Anagrams of glomeration
Word glomeration has
1508 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of glomeration.
- emotional
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adjective,
pertaining to or involving emotion or the emotions.
- long-term
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adjective,
covering a relatively long period of time:
- morganite
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noun,
rose-colored beryl.
- motoring
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noun,
traveling in a car, especially when considered as a recreation.
- gelation
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noun,
solidification by cold; freezing.
- mineral.
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- Mongolia
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noun,
a region in Asia including Inner Mongolia of China and the Mongolian People's Republic.
- monorail
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noun,
a single rail functioning as a track for wheeled vehicles, as railroad or other cars, balanced upon or suspended from it.
- Monteria
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noun,
a city in N Colombia.
- time-lag
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noun,
the period of time between two closely related events, phenomena, etc., as between stimulus and response or between cause and effect:
- geronto-
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- Geronimo
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noun,
(Goyathlay) 1829–1909, American Apache Indian chief.
- Germinal
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noun,
(in the French Revolutionary calendar) the seventh month of the year, extending from March 21 to April 19.
- germano-
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- geraniol
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noun,
a colorless or pale-yellow terpene alcohol, C 10 H 18 O, with a geraniumlike odor, found in rose oil, soluble in alcohol and ether, insoluble in water: used in perfumes and flavors.
- terminal
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noun,
a terminal part of a structure; end or extremity.
- entomol.
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- mortling
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noun,
wool obtained from dead sheep.
- Maronite
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noun,
a member of a body of Uniates living chiefly in Lebanon, who maintain a Syriac liturgy and a married clergy, and who are governed by the patriarch of Antioch.
- oligomer
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noun,
a polymer molecule consisting of a small number of monomers.
- emigrant
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noun,
a person who emigrates, as from his or her native country or region:
Synonyms: émigré, expatriate.
- Oriental
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noun,
(usually initial capital letter) Older Use: Usually Disparaging and Offensive. a native or inhabitant of the Orient, or East.
- regional
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noun,
Often, regionals. a regional competition or tournament:
- relation
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noun,
an existing connection; a significant association between or among things:
- remotion
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noun,
the act of removing; removal.
- argento-
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- Romanite
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noun,
a fossil resin similar to amber, used for jewelry.
- anteroom
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noun,
a room that admits to a larger room.
- rolamite
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noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) an almost frictionless mechanical device consisting of a flexible metal band formed in an S-shaped loop around moving rollers.
- rogation
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noun,
Usually, rogations. Ecclesiastical. solemn supplication, especially as chanted during procession on the three days (Rogation Days) before Ascension Day.
- Tirolean
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of the Tyrol.
- Montreal
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noun,
a seaport in S Quebec, in E Canada, on an island (Montreal Island) in the St. Lawrence.
- integral
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noun,
an integral whole.
- tramline
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noun,
a streetcar system.
- long-arm
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noun,
a long pole fitted with any of various devices, as a hook or clamp, for performing tasks otherwise out of reach.
- Triangle
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noun,
a closed plane figure having three sides and three angles.
- ton-mile
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noun,
a unit of freight transportation measurement equivalent to a ton of freight transported one mile.
- trigonal
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adjective,
of, relating to, or shaped like a triangle; having three angles; triangular.
- longtime
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adjective,
existing, occurring, or continuing for a long period of time; longstanding:
- malinger
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verb (used without object),
to pretend illness, especially in order to shirk one's duty, avoid work, etc.
- legation
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noun,
a diplomatic minister and staff in a foreign mission.
- magneto-
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- ligament
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noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. a band of tissue, usually white and fibrous, serving to connect bones, hold organs in place, etc.
- entrail
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plural noun,
the internal parts of the trunk of an animal body.
- ergotin
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noun,
any of various extracts of ergot used in medicine.
- oration
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noun,
a formal public speech, especially one delivered on a special occasion, as on an anniversary, at a funeral, or at academic exercises.
- gameto-
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- nemato-
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- Negrito
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noun,
a member of any of various small-statured, indigenous peoples of Africa, the Philippines, the Malay Peninsula, the Andaman Islands, and southern India.
- entomo-
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- garment
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noun,
any article of clothing:
- looming
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noun,
a mirage in which objects below the horizon seem to be raised above their true positions.
- engrail
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verb (used with object),
to ornament the edge of with curved indentations.
- Ontario
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noun,
a province in S Canada, bordering on the Great Lakes. 412,582 sq. mi. (1,068,585 sq. km). Capital: Toronto.
- emotion
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noun,
an affective state of consciousness in which joy, sorrow, fear, hate, or the like, is experienced, as distinguished from cognitive and volitional states of consciousness.
- Langreo
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noun,
a city in N Spain.
- Ingemar
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noun,
a male given name.
- Latimer
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noun,
Hugh, c1470–1555, English Protestant Reformation bishop, reformer, and martyr.
- oregano
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noun,
an aromatic herb, Origanum vulgare, of the mint family, having leaves used as seasoning in cooking.
- lean-to
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noun,
a shack or shed supported at one side by trees or posts and having an inclined roof.
- antero-
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- lentigo
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noun,
a freckle or other pigmented spot.
- legroom
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noun,
space sufficient for keeping one's legs in a comfortable position, as in an automobile.
- antilog
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noun,
antilogarithm.
- legator
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noun,
a person who bequeaths; a testator.
- retinol
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noun,
vitamin A.
- retinal
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noun,
an orange pigment, C 20 H 28 O, that is the active component of rhodopsin and is liberated upon the absorption of light in the vision cycle; vitamin A aldehyde.
- Aretino
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noun,
Pietro [pye-traw] /ˈpyɛ trɔ/ (Show IPA), 1492–1556, Italian satirist and dramatist.
- reliant
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adjective,
having or showing dependence:
- organo-
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- latrine
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noun,
a toilet or something used as a toilet, as a trench in the earth in a camp, or bivouac area.
- atingle
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adjective,
tingling; stimulated.
- ratline
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noun,
any of the small ropes or lines that traverse the shrouds horizontally and serve as steps for going aloft.
- raiment
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noun,
clothing; apparel; attire.
- 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.
- ortolan
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noun,
an Old World bunting, Emberiza hortulana, esteemed as a table delicacy.
- Ortegal
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noun,
Cape, a cape in NW Spain, on the Bay of Biscay.
- elation
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noun,
a feeling or state of great joy or pride; exultant gladness; high spirits.
- Loraine
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noun,
a female given name, form of Lorraine.
- gelatin
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noun,
a nearly transparent, faintly yellow, odorless, and almost tasteless glutinous substance obtained by boiling in water the ligaments, bones, skin, etc., of animals, and forming the basis of jellies, glues, and the like.
- genitor
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noun,
a parent, especially a father.
- genital
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adjective,
of, relating to, or noting reproduction.
- Gramont
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noun,
Philibert [fee-lee-ber] /fi liˈbɛr/ (Show IPA), Comte de, 1621–1707, French courtier, soldier, and adventurer.
- mitogen
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noun,
any substance or agent that stimulates mitotic cell division.
- mintage
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noun,
the act or process of minting.
- margent
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noun,
margin.
- Mineola
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noun,
a village on W Long Island, in SE New York.
- 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.
- Goneril
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noun,
(in Shakespeare's King Lear) the elder of Lear's two faithless daughters.
- 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.
- migrant
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noun,
a person or animal that migrates.
- 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.
- ingrate
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noun,
an ungrateful person.
- gratine
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verb (used with object),
to bake or broil (food) in au gratin style.
- gremial
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noun,
a cloth placed on the lap of the bishop, as during the celebration of Mass or when he confers orders.
- gremlin
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noun,
a mischievous invisible being, said by airplane pilots in World War II to cause engine trouble and mechanical difficulties.
- melano-
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- megaton
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noun,
one million tons.
- megaron
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noun,
a building or semi-independent unit of a building, generally used as a living apartment and typically having a square or broadly rectangular principal chamber with a porch, often of columns in antis, and sometimes an antichamber or other small compartments.
- megalo-
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- in-goal
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noun,
the area at either end of the field between the goal line and the dead-ball line.
- Gmelina
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noun,
a deciduous tree, Gmelina arborea, native to Southeast Asia,whose timber is important in the tropics.
- mongrel
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noun,
a dog of mixed or indeterminate breed.
- genito-
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- 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.
- Marline
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noun,
small stuff of two-fiber strands, sometimes tarred, laid up left-handed.
- Lorient
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noun,
a seaport in NW France, on the Bay of Biscay.
- Morelia
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noun,
a city in and the capital of Michoacán, in central Mexico.
- moraine
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noun,
a ridge, mound, or irregular mass of unstratified glacial drift, chiefly boulders, gravel, sand, and clay.
- mooring
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noun,
the act of a person or thing that moors.
- Geraint
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noun,
one of the knights of the Round Table, husband of Enid.
- magnet-
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- ionomer
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noun,
any of a class of plastics that because of its ionic bonding action is capable of conducting electric current.
- moorage
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noun,
a place for mooring.
- monitor
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noun,
(especially formerly) a student appointed to assist in the conduct of a class or school, as to help take attendance or keep order.
- moonlit
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adjective,
lighted by the moon.
- manroot
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noun,
man-of-the-earth.
- moonlet
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noun,
a small natural or artificial satellite, as one of a number of natural satellites thought to be embedded in the ring system of Saturn.
- ringlet
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noun,
a curled lock of hair.
- montero
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noun,
a Spanish hunter's cap, round in shape and having an earflap.
- Montale
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noun,
Eugenio [e-oo-je-nyaw] /ˌɛ uˈdʒɛ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1896–1981, Italian poet: Nobel prize 1975.
- montage
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noun,
the technique of combining in a single composition pictorial elements from various sources, as parts of different photographs or fragments of printing, either to give the illusion that the elements belonged together originally or to allow each element to retain its separate identity as a means of adding interest or meaning to the composition.
Compare collage (def 1).
- Marengo
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noun,
a village in Piedmont, in NW Italy: Napoleon defeated the Austrians 1800.
- rigolet
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noun,
a small stream; rivulet.
- Leonora
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noun,
a female given name, form of Eleanor.
- anomite
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noun,
a variety of mica, similar to biotite but differing in optical orientation.
- alerion
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noun,
an eagle displayed, usually represented without a beak or legs.
- rootage
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noun,
the act of taking root.
- aliment
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noun,
that which nourishes; nutriment; food.
- alienor
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noun,
a person who transfers property.
- trenail
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noun,
treenail.
- tremolo
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noun,
a tremulous or vibrating effect produced on certain instruments and in the human voice, as to express emotion.
- amorino
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noun,
a putto represented as an infant cupid.
- tragion
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noun,
a point in the depth of the notch just above the tragus of the ear.
