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- dead-center
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noun,
Also called dead point. (in a reciprocating engine) either of two positions at which the crank cannot be turned by the connecting rod, occurring at each end of a stroke when the crank and connecting rod are in the same line.
- contredanse
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noun,
a variation of the quadrille in which the dancers face each other.
- second-rate
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adjective,
of lesser or minor quality, importance, or the like:
- Dodecanese
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noun,
a group of 12 Greek islands in the Aegean, off the SW coast of Turkey: belonged to Italy 1911–45. 1035 sq. mi. (2680 sq. km).
- caen-stone
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noun,
a cream-colored limestone quarried near Caen, France, for use in building.
- extradosed
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adjective,
(of an arch) having a curved intrados, the form of which is repeated by the extrados.
- exonerates
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verb (used with object),
to clear, as of an accusation; free from guilt or blame; exculpate:
- Descendant
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noun,
a person or animal that is descended from a specific ancestor; an offspring.
- descendent
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adjective,
descending; going or coming down.
- condensate
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noun,
a product of condensation, as a liquid reduced from a gas or vapor.
- stone-dead
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adjective,
undeniably dead; completely lifeless.
- Xenocrates
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noun,
396–314 b.c, Greek philosopher.
- desecrate
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verb (used with object),
to divest of sacred or hallowed character or office.
- resonance
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noun,
the state or quality of being resonant.
- one-acter
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noun,
a short play consisting of one act.
- decorates
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verb (used with object),
to furnish or adorn with something ornamental or becoming; embellish:
- Doncaster
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noun,
a city in South Yorkshire, in N England.
- extenders
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noun,
a substance added to another substance, as to paint or food, to increase its volume or bulk:
- condenser
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noun,
a person or thing that condenses.
- condensed
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adjective,
reduced in volume, area, length, or scope; shortened:
- tendances
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noun,
attention; care; ministration, as to the sick.
- seed-corn
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noun,
ears or kernels of corn set apart as seed.
- darnedest
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noun, adjective,
damnedest.
- decadents
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noun,
a person who is decadent.
- entrances
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noun,
an act of entering, as into a place or upon new duties.
- Decorated
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adjective,
(often initial capital letter) of pertaining to, or characteristic of the English gothic architecture of the late 13th through the late 14th centuries, characterized by curvilinear tracery, elaborate ornamental sculpture and vaulting, and refinement of stonecutting techniques.
- sonneteer
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noun,
a composer of sonnets.
- Cantonese
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noun,
a Chinese language spoken in Canton, the surrounding area of southern China, and Hong Kong.
- consarned
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adjective,
confounded; damned.
- execrates
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verb (used with object),
to detest utterly; abhor; abominate.
- descender
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noun,
a person or thing that descends.
- antecedes
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verb (used with object),
to go before, in time, order, rank, etc.; precede:
- toe-dance
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noun,
a dance performed on the tips of the toes.
- carotenes
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noun,
any of three yellow or orange fat-soluble pigments having the formula C 40 H 56 , found in many plants, especially carrots, and transformed to vitamin A in the liver; provitamin A.
- ordnances
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noun,
cannon or artillery.
- decedents
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noun,
a deceased person.
- decanters
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noun,
a vessel, usually an ornamental glass bottle, for holding and serving wine, brandy, or the like.
- exonerate
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verb (used with object),
to clear, as of an accusation; free from guilt or blame; exculpate:
- cretonnes
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noun,
a heavy cotton material in colorfully printed designs, used especially for drapery and slipcovers.
- decenters
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verb (used with object),
to put out of center.
- renascent
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adjective,
being reborn; springing again into being or vigor:
- coextends
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verb (used with or without object),
to extend equally through the same space or duration.
- decentres
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verb (used with object),
decenter.
- transcend
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verb (used with object),
to rise above or go beyond; overpass; exceed:
- decedent
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noun,
a deceased person.
- decorate
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verb (used with object),
to furnish or adorn with something ornamental or becoming; embellish:
- decoders
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noun,
a person who decodes messages or the like.
- ascender
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noun,
a person or thing that ascends or causes ascension.
- exserted
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adjective,
projecting beyond the surrounding parts, as a stamen.
- extended
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adjective,
stretched out:
- extender
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noun,
a substance added to another substance, as to paint or food, to increase its volume or bulk:
- extrados
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noun,
the exterior curve or surface of an arch or vault.
- serenade
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noun,
a complimentary performance of vocal or instrumental music in the open air at night, as by a lover under the window of his lady.
- Ardennes
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noun,
Forest of, a wooded plateau region in W Europe, in NE France, SE Belgium, and Luxembourg: World War I battle 1914; World War II battle 1944–45.
- decentre
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verb (used with object),
decenter.
- decenter
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verb (used with object),
to put out of center.
- antecede
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verb (used with object),
to go before, in time, order, rank, etc.; precede:
- centares
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noun,
centiare.
- connexes
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noun,
a large metal cargo container used by the U.S. Army for shipping supplies, as to overseas bases.
- execrate
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verb (used with object),
to detest utterly; abhor; abominate.
- condense
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verb (used with object),
to make more dense or compact; reduce the volume or extent of; concentrate.
- dextrans
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noun,
a viscous polysaccharide, composed of dextrose, produced by bacterial action on sucrose: used in confections and lacquers and in medicine chiefly as an extender for blood plasma.
- deserted
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adjective,
abandoned; forsaken:
- east-end
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noun,
a section of E London, England.
- carotene
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noun,
any of three yellow or orange fat-soluble pigments having the formula C 40 H 56 , found in many plants, especially carrots, and transformed to vitamin A in the liver; provitamin A.
- tea-rose
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noun,
any of several cultivated varieties of roses having a scent resembling that of tea.
- tendance
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noun,
attention; care; ministration, as to the sick.
- stranded
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noun,
the land bordering the sea, a lake, or a river; shore; beach.
- coextend
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verb (used with or without object),
to extend equally through the same space or duration.
- Scranton
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noun,
William Warren, 1917–2011, U.S. politician.
- dextrose
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noun,
dextroglucose, commercially obtainable from starch by acid hydrolysis.
- dendrons
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noun,
a dendrite.
- canteens
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noun,
a small container used especially by soldiers and hikers for carrying water or other liquids.
- excretes
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verb (used with object),
to separate and eliminate from an organic body; separate and expel from the blood or tissues, as waste or harmful matter.
- endnotes
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noun,
a note, as of explanation, emendation, or the like, added at the end of an article, chapter, etc.
- endocast
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noun,
endocranial cast.
- endorsee
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noun,
a person to whom a negotiable document is endorsed.
- endosarc
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noun,
the endoplasm of a protozoan (opposed to ectosarc).
- entrance
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noun,
an act of entering, as into a place or upon new duties.
- deceased
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noun,
the deceased.
the particular dead person or persons referred to.
dead persons collectively:
- sentence
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noun,
Grammar. a grammatical unit of one or more words that expresses an independent statement, question, request, command, exclamation, etc., and that typically has a subject as well as a predicate, as in John is here. or Is John here? In print or writing, a sentence typically begins with a capital letter and ends with appropriate punctuation; in speech it displays recognizable, communicative intonation patterns and is often marked by preceding and following pauses.
- scandent
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adjective,
climbing, as a plant.
- sarcenet
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noun,
a fine, soft fabric, often of silk, made in plain or twill weave and used especially for linings.
- contends
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verb (used with object),
to assert or maintain earnestly:
- decrease
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noun,
the act or process of decreasing; condition of being decreased; gradual reduction:
- cortexes
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noun,
Anatomy, Zoology.
the outer region of an organ or structure, as the outer portion of the kidney.
the cerebral cortex.
- extensor
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noun,
a muscle that serves to extend or straighten a part of the body.
- decadent
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noun,
a person who is decadent.
- Andersen
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noun,
Hans Christian [hanz] /hænz/ (Show IPA), 1805–75, Danish author, especially of fairy tales.
- notecase
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noun,
billfold.
- resonate
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verb (used with object),
to cause to resound.
- centners
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noun,
(in several European countries) a unit of weight of 50 kilograms, equivalent to 110.2 pounds avoirdupois.
- Redstone
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noun,
a U.S. surface-to-surface ballistic missile powered by a single rocket engine.
- 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).
- Anderson
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noun,
Carl David, 1905–91, U.S. physicist: discoverer of the positron; Nobel Prize 1936.
- acetones
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noun,
a colorless, volatile, water-soluble, flammable liquid, C 3 H 6 O, usually derived by oxidation of isopropyl alcohol or by bacterial fermentation of carbohydrates: used chiefly in paints and varnishes, as a general solvent, and in organic synthesis.
- anecdote
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noun,
a short account of a particular incident or event, especially of an interesting or amusing nature.
- Decadron
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- ordnance
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noun,
cannon or artillery.
- ancestor
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noun,
a person from whom one is descended; forebear; progenitor.
- reasoned
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noun,
a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.:
- Cranston
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noun,
a city in E Rhode Island, near Providence.
- dead-set
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noun,
a serious or determined attempt; firm effort:
- decanter
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noun,
a vessel, usually an ornamental glass bottle, for holding and serving wine, brandy, or the like.
- cretonne
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noun,
a heavy cotton material in colorfully printed designs, used especially for drapery and slipcovers.
- centered
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noun,
Geometry. the middle point, as the point within a circle or sphere equally distant from all points of the circumference or surface, or the point within a regular polygon equally distant from the vertices.
- neonates
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noun,
a newborn child, or one in its first 28 days.
- redcoats
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noun,
(especially during the American Revolution) a British soldier.
- encodes
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verb (used with object),
to convert (a message, information, etc.) into code.
- recants
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verb (used with object),
to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
- dextro-
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- tenrecs
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noun,
any of several insectivorous mammals of the family Tenrecidae, of Madagascar, having a long, pointed snout, certain species of which are spiny and tailless.
- denotes
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verb (used with object),
to be a mark or sign of; indicate:
- candors
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noun,
the state or quality of being frank, open, and sincere in speech or expression; candidness:
- redacts
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verb (used with object),
to put into suitable literary form; revise; edit.
- enteron
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noun,
the alimentary canal; the digestive tract.
- tenaces
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noun,
a sequence of two high cards of the same suit that lack an intervening card to be in consecutive order, as the ace and queen.
- candent
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adjective,
glowing with heat; being at a white heat.
- dendro-
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- dancers
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noun,
a person who dances.
- careens
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noun,
a careening.
- tanrecs
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noun,
tenrec.
- entero-
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- Dendron
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noun,
a dendrite.
- oersted
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noun,
the centimeter-gram-second unit of magnetic intensity, equal to the magnetic pole of unit strength when undergoing a force of one dyne in a vacuum. Abbreviation: Oe.
- centres
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noun,
Geometry. the middle point, as the point within a circle or sphere equally distant from all points of the circumference or surface, or the point within a regular polygon equally distant from the vertices.
- endorse
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noun,
Heraldry. a narrow pale, about one quarter the usual width and usually repeated several times.
- stearo-
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- crenate
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adjective,
having the margin notched or scalloped so as to form rounded teeth, as a leaf.
- endnote
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noun,
a note, as of explanation, emendation, or the like, added at the end of an article, chapter, etc.
