Anagrams of granulations
Word granulations has
1612 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of granulations.
- angulation
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noun,
an angular part, position, or formation.
- orangutans
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noun,
a large, long-armed anthropoid ape, Pongo pygmaeus, of arboreal habits, inhabiting Borneo and Sumatra: an endangered species.
- triannual
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noun,
a triannual publication, contest, etc.
- nationals
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noun,
a citizen or subject of a particular nation who is entitled to its protection:
- nostalgia
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noun,
a wistful desire to return in thought or in fact to a former time in one's life, to one's home or homeland, or to one's family and friends; a sentimental yearning for the happiness of a former place or time:
- orangutan
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noun,
a large, long-armed anthropoid ape, Pongo pygmaeus, of arboreal habits, inhabiting Borneo and Sumatra: an endangered species.
- lunarians
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noun,
a being supposedly inhabiting the moon.
- argonauts
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noun,
Classical Mythology. a member of the band of men who sailed to Colchis with Jason in the ship Argo in search of the Golden Fleece.
- analogist
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noun,
a person who employs or argues from analogy.
- lunations
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noun,
the period of time from one new moon to the next (about 29½ days); a lunar month.
- Saturnian
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adjective,
of or relating to the planet Saturn.
- Arlington
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noun,
a county in NE Virginia, opposite Washington, D.C.: national cemetery.
- insulator
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noun,
Electricity.
a material of such low conductivity that the flow of current through it is negligible.
insulating material, often glass or porcelain, in a unit form designed so as to support a charged conductor and electrically isolate it.
- antisolar
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adjective,
(on the celestial sphere) opposite the sun.
- rationals
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noun,
Mathematics. rational number.
- grunions
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noun,
a small, silvery food fish, Leuresthes tenuis, of southern California, that spawns at high tide in wet sand.
- gastrula
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noun,
a metazoan embryo in an early state of germ layer formation following the blastula stage, consisting of a cuplike body of two layers of cells, the ectoderm and endoderm, enclosing a central cavity, or archenteron, that opens to the outside by the blastopore: in most animals progressing to the formation of a third cell layer, the mesoderm.
- otalgias
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noun,
earache.
- lunation
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noun,
the period of time from one new moon to the next (about 29½ days); a lunar month.
- annalist
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noun,
a chronicler of events, especially yearly ones; historian.
- Argonaut
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noun,
Classical Mythology. a member of the band of men who sailed to Colchis with Jason in the ship Argo in search of the Golden Fleece.
- routings
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noun,
the scheduling of the route or itinerary of people, freight, etc.
- orinasal
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noun,
an orinasal sound.
- Gastonia
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noun,
a city in S North Carolina, W of Charlotte.
- organist
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noun,
a person who plays the organ.
- lunarian
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noun,
a being supposedly inhabiting the moon.
- Austral.
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- rational
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noun,
Mathematics. rational number.
- Longinus
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noun,
Dionysius Cassius [kash-uh s] /ˈkæʃ əs/ (Show IPA), a.d. 213?–273, Greek philosopher and rhetorician.
- intrans.
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- turnings
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noun,
the act of a person or thing that turns.
- antilogs
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noun,
antilogarithm.
- also-ran
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noun,
Sports.
(in a race) a contestant who fails to win or to place among the first three finishers.
an athlete or team whose performance in competition is rarely, if ever, a winning or near-winning one.
- Santiago
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noun,
a city in and the capital of Chile, in the central part.
- granolas
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noun,
a breakfast food consisting of rolled oats, brown sugar, nuts, dried fruit, etc., usually served with milk.
- nursling
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noun,
an infant, child, or young animal being nursed or being cared for by a nurse.
- ignorant
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adjective,
lacking in knowledge or training; unlearned:
- Nuristan
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noun,
a mountainous region in NE Afghanistan. 5000 sq. mi. (12,950 sq. km).
- snot-rag
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noun,
a handkerchief.
- Asturian
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Asturias.
- Antonius
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noun,
Marcus, Antony, Mark.
- Antinous
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noun,
the chief suitor of Penelope, killed by Odysseus upon his return from Troy.
- sonatina
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noun,
a short or simplified sonata.
- Starling
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noun,
a chunky, medium-sized European passerine bird, Sturnus vulgaris, of iridescent black plumage with seasonal speckles, that nests in colonies: introduced into North America.
- unstring
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verb (used with object),
to deprive of strings:
- Lantsang
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noun,
Chinese name of Mekong.
- insurant
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noun,
a person who takes out an insurance policy.
- rainouts
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noun,
a contest, performance, or the like, that has been rained out.
- langosta
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noun,
spiny lobster.
- Lusatian
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Lusatia.
- roasting
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noun,
a severely critical notice or review; pan.
- Langston
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noun,
John Mercer, 1829–97, U.S. public official, diplomat, and educator.
- anglians
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noun,
an Angle.
- National
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noun,
a citizen or subject of a particular nation who is entitled to its protection:
- languors
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noun,
lack of energy or vitality; sluggishness.
- Guaranis
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noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Paraguay, equal to 100 centimos.
- Luristan
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noun,
a mountainous region in W Iran.
- notarial
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adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of a notary public.
- singular
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noun,
the singular number.
- tung-oil
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noun,
a yellow drying oil derived from the seeds of a tung tree, Aleurites fordii, used in varnishes, linoleum, etc.
- trigonal
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adjective,
of, relating to, or shaped like a triangle; having three angles; triangular.
- tragions
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noun,
a point in the depth of the notch just above the tragus of the ear.
- insulant
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noun,
an insulating material, as used in building trades.
- Siangtan
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noun,
Older Spelling. Xiangtan.
- laotians
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Laos.
- naturals
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noun,
any person or thing that is or is likely or certain to be very suitable to and successful in an endeavor without much training or difficulty.
- Turanian
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noun,
a member of any of the peoples speaking a Turanian, especially a Ural-Altaic, language.
- outrings
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verb (used with object),
to outdo in ringing; ring louder than.
- antiars
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noun,
the upas tree.
- Ansonia
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noun,
a city in SW Connecticut.
- annuals
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noun,
Botany. a plant living only one year or season.
- talions
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noun,
lex talionis.
- louring
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adjective,
lowering.
- antings
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noun,
the placing of ants among the feathers, done by certain birds apparently to kill parasites.
- 2,4,5-t
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noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- slating
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noun,
the act or work of covering something with slates.
- galiots
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noun,
a small galley propelled by both sails and oars.
- Lusatia
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noun,
a region in E Germany and SW Poland, between the Elbe and Oder rivers.
- Antigua
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noun,
one of the Leeward Islands, in the E West Indies. 108 sq. mi. (280 sq. km).
- Sinaloa
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noun,
a state in W Mexico, bordering on the Gulf of California. 22,582 sq. mi. (58,485 sq. km). Capital: Culiacán.
- tailors
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noun,
a person whose occupation is the making, mending, or altering of clothes, especially suits, coats, and other outer garments.
- Sinatra
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noun,
Frank (Francis Albert) 1915–98, U.S. singer and actor.
- annular
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adjective,
having the form of a ring.
- anoints
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verb (used with object),
to rub or sprinkle on; apply an unguent, ointment, or oily liquid to.
- Annatol
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noun,
a male given name.
- antilog
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noun,
antilogarithm.
- lutings
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noun,
any of various readily molded substances for sealing joints, cementing objects together, or waterproofing surfaces.
- lungans
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noun,
longan.
- longans
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noun,
the small, one-seeded, greenish-brown fruit of a large evergreen tree, Euphoria longana, of the soapberry family, native to China and allied to the litchi.
- Langton
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noun,
Stephen, c1165–1228, English theologian, historian, and poet: archbishop of Canterbury.
- Laotian
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Laos.
- insular
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noun,
an inhabitant of an island; islander.
- 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.
- Lansing
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noun,
Robert, 1864–1928, U.S. lawyer and statesman: secretary of state 1915–20.
- sorting
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noun,
the process by which sedimentary particles become separated according to some particular characteristic, as size or shape.
- langurs
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noun,
any of various slender, long-tailed monkeys of the genus Presbytis, of Asia, feeding on leaves, fruits, and seeds: several species are threatened or endangered.
- Artigas
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noun,
José Gervasio [haw-se her-vah-syaw] /hɔˈsɛ hɛrˈvɑ syɔ/ (Show IPA), 1764–1850, Uruguayan soldier and patriot.
- artisan
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noun,
a person skilled in an applied art; a craftsperson.
- languor
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noun,
lack of energy or vitality; sluggishness.
- Aruntas
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noun,
Aranda.
- Troilus
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noun,
a warrior son of Priam, mentioned by Homer and Vergil and later represented as the lover of Cressida.
- langsat
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noun,
an East Indian tree, Lansium domesticum, of the mahogany family.
- lagunas
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noun,
a bay, inlet, or other narrow or shallow body of water (often used in placenames).
- Sungari
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noun,
Songhua.
- Sultana
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noun,
a small, seedless raisin.
- trigons
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noun,
a triangle.
- Stagira
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noun,
an ancient town in NE Greece, in Macedonia on the E Chalcidice peninsula: birthplace of Aristotle.
- Stalino
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noun,
a former name of Donetsk.
- introns
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noun,
a noncoding segment in a length of DNA that interrupts a gene-coding sequence or nontranslated sequence, the corresponding segment being removed from the RNA copy before transcription.
- transl.
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- astrol.
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- aristo-
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- tragion
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noun,
a point in the depth of the notch just above the tragus of the ear.
- Antonia
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noun,
a female given name: derived from Antonius.
- iguanas
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noun,
a large, arboreal lizard, Iguana iguana, native to Central and South America, having stout legs and a crest of spines from neck to tail.
- Logania
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noun,
any of several plants or shrubs of the genus Logania, native chiefly to Australia, having small white or pink flowers.
- soaring
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noun,
the sport of flying a sailplane.
- anurans
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noun,
any amphibian of the order Anura, comprising the frogs and toads.
- torulas
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noun,
a highly nutritious yeast produced commercially on a sugar recovered from the manufacture of wood products or from processed fruit.
- anurias
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noun,
the absence or suppression of urine.
- Linsang
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noun,
any of several civetlike carnivores of the genera Prionodon, of the East Indies, and Poiana, of Africa, having retractile claws and a long tail: some East Indies linsangs are endangered.
- tsarina
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noun,
czarina.
- Aorangi
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noun,
Cook, Mount.
- solaria
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noun,
a glass-enclosed room, porch, or the like, exposed to the sun's rays, as at a seaside hotel or for convalescents in a hospital.
- Guarani
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noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Paraguay, equal to 100 centimos.
- in-goal
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noun,
the area at either end of the field between the goal line and the dead-ball line.
- lariats
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noun,
a long, noosed rope used to catch horses, cattle, or other livestock; lasso.
- Tournai
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noun,
a city in W Belgium, on the Scheldt River.
- solunar
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adjective,
pertaining to or listing the rising and setting times of the sun and moon, phases of the moon, eclipses, etc.:
- Austro-
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- Austria
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noun,
a republic in central Europe. 32,381 sq. mi. (83,865 sq. km). Capital: Vienna.
- latrias
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noun,
the supreme worship, which may be offered to God only.
- Latinus
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noun,
the father of Lavinia and king of Latium at the time of the arrival of Aeneas.
- Argolis
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noun,
an ancient district in SE Greece.
- latinos
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noun,
a person of Latin-American descent:
- latigos
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noun,
a leather strap on the saddletree of a Western saddle used to tighten and secure the cinch.
- lasting
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noun,
a strong, durable, closely woven fabric for shoe uppers, coverings on buttons, etc.
- solatia
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noun,
something given in compensation for inconvenience, loss, injury, or the like; recompense.
- inturns
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noun,
an inward turn or curve around an axis or fixed point.
- Signora
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noun,
a conventional Italian term of address or title of respect for a married woman, either used separately or prefixed to the name.
- granola
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noun,
a breakfast food consisting of rolled oats, brown sugar, nuts, dried fruit, etc., usually served with milk.
- granita
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noun,
frozen flavored ice.
- giaours
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noun,
an unbeliever; a non-Muslim, especially a Christian.
- goannas
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noun,
any of the several large monitor lizards of the family Varanidae, of Australia, especially Varanus varius and V. giganteus, both sometimes growing to 6 feet (1.8 meters).
- Alastor
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noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) an avenging spirit or deity frequently evoked in Greek tragedy; a male Nemesis.
- saguaro
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noun,
a tall, horizontally branched cactus, Carnegiea (or Cereus) gigantea, of Arizona and neighboring regions, yielding a useful wood and bearing an edible fruit: still locally common, though some populations have been reduced.
