetition; repeating.
- iterate
-
verb (used with object),
to utter again or repeatedly.
- Rostand
-
noun,
Edmond [ed-mawn] /ɛdˈmɔ̃/ (Show IPA), 1868–1918, French dramatist and poet.
- rooster
-
noun,
the male of domestic fowl and certain game birds; cock.
- endears
-
verb (used with object),
to make dear, esteemed, or beloved:
- Rosetta
-
noun,
a town in N Egypt, at a mouth of the Nile.
- tenders
-
noun,
the act of tendering; an offer of something for acceptance.
- roseate
-
adjective,
tinged with rose; rosy:
- Tenedos
-
noun,
an island in the Aegean, near the entrance to the Dardanelles, belonging to Turkey.
- Rosario
-
noun,
a port in E Argentina, on the Paraná River.
- rooters
-
noun,
a person, animal, or thing that roots, as with the snout.
- Ettarre
-
noun,
the vain and heartless lady beloved by Sir Pelleas.
- raiders
-
noun,
a person or thing that raids.
- entero-
-
- traders
-
noun,
a person who trades; a merchant or businessperson.
- arenite
-
noun,
psammite.
- oration
-
noun,
a formal public speech, especially one delivered on a special occasion, as on an anniversary, at a funeral, or at academic exercises.
- tortoni
-
noun,
ice cream made with eggs and heavy cream, often containing chopped cherries or topped with minced almonds or crumbled macaroons.
- errands
-
noun,
a short and quick trip to accomplish a specific purpose, as to buy something, deliver a package, or convey a message, often for someone else.
- ordains
-
verb (used with object),
to invest with ministerial or sacerdotal functions; confer holy orders upon.
- Anteros
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a brother of Eros, most often regarded as the avenger of unrequited love.
- antero-
-
- readies
-
noun,
the state or condition of being ready.
- torsion
-
noun,
the act of twisting.
- readers
-
noun,
a person who reads.
- trainee
-
noun,
a person being trained, especially in a vocation; apprentice.
- 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.
- Trainer
-
noun,
a person or thing that trains.
- seriate
-
adjective,
arranged or occurring in one or more series.
- traitor
-
noun,
a person who betrays another, a cause, or any trust.
- aneroid
-
noun,
aneroid barometer.
- oreides
-
noun,
oroide.
- arenose
-
adjective,
sandy; gritty.
- orarion
-
noun,
a stole worn by deacons.
- Transit
-
noun,
the act or fact of passing across or through; passage from one place to another.
- toroids
-
noun,
a surface generated by the revolution of any closed plane curve or contour about an axis lying in its plane.
- oneidas
-
noun,
a member of an Iroquois people formerly inhabiting the region east of Oneida Lake.
- arseno-
-
- indorse
-
verb (used with object),
endorse.
- tornado
-
noun,
a localized, violently destructive windstorm occurring over land, especially in the Middle West, and characterized by a long, funnel-shaped cloud extending toward the ground and made visible by condensation and debris.
Compare waterspout (def 3).
- erodent
-
adjective,
eroding; erosive:
- terrane
-
noun,
any rock formation or series of formations or the area in which a particular formation or group of rocks is predominant.
- indoors
-
adverb,
in or into a house or building:
- Torrens
-
noun,
Lake, a salt lake in Australia, in E South Australia. 130 miles (210 km) long; 2400 sq. mi. (6220 sq. km); 25 feet (8 meters) below sea level.
- erosion
-
noun,
the act or state of eroding; state of being eroded.
- aristo-
-
- torrent
-
noun,
a stream of water flowing with great rapidity and violence.
- Torreon
-
noun,
a city in N Mexico.
- Ariosto
-
noun,
Ludovico [loo-daw-vee-kaw] /ˌlu dɔˈvi kɔ/ (Show IPA), 1474–1533, Italian poet: author of Orlando Furioso.
- redroot
-
noun,
a North American plant, Lachnanthes caroliniana (or L. tinctoria), having sword-shaped leaves, woolly, yellowish flowers, and a root that is red in color.
- torsade
-
noun,
a twisted cord.
- indites
-
verb (used with object),
to compose or write, as a poem.
- Aretino
-
noun,
Pietro [pye-traw] /ˈpyɛ trɔ/ (Show IPA), 1492–1556, Italian satirist and dramatist.
- snorter
-
noun,
a person or thing that snorts.
- tranter
-
noun,
a peddler, hawker, or carrier using a horse and cart.
- arteri-
-
- Tristan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Tristram.
- osteoid
-
adjective,
resembling bone; bonelike.
- estrade
-
noun,
a slightly raised platform in a room or hall.
- adornos
-
noun,
relief ornament applied to a piece.
- estreat
-
noun,
a true copy or extract of an original writing or record, as of a fine.
- triodes
-
noun,
a vacuum tube containing three elements, usually anode, cathode, and control grid.
- 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.
- Otranto
-
noun,
Strait of, a strait between SE Italy and Albania, connecting the Adriatic and the Mediterranean. 44 miles (71 km) wide.
- serried
-
adjective,
pressed together or compacted, as soldiers in rows:
- ratines
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- etesian
-
adjective,
(of certain Mediterranean winds) occurring annually.
- randies
-
noun,
Chiefly Scot. a rude or coarse beggar.
- Randers
-
noun,
a seaport in E Jutland, in Denmark.
- tritone
-
noun,
an interval consisting of three whole tones; an augmented fourth.
- tritons
-
noun,
a positively-charged particle consisting of a proton and two neutrons, equivalent to the nucleus of an atom of tritium.
- Rainier
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic peak in W Washington, in the Cascade Range. 14,408 feet (4392 meters).
- side-on
-
adverb,
with the side or sides foremost, especially in a collision:
- sidero-
-
- 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.
- Trieste
-
noun,
a seaport in NE Italy, on the Gulf of Trieste.
- Oriente
-
noun,
a region in Ecuador, E of the Andes: the border long disputed by Peru.
- oroides
-
noun,
an alloy containing copper, tin, etc., used to imitate gold.
- treason
-
noun,
the offense of acting to overthrow one's government or to harm or kill its sovereign.
- orients
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- 2,4,5-t
-
noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- rattoon
-
noun,
a sprout or shoot from the root of a plant, especially a sugarcane, after it has been cropped.
- Airdrie
-
noun,
a city in central Scotland, near Glasgow.
- rattons
-
noun,
a rat.
- Serrano
-
noun,
a small, green or reddish, extremely hot chili pepper, the fruit of a variety of Capsicum annuum used in cooking.
- Orontes
-
noun,
a river in W Asia, flowing N from Lebanon through NW Syria and then SW past Antioch, Turkey, to the Mediterranean. 250 miles (405 km) long.
- ideates
-
noun,
ideatum.
- ratters
-
noun,
a person, animal, or thing that catches rats, as a terrier or a cat.
- serrate
-
adjective,
Chiefly Biology. notched on the edge like a saw:
- trident
-
noun,
a three-pronged instrument or weapon.
- ratteen
-
noun,
ratiné.
- ratoons
-
noun,
a sprout or shoot from the root of a plant, especially a sugarcane, after it has been cropped.
- trienes
-
noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- ratites
-
noun,
a bird having a ratite breastbone.
- rations
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- renders
-
noun,
Building Trades. a first coat of plaster for a masonry surface.
- Ontario
-
noun,
a province in S Canada, bordering on the Great Lakes. 412,582 sq. mi. (1,068,585 sq. km). Capital: Toronto.
- toreros
-
noun,
a bullfighter, especially a matador.
- 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.
- retrain
-
verb (used with object),
to train again, especially for a different vocation or different tasks.
- retorts
-
noun,
a severe, incisive, or witty reply, especially one that counters a first speaker's statement, argument, etc.
- tetrads
-
noun,
a group of four.
- dearies
-
noun,
darling.
- tetrode
-
noun,
a vacuum tube containing four electrodes, usually a plate, two grids, and a cathode.
- retired
-
noun,
a place of withdrawal; retreat:
- entreat
-
verb (used with object),
to ask (a person) earnestly; beseech; implore; beg:
- entries
-
noun,
an act of entering; entrance.
- 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.
- tertian
-
noun,
Pathology. a tertian fever.
- inroads
-
noun,
a damaging or serious encroachment:
- darters
-
noun,
a person or thing that darts or moves swiftly.
- darners
-
noun,
a person or thing that darns.
- tineids
-
noun,
a moth of the family Tineidae, comprising the clothes moths.
- tinters
-
noun,
a person who specializes in applying tints or dyes.
- retards
-
noun,
a slowing down, diminution, or hindrance, as in a machine.
- retains
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- tirades
-
noun,
a prolonged outburst of bitter, outspoken denunciation:
- deities
-
noun,
a god or goddess.
- retread
-
noun,
a tire that has been retreaded.
- restore
-
verb (used with object),
to bring back into existence, use, or the like; reestablish:
- nitrite
-
noun,
Chemistry. a salt or ester of nitrous acid.
- detents
-
noun,
a mechanism that temporarily keeps one part in a certain position relative to that of another, and can be released by applying force to one of the parts.
- nitrate
-
noun,
Chemistry. a salt or ester of nitric acid, or any compound containing the univalent group –ONO 2 or NO 3 .
- detains
-
verb (used with object),
to keep from proceeding; keep waiting; delay.
- destine
-
verb (used with object),
to set apart for a particular use, purpose, etc.; design; intend.
- destain
-
verb (used with object),
to remove stain (from a specimen) to enhance visibility and contrast of parts.
- 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.
- nitride
-
noun,
a compound, containing two elements only, of which the more electronegative one is nitrogen.
- derries
-
noun,
a meaningless refrain or chorus in old songs.
- terrets
-
noun,
one of the round loops or rings on the saddle of a harness, through which the driving reins pass.
- deniers
-
noun,
a person who denies.
- dentist
-
noun,
a person whose profession is dentistry.
