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- fraternities
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noun,
a local or national organization of male students, primarily for social purposes, usually with secret initiation and rites and a name composed of two or three Greek letters.
- fenestration
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noun,
the design and disposition of windows and other exterior openings of a building.
- interrogate
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verb (used with object),
to ask questions of (a person), sometimes to seek answers or information that the person questioned considers personal or secret.
- infestation
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noun,
the act of infesting; state of being infested.
- integration
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noun,
an act or instance of combining into an integral whole.
- festination
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noun,
a gait marked by an involuntary hurrying in walking, observed in certain nerve diseases.
- interesting
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noun,
the feeling of a person whose attention, concern, or curiosity is particularly engaged by something:
- generations
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noun,
the entire body of individuals born and living at about the same time:
- sinfonietta
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noun,
a short symphony.
- resignation
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noun,
the act of resigning.
- registrate
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verb (used without object),
to select and combine pipe organ stops.
- tangerines
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noun,
Also called mandarin, mandarin orange. any of several varieties of mandarin, cultivated widely, especially in the U.S.
- garnierite
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noun,
a mineral, hydrous nickel magnesium silicate, occurring in earthy, green masses: an important ore of nickel.
- foreigners
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noun,
a person not native to or naturalized in the country or jurisdiction under consideration; alien.
- registrant
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noun,
a person who registers or is registered.
- negotiants
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noun,
a person who negotiates; negotiator.
- negotiates
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verb (used with object),
to arrange for or bring about by discussion and settlement of terms:
- transition
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noun,
movement, passage, or change from one position, state, stage, subject, concept, etc., to another; change:
- Trasentine
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noun,
a brand of adiphenine.
- feneration
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noun,
the lending of money on interest.
- antigorite
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noun,
a variety of serpentine occurring in a brownish-green lamellar form.
- iterations
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noun,
the act of repeating; a repetition.
- gas-fitter
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noun,
a person who installs gas pipes and apparatus in buildings.
- itinerants
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noun,
a person who alternates between working and wandering.
- generation
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noun,
the entire body of individuals born and living at about the same time:
- isoantigen
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noun,
(formerly) an alloantigen.
- argentines
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noun,
a silvery substance, especially one obtained from fish scales, used in making imitation pearls.
- tenantries
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noun,
tenants collectively; the body of tenants on an estate.
- intrigants
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noun,
a person who engages in intrigue or intrigues.
- astringent
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noun,
Medicine/Medical. a substance that contracts the tissues or canals of the body, thereby diminishing discharges, as of mucus or blood.
- entertains
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verb (used with object),
to hold the attention of pleasantly or agreeably; divert; amuse.
- integrator
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noun,
a person or thing that integrates.
- integrates
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verb (used with object),
to bring together or incorporate (parts) into a whole.
- retentions
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noun,
the act of retaining.
- tertiaries
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noun,
(initial capital letter) Geology. the Tertiary Period or System.
- forsterite
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noun,
the magnesium end member, Mg 2 SiO 4 , of the olivine group.
- infantries
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noun,
soldiers or military units that fight on foot, in modern times typically with rifles, machine guns, grenades, mortars, etc., as weapons.
- fine-grain
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adjective,
(of an image) having an inconspicuous or invisible grain.
- first-rate
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adverb,
very well.
- stentorian
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adjective,
very loud or powerful in sound:
- Finisterre
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noun,
Cape, a headland in NW Spain: the westernmost point of Spain.
- originates
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verb (used with object),
to give origin or rise to; initiate; invent:
- nonstarter
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noun,
an issue, plan, etc., that does not get or deserve to get under way.
- orientates
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verb (used with or without object),
orient (defs 4–12).
- orangeries
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noun,
a warm place, as a greenhouse, in which orange trees are cultivated in cool climates.
- nitrogens
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noun,
a colorless, odorless, gaseous element that constitutes about four-fifths of the volume of the atmosphere and is present in combined form in animal and vegetable tissues, especially in proteins: used chiefly in the manufacture of ammonia, nitric acid, cyanide, explosives, fertilizer, dyes, as a cooling agent, etc. Symbol: N; atomic weight: 14.0067; atomic number: 7; density: 1.2506 g/l at 0°C and 760 mm pressure.
- irritants
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noun,
anything that irritates.
- irrigates
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verb (used with object),
to supply (land) with water by artificial means, as by diverting streams, flooding, or spraying.
- gestation
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noun,
the process, state, or period of gestating.
- reorients
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adjective,
Rare. rising anew.
- ginneries
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noun,
a mill for ginning cotton.
- gentisate
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noun,
a salt or ester of gentisic acid.
- sea-otter
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noun,
a marine otter, Enhydra lutris, of the shores of the northern Pacific, with a very valuable fur: now greatly reduced in number and rare in many areas.
- sea-front
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noun,
an area, including buildings, along the edge of the sea; waterfront.
- resnatron
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noun,
a tetrode with the grid connected to form a drift space for the electrons, formerly used to generate high power at very high frequency.
- arresting
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noun,
the taking of a person into legal custody, as by officers of the law.
- granitite
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noun,
a granite rich in biotite.
- tenonitis
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noun,
tendinitis.
- irritates
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verb (used with object),
to excite to impatience or anger; annoy.
- argentite
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noun,
a dark lead-gray sectile mineral, silver sulfide, Ag 2 S, occurring in crystals and as formless aggregates: an important ore of silver.
- arginines
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noun,
an essential amino acid, C 6 H 14 N 4 O 2 : the free amino acid increases insulin secretion and is converted to urea in the liver by arginase. Symbol: R. Abbreviation: Arg;
- serration
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noun,
serrated condition or form.
- figeaters
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noun,
green June beetle.
- antinoise
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adjective,
designed to reduce or ban excessively loud sound, as of jet engines or traffic:
- tanneries
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noun,
a place where tanning is carried on.
- garrottes
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noun,
a method of capital punishment of Spanish origin in which an iron collar is tightened around a condemned person's neck until death occurs by strangulation or by injury to the spinal column at the base of the brain.
- reinstate
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verb (used with object),
to put back or establish again, as in a former position or state:
- trinitro-
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- nose-ring
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noun,
a ring inserted in the nose of an animal, to facilitate leading it.
- itinerant
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noun,
a person who alternates between working and wandering.
- feteritas
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noun,
a grain sorghum cultivated for grain and forage.
- reiterant
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adjective,
reiterating or repeating, especially to an intensified degree:
- iteration
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noun,
the act of repeating; a repetition.
- seriation
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noun,
the arrangement of a collection of artifacts into a chronological sequence.
- ostringer
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noun,
astringer.
- generator
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noun,
a machine that converts one form of energy into another, especially mechanical energy into electrical energy, as a dynamo, or electrical energy into sound, as an acoustic generator.
- Argentine
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noun,
a silvery substance, especially one obtained from fish scales, used in making imitation pearls.
- originate
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verb (used with object),
to give origin or rise to; initiate; invent:
- arteritis
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noun,
inflammation of an artery.
- erigerons
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noun,
any composite plant of the genus Erigeron, having flower heads resembling those of the asters but with narrower and usually more numerous white or purple rays.
- tenorites
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noun,
a mineral, cupric oxide, CuO, occurring in veins of copper in black, minute scales.
- intrigant
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noun,
a person who engages in intrigue or intrigues.
- retinites
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noun,
any of various fossil resins, especially one derived from brown coal.
- tetragons
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noun,
a polygon having four angles or sides; a quadrangle or quadrilateral.
- teratogen
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noun,
a drug or other substance capable of interfering with the development of a fetus, causing birth defects.
- insertion
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noun,
the act of inserting:
- retainers
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noun,
a person or thing that retains.
- rigatonis
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noun,
a tubular pasta in short, ribbed pieces.
- retention
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noun,
the act of retaining.
- fire-iron
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- ignitrons
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noun,
a cathode-arc vacuum tube with an auxiliary electrode projecting into a pool of mercury: it conducts current when the anode is positive.
- roentgens
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noun,
Wilhelm Konrad [wil-helm kon-rad;; German vil-helm kawn-raht] /ˈwɪl hɛlm ˈkɒn ræd;; German ˈvɪl hɛlm ˈkɔn rɑt/ (Show IPA), 1845–1923, German physicist: discoverer of x-rays 1895; Nobel prize 1901.
- ingestant
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noun,
something that is ingested, especially a substance that may be associated with an allergic reaction.
- ternaries
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noun,
a group of three.
- retirants
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noun,
retiree.
- infringes
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verb (used with object),
to commit a breach or infraction of; violate or transgress:
- retrofits
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noun,
something that has been retrofitted.
- terrifies
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verb (used with object),
to fill with terror or alarm; make greatly afraid.
- stationer
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noun,
a person who sells the materials used in writing, as paper, pens, pencils, and ink.
- enteritis
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noun,
Pathology. inflammation of the intestines, especially the small intestine.
- instanter
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adverb,
immediately; at once.
- Ergotrate
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- Rosinante
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noun,
the old, worn horse of Don Quixote.
- Tangerine
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noun,
Also called mandarin, mandarin orange. any of several varieties of mandarin, cultivated widely, especially in the U.S.
- intonates
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verb (used with object),
to utter with a particular tone or modulation of voice.
- gratifies
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verb (used with object),
to give pleasure to (a person or persons) by satisfying desires or humoring inclinations or feelings:
- re-strain
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verb (used with or without object),
to strain again.
- intestine
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noun,
Usually, intestines. the lower part of the alimentary canal, extending from the pylorus to the anus.
- interrog.
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- internist
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noun,
a physician specializing in the diagnosis and nonsurgical treatment of diseases, especially of adults.
- Firestone
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noun,
a fire-resisting stone, especially a kind of sandstone used in fireplaces, furnaces, etc.
- instigate
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verb (used with object),
to cause by incitement; foment:
- astringer
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noun,
a person who trains and flies short-winged hawks, as the goshawk.
- internat.
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- orientate
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verb (used with or without object),
orient (defs 4–12).
- Finistere
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noun,
a department in W France. 2714 sq. mi. (7030 sq. km). Capital: Quimper.
- integrate
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verb (used with object),
to bring together or incorporate (parts) into a whole.
- integrant
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noun,
an integrant part.
- entertain
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verb (used with object),
to hold the attention of pleasantly or agreeably; divert; amuse.
- restraint
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noun,
a restraining action or influence:
- trination
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noun,
celebration of Mass three times on the same day by the same priest.
- sententia
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noun,
an aphorism; maxim.
- itinerate
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verb (used without object),
to go from place to place, especially in a regular circuit, as a preacher or judge.
- Nierstein
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noun,
a village in SW central Germany, SSE of Mainz: noted for its wines.
- negotiant
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noun,
a person who negotiates; negotiator.
- nontarget
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adjective,
not being the subject or goal of a particular action, program, maneuver, or the like; not designated for use, observation, attack, etc.
- negotiate
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verb (used with object),
to arrange for or bring about by discussion and settlement of terms:
- Negritoes
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noun,
a member of any of various small-statured, indigenous peoples of Africa, the Philippines, the Malay Peninsula, the Andaman Islands, and southern India.
- frontenis
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noun,
a Latin American game, resembling squash, played with rackets and a hard rubber ball on a three-walled court similar to a jai alai court.
- trainings
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noun,
the education, instruction, or discipline of a person or thing that is being trained:
- frontages
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noun,
the front of a building or lot.
- reentrant
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noun,
a reentering angle or part.
- Gantrisin
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- transient
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noun,
a person or thing that is transient, especially a temporary guest, boarder, laborer, or the like.
- reasoning
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noun,
the act or process of a person who reasons.
- Nestorian
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noun,
one of a sect of followers of Nestorius who denied the hypostatic union and were represented as maintaining the existence of two distinct persons in Christ.
- fontanges
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noun,
Often, fontanges. commode (def 4).
- aigrettes
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noun,
a plume or tuft of feathers, especially the back plume of any of various herons, arranged as a head ornament.
- frottages
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noun,
a technique in the visual arts of obtaining textural effects or images by rubbing lead, chalk, charcoal, etc., over paper laid on a granular or relieflike surface.
Compare rubbing (def 2).
- foreigner
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noun,
a person not native to or naturalized in the country or jurisdiction under consideration; alien.
- nigrosine
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noun,
any of the class of deep blue or black dyes obtained by the oxidation of aniline, used as coloring agents in inks and shoe polishes and for dyeing leather, wood, textiles, and furs.
- fosterage
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noun,
the act of fostering or rearing another's child as one's own.
- tres-tine
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noun,
royal antler.
- ferriages
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noun,
conveyance or transportation by a ferryboat.
- forestage
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noun,
the part of a stage in front of the proscenium or the closed curtain, as the apron or an extension of the apron.
- ferritins
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noun,
an amber-colored, crystalline protein, found in the liver, spleen, and bone marrow, that consists of apoferritin combined with a ferric hydroxide-ferric phosphate complex and that stores iron for use in metabolism.
- festinate
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adjective,
hurried.
- stingaree
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noun,
a stingray.
- nitratine
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noun,
soda niter.
- forgeries
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noun,
the crime of falsely making or altering a writing by which the legal rights or obligations of another person are apparently affected; simulated signing of another person's name to any such writing whether or not it is also the forger's name.
- foretaste
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noun,
a slight and partial experience, knowledge, or taste of something to come in the future; anticipation.
- agentries
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noun,
the profession, business, or activities of an agent:
- fastening
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noun,
something that fastens, as a lock or clasp.
- Feininger
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noun,
Andreas (Bernhard Lyonel) [an-drey-uh s,, ahn-] /ænˈdreɪ əs,, ɑn-/ (Show IPA), 1906–1999, U.S. photographer, born in France.
- negations
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noun,
the act of denying:
- Stagirite
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Stagira.
- strontian
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noun,
strontianite.
- Nefertiti
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noun,
fl. early 14th century b.c., Egyptian queen: wife of Amenhotep IV.
- farseeing
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adjective,
having foresight; sagacious; discerning.
- signorina
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noun,
a conventional Italian term of address or title of respect for a girl or unmarried woman, either used separately or prefixed to the name.
- stringent
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adjective,
rigorously binding or exacting; strict; severe:
- torrefies
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verb (used with object),
to subject to fire or intense heat; parch, roast, or scorch.
- striation
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noun,
striated condition or appearance.
- grifters
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noun,
a person who operates a side show at a circus, fair, etc., especially a gambling attraction.
- softener
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noun,
Chemistry.
any admixture to a substance for promoting or increasing its softness, smoothness, or plasticity.
water softener.
- ferriage
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noun,
conveyance or transportation by a ferryboat.
- ringster
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noun,
a member of a ring, especially a political or price-fixing ring.
- roarings
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noun,
the act of a person, animal, or thing that roars.
- roasting
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noun,
a severely critical notice or review; pan.
- Roentgen
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noun,
Wilhelm Konrad [wil-helm kon-rad;; German vil-helm kawn-raht] /ˈwɪl hɛlm ˈkɒn ræd;; German ˈvɪl hɛlm ˈkɔn rɑt/ (Show IPA), 1845–1923, German physicist: discoverer of x-rays 1895; Nobel prize 1901.
- farinose
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adjective,
yielding farina.
- entrains
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verb (used with object),
to put aboard a train.
- ferrates
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noun,
a salt of the hypothetical ferric acid, H 2 FeO 4 .
- steering
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noun,
the discriminatory practice by a real estate agent of maneuvering a client from a minority group away from considering a home in a white neighborhood.
- stirring
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noun,
a mental impulse, sensation, or feeling:
- teosinte
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noun,
a tall grass, Zea mexicana, of Mexico and Central America, closely related to corn, and sometimes cultivated as a fodder plant.
- grisette
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noun,
a young French workingwoman.
- entities
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noun,
something that has a real existence; thing:
- ferities
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noun,
a wild, untamed, or uncultivated state.
- garrotte
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noun,
a method of capital punishment of Spanish origin in which an iron collar is tightened around a condemned person's neck until death occurs by strangulation or by injury to the spinal column at the base of the brain.
- sternite
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noun,
a sclerite of the sternum of an insect, especially a ventral sclerite of an abdominal segment.
- stoating
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noun,
the process or technique of finishing a facing, collar, or the like, or of mending material with concealed stitching.
- fratries
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noun,
frater2 .
- snot-rag
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noun,
a handkerchief.
- Fengtien
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noun,
a former name of Shenyang.
- far-gone
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adjective,
remote.
- fenestra
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noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. a small opening or perforation, as in a bone, especially between the middle and inner ear.
- gaieties
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noun,
the state of being joyous, vivacious, or cheerful.
- engrafts
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verb (used with object),
Horticulture. to insert, as a scion of one tree or plant into another, for propagation:
- engrains
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verb (used with object), adjective,
ingrain (defs 1, 2).
- Forester
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noun,
a person who is expert in forestry.
- egestion
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noun,
the process of egesting; the voiding of the refuse of digestion.
- ternions
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noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- retrains
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verb (used with object),
to train again, especially for a different vocation or different tasks.
- feterita
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noun,
a grain sorghum cultivated for grain and forage.
- re-treat
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verb (used with or without object),
to treat again.
- retrofit
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noun,
something that has been retrofitted.
- figeater
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noun,
green June beetle.
- gantries
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noun,
a framework spanning a railroad track or tracks for displaying signals.
- Einstein
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noun,
Albert [al-bert;; German ahl-bert] /ˈæl bərt;; German ˈɑl bɛrt/ (Show IPA), 1879–1955, German physicist, U.S. citizen from 1940: formulator of the theory of relativity; Nobel Prize 1921.
- garottes
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noun,
a method of capital punishment of Spanish origin in which an iron collar is tightened around a condemned person's neck until death occurs by strangulation or by injury to the spinal column at the base of the brain.
- fairings
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noun,
a structure on the exterior of an aircraft or boat, for reducing drag.
- ignorant
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adjective,
lacking in knowledge or training; unlearned:
- enargite
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noun,
a mineral, copper arsenic and sulfide, Cu 3 AsS 4 , occurring in the form of black orthorhombic crystals having perfect cleavage: an important source of copper.
- garrotes
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noun,
a method of capital punishment of Spanish origin in which an iron collar is tightened around a condemned person's neck until death occurs by strangulation or by injury to the spinal column at the base of the brain.
- tergites
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noun,
the dorsal sclerite of an abdominal segment of an insect.
- ganister
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noun,
a highly refractory, siliceous rock used to line furnaces.
- ignitron
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noun,
a cathode-arc vacuum tube with an auxiliary electrode projecting into a pool of mercury: it conducts current when the anode is positive.
- enations
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noun,
a small outgrowth of plant tissue, usually on a leaf, caused by virus infection.
- Teresina
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noun,
a port in NE Brazil, on the Parnahiba River.
- Teresian
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noun,
a member of the reformed order of barefooted Carmelites, founded in Spain in 1562.
- fornenst
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preposition,
next to; near to:
- igniters
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noun,
a person or thing that ignites.
- rigatoni
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noun,
a tubular pasta in short, ribbed pieces.
- Garrison
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noun,
a body of troops stationed in a fortified place.
- ferritin
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noun,
an amber-colored, crystalline protein, found in the liver, spleen, and bone marrow, that consists of apoferritin combined with a ferric hydroxide-ferric phosphate complex and that stores iron for use in metabolism.
- ferrites
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noun,
Chemistry. a compound, as NaFeO 2 , formed when ferric oxide is combined with a more basic metallic oxide.
- fontinas
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noun,
a type of Italian cheese, semisoft to firm, made of cow's or sheep's milk.
- entrants
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noun,
a competitor in a contest.
- tentoria
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noun,
Anatomy. an extension of one of the membranes covering the cerebrum which, with the transverse fissure, separates the cerebrum from the cerebellum.
- Fittonia
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noun,
either of two plants, Fittonia gigantea or F. verschaffeltii, of the acanthus family, native to South America, having conspicuously veined leaves and often cultivated as a houseplant.
- estragon
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noun,
tarragon.
- Sainfoin
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noun,
a Eurasian plant, Onobrychis viciifolia, of the legume family, having pinnate leaves and clusters of pink flowers, used for forage.
- gitterns
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noun,
cittern.