- canteen
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noun,
a small container used especially by soldiers and hikers for carrying water or other liquids.
- centro-
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- redcoat
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noun,
(especially during the American Revolution) a British soldier.
- ensnare
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verb (used with object),
to capture in, or involve as in, a snare:
- canters
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noun,
an easy gallop.
- endears
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verb (used with object),
to make dear, esteemed, or beloved:
- recedes
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verb (used with object),
to cede back; yield or grant to a former possessor.
- enneads
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noun,
a group of nine persons or things.
- docents
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noun,
privatdocent.
- encores
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noun,
a demand, as by applause, for a repetition of a song, act, etc., or for a performance of a number or piece additional to those on a program, or for a reappearance by the performers, as at the end of a concert, recital, etc.
- Docetae
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plural noun,
early Christian adherents of Docetism.
- danders
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noun,
loose scales formed on the skin and shed from the coat or feathers of various animals, often causing allergic reactions in susceptible persons.
- decares
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noun,
a unit of surface measure equal to 10 ares, or 1000 square meters: equivalent to 0.2471 acre.
- trodden
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noun,
the action of treading, stepping, or walking.
- cerates
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noun,
Pharmacology. an unctuous, often medicated, preparation for external application, consisting of lard or oil mixed with wax, rosin, or the like, especially one that has a firmer consistency than a typical ointment and does not melt when in contact with the skin.
- tedders
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noun,
a person who teds.
- Eastern
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adjective,
lying toward or situated in the east:
- coatees
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noun,
a close-fitting short coat, especially one with tails or skirts.
- oxcarts
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noun,
an ox-drawn cart.
- sterno-
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- Tenedos
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noun,
an island in the Aegean, near the entrance to the Dardanelles, belonging to Turkey.
- earnest
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noun,
full seriousness, as of intention or purpose:
- deseret
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noun,
a territory established by the Mormons in 1849 as a proposed state of the Union: was refused admission to the Union by Congress and incorporated in the newly organized Territory of Utah 1850.
- detoxes
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noun,
detoxification.
- cerato-
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- coaster
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noun,
a person or thing that coasts.
- tendons
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noun,
Anatomy. a cord or band of dense, tough, inelastic, white, fibrous tissue, serving to connect a muscle with a bone or part; sinew.
- donates
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verb (used with object),
to present as a gift, grant, or contribution; make a donation of, as to a fund or cause:
- tenders
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noun,
the act of tendering; an offer of something for acceptance.
- senator
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noun,
a member of a senate.
- secrete
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noun,
a steel skullcap of the 17th century, worn under a soft hat.
- tenners
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noun,
a 10-dollar bill.
- Dresden
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noun,
the capital of Saxony in E Germany, on the Elbe River.
- acetone
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noun,
a colorless, volatile, water-soluble, flammable liquid, C 3 H 6 O, usually derived by oxidation of isopropyl alcohol or by bacterial fermentation of carbohydrates: used chiefly in paints and varnishes, as a general solvent, and in organic synthesis.
- screeno
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noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) (formerly) bingo played in a movie theater.
- connate
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adjective,
existing in a person or thing from birth or origin; inborn:
- deodars
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noun,
a large Himalayan cedar, Cedrus deodara, yielding a durable wood.
- carnets
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noun,
a customs document allowing an automobile to be driven at no cost across international borders.
- carnose
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adjective,
of or relating to flesh; fleshy.
- descant
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noun,
Music.
a melody or counterpoint accompanying a simple musical theme and usually written above it.
(in part music) the soprano.
a song or melody.
- descend
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verb (used with object),
to move downward upon or along; go or climb down (stairs, a hill, etc.).
- donnard
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adjective,
stunned; dazed.
- cerated
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adjective,
covered with wax.
- acerose
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adjective,
needle-shaped, as the leaves of the pine.
- dodeca-
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- stereo-
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- descent
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noun,
the act, process, or fact of moving from a higher to a lower position. Synonyms: falling, sinking; fall, drop.
- ecartes
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noun,
a card game for two players.
- Tancred
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noun,
1078?–1112, Norman leader in the first Crusade.
- seconde
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noun,
the second of the eight defensive positions.
- reddens
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verb (used with object),
to make or cause to become red.
- donnees
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noun,
a set of artistic or literary premises or assumptions.
- entrees
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noun,
a dish served as the main course of a meal.
- arenose
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adjective,
sandy; gritty.
- Roxanne
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noun,
Slang. crack (def 33).
- Na-Dene
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noun,
a group of North American Indian languages, comprising the Athabaskan family, Eyak, Tlingit, and Haida, hypothetically considered to be descendants of a single protolanguage: the genetic relationship of either Tlingit or Haida to Athabaskan and Eyak is now disputed.
- cornets
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noun,
Music. a valved wind instrument of the trumpet family.
- centner
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noun,
(in several European countries) a unit of weight of 50 kilograms, equivalent to 110.2 pounds avoirdupois.
- decanes
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noun,
a hydrocarbon, C 10 H 22 , of the methane series, occurring in several isomeric forms.
- corneas
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noun,
the transparent anterior part of the external coat of the eye covering the iris and the pupil and continuous with the sclera.
- decerns
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verb (used with object),
Archaic. to discern.
- costard
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noun,
a large English variety of apple.
- sarcode
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noun,
protoplasm, especially the semifluid content of a protozoan.
- tonners
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noun,
something having a specified weight in tons (used in combination):
- decoder
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noun,
a person who decodes messages or the like.
- externs
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noun,
a person connected with an institution but not residing in it, as a doctor or medical student at a hospital.
- dextran
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noun,
a viscous polysaccharide, composed of dextrose, produced by bacterial action on sucrose: used in confections and lacquers and in medicine chiefly as an extender for blood plasma.
- extends
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verb (used with object),
to stretch out; draw out to the full length:
- arseno-
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- retenes
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noun,
a crystalline hydrocarbon, C 18 H 18 , obtained chiefly from the tar of resinous woods and certain fossil resins.
- cetanes
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noun,
a colorless, liquid hydrocarbon of the alkane series, C 16 H 34 , used as a solvent and in cetane number determinations.
- cordate
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adjective,
heart-shaped:
- neonate
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noun,
a newborn child, or one in its first 28 days.
- annexes
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noun,
something annexed.
- nectars
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noun,
the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or birds that pollinate the flower.
- decease
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noun,
the act of dying; departure from life; death.
- necrose
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verb (used with or without object),
to affect or be affected with necrosis.
- torsade
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noun,
a twisted cord.
- neatens
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verb (used with object),
to make neat:
- Neocene
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adjective, noun,
Neogene.
- decants
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verb (used with object),
to pour (wine or other liquid) gently so as not to disturb the sediment.
- narcose
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adjective,
characterized by stupor; stuporous.
- antero-
-
- Anteros
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noun,
Classical Mythology. a brother of Eros, most often regarded as the avenger of unrequited love.
- Rosanne
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noun,
a female given name.
- roseate
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adjective,
tinged with rose; rosy:
- natrons
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noun,
a mineral, hydrated sodium carbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅10H 2 O.
- Rostand
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noun,
Edmond [ed-mawn] /ɛdˈmɔ̃/ (Show IPA), 1868–1918, French dramatist and poet.
- nascent
-
adjective,
beginning to exist or develop:
- decodes
-
verb (used with object),
to translate (data or a message) from a code into the original language or form.
- deadens
-
verb (used with object),
to make less sensitive, active, energetic, or forcible; weaken:
- cenotes
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noun,
a deep natural well or sinkhole, especially in Central America, formed by the collapse of surface limestone that exposes ground water underneath, and sometimes used by the ancient Mayans for sacrificial offerings.
- consent
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noun,
permission, approval, or agreement; compliance; acquiescence:
- constr.
-
- estrone
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noun,
Biochemistry. an estrogenic hormone, C 18 H 22 O 2 , produced by the ovarian follicles and found during pregnancy in urine and placental tissue.
- estrade
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noun,
a slightly raised platform in a room or hall.
- conster
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verb (used with or without object),
construe.
- Terence
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noun,
(Publius Terentius Afer) c190–159? b.c, Roman playwright.
- teredos
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noun,
a shipworm of the genus Teredo.
- credent
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adjective,
Archaic. believing.
- Sno-Cat
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- rodents
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noun,
a rodent mammal.
- dotards
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noun,
a person, especially an old person, exhibiting a decline in mental faculties; a weak-minded or foolish old person.
- erodent
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adjective,
eroding; erosive:
- sonance
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noun,
the condition or quality of being sonant.
- scanner
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noun,
a person or thing that scans.
- octanes
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noun,
any of 18 isomeric saturated hydrocarbons having the formula C 8 H 18 , some of which are obtained in the distillation and cracking of petroleum.
- standee
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noun,
a person who stands, as a passenger in a train, a spectator at a theater, etc., either because all the seats are taken or because standing room is cheaper than a seat.
- 2,4,5-t
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noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- decrees
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noun,
a formal and authoritative order, especially one having the force of law:
- centare
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noun,
centiare.
- treason
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noun,
the offense of acting to overthrow one's government or to harm or kill its sovereign.
- rennets
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noun,
the lining membrane of the fourth stomach of a calf or of the stomach of certain other young animals.
- cratons
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noun,
a relatively rigid and immobile region of continental portions of the earth's crust.
- teeners
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noun,
a teenager.
- Sandron
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noun,
a male given name, form of Sandro.
- contras
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noun,
(often initial capital letter) a member of a counterrevolutionary guerrilla group in Nicaragua.
- contra-
-
- sextern
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noun,
six gathered sheets folded in two for binding together.
- coarsen
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become coarse.
- redoxes
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noun, adjective,
oxidation-reduction.
- excrete
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verb (used with object),
to separate and eliminate from an organic body; separate and expel from the blood or tissues, as waste or harmful matter.
- excreta
-
noun,
excreted matter, as urine, feces, or sweat.
- exceeds
-
verb (used with object),
to go beyond in quantity, degree, rate, etc.:
- cestode
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noun,
a parasitic platyhelminth or flatworm of the class Cestoda, which comprises the tapeworms.
- creates
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adjective,
Archaic. created.
- contend
-
verb (used with object),
to assert or maintain earnestly:
- ocreate
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adjective,
having an ocrea or ocreae; sheathed.
- docent
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noun,
privatdocent.
- doater
-
noun,
doter.
- Dnestr
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noun,
Russian name of Dniester.
- decors
-
noun,
style or mode of decoration, as of a room, building, or the like:
- dextr-
-
- dances
-
noun,
a successive group of rhythmical steps or bodily motions, or both, usually executed to music.
- deaden
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verb (used with object),
to make less sensitive, active, energetic, or forcible; weaken:
- Deacon
-
noun,
(in hierarchical churches) a member of the clerical order next below that of a priest.
- sorted
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- stance
-
noun,
the position or bearing of the body while standing:
- darned
-
noun,
a darned place, as in a garment:
- Danton
-
noun,
Georges Jacques [zhawrzh zhahk] /ʒɔrʒ ʒɑk/ (Show IPA), 1759–94, French Revolutionary leader.
- dander
-
- dancer
-
noun,
a person who dances.
- decane
-
noun,
a hydrocarbon, C 10 H 22 , of the methane series, occurring in several isomeric forms.
