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Word discarnate has
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- radiances
-
noun,
radiant brightness or light:
- steradian
-
noun,
a solid angle at the center of a sphere subtending a section on the surface equal in area to the square of the radius of the sphere. Abbreviation: sr.
- Cartesian
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noun,
a follower of Cartesian thought.
- sectarian
-
noun,
a member of a sect.
- craniates
-
noun,
a craniate animal.
- dicentras
-
noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Dicentra, of the fumitory family, having long clusters of drooping flowers, as the Dutchman's-breeches or the bleeding heart.
- ascertain
-
verb (used with object),
to find out definitely; learn with certainty or assurance; determine:
- trade-in
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noun,
goods given in whole or, usually, part payment of a purchase:
- craniate
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noun,
a craniate animal.
- radiants
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noun,
a point or object from which rays proceed.
- seatrain
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noun,
a ship for the transportation of loaded railroad cars.
- Erastian
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noun,
an advocate of Erastianism.
- dataries
-
noun,
the office of the Curia Romana that investigates candidates for papal benefices.
- Cardenas
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noun,
Lázaro [lah-sah-raw] /ˈlɑ sɑˌrɔ/ (Show IPA), 1895–1970, Mexican general and political reformer: president 1934–40.
- carinate
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adjective,
Zoology, Botany. formed with a carina; keellike.
- radiance
-
noun,
radiant brightness or light:
- Estancia
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noun,
(in Spanish America) a landed estate or a cattle ranch.
- airdates
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noun,
the date of a broadcast or scheduled broadcast.
- radiates
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adjective,
radiating from a center.
- radicant
-
adjective,
rooting from the stem, as ivy.
- strained
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noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- die-cast
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adjective,
formed by die casting.
- canister
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noun,
a small box or jar, often one of a kitchen set, for holding tea, coffee, flour, and sugar.
- Canaries
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noun,
any of several Old World finches of the genus Serinus, especially S. canaria (common canary) native to the Canary Islands and often kept as a pet, in the wild being greenish with brown streaks above and yellow below and in domesticated varieties usually bright yellow or pale yellow.
- arcanist
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noun,
a person professing special secret knowledge concerning ceramics, especially concerning the making of porcelain.
- Dicentra
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noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Dicentra, of the fumitory family, having long clusters of drooping flowers, as the Dutchman's-breeches or the bleeding heart.
- antacids
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noun,
an antacid agent.
- araneids
-
noun,
a member of the order Araneae (Araneida), comprising the spiders.
- detrains
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verb (used without object),
to alight from a railway train; arrive by train.
- distance
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noun,
the extent or amount of space between two things, points, lines, etc.
- cadastre
-
noun,
an official register of the ownership, extent, and value of real property in a given area, used as a basis of taxation.
- caterans
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noun,
(formerly) a freebooter or marauder of the Scottish Highlands.
- Tridacna
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noun,
a genus of giant clams inhabiting reefs in the South Pacific, attaining a diameter of 4 feet (1.2 meters) or more, and weighing over 500 pounds (227 kg).
- Caterina
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noun,
a female given name, form of Catherine.
- Santeria
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noun,
(sometimes lowercase) a religion merging the worship of Yoruba deities with veneration of Roman Catholic saints: practiced in Cuba and spread to other parts of the Caribbean and to the U.S. by Cuban emigrés.
- cisterna
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noun,
cistern (def 2).
- Artesian
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adjective,
noting, pertaining to, or characteristic of an artesian well.
- acarines
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noun,
any of numerous arachnids of the order Acarina, comprising the mites and ticks.
- danaite
-
noun,
a variety of arsenopyrite having cobalt in place of some of the iron.
- candier
-
- atresia
-
noun,
the congenital absence, or the pathological closure, of an opening, passage, or cavity.
- ratines
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noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- canards
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noun,
a false or baseless, usually derogatory story, report, or rumor.
- cateran
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noun,
(formerly) a freebooter or marauder of the Scottish Highlands.
- credits
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noun,
commendation or honor given for some action, quality, etc.:
- satanic
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adjective,
of Satan.
- candies
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noun,
any of a variety of confections made with sugar, syrup, etc., often combined with chocolate, fruit, nuts, etc.
- Aterian
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adjective,
of or indicating a Middle Paleolithic industry of northwestern Africa and the Sahara, characterized by the production of tanged points and bifacially worked leaf-shaped points of varying sizes.
- retains
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verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- Nicetas
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noun,
Saint Ignatius (def 2).
- Sarcina
-
noun,
any of several spherical, saprophytic bacteria of the genus Sarcina, having a cuboidal cell arrangement.
- Scandia
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noun,
scandium oxide.
- ascarid
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noun,
any nematode of the family Ascaridae; roundworm.
- dancers
-
noun,
a person who dances.
- ascared
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adjective,
afraid; scared.
- airdate
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noun,
the date of a broadcast or scheduled broadcast.
- canters
-
noun,
an easy gallop.
- Andreas
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noun,
a male or female given name, Latinized form of Andrew.
- Andrias
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noun,
a city in Apulia, S Italy.
- certain
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Idioms,
for certain, without a doubt; surely:
- decants
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verb (used with object),
to pour (wine or other liquid) gently so as not to disturb the sediment.
- cretins
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noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- antiars
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noun,
the upas tree.
- tsarina
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noun,
czarina.
- detrain
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verb (used without object),
to alight from a railway train; arrive by train.
- araneid
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noun,
a member of the order Araneae (Araneida), comprising the spiders.
- nectars
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noun,
the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or birds that pollinate the flower.
- Antares
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noun,
a red supergiant star of the first magnitude in the constellation Scorpius.
- antacid
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noun,
an antacid agent.
- stearic
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adjective,
of or relating to suet or fat.
- detains
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verb (used with object),
to keep from proceeding; keep waiting; delay.
- sardine
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noun,
the pilchard, Sardina pilchardus, often preserved in oil and used for food.
- stearin
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noun,
Chemistry. any of the three glyceryl esters of stearic acid, especially C 3 H 5 (C 18 H 35 O 2) 3 , a soft, white, odorless solid found in many natural fats.
- diaster
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noun,
the stage in mitosis at which the chromosomes, after their division and separation, are grouped near the poles of the spindle.
- randies
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noun,
Chiefly Scot. a rude or coarse beggar.
- retsina
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noun,
a strong, resinated white or red wine of Greece and Cyprus.
- Insecta
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noun,
the class comprising the insects.
- Sinatra
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noun,
Frank (Francis Albert) 1915–98, U.S. singer and actor.
- instead
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Idioms,
instead of, in place of; in lieu of:
- Tancred
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noun,
1078?–1112, Norman leader in the first Crusade.
- Artesia
-
noun,
a city in S California.
- radices
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noun,
a plural of radix.
- drastic
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adjective,
acting with force or violence; violent.
- tanrecs
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noun,
tenrec.
- acarine
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noun,
any of numerous arachnids of the order Acarina, comprising the mites and ticks.
- 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.
- Astaire
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noun,
Fred, 1899–1987, U.S. dancer and actor.
