Anagrams of iatrochemistry
Word iatrochemistry has
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- stichometry
-
noun,
the practice of writing a prose text in lines, often of slightly differing lengths, that correspond to units of sense and indicate phrasal rhythms.
- Mechitarist
-
noun,
Mekhitarist.
- chrismatory
-
noun,
a receptacle for chrism.
- choirmaster
-
noun,
the director of a choir.
- arthrectomy
-
noun,
erasion (def 2b).
- arithmetics
-
noun,
the method or process of computation with figures: the most elementary branch of mathematics.
- theatricism
-
noun,
theatricalism.
- theriatrics
-
noun,
the study and practice of veterinary medicine.
- short-time
-
noun,
a period or schedule during which the number of working hours is reduced:
- thermistor
-
noun,
a resistor whose action depends upon changes of its resistance material with changes in temperature.
- hemostatic
-
noun,
a hemostatic agent or substance.
- hematocyst
-
noun,
a cyst containing blood.
- tracheitis
-
noun,
inflammation of the trachea.
- short-term
-
adjective,
covering or applying to a relatively short period of time.
- trichroism
-
noun,
pleochroism of a biaxial crystal such that it exhibits three different colors when viewed from three different directions under transmitted light.
- Maestricht
-
noun,
Maastricht.
- arithmetic
-
noun,
the method or process of computation with figures: the most elementary branch of mathematics.
- triarchies
-
noun,
government by three persons.
- atrocities
-
noun,
the quality or state of being atrocious.
- arthritics
-
noun,
a person afflicted with arthritis.
- astrometry
-
noun,
the branch of astronomy that deals with the measurement of the positions and motions of the celestial bodies.
- meritocrat
-
noun,
a member of a meritocracy.
- Timocharis
-
noun,
a crater in the second quadrant of the face of the moon: about 25 miles (40 km) in diameter.
- microstate
-
noun,
ministate.
- trachytes
-
noun,
a fine-grained volcanic rock consisting essentially of alkali feldspar and one or more subordinate minerals, as hornblende or mica: the extrusive equivalent of syenite.
- eroticism
-
noun,
the sexual or erotic quality or character of something.
- astrocyte
-
noun,
a star-shaped neuroglial cell of ectodermal origin.
- ameristic
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adjective,
not divided into parts; having no meristem.
- erythrism
-
noun,
abnormal redness, as of plumage or hair.
- cremators
-
noun,
a person who cremates.
- crematory
-
noun,
a place, as a funeral establishment, at which cremation is done.
- arthritis
-
noun,
acute or chronic inflammation of a joint, often accompanied by pain and structural changes and having diverse causes, as infection, crystal deposition, or injury.
- Himyarite
-
noun,
one of an ancient people of southern Arabia speaking a Semitic language.
- stitchery
-
noun,
needlework.
- stomacher
-
noun,
a richly ornamented garment covering the stomach and chest, worn by both sexes in the 15th and 16th centuries, and later worn under a bodice by women.
- chromites
-
noun,
Chemistry. a salt of chromium in the bivalent state.
- chromates
-
noun,
a salt of chromic acid, as potassium chromate, K 2 CrO 4 .
- thyristor
-
noun,
a semiconductor device having two stable states, used as an electronic switch.
- chorister
-
noun,
a singer in a choir.
- tetrarchs
-
noun,
any ruler of a fourth part, division, etc.
- atomicity
-
noun,
the number of atoms in a molecule of a gas.
- theocrats
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noun,
a person who rules, governs as a representative of God or a deity, or is a member of the ruling group in a theocracy, as a divine king or a high priest.
- athrocyte
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noun,
a cell that ingests foreign particles and retains them in suspension in the cytoplasm.
- Carothers
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noun,
Wallace Hume, 1896–1937, U.S. chemist: associated with the invention of synthetic nylon material.
- theocrasy
-
noun,
a mixture of religious forms and deities by worshipers.
- metacryst
-
noun,
a crystal formed by recrystallization of minerals in a metamorphic rock.
- atheistic
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adjective,
pertaining to or characteristic of atheists or atheism; containing, suggesting, or disseminating atheism:
- armistice
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noun,
a temporary suspension of hostilities by agreement of the warring parties; truce:
- chirimoya
-
noun,
cherimoya.
- arteritis
-
noun,
inflammation of an artery.
- rhotacism
-
noun,
Historical Linguistics. a change of a speech sound, especially (s), to (r), as in the change from Old Latin lases to Latin lares.
- termitary
-
noun,
termitarium.
- chamosite
-
noun,
a mineral of the chlorite group, hydrous aluminum silicate of iron, occurring in gray or black crystals in oolitic iron ore.
- charities
-
noun,
generous actions or donations to aid the poor, ill, or helpless:
- chemistry
-
noun,
the science that deals with the composition and properties of substances and various elementary forms of matter.
Compare element (def 2).
- cherimoya
-
noun,
a tropical American tree, Annona cherimola, having leaves with velvety, hairy undersides and yellow-to-brown fragrant flowers.
- archettos
-
noun,
a tool, consisting of a bow strung with wire, for trimming excess material from a piece being modeled.
- arthritic
-
noun,
a person afflicted with arthritis.
- theatrics
-
noun,
(used with a singular verb) the art of staging plays and other stage performances.
- rhetorics
-
noun,
(in writing or speech) the undue use of exaggeration or display; bombast.
- ahistoric
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adjective,
without concern for history or historical development; indifferent to tradition.
- microstat
-
noun,
a negative of a microphotograph made directly from a negative by a copy camera.
- Masoretic
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adjective,
of or relating to the Masorah or the Masoretes.
- martyries
-
noun,
a shrine, chapel, or the like, erected in honor of a martyr.
- tritheism
-
noun,
belief in three Gods, especially in the doctrine that the three persons of the Trinity (Father, Son, and Holy Ghost) are three distinct Gods, each an independent center of consciousness and determination.
- isometric
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noun,
isometrics, isometric exercise (def 1).
- irritates
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verb (used with object),
to excite to impatience or anger; annoy.
- trimetric
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adjective,
pertaining to or consisting of a trimeter or trimeters.
- orchestra
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noun,
a group of performers on various musical instruments, including especially stringed instruments of the viol class, clarinets and flutes, cornets and trombones, drums, and cymbals, for playing music, as symphonies, operas, popular music, or other compositions.
- Reichsrat
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noun,
German History. the upper house of the parliament during the period of the Second Reich and the Weimar Republic.
- trichomes
-
noun,
Botany. an outgrowth from the epidermis of plants, as a hair.
- trichites
-
noun,
any of various minute, hairlike mineral bodies occurring in certain vitreous igneous rocks, especially obsidian.
- retroacts
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verb (used without object),
to act in opposition; react.
- timothies
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noun,
a coarse grass, Phleum pratense, having cylindrical spikes, used as fodder.
- triatomic
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adjective,
having three atoms in a molecule.
- rostrate
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adjective,
furnished with a rostrum.
- chayotes
-
noun,
a tropical American vine, Sechium edule, of the gourd family, having triangular leaves and small, white flowers.
- isometry
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noun,
equality of measure.
- isomeric
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adjective,
of, relating to, or displaying isomerism.
- tetrarch
-
noun,
any ruler of a fourth part, division, etc.
- ceramist
-
noun,
a person who makes ceramics.
- Tertiary
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noun,
(initial capital letter) Geology. the Tertiary Period or System.
- Cerritos
-
noun,
a city in SW California.
- termitic
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adjective,
of, pertaining to, produced by, or infested with termites.
- isocheim
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noun,
a line on a map connecting points that have the same mean winter temperature.
- ischemia
-
noun,
local deficiency of blood supply produced by vasoconstriction or local obstacles to the arterial flow.
- Iscariot
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noun,
the surname of Judas, the betrayer of Jesus. Mark 3:19; 14:10, 11.
- isarithm
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noun,
isopleth.
- teratism
-
noun,
love or worship of the monstrous.
- isotherm
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noun,
Meteorology. a line on a weather map or chart connecting points having equal temperature.
- chamotte
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noun,
grog (def 3).
- Charites
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plural noun,
the ancient Greek name for the Graces.
- Charters
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noun,
a document, issued by a sovereign or state, outlining the conditions under which a corporation, colony, city, or other corporate body is organized, and defining its rights and privileges.
- Chartism
-
noun,
the principles or movement of a party of political reformers, chiefly workingmen, in England from 1838 to 1848: so called from the document (People's Charter or National Charter) that contained a statement of their principles and demands.
- Chartist
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noun,
a specialist in the stock market who studies and draws charts of trading actions.
- Chartres
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noun,
a city in and the capital of Eure-et-Loir, in N France, SW of Paris: cathedral.
- Chastity
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noun,
the state or quality of being chaste.
- chatters
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noun,
purposeless or foolish talk.
- irritate
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verb (used with object),
to excite to impatience or anger; annoy.
- hieratic
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noun,
ancient Egyptian hieratic writing.
- hysteria
-
noun,
an uncontrollable outburst of emotion or fear, often characterized by irrationality, laughter, weeping, etc.
- thematic
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adjective,
of or relating to a theme.
- heritors
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noun,
inheritor.
- thirties
-
noun,
a cardinal number, 10 times 3.
- meristic
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adjective,
of, relating to, or divided into segments or somites.
- metritis
-
noun,
inflammation of the uterus.
- Mercator
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noun,
Gerhardus [jer-hahr-duh s] /dʒərˈhɑr dəs/ (Show IPA), (Gerhard Kremer) 1512–94, Flemish cartographer and geographer.
- mycostat
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noun,
a substance or preparation that prevents or inhibits the growth of molds.
- ricottas
-
noun,
a soft Italian cheese that resembles cottage cheese.
- matrices
-
noun,
something that constitutes the place or point from which something else originates, takes form, or develops:
- miscarry
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verb (used without object),
to have a miscarriage of a fetus.
- thorites
-
noun,
a rare mineral, thorium silicate, ThSiO 4 , occurring in the form of yellow or black crystals.
- historic
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adjective,
well-known or important in history:
- hystero-
-
- mistcoat
-
noun,
(in house painting or interior decoration) a coat of thinner, sometimes pigmented, applied to a finish coat of paint to increase its luster.
- misteach
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verb (used with object),
to teach wrongly or badly.
- moschate
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adjective,
having a musky smell.
- atrocity
-
noun,
the quality or state of being atrocious.
- hysteric
-
noun,
Usually, hysterics. a fit of uncontrollable laughter or weeping; hysteria.
- mistreat
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verb (used with object),
to treat badly or abusively.
- Atticism
-
noun,
the style or idiom of Attic Greek occurring in another dialect or language.
- thermits
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- marchers
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noun,
a person who marches on foot:
- maitrise
-
noun,
mastery; skill.
- theriacs
-
noun,
molasses; treacle.
- theorist
-
noun,
a person who theorizes.
- Mitscher
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noun,
Marc Andrew, 1887–1947, U.S. naval officer and aviator.
- mortices
-
noun,
a notch, hole, groove, or slot made in a piece of wood or the like to receive a tenon of the same dimensions.
- theocrat
-
noun,
a person who rules, governs as a representative of God or a deity, or is a member of the ruling group in a theocracy, as a divine king or a high priest.
- chimeras
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) a mythological, fire-breathing monster, commonly represented with a lion's head, a goat's body, and a serpent's tail.
- tao-tieh
-
noun,
the face of a mythical animal with a gaping mouth appearing as a motif in ancient Chinese art.
- rotaries
-
noun,
a rotary device or machine.
- seriatim
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adverb, adjective,
in a series; one after another.
- cryostat
-
noun,
an apparatus, usually automatic, maintaining a very low constant temperature.
- criteria
-
noun,
a standard of judgment or criticism; a rule or principle for evaluating or testing something.
- critters
-
noun,
a domesticated animal.
- smothery
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adjective,
stifling; close:
- smithery
-
noun,
the work, craft, or workshop of a smith.
- Sycamore
-
noun,
Also called buttonwood. any of several North American plane trees, especially Platanus occidentalis, having shallowly lobed ovate leaves, globular seed heads, and wood valued as timber.
- artistry
-
noun,
artistic workmanship, effect, or quality.
- horsecar
-
noun,
a streetcar drawn by a horse or horses.
- hemostat
-
noun,
an instrument or agent used to compress or treat bleeding vessels in order to arrest hemorrhage.
- erythro-
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- retroact
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verb (used without object),
to act in opposition; react.
- rheostat
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noun,
an adjustable resistor so constructed that its resistance may be changed without opening the circuit in which it is connected, thereby controlling the current in the circuit.
- homestay
-
noun,
housing accommodations in a home with a family in residence, as for a student or traveler:
- hematics
-
noun,
hematinic (def 1).
- erratics
-
noun,
an erratic or eccentric person.
- semiotic
-
noun,
semiotics.
- semiarch
-
noun,
a half arch.
- rhematic
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adjective,
pertaining to the formation of words.
- ethicist
-
noun,
a person who specializes in or writes on ethics or who is devoted to ethical principles.
- scimitar
-
noun,
a curved, single-edged sword of Asian, especially Eastern origin.
- schryari
-
noun,
a musical woodwind instrument of the 16th and 17th centuries having a double reed concealed in a cylinder and producing a shrill tone.
- schmatte
-
noun,
an old ragged garment; tattered article of clothing.
- haricots
-
noun,
any plant of the genus Phaseolus, especially P. vulgaris, the kidney bean.
- Rothesay
-
noun,
a town in the Strathclyde region, on Bute island, in SW Scotland: resort; ruins of 11th-century castle.
- retracts
-
verb (used with object),
to draw back or in:
- cremator
-
noun,
a person who cremates.
- orchitis
-
noun,
inflammation of the testis.
- Strother
-
noun,
a male given name.
- chitters
-
verb (used without object),
to twitter.
- iotacism
-
noun,
the conversion of other vowel sounds, especially in Modern Greek, into (ē), the sound of iota.
- imitates
-
verb (used with object),
to follow or endeavor to follow as a model or example:
- rachitis
-
noun,
rickets.
- Christie
-
noun,
Agatha, 1891–1976, English novelist of detective fiction.
- rhetoric
-
noun,
(in writing or speech) the undue use of exaggeration or display; bombast.
- chromat-
-
- chromate
-
noun,
a salt of chromic acid, as potassium chromate, K 2 CrO 4 .
- rarities
-
noun,
something rare, unusual, or uncommon:
- chromite
-
noun,
Chemistry. a salt of chromium in the bivalent state.
- ratchets
-
noun,
a toothed bar with which a pawl engages.
- Stroheim
-
noun,
Erich von [er-ik] /ˈɛr ɪk/ (Show IPA), 1885–1957, U.S. actor and director, born in Austria.
- cramoisy
-
noun,
crimson cloth.
- stretchy
-
adjective,
having a tendency to stretch, especially excessively or unduly.
- Streator
-
noun,
a city in N Illinois.
- cytaster
-
noun,
aster.
- Strachey
-
noun,
(Giles) Lytton [jahylz lit-n] /dʒaɪlz ˈlɪt n/ (Show IPA), 1880–1932, English biographer and literary critic.
- citrates
-
noun,
a salt or ester of citric acid.
- stomatic
-
adjective,
pertaining to the mouth.
- stomachy
-
adjective,
paunchy; having a prominent stomach.
- rearmost
-
adjective,
farthest in the rear; last.
- Rosemary
-
noun,
an evergreen shrub, Rosmarinus officinalis, of the mint family, native to the Mediterranean region, having leathery, narrow leaves and pale-blue, bell-shaped flowers, used as a seasoning and in perfumery and medicine: a traditional symbol of remembrance.
- comities
-
noun,
mutual courtesy; civility.
- restrict
-
verb (used with object),
to confine or keep within limits, as of space, action, choice, intensity, or quantity.
- costmary
-
noun,
a composite plant, Chrysanthemum balsamita, that has silvery, fragrant leaves and is used in salads and as a flavoring.
- Christo-
-
- cristate
-
adjective,
having a crest; crested.
- artistic
-
adjective,
conforming to the standards of art; satisfying aesthetic requirements:
- air-core
-
adjective,
having a nonmagnetic core, as one of fiber or plastic, encircled by a coil (air-core coil) or containing one or more such coils:
- tristich
-
noun,
a strophe, stanza, or poem consisting of three lines.
- trisomic
-
adjective,
having one chromosome in addition to the usual diploid number.
- acrotism
-
noun,
absence or weakness of the pulse.
- arterio-
-
- actorish
-
adjective,
exaggeratedly theatrical; affected:
- tri-city
-
noun,
any one of three such cities.
- trichome
-
noun,
Botany. an outgrowth from the epidermis of plants, as a hair.
- trichite
-
noun,
any of various minute, hairlike mineral bodies occurring in certain vitreous igneous rocks, especially obsidian.
- triarchy
-
noun,
government by three persons.
- Ayrshire
-
noun,
one of a Scottish breed of hardy dairy cattle having long, curving horns.
- achroite
-
noun,
the colorless or white variety of tourmaline, often used as a gem.
- armorist
-
noun,
a person who is an expert at heraldry.
- airtimes
-
noun,
the particular time that a program is broadcast or scheduled for broadcast:
- trachyte
-
noun,
a fine-grained volcanic rock consisting essentially of alkali feldspar and one or more subordinate minerals, as hornblende or mica: the extrusive equivalent of syenite.
- armoires
-
noun,
a large wardrobe or movable cupboard, with doors and shelves.
- tracheo-
-
- Amethyst
-
noun,
a purple or violet quartz, used as a gem.
- aoristic
-
adjective,
Grammar. pertaining to the aorist.
- aortitis
-
noun,
inflammation of the aorta.
- archetto
-
noun,
a tool, consisting of a bow strung with wire, for trimming excess material from a piece being modeled.
- Tristram
-
noun,
one of the knights of the Round Table, whose love for Iseult, wife of King Mark, is the subject of many romances.
- armories
-
noun,
a storage place for weapons and other war equipment.
- achiotes
-
noun,
annatto.
- tritomas
-
noun,
any of various plants belonging to the genus Kniphofia, of the lily family, native to Africa, especially K. uvaria, having long, dense clusters of tubular red or yellow flowers.
- starchy
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or of the nature of starch.
- crosier
-
noun,
a ceremonial staff carried by a bishop or an abbot, hooked at one end like a shepherd's crook.
- critter
-
noun,
a domesticated animal.
- Sectary
-
noun,
a member of a particular sect, especially an adherent of a religious body regarded as heretical or schismatic.
- somatic
-
adjective,
of the body; bodily; physical.
- sorcery
-
noun,
the art, practices, or spells of a person who is supposed to exercise supernatural powers through the aid of evil spirits; black magic; witchery.
- Creator
-
noun,
a person or thing that creates.
- craters
-
noun,
the cup-shaped depression or cavity on the surface of the earth or other heavenly body marking the orifice of a volcano.
- cotters
-
noun,
a pin, wedge, key, or the like, fitted or driven into an opening to secure something or hold parts together.
- amities
-
noun,
friendship; peaceful harmony.
- smatter
-
noun,
slight or superficial knowledge; smattering.
- costate
-
adjective,
Anatomy. having ribs.
- starter
-
noun,
a person or thing that starts.
- Statice
-
noun,
any of various plants belonging to the genus Limonium, of the leadwort family, having clusters of variously colored flowers that retain their color when dried.
- statohm
-
noun,
the electrostatic unit of resistance, equivalent to 8.9876 × 10 11 ohms and equal to the resistance in a conductor in which one statvolt of potential difference produces a current of one statampere.
- corsair
-
noun,
a fast ship used for piracy.
- stearic
-
adjective,
of or relating to suet or fat.
- stearo-
-
- Coryate
-
noun,
Thomas, 1577–1617, English traveler and author.
- steato-
-
- stertor
-
noun,
a heavy snoring sound accompanying respiration in certain diseases.
- smother
-
noun,
dense, stifling smoke.
- earshot
-
noun,
the range or distance within which a sound, voice, etc., can be heard.
- stetho-
-
- tracers
-
noun,
a person or thing that traces.
- miotics
-
noun,
a miotic drug.
- aitches
-
noun,
the letter H, h.
- Semitic
-
noun,
a subfamily of Afroasiatic languages that includes Akkadian, Arabic, Aramaic, Ethiopic, Hebrew, and Phoenician.
- trachy-
-
- erratic
-
noun,
an erratic or eccentric person.
- Micheas
-
noun,
Micah (defs 1, 2).
- artiste
-
noun,
an artist, especially an actor, singer, dancer, or other public performer.
- Mercast
-
noun,
a broadcasting system used by U.S. agencies to deliver messages to government-operated ships.
