Anagrams of glucosamine
Word glucosamine has
1746 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of glucosamine.
- Masculine
-
noun,
the masculine gender.
- calumnies
-
noun,
a false and malicious statement designed to injure the reputation of someone or something:
- mucilages
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noun,
any of various, usually liquid, preparations of gum, glue, or the like, used as an adhesive.
- Consuela
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “consolation.”.
- mucilage
-
noun,
any of various, usually liquid, preparations of gum, glue, or the like, used as an adhesive.
- semolina
-
noun,
a granular, milled product of durum wheat, consisting almost entirely of endosperm particles, used chiefly in the making of pasta.
- gasoline
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noun,
a volatile, flammable liquid mixture of hydrocarbons, obtained from petroleum, and used as fuel for internal-combustion engines, as a solvent, etc.
- moulages
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noun,
the making of a mold, especially with plaster of Paris, of objects, footprints, tire tracks, etc., as for the purpose of identification.
- leucomas
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noun,
leukoma.
- glucosin
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noun,
any of a class of compounds, some of which are highly toxic, derived from reactions of glucose with ammonia.
- musicale
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noun,
a music program forming the main part of a social occasion.
- Alcinous
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noun,
king of the Phaeacians and father of Nausicaä and Laodamas.
- emulsion
-
noun,
Physical Chemistry. any colloidal suspension of a liquid in another liquid.
- Galenism
-
noun,
the medical system or principles of Galen.
- melanous
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adjective,
having a dark, swarthy complexion and dark-colored hair.
- Angelico
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noun,
Fra [frah;; Italian frah] /frɑ;; Italian frɑ/ (Show IPA), (Giovanni da Fiesole) 1387–1455, Italian painter.
- ligneous
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adjective,
of the nature of or resembling wood; woody.
- aesculin
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noun,
esculin.
- eulogias
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noun,
Also called antidoron, holy bread. Eastern Church. blessed bread given to the congregation during vespers or at the end of the liturgy.
- camisole
-
noun,
a short garment worn underneath a sheer bodice to conceal the underwear.
- lunacies
-
noun,
insanity; mental disorder.
- laconism
-
noun,
laconic brevity.
- legumins
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noun,
a globulin obtained from the seeds of leguminous and other plants.
- coamings
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noun,
a raised border around an opening in a deck, roof, or floor, designed to prevent water from running below.
- sea-lion
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noun,
any of several large eared seals, as Eumetopias jubatus (Steller's sea lion) of the northern Pacific, and Zalophus californicus (California sea lion) of the Pacific coast of North America.
- glucosan
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noun,
any of a number of polysaccharides that yield glucose upon hydrolysis.
- close-in
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adjective,
near, as to a common center; adjacent, especially to a city:
- alumino-
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- laminous
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adjective,
laminate; laminose.
- coinages
-
noun,
the act, process, or right of making coins.
- congeals
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verb (used with or without object),
to change from a soft or fluid state to a rigid or solid state, as by cooling or freezing:
- laminose
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adjective,
laminate; laminar.
- Solimena
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noun,
Francesco [frahn-ches-kaw] /frɑnˈtʃɛs kɔ/ (Show IPA), 1657–1747, Italian painter.
- Coliseum
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noun,
Also, colosseum. an amphitheater, stadium, large theater, or other special building for public meetings, sporting events, exhibitions, etc.
- columnea
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noun,
any of various vines or shrubs of the genus Columnea, native to tropical America, that have tubular, showy, two-lipped flowers and are often cultivated as houseplants.
- Comenius
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noun,
John Amos (Jan Amos Komenský) 1592–1670, Moravian educational reformer and bishop.
- comingle
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verb (used with or without object),
commingle.
- lacunose
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adjective,
full of or having lacunae.
- limacons
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noun,
a plane curve generated by the locus of a point on a line at a fixed distance from the point of intersection of the line with a fixed circle, as the line revolves about a point on the circumference of the circle. Equation: r = a cosθ + b.
- Moulins
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noun,
a nearly vertical shaft or cavity worn in a glacier by surface water falling through a crack in the ice.
- moulage
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noun,
the making of a mold, especially with plaster of Paris, of objects, footprints, tire tracks, etc., as for the purpose of identification.
- mousing
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noun,
a wrapping of several turns of small stuff around the shank end of a hook.
- guineas
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noun,
a coastal region in W Africa, extending from the Gambia River to the Gabon estuary.
- Anglice
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adverb,
in English; as the English would say it; according to the English way: .
- anisole
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noun,
a colorless, water-insoluble liquid, C 7 H 8 O, having a pleasant, aromatic odor, used chiefly in perfumery and organic synthesis, and as a vermicide.
- igneous
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adjective,
Geology. produced under conditions involving intense heat, as rocks of volcanic origin or rocks crystallized from molten magma.
- Legnica
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noun,
a city in SW Poland: formerly in Germany.
- monesia
-
noun,
a preparation extracted from the bark of a South American tree, Pradosia lactescens, and used chiefly as an astringent and as an expectorant.
- inulase
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noun,
an enzyme that converts insulin to levulose.
- lanugos
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noun,
a coat of delicate, downy hairs, especially that with which the human fetus or a newborn infant is covered.
- langues
-
noun,
the linguistic system shared by the members of a community (contrasted with parole).
- lagunes
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noun,
lagoon (def 2).
- Mineola
-
noun,
a village on W Long Island, in SE New York.
- lacings
-
noun,
the act of a person or thing that laces.
- mingles
-
noun,
mingles, two or more single, unrelated adults who live together.
- soilage
-
noun,
grass or leafy plants raised as feed for fenced-in livestock.
- inlaces
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verb (used with object),
enlace.
- Angelus
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noun,
a devotion in memory of the Annunciation.
- in-goal
-
noun,
the area at either end of the field between the goal line and the dead-ball line.
- incomes
-
noun,
the monetary payment received for goods or services, or from other sources, as rents or investments.
- Gmelina
-
noun,
a deciduous tree, Gmelina arborea, native to Southeast Asia,whose timber is important in the tropics.
- incluse
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noun,
recluse (def 2).
- inclose
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verb (used with object),
enclose.
- incages
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verb (used with object),
encage.
- Angelic
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adjective,
of or belonging to angels:
- imagoes
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noun,
Entomology. an adult insect.
- amusing
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adjective,
pleasantly entertaining or diverting:
- gamines
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noun,
a neglected girl who is left to run about the streets.
- muscone
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noun,
an oily, very slightly water-soluble, large cyclic ketone containing a 15-membered ring, C 16 H 30 O, obtained from musk: used in the perfume industry.
- congeal
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verb (used with or without object),
to change from a soft or fluid state to a rigid or solid state, as by cooling or freezing:
- Osmanli
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noun,
an Ottoman.
- counsel
-
noun,
advice; opinion or instruction given in directing the judgment or conduct of another.
- Coueism
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noun,
a method of self-help stressing autosuggestion, popular especially in the U.S. c1920 and featuring the slogan “Day by day in every way I am getting better and better.”.
- cinemas
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noun,
Chiefly British. motion picture.
- consume
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verb (used with object),
to destroy or expend by use; use up.
- seminal
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adjective,
pertaining to, containing, or consisting of semen.
- coniums
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noun,
the poison hemlock, Conium maculatum.
- congius
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noun,
(in prescriptions) a gallon (3.7853 liters).
- comings
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noun,
approach; arrival; advent:
- eloigns
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verb (used with object),
to remove to a distance, especially to take beyond the jurisdiction of a law court.
- Comines
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noun,
Philippe de [fee-leep duh] /fiˈlip də/ (Show IPA), 1445?–1511? French historian and diplomat.
- Seconal
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- Coleman
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noun,
Cy (Seymour Kaufman) 1929–2004, U.S. theatrical composer and jazz pianist.
- sanicle
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noun,
any plant belonging to the genus Sanicula, of the parsley family, as S. marilandica, of America, used in medicine.
- coinage
-
noun,
the act, process, or right of making coins.
- coignes
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noun, verb (used with object),
quoin.
- closing
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noun,
the end or conclusion, as of a speech.
- coaming
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noun,
a raised border around an opening in a deck, roof, or floor, designed to prevent water from running below.
- Celosia
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noun,
any plant of the genus Celosia, having small, usually red or yellowish flowers in dense, crested or plumelike spikes.
Compare cockscomb (def 3).
- elusion
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noun,
the act of eluding; evasion.
- glucose
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noun,
a sugar, C 6 H 12 O 6 , having several optically different forms, the common dextrorotatory form (dextroglucose, or -glucose) occurring in many fruits, animal tissues and fluids, etc., and having a sweetness about one half that of ordinary sugar, and the rare levorotatory form (levoglucose, or -glucose) not naturally occurring.
- Eunomia
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noun,
one of the Horae: the personification of order.
- gliomas
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noun,
a tumor of the brain composed of neuroglia.
- musical
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noun,
Also called musical comedy. a play or motion picture in which the story line is interspersed with or developed by songs, dances, and the like.
- Gleason
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noun,
Jackie (Herbert John Gleason"The Great One") 1916–87, U.S. comedian and actor.
- glances
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noun,
a quick or brief look.
- caesium
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noun,
cesium.
- launces
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noun,
sand lance.
- Nogales
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noun,
a town in S Arizona.
- Galenic
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adjective,
of, relating to, or containing galena.
- camions
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noun,
a strongly built cart or wagon for transporting heavy loads; dray.
- cauline
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adjective,
of or relating to a stem, especially pertaining to or arising from the upper part of a stem.
- eulogia
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noun,
Also called antidoron, holy bread. Eastern Church. blessed bread given to the congregation during vespers or at the end of the liturgy.
- Camoens
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noun,
Luis Vaz de [loo-eesh vahzh duh] /luˈiʃ vɑʒ də/ (Show IPA), 1524?–80, Portuguese poet.
- eugonic
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adjective,
thriving on artificial media, as certain bacteria (opposed to dysgonic).
- nucleo-
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- esculin
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noun,
a white, crystalline, slightly water-soluble glucoside, C 15 H 16 O 9 , obtained from the bark of the common horse chestnut and used chiefly in skin preparations as a protective against sunburn.
- Oceanus
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noun,
a Titan who was the son of Uranus and Gaea, the consort of Tethys, and the father of the river gods and Oceanids.
- enigmas
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noun,
a puzzling or inexplicable occurrence or situation:
- encomia
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noun,
a formal expression of high praise; eulogy:
- oilcans
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noun,
a can having a long spout through which oil is poured or squirted to lubricate machinery or the like.
- milages
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noun,
mileage.
- scaling
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noun,
the removal of calculus and other deposits on the teeth by means of instruments.
- leasing
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noun,
lying; falsehood.
- longies
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noun,
long underwear, especially for winter use.
- limacon
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noun,
a plane curve generated by the locus of a point on a line at a fixed distance from the point of intersection of the line with a fixed circle, as the line revolves about a point on the circumference of the circle. Equation: r = a cosθ + b.
- malison
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noun,
a curse.
- aglucon
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noun,
an aglycon, especially one combined with glucose to form a glycoside.
- unclogs
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verb (used with object),
to free of an obstruction or impediment:
- malonic
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adjective,
of or derived from malonic acid; propanedioic.
- unlaces
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verb (used with object),
to loosen or undo the lacing or laces of (a pair of shoes, a corset, etc.).
- maniocs
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noun,
cassava.
- unclose
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verb (used with or without object),
to bring or come out of a closed state; open.
- megalo-
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- Malines
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noun,
Also, maline. a delicate net resembling tulle, originally made by hand in the town of Mechlin, Belgium.
- melanic
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adjective,
Pathology. melanotic.
- mangles
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noun,
a machine for smoothing or pressing clothes, household linen, etc., by means of heated rollers.
- uncials
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noun,
an uncial letter.
- leucoma
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noun,
leukoma.
- lounges
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noun,
a sofa for reclining, sometimes backless, having a headrest at one end.
- uncoils
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verb (used with or without object),
to unwind from a coiled position.
- menials
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noun,
a domestic servant.
- lingoes
-
noun,
the language and speech, especially the jargon, slang, or argot, of a particular field, group, or individual:
- Mencius
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noun,
c380–289 b.c, Chinese philosopher.
- acinous
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adjective,
consisting of acini.
- uncages
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verb (used with object),
to set free from or as if from a cage; free from confinement or restraint.
- Limoges
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noun,
a city in and the capital of Haute Vienne, in S central France.
- linages
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noun,
the number of printed lines, especially agate lines covered by a magazine article, newspaper advertisement, etc.
- macules
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noun,
mackle.
- Lecuona
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noun,
Ernesto [er-nes-taw] /ɛrˈnɛs tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1896–1963, Cuban composer.
- Masonic
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adjective,
pertaining to or characteristic of Freemasons or Freemasonry.
- mangoes
-
noun,
the oblong, sweet fruit of a tropical tree, Mangifera indica, of the cashew family, eaten ripe, or preserved or pickled.
- melano-
-
- Lugones
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noun,
Leopoldo [le-aw-pawl-daw] /ˌlɛ ɔˈpɔl dɔ/ (Show IPA), 1874–1938, Argentine poet and diplomat.
- almuces
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noun,
a furred hood or hooded cape with long ends hanging down in front, formerly worn by the clergy.
- acumens
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noun,
keen insight; shrewdness:
- legumin
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noun,
a globulin obtained from the seeds of leguminous and other plants.
- malices
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noun,
desire to inflict injury, harm, or suffering on another, either because of a hostile impulse or out of deep-seated meanness:
- lingams
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noun,
Sanskrit Grammar. the masculine gender.
- maligns
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adjective,
evil in effect; pernicious; baleful; injurious:
- agonies
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noun,
extreme and generally prolonged pain; intense physical or mental suffering.
- oilman
-
noun,
a person who owns or operates oil wells or an executive in the petroleum industry.