- finestra
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noun,
an aperture, especially a ventilator in the wall of a tomb.
- frontage
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noun,
the front of a building or lot.
- fistnote
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noun,
a printed note, as in a piece of text, distinguished by the figure of a fist with a pointing index finger.
- Streator
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noun,
a city in N Illinois.
- frontier
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noun,
the part of a country that borders another country; boundary; border.
- segreant
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adjective,
(of a griffin) rampant.
- seignior
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noun,
a lord, especially a feudal lord; ruler.
- tea-rose
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noun,
any of several cultivated varieties of roses having a scent resembling that of tea.
- Sergeant
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noun,
a noncommissioned army officer of a rank above that of corporal.
- Estonian
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noun,
a member of a Finnish people inhabiting Estonia, Livonia, and other districts of Russia.
- frosting
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noun,
a sweet mixture, cooked or uncooked, for coating or filling cakes, cookies, and the like; icing.
- rotifers
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noun,
any microscopic animal of the phylum (or class) Rotifera, found in fresh and salt waters, having one or more rings of cilia on the anterior end.
- estrange
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verb (used with object),
to turn away in feeling or affection; make unfriendly or hostile; alienate the affections of:
- fineries
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noun,
fine or showy dress, ornaments, etc.
- gentries
-
noun,
wellborn and well-bred people.
- frottage
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noun,
a technique in the visual arts of obtaining textural effects or images by rubbing lead, chalk, charcoal, etc., over paper laid on a granular or relieflike surface.
Compare rubbing (def 2).
- sinfonia
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noun,
a symphony.
- estrogen
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noun,
any of several major female sex hormones produced primarily by the ovarian follicles of female mammals, capable of inducing estrus, developing and maintaining secondary female sex characteristics, and preparing the uterus for the reception of a fertilized egg: used, especially in synthetic form, as a component of oral contraceptives, in certain cancer treatments, and in other therapies.
- gentians
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noun,
any of several plants of the genera Gentiana, Gentianella, and Gentianopsis, having usually blue, or sometimes yellow, white, or red, flowers, as the fringed gentian of North America, or Gentiana lutea, of Europe.
Compare gentian family.
- fontange
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noun,
Often, fontanges. commode (def 4).
- senorita
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to miss, used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a girl or unmarried woman. Abbreviation: Srta.
- sentient
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noun,
a person or thing that is sentient.
- genitors
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noun,
a parent, especially a father.
- fastener
-
noun,
any of various devices for fastening.
- sagenite
-
noun,
a variety of rutile occurring as needlelike crystals embedded in quartz.
- Rotifera
-
noun,
the phylum or class comprising the rotifers.
- entreats
-
verb (used with object),
to ask (a person) earnestly; beseech; implore; beg:
- grantors
-
noun,
a person or organization that makes a grant.
- Storting
-
noun,
the parliament of Norway, elected by popular vote, which is divided into the upper house (Lagting) comprising one quarter of the members, and the lower house (Odelsting) comprising the rest.
- greatens
-
verb (used with object),
to make greater; enlarge; increase.
- friaries
-
noun,
a monastery of friars, especially those of a mendicant order.
- tentages
-
noun,
tents collectively; equipment or supply of tents.
- Friesian
-
adjective, noun,
Frisian.
- Stefanie
-
noun,
a female given name.
- sirenian
-
noun,
an aquatic, herbivorous mammal of the order Sirenia, including the manatee and dugong.
- grattoir
-
noun,
a flaked stone implement, usually Upper Paleolithic, retouched at the end and used probably for working wood or cleaning hides; scraper.
- inertias
-
noun,
inertness, especially with regard to effort, motion, action, and the like; inactivity; sluggishness.
- fittings
-
noun,
the act of a person or thing that fits.
- strontia
-
noun,
Also called strontium oxide. a white or grayish-white, amorphous powder, SrO, resembling lime in its general character: used chiefly in the manufacture of strontium salts.
- retinite
-
noun,
any of various fossil resins, especially one derived from brown coal.
- Stringer
-
noun,
a person or thing that strings.
- granites
-
noun,
a coarse-grained igneous rock composed chiefly of orthoclase and albite feldspars and of quartz, usually with lesser amounts of one or more other minerals, as mica, hornblende, or augite.
- tenorite
-
noun,
a mineral, cupric oxide, CuO, occurring in veins of copper in black, minute scales.
- grantees
-
noun,
the receiver of a grant.
- tenorist
-
noun,
a person who sings tenor.
- rostrate
-
adjective,
furnished with a rostrum.
- serotine
-
noun,
a small Eurasian brown bat, Eptesicus serotinus.
- strainer
-
noun,
a person or thing that strains.
- Erigeron
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Erigeron, having flower heads resembling those of the asters but with narrower and usually more numerous white or purple rays.
- frisette
-
noun,
a fringe of curled or frizzed hair, usually artificial, worn on the forehead by women.
- straiten
-
verb (used with object),
to put into difficulties, especially financial ones:
- rotaries
-
noun,
a rotary device or machine.
- grannies
-
noun,
Informal. a grandmother.
- Stranger
-
noun,
a person with whom one has had no personal acquaintance:
- fritters
-
noun,
a small piece, fragment, or shred.
- stannite
-
noun,
a mineral, iron-black to steel-gray in color, with a metallic luster, copper iron tin sulfide, Cu 2 FeSnS 4 : an ore of tin.
- inerrant
-
adjective,
free from error; infallible.
- infantes
-
noun,
any son of the king of Spain or of Portugal who is not heir to the throne.
- antirent
-
adjective,
noting or pertaining to a political party (1839–47) in New York that opposed the payment of rents to patroons.
- renitent
-
adjective,
resisting pressure; resistant.
- iterates
-
verb (used with object),
to utter again or repeatedly.
- tonnages
-
noun,
the capacity of a merchant vessel, expressed either in units of weight, as deadweight tons, or of volume, as gross tons.
- arenites
-
noun,
psammite.
- antrorse
-
adjective,
bent or directed forward or upward.
- tontines
-
noun,
an annuity scheme in which subscribers share a common fund with the benefit of survivorship, the survivors' shares being increased as the subscribers die, until the whole goes to the last survivor.
- regrates
-
verb (used with object),
to buy up (grain, provisions, etc.) in order to sell again at a profit in or near the same market.
- argento-
-
- Antigone
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a daughter of Oedipus and Jocasta who defied her uncle, King Creon, by performing funeral rites over her brother, Polynices, and was condemned to be immured alive in a cave.
- Nanterre
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Hauts-de-Seine, in N France: W suburb of Paris.
- anterior
-
adjective,
situated before or at the front of; fore (opposed to posterior).
- Register
-
noun,
a book in which records of acts, events, names, etc., are kept.
- anserine
-
adjective,
of or relating to the subfamily Anserinae, of the family Anatidae, comprising the true geese.
- refrains
-
noun,
a phrase or verse recurring at intervals in a song or poem, especially at the end of each stanza; chorus.
- reforest
-
verb (used with object),
to replant trees on (land denuded by cutting or fire).
- isograft
-
noun,
syngraft.
- arginine
-
noun,
an essential amino acid, C 6 H 14 N 4 O 2 : the free amino acid increases insulin secretion and is converted to urea in the liver by arginase. Symbol: R. Abbreviation: Arg;
- anisette
-
noun,
a cordial or liqueur flavored with aniseed.
- arsenite
-
noun,
a salt or ester of arsenous acid.
- intrants
-
noun,
a person who enters (a college, association, etc.); entrant.
- intreats
-
verb (used with or without object),
entreat.
- arterio-
-
- arteries
-
noun,
Anatomy. a blood vessel that conveys blood from the heart to any part of the body.
- introits
-
noun,
Roman Catholic Church. a part of a psalm with antiphon recited by the celebrant of the Mass at the foot of the altar and, at High Mass, sung by the choir when the priest begins the Mass.
- introrse
-
adjective,
turned or facing inward, as anthers that open toward the gynoecium.
- resonate
-
verb (used with object),
to cause to resound.
- rentiers
-
noun,
a person who has a fixed income, as from lands or bonds.
- resonant
-
noun,
Phonetics. a vowel or a voiced consonant or semivowel that is neither a stop nor an affricate, as, in English, (m, ng, n, l, r, y, w).
- resinate
-
noun,
Chemistry. any of the salts of the acids found in rosin.
- reorient
-
adjective,
Rare. rising anew.
- ironings
-
noun,
the act or process of smoothing or pressing clothes, linens, etc., with a heated iron.
- irrigate
-
verb (used with object),
to supply (land) with water by artificial means, as by diverting streams, flooding, or spraying.
- irritant
-
noun,
anything that irritates.
- irritate
-
verb (used with object),
to excite to impatience or anger; annoy.
- negation
-
noun,
the act of denying:
- negatons
-
noun,
(not in technical use) electron (def 1).
- intranet
-
noun,
a computer network with restricted access, as within a company, that uses software and protocols developed for the Internet.
- nonaries
-
noun,
a number in a nonary system.
- nitrogen
-
noun,
a colorless, odorless, gaseous element that constitutes about four-fifths of the volume of the atmosphere and is present in combined form in animal and vegetable tissues, especially in proteins: used chiefly in the manufacture of ammonia, nitric acid, cyanide, explosives, fertilizer, dyes, as a cooling agent, etc. Symbol: N; atomic weight: 14.0067; atomic number: 7; density: 1.2506 g/l at 0°C and 760 mm pressure.
- triforia
-
noun,
(in a church) the wall at the side of the nave, choir, or transept, corresponding to the space between the vaulting or ceiling and the roof of an aisle, often having a blind arcade or an opening in a gallery.
- ratifies
-
verb (used with object),
to confirm by expressing consent, approval, or formal sanction:
- rarities
-
noun,
something rare, unusual, or uncommon:
- rarefies
-
verb (used with object),
to make rare or rarer; make less dense:
- noisette
-
noun,
a loin, fillet, or other lean section of meat:
- notaries
-
noun,
notary public.
- nitrates
-
noun,
Chemistry. a salt or ester of nitric acid, or any compound containing the univalent group –ONO 2 or NO 3 .
- aerifies
-
verb (used with object),
to aerate.
- notifies
-
verb (used with object),
to inform (someone) or give notice to:
- aegirite
-
noun,
a mineral, mainly sodium-ferric iron silicate, NaFe⋅(Si 2 O 6), occurring in feldspathoid rocks in slender prismatic crystals.
- tritones
-
noun,
an interval consisting of three whole tones; an augmented fourth.
- Tritonis
-
noun,
(in ancient geography) a mythical lake near the Mediterranean coast of Libya.
- organist
-
noun,
a person who plays the organ.
- Oresteia
-
noun,
a trilogy of tragic dramas (458 b.c.) by Aeschylus, consisting of the Agamemnon, the Choëphori, and the Eumenides.
- nitrites
-
noun,
Chemistry. a salt or ester of nitrous acid.
- aginners
-
noun,
a person who opposes a plan, proposed legislation, or any drastic change:
- tragions
-
noun,
a point in the depth of the notch just above the tragus of the ear.
- nettings
-
noun,
any of various kinds of net fabric:
- Negritos
-
noun,
a member of any of various small-statured, indigenous peoples of Africa, the Philippines, the Malay Peninsula, the Andaman Islands, and southern India.
- trainers
-
noun,
a person or thing that trains.
- training
-
noun,
the education, instruction, or discipline of a person or thing that is being trained:
- anergies
-
noun,
Pathology. deficiency of energy.
- negronis
-
noun,
a cocktail made from sweet vermouth, gin, and bitters.
- neonates
-
noun,
a newborn child, or one in its first 28 days.
- transfer
-
noun,
a means or system of transferring.
- reagents
-
noun,
a substance that, because of the reactions it causes, is used in analysis and synthesis.
- triennia
-
noun,
a period of three years.
- aigrette
-
noun,
a plume or tuft of feathers, especially the back plume of any of various herons, arranged as a head ornament.
- treaties
-
noun,
a formal agreement between two or more states in reference to peace, alliance, commerce, or other international relations.
- treatise
-
noun,
a formal and systematic exposition in writing of the principles of a subject, generally longer and more detailed than an essay.
- Agrinion
-
noun,
a city in W Greece.
- nineties
-
noun,
a cardinal number, ten times nine.
- ratteens
-
noun,
ratiné.
- niteries
-
noun,
a nightclub.
- intrans.
-
- aortitis
-
noun,
inflammation of the aorta.
- restrain
-
verb (used with object),
to hold back from action; keep in check or under control; repress:
- interest
-
noun,
the feeling of a person whose attention, concern, or curiosity is particularly engaged by something:
- retiring
-
noun,
a place of withdrawal; retreat:
- infringe
-
verb (used with object),
to commit a breach or infraction of; violate or transgress:
- internes
-
noun, verb (used without object),
intern2 .
- terrines
-
noun,
a casserole dish made of pottery.
- astringe
-
verb (used with object),
to compress; bind together; constrict.
- retirant
-
noun,
retiree.
- ingrafts
-
verb (used with object),
engraft.
- tertians
-
noun,
Pathology. a tertian fever.
- tinstone
-
noun,
cassiterite.
- earnings
-
noun,
money earned; wages; profits.
- ingrains
-
noun,
yarn, wool, etc., dyed before manufacture.
- ingrates
-
noun,
an ungrateful person.
- retarget
-
verb (used with object),
to aim toward or calibrate for a different target:
- tetanies
-
noun,
a state marked by severe, intermittent tonic contractions and muscular pain, due to abnormal calcium metabolism.
- tetragon
-
noun,
a polygon having four angles or sides; a quadrangle or quadrilateral.
- Tientsin
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Tianjin.
- retainer
-
noun,
a person or thing that retains.
- internet
-
noun,
a vast computer network linking smaller computer networks worldwide (usually preceded by the). The Internet includes commercial, educational, governmental, and other networks, all of which use the same set of communications protocols.
- Interior
-
noun,
the internal or inner part; inside.
- terranes
-
noun,
any rock formation or series of formations or the area in which a particular formation or group of rocks is predominant.
- inferior
-
noun,
a person inferior to another or others, as in rank or merit.
- intonate
-
verb (used with object),
to utter with a particular tone or modulation of voice.
- Oriente
-
noun,
a region in Ecuador, E of the Andes: the border long disputed by Peru.
- netting
-
noun,
any of various kinds of net fabric:
- retsina
-
noun,
a strong, resinated white or red wine of Greece and Cyprus.
- reagins
-
noun,
Also called Wassermann antibody. an antibody formed in response to syphilis and reactive with cardiolipin in various blood tests for the disease.
- sitting
-
noun,
the act of a person or thing that sits.
- igniter
-
noun,
a person or thing that ignites.
- nifties
-
noun,
something nifty, as a clever remark or joke.
- ingrate
-
noun,
an ungrateful person.
- orients
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- frigate
-
noun,
a fast naval vessel of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, generally having a lofty ship rig and heavily armed on one or two decks.
- frenate
-
adjective,
having a frenum or frenulum.
- snifter
-
noun,
Also called inhaler. a pear-shaped glass, narrowing at the top to intensify the aroma of brandy, liqueur, etc.
- Freesia
-
noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Freesia, of the iris family, native to southern Africa, having fragrant white, yellow, or sometimes rose-colored, tubular flowers.
- snorter
-
noun,
a person or thing that snorts.
- reagent
-
noun,
a substance that, because of the reactions it causes, is used in analysis and synthesis.
- rattons
-
noun,
a rat.
- fraters
-
noun,
a brother, as in a religious or fraternal order; comrade.
- Nigeria
-
noun,
a republic in W Africa: member of the Commonwealth of Nations; formerly a British colony and protectorate. 356,669 sq. mi. (923,773 sq. km). Capital: Abuja.
- ignites
-
verb (used with object),
to set on fire; kindle.
- soaring
-
noun,
the sport of flying a sailplane.
- orgeats
-
noun,
a syrup or drink made originally from barley but later from almonds, prepared with sugar and an extract of orange flowers.
- Inferno
-
noun,
hell; the infernal regions.
- fringes
-
noun,
a decorative border of thread, cord, or the like, usually hanging loosely from a raveled edge or separate strip.
- ringers
-
noun,
a person or thing that encircles, rings, etc.
- roaring
-
noun,
the act of a person, animal, or thing that roars.
- ritters
-
noun,
a knight.
- negaton
-
noun,
(not in technical use) electron (def 1).
- rinsing
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- onagers
-
noun,
a wild ass, Equus hemionus, of southwestern Asia.
- Negrito
-
noun,
a member of any of various small-statured, indigenous peoples of Africa, the Philippines, the Malay Peninsula, the Andaman Islands, and southern India.
- frontis
-
noun,
the front wall of a cancha or jai alai court.
Compare rebote (def 1).
- station
-
noun,
a place or position in which a person or thing is normally located.
- ringent
-
adjective,
gaping.
- ratters
-
noun,
a person, animal, or thing that catches rats, as a terrier or a cat.
- fronter
-
noun,
a person who belongs to a group or organization, especially a political one, that is or is presumed to be a cover or disguise for another activity:
- retorts
-
noun,
a severe, incisive, or witty reply, especially one that counters a first speaker's statement, argument, etc.
- Negroes
-
noun,
Anthropology. (no longer in technical use) a member of the peoples traditionally classified as the Negro race, especially those who originate in sub-Saharan Africa.
- Negroni
-
noun,
a cocktail made from sweet vermouth, gin, and bitters.
- fritter
-
noun,
a small piece, fragment, or shred.
- retains
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- Frisian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Friesland or the Frisian Islands.
- refines
-
Verb phrases,
refine on/upon, to improve by inserting finer distinctions, superior elements, etc.:
- neonate
-
noun,
a newborn child, or one in its first 28 days.
- Frannie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Frances.
- firings
-
noun,
the act of a person or thing that fires.
- rafters
-
noun,
any of a series of timbers or the like, usually having a pronounced slope, for supporting the sheathing and covering of a roof.
- sorting
-
noun,
the process by which sedimentary particles become separated according to some particular characteristic, as size or shape.
- ignores
-
verb (used with object),
to refrain from noticing or recognizing:
- Igraine
-
noun,
the mother of King Arthur.
- Stanton
-
noun,
Edwin McMasters [muh k-mas-terz,, -mah-sterz] /məkˈmæs tərz,, -ˈmɑ stərz/ (Show IPA), 1814–69, U.S. statesman: Secretary of War 1862–67.
- ingates
-
noun,
gate1 (def 15).
- retires
-
noun,
a place of withdrawal; retreat:
- Fitting
-
noun,
the act of a person or thing that fits.
- foreign
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or derived from another country or nation; not native:
- forages
-
noun,
food for horses or cattle; fodder; provender.
- nonages
-
noun,
the period of legal minority, or of an age below 21.
- nitrite
-
noun,
Chemistry. a salt or ester of nitrous acid.
- notates
-
verb (used with object),
to note, mark, or set down in a system of notation:
- Fontina
-
noun,
a type of Italian cheese, semisoft to firm, made of cow's or sheep's milk.
- retreat
-
noun,
the forced or strategic withdrawal of an army or an armed force before an enemy, or the withdrawing of a naval force from action.
- rangers
-
noun,
forest ranger.
- stearo-
-
- raising
-
noun,
a rule of transformational grammar that shifts the subject or object of an embedded clause into the subject or object position of the main clause, as in the derivation of The suspect appears to be innocent from It appears that the suspect is innocent.
- Rainier
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic peak in W Washington, in the Cascade Range. 14,408 feet (4392 meters).
- norites
-
noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- rafting
-
noun,
the sport of traveling on rivers and streams by raft.
- ingesta
-
plural noun,
substances ingested.
- origans
-
noun,
an aromatic herb, especially oregano.
- Ninette
-
noun,
a female given name.
- 2,4,5-t
-
noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- ingrain
-
noun,
yarn, wool, etc., dyed before manufacture.
- inertia
-
noun,
inertness, especially with regard to effort, motion, action, and the like; inactivity; sluggishness.
- ratteen
-
noun,
ratiné.
- FORTRAN
-
noun,
a high-level programming language used mainly for solving problems in science and engineering.
- forties
-
noun,
a cardinal number, ten times four.
- ratites
-
noun,
a bird having a ratite breastbone.