- Sagunto
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noun,
a city in E Spain, N of Valencia: besieged by Hannibal 219–218 b.c.
- raglans
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noun,
a loose overcoat with raglan sleeves.
- nutrias
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noun,
the coypu.
- outsang
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verb,
simple past tense of outsing.
- alinota
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noun,
the plate to which the wings are attached on the notum of an insect.
- Uranian
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adjective,
pertaining to the planet Uranus.
- uranias
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noun,
uranium dioxide.
- sangria
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noun,
an iced drink, typically made with red wine, sugar, fruit juice, soda water, and spices, and containing fruit slices.
- nougats
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noun,
a chewy or brittle candy containing almonds or other nuts and sometimes fruit.
- ragouts
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noun,
French Cookery. a highly seasoned stew of meat or fish, with or without vegetables.
- Gratian
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noun,
(Flavius Gratianus) a.d. 359–383, Roman emperor 375–383.
- girasol
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noun,
an opal that reflects light in a bright luminous glow.
- outsing
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verb (used with object),
to sing better than.
- agnails
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noun,
hangnail.
- nostril
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noun,
either of the two external openings of the nose.
- outrang
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verb,
simple past tense of outring.
- unsnarl
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verb (used with object),
to bring out of a snarled condition; disentangle.
- agoutis
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noun,
any of several short-haired, short-eared, rabbitlike rodents of the genus Dasyprocta, of South and Central America and the West Indies, destructive to sugar cane.
- unsling
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verb (used with object),
to remove (something) from being slung:
- outings
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noun,
a pleasure trip, excursion, picnic, or the like:
- otalgia
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noun,
earache.
- routing
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noun,
the scheduling of the route or itinerary of people, freight, etc.
- unnails
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verb (used with object),
to take out the nails from.
- origans
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noun,
an aromatic herb, especially oregano.
- rulings
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noun,
an authoritative decision, as one by a judge on a debated point of law.
- outring
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verb (used with object),
to outdo in ringing; ring louder than.
- agonist
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noun,
a person engaged in a contest, conflict, struggle, etc., especially the protagonist in a literary work.
- girl-os
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noun,
a girl or young woman.
- outsail
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verb (used with object),
to outdo in sailing; sail farther, more skillfully, or faster than.
- agnosia
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noun,
partial or total inability to recognize objects by use of the senses.
- Gournia
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noun,
a village in NE Crete, near the site of an excavated Minoan town and palace.
- oralist
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noun,
an advocate of oralism.
- Uralian
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adjective,
of or relating to the Ural Mountains or their inhabitants.
- Santali
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noun,
the Munda language spoken by the Santal.
- against
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Idioms,
over against, in contrast with:
- gratins
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noun,
au gratin.
- saurian
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noun,
a saurian animal, as a dinosaur or lizard.
- rainout
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noun,
a contest, performance, or the like, that has been rained out.
- Grotius
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noun,
Hugo (Huig de Groot) 1583–1645, Dutch jurist and statesman.
- natural
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noun,
any person or thing that is or is likely or certain to be very suitable to and successful in an endeavor without much training or difficulty.
- natrons
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noun,
a mineral, hydrated sodium carbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅10H 2 O.
- anginal
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adjective,
of, noting, or pertaining to angina, especially angina pectoris.
- anginas
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noun,
any attack of painful spasms characterized by sensations of choking or suffocating.
- Anglian
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noun,
an Angle.
- Ninurta
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noun,
a Sumerian and Babylonian hero god.
- Anglist
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noun,
Anglicist.
- grunion
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noun,
a small, silvery food fish, Leuresthes tenuis, of southern California, that spawns at high tide in wet sand.
- sautoir
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noun,
a ribbon, chain, scarf, or the like, tied around the neck in such a manner that the ends cross over each other.
- rations
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noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- angoras
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noun,
Angora cat.
- angular
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adjective,
having an angle or angles.
- rialtos
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noun,
an exchange or mart.
- ratings
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noun,
classification according to grade or rank.
- analogs
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noun,
analogue.
- glorias
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noun,
Liturgy.
Gloria in Excelsis Deo.
Gloria Patri.
the response Gloria tibi, Domine, “Glory be to Thee, O Lord.”.
- gastrin
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noun,
a hormone that stimulates the secretion of gastric juice.
- rituals
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noun,
an established or prescribed procedure for a religious or other rite.
- nonsuit
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noun,
a judgment given against a plaintiff who neglects to prosecute, or who fails to show a legal cause of action or to bring sufficient evidence.
- sarangi
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noun,
(in India) a violinlike instrument used to accompany classical dancing.
- tiglons
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noun,
the offspring of a male tiger and a female lion.
- Rantoul
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noun,
a city in E Illinois.
- ranulas
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noun,
a cystic tumor formed beneath the tongue, caused by obstruction of the sublingual or submaxillary gland or of a mucous gland.
- urinals
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noun,
a flushable wall fixture, as in a public lavatory, used by men for urinating.
- rousing
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noun,
a rousing.
- gastro-
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- nitrous
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adjective,
pertaining to compounds obtained from niter, usually containing less oxygen than the corresponding nitric compounds.
- turning
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noun,
the act of a person or thing that turns.
- gluons
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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.
- goanna
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noun,
any of the several large monitor lizards of the family Varanidae, of Australia, especially Varanus varius and V. giganteus, both sometimes growing to 6 feet (1.8 meters).
- Gloria
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noun,
Liturgy.
Gloria in Excelsis Deo.
Gloria Patri.
the response Gloria tibi, Domine, “Glory be to Thee, O Lord.”.
- gnarls
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noun,
a knotty protuberance on a tree; knot.
- intro.
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- intros
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noun,
an introduction.
- intron
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noun,
a noncoding segment in a length of DNA that interrupts a gene-coding sequence or nontranslated sequence, the corresponding segment being removed from the RNA copy before transcription.
- tiglon
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noun,
the offspring of a male tiger and a female lion.
- tiaras
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noun,
a jeweled, ornamental coronet worn by women.
- tauro-
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- gloats
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noun,
an act or feeling of gloating.
- insult
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noun,
an insolent or contemptuously rude action or remark; affront.
- inturn
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noun,
an inward turn or curve around an axis or fixed point.
- tarso-
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- glouts
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verb (used without object),
to scowl or frown.
- intra-
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- ingots
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noun,
a mass of metal cast in a convenient form for shaping, remelting, or refining.
- insula
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noun,
a group of convolutions situated at the base of the lateral fissure of the brain.
- talons
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noun,
a claw, especially of a bird of prey.
- griots
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noun,
a member of a hereditary caste among the peoples of western Africa whose function is to keep an oral history of the tribe or village and to entertain with stories, poems, songs, dances, etc.
- Grison
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noun,
a weasellike carnivore, Galictis vittata, ranging from southern Mexico to Peru, having a grayish-white upper body, a distinctive white stripe across the forehead and ears, and a dark brown face, chest, and legs.
- Tainan
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noun,
a city in SW Taiwan.
- tainos
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noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- Guston
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noun,
Philip, 1912–80, U.S. abstract expressionist painter, born in Canada.
- talion
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noun,
lex talionis.
- groans
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noun,
a low, mournful sound uttered in pain or grief:
- Gunnar
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noun,
Scandinavian Legend. the husband of Brynhild: corresponds to Gunther in the Nibelungenlied.
- groats
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noun,
hulled grain, as wheat or oats, broken into fragments.
- gratin
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noun,
au gratin.
- guitar
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noun,
a stringed musical instrument with a long, fretted neck, a flat, somewhat violinlike body, and typically six strings, which are plucked with the fingers or with a plectrum.
- groins
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noun,
Anatomy. the fold or hollow on either side of the front of the body where the thigh joins the abdomen.
- guilts
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noun,
the fact or state of having committed an offense, crime, violation, or wrong, especially against moral or penal law; culpability:
- grouts
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noun,
a thin, coarse mortar poured into various narrow cavities, as masonry joints or rock fissures, to fill them and consolidate the adjoining objects into a solid mass.
- Guiana
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noun,
a vast tropical region in NE South America, bounded by the Orinoco, Negro, and Amazon rivers and the Atlantic. About 690,000 sq. mi. (1,787,000 sq. km).
- grunts
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noun,
a sound of grunting.
- Tanoan
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noun,
an American Indian language family of which the three surviving languages are spoken in several pueblos, including Taos, in northern New Mexico near the Rio Grande.
- tangos
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noun,
a ballroom dance of Latin-American origin, danced by couples, and having many varied steps, figures, and poses.
- guanos
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noun,
a natural manure composed chiefly of the excrement of sea birds, found especially on islands near the Peruvian coast.
- gratis
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adverb,
without charge or payment; free:
- Tailor
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noun,
a person whose occupation is the making, mending, or altering of clothes, especially suits, coats, and other outer garments.
- instr.
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- tarsal
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noun,
a tarsal bone, joint, or the like.
- instar
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noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- instal
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verb (used with object),
install.
- insoul
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verb (used with object),
ensoul.
- sunlit
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adjective,
lighted by the sun.
- gorals
-
noun,
a short-horned goat antelope, Naemorhedus goral, of the mountainous regions of southeastern Asia: an endangered species.
- inorg.
-
- inlaut
-
noun,
medial position in a word, especially as a conditioning environment in sound change.
- Gosala
-
noun,
died c484 b.c, Indian religious leader: founder of the Ajivaka sect.
- tarsia
-
noun,
intarsia.
- Guaira
-
noun,
La Guaira.
- taigas
-
noun,
the coniferous evergreen forests of subarctic lands, covering vast areas of northern North America and Eurasia.
- grails
-
noun,
(usually initial capital letter). Also called Holy Grail. a cup or chalice that in medieval legend was associated with unusual powers, especially the regeneration of life and, later, Christian purity, and was much sought after by medieval knights: identified with the cup used at the Last Supper and given to Joseph of Arimathea.
- suntan
-
noun,
a browning or a brown color of the skin resulting from exposure to sunlight or a sunlamp; tan.
- grains
-
noun,
an iron instrument with barbed prongs, for spearing or harpooning fish.
- grani-
-
- iguana
-
noun,
a large, arboreal lizard, Iguana iguana, native to Central and South America, having stout legs and a crest of spines from neck to tail.
- grano-
-
- Granta
-
noun,
Cam.
- Grants
-
noun,
a town in W New Mexico.
- iatro-
-
- G-suit
-
noun,
anti-G suit.
- Li-sao
-
noun,
a poem (c320 b.c.) by Ch'ü Yüan.
- inurns
-
verb (used with object),
to put into an urn, especially ashes after cremation.
- Sarton
-
noun,
May, 1912–95, U.S. poet, novelist, and playwright.
- Salian
-
noun,
a Salian Frank.
- Salina
-
noun,
a saline marsh, spring, or the like.
- 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.
- nougat
-
noun,
a chewy or brittle candy containing almonds or other nuts and sometimes fruit.
- Santal
-
noun,
sandalwood.
- nosing
-
noun,
a projecting edge, as the part of the tread of a step extending beyond the riser or a projecting part of a buttress.
- santir
-
noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- norias
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- Sarnia
-
noun,
a port in SE Ontario, in S Canada, on the S shore of Lake Huron, on the St. Clair River, across from Port Huron, Michigan.
- sarong
-
noun,
a loose-fitting skirtlike garment formed by wrapping a strip of cloth around the lower part of the body, worn by both men and women in the Malay Archipelago and certain islands of the Pacific Ocean.
- satang
-
noun,
a monetary unit and former coin of Thailand, the 100th part of a baht.
- sailor
-
noun,
a person whose occupation is sailing or navigation; mariner.
- nitro-
-
- nitons
-
noun,
(formerly) radon. Symbol: Nt.
- Nistru
-
noun,
Romanian name of Dniester.
- satori
-
noun,
sudden enlightenment.
- Saturn
-
noun,
an ancient Roman god of agriculture, the consort of Ops, believed to have ruled the earth during an age of happiness and virtue, identified with the Greek god Cronus.
- natron
-
noun,
a mineral, hydrated sodium carbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅10H 2 O.
- nation
-
noun,
a large body of people, associated with a particular territory, that is sufficiently conscious of its unity to seek or to possess a government peculiarly its own:
- natals
-
noun,
a province in the E part of the Republic of South Africa. 35,284 sq. mi. (91,886 sq. km). Capital: Pietermaritzburg.
- nasion
-
noun,
the intersection of the internasal suture with the nasofrontal suture in the midsagittal plane.
