Anagrams of germinates
Word germinates has
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that can be made by using the letters of germinates.
- Mertensia
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noun,
any of various plants belonging to the genus Mertensia, of the borage family, including the lungworts and the Virginia cowslip.
- emigrates
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verb (used without object),
to leave one country or region to settle in another; migrate:
- Germanist
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noun,
a specialist in the study of German culture, literature, or linguistics.
- germinate
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verb (used with object),
to cause to develop; produce.
- agentries
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noun,
the profession, business, or activities of an agent:
- agrements
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noun,
Music. ornament (def 9).
- stingaree
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noun,
a stingray.
- streaming
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noun,
an act or instance of flowing.
- magnesite
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noun,
a mineral, magnesium carbonate, MgCO 3 , having a characteristic conchoidal fracture and usually occurring in white masses.
- geminates
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noun,
Phonetics. a doubled consonant sound.
- regiments
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noun,
Military. a unit of ground forces, consisting of two or more battalions or battle groups, a headquarters unit, and certain supporting units.
- antimeres
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noun,
a segment or division of the body having a corresponding segment or division that is opposite to it relative to the longitudinal axis of the body.
- emigrant
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noun,
a person who emigrates, as from his or her native country or region:
Synonyms: émigré, expatriate.
- etamines
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noun,
a lightweight cotton or worsted fabric constructed in plain weave and loosely woven.
- gamester
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noun,
a gambler.
- 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.
- antimere
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noun,
a segment or division of the body having a corresponding segment or division that is opposite to it relative to the longitudinal axis of the body.
- sterigma
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noun,
a small stalk that bears a sporangium, a conidium, or especially a basidiospore.
- arenites
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noun,
psammite.
- estrange
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verb (used with object),
to turn away in feeling or affection; make unfriendly or hostile; alienate the affections of:
- arsenite
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noun,
a salt or ester of arsenous acid.
- emigrate
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verb (used without object),
to leave one country or region to settle in another; migrate:
- Teresina
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noun,
a port in NE Brazil, on the Parnahiba River.
- Teresian
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noun,
a member of the reformed order of barefooted Carmelites, founded in Spain in 1562.
- energism
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noun,
the theory that self-realization is the highest good.
- ganister
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noun,
a highly refractory, siliceous rock used to line furnaces.
- emirates
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noun,
the office or rank of an emir.
- astringe
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verb (used with object),
to compress; bind together; constrict.
- 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.
- gentries
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noun,
wellborn and well-bred people.
- gantries
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noun,
a framework spanning a railroad track or tracks for displaying signals.
- sagenite
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noun,
a variety of rutile occurring as needlelike crystals embedded in quartz.
- raiments
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noun,
clothing; apparel; attire.
- reagents
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noun,
a substance that, because of the reactions it causes, is used in analysis and synthesis.
- regimens
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noun,
Medicine/Medical. a regulated course, as of diet, exercise, or manner of living, intended to preserve or restore health or to attain some result.
- regiment
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noun,
Military. a unit of ground forces, consisting of two or more battalions or battle groups, a headquarters unit, and certain supporting units.
- resinate
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noun,
Chemistry. any of the salts of the acids found in rosin.
- mintages
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noun,
the act or process of minting.
- minarets
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noun,
a lofty, often slender, tower or turret attached to a mosque, surrounded by or furnished with one or more balconies, from which the muezzin calls the people to prayer.
- migrates
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verb (used without object),
to go from one country, region, or place to another. Synonyms: move, resettle, relocate.
Antonyms: remain.
- migrants
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noun,
a person or animal that migrates.
- meetings
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noun,
the act of coming together:
- geminate
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noun,
Phonetics. a doubled consonant sound.
- matinees
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noun,
an entertainment, especially a dramatic or musical performance, held in the daytime, usually in the afternoon.
- margents
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noun,
margin.
- segreant
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adjective,
(of a griffin) rampant.
- ingrates
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noun,
an ungrateful person.
- Sergeant
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noun,
a noncommissioned army officer of a rank above that of corporal.
- 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.
- 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.
- Germaine
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noun,
a female given name.
- anergies
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noun,
Pathology. deficiency of energy.
- Ansermet
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noun,
Ernest [er-nest] /ɛrˈnɛst/ (Show IPA), 1883–1969, Swiss symphony orchestra conductor.
- ragtimes
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noun,
rhythm in which the accompaniment is strict two-four time and the melody, with improvised embellishments, is in steady syncopation.
- agrement
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noun,
Music. ornament (def 9).
- 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.
- meeting
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noun,
the act of coming together:
- 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.
- 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.
- raiment
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noun,
clothing; apparel; attire.
- masting
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noun,
the masts of a ship, taken as a whole.
- eatings
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noun,
the act of a person or thing that eats.
- matinee
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noun,
an entertainment, especially a dramatic or musical performance, held in the daytime, usually in the afternoon.
- 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.
- gisarme
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noun,
guisarme.
- emirate
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noun,
the office or rank of an emir.
- ARTEMIS
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noun,
Also called Cynthia. an ancient Greek goddess, the daughter of Leto and the sister of Apollo, characterized as a virgin huntress and associated with the moon.
Compare Diana.
- Megaris
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noun,
a district in ancient Greece, between the Gulf of Corinth and Saronic Gulf.
- Martens
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noun,
any of several slender, chiefly arboreal carnivores of the genus Martes, of northern forests, having a long, glossy coat and bushy tail.
- Meitner
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noun,
Lise [lee-zuh] /ˈli zə/ (Show IPA), 1878–1968, Austrian nuclear physicist.
- integer
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noun,
Mathematics. one of the positive or negative numbers 1, 2, 3, etc., or zero.
Compare whole number.
- menages
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noun,
a domestic establishment; household.
- strange
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adverb,
in a strange manner.
- seringa
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noun,
any of several Brazilian trees of the genus Hevea, yielding rubber.
- smarten
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Verb phrases,
smarten up,
to groom oneself:
to become aware of one's mistakes, shortcomings, etc., and make efforts to correct them:
- germens
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noun,
a germ.
- 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.
- stinger
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noun,
a person or thing that stings.
- metages
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noun,
the official measurement of contents or weight.
- 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.
- enigmas
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noun,
a puzzling or inexplicable occurrence or situation:
- martins
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noun,
Peter, born 1946, U.S. choreographer and ballet master, born in Denmark.
- 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.
- migrant
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noun,
a person or animal that migrates.
- sigmate
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adjective,
having the form of the Greek sigma or the letter S.
- seeming
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noun,
appearance, especially outward or deceptive appearance.
- earnest
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noun,
full seriousness, as of intention or purpose:
- seating
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noun,
an act or instance of furnishing with, assigning, or escorting to a seat.
- 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.
- enrages
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verb (used with object),
to make extremely angry; put into a rage; infuriate:
- greaten
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verb (used with object),
to make greater; enlarge; increase.
- teeming
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adjective,
abounding or swarming with something, as with people:
- Seagirt
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noun,
surrounded by the sea.
- gametes
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noun,
a mature sexual reproductive cell, as a sperm or egg, that unites with another cell to form a new organism.
- magnet-
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- magnets
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noun,
a body, as a piece of iron or steel, that possesses the property of attracting certain substances, as iron.