- rations
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- ratings
-
noun,
classification according to grade or rank.
- Forster
-
noun,
E(dward) M(organ) 1879–1970, English novelist.
- starter
-
noun,
a person or thing that starts.
- forgets
-
Idioms,
forget oneself, to say or do something improper or unbefitting one's rank, position, or character.
- Niteroi
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Rio de Janeiro state, in SE Brazil.
- ratines
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- Forseti
-
noun,
the god of justice, the son of Balder and Nanna.
- Forrest
-
noun,
Edwin, 1806–72, U.S. actor.
- ingraft
-
verb (used with object),
engraft.
- forints
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and the monetary unit of Hungary, equal to 100 fillér. Abbreviation: F., Ft.
- retrain
-
verb (used with object),
to train again, especially for a different vocation or different tasks.
- nitrate
-
noun,
Chemistry. a salt or ester of nitric acid, or any compound containing the univalent group –ONO 2 or NO 3 .
- infares
-
noun,
a party or reception for a newly married couple.
- negates
-
verb (used with object),
to deny the existence, evidence, or truth of:
- signore
-
noun,
a conventional Italian title of respect for a man, usually used separately; signor.
- insigne
-
noun,
singular of insignia.
- Geraint
-
noun,
one of the knights of the Round Table, husband of Enid.
- Seagirt
-
noun,
surrounded by the sea.
- re-sign
-
verb (used with or without object),
to sign again.
- Rosette
-
noun,
any arrangement, part, object, or formation more or less resembling a rose.
- seating
-
noun,
an act or instance of furnishing with, assigning, or escorting to a seat.
- ironers
-
noun,
a person or thing that irons.
- ironies
-
noun,
the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning:
- senator
-
noun,
a member of a senate.
- ironing
-
noun,
the act or process of smoothing or pressing clothes, linens, etc., with a heated iron.
- gestate
-
verb (used with object),
to carry in the womb during the period from conception to delivery.
- gerents
-
noun,
a ruler or manager.
- Sennett
-
noun,
Mack (Michael Sinnott) 1884–1960, U.S. motion-picture director and producer, born in Canada.
- Greater
-
noun,
a person who has achieved importance or distinction in a field:
- ironist
-
noun,
a person who uses irony habitually, especially a writer.
- greisen
-
noun,
a hydrothermally altered rock of granitic texture composed chiefly of quartz and mica, common in the tin mines of Europe.
- Rosetta
-
noun,
a town in N Egypt, at a mouth of the Nile.
- interne
-
noun, verb (used without object),
intern2 .
- rentier
-
noun,
a person who has a fixed income, as from lands or bonds.
- isation
-
- gentian
-
noun,
any of several plants of the genera Gentiana, Gentianella, and Gentianopsis, having usually blue, or sometimes yellow, white, or red, flowers, as the fringed gentian of North America, or Gentiana lutea, of Europe.
Compare gentian family.
- roseate
-
adjective,
tinged with rose; rosy:
- rennets
-
noun,
the lining membrane of the fourth stomach of a calf or of the stomach of certain other young animals.
- genoise
-
noun,
a light yellow cake made with eggs and butter and typically layered, filled, and frosted or made into petits fours for serving.
- Gennaro
-
noun,
San [san;; Italian sahn] /sæn;; Italian sɑn/ (Show IPA), Januarius.
- satinet
-
noun,
a satin-weave fabric made with cotton warp and wool filling, fulled and finished to resemble wool.
- gittern
-
noun,
cittern.
- genito-
-
- introns
-
noun,
a noncoding segment in a length of DNA that interrupts a gene-coding sequence or nontranslated sequence, the corresponding segment being removed from the RNA copy before transcription.
- intones
-
verb (used with object),
to utter with a particular tone or voice modulation.
- grantor
-
noun,
a person or organization that makes a grant.
- intrant
-
noun,
a person who enters (a college, association, etc.); entrant.
- intreat
-
verb (used with or without object),
entreat.
- grantee
-
noun,
the receiver of a grant.
- gratine
-
verb (used with object),
to bake or broil (food) in au gratin style.
- gratins
-
noun,
au gratin.
- intines
-
noun,
the inner coat of a spore, especially a pollen grain.
- Introit
-
noun,
Roman Catholic Church. a part of a psalm with antiphon recited by the celebrant of the Mass at the foot of the altar and, at High Mass, sung by the choir when the priest begins the Mass.
- greaser
-
noun,
a person or thing that greases.
- greaten
-
verb (used with object),
to make greater; enlarge; increase.
- Sargent
-
noun,
Sir (Harold) Malcolm (Watts) 1895–1967, English conductor.
- restore
-
verb (used with object),
to bring back into existence, use, or the like; reestablish:
- granite
-
noun,
a coarse-grained igneous rock composed chiefly of orthoclase and albite feldspars and of quartz, usually with lesser amounts of one or more other minerals, as mica, hornblende, or augite.
- Grafton
-
noun,
Sue, born 1940, U.S. detective novelist.
- rotates
-
adjective,
wheel-shaped: applied especially to a gamopetalous short-tubed corolla with a spreading limb.
- rotifer
-
noun,
any microscopic animal of the phylum (or class) Rotifera, found in fresh and salt waters, having one or more rings of cilia on the anterior end.
- interns
-
noun,
a person who is or has been interned; internee.
- resting
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- rotters
-
noun,
a thoroughly bad, worthless, or objectionable person.
- restate
-
verb (used with object),
to state again or in a new way.
- re-sort
-
verb (used with object),
to sort or arrange (cards, papers, etc.) again.
- goiters
-
noun,
an enlargement of the thyroid gland on the front and sides of the neck, usually symptomatic of abnormal thyroid secretion, especially hypothyroidism due to a lack of iodine in the diet.
- genitor
-
noun,
a parent, especially a father.
- Genista
-
noun,
any plant belonging to the genus Genista, of the legume family, having showy flowers and including many species of broom.
- refrain
-
noun,
a phrase or verse recurring at intervals in a song or poem, especially at the end of each stanza; chorus.
- gannets
-
noun,
any large, web-footed, seabird of the family Sulidae, having a sharply pointed bill, long wings, and a wedge-shaped tail, noted for its plunging dives for fish.
- roister
-
verb (used without object),
to act in a swaggering, boisterous, or uproarious manner.
- regnant
-
adjective,
reigning; ruling (usually used following the noun it modifies):
- Nanette
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Ann.
- setting
-
noun,
the act of a person or thing that sets.
- Garnett
-
noun,
a machine used in garnetting.
- garnets
-
noun,
any of a group of hard, vitreous minerals, silicates of calcium, magnesium, iron, or manganese with aluminum or iron, varying in color: a deep-red transparent variety is used as a gem and as an abrasive.
- garners
-
noun,
a granary or grain bin.
- instant
-
noun,
an infinitesimal or very short space of time; a moment:
- insofar
-
adverb,
to such an extent (usually followed by as):
- Gannett
-
noun,
Henry, 1846–1914, U.S. geographer and cartographer.
- insnare
-
verb (used with object),
ensnare.
- garotes
-
noun,
a method of capital punishment of Spanish origin in which an iron collar is tightened around a condemned person's neck until death occurs by strangulation or by injury to the spinal column at the base of the brain.
- gaiters
-
noun,
a covering of cloth or leather for the ankle and instep and sometimes also the lower leg, worn over the shoe or boot.
Compare upper1 (def 7).
- gainers
-
noun,
a person or thing that gains.
- reginas
-
noun,
queen.
- natrons
-
noun,
a mineral, hydrated sodium carbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅10H 2 O.
- natters
-
noun,
a conversation; chat.
- signior
-
noun,
signor.
- regains
-
noun,
(in a moisture-free fabric) the percentage of the weight that represents the amount of moisture the material is expected to absorb under normal conditions.
- Signora
-
noun,
a conventional Italian term of address or title of respect for a married woman, either used separately or prefixed to the name.
- graters
-
noun,
a person or thing that grates.
- neatens
-
verb (used with object),
to make neat:
- roaster
-
noun,
a contrivance for roasting something, as an oven, a pan for roasting meat, or a machine for roasting coffee beans.
- Garonne
-
noun,
a river in SW France, flowing NW from the Pyrenees to the Gironde River. 350 miles (565 km) long.
- garotte
-
noun,
a method of capital punishment of Spanish origin in which an iron collar is tightened around a condemned person's neck until death occurs by strangulation or by injury to the spinal column at the base of the brain.
- Rosanne
-
noun,
a female given name.
- infante
-
noun,
any son of the king of Spain or of Portugal who is not heir to the throne.
- Rontgen
-
noun,
Julius [yoo-lee-uh s] /ˈyu li əs/ (Show IPA), 1855–1932, Dutch pianist, conductor, and composer; born in Germany.
- iterant
-
adjective,
characterized by repetition; repeating.
- iterate
-
verb (used with object),
to utter again or repeatedly.
- seriate
-
adjective,
arranged or occurring in one or more series.
- grifter
-
noun,
a person who operates a side show at a circus, fair, etc., especially a gambling attraction.
- gearset
-
noun,
a combination of gears that mesh to provide a particular gear ratio.
- seringa
-
noun,
any of several Brazilian trees of the genus Hevea, yielding rubber.
- intents
-
noun,
something that is intended; purpose; design; intention:
- Serrano
-
noun,
a small, green or reddish, extremely hot chili pepper, the fruit of a variety of Capsicum annuum used in cooking.
- serrate
-
adjective,
Chiefly Biology. notched on the edge like a saw:
- gastro-
-
- regrate
-
verb (used with object),
to buy up (grain, provisions, etc.) in order to sell again at a profit in or near the same market.
- gastrin
-
noun,
a hormone that stimulates the secretion of gastric juice.
- intense
-
adjective,
existing or occurring in a high or extreme degree:
- Reigate
-
noun,
a city in Surrey in SE England, a London suburb.
- reifies
-
verb (used with object),
to convert into or regard as a concrete thing:
- regrets
-
noun,
a sense of loss, disappointment, dissatisfaction, etc.
- intens.
-
- garrote
-
noun,
a method of capital punishment of Spanish origin in which an iron collar is tightened around a condemned person's neck until death occurs by strangulation or by injury to the spinal column at the base of the brain.
- integer
-
noun,
Mathematics. one of the positive or negative numbers 1, 2, 3, etc., or zero.
Compare whole number.
- Garrett
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Gerald.
- garrets
-
noun,
an attic, usually a small, wretched one.
- instate
-
verb (used with object),
to put or place in a certain state or position, as in an office; install.
- stearin
-
noun,
Chemistry. any of the three glyceryl esters of stearic acid, especially C 3 H 5 (C 18 H 35 O 2) 3 , a soft, white, odorless solid found in many natural fats.
- onstage
-
adverb,
on or onto the stage (opposed to offstage): .
- steato-
-
- fairing
-
noun,
a structure on the exterior of an aircraft or boat, for reducing drag.
- tonners
-
noun,
something having a specified weight in tons (used in combination):
- arenite
-
noun,
psammite.
- arenose
-
adjective,
sandy; gritty.
- tonnage
-
noun,
the capacity of a merchant vessel, expressed either in units of weight, as deadweight tons, or of volume, as gross tons.
- Aretino
-
noun,
Pietro [pye-traw] /ˈpyɛ trɔ/ (Show IPA), 1492–1556, Italian satirist and dramatist.
- tangent
-
noun,
Geometry. a line or a plane that touches a curve or a surface at a point so that it is closer to the curve in the vicinity of the point than any other line or plane drawn through the point.
- argents
-
noun,
Heraldry. the tincture or metal silver.
- fanions
-
noun,
a small flag, originally carried by military brigades, used by soldiers and surveyors as a positional marker.
- Tangier
-
noun,
a seaport in N Morocco, on the W Strait of Gibraltar: capital of the former Tangier Zone.
- entrant
-
noun,
a competitor in a contest.
- fairies
-
noun,
(in folklore) one of a class of supernatural beings, generally conceived as having a diminutive human form and possessing magical powers with which they intervene in human affairs.
- tontine
-
noun,
an annuity scheme in which subscribers share a common fund with the benefit of survivorship, the survivors' shares being increased as the subscribers die, until the whole goes to the last survivor.
- aristo-
-
- toaster
-
noun,
an instrument or appliance for toasting bread, muffins, etc.
- targets
-
noun,
an object, usually marked with concentric circles, to be aimed at in shooting practice or contests.
- arseno-
-
- Ettarre
-
noun,
the vain and heartless lady beloved by Sir Pelleas.
- titians
-
noun,
(Tiziano Vecellio) c1477–1576, Italian painter.
- arteri-
-
- titfers
-
noun,
hat.
- artiste
-
noun,
an artist, especially an actor, singer, dancer, or other public performer.
- tarries
-
noun,
a stay; sojourn.
- Tonnies
-
noun,
Ferdinand [fer-dee-nahnt] /ˈfɛr diˌnɑnt/ (Show IPA), 1855–1936, German sociologist.
- Antoine
-
noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1858–1943, French theatrical director, manager, and critic.
- Etonian
-
noun,
a person who is or has been a pupil at Eton College.
- strato-
-
- stoting
-
noun,
stoating.
- traitor
-
noun,
a person who betrays another, a cause, or any trust.
- Trainer
-
noun,
a person or thing that trains.
- trainee
-
noun,
a person being trained, especially in a vocation; apprentice.
- tragion
-
noun,
a point in the depth of the notch just above the tragus of the ear.
- strange
-
adverb,
in a strange manner.
- Annette
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Anne.
- strati-
-
- stratig
-
- anoints
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or sprinkle on; apply an unguent, ointment, or oily liquid to.
- fatties
-
noun,
Disparaging and Offensive. a person who is overweight or obese (sometimes used as a term of address).
- antings
-
noun,
the placing of ants among the feathers, done by certain birds apparently to kill parasites.
- fattens
-
verb (used with object),
to make fat.
- torrent
-
noun,
a stream of water flowing with great rapidity and violence.
- Torrens
-
noun,
Lake, a salt lake in Australia, in E South Australia. 130 miles (210 km) long; 2400 sq. mi. (6220 sq. km); 25 feet (8 meters) below sea level.
- striate
-
adjective,
striated.
- antero-
-
- Faroese
-
noun,
Faeroese.
- Anteros
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a brother of Eros, most often regarded as the avenger of unrequited love.
- Farnese
-
noun,
Alessandro [ah-les-sahn-draw] /ˌɑ lɛsˈsɑn drɔ/ (Show IPA), Duke of Parma, 1545–92, Italian general, statesman, and diplomat.
- Torenia
-
noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Torenia, of the figwort family, native to Africa and Asia, having two-lipped, usually blue or purple flowers.
- antigen
-
noun,
Immunology. any substance that can stimulate the production of antibodies and combine specifically with them.
- tarsier
-
noun,
a small, arboreal, nocturnal primate of the genus Tarsius, of Indonesia and the Philippines, having a long thin tail, very large immobile eyes, and prominent pads on the fingers and toes: all populations are dwindling.
- asinine
-
adjective,
foolish, unintelligent, or silly; stupid:
- Transit
-
noun,
the act or fact of passing across or through; passage from one place to another.
- ergates
-
noun,
a worker ant.
- Ternate
-
noun,
an island in E Indonesia, W of Halmahera: important source of spices. 53 sq. mi. (137 sq. km).
- tenners
-
noun,
a 10-dollar bill.
- enation
-
noun,
a small outgrowth of plant tissue, usually on a leaf, caused by virus infection.
- tergite
-
noun,
the dorsal sclerite of an abdominal segment of an insect.
- engraft
-
verb (used with object),
Horticulture. to insert, as a scion of one tree or plant into another, for propagation:
- Eritrea
-
noun,
a republic in NE Africa, on the Red Sea: Italian colony 1890–1941; province of Ethiopia 1962–93; independent since 1993. 47,076 sq. mi. (121,927 sq. km). Capital: Asmara.
- engrain
-
verb (used with object), adjective,
ingrain (defs 1, 2).
- Erigone
-
noun,
a daughter of Clytemnestra and Aegisthus who hanged herself when Orestes was acquitted of the murder of her parents.
- Erigena
-
noun,
Johannes Scotus [joh-han-eez skoh-tuh s,, -han-is] /dʒoʊˈhæn iz ˈskoʊ təs,, -ˈhæn ɪs/ (Show IPA), a.d. c810–c877, Irish philosopher and theologian.
- ergotin
-
noun,
any of various extracts of ergot used in medicine.
- enrages
-
verb (used with object),
to make extremely angry; put into a rage; infuriate:
- Teniers
-
noun,
David [dey-vid;; Flemish dah-vit;; French dah-veed] /ˈdeɪ vɪd;; Flemish ˈdɑ vɪt;; French dɑˈvid/ (Show IPA), ("the Elder") 1582–1649, Flemish painter and engraver.
- tension
-
noun,
the act of stretching or straining.
- erasion
-
noun,
the act of erasing.
- ensnare
-
verb (used with object),
to capture in, or involve as in, a snare:
- entero-
-
- tentage
-
noun,
tents collectively; equipment or supply of tents.
- enteron
-
noun,
the alimentary canal; the digestive tract.
- tenters
-
noun,
a framework on which cloth in the process of manufacture is stretched so it may set or dry evenly.
- entires
-
noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- entries
-
noun,
an act of entering; entrance.
- entreat
-
verb (used with object),
to ask (a person) earnestly; beseech; implore; beg:
- egotist
-
noun,
a conceited, boastful person.
- ternion
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- tartine
-
noun,
a fancy French open-faced sandwich topped with spreadable ingredients.
- attorns
-
verb (used with object),
to turn over to another; transfer.
- Tartini
-
noun,
Giuseppe [joo-zep-pe] /dʒuˈzɛp pɛ/ (Show IPA), 1692–1770, Italian violinist and composer.
- etesian
-
adjective,
(of certain Mediterranean winds) occurring annually.
- tinters
-
noun,
a person who specializes in applying tints or dyes.
- estrone
-
noun,
Biochemistry. an estrogenic hormone, C 18 H 22 O 2 , produced by the ovarian follicles and found during pregnancy in urine and placental tissue.
- estreat
-
noun,
a true copy or extract of an original writing or record, as of a fine.
- tinners
-
noun,
a tinsmith.
- Estonia
-
noun,
a republic in N Europe, on the Baltic, S of the Gulf of Finland: an independent republic 1918–40; annexed by the Soviet Union 1940; regained independence 1991. 17,413 sq. mi. (45,100 sq. km). Capital: Tallinn.
- atonies
-
noun,
Pathology. lack of tone or energy; muscular weakness, especially in a contractile organ.
- tearing
-
noun,
a drop of the saline, watery fluid continually secreted by the lacrimal glands between the surface of the eye and the eyelid, serving to moisten and lubricate these parts and keep them clear of foreign particles. Synonyms: teardrop.
- attires
-
noun,
clothes or apparel, especially rich or splendid garments.
- earings
-
noun,
a rope attached to a cringle and used for bending a corner of a sail to a yard, boom, or gaff or for reefing a sail.
- terrain
-
noun,
a tract of land, especially as considered with reference to its natural features, military advantages, etc.
- earnest
-
noun,
full seriousness, as of intention or purpose:
- earring
-
noun,
an ornament worn on or hanging from the lobe of the ear.
- tertian
-
noun,
Pathology. a tertian fever.
- Eastern
-
adjective,
lying toward or situated in the east:
- easting
-
noun,
Navigation. the distance due east made good on any course tending eastward; easterly departure.
- terrine
-
noun,
a casserole dish made of pottery.
- eatings
-
noun,
the act of a person or thing that eats.
- terries
-
noun,
the loop formed by the pile of a fabric when left uncut.
- terrets
-
noun,
one of the round loops or rings on the saddle of a harness, through which the driving reins pass.
- terrane
-
noun,
any rock formation or series of formations or the area in which a particular formation or group of rocks is predominant.
- transf.
-
- entrain
-
verb (used with object),
to put aboard a train.
- trigons
-
noun,
a triangle.
- triages
-
noun,
the process of sorting victims, as of a battle or disaster, to determine medical priority in order to increase the number of survivors.
