Anagrams of enterectomies
Word enterectomies has
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that can be made by using the letters of enterectomies.
- tensiometer
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noun,
an instrument for measuring longitudinal stress in wires, structural beams, etc.
- meteorites
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noun,
a mass of stone or metal that has reached the earth from outer space; a fallen meteoroid.
- tensimeter
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noun,
manometer.
- sermonette
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noun,
a brief sermon or homily:
- centimeter
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noun,
one 100th of a meter, equivalent to 0.3937 inch. Abbreviation: cm, cm.
- centistere
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noun,
one 100th of a stere.
- tectonism
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noun,
diastrophism (def 1).
- tres-tine
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noun,
royal antler.
- centesimo
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noun,
a monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a lira.
- cornetist
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noun,
a musician who plays the cornet.
- intercoms
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noun,
an intercommunication system.
- cerements
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noun,
a cerecloth used for wrapping the dead.
- secretion
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noun,
(in a cell or gland) the act or process of separating, elaborating, and releasing a substance that fulfills some function within the organism or undergoes excretion.
- cementite
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noun,
an iron carbide, Fe 3 C, a constituent of steel and cast iron, sometimes with part of its iron replaced by another metal, as manganese.
- neoterics
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noun,
a new or modern writer, thinker, etc.
- intersect
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verb (used with object),
to cut or divide by passing through or across:
- neoterism
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noun,
an innovation in language, as a new word, term, or expression.
- entremets
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noun,
a dish or dishes served at dinner between the principal courses or with the roast or other main course; side dish.
- meteorite
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noun,
a mass of stone or metal that has reached the earth from outer space; a fallen meteoroid.
- tenorites
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noun,
a mineral, cupric oxide, CuO, occurring in veins of copper in black, minute scales.
- ectomeres
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noun,
any of the blastomeres that participate in the development of the ectoderm.
- entrecote
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noun,
a steak sliced from between the ribs of a rib roast cut.
- resection
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noun,
Surveying. a technique of ascertaining the location of a point by taking bearings from the point on two other points of known location.
- croisette
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noun,
crossette.
- tenorite
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noun,
a mineral, cupric oxide, CuO, occurring in veins of copper in black, minute scales.
- tenorist
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noun,
a person who sings tenor.
- scienter
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noun,
a mental state in which one has knowledge that one’s action, statement, etc., is wrong, deceptive, or illegal: often used as a standard of guilt:
- smectite
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noun,
montmorillonite.
- one-time
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adjective,
having been as specified at one time; former:
- emitters
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noun,
a person or thing that emits.
- emetines
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noun,
a crystalline or white powdery substance, C 29 H 40 N 2 O 4 , the active principle of ipecac: used chiefly in the treatment of amebic dysentery and as an emetic and expectorant.
- crosette
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noun,
crossette.
- secretin
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noun,
a polypeptide hormone, produced in the small intestine, that activates the pancreas to secrete pancreatic juice.
- emersion
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noun,
Also called egress. Astronomy. the emergence of a heavenly body from an eclipse, an occultation, or a transit.
Compare immersion (def 5).
- sternite
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noun,
a sclerite of the sternum of an insect, especially a ventral sclerite of an abdominal segment.
- torments
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noun,
a state of great bodily or mental suffering; agony; misery.
- meteoric
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adjective,
of, relating to, or consisting of meteors.
- semitone
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noun,
a pitch interval halfway between two whole tones.
- citterns
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noun,
an old musical instrument related to the guitar, having a flat, pear-shaped soundbox and wire strings.
- seicento
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noun,
the 17th century, with reference to the Italian art or literature of that period.
- ectomere
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noun,
any of the blastomeres that participate in the development of the ectoderm.
- tonetics
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noun,
the phonetic study of tone in language.
- sermonic
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adjective,
of, relating to, or resembling a sermon.
- serotine
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noun,
a small Eurasian brown bat, Eptesicus serotinus.
- cerement
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noun,
a cerecloth used for wrapping the dead.
- neoteric
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noun,
a new or modern writer, thinker, etc.
- reticent
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adjective,
disposed to be silent or not to speak freely; reserved.
- remittee
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noun,
a person or company to which a remittance is made.
- intercom
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noun,
an intercommunication system.
- eremites
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noun,
a hermit or recluse, especially one under a religious vow.
- noisette
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noun,
a loin, fillet, or other lean section of meat:
- erection
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noun,
the act of erecting.
- interest
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noun,
the feeling of a person whose attention, concern, or curiosity is particularly engaged by something:
- tritones
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noun,
an interval consisting of three whole tones; an augmented fourth.
- rimstone
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noun,
a calcareous deposit forming a dam at the edge or outlet of an overflowing pool of water, as in a cavern.
- termites
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noun,
any of numerous pale-colored, soft-bodied, chiefly tropical social insects, of the order Isoptera, that feed on wood, some being highly destructive to buildings, furniture, etc.
- centimes
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noun,
a monetary unit of various nations and territories, as Lichtenstein, Martinique, Senegal, Switzerland, and Tahiti, the 100th part of a franc.
- incomers
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noun,
a person who comes in.
- centimos
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noun,
the 100th part of the monetary units of various countries, as Costa Rica, Equatorial Guinea, Paraguay, and Venezuela.
- tiresome
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adjective,
causing or liable to cause a person to tire; wearisome:
- mortices
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noun,
a notch, hole, groove, or slot made in a piece of wood or the like to receive a tenon of the same dimensions.
- Timorese
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Timor.
- centrist
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noun,
(especially in continental Europe) a member of a political party of the Center; moderate.
- teosinte
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noun,
a tall grass, Zea mexicana, of Mexico and Central America, closely related to corn, and sometimes cultivated as a fodder plant.
- esoteric
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adjective,
understood by or meant for only the select few who have special knowledge or interest; recondite:
- trecento
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noun,
the 14th century, with reference to Italy, and especially to its art or literature.
- contrite
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adjective,
caused by or showing sincere remorse.
- mortise
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noun,
a notch, hole, groove, or slot made in a piece of wood or the like to receive a tenon of the same dimensions.
- mortice
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noun,
a notch, hole, groove, or slot made in a piece of wood or the like to receive a tenon of the same dimensions.
- torment
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noun,
a state of great bodily or mental suffering; agony; misery.
- smitten
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verb,
a past participle of smite.
- sterno-
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- cronies
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noun,
a close friend or companion; chum.
- coterie
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noun,
a group of people who associate closely.
- Minette
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noun,
a syenitic lamprophyre composed chiefly of orthoclase and biotite.
- moreens
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noun,
a heavy fabric of wool, or wool and cotton, with a ribbed face and a moiré finish, used for curtains, petticoats, etc.
- Minster
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noun,
a church actually or originally connected with a monastic establishment.
- cotters
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noun,
a pin, wedge, key, or the like, fitted or driven into an opening to secure something or hold parts together.
- stereo-
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- Miocene
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noun,
the Miocene Epoch or Series.
- monster
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noun,
a legendary animal combining features of animal and human form or having the forms of various animals in combination, as a centaur, griffin, or sphinx.
- crinose
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adjective,
hairy.
- Stentor
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noun,
(in the Iliad) a Greek herald with a loud voice.
