Anagrams of horse-and-buggy
Word horse-and-buggy has
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- hydragogue
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noun,
Also, hydragog. Pharmacology. a hydragogue agent.
- Ogdensburg
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noun,
a city in NE New York, on the St. Lawrence River.
- greyhounds
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noun,
one of a breed of tall, slender, short-haired dogs, noted for its keen sight and swiftness.
- husbandry
-
noun,
the cultivation and production of edible crops or of animals for food; agriculture; farming.
- Androgeus
-
noun,
a son of Minos and Pasiphaë who fell victim to Athenian King Aegeus: in revenge, Minos waged war on the Athenians and forced them to send a tribute of seven maidens and seven youths to the Minotaur every nine years.
- greyhound
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noun,
one of a breed of tall, slender, short-haired dogs, noted for its keen sight and swiftness.
- Sheboygan
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noun,
a port in E Wisconsin, on Lake Michigan.
- boneyards
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noun,
Slang. a cemetery.
- synagogue
-
noun,
a Jewish house of worship, often having facilities for religious instruction.
- roughages
-
noun,
rough or coarse material.
- anhydrous
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adjective,
with all water removed, especially water of crystallization.
- groundage
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noun,
a tax levied on ships that anchor in a port.
- grayhound
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noun,
greyhound.
- dangerous
-
adjective,
full of danger or risk; causing danger; perilous; risky; hazardous; unsafe.
- roughage
-
noun,
rough or coarse material.
- youngers
-
noun,
the junior of two persons in age (often used with a possessive pronoun):
- dogbanes
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noun,
any of several plants of the genus Apocynum, especially A. androsaemifolium, yielding an acrid milky juice and having an intensely bitter root.
- roughens
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become rough or rougher.
- hydrogen
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noun,
a colorless, odorless, flammable gas that combines chemically with oxygen to form water: the lightest of the known elements. Symbol: H; atomic weight: 1.00797; atomic number: 1; density: 0.0899 g/l at 0°C and 760 mm pressure.
- Sandburg
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noun,
Carl, 1878–1967, U.S. poet and biographer.
- snuggery
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noun,
a snug place or position.
- re-sound
-
verb (used with or without object),
to sound again.
- buoyages
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noun,
a system of buoys.
- Burgoyne
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noun,
John, 1722–92, British general and dramatist: surrendered at Saratoga in American Revolutionary War.
- burgeons
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noun,
a bud; sprout.
- bondages
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noun,
slavery or involuntary servitude; serfdom.
- bone-dry
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adjective,
very dry.
- burgages
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noun,
(in England) a tenure whereby burgesses or townspeople held lands or tenements of the king or other lord, usually for a fixed money rent.
- baudrons
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noun,
a cat.
- Dushanbe
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Tadzhikistan, in the SW Russian Federation in Asia, SW of Tashkent.
- subgrade
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noun,
the prepared earth surface on which a pavement or the ballast of a railroad track is placed or upon which the foundation of a structure is built.
- bounders
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noun,
an obtrusive, ill-bred man.
- boundary
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noun,
something that indicates bounds or limits; a limiting or bounding line.
- boneyard
-
noun,
Slang. a cemetery.
- bandores
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noun,
an obsolete musical instrument resembling the guitar.
- Honduras
-
noun,
a republic in NE Central America. 43,277 sq. mi. (112,087 sq. km). Capital: Tegucigalpa.
- Osnaburg
-
noun,
a heavy, coarse cotton in a plain weave, for grain sacks and sportswear and also finished into cretonne.
- guerdons
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noun,
a reward, recompense, or requital.
- nose-bag
-
noun,
feed bag (def 1).
- rebounds
-
noun,
the act of rebounding; recoil.
- gudgeons
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noun,
a small, European, freshwater fish, Gobio gobio, of the minnow family, having a threadlike barbel at each corner of the mouth, used as bait.
- enshroud
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verb (used with object),
to shroud; conceal.
- hangdogs
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noun,
Archaic. a degraded, contemptible person.
- anhydro-
-
- gynobase
-
noun,
an elevation of the receptacle of a flower, bearing the gynoecium.
- broadens
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verb (used with or without object),
to become or make broad.
- nuraghes
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noun,
any of the large, tower-shaped, prehistoric stone structures found in Sardinia and dating from the second millennium b.c. to the Roman conquest.
- sea-born
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adjective,
born in or of the sea, as naiads.
- augends
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noun,
a number to which another is added in forming a sum.
Compare addend (def 2).
- Bourges
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Cher, in central France: cathedral.
- bounder
-
noun,
an obtrusive, ill-bred man.
- Yorubas
-
noun,
a member of a numerous West African coastal people.
- boughed
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adjective,
having a bough or boughs (usually used in combination):
- Younger
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noun,
the junior of two persons in age (often used with a possessive pronoun):
- Senghor
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noun,
Léopold Sédar [French ley-aw-pawld sey-dahr] /French leɪ ɔˈpɔld seɪˈdɑr/ (Show IPA), 1906–2001, African poet, teacher, and statesman: president of the Republic of Senegal 1960–80.
- Broadus
-
noun,
something given as a bonus; lagniappe.
- senhora
-
noun,
a Portuguese term of address equivalent to Mrs., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a married or older woman. Abbreviation: Sra.
- grunges
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noun,
dirt; filth; rubbish.
- brogans
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noun,
a heavy, sturdy shoe, especially an ankle-high work shoe.
- broaden
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verb (used with or without object),
to become or make broad.
- husband
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noun,
a married man, especially when considered in relation to his partner in marriage.
- gobangs
-
noun,
a Japanese game played on a go board with players alternating and attempting to be first to place five counters in a row.
- guerdon
-
noun,
a reward, recompense, or requital.
- Brandes
-
noun,
Georg Morris [ge-ohrg moh-ris] /gɛˈoʊrg ˈmoʊ rɪs/ (Show IPA), (Georg Morris Cohen) 1842–1927, Danish historian and literary critic.
- Brangus
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noun,
one of an American breed of cattle developed from Brahman and Aberdeen Angus stock, bred to withstand a hot climate.
- gudgeon
-
noun,
a small, European, freshwater fish, Gobio gobio, of the minnow family, having a threadlike barbel at each corner of the mouth, used as bait.
- Yaounde
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Cameroon, in the SW part.
- Bragdon
-
noun,
Claude, 1866–1946, U.S. architect, stage designer, and author.
- sandhog
-
noun,
a laborer who digs or works in sand.
- asunder
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adverb, adjective,
into separate parts; in or into pieces:
- Seaborg
-
noun,
Glenn T(heodor) 1912–1999, U.S. chemist: chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission 1961–71; Nobel prize 1951.
- Huygens
-
noun,
Christian [kris-chuh n;; Dutch kris-tee-ahn] /ˈkrɪs tʃən;; Dutch ˈkrɪs tiˌɑn/ (Show IPA), 1629–95, Dutch mathematician, physicist, and astronomer.
- sandbur
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noun,
any of various grasses of the genus Cenchrus, having spikelets enclosed in prickly burs.
- hungers
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noun,
a compelling need or desire for food.
- sandbug
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noun,
mole crab.
- bournes
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noun,
a city in SE Massachusetts.
- Seabury
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noun,
Samuel, 1729–96, American clergyman: first bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church.
- sea-dog
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noun,
a sailor, especially an old or experienced one.
- drogues
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noun,
a bucket or canvas bag used as a sea anchor.
- Hungary
-
noun,
a republic in central Europe. 35,926 sq. mi. (93,050 sq. km). Capital: Budapest.
- danseur
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noun,
a male ballet dancer.
- roughen
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become rough or rougher.
- grabens
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noun,
a portion of the earth's crust, bounded on at least two sides by faults, that has dropped downward in relation to adjacent portions.
- bausond
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adjective,
(of animals) having white spots on a black or bay background; piebald.
- nosegay
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noun,
a small bunch of flowers; bouquet; posy.
- rebound
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noun,
the act of rebounding; recoil.
- nuraghe
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noun,
any of the large, tower-shaped, prehistoric stone structures found in Sardinia and dating from the second millennium b.c. to the Roman conquest.
- bodegas
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noun,
(especially among Spanish-speaking Americans) a grocery store.
- doggery
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noun,
doglike behavior or conduct, especially when surly.
- doggers
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noun,
a two-masted Dutch fishing vessel with a blunt bow, used in the North Sea.
- gourdes
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noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Haiti, equal to 100 centimes. Abbreviation: G., Gde.
- hardens
-
noun,
Sir Arthur, 1865–1940, English biochemist: Nobel Prize 1929.
- granges
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noun,
Chiefly British. a country house or large farmhouse with its various farm buildings (usually in house names):
- beggary
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noun,
a state or condition of utter poverty.
- dog-ear
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noun,
(in a book) a corner of a page folded over like a dog's ear, as by careless use, or to mark a place.
- beggars
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noun,
a person who begs alms or lives by begging.
- Beghard
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noun,
a member of a former lay brotherhood, founded in Flanders in the 13th century, living after the manner of the Beguines.
- raggedy
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adjective,
ragged.
- by-road
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noun,
a side road.
- organdy
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noun,
a fine, thin cotton fabric usually having a durable crisp finish, white, dyed, or printed: used for blouses, dresses, curtains, trimmings, etc.
- bygones
-
noun,
Usually, bygones. that which is past:
- Beograd
-
noun,
Serbo-Croatian name of Belgrade.
- Bergson
-
noun,
Henri [ahn-ree] /ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1859–1941, French philosopher and writer: Nobel Prize in Literature 1927.
- Grayson
-
noun,
David, pen name of Ray Stannard Baker.
- onagers
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noun,
a wild ass, Equus hemionus, of southwestern Asia.
- redbugs
-
noun,
chigger (def 1).
- douanes
-
noun,
a custom house; customs.
- naggers
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noun,
nag1 (def 5).
- robands
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noun,
a short piece of spun yarn or other material, used to secure a sail to a yard, gaff, or the like.
- boranes
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noun,
any of the compounds, both neutral and anionic, of boron and hydrogen with formulas ranging from B 2 H 6 to B 20 H 16 .
- Rosebud
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noun,
the bud of a rose.
- rosebay
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noun,
any of several rhododendrons, as the great laurel of eastern North America or Rhododendron macrophyllum, of the west coast of North America.
- borages
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noun,
a plant, Borago officinalis, native to southern Europe, having hairy leaves and stems, used medicinally and in salads.
Compare borage family.
- rondeau
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noun,
Prosody. a short poem of fixed form, consisting of 13 or 10 lines on two rhymes and having the opening words or phrase used in two places as an unrhymed refrain.
- Grounds
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noun,
the solid surface of the earth; firm or dry land:
- bandogs
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noun,
any dog, as a mastiff or bloodhound, kept tied or chained.
- bandore
-
noun,
an obsolete musical instrument resembling the guitar.
- dehorns
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verb (used with object),
to remove the horns of (cattle).
- groynes
-
noun,
groin (def 4).
- Bonheur
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noun,
Rosa [roh-zuh;; French raw-za] /ˈroʊ zə;; French rɔˈza/ (Show IPA), (Maria Rosalie Bonheur) 1822–99, French painter.
- Reynaud
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noun,
Paul [pawl] /pɔl/ (Show IPA), 1878–1966, French statesman: premier 1940.
- bangers
-
noun,
a person or thing that bangs.
- Dobuans
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noun,
Dobu.
- bondage
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noun,
slavery or involuntary servitude; serfdom.
- rhabdo-
-
- baryons
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noun,
a proton, neutron, or any elementary particle that decays into a set of particles that includes a proton.
- resound
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verb (used with object),
to reecho (a sound).
- barneys
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noun,
Informal.
an argument.
a prizefight.
a fight or brawl.
a blunder or mistake.
- noyades
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noun,
destruction or execution by drowning, especially as practiced at Nantes, France, in 1793–94, during the Reign of Terror.
- dogbane
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noun,
any of several plants of the genus Apocynum, especially A. androsaemifolium, yielding an acrid milky juice and having an intensely bitter root.
- barongs
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noun,
a large, broad-bladed knife or cleaver used by the Moros.
- Reynosa
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noun,
a city in N Tamaulipas, in E Mexico, on the Rio Grande.
- brogues
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noun,
an Irish accent in the pronunciation of English.
- arseno-
-
- dugongs
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noun,
an herbivorous, aquatic mammal, Dugong dugon, of the Red Sea and Indian Ocean, having a barrel-shaped body, flipperlike forelimbs, no hind limbs, and a triangular tail: widespread but rare.
- dasyure
-
noun,
any of several nocturnal, carnivorous marsupials of the genus Dasyurus and related genera, of Australia, Tasmania, and nearby islands, typically having a reddish or olive-brown coat marked with white spots.
- hadrons
-
noun,
any elementary particle that is subject to the strong interaction. Hadrons are subdivided into baryons and mesons.
- surgeon
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noun,
a physician who specializes in surgery.
- hoggery
-
noun,
piggery.
- hoggers
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noun,
a person or thing that hogs.
- hydrase
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noun,
any of the class of enzymes that catalyze the addition of a water molecule into a compound without causing hydrolysis.
- gaugers
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noun,
a person or thing that gauges.
- ganders
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noun,
the male of the goose.
Compare goose (def 2).
- aground
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adverb, adjective,
on or into the ground; in a stranded condition or state:
- abounds
-
verb (used without object),
to occur or exist in great quantities or numbers:
- hoydens
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noun,
a boisterous, bold, and carefree girl; a tomboy.
- buggery
-
noun,
sodomy.
- undergo
-
verb (used with object),
to be subjected to; experience; pass through:
- Durango
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noun,
a state in N Mexico. 47,691 sq. mi. (123,520 sq. km).
- unheard
-
adjective,
not heard; not perceived by the ear.
- unhorse
-
verb (used with object),
to cause to fall from a horse, as in battle; dislodge from the saddle:
- gaudery
-
noun,
ostentatious show.
- hagborn
-
adjective,
born of a hag or witch.
- Deborah
-
noun,
a prophetess and judge of Israel. Judges 4, 5.
- sounder
-
noun,
a person or thing that makes a sound or noise, or sounds something.
- burgage
-
noun,
(in England) a tenure whereby burgesses or townspeople held lands or tenements of the king or other lord, usually for a fixed money rent.
- gangers
-
noun,
a foreman of a gang of laborers.
- sugared
-
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.
- subhead
-
noun,
a title or heading of a subdivision, as in a chapter, essay, or newspaper article.
- burdens
-
noun,
that which is carried; load:
- burgeon
-
noun,
a bud; sprout.
- hagdons
-
noun,
any of various oceanic birds of the North Atlantic coasts of Europe and America, especially the greater shearwater.
- gardens
-
noun,
a plot of ground, usually near a house, where flowers, shrubs, vegetables, fruits, or herbs are cultivated.
- gangues
-
noun,
rock or mineral matter of no value occurring with the metallic ore in a vein or deposit.
- buoyage
-
noun,
a system of buoys.
- sun-god
-
noun,
the sun considered or personified as a deity.
- hoarsen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become hoarse.
- daubery
-
noun,
unskillful painting or work.
- soybean
-
noun,
a bushy Old World plant, Glycine max, of the legume family, grown in the U.S., chiefly for forage and soil improvement.
- hydrous
-
adjective,
containing water.
- daggers
-
noun,
a short, swordlike weapon with a pointed blade and a handle, used for stabbing.
- aerugos
-
noun,
verdigris.
- gurneys
-
noun,
a flat, padded table or stretcher with legs and wheels, for transporting patients or bodies.
- enduros
-
noun,
an endurance race for automobiles or sometimes motorcycles.
- head-on
-
adverb,
with the front or head foremost, especially in a collision:
- gun-shy
-
adjective,
frightened by the sound of a gunshot:
- Danbury
-
noun,
a city in SW Connecticut.
- shebang
-
noun,
Informal. the structure of something, as of an organization, contrivance, or affair:
- brushed
-
noun,
an implement consisting of bristles, hair, or the like, set in or attached to a handle, used for painting, cleaning, polishing, grooming, etc.
- gung-ho
-
adverb,
in a successful manner:
- gerunds
-
noun,
(in certain languages, as Latin) a form regularly derived from a verb and functioning as a noun, having in Latin all case forms but the nominative, as Latin dicendī gen., dicendō, dat., abl., etc., “saying.”.
See also gerundive (def 1).
- Hornsby
-
noun,
Rogers, 1896–1963, U.S. baseball player and manager.
- unrobes
-
verb (used with or without object),
to disrobe; undress.
- hangers
-
noun,
a shoulder-shaped frame with a hook at the top, usually of wire, wood, or plastic, for draping and hanging a garment when not in use.
- abhenry
-
noun,
the centimeter-gram-second unit of inductance, equivalent to 10 −9 henry.
- unready
-
adjective,
not ready; not made ready:
- shagged
-
noun,
rough, matted hair, wool, or the like.
- hangdog
-
noun,
Archaic. a degraded, contemptible person.
- androus
-
- hydros
-
noun,
Informal. hydroelectric power.
- Burgas
-
noun,
a seaport in E Bulgaria, on the Black Sea.
- Hydrus
-
noun,
the Water Snake, a southern constellation between Eridanus and Octans.
- Grande
-
noun,
Rio. Rio Grande.
- noyade
-
noun,
destruction or execution by drowning, especially as practiced at Nantes, France, in 1793–94, during the Reign of Terror.
- boyars
-
noun,
Russian History. a member of the old nobility of Russia, before Peter the Great made rank dependent on state service.
- grand-
-
- Burney
-
noun,
Charles, 1726–1814, English organist, composer, and music historian.
- hausen
-
noun,
beluga (def 1).
- hyenas
-
noun,
a doglike carnivore of the family Hyaenidae, of Africa, southwestern Asia, and south central Asia, having a coarse coat, a sloping back, and large teeth and feeding chiefly on carrion, often in packs.
- bygone
-
noun,
Usually, bygones. that which is past:
- Negros
-
noun,
an island of the central Philippines. 5043 sq. mi. (13,061 sq. km).
- danger
-
noun,
liability or exposure to harm or injury; risk; peril.
- hygro-
-
- neuro-
-
- Dobuan
-
noun,
Dobu.
- Burgos
-
noun,
a city in N Spain: Gothic cathedral.
- Danube
-
noun,
a river in central and SE Europe, flowing E from southern Germany to the Black Sea. 1725 miles (2775 km) long.
- Harden
-
noun,
Sir Arthur, 1865–1940, English biochemist: Nobel Prize 1929.
- burghs
-
noun,
(in Scotland) an incorporated town having its own charter and some degree of political independence from the surrounding area.
- groans
-
noun,
a low, mournful sound uttered in pain or grief:
- daubes
-
noun,
a stew of braised meat, vegetables, herbs, and seasonings.
- onager
-
noun,
a wild ass, Equus hemionus, of southwestern Asia.
- Neruda
-
noun,
Pablo [pah-vlaw;; English pah-bloh] /ˈpɑ vlɔ;; English ˈpɑ bloʊ/ (Show IPA), (Neftali Ricardo Reyes Basoalto) 1904–73, Chilean poet and diplomat: Nobel Prize in literature 1971.