- erotica
-
noun,
written works, usually fiction, dealing with sexual love.
- metrist
-
noun,
a person who is skilled in the use of poetic meters.
- simitar
-
noun,
scimitar.
- eristic
-
noun,
a person who engages in disputation; controversialist.
- Sharrie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Sharon.
- shatter
-
noun,
Usually, shatters. fragments made by shattering.
- Shorter
-
noun,
Frank, born 1947, U.S. marathon runner.
- ecthyma
-
noun,
a contagious viral disease of sheep and goats and occasionally of humans, marked by vesicular and pustular lesions on the lips.
- shortie
-
noun,
a person of less than average stature (sometimes used as a disparaging and offensive term of address).
- Amherst
-
noun,
Jeffrey, Baron, 1717–97, British field marshal: governor general of British North America 1760–63.
- tracery
-
noun,
ornamental work consisting of ramified ribs, bars, or the like, as in the upper part of a Gothic window, in panels, screens, etc.
- echoism
-
noun,
onomatopoeia.
- coremia
-
noun,
the fruiting bodies of certain fungi, consisting of a loosely bound bundle of conidiophores.
- comitia
-
noun,
an assembly of the people convened to pass on laws, nominate magistrates, etc.
- etatism
-
noun,
state socialism.
- choreas
-
noun,
any of several diseases of the nervous system characterized by jerky, involuntary movements, chiefly of the face and extremities.
- T-shirt
-
noun,
a lightweight, usually knitted, pullover shirt, close-fitting and with a round neckline and short sleeves, worn as an undershirt or outer garment.
- chromes
-
noun,
chromium.
- 2,4,5-t
-
noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- chromas
-
noun,
the purity of a color, or its freedom from white or gray.
- torches
-
noun,
a light to be carried in the hand, consisting of some combustible substance, as resinous wood, or of twisted flax or the like soaked with tallow or other flammable substance, ignited at the upper end.
- Christy
-
noun,
Christie.
- chrisom
-
noun,
chrism.
- chryso-
-
- erotics
-
noun,
an erotic poem.
- archery
-
noun,
the art, practice, or skill of an archer.
- cimaise
-
noun,
cymaise.
- archers
-
noun,
a person who shoots with a bow and arrow; bowman.
- chitter
-
verb (used without object),
to twitter.
- Chi-tse
-
noun,
Ki Tse.
- mesarch
-
adjective,
Botany. (of a primary xylem or root) developing from both the periphery and the center; having the older cells surrounded by the younger cells.
- chimera
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) a mythological, fire-breathing monster, commonly represented with a lion's head, a goat's body, and a serpent's tail.
- chimars
-
noun,
chimere.
- tarries
-
noun,
a stay; sojourn.
- tarsier
-
noun,
a small, arboreal, nocturnal primate of the genus Tarsius, of Indonesia and the Philippines, having a long thin tail, very large immobile eyes, and prominent pads on the fingers and toes: all populations are dwindling.
- chemist
-
noun,
a specialist in chemistry.
- tachism
-
noun,
action painting (def 1).
- cymaise
-
noun,
a pewter wine jar having a spout, a fixed handle on the side opposite the spout, and a bail for carrying.
- comates
-
noun,
a mate or companion.
- citrate
-
noun,
a salt or ester of citric acid.
- stomach
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology.
a saclike enlargement of the alimentary canal, as in humans and certain animals, forming an organ for storing, diluting, and digesting food.
such an organ or an analogous portion of the alimentary canal when divided into two or more sections or parts.
any one of these sections.
- amorist
-
noun,
a person who is devoted to love and lovemaking.
- stomat-
-
- coheirs
-
noun,
a joint heir.
- stomate
-
noun,
stoma (def 1).
- Amorite
-
noun,
a member of one of the principal tribes, or nations, of Canaan before its conquest by the Israelites. II Sam. 12:26–31.
- coaster
-
noun,
a person or thing that coasts.
- coarser
-
adjective,
of or relating to a topology on a topological space whose open sets are included among the open sets of a second specified topology on the space.
- Toryism
-
noun,
the act or fact of being a Tory.
- Cythera
-
noun,
a Greek island in the Mediterranean, S of Peloponnesus: site of former ancient temple of Aphrodite. 108 sq. mi. (280 sq. km).
- striate
-
adjective,
striated.
- Toryish
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or resembling a Tory.
- amosite
-
noun,
an asbestine variety of anthophyllite, rich in iron, formerly used as a heat-resistant material.
- cystoma
-
noun,
a cystic tumor.
- strati-
-
- strato-
-
- cirrose
-
adjective,
having a cirrus or cirri.
- cirrate
-
adjective,
having cirri.
- streamy
-
adjective,
abounding in streams or watercourses:
- Stretch
-
noun,
an act or instance of stretching.
- sematic
-
adjective,
serving as a sign or warning of danger, as the conspicuous colors or markings of certain poisonous animals.
- Scythia
-
noun,
the ancient name of a region in SE Europe and Asia, between the Black and Aral seas.
- Scottie
-
noun,
Scottish terrier.
- tricots
-
noun,
a warp-knit fabric of various natural or synthetic fibers, as wool, silk, or nylon, having fine vertical ribs on the face and horizontal ribs on the back, used especially for making garments.
- imarets
-
noun,
(in Turkey) a hospice for pilgrims, travelers, etc.
- ratches
-
noun,
a ratchet.
- ratchet
-
noun,
a toothed bar with which a pawl engages.
- ratites
-
noun,
a bird having a ratite breastbone.
- yatters
-
noun,
chatter; idle talk.
- iatrics
-
- ratters
-
noun,
a person, animal, or thing that catches rats, as a terrier or a cat.
- rattish
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or resembling a rat.
- reactor
-
noun,
a person or thing that reacts or undergoes reaction.
- rectory
-
noun,
a rector's house; parsonage.
- ostrich
-
noun,
a large, two-toed, swift-footed flightless bird, Struthio camelus, indigenous to Africa and Arabia, domesticated for its plumage: the largest of living birds.
- rematch
-
noun,
a second match between teams, challengers, etc.; return match.
- remoras
-
noun,
any of several fishes of the family Echeneididae, having on the top of the head a sucking disk by which they can attach themselves to sharks, turtles, ships, and other moving objects.
- hot-air
-
noun,
empty, exaggerated, or pretentious talk or writing:
- re-sort
-
verb (used with object),
to sort or arrange (cards, papers, etc.) again.
- mishear
-
verb (used with object),
to hear incorrectly or imperfectly:
- hosiery
-
noun,
stockings or socks of any kind.
- retiary
-
adjective,
using a net or any entangling device.
- retorts
-
noun,
a severe, incisive, or witty reply, especially one that counters a first speaker's statement, argument, etc.
- retract
-
verb (used with object),
to draw back or in:
- imitate
-
verb (used with object),
to follow or endeavor to follow as a model or example:
- ostiary
-
noun,
Also called doorkeeper, porter. Roman Catholic Church.
a member of the lowest-ranking of the four minor orders.
the order itself. Compare acolyte (def 2), exorcist (def 2), lector (def 2).
- tricho-
-
- yttrias
-
noun,
a white, water-insoluble powder, Y 2 O 3 , used chiefly in incandescent gas and acetylene mantles.
- Marches
-
noun,
The, a region in central Italy, bordering the Adriatic. 3743 sq. mi. (9695 sq. km).
- Mayotte
-
noun,
one of the Comoro Islands, in the Indian Ocean, NW of Madagascar: an overseas department of France. 144 sq. mi. (373 sq. km).
- mohairs
-
noun,
the coat or fleece of an Angora goat.
- maestro
-
noun,
an eminent composer, teacher, or conductor of music:
- Mithras
-
noun,
the god of light and truth, later of the sun.
- mortars
-
noun,
a receptacle of hard material, having a bowl-shaped cavity in which substances are reduced to powder with a pestle.
- mortice
-
noun,
a notch, hole, groove, or slot made in a piece of wood or the like to receive a tenon of the same dimensions.
- mithers
-
noun,
mother1 .
- mortise
-
noun,
a notch, hole, groove, or slot made in a piece of wood or the like to receive a tenon of the same dimensions.
- isotach
-
noun,
a line on a weather map or chart connecting points where winds of equal speeds have been recorded.
- osmatic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the sense of smell.
- achiote
-
noun,
annatto.
- trisomy
-
noun,
an abnormality characterized by the presence of an additional chromosome to the normal diploid number.
- isohyet
-
noun,
a line drawn on a map connecting points having equal rainfall at a certain time or for a stated period.
- trisome
-
noun,
a trisomic individual.
- marries
-
verb (used with object),
to take in marriage:
- Tritoma
-
noun,
any of various plants belonging to the genus Kniphofia, of the lily family, native to Africa, especially K. uvaria, having long, dense clusters of tubular red or yellow flowers.
- trisect
-
verb (used with object),
to divide into three parts, especially into three equal parts.
- oraches
-
noun,
any plant of the genus Atriplex, especially A. hortensis, of the amaranth family, cultivated for use like spinach.
- trimers
-
noun,
a molecule composed of three identical, simpler molecules.
- miscite
-
verb (used with or without object),
to misquote.
- mastery
-
noun,
command or grasp, as of a subject:
- marcher
-
noun,
a person who marches on foot:
- harmost
-
noun,
a person serving the ancient Spartans as governor of a subject or conquered town.
- traitor
-
noun,
a person who betrays another, a cause, or any trust.
- rotates
-
adjective,
wheel-shaped: applied especially to a gamopetalous short-tubed corolla with a spreading limb.
- airtime
-
noun,
the particular time that a program is broadcast or scheduled for broadcast:
- rotters
-
noun,
a thoroughly bad, worthless, or objectionable person.
- hatters
-
noun,
a maker or seller of hats.
- Harriet
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Harry.
- harries
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Harold or Henry.
- matters
-
noun,
the substance or substances of which any physical object consists or is composed:
- archit.
-
- myotics
-
noun,
a miotic drug.
- myricas
-
noun,
the bark of the wax myrtle.
- haricot
-
noun,
any plant of the genus Phaseolus, especially P. vulgaris, the kidney bean.
- satiety
-
noun,
the state of being satiated; surfeit.
- hamster
-
noun,
any of several short-tailed, stout-bodied, burrowing rodents, as Cricetus cricetus, of Europe and Asia, having large cheek pouches.
- Hamitic
-
noun,
(especially formerly) the non-Semitic branches of the Afroasiatic language family.
- Hamites
-
noun,
a descendant of Ham. Gen. 10:1, 6–20.
- scatter
-
noun,
the act of scattering.
- schmear
-
noun,
a dab, as of cream cheese, spread on a roll, bagel, or the like.
- Schmitt
-
noun,
Bernadotte Everly [bur-nuh-dot ev-er-lee] /ˈbɜr nəˌdɒt ˈɛv ər li/ (Show IPA), 1886–1969, U.S. historian.
- tractor
-
noun,
a powerful motor-driven vehicle with large, heavy treads, used for pulling farm machinery, other vehicles, etc.
- hectors
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the eldest son of Priam and husband of Andromache: the greatest Trojan hero in the Trojan War, killed by Achilles.
- hematic
-
noun,
hematinic (def 1).
- trocars
-
noun,
a sharp-pointed instrument enclosed in a cannula, used for withdrawing fluid from a cavity, as the abdominal cavity.
- roaches
-
noun,
a cockroach.
- Homeric
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or suggestive of Homer or his poetry.
- rhetors
-
noun,
a master or teacher of rhetoric.
- Richier
-
noun,
Germaine [zher-men] /ʒɛrˈmɛn/ (Show IPA), 1904–59, French sculptor.
- Richter
-
noun,
Burton, born 1931, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1976.
- ricotta
-
noun,
a soft Italian cheese that resembles cottage cheese.
- history
-
noun,
the branch of knowledge dealing with past events.
- hyster-
-
- matches
-
noun,
a slender piece of wood, cardboard, or other flammable material tipped with a chemical substance that produces fire when rubbed on a rough or chemically prepared surface.
- ritters
-
noun,
a knight.
- roaster
-
noun,
a contrivance for roasting something, as an oven, a pan for roasting meat, or a machine for roasting coffee beans.
- hemato-
-
- Herriot
-
noun,
Édouard [ey-dwar] /eɪˈdwar/ (Show IPA), 1872–1957, French statesman, political leader, and author.
- rochets
-
noun,
a vestment of linen or lawn, resembling a surplice, worn especially by bishops and abbots.
- Roerich
-
noun,
Nicholas Konstantinovich [nik-uh-luh s kon-stuh n-tee-nuh-vich;; Russian kuh n-stuhn-tyee-nuh-vyich] /ˈnɪk ə ləs ˌkɒn stənˈti nə vɪtʃ;; Russian kən stʌnˈtyi nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1874–1947, Russian painter, archaeologist, and author; in the U.S. after 1920.
- heroism
-
noun,
the qualities or attributes of a hero or heroine:
- heroics
-
noun,
Usually, heroics. heroic verse.
- roister
-
verb (used without object),
to act in a swaggering, boisterous, or uproarious manner.
- royster
-
verb (used without object),
roister.
- heritor
-
noun,
inheritor.
- heriots
-
noun,
a feudal service or tribute, originally of borrowed military equipment and later of a chattel, due to the lord on the death of a tenant.
- Rosetta
-
noun,
a town in N Egypt, at a mouth of the Nile.
- cheiro-
-
- society
-
noun,
an organized group of persons associated together for religious, benevolent, cultural, scientific, political, patriotic, or other purposes.
- chatter
-
noun,
purposeless or foolish talk.
- Charity
-
noun,
generous actions or donations to aid the poor, ill, or helpless:
- thorite
-
noun,
a rare mineral, thorium silicate, ThSiO 4 , occurring in the form of yellow or black crystals.
- thermic
-
adjective,
thermal (def 1).
- cattish
-
adjective,
catlike; feline.
- titmice
-
noun,
any of numerous, widely distributed, small songbirds of the family Paridae, especially of the genus Parus, having soft, thick plumage and a short, stout, conical bill.
- Chariot
-
noun,
a light, two-wheeled vehicle for one person, usually drawn by two horses and driven from a standing position, used in ancient Egypt, Greece, Rome, etc., in warfare, racing, hunting, etc.
- catties
-
noun,
(in China and southeast Asia) a weight equal to about 1½ pounds (680 grams) avoirdupois.
- tochers
-
noun,
a dowry; marriage settlement given to the groom by the bride or her family.
- theriac
-
noun,
molasses; treacle.
- arthro-
-
- astrict
-
verb (used with object),
to bind fast; constrain.
- thorias
-
noun,
a white, heavy, water-insoluble powder, ThO 2 , used chiefly in incandescent mantles, as the Welsbach gas mantle.
- Thraces
-
noun,
an ancient region of varying extent in the E part of the Balkan Peninsula: later a Roman province; now in Bulgaria, Turkey, and Greece.
- Titoism
-
noun,
a form of communism associated with Tito, characterized by the assertion by a satellite state of its national interests in opposition to Soviet rule.
- cattery
-
noun,
a place where cats are kept and bred.
- threats
-
noun,
a declaration of an intention or determination to inflict punishment, injury, etc., in retaliation for, or conditionally upon, some action or course; menace:
- charros
-
noun,
a Mexican horseman or cowboy, typically one wearing an elaborate outfit, often with silver decorations, of tight trousers, ruffled shirt, short jacket, and sombrero.
- thrymsa
-
noun,
a coin of Anglo-Saxon England.
- armoire
-
noun,
a large wardrobe or movable cupboard, with doors and shelves.
- throaty
-
adjective,
produced or modified in the throat, as certain sounds; guttural, husky, or hoarse.
- throats
-
noun,
the passage from the mouth to the stomach or to the lungs, including the pharynx, esophagus, larynx, and trachea.
- Thermit
-
- atheism
-
noun,
the doctrine or belief that there is no God.
- charter
-
noun,
a document, issued by a sovereign or state, outlining the conditions under which a corporation, colony, city, or other corporate body is organized, and defining its rights and privileges.
- testacy
-
noun,
the state of being testate.
- thirams
-
noun,
a white, crystalline compound, C 6 H 12 N 2 S 4 , insoluble in water, slightly soluble in alcohol, soluble in benzene and acetone, used as a vulcanizer and accelerator for rubber and as a fungicide, bacteriostat, and seed disinfectant.
- tithers
-
noun,
a person who gives or pays tithes, as to a church.
- attires
-
noun,
clothes or apparel, especially rich or splendid garments.
- cerato-
-
- atomies
-
noun,
an atom; mote.
- termors
-
noun,
a person who has an estate for a term of years or for life.
- atomics
-
noun,
the branch of physics that deals with atoms, especially atomic energy.
- ARTEMIS
-
noun,
Also called Cynthia. an ancient Greek goddess, the daughter of Leto and the sister of Apollo, characterized as a virgin huntress and associated with the moon.
Compare Diana.
- toaster
-
noun,
an instrument or appliance for toasting bread, muffins, etc.
- thirsty
-
adjective,
feeling or having thirst; craving liquid.
- chamois
-
noun,
an agile, goatlike antelope, Rupicapra rupicapra, of high mountains of Europe: now rare in some areas.
- chayote
-
noun,
a tropical American vine, Sechium edule, of the gourd family, having triangular leaves and small, white flowers.
- aristo-
-
- cahiers
-
noun,
Bookbinding. a number of sheets of paper or leaves of a book placed together, as for binding.
- Thermos
-
noun,
a vacuum bottle or similar container lined with an insulating material, such as polystyrene, to keep liquids hot or cold.
- arteri-
-
- thermo-
-
- at-home
-
noun,
Also, at home. a reception of visitors at certain hours at one's home.
- athirst
-
adjective,
having a keen desire; eager (often followed by for):
- atheist
-
noun,
a person who denies or disbelieves the existence of a supreme being or beings.
- chamiso
-
noun,
a saltbush, Atriplex canescens, of the western U.S. and Mexico, having grayish, scurfy foliage.
- armrest
-
noun,
a projecting, often padded support for the forearm, as at the side of a chair or sofa or between seats in a theater, car, or airplane.
- armscye
-
noun,
the armhole opening in a garment.
- carters
-
noun,
Bennett Lester ("Benny") 1907–2003, U.S. jazz saxophonist and composer.
- tomcats
-
noun,
a male cat.
- Timothy
-
noun,
a coarse grass, Phleum pratense, having cylindrical spikes, used as fodder.
- carroms
-
noun,
Billiards, Pool. a shot in which the cue ball hits two balls in succession.
- carroty
-
adjective,
like a carrot, as in color, flavor, or shape.
- cashier
-
noun,
an employee, as in a market or department store, who collects payments for customer purchases.
- Cartier
-
noun,
Sir George Étienne [zhawrzh ey-tyen] /ʒɔrʒ eɪˈtyɛn/ (Show IPA), 1814–73, Canadian political leader: prime minister 1857–62, defense minister 1867–73.
- Richet
-
noun,
Charles Robert [sharl raw-ber] /ʃarl rɔˈbɛr/ (Show IPA), 1850–1935, French physician: Nobel prize 1913.
- riches
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) rich persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- hoarse
-
adjective,
having a vocal tone characterized by weakness of intensity and excessive breathiness; husky:
- sachem
-
noun,
the chief of a tribe.
the chief of a confederation.
- scythe
-
noun,
an agricultural implement consisting of a long, curving blade fastened at an angle to a handle, for cutting grass, grain, etc., by hand.
- rhotic
-
noun,
a rhotic sound.
- rhymes
-
noun,
identity in sound of some part, especially the end, of words or lines of verse.
- cahier
-
noun,
Bookbinding. a number of sheets of paper or leaves of a book placed together, as for binding.
- triacs
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- thetas
-
noun,
the eighth letter of the Greek alphabet (Θ, θ).
- cartes
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- ricers
-
noun,
an implement for ricing potatoes, squash, etc., by pressing them through small holes.
- Carter
-
noun,
Bennett Lester ("Benny") 1907–2003, U.S. jazz saxophonist and composer.
- Richie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Richard.
- scoria
-
noun,
Metallurgy. the refuse, dross, or slag left after melting or smelting metal; scum.
- therms
-
noun,
any of several units of heat, as one equivalent to 1000 large calories or 100,000 British thermal units.
- tremor
-
noun,
involuntary shaking of the body or limbs, as from disease, fear, weakness, or excitement; a fit of trembling.
- haemo-
-
- scherm
-
noun,
(in South Africa) a hut, screen, or shelter constructed from branches and canvas, scraped animal hides, or the like.
