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- amniotes
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noun,
any vertebrate of the group Amniota, comprising the reptiles, birds, and mammals, characterized by having an amnion during the embryonic stage.
- centimos
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noun,
the 100th part of the monetary units of various countries, as Costa Rica, Equatorial Guinea, Paraguay, and Venezuela.
- semantic
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adjective,
of, relating to, or arising from the different meanings of words or other symbols:
- aconites
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noun,
any plant belonging to the genus Aconitum, of the buttercup family, having irregular flowers usually in loose clusters, including species with poisonous and medicinal properties.
- Masonite
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- monastic
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noun,
a member of a monastic community or order, especially a monk.
- atonies
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noun,
Pathology. lack of tone or energy; muscular weakness, especially in a contractile organ.
- estamin
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noun,
a worsted fabric constructed in twill weave with a rough surface.
- Estonia
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noun,
a republic in N Europe, on the Baltic, S of the Gulf of Finland: an independent republic 1918–40; annexed by the Soviet Union 1940; regained independence 1991. 17,413 sq. mi. (45,100 sq. km). Capital: Tallinn.
- cinemas
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noun,
Chiefly British. motion picture.
- Masonic
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adjective,
pertaining to or characteristic of Freemasons or Freemasonry.
- osmatic
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adjective,
of or relating to the sense of smell.
- anomite
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noun,
a variety of mica, similar to biotite but differing in optical orientation.
- Smeaton
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noun,
John, 1724–92, English engineer.
- stamin-
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- centimo
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noun,
the 100th part of the monetary units of various countries, as Costa Rica, Equatorial Guinea, Paraguay, and Venezuela.
- encomia
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noun,
a formal expression of high praise; eulogy:
- notices
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noun,
an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning:
- Sno-Cat
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- Insecta
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noun,
the class comprising the insects.
- cations
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noun,
a positively charged ion that is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis.
- nemato-
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- camions
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noun,
a strongly built cart or wagon for transporting heavy loads; dray.
- Camoens
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noun,
Luis Vaz de [loo-eesh vahzh duh] /luˈiʃ vɑʒ də/ (Show IPA), 1524?–80, Portuguese poet.
- 2,4,5-t
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noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- somatic
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adjective,
of the body; bodily; physical.
- amosite
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noun,
an asbestine variety of anthophyllite, rich in iron, formerly used as a heat-resistant material.
- incomes
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noun,
the monetary payment received for goods or services, or from other sources, as rents or investments.
- amniote
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noun,
any vertebrate of the group Amniota, comprising the reptiles, birds, and mammals, characterized by having an amnion during the embryonic stage.
- atonics
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noun,
Grammar. an unaccented word, syllable, or sound.
- octanes
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noun,
any of 18 isomeric saturated hydrocarbons having the formula C 8 H 18 , some of which are obtained in the distillation and cracking of petroleum.
- Comines
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noun,
Philippe de [fee-leep duh] /fiˈlip də/ (Show IPA), 1445?–1511? French historian and diplomat.
- sematic
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adjective,
serving as a sign or warning of danger, as the conspicuous colors or markings of certain poisonous animals.
- Comtian
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noun,
a follower of the philosophy of Auguste Comte.
- maniocs
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noun,
cassava.
- acetins
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noun,
a colorless, thick, hygroscopic liquid, C 5 H 10 O 4 : used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives.
- Nicetas
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noun,
Saint Ignatius (def 2).
- to-name
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noun,
a nickname, especially one to distinguish a person from others of the same name.
- monesia
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noun,
a preparation extracted from the bark of a South American tree, Pradosia lactescens, and used chiefly as an astringent and as an expectorant.
- moisten
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become moist.
- aconite
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noun,
any plant belonging to the genus Aconitum, of the buttercup family, having irregular flowers usually in loose clusters, including species with poisonous and medicinal properties.
- comates
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noun,
a mate or companion.
- section
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noun,
a part that is cut off or separated.
- Costain
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noun,
Thomas Bertram, 1885–1965, U.S. novelist, historian, and editor, born in Canada.
- actino-
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- atomics
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noun,
the branch of physics that deals with atoms, especially atomic energy.
- nematic
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adjective,
noting a mesomorphic state in which the arrangement of the molecules is linear.
- atomies
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noun,
an atom; mote.
- noetics
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noun,
the science of the intellect or of pure thought; reasoning.
- acetoin
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noun,
a yellowish, pleasant-smelling liquid, C 4 H 8 O 2 , obtained from various carbohydrates, as glucose, by fermentation: used chiefly in the manufacture of flavors and essences.
- camise
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noun,
a lightweight, loose-fitting shirt or smock with long sleeves.
- atones
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verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- camote
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noun,
batata.
- Maceio
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noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Alagoas, in E Brazil.
- somite
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noun,
any of the longitudinal series of segments or parts into which the body of certain animals is divided; a metamere.
- inseam
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noun,
an inside or inner seam of a garment, especially the seam of a trouser leg that runs from the crotch down to the bottom of the leg.
- insect
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noun,
any animal of the class Insecta, comprising small, air-breathing arthropods having the body divided into three parts (head, thorax, and abdomen), and having three pairs of legs and usually two pairs of wings.