- narial
-
adjective,
of or relating to the nares or nostrils.
- signal
-
noun,
anything that serves to indicate, warn, direct, command, or the like, as a light, a gesture, an act, etc.:
- nutria
-
noun,
the coypu.
- Saigon
-
noun,
former name of Ho Chi Minh City: capital of former South Vietnam 1954–76.
- nagual
-
noun,
a guardian spirit among Mexican and Central American Indians, believed to reside in an animal.
- Rosita
-
noun,
a female given name, Spanish form of Rose.
- Rialto
-
noun,
an exchange or mart.
- ration
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- rating
-
noun,
classification according to grade or rank.
- ratans
-
noun,
rattan.
- ratals
-
noun,
the amount on which rates or taxes are assessed.
- ranula
-
noun,
a cystic tumor formed beneath the tongue, caused by obstruction of the sublingual or submaxillary gland or of a mucous gland.
- ritual
-
noun,
an established or prescribed procedure for a religious or other rite.
- Ragusa
-
noun,
a province in SE Italy.
- ragout
-
noun,
French Cookery. a highly seasoned stew of meat or fish, with or without vegetables.
- Raglan
-
noun,
a loose overcoat with raglan sleeves.
- Rosina
-
noun,
a female given name, Italian form of Rose.
- outran
-
verb,
simple past tense of outrun.
- rutins
-
noun,
a bright yellow or greenish-yellow substance, C 27 H 30 O 16 , obtained chiefly from buckwheat, and used in the treatment of capillary fragility.
- Outing
-
noun,
a pleasure trip, excursion, picnic, or the like:
- outgas
-
verb (used with object),
to remove (adsorbed or occluded gases), usually by heat or reduced pressure.
- origan
-
noun,
an aromatic herb, especially oregano.
- organa
-
noun,
a plural of organon.
- ruanas
-
noun,
a poncholike outer garment of heavy wool, worn especially in the mountains of Colombia.
- orangs
-
noun,
orangutan.
- ruling
-
noun,
an authoritative decision, as one by a judge on a debated point of law.
- run-in
-
noun,
a quarrel; argument.
- run-on
-
noun,
run-on matter.
- Rustin
-
noun,
Bayard [bey-erd] /ˈbeɪ ərd/ (Show IPA), 1910–1987, U.S. civil rights leader.
- Ruston
-
noun,
a city in N Louisiana.
- Signor
-
noun,
a conventional Italian term of address or title of respect for a man, either used separately or prefixed to the name. Abbreviation: Sig., sig.
- Nagari
-
noun,
a group of related scripts, including Devanagari, derived from Brahmi and used for the writing of many of the languages of India.
- sultan
-
noun,
the sovereign of an Islamic country.
- lanugo
-
noun,
a coat of delicate, downy hairs, especially that with which the human fetus or a newborn infant is covered.
- Latona
-
noun,
the goddess Leto as identified in Roman mythology.
- latins
-
noun,
an Italic language spoken in ancient Rome, fixed in the 2nd or 1st century b.c., and established as the official language of the Roman Empire. Abbreviation: L.
- Latino
-
noun,
a person of Latin-American descent:
- Latina
-
noun,
a woman of Latin-American descent.
- latigo
-
noun,
a leather strap on the saddletree of a Western saddle used to tighten and secure the cinch.
- sonata
-
noun,
a composition for one or two instruments, typically in three or four movements in contrasted forms and keys.
- lasing
-
noun,
the generation of coherent light by a laser.
- lariat
-
noun,
a long, noosed rope used to catch horses, cattle, or other livestock; lasso.
- Sontag
-
noun,
Susan, 1933–2004, U.S. critic, novelist, and essayist.
- largos
-
noun,
a largo movement.
- Sorata
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in W Bolivia, in the Andes, near Lake Titicaca: two peaks, Ancohuma, 21,490 feet (6550 meters), and Illampu, 21,276 feet (6485 meters).
- langur
-
noun,
any of various slender, long-tailed monkeys of the genus Presbytis, of Asia, feeding on leaves, fruits, and seeds: several species are threatened or endangered.
- lauans
-
noun,
Philippine mahogany.
- lanais
-
noun,
a veranda, especially a fully furnished one used as a living room.
- Laguna
-
noun,
a bay, inlet, or other narrow or shallow body of water (often used in placenames).
- lagans
-
noun,
anything sunk in the sea, but attached to a buoy or the like so that it may be recovered.
- stalag
-
noun,
a World War II German military camp housing prisoners of war of enlisted ranks.
- Stalin
-
noun,
Joseph V (Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili or Dzugashvili) 1879–1953, Soviet political leader: secretary general of the Communist Party 1922–53; premier of the U.S.S.R. 1941–53.
- stingo
-
noun,
strong beer.
- Strain
-
noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- string
-
noun,
a slender cord or thick thread used for binding or tying; line.
- Strong
-
Idioms,
come on strong, Slang. to behave in an aggressive, ardent, or flamboyant manner:
- strung
-
noun,
a slender cord or thick thread used for binding or tying; line.
- suitor
-
noun,
a man who courts or woos a woman.
- latria
-
noun,
the supreme worship, which may be offered to God only.
- lauras
-
noun,
a monastery consisting formerly of a group of cells or huts for monks who met together for meals and worship.
- Nagano
-
noun,
a city on central Honshu, in central Japan.
- Lorain
-
noun,
a port in N Ohio, on Lake Erie.
- luting
-
noun,
any of various readily molded substances for sealing joints, cementing objects together, or waterproofing surfaces.
- Singan
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- lungis
-
noun,
a cloth used as a turban, scarf, sarong, etc., in India, Pakistan, and Burma.
- lungan
-
noun,
longan.
- lunars
-
noun,
a lunar observation taken for purposes of navigation or mapping.
- 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.
- situla
-
noun,
a deep urn, vase, or bucket-shaped vessel, especially one made in the ancient world.
- slogan
-
noun,
a distinctive cry, phrase, or motto of any party, group, manufacturer, or person; catchword or catch phrase.
- losing
-
noun,
losings, losses.
- Loring
-
noun,
a male given name.
- lorans
-
noun,
a system of long-range navigation whereby the latitude and longitude of a ship or airplane are determined from the time displacement between radio signals from two or more fixed transmitters.
- longi-
-
- sonant
-
noun,
a speech sound that by itself makes a syllable or subordinates to itself the other sounds in the syllable; a syllabic sound (opposed to consonant).
- Longan
-
noun,
the small, one-seeded, greenish-brown fruit of a large evergreen tree, Euphoria longana, of the soapberry family, native to China and allied to the litchi.
- logins
-
noun,
the act of logging in to a database, mobile device, or computer, especially a multiuser computer or a remote or networked computer system.
- logans
-
noun,
pokelogan.
- Glarus
-
noun,
a canton in E central Switzerland. 264 sq. mi. (684 sq. km).
- Linton
-
noun,
Ralph, 1893–1953, U.S. anthropologist.
- lingua
-
noun,
the tongue or a part like a tongue.
- ligno-
-
- ligans
-
noun,
lagan.
- soling
-
noun,
pitching.
- liangs
-
noun,
a Chinese unit of weight, equal to 1/16 (0.0625) catty, and equivalent to about 1.33 ounces (38 grams).
- lianas
-
noun,
any of various usually woody vines that may climb as high as the tree canopy in a tropical forest.
- glints
-
noun,
a tiny, quick flash of light.
- riatas
-
noun,
a lariat.
- anuria
-
noun,
the absence or suppression of urine.
- trains
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- Auriol
-
noun,
Vincent [vin-suh nt;; French van-sahn] /ˈvɪn sənt;; French vɛ̃ˈsɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1884–1966, French statesman: president 1947–54.
- Auriga
-
noun,
the Charioteer, a northern constellation between Perseus and Gemini, containing the bright star Capella.
- tragus
-
noun,
a fleshy prominence at the front of the external opening of the ear.
- analog
-
noun,
analogue.
- Turing
-
noun,
Alan Mathison [math-uh-suh n] /ˈmæθ ə sən/ (Show IPA), 1912–54, English mathematician, logician, and pioneer in computer theory.
- trails
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- Anatol
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Greek word meaning “sunrise.”.
- atonal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or marked by atonality.
- Austin
-
noun,
Alfred, 1835–1913, English poet: poet laureate 1896–1913.
- tra-la
-
noun,
nonsense syllables sung as a refrain, expressing gaiety.
- trans.
-
- angina
-
noun,
any attack of painful spasms characterized by sensations of choking or suffocating.
- angio-
-
- astron
-
- Anglia
-
noun,
Latin name of England.
- Anglo-
-
- aurist
-
noun,
a physician specializing in the treatment of ear diseases; otologist.
- Tsonga
-
noun,
a Bantu language spoken in Mozambique, Zambia, and South Africa.
- Angola
-
noun,
a republic in SW Africa: formerly an overseas province of Portugal; gained independence Nov. 11, 1975. 481,226 sq. mi. (1,246,375 sq. km). Capital: Luanda.
- Galati
-
noun,
a port in E Romania, on the Danube River. 252,884.
- ganoin
-
noun,
a hard, shiny, enamellike substance secreted by the corium, composing the outer layer of the scales of certain fishes.
- algins
-
noun,
any hydrophilic, colloidal substance found in or obtained from various kelps, as alginic acid or one of its soluble salts.
- Galton
-
noun,
Sir Francis, 1822–1911, English scientist and writer.
- aligns
-
verb (used with object),
to arrange in a straight line; adjust according to a line.
- galiot
-
noun,
a small galley propelled by both sails and oars.
- Ugrian
-
noun,
a member of any of the Ugrian peoples.
- Galion
-
noun,
a city in N central Ohio.
- Alison
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Alice.
- austr-
-
- alogia
-
noun,
aphasia.
- aloins
-
noun,
an intensely bitter, crystalline, water-soluble powder composed of the active principles of and obtained from aloe, used chiefly as a purgative.
- Ugarit
-
noun,
an ancient city in Syria, N of Latakia, on the site of modern Ras Shamra: destroyed by an earthquake early in the 13th century b.c.; excavations have yielded tablets written in cuneiform and hieroglyphic script that reveal important information on Canaanite mythology.
- gainst
-
preposition,
against.
- Alston
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Altair
-
noun,
a first-magnitude star in the constellation Aquila.
- torula
-
noun,
a highly nutritious yeast produced commercially on a sugar recovered from the manufacture of wood products or from processed fruit.
- Altona
-
noun,
a metropolitan district of Hamburg, Germany: formerly an independent city.
- Anglos
-
noun,
a white American of non-Hispanic descent, as distinguished especially from an American of Mexican or Spanish descent.
- astro-
-
- ultra-
-
- argali
-
noun,
a wild sheep, Ovis ammon, of Asia, having long, curved horns that typically form an open, outwardly extended spiral: rare or endangered.
- antiar
-
noun,
the upas tree.
- anting
-
noun,
the placing of ants among the feathers, done by certain birds apparently to kill parasites.
- argons
-
noun,
a colorless, odorless, chemically inactive, monatomic, gaseous element that, because of its inertness, is used for filling fluorescent and incandescent lamps and vacuum tubes. Symbol: Ar; atomic number: 18; atomic weight: 39.948.
- argols
-
noun,
a crude tartar, produced as a by-product in casks by the fermentation of wine grapes, used as a mordant in dyeing, in the manufacture of tartaric acid, and in fertilizers.
- Antlia
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Air Pump, a small southern constellation between Vela and Hydra.
- argils
-
noun,
clay, especially potter's clay.
- argals
-
noun,
argol.
- tronas
-
noun,
a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
- arguta
-
noun,
the green, smooth-skinned, edible fruit of an Asian vine, Actinidia arguta.
- Antons
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Anthony.
- Tuinal
-
- Aragon
-
noun,
Louis [lwee] /lwi/ (Show IPA), 1897–1982, French novelist, poet, and journalist.
- glairs
-
noun,
the white of an egg.
- aortas
-
noun,
the main trunk of the arterial system, conveying blood from the left ventricle of the heart to all of the body except the lungs.
- Antung
-
noun,
former name of Dandong.
- aorist
-
noun,
a verb tense, as in Classical Greek, expressing action or, in the indicative mood, past action, without further limitation or implication.
- anuran
-
noun,
any amphibian of the order Anura, comprising the frogs and toads.
- argots
-
noun,
a specialized idiomatic vocabulary peculiar to a particular class or group of people, especially that of an underworld group, devised for private communication and identification:
- Arista
-
noun,
Botany. a bristlelike appendage of the spikelets of grains or grasses; an awn.