- mangos
-
noun,
the oblong, sweet fruit of a tropical tree, Mangifera indica, of the cashew family, eaten ripe, or preserved or pickled.
- Lucias
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noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “light.”.
- eloign
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verb (used with object),
to remove to a distance, especially to take beyond the jurisdiction of a law court.
- enigma
-
noun,
a puzzling or inexplicable occurrence or situation:
- oilmen
-
noun,
a person who owns or operates oil wells or an executive in the petroleum industry.
- ensoul
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verb (used with object),
to endow with a soul.
- manioc
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noun,
cassava.
- Lucian
-
noun,
a.d. 117–c180, Greek rhetorician and satirist.
- oilcan
-
noun,
a can having a long spout through which oil is poured or squirted to lubricate machinery or the like.
- louies
-
noun,
looie.
- Eolian
-
noun,
Aeolian2 (def 3).
- mascle
-
noun,
a lozenge represented as having a lozenge-shaped hole at the center.
- logans
-
noun,
pokelogan.
- gasmen
-
noun,
a person who works for a company that sells or distributes household gas, especially a person who goes from building to building reading gas meters to determine what charge is to be billed.
- Gascon
-
noun,
a native of Gascony, France, the inhabitants of which were reputedly very boastful.
- gamous
-
- gamins
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noun,
a neglected boy left to run about the streets; street urchin.
- maslin
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noun,
a mixture of different grains, flours, or meals, especially rye mixed with wheat.
- gamine
-
noun,
a neglected girl who is left to run about the streets.
- logins
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noun,
the act of logging in to a database, mobile device, or computer, especially a multiuser computer or a remote or networked computer system.
- mascon
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noun,
a massive concentration of high-density material beneath the surface of the moon.
- Galion
-
noun,
a city in N central Ohio.
- Gaines
-
noun,
Edmund Pendleton, 1777–1849, U.S. general.
- eonism
-
noun,
the adoption of feminine mannerisms, clothing, etc., by a male.
- Gaelic
-
noun,
a Celtic language that includes the speech of ancient Ireland and the dialects that have developed from it, especially those usually known as Irish, Manx, and Scottish Gaelic. Gaelic constitutes the Goidelic subbranch of Celtic.
- Noumea
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of New Caledonia, on the SW coast.
- Manuel
-
noun,
a male given name.
- longes
-
noun,
a long rope used to guide a horse during training or exercise.
- longi-
-
- losing
-
noun,
losings, losses.
- nuclei
-
noun,
plural of nucleus.
- Louise
-
noun,
Lake, a glacial lake in W Canada, in SW Alberta in the Canadian Rockies: resort. 5670 feet (1728 meters) above sea level.
- numis.
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- Lounge
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noun,
a sofa for reclining, sometimes backless, having a headrest at one end.
- oleins
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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.
- cumins
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noun,
a small plant, Cuminum cyminum, of the parsley family, bearing aromatic, seedlike fruit, used in cookery and medicine.
- oleums
-
noun,
Pharmacology. oil.
- colies
-
noun,
any of several slender, fruit-eating, African birds constituting the family Coliidae, having grayish-brown plumage and a long, pointed tail.
- congas
-
noun,
a Cuban ballroom dance that consists of three steps forward followed by a kick, characteristically performed by a group following a leader in a single line.
- salugi
-
noun,
a gamelike prank in which a youth grabs something belonging to another and throws it to a third, preventing the owner from retrieving it as it is tossed back and forth.
- coming
-
noun,
approach; arrival; advent:
- Malone
-
noun,
Edmond, 1741–1812, Irish literary critic and Shakespearean scholar.
- comals
-
noun,
a griddle made from sandstone or earthenware.
- Samuel
-
noun,
a judge and prophet of Israel. I Sam. 1–3; 8–15.
- column
-
noun,
Architecture.
a rigid, relatively slender, upright support, composed of relatively few pieces.
a decorative pillar, most often composed of stone and typically having a cylindrical or polygonal shaft with a capital and usually a base.
- colins
-
noun,
any of several American quails, especially the bobwhite.
- Colima
-
noun,
a state in SW Mexico, on the Pacific Coast. 2010 sq. mi. (5205 sq. km).
- Coleus
-
noun,
any of several tropical Asian or African plants belonging to the genus Coleus, of the mint family, certain species of which are cultivated for their showy, colored foliage and blue flowers.
- lungis
-
noun,
a cloth used as a turban, scarf, sarong, etc., in India, Pakistan, and Burma.
- maline
-
noun,
Also, maline. a delicate net resembling tulle, originally made by hand in the town of Mechlin, Belgium.
- malign
-
adjective,
evil in effect; pernicious; baleful; injurious:
- malice
-
noun,
desire to inflict injury, harm, or suffering on another, either because of a hostile impulse or out of deep-seated meanness:
- coigns
-
noun, verb (used with object),
quoin.
- Maceio
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Alagoas, in E Brazil.
- coigne
-
noun, verb (used with object),
quoin.
- macles
-
noun,
chiastolite.
- macons
-
noun,
Nathaniel, 1758–1837, U.S. politician: Speaker of the House 1801–07.
- macule
-
noun,
mackle.
- mailes
-
noun,
a vine, Alyxia olivaeformis, of Hawaii, having small yellowish flowers and fragrant foliage: a traditional lei plant of Hawaii.
- lunies
-
noun,
a lunatic.
- conges
-
noun,
leave-taking; farewell.
- omegas
-
noun,
the 24th and last letter of the Greek alphabet (Ω, ω).
- coulis
-
noun,
a sauce made with puréed vegetables or fruit and used as a base or garnish.
- egoism
-
noun,
the habit of valuing everything only in reference to one's personal interest; selfishness (opposed to altruism).
- oscine
-
noun,
an oscine bird.
- Ealing
-
noun,
a borough of Greater London, England.
- ounces
-
noun,
a unit of weight equal to 437.5 grains or 1/16 pound (28.35 grams) avoirdupois.
- cuneal
-
adjective,
wedgelike; wedge-shaped.
- genial
-
adjective,
warmly and pleasantly cheerful; cordial:
- Culion
-
noun,
an island of the Philippines, in the W part of the group, N of Palawan. 150 sq. mi. (389 sq. km).
- Saigon
-
noun,
former name of Ho Chi Minh City: capital of former South Vietnam 1954–76.
- saline
-
noun,
a sterile solution of sodium chloride used to dilute medications or for intravenous therapy.
- Cousin
-
noun,
Also called first cousin, full cousin. the son or daughter of an uncle or aunt.
See also second cousin, removed (def 2).
- COSINE
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side adjacent to a given angle to the hypotenuse.
the sine of the complement of a given angle or arc. Abbreviation: cos.
- lunges
-
noun,
a sudden forward thrust, as with a sword or knife; stab.
- lumens
-
noun,
Optics. the unit of luminous flux, equal to the luminous flux emitted in a unit solid angle by a point source of one candle intensity. Abbreviation: lm.
- cosign
-
verb (used with or without object),
to sign as a cosigner.
- Salmon
-
noun,
a marine and freshwater food fish, Salmo salar, of the family Salmonidae, having pink flesh, inhabiting waters off the North Atlantic coasts of Europe and North America near the mouths of large rivers, which it enters to spawn.
- Salome
-
noun,
Also, Salomé. the daughter of Herodias, who is said to have danced for Herod Antipas and so pleased him that he granted her mother's request for the head of John the Baptist. Matt. 14:6–11 (not mentioned by name here).
- lumine
-
verb (used with object),
to illumine.
- consul
-
noun,
an official appointed by the government of one country to look after its commercial interests and the welfare of its citizens in another country.
- mangle
-
noun,
a machine for smoothing or pressing clothes, household linen, etc., by means of heated rollers.
- manges
-
noun,
any of various skin diseases caused by parasitic mites, affecting animals and sometimes humans and characterized by loss of hair and scabby eruptions.
- Conium
-
noun,
the poison hemlock, Conium maculatum.
- conies
-
noun,
the fur of a rabbit, especially when dyed to simulate Hudson seal.
- Nicole
-
noun,
a female given name: from Greek words meaning “victory” and “people.”.
- gimels
-
noun,
the third letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- genius
-
noun,
an exceptional natural capacity of intellect, especially as shown in creative and original work in science, art, music, etc.:
Synonyms: intelligence, ingenuity, wit; brains.
- income
-
noun,
the monetary payment received for goods or services, or from other sources, as rents or investments.
- Leucas
-
noun,
Levkas.
- insula
-
noun,
a group of convolutions situated at the base of the lateral fissure of the brain.
- insoul
-
verb (used with object),
ensoul.
- insole
-
noun,
the inner sole of a shoe or boot.
- inseam
-
noun,
an inside or inner seam of a garment, especially the seam of a trouser leg that runs from the crotch down to the bottom of the leg.
- leuco-
-
- inlace
-
verb (used with object),
enlace.
- Ingles
-
noun,
a fire burning in a hearth.
- incuse
-
noun,
an incuse figure or impression.
- Leucon
-
noun,
a type of sponge having a thick body wall with a highly branched canal system leading into the spongocoel.
- incogs
-
adjective, adverb, noun,
incognita or incognito.
- moguls
-
noun,
a bump or mound of hard snow on a ski slope.
- liangs
-
noun,
a Chinese unit of weight, equal to 1/16 (0.0625) catty, and equivalent to about 1.33 ounces (38 grams).
- menial
-
noun,
a domestic servant.
- incase
-
verb (used with object),
encase.
- incage
-
verb (used with object),
encage.
- molies
-
noun,
an herb given to Odysseus by Hermes to counteract the spells of Circe.
- Molina
-
noun,
Luis [loo-ees] /luˈis/ (Show IPA), 1535–1600, Spanish Jesuit theologian.
- Moline
-
noun,
a city in NW Illinois, on the Mississippi.
- ligans
-
noun,
lagan.
- ligase
-
noun,
any of a class of enzymes that catalyze the joining of two molecules by formation of a covalent bond accompanied by the hydrolysis of ATP.
- lignes
-
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.
- ligno-
-
- lesion
-
noun,
an injury; hurt; wound.
- Moesia
-
noun,
an ancient country in S Europe, S of the Danube and N of ancient Thrace and Macedonia: later a Roman province.
- cnemis
-
noun,
the tibia or shin.
- Lemnos
-
noun,
a Greek island in the NE Aegean. 186 sq. mi. (480 sq. km). Capital: Myrina.
- lasing
-
noun,
the generation of coherent light by a laser.
- milage
-
noun,
mileage.
- legion
-
noun,
a division of the Roman army, usually comprising 3000 to 6000 soldiers.
- lanugo
-
noun,
a coat of delicate, downy hairs, especially that with which the human fetus or a newborn infant is covered.
- lanose
-
adjective,
lanate.
- legman
-
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.
- langue
-
noun,
the linguistic system shared by the members of a community (contrasted with parole).
- lances
-
noun,
a long wooden shaft with a pointed metal head, used as a weapon by knights and cavalry soldiers in charging.
- Leguia
-
noun,
Augusto Bernardino [ou-goos-taw ber-nahr-th ee-naw] /aʊˈgus tɔ ˌbɛr nɑrˈði nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1863–1932, president of Peru 1908–12, 1919–30.
- lemans
-
noun,
a sweetheart; lover; beloved.
- minces
-
noun,
something cut up very small; mincemeat.
- lagune
-
noun,
lagoon (def 2).
- M-line
-
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.
- mesial
-
adjective,
medial.
- Lencas
-
noun,
a member of an Indian people of El Salvador and central Honduras.
- mingle
-
noun,
mingles, two or more single, unrelated adults who live together.
- mescal
-
noun,
an intoxicating beverage distilled from the fermented juice of certain species of agave.
- mesail
-
noun,
a pivoted piece on a helmet between a visor and a beaver.
- magics
-
noun,
the art of producing illusions as entertainment by the use of sleight of hand, deceptive devices, etc.; legerdemain; conjuring:
- mensal
-
adjective,
monthly.
- Mingus
-
noun,
Charles ("Charlie") 1922–79, U.S. jazz bass player and composer.
- miscue
-
noun,
Sports. a failure to execute a play, stroke, or maneuver properly; an error.
- Ismael
-
noun,
Ishmael (def 1).
- Miseno
-
noun,
a cape in SW Italy, on the N shore of the Bay of Naples: ruins of ancient Misenum, a Roman naval station and resort.
- images
-
noun,
a physical likeness or representation of a person, animal, or thing, photographed, painted, sculptured, or otherwise made visible.
- limens
-
noun,
threshold (def 4).
- genoas
-
noun,
a large jib for cruising and racing yachts, overlapping the mainsail.
- gleans
-
verb (used with object),
to gather slowly and laboriously, bit by bit.
- melan-
-
- linums
-
noun,
any of numerous plants of the genus Linum, including flax, L. usitatissimum, and various other species grown as ornamentals.
- glomus
-
noun,
a small globular body.
- Musial
-
noun,
Stanley Frank ("Stan the Man") 1920–2013, U.S. baseball player.
- gloams
-
noun,
twilight; gloaming.
- Li-sao
-
noun,
a poem (c320 b.c.) by Ch'ü Yüan.
- glioma
-
noun,
a tumor of the brain composed of neuroglia.
- megal-
-
- meacon
-
verb (used with object),
to give false signals to (electronic navigational equipment), as by means of a radio transmitter.
- locums
-
noun,
locum tenens.
- gleams
-
noun,
a flash or beam of light:
- glumes
-
noun,
one of the characteristic chafflike bracts of the inflorescence of grasses, sedges, etc., especially one of the pair of bracts at the base of a spikelet.
- glance
-
noun,
a quick or brief look.
- glacis
-
noun,
a gentle slope.
- glaces
-
noun,
ice placed in a drink to cool it.
- musing
-
noun,
contemplation; reflection.
- muslin
-
noun,
a cotton fabric made in various degrees of fineness and often printed, woven, or embroidered in patterns, especially a cotton fabric of plain weave, used for sheets and for a variety of other purposes.
