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- hatemonger
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noun,
a person who kindles hatred, enmity, or prejudice in others.
- enantiomer
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noun,
either of a pair of optical isomers that are mirror images of each other.
- ideamonger
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noun,
a person who originates and promotes or deals in ideas.
- generation
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noun,
the entire body of individuals born and living at about the same time:
- ornamented
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noun,
an accessory, article, or detail used to beautify the appearance of something to which it is added or of which it is a part:
- dermatogen
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noun,
protoderm.
- denominate
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verb (used with object),
to give a name to; denote; designate.
- emendation
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noun,
a correction or change, as of a text.
- ergotamine
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noun,
a crystalline, water-soluble polypeptide, C 33 H 35 N 5 O 5 , obtained from ergot, used to stimulate uterine contractions during labor and in the treatment of migraine.
- denegation
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noun,
denial; contradiction.
- endometria
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noun,
the mucous membrane lining the uterus.
- integrand
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noun,
the expression to be integrated.
- menadione
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noun,
a synthetic yellow crystalline powder, C 11 H 8 O 2 , insoluble in water, used as a vitamin K supplement.
- hardiment
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noun,
hardihood.
- hardening
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noun,
a material that hardens another, as an alloy added to iron to make steel.
- anthemion
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noun,
an ornament of floral forms in a flat radiating cluster, as in architectural decoration, vase painting, etc.
- Orangemen
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noun,
a member of a secret society formed in the north of Ireland in 1795, having as its object the maintenance and political ascendancy of Protestantism.
- methadone
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noun,
a synthetic narcotic, C 21 H 28 ClNO, similar to morphine but effective orally, used in the relief of pain and as a heroin substitute in the treatment of heroin addiction.
- geometrid
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noun,
a geometrid moth.
- Hermitage
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noun,
the habitation of a hermit.
- internode
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noun,
a part or space between two nodes, knots, or joints, as the portion of a plant stem between two nodes.
- germinate
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verb (used with object),
to cause to develop; produce.
- dinothere
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noun,
any elephantlike mammal of the extinct genus Dinotherium, from the later Tertiary Period of Europe and Asia, having large, outwardly curving tusks.
- dinergate
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noun,
a soldier ant.
- redingote
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noun,
a dress or lightweight coat, usually belted, open along the entire front to reveal a dress or petticoat worn underneath it.
- Agrigento
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noun,
a city in S Italy.
- hanger-on
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noun,
a person who remains in a place or attaches himself or herself to a group, another person, etc., although not wanted, especially in the hope or expectation of personal gain.
- grenadine
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noun,
a thin fabric of leno weave in silk, nylon, rayon, or wool.
- threonine
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noun,
an essential amino acid, CH 3 CHOHCH(NH 2)COOH, obtained by the hydrolysis of proteins. Symbol: T. Abbreviation: Thr;
- hemogenia
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noun,
pseudohemophilia.
- Argentine
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noun,
a silvery substance, especially one obtained from fish scales, used in making imitation pearls.
- Tangerine
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noun,
Also called mandarin, mandarin orange. any of several varieties of mandarin, cultivated widely, especially in the U.S.
- denigrate
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verb (used with object),
to speak damagingly of; criticize in a derogatory manner; sully; defame:
- gathering
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noun,
an assembly or meeting.
- reheating
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noun,
heating again.
- magnetron
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noun,
a two-element vacuum tube in which the flow of electrons is under the influence of an external magnetic field, used to generate extremely short radio waves.
- mortgagee
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noun,
a person to whom property is mortgaged.
- demeaning
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noun,
Archaic. demeanor.
- Remington
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noun,
Eliphalet [ih-lif-uh-lit] /ɪˈlɪf ə lɪt/ (Show IPA), 1793–1861, U.S. arms manufacturer.
- Grandgent
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noun,
Charles Hall, 1862–1939, U.S. philologist and essayist.
- Rhodamine
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noun,
a red dye obtained by heating an alkyl aminophenol with phthalic anhydride.
- omnirange
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noun,
a radio navigational aid in which stations emit distinctive signals on each of 360 degrees, giving the bearing of each degree with reference to magnetic north.
- germinant
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adjective,
beginning to grow or develop; germinating.
- gardening
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noun,
the act of cultivating or tending a garden.
- Montaigne
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noun,
Michel Eyquem [mee-shel e-kem] /miˈʃɛl ɛˈkɛm/ (Show IPA), Seigneur de, 1533–92, French essayist.
- nightmare
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noun,
a terrifying dream in which the dreamer experiences feelings of helplessness, extreme anxiety, sorrow, etc.
- end-grain
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noun,
wood grain, as at the end of a board, resulting from a cut across the grain.
- endearing
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adjective,
tending to make dear or beloved.
- endotherm
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noun,
a warm-blooded animal.
- earth-god
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noun,
a god of fertility and vegetation.
- adornment
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noun,
something that adds attractiveness; ornament; accessory:
- morganite
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noun,
rose-colored beryl.
- nanometer
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noun,
one billionth of a meter. Abbreviation: nm.
- Mitnagged
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noun,
a member of an Orthodox Jewish movement in central or eastern Europe in the 18th and 19th centuries that advocated an intellectual, legalistic approach to Judaism and opposed the emotional, mystical approach of the Hasidim.
Compare Hasid (def 1).
- Trondheim
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noun,
a seaport in central Norway, on Trondheim Fiord.
- engrained
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adjective,
ingrained.
- mothering
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noun,
the nurturing of an infant or small child by its mother.
- remanent
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adjective,
remaining; left behind.
- endanger
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verb (used with object),
to expose to danger; imperil:
- emigrate
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verb (used without object),
to leave one country or region to settle in another; migrate:
- greeting
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noun,
the act or words of a person who greets.
- greening
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noun,
any variety of apple whose skin is green when ripe.
- Honegger
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noun,
Arthur [ahr-ther;; French ar-too r] /ˈɑr θər;; French arˈtʊər/ (Show IPA), 1892–1955, Swiss composer, born in France.
- Maronite
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noun,
a member of a body of Uniates living chiefly in Lebanon, who maintain a Syriac liturgy and a married clergy, and who are governed by the patriarch of Antioch.
- Morgagni
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noun,
Giovanni Battista [jaw-vahn-nee baht-tees-tah] /dʒɔˈvɑn ni bɑtˈtis tɑ/ (Show IPA), 1682–1771, Italian anatomist.
- gradient
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noun,
the degree of inclination, or the rate of ascent or descent, in a highway, railroad, etc.
- Martinon
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noun,
Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1910–76, French violinist, conductor, and composer.
- renegado
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noun,
a renegade.
- ring-man
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noun,
Printing. an operator of a ring machine.
- enargite
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noun,
a mineral, copper arsenic and sulfide, Cu 3 AsS 4 , occurring in the form of black orthorhombic crystals having perfect cleavage: an important source of copper.
- demeanor
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noun,
conduct; behavior; deportment.
- demonian
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adjective,
demoniac (def 1).
- naething
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noun, adverb,
nothing.
- atherine
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noun,
an atherine fish.
- Rodentia
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noun,
the order comprising the rodents.
- handiron
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noun,
andiron.
- iron-man
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noun,
a person, as a worker or athlete, of great physical endurance who can be depended upon to perform a given task or job tirelessly.
- Antigone
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noun,
Classical Mythology. a daughter of Oedipus and Jocasta who defied her uncle, King Creon, by performing funeral rites over her brother, Polynices, and was condemned to be immured alive in a cave.
- antihero
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noun,
a protagonist who lacks the attributes that make a heroic figure, as nobility of mind and spirit, a life or attitude marked by action or purpose, and the like.
- antimere
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noun,
a segment or division of the body having a corresponding segment or division that is opposite to it relative to the longitudinal axis of the body.
- antinode
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noun,
the region of maximum amplitude between two adjacent nodes in a standing wave.
- enthrone
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verb (used with object),
to place on or as on a throne.
- antinome
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noun,
something that is contradictory or opposite to another; a logical contradiction.
- mortgage
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noun,
a conveyance of an interest in property as security for the repayment of money borrowed.
- Maggiore
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noun,
Lake, a lake in N Italy and S Switzerland. 83 sq. mi. (215 sq. km).
- mannered
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adjective,
having manners as specified (usually used in combination):
- Engadine
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noun,
the valley of the Inn River in E Switzerland: resorts. 60 miles (97 km) long.
- argento-
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- magneto-
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- magneton
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noun,
a unit of magnetic moment, used in measuring the magnetic moment of atomic and subatomic particles.
- entoderm
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noun,
endoderm.
- Mandingo
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noun,
a member of any of a number of peoples forming an extensive linguistic group in western Africa.
- Romanite
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noun,
a fossil resin similar to amber, used for jewelry.
- emerging
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adjective,
emergent (def 3):
- Roentgen
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noun,
Wilhelm Konrad [wil-helm kon-rad;; German vil-helm kawn-raht] /ˈwɪl hɛlm ˈkɒn ræd;; German ˈvɪl hɛlm ˈkɔn rɑt/ (Show IPA), 1845–1923, German physicist: discoverer of x-rays 1895; Nobel prize 1901.
- mediator
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noun,
a person who mediates, especially between parties at variance.
- Monteria
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noun,
a city in N Colombia.
- neatherd
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noun,
cowherd.
- domineer
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verb (used with or without object),
to rule arbitrarily or despotically; tyrannize.
- Georgina
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noun,
a town in SE Ontario, in S Canada.
- Georgian
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noun,
a person, especially a writer, of either of the Georgian periods in England.
- Georgann
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noun,
a female given name.
- ornament
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noun,
an accessory, article, or detail used to beautify the appearance of something to which it is added or of which it is a part:
- moderate
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noun,
a person who is moderate in opinion or opposed to extreme views and actions, especially in politics or religion.
- nominate
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adjective,
having a particular name.
- gangrene
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noun,
necrosis or death of soft tissue due to obstructed circulation, usually followed by decomposition and putrefaction.
- dominant
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noun,
Genetics.
the one of a pair of alternative alleles that masks the effect of the other when both are present in the same cell or organism.
the trait or character determined by such an allele. Compare recessive (defs 4, 5).
- dominate
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verb (used with object),
to rule over; govern; control.
- midrange
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noun,
this portion of a range:
- Germaine
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noun,
a female given name.
- ordinate
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noun,
Mathematics. (in plane Cartesian coordinates) the y-coordinate of a point: its distance from the x-axis measured parallel to the y-axis.
- northing
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noun,
northward movement or deviation.
- one-time
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adjective,
having been as specified at one time; former:
- Northman
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noun,
one of the ancient Scandinavians, especially a member of the group that from about the 8th to the 11th century made many raids and established settlements in Great Britain, Ireland, many parts of continental Europe, and probably in parts of North America.
- do-re-mi
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noun,
money.
- gendarme
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noun,
a police officer in any of several European countries, especially a French police officer.
- dormient
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adjective,
sleeping; dormant.
- geminate
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noun,
Phonetics. a doubled consonant sound.
- Northmen
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noun,
one of the ancient Scandinavians, especially a member of the group that from about the 8th to the 11th century made many raids and established settlements in Great Britain, Ireland, many parts of continental Europe, and probably in parts of North America.
- dragomen
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noun,
(in the Near East) a professional interpreter.
- radiomen
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noun,
a person who operates a radio.
- germano-
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- goatherd
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noun,
a person who tends goats.
- dethrone
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verb (used with object),
to remove from a throne; depose.
- megadont
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adjective,
macrodont.
- dragonet
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noun,
any fish of the genus Callionymus, the species of which are small and usually brightly colored.
- deration
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verb (used with object),
to discontinue the rationing of (something).
- regiment
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noun,
Military. a unit of ground forces, consisting of two or more battalions or battle groups, a headquarters unit, and certain supporting units.
- negation
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noun,
the act of denying:
- dermato-
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- gnathion
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noun,
Craniometry. the lowest point on the anterior margin of the lower jaw in the midsaggital plane.
- derogate
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adjective,
Archaic. debased.
- detainer
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noun,
a writ for the further detention of a person already in custody.
- nematode
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noun,
any unsegmented worm of the phylum Nematoda, having an elongated, cylindrical body; a roundworm.
- headnote
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noun,
a brief summary, comment, or explanation that precedes a chapter, report, etc.
- Menander
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noun,
342?–291 b.c, Greek writer of comedies.
- Edgerton
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noun,
Harold Eugene ("Doc") 1903–90, U.S. electrical engineer and photographer.
- Mondrian
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noun,
Piet [peet] /pit/ (Show IPA), (Pieter Cornelis Mondriaan) 1872–1944, Dutch painter.
- diameter
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noun,
Geometry.
a straight line passing through the center of a circle or sphere and meeting the circumference or surface at each end.
a straight line passing from side to side of any figure or body, through its center.
- diatreme
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noun,
a volcanic vent produced in a solid rock structure by the explosive energy of gases in magmas.
- menhaden
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noun,
any marine clupeid fish of the genus Brevoortia, especially B. tyrannus, resembling a shad but with a more compressed body, common along the eastern coast of the U.S., and used for making oil and fertilizer.
- meningo-
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- Meredith
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noun,
George, 1828–1909, English novelist and poet.
- nitrogen
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noun,
a colorless, odorless, gaseous element that constitutes about four-fifths of the volume of the atmosphere and is present in combined form in animal and vegetable tissues, especially in proteins: used chiefly in the manufacture of ammonia, nitric acid, cyanide, explosives, fertilizer, dyes, as a cooling agent, etc. Symbol: N; atomic weight: 14.0067; atomic number: 7; density: 1.2506 g/l at 0°C and 760 mm pressure.
- earthmen
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noun,
a human inhabitant or native of the planet Earth.
- emigrant
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noun,
a person who emigrates, as from his or her native country or region:
Synonyms: émigré, expatriate.
- dementia
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noun,
severe impairment or loss of intellectual capacity and personality integration, due to the loss of or damage to neurons in the brain.
- threnode
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noun,
threnody.
- Adrienne
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noun,
a female given name: derived from Adrian.
- hereinto
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adverb,
into this place.
- adherent
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noun,
a person who follows or upholds a leader, cause, etc.; supporter; follower.
- inthrone
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verb (used with object),
enthrone.
- androgen
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noun,
any substance, as testosterone or androsterone, that promotes male characteristics.
- hematein
-
noun,
a reddish-brown, crystalline, slightly water-soluble solid, C 16 H 12 O 6 , obtained from logwood: used chiefly as a stain in microscopy.
- theremin
-
noun,
a musical instrument with electronic tone generation, the pitch and tone volume being controlled by the distance between the player's hands and two metal rods serving as antennas.
- agrement
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noun,
Music. ornament (def 9).
- herniate
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verb (used without object),
to protrude abnormally from an enclosed cavity or from the body so as to constitute a hernia.
- hematoid
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adjective,
hemoid.
- ingather
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verb (used with object),
to gather or bring in, as a harvest.
- ideogram
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noun,
a written symbol that represents an idea or object directly rather than a particular word or speech sound, as a Chinese character.
- inherent
-
adjective,
existing in someone or something as a permanent and inseparable element, quality, or attribute; inhering:
- hoarding
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noun,
the act of a person who hoards.
- Herodian
-
noun,
a partisan of the house of Herod.
- trending
-
noun,
the general course or prevailing tendency; drift:
- amidogen
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noun,
(formerly) the −NH 2 group.
- trade-in
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noun,
goods given in whole or, usually, part payment of a purchase:
- trainmen
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noun,
a member of the crew that operates a railroad train, usually an assistant to the conductor, such as a brakeman or flagman.
- heritage
-
noun,
something that is handed down from the past, as a tradition:
- horn-mad
-
adjective,
furiously enraged; intensely angry.
- ignorant
-
adjective,
lacking in knowledge or training; unlearned:
- thermion
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noun,
an ion emitted by incandescent material.
- Hermione
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noun,
the daughter of Menelaus and Helen.
- neonate
-
noun,
a newborn child, or one in its first 28 days.
- thermae
-
noun,
hot springs; hot baths.
- mediant
-
noun,
the third degree of a major or minor musical scale.
- Reigate
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noun,
a city in Surrey in SE England, a London suburb.
- dominee
-
noun,
dominie (def 2).
- montage
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noun,
the technique of combining in a single composition pictorial elements from various sources, as parts of different photographs or fragments of printing, either to give the illusion that the elements belonged together originally or to allow each element to retain its separate identity as a means of adding interest or meaning to the composition.
Compare collage (def 1).
- Etonian
-
noun,
a person who is or has been a pupil at Eton College.
- mediate
-
adjective,
acting through, dependent on, or involving an intermediate agency; not direct or immediate.
- niggard
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noun,
an excessively parsimonious, miserly, or stingy person.
- etamine
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noun,
a lightweight cotton or worsted fabric constructed in plain weave and loosely woven.
- to-name
-
noun,
a nickname, especially one to distinguish a person from others of the same name.
- grained
-
noun,
a small, hard seed, especially the seed of a food plant such as wheat, corn, rye, oats, rice, or millet.
- regnant
-
adjective,
reigning; ruling (usually used following the noun it modifies):
- moneran
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noun,
any organism of the kingdom Monera.
- trainee
-
noun,
a person being trained, especially in a vocation; apprentice.
- Goering
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noun,
Hermann Wilhelm [her-mahn vil-helm,, hur-muh n wil-helm;; German her-mahn vil-helm] /ˈhɛr mɑn ˈvɪl hɛlm,, ˈhɜr mən ˈwɪl hɛlm;; German ˈhɛr mɑn ˈvɪl hɛlm/ (Show IPA), Göring, Hermann Wilhelm.
- Herndon
-
noun,
William Henry, 1818–91, U.S. law partner and biographer of Abraham Lincoln.
- neither
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pronoun,
not either; not one person or the other; not one thing or the other:
- Gramont
-
noun,
Philibert [fee-lee-ber] /fi liˈbɛr/ (Show IPA), Comte de, 1621–1707, French courtier, soldier, and adventurer.
- Drenthe
-
noun,
a province in E Netherlands. 1011 sq. mi. (2620 sq. km).
- nemato-
-
- meaning
-
noun,
what is intended to be, or actually is, expressed or indicated; signification; import:
- matinee
-
noun,
an entertainment, especially a dramatic or musical performance, held in the daytime, usually in the afternoon.
- genito-
-
- Ethanim
-
noun,
a month equivalent to Tishri in the modern Jewish calendar. I Kings 8:2.
- gormand
-
noun,
gourmand.
- genitor
-
noun,
a parent, especially a father.
- remnant
-
noun,
a remaining, usually small part, quantity, number, or the like.
- Gordian
-
Idioms,
cut the Gordian knot, to act quickly and decisively in a difficult situation; solve a problem boldly.
- thermo-
-
- ethmoid
-
noun,
the ethmoid bone.
- meander
-
noun,
Usually, meanders. turnings or windings; a winding path or course.
- AmerInd
-
noun,
Indian (def 1).
- meeting
-
noun,
the act of coming together:
- hematin
-
noun,
Biochemistry. heme.
- Gennaro
-
noun,
San [san;; Italian sahn] /sæn;; Italian sɑn/ (Show IPA), Januarius.
- dragnet
-
noun,
a net to be drawn along the bottom of a river, pond, etc., or along the ground, to catch fish, small game, etc.
- thinner
-
noun,
a volatile liquid, as turpentine, used to dilute paint, varnish, rubber cement, etc., to the desired or proper consistency.
- demerit
-
noun,
a mark against a person for misconduct or deficiency:
- demeton
-
noun,
either of two pale-yellow, highly toxic chemicals, C 6 H 15 O 3 PS 2 or C 6 H 15 O 4 PS 2, used as systemic insecticides, lethal to insects feeding on the treated plant or animal.
- Edomite
-
noun,
a descendant of Esau or Edom. Num. 20:14–21.
- hemato-
-
- God-man
-
noun,
Jesus Christ.
- dementi
-
noun,
an official denial by a government of actions, aims, etc., ascribed to it.
- ingrate
-
noun,
an ungrateful person.
- gameto-
-
- Mendota
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in S Wisconsin, in N Madison. About 15 sq. mi. (39 sq. km).
- earthen
-
adjective,
composed of earth.
- dimeter
-
noun,
a verse or line of two measures or feet, as He is gone on the mountain,/He is lost to the forest.
- moderne
-
adjective,
pretentiously modern; striving to appear modern but lacking style or conviction.