- gratins
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noun,
au gratin.
- engrams
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noun,
a presumed encoding in neural tissue that provides a physical basis for the persistence of memory; a memory trace.
- entires
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noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- maneges
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noun,
the art of training and riding horses.
- entries
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noun,
an act of entering; entrance.
- gratine
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verb (used with object),
to bake or broil (food) in au gratin style.
- Eastern
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adjective,
lying toward or situated in the east:
- margent
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noun,
margin.
- easting
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noun,
Navigation. the distance due east made good on any course tending eastward; easterly departure.
- seminar
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noun,
a small group of students, as in a university, engaged in advanced study and original research under a member of the faculty and meeting regularly to exchange information and hold discussions.
- ergates
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noun,
a worker ant.
- Sargent
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noun,
Sir (Harold) Malcolm (Watts) 1895–1967, English conductor.
- grantee
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noun,
the receiver of a grant.
- marines
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noun,
a member of the U.S. Marine Corps.
- Riesman
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noun,
David, 1909–2002, U.S. sociologist.
- metiers
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noun,
a field of work; occupation, trade, or profession.
- argents
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noun,
Heraldry. the tincture or metal silver.
- imarets
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noun,
(in Turkey) a hospice for pilgrims, travelers, etc.
- Reigate
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noun,
a city in Surrey in SE England, a London suburb.
- reginas
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noun,
queen.
- gearset
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noun,
a combination of gears that mesh to provide a particular gear ratio.
- ingesta
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plural noun,
substances ingested.
- regimen
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noun,
Medicine/Medical. a regulated course, as of diet, exercise, or manner of living, intended to preserve or restore health or to attain some result.
- stamin-
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- gatemen
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noun,
a gatekeeper.
- 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.
- gainers
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noun,
a person or thing that gains.
- gastrin
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noun,
a hormone that stimulates the secretion of gastric juice.
- negates
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verb (used with object),
to deny the existence, evidence, or truth of:
- trainee
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noun,
a person being trained, especially in a vocation; apprentice.
- 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.
- migrate
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verb (used without object),
to go from one country, region, or place to another. Synonyms: move, resettle, relocate.
Antonyms: remain.
- 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.
- reagent
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noun,
a substance that, because of the reactions it causes, is used in analysis and synthesis.
- ratings
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noun,
classification according to grade or rank.
- Ingemar
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noun,
a male given name.
- ratines
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noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- 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).
- garment
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noun,
any article of clothing:
- 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.
- ingates
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noun,
gate1 (def 15).
- steamer
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noun,
something propelled or operated by steam, as a steamship.
- emigres
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noun,
an emigrant, especially a person who flees from his or her native land because of political conditions.
- gamines
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noun,
a neglected girl who is left to run about the streets.
- ragtime
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noun,
rhythm in which the accompaniment is strict two-four time and the melody, with improvised embellishments, is in steady syncopation.
- Steiner
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noun,
Jakob [yah-kawp] /ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1796–1863, Swiss mathematician.
- segment
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noun,
one of the parts into which something naturally separates or is divided; a division, portion, or section:
- remains
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noun,
Usually, remains. something that remains or is left.
- trienes
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noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- retsina
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noun,
a strong, resinated white or red wine of Greece and Cyprus.
- germane
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adjective,
closely or significantly related; relevant; pertinent:
- minaret
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noun,
a lofty, often slender, tower or turret attached to a mosque, surrounded by or furnished with one or more balconies, from which the muezzin calls the people to prayer.
- seriema
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noun,
either of two birds of the family Cariamidae, Cariama cristata, of southern Brazil, or Chunga burmeisteri, of Argentina, having long legs, an erectile crest, a short, broad bill, and limited ability to fly.
- estamin
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noun,
a worsted fabric constructed in twill weave with a rough surface.
- arenite
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noun,
psammite.
- Minster
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noun,
a church actually or originally connected with a monastic establishment.
- retains
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verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- mintage
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noun,
the act or process of minting.
- seriate
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adjective,
arranged or occurring in one or more series.
- resting
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noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- gerents
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noun,
a ruler or manager.
- mirages
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noun,
an optical phenomenon, especially in the desert or at sea, by which the image of some object appears displaced above, below, or to one side of its true position as a result of spatial variations of the index of refraction of air.
- re-sign
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verb (used with or without object),
to sign again.
- etamine
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noun,
a lightweight cotton or worsted fabric constructed in plain weave and loosely woven.
- Emerita
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noun,
a woman with such status.
- ingrate
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noun,
an ungrateful person.
- etesian
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adjective,
(of certain Mediterranean winds) occurring annually.
- 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.
- Geraint
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noun,
one of the knights of the Round Table, husband of Enid.
- Tangier
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noun,
a seaport in N Morocco, on the W Strait of Gibraltar: capital of the former Tangier Zone.
- set-in
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adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- Grimes
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noun,
dirt, soot, or other filthy matter, especially adhering to or embedded in a surface.
- Gretna
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noun,
a city in SE Louisiana, near New Orleans.
- images
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noun,
a physical likeness or representation of a person, animal, or thing, photographed, painted, sculptured, or otherwise made visible.
- Serena
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noun,
a female given name.
- serine
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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;
- greets
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verb (used with object),
to address with some form of salutation; welcome.
- greens
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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.
- Greats
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- imaret
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noun,
(in Turkey) a hospice for pilgrims, travelers, etc.
- sinter
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noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- ageism
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noun,
discrimination against persons of a certain age group.
- triage
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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.
- gamins
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noun,
a neglected boy left to run about the streets; street urchin.
- treens
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noun,
treenware.
- Garnet
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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.
- gasmen
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noun,
a person who works for a company that sells or distributes household gas, especially a person who goes from building to building reading gas meters to determine what charge is to be billed.
- gastr-
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- stamen
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noun,
the pollen-bearing organ of a flower, consisting of the filament and the anther.
- stager
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noun,
a person of experience in some profession, way of life, etc.
- tremie
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noun,
a funnellike device lowered into water to deposit concrete.
- genera
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noun,
a plural of genus.
- 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.
- genies
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noun,
Islamic Mythology. jinn.
- genit.
-
- gerent
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noun,
a ruler or manager.
- German
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Germany.
- grease
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noun,
the melted or rendered fat of animals, especially when in a soft state.
- germen
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noun,
a germ.
- Gesner
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noun,
Konrad von [kon-rad von;; German kawn-raht fuh n] /ˈkɒn ræd vɒn;; German ˈkɔn rɑt fən/ (Show IPA), 1516–65, Swiss naturalist.
- Sirena
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noun,
a female given name.
- gisant
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noun,
a sculptured representation of a dead person in a recumbent position, usually as part of a sepulchral monument.
- Singer
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noun,
a person who sings, especially a trained or professional vocalist.
- signet
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noun,
a small seal, as on a finger ring.
- signer
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noun,
a person who signs.
- signee
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noun,
a person who signs a document, register, etc.; signer; signatory:
- grains
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noun,
an iron instrument with barbed prongs, for spearing or harpooning fish.
- triene
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noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- Grants
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noun,
a town in W New Mexico.
- grates
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noun,
a frame of metal bars for holding fuel when burning, as in a fireplace, furnace, or stove.
- gratin
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noun,
au gratin.