- Launce
-
noun,
sand lance.
- Gilson
-
noun,
Étienne Henry [ey-tyen ahn-ree] /eɪˈtyɛn ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1884–1978, French historian.
- Gilman
-
noun,
Arthur, 1837–1909, U.S. educator.
- Naoise
-
noun,
the husband of Deirdre and a nephew of Conchobar, by whom he was treacherously killed.
- Geonim
-
noun,
a plural of Gaon.
- genous
-
- lingua
-
noun,
the tongue or a part like a tongue.
- gluons
-
noun,
an unobserved massless particle with spin 1 that is believed to transmit the strong force between quarks, binding them together into baryons and mesons.
- Monica
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Guinea
-
noun,
a coastal region in W Africa, extending from the Gambia River to the Gabon estuary.
- monies
-
noun,
a plural of money.
- Mosaic
-
noun,
a picture or decoration made of small, usually colored pieces of inlaid stone, glass, etc.
- iceman
-
noun,
a man whose business is gathering, storing, selling, or delivering ice.
- linacs
-
noun,
linear accelerator.
- moulin
-
noun,
a nearly vertical shaft or cavity worn in a glacier by surface water falling through a crack in the ice.
- linage
-
noun,
the number of printed lines, especially agate lines covered by a magazine article, newspaper advertisement, etc.
- gunsel
-
noun,
a criminal armed with a gun.
- lingam
-
noun,
Sanskrit Grammar. the masculine gender.
- mucins
-
noun,
any of a class of glycoproteins found in saliva, gastric juice, etc., that form viscous solutions and act as lubricants or protectants on external and internal surfaces of the body.
- mucosa
-
noun,
mucous membrane.
- muesli
-
noun,
a breakfast cereal similar to granola, usually consisting of rolled oats and dried fruit.
- 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.
- muscle
-
noun,
a tissue composed of cells or fibers, the contraction of which produces movement in the body.
- guiles
-
noun,
insidious cunning in attaining a goal; crafty or artful deception; duplicity.
- guemal
-
noun,
huemul.
- guanos
-
noun,
a natural manure composed chiefly of the excrement of sea birds, found especially on islands near the Peruvian coast.
- guacos
-
noun,
a climbing composite plant, Mikania guaco, of tropical America.
- Muncie
-
noun,
a city in E Indiana.
- gonium
-
noun,
the germ cell during the phase marked by mitosis.
- golems
-
noun,
Jewish Folklore. a figure artificially constructed in the form of a human being and endowed with life.
- mungos
-
noun,
a low-grade wool from felted rags or waste.
- goalie
-
noun,
a goalkeeper.
- gnomic
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or resembling a gnome.
- gnomes
-
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.
- monial
-
noun,
a mullion.
- lacing
-
noun,
the act of a person or thing that laces.
- slogan
-
noun,
a distinctive cry, phrase, or motto of any party, group, manufacturer, or person; catchword or catch phrase.
- amoles
-
noun,
the root of any of several plants, as Mexican species of agaves, used as a substitute for soap.
- amines
-
noun,
any of a class of compounds derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms with organic groups.
- Caslon
-
noun,
William, 1692–1766, English type founder and designer.
- casino
-
noun,
a building or large room used for meetings, entertainment, dancing, etc., especially such a place equipped with gambling devices, gambling tables, etc.
- casing
-
noun,
a case or covering; housing.
- casein
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a protein precipitated from milk, as by rennet, and forming the basis of cheese and certain plastics.
- amino-
-
- amnios
-
- silage
-
noun,
fodder preserved through fermentation in a silo; ensilage.
- Signac
-
noun,
Paul [pawl] /pɔl/ (Show IPA), 1863–1935, French painter.
- silane
-
noun,
Also called silicon tetrahydride. a gas with an unpleasant odor, SiH 4 , soluble in water: used as a doping agent for semiconductors in the production of solid-state devices.
- soigne
-
adjective,
carefully or elegantly done, operated, or designed.
- socmen
-
noun,
sokeman.
- socman
-
noun,
sokeman.
- acumen
-
noun,
keen insight; shrewdness:
- uncoil
-
verb (used with or without object),
to unwind from a coiled position.
- Siloam
-
noun,
a spring and pool near Jerusalem. John 9:7.
- amigos
-
noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- UNESCO
-
noun,
an agency of the United Nations charged with instituting and administering programs for cooperative, coordinated action by member states in education, science, and the arts.
- Silone
-
noun,
Ignazio [ee-nyah-tsyaw] /iˈnyɑ tsyɔ/ (Show IPA), (Secondo Tranquilli) 1900–78, Italian author.
- alumin
-
- usance
-
noun,
Commerce. a length of time, exclusive of days of grace and varying in different places, allowed by custom or usage for the payment of foreign bills of exchange.
- unseam
-
verb (used with object),
to open the seam or seams of; undo; rip apart:
- aceous
-
- soling
-
noun,
pitching.
- cesium
-
noun,
a rare, highly reactive, soft, metallic element of the alkali metal group, used chiefly in photoelectric cells. Symbol: Cs; atomic weight: 132.905; atomic number: 55; specific gravity: 1.9 at 20°C; melts at 28.5°C.
- acinus
-
noun,
Botany. one of the small drupelets or berries of an aggregate, baccate fruit, as the blackberry.
- acious
-
- unseal
-
verb (used with object),
to break or remove the seal of; open, as something sealed or firmly closed:
- Amiens
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Somme, in N France: cathedral; battles 1914, 1918, 1944.
- alumni
-
noun,
a graduate or former student of a specific school, college, or university.
- ugsome
-
adjective,
horrid; loathsome.
- solemn
-
adjective,
grave, sober, or mirthless, as a person, the face, speech, tone, or mood:
- unlace
-
verb (used with object),
to loosen or undo the lacing or laces of (a pair of shoes, a corset, etc.).
- celoms
-
noun,
coelom.
- solace
-
noun,
comfort in sorrow, misfortune, or trouble; alleviation of distress or discomfort.
- amices
-
noun,
an oblong vestment, usually of white linen, worn about the neck and shoulders and partly under the alb.
- amicus
-
noun,
a philanthropist.
- amugis
-
noun,
a Philippine tree, Koordersiodendron pinnatum, of the cashew family.
- social
-
noun,
a social gathering or party, especially of or as given by an organized group:
- Aloeus
-
noun,
a son of Poseidon, husband of Iphimedia, and foster father of Otus and Ephialtes.
- Siouan
-
noun,
an American Indian language family formerly widespread from Saskatchewan to the lower Mississippi, also found in the Virginia and Carolina piedmont, and including Catawba, Crow, Dakota, Hidatsa, Mandan, Osage, and Winnebago.
- animus
-
noun,
strong dislike or enmity; hostile attitude; animosity.
- Caelum
-
noun,
the Sculptor's Tool, or Chisel, a small southern constellation between Columba and Eridanus.
- unclog
-
verb (used with object),
to free of an obstruction or impediment:
- aniso-
-
- uncage
-
verb (used with object),
to set free from or as if from a cage; free from confinement or restraint.
- single
-
noun,
one person or thing; a single one.
- anoles
-
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.
- anomie
-
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.
- Aeolus
-
noun,
the ruler of the winds.
- ageism
-
noun,
discrimination against persons of a certain age group.
- Anselm
-
noun,
Saint, 1033–1109, archbishop of Canterbury: scholastic theologian and philosopher.
- uncial
-
noun,
an uncial letter.
- sluice
-
noun,
an artificial channel for conducting water, often fitted with a gate (sluice gate) at the upper end for regulating the flow.
- Sloane
-
noun,
Sir Hans, 1660–1753, English physician and naturalist.
- Slocum
-
noun,
Joshua, 1844–c1910, U.S. mariner, author, and lecturer, born in Nova Scotia.
- uncase
-
verb (used with object),
to remove from a case; remove the case from.
- animes
-
noun,
a Japanese style of motion-picture animation, characterized by highly stylized, colorful art, futuristic settings, violence, and sexuality.
- Anglos
-
noun,
a white American of non-Hispanic descent, as distinguished especially from an American of Mexican or Spanish descent.
- camise
-
noun,
a lightweight, loose-fitting shirt or smock with long sleeves.
- agonic
-
adjective,
not forming an angle.
- camion
-
noun,
a strongly built cart or wagon for transporting heavy loads; dray.
- socage
-
noun,
a tenure of land held by the tenant in performance of specified services or by payment of rent, and not requiring military service.
- ancile
-
noun,
a shield given by Mars to Numa Pompilius as the palladium of Rome.
- aecium
-
noun,
the fruiting body of rust fungi, which bears chainlike or stalked spores.
- anemic
-
adjective,
Pathology. suffering from anemia.
- anemo-
-
- cameos
-
noun,
a technique of engraving upon a gem or other stone, as onyx, in such a way that an underlying stone of one color is exposed as a background for a low-relief design of another color.
- Angelo
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Anglo-
-
- Simeon
-
noun,
a son of Jacob and Leah. Gen. 29:33.
- Aegium
-
noun,
a town in ancient Achaea, on the Gulf of Corinth: the Achaean League met here.
- calgon
-
- Aeolic
-
noun,
the Greek dialect of ancient Aeolis and Thessaly; Aeolian.
- angio-
-
- Aeolis
-
noun,
an ancient coastal region and Greek colony in NW Asia Minor: settled by Aeolians.
- Angles
-
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.
- Anglic
-
noun,
the English language in a simplified spelling devised by R. E. Zachrisson (1880–1937), a Swedish philologist, to make English easier to use as an auxiliary language. About 40 of the most frequent words are kept in their usual spellings; the rest of the vocabulary is spelled phonetically with letters of the traditional 26-letter alphabet.
- aloins
-
noun,
an intensely bitter, crystalline, water-soluble powder composed of the active principles of and obtained from aloe, used chiefly as a purgative.
- signal
-
noun,
anything that serves to indicate, warn, direct, command, or the like, as a light, a gesture, an act, etc.:
- clino-
-
- cinema
-
noun,
Chiefly British. motion picture.
- clones
-
noun,
Biology.
a cell, cell product, or organism that is genetically identical to the unit or individual from which it was derived.
a population of identical units, cells, or individuals that derive from the same ancestral line.
- algins
-
noun,
any hydrophilic, colloidal substance found in or obtained from various kelps, as alginic acid or one of its soluble salts.
- Alison
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Alice.
- somni-
-
- cleans
-
- Seguin
-
noun,
a city in SE Texas.
- Alcuin
-
noun,
(Ealhwine Flaccus) a.d. 735–804, English theologian and scholar: teacher and adviser of Charlemagne.
- almuce
-
noun,
a furred hood or hooded cape with long ends hanging down in front, formerly worn by the clergy.
- clangs
-
noun,
a clanging sound.
- almugs
-
noun,
a tree, possibly the red sandalwood. I Kings 10:12.
- alines
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- A-line
-
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.
- algums
-
noun,
a Biblical tree, possibly the red sandalwood. II Chron. 2:8.
- claims
-
noun,
a demand for something as due; an assertion of a right or an alleged right:
- Semang
-
noun,
a member of a Negrito people of the Malay Peninsula.
- Alnico
-
noun,
a permanent-magnet alloy having aluminum, nickel, and cobalt as its principal ingredients.
- clonus
-
noun,
a rapid succession of flexions and extensions of a group of muscles, usually signifying an affection of the brain or spinal cord.
- almous
-
noun,
alms.
- clause
-
noun,
Grammar. a syntactic construction containing a subject and predicate and forming part of a sentence or constituting a whole simple sentence.
- clines
-
noun,
Biology. the gradual change in certain characteristics exhibited by members of a series of adjacent populations of organisms of the same species.
- clings
-
noun,
the act of clinging; adherence; attachment.
- aligns
-
verb (used with object),
to arrange in a straight line; adjust according to a line.
- Somali
-
noun,
a member of a Hamitic population showing an admixture of Arab, black, and other ancestry, and dwelling in Somalia and adjacent regions.
- Senlac
-
noun,
a hill in SE England: believed by some historians to have been the site of the Battle of Hastings, 1066.
- anils
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- logue
-
- Mosul
-
noun,
a city in N Iraq, on the Tigris, opposite the ruins of Nineveh.
- logis
-
noun,
a man, a personification of fire, who defeated Loki in an eating contest.
- Unami
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people, one of the Delaware group.
- Angus
-
noun,
Formerly Forfar. a historic county in E Scotland.
- loges
-
noun,
(in a theater) the front section of the lowest balcony, separated from the back section by an aisle or railing or both.
- moues
-
noun,
a pouting grimace.
- logia
-
noun,
a plural of logion.
- 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.
- logic
-
noun,
the science that investigates the principles governing correct or reliable inference.
- Melun
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Seine-et-Marne, in N France.
- anile
-
adjective,
of or like a foolish, doddering old woman.
- MOUSE
-
noun,
any of numerous small Old World rodents of the family Muridae, especially of the genus Mus, introduced widely in other parts of the world.
- Iglau
-
noun,
Jihlava.
- Icel.
-
- ileum
-
noun,
Anatomy. the third and lowest division of the small intestine, extending from the jejunum to the cecum.
- 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.
- imago
-
noun,
Entomology. an adult insect.
- angi-
-
- Alice
-
noun,
a city in S Texas.
- meno-
-
- image
-
noun,
a physical likeness or representation of a person, animal, or thing, photographed, painted, sculptured, or otherwise made visible.
- monas
-
noun,
monad.
- Angie
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Angel.
- agone
-
adverb, adjective,
ago.
- ileus
-
noun,
intestinal obstruction characterized by lack of peristalsis and leading to severe colicky pain and vomiting.
- ileo-
-
- icons
-
- ileac
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ileum.
- Monge
-
noun,
Gaspard [gas-par] /gasˈpar/ (Show IPA), Comte de Péluse [pey-lyz] /peɪˈlüz/ (Show IPA), 1746–1818, French mathematician.
