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- fumitories
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noun,
any plant of the genus Fumaria, especially a delicate herb, F. officinalis, having finely dissected, grayish leaves and spikes of purplish flowers.
- fructoside
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noun,
a glycoside that yields fructose upon hydrolysis.
- discomfit
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verb (used with object),
to confuse and deject; disconcert:
- modifiers
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noun,
a person or thing that modifies.
- sudorific
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adjective,
causing sweat; diaphoretic.
- diuretics
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noun,
a diuretic medicine or agent.
- midcourse
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noun,
the middle of a course.
- drift-ice
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noun,
detached floating ice in masses that drift with the wind or ocean currents, as in the polar seas.
- crudities
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noun,
the state or quality of being crude.
- mortifies
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verb (used with object),
to humiliate or shame, as by injury to one's pride or self-respect.
- courtside
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noun,
(in sports) the area adjoining the official playing area of a court, as in basketball, tennis, or volleyball.
- costumier
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noun,
costumer (def 1).
- eroticism
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noun,
the sexual or erotic quality or character of something.
- scutiform
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adjective,
being in the shape of a shield; shield-shaped.
- trisodium
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adjective,
pertaining to molecules containing three sodium atoms.
- triecious
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adjective,
trioecious.
- fruticose
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adjective,
having the form of a shrub; shrublike.
- isometric
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noun,
isometrics, isometric exercise (def 1).
- mediocris
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adjective,
(of a cumulus cloud) of medium height and often lacking a distinctive summit.
- costumer
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noun,
a person who makes, sells, or rents costumes, as for theatrical productions.
- demotics
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noun,
demotic script.
- dimerous
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adjective,
consisting of or divided into two parts.
- codifies
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verb (used with object),
to reduce (laws, rules, etc.) to a code.
- diecious
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adjective,
dioecious.
- comities
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noun,
mutual courtesy; civility.
- comedist
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noun,
a writer of comedies.
- decorums
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noun,
dignified propriety of behavior, speech, dress, etc.
- customer
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noun,
a person who purchases goods or services from another; buyer; patron.
- crudites
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noun,
an appetizer consisting of a variety of raw vegetables, usually cut into strips or bite-size pieces, and served with a dip.
- cordites
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noun,
a smokeless, slow-burning powder composed of 30 to 58 percent nitroglycerin, 37 to 65 percent cellulose nitrate, and 5 to 6 percent mineral jelly.
- diorites
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noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting essentially of plagioclase feldspar and hornblende.
- mortices
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noun,
a notch, hole, groove, or slot made in a piece of wood or the like to receive a tenon of the same dimensions.
- domestic
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noun,
a hired household servant.
- Dioscuri
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plural noun,
Castor and Pollux, the twin sons of Zeus and Leda.
- sciuroid
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adjective,
sciurine.
- outcries
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noun,
a strong and usually public expression of protest, indignation, or the like.
- outrides
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noun,
Prosody. an unaccented syllable or syllables added to a metrical foot, especially in sprung rhythm.
- isomeric
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adjective,
of, relating to, or displaying isomerism.
- outsider
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noun,
a person not belonging to a particular group, set, party, etc.:
- fructose
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noun,
Chemistry, Pharmacology. a yellowish to white, crystalline, water-soluble, levorotatory ketose sugar, C 6 H 12 O 6 , sweeter than sucrose, occurring in invert sugar, honey, and a great many fruits: used in foodstuffs and in medicine chiefly in solution as an intravenous nutrient.
- fremitus
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noun,
palpable vibration, as of the walls of the chest.
- meristic
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adjective,
of, relating to, or divided into segments or somites.
- semiotic
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noun,
semiotics.
- diuretic
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noun,
a diuretic medicine or agent.
- eductors
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noun,
ejector (def 3).
- setiform
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adjective,
bristle-shaped; setaceous.
- Dumfries
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noun,
Also called Dumfriesshire [duhm-frees-sheer, -sher] /dʌmˈfrisˌʃɪər, -ʃər/ (Show IPA). a historic county in S Scotland.
- soredium
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noun,
a group of algal cells surrounded by hyphal tissue, occurring on the surface of the thallus and functioning in vegetative reproduction.
- do-re-mi
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noun,
money.
- trisomic
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adjective,
having one chromosome in addition to the usual diploid number.
- Docetism
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noun,
an early Christian doctrine that the sufferings of Christ were apparent and not real and that after the crucifixion he appeared in a spiritual body.
- citreous
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adjective,
lemon-yellow; greenish-yellow.
- iris-out
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noun,
the gradual disappearance of an image or scene through a contracting circle.
- modifies
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verb (used with object),
to change somewhat the form or qualities of; alter partially; amend:
- moisture
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noun,
condensed or diffused liquid, especially water:
- modifier
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noun,
a person or thing that modifies.
- Coueism
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noun,
a method of self-help stressing autosuggestion, popular especially in the U.S. c1920 and featuring the slogan “Day by day in every way I am getting better and better.”.
- Mitford
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noun,
Mary Russell, 1787–1855, English novelist, poet, playwright, and essayist.
- mucoids
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noun,
Biochemistry. any of a group of substances resembling the mucins, occurring in connective tissue, cysts, etc.
- redouts
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noun,
a condition experienced by pilots and astronauts in which blood is forced to the head and results in a reddening of the field of vision during rapid deceleration or in maneuvers that produce a negative gravity force.
- dim-out
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noun,
a reduction or concealment of night lighting in wartime to make the source less visible to an enemy from the air or sea.
- credits
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noun,
commendation or honor given for some action, quality, etc.:
- couters
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noun,
a piece of plate armor for the elbow.
- icterus
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noun,
jaundice (def 1).
- cestoid
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noun,
cestode.
- miotics
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noun,
a miotic drug.
- Demotic
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noun,
demotic script.
- suicide
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noun,
the intentional taking of one's own life.
- surfeit
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noun,
excess; an excessive amount:
- tourism
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noun,
the activity or practice of touring, especially for pleasure.
- directs
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adverb,
in a direct manner; directly; straight:
- erotics
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noun,
an erotic poem.
- costume
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noun,
a style of dress, including accessories and hairdos, especially that peculiar to a nation, region, group, or historical period.
- dirties
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Idioms,
do (someone) dirty, Slang. to treat unfairly or reprehensibly, as by cheating or slandering.
- eductor
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noun,
ejector (def 3).
- mortise
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noun,
a notch, hole, groove, or slot made in a piece of wood or the like to receive a tenon of the same dimensions.
- medicos
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noun,
a physician or surgeon; doctor.
- scouter
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noun,
a person who scouts.
- miscite
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verb (used with or without object),
to misquote.
- detours
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noun,
a roundabout or circuitous way or course, especially one used temporarily when the main route is closed.
- tediums
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noun,
the quality or state of being wearisome; irksomeness; tediousness.
- timeous
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adjective,
timely; sufficiently early.
- Decimus
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adjective,
(in prescriptions) tenth.
- decorum
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noun,
dignified propriety of behavior, speech, dress, etc.
- modiste
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noun,
Older Use. a female maker of or dealer in women's fashionable attire.
- deficit
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noun,
the amount by which a sum of money falls short of the required amount.
- defocus
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noun,
the result of defocusing, as a blurred photographic image.
- curites
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noun,
a radioactive uranium mineral, Pb 2 U 5 O 17 ·4H 2 O, with adamantine luster, occurring as reddish-brown to deep-yellow needle-shaped crystals, formed by alteration of uraninite.
- deforms
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adjective,
deformed; ugly.
- defrost
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verb (used with object),
to remove the frost or ice from:
- miscode
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verb (used with object),
to code mistakenly, as in data processing.
- frosted
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noun,
a thick beverage, usually made with milk, flavoring syrup, and ice cream whipped together.
- mortice
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noun,
a notch, hole, groove, or slot made in a piece of wood or the like to receive a tenon of the same dimensions.
- deiform
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adjective,
godlike or divine in form or nature.
- fructed
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adjective,
(of a tree or other plant) represented as bearing fruit, seeds, or the like:
- 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.
- forties
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noun,
a cardinal number, ten times four.
- fruited
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noun,
any product of plant growth useful to humans or animals.
- tedious
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adjective,
marked by monotony or tedium; long and tiresome:
- sidero-
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- fucoids
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noun,
a fucoid seaweed.
- Forseti
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noun,
the god of justice, the son of Balder and Nanna.
- crusted
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noun,
the brown, hard outer portion or surface of a loaf or slice of bread (distinguished from crumb).
- outside
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noun,
the outer side, surface, or part; exterior:
- diorite
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noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting essentially of plagioclase feldspar and hornblende.
- outride
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noun,
Prosody. an unaccented syllable or syllables added to a metrical foot, especially in sprung rhythm.
- eristic
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noun,
a person who engages in disputation; controversialist.
- steroid
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noun,
any of a large group of fat-soluble organic compounds, as the sterols, bile acids, and sex hormones, most of which have specific physiological action.
- trisome
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noun,
a trisomic individual.
- iridous
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adjective,
containing trivalent iridium.
- dormice
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noun,
any small, furry-tailed, Old World rodent of the family Gliridae, resembling small squirrels in appearance and habits.
- triodes
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noun,
a vacuum tube containing three elements, usually anode, cathode, and control grid.
- ceriums
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noun,
a steel-gray, ductile metallic element of the rare-earth group found only in combination. Symbol: Ce; atomic weight: 140.12; atomic number: 58.
- coedits
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verb (used with object),
to edit jointly with another.
- feudist
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noun,
a person who participates in a feud.
- storied
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noun,
a narrative, either true or fictitious, in prose or verse, designed to interest, amuse, or instruct the hearer or reader; tale.
- orifice
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noun,
an opening or aperture, as of a tube or pipe; a mouthlike opening or hole; mouth; vent.
- fideism
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noun,
exclusive reliance in religious matters upon faith, with consequent rejection of appeals to science or philosophy.
- medico-
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- comfits
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noun,
a candy containing a nut or piece of fruit.
- scrotum
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noun,
the pouch of skin that contains the testes.
- misfire
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noun,
an act or instance of misfiring.
- Semitic
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noun,
a subfamily of Afroasiatic languages that includes Akkadian, Arabic, Aramaic, Ethiopic, Hebrew, and Phoenician.
- cordite
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noun,
a smokeless, slow-burning powder composed of 30 to 58 percent nitroglycerin, 37 to 65 percent cellulose nitrate, and 5 to 6 percent mineral jelly.
- demits
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noun,
Also, dimit. (especially in Freemasonry) a written certification of honorable withdrawal or resignation, as from membership.
- souter
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noun,
a person who makes or repairs shoes; cobbler; shoemaker.
- deific
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adjective,
making divine; deifying.
- dories
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noun,
a boat with a narrow, flat bottom, high bow, and flaring sides.
- Deimos
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noun,
an ancient Greek personification of terror, a son of Ares and Aphrodite.