- histo-
-
- treats
-
noun,
entertainment, food, drink, etc., given by way of compliment or as an expression of friendly regard.
- treaty
-
noun,
a formal agreement between two or more states in reference to peace, alliance, commerce, or other international relations.
- schema
-
noun,
a diagram, plan, or scheme. Synonyms: outline, framework, model.
- scatty
-
adjective,
scatterbrained.
- rimose
-
adjective,
full of crevices, chinks, or cracks.
- armory
-
noun,
a storage place for weapons and other war equipment.
- scato-
-
- homers
-
noun,
Baseball. home run.
- ahorse
-
adjective, adverb,
on horseback:
- thetic
-
adjective,
positive; dogmatic.
- retro-
-
- theism
-
noun,
the belief in one God as the creator and ruler of the universe, without rejection of revelation (distinguished from deism).
- remora
-
noun,
any of several fishes of the family Echeneididae, having on the top of the head a sucking disk by which they can attach themselves to sharks, turtles, ships, and other moving objects.
- tythes
-
noun,
Sometimes, tithes. the tenth part of agricultural produce or personal income set apart as an offering to God or for works of mercy, or the same amount regarded as an obligation or tax for the support of the church, priesthood, or the like.
- hottie
-
noun,
a sexually attractive person.
- hotter
-
noun,
the hots, Slang. intense sexual desire or attraction.
- resort
-
noun,
a place to which people frequently or generally go for relaxation or pleasure, especially one providing rest and recreation facilities for vacationers:
- attire
-
noun,
clothes or apparel, especially rich or splendid garments.
- scream
-
noun,
a loud, sharp, piercing cry:
- hosier
-
noun,
a person who makes or deals in hose or stockings or goods knitted or woven like hose.
- thymic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or derived from thyme.
- retort
-
noun,
a severe, incisive, or witty reply, especially one that counters a first speaker's statement, argument, etc.
- thymia
-
- thymes
-
noun,
any of numerous plants belonging to the genus Thymus, of the mint family, including the common garden herb T. vulgaris, a low subshrub having narrow, aromatic leaves used for seasoning.
- ethics
-
noun,
(used with a singular or plural verb) a system of moral principles:
- Horsey
-
adjective,
horsy.
- scathe
-
noun,
hurt, harm, or injury.
- Scotty
-
noun,
(often lowercase) Informal. a Scot; Scotsman or Scotswoman.
- Thiers
-
noun,
Louis Adolphe [lwee a-dawlf] /lwi aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1797–1877, French statesman: president 1871–73.
- Thetis
-
noun,
a Nereid, the wife of Peleus and the mother of Achilles.
- trich-
-
- Scotti
-
noun,
Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1866–1936, Italian baritone.
- Horite
-
noun,
an ancient people of Edom living in the region of the Dead Sea, possibly identical with the Hurrians.
- Scotia
-
noun,
a deep concave molding between two fillets, as in the Attic base.
- Scoter
-
noun,
any of the large diving ducks of the genus Melanitta, inhabiting northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere.
- Rheims
-
noun,
Reims.
- horary
-
adjective,
pertaining to an hour; indicating the hours:
- Rheita
-
noun,
a crater in the fourth quadrant of the face of the moon: about 42 miles (68 km) in diameter.
- Horace
-
noun,
(Quintus Horatius Flaccus) 65–8 b.c, Roman poet and satirist.
- trices
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- rhetor
-
noun,
a master or teacher of rhetoric.
- hyeto-
-
- arrest
-
noun,
the taking of a person into legal custody, as by officers of the law.
- scarry
-
adjective,
marked with the scars of wounds.
- rotate
-
adjective,
wheel-shaped: applied especially to a gamopetalous short-tubed corolla with a spreading limb.
- hemat-
-
- Rosita
-
noun,
a female given name, Spanish form of Rose.
- roster
-
noun,
a list of persons or groups, as of military personnel or units with their turns or periods of duty.
- rostra
-
noun,
a plural of rostrum.
- armors
-
noun,
any covering worn as a defense against weapons.
- caroms
-
noun,
Billiards, Pool. a shot in which the cue ball hits two balls in succession.
- Harris
-
noun,
Benjamin, c1660–c1720, English journalist who published the first newspaper in America 1690.
- Rotary
-
noun,
a rotary device or machine.
- sarco-
-
- carets
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- Hector
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the eldest son of Priam and husband of Andromache: the greatest Trojan hero in the Trojan War, killed by Achilles.
- taster
-
noun,
a person who tastes, especially one skilled in distinguishing the qualities of liquors, tea, etc., by the taste.
- theory
-
noun,
a coherent group of tested general propositions, commonly regarded as correct, that can be used as principles of explanation and prediction for a class of phenomena:
Synonyms: principle, law, doctrine.
- samite
-
noun,
a heavy silk fabric, sometimes interwoven with gold, worn in the Middle Ages.
- airish
-
adjective,
given to putting on airs.
- saithe
-
noun,
pollock.
- Hastie
-
noun,
William Henry, 1904–76, U.S. jurist: first black judge of the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
- hearts
-
noun,
Anatomy. a hollow, pumplike organ of blood circulation, composed mainly of rhythmically contractile smooth muscle, located in the chest between the lungs and slightly to the left and consisting of four chambers: a right atrium that receives blood returning from the body via the superior and inferior vena cavae, a right ventricle that pumps the blood through the pulmonary artery to the lungs for oxygenation, a left atrium that receives the oxygenated blood via the pulmonary veins and passes it through the mitral valve, and a left ventricle that pumps the oxygenated blood, via the aorta, throughout the body.
- hearty
-
noun,
a brave or good fellow, especially with reference to a shipmate.
- caries
-
noun,
decay, as of bone or of plant tissue.
- sacro-
-
- Hearst
-
noun,
William Randolph, 1863–1951, U.S. editor and publisher.
- caryo-
-
- rotter
-
noun,
a thoroughly bad, worthless, or objectionable person.
- rottes
-
noun,
rote2 .
- Hattic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the Hatti.
- rrhoea
-
- sachet
-
noun,
a small bag, case, or pad containing perfuming powder or the like, placed among handkerchiefs, lingerie, etc., to impart a pleasant scent.
- haters
-
noun,
a person who has an intense dislike for another person or thing (often used in combination):
- careys
-
noun,
male given name, form of Carew.
- trashy
-
adjective,
of the nature of trash; inferior in quality; rubbishy; useless or worthless.
- hiero-
-
- camise
-
noun,
a lightweight, loose-fitting shirt or smock with long sleeves.
- hatter
-
noun,
a maker or seller of hats.
- Ritter
-
noun,
a knight.
- satori
-
noun,
sudden enlightenment.
- Hamite
-
noun,
a descendant of Ham. Gen. 10:1, 6–20.
- carrot
-
noun,
a plant, Daucus carota, of the parsley family, having pinnately decompound leaves and umbels of small white or yellow flowers, in its wild form a widespread, familiar weed, and in cultivation valued for its edible root.
- Hestia
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the hearth.
- satire
-
noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- haoris
-
noun,
a loose, knee-length, Japanese garment resembling a coat.
- rochet
-
noun,
a vestment of linen or lawn, resembling a surplice, worn especially by bishops and abbots.
- cameos
-
noun,
a technique of engraving upon a gem or other stone, as onyx, in such a way that an underlying stone of one color is exposed as a background for a low-relief design of another color.
- thermy
-
- Therma
-
noun,
ancient name of Salonika.
- therm-
-
- heroic
-
noun,
Usually, heroics. heroic verse.
- Rosary
-
noun,
Roman Catholic Church.
a series of prayers, usually consisting of 15 decades of aves, each decade being preceded by a paternoster and followed by a Gloria Patri, one of the mysteries or events in the life of Christ or the Virgin Mary being recalled at each decade.
a string of beads used for counting these prayers during their recitation.
a similar string of beads consisting of five decades.
- camote
-
noun,
batata.
- Hermit
-
noun,
a person who has withdrawn to a solitary place for a life of religious seclusion.
- Romaic
-
noun,
demotic (def 5).
- Romish
-
adjective,
of or relating to Rome as the center of the Roman Catholic Church.
- harems
-
noun,
the part of a Muslim palace or house reserved for the residence of women.
- treasr
-
- thiram
-
noun,
a white, crystalline compound, C 6 H 12 N 2 S 4 , insoluble in water, slightly soluble in alcohol, soluble in benzene and acetone, used as a vulcanizer and accelerator for rubber and as a fungicide, bacteriostat, and seed disinfectant.
- carrom
-
noun,
Billiards, Pool. a shot in which the cue ball hits two balls in succession.
- carrys
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Carew.
- Sartre
-
noun,
Jean-Paul [zhahn-pawl] /ʒɑ̃ˈpɔl/ (Show IPA), 1905–80, French philosopher, novelist, and dramatist: declined 1964 Nobel Prize in literature.
- heriot
-
noun,
a feudal service or tribute, originally of borrowed military equipment and later of a chattel, due to the lord on the death of a tenant.
- Carrie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- Sarthe
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2411 sq. mi. (6245 sq. km). Capital: Le Mans.
- rosace
-
noun,
rosette (def 3).
- remits
-
noun,
Law. a transfer of the record of an action from one tribunal to another, particularly from an appellate court to the court of original jurisdiction.
- ratter
-
noun,
a person, animal, or thing that catches rats, as a terrier or a cat.
- tricot
-
noun,
a warp-knit fabric of various natural or synthetic fibers, as wool, silk, or nylon, having fine vertical ribs on the face and horizontal ribs on the back, used especially for making garments.
- marish
-
noun,
a marsh.
- Marcos
-
noun,
Ferdinand E(dralin) [ed-ruh-lin] /ˈɛd rə lɪn/ (Show IPA), 1917–1989, Philippine political leader: president 1965–86.
- Mithra
-
noun,
the god of light and truth, later of the sun.
- mythos
-
noun,
the underlying system of beliefs, especially those dealing with supernatural forces, characteristic of a particular cultural group.
- mythoi
-
noun,
plural of mythos.
- mytho-
-
- mither
-
noun,
mother1 .
- Marist
-
noun,
a member of a religious order founded in Lyons, France, in 1816 for missionary and educational work in the name of the Virgin Mary.
- throat
-
noun,
the passage from the mouth to the stomach or to the lungs, including the pharynx, esophagus, larynx, and trachea.
- miters
-
noun,
the official headdress of a bishop in the Western Church, in its modern form a tall cap with a top deeply cleft crosswise, the outline of the front and back resembling that of a pointed arch.
- Mystic
-
noun,
a person who claims to attain, or believes in the possibility of attaining, insight into mysteries transcending ordinary human knowledge, as by direct communication with the divine or immediate intuition in a state of spiritual ecstasy.
- Mister
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) a conventional title of respect for a man, prefixed to the name and to certain official designations (usually written as the abbreviation Mr.).
- marshy
-
adjective,
like a marsh; soft and wet; boggy.
- ashore
-
adverb,
to the shore; onto the shore:
- Martyr
-
noun,
a person who willingly suffers death rather than renounce his or her religion.
- aceto-
-
- Marcie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marcia.
- MArchE
-
noun,
The, a region in central Italy, bordering the Adriatic. 3743 sq. mi. (9695 sq. km).
- Mascot
-
noun,
an animal, person, or thing adopted by a group as its representative symbol and supposed to bring good luck:
- threat
-
noun,
a declaration of an intention or determination to inflict punishment, injury, etc., in retaliation for, or conditionally upon, some action or course; menace:
- Morris
-
noun,
Esther Hobart McQuigg Slack [muh-kwig slak] /məˈkwɪg ˈslæk/ (Show IPA), 1814–1902, U.S. suffragist.
- Moriah
-
noun,
a mountainous region in S Palestine, where Abraham prepared to sacrifice Isaac. Gen. 22:3.
- Machos
-
noun,
Also, machoism. assertive or aggressive manliness; machismo.
- morays
-
noun,
any of numerous chiefly tropical eels of the family Muraenidae, having porelike gill openings and no pectoral fins.
- macro-
-
- moires
-
noun,
any moiré fabric.
- moiety
-
noun,
a half.
- Maoris
-
noun,
a member of the native Polynesian population of New Zealand.
- mayest
-
verb,
2nd person singular present indicative of may1 .
- mohair
-
noun,
the coat or fleece of an Angora goat.
- Moesia
-
noun,
an ancient country in S Europe, S of the Danube and N of ancient Thrace and Macedonia: later a Roman province.
- thrice
-
adverb,
three times, as in succession; on three occasions or in three ways.
- mochas
-
noun,
(initial capital letter). Also, Mukha. a seaport in the Republic of Yemen on the Red Sea.
- Maisie
-
noun,
a female given name, Scottish form of Margaret.
- mitres
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- mishit
-
noun,
a bad or faulty hit, as in tennis or cricket.
- timers
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- mortar
-
noun,
a receptacle of hard material, having a bowl-shaped cavity in which substances are reduced to powder with a pestle.
- metros
-
noun,
the underground electric railway of Paris, France, Montreal, Canada, Washington, D.C., and other cities.
- myotic
-
noun,
a miotic drug.
- miotic
-
noun,
a miotic drug.
- troche
-
noun,
a small tablet or lozenge, usually a circular one, made of medicinal substance worked into a paste with sugar and mucilage or the like, and dried.
- Troyes
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Aube, in NE France, on the Seine: truce treaty in Hundred Year's War.
- micros
-
noun,
anything extremely small in scope or capability.
- micro-
-
- metro-
-
- mattes
-
noun,
a dull or dead surface, often slightly roughened, as on metals, paint, paper, or glass.
- troths
-
noun,
faithfulness, fidelity, or loyalty:
- Tishri
-
noun,
the first month of the Jewish calendar.
- Mercia
-
noun,
an early English kingdom in central Britain.
- metric
-
noun,
Often, metrics. a standard for measuring or evaluating something, especially one that uses figures or statistics:
- merits
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- titers
-
noun,
the strength of a solution as determined by titration with a standard substance.
- Artois
-
noun,
a former province in N France: artesian wells.
- myria-
-
- artist
-
noun,
a person who produces works in any of the arts that are primarily subject to aesthetic criteria.
- misery
-
noun,
wretchedness of condition or circumstances.
- mirths
-
noun,
gaiety or jollity, especially when accompanied by laughter:
- masher
-
noun,
a person or thing that mashes.
- mashie
-
noun,
a club with an iron head, the face having more slope than a mashie iron but less slope than a mashie niblick.
- trocar
-
noun,
a sharp-pointed instrument enclosed in a cannula, used for withdrawing fluid from a cavity, as the abdominal cavity.
- Master
-
noun,
a person with the ability or power to use, control, or dispose of something:
- Mastic
-
noun,
Also called mastic tree, lentisk. a small Mediterranean tree, Pistacia lentiscus, of the cashew family, that is the source of an aromatic resin used in making varnish and adhesives.
- masto-
-
- mateys
-
noun,
comrade; chum; buddy.
- matter
-
noun,
the substance or substances of which any physical object consists or is composed:
- maters
-
noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- myrrhs
-
noun,
an aromatic resinous exudation from certain plants of the genus Myrrhis, especially M. odorata, a small spiny tree: used for incense, perfume, etc.
- Mather
-
noun,
Cotton, 1663–1728, American clergyman and author.
- Myrrha
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a daughter of King Cinyras of Cyprus who had incestuous relations with her father and was changed into a myrrh tree by the gods. Their child, Adonis, was born from the split trunk of the tree.
- matri-
-
- aseity
-
noun,
existence originating from and having no source other than itself.
- Myrica
-
noun,
the bark of the wax myrtle.
- macers
-
noun,
macebearer.
- Maceio
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Alagoas, in E Brazil.
- rectos
-
- ramets
-
noun,
an individual of a clone.
- raster
-
noun,
Television. a pattern of scanning lines covering the area upon which the image is projected in the cathode-ray tube or liquid-crystal display of a television set or other screen.
- rasher
-
noun,
a thin slice of bacon or ham for frying or broiling.
- triers
-
noun,
a person or thing that tries or tests; tester.
- rarity
-
noun,
something rare, unusual, or uncommon:
- Ramsey
-
noun,
Arthur Michael (Baron Ramsey of Canterbury) 1904–1988, English clergyman and scholar: archbishop of Canterbury 1961–74.
- ramose
-
adjective,
having many branches.
- Raetic
-
noun,
an extinct language of uncertain affinities that was spoken in Rhaetia and written with the Etruscan alphabet.
- ichors
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. an ethereal fluid flowing in the veins of the gods.
- racist
-
noun,
a person who believes in racism, the doctrine that one's own racial group is superior or that a particular racial group is inferior to the others.
- ihrams
-
noun,
the dress worn by male Muslims on their pilgrimage to Mecca, consisting of two white cotton cloths, one worn round the waist, the other over the left shoulder.
- racism
-
noun,
a belief or doctrine that inherent differences among the various human racial groups determine cultural or individual achievement, usually involving the idea that one's own race is superior and has the right to dominate others or that a particular racial group is inferior to the others.
- rachis
-
noun,
Botany.
the axis of an inflorescence when somewhat elongated, as in a raceme.
(in a pinnately compound leaf or frond) the prolongation of the petiole along which the leaflets are disposed.
any of various axial structures.
- racers
-
noun,
a person, animal, or thing that races or takes part in a race, as a racehorse, bicycle, yacht, etc.
- imaret
-
noun,
(in Turkey) a hospice for pilgrims, travelers, etc.
- atomic
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, resulting from, or using atoms, atomic energy, or atomic bombs:
- raters
-
noun,
a person who makes rates or ratings.
- Rather
-
Idioms,
had / would rather, to prefer that or to:
Compare soon (def 8).
- otitis
-
noun,
inflammation of the ear.
- re-act
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- Rector
-
noun,
a member of the clergy in charge of a parish in the Protestant Episcopal Church.
- recti-
-
- yachts
-
noun,
a vessel used for private cruising, racing, or other noncommercial purposes.
- recast
-
noun,
a recasting.
- rearms
-
verb (used with object),
to arm again.
- tithes
-
noun,
Sometimes, tithes. the tenth part of agricultural produce or personal income set apart as an offering to God or for works of mercy, or the same amount regarded as an obligation or tax for the support of the church, priesthood, or the like.
- tither
-
noun,
a person who gives or pays tithes, as to a church.
- chori-
-
- thyro-
-
- iatric
-
adjective,
of or relating to a physician or medicine; medical.
- thyrse
-
noun,
a compact branching inflorescence, as of the lilac, in which the main axis is indeterminate and the lateral axes are determinate.
- iatro-
-
- estray
-
noun,
a person or animal that has strayed.
- yatter
-
noun,
chatter; idle talk.
- thirst
-
noun,
a sensation of dryness in the mouth and throat caused by need of liquid.
- ottars
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- others
-
noun,
the other one:
- astro-
-
- mottes
-
noun,
a grove or clump of trees in prairie land or open country.
- ochrea
-
noun,
ocrea.
- Istria
-
noun,
a peninsula at the N end of the Adriatic, in SW Slovenia and W Croatia.
- ochers
-
noun,
any of a class of natural earths, mixtures of hydrated oxide of iron with various earthy materials, ranging in color from pale yellow to orange and red, and used as pigments.
- itches
-
noun,
the sensation of itching.
- oaters
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- MSArch
-
- Ithome
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in SW Greece, in SW Peloponnesus. 2630 feet (802 meters).
- isotac
-
noun,
a line drawn on a map connecting all points where ice starts to melt at approximately the same period in spring.
- Mother
-
noun,
a female parent.
- yttria
-
noun,
a white, water-insoluble powder, Y 2 O 3 , used chiefly in incandescent gas and acetylene mantles.
- Thrace
-
noun,
an ancient region of varying extent in the E part of the Balkan Peninsula: later a Roman province; now in Bulgaria, Turkey, and Greece.
- motets
-
noun,
a vocal composition in polyphonic style, on a Biblical or similar prose text, intended for use in a church service.
- March.
-
- triste
-
adjective,
sad; sorrowful; melancholy.
- Mosaic
-
noun,
a picture or decoration made of small, usually colored pieces of inlaid stone, glass, etc.
- ochres
-
noun,
any of a class of natural earths, mixtures of hydrated oxide of iron with various earthy materials, ranging in color from pale yellow to orange and red, and used as pigments.
- acmite
-
noun,
a rare pyroxene mineral, sodium-ferric iron silicate, NaFe(Si 2 O 6), found in feldspathoid rocks.
- thirty
-
noun,
a cardinal number, 10 times 3.