- gigaton
-
noun,
one billion tons. Abbreviation: GT.
- Gigante
-
plural noun,
huge monsters, the children of Gaea, who fought the Olympians but were defeated by them.
- Menorah
-
noun,
a candelabrum having seven branches (as used in the Biblical tabernacle or the Temple in Jerusalem), or any number of branches (as used in modern synagogues).
- dog-ear
-
noun,
(in a book) a corner of a page folded over like a dog's ear, as by careless use, or to mark a place.
- mention
-
noun,
a direct or incidental reference; a mentioning:
- hearing
-
noun,
the faculty or sense by which sound is perceived.
- Geordie
-
noun,
a native of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England.
- 2,4,5-t
-
noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- reagent
-
noun,
a substance that, because of the reactions it causes, is used in analysis and synthesis.
- Meriden
-
noun,
a city in central Connecticut.
- Torenia
-
noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Torenia, of the figwort family, native to Africa and Asia, having two-lipped, usually blue or purple flowers.
- nominee
-
noun,
a person nominated, as to run for elective office or fill a particular post.
- tinhorn
-
noun,
someone, especially a gambler, who pretends to be important but actually has little money, influence, or skill.
- raiment
-
noun,
clothing; apparel; attire.
- ragtime
-
noun,
rhythm in which the accompaniment is strict two-four time and the melody, with improvised embellishments, is in steady syncopation.
- agnomen
-
noun,
an additional, fourth name given to a person by the ancient Romans in allusion to some achievement or other circumstance, as “Africanus” in “Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus.”.
Compare cognomen (def 3).
- ornith-
-
- germane
-
adjective,
closely or significantly related; relevant; pertinent:
- mitogen
-
noun,
any substance or agent that stimulates mitotic cell division.
- Georgia
-
noun,
a state in the SE United States. 58,876 sq. mi. (152,489 sq. km). Capital: Atlanta.
Abbreviation: GA (for use with zip code), Ga.
- aginner
-
noun,
a person who opposes a plan, proposed legislation, or any drastic change:
- Reading
-
noun,
the action or practice of a person who reads.
- gingham
-
noun,
yarn-dyed, plain-weave cotton fabric, usually striped or checked.
- hot-air
-
noun,
empty, exaggerated, or pretentious talk or writing:
- Meinong
-
noun,
Alexius [ah-lek-see-oo s] /ɑˈlɛk si ʊs/ (Show IPA), 1853–1920, Austrian psychologist and philosopher.
- hemodia
-
noun,
hypersensitivity of the teeth.
- derange
-
verb (used with object),
to throw into disorder; disarrange.
- mitered
-
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.
- megaron
-
noun,
a building or semi-independent unit of a building, generally used as a living apartment and typically having a square or broadly rectangular principal chamber with a porch, often of columns in antis, and sometimes an antichamber or other small compartments.
- megaton
-
noun,
one million tons.
- dermat-
-
- gentian
-
noun,
any of several plants of the genera Gentiana, Gentianella, and Gentianopsis, having usually blue, or sometimes yellow, white, or red, flowers, as the fringed gentian of North America, or Gentiana lutea, of Europe.
Compare gentian family.
- Mohegan
-
noun,
a member of a group of Pequot Indians that broke with the Pequot and then fought against them in the Pequot War.
- regimen
-
noun,
Medicine/Medical. a regulated course, as of diet, exercise, or manner of living, intended to preserve or restore health or to attain some result.
- Ingemar
-
noun,
a male given name.
- nothing
-
noun,
no thing; not anything; naught:
- Meitner
-
noun,
Lise [lee-zuh] /ˈli zə/ (Show IPA), 1878–1968, Austrian nuclear physicist.
- Hermite
-
noun,
Charles [sharl] /ʃarl/ (Show IPA), 1822–1901, French mathematician.
- detrain
-
verb (used without object),
to alight from a railway train; arrive by train.
- gahnite
-
noun,
a dark-green to black mineral of the spinel group, zinc aluminate, ZnAl 2 O 4 .
- Oriente
-
noun,
a region in Ecuador, E of the Andes: the border long disputed by Peru.
- reedman
-
noun,
a musician who plays a reed instrument.
- reeding
-
noun,
a set of moldings, as on a column, resembling small convex fluting.
- methane
-
noun,
a colorless, odorless, flammable gas, CH 4 , the main constituent of marsh gas and the firedamp of coal mines, obtained commercially from natural gas: the first member of the methane, or alkane, series of hydrocarbons.
- Gironde
-
noun,
an estuary in SW France, formed by the junction of the Garonne and Dordogne rivers. 45 miles (72 km) long.
- tragion
-
noun,
a point in the depth of the notch just above the tragus of the ear.
- Heredia
-
noun,
José María de [Spanish haw-se mah-ree-ah th e] /Spanish hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), 1842–1905, French poet, born in Cuba.
- red-hot
-
noun,
a person who has great fervor or intensity, as for a goal or cause.
- red-hat
-
noun,
the broad-brimmed official hat of a Roman Catholic cardinal, symbolic of the office or rank of a cardinal.
- mending
-
noun,
the act of a person or thing that mends.
- darning
-
noun,
the act of a person or thing that darns.
- egghead
-
noun,
an intellectual.
- Imogene
-
noun,
a female given name.
- tongmen
-
noun,
a member of a Chinese tong.
- hangmen
-
noun,
a person who hangs criminals who are condemned to death; public executioner.
- gatemen
-
noun,
a gatekeeper.
- interne
-
noun, verb (used without object),
intern2 .
- Antoine
-
noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1858–1943, French theatrical director, manager, and critic.
- Teheran
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Iran, in the N part: wartime conference of Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin 1943.
- hanging
-
noun,
the act, an instance, or the form of capital punishment carried out by suspending one by the neck from a gallows, gibbet, or the like, until dead.
- andiron
-
noun,
one of a pair of metal stands, usually of iron or brass, for holding logs in a fireplace.
- entrain
-
verb (used with object),
to put aboard a train.
- hangdog
-
noun,
Archaic. a degraded, contemptible person.
- teeming
-
adjective,
abounding or swarming with something, as with people:
- tearing
-
noun,
a drop of the saline, watery fluid continually secreted by the lacrimal glands between the surface of the eye and the eyelid, serving to moisten and lubricate these parts and keep them clear of foreign particles. Synonyms: teardrop.
- endnote
-
noun,
a note, as of explanation, emendation, or the like, added at the end of an article, chapter, etc.
- antigen
-
noun,
Immunology. any substance that can stimulate the production of antibodies and combine specifically with them.
- arenite
-
noun,
psammite.
- tongman
-
noun,
a member of a Chinese tong.
- Aretino
-
noun,
Pietro [pye-traw] /ˈpyɛ trɔ/ (Show IPA), 1492–1556, Italian satirist and dramatist.
- magnet-
-
- endgate
-
noun,
tailboard.
- hordein
-
noun,
a simple protein of the prolamin class, found in barley grain.
- dormant
-
adjective,
lying asleep or as if asleep; inactive, as in sleep; torpid:
- minaret
-
noun,
a lofty, often slender, tower or turret attached to a mosque, surrounded by or furnished with one or more balconies, from which the muezzin calls the people to prayer.
- hetero-
-
- heroine
-
noun,
a woman noted for courageous acts or nobility of character:
- grandee
-
noun,
a man of high social position or eminence, especially a Spanish or Portuguese nobleman.
- Tangier
-
noun,
a seaport in N Morocco, on the W Strait of Gibraltar: capital of the former Tangier Zone.
- Morning
-
noun,
the first part or period of the day, extending from dawn, or from midnight, to noon.
- Na-Dene
-
noun,
a group of North American Indian languages, comprising the Athabaskan family, Eyak, Tlingit, and Haida, hypothetically considered to be descendants of a single protolanguage: the genetic relationship of either Tlingit or Haida to Athabaskan and Eyak is now disputed.
- hagride
-
verb (used with object),
to afflict with worry, dread, need, or the like; torment.
- enteron
-
noun,
the alimentary canal; the digestive tract.
- tonnage
-
noun,
the capacity of a merchant vessel, expressed either in units of weight, as deadweight tons, or of volume, as gross tons.
- headrig
-
noun,
(in a sawmill) the carriage and saw used in cutting a log into slabs.
- head-on
-
adverb,
with the front or head foremost, especially in a collision:
- ternion
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- headmen
-
noun,
a chief or leader.
- heading
-
noun,
something that serves as a head, top, or front.
- entero-
-
- mintage
-
noun,
the act or process of minting.
- engrain
-
verb (used with object), adjective,
ingrain (defs 1, 2).
- gearing
-
noun,
an assembly of parts, especially a train of gears, for transmitting and modifying motion and torque in a machine.
- engorge
-
verb (used with or without object),
to swallow greedily; glut or gorge.
- aneroid
-
noun,
aneroid barometer.
- madrone
-
noun,
any of several evergreen trees belonging to the genus Arbutus, of the heath family, especially A. menziesii (Pacific madrone) of western North America, having red, flaky bark and bearing edible reddish berries.
- homager
-
noun,
a vassal.
- Maderno
-
noun,
Carlo [kahr-law] /ˈkɑr lɔ/ (Show IPA), 1556–1629, Italian architect.
- anomite
-
noun,
a variety of mica, similar to biotite but differing in optical orientation.
- Harding
-
noun,
Chester, 1792–1866, U.S. portrait painter.
- Another
-
pronoun,
one more; an additional one:
- engaged
-
adjective,
busy or occupied; involved:
- hearted
-
noun,
Anatomy. a hollow, pumplike organ of blood circulation, composed mainly of rhythmically contractile smooth muscle, located in the chest between the lungs and slightly to the left and consisting of four chambers: a right atrium that receives blood returning from the body via the superior and inferior vena cavae, a right ventricle that pumps the blood through the pulmonary artery to the lungs for oxygenation, a left atrium that receives the oxygenated blood via the pulmonary veins and passes it through the mitral valve, and a left ventricle that pumps the oxygenated blood, via the aorta, throughout the body.
- antero-
-
- anemone
-
noun,
any of various plants belonging to the genus Anemone, of the buttercup family, having petallike sepals and including several wild species with white flowers as well as others cultivated for their showy flowers in a variety of colors.
- Gehenna
-
noun,
the valley of Hinnom, near Jerusalem, where propitiatory sacrifices were made to Moloch. II Kings 23:10.
- hearten
-
verb (used with object),
to give courage or confidence to; cheer.
- trigone
-
noun,
Also, trigonum. Anatomy.
a triangular part or area.
the area on the floor of the urinary bladder between the opening of the urethra in front and the two ureters at the sides.
- Amorite
-
noun,
a member of one of the principal tribes, or nations, of Canaan before its conquest by the Israelites. II Sam. 12:26–31.
- Geraint
-
noun,
one of the knights of the Round Table, husband of Enid.
- enation
-
noun,
a small outgrowth of plant tissue, usually on a leaf, caused by virus infection.
- heirdom
-
noun,
heirship; inheritance.
- Garonne
-
noun,
a river in SW France, flowing NW from the Pyrenees to the Gironde River. 350 miles (565 km) long.
- Riemann
-
noun,
Georg Friedrich Bernhard [gey-awrk free-drikh bern-hahrt] /geɪˈɔrk ˈfri drɪx ˈbɛrn hɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1826–66, German mathematician.
- margent
-
noun,
margin.
- thereon
-
adverb,
on or upon that or it.
- grenade
-
noun,
a small shell containing an explosive and thrown by hand or fired from a rifle or launching device.
- migrant
-
noun,
a person or animal that migrates.
- hernio-
-
- therian
-
noun,
a therian animal.
- Needham
-
noun,
a town in E Massachusetts, near Boston.
- greenth
-
noun,
green growth; verdure.
- Rhodian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Rhodes.
- moraine
-
noun,
a ridge, mound, or irregular mass of unstratified glacial drift, chiefly boulders, gravel, sand, and clay.
- damning
-
noun,
the utterance of “damn” in swearing or for emphasis.
- ringent
-
adjective,
gaping.
- greaten
-
verb (used with object),
to make greater; enlarge; increase.
- horning
-
noun,
shivaree (def 1).
- grating
-
noun,
a fixed frame of bars or the like covering an opening to exclude persons, animals, coarse material, or objects while admitting light, air, or fine material.
- gratine
-
verb (used with object),
to bake or broil (food) in au gratin style.
- erodent
-
adjective,
eroding; erosive:
- grantee
-
noun,
the receiver of a grant.
- Rhetian
-
noun,
Raetic.
- negaton
-
noun,
(not in technical use) electron (def 1).
- Negrito
-
noun,
a member of any of various small-statured, indigenous peoples of Africa, the Philippines, the Malay Peninsula, the Andaman Islands, and southern India.
- granite
-
noun,
a coarse-grained igneous rock composed chiefly of orthoclase and albite feldspars and of quartz, usually with lesser amounts of one or more other minerals, as mica, hornblende, or augite.
- montane
-
noun,
the lower vegetation belt on mountains.
- Negroid
-
noun,
Older Use: Usually Offensive. a member of such peoples.
- Negroni
-
noun,
a cocktail made from sweet vermouth, gin, and bitters.
- Emerita
-
noun,
a woman with such status.
- Marengo
-
noun,
a village in Piedmont, in NW Italy: Napoleon defeated the Austrians 1800.
- Morandi
-
noun,
Giorgio [jawr-jaw] /ˈdʒɔr dʒɔ/ (Show IPA), 1890–1964, Italian painter.
- theorem
-
noun,
Mathematics. a theoretical proposition, statement, or formula embodying something to be proved from other propositions or formulas.
- adenine
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a purine base, C 5 H 5 N 5 , one of the fundamental components of nucleic acids, as DNA, in which it forms a base pair with thymine, and RNA, in which it pairs with uracil. Symbol: A.
- Manetho
-
noun,
flourished c250 b.c, Egyptian high priest of Heliopolis: author of a history of Egypt.
- emirate
-
noun,
the office or rank of an emir.
- mordent
-
noun,
a melodic embellishment consisting of a rapid alternation of a principal tone with the tone a half or a whole step below it, called single or short when the auxiliary tone occurs once and double or long when this occurs twice or more.
- Rontgen
-
noun,
Julius [yoo-lee-uh s] /ˈyu li əs/ (Show IPA), 1855–1932, Dutch pianist, conductor, and composer; born in Germany.
- mannite
-
noun,
mannitol.
- eminent
-
adjective,
high in station, rank, or repute; prominent; distinguished:
- Romaine
-
noun,
Also called romaine lettuce, cos, cos lettuce. a variety of lettuce, Lactuca sativa longifolia, having a cylindrical head of long, relatively loose leaves.
- Erigena
-
noun,
Johannes Scotus [joh-han-eez skoh-tuh s,, -han-is] /dʒoʊˈhæn iz ˈskoʊ təs,, -ˈhæn ɪs/ (Show IPA), a.d. c810–c877, Irish philosopher and theologian.
- amniote
-
noun,
any vertebrate of the group Amniota, comprising the reptiles, birds, and mammals, characterized by having an amnion during the embryonic stage.
- migrate
-
verb (used without object),
to go from one country, region, or place to another. Synonyms: move, resettle, relocate.
Antonyms: remain.
- one-man
-
adjective,
of or relating to, or operated, performed, or used by one person:
- at-home
-
noun,
Also, at home. a reception of visitors at certain hours at one's home.
- integer
-
noun,
Mathematics. one of the positive or negative numbers 1, 2, 3, etc., or zero.
Compare whole number.
- garment
-
noun,
any article of clothing:
- Erigone
-
noun,
a daughter of Clytemnestra and Aegisthus who hanged herself when Orestes was acquitted of the murder of her parents.
- hegemon
-
noun,
a person, nation, etc., that has or exercises hegemony.
- mordant
-
noun,
a substance used in dyeing to fix the coloring matter, especially a metallic compound, as an oxide or hydroxide, that combines with the organic dye and forms an insoluble colored compound or lake in the fiber.
- therein
-
adverb,
in or into that place or thing.
- ergotin
-
noun,
any of various extracts of ergot used in medicine.
- ganoid
-
noun,
a ganoid fish.
- Garnet
-
noun,
any of a group of hard, vitreous minerals, silicates of calcium, magnesium, iron, or manganese with aluminum or iron, varying in color: a deep-red transparent variety is used as a gem and as an abrasive.
- Garden
-
noun,
a plot of ground, usually near a house, where flowers, shrubs, vegetables, fruits, or herbs are cultivated.
- ganoin
-
noun,
a hard, shiny, enamellike substance secreted by the corium, composing the outer layer of the scales of certain fishes.
- garote
-
noun,
a method of capital punishment of Spanish origin in which an iron collar is tightened around a condemned person's neck until death occurs by strangulation or by injury to the spinal column at the base of the brain.
- Gareth
-
noun,
Arthurian Romance. nephew of King Arthur and a knight of the Round Table.
- hieron
-
noun,
(in ancient Greece) a temple or a sacred place.
- Mithra
-
noun,
the god of light and truth, later of the sun.
- ideate
-
noun,
ideatum.
- hiero-
-
- mirage
-
noun,
an optical phenomenon, especially in the desert or at sea, by which the image of some object appears displaced above, below, or to one side of its true position as a result of spatial variations of the index of refraction of air.
- Minthe
-
noun,
a nymph who was changed into a mint plant by Persephone to protect her from Hades.
- mithan
-
noun,
gayal.
- garget
-
noun,
Veterinary Pathology. inflammation of the udder of a cow; bovine mastitis.
- mither
-
noun,
mother1 .
- intone
-
verb (used with object),
to utter with a particular tone or voice modulation.
- gannet
-
noun,
any large, web-footed, seabird of the family Sulidae, having a sharply pointed bill, long wings, and a wedge-shaped tail, noted for its plunging dives for fish.
- Hoenir
-
noun,
a god, one of the Aesir, companion of Odin and Loki, hostage to the Vanir.
- Hinton
-
noun,
Christopher, Baron Hinton of Bankside, 1901–1983, British nuclear engineer.
- Hornie
-
noun,
Satan.
- Ermine
-
noun,
an Old World weasel, Mustela erminea, having in its winter color phase a white coat with black at the tip of the tail.
Compare stoat.
- hornet
-
noun,
any large, stinging paper wasp of the family Vespidae, as Vespa crabro (giant hornet) introduced into the U.S. from Europe, or Vespula maculata (bald-faced hornet or white-faced hornet) of North America.
- horned
-
noun,
one of the bony, permanent, hollow paired growths, often curved and pointed, that project from the upper part of the head of certain ungulate mammals, as cattle, sheep, goats, or antelopes.
- Moreen
-
noun,
a heavy fabric of wool, or wool and cotton, with a ribbed face and a moiré finish, used for curtains, petticoats, etc.
- ergate
-
noun,
a worker ant.
- hodman
-
noun,
hod carrier.
- hodmen
-
noun,
hod carrier.
- Morgan
-
noun,
one of a breed of light carriage and saddle horses descended from the stallion Justin Morgan.
- Horite
-
noun,
an ancient people of Edom living in the region of the Dead Sea, possibly identical with the Hurrians.
- eonian
-
adjective,
aeonian.
- Monnet
-
noun,
Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1888–1979, French economist: originator of the European Common Market.
- Horgan
-
noun,
Paul, 1903–95, U.S. novelist and historian.
- hogger
-
noun,
a person or thing that hogs.
- Morgen
-
noun,
a unit of land measure equal to about two acres (0.8 hectare), formerly in use in Holland and the Dutch colonies and still used in South Africa.
- Moriah
-
noun,
a mountainous region in S Palestine, where Abraham prepared to sacrifice Isaac. Gen. 22:3.
- hogget
-
noun,
hog (def 5).
- hogtie
-
verb (used with object),
to tie (an animal) with all four feet together.
- hoiden
-
noun,
a boisterous, bold, and carefree girl; a tomboy.
- entire
-
noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- homage
-
noun,
respect or reverence paid or rendered:
- honied
-
noun,
a sweet, viscid fluid produced by bees from the nectar collected from flowers, and stored in nests or hives as food.
- homing
-
noun,
a house, apartment, or other shelter that is the usual residence of a person, family, or household.
- enter-
-
- ethane
-
noun,
a colorless, odorless, flammable gas, C 2 H 6 , of the methane series, present in natural gas, illuminating gas, and crude petroleum: used chiefly in organic synthesis and as a fuel gas.