- redacts
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verb (used with object),
to put into suitable literary form; revise; edit.
- Caserta
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noun,
a city in S Italy, near Naples.
- rescind
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verb (used with object),
to abrogate; annul; revoke; repeal.
- arnicas
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noun,
any composite plant of the genus Arnica, having opposite leaves and yellow flower heads.
- carinas
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noun,
Zoology. a keellike part or ridge, especially a ridge of bone on the ventral side of the sternum of birds.
- caritas
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noun,
charity.
- directs
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adverb,
in a direct manner; directly; straight:
- descant
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noun,
Music.
a melody or counterpoint accompanying a simple musical theme and usually written above it.
(in part music) the soprano.
a song or melody.
- carnets
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noun,
a customs document allowing an automobile to be driven at no cost across international borders.
- carnies
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noun,
a person employed by a carnival.
- acrasin
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noun,
a chemotactic substance, identical with cAMP, secreted by myxamebas of cellular slime molds and attracting other myxamebas to aggregate and form a pseudoplasmodium.
- cistern
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noun,
a reservoir, tank, or container for storing or holding water or other liquid.
- disrate
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verb (used with object),
to reduce to a lower rating or rank.
- discern
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verb (used with object),
to perceive by the sight or some other sense or by the intellect; see, recognize, or apprehend:
- discant
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noun,
Also, discantus [dis-kan-tuh s] /dɪsˈkæn təs/ (Show IPA). Music. a 13th-century polyphonic style with strict mensural meter in all the voice parts, in contrast to the metrically free organum of the period.
- acedias
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noun,
sloth (def 1).
Compare deadly sins.
- acetins
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noun,
a colorless, thick, hygroscopic liquid, C 5 H 10 O 4 : used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives.
- acarids
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noun,
an acarine, especially a mite of the family Acaridae.
- sainted
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noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- destain
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verb (used with object),
to remove stain (from a specimen) to enhance visibility and contrast of parts.
- sidecar
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noun,
a small car attached on one side to a motorcycle and supported on the other side by a wheel of its own, used for a passenger, parcels, etc.
- Saracen
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noun,
History/Historical. a member of any of the nomadic tribes on the Syrian borders of the Roman Empire.
- radiate
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adjective,
radiating from a center.
- Trianda
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noun,
a town on the Greek island of Rhodes, in the Aegean Sea: built on the site of ancient Ialysus.
- centri-
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- radiant
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noun,
a point or object from which rays proceed.
- radians
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noun,
the measure of a central angle subtending an arc equal in length to the radius: equal to 57.2958°. Abbreviation: rad.
- astride
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preposition,
with a leg on each side of; straddling:
- tirades
-
noun,
a prolonged outburst of bitter, outspoken denunciation:
- Setaria
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noun,
any grass of the genus Setaria, having a dense panicle, grown for forage.
- 2,4,5-t
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noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- recants
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verb (used with object),
to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
- cardias
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noun,
an opening that connects the esophagus and the upper part of the stomach.
- Ariadne
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noun,
Classical Mythology. a daughter of Minos and Pasiphaë who gave Theseus the thread by which he escaped from the labyrinth: deserted by Theseus on Naxos, she became the bride of Dionysus.
- artisan
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noun,
a person skilled in an applied art; a craftsperson.
- enacts
-
verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- astern
-
adverb,
in a position behind a specified vessel or aircraft:
- Strand
-
noun,
the land bordering the sea, a lake, or a river; shore; beach.
- cinder
-
noun,
a partially or mostly burned piece of coal, wood, etc.
- ericas
-
noun,
any of numerous low-growing evergreen shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Erica, of the heath family, including several species of heather.
- retain
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verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- steric
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adjective,
of or relating to the spatial relationships of atoms in a molecule.
- Derain
-
noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1880–1954, French painter.
- 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.
- Danite
-
noun,
a member of the tribe of Dan.
- set-in
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adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- detain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep from proceeding; keep waiting; delay.
- taenia
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noun,
Classical Antiquity. a headband or fillet.
- Astrid
-
noun,
a female given name: from Scandinavian, meaning “divine strength.”.
- Renata
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Strine
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noun,
Australian English.
- stride
-
noun,
a striding manner or a striding gait.
- Strain
-
noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- cadent
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adjective,
having cadence.
- cartes
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noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- centr-
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- carets
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- centi-
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- Carian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Caria.
- Sander
-
noun,
a person or thing that sands or sandpapers.
- caries
-
noun,
decay, as of bone or of plant tissue.
- Sandie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Sandro.
- Carina
-
noun,
Zoology. a keellike part or ridge, especially a ridge of bone on the ventral side of the sternum of birds.
- distr.
-
- carnet
-
noun,
a customs document allowing an automobile to be driven at no cost across international borders.
- centas
-
noun,
a former bronze coin of Lithuania, the 100th part of a litas.
- Sandra
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Alexandra.
- Dnestr
-
noun,
Russian name of Dniester.
- casein
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a protein precipitated from milk, as by rennet, and forming the basis of cheese and certain plastics.
- casern
-
noun,
a lodging for soldiers in a garrison town; barracks.
- casita
-
noun,
a small crude dwelling forming part of a shantytown inhabited by Mexican laborers in the southwestern U.S.
- direct
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adverb,
in a direct manner; directly; straight:
- sinter
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noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- Caster
-
noun,
a person or thing that casts.
- Cedars
-
noun,
any of several Old World, coniferous trees of the genus Cedrus, having wide, spreading branches.
Compare cedar of Lebanon.
- catena
-
noun,
a chain or connected series, especially of extracts from the writings of the fathers of the Christian church.
- cedarn
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adjective,
resembling or made of cedar.
- caters
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- santir
-
noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- dinars
-
noun,
any of various former coins of the Near East, especially gold coins issued by Islamic governments.
- sancta
-
noun,
a sacred or holy place.
- Stacia
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ciders
-
noun,
the juice pressed from apples (or formerly from some other fruit) used for drinking, either before fermentation (sweet cider) or after fermentation (hard cider) or for making applejack, vinegar, etc.
- canard
-
noun,
a false or baseless, usually derogatory story, report, or rumor.
- cadets
-
noun,
a student in a national service academy or private military school or on a training ship.
- Sarnia
-
noun,
a port in SE Ontario, in S Canada, on the S shore of Lake Huron, on the St. Clair River, across from Port Huron, Michigan.
- riatas
-
noun,
a lariat.
- cadres
-
noun,
Military. the key group of officers and enlisted personnel necessary to establish and train a new military unit.
- Caesar
-
noun,
Gaius [gey-uh s] /ˈgeɪ əs/ (Show IPA), (or Caius) [key-uh s] /ˈkeɪ əs/ (Show IPA), Julius, c100–44 b.c, Roman general, statesman, and historian.
- stance
-
noun,
the position or bearing of the body while standing:
- rident
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- dicast
-
noun,
(in ancient Athens) a citizen eligible to sit as a judge.
- cairds
-
noun,
a traveling tinker, especially a gypsy.
- sacred
-
adjective,
devoted or dedicated to a deity or to some religious purpose; consecrated.