- Foster
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noun,
Stephen (Collins) 1826–64, U.S. songwriter.
- fetors
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noun,
a strong, offensive smell; stench.
- tedium
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noun,
the quality or state of being wearisome; irksomeness; tediousness.
- fistic
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adjective,
of boxing; pugilistic:
- studio
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noun,
the workroom or atelier of an artist, as a painter or sculptor.
- dormie
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adjective,
(of a player or side in match play) being in the lead by as many holes as are still to be played.
- stumer
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noun,
something bogus or fraudulent.
- moires
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noun,
any moiré fabric.
- fortes
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noun,
a person's strong suit, or most highly developed characteristic, talent, or skill; something that one excels in:
Synonyms: talent, skill, excellence, strength, strong point, specialty, proficiency; knack, bent.
- routes
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noun,
a course, way, or road for passage or travel:
- diseur
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noun,
a male professional entertainer who performs monologues.
- demurs
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noun,
the act of making objection.
- douser
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noun,
a person or thing that douses.
- softie
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noun,
softy.
- fortis
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noun,
a fortis consonant.
- rictus
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noun,
the gape of the mouth of a bird.
- dermis
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noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. the dense inner layer of skin beneath the epidermis, composed of connective tissue, blood and lymph vessels, sweat glands, hair follicles, and an elaborate sensory nerve network.
- Temuco
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noun,
a city in S Chile.
- ferous
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- steric
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adjective,
of or relating to the spatial relationships of atoms in a molecule.
- fresco
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noun,
Also called buon fresco, true fresco. the art or technique of painting on a moist, plaster surface with colors ground up in water or a limewater mixture.
Compare fresco secco.
- Oidium
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noun,
one of the conidia that are borne in chains by certain fungi.
- muscid
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noun,
any muscid fly.
- sodium
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noun,
Chemistry. a soft, silver-white, metallic element that oxidizes rapidly in moist air, occurring in nature only in the combined state, and used in the synthesis of sodium peroxide, sodium cyanide, and tetraethyllead: a necessary element in the body for the maintenance of normal fluid balance and other physiological functions. Symbol: Na; atomic weight: 22.9898; atomic number: 11; specific gravity: 0.97 at 20°C.
- miscue
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noun,
Sports. a failure to execute a play, stroke, or maneuver properly; an error.
- Medici
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noun,
Catherine de', Catherine de Médicis.
- Decius
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noun,
(Gaius Messius Quintus Trajanus Decius) a.d. c201–251, emperor of Rome 249–251.
- fouter
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noun,
something that has no value (used in expressions of contempt):
- Ferdus
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noun,
Firdausi.
- decors
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noun,
style or mode of decoration, as of a room, building, or the like:
- cesium
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noun,
a rare, highly reactive, soft, metallic element of the alkali metal group, used chiefly in photoelectric cells. Symbol: Cs; atomic weight: 132.905; atomic number: 55; specific gravity: 1.9 at 20°C; melts at 28.5°C.
- dorsum
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noun,
the back, as of the body.
- teiids
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noun,
any of a large group of chiefly tropical New World lizards of the family Teiidae, as the racerunner, caiman lizard, or whiptail, characterized by large rectangular scales on the belly and a long tail.
- dorsi-
-
- distr.
-
- deform
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adjective,
deformed; ugly.
- modest
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adjective,
having or showing a moderate or humble estimate of one's merits, importance, etc.; free from vanity, egotism, boastfulness, or great pretensions.
- Dorset
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noun,
1st Earl of, Thomas Sackville.
- dermic
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adjective,
dermal.
- dermo-
-
- cerium
-
noun,
a steel-gray, ductile metallic element of the rare-earth group found only in combination. Symbol: Ce; atomic weight: 140.12; atomic number: 58.
- tidies
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noun,
any of various articles for keeping things tidy, as a box having small drawers and compartments.
- foetid
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adjective,
fetid.
- drifts
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noun,
a driving movement or force; impulse; impetus; pressure.
- odiums
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noun,
intense hatred or dislike, especially toward a person or thing regarded as contemptible, despicable, or repugnant.
- dimers
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noun,
a molecule composed of two identical, simpler molecules.
- driest
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noun,
a prohibitionist.
- suitor
-
noun,
a man who courts or woos a woman.
- suited
-
noun,
a set of clothing, armor, or the like, intended for wear together.
- sorted
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- stride
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noun,
a striding manner or a striding gait.
- strife
-
noun,
vigorous or bitter conflict, discord, or antagonism:
- mucoid
-
noun,
Biochemistry. any of a group of substances resembling the mucins, occurring in connective tissue, cysts, etc.
- sortie
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noun,
a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
- cerous
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adjective,
containing trivalent cerium.
- strode
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noun,
a striding manner or a striding gait.
- diotic
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adjective,
pertaining to or affecting both ears; binaural.
- miotic
-
noun,
a miotic drug.
- Stroud
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noun,
a coarse woolen cloth, blanket, or garment formerly used by the British in bartering with the North American Indians.
- fiords
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noun,
fjord.
- certif
-
- direct
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adverb,
in a direct manner; directly; straight:
- foetus
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noun,
fetus.
- Medit.
-
- douter
-
noun,
an implement for snuffing out candles, consisting either of a scissorlike device with two broad flat blades or of a cone at the end of a handle.
- disco-
-
- source
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noun,
any thing or place from which something comes, arises, or is obtained; origin:
- ficoes
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noun,
fig1 (def 4).
- mucors
-
noun,
any phycomycetous fungus of the genus Mucor, that forms a furry coating on foodstuffs and dead and decaying vegetable matter.
- micro-
-
- detour
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noun,
a roundabout or circuitous way or course, especially one used temporarily when the main route is closed.
- rimose
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adjective,
full of crevices, chinks, or cracks.
- formic
-
adjective,
of or relating to ants.
- droits
-
noun,
a legal right or claim.
- deuto-
-
- muster
-
noun,
an assembling of troops or persons for formal inspection or other purposes.
- Sumter
-
noun,
a city in central South Carolina.
- Forest
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noun,
a large tract of land covered with trees and underbrush; woodland.
- somite
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noun,
any of the longitudinal series of segments or parts into which the body of certain animals is divided; a metamere.
- medius
-
noun,
the middle finger.
- ductor
-
noun,
the roller that conveys ink in a press from the ink reservoir to the distributor.
- MOSFET
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noun,
Electronics. metal oxide semiconducter field-effect transistor.
- dicots
-
noun,
a dicotyledon.
- dictum
-
noun,
an authoritative pronouncement; judicial assertion.
- forced
-
noun,
physical power or strength possessed by a living being:
- femto-
-
- formes
-
noun,
form (def 30).
- fermis
-
noun,
a unit of length, 10− 15 m, used in measuring nuclear distances. Symbol: F.
- redout
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noun,
a condition experienced by pilots and astronauts in which blood is forced to the head and results in a reddening of the field of vision during rapid deceleration or in maneuvers that produce a negative gravity force.
- eructs
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verb (used with or without object),
to belch forth, as gas from the stomach.
- merous
-
- recti-
-
- course
-
noun,
a direction or route taken or to be taken.
- ostium
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. a small opening or orifice, as at the end of the oviduct.
- courts
-
noun,
Law.
a place where justice is administered.
a judicial tribunal duly constituted for the hearing and determination of cases.
a session of a judicial assembly.
- couter
-
noun,
a piece of plate armor for the elbow.
- credit
-
noun,
commendation or honor given for some action, quality, etc.:
- rectos
-
- credos
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noun,
(often initial capital letter) the Apostles' Creed or the Nicene Creed.
- rectum
-
noun,
the comparatively straight, terminal section of the intestine, ending in the anus.
- rectus
-
noun,
any of several straight muscles, as of the abdomen, thigh, eye, etc.
- Smriti
-
noun,
writings containing traditions concerning law, rituals, teachings of the sages, the epics, and the Puranas.
- Coster
-
noun,
costermonger.
- editor
-
noun,
a person having managerial and sometimes policy-making responsibility related to the writing, compilation, and revision of content for a publishing firm or for a newspaper, magazine, or other publication:
- reduct
-
verb (used with object),
to reduce.
- coedit
-
verb (used with object),
to edit jointly with another.
- escort
-
noun,
a group of persons, or a single person, accompanying another or others for protection, guidance, or courtesy:
- crofts
-
noun,
a small farm, especially one worked by a tenant.
- Crouse
-
noun,
Russel, 1893–1966, U.S. dramatist.
- croute
-
noun,
crust.
- fustic
-
noun,
the wood of a large, tropical American tree, Chlorophora tinctoria, of the mulberry family, yielding a light-yellow dye.
- truism
-
noun,
a self-evident, obvious truth.
- refits
-
noun,
an act of refitting.
- Furies
-
noun,
unrestrained or violent anger, rage, passion, or the like:
- triode
-
noun,
a vacuum tube containing three elements, usually anode, cathode, and control grid.
- idioms
-
noun,
an expression whose meaning is not predictable from the usual meanings of its constituent elements, as kick the bucket or hang one's head, or from the general grammatical rules of a language, as the table round for the round table, and that is not a constituent of a larger expression of like characteristics.
- Comdt.
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- cordis
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adjective,
(in prescriptions) of the heart.
- isodef
-
noun,
uniform deficiency, especially a line connecting points of equal deviation from a mean, as on a chart or graph.
- ouster
-
noun,
expulsion or removal from a place or position occupied:
- comers
-
noun,
Informal. a person or thing that is progressing well or is very promising:
- iodism
-
noun,
poisoning caused by sensitivity to or overuse of iodine or its compounds.
- Comdr.
-
- comfit
-
noun,
a candy containing a nut or piece of fruit.
- isomer
-
noun,
Chemistry. a compound displaying isomerism with one or more other compounds.
- coitus
-
noun,
sexual intercourse, especially between a man and a woman.
- comtes
-
noun,
count2 .
- uremic
-
adjective,
pertaining to uremia.
- imides
-
noun,
a compound derived from ammonia by replacement of two hydrogen atoms by acidic groups, characterized by the =NH group.
- 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.
- sector
-
noun,
Geometry. a plane figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle.
- educts
-
noun,
something educed; eduction.
- trices
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- corium
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. dermis.
- Isidor
-
noun,
a male given name.
- utero-
-
- corset
-
noun,
Sometimes, corsets. a close-fitting undergarment, stiffened with whalebone or similar material and often capable of being tightened by lacing, enclosing the trunk: worn, especially by women, to shape and support the body; stays.
- Cortes
-
noun,
(in Spain or Portugal) the two houses constituting the national legislative body.
- mitres
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- erotic
-
noun,
an erotic poem.
- Osetic
-
adjective, noun,
Ossetic.
- uretic
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or occurring in the urine.
- metric
-
noun,
Often, metrics. a standard for measuring or evaluating something, especially one that uses figures or statistics:
- crudes
-
noun,
crude oil.
- tumors
-
noun,
a swollen part; swelling; protuberance.