- bushed
-
noun,
a low plant with many branches that arise from or near the ground.
- boheas
-
noun,
an inferior grade of black tea.
- bogans
-
noun,
a backwater, usually narrow and tranquil.
- boards
-
noun,
a piece of wood sawed thin, and of considerable length and breadth compared with the thickness.
- dagger
-
noun,
a short, swordlike weapon with a pointed blade and a handle, used for stabbing.
- obeahs
-
noun,
a form of belief involving sorcery, practiced in parts of the West Indies, South America, the southern U.S., and Africa.
- henrys
-
noun,
the standard unit of inductance in the International System of Units (SI), formally defined to be the inductance of a closed circuit in which an electromotive force of one volt is produced when the electric current in the circuit varies uniformly at a rate of one ampere per second. Abbreviation: H.
- Bodega
-
noun,
(especially among Spanish-speaking Americans) a grocery store.
- dasher
-
noun,
a person or thing that dashes.
- Dogger
-
noun,
a two-masted Dutch fishing vessel with a blunt bow, used in the North Sea.
- nudges
-
noun,
a slight or gentle push or jog, especially with the elbow.
- greasy
-
adjective,
smeared, covered, or soiled with grease.
- dagoes
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a person of Italian or sometimes Spanish origin or descent.
- Haynes
-
noun,
Elwood [el-woo d] /ˈɛlˌwʊd/ (Show IPA), 1857–1925, U.S. inventor.
- Grange
-
noun,
Chiefly British. a country house or large farmhouse with its various farm buildings (usually in house names):
- hedron
-
- nosher
-
noun,
Informal. a person who snacks, especially one who does so often or continuously.
- grands
-
noun,
grand piano.
- doyens
-
noun,
the senior member, as in age, rank, or experience, of a group, class, profession, etc.
- Ogburn
-
noun,
William Fielding, 1886–1959, U.S. sociologist and educator.
- hydroa
-
noun,
any skin condition characterized by red vesicular areas.
- grano-
-
- busher
-
noun,
bush leaguer (def 1).
- Nordau
-
noun,
Max Simon [mahks zee-mawn] /mɑks ˈzi mɔn/ (Show IPA), 1849–1923, Hungarian author, physician, and leader in the Zionist movement.
- hanger
-
noun,
a shoulder-shaped frame with a hook at the top, usually of wire, wood, or plastic, for draping and hanging a garment when not in use.
- gregos
-
noun,
a short, hooded coat of thick, coarse fabric, originally worn in the eastern Mediterranean countries.
- hydro-
-
- Hyades
-
noun,
Astronomy. a group of stars comprising a moving cluster in the constellation Taurus, supposed by the ancients to indicate the approach of rain when they rose with the sun.
- Ogaden
-
noun,
an arid region in SE Ethiopia.
- Byrnes
-
noun,
James Francis, 1879–1972, U.S. statesman and jurist: secretary of state 1945–47.
- hydras
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) Classical Mythology. a water or marsh serpent with nine heads, each of which, if cut off, grew back as two; Hercules killed this serpent by cauterizing the necks as he cut off the heads.
- Hebron
-
noun,
an ancient city of Palestine, formerly in W Jordan; occupied by Israel 1967–97; since 1997 under Palestinian self-rule.
- Hayden
-
noun,
Melissa (Mildred Herman) 1923–2006, Canadian ballerina in the U.S.
- bogeys
-
noun,
Golf.
a score of one stroke over par on a hole.
par1 (def 3).
- dogeys
-
noun,
dogie.
- borage
-
noun,
a plant, Borago officinalis, native to southern Europe, having hairy leaves and stems, used medicinally and in salads.
Compare borage family.
- dobras
-
noun,
any of various former Portuguese coins, especially a gold coin of John V equal to two johannes.
- debars
-
verb (used with object),
to shut out or exclude from a place or condition:
- brashy
-
adjective,
brash.
- onrush
-
noun,
a strong forward rush, flow, etc.
- gurges
-
noun,
a whirlpool.
- Gurney
-
noun,
a flat, padded table or stretcher with legs and wheels, for transporting patients or bodies.
- brands
-
noun,
kind, grade, or make, as indicated by a stamp, trademark, or the like:
- Brando
-
noun,
Marlon, 1924–2004, U.S. actor.
- Brandy
-
noun,
a spirit distilled from wine or from the fermented juice of grapes or of apples, peaches, plums, etc.
- honeys
-
noun,
a sweet, viscid fluid produced by bees from the nectar collected from flowers, and stored in nests or hives as food.
- Horgan
-
noun,
Paul, 1903–95, U.S. novelist and historian.
- yagers
-
noun,
jaeger (defs 2, 3).
- hondas
-
noun,
an eye at one end of a lariat through which the other end is passed to form a lasso, noose, etc.
- braggy
-
adjective,
given to or characterized by bragging.
- desorb
-
verb (used with object),
to remove an absorbate or adsorbate from (an absorbent or adsorbent).
- Yaunde
-
noun,
Yaoundé.
- budges
-
noun,
a fur made from lambskin with the wool dressed outward, used especially as an inexpensive trimming on academic or official gowns.
- brady-
-
- debugs
-
verb (used with object),
to detect and remove defects or errors from.
- hungry
-
adjective,
having a desire, craving, or need for food; feeling hunger.
- Gusher
-
noun,
a flowing oil well, usually of large capacity.
- brushy
-
adjective,
resembling a brush, especially in roughness or shagginess.
- brough
-
noun,
broch.
- Houdan
-
noun,
one of a French breed of chickens having a V -shaped comb, five toes, and mottled or black plumage.
- Brogue
-
noun,
an Irish accent in the pronunciation of English.
- Horsey
-
adjective,
horsy.
- Brogan
-
noun,
a heavy, sturdy shoe, especially an ankle-high work shoe.
- dehorn
-
verb (used with object),
to remove the horns of (cattle).
- Broads
-
noun,
The, (used with a plural verb) a low-lying region in E England, in Norfolk and Suffolk: bogs and marshy lakes.
- hounds
-
noun,
one of any of several breeds of dogs trained to pursue game either by sight or by scent, especially one with a long face and large drooping ears.
- horned
-
noun,
one of the bony, permanent, hollow paired growths, often curved and pointed, that project from the upper part of the head of certain ungulate mammals, as cattle, sheep, goats, or antelopes.
- denary
-
adjective,
containing ten; tenfold.
- Hudson
-
noun,
Henry, died 1611? English navigator and explorer.
- Brenda
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Germanic word meaning “flame” or “sword.”.
- gunyah
-
noun,
an aboriginal hut or shelter.
- breads
-
noun,
a kind of food made of flour or meal that has been mixed with milk or water, made into a dough or batter, with or without yeast or other leavening agent, and baked.
- BSDHyg
-
- Horney
-
noun,
Karen, 1885–1952, U.S. psychiatrist and author, born in Germany.
- Hunger
-
noun,
a compelling need or desire for food.
- yearns
-
verb (used without object),
to have an earnest or strong desire; long:
- bugger
-
noun,
Informal. a fellow or lad (used affectionately or abusively):
- boners
-
noun,
a person or thing that bones.
- grouse
-
noun,
any of numerous gallinaceous birds of the subfamily Tetraoninae.
Compare black grouse, capercaillie, ruffed grouse, spruce grouse.
- grudge
-
noun,
a feeling of ill will or resentment:
- Boreas
-
noun,
the ancient Greek personification of the north wind.
- nagger
-
noun,
nag1 (def 5).
- Borden
-
noun,
Gail, 1801–74, U.S. inventor: developed technique for condensing milk.
- hoarse
-
adjective,
having a vocal tone characterized by weakness of intensity and excessive breathiness; husky:
- borane
-
noun,
any of the compounds, both neutral and anionic, of boron and hydrogen with formulas ranging from B 2 H 6 to B 20 H 16 .
- hagdon
-
noun,
any of various oceanic birds of the North Atlantic coasts of Europe and America, especially the greater shearwater.
- Bruges
-
noun,
a city in NW Belgium: connected by canal with its seaport, Zeebrugge.
- Borges
-
noun,
Jorge Luis [hawr-he lwees] /ˈhɔr hɛ lwis/ (Show IPA), 1899–1986, Argentine poet, short-story writer, and philosophical essayist.
- burans
-
noun,
a strong Asian wind of the Asian steppes accompanying dust storms in summer and blizzards in winter.
- ground
-
noun,
the solid surface of the earth; firm or dry land:
- Naseby
-
noun,
a village in W Northamptonshire, in central England: Royalist defeat 1645.
- hoards
-
noun,
a supply or accumulation that is hidden or carefully guarded for preservation, future use, etc.:
- burden
-
noun,
that which is carried; load:
- hagged
-
adjective,
haglike.
- nearby
-
adverb,
in the neighborhood or vicinity; close by:
- groyne
-
noun,
groin (def 4).
- bunger
-
noun,
a firecracker.
- Grundy
-
noun,
Felix, 1777–1840, American politician: senator 1829–38, 1839–40; attorney general 1838–39.
- Guards
-
noun,
a person or group of persons that guards, protects, or keeps a protective or restraining watch.
- bourgs
-
noun,
a town.
- Bourse
-
noun,
a stock exchange, especially the stock exchange of certain European cities.
- bourns
-
noun,
burn2 .
- bugong
-
noun,
bogong.
- Bourne
-
noun,
a city in SE Massachusetts.
- bugsha
-
noun,
buqsha.
- yonder
-
adverb,
at, in, or to that place specified or more or less distant; over there.
- hoyden
-
noun,
a boisterous, bold, and carefree girl; a tomboy.
- hadron
-
noun,
any elementary particle that is subject to the strong interaction. Hadrons are subdivided into baryons and mesons.
- grunge
-
noun,
dirt; filth; rubbish.
- Bounds
-
noun,
a leap onward or upward; jump.
- hogger
-
noun,
a person or thing that hogs.
- Yoruba
-
noun,
a member of a numerous West African coastal people.
- hogans
-
noun,
a Navajo Indian dwelling constructed of earth and branches and covered with mud or sod.
- guanos
-
noun,
a natural manure composed chiefly of the excrement of sea birds, found especially on islands near the Peruvian coast.
- Hodges
-
noun,
John Cornelius ("Johnny"; "Rabbit"; "Jeep") 1906–70, U.S. jazz saxophonist.
- youngs
-
noun,
those who have youth; young persons collectively:
- grungy
-
adjective,
ugly, run-down, or dilapidated:
- bhangs
-
noun,
a mild preparation of marijuana made from young leaves and stems of the Indian hemp plant, Cannabis sativa, drunk with milk or water as a fermented brew or smoked for its hallucinogenic effects.
- gourde
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Haiti, equal to 100 centimes. Abbreviation: G., Gde.
- Granby
-
noun,
a city in S Quebec, in E Canada.
- Dunbar
-
noun,
Paul Laurence, 1872–1906, U.S. poet.
- ardebs
-
noun,
a unit of capacity used for dry measure in Egypt and neighboring countries, officially equivalent in Egypt to 5.62 U.S. bushels, but varying greatly in different localities.
- Senora
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to Mrs., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a married or older woman. Abbreviation: Sra.
- Serang
-
noun,
Ceram.
- serbo-
-
- serdab
-
noun,
a chamber inside a mastaba containing a statue of the deceased.
- dugong
-
noun,
an herbivorous, aquatic mammal, Dugong dugon, of the Red Sea and Indian Ocean, having a barrel-shaped body, flipperlike forelimbs, no hind limbs, and a triangular tail: widespread but rare.
- shaggy
-
adjective,
covered with or having long, rough hair.
- Shandy
-
noun,
a mixture of beer and lemonade.
- gerund
-
noun,
(in certain languages, as Latin) a form regularly derived from a verb and functioning as a noun, having in Latin all case forms but the nominative, as Latin dicendī gen., dicendō, dat., abl., etc., “saying.”.
See also gerundive (def 1).
- gerous
-
- Sharon
-
noun,
Ariel, 1928–2014, Israeli military and political leader; prime minister 2001–06.
- senary
-
adjective,
of or relating to the number six.
- gerahs
-
noun,
an ancient Hebrew weight and coin, equal to 1/20 (0.05) of a shekel.
- Angers
-
noun,
a city in and capital of Maine-et-Loire, in W France.
- anergy
-
noun,
Pathology. deficiency of energy.
- Andrus
-
noun,
Andron.
- Andros
-
noun,
Sir Edmund, 1637–1714, British governor in the American colonies, 1686–89, 1692–98.
- andro-
-
- Andres
-
noun,
John, 1751–80, British major hanged as a spy by the Americans in the Revolutionary War: plotted the betrayal of West Point with Benedict Arnold.
- genous
-
- shogun
-
noun,
the title applied to the chief military commanders from about the 8th century a.d. to the end of the 12th century, then applied to the hereditary officials who governed Japan, with the emperor as nominal ruler, until 1868, when the shogunate was terminated and the ruling power was returned to the emperor.
- genoas
-
noun,
a large jib for cruising and racing yachts, overlapping the mainsail.
- senhor
-
noun,
a Portuguese term of address equivalent to sir or Mr., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a man. Abbreviation: Sr.
- Seyhan
-
noun,
Adana.
- Durban
-
noun,
a seaport in SE Natal, in the E Republic of South Africa.
- 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.
- Sander
-
noun,
a person or thing that sands or sandpapers.
- Sandor
-
noun,
a male given name.
- ashore
-
adverb,
to the shore; onto the shore:
- Sandro
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Sanger
-
noun,
Frederick, 1918–2013, English biochemist: Nobel Prize in chemistry 1958.
- druggy
-
noun,
druggie.
- Sardou
-
noun,
Victorien [veek-taw-ryen] /vik tɔˈryɛ̃/ (Show IPA), 1831–1908, French dramatist.
- gyrose
-
adjective,
marked with wavy lines.
- gyrons
-
noun,
a subordinary having the form of a triangle, usually equal to half a quarter of the escutcheon, with its apex at the fess point.
- Asbury
-
noun,
Francis, 1745–1816, English missionary: first bishop of the Methodist Church in America.
- sauger
-
noun,
a freshwater, North American pikeperch, Stizostedion canadense.
- Segura
-
noun,
Francisco [frahn-sees-kaw] /frɑnˈsis kɔ/ (Show IPA), (Pancho Segura"Segoo") born 1921, Ecuadorian tennis player.
- arsen-
-
- arouse
-
verb (used with object),
to stir to action or strong response; excite:
- Orange
-
noun,
a globose, reddish-yellow, bitter or sweet, edible citrus fruit.
- seadog
-
noun,
fogbow.
- gynous
-
- Sedrah
-
noun,
Sidrah.
- argues
-
verb (used with object),
to state the reasons for or against:
- argosy
-
noun,
a large merchant ship, especially one with a rich cargo.
- seggar
-
noun, verb (used with object),
sagger.
- 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.
- shoran
-
noun,
a system for aircraft navigation in which two signals sent from an aircraft are received and answered by two fixed transponders, the round-trip times of the signals enabling the navigator to determine the aircraft's position.
- shroud
-
noun,
a cloth or sheet in which a corpse is wrapped for burial.
- sagger
-
noun,
a box or case made of refractory baked clay in which the finer ceramic wares are enclosed and protected while baking.
- abound
-
verb (used without object),
to occur or exist in great quantities or numbers:
- adorns
-
verb (used with object),
to decorate or add beauty to, as by ornaments:
- Sunray
-
noun,
a ray of sunlight; sunbeam.
- adores
-
verb (used with object),
to regard with the utmost esteem, love, and respect; honor.
- Gander
-
noun,
the male of the goose.
Compare goose (def 2).
- adobes
-
noun,
sun-dried brick made of clay and straw, in common use in countries having little rainfall.
- adeno-
-
- unbars
-
verb (used with object),
to remove a bar or bars from; open; unlock; unbolt:
- absurd
-
noun,
the quality or condition of existing in a meaningless and irrational world.
- unbred
-
adjective,
not taught or trained.
- under-
-
- undoes
-
verb (used with object),
to reverse the doing of; cause to be as if never done:
- adreno
-
- uneasy
-
adjective,
not easy in body or mind; uncomfortable; restless; disturbed; perturbed.
- Abydos
-
noun,
an ancient ruined city in central Egypt, near Thebes: temples and necropolis.
- unread
-
adjective,
not read, as a letter or newspaper.
- abhors
-
verb (used with object),
to regard with extreme repugnance or aversion; detest utterly; loathe; abominate.
- unrobe
-
verb (used with or without object),
to disrobe; undress.
- urano-
-
- Eudora
-
noun,
a female given name.
- urbane
-
adjective,
having the polish and suavity regarded as characteristic of sophisticated social life in major cities:
- enough
-
adverb,
in a quantity or degree that answers a purpose or satisfies a need or desire; sufficiently.
- enduro
-
noun,
an endurance race for automobiles or sometimes motorcycles.
- adren-
-
- adsorb
-
verb (used with object),
to gather (a gas, liquid, or dissolved substance) on a surface in a condensed layer:
- gauges
-
noun,
a standard of measure or measurement.
- aggros
-
noun,
aggressiveness, especially that of an urban youth gang or gang member.
- Duryea
-
noun,
Charles Edgar, 1861–1938, U.S. inventor and manufacturer of automobiles and automotive devices.
- gauger
-
noun,
a person or thing that gauges.
- snaggy
-
adjective,
having snags or sharp projections, as a tree.
- ahorse
-
adjective, adverb,
on horseback:
- Snyder
-
noun,
Gary, born 1930, U.S. poet and essayist.
- agron.
-
- Garden
-
noun,
a plot of ground, usually near a house, where flowers, shrubs, vegetables, fruits, or herbs are cultivated.
- agogue
-
- Sondra
-
noun,
a female given name.
- gangue
-
noun,
rock or mineral matter of no value occurring with the metallic ore in a vein or deposit.
- Aggeus
-
noun,
Haggai.
- sundry
-
Idioms,
all and sundry, everybody, collectively and individually:
- aggers
-
noun,
Also called double tide. Oceanography.
a high tide in which the water rises to a certain level, recedes, then rises again.
a low tide in which the water recedes to a certain level, rises slightly, then recedes again.
- Ganges
-
noun,
a river flowing SE from the Himalayas in N India into the Bay of Bengal: sacred to Hindus. 1550 miles (2495 km) long.
- suborn
-
verb (used with object),
to bribe or induce (someone) unlawfully or secretly to perform some misdeed or to commit a crime.
- ganger
-
noun,
a foreman of a gang of laborers.
- aerugo
-
noun,
verdigris.
- aeron.
-
- sugary
-
adjective,
of, containing, or resembling sugar.
- sundae
-
noun,
ice cream served with syrup poured over it, and often other toppings, as whipped cream, chopped nuts, or fruit.
- Sunday
-
noun,
the first day of the week, observed as the Sabbath by most Christian sects.
