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that can be made by using the letters of generations.
- tangerines
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noun,
Also called mandarin, mandarin orange. any of several varieties of mandarin, cultivated widely, especially in the U.S.
- generation
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noun,
the entire body of individuals born and living at about the same time:
- argentines
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noun,
a silvery substance, especially one obtained from fish scales, used in making imitation pearls.
- 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.
- nose-ring
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noun,
a ring inserted in the nose of an animal, to facilitate leading it.
- 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.
- Tangerine
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noun,
Also called mandarin, mandarin orange. any of several varieties of mandarin, cultivated widely, especially in the U.S.
- 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.
- negations
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noun,
the act of denying:
- Rosinante
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noun,
the old, worn horse of Don Quixote.
- reasoning
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noun,
the act or process of a person who reasons.
- agentries
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noun,
the profession, business, or activities of an agent:
- Argentine
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noun,
a silvery substance, especially one obtained from fish scales, used in making imitation pearls.
- stingaree
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noun,
a stingray.
- tanneries
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noun,
a place where tanning is carried on.
- 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.
- gentries
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noun,
wellborn and well-bred people.
- tonnages
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noun,
the capacity of a merchant vessel, expressed either in units of weight, as deadweight tons, or of volume, as gross tons.
- negatons
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noun,
(not in technical use) electron (def 1).
- argento-
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- anergies
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noun,
Pathology. deficiency of energy.
- Negritos
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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.
- 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.
- neonates
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noun,
a newborn child, or one in its first 28 days.
- negronis
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noun,
a cocktail made from sweet vermouth, gin, and bitters.
- negation
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noun,
the act of denying:
- arenites
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noun,
psammite.
- serotine
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noun,
a small Eurasian brown bat, Eptesicus serotinus.
- estragon
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noun,
tarragon.
- nitrogen
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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.
- granites
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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.
- snot-rag
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noun,
a handkerchief.
- greatens
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verb (used with object),
to make greater; enlarge; increase.
- grantees
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noun,
the receiver of a grant.
- 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.
- 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.
- Antigone
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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.
- genitors
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noun,
a parent, especially a father.
- ingrates
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noun,
an ungrateful person.
- anserine
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adjective,
of or relating to the subfamily Anserinae, of the family Anatidae, comprising the true geese.
- tragions
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noun,
a point in the depth of the notch just above the tragus of the ear.
- ganister
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noun,
a highly refractory, siliceous rock used to line furnaces.
- tea-rose
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noun,
any of several cultivated varieties of roses having a scent resembling that of tea.
- internes
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noun, verb (used without object),
intern2 .
- Sergeant
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noun,
a noncommissioned army officer of a rank above that of corporal.
- grannies
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noun,
Informal. a grandmother.
- gantries
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noun,
a framework spanning a railroad track or tracks for displaying signals.
- intrans.
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- arsenite
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noun,
a salt or ester of arsenous acid.
- Estonian
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noun,
a member of a Finnish people inhabiting Estonia, Livonia, and other districts of Russia.
- ignorant
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adjective,
lacking in knowledge or training; unlearned:
- estrange
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verb (used with object),
to turn away in feeling or affection; make unfriendly or hostile; alienate the affections of:
- astringe
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verb (used with object),
to compress; bind together; constrict.
- reagents
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noun,
a substance that, because of the reactions it causes, is used in analysis and synthesis.
- enations
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noun,
a small outgrowth of plant tissue, usually on a leaf, caused by virus infection.
- 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.
- entrains
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verb (used with object),
to put aboard a train.
- sagenite
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noun,
a variety of rutile occurring as needlelike crystals embedded in quartz.
- aginners
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noun,
a person who opposes a plan, proposed legislation, or any drastic change:
- egestion
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noun,
the process of egesting; the voiding of the refuse of digestion.
- resinate
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noun,
Chemistry. any of the salts of the acids found in rosin.
- resonant
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noun,
Phonetics. a vowel or a voiced consonant or semivowel that is neither a stop nor an affricate, as, in English, (m, ng, n, l, r, y, w).
- ternions
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noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- resonate
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verb (used with object),
to cause to resound.
- engrains
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verb (used with object), adjective,
ingrain (defs 1, 2).
- segreant
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adjective,
(of a griffin) rampant.
- senorita
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noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to miss, used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a girl or unmarried woman. Abbreviation: Srta.
- organist
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noun,
a person who plays the organ.
- Oresteia
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noun,
a trilogy of tragic dramas (458 b.c.) by Aeschylus, consisting of the Agamemnon, the Choëphori, and the Eumenides.
- 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.
- notaries
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noun,
notary public.
- roasting
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noun,
a severely critical notice or review; pan.
- Teresian
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noun,
a member of the reformed order of barefooted Carmelites, founded in Spain in 1562.
- Teresina
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noun,
a port in NE Brazil, on the Parnahiba River.
- nonaries
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noun,
a number in a nonary system.
- earnings
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noun,
money earned; wages; profits.
- Eastern
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adjective,
lying toward or situated in the east:
- genitor
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noun,
a parent, especially a father.
- engrain
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verb (used with object), adjective,
ingrain (defs 1, 2).
- genito-
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- Genista
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noun,
any plant belonging to the genus Genista, of the legume family, having showy flowers and including many species of broom.
- Gennaro
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noun,
San [san;; Italian sahn] /sæn;; Italian sɑn/ (Show IPA), Januarius.
- Tangier
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noun,
a seaport in N Morocco, on the W Strait of Gibraltar: capital of the former Tangier Zone.
- enation
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noun,
a small outgrowth of plant tissue, usually on a leaf, caused by virus infection.
- genoise
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noun,
a light yellow cake made with eggs and butter and typically layered, filled, and frosted or made into petits fours for serving.
- gentian
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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.
- easting
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noun,
Navigation. the distance due east made good on any course tending eastward; easterly departure.
- eatings
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noun,
the act of a person or thing that eats.
- Geraint
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noun,
one of the knights of the Round Table, husband of Enid.
- gearset
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noun,
a combination of gears that mesh to provide a particular gear ratio.
- tinners
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noun,
a tinsmith.
- gerents
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noun,
a ruler or manager.
- tension
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noun,
the act of stretching or straining.
- gastro-
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- Etonian
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noun,
a person who is or has been a pupil at Eton College.
- Erigone
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noun,
a daughter of Clytemnestra and Aegisthus who hanged herself when Orestes was acquitted of the murder of her parents.
- Erigena
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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
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noun,
any of various extracts of ergot used in medicine.
- ergates
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noun,
a worker ant.
- erasion
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noun,
the act of erasing.
- ternion
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noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- estrone
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noun,
Biochemistry. an estrogenic hormone, C 18 H 22 O 2 , produced by the ovarian follicles and found during pregnancy in urine and placental tissue.
- tenners
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noun,
a 10-dollar bill.
- entries
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noun,
an act of entering; entrance.