- Timour
-
noun,
Tamerlane.
- misfit
-
noun,
something that fits badly, as a garment that is too large or too small.
- Froude
-
noun,
James Anthony, 1818–94, English historian.
- curets
-
noun,
a scoop-shaped surgical instrument for removing tissue from body cavities, as the uterus.
- sci-fi
-
noun,
science fiction.
- remits
-
noun,
Law. a transfer of the record of an action from one tribunal to another, particularly from an appellate court to the court of original jurisdiction.
- curios
-
noun,
any unusual article, object of art, etc., valued as a curiosity.
- curite
-
noun,
a radioactive uranium mineral, Pb 2 U 5 O 17 ·4H 2 O, with adamantine luster, occurring as reddish-brown to deep-yellow needle-shaped crystals, formed by alteration of uraninite.
- duties
-
noun,
something that one is expected or required to do by moral or legal obligation.
- cursed
-
noun,
the expression of a wish that misfortune, evil, doom, etc., befall a person, group, etc.
- Duster
-
noun,
a person or thing that removes or applies dust.
- cities
-
noun,
a large or important town.
- Curtis
-
noun,
Benjamin Robbins, 1809–74, U.S. jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1851–57; resigned in dissent over Dred Scott case.
- irides
-
noun,
a plural of iris.
- Custer
-
noun,
George Armstrong [ahrm-strawng,, -strong] /ˈɑrm strɔŋ,, -strɒŋ/ (Show IPA), 1839–76, U.S. general and Indian fighter.
- custom
-
noun,
a habitual practice; the usual way of acting in given circumstances.
- turco-
-
- micros
-
noun,
anything extremely small in scope or capability.
- merits
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- citied
-
adjective,
occupied by a city or cities.
- Frisco
-
noun,
San Francisco.
- rustic
-
noun,
a country person.
- Iridum
-
noun,
Sinus, Sinus Iridum.
- durocs
-
noun,
one of an American breed of hardy red hogs having drooping ears.
- timers
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- muftis
-
noun,
civilian clothes, in contrast with military or other uniforms, or as worn by a person who usually wears a uniform.
- Citrus
-
noun,
any small tree or spiny shrub of the genus Citrus, of the rue family, including the lemon, lime, orange, tangerine, grapefruit, citron, kumquat, and shaddock, widely cultivated for fruit or grown as an ornamental.
- itious
-
- irido-
-
- fumets
-
noun,
a stock made by simmering fish, chicken, game, etc., in water, wine, or in both, often boiled down to concentrate the flavor and used as a flavoring.
- escudo
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Cape Verde, equal to 100 centavos.
- cruets
-
noun,
a glass bottle, especially one for holding vinegar, oil, etc., for the table.
- cruise
-
noun,
the act of cruising.
- Tories
-
noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- Crusoe
-
noun,
Robinson, Robinson Crusoe.
- Scoter
-
noun,
any of the large diving ducks of the genus Melanitta, inhabiting northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere.
- coders
-
noun,
a person or device that translates information into a code.
- fucoid
-
noun,
a fucoid seaweed.
- miters
-
noun,
the official headdress of a bishop in the Western Church, in its modern form a tall cap with a top deeply cleft crosswise, the outline of the front and back resembling that of a pointed arch.
- sitcom
-
noun,
situation comedy.
- metro-
-
- trifid
-
adjective,
cleft into three parts or lobes.
- todies
-
noun,
any of several small West Indian birds of the family Todidae, related to the motmots and kingfishers, having brightly colored green and red plumage.
- sifter
-
noun,
a person or thing that sifts.
- cuirie
-
noun,
a hardened leather piece for protecting the breast, worn over mail.
- triose
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- Mister
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) a conventional title of respect for a man, prefixed to the name and to certain official designations (usually written as the abbreviation Mr.).
- mouser
-
noun,
an animal that catches mice:
- metros
-
noun,
the underground electric railway of Paris, France, Montreal, Canada, Washington, D.C., and other cities.
- truces
-
noun,
a suspension of hostilities for a specified period of time by mutual agreement of the warring parties; cease-fire; armistice.
- cueist
-
noun,
a billiard player.
- mesic
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or adapted to an environment having a balanced supply of moisture.
- femur
-
noun,
Anatomy. a bone in the human leg extending from the pelvis to the knee, that is the longest, largest, and strongest in the body; thighbone.
- Fermi
-
noun,
a unit of length, 10− 15 m, used in measuring nuclear distances. Symbol: F.
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- Mures
-
noun,
a river in SE central Europe, flowing W from the Carpathian Mountains in central Romania to the Tisza River in S Hungary. 400 miles (645 km) long.
- scurf
-
noun,
the scales or small shreds of epidermis that are continually exfoliated from the skin.
- scudo
-
noun,
any of various gold or silver coins, of various Italian states, issued from the late 16th through the early 19th centuries.
- etuis
-
noun,
a small, often decorative case, especially one for needles, toilet articles, or the like.
- scrum
-
noun,
a Rugby play in which, typically, three members of each team line up opposite one another with a group of two and a group of three players behind them, making an eight-person, three-two-three formation on each side; the ball is then rolled between the opposing front lines, the players of which stand with arms around a teammate's waist, meeting the opponent shoulder to shoulder, and attempt to kick the ball backward to a teammate.
- Scot.
-
- Merci
-
interjection,
thank you.
- merit
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- Euro-
-
- euros
-
noun,
wallaroo.
- meros
-
noun,
(in the Doric order) a flat surface between two channels of a triglyph.
- Medoc
-
noun,
a wine-growing region in Gironde, in SW France.
- routs
-
noun,
a defeat attended with disorderly flight; dispersal of a defeated force in complete disorder:
- moist
-
adjective,
moderately or slightly wet; damp.
- estoc
-
noun,
a thrusting sword of the 13th–17th centuries having a long, narrow blade of rectangular section.
- score
-
noun,
the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.
- scour
-
noun,
the act of scouring.
- femic
-
adjective,
of or relating to a group of rock-forming minerals in which iron and magnesium are essential components.
- route
-
noun,
a course, way, or road for passage or travel:
- roust
-
verb (used with object),
to rout, as from a place:
- rouse
-
noun,
a rousing.
- Scout
-
noun,
a soldier, warship, airplane, etc., employed in reconnoitering.
- fecit
-
verb,
he made (it); she made (it): formerly used on works of art after the name of the artist. Abbreviation: fe., fec.
- eruct
-
verb (used with or without object),
to belch forth, as gas from the stomach.
- scrim
-
noun,
a cotton or linen fabric of open weave used for bunting, curtains, etc.
- roues
-
noun,
a dissolute and licentious man; rake.
- feist
-
noun,
Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. a small mongrel dog, especially one that is ill-tempered; cur; mutt.
- scrod
-
noun,
a young Atlantic codfish or haddock, especially one split for cooking.
- Eridu
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian and Babylonian city near the Euphrates in S Iraq: center for the worship of Ea; partially excavated.
- mero-
-
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- Medic
-
noun,
a member of a military medical corps; corpsman.
- mores
-
noun,
an additional quantity, amount, or number:
- refit
-
noun,
an act of refitting.
- Morse
-
noun,
an ornamented metal clasp or brooch for fastening a cope in front.
- fumet
-
noun,
a stock made by simmering fish, chicken, game, etc., in water, wine, or in both, often boiled down to concentrate the flavor and used as a flavoring.
- fumes
-
noun,
Often, fumes. any smokelike or vaporous exhalation from matter or substances, especially of an odorous or harmful nature:
- fumed
-
noun,
Often, fumes. any smokelike or vaporous exhalation from matter or substances, especially of an odorous or harmful nature:
- omits
-
verb (used with object),
to leave out; fail to include or mention:
- reifs
-
noun,
plunder; booty; loot.
- Reims
-
noun,
a city in NE France: cathedral; unconditional surrender of Germany May 7, 1945.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- istic
-
- fruit
-
noun,
any product of plant growth useful to humans or animals.
- morts
-
noun,
Hunting. the note played on a hunting horn signifying that the animal hunted has been killed.
- Moser
-
noun,
Johann Jakob [yoh-hahn yah-kawp] /ˈyoʊ hɑn ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1701–85, German jurist and publicist.
- remit
-
noun,
Law. a transfer of the record of an action from one tribunal to another, particularly from an appellate court to the court of original jurisdiction.
- Frost
-
noun,
a degree or state of coldness sufficient to cause the freezing of water.
- omers
-
noun,
a Hebrew unit of dry measure, the tenth part of an ephah.
- Remus
-
noun,
Roman Legend. See under Romulus (def 1).
- Frits
-
noun,
Ceramics.
a fused or partially fused material used as a basis for glazes or enamels.
the composition from which artificial soft porcelain is made.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- Orcus
-
noun,
the ancient Roman god of the underworld, identified with the Greek Pluto, or Hades.
- redos
-
noun,
the act or an instance of redoing.
- Fris.
-
- imido
-
adjective,
containing the imido group.
- oste-
-
- irids
-
noun,
any plant belonging to the Iridaceae, the iris family.
- irid-
-
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- ourie
-
adjective,
shabby; dingy.
- iodic
-
adjective,
containing iodine, especially in the pentavalent state.
- 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.
- Outer
-
adjective,
situated on or toward the outside; external; exterior:
- imit.
-
- imide
-
noun,
a compound derived from ammonia by replacement of two hydrogen atoms by acidic groups, characterized by the =NH group.
- ictus
-
noun,
Prosody. rhythmical or metrical stress.
- outre
-
adjective,
passing the bounds of what is usual or considered proper; unconventional; bizarre.
- 30-30
-
- Recit
-
- idium
-
- idiot
-
noun,
Informal. an utterly foolish or senseless person:
- idiom
-
noun,
an expression whose meaning is not predictable from the usual meanings of its constituent elements, as kick the bucket or hang one's head, or from the general grammatical rules of a language, as the table round for the round table, and that is not a constituent of a larger expression of like characteristics.
- idio-
-
- ideo-
-
- rect.
-
- frise
-
noun,
a rug or upholstery fabric having the pile in uncut loops or in a combination of cut and uncut loops.
- Fries
-
noun,
plural of fry1 .
- feti-
-
- fiord
-
noun,
fjord.
- rifts
-
noun,
an opening made by splitting, cleaving, etc.; fissure; cleft; chink.
- odeum
-
noun,
a hall, theater, or other structure for musical or dramatic performances.
- Fiume
-
noun,
Italian name of Rijeka.
- rimes
-
noun,
Also called rime ice. an opaque coating of tiny, white, granular ice particles, caused by the rapid freezing of supercooled water droplets on impact with an object.
Compare frost (def 3), glaze (def 17).
- Odets
-
noun,
Clifford, 1906–63, U.S. dramatist.
- riots
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- first
-
noun,
the person or thing that is first in time, order, rank, etc.
- firms
-
noun,
a partnership or association for carrying on a business.