- cretins
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noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- Steiner
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noun,
Jakob [yah-kawp] /ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1796–1863, Swiss mathematician.
- crimson
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noun,
a crimson color, pigment, or dye.
- microns
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noun,
Also called micrometer. the millionth part of a meter. Symbol: μ, mu.
- estrone
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noun,
Biochemistry. an estrogenic hormone, C 18 H 22 O 2 , produced by the ovarian follicles and found during pregnancy in urine and placental tissue.
- metrist
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noun,
a person who is skilled in the use of poetic meters.
- eremite
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noun,
a hermit or recluse, especially one under a religious vow.
- entices
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verb (used with object),
to lead on by exciting hope or desire; allure; inveigle:
- entires
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noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- entrees
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noun,
a dish served as the main course of a meal.
- entries
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noun,
an act of entering; entrance.
- tercets
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noun,
Prosody. a group of three lines rhyming together or connected by rhyme with the adjacent group or groups of three lines.
- Terence
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noun,
(Publius Terentius Afer) c190–159? b.c, Roman playwright.
- Ericson
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noun,
Leif [leef;; Icelandic leyv] /lif;; Icelandic leɪv/ (Show IPA), flourished a.d. c1000, Norse mariner: according to Icelandic saga, discoverer of Vinland (son of Eric the Red).
- entero-
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- tinters
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noun,
a person who specializes in applying tints or dyes.
- termite
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noun,
any of numerous pale-colored, soft-bodied, chiefly tropical social insects, of the order Isoptera, that feed on wood, some being highly destructive to buildings, furniture, etc.
- incomes
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noun,
the monetary payment received for goods or services, or from other sources, as rents or investments.
- incomer
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noun,
a person who comes in.
- erotics
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noun,
an erotic poem.
- eserine
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noun,
physostigmine.
- tierces
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noun,
an old measure of capacity equivalent to one third of a pipe, or 42 wine gallons.
- tenters
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noun,
a framework on which cloth in the process of manufacture is stretched so it may set or dry evenly.
- enteric
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noun,
enterics, Bacteriology. enterobacteria.
- metiers
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noun,
a field of work; occupation, trade, or profession.
- emetics
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noun,
an emetic medicine or agent.
- tonetic
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noun,
the phonetic study of tone in language.
- tonemes
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noun,
a phoneme consisting of a contrastive feature of tone in a tone language:
- merinos
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noun,
(often initial capital letter) one of a breed of sheep, raised originally in Spain, valued for their fine wool.
- mercies
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noun,
compassionate or kindly forbearance shown toward an offender, an enemy, or other person in one's power; compassion, pity, or benevolence:
- emeries
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noun,
a granular mineral substance consisting typically of corundum mixed with magnetite or hematite, used powdered, crushed, or consolidated for grinding and polishing.
- Emerson
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noun,
Ralph Waldo [wawl-doh,, wol-] /ˈwɔl doʊ,, ˈwɒl-/ (Show IPA), 1803–82, U.S. essayist and poet.
- emetine
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noun,
a crystalline or white powdery substance, C 29 H 40 N 2 O 4 , the active principle of ipecac: used chiefly in the treatment of amebic dysentery and as an emetic and expectorant.
- tenrecs
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noun,
any of several insectivorous mammals of the family Tenrecidae, of Madagascar, having a long, pointed snout, certain species of which are spiny and tailless.
- Menotti
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noun,
Gian Carlo [jahn kahr-loh;; Italian jahn kahr-law] /dʒɑn ˈkɑr loʊ;; Italian dʒɑn ˈkɑr lɔ/ (Show IPA), 1911–2007, U.S. composer, born in Italy.
- Meitner
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noun,
Lise [lee-zuh] /ˈli zə/ (Show IPA), 1878–1968, Austrian nuclear physicist.
- teeners
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noun,
a teenager.
- teeters
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noun,
a seesaw motion; wobble.
- Teniers
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noun,
David [dey-vid;; Flemish dah-vit;; French dah-veed] /ˈdeɪ vɪd;; Flemish ˈdɑ vɪt;; French dɑˈvid/ (Show IPA), ("the Elder") 1582–1649, Flemish painter and engraver.
- encores
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noun,
a demand, as by applause, for a repetition of a song, act, etc., or for a performance of a number or piece additional to those on a program, or for a reappearance by the performers, as at the end of a concert, recital, etc.
- enemies
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noun,
a person who feels hatred for, fosters harmful designs against, or engages in antagonistic activities against another; an adversary or opponent.
- emitter
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noun,
a person or thing that emits.
- moisten
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become moist.
- cornets
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noun,
Music. a valved wind instrument of the trumpet family.
- cittern
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noun,
an old musical instrument related to the guitar, having a flat, pear-shaped soundbox and wire strings.
- cermets
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noun,
a durable, heat-resistant alloy formed by compacting and sintering a metal and a ceramic substance, used under conditions of high temperature and stress.
- remotes
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noun,
Radio and Television. a broadcast, usually live, from a location outside a studio.
- 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.
- trienes
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noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- cenotes
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noun,
a deep natural well or sinkhole, especially in Central America, formed by the collapse of surface limestone that exposes ground water underneath, and sometimes used by the ancient Mayans for sacrificial offerings.
- Comines
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noun,
Philippe de [fee-leep duh] /fiˈlip də/ (Show IPA), 1445?–1511? French historian and diplomat.
- notices
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noun,
an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning:
- Oriente
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noun,
a region in Ecuador, E of the Andes: the border long disputed by Peru.
- citrons
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noun,
a pale-yellow fruit resembling the lemon but larger and with thicker rind, borne by a small tree or large bush, Citrus medica, allied to the lemon and lime.
- centime
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noun,
a monetary unit of various nations and territories, as Lichtenstein, Martinique, Senegal, Switzerland, and Tahiti, the 100th part of a franc.
- trisome
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noun,
a trisomic individual.
- centimo
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noun,
the 100th part of the monetary units of various countries, as Costa Rica, Equatorial Guinea, Paraguay, and Venezuela.
- tricots
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noun,
a warp-knit fabric of various natural or synthetic fibers, as wool, silk, or nylon, having fine vertical ribs on the face and horizontal ribs on the back, used especially for making garments.
- orients
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noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- Scottie
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noun,
Scottish terrier.
- recites
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verb (used with object),
to repeat the words of, as from memory, especially in a formal manner:
- norites
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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.
- noetics
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noun,
the science of the intellect or of pure thought; reasoning.
- coesite
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noun,
a rare form of silicon dioxide, a denser polymorph of quartz, originally synthesized from quartz at high temperatures and pressures: later discovered in nature.
- centres
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noun,
Geometry. the middle point, as the point within a circle or sphere equally distant from all points of the circumference or surface, or the point within a regular polygon equally distant from the vertices.
- centri-
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- Rosette
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noun,
any arrangement, part, object, or formation more or less resembling a rose.
- conster
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verb (used with or without object),
construe.
- centro-
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- orceins
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noun,
a red dye, the principal coloring matter of cudbear and orchil, obtained by oxidizing an ammoniacal solution of orcinol.
- cistron
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noun,
a segment of DNA that encodes for the formation of a specific polypeptide chain; a structural gene.
- Trieste
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noun,
a seaport in NE Italy, on the Gulf of Trieste.
