Anagrams of ignoramus
Word ignoramus has
657 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of ignoramus.
- gouramis
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noun,
a large, air-breathing, nest-building, freshwater Asiatic fish, Osphronemus goramy, used for food.
- organums
-
noun,
an organon.
- organism
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noun,
a form of life composed of mutually interdependent parts that maintain various vital processes.
- amusing
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adjective,
pleasantly entertaining or diverting:
- Signora
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noun,
a conventional Italian term of address or title of respect for a married woman, either used separately or prefixed to the name.
- giaours
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noun,
an unbeliever; a non-Muslim, especially a Christian.
- Maurois
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noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), (Émile Salomon Wilhelm Herzog) 1885–1967, French biographer and novelist.
- soaring
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noun,
the sport of flying a sailplane.
- mainour
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noun,
a stolen article found on the person of or near the thief:
- Sungari
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noun,
Songhua.
- Romanus
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noun,
died a.d. 897, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 897.
- isogram
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noun,
a line representing equality with respect to a given variable, used to relate points on maps, charts, etc.
- Romains
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noun,
Jules [zhyl] /ʒül/ (Show IPA), (Louis Farigoule) 1885–1972, French novelist, poet, and dramatist.
- rousing
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noun,
a rousing.
- gourami
-
noun,
a large, air-breathing, nest-building, freshwater Asiatic fish, Osphronemus goramy, used for food.
- origans
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noun,
an aromatic herb, especially oregano.
- mousing
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noun,
a wrapping of several turns of small stuff around the shank end of a hook.
- organum
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noun,
an organon.
- Gournia
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noun,
a village in NE Crete, near the site of an excavated Minoan town and palace.
- orangs
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noun,
orangutan.
- somni-
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- Ransom
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noun,
the redemption of a prisoner, slave, or kidnapped person, of captured goods, etc., for a price.
- origan
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noun,
an aromatic herb, especially oregano.
- aniso-
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- inorg.
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- giaour
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noun,
an unbeliever; a non-Muslim, especially a Christian.
- animus
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noun,
strong dislike or enmity; hostile attitude; animosity.
- Maoris
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noun,
a member of the native Polynesian population of New Zealand.
- angio-
-
- margin
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noun,
the space around the printed or written matter on a page.
- Ingmar
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noun,
a male given name.
- mangos
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noun,
the oblong, sweet fruit of a tropical tree, Mangifera indica, of the cashew family, eaten ripe, or preserved or pickled.
- orgasm
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noun,
the physical and emotional sensation experienced at the peak of sexual excitation, usually resulting from stimulation of the sexual organ and usually accompanied in the male by ejaculation.
- sarong
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noun,
a loose-fitting skirtlike garment formed by wrapping a strip of cloth around the lower part of the body, worn by both men and women in the Malay Archipelago and certain islands of the Pacific Ocean.
- argons
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noun,
a colorless, odorless, chemically inactive, monatomic, gaseous element that, because of its inertness, is used for filling fluorescent and incandescent lamps and vacuum tubes. Symbol: Ar; atomic number: 18; atomic weight: 39.948.
- Signor
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noun,
a conventional Italian term of address or title of respect for a man, either used separately or prefixed to the name. Abbreviation: Sig., sig.
- ramson
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noun,
a garlic, Allium ursinum, having broad leaves.
- Nomura
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noun,
Kichisaburo [kee-chee-sah-boo-raw] /ˈki tʃiˈsɑ buˈrɔ/ (Show IPA), 1877–1964, Japanese diplomat.
- ramous
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adjective,
ramose.
- norias
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noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- numis.
-
- Marino
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noun,
Daniel Constantine ("Dan") born 1961, U.S. football player.
- Saigon
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noun,
former name of Ho Chi Minh City: capital of former South Vietnam 1954–76.
- arsino
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adjective,
containing the arsino group.
- gamous
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- gamins
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noun,
a neglected boy left to run about the streets; street urchin.
- Siouan
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noun,
an American Indian language family formerly widespread from Saskatchewan to the lower Mississippi, also found in the Virginia and Carolina piedmont, and including Catawba, Crow, Dakota, Hidatsa, Mandan, Osage, and Winnebago.