- retsina
-
noun,
a strong, resinated white or red wine of Greece and Cyprus.
- dentate
-
adjective,
having a toothed margin or toothlike projections or processes.
- terries
-
noun,
the loop formed by the pile of a fabric when left uncut.
- terrine
-
noun,
a casserole dish made of pottery.
- denotes
-
verb (used with object),
to be a mark or sign of; indicate:
- entires
-
noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- retreat
-
noun,
the forced or strategic withdrawal of an army or an armed force before an enemy, or the withdrawing of a naval force from action.
- dairies
-
noun,
an establishment, as a room, building, or buildings, where milk and cream are kept and butter and cheese are made.
- notates
-
verb (used with object),
to note, mark, or set down in a system of notation:
- inertia
-
noun,
inertness, especially with regard to effort, motion, action, and the like; inactivity; sluggishness.
- odorant
-
noun,
an odorous substance or product.
- toadies
-
noun,
an obsequious flatterer; sycophant.
- erasion
-
noun,
the act of erasing.
- toaster
-
noun,
an instrument or appliance for toasting bread, muffins, etc.
- astride
-
preposition,
with a leg on each side of; straddling:
- Eritrea
-
noun,
a republic in NE Africa, on the Red Sea: Italian colony 1890–1941; province of Ethiopia 1962–93; independent since 1993. 47,076 sq. mi. (121,927 sq. km). Capital: Asmara.
- odonate
-
noun,
any of numerous large predatory aquatic insects of the order Odonata, occurring worldwide and characterized by two pairs of membranous wings.
- reredos
-
noun,
a screen or a decorated part of the wall behind an altar in a church.
- rereads
-
noun,
the act of reading something again.
- atonies
-
noun,
Pathology. lack of tone or energy; muscular weakness, especially in a contractile organ.
- 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.
- Tootsie
-
noun,
a sweetheart; darling.
- 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.
- rentier
-
noun,
a person who has a fixed income, as from lands or bonds.
- soredia
-
noun,
a group of algal cells surrounded by hyphal tissue, occurring on the surface of the thallus and functioning in vegetative reproduction.
- artiste
-
noun,
an artist, especially an actor, singer, dancer, or other public performer.
- sordino
-
noun,
mute (def 10).
- inedita
-
plural noun,
unpublished literary works.
- astroid
-
noun,
a hypocycloid with four cusps.
- retires
-
noun,
a place of withdrawal; retreat:
- senator
-
noun,
a member of a senate.
- attorns
-
verb (used with object),
to turn over to another; transfer.
- titians
-
noun,
(Tiziano Vecellio) c1477–1576, Italian painter.
- re-sort
-
verb (used with object),
to sort or arrange (cards, papers, etc.) again.
- restate
-
verb (used with object),
to state again or in a new way.
- attends
-
verb (used with object),
to be present at:
- attires
-
noun,
clothes or apparel, especially rich or splendid garments.
- Serena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- intra-
-
- intros
-
noun,
an introduction.
- seater
-
noun,
a person or thing that seats.
- iodate
-
noun,
Chemistry. a salt of iodic acid, as sodium iodate, NaIO 3 .
- set-in
-
adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- inter.
-
- Indore
-
noun,
a former state in central India: now part of Madhya Pradesh.
- set-to
-
noun,
a usually brief, sharp fight or argument.
- instr.
-
- 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.
- iatro-
-
- setter
-
noun,
a person or thing that sets.
- seniti
-
noun,
a bronze or brass coin and monetary unit of Tonga, the 100th part of a pa'anga.
- sedate
-
adjective,
calm, quiet, or composed; undisturbed by passion or excitement:
- 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.
- insert
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- serein
-
noun,
fine rain falling after sunset from a sky in which no clouds are visible.
- Indies
-
noun,
the. (used with a plural verb) West Indies (def 1).
- intro.
-
- Sendai
-
noun,
a city on NE Honshu, in central Japan.
- inside
-
noun,
the inner or internal part; interior:
- Indris
-
noun,
a short-tailed lemur, Indri indri, of Madagascar, about 2 feet (60 cm) in length: an endangered species.
- Sender
-
noun,
a person or thing that sends.
- indoor
-
adjective,
occurring, used, etc., in a house or building, rather than out of doors:
- indite
-
verb (used with object),
to compose or write, as a poem.
- instar
-
noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- ideate
-
noun,
ideatum.
- inroad
-
noun,
a damaging or serious encroachment:
- seiner
-
noun,
a person who fishes with a seine.
- 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;
- Senior
-
noun,
a person who is older than another.
- inters
-
verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- intoed
-
adjective,
having inwardly turned toes.
- niters
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- iodine
-
noun,
a nonmetallic halogen element occurring at ordinary temperatures as a grayish-black crystalline solid that sublimes to a dense violet vapor when heated: used in medicine as an antiseptic. Symbol: I; atomic weight: 126.904; atomic number: 53; specific gravity: (solid) 4.93 at 20°C.
- render
-
noun,
Building Trades. a first coat of plaster for a masonry surface.
- orders
-
noun,
an authoritative direction or instruction; command; mandate.
- ordain
-
verb (used with object),
to invest with ministerial or sacerdotal functions; confer holy orders upon.
- reason
-
noun,
a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.:
- orator
-
noun,
a person who delivers an oration; a public speaker, especially one of great eloquence:
- orates
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- redans
-
noun,
a V -shaped work, usually projecting from a fortified line.
- redoes
-
noun,
the act or an instance of redoing.
- ootids
-
noun,
the cell that results from the meiotic divisions of an oocyte and matures into an ovum.
- Reiner
-
noun,
Fritz, 1888–1963, Hungarian conductor in the U.S.
- onside
-
adjective, adverb,
not offside; being within the prescribed line or area at the beginning of or during play or a play.
- Renard
-
noun,
Reynard.
- Oneida
-
noun,
a member of an Iroquois people formerly inhabiting the region east of Oneida Lake.
- oreads
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. any of a group of nymphs who were the companions of Artemis.
- Renoir
-
noun,
Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1894–1979, French film director and writer.
- renter
-
noun,
a person or organization that holds, or has the use of, property by payment of rent.
- rentes
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- reread
-
noun,
the act of reading something again.
- reseat
-
verb (used with object),
to provide with a new seat or new seats.
- Odette
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Odetta
-
noun,
(Odetta Holmes) 1930–2008, U.S. folk singer.
- Reseda
-
noun,
a grayish green.
- resend
-
verb (used with object),
to send again.
- Odense
-
noun,
a seaport on Fyn island, in S Denmark.
- 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.
- reside
-
noun,
a piece or section of siding:
- Reader
-
noun,
a person who reads.
- oreide
-
noun,
oroide.
- resort
-
noun,
a place to which people frequently or generally go for relaxation or pleasure, especially one providing rest and recreation facilities for vacationers:
- raters
-
noun,
a person who makes rates or ratings.
- 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.
- Radnor
-
noun,
a town in SE Pennsylvania, near Philadelphia.
- radios
-
noun,
wireless telegraphy or telephony:
- radio-
-
- raised
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- raisin
-
noun,
a grape of any of various sweet varieties dried in the sun or by artificial means, often used in cookery.
- ranees
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- ottars
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- ranids
-
noun,
frog1 (def 2).
- otitis
-
noun,
inflammation of the ear.
- otiose
-
adjective,
being at leisure; idle; indolent.
- raster
-
noun,
Television. a pattern of scanning lines covering the area upon which the image is projected in the cathode-ray tube or liquid-crystal display of a television set or other screen.
- osteo-
-
- 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.
- Ostend
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Belgium.
- ratine
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- ration
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- ratite
-
noun,
a bird having a ratite breastbone.
- ratoon
-
noun,
a sprout or shoot from the root of a plant, especially a sugarcane, after it has been cropped.
- ratter
-
noun,
a person, animal, or thing that catches rats, as a terrier or a cat.
- oroide
-
noun,
an alloy containing copper, tin, etc., used to imitate gold.
- ratton
-
noun,
a rat.
- ornate
-
adjective,
elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so:
- Orinda
-
noun,
a town in W California.
- Orient
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- Orense
-
noun,
a city in N Spain, NW of Madrid.
- oaters
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- Reston
-
noun,
James (Barrett) ("Scotty") 1909–1995, U.S. journalist, born in Scotland.
- satori
-
noun,
sudden enlightenment.
- ironer
-
noun,
a person or thing that irons.
- Rosita
-
noun,
a female given name, Spanish form of Rose.
- roster
-
noun,
a list of persons or groups, as of military personnel or units with their turns or periods of duty.
- rostra
-
noun,
a plural of rostrum.
- rotate
-
adjective,
wheel-shaped: applied especially to a gamopetalous short-tubed corolla with a spreading limb.
- Istria
-
noun,
a peninsula at the N end of the Adriatic, in SW Slovenia and W Croatia.
- rotors
-
noun,
Electricity. a rotating member of a machine.
Compare stator (def 1).
- Isidor
-
noun,
a male given name.
- rotten
-
adjective,
decomposing or decaying; putrid; tainted, foul, or bad-smelling.
- rotter
-
noun,
a thoroughly bad, worthless, or objectionable person.
- isatin
-
noun,
a yellowish-red or orange, crystalline, water-soluble solid, C 8 H 5 NO 2 , used chiefly in the synthesis of vat dyes.
- rottes
-
noun,
rote2 .
- 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.
- Sander
-
noun,
a person or thing that sands or sandpapers.
- nadirs
-
noun,
Astronomy. the point on the celestial sphere directly beneath a given position or observer and diametrically opposite the zenith.
- Sandie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Sandro.
- Sandor
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Sandro
-
noun,
a male given name.
- irido-
-
- irides
-
noun,
a plural of iris.
- Santee
-
noun,
a city in SW California.
- santir
-
noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- irades
-
noun,
a decree of a Muslim ruler.
- Sarton
-
noun,
May, 1912–95, U.S. poet, novelist, and playwright.