- fires
-
- mutes
-
noun,
Offensive. a person incapable of speech.
- focus
-
noun,
a central point, as of attraction, attention, or activity:
- muted
-
noun,
Offensive. a person incapable of speech.
- fidos
-
noun,
a system for evaporating the fog above airfield runways by the heat from burners.
- Ficus
-
noun,
any of numerous chiefly tropical trees, shrubs, and vines belonging to the genus Ficus, of the mulberry family, having milky sap and large, thick or stiff leaves, including the edible fig, the banyan, and many species grown as ornamentals.
- music
-
noun,
an art of sound in time that expresses ideas and emotions in significant forms through the elements of rhythm, melody, harmony, and color.
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- fetus
-
noun,
(used chiefly of viviparous mammals) the young of an animal in the womb or egg, especially in the later stages of development when the body structures are in the recognizable form of its kind, in humans after the end of the second month of gestation.
- fetor
-
noun,
a strong, offensive smell; stench.
- fetid
-
adjective,
having an offensive odor; stinking.
- odium
-
noun,
intense hatred or dislike, especially toward a person or thing regarded as contemptible, despicable, or repugnant.
- Foism
-
noun,
Chinese Buddhism.
- Fried
-
noun,
Alfred Hermann [al-frid hur-muh n;; German ahl-freyt her-mahn] /ˈæl frɪd ˈhɜr mən;; German ˈɑl freɪt ˈhɛr mɑn/ (Show IPA), 1864–1921, Austrian writer and journalist: Nobel Peace Prize 1911.
- Forum
-
noun,
the marketplace or public square of an ancient Roman city, the center of judicial and business affairs and a place of assembly for the people.
- Freud
-
noun,
Anna, 1895–1982, British psychoanalyst, born in Austria (daughter of Sigmund Freud).
- frets
-
noun,
an irritated state of mind; annoyance; vexation.
- retd.
-
- Ursid
-
noun,
any plantigrade carnivore of the family Ursidae, comprising the spectacled bear, the black, brown, and sun bears, and various extinct species that also gave rise to the giant panda of the family Ailuropodidae.
- OFris
-
noun,
the Frisian language before c1500. Abbreviation: OFris.
- rices
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- oecus
-
noun,
(in an ancient Roman house) an apartment, especially a dining room, decorated with columns.
- fours
-
noun,
a cardinal number, three plus one.
- rides
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- forte
-
noun,
a person's strong suit, or most highly developed characteristic, talent, or skill; something that one excels in:
Synonyms: talent, skill, excellence, strength, strong point, specialty, proficiency; knack, bent.
- Foist
-
verb (used with object),
to force upon or impose fraudulently or unjustifiably (usually followed by on or upon):
- fort.
-
- forms
-
- forme
-
noun,
form (def 30).
- fores
-
noun,
the forepart of anything; front.
- fore-
-
- Fords
-
noun,
a place where a river or other body of water is shallow enough to be crossed by wading.
- Rieti
-
noun,
Vittorio [veet-taw-ryaw] /vitˈtɔ ryɔ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1994, U.S. composer, born in Italy.
- force
-
noun,
physical power or strength possessed by a living being:
- fomes
-
noun,
any agent, as clothing or bedding, that is capable of absorbing and transmitting the infecting organism of a disease.
- scute
-
noun,
a dermal bony plate, as on an armadillo, or a large horny plate, as on a turtle.
- droit
-
noun,
a legal right or claim.
- emits
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- miso-
-
- Timor
-
noun,
an island in the S part of Indonesia: largest and easternmost of the Lesser Sunda Islands; E half formerly belonged to Portugal. 13,095 sq. mi. (33,913 sq. km).
- curst
-
noun,
the expression of a wish that misfortune, evil, doom, etc., befall a person, group, etc.
- curse
-
noun,
the expression of a wish that misfortune, evil, doom, etc., befall a person, group, etc.
- tious
-
- curio
-
noun,
any unusual article, object of art, etc., valued as a curiosity.
- Curie
-
noun,
a unit of activity of radioactive substances equivalent to 3.70 × 10 10 disintegrations per second: it is approximately the amount of activity produced by 1 gram of radium-226. Abbreviation: Ci.
- curet
-
noun,
a scoop-shaped surgical instrument for removing tissue from body cavities, as the uterus.
- cures
-
noun,
a means of healing or restoring to health; remedy.
- curds
-
noun,
Often, curds. a substance consisting mainly of casein and the like, obtained from milk by coagulation, and used as food or made into cheese.
- tired
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- cutes
-
noun,
the cutes, Informal. self-consciously cute mannerisms or appeal; affected coyness:
- Misti
-
noun,
El Misti.
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- MOUSE
-
noun,
any of numerous small Old World rodents of the family Muridae, especially of the genus Mus, introduced widely in other parts of the world.
- tomes
-
noun,
a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
- moues
-
noun,
a pouting grimace.
- miter
-
noun,
the official headdress of a bishop in the Western Church, in its modern form a tall cap with a top deeply cleft crosswise, the outline of the front and back resembling that of a pointed arch.
- torcs
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- mites
-
noun,
any of numerous small to microscopic arachnids of the subclass Acari, including species that are parasitic on animals and plants or that feed on decaying matter and stored foods.
- toric
-
adjective,
noting or pertaining to a lens with a surface forming a portion of a torus, used for eyeglasses and contact lenses that correct astigmatism.
- crust
-
noun,
the brown, hard outer portion or surface of a loaf or slice of bread (distinguished from crumb).
- timid
-
adjective,
lacking in self-assurance, courage, or bravery; easily alarmed; timorous; shy.
- cutie
-
noun,
Informal. a charmingly attractive or cute person, especially a girl or a young woman (often used as a form of address):
- cruet
-
noun,
a glass bottle, especially one for holding vinegar, oil, etc., for the table.
- deist
-
noun,
a person who believes in deism.
- Deut.
-
- misce
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) mix.
- meso-
-
- derms
-
noun,
a navigational device for making a nearby object conspicuous on a radarscope.
- derm-
-
- demur
-
noun,
the act of making objection.
- turds
-
noun,
a piece of excrement.
- Demos
-
noun,
the common people of an ancient Greek state.
- demo-
-
- demit
-
noun,
Also, dimit. (especially in Freemasonry) a written certification of honorable withdrawal or resignation, as from membership.
- demi-
-
- deism
-
noun,
belief in the existence of a God on the evidence of reason and nature only, with rejection of supernatural revelation (distinguished from theism).
- cutis
-
noun,
the true skin, consisting of the dermis and the epidermis.
- teiid
-
noun,
any of a large group of chiefly tropical New World lizards of the family Teiidae, as the racerunner, caiman lizard, or whiptail, characterized by large rectangular scales on the belly and a long tail.
- decos
-
noun,
art deco.
- decor
-
noun,
style or mode of decoration, as of a room, building, or the like:
- deci-
-
- term.
-
- terms
-
noun,
a word or group of words designating something, especially in a particular field, as atom in physics, quietism in theology, adze in carpentry, or district leader in politics.
- misdo
-
verb (used with object),
to do badly or wrongly; botch.
- 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.
- miser
-
noun,
a person who lives in wretched circumstances in order to save and hoard money.
- 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.
- timer
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- times
-
noun,
the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- cruse
-
noun,
an earthen pot, bottle, etc., for liquids.
- cruds
-
noun,
Slang.
a deposit or coating of refuse or of an impure or alien substance; muck.
a filthy, repulsive, or contemptible person.
something that is worthless, objectionable, or contemptible.
prevarication, exaggeration, or flattery.
a nonspecific, imaginary, or vaguely defined disease or disorder of the body:
any unpleasant external ailment, disorder, or the like, as a skin rash.
venereal disease, especially syphilis.
Vulgar. dried semen.
- dices
-
Idioms,
no dice, Informal. of no use or help; ineffective.
- motif
-
noun,
a recurring subject, theme, idea, etc., especially in a literary, artistic, or musical work.
- cords
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) clothing, especially trousers, of corded fabric; corduroys.
- tried
-
noun,
an attempt or effort:
- Comus
-
noun,
an ancient Greek and Roman god of drinking and revelry.
- Comte
-
noun,
count2 .
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- Comr.
-
- Tudor
-
noun,
Antony, 1909–87, English choreographer and dancer.
- comet
-
noun,
a celestial body moving about the sun, usually in a highly eccentric orbit, consisting of a central mass surrounded by an envelope of dust and gas that may form a tail that streams away from the sun.
- comes
-
noun,
Astronomy. companion1 (def 6).
- Comer
-
noun,
Informal. a person or thing that is progressing well or is very promising:
- modif
-
- trims
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- Corfu
-
noun,
Ancient Corcyra. one of the Ionian Islands, off the NW coast of Greece. 229 sq. mi. (593 sq. km).
- coirs
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- modes
-
noun,
a manner of acting or doing; method; way:
- coifs
-
noun,
a hood-shaped cap, usually of white cloth and with extended sides, worn beneath a veil, as by nuns.
- coeds
-
noun,
Older Use. a female student in a coeducational institution, especially in a college or university.
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- codes
-
noun,
a system for communication by telegraph, heliograph, etc., in which long and short sounds, light flashes, etc., are used to symbolize the content of a message:
- coder
-
noun,
a person or device that translates information into a code.
- Cmdr.
-
- cires
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- cites
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- truce
-
noun,
a suspension of hostilities for a specified period of time by mutual agreement of the warring parties; cease-fire; armistice.
- cores
-
- trice
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- crude
-
noun,
crude oil.
- torus
-
noun,
Architecture. a large convex molding, more or less semicircular in profile, commonly forming the lowest molding of the base of a column, directly above the plinth, sometimes occurring as one of a pair separated by a scotia and fillets. and column.
- torii
-
noun,
(in Japan) a form of decorative gateway or portal, consisting of two upright wooden posts connected at the top by two horizontal crosspieces, commonly found at the entrance to Shinto temples.
- torse
-
noun,
a wreath of twisted silks of two alternating tinctures, usually a metal and a color, depicted supporting a crest or coronet, often upon a helmet.
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- Croft
-
noun,
a small farm, especially one worked by a tenant.
- Crius
-
noun,
a Titan, the son of Uranus and Gaea.
- crit.
-
- crime
-
noun,
an action or an instance of negligence that is deemed injurious to the public welfare or morals or to the interests of the state and that is legally prohibited.
- crim.
-
- cries
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- cried
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- crest
-
noun,
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- Credo
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the Apostles' Creed or the Nicene Creed.
- corms
-
noun,
an enlarged, fleshy, bulblike base of a stem, as in the crocus.
- tumor
-
noun,
a swollen part; swelling; protuberance.
- Court
-
noun,
Law.
a place where justice is administered.
a judicial tribunal duly constituted for the hearing and determination of cases.
a session of a judicial assembly.
- Mitre
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- cotes
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- Toure
-
noun,
Sékou [sey-koo] /ˈseɪ ku/ (Show IPA), 1922–84, Guinean political leader: prime minister 1958-72; president 1958–84.