- gratis
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adverb,
without charge or payment; free:
- serein
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noun,
fine rain falling after sunset from a sky in which no clouds are visible.
- tirage
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noun,
the withdrawing of wine from a barrel, as for testing or tasting.
- Serang
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noun,
Ceram.
- retain
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verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- rentes
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noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- reseat
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verb (used with object),
to provide with a new seat or new seats.
- resent
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verb (used with object),
to feel or show displeasure or indignation at (a person, act, remark, etc.) from a sense of injury or insult.
- mitres
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noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- miters
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noun,
the official headdress of a bishop in the Western Church, in its modern form a tall cap with a top deeply cleft crosswise, the outline of the front and back resembling that of a pointed arch.
- resign
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verb (used with object),
to give up (an office, position, etc.), often formally.
- Mister
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noun,
(initial capital letter) a conventional title of respect for a man, prefixed to the name and to certain official designations (usually written as the abbreviation Mr.).
- mirage
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noun,
an optical phenomenon, especially in the desert or at sea, by which the image of some object appears displaced above, below, or to one side of its true position as a result of spatial variations of the index of refraction of air.
- miners
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noun,
Also called mineworker. a person who works in a mine, especially a commercial mine producing coal or metallic ores.
- remits
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noun,
Law. a transfer of the record of an action from one tribunal to another, particularly from an appellate court to the court of original jurisdiction.
- retems
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noun,
a shrub, Retama raetam, of Syria and Arabia, having white flowers: said to be the juniper of the Old Testament.
- retina
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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.
- metier
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noun,
a field of work; occupation, trade, or profession.
- meters
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noun,
the fundamental unit of length in the metric system, equivalent to 39.37 U.S. inches, originally intended to be, and being very nearly, equal to one ten-millionth of the distance from the equator to the pole measured on a meridian: defined from 1889 to 1960 as the distance between two lines on a platinum-iridium bar (the “International Prototype Meter”) preserved at the International Bureau of Weights and Measures near Paris; from 1960 to 1983 defined as 1,650,763.73 wavelengths of the orange-red radiation of krypton 86 under specified conditions; and now defined as 1/299,792,458 of the distance light travels in a vacuum in one second. Abbreviation: m.
- metage
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noun,
the official measurement of contents or weight.
- Mersin
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noun,
a seaport in S Turkey, on the NW coast of the Mediterranean Sea.
- merits
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noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- merges
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verb (used with object),
to cause to combine or coalesce; unite.
- Mentes
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noun,
(in the Odyssey) a captain of the Taphians. Athena assumed his form when she urged Telemachus to search for Odysseus.
- Remsen
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noun,
Ira, 1846–1927, U.S. chemist and educator.
- remise
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verb (used with object),
to give up a claim to; surrender by deed.
- samite
-
noun,
a heavy silk fabric, sometimes interwoven with gold, worn in the Middle Ages.
- reagin
-
noun,
Also called Wassermann antibody. an antibody formed in response to syphilis and reactive with cardiolipin in various blood tests for the disease.
- ragmen
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noun,
a person who gathers or deals in rag.
- ramets
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noun,
an individual of a clone.
- ranees
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noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- ranges
-
noun,
the extent to which or the limits between which variation is possible:
- nitres
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noun,
niter.
- niters
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- ratine
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- rating
-
noun,
classification according to grade or rank.
- Nereis
-
noun,
clamworm.
- remans
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verb (used with object),
to man again; furnish with a fresh supply of personnel.
- nemat-
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- negate
-
verb (used with object),
to deny the existence, evidence, or truth of:
- 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.
- regent
-
noun,
a person who exercises the ruling power in a kingdom during the minority, absence, or disability of the sovereign.
- regime
-
noun,
a mode or system of rule or government:
- trines
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- Regina
-
noun,
queen.
- reigns
-
noun,
the period during which a sovereign occupies the throne.
- remain
-
noun,
Usually, remains. something that remains or is left.
- menage
-
noun,
a domestic establishment; household.
- meanie
-
noun,
Informal. meany.
- ingate
-
noun,
gate1 (def 15).
- inter.
-
- seiner
-
noun,
a person who fishes with a seine.
- Ismene
-
noun,
a daughter of Oedipus and Jocasta who did not join Antigone in her forbidden burial of their brother Polynices.
- Semang
-
noun,
a member of a Negrito people of the Malay Peninsula.
- Semite
-
noun,
a member of any of various ancient and modern peoples originating in southwestern Asia, including the Akkadians, Canaanites, Phoenicians, Hebrews, and Arabs.
- Senate
-
noun,
an assembly or council of citizens having the highest deliberative functions in a government, especially a legislative assembly of a state or nation.
- senega
-
noun,
the dried root of a milkwort, Polygala senega, of the eastern U.S., used as an expectorant and diuretic.
- intra-
-
- inters
-
verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- instr.
-
- seater
-
noun,
a person or thing that seats.
- instar
-
noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- insert
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- inseam
-
noun,
an inside or inner seam of a garment, especially the seam of a trouser leg that runs from the crotch down to the bottom of the leg.
- inmate
-
noun,
a person who is confined in a prison, hospital, etc.
- INGRES
-
noun,
Jean Auguste Dominique [zhahn oh-gyst daw-mee-neek] /ʒɑ̃ oʊˈgüst dɔ miˈnik/ (Show IPA), 1780–1867, French painter.
- triens
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- Ingram
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Ingmar
-
noun,
a male given name.
- ingest
-
verb (used with object),
to take, as food, into the body (opposed to egest).
- seeing
-
noun,
the act of a person who sees.
- seamen
-
noun,
a person skilled in seamanship.
- meager
-
adjective,
deficient in quantity or quality; lacking fullness or richness; scanty; inadequate:
- marine
-
noun,
a member of the U.S. Marine Corps.
- Sanger
-
noun,
Frederick, 1918–2013, English biochemist: Nobel Prize in chemistry 1958.
- matri-
-
- matins
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) matins, Also, especially British, mattins. (usually used with a singular verb) Ecclesiastical.
the first of the seven canonical hours.
the service for it, properly beginning at midnight, but sometimes beginning at daybreak.
Also called Morning Prayer. the service of public prayer, said in the morning, in the Anglican Church.
- maters
-
noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- Santee
-
noun,
a city in SW California.
- Master
-
noun,
a person with the ability or power to use, control, or dispose of something:
- santir
-
noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- Marten
-
noun,
any of several slender, chiefly arboreal carnivores of the genus Martes, of northern forests, having a long, glossy coat and bushy tail.
- Marist
-
noun,
a member of a religious order founded in Lyons, France, in 1816 for missionary and educational work in the name of the Virgin Mary.
- margin
-
noun,
the space around the printed or written matter on a page.
- satire
-
noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- Margie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Margaret.
- marges
-
noun,
margin; edge.
- mantis
-
noun,
any of several predaceous insects of the order Mantidae, having a long prothorax and typically holding the forelegs in an upraised position as if in prayer.
- manges
-
noun,
any of various skin diseases caused by parasitic mites, affecting animals and sometimes humans and characterized by loss of hair and scabby eruptions.
- manger
-
noun,
a box or trough in a stable or barn from which horses or cattle eat.
- manege
-
noun,
the art of training and riding horses.