- Sartre
-
noun,
Jean-Paul [zhahn-pawl] /ʒɑ̃ˈpɔl/ (Show IPA), 1905–80, French philosopher, novelist, and dramatist: declined 1964 Nobel Prize in literature.
- sateen
-
noun,
a strong cotton fabric constructed in satin weave and having a lustrous face.
- satire
-
noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- Rosina
-
noun,
a female given name, Italian form of Rose.
- Naoise
-
noun,
the husband of Deirdre and a nephew of Conchobar, by whom he was treacherously killed.
- retain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- rident
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- retard
-
noun,
a slowing down, diminution, or hindrance, as in a machine.
- notate
-
verb (used with object),
to note, mark, or set down in a system of notation:
- 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.
- Norris
-
noun,
Charles Gilman, 1881–1945, U.S. novelist and editor.
- 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.
- norias
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- retire
-
noun,
a place of withdrawal; retreat:
- retort
-
noun,
a severe, incisive, or witty reply, especially one that counters a first speaker's statement, argument, etc.
- nodose
-
adjective,
having nodes.
- retro-
-
- nitro-
-
- nitres
-
noun,
niter.
- riders
-
noun,
a person who rides a horse or other animal, a bicycle, etc.
- rooter
-
noun,
a person, animal, or thing that roots, as with the snout.
- Ritter
-
noun,
a knight.
- roadeo
-
noun,
a competition, usually held annually, for professional truck drivers testing driving skill.
- Nestor
-
noun,
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- 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.
- 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.
- Nereis
-
noun,
clamworm.
- Nereid
-
noun,
any elongate cylindrical worm of the polychaete family Nereididae, including clamworms.
- rodent
-
noun,
a rodent mammal.
- rodeos
-
noun,
a public exhibition of cowboy skills, as bronco riding and calf roping.
- rondos
-
noun,
a work or movement, often the last movement of a sonata, having one principal subject that is stated at least three times in the same key and to which return is made after the introduction of each subordinate theme.
- natter
-
noun,
a conversation; chat.
- rooted
-
noun,
a part of the body of a plant that develops, typically, from the radicle and grows downward into the soil, anchoring the plant and absorbing nutriment and moisture.
- Sierra
-
noun,
a chain of hills or mountains, the peaks of which suggest the teeth of a saw.
- Terris
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- attorn
-
verb (used with object),
to turn over to another; transfer.
- arride
-
verb (used with object),
to be agreeable or pleasing to.
- ariose
-
adjective,
characterized by melody; songlike.
- arioso
-
noun,
an arioso composition or section.
- torose
-
adjective,
Botany. cylindrical, with swellings or constrictions at intervals; knobbed.
- teiids
-
noun,
any of a large group of chiefly tropical New World lizards of the family Teiidae, as the racerunner, caiman lizard, or whiptail, characterized by large rectangular scales on the belly and a long tail.
- tender
-
noun,
the act of tendering; an offer of something for acceptance.
- aroids
-
noun,
any plant of the arum family.
- aroint
-
verb (imperative),
begone:
- tenets
-
noun,
any opinion, principle, doctrine, dogma, etc., especially one held as true by members of a profession, group, or movement.
- doater
-
noun,
doter.
- tenias
-
noun,
taenia.
- toroid
-
noun,
a surface generated by the revolution of any closed plane curve or contour about an axis lying in its plane.
- arrest
-
noun,
the taking of a person into legal custody, as by officers of the law.
- Dnestr
-
noun,
Russian name of Dniester.
- donate
-
verb (used with object),
to present as a gift, grant, or contribution; make a donation of, as to a fund or cause:
- Torino
-
noun,
Turin.
- dittos
-
noun,
the aforesaid; the above; the same (used in accounts, lists, etc., to avoid repetition). Symbol: ″. Abbreviation: do.
Compare ditto mark.
- 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.
- tensor
-
noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
- Tories
-
noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- distr.
-
- tented
-
noun,
a portable shelter of skins, canvas, plastic, or the like, supported by one or more poles or a frame and often secured by ropes fastened to pegs in the ground.
- tenter
-
noun,
a framework on which cloth in the process of manufacture is stretched so it may set or dry evenly.
- tentie
-
adjective,
tenty.
- artist
-
noun,
a person who produces works in any of the arts that are primarily subject to aesthetic criteria.
- Artois
-
noun,
a former province in N France: artesian wells.
- torrid
-
adjective,
subject to parching or burning heat, especially of the sun, as a geographical area:
- teaser
-
noun,
a person or thing that teases.
- terat-
-
- tortes
-
noun,
a rich cake, especially one containing little or no flour, usually made with eggs and ground nuts or bread crumbs.
- taints
-
noun,
a trace of something bad, offensive, or harmful.
- trades
-
noun,
the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries:
- tanist
-
noun,
the successor apparent to a Celtic chief, usually the oldest or worthiest of his kin, chosen by election among the tribe during the chief's lifetime.
- drains
-
noun,
something, as a pipe or conduit, by which a liquid drains.
- trader
-
noun,
a person who trades; a merchant or businessperson.
- Dottie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Dorothea and Dorothy.
- antres
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- aorist
-
noun,
a verb tense, as in Classical Greek, expressing action or, in the indicative mood, past action, without further limitation or implication.
- ardent
-
adjective,
having, expressive of, or characterized by intense feeling; passionate; fervent:
- dorter
-
noun,
a dormitory, especially in a monastery.
- tarots
-
noun,
any of a set of 22 playing cards bearing allegorical representations, used for fortunetelling and as trump cards in tarok.
- dorsi-
-
- Dorset
-
noun,
1st Earl of, Thomas Sackville.
- ardors
-
noun,
great warmth of feeling; fervor; passion:
- donees
-
noun,
a person to whom a gift is made.
- dorser
-
noun,
dosser1 .
- tarso-
-
- Arendt
-
noun,
Hannah, 1906–75, U.S. author, political scientist, and teacher, born in Germany.
- dories
-
noun,
a boat with a narrow, flat bottom, high bow, and flaring sides.
- 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).
- Doreen
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Dorati
-
noun,
Antal [ahn-tahl;; Hungarian on-tol] /ˈɑn tɑl;; Hungarian ˈɒn tɒl/ (Show IPA), 1906–1988, Hungarian conductor, in the U.S.
- taster
-
noun,
a person who tastes, especially one skilled in distinguishing the qualities of liquors, tea, etc., by the taste.
- taters
-
noun,
potato.
- donsie
-
adjective,
Midland U.S. somewhat sick, weak, or lacking in vitality; not completely well.
- donors
-
noun,
a person who gives or donates.
- aretes
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- 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.
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- teredo
-
noun,
a shipworm of the genus Teredo.
- trains
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- Darien
-
noun,
Gulf of, an arm of the Caribbean between NE Panama and NW Colombia.
- tetrad
-
noun,
a group of four.
- tetras
-
noun,
any of several tropical, freshwater fishes of the family Characidae, often kept in aquariums.
- to-dos
-
noun,
bustle; fuss:
- tidies
-
noun,
any of various articles for keeping things tidy, as a box having small drawers and compartments.
- tie-in
-
noun,
an arrangement or campaign whereby related products are promoted, marketed, or sold together:
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- tineas
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- darter
-
noun,
a person or thing that darts or moves swiftly.
- Darren
-
noun,
a male given name.
- tineid
-
noun,
a moth of the family Tineidae, comprising the clothes moths.
- darner
-
noun,
a person or thing that darns.
- Ateste
-
noun,
ancient name of Este.
- astron
-
- tinter
-
noun,
a person who specializes in applying tints or dyes.
- atones
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- tirade
-
noun,
a prolonged outburst of bitter, outspoken denunciation:
- Danite
-
noun,
a member of the tribe of Dan.
- danios
-
noun,
any of several cyprinid fishes of the genera Danio and Brachydanio, of India and Sri Lanka, often kept in aquariums.
- titres
-
noun,
titer.
- Dairen
-
noun,
former Japanese name of Dalian (def 2).
- tisane
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- titans
-
noun,
Classical Mythology.
any of the sons of Uranus and Gaea, including Coeus, Crius, Cronus, Hyperion, Iapetus, and Oceanus.
Also, Titaness. any of the sisters of these, including Mnemosyne, Phoebe, Rhea, Tethys, Themis, and Thia.
any of the offspring of the children of Uranus and Gaea.
- attend
-
verb (used with object),
to be present at:
- attire
-
noun,
clothes or apparel, especially rich or splendid garments.
- titers
-
noun,
the strength of a solution as determined by titration with a standard substance.
- Titian
-
noun,
(Tiziano Vecellio) c1477–1576, Italian painter.
- tetra-
-
- teston
-
noun,
a former silver coin of France, equal at various times to between 10 and 14½ sols, bearing on the obverse a bust of the reigning king.
- Teresa
-
noun,
Mother (Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu) 1910–97, Albanian nun: Nobel Peace Prize 1979 for work in the slums of Calcutta, India.
- 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.
- diners
-
noun,
a person who dines.
- dinero
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Peru, the 10th part of a sol.
- dinars
-
noun,
any of various former coins of the Near East, especially gold coins issued by Islamic governments.
- torero
-
noun,
a bullfighter, especially a matador.
- ternes
-
noun,
terne metal.
- dienes
-
noun,
any compound, as 1,3-butadiene, CH 2 =CH−CH=CH 2 , that contains two double bonds.
- astern
-
adverb,
in a position behind a specified vessel or aircraft:
- toners
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- detest
-
verb (used with object),
to feel abhorrence of; hate; dislike intensely.
- deters
-
verb (used with object),
to discourage or restrain from acting or proceeding:
- detent
-
noun,
a mechanism that temporarily keeps one part in a certain position relative to that of another, and can be released by applying force to one of the parts.
- detain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep from proceeding; keep waiting; delay.