- Torenia
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noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Torenia, of the figwort family, native to Africa and Asia, having two-lipped, usually blue or purple flowers.
- trigone
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noun,
Also, trigonum. Anatomy.
a triangular part or area.
the area on the floor of the urinary bladder between the opening of the urethra in front and the two ureters at the sides.
- toenail
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noun,
a nail of a toe.
- tooling
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noun,
work done with a tool or tools; tooled ornamentation, as on wood, stone, or leather.
- amniote
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noun,
any vertebrate of the group Amniota, comprising the reptiles, birds, and mammals, characterized by having an amnion during the embryonic stage.
- ailment
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noun,
a physical disorder or illness, especially of a minor or chronic nature.
- to-name
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noun,
a nickname, especially one to distinguish a person from others of the same name.
- aileron
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noun,
Aeronautics. a movable surface, usually near the trailing edge of a wing, that controls the roll of the airframe or effects maneuvers, as banks and the like.
- tangelo
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noun,
a hybrid citrus fruit, Citrus tangelo, that is a cross between the grapefruit and the tangerine and is cultivated in several varieties.
- Amorite
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noun,
a member of one of the principal tribes, or nations, of Canaan before its conquest by the Israelites. II Sam. 12:26–31.
- almoner
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noun,
a person whose function or duty is the distribution of alms on behalf of an institution, a royal personage, a monastery, etc.
- Tangier
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noun,
a seaport in N Morocco, on the W Strait of Gibraltar: capital of the former Tangier Zone.
- Telamon
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noun,
atlas (def 5).
- Romaine
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noun,
Also called romaine lettuce, cos, cos lettuce. a variety of lettuce, Lactuca sativa longifolia, having a cylindrical head of long, relatively loose leaves.
- tringle
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noun,
a narrow, straight molding, as a fillet.
- tearoom
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noun,
a room or shop where tea and other refreshments are served to customers.
- 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.
- Milton
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noun,
John, 1608–74, English poet.
- milter
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noun,
a male fish in breeding time.
- airmen
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noun,
an aviator.
- Milner
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noun,
Alfred, 1st Viscount, 1854–1925, British statesman and colonial administrator.
- grani-
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- genit.
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- genial
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adjective,
warmly and pleasantly cheerful; cordial:
- Gorton
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noun,
John Grey, 1911–2002, Australian political leader: prime minister 1968–71.
- metro-
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- Morgen
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noun,
a unit of land measure equal to about two acres (0.8 hectare), formerly in use in Holland and the Dutch colonies and still used in South Africa.
- me-too
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adjective,
Slang. characterized by or involving me-tooism:
- metal.
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- Merton
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noun,
Robert King, 1910–2003, U.S. sociologist.
- milage
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noun,
mileage.
- German
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Germany.
- grano-
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- Merino
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noun,
(often initial capital letter) one of a breed of sheep, raised originally in Spain, valued for their fine wool.
- tenaim
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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.
- Groote
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noun,
Gerhard [Dutch khey-rahrt;; English gair-hahrt] /Dutch ˈxeɪ rɑrt;; English ˈgɛər hɑrt/ (Show IPA), (Gerardus Magnus) 1340–84, Dutch religious reformer, educator, and author: founder of the order of Brethren of the Common Life.
- Melton
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noun,
a heavily fulled cloth, often of wool, tightly constructed and finished with a smooth face concealing the weave, used for overcoats, hunting jackets, etc.
- menial
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noun,
a domestic servant.
- mental
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noun,
Informal. a person with a psychological disorder:
- Mentor
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noun,
a wise and trusted counselor or teacher.
- Gretna
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noun,
a city in SE Louisiana, near New Orleans.
- Morgan
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noun,
one of a breed of light carriage and saddle horses descended from the stallion Justin Morgan.
- Merlin
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noun,
a small, bold falcon, Falco columbarius, of the Northern Hemisphere.
- mortal
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noun,
a human being.
- Moroni
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noun,
a town in and the capital of the Comoros.
- morion
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noun,
an open helmet of the 16th and early 17th centuries, worn by common soldiers and usually having a flat or turned-down brim and a crest from front to back.
- merlon
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noun,
(in a battlement) the solid part between two crenels.
- Tolima
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noun,
a volcano in W Colombia, in the Andes. 18,438 feet (5620 meters).
- gratin
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noun,
au gratin.
- merlot
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noun,
a dark-blue grape used in winemaking, especially in the Bordeaux region of France and in areas of Italy, Switzerland, and California.
- goiter
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noun,
an enlargement of the thyroid gland on the front and sides of the neck, usually symptomatic of abnormal thyroid secretion, especially hypothyroidism due to a lack of iodine in the diet.
- toe-in
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noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- monger
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noun,
a person who is involved with something in a petty or contemptible way (usually used in combination):
- tiglon
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noun,
the offspring of a male tiger and a female lion.
- A-line
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noun,
(especially in women's clothing) a cut of garment consisting basically of two A -shaped panels for the front and back, designed to give increasing fullness toward the hemline.
- moonie
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noun,
a member or follower of the Unification Church.
- Geonim
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noun,
a plural of Gaon.
- Gilman
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noun,
Arthur, 1837–1909, U.S. educator.
- gimlet
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noun,
a small tool for boring holes, consisting of a shaft with a pointed screw at one end and a handle perpendicular to the shaft at the other.
- morale
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noun,
emotional or mental condition with respect to cheerfulness, confidence, zeal, etc., especially in the face of opposition, hardship, etc.:
- Monroe
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noun,
Harriet, 1861?–1936, U.S. editor and poet.
- Algren
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noun,
Nelson, 1909–81, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- girl-o
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noun,
a girl or young woman.
- monial
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noun,
a mullion.
- tingle
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noun,
a tingling sensation.
- anomie
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noun,
a state or condition of individuals or society characterized by a breakdown or absence of social norms and values, as in the case of uprooted people.
- glaire
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noun,
the white of an egg.
- Moneta
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noun,
Ernesto Teodoro [er-ne-staw te-aw-daw-raw] /ɛrˈnɛ stɔ ˌtɛ ɔˈdɔ rɔ/ (Show IPA), 1833–1918, Italian journalist: Nobel Peace Prize 1907.
- tergal
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adjective,
of or relating to the tergum.
- tirage
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noun,
the withdrawing of wine from a barrel, as for testing or tasting.
- mingle
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noun,
mingles, two or more single, unrelated adults who live together.
- goalie
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noun,
a goalkeeper.
- goaler
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noun,
goalkeeper in the game of ice hockey.
- 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.
- mitral
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adjective,
of or resembling a miter.
- M-line
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noun,
one of a series of lines (M-series) in the x-ray spectrum of an atom corresponding to radiation (M-radiation) caused by the transition of an electron to the M-shell.
- mogote
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noun,
a residual hillock of limestone, honeycombed with cavities.
- Monera
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noun,
a taxonomic kingdom of prokaryotic organisms that typically reproduce by asexual budding or fission and have a nutritional mode of absorption, photosynthesis, or chemosynthesis, comprising the bacteria, blue-green algae, and various primitive pathogens.
- altern
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adjective,
alternate; following one another.
- Gentoo
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noun,
a Hindu.
- Molina
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noun,
Luis [loo-ees] /luˈis/ (Show IPA), 1535–1600, Spanish Jesuit theologian.
- glioma
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noun,
a tumor of the brain composed of neuroglia.
- Moline
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noun,
a city in NW Illinois, on the Mississippi.
- molten
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noun,
the act or process of melting; state of being melted.
- Gloria
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noun,
Liturgy.
Gloria in Excelsis Deo.
Gloria Patri.
the response Gloria tibi, Domine, “Glory be to Thee, O Lord.”.
- matron
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noun,
a married woman, especially one who is mature and staid or dignified and has an established social position.
- melan-
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- Lomita
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noun,
a town in SW California.
- Larine
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adjective,
characteristic of or resembling a gull.
- logion
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noun,
a traditional saying or maxim, as of a religious teacher.
- Loiret
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noun,
a department in central France. 2630 sq. mi. (6810 sq. km). Capital: Orléans.
- loiter
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verb (used with object),
to pass (time) in an idle or aimless manner (usually followed by away):
- Lanier
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noun,
Sidney, 1842–81, U.S. poet and literary scholar.
- loment
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noun,
a pod that is contracted in the spaces between the seeds and that breaks at maturity into one-seeded indehiscent joints.
- Langer
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noun,
Susanne (Knauth) [knout] /knaʊt/ (Show IPA), 1895–1985, U.S. philosopher.
- Lamont
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noun,
a male given name.
- latigo
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noun,
a leather strap on the saddletree of a Western saddle used to tighten and secure the cinch.
- lament
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noun,
an expression of grief or sorrow.
- longi-
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- lagoon
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noun,
an area of shallow water separated from the sea by low sandy dunes.
Compare laguna.
- 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.
- Lorain
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noun,
a port in N Ohio, on Lake Erie.
- aeron.
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- Lorena
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noun,
a female given name.
- Loring
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noun,
a male given name.
- loaner
-
noun,
a person or thing that loans.
- trigon
-
noun,
a triangle.
- maigre
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adjective,
containing neither flesh nor its juices, as food permissible on days of religious abstinence.
- legman
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noun,
a person employed to transact business outside an office, especially on behalf of one whose responsibilities require his or her presence in the office.
- ligate
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verb (used with object),
to bind with or as if with a ligature; tie up (a bleeding artery or the like).
- trogon
-
noun,
any of several brilliantly colored birds of the family Trogonidae, especially of the genus Trogon, of tropical and subtropical regions of the New World.
- Lenoir
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noun,
Jean Joseph Étienne [zhahn zhoh-zef ey-tyen] /ʒɑ̃ ʒoʊˈzɛf eɪˈtyɛn/ (Show IPA), 1822–1900, French inventor.
- ligno-
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- limner
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noun,
a person who paints or draws.
- linage
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noun,
the number of printed lines, especially agate lines covered by a magazine article, newspaper advertisement, etc.
- linear
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adjective,
of, consisting of, or using lines:
- legion
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noun,
a division of the Roman army, usually comprising 3000 to 6000 soldiers.
- Latino
-
noun,
a person of Latin-American descent:
- legato
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adjective, adverb,
smooth and connected; without breaks between the successive tones.
- learnt
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of learn.
- lingam
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noun,
Sanskrit Grammar. the masculine gender.
- linger
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verb (used with object),
to pass (time, life, etc.) in a leisurely or a tedious manner (usually followed by away or out):
- trinal
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adjective,
threefold; triple; trine.
- lingoe
-
noun,
a metal weight attached to the cords of a Jacquard harness, for lowering the warp threads after they have been raised and for keeping the harness cords taut.
- linter
-
noun,
linters, short cotton fibers that stick to seeds after a first ginning.
- lionet
-
noun,
a young or small lion.