- sunder
-
verb (used with object),
to separate; part; divide; sever.
- sundog
-
noun,
parhelion.
- Aubrey
-
noun,
John, 1626–97, English antiquary.
- around
-
Idioms,
been around, having had much worldly experience:
- gobang
-
noun,
a Japanese game played on a go board with players alternating and attempting to be first to place five counters in a row.
- Audrey
-
noun,
a female given name: from Old English words meaning “noble” and “strength.”.
- rehabs
-
noun,
rehabilitation, especially a program or facility for treating persons addicted to drugs or alcohol or recovering from certain medical conditions:
- barony
-
noun,
the domain of a baron.
- barong
-
noun,
a large, broad-bladed knife or cleaver used by the Moros.
- doughy
-
adjective,
of or like dough, especially in being soft and heavy or pallid and flabby:
- Barnes
-
noun,
Albert Coombs [koomz] /kumz/ (Show IPA), 1873–1951, U.S. inventor and art collector.
- Barney
-
noun,
Informal.
an argument.
a prizefight.
a fight or brawl.
a blunder or mistake.
- baryon
-
noun,
a proton, neutron, or any elementary particle that decays into a set of particles that includes a proton.
- baryes
-
noun,
microbar.
- barges
-
noun,
a capacious, flat-bottomed vessel, usually intended to be pushed or towed, for transporting freight or passengers; lighter.
- doughs
-
noun,
flour or meal combined with water, milk, etc., in a mass for baking into bread, cake, etc.; paste of bread.
- Gorges
-
noun,
a narrow cleft with steep, rocky walls, especially one through which a stream runs.
- douane
-
noun,
a custom house; customs.
- rhedas
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) a four-wheeled traveling carriage.
- gorged
-
noun,
a narrow cleft with steep, rocky walls, especially one through which a stream runs.
- bardes
-
noun,
bard2 (def 1).
- douras
-
noun,
durra.
- Rhodes
-
noun,
Cecil John, 1853–1902, English colonial capitalist and government administrator in southern Africa.
- Rhonda
-
noun,
a female given name.
- douser
-
noun,
a person or thing that douses.
- Bangor
-
noun,
a seaport in S Maine, on the Penobscot River.
- banger
-
noun,
a person or thing that bangs.
- Gorgas
-
noun,
William Crawford, 1854–1920, U.S. physician and epidemiologist: chief sanitary officer of the Panama Canal 1904–13; surgeon general of the U.S. Army 1914–18.
- roband
-
noun,
a short piece of spun yarn or other material, used to secure a sail to a yard, gaff, or the like.
- Goshen
-
noun,
a pastoral region in Lower Egypt, occupied by the Israelites before the Exodus. Gen. 45:10.
- bauson
-
noun,
a badger (applied contemptuously to people).
- Rodney
-
noun,
George Brydges [brij-iz] /ˈbrɪdʒ ɪz/ (Show IPA), Baron, 1718–92, British admiral.
- beggar
-
noun,
a person who begs alms or lives by begging.
- orangy
-
adjective,
resembling or suggesting an orange, as in taste, appearance, or color:
- orangs
-
noun,
orangutan.
- oreads
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. any of a group of nymphs who were the companions of Artemis.
- gradus
-
noun,
a work consisting wholly or in part of exercises of increasing difficulty.
- orenda
-
noun,
a supernatural force believed by the Iroquois Indians to be present, in varying degrees, in all objects or persons, and to be the spiritual force by which human accomplishment is attained or accounted for.
- dongas
-
noun,
(in an ice shelf) a small ravine with steep sides.
- grades
-
noun,
a degree or step in a scale, as of rank, advancement, quality, value, or intensity:
- radons
-
noun,
a chemically inert, radioactive gaseous element produced by the decay of radium: emissions produced by outgassing of rock, brick, etc. are a health hazard. Symbol: Rn; atomic number: 86; atomic weight: 222.
- beyond
-
Idioms,
the beyond,
that which is at a great distance.
Also, the great beyond. the afterlife; life after death.
- ragged
-
noun,
British. an act of ragging.
- rayons
-
noun,
a regenerated, semisynthetic textile filament made from cellulose, cotton linters, or wood chips by treating these with caustic soda and carbon disulfide and passing the resultant solution, viscose, through spinnerets.
- redbug
-
noun,
chigger (def 1).
- graben
-
noun,
a portion of the earth's crust, bounded on at least two sides by faults, that has dropped downward in relation to adjacent portions.
- bedash
-
verb (used with object),
to dash or spatter (something) all over:
- beards
-
noun,
the growth of hair on the face of an adult man, often including a mustache.
- ranged
-
noun,
the extent to which or the limits between which variation is possible:
- ranges
-
noun,
the extent to which or the limits between which variation is possible:
- beanos
-
noun,
bingo.
- gouges
-
noun,
a chisel having a partly cylindrical blade with the bevel on either the concave or the convex side.
- Dorsey
-
noun,
Tommy, 1905–56, U.S. jazz trombonist and bandleader.
- reason
-
noun,
a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.:
- dosage
-
noun,
the administration of medicine in doses.
- redans
-
noun,
a V -shaped work, usually projecting from a fortified line.
- bandog
-
noun,
any dog, as a mastiff or bloodhound, kept tied or chained.
- gourds
-
noun,
the hard-shelled fruit of any of various plants, especially those of Lagenaria siceraria (white-flowered gourd or bottle gourd) whose dried shell is used for bowls and other utensils, and Cucurbita pepo (yellow-flowered gourd) used ornamentally.
Compare gourd family.
- dreggy
-
adjective,
abounding in or like dregs; filthy; muddy.
- rugose
-
adjective,
having wrinkles; wrinkled; ridged.
- goners
-
noun,
a person or thing that is dead, lost, or past recovery.
- Rubens
-
noun,
Peter Paul [pee-ter pawl;; Flemish pey-tuh r poul] /ˈpi tər pɔl;; Flemish ˈpeɪ tər paʊl/ (Show IPA), 1577–1640, Flemish painter.
- Badger
-
noun,
any of various burrowing, carnivorous mammals of the family Mustelidae, as Taxidea taxus, of North America, and Meles meles, of Europe and Asia.
- roughy
-
noun,
a small marine fish, Arripis georgianus, of New Zealand and Australia.
- roughs
-
noun,
something that is rough, especially rough ground.
- rouges
-
noun,
any of various red cosmetics for coloring the cheeks or lips.
- augend
-
noun,
a number to which another is added in forming a sum.
Compare addend (def 2).
- Dragon
-
noun,
a mythical monster generally represented as a huge, winged reptile with crested head and enormous claws and teeth, and often spouting fire.
- Bagger
-
noun,
a person who packs groceries or other items into bags.
- drogue
-
noun,
a bucket or canvas bag used as a sea anchor.
- rouens
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Seine-Maritime, in N France, on the Seine: famous cathedral; execution of Joan of Arc 1431.
- badges
-
noun,
a special or distinctive mark, token, or device worn as a sign of allegiance, membership, authority, achievement, etc.:
- rounds
-
noun,
any round shape, as a circle, ring or sphere.
- Gondar
-
noun,
a city in NW Ethiopia, N of Lake Tana: a former capital.
- gonads
-
noun,
a sex gland in which gametes are produced; an ovary or testis.
- draggy
-
adjective,
moving or developing very slowly.
- rugged
-
adjective,
having a roughly broken, rocky, hilly, or jagged surface:
- Bayern
-
noun,
German name of Bavaria.
- Roseau
-
noun,
a seaport on and the capital of Dominica.
- gages
-
noun,
something, as a glove, thrown down by a medieval knight in token of challenge to combat.
- Gabun
-
noun,
Gabon.
- guans
-
noun,
a large game bird of the curassow family, common in dense woodlands of Central and South America, somewhat resembling a turkey.
- goers
-
noun,
a person or thing that goes:
- 2,4-d
-
noun,
a white to yellow, crystalline powder, C 8 H 6 O 3 Cl 2 , slightly soluble in water: used for killing weeds.
- gudes
-
noun,
God.
- Gabor
-
noun,
Dennis, 1900–79, British physicist, born in Hungary: inventor of holography; Nobel Prize 1971.
- Gabon
-
noun,
Official name Gabonese Republic. a republic in W equatorial Africa: formerly a part of French Equatorial Africa; member of the French Community. 102,290 sq. mi. (264,931 sq. km). Capital: Libreville.
- Goyen
-
noun,
(Charles) William, 1915–83, U.S. novelist and playwright.
- gourd
-
noun,
the hard-shelled fruit of any of various plants, especially those of Lagenaria siceraria (white-flowered gourd or bottle gourd) whose dried shell is used for bowls and other utensils, and Cucurbita pepo (yellow-flowered gourd) used ornamentally.
Compare gourd family.
- gyrus
-
noun,
a convolution, especially of the brain.
- gyros
-
noun,
gyrocompass.
- Gabes
-
noun,
Gulf of, a gulf of the Mediterranean on the E coast of Tunisia.
- Godey
-
noun,
Louis Antoine [an-twahn] /ˈæn twɑn/ (Show IPA), 1804–78, U.S. publisher: founded the first women's magazine in the U.S. 1830.
- grans
-
noun,
grandmother.
- Gorey
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- Haydn
-
noun,
Franz Joseph [franz joh-zuh f,, -suh f,, frants;; German frahnts yoh-zef] /frænz ˈdʒoʊ zəf,, -səf,, frænts;; German frɑnts ˈyoʊ zɛf/ (Show IPA), 1732–1809, Austrian composer.
- eury-
-
- goads
-
noun,
a stick with a pointed or electrically charged end, for driving cattle, oxen, etc.; prod.
- engr.
-
- guar.
-
- Ensor
-
noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- ergo-
-
- Hanse
-
noun,
Hansa.
- esrog
-
noun,
etrog.
- grays
-
noun,
any achromatic color; any color with zero chroma, intermediate between white and black.
- hangs
-
- guard
-
noun,
a person or group of persons that guards, protects, or keeps a protective or restraining watch.
- Euro-
-
- grabs
-
noun,
a sudden, quick grasp or snatch:
- euros
-
noun,
wallaroo.
- gnash
-
noun,
an act of gnashing.
- grads
-
noun,
a graduate.
- 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.
- Gudea
-
noun,
flourished c2250 b.c, Sumerian ruler.
- Hands
-
noun,
the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- Handy
-
noun,
W(illiam) C(hristopher) 1873–1958, U.S. blues composer.
- gnars
-
verb (used without object),
to snarl; growl.
- go-by
-
noun,
a going by without notice; an intentional passing by; snub:
- Hayes
-
noun,
Carlton J(oseph) H(untley) 1882–1964, U.S. historian, educator, and diplomat.
- grade
-
noun,
a degree or step in a scale, as of rank, advancement, quality, value, or intensity:
- Goudy
-
noun,
Frederic William, 1865–1947, U.S. designer of printing types.
- gonad
-
noun,
a sex gland in which gametes are produced; an ovary or testis.
- Gordy
-
noun,
Berry, Jr, born 1929, U.S. music and record producer: founder of Motown records.
- gyno-
-
- 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)
- gushy
-
adjective,
given to or marked by excessively effusive talk, behavior, etc.
- Genoa
-
noun,
a large jib for cruising and racing yachts, overlapping the mainsail.
- gonys
-
noun,
the ridge along the tip of the lower mandible of a bird's bill at the junction of the two joined halves, especially prominent in gulls.
- gursh
-
noun,
qirsh.
- Gyges
-
noun,
Also, Gyes [jahy-eez] /ˈdʒaɪ iz/ (Show IPA). one of the Hecatonchires.
- genro
-
noun,
any of the unofficial elder statesmen of Japan who influenced the government c1875–1940.
- gorge
-
noun,
a narrow cleft with steep, rocky walls, especially one through which a stream runs.
- genus
-
noun,
Biology. the usual major subdivision of a family or subfamily in the classification of organisms, usually consisting of more than one species.
- Guyon
-
noun,
Madame (Jeanne Marie Bouvier de la Matte) 1648–1717, French writer.
- geod.
-
- gurge
-
noun,
a whirlpool.
- geog.
-
- grogs
-
noun,
a mixture of rum and water, often flavored with lemon, sugar, and spices and sometimes served hot.
- gerah
-
noun,
an ancient Hebrew weight and coin, equal to 1/20 (0.05) of a shekel.
- gunda
-
noun,
goonda.
- gores
-
noun,
blood that is shed, especially when clotted.
- gunge
-
noun,
soft, sticky matter; goo.
- Goren
-
noun,
Charles Henry, 1901–91, U.S authority and writer on contract bridge.
- 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.
- groan
-
noun,
a low, mournful sound uttered in pain or grief:
- gouge
-
noun,
a chisel having a partly cylindrical blade with the bevel on either the concave or the convex side.
- 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.
- grego
-
noun,
a short, hooded coat of thick, coarse fabric, originally worn in the eastern Mediterranean countries.
- gyron
-
noun,
a subordinary having the form of a triangle, usually equal to half a quarter of the escutcheon, with its apex at the fess point.
- gyro-
-
- Hague
-
noun,
The, a city in the W Netherlands, near the North Sea: site of the government, royal residence, and of the International Court of Justice.
- gybes
-
noun,
the act of jibing.
- Gouda
-
noun,
a city in the W Netherlands, NE of Rotterdam.
- guano
-
noun,
a natural manure composed chiefly of the excrement of sea birds, found especially on islands near the Peruvian coast.
- Hagen
-
noun,
Walter, 1892–1969, U.S. golfer.
- goner
-
noun,
a person or thing that is dead, lost, or past recovery.
- gyres
-
noun,
a ring or circle.
- Haber
-
noun,
Fritz, 1868–1934, German chemist: Nobel Prize 1918.
- gorse
-
noun,
any spiny shrub of the genus Ulex, of the legume family, native to the Old World, especially U. europaeus, having rudimentary leaves and yellow flowers and growing in waste places and sandy soil.
- Garbo
-
noun,
Greta (Greta Lovisa Gustaffson) 1905–90, U.S. film actress, born in Sweden.
- garbs
-
noun,
a fashion or mode of dress, especially of a distinctive, uniform kind:
- gaudy
-
noun,
a festival or celebration, especially an annual college feast.
- gauds
-
noun,
a showy ornament or trinket.
- Grues
-
verb (used without object),
to shudder.
- gauge
-
noun,
a standard of measure or measurement.
- greys
-
noun,
any achromatic color; any color with zero chroma, intermediate between white and black.
- Hades
-
noun,
Classical Mythology.
the underworld inhabited by departed souls.
the god ruling the underworld; Pluto.
- gears
-
noun,
Machinery.
a part, as a disk, wheel, or section of a shaft, having cut teeth of such form, size, and spacing that they mesh with teeth in another part to transmit or receive force and motion.
an assembly of such parts.
one of several possible arrangements of such parts in a mechanism, as an automobile transmission, for affording different relations of torque and speed between the driving and the driven machinery, or for permitting the driven machinery to run in either direction:
a mechanism or group of parts performing one function or serving one purpose in a complex machine:
- Yugo.
-
- Hardy
-
noun,
a chisel or fuller with a square shank for insertion into a square hole (hardy hole) in a blacksmith's anvil.
- Sandy
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Rugby
-
noun,
a city in E Warwickshire, in central England.
- Rugen
-
noun,
an island in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany, off the NE coast, in the Baltic Sea. 358 sq. mi. (926 sq. km).
- runed
-
adjective,
having runes inscribed:
- runes
-
noun,
any of the characters of certain ancient alphabets, as of a script used for writing the Germanic languages, especially of Scandinavia and Britain, from c200 to c1200, or a script used for inscriptions in a Turkic language of the 6th to 8th centuries from the area near the Orkhon River in Mongolia.
- rushy
-
adjective,
abounding with rushes or their stems.
- Saber
-
noun,
a heavy, one-edged sword, usually slightly curved, used especially by cavalry.
- SABRE
-
noun,
a heavy, one-edged sword, usually slightly curved, used especially by cavalry.
- sadhe
-
noun,
the 18th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- sadhu
-
noun,
an ascetic holy man, especially a monk.
- saggy
-
adjective,
sagging or tending to sag:
- Sande
-
noun,
Earl, 1898–1968, U.S. jockey and racehorse trainer.
- Sango
-
noun,
a Niger-Congo language of the Adamawa-Eastern branch, used as a lingua franca in the Central African Republic.
- Ruben
-
noun,
Douay Bible. Reuben (defs 1, 2).
- Saone
-
noun,
a river flowing S from NE France to the Rhone. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- Sarge
-
noun,
sergeant.
- sargo
-
noun,
a silvery grunt, Anisotremus davidsonii, inhabiting waters off the coasts of California and Mexico, having blackish markings and yellowish fins.
- sarod
-
noun,
a lute of northern India, played with a bow.
- saugh
-
noun,
sallow2 .
- saury
-
noun,
a sharp-snouted fish, Scomberesox saurus, inhabiting temperate regions of the Atlantic Ocean.
- Sedan
-
noun,
an enclosed automobile body having two or four doors and seating four or more persons on two full-width seats.
- sedgy
-
adjective,
abounding, covered, or bordered with sedge.
- segar
-
noun,
cigar.
- segno
-
noun,
a sign.
- senor
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to sir or Mr., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a man. Abbreviation: Sr.
- rubes
-
noun,
an unsophisticated person from a rural area; hick.
- rouse
-
noun,
a rousing.
- shade
-
noun,
the comparative darkness caused by the interception or screening of rays of light from an object, place, or area.
- rheda
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) a four-wheeled traveling carriage.
- reads
-
noun,
an act or instance of reading:
- rebus
-
noun,
a representation of a word or phrase by pictures, symbols, etc., that suggest that word or phrase or its syllables:
- Redan
-
noun,
a V -shaped work, usually projecting from a fortified line.
- Redon
-
noun,
Odilon [ohd-l-on;; French aw-dee-lawn] /ˈoʊd lˌɒn;; French ɔ diˈlɔ̃/ (Show IPA), 1840–1916, French painter and etcher.
- redos
-
noun,
the act or an instance of redoing.
- Regan
-
noun,
(in Shakespeare's King Lear) the younger of Lear's two faithless daughters.
Compare Cordelia (def 1), Goneril.
- Reggy
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Reginald.
- rehab
-
noun,
rehabilitation, especially a program or facility for treating persons addicted to drugs or alcohol or recovering from certain medical conditions:
- rends
-
verb (used with object),
to separate into parts with force or violence:
- renga
-
noun,
linked verse.
- rheas
-
noun,
the ramie plant or fiber.
- rhod-
-
- round
-
noun,
any round shape, as a circle, ring or sphere.
- Rhoda
-
noun,
a female given name.
- rhoea
-
- rynds
-
noun,
rind2 .
- roans
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- robes
-
noun,
a long, loose or flowing gown or outer garment worn by men or women as ceremonial dress, an official vestment, or garb of office.
- Robus
-
noun,
Hugo, 1885–1963, U.S. sculptor.
- rogue
-
noun,
a dishonest, knavish person; scoundrel.