- cameos
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noun,
a technique of engraving upon a gem or other stone, as onyx, in such a way that an underlying stone of one color is exposed as a background for a low-relief design of another color.
- camion
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noun,
a strongly built cart or wagon for transporting heavy loads; dray.
- steno-
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- somni-
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- nocti-
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- cteno-
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- notice
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noun,
an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning:
- stamen
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noun,
the pollen-bearing organ of a flower, consisting of the filament and the anther.
- noctis
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adjective,
(in prescriptions) of the night.
- isotac
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noun,
a line drawn on a map connecting all points where ice starts to melt at approximately the same period in spring.
- Noetic
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adjective,
of or relating to the mind.
- atomic
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adjective,
of, pertaining to, resulting from, or using atoms, atomic energy, or atomic bombs:
- inmost
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adjective,
situated farthest within:
- stance
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noun,
the position or bearing of the body while standing:
- contes
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plural,
Trademark. a brand of crayon made of graphite and clay, usually in black, red, or brown.
- inmate
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noun,
a person who is confined in a prison, hospital, etc.
- set-in
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adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- eonism
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noun,
the adoption of feminine mannerisms, clothing, etc., by a male.
- cnemis
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noun,
the tibia or shin.
- C-note
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noun,
See C (def 11).
- enacts
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verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- Coates
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noun,
Eric, 1886–1957, English violist and composer.
- coatis
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noun,
any tropical American carnivore of the genus Nasua, related to the raccoon, having an elongated body, long, ringed tail, and a slender, flexible snout.
- samite
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noun,
a heavy silk fabric, sometimes interwoven with gold, worn in the Middle Ages.
- comate
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noun,
a mate or companion.
- cinema
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noun,
Chiefly British. motion picture.
- COMSAT
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noun,
(often lowercase) a communications satellite.
- comtes
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noun,
count2 .
- conies
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noun,
the fur of a rabbit, especially when dyed to simulate Hudson seal.
- Easton
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noun,
a city in E Pennsylvania, on the Delaware River.
- scato-
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- COSINE
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noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side adjacent to a given angle to the hypotenuse.
the sine of the complement of a given angle or arc. Abbreviation: cos.
- secant
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noun,
Geometry. an intersecting line, especially one intersecting a curve at two or more points.
- Simeon
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noun,
a son of Jacob and Leah. Gen. 29:33.
- Osetic
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adjective, noun,
Ossetic.
- income
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noun,
the monetary payment received for goods or services, or from other sources, as rents or investments.
- socman
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noun,
sokeman.
- Cantos
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noun,
one of the main or larger divisions of a long poem.
- incest
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noun,
sexual intercourse between closely related persons.
- somat-
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- incase
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verb (used with object),
encase.
- casein
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noun,
Biochemistry. a protein precipitated from milk, as by rennet, and forming the basis of cheese and certain plastics.
- casino
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noun,
a building or large room used for meetings, entertainment, dancing, etc., especially such a place equipped with gambling devices, gambling tables, etc.
- socmen
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noun,
sokeman.
- octane
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noun,
any of 18 isomeric saturated hydrocarbons having the formula C 8 H 18 , some of which are obtained in the distillation and cracking of petroleum.
- sitcom
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noun,
situation comedy.
- cation
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noun,
a positively charged ion that is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis.
- Octans
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noun,
the Octant, a southern constellation that contains the south celestial pole.
- centas
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noun,
a former bronze coin of Lithuania, the 100th part of a litas.
- centi-
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- iceman
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noun,
a man whose business is gathering, storing, selling, or delivering ice.
- centos
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noun,
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
- omenta
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noun,
a fold of the peritoneum connecting the stomach and the abdominal viscera forming a protective and supportive covering.
- oscine
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noun,
an oscine bird.
- macons
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noun,
Nathaniel, 1758–1837, U.S. politician: Speaker of the House 1801–07.
- atonic
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noun,
Grammar. an unaccented word, syllable, or sound.
- Scotia
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noun,
a deep concave molding between two fillets, as in the Attic base.
- amines
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noun,
any of a class of compounds derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms with organic groups.
- masto-
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- nastic
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adjective,
of or showing sufficiently greater cellular force or growth on one side of an axis to change the form or position of the axis.
- matins
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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.
- anemo-
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- anemic
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adjective,
Pathology. suffering from anemia.
- tineas
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noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- Taoism
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noun,
the philosophical system evolved by Lao-tzu and Chuang-tzu, advocating a life of complete simplicity and naturalness and of noninterference with the course of natural events, in order to attain a happy existence in harmony with the Tao.
- meacon
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verb (used with object),
to give false signals to (electronic navigational equipment), as by means of a radio transmitter.
- Naoise
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noun,
the husband of Deirdre and a nephew of Conchobar, by whom he was treacherously killed.
- amnios
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- actin-
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- amino-
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- actins
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noun,
a globulin that is present in muscle plasma and that in connection with myosin plays an important role in muscle contraction.
- animes
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noun,
a Japanese style of motion-picture animation, characterized by highly stylized, colorful art, futuristic settings, violence, and sexuality.