- grani-
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- amugis
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noun,
a Philippine tree, Koordersiodendron pinnatum, of the cashew family.
- unrigs
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verb (used with object),
to strip of rigging, as a ship.
- guanos
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noun,
a natural manure composed chiefly of the excrement of sea birds, found especially on islands near the Peruvian coast.
- Ugrian
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noun,
a member of any of the Ugrian peoples.
- Mingus
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noun,
Charles ("Charlie") 1922–79, U.S. jazz bass player and composer.
- Romans
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noun,
an Epistle of the New Testament, written by Paul to the Christian community in Rome. Abbreviation: Rom.
- unarms
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verb (used with object),
to deprive or relieve of arms; disarm.
- Grison
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noun,
a weasellike carnivore, Galictis vittata, ranging from southern Mexico to Peru, having a grayish-white upper body, a distinctive white stripe across the forehead and ears, and a dark brown face, chest, and legs.
- agron.
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- Agrius
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noun,
one of the Gigantes.
- gonium
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noun,
the germ cell during the phase marked by mitosis.
- groans
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noun,
a low, mournful sound uttered in pain or grief:
- urano-
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- misrun
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noun,
an incomplete casting, the metal of which has solidified prematurely.
- mourns
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verb (used with object),
to feel or express sorrow or grief over (misfortune, loss, or anything regretted); deplore.
- urino-
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- granum
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noun,
(in prescriptions) a grain.
- Morgan
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noun,
one of a breed of light carriage and saddle horses descended from the stallion Justin Morgan.
- grano-
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- grains
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noun,
an iron instrument with barbed prongs, for spearing or harpooning fish.
- mungos
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noun,
a low-grade wool from felted rags or waste.
- Ingram
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noun,
a male given name.
- amigos
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noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- musing
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noun,
contemplation; reflection.
- Marion
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noun,
Francis ("the Swamp Fox") 1732?–95, American Revolutionary general.
- Rosina
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noun,
a female given name, Italian form of Rose.
- amnios
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- amours
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noun,
a love affair.
- Marius
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noun,
Gaius, c155–86 b.c, Roman general and consul: opponent of Lucius Cornelius Sulla.
- amino-
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- groins
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noun,
Anatomy. the fold or hollow on either side of the front of the body where the thigh joins the abdomen.
- ornis
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noun,
an avifauna.
- guars
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noun,
a plant, Cyamopsis tetragonolobus, of the legume family, grown as a forage crop and for its seeds, which produce a gum (guar gum) used as a thickening agent and stabilizer in foods and pharmaceuticals and as sizing for paper and cloth.
- guar.
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- rason
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noun,
a long, loose, black gown with wide sleeves, worn by the clergy.
- imago
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noun,
Entomology. an adult insect.
- guans
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noun,
a large game bird of the curassow family, common in dense woodlands of Central and South America, somewhat resembling a turkey.
- grans
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noun,
grandmother.
- guano
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noun,
a natural manure composed chiefly of the excrement of sea birds, found especially on islands near the Peruvian coast.
- Rimas
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noun,
a female given name.
- ragis
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noun,
a cereal grass, Eleusine coracana, cultivated in the Old World for its grain.
- Osman
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noun,
1259–1326, Turkish emir 1299–1326: founder of the Ottoman dynasty.
- groma
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noun,
an instrument having a cruciform wooden frame with a plumb line at the end of each arm, used for laying out lines at right angles to existing lines.
- Gunas
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noun,
(in Sankhya and Vedantic philosophy) one of the three qualities of prakriti, or nature, which are passion (rajas) dullness or inertia (tamas) and goodness or purity (sattva)
- grins
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noun,
a broad smile.
- Rains
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noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- Guin.
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- Ramon
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noun,
any of several tropical American trees belonging to the genus Brosimum, of the mulberry family, the leaves of which are used as forage, especially B. alicastrum, which bears the breadnut.
- Ramos
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noun,
Fidel V. born 1928, Philippine political leader: president 1992–98.
- groin
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noun,
Anatomy. the fold or hollow on either side of the front of the body where the thigh joins the abdomen.