- thoria
-
noun,
a white, heavy, water-insoluble powder, ThO 2 , used chiefly in incandescent mantles, as the Welsbach gas mantle.
- artery
-
noun,
Anatomy. a blood vessel that conveys blood from the heart to any part of the body.
- Thomas
-
noun,
an apostle who demanded proof of Christ's Resurrection. John 20:24–29.
- trimer
-
noun,
a molecule composed of three identical, simpler molecules.
- Osetic
-
adjective, noun,
Ossetic.
- ormers
-
noun,
an abalone, Haliotis tuberculata, living in waters of the Channel Islands.
- Orchis
-
noun,
any orchid.
- orates
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- arthr-
-
- Irtysh
-
noun,
a river in central Asia, flowing NW from the Altai Mountains in China through NE Kazakhstan and the Russian Federation to the Ob River. About 1840 miles (2960 km) long.
- triose
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- Ischia
-
noun,
an Italian island in the Tyrrhenian Sea, W of Naples: earthquake 1883. 18 sq. mi. (47 sq. km).
- oyster
-
noun,
any of several edible, marine, bivalve mollusks of the family Ostreidae, having an irregularly shaped shell, occurring on the bottom or adhering to rocks or other objects in shallow water.
- Ishtar
-
noun,
the Assyrian and Babylonian goddess of love and war, identified with the Phoenician Astarte, the Semitic Ashtoreth, and the Sumerian Inanna.
- octets
-
noun,
a company of eight singers or musicians.
- isomer
-
noun,
Chemistry. a compound displaying isomerism with one or more other compounds.
- scrota
-
noun,
the pouch of skin that contains the testes.
- hecto-
-
- search
-
noun,
the act of searching; careful examination or investigation:
an instance of this:
- stymie
-
noun,
Golf. (on a putting green) an instance of a ball's lying on a direct line between the cup and the ball of an opponent about to putt.
- titres
-
noun,
titer.
- Cortes
-
noun,
(in Spain or Portugal) the two houses constituting the national legislative body.
- stator
-
noun,
Electricity, Machinery. a portion of a machine that remains fixed with respect to rotating parts, especially the collection of stationary parts in the magnetic circuits of a machine.
Compare rotor (def 1).
- corset
-
noun,
Sometimes, corsets. a close-fitting undergarment, stiffened with whalebone or similar material and often capable of being tightened by lacing, enclosing the trunk: worn, especially by women, to shape and support the body; stays.
- Corrie
-
noun,
a circular hollow in the side of a hill or mountain.
- steamy
-
adjective,
consisting of or resembling steam.
- terras
-
noun,
earth; land.
- corita
-
noun,
a boat resembling a large, woven basket, used by Indians of the southwestern U.S.
- steric
-
adjective,
of or relating to the spatial relationships of atoms in a molecule.
- corers
-
noun,
a person or thing that cores.
- termor
-
noun,
a person who has an estate for a term of years or for life.
- Searcy
-
noun,
a city in central Arkansas.
- comtes
-
noun,
count2 .
- COMSAT
-
noun,
(often lowercase) a communications satellite.
- Styria
-
noun,
a province in SE Austria: formerly a duchy. 6327 sq. mi. (16,385 sq. km). Capital: Graz.
- stater
-
noun,
any of various gold or silver or electrum coin units or coins of the ancient Greek states or cities.
- comity
-
noun,
mutual courtesy; civility.
- cometh
-
verb,
3rd person singular present indicative of come.
- stitch
-
noun,
one complete movement of a threaded needle through a fabric or material such as to leave behind it a single loop or portion of thread, as in sewing, embroidery, or the surgical closing of wounds.
- comers
-
noun,
Informal. a person or thing that is progressing well or is very promising:
- stythe
-
noun,
chokedamp.
- stithy
-
noun,
an anvil.
- comate
-
noun,
a mate or companion.
- Torrey
-
noun,
John, 1796–1873, U.S. botanist and chemist.
- toasty
-
adjective,
comfortably or cozily warm.
- chairs
-
noun,
a seat, especially for one person, usually having four legs for support and a rest for the back and often having rests for the arms.
- coheir
-
noun,
a joint heir.
- terat-
-
- coatis
-
noun,
any tropical American carnivore of the genus Nasua, related to the raccoon, having an elongated body, long, ringed tail, and a slender, flexible snout.
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- static
-
noun,
Electricity.
static or atmospheric electricity.
interference due to such electricity.
- cosher
-
verb (used with object),
to treat with special fondness; pamper.
- chaise
-
noun,
a light, open carriage, usually with a hood, especially a one-horse, two-wheeled carriage for two persons; shay.
- creamy
-
adjective,
containing cream.
- Cromer
-
noun,
1st Earl of, Evelyn Baring.
- amices
-
noun,
an oblong vestment, usually of white linen, worn about the neck and shoulders and partly under the alb.
- Tethys
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a Titan, a daughter of Uranus and Gaea, the wife of Oceanus and mother of the Oceanids and river gods.
- tetchy
-
adjective,
irritable; touchy.
- Crista
-
noun,
a crest or ridge.
- cryst.
-
- totems
-
noun,
a natural object or an animate being, as an animal or bird, assumed as the emblem of a clan, family, or group.
- Crimea
-
noun,
the, a peninsula in SE Ukraine, between the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov.
- somat-
-
- somite
-
noun,
any of the longitudinal series of segments or parts into which the body of certain animals is divided; a metamere.
- criers
-
noun,
a person who cries.
- sortie
-
noun,
a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
- creasy
-
adjective,
full of creases.
- creams
-
noun,
the fatty part of milk, which rises to the surface when the liquid is allowed to stand unless homogenized.
- crates
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- Cosyra
-
noun,
ancient name of Pantelleria.
- starch
-
noun,
a white, tasteless, solid carbohydrate, (C 6 H 10 O 5) n , occurring in the form of minute granules in the seeds, tubers, and other parts of plants, and forming an important constituent of rice, corn, wheat, beans, potatoes, and many other vegetable foods.
- Terris
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- COSTAR
-
noun,
a performer, especially an actor or actress, who shares star billing with another.
- armets
-
noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- Coster
-
noun,
costermonger.
- cerias
-
noun,
a white-to-yellow, heavy powder, cerium dioxide, CeO 2 , usually derived from cerium nitrate by decomposition with heat: used chiefly in ceramics, glass polishing, and decolorizing.
- starry
-
adjective,
abounding with stars:
- cottas
-
noun,
a surplice.
- cerat-
-
- Cotter
-
noun,
a pin, wedge, key, or the like, fitted or driven into an opening to secure something or hold parts together.
- crayer
-
noun,
a small sailing vessel formerly used in trade along the coasts of western Europe.
- stacte
-
noun,
one of the sweet spices used in the holy incense of the ancient Hebrews. Ex. 30:34.
- tortes
-
noun,
a rich cake, especially one containing little or no flour, usually made with eggs and ground nuts or bread crumbs.
- Stacey
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- Crater
-
noun,
the cup-shaped depression or cavity on the surface of the earth or other heavenly body marking the orifice of a volcano.
- Coates
-
noun,
Eric, 1886–1957, English violist and composer.
- coarse
-
adjective,
composed of relatively large parts or particles:
- crores
-
noun,
(in India) the sum of ten million, especially of rupees; one hundred lacs.
- taters
-
noun,
potato.
- Archer
-
noun,
a person who shoots with a bow and arrow; bowman.
- chores
-
noun,
a small or odd job; routine task.
- tomcat
-
noun,
a male cat.
- chorea
-
noun,
any of several diseases of the nervous system characterized by jerky, involuntary movements, chiefly of the face and extremities.
- Tahiti
-
noun,
the principal island of the Society Islands, in the S Pacific. 402 sq. mi. (1041 sq. km). Capital: Papeete.
- Choate
-
noun,
Joseph Hodges, 1832–1917, U.S. lawyer and diplomat.
- charts
-
noun,
a sheet exhibiting information in tabular form.
- Taisho
-
noun,
the designation of the period of the reign of Emperor Yoshihito, 1912–26.
- chirrs
-
noun,
the sound of chirring.
- Taoism
-
noun,
the philosophical system evolved by Lao-tzu and Chuang-tzu, advocating a life of complete simplicity and naturalness and of noninterference with the course of natural events, in order to attain a happy existence in harmony with the Tao.
- chiros
-
noun,
the ladyfish, Elops saurus.
- chiro-
-
- Arches
-
noun,
Architecture.
a curved masonry construction for spanning an opening, consisting of a number of wedgelike stones, bricks, or the like, set with the narrower side toward the opening in such a way that forces on the arch are transmitted as vertical or oblique stresses on either side of the opening.
an upwardly curved construction, as of steel or timber functioning in the manner of a masonry arch.
a doorway, gateway, etc., having a curved head; an archway.
the curved head of an opening, as a doorway.
- chymes
-
noun,
the semifluid mass into which food is converted by gastric secretion and which passes from the stomach into the small intestine.
- chaser
-
noun,
a person or thing that chases or pursues.
- tacho-
-
- chimar
-
noun,
chimere.
- Chiayi
-
noun,
Chiai.
- tarots
-
noun,
any of a set of 22 playing cards bearing allegorical representations, used for fortunetelling and as trump cards in tarok.
- chesty
-
adjective,
having a well-developed chest or bosom.
- chaste
-
adjective,
refraining from sexual intercourse that is regarded as contrary to morality or religion; virtuous.
- cherts
-
noun,
a compact rock consisting essentially of microcrystalline quartz.
- tarso-
-
- Cherry
-
noun,
the fruit of any of various trees belonging to the genus Prunus, of the rose family, consisting of a pulpy, globular drupe enclosing a one-seeded smooth stone.
- archi-
-
- chemo-
-
- Archie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Archibald.
- archt.
-
- cheats
-
noun,
a person who acts dishonestly, deceives, or defrauds:
- chatty
-
adjective,
characterized by friendly and informal talk or writing, often about minor or personal matters:
- chotts
-
noun,
a shallow brackish or saline marsh or lake in N Africa, usually dry during the summer.
- chrys-
-
- Storey
-
noun,
story2 .
- cymose
-
adjective,
bearing a cyme or cymes.
- cytost
-
noun,
any cellular substance liberated because of injury to the cell or cells.
- cities
-
noun,
a large or important town.
- Chamos
-
noun,
Chemosh.
- Stormy
-
adjective,
affected, characterized by, or subject to storms; tempestuous:
- tocher
-
noun,
a dowry; marriage settlement given to the groom by the bride or her family.
- ariose
-
adjective,
characterized by melody; songlike.
- Strait
-
noun,
Often, straits. (used with a singular verb) a narrow passage of water connecting two large bodies of water.
- cysto-
-
- cysti-
-
- strath
-
noun,
a wide valley.
- cirro-
-
- stream
-
noun,
a body of water flowing in a channel or watercourse, as a river, rivulet, or brook. Synonyms: rill, run, streamlet, runnel.
- Charis
-
noun,
one of the Graces, married to Hephaestus.
- Tories
-
noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- strict
-
adjective,
characterized by or acting in close conformity to requirements or principles:
- chrism
-
noun,
a consecrated oil, usually mixed with balsam or balsam and spices, used by certainchurches in various rites, as in baptism, confirmation, and the like.
- torchy
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of a torch song or a torch singer.
- torahs
-
noun,
the Pentateuch, being the first of the three Jewish divisions of the Old Testament.
Compare Tanach.
- Christ
-
noun,
Jesus of Nazareth, held by Christians to be the fulfillment of prophecies in the Old Testament regarding the eventual coming of a Messiah.
- charrs
-
noun,
char2 .
- chrom-
-
- chroma
-
noun,
the purity of a color, or its freedom from white or gray.
- charro
-
noun,
a Mexican horseman or cowboy, typically one wearing an elaborate outfit, often with silver decorations, of tight trousers, ruffled shirt, short jacket, and sombrero.
- Charry
-
adjective,
of, like, or covered with charcoal.
- cymars
-
noun,
simar (def 1).
- chrome
-
noun,
chromium.
- chromy
-
adjective,
decorated with or abounding in chrome:
- charms
-
noun,
a power of pleasing or attracting, as through personality or beauty:
- aorist
-
noun,
a verb tense, as in Classical Greek, expressing action or, in the indicative mood, past action, without further limitation or implication.
- tachy-
-
- stroma
-
noun,
Cell Biology. the supporting framework or matrix of a cell.
- Smriti
-
noun,
writings containing traditions concerning law, rituals, teachings of the sages, the epics, and the Puranas.
- ratite
-
noun,
a bird having a ratite breastbone.
- sitcom
-
noun,
situation comedy.
- shitty
-
adjective,
inferior or contemptible.
- earths
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the planet third in order from the sun, having an equatorial diameter of 7926 miles (12,755 km) and a polar diameter of 7900 miles (12,714 km), a mean distance from the sun of 92.9 million miles (149.6 million km), and a period of revolution of 365.26 days, and having one satellite.
- Castor
-
noun,
Also, castoreum. a brownish, unctuous substance with a strong, penetrating odor, secreted by certain glands in the groin of the beaver, used in medicine and perfumery.
- Cather
-
noun,
Willa (Sibert) [wil-uh see-bert] /ˈwɪl ə ˈsi bərt/ (Show IPA), 1876–1947, U.S. novelist.
- eschar
-
noun,
a hard crust or scab, as from a burn.
- theirs
-
noun,
any male person or animal; a man:
- earthy
-
adjective,
of the nature of or consisting of earth or soil.
- shamir
-
noun,
Yitzhak [yits-hahk] /yɪtsˈhɑk/ (Show IPA), 1915–2012, Israeli political leader: prime minister 1986–92.
- shirty
-
adjective,
bad-tempered; irritable; cranky.
- smitch
-
noun,
smidgen.
- smirch
-
noun,
a dirty mark or smear, as of soot, dust, dirt, etc.
- smeary
-
adjective,
showing smears; smeared.
- smarty
-
noun,
a smart aleck.
- shorty
-
noun,
a person of less than average stature (sometimes used as a disparaging and offensive term of address).
- shmear
-
noun, verb (used with object),
schmear.
- Thayer
-
noun,
Sylvanus, 1785–1872, U.S. army officer and educator.
- ericas
-
noun,
any of numerous low-growing evergreen shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Erica, of the heath family, including several species of heather.
- Syriac
-
noun,
a form of Aramaic used by various Eastern Churches.
- Sitter
-
noun,
a person who sits.
- Caster
-
noun,
a person or thing that casts.
- tetra-
-
- ectomy
-
- thecia
-
noun,
hymenium.
- sirrah
-
noun,
a term of address used to inferiors or children to express impatience, contempt, etc.
- set-to
-
noun,
a usually brief, sharp fight or argument.
- shamoy
-
noun,
chamois (defs 2–4, 6, 7).
- escort
-
noun,
a group of persons, or a single person, accompanying another or others for protection, guidance, or courtesy:
- C-star
-
noun,
carbon star.
- caters
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- Sherry
-
noun,
a fortified, amber-colored wine of southern Spain or any of various similar wines made elsewhere.
- armies
-
noun,
the military forces of a nation, exclusive of the navy and in some countries the air force.
- traces
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- shicer
-
noun,
Slang. a swindler.
- Cathie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Catherine.
- tracer
-
noun,
a person or thing that traces.
- Sierra
-
noun,
a chain of hills or mountains, the peaks of which suggest the teeth of a saw.
- Shiite
-
noun,
a member of one of the two great religious divisions of Islam that regards Ali, the son-in-law of Muhammad, as the legitimate successor of Muhammad, and disregards the three caliphs who succeeded him.
- sector
-
noun,
Geometry. a plane figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle.
- Thames
-
noun,
a river in S England, flowing E through London to the North Sea. 209 miles (336 km) long.
- erotic
-
noun,
an erotic poem.
- smithy
-
noun,
the workshop of a smith, especially a blacksmith.
- tetras
-
noun,
any of several tropical, freshwater fishes of the family Characidae, often kept in aquariums.
- Castro
-
noun,
Cipriano [sip-ree-ah-noh;; Spanish see-pree-ah-naw] /ˌsɪp riˈɑ noʊ;; Spanish ˌsi priˈɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1858?–1924, Venezuelan military and political leader: president 1901–08; exiled 1908.
- Sirach
-
noun,
Son of, Jesus (def 2).
- Smitty
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Smith.
- Seric
-
- trite
-
adjective,
lacking in freshness or effectiveness because of constant use or excessive repetition; hackneyed; stale:
- teary
-
adjective,
of or like tears.
- seti-
-
- serry
-
verb (used with or without object),
to crowd closely together.
- moire
-
noun,
any moiré fabric.
- scary
-
adjective,
causing fright or alarm.
- Moira
-
noun,
Classical Mythology.
the personification of fate.
Moirai, the Fates.
- tears
-
- mitty
-
noun,
Walter Mitty.
- myths
-
noun,
a traditional or legendary story, usually concerning some being or hero or event, with or without a determinable basis of fact or a natural explanation, especially one that is concerned with deities or demigods and explains some practice, rite, or phenomenon of nature.
- sero-
-
- Mitra
-
noun,
the mitriform pileus of certain fungi.
- moist
-
adjective,
moderately or slightly wet; damp.
- scare
-
noun,
a sudden fright or alarm, especially with little or no reason.
- Mocha
-
noun,
(initial capital letter). Also, Mukha. a seaport in the Republic of Yemen on the Red Sea.
- scart
-
verb (used with or without object),
to scratch, scrape, mark, or scar.
- theo-
-
- torch
-
noun,
a light to be carried in the hand, consisting of some combustible substance, as resinous wood, or of twisted flax or the like soaked with tallow or other flammable substance, ignited at the upper end.
- Mitre
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- mitts
-
noun,
Baseball.
a rounded glove with one internal section for the four fingers and another for the thumb and having the side next to the palm of the hand protected by a thick padding, used by catchers.
a somewhat similar glove but with less padding and having sections for the thumb and one or two fingers, used by first basemen. Compare baseball glove.
- torcs
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- satyr
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of a class of woodland deities, attendant on Bacchus, represented as part human, part horse, and sometimes part goat and noted for riotousness and lasciviousness.
- Roach
-
noun,
a cockroach.
- moity
-
adjective,
full of moits.
- MSChE
-
- satem
-
adjective,
belonging to or consisting of those branches of the Indo-European family in which alveolar or palatal fricatives, as the sounds (s) or (sh), developed in ancient times from Proto-Indo-European palatal stops: the satem branches are Indo-Iranian, Armenian, Slavic, Baltic, and Albanian.
- torii
-
noun,
(in Japan) a form of decorative gateway or portal, consisting of two upright wooden posts connected at the top by two horizontal crosspieces, commonly found at the entrance to Shinto temples.
- tech.
-
- mothy
-
adjective,
containing moths.
- moths
-
noun,
any of numerous insects of the order Lepidoptera, generally distinguished from the butterflies by having feathery antennae and by having crepuscular or nocturnal habits.
- Shari
-
noun,
Also, Chari. a river in N central Africa, flowing NW from the Central African Republic into Lake Chad. 1400 miles (2254 km) long.
- motte
-
noun,
a grove or clump of trees in prairie land or open country.
- techy
-
noun,
techie.
- oater
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- motet
-
noun,
a vocal composition in polyphonic style, on a Biblical or similar prose text, intended for use in a church service.
- tecta
-
noun,
a rooflike structure.
- Oates
-
noun,
Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- tera-
-
- oaths
-
noun,
a solemn appeal to a deity, or to some revered person or thing, to witness one's determination to speak the truth, to keep a promise, etc.:
- ocher
-
noun,
any of a class of natural earths, mixtures of hydrated oxide of iron with various earthy materials, ranging in color from pale yellow to orange and red, and used as pigments.
- Sarto
-
noun,
Andrea del [ahn-drey-uh del;; Italian ahn-dre-ah del] /ɑnˈdreɪ ə dɛl;; Italian ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ dɛl/ (Show IPA), Andrea del Sarto.
- ochre
-
noun,
any of a class of natural earths, mixtures of hydrated oxide of iron with various earthy materials, ranging in color from pale yellow to orange and red, and used as pigments.
- Thais
-
noun,
flourished late 4th century b.c, Athenian courtesan: mistress of Alexander the Great and Ptolemy I.
- 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.
- share
-
noun,
the full or proper portion or part allotted or belonging to or contributed or owed by an individual or group.
- motes
-
noun,
a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
- teats
-
noun,
the protuberance on the breast or udder in female mammals, except the monotremes, through which the milk ducts discharge; nipple or mammilla.
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- Moray
-
noun,
any of numerous chiefly tropical eels of the family Muraenidae, having porelike gill openings and no pectoral fins.