- etesian
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adjective,
(of certain Mediterranean winds) occurring annually.
- Teniers
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noun,
David [dey-vid;; Flemish dah-vit;; French dah-veed] /ˈdeɪ vɪd;; Flemish ˈdɑ vɪt;; French dɑˈvid/ (Show IPA), ("the Elder") 1582–1649, Flemish painter and engraver.
- gainers
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noun,
a person or thing that gains.
- enrages
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verb (used with object),
to make extremely angry; put into a rage; infuriate:
- gaiters
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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).
- entrain
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verb (used with object),
to put aboard a train.
- gannets
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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.
- entires
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noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- enteron
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noun,
the alimentary canal; the digestive tract.
- garnets
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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.
- Estonia
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noun,
a republic in N Europe, on the Baltic, S of the Gulf of Finland: an independent republic 1918–40; annexed by the Soviet Union 1940; regained independence 1991. 17,413 sq. mi. (45,100 sq. km). Capital: Tallinn.
- tearing
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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.
- gastrin
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noun,
a hormone that stimulates the secretion of gastric juice.
- entero-
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- ensnare
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verb (used with object),
to capture in, or involve as in, a snare:
- Garonne
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noun,
a river in SW France, flowing NW from the Pyrenees to the Gironde River. 350 miles (565 km) long.
- garotes
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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.
- strange
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adverb,
in a strange manner.
- onagers
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noun,
a wild ass, Equus hemionus, of southwestern Asia.
- origans
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noun,
an aromatic herb, especially oregano.
- orients
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noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- Oriente
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noun,
a region in Ecuador, E of the Andes: the border long disputed by Peru.
- orgeats
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noun,
a syrup or drink made originally from barley but later from almonds, prepared with sugar and an extract of orange flowers.
- onstage
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adverb,
on or onto the stage (opposed to offstage): .
- Seagirt
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noun,
surrounded by the sea.
- seating
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noun,
an act or instance of furnishing with, assigning, or escorting to a seat.
- ratines
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noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- senator
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noun,
a member of a senate.
- norites
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noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- nonages
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noun,
the period of legal minority, or of an age below 21.
- 2,4,5-t
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noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- seriate
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adjective,
arranged or occurring in one or more series.
- seringa
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noun,
any of several Brazilian trees of the genus Hevea, yielding rubber.
- Sargent
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noun,
Sir (Harold) Malcolm (Watts) 1895–1967, English conductor.
- ratings
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noun,
classification according to grade or rank.
- Negroni
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noun,
a cocktail made from sweet vermouth, gin, and bitters.
- Rontgen
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noun,
Julius [yoo-lee-uh s] /ˈyu li əs/ (Show IPA), 1855–1932, Dutch pianist, conductor, and composer; born in Germany.
- ringent
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adjective,
gaping.
- retsina
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noun,
a strong, resinated white or red wine of Greece and Cyprus.
- retains
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verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- resting
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noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- re-sign
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verb (used with or without object),
to sign again.
- rennets
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noun,
the lining membrane of the fourth stomach of a calf or of the stomach of certain other young animals.
- Rosanne
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noun,
a female given name.
- rations
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noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- Reigate
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noun,
a city in Surrey in SE England, a London suburb.
- roseate
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adjective,
tinged with rose; rosy:
- regnant
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adjective,
reigning; ruling (usually used following the noun it modifies):
- reginas
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noun,
queen.
- regains
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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.
- reagins
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noun,
Also called Wassermann antibody. an antibody formed in response to syphilis and reactive with cardiolipin in various blood tests for the disease.
- reagent
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noun,
a substance that, because of the reactions it causes, is used in analysis and synthesis.
- neonate
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noun,
a newborn child, or one in its first 28 days.
- Negroes
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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.
- storage
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noun,
the act of storing; state or fact of being stored:
- greisen
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noun,
a hydrothermally altered rock of granitic texture composed chiefly of quartz and mica, common in the tin mines of Europe.
- ignores
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verb (used with object),
to refrain from noticing or recognizing:
- earings
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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.
- stearin
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noun,
Chemistry. any of the three glyceryl esters of stearic acid, especially C 3 H 5 (C 18 H 35 O 2) 3 , a soft, white, odorless solid found in many natural fats.
- stearo-
-
- Steiner
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noun,
Jakob [yah-kawp] /ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1796–1863, Swiss mathematician.
- stereo-
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- greaten
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verb (used with object),
to make greater; enlarge; increase.
- ingates
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noun,
gate1 (def 15).
- gratins
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noun,
au gratin.
- gratine
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verb (used with object),
to bake or broil (food) in au gratin style.
- grantee
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noun,
the receiver of a grant.
- granite
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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.
- stinger
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noun,
a person or thing that stings.
- goiters
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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.
- sorting
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noun,
the process by which sedimentary particles become separated according to some particular characteristic, as size or shape.
- ingesta
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plural noun,
substances ingested.
- Negrito
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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.
- soaring
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noun,
the sport of flying a sailplane.
- negaton
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noun,
(not in technical use) electron (def 1).
- negates
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verb (used with object),
to deny the existence, evidence, or truth of:
- neatens
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verb (used with object),
to make neat:
- Signora
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noun,
a conventional Italian term of address or title of respect for a married woman, either used separately or prefixed to the name.
- signore
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noun,
a conventional Italian title of respect for a man, usually used separately; signor.
- natrons
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noun,
a mineral, hydrated sodium carbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅10H 2 O.
- introns
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noun,
a noncoding segment in a length of DNA that interrupts a gene-coding sequence or nontranslated sequence, the corresponding segment being removed from the RNA copy before transcription.
- ingrate
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noun,
an ungrateful person.
- intones
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verb (used with object),
to utter with a particular tone or voice modulation.
- interns
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noun,
a person who is or has been interned; internee.
- interne
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noun, verb (used without object),
intern2 .
- intense
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adjective,
existing or occurring in a high or extreme degree:
- intens.
-
- integer
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noun,
Mathematics. one of the positive or negative numbers 1, 2, 3, etc., or zero.
Compare whole number.
- insnare
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verb (used with object),
ensnare.
- earnest
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noun,
full seriousness, as of intention or purpose:
- sterno-
-
- Antoine
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noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1858–1943, French theatrical director, manager, and critic.
- tonners
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noun,
something having a specified weight in tons (used in combination):
- Aretino
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noun,
Pietro [pye-traw] /ˈpyɛ trɔ/ (Show IPA), 1492–1556, Italian satirist and dramatist.
- arseno-
-
- trainee
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noun,
a person being trained, especially in a vocation; apprentice.
- anoints
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verb (used with object),
to rub or sprinkle on; apply an unguent, ointment, or oily liquid to.
- agonies
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noun,
extreme and generally prolonged pain; intense physical or mental suffering.
- atonies
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noun,
Pathology. lack of tone or energy; muscular weakness, especially in a contractile organ.