- Cairns
-
noun,
a seaport in NE Australia.
- Canad.
-
- Candia
-
noun,
former name of Iráklion.
- centra
-
noun,
a plural of centrum.
- cerias
-
noun,
a white-to-yellow, heavy powder, cerium dioxide, CeO 2 , usually derived from cerium nitrate by decomposition with heat: used chiefly in ceramics, glass polishing, and decolorizing.
- driest
-
noun,
a prohibitionist.
- cerat-
-
- canids
-
noun,
any animal of the dog family Canidae, including the wolves, jackals, hyenas, coyotes, foxes, and domestic dogs.
- cantar
-
noun,
a poem consisting of four-line stanzas, each line having eight syllables.
- Canter
-
noun,
an easy gallop.
- stadia
-
noun,
a method of surveying in which distances are read by noting the interval on a graduated rod intercepted by two parallel cross hairs (stadia hairs or stadia wires) mounted in the telescope of a surveying instrument, the rod being placed at one end of the distance to be measured and the surveying instrument at the other.
- drains
-
noun,
something, as a pipe or conduit, by which a liquid drains.
- carats
-
noun,
a unit of weight in gemstones, 200 milligrams (about 3 grains of troy or avoirdupois weight). Abbreviation: c., ct.
- cardi-
-
- cardia
-
noun,
an opening that connects the esophagus and the upper part of the stomach.
- Cardin
-
noun,
Pierre, born 1922, French fashion designer.
- caners
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- recti-
-
- ascent
-
noun,
an act of ascending; upward movement; a rising movement:
- tineas
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- adient
-
adjective,
tending to move toward a stimulus.
- adnate
-
adjective,
grown fast to something; congenitally attached.
- adren-
-
- Racine
-
noun,
Jean Baptiste [zhahn ba-teest] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist/ (Show IPA), 1639–99, French dramatist.
- Adrian
-
noun,
Edgar Douglas, 1889–1977, English physiologist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1932.
- tisane
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- nacres
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- nacred
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adjective,
lined with or resembling nacre.
- racist
-
noun,
a person who believes in racism, the doctrine that one's own racial group is superior or that a particular racial group is inferior to the others.
- radian
-
noun,
the measure of a central angle subtending an arc equal in length to the radius: equal to 57.2958°. Abbreviation: rad.
- tirade
-
noun,
a prolonged outburst of bitter, outspoken denunciation:
- secant
-
noun,
Geometry. an intersecting line, especially one intersecting a curve at two or more points.
- 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.
- nadirs
-
noun,
Astronomy. the point on the celestial sphere directly beneath a given position or observer and diametrically opposite the zenith.
- Itasca
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in N Minnesota: one of the sources of the Mississippi River.
- Raetic
-
noun,
an extinct language of uncertain affinities that was spoken in Rhaetia and written with the Etruscan alphabet.
- tiaras
-
noun,
a jeweled, ornamental coronet worn by women.
- Sendai
-
noun,
a city on NE Honshu, in central Japan.
- satire
-
noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- raised
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- C-star
-
noun,
carbon star.
- irades
-
noun,
a decree of a Muslim ruler.
- ascend
-
verb (used with object),
to go or move upward upon or along; climb; mount:
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- rancid
-
adjective,
having a rank, unpleasant, stale smell or taste, as through decomposition, especially of fats or oils:
- intra-
-
- inters
-
verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- traces
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- trades
-
noun,
the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries:
- Andrea
-
noun,
a male or female given name, Latinized form of Andrew.
- NASCAR
-
noun,
National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing.
- nectar
-
noun,
the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or birds that pollinate the flower.
- dances
-
noun,
a successive group of rhythmical steps or bodily motions, or both, usually executed to music.
- nicads
-
noun,
nickel-cadmium battery.
- trines
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- Nicaea
-
noun,
an ancient city in NW Asia Minor: Nicene Creed formulated here a.d.
- triens
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- dancer
-
noun,
a person who dances.
- trices
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- nastic
-
adjective,
of or showing sufficiently greater cellular force or growth on one side of an axis to change the form or position of the axis.
- triads
-
noun,
a group of three, especially of three closely related persons or things.
- niters
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- acarid
-
noun,
an acarine, especially a mite of the family Acaridae.
- triacs
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- acedia
-
noun,
sloth (def 1).
Compare deadly sins.
- trains
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- acetin
-
noun,
a colorless, thick, hygroscopic liquid, C 5 H 10 O 4 : used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives.
- trends
-
noun,
the general course or prevailing tendency; drift:
- darics
-
noun,
a gold coin and monetary unit of ancient Persia.
- Darien
-
noun,
Gulf of, an arm of the Caribbean between NE Panama and NW Colombia.
- treads
-
noun,
the action of treading, stepping, or walking.
- nitres
-
noun,
niter.
- Dairen
-
noun,
former Japanese name of Dalian (def 2).
- transe
-
noun,
a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
- trans.
-
- trance
-
noun,
a half-conscious state, seemingly between sleeping and waking, in which ability to function voluntarily may be suspended.
- actin-
-
- actins
-
noun,
a globulin that is present in muscle plasma and that in connection with myosin plays an important role in muscle contraction.
- naiads
-
noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) Classical Mythology. any of a class of nymphs presiding over rivers and springs.
- inter.
-
- Sirena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- recast
-
noun,
a recasting.
- Idaean
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, associated with, or inhabiting Mount Ida in Asia Minor or Crete.
- Cretan
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Crete.
- arnica
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Arnica, having opposite leaves and yellow flower heads.
- ideata
-
noun,
(in epistemology) the object of knowledge as known by the mind.
Compare datum (def 3).
- ratans
-
noun,
rattan.
- tarsia
-
noun,
intarsia.
- arcade
-
noun,
Architecture.
a series of arches supported on piers or columns.
an arched, roofed-in gallery. Compare colonnade.
- Crania
-
noun,
the skull of a vertebrate.
- arcane
-
adjective,
known or understood by very few; mysterious; secret; obscure; esoteric:
- Arista
-
noun,
Botany. a bristlelike appendage of the spikelets of grains or grasses; an awn.
- 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.
- ratine
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- ranids
-
noun,
frog1 (def 2).
- ardent
-
adjective,
having, expressive of, or characterized by intense feeling; passionate; fervent:
- re-act
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- credit
-
noun,
commendation or honor given for some action, quality, etc.:
- crates
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- arecas
-
noun,
any tropical Asian palm of the genus Areca, as the betel palm.
- redact
-
verb (used with object),
to put into suitable literary form; revise; edit.
- Arendt
-
noun,
Hannah, 1906–75, U.S. author, political scientist, and teacher, born in Germany.
- reatas
-
noun,
riata.
- diners
-
noun,
a person who dines.
- recant
-
verb (used with object),
to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
- Ariane
-
noun,
Rocketry. a French-built, three-stage, liquid-propellant rocket for launching satellites into orbit around the earth.
- antres
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- cretin
-
noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- antiar
-
noun,
the upas tree.
- ansate
-
adjective,
having a handle or handlelike part.
- instar
-
noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- Asante
-
noun,
Ashanti.