- Amiens
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noun,
a city in and the capital of Somme, in N France: cathedral; battles 1914, 1918, 1944.
- action
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noun,
the process or state of acting or of being active:
- amices
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noun,
an oblong vestment, usually of white linen, worn about the neck and shoulders and partly under the alb.
- tenaim
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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.
- Moneta
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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.
- aments
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noun,
catkin.
- minces
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noun,
something cut up very small; mincemeat.
- tenias
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noun,
taenia.
- toe-in
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noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- Tocsin
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noun,
a signal, especially of alarm, sounded on a bell or bells.
- Mosaic
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noun,
a picture or decoration made of small, usually colored pieces of inlaid stone, glass, etc.
- tisane
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noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- Monica
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noun,
a female given name.
- acmite
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noun,
a rare pyroxene mineral, sodium-ferric iron silicate, NaFe(Si 2 O 6), found in feldspathoid rocks.
- monies
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noun,
a plural of money.
- Mastic
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noun,
Also called mastic tree, lentisk. a small Mediterranean tree, Pistacia lentiscus, of the cashew family, that is the source of an aromatic resin used in making varnish and adhesives.
- aceto-
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- tainos
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noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- ascent
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noun,
an act of ascending; upward movement; a rising movement:
- Miseno
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noun,
a cape in SW Italy, on the N shore of the Bay of Naples: ruins of ancient Misenum, a Roman naval station and resort.
- nemat-
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- mantic
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adjective,
of or relating to divination.
- mantis
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noun,
any of several predaceous insects of the order Mantidae, having a long prothorax and typically holding the forelegs in an upraised position as if in prayer.
- mascon
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noun,
a massive concentration of high-density material beneath the surface of the moon.
- Mascot
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noun,
an animal, person, or thing adopted by a group as its representative symbol and supposed to bring good luck:
- acetin
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noun,
a colorless, thick, hygroscopic liquid, C 5 H 10 O 4 : used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives.
- manioc
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noun,
cassava.
- anomie
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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.
- aniso-
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- Moesia
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noun,
an ancient country in S Europe, S of the Danube and N of ancient Thrace and Macedonia: later a Roman province.
- estoc
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noun,
a thrusting sword of the 13th–17th centuries having a long, narrow blade of rectangular section.
- Saite
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noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- moist
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adjective,
moderately or slightly wet; damp.
- scion
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noun,
a descendant.
- Osman
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noun,
1259–1326, Turkish emir 1299–1326: founder of the Ottoman dynasty.
- entia
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noun,
plural of ens.
- miens
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noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- Scot.
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- ento-
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- Saint
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noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- osmic
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adjective,
of or containing osmium in its higher valences, especially the tetravalent state.
- MINCE
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noun,
something cut up very small; mincemeat.
- oste-
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- mites
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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.
- saice
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noun,
syce.
- eosin
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noun,
Also called bromeosin, tetrabromofluorescein. a red, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 20 H 8 Br 4 O 5 , derived from fluorescein by bromination: used chiefly as an acid dye for dyeing silk a rose red color and as a histological stain.
- miso-
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- Ostia
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noun,
a town in central Italy, SW of Rome: ruins from 4th century b.c.; site of ancient port of Rome.
- monic
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adjective,
(of a polynomial) having the coefficient of the term of highest degree equal to 1.
- minas
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noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- Scone
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noun,
a small, light, biscuitlike quick bread made of oatmeal, wheat flour, barley meal, or the like.
- scena
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noun,
an extended operatic vocal solo, usually including an aria and a recitative.
- scent
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noun,
a distinctive odor, especially when agreeable:
- scant
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adverb,
Scot. and North England Dialect. scarcely; barely; hardly.
- mints
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noun,
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
Compare mint family.
- satin
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noun,
a fabric in a warp-effect or filling-effect satin weave, as acetate, rayon, nylon, or silk, often having a glossy face and a soft, slippery texture.
- Minto
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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.
- Satie
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noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- Eaton
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noun,
Theophilus, 1590–1658, English colonist and colonial administrator in America.
- satem
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adjective,
belonging to or consisting of those branches of the Indo-European family in which alveolar or palatal fricatives, as the sounds (s) or (sh), developed in ancient times from Proto-Indo-European palatal stops: the satem branches are Indo-Iranian, Armenian, Slavic, Baltic, and Albanian.
- econ.
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- ecto-
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- misc.
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- Minos
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noun,
a king of Crete: he ordered Daedalus to build the Labyrinth.
- Mines
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noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- Saone
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noun,
a river flowing S from NE France to the Rhone. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- Santo
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noun,
a carved figure of a saint, usually of wood, as from Puerto Rico, Mexico, or the southwestern U.S.
- sanit
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- emits
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verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- scat-
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- misce
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verb,
(in prescriptions) mix.
- sceat
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noun,
a silver Anglo-Saxon coin of the 7th and 8th centuries, sometimes including an amount of gold.
- monas
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noun,
monad.
- enact
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verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- Monet
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noun,
Claude [klawd;; French klohd] /klɔd;; French kloʊd/ (Show IPA), 1840–1926, French painter.
- Minot
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noun,
George Richards [rich-erdz] /ˈrɪtʃ ərdz/ (Show IPA), 1885–1950, U.S. physician: Nobel prize 1934.