- steno-
-
- dadoes
-
noun,
Also called die. Architecture. the part of a pedestal between the base and the cornice or cap.
- Dacron
-
- Sterne
-
noun,
Laurence, 1713–68, English clergyman and novelist.
- stoned
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- stoner
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
- storax
-
noun,
a solid resin with a vanillalike odor, obtained from a small tree, Styrax officinalis: formerly used in medicine and perfumery.
- decade
-
noun,
a period of ten years:
- decant
-
verb (used with object),
to pour (wine or other liquid) gently so as not to disturb the sediment.
- Dexter
-
noun,
Also, Dexter-Kerry [dek-ster-ker-ee] /ˈdɛk stərˈkɛr i/ (Show IPA). one of a breed of small, hardy, usually black dual-purpose cattle, derived from the Kerry breed of Ireland.
- dendra
-
noun,
a plural of dendron.
- deters
-
verb (used with object),
to discourage or restrain from acting or proceeding:
- desert
-
noun,
a region so arid because of little rainfall that it supports only sparse and widely spaced vegetation or no vegetation at all:
Synonyms: waste, wasteland, barren wilderness.
- deodar
-
noun,
a large Himalayan cedar, Cedrus deodara, yielding a durable wood.
- Denton
-
noun,
a city in N Texas.
- dentes
-
noun,
plural of dens.
- denote
-
verb (used with object),
to be a mark or sign of; indicate:
- sodden
-
noun,
the act of seething.
- dendr-
-
- decare
-
noun,
a unit of surface measure equal to 10 ares, or 1000 square meters: equivalent to 0.2471 acre.
- 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).
- Sondra
-
noun,
a female given name.
- dedans
-
noun,
a netted winning opening of rectangular shape at the service side of the court.
Compare grille (def 5), winning gallery.
- decree
-
noun,
a formal and authoritative order, especially one having the force of law:
- decode
-
verb (used with object),
to translate (data or a message) from a code into the original language or form.
- decern
-
verb (used with object),
Archaic. to discern.
- decent
-
adjective,
conforming to the recognized standard of propriety, good taste, modesty, etc., as in behavior or speech.
- Sexton
-
noun,
an official of a church charged with taking care of the edifice and its contents, ringing the bell, etc., and sometimes with burying the dead.
- scrota
-
noun,
the pouch of skin that contains the testes.
- sextan
-
noun,
a sextan fever.
- Nestor
-
noun,
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- necro-
-
- nectar
-
noun,
the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or birds that pollinate the flower.
- needed
-
noun,
a requirement, necessary duty, or obligation:
- rodent
-
noun,
a rodent mammal.
- 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.
- nested
-
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.
- retene
-
noun,
a crystalline hydrocarbon, C 18 H 18 , obtained chiefly from the tar of resinous woods and certain fossil resins.
- rosace
-
noun,
rosette (def 3).
- nocent
-
adjective,
harmful; injurious.
- Reston
-
noun,
James (Barrett) ("Scotty") 1909–1995, U.S. journalist, born in Scotland.
- nonces
-
noun,
the present, or immediate, occasion or purpose (usually used in the phrase for the nonce).
- nonets
-
noun,
a group of nine performers or instruments.
- 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.
- Noreen
-
noun,
a female given name, Irish diminutive of Nora.
- neaten
-
verb (used with object),
to make neat:
- natron
-
noun,
a mineral, hydrated sodium carbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅10H 2 O.
- Reseda
-
noun,
a grayish green.
- sadden
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become sad.
- exsert
-
adjective,
thrust out; exserted.
- extend
-
verb (used with object),
to stretch out; draw out to the full length:
- extern
-
noun,
a person connected with an institution but not residing in it, as a doctor or medical student at a hospital.
- extra-
-
- extras
-
noun,
something extra or additional:
- extro-
-
- sacro-
-
- narcos
-
noun,
narc.
- nacred
-
adjective,
lined with or resembling nacre.
- nacres
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- sacred
-
adjective,
devoted or dedicated to a deity or to some religious purpose; consecrated.
- nances
-
noun,
Offensive. an effeminate male.
- Nantes
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Loire-Atlantique, in W France, at the mouth of the Loire River.
- narco-
-
- resend
-
verb (used with object),
to send again.
- resect
-
verb (used with object),
to do a resection on.
- Sander
-
noun,
a person or thing that sands or sandpapers.
- re-act
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- recant
-
verb (used with object),
to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
- reason
-
noun,
a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.:
- oreads
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. any of a group of nymphs who were the companions of Artemis.
- orenda
-
noun,
a supernatural force believed by the Iroquois Indians to be present, in varying degrees, in all objects or persons, and to be the spiritual force by which human accomplishment is attained or accounted for.
- Orense
-
noun,
a city in N Spain, NW of Madrid.
- ornate
-
adjective,
elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so:
- Ostend
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Belgium.
- recast
-
noun,
a recasting.
- oxcart
-
noun,
an ox-drawn cart.
- ranees
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- Oxnard
-
noun,
a city in SW California, NW of Los Angeles.
- oxters
-
noun,
the armpit.
- radons
-
noun,
a chemically inert, radioactive gaseous element produced by the decay of radium: emissions produced by outgassing of rock, brick, etc. are a health hazard. Symbol: Rn; atomic number: 86; atomic weight: 222.
- racons
-
noun,
radar beacon.
- orates
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- recede
-
verb (used with object),
to cede back; yield or grant to a former possessor.
- reseat
-
verb (used with object),
to provide with a new seat or new seats.
- octads
-
noun,
a group or series of eight.
- Renton
-
noun,
a city in W Washington, near Seattle.
- rentes
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- rennet
-
noun,
the lining membrane of the fourth stomach of a calf or of the stomach of certain other young animals.
- 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.
- oaters
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- redoes
-
noun,
the act or an instance of redoing.
- octane
-
noun,
any of 18 isomeric saturated hydrocarbons having the formula C 8 H 18 , some of which are obtained in the distillation and cracking of petroleum.
- Recent
-
noun,
Also called Holocene. (initial capital letter) Geology. the Recent Epoch or Series.
- Octans
-
noun,
the Octant, a southern constellation that contains the south celestial pole.
- redden
-
verb (used with object),
to make or cause to become red.
- Odense
-
noun,
a seaport on Fyn island, in S Denmark.
- redans
-
noun,
a V -shaped work, usually projecting from a fortified line.
- redact
-
verb (used with object),
to put into suitable literary form; revise; edit.
- rectos
-
- recons
-
noun,
reconnaissance.
- exsect
-
verb (used with object),
to cut out.
- Sandor
-
noun,
a male given name.
- donate
-
verb (used with object),
to present as a gift, grant, or contribution; make a donation of, as to a fund or cause:
- secret
-
noun,
something that is or is kept secret, hidden, or concealed.
- Seeder
-
noun,
a person or thing that seeds.
- Seddon
-
noun,
Richard John, 1845–1906, New Zealand statesman, born in England: prime minister 1893–1906.
- sedate
-
adjective,
calm, quiet, or composed; undisturbed by passion or excitement:
- sector
-
noun,
Geometry. a plane figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle.
- 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.
- Easton
-
noun,
a city in E Pennsylvania, on the Delaware River.
- ecarte
-
noun,
a card game for two players.
- sendee
-
noun,
the person to whom something is sent.
- second
-
noun,
a second part.
- Ecorse
-
noun,
a city in SE Michigan, near Detroit.
- ecrase
-
adjective,
(of leather) crushed to produce a grained effect.
- secern
-
verb (used with object),
to discriminate or distinguish in thought.
- secede
-
verb (used without object),
to withdraw formally from an alliance, federation, or association, as from a political union, a religious organization, etc.
- secant
-
noun,
Geometry. an intersecting line, especially one intersecting a curve at two or more points.
- 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.
- Sender
-
noun,
a person or thing that sends.
- eddoes
-
noun,
the edible root of the taro or of any of several related plants.
- dorsad
-
adverb,
toward the back or dorsum; dorsally.
- donees
-
noun,
a person to whom a gift is made.
- Donets
-
noun,
a river rising in the SW Russian Federation near Belgorod, flowing SE through Ukraine to the Don River. About 650 miles (1045 km) long.
- donnas
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Madam; Lady: an Italian title of respect prefixed to the given name of a woman.
- donnee
-
noun,
a set of artistic or literary premises or assumptions.
- Dorcas
-
noun,
a Christian woman at Joppa who made clothing for the poor. Acts 9:36–41.
- Doreen
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Dorset
-
noun,
1st Earl of, Thomas Sackville.
- Seneca
-
noun,
a member of the largest tribe of the Iroquois Confederacy of North American Indians, formerly inhabiting western New York and being conspicuous in the wars south and west of Lake Erie.
- Serene
-
noun,
serenity; tranquillity.
- Serena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- dotard
-
noun,
a person, especially an old person, exhibiting a decline in mental faculties; a weak-minded or foolish old person.
- dreads
-
noun,
terror or apprehension as to something in the future; great fear.
- 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.
- sennet
-
noun,
any of several small barracudas, as Sphyraena borealis (northern sennet) ranging along the eastern coast of North and Central America.
- Sennar
-
noun,
a region in the E Sudan between the White and Blue Nile rivers, S of Khartoum: a former kingdom.
- seater
-
noun,
a person or thing that seats.
- seance
-
noun,
a meeting in which a spiritualist attempts to communicate with the spirits of the dead.
- Sandro
-
noun,
a male given name.
- 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.
- escent
-
- escort
-
noun,
a group of persons, or a single person, accompanying another or others for protection, guidance, or courtesy:
- sateen
-
noun,
a strong cotton fabric constructed in satin weave and having a lustrous face.
- Sarton
-
noun,
May, 1912–95, U.S. poet, novelist, and playwright.
- Sarnen
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Obwalden, in central Switzerland, E of Bern.
- eterne
-
adjective,
eternal.
- sarco-
-
- Ernest
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “vigor, intent.”.
- exacts
-
adjective,
strictly accurate or correct:
- Santee
-
noun,
a city in SW California.
- exceed
-
verb (used with object),
to go beyond in quantity, degree, rate, etc.:
- exedra
-
noun,
(in ancient Greece and Rome) a room or covered area open on one side, used as a meeting place.
- exerts
-
verb (used with object),
to put forth or into use, as power; exercise, as ability or influence; put into vigorous action:
- Exeter
-
noun,
a city in Devonshire, in SW England: cathedral.
- erodes
-
verb (used with object),
to eat into or away; destroy by slow consumption or disintegration:
Synonyms: corrode, waste, ravage, spoil.
Antonyms: strengthen, reinforce.
- erects
-
adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- screen
-
noun,
a movable or fixed device, usually consisting of a covered frame, that provides shelter, serves as a partition, etc.
- encore
-
noun,
a demand, as by applause, for a repetition of a song, act, etc., or for a performance of a number or piece additional to those on a program, or for a reappearance by the performers, as at the end of a concert, recital, etc.
- screed
-
noun,
a long discourse or essay, especially a diatribe.
- Scoter
-
noun,
any of the large diving ducks of the genus Melanitta, inhabiting northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere.