- lotion
-
noun,
Pharmacology. a liquid, usually aqueous or sometimes alcoholic preparation containing insoluble material in the form of a suspension or emulsion, intended for external application without rubbing, in such skin conditions as itching, infection, allergy, pain, or the like.
- Mailer
-
noun,
a person who mails or prepares material for mailing.
- Groton
-
noun,
a city in SE Connecticut.
- maroon
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) any of a group of blacks, descended from fugitive slaves of the 17th and 18th centuries, living in the West Indies and Guiana, especially in mountainous areas.
- Mariel
-
noun,
a city and seaport of Cuba, on the W coast, SW of Havana.
- marine
-
noun,
a member of the U.S. Marine Corps.
- Marino
-
noun,
Daniel Constantine ("Dan") born 1961, U.S. football player.
- imaret
-
noun,
(in Turkey) a hospice for pilgrims, travelers, etc.
- Marion
-
noun,
Francis ("the Swamp Fox") 1732?–95, American Revolutionary general.
- Marlin
-
noun,
any large, saltwater game fish of the genera Makaira and Tetrapterus, having the upper jaw elongated into a spearlike structure.
- Marlon
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Igorot
-
noun,
a member of a people of the Malay stock in northern Luzon in the Philippines, comprising various tribes, some noted as headhunters.
- ingate
-
noun,
gate1 (def 15).
- ignore
-
verb (used with object),
to refrain from noticing or recognizing:
- Martel
-
noun,
a hammerlike, shafted weapon having a head with a point at one end and a blunt face at the other.
- Marten
-
noun,
any of several slender, chiefly arboreal carnivores of the genus Martes, of northern forests, having a long, glossy coat and bushy tail.
- iatro-
-
- matri-
-
- Morton
-
noun,
Jelly Roll (Ferdinand Morton) 1885–1941, U.S. jazz pianist, composer, and band leader.
- megal-
-
- agron.
-
- Margot
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Margaret.
- margin
-
noun,
the space around the printed or written matter on a page.
- Mainer
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of the state of Maine.
- intro.
-
- malign
-
adjective,
evil in effect; pernicious; baleful; injurious:
- maline
-
noun,
Also, maline. a delicate net resembling tulle, originally made by hand in the town of Mechlin, Belgium.
- Malone
-
noun,
Edmond, 1741–1812, Irish literary critic and Shakespearean scholar.
- maloti
-
noun,
plural of loti.
- manger
-
noun,
a box or trough in a stable or barn from which horses or cattle eat.
- mangle
-
noun,
a machine for smoothing or pressing clothes, household linen, etc., by means of heated rollers.
- Torino
-
noun,
Turin.
- intra-
-
- Margie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Margaret.
- mantel
-
noun,
a construction framing the opening of a fireplace and usually covering part of the chimney breast in a more or less decorative manner.
- Mantle
-
noun,
a loose, sleeveless cloak or cape.
- inter.
-
- aglint
-
adjective,
displaying bright points of light, as by reflection; glittering:
- inorg.
-
- inmate
-
noun,
a person who is confined in a prison, hospital, etc.
- Ingram
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Ingmar
-
noun,
a male given name.
- gelati
-
noun,
a rich ice cream, made with eggs and usually containing a relatively low percentage of butterfat.
- Mongol
-
noun,
a member of a pastoral people now living chiefly in Mongolia.
- motile
-
adjective,
Biology. moving or capable of moving spontaneously:
- oilman
-
noun,
a person who owns or operates oil wells or an executive in the petroleum industry.
- entail
-
noun,
the act of entailing.
- rating
-
noun,
classification according to grade or rank.
- ration
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- entoil
-
verb (used with object),
to take in toils; ensnare; enmesh.
- amino-
-
- Eolian
-
noun,
Aeolian2 (def 3).
- oligo-
-
- ratoon
-
noun,
a sprout or shoot from the root of a plant, especially a sugarcane, after it has been cropped.
- reagin
-
noun,
Also called Wassermann antibody. an antibody formed in response to syphilis and reactive with cardiolipin in various blood tests for the disease.
- 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.
- oilmen
-
noun,
a person who owns or operates oil wells or an executive in the petroleum industry.
- Tailor
-
noun,
a person whose occupation is the making, mending, or altering of clothes, especially suits, coats, and other outer garments.
- enroot
-
verb (used with object),
to fix by the root.
- eroto-
-
- anemo-
-
- region
-
noun,
an extensive, continuous part of a surface, space, or body:
- etalon
-
noun,
an interferometer consisting of two glass plates that reflect approximately half of each ray of light incident upon them and that are separated by a small, fixed distance: used to compare wavelengths and to study atomic spectra.
- Tagore
-
noun,
Sir Rabindranath [ruh-been-druh-naht] /rəˈbin drəˌnɑt/ (Show IPA), 1861–1941, Indian poet: Nobel prize 1913.
- normal
-
noun,
the average or mean:
- norite
-
noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- regnal
-
adjective,
of or relating to a sovereign, sovereignty, or reign:
- aroint
-
verb (imperative),
begone:
- angio-
-
- armlet
-
noun,
an ornamental band worn on the arm, especially a bracelet worn high on the arm, rather than on the wrist.
- ratine
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- omenta
-
noun,
a fold of the peritoneum connecting the stomach and the abdominal viscera forming a protective and supportive covering.
- remain
-
noun,
Usually, remains. something that remains or is left.
- eloign
-
verb (used with object),
to remove to a distance, especially to take beyond the jurisdiction of a law court.
- Origen
-
noun,
(Origenes Admantius) a.d. 185?–254? Alexandrian writer, Christian theologian, and teacher.
- talion
-
noun,
lex talionis.
- Orient
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- Oriole
-
noun,
any of several usually brightly colored, passerine birds of the family Oriolidae, of the Old World.
Compare golden oriole.
- Elinor
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- orgeat
-
noun,
a syrup or drink made originally from barley but later from almonds, prepared with sugar and an extract of orange flowers.
- Oregon
-
noun,
a state in the NW United States, on the Pacific coast. 96,981 sq. mi. (251,180 sq. km). Capital: Salem.
Abbreviation: Oreg., Ore., OR (for use with zip code).
- Elmira
-
noun,
a city in S central New York.
- ornate
-
adjective,
elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so:
- orogen
-
noun,
an extensive belt of rocks deformed by orogeny, associated in places with plutonic and metamorphic rocks.
- Elmont
-
noun,
a town on W Long Island, in SE New York.
- Talien
-
noun,
Wade-Giles. Dalian.
- onager
-
noun,
a wild ass, Equus hemionus, of southwestern Asia.
- eating
-
noun,
the act of a person or thing that eats.
- Orange
-
noun,
a globose, reddish-yellow, bitter or sweet, edible citrus fruit.
- ragmen
-
noun,
a person who gathers or deals in rag.
- 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.
- Angelo
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Ealing
-
noun,
a borough of Greater London, England.
- oolite
-
noun,
a limestone composed of minute rounded concretions resembling fish roe, in some places altered to ironstone by replacement with iron oxide.
- enamor
-
verb (used with object),
to fill or inflame with love (usually used in the passive and followed by of or sometimes with):
- tangle
-
noun,
a tangled condition or situation.
- ramtil
-
noun,
Niger seed.
- engram
-
noun,
a presumed encoding in neural tissue that provides a physical basis for the persistence of memory; a memory trace.
- enigma
-
noun,
a puzzling or inexplicable occurrence or situation:
- nitro-
-
- Regina
-
noun,
queen.
- Gainer
-
noun,
a person or thing that gains.
- roomie
-
noun,
roommate.
- Galion
-
noun,
a city in N central Ohio.
- galiot
-
noun,
a small galley propelled by both sails and oars.
- retain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- galoot
-
noun,
an awkward, eccentric, or foolish person.
- galore
-
adverb,
in abundance; in plentiful amounts:
- angler
-
noun,
a person who fishes with a hook and line.
- Argent
-
noun,
Heraldry. the tincture or metal silver.
- Galton
-
noun,
Sir Francis, 1822–1911, English scientist and writer.
- retina
-
noun,
the innermost coat of the posterior part of the eyeball that receives the image produced by the lens, is continuous with the optic nerve, and consists of several layers, one of which contains the rods and cones that are sensitive to light.
- Anglo-
-
- Nergal
-
noun,
(in Akkadian mythology) the god ruling, with Ereshkigal, the world of the dead.
- gamet-
-
- rental
-
noun,
an amount received or paid as rent.
- retool
-
verb (used with object),
to replace or rearrange the tools and machinery of (a factory).
- Rialto
-
noun,
an exchange or mart.
- gamine
-
noun,
a neglected girl who is left to run about the streets.
- Aomori
-
noun,
a seaport on N Honshu, in N Japan.
- nemat-
-
- Antrim
-
noun,
a county in NE Northern Ireland. 1098 sq. mi. (2844 sq. km). County seat: Belfast.
- antler
-
noun,
one of the solid deciduous horns, usually branched, of an animal of the deer family.
- Garnet
-
noun,
any of a group of hard, vitreous minerals, silicates of calcium, magnesium, iron, or manganese with aluminum or iron, varying in color: a deep-red transparent variety is used as a gem and as an abrasive.
- nailer
-
noun,
a person or thing that drives nails, as a machine that drives nails automatically.
- garote
-
noun,
a method of capital punishment of Spanish origin in which an iron collar is tightened around a condemned person's neck until death occurs by strangulation or by injury to the spinal column at the base of the brain.
- motion
-
noun,
the action or process of moving or of changing place or position; movement.
- retail
-
noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- origan
-
noun,
an aromatic herb, especially oregano.
- Nilote
-
noun,
a member of any of several indigenous black peoples of the Sudan and eastern Africa.
- 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).
- reni-
-
- limen
-
noun,
threshold (def 4).
- Liman
-
noun,
a muddy lagoon, marsh, or lake near the mouth of a river behind part of the delta and more or less protected from open water by a barrier or spit.
- Orton
-
noun,
Joe (John Kingsley Orton) 1933–67, English playwright.
- marg.
-
- Otomi
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of south-central Mexico.
- toran
-
noun,
(in Indian Buddhist and Hindu architecture) a gateway having two or three lintels between two posts.
- Maori
-
noun,
a member of the native Polynesian population of New Zealand.
- Limon
-
noun,
José [haw-se] /hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1908–72, Mexican dancer and choreographer in the U.S.
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- taler
-
noun,
thaler.
- Taino
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- rooti
-
noun,
rooty2 .
- ramet
-
noun,
an individual of a clone.
- triol
-
noun,
a compound having three hydroxyl groups.
- reman
-
verb (used with object),
to man again; furnish with a fresh supply of personnel.
- ramie
-
noun,
an Asian shrub, Boehmeria nivea, of the nettle family, yielding a fiber used especially in making textiles.