- moras
-
noun,
the unit of time equivalent to the ordinary or normal short sound or syllable.
- tache
-
noun,
a buckle; clasp.
- Morea
-
noun,
Peloponnesus.
- mores
-
noun,
an additional quantity, amount, or number:
- tacet
-
verb (imperative),
be silent (directing an instrument or voice not to play or sing).
- taces
-
noun,
tasset.
- scat-
-
- Morse
-
noun,
an ornamented metal clasp or brooch for fastening a cope in front.
- shame
-
noun,
the painful feeling arising from the consciousness of something dishonorable, improper, ridiculous, etc., done by oneself or another:
- Moshi
-
noun,
a city in N Tanzania.
- stroy
-
verb (used with object),
to destroy.
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- toric
-
adjective,
noting or pertaining to a lens with a surface forming a portion of a torus, used for eyeglasses and contact lenses that correct astigmatism.
- tythe
-
noun,
Sometimes, tithes. the tenth part of agricultural produce or personal income set apart as an offering to God or for works of mercy, or the same amount regarded as an obligation or tax for the support of the church, priesthood, or the like.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- morts
-
noun,
Hunting. the note played on a hunting horn signifying that the animal hunted has been killed.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- mosey
-
verb (used without object),
to wander or shuffle about leisurely; stroll; saunter (often followed by along, about, etc.).
- Moser
-
noun,
Johann Jakob [yoh-hahn yah-kawp] /ˈyoʊ hɑn ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1701–85, German jurist and publicist.
- teams
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- sceat
-
noun,
a silver Anglo-Saxon coin of the 7th and 8th centuries, sometimes including an amount of gold.
- Thare
-
noun,
Terah.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- myco-
-
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- micra
-
noun,
a plural of micron.
- SCRAM
-
noun,
the rapid shutdown of a nuclear reactor in an emergency.
- Tracy
-
noun,
Spencer, 1900–67, U.S. film actor.
- semi-
-
- tyres
-
noun,
an ancient seaport of Phoenicia: one of the great cities of antiquity, famous for its navigators and traders; site of modern Sur.
- mires
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- Miche
-
verb (used without object),
to lurk out of sight.
- tater
-
noun,
potato.
- tarry
-
noun,
a stay; sojourn.
- Scott
-
noun,
Barbara Ann, 1928–2012, Canadian figure skater.
- their
-
noun,
any male person or animal; a man:
- tarot
-
noun,
any of a set of 22 playing cards bearing allegorical representations, used for fortunetelling and as trump cards in tarok.
- taros
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- troch
-
- semih
-
- troys
-
noun,
Latin Ilium. Greek Ilion. an ancient ruined city in NW Asia Minor: the seventh of nine settlements on the site is commonly identified as the Troy of the Iliad.
- Mich.
-
- Scot.
-
- SEATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Manila (1954), comprising Australia, Great Britain, France, New Zealand, Pakistan, the Philippines, Thailand, and the United States, for collective defense against aggression in southeastern Asia and the southwestern Pacific: abolished in 1977.
- metas
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) a column or post, or a group of columns or posts, placed at each end of a racetrack to mark the turning places.
- seamy
-
adjective,
unpleasant or sordid; low; disagreeable:
- meth-
-
- taste
-
noun,
the act of tasting food or drink.
- metic
-
noun,
an alien resident of an ancient Greek city who paid a tax for the right to live there.
- Metis
-
noun,
any person of mixed ancestry.
- metr-
-
- metry
-
- titer
-
noun,
the strength of a solution as determined by titration with a standard substance.
- micas
-
noun,
any member of a group of minerals, hydrous silicates of aluminum with other bases, chiefly potassium, magnesium, iron, and lithium, that separate readily into thin, tough, often transparent, and usually elastic laminae; isinglass.
- tasty
-
adjective,
good-tasting; savory:
- trots
-
noun,
the gait of a horse, dog, or other quadruped, when trotting.
- tarts
-
noun,
a small pie filled with cooked fruit or other sweetened preparation, usually having no top crust.
- sect.
-
- scrim
-
noun,
a cotton or linen fabric of open weave used for bunting, curtains, etc.
- Troth
-
noun,
faithfulness, fidelity, or loyalty:
- tyros
-
noun,
a beginner in learning anything; novice.
- tarty
-
adjective,
tart; somewhat sour.
- Micah
-
noun,
a Minor Prophet of the 8th century b.c.
- myrrh
-
noun,
an aromatic resinous exudation from certain plants of the genus Myrrhis, especially M. odorata, a small spiny tree: used for incense, perfume, etc.
- Tarim
-
noun,
a river in NW China, in Xinjiang Uygur region. About 1300 miles (2090 km) long.
- throe
-
noun,
a violent spasm or pang; paroxysm.
- miter
-
noun,
the official headdress of a bishop in the Western Church, in its modern form a tall cap with a top deeply cleft crosswise, the outline of the front and back resembling that of a pointed arch.
- Tahoe
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in E California and W Nevada, in the Sierra Nevada Mountains: resort. About 200 sq. mi. (520 sq. km); 6225 feet (1897 meters) above sea level.
- timer
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- trait
-
noun,
a distinguishing characteristic or quality, especially of one's personal nature:
- Misti
-
noun,
El Misti.
- Misty
-
adjective,
abounding in or clouded by mist.
- tiers
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- tacts
-
noun,
a keen sense of what to say or do to avoid giving offense; skill in dealing with difficult or delicate situations.
- Tycho
-
noun,
a prominent crater in the third quadrant of the face of the moon, about 56 miles (90 km) in diameter.
- ocrea
-
noun,
a sheathing part, as a pair of stipules united about a stem.
- tomia
-
noun,
the cutting edge of a bird's bill.
- mites
-
noun,
any of numerous small to microscopic arachnids of the subclass Acari, including species that are parasitic on animals and plants or that feed on decaying matter and stored foods.
- myth.
-
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- Tyche
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of fortune.
- tacos
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- tacit
-
adjective,
understood without being openly expressed; implied:
- tachs
-
noun,
tachometer.
- scatt
-
noun,
scat5 .
- theat
-
- tomes
-
noun,
a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
- miso-
-
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Titos
-
noun,
Marshal (Josip Broz) 1891–1980, president of Yugoslavia 1953–80.
- Mirth
-
noun,
gaiety or jollity, especially when accompanied by laughter:
- Torah
-
noun,
the Pentateuch, being the first of the three Jewish divisions of the Old Testament.
Compare Tanach.
- score
-
noun,
the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.
- misc.
-
- Teach
-
noun,
Informal. teacher.
- Timor
-
noun,
an island in the S part of Indonesia: largest and easternmost of the Lesser Sunda Islands; E half formerly belonged to Portugal. 13,095 sq. mi. (33,913 sq. km).
- misce
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) mix.
- theca
-
noun,
a case or receptacle.
- tithe
-
noun,
Sometimes, tithes. the tenth part of agricultural produce or personal income set apart as an offering to God or for works of mercy, or the same amount regarded as an obligation or tax for the support of the church, priesthood, or the like.
- Mysia
-
noun,
an ancient country in NW Asia Minor.
- Tract
-
noun,
an expanse or area of land, water, etc.; region; stretch.
- times
-
noun,
the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- serac
-
noun,
a large irregularity of glacial ice, as a pinnacle found in glacial crevasses and formed by melting or movement of the ice.
- schmo
-
noun,
a foolish, boring, or stupid person; a jerk.
- miser
-
noun,
a person who lives in wretched circumstances in order to save and hoard money.
- Tamis
-
noun,
a worsted cloth mesh constructed in open weave and having a corded face, used as a sieve or strainer.
- tames
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- tahrs
-
noun,
any of several Old World wild goats of the genus Hemitragus, as H. jemlahicus (Himalayan tahr) introduced into New Zealand, having a long mane and short, stout, recurving horns: most are endangered or threatened in their native regions.
- Thema
-
noun,
theme (def 7).
- Terah
-
noun,
the father of Abraham. Gen. 11:25–32.
- omers
-
noun,
a Hebrew unit of dry measure, the tenth part of an ephah.
- octa-
-
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- roshi
-
noun,
the religious leader of a group of Zen Buddhists.
- Thera
-
noun,
a Greek island in the S Aegean, in the Cyclades group. 30 sq. mi. (78 sq. km).
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- trash
-
noun,
anything worthless, useless, or discarded; rubbish.
- Starr
-
noun,
Belle (Myra Belle Shirley) 1848–89, U.S. outlaw and folk hero.
- restr
-
- Thira
-
noun,
Thera.
- thio-
-
- retch
-
noun,
the act or an instance of retching.
- Resht
-
noun,
Rasht.
- testa
-
noun,
the outer, usually hard, integument or coat of a seed.
- treas
-
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- thyme
-
noun,
any of numerous plants belonging to the genus Thymus, of the mint family, including the common garden herb T. vulgaris, a low subshrub having narrow, aromatic leaves used for seasoning.
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- sito-
-
- Stacy
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- rheas
-
noun,
the ramie plant or fiber.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- Srta.
-
- rect.
-
- steam
-
noun,
water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor.
- reams
-
noun,
a standard quantity of paper, consisting of 20 quires or 500 sheets (formerly 480 sheets), or 516 sheets (printer's ream or perfect ream)
- rearm
-
verb (used with object),
to arm again.
- Siret
-
noun,
a river in SE Europe, flowing SE from the Carpathian Mountains in Ukraine, through E Romania to the Danube. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- Syria
-
noun,
Official name Syrian Arab Republic. a republic in SW Asia at the E end of the Mediterranean. 71,227 sq. mi. (184,478 sq. km). Capital: Damascus.
- rears
-
- Terry
-
noun,
the loop formed by the pile of a fabric when left uncut.
- Recit
-
- recta
-
noun,
a plural of rectum.
- start
-
noun,
a beginning of an action, journey, etc.
- Theos
-
- State
-
noun,
the condition of a person or thing, as with respect to circumstances or attributes:
- trams
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- Reich
-
noun,
(with reference to Germany) empire; realm; nation.
- stat.
-
- Reims
-
noun,
a city in NE France: cathedral; unconditional surrender of Germany May 7, 1945.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- remit
-
noun,
Law. a transfer of the record of an action from one tribunal to another, particularly from an appellate court to the court of original jurisdiction.
- Smart
-
noun,
a sharp local pain, usually superficial, as from a wound, blow, or sting.
- sotie
-
noun,
a satirical and topical comedy employing actors dressed in traditional fool's costume, popular in France during the late Middle Ages, and often used as a curtain raiser to mystery and morality plays.
- reach
-
noun,
an act or instance of reaching:
- teths
-
noun,
the ninth letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- smote
-
verb,
a simple past tense of smite.
- treys
-
noun,
a playing card or a die having three pips.
- toti-
-
- Sochi
-
noun,
a seaport in the SW Russian Federation in Europe, on the Black Sea: resort.
- totes
-
noun,
the act or course of toting.
- Rieti
-
noun,
Vittorio [veet-taw-ryaw] /vitˈtɔ ryɔ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1994, U.S. composer, born in Italy.
- Rimas
-
noun,
a female given name.
- rimes
-
noun,
Also called rime ice. an opaque coating of tiny, white, granular ice particles, caused by the rapid freezing of supercooled water droplets on impact with an object.
Compare frost (def 3), glaze (def 17).
- riots
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- meta-
-
- ryots
-
noun,
a peasant.
- riser
-
noun,
a person who rises, especially from bed:
- TREAT
-
noun,
entertainment, food, drink, etc., given by way of compliment or as an expression of friendly regard.
- rishi
-
noun,
an inspired sage or poet.
- roast
-
noun,
roasted meat or a piece of roasted meat, as a piece of beef or veal of a quantity and shape for slicing into more than one portion.
- Soche
-
noun,
Wade-Giles. Shache.
- roars
-
noun,
a loud, deep cry or howl, as of an animal or a person:
- roams
-
noun,
an act or instance of roaming; a ramble.
- trets
-
noun,
(formerly) an allowance for waste, after deduction for tare.
- Theta
-
noun,
the eighth letter of the Greek alphabet (Θ, θ).
- smear
-
noun,
an oily, greasy, viscous, or wet substance, especially a dab of such a substance.
- Smith
-
noun,
a worker in metal.
- trice
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- rhet.
-
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- smite
-
Idioms,
smite hip and thigh. hip1 (def 9).
- torts
-
noun,
a wrongful act, not including a breach of contract or trust, that results in injury to another's person, property, reputation, or the like, and for which the injured party is entitled to compensation.
- Tosca
-
noun,
an opera (1900) by Giacomo Puccini.
- totem
-
noun,
a natural object or an animate being, as an animal or bird, assumed as the emblem of a clan, family, or group.
- rhyme
-
noun,
identity in sound of some part, especially the end, of words or lines of verse.
- rhoea
-
- Trace
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- triac
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- sorry
-
adjective,
feeling regret, compunction, sympathy, pity, etc.:
- ricey
-
adjective,
pertaining to, resembling, or containing rice.
- ricer
-
noun,
an implement for ricing potatoes, squash, etc., by pressing them through small holes.
- titre
-
noun,
titer.
- smyth
-
noun,
Dame Ethel Mary, 1858–1944, English writer, composer, and suffragist.
- rices
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- testy
-
adjective,
irritably impatient; touchy.
- Royce
-
noun,
Josiah, 1855–1916, U.S. philosopher and educator.
- react
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- Terri
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- tryst
-
noun,
an appointment to meet at a certain time and place, especially one made somewhat secretly by lovers.
- orris
-
noun,
an iris, Iris germanica florentina, having a fragrant rootstock.
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- trims
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- orch.
-
- saice
-
noun,
syce.
- shirr
-
noun,
Also, shirring. a shirred arrangement, as of cloth.
- shirt
-
noun,
a long- or short-sleeved garment for the upper part of the body, usually lightweight and having a collar and a front opening.
- Oriya
-
noun,
an Indic language spoken in Odisha, in eastern India.
- ormer
-
noun,
an abalone, Haliotis tuberculata, living in waters of the Channel Islands.
- Orth.
-
- stome
-
- OSCAR
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter O.
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- shoat
-
noun,
Also, shote. a young, weaned pig.
- osmic
-
adjective,
of or containing osmium in its higher valences, especially the tetravalent state.
- oste-
-
- Ostia
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, SW of Rome: ruins from 4th century b.c.; site of ancient port of Rome.
- shoer
-
noun,
a person who shoes horses or other animals.
- stoma
-
noun,
Also, stomate. Botany. any of various small apertures, especially one of the minute orifices or slits in the epidermis of leaves, stems, etc., through which gases are exchanged.
- Orcas
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- Shire
-
noun,
one of the counties of Great Britain.
- Stoic
-
noun,
a member or adherent of the Stoic school of philosophy.
- oyers
-
noun,
oyer and terminer.
- those
-
Idioms,
at that,
in spite of something; nevertheless:
in addition; besides:
- Shema
-
noun,
a liturgical prayer, prominent in Jewish history and tradition, that is recited daily at the morning and evening services and expresses the Jewish people's ardent faith in and love of God.
- stray
-
noun,
a domestic animal found wandering at large or without an owner.
- Sarre
-
noun,
French name of Saar.
- sarc-
-
- Storm
-
noun,
a disturbance of the normal condition of the atmosphere, manifesting itself by winds of unusual force or direction, often accompanied by rain, snow, hail, thunder, and lightning, or flying sand or dust.
- octet
-
noun,
a company of eight singers or musicians.
- shier
-
noun,
a horse having a tendency to shy.
- Story
-
noun,
a narrative, either true or fictitious, in prose or verse, designed to interest, amuse, or instruct the hearer or reader; tale.
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- titis
-
noun,
any of various small reddish or grayish monkeys of the genus Callicebus, of South America.
- omits
-
verb (used with object),
to leave out; fail to include or mention:
- saith
-
verb,
third person singular present of say1 .
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- orach
-
noun,
any plant of the genus Atriplex, especially A. hortensis, of the amaranth family, cultivated for use like spinach.
- stomy
-
- oracy
-
noun,
the ability to express oneself in and understand spoken language.
- Other
-
noun,
the other one:
- tryma
-
noun,
a nut having an outer shell that becomes tough and dry and eventually splits open, as in the walnut and hickory.
- ratty
-
adjective,
full of rats.
- shote
-
noun,
shoat (def 1).
- Torte
-
noun,
a rich cake, especially one containing little or no flour, usually made with eggs and ground nuts or bread crumbs.
- ratch
-
noun,
a ratchet.
- Stich
-
noun,
a verse or line of poetry.
- Trier
-
noun,
a person or thing that tries or tests; tester.
- rater
-
noun,
a person who makes rates or ratings.
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- rotas
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- rathe
-
adjective,
Archaic. growing, blooming, or ripening early in the year or season.
- ratio
-
noun,
the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:
- Rashi
-
noun,
(Solomon ben Isaac) 1040–1105, French Hebrew scholar.
- ster.
-
- stech
-
verb (used with object),
to fill or gorge (one's stomach) with food.
- ratos
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- terms
-
noun,
a word or group of words designating something, especially in a particular field, as atom in physics, quietism in theology, adze in carpentry, or district leader in politics.
- terr.
-
- shott
-
noun,
chott.
- Terra
-
noun,
earth; land.
- simar
-
noun,
Also, cymar. a loose, lightweight jacket or robe for women, fashionable in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- Rasht
-
noun,
a city in NW Iran, about 10 miles (16 km) S of the Caspian Sea.
- stime
-
noun,
the smallest bit; a drop, taste, or glimpse.
- Stoat
-
noun,
the ermine, Mustela erminea, especially when in brown summer pelage.
- races
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- rrhea
-
- ottar
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- term.
-
- Otter
-
noun,
any of several aquatic, furbearing, weasellike mammals of the genus Lutra and related genera, having webbed feet and a long, slightly flattened tail.
- Shore
-
noun,
the land along the edge of a sea, lake, broad river, etc.
- Short
-
noun,
something that is short.
- racer
-
noun,
a person, animal, or thing that races or takes part in a race, as a racehorse, bicycle, yacht, etc.
- theor
-
- torse
-
noun,
a wreath of twisted silks of two alternating tinctures, usually a metal and a color, depicted supporting a crest or coronet, often upon a helmet.
- stimy
-
noun,
stymie.
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- rotte
-
noun,
rote2 .
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- ramet
-
noun,
an individual of a clone.
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- ramie
-
noun,
an Asian shrub, Boehmeria nivea, of the nettle family, yielding a fiber used especially in making textiles.
- Ramos
-
noun,
Fidel V. born 1928, Philippine political leader: president 1992–98.
- rares
-
adjective,
coming or occurring far apart in time; unusual; uncommon:
- toast
-
noun,
sliced bread that has been browned by dry heat.
- meths
-
noun,
methamphetamine; Methedrine.
- meso-
-
- chert
-
noun,
a compact rock consisting essentially of microcrystalline quartz.
- chirr
-
noun,
the sound of chirring.
- ichor
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. an ethereal fluid flowing in the veins of the gods.
- Chios
-
noun,
a Greek island in the Aegean, near the W coast of Turkey. 322 sq. mi. (834 sq. km).
- chyme
-
noun,
the semifluid mass into which food is converted by gastric secretion and which passes from the stomach into the small intestine.
- chime
-
noun,
an apparatus for striking a bell so as to produce a musical sound, as one at the front door of a house by which visitors announce their presence.
- chias
-
noun,
a plant, Salvia columbariae, of the mint family, native to the southwestern U.S. and Mexico, having mostly basal, oblong leaves and small blue flowers: the seeds are used as food and as the source of a beverage.
- chiao
-
noun,
jiao.
- yeast
-
noun,
any of various small, single-celled fungi of the phylum Ascomycota that reproduce by fission or budding, the daughter cells often remaining attached, and that are capable of fermenting carbohydrates into alcohol and carbon dioxide.
- Yeats
-
noun,
William Butler, 1865–1939, Irish poet, dramatist, and essayist: Nobel prize 1923.
- chest
-
noun,
Anatomy. the trunk of the body from the neck to the abdomen; thorax.
- chem.
-
- IATSE
-
- cheat
-
noun,
a person who acts dishonestly, deceives, or defrauds:
- chats
-
noun,
informal conversation:
- yetis
-
noun,
Abominable Snowman.
- chasm
-
noun,
a yawning fissure or deep cleft in the earth's surface; gorge.
- Chase
-
noun,
the act of chasing; pursuit:
- Yetta
-
noun,
a female given name.
- yetts
-
noun,
gate.