- tumid
-
adjective,
swollen, or affected with swelling, as a part of the body.
- 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.
- Tours
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Indre-et-Loire, in W France, on the Loire River: Charles Martel defeated the Saracens near here a.d. 732.
- coset
-
noun,
a subset of a group, formed by the consistent operation of a given element of the group on the left or right of all the elements of a subgroup of the group.
- touse
-
noun,
a commotion; rumpus.
- Corti
-
noun,
Alfonso [al-fon-soh;; Italian ahl-fawn-saw] /ælˈfɒn soʊ;; Italian ɑlˈfɔn sɔ/ (Show IPA), 1822–76, Italian anatomist.
- Corse
-
noun,
corpse.
- misc.
-
- desc.
-
- dicot
-
noun,
a dicotyledon.
- duces
-
noun,
a leader or dictator.
- duros
-
noun,
a peso of Spain or Spanish America.
- Duroc
-
noun,
one of an American breed of hardy red hogs having drooping ears.
- dures
-
verb (used with or without object),
endure.
- sodic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or containing sodium:
- duits
-
noun,
doit (def 1).
- Sofer
-
noun,
scribe1 (def 3).
- mucro
-
noun,
a short point projecting abruptly, as at the end of a leaf.
- duets
-
noun,
a musical composition for two voices or instruments.
- Duero
-
noun,
Spanish name of Douro.
- ducts
-
noun,
any tube, canal, pipe, or conduit by which a fluid, air, or other substance is conducted or conveyed.
- mucor
-
noun,
any phycomycetous fungus of the genus Mucor, that forms a furry coating on foodstuffs and dead and decaying vegetable matter.
- muco-
-
- smote
-
verb,
a simple past tense of smite.
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- Druse
-
noun,
an incrustation of small crystals on the surface of a rock or mineral.
- sotie
-
noun,
a satirical and topical comedy employing actors dressed in traditional fool's costume, popular in France during the late Middle Ages, and often used as a curtain raiser to mystery and morality plays.
- drome
-
noun,
a department in SE France. 2533 sq. mi. (6560 sq. km). Capital: Valence.
- drift
-
noun,
a driving movement or force; impulse; impetus; pressure.
- dries
-
noun,
a plural of dry.
- drest
-
noun,
an outer garment for women and girls, consisting of bodice and skirt in one piece.
- dict.
-
- douce
-
adjective,
sedate; modest; quiet.
- sruti
-
noun,
the Vedas and some of the Upanishads, regarded as divinely revealed.
- dotes
-
noun,
decay of wood.
- Durst
-
noun,
an act of daring or defiance; challenge.
- smite
-
Idioms,
smite hip and thigh. hip1 (def 9).
- ster.
-
- Seric
-
- emirs
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- sect.
-
- Sedum
-
noun,
any fleshy plant belonging to the genus Sedum, of the stonecrop family, usually having small, overlapping leaves and yellow, white, or pink flowers.
- metic
-
noun,
an alien resident of an ancient Greek city who paid a tax for the right to live there.
- eidos
-
noun,
the formal content of a culture, encompassing its system of ideas, criteria for interpreting experience, etc.
- semi-
-
- Uredo
-
noun,
a skin irritation; hives; urticaria.
- educt
-
noun,
something educed; eduction.
- educ.
-
- Metis
-
noun,
any person of mixed ancestry.
- metr-
-
- serif
-
noun,
a smaller line used to finish off a main stroke of a letter, as at the top and bottom of M.
- Mufti
-
noun,
civilian clothes, in contrast with military or other uniforms, or as worn by a person who usually wears a uniform.
- sero-
-
- edits
-
noun,
an instance of or the work of editing:
- edit.
-
- edict
-
noun,
a decree issued by a sovereign or other authority. Synonyms: dictum, pronouncement.
- serum
-
noun,
the clear, pale-yellow liquid that separates from the clot in the coagulation of blood; blood serum.
- seti-
-
- ecto-
-
- cedis
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Ghana, equal to 100 pesewas.
- moire
-
noun,
any moiré fabric.
- 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.
- sito-
-
- mucid
-
adjective,
moldy; musty.
- douse
-
noun,
British Dialect. a stroke or blow.
- dorts
-
noun,
Dordrecht.
- MSFor
-
- cert.
-
- dorse
-
noun,
the back of a book or folded document.
- dites
-
noun,
a bit (usually used in negative constructions):
- Sucre
-
noun,
Antonio José de [ahn-taw-nyaw haw-se th e] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ hɔˈsɛ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), 1793–1830, Venezuelan general and South American liberator: 1st president of Bolivia 1826–28.
- dist.
-
- disme
-
noun,
a former coin of the U.S., equal to 10 cents, issued in 1792: early form of the dime.
- Cesti
-
noun,
Marcantonio [mahr-kahn-taw-nyaw] /ˌmɑr kɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1623–69, Italian composer.
- disc.
-
- dirts
-
noun,
any foul or filthy substance, as mud, grime, dust, or excrement.
- strum
-
noun,
the act of strumming.
- turfs
-
noun,
a layer of matted earth formed by grass and plant roots.
- suite
-
noun,
a number of things forming a series or set.
- motes
-
noun,
a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
- dimer
-
noun,
a molecule composed of two identical, simpler molecules.
- Sumer
-
noun,
an ancient region in southern Mesopotamia that contained a number of independent cities and city-states of which the first were established possibly as early as 5000 b.c.: conquered by the Elamites and, about 2000 b.c., by the Babylonians; a number of its cities, as Ur, Uruk, Kish, and Lagash, are major archaeological sites in southern Iraq.
- diets
-
noun,
food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health:
- Suomi
-
noun,
Finnish name of Finland.
- Cetus
-
noun,
the Whale, a constellation lying above the equator, containing the variable star Mira.
- mires
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- Midis
-
noun,
a skirt, dress, or coat, of mid-calf length.
- dorms
-
noun,
dormitory.
- domes
-
noun,
Architecture.
a vault, having a circular plan and usually in the form of a portion of a sphere, so constructed as to exert an equal thrust in all directions.
a domical roof or ceiling.
a polygonal vault, ceiling, or roof.
- Doris
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the wife of Nereus and mother of the Nereids.
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- doits
-
noun,
Also, duit. an old small copper coin of the Netherlands and Dutch colonies, first issued in the 17th century.
- stome
-
- Stoic
-
noun,
a member or adherent of the Stoic school of philosophy.
- Storm
-
noun,
a disturbance of the normal condition of the atmosphere, manifesting itself by winds of unusual force or direction, often accompanied by rain, snow, hail, thunder, and lightning, or flying sand or dust.
- cero-
-
- Doric
-
noun,
a dialect of ancient Greek spoken on Rhodes and other islands of the Dodecanese, in Crete, in Syracuse, and in all of the Peloponnesus except Arcadia.
- ceros
-
noun,
a large Atlantic and Gulf Coast mackerel game fish, Scomberomorus regalis.
- doest
-
noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- stime
-
noun,
the smallest bit; a drop, taste, or glimpse.
- stour
-
noun,
British Dialect.
tumult; confusion.
a storm.
- osmic
-
adjective,
of or containing osmium in its higher valences, especially the tetravalent state.
- doers
-
noun,
a person or thing that does something, especially a person who gets things done with vigor and efficiency.
- omit
-
verb (used with object),
to leave out; fail to include or mention:
- Odus
-
- MSCE
-
- msec
-
- Omri
-
noun,
a king of Israel and the father of Ahab. I Kings 16:16–28.
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- Mure
-
noun,
Obsolete. a wall.
- mus.
-
- Mrs.
-
plural,
a title of respect prefixed to the surname or full name of a married woman:
- odic
-
adjective,
of an ode.
- MScD
-
- ord.
-
- must
-
noun,
something necessary, vital, or required:
- OECD
-
- mute
-
noun,
Offensive. a person incapable of speech.
- muts
-
noun,
mutt.
- Muse
-
noun,
Classical Mythology.
any of a number of sister goddesses, originally given as Aoede (song), Melete (meditation), and Mneme (memory), but latterly and more commonly as the nine daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne who presided over various arts: Calliope (epic poetry), Clio (history), Erato (lyric poetry), Euterpe (music), Melpomene (tragedy), Polyhymnia (religious music), Terpsichore (dance), Thalia (comedy), and Urania (astronomy); identified by the Romans with the Camenae.
any goddess presiding over a particular art.
- MusD
-
- most
-
noun,
the greatest quantity, amount, or degree; the utmost:
- OCDM
-
- Orem
-
noun,
a city in N Utah.
- muds
-
noun,
wet, soft earth or earthy matter, as on the ground after rain, at the bottom of a pond, or along the banks of a river; mire.
- Omer
-
noun,
a Hebrew unit of dry measure, the tenth part of an ephah.
- MSIE
-
- orcs
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- Oder
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing from the NE Czech Republic, N through SW Poland and along the border between Germany and Poland into the Baltic. 562 miles (905 km) long.
- moue
-
noun,
a pouting grimace.
- mout
-
- Oise
-
noun,
a river in W Europe, flowing SW from S Belgium through N France to the Seine, near Paris. 186 miles (300 km) long.
- mote
-
noun,
a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
- mots
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- Muir
-
noun,
Edwin, 1887–1959, English poet.
- muc-
-
- Oct.
-
- 1080
-
- OSRD
-
- Surt
-
noun,
the guardian and ruler of Muspelheim, destined to defeat Frey at Ragnarok and destroy the world with fire.
- sumi
-
noun,
black ink made from a mixture of plant soot and glue solidified into sticks or cakes the ends of which are scraped or ground into water on an ink slab, much used by calligraphers and painters.
- Sumo
-
noun,
a form of wrestling in Japan in which a contestant wins by forcing his opponent out of the ring or by causing him to touch the ground with any part of his body other than the soles of his feet, contestants usually being men of great height and weight.
- sur-
-
- surd
-
noun,
Phonetics. a voiceless consonant (opposed to sonant).
- sure
-
Idioms,
for sure, as a certainty; surely:
- SURF
-
noun,
the swell of the sea that breaks upon a shore or upon shoals.
- TDRS
-
- Sufi
-
noun,
a member of an ascetic, mystical Muslim sect.
- teds
-
noun,
British Slang. Teddy boy.
- ter.
-
- tics
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- tide
-
noun,
the periodic rise and fall of the waters of the ocean and its inlets, produced by the attraction of the moon and sun, and occurring about every 12 hours.
- tier
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- Time
-
noun,
the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- suit
-
noun,
a set of clothing, armor, or the like, intended for wear together.
- suet
-
noun,
the hard fatty tissue about the loins and kidneys of beef, sheep, etc., used in cooking or processed to yield tallow.
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- situ
-
noun,
in situ.
- smut
-
noun,
a particle of soot; sooty matter.
- soft
-
noun,
something that is soft or yielding; the soft part.
