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that can be made by using the letters of enumerations.
- mensuration
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noun,
the branch of geometry that deals with the measurement of length, area, or volume.
- mountaineer
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noun,
an inhabitant of a mountainous district.
- numerations
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noun,
an act or instance of or the process or result of numbering or counting.
- enumeration
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noun,
an act of enumerating.
- enantiomer
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noun,
either of a pair of optical isomers that are mirror images of each other.
- minestrone
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noun,
a thick vegetable soup, often containing herbs, beans, bits of pasta, etc., and served with Parmesan cheese.
- Mousterian
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adjective,
of or relating to a Middle Paleolithic culture of Neanderthal man dating to the early upper Pleistocene Epoch (c100,000–40,000 b.c.) and consisting of five or more stone-artifact traditions in Europe whose characteristic tools are side scrapers and points.
- rune-stone
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noun,
a stone bearing one or more runic inscriptions.
- numeration
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noun,
an act or instance of or the process or result of numbering or counting.
- innumerate
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adjective,
unfamiliar with mathematical concepts and methods; unable to use mathematics; not numerate.
- Menoetius
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noun,
a Titan, the brother of Prometheus, Epimetheus, and Atlas.
- Mertensia
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noun,
any of various plants belonging to the genus Mertensia, of the borage family, including the lungworts and the Virginia cowslip.
- innermost
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noun,
the innermost part.
- Rosinante
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noun,
the old, worn horse of Don Quixote.
- ruminants
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noun,
any even-toed, hoofed mammal of the suborder Ruminantia, being comprised of cloven-hoofed, cud-chewing quadrupeds, and including, besides domestic cattle, bison, buffalo, deer, antelopes, giraffes, camels, and chevrotains.
- osmeteria
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noun,
a glandular process on the first thoracic segment of many caterpillars that emits a noxious odor to ward off predators.
- Martinson
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noun,
Harry Edmund [har-ee ed-muh nd;; Swedish hah-ri ed-moo nt] /ˈhær i ˈɛd mənd;; Swedish ˈhɑ rɪ ˈɛd mʊnt/ (Show IPA), 1904–78, Swedish novelist and poet: Nobel prize 1974.
- numerates
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adjective,
able to use or understand numerical techniques of mathematics.
- neoterism
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noun,
an innovation in language, as a new word, term, or expression.
- ornaments
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noun,
an accessory, article, or detail used to beautify the appearance of something to which it is added or of which it is a part:
- Nestorian
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noun,
one of a sect of followers of Nestorius who denied the hypostatic union and were represented as maintaining the existence of two distinct persons in Christ.
- mouse-ear
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noun,
any of various plants having small, hairy leaves, as the hawkweed, Hieracium pilosella, or the forget-me-not, Myosotis palustris.
- neuration
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noun,
venation, as of an insect's wings.
- tanneries
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noun,
a place where tanning is carried on.
- ruminates
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verb (used with object),
to chew again or over and over.
- antiserum
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noun,
a serum containing antibodies, as antitoxins or agglutinins, obtained by inoculation of animals and used for injection into other animals to provide immunity to a specific disease.
- nanometer
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noun,
one billionth of a meter. Abbreviation: nm.
- antimeres
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noun,
a segment or division of the body having a corresponding segment or division that is opposite to it relative to the longitudinal axis of the body.
- estuarine
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adjective,
formed in an estuary.
- neuromast
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noun,
a group of innervated sensory cells occurring along the lateral line of fishes and aquatic amphibians.
- Minnesota
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noun,
a state in the N central United States. 84,068 sq. mi. (217,735 sq. km). Capital: St. Paul.
Abbreviation: MN (for use with zip code), Minn.
- mutineers
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noun,
a person who mutinies.
- Saturnine
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adjective,
sluggish in temperament; gloomy; taciturn.
- on-stream
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adverb,
in or into regular operation, especially as part of a system, assembly line, or the like:
- Trasimeno
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noun,
a lake in central Italy, in Umbria near Perugia: Romans defeated by Hannibal 217 b.c. About 50 sq. mi. (130 sq. km).
- nominates
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adjective,
having a particular name.
- unmortise
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verb (used with object),
to unfasten or separate (something mortised).
- Masonite
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- numerate
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adjective,
able to use or understand numerical techniques of mathematics.
- Masorete
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noun,
one of the writers or compilers of the Masorah.
- matinees
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noun,
an entertainment, especially a dramatic or musical performance, held in the daytime, usually in the afternoon.
- reunites
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verb (used with or without object),
to unite again, as after separation.
- Nuristan
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noun,
a mountainous region in NE Afghanistan. 5000 sq. mi. (12,950 sq. km).
- reinsmen
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noun,
a person who rides or drives horses, especially a skillful one, as a jockey or harness driver.
- notaries
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noun,
notary public.
- reinsman
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noun,
a person who rides or drives horses, especially a skillful one, as a jockey or harness driver.
- antimere
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noun,
a segment or division of the body having a corresponding segment or division that is opposite to it relative to the longitudinal axis of the body.
- nonaries
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noun,
a number in a nonary system.
- unmiters
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verb (used with object),
to deprive of a miter; depose from the rank of a bishop.
- anserine
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adjective,
of or relating to the subfamily Anserinae, of the family Anatidae, comprising the true geese.
- Ansermet
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noun,
Ernest [er-nest] /ɛrˈnɛst/ (Show IPA), 1883–1969, Swiss symphony orchestra conductor.
- routines
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noun,
a customary or regular course of procedure.
- minarets
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noun,
a lofty, often slender, tower or turret attached to a mosque, surrounded by or furnished with one or more balconies, from which the muezzin calls the people to prayer.
- antinome
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noun,
something that is contradictory or opposite to another; a logical contradiction.
- arenites
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noun,
psammite.
- Antinous
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noun,
the chief suitor of Penelope, killed by Odysseus upon his return from Troy.
- Norseman
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noun,
Northman.
- norsemen
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noun,
Northman.
- Antonius
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noun,
Marcus, Antony, Mark.
- taurines
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noun,
a neutral crystalline substance, C 2 H 7 NO 3 S, obtained from bile.
- mentions
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noun,
a direct or incidental reference; a mentioning:
- 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.
- retinues
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noun,
a body of retainers in attendance upon an important personage; suite.
- Teresian
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noun,
a member of the reformed order of barefooted Carmelites, founded in Spain in 1562.
- Martinon
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noun,
Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1910–76, French violinist, conductor, and composer.
- tonneaus
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noun,
a rear part or compartment of an automobile body, containing seats for passengers.
- raiments
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noun,
clothing; apparel; attire.
- rainouts
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noun,
a contest, performance, or the like, that has been rained out.
- etamines
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noun,
a lightweight cotton or worsted fabric constructed in plain weave and loosely woven.
- remounts
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noun,
a fresh horse or supply of fresh horses.
- esurient
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adjective,
hungry; greedy.
- Estonian
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noun,
a member of a Finnish people inhabiting Estonia, Livonia, and other districts of Russia.
- sauterne
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noun,
a semisweet white wine of California, commonly sold as a jug wine.
- entrains
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verb (used with object),
to put aboard a train.
- tiresome
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adjective,
causing or liable to cause a person to tire; wearisome:
- remanent
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adjective,
remaining; left behind.
- emeritus
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noun,
an emeritus professor, minister, etc.
- 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).
- trainmen
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noun,
a member of the crew that operates a railroad train, usually an assistant to the conductor, such as a brakeman or flagman.
- Touraine
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noun,
a former province in W France. Capital: Tours.
- enations
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noun,
a small outgrowth of plant tissue, usually on a leaf, caused by virus infection.
- emirates
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noun,
the office or rank of an emir.
- seamount
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noun,
a submarine mountain rising several hundred fathoms above the floor of the sea but having its summit well below the surface of the water.
- semitone
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noun,
a pitch interval halfway between two whole tones.
- Maronite
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noun,
a member of a body of Uniates living chiefly in Lebanon, who maintain a Syriac liturgy and a married clergy, and who are governed by the patriarch of Antioch.
- Teresina
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noun,
a port in NE Brazil, on the Parnahiba River.
- arsenite
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noun,
a salt or ester of arsenous acid.
- serotine
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noun,
a small Eurasian brown bat, Eptesicus serotinus.
- mannites
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noun,
mannitol.
- one-time
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adjective,
having been as specified at one time; former:
- resonate
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verb (used with object),
to cause to resound.
- resonant
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noun,
Phonetics. a vowel or a voiced consonant or semivowel that is neither a stop nor an affricate, as, in English, (m, ng, n, l, r, y, w).
- resinate
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noun,
Chemistry. any of the salts of the acids found in rosin.
- Terminus
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noun,
the end or extremity of anything.
- insurant
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noun,
a person who takes out an insurance policy.
- senorita
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noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to miss, used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a girl or unmarried woman. Abbreviation: Srta.
- Oresteia
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noun,
a trilogy of tragic dramas (458 b.c.) by Aeschylus, consisting of the Agamemnon, the Choëphori, and the Eumenides.
- ternions
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noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- ornament
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noun,
an accessory, article, or detail used to beautify the appearance of something to which it is added or of which it is a part:
- iron-man
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noun,
a person, as a worker or athlete, of great physical endurance who can be depended upon to perform a given task or job tirelessly.
- Timorese
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Timor.
- intrans.
-
- internes
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noun, verb (used without object),
intern2 .
- Minotaur
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noun,
Classical Mythology. a monster, the offspring of Pasiphaë and the Cretan bull, that had the head of a bull on the body of a man: housed in the Cretan Labyrinth, it was fed on human flesh until Theseus, helped by Ariadne, killed it.
- tea-rose
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noun,
any of several cultivated varieties of roses having a scent resembling that of tea.
- Muenster
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noun,
a white, semisoft, mild cheese made from whole milk.
- Romanite
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noun,
a fossil resin similar to amber, used for jewelry.
- nominees
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noun,
a person nominated, as to run for elective office or fill a particular post.
- neuromas
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noun,
a tumor formed of nerve tissue.
- romaunts
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noun,
a romantic tale or poem; romance.
- uranites
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noun,
any of the uranium phosphates, as autunite or torbernite.
- Monstera
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noun,
any of various tropical American climbing plants belonging to the genus Monstera, of the arum family, especially M. deliciosa, having split or perforated leaves and often grown as a houseplant.
- Steinman
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noun,
David Barnard, 1886–1960, U.S. civil engineer: specialist in bridge design and construction.
- urinates
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verb (used without object),
to pass or discharge urine.
- Romanies
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noun,
Gypsy (def 2).
- Romanist
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noun,
Disparaging. a member of the Roman Catholic Church.
- montanes
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noun,
the lower vegetation belt on mountains.
- ruminate
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verb (used with object),
to chew again or over and over.
- Monteria
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noun,
a city in N Colombia.
- Neustria
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noun,
the W part of the Frankish kingdom, corresponding roughly to N and NW France.
- mutineer
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noun,
a person who mutinies.
- moraines
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noun,
a ridge, mound, or irregular mass of unstratified glacial drift, chiefly boulders, gravel, sand, and clay.
- ruinates
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adjective,
ruined.
- neutrons
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noun,
an elementary particle having no charge, mass slightly greater than that of a proton, and spin of ½: a constituent of the nuclei of all atoms except those of hydrogen. Symbol: n.
- muriates
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noun,
(not in scientific use) any chloride, especially potassium chloride, KCl, used as a fertilizer.
- neutrino
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noun,
any of the massless or nearly massless electrically neutral leptons. There is a distinct kind of neutrino associated with each of the massive leptons.
- Sumerian
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Sumer.
- anemones
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noun,
any of various plants belonging to the genus Anemone, of the buttercup family, having petallike sepals and including several wild species with white flowers as well as others cultivated for their showy flowers in a variety of colors.
- monsieur
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noun,
the conventional French title of respect and term of address for a man, corresponding to Mr. or sir.
- Mountain
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noun,
a natural elevation of the earth's surface rising more or less abruptly to a summit, and attaining an altitude greater than that of a hill, usually greater than 2000 feet (610 meters).
- unreason
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noun,
inability or unwillingness to think or act rationally, reasonably, or sensibly; irrationality.
- Stoneman
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noun,
a stonecutter or stoneworker.
- unmitres
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verb (used with object),
unmiter.
- stonemen
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noun,
a stonecutter or stoneworker.
- nominate
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adjective,
having a particular name.
- neonates
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noun,
a newborn child, or one in its first 28 days.
- ruminant
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noun,
any even-toed, hoofed mammal of the suborder Ruminantia, being comprised of cloven-hoofed, cud-chewing quadrupeds, and including, besides domestic cattle, bison, buffalo, deer, antelopes, giraffes, camels, and chevrotains.
- natriums
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noun,
(formerly) sodium.
- routeman
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noun,
a person who works in a specified area or covers a specific route, as a mail carrier or truckdriver.
- Suriname
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noun,
a republic on the NE coast of South America: formerly a territory of the Netherlands; gained independence 1975. 60,230 sq. mi. (155,995 sq. km). Capital: Paramaribo.
- routemen
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noun,
a person who works in a specified area or covers a specific route, as a mail carrier or truckdriver.
- amniotes
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noun,
any vertebrate of the group Amniota, comprising the reptiles, birds, and mammals, characterized by having an amnion during the embryonic stage.
- moisture
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noun,
condensed or diffused liquid, especially water:
- aneurins
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noun,
thiamine.
- sonarmen
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noun,
a petty officer who operates and maintains sonar.
- mounters
-
noun,
a person or thing that mounts.
- romaines
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noun,
Also called romaine lettuce, cos, cos lettuce. a variety of lettuce, Lactuca sativa longifolia, having a cylindrical head of long, relatively loose leaves.
- sterno-
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- sautoir
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noun,
a ribbon, chain, scarf, or the like, tied around the neck in such a manner that the ends cross over each other.
- intense
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adjective,
existing or occurring in a high or extreme degree:
- Nemunas
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noun,
Lithuanian name of Neman.
- rainout
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noun,
a contest, performance, or the like, that has been rained out.
- introns
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noun,
a noncoding segment in a length of DNA that interrupts a gene-coding sequence or nontranslated sequence, the corresponding segment being removed from the RNA copy before transcription.
- Soutine
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noun,
Chaim [khahy-im,, khahy-im] /xaɪˈɪm,, ˈxaɪ ɪm/ (Show IPA), 1894–1943, Lithuanian painter in France.
- Eunomia
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noun,
one of the Horae: the personification of order.
- raiment
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noun,
clothing; apparel; attire.