- sateen
-
noun,
a strong cotton fabric constructed in satin weave and having a lustrous face.
- Mainer
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of the state of Maine.
- maigre
-
adjective,
containing neither flesh nor its juices, as food permissible on days of religious abstinence.
- gamine
-
noun,
a neglected girl who is left to run about the streets.
- grani-
-
- tegmen
-
noun,
a cover, covering, or integument.
- 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:
- enates
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- Ariege
-
noun,
a department in S France. 1893 sq. mi. (4905 sq. km). Capital: Foix.
- Argent
-
noun,
Heraldry. the tincture or metal silver.
- aretes
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- trans.
-
- engram
-
noun,
a presumed encoding in neural tissue that provides a physical basis for the persistence of memory; a memory trace.
- antres
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- enigma
-
noun,
a puzzling or inexplicable occurrence or situation:
- enrage
-
verb (used with object),
to make extremely angry; put into a rage; infuriate:
- enter-
-
- entire
-
noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- armets
-
noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- ergate
-
noun,
a worker ant.
- string
-
noun,
a slender cord or thick thread used for binding or tying; line.
- Strine
-
noun,
Australian English.
- Strega
-
- Ermine
-
noun,
an Old World weasel, Mustela erminea, having in its winter color phase a white coat with black at the tip of the tail.
Compare stoat.
- transe
-
noun,
a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
- stream
-
noun,
a body of water flowing in a channel or watercourse, as a river, rivulet, or brook. Synonyms: rill, run, streamlet, runnel.
- Ernest
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “vigor, intent.”.
- animes
-
noun,
a Japanese style of motion-picture animation, characterized by highly stylized, colorful art, futuristic settings, violence, and sexuality.
- Strain
-
noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- ternes
-
noun,
terne metal.
- armies
-
noun,
the military forces of a nation, exclusive of the navy and in some countries the air force.
- stigma
-
noun,
a mark of disgrace or infamy; a stain or reproach, as on one's reputation.
- 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.
- gamete
-
noun,
a mature sexual reproductive cell, as a sperm or egg, that unites with another cell to form a new organism.
- tenaim
-
noun,
the terms of a Jewish marriage, as the wedding date, amount of the bride's dowry, etc., or an agreement containing such terms, made by the parents of an engaged couple at the engagement party.
- eagers
-
noun,
eagre.
- eagres
-
noun,
a tidal bore or flood.
- tenias
-
noun,
taenia.
- astern
-
adverb,
in a position behind a specified vessel or aircraft:
- 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.
- teaser
-
noun,
a person or thing that teases.
- easier
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- Teresa
-
noun,
Mother (Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu) 1910–97, Albanian nun: Nobel Peace Prize 1979 for work in the slums of Calcutta, India.
- emigre
-
noun,
an emigrant, especially a person who flees from his or her native land because of political conditions.
- eating
-
noun,
the act of a person or thing that eats.
- airmen
-
noun,
an aviator.
- teamer
-
noun,
a teamster.
- arsine
-
noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- Egesta
-
noun,
matter egested from the body, as excrement or other waste.
- tisane
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- 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.
- arsen-
-
- targes
-
noun,
a small, round shield; a target or buckler.
- trains
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- Angers
-
noun,
a city in and capital of Maine-et-Loire, in W France.
- Antrim
-
noun,
a county in NE Northern Ireland. 1098 sq. mi. (2844 sq. km). County seat: Belfast.
- timers
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- ameers
-
noun,
emir.
- aments
-
noun,
catkin.
- Gainer
-
noun,
a person or thing that gains.
- Amiens
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Somme, in N France: cathedral; battles 1914, 1918, 1944.
- Gaines
-
noun,
Edmund Pendleton, 1777–1849, U.S. general.
- agrees
-
verb (used with object),
to concede; grant (usually followed by a noun clause):
- amines
-
noun,
any of a class of compounds derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms with organic groups.
- gainst
-
preposition,
against.
- tineas
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- tinges
-
noun,
a slight degree of coloration.
- 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).
- Sterne
-
noun,
Laurence, 1713–68, English clergyman and novelist.
- Estrin
-
noun,
estrone.
- gamet-
-
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- manse
-
noun,
the house and land occupied by a minister or parson.
- ament
-
noun,
catkin.
- triga
-
noun,
a two-wheeled chariot drawn by a team of three horses.
- Range
-
noun,
the extent to which or the limits between which variation is possible:
- Meigs
-
noun,
Fort. Fort Meigs.
- Meier
-
noun,
Richard, born 1934, U.S. architect.
- Meges
-
noun,
a nephew of Odysseus who commanded the Epeans in the Trojan War.
- menat
-
noun,
an amulet worn by certain Egyptians in ancient times to secure divine protection and to ensure fertility.
- amens
-
noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- Marge
-
noun,
margin; edge.
- temin
-
noun,
Howard M(artin) 1934–94, U.S. virologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1975.
- Megan
-
noun,
a female given name.
- mega-
-
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- meets
-
noun,
an assembly, as of persons and hounds for a hunt or swimmers or runners for a race or series of races:
- Ranee
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- term.
-
- Menes
-
noun,
flourished c3200 b.c, traditionally the unifier and 1st king of Egypt: founder of the 1st dynasty.
- trig.
-
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- metas
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) a column or post, or a group of columns or posts, placed at each end of a racetrack to mark the turning places.
- Armen
-
- armet
-
noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- meta-
-
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- mesne
-
adjective,
intermediate or intervening.
- nitr-
-
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- merit
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- Mensa
-
noun,
Also called altar slab, altar stone. the flat stone forming the top of the altar in a Roman Catholic church.
- merge
-
verb (used with object),
to cause to combine or coalesce; unite.
- manit
-
noun,
man-minute.
- meres
-
noun,
Chiefly British Dialect. a lake or pond.
- terms
-
noun,
a word or group of words designating something, especially in a particular field, as atom in physics, quietism in theology, adze in carpentry, or district leader in politics.
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- menta
-
noun,
Entomology. the medial plate of the labium in insects.
- mense
-
noun,
propriety; discretion.
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- aeri-
-
- Temne
-
noun,
a member of a people living mainly in Sierra Leone.
- astr.
-
- 30-30
-
- MASER
-
noun,
a device for amplifying electromagnetic waves by stimulated emission of radiation.
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- marts
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- Rains
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- rages
-
noun,
angry fury; violent anger (sometimes used in combination):
- Marti
-
noun,
José [haw-se] /hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1853–1895, Cuban patriot and writer.
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- tense
-
noun,
a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
- Saree
-
noun,
sari.
- marse
-
noun,
(used chiefly in representation of southern black speech) master.
- Sarge
-
noun,
sergeant.
- ragis
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Eleusine coracana, cultivated in the Old World for its grain.
- Marne
-
noun,
a river in NE France, flowing W to the Seine near Paris: battles 1914, 1918, 1944. 325 miles (525 km) long.
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- Marin
-
noun,
John, 1870–1953, U.S. painter and etcher.
- Maris
-
noun,
Roger (Eugene) 1934–85, U.S. baseball player.
- mast-
-
- sanit
-
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- ramet
-
noun,
an individual of a clone.