- desire
-
noun,
a longing or craving, as for something that brings satisfaction or enjoyment:
- Derris
-
noun,
any East Indian plant belonging to the genus Derris, of the legume family, especially D. elliptica, the roots of which contain rotenone and are used as an insecticide.
- tester
-
noun,
a person or thing that tests.
- terras
-
noun,
earth; land.
- terret
-
noun,
one of the round loops or rings on the saddle of a harness, through which the driving reins pass.
- Derain
-
noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1880–1954, French painter.
- denti-
-
- toe-in
-
noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- dentes
-
noun,
plural of dens.
- denote
-
verb (used with object),
to be a mark or sign of; indicate:
- Denise
-
noun,
a female given name: derived from Denis.
- denies
-
Idioms,
deny oneself, to refrain from satisfying one's desires or needs; practice self-denial.
- denier
-
noun,
a person who denies.
- orison
-
noun,
a prayer.
- Astrid
-
noun,
a female given name: from Scandinavian, meaning “divine strength.”.
- astro-
-
- aniso-
-
- dorso-
-
- tainos
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- stator
-
noun,
Electricity, Machinery. a portion of a machine that remains fixed with respect to rotating parts, especially the collection of stationary parts in the magnetic circuits of a machine.
Compare rotor (def 1).
- raider
-
noun,
a person or thing that raids.
- triers
-
noun,
a person or thing that tries or tests; tester.
- Enders
-
noun,
John Franklin, 1897–1985, U.S. bacteriologist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1954.
- triose
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- endear
-
verb (used with object),
to make dear, esteemed, or beloved:
- stated
-
noun,
the condition of a person or thing, as with respect to circumstances or attributes:
- enates
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- stater
-
noun,
any of various gold or silver or electrum coin units or coins of the ancient Greek states or cities.
- 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.
- soiree
-
noun,
an evening party or social gathering, especially one held for a particular purpose:
- triste
-
adjective,
sad; sorrowful; melancholy.
- adient
-
adjective,
tending to move toward a stimulus.
- eiders
-
noun,
eider duck.
- aeron.
-
- triads
-
noun,
a group of three, especially of three closely related persons or things.
- steno-
-
- 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:
- sortie
-
noun,
a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
- sit-in
-
noun,
any organized protest in which a group of people peacefully occupy and refuse to leave a premises:
- Edison
-
noun,
Thomas Alva [al-vuh] /ˈæl və/ (Show IPA), 1847–1931, U.S. inventor, especially of electrical devices.
- sodio-
-
- Aeneid
-
noun,
a Latin epic poem by Vergil, recounting the adventures of Aeneas after the fall of Troy.
- Trento
-
noun,
Italian name of Trent.
- Sondra
-
noun,
a female given name.
- eraser
-
noun,
a device, as a piece of rubber or cloth, for erasing marks made with pen, pencil, chalk, etc.
- sorted
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- Ernest
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “vigor, intent.”.
- sotted
-
adjective,
drunken; besotted.
- adorno
-
noun,
relief ornament applied to a piece.
- Sooner
-
noun,
a person who settles on government land before it is legally opened to settlers in order to gain the choice of location.
- adorns
-
verb (used with object),
to decorate or add beauty to, as by ornaments:
- adren-
-
- Sonora
-
noun,
a state in NW Mexico. 70,484 sq. mi. (182,555 sq. km). Capital: Hermosillo.
- erodes
-
verb (used with object),
to eat into or away; destroy by slow consumption or disintegration:
Synonyms: corrode, waste, ravage, spoil.
Antonyms: strengthen, reinforce.
- adores
-
verb (used with object),
to regard with the utmost esteem, love, and respect; honor.
- enroot
-
verb (used with object),
to fix by the root.
- adreno
-
- adroit
-
adjective,
expert or nimble in the use of the hands or body.
- 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.
- eroto-
-
- trines
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- entire
-
noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- 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:
- enter-
-
- errand
-
noun,
a short and quick trip to accomplish a specific purpose, as to buy something, deliver a package, or convey a message, often for someone else.
- errant
-
adjective,
deviating from the regular or proper course; erring; straying.
- Edirne
-
noun,
a city in NW Turkey, in the European part.
- adeno-
-
- Triton
-
noun,
a positively-charged particle consisting of a proton and two neutrons, equivalent to the nucleus of an atom of tritium.
- Andros
-
noun,
Sir Edmund, 1637–1714, British governor in the American colonies, 1686–89, 1692–98.
- 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.
- treasr
-
- treads
-
noun,
the action of treading, stepping, or walking.
- Strain
-
noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- 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.
- Strait
-
noun,
Often, straits. (used with a singular verb) a narrow passage of water connecting two large bodies of water.
- Strand
-
noun,
the land bordering the sea, a lake, or a river; shore; beach.
- Street
-
noun,
a public thoroughfare, usually paved, in a village, town, or city, including the sidewalk or sidewalks.
- andro-
-
- 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.
- stoner
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
- sirdar
-
noun,
(in India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan) a military chief or leader.
- stride
-
noun,
a striding manner or a striding gait.
- sinter
-
noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- Strine
-
noun,
Australian English.
- droits
-
noun,
a legal right or claim.
- strode
-
noun,
a striding manner or a striding gait.
- transe
-
noun,
a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
- trans.
-
- driest
-
noun,
a prohibitionist.
- treats
-
noun,
entertainment, food, drink, etc., given by way of compliment or as an expression of friendly regard.
- Sirena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- sirree
-
noun,
(used as an intensive with no or yes):
- easier
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- Sterne
-
noun,
Laurence, 1713–68, English clergyman and novelist.
- Sitter
-
noun,
a person who sits.
- estate
-
noun,
a piece of landed property, especially one of large extent with an elaborate house on it:
- trends
-
noun,
the general course or prevailing tendency; drift:
- sitten
-
verb,
past participle of sit1 .
- Easton
-
noun,
a city in E Pennsylvania, on the Delaware River.
- 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.
- treens
-
noun,
treenware.
- triode
-
noun,
a vacuum tube containing three elements, usually anode, cathode, and control grid.
- Estrin
-
noun,
estrone.
- stoned
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- to-do
-
noun,
bustle; fuss:
- tsadi
-
noun,
sadhe.
- 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.
- toast
-
noun,
sliced bread that has been browned by dry heat.
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- raids
-
noun,
a sudden assault or attack, as upon something to be seized or suppressed:
- 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.
- rands
-
noun,
(in shoemaking) a strip of leather set in a shoe at the heel before the lifts are attached.
- trots
-
noun,
the gait of a horse, dog, or other quadruped, when trotting.
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- rason
-
noun,
a long, loose, black gown with wide sleeves, worn by the clergy.
- reset
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- titre
-
noun,
titer.
- Ranee
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- trite
-
adjective,
lacking in freshness or effectiveness because of constant use or excessive repetition; hackneyed; stale:
- 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.
- Troad
-
noun,
The, a region in NW Asia Minor surrounding ancient Troy.
- 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).
- ranid
-
noun,
frog1 (def 2).
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- rares
-
adjective,
coming or occurring far apart in time; unusual; uncommon:
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- rente
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- rater
-
noun,
a person who makes rates or ratings.
- Reade
-
noun,
Charles, 1814–84, English novelist.
- Redon
-
noun,
Odilon [ohd-l-on;; French aw-dee-lawn] /ˈoʊd lˌɒn;; French ɔ diˈlɔ̃/ (Show IPA), 1840–1916, French painter and etcher.
- 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.
- trend
-
noun,
the general course or prevailing tendency; drift:
- redia
-
noun,
a cylindrical larval stage of some trematodes, produced by a sporocyst and giving rise to daughter rediae or to cercariae.
- redes
-
noun,
counsel; advice.
- treen
-
noun,
treenware.
- 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.
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- Redan
-
noun,
a V -shaped work, usually projecting from a fortified line.
- torso
-
noun,
the trunk of the human body.
- TREAT
-
noun,
entertainment, food, drink, etc., given by way of compliment or as an expression of friendly regard.
- Trent
-
noun,
Italian Trento. Ancient Tridentum. a city in N Italy, on the Adige River.
- Torte
-
noun,
a rich cake, especially one containing little or no flour, usually made with eggs and ground nuts or bread crumbs.
- treas
-
- tread
-
noun,
the action of treading, stepping, or walking.
- Titos
-
noun,
Marshal (Josip Broz) 1891–1980, president of Yugoslavia 1953–80.
- torts
-
noun,
a wrongful act, not including a breach of contract or trust, that results in injury to another's person, property, reputation, or the like, and for which the injured party is entitled to compensation.
- rears
-
- totes
-
noun,
the act or course of toting.
- toti-
-
- trade
-
noun,
the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries:
- reads
-
noun,
an act or instance of reading:
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- redos
-
noun,
the act or an instance of redoing.
- toros
-
noun,
a bull.
- tondo
-
noun,
a round painting or relief.
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- tones
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- tonia
-
- tono-
-
- toons
-
noun,
an Asian tree, Cedrela toona, of the mahogany family, yielding an aromatic red wood used for furniture, carving, etc.
- toots
-
noun,
an affectionate or familiar term of address; honey; baby (sometimes offensive when used to strangers, casual acquaintances, subordinates, etc., especially by a male to a female).
- 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.
- toran
-
noun,
(in Indian Buddhist and Hindu architecture) a gateway having two or three lintels between two posts.
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- ratio
-
noun,
the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:
- trait
-
noun,
a distinguishing characteristic or quality, especially of one's personal nature:
- reest
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- reni-
-
- rends
-
verb (used with object),
to separate into parts with force or violence:
- Trier
-
noun,
a person or thing that tries or tests; tester.
- torii
-
noun,
(in Japan) a form of decorative gateway or portal, consisting of two upright wooden posts connected at the top by two horizontal crosspieces, commonly found at the entrance to Shinto temples.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- ratos
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- tried
-
noun,
an attempt or effort:
- Triad
-
noun,
a group of three, especially of three closely related persons or things.
- 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.
- trets
-
noun,
(formerly) an allowance for waste, after deduction for tare.