- tenias
-
noun,
taenia.
- insert
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- insect
-
noun,
any animal of the class Insecta, comprising small, air-breathing arthropods having the body divided into three parts (head, thorax, and abdomen), and having three pairs of legs and usually two pairs of wings.
- denti-
-
- decani
-
adjective,
of or relating to the epistle or liturgical south side of a church (opposed to cantoris).
- redans
-
noun,
a V -shaped work, usually projecting from a fortified line.
- tanrec
-
noun,
tenrec.
- Estrin
-
noun,
estrone.
- decant
-
verb (used with object),
to pour (wine or other liquid) gently so as not to disturb the sediment.
- arsine
-
noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- Andric
-
noun,
Ivo [ee-vaw] /ˈi vɔ/ (Show IPA), 1892–1975, Yugoslavian poet, novelist, and short-story writer: Nobel Prize 1961.
- Crista
-
noun,
a crest or ridge.
- arsen-
-
- incest
-
noun,
sexual intercourse between closely related persons.
- incase
-
verb (used with object),
encase.
- Andria
-
noun,
a city in Apulia, S Italy.
- instr.
-
- scend
-
noun,
the heaving motion of a vessel.
- daric
-
noun,
a gold coin and monetary unit of ancient Persia.
- dents
-
noun,
a hollow or depression in a surface, as from a blow.
- Dares
-
noun,
an act of daring or defiance; challenge.
- desc.
-
- Satan
-
noun,
the chief evil spirit; the great adversary of humanity; the devil.
- scena
-
noun,
an extended operatic vocal solo, usually including an aria and a recitative.
- dinar
-
noun,
any of various former coins of the Near East, especially gold coins issued by Islamic governments.
- diets
-
noun,
food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health:
- dices
-
Idioms,
no dice, Informal. of no use or help; ineffective.
- scat-
-
- dent.
-
- deci-
-
- 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.
- dears
-
noun,
a person who is good, kind, or generous:
- dict.
-
- deca-
-
- decan
-
noun,
any of three divisions of 10° within a sign of the zodiac.
- Scand
-
- scant
-
adverb,
Scot. and North England Dialect. scarcely; barely; hardly.
- dates
-
noun,
a particular month, day, and year at which some event happened or will happen:
- sarc-
-
- Diana
-
noun,
(Princess of Wales; Lady Diana Spencer) 1961–97, former wife of Charles, Prince of Wales.
- Saran
-
noun,
a thermoplastic copolymer of vinylidene chloride and usually small amounts of vinyl chloride or acrylonitrile: used as a fiber, for packaging, and for making acid-resistant pipe.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- deist
-
noun,
a person who believes in deism.
- scare
-
noun,
a sudden fright or alarm, especially with little or no reason.
- scart
-
verb (used with or without object),
to scratch, scrape, mark, or scar.
- denar
-
noun,
the basic monetary unit of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
- Denis
-
noun,
a male given name.
- darts
-
- darns
-
noun,
a darned place, as in a garment:
- sceat
-
noun,
a silver Anglo-Saxon coin of the 7th and 8th centuries, sometimes including an amount of gold.
- dicta
-
noun,
a plural of dictum.
- 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.
- diner
-
noun,
a person who dines.
- Indra
-
noun,
Hinduism. the chief of the Vedic gods, the god of rain and thunder.
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- Iran.
-
- irade
-
noun,
a decree of a Muslim ruler.
- intr.
-
- inst.
-
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- rands
-
noun,
(in shoemaking) a strip of leather set in a shoe at the heel before the lifts are attached.
- Indre
-
noun,
a department in central France. 2667 sq. mi. (6910 sq. km). Capital: Châteauroux.
- incr.
-
- 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).
- incas
-
noun,
a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
- ranid
-
noun,
frog1 (def 2).
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- ratan
-
noun,
rattan.
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- react
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- IATSE
-
- reads
-
noun,
an act or instance of reading:
- reata
-
noun,
riata.
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- raids
-
noun,
a sudden assault or attack, as upon something to be seized or suppressed:
- rect.
-
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- nicad
-
noun,
nickel-cadmium battery.
- nears
-
- nides
-
noun,
a nest or brood, especially of pheasants.
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- Nasca
-
adjective,
Nazca.
- nitr-
-
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- nards
-
noun,
an aromatic Himalayan plant, believed to be the spikenard, Nardostachys jatamansi, the source of an ointment used by the ancients.
- narcs
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- Isaac
-
noun,
a son of Abraham and Sarah, and father of Jacob. Gen. 21:1–4.
- naira
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Nigeria, equal to 100 kobo: replaced the pound in 1973.
- Naida
-
noun,
a female given name.
- naiad
-
noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) Classical Mythology. any of a class of nymphs presiding over rivers and springs.
- nadir
-
noun,
Astronomy. the point on the celestial sphere directly beneath a given position or observer and diametrically opposite the zenith.
- Nader
-
noun,
Ralph, born 1934, U.S. lawyer, author, political reformer, and consumer advocate.
- races
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- nacre
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- isnad
-
noun,
the chain of testimony by which a hadith is transmitted.
- raias
-
noun,
rayah.
- Recit
-
- recta
-
noun,
a plural of rectum.
- dines
-
noun,
Scot. dinner.
- Drain
-
noun,
something, as a pipe or conduit, by which a liquid drains.
- Saadi
-
noun,
(Muslih ud-Din) 1184?–1291? Persian poet.
- Sadat
-
noun,
Anwar el- [ahn-wahr el] /ˈɑn wɑr ɛl/ (Show IPA), 1918–81, Egyptian political leader: president 1970–81; Nobel Peace Prize 1978.
- Sadie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Sara or Sarah.
- saice
-
noun,
syce.
- 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.
- Saida
-
noun,
a seaport in SW Lebanon: the site of ancient Sidon.
- dries
-
noun,
a plural of dry.
- drest
-
noun,
an outer garment for women and girls, consisting of bodice and skirt in one piece.
- drats
-
interjection,
(used to express mild disgust, disappointment, or the like):
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- Sande
-
noun,
Earl, 1898–1968, U.S. jockey and racehorse trainer.
- dites
-
noun,
a bit (usually used in negative constructions):
- dist.
-
- disc.
-
- dirts
-
noun,
any foul or filthy substance, as mud, grime, dust, or excrement.
- sanit
-
- Dirae
-
plural noun,
the Furies. See fury (def 3).
- Dirac
-
noun,
Paul Adrien Maurice, 1902–84, British physicist, in the U.S. after 1971: Nobel Prize 1933.
- Santa
-
noun,
Santa Claus.
- dints
-
noun,
force; power:
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- rides
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- 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.
- Redan
-
noun,
a V -shaped work, usually projecting from a fortified line.
- redia
-
noun,
a cylindrical larval stage of some trematodes, produced by a sporocyst and giving rise to daughter rediae or to cercariae.
- 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.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- rends
-
verb (used with object),
to separate into parts with force or violence:
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- reni-
-
- ERICA
-
noun,
any of numerous low-growing evergreen shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Erica, of the heath family, including several species of heather.