- some
-
adverb,
(used with numerals and with words expressing degree, extent, etc.) approximately; about:
- sord
-
noun,
a flight or flock of mallards.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- stum
-
noun,
unfermented or partly fermented grape juice.
- Sour
-
noun,
something that is sour.
- Ste.
-
- stem
-
noun,
the ascending axis of a plant, whether above or below ground, which ordinarily grows in an opposite direction to the root or descending axis.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- str.
-
- stud
-
noun,
a boss, knob, nailhead, or other protuberance projecting from a surface or part, especially as an ornament.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- TODS
-
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- Uris
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- turf
-
noun,
a layer of matted earth formed by grass and plant roots.
- udos
-
noun,
a plant, Aralia cordata, of the ginseng family, cultivated, especially in Japan and China, for its edible shoots.
- ufos
-
noun,
any unexplained moving object observed in the sky, especially one assumed by some observers to be of extraterrestrial origin.
- urds
-
noun,
a plant, Vigna mungo, of the legume family, widely cultivated in tropical Asia for its edible seeds and for forage.
- uret
-
- uric
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, contained in, or derived from urine.
- uro-
-
- Tums
-
verb (used with object),
to tease (wool) in the preliminary carding operation, or to open out the fibers prior to carding.
- used
-
noun,
the act of employing, using, or putting into service:
- user
-
noun,
a person or thing that uses.
- USMC
-
- USRC
-
- USTC
-
- Utes
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- turd
-
noun,
a piece of excrement.
- tuis
-
noun,
a black New Zealand honey eater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, having a patch of white feathers on each side of the throat, sometimes tamed as a pet.
- toed
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- tofu
-
noun,
a soft, bland, white cheeselike food, high in protein content, made from curdled soybean milk: used in Asian and vegetarian cookery.
- tome
-
noun,
a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
- TOMS
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- torc
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- Tour
-
noun,
a traveling around from place to place.
- Tues
-
- tref
-
adjective,
Judaism. unfit to be eaten or used, according to religious laws; not kosher.
- tri-
-
- trid
-
- trim
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- trod
-
noun,
the action of treading, stepping, or walking.
- tude
-
noun,
an arrogant attitude.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- sift
-
verb (used with object),
to separate and retain the coarse parts of (flour, ashes, etc.) with a sieve.
- otic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ear; auricular.
- ride
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- rems
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- 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.
- Reus
-
noun,
a city in Catalonia, NE Spain, on the Mediterranean Sea.
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- Rico
-
noun,
Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act: a U.S. law, enacted in 1970, allowing victims of organized crime to sue those responsible for punitive damages.
- rids
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of ride.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- rife
-
adjective,
of common or frequent occurrence; prevalent; in widespread existence, activity, or use:
- rifs
-
noun,
Er [er] /ɛr/ (Show IPA) a mountainous coastal region in N Morocco.
- rift
-
noun,
an opening made by splitting, cleaving, etc.; fissure; cleft; chink.
- Riis
-
noun,
Jacob August, 1849–1914, U.S. journalist and social reformer, born in Denmark.
- rime
-
noun,
Also called rime ice. an opaque coating of tiny, white, granular ice particles, caused by the rapid freezing of supercooled water droplets on impact with an object.
Compare frost (def 3), glaze (def 17).
- riot
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- reif
-
noun,
plunder; booty; loot.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- outs
-
noun,
a means of escape or excuse, as from a place, punishment, retribution, responsibility, etc.:
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- ouds
-
noun,
a musical instrument of the Middle East and northern Africa belonging to the lute family.
- ours
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- Ouse
-
noun,
Also called Great Ouse. a river in E England, flowing NE to the Wash. 160 miles (260 km) long.
- oust
-
verb (used with object),
to expel or remove from a place or position occupied:
- out-
-
- rcd.
-
- Reid
-
noun,
Sir George Huston, 1845–1918, Australian statesman, born in Scotland: prime minister 1904–05.
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- redo
-
noun,
the act or an instance of redoing.
- reds
-
noun,
any of various colors resembling the color of blood; the primary color at one extreme end of the visible spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 610 and 780 nanometers.
- ref.
-
- refs
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
referee.
- reft
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of reave1 .
- 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.
- rit.
-
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- scum
-
noun,
a film or layer of foul or extraneous matter that forms on the surface of a liquid.
- Rust
-
noun,
Also called iron rust. the red or orange coating that forms on the surface of iron when exposed to air and moisture, consisting chiefly of ferric hydroxide and ferric oxide formed by oxidation.
- std.
-
- scfm
-
- sci.
-
- scr.
-
- SCUD
-
noun,
the act of scudding.
- scut
-
noun,
a short tail, especially that of a hare, rabbit, or deer.
- Rus.
-
- sec.
-
- Seif
-
noun,
a long narrow sand dune parallel to the prevailing wind direction.
- Sem.
-
- serf
-
noun,
a person in a condition of servitude, required to render services to a lord, commonly attached to the lord's land and transferred with it from one owner to another.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- Ruse
-
noun,
a trick, stratagem, or artifice.
- rums
-
noun,
an alcoholic liquor or spirit distilled from molasses or some other fermented sugar-cane product.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- ROTC
-
noun,
a body of students at some colleges and universities who are given training toward becoming officers in the armed forces. Abbreviation: ROTC, R.O.T.C.
- rocs
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- rode
-
noun,
a rope by which a boat is anchored.
- Rodi
-
noun,
Italian name of Rhodes.
- Rom.
-
- Rome
-
noun,
Harold (Jacob) 1908–1993, U.S. lyricist and composer.
- roms
-
noun,
a Gypsy man or boy.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- Rumi
-
noun,
Jalal ud-din [Persian jah-lahl ood-deen,, oo d-,, ja-] /Persian dʒɑˈlɑl udˈdin,, ʊd-,, dʒæ-/ (Show IPA), Jalal ud-din Rumi.
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- roue
-
noun,
a dissolute and licentious man; rake.
- ROUS
-
noun,
(Francis) Peyton, 1879–1970, U.S. pathologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1966.
- rout
-
noun,
a defeat attended with disorderly flight; dispersal of a defeated force in complete disorder:
- Rude
-
noun,
François [frahn-swa] /frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), 1784–1855, French sculptor.
- rues
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- side
-
noun,
one of the surfaces forming the outside of or bounding a thing, or one of the lines bounding a geometric figure.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- Mort
-
noun,
Hunting. the note played on a hunting horn signifying that the animal hunted has been killed.
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- efts
-
noun,
a newt, especially the eastern newt, Notophthalmus viridescens (red eft) in its immature terrestrial stage.
- emic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or being a significant unit that functions in contrast with other units in a language or other system of behavior.
- emir
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- emit
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- eous
-
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- more
-
noun,
an additional quantity, amount, or number:
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- ect-
-
- Esd.
-
- eso-
-
- est.
-
- etc.
-
- 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.
- etui
-
noun,
a small, often decorative case, especially one for needles, toilet articles, or the like.
- Eur.
-
- Edom
-
noun,
Esau, the brother of Jacob.
- Ecru
-
noun,
an ecru color.
- fec.
-
- dues
-
noun,
something that is due, owed, or naturally belongs to someone.
- dost
-
noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- DOTE
-
noun,
decay of wood.
- dour
-
adjective,
sullen; gloomy:
- drum
-
noun,
a musical percussion instrument consisting of a hollow, usually cylindrical, body covered at one or both ends with a tightly stretched membrane, or head, which is struck with the hand, a stick, or a pair of sticks, and typically produces a booming, tapping, or hollow sound.
- Duce
-
noun,
a leader or dictator.
- ducs
-
noun,
duke.
- duct
-
noun,
any tube, canal, pipe, or conduit by which a fluid, air, or other substance is conducted or conveyed.
- duet
-
noun,
a musical composition for two voices or instruments.
- eco-
-
- Duit
-
noun,
doit (def 1).
- duo-
-
- duos
-
noun,
Music. duet.
- dure
-
adjective,
hard; severe.
- duro
-
noun,
a peso of Spain or Spanish America.
- Duse
-
noun,
Eleonora [el-ee-uh-nawr-uh;; Italian e-le-aw-naw-rah] /ˌɛl i əˈnɔr ə;; Italian ˌɛ lɛ ɔˈnɔ rɑ/ (Show IPA), 1859–1924, Italian actress.
- Dust
-
noun,
earth or other matter in fine, dry particles.
- FDIC
-
- Fed.
-
- Dort
-
noun,
Dordrecht.
- Frum
-
adjective,
Yiddish. religious; observant.
- fret
-
noun,
an irritated state of mind; annoyance; vexation.
- Fri.
-
- frit
-
noun,
Ceramics.
a fused or partially fused material used as a basis for glazes or enamels.
the composition from which artificial soft porcelain is made.
- froe
-
noun,
frow.
- from
-
preposition,
(used to specify a starting point in spatial movement):
- Frs.
-
- frt.
-
- fuds
-
noun,
a fuddy-duddy.
- FRED
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Frederick.
- fume
-
noun,
Often, fumes. any smokelike or vaporous exhalation from matter or substances, especially of an odorous or harmful nature:
- fur.
-
- FUSE
-
noun,
a tube, cord, or the like, filled or saturated with combustible matter, for igniting an explosive.
- fut.
-
- Ice.
-
- iced
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- Frei
-
noun,
Eduardo [e-dwahr-th aw] /ɛˈdwɑr ðɔ/ (Show IPA), 1911–82, Chilean statesman: president 1964–70.
- FRCS
-
- feds
-
noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) Slang. a federal official or law-enforcement officer.
- fids
-
noun,
a stout bar of wood or metal placed across a lower spar so as to support a higher one.
- fem.
-
- fems
-
noun,
a woman.
- fest
-
noun,
an assembly of people engaged in a common activity (often used in combination):
- feud
-
noun,
Also called blood feud. a bitter, continuous hostility, especially between two families, clans, etc., often lasting for many years or generations.
- fico
-
noun,
fig1 (def 4).
- fict
-
- FIDO
-
noun,
a system for evaporating the fog above airfield runways by the heat from burners.
- firm
-
noun,
a partnership or association for carrying on a business.
- Four
-
noun,
a cardinal number, three plus one.
- firs
-
noun,
any coniferous tree belonging to the genus Abies, of the pine family, characterized by its pyramidal style of growth, flat needles, and erect cones.
- fisc
-
noun,
a royal or state treasury; exchequer.
- fist
-
noun,
the hand closed tightly, with the fingers doubled into the palm.
- FITS
-
noun,
the manner in which a thing fits:
- FMCS
-
- foci
-
noun,
a plural of focus.
- for.
-
- FORD
-
noun,
a place where a river or other body of water is shallow enough to be crossed by wading.
- dose
-
noun,
a quantity of medicine prescribed to be taken at one time.
- dorm
-
noun,
dormitory.