- agonist
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noun,
a person engaged in a contest, conflict, struggle, etc., especially the protagonist in a literary work.
- tragion
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noun,
a point in the depth of the notch just above the tragus of the ear.
- antero-
-
- Tonnies
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noun,
Ferdinand [fer-dee-nahnt] /ˈfɛr diˌnɑnt/ (Show IPA), 1855–1936, German sociologist.
- arenose
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adjective,
sandy; gritty.
- Anteros
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noun,
Classical Mythology. a brother of Eros, most often regarded as the avenger of unrequited love.
- triages
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noun,
the process of sorting victims, as of a battle or disaster, to determine medical priority in order to increase the number of survivors.
- tonnage
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noun,
the capacity of a merchant vessel, expressed either in units of weight, as deadweight tons, or of volume, as gross tons.
- trienes
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noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- arenite
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noun,
psammite.
- antigen
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noun,
Immunology. any substance that can stimulate the production of antibodies and combine specifically with them.
- antings
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noun,
the placing of ants among the feathers, done by certain birds apparently to kill parasites.
- argents
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noun,
Heraldry. the tincture or metal silver.
- aginner
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noun,
a person who opposes a plan, proposed legislation, or any drastic change:
- aristo-
-
- trigone
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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.
- trigons
-
noun,
a triangle.
- treason
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noun,
the offense of acting to overthrow one's government or to harm or kill its sovereign.
- Torenia
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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.
- grani-
-
- genies
-
noun,
Islamic Mythology. jinn.
- Senior
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noun,
a person who is older than another.
- origan
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noun,
an aromatic herb, especially oregano.
- genit.
-
- grains
-
noun,
an iron instrument with barbed prongs, for spearing or harpooning fish.
- Orense
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noun,
a city in N Spain, NW of Madrid.
- ariose
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adjective,
characterized by melody; songlike.
- aorist
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noun,
a verb tense, as in Classical Greek, expressing action or, in the indicative mood, past action, without further limitation or implication.
- senega
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noun,
the dried root of a milkwort, Polygala senega, of the eastern U.S., used as an expectorant and diuretic.
- Senate
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noun,
an assembly or council of citizens having the highest deliberative functions in a government, especially a legislative assembly of a state or nation.
- seiner
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noun,
a person who fishes with a seine.
- trigos
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noun,
wheat; field of wheat.
- goners
-
noun,
a person or thing that is dead, lost, or past recovery.
- Ariege
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noun,
a department in S France. 1893 sq. mi. (4905 sq. km). Capital: Foix.
- genets
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noun,
any small, Old World carnivore of the genus Genetta, especially G. genetta, having spotted sides and a ringed tail.
- Origen
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noun,
(Origenes Admantius) a.d. 185?–254? Alexandrian writer, Christian theologian, and teacher.
- grano-
-
- antres
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noun,
a cavern; cave.
- 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.
- Greats
-
- Antons
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Anthony.
- grease
-
noun,
the melted or rendered fat of animals, especially when in a soft state.
- Sterne
-
noun,
Laurence, 1713–68, English clergyman and novelist.
- gratis
-
adverb,
without charge or payment; free:
- gratin
-
noun,
au gratin.
- Sennar
-
noun,
a region in the E Sudan between the White and Blue Nile rivers, S of Khartoum: a former kingdom.
- grates
-
noun,
a frame of metal bars for holding fuel when burning, as in a fireplace, furnace, or stove.
- 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.
- sennit
-
noun,
a flat, braided cordage, formed by plaiting strands of rope yarn or other fiber, used as small stuff aboard ships.
- Grants
-
noun,
a town in W New Mexico.
- sennet
-
noun,
any of several small barracudas, as Sphyraena borealis (northern sennet) ranging along the eastern coast of North and Central America.
- agrees
-
verb (used with object),
to concede; grant (usually followed by a noun clause):
- oaters
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- stingo
-
noun,
strong beer.
- seeing
-
noun,
the act of a person who sees.
- 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.
- Argent
-
noun,
Heraldry. the tincture or metal silver.
- satire
-
noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- tainos
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- trigon
-
noun,
a triangle.
- sateen
-
noun,
a strong cotton fabric constructed in satin weave and having a lustrous face.
- Sarton
-
noun,
May, 1912–95, U.S. poet, novelist, and playwright.
- Tories
-
noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- Singan
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- Tagore
-
noun,
Sir Rabindranath [ruh-been-druh-naht] /rəˈbin drəˌnɑt/ (Show IPA), 1861–1941, Indian poet: Nobel prize 1913.
- orangs
-
noun,
orangutan.
- 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.
- tangos
-
noun,
a ballroom dance of Latin-American origin, danced by couples, and having many varied steps, figures, and poses.
- 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.
- gerent
-
noun,
a ruler or manager.
- Tanner
-
noun,
a person whose occupation it is to tan hides.
- satori
-
noun,
sudden enlightenment.
- Strong
-
Idioms,
come on strong, Slang. to behave in an aggressive, ardent, or flamboyant manner:
- Orient
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- 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:
- orates
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- stoner
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
- genoas
-
noun,
a large jib for cruising and racing yachts, overlapping the mainsail.
- goatee
-
noun,
a man's beard trimmed to a tuft or point on the chin.
- seater
-
noun,
a person or thing that seats.
- Strain
-
noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- onager
-
noun,
a wild ass, Equus hemionus, of southwestern Asia.
- gisant
-
noun,
a sculptured representation of a dead person in a recumbent position, usually as part of a sepulchral monument.
- aretes
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- Strega
-
- 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.
- orgies
-
noun,
wild or drunken festivity or revelry, especially involving sex with multiple participants.
- orgeat
-
noun,
a syrup or drink made originally from barley but later from almonds, prepared with sugar and an extract of orange flowers.
- Strine
-
noun,
Australian English.
- string
-
noun,
a slender cord or thick thread used for binding or tying; line.
- inter.
-
- 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.
- agron.
-
- intro.
-
- Nereis
-
noun,
clamworm.
- soiree
-
noun,
an evening party or social gathering, especially one held for a particular purpose:
- 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).
- Nerine
-
noun,
any of several bulbous plants belonging to the genus Nerine, of the amaryllis family, native to southern Africa, having funnel-shaped red, pink, or white flowers.
- Nernst
-
noun,
Walther Herman [vahl-tuh r her-mahn] /ˈvɑl tər ˈhɛr mɑn/ (Show IPA), 1864–1941, German physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in chemistry 1920.
- 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)
- intros
-
noun,
an introduction.
- 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.
- aniso-
-
- signee
-
noun,
a person who signs a document, register, etc.; signer; signatory:
- intra-
-
- Nestor
-
noun,
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- trains
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- intone
-
verb (used with object),
to utter with a particular tone or voice modulation.
- 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.
- inters
-
verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- treens
-
noun,
treenware.