- Euratom
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noun,
an organization formed in 1957, comprising France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Italy, and West Germany, for coordinated action in developing and marketing their nuclear resources.
- seminar
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noun,
a small group of students, as in a university, engaged in advanced study and original research under a member of the faculty and meeting regularly to exchange information and hold discussions.
- senator
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noun,
a member of a senate.
- muntins
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noun,
Also called sash bar. a bar for holding the edges of window panes within a sash.
- neonate
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noun,
a newborn child, or one in its first 28 days.
- outmans
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verb (used with object),
to surpass in manpower.
- imarets
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noun,
(in Turkey) a hospice for pilgrims, travelers, etc.
- tinners
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noun,
a tinsmith.
- soutane
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noun,
a cassock.
- intens.
-
- intones
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verb (used with object),
to utter with a particular tone or voice modulation.
- interns
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noun,
a person who is or has been interned; internee.
- Munster
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noun,
muenster.
- interne
-
noun, verb (used without object),
intern2 .
- insnare
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verb (used with object),
ensnare.
- sternum
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noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. a bone or series of bones extending along the middle line of the ventral portion of the body of most vertebrates, consisting in humans of a flat, narrow bone connected with the clavicles and the true ribs; breastbone.
- Minster
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noun,
a church actually or originally connected with a monastic establishment.
- Etonian
-
noun,
a person who is or has been a pupil at Eton College.
- enteron
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noun,
the alimentary canal; the digestive tract.
- entries
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noun,
an act of entering; entrance.
- stearo-
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- entrain
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verb (used with object),
to put aboard a train.
- stearin
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noun,
Chemistry. any of the three glyceryl esters of stearic acid, especially C 3 H 5 (C 18 H 35 O 2) 3 , a soft, white, odorless solid found in many natural fats.
- entires
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noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- steamer
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noun,
something propelled or operated by steam, as a steamship.
- natrons
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noun,
a mineral, hydrated sodium carbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅10H 2 O.
- entero-
-
- Steiner
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noun,
Jakob [yah-kawp] /ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1796–1863, Swiss mathematician.
- ensnare
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verb (used with object),
to capture in, or involve as in, a snare:
- stannum
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noun,
tin.
- Tourane
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noun,
former name of Danang.
- enation
-
noun,
a small outgrowth of plant tissue, usually on a leaf, caused by virus infection.
- natrium
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noun,
(formerly) sodium.
- enamors
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verb (used with object),
to fill or inflame with love (usually used in the passive and followed by of or sometimes with):
- tourism
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noun,
the activity or practice of touring, especially for pleasure.
- Tournai
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noun,
a city in W Belgium, on the Scheldt River.
- neatens
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verb (used with object),
to make neat:
- rations
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noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- to-name
-
noun,
a nickname, especially one to distinguish a person from others of the same name.
- nemato-
-
- etesian
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adjective,
(of certain Mediterranean winds) occurring annually.
- muriate
-
noun,
(not in scientific use) any chloride, especially potassium chloride, KCl, used as a fertilizer.
- etamine
-
noun,
a lightweight cotton or worsted fabric constructed in plain weave and loosely woven.
- tonemes
-
noun,
a phoneme consisting of a contrastive feature of tone in a tone language:
- murines
-
noun,
a murine rodent.
- stereo-
-
- estrone
-
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.
- inturns
-
noun,
an inward turn or curve around an axis or fixed point.
- ratines
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- estamin
-
noun,
a worsted fabric constructed in twill weave with a rough surface.
- tonneau
-
noun,
a rear part or compartment of an automobile body, containing seats for passengers.
- tonners
-
noun,
something having a specified weight in tons (used in combination):
- Tonnies
-
noun,
Ferdinand [fer-dee-nahnt] /ˈfɛr diˌnɑnt/ (Show IPA), 1855–1936, German sociologist.
- tonsure
-
noun,
the act of cutting the hair or shaving the head.
- saunter
-
noun,
a leisurely walk or ramble; stroll.
- Torenia
-
noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Torenia, of the figwort family, native to Africa and Asia, having two-lipped, usually blue or purple flowers.
- erasion
-
noun,
the act of erasing.
- Estonia
-
noun,
a republic in N Europe, on the Baltic, S of the Gulf of Finland: an independent republic 1918–40; annexed by the Soviet Union 1940; regained independence 1991. 17,413 sq. mi. (45,100 sq. km). Capital: Tallinn.
- tenures
-
noun,
the holding or possessing of anything:
- tinamou
-
noun,
any of several birds of the family Tinamidae, of South and Central America, related to the ratite birds but superficially resembling the gallinaceous birds.
- Meitner
-
noun,
Lise [lee-zuh] /ˈli zə/ (Show IPA), 1878–1968, Austrian nuclear physicist.
- merinos
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) one of a breed of sheep, raised originally in Spain, valued for their fine wool.
- moneran
-
noun,
any organism of the kingdom Monera.
- monesia
-
noun,
a preparation extracted from the bark of a South American tree, Pradosia lactescens, and used chiefly as an astringent and as an expectorant.
- mention
-
noun,
a direct or incidental reference; a mentioning:
- monster
-
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.
- Sirenum
-
noun,
Mare, Mare Sirenum.
- montane
-
noun,
the lower vegetation belt on mountains.
- taurine
-
noun,
a neutral crystalline substance, C 2 H 7 NO 3 S, obtained from bile.
- measure
-
noun,
a unit or standard of measurement:
- moraine
-
noun,
a ridge, mound, or irregular mass of unstratified glacial drift, chiefly boulders, gravel, sand, and clay.
- sinuate
-
adjective,
bent in and out; winding; sinuous.
- Maurois
-
noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), (Émile Salomon Wilhelm Herzog) 1885–1967, French biographer and novelist.
- Maurist
-
noun,
a member of the Benedictine “Congregation of St. Maur,” founded in France in 1618, distinguished for its scholarship and literary works: suppressed during the French Revolution.
- Maureen
-
noun,
a female given name, Irish form of Mary.
- nutrias
-
noun,
the coypu.
- Ninurta
-
noun,
a Sumerian and Babylonian hero god.
- nostrum
-
noun,
a medicine sold with false or exaggerated claims and with no demonstrable value; quack medicine.
- matrons
-
noun,
a married woman, especially one who is mature and staid or dignified and has an established social position.
- nonsuit
-
noun,
a judgment given against a plaintiff who neglects to prosecute, or who fails to show a legal cause of action or to bring sufficient evidence.
- minuets
-
noun,
a slow, stately dance in triple meter, popular in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- nominee
-
noun,
a person nominated, as to run for elective office or fill a particular post.
- minutes
-
noun,
the sixtieth part (1/60) of an hour; sixty seconds.
- nitrous
-
adjective,
pertaining to compounds obtained from niter, usually containing less oxygen than the corresponding nitric compounds.
- surname
-
noun,
the name that a person has in common with other family members, as distinguished from a Christian name or given name; family name.
- minaret
-
noun,
a lofty, often slender, tower or turret attached to a mosque, surrounded by or furnished with one or more balconies, from which the muezzin calls the people to prayer.
- nonuser
-
noun,
a person who does not use or partake of something, as drugs or alcoholic beverages.
- smarten
-
Verb phrases,
smarten up,
to groom oneself:
to become aware of one's mistakes, shortcomings, etc., and make efforts to correct them:
- 2,4,5-t
-
noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- norites
-
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.
- metiers
-
noun,
a field of work; occupation, trade, or profession.
- normans
-
noun,
a member of that branch of the Northmen or Scandinavians who in the 10th century conquered Normandy.
- Smeaton
-
noun,
John, 1724–92, English engineer.
- moisten
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become moist.
- Sunnite
-
noun,
Sunni (def 1).
- matures
-
adjective,
complete in natural growth or development, as plant and animal forms:
- matinee
-
noun,
an entertainment, especially a dramatic or musical performance, held in the daytime, usually in the afternoon.
- timeous
-
adjective,
timely; sufficiently early.
- tension
-
noun,
the act of stretching or straining.
- seriema
-
noun,
either of two birds of the family Cariamidae, Cariama cristata, of southern Brazil, or Chunga burmeisteri, of Argentina, having long legs, an erectile crest, a short, broad bill, and limited ability to fly.
- one-man
-
adjective,
of or relating to, or operated, performed, or used by one person:
- seriate
-
adjective,
arranged or occurring in one or more series.
- mainour
-
noun,
a stolen article found on the person of or near the thief:
- maestro
-
noun,
an eminent composer, teacher, or conductor of music:
- neuston
-
noun,
the aggregate of minute aquatic organisms that float or swim in the surface film of a body of water.
- suimate
-
noun,
self-mate.
- onanism
-
noun,
withdrawal of the penis in sexual intercourse so that ejaculation takes place outside the vagina; coitus interruptus.
- neuroma
-
noun,
a tumor formed of nerve tissue.
- mounter
-
noun,
a person or thing that mounts.
- Oriente
-
noun,
a region in Ecuador, E of the Andes: the border long disputed by Peru.
- ternion
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- Mountie
-
noun,
a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
- orients
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- stunner
-
noun,
a person or thing that stuns.
- tenners
-
noun,
a 10-dollar bill.
- Manitou
-
noun,
(among the Algonquian Indians) a supernatural being that controls nature; a spirit, deity, or object that possesses supernatural power.
- oarsmen
-
noun,
a person who rows a boat, especially a racing boat; rower.
- Martens
-
noun,
any of several slender, chiefly arboreal carnivores of the genus Martes, of northern forests, having a long, glossy coat and bushy tail.
- Temenus
-
noun,
a son of Aristomachus who was allotted the city of Argos for his participation in the Heraclidae invasion of Peloponnesus.
- moreens
-
noun,
a heavy fabric of wool, or wool and cotton, with a ribbed face and a moiré finish, used for curtains, petticoats, etc.
- neutron
-
noun,
an elementary particle having no charge, mass slightly greater than that of a proton, and spin of ½: a constituent of the nuclei of all atoms except those of hydrogen. Symbol: n.
- neutro-
-
- Martinu
-
noun,
Bohuslav [baw-hoo-slahf] /ˈbɔ hʊˌslɑf/ (Show IPA), 1890–1959, Czech composer.
- martins
-
noun,
Peter, born 1946, U.S. choreographer and ballet master, born in Denmark.
- neuters
-
noun,
Grammar.
the neuter gender.
a noun of that gender.
another element marking that gender.
an intransitive verb.
- Marston
-
noun,
John, c1575–1634, English dramatist and satirical poet.
- Manners
-
noun,
a way of doing, being done, or happening; mode of action, occurrence, etc.:
- marines
-
noun,
a member of the U.S. Marine Corps.
- manures
-
noun,
excrement, especially of animals, or other refuse used as fertilizer.
- Teniers
-
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.
- mansion
-
noun,
a very large, impressive, or stately residence.
- mannose
-
noun,
a hexose, C 6 H 12 O 6 , obtained from the hydrolysis of the ivory nut and yielding mannitol upon reduction.
- mortise
-
noun,
a notch, hole, groove, or slot made in a piece of wood or the like to receive a tenon of the same dimensions.
- mannite
-
noun,
mannitol.
- routine
-
noun,
a customary or regular course of procedure.
- stamin-
-
- arseno-
-
- reunite
-
verb (used with or without object),
to unite again, as after separation.
- Aretino
-
noun,
Pietro [pye-traw] /ˈpyɛ trɔ/ (Show IPA), 1492–1556, Italian satirist and dramatist.
- remnant
-
noun,
a remaining, usually small part, quantity, number, or the like.
- Riemann
-
noun,
Georg Friedrich Bernhard [gey-awrk free-drikh bern-hahrt] /geɪˈɔrk ˈfri drɪx ˈbɛrn hɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1826–66, German mathematician.
- Antoine
-
noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1858–1943, French theatrical director, manager, and critic.
- anemone
-
noun,
any of various plants belonging to the genus Anemone, of the buttercup family, having petallike sepals and including several wild species with white flowers as well as others cultivated for their showy flowers in a variety of colors.
- aristo-
-
- uremias
-
noun,
a condition resulting from the retention in the blood of constituents normally excreted in the urine.
- Riesman
-
noun,
David, 1909–2002, U.S. sociologist.
- Eastern
-
adjective,
lying toward or situated in the east:
- Romains
-
noun,
Jules [zhyl] /ʒül/ (Show IPA), (Louis Farigoule) 1885–1972, French novelist, poet, and dramatist.
- Reunion
-
noun,
the act of uniting again.
- trisome
-
noun,
a trisomic individual.
- Aneurin
-
noun,
thiamine.
- treason
-
noun,
the offense of acting to overthrow one's government or to harm or kill its sovereign.
- tunnies
-
noun,
tuna1 .
- roseate
-
adjective,
tinged with rose; rosy:
- Rosanne
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Anterus
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 235–236.
- austere
-
adjective,
severe in manner or appearance; uncompromising; strict; forbidding:
- romaunt
-
noun,
a romantic tale or poem; romance.
- Amorite
-
noun,
a member of one of the principal tribes, or nations, of Canaan before its conquest by the Israelites. II Sam. 12:26–31.
- amorist
-
noun,
a person who is devoted to love and lovemaking.
- uranite
-
noun,
any of the uranium phosphates, as autunite or torbernite.
- amniote
-
noun,
any vertebrate of the group Amniota, comprising the reptiles, birds, and mammals, characterized by having an amnion during the embryonic stage.
- Austro-
-
- amnions
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. the innermost of the embryonic or fetal membranes of reptiles, birds, and mammals; the sac in which the embryo is suspended.
- amosite
-
noun,
an asbestine variety of anthophyllite, rich in iron, formerly used as a heat-resistant material.
- arenose
-
adjective,
sandy; gritty.
- remount
-
noun,
a fresh horse or supply of fresh horses.
- trienes
-
noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- amounts
-
noun,
the sum total of two or more quantities or sums; aggregate.
- remotes
-
noun,
Radio and Television. a broadcast, usually live, from a location outside a studio.
- earnest
-
noun,
full seriousness, as of intention or purpose:
- tsunami
-
noun,
an unusually large sea wave produced by a seaquake or undersea volcanic eruption.
- arenite
-
noun,
psammite.
- retsina
-
noun,
a strong, resinated white or red wine of Greece and Cyprus.
- Romanus
-
noun,
died a.d. 897, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 897.
- urinate
-
verb (used without object),
to pass or discharge urine.
- ARTEMIS
-
noun,
Also called Cynthia. an ancient Greek goddess, the daughter of Leto and the sister of Apollo, characterized as a virgin huntress and associated with the moon.