- astral
-
adjective,
pertaining to or proceeding from the stars; stellar; star-shaped.
- aslant
-
adverb,
at a slant; slantingly; obliquely.
- Angora
-
noun,
Angora cat.
- aniso-
-
- anlaut
-
noun,
initial position in a word, especially as a conditioning environment in sound change.
- trigon
-
noun,
a triangle.
- tungos
-
noun,
rat-kangaroo.
- asonia
-
noun,
tone deafness.
- annals
-
noun,
a record of events, especially a yearly record, usually in chronological order.
- annual
-
noun,
Botany. a plant living only one year or season.
- aroint
-
verb (imperative),
begone:
- trigos
-
noun,
wheat; field of wheat.
- annuls
-
verb (used with object),
(especially of laws or other established rules, usages, etc.) to make void or null; abolish; cancel; invalidate:
- trinal
-
adjective,
threefold; triple; trine.
- anoint
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or sprinkle on; apply an unguent, ointment, or oily liquid to.
- Arunta
-
noun,
Aranda.
- triols
-
noun,
a compound having three hydroxyl groups.
- Artois
-
noun,
a former province in N France: artesian wells.
- arsino
-
adjective,
containing the arsino group.
- tonsil
-
noun,
a prominent oval mass of lymphoid tissue on each side of the throat.
- turion
-
noun,
a small shoot, as of asparagus or certain aquatic plants, from which a new plant can develop.
- gaslit
-
noun,
light produced by the combustion of illuminating gas.
- Agrius
-
noun,
one of the Gigantes.
- gisant
-
noun,
a sculptured representation of a dead person in a recumbent position, usually as part of a sepulchral monument.
- agouta
-
noun,
the Haitian solenodon, Solenodon paradoxus.
- Gaston
-
noun,
a male given name.
- tolans
-
noun,
a crystalline, water-insoluble, solid, unsaturated compound, C 14 H 10 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- gastr-
-
- Urania
-
noun,
uranium dioxide.
- agouti
-
noun,
any of several short-haired, short-eared, rabbitlike rodents of the genus Dasyprocta, of South and Central America and the West Indies, destructive to sugar cane.
- giaour
-
noun,
an unbeliever; a non-Muslim, especially a Christian.
- urinal
-
noun,
a flushable wall fixture, as in a public lavatory, used by men for urinating.
- urino-
-
- urano-
-
- agron.
-
- unison
-
noun,
coincidence in pitch of two or more musical tones, voices, etc.
- unrigs
-
verb (used with object),
to strip of rigging, as a ship.
- girl-o
-
noun,
a girl or young woman.
- unnail
-
verb (used with object),
to take out the nails from.
- urials
-
noun,
a wild, bearded sheep, Ovis vignei, of southern Asia, having a reddish coat.
- gators
-
noun,
Southern U.S. Informal. alligator.
- agoras
-
noun,
a popular political assembly.
- Tongan
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Tonga.
- ungirt
-
adjective,
having a girdle loosened or removed.
- Tongas
-
noun,
a light, two-wheeled, horse-drawn vehicle used in India.
- agonal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or symptomatic of agony, especially paroxysmal distress, as the death throes.
- Gilson
-
noun,
Étienne Henry [ey-tyen ahn-ree] /eɪˈtyɛn ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1884–1978, French historian.
- ultras
-
noun,
an extremist, as in politics, religion, fashion, etc.
- agnail
-
noun,
hangnail.
- aglint
-
adjective,
displaying bright points of light, as by reflection; glittering:
- agist
-
verb (used with object),
to feed or pasture (livestock) for a fee.
- ronin
-
noun,
a samurai who no longer serves a daimyo, or feudal lord.
- anoas
-
noun,
a small forest buffalo, Bubalus (Anoa) depressicornis, of the island of Celebes, having a brown coat and straight, sharp-tipped horns: an endangered species.
- Anita
-
noun,
a female given name: Spanish form of Anna.
- lunas
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess personifying the moon, sometimes identified with Diana.
- anoia
-
noun,
extreme mental deficiency.
- Sinan
-
noun,
1489?–1587, Turkish architect, especially of mosques.
- raias
-
noun,
rayah.
- anon.
-
- rails
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- roast
-
noun,
roasted meat or a piece of roasted meat, as a piece of beef or veal of a quantity and shape for slicing into more than one portion.
- Ronan
-
noun,
a king who killed his son, Mael Fothartaigh, after his wife had falsely accused the boy of attempting to seduce her, and who was himself killed by the children of Mael Fothartaigh.
- sinal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving a sinus.
- roans
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- anis-
-
- lunar
-
noun,
a lunar observation taken for purposes of navigation or mapping.
- Luing
-
noun,
one of a breed of beef cattle developed on Luing Island off Scotland by interbreeding Shorthorn bulls and purebred West Highland cows.
- Tunas
-
noun,
any of several large food and game fishes of the family Scombridae, inhabiting temperate and tropical seas.
Compare albacore, bluefin tuna, yellowfin tuna.
- sing.
-
- gluts
-
noun,
a full supply.
- tungo
-
noun,
rat-kangaroo.
- lunts
-
noun,
a match; the flame used to light a fire.
- annal
-
noun,
a record of events of a particular year:
- annas
-
noun,
a former cupronickel coin of Pakistan, the 16th part of a rupee: last issued in 1960.
- agios
-
noun,
a premium on money in exchange.
- annot
-
- roils
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- Urial
-
noun,
a wild, bearded sheep, Ovis vignei, of southern Asia, having a reddish coat.
- agars
-
noun,
Also, agar-agar. Also called Chinese gelatin, Chinese isinglass, Japanese gelatin, Japanese isinglass. a gelatinlike product of certain seaweeds, used for solidifying certain culture media, as a thickening agent for ice cream and other foods, as a substitute for gelatin, in adhesives, as an emulsifier, etc.
- ragas
-
noun,
one of the melodic formulas of Hindu music having the melodic shape, rhythm, and ornamentation prescribed by tradition.
- Sinon
-
noun,
a Greek, posing as a deserter, who persuaded the Trojans to take the Trojan Horse into their city.
- Sino-
-
- TUNIS
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Tunisia, in the NE part.
- lungs
-
noun,
either of the two saclike respiratory organs in the thorax of humans and the higher vertebrates.
- annul
-
verb (used with object),
(especially of laws or other established rules, usages, etc.) to make void or null; abolish; cancel; invalidate:
- lungi
-
noun,
a cloth used as a turban, scarf, sarong, etc., in India, Pakistan, and Burma.
- ragis
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Eleusine coracana, cultivated in the Old World for its grain.
- Luton
-
noun,
a city in Bedfordshire, S central England, NW of London.
- Lugar
-
noun,
Richard G(reen) born 1932, U.S. politician: senator 1977–2013.
- slant
-
noun,
slanting or oblique direction; slope:
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- Logan
-
noun,
pokelogan.
- rason
-
noun,
a long, loose, black gown with wide sleeves, worn by the clergy.
- sluit
-
noun,
(in South Africa) a deep, dry gulch or channel formed by erosion due to heavy rains.
- 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.
- logis
-
noun,
a man, a personification of fire, who defeated Loki in an eating contest.
- ratal
-
noun,
the amount on which rates or taxes are assessed.
- Anton
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Anthony.
- 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.
- logia
-
noun,
a plural of logion.
- ratan
-
noun,
rattan.
- ratio
-
noun,
the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:
- USLTA
-
- loans
-
noun,
the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something:
- riots
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- snail
-
noun,
any mollusk of the class Gastropoda, having a spirally coiled shell and a ventral muscular foot on which it slowly glides about.
- snarl
-
noun,
the act of snarling.
- snort
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- rings
-
noun,
a typically circular band of metal or other durable material, especially one of gold or other precious metal, often set with gems, for wearing on the finger as an ornament, a token of betrothal or marriage, etc.
- ratos
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- rials
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- 30-30
-
- snout
-
noun,
the part of an animal's head projecting forward and containing the nose and jaws; muzzle.
- liras
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- Linus
-
noun,
Saint, died a.d. 76? pope 67?–76?.
- lints
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- longa
-
noun,
the second longest note in medieval mensural notation.
- Aalst
-
noun,
Flemish name of Alost.
- sito-
-
- lotas
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- Rains
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- slain
-
noun,
sley.
- 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.
- louts
-
noun,
an awkward, stupid person; clumsy, ill-mannered boor; oaf.
- anils
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- lours
-
verb (used without object), noun,
lower2 .
- Ansar
-
noun,
the first inhabitants of Medina to accept Islam.
- Tulsa
-
noun,
a city in NE Oklahoma: center of a rich oil-producing region.
- Louis
-
noun,
louis d'or.
- Sligo
-
noun,
a county in Connaught province, in the NW Republic of Ireland. 694 sq. mi. (1795 sq. km).
- Lotus
-
noun,
a plant believed to be a jujube or elm, referred to in Greek legend as yielding a fruit that induced a state of dreamy and contented forgetfulness in those who ate it.
- Sloan
-
noun,
John, 1871–1951, U.S. painter.
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- Anson
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Lorna
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Loris
-
noun,
Also called slender loris. a small, slender, tailless, large-eyed, nocturnal lemur, Loris gracilis, of southern India and Sri Lanka.
- Lorin
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- antas
-
noun,
a privately supported organization, chartered by Congress in 1935, for the encouragement and advancement of professional and nonprofessional theater.
- LORAN
-
noun,
a system of long-range navigation whereby the latitude and longitude of a ship or airplane are determined from the time displacement between radio signals from two or more fixed transmitters.
- Aaron
-
noun,
the older brother of Moses, usually regarded as the first high priest of the Hebrews. Ex. 28; 40:13–16.
- anti-
-
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- Longs
-
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- Aalto
-
noun,
Alvar [ahl-vahr] /ˈɑl vɑr/ (Show IPA), 1898–1976, Finnish architect and furniture designer.
- anion
-
noun,
a negatively charged ion, as one attracted to the anode in electrolysis.
- naso-
-
- 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.
- orial
-
- ruana
-
noun,
a poncholike outer garment of heavy wool, worn especially in the mountains of Colombia.
- Sango
-
noun,
a Niger-Congo language of the Adamawa-Eastern branch, used as a lingua franca in the Central African Republic.
- alist
-
adjective,
inclined to one side; heeling or listing.
- sanit
-
- uglis
-
- Alogi
-
noun,
a group of Christians in the 2nd century a.d. who rejected the doctrine of the Logos.
- Notus
-
noun,
the ancient Greek personification of the south wind.
- Santa
-
noun,
Santa Claus.
- Union
-
noun,
the act of uniting two or more things.
- Aloin
-
noun,
an intensely bitter, crystalline, water-soluble powder composed of the active principles of and obtained from aloe, used chiefly as a purgative.
- along
-
Idioms,
all along, all the time; throughout:
- orant
-
noun,
a representation of a female figure, with outstretched arms and palms up in a gesture of prayer, in ancient and early Christian art.
- Alost
-
noun,
a city in central Belgium, NW of Brussels.
- orig.
-
- Norns
-
noun,
an extinct Norse dialect, spoken until early modern times in the Shetland and Orkney Islands and in parts of northern Scotland.
- Unit.
-
- Alta.
-
- noria
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- Santo
-
noun,
a carved figure of a saint, usually of wood, as from Puerto Rico, Mexico, or the southwestern U.S.
- Saran
-
noun,
a thermoplastic copolymer of vinylidene chloride and usually small amounts of vinyl chloride or acrylonitrile: used as a fiber, for packaging, and for making acid-resistant pipe.
- non-U
-
adjective,
not characteristic of or appropriate to the upper class, especially of Great Britain:
- Altai
-
noun,
a territory of the Russian Federation in central Asia. 101,000 sq. mi. (261,700 sq. km). Capital: Barnaul.
- Salto
-
noun,
a city in NW Uruguay, on the Uruguay River.
- Salta
-
noun,
a game for two, resembling Chinese checkers, played on a board with 100 squares.
- nonas
-
noun,
sleeping sickness (def 2).
- sagan
-
noun,
Carl (Edward) 1934–96, U.S. astronomer and writer.
- Orang
-
noun,
orangutan.
- ruins
-
noun,
ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay:
- ulnas
-
noun,
Anatomy. the bone of the forearm on the side opposite to the thumb.
Compare radius (def 7).
- alani
-
plural noun,
a nomadic Iranian people who flourished in the 2nd–4th centuries a.d. and are ancestors of the present-day Ossets.
- runts
-
noun,
an animal that is small or stunted as compared with others of its kind.
- olig-
-
- Alans
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Celtic word meaning “harmony.”.