- intern
-
noun,
a person who is or has been interned; internee.
- soigne
-
adjective,
carefully or elegantly done, operated, or designed.
- Negros
-
noun,
an island of the central Philippines. 5043 sq. mi. (13,061 sq. km).
- set-in
-
adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- Sirena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- 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.
- Singer
-
noun,
a person who sings, especially a trained or professional vocalist.
- sinner
-
noun,
a person who sins; transgressor.
- 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:
- sinter
-
noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- natron
-
noun,
a mineral, hydrated sodium carbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅10H 2 O.
- trans.
-
- 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.
- anenst
-
preposition,
anent (def 2).
- neaten
-
verb (used with object),
to make neat:
- angio-
-
- signet
-
noun,
a small seal, as on a finger ring.
- signer
-
noun,
a person who signs.
- negate
-
verb (used with object),
to deny the existence, evidence, or truth of:
- Angers
-
noun,
a city in and capital of Maine-et-Loire, in W France.
- transe
-
noun,
a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
- 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.
- eagres
-
noun,
a tidal bore or flood.
- anoint
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or sprinkle on; apply an unguent, ointment, or oily liquid to.
- greets
-
verb (used with object),
to address with some form of salutation; welcome.
- groats
-
noun,
hulled grain, as wheat or oats, broken into fragments.
- triens
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- Serena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- serein
-
noun,
fine rain falling after sunset from a sky in which no clouds are visible.
- nonage
-
noun,
the period of legal minority, or of an age below 21.
- Serang
-
noun,
Ceram.
- anting
-
noun,
the placing of ants among the feathers, done by certain birds apparently to kill parasites.
- stego-
-
- groins
-
noun,
Anatomy. the fold or hollow on either side of the front of the body where the thigh joins the abdomen.
- nonets
-
noun,
a group of nine performers or instruments.
- stager
-
noun,
a person of experience in some profession, way of life, etc.
- groans
-
noun,
a low, mournful sound uttered in pain or grief:
- Noreen
-
noun,
a female given name, Irish diminutive of Nora.
- 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.
- steno-
-
- genera
-
noun,
a plural of genus.
- norias
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- Gretna
-
noun,
a city in SE Louisiana, near New Orleans.
- 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.
- iatro-
-
- triene
-
noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- Sontag
-
noun,
Susan, 1933–2004, U.S. critic, novelist, and essayist.
- 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;
- instr.
-
- instar
-
noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- insert
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- insane
-
adjective,
not sane; not of sound mind; mentally deranged.
- inorg.
-
- innate
-
adjective,
existing in one from birth; inborn; native:
- innage
-
noun,
the quantity of goods remaining in a container when received after shipment.
Compare outage (def 4).
- INGRES
-
noun,
Jean Auguste Dominique [zhahn oh-gyst daw-mee-neek] /ʒɑ̃ oʊˈgüst dɔ miˈnik/ (Show IPA), 1780–1867, French painter.
- ingots
-
noun,
a mass of metal cast in a convenient form for shaping, remelting, or refining.
- ignore
-
verb (used with object),
to refrain from noticing or recognizing:
- niters
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- ingest
-
verb (used with object),
to take, as food, into the body (opposed to egest).
- sortie
-
noun,
a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
- ingate
-
noun,
gate1 (def 15).
- nitons
-
noun,
(formerly) radon. Symbol: Nt.
- inanes
-
noun,
something that is empty or void, especially the void of infinite space.
- nitres
-
noun,
niter.
- nitro-
-
- 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.
- ornate
-
adjective,
elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so:
- Orange
-
noun,
a globose, reddish-yellow, bitter or sweet, edible citrus fruit.
- targes
-
noun,
a small, round shield; a target or buckler.
- aeron.
-
- Tongas
-
noun,
a light, two-wheeled, horse-drawn vehicle used in India.
- 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.
- regent
-
noun,
a person who exercises the ruling power in a kingdom during the minority, absence, or disability of the sovereign.
- Regina
-
noun,
queen.
- region
-
noun,
an extensive, continuous part of a surface, space, or body:
- ergate
-
noun,
a worker ant.
- ternes
-
noun,
terne metal.
- 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.
- reigns
-
noun,
the period during which a sovereign occupies the throne.
- eonian
-
adjective,
aeonian.
- astro-
-
- astron
-
- Tongan
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Tonga.
- entire
-
noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- 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:
- astern
-
adverb,
in a position behind a specified vessel or aircraft:
- Teresa
-
noun,
Mother (Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu) 1910–97, Albanian nun: Nobel Peace Prize 1979 for work in the slums of Calcutta, India.
- renins
-
noun,
a proteolytic enzyme secreted by the kidneys that is involved in the release of angiotensin.
- tenons
-
noun,
a projection formed on the end of a timber or the like for insertion into a mortise of the same dimensions.
- Rosita
-
noun,
a female given name, Spanish form of Rose.
- Estrin
-
noun,
estrone.
- ratine
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- rating
-
noun,
classification according to grade or rank.
- 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.
- trines
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- ration
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- Esenin
-
noun,
Sergey Aleksandrovich [Russian syir-gyey uh-lyi-ksahn-druh-vyich] /Russian syɪrˈgyeɪ ʌ lyɪˈksɑn drə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), Yesenin, Sergey Aleksandrovich.
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- Rosina
-
noun,
a female given name, Italian form of Rose.
- tenson
-
noun,
a Provençal poem taking the form of a dialogue or debate between two rival troubadours.
- tensor
-
noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
- reagin
-
noun,
Also called Wassermann antibody. an antibody formed in response to syphilis and reactive with cardiolipin in various blood tests for the disease.
- triose
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- reason
-
noun,
a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.:
- Ernest
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “vigor, intent.”.
- enter-
-
- Ensign
-
noun,
a flag or banner, as a military or naval standard used to indicate nationality.
- Artois
-
noun,
a former province in N France: artesian wells.
- toe-in
-
noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- tinner
-
noun,
a tinsmith.
- retain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- 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.
- eating
-
noun,
the act of a person or thing that eats.
- 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.
- Easton
-
noun,
a city in E Pennsylvania, on the Delaware River.
- 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.
- tinges
-
noun,
a slight degree of coloration.
- 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.
- easier
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- tirage
-
noun,
the withdrawing of wine from a barrel, as for testing or tasting.
- Tsonga
-
noun,
a Bantu language spoken in Mozambique, Zambia, and South Africa.
- tisane
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- eagers
-
noun,
eagre.
- 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.
- Reston
-
noun,
James (Barrett) ("Scotty") 1909–1995, U.S. journalist, born in Scotland.
- Egesta
-
noun,
matter egested from the body, as excrement or other waste.
- 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.
- engin.
-
- atones
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- enrage
-
verb (used with object),
to make extremely angry; put into a rage; infuriate:
- rennet
-
noun,
the lining membrane of the fourth stomach of a calf or of the stomach of certain other young animals.