Compare Diana.
- unmiter
-
verb (used with object),
to deprive of a miter; depose from the rank of a bishop.
- anomite
-
noun,
a variety of mica, similar to biotite but differing in optical orientation.
- aeneous
-
adjective,
bronze-colored:
- Turenne
-
noun,
Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne de [ahn-ree duh la toor doh-vern-yuh duh] /ɑ̃ˈri də la ˈtur doʊˈvɛrn yə də/ (Show IPA), 1611–75, French general and marshal.
- ruinate
-
adjective,
ruined.
- anoints
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or sprinkle on; apply an unguent, ointment, or oily liquid to.
- trainee
-
noun,
a person being trained, especially in a vocation; apprentice.
- emirate
-
noun,
the office or rank of an emir.
- Emerson
-
noun,
Ralph Waldo [wawl-doh,, wol-] /ˈwɔl doʊ,, ˈwɒl-/ (Show IPA), 1803–82, U.S. essayist and poet.
- remains
-
noun,
Usually, remains. something that remains or is left.
- retinue
-
noun,
a body of retainers in attendance upon an important personage; suite.
- uterine
-
adjective,
of or relating to the uterus or womb.
- eminent
-
adjective,
high in station, rank, or repute; prominent; distinguished:
- rennets
-
noun,
the lining membrane of the fourth stomach of a calf or of the stomach of certain other young animals.
- antero-
-
- atomies
-
noun,
an atom; mote.
- unmitre
-
verb (used with object),
unmiter.
- Romaine
-
noun,
Also called romaine lettuce, cos, cos lettuce. a variety of lettuce, Lactuca sativa longifolia, having a cylindrical head of long, relatively loose leaves.
- retains
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- transom
-
noun,
a crosspiece separating a door or the like from a window or fanlight above it.
- Anteros
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a brother of Eros, most often regarded as the avenger of unrequited love.
- tureens
-
noun,
a large, deep, covered dish for serving soup, stew, or other foods.
- atonies
-
noun,
Pathology. lack of tone or energy; muscular weakness, especially in a contractile organ.
- Emerita
-
noun,
a woman with such status.
- atriums
-
noun,
Architecture.
Also called cavaedium. the main or central room of an ancient Roman house, open to the sky at the center and usually having a pool for the collection of rain water.
a courtyard, flanked or surrounded by porticoes, in front of an early or medieval Christian church.
a skylit central court in a contemporary building or house.
- triunes
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) the Trinity.
- Minoan
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of ancient Crete.
- merous
-
- anoint
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or sprinkle on; apply an unguent, ointment, or oily liquid to.
- anomie
-
noun,
a state or condition of individuals or society characterized by a breakdown or absence of social norms and values, as in the case of uprooted people.
- antrum
-
noun,
a cavity in a body organ, especially a bone.
- merits
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- unmans
-
verb (used with object),
to deprive of courage or fortitude; break down the manly spirit of:
- Merino
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) one of a breed of sheep, raised originally in Spain, valued for their fine wool.
- run-on
-
noun,
run-on matter.
- tauro-
-
- Taoism
-
noun,
the philosophical system evolved by Lao-tzu and Chuang-tzu, advocating a life of complete simplicity and naturalness and of noninterference with the course of natural events, in order to attain a happy existence in harmony with the Tao.
- miners
-
noun,
Also called mineworker. a person who works in a mine, especially a commercial mine producing coal or metallic ores.
- 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.
- 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.
- Noreen
-
noun,
a female given name, Irish diminutive of Nora.
- metros
-
noun,
the underground electric railway of Paris, France, Montreal, Canada, Washington, D.C., and other cities.
- metro-
-
- Ruston
-
noun,
a city in N Louisiana.
- Rustin
-
noun,
Bayard [bey-erd] /ˈbeɪ ərd/ (Show IPA), 1910–1987, U.S. civil rights leader.
- 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.
- tarso-
-
- Antrim
-
noun,
a county in NE Northern Ireland. 1098 sq. mi. (2844 sq. km). County seat: Belfast.
- unmeet
-
adjective,
not meet; not fitting, suitable, or proper; not becoming or seemly.
- rutins
-
noun,
a bright yellow or greenish-yellow substance, C 27 H 30 O 16 , obtained chiefly from buckwheat, and used in the treatment of capillary fragility.
- Antons
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Anthony.
- nonets
-
noun,
a group of nine performers or instruments.
- Merton
-
noun,
Robert King, 1910–2003, U.S. sociologist.
- norias
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- antres
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- Mersin
-
noun,
a seaport in S Turkey, on the NW coast of the Mediterranean Sea.
- Norman
-
noun,
a member of that branch of the Northmen or Scandinavians who in the 10th century conquered Normandy.
- Siouan
-
noun,
an American Indian language family formerly widespread from Saskatchewan to the lower Mississippi, also found in the Virginia and Carolina piedmont, and including Catawba, Crow, Dakota, Hidatsa, Mandan, Osage, and Winnebago.
- Noumea
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of New Caledonia, on the SW coast.
- Simeon
-
noun,
a son of Jacob and Leah. Gen. 29:33.
- sinner
-
noun,
a person who sins; transgressor.
- armets
-
noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- armies
-
noun,
the military forces of a nation, exclusive of the navy and in some countries the air force.
- masto-
-
- Master
-
noun,
a person with the ability or power to use, control, or dispose of something:
- unarms
-
verb (used with object),
to deprive or relieve of arms; disarm.
- Maseru
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Lesotho, in the NW part.
- oaters
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- aroint
-
verb (imperative),
begone:
- retina
-
noun,
the innermost coat of the posterior part of the eyeball that receives the image produced by the lens, is continuous with the optic nerve, and consists of several layers, one of which contains the rods and cones that are sensitive to light.
- arouse
-
verb (used with object),
to stir to action or strong response; excite:
- turion
-
noun,
a small shoot, as of asparagus or certain aquatic plants, from which a new plant can develop.
- retuse
-
adjective,
having an obtuse or rounded apex with a shallow notch, as leaves.
- Marten
-
noun,
any of several slender, chiefly arboreal carnivores of the genus Martes, of northern forests, having a long, glossy coat and bushy tail.
- retems
-
noun,
a shrub, Retama raetam, of Syria and Arabia, having white flowers: said to be the juniper of the Old Testament.
- Oeneus
-
noun,
a king of Calydon believed to have been the first man to cultivate grapes.
- sienna
-
noun,
a ferruginous earth used as a yellowish-brown pigment (raw sienna) or, after roasting in a furnace, as a reddish-brown pigment (burnt sienna)
- arsen-
-
- Seurat
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1859–91, French (pointillist) painter.
- Marius
-
noun,
Gaius, c155–86 b.c, Roman general and consul: opponent of Lucius Cornelius Sulla.
- Marist
-
noun,
a member of a religious order founded in Lyons, France, in 1816 for missionary and educational work in the name of the Virgin Mary.
- Marion
-
noun,
Francis ("the Swamp Fox") 1732?–95, American Revolutionary general.
- set-in
-
adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- Marino
-
noun,
Daniel Constantine ("Dan") born 1961, U.S. football player.
- maters
-
noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- matins
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) matins, Also, especially British, mattins. (usually used with a singular verb) Ecclesiastical.
the first of the seven canonical hours.
the service for it, properly beginning at midnight, but sometimes beginning at daybreak.
Also called Morning Prayer. the service of public prayer, said in the morning, in the Anglican Church.
- Mentor
-
noun,
a wise and trusted counselor or teacher.
- aretes
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- Menton
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Mediterranean: winter resort.
- unites
-
noun,
a former gold coin of England, equal to 20 shillings, issued under James I and Charles I.
- rimose
-
adjective,
full of crevices, chinks, or cracks.
- Mentes
-
noun,
(in the Odyssey) a captain of the Taphians. Athena assumed his form when she urged Telemachus to search for Odysseus.
- teamer
-
noun,
a teamster.
- aorist
-
noun,
a verb tense, as in Classical Greek, expressing action or, in the indicative mood, past action, without further limitation or implication.
- unison
-
noun,
coincidence in pitch of two or more musical tones, voices, etc.
- Sirena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Nomura
-
noun,
Kichisaburo [kee-chee-sah-boo-raw] /ˈki tʃiˈsɑ buˈrɔ/ (Show IPA), 1877–1964, Japanese diplomat.
- Meerut
-
noun,
a city in W Uttar Pradesh, in N India.
- meatus
-
noun,
an opening or foramen, especially in a bone or bony structure, as the opening of the ear or nose.
- teaser
-
noun,
a person or thing that teases.
- matri-
-
- numina
-
noun,
plural of numen.
- numis.
-
- meanie
-
noun,
Informal. meany.
- Mauser
-
noun,
Peter Paul, 1838–1914, and his brother, Wilhelm, 1834–82, German inventors of firearms.
- ariose
-
adjective,
characterized by melody; songlike.
- Uniate
-
noun,
a member of an Eastern church that is in union with the Roman Catholic Church, acknowledges the Roman pope as supreme in matters of faith, but maintains its own liturgy, discipline, and rite.
- samite
-
noun,
a heavy silk fabric, sometimes interwoven with gold, worn in the Middle Ages.
- nutria
-
noun,
the coypu.
- mature
-
adjective,
complete in natural growth or development, as plant and animal forms:
- sinter
-
noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- matron
-
noun,
a married woman, especially one who is mature and staid or dignified and has an established social position.
- Tanner
-
noun,
a person whose occupation it is to tan hides.
- emotes
-
verb (used without object),
to show or pretend emotion:
- minuet
-
noun,
a slow, stately dance in triple meter, popular in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- Strain
-
noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- Rosina
-
noun,
a female given name, Italian form of Rose.
- Munsee
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people, one of the Delaware group.
- Munroe
-
noun,
Charles Edward, 1849–1938, U.S. chemist.
- munite
-
verb (used with object),
to fortify.
- Nereis
-
noun,
clamworm.
- Nereus
-
noun,
a sea god, the son of Pontus and Gaea and father of the Nereids.
- Nerine
-
noun,
any of several bulbous plants belonging to the genus Nerine, of the amaryllis family, native to southern Africa, having funnel-shaped red, pink, or white flowers.
- Nernst
-
noun,
Walther Herman [vahl-tuh r her-mahn] /ˈvɑl tər ˈhɛr mɑn/ (Show IPA), 1864–1941, German physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in chemistry 1920.
- Roseau
-
noun,
a seaport on and the capital of Dominica.
- stoner
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
- sortie
-
noun,
a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
- Nestor
-
noun,
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- airmen
-
noun,
an aviator.
- stream
-
noun,
a body of water flowing in a channel or watercourse, as a river, rivulet, or brook. Synonyms: rill, run, streamlet, runnel.
- uremia
-
noun,
a condition resulting from the retention in the blood of constituents normally excreted in the urine.
- Strine
-
noun,
Australian English.
- stroma
-
noun,
Cell Biology. the supporting framework or matrix of a cell.
- netman
-
noun,
a tennis player.
- Struma
-
noun,
Pathology. goiter.
- netmen
-
noun,
a tennis player.
- stumer
-
noun,
something bogus or fraudulent.
- urease
-
noun,
an enzyme that changes urea into ammonium carbonate, occurring in bacteria, fungi, etc.
- neumes
-
noun,
any of various symbols representing from one to four notes, used in the musical notation of the Middle Ages but now employed solely in the notation of Gregorian chant in the liturgical books of the Roman Catholic Church.
- mouser
-
noun,
an animal that catches mice:
- ameers
-
noun,
emir.
- muntin
-
noun,
Also called sash bar. a bar for holding the edges of window panes within a sash.
- urines
-
noun,
the liquid-to-semisolid waste matter excreted by the kidneys, in humans being a yellowish, slightly acid, watery fluid.
- mounts
-
noun,
the act or a manner of mounting.
- neaten
-
verb (used with object),
to make neat:
- routes
-
noun,
a course, way, or road for passage or travel:
- nasute
-
noun,
a soldier termite characterized by a beaklike snout through which a sticky secretion repellent to other insects is emitted.
- utero-
-
- natron
-
noun,
a mineral, hydrated sodium carbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅10H 2 O.
- nasion
-
noun,
the intersection of the internasal suture with the nasofrontal suture in the midsagittal plane.
- stamen
-
noun,
the pollen-bearing organ of a flower, consisting of the filament and the anther.
- Nature
-
noun,
the material world, especially as surrounding humankind and existing independently of human activities.
- Naoise
-
noun,
the husband of Deirdre and a nephew of Conchobar, by whom he was treacherously killed.
- Nantes
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Loire-Atlantique, in W France, at the mouth of the Loire River.
- nanism
-
noun,
the condition of being unusually or abnormally small in size or stature; dwarfism.
- Nautes
-
noun,
(in the Aeneid) an aged Trojan and advisor to Aeneas.
- rouens
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Seine-Maritime, in N France, on the Seine: famous cathedral; execution of Joan of Arc 1431.
- urino-
-
- usenet
-
noun,
Computers. an extensive system of newsgroups: a branch of the Internet.
- nemat-
-
- aeron.
-
- steno-
-
- muster
-
noun,
an assembling of troops or persons for formal inspection or other purposes.
- mustee
-
noun,
the offspring of a white person and a quadroon; octoroon.
- murine
-
noun,
a murine rodent.
- ursine
-
adjective,
of or relating to a bear or bears.
- Sterne
-
noun,
Laurence, 1713–68, English clergyman and novelist.
- rumens
-
noun,
the first stomach of ruminating animals, lying next to the reticulum.
- souter
-
noun,
a person who makes or repairs shoes; cobbler; shoemaker.
- Rosita
-
noun,
a female given name, Spanish form of Rose.
- mourns
-
verb (used with object),
to feel or express sorrow or grief over (misfortune, loss, or anything regretted); deplore.
- Ronnie
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Ronald or Veronica.
- run-in
-
noun,
a quarrel; argument.
- mitres
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- unrent
-
adjective,
not rent; not torn, disturbed, pained, or the like:
- moires
-
noun,
any moiré fabric.
- Nistru
-
noun,
Romanian name of Dniester.
- suntan
-
noun,
a browning or a brown color of the skin resulting from exposure to sunlight or a sunlamp; tan.
- Moesia
-
noun,
an ancient country in S Europe, S of the Danube and N of ancient Thrace and Macedonia: later a Roman province.
- Moerae
-
plural noun,
the Fates.
- niters
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- nitons
-
noun,
(formerly) radon. Symbol: Nt.
- marine
-
noun,
a member of the U.S. Marine Corps.