- Sinai
-
noun,
Also called Sinai Peninsula. a peninsula in NE Egypt, at the N end of the Red Sea between the Gulfs of Suez and Aqaba. 230 miles (370 km) long.
- riser
-
noun,
a person who rises, especially from bed:
- titis
-
noun,
any of various small reddish or grayish monkeys of the genus Callicebus, of South America.
- steer
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- Stoat
-
noun,
the ermine, Mustela erminea, especially when in brown summer pelage.
- stint
-
noun,
a period of time spent doing something:
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- ster.
-
- Stent
-
noun,
Medicine/Medical. a small, expandable tube used for inserting in a blocked vessel or other part.
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- Steen
-
noun,
Jan [yahn] /yɑn/ (Show IPA), 1626–79, Dutch painter.
- 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.
- steed
-
noun,
a horse, especially a high-spirited one.
- 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.
- Stead
-
noun,
the place of a person or thing as occupied by a successor or substitute:
- Sedan
-
noun,
an enclosed automobile body having two or four doors and seating four or more persons on two full-width seats.
- State
-
noun,
the condition of a person or thing, as with respect to circumstances or attributes:
- stat.
-
- Starr
-
noun,
Belle (Myra Belle Shirley) 1848–89, U.S. outlaw and folk hero.
- Stone
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- sanit
-
- taint
-
noun,
a trace of something bad, offensive, or harmful.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Taino
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- Sande
-
noun,
Earl, 1898–1968, U.S. jockey and racehorse trainer.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- stood
-
noun,
the act of standing; an assuming of or a remaining in an upright position.
- Santo
-
noun,
a carved figure of a saint, usually of wood, as from Puerto Rico, Mexico, or the southwestern U.S.
- Saone
-
noun,
a river flowing S from NE France to the Rhone. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- Saree
-
noun,
sari.
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- sarod
-
noun,
a lute of northern India, played with a bow.
- Sarre
-
noun,
French name of Saar.
- 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.
- 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.
- tanto
-
adverb,
(of a musical direction) too much; so much.
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- snood
-
noun,
the distinctive headband formerly worn by young unmarried women in Scotland and northern England.
- snide
-
adjective,
derogatory in a nasty, insinuating manner:
- sneer
-
noun,
a look or expression of derision, scorn, or contempt.
- snead
-
noun,
Samuel Jackson ("Slamming Sammy") 1912–2002, U.S. golfer.
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- sito-
-
- seti-
-
- sero-
-
- Seton
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- 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.
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- siree
-
noun,
sirree.
- Sidon
-
noun,
a city of ancient Phoenicia: site of modern Saida.
- Sidra
-
noun,
Gulf of, an inlet of the Mediterranean, on the N coast of Libya.
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- snoot
-
noun,
Slang. the nose.
- snore
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- stand
-
noun,
the act of standing; an assuming of or a remaining in an upright position.
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- Seine
-
noun,
a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
- staid
-
noun,
the act of stopping or being stopped.
- stade
-
noun,
a period of time represented by a glacial deposit.
- Srta.
-
- sotie
-
noun,
a satirical and topical comedy employing actors dressed in traditional fool's costume, popular in France during the late Middle Ages, and often used as a curtain raiser to mystery and morality plays.
- Sonia
-
noun,
a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- 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.
- sonde
-
noun,
a rocket, balloon, or rockoon used as a probe for observing phenomena in the atmosphere.
- SONAR
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- Soane
-
noun,
Sir John, 1753–1837, English architect.
- snort
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- Tarde
-
noun,
Gabriel [ga-bree-el] /ga briˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1843–1904, French sociologist.
- titer
-
noun,
the strength of a solution as determined by titration with a standard substance.
- Sino-
-
- rides
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- terns
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- Rieti
-
noun,
Vittorio [veet-taw-ryaw] /vitˈtɔ ryɔ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1994, U.S. composer, born in Italy.
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- riots
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- terne
-
noun,
terne metal.
- Terra
-
noun,
earth; land.
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- roans
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- roars
-
noun,
a loud, deep cry or howl, as of an animal or a person:
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- tera-
-
- tents
-
noun,
a portable shelter of skins, canvas, plastic, or the like, supported by one or more poles or a frame and often secured by ropes fastened to pegs in the ground.
- 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.
- terr.
-
- Rider
-
noun,
a person who rides a horse or other animal, a bicycle, etc.
- Rodin
-
noun,
(François) Auguste (René) [frahn-swa oh-gyst ruh-ney] /frɑ̃ˈswa oʊˈgüst rəˈneɪ/ (Show IPA), 1840–1917, French sculptor.
- Tinia
-
noun,
the chief god of the Etruscans, with powers similar to those of Zeus.
- restr
-
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- tired
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- tints
-
noun,
a color or a variety of a color; hue.
- retd.
-
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- Terri
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- tiers
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- tides
-
noun,
the periodic rise and fall of the waters of the ocean and its inlets, produced by the attraction of the moon and sun, and occurring about every 12 hours.
- Teton
-
noun,
the westernmost branch of the Dakota Indians.
- testa
-
noun,
the outer, usually hard, integument or coat of a seed.
- terse
-
adjective,
neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- rodeo
-
noun,
a public exhibition of cowboy skills, as bronco riding and calf roping.
- tense
-
noun,
a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
- tardo
-
adjective,
slow (used as a musical direction).
- rotos
-
noun,
rotogravure.
- tears
-
- tater
-
noun,
potato.
- taste
-
noun,
the act of tasting food or drink.
- tarts
-
noun,
a small pie filled with cooked fruit or other sweetened preparation, usually having no top crust.
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- rotor
-
noun,
Electricity. a rotating member of a machine.
Compare stator (def 1).
- rotte
-
noun,
rote2 .
- tease
-
noun,
a person who teases or annoys.
- tarot
-
noun,
any of a set of 22 playing cards bearing allegorical representations, used for fortunetelling and as trump cards in tarok.
- 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.
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- Sadie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Sara or Sarah.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- 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.
- teats
-
noun,
the protuberance on the breast or udder in female mammals, except the monotremes, through which the milk ducts discharge; nipple or mammilla.
- ronde
-
noun,
a typeface imitative of upright, somewhat angular, handwriting.
- rooti
-
noun,
rooty2 .
- rondo
-
noun,
a work or movement, often the last movement of a sonata, having one principal subject that is stated at least three times in the same key and to which return is made after the introduction of each subordinate theme.
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- teno-
-
- roods
-
noun,
a crucifix, especially a large one at the entrance to the choir or chancel of a medieval church, often supported on a rood beam or rood screen.
- Roose
-
verb (used with or without object),
praise.
- Roost
-
noun,
a perch upon which birds or fowls rest at night.
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- tenet
-
noun,
any opinion, principle, doctrine, dogma, etc., especially one held as true by members of a profession, group, or movement.
- Teena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Albertina, Bettina, or Christina.
- tends
-
Verb phrases,
tend on/upon, Archaic. to attend or wait upon; minister to; serve:
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- teiid
-
noun,
any of a large group of chiefly tropical New World lizards of the family Teiidae, as the racerunner, caiman lizard, or whiptail, characterized by large rectangular scales on the belly and a long tail.
- 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).
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- 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.
- teens
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- start
-
noun,
a beginning of an action, journey, etc.
- edit.
-
- 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.
- eaten
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- ante-
-
- nears
-
- Dares
-
noun,
an act of daring or defiance; challenge.
- Eaton
-
noun,
Theophilus, 1590–1658, English colonist and colonial administrator in America.
- anode
-
noun,
the electrode or terminal by which current enters an electrolytic cell, voltaic cell, battery, etc.
- needs
-
noun,
a requirement, necessary duty, or obligation:
- nerds
-
noun,
a person considered to be socially awkward, boring, unstylish, etc.
- anti-
-
- Dario
-
noun,
Rubén [roo-ven] /ruˈvɛn/ (Show IPA), (Félix Rubén García Sarmiento) 1867–1916, Nicaraguan poet and diplomat.
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- anis-
-
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- Aneto
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA). Spanish name of Pic de Néthou.
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- Edina
-
noun,
a city in SE Minnesota, near Minneapolis.
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- nards
-
noun,
an aromatic Himalayan plant, believed to be the spikenard, Nardostachys jatamansi, the source of an ointment used by the ancients.
- Aoede
-
noun,
one of the original three Muses; the Muse of song.
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- Nader
-
noun,
Ralph, born 1934, U.S. lawyer, author, political reformer, and consumer advocate.
- nadir
-
noun,
Astronomy. the point on the celestial sphere directly beneath a given position or observer and diametrically opposite the zenith.
- eidos
-
noun,
the formal content of a culture, encompassing its system of ideas, criteria for interpreting experience, etc.
- eider
-
noun,
eider duck.
- danes
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Denmark.
- edits
-
noun,
an instance of or the work of editing:
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- danio
-
noun,
any of several cyprinid fishes of the genera Danio and Brachydanio, of India and Sri Lanka, often kept in aquariums.
- Dante
-
noun,
(Dante Alighieri) 1265–1321, Italian poet: author of the Divine Comedy.
- naso-
-
- Ednas
-
noun,
Adnah.
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- eared
-
noun,
the part of a cereal plant, as corn, wheat, etc., that contains the flowers and hence the fruit, grains, or kernels.
- darns
-
noun,
a darned place, as in a garment:
- Ender
-
noun,
Kornelia [kawr-neyl-yuh,, -ney-lee-uh] /kɔrˈneɪl yə,, -ˈneɪ li ə/ (Show IPA), born 1958, German swimmer.
- NORAD
-
noun,
a joint U.S.-Canadian air force command responsible for detecting aircraft and space vehicles deemed a threat to the continental airspace.
- drier
-
noun,
a person or thing that dries.
- drest
-
noun,
an outer garment for women and girls, consisting of bodice and skirt in one piece.
- drees
-
adjective,
tedious; dreary.