- ramie
-
noun,
an Asian shrub, Boehmeria nivea, of the nettle family, yielding a fiber used especially in making textiles.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- Mears
-
noun,
mere3 .
- meant
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of mean1 .
- meter
-
noun,
the fundamental unit of length in the metric system, equivalent to 39.37 U.S. inches, originally intended to be, and being very nearly, equal to one ten-millionth of the distance from the equator to the pole measured on a meridian: defined from 1889 to 1960 as the distance between two lines on a platinum-iridium bar (the “International Prototype Meter”) preserved at the International Bureau of Weights and Measures near Paris; from 1960 to 1983 defined as 1,650,763.73 wavelengths of the orange-red radiation of krypton 86 under specified conditions; and now defined as 1/299,792,458 of the distance light travels in a vacuum in one second. Abbreviation: m.
- MEANS
-
noun,
Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
- T-man
-
noun,
a special investigator of the Department of the Treasury.
- ameer
-
noun,
emir.
- asgmt
-
- mater
-
noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- Ramee
-
noun,
Louise de la ("Ouida") 1839–1908, English novelist.
- Marie
-
noun,
(Marie Alexandra Victoria of Saxe-Coburg) 1875–1938, queen of Romania 1914–27.
- matr-
-
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- aerie
-
noun,
the nest of a bird of prey, as an eagle or a hawk.
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- matin
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) matins, Also, especially British, mattins. (usually used with a singular verb) Ecclesiastical.
the first of the seven canonical hours.
the service for it, properly beginning at midnight, but sometimes beginning at daybreak.
Also called Morning Prayer. the service of public prayer, said in the morning, in the Anglican Church.
- tera-
-
- 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.
- Amer.
-
- terne
-
noun,
terne metal.
- rente
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- anime
-
noun,
a Japanese style of motion-picture animation, characterized by highly stylized, colorful art, futuristic settings, violence, and sexuality.
- remit
-
noun,
Law. a transfer of the record of an action from one tribunal to another, particularly from an appellate court to the court of original jurisdiction.
- times
-
noun,
the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- nears
-
- anis-
-
- reest
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- renga
-
noun,
linked verse.
- reni-
-
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- reman
-
verb (used with object),
to man again; furnish with a fresh supply of personnel.
- 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.
- 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.
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- 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.
- reams
-
noun,
a standard quantity of paper, consisting of 20 quires or 500 sheets (formerly 480 sheets), or 516 sheets (printer's ream or perfect ream)
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- amirs
-
noun,
emir.
- Mitre
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- Mitra
-
noun,
the mitriform pileus of certain fungi.
- anim.
-
- MSEnt
-
- miter
-
noun,
the official headdress of a bishop in the Western Church, in its modern form a tall cap with a top deeply cleft crosswise, the outline of the front and back resembling that of a pointed arch.
- regma
-
noun,
a dry fruit consisting of three or more carpels that separate from the axis at maturity.
- timer
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- Names
-
noun,
a word or a combination of words by which a person, place, or thing, a body or class, or any object of thought is designated, called, or known.
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- 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.
- anger
-
noun,
a strong feeling of displeasure and belligerence aroused by a wrong; wrath; ire.
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- REGIS
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Regt.
-
- Tigre
-
noun,
a Semitic language spoken in northern Ethiopia.
- Regan
-
noun,
(in Shakespeare's King Lear) the younger of Lear's two faithless daughters.
Compare Cordelia (def 1), Goneril.
- angi-
-
- reign
-
noun,
the period during which a sovereign occupies the throne.
- Angie
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Angel.
- Reims
-
noun,
a city in NE France: cathedral; unconditional surrender of Germany May 7, 1945.
- 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.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- angst
-
noun,
a feeling of dread, anxiety, or anguish.
- Msgr.
-
- mites
-
noun,
any of numerous small to microscopic arachnids of the subclass Acari, including species that are parasitic on animals and plants or that feed on decaying matter and stored foods.
- reset
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- metes
-
noun,
a limiting mark.
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- trigs
-
noun,
trigonometry.
- Arete
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- Niger
-
noun,
a republic in NW Africa: formerly part of French West Africa. 458,976 sq. mi. (1,188,748 sq. km). Capital: Niamey.
- Nimes
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Gard, in S France: Roman ruins.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- Aegir
-
noun,
a sea god, husband of Ran, and host at feast of the gods spoiled by Loki.
- tinge
-
noun,
a slight degree of coloration.
- AEGIS
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the shield or breastplate of Zeus or Athena, bearing at its center the head of the Gorgon.
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- 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.
- miens
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- Rimas
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- rimes
-
noun,
Also called rime ice. an opaque coating of tiny, white, granular ice particles, caused by the rapid freezing of supercooled water droplets on impact with an object.
Compare frost (def 3), glaze (def 17).
- metr-
-
- Metis
-
noun,
any person of mixed ancestry.
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- minas
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- Miner
-
noun,
Also called mineworker. a person who works in a mine, especially a commercial mine producing coal or metallic ores.
- ante-
-
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- Nemea
-
noun,
a valley in SE Greece, in ancient Argolis.
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- anti-
-
- 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.
- miser
-
noun,
a person who lives in wretched circumstances in order to save and hoard money.
- trims
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- mires
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- mints
-
noun,
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
Compare mint family.
- amine
-
noun,
any of a class of compounds derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms with organic groups.
- amin-
-
- Tegea
-
noun,
an ancient city in SE Arcadia, Greece.
- terse
-
adjective,
neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.
- retem
-
noun,
a shrub, Retama raetam, of Syria and Arabia, having white flowers: said to be the juniper of the Old Testament.
- Mines
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- Gamin
-
noun,
a neglected boy left to run about the streets; street urchin.
- marg.
-
- mange
-
noun,
any of various skin diseases caused by parasitic mites, affecting animals and sometimes humans and characterized by loss of hair and scabby eruptions.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- grate
-
noun,
a frame of metal bars for holding fuel when burning, as in a fireplace, furnace, or stove.
- agent
-
noun,
a person or business authorized to act on another's behalf:
- Grant
-
noun,
something granted, as a privilege or right, a sum of money, or a tract of land:
- grans
-
noun,
grandmother.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- signa
-
verb,
(used imperatively, in prescriptions) mark; write; label.
- grams
-
noun,
a metric unit of mass or weight equal to 15.432 grains; one thousandth of a kilogram. Abbreviation: g.
- gram.
-
- grain
-
noun,
a small, hard seed, especially the seed of a food plant such as wheat, corn, rye, oats, rice, or millet.
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- gnars
-
verb (used without object),
to snarl; growl.
- simar
-
noun,
Also, cymar. a loose, lightweight jacket or robe for women, fashionable in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- G-man
-
noun,
an agent for the FBI.
- sing.
-
- singe
-
noun,
a superficial burn.
- ernes
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- Ernie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Ernest.
- 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.
- girns
-
noun, verb (used with object),
grin2 .
- erase
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- 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.
- Serge
-
noun,
a twilled worsted or woolen fabric used especially for clothing.
- IATSE
-
- trams
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- enate
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- seti-
-
- enema
-
noun,
the injection of a fluid into the rectum to cause a bowel movement.
- grist
-
noun,
grain to be ground.
- grins
-
noun,
a broad smile.
- grime
-
noun,
dirt, soot, or other filthy matter, especially adhering to or embedded in a surface.