- Rennie
-
noun,
John, 1761–1821, Scottish engineer.
- toners
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- Ronnie
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Ronald or Veronica.
- engine
-
noun,
a machine for converting thermal energy into mechanical energy or power to produce force and motion.
- rentes
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- egoist
-
noun,
a self-centered or selfish person (opposed to altruist).
- Renton
-
noun,
a city in W Washington, near Seattle.
- enates
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- 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.
- 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.
- tineas
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- tonner
-
noun,
something having a specified weight in tons (used in combination):
- nasion
-
noun,
the intersection of the internasal suture with the nasofrontal suture in the midsagittal plane.
- Sanger
-
noun,
Frederick, 1918–2013, English biochemist: Nobel Prize in chemistry 1958.
- Gaston
-
noun,
a male given name.
- gators
-
noun,
Southern U.S. Informal. alligator.
- ranees
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- Gainer
-
noun,
a person or thing that gains.
- arsino
-
adjective,
containing the arsino group.
- Gaines
-
noun,
Edmund Pendleton, 1777–1849, U.S. general.
- Saigon
-
noun,
former name of Ho Chi Minh City: capital of former South Vietnam 1954–76.
- gainst
-
preposition,
against.
- gastr-
-
- 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).
- aroint
-
verb (imperative),
begone:
- ranges
-
noun,
the extent to which or the limits between which variation is possible:
- santir
-
noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- arsine
-
noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- 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.
- Santee
-
noun,
a city in SW California.
- 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.
- 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.
- arsen-
-
- ganoin
-
noun,
a hard, shiny, enamellike substance secreted by the corium, composing the outer layer of the scales of certain fishes.
- tonnes
-
noun,
metric ton.
- teaser
-
noun,
a person or thing that teases.
- etrogs
-
noun,
Judaism. a citron for use with the lulav during the Sukkoth festival service.
- tarso-
-
- 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.
- Tenner
-
noun,
a 10-dollar bill.
- tenias
-
noun,
taenia.
- Sarnen
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Obwalden, in central Switzerland, E of Bern.
- trone
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- rents
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- rente
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- ornis
-
noun,
an avifauna.
- Oreg.
-
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- 30-30
-
- ronin
-
noun,
a samurai who no longer serves a daimyo, or feudal lord.
- Seton
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- Sinan
-
noun,
1489?–1587, Turkish architect, especially of mosques.
- Santo
-
noun,
a carved figure of a saint, usually of wood, as from Puerto Rico, Mexico, or the southwestern U.S.
- reset
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- Saone
-
noun,
a river flowing S from NE France to the Rhone. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- roans
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- Ronne
-
noun,
a seaport on W Bornholm island, Denmark, in the S Baltic Sea: stone quarries.
- sanit
-
- 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.
- 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.
- 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-
-
- Niort
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- Ninos
-
noun,
boy; child.
- 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.
- sero-
-
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- nines
-
noun,
a cardinal number, eight plus one.
- Sango
-
noun,
a Niger-Congo language of the Adamawa-Eastern branch, used as a lingua franca in the Central African Republic.
- sing.
-
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- Niger
-
noun,
a republic in NW Africa: formerly part of French West Africa. 458,976 sq. mi. (1,188,748 sq. km). Capital: Niamey.
- 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.
- seti-
-
- Agnes
-
noun,
Saint, a.d. 292?–304? Roman Catholic child martyr.
- 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.
- AEGIS
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the shield or breastplate of Zeus or Athena, bearing at its center the head of the Gorgon.
- treas
-
- oste-
-
- agist
-
verb (used with object),
to feed or pasture (livestock) for a fee.
- Roget
-
noun,
Peter Mark, 1779–1869, English physician and author of a thesaurus.
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- 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.
- anent
-
preposition,
in regard to; about; concerning.
- Osage
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people formerly of western Missouri, now living in northern Oklahoma.
- signa
-
verb,
(used imperatively, in prescriptions) mark; write; label.
- Aneto
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA). Spanish name of Pic de Néthou.
- agios
-
noun,
a premium on money in exchange.
- sargo
-
noun,
a silvery grunt, Anisotremus davidsonii, inhabiting waters off the coasts of California and Mexico, having blackish markings and yellowish fins.
- anger
-
noun,
a strong feeling of displeasure and belligerence aroused by a wrong; wrath; ire.
- trigs
-
noun,
trigonometry.
- orig.
-
- angi-
-
- Ostia
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, SW of Rome: ruins from 4th century b.c.; site of ancient port of Rome.
- treen
-
noun,
treenware.
- Angie
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Angel.
- Aegir
-
noun,
a sea god, husband of Ran, and host at feast of the gods spoiled by Loki.
- 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.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- angst
-
noun,
a feeling of dread, anxiety, or anguish.
- angor
-
noun,
extreme distress or mental anguish, usually of physical origin.
- 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.
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- 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.
- Saree
-
noun,
sari.
- orans
-
noun,
orant.
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- nears
-
- Sarge
-
noun,
sergeant.
- 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.
- segar
-
noun,
cigar.
- niton
-
noun,
(formerly) radon. Symbol: Nt.
- Nisan
-
noun,
the seventh month of the Jewish calendar.
- 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.
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- agent
-
noun,
a person or business authorized to act on another's behalf:
- ogres
-
noun,
a monster in fairy tales and popular legend, usually represented as a hideous giant who feeds on human flesh.
- agro-
-
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- Range
-
noun,
the extent to which or the limits between which variation is possible:
- 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.
- Norse
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- Ranee
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- Norns
-
noun,
an extinct Norse dialect, spoken until early modern times in the Shetland and Orkney Islands and in parts of northern Scotland.
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- reest
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- triga
-
noun,
a two-wheeled chariot drawn by a team of three horses.
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- 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).
- ratos
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- agers
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) a person living in a certain historical age:
- Norge
-
noun,
Norwegian name of Norway.
- oater
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- segno
-
noun,
a sign.
- 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.
- trigo
-
noun,
wheat; field of wheat.
- Seine
-
noun,
a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
- oaten
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or made of oats.
- rason
-
noun,
a long, loose, black gown with wide sleeves, worn by the clergy.
- agree
-
verb (used with object),
to concede; grant (usually followed by a noun clause):
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- 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.
- 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.
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- Senna
-
noun,
any plant, shrub, or tree belonging to the genus Cassia, of the legume family, having pinnate leaves and large clusters of flowers.
- Oates
-
noun,
Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- notes
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- ratio
-
noun,
the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:
- ogees
-
noun,
a double curve, resembling the letter S, formed by the union of a concave and a convex line.
- noria
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- trogs
-
noun,
Chiefly British Slang. a hooligan; lout.
- 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.
- rages
-
noun,
angry fury; violent anger (sometimes used in combination):
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- aeri-
-
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- 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.