- liang
-
noun,
a Chinese unit of weight, equal to 1/16 (0.0625) catty, and equivalent to about 1.33 ounces (38 grams).
- algum
-
noun,
a Biblical tree, possibly the red sandalwood. II Chron. 2:8.
- monic
-
adjective,
(of a polynomial) having the coefficient of the term of highest degree equal to 1.
- Angl.
-
- algo-
-
- 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.
- Limon
-
noun,
José [haw-se] /hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1908–72, Mexican dancer and choreographer in the U.S.
- anim.
-
- Mason
-
noun,
a person whose trade is building with units of various natural or artificial mineral products, as stones, bricks, cinder blocks, or tiles, usually with the use of mortar or cement as a bonding agent.
- Gunas
-
noun,
(in Sankhya and Vedantic philosophy) one of the three qualities of prakriti, or nature, which are passion (rajas) dullness or inertia (tamas) and goodness or purity (sattva)
- Suomi
-
noun,
Finnish name of Finland.
- anime
-
noun,
a Japanese style of motion-picture animation, characterized by highly stylized, colorful art, futuristic settings, violence, and sexuality.
- muons
-
noun,
a lepton similar in most respects to the electron except that it is unstable, it may be positively charged, and its mass is approximately 207 times greater; the positively charged muon is the antiparticle of the negatively charged muon. Symbol: μ.
- Mungo
-
noun,
a low-grade wool from felted rags or waste.
- Gomel
-
noun,
a city in SE Byelorussia (Belarus), on a tributary of the Dnieper.
- Smail
-
noun,
snail mail.
- golem
-
noun,
Jewish Folklore. a figure artificially constructed in the form of a human being and endowed with life.
- Goias
-
noun,
a state in central Brazil. 247,826 sq. mi. (641,870 sq. km). Capital: Goiânia.
- slung
-
noun,
a device for hurling stones or other missiles that consists, typically, of a short strap with a long string at each end and that is operated by placing the missile in the strap, and, holding the ends of the strings in one hand, whirling the instrument around in a circle and releasing one of the strings to discharge the missile.
- mungs
-
noun,
something disgusting or offensive, especially filth or muck.
- Manus
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. the distal segment of the forelimb of a vertebrate, including the carpus and the forefoot or hand.
- agios
-
noun,
a premium on money in exchange.
- munic
-
- longa
-
noun,
the second longest note in medieval mensural notation.
- alecs
-
noun,
a herring.
- melon
-
noun,
the fruit of any of various plants of the gourd family, as the muskmelon or watermelon.
- 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.
- Sonia
-
noun,
a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.
- 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.
- 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.
- longe
-
noun,
a long rope used to guide a horse during training or exercise.
- limas
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter L.
- Musca
-
noun,
the Fly, a small southern constellation between Crux and Chamaeleon.
- melic
-
adjective,
intended to be sung.
- uncia
-
noun,
a bronze coin of ancient Rome, the 12th part of an as.
- G-man
-
noun,
an agent for the FBI.
- asco-
-
- munge
-
verb (used with or without object),
to manipulate (raw data), especially to convert (data) from one format to another:
- masc.
-
- mucin
-
noun,
any of a class of glycoproteins found in saliva, gastric juice, etc., that form viscous solutions and act as lubricants or protectants on external and internal surfaces of the body.
- lign-
-
- Melas
-
noun,
a religious fair, especially one held in connection with a festival.
- muco-
-
- gules
-
noun,
the tincture red.
- Logan
-
noun,
pokelogan.
- anis-
-
- ligan
-
noun,
lagan.
- Guise
-
noun,
general external appearance; aspect; semblance:
- algin
-
noun,
any hydrophilic, colloidal substance found in or obtained from various kelps, as alginic acid or one of its soluble salts.
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- Algie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Algernon.
- Guin.
-
- guile
-
noun,
insidious cunning in attaining a goal; crafty or artful deception; duplicity.
- smile
-
noun,
the act or an instance of smiling; a smiling expression of the face.
- 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.
- Agnes
-
noun,
Saint, a.d. 292?–304? Roman Catholic child martyr.
- 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.
- guans
-
noun,
a large game bird of the curassow family, common in dense woodlands of Central and South America, somewhat resembling a turkey.
- limns
-
verb (used with object),
to represent in drawing or painting.
- guano
-
noun,
a natural manure composed chiefly of the excrement of sea birds, found especially on islands near the Peruvian coast.
- Mulga
-
noun,
an Australian shrub or small tree, Acacia aneura, forming dense growths in some areas and having foliage used as forage for livestock.
- agnel
-
noun,
a gold coin of France of the 13th–16th centuries, bearing the figure of a lamb.
- Aleus
-
noun,
a king of Tegea and the father of Amphidamas, Auge, Cepheus, and Lycurgus.
- Melia
-
- Melos
-
noun,
the succession of musical tones constituting a melody.
- guaco
-
noun,
a climbing composite plant, Mikania guaco, of tropical America.
- gulas
-
noun,
Zoology.
the upper part of the throat or gullet.
the front or forward part of the neck.
- ulnas
-
noun,
Anatomy. the bone of the forearm on the side opposite to the thumb.
Compare radius (def 7).
- Imena
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Arabic word meaning “faith.”.
- solan
-
noun,
a gannet.
- 30-30
-
- Laius
-
noun,
a king of Thebes, the husband of Jocasta and father of Oedipus: unwittingly killed by Oedipus.
- minas
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- Laing
-
noun,
R(onald) D(avid) 1927–1989, British psychiatrist and author, born in Scotland.
- MINCE
-
noun,
something cut up very small; mincemeat.
- laics
-
noun,
one of the laity.
- aisle
-
noun,
a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
- Linus
-
noun,
Saint, died a.d. 76? pope 67?–76?.
- Meigs
-
noun,
Fort. Fort Meigs.
- amens
-
noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- Lagos
-
noun,
a seaport in SW Nigeria: former capital.
- lames
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is out of touch with modern fads or trends, especially one who is unsophisticated.
- lagen
-
noun,
laggin.
- Mines
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- Megan
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- AMICE
-
noun,
an oblong vestment, usually of white linen, worn about the neck and shoulders and partly under the alb.
- laces
-
noun,
a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- ulans
-
noun,
uhlan.
- agues
-
noun,
Pathology. a malarial fever characterized by regularly returning paroxysms, marked by successive cold, hot, and sweating fits.
- Minos
-
noun,
a king of Crete: he ordered Daedalus to build the Labyrinth.
- mega-
-
- Linum
-
noun,
any of numerous plants of the genus Linum, including flax, L. usitatissimum, and various other species grown as ornamentals.
- alums
-
noun,
Also called potash alum, potassium alum. a crystalline solid, aluminum potassium sulfate, K 2 SO 4 ⋅Al 2 (SO 4) 3 ⋅24H 2 O, used in medicine as an astringent and styptic, in dyeing and tanning, and in many technical processes.
- misc.
-
- Linos
-
noun,
linoleum.
- Alogi
-
noun,
a group of Christians in the 2nd century a.d. who rejected the doctrine of the Logos.
- lings
-
noun,
an elongated, marine, gadid food fish, Molva molva, of Greenland and northern Europe.
- Aloin
-
noun,
an intensely bitter, crystalline, water-soluble powder composed of the active principles of and obtained from aloe, used chiefly as a purgative.
- lingo
-
noun,
the language and speech, especially the jargon, slang, or argot, of a particular field, group, or individual:
- alone
-
Idioms,
leave alone,
to allow (someone) to be by himself or herself:
to refrain from annoying or interfering with:
- Milan
-
noun,
an industrial city in central Lombardy, in N Italy: cathedral.
- Milne
-
noun,
A(lan) A(lexander) 1882–1956, English novelist, playwright, and author of prose and verse for children.
- along
-
Idioms,
all along, all the time; throughout:
- solum
-
noun,
the upper part of the soil profile, which is influenced by plant roots; the A horizon and the B horizon.
- uglis
-
- micas
-
noun,
any member of a group of minerals, hydrous silicates of aluminum with other bases, chiefly potassium, magnesium, iron, and lithium, that separate readily into thin, tough, often transparent, and usually elastic laminae; isinglass.
- almug
-
noun,
a tree, possibly the red sandalwood. I Kings 10:12.
- leans
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- ling.
-
- alum.
-
- Sumac
-
noun,
any of several shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Rhus of the cashew family, having milky sap, compound leaves, and small, fleshy fruit.
- Lange
-
noun,
Christian Louis [kris-tyahn loo-ee,, -is] /ˈkrɪs tyɑn ˈlu i,, -ɪs/ (Show IPA), 1869–1938, Norwegian historian: Nobel Peace Prize 1921.
- lang.
-
- Milos
-
noun,
a grain sorghum having white, yellow, or pinkish seeds, grown chiefly in Africa, Asia, and the U.S.
- Legis
-
- LANCE
-
noun,
a long wooden shaft with a pointed metal head, used as a weapon by knights and cavalry soldiers in charging.
- Lamus
-
noun,
a son of Hercules and Omphale.
- minus
-
noun,
minus sign.
- misce
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) mix.
- 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).
- Mensa
-
noun,
Also called altar slab, altar stone. the flat stone forming the top of the altar in a Roman Catholic church.
- Ingle
-
noun,
a fire burning in a hearth.
- linac
-
noun,
linear accelerator.
- molas
-
noun,
any of several thin, silvery fishes of the family Molidae, of tropical and temperate seas.
- Alcon
-
noun,
a noted archer who helped Hercules abduct the cattle of Geryon.
- locum
-
noun,
locum tenens.
- Leona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Leoni
-
noun,
Raúl [rah-ool] /rɑˈul/ (Show IPA), 1905–72, Venezuelan statesman: president 1964–69.
- incus
-
noun,
Anatomy. the middle one of a chain of three small bones in the middle ear of humans and other mammals.
Compare malleus, stapes.
- limos
-
noun,
a limousine.
- amuse
-
verb (used with object),
to hold the attention of (someone) pleasantly; entertain or divert in an enjoyable or cheerful manner:
- leuc-
-
- lenos
-
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.
- incog
-
adjective, adverb, noun,
incognita or incognito.
- Soane
-
noun,
Sir John, 1753–1837, English architect.
- Aline
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- incl.
-
- miens
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- incas
-
noun,
a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
- align
-
verb (used with object),
to arrange in a straight line; adjust according to a line.
- moles
-
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.
- locus
-
noun,
a place; locality.
- snail
-
noun,
any mollusk of the class Gastropoda, having a spirally coiled shell and a ventral muscular foot on which it slowly glides about.
- socle
-
noun,
a low, plain part forming a base for a column, pedestal, or the like; plinth.
- among
-
preposition,
in, into, or through the midst of; in association or connection with; surrounded by:
- meson
-
noun,
Physics. any hadron, or strongly interacting particle, other than a baryon. Mesons are bosons, having spins of 0, 1, 2, …, and, unlike baryons, do not obey a conservation law.
- Leman
-
noun,
a sweetheart; lover; beloved.
- amigo
-
noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- MEANS
-
noun,
Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
- meso-
-
- amin-
-
- miso-
-
- Islam
-
noun,
the religious faith of Muslims, based on the words and religious system founded by the prophet Muhammad and taught by the Koran, the basic principle of which is absolute submission to a unique and personal god, Allah.
- amine
-
noun,
any of a class of compounds derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms with organic groups.
- moans
-
noun,
a prolonged, low, inarticulate sound uttered from or as if from physical or mental suffering.
- loams
-
noun,
a rich, friable soil containing a relatively equal mixture of sand and silt and a somewhat smaller proportion of clay.
- gluon
-
noun,
an unobserved massless particle with spin 1 that is believed to transmit the strong force between quarks, binding them together into baryons and mesons.
- Almon
-
noun,
a Philippine, dipterocarpaceous tree, Shorea eximia.
- mauls
-
noun,
a heavy hammer, as for driving stakes or wedges.
- Mogul
-
noun,
a bump or mound of hard snow on a ski slope.
- almes
-
noun,
almah.
- Lemon
-
noun,
the yellowish, acid fruit of a subtropical citrus tree, Citrus limon.
- mesic
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or adapted to an environment having a balanced supply of moisture.
- loans
-
noun,
the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something:
- moils
-
noun,
hard work or drudgery.
- Lenca
-
noun,
a member of an Indian people of El Salvador and central Honduras.
- amole
-
noun,
the root of any of several plants, as Mexican species of agaves, used as a substitute for soap.
- insol
-
- lenis
-
noun,
a lenis consonant.
- scion
-
noun,
a descendant.
- aulic
-
adjective,
of or relating to a royal court.
- ascon
-
noun,
a type of sponge having an oval shape and a thin body wall with pores leading directly into the spongocoel.
- Osman
-
noun,
1259–1326, Turkish emir 1299–1326: founder of the Ottoman dynasty.
- omega
-
noun,
the 24th and last letter of the Greek alphabet (Ω, ω).
- celom
-
noun,
coelom.
- omni-
-
- Ecua.
-
- onces
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- econ.
-
- ecol.
-
- Onega
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in the NW Russian Federation in Europe: second largest lake in Europe. 3764 sq. mi. (9750 sq. km).
- onium
-
- Osage
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people formerly of western Missouri, now living in northern Oklahoma.
- Oscan
-
noun,
one of an ancient people of south-central Italy.
- Sigma
-
noun,
the 18th letter of the Greek alphabet: Σ, σ, ς.
- Cenis
-
noun,
Mont, a mountain pass between SE France and Italy, in the Alps. 6834 feet (2083 meters) high.
- lungs
-
noun,
either of the two saclike respiratory organs in the thorax of humans and the higher vertebrates.
- osmic
-
adjective,
of or containing osmium in its higher valences, especially the tetravalent state.
- ounce
-
noun,
a unit of weight equal to 437.5 grains or 1/16 pound (28.35 grams) avoirdupois.