- enacts
-
verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- enates
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- encase
-
verb (used with object),
to enclose in or as in a case:
- encode
-
verb (used with object),
to convert (a message, information, etc.) into code.
- endear
-
verb (used with object),
to make dear, esteemed, or beloved:
- scato-
-
- Enders
-
noun,
John Franklin, 1897–1985, U.S. bacteriologist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1954.
- Enesco
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1881–1955, Romanian violinist, composer, and conductor: teacher of Yehudi Menuhin.
- ennead
-
noun,
a group of nine persons or things.
- enter-
-
- 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:
- entree
-
noun,
a dish served as the main course of a meal.
- Eocene
-
noun,
the Eocene Epoch or Series.
- Strand
-
noun,
the land bordering the sea, a lake, or a river; shore; beach.
- crates
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- strode
-
noun,
a striding manner or a striding gait.
- Centre
-
noun,
Geometry. the middle point, as the point within a circle or sphere equally distant from all points of the circumference or surface, or the point within a regular polygon equally distant from the vertices.
- cetane
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid hydrocarbon of the alkane series, C 16 H 34 , used as a solvent and in cetane number determinations.
- cadets
-
noun,
a student in a national service academy or private military school or on a training ship.
- teener
-
noun,
a teenager.
- Cesena
-
noun,
a city in E central Italy.
- certes
-
adverb,
certainly; in truth.
- cerate
-
noun,
Pharmacology. an unctuous, often medicated, preparation for external application, consisting of lard or oil mixed with wax, rosin, or the like, especially one that has a firmer consistency than a typical ointment and does not melt when in contact with the skin.
- cerat-
-
- Antons
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Anthony.
- antres
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- centra
-
noun,
a plural of centrum.
- traces
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- centr-
-
- centos
-
noun,
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
- Center
-
noun,
Geometry. the middle point, as the point within a circle or sphere equally distant from all points of the circumference or surface, or the point within a regular polygon equally distant from the vertices.
- centas
-
noun,
a former bronze coin of Lithuania, the 100th part of a litas.
- censor
-
noun,
an official who examines books, plays, news reports, motion pictures, radio and television programs, letters, cablegrams, etc., for the purpose of suppressing parts deemed objectionable on moral, political, military, or other grounds.
- censer
-
noun,
a container, usually covered, in which incense is burned, especially during religious services; thurible.
- ardent
-
adjective,
having, expressive of, or characterized by intense feeling; passionate; fervent:
- Arendt
-
noun,
Hannah, 1906–75, U.S. author, political scientist, and teacher, born in Germany.
- cenote
-
noun,
a deep natural well or sinkhole, especially in Central America, formed by the collapse of surface limestone that exposes ground water underneath, and sometimes used by the ancient Mayans for sacrificial offerings.
- tenace
-
noun,
a sequence of two high cards of the same suit that lack an intervening card to be in consecutive order, as the ace and queen.
- anenst
-
preposition,
anent (def 2).
- C-note
-
noun,
See C (def 11).
- aretes
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- trance
-
noun,
a half-conscious state, seemingly between sleeping and waking, in which ability to function voluntarily may be suspended.
- contd.
-
- Aeetes
-
noun,
a king of Colchis, father of Medea and custodian of the Golden Fleece.
- treads
-
noun,
the action of treading, stepping, or walking.
- Conrad
-
noun,
Charles, Jr ("Pete") 1930–1999, U.S. astronaut.
- connex
-
noun,
a large metal cargo container used by the U.S. Army for shipping supplies, as to overseas bases.
- aeron.
-
- transe
-
noun,
a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
- trans.
-
- Conant
-
noun,
James Bryant, 1893–1978, U.S. chemist and educator: president of Harvard University 1933–53.
- trades
-
noun,
the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries:
- Tedder
-
noun,
a person who teds.
- coders
-
noun,
a person or device that translates information into a code.
- Andres
-
noun,
John, 1751–80, British major hanged as a spy by the Americans in the Revolutionary War: plotted the betrayal of West Point with Benedict Arnold.
- Coates
-
noun,
Eric, 1886–1957, English violist and composer.
- coatee
-
noun,
a close-fitting short coat, especially one with tails or skirts.
- andro-
-
- Andron
-
noun,
(in an ancient Greek house) an apartment for men, especially one for banqueting.
- coated
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- Andros
-
noun,
Sir Edmund, 1637–1714, British governor in the American colonies, 1686–89, 1692–98.
- teaser
-
noun,
a person or thing that teases.
- coarse
-
adjective,
composed of relatively large parts or particles:
- tonnes
-
noun,
metric ton.
- Cedars
-
noun,
any of several Old World, coniferous trees of the genus Cedrus, having wide, spreading branches.
Compare cedar of Lebanon.
- contr.
-
- Canton
-
noun,
a small territorial district, especially one of the states of the Swiss confederation.
- carets
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- Teresa
-
noun,
Mother (Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu) 1910–97, Albanian nun: Nobel Peace Prize 1979 for work in the slums of Calcutta, India.
- careen
-
noun,
a careening.
- axseed
-
noun,
crown vetch.
- teredo
-
noun,
a shipworm of the genus Teredo.
- terces
-
noun,
tierce (def 3).
- tenrec
-
noun,
any of several insectivorous mammals of the family Tenrecidae, of Madagascar, having a long, pointed snout, certain species of which are spiny and tailless.
- Cantos
-
noun,
one of the main or larger divisions of a long poem.
- Cantor
-
noun,
the religious official of a synagogue who conducts the liturgical portion of a service and sings or chants the prayers and parts of prayers designed to be performed as solos.
- tensor
-
noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
- atones
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- Canter
-
noun,
an easy gallop.
- tenson
-
noun,
a Provençal poem taking the form of a dialogue or debate between two rival troubadours.
- cadent
-
adjective,
having cadence.
- cannot
-
verb,
a form of ·can not.
- Cannes
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Mediterranean Sea: resort; annual film festival.
- canner
-
noun,
a person who cans meat, fruit, etc., for preservation.
- canned
-
noun,
a sealed container for food, beverages, etc., as of aluminum, sheet iron coated with tin, or other metal:
- caners
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- Candor
-
noun,
the state or quality of being frank, open, and sincere in speech or expression; candidness:
- cteno-
-
- ternes
-
noun,
terne metal.
- tenons
-
noun,
a projection formed on the end of a timber or the like for insertion into a mortise of the same dimensions.
- tonner
-
noun,
something having a specified weight in tons (used in combination):
- Castro
-
noun,
Cipriano [sip-ree-ah-noh;; Spanish see-pree-ah-naw] /ˌsɪp riˈɑ noʊ;; Spanish ˌsi priˈɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1858?–1924, Venezuelan military and political leader: president 1901–08; exiled 1908.
- cedarn
-
adjective,
resembling or made of cedar.
- tender
-
noun,
the act of tendering; an offer of something for acceptance.
- arsen-
-
- tendon
-
noun,
Anatomy. a cord or band of dense, tough, inelastic, white, fibrous tissue, serving to connect a muscle with a bone or part; sinew.
- toners
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- Caxton
-
noun,
William, 1422?–91, English printer, translator, and author: established first printing press in England 1476.
- ascend
-
verb (used with object),
to go or move upward upon or along; climb; mount:
- ascent
-
noun,
an act of ascending; upward movement; a rising movement:
- caters
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- Castor
-
noun,
Also, castoreum. a brownish, unctuous substance with a strong, penetrating odor, secreted by certain glands in the groin of the beaver, used in medicine and perfumery.
- carnet
-
noun,
a customs document allowing an automobile to be driven at no cost across international borders.
- Caster
-
noun,
a person or thing that casts.
- Tenner
-
noun,
a 10-dollar bill.
- astern
-
adverb,
in a position behind a specified vessel or aircraft:
- casern
-
noun,
a lodging for soldiers in a garrison town; barracks.
- carton
-
noun,
a cardboard or plastic box used typically for storage or shipping.
- cartes
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- Carson
-
noun,
Christopher ("Kit") 1809–68, U.S. frontiersman and scout.
- astro-
-
- astron
-
- Carnot
-
noun,
Lazare Nicolas Marguerite [la-zar nee-kaw-lah mar-guh-reet] /laˈzar ni kɔˈlɑ mar gəˈrit/ (Show IPA), 1753–1823, French general and statesman.
- contes
-
plural,
Trademark. a brand of crayon made of graphite and clay, usually in black, red, or brown.
- cadres
-
noun,
Military. the key group of officers and enlisted personnel necessary to establish and train a new military unit.
- tarso-
-
- aceto-
-
- adders
-
noun,
the common European viper, Vipera berus.
- xenons
-
noun,
a heavy, colorless, chemically inactive, monatomic gaseous element used for filling radio, television, and luminescent tubes. Symbol: Xe; atomic weight: 131.30; atomic number: 54.
- trends
-
noun,
the general course or prevailing tendency; drift:
- Tanner
-
noun,
a person whose occupation it is to tan hides.
- 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.
- corset
-
noun,
Sometimes, corsets. a close-fitting undergarment, stiffened with whalebone or similar material and often capable of being tightened by lacing, enclosing the trunk: worn, especially by women, to shape and support the body; stays.
- treens
-
noun,
treenware.
- Cortes
-
noun,
(in Spain or Portugal) the two houses constituting the national legislative body.
- cortex
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology.
the outer region of an organ or structure, as the outer portion of the kidney.
the cerebral cortex.
- adreno
-
- corned
-
noun,
Also called Indian corn; especially technical and British, maize. a tall cereal plant, Zea mays, cultivated in many varieties, having a jointed, solid stem and bearing the grain, seeds, or kernels on large ears.
- adren-
-
- creese
-
noun,
a short sword or heavy dagger with a wavy blade, used by the Malays.
- COSTAR
-
noun,
a performer, especially an actor or actress, who shares star billing with another.
- Coster
-
noun,
costermonger.
- adorns
-
verb (used with object),
to decorate or add beauty to, as by ornaments:
- Cretan
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Crete.
- tanrec
-
noun,
tenrec.
- adores
-
verb (used with object),
to regard with the utmost esteem, love, and respect; honor.
- 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.
- CORNET
-
noun,
Music. a valved wind instrument of the trumpet family.
- crones
-
noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- cornea
-
noun,
the transparent anterior part of the external coat of the eye covering the iris and the pupil and continuous with the sclera.
- credos
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the Apostles' Creed or the Nicene Creed.
- create
-
adjective,
Archaic. created.
- crease
-
noun,
a ridge or groove produced in anything by folding, heat, pressure, etc.; fold; furrow.
- corded
-
noun,
a string or thin rope made of several strands braided, twisted, or woven together.
- C-star
-
noun,
carbon star.
- craton
-
noun,
a relatively rigid and immobile region of continental portions of the earth's crust.
- adeno-
-
- Orcas
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- exec.
-
- Astor
-
noun,
John Jacob, 1763–1848, U.S. capitalist and fur merchant.
- tonne
-
noun,
metric ton.
- acron
-
noun,
the unsegmented, preoral portion of the body of an arthropod.
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- oread
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. any of a group of nymphs who were the companions of Artemis.
- Troad
-
noun,
The, a region in NW Asia Minor surrounding ancient Troy.