- Sigma
-
noun,
the 18th letter of the Greek alphabet: Σ, σ, ς.
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- Tamis
-
noun,
a worsted cloth mesh constructed in open weave and having a corded face, used as a sieve or strainer.
- Greta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Margaret.
- tings
-
noun,
a tinging sound.
- engr.
-
- Manet
-
noun,
Édouard [ey-dwar] /eɪˈdwar/ (Show IPA), 1832–83, French painter.
- grees
-
noun,
superiority, mastery, or victory.
- tames
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- 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.
- siree
-
noun,
sirree.
- 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.
- image
-
noun,
a physical likeness or representation of a person, animal, or thing, photographed, painted, sculptured, or otherwise made visible.
- gains
-
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- 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:
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- agree
-
verb (used with object),
to concede; grant (usually followed by a noun clause):
- steer
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- Gates
-
noun,
Horatio, 1728–1806, American Revolutionary general, born in England.
- gater
-
noun,
gator.
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- stang
-
noun,
an act or an instance of stinging.
- ster.
-
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- garni
-
adjective,
garnished.
- Steen
-
noun,
Jan [yahn] /yɑn/ (Show IPA), 1626–79, Dutch painter.
- gaits
-
noun,
a manner of walking, stepping, or running.
- Agnes
-
noun,
Saint, a.d. 292?–304? Roman Catholic child martyr.
- gamer
-
noun,
a person who plays games, especially computer or video games.
- steam
-
noun,
water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor.
- games
-
noun,
an amusement or pastime:
- treen
-
noun,
treenware.
- STAGE
-
noun,
a single step or degree in a process; a particular phase, period, position, etc., in a process, development, or series.
- Srta.
-
- 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.
- sting
-
noun,
an act or an instance of stinging.
- giant
-
noun,
(in folklore) a being with human form but superhuman size, strength, etc.
- 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.
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- geste
-
noun,
gest.
- Smart
-
noun,
a sharp local pain, usually superficial, as from a wound, blow, or sting.
- smear
-
noun,
an oily, greasy, viscous, or wet substance, especially a dab of such a substance.
- smite
-
Idioms,
smite hip and thigh. hip1 (def 9).
- agers
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) a person living in a certain historical age:
- treas
-
- stime
-
noun,
the smallest bit; a drop, taste, or glimpse.
- Genet
-
noun,
any small, Old World carnivore of the genus Genetta, especially G. genetta, having spotted sides and a ringed tail.
- stge.
-
- 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 .
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- sneer
-
noun,
a look or expression of derision, scorn, or contempt.
- gents
-
noun,
Informal. gentleman (defs 1, 2).
- agist
-
verb (used with object),
to feed or pasture (livestock) for a fee.
- genre
-
noun,
a class or category of artistic endeavor having a particular form, content, technique, or the like:
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- Genie
-
noun,
Islamic Mythology. jinn.
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- tangs
-
- greet
-
verb (used with object),
to address with some form of salutation; welcome.
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- teems
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to produce (offspring).
- egers
-
noun,
German name of Ohře.
- egest
-
verb (used with object),
to discharge, as from the body; void (opposed to ingest).
- sengi
-
noun,
a monetary unit of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, equal to 1/10,000 (.0001) of a zaire.
- inst.
-
- Mages
-
noun,
a magician.
- 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.
- Iran.
-
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- eagre
-
noun,
a tidal bore or flood.
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- 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.
- eager
-
noun,
eagre.
- intr.
-
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- Tarim
-
noun,
a river in NW China, in Xinjiang Uygur region. About 1300 miles (2090 km) long.
- tease
-
noun,
a person who teases or annoys.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Segni
-
noun,
Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1891–1972, Italian teacher, lawyer, and statesman: president 1962–64.
- 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.
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- Seine
-
noun,
a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
- tears
-
- emits
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- Irene
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of the Horae, the personification of peace.
- Isere
-
noun,
a river in SE France, flowing from the Alps to the Rhone River. 150 miles (240 km) long.
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- semen
-
noun,
the viscid, whitish fluid produced in the male reproductive organs, containing spermatozoa.
- semi-
-
- teams
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- eaten
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- segar
-
noun,
cigar.
- Maine
-
noun,
a state in the NE United States, on the Atlantic coast. 33,215 sq. mi. (86,027 sq. km). Capital: Augusta.
Abbreviation: ME (for use with zip code), Me.
- teens
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- targe
-
noun,
a small, round shield; a target or buckler.
- satem
-
adjective,
belonging to or consisting of those branches of the Indo-European family in which alveolar or palatal fricatives, as the sounds (s) or (sh), developed in ancient times from Proto-Indo-European palatal stops: the satem branches are Indo-Iranian, Armenian, Slavic, Baltic, and Albanian.
- Teena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Albertina, Bettina, or Christina.
- mairs
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- Aimee
-
noun,
a female given name.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- emirs
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- maist
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
most.
- mains
-
noun,
the main or home farm of a manor, as where the ownerlives; manse.
- Imena
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Arabic word meaning “faith.”.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- Rees
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- ter.
-
- 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.
- 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.
- Reg.
-
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- Ste.
-
- 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.
- 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).
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Seem
-
verb (used without object),
to appear to be, feel, do, etc.:
- Sra.
-
- Seen
-
verb,
past participle of see1 .
- 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.
- tegs
-
noun,
Animal Husbandry.
a two-year-old sheep that has not been shorn.
the wool shorn from such a sheep.
- 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.
- Sat.
-
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- rami
-
noun,
plural of ramus.
- Stag
-
noun,
an adult male deer.
- teen
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- stem
-
noun,
the ascending axis of a plant, whether above or below ground, which ordinarily grows in an opposite direction to the root or descending axis.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- tRNA
-
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- tri-
-
- ten.
-
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- rang
-
noun,
a boomerang.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- SRAM
-
- seam
-
noun,
the line formed by sewing together pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.
- teem
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to produce (offspring).
- ream
-
noun,
a standard quantity of paper, consisting of 20 quires or 500 sheets (formerly 480 sheets), or 516 sheets (printer's ream or perfect ream)
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- stg.
-
- 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.
- Ting
-
noun,
a tinging sound.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- Time
-
noun,
the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- SIAM
-
noun,
former name of Thailand (def 1).
- trim
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- Sage
-
noun,
a profoundly wise person; a person famed for wisdom.
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- RNAS
-
- tram
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- 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.
- 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.
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- Riga
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Latvia, on the Gulf of Riga.
- Rima
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Tams
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- rime
-
noun,
Also called rime ice. an opaque coating of tiny, white, granular ice particles, caused by the rapid freezing of supercooled water droplets on impact with an object.
Compare frost (def 3), glaze (def 17).
- rit.
-
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- 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.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- Tame
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- rems
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- 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.
- regs
-
noun,
Usually, regs. Informal. regulations.
- str.
-
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- 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.
- Sem.
-
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- seme
-
adjective,
covered with many small, identical figures.
- Sang
-
noun,
the act or performance of singing.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- same
-
Idioms,
all the same,
notwithstanding; nevertheless:
of no difference; immaterial:
- Sam.
-
- 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.
- 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.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- sene
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Western Samoa, the 100th part of a tala.