- manit
-
noun,
man-minute.
- Marge
-
noun,
margin; edge.
- Loire
-
noun,
a river in France, flowing NW and W into the Atlantic: the longest river in France. 625 miles (1005 km) long.
- Ramon
-
noun,
any of several tropical American trees belonging to the genus Brosimum, of the mulberry family, the leaves of which are used as forage, especially B. alicastrum, which bears the breadnut.
- Orlon
-
- Marin
-
noun,
John, 1870–1953, U.S. painter and etcher.
- login
-
noun,
the act of logging in to a database, mobile device, or computer, especially a multiuser computer or a remote or networked computer system.
- Trona
-
noun,
a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
- ligan
-
noun,
lagan.
- Marie
-
noun,
(Marie Alexandra Victoria of Saxe-Coburg) 1875–1938, queen of Romania 1914–27.
- Roget
-
noun,
Peter Mark, 1779–1869, English physician and author of a thesaurus.
- Orion
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a giant hunter who pursued the Pleiades, was eventually slain by Artemis, and was then placed in the sky as a constellation.
- liger
-
noun,
the offspring of a male lion and a female tiger.
- lign-
-
- Roman
-
noun,
a metrical narrative, especially in medieval French literature.
- Tonga
-
noun,
a light, two-wheeled, horse-drawn vehicle used in India.
- relig
-
- Rigel
-
noun,
a first-magnitude star in the constellation Orion.
- Logan
-
noun,
pokelogan.
- logo-
-
- tonia
-
- ligne
-
noun,
(in Swiss watchmaking) a unit equal to 0.0888 inch or 2.2558 millimeters, divided into 12 douziemes: used mainly to gauge the thickness of a movement.
- tono-
-
- litre
-
noun,
liter.
- Mango
-
noun,
the oblong, sweet fruit of a tropical tree, Mangifera indica, of the cashew family, eaten ripe, or preserved or pickled.
- reign
-
noun,
the period during which a sovereign occupies the throne.
- lingo
-
noun,
the language and speech, especially the jargon, slang, or argot, of a particular field, group, or individual:
- longe
-
noun,
a long rope used to guide a horse during training or exercise.
- magot
-
noun,
Barbary ape.
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- liter
-
noun,
a unit of capacity redefined in 1964 by a reduction of 28 parts in a million to be exactly equal to one cubic decimeter. It is equivalent to 1.0567 U.S. liquid quarts and is equal to the volume of one kilogram of distilled water at 4°C. Abbreviation: l.
- realm
-
noun,
a royal domain; kingdom:
- Lorne
-
noun,
Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
- Lorna
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Lorin
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- triga
-
noun,
a two-wheeled chariot drawn by a team of three horses.
- regal
-
noun,
a portable reed organ of the 16th and 17th centuries.
- renga
-
noun,
linked verse.
- trig.
-
- trial
-
noun,
Law.
the examination before a judicial tribunal of the facts put in issue in a cause, often including issues of law as well as those of fact.
the determination of a person's guilt or innocence by due process of law.
- Loren
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- LORAN
-
noun,
a system of long-range navigation whereby the latitude and longitude of a ship or airplane are determined from the time displacement between radio signals from two or more fixed transmitters.
- looie
-
noun,
a lieutenant of the armed forces.
- Regan
-
noun,
(in Shakespeare's King Lear) the younger of Lear's two faithless daughters.
Compare Cordelia (def 1), Goneril.
- renal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the kidneys or the surrounding regions.
- maile
-
noun,
a vine, Alyxia olivaeformis, of Hawaii, having small yellowish flowers and fragrant foliage: a traditional lei plant of Hawaii.
- 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.
- loner
-
noun,
a person who is or prefers to be alone, especially one who avoids the company of others:
- trigo
-
noun,
wheat; field of wheat.
- liner
-
noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- Regt.
-
- Range
-
noun,
the extent to which or the limits between which variation is possible:
- 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.
- Romeo
-
noun,
the romantic lover of Juliet in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.
- Manet
-
noun,
Édouard [ey-dwar] /eɪˈdwar/ (Show IPA), 1832–83, French painter.
- ratel
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- regma
-
noun,
a dry fruit consisting of three or more carpels that separate from the axis at maturity.
- longa
-
noun,
the second longest note in medieval mensural notation.
- trail
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- logia
-
noun,
a plural of logion.
- ratio
-
noun,
the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:
- male-
-
- 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.
- 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.
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- ling.
-
- mega-
-
- Mario
-
noun,
a male given name: from the Roman family name Marius.
- Monge
-
noun,
Gaspard [gas-par] /gasˈpar/ (Show IPA), Comte de Péluse [pey-lyz] /peɪˈlüz/ (Show IPA), 1746–1818, French mathematician.
- Nigel
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Neil.
- Niger
-
noun,
a republic in NW Africa: formerly part of French West Africa. 458,976 sq. mi. (1,188,748 sq. km). Capital: Niamey.
- Timor
-
noun,
an island in the S part of Indonesia: largest and easternmost of the Lesser Sunda Islands; E half formerly belonged to Portugal. 13,095 sq. mi. (33,913 sq. km).
- Mont.
-
- Niort
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- mono-
-
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- tinge
-
noun,
a slight degree of coloration.
- nitr-
-
- Mongo
-
noun,
mungo.
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- Noemi
-
noun,
Naomi (def 1).
- Timon
-
noun,
c320–c230 b.c, Greek philosopher.
- Monet
-
noun,
Claude [klawd;; French klohd] /klɔd;; French kloʊd/ (Show IPA), 1840–1926, French painter.
- Nogai
-
noun,
a member of a people living in the Caucasus region.
- molto
-
adverb,
very:
- no-go
-
adjective,
inoperative; canceled:
- nomo-
-
- Norge
-
noun,
Norwegian name of Norway.
- noria
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- molet
-
noun,
mullet2 .
- molar
-
noun,
Also called molar tooth. a tooth having a broad biting surface adapted for grinding, being one of twelve in humans, with three on each side of the upper and lower jaws.
- moire
-
noun,
any moiré fabric.
- Moira
-
noun,
Classical Mythology.
the personification of fate.
Moirai, the Fates.
- Norma
-
noun,
the Rule, a small southern constellation between Lupus and Ara.
- noto-
-
- Monte
-
noun,
Also called monte bank. a gambling game played with a 40-card pack in which players bet that one of two layouts, each consisting of two cards drawn from either the top or bottom of the deck and turned face up, will be matched in suit by the next card turned up.
- timer
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- Mitra
-
noun,
the mitriform pileus of certain fungi.
- natl.
-
- telo-
-
- moton
-
noun,
besague.
- temin
-
noun,
Howard M(artin) 1934–94, U.S. virologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1975.
- motor
-
noun,
a comparatively small and powerful engine, especially an internal-combustion engine in an automobile, motorboat, or the like.
- liang
-
noun,
a Chinese unit of weight, equal to 1/16 (0.0625) catty, and equivalent to about 1.33 ounces (38 grams).
- moron
-
noun,
Informal. a person who is notably stupid or lacking in good judgment:
- telia
-
noun,
the cluster of spore cases of the rust and smut fungi, bearing teliospores.
- Naomi
-
noun,
the mother-in-law of Ruth and the great-grandmother of David. Ruth 1.
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- teno-
-
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- tera-
-
- Negro
-
noun,
Anthropology. (no longer in technical use) a member of the peoples traditionally classified as the Negro race, especially those who originate in sub-Saharan Africa.
- moola
-
noun,
money.
- Morel
-
noun,
any edible mushroom of the genus Morchella, especially M. esculenta.
- Morea
-
noun,
Peloponnesus.
- moral
-
noun,
the moral teaching or practical lesson contained in a fable, tale, experience, etc.
- neral
-
noun,
citral b.
See under citral.
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- term.
-
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- Moore
-
noun,
Archibald Lee ("Archie") 1913–1998, U.S. boxer.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- 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.
- nerol
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid, unsaturated alcohol, C 10 H 18 O, an isomeric form of geraniol occurring in neroli oil, used in perfumery.
- Tigre
-
noun,
a Semitic language spoken in northern Ethiopia.
- Tiler
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- Mitre
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- orig.
-
- Megan
-
noun,
a female given name.
- onto-
-
- menta
-
noun,
Entomology. the medial plate of the labium in insects.
- meno-
-
- menat
-
noun,
an amulet worn by certain Egyptians in ancient times to secure divine protection and to ensure fertility.
- orale
-
noun,
fanon (def 2).
- melon
-
noun,
the fruit of any of various plants of the gourd family, as the muskmelon or watermelon.
- Melia
-
- toman
-
noun,
a coin of Iran, equal to 10 rials.
- Orang
-
noun,
orangutan.
- tomia
-
noun,
the cutting edge of a bird's bill.
- orant
-
noun,
a representation of a female figure, with outstretched arms and palms up in a gesture of prayer, in ancient and early Christian art.
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- tonal
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having tonality.
- tango
-
noun,
a ballroom dance of Latin-American origin, danced by couples, and having many varied steps, figures, and poses.
- Oreg.
-
- motel
-
noun,
a hotel providing travelers with lodging and free parking facilities, typically a roadside hotel having rooms adjacent to an outside parking area or an urban hotel offering parking within the building.
- meant
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of mean1 .
- Tamil
-
noun,
a member of a people of Dravidian stock of S India and Sri Lanka.
- matr-
-
- 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.
- mater
-
noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- Marti
-
noun,
José [haw-se] /hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1853–1895, Cuban patriot and writer.
- talon
-
noun,
a claw, especially of a bird of prey.
- orial
-
- Marne
-
noun,
a river in NE France, flowing W to the Seine near Paris: battles 1914, 1918, 1944. 325 miles (525 km) long.
- Oriel
-
noun,
a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- merit
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- Onega
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in the NW Russian Federation in Europe: second largest lake in Europe. 3764 sq. mi. (9750 sq. km).
- 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.
- olig-
-
- oaten
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or made of oats.
- Minto
-
noun,
Gilbert John Elliot-Murray-Kynynmond [el-ee-uh t-mur-ee-ki-nin-muh nd,, -muhr-ee-,, el-yuh t-] /ˈɛl i ətˈmɜr i kɪˈnɪn mənd,, -ˈmʌr i-,, ˈɛl yət-/ (Show IPA), 4th Earl of, 1845–1914, British colonial administrator: governor general of Canada 1898–1904; viceroy of India 1905–10.
- Tirol
-
noun,
Tyrol.
- oater
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- Minot
-
noun,
George Richards [rich-erdz] /ˈrɪtʃ ərdz/ (Show IPA), 1885–1950, U.S. physician: Nobel prize 1934.
- Minor
-
noun,
a person under the legal age of full responsibility.