- ronde
-
noun,
a typeface imitative of upright, somewhat angular, handwriting.
- Rouen
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Seine-Maritime, in N France, on the Seine: famous cathedral; execution of Joan of Arc 1431.
- roues
-
noun,
a dissolute and licentious man; rake.
- rouge
-
noun,
any of various red cosmetics for coloring the cheeks or lips.
- rough
-
noun,
something that is rough, especially rough ground.
- sero-
-
- shady
-
Idioms,
on the shady side of, Informal. beyond (the specified age); more than:
- rason
-
noun,
a long, loose, black gown with wide sleeves, worn by the clergy.
- unary
-
adjective,
pertaining to a function whose domain is a given set and whose range is contained in that set.
- Sonya
-
noun,
a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.
- sough
-
noun,
a sighing, rustling, or murmuring sound.
- SOUND
-
noun,
the sensation produced by stimulation of the organs of hearing by vibrations transmitted through the air or other medium.
- suber
-
noun,
cork (def 6).
- Sudan
-
noun,
a region in N Africa, S of the Sahara and Libyan deserts, extending from the Atlantic to the Red Sea.
- Sudra
-
noun,
Shudra.
- 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.
- surah
-
noun,
a soft, twilled silk or rayon fabric.
- surg.
-
- surge
-
noun,
a strong, wavelike, forward movement, rush, or sweep:
- surgy
-
adjective,
billowy; surging or swelling.
- unbar
-
verb (used with object),
to remove a bar or bars from; open; unlock; unbolt:
- SONAR
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- unsay
-
verb (used with object),
to withdraw (something said), as if it had never been said; retract.
- uran-
-
- urase
-
noun,
urease.
- Urban
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 222–230.
- ureas
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a compound, CO(NH 2) 2 , occurring in urine and other body fluids as a product of protein metabolism.
- Uredo
-
noun,
a skin irritation; hives; urticaria.
- Urena
-
noun,
any tropical plant or shrub belonging to the genus Urena, of the mallow family, having clusters of small, yellow flowers, especially U. lobata, which yields a useful bast fiber.
- urges
-
noun,
an act of urging; impelling action, influence, or force; impulse.
- usage
-
noun,
a customary way of doing something; a custom or practice:
- Usbeg
-
noun,
Uzbek.
- Usher
-
noun,
a person who escorts people to seats in a theater, church, etc.
- Usnea
-
noun,
any pale-green or gray, mosslike lichen of the genus Usnea, common on rocks and trees.
- sonde
-
noun,
a rocket, balloon, or rockoon used as a probe for observing phenomena in the atmosphere.
- soggy
-
adjective,
soaked; thoroughly wet; sodden.
- Shane
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Shona
-
noun,
Also called Mashona. a member of a group of peoples constituting more than two thirds of the population of Zimbabwe.
- Shang
-
noun,
a Chinese dynasty whose dates are usually given as 1766–1122 b.c. and sometimes as 1523–1027 b.c.
- shard
-
noun,
a fragment, especially of broken earthenware.
- share
-
noun,
the full or proper portion or part allotted or belonging to or contributed or owed by an individual or group.
- Shaun
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- Shear
-
noun,
Usually, shears. (sometimes used with a singular verb)
scissors of large size (usually used with pair of).
any of various other cutting implements or machines having two blades that resemble or suggest those of scissors.
- Sheba
-
noun,
Queen of, the queen who visited Solomon to test his wisdom. I Kings 10:1–13.
- shend
-
verb (used with object),
to put to shame.
- sherd
-
noun,
shard.
- shoad
-
noun,
float (def 43).
- shoer
-
noun,
a person who shoes horses or other animals.
- shoyu
-
noun,
soy sauce.
- shone
-
noun,
radiance or brightness caused by emitted or reflected light.
- sober
-
adjective,
not intoxicated or drunk.
- Shore
-
noun,
the land along the edge of a sea, lake, broad river, etc.
- shorn
-
noun,
Usually, shears. (sometimes used with a singular verb)
scissors of large size (usually used with pair of).
any of various other cutting implements or machines having two blades that resemble or suggest those of scissors.
- shred
-
noun,
a piece cut or torn off, especially in a narrow strip.
- shrub
-
noun,
a woody plant smaller than a tree, usually having multiple permanent stems branching from or near the ground.
- shrug
-
noun,
the movement of raising and contracting the shoulders.
- synd.
-
- Synge
-
noun,
John Millington [mil-ing-tuh n] /ˈmɪl ɪŋ tən/ (Show IPA), 1871–1909, Irish dramatist.
- synod
-
noun,
an assembly of ecclesiastics or other church delegates, convoked pursuant to the law of the church, for the discussion and decision of ecclesiastical affairs; ecclesiastical council.
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- snead
-
noun,
Samuel Jackson ("Slamming Sammy") 1912–2002, U.S. golfer.
- snore
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- Soane
-
noun,
Sir John, 1753–1837, English architect.
- Ready
-
noun,
the state or condition of being ready.
- rangy
-
adjective,
(of animals or people) slender and long-limbed.
- hards
-
noun,
Nautical. a firm or paved beach or slope convenient for hauling vessels out of the water.
- horsy
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of a horse.
- hones
-
noun,
a whetstone of fine, compact texture for sharpening razors and other cutting tools.
- hongs
-
noun,
(in China) a group of rooms or buildings forming a warehouse, factory, etc.
- Horae
-
plural noun,
goddesses of the seasons, of cyclical death and rebirth, and sometimes of social order, usually given as three in number, with the names Dike (Justice), Eunomia (Order), and Irene (Peace).
- horas
-
noun,
a traditional Romanian and Israeli round dance.
- horde
-
noun,
a large group, multitude, number, etc.; a mass or crowd:
- Horeb
-
noun,
a mountain sometimes identified with Mount Sinai.
- Horne
-
noun,
Lena, 1917–2010, U.S. singer and actress.
- horny
-
adjective,
consisting of a horn or a hornlike substance; corneous.
- horns
-
noun,
one of the bony, permanent, hollow paired growths, often curved and pointed, that project from the upper part of the head of certain ungulate mammals, as cattle, sheep, goats, or antelopes.
- Horsa
-
noun,
died a.d. 455, Jutish chief (brother of Hengist).
- horse
-
noun,
a large, solid-hoofed, herbivorous quadruped, Equus caballus, domesticated since prehistoric times, bred in a number of varieties, and used for carrying or pulling loads, for riding, and for racing.
- Horus
-
noun,
a solar deity, regarded as either the son or the brother of Isis and Osiris, and usually represented as a falcon or as a man with the head of a falcon.
- Honda
-
noun,
an eye at one end of a lariat through which the other end is passed to form a lasso, noose, etc.
- Hosea
-
noun,
a Minor Prophet of the 8th century b.c.
- Hound
-
noun,
one of any of several breeds of dogs trained to pursue game either by sight or by scent, especially one with a long face and large drooping ears.
- Hours
-
noun,
a period of time equal to one twenty-fourth of a mean solar or civil day and equivalent to 60 minutes:
- House
-
noun,
a building in which people live; residence for human beings.
- Hung.
-
- hurds
-
plural noun,
hards.
- Huron
-
noun,
a member of an Indian tribe, the northwestern member of the Iroquoian family, living west of Lake Huron.
- Yager
-
noun,
jaeger (defs 2, 3).
- yangs
-
noun,
See under yin and yang.
- yauds
-
noun,
a mare, especially an old, worn-out one.
- yeans
-
verb (used without object),
(of a sheep or goat) to bring forth young.
- yearn
-
verb (used without object),
to have an earnest or strong desire; long:
- Honey
-
noun,
a sweet, viscid fluid produced by bees from the nectar collected from flowers, and stored in nests or hives as food.
- Hond.
-
- yogas
-
noun,
a school of Hindu philosophy advocating and prescribing a course of physical and mental disciplines for attaining liberation from the material world and union of the self with the Supreme Being or ultimate principle.
- Heros
-
noun,
a person noted for courageous acts or nobility of character:
- Heady
-
adjective,
intoxicating:
- heads
-
noun,
the upper part of the body in humans, joined to the trunk by the neck, containing the brain, eyes, ears, nose, and mouth.
- Hearn
-
noun,
Lafcadio [laf-kad-ee-oh] /læfˈkæd iˌoʊ/ (Show IPA), ("Koizumi Yakumo") 1850–1904, U.S. journalist, novelist, and essayist, born in Greece; Japanese citizen after 1894.
- hears
-
verb (used with object),
to perceive by the ear:
- hedgy
-
adjective,
abounding in hedges.
- Henry
-
noun,
the standard unit of inductance in the International System of Units (SI), formally defined to be the inductance of a closed circuit in which an electromotive force of one volt is produced when the electric current in the circuit varies uniformly at a rate of one ampere per second. Abbreviation: H.
- Herby
-
adjective,
abounding in herbs or grass.
- herds
-
noun,
a number of animals kept, feeding, or traveling together; drove; flock:
- herns
-
- Herod
-
noun,
("the Great") 73?–4 b.c, king of Judea 37–4.
- Heron
-
noun,
any of numerous long-legged, long-necked, usually long-billed birds of the family Ardeidae, including the true herons, egrets, night herons, and bitterns.
- hydr-
-
- hoyas
-
noun,
any shrubby climbing plant of the genus Hoya, of the milkweed family, especially the wax plant, H. carnosa, a pot plant with waxy white flowers.
- Hydra
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) Classical Mythology. a water or marsh serpent with nine heads, each of which, if cut off, grew back as two; Hercules killed this serpent by cauterizing the necks as he cut off the heads.
- hyena
-
noun,
a doglike carnivore of the family Hyaenidae, of Africa, southwestern Asia, and south central Asia, having a coarse coat, a sloping back, and large teeth and feeding chiefly on carrion, often in packs.
- hyson
-
noun,
a Chinese green tea dried and prepared from twisted leaves, especially of the early crop (young hyson)
- hoagy
-
noun,
a hero sandwich.
- hoard
-
noun,
a supply or accumulation that is hidden or carefully guarded for preservation, future use, etc.:
- Hoare
-
noun,
Sir Samuel John Gurney [gur-nee] /ˈgɜr ni/ (Show IPA), 1st Viscount Templewood [tem-puh l-woo d] /ˈtɛm pəlˌwʊd/ (Show IPA), 1880–1959, British statesman.
- hoary
-
adjective,
gray or white with age:
- hoars
-
noun,
hoarfrost; rime.
- Hoban
-
noun,
James, c1762–1831, U.S. architect, born in Ireland: designed the White House.
- Hogan
-
noun,
a Navajo Indian dwelling constructed of earth and branches and covered with mud or sod.
- hoggs
-
noun,
hog (def 5).
- Hogue
-
noun,
La [la] /la/ (Show IPA), La Hogue.
- yeggs
-
noun,
a safecracker.
- yoghs
-
noun,
the letter used in the writing of Middle English to represent a palatal fricative, as in ung (Modern English young) or a velar fricative, as in litliche (Modern English lightly).
- Range
-
noun,
the extent to which or the limits between which variation is possible:
- Onega
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in the NW Russian Federation in Europe: second largest lake in Europe. 3764 sq. mi. (9750 sq. km).
- nudge
-
noun,
a slight or gentle push or jog, especially with the elbow.
- nugae
-
plural noun,
trifles.
- nurds
-
noun,
nerd.
- Nurse
-
noun,
a person formally educated and trained in the care of the sick or infirm.
Compare nurse-midwife, nurse-practitioner, physician's assistant, practical nurse, registered nurse.
- oared
-
noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- Obad.
-
- obeah
-
noun,
a form of belief involving sorcery, practiced in parts of the West Indies, South America, the southern U.S., and Africa.
- obeys
-
verb (used with object),
to comply with or follow the commands, restrictions, wishes, or instructions of:
- Obuda
-
noun,
See under Budapest.
- Ogden
-
noun,
Charles Kay, 1889–1957, British psychologist and linguist, inventor of Basic English.
- oyers
-
noun,
oyer and terminer.
- Orang
-
noun,
orangutan.
- nosey
-
adjective,
nosy.
- orans
-
noun,
orant.
- ordn.
-
- oread
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. any of a group of nymphs who were the companions of Artemis.
- Oreg.
-
- ornes
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- Osage
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people formerly of western Missouri, now living in northern Oklahoma.
- radon
-
noun,
a chemically inert, radioactive gaseous element produced by the decay of radium: emissions produced by outgassing of rock, brick, etc. are a health hazard. Symbol: Rn; atomic number: 86; atomic weight: 222.
- rages
-
noun,
angry fury; violent anger (sometimes used in combination):
- rayed
-
noun,
a narrow beam of light.
- rayon
-
noun,
a regenerated, semisynthetic textile filament made from cellulose, cotton linters, or wood chips by treating these with caustic soda and carbon disulfide and passing the resultant solution, viscose, through spinnerets.
- Randy
-
noun,
Chiefly Scot. a rude or coarse beggar.
- rands
-
noun,
(in shoemaking) a strip of leather set in a shoe at the heel before the lifts are attached.
- nudes
-
noun,
a sculpture, painting, etc., of a nude human figure.
- Norse
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
- yores
-
noun,
Chiefly Literary. time past:
- Nasby
-
noun,
Petroleum V. pen name of David Ross Locke.
- Young
-
noun,
those who have youth; young persons collectively:
- yours
-
noun,
something or someone closely identified with or resembling the person addressed:
- youse
-
pronoun,
you (usually used in addressing two or more people).
- yuans
-
noun,
Also called yuan dollar. a copper coin of the Republic of China, equal to 100 cents; dollar.
- yugas
-
noun,
an age of time.
- eyras
-
noun,
a jaguarundi.
- nabes
-
noun,
a neighborhood movie theater.
- Nader
-
noun,
Ralph, born 1934, U.S. lawyer, author, political reformer, and consumer advocate.
- naggy
-
adjective,
naggish.
- nards
-
noun,
an aromatic Himalayan plant, believed to be the spikenard, Nardostachys jatamansi, the source of an ointment used by the ancients.
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- naso-
-
- Norge
-
noun,
Norwegian name of Norway.
- nears
-
- Nebr.
-
- Negro
-
noun,
Anthropology. (no longer in technical use) a member of the peoples traditionally classified as the Negro race, especially those who originate in sub-Saharan Africa.
- Negus
-
noun,
a title of Ethiopian royalty.
- Nehru
-
noun,
Jawaharlal [juh-wah-her-lahl] /dʒəˈwɑ hər lɑl/ (Show IPA), 1889–1964, Hindu political leader in India: first prime minister of the republic of India 1947–64 (father of Indira Gandhi).
- nerdy
-
adjective,
Slang. of or like a nerd.
- nerds
-
noun,
a person considered to be socially awkward, boring, unstylish, etc.
- neur-
-
- nodus
-
noun,
a difficult or intricate point, situation, plot, etc.
- noggs
-
noun,
a shave for shaping dowels and handles.
- Noyes
-
noun,
Alfred, 1880–1958, English poet.
- NORAD
-
noun,
a joint U.S.-Canadian air force command responsible for detecting aircraft and space vehicles deemed a threat to the continental airspace.
- endo-
-
- ogres
-
noun,
a monster in fairy tales and popular legend, usually represented as a hideous giant who feeds on human flesh.
- egads
-
interjection,
(used as an expletive or mild oath):
- bauds
-
noun,
a unit used to measure the speed of signaling or data transfer, equal to the number of pulses or bits per second:
- debar
-
verb (used with object),
to shut out or exclude from a place or condition:
- Debra
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Deborah.
- debug
-
verb (used with object),
to detect and remove defects or errors from.
- debus
-
verb (used with or without object),
to get out of a bus; alight from a bus.
- Baugh
-
noun,
Samuel Adrian ("Slinging Sammy") 1914–2008, U.S. football player and coach.
- Degas
-
noun,
Hilaire Germain Edgar [ee-ler zher-man ed-gar] /iˈlɛr ʒɛrˈmɛ̃ ɛdˈgar/ (Show IPA), 1834–1917, French impressionist painter.
- Bauer
-
noun,
Georg [gey-awrk] /geɪˈɔrk/ (Show IPA), Agricola, Georgius.
- bason
-
noun,
a basin.
- beady
-
adjective,
beadlike; small, globular, and glittering:
- denar
-
noun,
the basic monetary unit of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
- Basho
-
noun,
(Basho Matsuo) 1644?–94, Japanese poet.
- Denys
-
noun,
Saint, Denîs, Saint.
- Derby
-
noun,
a city in Derbyshire in central England.
- Baron
-
noun,
a member of the lowest grade of nobility.
- baro-
-
- Dyaus
-
noun,
the Vedic god of the sky.
- Barye
-
noun,
microbar.
- debag
-
verb (used with object),
to depants.
- beads
-
noun,
a small, usually round object of glass, wood, stone, or the like with a hole through it, often strung with others of its kind in necklaces, rosaries, etc.
- bares
-
verb,
simple past tense of bear1 .
- begun
-
verb,
past participle of begin.
- bendy
-
adjective,
tending to bend; flexible or resilient.
- dangs
-
verb (used with object), adjective, noun,
damn (used euphemistically).
- Darby
-
noun,
a float having two handles, used by plasterers.
- Dares
-
noun,
an act of daring or defiance; challenge.
- darns
-
noun,
a darned place, as in a garment:
- Behan
-
noun,
Brendan (Francis) [bren-duh n] /ˈbrɛn dən/ (Show IPA), 1923–64, Irish playwright.
- dashy
-
adjective,
showy; stylish; dashing.
- daube
-
noun,
a stew of braised meat, vegetables, herbs, and seasonings.
- dears
-
noun,
a person who is good, kind, or generous:
- begar
-
noun,
compulsory labor, as for the repair of bridges or roads.
- daubs
-
noun,
material, especially of an inferior kind, for daubing walls.
- began
-
verb,
simple past tense of begin.
- bears
-
noun,
any of the plantigrade, carnivorous or omnivorous mammals of the family Ursidae, having massive bodies, coarse heavy fur, relatively short limbs, and almost rudimentary tails.
- Beard
-
noun,
the growth of hair on the face of an adult man, often including a mustache.
- beans
-
noun,
the edible nutritious seed of various plants of the legume family, especially of the genus Phaseolus.
- Deary
-
noun,
darling.
- beano
-
noun,
bingo.
- barge
-
noun,
a capacious, flat-bottomed vessel, usually intended to be pushed or towed, for transporting freight or passengers; lighter.
- Bardo
-
noun,
(in Lamaism) the state of the soul between death and rebirth.
- danes
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Denmark.
- drabs
-
noun,
dull gray; dull brownish or yellowish gray.
- badge
-
noun,
a special or distinctive mark, token, or device worn as a sign of allegiance, membership, authority, achievement, etc.:
- Baden
-
noun,
a region in SW Germany, formerly a state, now incorporated in Baden-Württemberg.
- dorse
-
noun,
the back of a book or folded document.
- Doubs
-
noun,
a river in E France, flowing into the Saône River. About 260 miles (420 km) long.