- Maine
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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.
- etnas
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noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- nomas
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noun,
a gangrenous ulceration of the mouth or genitalia, occurring mainly in debilitated children.
- matin
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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.
- nates
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noun,
buttocks; rump.
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- inst.
-
- ocean
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noun,
the vast body of salt water that covers almost three fourths of the earth's surface.
- Oates
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noun,
Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- oaten
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adjective,
of, relating to, or made of oats.
- iotas
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noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- notes
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noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- mast-
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- Mason
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noun,
a person whose trade is building with units of various natural or artificial mineral products, as stones, bricks, cinder blocks, or tiles, usually with the use of mortar or cement as a bonding agent.
- nomes
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noun,
one of the provinces of ancient Egypt.
- masc.
-
- MEANS
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noun,
Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
- noise
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noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- manse
-
noun,
the house and land occupied by a minister or parson.
- manos
-
noun,
the upper or handheld stone used when grinding maize or other grains on a metate.
- manit
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noun,
man-minute.
- Noemi
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noun,
Naomi (def 1).
- manic
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adjective,
pertaining to or affected by mania.
- noct-
-
- Nimes
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noun,
a city in and the capital of Gard, in S France: Roman ruins.
- Manet
-
noun,
Édouard [ey-dwar] /eɪˈdwar/ (Show IPA), 1832–83, French painter.
- maces
-
noun,
a clublike armor-breaking weapon of war, often with a flanged or spiked metal head, used chiefly in the Middle Ages.
- Macon
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noun,
Nathaniel, 1758–1837, U.S. politician: Speaker of the House 1801–07.
- maist
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adjective, noun, adverb,
most.
- nemos
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noun,
remote (def 10).
- naso-
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- meant
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verb,
simple past tense and past participle of mean1 .
- Mont.
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- meta-
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- Oscan
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noun,
one of an ancient people of south-central Italy.
- ontic
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adjective,
possessing the character of real rather than phenomenal existence; noumenal.
- onset
-
noun,
a beginning or start:
- micas
-
noun,
any member of a group of minerals, hydrous silicates of aluminum with other bases, chiefly potassium, magnesium, iron, and lithium, that separate readily into thin, tough, often transparent, and usually elastic laminae; isinglass.
- onces
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noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- omni-
-
- omits
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verb (used with object),
to leave out; fail to include or mention:
- IATSE
-
- Monte
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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.
- motes
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noun,
a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
- Metis
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noun,
any person of mixed ancestry.
- mains
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noun,
the main or home farm of a manor, as where the ownerlives; manse.
- metas
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noun,
(in ancient Rome) a column or post, or a group of columns or posts, placed at each end of a racetrack to mark the turning places.
- Omani
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Oman.
- octa-
-
- icons
-
- Imena
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Arabic word meaning “faith.”.
- meson
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noun,
Physics. any hadron, or strongly interacting particle, other than a baryon. Mesons are bosons, having spins of 0, 1, 2, …, and, unlike baryons, do not obey a conservation law.
- meso-
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- mesic
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adjective,
of, relating to, or adapted to an environment having a balanced supply of moisture.
- MSEnt
-
- incas
-
noun,
a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
- menta
-
noun,
Entomology. the medial plate of the labium in insects.
- Mensa
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noun,
Also called altar slab, altar stone. the flat stone forming the top of the altar in a Roman Catholic church.
- menat
-
noun,
an amulet worn by certain Egyptians in ancient times to secure divine protection and to ensure fertility.
- Names
-
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.
- octan
-
noun,
an octan fever.
- Naomi
-
noun,
the mother-in-law of Ruth and the great-grandmother of David. Ruth 1.
- metic
-
noun,
an alien resident of an ancient Greek city who paid a tax for the right to live there.
- meno-
-
- moans
-
noun,
a prolonged, low, inarticulate sound uttered from or as if from physical or mental suffering.
- camis
-
noun,
camisole (def 1).
- amin-
-
- AMICE
-
noun,
an oblong vestment, usually of white linen, worn about the neck and shoulders and partly under the alb.
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- sotie
-
noun,
a satirical and topical comedy employing actors dressed in traditional fool's costume, popular in France during the late Middle Ages, and often used as a curtain raiser to mystery and morality plays.
- sonic
-
adjective,
of or relating to sound.
- Sonia
-
noun,
a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- caine
-
noun,
(Sir Thomas Henry) Hall, 1853–1931, English novelist.
- cains
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- ament
-
noun,
catkin.
- amens
-
noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- teno-
-
- Cameo
-
noun,
a technique of engraving upon a gem or other stone, as onyx, in such a way that an underlying stone of one color is exposed as a background for a low-relief design of another color.
- cames
-
noun,
a slender, grooved bar of lead for holding together the pieces of glass in windows of latticework or stained glass.
- canes
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- Cates
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- times
-
noun,
the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- CENTO
-
noun,
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
- cent.
-
- Cenis
-
noun,
Mont, a mountain pass between SE France and Italy, in the Alps. 6834 feet (2083 meters) high.
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- ante-
-
- Soane
-
noun,
Sir John, 1753–1837, English architect.