- nitro-
-
- animes
-
noun,
a Japanese style of motion-picture animation, characterized by highly stylized, colorful art, futuristic settings, violence, and sexuality.
- sonant
-
noun,
a speech sound that by itself makes a syllable or subordinates to itself the other sounds in the syllable; a syllabic sound (opposed to consonant).
- Monera
-
noun,
a taxonomic kingdom of prokaryotic organisms that typically reproduce by asexual budding or fission and have a nutritional mode of absorption, photosynthesis, or chemosynthesis, comprising the bacteria, blue-green algae, and various primitive pathogens.
- somni-
-
- somite
-
noun,
any of the longitudinal series of segments or parts into which the body of certain animals is divided; a metamere.
- 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.
- somat-
-
- soiree
-
noun,
an evening party or social gathering, especially one held for a particular purpose:
- tainos
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- 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.).
- misrun
-
noun,
an incomplete casting, the metal of which has solidified prematurely.
- 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.
- animus
-
noun,
strong dislike or enmity; hostile attitude; animosity.
- minute
-
noun,
the sixtieth part (1/60) of an hour; sixty seconds.
- aniso-
-
- anenst
-
preposition,
anent (def 2).
- anemo-
-
- aments
-
noun,
catkin.
- Moreau
-
noun,
Gustave [gys-tav] /güsˈtav/ (Show IPA), 1826–98, French painter.
- urates
-
noun,
a salt of uric acid.
- neuro-
-
- Amiens
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Somme, in N France: cathedral; battles 1914, 1918, 1944.
- amines
-
noun,
any of a class of compounds derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms with organic groups.
- amino-
-
- urano-
-
- neuron
-
noun,
Cell Biology. a specialized, impulse-conducting cell that is the functional unit of the nervous system, consisting of the cell body and its processes, the axon and dendrites.
- amnion
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. the innermost of the embryonic or fetal membranes of reptiles, birds, and mammals; the sac in which the embryo is suspended.
- suitor
-
noun,
a man who courts or woos a woman.
- neuter
-
noun,
Grammar.
the neuter gender.
a noun of that gender.
another element marking that gender.
an intransitive verb.
- amnios
-
- Moreen
-
noun,
a heavy fabric of wool, or wool and cotton, with a ribbed face and a moiré finish, used for curtains, petticoats, etc.
- Sumner
-
noun,
Charles, 1811–74, U.S. statesman.
- unrest
-
noun,
lack of rest; a restless, troubled, or uneasy state; disquiet:
- Niemen
-
noun,
a river in the W Soviet Union in Europe, flowing into the Baltic: called Memel in its lower course. 565 miles (910 km) long.
- amount
-
noun,
the sum total of two or more quantities or sums; aggregate.
- Sumter
-
noun,
a city in central South Carolina.
- Romans
-
noun,
an Epistle of the New Testament, written by Paul to the Christian community in Rome. Abbreviation: Rom.
- sonnet
-
noun,
Prosody. a poem, properly expressive of a single, complete thought, idea, or sentiment, of 14 lines, usually in iambic pentameter, with rhymes arranged according to one of certain definite schemes, being in the strict or Italian form divided into a major group of 8 lines (the octave) followed by a minor group of 6 lines (the sestet), and in a common English form into 3 quatrains followed by a couplet.
- amours
-
noun,
a love affair.
- unseen
-
adjective,
not seen; unperceived; unobserved; invisible.
- unseat
-
verb (used with object),
to dislodge from a seat, especially to throw from a saddle, as a rider; unhorse.
- unseam
-
verb (used with object),
to open the seam or seams of; undo; rip apart:
- Monnet
-
noun,
Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1888–1979, French economist: originator of the European Common Market.
- monies
-
noun,
a plural of money.
- Moneta
-
noun,
Ernesto Teodoro [er-ne-staw te-aw-daw-raw] /ɛrˈnɛ stɔ ˌtɛ ɔˈdɔ rɔ/ (Show IPA), 1833–1918, Italian journalist: Nobel Peace Prize 1907.
- nitres
-
noun,
niter.
- intro.
-
- austr-
-
- Tories
-
noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- sennet
-
noun,
any of several small barracudas, as Sphyraena borealis (northern sennet) ranging along the eastern coast of North and Central America.
- inmate
-
noun,
a person who is confined in a prison, hospital, etc.
- autism
-
noun,
Psychiatry. a pervasive developmental disorder of children, characterized by impaired communication, excessive rigidity, and emotional detachment: now considered one of the autism spectrum disorders.
- Sennar
-
noun,
a region in the E Sudan between the White and Blue Nile rivers, S of Khartoum: a former kingdom.
- timers
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- inmost
-
adjective,
situated farthest within:
- Saturn
-
noun,
an ancient Roman god of agriculture, the consort of Ops, believed to have ruled the earth during an age of happiness and virtue, identified with the Greek god Cronus.
- tinmen
-
noun,
a tinsmith.
- Easton
-
noun,
a city in E Pennsylvania, on the Delaware River.
- sennit
-
noun,
a flat, braided cordage, formed by plaiting strands of rope yarn or other fiber, used as small stuff aboard ships.
- innate
-
adjective,
existing in one from birth; inborn; native:
- Truman
-
noun,
Elizabeth Virginia Wallace ("Bess") 1885–1982, U.S. First Lady 1945–53 (wife of Harry S Truman).
- Easter
-
noun,
an annual Christian festival in commemoration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, observed on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the vernal equinox, as calculated according to tables based in Western churches on the Gregorian calendar and in Orthodox churches on the Julian calendar.
- Ransom
-
noun,
the redemption of a prisoner, slave, or kidnapped person, of captured goods, etc., for a price.
- Timour
-
noun,
Tamerlane.
- triene
-
noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- inurns
-
verb (used with object),
to put into an urn, especially ashes after cremation.
- toners
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- satori
-
noun,
sudden enlightenment.
- Estrin
-
noun,
estrone.
- 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.
- rentes
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- tumors
-
noun,
a swollen part; swelling; protuberance.
- transe
-
noun,
a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
- remans
-
verb (used with object),
to man again; furnish with a fresh supply of personnel.
- satire
-
noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- enures
-
verb (used with or without object),
inure.
- remise
-
verb (used with object),
to give up a claim to; surrender by deed.
- Renton
-
noun,
a city in W Washington, near Seattle.
- irones
-
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.
- ornate
-
adjective,
elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so:
- triens
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- Senora
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to Mrs., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a married or older woman. Abbreviation: Sra.
- ration
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- eonian
-
adjective,
aeonian.
- eonism
-
noun,
the adoption of feminine mannerisms, clothing, etc., by a male.
- inanes
-
noun,
something that is empty or void, especially the void of infinite space.
- tinner
-
noun,
a tinsmith.
- Timaru
-
noun,
a seaport on the E coast of South Island, in S New Zealand.
- ratine
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- inures
-
verb (used with object),
to accustom to hardship, difficulty, pain, etc.; toughen or harden; habituate (usually followed by to):
- ostium
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. a small opening or orifice, as at the end of the oviduct.
- ramets
-
noun,
an individual of a clone.
- ramose
-
adjective,
having many branches.
- auntie
-
noun,
Informal. aunt.
- tonner
-
noun,
something having a specified weight in tons (used in combination):
- treens
-
noun,
treenware.
- tremie
-
noun,
a funnellike device lowered into water to deposit concrete.
- ramous
-
adjective,
ramose.
- tronas
-
noun,
a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
- Esenin
-
noun,
Sergey Aleksandrovich [Russian syir-gyey uh-lyi-ksahn-druh-vyich] /Russian syɪrˈgyeɪ ʌ lyɪˈksɑn drə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), Yesenin, Sergey Aleksandrovich.
- insure
-
verb (used with object),
to guarantee against loss or harm.
- rennet
-
noun,
the lining membrane of the fourth stomach of a calf or of the stomach of certain other young animals.
- tonnes
-
noun,
metric ton.
- instr.
-
- instar
-
noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- Senate
-
noun,
an assembly or council of citizens having the highest deliberative functions in a government, especially a legislative assembly of a state or nation.
- Rennes
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Ille-et-Vilaine, in NW France: former capital of Brittany; scene of trial of Alfred Dreyfus, 1899.
- renins
-
noun,
a proteolytic enzyme secreted by the kidneys that is involved in the release of angiotensin.
- insert
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- inseam
-
noun,
an inside or inner seam of a garment, especially the seam of a trouser leg that runs from the crotch down to the bottom of the leg.
- insane
-
adjective,
not sane; not of sound mind; mentally deranged.
- inter.
-
- easier
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- truism
-
noun,
a self-evident, obvious truth.
- atones
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- inturn
-
noun,
an inward turn or curve around an axis or fixed point.
- intros
-
noun,
an introduction.
- Rennie
-
noun,
John, 1761–1821, Scottish engineer.
- ranees
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- tinman
-
noun,
a tinsmith.
- intron
-
noun,
a noncoding segment in a length of DNA that interrupts a gene-coding sequence or nontranslated sequence, the corresponding segment being removed from the RNA copy before transcription.
- Ernest
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “vigor, intent.”.
- nation
-
noun,
a large body of people, associated with a particular territory, that is sufficiently conscious of its unity to seek or to possess a government peculiarly its own:
- remote
-
noun,
Radio and Television. a broadcast, usually live, from a location outside a studio.
- intern
-
noun,
a person who is or has been interned; internee.
- intra-
-
- Senior
-
noun,
a person who is older than another.
- intone
-
verb (used with object),
to utter with a particular tone or voice modulation.
- 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.
- inters
-
verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- ramson
-
noun,
a garlic, Allium ursinum, having broad leaves.
- 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.
- Atreus
-
noun,
the father of Plisthenes, Agamemnon, Menelaus, and Anaxibia upon whose house Thyestes pronounced a curse.
- atrium
-
noun,
Architecture.
Also called cavaedium. the main or central room of an ancient Roman house, open to the sky at the center and usually having a pool for the collection of rain water.
a courtyard, flanked or surrounded by porticoes, in front of an early or medieval Christian church.
a skylit central court in a contemporary building or house.
- Semite
-
noun,
a member of any of various ancient and modern peoples originating in southwestern Asia, including the Akkadians, Canaanites, Phoenicians, Hebrews, and Arabs.
- astron
-
- aurist
-
noun,
a physician specializing in the treatment of ear diseases; otologist.
- Tenner
-
noun,
a 10-dollar bill.
- Artois
-
noun,
a former province in N France: artesian wells.
- ennuis
-
noun,
a feeling of utter weariness and discontent resulting from satiety or lack of interest; boredom:
- tisane
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- Mannie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Emanuel.
- triose
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- Mannes
-
noun,
Leopold Damrosch, 1899–1964, U.S. composer and chemist.
- manner
-
noun,
a way of doing, being done, or happening; mode of action, occurrence, etc.:
- tureen
-
noun,
a large, deep, covered dish for serving soup, stew, or other foods.
- retain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- seater
-
noun,
a person or thing that seats.
- Austen
-
noun,
Jane, 1775–1817, English novelist.
- tennis
-
noun,
a game played on a rectangular court by two players or two pairs of players equipped with rackets, in which a ball is driven back and forth over a low net that divides the court in half.
- santir
-
noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- resume
-
noun,
résumé.
- outran
-
verb,
simple past tense of outrun.
- Reston
-
noun,
James (Barrett) ("Scotty") 1909–1995, U.S. journalist, born in Scotland.
- ternes
-
noun,
terne metal.
- Mainer
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of the state of Maine.
- Santee
-
noun,
a city in SW California.
- 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;
- Serena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- remain
-
noun,
Usually, remains. something that remains or is left.
- Austin
-
noun,
Alfred, 1835–1913, English poet: poet laureate 1896–1913.
- tenaim
-
noun,
the terms of a Jewish marriage, as the wedding date, amount of the bride's dowry, etc., or an agreement containing such terms, made by the parents of an engaged couple at the engagement party.
- omenta
-
noun,
a fold of the peritoneum connecting the stomach and the abdominal viscera forming a protective and supportive covering.
- enamor
-
verb (used with object),
to fill or inflame with love (usually used in the passive and followed by of or sometimes with):
- Maoris
-
noun,
a member of the native Polynesian population of New Zealand.
- Sarton
-
noun,
May, 1912–95, U.S. poet, novelist, and playwright.
- tenias
-
noun,
taenia.
- arsine
-
noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- arsino
-
adjective,
containing the arsino group.
- Ennius
-
noun,
Quintus [kwin-tuh s] /ˈkwɪn təs/ (Show IPA), 239–169? b.c, Roman poet.
- manure
-
noun,
excrement, especially of animals, or other refuse used as fertilizer.
- sateen
-
noun,
a strong cotton fabric constructed in satin weave and having a lustrous face.
- enates
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- toe-in
-
noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- mantis
-
noun,
any of several predaceous insects of the order Mantidae, having a long prothorax and typically holding the forelegs in an upraised position as if in prayer.
- seamen
-
noun,
a person skilled in seamanship.
- Auster
-
noun,
the south wind personified.
- 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.
- Sarnen
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Obwalden, in central Switzerland, E of Bern.
- tuners
-
noun,
a person or thing that tunes.
- reason
-
noun,
a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.:
- Remsen
-
noun,
Ira, 1846–1927, U.S. chemist and educator.
- toneme
-
noun,
a phoneme consisting of a contrastive feature of tone in a tone language:
- Teresa
-
noun,
Mother (Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu) 1910–97, Albanian nun: Nobel Peace Prize 1979 for work in the slums of Calcutta, India.
- entire
-
noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- resent
-
verb (used with object),
to feel or show displeasure or indignation at (a person, act, remark, etc.) from a sense of injury or insult.
- trines
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- seiner
-
noun,
a person who fishes with a seine.
- Tereus
-
noun,
a Thracian prince, the husband of Procne, who raped his sister-in-law Philomela and was changed into a hoopoe as a punishment.
- ouster
-
noun,
expulsion or removal from a place or position occupied:
- reseau
-
noun,
a network.
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- orates
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- trans.
-
- reseat
-
verb (used with object),
to provide with a new seat or new seats.
- isomer
-
noun,
Chemistry. a compound displaying isomerism with one or more other compounds.
- Orense
-
noun,
a city in N Spain, NW of Madrid.
- Ismene
-
noun,
a daughter of Oedipus and Jocasta who did not join Antigone in her forbidden burial of their brother Polynices.
- astro-
-
- Orient
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- 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:
- enter-
-
- ensure
-
verb (used with object),
to secure or guarantee:
- tensor
-
noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
- tenons
-
noun,
a projection formed on the end of a timber or the like for insertion into a mortise of the same dimensions.