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- ousel
-
noun,
ouzel.
- Cunas
-
noun,
a member of a group of American Indian people inhabiting settlements on the Isthmus of Panama and islands in the Gulf of San Blas.
- cumin
-
noun,
a small plant, Cuminum cyminum, of the parsley family, bearing aromatic, seedlike fruit, used in cookery and medicine.
- Cumae
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Italy, on the coast of Campania: believed to be the earliest Greek colony in Italy or in Sicily.
- usage
-
noun,
a customary way of doing something; a custom or practice:
- culms
-
noun,
coal dust; slack.
- saice
-
noun,
syce.
- malic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or derived from apples.
- Salem
-
noun,
a seaport in NE Massachusetts: founded 1626; execution of persons accused of being witches 1692; home of Nathaniel Hawthorne.
- Omani
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Oman.
- elans
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- male-
-
- Olean
-
noun,
a city in SW New York.
- Enola
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ogles
-
noun,
an amorous, flirtatious, or impertinent glance or stare.
- lunas
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess personifying the moon, sometimes identified with Diana.
- OIcel
-
- encl.
-
- cauls
-
noun,
a part of the amnion sometimes covering the head of a child at birth.
- caus.
-
- glume
-
noun,
one of the characteristic chafflike bracts of the inflorescence of grasses, sedges, etc., especially one of the pair of bracts at the base of a spikelet.
- cause
-
noun,
a person or thing that acts, happens, or exists in such a way that some specific thing happens as a result; the producer of an effect:
- acmes
-
noun,
the highest point; summit; peak:
- lunes
-
noun,
Archaic. fits of madness.
- 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.
- EMAIL
-
noun,
a system for sending messages from one individual to another via telecommunications links between computers or terminals using dedicated software:
- olig-
-
- oleic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or derived from oleic acid.
- 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.
- signa
-
verb,
(used imperatively, in prescriptions) mark; write; label.
- ceils
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- lunge
-
noun,
a sudden forward thrust, as with a sword or knife; stab.
- Elman
-
noun,
Mischa [mee-shuh] /ˈmi ʃə/ (Show IPA), 1891–1967, U.S. violinist, born in Russia.
- Elisa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- oleum
-
noun,
Pharmacology. oil.
- Elias
-
noun,
Douay Bible. Elijah (def 1).
- Celia
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cecilia.
- lungi
-
noun,
a cloth used as a turban, scarf, sarong, etc., in India, Pakistan, and Burma.
- Elgon
-
noun,
an extinct volcano in E Africa, on the boundary between Uganda and Kenya. 14,176 feet (4321 meters).
- Elgin
-
noun,
a city in NE Illinois.
- Salic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the Salian Franks.
- Ciano
-
noun,
Count Galeazzo [gah-le-aht-tsaw] /ˌgɑ lɛˈɑt tsɔ/ (Show IPA), (Ciano di Cortellazzo) 1903–44, Italian Fascist statesman: minister of foreign affairs 1936–43.
- uncos
-
noun,
something extraordinary or unusual; a novelty.
- coils
-
noun,
a connected series of spirals or rings into which a rope or the like is wound.
- mains
-
noun,
the main or home farm of a manor, as where the ownerlives; manse.
- cling
-
noun,
the act of clinging; adherence; attachment.
- Colin
-
noun,
any of several American quails, especially the bobwhite.
- Segal
-
noun,
George, 1924–2000, U.S. sculptor.
- Coles
-
noun,
any of various plants of the genus Brassica, of the mustard family, especially kale and rape.
- Sango
-
noun,
a Niger-Congo language of the Adamawa-Eastern branch, used as a lingua franca in the Central African Republic.
- Colas
-
noun,
a carbonated soft drink containing an extract made from kola nuts, together with sweeteners and other flavorings.
- 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.
- Saone
-
noun,
a river flowing S from NE France to the Rhone. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- coins
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- clone
-
noun,
Biology.
a cell, cell product, or organism that is genetically identical to the unit or individual from which it was derived.
a population of identical units, cells, or individuals that derive from the same ancestral line.
- sauce
-
noun,
any preparation, usually liquid or semiliquid, eaten as a gravy or as a relish accompanying food.
- mails
-
noun,
letters, packages, etc., that are sent or delivered by means of the postal system:
- cline
-
noun,
Biology. the gradual change in certain characteristics exhibited by members of a series of adjacent populations of organisms of the same species.
- Close
-
noun,
the act of closing.
- coign
-
noun, verb (used with object),
quoin.
- Usnea
-
noun,
any pale-green or gray, mosslike lichen of the genus Usnea, common on rocks and trees.
- scale
-
noun,
Zoology.
one of the thin, flat, horny plates forming the covering of certain animals, as snakes, lizards, and pangolins.
one of the hard, bony or dentinal plates, either flat or denticulate, forming the covering of certain other animals, as fishes.
- coel-
-
- maile
-
noun,
a vine, Alyxia olivaeformis, of Hawaii, having small yellowish flowers and fragrant foliage: a traditional lei plant of Hawaii.
- MAgEc
-
- coals
-
noun,
a black or dark-brown combustible mineral substance consisting of carbonized vegetable matter, used as a fuel.
Compare anthracite, bituminous coal, lignite.
- clung
-
noun,
the act of clinging; adherence; attachment.
- Mages
-
noun,
a magician.
- scena
-
noun,
an extended operatic vocal solo, usually including an aria and a recitative.
- Scone
-
noun,
a small, light, biscuitlike quick bread made of oatmeal, wheat flour, barley meal, or the like.
- magic
-
noun,
the art of producing illusions as entertainment by the use of sleight of hand, deceptive devices, etc.; legerdemain; conjuring:
- Colum
-
noun,
Padraic [paw-drik] /ˈpɔ drɪk/ (Show IPA), 1881–1972, Irish poet and dramatist, in the U.S. from 1914.
- clime
-
noun,
climate.
- Seoul
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of South Korea, in the W part.
- clans
-
noun,
a group of families or households, as among the Scottish Highlanders, the heads of which claim descent from a common ancestor:
- salmi
-
noun,
a ragout of partially cooked game, as pheasant or woodcock, stewed in wine and butter.
- sengi
-
noun,
a monetary unit of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, equal to 1/10,000 (.0001) of a zaire.
- Cimon
-
noun,
507–499 b.c, Athenian military leader, naval commander, and statesman (son of Miltiades).
- cine-
-
- CONUS
-
noun,
the most anterior part of the simple tubular heart of lower vertebrates and embryos of higher vertebrates, leading into the artery that leaves the heart; in mammals it forms a part of the upper wall of the right ventricle, in which the pulmonary artery originates.
- cines
-
noun,
a film; motion picture.
- cions
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- semi-
-
- Cons.
-
- claim
-
noun,
a demand for something as due; an assertion of a right or an alleged right:
- maces
-
noun,
a clublike armor-breaking weapon of war, often with a flanged or spiked metal head, used chiefly in the Middle Ages.
- clang
-
noun,
a clanging sound.
- conge
-
noun,
leave-taking; farewell.
- Segni
-
noun,
Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1891–1972, Italian teacher, lawyer, and statesman: president 1962–64.
- clase
-
- conga
-
noun,
a Cuban ballroom dance that consists of three steps forward followed by a kick, characteristically performed by a group following a leader in a single line.
- Cong.
-
- salon
-
noun,
a drawing room or reception room in a large house.
- Comus
-
noun,
an ancient Greek and Roman god of drinking and revelry.
- macle
-
noun,
chiastolite.
- Selma
-
noun,
a city in central Alabama, on the Alabama River.
- comes
-
noun,
Astronomy. companion1 (def 6).
- segno
-
noun,
a sign.
- Macon
-
noun,
Nathaniel, 1758–1837, U.S. politician: Speaker of the House 1801–07.
- COMAS
-
noun,
a state of prolonged unconsciousness, including a lack of response to stimuli, from which it is impossible to rouse a person.
- Cleon
-
noun,
died 422 b.c, Athenian general and political opponent of Pericles.
- comal
-
noun,
a griddle made from sandstone or earthenware.
- enols
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- emuls
-
- ogams
-
noun,
ogham.
- cages
-
noun,
a boxlike enclosure having wires, bars, or the like, for confining and displaying birds or animals.
- Giles
-
noun,
Saint, 8th century a.d., Athenian hermit in France.
- singe
-
noun,
a superficial burn.
- Naomi
-
noun,
the mother-in-law of Ruth and the great-grandmother of David. Ruth 1.
- UNCLE
-
noun,
a brother of one's father or mother.
- geums
-
noun,
any plant of the genus Geum, comprising the avens.
- naso-
-
- geom.
-
- geol.
-
- louse
-
noun,
any small, wingless insect of the order Anoplura (sucking louse) parasitic on humans and other mammals and having mouthparts adapted for sucking, as Pediculus humanus (body louse or head louse) and Phthirius pubis (crab louse or pubic louse)
- genus
-
noun,
Biology. the usual major subdivision of a family or subfamily in the classification of organisms, usually consisting of more than one species.
- Negus
-
noun,
a title of Ethiopian royalty.
- manos
-
noun,
the upper or handheld stone used when grinding maize or other grains on a metate.
- sing.
-
- Genoa
-
noun,
a large jib for cruising and racing yachts, overlapping the mainsail.
- Sino-
-
- Genl.
-
- genic
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, resembling, or arising from a gene or genes.
- since
-
adverb,
from then till now (often preceded by ever):
- Neils
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- aeons
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- nemos
-
noun,
remote (def 10).
- Lucan
-
noun,
(Marcus Annaeus Lucanus) a.d. 39–65, Roman poet, born in Spain.
- caine
-
noun,
(Sir Thomas Henry) Hall, 1853–1931, English novelist.
- Nigel
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Neil.
- Eolic
-
noun,
the Greek dialect of ancient Aeolis and Thessaly; Aeolian.
- g-cal
-
- Niles
-
noun,
a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- manic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or affected by mania.
- Names
-
noun,
a word or a combination of words by which a person, place, or thing, a body or class, or any object of thought is designated, called, or known.
- gimel
-
noun,
the third letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- Nimes
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Gard, in S France: Roman ruins.
- sonic
-
adjective,
of or relating to sound.
- glues
-
noun,
a hard, impure, protein gelatin, obtained by boiling skins, hoofs, and other animal substances in water, that when melted or diluted is a strong adhesive.
- agile
-
adjective,
quick and well-coordinated in movement; lithe:
- Longs
-
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- Manue
-
noun,
Manoah.
- gloms
-
noun,
a look or glimpse.
- Sloan
-
noun,
John, 1871–1951, U.S. painter.
- gloam
-
noun,
twilight; gloaming.
- slime
-
noun,
thin, glutinous mud.
- glims
-
noun,
a light or lamp.
- music
-
noun,
an art of sound in time that expresses ideas and emotions in significant forms through the elements of rhythm, melody, harmony, and color.
- glias
-
noun,
neuroglia.
- Sligo
-
noun,
a county in Connaught province, in the NW Republic of Ireland. 694 sq. mi. (1795 sq. km).
- Aulis
-
noun,
a port in ancient Boeotia, in E central Greece: the Greek fleet set out from here for Troy during the Trojan War.
- manse
-
noun,
the house and land occupied by a minister or parson.
- aulos
-
noun,
an ancient Greek wind instrument, a double pipe played with a double reed.
- glean
-
verb (used with object),
to gather slowly and laboriously, bit by bit.
- slice
-
noun,
a thin, flat piece cut from something:
- gleam
-
noun,
a flash or beam of light:
- glans
-
noun,
the head of the penis (glans penis) or of the clitoris (glans clitoris)
- slang
-
noun,
very informal usage in vocabulary and idiom that is characteristically more metaphorical, playful, elliptical, vivid, and ephemeral than ordinary language, as Hit the road.
- Musil
-
noun,
Robert, 1880–1942, Austrian writer.
- Louie
-
noun,
looie.
- slain
-
noun,
sley.
- Glace
-
noun,
ice placed in a drink to cool it.
- gismo
-
noun,
a gadget or device:
- Louis
-
noun,
louis d'or.
- nails
-
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.
- UNCIO
-
- gaums
-
verb (used with object),
to smear or cover with a gummy, sticky substance (often followed by up):
- Lucas
-
noun,
George, born 1944, U.S. film director.
- gauls
-
noun,
an ancient region in W Europe, including the modern areas of N Italy, France, Belgium, and the S Netherlands: consisted of two main divisions, one part S of the Alps (Cisalpine Gaul) and another part N of the Alps (Transalpine Gaul)
- Magus
-
noun,
(sometimes lowercase) one of the Magi.
- Cameo
-
noun,
a technique of engraving upon a gem or other stone, as onyx, in such a way that an underlying stone of one color is exposed as a background for a low-relief design of another color.
- Galen
-
noun,
Latin Galenus [guh-lee-nuh s] /gəˈli nəs/ (Show IPA). Claudius, a.d. c130–c200, Greek physician and writer on medicine.
- AEGIS
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the shield or breastplate of Zeus or Athena, bearing at its center the head of the Gorgon.
- luces
-
noun,
plural of lux.
- Gaius
-
noun,
a.d. c110–c180, Roman jurist and writer, especially on civil law.
- gains
-
- noise
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- gaels
-
noun,
a Scottish Celt or Highlander.
- cames
-
noun,
a slender, grooved bar of lead for holding together the pieces of glass in windows of latticework or stained glass.
- luges
-
noun,
a one- or two-person sled for coasting or racing down a chute, used especially in Europe.
- Mango
-
noun,
the oblong, sweet fruit of a tropical tree, Mangifera indica, of the cashew family, eaten ripe, or preserved or pickled.
- nomas
-
noun,
a gangrenous ulceration of the mouth or genitalia, occurring mainly in debilitated children.
- nomes
-
noun,
one of the provinces of ancient Egypt.