- canoe
-
noun,
any of various slender, open boats, tapering to a point at both ends, propelled by paddles or sometimes sails and traditionally formed of light framework covered with bark, skins, or canvas, or formed from a dug-out or burned-out log or logs, and now usually made of aluminum, fiberglass, etc.
- caste
-
noun,
Sociology.
an endogamous and hereditary social group limited to persons of the same rank, occupation, economic position, etc., and having mores distinguishing it from other such groups.
any rigid system of social distinctions.
- cants
-
noun,
insincere, especially conventional expressions of enthusiasm for high ideals, goodness, or piety.
- canto
-
noun,
one of the main or larger divisions of a long poem.
- Cant.
-
- canst
-
noun,
a sealed container for food, beverages, etc., as of aluminum, sheet iron coated with tin, or other metal:
- Canso
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in SE Canada, the NE extremity of Nova Scotia.
- amine
-
noun,
any of a class of compounds derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms with organic groups.
- temin
-
noun,
Howard M(artin) 1934–94, U.S. virologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1975.
- Timon
-
noun,
c320–c230 b.c, Greek philosopher.
- asco-
-
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- Taino
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- Ascot
-
noun,
a necktie or scarf with broad ends, tied and arranged so that the ends are laid flat, one across the other, sometimes with a pin to secure them.
- ascon
-
noun,
a type of sponge having an oval shape and a thin body wall with pores leading directly into the spongocoel.
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- tacos
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- 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.
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- antic
-
noun,
Usually, antics.
a playful trick or prank; caper.
a grotesque, fantastic, or ludicrous gesture, act, or posture.
- anti-
-
- Tamis
-
noun,
a worsted cloth mesh constructed in open weave and having a corded face, used as a sieve or strainer.
- tames
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- anis-
-
- anime
-
noun,
a Japanese style of motion-picture animation, characterized by highly stylized, colorful art, futuristic settings, violence, and sexuality.
- teams
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- Stoic
-
noun,
a member or adherent of the Stoic school of philosophy.
- atone
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- steam
-
noun,
water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor.
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- atmo-
-
- ation
-
- stime
-
noun,
the smallest bit; a drop, taste, or glimpse.
- stoma
-
noun,
Also, stomate. Botany. any of various small apertures, especially one of the minute orifices or slits in the epidermis of leaves, stems, etc., through which gases are exchanged.
- taces
-
noun,
tasset.
- Aston
-
noun,
Francis William, 1877–1945, English physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1922.
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- stome
-
- Stone
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- Aneto
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA). Spanish name of Pic de Néthou.
- anim.
-
- cents
-
noun,
a bronze coin of the U.S., the 100th part of a U.S. dollar: made of steel during part of 1943. Symbol: ¢.
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- smote
-
verb,
a simple past tense of smite.
- comet
-
noun,
a celestial body moving about the sun, usually in a highly eccentric orbit, consisting of a central mass surrounded by an envelope of dust and gas that may form a tail that streams away from the sun.
- acnes
-
noun,
an inflammatory disease of the sebaceous glands, characterized by comedones and pimples, especially on the face, back, and chest, and, in severe cases, by cysts and nodules resulting in scarring.
- tomes
-
noun,
a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
- coast
-
noun,
the land next to the sea; seashore:
- cesta
-
noun,
a narrow, curved basket fitted on one end to a wooden handle with a glovelike compartment at the base, for catching and throwing the ball.
- Seton
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- coati
-
noun,
any tropical American carnivore of the genus Nasua, related to the raccoon, having an elongated body, long, ringed tail, and a slender, flexible snout.
- tomia
-
noun,
the cutting edge of a bird's bill.
- Coats
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- coins
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- seti-
-
- acet-
-
- COMAS
-
noun,
a state of prolonged unconsciousness, including a lack of response to stimuli, from which it is impossible to rouse a person.
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- comes
-
noun,
Astronomy. companion1 (def 6).
- tones
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- Tosca
-
noun,
an opera (1900) by Giacomo Puccini.
- SEATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Manila (1954), comprising Australia, Great Britain, France, New Zealand, Pakistan, the Philippines, Thailand, and the United States, for collective defense against aggression in southeastern Asia and the southwestern Pacific: abolished in 1977.
- cotes
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- sect.
-
- Costa
-
noun,
a rib or riblike part.
- 30-30
-
- coset
-
noun,
a subset of a group, formed by the consistent operation of a given element of the group on the left or right of all the elements of a subgroup of the group.
- tonic
-
noun,
a medicine that invigorates or strengthens:
- Comte
-
noun,
count2 .
- Conte
-
noun,
count2 .
- cont.
-
- Const
-
- tonia
-
- Cons.
-
- semi-
-
- toman
-
noun,
a coin of Iran, equal to 10 rials.
- acmes
-
noun,
the highest point; summit; peak:
- Cimon
-
noun,
507–499 b.c, Athenian military leader, naval commander, and statesman (son of Miltiades).
- cetin
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble fat, C 32 H 64 O 2 , obtained from spermaceti by extraction with ether: used chiefly as an emulsive agent in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals and cosmetics and as a base in the manufacture of candles and soaps.
- cine-
-
- cines
-
noun,
a film; motion picture.