- Acton
-
noun,
a quilted garment worn under mail in the 13th and 14th centuries; gambeson.
- exeat
-
noun,
permission granted by a bishop to a priest to leave the diocese.
- Aston
-
noun,
Francis William, 1877–1945, English physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1922.
- Sande
-
noun,
Earl, 1898–1968, U.S. jockey and racehorse trainer.
- astr.
-
- Arndt
-
noun,
Ernst Moritz [ernst moh-rits] /ɛrnst ˈmoʊ rɪts/ (Show IPA), 1769–1860, German poet and historian.
- acet-
-
- onset
-
noun,
a beginning or start:
- 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.
- Texas
-
noun,
a deckhouse on a texas deck for the accommodation of officers.
- terse
-
adjective,
neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.
- arose
-
verb,
simple past tense of arise.
- Reade
-
noun,
Charles, 1814–84, English novelist.
- ascon
-
noun,
a type of sponge having an oval shape and a thin body wall with pores leading directly into the spongocoel.
- acnes
-
noun,
an inflammatory disease of the sebaceous glands, characterized by comedones and pimples, especially on the face, back, and chest, and, in severe cases, by cysts and nodules resulting in scarring.
- 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.
- Ascot
-
noun,
a necktie or scarf with broad ends, tied and arranged so that the ends are laid flat, one across the other, sometimes with a pin to secure them.
- 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.
- exons
-
noun,
(in Britain) one of four yeomen of the guard who act as commanding officers in the absence of higher authority.
- Exod.
-
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- asco-
-
- reads
-
noun,
an act or instance of reading:
- execs
-
noun,
an executive, especially in business.
- acro-
-
- ordn.
-
- exert
-
verb (used with object),
to put forth or into use, as power; exercise, as ability or influence; put into vigorous action:
- 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.
- acorn
-
noun,
the typically ovoid fruit or nut of an oak, enclosed at the base by a cupule.
- acred
-
adjective,
owning many acres of land; landed.
- orans
-
noun,
orant.
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- tones
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- react
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- exact
-
adjective,
strictly accurate or correct:
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- xenon
-
noun,
a heavy, colorless, chemically inactive, monatomic gaseous element used for filling radio, television, and luminescent tubes. Symbol: Xe; atomic weight: 131.30; atomic number: 54.
- erode
-
verb (used with object),
to eat into or away; destroy by slow consumption or disintegration:
Synonyms: corrode, waste, ravage, spoil.
Antonyms: strengthen, reinforce.
- 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.
- Caddo
-
noun,
a member of any of several North American Indian tribes formerly located in Arkansas, Louisiana, and eastern Texas, and now living in Oklahoma.
- ernes
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- Xeres
-
noun,
former name of Jerez.
- scant
-
adverb,
Scot. and North England Dialect. scarcely; barely; hardly.
- xero-
-
- oxter
-
noun,
the armpit.
- erect
-
adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- 30-30
-
- tera-
-
- Ranee
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- erase
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
- scare
-
noun,
a sudden fright or alarm, especially with little or no reason.
- scart
-
verb (used with or without object),
to scratch, scrape, mark, or scar.
- scat-
-
- rands
-
noun,
(in shoemaking) a strip of leather set in a shoe at the heel before the lifts are attached.
- Cades
-
noun,
a juniper, Juniperus oxycedrus, of the Mediterranean area, whose wood on destructive distillation yields an oily liquid (oil of cade) used in treating skin diseases.
- radon
-
noun,
a chemically inert, radioactive gaseous element produced by the decay of radium: emissions produced by outgassing of rock, brick, etc. are a health hazard. Symbol: Rn; atomic number: 86; atomic weight: 222.
- 2,4-d
-
noun,
a white to yellow, crystalline powder, C 8 H 6 O 3 Cl 2 , slightly soluble in water: used for killing weeds.
- sceat
-
noun,
a silver Anglo-Saxon coin of the 7th and 8th centuries, sometimes including an amount of gold.
- Cadet
-
noun,
a student in a national service academy or private military school or on a training ship.
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- rason
-
noun,
a long, loose, black gown with wide sleeves, worn by the clergy.
- Santo
-
noun,
a carved figure of a saint, usually of wood, as from Puerto Rico, Mexico, or the southwestern U.S.
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- ornes
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- Saone
-
noun,
a river flowing S from NE France to the Rhone. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- sarc-
-
- 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.
- atone
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- RECON
-
noun,
reconnaissance.
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- terne
-
noun,
terne metal.
- Oscan
-
noun,
one of an ancient people of south-central Italy.
- Saree
-
noun,
sari.
- OSCAR
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter O.
- erose
-
adjective,
uneven, as if gnawed away.
- estoc
-
noun,
a thrusting sword of the 13th–17th centuries having a long, narrow blade of rectangular section.
- 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 .
- ratos
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- sarod
-
noun,
a lute of northern India, played with a bow.
- 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.
- oste-
-
- xeno-
-
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- terce
-
noun,
tierce (def 3).
- Saxon
-
noun,
a member of a Germanic people in ancient times dwelling near the mouth of the Elbe, a portion of whom invaded and occupied parts of Britain in the 5th and 6th centuries.
- Scand
-
- Arete
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- Nance
-
noun,
Offensive. an effeminate male.
- Sadoc
-
noun,
Zadok.
- Andre
-
noun,
John, 1751–80, British major hanged as a spy by the Americans in the Revolutionary War: plotted the betrayal of West Point with Benedict Arnold.
- reset
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- andor
-
conjunction,
(used to imply that either or both of the things mentioned may be affected or involved):
- ocean
-
noun,
the vast body of salt water that covers almost three fourths of the earth's surface.
- 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.).
- Andes
-
plural noun,
a mountain range in W South America, extending about 4500 miles (7250 km) from N Colombia and Venezuela S to Cape Horn. Highest peak, Aconcagua, 22,834 feet (6960 meters).
- andr-
-
- nonce
-
noun,
the present, or immediate, occasion or purpose (usually used in the phrase for the nonce).
- nonas
-
noun,
sleeping sickness (def 2).
- nona-
-
- ocrea
-
noun,
a sheathing part, as a pair of stipules united about a stem.
- ancre
-
adjective,
having the end of each limb divided and carved outward like the flukes of an anchor; moline:
- retd.
-
- noct-
-
- redes
-
noun,
counsel; advice.
- octa-
-
- octad
-
noun,
a group or series of eight.
- rexes
-
noun,
king.
- octan
-
noun,
an octan fever.
- trade
-
noun,
the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries:
- roans
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- 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.
- NORAD
-
noun,
a joint U.S.-Canadian air force command responsible for detecting aircraft and space vehicles deemed a threat to the continental airspace.
- Ancon
-
noun,
the elbow.
- nerds
-
noun,
a person considered to be socially awkward, boring, unstylish, etc.
- 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.
- Aedes
-
noun,
yellow-fever mosquito.
- oater
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- oared
-
noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- treed
-
noun,
a plant having a permanently woody main stem or trunk, ordinarily growing to a considerable height, and usually developing branches at some distance from the ground.
- reest
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- Renan
-
noun,
Ernest [ur-nist;; French er-nest] /ˈɜr nɪst;; French ɛrˈnɛst/ (Show IPA), 1823–92, French philologist, historian, and critic.
- Aedon
-
noun,
a daughter of Pandareus who mistakenly killed her son. Zeus took pity on her and turned her into a nightingale.
- rends
-
verb (used with object),
to separate into parts with force or violence:
- Renee
-
noun,
a female given name, French form of Renata.
- treas
-
- rente
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- adret
-
noun,
a side of a mountain receiving direct sunlight.
- Oates
-
noun,
Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- notes
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- redox
-
noun, adjective,
oxidation-reduction.
- noted
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- aero-
-
- redos
-
noun,
the act or an instance of redoing.
- Redon
-
noun,
Odilon [ohd-l-on;; French aw-dee-lawn] /ˈoʊd lˌɒn;; French ɔ diˈlɔ̃/ (Show IPA), 1840–1916, French painter and etcher.
- 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.
- tread
-
noun,
the action of treading, stepping, or walking.
- Norse
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
- Norns
-
noun,
an extinct Norse dialect, spoken until early modern times in the Shetland and Orkney Islands and in parts of northern Scotland.
- adorn
-
verb (used with object),
to decorate or add beauty to, as by ornaments:
- redds
-
noun,
the spawning area or nest of trout or salmon.
- areo-
-
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- Redan
-
noun,
a V -shaped work, usually projecting from a fortified line.
- naso-
-
- Aoede
-
noun,
one of the original three Muses; the Muse of song.
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- nards
-
noun,
an aromatic Himalayan plant, believed to be the spikenard, Nardostachys jatamansi, the source of an ointment used by the ancients.
- narcs
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- adder
-
noun,
the common European viper, Vipera berus.
- 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.
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- recta
-
noun,
a plural of rectum.
- rect.
-
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- nano-
-
- arces
-
noun,
a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
- onces
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- torcs
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- oaten
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or made of oats.
- Nader
-
noun,
Ralph, born 1934, U.S. lawyer, author, political reformer, and consumer advocate.
- Arden
-
noun,
Forest of, a forest district in central England, in N Warwickshire: scene of Shakespeare's As You Like It.
- toran
-
noun,
(in Indian Buddhist and Hindu architecture) a gateway having two or three lintels between two posts.
- nacre
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- actos
-
- Actor
-
noun,
a person who acts in stage plays, motion pictures, television broadcasts, etc.
- 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.
- trend
-
noun,
the general course or prevailing tendency; drift:
- anent
-
preposition,
in regard to; about; concerning.
- anode
-
noun,
the electrode or terminal by which current enters an electrolytic cell, voltaic cell, battery, etc.
- Adore
-
verb (used with object),
to regard with the utmost esteem, love, and respect; honor.
- Trace
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- treen
-
noun,
treenware.
- Aneto
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA). Spanish name of Pic de Néthou.
- needs
-
noun,
a requirement, necessary duty, or obligation:
- Tosca
-
noun,
an opera (1900) by Giacomo Puccini.
- annex
-
noun,
something annexed.
- Nedda
-
noun,
a female given name.
- annot
-
- 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.
- anon.
-
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- ronde
-
noun,
a typeface imitative of upright, somewhat angular, handwriting.
- Anson
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Ronne
-
noun,
a seaport on W Bornholm island, Denmark, in the S Baltic Sea: stone quarries.
- nears
-
- ante-
-
- aden-
-
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- Anton
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Anthony.
- Naxos
-
noun,
a Greek island in the S Aegean: the largest of the Cyclades group. 169 sq. mi. (438 sq. km).
- Odets
-
noun,
Clifford, 1906–63, U.S. dramatist.
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- 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.
- races
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- cadre
-
noun,
Military. the key group of officers and enlisted personnel necessary to establish and train a new military unit.
- snead
-
noun,
Samuel Jackson ("Slamming Sammy") 1912–2002, U.S. golfer.
- doest
-
noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- teens
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- doers
-
noun,
a person or thing that does something, especially a person who gets things done with vigor and efficiency.
- stade
-
noun,
a period of time represented by a glacial deposit.
- cero-
-
- Srta.
-
- ceros
-
noun,
a large Atlantic and Gulf Coast mackerel game fish, Scomberomorus regalis.