- Luing
-
noun,
one of a breed of beef cattle developed on Luing Island off Scotland by interbreeding Shorthorn bulls and purebred West Highland cows.
- gales
-
noun,
a very strong wind.
- eusol
-
noun,
an antiseptic solution prepared from chlorinated lime and boric acid, formerly used in treating wounds.
- camis
-
noun,
camisole (def 1).
- Lumen
-
noun,
Optics. the unit of luminous flux, equal to the luminous flux emitted in a unit solid angle by a point source of one candle intensity. Abbreviation: lm.
- nuci-
-
- Camus
-
noun,
Albert [al-ber] /alˈbɛr/ (Show IPA), 1913–60, French novelist, short-story writer, playwright, and essayist: Nobel Prize 1957.
- nugae
-
plural noun,
trifles.
- canes
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- ocean
-
noun,
the vast body of salt water that covers almost three fourths of the earth's surface.
- canoe
-
noun,
any of various slender, open boats, tapering to a point at both ends, propelled by paddles or sometimes sails and traditionally formed of light framework covered with bark, skins, or canvas, or formed from a dug-out or burned-out log or logs, and now usually made of aluminum, fiberglass, etc.
- eosin
-
noun,
Also called bromeosin, tetrabromofluorescein. a red, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 20 H 8 Br 4 O 5 , derived from fluorescein by bromination: used chiefly as an acid dye for dyeing silk a rose red color and as a histological stain.
- ocul-
-
- oecus
-
noun,
(in an ancient Roman house) an apartment, especially a dining room, decorated with columns.
- Canso
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in SE Canada, the NE extremity of Nova Scotia.
- acnes
-
noun,
an inflammatory disease of the sebaceous glands, characterized by comedones and pimples, especially on the face, back, and chest, and, in severe cases, by cysts and nodules resulting in scarring.
- Camel
-
noun,
either of two large, humped, ruminant quadrupeds of the genus Camelus, of the Old World.
Compare Bactrian camel, dromedary.
- noils
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- limen
-
noun,
threshold (def 4).
- simul
-
adverb,
(in prescriptions) together.
- Gaons
-
noun,
a title of honor for the directors of the Jewish academies at Sura and Pumbedita in Babylonia, used from the end of the 6th century a.d. to about the beginning of the 11th century.
- Noemi
-
noun,
Naomi (def 1).
- Lucia
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “light.”.
- Nogai
-
noun,
a member of a people living in the Caucasus region.
- gamo-
-
- sinal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving a sinus.
- gaols
-
noun,
a prison, especially one for the detention of persons awaiting trial or convicted of minor offenses.
- calms
-
noun,
freedom from motion or disturbance; stillness.
- Caius
-
noun,
Saint, died a.d. 296, pope 283–296.
- noels
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- cains
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- Gamin
-
noun,
a neglected boy left to run about the streets; street urchin.
- Simon
-
noun,
the original name of the apostle Peter.
Compare Peter.
- gamic
-
adjective,
sexual (def 3).
- games
-
noun,
an amusement or pastime:
- Sung
-
noun,
a dynasty in China, a.d. 960–1279, characterized by a high level of achievement in painting, ceramics, and philosophy: overthrown by the Mongols.
- USGA
-
- Umea
-
noun,
a city in NE Sweden, on the Gulf of Bothnia.
- Main
-
noun,
a principal pipe or duct in a system used to distribute water, gas, etc.
- Maun
-
auxiliary verb,
must1 .
- USCA
-
- USCG
-
- 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.
- ugli
-
- 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.
- mail
-
noun,
letters, packages, etc., that are sent or delivered by means of the postal system:
- ulna
-
noun,
Anatomy. the bone of the forearm on the side opposite to the thumb.
Compare radius (def 7).
- maul
-
noun,
a heavy hammer, as for driving stakes or wedges.
- 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.
- Sumo
-
noun,
a form of wrestling in Japan in which a contestant wins by forcing his opponent out of the ring or by causing him to touch the ground with any part of his body other than the soles of his feet, contestants usually being men of great height and weight.
- USMA
-
- USIA
-
- sugi
-
noun,
Japan cedar.
- mal-
-
- uni-
-
- Maui
-
noun,
an island in central Hawaii. 728 sq. mi. (1886 sq. km).
- Soul
-
noun,
the principle of life, feeling, thought, and action in humans, regarded as a distinct entity separate from the body, and commonly held to be separable in existence from the body; the spiritual part of humans as distinct from the physical part.
- Ulan
-
noun,
uhlan.
- Mano
-
noun,
the upper or handheld stone used when grinding maize or other grains on a metate.
- Manu
-
noun,
the progenitor and lawgiver of the human race.
- MALS
-
- Mani
-
noun,
Manes.
- Mela
-
noun,
a religious fair, especially one held in connection with a festival.
- USMC
-
- sumi
-
noun,
black ink made from a mixture of plant soot and glue solidified into sticks or cakes the ends of which are scraped or ground into water on an ink slab, much used by calligraphers and painters.
- unco
-
noun,
something extraordinary or unusual; a novelty.
- Man.
-
- meas
-
- USNA
-
- MSAE
-
- Soni
-
- ocas
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- Noma
-
noun,
a gangrenous ulceration of the mouth or genitalia, occurring mainly in debilitated children.
- Nome
-
noun,
one of the provinces of ancient Egypt.
- nose
-
noun,
the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
- Sima
-
noun,
an assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and magnesium, that constitutes the lower layer of the earth's crust and is found beneath the ocean floors and the sial of continents.
- nous
-
noun,
Greek Philosophy. mind or intellect.
- silo
-
noun,
a structure, typically cylindrical, in which fodder or forage is kept.
- ogam
-
noun,
ogham.
- noil
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- ogle
-
noun,
an amorous, flirtatious, or impertinent glance or stare.
- Ogma
-
noun,
a god of poetry and eloquence and the inventor of the ogham letters: one of the Tuatha De Danann.
- oils
-
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.
- Oise
-
noun,
a river in W Europe, flowing SW from S Belgium through N France to the Seine, near Paris. 186 miles (300 km) long.
- ole-
-
- sign
-
noun,
a token; indication.
- oles
-
noun,
a cry of “olé.”.
- nom.
-
- nogs
-
noun,
any beverage made with beaten eggs, usually with alcoholic liquor; eggnog.
- Olin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Nemo
-
noun,
remote (def 10).
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- Neal
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Neil
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- SINE
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side opposite a given acute angle to the hypotenuse.
(of an angle) a trigonometric function equal to the ratio of the ordinate of the end point of the arc to the radius vector of this end point, the origin being at the center of the circle on which the arc lies and the initial point of the arc being on the x-axis. Abbreviation: sin.
- neo-
-
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- NICE
-
noun,
a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
- 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.
- Nils
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- NIMS
-
noun,
a game in which two players alternate in drawing counters, pennies, or the like, from a set of 12 arranged in three rows of 3, 4, and 5 counters, respectively, the object being to draw the last counter, or, sometimes, to avoid drawing it.
- Niue
-
noun,
an island in the S Pacific between Tonga and Cook Islands: possession of New Zealand. 5128; about 100 sq. mi. (260 sq. km).
- Noel
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- Olga
-
noun,
Saint, died a.d. 968? regent of Kiev until 955: saint of the Russian Orthodox Church.
- 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.
- 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.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- sego
-
noun,
sego lily.
- Sami
-
noun,
Lapp.
- Saml
-
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- Sang
-
noun,
the act or performance of singing.
- sec.
-
- Saul
-
noun,
the first king of Israel. I Sam. 9.
- Sam.
-
- seam
-
noun,
the line formed by sewing together pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.
- scag
-
noun,
heroin.
- seal
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- scum
-
noun,
a film or layer of foul or extraneous matter that forms on the surface of a liquid.
- scam
-
noun,
a confidence game or other fraudulent scheme, especially for making a quick profit; swindle.
- SCAN
-
noun,
an act or instance of scanning; close examination.
- sci.
-
- same
-
Idioms,
all the same,
notwithstanding; nevertheless:
of no difference; immaterial:
- Sem.
-
- omen
-
noun,
anything perceived or happening that is believed to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; portent.
- Sage
-
noun,
a profoundly wise person; a person famed for wisdom.
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- once
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- onus
-
noun,
a difficult or disagreeable obligation, task, burden, etc.
- Sig.
-
- Ouse
-
noun,
Also called Great Ouse. a river in E England, flowing NE to the Wash. 160 miles (260 km) long.
- Saco
-
noun,
a city in SW Maine.
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- SGML
-
- sago
-
noun,
a starchy foodstuff derived from the soft interior of the trunk of various palms and cycads, used in making puddings.
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- SIAM
-
noun,
former name of Thailand (def 1).
- sail
-
noun,
an area of canvas or other fabric extended to the wind in such a way as to transmit the force of the wind to an assemblage of spars and rigging mounted firmly on a hull, raft, iceboat, etc., so as to drive it along.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- Sale
-
noun,
the act of selling.
- sial
-
noun,
the assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and alumina, that comprise the continental portions of the upper layer of the earth's crust.
- 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.
- slag
-
noun,
Also called cinder. the more or less completely fused and vitrified matter separated during the reduction of a metal from its ore.
- Song
-
noun,
a short metrical composition intended or adapted for singing, especially one in rhymed stanzas; a lyric; a ballad.
- sole
-
noun,
the bottom or under surface of the foot.
- soln
-
- Milo
-
noun,
a grain sorghum having white, yellow, or pinkish seeds, grown chiefly in Africa, Asia, and the U.S.
- mils
-
noun,
a unit of length equal to 0.001 of an inch (0.0254 mm), used in measuring the diameter of wires.
- min.
-
- Mina
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- MiNE
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- 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.
- mil.
-
- Sola
-
noun,
an Indian shrub, Aeschynomene aspera, of the legume family, the pith of which is used for making helmets.
- Sol.
-
- Mino
-
noun,
Minho.
- mins
-
noun,
a group of Chinese languages spoken in southeastern China, including Foochow and Fukienese.
- mis-
-
- mise
-
noun,
a settlement or agreement.
- MNAS
-
- 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).
- migs
-
noun,
a playing marble, especially one that is not used as a shooter.
- moas
-
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.
- sone
-
noun,
a unit for measuring the loudness of sound, equal to the loudness of a sound that, in the judgment of a group of listeners, is equal to that of a 1000-cycle-per-second reference sound having an intensity of 40 decibels.
- mels
-
noun,
honey.
- men-
-
- Meng
-
- menu
-
noun,
a list of the dishes served at a meal; bill of fare:
- mes-
-
- mesa
-
noun,
a land formation, less extensive than a plateau, having steep walls and a relatively flat top and common in arid and semiarid parts of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico.
- some
-
adverb,
(used with numerals and with words expressing degree, extent, etc.) approximately; about:
- mien
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- mGal
-
- 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.
- mias
-
plural,
missing in action.
- Soma
-
noun,
the body of an organism as contrasted with its germ cells.
- Mic.
-
- mica
-
noun,
any member of a group of minerals, hydrous silicates of aluminum with other bases, chiefly potassium, magnesium, iron, and lithium, that separate readily into thin, tough, often transparent, and usually elastic laminae; isinglass.
- MICE
-
noun,
plural of mouse.
- moan
-
noun,
a prolonged, low, inarticulate sound uttered from or as if from physical or mental suffering.
- mogs
-
noun,
moggy.
- SLAM
-
noun,
a violent and noisy closing, dashing, or impact.
- muon
-
noun,
a lepton similar in most respects to the electron except that it is unstable, it may be positively charged, and its mass is approximately 207 times greater; the positively charged muon is the antiparticle of the negatively charged muon. Symbol: μ.
- smog
-
noun,
smoke or other atmospheric pollutants combined with fog in an unhealthy or irritating mixture.
- mule
-
noun,
the sterile offspring of a female horse and a male donkey, valued as a work animal, having strong muscles, a body shaped like a horse, and donkeylike long ears, small feet, and sure-footedness.
Compare hinny.
- mun.
-
- MUNG
-
noun,
something disgusting or offensive, especially filth or muck.
- Muni
-
noun,
a municipal bond.
- slum
-
noun,
Often, slums. a thickly populated, run-down, squalid part of a city, inhabited by poor people.
- mus.
-
- MSIE
-
- slug
-
noun,
any of various snaillike terrestrial gastropods having no shell or only a rudimentary one, feeding on plants and a pest of leafy garden crops.
- slue
-
noun,
the act of sluing.
- Muse
-
noun,
Classical Mythology.
any of a number of sister goddesses, originally given as Aoede (song), Melete (meditation), and Mneme (memory), but latterly and more commonly as the nine daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne who presided over various arts: Calliope (epic poetry), Clio (history), Erato (lyric poetry), Euterpe (music), Melpomene (tragedy), Polyhymnia (religious music), Terpsichore (dance), Thalia (comedy), and Urania (astronomy); identified by the Romans with the Camenae.
any goddess presiding over a particular art.
- slog
-
noun,
a long, tiring walk or march.
- sloe
-
noun,
the small, sour, blackish fruit of the blackthorn, Prunus spinosa, of the rose family.
- SLIM
-
noun,
a garment size meant for a thin person.
- SLIC
-
- muc-
-
- msec
-
- moil
-
noun,
hard work or drudgery.
- mols
-
noun,
mole4 .
- soil
-
noun,
the portion of the earth's surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus.
- mol.
-
- MOLA
-
noun,
any of several thin, silvery fishes of the family Molidae, of tropical and temperate seas.
- 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.
- snug
-
noun,
British. a small, secluded room in a tavern, as for private parties.
- snog
-
verb (used without object),
to kiss and cuddle.
- Mon.
-
- MSCE
-
- Mona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- mong
-
noun,
mongrel, especially a mongrel dog.
- Mons
-
noun,
an area of the body that is higher than neighboring areas.
- moue
-
noun,
a pouting grimace.