- dough
-
noun,
flour or meal combined with water, milk, etc., in a mass for baking into bread, cake, etc.; paste of bread.
- doura
-
noun,
durra.
- douse
-
noun,
British Dialect. a stroke or blow.
- Drago
-
noun,
Luis María [loo-is muh-ree-uh;; Spanish loo-ees mah-ree-ah] /ˈlu ɪs məˈri ə;; Spanish luˈis mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1859–1921, Argentine jurist and statesman.
- dorab
-
noun,
wolf herring.
- drags
-
noun,
Nautical.
a designed increase of draft toward the stern of a vessel.
resistance to the movement of a hull through the water.
any of a number of weights dragged cumulatively by a vessel sliding down ways to check its speed.
any object dragged in the water, as a sea anchor.
any device for dragging the bottom of a body of water to recover or detect objects.
- drays
-
noun,
a low, strong cart without fixed sides, for carrying heavy loads.
- drang
-
noun,
a narrow lane or alleyway.
- auger
-
noun,
Carpentry.
a bit, as for a brace.
a boring tool, similar to but larger than a gimlet, consisting of a bit rotated by a transverse handle.
- dregs
-
noun,
dregs, the sediment of liquids; lees; grounds.
- Auden
-
noun,
W(ystan) H(ugh) [wis-tuh n] /ˈwɪs tən/ (Show IPA), 1907–73, English poet in the U.S.
- Dryas
-
noun,
any creeping plant belonging to the genus Dryas, of the rose family, having solitary white or yellow flowers, comprising the mountain avens.
- Auber
-
noun,
Daniel François Esprit [da-nyel frahn-swa es-pree] /daˈnyɛl frɑ̃ˈswa ɛsˈpri/ (Show IPA), 1782–1871, French composer.
- DORAN
-
noun,
an electronic device for determining range and assisting navigation, employing the principle of the Doppler effect.
- Donus
-
noun,
died a.d. 678, pope 676–678.
- dynes
-
noun,
the standard centimeter-gram-second unit of force, equal to the force that produces an acceleration of one centimeter per second per second on a mass of one gram. Abbreviation: dyn.
- doges
-
noun,
the chief magistrate in the former republics of Venice and Genoa.
- Barde
-
noun,
bard2 (def 1).
- Bangs
-
noun,
John Kendrick [ken-drik] /ˈkɛn drɪk/ (Show IPA), 1862–1922, U.S. humorist.
- dobra
-
noun,
any of various former Portuguese coins, especially a gold coin of John V equal to two johannes.
- doers
-
noun,
a person or thing that does something, especially a person who gets things done with vigor and efficiency.
- banes
-
noun,
a person or thing that ruins or spoils:
- bands
-
noun,
a company of persons or, sometimes, animals or things, joined, acting, or functioning together; aggregation; party; troop:
- dogey
-
noun,
dogie.
- bandy
-
noun,
an early form of tennis.
- baggy
-
adjective,
baglike; hanging loosely.
- doggy
-
noun,
a little dog or a puppy.
- bayou
-
noun,
a marshy arm, inlet, or outlet of a lake, river, etc., usually sluggish or stagnant.
- doyen
-
noun,
the senior member, as in age, rank, or experience, of a group, class, profession, etc.
- Donar
-
noun,
the god of thunder, corresponding to Thor.
- donas
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Madam; Lady: a Portuguese title prefixed to a woman's given name.
- Donau
-
noun,
German name of Danube.
- donga
-
noun,
(in an ice shelf) a small ravine with steep sides.
- dongs
-
noun,
a deep sound like that of a large bell.
- bends
-
noun,
the act of bending.
- Beng.
-
- Ashur
-
noun,
Assur.
- Brose
-
noun,
a porridge made by stirring boiling liquid into oatmeal or other meal.
- Breda
-
noun,
a city in the S Netherlands.
- boras
-
noun,
a city in S Sweden, near Göteborg.
- Borah
-
noun,
William Edgar, 1865–1940, U.S. senator from Idaho 1906–40.
- Bryan
-
noun,
William Jennings [jen-ingz] /ˈdʒɛn ɪŋz/ (Show IPA), 1860–1925, U.S. political leader.
- bonus
-
noun,
something given or paid over and above what is due.
- Broad
-
noun,
the broad part of anything.
- bros.
-
noun,
a brother.
- Broun
-
noun,
(Matthew) Heywood (Campbell) 1888–1939, U.S. journalist, essayist, and novelist.
- bread
-
noun,
a kind of food made of flour or meal that has been mixed with milk or water, made into a dough or batter, with or without yeast or other leavening agent, and baked.
- Bruhn
-
noun,
Erik (Belton Evers) 1928–86, Danish ballet dancer.
- Bruno
-
noun,
Giordano [jawr-dah-naw] /dʒɔrˈdɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1548?–1600, Italian philosopher.
- Brusa
-
noun,
Bursa.
- Brush
-
noun,
an implement consisting of bristles, hair, or the like, set in or attached to a handle, used for painting, cleaning, polishing, grooming, etc.
- bongs
-
noun,
a dull, resonant sound, as of a large bell.
- bones
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology.
one of the structures composing the skeleton of a vertebrate.
the hard connective tissue forming the substance of the skeleton of most vertebrates, composed of a collagen-rich organic matrix impregnated with calcium, phosphate, and other minerals.
- boner
-
noun,
a person or thing that bones.
- boned
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology.
one of the structures composing the skeleton of a vertebrate.
the hard connective tissue forming the substance of the skeleton of most vertebrates, composed of a collagen-rich organic matrix impregnated with calcium, phosphate, and other minerals.
- Bores
-
noun,
a dull, tiresome, or uncongenial person.
- Braun
-
noun,
Eva [ee-vuh;; German ey-vah] /ˈi və;; German ˈeɪ vɑ/ (Show IPA), 1912–45, mistress of Adolf Hitler.
- BSHEd
-
- Bough
-
noun,
a branch of a tree, especially one of the larger or main branches.
- brads
-
noun,
a slender wire nail having either a small, deep head or a projection to one side of the head end.
- bousy
-
adjective,
intoxicated; drunk; boozy.
- Bouse
-
noun,
liquor or drink.
- Bourn
-
noun,
burn2 .
- Bragg
-
noun,
Braxton [brak-stuh n] /ˈbræk stən/ (Show IPA), 1817–76, Confederate general in the U.S. Civil War.
- Bourg
-
noun,
a town.
- Bound
-
noun,
a leap onward or upward; jump.
- Bouar
-
noun,
a city in the W Central African Republic.
- borne
-
noun,
a circular sofa having a conical or cylindrical back piece at the center.
- bosun
-
noun,
boatswain.
- brags
-
noun,
a boast or vaunt.
- Brahe
-
noun,
Tycho [tee-koh;; Danish ty-koh] /ˈti koʊ;; Danish ˈtü koʊ/ (Show IPA), 1546–1601, Danish astronomer.
- brays
-
noun,
the loud, harsh cry of a donkey.
- Brand
-
noun,
kind, grade, or make, as indicated by a stamp, trademark, or the like:
- Bornu
-
noun,
a former sultanate in Africa, SW of Lake Chad: now largely a province in Nigeria.
- Brans
-
noun,
the partly ground husk of wheat or other grain, separated from flour meal by sifting.
- brash
-
noun,
a pile or stack of loose fragments or debris, as of rocks or hedge clippings.
- bonds
-
noun,
something that binds, fastens, confines, or holds together.
- BSHyg
-
- Bergh
-
noun,
Henry, 1811–88, U.S. social reformer: founder of A.S.P.C.A.
- boars
-
noun,
the uncastrated male swine.
- boers
-
noun,
a South African of Dutch extraction.
- Burns
-
noun,
Arthur F(rank) 1904–1987, U.S. economist, born in Austria: chairman of the Federal Reserve Board 1970–78.
- Bursa
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. a pouch, sac, or vesicle, especially a sac containing synovia, to facilitate motion, as between a tendon and a bone.
- burse
-
noun,
a pouch or case for some special purpose.
- bushy
-
adjective,
resembling a bush; thick and shaggy:
- bodes
-
verb,
a simple past tense of bide.
- Busra
-
noun,
Basra.
- board
-
noun,
a piece of wood sawed thin, and of considerable length and breadth compared with the thickness.
- burgh
-
noun,
(in Scotland) an incorporated town having its own charter and some degree of political independence from the surrounding area.
- Byron
-
noun,
George Gordon, Lord (6th Baron Byron) 1788–1824, English poet.
- Byrne
-
noun,
Donn [don] /dɒn/ (Show IPA), Donn-Byrne, Brian Oswald.
- byres
-
noun,
a cow shed.
- bhang
-
noun,
a mild preparation of marijuana made from young leaves and stems of the Indian hemp plant, Cannabis sativa, drunk with milk or water as a fermented brew or smoked for its hallucinogenic effects.
- Dagon
-
noun,
a Phoenician and Philistine god of agriculture and the earth: the national god of the Philistines.
- dagos
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a person of Italian or sometimes Spanish origin or descent.
- Berns
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Switzerland, in the W part: capital of Bern canton.
- bergs
-
noun,
iceberg.
- burgs
-
noun,
Informal. a city or town.
- burds
-
noun,
a young lady; maiden.
- Boyne
-
noun,
a river in E Ireland: William III defeated James II near here 1690. 70 miles (110 km) long.
- Bohea
-
noun,
an inferior grade of black tea.
- Boyer
-
noun,
Jean Pierre [zhahn pyer] /ʒɑ̃ pyɛr/ (Show IPA), 1776–1850, Haitian political leader: president 1818–43.
- Budge
-
noun,
a fur made from lambskin with the wool dressed outward, used especially as an inexpensive trimming on academic or official gowns.
- Bueno
-
interjection,
good; all right.
- Boyds
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Gaelic word meaning “light.”.
- buggy
-
noun,
a light, four-wheeled, horse-drawn carriage with a single seat and a transverse spring.
- buhrs
-
noun,
burr1 (def 1).
- boyar
-
noun,
Russian History. a member of the old nobility of Russia, before Peter the Great made rank dependent on state service.
- Buyer
-
noun,
a person who buys; purchaser.
- Bundy
-
noun,
a time clock.
- Buran
-
noun,
a strong Asian wind of the Asian steppes accompanying dust storms in summer and blizzards in winter.
- bogus
-
noun,
Printing, Journalism. matter set, by union requirement, by a compositor and later discarded, duplicating the text of an advertisement for which a plate has been supplied or type set by another publisher.
- Bogue
-
noun,
a bayou, stream, or waterway.
- bunds
-
noun,
an embankment or an embanked quay, often providing a promenade.
- boggy
-
adjective,
containing or full of bogs:
- Bogey
-
noun,
Golf.
a score of one stroke over par on a hole.
par1 (def 3).
- bungs
-
noun,
a stopper for the opening of a cask.
- Bogan
-
noun,
a backwater, usually narrow and tranquil.
- buoys
-
noun,
Nautical. a distinctively shaped and marked float, sometimes carrying a signal or signals, anchored to mark a channel, anchorage, navigational hazard, etc., or to provide a mooring place away from the shore.
- drone
-
noun,
the male of the honeybee and other bees, stingless and making no honey.
- bardy
-
noun,
a beetle larva of Australia, Bardistus cibarius, that bores into plants and is used as food by Aborigines.
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- Agnes
-
noun,
Saint, a.d. 292?–304? Roman Catholic child martyr.
- areo-
-
- Ebony
-
noun,
a hard, heavy, durable wood, most highly prized when black, from various tropical trees of the genus Diospyros, as D. ebenum of southern India and Sri Lanka, used for cabinetwork, ornamental objects, etc.
- durns
-
adjective, adverb, verb (used with object), noun,
darn2 .
- abuse
-
noun,
wrong or improper use; misuse:
- Abury
-
noun,
Avebury (def 2).
- aggro
-
noun,
aggressiveness, especially that of an urban youth gang or gang member.
- Andre
-
noun,
John, 1751–80, British major hanged as a spy by the Americans in the Revolutionary War: plotted the betrayal of West Point with Benedict Arnold.
- duros
-
noun,
a peso of Spain or Spanish America.
- andr-
-
- Arden
-
noun,
Forest of, a forest district in central England, in N Warwickshire: scene of Shakespeare's As You Like It.
- 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.
- argue
-
verb (used with object),
to state the reasons for or against:
- anode
-
noun,
the electrode or terminal by which current enters an electrolytic cell, voltaic cell, battery, etc.
- Andes
-
plural noun,
a mountain range in W South America, extending about 4500 miles (7250 km) from N Colombia and Venezuela S to Cape Horn. Highest peak, Aconcagua, 22,834 feet (6960 meters).
- andor
-
conjunction,
(used to imply that either or both of the things mentioned may be affected or involved):
- Ayres
-
noun,
air1 (def 8d).
- abode
-
noun,
a place in which a person resides; residence; dwelling; habitation; home.
- Abner
-
noun,
the commander of the Israelite army and a cousin of Saul. I Sam. 14:50; 26:5.
- EDGAR
-
noun,
an award given annually in various categories of mystery writing.
- ardeb
-
noun,
a unit of capacity used for dry measure in Egypt and neighboring countries, officially equivalent in Egypt to 5.62 U.S. bushels, but varying greatly in different localities.
- abhor
-
verb (used with object),
to regard with extreme repugnance or aversion; detest utterly; loathe; abominate.
- angor
-
noun,
extreme distress or mental anguish, usually of physical origin.
- duras
-
noun,
dura mater.
- anhyd
-
- Duran
-
noun,
Roberto [ruh-bair-toh;; Spanish raw-ber-taw] /rəˈbɛər toʊ;; Spanish rɔˈbɛr tɔ/ (Show IPA), born 1951, Panamanian boxer.
- aero-
-
- aeons
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- Angus
-
noun,
Formerly Forfar. a historic county in E Scotland.
- angry
-
adjective,
feeling or showing anger or strong resentment (usually followed by at, with, or about):
- Aedon
-
noun,
a daughter of Pandareus who mistakenly killed her son. Zeus took pity on her and turned her into a nightingale.
- A-one
-
adjective,
noting a vessel regarded by a shipping-classification society as being equipped to the highest standard and with equipment maintained in first-class condition.
- anger
-
noun,
a strong feeling of displeasure and belligerence aroused by a wrong; wrath; ire.
- Durga
-
noun,
the sometimes malignant goddess of war: an aspect of Devi.
- agers
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) a person living in a certain historical age:
- adorn
-
verb (used with object),
to decorate or add beauty to, as by ornaments:
- agger
-
noun,
Also called double tide. Oceanography.
a high tide in which the water rises to a certain level, recedes, then rises again.
a low tide in which the water recedes to a certain level, rises slightly, then recedes again.
- Adore
-
verb (used with object),
to regard with the utmost esteem, love, and respect; honor.
- andry
-
- dungs
-
noun,
excrement, especially of animals; manure.
- dures
-
verb (used with or without object),
endure.
- adobe
-
noun,
sun-dried brick made of clay and straw, in common use in countries having little rainfall.
- aden-
-
- Duero
-
noun,
Spanish name of Douro.
- 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.
- ayous
-
noun,
the wood of the obeche.
- 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.
- drung
-
noun,
drang.
- Agung
-
noun,
a volcano on NE Bali, in Indonesia: erupted 1963. 10,300 feet (3139 meters).
- agro-
-
- Asben
-
noun,
Aïr.
- Duane
-
noun,
a male given name.
- agony
-
noun,
extreme and generally prolonged pain; intense physical or mental suffering.
- agone
-
adverb, adjective,
ago.
- Ednas
-
noun,
Adnah.
- 30-30
-
- ashen
-
adjective,
ash-colored; gray.
- agues
-
noun,
Pathology. a malarial fever characterized by regularly returning paroxysms, marked by successive cold, hot, and sweating fits.
- arose
-
verb,
simple past tense of arise.
- Asher
-
noun,
a son of Jacob and Zilpah. Gen. 30:12–13.
- Abdon
-
noun,
one of the minor judges of Israel. Judges 12:13–15.
- Druse
-
noun,
an incrustation of small crystals on the surface of a rock or mineral.
- drubs
-
noun,
a blow with a stick or the like.
- ages
-
noun,
the length of time during which a being or thing has existed; length of life or existence to the time spoken of or referred to:
- nos-
-
- sub-
-
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- Odus
-
- nogs
-
noun,
any beverage made with beaten eggs, usually with alcoholic liquor; eggnog.
- ague
-
noun,
Pathology. a malarial fever characterized by regularly returning paroxysms, marked by successive cold, hot, and sweating fits.
- bogy
-
noun,
a hobgoblin; evil spirit.
- onus
-
noun,
a difficult or disagreeable obligation, task, burden, etc.
- snug
-
noun,
British. a small, secluded room in a tavern, as for private parties.
- Bohr
-
noun,
Aage Niels [aw-guh neels] /ˈɔ gə nils/ (Show IPA), 1922–2009, Danish physicist: Nobel Prize 1975 (son of Niels Bohr).
- byre
-
noun,
a cow shed.
- Nor.
-
- Byrd
-
noun,
Richard Evelyn, 1888–1957, rear admiral in U.S. Navy: polar explorer.
- Byng
-
noun,
Julian Hedworth George [hed-werth] /ˈhɛd wərθ/ (Show IPA), (Viscount Byng of Vimy) 1862–1935, English general: governor general of Canada 1921–26.
- Nord
-
noun,
a department in N France. 2229 sq. mi. (5770 sq. km). Capital: Lille.
- ogre
-
noun,
a monster in fairy tales and popular legend, usually represented as a hideous giant who feeds on human flesh.
- 1080
-
- ager
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) a person living in a certain historical age:
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- nose
-
noun,
the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
- oyer
-
noun,
oyer and terminer.
- aged
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) old people collectively (usually preceded by the):
- obs.
-
- Oder
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing from the NE Czech Republic, N through SW Poland and along the border between Germany and Poland into the Baltic. 562 miles (905 km) long.
- sord
-
noun,
a flight or flock of mallards.
- Boer
-
noun,
a South African of Dutch extraction.
- Song
-
noun,
a short metrical composition intended or adapted for singing, especially one in rhymed stanzas; a lyric; a ballad.
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- agog
-
adverb,
in a state of eager desire; excitedly.
- 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.
- bods
-
noun,
body:
- Sorb
-
noun,
a European tree, Sorbus domestica.
- nude
-
noun,
a sculpture, painting, etc., of a nude human figure.
- Body
-
noun,
the physical structure and material substance of an animal or plant, living or dead.
- nubs
-
noun,
the point, gist, or heart of something.
- NRAB
-
- nous
-
noun,
Greek Philosophy. mind or intellect.
- agr.
-
- nosy
-
adjective,
unduly curious about the affairs of others; prying; meddlesome.
- Sra.
-
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- nosh
-
noun,
a snack.
- Bode
-
verb,
a simple past tense of bide.
- nurd
-
noun,
nerd.