- ethine
-
noun,
acetylene.
- iatro-
-
- Moerae
-
plural noun,
the Fates.
- ganger
-
noun,
a foreman of a gang of laborers.
- Gandhi
-
noun,
Indira [in-deer-uh] /ɪnˈdɪər ə/ (Show IPA), 1917–84, Indian political leader: prime minister 1966–77 and 1980–84 (daughter of Jawaharlal Nehru).
- Gander
-
noun,
the male of the goose.
Compare goose (def 2).
- Modena
-
noun,
a city in N Italy, NW of Bologna.
- gaming
-
noun,
gambling.
- gamine
-
noun,
a neglected girl who is left to run about the streets.
- gamete
-
noun,
a mature sexual reproductive cell, as a sperm or egg, that unites with another cell to form a new organism.
- gamet-
-
- Modern
-
noun,
a person of modern times.
- hinder
-
noun,
Chiefly Northern and North Midland U.S. the buttocks.
- gaiter
-
noun,
a covering of cloth or leather for the ankle and instep and sometimes also the lower leg, worn over the shoe or boot.
Compare upper1 (def 7).
- gaited
-
noun,
a manner of walking, stepping, or running.
- Gainer
-
noun,
a person or thing that gains.
- ethion
-
noun,
a highly toxic organophosphate, C 9 H 22 O 4 P 2 S 3, used as a pesticide.
- gagmen
-
noun,
a person who writes comic material for public performers.
- mohair
-
noun,
the coat or fleece of an Angora goat.
- Gadite
-
noun,
a member of the tribe of Gad.
- gadget
-
noun,
a mechanical contrivance or device; any ingenious article.
- Hotien
-
noun,
Wade-Giles. Hotan.
- Monera
-
noun,
a taxonomic kingdom of prokaryotic organisms that typically reproduce by asexual budding or fission and have a nutritional mode of absorption, photosynthesis, or chemosynthesis, comprising the bacteria, blue-green algae, and various primitive pathogens.
- Moneta
-
noun,
Ernesto Teodoro [er-ne-staw te-aw-daw-raw] /ɛrˈnɛ stɔ ˌtɛ ɔˈdɔ rɔ/ (Show IPA), 1833–1918, Italian journalist: Nobel Peace Prize 1907.
- monger
-
noun,
a person who is involved with something in a petty or contemptible way (usually used in combination):
- monied
-
adjective,
moneyed.
- ethrog
-
noun,
etrog.
- ethnog
-
- ethno-
-
- gather
-
noun,
a drawing together; contraction.
- Menton
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Mediterranean: winter resort.
- ignore
-
verb (used with object),
to refrain from noticing or recognizing:
- mantid
-
noun,
mantis.
- Margot
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Margaret.
- margin
-
noun,
the space around the printed or written matter on a page.
- Margie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Margaret.
- greige
-
noun,
Textiles. gray goods.
- Gretna
-
noun,
a city in SE Louisiana, near New Orleans.
- griege
-
noun,
gray goods.
- gringo
-
noun,
a term used in Latin America or Spain to refer to a foreigner, especially one of U.S. or British descent (sometimes used facetiously).
- Marino
-
noun,
Daniel Constantine ("Dan") born 1961, U.S. football player.
- Mannie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Emanuel.
- inroad
-
noun,
a damaging or serious encroachment:
- manner
-
noun,
a way of doing, being done, or happening; mode of action, occurrence, etc.:
- manned
-
noun,
an adult male person, as distinguished from a boy or a woman.
- Hegira
-
noun,
Islam. Hijra.
- manger
-
noun,
a box or trough in a stable or barn from which horses or cattle eat.
- marine
-
noun,
a member of the U.S. Marine Corps.
- gratin
-
noun,
au gratin.
- Mainer
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of the state of Maine.
- Marten
-
noun,
any of several slender, chiefly arboreal carnivores of the genus Martes, of northern forests, having a long, glossy coat and bushy tail.
- Gorham
-
noun,
a town in SW Maine.
- Goring
-
noun,
the triangular area along a leech of a square sail, created by the presence of a gore.
- Mather
-
noun,
Cotton, 1663–1728, American clergyman and author.
- Gotham
-
noun,
a journalistic nickname for New York City.
- hemat-
-
- gradin
-
noun,
one of a series of steps or seats raised one above another.
- he-man
-
noun,
a strong, tough, virile man.
- Granth
-
noun,
the sacred scripture of the Sikhs, original text compiled 1604.
- grand-
-
- Grande
-
noun,
Rio. Rio Grande.
- inorg.
-
- Grange
-
noun,
Chiefly British. a country house or large farmhouse with its various farm buildings (usually in house names):
- grani-
-
- grano-
-
- Marion
-
noun,
Francis ("the Swamp Fox") 1732?–95, American Revolutionary general.
- manege
-
noun,
the art of training and riding horses.
- maigre
-
adjective,
containing neither flesh nor its juices, as food permissible on days of religious abstinence.
- gorged
-
noun,
a narrow cleft with steep, rocky walls, especially one through which a stream runs.
- hareem
-
noun,
harem.
- Heater
-
noun,
any of various apparatus for heating, especially for heating water or the air in a room.
- heated
-
noun,
the state of a body perceived as having or generating a relatively high degree of warmth.
- MAeroE
-
- Madero
-
noun,
Francisco Indalecio [frahn-sees-kaw een-dah-le-syaw] /frɑnˈsis kɔ ˌin dɑˈlɛ syɔ/ (Show IPA), 1873–1913, Mexican revolutionary and political leader: president 1911–13.
- Harden
-
noun,
Sir Arthur, 1865–1940, English biochemist: Nobel Prize 1929.
- Hardin
-
noun,
John Wesley, 1853–95, U.S. outlaw in the West.
- Ithome
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in SW Greece, in SW Peloponnesus. 2630 feet (802 meters).
- hedger
-
noun,
a person who makes or repairs hedges.
- intoed
-
adjective,
having inwardly turned toes.
- hatred
-
noun,
the feeling of one who hates; intense dislike or extreme aversion or hostility.
- iodate
-
noun,
Chemistry. a salt of iodic acid, as sodium iodate, NaIO 3 .
- intron
-
noun,
a noncoding segment in a length of DNA that interrupts a gene-coding sequence or nontranslated sequence, the corresponding segment being removed from the RNA copy before transcription.
- intro.
-
- header
-
noun,
a person or thing that removes or puts a head on something.
- intra-
-
- hanger
-
noun,
a shoulder-shaped frame with a hook at the top, usually of wire, wood, or plastic, for draping and hanging a garment when not in use.
- Maggie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Margaret.
- maiden
-
noun,
a girl or young unmarried woman; maid.
- hegari
-
noun,
a grain sorghum having chalky white seeds.
- Mahren
-
noun,
German name of Moravia.
- hadron
-
noun,
any elementary particle that is subject to the strong interaction. Hadrons are subdivided into baryons and mesons.
- haemo-
-
- hagdon
-
noun,
any of various oceanic birds of the North Atlantic coasts of Europe and America, especially the greater shearwater.
- hagged
-
adjective,
haglike.
- hagio-
-
- intend
-
verb (used with object),
to have in mind as something to be done or brought about; plan:
- Hamite
-
noun,
a descendant of Ham. Gen. 10:1, 6–20.
- hairdo
-
noun,
the style in which a person's hair is cut, arranged, and worn; coiffure.
- inter.
-
- hedron
-
- haired
-
adjective,
having hair of a specified kind (usually used in combination):
- Hamden
-
noun,
a town in S Connecticut.
- maggot
-
noun,
a soft-bodied, legless larva of certain flies.
- intern
-
noun,
a person who is or has been interned; internee.
- gorget
-
noun,
a patch on the throat of a bird or other animal, distinguished by its color, texture, etc.
- matri-
-
- gating
-
noun,
the process by which a channel in a cell membrane opens or closes.
- George
-
noun,
a figure of St. George killing the dragon, especially one forming part of the insignia of the Order of the Garter.
- metier
-
noun,
a field of work; occupation, trade, or profession.
- Method
-
noun,
a procedure, technique, or way of doing something, especially in accordance with a definite plan:
- Hermod
-
noun,
a son of Odin who rode to Hel to negotiate for the return of Balder to Asgard.
- Geonim
-
noun,
a plural of Gaon.
- Hermit
-
noun,
a person who has withdrawn to a solitary place for a life of religious seclusion.
- Herman
-
noun,
Woodrow ("Woody") 1913–1987, U.S. jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, and bandleader.
- meteor
-
noun,
Astronomy.
a meteoroid that has entered the earth's atmosphere.
a transient fiery streak in the sky produced by a meteoroid passing through the earth's atmosphere; a shooting star or bolide.
- midget
-
noun,
(not in technical use) an extremely small person having normal physical proportions.
- metage
-
noun,
the official measurement of contents or weight.
- gerent
-
noun,
a ruler or manager.
- heriot
-
noun,
a feudal service or tribute, originally of borrowed military equipment and later of a chattel, due to the lord on the death of a tenant.
- German
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Germany.
- Hering
-
noun,
Ewald [ey-vahlt] /ˈeɪ vɑlt/ (Show IPA), 1834–1918, German physiologist and psychologist.
- germen
-
noun,
a germ.
- metro-
-
- Hermon
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in SW Syria, in the Anti-Lebanon range. 9232 feet (2814 meters).
- Merton
-
noun,
Robert King, 1910–2003, U.S. sociologist.
- Minden
-
noun,
a city in NW Louisiana.
- Hetman
-
noun,
the title assumed by the chief of Ukrainian Cossacks of the Dnieper River region, with headquarters at Zaporozhe.
- Minoan
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of ancient Crete.
- minhag
-
noun,
a custom or procedure among Jews that is so firmly established as to have almost the binding force of law.
- Gehrig
-
noun,
Henry Louis ("Lou") 1903–41, U.S. baseball player.
- Geiger
-
noun,
Hans [hahns] /hɑns/ (Show IPA), 1882–1947, German physicist.
- minder
-
noun,
Chiefly British. a person who looks after something (usually used in combination):
- gender
-
noun,
either the male or female division of a species, especially as differentiated by social and cultural roles and behavior:
Compare sex (def 1).
- mid-on
-
noun,
the position of a fielder on the on side of the wicket.
- Heroin
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, narcotic powder, C 21 H 23 NO 5 , derived from morphine, formerly used as an analgesic and sedative: manufacture and importation of heroin are now controlled by federal law in the U.S. because of the danger of addiction.
- genera
-
noun,
a plural of genus.
- imaret
-
noun,
(in Turkey) a hospice for pilgrims, travelers, etc.
- Mignon
-
noun,
an opera (1866) by Ambroise Thomas.
- genit.
-
- genome
-
noun,
a full set of chromosomes; all the inheritable traits of an organism.
- hernia
-
noun,
the protrusion of an organ or tissue through an opening in its surrounding walls, especially in the abdominal region.
- Gerome
-
noun,
Jean Léon [zhahn ley-awn] /ʒɑ̃ leɪˈɔ̃/ (Show IPA), 1824–1904, French painter and sculptor.
- Merino
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) one of a breed of sheep, raised originally in Spain, valued for their fine wool.
- matron
-
noun,
a married woman, especially one who is mature and staid or dignified and has an established social position.
- Medina
-
noun,
the old Arab quarter of a North African city.
- Ingram
-
noun,
a male given name.
- hemoid
-
adjective,
resembling blood; hematoid.
- goatee
-
noun,
a man's beard trimmed to a tuft or point on the chin.
- Medit.
-
- inhere
-
verb (used without object),
to exist permanently and inseparably in, as a quality, attribute, or element; belong intrinsically; be inherent:
- Goethe
-
noun,
Johann Wolfgang von [yoh-hahn vawlf-gahng fuh n] /ˈyoʊ hɑn ˈvɔlf gɑŋ fən/ (Show IPA), 1749–1832, German poet, dramatist, novelist, and philosopher.
- inmate
-
noun,
a person who is confined in a prison, hospital, etc.
- Ingmar
-
noun,
a male given name.
- innage
-
noun,
the quantity of goods remaining in a container when received after shipment.
Compare outage (def 4).
- innate
-
adjective,
existing in one from birth; inborn; native:
- goiter
-
noun,
an enlargement of the thyroid gland on the front and sides of the neck, usually symptomatic of abnormal thyroid secretion, especially hypothyroidism due to a lack of iodine in the diet.
- Rennie
-
noun,
John, 1761–1821, Scottish engineer.
- Gondar
-
noun,
a city in NW Ethiopia, N of Lake Tana: a former capital.
- meanie
-
noun,
Informal. meany.
- meager
-
adjective,
deficient in quantity or quality; lacking fullness or richness; scanty; inadequate:
- Hendon
-
noun,
a former borough, now part of Barnet, a city in Middlesex, in SE England, NW of London.
- Meghan
-
noun,
a female given name.
- hereto
-
adverb,
to this matter, document, subject, etc.; regarding this point:
- herein
-
adverb,
in or into this place.
- Merida
-
noun,
suntan (def 2).
- hereon
-
adverb,
hereupon.
- Mentor
-
noun,
a wise and trusted counselor or teacher.
- Gideon
-
noun,
Also called Jerubbaal. a judge of Israel and conqueror of the Midianites. Judges 6–8.
- indene
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid hydrocarbon, C 9 H 8 , obtained from coal tar by fractional distillation: used in synthesizing resins.
- menhir
-
noun,
an upright monumental stone standing either alone or with others, as in an alignment, found chiefly in Cornwall and Brittany.
- Ginger
-
noun,
a reedlike plant, Zingiber officinale, native to the East Indies but now cultivated in most tropical countries, having a pungent, spicy rhizome used in cookery and medicine.
Compare ginger family.
- ingate
-
noun,
gate1 (def 15).
- ginned
-
noun,
cotton gin.
- mender
-
noun,
a person or thing that mends.
- hereat
-
adverb,
at this time; when this happened.
- indent
-
noun,
a toothlike notch or deep recess; indentation.
- menage
-
noun,
a domestic establishment; household.
- Menado
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Sulawesi, in NE Indonesia.
- Indore
-
noun,
a former state in central India: now part of Madhya Pradesh.
- enrage
-
verb (used with object),
to make extremely angry; put into a rage; infuriate:
- endear
-
verb (used with object),
to make dear, esteemed, or beloved:
- ennead
-
noun,
a group of nine persons or things.
- rennet
-
noun,
the lining membrane of the fourth stomach of a calf or of the stomach of certain other young animals.
- Rheita
-
noun,
a crater in the fourth quadrant of the face of the moon: about 42 miles (68 km) in diameter.
- Darien
-
noun,
Gulf of, an arm of the Caribbean between NE Panama and NW Colombia.
- daring
-
noun,
adventurous courage; boldness.
- retina
-
noun,
the innermost coat of the posterior part of the eyeball that receives the image produced by the lens, is continuous with the optic nerve, and consists of several layers, one of which contains the rods and cones that are sensitive to light.
- retain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- Renton
-
noun,
a city in W Washington, near Seattle.
- dearth
-
noun,
an inadequate supply; scarcity; lack:
- Danite
-
noun,
a member of the tribe of Dan.
- enigma
-
noun,
a puzzling or inexplicable occurrence or situation:
- remote
-
noun,
Radio and Television. a broadcast, usually live, from a location outside a studio.
- degage
-
adjective,
unconstrained; easy, as in manner or style.
- degame
-
noun,
lemonwood.
- degerm
-
verb (used with object),
to rid of germs.
- dehorn
-
verb (used with object),
to remove the horns of (cattle).
- dehort
-
verb (used with object),
to try to dissuade.
- Danton
-
noun,
Georges Jacques [zhawrzh zhahk] /ʒɔrʒ ʒɑk/ (Show IPA), 1759–94, French Revolutionary leader.
- danger
-
noun,
liability or exposure to harm or injury; risk; peril.
- demean
-
noun,
Archaic. demeanor.
- righto
-
interjection,
(used to express understanding or assent).
- Arnhem
-
noun,
a city in the central Netherlands, on the Rhine River: World War II battle 1944.
- aroint
-
verb (imperative),
begone:
- rodmen
-
noun,
a person who works with rods, as in making reinforced concrete.
- Rodman
-
noun,
a person who works with rods, as in making reinforced concrete.
- rodent
-
noun,
a rodent mammal.
- roadie
-
noun,
a member of a crew for a traveling group of musicians or other entertainers, whose work usually includes the setting up of equipment.
- ringed
-
noun,
a typically circular band of metal or other durable material, especially one of gold or other precious metal, often set with gems, for wearing on the finger as an ornament, a token of betrothal or marriage, etc.
- daemon
-
noun,
Classical Mythology.
a god.
a subordinate deity, as the genius of a place or a person's attendant spirit.
- rhino-
-
- dagger
-
noun,
a short, swordlike weapon with a pointed blade and a handle, used for stabbing.
- rident
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- Rhonda
-
noun,
a female given name.
- daimen
-
adjective,
rare; occasional.
- daimon
-
noun,
daemon.
- Dairen
-
noun,
former Japanese name of Dalian (def 2).
- Damien
-
noun,
Father (Jo·seph de Veu·ster) [French zhaw-zef--duh-vœ-ster] /French ʒɔˈzɛf də vœˈstɛr/ (Show IPA), 1840–89, Belgian Roman Catholic missionary to the lepers of Molokai.
- remind
-
verb (used with object),
to cause (a person) to remember; cause (a person) to think (of someone or something):
- dement
-
verb (used with object),
to make mad or insane.
- Tadmor
-
noun,
Biblical name of Palmyra.
- dinger
-
noun,
humdinger.
- Digger
-
noun,
a person or an animal that digs.
- digram
-
noun,
a sequence of two adjacent letters or symbols.
- ration
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- rating
-
noun,
classification according to grade or rank.
- ratine
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- dinero
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Peru, the 10th part of a sol.
- ranged
-
noun,
the extent to which or the limits between which variation is possible:
- dinner
-
noun,
the main meal of the day, eaten in the evening or at midday.
- diatom
-
noun,
any of numerous microscopic, unicellular, marine or freshwater algae of the phylum Chrysophyta, having cell walls containing silica.
- random
-
noun,
something that is random, or a random state or condition:
- ragmen
-
noun,
a person who gathers or deals in rag.
- dirham
-
noun,
a money of account of Iraq, the 20th part of a dinar, equal to 50 fils.
- dirhem
-
noun,
any of various fractional silver coins issued in Islamic countries at different periods.
- ragged
-
noun,
British. an act of ragging.
- radome
-
noun,
a dome-shaped device used to house a radar antenna.
- dither
-
noun,
a trembling; vibration.
- reagin
-
noun,
Also called Wassermann antibody. an antibody formed in response to syphilis and reactive with cardiolipin in various blood tests for the disease.
- Regain
-
noun,
(in a moisture-free fabric) the percentage of the weight that represents the amount of moisture the material is expected to absorb under normal conditions.
- remand
-
noun,
the act of remanding.
- dentin
-
noun,
the hard, calcareous tissue, similar to but denser than bone, that forms the major portion of a tooth, surrounds the pulp cavity, and is situated beneath the enamel and cementum.
- remain
-
noun,
Usually, remains. something that remains or is left.
- demote
-
verb (used with object),
to reduce to a lower grade, rank, class, or position (opposed to promote):
- Denham
-
noun,
Sir John, 1615–69, English poet and architect.
- denier
-
noun,
a person who denies.
- denom.
-
- denote
-
verb (used with object),
to be a mark or sign of; indicate:
- denti-
-
- Denton
-
noun,
a city in N Texas.
- regent
-
noun,
a person who exercises the ruling power in a kingdom during the minority, absence, or disability of the sovereign.
- region
-
noun,
an extensive, continuous part of a surface, space, or body:
- Derain
-
noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1880–1954, French painter.
- Regina
-
noun,
queen.
- dermo-
-
- regime
-
noun,
a mode or system of rule or government:
- detain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep from proceeding; keep waiting; delay.
- reggae
-
noun,
a style of Jamaican popular music blending blues, calypso, and rock-'n'-roll, characterized by a strong syncopated rhythm and lyrics of social protest.
- Ronnie
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Ronald or Veronica.
- Tagore
-
noun,
Sir Rabindranath [ruh-been-druh-naht] /rəˈbin drəˌnɑt/ (Show IPA), 1861–1941, Indian poet: Nobel prize 1913.