- guiro
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noun,
a South American musical instrument consisting of a hollow gourd with serrated surface that is scraped with a stick.
- ranis
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noun,
ranee.
- groan
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noun,
a low, mournful sound uttered in pain or grief:
- ramus
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noun,
a branch, as of a plant, vein, bone, etc.
- rings
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noun,
a typically circular band of metal or other durable material, especially one of gold or other precious metal, often set with gems, for wearing on the finger as an ornament, a token of betrothal or marriage, etc.
- Moira
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noun,
Classical Mythology.
the personification of fate.
Moirai, the Fates.
- orig.
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- Minor
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noun,
a person under the legal age of full responsibility.
- Maros
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noun,
Hungarian name of Mures.
- Mason
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noun,
a person whose trade is building with units of various natural or artificial mineral products, as stones, bricks, cinder blocks, or tiles, usually with the use of mortar or cement as a bonding agent.
- Naomi
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noun,
the mother-in-law of Ruth and the great-grandmother of David. Ruth 1.
- Namur
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noun,
a province in S Belgium. 1413 sq. mi. (3660 sq. km).
- muras
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noun,
(in Japan) a village; hamlet.
- muons
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noun,
a lepton similar in most respects to the electron except that it is unstable, it may be positively charged, and its mass is approximately 207 times greater; the positively charged muon is the antiparticle of the negatively charged muon. Symbol: μ.
- Munro
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noun,
Alice (Laidlaw) [leyd-law] /ˈleɪdˌlɔ/ (Show IPA), born 1931, Canadian short-story writer.
- mungs
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noun,
something disgusting or offensive, especially filth or muck.
- minas
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noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- Mungo
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noun,
a low-grade wool from felted rags or waste.
- Minos
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noun,
a king of Crete: he ordered Daedalus to build the Labyrinth.
- Mario
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noun,
a male given name: from the Roman family name Marius.
- minus
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noun,
minus sign.
- Msgr.
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- miso-
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- mourn
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verb (used with object),
to feel or express sorrow or grief over (misfortune, loss, or anything regretted); deplore.
- morns
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noun,
morning.
- MNurs
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- moras
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noun,
the unit of time equivalent to the ordinary or normal short sound or syllable.
- moans
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noun,
a prolonged, low, inarticulate sound uttered from or as if from physical or mental suffering.
- 30-30
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- monas
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noun,
monad.
- Maris
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noun,
Roger (Eugene) 1934–85, U.S. baseball player.
- Marin
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noun,
John, 1870–1953, U.S. painter and etcher.
- orans
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noun,
orant.
- noria
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noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- Orang
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noun,
orangutan.
- Iran.
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- Irgun
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noun,
a militant Zionist underground group, active chiefly during the period (1917–48) of British control by mandate of Palestine.
- onium
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- Irons
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noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- omni-
-
- Omani
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Oman.
- ogams
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noun,
ogham.
- Nurmi
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noun,
Paavo Johannes [pah-vaw yaw-hahn-nes] /ˈpɑ vɔ ˈyɔ hɑn nɛs/ (Show IPA), 1897–1973, Finnish athlete.
- roans
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noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- Magus
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noun,
(sometimes lowercase) one of the Magi.
- naso-
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- nomas
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noun,
a gangrenous ulceration of the mouth or genitalia, occurring mainly in debilitated children.
- mains
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noun,
the main or home farm of a manor, as where the ownerlives; manse.
- mairs
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adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- Mango
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noun,
the oblong, sweet fruit of a tropical tree, Mangifera indica, of the cashew family, eaten ripe, or preserved or pickled.
- manor
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noun,
(in England) a landed estate or territorial unit, originally of the nature of a feudal lordship, consisting of a lord's demesne and of lands within which he has the right to exercise certain privileges, exact certain fees, etc.
- manos
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noun,
the upper or handheld stone used when grinding maize or other grains on a metate.
- Nogai
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noun,
a member of a people living in the Caucasus region.
- Manus
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noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. the distal segment of the forelimb of a vertebrate, including the carpus and the forefoot or hand.
- Maori
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noun,
a member of the native Polynesian population of New Zealand.
- marg.
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- Norma
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noun,
the Rule, a small southern constellation between Lupus and Ara.