- Boas
-
noun,
Franz [frahnts] /frɑnts/ (Show IPA), 1858–1942, U.S. anthropologist, born in Germany.
- soda
-
noun,
sodium hydroxide.
- Oahu
-
noun,
an island in central Hawaii: third largest and most important island of the state; location of Honolulu. 589 sq. mi. (1525 sq. km).
- oary
-
adjective,
oarlike.
- Boar
-
noun,
the uncastrated male swine.
- obey
-
verb (used with object),
to comply with or follow the commands, restrictions, wishes, or instructions of:
- sone
-
noun,
a unit for measuring the loudness of sound, equal to the loudness of a sound that, in the judgment of a group of listeners, is equal to that of a 1000-cycle-per-second reference sound having an intensity of 40 decibels.
- Sour
-
noun,
something that is sour.
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- Boyd
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Gaelic word meaning “light.”.
- Sang
-
noun,
the act or performance of singing.
- aery
-
noun,
aerie.
- urds
-
noun,
a plant, Vigna mungo, of the legume family, widely cultivated in tropical Asia for its edible seeds and for forage.
- yous
-
noun,
plural of you.
- Urey
-
noun,
Harold Clayton [kleyt-n] /ˈkleɪt n/ (Show IPA), 1893–1981, U.S. chemist: Nobel prize 1934.
- Bors
-
noun,
Sir Arthurian Romance.. Also, Sir Bors de Ganis [duh gan-is] /də ˈgæn ɪs/ (Show IPA). a knight of the Round Table, cousin of Lancelot.
- yrs.
-
- Yser
-
noun,
a river flowing from N France through NW Belgium into the North Sea: battles 1914–18. 55 miles (89 km) long.
- Yuan
-
noun,
Also called yuan dollar. a copper coin of the Republic of China, equal to 100 cents; dollar.
- urea
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a compound, CO(NH 2) 2 , occurring in urine and other body fluids as a product of protein metabolism.
- urbs
-
noun,
an urban area.
- your
-
noun,
something or someone closely identified with or resembling the person addressed:
- Yuga
-
noun,
an age of time.
- abed
-
adverb,
in bed:
- Born
-
noun,
Max, 1882–1970, German physicist: Nobel Prize 1954.
- nabe
-
noun,
a neighborhood movie theater.
- Borg
-
noun,
Björn [byawrn] /byɔrn/ (Show IPA), born 1956, Swedish tennis player.
- nabs
-
verb (used with object),
to arrest or capture.
- NADH
-
- Bore
-
noun,
a dull, tiresome, or uncongenial person.
- Bose
-
noun,
Sir Jagadis Chandre [juh-guh-dees chuhn-druh] /dʒə gəˈdis ˈtʃʌn drə/ (Show IPA), 1858–1937, Indian physicist and plant physiologist.
- Urga
-
noun,
former name of Ulan Bator.
- undy
-
plural noun,
women's or children's underwear.
- USGA
-
- USNA
-
- yens
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of Japan, equal to 100 sen or 1000 rin. Symbol: ¥; Abbreviation: Y.
- yobs
-
noun,
a teenage lout or hooligan.
- yods
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- Yoga
-
noun,
a school of Hindu philosophy advocating and prescribing a course of physical and mental disciplines for attaining liberation from the material world and union of the self with the Supreme Being or ultimate principle.
- yogh
-
noun,
the letter used in the writing of Middle English to represent a palatal fricative, as in ung (Modern English young) or a velar fricative, as in litliche (Modern English lightly).
- USHA
-
noun,
Dawn, a Vedic deity, daughter of Sky and sister of Night.
- yond
-
adverb, adjective,
yonder.
- yore
-
noun,
Chiefly Literary. time past:
- bosh
-
noun,
absurd or foolish talk; nonsense.
- user
-
noun,
a person or thing that uses.
- used
-
noun,
the act of employing, using, or putting into service:
- USDA
-
- boun
-
verb (used with or without object),
to prepare; make ready.
- USAR
-
- uro-
-
- urgy
-
- urge
-
noun,
an act of urging; impelling action, influence, or force; impulse.
- undo
-
verb (used with object),
to reverse the doing of; cause to be as if never done:
- Nagy
-
noun,
Imre [im-re] /ˈɪm rɛ/ (Show IPA), 1896–1958, Hungarian political leader: premier 1953–55, 1956.
- nogg
-
noun,
a shave for shaping dowels and handles.
- 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.
- Sura
-
noun,
any of the 114 chapters of the Koran.
- sur-
-
- neo-
-
- nerd
-
noun,
a person considered to be socially awkward, boring, unstylish, etc.
- Bond
-
noun,
something that binds, fastens, confines, or holds together.
- orad
-
adverb,
toward the mouth or the oral region.
- Nero
-
noun,
(Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus) (“Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus”) a.d. 37–68, emperor of Rome 54–68, known for his cruelty and depravity.
- Nysa
-
noun,
the mountain where Zeus sent the infant Dionysus to protect him from the vindictive wrath of Hera.
- surd
-
noun,
Phonetics. a voiceless consonant (opposed to sonant).
- NYSE
-
- Noah
-
noun,
the patriarch who built a ship (Noah's Ark) in which he, his family, and animals of every species survived the Flood. Gen. 5–9.
- nobs
-
noun,
Slang. the head.
- aeon
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- node
-
noun,
a knot, protuberance, or knob.
- aer-
-
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- sugh
-
noun, verb (used with object),
sough2 .
- Neh.
-
- NEBS
-
noun,
a bill or beak, as of a bird.
- Nah.
-
- NASD
-
- nays
-
noun,
a denial or refusal.
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- nard
-
noun,
an aromatic Himalayan plant, believed to be the spikenard, Nardostachys jatamansi, the source of an ointment used by the ancients.
- Bora
-
noun,
(on the Adriatic coasts) a violent, dry, cold wind blowing from the north or northeast.
- bor.
-
- Nary
-
adjective,
not any; no; never a:
- abos
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to an Australian Aborigine.
- abr.
-
- bons
-
noun,
Cape, a cape on the NE coast of Tunisia: surrender of the German African forces, May 12, 1943.
- sure
-
Idioms,
for sure, as a certainty; surely:
- abs-
-
- Nash
-
noun,
John, 1752–1835, English architect and city planner.
- bony
-
adjective,
of or like bone.
- Uhde
-
noun,
Fritz Karl Hermann von [frits kahrl her-mahn fuh n] /frɪts kɑrl ˈhɛr mɑn fən/ (Show IPA), 1848–1911, German painter.
- ughs
-
noun,
the sound of a cough, grunt, or the like.
- udos
-
noun,
a plant, Aralia cordata, of the ginseng family, cultivated, especially in Japan and China, for its edible shoots.
- bong
-
noun,
a dull, resonant sound, as of a large bell.
- Nebo
-
noun,
Mt. See under Pisgah.
- Bona
-
noun,
Bône, the former name of Annaba.
- Ayer
-
noun,
Sir A(lfred) J(ules) 1910–1989, English philosopher, teacher, and author.
- snog
-
verb (used without object),
to kiss and cuddle.
- sego
-
noun,
sego lily.
- Bays
-
noun,
a body of water forming an indentation of the shoreline, larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf.
- Arg.
-
- argh
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation of frustration, annoyance, etc.)
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- 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.
- Bahr
-
noun,
Hermann [her-mahn] /ˈhɛr mɑn/ (Show IPA), 1863–1934, Austrian playwright and critic.
- Rosy
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- send
-
noun,
the heaving motion of a vessel.
- roue
-
noun,
a dissolute and licentious man; rake.
- BAgr
-
- BAgE
-
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- Baer
-
noun,
Karl Ernst von [kahrl urnst von,, fuh n] /kɑrl ɜrnst vɒn,, fən/ (Show IPA), 1792–1876, Estonian zoologist and pioneer embryologist.
- BAEd
-
- bads
-
noun,
that which is bad:
- Badr
-
noun,
Battle of, Islam. a decisive battle in the early days of Islam (a.d. 624), in which Muhammad with about 300 men overcame a force of about 1000 Meccans.
- RONA
-
- band
-
noun,
a company of persons or, sometimes, animals or things, joined, acting, or functioning together; aggregation; party; troop:
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- RNAS
-
- rhos
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Greek alphabet (P, ρ).
- Ryan
-
noun,
a male given name.
- ryas
-
noun,
a handwoven Scandinavian rug with a thick pile and usually a strong, colorful design.
- ryes
-
noun,
a widely cultivated cereal grass, Secale cereale, having one-nerved glumes and two- or three-flowered spikelets.
- rynd
-
noun,
rind2 .
- arbs
-
noun,
an arbitrager.
- Ryun
-
noun,
James Ronald ("Jim") born 1947, U.S. distance runner; congressman 1996–2007.
- road
-
noun,
a long, narrow stretch with a smoothed or paved surface, made for traveling by motor vehicle, carriage, etc., between two or more points; street or highway.
- rode
-
noun,
a rope by which a boat is anchored.
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- Bang
-
noun,
a loud, sudden, explosive noise, as the discharge of a gun.
- Serb
-
noun, adjective,
Serbian.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- bane
-
noun,
a person or thing that ruins or spoils:
- robe
-
noun,
a long, loose or flowing gown or outer garment worn by men or women as ceremonial dress, an official vestment, or garb of office.
- robs
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Robert.
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- Bard
-
noun,
(formerly) a person who composed and recited epic or heroic poems, often while playing the harp, lyre, or the like.
- Sard
-
noun,
a reddish-brown chalcedony, used as a gem.
- Ruse
-
noun,
a trick, stratagem, or artifice.
- Rush
-
noun,
the act of rushing; a rapid, impetuous, or violent onward movement.
- Sab.
-
- Auge
-
noun,
a daughter of King Aleus who became a priestess of Athena. After being raped by Hercules she bore a son, Telephus.
- Aug.
-
- Sade
-
noun,
Donatien Alphonse François [daw-na-syan al-fawns frahn-swa] /dɔ naˈsyɛ̃ alˈfɔ̃s frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), Comte de (Marquis de Sade) 1740–1814, French soldier and novelist, notorious for his paraphilia.
- Auer
-
noun,
Leopold [lee-uh-pohld;; Hungarian ley-aw-pawlt] /ˈli əˌpoʊld;; Hungarian ˈleɪ ɔˌpɔlt/ (Show IPA), 1845–1930, Hungarian violinist and teacher.
- Sage
-
noun,
a profoundly wise person; a person famed for wisdom.
- asgd
-
- Aude
-
noun,
a department in S France. 2449 sq. mi. (6345 sq. km). Capital: Carcassonne.
- aud.
-
- sago
-
noun,
a starchy foodstuff derived from the soft interior of the trunk of various palms and cycads, used in making puddings.
- Sand
-
noun,
the more or less fine debris of rocks, consisting of small, loose grains, often of quartz.
- Ashe
-
noun,
Arthur (Robert, Jr) 1943–93, U.S. tennis player.
- Aube
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW to the Seine. 125 miles (200 km) long.
- Asur
-
noun,
Assur.
- ashy
-
adjective,
ash-colored; pale; wan:
- Rus.
-
- runs
-
noun,
an act or instance, or a period of running:
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- saur
-
- bade
-
noun,
an act or instance of bidding.
- ROUS
-
noun,
(Francis) Peyton, 1879–1970, U.S. pathologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1966.
- Rube
-
noun,
an unsophisticated person from a rural area; hick.
- Ruby
-
noun,
a red variety of corundum, used as a gem.
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- rubs
-
noun,
an act or instance of rubbing:
- Rude
-
noun,
François [frahn-swa] /frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), 1784–1855, French sculptor.
- Rudy
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Rudolf.
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- rues
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- Saud
-
noun,
(Saud ibn Abdul-Aziz), 1901?–69, king of Saudi Arabia 1953–64 (son of ibn-Saud and brother of Faisal).
- ruga
-
noun,
Usually, rugae. Biology, Anatomy. a wrinkle, fold, or ridge.
- Aus.
-
- rune
-
noun,
any of the characters of certain ancient alphabets, as of a script used for writing the Germanic languages, especially of Scandinavia and Britain, from c200 to c1200, or a script used for inscriptions in a Turkic language of the 6th to 8th centuries from the area near the Orkhon River in Mongolia.
- aur-
-
- aune
-
noun,
an old French unit of measure for fabrics, equivalent to about 47 inches (119 cm).
- rung
-
noun,
one of the crosspieces, usually rounded, forming the steps of a ladder.
- bar.
-
- sgd.
-
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- syn-
-
- OSRD
-
- syne
-
adverb, preposition, conjunction,
since.
- Oudh
-
noun,
a former part of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh in N India: now part of Uttar Pradesh.
- ouds
-
noun,
a musical instrument of the Middle East and northern Africa belonging to the lute family.
- ayes
-
noun,
an affirmative vote or voter, especially in British Parliament, corresponding to yea in U.S. Congress.
- ours
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- Ouse
-
noun,
Also called Great Ouse. a river in E England, flowing NE to the Wash. 160 miles (260 km) long.
- rad.
-
- OSHA
-
noun,
the division of the Department of Labor that sets and enforces occupational health and safety rules.
- beys
-
noun,
a provincial governor in the Ottoman Empire.
- rads
-
noun,
a standard unit of absorbed dose of radiation equal to 0.01 gray2 .
- rage
-
noun,
angry fury; violent anger (sometimes used in combination):
- ayre
-
noun,
air1 (def 8d).
- shr.
-
- begs
-
noun,
bey.
- Ande
-
plural noun,
a mountain range in W South America, extending about 4500 miles (7250 km) from N Colombia and Venezuela S to Cape Horn. Highest peak, Aconcagua, 22,834 feet (6960 meters).
- RAND
-
noun,
(in shoemaking) a strip of leather set in a shoe at the heel before the lifts are attached.
- Bend
-
noun,
the act of bending.
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- rang
-
noun,
a boomerang.
- snye
-
noun,
a backwater.
- snod
-
adjective,
smooth; sleek.
- Bern
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Switzerland, in the W part: capital of Bern canton.
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- orby
-
adjective,
like or pertaining to an orb.
- orbs
-
noun,
a sphere or globe:
- ord.
-
- snob
-
noun,
a person who imitates, cultivates, or slavishly admires social superiors and is condescending or overbearing to others.
- Berg
-
noun,
iceberg.
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- Benu
-
noun,
the sacred bird of ancient Egypt, corresponding to the phoenix.
- bens
-
noun,
the inner or back room of a two-room cottage, especially when used as a combined parlor and bedroom.
- org.
-
- orgy
-
noun,
wild or drunken festivity or revelry, especially involving sex with multiple participants.
- ahoy
-
interjection,
(used as a call to hail another ship, attract attention, etc.)
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- 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.
- Syr.
-
- Beau
-
noun,
a male lover or sweetheart.
- Andy
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Andrew.
- Yedo
-
noun,
a former name of Tokyo.
- resh
-
noun,
the 20th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- ano-
-
- BASH
-
noun,
a crushing blow.
- Base
-
noun,
the bottom support of anything; that on which a thing stands or rests:
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- rend
-
verb (used with object),
to separate into parts with force or violence:
- Shan
-
noun,
a group of Mongoloid tribes in the hills of Burma.
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- Barn
-
noun,
a building for storing hay, grain, etc., and often for housing livestock.
- regd
-
- Shay
-
noun,
a chaise.
- Reus
-
noun,
a city in Catalonia, NE Spain, on the Mediterranean Sea.
- anus
-
noun,
the opening at the lower end of the alimentary canal, through which the solid refuse of digestion is excreted.
- Rhea
-
noun,
the ramie plant or fiber.
- shag
-
noun,
rough, matted hair, wool, or the like.
- Bare
-
noun,
any of the plantigrade, carnivorous or omnivorous mammals of the family Ursidae, having massive bodies, coarse heavy fur, relatively short limbs, and almost rudimentary tails.
- Rhys
-
noun,
Jean (Ellen Gwendolen Rees Williams) 1890–1979, English novelist, born in Dominica.
- shad
-
noun,
a deep-bodied herring, Alosa sapidissima, of Europe and North America, that migrates up streams to spawn, used for food.
- regs
-
noun,
Usually, regs. Informal. regulations.
- baud
-
noun,
a unit used to measure the speed of signaling or data transfer, equal to the number of pulses or bits per second:
- Bear
-
noun,
any of the plantigrade, carnivorous or omnivorous mammals of the family Ursidae, having massive bodies, coarse heavy fur, relatively short limbs, and almost rudimentary tails.
- shod
-
noun,
an external covering for the human foot, usually of leather and consisting of a more or less stiff or heavy sole and a lighter upper part ending a short distance above, at, or below the ankle.
- shog
-
noun,
a shake; jolt.
- raob
-
noun,
Meteorology. a radiosonde or rawinsonde observation.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- rash
-
noun,
an eruption or efflorescence on the skin.
- Read
-
noun,
an act or instance of reading:
- Bean
-
noun,
the edible nutritious seed of various plants of the legume family, especially of the genus Phaseolus.
- shoe
-
noun,
an external covering for the human foot, usually of leather and consisting of a more or less stiff or heavy sole and a lighter upper part ending a short distance above, at, or below the ankle.
- bead
-
noun,
a small, usually round object of glass, wood, stone, or the like with a hole through it, often strung with others of its kind in necklaces, rosaries, etc.
- rebs
-
noun,
a Confederate soldier.
- Reg.
-
- BDSA
-
- BDes
-
- Shoa
-
noun,
the Holocaust.
- ands
-
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- redo
-
noun,
the act or an instance of redoing.
- Shea
-
noun,
shea tree.
- reds
-
noun,
any of various colors resembling the color of blood; the primary color at one extreme end of the visible spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 610 and 780 nanometers.
- yegg
-
noun,
a safecracker.
- Bone
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology.
one of the structures composing the skeleton of a vertebrate.
the hard connective tissue forming the substance of the skeleton of most vertebrates, composed of a collagen-rich organic matrix impregnated with calcium, phosphate, and other minerals.
- yeas
-
noun,
an affirmation; an affirmative reply or vote.
- Brad
-
noun,
a slender wire nail having either a small, deep head or a projection to one side of the head end.
- Doha
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of the state of Qatar, on the Persian Gulf.
- dogy
-
noun,
dogie.
- gras
-
- Greg
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Gregory.
- Doge
-
noun,
the chief magistrate in the former republics of Venice and Genoa.
- Grey
-
noun,
Charles, 2nd Earl, 1764–1845, British statesman: prime minister 1830–34.
- does
-
noun,
a plural of doe.
- gres
-
- gro.
-
- grog
-
noun,
a mixture of rum and water, often flavored with lemon, sugar, and spices and sometimes served hot.
- Gran
-
noun,
grandmother.
- doby
-
noun,
adobe.
- dobe
-
noun,
Informal. adobe.
- Gros
-
noun,
Antoine Jean [ahn-twan zhahn] /ɑ̃ˈtwan ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), Baron, 1771–1835, French painter.
- grue
-
verb (used without object),
to shudder.