- cert.
-
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- cesta
-
noun,
a narrow, curved basket fitted on one end to a wooden handle with a glovelike compartment at the base, for catching and throwing the ball.
- Donar
-
noun,
the god of thunder, corresponding to Thor.
- sneer
-
noun,
a look or expression of derision, scorn, or contempt.
- doats
-
verb (used without object),
dote.
- Teena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Albertina, Bettina, or Christina.
- tense
-
noun,
a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
- cetes
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- snore
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- snort
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- 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.
- crate
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- deads
-
noun,
the period of greatest darkness, coldness, etc.:
- coast
-
noun,
the land next to the sea; seashore:
- sexed
-
noun,
either the male or female division of a species, especially as differentiated with reference to the reproductive functions.
- Credo
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the Apostles' Creed or the Nicene Creed.
- deter
-
verb (used with object),
to discourage or restrain from acting or proceeding:
- Seton
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- cent.
-
- Crees
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- creed
-
noun,
any system, doctrine, or formula of religious belief, as of a denomination.
- dorts
-
noun,
Dordrecht.
- CENTO
-
noun,
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
- darns
-
noun,
a darned place, as in a garment:
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- sero-
-
- darts
-
- DORAN
-
noun,
an electronic device for determining range and assisting navigation, employing the principle of the Doppler effect.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- cents
-
noun,
a bronze coin of the U.S., the 100th part of a U.S. dollar: made of steel during part of 1943. Symbol: ¢.
- donas
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Madam; Lady: a Portuguese title prefixed to a woman's given name.
- Donne
-
noun,
John, 1573–1631, English poet and clergyman.
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- dated
-
noun,
a particular month, day, and year at which some event happened or will happen:
- Donna
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Madam; Lady: an Italian title of respect prefixed to the given name of a woman.
- ceras
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- donee
-
noun,
a person to whom a gift is made.
- donec
-
conjunction,
(in prescriptions) until.
- dates
-
noun,
a particular month, day, and year at which some event happened or will happen:
- datos
-
noun,
(in the Philippines) a native chief.
- stand
-
noun,
the act of standing; an assuming of or a remaining in an upright position.
- Ceres
-
noun,
a pre-Roman goddess of agriculture under whose name the Romans adopted the worship of the Greek goddess Demeter.
- detox
-
noun,
detoxification.
- desex
-
verb (used with object),
Veterinary Surgery. to castrate or spay.
- serac
-
noun,
a large irregularity of glacial ice, as a pinnacle found in glacial crevasses and formed by melting or movement of the ice.
- Costa
-
noun,
a rib or riblike part.
- decan
-
noun,
any of three divisions of 10° within a sign of the zodiac.
- deers
-
noun,
any of several ruminants of the family Cervidae, most of the males of which have solid, deciduous antlers.
- Deere
-
noun,
John, 1804–86, U.S. inventor and manufacturer of farm implements.
- sonde
-
noun,
a rocket, balloon, or rockoon used as a probe for observing phenomena in the atmosphere.
- deeds
-
noun,
something that is done, performed, or accomplished; an act:
- Const
-
- cotes
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- tardo
-
adjective,
slow (used as a musical direction).
- cont.
-
- racon
-
noun,
radar beacon.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- SONAR
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- Conte
-
noun,
count2 .
- decos
-
noun,
art deco.
- coset
-
noun,
a subset of a group, formed by the consistent operation of a given element of the group on the left or right of all the elements of a subgroup of the group.
- decd.
-
- 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.
- decor
-
noun,
style or mode of decoration, as of a room, building, or the like:
- cords
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) clothing, especially trousers, of corded fabric; corduroys.
- Corea
-
noun,
Armando Anthony [ahr-mahn-doh] /ɑrˈmɑn doʊ/ (Show IPA), ("Chick") born 1941, U.S. jazz pianist and composer.
- cores
-
- corns
-
noun,
Also called Indian corn; especially technical and British, maize. a tall cereal plant, Zea mays, cultivated in many varieties, having a jointed, solid stem and bearing the grain, seeds, or kernels on large ears.
- Corse
-
noun,
corpse.
- Tarde
-
noun,
Gabriel [ga-bree-el] /ga briˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1843–1904, French sociologist.
- Cons.
-
- dears
-
noun,
a person who is good, kind, or generous:
- codex
-
noun,
a quire of manuscript pages held together by stitching: the earliest form of book, replacing the scrolls and wax tablets of earlier times.
- Coats
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- tease
-
noun,
a person who teases or annoys.
- deca-
-
- codas
-
noun,
Music. a more or less independent passage, at the end of a composition, introduced to bring it to a satisfactory close.
- tears
-
- coder
-
noun,
a person or device that translates information into a code.
- codes
-
noun,
a system for communication by telegraph, heliograph, etc., in which long and short sounds, light flashes, etc., are used to symbolize the content of a message:
- desc.
-
- Soane
-
noun,
Sir John, 1753–1837, English architect.
- Crane
-
noun,
any large wading bird of the family Gruidae, characterized by long legs, bill, and neck and an elevated hind toe.
- coxes
-
noun,
coxswain.
- dents
-
noun,
a hollow or depression in a surface, as from a blow.
- deets
-
plural noun,
details:
- coeds
-
noun,
Older Use. a female student in a coeducational institution, especially in a college or university.
- taxon
-
noun,
a taxonomic category, as a species or genus.
- dent.
-
- dense
-
adjective,
having the component parts closely compacted together; crowded or compact:
- Conan
-
noun,
a male given name.
- denes
-
noun,
a bare, sandy tract or low sand hill near the sea.
- taxes
-
noun,
a sum of money demanded by a government for its support or for specific facilities or services, levied upon incomes, property, sales, etc.
- Conde
-
noun,
Louis II de Bourbon [lwee,, duh boor-bawn] /lwi,, də burˈbɔ̃/ (Show IPA), Prince de (Duc d'Enghien"the Great Condé") 1621–86, French general.
- Conn.
-
- conns
-
noun,
responsibility for the steering of a ship.
- denar
-
noun,
the basic monetary unit of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
- Stead
-
noun,
the place of a person or thing as occupied by a successor or substitute:
- dorse
-
noun,
the back of a book or folded document.
- dotes
-
noun,
decay of wood.
- carne
-
noun,
Marcel [mahr-sel;; French mar-sel] /mɑrˈsɛl;; French marˈsɛl/ (Show IPA), 1909–1996, French film director.
- Scot.
-
- Stone
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- Caren
-
noun,
a female given name.
- scree
-
noun,
a steep mass of detritus on the side of a mountain.
- cares
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- caret
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- scrod
-
noun,
a young Atlantic codfish or haddock, especially one split for cooking.
- Ednas
-
noun,
Adnah.
- tacos
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- Carex
-
noun,
any sedge of the genus Carex.
- daces
-
noun,
a small, freshwater cyprinoid fish, Leuciscus leuciscus, of Europe, having a stout, fusiform body.
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- Eddas
-
noun,
a female given name.
- 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.
- carns
-
noun,
cairn.
- ecto-
-
- Dares
-
noun,
an act of daring or defiance; challenge.
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- ectad
-
adverb,
outward.
- carse
-
noun,
bottom land.
- tenon
-
noun,
a projection formed on the end of a timber or the like for insertion into a mortise of the same dimensions.
- econ.
-
- enact
-
verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- taces
-
noun,
tasset.
- carts
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- Canso
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in SE Canada, the NE extremity of Nova Scotia.
- ento-
-
- caner
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- Ensor
-
noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- canes
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- scena
-
noun,
an extended operatic vocal solo, usually including an aria and a recitative.
- scend
-
noun,
the heaving motion of a vessel.
- scene
-
noun,
the place where some action or event occurs:
- scent
-
noun,
a distinctive odor, especially when agreeable:
- canoe
-
noun,
any of various slender, open boats, tapering to a point at both ends, propelled by paddles or sometimes sails and traditionally formed of light framework covered with bark, skins, or canvas, or formed from a dug-out or burned-out log or logs, and now usually made of aluminum, fiberglass, etc.
- Canon
-
noun,
an ecclesiastical rule or law enacted by a council or other competent authority and, in the Roman Catholic Church, approved by the pope.
- endo-
-
- enate
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- canst
-
noun,
a sealed container for food, beverages, etc., as of aluminum, sheet iron coated with tin, or other metal:
- Cant.
-
- Ender
-
noun,
Kornelia [kawr-neyl-yuh,, -ney-lee-uh] /kɔrˈneɪl yə,, -ˈneɪ li ə/ (Show IPA), born 1958, German swimmer.
- canto
-
noun,
one of the main or larger divisions of a long poem.
- Scone
-
noun,
a small, light, biscuitlike quick bread made of oatmeal, wheat flour, barley meal, or the like.
- cants
-
noun,
insincere, especially conventional expressions of enthusiasm for high ideals, goodness, or piety.
- score
-
noun,
the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- Card.
-
- scorn
-
noun,
open or unqualified contempt; disdain:
- cards
-
noun,
a usually rectangular piece of stiff paper, thin pasteboard, or plastic for various uses, as to write information on or printed as a means of identifying the holder:
- Carte
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- teno-
-
- Croat
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Croatia; Croatian.
- Senna
-
noun,
any plant, shrub, or tree belonging to the genus Cassia, of the legume family, having pinnate leaves and large clusters of flowers.
- cater
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- Cates
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- eared
-
noun,
the part of a cereal plant, as corn, wheat, etc., that contains the flowers and hence the fruit, grains, or kernels.
- Seder
-
noun,
a ceremonial dinner that commemorates the Exodus from Egypt and includes the reading of the Haggadah and the eating of symbolic foods, generally held on the first night of Passover by Reform Jews and Jews in Israel and on both the first and second nights by Orthodox and Conservative Jews outside of Israel.
- tends
-
Verb phrases,
tend on/upon, Archaic. to attend or wait upon; minister to; serve:
- steer
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- drees
-
adjective,
tedious; dreary.
- Crete
-
noun,
Formerly Candia. a Greek island in the Mediterranean, SE of mainland Greece. 3235 sq. mi. (8380 sq. km). Capital: Canea.
- Eaton
-
noun,
Theophilus, 1590–1658, English colonist and colonial administrator in America.
- cease
-
noun,
cessation:
- drest
-
noun,
an outer garment for women and girls, consisting of bodice and skirt in one piece.
- crest
-
noun,
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- Cedar
-
noun,
any of several Old World, coniferous trees of the genus Cedrus, having wide, spreading branches.
Compare cedar of Lebanon.
- drone
-
noun,
the male of the honeybee and other bees, stingless and making no honey.
- 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.
- danes
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Denmark.
- Sedan
-
noun,
an enclosed automobile body having two or four doors and seating four or more persons on two full-width seats.
- dance
-
noun,
a successive group of rhythmical steps or bodily motions, or both, usually executed to music.
- drats
-
interjection,
(used to express mild disgust, disappointment, or the like):
- steed
-
noun,
a horse, especially a high-spirited one.
- eaten
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- caste
-
noun,
Sociology.
an endogamous and hereditary social group limited to persons of the same rank, occupation, economic position, etc., and having mores distinguishing it from other such groups.
any rigid system of social distinctions.