- noise
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- noose
-
noun,
a loop with a running knot, as in a snare, lasso, or hangman's halter, that tightens as the rope is pulled.
- drear
-
adjective,
dreary.
- noria
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- andor
-
conjunction,
(used to imply that either or both of the things mentioned may be affected or involved):
- Norse
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
- drats
-
interjection,
(used to express mild disgust, disappointment, or the like):
- noso-
-
- Drain
-
noun,
something, as a pipe or conduit, by which a liquid drains.
- deers
-
noun,
any of several ruminants of the family Cervidae, most of the males of which have solid, deciduous antlers.
- noted
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- dries
-
noun,
a plural of dry.
- Nitti
-
noun,
Francesco Saverio [frahn-ches-kaw sah-ve-ryaw] /frɑnˈtʃɛs kɔ sɑˈvɛ ryɔ/ (Show IPA), 1868–1953, Italian lawyer, statesman, and economist.
- darts
-
- droit
-
noun,
a legal right or claim.
- nides
-
noun,
a nest or brood, especially of pheasants.
- Niort
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- dates
-
noun,
a particular month, day, and year at which some event happened or will happen:
- datos
-
noun,
(in the Philippines) a native chief.
- andr-
-
- drone
-
noun,
the male of the honeybee and other bees, stingless and making no honey.
- Nisei
-
noun,
a person of Japanese descent, born and educated in the U.S. or Canada.
- dears
-
noun,
a person who is good, kind, or generous:
- 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.
- Andie
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- nitid
-
adjective,
bright; lustrous.
- nitr-
-
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- 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).
- enate
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- endo-
-
- noto-
-
- ation
-
- init.
-
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- 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 .
- aside
-
noun,
a part of an actor's lines supposedly not heard by others on the stage and intended only for the audience.
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- inst.
-
- intr.
-
- indri
-
noun,
a short-tailed lemur, Indri indri, of Madagascar, about 2 feet (60 cm) in length: an endangered species.
- iodo-
-
- atone
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- 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.
- Ionia
-
noun,
an ancient region on the W coast of Asia Minor and on adjacent islands in the Aegean: colonized by the ancient Greeks.
- erron
-
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- Indre
-
noun,
a department in central France. 2667 sq. mi. (6910 sq. km). Capital: Châteauroux.
- iotas
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- idio-
-
- IATSE
-
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- Aston
-
noun,
Francis William, 1877–1945, English physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1922.
- Astor
-
noun,
John Jacob, 1763–1848, U.S. capitalist and fur merchant.
- astr.
-
- ideo-
-
- idion
-
- Indra
-
noun,
Hinduism. the chief of the Vedic gods, the god of rain and thunder.
- idiot
-
noun,
Informal. an utterly foolish or senseless person:
- Inari
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in NE Finland. About 500 sq. mi. (1295 sq. km).
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- India
-
noun,
Hindi Bharat [buh-ruht] /ˈbʌ rʌt/ (Show IPA). a republic in S Asia: a union comprising 25 states and 7 union territories; formerly a British colony; gained independence Aug. 15, 1947; became a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations Jan. 26, 1950. 1,246,880 sq. mi. (3,229,419 sq. km). Capital: New Delhi.
- indie
-
noun,
an independently or privately owned business, especially a film or music company that is not affiliated with a larger and more commercial company:
- Indio
-
noun,
a town in S California.
- Indo-
-
- erose
-
adjective,
uneven, as if gnawed away.
- arris
-
noun,
a sharp ridge, as between adjoining channels of a Doric column.
- ition
-
- isnad
-
noun,
the chain of testimony by which a hadith is transmitted.
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- atto-
-
- Arete
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- areo-
-
- 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.
- Isere
-
noun,
a river in SE France, flowing from the Alps to the Rhone River. 150 miles (240 km) long.
- ento-
-
- Arion
-
noun,
flourished 7th century b.c, Greek poet: inventor of the dithyramb.
- ardor
-
noun,
great warmth of feeling; fervor; passion:
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- Ensor
-
noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- Arden
-
noun,
Forest of, a forest district in central England, in N Warwickshire: scene of Shakespeare's As You Like It.
- 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.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- erase
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- irade
-
noun,
a decree of a Muslim ruler.
- irids
-
noun,
any plant belonging to the Iridaceae, the iris family.
- Iran.
-
- erode
-
verb (used with object),
to eat into or away; destroy by slow consumption or disintegration:
Synonyms: corrode, waste, ravage, spoil.
Antonyms: strengthen, reinforce.
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- Ernie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Ernest.
- Irene
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of the Horae, the personification of peace.
- irid-
-
- Irina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- arose
-
verb,
simple past tense of arise.
- 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.
- ernes
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- Irons
-
noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- aroid
-
noun,
any plant of the arum family.
- Arndt
-
noun,
Ernst Moritz [ernst moh-rits] /ɛrnst ˈmoʊ rɪts/ (Show IPA), 1769–1860, German poet and historian.
- notes
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- 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.
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- ottar
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- 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.
- dirts
-
noun,
any foul or filthy substance, as mud, grime, dust, or excrement.
- dines
-
noun,
Scot. dinner.
- donor
-
noun,
a person who gives or donates.
- diner
-
noun,
a person who dines.
- deist
-
noun,
a person who believes in deism.
- dist.
-
- aeri-
-
- doats
-
verb (used without object),
dote.
- Otter
-
noun,
any of several aquatic, furbearing, weasellike mammals of the genus Lutra and related genera, having webbed feet and a long, slightly flattened tail.
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- aerie
-
noun,
the nest of a bird of prey, as an eagle or a hawk.
- oidia
-
noun,
one of the conidia that are borne in chains by certain fungi.
- dense
-
adjective,
having the component parts closely compacted together; crowded or compact:
- oidea
-
- order
-
noun,
an authoritative direction or instruction; command; mandate.
- Dirae
-
plural noun,
the Furies. See fury (def 3).
- aero-
-
- dinar
-
noun,
any of various former coins of the Near East, especially gold coins issued by Islamic governments.
- 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.
- donee
-
noun,
a person to whom a gift is made.
- denes
-
noun,
a bare, sandy tract or low sand hill near the sea.
- Adore
-
verb (used with object),
to regard with the utmost esteem, love, and respect; honor.
- denar
-
noun,
the basic monetary unit of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
- adret
-
noun,
a side of a mountain receiving direct sunlight.
- doits
-
noun,
Also, duit. an old small copper coin of the Netherlands and Dutch colonies, first issued in the 17th century.
- Ostia
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, SW of Rome: ruins from 4th century b.c.; site of ancient port of Rome.
- adorn
-
verb (used with object),
to decorate or add beauty to, as by ornaments:
- ootid
-
noun,
the cell that results from the meiotic divisions of an oocyte and matures into an ovum.
- Donar
-
noun,
the god of thunder, corresponding to Thor.
- oste-
-
- onto-
-
- Dioon
-
noun,
any of several Mexican and Central American palmlike plants belonging to the genus Dioon, of the cycad family, having a crown of stiff, pinnate leaves.
- orans
-
noun,
orant.
- doest
-
noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- onset
-
noun,
a beginning or start:
- Dione
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a Titan and a consort of Zeus.
- donas
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Madam; Lady: a Portuguese title prefixed to a woman's given name.
- Aedes
-
noun,
yellow-fever mosquito.
- doers
-
noun,
a person or thing that does something, especially a person who gets things done with vigor and efficiency.
- dints
-
noun,
force; power:
- Aedon
-
noun,
a daughter of Pandareus who mistakenly killed her son. Zeus took pity on her and turned her into a nightingale.
- dites
-
noun,
a bit (usually used in negative constructions):
- ottos
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Germanic word meaning “rich.”.
- ordn.
-
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- dent.
-
- orris
-
noun,
an iris, Iris germanica florentina, having a fragrant rootstock.
- dorrs
-
noun,
dor1 .
- Denis
-
noun,
a male given name.
- 30-30
-
- 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.
- adios
-
interjection,
goodbye; farewell.
- dorse
-
noun,
the back of a book or folded document.
- diene
-
noun,
any compound, as 1,3-butadiene, CH 2 =CH−CH=CH 2 , that contains two double bonds.
- dorts
-
noun,
Dordrecht.
- Ditto
-
noun,
the aforesaid; the above; the same (used in accounts, lists, etc., to avoid repetition). Symbol: ″. Abbreviation: do.
Compare ditto mark.
- oaten
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or made of oats.
- Orrin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- ornes
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- ornis
-
noun,
an avifauna.
- radii
-
noun,
a plural of radius.
- dents
-
noun,
a hollow or depression in a surface, as from a blow.
- 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.
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- deter
-
verb (used with object),
to discourage or restrain from acting or proceeding:
- dotes
-
noun,
decay of wood.
- Orion
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a giant hunter who pursued the Pleiades, was eventually slain by Artemis, and was then placed in the sky as a constellation.
- Aidos
-
noun,
the ancient Greek personification of modesty, respect, and shame.
- ordos
-
noun,
a desert plateau in the S Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region in N China. About 35,000 sq. mi. (90,650 sq. km).
- aden-
-
- 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.
- DORAN
-
noun,
an electronic device for determining range and assisting navigation, employing the principle of the Doppler effect.
- oread
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. any of a group of nymphs who were the companions of Artemis.
- oater
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- diets
-
noun,
food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health:
- Orson
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Old French word meaning “bearlike.”.
- Odets
-
noun,
Clifford, 1906–63, U.S. dramatist.
- adits
-
noun,
an entrance or a passage.
- Oates
-
noun,
Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- deets
-
plural noun,
details:
- Aides
-
noun,
nurse's aide.
- Orton
-
noun,
Joe (John Kingsley Orton) 1933–67, English playwright.
- Doris
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the wife of Nereus and mother of the Nereids.