- Sima
-
noun,
an assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and magnesium, that constitutes the lower layer of the earth's crust and is found beneath the ocean floors and the sial of continents.
- team
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- Tasm
-
- tier
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- sign
-
noun,
a token; indication.
- Sig.
-
- Sami
-
noun,
Lapp.
- gree
-
noun,
superiority, mastery, or victory.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Magi
-
noun,
(sometimes lowercase) one of the Magi.
- ease
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- mage
-
noun,
a magician.
- mag.
-
- maes
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- M-16
-
noun,
a lightweight, fully automatic rifle shooting a small-caliber bullet at an extremely high velocity: a U.S. Army combat weapon for mobile units and jungle fighting.
- M-14
-
noun,
a fully automatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber rifle developed from the M-1: replaced the M-1 as the standard U.S. Army combat rifle.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- Eger
-
noun,
German name of Ohře.
- egis
-
noun,
aegis.
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- item
-
noun,
a separate article or particular:
- Main
-
noun,
a principal pipe or duct in a system used to distribute water, gas, etc.
- 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.
- emes
-
noun,
friend.
- EMet
-
- emia
-
- emir
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- emit
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- Irma
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Erma.
- Ire.
-
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- int.
-
- ins.
-
- mags
-
noun,
magazine.
- Mair
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- Eng.
-
- meat
-
noun,
the flesh of animals as used for food.
- mere
-
noun,
Chiefly British Dialect. a lake or pond.
- ment
-
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- ASTM
-
- atm.
-
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- ates
-
- Meng
-
- men-
-
- Meir
-
noun,
Golda [gohl-duh] /ˈgoʊl də/ (Show IPA), (Goldie Mabovitch; Goldie Myerson) 1898–1978, Israeli political leader, born in Russia: prime minister 1969–74.
- 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.
- Meer
-
noun,
Jan van der [yahn vahn der] /yɑn vɑn dɛr/ (Show IPA), Vermeer, Jan.
- meas
-
- Man.
-
- mear
-
noun,
mere3 .
- mean
-
noun,
Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
- MatE
-
noun,
a partner in marriage; spouse.
- 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.
- Mart
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- MARS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman god of war and agriculture, identified with the Greek god Ares.
- Mari
-
noun,
a member of a Uralic people living in scattered communities north of Cheboksary and Kazan in European Russia, mainly in the Mari Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.
- Mare
-
noun,
a fully mature female horse or other equine animal.
- Mar.
-
- Mani
-
noun,
Manes.
- mane
-
noun,
the long hair growing on the back of or around the neck and neighboring parts of some animals, as the horse or lion.
- Inge
-
noun,
William (Motter) [mot-er] /ˈmɒt ər/ (Show IPA), 1913–73, U.S. playwright.
- 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).
- mes-
-
- 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.
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- 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.
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- gest
-
noun,
a story or tale.
- Gert
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Gertrude.
- Gers
-
noun,
a department in SW France. 2429 sq. mi. (6290 sq. km). Capital: Auch.
- germ
-
noun,
a microorganism, especially when disease-producing; microbe.
- Gera
-
noun,
a city in E central Germany.
- Ger.
-
- Gent
-
noun,
Informal. gentleman (defs 1, 2).
- 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.
- girn
-
noun, verb (used with object),
grin2 .
- Gena
-
noun,
the cheek or side region of the head.
- gait
-
noun,
a manner of walking, stepping, or running.
- game
-
noun,
an amusement or pastime:
- Gen.
-
- gams
-
noun,
a person's leg, especially an attractive female leg.
- gees
-
noun,
a sum of one thousand dollars:
- gear
-
noun,
Machinery.
a part, as a disk, wheel, or section of a shaft, having cut teeth of such form, size, and spacing that they mesh with teeth in another part to transmit or receive force and motion.
an assembly of such parts.
one of several possible arrangements of such parts in a mechanism, as an automobile transmission, for affording different relations of torque and speed between the driving and the driven machinery, or for permitting the driven machinery to run in either direction:
a mechanism or group of parts performing one function or serving one purpose in a complex machine:
- Gean
-
noun,
heart cherry.
- gats
-
noun,
a pistol or revolver.
- gate
-
noun,
a movable barrier, usually on hinges, closing an opening in a fence, wall, or other enclosure.
- Gare
-
noun,
low-grade wool fibers from the legs of sheep.
- gast
-
verb (used with object),
to terrify or frighten.
- Gina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- 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.
- inae
-
- grin
-
noun,
a broad smile.
- Ens.
-
- ign.
-
- ergs
-
- Erie
-
noun,
Lake, a lake between the NE central United States and SE central Canada: the southernmost lake of the Great Lakes; Commodore Perry's defeat of the British in 1813. 239 miles (385 km) long; 9940 sq. mi. (25,745 sq. km).
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Erma
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- Erne
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- 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.
- Grim
-
adjective,
stern and admitting of no appeasement or compromise:
- est.
-
- gres
-
- ragi
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Eleusine coracana, cultivated in the Old World for its grain.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- gras
-
- Gran
-
noun,
grandmother.
- GNMA
-
- 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.
- gnar
-
verb (used without object),
to snarl; growl.
- Gmat
-
- gite
-
noun,
a furnished vacation home in France that is available for rental, especially in a rural setting.
- esne
-
noun,
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a member of the lowest class; laborer.
- gist
-
noun,
the main or essential part of a matter:
- MERS
-
noun,
Middle East(ern) Respiratory Syndrome: an often fatal respiratory illness caused by a coronavirus similar to the SARS virus and characterized by fever, coughing, and shortness of breath.
- meet
-
noun,
an assembly, as of persons and hounds for a hunt or swimmers or runners for a race or series of races:
- mesa
-
noun,
a land formation, less extensive than a plateau, having steep walls and a relatively flat top and common in arid and semiarid parts of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico.
- Amir
-
noun,
emir.
- name
-
noun,
a word or a combination of words by which a person, place, or thing, a body or class, or any object of thought is designated, called, or known.
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- Amen
-
noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- Ames
-
noun,
a city in central Iowa.
- Amie
-
noun,
a female friend.
- mtge
-
- mtg.
-
- Amis
-
noun,
Kingsley, 1922–95, English novelist.
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- met.
-
- MSIE
-
- MSgt
-
- amt.
-
- MSEE
-
- MSAE
-
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- Mrs.
-
plural,
a title of respect prefixed to the surname or full name of a married woman:
- mRNA
-
- ANSI
-
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- Aire
-
- ant.
-
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- rage
-
noun,
angry fury; violent anger (sometimes used in combination):
- aer-
-
- aet.
-
- NTIA
-
- 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:
- 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.
- agit
-
- Agni
-
noun,
Hindu Mythology. the god of fire, one of the three chief divinities of the Vedas.
- agr.
-
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- NIRA
-
- NIMS
-
noun,
a game in which two players alternate in drawing counters, pennies, or the like, from a set of 12 arranged in three rows of 3, 4, and 5 counters, respectively, the object being to draw the last counter, or, sometimes, to avoid drawing it.
- agst
-
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- AIME
-
- AIMS
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- 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.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- neem
-
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- Mngr
-
- Amri
-
noun,
Omri.
- 1080
-
- ARIS
-
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- Arg.