- dys-
-
- dyne
-
noun,
the standard centimeter-gram-second unit of force, equal to the force that produces an acceleration of one centimeter per second per second on a mass of one gram. Abbreviation: dyn.
- Dyna
-
- Grus
-
noun,
the Crane, a southern constellation between Indus and Piscis Austrinus.
- guan
-
noun,
a large game bird of the curassow family, common in dense woodlands of Central and South America, somewhat resembling a turkey.
- Dona
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Madam; Lady: a Portuguese title prefixed to a woman's given name.
- done
-
noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- Dyer
-
noun,
John, 1700–58, British poet.
- gory
-
adjective,
covered or stained with gore; bloody.
- Gond
-
noun,
a member of an aboriginal people of Dravidian stock, in central India and the Deccan.
- Gone
-
noun,
the act of going:
- Dray
-
noun,
a low, strong cart without fixed sides, for carrying heavy loads.
- gong
-
noun,
a large bronze disk, of Asian origin, having an upturned rim, that produces a vibrant, hollow tone when struck, usually with a stick or hammer that has a padded head.
- gony
-
- Gore
-
noun,
blood that is shed, especially when clotted.
- drag
-
noun,
Nautical.
a designed increase of draft toward the stern of a vessel.
resistance to the movement of a hull through the water.
any of a number of weights dragged cumulatively by a vessel sliding down ways to check its speed.
any object dragged in the water, as a sea anchor.
any device for dragging the bottom of a body of water to recover or detect objects.
- drab
-
noun,
dull gray; dull brownish or yellowish gray.
- dour
-
adjective,
sullen; gloomy:
- gosh
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation or mild oath):
- Gray
-
noun,
any achromatic color; any color with zero chroma, intermediate between white and black.
- Doug
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Douglas.
- dose
-
noun,
a quantity of medicine prescribed to be taken at one time.
- Dory
-
noun,
a boat with a narrow, flat bottom, high bow, and flaring sides.
- DORE
-
noun,
the walleye or pike perch of North America.
- grab
-
noun,
a sudden, quick grasp or snatch:
- Dora
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Greek word meaning “gift.”.
- grad
-
noun,
a graduate.
- dons
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Mr.; Sir: a Spanish title prefixed to a man's given name.
- Dong
-
noun,
a deep sound like that of a large bell.
- dyes
-
noun,
a coloring material or matter.
- Gude
-
noun,
God.
- gon-
-
- HEAO
-
- Dare
-
noun,
an act of daring or defiance; challenge.
- Hans
-
noun,
a male given name, Germanic form of John.
- hard
-
noun,
Nautical. a firm or paved beach or slope convenient for hauling vessels out of the water.
- Danu
-
noun,
the mother of the Tuatha De Danann: identified with the Welsh Don.
- Dang
-
verb (used with object), adjective, noun,
damn (used euphemistically).
- Hare
-
noun,
any rodentlike mammal of the genus Lepus, of the family Leporidae, having long ears, a divided upper lip, and long hind limbs adapted for leaping.
- head
-
noun,
the upper part of the body in humans, joined to the trunk by the neck, containing the brain, eyes, ears, nose, and mouth.
- Dane
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Denmark.
- Dan.
-
abbreviation,
Bible. Daniel (def 1).
- hear
-
verb (used with object),
to perceive by the ear:
- Darn
-
noun,
a darned place, as in a garment:
- dahs
-
noun,
an echoic word, the referent of which is a tone interval approximately three times the length of the dot, used to designate the dash of Morse code, International Morse code, etc.
- Heb.
-
- Hebr
-
- dags
-
noun,
one of a series of decorative scallops or foliations along the edge of a garment, cloth, etc.
- Hedy
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Greek word meaning “pleasing.”.
- Dago
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a person of Italian or sometimes Spanish origin or descent.
- her.
-
- HERA
-
noun,
the ancient Greek queen of heaven, a daughter of Cronus and Rhea and the wife and sister of Zeus.
- Herb
-
noun,
a flowering plant whose stem above ground does not become woody.
- darg
-
noun,
Scot. and North England. a day's work.
- Dash
-
noun,
a small quantity of anything thrown into or mixed with something else:
- Deus
-
noun,
God. Abbreviation: D.
- Debs
-
noun,
Eugene Victor, 1855–1926, U.S. labor leader: Socialist candidate for president 1900–20.
- dern
-
adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
darn2 .
- der.
-
- Deny
-
Idioms,
deny oneself, to refrain from satisfying one's desires or needs; practice self-denial.
- Guys
-
noun,
Informal. a man or boy; fellow:
- 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)
- Den.
-
- deys
-
noun,
the title of the governor of Algiers before the French conquest in 1830.
- degu
-
noun,
a rat-sized New World burrowing rodent, Octodon degus, having long, smooth fur and a black-tipped, tufted tail.
- deg.
-
- gush
-
noun,
a sudden, copious outflow of a fluid.
- Hand
-
noun,
the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- deb.
-
- Hab.
-
- hade
-
noun,
Geology. the angle between a fault plane and the vertical, measured perpendicular to the strike of the fault; complement of the dip.
- DEAR
-
noun,
a person who is good, kind, or generous:
- Dean
-
noun,
Education.
the head of a faculty, school, or administrative division in a university or college:
an official in an American college or secondary school having charge of student personnel services, such as counseling or discipline:
the official in charge of undergraduate students at an English university.
- haes
-
verb (used with object), auxiliary verb,
have.
- Hag.
-
- hags
-
noun,
an ugly old woman, especially a vicious or malicious one.
- Daub
-
noun,
material, especially of an inferior kind, for daubing walls.
- Hays
-
noun,
Will (Harrison) 1879–1954, U.S. lawyer, politician, and official of the motion-picture industry.
- dreg
-
noun,
dregs, the sediment of liquids; lees; grounds.
- goys
-
noun,
a term used by a Jew to refer to someone who is not Jewish.
- dabs
-
noun,
a quick or light blow; a pat, as with the hand or something soft.
- Gays
-
noun,
Sometimes Offensive. a homosexual person, especially a male.
- Gabe
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Gabriel.
- Gaby
-
noun,
a fool.
- Gabo
-
noun,
Naum [noum] /naʊm/ (Show IPA), (Naum Pevsner) 1890–1977, U.S. sculptor, born in Russia (brother of Antoine Pevsner).
- ebon
-
adjective,
ebony (def 6).
- gabs
-
noun,
idle talk; chatter.
- gads
-
noun,
the act of gadding.
- Gage
-
noun,
something, as a glove, thrown down by a medieval knight in token of challenge to combat.
- easy
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- gags
-
noun,
something put into a person's mouth to prevent speech, shouting, etc.
- Gand
-
noun,
French name of Ghent.
- Eur.
-
- ears
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- gang
-
noun,
a group or band:
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- Eads
-
noun,
James Buchanan, 1820–87, U.S. engineer and inventor.
- 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.
- garb
-
noun,
a fashion or mode of dress, especially of a distinctive, uniform kind:
- Gard
-
noun,
a department in S France. 2271 sq. mi. (5882 sq. km). Capital: Nîmes.
- Gare
-
noun,
low-grade wool fibers from the legs of sheep.
- garg
-
- Ebro
-
noun,
a river flowing SE from N Spain to the Mediterranean. About 470 miles (755 km) long.
- eso-
-
- 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.
- engs
-
noun,
the symbol, ŋ, that, in the International Phonetic Alphabet and in the pronunciation alphabets of some dictionaries, represents the voiced velar nasal consonant indicated in English spelling by (ng), as in the pronunciations of cling [kling] /klɪŋ/ (Show IPA) and clink [klingk] /klɪŋk/ (Show IPA).
- eggs
-
noun,
the roundish reproductive body produced by the female of certain animals, as birds and most reptiles, consisting of an ovum and its envelope of albumen, jelly, membranes, egg case, or shell, according to species.
- egos
-
noun,
the “I” or self of any person; a person as thinking, feeling, and willing, and distinguishing itself from the selves of others and from objects of its thought.
- eyas
-
noun,
a nestling, usually a hawk.
- eyra
-
noun,
a jaguarundi.
- egad
-
interjection,
(used as an expletive or mild oath):
- end-
-
- ends
-
noun,
the last part or extremity, lengthwise, of anything that is longer than it is wide or broad:
- Eng.
-
- Edna
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “rejuvenation, rebirth.”.
- Enyo
-
noun,
an ancient Greek war goddess.
- Esd.
-
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- edhs
-
noun,
eth.
- Ens.
-
- edgy
-
adjective,
nervously irritable; impatient and anxious.
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- eous
-
- ergs
-
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- Esau
-
noun,
a son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Jacob, to whom he sold his birthright. Gen. 25:21–25.
- Gary
-
noun,
Elbert Henry, 1846–1927, U.S. financier and lawyer.
- gash
-
noun,
a long, deep wound or cut; slash.
- Goya
-
noun,
Francisco de [fran-sis-koh duh;; Spanish frahn-thees-kaw de,, -sees-] /frænˈsɪs koʊ də;; Spanish frɑnˈθis kɔ dɛ,, -ˈsis-/ (Show IPA), (Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes) 1746–1828, Spanish painter.
- gnar
-
verb (used without object),
to snarl; growl.
- dugs
-
noun,
the mamma or the nipple of a female mammal.
- gybe
-
noun,
the act of jibing.
- dues
-
noun,
something that is due, owed, or naturally belongs to someone.
- gyn-
-
- gyne
-
- dubs
-
noun,
an awkward, unskillful person.
- Gyor
-
noun,
a city in NW Hungary.
- gyr-
-
- gyre
-
noun,
a ring or circle.
- Drug
-
noun,
Pharmacology. a chemical substance used in the treatment, cure, prevention, or diagnosis of disease or used to otherwise enhance physical or mental well-being.
- Duna
-
noun,
Hungarian name of the Danube.
- goad
-
noun,
a stick with a pointed or electrically charged end, for driving cattle, oxen, etc.; prod.
- drub
-
noun,
a blow with a stick or the like.
- goas
-
noun,
a gazelle, Procapra picticaudata, of the Tibetan plateau.
- drys
-
noun,
a prohibitionist.
- goby
-
noun,
any small marine or freshwater fish of the family Gobiidae, often having the pelvic fins united to form a suctorial disk.
- gobs
-
noun,
a mass or lump.
- Goer
-
noun,
a person or thing that goes:
- GOES
-
noun,
plural of go1 .
- Gogh
-
noun,
Vincent van [vin-suh nt van;; Dutch vin-sent vahn] /ˈvɪn sənt væn;; Dutch vɪnˈsɛnt vɑn/ (Show IPA), van Gogh, Vincent.
- Gers
-
noun,
a department in SW France. 2429 sq. mi. (6290 sq. km). Capital: Auch.
- Gerd
-
noun,
the daughter of a giant and the consort of Frey, who wooed her through his servant Skirnir.
- Gaud
-
noun,
a showy ornament or trinket.
- Gen.
-
- Duse
-
noun,
Eleonora [el-ee-uh-nawr-uh;; Italian e-le-aw-naw-rah] /ˌɛl i əˈnɔr ə;; Italian ˌɛ lɛ ɔˈnɔ rɑ/ (Show IPA), 1859–1924, Italian actress.
- duro
-
noun,
a peso of Spain or Spanish America.
- durn
-
adjective, adverb, verb (used with object), noun,
darn2 .
- 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.
- gds.
-
- Gean
-
noun,
heart cherry.
- gear
-
noun,
Machinery.
a part, as a disk, wheel, or section of a shaft, having cut teeth of such form, size, and spacing that they mesh with teeth in another part to transmit or receive force and motion.
an assembly of such parts.
one of several possible arrangements of such parts in a mechanism, as an automobile transmission, for affording different relations of torque and speed between the driving and the driven machinery, or for permitting the driven machinery to run in either direction:
a mechanism or group of parts performing one function or serving one purpose in a complex machine:
- dure
-
adjective,
hard; severe.
- geds
-
noun,
any fish of the pike family.
- Gena
-
noun,
the cheek or side region of the head.
- dune
-
noun,
a sand hill or sand ridge formed by the wind, usually in desert regions or near lakes and oceans.
- dura
-
noun,
dura mater.
- duos
-
noun,
Music. duet.
- gens
-
noun,
a group of families in ancient Rome claiming descent from a common ancestor and united by a common name and common ancestral religious rites.
- genu
-
noun,
the knee.
- duo-
-
- geo-
-
- Duns
-
noun,
a person, especially a creditor, who duns another.
- Ger.
-
- Gera
-
noun,
a city in E central Germany.
- dung
-
noun,
excrement, especially of animals; manure.
- herd
-
noun,
a number of animals kept, feeding, or traveling together; drove; flock:
- doer
-
noun,
a person or thing that does something, especially a person who gets things done with vigor and efficiency.
- Bur.
-
- Bund
-
noun,
an embankment or an embanked quay, often providing a promenade.
- Brno
-
noun,
a city in S Moravia, in the SE Czech Republic: former capital of Moravia.
- yean
-
verb (used without object),
(of a sheep or goat) to bring forth young.
- Bran
-
noun,
the partly ground husk of wheat or other grain, separated from flour meal by sifting.
- Hoad
-
noun,
Lew(is Alan) 1934–94, Australian tennis player.
- yeah
-
adverb,
yes.
- Hugo
-
noun,
Victor (Marie, Viscount) [vik-ter muh-ree;; French veek-tawr ma-ree] /ˈvɪk tər məˈri;; French vikˈtɔr maˈri/ (Show IPA), 1802–85, French poet, novelist, and dramatist.
- hour
-
noun,
a period of time equal to one twenty-fourth of a mean solar or civil day and equivalent to 60 minutes:
- Bury
-
noun,
Nautical. housing1 (def 8a, b).
- burs
-
noun,
a rough, prickly case around the seeds of certain plants, as the chestnut or burdock.
- BSAE
-
- hued
-
adjective,
having the hue or color as specified (usually used in combination):
- DEng
-
- buoy
-
noun,
Nautical. a distinctively shaped and marked float, sometimes carrying a signal or signals, anchored to mark a channel, anchorage, navigational hazard, etc., or to provide a mooring place away from the shore.
- bus.
-
- Hurd
-
plural noun,
hards.
- Hogg
-
noun,
hog (def 5).
- Buna
-
- Bush
-
noun,
a low plant with many branches that arise from or near the ground.
- HUGE
-
adjective,
extraordinarily large in bulk, quantity, or extent:
- busy
-
adjective,
actively and attentively engaged in work or a pastime:
- Buda
-
noun,
See under Budapest.
- Bray
-
noun,
the loud, harsh cry of a donkey.
- Hose
-
noun,
a flexible tube for conveying a liquid, as water, to a desired point:
- buys
-
noun,
an act or instance of buying.
- yarn
-
noun,
thread made of natural or synthetic fibers and used for knitting and weaving.
- Hos.
-
- Brag
-
noun,
a boast or vaunt.
- Yang
-
noun,
See under yin and yang.
- Huey
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Hugh.
- Hyde
-
noun,
Douglas, 1860–1949, Irish author and statesman: president of Ireland. 1938–45.
- brae
-
noun,
a slope; declivity; hillside.
- yaud
-
noun,
a mare, especially an old, worn-out one.
- hoar
-
noun,
hoarfrost; rime.
- HERO
-
noun,
a person noted for courageous acts or nobility of character:
- Horn
-
noun,
one of the bony, permanent, hollow paired growths, often curved and pointed, that project from the upper part of the head of certain ungulate mammals, as cattle, sheep, goats, or antelopes.
- BSHE
-
- Hoya
-
noun,
any shrubby climbing plant of the genus Hoya, of the milkweed family, especially the wax plant, H. carnosa, a pot plant with waxy white flowers.
- Brea
-
noun,
a town in S California.
- bung
-
noun,
a stopper for the opening of a cask.
- hobs
-
noun,
a projection or shelf at the back or side of a fireplace, used for keeping food warm.
- Bred
-
noun,
Genetics. a relatively homogenous group of animals within a species, developed and maintained by humans.
- year
-
noun,
a period of 365 or 366 days, in the Gregorian calendar, divided into 12 calendar months, now reckoned as beginning Jan. 1 and ending Dec. 31 (calendar year or civil year)
Compare common year, leap year.
- hund
-
- Bres
-
noun,
a Fomorian king of Ireland, whose unpopular rule led to the expulsion of the Fomorians by the Tuatha De Danann.
- Burd
-
noun,
a young lady; maiden.
- hora
-
noun,
a traditional Romanian and Israeli round dance.
- hor.
-
- buhr
-
noun,
burr1 (def 1).
- hods
-
noun,
a portable trough for carrying mortar, bricks, etc., fixed crosswise on top of a pole and carried on the shoulder.
- hoys
-
noun,
a heavy barge used in harbors.
- hugs
-
noun,
a tight clasp with the arms; embrace.
- Burg
-
noun,
Informal. a city or town.
- hers
-
noun,
Slang. a female:
- huns
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic and warlike Asian people who devastated or controlled large parts of eastern and central Europe and who exercised their greatest power under Attila in the 5th century a.d.
- Hong
-
noun,
(in China) a group of rooms or buildings forming a warehouse, factory, etc.
- hone
-
noun,
a whetstone of fine, compact texture for sharpening razors and other cutting tools.
- BSGE
-
- Yard
-
noun,
a common unit of linear measure in English-speaking countries, equal to 3 feet or 36 inches, and equivalent to 0.9144 meter.
- BSNA
-
- Hons
-
noun,
honey (def 6).
- BSHA
-
- yare
-
adjective,
quick; agile; lively.
- 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.
- Hue
-
noun,
a gradation or variety of a color; tint:
- Nay
-
noun,
a denial or refusal.
- she
-
noun,
a female person or animal.
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- NAB
-
verb (used with object),
to arrest or capture.
- NAD
-
- Hun
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic and warlike Asian people who devastated or controlled large parts of eastern and central Europe and who exercised their greatest power under Attila in the 5th century a.d.
- Gde
-
- sho
-
- shy
-
noun,
a sudden start aside, as in fear.
- GDR
-
- ANG
-
- hug
-
noun,
a tight clasp with the arms; embrace.
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- NAG
-
noun,
Also, nagger. a person who nags, especially habitually.
- HUD
-
noun,
Department of Housing and Urban Development.
- Geb
-
noun,
the god of the earth and the father of Osiris and Isis.
- Ged
-
noun,
any fish of the pike family.
- Any
-
Idioms,
any which way, in any manner whatever; indifferently or carelessly:
- gey
-
adverb,
Scot. considerably; very.
- aor
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- SHA
-
- DSA
-
- SBA
-
- sb.
-
- NEB
-
noun,
a bill or beak, as of a bird.
- BSD
-
- ARU
-
- asb
-
- dub
-
noun,
an awkward, unskillful person.
- Sau
-
noun,
German name of Sava.
- Du.
-
- ase
-
- DSR
-
- Ash
-
noun,
the powdery residue of matter that remains after burning.