- ulans
-
noun,
uhlan.
- rutin
-
noun,
a bright yellow or greenish-yellow substance, C 27 H 30 O 16 , obtained chiefly from buckwheat, and used in the treatment of capillary fragility.
- Alas.
-
- Algar
-
noun,
a male given name.
- salon
-
noun,
a drawing room or reception room in a large house.
- saiga
-
noun,
a goatlike antelope, Saiga tatarica, of western Asia and eastern Russia, having a greatly enlarged muzzle.
- algia
-
- algin
-
noun,
any hydrophilic, colloidal substance found in or obtained from various kelps, as alginic acid or one of its soluble salts.
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- algo-
-
- salat
-
noun,
prayers, said five times a day: the second of the Pillars of Islam.
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- alias
-
noun,
a false name used to conceal one's identity; an assumed name:
- nurls
-
noun,
a small ridge or bead, especially one of a series, as on a button for decoration or on the edge of a thumbscrew to assist in obtaining a firm grip.
- align
-
verb (used with object),
to arrange in a straight line; adjust according to a line.
- orans
-
noun,
orant.
- ornis
-
noun,
an avifauna.
- nona-
-
- naira
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Nigeria, equal to 100 kobo: replaced the pound in 1973.
- agora
-
noun,
a popular political assembly.
- Sault
-
noun,
a waterfall or rapid.
- Nguni
-
noun,
a member of a group of culturally and linguistically related peoples of southern and eastern Africa, including the Xhosa, Zulu, Ndebele, and Swazi.
- until
-
conjunction,
up to the time that or when; till:
- sauna
-
noun,
a bath that uses dry heat to induce perspiration, and in which steam is produced by pouring water on heated stones.
- naut.
-
- Turin
-
noun,
a city in NW Italy, on the Po: capital of the Kingdom of Italy 1860–65.
- angas
-
noun,
any of the eight practices of Yoga, including the abstentions, mandatory actions, posture, breath control, control of the senses, concentration, meditation, and contemplation.
- angi-
-
- natl.
-
- Angl.
-
- Natal
-
noun,
a province in the E part of the Republic of South Africa. 35,284 sq. mi. (91,886 sq. km). Capital: Pietermaritzburg.
- anat.
-
- uran-
-
- orals
-
noun,
an oral examination in a school, college, or university, given especially to a candidate for an advanced degree.
- angor
-
noun,
extreme distress or mental anguish, usually of physical origin.
- nasal
-
noun,
Phonetics. a nasal speech sound.
- rosin
-
noun,
Chemistry. the yellowish to amber, translucent, hard, brittle, fragmented resin left after distilling the oil of turpentine from the crude oleoresin of the pine: used chiefly in making varnishes, varnish and paint driers, printing inks, and for rubbing on the bows of such string instruments as the violin.
- angst
-
noun,
a feeling of dread, anxiety, or anguish.
- nano-
-
- nanas
-
noun,
Chiefly Northeastern U.S. grandmother; grandma.
- signa
-
verb,
(used imperatively, in prescriptions) mark; write; label.
- Angus
-
noun,
Formerly Forfar. a historic county in E Scotland.
- Nairn
-
noun,
a historic county in N Scotland.
- rotas
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- rotls
-
noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- sargo
-
noun,
a silvery grunt, Anisotremus davidsonii, inhabiting waters off the coasts of California and Mexico, having blackish markings and yellowish fins.
- Altus
-
noun,
a city in SW Oklahoma.
- noils
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- altar
-
noun,
an elevated place or structure, as a mound or platform, at which religious rites are performed or on which sacrifices are offered to gods, ancestors, etc.
- alti-
-
- Nogai
-
noun,
a member of a people living in the Caucasus region.
- Sarto
-
noun,
Andrea del [ahn-drey-uh del;; Italian ahn-dre-ah del] /ɑnˈdreɪ ə dɛl;; Italian ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ dɛl/ (Show IPA), Andrea del Sarto.
- alto-
-
- Satan
-
noun,
the chief evil spirit; the great adversary of humanity; the devil.
- Alton
-
noun,
a city in SW Illinois.
- routs
-
noun,
a defeat attended with disorderly flight; dispersal of a defeated force in complete disorder:
- unrig
-
verb (used with object),
to strip of rigging, as a ship.
- nitr-
-
- agro-
-
- agura
-
noun,
agora2 .
- niton
-
noun,
(formerly) radon. Symbol: Nt.
- anal.
-
- Nisan
-
noun,
the seventh month of the Jewish calendar.
- satin
-
noun,
a fabric in a warp-effect or filling-effect satin weave, as acetate, rayon, nylon, or silk, often having a glossy face and a soft, slippery texture.
- Niort
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- Ostia
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, SW of Rome: ruins from 4th century b.c.; site of ancient port of Rome.
- roust
-
verb (used with object),
to rout, as from a place:
- Ninus
-
noun,
the legendary husband of Semiramis and founder of Nineveh.
- Otaru
-
noun,
a city in W Hokkaido, in N Japan.
- Ninos
-
noun,
boy; child.
- glans
-
noun,
the head of the penis (glans penis) or of the clitoris (glans clitoris)
- litas
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Lithuania, equal to 100 centai.
- Linos
-
noun,
linoleum.
- 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)
- Tagus
-
noun,
a river in SW Europe, flowing W through central Spain and Portugal to the Atlantic at Lisbon. 566 miles (910 km) long.
- taiga
-
noun,
the coniferous evergreen forests of subarctic lands, covering vast areas of northern North America and Eurasia.
- gains
-
- tails
-
noun,
tail1 (def 6).
- gaits
-
noun,
a manner of walking, stepping, or running.
- Taino
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- Gaius
-
noun,
a.d. c110–c180, Roman jurist and writer, especially on civil law.
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Taira
-
noun,
a member of a powerful family in Japan that ruled the country 1160–85.
- gusto
-
noun,
hearty or keen enjoyment, as in eating or drinking, or in action or speech in general:
Synonyms: enthusiasm, delight, relish, zest, spirit, fervor.
- talas
-
noun,
a repeated rhythmic pattern of stressed and unstressed beats played on a percussion instrument in Indian music.
- galas
-
noun,
a festive occasion; celebration; special entertainment:
- talon
-
noun,
a claw, especially of a bird of prey.
- riata
-
noun,
a lariat.
- gulas
-
noun,
Zoology.
the upper part of the throat or gullet.
the front or forward part of the neck.
- Talos
-
noun,
a man of brass made by Hephaestus for Minos as a guardian of Crete.
- talus
-
noun,
the uppermost bone of the proximal row of bones of the tarsus; anklebone.
- guiro
-
noun,
a South American musical instrument consisting of a hollow gourd with serrated surface that is scraped with a stick.
- Guin.
-
- toran
-
noun,
(in Indian Buddhist and Hindu architecture) a gateway having two or three lintels between two posts.
- guilt
-
noun,
the fact or state of having committed an offense, crime, violation, or wrong, especially against moral or penal law; culpability:
- Guat.
-
- guars
-
noun,
a plant, Cyamopsis tetragonolobus, of the legume family, grown as a forage crop and for its seeds, which produce a gum (guar gum) used as a thickening agent and stabilizer in foods and pharmaceuticals and as sizing for paper and cloth.
- tonus
-
noun,
a normal state of continuous slight tension in muscle tissue that facilitates its response to stimulation.
- guar.
-
- guans
-
noun,
a large game bird of the curassow family, common in dense woodlands of Central and South America, somewhat resembling a turkey.
- guano
-
noun,
a natural manure composed chiefly of the excrement of sea birds, found especially on islands near the Peruvian coast.
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- Iglau
-
noun,
Jihlava.
- tango
-
noun,
a ballroom dance of Latin-American origin, danced by couples, and having many varied steps, figures, and poses.
- aulos
-
noun,
an ancient Greek wind instrument, a double pipe played with a double reed.
- Sugar
-
noun,
a sweet, crystalline substance, C 12 H 22 O 11 , obtained chiefly from the juice of the sugarcane and the sugar beet, and present in sorghum, maple sap, etc.: used extensively as an ingredient and flavoring of certain foods and as a fermenting agent in the manufacture of certain alcoholic beverages; sucrose.
Compare beet sugar, cane sugar.
- suint
-
noun,
the natural grease of the wool of sheep, consisting of a mixture of fatty matter and potassium salts, used as a source of potash and in the preparation of ointments.
- trig.
-
- Asura
-
noun,
(in Indian mythology) a god or demon.
- inurn
-
verb (used with object),
to put into an urn, especially ashes after cremation.
- trial
-
noun,
Law.
the examination before a judicial tribunal of the facts put in issue in a cause, often including issues of law as well as those of fact.
the determination of a person's guilt or innocence by due process of law.
- ation
-
- ATLAS
-
noun,
a bound collection of maps.
- intr.
-
- atria
-
noun,
Architecture.
Also called cavaedium. the main or central room of an ancient Roman house, open to the sky at the center and usually having a pool for the collection of rain water.
a courtyard, flanked or surrounded by porticoes, in front of an early or medieval Christian church.
a skylit central court in a contemporary building or house.
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- trail
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- Aulis
-
noun,
a port in ancient Boeotia, in E central Greece: the Greek fleet set out from here for Troy during the Trojan War.
- Aural
-
adjective,
of or relating to an aura.
- sutra
-
noun,
Hinduism. a collection of aphorisms relating to some aspect of the conduct of life.
- inst.
-
- Tours
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Indre-et-Loire, in W France, on the Loire River: Charles Martel defeated the Saracens near here a.d. 732.
- insol
-
- Aust.
-
- Inonu
-
noun,
Ismet [is-met] /ɪsˈmɛt/ (Show IPA), (Ismet Paşa) 1884–1973, president of Turkey 1938–50; prime minister 1923–24, 1925–37, 1961–65.
- Sunna
-
noun,
the traditional portion of Muslim law, based on the words and acts of Muhammad, and preserved in the traditional literature.
- Sunni
-
noun,
Also called Sunnite. a member of one of the two great religious divisions of Islam, regarding the first four caliphs as legitimate successors of Muhammad and stressing the importance of Sunna as a basis for law.
Compare Shiʿite.
- auto.
-
- ingot
-
noun,
a mass of metal cast in a convenient form for shaping, remelting, or refining.
- sural
-
adjective,
of or relating to the calf of the leg.
- Surat
-
noun,
a seaport in S Gujarat, in W India: first British settlement in India 1612.
- surg.
-
- Torun
-
noun,
a city in N Poland, on the Vistula.
- Tanga
-
noun,
either of two former coins of India, one gold and one silver, issued by various Muslim rulers.
- gaols
-
noun,
a prison, especially one for the detention of persons awaiting trial or convicted of minor offenses.
- iotas
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- giros
-
noun,
autogiro.
- grain
-
noun,
a small, hard seed, especially the seed of a food plant such as wheat, corn, rye, oats, rice, or millet.
- Grail
-
noun,
(usually initial capital letter). Also called Holy Grail. a cup or chalice that in medieval legend was associated with unusual powers, especially the regeneration of life and, later, Christian purity, and was much sought after by medieval knights: identified with the cup used at the Last Supper and given to Joseph of Arimathea.
- gouts
-
noun,
an acute, recurrent disease characterized by painful inflammation of the joints, chiefly those in the feet and hands, and especially in the great toe, and by an excess of uric acid in the blood.
- gilts
-
noun,
the thin layer of gold or other material applied in gilding.
- gotra
-
noun,
a Hindu clan tracing its paternal lineage from a common ancestor, usually a saint or sage.
- toils
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- goral
-
noun,
a short-horned goat antelope, Naemorhedus goral, of the mountainous regions of southeastern Asia: an endangered species.
- togas
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) the loose outer garment worn by citizens in public.
- gonna
-
- Goias
-
noun,
a state in central Brazil. 247,826 sq. mi. (641,870 sq. km). Capital: Goiânia.
- tiara
-
noun,
a jeweled, ornamental coronet worn by women.
- girns
-
noun, verb (used with object),
grin2 .
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- Tirol
-
noun,
Tyrol.
- taros
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- gnars
-
verb (used without object),
to snarl; growl.
- girts
-
noun,
Carpentry.
a timber or plate connecting the corner posts of an exterior wooden frame, as a braced frame, at a floor above the ground floor.
a heavy beam, as for supporting the ends of rafters.
- gnarl
-
noun,
a knotty protuberance on a tree; knot.
- tings
-
noun,
a tinging sound.
- 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.
- glout
-
verb (used without object),
to scowl or frown.