- sect.
-
- Steen
-
noun,
Jan [yahn] /yɑn/ (Show IPA), 1626–79, Dutch painter.
- Creon
-
noun,
a king of Thebes, the brother of Jocasta and the uncle of Eteocles, Polynices, and Antigone.
- Draco
-
noun,
the Dragon, a northern circumpolar constellation between Ursa Major and Cepheus.
- dados
-
noun,
Also called die. Architecture. the part of a pedestal between the base and the cornice or cap.
- dread
-
noun,
terror or apprehension as to something in the future; great fear.
- cense
-
verb (used with object),
to burn incense near or in front of; perfume with incense.
- Dante
-
noun,
(Dante Alighieri) 1265–1321, Italian poet: author of the Divine Comedy.
- ster.
-
- Tenn.
-
- crone
-
noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- cedes
-
verb (used with object),
to yield or formally surrender to another:
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- tron
-
- Read
-
noun,
an act or instance of reading:
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- Ste.
-
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- rad.
-
- rede
-
noun,
counsel; advice.
- str.
-
- taco
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- Xosa
-
noun,
Xhosa.
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- tRNA
-
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- Sra.
-
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- sord
-
noun,
a flight or flock of mallards.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- tads
-
noun,
a small child, especially a boy.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- Redd
-
noun,
the spawning area or nest of trout or salmon.
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- rcd.
-
- trod
-
noun,
the action of treading, stepping, or walking.
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- RdAc
-
- Tace
-
noun,
tasset.
- RAND
-
noun,
(in shoemaking) a strip of leather set in a shoe at the heel before the lifts are attached.
- rads
-
noun,
a standard unit of absorbed dose of radiation equal to 0.01 gray2 .
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- snod
-
adjective,
smooth; sleek.
- redo
-
noun,
the act or an instance of redoing.
- Sand
-
noun,
the more or less fine debris of rocks, consisting of small, loose grains, often of quartz.
- toed
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- Seed
-
noun,
the fertilized, matured ovule of a flowering plant, containing an embryo or rudimentary plant.
- Seen
-
verb,
past participle of see1 .
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- send
-
noun,
the heaving motion of a vessel.
- tonn
-
- sene
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Western Samoa, the 100th part of a tala.
- tend
-
Verb phrases,
tend on/upon, Archaic. to attend or wait upon; minister to; serve:
- TODS
-
- Sade
-
noun,
Donatien Alphonse François [daw-na-syan al-fawns frahn-swa] /dɔ naˈsyɛ̃ alˈfɔ̃s frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), Comte de (Marquis de Sade) 1740–1814, French soldier and novelist, notorious for his paraphilia.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- torc
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- Saco
-
noun,
a city in SW Maine.
- std.
-
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- Todd
-
noun,
Alexander Robertus [roh-bur-tuh s] /roʊˈbɜr təs/ (Show IPA), (Baron of Trumpington) 1907–97, Scottish chemist: Nobel prize 1957.
- 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.
- Sat.
-
- scar
-
noun,
a mark left by a healed wound, sore, or burn.
- ter.
-
- SCAN
-
noun,
an act or instance of scanning; close examination.
- SCAD
-
noun,
any carangid fish of the genus Decapterus, inhabiting tropical and subtropical shore waters.
- Saxe
-
noun,
Comte Hermann Maurice de [er-man maw-rees duh] /ɛrˈman mɔˈris də/ (Show IPA), 1696–1750, French military leader: marshal of France 1744.
- Sax.
-
- 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.
- 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.
- scr.
-
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- 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.
- Sard
-
noun,
a reddish-brown chalcedony, used as a gem.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- 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.
- sec.
-
- Tex.
-
- toad
-
noun,
any of various tailless amphibians that are close relatives of the frogs in the order Anura and that typically have dry, warty skin and are terrestrial or semiterrestrial in habit.
Compare frog1 (def 1).
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- 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.
- 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.
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- 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.
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- soda
-
noun,
sodium hydroxide.
- TDRS
-
- tax-
-
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- RNAS
-
- rend
-
verb (used with object),
to separate into parts with force or violence:
- 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.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- Rees
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- Reed
-
noun,
the straight stalk of any of various tall grasses, especially of the genera Phragmites and Arundo, growing in marshy places.
- reds
-
noun,
any of various colors resembling the color of blood; the primary color at one extreme end of the visible spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 610 and 780 nanometers.
- 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.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- 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.
- road
-
noun,
a long, narrow stretch with a smoothed or paved surface, made for traveling by motor vehicle, carriage, etc., between two or more points; street or highway.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- ROTC
-
noun,
a body of students at some colleges and universities who are given training toward becoming officers in the armed forces. Abbreviation: ROTC, R.O.T.C.
- 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.
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- ten.
-
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- sex-
-
- 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.
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- teds
-
noun,
British Slang. Teddy boy.
- sext
-
noun,
the fourth of the seven canonical hours, or the service for it, originally fixed for the sixth hour of the day taken as noon.
- etc.
-
- RONA
-
- tox.
-
- rode
-
noun,
a rope by which a boat is anchored.
- rocs
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- Roca
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in W Portugal, near Lisbon: the western extremity of continental Europe.
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- teen
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- 1080
-
- RACE
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- Ceto
-
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- est.
-
- eso-
-
- esne
-
noun,
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a member of the lowest class; laborer.
- Esd.
-
- coat
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- coax
-
noun,
coaxial cable.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- coda
-
noun,
Music. a more or less independent passage, at the end of a composition, introduced to bring it to a satisfactory close.
- Erne
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- Ceta
-
noun,
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- code
-
noun,
a system for communication by telegraph, heliograph, etc., in which long and short sounds, light flashes, etc., are used to symbolize the content of a message:
- cods
-
noun,
any of several soft-rayed food fishes of the family Gadidae, especially Gadus morhua, of cool, North Atlantic waters.
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- coed
-
noun,
Older Use. a female student in a coeducational institution, especially in a college or university.
- Ens.
-
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- ends
-
noun,
the last part or extremity, lengthwise, of anything that is longer than it is wide or broad:
- end-
-
- ence
-
- enc.
-
- Con.
-
- EEOC
-
- Cond
-
- Cete
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- cet-
-
- Cor.
-
- Cate
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- Can.
-
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- NASD
-
- nard
-
noun,
an aromatic Himalayan plant, believed to be the spikenard, Nardostachys jatamansi, the source of an ointment used by the ancients.
- narc
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- nane
-
pronoun, adverb, adjective,
none1 .
- cane
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- CARE
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- Carn
-
noun,
cairn.
- CART
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- CASE
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- cast
-
noun,
act of casting or throwing.
- cat.
-
- Cato
-
noun,
Marcus Porcius [pawr-shee-uh s,, -shuh s] /ˈpɔr ʃi əs,, -ʃəs/ (Show IPA), ("the Elder"or"the Censor") 234–149 b.c, Roman statesman, soldier, and writer.
- exa-
-
- ext.
-
- Exc.
-
- exes
-
noun,
the letter X, x.
- exo-
-
- Exon
-
noun,
(in Britain) one of four yeomen of the guard who act as commanding officers in the absence of higher authority.
- exor
-
- exr.
-
- CERN
-
- Cdr.
-
- CerE
-
noun,
a fleshy, membranous covering of the base of the upper mandible of a bird, especially a bird of prey or a parrot, through which the nostrils open.
- cera
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- cene
-
- cen.
-
- cees
-
noun,
the letter C.
- DDSc
-
- cone
-
noun,
Geometry.
a solid whose surface is generated by a line passing through a fixed point and a fixed plane curve not containing the point, consisting of two equal sections joined at a vertex.
a plane surface resembling the cross section of a solid cone.
- EDTA
-
- 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.
- dern
-
adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
darn2 .
- dons
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Mr.; Sir: a Spanish title prefixed to a man's given name.
- done
-
noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- Dona
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Madam; Lady: a Portuguese title prefixed to a woman's given name.
- Dan.
-
abbreviation,
Bible. Daniel (def 1).
- does
-
noun,
a plural of doe.
- doer
-
noun,
a person or thing that does something, especially a person who gets things done with vigor and efficiency.
- Dane
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Denmark.
- Dard
-
noun,
Also, Dardic. a group of Indic languages spoken in Kashmir, northern Pakistan, and eastern Afghanistan, and including Kashmiri.
- DOCS
-
noun,
doctor.
- doc.
-
plural,
document.
- doat
-
verb (used without object),
dote.
- Dare
-
noun,
an act of daring or defiance; challenge.
- Darn
-
noun,
a darned place, as in a garment:
- DASD
-
noun,
an external storage device, as a magnetic disk storage unit, in which the access mechanism and storage medium can be positioned directly at the addresses sought to read or write specific data items.
- dere
-
adjective,
dear2 .
- DORE
-
noun,
the walleye or pike perch of North America.
- Deer
-
noun,
any of several ruminants of the family Cervidae, most of the males of which have solid, deciduous antlers.
- dead
-
noun,
the period of greatest darkness, coldness, etc.:
- Dean
-
noun,
Education.
the head of a faculty, school, or administrative division in a university or college:
an official in an American college or secondary school having charge of student personnel services, such as counseling or discipline:
the official in charge of undergraduate students at an English university.
- DEAR
-
noun,
a person who is good, kind, or generous:
- Dec.
-
- deco
-
noun,
art deco.
- deed
-
noun,
something that is done, performed, or accomplished; an act:
- dees
-
noun,
a metal loop attached to tack, for fastening gear:
- dat.
-
- deet
-
plural noun,
details:
- Den.
-
- dato
-
noun,
(in the Philippines) a native chief.
- Dene
-
noun,
a bare, sandy tract or low sand hill near the sea.
- der.
-
- date
-
noun,
a particular month, day, and year at which some event happened or will happen:
- Dora
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Greek word meaning “gift.”.
- Dort
-
noun,
Dordrecht.
- Cora
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. Kore.
- crat
-
- Cord
-
noun,
a string or thin rope made of several strands braided, twisted, or woven together.
- CORN
-
noun,
Also called Indian corn; especially technical and British, maize. a tall cereal plant, Zea mays, cultivated in many varieties, having a jointed, solid stem and bearing the grain, seeds, or kernels on large ears.
- Edna
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “rejuvenation, rebirth.”.
- Cort
-
- cose
-
verb (used without object),
coze.
- Cost
-
noun,
the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
- EDES
-
noun,
a city in SW Nigeria.
- Eden
-
noun,
the place where Adam and Eve lived before the Fall. Gen. 2:8–24.
- eddo
-
noun,
the edible root of the taro or of any of several related plants.
- Edda
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Cote
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- coxa
-
noun,
Anatomy.
innominate bone.
the joint of the hip.
- ect-
-
- eco-
-
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- dose
-
noun,
a quantity of medicine prescribed to be taken at one time.
- cts.
-
- dost
-
noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- dado
-
noun,
Also called die. Architecture. the part of a pedestal between the base and the cornice or cap.
- DOTE
-
noun,
decay of wood.
- Dace
-
noun,
a small, freshwater cyprinoid fish, Leuciscus leuciscus, of Europe, having a stout, fusiform body.