- MAeroE
-
- iatro-
-
- trains
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- serein
-
noun,
fine rain falling after sunset from a sky in which no clouds are visible.
- astern
-
adverb,
in a position behind a specified vessel or aircraft:
- tenson
-
noun,
a Provençal poem taking the form of a dialogue or debate between two rival troubadours.
- tineas
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- tenuis
-
noun,
an unaspirated, voiceless plosive.
- outman
-
verb (used with object),
to surpass in manpower.
- tenure
-
noun,
the holding or possessing of anything:
- Triune
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) the Trinity.
- imaret
-
noun,
(in Turkey) a hospice for pilgrims, travelers, etc.
- Rains
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- Ronan
-
noun,
a king who killed his son, Mael Fothartaigh, after his wife had falsely accused the boy of attempting to seduce her, and who was himself killed by the children of Mael Fothartaigh.
- Remus
-
noun,
Roman Legend. See under Romulus (def 1).
- ronin
-
noun,
a samurai who no longer serves a daimyo, or feudal lord.
- Ramon
-
noun,
any of several tropical American trees belonging to the genus Brosimum, of the mulberry family, the leaves of which are used as forage, especially B. alicastrum, which bears the breadnut.
- Ronne
-
noun,
a seaport on W Bornholm island, Denmark, in the S Baltic Sea: stone quarries.
- Ramee
-
noun,
Louise de la ("Ouida") 1839–1908, English novelist.
- ramet
-
noun,
an individual of a clone.
- Sarto
-
noun,
Andrea del [ahn-drey-uh del;; Italian ahn-dre-ah del] /ɑnˈdreɪ ə dɛl;; Italian ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ dɛl/ (Show IPA), Andrea del Sarto.
- Renan
-
noun,
Ernest [ur-nist;; French er-nest] /ˈɜr nɪst;; French ɛrˈnɛst/ (Show IPA), 1823–92, French philologist, historian, and critic.
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- neut.
-
- ramie
-
noun,
an Asian shrub, Boehmeria nivea, of the nettle family, yielding a fiber used especially in making textiles.
- seti-
-
- Ramos
-
noun,
Fidel V. born 1928, Philippine political leader: president 1992–98.
- nears
-
- Rouen
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Seine-Maritime, in N France, on the Seine: famous cathedral; execution of Joan of Arc 1431.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- reams
-
noun,
a standard quantity of paper, consisting of 20 quires or 500 sheets (formerly 480 sheets), or 516 sheets (printer's ream or perfect ream)
- Neman
-
noun,
a river rising in central Byelorussia (Belarus), flowing W through Lithuania into the Baltic. 582 miles (937 km) long.
- Srta.
-
- roues
-
noun,
a dissolute and licentious man; rake.
- rouse
-
noun,
a rousing.
- roust
-
verb (used with object),
to rout, as from a place:
- sruti
-
noun,
the Vedas and some of the Upanishads, regarded as divinely revealed.
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- satin
-
noun,
a fabric in a warp-effect or filling-effect satin weave, as acetate, rayon, nylon, or silk, often having a glossy face and a soft, slippery texture.
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- Reaum
-
- naut.
-
- routs
-
noun,
a defeat attended with disorderly flight; dispersal of a defeated force in complete disorder:
- satem
-
adjective,
belonging to or consisting of those branches of the Indo-European family in which alveolar or palatal fricatives, as the sounds (s) or (sh), developed in ancient times from Proto-Indo-European palatal stops: the satem branches are Indo-Iranian, Armenian, Slavic, Baltic, and Albanian.
- reest
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- Reims
-
noun,
a city in NE France: cathedral; unconditional surrender of Germany May 7, 1945.
- route
-
noun,
a course, way, or road for passage or travel:
- 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.
- reman
-
verb (used with object),
to man again; furnish with a fresh supply of personnel.
- Nemea
-
noun,
a valley in SE Greece, in ancient Argolis.
- neur-
-
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- neume
-
noun,
any of various symbols representing from one to four notes, used in the musical notation of the Middle Ages but now employed solely in the notation of Gregorian chant in the liturgical books of the Roman Catholic Church.
- ramus
-
noun,
a branch, as of a plant, vein, bone, etc.
- saute
-
noun,
a dish of sautéed food.
- Ranee
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- 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.
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- rason
-
noun,
a long, loose, black gown with wide sleeves, worn by the clergy.
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- neons
-
noun,
Chemistry. a chemically inert gaseous element occurring in small amounts in the earth's atmosphere, used chiefly in a type of electrical lamp. Symbol: Ne; atomic weight: 20.183; atomic number: 10; density: 0.9002 g/l at 0°C and 760 mm pressure.
- 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.
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- 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.
- ratio
-
noun,
the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:
- rumen
-
noun,
the first stomach of ruminating animals, lying next to the reticulum.
- rotas
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- ratos
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- ruins
-
noun,
ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay:
- nemos
-
noun,
remote (def 10).
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- Soane
-
noun,
Sir John, 1753–1837, English architect.
- SEATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Manila (1954), comprising Australia, Great Britain, France, New Zealand, Pakistan, the Philippines, Thailand, and the United States, for collective defense against aggression in southeastern Asia and the southwestern Pacific: abolished in 1977.
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- orant
-
noun,
a representation of a female figure, with outstretched arms and palms up in a gesture of prayer, in ancient and early Christian art.
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- Rimas
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- numen
-
noun,
divine power or spirit; a deity, especially one presiding locally or believed to inhabit a particular object.
- reset
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- 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.
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- 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).
- 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.
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- Notus
-
noun,
the ancient Greek personification of the south wind.
- notum
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- Saone
-
noun,
a river flowing S from NE France to the Rhone. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- notes
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- sito-
-
- 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.
- Smart
-
noun,
a sharp local pain, usually superficial, as from a wound, blow, or sting.
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- ornes
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- smear
-
noun,
an oily, greasy, viscous, or wet substance, especially a dab of such a substance.
- ornis
-
noun,
an avifauna.
- 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.
- orans
-
noun,
orant.
- 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.
- Norns
-
noun,
an extinct Norse dialect, spoken until early modern times in the Shetland and Orkney Islands and in parts of northern Scotland.
- oater
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- serum
-
noun,
the clear, pale-yellow liquid that separates from the clot in the coagulation of blood; blood serum.
- Seton
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- omers
-
noun,
a Hebrew unit of dry measure, the tenth part of an ephah.
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- omits
-
verb (used with object),
to leave out; fail to include or mention:
- simar
-
noun,
Also, cymar. a loose, lightweight jacket or robe for women, fashionable in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- retem
-
noun,
a shrub, Retama raetam, of Syria and Arabia, having white flowers: said to be the juniper of the Old Testament.
- omni-
-
- sero-
-
- Omuta
-
noun,
a seaport on W Kyushu, in SW Japan.
- Oates
-
noun,
Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- oaten
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or made of oats.
- Nurmi
-
noun,
Paavo Johannes [pah-vaw yaw-hahn-nes] /ˈpɑ vɔ ˈyɔ hɑn nɛs/ (Show IPA), 1897–1973, Finnish athlete.
- Simon
-
noun,
the original name of the apostle Peter.
Compare Peter.
- sanit
-
- Sinan
-
noun,
1489?–1587, Turkish architect, especially of mosques.
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- Sinon
-
noun,
a Greek, posing as a deserter, who persuaded the Trojans to take the Trojan Horse into their city.
- onium
-
- Santo
-
noun,
a carved figure of a saint, usually of wood, as from Puerto Rico, Mexico, or the southwestern U.S.
- onset
-
noun,
a beginning or start:
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- Nurse
-
noun,
a person formally educated and trained in the care of the sick or infirm.
Compare nurse-midwife, nurse-practitioner, physician's assistant, practical nurse, registered nurse.
- Norse
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
- 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.
- Nimes
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Gard, in S France: Roman ruins.
- Nisan
-
noun,
the seventh month of the Jewish calendar.
- snout
-
noun,
the part of an animal's head projecting forward and containing the nose and jaws; muzzle.
- Noemi
-
noun,
Naomi (def 1).
- Omani
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Oman.
- renin
-
noun,
a proteolytic enzyme secreted by the kidneys that is involved in the release of angiotensin.
- runes
-
noun,
any of the characters of certain ancient alphabets, as of a script used for writing the Germanic languages, especially of Scandinavia and Britain, from c200 to c1200, or a script used for inscriptions in a Turkic language of the 6th to 8th centuries from the area near the Orkhon River in Mongolia.
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- nitr-
-
- niton
-
noun,
(formerly) radon. Symbol: Nt.
- semi-
-
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- SONAR
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- ourie
-
adjective,
shabby; dingy.
- snort
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- semen
-
noun,
the viscid, whitish fluid produced in the male reproductive organs, containing spermatozoa.
- Niort
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- Ninus
-
noun,
the legendary husband of Semiramis and founder of Nineveh.
- outen
-
verb (used with object),
to turn off (a light) or extinguish (a fire).
- Outer
-
adjective,
situated on or toward the outside; external; exterior:
- Ninos
-
noun,
boy; child.
- nines
-
noun,
a cardinal number, eight plus one.
- Roman
-
noun,
a metrical narrative, especially in medieval French literature.
- reni-
-
- Sonia
-
noun,
a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.
- outre
-
adjective,
passing the bounds of what is usual or considered proper; unconventional; bizarre.
- Seine
-
noun,
a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
- noise
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- snore
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- rutin
-
noun,
a bright yellow or greenish-yellow substance, C 27 H 30 O 16 , obtained chiefly from buckwheat, and used in the treatment of capillary fragility.
- Ostia
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, SW of Rome: ruins from 4th century b.c.; site of ancient port of Rome.
- rente
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- Norma
-
noun,
the Rule, a small southern constellation between Lupus and Ara.
- Senna
-
noun,
any plant, shrub, or tree belonging to the genus Cassia, of the legume family, having pinnate leaves and large clusters of flowers.
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- smite
-
Idioms,
smite hip and thigh. hip1 (def 9).
- Osman
-
noun,
1259–1326, Turkish emir 1299–1326: founder of the Ottoman dynasty.
- Saree
-
noun,
sari.
- noria
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- smote
-
verb,
a simple past tense of smite.
- oste-
-
- non-U
-
adjective,
not characteristic of or appropriate to the upper class, especially of Great Britain:
- runts
-
noun,
an animal that is small or stunted as compared with others of its kind.
- nomas
-
noun,
a gangrenous ulceration of the mouth or genitalia, occurring mainly in debilitated children.
- nonet
-
noun,
a group of nine performers or instruments.
- nones
-
noun,
the fifth of the seven canonical hours, or the service for it, originally fixed for the ninth hour of the day (or 3 p.m.).
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- nonas
-
noun,
sleeping sickness (def 2).
- nona-
-
- sneer
-
noun,
a look or expression of derision, scorn, or contempt.
- Otaru
-
noun,
a city in W Hokkaido, in N Japan.
- roams
-
noun,
an act or instance of roaming; a ramble.
- roans
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- roast
-
noun,
roasted meat or a piece of roasted meat, as a piece of beef or veal of a quantity and shape for slicing into more than one portion.
- nomes
-
noun,
one of the provinces of ancient Egypt.
- nomen
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) the second name of a citizen, indicating his gens, as “Gaius Julius Caesar.”.
- Sino-
-
- ernes
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- etuis
-
noun,
a small, often decorative case, especially one for needles, toilet articles, or the like.
- erose
-
adjective,
uneven, as if gnawed away.
- tonne
-
noun,
metric ton.
- tonia
-
- tones
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- 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 .
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- tomia
-
noun,
the cutting edge of a bird's bill.
- tomes
-
noun,
a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
- toman
-
noun,
a coin of Iran, equal to 10 rials.
- Ernie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Ernest.
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- Euro-
-
- euros
-
noun,
wallaroo.
- T-man
-
noun,
a special investigator of the Department of the Treasury.
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- IATSE
-
- Imena
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Arabic word meaning “faith.”.
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- tious
-
- 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.
- Miner
-
noun,
Also called mineworker. a person who works in a mine, especially a commercial mine producing coal or metallic ores.
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- ento-
-
- Toure
-
noun,
Sékou [sey-koo] /ˈseɪ ku/ (Show IPA), 1922–84, Guinean political leader: prime minister 1958-72; president 1958–84.
- enate
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- enema
-
noun,
the injection of a fluid into the rectum to cause a bowel movement.
- Ennis
-
noun,
a town in N Texas.
- ennui
-
noun,
a feeling of utter weariness and discontent resulting from satiety or lack of interest; boredom:
- enorm
-
adjective,
enormous; huge; vast.
- Ensor
-
noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- ensue
-
verb (used without object),
to follow in order; come afterward, especially in immediate succession:
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- enure
-
verb (used with or without object),
inure.
- tonus
-
noun,
a normal state of continuous slight tension in muscle tissue that facilitates its response to stimulation.
- torus
-
noun,
Architecture. a large convex molding, more or less semicircular in profile, commonly forming the lowest molding of the base of a column, directly above the plinth, sometimes occurring as one of a pair separated by a scotia and fillets. and column.
- Torun
-
noun,
a city in N Poland, on the Vistula.
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- 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.
- 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.
- erase
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- toran
-
noun,
(in Indian Buddhist and Hindu architecture) a gateway having two or three lintels between two posts.
- inane
-
noun,
something that is empty or void, especially the void of infinite space.
- Inner
-
adjective,
situated within or farther within; interior:
- touse
-
noun,
a commotion; rumpus.
- mairs
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- tera-
-
- tense
-
noun,
a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- tenon
-
noun,
a projection formed on the end of a timber or the like for insertion into a mortise of the same dimensions.
- Maine
-
noun,
a state in the NE United States, on the Atlantic coast. 33,215 sq. mi. (86,027 sq. km). Capital: Augusta.
Abbreviation: ME (for use with zip code), Me.
- mains
-
noun,
the main or home farm of a manor, as where the ownerlives; manse.
- teno-
-
- maist
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
most.
- 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.
- Manet
-
noun,
Édouard [ey-dwar] /eɪˈdwar/ (Show IPA), 1832–83, French painter.
- manit
-
noun,
man-minute.
- Tenn.
-
- Manon
-
noun,
an opera (1884) by Jules Massenet.
- manor
-
noun,
(in England) a landed estate or territorial unit, originally of the nature of a feudal lordship, consisting of a lord's demesne and of lands within which he has the right to exercise certain privileges, exact certain fees, etc.