- Sino-
-
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- Ciano
-
noun,
Count Galeazzo [gah-le-aht-tsaw] /ˌgɑ lɛˈɑt tsɔ/ (Show IPA), (Ciano di Cortellazzo) 1903–44, Italian Fascist statesman: minister of foreign affairs 1936–43.
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- cions
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- sito-
-
- T-man
-
noun,
a special investigator of the Department of the Treasury.
- since
-
adverb,
from then till now (often preceded by ever):
- aeons
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- smite
-
Idioms,
smite hip and thigh. hip1 (def 9).
- Simon
-
noun,
the original name of the apostle Peter.
Compare Peter.
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- Actis
-
noun,
a son of Rhoda and Helius who, when banished from his home for fratricide, fled to Egypt, where he taught astrology. The Colossus of Rhodes was built in his honor.
- Acton
-
noun,
a quilted garment worn under mail in the 13th and 14th centuries; gambeson.
- actos
-
- cites
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- Cesti
-
noun,
Marcantonio [mahr-kahn-taw-nyaw] /ˌmɑr kɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1623–69, Italian composer.
- Mon.
-
- moas
-
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.
- 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.
- moit
-
noun,
a foreign particle found in wool, as a burr, twig, or seed.
- moat
-
noun,
a deep, wide trench, usually filled with water, surrounding the rampart of a fortified place, as a town or a castle.
- Tams
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- mots
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- Mons
-
noun,
an area of the body that is higher than neighboring areas.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- mote
-
noun,
a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
- tion
-
- most
-
noun,
the greatest quantity, amount, or degree; the utmost:
- msec
-
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- tome
-
noun,
a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
- MSIE
-
- 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.
- ten.
-
- MSCE
-
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- teas
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- TOMS
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- team
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- tics
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- Tasm
-
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- Mona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- MSAE
-
- seat
-
noun,
something designed to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair, bench, or pew; a place on or in which one sits.
- Tame
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- SINE
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side opposite a given acute angle to the hypotenuse.
(of an angle) a trigonometric function equal to the ratio of the ordinate of the end point of the arc to the radius vector of this end point, the origin being at the center of the circle on which the arc lies and the initial point of the arc being on the x-axis. Abbreviation: sin.
- Sima
-
noun,
an assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and magnesium, that constitutes the lower layer of the earth's crust and is found beneath the ocean floors and the sial of continents.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- Saco
-
noun,
a city in SW Maine.
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- otic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ear; auricular.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- Ont.
-
- once
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- omit
-
verb (used with object),
to leave out; fail to include or mention:
- omen
-
noun,
anything perceived or happening that is believed to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; portent.
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- SIAM
-
noun,
former name of Thailand (def 1).
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- Sato
-
noun,
Eisaku [ey-sah-koo;; Japanese ey-sah-koo] /eɪˈsɑ ku;; Japanese ˈeɪ sɑˌku/ (Show IPA), 1901–75, Japanese political leader: prime minister 1964–72; Nobel Peace Prize 1974.
- seam
-
noun,
the line formed by sewing together pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.
- sec.
-
- sci.
-
- Sem.
-
- moan
-
noun,
a prolonged, low, inarticulate sound uttered from or as if from physical or mental suffering.
- SCAN
-
noun,
an act or instance of scanning; close examination.
- scam
-
noun,
a confidence game or other fraudulent scheme, especially for making a quick profit; swindle.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- Sam.
-
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- sate
-
noun,
a Southeast Asian, especially Indonesian and Malaysian, dish of marinated, bite-size pieces of meat, skewered, barbecued, and usually served with a peanut-flavored dipping sauce.
- Sat.
-
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- Sami
-
noun,
Lapp.
- same
-
Idioms,
all the same,
notwithstanding; nevertheless:
of no difference; immaterial:
- 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.
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- 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.
- nest
-
noun,
a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
- nom.
-
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- stem
-
noun,
the ascending axis of a plant, whether above or below ground, which ordinarily grows in an opposite direction to the root or descending axis.
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- NIMS
-
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.
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- NICE
-
noun,
a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
- neo-
-
- Ste.
-
- Tace
-
noun,
tasset.
- Nemo
-
noun,
remote (def 10).
- taco
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- NCTE
-
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- Nome
-
noun,
one of the provinces of ancient Egypt.
- Oise
-
noun,
a river in W Europe, flowing SW from S Belgium through N France to the Seine, near Paris. 186 miles (300 km) long.
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- Soma
-
noun,
the body of an organism as contrasted with its germ cells.
- some
-
adverb,
(used with numerals and with words expressing degree, extent, etc.) approximately; about:
- sone
-
noun,
a unit for measuring the loudness of sound, equal to the loudness of a sound that, in the judgment of a group of listeners, is equal to that of a 1000-cycle-per-second reference sound having an intensity of 40 decibels.
- Oct.
-
- Soni
-
- ocas
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- nos-
-
- NTIA
-
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- not-
-
- nose
-
noun,
the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
- Noma
-
noun,
a gangrenous ulceration of the mouth or genitalia, occurring mainly in debilitated children.
- 1080
-
- ASME
-
- 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.