- sincere
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adjective,
free of deceit, hypocrisy, or falseness; earnest:
- cistern
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noun,
a reservoir, tank, or container for storing or holding water or other liquid.
- trisect
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verb (used with object),
to divide into three parts, especially into three equal parts.
- contest
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noun,
a race, conflict, or other competition between rivals, as for a prize.
- retenes
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noun,
a crystalline hydrocarbon, C 18 H 18 , obtained chiefly from the tar of resinous woods and certain fossil resins.
- constr.
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- section
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noun,
a part that is cut off or separated.
- tritons
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noun,
a positively-charged particle consisting of a proton and two neutrons, equivalent to the nucleus of an atom of tritium.
- tritone
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noun,
an interval consisting of three whole tones; an augmented fourth.
- cements
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noun,
any of various calcined mixtures of clay and limestone, usually mixed with water and sand, gravel, etc., to form concrete, that are used as a building material.
- secrete
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noun,
a steel skullcap of the 17th century, worn under a soft hat.
- screeno
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noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) (formerly) bingo played in a movie theater.
- necrose
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verb (used with or without object),
to affect or be affected with necrosis.
- tenter
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noun,
a framework on which cloth in the process of manufacture is stretched so it may set or dry evenly.
- oscine
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noun,
an oscine bird.
- Scoter
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noun,
any of the large diving ducks of the genus Melanitta, inhabiting northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere.
- Teeter
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noun,
a seesaw motion; wobble.
- Osetic
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adjective, noun,
Ossetic.
- tenets
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noun,
any opinion, principle, doctrine, dogma, etc., especially one held as true by members of a profession, group, or movement.
- Orense
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noun,
a city in N Spain, NW of Madrid.
- rottes
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noun,
rote2 .
- orcein
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noun,
a red dye, the principal coloring matter of cudbear and orchil, obtained by oxidizing an ammoniacal solution of orcinol.
- tenrec
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noun,
any of several insectivorous mammals of the family Tenrecidae, of Madagascar, having a long, pointed snout, certain species of which are spiny and tailless.
- irones
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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.
- tensor
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noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
- Orient
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noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- Ismene
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noun,
a daughter of Oedipus and Jocasta who did not join Antigone in her forbidden burial of their brother Polynices.
- isomer
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noun,
Chemistry. a compound displaying isomerism with one or more other compounds.
- rotten
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adjective,
decomposing or decaying; putrid; tainted, foul, or bad-smelling.
- intros
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noun,
an introduction.
- tentie
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adjective,
tenty.
- testee
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noun,
a person who is tested, as by a scholastic examination.
- rentes
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noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- income
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noun,
the monetary payment received for goods or services, or from other sources, as rents or investments.
- incest
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noun,
sexual intercourse between closely related persons.
- ternes
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noun,
terne metal.
- retene
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noun,
a crystalline hydrocarbon, C 18 H 18 , obtained chiefly from the tar of resinous woods and certain fossil resins.
- icemen
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noun,
a man whose business is gathering, storing, selling, or delivering ice.
- tester
-
noun,
a person or thing that tests.
- Remsen
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noun,
Ira, 1846–1927, U.S. chemist and educator.
- teston
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noun,
a former silver coin of France, equal at various times to between 10 and 14½ sols, bearing on the obverse a bust of the reigning king.
- resect
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verb (used with object),
to do a resection on.
- tierce
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noun,
an old measure of capacity equivalent to one third of a pipe, or 42 wine gallons.
- eterne
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adjective,
eternal.
- resent
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verb (used with object),
to feel or show displeasure or indignation at (a person, act, remark, etc.) from a sense of injury or insult.
- retems
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noun,
a shrub, Retama raetam, of Syria and Arabia, having white flowers: said to be the juniper of the Old Testament.
- inmost
-
adjective,
situated farthest within:
- 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.
- terces
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noun,
tierce (def 3).
- recti-
-
- Recent
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noun,
Also called Holocene. (initial capital letter) Geology. the Recent Epoch or Series.
- recite
-
verb (used with object),
to repeat the words of, as from memory, especially in a formal manner:
- tercet
-
noun,
Prosody. a group of three lines rhyming together or connected by rhyme with the adjacent group or groups of three lines.
- intro.
-
- recons
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noun,
reconnaissance.
- inters
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verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- rectos
-
- insert
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noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- rimose
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adjective,
full of crevices, chinks, or cracks.
- remise
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verb (used with object),
to give up a claim to; surrender by deed.
- remits
-
noun,
Law. a transfer of the record of an action from one tribunal to another, particularly from an appellate court to the court of original jurisdiction.
- remote
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noun,
Radio and Television. a broadcast, usually live, from a location outside a studio.
- inter.
-
- terete
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adjective,
slender and smooth, with a circular transverse section.
- instr.
-
- Scotti
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noun,
Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1866–1936, Italian baritone.
- Mentes
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noun,
(in the Odyssey) a captain of the Taphians. Athena assumed his form when she urged Telemachus to search for Odysseus.
- teener
-
noun,
a teenager.
- steno-
-
- mitten
-
noun,
a hand covering enclosing the four fingers together and the thumb separately.
- mitres
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- miters
-
noun,
the official headdress of a bishop in the Western Church, in its modern form a tall cap with a top deeply cleft crosswise, the outline of the front and back resembling that of a pointed arch.
- Mister
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) a conventional title of respect for a man, prefixed to the name and to certain official designations (usually written as the abbreviation Mr.).
- Nereis
-
noun,
clamworm.
- Miseno
-
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.
- sermon
-
noun,
a discourse for the purpose of religious instruction or exhortation, especially one based on a text of Scripture and delivered by a member of the clergy as part of a religious service.
- moires
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noun,
any moiré fabric.
- serine
-
noun,
a crystalline amino acid, HOCH 2 CH(NH 2)COOH, found in many proteins and obtained by the hydrolysis of sericin, the protein constituting silk gum. Symbol: S. Abbreviation: Ser;
- niters
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- nitres
-
noun,
niter.
- nitro-
-
- Serene
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noun,
serenity; tranquillity.
- serein
-
noun,
fine rain falling after sunset from a sky in which no clouds are visible.
- sortie
-
noun,
a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
- Estrin
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noun,
estrone.
- nocti-
-
- socmen
-
noun,
sokeman.
- sitcom
-
noun,
situation comedy.
- sitten
-
verb,
past participle of sit1 .
- Sitter
-
noun,
a person who sits.
- Simeon
-
noun,
a son of Jacob and Leah. Gen. 29:33.
- mottes
-
noun,
a grove or clump of trees in prairie land or open country.
- motets
-
noun,
a vocal composition in polyphonic style, on a Biblical or similar prose text, intended for use in a church service.
- soiree
-
noun,
an evening party or social gathering, especially one held for a particular purpose:
- monies
-
noun,
a plural of money.
- set-to
-
noun,
a usually brief, sharp fight or argument.
- necro-
-
- somite
-
noun,
any of the longitudinal series of segments or parts into which the body of certain animals is divided; a metamere.
- setter
-
noun,
a person or thing that sets.
- settee
-
noun,
a seat for two or more persons, having a back and usually arms, and often upholstered.
- Moreen
-
noun,
a heavy fabric of wool, or wool and cotton, with a ribbed face and a moiré finish, used for curtains, petticoats, etc.