- manos
-
noun,
the upper or handheld stone used when grinding maize or other grains on a metate.
- manse
-
noun,
the house and land occupied by a minister or parson.
- Manue
-
noun,
Manoah.
- Manus
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. the distal segment of the forelimb of a vertebrate, including the carpus and the forefoot or hand.
- Maori
-
noun,
a member of the native Polynesian population of New Zealand.
- term.
-
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- Inonu
-
noun,
Ismet [is-met] /ɪsˈmɛt/ (Show IPA), (Ismet Paşa) 1884–1973, president of Turkey 1938–50; prime minister 1923–24, 1925–37, 1961–65.
- 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.
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- inst.
-
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- intr.
-
- inure
-
verb (used with object),
to accustom to hardship, difficulty, pain, etc.; toughen or harden; habituate (usually followed by to):
- inurn
-
verb (used with object),
to put into an urn, especially ashes after cremation.
- 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).
- Timon
-
noun,
c320–c230 b.c, Greek philosopher.
- iotas
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- terne
-
noun,
terne metal.
- timer
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- Iran.
-
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- Irene
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of the Horae, the personification of peace.
- terse
-
adjective,
neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.
- 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.
- Irons
-
noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- 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.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- Isere
-
noun,
a river in SE France, flowing from the Alps to the Rhone River. 150 miles (240 km) long.
- Tours
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Indre-et-Loire, in W France, on the Loire River: Charles Martel defeated the Saracens near here a.d. 732.
- emote
-
verb (used without object),
to show or pretend emotion:
- Marie
-
noun,
(Marie Alexandra Victoria of Saxe-Coburg) 1875–1938, queen of Romania 1914–27.
- anis-
-
- amour
-
noun,
a love affair.
- untie
-
verb (used with object),
to loose or unfasten (anything tied); let or set loose by undoing a knot.
- unset
-
adjective,
not set; not solidified or made firm, as concrete or asphalt.
- amuse
-
verb (used with object),
to hold the attention of (someone) pleasantly; entertain or divert in an enjoyable or cheerful manner:
- anent
-
preposition,
in regard to; about; concerning.
- Aneto
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA). Spanish name of Pic de Néthou.
- anim.
-
- anime
-
noun,
a Japanese style of motion-picture animation, characterized by highly stylized, colorful art, futuristic settings, violence, and sexuality.
- anion
-
noun,
a negatively charged ion, as one attracted to the anode in electrolysis.
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- amort
-
adjective,
spiritless; lifeless.
- Annie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Ann, Anna, or Anne.
- annot
-
- anon.
-
- Anson
-
noun,
a male given name.
- ante-
-
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- anti-
-
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- Anton
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Anthony.
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- uran-
-
- amirs
-
noun,
emir.
- A-one
-
adjective,
noting a vessel regarded by a shipping-classification society as being equipped to the highest standard and with equipment maintained in first-class condition.
- urine
-
noun,
the liquid-to-semisolid waste matter excreted by the kidneys, in humans being a yellowish, slightly acid, watery fluid.
- 30-30
-
- Usnea
-
noun,
any pale-green or gray, mosslike lichen of the genus Usnea, common on rocks and trees.
- aeons
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- aeri-
-
- aerie
-
noun,
the nest of a bird of prey, as an eagle or a hawk.
- aero-
-
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- Urmia
-
noun,
Lake, a salt lake in NW Iran. About 2000 sq. mi. (5180 sq. km).
- Aimee
-
noun,
a female given name.
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- urase
-
noun,
urease.
- Urena
-
noun,
any tropical plant or shrub belonging to the genus Urena, of the mallow family, having clusters of small, yellow flowers, especially U. lobata, which yields a useful bast fiber.
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- ameer
-
noun,
emir.
- ureas
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a compound, CO(NH 2) 2 , occurring in urine and other body fluids as a product of protein metabolism.
- amens
-
noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- ament
-
noun,
catkin.
- Amer.
-
- urate
-
noun,
a salt of uric acid.
- amin-
-
- amine
-
noun,
any of a class of compounds derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms with organic groups.
- unman
-
verb (used with object),
to deprive of courage or fortitude; break down the manly spirit of:
- unite
-
noun,
a former gold coin of England, equal to 20 shillings, issued under James I and Charles I.
- emits
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- tumor
-
noun,
a swollen part; swelling; protuberance.
- ation
-
- atmo-
-
- atone
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- 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.
- Trona
-
noun,
a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- Aust.
-
- auto.
-
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- Astor
-
noun,
John Jacob, 1763–1848, U.S. capitalist and fur merchant.
- trims
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- treen
-
noun,
treenware.
- eaten
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- Eaton
-
noun,
Theophilus, 1590–1658, English colonist and colonial administrator in America.
- treas
-
- trams
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- emirs
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- astr.
-
- Aston
-
noun,
Francis William, 1877–1945, English physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1922.
- Unit.
-
- unarm
-
verb (used with object),
to deprive or relieve of arms; disarm.
- areo-
-
- Union
-
noun,
the act of uniting two or more things.
- Arete
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- Arion
-
noun,
flourished 7th century b.c, Greek poet: inventor of the dithyramb.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- arium
-
- Arius
-
noun,
died a.d. 336, Christian priest at Alexandria: founder of Arianism.
- Armen
-
- armet
-
noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- Unami
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people, one of the Delaware group.
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- arose
-
verb,
simple past tense of arise.
- Turin
-
noun,
a city in NW Italy, on the Po: capital of the Kingdom of Italy 1860–65.
- arson
-
noun,
Law. the malicious burning of another's house or property, or in some statutes, the burning of one's own house or property, as to collect insurance.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- TUNIS
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Tunisia, in the NE part.
- tunes
-
noun,
a succession of musical sounds forming an air or melody, with or without the harmony accompanying it.
- tuner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tunes.
- Tunas
-
noun,
any of several large food and game fishes of the family Scombridae, inhabiting temperate and tropical seas.
Compare albacore, bluefin tuna, yellowfin tuna.
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- 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.
- Marin
-
noun,
John, 1870–1953, U.S. painter and etcher.
- Minna
-
noun,
a female given name.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- miens
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- MSEnt
-
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- minas
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- Mines
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- Minn.
-
- strum
-
noun,
the act of strumming.
- stour
-
noun,
British Dialect.
tumult; confusion.
a storm.
- Minor
-
noun,
a person under the legal age of full responsibility.
- Minos
-
noun,
a king of Crete: he ordered Daedalus to build the Labyrinth.
- Minot
-
noun,
George Richards [rich-erdz] /ˈrɪtʃ ərdz/ (Show IPA), 1885–1950, U.S. physician: Nobel prize 1934.
- 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.
- minus
-
noun,
minus sign.
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- Tarim
-
noun,
a river in NW China, in Xinjiang Uygur region. About 1300 miles (2090 km) long.
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- mires
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- 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.
- Munro
-
noun,
Alice (Laidlaw) [leyd-law] /ˈleɪdˌlɔ/ (Show IPA), born 1931, Canadian short-story writer.
- Munin
-
noun,
one of the two ravens of Odin that brought him news from the whole world.
- 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.
- meta-
-
- metas
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) a column or post, or a group of columns or posts, placed at each end of a racetrack to mark the turning places.
- stoma
-
noun,
Also, stomate. Botany. any of various small apertures, especially one of the minute orifices or slits in the epidermis of leaves, stems, etc., through which gases are exchanged.
- 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.
- Metis
-
noun,
any person of mixed ancestry.
- 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.
- metr-
-
- stome
-
- Meuse
-
noun,
Dutch Maas. a river in W Europe, flowing from NE France through E Belgium and S Netherlands into the North Sea. 575 miles (925 km) long.
- taros
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- Stone
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- MOUSE
-
noun,
any of numerous small Old World rodents of the family Muridae, especially of the genus Mus, introduced widely in other parts of the world.
- Tamis
-
noun,
a worsted cloth mesh constructed in open weave and having a corded face, used as a sieve or strainer.
- stime
-
noun,
the smallest bit; a drop, taste, or glimpse.
- Moira
-
noun,
Classical Mythology.
the personification of fate.
Moirai, the Fates.
- MNurs
-
- Morse
-
noun,
an ornamented metal clasp or brooch for fastening a cope in front.
- Surat
-
noun,
a seaport in S Gujarat, in W India: first British settlement in India 1612.
- morns
-
noun,
morning.
- moans
-
noun,
a prolonged, low, inarticulate sound uttered from or as if from physical or mental suffering.
- mores
-
noun,
an additional quantity, amount, or number:
- Suomi
-
noun,
Finnish name of Finland.
- Morea
-
noun,
Peloponnesus.
- Sumer
-
noun,
an ancient region in southern Mesopotamia that contained a number of independent cities and city-states of which the first were established possibly as early as 5000 b.c.: conquered by the Elamites and, about 2000 b.c., by the Babylonians; a number of its cities, as Ur, Uruk, Kish, and Lagash, are major archaeological sites in southern Iraq.
- moire
-
noun,
any moiré fabric.
- moist
-
adjective,
moderately or slightly wet; damp.
- Sunni
-
noun,
Also called Sunnite. a member of one of the two great religious divisions of Islam, regarding the first four caliphs as legitimate successors of Muhammad and stressing the importance of Sunna as a basis for law.
Compare Shiʿite.
- Sunna
-
noun,
the traditional portion of Muslim law, based on the words and acts of Muhammad, and preserved in the traditional literature.
- moras
-
noun,
the unit of time equivalent to the ordinary or normal short sound or syllable.
- monas
-
noun,
monad.
- Monet
-
noun,
Claude [klawd;; French klohd] /klɔd;; French kloʊd/ (Show IPA), 1840–1926, French painter.
- morts
-
noun,
Hunting. the note played on a hunting horn signifying that the animal hunted has been killed.
- sutra
-
noun,
Hinduism. a collection of aphorisms relating to some aspect of the conduct of life.
- tames
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- Taino
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- mourn
-
verb (used with object),
to feel or express sorrow or grief over (misfortune, loss, or anything regretted); deplore.
- miser
-
noun,
a person who lives in wretched circumstances in order to save and hoard money.
- Mount
-
noun,
the act or a manner of mounting.
- moues
-
noun,
a pouting grimace.
- miso-
-
- Mario
-
noun,
a male given name: from the Roman family name Marius.
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- suint
-
noun,
the natural grease of the wool of sheep, consisting of a mixture of fatty matter and potassium salts, used as a source of potash and in the preparation of ointments.
- Moser
-
noun,
Johann Jakob [yoh-hahn yah-kawp] /ˈyoʊ hɑn ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1701–85, German jurist and publicist.
- motes
-
noun,
a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- 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.
- 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.
- Mitra
-
noun,
the mitriform pileus of certain fungi.
- suite
-
noun,
a number of things forming a series or set.
- Mitre
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- meso-
-
- metes
-
noun,
a limiting mark.
- muons
-
noun,
a lepton similar in most respects to the electron except that it is unstable, it may be positively charged, and its mass is approximately 207 times greater; the positively charged muon is the antiparticle of the negatively charged muon. Symbol: μ.
- MEANS
-
noun,
Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
- matr-
-
- Matsu
-
noun,
a pine, Pinus massoniana, of China, yielding a wood used in furniture-making, the construction of houses, etc.
- teens
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- Teena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Albertina, Bettina, or Christina.
- teems
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to produce (offspring).
- meant
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of mean1 .
- mater
-
noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- mesne
-
adjective,
intermediate or intervening.
- Mears
-
noun,
mere3 .
- Names
-
noun,
a word or a combination of words by which a person, place, or thing, a body or class, or any object of thought is designated, called, or known.
- tease
-
noun,
a person who teases or annoys.
- steam
-
noun,
water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor.
- tears
-
- meets
-
noun,
an assembly, as of persons and hounds for a hunt or swimmers or runners for a race or series of races:
- matin
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) matins, Also, especially British, mattins. (usually used with a singular verb) Ecclesiastical.
the first of the seven canonical hours.
the service for it, properly beginning at midnight, but sometimes beginning at daybreak.
Also called Morning Prayer. the service of public prayer, said in the morning, in the Anglican Church.
- nano-
-
- teams
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- Temne
-
noun,
a member of a people living mainly in Sierra Leone.
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- Maris
-
noun,
Roger (Eugene) 1934–85, U.S. baseball player.
- Marne
-
noun,
a river in NE France, flowing W to the Seine near Paris: battles 1914, 1918, 1944. 325 miles (525 km) long.
- naso-
-
- Maros
-
noun,
Hungarian name of Mures.
- marse
-
noun,
(used chiefly in representation of southern black speech) master.
- Marti
-
noun,
José [haw-se] /hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1853–1895, Cuban patriot and writer.
- Naomi
-
noun,
the mother-in-law of Ruth and the great-grandmother of David. Ruth 1.
- marts
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- Marut
-
noun,
any of a group of storm gods, the offspring of Rudra.
- temin
-
noun,
Howard M(artin) 1934–94, U.S. virologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1975.
- MASER
-
noun,
a device for amplifying electromagnetic waves by stimulated emission of radiation.
- Mason
-
noun,
a person whose trade is building with units of various natural or artificial mineral products, as stones, bricks, cinder blocks, or tiles, usually with the use of mortar or cement as a bonding agent.
- mast-
-
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- Meier
-
noun,
Richard, born 1934, U.S. architect.
- Namur
-
noun,
a province in S Belgium. 1413 sq. mi. (3660 sq. km).
- Mont.
-
- meno-
-
- Meroe
-
noun,
a ruined city in Sudan, on the Nile, NE of Khartoum: a capital of ancient Ethiopia that was destroyed a.d. c350.
- meros
-
noun,
(in the Doric order) a flat surface between two channels of a triglyph.
- Nairn
-
noun,
a historic county in N Scotland.
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- mero-
-
- mutes
-
noun,
Offensive. a person incapable of speech.
- merit
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- meres
-
noun,
Chiefly British Dialect. a lake or pond.
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- menta
-
noun,
Entomology. the medial plate of the labium in insects.
- mense
-
noun,
propriety; discretion.
- steer
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- Mensa
-
noun,
Also called altar slab, altar stone. the flat stone forming the top of the altar in a Roman Catholic church.
- ster.
-
- Murat
-
noun,
Joachim [zhaw-a-keem] /ʒɔ aˈkim/ (Show IPA), 1767?–1815, French marshal: king of Naples 1808–15.
- muras
-
noun,
(in Japan) a village; hamlet.