- Othman
-
noun,
Osman.
- tinned
-
noun,
Chemistry. a low-melting, malleable, ductile metallic element nearly approaching silver in color and luster: used in plating and in making alloys, tinfoil, and soft solders. Symbol: Sn; atomic weight: 118.69; atomic number: 50; specific gravity: 7.31 at 20°C.
- toneme
-
noun,
a phoneme consisting of a contrastive feature of tone in a tone language:
- ageing
-
noun,
aging.
- toe-in
-
noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- tirage
-
noun,
the withdrawing of wine from a barrel, as for testing or tasting.
- tirade
-
noun,
a prolonged outburst of bitter, outspoken denunciation:
- tinner
-
noun,
a tinsmith.
- tinmen
-
noun,
a tinsmith.
- aether
-
noun,
ether (defs 3–5).
- tinman
-
noun,
a tinsmith.
- tinder
-
noun,
a highly flammable material or preparation formerly used for catching the spark from a flint and steel struck together for fire or light.
- agreed
-
adjective,
arranged or set by common consent:
- agrege
-
noun,
a degree awarded by a French university, based on a competitive examination given by the state and qualifying the recipient for the highest teaching positions in a lycée or for the rank of professor in a school of law or medicine.
- agron.
-
- tiered
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- throng
-
noun,
a multitude of people crowded or assembled together; crowd.
- aethon
-
noun,
triethyl orthoformate.
- aeron.
-
- aidmen
-
noun,
a military medical corpsman trained to provide initial emergency treatment.
- adient
-
adjective,
tending to move toward a stimulus.
- triode
-
noun,
a vacuum tube containing three elements, usually anode, cathode, and control grid.
- trigon
-
noun,
a triangle.
- triene
-
noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- triage
-
noun,
the process of sorting victims, as of a battle or disaster, to determine medical priority in order to increase the number of survivors.
- tremie
-
noun,
a funnellike device lowered into water to deposit concrete.
- adeno-
-
- adhere
-
verb (used with object),
to cause to adhere; make stick:
- Adighe
-
noun,
Adygei.
- Tongan
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Tonga.
- Admete
-
noun,
a daughter of Eurystheus for whom Hercules took the golden girdle of Ares from Hippolyte.
- admire
-
Idioms,
be admiring of, Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. to admire:
- adren-
-
- adreno
-
- adroit
-
adjective,
expert or nimble in the use of the hands or body.
- tonner
-
noun,
something having a specified weight in tons (used in combination):
- Aeneid
-
noun,
a Latin epic poem by Vergil, recounting the adventures of Aeneas after the fall of Troy.
- throne
-
noun,
the chair or seat occupied by a sovereign, bishop, or other exalted personage on ceremonial occasions, usually raised on a dais and covered with a canopy.
- thread
-
noun,
a fine cord of flax, cotton, or other fibrous material spun out to considerable length, especially when composed of two or more filaments twisted together.
- tandem
-
noun,
a vehicle, as a truck, tractor, or trailer, in which a pair or pairs of axles are arranged in tandem.
- tegmen
-
noun,
a cover, covering, or integument.
- anomie
-
noun,
a state or condition of individuals or society characterized by a breakdown or absence of social norms and values, as in the case of uprooted people.
- tender
-
noun,
the act of tendering; an offer of something for acceptance.
- tenaim
-
noun,
the terms of a Jewish marriage, as the wedding date, amount of the bride's dowry, etc., or an agreement containing such terms, made by the parents of an engaged couple at the engagement party.
- anthem
-
noun,
a song, as of praise, devotion, or patriotism:
- anther
-
noun,
the pollen-bearing part of a stamen.
- antho-
-
- anting
-
noun,
the placing of ants among the feathers, done by certain birds apparently to kill parasites.
- Antrim
-
noun,
a county in NE Northern Ireland. 1098 sq. mi. (2844 sq. km). County seat: Belfast.
- tendon
-
noun,
Anatomy. a cord or band of dense, tough, inelastic, white, fibrous tissue, serving to connect a muscle with a bone or part; sinew.
- teamer
-
noun,
a teamster.
- ardent
-
adjective,
having, expressive of, or characterized by intense feeling; passionate; fervent:
- Arendt
-
noun,
Hannah, 1906–75, U.S. author, political scientist, and teacher, born in Germany.
- Argent
-
noun,
Heraldry. the tincture or metal silver.
- Tanner
-
noun,
a person whose occupation it is to tan hides.
- Ariege
-
noun,
a department in S France. 1893 sq. mi. (4905 sq. km). Capital: Foix.
- aright
-
adverb,
rightly; correctly; properly:
- anoint
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or sprinkle on; apply an unguent, ointment, or oily liquid to.
- Tenner
-
noun,
a 10-dollar bill.
- thoria
-
noun,
a white, heavy, water-insoluble powder, ThO 2 , used chiefly in incandescent mantles, as the Welsbach gas mantle.
- amnion
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. the innermost of the embryonic or fetal membranes of reptiles, birds, and mammals; the sac in which the embryo is suspended.
- airmen
-
noun,
an aviator.
- thiram
-
noun,
a white, crystalline compound, C 6 H 12 N 2 S 4 , insoluble in water, slightly soluble in alcohol, soluble in benzene and acetone, used as a vulcanizer and accelerator for rubber and as a fungicide, bacteriostat, and seed disinfectant.
- therme
-
noun,
therm.
- Therma
-
noun,
ancient name of Salonika.
- therm-
-
- amido-
-
- amino-
-
- thenar
-
noun,
the fleshy mass of the outer side of the palm of the hand.
- teredo
-
noun,
a shipworm of the genus Teredo.
- theirn
-
pronoun,
theirs.
- theine
-
noun,
caffeine, especially in tea.
- andro-
-
- Andron
-
noun,
(in an ancient Greek house) an apartment for men, especially one for banqueting.
- anemo-
-
- thamin
-
noun,
a small deer, Cervus eldi, of southeastern Asia, having long, curved antlers: now reduced in numbers throughout its range.
- angio-
-
- radio-
-
- Median
-
noun,
Arithmetic, Statistics. the middle number in a given sequence of numbers, taken as the average of the two middle numbers when the sequence has an even number of numbers:
- omenta
-
noun,
a fold of the peritoneum connecting the stomach and the abdominal viscera forming a protective and supportive covering.
- nanoid
-
adjective,
dwarfish.
- Dothan
-
noun,
a city in SE Alabama.
- onager
-
noun,
a wild ass, Equus hemionus, of southwestern Asia.
- edging
-
noun,
something that forms or is placed along an edge or border.
- emigre
-
noun,
an emigrant, especially a person who flees from his or her native land because of political conditions.
- nigger
-
noun,
Slang: Extremely Disparaging and Offensive.
a contemptuous term used to refer to a black person.
a contemptuous term used to refer to a member of any dark-skinned people.
- nation
-
noun,
a large body of people, associated with a particular territory, that is sufficiently conscious of its unity to seek or to possess a government peculiarly its own:
- Ondine
-
noun,
undine.
- Noreen
-
noun,
a female given name, Irish diminutive of Nora.
- dotage
-
noun,
a decline of mental faculties, especially as associated with old age; senility.
- onding
-
noun,
the act of continued outpouring or falling; a continuing torrent, as of rain.
- neaten
-
verb (used with object),
to make neat:
- dormin
-
noun,
abscisic acid.
- dormie
-
adjective,
(of a player or side in match play) being in the lead by as many holes as are still to be played.
- Oneida
-
noun,
a member of an Iroquois people formerly inhabiting the region east of Oneida Lake.
- Nerine
-
noun,
any of several bulbous plants belonging to the genus Nerine, of the amaryllis family, native to southern Africa, having funnel-shaped red, pink, or white flowers.
- Doreen
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Dorati
-
noun,
Antal [ahn-tahl;; Hungarian on-tol] /ˈɑn tɑl;; Hungarian ˈɒn tɒl/ (Show IPA), 1906–1988, Hungarian conductor, in the U.S.
- donnee
-
noun,
a set of artistic or literary premises or assumptions.
- nonage
-
noun,
the period of legal minority, or of an age below 21.
- Orange
-
noun,
a globose, reddish-yellow, bitter or sweet, edible citrus fruit.
- natron
-
noun,
a mineral, hydrated sodium carbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅10H 2 O.
- doting
-
noun,
decay of wood.
- Namhoi
-
noun,
Nanhai.
- netman
-
noun,
a tennis player.
- Ogaden
-
noun,
an arid region in SE Ethiopia.
- dreamt
-
noun,
a succession of images, thoughts, or emotions passing through the mind during sleep.
- Nereid
-
noun,
any elongate cylindrical worm of the polychaete family Nereididae, including clamworms.
- Nemrod
-
noun,
Nimrod (def 1).
- dreigh
-
adjective, verb (used with object),
dree.
- driegh
-
adjective, verb (used with object),
dree.
- ohmage
-
noun,
electric resistance expressed in ohms.
- nemat-
-
- nether
-
adjective,
lying or believed to lie beneath the earth's surface; infernal:
- nother
-
adjective,
Informal. a whole nother, an entirely different; a whole other.
- Niemen
-
noun,
a river in the W Soviet Union in Europe, flowing into the Baltic: called Memel in its lower course. 565 miles (910 km) long.
- 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:
- netmen
-
noun,
a tennis player.
- Edirne
-
noun,
a city in NW Turkey, in the European part.
- Norman
-
noun,
a member of that branch of the Northmen or Scandinavians who in the 10th century conquered Normandy.
- Dragon
-
noun,
a mythical monster generally represented as a huge, winged reptile with crested head and enormous claws and teeth, and often spouting fire.
- negate
-
verb (used with object),
to deny the existence, evidence, or truth of:
- norite
-
noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- dragee
-
noun,
a sugarcoated nut or candy.
- Neenah
-
noun,
a city in E Wisconsin.
- either
-
adverb,
also; too; as well; to the same degree (used after negative clauses coordinated by and, or, or nor, or after negative subordinate clauses):
- enamor
-
verb (used with object),
to fill or inflame with love (usually used in the passive and followed by of or sometimes with):
- Dorian
-
noun,
a member of a people who entered Greece about the 12th century b.c., conquered the Peloponnesus, and destroyed the Mycenaean culture: one of the four main divisions of the prehistoric Greeks.
Compare Achaean (def 5), Aeolian (def 2), Ionian (def 3).
- nagger
-
noun,
nag1 (def 5).
- Nimrod
-
noun,
the great-grandson of Noah: noted as a great hunter. Gen. 10:8–10.
- noggin
-
noun,
a small cup or mug.
- engage
-
adjective,
choosing to involve oneself in or commit oneself to something:
- DOMAIN
-
noun,
a field of action, thought, influence, etc.:
- orenda
-
noun,
a supernatural force believed by the Iroquois Indians to be present, in varying degrees, in all objects or persons, and to be the spiritual force by which human accomplishment is attained or accounted for.
- engin.
-
- earing
-
noun,
a rope attached to a cringle and used for bending a corner of a sail to a yard, boom, or gaff or for reefing a sail.
- orgeat
-
noun,
a syrup or drink made originally from barley but later from almonds, prepared with sugar and an extract of orange flowers.
- engine
-
noun,
a machine for converting thermal energy into mechanical energy or power to produce force and motion.
- engird
-
verb (used with object),
to encircle; encompass:
- Orient
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- no-hit
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or noting a game in which a pitcher allows no base hits to the opposing team:
- origan
-
noun,
an aromatic herb, especially oregano.
- Origen
-
noun,
(Origenes Admantius) a.d. 185?–254? Alexandrian writer, Christian theologian, and teacher.
- engram
-
noun,
a presumed encoding in neural tissue that provides a physical basis for the persistence of memory; a memory trace.
- Dogger
-
noun,
a two-masted Dutch fishing vessel with a blunt bow, used in the North Sea.
- nitro-
-
- Orinda
-
noun,
a town in W California.
- ornate
-
adjective,
elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so:
- doater
-
noun,
doter.
- Mother
-
noun,
a female parent.
- eating
-
noun,
the act of a person or thing that eats.
- Nadine
-
noun,
a female given name.
- oedema
-
noun,
edema.
- oreide
-
noun,
oroide.
- domine
-
noun,
lord; master (used as a title of address).
- donate
-
verb (used with object),
to present as a gift, grant, or contribution; make a donation of, as to a fund or cause:
- ending
-
noun,
a bringing or coming to an end; termination; close:
- endrin
-
noun,
a highly toxic, chlorinated hydrocarbon, C 12 H 8 OCl 6 , formerly used as an insecticide.
- ordain
-
verb (used with object),
to invest with ministerial or sacerdotal functions; confer holy orders upon.
- ninth
-
noun,
a ninth part, especially of one (1/9).
- Niort
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- there
-
noun,
that state or condition:
- nidge
-
verb (used with object),
to dress (a stone) with a pick or kevel.
- Temne
-
noun,
a member of a people living mainly in Sierra Leone.
- term.
-
- Inner
-
adjective,
situated within or farther within; interior:
- monad
-
noun,
Biology.
any simple, single-celled organism.
any of various small, flagellate, colorless ameboids with one to three flagella, especially of the genus Monas.
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- moire
-
noun,
any moiré fabric.
- thine
-
pronoun,
the possessive case of thou1. used as a predicate adjective, after a noun or without a noun.
- temin
-
noun,
Howard M(artin) 1934–94, U.S. virologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1975.
- thing
-
noun,
a material object without life or consciousness; an inanimate object.
- teno-
-
- thio-
-
- Terah
-
noun,
the father of Abraham. Gen. 11:25–32.
- Thira
-
noun,
Thera.
- tenon
-
noun,
a projection formed on the end of a timber or the like for insertion into a mortise of the same dimensions.
- tera-
-
- Neth.
-
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- monde
-
noun,
the world; people; society.
- theor
-
- Thera
-
noun,
a Greek island in the S Aegean, in the Cyclades group. 30 sq. mi. (78 sq. km).
- thegn
-
noun,
thane.
- night
-
noun,
the period of darkness between sunset and sunrise.
- Irene
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of the Horae, the personification of peace.
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- Thane
-
noun,
Early English History. a member of any of several aristocratic classes of men ranking between earls and ordinary freemen, and granted lands by the king or by lords for military service.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- Iran.
-
- Thare
-
noun,
Terah.
- irone
-
noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- Monet
-
noun,
Claude [klawd;; French klohd] /klɔd;; French kloʊd/ (Show IPA), 1840–1926, French painter.
- terne
-
noun,
terne metal.
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- Niger
-
noun,
a republic in NW Africa: formerly part of French West Africa. 458,976 sq. mi. (1,188,748 sq. km). Capital: Niamey.
- theo-
-
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- their
-
noun,
any male person or animal; a man:
- intr.
-
- Tenn.
-
- Moira
-
noun,
Classical Mythology.
the personification of fate.
Moirai, the Fates.
- Thema
-
noun,
theme (def 7).
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- Nihon
-
noun,
a Japanese name of Japan.
- theme
-
noun,
a subject of discourse, discussion, meditation, or composition; topic:
- irade
-
noun,
a decree of a Muslim ruler.
- Monge
-
noun,
Gaspard [gas-par] /gasˈpar/ (Show IPA), Comte de Péluse [pey-lyz] /peɪˈlüz/ (Show IPA), 1746–1818, French mathematician.
- ither
-
adjective, pronoun, adverb,
other.
- Orth.
-
- third
-
noun,
a third part, especially of one (1/3).
- Torah
-
noun,
the Pentateuch, being the first of the three Jewish divisions of the Old Testament.
Compare Tanach.
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- nadir
-
noun,
Astronomy. the point on the celestial sphere directly beneath a given position or observer and diametrically opposite the zenith.
- trade
-
noun,
the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries:
- toran
-
noun,
(in Indian Buddhist and Hindu architecture) a gateway having two or three lintels between two posts.
- Idaho
-
noun,
a state in the NW United States. 83,557 sq. mi. (216,415 sq. km). Capital: Boise.
Abbreviation: ID (for use with zip code), Id., Ida.
- Nairn
-
noun,
a historic county in N Scotland.
- ideo-
-
- hort.
-
- tonne
-
noun,
metric ton.
- Nandi
-
noun,
a member of an agricultural people of southwestern Kenya.
- tonia
-
- nano-
-
- ihram
-
noun,
the dress worn by male Muslims on their pilgrimage to Mecca, consisting of two white cotton cloths, one worn round the waist, the other over the left shoulder.
- image
-
noun,
a physical likeness or representation of a person, animal, or thing, photographed, painted, sculptured, or otherwise made visible.
- Horta
-
noun,
Baron Victor, 1861?–1947, Belgian architect.
- tread
-
noun,
the action of treading, stepping, or walking.
- Morea
-
noun,
Peloponnesus.
- trig.
-
- Trona
-
noun,
a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
- Troad
-
noun,
The, a region in NW Asia Minor surrounding ancient Troy.
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- Horae
-
plural noun,
goddesses of the seasons, of cyclical death and rebirth, and sometimes of social order, usually given as three in number, with the names Dike (Justice), Eunomia (Order), and Irene (Peace).
- trigo
-
noun,
wheat; field of wheat.
- triga
-
noun,
a two-wheeled chariot drawn by a team of three horses.
- horde
-
noun,
a large group, multitude, number, etc.; a mass or crowd:
- treed
-
noun,
a plant having a permanently woody main stem or trunk, ordinarily growing to a considerable height, and usually developing branches at some distance from the ground.
- tried
-
noun,
an attempt or effort:
- Triad
-
noun,
a group of three, especially of three closely related persons or things.
- trend
-
noun,
the general course or prevailing tendency; drift:
- horme
-
noun,
activity directed toward a goal; purposive effort.
- Horne
-
noun,
Lena, 1917–2010, U.S. singer and actress.
- treen
-
noun,
treenware.
- Nader
-
noun,
Ralph, born 1934, U.S. lawyer, author, political reformer, and consumer advocate.
- Tonga
-
noun,
a light, two-wheeled, horse-drawn vehicle used in India.
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- thong
-
noun,
a strip of material, especially of leather or hide, used to fasten or secure something.
- tiger
-
noun,
a large, carnivorous, tawny-colored and black-striped feline, Panthera tigris, of Asia, ranging in several subspecies from India and the Malay Peninsula to Siberia: the entire species is endangered, with some subspecies thought to be extinct.
- Indo-
-
- neigh
-
noun,
the cry of a horse; whinny.
- Indra
-
noun,
Hinduism. the chief of the Vedic gods, the god of rain and thunder.
- Indre
-
noun,
a department in central France. 2667 sq. mi. (6910 sq. km). Capital: Châteauroux.
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- Tigre
-
noun,
a Semitic language spoken in northern Ethiopia.
- Neman
-
noun,
a river rising in central Byelorussia (Belarus), flowing W through Lithuania into the Baltic. 582 miles (937 km) long.
- Negro
-
noun,
Anthropology. (no longer in technical use) a member of the peoples traditionally classified as the Negro race, especially those who originate in sub-Saharan Africa.
- Mont.
-
- ingot
-
noun,
a mass of metal cast in a convenient form for shaping, remelting, or refining.
- throe
-
noun,
a violent spasm or pang; paroxysm.
- Nemea
-
noun,
a valley in SE Greece, in ancient Argolis.
- THREE
-
noun,
a cardinal number, 2 plus 1.
- Thorn
-
noun,
a sharp excrescence on a plant, especially a sharp-pointed aborted branch; spine; prickle.
- timer
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- Timon
-
noun,
c320–c230 b.c, Greek philosopher.
- imago
-
noun,
Entomology. an adult insect.
- tired
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Naomi
-
noun,
the mother-in-law of Ruth and the great-grandmother of David. Ruth 1.
- tomia
-
noun,
the cutting edge of a bird's bill.
- Imena
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Arabic word meaning “faith.”.
- toman
-
noun,
a coin of Iran, equal to 10 rials.
- Honda
-
noun,
an eye at one end of a lariat through which the other end is passed to form a lasso, noose, etc.
- T-man
-
noun,
a special investigator of the Department of the Treasury.
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- Madge
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Margaret.
- neath
-
preposition,
beneath.
- inane
-
noun,
something that is empty or void, especially the void of infinite space.