- tirls
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- gloat
-
noun,
an act or feeling of gloating.
- glair
-
noun,
the white of an egg.
- glint
-
noun,
a tiny, quick flash of light.
- glias
-
noun,
neuroglia.
- tious
-
- tolan
-
noun,
a crystalline, water-insoluble, solid, unsaturated compound, C 14 H 10 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- Grana
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) plural of granum.
- tangs
-
- grist
-
noun,
grain to be ground.
- tonia
-
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- tanna
-
noun,
one of a group of Jewish scholars, active in Palestine during the 1st and 2nd centuries a.d., whose teachings are found chiefly in the Mishnah.
- 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.
- garni
-
adjective,
garnished.
- grunt
-
noun,
a sound of grunting.
- tongs
-
noun,
any of various implements consisting of two arms hinged, pivoted, or otherwise fastened together, for seizing, holding, or lifting something (usually used with pair of).
- grout
-
noun,
a thin, coarse mortar poured into various narrow cavities, as masonry joints or rock fissures, to fill them and consolidate the adjoining objects into a solid mass.
- grots
-
noun,
a grotto.
- groin
-
noun,
Anatomy. the fold or hollow on either side of the front of the body where the thigh joins the abdomen.
- groat
-
noun,
a silver coin of England, equal to four pennies, issued from 1279 to 1662.
- groan
-
noun,
a low, mournful sound uttered in pain or grief:
- Tarai
-
noun,
Terai.
- Tonga
-
noun,
a light, two-wheeled, horse-drawn vehicle used in India.
- Tolar
-
noun,
the basic monetary unit of Slovenia until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 stotins.
- gator
-
noun,
Southern U.S. Informal. alligator.
- griot
-
noun,
a member of a hereditary caste among the peoples of western Africa whose function is to keep an oral history of the tribe or village and to entertain with stories, poems, songs, dances, etc.
- grins
-
noun,
a broad smile.
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- Gatun
-
noun,
a town in the N Canal Zone of Panama.
- tonal
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having tonality.
- 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)
- Gaunt
-
noun,
John of, John of Gaunt.
- tolas
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India: the government tola is 180 ser and equals 180 grains (11.7 grams), the weight of a silver rupee.
- Grant
-
noun,
something granted, as a privilege or right, a sum of money, or a tract of land:
- grans
-
noun,
grandmother.
- gaurs
-
noun,
a massive wild ox, Bibos gaurus, of southeastern Asia and the Malay Archipelago, growing to a height of 6 feet (1.8 meters) at the shoulder: now reduced in numbers.
- giant
-
noun,
(in folklore) a being with human form but superhuman size, strength, etc.
- stung
-
noun,
an act or an instance of stinging.
- torus
-
noun,
Architecture. a large convex molding, more or less semicircular in profile, commonly forming the lowest molding of the base of a column, directly above the plinth, sometimes occurring as one of a pair separated by a scotia and fillets. and column.
- Iran.
-
- lansa
-
noun,
langsat.
- Larsa
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city in southern Iraq: archaeological site.
- Sonia
-
noun,
a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.
- Laris
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- arias
-
noun,
an air or melody.
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- arils
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- Largo
-
noun,
a largo movement.
- Arius
-
noun,
died a.d. 336, Christian priest at Alexandria: founder of Arianism.
- trogs
-
noun,
Chiefly British Slang. a hooligan; lout.
- Laoag
-
noun,
a seaport on NW Luzon, in the N Philippines.
- arson
-
noun,
Law. the malicious burning of another's house or property, or in some statutes, the burning of one's own house or property, as to collect insurance.
- Argus
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a giant with 100 eyes, set to guard the heifer Io: his eyes were transferred after his death to the peacock's tail.
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- artal
-
noun,
plural of rotl.
- triol
-
noun,
a compound having three hydroxyl groups.
- lang.
-
- lanas
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- trigs
-
noun,
trigonometry.
- Lanai
-
noun,
a veranda, especially a fully furnished one used as a living room.
- Laius
-
noun,
a king of Thebes, the husband of Jocasta and father of Oedipus: unwittingly killed by Oedipus.
- Soult
-
noun,
Nicolas Jean de Dieu [nee-kaw-lah zhahn duh dyœ] /ni kɔˈlɑ ʒɑ̃ də dyœ/ (Show IPA), (Duke of Dalmatia) 1769–1851, French marshal.
- Laing
-
noun,
R(onald) D(avid) 1927–1989, British psychiatrist and author, born in Scotland.
- Srta.
-
- arian
-
noun,
an adherent of Arianism.
- argot
-
noun,
a specialized idiomatic vocabulary peculiar to a particular class or group of people, especially that of an underworld group, devised for private communication and identification:
- sruti
-
noun,
the Vedas and some of the Upanishads, regarded as divinely revealed.
- trugs
-
noun,
a shallow basket for carrying flowers, vegetables, etc., made from strips of wood.
- solan
-
noun,
a gannet.
- linns
-
noun,
a waterfall or torrent of rushing water in a river or stream.
- solar
-
noun,
Informal. solar energy.
- lings
-
noun,
an elongated, marine, gadid food fish, Molva molva, of Greenland and northern Europe.
- lingo
-
noun,
the language and speech, especially the jargon, slang, or argot, of a particular field, group, or individual:
- ling.
-
- aorta
-
noun,
the main trunk of the arterial system, conveying blood from the left ventricle of the heart to all of the body except the lungs.
- lign-
-
- Tsana
-
noun,
Lake. Tana, Lake.
- ligan
-
noun,
lagan.
- Solti
-
noun,
Sir Georg [gey-awrg,, jawrj] /ˈgeɪ ɔrg,, dʒɔrdʒ/ (Show IPA), 1912–97, British orchestra conductor, born in Hungary.
- Latin
-
noun,
an Italic language spoken in ancient Rome, fixed in the 2nd or 1st century b.c., and established as the official language of the Roman Empire. Abbreviation: L.
- liang
-
noun,
a Chinese unit of weight, equal to 1/16 (0.0625) catty, and equivalent to about 1.33 ounces (38 grams).
- Liana
-
noun,
any of various usually woody vines that may climb as high as the tree canopy in a tropical forest.
- argal
-
noun,
argol.
- Laura
-
noun,
a monastery consisting formerly of a group of cells or huts for monks who met together for meals and worship.
- lauan
-
noun,
Philippine mahogany.
- SONAR
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- argil
-
noun,
clay, especially potter's clay.
- Trona
-
noun,
a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
- argol
-
noun,
a crude tartar, produced as a by-product in casks by the fermentation of wine grapes, used as a mordant in dyeing, in the manufacture of tartaric acid, and in fertilizers.
- argon
-
noun,
a colorless, odorless, chemically inactive, monatomic, gaseous element that, because of its inertness, is used for filling fluorescent and incandescent lamps and vacuum tubes. Symbol: Ar; atomic number: 18; atomic weight: 39.948.
- Argos
-
noun,
an ancient city in SE Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis: a powerful rival of Sparta, Athens, and Corinth.
- Asian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Asia, or a person of Asian descent.
- Arion
-
noun,
flourished 7th century b.c, Greek poet: inventor of the dithyramb.
- stang
-
noun,
an act or an instance of stinging.
- trigo
-
noun,
wheat; field of wheat.
- Ital.
-
- Astor
-
noun,
John Jacob, 1763–1848, U.S. capitalist and fur merchant.
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- Irons
-
noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- stour
-
noun,
British Dialect.
tumult; confusion.
a storm.
- stola
-
noun,
a long, loose tunic or robe, with or without sleeves, worn by women of ancient Rome.
- triga
-
noun,
a two-wheeled chariot drawn by a team of three horses.
- Irgun
-
noun,
a militant Zionist underground group, active chiefly during the period (1917–48) of British control by mandate of Palestine.
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- sting
-
noun,
an act or an instance of stinging.
- Aston
-
noun,
Francis William, 1877–1945, English physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1922.
- astr.
-
- Lagos
-
noun,
a seaport in SW Nigeria: former capital.
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- lagan
-
noun,
anything sunk in the sea, but attached to a buoy or the like so that it may be recovered.
- 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.
- ROUS
-
noun,
(Francis) Peyton, 1879–1970, U.S. pathologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1966.
- soln
-
- togs
-
noun,
a coat.
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- saur
-
- toil
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- taur
-
- slut
-
noun,
Disparaging and Offensive. a sexually promiscuous woman, or a woman who behaves or dresses in an overtly sexual way.
- sign
-
noun,
a token; indication.
- RONA
-
- str.
-
- tri-
-
- trug
-
noun,
a shallow basket for carrying flowers, vegetables, etc., made from strips of wood.
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- Tura
-
noun,
Cosimo [kaw-zee-maw] /ˈkɔ zi mɔ/ (Show IPA), c1430–98? Italian painter.
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- Rota
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- 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.
- 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.
- Saul
-
noun,
the first king of Israel. I Sam. 9.
- STOL
-
noun,
a convertiplane that can become airborne after a short takeoff run and has forward speeds comparable to those of conventional aircraft.
- tola
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India: the government tola is 180 ser and equals 180 grains (11.7 grams), the weight of a silver rupee.
- roil
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- unto
-
preposition,
to (in its various uses, except as the accompaniment of the infinitive).
- Ural
-
noun,
a river in the Russian Federation, flowing S from the S Ural Mountains to the Caspian Sea. 1575 miles (2535 km) long.
- slur
-
noun,
a slurred utterance or sound.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- ROTL
-
noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- SARA
-
noun,
a member of a people of the Central African Republic.
- Sig.
-
- Urga
-
noun,
former name of Ulan Bator.
- USNA
-
- Uris
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- uro-
-
- USAR
-
- tirl
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- USGA
-
- USIA
-
- soil
-
noun,
the portion of the earth's surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- sugi
-
noun,
Japan cedar.
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- Ring
-
noun,
a typically circular band of metal or other durable material, especially one of gold or other precious metal, often set with gems, for wearing on the finger as an ornament, a token of betrothal or marriage, etc.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Riga
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Latvia, on the Gulf of Riga.
- Utas
-
noun,
any of several iguanid lizards of the genus Uta, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico.
- Sol.
-
- stun
-
noun,
the act of stunning.
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- riot
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- tils
-
noun,
the sesame plant.
- toga
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) the loose outer garment worn by citizens in public.
- snog
-
verb (used without object),
to kiss and cuddle.
- stlg
-
- uria
-
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- RNAS
-
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- suit
-
noun,
a set of clothing, armor, or the like, intended for wear together.
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- tugs
-
noun,
an act or instance of tugging; pull; haul.
- Ting
-
noun,
a tinging sound.
- snug
-
noun,
British. a small, secluded room in a tavern, as for private parties.
- rit.
-
- tion
-
- Sato
-
noun,
Eisaku [ey-sah-koo;; Japanese ey-sah-koo] /eɪˈsɑ ku;; Japanese ˈeɪ sɑˌku/ (Show IPA), 1901–75, Japanese political leader: prime minister 1964–72; Nobel Peace Prize 1974.
- tron
-
- tuns
-
noun,
a large cask for holding liquids, especially wine, ale, or beer.
- sala
-
noun,
a large hall, living room, or reception room.
- sur-
-
- Toul
-
noun,
a fortress town in NE France, on the Moselle: siege 1870. 16,832.
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- Sat.
-
- Tana
-
noun,
thana.
- tRNA
-
- trog
-
noun,
Chiefly British Slang. a hooligan; lout.
- situ
-
noun,
in situ.
- Sura
-
noun,
any of the 114 chapters of the Koran.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- tuna
-
noun,
any of several large food and game fishes of the family Scombridae, inhabiting temperate and tropical seas.
Compare albacore, bluefin tuna, yellowfin tuna.
- 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.
- slag
-
noun,
Also called cinder. the more or less completely fused and vitrified matter separated during the reduction of a metal from its ore.
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- Tour
-
noun,
a traveling around from place to place.
- Ulan
-
noun,
uhlan.
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- SALT
-
noun,
a crystalline compound, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring as a mineral, a constituent of seawater, etc., and used for seasoning food, as a preservative, etc.
- tonn
-
- Sola
-
noun,
an Indian shrub, Aeschynomene aspera, of the legume family, the pith of which is used for making helmets.
- Stag
-
noun,
an adult male deer.
- tail
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- Sra.
-
- ugli
-
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Sour
-
noun,
something that is sour.
- 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.
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- torn
-
noun,
a drop of the saline, watery fluid continually secreted by the lacrimal glands between the surface of the eye and the eyelid, serving to moisten and lubricate these parts and keep them clear of foreign particles. Synonyms: teardrop.