- Menes
-
noun,
flourished c3200 b.c, traditionally the unifier and 1st king of Egypt: founder of the 1st dynasty.
- menat
-
noun,
an amulet worn by certain Egyptians in ancient times to secure divine protection and to ensure fertility.
- Steen
-
noun,
Jan [yahn] /yɑn/ (Show IPA), 1626–79, Dutch painter.
- Mures
-
noun,
a river in SE central Europe, flowing W from the Carpathian Mountains in central Romania to the Tisza River in S Hungary. 400 miles (645 km) long.
- USNA
-
- sumi
-
noun,
black ink made from a mixture of plant soot and glue solidified into sticks or cakes the ends of which are scraped or ground into water on an ink slab, much used by calligraphers and painters.
- Sour
-
noun,
something that is sour.
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- tuns
-
noun,
a large cask for holding liquids, especially wine, ale, or beer.
- Tura
-
noun,
Cosimo [kaw-zee-maw] /ˈkɔ zi mɔ/ (Show IPA), c1430–98? Italian painter.
- Sra.
-
- Sumo
-
noun,
a form of wrestling in Japan in which a contestant wins by forcing his opponent out of the ring or by causing him to touch the ground with any part of his body other than the soles of his feet, contestants usually being men of great height and weight.
- uni-
-
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- USIA
-
- unto
-
preposition,
to (in its various uses, except as the accompaniment of the infinitive).
- Utes
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- USMA
-
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- rums
-
noun,
an alcoholic liquor or spirit distilled from molasses or some other fermented sugar-cane product.
- Utas
-
noun,
any of several iguanid lizards of the genus Uta, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico.
- Umea
-
noun,
a city in NE Sweden, on the Gulf of Bothnia.
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- Rus.
-
- rues
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- Ruse
-
noun,
a trick, stratagem, or artifice.
- Rust
-
noun,
Also called iron rust. the red or orange coating that forms on the surface of iron when exposed to air and moisture, consisting chiefly of ferric hydroxide and ferric oxide formed by oxidation.
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- runt
-
noun,
an animal that is small or stunted as compared with others of its kind.
- runs
-
noun,
an act or instance, or a period of running:
- uret
-
- uria
-
- str.
-
- Uris
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- stum
-
noun,
unfermented or partly fermented grape juice.
- stun
-
noun,
the act of stunning.
- suet
-
noun,
the hard fatty tissue about the loins and kidneys of beef, sheep, etc., used in cooking or processed to yield tallow.
- Rumi
-
noun,
Jalal ud-din [Persian jah-lahl ood-deen,, oo d-,, ja-] /Persian dʒɑˈlɑl udˈdin,, ʊd-,, dʒæ-/ (Show IPA), Jalal ud-din Rumi.
- Sami
-
noun,
Lapp.
- Ste.
-
- uro-
-
- SRAM
-
- USAR
-
- suit
-
noun,
a set of clothing, armor, or the like, intended for wear together.
- rune
-
noun,
any of the characters of certain ancient alphabets, as of a script used for writing the Germanic languages, especially of Scandinavia and Britain, from c200 to c1200, or a script used for inscriptions in a Turkic language of the 6th to 8th centuries from the area near the Orkhon River in Mongolia.
- Sam.
-
- ruin
-
noun,
ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay:
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- 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.
- urea
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a compound, CO(NH 2) 2 , occurring in urine and other body fluids as a product of protein metabolism.
- user
-
noun,
a person or thing that uses.
- same
-
Idioms,
all the same,
notwithstanding; nevertheless:
of no difference; immaterial:
- Sat.
-
- Soni
-
- situ
-
noun,
in situ.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- sene
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Western Samoa, the 100th part of a tala.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- team
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- seme
-
adjective,
covered with many small, identical figures.
- Sem.
-
- tion
-
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- 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.
- taur
-
- Tasm
-
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- Seen
-
verb,
past participle of see1 .
- Seem
-
verb (used without object),
to appear to be, feel, do, etc.:
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- seat
-
noun,
something designed to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair, bench, or pew; a place on or in which one sits.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- teas
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- seam
-
noun,
the line formed by sewing together pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.
- 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.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- SIAM
-
noun,
former name of Thailand (def 1).
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- ten.
-
- Sima
-
noun,
an assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and magnesium, that constitutes the lower layer of the earth's crust and is found beneath the ocean floors and the sial of continents.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- 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.
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- ter.
-
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- 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.
- teen
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- teem
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to produce (offspring).
- 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.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- tome
-
noun,
a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
- sunn
-
noun,
a tall East Indian shrub, Crotalaria juncea, of the legume family, having slender branches and yellow flowers, and an inner bark that yields a hemplike fiber used for making ropes, sacking, etc.
- tRNA
-
- Soma
-
noun,
the body of an organism as contrasted with its germ cells.
- some
-
adverb,
(used with numerals and with words expressing degree, extent, etc.) approximately; about:
- 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.
- tri-
-
- trim
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- Surt
-
noun,
the guardian and ruler of Muspelheim, destined to defeat Frey at Ragnarok and destroy the world with fire.
- sure
-
Idioms,
for sure, as a certainty; surely:
- tron
-
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- Sura
-
noun,
any of the 114 chapters of the Koran.
- sur-
-
- Sari
-
noun,
a garment worn by Hindu women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- Tues
-
- tuis
-
noun,
a black New Zealand honey eater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, having a patch of white feathers on each side of the throat, sometimes tamed as a pet.
- Tums
-
verb (used with object),
to tease (wool) in the preliminary carding operation, or to open out the fibers prior to carding.
- tuna
-
noun,
any of several large food and game fishes of the family Scombridae, inhabiting temperate and tropical seas.
Compare albacore, bluefin tuna, yellowfin tuna.
- 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.
- tune
-
noun,
a succession of musical sounds forming an air or melody, with or without the harmony accompanying it.
- tram
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- sate
-
noun,
a Southeast Asian, especially Indonesian and Malaysian, dish of marinated, bite-size pieces of meat, skewered, barbecued, and usually served with a peanut-flavored dipping sauce.
- TOMS
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- Taro
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- tonn
-
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- smut
-
noun,
a particle of soot; sooty matter.
- saur
-
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- 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.
- Sato
-
noun,
Eisaku [ey-sah-koo;; Japanese ey-sah-koo] /eɪˈsɑ ku;; Japanese ˈeɪ sɑˌku/ (Show IPA), 1901–75, Japanese political leader: prime minister 1964–72; Nobel Peace Prize 1974.
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- Tour
-
noun,
a traveling around from place to place.
- Tams
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- Tame
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- 1080
-
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- rout
-
noun,
a defeat attended with disorderly flight; dispersal of a defeated force in complete disorder:
- mesa
-
noun,
a land formation, less extensive than a plateau, having steep walls and a relatively flat top and common in arid and semiarid parts of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico.
- meat
-
noun,
the flesh of animals as used for food.
- Meer
-
noun,
Jan van der [yahn vahn der] /yɑn vɑn dɛr/ (Show IPA), Vermeer, Jan.
- meet
-
noun,
an assembly, as of persons and hounds for a hunt or swimmers or runners for a race or series of races:
- 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.
- men-
-
- ment
-
- menu
-
noun,
a list of the dishes served at a meal; bill of fare:
- mere
-
noun,
Chiefly British Dialect. a lake or pond.
- 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.
- mes-
-
- met.
-
- mear
-
noun,
mere3 .
- mete
-
noun,
a limiting mark.
- Miao
-
noun,
Also, Meo. a member of a diverse group of seminomadic farming people of the mountains of southeastern China and adjacent areas of Laos, North Vietnam, and Thailand.
- mias
-
plural,
missing in action.
- mien
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- min.
-
- Mina
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- Mino
-
noun,
Minho.
- mins
-
noun,
a group of Chinese languages spoken in southeastern China, including Foochow and Fukienese.
- mint
-
noun,
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
Compare mint family.
- Mira
-
noun,
Astronomy. the first long-period pulsating variable star to be discovered, with a period averaging 331 days. It is a red giant and a component of a binary star in the constellation Cetus.
- meas
-
- mean
-
noun,
Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
- Miro
-
noun,
Gabriel [gah-vree-el] /ˌgɑ vriˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1879–1930, Spanish novelist, short-story writer, and essayist.
- Mair
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- 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.
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- iso-
-
- Itea
-
noun,
any tree or shrub belonging to the genus Itea, of the saxifrage family, having simple, alternate leaves and clusters of small, greenish-white flowers, as the Virginia willow, I. virginica.
- item
-
noun,
a separate article or particular:
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- M-14
-
noun,
a fully automatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber rifle developed from the M-1: replaced the M-1 as the standard U.S. Army combat rifle.
- M-16
-
noun,
a lightweight, fully automatic rifle shooting a small-caliber bullet at an extremely high velocity: a U.S. Army combat weapon for mobile units and jungle fighting.
- maes
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- Main
-
noun,
a principal pipe or duct in a system used to distribute water, gas, etc.
- Man.
-
- Maun
-
auxiliary verb,
must1 .
- mane
-
noun,
the long hair growing on the back of or around the neck and neighboring parts of some animals, as the horse or lion.
- Mani
-
noun,
Manes.
- Mano
-
noun,
the upper or handheld stone used when grinding maize or other grains on a metate.
- Manu
-
noun,
the progenitor and lawgiver of the human race.
- Mar.
-
- Mare
-
noun,
a fully mature female horse or other equine animal.
- Mari
-
noun,
a member of a Uralic people living in scattered communities north of Cheboksary and Kazan in European Russia, mainly in the Mari Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.
- MARS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman god of war and agriculture, identified with the Greek god Ares.
- Mart
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- MatE
-
noun,
a partner in marriage; spouse.
- Maui
-
noun,
an island in central Hawaii. 728 sq. mi. (1886 sq. km).
- mire
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- mis-
-
- Ire.
-
- name
-
noun,
a word or a combination of words by which a person, place, or thing, a body or class, or any object of thought is designated, called, or known.
- Muni
-
noun,
a municipal bond.
- muon
-
noun,
a lepton similar in most respects to the electron except that it is unstable, it may be positively charged, and its mass is approximately 207 times greater; the positively charged muon is the antiparticle of the negatively charged muon. Symbol: μ.
- Mura
-
noun,
(in Japan) a village; hamlet.
- Mure
-
noun,
Obsolete. a wall.
- mus.
-
- Muse
-
noun,
Classical Mythology.
any of a number of sister goddesses, originally given as Aoede (song), Melete (meditation), and Mneme (memory), but latterly and more commonly as the nine daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne who presided over various arts: Calliope (epic poetry), Clio (history), Erato (lyric poetry), Euterpe (music), Melpomene (tragedy), Polyhymnia (religious music), Terpsichore (dance), Thalia (comedy), and Urania (astronomy); identified by the Romans with the Camenae.
any goddess presiding over a particular art.
- must
-
noun,
something necessary, vital, or required:
- mute
-
noun,
Offensive. a person incapable of speech.
- muts
-
noun,
mutt.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- nane
-
pronoun, adverb, adjective,
none1 .
- Muir
-
noun,
Edwin, 1887–1959, English poet.
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- NATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Washington, D.C. (1949), comprising the 12 nations of the Atlantic Pact together with Greece, Turkey, and the Federal Republic of Germany, for the purpose of collective defense against aggression.
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- neem
-
- Nemo
-
noun,
remote (def 10).
- nene
-
noun,
a barred, gray-brown wild goose, Nesochen sandvicensis, native to Hawaii, where it is the state bird.
- neo-
-
- neon
-
noun,
Chemistry. a chemically inert gaseous element occurring in small amounts in the earth's atmosphere, used chiefly in a type of electrical lamp. Symbol: Ne; atomic weight: 20.183; atomic number: 10; density: 0.9002 g/l at 0°C and 760 mm pressure.
- mun.
-
- MSIE
-
- mise
-
noun,
a settlement or agreement.
- Mons
-
noun,
an area of the body that is higher than neighboring areas.
- 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.
- Mita
-
noun,
a colonial system in Peru by which the Spanish government required Indians to perform periodic forced labor, especially in the mines.
- 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.
- MNAS
-
- moan
-
noun,
a prolonged, low, inarticulate sound uttered from or as if from physical or mental suffering.
- moas
-
noun,
any of several flightless birds of the family Dinornithidae, of New Zealand, related to the kiwis but resembling the ostrich: extinct since about the end of the 18th century.
- moat
-
noun,
a deep, wide trench, usually filled with water, surrounding the rampart of a fortified place, as a town or a castle.
- moit
-
noun,
a foreign particle found in wool, as a burr, twig, or seed.
- Mon.
-
- Mona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Mora
-
noun,
the unit of time equivalent to the ordinary or normal short sound or syllable.
- MSEE
-
- more
-
noun,
an additional quantity, amount, or number:
- morn
-
noun,
morning.
- Mort
-
noun,
Hunting. the note played on a hunting horn signifying that the animal hunted has been killed.
- most
-
noun,
the greatest quantity, amount, or degree; the utmost:
- mote
-
noun,
a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
- mots
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- moue
-
noun,
a pouting grimace.
- mout
-
- mRNA
-
- Mrs.
-
plural,
a title of respect prefixed to the surname or full name of a married woman:
- MSAE
-
- Irma
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Erma.
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- 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.
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- ANSI
-
- ant.
-
- ANTU
-
- anus
-
noun,
the opening at the lower end of the alimentary canal, through which the solid refuse of digestion is excreted.
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- ARIS
-
- Arm.
-
- arms
-
noun,
the upper limb of the human body, especially the part extending from the shoulder to the wrist.
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- Anne
-
noun,
1665–1714, queen of England 1702–14 (daughter of James II of England).
- art.
-
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- ASME
-
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- ASTM
-
- Asur
-
noun,
Assur.
- atm.
-
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- ates
-
- ano-
-
- ann.
-
- Aton
-
noun,
a solar deity declared by Amenhotep IV to be the only god, represented as a solar disk with rays ending in human hands.
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- aeon
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- aer-
-
- aet.
-
- AIME
-
- AIMS
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- Ainu
-
noun,
a member of an aboriginal population of northernmost Japan, having lighter skin and hairier bodies than other Japanese.
- Aire
-
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- Amen
-
noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- Ames
-
noun,
a city in central Iowa.
- Amie
-
noun,
a female friend.
- Amir
-
noun,
emir.
- Amis
-
noun,
Kingsley, 1922–95, English novelist.
- Amon
-
noun,
Amen.
- Amor
-
noun,
Cupid.
- Amos
-
noun,
a Minor Prophet of the 8th century b.c.