- dite
-
noun,
a bit (usually used in negative constructions):
- Erne
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- ator
-
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- Soot
-
noun,
a black, carbonaceous substance produced during incomplete combustion of coal, wood, oil, etc., rising in fine particles and adhering to the sides of the chimney or pipe conveying the smoke: also conveyed in the atmosphere to other locations.
- RAID
-
noun,
a sudden assault or attack, as upon something to be seized or suppressed:
- 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.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- soon
-
Idioms,
sooner or later, eventually:
- DIRE
-
adjective,
causing or involving great fear or suffering; dreadful; terrible:
- DIRT
-
noun,
any foul or filthy substance, as mud, grime, dust, or excrement.
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- tent
-
noun,
a portable shelter of skins, canvas, plastic, or the like, supported by one or more poles or a frame and often secured by ropes fastened to pegs in the ground.
- Soni
-
- dis-
-
- sord
-
noun,
a flight or flock of mallards.
- tits
-
noun,
a titmouse.
- dint
-
noun,
force; power:
- errs
-
verb (used without object),
to go astray in thought or belief; be mistaken; be incorrect.
- Etta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Henrietta.
- Din.
-
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- Diet
-
noun,
food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health:
- TODS
-
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- Dies
-
noun,
Martin, 1901–72, U.S. politician.
- Todt
-
noun,
Fritz [frits] /frɪts/ (Show IPA), 1891–1942, German military engineer.
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- ette
-
- 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.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- dia-
-
- toed
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- Ind.
-
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- der.
-
- side
-
noun,
one of the surfaces forming the outside of or bounding a thing, or one of the lines bounding a geometric figure.
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- soda
-
noun,
sodium hydroxide.
- snod
-
adjective,
smooth; sleek.
- dir.
-
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- 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).
- ter.
-
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- Dior
-
noun,
Christian [kris-chuh n;; French krees-tyahn] /ˈkrɪs tʃən;; French krisˈtyɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1905–57, French fashion designer.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- 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.
- Esd.
-
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- att.
-
- esne
-
noun,
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a member of the lowest class; laborer.
- eso-
-
- dins
-
noun,
a loud, confused noise; a continued loud or tumultuous sound; noisy clamor.
- Dino
-
- ates
-
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- est.
-
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- 1080
-
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- Dine
-
noun,
Scot. dinner.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- dees
-
noun,
a metal loop attached to tack, for fastening gear:
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- Eads
-
noun,
James Buchanan, 1820–87, U.S. engineer and inventor.
- Dora
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Greek word meaning “gift.”.
- Tate
-
noun,
Sir Henry, 1819–99, English merchant and philanthropist: founder of an art gallery (Tate Gallery) in London, England.
- door
-
noun,
a movable, usually solid, barrier for opening and closing an entranceway, cupboard, cabinet, or the like, commonly turning on hinges or sliding in grooves.
- 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.
- dato
-
noun,
(in the Philippines) a native chief.
- Doon
-
noun,
a river in SW Scotland, flowing NW from Ayr County to the Firth of Clyde. About 30 miles (48 km) long.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- date
-
noun,
a particular month, day, and year at which some event happened or will happen:
- dat.
-
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- Darn
-
noun,
a darned place, as in a garment:
- DORE
-
noun,
the walleye or pike perch of North America.
- tats
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do, or make by, tatting.
- str.
-
- stot
-
noun,
a springing gait of certain bovids, as gazelles and antelopes, used especially when running in alarm from a predator.
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- TDRS
-
- 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.
- dons
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Mr.; Sir: a Spanish title prefixed to a man's given name.
- 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.
- ease
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- 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.
- tart
-
noun,
a small pie filled with cooked fruit or other sweetened preparation, usually having no top crust.
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- Deer
-
noun,
any of several ruminants of the family Cervidae, most of the males of which have solid, deciduous antlers.
- tete
-
noun,
a city in W Mozambique, on the Zambezi River.
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- DOTE
-
noun,
decay of wood.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- drat
-
interjection,
(used to express mild disgust, disappointment, or the like):
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- deet
-
plural noun,
details:
- dost
-
noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- 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.
- tets
-
noun,
the Vietnamese New Year celebration, occurring during the first seven days of the first month of the lunar calendar.
- dose
-
noun,
a quantity of medicine prescribed to be taken at one time.
- dree
-
adjective,
tedious; dreary.
- Dort
-
noun,
Dordrecht.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- Drin
-
noun,
a river in S Europe, flowing generally NW from SW Macedonia through N Albania into the Adriatic. 180 miles (290 km) long.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Dorr
-
noun,
dor1 .
- DEAR
-
noun,
a person who is good, kind, or generous:
- tads
-
noun,
a small child, especially a boy.
- 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.
- Dari
-
noun,
a form of Persian, spoken in Afghanistan.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- end-
-
- ends
-
noun,
the last part or extremity, lengthwise, of anything that is longer than it is wide or broad:
- doer
-
noun,
a person or thing that does something, especially a person who gets things done with vigor and efficiency.
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- Enid
-
noun,
a city in N Oklahoma.
- Dene
-
noun,
a bare, sandy tract or low sand hill near the sea.
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- Ens.
-
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- doat
-
verb (used without object),
dote.
- DAIS
-
noun,
a raised platform, as at the front of a room, for a lectern, throne, seats of honor, etc.
- Dan.
-
abbreviation,
Bible. Daniel (def 1).
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- Tit.
-
- Sra.
-
- titi
-
noun,
any of various small reddish or grayish monkeys of the genus Callicebus, of South America.
- Deni
-
noun,
a monetary unit of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the 100th part of a denar.
- 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.
- Tito
-
noun,
Marshal (Josip Broz) 1891–1980, president of Yugoslavia 1953–80.
- attn
-
- 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).
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- does
-
noun,
a plural of doe.
- Dane
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Denmark.
- tint
-
noun,
a color or a variety of a color; hue.
- teen
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- done
-
noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- stet
-
verb (used with object),
to mark (a manuscript, printer's proof, etc.) with the word “stet” or with dots as a direction to let cancelled material remain.
- teat
-
noun,
the protuberance on the breast or udder in female mammals, except the monotremes, through which the milk ducts discharge; nipple or mammilla.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- Dare
-
noun,
an act of daring or defiance; challenge.
- Eden
-
noun,
the place where Adam and Eve lived before the Fall. Gen. 2:8–24.
- EDES
-
noun,
a city in SW Nigeria.
- Test
-
noun,
the means by which the presence, quality, or genuineness of anything is determined; a means of trial.
- teds
-
noun,
British Slang. Teddy boy.
- Edie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Edith.
- Edna
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “rejuvenation, rebirth.”.
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- Dona
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Madam; Lady: a Portuguese title prefixed to a woman's given name.
- 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.
- tion
-
- Den.
-
- doit
-
noun,
Also, duit. an old small copper coin of the Netherlands and Dutch colonies, first issued in the 17th century.
- EDTA
-
- ten.
-
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- tend
-
Verb phrases,
tend on/upon, Archaic. to attend or wait upon; minister to; serve:
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Ste.
-
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- node
-
noun,
a knot, protuberance, or knob.
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- Nor.
-
- 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.
- nos-
-
- 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.
- not-
-
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- AISI
-
- 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.
- 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.
- NTIA
-
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Aire
-
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- AInd
-
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- 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.
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- tret
-
noun,
(formerly) an allowance for waste, after deduction for tare.
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- tri-
-
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- 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).
- Odin
-
noun,
the ruler of the Aesir and god of war, poetry, knowledge, and wisdom; Wotan: the chief god.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- ano-
-
- 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.
- roar
-
noun,
a loud, deep cry or howl, as of an animal or a person:
- 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.
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- 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.
- 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.
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- Iasi
-
noun,
Romanian name of Jassy.
- RNAS
-
- Nida
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Nydia.
- nide
-
noun,
a nest or brood, especially of pheasants.
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- rit.
-
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- 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.
- NIRA
-
- Rind
-
noun,
a thick and firm outer coat or covering, as of certain fruits, cheeses, and meats:
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Riis
-
noun,
Jacob August, 1849–1914, U.S. journalist and social reformer, born in Denmark.
- RIIA
-
- rids
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of ride.
- nisi
-
adjective,
not yet final or absolute (used, especially in law, to indicate that a judgment or decree will become final on a particular date unless set aside or invalidated by certain specified contingencies):
- ride
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- Rida
-
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- 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.
- aide
-
noun,
nurse's aide.
- neo-
-
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- oro-
-
- Adie
-
noun,
a female given name.
- orra
-
adjective,
not regular or scheduled; odd:
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- Osee
-
noun,
Hosea.
- OSRD
-
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- tRNA
-
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- trod
-
noun,
the action of treading, stepping, or walking.
- oto-
-
- adit
-
noun,
an entrance or a passage.
- RARE
-
adjective,
coming or occurring far apart in time; unusual; uncommon:
- Otoe
-
noun,
Oto.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- tron
-
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- Otto
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- Trot
-
noun,
the gait of a horse, dog, or other quadruped, when trotting.
- RAND
-
noun,
(in shoemaking) a strip of leather set in a shoe at the heel before the lifts are attached.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- rad.
-
- 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).
- rads
-
noun,
a standard unit of absorbed dose of radiation equal to 0.01 gray2 .
- trit
-
- Read
-
noun,
an act or instance of reading:
- odor
-
noun,
the property of a substance that activates the sense of smell:
- Ont.
-
- aet.
-
- trid
-
- 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.
- 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.
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- aer-
-
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- 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.
- rend
-
verb (used with object),
to separate into parts with force or violence:
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- Rein
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- ordo
-
noun,
Roman Catholic Church. a booklet containing short and abbreviated directions for the contents of the office and Mass of each day in the year.
- Reid
-
noun,
Sir George Huston, 1845–1918, Australian statesman, born in Scotland: prime minister 1904–05.
- Rees
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- Reed
-
noun,
the straight stalk of any of various tall grasses, especially of the genera Phragmites and Arundo, growing in marshy places.
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- Oona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- 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.