- somni-
-
- steric
-
adjective,
of or relating to the spatial relationships of atoms in a molecule.
- miners
-
noun,
Also called mineworker. a person who works in a mine, especially a commercial mine producing coal or metallic ores.
- screen
-
noun,
a movable or fixed device, usually consisting of a covered frame, that provides shelter, serves as a partition, etc.
- sector
-
noun,
Geometry. a plane figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle.
- mestee
-
noun,
mustee.
- Merton
-
noun,
Robert King, 1910–2003, U.S. sociologist.
- Mersin
-
noun,
a seaport in S Turkey, on the NW coast of the Mediterranean Sea.
- merits
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- seemer
-
noun,
a person who constantly pretends.
- Merino
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) one of a breed of sheep, raised originally in Spain, valued for their fine wool.
- Street
-
noun,
a public thoroughfare, usually paved, in a village, town, or city, including the sidewalk or sidewalks.
- 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.
- Mentor
-
noun,
a wise and trusted counselor or teacher.
- sinter
-
noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- secret
-
noun,
something that is or is kept secret, hidden, or concealed.
- strict
-
adjective,
characterized by or acting in close conformity to requirements or principles:
- secern
-
verb (used with object),
to discriminate or distinguish in thought.
- Strine
-
noun,
Australian English.
- octets
-
noun,
a company of eight singers or musicians.
- stoner
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
- notice
-
noun,
an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning:
- Sterne
-
noun,
Laurence, 1713–68, English clergyman and novelist.
- micro-
-
- minces
-
noun,
something cut up very small; mincemeat.
- noctis
-
adjective,
(in prescriptions) of the night.
- Senior
-
noun,
a person who is older than another.
- micros
-
noun,
anything extremely small in scope or capability.
- Noetic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the mind.
- micron
-
noun,
Also called micrometer. the millionth part of a meter. Symbol: μ, mu.
- Mettie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Matilda or Martha.
- seiner
-
noun,
a person who fishes with a seine.
- metros
-
noun,
the underground electric railway of Paris, France, Montreal, Canada, Washington, D.C., and other cities.
- metro-
-
- Semite
-
noun,
a member of any of various ancient and modern peoples originating in southwestern Asia, including the Akkadians, Canaanites, Phoenicians, Hebrews, and Arabs.
- metric
-
noun,
Often, metrics. a standard for measuring or evaluating something, especially one that uses figures or statistics:
- 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.
- metier
-
noun,
a field of work; occupation, trade, or profession.
- meters
-
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.
- Nestor
-
noun,
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- Reston
-
noun,
James (Barrett) ("Scotty") 1909–1995, U.S. journalist, born in Scotland.
- esteem
-
noun,
favorable opinion or judgment; respect or regard:
- Cotter
-
noun,
a pin, wedge, key, or the like, fitted or driven into an opening to secure something or hold parts together.
- Ecorse
-
noun,
a city in SE Michigan, near Detroit.
- emetic
-
noun,
an emetic medicine or agent.
- enter-
-
- triste
-
adjective,
sad; sorrowful; melancholy.
- enters
-
Verb phrases,
enter into,
to participate in; engage in.
to investigate; consider:
to sympathize with; share in.
to form a constituent part or ingredient of:
to go into a particular state:
- CORNET
-
noun,
Music. a valved wind instrument of the trumpet family.
- entice
-
verb (used with object),
to lead on by exciting hope or desire; allure; inveigle:
- entire
-
noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- emeers
-
noun,
emir.
- cerise
-
adjective, noun,
moderate to deep red.
- entree
-
noun,
a dish served as the main course of a meal.
- Eocene
-
noun,
the Eocene Epoch or Series.
- Trento
-
noun,
Italian name of Trent.
- eonism
-
noun,
the adoption of feminine mannerisms, clothing, etc., by a male.
- cretin
-
noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- tremie
-
noun,
a funnellike device lowered into water to deposit concrete.
- corset
-
noun,
Sometimes, corsets. a close-fitting undergarment, stiffened with whalebone or similar material and often capable of being tightened by lacing, enclosing the trunk: worn, especially by women, to shape and support the body; stays.
- erects
-
adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- Enrico
-
noun,
a male given name: Italian form of Henry.
- CERMET
-
noun,
a durable, heat-resistant alloy formed by compacting and sintering a metal and a ceramic substance, used under conditions of high temperature and stress.
- centos
-
noun,
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
- crones
-
noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- emotes
-
verb (used without object),
to show or pretend emotion:
- comtes
-
noun,
count2 .
- cteno-
-
- titres
-
noun,
titer.
- Tocsin
-
noun,
a signal, especially of alarm, sounded on a bell or bells.
- triose
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- contes
-
plural,
Trademark. a brand of crayon made of graphite and clay, usually in black, red, or brown.
- tortes
-
noun,
a rich cake, especially one containing little or no flour, usually made with eggs and ground nuts or bread crumbs.
- trines
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- Tories
-
noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- certes
-
adverb,
certainly; in truth.
- toe-in
-
noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- titmen
-
noun,
the runt of an animal litter, especially the smallest pig.
- encore
-
noun,
a demand, as by applause, for a repetition of a song, act, etc., or for a performance of a number or piece additional to those on a program, or for a reappearance by the performers, as at the end of a concert, recital, etc.
- titers
-
noun,
the strength of a solution as determined by titration with a standard substance.
- Enesco
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1881–1955, Romanian violinist, composer, and conductor: teacher of Yehudi Menuhin.
- contr.
-
- treens
-
noun,
treenware.
- centr-
-
- Centre
-
noun,
Geometry. the middle point, as the point within a circle or sphere equally distant from all points of the circumference or surface, or the point within a regular polygon equally distant from the vertices.
- tinter
-
noun,
a person who specializes in applying tints or dyes.
- escort
-
noun,
a group of persons, or a single person, accompanying another or others for protection, guidance, or courtesy:
- 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.
- tinct.
-
- cenote
-
noun,
a deep natural well or sinkhole, especially in Central America, formed by the collapse of surface limestone that exposes ground water underneath, and sometimes used by the ancient Mayans for sacrificial offerings.
- trices
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- Triton
-
noun,
a positively-charged particle consisting of a proton and two neutrons, equivalent to the nucleus of an atom of tritium.
- cremes
-
noun,
cream.
- COSINE
-
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.
- escent
-
- cement
-
noun,
any of various calcined mixtures of clay and limestone, usually mixed with water and sand, gravel, etc., to form concrete, that are used as a building material.
- censer
-
noun,
a container, usually covered, in which incense is burned, especially during religious services; thurible.
- toneme
-
noun,
a phoneme consisting of a contrastive feature of tone in a tone language:
- totems
-
noun,
a natural object or an animate being, as an animal or bird, assumed as the emblem of a clan, family, or group.
- Coster
-
noun,
costermonger.
- trones
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- timers
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- set-in
-
adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- creese
-
noun,
a short sword or heavy dagger with a wavy blade, used by the Malays.
- C-note
-
noun,
See C (def 11).
- toners
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- tricot
-
noun,
a warp-knit fabric of various natural or synthetic fibers, as wool, silk, or nylon, having fine vertical ribs on the face and horizontal ribs on the back, used especially for making garments.