- 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.
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- ectad
-
adverb,
outward.
- enact
-
verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- retd.
-
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- Ednas
-
noun,
Adnah.
- riata
-
noun,
a lariat.
- edits
-
noun,
an instance of or the work of editing:
- edit.
-
- Edina
-
noun,
a city in SE Minnesota, near Minneapolis.
- edict
-
noun,
a decree issued by a sovereign or other authority. Synonyms: dictum, pronouncement.
- rices
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- scent
-
noun,
a distinctive odor, especially when agreeable:
- cires
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- Dante
-
noun,
(Dante Alighieri) 1265–1321, Italian poet: author of the Divine Comedy.
- Areca
-
noun,
any tropical Asian palm of the genus Areca, as the betel palm.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- Arndt
-
noun,
Ernst Moritz [ernst moh-rits] /ɛrnst ˈmoʊ rɪts/ (Show IPA), 1769–1860, German poet and historian.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- Tarai
-
noun,
Terai.
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- Tarde
-
noun,
Gabriel [ga-bree-el] /ga briˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1843–1904, French sociologist.
- Arica
-
noun,
a seaport in N Chile.
- arias
-
noun,
an air or melody.
- arian
-
noun,
an adherent of Arianism.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- ARENA
-
noun,
the oval space in the center of a Roman amphitheater for gladiatorial combats or other performances.
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- ASDIC
-
noun,
sonar.
- Arden
-
noun,
Forest of, a forest district in central England, in N Warwickshire: scene of Shakespeare's As You Like It.
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- arces
-
noun,
a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
- Arcas
-
noun,
a son of Zeus and Callisto, the ancestor of the Arcadians who was set among the stars with his mother as the Little Bear and the Great Bear respectively.
- tears
-
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- antic
-
noun,
Usually, antics.
a playful trick or prank; caper.
a grotesque, fantastic, or ludicrous gesture, act, or posture.
- anti-
-
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- ante-
-
- antas
-
noun,
a privately supported organization, chartered by Congress in 1935, for the encouragement and advancement of professional and nonprofessional theater.
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- Taira
-
noun,
a member of a powerful family in Japan that ruled the country 1160–85.
- tends
-
Verb phrases,
tend on/upon, Archaic. to attend or wait upon; minister to; serve:
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- Caird
-
noun,
a traveling tinker, especially a gypsy.
- cains
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- caine
-
noun,
(Sir Thomas Henry) Hall, 1853–1931, English novelist.
- caids
-
noun,
(in North Africa) a Muslim tribal chief, judge, or senior official.
- stand
-
noun,
the act of standing; an assuming of or a remaining in an upright position.
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- cadre
-
noun,
Military. the key group of officers and enlisted personnel necessary to establish and train a new military unit.
- cadis
-
noun,
qadi.
- Cadet
-
noun,
a student in a national service academy or private military school or on a training ship.
- Cades
-
noun,
a juniper, Juniperus oxycedrus, of the Mediterranean area, whose wood on destructive distillation yields an oily liquid (oil of cade) used in treating skin diseases.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- Stead
-
noun,
the place of a person or thing as occupied by a successor or substitute:
- ster.
-
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- atria
-
noun,
Architecture.
Also called cavaedium. the main or central room of an ancient Roman house, open to the sky at the center and usually having a pool for the collection of rain water.
a courtyard, flanked or surrounded by porticoes, in front of an early or medieval Christian church.
a skylit central court in a contemporary building or house.
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- Dania
-
noun,
a town in S Florida.
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- taces
-
noun,
tasset.
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- aside
-
noun,
a part of an actor's lines supposedly not heard by others on the stage and intended only for the audience.
- Asian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Asia, or a person of Asian descent.
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- ASEAN
-
- Ansar
-
noun,
the first inhabitants of Medina to accept Islam.
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- trend
-
noun,
the general course or prevailing tendency; drift:
- adret
-
noun,
a side of a mountain receiving direct sunlight.
- adits
-
noun,
an entrance or a passage.
- Trace
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- aden-
-
- trade
-
noun,
the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries:
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- Actis
-
noun,
a son of Rhoda and Helius who, when banished from his home for fratricide, fled to Egypt, where he taught astrology. The Colossus of Rhodes was built in his honor.
- acrid
-
adjective,
sharp or biting to the taste or smell; bitterly pungent; irritating to the eyes, nose, etc.:
- acred
-
adjective,
owning many acres of land; landed.
- tread
-
noun,
the action of treading, stepping, or walking.
- acnes
-
noun,
an inflammatory disease of the sebaceous glands, characterized by comedones and pimples, especially on the face, back, and chest, and, in severe cases, by cysts and nodules resulting in scarring.
- treas
-
- acids
-
noun,
Chemistry. a compound usually having a sour taste and capable of neutralizing alkalis and reddening blue litmus paper, containing hydrogen that can be replaced by a metal or an electropositive group to form a salt, or containing an atom that can accept a pair of electrons from a base. Acids are proton donors that yield hydronium ions in water solution, or electron-pair acceptors that combine with electron-pair donors or bases.
- tired
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- acet-
-
- triac
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- acari
-
noun,
plural of acarus.
- Triad
-
noun,
a group of three, especially of three closely related persons or things.
- trice
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- tried
-
noun,
an attempt or effort:
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- tsadi
-
noun,
sadhe.
- Tsana
-
noun,
Lake. Tana, Lake.
- 30-30
-
- 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.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- aecia
-
noun,
the fruiting body of rust fungi, which bears chainlike or stalked spores.
- Anita
-
noun,
a female given name: Spanish form of Anna.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- anis-
-
- anear
-
adverb, preposition,
near.
- tera-
-
- Andre
-
noun,
John, 1751–80, British major hanged as a spy by the Americans in the Revolutionary War: plotted the betrayal of West Point with Benedict Arnold.
- andr-
-
- Andie
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- 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).
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- ancre
-
adjective,
having the end of each limb divided and carved outward like the flukes of an anchor; moline:
- anat.
-
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- 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.
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- tiara
-
noun,
a jeweled, ornamental coronet worn by women.
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- 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.
- 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.
- Aides
-
noun,
nurse's aide.
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- Aetna
-
noun,
Mount. Etna, Mount.
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- Aeria
-
noun,
an area in the northern hemisphere of Mars.
- aeri-
-
- cairn
-
noun,
a heap of stones set up as a landmark, monument, tombstone, etc.
- astr.
-
- cedis
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Ghana, equal to 100 pesewas.
- snide
-
adjective,
derogatory in a nasty, insinuating manner:
- cater
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- crest
-
noun,
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- cata-
-
- cried
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- caste
-
noun,
Sociology.
an endogamous and hereditary social group limited to persons of the same rank, occupation, economic position, etc., and having mores distinguishing it from other such groups.
any rigid system of social distinctions.
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- snead
-
noun,
Samuel Jackson ("Slamming Sammy") 1912–2002, U.S. golfer.
- cries
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- crine
-
noun,
hair; head of hair.
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- crit.