- stereo-
-
- fingers
-
noun,
any of the terminal members of the hand, especially one other than the thumb.
- Trigere
-
noun,
Pauline, 1909–2002, U.S. fashion designer, born in France.
- stinger
-
noun,
a person or thing that stings.
- agonist
-
noun,
a person engaged in a contest, conflict, struggle, etc., especially the protagonist in a literary work.
- tritons
-
noun,
a positively-charged particle consisting of a proton and two neutrons, equivalent to the nucleus of an atom of tritium.
- tritone
-
noun,
an interval consisting of three whole tones; an augmented fourth.
- Trenton
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of New Jersey, in the W part, on the Delaware River: Washington defeated Hessian troops here 1776.
- ferrate
-
noun,
a salt of the hypothetical ferric acid, H 2 FeO 4 .
- fenster
-
noun,
an erosional break in an overthrust rock sheet, exposing the rocks that underlie the sheet.
- Steiner
-
noun,
Jakob [yah-kawp] /ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1796–1863, Swiss mathematician.
- Stentor
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) a Greek herald with a loud voice.
- trienes
-
noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- ferrets
-
noun,
a domesticated, usually red-eyed, and albinic variety of the polecat, used in Europe for driving rabbits and rats from their burrows.
- aginner
-
noun,
a person who opposes a plan, proposed legislation, or any drastic change:
- Tristan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Tristram.
- fetters
-
noun,
a chain or shackle placed on the feet.
- Trieste
-
noun,
a seaport in NE Italy, on the Gulf of Trieste.
- ferrite
-
noun,
Chemistry. a compound, as NaFeO 2 , formed when ferric oxide is combined with a more basic metallic oxide.
- storage
-
noun,
the act of storing; state or fact of being stored:
- agonies
-
noun,
extreme and generally prolonged pain; intense physical or mental suffering.
- ferries
-
noun,
a commercial service with terminals and boats for transporting persons, automobiles, etc., across a river or other comparatively small body of water.
- trigone
-
noun,
Also, trigonum. Anatomy.
a triangular part or area.
the area on the floor of the urinary bladder between the opening of the urethra in front and the two ureters at the sides.
- airings
-
noun,
an exposure to the air, as for drying.
- tranter
-
noun,
a peddler, hawker, or carrier using a horse and cart.
- sterno-
-
- stertor
-
noun,
a heavy snoring sound accompanying respiration in certain diseases.
- finings
-
noun,
the process by which fused glass is freed of undissolved gases.
- treason
-
noun,
the offense of acting to overthrow one's government or to harm or kill its sovereign.
- finites
-
noun,
something that is finite.
- afreets
-
noun,
a powerful evil demon or monster.
- astro-
-
- easier
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- nosing
-
noun,
a projecting edge, as the part of the tread of a step extending beyond the riser or a projecting part of a buttress.
- earing
-
noun,
a rope attached to a cringle and used for bending a corner of a sail to a yard, boom, or gaff or for reefing a sail.
- norias
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- intent
-
noun,
something that is intended; purpose; design; intention:
- Easton
-
noun,
a city in E Pennsylvania, on the Delaware River.
- norite
-
noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- Norris
-
noun,
Charles Gilman, 1881–1945, U.S. novelist and editor.
- ingots
-
noun,
a mass of metal cast in a convenient form for shaping, remelting, or refining.
- Terris
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- retire
-
noun,
a place of withdrawal; retreat:
- aeron.
-
- 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.
- inter.
-
- tinges
-
noun,
a slight degree of coloration.
- intern
-
noun,
a person who is or has been interned; internee.
- INGRES
-
noun,
Jean Auguste Dominique [zhahn oh-gyst daw-mee-neek] /ʒɑ̃ oʊˈgüst dɔ miˈnik/ (Show IPA), 1780–1867, French painter.
- astron
-
- tinner
-
noun,
a tinsmith.
- trines
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- ingate
-
noun,
gate1 (def 15).
- ingest
-
verb (used with object),
to take, as food, into the body (opposed to egest).
- Noreen
-
noun,
a female given name, Irish diminutive of Nora.
- Sining
-
noun,
Xining.
- tetra-
-
- raisin
-
noun,
a grape of any of various sweet varieties dried in the sun or by artificial means, often used in cookery.
- attire
-
noun,
clothes or apparel, especially rich or splendid garments.
- instr.
-
- trigos
-
noun,
wheat; field of wheat.
- instar
-
noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- Tifton
-
noun,
a town in central Georgia.
- attorn
-
verb (used with object),
to turn over to another; transfer.
- retain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- atones
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- tie-in
-
noun,
an arrangement or campaign whereby related products are promoted, marketed, or sold together:
- tetras
-
noun,
any of several tropical, freshwater fishes of the family Characidae, often kept in aquariums.
- insert
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- Ateste
-
noun,
ancient name of Este.
- infra-
-
- insane
-
adjective,
not sane; not of sound mind; mentally deranged.
- eagers
-
noun,
eagre.
- tineas
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- teston
-
noun,
a former silver coin of France, equal at various times to between 10 and 14½ sols, bearing on the obverse a bust of the reigning king.
- inorg.
-
- eagres
-
noun,
a tidal bore or flood.
- tester
-
noun,
a person or thing that tests.
- innate
-
adjective,
existing in one from birth; inborn; native:
- Tigris
-
noun,
a river in SW Asia, flowing SE from SE Turkey through Iraq, joining the Euphrates to form the Shatt-al-Arab. 1150 miles (1850 km) long.
- retina
-
noun,
the innermost coat of the posterior part of the eyeball that receives the image produced by the lens, is continuous with the optic nerve, and consists of several layers, one of which contains the rods and cones that are sensitive to light.
- innage
-
noun,
the quantity of goods remaining in a container when received after shipment.
Compare outage (def 4).
- Nestor
-
noun,
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- eating
-
noun,
the act of a person or thing that eats.
- groins
-
noun,
Anatomy. the fold or hollow on either side of the front of the body where the thigh joins the abdomen.
- terat-
-
- ringer
-
noun,
a person or thing that encircles, rings, etc.
- orgies
-
noun,
wild or drunken festivity or revelry, especially involving sex with multiple participants.
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- enrage
-
verb (used with object),
to make extremely angry; put into a rage; infuriate:
- 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.
- rising
-
noun,
the act of a person or thing that rises.
- Ritter
-
noun,
a knight.
- enserf
-
verb (used with object),
to make a serf of; place in bondage.
- orgeat
-
noun,
a syrup or drink made originally from barley but later from almonds, prepared with sugar and an extract of orange flowers.
- Ensign
-
noun,
a flag or banner, as a military or naval standard used to indicate nationality.
- 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.
- Orense
-
noun,
a city in N Spain, NW of Madrid.
- enter-
-
- oaters
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- groats
-
noun,
hulled grain, as wheat or oats, broken into fragments.
- groans
-
noun,
a low, mournful sound uttered in pain or grief:
- orates
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- Rogers
-
noun,
Bernard, 1893–1968, U.S. composer.
- orangs
-
noun,
orangutan.
- Grison
-
noun,
a weasellike carnivore, Galictis vittata, ranging from southern Mexico to Peru, having a grayish-white upper body, a distinctive white stripe across the forehead and ears, and a dark brown face, chest, and legs.
- 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:
- griots
-
noun,
a member of a hereditary caste among the peoples of western Africa whose function is to keep an oral history of the tribe or village and to entertain with stories, poems, songs, dances, etc.
- Ronnie
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Ronald or Veronica.
- grifts
-
noun,
(sometimes used with a plural verb) a group of methods for obtaining money falsely through the use of swindles, frauds, dishonest gambling, etc.
- entire
-
noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- onager
-
noun,
a wild ass, Equus hemionus, of southwestern Asia.
- Tsonga
-
noun,
a Bantu language spoken in Mozambique, Zambia, and South Africa.
- Orange
-
noun,
a globose, reddish-yellow, bitter or sweet, edible citrus fruit.
- Orient
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- Finsen
-
noun,
Niels Ryberg [neels ry-ber] /nils ˈrü bɛr/ (Show IPA), 1860–1904, Danish physician: Nobel Prize 1903.
- Rafter
-
noun,
any of a series of timbers or the like, usually having a pronounced slope, for supporting the sheathing and covering of a roof.
- triste
-
adjective,
sad; sorrowful; melancholy.
- infin.
-
- notate
-
verb (used with object),
to note, mark, or set down in a system of notation:
- infest
-
verb (used with object),
to live in or overrun to an unwanted degree or in a troublesome manner, especially as predatory animals or vermin do:
- infers
-
verb (used with object),
to derive by reasoning; conclude or judge from premises or evidence:
- triose
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- retort
-
noun,
a severe, incisive, or witty reply, especially one that counters a first speaker's statement, argument, etc.
- terret
-
noun,
one of the round loops or rings on the saddle of a harness, through which the driving reins pass.
- infare
-
noun,
a party or reception for a newly married couple.
- ottars
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- infant
-
noun,
a child during the earliest period of its life, especially before he or she can walk; baby.
- Egesta
-
noun,
matter egested from the body, as excrement or other waste.
- otitis
-
noun,
inflammation of the ear.
- egoist
-
noun,
a self-centered or selfish person (opposed to altruist).
- inanes
-
noun,
something that is empty or void, especially the void of infinite space.
- iatro-
-
- ornate
-
adjective,
elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so:
- retro-
-
- ternes
-
noun,
terne metal.
- egrets
-
noun,
any of several usually white herons that grow long, graceful plumes during the breeding season, as Egretta garzetta (little egret) of the Old World.
- ignore
-
verb (used with object),
to refrain from noticing or recognizing:
- enates
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- Triton
-
noun,
a positively-charged particle consisting of a proton and two neutrons, equivalent to the nucleus of an atom of tritium.
- origin
-
noun,
something from which anything arises or is derived; source; fountainhead:
- Origen
-
noun,
(Origenes Admantius) a.d. 185?–254? Alexandrian writer, Christian theologian, and teacher.
- engin.
-
- engine
-
noun,
a machine for converting thermal energy into mechanical energy or power to produce force and motion.
- ignite
-
verb (used with object),
to set on fire; kindle.
- Teresa
-
noun,
Mother (Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu) 1910–97, Albanian nun: Nobel Peace Prize 1979 for work in the slums of Calcutta, India.
- origan
-
noun,
an aromatic herb, especially oregano.
- terras
-
noun,
earth; land.
- ranees
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- afreet
-
noun,
a powerful evil demon or monster.
- anting
-
noun,
the placing of ants among the feathers, done by certain birds apparently to kill parasites.
- natron
-
noun,
a mineral, hydrated sodium carbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅10H 2 O.
- regift
-
noun,
an unwanted gift that is given away.
- nation
-
noun,
a large body of people, associated with a particular territory, that is sufficiently conscious of its unity to seek or to possess a government peculiarly its own:
- Regina
-
noun,
queen.
- Tories
-
noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- region
-
noun,
an extensive, continuous part of a surface, space, or body:
- nasion
-
noun,
the intersection of the internasal suture with the nasofrontal suture in the midsagittal plane.
- Trento
-
noun,
Italian name of Trent.
- Naoise
-
noun,
the husband of Deirdre and a nephew of Conchobar, by whom he was treacherously killed.
- Nantes
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Loire-Atlantique, in W France, at the mouth of the Loire River.
- ratite
-
noun,
a bird having a ratite breastbone.
- ration
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- triage
-
noun,
the process of sorting victims, as of a battle or disaster, to determine medical priority in order to increase the number of survivors.
- regret
-
noun,
a sense of loss, disappointment, dissatisfaction, etc.
- regent
-
noun,
a person who exercises the ruling power in a kingdom during the minority, absence, or disability of the sovereign.
- triene
-
noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- niters
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- Antons
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Anthony.
- reigns
-
noun,
the period during which a sovereign occupies the throne.
- Reiner
-
noun,
Fritz, 1888–1963, Hungarian conductor in the U.S.
- rating
-
noun,
classification according to grade or rank.
- antres
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- tonnes
-
noun,
metric ton.
- nitons
-
noun,
(formerly) radon. Symbol: Nt.
- aorist
-
noun,
a verb tense, as in Classical Greek, expressing action or, in the indicative mood, past action, without further limitation or implication.
- tonner
-
noun,
something having a specified weight in tons (used in combination):
- aretes
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- triens
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- natter
-
noun,
a conversation; chat.
- ratter
-
noun,
a person, animal, or thing that catches rats, as a terrier or a cat.
- Istria
-
noun,
a peninsula at the N end of the Adriatic, in SW Slovenia and W Croatia.
- airing
-
noun,
an exposure to the air, as for drying.
- 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.
- reason
-
noun,
a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.:
- Nerine
-
noun,
any of several bulbous plants belonging to the genus Nerine, of the amaryllis family, native to southern Africa, having funnel-shaped red, pink, or white flowers.
- Nereis
-
noun,
clamworm.
- refers
-
verb (used with object),
to direct for information or anything required:
- transe
-
noun,
a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
- trans.
-
- refine
-
Verb phrases,
refine on/upon, to improve by inserting finer distinctions, superior elements, etc.:
- anenst
-
preposition,
anent (def 2).
- Negros
-
noun,
an island of the central Philippines. 5043 sq. mi. (13,061 sq. km).
- trains
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- refits
-
noun,
an act of refitting.
- Angers
-
noun,
a city in and capital of Maine-et-Loire, in W France.
- reagin
-
noun,
Also called Wassermann antibody. an antibody formed in response to syphilis and reactive with cardiolipin in various blood tests for the disease.
- treens
-
noun,
treenware.
- angio-
-
- toting
-
noun,
the practice of taking home food from an employer by a person engaged in domestic service.
- aniso-
-
- treasr
-
- tortes
-
noun,
a rich cake, especially one containing little or no flour, usually made with eggs and ground nuts or bread crumbs.
- treats
-
noun,
entertainment, food, drink, etc., given by way of compliment or as an expression of friendly regard.
- anoint
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or sprinkle on; apply an unguent, ointment, or oily liquid to.
- refrig
-
- agron.
-
- neaten
-
verb (used with object),
to make neat:
- Regain
-
noun,
(in a moisture-free fabric) the percentage of the weight that represents the amount of moisture the material is expected to absorb under normal conditions.
- agrees
-
verb (used with object),
to concede; grant (usually followed by a noun clause):
- ratton
-
noun,
a rat.
- renins
-
noun,
a proteolytic enzyme secreted by the kidneys that is involved in the release of angiotensin.
- 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.
- tinter
-
noun,
a person who specializes in applying tints or dyes.
- Artois
-
noun,
a former province in N France: artesian wells.
- raster
-
noun,
Television. a pattern of scanning lines covering the area upon which the image is projected in the cathode-ray tube or liquid-crystal display of a television set or other screen.
- Reston
-
noun,
James (Barrett) ("Scotty") 1909–1995, U.S. journalist, born in Scotland.
- raring
-
adjective,
very eager or anxious; enthusiastic:
- intros
-
noun,
an introduction.
- arsine
-
noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- arsino
-
adjective,
containing the arsino group.
- intron
-
noun,
a noncoding segment in a length of DNA that interrupts a gene-coding sequence or nontranslated sequence, the corresponding segment being removed from the RNA copy before transcription.
- Titian
-
noun,
(Tiziano Vecellio) c1477–1576, Italian painter.
- intro.
-
- ranges
-
noun,
the extent to which or the limits between which variation is possible:
- nonage
-
noun,
the period of legal minority, or of an age below 21.
- artist
-
noun,
a person who produces works in any of the arts that are primarily subject to aesthetic criteria.
- trigon
-
noun,
a triangle.
- titfer
-
noun,
hat.
- Ionian
-
noun,
a member of one of the four main divisions of the prehistoric Greeks who invaded the Greek mainland and, after the Dorian invasions, emigrated to the Aegean islands and the coast of Asia Minor.
Compare Achaean (def 5), Aeolian2 (def 2), Dorian1 (def 2).
- titers
-
noun,
the strength of a solution as determined by titration with a standard substance.
- intra-
-
- afrits
-
noun,
afreet.
- titans
-
noun,
Classical Mythology.
any of the sons of Uranus and Gaea, including Coeus, Crius, Cronus, Hyperion, Iapetus, and Oceanus.
Also, Titaness. any of the sisters of these, including Mnemosyne, Phoebe, Rhea, Tethys, Themis, and Thia.
any of the offspring of the children of Uranus and Gaea.
- Ranger
-
noun,
forest ranger.
- intone
-
verb (used with object),
to utter with a particular tone or voice modulation.
- tisane
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- intine
-
noun,
the inner coat of a spore, especially a pollen grain.
- nonets
-
noun,
a group of nine performers or instruments.
- tirage
-
noun,
the withdrawing of wine from a barrel, as for testing or tasting.
- inters
-
verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- astern
-
adverb,
in a position behind a specified vessel or aircraft:
- nonfat
-
adjective,
without fat or fat solids; having the fat solids removed, as skim milk:
- arsen-
-
- resort
-
noun,
a place to which people frequently or generally go for relaxation or pleasure, especially one providing rest and recreation facilities for vacationers:
- Argent
-
noun,
Heraldry. the tincture or metal silver.
- Ariege
-
noun,
a department in S France. 1893 sq. mi. (4905 sq. km). Capital: Foix.
- rennet
-
noun,
the lining membrane of the fourth stomach of a calf or of the stomach of certain other young animals.
- ratine
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- nitres
-
noun,
niter.
- Rennie
-
noun,
John, 1761–1821, Scottish engineer.
- triers
-
noun,
a person or thing that tries or tests; tester.
- Renoir
-
noun,
Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1894–1979, French film director and writer.
- Tongas
-
noun,
a light, two-wheeled, horse-drawn vehicle used in India.
- nitro-
-
- isatin
-
noun,
a yellowish-red or orange, crystalline, water-soluble solid, C 8 H 5 NO 2 , used chiefly in the synthesis of vat dyes.
- rentes
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- Tongan
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Tonga.
- argons
-
noun,
a colorless, odorless, chemically inactive, monatomic, gaseous element that, because of its inertness, is used for filling fluorescent and incandescent lamps and vacuum tubes. Symbol: Ar; atomic number: 18; atomic weight: 39.948.
- argots
-
noun,
a specialized idiomatic vocabulary peculiar to a particular class or group of people, especially that of an underworld group, devised for private communication and identification:
- toners
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- titres
-
noun,
titer.
- irreg.
-
- Renton
-
noun,
a city in W Washington, near Seattle.
- ariose
-
adjective,
characterized by melody; songlike.
- togate
-
adjective,
dressed in a toga.
- afters
-
- irones
-
noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- ironer
-
noun,
a person or thing that irons.
- aroint
-
verb (imperative),
begone:
- reseat
-
verb (used with object),
to provide with a new seat or new seats.
- 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.
- resign
-
verb (used with object),
to give up (an office, position, etc.), often formally.
- toe-in
-
noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- raters
-
noun,
a person who makes rates or ratings.
- arrest
-
noun,
the taking of a person into legal custody, as by officers of the law.
- renter
-
noun,
a person or organization that holds, or has the use of, property by payment of rent.
- rigors
-
noun,
strictness, severity, or harshness, as in dealing with people.
- Gretna
-
noun,
a city in SE Louisiana, near New Orleans.
- fortis
-
noun,
a fortis consonant.
- Serena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- fester
-
noun,
an ulcer; a rankling sore.
- stingo
-
noun,
strong beer.
- serine
-
noun,
a crystalline amino acid, HOCH 2 CH(NH 2)COOH, found in many proteins and obtained by the hydrolysis of sericin, the protein constituting silk gum. Symbol: S. Abbreviation: Ser;
- ferro-
-
- gators
-
noun,
Southern U.S. Informal. alligator.
- target
-
noun,
an object, usually marked with concentric circles, to be aimed at in shooting practice or contests.
- Fortas
-
noun,
Abe, 1910–1982, U.S. lawyer, government official, and jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1965–69.
- targes
-
noun,
a small, round shield; a target or buckler.
- faerie
-
noun,
the imaginary land of the fairies; fairyland.
- 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).
- fortes
-
noun,
a person's strong suit, or most highly developed characteristic, talent, or skill; something that one excels in:
Synonyms: talent, skill, excellence, strength, strong point, specialty, proficiency; knack, bent.