- oiler
-
noun,
a person or thing that oils.
- Miner
-
noun,
Also called mineworker. a person who works in a mine, especially a commercial mine producing coal or metallic ores.
- T-man
-
noun,
a special investigator of the Department of the Treasury.
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- Olean
-
noun,
a city in SW New York.
- olein
-
noun,
Also called glyceryl trioleate, triolein. a colorless to yellowish, oily, water-insoluble liquid, C 57 H 104 O 6 , the triglyceride of oleic acid, present in many vegetable oils.
- oleo-
-
- Milne
-
noun,
A(lan) A(lexander) 1882–1956, English novelist, playwright, and author of prose and verse for children.
- trone
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- miler
-
noun,
a participant in a one-mile race.
- Milan
-
noun,
an industrial city in central Lombardy, in N Italy: cathedral.
- toile
-
noun,
any of various transparent linens and cottons.
- Tarim
-
noun,
a river in NW China, in Xinjiang Uygur region. About 1300 miles (2090 km) long.
- metr-
-
- Metol
-
- targe
-
noun,
a small, round shield; a target or buckler.
- meta-
-
- tolan
-
noun,
a crystalline, water-insoluble, solid, unsaturated compound, C 14 H 10 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- Omani
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Oman.
- Tolar
-
noun,
the basic monetary unit of Slovenia until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 stotins.
- mero-
-
- omega
-
noun,
the 24th and last letter of the Greek alphabet (Ω, ω).
- manor
-
noun,
(in England) a landed estate or territorial unit, originally of the nature of a feudal lordship, consisting of a lord's demesne and of lands within which he has the right to exercise certain privileges, exact certain fees, etc.
- omni-
-
- Lerna
-
noun,
a marshy region near Argos, Greece: the legendary abode of the Hydra slain by Hercules.
- groom
-
noun,
a bridegroom.
- A-one
-
adjective,
noting a vessel regarded by a shipping-classification society as being equipped to the highest standard and with equipment maintained in first-class condition.
- areo-
-
- argil
-
noun,
clay, especially potter's clay.
- argol
-
noun,
a crude tartar, produced as a by-product in casks by the fermentation of wine grapes, used as a mordant in dyeing, in the manufacture of tartaric acid, and in fertilizers.
- argon
-
noun,
a colorless, odorless, chemically inactive, monatomic, gaseous element that, because of its inertness, is used for filling fluorescent and incandescent lamps and vacuum tubes. Symbol: Ar; atomic number: 18; atomic weight: 39.948.
- argot
-
noun,
a specialized idiomatic vocabulary peculiar to a particular class or group of people, especially that of an underworld group, devised for private communication and identification:
- Ariel
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- Grote
-
noun,
George, 1794–1871, English historian.
- Arion
-
noun,
flourished 7th century b.c, Greek poet: inventor of the dithyramb.
- Arlen
-
noun,
Harold (Hymen Arluck) 1905–1986, U.S. songwriter.
- Armen
-
- Groot
-
noun,
Huig [Dutch hoikh] /Dutch hɔɪx/ (Show IPA), de [duh] /də/ (Show IPA), or van [vahn] /vɑn/ (Show IPA), Hugo Grotius.
- groma
-
noun,
an instrument having a cruciform wooden frame with a plumb line at the end of each arm, used for laying out lines at right angles to existing lines.
- anti-
-
- armet
-
noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- groin
-
noun,
Anatomy. the fold or hollow on either side of the front of the body where the thigh joins the abdomen.
- groat
-
noun,
a silver coin of England, equal to four pennies, issued from 1279 to 1662.
- groan
-
noun,
a low, mournful sound uttered in pain or grief:
- Arnel
-
- griot
-
noun,
a member of a hereditary caste among the peoples of western Africa whose function is to keep an oral history of the tribe or village and to entertain with stories, poems, songs, dances, etc.
- grime
-
noun,
dirt, soot, or other filthy matter, especially adhering to or embedded in a surface.
- Greta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Margaret.
- artel
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- grate
-
noun,
a frame of metal bars for holding fuel when burning, as in a fireplace, furnace, or stove.
- Grant
-
noun,
something granted, as a privilege or right, a sum of money, or a tract of land:
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- ante-
-
- grain
-
noun,
a small, hard seed, especially the seed of a food plant such as wheat, corn, rye, oats, rice, or millet.
- intr.
-
- Ital.
-
- Aneto
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA). Spanish name of Pic de Néthou.
- Angel
-
noun,
one of a class of spiritual beings; a celestial attendant of God. In medieval angelology, angels constituted the lowest of the nine celestial orders (seraphim, cherubim, thrones, dominations or dominions, virtues, powers, principalities or princedoms, archangels, and angels).
- irone
-
noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- anger
-
noun,
a strong feeling of displeasure and belligerence aroused by a wrong; wrath; ire.
- angi-
-
- Angie
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Angel.
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- Iran.
-
- Angl.
-
- Angle
-
noun,
Geometry.
the space within two lines or three or more planes diverging from a common point, or within two planes diverging from a common line.
the figure so formed.
the amount of rotation needed to bring one line or plane into coincidence with another, generally measured in radians or in degrees, minutes, and seconds, as in 12° 10prime; 30″, which is read as 12 degrees, 10 minutes, and 30 seconds.
- angor
-
noun,
extreme distress or mental anguish, usually of physical origin.
- anile
-
adjective,
of or like a foolish, doddering old woman.
- igloo
-
noun,
an Eskimo house, being a dome-shaped hut usually built of blocks of hard snow.
- anim.
-
- intel
-
noun,
intelligence (defs 4, 6).
- anime
-
noun,
a Japanese style of motion-picture animation, characterized by highly stylized, colorful art, futuristic settings, violence, and sexuality.
- inlet
-
noun,
an indentation of a shoreline, usually long and narrow; small bay or arm.
- ingot
-
noun,
a mass of metal cast in a convenient form for shaping, remelting, or refining.
- Ingle
-
noun,
a fire burning in a hearth.
- anole
-
noun,
any of numerous chiefly insectivorous New World lizards of the genus Anolis, related to the iguana, that have the ability to change the color of their skin among a wide range of green and brown shades.
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- Imena
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Arabic word meaning “faith.”.
- imago
-
noun,
Entomology. an adult insect.
- image
-
noun,
a physical likeness or representation of a person, animal, or thing, photographed, painted, sculptured, or otherwise made visible.
- ileo-
-
- gram.
-
- Grail
-
noun,
(usually initial capital letter). Also called Holy Grail. a cup or chalice that in medieval legend was associated with unusual powers, especially the regeneration of life and, later, Christian purity, and was much sought after by medieval knights: identified with the cup used at the Last Supper and given to Joseph of Arimathea.
- among
-
preposition,
in, into, or through the midst of; in association or connection with; surrounded by:
- giant
-
noun,
(in folklore) a being with human form but superhuman size, strength, etc.
- glint
-
noun,
a tiny, quick flash of light.
- ento-
-
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- ergo-
-
- glean
-
verb (used with object),
to gather slowly and laboriously, bit by bit.
- gleam
-
noun,
a flash or beam of light:
- ergot
-
noun,
Plant Pathology.
a disease of rye and other cereal grasses, caused by a fungus of the genus Claviceps, especially C. purpurea, which replaces the affected grain with a long, hard, blackish sclerotial body.
the sclerotial body itself.
- glare
-
noun,
a very harsh, bright, dazzling light:
- glair
-
noun,
the white of an egg.
- Giono
-
noun,
Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1895–1970, French novelist.
- gimel
-
noun,
the third letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- etrog
-
noun,
Judaism. a citron for use with the lulav during the Sukkoth festival service.
- geom.
-
- gloat
-
noun,
an act or feeling of gloating.
- geol.
-
- genro
-
noun,
any of the unofficial elder statesmen of Japan who influenced the government c1875–1940.
- Genoa
-
noun,
a large jib for cruising and racing yachts, overlapping the mainsail.
- Genl.
-
- Galen
-
noun,
Latin Galenus [guh-lee-nuh s] /gəˈli nəs/ (Show IPA). Claudius, a.d. c130–c200, Greek physician and writer on medicine.
- gemot
-
noun,
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a legislative or judicial assembly.
- galet
-
noun,
spall (def 1).
- gamer
-
noun,
a person who plays games, especially computer or video games.
- Gamin
-
noun,
a neglected boy left to run about the streets; street urchin.
- gator
-
noun,
Southern U.S. Informal. alligator.
- gater
-
noun,
gator.
- gamo-
-
- gloam
-
noun,
twilight; gloaming.
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- gotra
-
noun,
a Hindu clan tracing its paternal lineage from a common ancestor, usually a saint or sage.
- Elgar
-
noun,
Sir Edward, 1857–1934, English composer.
- ation
-
- atmo-
-
- atone
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- Goren
-
noun,
Charles Henry, 1901–91, U.S authority and writer on contract bridge.
- goral
-
noun,
a short-horned goat antelope, Naemorhedus goral, of the mountainous regions of southeastern Asia: an endangered species.
- gono-
-
- goner
-
noun,
a person or thing that is dead, lost, or past recovery.
- Eaton
-
noun,
Theophilus, 1590–1658, English colonist and colonial administrator in America.
- Gomer
-
noun,
an undesirable hospital patient.
- Gomel
-
noun,
a city in SE Byelorussia (Belarus), on a tributary of the Dnieper.
- golem
-
noun,
Jewish Folklore. a figure artificially constructed in the form of a human being and endowed with life.
- Eilat
-
noun,
a seaport at the N tip of the Gulf of Aqaba, in S Israel.
- Elgin
-
noun,
a city in NE Illinois.
- enrol
-
verb (used with or without object),
enroll.
- gnome
-
noun,
(in folklore) one of a species of diminutive beings, usually described as shriveled little old men, that inhabit the interior of the earth and act as guardians of its treasures; troll.
- Elgon
-
noun,
an extinct volcano in E Africa, on the boundary between Uganda and Kenya. 14,176 feet (4321 meters).
- elint
-
noun,
the gathering of military or other intelligence through the monitoring of electronic signals other than voice communications, as satellite transmissions, rocket telemetry, and radar.
- Eliot
-
noun,
Charles William, 1834–1926, U.S. educator: president of Harvard University 1869–1909.
- gnarl
-
noun,
a knotty protuberance on a tree; knot.
- Elman
-
noun,
Mischa [mee-shuh] /ˈmi ʃə/ (Show IPA), 1891–1967, U.S. violinist, born in Russia.
- Elton
-
noun,
a male given name.
- EMAIL
-
noun,
a system for sending messages from one individual to another via telecommunications links between computers or terminals using dedicated software:
- engr.
-
- Enola
-
noun,
a female given name.
- enorm
-
adjective,
enormous; huge; vast.