- snag
-
noun,
a tree or part of a tree held fast in the bottom of a river, lake, etc., and forming an impediment or danger to navigation.
- smug
-
adjective,
contentedly confident of one's ability, superiority, or correctness; complacent.
- scil
-
- nos-
-
- cues
-
noun,
anything said or done, on or off stage, that is followed by a specific line or action:
- mags
-
noun,
magazine.
- Anil
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- coin
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- ical
-
- ICAO
-
- Ice.
-
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- ano-
-
- ign.
-
- coil
-
noun,
a connected series of spirals or rings into which a rope or the like is wound.
- Col.
-
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- ile-
-
- Esau
-
noun,
a son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Jacob, to whom he sold his birthright. Gen. 25:21–25.
- COLA
-
noun,
a carbonated soft drink containing an extract made from kola nuts, together with sweeteners and other flavorings.
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- ANSI
-
- Iago
-
noun,
the villain in Shakespeare's Othello.
- ance
-
- Aug.
-
- Gula
-
noun,
Zoology.
the upper part of the throat or gullet.
the front or forward part of the neck.
- guls
-
noun,
a large octagonal design derived from the shape of a rose, a motif on Oriental rugs.
- CMOS
-
noun,
complementary metal oxide semiconductor.
- gumi
-
noun,
a spreading shrub, Elaeagnus multiflora, of eastern Asia, having fragrant yellowish-white flowers and edible red fruit.
- Auge
-
noun,
a daughter of King Aleus who became a priestess of Athena. After being raped by Hercules she bore a son, Telephus.
- guna
-
noun,
(in Sankhya and Vedantic philosophy) one of the three qualities of prakriti, or nature, which are passion (rajas) dullness or inertia (tamas) and goodness or purity (sattva)
- Magi
-
noun,
(sometimes lowercase) one of the Magi.
- anus
-
noun,
the opening at the lower end of the alimentary canal, through which the solid refuse of digestion is excreted.
- ASME
-
- coal
-
noun,
a black or dark-brown combustible mineral substance consisting of carbonized vegetable matter, used as a fuel.
Compare anthracite, bituminous coal, lignite.
- cog.
-
- asci
-
noun,
plural of ascus.
- asc-
-
- cogs
-
noun,
(not in technical use) a gear tooth, formerly especially one of hardwood or metal, fitted into a slot in a gearwheel of less durable material.
- IMCO
-
- eous
-
- Cmon
-
- aloe
-
noun,
any chiefly African shrub belonging to the genus Aloe, of the lily family, certain species of which yield a fiber.
- Ames
-
noun,
a city in central Iowa.
- Amen
-
noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- Com.
-
- Ens.
-
- Also
-
adverb,
in addition; too; besides; as well:
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- alms
-
noun,
money, food, or other donations given to the poor or needy; anything given as charity:
- cols
-
noun,
Physical Geography. a pass or depression in a mountain range or ridge.
- alme
-
noun,
almah.
- gaol
-
noun,
a prison, especially one for the detention of persons awaiting trial or convicted of minor offenses.
- enl.
-
- Alis
-
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- Alg.
-
- ious
-
- amic
-
adjective,
of or relating to an amide or amine.
- Cole
-
noun,
any of various plants of the genus Brassica, of the mustard family, especially kale and rape.
- ins.
-
- inae
-
- Inc.
-
- Inca
-
noun,
a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
- amus
-
- Coln
-
noun,
former German name of Cologne.
- Inge
-
noun,
William (Motter) [mot-er] /ˈmɒt ər/ (Show IPA), 1913–73, U.S. playwright.
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- Amie
-
noun,
a female friend.
- Amos
-
noun,
a Minor Prophet of the 8th century b.c.
- Amon
-
noun,
Amen.
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- ions
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- AMLS
-
- Amis
-
noun,
Kingsley, 1922–95, English novelist.
- aune
-
noun,
an old French unit of measure for fabrics, equivalent to about 47 inches (119 cm).
- Aus.
-
- ales
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- Gen.
-
- Gael
-
noun,
a Scottish Celt or Highlander.
- Clio
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the Muse of history.
- Cloe
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Chloe.
- cen.
-
- Gela
-
noun,
a city in S Sicily, Italy, on the Mediterranean Sea.
- Cels
-
- Gena
-
noun,
the cheek or side region of the head.
- Gean
-
noun,
heart cherry.
- gens
-
noun,
a group of families in ancient Rome claiming descent from a common ancestor and united by a common name and common ancestral religious rites.
- genu
-
noun,
the knee.
- Cela
-
noun,
Camilo José [kah-mee-law haw-se] /kɑˈmi lɔ hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1916–2001, Spanish writer.
- Ceil
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- geo-
-
- clog
-
noun,
anything that impedes motion or action; an encumbrance; a hindrance.
- Gail
-
noun,
a female or male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “joy.”.
- Gal.
-
- CASE
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- cion
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- Clea
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cleopatra.
- Clem
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Clement.
- Cleo
-
noun,
a female given name.
- clan
-
noun,
a group of families or households, as among the Scottish Highlanders, the heads of which claim descent from a common ancestor:
- clam
-
noun,
any of various bivalve mollusks, especially certain edible species.
Compare quahog, soft-shell clam.
- cis-
-
- Gaul
-
noun,
an ancient region in W Europe, including the modern areas of N Italy, France, Belgium, and the S Netherlands: consisted of two main divisions, one part S of the Alps (Cisalpine Gaul) and another part N of the Alps (Transalpine Gaul)
- ciao
-
interjection,
(used as a word of greeting or parting): hello; goodbye; so long; see you later.
- gaum
-
verb (used with object),
to smear or cover with a gummy, sticky substance (often followed by up):
- gams
-
noun,
a person's leg, especially an attractive female leg.
- game
-
noun,
an amusement or pastime:
- CIGS
-
noun,
a cigarette.
- gals
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a girl or woman.
- Gale
-
noun,
a very strong wind.
- caul
-
noun,
a part of the amnion sometimes covering the head of a child at birth.
- Geum
-
noun,
any plant of the genus Geum, comprising the avens.
- guan
-
noun,
a large game bird of the curassow family, common in dense woodlands of Central and South America, somewhat resembling a turkey.
- goal
-
noun,
the result or achievement toward which effort is directed; aim; end.
- glim
-
noun,
a light or lamp.
- glom
-
noun,
a look or glimpse.
- glue
-
noun,
a hard, impure, protein gelatin, obtained by boiling skins, hoofs, and other animal substances in water, that when melted or diluted is a strong adhesive.
- glum
-
adjective,
sullenly or silently gloomy; dejected.
- GNMA
-
- clue
-
noun,
anything that serves to guide or direct in the solution of a problem, mystery, etc.
- goas
-
noun,
a gazelle, Procapra picticaudata, of the Tibetan plateau.
- Glen
-
noun,
a small, narrow, secluded valley.
- GOES
-
noun,
plural of go1 .
- gon-
-
- Gone
-
noun,
the act of going:
- cml.
-
- eso-
-
- Guam
-
noun,
an island, belonging to the U.S., in the N Pacific, E of the Philippines: the largest of the Marianas group; U.S. naval station. 206 sq. mi. (535 sq. km). Capital: Agaña.
Abbreviation: GU (for use with zip code).
- glia
-
noun,
neuroglia.
- glam
-
noun,
glamour.
- CLOS
-
noun,
a walled vineyard.
- Gino
-
noun,
a male given name.
- cane
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- Gila
-
noun,
a river flowing W from SW New Mexico across S Arizona to the Colorado River. 630 miles (1015 km) long.
- gils
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Gilbert.
- Can.
-
- cams
-
noun,
Machinery. a disk or cylinder having an irregular form such that its motion, usually rotary, gives to a part or parts in contact with it a specific rocking or reciprocating motion.
- Gina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Cami
-
noun,
camisole (def 1).
- Cage
-
noun,
a boxlike enclosure having wires, bars, or the like, for confining and displaying birds or animals.
- Came
-
noun,
a slender, grooved bar of lead for holding together the pieces of glass in windows of latticework or stained glass.
- clou
-
noun,
a major point of interest or attention.
- CALS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Calvin.
- calm
-
noun,
freedom from motion or disturbance; stillness.
- Cal.
-
- Cain
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- Eula
-
noun,
End-User License Agreement: a contract between the manufacturer of computer software and the person who installs and uses it:
- iso-
-
- enol
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- Alec
-
noun,
a herring.
- aesc
-
noun,
ash2 (def 3).
- Lois
-
noun,
a female given name.
- 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.
- Logi
-
noun,
a man, a personification of fire, who defeated Loki in an eating contest.
- loge
-
noun,
(in a theater) the front section of the lowest balcony, separated from the back section by an aisle or railing or both.
- log-
-
- cule
-
- loci
-
noun,
plural of locus.
- loca
-
noun,
a plural of locus.
- Acus
-
noun,
Surgery. a needle, especially one used in a surgical operation.
- egos
-
noun,
the “I” or self of any person; a person as thinking, feeling, and willing, and distinguishing itself from the selves of others and from objects of its thought.
- 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.
- loan
-
noun,
the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something:
- loam
-
noun,
a rich, friable soil containing a relatively equal mixture of sand and silt and a somewhat smaller proportion of clay.
- 1080
-
- Elam
-
noun,
an ancient kingdom E of Babylonia and N of the Persian Gulf. Capital: Susa.
- Lome
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Togo, on the Gulf of Guinea.
- ages
-
noun,
the length of time during which a being or thing has existed; length of life or existence to the time spoken of or referred to:
- agin
-
preposition,
against; opposed to.
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- LISA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- agio
-
noun,
a premium on money in exchange.
- 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.
- Lins
-
noun,
a city in E Brazil.
- coma
-
noun,
a state of prolonged unconsciousness, including a lack of response to stimuli, from which it is impossible to rouse a person.
- Line
-
noun,
a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface:
- Lina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- lin.
-
- limo
-
noun,
a limousine.
- limn
-
verb (used with object),
to represent in drawing or painting.
- 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.
- Loma
-
noun,
a hill or ridge having a broad top.
- acne
-
noun,
an inflammatory disease of the sebaceous glands, characterized by comedones and pimples, especially on the face, back, and chest, and, in severe cases, by cysts and nodules resulting in scarring.
- Agni
-
noun,
Hindu Mythology. the god of fire, one of the three chief divinities of the Vedas.
- lung
-
noun,
either of the two saclike respiratory organs in the thorax of humans and the higher vertebrates.
- mage
-
noun,
a magician.
- mag.
-
- maes
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- Mael
-
noun,
a son of Ronan, unjustly killed by him.
- macs
-
noun,
fellow; bud (a familiar term of address to a man or boy whose name is not known to the speaker).
- maco
-
noun,
an Egyptian cotton, used especially in the manufacture of hosiery and undergarments.
- Mace
-
noun,
a clublike armor-breaking weapon of war, often with a flanged or spiked metal head, used chiefly in the Middle Ages.
- Mac-
-
- M-16
-
noun,
a lightweight, fully automatic rifle shooting a small-caliber bullet at an extremely high velocity: a U.S. Army combat weapon for mobile units and jungle fighting.
- M-14
-
noun,
a fully automatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber rifle developed from the M-1: replaced the M-1 as the standard U.S. Army combat rifle.
- eco-
-
- Cuna
-
noun,
a member of a group of American Indian people inhabiting settlements on the Isthmus of Panama and islands in the Gulf of San Blas.
- egal
-
adjective,
equal.
- Acis
-
noun,
the lover of Galatea, killed by Polyphemus out of jealousy.
- Lune
-
noun,
anything shaped like a crescent or a half moon.
- EGmc
-
- ACLS
-
- acme
-
noun,
the highest point; summit; peak:
- lone
-
adjective,
being alone; without company or accompaniment; solitary; unaccompanied:
- Lose
-
Idioms,
lose face. face (def 51).
- Culm
-
noun,
coal dust; slack.
- loun
-
noun,
loon2 .
- ACLU
-
- acle
-
noun,
the hard, durable wood of a Philippine leguminous tree, Albizzia acle, used for making fine furniture.
- Luna
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess personifying the moon, sometimes identified with Diana.
- Luce
-
noun,
a pike, especially when fully grown.
- lues
-
noun,
syphilis.
- egis
-
noun,
aegis.
- luge
-
noun,
a one- or two-person sled for coasting or racing down a chute, used especially in Europe.
- Lugo
-
noun,
a city in NW Spain.
- lugs
-
noun,
an act or instance of lugging; a forcible pull; haul.
- Lima
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter L.
- lino
-
noun,
linoleum.
- lieu
-
noun,
place; stead.
- Laue
-
noun,
Max Theodor Felix von [mahks tey-oh-dohr fey-liks fuh n] /mɑks ˈteɪ oʊˌdoʊr ˈfeɪ lɪks fən/ (Show IPA), 1879–1960, German physicist: Nobel Prize 1914.
- Lani
-
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- Laon
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Aisne, in N France, E of Paris.
- Laos
-
noun,
a country in SE Asia: formerly part of French Indochina. 91,500 sq. mi. (236,985 sq. km). Capital: Vientiane.
- Emil
-
noun,
a male given name: from Latin Aemilius, a family name.
- lase
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- cone
-
noun,
Geometry.
a solid whose surface is generated by a line passing through a fixed point and a fixed plane curve not containing the point, consisting of two equal sections joined at a vertex.
a plane surface resembling the cross section of a solid cone.
- lams
-
noun,
a hasty escape; flight.
- AIMS
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- emic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or being a significant unit that functions in contrast with other units in a language or other system of behavior.
- 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.
- AIME
-
- lea.
-
- Lean
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- LEAS
-
noun,
a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow.
- 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.
- LEGO
-
noun,
one of these blocks, usually as part of a set.