- roams
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noun,
an act or instance of roaming; a ramble.
- grams
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noun,
a metric unit of mass or weight equal to 15.432 grains; one thousandth of a kilogram. Abbreviation: g.
- sing.
-
- argon
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noun,
a colorless, odorless, chemically inactive, monatomic, gaseous element that, because of its inertness, is used for filling fluorescent and incandescent lamps and vacuum tubes. Symbol: Ar; atomic number: 18; atomic weight: 39.948.
- Argos
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noun,
an ancient city in SE Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis: a powerful rival of Sparta, Athens, and Corinth.
- Argus
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noun,
Classical Mythology. a giant with 100 eyes, set to guard the heifer Io: his eyes were transferred after his death to the peacock's tail.
- Arion
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noun,
flourished 7th century b.c, Greek poet: inventor of the dithyramb.
- arium
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- gram.
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- Sino-
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- arson
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noun,
Law. the malicious burning of another's house or property, or in some statutes, the burning of one's own house or property, as to collect insurance.
- anis-
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- Simon
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noun,
the original name of the apostle Peter.
Compare Peter.
- simar
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noun,
Also, cymar. a loose, lightweight jacket or robe for women, fashionable in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- signa
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verb,
(used imperatively, in prescriptions) mark; write; label.
- Sigma
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noun,
the 18th letter of the Greek alphabet: Σ, σ, ς.
- sargo
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noun,
a silvery grunt, Anisotremus davidsonii, inhabiting waters off the coasts of California and Mexico, having blackish markings and yellowish fins.
- Sango
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noun,
a Niger-Congo language of the Adamawa-Eastern branch, used as a lingua franca in the Central African Republic.
- gains
-
- Gaius
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noun,
a.d. c110–c180, Roman jurist and writer, especially on civil law.
- SONAR
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noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- anim.
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- gamo-
-
- Suomi
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noun,
Finnish name of Finland.
- Urmia
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noun,
Lake, a salt lake in NW Iran. About 2000 sq. mi. (5180 sq. km).
- agios
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noun,
a premium on money in exchange.
- uran-
-
- unrig
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verb (used with object),
to strip of rigging, as a ship.
- agro-
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- unarm
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verb (used with object),
to deprive or relieve of arms; disarm.
- Unami
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noun,
a member of a North American Indian people, one of the Delaware group.
- surg.
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- amigo
-
noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- Angus
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noun,
Formerly Forfar. a historic county in E Scotland.
- amin-
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- amirs
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noun,
emir.
- among
-
preposition,
in, into, or through the midst of; in association or connection with; surrounded by:
- Sugar
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noun,
a sweet, crystalline substance, C 12 H 22 O 11 , obtained chiefly from the juice of the sugarcane and the sugar beet, and present in sorghum, maple sap, etc.: used extensively as an ingredient and flavoring of certain foods and as a fermenting agent in the manufacture of certain alcoholic beverages; sucrose.
Compare beet sugar, cane sugar.
- amour
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noun,
a love affair.
- Sonia
-
noun,
a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.
- angi-
-
- angor
-
noun,
extreme distress or mental anguish, usually of physical origin.
- Gamin
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noun,
a neglected boy left to run about the streets; street urchin.
- Arius
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noun,
died a.d. 336, Christian priest at Alexandria: founder of Arianism.
- giros
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noun,
autogiro.
- garni
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adjective,
garnished.
- gismo
-
noun,
a gadget or device:
- G-man
-
noun,
an agent for the FBI.
- girns
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noun, verb (used with object),
grin2 .
- rosin
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noun,
Chemistry. the yellowish to amber, translucent, hard, brittle, fragmented resin left after distilling the oil of turpentine from the crude oleoresin of the pine: used chiefly in making varnishes, varnish and paint driers, printing inks, and for rubbing on the bows of such string instruments as the violin.
- ruins
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noun,
ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay:
- gnars
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verb (used without object),
to snarl; growl.
- gaurs
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noun,
a massive wild ox, Bibos gaurus, of southeastern Asia and the Malay Archipelago, growing to a height of 6 feet (1.8 meters) at the shoulder: now reduced in numbers.