- Amri
-
noun,
Omri.
- amt.
-
- Amur
-
noun,
a river in E Asia, forming most of the boundary between N Manchuria and the SE Russian Federation, flowing into the Sea of Okhotsk. About 2700 miles (4350 km) long.
- amus
-
- atom
-
noun,
Physics.
the smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element, consisting of a nucleus containing combinations of neutrons and protons and one or more electrons bound to the nucleus by electrical attraction; the number of protons determines the identity of the element.
an atom with one of the electrons replaced by some other particle:
- ator
-
- ious
-
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- Esau
-
noun,
a son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Jacob, to whom he sold his birthright. Gen. 25:21–25.
- esne
-
noun,
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a member of the lowest class; laborer.
- eso-
-
- est.
-
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- etui
-
noun,
a small, often decorative case, especially one for needles, toilet articles, or the like.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- Eur.
-
- Eure
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2331 sq. mi. (6035 sq. km). Capital: Evreux.
- inae
-
- inns
-
noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- ins.
-
- int.
-
- 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.
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- 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 = .
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- Erne
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- Erma
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Atum
-
noun,
a primeval god who by himself begot Shu and Tefnut: the original god of the Ennead.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- Auer
-
noun,
Leopold [lee-uh-pohld;; Hungarian ley-aw-pawlt] /ˈli əˌpoʊld;; Hungarian ˈleɪ ɔˌpɔlt/ (Show IPA), 1845–1930, Hungarian violinist and teacher.
- aune
-
noun,
an old French unit of measure for fabrics, equivalent to about 47 inches (119 cm).
- aunt
-
noun,
the sister of one's father or mother.
- aur-
-
- Aus.
-
- aut-
-
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- ears
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- ease
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- emes
-
noun,
friend.
- EMet
-
- emia
-
- emir
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- emit
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- Ens.
-
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- eous
-
- 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).
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- MiNE
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- 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.
- 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 .
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- rit.
-
- NTIA
-
- ream
-
noun,
a standard quantity of paper, consisting of 20 quires or 500 sheets (formerly 480 sheets), or 516 sheets (printer's ream or perfect ream)
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- RNAS
-
- nous
-
noun,
Greek Philosophy. mind or intellect.
- noun
-
noun,
any member of a class of words that can function as the main or only elements of subjects of verbs (A dog just barked), or of objects of verbs or prepositions (to send money from home), and that in English can take plural forms and possessive endings (Three of his buddies want to borrow John's laptop). Nouns are often described as referring to persons, places, things, states, or qualities, and the word noun is itself often used as an attributive modifier, as in noun compound; noun group.
See also noun adjunct, noun clause, noun phrase.
Synonyms: substantive, name.
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- Osee
-
noun,
Hosea.
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- roam
-
noun,
an act or instance of roaming; a ramble.
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- 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.
- nos-
-
- Norn
-
noun,
an extinct Norse dialect, spoken until early modern times in the Shetland and Orkney Islands and in parts of northern Scotland.
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- Norm
-
noun,
a standard, model, or pattern.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- Rom.
-
- Roma
-
noun,
Rome.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- Nor.
-
- onus
-
noun,
a difficult or disagreeable obligation, task, burden, etc.
- 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.
- Omri
-
noun,
a king of Israel and the father of Ahab. I Kings 16:16–28.
- Reus
-
noun,
a city in Catalonia, NE Spain, on the Mediterranean Sea.
- omit
-
verb (used with object),
to leave out; fail to include or mention:
- Omer
-
noun,
a Hebrew unit of dry measure, the tenth part of an ephah.
- omen
-
noun,
anything perceived or happening that is believed to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; portent.
- Omar
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Oman
-
noun,
Sultanate of. Formerly Muscat and Oman. an independent sultanate in SE Arabia. About 82,800 sq. mi. (212,380 sq. km). Capital: Muscat.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- Ont.
-
- 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.
- Rima
-
noun,
a female given name.
- rems
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- 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).
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- Orem
-
noun,
a city in N Utah.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- 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.
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- not-
-
- outs
-
noun,
a means of escape or excuse, as from a place, punishment, retribution, responsibility, etc.:
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- rami
-
noun,
plural of ramus.
- nom.
-
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- Nina
-
noun,
girl; child.
- Nino
-
noun,
boy; child.
- Niue
-
noun,
an island in the S Pacific between Tonga and Cook Islands: possession of New Zealand. 5128; about 100 sq. mi. (260 sq. km).
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- Noma
-
noun,
a gangrenous ulceration of the mouth or genitalia, occurring mainly in debilitated children.
- ours
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- Nine
-
noun,
a cardinal number, eight plus one.
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- Rome
-
noun,
Harold (Jacob) 1908–1993, U.S. lyricist and composer.
- Ouse
-
noun,
Also called Great Ouse. a river in E England, flowing NE to the Wash. 160 miles (260 km) long.
- roue
-
noun,
a dissolute and licentious man; rake.
- ROUS
-
noun,
(Francis) Peyton, 1879–1970, U.S. pathologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1966.
- out-
-
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- Nome
-
noun,
one of the provinces of ancient Egypt.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- 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.
- none
-
noun,
nones1 .
- roms
-
noun,
a Gypsy man or boy.
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- non-
-
- RONA
-
- oust
-
verb (used with object),
to expel or remove from a place or position occupied:
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- Rota
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- rain
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- NIRA
-
- 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.
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- ea.
-
- EAM
-
- ese
-
- EOM
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- RMS
-
plural,
ream.
- ESR
-
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- ESU
-
- eo-
-
- SAR
-
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- RMA
-
- 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.
- ETO
-
- 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.
- ETR
-
- ETS
-
- Re.
-
- Tro
-
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- ean
-
- tr.
-
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- rat
-
noun,
any of several long-tailed rodents of the family Muridae, of the genus Rattus and related genera, distinguished from the mouse by being larger.
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- EOE
-
- REA
-
- ene
-
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- Sau
-
noun,
German name of Sava.
- en-
-
- EMU
-
noun,
a large, flightless, ratite bird, Emu (Dromaius) novaehollandiae, of Australia, resembling the ostrich but smaller and having a feathered head and neck and rudimentary wings.
- EMT
-
- EMS
-
noun,
the letter M, m.
- EMR
-
- tra
-
- ear
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- eme
-
noun,
friend.
- EIS
-
- eir
-
- EEO
-
- REM
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- se-
-
- ERT
-
- ESA
-
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- SAE
-
- AUM
-
noun,
Om.
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Uri
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- AIS
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- AME
-
- RUM
-
noun,
an alcoholic liquor or spirit distilled from molasses or some other fermented sugar-cane product.
- ure
-
- AMI
-
noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- ur-
-
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- AMS
-
- AMU
-
- run
-
noun,
an act or instance, or a period of running:
- uns
-
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- ROI
-
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- UNO
-
- Rue
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- RTS
-
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- USN
-
- uti
-
- Am.
-
- UTE
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- an.
-
- Uta
-
noun,
any of several iguanid lizards of the genus Uta, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico.
- USR
-
- USO
-
- Ar.
-
- USM
-
- rte
-
- ae.
-
- RSA
-
- RSE
-
- USE
-
noun,
the act of employing, using, or putting into service:
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- rt.
-
- urs
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city on the Euphrates, in S Iraq: extensive excavations, especially of royal tombs.
- AIM
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- urn
-
noun,
a large or decorative vase, especially one with an ornamental foot or pedestal.
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- ROA
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- at.
-
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- ASR
-
- ast
-
- Tom
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- tun
-
noun,
a large cask for holding liquids, especially wine, ale, or beer.
- ASU
-
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- tum
-
verb (used with object),
to tease (wool) in the preliminary carding operation, or to open out the fibers prior to carding.
- tui
-
noun,
a black New Zealand honey eater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, having a patch of white feathers on each side of the throat, sometimes tamed as a pet.
- SRO
-
- tue
-
- Tu.
-
- 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.
- TSI
-
- TSE
-
- RIM
-
noun,
the outer edge, border, margin, or brink of something, especially of a circular object.
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- ASN
-
- ASM
-
- ANU
-
noun,
a twining herb, Tropaeolum tuberosum, of the nasturtium family, found in the Andes, having edible tubers and large flowers with yellow petals and red spurs.
- UMT
-
- RNA
-
- aor
-
- AOU
-
- ARE
-
noun,
a measure of surface area; 1 are is equal to1/100 (0.01) of a hectare (100 square meters or 119.6 square yards). Abbreviation: a.
- rm.
-
plural,
ream.
- Une
-
- rut
-
noun,
a furrow or track in the ground, especially one made by the passage of a vehicle or vehicles.
- Una
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “one.”.
- Ume
-
noun,
a river in N Sweden, flowing SE from the W border to the Gulf of Bothnia. Aabout 285 miles (460 km) long.
- So.
-
- UIT
-
- UAM
-
- UAE
-
- USA
-
- UAR
-
- ARS
-
- ARU
-
- ase
-
- ASI
-
- eu-
-
- uts
-
noun,
the syllable once generally used for the first tone or keynote of a scale and sometimes for the tone C: now commonly superseded by do.
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- NSA
-
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- MNA
-
- MNE
-
- MNS
-
- MOA
-
noun,
any of several flightless birds of the family Dinornithidae, of New Zealand, related to the kiwis but resembling the ostrich: extinct since about the end of the 18th century.
- NSU
-
- NRA
-
- NUM
-
- Moe
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Morris or Moses.
- MOI
-
- nr.
-
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- SUN
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the star that is the central body of the solar system, around which the planets revolve and from which they receive light and heat: its mean distance from the earth is about 93 million miles (150 million km), its diameter about 864,000 miles (1.4 million km), and its mass about 330,000 times that of the earth; its period of surface rotation is about 26 days at its equator but longer at higher latitudes.
- MOR
-
- SMA
-
- MOS
-
noun,
moment (def 1).
- SUM
-
noun,
the aggregate of two or more numbers, magnitudes, quantities, or particulars as determined by or as if by the mathematical process of addition:
- MIT
-
- TAM
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- Sui
-
noun,
a dynasty ruling in China a.d. 589–618.
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- OIr
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- OEM
-
- mi.
-
- MI5
-
noun,
the government's security and counterespionage service that works in liaison with Scotland Yard's Special Branch.
- MI6
-
noun,
the government's secret intelligence service.
- OAU
-
- MIE
-
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- Nun
-
noun,
a woman member of a religious order, especially one bound by vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience.
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- RAM
-
noun,
a male sheep.
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- OAS
-
- oar
-
noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- MIR
-
noun,
a village commune of peasant farmers in prerevolutionary Russia.
- OSA
-
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- NUS
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- MOT
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- Sue
-
noun,
Eugène [œ-zhen] /œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), (Marie Joseph Sue) 1804–57, French novelist.
- OIt
-
- ne-
-
- NUT
-
noun,
a dry fruit consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shell.
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- NMI
-
- NAM
-
noun,
Vietnam.
- Nan
-
noun,
naan.
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- NEA
-
- NMU
-
- Sta
-
- St.
-
- Nee
-
adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- Sr.
-
- 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.
- NIA
-
- NET
-
noun,
a bag or other contrivance of strong thread or cord worked into an open, meshed fabric, for catching fish, birds, or other animals:
- Sou
-
noun,
(formerly) either of two bronze coins of France, equal to 5 centimes and 10 centimes.
- NMR
-
- mut
-
noun,
mutt.
- Mr.
-
plural,
mister: a title of respect prefixed to a man's name or position:
- MST
-
- MRA
-
- MRE
-
- MRI
-
- Stu
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stewart or Stuart.
- MSA
-
- MSE
-
- MSI
-
- MSN
-
- Mt.
-
- NNE
-
- MTI
-
- mtn
-
- MTO
-
- MTS
-
- STM
-
- STI
-
- Mur
-
noun,
a river in S central Austria, NE Slovenia, and N Croatia, flowing NE and SE to the Drava River. 300 miles (483 km) long.
- SNU
-
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- TAU
-
noun,
the 19th letter of the Greek alphabet (T, τ).
- Rs.
-
- ote
-
- ist
-
- imu
-
noun,
a usually large, covered cooking pit in which food is cooked by means of heated stones.
- ISA
-
- Meo
-
noun,
Miao (def 1).
- ise
-
- ism
-
noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- OTA
-
- ISR
-
- ier
-
- IRS
-
- ITA
-
- ite
-
- ot-
-
- ose
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- ium
-
- IUS
-
- IAS
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- Me.
-
- our
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- INN
-
noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- 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 = .
- 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.
- ior
-
- 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.
- IOT
-
- IOU
-
- in.
-
- oui
-
adverb, noun,
yes.
- Ir.
-
- OTS
-
- Tim
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Timothy.
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- IRO
-
- TIA
-
- NES
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- MIA
-
plural,
missing in action.
- Mat
-
noun,
a piece of fabric made of plaited or woven rushes, straw, hemp, or similar fiber, or of some other pliant material, as rubber, used as a protective covering on a floor or other surface, to wipe the shoes on, etc.
- Ia.
-
- ons
-
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- ONR
-
- ONI
-
- mas
-
noun,
mother1 .
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- MEA
-
noun,
an acknowledgment of one's responsibility for a fault or error.
- 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.
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- oma
-
plural,
a noun suffix used to form names of tumors, of the kind specified by the base:
- Om.
-
- tea
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- TMO
-
- Mao
-
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- io-
-
- Mo.
-
- MS.
-
plural,
manuscript.
- ITU
-
- 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.
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- MAE
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- ine
-
- Tiu
-
noun,
an English god of the sky and of war, the equivalent of Tyr in Scandinavian mythology.
- 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).
- i.
-
- N.
-
- RU
-
- RN
-
- RI
-
- TM
-
- A.
-
noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- AU
-
plural,
to the; at the; with the.
- AO
-
- TN
-
- UT
-
noun,
the syllable once generally used for the first tone or keynote of a scale and sometimes for the tone C: now commonly superseded by do.
- NM
-
- NI
-
- AI
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- R.
-
- UI
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- ee
-
- EI
-
- OA
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- SM
-
- O.
-
- SA
-
- S.
-
- U.
-
- NU
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- MN
-
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- T1
-
- t.
-
- MA
-
noun,
mother1 .
- M.
-
- RO
-
- 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.
- SU
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- SN
-
- OU
-
noun,
a rare Hawaiian honeycreeper, Psittirostra psittacea, having an olive-green body, a parrotlike bill, and in the male a bright yellow head.
- MU
-
noun,
the 12th letter of the Greek alphabet (M, μ).
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.