- G-man
-
noun,
an agent for the FBI.
- gloom
-
noun,
total or partial darkness; dimness.
- amort
-
adjective,
spiritless; lifeless.
- garni
-
adjective,
garnished.
- Almon
-
noun,
a Philippine, dipterocarpaceous tree, Shorea eximia.
- legit
-
noun,
the legitimate theater or stage.
- lento
-
adverb,
slowly.
- aglet
-
noun,
a metal or plastic tag or sheath at the end of a lace used for tying, as of a shoelace.
- alone
-
Idioms,
leave alone,
to allow (someone) to be by himself or herself:
to refrain from annoying or interfering with:
- along
-
Idioms,
all along, all the time; throughout:
- alert
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- alter
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- alti-
-
- large
-
noun,
Music. the longest note in mensural notation.
- learn
-
verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- laten
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- alien
-
noun,
Often Disparaging and Offensive. a resident of one country who was born in or owes allegiance to another country and has not acquired citizenship by naturalization in the country of residence (distinguished from citizen).
See also resident alien, illegal alien.
- alto-
-
- Alton
-
noun,
a city in SW Illinois.
- aero-
-
- Largo
-
noun,
a largo movement.
- Aloin
-
noun,
an intensely bitter, crystalline, water-soluble powder composed of the active principles of and obtained from aloe, used chiefly as a purgative.
- ament
-
noun,
catkin.
- Lemon
-
noun,
the yellowish, acid fruit of a subtropical citrus tree, Citrus limon.
- align
-
verb (used with object),
to arrange in a straight line; adjust according to a line.
- agile
-
adjective,
quick and well-coordinated in movement; lithe:
- Aline
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- Lange
-
noun,
Christian Louis [kris-tyahn loo-ee,, -is] /ˈkrɪs tyɑn ˈlu i,, -ɪs/ (Show IPA), 1869–1938, Norwegian historian: Nobel Peace Prize 1921.
- algo-
-
- Laing
-
noun,
R(onald) D(avid) 1927–1989, British psychiatrist and author, born in Scotland.
- algin
-
noun,
any hydrophilic, colloidal substance found in or obtained from various kelps, as alginic acid or one of its soluble salts.
- lagen
-
noun,
laggin.
- Algie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Algernon.
- agent
-
noun,
a person or business authorized to act on another's behalf:
- Lager
-
noun,
Also called lager beer. a beer stored from six weeks to six months for aging before use.
- Leman
-
noun,
a sweetheart; lover; beloved.
- Alogi
-
noun,
a group of Christians in the 2nd century a.d. who rejected the doctrine of the Logos.
- Alger
-
noun,
Horatio, Jr. 1834–99, U.S. novelist: author of a series of books for boys.
- Leona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- lang.
-
- Amer.
-
- amole
-
noun,
the root of any of several plants, as Mexican species of agaves, used as a substitute for soap.
- agone
-
adverb, adjective,
ago.
- amine
-
noun,
any of a class of compounds derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms with organic groups.
- leant
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- agnel
-
noun,
a gold coin of France of the 13th–16th centuries, bearing the figure of a lamb.
- amin-
-
- Aegir
-
noun,
a sea god, husband of Ran, and host at feast of the gods spoiled by Loki.
- 30-30
-
- amigo
-
noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- later
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- Latin
-
noun,
an Italic language spoken in ancient Rome, fixed in the 2nd or 1st century b.c., and established as the official language of the Roman Empire. Abbreviation: L.
- aeri-
-
- Leoni
-
noun,
Raúl [rah-ool] /rɑˈul/ (Show IPA), 1905–72, Venezuelan statesman: president 1964–69.
- agro-
-
- tong
-
noun,
tongs.
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- Agon
-
noun,
(in ancient Greece) a contest in which prizes were awarded in any of a number of events, as athletics, drama, music, poetry, and painting.
- olio
-
noun,
a dish of many ingredients.
- agio
-
noun,
a premium on money in exchange.
- Elia
-
noun,
the pen name of Charles Lamb.
- Olin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- org.
-
- Olga
-
noun,
Saint, died a.d. 968? regent of Kiev until 955: saint of the Russian Orthodox Church.
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- agr.
-
- torn
-
noun,
a drop of the saline, watery fluid continually secreted by the lacrimal glands between the surface of the eye and the eyelid, serving to moisten and lubricate these parts and keep them clear of foreign particles. Synonyms: teardrop.
- toro
-
noun,
a bull.
- elan
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- agit
-
- Oman
-
noun,
Sultanate of. Formerly Muscat and Oman. an independent sultanate in SE Arabia. About 82,800 sq. mi. (212,380 sq. km). Capital: Muscat.
- Orem
-
noun,
a city in N Utah.
- Omer
-
noun,
a Hebrew unit of dry measure, the tenth part of an ephah.
- Ont.
-
- enl.
-
- enol
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- Eng.
-
- Oona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- oral
-
noun,
an oral examination in a school, college, or university, given especially to a candidate for an advanced degree.
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- emit
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- omit
-
verb (used with object),
to leave out; fail to include or mention:
- toom
-
adjective,
empty; vacant.
- Orel
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, on the left bank of the Oka River, S of Moscow.
- emir
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- Emil
-
noun,
a male given name: from Latin Aemilius, a family name.
- toon
-
noun,
an Asian tree, Cedrela toona, of the mahogany family, yielding an aromatic red wood used for furniture, carving, etc.
- emia
-
- omen
-
noun,
anything perceived or happening that is believed to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; portent.
- Omar
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- tool
-
noun,
an implement, especially one held in the hand, as a hammer, saw, or file, for performing or facilitating mechanical operations.
- Agni
-
noun,
Hindu Mythology. the god of fire, one of the three chief divinities of the Vedas.
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- Omri
-
noun,
a king of Israel and the father of Ahab. I Kings 16:16–28.
- Amon
-
noun,
Amen.
- agin
-
preposition,
against; opposed to.
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- gait
-
noun,
a manner of walking, stepping, or running.
- NIRA
-
- aer-
-
- Gal.
-
- Gale
-
noun,
a very strong wind.
- Nile
-
noun,
a river in E Africa, the longest in the world, flowing N from Lake Victoria to the Mediterranean. 3473 miles (5592 km) long; from the headwaters of the Kagera River, 4000 miles (6440 km) long.
- aeon
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- trim
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- game
-
noun,
an amusement or pastime:
- Nero
-
noun,
(Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus) (“Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus”) a.d. 37–68, emperor of Rome 54–68, known for his cruelty and depravity.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- tRNA
-
- Gael
-
noun,
a Scottish Celt or Highlander.
- neo-
-
- Nemo
-
noun,
remote (def 10).
- trog
-
noun,
Chiefly British Slang. a hooligan; lout.
- tron
-
- Neil
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- gaol
-
noun,
a prison, especially one for the detention of persons awaiting trial or convicted of minor offenses.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- Neal
-
noun,
a male given name.
- NATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Washington, D.C. (1949), comprising the 12 nations of the Atlantic Pact together with Greece, Turkey, and the Federal Republic of Germany, for the purpose of collective defense against aggression.
- Gaon
-
noun,
a title of honor for the directors of the Jewish academies at Sura and Pumbedita in Babylonia, used from the end of the 6th century a.d. to about the beginning of the 11th century.
- Gare
-
noun,
low-grade wool fibers from the legs of sheep.
- 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.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- Gail
-
noun,
a female or male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “joy.”.
- Noel
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- ager
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) a person living in a certain historical age:
- aet.
-
- ole-
-
- tram
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- Erma
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- ogre
-
noun,
a monster in fairy tales and popular legend, usually represented as a hideous giant who feeds on human flesh.
- orle
-
noun,
Heraldry.
a charge in the form of a narrow band following the form of the escutcheon within the edge, so that the extreme outer edge of the escutcheon is of the field tincture.
an arrangement in orle of small charges:
- Ogma
-
noun,
a god of poetry and eloquence and the inventor of the ogham letters: one of the Tuatha De Danann.
- ogle
-
noun,
an amorous, flirtatious, or impertinent glance or stare.
- ogam
-
noun,
ogham.
- NTIA
-
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- noil
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- not-
-
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- Norm
-
noun,
a standard, model, or pattern.
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- tri-
-
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- Nor.
-
- Nome
-
noun,
one of the provinces of ancient Egypt.
- Noma
-
noun,
a gangrenous ulceration of the mouth or genitalia, occurring mainly in debilitated children.
- nom.
-
- nolo
-
noun,
nolo contendere.
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- Elam
-
noun,
an ancient kingdom E of Babylonia and N of the Persian Gulf. Capital: Susa.
- toil
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- orlo
-
noun,
a plinth supporting the base of a column.
- rit.
-
- Rom.
-
- role
-
noun,
a part or character played by an actor or actress.
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- Amen
-
noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- roil
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- ano-
-
- ter.
-
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- roam
-
noun,
an act or instance of roaming; a ramble.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- alt.
-
- riot
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- ten.
-
- ant.
-
- Ring
-
noun,
a typically circular band of metal or other durable material, especially one of gold or other precious metal, often set with gems, for wearing on the finger as an ornament, a token of betrothal or marriage, etc.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- 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).
- Rima
-
noun,
a female given name.
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- 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.
- Riga
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Latvia, on the Gulf of Riga.
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- 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.
- rial
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- Arg.
-
- Roma
-
noun,
Rome.
- Anil
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- Argo
-
noun,
Astronomy. a very large southern constellation, now divided into Vela, Carina, Puppis, and Pyxis, four separate constellations lying largely south of Canis Major.
- team
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- Amri
-
noun,
Omri.
- Tame
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- amt.
-
- Amir
-
noun,
emir.
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- Taro
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- teal
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- tail
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- Amie
-
noun,
a female friend.
- roto
-
noun,
rotogravure.
- ROTL
-
noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- Rota
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- tel-
-
- Root
-
noun,
a part of the body of a plant that develops, typically, from the radicle and grows downward into the soil, anchoring the plant and absorbing nutriment and moisture.
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- room
-
noun,
a portion of space within a building or other structure, separated by walls or partitions from other parts:
- 'roo
-
noun,
kangaroo.
- RONA
-
- Rome
-
noun,
Harold (Jacob) 1908–1993, U.S. lyricist and composer.
- aloe
-
noun,
any chiefly African shrub belonging to the genus Aloe, of the lily family, certain species of which yield a fiber.
- nail
-
noun,
a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
- tome
-
noun,
a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
- 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).
- Aton
-
noun,
a solar deity declared by Amenhotep IV to be the only god, represented as a solar disk with rays ending in human hands.
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- Aire
-
- ator
-
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- toga
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) the loose outer garment worn by citizens in public.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- Togo
-
noun,
Heihachiro [hey-hah-chee-raw] /ˈheɪ hɑˈtʃi rɔ/ (Show IPA), Marquis, 1847–1934, Japanese admiral.