- gaums
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verb (used with object),
to smear or cover with a gummy, sticky substance (often followed by up):
- Goias
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noun,
a state in central Brazil. 247,826 sq. mi. (641,870 sq. km). Capital: Goiânia.
- Roman
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noun,
a metrical narrative, especially in medieval French literature.
- Gaons
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noun,
a title of honor for the directors of the Jewish academies at Sura and Pumbedita in Babylonia, used from the end of the 6th century a.d. to about the beginning of the 11th century.
- grain
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noun,
a small, hard seed, especially the seed of a food plant such as wheat, corn, rye, oats, rice, or millet.
- USAR
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- USGA
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- Nair
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noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- USIA
-
- Sumo
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noun,
a form of wrestling in Japan in which a contestant wins by forcing his opponent out of the ring or by causing him to touch the ground with any part of his body other than the soles of his feet, contestants usually being men of great height and weight.
- sumi
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noun,
black ink made from a mixture of plant soot and glue solidified into sticks or cakes the ends of which are scraped or ground into water on an ink slab, much used by calligraphers and painters.
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- sugi
-
noun,
Japan cedar.
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- Mora
-
noun,
the unit of time equivalent to the ordinary or normal short sound or syllable.
- Mons
-
noun,
an area of the body that is higher than neighboring areas.
- USMA
-
- SRAM
-
- Sra.
-
- Sour
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noun,
something that is sour.
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- Ring
-
noun,
a typically circular band of metal or other durable material, especially one of gold or other precious metal, often set with gems, for wearing on the finger as an ornament, a token of betrothal or marriage, etc.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- USNA
-
- NIMS
-
noun,
a game in which two players alternate in drawing counters, pennies, or the like, from a set of 12 arranged in three rows of 3, 4, and 5 counters, respectively, the object being to draw the last counter, or, sometimes, to avoid drawing it.
- Rima
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noun,
a female given name.
- mus.
-
- Mura
-
noun,
(in Japan) a village; hamlet.
- Sung
-
noun,
a dynasty in China, a.d. 960–1279, characterized by a high level of achievement in painting, ceramics, and philosophy: overthrown by the Mongols.
- mun.
-
- Uris
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- uria
-
- Rom.
-
- Urga
-
noun,
former name of Ulan Bator.
- Roma
-
noun,
Rome.
- mRNA
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- Mrs.
-
plural,
a title of respect prefixed to the surname or full name of a married woman:
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- Muir
-
noun,
Edwin, 1887–1959, English poet.
- Mona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- uni-
-
- RONA
-
- roam
-
noun,
an act or instance of roaming; a ramble.
- MUNG
-
noun,
something disgusting or offensive, especially filth or muck.
- morn
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noun,
morning.
- RNAS
-
- Sura
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noun,
any of the 114 chapters of the Koran.
- sur-
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- NIRA
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- Muni
-
noun,
a municipal bond.
- uro-
-
- roms
-
noun,
a Gypsy man or boy.
- muon
-
noun,
a lepton similar in most respects to the electron except that it is unstable, it may be positively charged, and its mass is approximately 207 times greater; the positively charged muon is the antiparticle of the negatively charged muon. Symbol: μ.
- Soni
-
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- Riga
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Latvia, on the Gulf of Riga.
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- onus
-
noun,
a difficult or disagreeable obligation, task, burden, etc.
- rang
-
noun,
a boomerang.
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- 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.
- rung
-
noun,
one of the crosspieces, usually rounded, forming the steps of a ladder.
- sign
-
noun,
a token; indication.
- runs
-
noun,
an act or instance, or a period of running:
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- org.
-
- Sig.
-
- SIAM
-
noun,
former name of Thailand (def 1).
- Omri
-
noun,
a king of Israel and the father of Ahab. I Kings 16:16–28.
- saur
-
- 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.
- Sang
-
noun,
the act or performance of singing.
- Sami
-
noun,
Lapp.
- Sam.
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- Rus.
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- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- sago
-
noun,
a starchy foodstuff derived from the soft interior of the trunk of various palms and cycads, used in making puddings.
- rami
-
noun,
plural of ramus.
- ours
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ragi
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Eleusine coracana, cultivated in the Old World for its grain.