- month
-
noun,
Also called calendar month. any of the twelve parts, as January or February, into which the calendar year is divided.
- tinge
-
noun,
a slight degree of coloration.
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- Monte
-
noun,
Also called monte bank. a gambling game played with a 40-card pack in which players bet that one of two layouts, each consisting of two cards drawn from either the top or bottom of the deck and turned face up, will be matched in suit by the next card turned up.
- 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).
- niton
-
noun,
(formerly) radon. Symbol: Nt.
- Taino
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- madre
-
noun,
mother1 .
- Onega
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in the NW Russian Federation in Europe: second largest lake in Europe. 3764 sq. mi. (9750 sq. km).
- Medan
-
noun,
a city in NE Sumatra, in W Indonesia.
- Medea
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a sorceress, daughter of Aeëtes and wife of Jason, whom she assisted in obtaining the Golden Fleece: when Jason deserted her, she killed their children.
- Media
-
noun,
a plural of medium.
- Miner
-
noun,
Also called mineworker. a person who works in a mine, especially a commercial mine producing coal or metallic ores.
- reign
-
noun,
the period during which a sovereign occupies the throne.
- Regt.
-
- regma
-
noun,
a dry fruit consisting of three or more carpels that separate from the axis at maturity.
- Meath
-
noun,
a county in Leinster, in the E Republic of Ireland. 902 sq. mi. (2335 sq. km). County seat: Trim.
- Medon
-
noun,
(in the Odyssey) a herald who warned Penelope that her suitors were conspiring against Telemachus.
- minah
-
noun,
myna.
- mega-
-
- Megan
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Regin
-
noun,
a smith, the brother of Fafnir, who raises Sigurd and encourages him to kill Fafnir in the hope of gaining the gold he guards.
- Orang
-
noun,
orangutan.
- Mehta
-
noun,
Zubin [zoo-bin] /ˈzu bɪn/ (Show IPA), born 1936, Indian orchestra conductor, in the U.S. since 1961.
- reman
-
verb (used with object),
to man again; furnish with a fresh supply of personnel.
- meant
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of mean1 .
- orant
-
noun,
a representation of a female figure, with outstretched arms and palms up in a gesture of prayer, in ancient and early Christian art.
- Renan
-
noun,
Ernest [ur-nist;; French er-nest] /ˈɜr nɪst;; French ɛrˈnɛst/ (Show IPA), 1823–92, French philologist, historian, and critic.
- omega
-
noun,
the 24th and last letter of the Greek alphabet (Ω, ω).
- Marti
-
noun,
José [haw-se] /hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1853–1895, Cuban patriot and writer.
- mater
-
noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- math.
-
- reni-
-
- matin
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) matins, Also, especially British, mattins. (usually used with a singular verb) Ecclesiastical.
the first of the seven canonical hours.
the service for it, properly beginning at midnight, but sometimes beginning at daybreak.
Also called Morning Prayer. the service of public prayer, said in the morning, in the Anglican Church.
- renga
-
noun,
linked verse.
- omni-
-
- Minho
-
noun,
a river in SW Europe, flowing SSW from NW Spain along the N boundary of Portugal into the Atlantic. 171 miles (275 km) long.
- Minot
-
noun,
George Richards [rich-erdz] /ˈrɪtʃ ərdz/ (Show IPA), 1885–1950, U.S. physician: Nobel prize 1934.
- Minor
-
noun,
a person under the legal age of full responsibility.
- matr-
-
- Minna
-
noun,
a female given name.
- 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.
- Meade
-
noun,
George Gordon, 1815–72, Union general in the American Civil War.
- Minn.
-
- Meier
-
noun,
Richard, born 1934, U.S. architect.
- menad
-
noun,
maenad.
- Omani
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Oman.
- ramet
-
noun,
an individual of a clone.
- merge
-
verb (used with object),
to cause to combine or coalesce; unite.
- metr-
-
- Ramon
-
noun,
any of several tropical American trees belonging to the genus Brosimum, of the mulberry family, the leaves of which are used as forage, especially B. alicastrum, which bears the breadnut.
- merit
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- mero-
-
- Meroe
-
noun,
a ruined city in Sudan, on the Nile, NE of Khartoum: a capital of ancient Ethiopia that was destroyed a.d. c350.
- ramie
-
noun,
an Asian shrub, Boehmeria nivea, of the nettle family, yielding a fiber used especially in making textiles.
- Ramee
-
noun,
Louise de la ("Ouida") 1839–1908, English novelist.
- merde
-
noun,
excrement.
- orig.
-
- radon
-
noun,
a chemically inert, radioactive gaseous element produced by the decay of radium: emissions produced by outgassing of rock, brick, etc. are a health hazard. Symbol: Rn; atomic number: 86; atomic weight: 222.
- meta-
-
- Radom
-
noun,
a city in E Poland.
- meter
-
noun,
the fundamental unit of length in the metric system, equivalent to 39.37 U.S. inches, originally intended to be, and being very nearly, equal to one ten-millionth of the distance from the equator to the pole measured on a meridian: defined from 1889 to 1960 as the distance between two lines on a platinum-iridium bar (the “International Prototype Meter”) preserved at the International Bureau of Weights and Measures near Paris; from 1960 to 1983 defined as 1,650,763.73 wavelengths of the orange-red radiation of krypton 86 under specified conditions; and now defined as 1/299,792,458 of the distance light travels in a vacuum in one second. Abbreviation: m.
- meth-
-
- Othin
-
noun,
Odin.
- Ranee
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- Range
-
noun,
the extent to which or the limits between which variation is possible:
- might
-
noun,
physical strength:
- ordn.
-
- Regan
-
noun,
(in Shakespeare's King Lear) the younger of Lear's two faithless daughters.
Compare Cordelia (def 1), Goneril.
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- Redon
-
noun,
Odilon [ohd-l-on;; French aw-dee-lawn] /ˈoʊd lˌɒn;; French ɔ diˈlɔ̃/ (Show IPA), 1840–1916, French painter and etcher.
- redia
-
noun,
a cylindrical larval stage of some trematodes, produced by a sporocyst and giving rise to daughter rediae or to cercariae.
- menat
-
noun,
an amulet worn by certain Egyptians in ancient times to secure divine protection and to ensure fertility.
- Mende
-
noun,
a member of a people living in Sierra Leone and Liberia.
- Redan
-
noun,
a V -shaped work, usually projecting from a fortified line.
- oread
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. any of a group of nymphs who were the companions of Artemis.
- Midge
-
noun,
any of numerous minute dipterous insects, especially of the family Chironomidae, somewhat resembling a mosquito.
Compare gnat (def 1).
- Reade
-
noun,
Charles, 1814–84, English novelist.
- Oreg.
-
- ratio
-
noun,
the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:
- rathe
-
adjective,
Archaic. growing, blooming, or ripening early in the year or season.
- meno-
-
- ranid
-
noun,
frog1 (def 2).
- menta
-
noun,
Entomology. the medial plate of the labium in insects.
- rente
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- Minto
-
noun,
Gilbert John Elliot-Murray-Kynynmond [el-ee-uh t-mur-ee-ki-nin-muh nd,, -muhr-ee-,, el-yuh t-] /ˈɛl i ətˈmɜr i kɪˈnɪn mənd,, -ˈmʌr i-,, ˈɛl yət-/ (Show IPA), 4th Earl of, 1845–1914, British colonial administrator: governor general of Canada 1898–1904; viceroy of India 1905–10.
- nitr-
-
- nonet
-
noun,
a group of nine performers or instruments.
- Tahoe
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in E California and W Nevada, in the Sierra Nevada Mountains: resort. About 200 sq. mi. (520 sq. km); 6225 feet (1897 meters) above sea level.
- Mahdi
-
noun,
the Muslim messiah, an expected spiritual and temporal ruler destined to establish a reign of righteousness throughout the world.
- mahoe
-
noun,
hau tree.
- Mahon
-
noun,
a seaport on E Minorca, in the Balearic Islands.
- Mitre
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- Mitra
-
noun,
the mitriform pileus of certain fungi.
- Maine
-
noun,
a state in the NE United States, on the Atlantic coast. 33,215 sq. mi. (86,027 sq. km). Capital: Augusta.
Abbreviation: ME (for use with zip code), Me.
- Magog
-
noun,
a people descended from Japheth. Gen. 10:2; Ezek. 38, 39.
Compare Gog and Magog.
- Ronne
-
noun,
a seaport on W Bornholm island, Denmark, in the S Baltic Sea: stone quarries.
- Mande
-
noun,
a branch of the Niger-Congo subfamily of languages, spoken in western Africa and including Mende, Malinke, Bambara, and Kpelle.
- ronin
-
noun,
a samurai who no longer serves a daimyo, or feudal lord.
- Manet
-
noun,
Édouard [ey-dwar] /eɪˈdwar/ (Show IPA), 1832–83, French painter.
- ronde
-
noun,
a typeface imitative of upright, somewhat angular, handwriting.
- mange
-
noun,
any of various skin diseases caused by parasitic mites, affecting animals and sometimes humans and characterized by loss of hair and scabby eruptions.
- Ronan
-
noun,
a king who killed his son, Mael Fothartaigh, after his wife had falsely accused the boy of attempting to seduce her, and who was himself killed by the children of Mael Fothartaigh.
- magot
-
noun,
Barbary ape.
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- manit
-
noun,
man-minute.
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- Teide
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA) a volcanic peak in the Canary Islands, on Tenerife. 12,190 feet (3716 meters).
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- Tegea
-
noun,
an ancient city in SE Arcadia, Greece.
- Teena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Albertina, Bettina, or Christina.
- Noemi
-
noun,
Naomi (def 1).
- MAgEd
-
- Nogai
-
noun,
a member of a people living in the Caucasus region.
- Tarim
-
noun,
a river in NW China, in Xinjiang Uygur region. About 1300 miles (2090 km) long.
- Other
-
noun,
the other one:
- targe
-
noun,
a small, round shield; a target or buckler.
- tardo
-
adjective,
slow (used as a musical direction).
- Tarde
-
noun,
Gabriel [ga-bree-el] /ga briˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1843–1904, French sociologist.
- tango
-
noun,
a ballroom dance of Latin-American origin, danced by couples, and having many varied steps, figures, and poses.
- nomad
-
noun,
a member of a people or tribe that has no permanent abode but moves about from place to place, usually seasonally and often following a traditional route or circuit according to the state of the pasturage or food supply.
- nomen
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) the second name of a citizen, indicating his gens, as “Gaius Julius Caesar.”.
- nona-
-
- Mango
-
noun,
the oblong, sweet fruit of a tropical tree, Mangifera indica, of the cashew family, eaten ripe, or preserved or pickled.
- Roman
-
noun,
a metrical narrative, especially in medieval French literature.
- retd.
-
- rhet.
-
- Rhoda
-
noun,
a female given name.
- rhod-
-
- rhine
-
noun,
Joseph Banks, 1895–1980, U.S. psychologist: pioneer in parapsychology.
- Mario
-
noun,
a male given name: from the Roman family name Marius.
- rhin-
-
- Ogden
-
noun,
Charles Kay, 1889–1957, British psychologist and linguist, inventor of Basic English.
- 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.
- rheme
-
noun,
comment (def 7).
- Marie
-
noun,
(Marie Alexandra Victoria of Saxe-Coburg) 1875–1938, queen of Romania 1914–27.
- ogham
-
noun,
an alphabetical script used originally for inscriptions in an archaic form of Irish, from about the 5th to the 10th centuries.
- Rhein
-
noun,
the Rhine.
- Mirth
-
noun,
gaiety or jollity, especially when accompanied by laughter:
- rheda
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) a four-wheeled traveling carriage.
- oidea
-
- Marne
-
noun,
a river in NE France, flowing W to the Seine near Paris: battles 1914, 1918, 1944. 325 miles (525 km) long.
- retem
-
noun,
a shrub, Retama raetam, of Syria and Arabia, having white flowers: said to be the juniper of the Old Testament.
- Marin
-
noun,
John, 1870–1953, U.S. painter and etcher.
- rhoea
-
- Roget
-
noun,
Peter Mark, 1779–1869, English physician and author of a thesaurus.
- North
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, lying in the plane of the meridian and to the left of a person facing the rising sun. Abbreviation: N.
- Norge
-
noun,
Norwegian name of Norway.
- noria
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- Rodin
-
noun,
(François) Auguste (René) [frahn-swa oh-gyst ruh-ney] /frɑ̃ˈswa oʊˈgüst rəˈneɪ/ (Show IPA), 1840–1917, French sculptor.
- Manon
-
noun,
an opera (1884) by Jules Massenet.
- manor
-
noun,
(in England) a landed estate or territorial unit, originally of the nature of a feudal lordship, consisting of a lord's demesne and of lands within which he has the right to exercise certain privileges, exact certain fees, etc.
- Norma
-
noun,
the Rule, a small southern constellation between Lupus and Ara.
- Maori
-
noun,
a member of the native Polynesian population of New Zealand.
- marg.
-
- oater
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- Marge
-
noun,
margin; edge.
- right
-
noun,
a just claim or title, whether legal, prescriptive, or moral:
- noted
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- ridge
-
noun,
a long, narrow elevation of land; a chain of hills or mountains.
- oared
-
noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- oaten
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or made of oats.
- renin
-
noun,
a proteolytic enzyme secreted by the kidneys that is involved in the release of angiotensin.
- trone
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- Hond.
-
- doing
-
noun,
action; performance; execution:
- Greta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Margaret.
- edger
-
noun,
a person who puts an edge, especially a finishing edge, on a garment, surface, lens, etc.
- gride
-
noun,
a griding or grating sound.
- Grieg
-
noun,
Edvard [ed-vahrd;; Norwegian ed-vahrt] /ˈɛd vɑrd;; Norwegian ˈɛd vɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1843–1907, Norwegian composer.
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- gamo-
-
- Gamin
-
noun,
a neglected boy left to run about the streets; street urchin.
- greet
-
verb (used with object),
to address with some form of salutation; welcome.
- ation
-
- grime
-
noun,
dirt, soot, or other filthy matter, especially adhering to or embedded in a surface.
- dogma
-
noun,
an official system of principles or tenets concerning faith, morals, behavior, etc., as of a church. Synonyms: doctrine, teachings, set of beliefs, philosophy.
- dogie
-
noun,
a motherless calf in a cattle herd.
- grind
-
noun,
the act of grinding.
- griot
-
noun,
a member of a hereditary caste among the peoples of western Africa whose function is to keep an oral history of the tribe or village and to entertain with stories, poems, songs, dances, etc.
- grego
-
noun,
a short, hooded coat of thick, coarse fabric, originally worn in the eastern Mediterranean countries.
- Green
-
noun,
a color intermediate in the spectrum between yellow and blue, an effect of light with a wavelength between 500 and 570 nm; found in nature as the color of most grasses and leaves while growing, of some fruits while ripening, and of the sea.
- grith
-
noun,
protection or asylum for a limited period of time, as under church or crown.
- grade
-
noun,
a degree or step in a scale, as of rank, advancement, quality, value, or intensity:
- Donne
-
noun,
John, 1573–1631, English poet and clergyman.
- Goth.
-
- Gotha
-
noun,
a city in S Thuringia, in central Germany.
- gotra
-
noun,
a Hindu clan tracing its paternal lineage from a common ancestor, usually a saint or sage.
- Donna
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Madam; Lady: an Italian title of respect prefixed to the given name of a woman.
- donga
-
noun,
(in an ice shelf) a small ravine with steep sides.
- grain
-
noun,
a small, hard seed, especially the seed of a food plant such as wheat, corn, rye, oats, rice, or millet.
- greed
-
noun,
excessive or rapacious desire, especially for wealth or possessions.
- donee
-
noun,
a person to whom a gift is made.
- gram.
-
- Aoede
-
noun,
one of the original three Muses; the Muse of song.
- Grant
-
noun,
something granted, as a privilege or right, a sum of money, or a tract of land:
- grate
-
noun,
a frame of metal bars for holding fuel when burning, as in a fireplace, furnace, or stove.
- Donar
-
noun,
the god of thunder, corresponding to Thor.
- EDGAR
-
noun,
an award given annually in various categories of mystery writing.
- gamer
-
noun,
a person who plays games, especially computer or video games.
- doeth
-
noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- Goren
-
noun,
Charles Henry, 1901–91, U.S authority and writer on contract bridge.
- ether
-
noun,
Also called diethyl ether, diethyl oxide, ethyl ether, ethyl oxide, sulfuric ether. Chemistry, Pharmacology. a colorless, highly volatile, flammable liquid, C 4 H 10 O, having an aromatic odor and sweet, burning taste, derived from ethyl alcohol by the action of sulfuric acid: used as a solvent and, formerly, as an inhalant anesthetic.
- Hagen
-
noun,
Walter, 1892–1969, U.S. golfer.
- etrog
-
noun,
Judaism. a citron for use with the lulav during the Sukkoth festival service.
- amigo
-
noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- Edith
-
noun,
a female given name: from Old English words meaning “rich, happy” and “war.”.
- Hamer
-
noun,
Fannie Lou, 1917–77, U.S. civil rights activist.
- amin-
-
- dirge
-
noun,
a funeral song or tune, or one expressing mourning in commemoration of the dead.
- haem-
-
- Hanno
-
noun,
Carthaginian statesman, fl. 3rd century b.c.
- Ethan
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “strength.”.
- Edman
-
noun,
Irwin, 1896–1954, U.S. philosopher and essayist.
- Hanoi
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Vietnam, in the N part, on the Songka River.
- Dirae
-
plural noun,
the Furies. See fury (def 3).
- haori
-
noun,
a loose, knee-length, Japanese garment resembling a coat.
- amid-
-
- ante-
-
- groan
-
noun,
a low, mournful sound uttered in pain or grief:
- ameer
-
noun,
emir.
- groat
-
noun,
a silver coin of England, equal to four pennies, issued from 1279 to 1662.
- groin
-
noun,
Anatomy. the fold or hollow on either side of the front of the body where the thigh joins the abdomen.
- groma
-
noun,
an instrument having a cruciform wooden frame with a plumb line at the end of each arm, used for laying out lines at right angles to existing lines.
- atmo-
-
- Grote
-
noun,
George, 1794–1871, English historian.
- Edina
-
noun,
a city in SE Minnesota, near Minneapolis.
- edit.
-
- Amer.
-
- atone
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- Amend
-
verb (used with object),
to alter, modify, rephrase, or add to or subtract from (a motion, bill, constitution, etc.) by formal procedure:
- ament
-
noun,
catkin.
- Anton
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Anthony.
- agent
-
noun,
a person or business authorized to act on another's behalf:
- anti-
-
- anth-
-
- gorge
-
noun,
a narrow cleft with steep, rocky walls, especially one through which a stream runs.
- edema
-
noun,
effusion of serous fluid into the interstices of cells in tissue spaces or into body cavities.
- erode
-
verb (used with object),
to eat into or away; destroy by slow consumption or disintegration:
Synonyms: corrode, waste, ravage, spoil.
Antonyms: strengthen, reinforce.
- ghain
-
noun,
the nineteenth letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- agone
-
adverb, adjective,
ago.
- Genet
-
noun,
any small, Old World carnivore of the genus Genetta, especially G. genetta, having spotted sides and a ringed tail.
- armed
-
noun,
Usually, arms. weapons, especially firearms.
- Armen
-
- Drina
-
noun,
a river in S Europe, flowing N along the part of the border between Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina to the Sava River at Belgrade, Serbia. 285 miles (459 km) long.
- armet
-
noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- eager
-
noun,
eagre.
- genin
-
noun,
aglycon.
- Ghent
-
noun,
a port in NW Belgium, at the confluence of the Scheldt and Lys rivers: treaty 1814.
- giant
-
noun,
(in folklore) a being with human form but superhuman size, strength, etc.
- eagre
-
noun,
a tidal bore or flood.
- gemot
-
noun,
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a legislative or judicial assembly.
- giga-
-
- Arete
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- Genie
-
noun,
Islamic Mythology. jinn.
- arith
-
- Dream
-
noun,
a succession of images, thoughts, or emotions passing through the mind during sleep.
- Genoa
-
noun,
a large jib for cruising and racing yachts, overlapping the mainsail.
- argot
-
noun,
a specialized idiomatic vocabulary peculiar to a particular class or group of people, especially that of an underworld group, devised for private communication and identification:
- genro
-
noun,
any of the unofficial elder statesmen of Japan who influenced the government c1875–1940.