- rang
-
noun,
a boomerang.
- rami
-
noun,
plural of ramus.
- rale
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- Amor
-
noun,
Cupid.
- real
-
noun,
real number.
- rail
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- Earl
-
noun,
a British nobleman of a rank below that of marquis and above that of viscount: called count for a time after the Norman conquest. The wife of an earl is a countess.
- ragi
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Eleusine coracana, cultivated in the Old World for its grain.
- tola
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India: the government tola is 180 ser and equals 180 grains (11.7 grams), the weight of a silver rupee.
- rage
-
noun,
angry fury; violent anger (sometimes used in combination):
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- Otoe
-
noun,
Oto.
- oto-
-
- AIME
-
- tole
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- egal
-
adjective,
equal.
- oro-
-
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- atom
-
noun,
Physics.
the smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element, consisting of a nucleus containing combinations of neutrons and protons and one or more electrons bound to the nucleus by electrical attraction; the number of protons determines the identity of the element.
an atom with one of the electrons replaced by some other particle:
- 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)
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- alme
-
noun,
almah.
- tile
-
noun,
a thin slab or bent piece of baked clay, sometimes painted or glazed, used for various purposes, as to form one of the units of a roof covering, floor, or revetment.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- aril
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- 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.
- ALIT
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
- Arm.
-
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- rel.
-
- Ting
-
noun,
a tinging sound.
- 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.
- Reg.
-
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- tion
-
- art.
-
- Alg.
-
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- atm.
-
- tirl
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- Atli
-
noun,
Attila, king of the Huns: represented in the Volsunga Saga as the brother of Brynhild and the second husband of Gudrun, whose brothers he killed in order to get the Nibelung treasure.
- 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.
- 1080
-
- Mela
-
noun,
a religious fair, especially one held in connection with a festival.
- Lota
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- Mita
-
noun,
a colonial system in Peru by which the Spanish government required Indians to perform periodic forced labor, especially in the mines.
- Miro
-
noun,
Gabriel [gah-vree-el] /ˌgɑ vriˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1879–1930, Spanish novelist, short-story writer, and essayist.
- mire
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- 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.
- Lorn
-
noun,
Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
- goal
-
noun,
the result or achievement toward which effort is directed; aim; end.
- itol
-
- mint
-
noun,
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
Compare mint family.
- Goat
-
noun,
any of numerous agile, hollow-horned ruminants of the genus Capra, of the family Bovidae, closely related to the sheep, found native in rocky and mountainous regions of the Old World, and widely distributed in domesticated varieties.
- Goer
-
noun,
a person or thing that goes:
- Mino
-
noun,
Minho.
- lote
-
noun,
lotus.
- 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.
- Loti
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Lesotho, equal to 100 lisente.
- 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.
- gon-
-
- Mina
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- min.
-
- M-14
-
noun,
a fully automatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber rifle developed from the M-1: replaced the M-1 as the standard U.S. Army combat rifle.
- M-16
-
noun,
a lightweight, fully automatic rifle shooting a small-caliber bullet at an extremely high velocity: a U.S. Army combat weapon for mobile units and jungle fighting.
- Gone
-
noun,
the act of going:
- Milt
-
noun,
the sperm-containing secretion of the testes of fishes.
- MILR
-
- Mael
-
noun,
a son of Ronan, unjustly killed by him.
- Lore
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- GNMA
-
- mag.
-
- moat
-
noun,
a deep, wide trench, usually filled with water, surrounding the rampart of a fortified place, as a town or a castle.
- Lari
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- Mole
-
noun,
any of various small insectivorous mammals, especially of the family Talpidae, living chiefly underground, and having velvety fur, very small eyes, and strong forefeet.
- glom
-
noun,
a look or glimpse.
- MOLA
-
noun,
any of several thin, silvery fishes of the family Molidae, of tropical and temperate seas.
- mol.
-
- moit
-
noun,
a foreign particle found in wool, as a burr, twig, or seed.
- moil
-
noun,
hard work or drudgery.
- loin
-
noun,
Usually, loins. the part or parts of the human body or of a quadruped animal on either side of the spinal column, between the false ribs and hipbone.
- Gmat
-
- mogo
-
noun,
a stone hatchet used by the Aborigines.
- Laon
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Aisne, in N France, E of Paris.
- Loma
-
noun,
a hill or ridge having a broad top.
- Lome
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Togo, on the Gulf of Guinea.
- 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.
- Lani
-
- moan
-
noun,
a prolonged, low, inarticulate sound uttered from or as if from physical or mental suffering.
- Mngr
-
- lone
-
adjective,
being alone; without company or accompaniment; solitary; unaccompanied:
- Lane
-
noun,
a narrow way or passage between hedges, fences, walls, or houses.
- lame
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is out of touch with modern fads or trends, especially one who is unsophisticated.
- Lam.
-
- lain
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- LOOM
-
noun,
a hand-operated or power-driven apparatus for weaving fabrics, containing harnesses, lay, reed, shuttles, treadles, etc.
- Loon
-
noun,
any of several large, short-tailed, web-footed, fish-eating diving birds of the genus Gavia, of the Northern Hemisphere.
- loot
-
noun,
spoils or plunder taken by pillaging, as in war.
- gnar
-
verb (used without object),
to snarl; growl.
- Milo
-
noun,
a grain sorghum having white, yellow, or pinkish seeds, grown chiefly in Africa, Asia, and the U.S.
- goon
-
noun,
Informal. a hired hoodlum or thug.
- molt
-
noun,
an act, process, or an instance of molting.
- intl
-
- Man.
-
- 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.
- 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.
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- meat
-
noun,
the flesh of animals as used for food.
- mear
-
noun,
mere3 .
- Mani
-
noun,
Manes.
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- mean
-
noun,
Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
- meal
-
noun,
the food served and eaten especially at one of the customary, regular occasions for taking food during the day, as breakfast, lunch, or supper.
- Mano
-
noun,
the upper or handheld stone used when grinding maize or other grains on a metate.
- into
-
adjective,
Mathematics. pertaining to a function or map from one set to another set, the range of which is a proper subset of the second set, as the function f, from the set of all integers into the set of all perfect squares where f (x) = x 2 for every integer.
- Iago
-
noun,
the villain in Shakespeare's Othello.
- Ire.
-
- Mar.
-
- Mare
-
noun,
a fully mature female horse or other equine animal.
- int.
-
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- MatE
-
noun,
a partner in marriage; spouse.
- Inge
-
noun,
William (Motter) [mot-er] /ˈmɒt ər/ (Show IPA), 1913–73, U.S. playwright.
- ign.
-
- Mart
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- 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.
- ile-
-
- Marl
-
noun,
Geology. a friable earthy deposit consisting of clay and calcium carbonate, used especially as a fertilizer for soils deficient in lime.
- inae
-
- malt
-
noun,
germinated grain, usually barley, used in brewing and distilling.
- grot
-
noun,
a grotto.
- mage
-
noun,
a magician.
- mal-
-
- Mile
-
noun,
Also called statute mile. a unit of distance on land in English-speaking countries equal to 5280 feet, or 1760 yards (1.609 kilometers).
- Magi
-
noun,
(sometimes lowercase) one of the Magi.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- item
-
noun,
a separate article or particular:
- 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.
- mil.
-
- Gore
-
noun,
blood that is shed, especially when clotted.
- mail
-
noun,
letters, packages, etc., that are sent or delivered by means of the postal system:
- Main
-
noun,
a principal pipe or duct in a system used to distribute water, gas, etc.
- mien
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- Miao
-
noun,
Also, Meo. a member of a diverse group of seminomadic farming people of the mountains of southeastern China and adjacent areas of Laos, North Vietnam, and Thailand.
- Mair
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- iron
-
noun,
Chemistry. a ductile, malleable, silver-white metallic element, scarcely known in a pure condition, but much used in its crude or impure carbon-containing forms for making tools, implements, machinery, etc. Symbol: Fe; atomic weight: 55.847; atomic number: 26; specific gravity: 7.86 at 20°C.
Compare cast iron, pig iron, steel, wrought iron.
- melt
-
noun,
the act or process of melting; state of being melted.
- Mali
-
noun,
Republic of, a republic in W Africa: formerly a territory of France; gained independence 1960. 463,500 sq. mi. (120,000 sq. km). Capital: Bamako.
- mGal
-
- Irma
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Erma.
- met.
-
- Gran
-
noun,
grandmother.
- Grim
-
adjective,
stern and admitting of no appeasement or compromise:
- grin
-
noun,
a broad smile.
- Grit
-
noun,
abrasive particles or granules, as of sand or other small, coarse impurities found in the air, food, water, etc.
- ment
-
- gro.
-
- Meng
-
- men-
-
- Lat.
-
- lair
-
noun,
a den or resting place of a wild animal:
- glim
-
noun,
a light or lamp.
- lint
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- Lima
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter L.
- gelt
-
noun,
money.
- Gela
-
noun,
a city in S Sicily, Italy, on the Mediterranean Sea.
- lino
-
noun,
linoleum.
- Leno
-
noun,
Also called leno weave, gauze weave. a weave structure in which paired warp yarns are intertwined in a series of figure eights and filling yarn is passed through each of the interstices so formed, producing a firm, open mesh.
- 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.
- mote
-
noun,
a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
- 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.
- Moon
-
noun,
the earth's natural satellite, orbiting the earth at a mean distance of 238,857 miles (384,393 km) and having a diameter of 2160 miles (3476 km).
- Mort
-
noun,
Hunting. the note played on a hunting horn signifying that the animal hunted has been killed.
- lea.
-
- Lion
-
noun,
a large, usually tawny-yellow cat, Panthera leo, native to Africa and southern Asia, having a tufted tail and, in the male, a large mane.
- mool
-
noun,
soft, crumbly soil rich in mold or humus.
- gate
-
noun,
a movable barrier, usually on hinges, closing an opening in a fence, wall, or other enclosure.
- Lira
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- lit.
-
- Gena
-
noun,
the cheek or side region of the head.
- gilt
-
noun,
the thin layer of gold or other material applied in gilding.
- lent
-
noun,
(in the Christian religion) an annual season of fasting and penitence in preparation for Easter, beginning on Ash Wednesday and lasting 40 weekdays to Easter, observed by Roman Catholic, Anglican, and certain other churches.
- Lena
-
noun,
a river in the Russian Federation in Asia, flowing NE from Lake Baikal through the Yakutsk Republic into the Laptev Sea. 2800 miles (4500 km) long.
- Moor
-
noun,
a tract of open, peaty, wasteland, often overgrown with heath, common in high latitudes and altitudes where drainage is poor; heath.
- Gina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Line
-
noun,
a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface:
- limn
-
verb (used with object),
to represent in drawing or painting.