- drat
-
interjection,
(used to express mild disgust, disappointment, or the like):
- dree
-
adjective,
tedious; dreary.
- ctr.
-
- Cree
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- Eads
-
noun,
James Buchanan, 1820–87, U.S. engineer and inventor.
- 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.
- Cres
-
- 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.
- cads
-
noun,
an ill-bred man, especially one who behaves in a dishonorable or irresponsible way toward women.
- cede
-
verb (used with object),
to yield or formally surrender to another:
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- ocas
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- ands
-
- OEEC
-
- OECD
-
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- Oder
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing from the NE Czech Republic, N through SW Poland and along the border between Germany and Poland into the Baltic. 562 miles (905 km) long.
- Odds
-
noun,
the probability that something is so, will occur, or is more likely to occur than something else:
- ann.
-
- Anne
-
noun,
1665–1714, queen of England 1702–14 (daughter of James II of England).
- NCTE
-
- ano-
-
- ant.
-
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- Arce
-
noun,
a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
- ARCO
-
adverb,
(of the performance of a passage for stringed instruments) with the bow.
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- 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.
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- art.
-
- asc-
-
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- Ande
-
plural noun,
a mountain range in W South America, extending about 4500 miles (7250 km) from N Colombia and Venezuela S to Cape Horn. Highest peak, Aconcagua, 22,834 feet (6960 meters).
- once
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- oxes
-
noun,
the adult castrated male of the genus Bos, used chiefly as a draft animal.
- oxen
-
noun,
a plural of ox.
- ARCS
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- acne
-
noun,
an inflammatory disease of the sebaceous glands, characterized by comedones and pimples, especially on the face, back, and chest, and, in severe cases, by cysts and nodules resulting in scarring.
- acr-
-
- Acre
-
noun,
a common measure of area: in the U.S. and U.K., 1 acre equals 4,840 square yards (4,047 square meters) or 0.405 hectare; 640 acres equals one square mile.
- OSRD
-
- Osee
-
noun,
Hosea.
- ACTS
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- addn
-
- adds
-
noun,
Journalism. copy added to a completed story.
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- ance
-
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- 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.
- ord.
-
- orcs
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- Orca
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- aer-
-
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- orad
-
adverb,
toward the mouth or the oral region.
- aesc
-
noun,
ash2 (def 3).
- Ont.
-
- aet.
-
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- Oct.
-
- ates
-
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- 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.
- non-
-
- none
-
noun,
nones1 .
- cade
-
noun,
a juniper, Juniperus oxycedrus, of the Mediterranean area, whose wood on destructive distillation yields an oily liquid (oil of cade) used in treating skin diseases.
- NDAC
-
- NEXT
-
Idioms,
get next to (someone), Informal. to get into the favor or good graces of; become a good friend of.
- Nor.
-
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- neo-
-
- ator
-
- Nord
-
noun,
a department in N France. 2229 sq. mi. (5770 sq. km). Capital: Lille.
- 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.
- nerd
-
noun,
a person considered to be socially awkward, boring, unstylish, etc.
- axon
-
noun,
Cell Biology. the appendage of the neuron that transmits impulses away from the cell body.
- Norn
-
noun,
an extinct Norse dialect, spoken until early modern times in the Shetland and Orkney Islands and in parts of northern Scotland.
- 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.
- 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.
- nos-
-
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- nene
-
noun,
a barred, gray-brown wild goose, Nesochen sandvicensis, native to Hawaii, where it is the state bird.
- 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.
- need
-
noun,
a requirement, necessary duty, or obligation:
- axes
-
noun,
plural of axis1 .
- not-
-
- Nexo
-
noun,
Martin Andersen [mahr-ten-ah-nuh r-suh n] /ˈmɑr tɛnˈɑ nər sən/ (Show IPA), 1869–1954, Danish novelist.
- node
-
noun,
a knot, protuberance, or knob.
- ade
-
noun,
George, 1866–1944, U.S. humorist.
- ado
-
noun,
busy activity; bustle; fuss.
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- ADS
-
noun,
advertisement.
- ae.
-
- CAS
-
verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- DAE
-
- ca.
-
- DAD
-
noun,
father.
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- CDT
-
- DSO
-
- CEA
-
- AEC
-
- DAS
-
noun,
hyrax.
- DAR
-
- 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.
- Sta
-
- DDR
-
- DCS
-
- XOR
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result when either but not both of its operands are positive.
- Xn.
-
- ac-
-
- ad-
-
- ADC
-
- d-c
-
noun,
a surgical method for the removal of diseased tissue or an early embryo from the lining of the uterus by means of scraping.
- Dax
-
noun,
a city in SW France: mineral hot springs.
- an.
-
- xat
-
noun,
a carved totem pole of various North American Indian peoples.
- TSE
-
- Co.
-
- Ar.
-
- CAD
-
noun,
an ill-bred man, especially one who behaves in a dishonorable or irresponsible way toward women.
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- ct.
-
- cs.
-
- cr.
-
- DOA
-
- COD
-
noun,
any of several soft-rayed food fishes of the family Gadidae, especially Gadus morhua, of cool, North Atlantic waters.
- ACS
-
- ACT
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- Tro
-
- CAR
-
noun,
an automobile.
- DSC
-
- Tad
-
noun,
a small child, especially a boy.
- do.
-
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- at.
-
- ast
-
- COS
-
noun,
romaine.
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- ASR
-
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- aor
-
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- ard
-
- 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.
- TCA
-
- COT
-
noun,
a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
- CNN
-
- TCS
-
- TDD
-
- ARS
-
- 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.
- CNO
-
- ase
-
- 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.
- ASN
-
- CNS
-
- Ted
-
noun,
British Slang. Teddy boy.
- ATC
-
- tr.
-
- DDS
-
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- dd.
-
- CED
-
- ctn
-
plural,
carton.
- cte
-
- CTA
-
- CST
-
- CSR
-
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- CSO
-
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- cee
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noun,
the letter C.
- CSA
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- CRT
-
- ANC
-
- CRS
-
- ax.
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- CEO
-
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- TAR
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noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- Cox
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noun,
coxswain.
- tra
-
- St.
-
- DSR
-
- DDT
-
- Nod
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noun,
a short, quick downward bending forward of the head, as in assent, greeting, or command or because of drowsiness.
- ROC
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noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- NES
-
- NET
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noun,
a bag or other contrivance of strong thread or cord worked into an open, meshed fabric, for catching fish, birds, or other animals:
- ROA
-
- rnd
-
- RNA
-
- REX
-
noun,
king.
- NNE
-
- NOC
-
- 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.
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- nr.
-
- NRA
-
- NRC
-
- NSA
-
- NSC
-
- Oc.
-
- OED
-
- Rod
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noun,
a stick, wand, staff, or the like, of wood, metal, or other material.
- Nee
-
adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- OSD
-
- rte
-
- NAD
-
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- SAC
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- Nan
-
noun,
naan.
- SRO
-
- So.
-
- sd.
-
- Sr.
-
- RTS
-
- rt.
-
- NED
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Edward.
- RSE
-
- RSA
-
- Rs.
-
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- NDE
-
- ne-
-
- NEA
-
- NEC
-
- OSA
-
- OTC
-
- NCO
-
- OTA
-
- RDS
-
- RDC
-
- RDA
-
- RCT
-
- RCN
-
- ose
-
- RCA
-
- rax
-
verb (used with object),
to elongate; stretch.
- ot-
-
- 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.
- REA
-
- ote
-
- OTS
-
- RAS
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noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- ox-
-
- Rd.
-
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- RCS
-
- Re.
-
- RDX
-
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- 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.
- ode
-
noun,
a lyric poem typically of elaborate or irregular metrical form and expressive of exalted or enthusiastic emotion.
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- OAS
-
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- Oca
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- OCD
-
- OCR
-
- OCS
-
- ODA
-
noun,
a room within a harem.
- ODD
-
noun,
something that is odd.
- ODS
-
noun,
a hypothetical force formerly held to pervade all nature and to manifest itself in magnetism, mesmerism, chemical action, etc.
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- ODT
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- red
-
noun,
any of various colors resembling the color of blood; the primary color at one extreme end of the visible spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 610 and 780 nanometers.
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- ONR
-
- ons
-
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- orc
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- Sad
-
noun,
the 14th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- Xt.
-
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- ec-
-
- ea.
-
- ead
-
- ean
-
- 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.
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- SED
-
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- ECA
-
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- ed.
-
- EDA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- EDC
-
- EDD
-
- Ede
-
noun,
a city in SW Nigeria.
- Don
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Mr.; Sir: a Spanish title prefixed to a man's given name.
- se-
-
- ETD
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- SDA
-
- dtd
-
- DOT
-
noun,
a small, roundish mark made with or as if with a pen.
- Dr.
-
- 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).
- DRE
-
- DSA
-
- DOE
-
noun,
the female of the deer, antelope, goat, rabbit, and certain other animals.
- DST
-
- DOD
-
- DEd
-
- DNR
-
- DNA
-
- DET
-
- SOC
-
noun,
sociology or a class or course in sociology.
- sod
-
noun,
a section cut or torn from the surface of grassland, containing the matted roots of grass.
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- Dee
-
noun,
a metal loop attached to tack, for fastening gear:
- eo-
-
- SDR
-
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- Dor
-
noun,
Also, dorbeetle [dawr-beet-l] /ˈdɔrˌbit l/ (Show IPA). a common European dung beetle, Geotrupes stercorarius.
- ESR
-
- DEA
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- sc.
-
- ERT
-
- ESA
-
- Esc
-
- ese
-
- de-
-
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- ETO
-
- sox
-
noun,
a plural of sock1 .
- ETR
-
- ETS
-
- SAR
-
- Ex.
-
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- SAE
-
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- EEO
-
- EDO
-
noun,
a member of an indigenous people of western Africa, in the Benin region of southern Nigeria.
- ScD
-
- EOE
-
- EDS
-
noun,
education:
- ene
-
- EDT
-
- EEC
-
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- EEE
-
- en-
-
- 3D
-
noun,
a three-dimensional form or appearance:
- xr
-
- 2D
-
noun,
a two-dimensional form or appearance:
- SN
-
- DN
-
- XO
-
- Xe
-
- RC
-
- AO
-
- XD
-
verb (used with object),
to cross out or mark with or as if with an x (often followed by out):
- xc
-
- 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.
- R.
-
- TX
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- NC
-
- RN
-
- OD
-
noun,
a hypothetical force formerly held to pervade all nature and to manifest itself in magnetism, mesmerism, chemical action, etc.
- ND
-
- N.
-
- SA
-
- RX
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- CE
-
- TC
-
- RO
-
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- TN
-
- O.
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- DT
-
noun,
a withdrawal syndrome occurring in persons who have developed physiological dependence on alcohol, characterized by tremor, visual hallucinations, and autonomic instability. Abbreviation: d.t.
- OA
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- T1
-
- TD
-
- t.
-
- ee
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- DX
-
- D.
-
- DA
-
noun,
a male hairstyle, especially of the 1950s, in which the hair is slicked back on both sides to overlap at the back of the head.
- DC
-
noun,
a surgical method for the removal of diseased tissue or an early embryo from the lining of the uterus by means of scraping.
- S.
-