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- rums
-
noun,
an alcoholic liquor or spirit distilled from molasses or some other fermented sugar-cane product.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- ruga
-
noun,
Usually, rugae. Biology, Anatomy. a wrinkle, fold, or ridge.
- Song
-
noun,
a short metrical composition intended or adapted for singing, especially one in rhymed stanzas; a lyric; a ballad.
- rain
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- nogs
-
noun,
any beverage made with beaten eggs, usually with alcoholic liquor; eggnog.
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- Soma
-
noun,
the body of an organism as contrasted with its germ cells.
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- nom.
-
- snug
-
noun,
British. a small, secluded room in a tavern, as for private parties.
- Noma
-
noun,
a gangrenous ulceration of the mouth or genitalia, occurring mainly in debilitated children.
- snog
-
verb (used without object),
to kiss and cuddle.
- snag
-
noun,
a tree or part of a tree held fast in the bottom of a river, lake, etc., and forming an impediment or danger to navigation.
- ROUS
-
noun,
(Francis) Peyton, 1879–1970, U.S. pathologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1966.
- Nor.
-
- Omar
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- ruin
-
noun,
ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay:
- smug
-
adjective,
contentedly confident of one's ability, superiority, or correctness; complacent.
- Norm
-
noun,
a standard, model, or pattern.
- nos-
-
- nous
-
noun,
Greek Philosophy. mind or intellect.
- smog
-
noun,
smoke or other atmospheric pollutants combined with fog in an unhealthy or irritating mixture.
- ogam
-
noun,
ogham.
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- Rumi
-
noun,
Jalal ud-din [Persian jah-lahl ood-deen,, oo d-,, ja-] /Persian dʒɑˈlɑl udˈdin,, ʊd-,, dʒæ-/ (Show IPA), Jalal ud-din Rumi.
- Ogma
-
noun,
a god of poetry and eloquence and the inventor of the ogham letters: one of the Tuatha De Danann.
- Oman
-
noun,
Sultanate of. Formerly Muscat and Oman. an independent sultanate in SE Arabia. About 82,800 sq. mi. (212,380 sq. km). Capital: Muscat.
- 1080
-
- mong
-
noun,
mongrel, especially a mongrel dog.
- Mon.
-
- Arg.
-
- ious
-
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Irma
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Erma.
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- iron
-
noun,
Chemistry. a ductile, malleable, silver-white metallic element, scarcely known in a pure condition, but much used in its crude or impure carbon-containing forms for making tools, implements, machinery, etc. Symbol: Fe; atomic weight: 55.847; atomic number: 26; specific gravity: 7.86 at 20°C.
Compare cast iron, pig iron, steel, wrought iron.
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- arms
-
noun,
the upper limb of the human body, especially the part extending from the shoulder to the wrist.
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- Arm.
-
- ARIS
-
- iso-
-
- Argo
-
noun,
Astronomy. a very large southern constellation, now divided into Vela, Carina, Puppis, and Pyxis, four separate constellations lying largely south of Canis Major.
- anus
-
noun,
the opening at the lower end of the alimentary canal, through which the solid refuse of digestion is excreted.
- ions
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- Gran
-
noun,
grandmother.
- ANSI
-
- ano-
-
- amus
-
- Amur
-
noun,
a river in E Asia, forming most of the boundary between N Manchuria and the SE Russian Federation, flowing into the Sea of Okhotsk. About 2700 miles (4350 km) long.
- Amri
-
noun,
Omri.
- Amos
-
noun,
a Minor Prophet of the 8th century b.c.
- M-14
-
noun,
a fully automatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber rifle developed from the M-1: replaced the M-1 as the standard U.S. Army combat rifle.
- M-16
-
noun,
a lightweight, fully automatic rifle shooting a small-caliber bullet at an extremely high velocity: a U.S. Army combat weapon for mobile units and jungle fighting.
- mag.
-
- Magi
-
noun,
(sometimes lowercase) one of the Magi.
- mags
-
noun,
magazine.
- Main
-
noun,
a principal pipe or duct in a system used to distribute water, gas, etc.
- Mair
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- Asur
-
noun,
Assur.