- ides
-
noun,
(in the ancient Roman calendar) the fifteenth day of March, May, July, or October, and the thirteenth day of the other months.
- cose
-
verb (used without object),
coze.
- COMS
-
noun,
Trademark. Comedy Central: a cable television channel.
- Cor.
-
- Cord
-
noun,
a string or thin rope made of several strands braided, twisted, or woven together.
- corf
-
noun,
Mining.
a small wagon for carrying coal, ore, etc.
a wicker basket formerly used for this purpose.
- Cori
-
noun,
Carl Ferdinand, 1896–1984, and his wife, Gerty Theresa, 1896–1957, U.S. biochemists, born in Austria-Hungary: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1947.
- corm
-
noun,
an enlarged, fleshy, bulblike base of a stem, as in the crocus.
- Cort
-
- Cost
-
noun,
the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
- comd
-
- Cote
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- Coue
-
noun,
Émile [ey-meel] /eɪˈmil/ (Show IPA), 1857–1926, French psychotherapist.
- Cres
-
- crud
-
noun,
Slang.
a deposit or coating of refuse or of an impure or alien substance; muck.
a filthy, repulsive, or contemptible person.
something that is worthless, objectionable, or contemptible.
prevarication, exaggeration, or flattery.
a nonspecific, imaginary, or vaguely defined disease or disorder of the body:
any unpleasant external ailment, disorder, or the like, as a skin rash.
venereal disease, especially syphilis.
Vulgar. dried semen.
- crus
-
noun,
the part of the leg or hind limb between the femur or thigh and the ankle or tarsus; shank.
- crut
-
noun,
crud (def 1).
- ctr.
-
- come
-
noun,
Slang: Vulgar. semen.
- Com.
-
- cuds
-
noun,
the portion of food that a ruminant returns from the first stomach to the mouth to chew a second time.
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- Cdr.
-
- cedi
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Ghana, equal to 100 pesewas.
- Cerf
-
noun,
Bennett (Alfred) 1898–1971, U.S. book publisher, editor, and writer.
- cet-
-
- Ceto
-
- cide
-
- cir.
-
- cis-
-
- coir
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- cist
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- cit.
-
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- CMOS
-
noun,
complementary metal oxide semiconductor.
- code
-
noun,
a system for communication by telegraph, heliograph, etc., in which long and short sounds, light flashes, etc., are used to symbolize the content of a message:
- cods
-
noun,
any of several soft-rayed food fishes of the family Gadidae, especially Gadus morhua, of cool, North Atlantic waters.
- coed
-
noun,
Older Use. a female student in a coeducational institution, especially in a college or university.
- coif
-
noun,
a hood-shaped cap, usually of white cloth and with extended sides, worn beneath a veil, as by nuns.
- cts.
-
- cues
-
noun,
anything said or done, on or off stage, that is followed by a specific line or action:
- DORE
-
noun,
the walleye or pike perch of North America.
- 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.
- dioc
-
- Dior
-
noun,
Christian [kris-chuh n;; French krees-tyahn] /ˈkrɪs tʃən;; French krisˈtyɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1905–57, French fashion designer.
- dir.
-
- DIRE
-
adjective,
causing or involving great fear or suffering; dreadful; terrible:
- DIRT
-
noun,
any foul or filthy substance, as mud, grime, dust, or excrement.
- dis-
-
- dite
-
noun,
a bit (usually used in negative constructions):
- DMSO
-
- dime
-
noun,
a cupronickel-clad coin of the U.S. and Canada, the 10th part of a dollar, equal to 10 cents.
- doc.
-
plural,
document.
- DOCS
-
noun,
doctor.
- doer
-
noun,
a person or thing that does something, especially a person who gets things done with vigor and efficiency.
- does
-
noun,
a plural of doe.
- doit
-
noun,
Also, duit. an old small copper coin of the Netherlands and Dutch colonies, first issued in the 17th century.
- dome
-
noun,
Architecture.
a vault, having a circular plan and usually in the form of a portion of a sphere, so constructed as to exert an equal thrust in all directions.
a domical roof or ceiling.
a polygonal vault, ceiling, or roof.
- doms
-
noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) a title of a monk in the Benedictine, Carthusian, Cistercian, and certain other monastic orders.
- DIMS
-
Idioms,
take a dim view of, to regard with disapproval, skepticism, or dismay:
- dim.
-
- cur.
-
- deco
-
noun,
art deco.
- curd
-
noun,
Often, curds. a substance consisting mainly of casein and the like, obtained from milk by coagulation, and used as food or made into cheese.
- cure
-
noun,
a means of healing or restoring to health; remedy.
- curs
-
noun,
a mongrel dog, especially a worthless or unfriendly one.
- Curt
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Curtis.
- cute
-
noun,
the cutes, Informal. self-consciously cute mannerisms or appeal; affected coyness:
- Dom.
-
- Dec.
-
- def.
-
- dif-
-
- defs
-
- deft
-
adjective,
dexterous; nimble; skillful; clever:
- Dem.
-
- der.
-
- Deus
-
noun,
God. Abbreviation: D.
- 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.
- Dies
-
noun,
Martin, 1901–72, U.S. politician.
- Diet
-
noun,
food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health:
- idem
-
noun,
another exactly the same.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- mite
-
noun,
any of numerous small to microscopic arachnids of the subclass Acari, including species that are parasitic on animals and plants or that feed on decaying matter and stored foods.
- Mcfd
-
- M-16
-
noun,
a lightweight, fully automatic rifle shooting a small-caliber bullet at an extremely high velocity: a U.S. Army combat weapon for mobile units and jungle fighting.
- MDES
-
- mis-
-
- Miro
-
noun,
Gabriel [gah-vree-el] /ˌgɑ vriˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1879–1930, Spanish novelist, short-story writer, and essayist.
- mire
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- iod-
-
- Iris
-
noun,
Anatomy. the contractile, circular diaphragm forming the colored portion of the eye and containing a circular opening, the pupil, in its center.
- MIDI
-
noun,
a skirt, dress, or coat, of mid-calf length.
- Ire.
-
- ious
-
- moit
-
noun,
a foreign particle found in wool, as a burr, twig, or seed.
- IMCO
-
- Merc
-
noun,
a mercenary soldier.
- met.
-
- mids
-
noun,
Archaic. the middle.
- MERS
-
noun,
Middle East(ern) Respiratory Syndrome: an often fatal respiratory illness caused by a coronavirus similar to the SARS virus and characterized by fever, coughing, and shortness of breath.
- mfd.
-
- M-14
-
noun,
a fully automatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber rifle developed from the M-1: replaced the M-1 as the standard U.S. Army combat rifle.
- Mid.
-
- Meir
-
noun,
Golda [gohl-duh] /ˈgoʊl də/ (Show IPA), (Goldie Mabovitch; Goldie Myerson) 1898–1978, Israeli political leader, born in Russia: prime minister 1969–74.
- mod.
-
- Mode
-
noun,
a manner of acting or doing; method; way:
- Mods
-
noun,
a person who is in the vanguard in style, dress, etc.
- itis
-
- Mic.
-
- MICE
-
noun,
plural of mouse.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- mist
-
noun,
a cloudlike aggregation of minute globules of water suspended in the atmosphere at or near the earth's surface, reducing visibility to a lesser degree than fog.
- med.
-
- mise
-
noun,
a settlement or agreement.
- iso-
-
- item
-
noun,
a separate article or particular:
- mdse
-
- mes-
-
- Ted
-
noun,
British Slang. Teddy boy.
- Meo
-
noun,
Miao (def 1).
- DET
-
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- Ido
-
noun,
a revised and simplified form of Esperanto, introduced in 1907.
- DEI
-
adverb,
by the grace of God.
- Tim
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Timothy.
- mi.
-
- MFT
-
- mud
-
noun,
wet, soft earth or earthy matter, as on the ground after rain, at the bottom of a pond, or along the banks of a river; mire.
- MFS
-
- MUF
-
- Cut
-
noun,
the act of cutting; a stroke or a blow, as with a knife, whip, etc.
- MFR
-
- DCM
-
- DFC
-
- do.
-
- Mur
-
noun,
a river in S central Austria, NE Slovenia, and N Croatia, flowing NE and SE to the Drava River. 300 miles (483 km) long.
- DSC
-
- DSM
-
- DSO
-
- TID
-
- 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.
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- tfr
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- de-
-
- DCS
-
- DFT
-
- TCS
-
- MS.
-
plural,
manuscript.
- OCR
-
- Doi
-
- OCS
-
- ode
-
noun,
a lyric poem typically of elaborate or irregular metrical form and expressive of exalted or enthusiastic emotion.
- Dor
-
noun,
Also, dorbeetle [dawr-beet-l] /ˈdɔrˌbit l/ (Show IPA). a common European dung beetle, Geotrupes stercorarius.
- STM
-
- M-1
-
noun,
a semiautomatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber, clip-fed rifle, with a weight of 8.56 pounds (3.88 kg): the standard U.S. Army rifle in World War II and in the Korean War.
- STI
-
- MSC
-
- Mo.
-
- DOE
-
noun,
the female of the deer, antelope, goat, rabbit, and certain other animals.
- DOT
-
noun,
a small, roundish mark made with or as if with a pen.
- St.
-
- Dou
-
noun,
Gerard [gey-rahrt] /ˈgeɪ rɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1613–75, Dutch painter: pupil of Rembrandt.
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- Sr.
-
- ODS
-
noun,
a hypothetical force formerly held to pervade all nature and to manifest itself in magnetism, mesmerism, chemical action, etc.
- Dr.
-
- DRE
-
- Sou
-
noun,
(formerly) either of two bronze coins of France, equal to 5 centimes and 10 centimes.
- ODT
-
- Mcf
-
- OCD
-
- DFM
-
- Sui
-
noun,
a dynasty ruling in China a.d. 589–618.
- Cui
-
noun,
César [French sey-zar] /French seɪˈzar/ (Show IPA), Antonovich [Russian uhn-taw-nuh-vyich] /Russian ʌnˈtɔ nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1835–1918, Russian composer.
- di.
-
- MEC
-
noun,
a pimp; mack.
- 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.
- MDT
-
- mut
-
noun,
mutt.
- MCR
-
- SUM
-
noun,
the aggregate of two or more numbers, magnitudes, quantities, or particulars as determined by or as if by the mathematical process of addition:
- MCI
-
- Oc.
-
- suf
-
- OTC
-
- OED
-
- Sue
-
noun,
Eugène [œ-zhen] /œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), (Marie Joseph Sue) 1804–57, French novelist.
- 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.
- OFM
-
- OSD
-
- DIU
-
noun,
part of the union territory of Daman and Diu (Goa, Daman, and Diu in 1961–87) in W India: a former Portuguese colony, comprising a small island and seaport at the extremity of Kathiawar peninsula.
- DMS
-
- Stu
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stewart or Stuart.
- OSF
-
- DMT
-
- cum
-
noun,
come (def 24).