- Surt
-
noun,
the guardian and ruler of Muspelheim, destined to defeat Frey at Ragnarok and destroy the world with fire.
- Tala
-
noun,
a repeated rhythmic pattern of stressed and unstressed beats played on a percussion instrument in Indian music.
- Sari
-
noun,
a garment worn by Hindu women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder.
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- Sang
-
noun,
the act or performance of singing.
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- sago
-
noun,
a starchy foodstuff derived from the soft interior of the trunk of various palms and cycads, used in making puddings.
- SAGA
-
noun,
a medieval Icelandic or Norse prose narrative of achievements and events in the history of a personage, family, etc.
- Taro
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- silo
-
noun,
a structure, typically cylindrical, in which fodder or forage is kept.
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- slog
-
noun,
a long, tiring walk or march.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ungt
-
- Tula
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, S of Moscow.
- uni-
-
- Tara
-
noun,
a village in the NE Republic of Ireland, NW of Dublin: home of the ancient Irish kings (Hill of Tara)
- slot
-
noun,
a narrow, elongated depression, groove, notch, slit, or aperture, especially a narrow opening for receiving or admitting something, as a coin or a letter.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- Soni
-
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- tuis
-
noun,
a black New Zealand honey eater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, having a patch of white feathers on each side of the throat, sometimes tamed as a pet.
- Song
-
noun,
a short metrical composition intended or adapted for singing, especially one in rhymed stanzas; a lyric; a ballad.
- tong
-
noun,
tongs.
- rout
-
noun,
a defeat attended with disorderly flight; dispersal of a defeated force in complete disorder:
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- sunn
-
noun,
a tall East Indian shrub, Crotalaria juncea, of the legume family, having slender branches and yellow flowers, and an inner bark that yields a hemplike fiber used for making ropes, sacking, etc.
- Saar
-
noun,
Also called Saar Basin. a coal-producing region in W Germany, in the Saar River valley: governed by the League of Nations 1919–35; returned to Germany 1935 as a result of a plebiscite; under French economic control following World War II until 1956.
- runs
-
noun,
an act or instance, or a period of running:
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- Rust
-
noun,
Also called iron rust. the red or orange coating that forms on the surface of iron when exposed to air and moisture, consisting chiefly of ferric hydroxide and ferric oxide formed by oxidation.
- Rus.
-
- slat
-
noun,
a long thin, narrow strip of wood, metal, etc., used as a support for a bed, as one of the horizontal laths of a Venetian blind, etc.
- runt
-
noun,
an animal that is small or stunted as compared with others of its kind.
- 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.
- ruga
-
noun,
Usually, rugae. Biology, Anatomy. a wrinkle, fold, or ridge.
- ulna
-
noun,
Anatomy. the bone of the forearm on the side opposite to the thumb.
Compare radius (def 7).
- rung
-
noun,
one of the crosspieces, usually rounded, forming the steps of a ladder.
- ulto
-
- stg.
-
- ruin
-
noun,
ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay:
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- Taal
-
noun,
Afrikaans (usually preceded by the).
- silt
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- 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.
- lin.
-
- Lina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Linn
-
noun,
a waterfall or torrent of rushing water in a river or stream.
- lino
-
noun,
linoleum.
- Lins
-
noun,
a city in E Brazil.
- lint
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- Asur
-
noun,
Assur.
- liar
-
noun,
a person who tells lies.
- Lira
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- LISA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- LIST
-
noun,
a series of names or other items written or printed together in a meaningful grouping or sequence so as to constitute a record:
- lit.
-
- lits
-
noun,
litas.
- Lias
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- Liao
-
noun,
a river in NE China, flowing from Inner Mongolia to the Gulf of Liaodong. 900 miles (1448 km) long.
- loan
-
noun,
the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something:
- Aton
-
noun,
a solar deity declared by Amenhotep IV to be the only god, represented as a solar disk with rays ending in human hands.
- LAIS
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- Lana
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- Lani
-
- ator
-
- 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.
- Lari
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- atar
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- Lars
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- Atli
-
noun,
Attila, king of the Huns: represented in the Volsunga Saga as the brother of Brynhild and the second husband of Gudrun, whose brothers he killed in order to get the Nibelung treasure.
- lasa
-
noun,
Lhasa.
- last
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- Lat.
-
- lats
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Latvia, equal to 100 santimi.
- litu
-
noun,
a plural of litas.
- log-
-
- Aug.
-
- Lust
-
noun,
intense sexual desire or appetite.
- Aria
-
noun,
an air or melody.
- lugs
-
noun,
an act or instance of lugging; a forcible pull; haul.
- Luna
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess personifying the moon, sometimes identified with Diana.
- lung
-
noun,
either of the two saclike respiratory organs in the thorax of humans and the higher vertebrates.
- Lunt
-
noun,
a match; the flame used to light a fire.
- Argo
-
noun,
Astronomy. a very large southern constellation, now divided into Vela, Carina, Puppis, and Pyxis, four separate constellations lying largely south of Canis Major.
- Arg.
-
- Lugo
-
noun,
a city in NW Spain.
- Aras
-
noun,
Also, Araks. Ancient Araxes. a river in SW Asia, flowing from E Turkey along part of the boundary between NW Iran and Armenia and Azerbaijan into the Kura River. About 660 miles (1065 km) long.
- anus
-
noun,
the opening at the lower end of the alimentary canal, through which the solid refuse of digestion is excreted.
- Naga
-
noun,
a member of any of the disparate tribal peoples of Nagaland and bordering areas of Burma.
- 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.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- Nana
-
noun,
Chiefly Northeastern U.S. grandmother; grandma.
- aril
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- ARIS
-
- Logi
-
noun,
a man, a personification of fire, who defeated Loki in an eating contest.
- Lota
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- 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.
- Lois
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- Asia
-
noun,
a continent bounded by Europe and the Arctic, Pacific, and Indian oceans. About 16,000,000 sq. mi. (41,440,000 sq. km).
- Lorn
-
noun,
Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
- lost
-
Idioms,
get lost, Slang.
to absent oneself:
to stop being a nuisance:
- Loti
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Lesotho, equal to 100 lisente.
- gro.
-
- Asat
-
noun,
(in Vedic mythology) the realm of nonexistence, populated by demons.
Compare sat2 (def 1).
- loun
-
noun,
loon2 .
- lour
-
verb (used without object), noun,
lower2 .
- lout
-
noun,
an awkward, stupid person; clumsy, ill-mannered boor; oaf.
- art.
-
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- lair
-
noun,
a den or resting place of a wild animal:
- lain
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- Nara
-
noun,
a city on S Honshu, in central Japan: chief Buddhist center of ancient Japan; first capital of Japan a.d. 710–84.
- glia
-
noun,
neuroglia.
- Iago
-
noun,
the villain in Shakespeare's Othello.
- gnat
-
noun,
any of certain small flies, especially the biting gnats or punkies of the family Ceratopogonidae, the midges of the family Chironomidae, and the black flies of the family Simuliidae.
- iana
-
- gnar
-
verb (used without object),
to snarl; growl.
- 1080
-
- IATA
-
- gist
-
noun,
the main or essential part of a matter:
- goas
-
noun,
a gazelle, Procapra picticaudata, of the Tibetan plateau.
- girt
-
noun,
Carpentry.
a timber or plate connecting the corner posts of an exterior wooden frame, as a braced frame, at a floor above the ground floor.
a heavy beam, as for supporting the ends of rafters.
- ign.
-
- giro
-
noun,
autogiro.
- girn
-
noun, verb (used with object),
grin2 .
- girl
-
noun,
a female child, from birth to full growth.
- inns
-
noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- goal
-
noun,
the result or achievement toward which effort is directed; aim; end.
- Goat
-
noun,
any of numerous agile, hollow-horned ruminants of the genus Capra, of the family Bovidae, closely related to the sheep, found native in rocky and mountainous regions of the Old World, and widely distributed in domesticated varieties.
- ins.
-
- Gran
-
noun,
grandmother.
- Grit
-
noun,
abrasive particles or granules, as of sand or other small, coarse impurities found in the air, food, water, etc.
- grot
-
noun,
a grotto.
- Grus
-
noun,
the Crane, a southern constellation between Indus and Piscis Austrinus.
- Gris
-
noun,
Juan [hwahn] /ʰwɑn/ (Show IPA), (José Vittoriano Gonzáles) 1887–1927, Spanish painter in France.
- grin
-
noun,
a broad smile.
- gras
-
- guan
-
noun,
a large game bird of the curassow family, common in dense woodlands of Central and South America, somewhat resembling a turkey.
- guts
-
noun,
the alimentary canal, especially between the pylorus and the anus, or some portion of it.
Compare foregut, midgut, hindgut.
- gout
-
noun,
an acute, recurrent disease characterized by painful inflammation of the joints, chiefly those in the feet and hands, and especially in the great toe, and by an excess of uric acid in the blood.
- 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.
- 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)
- gon-
-
- gust
-
noun,
a sudden, strong blast of wind.
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- int.
-
- aunt
-
noun,
the sister of one's father or mother.
- itol
-
- 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.
- gaol
-
noun,
a prison, especially one for the detention of persons awaiting trial or convicted of minor offenses.
- iso-
-
- gals
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a girl or woman.
- Gala
-
noun,
a festive occasion; celebration; special entertainment:
- Gal.
-
- gait
-
noun,
a manner of walking, stepping, or running.
- gars
-
noun,
Also called garfish, garpike. any predaceous freshwater fish of the genus Lepisosteus, of North America, covered with hard, diamond-shaped scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth.
- Gail
-
noun,
a female or male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “joy.”.
- aut-
-
- Aus.
-
- AURA
-
noun,
a distinctive and pervasive quality or character; air; atmosphere:
- lags
-
noun,
a lagging or falling behind; retardation.
- aur-
-
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- gast
-
verb (used with object),
to terrify or frighten.
- intl
-
- gils
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Gilbert.
- Gino
-
noun,
a male given name.
- into
-
adjective,
Mathematics. pertaining to a function or map from one set to another set, the range of which is a proper subset of the second set, as the function f, from the set of all integers into the set of all perfect squares where f (x) = x 2 for every integer.
- Gina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- 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 = .
- gilt
-
noun,
the thin layer of gold or other material applied in gilding.
- Gila
-
noun,
a river flowing W from SW New Mexico across S Arizona to the Colorado River. 630 miles (1015 km) long.
- iron
-
noun,
Chemistry. a ductile, malleable, silver-white metallic element, scarcely known in a pure condition, but much used in its crude or impure carbon-containing forms for making tools, implements, machinery, etc. Symbol: Fe; atomic weight: 55.847; atomic number: 26; specific gravity: 7.86 at 20°C.
Compare cast iron, pig iron, steel, wrought iron.
- gaur
-
noun,
a massive wild ox, Bibos gaurus, of southeastern Asia and the Malay Archipelago, growing to a height of 6 feet (1.8 meters) at the shoulder: now reduced in numbers.
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- 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)
- ious
-
- gats
-
noun,
a pistol or revolver.
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- gata
-
noun,
the nurse shark, Ginglymostoma cirratum.
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- NASA
-
noun,
National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- oral
-
noun,
an oral examination in a school, college, or university, given especially to a candidate for an advanced degree.
- onus
-
noun,
a difficult or disagreeable obligation, task, burden, etc.
- Ont.
-
- ails
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- Olin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Olga
-
noun,
Saint, died a.d. 968? regent of Kiev until 955: saint of the Russian Orthodox Church.
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- Ainu
-
noun,
a member of an aboriginal population of northernmost Japan, having lighter skin and hairier bodies than other Japanese.
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- Ala.
-
- Alai
-
noun,
a mountain range in SW Kyrgyzstan, part of the Tien Shan. To 19,280 feet (5880 meters).
- Alan
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Celtic word meaning “harmony.”.
- 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.
- Alar
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having wings; alary.
- Alg.
-
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- Alis
-
- ALIT
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
- Also
-
adverb,
in addition; too; besides; as well:
- alt.
-
- agst
-
- org.
-
- nurl
-
noun,
a small ridge or bead, especially one of a series, as on a button for decoration or on the edge of a thumbscrew to assist in obtaining a firm grip.
- agal
-
noun,
(among Arabs) a cord wound around a kaffiyeh to hold it in place.
- rial
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- rasa
-
noun,
(in Hindu aesthetics) flavor, sentiment, or emotion: regarded as one of the fundamental qualities of classical music, dance, and poetry.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- rang
-
noun,
a boomerang.
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- rain
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- rail
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- Raia
-
noun,
rayah.