- ferri-
-
- soiree
-
noun,
an evening party or social gathering, especially one held for a particular purpose:
- tarots
-
noun,
any of a set of 22 playing cards bearing allegorical representations, used for fortunetelling and as trump cards in tarok.
- Foster
-
noun,
Stephen (Collins) 1826–64, U.S. songwriter.
- fagins
-
noun,
(in Dickens' Oliver Twist) a villainous old man who trains and uses young boys as thieves.
- gastr-
-
- Gaston
-
noun,
a male given name.
- ferret
-
noun,
a domesticated, usually red-eyed, and albinic variety of the polecat, used in Europe for driving rabbits and rats from their burrows.
- set-in
-
adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- soigne
-
adjective,
carefully or elegantly done, operated, or designed.
- softie
-
noun,
softy.
- soften
-
verb (used with object),
to make soft or softer.
- Garter
-
noun,
Also called, British, sock suspender, suspender. an article of clothing for holding up a stocking or sock, usually an elastic band around the leg or an elastic strap hanging from a girdle or other undergarment.
- setter
-
noun,
a person or thing that sets.
- fagots
-
noun,
a bundle of sticks, twigs, or branches bound together and used as fuel, a fascine, a torch, etc.
- Tanner
-
noun,
a person whose occupation it is to tan hides.
- genera
-
noun,
a plural of genus.
- etrogs
-
noun,
Judaism. a citron for use with the lulav during the Sukkoth festival service.
- faints
-
noun,
the impure spirit produced in the first and last stages of the distillation of whiskey.
- Sennar
-
noun,
a region in the E Sudan between the White and Blue Nile rivers, S of Khartoum: a former kingdom.
- Sontag
-
noun,
Susan, 1933–2004, U.S. critic, novelist, and essayist.
- estate
-
noun,
a piece of landed property, especially one of large extent with an elaborate house on it:
- senega
-
noun,
the dried root of a milkwort, Polygala senega, of the eastern U.S., used as an expectorant and diuretic.
- Gesner
-
noun,
Konrad von [kon-rad von;; German kawn-raht fuh n] /ˈkɒn ræd vɒn;; German ˈkɔn rɑt fən/ (Show IPA), 1516–65, Swiss naturalist.
- fetter
-
noun,
a chain or shackle placed on the feet.
- fetors
-
noun,
a strong, offensive smell; stench.
- Senior
-
noun,
a person who is older than another.
- seniti
-
noun,
a bronze or brass coin and monetary unit of Tonga, the 100th part of a pa'anga.
- negate
-
verb (used with object),
to deny the existence, evidence, or truth of:
- taters
-
noun,
potato.
- gerent
-
noun,
a ruler or manager.
- 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.
- Forest
-
noun,
a large tract of land covered with trees and underbrush; woodland.
- sennet
-
noun,
any of several small barracudas, as Sphyraena borealis (northern sennet) ranging along the eastern coast of North and Central America.
- serein
-
noun,
fine rain falling after sunset from a sky in which no clouds are visible.
- sennit
-
noun,
a flat, braided cordage, formed by plaiting strands of rope yarn or other fiber, used as small stuff aboard ships.
- Estrin
-
noun,
estrone.
- Strain
-
noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- forgat
-
verb,
a simple past tense of forget.
- 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.
- forges
-
noun,
a special fireplace, hearth, or furnace in which metal is heated before shaping.
- genoas
-
noun,
a large jib for cruising and racing yachts, overlapping the mainsail.
- forget
-
Idioms,
forget oneself, to say or do something improper or unbefitting one's rank, position, or character.
- tarso-
-
- genit.
-
- forint
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and the monetary unit of Hungary, equal to 100 fillér. Abbreviation: F., Ft.
- genies
-
noun,
Islamic Mythology. jinn.
- Serang
-
noun,
Ceram.
- genets
-
noun,
any small, Old World carnivore of the genus Genetta, especially G. genetta, having spotted sides and a ringed tail.
- tanist
-
noun,
the successor apparent to a Celtic chief, usually the oldest or worthiest of his kin, chosen by election among the tribe during the chief's lifetime.
- fraise
-
noun,
Fortification. a defense consisting of pointed stakes projecting from the ramparts in a horizontal or an inclined position.
- 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.
- Strega
-
- signet
-
noun,
a small seal, as on a finger ring.
- Signor
-
noun,
a conventional Italian term of address or title of respect for a man, either used separately or prefixed to the name. Abbreviation: Sig., sig.
- Strong
-
Idioms,
come on strong, Slang. to behave in an aggressive, ardent, or flamboyant manner:
- string
-
noun,
a slender cord or thick thread used for binding or tying; line.
- freres
-
noun,
brother.
- Strine
-
noun,
Australian English.
- strife
-
noun,
vigorous or bitter conflict, discord, or antagonism:
- fasten
-
verb (used with object),
to attach firmly or securely in place; fix securely to something else.
- Fresno
-
noun,
a city in central California.
- Sitter
-
noun,
a person who sits.
- Singan
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- sitten
-
verb,
past participle of sit1 .
- fronts
-
noun,
the foremost part or surface of anything.
- Street
-
noun,
a public thoroughfare, usually paved, in a village, town, or city, including the sidewalk or sidewalks.
- Gainer
-
noun,
a person or thing that gains.
- sit-in
-
noun,
any organized protest in which a group of people peacefully occupy and refuse to leave a premises:
- fatten
-
verb (used with object),
to make fat.
- Singer
-
noun,
a person who sings, especially a trained or professional vocalist.
- feirie
-
adjective,
healthy; strong.
- sinner
-
noun,
a person who sins; transgressor.
- sirree
-
noun,
(used as an intensive with no or yes):
- friers
-
noun,
fryer.
- sinter
-
noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- feints
-
noun,
a movement made in order to deceive an adversary; an attack aimed at one place or point merely as a distraction from the real place or point of attack:
- Strait
-
noun,
Often, straits. (used with a singular verb) a narrow passage of water connecting two large bodies of water.
- strafe
-
noun,
a strafing attack.
- feigns
-
verb (used with object),
to represent fictitiously; put on an appearance of:
- Sirena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Tagore
-
noun,
Sir Rabindranath [ruh-been-druh-naht] /rəˈbin drəˌnɑt/ (Show IPA), 1861–1941, Indian poet: Nobel prize 1913.
- Fenian
-
noun,
a member of an Irish revolutionary organization founded in New York in 1858, which worked for the establishment of an independent Irish republic.
- Garret
-
noun,
an attic, usually a small, wretched one.
- stoner
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
- tangos
-
noun,
a ballroom dance of Latin-American origin, danced by couples, and having many varied steps, figures, and poses.
- ferine
-
adjective,
feral1 .
- garote
-
noun,
a method of capital punishment of Spanish origin in which an iron collar is tightened around a condemned person's neck until death occurs by strangulation or by injury to the spinal column at the base of the brain.
- Fangio
-
noun,
Juan Manuel [wahn man-wel;; Spanish hwahn mah-nwel] /ˈwɑn mænˈwɛl;; Spanish ˈʰwɑn mɑˈnwɛl/ (Show IPA), 1911–1995, Argentine racing-car driver.
- fanion
-
noun,
a small flag, originally carried by military brigades, used by soldiers and surveyors as a positional marker.
- Fannie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Frances.
- Garnet
-
noun,
any of a group of hard, vitreous minerals, silicates of calcium, magnesium, iron, or manganese with aluminum or iron, varying in color: a deep-red transparent variety is used as a gem and as an abrasive.
- Garner
-
noun,
a granary or grain bin.
- set-to
-
noun,
a usually brief, sharp fight or argument.
- Fraser
-
noun,
James Earle, 1876–1953, U.S. sculptor.
- ferias
-
noun,
Ecclesiastical. a weekday on which no feast is celebrated.
- frater
-
noun,
a brother, as in a religious or fraternal order; comrade.
- sienna
-
noun,
a ferruginous earth used as a yellowish-brown pigment (raw sienna) or, after roasting in a furnace, as a reddish-brown pigment (burnt sienna)
- taints
-
noun,
a trace of something bad, offensive, or harmful.
- Gaines
-
noun,
Edmund Pendleton, 1777–1849, U.S. general.
- fanons
-
noun,
a maniple.
- ganoin
-
noun,
a hard, shiny, enamellike substance secreted by the corium, composing the outer layer of the scales of certain fishes.
- freers
-
noun,
a person or thing that frees.
- gannet
-
noun,
any large, web-footed, seabird of the family Sulidae, having a sharply pointed bill, long wings, and a wedge-shaped tail, noted for its plunging dives for fish.
- tainos
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- ganefs
-
noun,
a thief, swindler, crook, or rascal.
- Sierra
-
noun,
a chain of hills or mountains, the peaks of which suggest the teeth of a saw.
- sifter
-
noun,
a person or thing that sifts.
- gaiter
-
noun,
a covering of cloth or leather for the ankle and instep and sometimes also the lower leg, worn over the shoe or boot.
Compare upper1 (def 7).
- freest
-
Idioms,
for free, Informal. without charge:
- signee
-
noun,
a person who signs a document, register, etc.; signer; signatory:
- gainst
-
preposition,
against.
- Fenrir
-
noun,
a wolflike monster, a son of Loki and Angerboda, chained by Gleipnir but destined to be released at Ragnarok to eat Odin and to be killed by Vidar.
- signer
-
noun,
a person who signs.
- forage
-
noun,
food for horses or cattle; fodder; provender.
- taster
-
noun,
a person who tastes, especially one skilled in distinguishing the qualities of liquors, tea, etc., by the taste.
- seiner
-
noun,
a person who fishes with a seine.
- Tenner
-
noun,
a 10-dollar bill.
- finest
-
noun,
the police:
- grani-
-
- grains
-
noun,
an iron instrument with barbed prongs, for spearing or harpooning fish.
- rotate
-
adjective,
wheel-shaped: applied especially to a gamopetalous short-tubed corolla with a spreading limb.
- grafts
-
noun,
Horticulture.
a bud, shoot, or scion of a plant inserted in a groove, slit, or the like in a stem or stock of another plant in which it continues to grow.
the plant resulting from such an operation; the united stock and scion.
the place where the scion is inserted.
- tennis
-
noun,
a game played on a rectangular court by two players or two pairs of players equipped with rackets, in which a ball is driven back and forth over a low net that divides the court in half.
- stego-
-
- fitten
-
adjective,
suitable; appropriate.
- Ernest
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “vigor, intent.”.
- gotten
-
noun,
an offspring or the total of the offspring, especially of a male animal:
- fitter
-
noun,
a person or thing that fits.
- rotten
-
adjective,
decomposing or decaying; putrid; tainted, foul, or bad-smelling.
- grano-
-
- sortie
-
noun,
a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
- steno-
-
- rottes
-
noun,
rote2 .
- tenias
-
noun,
taenia.
- Saigon
-
noun,
former name of Ho Chi Minh City: capital of former South Vietnam 1954–76.
- gonifs
-
noun,
ganef.
- goners
-
noun,
a person or thing that is dead, lost, or past recovery.
- Sanger
-
noun,
Frederick, 1918–2013, English biochemist: Nobel Prize in chemistry 1958.
- errant
-
adjective,
deviating from the regular or proper course; erring; straying.
- goiter
-
noun,
an enlargement of the thyroid gland on the front and sides of the neck, usually symptomatic of abnormal thyroid secretion, especially hypothyroidism due to a lack of iodine in the diet.
- Santee
-
noun,
a city in SW California.
- tenons
-
noun,
a projection formed on the end of a timber or the like for insertion into a mortise of the same dimensions.
- finger
-
noun,
any of the terminal members of the hand, especially one other than the thumb.
- santir
-
noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- Rosita
-
noun,
a female given name, Spanish form of Rose.
- greets
-
verb (used with object),
to address with some form of salutation; welcome.
- tentie
-
adjective,
tenty.
- stator
-
noun,
Electricity, Machinery. a portion of a machine that remains fixed with respect to rotating parts, especially the collection of stationary parts in the magnetic circuits of a machine.
Compare rotor (def 1).
- greens
-
noun,
a color intermediate in the spectrum between yellow and blue, an effect of light with a wavelength between 500 and 570 nm; found in nature as the color of most grasses and leaves while growing, of some fruits while ripening, and of the sea.
- finite
-
noun,
something that is finite.
- Rosina
-
noun,
a female given name, Italian form of Rose.
- Greats
-
- eonian
-
adjective,
aeonian.
- tenter
-
noun,
a framework on which cloth in the process of manufacture is stretched so it may set or dry evenly.
- tensor
-
noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
- grease
-
noun,
the melted or rendered fat of animals, especially when in a soft state.
- tenson
-
noun,
a Provençal poem taking the form of a dialogue or debate between two rival troubadours.
- ergots
-
noun,
Plant Pathology.
a disease of rye and other cereal grasses, caused by a fungus of the genus Claviceps, especially C. purpurea, which replaces the affected grain with a long, hard, blackish sclerotial body.
the sclerotial body itself.
- gratis
-
adverb,
without charge or payment; free:
- eraser
-
noun,
a device, as a piece of rubber or cloth, for erasing marks made with pen, pencil, chalk, etc.
- stater
-
noun,
any of various gold or silver or electrum coin units or coins of the ancient Greek states or cities.
- gratin
-
noun,
au gratin.
- grates
-
noun,
a frame of metal bars for holding fuel when burning, as in a fireplace, furnace, or stove.
- firing
-
noun,
the act of a person or thing that fires.
- fining
-
noun,
the process by which fused glass is freed of undissolved gases.
- ergate
-
noun,
a worker ant.
- grater
-
noun,
a person or thing that grates.
- roster
-
noun,
a list of persons or groups, as of military personnel or units with their turns or periods of duty.
- rostra
-
noun,
a plural of rostrum.
- Grants
-
noun,
a town in W New Mexico.
- gofers
-
noun,
an employee whose chief duty is running errands.
- rotter
-
noun,
a thoroughly bad, worthless, or objectionable person.
- fringe
-
noun,
a decorative border of thread, cord, or the like, usually hanging loosely from a raveled edge or separate strip.
- satire
-
noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- fiesta
-
noun,
any festival or festive celebration.
- Sartre
-
noun,
Jean-Paul [zhahn-pawl] /ʒɑ̃ˈpɔl/ (Show IPA), 1905–80, French philosopher, novelist, and dramatist: declined 1964 Nobel Prize in literature.
- sateen
-
noun,
a strong cotton fabric constructed in satin weave and having a lustrous face.
- Esenin
-
noun,
Sergey Aleksandrovich [Russian syir-gyey uh-lyi-ksahn-druh-vyich] /Russian syɪrˈgyeɪ ʌ lyɪˈksɑn drə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), Yesenin, Sergey Aleksandrovich.
- sarong
-
noun,
a loose-fitting skirtlike garment formed by wrapping a strip of cloth around the lower part of the body, worn by both men and women in the Malay Archipelago and certain islands of the Pacific Ocean.
- seater
-
noun,
a person or thing that seats.
- stager
-
noun,
a person of experience in some profession, way of life, etc.
- Sarnen
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Obwalden, in central Switzerland, E of Bern.
- seeing
-
noun,
the act of a person who sees.
- gisant
-
noun,
a sculptured representation of a dead person in a recumbent position, usually as part of a sepulchral monument.
- Sarton
-
noun,
May, 1912–95, U.S. poet, novelist, and playwright.
- satori
-
noun,
sudden enlightenment.
- tenets
-
noun,
any opinion, principle, doctrine, dogma, etc., especially one held as true by members of a profession, group, or movement.
- Getter
-
noun,
a person or thing that gets.
- tenant
-
noun,
a person or group that rents and occupies land, a house, an office, or the like, from another for a period of time; lessee.
- Sterne
-
noun,
Laurence, 1713–68, English clergyman and novelist.
- teaser
-
noun,
a person or thing that teases.
- goatee
-
noun,
a man's beard trimmed to a tuft or point on the chin.
- fogies
-
noun,
an excessively conservative or old-fashioned person, especially one who is intellectually dull (usually preceded by old):
- erring
-
adjective,
going astray; in error; wrong.
- Girtin
-
noun,
Thomas, 1775–1802, English painter.
- sotie
-
noun,
a satirical and topical comedy employing actors dressed in traditional fool's costume, popular in France during the late Middle Ages, and often used as a curtain raiser to mystery and morality plays.
- snore
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- start
-
noun,
a beginning of an action, journey, etc.
- State
-
noun,
the condition of a person or thing, as with respect to circumstances or attributes:
- rafts
-
noun,
a more or less rigid floating platform made of buoyant material or materials:
- sting
-
noun,
an act or an instance of stinging.
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- sneer
-
noun,
a look or expression of derision, scorn, or contempt.
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- stat.
-
- 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.
- reefs
-
noun,
a ridge of rocks or sand, often of coral debris, at or near the surface of the water.
- Sonia
-
noun,
a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- Oreg.
-
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- Orang
-
noun,
orangutan.
- Steen
-
noun,
Jan [yahn] /yɑn/ (Show IPA), 1626–79, Dutch painter.
- steer
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- trait
-
noun,
a distinguishing characteristic or quality, especially of one's personal nature:
- Siret
-
noun,
a river in SE Europe, flowing SE from the Carpathian Mountains in Ukraine, through E Romania to the Danube. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- trots
-
noun,
the gait of a horse, dog, or other quadruped, when trotting.
- refit
-
noun,
an act of refitting.
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- Rains
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- Ranee
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- ster.
-
- reest
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- orans
-
noun,
orant.
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- 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.
- sito-
-
- trigs
-
noun,
trigonometry.
- refer
-
verb (used with object),
to direct for information or anything required:
- ragis
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Eleusine coracana, cultivated in the Old World for its grain.
- treas
-
- Range
-
noun,
the extent to which or the limits between which variation is possible:
- rages
-
noun,
angry fury; violent anger (sometimes used in combination):
- stge.
-
- rears
-
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- trets
-
noun,
(formerly) an allowance for waste, after deduction for tare.
- rason
-
noun,
a long, loose, black gown with wide sleeves, worn by the clergy.
- SOFIA
-
noun,
Also, Sofiya [Bulgarian saw-fee-yuh] /Bulgarian ˈsɔ fi yə/ (Show IPA). a city in and the capital of Bulgaria, in the W part.
- rater
-
noun,
a person who makes rates or ratings.
- ratio
-
noun,
the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:
- ornes
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- softa
-
noun,
a Turkish Muslim theological student.
- ornis
-
noun,
an avifauna.
- Orrin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- orris
-
noun,
an iris, Iris germanica florentina, having a fragrant rootstock.
- Osage
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people formerly of western Missouri, now living in northern Oklahoma.
- Sofer
-
noun,
scribe1 (def 3).
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- stint
-
noun,
a period of time spent doing something:
- oste-
-
- trig.
-
- Ostia
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, SW of Rome: ruins from 4th century b.c.; site of ancient port of Rome.
- Stent
-
noun,
Medicine/Medical. a small, expandable tube used for inserting in a blocked vessel or other part.
- Trier
-
noun,
a person or thing that tries or tests; tester.
- SONAR
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- stang
-
noun,
an act or an instance of stinging.
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- triga
-
noun,
a two-wheeled chariot drawn by a team of three horses.
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- orig.
-
- trigo
-
noun,
wheat; field of wheat.
- snort
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- 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.
- ottar
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- trogs
-
noun,
Chiefly British Slang. a hooligan; lout.
- TREAT
-
noun,
entertainment, food, drink, etc., given by way of compliment or as an expression of friendly regard.
- Soane
-
noun,
Sir John, 1753–1837, English architect.
- Starr
-
noun,
Belle (Myra Belle Shirley) 1848–89, U.S. outlaw and folk hero.
- Srta.
-
- STAGE
-
noun,
a single step or degree in a process; a particular phase, period, position, etc., in a process, development, or series.
- ratos
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- treen
-
noun,
treenware.
- Stone
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- Stoat
-
noun,
the ermine, Mustela erminea, especially when in brown summer pelage.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- Trent
-
noun,
Italian Trento. Ancient Tridentum. a city in N Italy, on the Adige River.