- conies
-
noun,
the fur of a rabbit, especially when dyed to simulate Hudson seal.
- Ernest
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “vigor, intent.”.
- triens
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- cnemis
-
noun,
the tibia or shin.
- erotic
-
noun,
an erotic poem.
- Center
-
noun,
Geometry. the middle point, as the point within a circle or sphere equally distant from all points of the circumference or surface, or the point within a regular polygon equally distant from the vertices.
- triene
-
noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- comers
-
noun,
Informal. a person or thing that is progressing well or is very promising:
- Cortes
-
noun,
(in Spain or Portugal) the two houses constituting the national legislative body.
- tincts
-
noun,
tint; tinge; coloring.
- emcees
-
noun,
master of ceremonies.
- Citron
-
noun,
a pale-yellow fruit resembling the lemon but larger and with thicker rind, borne by a small tree or large bush, Citrus medica, allied to the lemon and lime.
- centi-
-
- censor
-
noun,
an official who examines books, plays, news reports, motion pictures, radio and television programs, letters, cablegrams, etc., for the purpose of suppressing parts deemed objectionable on moral, political, military, or other grounds.
- Comte
-
noun,
count2 .
- 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.
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- niece
-
noun,
a daughter of a person's brother or sister.
- Noemi
-
noun,
Naomi (def 1).
- Trent
-
noun,
Italian Trento. Ancient Tridentum. a city in N Italy, on the Adige River.
- Comr.
-
- Seric
-
- coirs
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- Comer
-
noun,
Informal. a person or thing that is progressing well or is very promising:
- nitr-
-
- comes
-
noun,
Astronomy. companion1 (def 6).
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- Niort
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- noct-
-
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- senor
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to sir or Mr., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a man. Abbreviation: Sr.
- Nimes
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Gard, in S France: Roman ruins.
- corms
-
noun,
an enlarged, fleshy, bulblike base of a stem, as in the crocus.
- sero-
-
- motes
-
noun,
a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
- smote
-
verb,
a simple past tense of smite.
- sneer
-
noun,
a look or expression of derision, scorn, or contempt.
- toti-
-
- motte
-
noun,
a grove or clump of trees in prairie land or open country.
- snore
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- totes
-
noun,
the act or course of toting.
- motet
-
noun,
a vocal composition in polyphonic style, on a Biblical or similar prose text, intended for use in a church service.
- snort
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- smite
-
Idioms,
smite hip and thigh. hip1 (def 9).
- 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.
- Moser
-
noun,
Johann Jakob [yoh-hahn yah-kawp] /ˈyoʊ hɑn ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1701–85, German jurist and publicist.
- morts
-
noun,
Hunting. the note played on a hunting horn signifying that the animal hunted has been killed.
- totem
-
noun,
a natural object or an animate being, as an animal or bird, assumed as the emblem of a clan, family, or group.
- Morse
-
noun,
an ornamented metal clasp or brooch for fastening a cope in front.
- morns
-
noun,
morning.
- Ester
-
noun,
a compound produced by the reaction between an acid and an alcohol with the elimination of a molecule of water, as ethyl acetate, C 4 H 8 O 2 , or dimethyl sulfate, C 2 H 6 SO 4 .
- mores
-
noun,
an additional quantity, amount, or number:
- Corti
-
noun,
Alfonso [al-fon-soh;; Italian ahl-fawn-saw] /ælˈfɒn soʊ;; Italian ɑlˈfɔn sɔ/ (Show IPA), 1822–76, Italian anatomist.
- sito-
-
- Cons.
-
- cores
-
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- seti-
-
- Const
-
- cont.
-
- Conte
-
noun,
count2 .
- Seton
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- nemos
-
noun,
remote (def 10).
- treen
-
noun,
treenware.
- MSEnt
-
- Simon
-
noun,
the original name of the apostle Peter.
Compare Peter.
- since
-
adverb,
from then till now (often preceded by ever):
- Sino-
-
- corns
-
noun,
Also called Indian corn; especially technical and British, maize. a tall cereal plant, Zea mays, cultivated in many varieties, having a jointed, solid stem and bearing the grain, seeds, or kernels on large ears.
- siree
-
noun,
sirree.
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- Siret
-
noun,
a river in SE Europe, flowing SE from the Carpathian Mountains in Ukraine, through E Romania to the Danube. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- Corse
-
noun,
corpse.
- trets
-
noun,
(formerly) an allowance for waste, after deduction for tare.
- octet
-
noun,
a company of eight singers or musicians.
- coins
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- Otter
-
noun,
any of several aquatic, furbearing, weasellike mammals of the genus Lutra and related genera, having webbed feet and a long, slightly flattened tail.
- cent.
-
- rect.
-
- CENTO
-
noun,
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
- RECON
-
noun,
reconnaissance.
- Recit
-
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- riots
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- reest
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- 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: ¢.
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- oste-
-
- osmic
-
adjective,
of or containing osmium in its higher valences, especially the tetravalent state.
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- rosin
-
noun,
Chemistry. the yellowish to amber, translucent, hard, brittle, fragmented resin left after distilling the oil of turpentine from the crude oleoresin of the pine: used chiefly in making varnishes, varnish and paint driers, printing inks, and for rubbing on the bows of such string instruments as the violin.
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- ornis
-
noun,
an avifauna.
- rimes
-
noun,
Also called rime ice. an opaque coating of tiny, white, granular ice particles, caused by the rapid freezing of supercooled water droplets on impact with an object.
Compare frost (def 3), glaze (def 17).
- Reims
-
noun,
a city in NE France: cathedral; unconditional surrender of Germany May 7, 1945.
- Ceres
-
noun,
a pre-Roman goddess of agriculture under whose name the Romans adopted the worship of the Greek goddess Demeter.
- rente
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- 30-30
-
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- resin
-
noun,
any of a class of nonvolatile, solid or semisolid organic substances, as copal or mastic, that consist of amorphous mixtures of carboxylic acids and are obtained directly from certain plants as exudations or prepared by polymerization of simple molecules: used in medicine and in the making of varnishes and plastics.
- reset
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- trots
-
noun,
the gait of a horse, dog, or other quadruped, when trotting.
- 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.
- rents
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- reins
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- reni-
-
- Renee
-
noun,
a female given name, French form of Renata.
- trite
-
adjective,
lacking in freshness or effectiveness because of constant use or excessive repetition; hackneyed; stale:
- Cenis
-
noun,
Mont, a mountain pass between SE France and Italy, in the Alps. 6834 feet (2083 meters) high.
- cense
-
verb (used with object),
to burn incense near or in front of; perfume with incense.
- 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.
- rices
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- ornes
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- cero-
-
- noise
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- cires
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- scrim
-
noun,
a cotton or linen fabric of open weave used for bunting, curtains, etc.
- cine-
-
- cines
-
noun,
a film; motion picture.
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- cions
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- trims
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- sect.
-
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- scree
-
noun,
a steep mass of detritus on the side of a mountain.
- cites
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- notes
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- Seine
-
noun,
a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
- Norse
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
- semen
-
noun,
the viscid, whitish fluid produced in the male reproductive organs, containing spermatozoa.
- nomes
-
noun,
one of the provinces of ancient Egypt.