- ctf
-
- Tiu
-
noun,
an English god of the sky and of war, the equivalent of Tyr in Scandinavian mythology.
- UCR
-
- ur-
-
- UMT
-
- Ume
-
noun,
a river in N Sweden, flowing SE from the W border to the Gulf of Bothnia. Aabout 285 miles (460 km) long.
- UIT
-
- CEO
-
- UFO
-
noun,
any unexplained moving object observed in the sky, especially one assumed by some observers to be of extraterrestrial origin.
- UFC
-
- udo
-
noun,
a plant, Aralia cordata, of the ginseng family, cultivated, especially in Japan and China, for its edible shoots.
- UDC
-
- MOI
-
- CEF
-
- MOT
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- CFD
-
- CFI
-
- cfm
-
- CFO
-
- CFR
-
- cfs
-
- CID
-
noun,
The ("El Cid Campeador"; Rodrigo Díaz de Bivar) c1040–99, Spanish soldier: hero of the wars against the Moors.
- tum
-
verb (used with object),
to tease (wool) in the preliminary carding operation, or to open out the fibers prior to carding.
- Urd
-
noun,
a plant, Vigna mungo, of the legume family, widely cultivated in tropical Asia for its edible seeds and for forage.
- ure
-
- tui
-
noun,
a black New Zealand honey eater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, having a patch of white feathers on each side of the throat, sometimes tamed as a pet.
- USE
-
noun,
the act of employing, using, or putting into service:
- uti
-
- UTE
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- UTC
-
- cf.
-
- USR
-
- USO
-
- CIO
-
noun,
a federation of affiliated industrial labor unions, founded 1935 within the American Federation of Labor but independent of it 1938–55. Abbreviation: C.I.O., CIO.
- USM
-
- Co.
-
- USC
-
- MOR
-
- COD
-
noun,
any of several soft-rayed food fishes of the family Gadidae, especially Gadus morhua, of cool, North Atlantic waters.
- urs
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city on the Euphrates, in S Iraq: extensive excavations, especially of royal tombs.
- cr.
-
- cs.
-
- ct.
-
- Uri
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- MOS
-
noun,
moment (def 1).
- CDT
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- CED
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- Moe
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noun,
a male given name, form of Morris or Moses.
- CIE
-
- TMO
-
- CSR
-
- COT
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noun,
a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
- MTI
-
- MTO
-
- MTS
-
- CRS
-
- CRT
-
- cru
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noun,
(in France) a vineyard producing wine of high quality, sometimes classified by the government as either a Great Growth (Grand Cru) or a First Growth (Premier Cru)
- CSF
-
- CSO
-
- CST
-
- Mt.
-
- cte
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- Tor
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noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- sot
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noun,
a drunkard.
- Tom
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noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- cud
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noun,
the portion of food that a ruminant returns from the first stomach to the mouth to chew a second time.
- MI6
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noun,
the government's secret intelligence service.
- toe
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noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- cue
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noun,
anything said or done, on or off stage, that is followed by a specific line or action:
- MI5
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noun,
the government's security and counterespionage service that works in liaison with Scotland Yard's Special Branch.
- MTF
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- tr.
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- tue
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- CMD
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- CIF
-
- CIM
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- Tu.
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- TSR
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noun,
a computer program with any of several ancillary functions, usually held resident in RAM for instant activation while one is using another program.
- TSI
-
- TSE
-
- MOC
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noun,
moccasin.
- Tro
-
- MIT
-
- Mr.
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plural,
mister: a title of respect prefixed to a man's name or position:
- COS
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noun,
romaine.
- MRE
-
- MRI
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- MSD
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- MSE
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- MIR
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noun,
a village commune of peasant farmers in prerevolutionary Russia.
- MSF
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- MIE
-
- MSI
-
- MST
-
- trf
-
- DSR
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- SRI
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noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- DST
-
- ROE
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noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- FET
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- ROT
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noun,
the process of rotting.
- ote
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- fic
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- Md.
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- IRC
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- Ir.
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- fid
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noun,
a stout bar of wood or metal placed across a lower spar so as to support a higher one.
- ROI
-
- OTS
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- fer
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preposition, conjunction,
for.
- Rod
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noun,
a stick, wand, staff, or the like, of wood, metal, or other material.
- fie
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interjection,
(used to express mild disgust, disapprobation, annoyance, etc.)
- ROC
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noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- RMC
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- rm.
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plural,
ream.
- FIO
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- FIR
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noun,
any coniferous tree belonging to the genus Abies, of the pine family, characterized by its pyramidal style of growth, flat needles, and erect cones.
- oud
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noun,
a musical instrument of the Middle East and northern Africa belonging to the lute family.
- oui
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adverb, noun,
yes.
- our
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noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ot-
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- IRO
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- IOU
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- Rue
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noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- So.
-
- sd.
-
- rut
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noun,
a furrow or track in the ground, especially one made by the passage of a vehicle or vehicles.
- ETR
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- ETS
-
- ism
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noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- eu-
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- ose
-
- RUM
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noun,
an alcoholic liquor or spirit distilled from molasses or some other fermented sugar-cane product.
- RTS
-
- IRS
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- RTF
-
- rte
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- rt.
-
- RSE
-
- Rs.
-
- fo.
-
- FCS
-
- ise
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- FDR
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noun,
(Anna) Eleanor, 1884–1962, U.S. diplomat, author, and lecturer (wife of Franklin Delano Roosevelt).
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- FIT
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noun,
the manner in which a thing fits:
- fm.
-
- ETO
-
- IDS
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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.
- Rd.
-
- REM
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noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- FSR
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- ft.
-
- FTC
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- FUD
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noun,
a fuddy-duddy.
- RCS
-
- Re.
-
- RMS
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plural,
ream.
- ics
-
- fro
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Idioms,
to and fro, alternating from one place to another; back and forth:
- id.
-
- IFS
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noun,
a supposition; uncertain possibility:
- ITU
-
- io-
-
- red
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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.
- RCT
-
- RDC
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- RDF
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- ide
-
- RDS
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- ier
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- res
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noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- RIM
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noun,
the outer edge, border, margin, or brink of something, especially of a circular object.
- RID
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- FMC
-
- IOT
-
- Ios
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noun,
a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey.
- FOE
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noun,
a person who feels enmity, hatred, or malice toward another; enemy:
- ior
-
- RIF
-
noun,
Er [er] /ɛr/ (Show IPA) a mountainous coastal region in N Morocco.
- IOF
-
- FOS
-
- FOT
-
- fou
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adjective,
drunk.
- Fr.
-
abbreviation,
Father.
- IFC
-
- FRC
-
- IOC
-
- RFI
-
- RFE
-
- RFD
-
- RFC
-
- imu
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noun,
a usually large, covered cooking pit in which food is cooked by means of heated stones.
- IMF
-
- ret
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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.
- Ife
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noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- SRO
-
- uts
-
noun,
the syllable once generally used for the first tone or keynote of a scale and sometimes for the tone C: now commonly superseded by do.
- sc.
-
- ed.
-
- ECM
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- OIr
-
- SID
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noun,
a male or female given name, form of Sidney or Sydney.
- IUD
-
- 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).
- sfm
-
- Sfc
-
- OIt
-
- ECU
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noun,
the shield carried by a mounted man-at-arms in the Middle Ages.
- ScD
-
- ec-
-
- EdM
-
abbreviation,
electronic dance music: a range of genres of electronic music often played in nightclubs and characterized by a strong danceable beat:
- EDO
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noun,
a member of an indigenous people of western Africa, in the Benin region of southern Nigeria.
- Om.
-
- EDS
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noun,
education:
- EDT
-
- SER
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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).
- ef-
-
- eft
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noun,
a newt, especially the eastern newt, Notophthalmus viridescens (red eft) in its immature terrestrial stage.
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- eir
-
- ECF
-
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- OFr
-
- Du.
-
- Duc
-
noun,
duke.
- Me.
-
- Mc-
-
- due
-
noun,
something that is due, owed, or naturally belongs to someone.
- OEM
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- DUI
-
- of-
-
- SOF
-
- IUS
-
- ETD
-
- sod
-
noun,
a section cut or torn from the surface of grassland, containing the matted roots of grass.
- SOC
-
noun,
sociology or a class or course in sociology.
- oft
-
adverb,
often.
- oic
-
- oid
-
- ium
-
- SMD
-
- eo-
-
- EOM
-
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- EIS
-
- EDC
-
- EMF
-
- ERT
-
- ITC
-
- orc
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- SCM
-
- OMS
-
noun,
a mantric word thought to be a complete expression of Brahman and interpreted as having three sounds representing Brahma or creation, Vishnu or preservation, and Siva or destruction, or as consisting of the same three sounds, representing waking, dreams, and deep sleep, along with the following silence, which is fulfillment.
- ISR
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- ite
-
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- EOF
-
- ESR
-
- EMU
-
noun,
a large, flightless, ratite bird, Emu (Dromaius) novaehollandiae, of Australia, resembling the ostrich but smaller and having a feathered head and neck and rudimentary wings.
- EMT
-
- Esc
-
- SCF
-
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- ist
-
- SED
-
- EMS
-
noun,
the letter M, m.
- se-
-
- SDR
-
- SDI
-
- EMR
-
- ESU
-
- 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.
- RI
-
- CU
-
- FC
-
- FD
-
- i.
-
- TM
-
- ic
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- DF
-
- CM
-
- R.
-
- S.
-
- M.
-
- DC
-
noun,
a surgical method for the removal of diseased tissue or an early embryo from the lining of the uterus by means of scraping.
- CE
-
- UT
-
noun,
the syllable once generally used for the first tone or keynote of a scale and sometimes for the tone C: now commonly superseded by do.
- SM
-
- D.
-
- 3D
-
noun,
a three-dimensional form or appearance:
- 2D
-
noun,
a two-dimensional form or appearance:
- RC
-
- IT
-
noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- RU
-
- SU
-
- t.
-
- RO
-
- TD
-
- T1
-
- TC
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- O.
-
- OD
-
noun,
a hypothetical force formerly held to pervade all nature and to manifest itself in magnetism, mesmerism, chemical action, etc.
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- SF
-
- FE
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- MF
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- DM
-
- MU
-
noun,
the 12th letter of the Greek alphabet (M, μ).
- FI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the fourth and fifth degrees of a scale.
- RF
-
- U.
-
- UC
-
- Ud
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- OU
-
noun,
a rare Hawaiian honeycreeper, Psittirostra psittacea, having an olive-green body, a parrotlike bill, and in the male a bright yellow head.
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- UI
-
- IF
-
noun,
a supposition; uncertain possibility:
- EI
-
- f.
-
noun,
(Paul) Felix (Edler von Münzberg) [poul fey-liks eyd-luh r fuh n mynts-berk] /paʊl ˈfeɪ lɪks ˈeɪd lər fən ˈmüntsˌbɛrk/ (Show IPA), 1863–1942, Austrian composer, conductor, and writer.