- rares
-
adjective,
coming or occurring far apart in time; unusual; uncommon:
- Otter
-
noun,
any of several aquatic, furbearing, weasellike mammals of the genus Lutra and related genera, having webbed feet and a long, slightly flattened tail.
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- sofar
-
noun,
a system for determining a position at sea by exploding a charge under water and measuring the time the shock waves take to reach three widely separated shore stations at known distances from each other.
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- trite
-
adjective,
lacking in freshness or effectiveness because of constant use or excessive repetition; hackneyed; stale:
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- tonia
-
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- Teton
-
noun,
the westernmost branch of the Dakota Indians.
- teats
-
noun,
the protuberance on the breast or udder in female mammals, except the monotremes, through which the milk ducts discharge; nipple or mammilla.
- Teena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Albertina, Bettina, or Christina.
- teens
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- Tegea
-
noun,
an ancient city in SE Arcadia, Greece.
- testa
-
noun,
the outer, usually hard, integument or coat of a seed.
- satin
-
noun,
a fabric in a warp-effect or filling-effect satin weave, as acetate, rayon, nylon, or silk, often having a glossy face and a soft, slippery texture.
- tenet
-
noun,
any opinion, principle, doctrine, dogma, etc., especially one held as true by members of a profession, group, or movement.
- segar
-
noun,
cigar.
- terse
-
adjective,
neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.
- 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.
- Sarre
-
noun,
French name of Saar.
- sargo
-
noun,
a silvery grunt, Anisotremus davidsonii, inhabiting waters off the coasts of California and Mexico, having blackish markings and yellowish fins.
- Sarge
-
noun,
sergeant.
- Saree
-
noun,
sari.
- Saone
-
noun,
a river flowing S from NE France to the Rhone. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- 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.
- Segni
-
noun,
Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1891–1972, Italian teacher, lawyer, and statesman: president 1962–64.
- sanit
-
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- tints
-
noun,
a color or a variety of a color; hue.
- 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.
- tater
-
noun,
potato.
- Senna
-
noun,
any plant, shrub, or tree belonging to the genus Cassia, of the legume family, having pinnate leaves and large clusters of flowers.
- Tinia
-
noun,
the chief god of the Etruscans, with powers similar to those of Zeus.
- tings
-
noun,
a tinging sound.
- tinge
-
noun,
a slight degree of coloration.
- sengi
-
noun,
a monetary unit of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, equal to 1/10,000 (.0001) of a zaire.
- tiers
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- Tigre
-
noun,
a Semitic language spoken in northern Ethiopia.
- tears
-
- tiger
-
noun,
a large, carnivorous, tawny-colored and black-striped feline, Panthera tigris, of Asia, ranging in several subspecies from India and the Malay Peninsula to Siberia: the entire species is endangered, with some subspecies thought to be extinct.
- tease
-
noun,
a person who teases or annoys.
- Segre
-
noun,
Emilio [uh-mee-lee-oh,, uh-meel-yoh;; Italian e-mee-lyaw] /əˈmi liˌoʊ,, əˈmil yoʊ;; Italian ɛˈmi lyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1905–1989, U.S. physicist, born in Italy: Nobel prize 1959.
- segno
-
noun,
a sign.
- Santo
-
noun,
a carved figure of a saint, usually of wood, as from Puerto Rico, Mexico, or the southwestern U.S.
- Terri
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- tarts
-
noun,
a small pie filled with cooked fruit or other sweetened preparation, usually having no top crust.
- tera-
-
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- riots
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- riser
-
noun,
a person who rises, especially from bed:
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- roans
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- roars
-
noun,
a loud, deep cry or howl, as of an animal or a person:
- 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.
- Roger
-
noun,
a male given name: from Germanic words meaning “fame” and “spear.”.
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- Roget
-
noun,
Peter Mark, 1779–1869, English physician and author of a thesaurus.
- 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.
- ronin
-
noun,
a samurai who no longer serves a daimyo, or feudal lord.
- Ronne
-
noun,
a seaport on W Bornholm island, Denmark, in the S Baltic Sea: stone quarries.
- rosin
-
noun,
Chemistry. the yellowish to amber, translucent, hard, brittle, fragmented resin left after distilling the oil of turpentine from the crude oleoresin of the pine: used chiefly in making varnishes, varnish and paint driers, printing inks, and for rubbing on the bows of such string instruments as the violin.
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- tents
-
noun,
a portable shelter of skins, canvas, plastic, or the like, supported by one or more poles or a frame and often secured by ropes fastened to pegs in the ground.
- rings
-
noun,
a typically circular band of metal or other durable material, especially one of gold or other precious metal, often set with gems, for wearing on the finger as an ornament, a token of betrothal or marriage, etc.
- rigor
-
noun,
strictness, severity, or harshness, as in dealing with people.
- Sango
-
noun,
a Niger-Congo language of the Adamawa-Eastern branch, used as a lingua franca in the Central African Republic.
- rotte
-
noun,
rote2 .
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- Terra
-
noun,
earth; land.
- terr.
-
- terns
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- Tenn.
-
- tenon
-
noun,
a projection formed on the end of a timber or the like for insertion into a mortise of the same dimensions.
- terne
-
noun,
terne metal.
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- 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.
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- Rieti
-
noun,
Vittorio [veet-taw-ryaw] /vitˈtɔ ryɔ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1994, U.S. composer, born in Italy.
- rifts
-
noun,
an opening made by splitting, cleaving, etc.; fissure; cleft; chink.
- teno-
-
- taste
-
noun,
the act of tasting food or drink.
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- reins
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- Sinai
-
noun,
Also called Sinai Peninsula. a peninsula in NE Egypt, at the N end of the Red Sea between the Gulfs of Suez and Aqaba. 230 miles (370 km) long.
- toran
-
noun,
(in Indian Buddhist and Hindu architecture) a gateway having two or three lintels between two posts.
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- Regt.
-
- reifs
-
noun,
plunder; booty; loot.
- reign
-
noun,
the period during which a sovereign occupies the throne.
- Taino
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- signa
-
verb,
(used imperatively, in prescriptions) mark; write; label.
- REGIS
-
noun,
a male given name.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- taint
-
noun,
a trace of something bad, offensive, or harmful.
- tonne
-
noun,
metric ton.
- Renan
-
noun,
Ernest [ur-nist;; French er-nest] /ˈɜr nɪst;; French ɛrˈnɛst/ (Show IPA), 1823–92, French philologist, historian, and critic.
- renga
-
noun,
linked verse.
- reni-
-
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- Sinan
-
noun,
1489?–1587, Turkish architect, especially of mosques.
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- 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.
- siree
-
noun,
sirree.
- toti-
-
- totes
-
noun,
the act or course of toting.
- torts
-
noun,
a wrongful act, not including a breach of contract or trust, that results in injury to another's person, property, reputation, or the like, and for which the injured party is entitled to compensation.
- Sinon
-
noun,
a Greek, posing as a deserter, who persuaded the Trojans to take the Trojan Horse into their city.
- Torte
-
noun,
a rich cake, especially one containing little or no flour, usually made with eggs and ground nuts or bread crumbs.
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- Sino-
-
- Regin
-
noun,
a smith, the brother of Fafnir, who raises Sigurd and encourages him to kill Fafnir in the hope of gaining the gold he guards.
- onset
-
noun,
a beginning or start:
- singe
-
noun,
a superficial burn.
- Regan
-
noun,
(in Shakespeare's King Lear) the younger of Lear's two faithless daughters.
Compare Cordelia (def 1), Goneril.
- Reger
-
noun,
Max [mahks] /mɑks/ (Show IPA), 1873–1916, German composer and pianist.
- torii
-
noun,
(in Japan) a form of decorative gateway or portal, consisting of two upright wooden posts connected at the top by two horizontal crosspieces, commonly found at the entrance to Shinto temples.
- sing.
-
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- renin
-
noun,
a proteolytic enzyme secreted by the kidneys that is involved in the release of angiotensin.
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- titre
-
noun,
titer.
- Titos
-
noun,
Marshal (Josip Broz) 1891–1980, president of Yugoslavia 1953–80.
- titis
-
noun,
any of various small reddish or grayish monkeys of the genus Callicebus, of South America.
- sero-
-
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- restr
-
- serif
-
noun,
a smaller line used to finish off a main stroke of a letter, as at the top and bottom of M.
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- toast
-
noun,
sliced bread that has been browned by dry heat.
- 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.
- Serge
-
noun,
a twilled worsted or woolen fabric used especially for clothing.
- tarot
-
noun,
any of a set of 22 playing cards bearing allegorical representations, used for fortunetelling and as trump cards in tarok.
- titer
-
noun,
the strength of a solution as determined by titration with a standard substance.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- resin
-
noun,
any of a class of nonvolatile, solid or semisolid organic substances, as copal or mastic, that consist of amorphous mixtures of carboxylic acids and are obtained directly from certain plants as exudations or prepared by polymerization of simple molecules: used in medicine and in the making of varnishes and plastics.
- siege
-
noun,
the act or process of surrounding and attacking a fortified place in such a way as to isolate it from help and supplies, for the purpose of lessening the resistance of the defenders and thereby making capture possible.
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- tongs
-
noun,
any of various implements consisting of two arms hinged, pivoted, or otherwise fastened together, for seizing, holding, or lifting something (usually used with pair of).
- rente
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- tango
-
noun,
a ballroom dance of Latin-American origin, danced by couples, and having many varied steps, figures, and poses.
- tangs
-
- Tonga
-
noun,
a light, two-wheeled, horse-drawn vehicle used in India.
- tones
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- 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.
- targe
-
noun,
a small, round shield; a target or buckler.
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- Seton
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- tanto
-
adverb,
(of a musical direction) too much; so much.
- togas
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) the loose outer garment worn by citizens in public.
- tofts
-
noun,
the site of a house and outbuildings.
- reset
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- seti-
-
- tense
-
noun,
a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
- Seine
-
noun,
a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
- gaits
-
noun,
a manner of walking, stepping, or running.
- fagot
-
noun,
a bundle of sticks, twigs, or branches bound together and used as fuel, a fascine, a torch, etc.
- fares
-
noun,
the price of conveyance or passage in a bus, train, airplane, or other vehicle.
- Fanti
-
noun,
a Kwa language spoken in Ghana that is mutually intelligible with Twi.
- fanos
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, on the Adriatic Sea: cathedral; Roman ruins.
- fanon
-
noun,
a maniple.
- fango
-
noun,
clay or mud, especially a clay obtained from certain hot springs in Battaglio, Italy, used as a hot application in the treatment of certain diseases.
- fanes
-
noun,
a temple.
- fairs
-
noun,
Archaic. something that is fair.
- faint
-
noun,
a temporary loss of consciousness resulting from a decreased flow of blood to the brain; a swoon:
- Fagin
-
noun,
(in Dickens' Oliver Twist) a villainous old man who trains and uses young boys as thieves.
- Grote
-
noun,
George, 1794–1871, English historian.
- etrog
-
noun,
Judaism. a citron for use with the lulav during the Sukkoth festival service.
- IATSE
-
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- 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 .
- esrog
-
noun,
etrog.
- erron
-
- erose
-
adjective,
uneven, as if gnawed away.
- inane
-
noun,
something that is empty or void, especially the void of infinite space.
- grots
-
noun,
a grotto.
- Fargo
-
noun,
William George, 1818–81, U.S. businessman: pioneered in express shipping and banking.
- 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.
- grift
-
noun,
(sometimes used with a plural verb) a group of methods for obtaining money falsely through the use of swindles, frauds, dishonest gambling, etc.
- Greer
-
noun,
Germaine, born 1939, Australian feminist and writer.
- grees
-
noun,
superiority, mastery, or victory.
- greet
-
verb (used with object),
to address with some form of salutation; welcome.
- fears
-
noun,
a distressing emotion aroused by impending danger, evil, pain, etc., whether the threat is real or imagined; the feeling or condition of being afraid. Synonyms: foreboding, apprehension, consternation, dismay, dread, terror, fright, panic, horror, trepidation, qualm.
Antonyms: courage, security, calm, intrepidity.
- Greta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Margaret.
- fatso
-
noun,
a fat person (used as a term of address).
- grief
-
noun,
keen mental suffering or distress over affliction or loss; sharp sorrow; painful regret.
- Fates
-
noun,
something that unavoidably befalls a person; fortune; lot:
- grins
-
noun,
a broad smile.
- groin
-
noun,
Anatomy. the fold or hollow on either side of the front of the body where the thigh joins the abdomen.
- griot
-
noun,
a member of a hereditary caste among the peoples of western Africa whose function is to keep an oral history of the tribe or village and to entertain with stories, poems, songs, dances, etc.
- farts
-
noun,
a flatus expelled through the anus.
- grist
-
noun,
grain to be ground.
- Farsi
-
noun,
the modern Iranian language of Iran and western Afghanistan, written in the Arabic alphabet; modern Persian.
- groan
-
noun,
a low, mournful sound uttered in pain or grief:
- Farro
-
noun,
emmer.
- groat
-
noun,
a silver coin of England, equal to four pennies, issued from 1279 to 1662.
- Grofe
-
noun,
Ferde [fur-dee] /ˈfɜr di/ (Show IPA), (Ferdinand Rudolf von Grofé) 1892–1972, U.S. composer.
- faros
-
noun,
a gambling game in which players place bets on a special board or layout, betting on each series of two cards as they are drawn from a box containing the dealer's or banker's pack.
- Inari
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in NE Finland. About 500 sq. mi. (1295 sq. km).
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- Feast
-
noun,
any rich or abundant meal:
- egest
-
verb (used with object),
to discharge, as from the body; void (opposed to ingest).
- engr.
-
- Irene
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of the Horae, the personification of peace.
- Irina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- enfin
-
adverb,
in conclusion; finally.
- enate
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- irone
-
noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- Irons
-
noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- EGRET
-
noun,
any of several usually white herons that grow long, graceful plumes during the breeding season, as Egretta garzetta (little egret) of the Old World.
- egers
-
noun,
German name of Ohře.
- Iran.
-
- Isere
-
noun,
a river in SE France, flowing from the Alps to the Rhone River. 150 miles (240 km) long.
- Eaton
-
noun,
Theophilus, 1590–1658, English colonist and colonial administrator in America.
- eaten
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- eagre
-
noun,
a tidal bore or flood.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- eager
-
noun,
eagre.
- ition
-
- atto-
-
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- Ennis
-
noun,
a town in N Texas.
- Ernie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Ernest.
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- infer
-
verb (used with object),
to derive by reasoning; conclude or judge from premises or evidence:
- ernes
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- ingot
-
noun,
a mass of metal cast in a convenient form for shaping, remelting, or refining.
- inion
-
noun,
a point at the external occipital protuberance of the skull.
- init.
-
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- Inner
-
adjective,
situated within or farther within; interior:
- ergot
-
noun,
Plant Pathology.
a disease of rye and other cereal grasses, caused by a fungus of the genus Claviceps, especially C. purpurea, which replaces the affected grain with a long, hard, blackish sclerotial body.
the sclerotial body itself.
- inst.
-
- iotas
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- ergo-
-
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- intr.
-
- erase
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
- eosin
-
noun,
Also called bromeosin, tetrabromofluorescein. a red, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 20 H 8 Br 4 O 5 , derived from fluorescein by bromination: used chiefly as an acid dye for dyeing silk a rose red color and as a histological stain.
- Ionia
-
noun,
an ancient region on the W coast of Asia Minor and on adjacent islands in the Aegean: colonized by the ancient Greeks.
- ento-
-
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- Ensor
-
noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- Green
-
noun,
a color intermediate in the spectrum between yellow and blue, an effect of light with a wavelength between 500 and 570 nm; found in nature as the color of most grasses and leaves while growing, of some fruits while ripening, and of the sea.
- grate
-
noun,
a frame of metal bars for holding fuel when burning, as in a fireplace, furnace, or stove.
- ation
-
- frees
-
Idioms,
for free, Informal. without charge:
- Frere
-
noun,
brother.
- genin
-
noun,
aglycon.
- Genoa
-
noun,
a large jib for cruising and racing yachts, overlapping the mainsail.
- genre
-
noun,
a class or category of artistic endeavor having a particular form, content, technique, or the like:
- Freon
-
- genro
-
noun,
any of the unofficial elder statesmen of Japan who influenced the government c1875–1940.
- gents
-
noun,
Informal. gentleman (defs 1, 2).
- Frege
-
noun,
(Friedrich Ludwig) Gottlob [gawt-lohp] /ˈgɔt loʊp/ (Show IPA), 1848–1925, German mathematician and logician.
- Gerar
-
noun,
an ancient city in Palestine, near the Mediterranean: now an archaeological site in Israel.
- Genie
-
noun,
Islamic Mythology. jinn.
- Freer
-
noun,
a person or thing that frees.
- frats
-
noun,
fraternity (def 1).
- geste
-
noun,
gest.
- Frans
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Francis.
- getas
-
noun,
a traditional Japanese wooden clog that is worn outdoors, with a thong that passes between the first two toes and with two transverse supports on the bottom of the sole.
- frags
-
noun,
fragmentation grenade.
- giant
-
noun,
(in folklore) a being with human form but superhuman size, strength, etc.
- forte
-
noun,
a person's strong suit, or most highly developed characteristic, talent, or skill; something that one excels in:
Synonyms: talent, skill, excellence, strength, strong point, specialty, proficiency; knack, bent.
- fort.
-
- genii
-
noun,
a plural of genius.
- Genet
-
noun,
any small, Old World carnivore of the genus Genetta, especially G. genetta, having spotted sides and a ringed tail.
- forge
-
noun,
a special fireplace, hearth, or furnace in which metal is heated before shaping.
- Frits
-
noun,
Ceramics.
a fused or partially fused material used as a basis for glazes or enamels.
the composition from which artificial soft porcelain is made.
- ganef
-
noun,
a thief, swindler, crook, or rascal.
- gains
-
- Gaons
-
noun,
a title of honor for the directors of the Jewish academies at Sura and Pumbedita in Babylonia, used from the end of the 6th century a.d. to about the beginning of the 11th century.
- Frost
-
noun,
a degree or state of coldness sufficient to cause the freezing of water.
- frore
-
adjective,
frozen; frosty.
- garni
-
adjective,
garnished.
- front
-
noun,
the foremost part or surface of anything.
- frons
-
noun,
the upper anterior portion of the head of an insect, above or behind the clypeus.
- frise
-
noun,
a rug or upholstery fabric having the pile in uncut loops or in a combination of cut and uncut loops.
- frets
-
noun,
an irritated state of mind; annoyance; vexation.
- gater
-
noun,
gator.
- Gates
-
noun,
Horatio, 1728–1806, American Revolutionary general, born in England.
- gator
-
noun,
Southern U.S. Informal. alligator.
- Fris.
-
- frigs
-
noun,
refrigerator.
- Fries
-
noun,
plural of fry1 .
- gears
-
noun,
Machinery.
a part, as a disk, wheel, or section of a shaft, having cut teeth of such form, size, and spacing that they mesh with teeth in another part to transmit or receive force and motion.
an assembly of such parts.
one of several possible arrangements of such parts in a mechanism, as an automobile transmission, for affording different relations of torque and speed between the driving and the driven machinery, or for permitting the driven machinery to run in either direction:
a mechanism or group of parts performing one function or serving one purpose in a complex machine:
- frier
-
noun,
fryer.
- friar
-
noun,
Roman Catholic Church. a member of a religious order, especially the mendicant orders of Franciscans, Dominicans, Carmelites, and Augustinians.
- gifts
-
noun,
something given voluntarily without payment in return, as to show favor toward someone, honor an occasion, or make a gesture of assistance; present.
- fores
-
noun,
the forepart of anything; front.
- Grant
-
noun,
something granted, as a privilege or right, a sum of money, or a tract of land:
- Goren
-
noun,
Charles Henry, 1901–91, U.S authority and writer on contract bridge.
- fiats
-
noun,
an authoritative decree, sanction, or order:
Synonyms: authorization, directive, ruling, mandate, diktat, ukase.
- fetor
-
noun,
a strong, offensive smell; stench.