- semi-
-
- trice
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- Cimon
-
noun,
507–499 b.c, Athenian military leader, naval commander, and statesman (son of Miltiades).
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- rotte
-
noun,
rote2 .
- scion
-
noun,
a descendant.
- ceros
-
noun,
a large Atlantic and Gulf Coast mackerel game fish, Scomberomorus regalis.
- cert.
-
- Cesti
-
noun,
Marcantonio [mahr-kahn-taw-nyaw] /ˌmɑr kɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1623–69, Italian composer.
- ontic
-
adjective,
possessing the character of real rather than phenomenal existence; noumenal.
- scene
-
noun,
the place where some action or event occurs:
- onset
-
noun,
a beginning or start:
- scent
-
noun,
a distinctive odor, especially when agreeable:
- cetes
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- onces
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- Scott
-
noun,
Barbara Ann, 1928–2012, Canadian figure skater.
- Scone
-
noun,
a small, light, biscuitlike quick bread made of oatmeal, wheat flour, barley meal, or the like.
- score
-
noun,
the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.
- scorn
-
noun,
open or unqualified contempt; disdain:
- omni-
-
- omits
-
verb (used with object),
to leave out; fail to include or mention:
- Scot.
-
- omers
-
noun,
a Hebrew unit of dry measure, the tenth part of an ephah.
- 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.
- cotes
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- merit
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- mesic
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or adapted to an environment having a balanced supply of moisture.
- eerie
-
adjective,
uncanny, so as to inspire superstitious fear; weird:
- meson
-
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.
- Ernie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Ernest.
- meso-
-
- mesne
-
adjective,
intermediate or intervening.
- term.
-
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- ernes
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- emcee
-
noun,
master of ceremonies.
- Storm
-
noun,
a disturbance of the normal condition of the atmosphere, manifesting itself by winds of unusual force or direction, often accompanied by rain, snow, hail, thunder, and lightning, or flying sand or dust.
- meros
-
noun,
(in the Doric order) a flat surface between two channels of a triglyph.
- Meroe
-
noun,
a ruined city in Sudan, on the Nile, NE of Khartoum: a capital of ancient Ethiopia that was destroyed a.d. c350.
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- mero-
-
- Stone
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- tones
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- tints
-
noun,
a color or a variety of a color; hue.
- Metis
-
noun,
any person of mixed ancestry.
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- erose
-
adjective,
uneven, as if gnawed away.
- torcs
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- Irene
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of the Horae, the personification of peace.
- metr-
-
- incor
-
- ecto-
-
- incr.
-
- econ.
-
- metic
-
noun,
an alien resident of an ancient Greek city who paid a tax for the right to live there.
- Ernst
-
noun,
Max [maks;; German mahks] /mæks;; German mɑks/ (Show IPA), 1891–1976, German painter, in the U.S. 1941–49, in France 1949–76.
- metes
-
noun,
a limiting mark.
- 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.
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- inst.
-
- emeer
-
noun,
emir.
- Stoic
-
noun,
a member or adherent of the Stoic school of philosophy.
- titer
-
noun,
the strength of a solution as determined by titration with a standard substance.
- titre
-
noun,
titer.
- Titos
-
noun,
Marshal (Josip Broz) 1891–1980, president of Yugoslavia 1953–80.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- teno-
-
- retem
-
noun,
a shrub, Retama raetam, of Syria and Arabia, having white flowers: said to be the juniper of the Old Testament.
- enorm
-
adjective,
enormous; huge; vast.
- tense
-
noun,
a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
- intr.
-
- Isere
-
noun,
a river in SE France, flowing from the Alps to the Rhone River. 150 miles (240 km) long.
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- terce
-
noun,
tierce (def 3).
- Ensor
-
noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- Irons
-
noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- 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.
- ento-
-
- tenet
-
noun,
any opinion, principle, doctrine, dogma, etc., especially one held as true by members of a profession, group, or movement.
- Temne
-
noun,
a member of a people living mainly in Sierra Leone.
- erect
-
adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- meno-
-
- meres
-
noun,
Chiefly British Dialect. a lake or pond.
- Merci
-
interjection,
thank you.
- eosin
-
noun,
Also called bromeosin, tetrabromofluorescein. a red, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 20 H 8 Br 4 O 5 , derived from fluorescein by bromination: used chiefly as an acid dye for dyeing silk a rose red color and as a histological stain.
- tomes
-
noun,
a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- mense
-
noun,
propriety; discretion.
- Menes
-
noun,
flourished c3200 b.c, traditionally the unifier and 1st king of Egypt: founder of the 1st dynasty.
- temin
-
noun,
Howard M(artin) 1934–94, U.S. virologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1975.
- emirs
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- emits
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- Meier
-
noun,
Richard, born 1934, U.S. architect.
- meets
-
noun,
an assembly, as of persons and hounds for a hunt or swimmers or runners for a race or series of races:
- teems
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to produce (offspring).
- emote
-
verb (used without object),
to show or pretend emotion:
- teens
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- stome
-
- tonic
-
noun,
a medicine that invigorates or strengthens:
- tents
-
noun,
a portable shelter of skins, canvas, plastic, or the like, supported by one or more poles or a frame and often secured by ropes fastened to pegs in the ground.
- steer
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- Steen
-
noun,
Jan [yahn] /yɑn/ (Show IPA), 1626–79, Dutch painter.
- crest
-
noun,
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- Mitre
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- mites
-
noun,
any of numerous small to microscopic arachnids of the subclass Acari, including species that are parasitic on animals and plants or that feed on decaying matter and stored foods.
- Crete
-
noun,
Formerly Candia. a Greek island in the Mediterranean, SE of mainland Greece. 3235 sq. mi. (8380 sq. km). Capital: Canea.
- 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.
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- mitts
-
noun,
Baseball.
a rounded glove with one internal section for the four fingers and another for the thumb and having the side next to the palm of the hand protected by a thick padding, used by catchers.
a somewhat similar glove but with less padding and having sections for the thumb and one or two fingers, used by first basemen. Compare baseball glove.
- cries
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- stint
-
noun,
a period of time spent doing something:
- miser
-
noun,
a person who lives in wretched circumstances in order to save and hoard money.
- crim.
-
- Teton
-
noun,
the westernmost branch of the Dakota Indians.
- Timon
-
noun,
c320–c230 b.c, Greek philosopher.
- torts
-
noun,
a wrongful act, not including a breach of contract or trust, that results in injury to another's person, property, reputation, or the like, and for which the injured party is entitled to compensation.
- 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.
- misc.
-
- sonic
-
adjective,
of or relating to sound.
- 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.
- Mont.
-
- Crees
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- estoc
-
noun,
a thrusting sword of the 13th–17th centuries having a long, narrow blade of rectangular section.
- monic
-
adjective,
(of a polynomial) having the coefficient of the term of highest degree equal to 1.
- Monet
-
noun,
Claude [klawd;; French klohd] /klɔd;; French kloʊd/ (Show IPA), 1840–1926, French painter.
- timer
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- creme
-
noun,
cream.
- moist
-
adjective,
moderately or slightly wet; damp.
- moire
-
noun,
any moiré fabric.
- tiers
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- 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.
- Creon
-
noun,
a king of Thebes, the brother of Jocasta and the uncle of Eteocles, Polynices, and Antigone.