- chart
-
noun,
a sheet exhibiting information in tabular form.
- chars
-
noun,
a charred material or surface.
- ihram
-
noun,
the dress worn by male Muslims on their pilgrimage to Mecca, consisting of two white cotton cloths, one worn round the waist, the other over the left shoulder.
- Chita
-
noun,
a city in the SE Russian Federation in Asia.
- iatry
-
- chary
-
adjective,
cautious or careful; wary:
- cires
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- Hosea
-
noun,
a Minor Prophet of the 8th century b.c.
- Hosta
-
noun,
any of various plants belonging to the genus Hosta, of the lily family, which includes the plantain lily.
- coirs
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- Coats
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- coati
-
noun,
any tropical American carnivore of the genus Nasua, related to the raccoon, having an elongated body, long, ringed tail, and a slender, flexible snout.
- coast
-
noun,
the land next to the sea; seashore:
- cyto-
-
- cites
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- cyst-
-
- Cirri
-
noun,
a plural of cirrus.
- cymes
-
noun,
an inflorescence in which the primary axis bears a single central or terminal flower that blooms first.
- chits
-
noun,
a signed note for money owed for food, drink, etc.
- cymas
-
noun,
Architecture. either of two moldings having a partly convex and partly concave curve for an outline: used especially in classical architecture.
Compare cyma recta, cyma reversa.
- cymar
-
noun,
simar (def 1).
- yacht
-
noun,
a vessel used for private cruising, racing, or other noncommercial purposes.
- Yamis
-
noun,
a member of an Indonesian people of Hungtow Island, off the southeastern coast of Taiwan.
- Chris
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Christopher.
- chott
-
noun,
a shallow brackish or saline marsh or lake in N Africa, usually dry during the summer.
- chose
-
noun,
a thing; an article of personal property.
- chore
-
noun,
a small or odd job; routine task.
- choir
-
noun,
a company of singers, especially an organized group employed in church service.
- Yasht
-
noun,
a hymn to a deity.
- charr
-
noun,
char2 .
- yirrs
-
noun,
a growl or snarl, as of a dog.
- Horta
-
noun,
Baron Victor, 1861?–1947, Belgian architect.
- camis
-
noun,
camisole (def 1).
- carts
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- Carte
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- carse
-
noun,
bottom land.
- Carry
-
noun,
range, as of a gun.
- carom
-
noun,
Billiards, Pool. a shot in which the cue ball hits two balls in succession.
- Carme
-
noun,
a small natural satellite of the planet Jupiter.
- Carie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- caret
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- cares
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- Carey
-
noun,
male given name, form of Carew.
- cames
-
noun,
a slender, grooved bar of lead for holding together the pieces of glass in windows of latticework or stained glass.
- Irish
-
noun,
the inhabitants of Ireland and their descendants elsewhere.
- Cameo
-
noun,
a technique of engraving upon a gem or other stone, as onyx, in such a way that an underlying stone of one color is exposed as a background for a low-relief design of another color.
- Cairo
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Egypt, in the N part on the E bank of the Nile.
- Cayes
-
noun,
Les. Les Cayes.
- atto-
-
- Isiac
-
adjective,
of or relating to Isis or the worship of Isis.
- Attic
-
noun,
the part of a building, especially of a house, directly under a roof; garret.
- atty.
-
- atory
-
- atomy
-
noun,
an atom; mote.
- atmo-
-
- Casey
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “brave.”.
- caste
-
noun,
Sociology.
an endogamous and hereditary social group limited to persons of the same rank, occupation, economic position, etc., and having mores distinguishing it from other such groups.
any rigid system of social distinctions.
- Chari
-
noun,
Shari.
- Cerro
-
noun,
a hill or peak.
- char-
-
- chaos
-
noun,
a state of utter confusion or disorder; a total lack of organization or order.
- chams
-
noun,
khan1 .
- chays
-
noun,
chaise; shay.
- chais
-
noun,
a shed or other aboveground building where a winemaker stores wine in casks.
- chair
-
noun,
a seat, especially for one person, usually having four legs for support and a rest for the back and often having rests for the arms.
- Cesti
-
noun,
Marcantonio [mahr-kahn-taw-nyaw] /ˌmɑr kɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1623–69, Italian composer.
- cesta
-
noun,
a narrow, curved basket fitted on one end to a wooden handle with a glovelike compartment at the base, for catching and throwing the ball.
- imit.
-
- cert.
-
- ceros
-
noun,
a large Atlantic and Gulf Coast mackerel game fish, Scomberomorus regalis.
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- cero-
-
- ceria
-
noun,
a white-to-yellow, heavy powder, cerium dioxide, CeO 2 , usually derived from cerium nitrate by decomposition with heat: used chiefly in ceramics, glass polishing, and decolorizing.
- ceras
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- Ceram
-
noun,
an island of the Moluccas in Indonesia, W of New Guinea. 7191 sq. mi. (18,625 sq. km).
- yores
-
noun,
Chiefly Literary. time past:
- Catty
-
noun,
(in China and southeast Asia) a weight equal to about 1½ pounds (680 grams) avoirdupois.
- iotas
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- Cathy
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Catherine.
- Cath.
-
- Cates
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- cater
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- COMAS
-
noun,
a state of prolonged unconsciousness, including a lack of response to stimuli, from which it is impossible to rouse a person.
- hort.
-
- astr.
-
- heats
-
noun,
the state of a body perceived as having or generating a relatively high degree of warmth.
- hates
-
noun,
intense dislike; extreme aversion or hostility.
- emits
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- emirs
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- eyrir
-
noun,
an aluminum bronze coin of Iceland, the 100th part of a króna.
- eyras
-
noun,
a jaguarundi.
- Hatti
-
noun,
an ancient people who lived in central Anatolia before its conquest by the Hittites.
- Hatty
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Harriet.
- ecto-
-
- hears
-
verb (used with object),
to perceive by the ear:
- heart
-
noun,
Anatomy. a hollow, pumplike organ of blood circulation, composed mainly of rhythmically contractile smooth muscle, located in the chest between the lungs and slightly to the left and consisting of four chambers: a right atrium that receives blood returning from the body via the superior and inferior vena cavae, a right ventricle that pumps the blood through the pulmonary artery to the lungs for oxygenation, a left atrium that receives the oxygenated blood via the pulmonary veins and passes it through the mitral valve, and a left ventricle that pumps the oxygenated blood, via the aorta, throughout the body.
- hect-
-
- Emory
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- heist
-
noun,
a robbery or holdup:
- hema-
-
- hemi-
-
- hemia
-
- hemic
-
adjective,
hematic.
- hemo-
-
- Herat
-
noun,
a city in NW Afghanistan.
- Earth
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the planet third in order from the sun, having an equatorial diameter of 7926 miles (12,755 km) and a polar diameter of 7900 miles (12,714 km), a mean distance from the sun of 92.9 million miles (149.6 million km), and a period of revolution of 365.26 days, and having one satellite.
- Herma
-
noun,
herm.
- herms
-
noun,
a monument consisting of a four-sided shaft tapering inward from top to bottom and bearing a head or bust; those of Hermes usually had an erect penis, which passersby stroked for luck.
- hater
-
noun,
a person who has an intense dislike for another person or thing (often used in combination):
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- crore
-
noun,
(in India) the sum of ten million, especially of rupees; one hundred lacs.
- Hamer
-
noun,
Fannie Lou, 1917–77, U.S. civil rights activist.
- ethos
-
noun,
Sociology. the fundamental character or spirit of a culture; the underlying sentiment that informs the beliefs, customs, or practices of a group or society; dominant assumptions of a people or period:
- ethic
-
noun,
the body of moral principles or values governing or distinctive of a particular culture or group:
- haem-
-
- estoc
-
noun,
a thrusting sword of the 13th–17th centuries having a long, narrow blade of rectangular section.
- Esth.
-
- haets
-
noun,
a little bit; a whit.
- Hayes
-
noun,
Carlton J(oseph) H(untley) 1882–1964, U.S. historian, educator, and diplomat.
- hairy
-
adjective,
covered with hair; having much hair.
- Haiti
-
noun,
Formerly Hayti. a republic in the West Indies occupying the W part of the island of Hispaniola. 10,714 sq. mi. (27,750 sq. km). Capital: Port-au-Prince.
- Hayti
-
noun,
former name of Haiti (def 1).
- hames
-
noun,
either of two curved pieces lying upon the collar in the harness of an animal, to which the traces are fastened.
- Hasty
-
adjective,
moving or acting with haste; speedy; quick; hurried.
- haori
-
noun,
a loose, knee-length, Japanese garment resembling a coat.
- harem
-
noun,
the part of a Muslim palace or house reserved for the residence of women.
- Harim
-
noun,
harem.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- Harms
-
noun,
physical injury or mental damage; hurt:
- Harry
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Harold or Henry.
- ERICA
-
noun,
any of numerous low-growing evergreen shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Erica, of the heath family, including several species of heather.
- Harte
-
noun,
(Francis) Bret [bret] /brɛt/ (Show IPA), 1839–1902, U.S. author, especially of short stories.
- Harts
-
noun,
a male deer, commonly of the red deer, Cervus elaphus, especially after its fifth year.
- haste
-
noun,
swiftness of motion; speed; celerity:
- Heros
-
noun,
a person noted for courageous acts or nobility of character:
- Croat
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Croatia; Croatian.
- Horst
-
noun,
a portion of the earth's crust, bounded on at least two sides by faults, that has risen in relation to adjacent portions.
- Homer
-
noun,
Baseball. home run.
- hoars
-
noun,
hoarfrost; rime.
- coria
-
noun,
plural of corium.
- cores
-
- corer
-
noun,
a person or thing that cores.
- Corey
-
noun,
Elias James, born 1928, U.S. chemist and educator: Nobel Prize 1990.
- 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.
- Corea
-
noun,
Armando Anthony [ahr-mahn-doh] /ɑrˈmɑn doʊ/ (Show IPA), ("Chick") born 1941, U.S. jazz pianist and composer.
- hoise
-
verb (used with object),
to hoist.
- Comte
-
noun,
count2 .
- homey
-
noun,
homie.
- homes
-
- hoary
-
adjective,
gray or white with age:
- Comr.
-
- comet
-
noun,
a celestial body moving about the sun, usually in a highly eccentric orbit, consisting of a central mass surrounded by an envelope of dust and gas that may form a tail that streams away from the sun.
- comes
-
noun,
Astronomy. companion1 (def 6).
- 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.
- horme
-
noun,
activity directed toward a goal; purposive effort.
- Comer
-
noun,
Informal. a person or thing that is progressing well or is very promising:
- 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.
- horsy
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of a horse.
- corms
-
noun,
an enlarged, fleshy, bulblike base of a stem, as in the crocus.
- 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.
- herry
-
verb (used with or without object),
harry.
- crate
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- crit.
-
- cryo-
-
- crime
-
noun,
an action or an instance of negligence that is deemed injurious to the public welfare or morals or to the interests of the state and that is legally prohibited.
- crim.
-
- cries
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- Hetty
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Hester or Esther.
- crier
-
noun,
a person who cries.
- crest
-
noun,
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- cream
-
noun,
the fatty part of milk, which rises to the surface when the liquid is allowed to stand unless homogenized.
- hier-
-
- Hymie
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a Jewish male.
- corr.
-
- crash
-
noun,
a sudden loud noise, as of something being violently smashed or struck:
- crams
-
noun,
Informal. the act of cramming for an examination.
- Hiram
-
noun,
a king of Tyre in the 10th century b.c. I Kings 5.
- cotta
-
noun,
a surplice.
- HIRES
-
noun,
the act of hiring.
- cotes
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- Costa
-
noun,
a rib or riblike part.
- hist.
-
- coset
-
noun,
a subset of a group, formed by the consistent operation of a given element of the group on the left or right of all the elements of a subgroup of the group.
- Corti
-
noun,
Alfonso [al-fon-soh;; Italian ahl-fawn-saw] /ælˈfɒn soʊ;; Italian ɑlˈfɔn sɔ/ (Show IPA), 1822–76, Italian anatomist.
- Corse
-
noun,
corpse.
- Athos
-
noun,
Mount, the easternmost of three prongs of the peninsula of Chalcidice, in NE Greece: site of an autonomous theocracy constituted of 20 monasteries. 131 sq. mi. (340 sq. km); about 35 miles (56 km) long.
- charm
-
noun,
a power of pleasing or attracting, as through personality or beauty:
- Isth.
-
- machy
-
- macer
-
noun,
macebearer.
- amort
-
adjective,
spiritless; lifeless.
- maces
-
noun,
a clublike armor-breaking weapon of war, often with a flanged or spiked metal head, used chiefly in the Middle Ages.
- McRae
-
noun,
Carmen, 1920–94, U.S. jazz singer and songwriter.
- mach.
-
- mache
-
noun,
corn salad.
- macho
-
noun,
Also, machoism. assertive or aggressive manliness; machismo.
- aero-
-
- machs
-
noun,
a number indicating the ratio of the speed of an object to the speed of sound in the medium through which the object is moving. Abbreviation: M.
- Amory
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- AMORC
-
- Amity
-
noun,
friendship; peaceful harmony.
- matts
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Matthew.
- Matty
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- Amish
-
noun,
the Amish people.
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- aeri-
-
- mahoe
-
noun,
hau tree.
- Mehta
-
noun,
Zubin [zoo-bin] /ˈzu bɪn/ (Show IPA), born 1936, Indian orchestra conductor, in the U.S. since 1961.
- Actis
-
noun,
a son of Rhoda and Helius who, when banished from his home for fratricide, fled to Egypt, where he taught astrology. The Colossus of Rhodes was built in his honor.
- Actor
-
noun,
a person who acts in stage plays, motion pictures, television broadcasts, etc.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- actos
-
- ither
-
adjective, pronoun, adverb,
other.
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- areo-
-
- Mears
-
noun,
mere3 .
- mech.
-
- meaty
-
adjective,
of or like meat.
- Meath
-
noun,
a county in Leinster, in the E Republic of Ireland. 902 sq. mi. (2335 sq. km). County seat: Trim.
- archy
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Archibald.
- arche
-
- marse
-
noun,
(used chiefly in representation of southern black speech) master.
- arces
-
noun,
a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
- matte
-
noun,
a dull or dead surface, often slightly roughened, as on metals, paint, paper, or glass.
- Matt.
-
- armet
-
noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- MASER
-
noun,
a device for amplifying electromagnetic waves by stimulated emission of radiation.
- marcs
-
noun,
the grapes contained in the wine press and the residue, as skins and pips, remaining after the juice is expressed.
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- Marie
-
noun,
(Marie Alexandra Victoria of Saxe-Coburg) 1875–1938, queen of Romania 1914–27.
- Mario
-
noun,
a male given name: from the Roman family name Marius.
- Maris
-
noun,
Roger (Eugene) 1934–85, U.S. baseball player.
- Marys
-
noun,
Also called Virgin Mary. the mother of Jesus.
- Maroc
-
noun,
French name of Morocco.
- aitch
-
noun,
the letter H, h.
- masc.
-
- maror
-
noun,
a portion of horseradish or other bitter herb that is eaten at the Seder meal on Passover.
- marts
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- Maros
-
noun,
Hungarian name of Mures.
- marry
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation of surprise, astonishment, etc.)
- Marti
-
noun,
José [haw-se] /hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1853–1895, Cuban patriot and writer.
- Ayres
-
noun,
air1 (def 8d).
- Marcy
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in NE New York: highest peak of the Adirondack Mountains, 5344 feet (1629 meters).
- mashy
-
noun,
mashie.
- Mayer
-
noun,
Julius Robert von [jool-yuh s rob-ert von;; German yoo-lee-oo s roh-bert fuh n] /ˈdʒul yəs ˈrɒb ərt vɒn;; German ˈyu li ʊs ˈroʊ bɛrt fən/ (Show IPA), 1814–78, German physicist.
- amirs
-
noun,
emir.
- matr-
-
- maths
-
noun,
mathematics.
- Mayor
-
noun,
the chief executive official, usually elected, of a city, village, or town.
- math.
-
- mater
-
noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- matey
-
noun,
comrade; chum; buddy.
- mayos
-
noun,
mayonnaise.
- mairs
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- istic
-
- match
-
noun,
a slender piece of wood, cardboard, or other flammable material tipped with a chemical substance that produces fire when rubbed on a rough or chemically prepared surface.
- AMICE
-
noun,
an oblong vestment, usually of white linen, worn about the neck and shoulders and partly under the alb.
- mast-
-
- maist
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
most.
- mayst
-
verb,
2nd person singular present indicative of may1 .
- Amer.
-
- Maori
-
noun,
a member of the native Polynesian population of New Zealand.
- arith
-
- Arch.
-
- Marsh
-
noun,
a tract of low wet land, often treeless and periodically inundated, generally characterized by a growth of grasses, sedges, cattails, and rushes.
- mero-
-
- 30-30
-
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- acity
-
- itchy
-
adjective,
having or causing an itching sensation.
- Merry
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- artsy
-
adjective,
arty.
- Asher
-
noun,
a son of Jacob and Zilpah. Gen. 30:12–13.
- arris
-
noun,
a sharp ridge, as between adjoining channels of a Doric column.
- merit
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- Mercy
-
noun,
compassionate or kindly forbearance shown toward an offender, an enemy, or other person in one's power; compassion, pity, or benevolence:
- acet-
-
- Ascot
-
noun,
a necktie or scarf with broad ends, tied and arranged so that the ends are laid flat, one across the other, sometimes with a pin to secure them.
- asco-
-
- Merci
-
interjection,
thank you.
- ASCII
-
noun,
a standard code, consisting of 128 7-bit combinations, for characters stored in a computer or to be transmitted between computers.
- merch
-
noun,
merchandise, especially as marketed to a particular fan base:
- acmes
-
noun,
the highest point; summit; peak:
- meros
-
noun,
(in the Doric order) a flat surface between two channels of a triglyph.
- Merca
-
noun,
a city in S Somalia.
- armor
-
noun,
any covering worn as a defense against weapons.
- mesic
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or adapted to an environment having a balanced supply of moisture.
- meshy
-
adjective,
formed with meshes; meshed.
- acro-
-
- arose
-
verb,
simple past tense of arise.
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- Astor
-
noun,
John Jacob, 1763–1848, U.S. capitalist and fur merchant.
- crat
-
- SRAM
-
- secy
-
- tret
-
noun,
(formerly) an allowance for waste, after deduction for tare.
- Sra.
-
- scr.
-
- 1080
-
- eso-
-
- Cres
-
- ayre
-
noun,
air1 (def 8d).
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- AIME
-
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- Sem.
-
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- tri-
-
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- errs
-
verb (used without object),
to go astray in thought or belief; be mistaken; be incorrect.
- some
-
adverb,
(used with numerals and with words expressing degree, extent, etc.) approximately; about:
- eths
-
noun,
a letter in the form of a crossed d, written đ or ð, used in Old English writing to represent both voiced and unvoiced th and in modern Icelandic and in phonetic alphabets to represent voiced th.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- met.
-
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- Ste.
-
- seat
-
noun,
something designed to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair, bench, or pew; a place on or in which one sits.
- cosy
-
noun,
a padded covering for a teapot, chocolate pot, etc., to retain the heat.
- etc.
-
- cosh
-
noun,
a blackjack; bludgeon.
- scry
-
verb (used without object),
to use divination to discover hidden knowledge or future events, especially by means of a crystal ball.
- Cost
-
noun,
the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
- AIMS
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- Tshi
-
noun,
Twi.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- etch
-
noun,
Printing. an acid used for etching.
- Cote
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- Trot
-
noun,
the gait of a horse, dog, or other quadruped, when trotting.
- Eth.
-
- Cort
-
- cose
-
verb (used without object),
coze.
- est.
-
- Coty
-
noun,
René Jules Gustave [ruh-ney zhyl gys-tav] /rəˈneɪ ʒül güsˈtav/ (Show IPA), 1882–1962, president of France 1954–59.
- Soma
-
noun,
the body of an organism as contrasted with its germ cells.
- Trey
-
noun,
a playing card or a die having three pips.
- sec.
-
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- Aire
-
- cray
-
adjective,
crazy.
- stay
-
noun,
the act of stopping or being stopped.
- Ayme
-
noun,
Marcel [mar-sel] /marˈsɛl/ (Show IPA), 1902–67, French novelist and short-story writer.
- seam
-
noun,
the line formed by sewing together pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.
- CRAM
-
noun,
Informal. the act of cramming for an examination.
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- ayes
-
noun,
an affirmative vote or voter, especially in British Parliament, corresponding to yea in U.S. Congress.