- lace
-
noun,
a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- engs
-
noun,
the symbol, ŋ, that, in the International Phonetic Alphabet and in the pronunciation alphabets of some dictionaries, represents the voiced velar nasal consonant indicated in English spelling by (ng), as in the pronunciations of cling [kling] /klɪŋ/ (Show IPA) and clink [klingk] /klɪŋk/ (Show IPA).
- Alco
-
- come
-
noun,
Slang: Vulgar. semen.
- Eng.
-
- enc.
-
- coml
-
- lacs
-
noun,
a resinous substance deposited on the twigs of various trees in southern Asia by the female of the lac insect: used in the manufacture of varnishes, sealing wax, etc., and in the production of a red coloring matter.
Compare shellac (defs 1, 2).
- Lam.
-
- COMS
-
noun,
Trademark. Comedy Central: a cable television channel.
- Con.
-
- lags
-
noun,
a lagging or falling behind; retardation.
- Ainu
-
noun,
a member of an aboriginal population of northernmost Japan, having lighter skin and hairier bodies than other Japanese.
- laic
-
noun,
one of the laity.
- lain
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- LAIS
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- leg.
-
- emia
-
- 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.
- Elsa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Liao
-
noun,
a river in NE China, flowing from Inner Mongolia to the Gulf of Liaodong. 900 miles (1448 km) long.
- Elia
-
noun,
the pen name of Charles Lamb.
- Leon
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leo.
- Lias
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- lice
-
noun,
plural of louse.
- ague
-
noun,
Pathology. a malarial fever characterized by regularly returning paroxysms, marked by successive cold, hot, and sweating fits.
- lens
-
noun,
a piece of transparent substance, usually glass, having two opposite surfaces either both curved or one curved and one plane, used in an optical device in changing the convergence of light rays, as for magnification, or in correcting defects of vision.
- ELAS
-
- 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.
- 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.
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- elan
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- 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.
- Coue
-
noun,
Émile [ey-meel] /eɪˈmil/ (Show IPA), 1857–1926, French psychotherapist.
- elms
-
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.
- legs
-
noun,
either of the two lower limbs of a biped, as a human being, or any of the paired limbs of an animal, arthropod, etc., that support and move the body.
- cose
-
verb (used without object),
coze.
- ails
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- Leos
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- cue
-
noun,
anything said or done, on or off stage, that is followed by a specific line or action:
- CSO
-
- EOM
-
- oui
-
adverb, noun,
yes.
- Eg.
-
- CNS
-
- CLI
-
- CNO
-
- CNM
-
- eo-
-
- CLU
-
- So.
-
- CMA
-
- Sau
-
noun,
German name of Sava.
- COS
-
noun,
romaine.
- Cui
-
noun,
César [French sey-zar] /French seɪˈzar/ (Show IPA), Antonovich [Russian uhn-taw-nuh-vyich] /Russian ʌnˈtɔ nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1835–1918, Russian composer.
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- cum
-
noun,
come (def 24).
- se-
-
- Sal
-
noun,
salt1 .
- SAC
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- SCM
-
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- Clo
-
- CSA
-
- SAG
-
noun,
an act or instance of sagging.
- SAE
-
- sc.
-
- SMA
-
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- USA
-
- Ume
-
noun,
a river in N Sweden, flowing SE from the W border to the Gulf of Bothnia. Aabout 285 miles (460 km) long.
- AGS
-
adjective, noun,
agriculture:
- Ulm
-
noun,
a city in E Baden-Württemberg, in S Germany, on the Danube.
- ule
-
noun,
caucho.
- AIC
-
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- AIM
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- UAM
-
- UAE
-
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- ago
-
adverb,
in past time; in the past:
- SUN
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the star that is the central body of the solar system, around which the planets revolve and from which they receive light and heat: its mean distance from the earth is about 93 million miles (150 million km), its diameter about 864,000 miles (1.4 million km), and its mass about 330,000 times that of the earth; its period of surface rotation is about 26 days at its equator but longer at higher latitudes.
- AIS
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- SUM
-
noun,
the aggregate of two or more numbers, magnitudes, quantities, or particulars as determined by or as if by the mathematical process of addition:
- Sui
-
noun,
a dynasty ruling in China a.d. 589–618.
- ALC
-
- SUG
-
- Sue
-
noun,
Eugène [œ-zhen] /œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), (Marie Joseph Sue) 1804–57, French novelist.
- Sou
-
noun,
(formerly) either of two bronze coins of France, equal to 5 centimes and 10 centimes.
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- Una
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “one.”.
- unc
-
- ALM
-
- AUC
-
- Am.
-
- USN
-
- ac-
-
- ag-
-
- USM
-
- al.
-
- USE
-
noun,
the act of employing, using, or putting into service:
- an.
-
- USC
-
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- AGM
-
- uns
-
- UNO
-
- ung
-
- Une
-
- ACS
-
- ae.
-
- AEC
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- AGC
-
- 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:
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- CEA
-
- SLA
-
- CMG
-
- Co.
-
- cs.
-
- cl.
-
- CAI
-
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- CAM
-
noun,
Machinery. a disk or cylinder having an irregular form such that its motion, usually rotary, gives to a part or parts in contact with it a specific rocking or reciprocating motion.
- CAS
-
verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- CEO
-
- ca.
-
- CGI
-
- SIC
-
adverb,
so; thus: usually written parenthetically to denote that a word, phrase, passage, etc., that may appear strange or incorrect has been written intentionally or has been quoted verbatim: (sic).
- CGM
-
- CGS
-
- CIA
-
- CIE
-
- cig
-
noun,
a cigarette.
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- CIM
-
- cle
-
- CIO
-
noun,
a federation of affiliated industrial labor unions, founded 1935 within the American Federation of Labor but independent of it 1938–55. Abbreviation: C.I.O., CIO.
- SLE
-
- ALU
-
- ANG
-
- AMC
-
- AME
-
- AMI
-
noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- AMS
-
- AMU
-
- ANC
-
- SOC
-
noun,
sociology or a class or course in sociology.
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- SNU
-
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- AUM
-
noun,
Om.
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- EAM
-
- ANU
-
noun,
a twining herb, Tropaeolum tuberosum, of the nasturtium family, found in the Andes, having edible tubers and large flowers with yellow petals and red spurs.
- AOU
-
- ase
-
- ASI
-
- ASM
-
- ASN
-
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- ASU
-
- ea.
-
- NUM
-
- ean
-
- Moe
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Morris or Moses.
- imu
-
noun,
a usually large, covered cooking pit in which food is cooked by means of heated stones.
- in.
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ine
-
- ing
-
- IOC
-
- 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 = .
- MOI
-
- Ios
-
noun,
a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey.
- MOG
-
noun,
moggy.
- IOU
-
- MOC
-
noun,
moccasin.
- ILO
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ISA
-
- 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.
- MNS
-
- MNE
-
- ise
-
- MNA
-
- MLS
-
- Isl
-
- MLG
-
- MLA
-
- ILS
-
- ILA
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- ism
-
noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- MSN
-
- GNU
-
noun,
either of two stocky, oxlike antelopes of the genus Connochaetes, the silver-gray, white-bearded C. taurinus of the eastern African plain and the black, white-tailed C. gnou of central South Africa: recently near extinction, the South African gnu is now protected.
- Goa
-
noun,
a gazelle, Procapra picticaudata, of the Tibetan plateau.
- goi
-
noun,
goy.
- GSA
-
- GSC
-
- GUI
-
noun,
graphical user interface.
- mug
-
noun,
a drinking cup, usually cylindrical in shape, having a handle, and often of a heavy substance, as earthenware.
- gul
-
noun,
a large octagonal design derived from the shape of a rose, a motif on Oriental rugs.
- Gum
-
noun,
any of various viscid, amorphous exudations from plants, hardening on exposure to air and soluble in or forming a viscid mass with water.
- Gun
-
noun,
a weapon consisting of a metal tube, with mechanical attachments, from which projectiles are shot by the force of an explosive; a piece of ordnance.
- ose
-
- MSI
-
- il-
-
- MSG
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-soluble powder, C 5 H 8 NNaO 4 ⋅H 2 O, used to intensify the flavor of foods.
- MSE
-
- ics
-
- io-
-
- MSA
-
- Ia.
-
- ial
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- IAS
-
- ICA
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- MOS
-
noun,
moment (def 1).
- IGM
-
- ml.
-
- ium
-
- gl.
-
- LSI
-
- LNG
-
- MEA
-
noun,
an acknowledgment of one's responsibility for a fault or error.
- MCI
-
- mcg
-
- LOC
-
- LOE
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
love.
- mas
-
noun,
mother1 .
- Mao
-
- LON
-
- Lou
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Louis.
- LSC
-
- LSM
-
- Meg
-
noun,
a megabyte.
- LUG
-
noun,
an act or instance of lugging; a forcible pull; haul.
- Luo
-
noun,
a member of a people living mainly in southwest Kenya.
- Mc-
-
- Me.
-
- MIA
-
plural,
missing in action.
- Mo.
-
- MS.
-
plural,
manuscript.
- MSL
-
- MSC
-
- 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.
- MAE
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- MEC
-
noun,
a pimp; mack.
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- IUS
-
- MIE
-
- La.
-
- LAC
-
noun,
a resinous substance deposited on the twigs of various trees in southern Asia by the female of the lac insect: used in the manufacture of varnishes, sealing wax, etc., and in the production of a red coloring matter.
Compare shellac (defs 1, 2).
- 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.
- Lai
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- LAO
-
noun,
a member of a people of Laos and northern Thailand.
- Las
-
noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- LCA
-
- Mig
-
noun,
a playing marble, especially one that is not used as a shooter.
- LCI
-
- LCM
-
- MI6
-
noun,
the government's secret intelligence service.
- Mel
-
noun,
honey.
- MI5
-
noun,
the government's security and counterespionage service that works in liaison with Scotland Yard's Special Branch.
- mi.
-
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- Len
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- LEO
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- Meo
-
noun,
Miao (def 1).
- Les
-
- leu
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Romania, equal to 100 bani. Abbreviation: L.
- lg.
-
- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- LIM
-
- GMC
-
- GUS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Augustus or Gustave.
- GIs
-
noun,
a lightweight, two-piece, usually white garment worn by barefooted martial-arts participants, consisting of loose-fitting pants and a wraparound jacket with cloth belt.
- Oc.
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- OEM
-
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- OCS
-
- ESA
-
- Oca
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- OAU
-
- OAS
-
- OSA
-
- NUS
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- oic
-
- Esc
-
- NUL
-
- ESL
-
- ESU
-
- eu-
-
- NSU
-
- NSC
-
- NSA
-
- Ga.
-
- GCM
-
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- 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.
- nog
-
noun,
any beverage made with beaten eggs, usually with alcoholic liquor; eggnog.
- OMS
-
noun,
a mantric word thought to be a complete expression of Brahman and interpreted as having three sounds representing Brahma or creation, Vishnu or preservation, and Siva or destruction, or as consisting of the same three sounds, representing waking, dreams, and deep sleep, along with the following silence, which is fulfillment.
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- ec-
-
- ECA
-
- ECG
-
- ons
-
- ECM
-
- ONI
-
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- ECU
-
noun,
the shield carried by a mounted man-at-arms in the Middle Ages.
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- 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.
- en-
-
- EIS
-
- oma
-
plural,
a noun suffix used to form names of tumors, of the kind specified by the base:
- Om.
-
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- OLG
-
- 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.
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- Ola
-
- EMS
-
noun,
the letter M, m.
- EMU
-
noun,
a large, flightless, ratite bird, Emu (Dromaius) novaehollandiae, of Australia, resembling the ostrich but smaller and having a feathered head and neck and rudimentary wings.
- gi.
-
- USO
-
- GAN
-
noun,
cotton gin.
- NEC
-
- GCI
-
- NIG
-
verb (used with object),
nidge.
- Gel
-
noun,
Physical Chemistry. a semirigid colloidal dispersion of a solid with a liquid or gas, as jelly, glue, etc.
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- NIA
-
- NGO
-
noun,
1901–1963, South Vietnamese statesman: president of the Republic of South Vietnam 1956–63.
- NES
-
- GEM
-
noun,
a cut and polished precious stone or pearl fine enough for use in jewelry.
- NEG
-
noun,
a photographic negative.
- NEA
-
- GCE
-
- ne-
-
- Ges
-
- gie
-
noun,
gi.
- Gil
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Gilbert.
- GIN
-
noun,
an alcoholic liquor obtained by distilling grain mash with juniper berries.
- NAM
-
noun,
Vietnam.
- NAG
-
noun,
Also, nagger. a person who nags, especially habitually.
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- NCO
-
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- NGC
-
- GCA
-
- NMU
-
- 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.
- GAS
-
noun,
Physics. a substance possessing perfect molecular mobility and the property of indefinite expansion, as opposed to a solid or liquid.
- NMI
-
- GAO
-
noun,
a city in E Mali.
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- NOC
-
- LU
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Lou.
- GM
-
- NI
-
- CE
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- G.
-
- NG
-
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- GO
-
noun,
the act of going:
- SM
-
- LO
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
- AI
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- A.
-
noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- OU
-
noun,
a rare Hawaiian honeycreeper, Psittirostra psittacea, having an olive-green body, a parrotlike bill, and in the male a bright yellow head.
- GN
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- NC
-
- EI
-
- CM
-
- SL
-
- S.
-
- SA
-
- AU
-
plural,
to the; at the; with the.
- SG
-
- MA
-
noun,
mother1 .
- AO
-
- M.
-
- MN
-
- CU
-
- MU
-
noun,
the 12th letter of the Greek alphabet (M, μ).
- LC
-
- L2
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- OG
-
- L1
-
- OA
-
- N.
-
- U.
-
- UC
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- SN
-
- IG
-
- le
-
- SU
-
- UI
-
- ln
-
- UL
-
- GC
-
- MG
-
- L.
-
- GU
-
- NL
-
- NM
-
- NU
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- ol
-
- ic
-
- i.
-
- LM
-
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- O.
-
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.