-
- carts
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- Seric
-
- cider
-
noun,
the juice pressed from apples (or formerly from some other fruit) used for drinking, either before fermentation (sweet cider) or after fermentation (hard cider) or for making applejack, vinegar, etc.
- serac
-
noun,
a large irregularity of glacial ice, as a pinnacle found in glacial crevasses and formed by melting or movement of the ice.
- Carte
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- carse
-
noun,
bottom land.
- carns
-
noun,
cairn.
- Cates
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- 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.
- Srta.
-
- seti-
-
- cine-
-
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- cines
-
noun,
a film; motion picture.
- cetin
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble fat, C 32 H 64 O 2 , obtained from spermaceti by extraction with ether: used chiefly as an emulsive agent in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals and cosmetics and as a base in the manufacture of candles and soaps.
- since
-
adverb,
from then till now (often preceded by ever):
- Cesti
-
noun,
Marcantonio [mahr-kahn-taw-nyaw] /ˌmɑr kɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1623–69, Italian composer.
- cesta
-
noun,
a narrow, curved basket fitted on one end to a wooden handle with a glovelike compartment at the base, for catching and throwing the ball.
- cert.
-
- nerds
-
noun,
a person considered to be socially awkward, boring, unstylish, etc.
- ceria
-
noun,
a white-to-yellow, heavy powder, cerium dioxide, CeO 2 , usually derived from cerium nitrate by decomposition with heat: used chiefly in ceramics, glass polishing, and decolorizing.
- Ceara
-
noun,
Fortaleza.
- ceras
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- cites
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- cents
-
noun,
a bronze coin of the U.S., the 100th part of a U.S. dollar: made of steel during part of 1943. Symbol: ¢.
- cent.
-
- Cenis
-
noun,
Mont, a mountain pass between SE France and Italy, in the Alps. 6834 feet (2083 meters) high.
- cnida
-
noun,
a nematocyst.
- Cedar
-
noun,
any of several Old World, coniferous trees of the genus Cedrus, having wide, spreading branches.
Compare cedar of Lebanon.
- Crane
-
noun,
any large wading bird of the family Gruidae, characterized by long legs, bill, and neck and an elevated hind toe.
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- crate
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- carne
-
noun,
Marcel [mahr-sel;; French mar-sel] /mɑrˈsɛl;; French marˈsɛl/ (Show IPA), 1909–1996, French film director.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- Sidra
-
noun,
Gulf of, an inlet of the Mediterranean, on the N coast of Libya.
- dance
-
noun,
a successive group of rhythmical steps or bodily motions, or both, usually executed to music.
- canid
-
noun,
any animal of the dog family Canidae, including the wolves, jackals, hyenas, coyotes, foxes, and domestic dogs.
- Cant.
-
- cants
-
noun,
insincere, especially conventional expressions of enthusiasm for high ideals, goodness, or piety.
- Carin
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Dacia
-
noun,
an ancient kingdom and later a Roman province in S Europe between the Carpathian Mountains and the Danube, corresponding generally to modern Romania and adjacent regions.
- stade
-
noun,
a period of time represented by a glacial deposit.
- Danai
-
plural noun,
the Argives.
- Caras
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Italian word meaning “dear one.”.
- Danae
-
noun,
a daughter of the king of Argos and mother, by Zeus disguised as a shower of gold, of Perseus.
- carat
-
noun,
a unit of weight in gemstones, 200 milligrams (about 3 grains of troy or avoirdupois weight). Abbreviation: c., ct.
- Card.
-
- cards
-
noun,
a usually rectangular piece of stiff paper, thin pasteboard, or plastic for various uses, as to write information on or printed as a means of identifying the holder:
- Danas
-
noun,
Danu.
- daces
-
noun,
a small, freshwater cyprinoid fish, Leuciscus leuciscus, of Europe, having a stout, fusiform body.
- Caren
-
noun,
a female given name.
- staid
-
noun,
the act of stopping or being stopped.
- canes
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- danes
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Denmark.
- Carie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- Caria
-
noun,
an ancient district in SW Asia Minor.
- Canea
-
noun,
a seaport on and the capital of Crete, on the W part.
- Sedan
-
noun,
an enclosed automobile body having two or four doors and seating four or more persons on two full-width seats.
- caret
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- caner
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- sect.
-
- cares
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- canst
-
noun,
a sealed container for food, beverages, etc., as of aluminum, sheet iron coated with tin, or other metal:
- nide
-
noun,
a nest or brood, especially of pheasants.
- scr.
-
- RAID
-
noun,
a sudden assault or attack, as upon something to be seized or suppressed:
- Nida
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Nydia.
- tRNA
-
- NICE
-
noun,
a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
- 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).
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- 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.
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- 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.
- Sat.
-
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- side
-
noun,
one of the surfaces forming the outside of or bounding a thing, or one of the lines bounding a geometric figure.
- 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.
- sci.
-
- tics
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- Raia
-
noun,
rayah.
- tri-
-
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- send
-
noun,
the heaving motion of a vessel.
- NTIA
-
- SCAN
-
noun,
an act or instance of scanning; close examination.
- SCAD
-
noun,
any carangid fish of the genus Decapterus, inhabiting tropical and subtropical shore waters.
- RACE
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- scar
-
noun,
a mark left by a healed wound, sore, or burn.
- sec.
-
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- rad.
-
- trid
-
- 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.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- NIRA
-
- 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.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- 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.
- rads
-
noun,
a standard unit of absorbed dose of radiation equal to 0.01 gray2 .
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- 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.
- 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.
- Tace
-
noun,
tasset.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- 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.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- str.
-
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- Sand
-
noun,
the more or less fine debris of rocks, consisting of small, loose grains, often of quartz.
- tads
-
noun,
a small child, especially a boy.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- 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.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- 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.
- Sra.
-
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- Ste.
-
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- Tana
-
noun,
thana.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- Saar
-
noun,
Also called Saar Basin. a coal-producing region in W Germany, in the Saar River valley: governed by the League of Nations 1919–35; returned to Germany 1935 as a result of a plebiscite; under French economic control following World War II until 1956.
- std.
-
- RNAS
-
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- rit.
-
- RISC
-
noun,
reduced instruction set computer: a computer whose central processing unit recognizes a relatively small number of instructions, which it can execute very rapidly.
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- said
-
noun,
sayyid.
- Rind
-
noun,
a thick and firm outer coat or covering, as of certain fruits, cheeses, and meats:
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- rids
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of ride.
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- ride
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- Rida
-
- 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.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- RAND
-
noun,
(in shoemaking) a strip of leather set in a shoe at the heel before the lifts are attached.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- rasa
-
noun,
(in Hindu aesthetics) flavor, sentiment, or emotion: regarded as one of the fundamental qualities of classical music, dance, and poetry.
- teds
-
noun,
British Slang. Teddy boy.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- Sadi
-
noun,
sadhe.
- 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.
- ten.
-
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- tend
-
Verb phrases,
tend on/upon, Archaic. to attend or wait upon; minister to; serve:
- 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.
- Sard
-
noun,
a reddish-brown chalcedony, used as a gem.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- ter.
-
- Sina
-
noun,
a female 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.