- Renan
-
noun,
Ernest [ur-nist;; French er-nest] /ˈɜr nɪst;; French ɛrˈnɛst/ (Show IPA), 1823–92, French philologist, historian, and critic.
- nitr-
-
- Orang
-
noun,
orangutan.
- renga
-
noun,
linked verse.
- reni-
-
- Segni
-
noun,
Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1891–1972, Italian teacher, lawyer, and statesman: president 1962–64.
- renin
-
noun,
a proteolytic enzyme secreted by the kidneys that is involved in the release of angiotensin.
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- onset
-
noun,
a beginning or start:
- Serge
-
noun,
a twilled worsted or woolen fabric used especially for clothing.
- Regan
-
noun,
(in Shakespeare's King Lear) the younger of Lear's two faithless daughters.
Compare Cordelia (def 1), Goneril.
- 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.).
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- ornes
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- agone
-
adverb, adjective,
ago.
- 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.
- nonet
-
noun,
a group of nine performers or instruments.
- ragis
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Eleusine coracana, cultivated in the Old World for its grain.
- Onega
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in the NW Russian Federation in Europe: second largest lake in Europe. 3764 sq. mi. (9750 sq. km).
- REGIS
-
noun,
a male given name.
- nonas
-
noun,
sleeping sickness (def 2).
- Nogai
-
noun,
a member of a people living in the Caucasus region.
- trig.
-
- aero-
-
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- Regt.
-
- nona-
-
- noise
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- aerie
-
noun,
the nest of a bird of prey, as an eagle or a hawk.
- reign
-
noun,
the period during which a sovereign occupies the throne.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- eagre
-
noun,
a tidal bore or flood.
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- tears
-
- Genet
-
noun,
any small, Old World carnivore of the genus Genetta, especially G. genetta, having spotted sides and a ringed tail.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- targe
-
noun,
a small, round shield; a target or buckler.
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- 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:
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- 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.
- gator
-
noun,
Southern U.S. Informal. alligator.
- Gates
-
noun,
Horatio, 1728–1806, American Revolutionary general, born in England.
- gater
-
noun,
gator.
- toran
-
noun,
(in Indian Buddhist and Hindu architecture) a gateway having two or three lintels between two posts.
- sengi
-
noun,
a monetary unit of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, equal to 1/10,000 (.0001) of a zaire.
- genin
-
noun,
aglycon.
- arose
-
verb,
simple past tense of arise.
- garni
-
adjective,
garnished.
- 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.
- tease
-
noun,
a person who teases or annoys.
- gaits
-
noun,
a manner of walking, stepping, or running.
- Teena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Albertina, Bettina, or Christina.
- gains
-
- teens
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- Tegea
-
noun,
an ancient city in SE Arcadia, Greece.
- etrog
-
noun,
Judaism. a citron for use with the lulav during the Sukkoth festival service.
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- 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.
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- Genie
-
noun,
Islamic Mythology. jinn.
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- goner
-
noun,
a person or thing that is dead, lost, or past recovery.
- Goias
-
noun,
a state in central Brazil. 247,826 sq. mi. (641,870 sq. km). Capital: Goiânia.
- Stone
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- goers
-
noun,
a person or thing that goes:
- Arete
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- gnars
-
verb (used without object),
to snarl; growl.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- 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.
- giros
-
noun,
autogiro.
- girns
-
noun, verb (used with object),
grin2 .
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- Taino
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- giant
-
noun,
(in folklore) a being with human form but superhuman size, strength, etc.
- Arion
-
noun,
flourished 7th century b.c, Greek poet: inventor of the dithyramb.
- 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.
- geste
-
noun,
gest.
- tango
-
noun,
a ballroom dance of Latin-American origin, danced by couples, and having many varied steps, figures, and poses.
- singe
-
noun,
a superficial burn.
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- 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.
- gents
-
noun,
Informal. gentleman (defs 1, 2).
- Argos
-
noun,
an ancient city in SE Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis: a powerful rival of Sparta, Athens, and Corinth.
- 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:
- genro
-
noun,
any of the unofficial elder statesmen of Japan who influenced the government c1875–1940.
- genre
-
noun,
a class or category of artistic endeavor having a particular form, content, technique, or the like:
- Genoa
-
noun,
a large jib for cruising and racing yachts, overlapping the mainsail.
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- Tenn.
-
- tonne
-
noun,
metric ton.
- gonne
-
noun,
Maud ("Irish Joan of Arc") 1865–1953, Irish political activist and actress, born in England.
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- tones
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- Ensor
-
noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- atone
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- 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.
- terse
-
adjective,
neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.
- Ennis
-
noun,
a town in N Texas.
- engr.
-
- 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.
- 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.
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- enate
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- Tigre
-
noun,
a Semitic language spoken in northern Ethiopia.
- 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.
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- egest
-
verb (used with object),
to discharge, as from the body; void (opposed to ingest).
- egers
-
noun,
German name of Ohře.
- tinge
-
noun,
a slight degree of coloration.
- tings
-
noun,
a tinging sound.
- Eaton
-
noun,
Theophilus, 1590–1658, English colonist and colonial administrator in America.
- togas
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) the loose outer garment worn by citizens in public.
- eaten
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- eager
-
noun,
eagre.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- ation
-
- ento-
-
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- tonia
-
- 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 .
- teno-
-
- esrog
-
noun,
etrog.
- tenon
-
noun,
a projection formed on the end of a timber or the like for insertion into a mortise of the same dimensions.
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- tense
-
noun,
a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
- erose
-
adjective,
uneven, as if gnawed away.
- tera-
-
- 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.
- Ernie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Ernest.
- ernes
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- 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).
- Tonga
-
noun,
a light, two-wheeled, horse-drawn vehicle used in India.
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- 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.
- ergo-
-
- Aston
-
noun,
Francis William, 1877–1945, English physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1922.
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- Astor
-
noun,
John Jacob, 1763–1848, U.S. capitalist and fur merchant.
- erase
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
- terne
-
noun,
terne metal.
- 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.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- astr.
-
- gonna
-
- tangs
-
- areo-
-
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- Annie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Ann, Anna, or Anne.
- annot
-
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- inst.
-
- anon.
-
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- Inner
-
adjective,
situated within or farther within; interior:
- Anson
-
noun,
a male given name.
- ingot
-
noun,
a mass of metal cast in a convenient form for shaping, remelting, or refining.
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- ante-
-
- inane
-
noun,
something that is empty or void, especially the void of infinite space.
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- 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.
- Srta.
-
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- STAGE
-
noun,
a single step or degree in a process; a particular phase, period, position, etc., in a process, development, or series.
- IATSE
-
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- stang
-
noun,
an act or an instance of stinging.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- anti-
-
- intr.
-
- Sonia
-
noun,
a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.
- steer
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- sneer
-
noun,
a look or expression of derision, scorn, or contempt.
- nano-
-
- Nairn
-
noun,
a historic county in N Scotland.