- misce
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) mix.
- miso-
-
- crime
-
noun,
an action or an instance of negligence that is deemed injurious to the public welfare or morals or to the interests of the state and that is legally prohibited.
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- Minor
-
noun,
a person under the legal age of full responsibility.
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- Torte
-
noun,
a rich cake, especially one containing little or no flour, usually made with eggs and ground nuts or bread crumbs.
- Stent
-
noun,
Medicine/Medical. a small, expandable tube used for inserting in a blocked vessel or other part.
- Mines
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- icons
-
- Miner
-
noun,
Also called mineworker. a person who works in a mine, especially a commercial mine producing coal or metallic ores.
- torse
-
noun,
a wreath of twisted silks of two alternating tinctures, usually a metal and a color, depicted supporting a crest or coronet, often upon a helmet.
- Minot
-
noun,
George Richards [rich-erdz] /ˈrɪtʃ ərdz/ (Show IPA), 1885–1950, U.S. physician: Nobel prize 1934.
- MINCE
-
noun,
something cut up very small; mincemeat.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- miens
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- terne
-
noun,
terne metal.
- toric
-
adjective,
noting or pertaining to a lens with a surface forming a portion of a torus, used for eyeglasses and contact lenses that correct astigmatism.
- terms
-
noun,
a word or group of words designating something, especially in a particular field, as atom in physics, quietism in theology, adze in carpentry, or district leader in politics.
- stime
-
noun,
the smallest bit; a drop, taste, or glimpse.
- Minos
-
noun,
a king of Crete: he ordered Daedalus to build the Labyrinth.
- terns
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- 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).
- crone
-
noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- crine
-
noun,
hair; head of hair.
- 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.
- mints
-
noun,
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
Compare mint family.
- ster.
-
- mires
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- crit.
-
- terse
-
adjective,
neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.
- 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).
- tion
-
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- RISC
-
noun,
reduced instruction set computer: a computer whose central processing unit recognizes a relatively small number of instructions, which it can execute very rapidly.
- tete
-
noun,
a city in W Mozambique, on the Zambezi River.
- 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.
- Rico
-
noun,
Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act: a U.S. law, enacted in 1970, allowing victims of organized crime to sue those responsible for punitive damages.
- tint
-
noun,
a color or a variety of a color; hue.
- Test
-
noun,
the means by which the presence, quality, or genuineness of anything is determined; a means of trial.
- ter.
-
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- 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.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- roms
-
noun,
a Gypsy man or boy.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- Trot
-
noun,
the gait of a horse, dog, or other quadruped, when trotting.
- Rome
-
noun,
Harold (Jacob) 1908–1993, U.S. lyricist and composer.
- tron
-
- 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.
- Rom.
-
- rocs
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- tics
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- 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.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- rit.
-
- rets
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- tets
-
noun,
the Vietnamese New Year celebration, occurring during the first seven days of the first month of the lunar calendar.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- tost
-
noun,
an act or instance of tossing.
- trit
-
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- torc
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- 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.
- stet
-
verb (used with object),
to mark (a manuscript, printer's proof, etc.) with the word “stet” or with dots as a direction to let cancelled material remain.
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- tort
-
noun,
a wrongful act, not including a breach of contract or trust, that results in injury to another's person, property, reputation, or the like, and for which the injured party is entitled to compensation.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- sett
-
noun,
Also called pitcher. a small, rectangular paving stone.
- 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.
- 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.
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- 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.
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- tots
-
noun,
a small child.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- Ste.
-
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- some
-
adverb,
(used with numerals and with words expressing degree, extent, etc.) approximately; about:
- Soni
-
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- tret
-
noun,
(formerly) an allowance for waste, after deduction for tare.
- ROTC
-
noun,
a body of students at some colleges and universities who are given training toward becoming officers in the armed forces. Abbreviation: ROTC, R.O.T.C.
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- tent
-
noun,
a portable shelter of skins, canvas, plastic, or the like, supported by one or more poles or a frame and often secured by ropes fastened to pegs in the ground.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- Tit.
-
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- Tito
-
noun,
Marshal (Josip Broz) 1891–1980, president of Yugoslavia 1953–80.
- sci.
-
- ten.
-
- tits
-
noun,
a titmouse.
- Tees
-
noun,
a river in N England, flowing E along the boundary between Durham and Yorkshire to the North Sea. 70 miles (113 km) long.
- teen
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- teem
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to produce (offspring).
- scr.
-
- sene
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Western Samoa, the 100th part of a tala.
- sec.
-
- tome
-
noun,
a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
- str.
-
- stot
-
noun,
a springing gait of certain bovids, as gazelles and antelopes, used especially when running in alarm from a predator.
- trim
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- TOMS
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- 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.
- Seem
-
verb (used without object),
to appear to be, feel, do, etc.:
- Seen
-
verb,
past participle of see1 .
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- Sem.
-
- seme
-
adjective,
covered with many small, identical figures.
- tri-
-
- tote
-
noun,
the act or course of toting.
- 1080
-
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- 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.
- MERS
-
noun,
Middle East(ern) Respiratory Syndrome: an often fatal respiratory illness caused by a coronavirus similar to the SARS virus and characterized by fever, coughing, and shortness of breath.
- Merc
-
noun,
a mercenary soldier.
- ment
-
- men-
-
- 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.
- meet
-
noun,
an assembly, as of persons and hounds for a hunt or swimmers or runners for a race or series of races:
- Meer
-
noun,
Jan van der [yahn vahn der] /yɑn vɑn dɛr/ (Show IPA), Vermeer, Jan.
- 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.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- item
-
noun,
a separate article or particular:
- iso-
-
- Ire.
-
- met.
-
- 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 = .
- 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.
- int.
-
- ins.
-
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- Inc.
-
- IMCO
-
- IEEE
-
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- Ice.
-
- ette
-
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- 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.
- mes-
-
- mete
-
noun,
a limiting mark.
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- moit
-
noun,
a foreign particle found in wool, as a burr, twig, or seed.
- MSEE
-
- msec
-
- MSCE
-
- Mrs.
-
plural,
a title of respect prefixed to the surname or full name of a married woman:
- Mott
-
noun,
John Raleigh, 1865–1955, U.S. religious leader: Nobel Peace Prize 1946.
- mots
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- mote
-
noun,
a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
- most
-
noun,
the greatest quantity, amount, or degree; the utmost:
- Mort
-
noun,
Hunting. the note played on a hunting horn signifying that the animal hunted has been killed.
- morn
-
noun,
morning.
- more
-
noun,
an additional quantity, amount, or number:
- Mons
-
noun,
an area of the body that is higher than neighboring areas.
- Mon.
-
- mitt
-
noun,
Baseball.
a rounded glove with one internal section for the four fingers and another for the thumb and having the side next to the palm of the hand protected by a thick padding, used by catchers.
a somewhat similar glove but with less padding and having sections for the thumb and one or two fingers, used by first basemen. Compare baseball glove.
- Mic.
-
- 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.
- 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.
- mise
-
noun,
a settlement or agreement.
- mis-
-
- Miro
-
noun,
Gabriel [gah-vree-el] /ˌgɑ vriˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1879–1930, Spanish novelist, short-story writer, and essayist.
- mire
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- 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.
- min.