- acme
-
noun,
the highest point; summit; peak:
- eco-
-
- echt
-
adjective,
real; authentic; genuine.
- shot
-
noun,
a discharge of a firearm, bow, etc.
- trim
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- Echo
-
noun,
a repetition of sound produced by the reflection of sound waves from a wall, mountain, or other obstructing surface.
- Sham
-
noun,
something that is not what it purports to be; a spurious imitation; fraud or hoax.
- shr.
-
- acr-
-
- Shay
-
noun,
a chaise.
- SIAM
-
noun,
former name of Thailand (def 1).
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- syce
-
noun,
(in India) a groom; stable attendant.
- sett
-
noun,
Also called pitcher. a small, rectangular paving stone.
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- ect-
-
- 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.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- ACTH
-
- emic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or being a significant unit that functions in contrast with other units in a language or other system of behavior.
- emia
-
- shim
-
noun,
a thin slip or wedge of metal, wood, etc., for driving into crevices, as between machine parts to compensate for wear, or beneath bedplates, large stones, etc., to level them.
- emit
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- Shem
-
noun,
the eldest of the three sons of Noah. Gen. 10:21.
- eyra
-
noun,
a jaguarundi.
- shit
-
noun,
excrement; feces.
- eyas
-
noun,
a nestling, usually a hawk.
- Acre
-
noun,
a common measure of area: in the U.S. and U.K., 1 acre equals 4,840 square yards (4,047 square meters) or 0.405 hectare; 640 acres equals one square mile.
- ACTS
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- eyot
-
noun,
ait.
- Shea
-
noun,
shea tree.
- shmo
-
noun,
schmo.
- Shoa
-
noun,
the Holocaust.
- aer-
-
- aery
-
noun,
aerie.
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- Ahir
-
noun,
a member of the caste of cowherds and milkmen in India.
- ARCS
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- sith
-
adverb, conjunction, preposition,
since.
- Erma
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- ahem
-
interjection,
(an utterance similar to the sound of clearing one's throat, used to attract attention, express doubt or a mild warning, etc.)
- each
-
adverb,
to, from, or for each; apiece:
- Troy
-
noun,
Latin Ilium. Greek Ilion. an ancient ruined city in NW Asia Minor: the seventh of nine settlements on the site is commonly identified as the Troy of the Iliad.
- aet.
-
- cts.
-
- ctr.
-
- ahoy
-
interjection,
(used as a call to hail another ship, attract attention, etc.)
- emir
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- Ahom
-
noun,
an extinct Thai language of Assam.
- Ayer
-
noun,
Sir A(lfred) J(ules) 1910–1989, English philosopher, teacher, and author.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- Seth
-
noun,
the third son of Adam. Gen. 4:25.
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- sym.
-
- aesc
-
noun,
ash2 (def 3).
- Sima
-
noun,
an assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and magnesium, that constitutes the lower layer of the earth's crust and is found beneath the ocean floors and the sial of continents.
- eath
-
adjective, adverb,
easy.
- Syr.
-
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- 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.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- Acis
-
noun,
the lover of Galatea, killed by Polyphemus out of jealousy.
- easy
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- trit
-
- achy
-
adjective,
having or causing an aching sensation:
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- ache
-
noun,
a continuous, dull pain (in contrast to a sharp, sudden, or sporadic pain).
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- corm
-
noun,
an enlarged, fleshy, bulblike base of a stem, as in the crocus.
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- Test
-
noun,
the means by which the presence, quality, or genuineness of anything is determined; a means of trial.
- Tito
-
noun,
Marshal (Josip Broz) 1891–1980, president of Yugoslavia 1953–80.
- arr.
-
- cera
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- titi
-
noun,
any of various small reddish or grayish monkeys of the genus Callicebus, of South America.
- teth
-
noun,
the ninth letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- Catt
-
noun,
Carrie Chapman Lane, 1859–1947, U.S. leader in women's suffrage movements.
- Cato
-
noun,
Marcus Porcius [pawr-shee-uh s,, -shuh s] /ˈpɔr ʃi əs,, -ʃəs/ (Show IPA), ("the Elder"or"the Censor") 234–149 b.c, Roman statesman, soldier, and writer.
- army
-
noun,
the military forces of a nation, exclusive of the navy and in some countries the air force.
- art.
-
- tets
-
noun,
the Vietnamese New Year celebration, occurring during the first seven days of the first month of the lunar calendar.
- thae
-
pronoun, adjective,
those.
- Thai
-
noun,
Also called Thailander [tahy-lan-der, -luh n-] /ˈtaɪˌlæn dər, -lən-/ (Show IPA). a native or descendant of a native of Thailand.
- Arty
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- asc-
-
- Thar
-
noun,
tahr.
- Cate
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- arms
-
noun,
the upper limb of the human body, especially the part extending from the shoulder to the wrist.
- tits
-
noun,
a titmouse.
- the-
-
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- tomy
-
- tome
-
noun,
a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- teas
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- teat
-
noun,
the protuberance on the breast or udder in female mammals, except the monotremes, through which the milk ducts discharge; nipple or mammilla.
- etym
-
- toys
-
noun,
an object, often a small representation of something familiar, as an animal or person, for children or others to play with; plaything.
- toey
-
adjective,
touchy or restive; apprehensive; fractious.
- ter.
-
- Arm.
-
- ARIS
-
- Cham
-
noun,
khan1 .
- toch
-
noun,
Ernst [ernst] /ɛrnst/ (Show IPA), 1887–1964, Austrian composer.
- chay
-
noun,
chaise; shay.
- chai
-
noun,
a shed or other aboveground building where a winemaker stores wine in casks.
- Ceto
-
- Ceta
-
noun,
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.
- cet-
-
- that
-
Idioms,
at that,
in spite of something; nevertheless:
in addition; besides:
- Thea
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Chas
-
noun,
tea.
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- Came
-
noun,
a slender, grooved bar of lead for holding together the pieces of glass in windows of latticework or stained glass.
- cays
-
noun,
a small low island; key.
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- thir
-
pronoun,
these.
- tier
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- tics
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- ASME
-
- atry
-
adjective,
lying to under a trysail in heavy weather; trying.
- ator
-
- ashy
-
adjective,
ash-colored; pale; wan:
- atom
-
noun,
Physics.
the smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element, consisting of a nucleus containing combinations of neutrons and protons and one or more electrons bound to the nucleus by electrical attraction; the number of protons determines the identity of the element.
an atom with one of the electrons replaced by some other particle:
- ASTM
-
- this
-
Idioms,
with this, following this; hereupon:
- atic
-
- THOR
-
noun,
Scandinavian Mythology. the god of thunder, rain, and farming, represented as riding a chariot drawn by goats and wielding the hammer Mjolnir: the defender of the Aesir, destined to kill and be killed by the Midgard Serpent.
- ates
-
- atm.
-
- att.
-
- Time
-
noun,
the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- Cami
-
noun,
camisole (def 1).
- cat.
-
- them
-
noun,
any male person or animal; a man:
- Tit.
-
- cast
-
noun,
act of casting or throwing.
- Cash
-
noun,
money in the form of coins or banknotes, especially that issued by a government.
- Asch
-
noun,
Sholom [shaw-luh m] /ˈʃɔ ləm/ (Show IPA), or Sholem [shaw-luh m,, -lem] /ˈʃɔ ləm,, -lɛm/ (Show IPA), 1880–1957, U.S. author, born in Poland.
- Tyrr
-
noun,
Tyr.
- they
-
noun,
any male person or animal; a man:
- CASE
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- asci
-
noun,
plural of ascus.
- CART
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- cams
-
noun,
Machinery. a disk or cylinder having an irregular form such that its motion, usually rotary, gives to a part or parts in contact with it a specific rocking or reciprocating motion.
- Tyro
-
noun,
a beginner in learning anything; novice.
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- Carr
-
noun,
John Dickson, 1906–77, U.S. mystery writer.
- Tyre
-
noun,
an ancient seaport of Phoenicia: one of the great cities of antiquity, famous for its navigators and traders; site of modern Sur.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- Ashe
-
noun,
Arthur (Robert, Jr) 1943–93, U.S. tennis player.
- CARE
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- team
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- tchr
-
- Airy
-
adjective,
open to a free current of fresh air; breezy:
- stot
-
noun,
a springing gait of certain bovids, as gazelles and antelopes, used especially when running in alarm from a predator.
- Amie
-
noun,
a female friend.
- coir
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- Amir
-
noun,
emir.
- coat
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- CMOS
-
noun,
complementary metal oxide semiconductor.
- tote
-
noun,
the act or course of toting.
- City
-
noun,
a large or important town.
- str.
-
- Com.
-
- cyte
-
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- cit.
-
- cist
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- cis-
-
- tost
-
noun,
an act or instance of tossing.
- tosh
-
noun,
nonsense; bosh.
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- coys
-
adjective,
artfully or affectedly shy or reserved; slyly hesitant; coquettish.
- tots
-
noun,
a small child.
- cyme
-
noun,
an inflorescence in which the primary axis bears a single central or terminal flower that blooms first.
- Cor.
-
- Cory
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- stem
-
noun,
the ascending axis of a plant, whether above or below ground, which ordinarily grows in an opposite direction to the root or descending axis.
- Cori
-
noun,
Carl Ferdinand, 1896–1984, and his wife, Gerty Theresa, 1896–1957, U.S. biochemists, born in Austria-Hungary: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1947.
- stet
-
verb (used with object),
to mark (a manuscript, printer's proof, etc.) with the word “stet” or with dots as a direction to let cancelled material remain.
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- tram
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- Cora
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. Kore.
- COMS
-
noun,
Trademark. Comedy Central: a cable television channel.
- coma
-
noun,
a state of prolonged unconsciousness, including a lack of response to stimuli, from which it is impossible to rouse a person.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- Styr
-
noun,
a river in NW Ukraine, flowing N to the Pripet River. 300 miles (480 km) long.
- Tray
-
noun,
a flat, shallow container or receptacle made of wood, metal, etc., usually with slightly raised edges, used for carrying, holding, or displaying articles of food, glass, china, etc.
- AISI
-
- come
-
noun,
Slang: Vulgar. semen.
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- Ames
-
noun,
a city in central Iowa.
- amic
-
adjective,
of or relating to an amide or amine.
- cir.
-
- Amis
-
noun,
Kingsley, 1922–95, English novelist.
- tats
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do, or make by, tatting.
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- Amos
-
noun,
a Minor Prophet of the 8th century b.c.
- Amri
-
noun,
Omri.
- chia
-
noun,
a plant, Salvia columbariae, of the mint family, native to the southwestern U.S. and Mexico, having mostly basal, oblong leaves and small blue flowers: the seeds are used as food and as the source of a beverage.
- Chet
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Chester.
- amt.
-
- Tory
-
noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- tart
-
noun,
a small pie filled with cooked fruit or other sweetened preparation, usually having no top crust.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Cher
-
noun,
a river in central France, flowing NW to the Loire River. 220 miles (355 km) long.
- Arce
-
noun,
a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
- Tasm
-
- chat
-
noun,
informal conversation:
- Tate
-
noun,
Sir Henry, 1819–99, English merchant and philanthropist: founder of an art gallery (Tate Gallery) in London, England.
- torc
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- TOMS
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- ARCO
-
adverb,
(of the performance of a passage for stringed instruments) with the bow.
- Taro
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- Cyma
-
noun,
Architecture. either of two moldings having a partly convex and partly concave curve for an outline: used especially in classical architecture.
Compare cyma recta, cyma reversa.
- taco
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- thi-
-
- Tace
-
noun,
tasset.
- ciao
-
interjection,
(used as a word of greeting or parting): hello; goodbye; so long; see you later.
- tach
-
noun,
tachometer.
- chs.
-
- Amoy
-
noun,
Xiamen.
- Chr.
-
- tort
-
noun,
a wrongful act, not including a breach of contract or trust, that results in injury to another's person, property, reputation, or the like, and for which the injured party is entitled to compensation.
- Amor
-
noun,
Cupid.
- Tams
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- tact
-
noun,
a keen sense of what to say or do to avoid giving offense; skill in dealing with difficult or delicate situations.
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- chm.
-
- tahr
-
noun,
any of several Old World wild goats of the genus Hemitragus, as H. jemlahicus (Himalayan tahr) introduced into New Zealand, having a long mane and short, stout, recurving horns: most are endangered or threatened in their native regions.
- Torr
-
noun,
a unit of pressure, being the pressure necessary to support a column of mercury one millimeter high at 0°C and standard gravity, equal to 1333.2 microbars.
- Tame
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- chit
-
noun,
a signed note for money owed for food, drink, etc.
- chis
-
noun,
the twenty-second letter of the Greek alphabet (X, χ).
- etic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or being the raw data of a language or other area of behavior, without considering the data as significant units functioning within a system.
- sech
-
- yirr
-
noun,
a growl or snarl, as of a dog.
- hom-
-
- most
-
noun,
the greatest quantity, amount, or degree; the utmost:
- Rhea
-
noun,
the ramie plant or fiber.
- hora
-
noun,
a traditional Romanian and Israeli round dance.
- hor.
-
- Homs
-
noun,
a city in W Syria.
- homy
-
adjective,
homey1 .
- Hoyt
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Germanic word meaning “glee.”.
- Hos.
-
- Rhys
-
noun,
Jean (Ellen Gwendolen Rees Williams) 1890–1979, English novelist, born in Dominica.
- rhos
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Greek alphabet (P, ρ).
- hoys
-
noun,
a heavy barge used in harbors.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- ryas
-
noun,
a handwoven Scandinavian rug with a thick pile and usually a strong, colorful design.
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- rets
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- Hose
-
noun,
a flexible tube for conveying a liquid, as water, to a desired point:
- Rich
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) rich persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- Mrs.
-
plural,
a title of respect prefixed to the surname or full name of a married woman:
- YMHA
-
- YMCA
-
- Mott
-
noun,
John Raleigh, 1865–1955, U.S. religious leader: Nobel Peace Prize 1946.
- mots
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- itis
-
- Host
-
noun,
a person who receives or entertains guests at home or elsewhere:
- Hsia
-
noun,
a legendary dynasty in China, the traditional dates of which are 2205–1766 b.c.
- rems
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- Moth
-
noun,
any of numerous insects of the order Lepidoptera, generally distinguished from the butterflies by having feathery antennae and by having crepuscular or nocturnal habits.
- resh
-
noun,
the 20th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- hots
-
noun,
the hots, Slang. intense sexual desire or attraction.
- mote
-
noun,
a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- 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.
- hoar
-
noun,
hoarfrost; rime.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- macs
-
noun,
fellow; bud (a familiar term of address to a man or boy whose name is not known to the speaker).
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- Macy
-
noun,
R(owland) H(ussey) [roh-luh nd huhs-ee] /ˈroʊ lənd ˈhʌs i/ (Show IPA), 1823–77, U.S. retail merchant.
- maco
-
noun,
an Egyptian cotton, used especially in the manufacture of hosiery and undergarments.
- Mora
-
noun,
the unit of time equivalent to the ordinary or normal short sound or syllable.
- rit.
-
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- Hims
-
noun,
Informal. a male:
- moit
-
noun,
a foreign particle found in wool, as a burr, twig, or seed.
- maes
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- Mayo
-
noun,
mayonnaise.
- roam
-
noun,
an act or instance of roaming; a ramble.
- roar
-
noun,
a loud, deep cry or howl, as of an animal or a person:
- hets
-
noun,
a heterosexual person.
- RISC
-
noun,
reduced instruction set computer: a computer whose central processing unit recognizes a relatively small number of instructions, which it can execute very rapidly.
- ryot
-
noun,
a peasant.
- M-14
-
noun,
a fully automatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber rifle developed from the M-1: replaced the M-1 as the standard U.S. Army combat rifle.
- RIIA
-
- HMAS
-
- Rico
-
noun,
Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act: a U.S. law, enacted in 1970, allowing victims of organized crime to sue those responsible for punitive damages.
- hyte
-
adjective,
insane; mad.
- M-16
-
noun,
a lightweight, fully automatic rifle shooting a small-caliber bullet at an extremely high velocity: a U.S. Army combat weapon for mobile units and jungle fighting.
- Mac-
-
- ryes
-
noun,
a widely cultivated cereal grass, Secale cereale, having one-nerved glumes and two- or three-flowered spikelets.
- Riis
-
noun,
Jacob August, 1849–1914, U.S. journalist and social reformer, born in Denmark.
- riot
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- Mace
-
noun,
a clublike armor-breaking weapon of war, often with a flanged or spiked metal head, used chiefly in the Middle Ages.
- Mort
-
noun,
Hunting. the note played on a hunting horn signifying that the animal hunted has been killed.
- Rima
-
noun,
a female given name.
- more
-
noun,
an additional quantity, amount, or number:
- rime
-
noun,
Also called rime ice. an opaque coating of tiny, white, granular ice particles, caused by the rapid freezing of supercooled water droplets on impact with an object.
Compare frost (def 3), glaze (def 17).
- rimy
-
adjective,
covered with rime.
- hire
-
noun,
the act of hiring.
- MSAE
-
- MSCE
-
- hest
-
noun,
behest.
- Ymir
-
noun,
the earliest being and the progenitor of the giants, killed by Odin and his brothers. From his flesh the earth was made, from his blood the waters, and from his skull the heavens.
- OSHA
-
noun,
the division of the Department of Labor that sets and enforces occupational health and safety rules.
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- Oise
-
noun,
a river in W Europe, flowing SW from S Belgium through N France to the Seine, near Paris. 186 miles (300 km) long.
- yore
-
noun,
Chiefly Literary. time past:
- otic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ear; auricular.
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- IMHO
-
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- IMCO
-
- oyer
-
noun,
oyer and terminer.
- OHMS
-
noun,
the standard unit of electrical resistance in the International System of Units (SI), formally defined to be the electrical resistance between two points of a conductor when a constant potential difference applied between these points produces in this conductor a current of one ampere. The resistance in ohms is numerically equal to the magnitude of the potential difference. Symbol: Ω.
- iso-
-
- Oct.
-
- RACE
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- racy
-
adjective,
slightly improper or indelicate; suggestive; risqué.
- orcs
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- yrs.
-
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- Orca
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- Irra
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of pestilence.
- Omri
-
noun,
a king of Israel and the father of Ahab. I Kings 16:16–28.
- Irma
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Erma.
- Orem
-
noun,
a city in N Utah.
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- omit
-
verb (used with object),
to leave out; fail to include or mention:
- Iris
-
noun,
Anatomy. the contractile, circular diaphragm forming the colored portion of the eye and containing a circular opening, the pupil, in its center.
- Ire.
-
- Yser
-
noun,
a river flowing from N France through NW Belgium into the North Sea: battles 1914–18. 55 miles (89 km) long.
- Omer
-
noun,
a Hebrew unit of dry measure, the tenth part of an ephah.
- orra
-
adjective,
not regular or scheduled; odd:
- Omar
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Iyar
-
noun,
the eighth month of the Jewish calendar.
- Ochs
-
noun,
Adolph Simon, 1858–1935, U.S. newspaper publisher.
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- yare
-
adjective,
quick; agile; lively.
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- Ice.
-
- ICAO
-
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- oary
-
adjective,
oarlike.
- Iasi
-
noun,
Romanian name of Jassy.
- ream
-
noun,
a standard quantity of paper, consisting of 20 quires or 500 sheets (formerly 480 sheets), or 516 sheets (printer's ream or perfect ream)
- ICSH
-
- MSIE
-
- yams
-
noun,
the starchy, tuberous root of any of various climbing vines of the genus Dioscorea, cultivated for food in warm regions.
- Yami
-
noun,
a member of an Indonesian people of Hungtow Island, off the southeastern coast of Taiwan.
- MSHE
-
- MSHA
-
- msec
-
- item
-
noun,
a separate article or particular:
- ichs
-
noun,
a disease of tropical fishes, characterized by small, white nodules on the fins, skin, and eyes, caused by a ciliate protozoan, Ichthyophthirius multifiliis.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- ocas
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- Itch
-
noun,
the sensation of itching.
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- yett
-
noun,
gate.
- rami
-
noun,
plural of ramus.
- yeti
-
noun,
Abominable Snowman.
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- RARE
-
adjective,
coming or occurring far apart in time; unusual; uncommon:
- oath
-
noun,
a solemn appeal to a deity, or to some revered person or thing, to witness one's determination to speak the truth, to keep a promise, etc.:
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- rash
-
noun,
an eruption or efflorescence on the skin.