- ano-
-
- cist
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- ANSI
-
- ant.
-
- cis-
-
- item
-
noun,
a separate article or particular:
- asc-
-
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- asci
-
noun,
plural of ascus.
- cion
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- iso-
-
- ciao
-
interjection,
(used as a word of greeting or parting): hello; goodbye; so long; see you later.
- Ceto
-
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- eso-
-
- cit.
-
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- ASTM
-
- Mac-
-
- Amis
-
noun,
Kingsley, 1922–95, English novelist.
- maco
-
noun,
an Egyptian cotton, used especially in the manufacture of hosiery and undergarments.
- CASE
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- Amon
-
noun,
Amen.
- Amos
-
noun,
a Minor Prophet of the 8th century b.c.
- Mace
-
noun,
a clublike armor-breaking weapon of war, often with a flanged or spiked metal head, used chiefly in the Middle Ages.
- Cmon
-
- Ens.
-
- 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.
- 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.
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- enc.
-
- amt.
-
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- ance
-
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- Ceta
-
noun,
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.
- Amie
-
noun,
a female friend.
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- cen.
-
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- Cato
-
noun,
Marcus Porcius [pawr-shee-uh s,, -shuh s] /ˈpɔr ʃi əs,, -ʃəs/ (Show IPA), ("the Elder"or"the Censor") 234–149 b.c, Roman statesman, soldier, and writer.
- Cate
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- Cain
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- IMCO
-
- Ice.
-
- inae
-
- ICAO
-
- cat.
-
- Came
-
noun,
a slender, grooved bar of lead for holding together the pieces of glass in windows of latticework or stained glass.
- cast
-
noun,
act of casting or throwing.
- Cami
-
noun,
camisole (def 1).
- cams
-
noun,
Machinery. a disk or cylinder having an irregular form such that its motion, usually rotary, gives to a part or parts in contact with it a specific rocking or reciprocating motion.
- Can.
-
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- Inc.
-
- atm.
-
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- cet-
-
- est.
-
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- ates
-
- atic
-
- ions
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- 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:
- Inca
-
noun,
a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
- 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.
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- 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.
- etc.
-
- int.
-
- ins.
-
- etic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or being the raw data of a language or other area of behavior, without considering the data as significant units functioning within a system.
- macs
-
noun,
fellow; bud (a familiar term of address to a man or boy whose name is not known to the speaker).
- CMOS
-
noun,
complementary metal oxide semiconductor.
- maes
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- Con.
-
- mica
-
noun,
any member of a group of minerals, hydrous silicates of aluminum with other bases, chiefly potassium, magnesium, iron, and lithium, that separate readily into thin, tough, often transparent, and usually elastic laminae; isinglass.
- acne
-
noun,
an inflammatory disease of the sebaceous glands, characterized by comedones and pimples, especially on the face, back, and chest, and, in severe cases, by cysts and nodules resulting in scarring.
- Mic.
-
- mias
-
plural,
missing in action.
- 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.
- cone
-
noun,
Geometry.
a solid whose surface is generated by a line passing through a fixed point and a fixed plane curve not containing the point, consisting of two equal sections joined at a vertex.
a plane surface resembling the cross section of a solid cone.
- ACTS
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- acme
-
noun,
the highest point; summit; peak:
- met.
-
- COMS
-
noun,
Trademark. Comedy Central: a cable television channel.
- mesa
-
noun,
a land formation, less extensive than a plateau, having steep walls and a relatively flat top and common in arid and semiarid parts of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico.
- mes-
-
- come
-
noun,
Slang: Vulgar. semen.
- 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.
- Main
-
noun,
a principal pipe or duct in a system used to distribute water, gas, etc.
- MICE
-
noun,
plural of mouse.
- mien
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- Com.
-
- Acis
-
noun,
the lover of Galatea, killed by Polyphemus out of jealousy.
- Cote
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- MNAS
-
- Cost
-
noun,
the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
- cts.
-
- cose
-
verb (used without object),
coze.
- 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.
- Mita
-
noun,
a colonial system in Peru by which the Spanish government required Indians to perform periodic forced labor, especially in the mines.
- mist
-
noun,
a cloudlike aggregation of minute globules of water suspended in the atmosphere at or near the earth's surface, reducing visibility to a lesser degree than fog.
- min.
-
- mise
-
noun,
a settlement or agreement.
- mis-
-
- mint
-
noun,
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
Compare mint family.
- mins
-
noun,
a group of Chinese languages spoken in southeastern China, including Foochow and Fukienese.
- Mino
-
noun,
Minho.
- MiNE
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- Mina
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- coma
-
noun,
a state of prolonged unconsciousness, including a lack of response to stimuli, from which it is impossible to rouse a person.
- cane
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- aesc
-
noun,
ash2 (def 3).
- emia
-
- eco-
-
- mean
-
noun,
Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
- meas
-
- Amen
-
noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- meat
-
noun,
the flesh of animals as used for food.
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- men-
-
- ment
-
- Mano
-
noun,
the upper or handheld stone used when grinding maize or other grains on a metate.
- Ames
-
noun,
a city in central Iowa.
- emit
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- MatE
-
noun,
a partner in marriage; spouse.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- coat
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- Mani
-
noun,
Manes.