- Arion
-
noun,
flourished 7th century b.c, Greek poet: inventor of the dithyramb.
- agro-
-
- agree
-
verb (used with object),
to concede; grant (usually followed by a noun clause):
- genre
-
noun,
a class or category of artistic endeavor having a particular form, content, technique, or the like:
- geod.
-
- droit
-
noun,
a legal right or claim.
- geode
-
noun,
a hollow concretionary or nodular stone often lined with crystals.
- geog.
-
- geoid
-
noun,
an imaginary surface that coincides with mean sea level in the ocean and its extension through the continents.
- geom.
-
- drone
-
noun,
the male of the honeybee and other bees, stingless and making no honey.
- drome
-
noun,
a department in SE France. 2533 sq. mi. (6560 sq. km). Capital: Valence.
- gerah
-
noun,
an ancient Hebrew weight and coin, equal to 1/20 (0.05) of a shekel.
- gigot
-
noun,
a leg-of-mutton sleeve.
- Honan
-
noun,
Wade-Giles. Henan.
- agger
-
noun,
Also called double tide. Oceanography.
a high tide in which the water rises to a certain level, recedes, then rises again.
a low tide in which the water recedes to a certain level, rises slightly, then recedes again.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- Eaton
-
noun,
Theophilus, 1590–1658, English colonist and colonial administrator in America.
- Aggie
-
noun,
agate (def 2).
- Going
-
noun,
the act of leaving or departing; departure:
- Gomer
-
noun,
an undesirable hospital patient.
- garni
-
adjective,
garnished.
- gonad
-
noun,
a sex gland in which gametes are produced; an ovary or testis.
- angi-
-
- godet
-
noun,
a triangular piece of fabric, often rounded at the top, inserted in a garment to give fullness.
Compare gore3 (def 1), gusset (def 1).
- Gondi
-
noun,
a Dravidian language, the language of the Gonds.
- DORAN
-
noun,
an electronic device for determining range and assisting navigation, employing the principle of the Doppler effect.
- goner
-
noun,
a person or thing that is dead, lost, or past recovery.
- gonna
-
- gonne
-
noun,
Maud ("Irish Joan of Arc") 1865–1953, Irish political activist and actress, born in England.
- A-one
-
adjective,
noting a vessel regarded by a shipping-classification society as being equipped to the highest standard and with equipment maintained in first-class condition.
- eaten
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- Garth
-
noun,
Also called cloister garth. an open courtyard enclosed by a cloister.
- areo-
-
- gator
-
noun,
Southern U.S. Informal. alligator.
- eared
-
noun,
the part of a cereal plant, as corn, wheat, etc., that contains the flowers and hence the fruit, grains, or kernels.
- Arndt
-
noun,
Ernst Moritz [ernst moh-rits] /ɛrnst ˈmoʊ rɪts/ (Show IPA), 1769–1860, German poet and historian.
- girth
-
noun,
the measure around anything; circumference.
- drang
-
noun,
a narrow lane or alleyway.
- Aimee
-
noun,
a female given name.
- G-man
-
noun,
an agent for the FBI.
- aroid
-
noun,
any plant of the arum family.
- Arden
-
noun,
Forest of, a forest district in central England, in N Warwickshire: scene of Shakespeare's As You Like It.
- gater
-
noun,
gator.
- GATED
-
noun,
a movable barrier, usually on hinges, closing an opening in a fence, wall, or other enclosure.
- Earth
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the planet third in order from the sun, having an equatorial diameter of 7926 miles (12,755 km) and a polar diameter of 7900 miles (12,714 km), a mean distance from the sun of 92.9 million miles (149.6 million km), and a period of revolution of 365.26 days, and having one satellite.
- Drain
-
noun,
something, as a pipe or conduit, by which a liquid drains.
- gnome
-
noun,
(in folklore) one of a species of diminutive beings, usually described as shriveled little old men, that inhabit the interior of the earth and act as guardians of its treasures; troll.
- Drago
-
noun,
Luis María [loo-is muh-ree-uh;; Spanish loo-ees mah-ree-ah] /ˈlu ɪs məˈri ə;; Spanish luˈis mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1859–1921, Argentine jurist and statesman.
- aggro
-
noun,
aggressiveness, especially that of an urban youth gang or gang member.
- amine
-
noun,
any of a class of compounds derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms with organic groups.
- amide
-
noun,
a metallic derivative of ammonia in which the −NH 2 group is retained, as potassium amide, KNH 2 .
- Ernie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Ernest.
- Heron
-
noun,
any of numerous long-legged, long-necked, usually long-billed birds of the family Ardeidae, including the true herons, egrets, night herons, and bitterns.
- denim
-
noun,
a heavy, Z-twist, twill cotton for jeans, overalls, and other work and leisure garments.
- andr-
-
- Herma
-
noun,
herm.
- Andre
-
noun,
John, 1751–80, British major hanged as a spy by the Americans in the Revolutionary War: plotted the betrayal of West Point with Benedict Arnold.
- Herne
-
noun,
James A(hern) [uh-hurn] /əˈhɜrn/ (Show IPA), 1839–1901, U.S. actor and playwright.
- Herod
-
noun,
("the Great") 73?–4 b.c, king of Judea 37–4.
- denar
-
noun,
the basic monetary unit of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
- EGRET
-
noun,
any of several usually white herons that grow long, graceful plumes during the breeding season, as Egretta garzetta (little egret) of the Old World.
- Adige
-
noun,
a river in N Italy, flowing SE to the Adriatic Sea. 220 miles (354 km) long.
- anion
-
noun,
a negatively charged ion, as one attracted to the anode in electrolysis.
- eider
-
noun,
eider duck.
- eight
-
noun,
a cardinal number, seven plus one.
- Demon
-
noun,
an evil spirit; devil or fiend.
- aden-
-
- dent.
-
- herem
-
noun,
the most severe form of excommunication, formerly used by rabbis in sentencing wrongdoers, usually for an indefinite period of time.
- demo-
-
- henna
-
noun,
an Asian shrub or small tree, Lawsonia inermis, of the loosestrife family, having elliptic leaves and fragrant flowers.
- hemo-
-
- Hemon
-
noun,
Louis [lwee] /lwi/ (Show IPA), 1880–1913, Canadian novelist, born in France.
- admit
-
verb (used with object),
to allow to enter; grant or afford entrance to:
- henge
-
noun,
a Neolithic monument of the British Isles, consisting of a circular area enclosed by a bank and ditch and often containing additional features including one or more circles of upright stone or wood pillars: probably used for ritual purposes or for marking astronomical events, as solstices and equinoxes.
- Henie
-
noun,
Sonja, 1912–69, U.S. figure-skater and film actress, born in Norway.
- egger
-
noun,
tent caterpillar.
- Henri
-
noun,
Robert, 1865–1929, U.S. painter.
- derm-
-
- admin
-
noun,
administration; administrative work.
- deter
-
verb (used with object),
to discourage or restrain from acting or proceeding:
- admen
-
noun,
Also called advertising man. one whose profession is writing, designing, or selling advertisements.
- Andie
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- Herat
-
noun,
a city in NW Afghanistan.
- derma
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. dermis.
- adeem
-
verb (used with object),
to revoke (a legacy) by ademption.
- demit
-
noun,
Also, dimit. (especially in Freemasonry) a written certification of honorable withdrawal or resignation, as from membership.
- hemin
-
noun,
the typical, microscopic reddish-brown crystals, C 34 H 32 N 4 O 4 FeCl, resulting when a sodium chloride crystal, a drop of glacial acetic acid, and some blood are heated on a slide: used to indicate the presence of blood.
- Angie
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Angel.
- angor
-
noun,
extreme distress or mental anguish, usually of physical origin.
- enate
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- hoard
-
noun,
a supply or accumulation that is hidden or carefully guarded for preservation, future use, etc.:
- Hoare
-
noun,
Sir Samuel John Gurney [gur-nee] /ˈgɜr ni/ (Show IPA), 1st Viscount Templewood [tem-puh l-woo d] /ˈtɛm pəlˌwʊd/ (Show IPA), 1880–1959, British statesman.
- Damon
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Dario
-
noun,
Rubén [roo-ven] /ruˈvɛn/ (Show IPA), (Félix Rubén García Sarmiento) 1867–1916, Nicaraguan poet and diplomat.
- Hogan
-
noun,
a Navajo Indian dwelling constructed of earth and branches and covered with mud or sod.
- Hiram
-
noun,
a king of Tyre in the 10th century b.c. I Kings 5.
- anger
-
noun,
a strong feeling of displeasure and belligerence aroused by a wrong; wrath; ire.
- emote
-
verb (used without object),
to show or pretend emotion:
- Homer
-
noun,
Baseball. home run.
- Dante
-
noun,
(Dante Alighieri) 1265–1321, Italian poet: author of the Divine Comedy.
- 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.
- danio
-
noun,
any of several cyprinid fishes of the genera Danio and Brachydanio, of India and Sri Lanka, often kept in aquariums.
- 30-30
-
- emend
-
verb (used with object),
to edit or change (a text).
- demi-
-
- Hind.
-
- hier-
-
- anent
-
preposition,
in regard to; about; concerning.
- deign
-
verb (used with object),
to condescend to give or grant:
- Dagon
-
noun,
a Phoenician and Philistine god of agriculture and the earth: the national god of the Philistines.
- anime
-
noun,
a Japanese style of motion-picture animation, characterized by highly stylized, colorful art, futuristic settings, violence, and sexuality.
- Aneto
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA). Spanish name of Pic de Néthou.
- enema
-
noun,
the injection of a fluid into the rectum to cause a bowel movement.
- anigh
-
adverb,
nearby; close by.
- Emden
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Germany.
- Death
-
noun,
the act of dying; the end of life; the total and permanent cessation of all the vital functions of an organism.
Compare brain death.
- endo-
-
- Ender
-
noun,
Kornelia [kawr-neyl-yuh,, -ney-lee-uh] /kɔrˈneɪl yə,, -ˈneɪ li ə/ (Show IPA), born 1958, German swimmer.
- anim.
-
- NORAD
-
noun,
a joint U.S.-Canadian air force command responsible for detecting aircraft and space vehicles deemed a threat to the continental airspace.
- hinge
-
noun,
a jointed device or flexible piece on which a door, gate, shutter, lid, or other attached part turns, swings, or moves.
- Annie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Ann, Anna, or Anne.
- argon
-
noun,
a colorless, odorless, chemically inactive, monatomic, gaseous element that, because of its inertness, is used for filling fluorescent and incandescent lamps and vacuum tubes. Symbol: Ar; atomic number: 18; atomic weight: 39.948.
- hemia
-
- anode
-
noun,
the electrode or terminal by which current enters an electrolytic cell, voltaic cell, battery, etc.
- Hearn
-
noun,
Lafcadio [laf-kad-ee-oh] /læfˈkæd iˌoʊ/ (Show IPA), ("Koizumi Yakumo") 1850–1904, U.S. journalist, novelist, and essayist, born in Greece; Japanese citizen after 1894.
- dingo
-
noun,
a wolflike, wild dog, Canis familiaris dingo, of Australia, having a reddish- or yellowish-brown coat.
- enorm
-
adjective,
enormous; huge; vast.
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- ergo-
-
- ento-
-
- dight
-
verb (used with object),
Archaic. to dress; adorn.
- dinge
-
noun,
the condition of being dingy.
- harem
-
noun,
the part of a Muslim palace or house reserved for the residence of women.
- Harim
-
noun,
harem.
- Adore
-
verb (used with object),
to regard with the utmost esteem, love, and respect; honor.
- amort
-
adjective,
spiritless; lifeless.
- adorn
-
verb (used with object),
to decorate or add beauty to, as by ornaments:
- diene
-
noun,
any compound, as 1,3-butadiene, CH 2 =CH−CH=CH 2 , that contains two double bonds.
- hater
-
noun,
a person who has an intense dislike for another person or thing (often used in combination):
- dimer
-
noun,
a molecule composed of two identical, simpler molecules.
- hemi-
-
- adret
-
noun,
a side of a mountain receiving direct sunlight.
- diner
-
noun,
a person who dines.
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- Aegir
-
noun,
a sea god, husband of Ran, and host at feast of the gods spoiled by Loki.
- Harte
-
noun,
(Francis) Bret [bret] /brɛt/ (Show IPA), 1839–1902, U.S. author, especially of short stories.
- Dinah
-
noun,
Also, Douay Bible, Dina. the daughter of Jacob and Leah. Gen. 30:21.
- Aedon
-
noun,
a daughter of Pandareus who mistakenly killed her son. Zeus took pity on her and turned her into a nightingale.
- dinar
-
noun,
any of various former coins of the Near East, especially gold coins issued by Islamic governments.
- among
-
preposition,
in, into, or through the midst of; in association or connection with; surrounded by:
- heart
-
noun,
Anatomy. a hollow, pumplike organ of blood circulation, composed mainly of rhythmically contractile smooth muscle, located in the chest between the lungs and slightly to the left and consisting of four chambers: a right atrium that receives blood returning from the body via the superior and inferior vena cavae, a right ventricle that pumps the blood through the pulmonary artery to the lungs for oxygenation, a left atrium that receives the oxygenated blood via the pulmonary veins and passes it through the mitral valve, and a left ventricle that pumps the oxygenated blood, via the aorta, throughout the body.
- ergot
-
noun,
Plant Pathology.
a disease of rye and other cereal grasses, caused by a fungus of the genus Claviceps, especially C. purpurea, which replaces the affected grain with a long, hard, blackish sclerotial body.
the sclerotial body itself.
- annot
-
- diam.
-
- aerie
-
noun,
the nest of a bird of prey, as an eagle or a hawk.
- anon.
-
- Dione
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a Titan and a consort of Zeus.
- dhoti
-
noun,
a long loincloth worn by many Hindu men in India.
- Egadi
-
noun,
a group of islands in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of W Sicily. 15 sq. mi. (39 sq. km).
- diag.
-
- aero-
-
- Heine
-
noun,
Heinrich [hahyn-rikh] /ˈhaɪn rɪx/ (Show IPA), 1797–1856, German lyric and satiric poet, journalist, and critic.
- hema-
-
- Hemet
-
noun,
a city in SW California.
- andor
-
conjunction,
(used to imply that either or both of the things mentioned may be affected or involved):
- Hedin
-
noun,
Sven Anders [sven ahn-duh rs] /svɛn ˈɑn dərs/ (Show IPA), 1865–1952, Swedish geographer and explorer.
- hedge
-
noun,
a row of bushes or small trees planted close together, especially when forming a fence or boundary; hedgerow:
- engr.
-
- aeri-
-
- heder
-
noun,
(especially in Europe) a private Jewish elementary school for teaching children Hebrew, Bible, and the fundamentals of Judaism.
- Heian
-
adjective,
of or relating to the period in Japan, a.d. 794–1185, characterized by the modification and naturalization of ideas and institutions that were earlier introduced from China.
- non-
-
- argh
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation of frustration, annoyance, etc.)
- 1080
-
- Arg.
-
- Nord
-
noun,
a department in N France. 2229 sq. mi. (5770 sq. km). Capital: Lille.
- need
-
noun,
a requirement, necessary duty, or obligation:
- neon
-
noun,
Chemistry. a chemically inert gaseous element occurring in small amounts in the earth's atmosphere, used chiefly in a type of electrical lamp. Symbol: Ne; atomic weight: 20.183; atomic number: 10; density: 0.9002 g/l at 0°C and 760 mm pressure.
- tend
-
Verb phrases,
tend on/upon, Archaic. to attend or wait upon; minister to; serve:
- ten.
-
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- Argo
-
noun,
Astronomy. a very large southern constellation, now divided into Vela, Carina, Puppis, and Pyxis, four separate constellations lying largely south of Canis Major.
- Nero
-
noun,
(Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus) (“Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus”) a.d. 37–68, emperor of Rome 54–68, known for his cruelty and depravity.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- nerd
-
noun,
a person considered to be socially awkward, boring, unstylish, etc.
- EMet
-
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- none
-
noun,
nones1 .
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- NATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Washington, D.C. (1949), comprising the 12 nations of the Atlantic Pact together with Greece, Turkey, and the Federal Republic of Germany, for the purpose of collective defense against aggression.
- Nor.
-
- Edom
-
noun,
Esau, the brother of Jacob.
- ant.
-
- nong
-
noun,
a foolish, incompetent person.
- emia
-
- tern
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- ter.
-
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Neh.
-
- eath
-
adjective, adverb,
easy.
- ano-
-
- Anne
-
noun,
1665–1714, queen of England 1702–14 (daughter of James II of England).
- teem
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to produce (offspring).
- teen
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- NIRA
-
- Edna
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “rejuvenation, rebirth.”.
- Nino
-
noun,
boy; child.
- Nemo
-
noun,
remote (def 10).
- Nine
-
noun,
a cardinal number, eight plus one.
- Nina
-
noun,
girl; child.
- egad
-
interjection,
(used as an expletive or mild oath):
- nigh
-
adverb,
near in space, time, or relation:
- Edge
-
noun,
a line or border at which a surface terminates:
- Eger
-
noun,
German name of Ohře.
- NIMH
-
- Eden
-
noun,
the place where Adam and Eve lived before the Fall. Gen. 2:8–24.
- ann.
-
- team
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- Nome
-
noun,
one of the provinces of ancient Egypt.
- nide
-
noun,
a nest or brood, especially of pheasants.
- neem
-
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- Noma
-
noun,
a gangrenous ulceration of the mouth or genitalia, occurring mainly in debilitated children.
- nom.
-
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- Nida
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Nydia.
- nogg
-
noun,
a shave for shaping dowels and handles.
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- EDTA
-
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- neo-
-
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- nene
-
noun,
a barred, gray-brown wild goose, Nesochen sandvicensis, native to Hawaii, where it is the state bird.
- node
-
noun,
a knot, protuberance, or knob.
- Edie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Edith.
- Taro
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- Noah
-
noun,
the patriarch who built a ship (Noah's Ark) in which he, his family, and animals of every species survived the Flood. Gen. 5–9.
- Edam
-
noun,
a mild, hard, yellow cheese, produced in a round shape and coated with red wax.
- Dort
-
noun,
Dordrecht.
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- dime
-
noun,
a cupronickel-clad coin of the U.S. and Canada, the 10th part of a dollar, equal to 10 cents.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- Rima
-
noun,
a female given name.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- Dine
-
noun,
Scot. dinner.
- Din.
-
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- Read
-
noun,
an act or instance of reading:
- dim.
-
- ding
-
noun,
a ringing sound.
- dig.
-
- ream
-
noun,
a standard quantity of paper, consisting of 20 quires or 500 sheets (formerly 480 sheets), or 516 sheets (printer's ream or perfect ream)
- Dom.
-
- Diet
-
noun,
food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health:
- rede
-
noun,
counsel; advice.
- Riga
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Latvia, on the Gulf of Riga.
- redo
-
noun,
the act or an instance of redoing.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- rang
-
noun,
a boomerang.
- Reed
-
noun,
the straight stalk of any of various tall grasses, especially of the genera Phragmites and Arundo, growing in marshy places.
- DIRE
-
adjective,
causing or involving great fear or suffering; dreadful; terrible:
- DEng
-
- dite
-
noun,
a bit (usually used in negative constructions):
- Ring
-
noun,
a typically circular band of metal or other durable material, especially one of gold or other precious metal, often set with gems, for wearing on the finger as an ornament, a token of betrothal or marriage, etc.
- Rind
-
noun,
a thick and firm outer coat or covering, as of certain fruits, cheeses, and meats:
- rage
-
noun,
angry fury; violent anger (sometimes used in combination):
- DIRT
-
noun,
any foul or filthy substance, as mud, grime, dust, or excrement.
- ragi
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Eleusine coracana, cultivated in the Old World for its grain.
- RAID
-
noun,
a sudden assault or attack, as upon something to be seized or suppressed:
- Dino
-
- rain
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- dir.
-
- Dior
-
noun,
Christian [kris-chuh n;; French krees-tyahn] /ˈkrɪs tʃən;; French krisˈtyɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1905–57, French fashion designer.
- rami
-
noun,
plural of ramus.
- dint
-
noun,
force; power:
- 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).
- RAND
-
noun,
(in shoemaking) a strip of leather set in a shoe at the heel before the lifts are attached.