- Sino-
-
- Sinon
-
noun,
a Greek, posing as a deserter, who persuaded the Trojans to take the Trojan Horse into their city.
- siree
-
noun,
sirree.
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- 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.
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- sito-
-
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- Isere
-
noun,
a river in SE France, flowing from the Alps to the Rhone River. 150 miles (240 km) long.
- SONAR
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- snore
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- snort
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- Irons
-
noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- irone
-
noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- anion
-
noun,
a negatively charged ion, as one attracted to the anode in electrolysis.
- Soane
-
noun,
Sir John, 1753–1837, English architect.
- Irene
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of the Horae, the personification of peace.
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- anis-
-
- Iran.
-
- iotas
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- Steen
-
noun,
Jan [yahn] /yɑn/ (Show IPA), 1626–79, Dutch painter.
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- grots
-
noun,
a grotto.
- 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.
- Greta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Margaret.
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- greet
-
verb (used with object),
to address with some form of salutation; welcome.
- grees
-
noun,
superiority, mastery, or victory.
- 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.
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- Anton
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Anthony.
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- grate
-
noun,
a frame of metal bars for holding fuel when burning, as in a fireplace, furnace, or stove.
- 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.
- grins
-
noun,
a broad smile.
- Grant
-
noun,
something granted, as a privilege or right, a sum of money, or a tract of land:
- grans
-
noun,
grandmother.
- grain
-
noun,
a small, hard seed, especially the seed of a food plant such as wheat, corn, rye, oats, rice, or millet.
- stge.
-
- gotra
-
noun,
a Hindu clan tracing its paternal lineage from a common ancestor, usually a saint or sage.
- sting
-
noun,
an act or an instance of stinging.
- 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.
- gores
-
noun,
blood that is shed, especially when clotted.
- Goren
-
noun,
Charles Henry, 1901–91, U.S authority and writer on contract bridge.
- ster.
-
- 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.
- groat
-
noun,
a silver coin of England, equal to four pennies, issued from 1279 to 1662.
- Grote
-
noun,
George, 1794–1871, English historian.
- 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.
- groan
-
noun,
a low, mournful sound uttered in pain or grief:
- groin
-
noun,
Anatomy. the fold or hollow on either side of the front of the body where the thigh joins the abdomen.
- grist
-
noun,
grain to be ground.
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- teen
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- snog
-
verb (used without object),
to kiss and cuddle.
- 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.
- 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.
- Ste.
-
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- str.
-
- 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.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- 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.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- sene
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Western Samoa, the 100th part of a tala.
- stg.
-
- 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.
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- tong
-
noun,
tongs.
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- 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.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- 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.
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- RNAS
-
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- 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.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- tion
-
- toga
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) the loose outer garment worn by citizens in public.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- RONA
-
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- Seen
-
verb,
past participle of see1 .
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- tron
-
- togs
-
noun,
a coat.
- Ting
-
noun,
a tinging sound.
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- sign
-
noun,
a token; indication.
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- 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.
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- tonn
-
- 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.
- Sat.
-
- 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.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- sego
-
noun,
sego lily.
- 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.
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- ten.
-
- tegs
-
noun,
Animal Husbandry.
a two-year-old sheep that has not been shorn.
the wool shorn from such a sheep.
- Sage
-
noun,
a profoundly wise person; a person famed for wisdom.
- Sra.
-
- 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.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- sago
-
noun,
a starchy foodstuff derived from the soft interior of the trunk of various palms and cycads, used in making puddings.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- Stag
-
noun,
an adult male deer.
- tri-
-
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- Sig.
-
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- 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.
- Song
-
noun,
a short metrical composition intended or adapted for singing, especially one in rhymed stanzas; a lyric; a ballad.
- trog
-
noun,
Chiefly British Slang. a hooligan; lout.
- Soni
-
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- 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.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- tRNA
-
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- ter.
-
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- 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.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- rit.
-
- 1080
-
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- egis
-
noun,
aegis.
- 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.
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- 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.
- Eng.
-
- 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).
- iso-
-
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- Ens.
-
- 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.
- Ire.
-
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- 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).
- 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.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- into
-
adjective,
Mathematics. pertaining to a function or map from one set to another set, the range of which is a proper subset of the second set, as the function f, from the set of all integers into the set of all perfect squares where f (x) = x 2 for every integer.
- int.
-
- ins.
-
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- inns
-
noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Eger
-
noun,
German name of Ohře.
- nane
-
pronoun, adverb, adjective,
none1 .
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- nest
-
noun,
a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
- none
-
noun,
nones1 .
- non-
-
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- nogs
-
noun,
any beverage made with beaten eggs, usually with alcoholic liquor; eggnog.
- 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.
- NIRA
-
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- ease
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- 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.
- Inge
-
noun,
William (Motter) [mot-er] /ˈmɒt ər/ (Show IPA), 1913–73, U.S. playwright.
- Erne
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- Nor.
-
- Gino
-
noun,
a male given name.
- gnar
-
verb (used without object),
to snarl; growl.
- 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.
- gite
-
noun,
a furnished vacation home in France that is available for rental, especially in a rural setting.
- Gare
-
noun,
low-grade wool fibers from the legs of sheep.
- gist
-
noun,
the main or essential part of a matter:
- 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.
- gast
-
verb (used with object),
to terrify or frighten.
- gate
-
noun,
a movable barrier, usually on hinges, closing an opening in a fence, wall, or other enclosure.
- gats
-
noun,
a pistol or revolver.
- 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.
- Gean
-
noun,
heart cherry.
- giro
-
noun,
autogiro.
- girn
-
noun, verb (used with object),
grin2 .
- Gina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- goas
-
noun,
a gazelle, Procapra picticaudata, of the Tibetan plateau.
- 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:
- gees
-
noun,
a sum of one thousand dollars:
- gets
-
noun,
an offspring or the total of the offspring, especially of a male animal:
- 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.
- Gen.
-
- gest
-
noun,
a story or tale.
- Gena
-
noun,
the cheek or side region of the head.
- 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-
-
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- grot
-
noun,
a grotto.
- inae
-
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- ign.
-
- esne
-
noun,
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a member of the lowest class; laborer.
- eso-
-
- est.
-
- Iago
-
noun,
the villain in Shakespeare's Othello.
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- 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.
- Gros
-
noun,
Antoine Jean [ahn-twan zhahn] /ɑ̃ˈtwan ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), Baron, 1771–1835, French painter.
- Goer
-
noun,
a person or thing that goes:
- gro.
-
- Grit
-
noun,
abrasive particles or granules, as of sand or other small, coarse impurities found in the air, food, water, etc.
- Gris
-
noun,
Juan [hwahn] /ʰwɑn/ (Show IPA), (José Vittoriano Gonzáles) 1887–1927, Spanish painter in France.
- grin
-
noun,
a broad smile.