- SDA
-
- SAR
-
- BSE
-
- GNU
-
noun,
either of two stocky, oxlike antelopes of the genus Connochaetes, the silver-gray, white-bearded C. taurinus of the eastern African plain and the black, white-tailed C. gnou of central South Africa: recently near extinction, the South African gnu is now protected.
- Goa
-
noun,
a gazelle, Procapra picticaudata, of the Tibetan plateau.
- NED
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Edward.
- NEG
-
noun,
a photographic negative.
- bsh
-
- ASN
-
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- ASR
-
- ASU
-
- DAB
-
noun,
a quick or light blow; a pat, as with the hand or something soft.
- SBE
-
- SDR
-
- hub
-
noun,
the central part of a wheel, as that part into which the spokes are inserted.
- Ges
-
- AOU
-
- arb
-
noun,
an arbitrager.
- hrs
-
- HRE
-
- ard
-
- SER
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- Bro
-
noun,
a brother.
- NBA
-
- Dun
-
noun,
a person, especially a creditor, who duns another.
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- NbE
-
- ggr
-
- se-
-
- GHA
-
- NBS
-
- ary
-
adjective,
any; anyone.
- dug
-
noun,
the mamma or the nipple of a female mammal.
- SED
-
- NDE
-
- ne-
-
- NEA
-
- due
-
noun,
something that is due, owed, or naturally belongs to someone.
- BSA
-
- ARS
-
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- ARE
-
noun,
a measure of surface area; 1 are is equal to1/100 (0.01) of a hectare (100 square meters or 119.6 square yards). Abbreviation: a.
- ahu
-
noun,
a stone heap or platform used by the Polynesians as a marker or memorial.
- GAS
-
noun,
Physics. a substance possessing perfect molecular mobility and the property of indefinite expansion, as opposed to a solid or liquid.
- yds
-
- Abe
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Abraham.
- yod
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- aby
-
verb (used with object),
Archaic. to pay the penalty of.
- UNO
-
- abn
-
- ung
-
- Abo
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to an Australian Aborigine.
- Une
-
- yea
-
noun,
an affirmation; an affirmative reply or vote.
- edh
-
noun,
eth.
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- ur-
-
- yon
-
pronoun,
that or those yonder.
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- ADB
-
- Una
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “one.”.
- ery
-
- ugh
-
noun,
the sound of a cough, grunt, or the like.
- udo
-
noun,
a plant, Aralia cordata, of the ginseng family, cultivated, especially in Japan and China, for its edible shoots.
- Ube
-
noun,
a seaport on SW Honshu, in SW Japan.
- UAE
-
- USA
-
- UAR
-
- ade
-
noun,
George, 1866–1944, U.S. humorist.
- uns
-
- abd
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- urn
-
noun,
a large or decorative vase, especially one with an ornamental foot or pedestal.
- USO
-
- Bra
-
noun,
brassiere.
- USN
-
- EGO
-
noun,
the “I” or self of any person; a person as thinking, feeling, and willing, and distinguishing itself from the selves of others and from objects of its thought.
- Yen
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of Japan, equal to 100 sen or 1000 rin. Symbol: ¥; Abbreviation: Y.
- Ehr
-
- USE
-
noun,
the act of employing, using, or putting into service:
- USB
-
- Yeo
-
- urs
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city on the Euphrates, in S Iraq: extensive excavations, especially of royal tombs.
- yer
-
- en-
-
- urb
-
noun,
an urban area.
- ab-
-
- yes
-
noun,
an affirmative reply.
- EDS
-
noun,
education:
- ad-
-
- YHA
-
- ag-
-
- EDO
-
noun,
a member of an indigenous people of western Africa, in the Benin region of southern Nigeria.
- ure
-
- Urd
-
noun,
a plant, Vigna mungo, of the legume family, widely cultivated in tropical Asia for its edible seeds and for forage.
- YOB
-
noun,
a teenage lout or hooligan.
- an.
-
- Ar.
-
- ado
-
noun,
busy activity; bustle; fuss.
- ESA
-
- ays
-
- ear
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- yad
-
noun,
a tapered, usually ornamented rod, usually of silver, with the tip of the tapered part forming a fist with the index finger extended, used by the reader of a scroll of the Torah as a place marker.
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- soy
-
noun,
soy sauce.
- Gay
-
noun,
Sometimes Offensive. a homosexual person, especially a male.
- sod
-
noun,
a section cut or torn from the surface of grassland, containing the matted roots of grass.
- GAN
-
noun,
cotton gin.
- SOB
-
noun,
the act of sobbing; a convulsive catching of the breath in weeping.
- AGS
-
adjective, noun,
agriculture:
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- SNU
-
- Hus
-
noun,
Jan [jan;; Czech yahn] /dʒæn;; Czech yɑn/ (Show IPA), Huss, John.
- ean
-
- Gad
-
noun,
the act of gadding.
- GAO
-
noun,
a city in E Mali.
- AHE
-
- BRE
-
- ead
-
- aye
-
noun,
an affirmative vote or voter, especially in British Parliament, corresponding to yea in U.S. Congress.
- ea.
-
- AYH
-
- eo-
-
- Shu
-
noun,
the Confucian principle of refraining from actions toward others that would be disagreeable if done to oneself.
- Ayn
-
noun,
ʿain.
- Eg.
-
- Ayr
-
noun,
a seaport in SW Scotland.
- Gag
-
noun,
something put into a person's mouth to prevent speech, shouting, etc.
- ago
-
adverb,
in past time; in the past:
- yas
-
noun,
the 28th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- SUG
-
- ESR
-
- EdB
-
- ADS
-
noun,
advertisement.
- ESU
-
- ae.
-
- eu-
-
- EDA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- you
-
noun,
something or someone closely identified with or resembling the person addressed:
- ed.
-
- 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.
- EBS
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- Sue
-
noun,
Eugène [œ-zhen] /œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), (Marie Joseph Sue) 1804–57, French novelist.
- yah
-
interjection,
an exclamation of impatience or derision.
- age
-
noun,
the length of time during which a being or thing has existed; length of life or existence to the time spoken of or referred to:
- Ga.
-
- GAR
-
noun,
Also called garfish, garpike. any predaceous freshwater fish of the genus Lepisosteus, of North America, covered with hard, diamond-shaped scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth.
- GBE
-
- SRB
-
- GAB
-
noun,
idle talk; chatter.
- Sr.
-
- yar
-
adjective,
yare (defs 1, 2).
- Agh
-
- Yao
-
noun,
Wade-Giles, Pinyin. a legendary emperor of China who, with his successor (Shun) was a paragon of good government.
- Sou
-
noun,
(formerly) either of two bronze coins of France, equal to 5 centimes and 10 centimes.
- EbN
-
- egg
-
noun,
the roundish reproductive body produced by the female of certain animals, as birds and most reptiles, consisting of an ovum and its envelope of albumen, jelly, membranes, egg case, or shell, according to species.
- gob
-
noun,
a mass or lump.
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- DBS
-
- Had
-
noun,
Usually, haves. an individual or group that has wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have-not).
- REA
-
- RDS
-
- RDA
-
- DBE
-
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- hae
-
verb (used with object), auxiliary verb,
have.
- NUS
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- DEA
-
- de-
-
- DBA
-
- Reb
-
noun,
a Confederate soldier.
- beg
-
noun,
bey.
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- ob.
-
- Hay
-
noun,
grass, clover, alfalfa, etc., cut and dried for use as forage.
- Ray
-
noun,
a narrow beam of light.
- rah
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation of encouragement to a player or team.)
- dau
-
noun,
dhow.
- bey
-
noun,
a provincial governor in the Ottoman Empire.
- Han
-
noun,
a dynasty in China, 206 b.c.–a.d. 220, with an interregnum, a.d. 9–25: characterized by consolidation of the centralized imperial state and territorial expansion.
Compare Earlier Han, Later Han.
- rag
-
noun,
a worthless piece of cloth, especially one that is torn or worn.
- hr.
-
- BEA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Beatrice.
- OED
-
- BAS
-
noun,
an aspect of the soul, represented as a human-headed bird.
- rhb
-
- GSR
-
- RGB
-
- bog
-
noun,
wet, spongy ground with soil composed mainly of decayed vegetable matter.
- dye
-
noun,
a coloring material or matter.
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- dha
-
- dh-
-
- nr.
-
- NRA
-
- Rey
-
noun,
a city in N Iran, near Teheran.
- GUS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Augustus or Gustave.
- NSA
-
- NSU
-
- Guy
-
noun,
Informal. a man or boy; fellow:
- 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.
- God
-
noun,
the one Supreme Being, the creator and ruler of the universe.
- Dey
-
noun,
the title of the governor of Algiers before the French conquest in 1830.
- 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.
- BDA
-
- Bde
-
- red
-
noun,
any of various colors resembling the color of blood; the primary color at one extreme end of the visible spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 610 and 780 nanometers.
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- Ben
-
noun,
the inner or back room of a two-room cottage, especially when used as a combined parlor and bedroom.
- GSA
-
- DOA
-
- BHA
-
- Bn.
-
- do.
-
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- Hey
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation to call attention or to express pleasure, surprise, bewilderment, etc.)
- ons
-
- Hen
-
noun,
the female of the domestic fowl.
- ONR
-
- bhd
-
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- by-
-
- dah
-
noun,
an echoic word, the referent of which is a tone interval approximately three times the length of the dot, used to designate the dash of Morse code, International Morse code, etc.
- bye
-
noun,
Sports. in a tournament, the preferential status of a player or team not paired with a competitor in an early round and thus automatically advanced to play in the next round:
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- Oys
-
noun,
a grandchild.
- Dag
-
noun,
one of a series of decorative scallops or foliations along the edge of a garment, cloth, etc.
- ODA
-
noun,
a room within a harem.
- OHG
-
- ode
-
noun,
a lyric poem typically of elaborate or irregular metrical form and expressive of exalted or enthusiastic emotion.
- DSO
-
- DAE
-
- ODS
-
noun,
a hypothetical force formerly held to pervade all nature and to manifest itself in magnetism, mesmerism, chemical action, etc.
- BNS
-
- ORB
-
noun,
a sphere or globe:
- DAS
-
noun,
hyrax.
- DAR
-
- Rab
-
noun,
a wooden beater for mixing plaster or mortar.
- Re.
-
- Rd.
-
- OSA
-
- OSB
-
- our
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- OSD
-
- oud
-
noun,
a musical instrument of the Middle East and northern Africa belonging to the lute family.
- HAO
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of Vietnam, the tenth part of a dong.
- hyd
-
- ose
-
- boa
-
noun,
any of several nonvenomous, chiefly tropical constrictors of the family Boidae, having vestigial hind limbs at the base of the tail.
- 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.
- has
-
noun,
Usually, haves. an individual or group that has wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have-not).
- ory
-
- HBO
-
- hd.
-
- OAS
-
- OAU
-
- Oba
-
noun,
a hereditary tribal ruler among various peoples in the Benin region of western Africa.
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- DAY
-
noun,
the interval of light between two successive nights; the time between sunrise and sunset:
- OBE
-
- rhe
-
noun,
a centimeter-gram-second unit of fluidity, equal to the reciprocal of poise.
- nub
-
noun,
the point, gist, or heart of something.
- USR
-
- Don
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Mr.; Sir: a Spanish title prefixed to a man's given name.
- BAg
-
noun,
a container or receptacle of leather, plastic, cloth, paper, etc., capable of being closed at the mouth; pouch.
- Nod
-
noun,
a short, quick downward bending forward of the head, as in assent, greeting, or command or because of drowsiness.
- Bug
-
noun,
Also called true bug, hemipteran, hemipteron. a hemipterous insect.
- run
-
noun,
an act or instance, or a period of running:
- Hon
-
noun,
honey (def 6).
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- bah
-
interjection,
(an exclamation of contempt or annoyance):
- nog
-
noun,
any beverage made with beaten eggs, usually with alcoholic liquor; eggnog.
- Bay
-
noun,
a body of water forming an indentation of the shoreline, larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf.
- Gor
-
interjection,
(used as a mild oath.)
- nob
-
noun,
Slang. the head.
- doh
-
interjection,
(used to express dismay when one has said or done something stupid or when something has gone wrong.)
Compare duh.
- NGO
-
noun,
1901–1963, South Vietnamese statesman: president of the Republic of South Vietnam 1956–63.
- BSO
-
- NES
-
- Hoy
-
noun,
a heavy barge used in harbors.
- Ban
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noun,
the act of prohibiting by law; interdiction.
- ROG
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- Bon
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noun,
Cape, a cape on the NE coast of Tunisia: surrender of the German African forces, May 12, 1943.
- ROE
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noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- Dor
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noun,
Also, dorbeetle [dawr-beet-l] /ˈdɔrˌbit l/ (Show IPA). a common European dung beetle, Geotrupes stercorarius.
- Gr.
-
- GRB
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- Dr.
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- BED
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noun,
a piece of furniture upon which or within which a person sleeps, rests, or stays when not well.
- bu.
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- rub
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noun,
an act or instance of rubbing:
- BDS
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plural,
board.
- Nye
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noun,
Edgar Wilson ("Bill Nye") 1850–96, U.S. humorist.
- NYA
-
- RSE
-
- NHS
-
- RSA
-
- Rs.
-
- Bud
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noun,
Botany.
a small axillary or terminal protuberance on a plant, containing rudimentary foliage (leaf bud) the rudimentary inflorescence (flower bud) or both (mixed bud)
an undeveloped or rudimentary stem or branch of a plant.
- Rue
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- NHG
-
- 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.
- Dou
-
noun,
Gerard [gey-rahrt] /ˈgeɪ rɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1613–75, Dutch painter: pupil of Rembrandt.
- NHA
-
- bd.
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plural,
board.
- BOD
-
noun,
body:
- Br.
-
- bad
-
noun,
that which is bad:
- dyn
-
- Noh
-
noun,
Nō.
- Roy
-
noun,
Rammohun [rah-moh-hon] /rɑˈmoʊ hɒn/ (Show IPA), 1774–1833, Indian religious leader: founder of Brahmo Samaj.
- Rod
-
noun,
a stick, wand, staff, or the like, of wood, metal, or other material.
- Gog
-
noun,
a chief prince of Meshech and Tubal who came from Magog. Ezek. 38–39.
- Hoe
-
noun,
a long-handled implement having a thin, flat blade usually set transversely, used to break up the surface of the ground, destroy weeds, etc.
- hod
-
noun,
a portable trough for carrying mortar, bricks, etc., fixed crosswise on top of a pole and carried on the shoulder.
- DRE
-
- DOB
-
- DNR
-
- rya
-
noun,
a handwoven Scandinavian rug with a thick pile and usually a strong, colorful design.
- Sad
-
noun,
the 14th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- BSN
-
- DNB
-
- RNA
-
- BAO
-
noun,
an African board game usually played by moving pebbles along two rows of holes.
- Ney
-
noun,
Michel [mee-shel] /miˈʃɛl/ (Show IPA), Duke of Elchingen [el-khing-uh n] /ˈɛl xɪŋ ən/ (Show IPA), 1769–1815, French revolutionary and Napoleonic military leader: marshal of France 1805–15.
- DNA
-
- SAE
-
- SAG
-
noun,
an act or instance of sagging.
- rho
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Greek alphabet (P, ρ).
- Hob
-
noun,
a projection or shelf at the back or side of a fireplace, used for keeping food warm.
- DRG
-
- Dry
-
noun,
a prohibitionist.
- hog
-
noun,
a hoofed mammal of the family Suidae, order Artiodactyla, comprising boars and swine.
- Rye
-
noun,
a widely cultivated cereal grass, Secale cereale, having one-nerved glumes and two- or three-flowered spikelets.
- DOE
-
noun,
the female of the deer, antelope, goat, rabbit, and certain other animals.
- ROA
-
- gre
-
- buy
-
noun,
an act or instance of buying.
- Boy
-
noun,
a male child, from birth to full growth, especially one less than 18 years of age.
- dog
-
noun,
a domesticated canid, Canis familiaris, bred in many varieties.
- goy
-
noun,
a term used by a Jew to refer to someone who is not Jewish.
- bun
-
noun,
any of a wide variety of variously shaped bread rolls, usually leavened and slightly sweetened or plain, sometimes containing spices, dried currants, etc.
- ROB
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Robert.
- sd.
-
- So.
-
- rnd
-
- SRO
-
- be-
-
- NH
-
- HE
-
noun,
any male person or animal; a man:
- S.
-
- 2D
-
noun,
a two-dimensional form or appearance:
- 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.
- GN
-
- BG
-
- HB
-
- ye
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pronoun,
Archaic, except in some elevated or ecclesiastical prose Literary, or British Dialect.
(used nominatively as the plural of thou especially in rhetorical, didactic, or poetic contexts, in addressing a group of persons or things):
(used nominatively for the second person singular, especially in polite address):
(used objectively in the second person singular or plural):
- AU
-
plural,
to the; at the; with the.
- OH
-
noun,
the exclamation “oh.”.
- eh
-
interjection,
(an interrogative utterance, usually expressing surprise or doubt or seeking confirmation).
- B-
-
- AH
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation of pain, surprise, pity, complaint, dislike, joy, etc., according to the manner of utterance.)
- SG
-
- ey
-
- AO
-
- yo
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation to get someone's attention, express excitement, greet someone, etc.)
- oy
-
noun,
a grandchild.
- BH
-
- HG
-
- 3D
-
noun,
a three-dimensional form or appearance:
- BA
-
noun,
an aspect of the soul, represented as a human-headed bird.
- SA
-
- NY
-
- Hy
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Hiram.
- ry
-
- D.
-
- h.
-
- yr
-
- YA
-
noun,
the 28th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- Y.
-
- RO
-
- YU
-
noun,
a legendary Chinese emperor who drained the land and made the mountains.
- HO
-
noun,
a sexually promiscuous woman.
- NU
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- DG
-
- GD
-
- DA
-
noun,
a male hairstyle, especially of the 1950s, in which the hair is slicked back on both sides to overlap at the back of the head.
- SN
-
- N.
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- rg
-
- sy
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Seymour, Simon, or Silas.
- DN
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- NB
-
- ND
-
- NG
-
- Eb
-
- O.
-
- RU
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- OU
-
noun,
a rare Hawaiian honeycreeper, Psittirostra psittacea, having an olive-green body, a parrotlike bill, and in the male a bright yellow head.
- yd
-
noun,
a unit of area measurement equal to a square measuring one yard on each side; 0.8361 square meters. 2 , sq. yd. Abbreviation: yd.
- UH
-
interjection,
(used to indicate hesitation, doubt, or a pause).
- OA
-
- YB
-
- Ud
-
- UB
-
- BO
-
- GH
-
- U.
-
- R.
-
- GG
-
- sh
-
interjection,
(used to urge silence.)
- RH
-
- RN
-
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- OD
-
noun,
a hypothetical force formerly held to pervade all nature and to manifest itself in magnetism, mesmerism, chemical action, etc.
- G.
-
- DB
-
- GB
-
- GO
-
noun,
the act of going:
- GU
-
- SU
-
- OG
-