- TDRS
-
- Reid
-
noun,
Sir George Huston, 1845–1918, Australian statesman, born in Scotland: prime minister 1904–05.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- 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.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- Tara
-
noun,
a village in the NE Republic of Ireland, NW of Dublin: home of the ancient Irish kings (Hill of Tara)
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- Read
-
noun,
an act or instance of reading:
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- RdAc
-
- rcd.
-
- SARA
-
noun,
a member of a people of the Central African Republic.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- 1080
-
- nerd
-
noun,
a person considered to be socially awkward, boring, unstylish, etc.
- atar
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- ears
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- Asat
-
noun,
(in Vedic mythology) the realm of nonexistence, populated by demons.
Compare sat2 (def 1).
- asc-
-
- Eads
-
noun,
James Buchanan, 1820–87, U.S. engineer and inventor.
- asci
-
noun,
plural of ascus.
- asea
-
adjective, adverb,
to or toward the sea; seaward.
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- Asia
-
noun,
a continent bounded by Europe and the Arctic, Pacific, and Indian oceans. About 16,000,000 sq. mi. (41,440,000 sq. km).
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- art.
-
- ates
-
- atic
-
- Drin
-
noun,
a river in S Europe, flowing generally NW from SW Macedonia through N Albania into the Adriatic. 180 miles (290 km) long.
- drat
-
interjection,
(used to express mild disgust, disappointment, or the like):
- cade
-
noun,
a juniper, Juniperus oxycedrus, of the Mediterranean area, whose wood on destructive distillation yields an oily liquid (oil of cade) used in treating skin diseases.
- cadi
-
noun,
qadi.
- cads
-
noun,
an ill-bred man, especially one who behaves in a dishonorable or irresponsible way toward women.
- 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.
- dite
-
noun,
a bit (usually used in negative constructions):
- dis-
-
- DIRT
-
noun,
any foul or filthy substance, as mud, grime, dust, or excrement.
- DIRE
-
adjective,
causing or involving great fear or suffering; dreadful; terrible:
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- dint
-
noun,
force; power:
- ends
-
noun,
the last part or extremity, lengthwise, of anything that is longer than it is wide or broad:
- est.
-
- Esd.
-
- Arad
-
noun,
a city in W Romania, on the Mures River.
- Aras
-
noun,
Also, Araks. Ancient Araxes. a river in SW Asia, flowing from E Turkey along part of the boundary between NW Iran and Armenia and Azerbaijan into the Kura River. About 660 miles (1065 km) long.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- Ens.
-
- Enid
-
noun,
a city in N Oklahoma.
- end-
-
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- enc.
-
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- Arce
-
noun,
a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
- EDTA
-
- area
-
noun,
any particular extent of space or surface; part:
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- Edna
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “rejuvenation, rebirth.”.
- Aria
-
noun,
an air or melody.
- arid
-
adjective,
being without moisture; extremely dry; parched:
- ARIS
-
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- ect-
-
- dir.
-
- dins
-
noun,
a loud, confused noise; a continued loud or tumultuous sound; noisy clamor.
- etc.
-
- cedi
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Ghana, equal to 100 pesewas.
- Dana
-
noun,
Danu.
- Casa
-
noun,
a house.
- CASE
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- cast
-
noun,
act of casting or throwing.
- Dan.
-
abbreviation,
Bible. Daniel (def 1).
- DAIS
-
noun,
a raised platform, as at the front of a room, for a lectern, throne, seats of honor, etc.
- cat.
-
- Dace
-
noun,
a small, freshwater cyprinoid fish, Leuciscus leuciscus, of Europe, having a stout, fusiform body.
- Cate
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- Cdr.
-
- cts.
-
- ctr.
-
- CART
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- cen.
-
- cera
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- CERN
-
- cet-
-
- Ceta
-
noun,
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.
- Cres
-
- crat
-
- cide
-
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- cit.
-
- cist
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- cis-
-
- Dane
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Denmark.
- Dare
-
noun,
an act of daring or defiance; challenge.
- caid
-
noun,
(in North Africa) a Muslim tribal chief, judge, or senior official.
- der.
-
- Dine
-
noun,
Scot. dinner.
- Din.
-
- Diet
-
noun,
food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health:
- Dies
-
noun,
Martin, 1901–72, U.S. politician.
- Cain
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- Dice
-
noun,
Machinery.
any of various devices for cutting or forming material in a press or a stamping or forging machine.
a hollow device of steel, often composed of several pieces to be fitted into a stock, for cutting the threads of bolts or the like.
one of the separate pieces of such a device.
a steel block or plate with small conical holes through which wire, plastic rods, etc., are drawn.
- 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.
- dia-
-
- Can.
-
- Cana
-
noun,
an ancient town in N Israel, in Galilee: scene of Jesus' first miracle. John 2:1, 11.
- dern
-
adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
darn2 .
- Deni
-
noun,
a monetary unit of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the 100th part of a denar.
- Dari
-
noun,
a form of Persian, spoken in Afghanistan.
- Den.
-
- cane
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- Dec.
-
- DEAR
-
noun,
a person who is good, kind, or generous:
- Dean
-
noun,
Education.
the head of a faculty, school, or administrative division in a university or college:
an official in an American college or secondary school having charge of student personnel services, such as counseling or discipline:
the official in charge of undergraduate students at an English university.
- Cara
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Italian word meaning “dear one.”.
- CARE
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- date
-
noun,
a particular month, day, and year at which some event happened or will happen:
- DATA
-
noun,
a plural of datum.
- dat.
-
- Carn
-
noun,
cairn.
- Darn
-
noun,
a darned place, as in a garment:
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- arca
-
noun,
a chest for valuables, used in medieval Spain and Italy.
- etic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or being the raw data of a language or other area of behavior, without considering the data as significant units functioning within a system.
- aet.
-
- Adar
-
noun,
the sixth month of the Jewish calendar.
- adat
-
noun,
the native law traditional in Indonesia.
- Adie
-
noun,
a female given name.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- 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.
- adit
-
noun,
an entrance or a passage.
- aer-
-
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- aesc
-
noun,
ash2 (def 3).
- Ire.
-
- NACA
-
- Aida
-
noun,
(italics) an opera (1871) by Giuseppe Verdi.
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- 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.
- int.
-
- ins.
-
- Aiea
-
noun,
a town on S Oahu, in Hawaii.
- IndE
-
- Inca
-
noun,
a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
- Inc.
-
- ACTS
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- Acta
-
plural noun,
official records, as of acts, deeds, proceedings, transactions, or the like.
- AInd
-
- nard
-
noun,
an aromatic Himalayan plant, believed to be the spikenard, Nardostachys jatamansi, the source of an ointment used by the ancients.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- NDAC
-
- NCTE
-
- NCAA
-
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- ARCS
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- NASD
-
- NASA
-
noun,
National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
- narc
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- Nada
-
noun,
nothing; zero; none:
- Nara
-
noun,
a city on S Honshu, in central Japan: chief Buddhist center of ancient Japan; first capital of Japan a.d. 710–84.