- ragi
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Eleusine coracana, cultivated in the Old World for its grain.
- raga
-
noun,
one of the melodic formulas of Hindu music having the melodic shape, rhythm, and ornamentation prescribed by tradition.
- outs
-
noun,
a means of escape or excuse, as from a place, punishment, retribution, responsibility, etc.:
- out-
-
- Agra
-
noun,
a city in SW Uttar Pradesh, in N India: site of the Taj Mahal.
- oust
-
verb (used with object),
to expel or remove from a place or position occupied:
- ours
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- Agar
-
noun,
Also, agar-agar. Also called Chinese gelatin, Chinese isinglass, Japanese gelatin, Japanese isinglass. a gelatinlike product of certain seaweeds, used for solidifying certain culture media, as a thickening agent for ice cream and other foods, as a substitute for gelatin, in adhesives, as an emulsifier, etc.
- agas
-
noun,
a title of honor, usually implying respect for age.
- agin
-
preposition,
against; opposed to.
- agio
-
noun,
a premium on money in exchange.
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- agit
-
- Agni
-
noun,
Hindu Mythology. the god of fire, one of the three chief divinities of the Vedas.
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- Agon
-
noun,
(in ancient Greece) a contest in which prizes were awarded in any of a number of events, as athletics, drama, music, poetry, and painting.
- agr.
-
- alts
-
noun,
in alt, in the first octave above the treble staff.
- Gros
-
noun,
Antoine Jean [ahn-twan zhahn] /ɑ̃ˈtwan ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), Baron, 1771–1835, French painter.
- ANTA
-
noun,
a privately supported organization, chartered by Congress in 1935, for the encouragement and advancement of professional and nonprofessional theater.
- noil
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- nos-
-
- Norn
-
noun,
an extinct Norse dialect, spoken until early modern times in the Shetland and Orkney Islands and in parts of northern Scotland.
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- ano-
-
- ANTU
-
- Nor.
-
- nong
-
noun,
a foolish, incompetent person.
- non-
-
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- nogs
-
noun,
any beverage made with beaten eggs, usually with alcoholic liquor; eggnog.
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- anoa
-
noun,
a small forest buffalo, Bubalus (Anoa) depressicornis, of the island of Celebes, having a brown coat and straight, sharp-tipped horns: an endangered species.
- NOAA
-
- Anas
-
- ansa
-
noun,
Archaeology. a looped handle, especially of a vase.
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- NIRA
-
- Nino
-
noun,
boy; child.
- Nina
-
noun,
girl; child.
- Nils
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- ANSI
-
- ant.
-
- not-
-
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- Anna
-
noun,
a former cupronickel coin of Pakistan, the 16th part of a rupee: last issued in 1960.
- anga
-
noun,
any of the eight practices of Yoga, including the abstentions, mandatory actions, posture, breath control, control of the senses, concentration, meditation, and contemplation.
- ann.
-
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- NATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Washington, D.C. (1949), comprising the 12 nations of the Atlantic Pact together with Greece, Turkey, and the Federal Republic of Germany, for the purpose of collective defense against aggression.
- noun
-
noun,
any member of a class of words that can function as the main or only elements of subjects of verbs (A dog just barked), or of objects of verbs or prepositions (to send money from home), and that in English can take plural forms and possessive endings (Three of his buddies want to borrow John's laptop). Nouns are often described as referring to persons, places, things, states, or qualities, and the word noun is itself often used as an attributive modifier, as in noun compound; noun group.
See also noun adjunct, noun clause, noun phrase.
Synonyms: substantive, name.
- nous
-
noun,
Greek Philosophy. mind or intellect.
- Anil
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- NTIA
-
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- Tu.
-
- git
-
noun,
British Slang. a foolish or contemptible person.
- AAS
-
noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- 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.
- Gr.
-
- AAU
-
- aga
-
noun,
a title of honor, usually implying respect for age.
- tlr
-
- Uri
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- Tiu
-
noun,
an English god of the sky and of war, the equivalent of Tyr in Scandinavian mythology.
- tlo
-
- Tng
-
- USO
-
- TSR
-
noun,
a computer program with any of several ancillary functions, usually held resident in RAM for instant activation while one is using another program.
- tog
-
noun,
a coat.
- USR
-
- Uta
-
noun,
any of several iguanid lizards of the genus Uta, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico.
- uti
-
- gl.
-
- goi
-
noun,
goy.
- ag-
-
- Gor
-
interjection,
(used as a mild oath.)
- TGN
-
- AIA
-
- USN
-
- TIA
-
- TAU
-
noun,
the 19th letter of the Greek alphabet (T, τ).
- an.
-
- 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.
- TSI
-
- AOA
-
- aor
-
- Goa
-
noun,
a gazelle, Procapra picticaudata, of the Tibetan plateau.
- Aar
-
- got
-
noun,
an offspring or the total of the offspring, especially of a male animal:
- 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.
- AOU
-
- tin
-
noun,
Chemistry. a low-melting, malleable, ductile metallic element nearly approaching silver in color and luster: used in plating and in making alloys, tinfoil, and soft solders. Symbol: Sn; atomic weight: 118.69; atomic number: 50; specific gravity: 7.31 at 20°C.
- urs
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city on the Euphrates, in S Iraq: extensive excavations, especially of royal tombs.
- Ar.
-
- urn
-
noun,
a large or decorative vase, especially one with an ornamental foot or pedestal.
- ARA
-
noun,
the Altar, a southern constellation between Triangulum Australe and Scorpius.
- tug
-
noun,
an act or instance of tugging; pull; haul.
- al.
-
- ALU
-
- ur-
-
- tui
-
noun,
a black New Zealand honey eater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, having a patch of white feathers on each side of the throat, sometimes tamed as a pet.
- ult
-
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- ASN
-
- 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.
- ung
-
- Una
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “one.”.
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- AUA
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- ASR
-
- Ga.
-
- ast
-
- UIT
-
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- ASU
-
- ATA
-
- at.
-
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- USA
-
- UAR
-
- ANG
-
- tr.
-
- GAR
-
noun,
Also called garfish, garpike. any predaceous freshwater fish of the genus Lepisosteus, of North America, covered with hard, diamond-shaped scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth.
- tun
-
noun,
a large cask for holding liquids, especially wine, ale, or beer.
- ASA
-
noun,
a king of Judah, 913?–873? b.c. I Kings 15:8–24.
- GIN
-
noun,
an alcoholic liquor obtained by distilling grain mash with juniper berries.
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- Tro
-
- ago
-
adverb,
in past time; in the past:
- Gil
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Gilbert.
- ARS
-
- ton
-
noun,
a unit of weight, equivalent to 2000 pounds (0.907 metric ton) avoirdupois (short ton) in the U.S. and 2240 pounds (1.016 metric tons) avoirdupois (long ton) in Great Britain.
- ARU
-
- AGS
-
adjective, noun,
agriculture:
- Gat
-
noun,
a pistol or revolver.
- gi.
-
- GAS
-
noun,
Physics. a substance possessing perfect molecular mobility and the property of indefinite expansion, as opposed to a solid or liquid.
- uns
-
- Agt
-
- GAO
-
noun,
a city in E Mali.
- GAN
-
noun,
cotton gin.
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- UNO
-
- ASI
-
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- tra
-
- 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.
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- NAG
-
noun,
Also, nagger. a person who nags, especially habitually.
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- Luo
-
noun,
a member of a people living mainly in southwest Kenya.
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- our
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- oui
-
adverb, noun,
yes.
- NUT
-
noun,
a dry fruit consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shell.
- NAA
-
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- LUG
-
noun,
an act or instance of lugging; a forcible pull; haul.
- uts
-
noun,
the syllable once generally used for the first tone or keynote of a scale and sometimes for the tone C: now commonly superseded by do.
- Nan
-
noun,
naan.
- Sgt
-
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- NGO
-
noun,
1901–1963, South Vietnamese statesman: president of the Republic of South Vietnam 1956–63.
- NIA
-
- NIG
-
verb (used with object),
nidge.
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- SNU
-
- ONI
-
- Las
-
noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- lg.
-
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- LNG
-
- ltr
-
- LON
-
- SLR
-
- Lot
-
noun,
one of a set of objects, as straws or pebbles, drawn or thrown from a container to decide a question or choice by chance.
- Lou
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Louis.
- LSI
-
- LST
-
- SLA
-
- LTA
-
- Sau
-
noun,
German name of Sava.
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- So.
-
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- OAU
-
- 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.
- SAG
-
noun,
an act or instance of sagging.
- OIr
-
- SAA
-
- SRO
-
- rug
-
noun,
a thick fabric for covering part of a floor, often woven of wool and often having an oblong shape with a border design.
Compare carpet.
- OAS
-
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- run
-
noun,
an act or instance, or a period of running:
- ons
-
- OIt
-
- rut
-
noun,
a furrow or track in the ground, especially one made by the passage of a vehicle or vehicles.
- ONR
-
- Ola
-
- OLG
-
- RTS
-
- oar
-
noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- OTS
-
- NSU
-
- OTA
-
- nog
-
noun,
any beverage made with beaten eggs, usually with alcoholic liquor; eggnog.
- SAR
-
- nr.
-
- NRA
-
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- NSA
-
- ot-
-
- rt.
-
- NUL
-
- Nun
-
noun,
a woman member of a religious order, especially one bound by vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience.
- NUS
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- Rs.
-
- Sal
-
noun,
salt1 .
- RSA
-
- OSA
-
- LAO
-
noun,
a member of a people of Laos and northern Thailand.
- LAR
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- Sou
-
noun,
(formerly) either of two bronze coins of France, equal to 5 centimes and 10 centimes.
- ILA
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- TAG
-
noun,
a piece or strip of strong paper, plastic, metal, leather, etc., for attaching by one end to something as a mark or label:
- rat
-
noun,
any of several long-tailed rodents of the family Muridae, of the genus Rattus and related genera, distinguished from the mouse by being larger.
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- RNA
-
- il-
-
- ILO
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- ILS
-
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- in.
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ing
-
- INN
-
noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- 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.
- Sr.
-
- IAS
-
- ial
-
- Sui
-
noun,
a dynasty ruling in China a.d. 589–618.
- gul
-
noun,
a large octagonal design derived from the shape of a rose, a motif on Oriental rugs.
- GSA
-
- GSR
-
- gt.
-
- GTO
-
- GTS
-
- GUI
-
noun,
graphical user interface.
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- 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.
- Ia.
-
- Gur
-
noun,
a branch of the Niger-Congo subfamily of languages, including Mossi and other languages spoken in Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, Ivory Coast, and Mali.
- GUS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Augustus or Gustave.
- TAL
-
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- Gut
-
noun,
the alimentary canal, especially between the pylorus and the anus, or some portion of it.
Compare foregut, midgut, hindgut.
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- ITU
-
- io-
-
- ior
-
- 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 = .
- rig
-
noun,
the arrangement of the masts, spars, sails, etc., on a boat or ship.
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- ROA
-
- ITA
-
- IOT
-
- IUS
-
- ROG
-
- ROI
-
- La.
-
- ist
-
- Lt.
-
- rag
-
noun,
a worthless piece of cloth, especially one that is torn or worn.
- lag
-
noun,
a lagging or falling behind; retardation.
- Sta
-
- St.
-
- Lai
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- STI
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- IRS
-
- Ir.
-
- Stu
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stewart or Stuart.
- IRO
-
- IOU
-
- IRL
-
- SUG
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ISA
-
- Isl
-
- STL
-
- ISR
-
- AO
-
- RO
-
- AA
-
noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- OU
-
noun,
a rare Hawaiian honeycreeper, Psittirostra psittacea, having an olive-green body, a parrotlike bill, and in the male a bright yellow head.
- UT
-
noun,
the syllable once generally used for the first tone or keynote of a scale and sometimes for the tone C: now commonly superseded by do.
- RN
-
- RI
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- rg
-
- 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.
- RU
-
- 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.
- R.
-
- AU
-
plural,
to the; at the; with the.
- LU
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Lou.
- ol
-
- TN
-
- G.
-
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- GO
-
noun,
the act of going:
- GU
-
- L.
-
- IT
-
noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- SU
-
- TL
-
- L2
-
- t.
-
- TG
-
- T1
-
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- IG
-
- GN
-
- i.
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- L1
-
- ln
-
- S.
-
- O.
-
- SA
-
- SG
-
- SL
-
- UL
-
- UI
-
- OA
-
- OG
-
- U.
-
- NU
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- LO
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- NL
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- NI
-
- NG
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- LR
-
- SN
-
- N.
-