- feti-
-
- fetes
-
noun,
a day of celebration; holiday:
- fetas
-
noun,
a soft, white, brine-cured Greek cheese made from sheep's milk or goat's milk.
- Festa
-
noun,
a feast, festival, or holiday.
- feria
-
noun,
Ecclesiastical. a weekday on which no feast is celebrated.
- feres
-
noun,
a companion; mate.
- gores
-
noun,
blood that is shed, especially when clotted.
- Finer
-
noun,
fines.
Mining. crushed ore sufficiently fine to pass through a given screen. Compare short (def 29e).
Agriculture. the fine bits of corn kernel knocked off during handling of the grain.
- gorse
-
noun,
any spiny shrub of the genus Ulex, of the legume family, native to the Old World, especially U. europaeus, having rudimentary leaves and yellow flowers and growing in waste places and sandy soil.
- gotra
-
noun,
a Hindu clan tracing its paternal lineage from a common ancestor, usually a saint or sage.
- gotta
-
- feist
-
noun,
Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. a small mongrel dog, especially one that is ill-tempered; cur; mutt.
- graft
-
noun,
Horticulture.
a bud, shoot, or scion of a plant inserted in a groove, slit, or the like in a stem or stock of another plant in which it continues to grow.
the plant resulting from such an operation; the united stock and scion.
the place where the scion is inserted.
- grain
-
noun,
a small, hard seed, especially the seed of a food plant such as wheat, corn, rye, oats, rice, or millet.
- feint
-
noun,
a movement made in order to deceive an adversary; an attack aimed at one place or point merely as a distraction from the real place or point of attack:
- grans
-
noun,
grandmother.
- feign
-
verb (used with object),
to represent fictitiously; put on an appearance of:
- gonne
-
noun,
Maud ("Irish Joan of Arc") 1865–1953, Irish political activist and actress, born in England.
- gonna
-
- fore-
-
- fires
-
- girns
-
noun, verb (used with object),
grin2 .
- giros
-
noun,
autogiro.
- girts
-
noun,
Carpentry.
a timber or plate connecting the corner posts of an exterior wooden frame, as a braced frame, at a floor above the ground floor.
a heavy beam, as for supporting the ends of rafters.
- Foist
-
verb (used with object),
to force upon or impose fraudulently or unjustifiably (usually followed by on or upon):
- foins
-
noun,
a thrust with a weapon.
- gnars
-
verb (used without object),
to snarl; growl.
- first
-
noun,
the person or thing that is first in time, order, rank, etc.
- firns
-
noun,
névé.
- Fionn
-
noun,
Finn.
- gonif
-
noun,
ganef.
- Fiona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- goers
-
noun,
a person or thing that goes:
- finos
-
noun,
a pale, very dry sherry of Spain.
- gofer
-
noun,
an employee whose chief duty is running errands.
- Goias
-
noun,
a state in central Brazil. 247,826 sq. mi. (641,870 sq. km). Capital: Goiânia.
- finns
-
noun,
Irish Legend. a leader of the Fenian warriors and the father of Ossian: the subject of many legends.
- finis
-
noun,
end; conclusion.
- fines
-
noun,
fines.
Mining. crushed ore sufficiently fine to pass through a given screen. Compare short (def 29e).
Agriculture. the fine bits of corn kernel knocked off during handling of the grain.
- goner
-
noun,
a person or thing that is dead, lost, or past recovery.
- atone
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- infos
-
noun,
information.
- nona-
-
- argon
-
noun,
a colorless, odorless, chemically inactive, monatomic, gaseous element that, because of its inertness, is used for filling fluorescent and incandescent lamps and vacuum tubes. Symbol: Ar; atomic number: 18; atomic weight: 39.948.
- Nitti
-
noun,
Francesco Saverio [frahn-ches-kaw sah-ve-ryaw] /frɑnˈtʃɛs kɔ sɑˈvɛ ryɔ/ (Show IPA), 1868–1953, Italian lawyer, statesman, and economist.
- Arete
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- agro-
-
- nitr-
-
- niton
-
noun,
(formerly) radon. Symbol: Nt.
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- agree
-
verb (used with object),
to concede; grant (usually followed by a noun clause):
- Nisei
-
noun,
a person of Japanese descent, born and educated in the U.S. or Canada.
- Nisan
-
noun,
the seventh month of the Jewish calendar.
- agone
-
adverb, adjective,
ago.
- Niort
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- Ninos
-
noun,
boy; child.
- nines
-
noun,
a cardinal number, eight plus one.
- 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.
- Agnes
-
noun,
Saint, a.d. 292?–304? Roman Catholic child martyr.
- Argos
-
noun,
an ancient city in SE Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis: a powerful rival of Sparta, Athens, and Corinth.
- agist
-
verb (used with object),
to feed or pasture (livestock) for a fee.
- agios
-
noun,
a premium on money in exchange.
- agers
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) a person living in a certain historical age:
- Niger
-
noun,
a republic in NW Africa: formerly part of French West Africa. 458,976 sq. mi. (1,188,748 sq. km). Capital: Niamey.
- argot
-
noun,
a specialized idiomatic vocabulary peculiar to a particular class or group of people, especially that of an underworld group, devised for private communication and identification:
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- Arion
-
noun,
flourished 7th century b.c, Greek poet: inventor of the dithyramb.
- agent
-
noun,
a person or business authorized to act on another's behalf:
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- afros
-
noun,
a hair style originating with black persons, in which the hair is allowed to grow naturally and to acquire a bushy appearance.
- Afro-
-
- afrit
-
noun,
afreet.
- areo-
-
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- oaten
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or made of oats.
- Aneto
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA). Spanish name of Pic de Néthou.
- anion
-
noun,
a negatively charged ion, as one attracted to the anode in electrolysis.
- anis-
-
- Norns
-
noun,
an extinct Norse dialect, spoken until early modern times in the Shetland and Orkney Islands and in parts of northern Scotland.
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- angst
-
noun,
a feeling of dread, anxiety, or anguish.
- angor
-
noun,
extreme distress or mental anguish, usually of physical origin.
- Angie
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Angel.
- noria
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- angi-
-
- Annie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Ann, Anna, or Anne.
- Norge
-
noun,
Norwegian name of Norway.
- annot
-
- anger
-
noun,
a strong feeling of displeasure and belligerence aroused by a wrong; wrath; ire.
- nonet
-
noun,
a group of nine performers or instruments.
- Anton
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Anthony.
- anon.
-
- 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.).
- anent
-
preposition,
in regard to; about; concerning.
- nonas
-
noun,
sleeping sickness (def 2).
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- Anson
-
noun,
a male given name.
- noise
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- notes
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- ante-
-
- Nogai
-
noun,
a member of a people living in the Caucasus region.
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- anti-
-
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- Norse
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
- oater
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- AEGIS
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the shield or breastplate of Zeus or Athena, bearing at its center the head of the Gorgon.
- Nairn
-
noun,
a historic county in N Scotland.
- Astor
-
noun,
John Jacob, 1763–1848, U.S. capitalist and fur merchant.
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- Aston
-
noun,
Francis William, 1877–1945, English physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1922.
- nano-
-
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- Aegir
-
noun,
a sea god, husband of Ran, and host at feast of the gods spoiled by Loki.
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- astr.
-
- nears
-
- 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.
- naso-
-
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- aero-
-
- ogees
-
noun,
a double curve, resembling the letter S, formed by the union of a concave and a convex line.
- aerie
-
noun,
the nest of a bird of prey, as an eagle or a hawk.
- aeri-
-
- ogres
-
noun,
a monster in fairy tales and popular legend, usually represented as a hideous giant who feeds on human flesh.
- 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.
- often
-
adverb,
many times; frequently:
- OFris
-
noun,
the Frisian language before c1500. Abbreviation: OFris.
- arris
-
noun,
a sharp ridge, as between adjoining channels of a Doric column.
- arose
-
verb,
simple past tense of arise.
- 30-30
-
- Oates
-
noun,
Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- afore
-
adverb, preposition, conjunction,
before.
- 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.
- afire
-
adjective,
on fire:
- naifs
-
noun,
a naive or inexperienced person.
- arrgt
-
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- Negro
-
noun,
Anthropology. (no longer in technical use) a member of the peoples traditionally classified as the Negro race, especially those who originate in sub-Saharan Africa.
- Onega
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in the NW Russian Federation in Europe: second largest lake in Europe. 3764 sq. mi. (9750 sq. km).
- Trot
-
noun,
the gait of a horse, dog, or other quadruped, when trotting.
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Aire
-
- TSgt
-
- Ste.
-
- 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.
- frt.
-
- Fin.
-
- aer-
-
- trit
-
- tots
-
noun,
a small child.
- fig.
-
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- gait
-
noun,
a manner of walking, stepping, or running.
- agst
-
- Frs.
-
- feta
-
noun,
a soft, white, brine-cured Greek cheese made from sheep's milk or goat's milk.
- FINE
-
noun,
fines.
Mining. crushed ore sufficiently fine to pass through a given screen. Compare short (def 29e).
Agriculture. the fine bits of corn kernel knocked off during handling of the grain.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- FROG
-
noun,
any tailless, stout-bodied amphibian of the order Anura, including the smooth, moist-skinned frog species that live in a damp or semiaquatic habitat and the warty, drier-skinned toad species that are mostly terrestrial as adults.
- frig
-
noun,
refrigerator.
- tron
-
- trog
-
noun,
Chiefly British Slang. a hooligan; lout.
- tRNA
-
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- stet
-
verb (used with object),
to mark (a manuscript, printer's proof, etc.) with the word “stet” or with dots as a direction to let cancelled material remain.
- Fini
-
adjective,
finished; done.
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- AISI
-
- stg.
-
- Finn
-
noun,
Irish Legend. a leader of the Fenian warriors and the father of Ossian: the subject of many legends.
- fiat
-
noun,
an authoritative decree, sanction, or order:
Synonyms: authorization, directive, ruling, mandate, diktat, ukase.
- SINE
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side opposite a given acute angle to the hypotenuse.
(of an angle) a trigonometric function equal to the ratio of the ordinate of the end point of the arc to the radius vector of this end point, the origin being at the center of the circle on which the arc lies and the initial point of the arc being on the x-axis. Abbreviation: sin.
- fete
-
noun,
a day of celebration; holiday:
- Fino
-
noun,
a pale, very dry sherry of Spain.
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- frit
-
noun,
Ceramics.
a fused or partially fused material used as a basis for glazes or enamels.
the composition from which artificial soft porcelain is made.
- fist
-
noun,
the hand closed tightly, with the fingers doubled into the palm.
- 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.
- Fran
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Francis.
- agit
-
- fret
-
noun,
an irritated state of mind; annoyance; vexation.
- fest
-
noun,
an assembly of people engaged in a common activity (often used in combination):
- Song
-
noun,
a short metrical composition intended or adapted for singing, especially one in rhymed stanzas; a lyric; a ballad.
- 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.
- agio
-
noun,
a premium on money in exchange.
- frae
-
preposition, adverb,
from.
- agin
-
preposition,
against; opposed to.
- frag
-
noun,
fragmentation grenade.
- soft
-
noun,
something that is soft or yielding; the soft part.
- ages
-
noun,
the length of time during which a being or thing has existed; length of life or existence to the time spoken of or referred to:
- snag
-
noun,
a tree or part of a tree held fast in the bottom of a river, lake, etc., and forming an impediment or danger to navigation.
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- ager
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) a person living in a certain historical age:
- aet.
-
- sofa
-
noun,
a long, upholstered couch with a back and two arms or raised ends.
- frat
-
noun,
fraternity (def 1).
- AFGE
-
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- Agee
-
noun,
James, 1909–55, U.S. author, scenarist, and film critic.
- free
-
Idioms,
for free, Informal. without charge:
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- afr-
-
- snog
-
verb (used without object),
to kiss and cuddle.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- tri-
-
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- firn
-
noun,
névé.
- Stag
-
noun,
an adult male deer.
- firs
-
noun,
any coniferous tree belonging to the genus Abies, of the pine family, characterized by its pyramidal style of growth, flat needles, and erect cones.
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- tref
-
adjective,
Judaism. unfit to be eaten or used, according to religious laws; not kosher.
- Frei
-
noun,
Eduardo [e-dwahr-th aw] /ɛˈdwɑr ðɔ/ (Show IPA), 1911–82, Chilean statesman: president 1964–70.
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- FITS
-
noun,
the manner in which a thing fits:
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- FOIA
-
- foin
-
noun,
a thrust with a weapon.
- agr.
-
- Agon
-
noun,
(in ancient Greece) a contest in which prizes were awarded in any of a number of events, as athletics, drama, music, poetry, and painting.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- Fong
-
noun,
Hiram L(eong) [lee-awng,, -ong] /liˈɔŋ,, -ˈɒŋ/ (Show IPA), 1907–2004, U.S. lawyer and senator from Hawaii 1959–77.
- Sra.
-
- tret
-
noun,
(formerly) an allowance for waste, after deduction for tare.
- Fons
-
noun,
a member of a people living mainly in Benin.
- font
-
noun,
a receptacle, usually of stone, as in a baptistery or church, containing the water used in baptism.
- for.
-
- Fri.
-
- Agni
-
noun,
Hindu Mythology. the god of fire, one of the three chief divinities of the Vedas.
- fora
-
noun,
a plural of forum.
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- FRGS
-
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- Soni
-
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- Ens.
-
- ter.
-
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- Tito
-
noun,
Marshal (Josip Broz) 1891–1980, president of Yugoslavia 1953–80.
- tent
-
noun,
a portable shelter of skins, canvas, plastic, or the like, supported by one or more poles or a frame and often secured by ropes fastened to pegs in the ground.
- tits
-
noun,
a titmouse.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- arr.
-
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- ergs
-
- Erie
-
noun,
Lake, a lake between the NE central United States and SE central Canada: the southernmost lake of the Great Lakes; Commodore Perry's defeat of the British in 1813. 239 miles (385 km) long; 9940 sq. mi. (25,745 sq. km).
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- Toft
-
noun,
the site of a house and outbuildings.
- titi
-
noun,
any of various small reddish or grayish monkeys of the genus Callicebus, of South America.
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- ten.
-
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- errs
-
verb (used without object),
to go astray in thought or belief; be mistaken; be incorrect.
- tong
-
noun,
tongs.
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- ARIS
-
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- togs
-
noun,
a coat.
- sign
-
noun,
a token; indication.
- Erne
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- toga
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) the loose outer garment worn by citizens in public.
- art.
-
- engs
-
noun,
the symbol, ŋ, that, in the International Phonetic Alphabet and in the pronunciation alphabets of some dictionaries, represents the voiced velar nasal consonant indicated in English spelling by (ng), as in the pronunciations of cling [kling] /klɪŋ/ (Show IPA) and clink [klingk] /klɪŋk/ (Show IPA).
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- ease
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- Ting
-
noun,
a tinging sound.
- att.
-
- 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.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ator
-
- attn
-
- tier
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- tets
-
noun,
the Vietnamese New Year celebration, occurring during the first seven days of the first month of the lunar calendar.
- tete
-
noun,
a city in W Mozambique, on the Zambezi River.
- tint
-
noun,
a color or a variety of a color; hue.
- Test
-
noun,
the means by which the presence, quality, or genuineness of anything is determined; a means of trial.
- 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.
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- Tit.
-
- Eng.
-
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- 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.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- tion
-
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- egos
-
noun,
the “I” or self of any person; a person as thinking, feeling, and willing, and distinguishing itself from the selves of others and from objects of its thought.
- egis
-
noun,
aegis.
- Eger
-
noun,
German name of Ohře.
- efts
-
noun,
a newt, especially the eastern newt, Notophthalmus viridescens (red eft) in its immature terrestrial stage.
- EFTA
-
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- tegs
-
noun,
Animal Husbandry.
a two-year-old sheep that has not been shorn.
the wool shorn from such a sheep.
- 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.
- Fern
-
noun,
any seedless, nonflowering vascular plant of the class Filicinae, of tropical to temperate regions, characterized by true roots produced from a rhizome, triangular fronds that uncoil upward and have a branching vein system, and reproduction by spores contained in sporangia that appear as brown dots on the underside of the fronds.
- ANSI
-
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- Faro
-
noun,
a gambling game in which players place bets on a special board or layout, betting on each series of two cards as they are drawn from a box containing the dealer's or banker's pack.
- Fars
-
noun,
a province in SW Iran. 51,466 sq. mi. (133,297 sq. km).
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- fart
-
noun,
a flatus expelled through the anus.
- FAST
-
noun,
a fastening for a door, window, or the like.
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- fate
-
noun,
something that unavoidably befalls a person; fortune; lot:
- ant.
-
- fats
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) cattle fattened and ready for market.
- 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.
- Fear
-
noun,
a distressing emotion aroused by impending danger, evil, pain, etc., whether the threat is real or imagined; the feeling or condition of being afraid. Synonyms: foreboding, apprehension, consternation, dismay, dread, terror, fright, panic, horror, trepidation, qualm.
Antonyms: courage, security, calm, intrepidity.
- Torr
-
noun,
a unit of pressure, being the pressure necessary to support a column of mercury one millimeter high at 0°C and standard gravity, equal to 1333.2 microbars.
- ates
-
- feat
-
noun,
a noteworthy or extraordinary act or achievement, usually displaying boldness, skill, etc.:
- Taif
-
noun,
a city in W Saudi Arabia.
- Fens
-
noun,
Also called Fenland. a marshy lowland region in E England, S of the Wash: partly drained and channeled since the 17th century.
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- tote
-
noun,
the act or course of toting.
- fere
-
noun,
a companion; mate.
- FERA
-
- tost
-
noun,
an act or instance of tossing.
- ann.
-
- stot
-
noun,
a springing gait of certain bovids, as gazelles and antelopes, used especially when running in alarm from a predator.
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- str.
-
- Anne
-
noun,
1665–1714, queen of England 1702–14 (daughter of James II of England).
- tort
-
noun,
a wrongful act, not including a breach of contract or trust, that results in injury to another's person, property, reputation, or the like, and for which the injured party is entitled to compensation.
- feet
-
noun,
a plural of foot.
- ano-
-
- fees
-
noun,
a charge or payment for professional services:
- Taft
-
noun,
Helen Herron [her-uh n] /ˈhɛr ən/ (Show IPA), 1861–1943, U.S. First Lady 1909–13 (wife of William Howard Taft).
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- teen
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- ette
-
- teat
-
noun,
the protuberance on the breast or udder in female mammals, except the monotremes, through which the milk ducts discharge; nipple or mammilla.
- esne
-
noun,
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a member of the lowest class; laborer.
- eso-
-
- 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.
- est.
-
- tats
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do, or make by, tatting.
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- Tate
-
noun,
Sir Henry, 1819–99, English merchant and philanthropist: founder of an art gallery (Tate Gallery) in London, England.
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- tart
-
noun,
a small pie filled with cooked fruit or other sweetened preparation, usually having no top crust.
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- Etta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Henrietta.
- 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.
- fare
-
noun,
the price of conveyance or passage in a bus, train, airplane, or other vehicle.
- Fair
-
noun,
Archaic. something that is fair.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- Fano
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, on the Adriatic Sea: cathedral; Roman ruins.
- tonn
-
- Fang
-
noun,
one of the long, sharp, hollow or grooved teeth of a venomous snake by which poison is injected.
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- fane
-
noun,
a temple.
- fain
-
adverb,
gladly; willingly:
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- fags
-
noun,
Slang. a cigarette.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- Arg.
-
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Argo
-
noun,
Astronomy. a very large southern constellation, now divided into Vela, Carina, Puppis, and Pyxis, four separate constellations lying largely south of Canis Major.
- froe
-
noun,
frow.
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- Sig.
-
- int.
-
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- ions
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- into
-
adjective,
Mathematics. pertaining to a function or map from one set to another set, the range of which is a proper subset of the second set, as the function f, from the set of all integers into the set of all perfect squares where f (x) = x 2 for every integer.
- ins.
-
- Iris
-
noun,
Anatomy. the contractile, circular diaphragm forming the colored portion of the eye and containing a circular opening, the pupil, in its center.