- gres
-
- gree
-
noun,
superiority, mastery, or victory.
- gras
-
- Gran
-
noun,
grandmother.
- gait
-
noun,
a manner of walking, stepping, or running.
- Gore
-
noun,
blood that is shed, especially when clotted.
- Gone
-
noun,
the act of going:
- gon-
-
- GOES
-
noun,
plural of go1 .
- nong
-
noun,
a foolish, incompetent person.
- Gent
-
noun,
Informal. gentleman (defs 1, 2).
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- Agni
-
noun,
Hindu Mythology. the god of fire, one of the three chief divinities of the Vedas.
- 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.
- agr.
-
- agst
-
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- Aire
-
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- 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).
- ragi
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Eleusine coracana, cultivated in the Old World for its grain.
- rage
-
noun,
angry fury; violent anger (sometimes used in combination):
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- rang
-
noun,
a boomerang.
- ann.
-
- Anne
-
noun,
1665–1714, queen of England 1702–14 (daughter of James II of England).
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- ANSI
-
- Osee
-
noun,
Hosea.
- ant.
-
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- org.
-
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- agit
-
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- Ont.
-
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- 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.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Riga
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Latvia, on the Gulf of Riga.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- aeon
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- aer-
-
- 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.
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- aet.
-
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- rent
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- 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.
- regs
-
noun,
Usually, regs. Informal. regulations.
- Reg.
-
- Rees
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- Agee
-
noun,
James, 1909–55, U.S. author, scenarist, and film critic.
- ager
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) a person living in a certain historical age:
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- 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:
- agin
-
preposition,
against; opposed to.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- agio
-
noun,
a premium on money in exchange.
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- ano-
-
- NTIA
-
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- ogee
-
noun,
a double curve, resembling the letter S, formed by the union of a concave and a convex line.
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- ator
-
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- ogre
-
noun,
a monster in fairy tales and popular legend, usually represented as a hideous giant who feeds on human flesh.
- 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.
- ates
-
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- not-
-
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- 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.
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- nos-
-
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- 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.
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- art.
-
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- ARIS
-
- Norn
-
noun,
an extinct Norse dialect, spoken until early modern times in the Shetland and Orkney Islands and in parts of northern Scotland.
- 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.
- Arg.
-
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- ea.
-
- TIA
-
- GAO
-
noun,
a city in E Mali.
- ean
-
- at.
-
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- ASR
-
- GAN
-
noun,
cotton gin.
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- ASN
-
- gi.
-
- ast
-
- Gat
-
noun,
a pistol or revolver.
- Tng
-
- Eg.
-
- TSI
-
- TSE
-
- ag-
-
- an.
-
- Ar.
-
- ae.
-
- Gee
-
noun,
a sum of one thousand dollars:
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- Tro
-
- eo-
-
- tog
-
noun,
a coat.
- 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:
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- 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.
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- GAS
-
noun,
Physics. a substance possessing perfect molecular mobility and the property of indefinite expansion, as opposed to a solid or liquid.
- teg
-
noun,
Animal Husbandry.
a two-year-old sheep that has not been shorn.
the wool shorn from such a sheep.
- AGS
-
adjective, noun,
agriculture:
- ASI
-
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- 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.
- 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.
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- tra
-
- tr.
-
- eir
-
- EIS
-
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- 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.
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- aor
-
- en-
-
- 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.
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- EOE
-
- ene
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- ANG
-
- EEO
-
- 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.
- ase
-
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- ago
-
adverb,
in past time; in the past:
- TGN
-
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- Agt
-
- Ga.
-
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- ETS
-
- ETR
-
- ETO
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- EEG
-
- ESR
-
- 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.
- ese
-
- ESA
-
- ERT
-
- ARS
-
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- 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.
- GSR
-
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- OIr
-
- OSA
-
- 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.
- OAS
-
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- OIt
-
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- se-
-
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- ONI
-
- ONR
-
- ons
-
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- NSA
-
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- NEA
-
- Nee
-
adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- NEG
-
noun,
a photographic negative.
- NES
-
- NET
-
noun,
a bag or other contrivance of strong thread or cord worked into an open, meshed fabric, for catching fish, birds, or other animals:
- Sgt
-
- NGO
-
noun,
1901–1963, South Vietnamese statesman: president of the Republic of South Vietnam 1956–63.
- NIA
-
- NRA
-
- NIG
-
verb (used with object),
nidge.
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- NNE
-
- nog
-
noun,
any beverage made with beaten eggs, usually with alcoholic liquor; eggnog.
- 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).
- nr.
-
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- 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.
- Rs.
-
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- 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.
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- REA
-
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- ROI
-
- RSE
-
- ROG
-
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- rig
-
noun,
the arrangement of the masts, spars, sails, etc., on a boat or ship.
- ROA
-
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- RNA
-
- RSA
-
- rt.
-
- ose
-
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- ot-
-
- OTA
-
- SAR
-
- ote
-
- OTS
-
- Re.
-
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- rag
-
noun,
a worthless piece of cloth, especially one that is torn or worn.
- rte
-
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- SAG
-
noun,
an act or instance of sagging.
- SAE
-
- SRO
-
- So.
-
- RTS
-
- ne-
-
- 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.
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- Nan
-
noun,
naan.
- GTS
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- io-
-
- Ia.
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- IAS
-
- Sta
-
- gt.
-
- St.
-
- in.
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Sr.
-
- ine
-
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- GTO
-
- GSA
-
- INN
-
noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- Ges
-
- get
-
noun,
an offspring or the total of the offspring, especially of a male animal:
- gie
-
noun,
gi.
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- GIN
-
noun,
an alcoholic liquor obtained by distilling grain mash with juniper berries.
- 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:
- 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.
- gre
-
- git
-
noun,
British Slang. a foolish or contemptible person.
- Goa
-
noun,
a gazelle, Procapra picticaudata, of the Tibetan plateau.
- goi
-
noun,
goy.
- Gor
-
interjection,
(used as a mild oath.)
- got
-
noun,
an offspring or the total of the offspring, especially of a male animal:
- STI
-
- Gr.
-
- ing
-
- ier
-
- 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 = .
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- ior
-
- ist
-
- ISR
-
- ITA
-
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- ise
-
- ISA
-
- ite
-
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- NAG
-
noun,
Also, nagger. a person who nags, especially habitually.
- IRS
-
- IRO
-
- Ios
-
noun,
a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey.
- IOT
-
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- Ir.
-
- RO
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- GN
-
- t.
-
- TG
-
- T1
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- N.
-
- 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.
- rg
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- NG
-
- 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.
- NI
-
- AO
-
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- RN
-
- OA
-
- OG
-
- IG
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- O.
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- R.
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- RI
-
- i.
-
- IT
-
noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- G.
-
- ee
-
- SN
-
- EI
-
- SG
-
- SA
-
- S.
-
- GO
-
noun,
the act of going:
- TN
-