- o-os
-
noun,
any of several species of Hawaiian honey eaters of the genus Moho, especially the extinct M. nobilis, of the island of Hawaii, that had black plumage and two tufts of yellow plumes used to make ceremonial robes for the Hawaiian kings.
- Oost
-
noun,
Jacob van [yah-kawp vahn] /ˈyɑ kɔp vɑn/ (Show IPA), 1600?–71, and his son, Jacob van, 1639?–1713, Flemish painters.
- orad
-
adverb,
toward the mouth or the oral region.
- redo
-
noun,
the act or an instance of redoing.
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- rede
-
noun,
counsel; advice.
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- ord.
-
- rode
-
noun,
a rope by which a boat is anchored.
- ands
-
- need
-
noun,
a requirement, necessary duty, or obligation:
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- art.
-
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- 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.
- 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 = .
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- 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.
-
- 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.
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- 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.
- Sard
-
noun,
a reddish-brown chalcedony, used as a gem.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- arr.
-
- Ire.
-
- Iris
-
noun,
Anatomy. the contractile, circular diaphragm forming the colored portion of the eye and containing a circular opening, the pupil, in its center.
- 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.
- Sand
-
noun,
the more or less fine debris of rocks, consisting of small, loose grains, often of quartz.
- toro
-
noun,
a bull.
- Irra
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of pestilence.
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- said
-
noun,
sayyid.
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- Sadi
-
noun,
sadhe.
- dere
-
adjective,
dear2 .
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- Torr
-
noun,
a unit of pressure, being the pressure necessary to support a column of mercury one millimeter high at 0°C and standard gravity, equal to 1333.2 microbars.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- sett
-
noun,
Also called pitcher. a small, rectangular paving stone.
- idae
-
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- 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).
- 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.
- toon
-
noun,
an Asian tree, Cedrela toona, of the mahogany family, yielding an aromatic red wood used for furniture, carving, etc.
- toot
-
noun,
an act or sound of tooting.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- inae
-
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- IndE
-
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- 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.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- sene
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Western Samoa, the 100th part of a tala.
- send
-
noun,
the heaving motion of a vessel.
- INRI
-
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- Seen
-
verb,
past participle of see1 .
- Seed
-
noun,
the fertilized, matured ovule of a flowering plant, containing an embryo or rudimentary plant.
- ins.
-
- int.
-
- 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.
- iod-
-
- 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.
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- std.
-
- rort
-
noun,
a rowdy, usually drunken party.
- itis
-
- 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.
- tost
-
noun,
an act or instance of tossing.
- tote
-
noun,
the act or course of toting.
- ARIS
-
- tots
-
noun,
a small child.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- nard
-
noun,
an aromatic Himalayan plant, believed to be the spikenard, Nardostachys jatamansi, the source of an ointment used by the ancients.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- NASD
-
- 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.
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- Root
-
noun,
a part of the body of a plant that develops, typically, from the radicle and grows downward into the soil, anchoring the plant and absorbing nutriment and moisture.
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- 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.
- rood
-
noun,
a crucifix, especially a large one at the entrance to the choir or chancel of a medieval church, often supported on a rood beam or rood screen.
- 'roo
-
noun,
kangaroo.
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- RONA
-
- ant.
-
- ANSI
-
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- Rodi
-
noun,
Italian name of Rhodes.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- dern
-
adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
darn2 .
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- arid
-
adjective,
being without moisture; extremely dry; parched:
- Isai
-
noun,
Jesse.
- Isin
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city in S Iraq: archaeological site.
- tort
-
noun,
a wrongful act, not including a breach of contract or trust, that results in injury to another's person, property, reputation, or the like, and for which the injured party is entitled to compensation.
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- iso-
-
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- roto
-
noun,
rotogravure.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- DOA
-
- an.
-
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- 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.
- Tro
-
- AID
-
noun,
help or support; assistance.
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- do.
-
- ASN
-
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- too
-
Idioms,
only too. only (def 10).
- 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.
- Ar.
-
- ASR
-
- ast
-
- ad-
-
- DAR
-
- 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.
- TSE
-
- TSI
-
- ard
-
- DAE
-
- DSO
-
- de-
-
- aor
-
- TNT
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- ae.
-
- TIA
-
- ADS
-
noun,
advertisement.
- TID
-
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- ase
-
- DEI
-
adverb,
by the grace of God.
- tot
-
noun,
a small child.
- DEA
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- ade
-
noun,
George, 1866–1944, U.S. humorist.
- tr.
-
- tra
-
- ado
-
noun,
busy activity; bustle; fuss.
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- 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.
- Dee
-
noun,
a metal loop attached to tack, for fastening gear:
- tet
-
noun,
the Vietnamese New Year celebration, occurring during the first seven days of the first month of the lunar calendar.
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- DAS
-
noun,
hyrax.
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- at.
-
- ARS
-
- 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.
- ASI
-
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- DET
-
- ROI
-
- ITA
-
- ite
-
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- NAD
-
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- NDE
-
- ne-
-
- NEA
-
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- ISR
-
- NED
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Edward.
- Nee
-
adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- Rod
-
noun,
a stick, wand, staff, or the like, of wood, metal, or other material.
- 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
-
- ROA
-
- RNR
-
- rnd
-
- RNA
-
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- ist
-
- ise
-
- RID
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- IRS
-
- SDR
-
- SDI
-
- SDA
-
- 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 = .
- ior
-
- Ios
-
noun,
a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey.
- IOT
-
- Ir.
-
- SAR
-
- di.
-
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- SAE
-
- Rs.
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ISA
-
- Sad
-
noun,
the 14th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- SRO
-
- So.
-
- sd.
-
- RTS
-
- rte
-
- rt.
-
- RSE
-
- RSA
-
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- o-o
-
noun,
any of several species of Hawaiian honey eaters of the genus Moho, especially the extinct M. nobilis, of the island of Hawaii, that had black plumage and two tufts of yellow plumes used to make ceremonial robes for the Hawaiian kings.
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- oon
-
- OOT
-
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- red
-
noun,
any of various colors resembling the color of blood; the primary color at one extreme end of the visible spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 610 and 780 nanometers.
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- REA
-
- RDS
-
- RDA
-
- Orr
-
noun,
Sir John Boyd, Boyd Orr, Sir John.
- ose
-
- ons
-
- OSO
-
- ot-
-
- 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.
- OTA
-
- ote
-
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- OTS
-
- Rd.
-
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- Re.
-
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- oo-
-
- ONR
-
- Nod
-
noun,
a short, quick downward bending forward of the head, as in assent, greeting, or command or because of drowsiness.
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- nr.
-
- NRA
-
- 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.
- NSA
-
- OED
-
- OSA
-
- OSD
-
- OAO
-
- 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
-
- ODA
-
noun,
a room within a harem.
- ONI
-
- ode
-
noun,
a lyric poem typically of elaborate or irregular metrical form and expressive of exalted or enthusiastic emotion.
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- ODS
-
noun,
a hypothetical force formerly held to pervade all nature and to manifest itself in magnetism, mesmerism, chemical action, etc.
- ODT
-
- OEO
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- 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.
- se-
-
- IRO
-
- SED
-
- EDO
-
noun,
a member of an indigenous people of western Africa, in the Benin region of southern Nigeria.
- ea.
-
- ead
-
- ean
-
- 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.
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- STI
-
- ed.
-
- EDA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Ede
-
noun,
a city in SW Nigeria.
- EDS
-
noun,
education:
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- EEO
-
- eir
-
- EIS
-
- en-
-
- ene
-
- EOE
-
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- Sta
-
- ETD
-
- eo-
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- TAT
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do, or make by, tatting.
- 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.
- 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.
- DNA
-
- DNR
-
- DOE
-
noun,
the female of the deer, antelope, goat, rabbit, and certain other animals.
- Doi
-
- Don
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Mr.; Sir: a Spanish title prefixed to a man's given name.
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- Ted
-
noun,
British Slang. Teddy boy.
- 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.
- Dor
-
noun,
Also, dorbeetle [dawr-beet-l] /ˈdɔrˌbit l/ (Show IPA). a common European dung beetle, Geotrupes stercorarius.
- DST
-
- DOT
-
noun,
a small, roundish mark made with or as if with a pen.
- Dr.
-
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- DRE
-
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- Tad
-
noun,
a small child, especially a boy.
- DSA
-
- DSR
-
- St.
-
- EDT
-
- Sr.
-
- IAS
-
- ETR
-
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- ETS
-
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- 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.
- SID
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Sidney or Sydney.
- 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).
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- 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.
- ier
-
- in.
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- 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).
- ine
-
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- ETO
-
- TTS
-
- sod
-
noun,
a section cut or torn from the surface of grassland, containing the matted roots of grass.
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- ERT
-
- Soo
-
noun,
the, Canadian. Sault Ste. Marie.
- err
-
verb (used without object),
to go astray in thought or belief; be mistaken; be incorrect.
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- ESA
-
- ese
-
- ESR
-
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- AO
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- 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.
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- IT
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noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- A.
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noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- 3D
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noun,
a three-dimensional form or appearance:
- RA
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noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- 2D
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noun,
a two-dimensional form or appearance:
- DN
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- RO
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- RI
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- RN
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- D.
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- TT
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- R.
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- NI
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- SI
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noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- t.
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- et
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verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- OA
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- er
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interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- EI
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- ee
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- E.
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noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- DT
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noun,
a withdrawal syndrome occurring in persons who have developed physiological dependence on alcohol, characterized by tremor, visual hallucinations, and autonomic instability. Abbreviation: d.t.
- OE
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noun,
oy2 .
- DA
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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.
- TD
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- SN
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- T1
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- TI
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noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- TA
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noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- S.
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- SA
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- OD
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noun,
a hypothetical force formerly held to pervade all nature and to manifest itself in magnetism, mesmerism, chemical action, etc.
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- N.
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- NA
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adverb,
no1 .
- ND
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- i.
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