- INRI
-
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- inns
-
noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- Inge
-
noun,
William (Motter) [mot-er] /ˈmɒt ər/ (Show IPA), 1913–73, U.S. playwright.
- info
-
noun,
information.
- Inf.
-
- inae
-
- Ire.
-
- iron
-
noun,
Chemistry. a ductile, malleable, silver-white metallic element, scarcely known in a pure condition, but much used in its crude or impure carbon-containing forms for making tools, implements, machinery, etc. Symbol: Fe; atomic weight: 55.847; atomic number: 26; specific gravity: 7.86 at 20°C.
Compare cast iron, pig iron, steel, wrought iron.
- ign.
-
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- naif
-
noun,
a naive or inexperienced person.
- reif
-
noun,
plunder; booty; loot.
- Rein
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- itis
-
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Irra
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of pestilence.
- Itea
-
noun,
any tree or shrub belonging to the genus Itea, of the saxifrage family, having simple, alternate leaves and clusters of small, greenish-white flowers, as the Virginia willow, I. virginica.
- iso-
-
- Isin
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city in S Iraq: archaeological site.
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- rent
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- Isai
-
noun,
Jesse.
- 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.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- rort
-
noun,
a rowdy, usually drunken party.
- Gros
-
noun,
Antoine Jean [ahn-twan zhahn] /ɑ̃ˈtwan ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), Baron, 1771–1835, French painter.
- gro.
-
- Grit
-
noun,
abrasive particles or granules, as of sand or other small, coarse impurities found in the air, food, water, etc.
- RONA
-
- Gris
-
noun,
Juan [hwahn] /ʰwɑn/ (Show IPA), (José Vittoriano Gonzáles) 1887–1927, Spanish painter in France.
- grin
-
noun,
a broad smile.
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- roar
-
noun,
a loud, deep cry or howl, as of an animal or a person:
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- gres
-
- gree
-
noun,
superiority, mastery, or victory.
- gras
-
- 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.
- Gran
-
noun,
grandmother.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- grot
-
noun,
a grotto.
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- Ifni
-
noun,
a former Spanish enclave on the W coast of Morocco, ceded to Morocco 1969.
- Riis
-
noun,
Jacob August, 1849–1914, U.S. journalist and social reformer, born in Denmark.
- rife
-
adjective,
of common or frequent occurrence; prevalent; in widespread existence, activity, or use:
- rifs
-
noun,
Er [er] /ɛr/ (Show IPA) a mountainous coastal region in N Morocco.
- rift
-
noun,
an opening made by splitting, cleaving, etc.; fissure; cleft; chink.
- Riga
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Latvia, on the Gulf of Riga.
- Rigi
-
noun,
a mountain in central Switzerland, near the Lake of Lucerne. 5906 feet (1800 meters).
- Iasi
-
noun,
Romanian name of Jassy.
- RIIA
-
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- RNAS
-
- Ring
-
noun,
a typically circular band of metal or other durable material, especially one of gold or other precious metal, often set with gems, for wearing on the finger as an ornament, a token of betrothal or marriage, etc.
- Iago
-
noun,
the villain in Shakespeare's Othello.
- riot
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- rit.
-
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- regs
-
noun,
Usually, regs. Informal. regulations.
- regr
-
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- nos-
-
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- raft
-
noun,
a more or less rigid floating platform made of buoyant material or materials:
- not-
-
- nose
-
noun,
the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
- rage
-
noun,
angry fury; violent anger (sometimes used in combination):
- NTIA
-
- ragi
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Eleusine coracana, cultivated in the Old World for its grain.
- Norn
-
noun,
an extinct Norse dialect, spoken until early modern times in the Shetland and Orkney Islands and in parts of northern Scotland.
- rain
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- Nor.
-
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- Osee
-
noun,
Hosea.
- rang
-
noun,
a boomerang.
- ogre
-
noun,
a monster in fairy tales and popular legend, usually represented as a hideous giant who feeds on human flesh.
- Ont.
-
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- Oise
-
noun,
a river in W Europe, flowing SW from S Belgium through N France to the Seine, near Paris. 186 miles (300 km) long.
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- ogee
-
noun,
a double curve, resembling the letter S, formed by the union of a concave and a convex line.
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- org.
-
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- oafs
-
noun,
a clumsy, stupid person; lout.
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- orra
-
adjective,
not regular or scheduled; odd:
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- nong
-
noun,
a foolish, incompetent person.
- none
-
noun,
nones1 .
- nane
-
pronoun, adverb, adjective,
none1 .
- refs
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
referee.
- ref.
-
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- 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.
- neo-
-
- nene
-
noun,
a barred, gray-brown wild goose, Nesochen sandvicensis, native to Hawaii, where it is the state bird.
- NEFS
-
noun,
a silver or gold table furnishing in the form of a ship, either for holding various utensils or for ornament.
- reft
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of reave1 .
- Rees
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- Reg.
-
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- 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.
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- 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.
- Reef
-
noun,
a ridge of rocks or sand, often of coral debris, at or near the surface of the water.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- non-
-
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- RARE
-
adjective,
coming or occurring far apart in time; unusual; uncommon:
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- nogs
-
noun,
any beverage made with beaten eggs, usually with alcoholic liquor; eggnog.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- nest
-
noun,
a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
- nisi
-
adjective,
not yet final or absolute (used, especially in law, to indicate that a judgment or decree will become final on a particular date unless set aside or invalidated by certain specified contingencies):
- NIRA
-
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- Nino
-
noun,
boy; child.
- Nine
-
noun,
a cardinal number, eight plus one.
- Nina
-
noun,
girl; child.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- Graf
-
noun,
Stephanie Maria ("Steffi") born 1969, German tennis player.
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- Gean
-
noun,
heart cherry.
- gnat
-
noun,
any of certain small flies, especially the biting gnats or punkies of the family Ceratopogonidae, the midges of the family Chironomidae, and the black flies of the family Simuliidae.
- Sari
-
noun,
a garment worn by Hindu women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- goaf
-
noun,
gob1 (def 3).
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- goas
-
noun,
a gazelle, Procapra picticaudata, of the Tibetan plateau.
- gene
-
noun,
the basic physical unit of heredity; a linear sequence of nucleotides along a segment of DNA that provides the coded instructions for synthesis of RNA, which, when translated into protein, leads to the expression of hereditary character.
- serf
-
noun,
a person in a condition of servitude, required to render services to a lord, commonly attached to the lord's land and transferred with it from one owner to another.
- Gena
-
noun,
the cheek or side region of the head.
- Gen.
-
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- gees
-
noun,
a sum of one thousand dollars:
- gear
-
noun,
Machinery.
a part, as a disk, wheel, or section of a shaft, having cut teeth of such form, size, and spacing that they mesh with teeth in another part to transmit or receive force and motion.
an assembly of such parts.
one of several possible arrangements of such parts in a mechanism, as an automobile transmission, for affording different relations of torque and speed between the driving and the driven machinery, or for permitting the driven machinery to run in either direction:
a mechanism or group of parts performing one function or serving one purpose in a complex machine:
- GATT
-
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- Goat
-
noun,
any of numerous agile, hollow-horned ruminants of the genus Capra, of the family Bovidae, closely related to the sheep, found native in rocky and mountainous regions of the Old World, and widely distributed in domesticated varieties.
- Goer
-
noun,
a person or thing that goes:
- gats
-
noun,
a pistol or revolver.
- gate
-
noun,
a movable barrier, usually on hinges, closing an opening in a fence, wall, or other enclosure.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- GOES
-
noun,
plural of go1 .
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- gast
-
verb (used with object),
to terrify or frighten.
- gon-
-
- Gone
-
noun,
the act of going:
- Sang
-
noun,
the act or performance of singing.
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- gnar
-
verb (used without object),
to snarl; growl.
- gite
-
noun,
a furnished vacation home in France that is available for rental, especially in a rural setting.
- sago
-
noun,
a starchy foodstuff derived from the soft interior of the trunk of various palms and cycads, used in making puddings.
- girt
-
noun,
Carpentry.
a timber or plate connecting the corner posts of an exterior wooden frame, as a braced frame, at a floor above the ground floor.
a heavy beam, as for supporting the ends of rafters.
- Gino
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Gina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Seen
-
verb,
past participle of see1 .
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- gift
-
noun,
something given voluntarily without payment in return, as to show favor toward someone, honor an occasion, or make a gesture of assistance; present.
- girn
-
noun, verb (used with object),
grin2 .
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- giro
-
noun,
autogiro.
- sego
-
noun,
sego lily.
- gets
-
noun,
an offspring or the total of the offspring, especially of a male animal:
- 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.
- Seif
-
noun,
a long narrow sand dune parallel to the prevailing wind direction.
- 1080
-
- gens
-
noun,
a group of families in ancient Rome claiming descent from a common ancestor and united by a common name and common ancestral religious rites.
- geta
-
noun,
a traditional Japanese wooden clog that is worn outdoors, with a thong that passes between the first two toes and with two transverse supports on the bottom of the sole.
- sene
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Western Samoa, the 100th part of a tala.
- gest
-
noun,
a story or tale.
- gist
-
noun,
the main or essential part of a matter:
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- sate
-
noun,
a Southeast Asian, especially Indonesian and Malaysian, dish of marinated, bite-size pieces of meat, skewered, barbecued, and usually served with a peanut-flavored dipping sauce.
- Sat.
-
- Gert
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Gertrude.
- Gers
-
noun,
a department in SW France. 2429 sq. mi. (6290 sq. km). Capital: Auch.
- Gera
-
noun,
a city in E central Germany.
- Ger.
-
- geo-
-
- Gent
-
noun,
Informal. gentleman (defs 1, 2).
- sett
-
noun,
Also called pitcher. a small, rectangular paving stone.
- 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.
- gars
-
noun,
Also called garfish, garpike. any predaceous freshwater fish of the genus Lepisosteus, of North America, covered with hard, diamond-shaped scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth.
- Gare
-
noun,
low-grade wool fibers from the legs of sheep.
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- Sage
-
noun,
a profoundly wise person; a person famed for wisdom.
- sift
-
verb (used with object),
to separate and retain the coarse parts of (flour, ashes, etc.) with a sieve.
- safe
-
noun,
a steel or iron box or repository for money, jewels, papers, etc.
- Gaon
-
noun,
a title of honor for the directors of the Jewish academies at Sura and Pumbedita in Babylonia, used from the end of the 6th century a.d. to about the beginning of the 11th century.
- Safi
-
noun,
a seaport in W central Morocco, on the Atlantic Ocean coast.
- Gore
-
noun,
blood that is shed, especially when clotted.
- SOF
-
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- ae.
-
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- get
-
noun,
an offspring or the total of the offspring, especially of a male animal:
- Tng
-
- Tro
-
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- Ar.
-
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- GAO
-
noun,
a city in E Mali.
- TNT
-
- tog
-
noun,
a coat.
- NES
-
- NGO
-
noun,
1901–1963, South Vietnamese statesman: president of the Republic of South Vietnam 1956–63.
- NIG
-
verb (used with object),
nidge.
- Ga.
-
- GAR
-
noun,
Also called garfish, garpike. any predaceous freshwater fish of the genus Lepisosteus, of North America, covered with hard, diamond-shaped scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth.
- Ges
-
- NIA
-
- 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.
- NFS
-
- AEF
-
- OIt
-
- gi.
-
- NET
-
noun,
a bag or other contrivance of strong thread or cord worked into an open, meshed fabric, for catching fish, birds, or other animals:
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- NEG
-
noun,
a photographic negative.
- ARS
-
- ag-
-
- an.
-
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- gie
-
noun,
gi.
- GIF
-
noun,
a set of standards and file format for storage of digital color images and short animations.
- TSE
-
- ONF
-
- TSI
-
- Nan
-
noun,
naan.
- at.
-
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- GIN
-
noun,
an alcoholic liquor obtained by distilling grain mash with juniper berries.
- ons
-
- 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.
- NAG
-
noun,
Also, nagger. a person who nags, especially habitually.
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- NSF
-
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- ast
-
- nef
-
noun,
a silver or gold table furnishing in the form of a ship, either for holding various utensils or for ornament.
- FOT
-
- Nee
-
adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- OIr
-
- Fra
-
noun,
a title of address for a friar or brother.
- ase
-
- Fr.
-
abbreviation,
Father.
- ASI
-
- NEA
-
- Af.
-
- ne-
-
- ASN
-
- FOS
-
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- ASR
-
- REA
-
- oft
-
adverb,
often.
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- nr.
-
- trf
-
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- tot
-
noun,
a small child.
- ago
-
adverb,
in past time; in the past:
- ose
-
- rag
-
noun,
a worthless piece of cloth, especially one that is torn or worn.
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- tr.
-
- tra
-
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- Gat
-
noun,
a pistol or revolver.
- NSA
-
- NRA
-
- RAF
-
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- AIS
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Agt
-
- OTA
-
- GAS
-
noun,
Physics. a substance possessing perfect molecular mobility and the property of indefinite expansion, as opposed to a solid or liquid.
- OTS
-
- ONR
-
- fro
-
Idioms,
to and fro, alternating from one place to another; back and forth:
- ot-
-
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- AGS
-
adjective, noun,
agriculture:
- Re.
-
- ANF
-
- ANG
-
- Sgt
-
- Orr
-
noun,
Sir John Boyd, Boyd Orr, Sir John.
- ft.
-
- OFr
-
- 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).
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- 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.
- of-
-
- aor
-
- 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.
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- NNE
-
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- ARF
-
interjection,
(used to imitate the bark of a dog).
- ote
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- FSR
-
- OSA
-
- FSA
-
- tin
-
noun,
Chemistry. a low-melting, malleable, ductile metallic element nearly approaching silver in color and luster: used in plating and in making alloys, tinfoil, and soft solders. Symbol: Sn; atomic weight: 118.69; atomic number: 50; specific gravity: 7.31 at 20°C.
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- OSF
-
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- oaf
-
noun,
a clumsy, stupid person; lout.
- age
-
noun,
the length of time during which a being or thing has existed; length of life or existence to the time spoken of or referred to:
- OAS
-
- FRG
-
- AFT
-
adverb,
at, close to, or toward the stern or tail:
- AFS
-
- 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.
- nog
-
noun,
any beverage made with beaten eggs, usually with alcoholic liquor; eggnog.
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- Gee
-
noun,
a sum of one thousand dollars:
- TTS
-
- SAR
-
- goi
-
noun,
goy.
- ESR
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- FIO
-
- 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.
- Ife
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- rig
-
noun,
the arrangement of the masts, spars, sails, etc., on a boat or ship.
- TAT
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do, or make by, tatting.
- grf
-
- FET
-
- ier
-
- ETO
-
- ETR
-
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- ETS
-
- RTS
-
- RIF
-
noun,
Er [er] /ɛr/ (Show IPA) a mountainous coastal region in N Morocco.
- ese
-
- IAS
-
- FIR
-
noun,
any coniferous tree belonging to the genus Abies, of the pine family, characterized by its pyramidal style of growth, flat needles, and erect cones.
- ine
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- rte
-
- in.
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- RTF
-
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- RFA
-
- RFE
-
- RFI
-
- teg
-
noun,
Animal Husbandry.
a two-year-old sheep that has not been shorn.
the wool shorn from such a sheep.
- ERT
-
- ESA
-
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- STI
-
- ing
-
- Fia
-
- gt.
-
- RNA
-
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- ROG
-
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- SAE
-
- RNR
-
- GTO
-
- FAO
-
- FAR
-
Idioms,
a far cry (from). cry (def 27).
- ROA
-
- fgn
-
- GSR
-
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- TAG
-
noun,
a piece or strip of strong paper, plastic, metal, leather, etc., for attaching by one end to something as a mark or label:
- SRO
-
- SAG
-
noun,
an act or instance of sagging.
- FAT
-
noun,
any of several white or yellowish greasy substances, forming the chief part of adipose tissue of animals and also occurring in plants, that when pure are colorless, odorless, and tasteless and are either solid or liquid esters of glycerol with fatty acids; fats are insoluble in water or cold alcohol but soluble in ether, chloroform, or benzene: used in the manufacture of soap, paints, and other protective coatings and in cooking.
- io-
-
- FAS
-
noun,
the syllable used for the fourth tone of a diatonic scale.
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- fo.
-
- ROI
-
- FAG
-
noun,
Slang. a cigarette.
- Ia.
-
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- fie
-
interjection,
(used to express mild disgust, disapprobation, annoyance, etc.)
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- IFS
-
noun,
a supposition; uncertain possibility:
- Gor
-
interjection,
(used as a mild oath.)
- So.
-
- GTT
-
- GTS
-
- Fan
-
noun,
any device for producing a current of air by the movement of a broad surface or a number of such surfaces.
- Goa
-
noun,
a gazelle, Procapra picticaudata, of the Tibetan plateau.
- err
-
verb (used without object),
to go astray in thought or belief; be mistaken; be incorrect.
- INN
-
noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- ite
-
- ITA
-
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- ist
-
- ISR
-
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- se-
-
- Sr.
-
- EEG
-
- EEO
-
- ef-
-
- eft
-
noun,
a newt, especially the eastern newt, Notophthalmus viridescens (red eft) in its immature terrestrial stage.
- FIT
-
noun,
the manner in which a thing fits:
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- 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.
- St.
-
- TIA
-
- Gr.
-
- Fen
-
noun,
low land covered wholly or partially with water; boggy land; a marsh.
- got
-
noun,
an offspring or the total of the offspring, especially of a male animal:
- fer
-
preposition, conjunction,
for.
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- Rs.
-
- Eg.
-
- RSA
-
- ean
-
- TGN
-
- tfr
-
- RSE
-
- eo-
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- ea.
-
- tet
-
noun,
the Vietnamese New Year celebration, occurring during the first seven days of the first month of the lunar calendar.
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- ise
-
- rt.
-
- ion
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- Ios
-
noun,
a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey.
- ior
-
- EOF
-
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- ONI
-
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- fog
-
noun,
a cloudlike mass or layer of minute water droplets or ice crystals near the surface of the earth, appreciably reducing visibility.
Compare ice fog, mist, smog.
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- git
-
noun,
British Slang. a foolish or contemptible person.
- IOF
-
- FOE
-
noun,
a person who feels enmity, hatred, or malice toward another; enemy:
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- Fee
-
noun,
a charge or payment for professional services:
- 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.
- GAN
-
noun,
cotton gin.
- gre
-
- IOT
-
- EOE
-
- Ir.
-
- en-
-
- ISA
-
- EGO
-
noun,
the “I” or self of any person; a person as thinking, feeling, and willing, and distinguishing itself from the selves of others and from objects of its thought.
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- IRS
-
- eir
-
- Sta
-
- FON
-
noun,
a member of a people living mainly in Benin.
- EIS
-
- GSA
-
- GIs
-
noun,
a lightweight, two-piece, usually white garment worn by barefooted martial-arts participants, consisting of loose-fitting pants and a wraparound jacket with cloth belt.
- IRO
-
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- ene
-
- AI
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- TT
-
- T1
-
- S.
-
- TG
-
- FE
-
- 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.
- SA
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- t.
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- G.
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- AO
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- GO
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noun,
the act of going:
- SG
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- NF
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- TA
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noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- IT
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noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- RF
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- SN
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- GN
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- No
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noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- fn
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- TN
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- er
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interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- IG
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- EI
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- TI
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noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- ee
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- N.
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- NA
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adverb,
no1 .
- NI
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- NG
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- rg
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- TE
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noun,
ti1 .
- fg
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- i.
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- OA
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- RO
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- SI
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noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- OG
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- OE
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noun,
oy2 .
- O.
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- SF
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- FA
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noun,
the syllable used for the fourth tone of a diatonic scale.
- et
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verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- FI
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noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the fourth and fifth degrees of a scale.
- R.
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- f.
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noun,
(Paul) Felix (Edler von Münzberg) [poul fey-liks eyd-luh r fuh n mynts-berk] /paʊl ˈfeɪ lɪks ˈeɪd lər fən ˈmüntsˌbɛrk/ (Show IPA), 1863–1942, Austrian composer, conductor, and writer.
- RA
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noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- RI
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- RN
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- IF
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noun,
a supposition; uncertain possibility:
- E.
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noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.