- acad
-
- ACDA
-
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- acea
-
- acid
-
noun,
Chemistry. a compound usually having a sour taste and capable of neutralizing alkalis and reddening blue litmus paper, containing hydrogen that can be replaced by a metal or an electropositive group to form a salt, or containing an atom that can accept a pair of electrons from a base. Acids are proton donors that yield hydronium ions in water solution, or electron-pair acceptors that combine with electron-pair donors or bases.
- Acis
-
noun,
the lover of Galatea, killed by Polyphemus out of jealousy.
- acne
-
noun,
an inflammatory disease of the sebaceous glands, characterized by comedones and pimples, especially on the face, back, and chest, and, in severe cases, by cysts and nodules resulting in scarring.
- acr-
-
- Acre
-
noun,
a common measure of area: in the U.S. and U.K., 1 acre equals 4,840 square yards (4,047 square meters) or 0.405 hectare; 640 acres equals one square mile.
- inae
-
- aide
-
noun,
nurse's aide.
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- ance
-
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- iced
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- Ice.
-
- IATA
-
- iana
-
- 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).
- 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).
- IAEA
-
- ands
-
- Ind.
-
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- ansa
-
noun,
Archaeology. a looped handle, especially of a vase.
- ANSI
-
- ant.
-
- ANTA
-
noun,
a privately supported organization, chartered by Congress in 1935, for the encouragement and advancement of professional and nonprofessional theater.
- idae
-
- Anas
-
- cir.
-
- 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.
- Aire
-
- TCS
-
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- CDT
-
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- 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.
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- Tad
-
noun,
a small child, especially a boy.
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- CEA
-
- Aar
-
- ASN
-
- CAS
-
verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- Sr.
-
- AAS
-
noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- AAE
-
- CED
-
- 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.
- CID
-
noun,
The ("El Cid Campeador"; Rodrigo Díaz de Bivar) c1040–99, Spanish soldier: hero of the wars against the Moors.
- TSI
-
- CIE
-
- TSE
-
- ac-
-
- ad-
-
- ADC
-
- ARA
-
noun,
the Altar, a southern constellation between Triangulum Australe and Scorpius.
- AIA
-
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- CIA
-
- AID
-
noun,
help or support; assistance.
- an.
-
- ASI
-
- Ted
-
noun,
British Slang. Teddy boy.
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- Ar.
-
- ASR
-
- cr.
-
- ast
-
- CAI
-
- ae.
-
- AEA
-
- AEC
-
- 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.
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- ARS
-
- AIC
-
- STI
-
- tr.
-
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- ASA
-
noun,
a king of Judah, 913?–873? b.c. I Kings 15:8–24.
- CAD
-
noun,
an ill-bred man, especially one who behaves in a dishonorable or irresponsible way toward women.
- CAA
-
- ca.
-
- ct.
-
- TID
-
- ADS
-
noun,
advertisement.
- tra
-
- cs.
-
- ATA
-
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- at.
-
- St.
-
- Sta
-
- ANC
-
- ACS
-
- ACT
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- CAR
-
noun,
an automobile.
- ard
-
- TIA
-
- ase
-
- 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.
- ADA
-
noun,
a programming language particularly suited to real-time applications: developed for use by the U.S. Department of Defense.
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- ATC
-
- ade
-
noun,
George, 1866–1944, U.S. humorist.
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- TCA
-
- DAS
-
noun,
hyrax.
- SID
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Sidney or Sydney.
- ICA
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- ics
-
- id.
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Ia.
-
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- IAS
-
- REA
-
- ETS
-
- RDS
-
- RDC
-
- RDA
-
- RCT
-
- RCN
-
- RCA
-
- IDA
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in W Turkey, in NW Asia Minor, SE of ancient Troy. 5810 feet (1771 meters).
Turkish Kazdaği [kahz-dah-gee; Turkish kahz-dah-uh] /ˌkɑz dɑˈgi; Turkish ˌkɑz dɑˈʌ/ (Show IPA).
- ide
-
- 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.
- ETR
-
- 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.
- eir
-
- RID
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- ed.
-
- EDA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- EDC
-
- EDS
-
noun,
education:
- EDT
-
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- EIS
-
- ESR
-
- SIC
-
adverb,
so; thus: usually written parenthetically to denote that a word, phrase, passage, etc., that may appear strange or incorrect has been written intentionally or has been quoted verbatim: (sic).
- ret
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- ERT
-
- ESA
-
- Esc
-
- 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.
- ier
-
- ec-
-
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- RCS
-
- Rd.
-
- NSC
-
- NSA
-
- NRC
-
- NRA
-
- nr.
-
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- NDE
-
- ne-
-
- NEA
-
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- NIA
-
- 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:
- NEC
-
- NES
-
- Re.
-
- NAD
-
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- in.
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ine
-
- Ir.
-
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- IRC
-
- IRS
-
- ISA
-
- NAA
-
- ise
-
- ISR
-
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- ist
-
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- ITA
-
- ITC
-
- ite
-
- ECA
-
- en-
-
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- DEI
-
adverb,
by the grace of God.
- ScD
-
- NED
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Edward.
- d-c
-
noun,
a surgical method for the removal of diseased tissue or an early embryo from the lining of the uterus by means of scraping.
- DCS
-
- de-
-
- DEA
-
- sc.
-
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- SDA
-
- di.
-
- 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.
- SAR
-
- 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
-
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- DNR
-
- Dr.
-
- DAR
-
- SDI
-
- DSA
-
- CTA
-
- CNS
-
- CRS
-
- CRT
-
- CSA
-
- CSR
-
- CST
-
- 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).
- cte
-
- SDR
-
- ctn
-
plural,
carton.
- 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.
- SED
-
- DSC
-
- DAE
-
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- se-
-
- DRE
-
- DET
-
- DSR
-
- ea.
-
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- ear
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- ean
-
- ead
-
- RNA
-
- EAA
-
- rnd
-
- Rs.
-
- RSA
-
- RSE
-
- rt.
-
- rte
-
- RTS
-
- sd.
-
- 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.
- ETD
-
- SAA
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- SAC
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- SAE
-
- DST
-
- Sad
-
noun,
the 14th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- i.
-
- EI
-
- TC
-
- AA
-
noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- DN
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- DA
-
noun,
a male hairstyle, especially of the 1950s, in which the hair is slicked back on both sides to overlap at the back of the head.
- 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.
- DT
-
noun,
a withdrawal syndrome occurring in persons who have developed physiological dependence on alcohol, characterized by tremor, visual hallucinations, and autonomic instability. Abbreviation: d.t.
- A.
-
noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- 3D
-
noun,
a three-dimensional form or appearance:
- 2D
-
noun,
a two-dimensional form or appearance:
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- D.
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- R.
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- TD
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- et
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verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- T1
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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.
- TN
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- TA
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noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- ic
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- SA
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- N.
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- NC
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- t.
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- ND
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- NI
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- CE
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- SN
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- TE
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noun,
ti1 .
- RN
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- RI
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- DC
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noun,
a surgical method for the removal of diseased tissue or an early embryo from the lining of the uterus by means of scraping.
- RC
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- S.
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