- geo-
-
- more
-
noun,
an additional quantity, amount, or number:
- Ger.
-
- Gen.
-
- limo
-
noun,
a limousine.
- morn
-
noun,
morning.
- lin.
-
- Lina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Moro
-
noun,
a member of any of the various tribes of Muslim Malays in the southern Philippines.
- Gert
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Gertrude.
- LEGO
-
noun,
one of these blocks, usually as part of a set.
- Mora
-
noun,
the unit of time equivalent to the ordinary or normal short sound or syllable.
- leg.
-
- Lear
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- glia
-
noun,
neuroglia.
- Lean
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- moot
-
noun,
an assembly of the people in early England exercising political, administrative, and judicial powers.
- Gera
-
noun,
a city in E central Germany.
- germ
-
noun,
a microorganism, especially when disease-producing; microbe.
- lime
-
noun,
Also called burnt lime, calcium oxide, caustic lime, calx, quicklime. a white or grayish-white, odorless, lumpy, very slightly water-soluble solid, CaO, that when combined with water forms calcium hydroxide (slaked lime) obtained from calcium carbonate, limestone, or oyster shells: used chiefly in mortars, plasters, and cements, in bleaching powder, and in the manufacture of steel, paper, glass, and various chemicals of calcium.
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- Gila
-
noun,
a river flowing W from SW New Mexico across S Arizona to the Colorado River. 630 miles (1015 km) long.
- Gent
-
noun,
Informal. gentleman (defs 1, 2).
- mRNA
-
- 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.
- giro
-
noun,
autogiro.
- Leto
-
noun,
the mother by Zeus of Apollo and Artemis, called Latona by the Romans.
- log-
-
- girn
-
noun, verb (used with object),
grin2 .
- girl
-
noun,
a female child, from birth to full growth.
- Gino
-
noun,
a male given name.
- mtge
-
- mtg.
-
- Leta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Latona.
- glam
-
noun,
glamour.
- loan
-
noun,
the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something:
- mong
-
noun,
mongrel, especially a mongrel dog.
- Liao
-
noun,
a river in NE China, flowing from Inner Mongolia to the Gulf of Liaodong. 900 miles (1448 km) long.
- Glen
-
noun,
a small, narrow, secluded valley.
- loam
-
noun,
a rich, friable soil containing a relatively equal mixture of sand and silt and a somewhat smaller proportion of clay.
- Leon
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leo.
- Logi
-
noun,
a man, a personification of fire, who defeated Loki in an eating contest.
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- loge
-
noun,
(in a theater) the front section of the lowest balcony, separated from the back section by an aisle or railing or both.
- lien
-
noun,
Law. the legal claim of one person upon the property of another person to secure the payment of a debt or the satisfaction of an obligation.
- liar
-
noun,
a person who tells lies.
- Mon.
-
- late
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- Mona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- gite
-
noun,
a furnished vacation home in France that is available for rental, especially in a rural setting.
- tr.
-
- rte
-
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- IRO
-
- rt.
-
- ine
-
- lg.
-
- 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:
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- ROG
-
- ior
-
- Tro
-
- Mao
-
- IOT
-
- Ir.
-
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- ae.
-
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- ion
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- Ar.
-
- an.
-
- 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:
- tra
-
- al.
-
- ag-
-
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- LIM
-
- LEO
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- ing
-
- Am.
-
- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- IRL
-
- ROI
-
- too
-
Idioms,
only too. only (def 10).
- Len
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- LOE
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
love.
- AIM
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- LMT
-
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- LNG
-
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- lag
-
noun,
a lagging or falling behind; retardation.
- TGN
-
- TIA
-
- tog
-
noun,
a coat.
- Lai
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- loo
-
noun,
a card game in which forfeits are paid into a pool.
- ALM
-
- Lt.
-
- Tim
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Timothy.
- RNA
-
- 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.
- LON
-
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- Tng
-
- TMO
-
- LAO
-
noun,
a member of a people of Laos and northern Thailand.
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- LAR
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- tlr
-
- tlo
-
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- Tom
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- TAL
-
- Mo.
-
- ANG
-
- ITA
-
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- TAM
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- ite
-
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- AGM
-
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- 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.
- 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.
- La.
-
- MIA
-
plural,
missing in action.
- Me.
-
- teg
-
noun,
Animal Husbandry.
a two-year-old sheep that has not been shorn.
the wool shorn from such a sheep.
- ago
-
adverb,
in past time; in the past:
- ltr
-
- LTA
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- AMI
-
noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- Lot
-
noun,
one of a set of objects, as straws or pebbles, drawn or thrown from a container to decide a question or choice by chance.
- ton
-
noun,
a unit of weight, equivalent to 2000 pounds (0.907 metric ton) avoirdupois (short ton) in the U.S. and 2240 pounds (1.016 metric tons) avoirdupois (long ton) in Great Britain.
- AME
-
- Agt
-
- ROA
-
- MTO
-
- rm.
-
plural,
ream.
- gl.
-
- MOG
-
noun,
moggy.
- MOI
-
- oma
-
plural,
a noun suffix used to form names of tumors, of the kind specified by the base:
- Om.
-
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- OLG
-
- Ola
-
- OIt
-
- Moe
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Morris or Moses.
- OIr
-
- git
-
noun,
British Slang. a foolish or contemptible person.
- oil
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- OGO
-
- OEO
-
- OEM
-
- ERT
-
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- OAO
-
- EMT
-
- MIT
-
- ELM
-
noun,
any tree of the genus Ulmus, as U. procera (English elm) characterized by the gradually spreading columnar manner of growth of its branches.
Compare American elm, elm family.
- ml.
-
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- MLA
-
- MLG
-
- GMT
-
- MLR
-
- MNA
-
- ONI
-
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- OOT
-
- MNE
-
- oon
-
- en-
-
- o-o
-
noun,
any of several species of Hawaiian honey eaters of the genus Moho, especially the extinct M. nobilis, of the island of Hawaii, that had black plumage and two tufts of yellow plumes used to make ceremonial robes for the Hawaiian kings.
- oo-
-
- MOA
-
noun,
any of several flightless birds of the family Dinornithidae, of New Zealand, related to the kiwis but resembling the ostrich: extinct since about the end of the 18th century.
- ONR
-
- oar
-
noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- NRA
-
- MIR
-
noun,
a village commune of peasant farmers in prerevolutionary Russia.
- MRE
-
- Gel
-
noun,
Physical Chemistry. a semirigid colloidal dispersion of a solid with a liquid or gas, as jelly, glue, etc.
- MOT
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- GAN
-
noun,
cotton gin.
- Gat
-
noun,
a pistol or revolver.
- GAO
-
noun,
a city in E Mali.
- Mr.
-
plural,
mister: a title of respect prefixed to a man's name or position:
- NEG
-
noun,
a photographic negative.
- MRA
-
- NEA
-
- NGO
-
noun,
1901–1963, South Vietnamese statesman: president of the Republic of South Vietnam 1956–63.
- ne-
-
- MRI
-
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- Mt.
-
- NAM
-
noun,
Vietnam.
- MTI
-
- mtn
-
- NAG
-
noun,
Also, nagger. a person who nags, especially habitually.
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- 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:
- NIA
-
- nr.
-
- MOR
-
- GIN
-
noun,
an alcoholic liquor obtained by distilling grain mash with juniper berries.
- Gil
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Gilbert.
- ETO
-
- moo
-
noun,
a mooing sound.
- ETR
-
- gie
-
noun,
gi.
- get
-
noun,
an offspring or the total of the offspring, especially of a male animal:
- Ga.
-
- GAR
-
noun,
Also called garfish, garpike. any predaceous freshwater fish of the genus Lepisosteus, of North America, covered with hard, diamond-shaped scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth.
- NIG
-
verb (used with object),
nidge.
- gi.
-
- nog
-
noun,
any beverage made with beaten eggs, usually with alcoholic liquor; eggnog.
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- NMI
-
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- 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.
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- GEM
-
noun,
a cut and polished precious stone or pearl fine enough for use in jewelry.
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- EMR
-
- NMR
-
- eo-
-
- Ia.
-
- MEA
-
noun,
an acknowledgment of one's responsibility for a fault or error.
- 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.
- MIE
-
- aor
-
- Eg.
-
- Mig
-
noun,
a playing marble, especially one that is not used as a shooter.
- 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.
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- 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.
- EOM
-
- ial
-
- Gor
-
interjection,
(used as a mild oath.)
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- REM
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- MI6
-
noun,
the government's secret intelligence service.
- REA
-
- rig
-
noun,
the arrangement of the masts, spars, sails, etc., on a boat or ship.
- got
-
noun,
an offspring or the total of the offspring, especially of a male animal:
- Meo
-
noun,
Miao (def 1).
- gre
-
- at.
-
- Mel
-
noun,
honey.
- Gr.
-
- gt.
-
- GTO
-
- Meg
-
noun,
a megabyte.
- MGr
-
- MGT
-
- mi.
-
- MI5
-
noun,
the government's security and counterespionage service that works in liaison with Scotland Yard's Special Branch.
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Goa
-
noun,
a gazelle, Procapra picticaudata, of the Tibetan plateau.
- io-
-
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- ier
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- RIM
-
noun,
the outer edge, border, margin, or brink of something, especially of a circular object.
- eir
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- goi
-
noun,
goy.
- EGO
-
noun,
the “I” or self of any person; a person as thinking, feeling, and willing, and distinguishing itself from the selves of others and from objects of its thought.
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- in.
-
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- ot-
-
- ILO
-
- ILA
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- il-
-
- ea.
-
- ote
-
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- OTA
-
- IGM
-
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- EAM
-
- goo
-
noun,
a thick or sticky substance:
- ean
-
- RAM
-
noun,
a male sheep.
- ear
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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.
- rag
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noun,
a worthless piece of cloth, especially one that is torn or worn.
- Rai
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noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- RMA
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- Mat
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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.
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- IG
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- NI
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- NA
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adverb,
no1 .
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- A.
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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.
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- GO
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noun,
the act of going:
- NM
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- NL
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- AI
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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.
- AO
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- rg
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- No
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noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
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- GM
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- MN
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- RN
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- RI
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- TE
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noun,
ti1 .
- RA
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noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- MA
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noun,
mother1 .
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- R.
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- RO
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- TL
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- LR
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- TI
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noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- GN
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- L2
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- L1
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- el
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noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- LI
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noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- er
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interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- ol
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- t.
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- OE
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noun,
oy2 .
- TG
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- T1
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- G.
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- TA
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noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- le
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- MG
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- O.
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- LM
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- TM
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- OA
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- ln
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- IT
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noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- LO
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adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
- et
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verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- E.
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noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- EI
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- TN
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- OG
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