- yech
-
interjection,
yuck1 .
- yeas
-
noun,
an affirmation; an affirmative reply or vote.
- Itea
-
noun,
any tree or shrub belonging to the genus Itea, of the saxifrage family, having simple, alternate leaves and clusters of small, greenish-white flowers, as the Virginia willow, I. virginica.
- 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.
- yeah
-
adverb,
yes.
- Mair
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- Isai
-
noun,
Jesse.
- Sami
-
noun,
Lapp.
- Myra
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Asia Minor, in Lycia.
- mire
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- HEAO
-
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- scam
-
noun,
a confidence game or other fraudulent scheme, especially for making a quick profit; swindle.
- miry
-
adjective,
of the nature of mire; swampy:
- scar
-
noun,
a mark left by a healed wound, sore, or burn.
- Miro
-
noun,
Gabriel [gah-vree-el] /ˌgɑ vriˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1879–1930, Spanish novelist, short-story writer, and essayist.
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- hear
-
verb (used with object),
to perceive by the ear:
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- Mira
-
noun,
Astronomy. the first long-period pulsating variable star to be discovered, with a period averaging 331 days. It is a red giant and a component of a binary star in the constellation Cetus.
- ROTC
-
noun,
a body of students at some colleges and universities who are given training toward becoming officers in the armed forces. Abbreviation: ROTC, R.O.T.C.
- heat
-
noun,
the state of a body perceived as having or generating a relatively high degree of warmth.
- mis-
-
- MatE
-
noun,
a partner in marriage; spouse.
- hame
-
noun,
either of two curved pieces lying upon the collar in the harness of an animal, to which the traces are fastened.
- mise
-
noun,
a settlement or agreement.
- Rota
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- MASH
-
noun,
a soft, pulpy mass.
- heir
-
noun,
a person who inherits or has a right of inheritance in the property of another following the latter's death.
- hem-
-
- Hays
-
noun,
Will (Harrison) 1879–1954, U.S. lawyer, politician, and official of the motion-picture industry.
- mhos
-
noun,
See under siemens.
- Sato
-
noun,
Eisaku [ey-sah-koo;; Japanese ey-sah-koo] /eɪˈsɑ ku;; Japanese ˈeɪ sɑˌku/ (Show IPA), 1901–75, Japanese political leader: prime minister 1964–72; Nobel Peace Prize 1974.
- her.
-
- HARM
-
noun,
physical injury or mental damage; hurt:
- same
-
Idioms,
all the same,
notwithstanding; nevertheless:
of no difference; immaterial:
- Sam.
-
- mias
-
plural,
missing in action.
- Mic.
-
- Sari
-
noun,
a garment worn by Hindu women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder.
- hast
-
noun,
Usually, haves. an individual or group that has wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have-not).
- Hart
-
noun,
a male deer, commonly of the red deer, Cervus elaphus, especially after its fifth year.
- myc-
-
- mica
-
noun,
any member of a group of minerals, hydrous silicates of aluminum with other bases, chiefly potassium, magnesium, iron, and lithium, that separate readily into thin, tough, often transparent, and usually elastic laminae; isinglass.
- Merc
-
noun,
a mercenary soldier.
- Sat.
-
- myo-
-
- sate
-
noun,
a Southeast Asian, especially Indonesian and Malaysian, dish of marinated, bite-size pieces of meat, skewered, barbecued, and usually served with a peanut-flavored dipping sauce.
- MICE
-
noun,
plural of mouse.
- Meir
-
noun,
Golda [gohl-duh] /ˈgoʊl də/ (Show IPA), (Goldie Mabovitch; Goldie Myerson) 1898–1978, Israeli political leader, born in Russia: prime minister 1969–74.
- hate
-
noun,
intense dislike; extreme aversion or hostility.
- Saco
-
noun,
a city in SW Maine.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- 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.
- moat
-
noun,
a deep, wide trench, usually filled with water, surrounding the rampart of a fortified place, as a town or a castle.
- meat
-
noun,
the flesh of animals as used for food.
- meas
-
- mear
-
noun,
mere3 .
- Rosy
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- Roth
-
noun,
Phillip, born 1933, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- hair
-
noun,
any of the numerous fine, usually cylindrical, keratinous filaments growing from the skin of humans and animals; a pilus.
- Mar.
-
- Mita
-
noun,
a colonial system in Peru by which the Spanish government required Indians to perform periodic forced labor, especially in the mines.
- Roma
-
noun,
Rome.
- Rom.
-
- HERO
-
noun,
a person noted for courageous acts or nobility of character:
- mite
-
noun,
any of numerous small to microscopic arachnids of the subclass Acari, including species that are parasitic on animals and plants or that feed on decaying matter and stored foods.
- Mary
-
noun,
Also called Virgin Mary. the mother of Jesus.
- Mari
-
noun,
a member of a Uralic people living in scattered communities north of Cheboksary and Kazan in European Russia, mainly in the Mari Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.
- MERS
-
noun,
Middle East(ern) Respiratory Syndrome: an often fatal respiratory illness caused by a coronavirus similar to the SARS virus and characterized by fever, coughing, and shortness of breath.
- Mare
-
noun,
a fully mature female horse or other equine animal.
- MARC
-
noun,
the grapes contained in the wine press and the residue, as skins and pips, remaining after the juice is expressed.
- mes-
-
- haes
-
verb (used with object), auxiliary verb,
have.
- mitt
-
noun,
Baseball.
a rounded glove with one internal section for the four fingers and another for the thumb and having the side next to the palm of the hand protected by a thick padding, used by catchers.
a somewhat similar glove but with less padding and having sections for the thumb and one or two fingers, used by first basemen. Compare baseball glove.
- sci.
-
- Mays
-
noun,
Willie (Howard) born 1931, U.S. baseball player.
- mesa
-
noun,
a land formation, less extensive than a plateau, having steep walls and a relatively flat top and common in arid and semiarid parts of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico.
- mesh
-
noun,
any knit, woven, or knotted fabric of open texture.
- Etta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Henrietta.
- Herr
-
noun,
the conventional German title of respect and term of address for a man, corresponding to Mr. or in direct address to sir.
- moas
-
noun,
any of several flightless birds of the family Dinornithidae, of New Zealand, related to the kiwis but resembling the ostrich: extinct since about the end of the 18th century.
- rocs
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- hers
-
noun,
Slang. a female:
- Roca
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in W Portugal, near Lisbon: the western extremity of continental Europe.
- Rome
-
noun,
Harold (Jacob) 1908–1993, U.S. lyricist and composer.
- Miao
-
noun,
Also, Meo. a member of a diverse group of seminomadic farming people of the mountains of southeastern China and adjacent areas of Laos, North Vietnam, and Thailand.
- sch.
-
- Herm
-
noun,
a monument consisting of a four-sided shaft tapering inward from top to bottom and bearing a head or bust; those of Hermes usually had an erect penis, which passersby stroked for luck.
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- mist
-
noun,
a cloudlike aggregation of minute globules of water suspended in the atmosphere at or near the earth's surface, reducing visibility to a lesser degree than fog.
- Mart
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- Rory
-
noun,
a male given name.
- roms
-
noun,
a Gypsy man or boy.
- HERA
-
noun,
the ancient Greek queen of heaven, a daughter of Cronus and Rhea and the wife and sister of Zeus.
- haet
-
noun,
a little bit; a whit.
- MARS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman god of war and agriculture, identified with the Greek god Ares.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- rort
-
noun,
a rowdy, usually drunken party.
- och
-
interjection,
(used as an expression of surprise, disapproval, regret, etc.)
- ITC
-
- ast
-
- ASR
-
- ITA
-
- TSH
-
- MI5
-
noun,
the government's security and counterespionage service that works in liaison with Scotland Yard's Special Branch.
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- at.
-
- ise
-
- thy
-
pronoun,
the possessive case of thou (used as an attributive adjective before a noun beginning with a consonant sound):
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- TIA
-
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- ish
-
- MHA
-
- OMS
-
noun,
a mantric word thought to be a complete expression of Brahman and interpreted as having three sounds representing Brahma or creation, Vishnu or preservation, and Siva or destruction, or as consisting of the same three sounds, representing waking, dreams, and deep sleep, along with the following silence, which is fulfillment.
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- TSI
-
- Oca
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- TSR
-
noun,
a computer program with any of several ancillary functions, usually held resident in RAM for instant activation while one is using another program.
- ASM
-
- TTY
-
- oma
-
plural,
a noun suffix used to form names of tumors, of the kind specified by the base:
- Om.
-
- OIt
-
- MI6
-
noun,
the government's secret intelligence service.
- TSE
-
- cay
-
noun,
a small low island; key.
- OCR
-
- Oys
-
noun,
a grandchild.
- CAI
-
- OIr
-
- mho
-
noun,
See under siemens.
- ACH
-
interjection,
alas; oh.
- Tro
-
- MHE
-
- ct.
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- cs.
-
- ca.
-
- ch.
-
- CIO
-
noun,
a federation of affiliated industrial labor unions, founded 1935 within the American Federation of Labor but independent of it 1938–55. Abbreviation: C.I.O., CIO.
- Ar.
-
- Co.
-
- oic
-
- ac-
-
- my-
-
- CAR
-
noun,
an automobile.
- Am.
-
- cr.
-
- ist
-
- ATC
-
- OCS
-
- mi.
-
- MHR
-
- acy
-
- ISR
-
- ThM
-
- ism
-
noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- OEM
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- CAM
-
noun,
Machinery. a disk or cylinder having an irregular form such that its motion, usually rotary, gives to a part or parts in contact with it a specific rocking or reciprocating motion.
- Ohm
-
noun,
the standard unit of electrical resistance in the International System of Units (SI), formally defined to be the electrical resistance between two points of a conductor when a constant potential difference applied between these points produces in this conductor a current of one ampere. The resistance in ohms is numerically equal to the magnitude of the potential difference. Symbol: Ω.
- MOC
-
noun,
moccasin.
- Tim
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Timothy.
- Me.
-
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- MSC
-
- MS.
-
plural,
manuscript.
- Mo.
-
- MIA
-
plural,
missing in action.
- Ayr
-
noun,
a seaport in SW Scotland.
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Mat
-
noun,
a piece of fabric made of plaited or woven rushes, straw, hemp, or similar fiber, or of some other pliant material, as rubber, used as a protective covering on a floor or other surface, to wipe the shoes on, etc.
- AIM
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- mas
-
noun,
mother1 .
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- MOT
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- TRH
-
- Mc-
-
- 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.
- Tom
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- AYH
-
- ary
-
adjective,
any; anyone.
- MOS
-
noun,
moment (def 1).
- aor
-
- TOY
-
noun,
an object, often a small representation of something familiar, as an animal or person, for children or others to play with; plaything.
- Amy
-
noun,
a vial of amyl nitrate.
- Moe
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Morris or Moses.
- tot
-
noun,
a small child.
- MOA
-
noun,
any of several flightless birds of the family Dinornithidae, of New Zealand, related to the kiwis but resembling the ostrich: extinct since about the end of the 18th century.
- MOI
-
- May
-
noun,
a maiden.
- MAE
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- tr.
-
- tra
-
- AMI
-
noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- M-1
-
noun,
a semiautomatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber, clip-fed rifle, with a weight of 8.56 pounds (3.88 kg): the standard U.S. Army rifle in World War II and in the Korean War.
- MOR
-
- Mao
-
- AME
-
- AMC
-
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- ays
-
- AIS
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- MIT
-
- AMS
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- ity
-
- ite
-
- ae.
-
- MTI
-
- MTO
-
- MTS
-
- Oc.
-
- MEC
-
noun,
a pimp; mack.
- OSA
-
- OTC
-
- 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.
- Tyr
-
noun,
the god of strife.
- AEC
-
- ase
-
- Meo
-
noun,
Miao (def 1).
- OAS
-
- Ash
-
noun,
the powdery residue of matter that remains after burning.
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- ACT
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- ACS
-
- ASI
-
- MTh
-
- MST
-
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- MIR
-
noun,
a village commune of peasant farmers in prerevolutionary Russia.
- aye
-
noun,
an affirmative vote or voter, especially in British Parliament, corresponding to yea in U.S. Congress.
- AIC
-
- Mr.
-
plural,
mister: a title of respect prefixed to a man's name or position:
- MRA
-
- MRE
-
- MRI
-
- TMO
-
- MSA
-
- ahi
-
noun,
yellowfin tuna, widely used in sashimi.
- MIE
-
- MCI
-
- AHE
-
- MCR
-
- MSE
-
- MEA
-
noun,
an acknowledgment of one's responsibility for a fault or error.
- MSH
-
- ARS
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- MSI
-
- Mt.
-
- ETO
-
- ISA
-
- CSO
-
- RMC
-
- ROA
-
- HIC
-
interjection,
(an onomatopoeic word used to imitate or represent a hiccup.)
- het
-
noun,
a heterosexual person.
- ROC
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- soy
-
noun,
soy sauce.
- SOC
-
noun,
sociology or a class or course in sociology.
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- CRS
-
- CRT
-
- CSA
-
- CSR
-
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- CST
-
- CTA
-
- cte
-
- ROI
-
- Roy
-
noun,
Rammohun [rah-moh-hon] /rɑˈmoʊ hɒn/ (Show IPA), 1774–1833, Indian religious leader: founder of Brahmo Samaj.
- eo-
-
- EOM
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- SMA
-
- ea.
-
- EAM
-
- 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.
- rm.
-
plural,
ream.
- hie
-
verb (used with object),
to hasten (oneself):
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- CMA
-
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- hrs
-
- HRE
-
- Coy
-
adjective,
artfully or affectedly shy or reserved; slyly hesitant; coquettish.
- hot
-
noun,
the hots, Slang. intense sexual desire or attraction.
- ret
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- STM
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- rho
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Greek alphabet (P, ρ).
- sty
-
noun,
a pen or enclosure for swine; pigpen.
- STI
-
- rya
-
noun,
a handwoven Scandinavian rug with a thick pile and usually a strong, colorful design.
- Sr.
-
- Hoy
-
noun,
a heavy barge used in harbors.
- 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.
- COS
-
noun,
romaine.
- hit
-
noun,
an impact or collision, as of one thing against another.
- Rye
-
noun,
a widely cultivated cereal grass, Secale cereale, having one-nerved glumes and two- or three-flowered spikelets.
- RIM
-
noun,
the outer edge, border, margin, or brink of something, especially of a circular object.
- COT
-
noun,
a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
- HIS
-
noun,
any male person or animal; a man:
- Sta
-
- St.
-
- HIM
-
noun,
Informal. a male:
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- ht.
-
- sc.
-
- HAT
-
noun,
a shaped covering for the head, usually with a crown and brim, especially for wear outdoors.
- SHA
-
- ery
-
- has
-
noun,
Usually, haves. an individual or group that has wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have-not).
- SAR
-
- err
-
verb (used without object),
to go astray in thought or belief; be mistaken; be incorrect.
- 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).
- HAO
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of Vietnam, the tenth part of a dong.
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- ERT
-
- ESA
-
- Esc
-
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- ESR
-
- HAM
-
noun,
a cut of meat from the heavy-muscled part of a hog's rear quarter, between hip and hock, usually cured.
- Hay
-
noun,
grass, clover, alfalfa, etc., cut and dried for use as forage.
- hae
-
verb (used with object), auxiliary verb,
have.
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- se-
-
- HSM
-
- hr.
-
- HMS
-
- SCM
-
- ETS
-
- ety
-
- SAE
-
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- Rs.
-
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- ec-
-
- SIC
-
adverb,
so; thus: usually written parenthetically to denote that a word, phrase, passage, etc., that may appear strange or incorrect has been written intentionally or has been quoted verbatim: (sic).
- sht
-
- Hey
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation to call attention or to express pleasure, surprise, bewilderment, etc.)
- ECA
-
- ECM
-
- Ehr
-
- sho
-
- HCR
-
- HCM
-
- eir
-
- RSA
-
- EMT
-
- RSE
-
- rt.
-
- EIS
-
- rte
-
- RTS
-
- shy
-
noun,
a sudden start aside, as in fear.
- So.
-
- SRO
-
- SAC
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- she
-
noun,
a female person or animal.
- EMR
-
- EMS
-
noun,
the letter M, m.
- HST
-
- rhe
-
noun,
a centimeter-gram-second unit of fluidity, equal to the reciprocal of poise.
- Hts
-
- IHS
-
- CHA
-
noun,
tea.
- RAM
-
noun,
a male sheep.
- RCS
-
- Re.
-
- RMA
-
- RMS
-
plural,
ream.
- Teh
-
noun,
Te.
- yis
-
noun,
(in Chinese ethical philosophy) faithful performance of one's specified duties to society.
- ETR
-
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- OTS
-
- YHA
-
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- tea
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- TCS
-
- Ray
-
noun,
a narrow beam of light.
- TCA
-
- TAT
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do, or make by, tatting.
- yet
-
Idioms,
as yet. as1 (def 31).
- yes
-
noun,
an affirmative reply.
- yer
-
- ier
-
- ChE
-
noun,
Ernesto [er-nes-taw] /ɛrˈnɛs tɔ/ (Show IPA), ("Che") 1928–67, Cuban revolutionist and political leader, born in Argentina.
- IOC
-
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- tha
-
noun,
the fourth letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- orc
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- IRS
-
- CAS
-
verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- IRO
-
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- ory
-
- THC
-
- IRC
-
- Orr
-
noun,
Sir John Boyd, Boyd Orr, Sir John.
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- th-
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- ose
-
- Ir.
-
- IOT
-
- CEA
-
- CEO
-
- Ios
-
noun,
a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey.
- tet
-
noun,
the Vietnamese New Year celebration, occurring during the first seven days of the first month of the lunar calendar.
- ior
-
- ot-
-
- OTA
-
- ote
-
- Yeo
-
- rah
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation of encouragement to a player or team.)
- CHI
-
noun,
the twenty-second letter of the Greek alphabet (X, χ).
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- REA
-
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- yas
-
noun,
the 28th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- IAS
-
- yar
-
adjective,
yare (defs 1, 2).
- rat
-
noun,
any of several long-tailed rodents of the family Muridae, of the genus Rattus and related genera, distinguished from the mouse by being larger.
- Yao
-
noun,
Wade-Giles, Pinyin. a legendary emperor of China who, with his successor (Shun) was a paragon of good government.
- CIA
-
- Yam
-
noun,
the starchy, tuberous root of any of various climbing vines of the genus Dioscorea, cultivated for food in warm regions.
- CIE
-
- RCA
-
- yah
-
interjection,
an exclamation of impatience or derision.
- CIM
-
- Cym
-
- Ia.
-
- io-
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- CYO
-
- Rey
-
noun,
a city in N Iran, near Teheran.
- ics
-
- REM
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- RCT
-
- TTS
-
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- yea
-
noun,
an affirmation; an affirmative reply or vote.
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- ich
-
noun,
a disease of tropical fishes, characterized by small, white nodules on the fins, skin, and eyes, caused by a ciliate protozoan, Ichthyophthirius multifiliis.
- TAM
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- Tay
-
noun,
a river flowing through central Scotland into the Firth of Tay. 118 miles (190 km) long.
- icy
-
adjective,
made of, full of, or covered with ice:
- ICA
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- AO
-
- yr
-
- YA
-
noun,
the 28th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- TM
-
- ry
-
- TC
-
- t.
-
- YT
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- MH
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- T1
-
- AH
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation of pain, surprise, pity, complaint, dislike, joy, etc., according to the manner of utterance.)
- ye
-
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):
- EI
-
- 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.
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- MA
-
noun,
mother1 .
- M.
-
- HI
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of high:
- h.
-
- ic
-
- Y.
-
- TT
-
- AI
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- ty
-
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- S.
-
- Yi
-
noun,
(in Chinese ethical philosophy) faithful performance of one's specified duties to society.
- ey
-
- HE
-
noun,
any male person or animal; a man:
- RO
-
- O.
-
- IT
-
noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- Hy
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Hiram.
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- RI
-
- RH
-
- sy
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Seymour, Simon, or Silas.
- i.
-
- OH
-
noun,
the exclamation “oh.”.
- SA
-
- HO
-
noun,
a sexually promiscuous woman.
- RC
-
- SM
-
- OA
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- cy
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Cyrus.
- R.
-
- yo
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation to get someone's attention, express excitement, greet someone, etc.)
- CE
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- CM
-
- sh
-
interjection,
(used to urge silence.)
- eh
-
interjection,
(an interrogative utterance, usually expressing surprise or doubt or seeking confirmation).
- oy
-
noun,
a grandchild.