- dia-
-
- Reg.
-
- 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.
- dat.
-
- Dean
-
noun,
Education.
the head of a faculty, school, or administrative division in a university or college:
an official in an American college or secondary school having charge of student personnel services, such as counseling or discipline:
the official in charge of undergraduate students at an English university.
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- rent
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- Dame
-
noun,
(initial capital letter)
the official title of a female member of the Order of the British Empire, equivalent to that of a knight.
the official title of the wife of a knight or baronet.
- dato
-
noun,
(in the Philippines) a native chief.
- date
-
noun,
a particular month, day, and year at which some event happened or will happen:
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- Darn
-
noun,
a darned place, as in a garment:
- deem
-
verb (used with object),
to hold as an opinion; think; regard:
- damn
-
noun,
the utterance of “damn” in swearing or for emphasis.
- Rhea
-
noun,
the ramie plant or fiber.
- Rhee
-
noun,
Syngman [sing-muh n] /ˈsɪŋ mən/ (Show IPA), 1875–1965, president of South Korea 1948–60.
- Dari
-
noun,
a form of Persian, spoken in Afghanistan.
- darg
-
noun,
Scot. and North England. a day's work.
- Dare
-
noun,
an act of daring or defiance; challenge.
- Dan.
-
abbreviation,
Bible. Daniel (def 1).
- DEAR
-
noun,
a person who is good, kind, or generous:
- Deer
-
noun,
any of several ruminants of the family Cervidae, most of the males of which have solid, deciduous antlers.
- Dago
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a person of Italian or sometimes Spanish origin or descent.
- Dene
-
noun,
a bare, sandy tract or low sand hill near the sea.
- regd
-
- ride
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- Rida
-
- dern
-
adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
darn2 .
- dere
-
adjective,
dear2 .
- der.
-
- Deni
-
noun,
a monetary unit of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the 100th part of a denar.
- Reid
-
noun,
Sir George Huston, 1845–1918, Australian statesman, born in Scotland: prime minister 1904–05.
- rend
-
verb (used with object),
to separate into parts with force or violence:
- Den.
-
- Rein
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- deme
-
noun,
one of the administrative divisions of ancient Attica and of modern Greece.
- Dem.
-
- deg.
-
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- deet
-
plural noun,
details:
- RADM
-
- rit.
-
- tanh
-
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- ogee
-
noun,
a double curve, resembling the letter S, formed by the union of a concave and a convex line.
- Roth
-
noun,
Phillip, born 1933, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- Ogma
-
noun,
a god of poetry and eloquence and the inventor of the ogham letters: one of the Tuatha De Danann.
- ogre
-
noun,
a monster in fairy tales and popular legend, usually represented as a hideous giant who feeds on human flesh.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- Rota
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- drat
-
interjection,
(used to express mild disgust, disappointment, or the like):
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- dree
-
adjective,
tedious; dreary.
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Oman
-
noun,
Sultanate of. Formerly Muscat and Oman. an independent sultanate in SE Arabia. About 82,800 sq. mi. (212,380 sq. km). Capital: Muscat.
- DRAM
-
noun,
Measurements.
a unit of apothecaries' weight, equal to 60 grains, or 1/8 (0.125) ounce (3.89 grams).
1/16 (0.0625) ounce, avoirdupois weight (27.34 grains; 1.77 grams). Abbreviation: dr., dr.
- Omar
-
noun,
a male given name.
- omen
-
noun,
anything perceived or happening that is believed to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; portent.
- Omer
-
noun,
a Hebrew unit of dry measure, the tenth part of an ephah.
- ogam
-
noun,
ogham.
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- drag
-
noun,
Nautical.
a designed increase of draft toward the stern of a vessel.
resistance to the movement of a hull through the water.
any of a number of weights dragged cumulatively by a vessel sliding down ways to check its speed.
any object dragged in the water, as a sea anchor.
any device for dragging the bottom of a body of water to recover or detect objects.
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- Norm
-
noun,
a standard, model, or pattern.
- arid
-
adjective,
being without moisture; extremely dry; parched:
- Norn
-
noun,
an extinct Norse dialect, spoken until early modern times in the Shetland and Orkney Islands and in parts of northern Scotland.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- Tame
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- not-
-
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- Arm.
-
- dreg
-
noun,
dregs, the sediment of liquids; lees; grounds.
- NTIA
-
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- tahr
-
noun,
any of several Old World wild goats of the genus Hemitragus, as H. jemlahicus (Himalayan tahr) introduced into New Zealand, having a long mane and short, stout, recurving horns: most are endangered or threatened in their native regions.
- Drin
-
noun,
a river in S Europe, flowing generally NW from SW Macedonia through N Albania into the Adriatic. 180 miles (290 km) long.
- oath
-
noun,
a solemn appeal to a deity, or to some revered person or thing, to witness one's determination to speak the truth, to keep a promise, etc.:
- thi-
-
- Oder
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing from the NE Czech Republic, N through SW Poland and along the border between Germany and Poland into the Baltic. 562 miles (905 km) long.
- Odin
-
noun,
the ruler of the Aesir and god of war, poetry, knowledge, and wisdom; Wotan: the chief god.
- omit
-
verb (used with object),
to leave out; fail to include or mention:
- art.
-
- rad.
-
- Aton
-
noun,
a solar deity declared by Amenhotep IV to be the only god, represented as a solar disk with rays ending in human hands.
- org.
-
- Doha
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of the state of Qatar, on the Persian Gulf.
- Doge
-
noun,
the chief magistrate in the former republics of Venice and Genoa.
- doer
-
noun,
a person or thing that does something, especially a person who gets things done with vigor and efficiency.
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- atom
-
noun,
Physics.
the smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element, consisting of a nucleus containing combinations of neutrons and protons and one or more electrons bound to the nucleus by electrical attraction; the number of protons determines the identity of the element.
an atom with one of the electrons replaced by some other particle:
- doat
-
verb (used without object),
dote.
- Rodi
-
noun,
Italian name of Rhodes.
- Orem
-
noun,
a city in N Utah.
- ator
-
- rode
-
noun,
a rope by which a boat is anchored.
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- roam
-
noun,
an act or instance of roaming; a ramble.
- road
-
noun,
a long, narrow stretch with a smoothed or paved surface, made for traveling by motor vehicle, carriage, etc., between two or more points; street or highway.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- 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.
- Omri
-
noun,
a king of Israel and the father of Ahab. I Kings 16:16–28.
- atm.
-
- RONA
-
- doth
-
noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- DOTE
-
noun,
decay of wood.
- Rome
-
noun,
Harold (Jacob) 1908–1993, U.S. lyricist and composer.
- dorm
-
noun,
dormitory.
- DORE
-
noun,
the walleye or pike perch of North America.
- Dora
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Greek word meaning “gift.”.
- Ont.
-
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- Roma
-
noun,
Rome.
- orad
-
adverb,
toward the mouth or the oral region.
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- Rom.
-
- Dong
-
noun,
a deep sound like that of a large bell.
- ord.
-
- done
-
noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- Dona
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Madam; Lady: a Portuguese title prefixed to a woman's given name.
- emir
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- nard
-
noun,
an aromatic Himalayan plant, believed to be the spikenard, Nardostachys jatamansi, the source of an ointment used by the ancients.
- Mano
-
noun,
the upper or handheld stone used when grinding maize or other grains on a metate.
- ager
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) a person living in a certain historical age:
- mane
-
noun,
the long hair growing on the back of or around the neck and neighboring parts of some animals, as the horse or lion.
- grot
-
noun,
a grotto.
- grog
-
noun,
a mixture of rum and water, often flavored with lemon, sugar, and spices and sometimes served hot.
- Mani
-
noun,
Manes.
- gro.
-
- Grit
-
noun,
abrasive particles or granules, as of sand or other small, coarse impurities found in the air, food, water, etc.
- grin
-
noun,
a broad smile.
- Man.
-
- Grim
-
adjective,
stern and admitting of no appeasement or compromise:
- toed
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- grig
-
noun,
a cricket or grasshopper.
- Mar.
-
- Mare
-
noun,
a fully mature female horse or other equine animal.
- grid
-
noun,
a grating of crossed bars; gridiron.
- Greg
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Gregory.
- gtd.
-
- Mair
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- gree
-
noun,
superiority, mastery, or victory.
- Magi
-
noun,
(sometimes lowercase) one of the Magi.
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- MAEd
-
- mag.
-
- mage
-
noun,
a magician.
- Hand
-
noun,
the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- aged
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) old people collectively (usually preceded by the):
- hame
-
noun,
either of two curved pieces lying upon the collar in the harness of an animal, to which the traces are fastened.
- hair
-
noun,
any of the numerous fine, usually cylindrical, keratinous filaments growing from the skin of humans and animals; a pilus.
- toga
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) the loose outer garment worn by citizens in public.
- Haig
-
noun,
Douglas, 1st Earl, 1861–1928, British field marshal: commander in chief of the British forces in France 1915–18.
- Hag.
-
- haet
-
noun,
a little bit; a whit.
- Agee
-
noun,
James, 1909–55, U.S. author, scenarist, and film critic.
- hade
-
noun,
Geology. the angle between a fault plane and the vertical, measured perpendicular to the strike of the fault; complement of the dip.
- tome
-
noun,
a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
- maid
-
noun,
a female servant.
- Main
-
noun,
a principal pipe or duct in a system used to distribute water, gas, etc.
- Mari
-
noun,
a member of a Uralic people living in scattered communities north of Cheboksary and Kazan in European Russia, mainly in the Mari Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- Hare
-
noun,
any rodentlike mammal of the genus Lepus, of the family Leporidae, having long ears, a divided upper lip, and long hind limbs adapted for leaping.
- tion
-
- meet
-
noun,
an assembly, as of persons and hounds for a hunt or swimmers or runners for a race or series of races:
- Goat
-
noun,
any of numerous agile, hollow-horned ruminants of the genus Capra, of the family Bovidae, closely related to the sheep, found native in rocky and mountainous regions of the Old World, and widely distributed in domesticated varieties.
- goad
-
noun,
a stick with a pointed or electrically charged end, for driving cattle, oxen, etc.; prod.
- agin
-
preposition,
against; opposed to.
- GNMA
-
- gnat
-
noun,
any of certain small flies, especially the biting gnats or punkies of the family Ceratopogonidae, the midges of the family Chironomidae, and the black flies of the family Simuliidae.
- gnar
-
verb (used without object),
to snarl; growl.
- agio
-
noun,
a premium on money in exchange.
- meed
-
noun,
a reward or recompense.
- 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.
- Gmat
-
- men-
-
- gite
-
noun,
a furnished vacation home in France that is available for rental, especially in a rural setting.
- agit
-
- girt
-
noun,
Carpentry.
a timber or plate connecting the corner posts of an exterior wooden frame, as a braced frame, at a floor above the ground floor.
a heavy beam, as for supporting the ends of rafters.
- giro
-
noun,
autogiro.
- Mend
-
noun,
the act of mending; repair or improvement.
- emit
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- Goer
-
noun,
a person or thing that goes:
- Gran
-
noun,
grandmother.
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- Mart
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- grad
-
noun,
a graduate.
- MatE
-
noun,
a partner in marriage; spouse.
- toad
-
noun,
any of various tailless amphibians that are close relatives of the frogs in the order Anura and that typically have dry, warty skin and are terrestrial or semiterrestrial in habit.
Compare frog1 (def 1).
- Gore
-
noun,
blood that is shed, especially when clotted.
- mdnt
-
- Mead
-
noun,
an alcoholic liquor made by fermenting honey and water.
- mean
-
noun,
Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- gong
-
noun,
a large bronze disk, of Asian origin, having an upturned rim, that produces a vibrant, hollow tone when struck, usually with a stick or hammer that has a padded head.
- Gone
-
noun,
the act of going:
- mear
-
noun,
mere3 .
- meat
-
noun,
the flesh of animals as used for food.
- Gond
-
noun,
a member of an aboriginal people of Dravidian stock, in central India and the Deccan.
- Mede
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Media.
- gon-
-
- Gogh
-
noun,
Vincent van [vin-suh nt van;; Dutch vin-sent vahn] /ˈvɪn sənt væn;; Dutch vɪnˈsɛnt vɑn/ (Show IPA), van Gogh, Vincent.
- hard
-
noun,
Nautical. a firm or paved beach or slope convenient for hauling vessels out of the water.
- made
-
noun,
the style or manner in which something is made; form; build.
- gird
-
noun,
a gibe.
- ign.
-
- idae
-
- tri-
-
- IDEA
-
noun,
any conception existing in the mind as a result of mental understanding, awareness, or activity.
- idem
-
noun,
another exactly the same.
- hide
-
noun,
British. a place of concealment for hunting or observing wildlife; hunting blind.
- Adie
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Tree
-
noun,
a plant having a permanently woody main stem or trunk, ordinarily growing to a considerable height, and usually developing branches at some distance from the ground.
- hgt.
-
- Iago
-
noun,
the villain in Shakespeare's Othello.
- tram
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- HERO
-
noun,
a person noted for courageous acts or nobility of character:
- IMHO
-
- adit
-
noun,
an entrance or a passage.
- Adm.
-
- inae
-
- Herm
-
noun,
a monument consisting of a four-sided shaft tapering inward from top to bottom and bearing a head or bust; those of Hermes usually had an erect penis, which passersby stroked for luck.
- trid
-
- AMDG
-
- Here
-
noun,
this place:
- trog
-
noun,
Chiefly British Slang. a hooligan; lout.
- hone
-
noun,
a whetstone of fine, compact texture for sharpening razors and other cutting tools.
- Hong
-
noun,
(in China) a group of rooms or buildings forming a warehouse, factory, etc.
- hor.
-
- hora
-
noun,
a traditional Romanian and Israeli round dance.
- hom-
-
- Hogg
-
noun,
hog (def 5).
- tron
-
- trod
-
noun,
the action of treading, stepping, or walking.
- Ind.
-
- Horn
-
noun,
one of the bony, permanent, hollow paired growths, often curved and pointed, that project from the upper part of the head of certain ungulate mammals, as cattle, sheep, goats, or antelopes.
- hoar
-
noun,
hoarfrost; rime.
- Hoad
-
noun,
Lew(is Alan) 1934–94, Australian tennis player.
- hire
-
noun,
the act of hiring.
- tRNA
-
- hint
-
noun,
an indirect, covert, or helpful suggestion; clue:
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- trim
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- IndE
-
- herd
-
noun,
a number of animals kept, feeding, or traveling together; drove; flock:
- aet.
-
- item
-
noun,
a separate article or particular:
- hate
-
noun,
intense dislike; extreme aversion or hostility.
- Ire.
-
- Irma
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Erma.
- iron
-
noun,
Chemistry. a ductile, malleable, silver-white metallic element, scarcely known in a pure condition, but much used in its crude or impure carbon-containing forms for making tools, implements, machinery, etc. Symbol: Fe; atomic weight: 55.847; atomic number: 26; specific gravity: 7.86 at 20°C.
Compare cast iron, pig iron, steel, wrought iron.
- Hart
-
noun,
a male deer, commonly of the red deer, Cervus elaphus, especially after its fifth year.
- HARM
-
noun,
physical injury or mental damage; hurt:
- Itea
-
noun,
any tree or shrub belonging to the genus Itea, of the saxifrage family, having simple, alternate leaves and clusters of small, greenish-white flowers, as the Virginia willow, I. virginica.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- tonn
-
- aeon
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- aer-
-
- med.
-
- tong
-
noun,
tongs.
- 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.
- 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.
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- HERA
-
noun,
the ancient Greek queen of heaven, a daughter of Cronus and Rhea and the wife and sister of Zeus.
- int.
-
- her.
-
- hent
-
verb (used with object),
to seize.
- Inge
-
noun,
William (Motter) [mot-er] /ˈmɒt ər/ (Show IPA), 1913–73, U.S. playwright.
- heme
-
noun,
a deep-red iron-containing blood pigment, C 34 H 32 N 4 O 4 Fe, obtained from hemoglobin.
- hem-
-
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- heir
-
noun,
a person who inherits or has a right of inheritance in the property of another following the latter's death.
- Heer
-
noun,
an old unit of measure for linen and woolen yarn, equivalent to about 600 yards (550 meters).
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- heed
-
noun,
careful attention; notice; observation (usually with give or take).
- heat
-
noun,
the state of a body perceived as having or generating a relatively high degree of warmth.
- into
-
adjective,
Mathematics. pertaining to a function or map from one set to another set, the range of which is a proper subset of the second set, as the function f, from the set of all integers into the set of all perfect squares where f (x) = x 2 for every integer.
- hear
-
verb (used with object),
to perceive by the ear:
- HEAO
-
- head
-
noun,
the upper part of the body in humans, joined to the trunk by the neck, containing the brain, eyes, ears, nose, and mouth.
- iod-
-
- torn
-
noun,
a drop of the saline, watery fluid continually secreted by the lacrimal glands between the surface of the eye and the eyelid, serving to moisten and lubricate these parts and keep them clear of foreign particles. Synonyms: teardrop.
- girn
-
noun, verb (used with object),
grin2 .
- Meer
-
noun,
Jan van der [yahn vahn der] /yɑn vɑn dɛr/ (Show IPA), Vermeer, Jan.
- Gino
-
noun,
a male given name.
- gait
-
noun,
a manner of walking, stepping, or running.
- amdt
-
- moan
-
noun,
a prolonged, low, inarticulate sound uttered from or as if from physical or mental suffering.
- moat
-
noun,
a deep, wide trench, usually filled with water, surrounding the rampart of a fortified place, as a town or a castle.
- mod.
-
- Mode
-
noun,
a manner of acting or doing; method; way:
- game
-
noun,
an amusement or pastime:
- Gage
-
noun,
something, as a glove, thrown down by a medieval knight in token of challenge to combat.
- thir
-
pronoun,
these.
- Amen
-
noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- Thin
-
adverb,
in a thin manner.
- moit
-
noun,
a foreign particle found in wool, as a burr, twig, or seed.
- Mon.
-
- Mona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Amie
-
noun,
a female friend.
- mong
-
noun,
mongrel, especially a mongrel dog.
- Mngr
-
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- Miro
-
noun,
Gabriel [gah-vree-el] /ˌgɑ vriˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1879–1930, Spanish novelist, short-story writer, and essayist.
- Mino
-
noun,
Minho.
- mint
-
noun,
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
Compare mint family.
- gate
-
noun,
a movable barrier, usually on hinges, closing an opening in a fence, wall, or other enclosure.
- AInd
-
- Mira
-
noun,
Astronomy. the first long-period pulsating variable star to be discovered, with a period averaging 331 days. It is a red giant and a component of a binary star in the constellation Cetus.
- THOR
-
noun,
Scandinavian Mythology. the god of thunder, rain, and farming, represented as riding a chariot drawn by goats and wielding the hammer Mjolnir: the defender of the Aesir, destined to kill and be killed by the Midgard Serpent.
- mire
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- Gina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Aire
-
- 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.
- garg
-
- Gare
-
noun,
low-grade wool fibers from the legs of sheep.
- Gard
-
noun,
a department in S France. 2271 sq. mi. (5882 sq. km). Capital: Nîmes.
- Gaon
-
noun,
a title of honor for the directors of the Jewish academies at Sura and Pumbedita in Babylonia, used from the end of the 6th century a.d. to about the beginning of the 11th century.
- gang
-
noun,
a group or band:
- Gand
-
noun,
French name of Ghent.
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- Eth.
-
- Gean
-
noun,
heart cherry.
- Eng.
-
- mtg.
-
- mtge
-
- thee
-
pronoun,
the objective case of thou1 :
- Thea
-
noun,
a female given name.
- the-
-
- Thar
-
noun,
tahr.
- than
-
conjunction,
(used, as after comparative adjectives and adverbs, to introduce the second member of an unequal comparison):
- NADH
-
- Ande
-
plural noun,
a mountain range in W South America, extending about 4500 miles (7250 km) from N Colombia and Venezuela S to Cape Horn. Highest peak, Aconcagua, 22,834 feet (6960 meters).
- Thai
-
noun,
Also called Thailander [tahy-lan-der, -luh n-] /ˈtaɪˌlæn dər, -lən-/ (Show IPA). a native or descendant of a native of Thailand.
- thae
-
pronoun, adjective,
those.