-
- mint
-
noun,
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
Compare mint family.
- mins
-
noun,
a group of Chinese languages spoken in southeastern China, including Foochow and Fukienese.
- Ming
-
noun,
a dynasty in China, 1368–1644, marked by the restoration of traditional institutions and the development of the arts, especially in porcelain, textiles, and painting.
- MiNE
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- Mina
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- min.
-
- migs
-
noun,
a playing marble, especially one that is not used as a shooter.
- MNAS
-
- mire
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- arms
-
noun,
the upper limb of the human body, especially the part extending from the shoulder to the wrist.
- mien
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- mias
-
plural,
missing in action.
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- art.
-
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- ASME
-
- mete
-
noun,
a limiting mark.
- Mira
-
noun,
Astronomy. the first long-period pulsating variable star to be discovered, with a period averaging 331 days. It is a red giant and a component of a binary star in the constellation Cetus.
- Arm.
-
- mite
-
noun,
any of numerous small to microscopic arachnids of the subclass Acari, including species that are parasitic on animals and plants or that feed on decaying matter and stored foods.
- mis-
-
- mise
-
noun,
a settlement or agreement.
- mist
-
noun,
a cloudlike aggregation of minute globules of water suspended in the atmosphere at or near the earth's surface, reducing visibility to a lesser degree than fog.
- Mita
-
noun,
a colonial system in Peru by which the Spanish government required Indians to perform periodic forced labor, especially in the mines.
- 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.
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- Ga.
-
- AGM
-
- 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.
- ETS
-
- ase
-
- ETR
-
- Eg.
-
- AGS
-
adjective, noun,
agriculture:
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- teg
-
noun,
Animal Husbandry.
a two-year-old sheep that has not been shorn.
the wool shorn from such a sheep.
- STI
-
- Agt
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- AIM
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- ea.
-
- ESR
-
- at.
-
- EEG
-
- ASI
-
- ae.
-
- TIA
-
- TSI
-
- TSE
-
- Am.
-
- ag-
-
- an.
-
- GAN
-
noun,
cotton gin.
- Ar.
-
- TGN
-
- eir
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- ASN
-
- 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:
- gi.
-
- ASR
-
- ASM
-
- 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.
- ast
-
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- ese
-
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- AME
-
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- 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:
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- TAM
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- AMI
-
noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- ene
-
- EMR
-
- EMS
-
noun,
the letter M, m.
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- EMT
-
- AMS
-
- 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.
- 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.
- ARS
-
- tra
-
- en-
-
- ESA
-
- ERT
-
- EAM
-
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Tim
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Timothy.
- STM
-
- ANG
-
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- tr.
-
- Tng
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- ean
-
- ear
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- EIS
-
- eme
-
noun,
friend.
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- Gat
-
noun,
a pistol or revolver.
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- Mig
-
noun,
a playing marble, especially one that is not used as a shooter.
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- MIR
-
noun,
a village commune of peasant farmers in prerevolutionary Russia.
- 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.
- MIT
-
- MNA
-
- MNE
-
- rig
-
noun,
the arrangement of the masts, spars, sails, etc., on a boat or ship.
- MNS
-
- Mr.
-
plural,
mister: a title of respect prefixed to a man's name or position:
- MRA
-
- MRE
-
- MRI
-
- MSA
-
- MSE
-
- MIE
-
- RIM
-
noun,
the outer edge, border, margin, or brink of something, especially of a circular object.
- REM
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- RSA
-
- SAG
-
noun,
an act or instance of sagging.
- SAE
-
- Gee
-
noun,
a sum of one thousand dollars:
- rte
-
- rt.
-
- RSE
-
- Rs.
-
- MI6
-
noun,
the government's secret intelligence service.
- RNA
-
- rm.
-
plural,
ream.
- MGr
-
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- MGT
-
- mi.
-
- MI5
-
noun,
the government's security and counterespionage service that works in liaison with Scotland Yard's Special Branch.
- MSG
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-soluble powder, C 5 H 8 NNaO 4 ⋅H 2 O, used to intensify the flavor of foods.
- MSI
-
- GAS
-
noun,
Physics. a substance possessing perfect molecular mobility and the property of indefinite expansion, as opposed to a solid or liquid.
- NRA
-
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- 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.
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- NMI
-
- NMR
-
- nr.
-
- NSA
-
- NIG
-
verb (used with object),
nidge.
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- RAM
-
noun,
a male sheep.
- Re.
-
- RMA
-
- RMS
-
plural,
ream.
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- rag
-
noun,
a worthless piece of cloth, especially one that is torn or worn.
- NIM
-
noun,
a game in which two players alternate in drawing counters, pennies, or the like, from a set of 12 arranged in three rows of 3, 4, and 5 counters, respectively, the object being to draw the last counter, or, sometimes, to avoid drawing it.
- REA
-
- MSN
-
- NAM
-
noun,
Vietnam.
- MST
-
- Mt.
-
- MTI
-
- mtn
-
- MTS
-
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- NAG
-
noun,
Also, nagger. a person who nags, especially habitually.
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- NIA
-
- ne-
-
- NEA
-
- Nee
-
adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- 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:
- Meg
-
noun,
a megabyte.
- RTS
-
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- MEA
-
noun,
an acknowledgment of one's responsibility for a fault or error.
- GSA
-
- GSR
-
- gt.
-
- GTS
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Ia.
-
- IAS
-
- gre
-
- ier
-
- IGM
-
- in.
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ine
-
- ing
-
- 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).
- Sgt
-
- Gr.
-
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- SMA
-
- GEM
-
noun,
a cut and polished precious stone or pearl fine enough for use in jewelry.
- Sta
-
- St.
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- Sr.
-
- Ges
-
- get
-
noun,
an offspring or the total of the offspring, especially of a male animal:
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- gie
-
noun,
gi.
- GIN
-
noun,
an alcoholic liquor obtained by distilling grain mash with juniper berries.
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- 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.
- git
-
noun,
British Slang. a foolish or contemptible person.
- GMT
-
- Ir.
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- 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.
- ITA
-
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- MAE
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- M-1
-
noun,
a semiautomatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber, clip-fed rifle, with a weight of 8.56 pounds (3.88 kg): the standard U.S. Army rifle in World War II and in the Korean War.
- MS.
-
plural,
manuscript.
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- IRS
-
- MIA
-
plural,
missing in action.
- Me.
-
- SAR
-
- ite
-
- se-
-
- Mat
-
noun,
a piece of fabric made of plaited or woven rushes, straw, hemp, or similar fiber, or of some other pliant material, as rubber, used as a protective covering on a floor or other surface, to wipe the shoes on, etc.
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ISA
-
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- ise
-
- ist
-
- mas
-
noun,
mother1 .
- ism
-
noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- ISR
-
- RN
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- NM
-
- SA
-
- ee
-
- 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.
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- SG
-
- G.
-
- R.
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- SN
-
- EI
-
- RI
-
- GM
-
- 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.
- SM
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- S.
-
- N.
-
- MN
-
- rg
-
- IG
-
- 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.
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- T1
-
- TG
-
- t.
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- GN
-
- NG
-
- NI
-
- i.
-
- M.
-
- MA
-
noun,
mother1 .
- TM
-
- TN
-
- MG
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.