- amic
-
adjective,
of or relating to an amide or amine.
- AIMS
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- AIME
-
- coin
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- emic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or being a significant unit that functions in contrast with other units in a language or other system of behavior.
- 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.
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- Man.
-
- aet.
-
- ect-
-
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- COT
-
noun,
a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
- SOC
-
noun,
sociology or a class or course in sociology.
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- CMA
-
- CNM
-
- CEA
-
- CIA
-
- SIC
-
adverb,
so; thus: usually written parenthetically to denote that a word, phrase, passage, etc., that may appear strange or incorrect has been written intentionally or has been quoted verbatim: (sic).
- CNO
-
- COS
-
noun,
romaine.
- CNS
-
- CEO
-
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- CIM
-
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- CIE
-
- SMA
-
- 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.
- CAS
-
verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- AIM
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- AMS
-
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- AMI
-
noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- AME
-
- AMC
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- TIA
-
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- Tim
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Timothy.
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- AIS
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- 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.
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- AIC
-
- TCS
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- TMO
-
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- AEC
-
- ae.
-
- Tom
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- ACT
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- ACS
-
- 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.
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- an.
-
- ac-
-
- Am.
-
- TSE
-
- 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.
- TCA
-
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- at.
-
- CAM
-
noun,
Machinery. a disk or cylinder having an irregular form such that its motion, usually rotary, gives to a part or parts in contact with it a specific rocking or reciprocating motion.
- CAI
-
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- ct.
-
- St.
-
- Sta
-
- cs.
-
- Co.
-
- CIO
-
noun,
a federation of affiliated industrial labor unions, founded 1935 within the American Federation of Labor but independent of it 1938–55. Abbreviation: C.I.O., CIO.
- ca.
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- STI
-
- STM
-
- ATC
-
- ast
-
- ANC
-
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- ASN
-
- CSO
-
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- ASM
-
- ASI
-
- ase
-
- TAM
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- CSA
-
- EMS
-
noun,
the letter M, m.
- CST
-
- NMI
-
- MIA
-
plural,
missing in action.
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- Mo.
-
- MS.
-
plural,
manuscript.
- MSC
-
- NOC
-
- 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.
- Mc-
-
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- 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.
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- NIA
-
- NET
-
noun,
a bag or other contrivance of strong thread or cord worked into an open, meshed fabric, for catching fish, birds, or other animals:
- NES
-
- Me.
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- NEC
-
- NSC
-
- OAS
-
- OTC
-
- OSA
-
- Oc.
-
- IOT
-
- CTA
-
- NSA
-
- ite
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ISA
-
- ise
-
- ism
-
noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- ist
-
- ITA
-
- ITC
-
- MAE
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- NEA
-
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- MOS
-
noun,
moment (def 1).
- MSE
-
- mi.
-
- MSA
-
- 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.
- MOT
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- MIE
-
- Meo
-
noun,
Miao (def 1).
- MIT
-
- MOI
-
- Moe
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Morris or Moses.
- MOC
-
noun,
moccasin.
- MNA
-
- MNE
-
- MSI
-
- MSN
-
- ne-
-
- MEC
-
noun,
a pimp; mack.
- Mao
-
- mas
-
noun,
mother1 .
- 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.
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- MCI
-
- MEA
-
noun,
an acknowledgment of one's responsibility for a fault or error.
- NAM
-
noun,
Vietnam.
- MST
-
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- NCO
-
- MTS
-
- MTO
-
- mtn
-
- MTI
-
- Mt.
-
- Ios
-
noun,
a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey.
- TSI
-
- 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 = .
- ESA
-
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- EMT
-
- en-
-
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- SAE
-
- SAC
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- EIS
-
- So.
-
- OTS
-
- Oca
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- ote
-
- OTA
-
- ot-
-
- ose
-
- MNS
-
- ECM
-
- ETS
-
- EOM
-
- cte
-
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- se-
-
- ctn
-
plural,
carton.
- SCM
-
- eo-
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- ECA
-
- ea.
-
- EAM
-
- ean
-
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- sc.
-
- ec-
-
- ETO
-
- Esc
-
- oic
-
- Ia.
-
- OIt
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- in.
-
- Om.
-
- oma
-
plural,
a noun suffix used to form names of tumors, of the kind specified by the base:
- ICA
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- OEM
-
- IAS
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- OMS
-
noun,
a mantric word thought to be a complete expression of Brahman and interpreted as having three sounds representing Brahma or creation, Vishnu or preservation, and Siva or destruction, or as consisting of the same three sounds, representing waking, dreams, and deep sleep, along with the following silence, which is fulfillment.
- ine
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- io-
-
- ons
-
- IOC
-
- OCS
-
- ics
-
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- ONI
-
- A.
-
noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- OA
-
- AI
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- CE
-
- CM
-
- t.
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- O.
-
- AO
-
- EI
-
- MN
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- NM
-
- IT
-
noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- TN
-
- SM
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- i.
-
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- SN
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- ic
-
- S.
-
- SA
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- MA
-
noun,
mother1 .
- M.
-
- NI
-
- NC
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- N.
-
- TC
-
- TM
-
- T1
-