- Nah.
-
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- end-
-
- name
-
noun,
a word or a combination of words by which a person, place, or thing, a body or class, or any object of thought is designated, called, or known.
- nane
-
pronoun, adverb, adjective,
none1 .
- mRNA
-
- them
-
noun,
any male person or animal; a man:
- Amir
-
noun,
emir.
- more
-
noun,
an additional quantity, amount, or number:
- Erne
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- Amon
-
noun,
Amen.
- Mora
-
noun,
the unit of time equivalent to the ordinary or normal short sound or syllable.
- Dane
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Denmark.
- Erma
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- Erie
-
noun,
Lake, a lake between the NE central United States and SE central Canada: the southernmost lake of the Great Lakes; Commodore Perry's defeat of the British in 1813. 239 miles (385 km) long; 9940 sq. mi. (25,745 sq. km).
- Amor
-
noun,
Cupid.
- amt.
-
- Amri
-
noun,
Omri.
- morn
-
noun,
morning.
- Mort
-
noun,
Hunting. the note played on a hunting horn signifying that the animal hunted has been killed.
- then
-
noun,
that time:
- mote
-
noun,
a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
- Moth
-
noun,
any of numerous insects of the order Lepidoptera, generally distinguished from the butterflies by having feathery antennae and by having crepuscular or nocturnal habits.
- Enid
-
noun,
a city in N Oklahoma.
- AIME
-
- Mita
-
noun,
a colonial system in Peru by which the Spanish government required Indians to perform periodic forced labor, especially in the mines.
- Dang
-
verb (used with object), adjective, noun,
damn (used euphemistically).
- 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.
- mien
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- Ger.
-
- midn
-
- ghee
-
noun,
a kind of liquid butter, used especially in the cooking of India, made from the milk of cows or buffaloes and clarified by boiling.
- mere
-
noun,
Chiefly British Dialect. a lake or pond.
- Gent
-
noun,
Informal. gentleman (defs 1, 2).
- Mid.
-
- Miao
-
noun,
Also, Meo. a member of a diverse group of seminomadic farming people of the mountains of southeastern China and adjacent areas of Laos, North Vietnam, and Thailand.
- ghat
-
noun,
a wide set of steps descending to a river, especially a river used for bathing.
- agog
-
adverb,
in a state of eager desire; excitedly.
- Ting
-
noun,
a tinging sound.
- 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.
- ahem
-
interjection,
(an utterance similar to the sound of clearing one's throat, used to attract attention, express doubt or a mild warning, etc.)
- gene
-
noun,
the basic physical unit of heredity; a linear sequence of nucleotides along a segment of DNA that provides the coded instructions for synthesis of RNA, which, when translated into protein, leads to the expression of hereditary character.
- Agon
-
noun,
(in ancient Greece) a contest in which prizes were awarded in any of a number of events, as athletics, drama, music, poetry, and painting.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- 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.
- geta
-
noun,
a traditional Japanese wooden clog that is worn outdoors, with a thong that passes between the first two toes and with two transverse supports on the bottom of the sole.
- Gert
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Gertrude.
- met.
-
- agr.
-
- germ
-
noun,
a microorganism, especially when disease-producing; microbe.
- Gerd
-
noun,
the daughter of a giant and the consort of Frey, who wooed her through his servant Skirnir.
- mete
-
noun,
a limiting mark.
- Gera
-
noun,
a city in E central Germany.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Ahir
-
noun,
a member of the caste of cowherds and milkmen in India.
- geo-
-
- min.
-
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Agni
-
noun,
Hindu Mythology. the god of fire, one of the three chief divinities of the Vedas.
- Ahom
-
noun,
an extinct Thai language of Assam.
- Mind
-
noun,
(in a human or other conscious being) the element, part, substance, or process that reasons, thinks, feels, wills, perceives, judges, etc.:
- ment
-
- GIGO
-
noun,
a rule of thumb stating that when faulty data are fed into a computer, the information that emerges will also be faulty.
- Ming
-
noun,
a dynasty in China, 1368–1644, marked by the restoration of traditional institutions and the development of the arts, especially in porcelain, textiles, and painting.
- aide
-
noun,
nurse's aide.
- Gide
-
noun,
André (Paul Guillaume) [ahn-drey pawl gee-yohm] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ pɔl giˈyoʊm/ (Show IPA), 1869–1951, French novelist, essayist, poet, and critic: Nobel Prize 1947.
- MiNE
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- gear
-
noun,
Machinery.
a part, as a disk, wheel, or section of a shaft, having cut teeth of such form, size, and spacing that they mesh with teeth in another part to transmit or receive force and motion.
an assembly of such parts.
one of several possible arrangements of such parts in a mechanism, as an automobile transmission, for affording different relations of torque and speed between the driving and the driven machinery, or for permitting the driven machinery to run in either direction:
a mechanism or group of parts performing one function or serving one purpose in a complex machine:
- Mina
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- Gen.
-
- Gena
-
noun,
the cheek or side region of the head.
- Meng
-
- ade
-
noun,
George, 1866–1944, U.S. humorist.
- TAG
-
noun,
a piece or strip of strong paper, plastic, metal, leather, etc., for attaching by one end to something as a mark or label:
- RID
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- ANG
-
- AGM
-
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- th-
-
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- TAM
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- TGN
-
- ThD
-
- TRH
-
- Agh
-
- Dam
-
noun,
a barrier to obstruct the flow of water, especially one of earth, masonry, etc., built across a stream or river.
- rte
-
- Am.
-
- ad-
-
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- AID
-
noun,
help or support; assistance.
- rt.
-
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- ago
-
adverb,
in past time; in the past:
- Tad
-
noun,
a small child, especially a boy.
- Tro
-
- an.
-
- Ar.
-
- dah
-
noun,
an echoic word, the referent of which is a tone interval approximately three times the length of the dot, used to designate the dash of Morse code, International Morse code, etc.
- tha
-
noun,
the fourth letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- ag-
-
- ROA
-
- at.
-
- ear
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- ahi
-
noun,
yellowfin tuna, widely used in sashimi.
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- ThM
-
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- aor
-
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- age
-
noun,
the length of time during which a being or thing has existed; length of life or existence to the time spoken of or referred to:
- Ted
-
noun,
British Slang. Teddy boy.
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- ard
-
- ae.
-
- tea
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- tog
-
noun,
a coat.
- do.
-
- ton
-
noun,
a unit of weight, equivalent to 2000 pounds (0.907 metric ton) avoirdupois (short ton) in the U.S. and 2240 pounds (1.016 metric tons) avoirdupois (long ton) in Great Britain.
- ARE
-
noun,
a measure of surface area; 1 are is equal to1/100 (0.01) of a hectare (100 square meters or 119.6 square yards). Abbreviation: a.
- Rod
-
noun,
a stick, wand, staff, or the like, of wood, metal, or other material.
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- AIM
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- Tom
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- rm.
-
plural,
ream.
- RNA
-
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- teg
-
noun,
Animal Husbandry.
a two-year-old sheep that has not been shorn.
the wool shorn from such a sheep.
- tin
-
noun,
Chemistry. a low-melting, malleable, ductile metallic element nearly approaching silver in color and luster: used in plating and in making alloys, tinfoil, and soft solders. Symbol: Sn; atomic weight: 118.69; atomic number: 50; specific gravity: 7.31 at 20°C.
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- TMO
-
- ado
-
noun,
busy activity; bustle; fuss.
- tra
-
- Dag
-
noun,
one of a series of decorative scallops or foliations along the edge of a garment, cloth, etc.
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- DAE
-
- Tng
-
- rnd
-
- Tim
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Timothy.
- AMI
-
noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- Agt
-
- ROG
-
- AHE
-
- ROI
-
- tr.
-
- AME
-
- Teh
-
noun,
Te.
- TID
-
- TIA
-
- DOA
-
- RIM
-
noun,
the outer edge, border, margin, or brink of something, especially of a circular object.
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- rig
-
noun,
the arrangement of the masts, spars, sails, etc., on a boat or ship.
- Meo
-
noun,
Miao (def 1).
- rho
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Greek alphabet (P, ρ).
- GAO
-
noun,
a city in E Mali.
- Ged
-
noun,
any fish of the pike family.
- GDR
-
- Gde
-
- MIR
-
noun,
a village commune of peasant farmers in prerevolutionary Russia.
- Gat
-
noun,
a pistol or revolver.
- MIT
-
- GAN
-
noun,
cotton gin.
- GEM
-
noun,
a cut and polished precious stone or pearl fine enough for use in jewelry.
- MNA
-
- MNE
-
- MOA
-
noun,
any of several flightless birds of the family Dinornithidae, of New Zealand, related to the kiwis but resembling the ostrich: extinct since about the end of the 18th century.
- Moe
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Morris or Moses.
- MOG
-
noun,
moggy.
- Gag
-
noun,
something put into a person's mouth to prevent speech, shouting, etc.
- Gee
-
noun,
a sum of one thousand dollars:
- Mig
-
noun,
a playing marble, especially one that is not used as a shooter.
- Gad
-
noun,
the act of gadding.
- MHD
-
- ggr
-
- get
-
noun,
an offspring or the total of the offspring, especially of a male animal:
- mgd
-
- MGr
-
- MGT
-
- MHA
-
- MHE
-
- MIE
-
- MHG
-
- mho
-
noun,
See under siemens.
- MHR
-
- mi.
-
- MI5
-
noun,
the government's security and counterespionage service that works in liaison with Scotland Yard's Special Branch.
- MI6
-
noun,
the government's secret intelligence service.
- MOI
-
- gi.
-
- gie
-
noun,
gi.
- Nan
-
noun,
naan.
- DAR
-
- NAD
-
- ene
-
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- NAG
-
noun,
Also, nagger. a person who nags, especially habitually.
- NAM
-
noun,
Vietnam.
- en-
-
- mtn
-
- EMT
-
- EMR
-
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- NDE
-
- ne-
-
- NEA
-
- MTO
-
- MTI
-
- GAR
-
noun,
Also called garfish, garpike. any predaceous freshwater fish of the genus Lepisosteus, of North America, covered with hard, diamond-shaped scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth.
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- Ga.
-
- ETR
-
- ETO
-
- ERT
-
- MOR
-
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- MTh
-
- EOE
-
- MOT
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- Mr.
-
plural,
mister: a title of respect prefixed to a man's name or position:
- MRA
-
- MRE
-
- MRI
-
- Mt.
-
- GHA
-
- gig
-
noun,
a light, two-wheeled one-horse carriage.
- NED
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Edward.
- ine
-
- Ido
-
noun,
a revised and simplified form of Esperanto, introduced in 1907.
- ier
-
- IGM
-
- het
-
noun,
a heterosexual person.
- in.
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ing
-
- hie
-
verb (used with object),
to hasten (oneself):
- Hen
-
noun,
the female of the domestic fowl.
- INH
-
- INN
-
noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- hd.
-
- ion
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- ior
-
- hid
-
noun,
British. a place of concealment for hunting or observing wildlife; hunting blind.
- ide
-
- Ir.
-
- HRE
-
- Hon
-
noun,
honey (def 6).
- hog
-
noun,
a hoofed mammal of the family Suidae, order Artiodactyla, comprising boars and swine.
- Hoe
-
noun,
a long-handled implement having a thin, flat blade usually set transversely, used to break up the surface of the ground, destroy weeds, etc.
- hod
-
noun,
a portable trough for carrying mortar, bricks, etc., fixed crosswise on top of a pole and carried on the shoulder.
- hit
-
noun,
an impact or collision, as of one thing against another.
- hot
-
noun,
the hots, Slang. intense sexual desire or attraction.
- ht.
-
- HIM
-
noun,
Informal. a male:
- id.
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- io-
-
- Ia.
-
- hin
-
noun,
an ancient Hebrew unit of liquid measure equal to about one and one half gallons (5.7 liters).
- IDA
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in W Turkey, in NW Asia Minor, SE of ancient Troy. 5810 feet (1771 meters).
Turkish Kazdaği [kahz-dah-gee; Turkish kahz-dah-uh] /ˌkɑz dɑˈgi; Turkish ˌkɑz dɑˈʌ/ (Show IPA).
- IOT
-
- HAT
-
noun,
a shaped covering for the head, usually with a crown and brim, especially for wear outdoors.
- GIN
-
noun,
an alcoholic liquor obtained by distilling grain mash with juniper berries.
- Gor
-
interjection,
(used as a mild oath.)
- gre
-
- Mat
-
noun,
a piece of fabric made of plaited or woven rushes, straw, hemp, or similar fiber, or of some other pliant material, as rubber, used as a protective covering on a floor or other surface, to wipe the shoes on, etc.
- Gr.
-
- got
-
noun,
an offspring or the total of the offspring, especially of a male animal:
- MDT
-
- MEA
-
noun,
an acknowledgment of one's responsibility for a fault or error.
- goi
-
noun,
goy.
- gt.
-
- Gog
-
noun,
a chief prince of Meshech and Tubal who came from Magog. Ezek. 38–39.
- God
-
noun,
the one Supreme Being, the creator and ruler of the universe.
- Meg
-
noun,
a megabyte.
- Goa
-
noun,
a gazelle, Procapra picticaudata, of the Tibetan plateau.
- GMT
-
- git
-
noun,
British Slang. a foolish or contemptible person.
- Mao
-
- GTO
-
- IRO
-
- Mo.
-
- ITA
-
- ite
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- Md.
-
- Me.
-
- MIA
-
plural,
missing in action.
- 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.
- hr.
-
- MAD
-
noun,
an angry or ill-tempered period, mood, or spell:
- HAO
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of Vietnam, the tenth part of a dong.
- MAE
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- Han
-
noun,
a dynasty in China, 206 b.c.–a.d. 220, with an interregnum, a.d. 9–25: characterized by consolidation of the centralized imperial state and territorial expansion.
Compare Earlier Han, Later Han.
- HAM
-
noun,
a cut of meat from the heavy-muscled part of a hog's rear quarter, between hip and hock, usually cured.
- hae
-
verb (used with object), auxiliary verb,
have.
- Had
-
noun,
Usually, haves. an individual or group that has wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have-not).
- eme
-
noun,
friend.
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- Nee
-
adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- DOE
-
noun,
the female of the deer, antelope, goat, rabbit, and certain other animals.
- dog
-
noun,
a domesticated canid, Canis familiaris, bred in many varieties.
- doh
-
interjection,
(used to express dismay when one has said or done something stupid or when something has gone wrong.)
Compare duh.
- Doi
-
- Don
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Mr.; Sir: a Spanish title prefixed to a man's given name.
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- Dor
-
noun,
Also, dorbeetle [dawr-beet-l] /ˈdɔrˌbit l/ (Show IPA). a common European dung beetle, Geotrupes stercorarius.
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- ONR
-
- ONI
-
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- DOT
-
noun,
a small, roundish mark made with or as if with a pen.
- Dr.
-
- OTA
-
- oma
-
plural,
a noun suffix used to form names of tumors, of the kind specified by the base:
- Om.
-
- OIt
-
- OIr
-
- oid
-
- Ohm
-
noun,
the standard unit of electrical resistance in the International System of Units (SI), formally defined to be the electrical resistance between two points of a conductor when a constant potential difference applied between these points produces in this conductor a current of one ampere. The resistance in ohms is numerically equal to the magnitude of the potential difference. Symbol: Ω.
- OHG
-
- NEG
-
noun,
a photographic negative.
- OEM
-
- ODT
-
- ode
-
noun,
a lyric poem typically of elaborate or irregular metrical form and expressive of exalted or enthusiastic emotion.
- ODA
-
noun,
a room within a harem.
- DRG
-
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- ot-
-
- ote
-
- OED
-
- REA
-
- rhe
-
noun,
a centimeter-gram-second unit of fluidity, equal to the reciprocal of poise.
- ret
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- de-
-
- DEA
-
- Dee
-
noun,
a metal loop attached to tack, for fastening gear:
- DEI
-
adverb,
by the grace of God.
- REM
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- DET
-
- dh-
-
- dha
-
- di.
-
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- 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.
- red
-
noun,
any of various colors resembling the color of blood; the primary color at one extreme end of the visible spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 610 and 780 nanometers.
- RDA
-
- DNR
-
- rat
-
noun,
any of several long-tailed rodents of the family Muridae, of the genus Rattus and related genera, distinguished from the mouse by being larger.
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- rah
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation of encouragement to a player or team.)
- rag
-
noun,
a worthless piece of cloth, especially one that is torn or worn.
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- 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.
- DMA
-
- DMT
-
- RMA
-
- Re.
-
- RAM
-
noun,
a male sheep.
- Rd.
-
- DNA
-
- oar
-
noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- DRE
-
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- NHG
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- Ede
-
noun,
a city in SW Nigeria.
- ea.
-
- NHA
-
- ead
-
- EAM
-
- ean
-
- Noh
-
noun,
Nō.
- nog
-
noun,
any beverage made with beaten eggs, usually with alcoholic liquor; eggnog.
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- Nod
-
noun,
a short, quick downward bending forward of the head, as in assent, greeting, or command or because of drowsiness.
- NHI
-
- EOM
-
- NNE
-
- NMR
-
- NMI
-
- NIA
-
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- NIG
-
verb (used with object),
nidge.
- ed.
-
- edh
-
noun,
eth.
- NIH
-
- NIM
-
noun,
a game in which two players alternate in drawing counters, pennies, or the like, from a set of 12 arranged in three rows of 3, 4, and 5 counters, respectively, the object being to draw the last counter, or, sometimes, to avoid drawing it.
- EDA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- NGO
-
noun,
1901–1963, South Vietnamese statesman: president of the Republic of South Vietnam 1956–63.
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- EDT
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- EEO
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- EdM
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abbreviation,
electronic dance music: a range of genres of electronic music often played in nightclubs and characterized by a strong danceable beat:
- nr.
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- EEG
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- NRA
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- Nth
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Idioms,
the nth degree / power,
a high degree or power.
the utmost degree or extent:
- Ehr
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- EGO
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noun,
the “I” or self of any person; a person as thinking, feeling, and willing, and distinguishing itself from the selves of others and from objects of its thought.
- egg
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noun,
the roundish reproductive body produced by the female of certain animals, as birds and most reptiles, consisting of an ovum and its envelope of albumen, jelly, membranes, egg case, or shell, according to species.
- DTh
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- EDO
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noun,
a member of an indigenous people of western Africa, in the Benin region of southern Nigeria.
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- eir
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- NET
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noun,
a bag or other contrivance of strong thread or cord worked into an open, meshed fabric, for catching fish, birds, or other animals:
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- DM
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- 2D
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noun,
a two-dimensional form or appearance:
- HE
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noun,
any male person or animal; a man:
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- eh
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interjection,
(an interrogative utterance, usually expressing surprise or doubt or seeking confirmation).
- HO
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noun,
a sexually promiscuous woman.
- DA
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noun,
a male hairstyle, especially of the 1950s, in which the hair is slicked back on both sides to overlap at the back of the head.
- IG
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- 3D
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noun,
a three-dimensional form or appearance:
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- A.
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noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
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- NA
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adverb,
no1 .
- i.
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- ND
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- AO
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- DG
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- AH
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interjection,
(used as an exclamation of pain, surprise, pity, complaint, dislike, joy, etc., according to the manner of utterance.)
- AI
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noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
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- NH
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- TI
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noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- DN
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- RI
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- MG
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- OH
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noun,
the exclamation “oh.”.
- ee
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- GD
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- E.
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noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
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- GG
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- TG
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- DT
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noun,
a withdrawal syndrome occurring in persons who have developed physiological dependence on alcohol, characterized by tremor, visual hallucinations, and autonomic instability. Abbreviation: d.t.
- EI
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- TD
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- T1
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- MH
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- TA
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noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- OA
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- OG
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- O.
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- OE
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noun,
oy2 .
- GN
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- MN
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- RH
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- NM
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- RO
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- IT
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noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- RA
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noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- D.
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- R.
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- M.
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- MA
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noun,
mother1 .
- OD
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noun,
a hypothetical force formerly held to pervade all nature and to manifest itself in magnetism, mesmerism, chemical action, etc.
- et
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verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- er
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interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- No
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noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- TE
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noun,
ti1 .
- G.
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- HI
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adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of high:
- h.
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- GM
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- GO
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noun,
the act of going:
- TN
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- TM
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- NG
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