-
- mien
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- MICE
-
noun,
plural of mouse.
- etc.
-
- est.
-
- NCTE
-
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- corm
-
noun,
an enlarged, fleshy, bulblike base of a stem, as in the crocus.
- Cori
-
noun,
Carl Ferdinand, 1896–1984, and his wife, Gerty Theresa, 1896–1957, U.S. biochemists, born in Austria-Hungary: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1947.
- Cor.
-
- 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.
- Con.
-
- COMS
-
noun,
Trademark. Comedy Central: a cable television channel.
- come
-
noun,
Slang: Vulgar. semen.
- Com.
-
- coir
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- coin
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- CMOS
-
noun,
complementary metal oxide semiconductor.
- Cmon
-
- cit.
-
- Cort
-
- cist
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- cis-
-
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- cir.
-
- cion
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- Ceto
-
- Cete
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- cet-
-
- CERN
-
- CerE
-
noun,
a fleshy, membranous covering of the base of the upper mandible of a bird, especially a bird of prey or a parrot, through which the nostrils open.
- cene
-
- cen.
-
- cees
-
noun,
the letter C.
- CORN
-
noun,
Also called Indian corn; especially technical and British, maize. a tall cereal plant, Zea mays, cultivated in many varieties, having a jointed, solid stem and bearing the grain, seeds, or kernels on large ears.
- cose
-
verb (used without object),
coze.
- eso-
-
- enc.
-
- esne
-
noun,
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a member of the lowest class; laborer.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- Erne
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- 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).
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- Ens.
-
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- ence
-
- emit
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- Cost
-
noun,
the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
- emir
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- emic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or being a significant unit that functions in contrast with other units in a language or other system of behavior.
- EMet
-
- emes
-
noun,
friend.
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- EEOC
-
- ect-
-
- eco-
-
- cts.
-
- ctr.
-
- Cres
-
- Cree
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- Cote
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- MSIE
-
- mere
-
noun,
Chiefly British Dialect. a lake or pond.
- Omer
-
noun,
a Hebrew unit of dry measure, the tenth part of an ephah.
- 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.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- 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.
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- otic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ear; auricular.
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- nom.
-
- Nome
-
noun,
one of the provinces of ancient Egypt.
- Nor.
-
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- Osee
-
noun,
Hosea.
- nos-
-
- not-
-
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- Orem
-
noun,
a city in N Utah.
- orcs
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- Ont.
-
- Oct.
-
- OEEC
-
- once
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- Omri
-
noun,
a king of Israel and the father of Ahab. I Kings 16:16–28.
- 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.
- 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.
- NICE
-
noun,
a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
- Norm
-
noun,
a standard, model, or pattern.
- 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.
- neem
-
- neo-
-
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- Nemo
-
noun,
remote (def 10).
- 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.
- rems
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- 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.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- 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.
- Rees
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- rt.
-
- Tom
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- RTS
-
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- Tro
-
- EOE
-
- rte
-
- ene
-
- TMO
-
- RSE
-
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- Rs.
-
- en-
-
- orc
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- TNT
-
- EMS
-
noun,
the letter M, m.
- EMR
-
- EMT
-
- So.
-
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- ONI
-
- ETS
-
- ETR
-
- TSR
-
noun,
a computer program with any of several ancillary functions, usually held resident in RAM for instant activation while one is using another program.
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- TSI
-
- ETO
-
- TSE
-
- 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.
- Tim
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Timothy.
- 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.
- SCM
-
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- ese
-
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- Esc
-
- Co.
-
- ERT
-
- 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.
- ONR
-
- ons
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- cr.
-
- cs.
-
- sc.
-
- SRO
-
- cee
-
noun,
the letter C.
- ct.
-
- EEO
-
- eme
-
noun,
friend.
- RMC
-
- tot
-
noun,
a small child.
- CIM
-
- COT
-
noun,
a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
- OTS
-
- COS
-
noun,
romaine.
- tr.
-
- ROI
-
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- RCS
-
- ROC
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- rm.
-
plural,
ream.
- CRS
-
- Re.
-
- RIM
-
noun,
the outer edge, border, margin, or brink of something, especially of a circular object.
- RMS
-
plural,
ream.
- CNS
-
- CNO
-
- CNM
-
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- RCN
-
- RCT
-
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- ote
-
- CRT
-
- 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.
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- EIS
-
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- eir
-
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- EEE
-
- EEC
-
- ose
-
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- ECM
-
- ec-
-
- CSO
-
- CEO
-
- EOM
-
- eo-
-
- REM
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- ot-
-
- tet
-
noun,
the Vietnamese New Year celebration, occurring during the first seven days of the first month of the lunar calendar.
- ctn
-
plural,
carton.
- cte
-
- CIE
-
- CST
-
- CSR
-
- Nee
-
adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- TTS
-
- NMR
-
- Moe
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Morris or Moses.
- MOC
-
noun,
moccasin.
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- MNS
-
- MNE
-
- Sr.
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- St.
-
- NMI
-
- MIT
-
- SER
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- NOC
-
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- MIR
-
noun,
a village commune of peasant farmers in prerevolutionary Russia.
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- MIE
-
- STI
-
- MI6
-
noun,
the government's secret intelligence service.
- STM
-
- mi.
-
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- 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.
- Meo
-
noun,
Miao (def 1).
- nr.
-
- MOI
-
- MOR
-
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- 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).
- ne-
-
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- NCO
-
- MTS
-
- MTO
-
- mtn
-
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- MTI
-
- Mt.
-
- MST
-
- MSN
-
- MSI
-
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- ESR
-
- MSE
-
- MRI
-
- MRE
-
- Mr.
-
plural,
mister: a title of respect prefixed to a man's name or position:
- NES
-
- NET
-
noun,
a bag or other contrivance of strong thread or cord worked into an open, meshed fabric, for catching fish, birds, or other animals:
- MOT
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- SOC
-
noun,
sociology or a class or course in sociology.
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- MOS
-
noun,
moment (def 1).
- 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.
- TCS
-
- MI5
-
noun,
the government's security and counterespionage service that works in liaison with Scotland Yard's Special Branch.
- NRC
-
- ior
-
- ITC
-
- ist
-
- ISR
-
- ism
-
noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- ise
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- IRS
-
- OCS
-
- IRO
-
- IRC
-
- Ir.
-
- IOT
-
- 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.
- 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 = .
- OTC
-
- IOC
-
- se-
-
- OEM
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- oic
-
- ine
-
- OIr
-
- in.
-
- ier
-
- OIt
-
- Om.
-
- NEC
-
- io-
-
- ics
-
- ite
-
- OCR
-
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- MCR
-
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- Oc.
-
- MEC
-
noun,
a pimp; mack.
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- 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.
- MSC
-
- MS.
-
plural,
manuscript.
- Mc-
-
- NSC
-
- Mo.
-
- MCI
-
- Me.
-
- RC
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- N.
-
- t.
-
- NC
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- T1
-
- CM
-
- NI
-
- CE
-
- TC
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- TT
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- O.
-
- ic
-
- RN
-
- R.
-
- MN
-
- 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.
- NM
-
- RO
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- M.
-
- RI
-
- S.
-
- EI
-
- SM
-
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- TM
-
- TN
-
- SN
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- ee
-
- i.
-