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- Mani
-
noun,
Manes.
- girn
-
noun, verb (used with object),
grin2 .
- Grim
-
adjective,
stern and admitting of no appeasement or compromise:
- grin
-
noun,
a broad smile.
- Gris
-
noun,
Juan [hwahn] /ʰwɑn/ (Show IPA), (José Vittoriano Gonzáles) 1887–1927, Spanish painter in France.
- gro.
-
- Gros
-
noun,
Antoine Jean [ahn-twan zhahn] /ɑ̃ˈtwan ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), Baron, 1771–1835, French painter.
- grum
-
adjective,
grim; glum; surly.
- gon-
-
- Grus
-
noun,
the Crane, a southern constellation between Indus and Piscis Austrinus.
- goas
-
noun,
a gazelle, Procapra picticaudata, of the Tibetan plateau.
- Guam
-
noun,
an island, belonging to the U.S., in the N Pacific, E of the Philippines: the largest of the Marianas group; U.S. naval station. 206 sq. mi. (535 sq. km). Capital: Agaña.
Abbreviation: GU (for use with zip code).
- GNMA
-
- gnar
-
verb (used without object),
to snarl; growl.
- guan
-
noun,
a large game bird of the curassow family, common in dense woodlands of Central and South America, somewhat resembling a turkey.
- giro
-
noun,
autogiro.
- gumi
-
noun,
a spreading shrub, Elaeagnus multiflora, of eastern Asia, having fragrant yellowish-white flowers and edible red fruit.
- Aug.
-
- guna
-
noun,
(in Sankhya and Vedantic philosophy) one of the three qualities of prakriti, or nature, which are passion (rajas) dullness or inertia (tamas) and goodness or purity (sattva)
- Gino
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Gina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- gaur
-
noun,
a massive wild ox, Bibos gaurus, of southeastern Asia and the Malay Archipelago, growing to a height of 6 feet (1.8 meters) at the shoulder: now reduced in numbers.
- Iago
-
noun,
the villain in Shakespeare's Othello.
- gaum
-
verb (used with object),
to smear or cover with a gummy, sticky substance (often followed by up):
- gars
-
noun,
Also called garfish, garpike. any predaceous freshwater fish of the genus Lepisosteus, of North America, covered with hard, diamond-shaped scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth.
- Gaon
-
noun,
a title of honor for the directors of the Jewish academies at Sura and Pumbedita in Babylonia, used from the end of the 6th century a.d. to about the beginning of the 11th century.
- gams
-
noun,
a person's leg, especially an attractive female leg.
- ign.
-
- Aus.
-
- aur-
-
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- ins.
-
- Man.
-
- gras
-
- Mano
-
noun,
the upper or handheld stone used when grinding maize or other grains on a metate.
- Mino
-
noun,
Minho.
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- AIMS
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- agr.
-
- Miao
-
noun,
Also, Meo. a member of a diverse group of seminomadic farming people of the mountains of southeastern China and adjacent areas of Laos, North Vietnam, and Thailand.
- mias
-
plural,
missing in action.
- Agon
-
noun,
(in ancient Greece) a contest in which prizes were awarded in any of a number of events, as athletics, drama, music, poetry, and painting.
- Manu
-
noun,
the progenitor and lawgiver of the human race.
- min.
-
- Mina
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- Ming
-
noun,
a dynasty in China, 1368–1644, marked by the restoration of traditional institutions and the development of the arts, especially in porcelain, textiles, and painting.
- mins
-
noun,
a group of Chinese languages spoken in southeastern China, including Foochow and Fukienese.
- Maui
-
noun,
an island in central Hawaii. 728 sq. mi. (1886 sq. km).
- Agni
-
noun,
Hindu Mythology. the god of fire, one of the three chief divinities of the Vedas.
- 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.
- agio
-
noun,
a premium on money in exchange.
- Miro
-
noun,
Gabriel [gah-vree-el] /ˌgɑ vriˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1879–1930, Spanish novelist, short-story writer, and essayist.
- mis-
-
- agin
-
preposition,
against; opposed to.
- MNAS
-
- Mngr
-
- moan
-
noun,
a prolonged, low, inarticulate sound uttered from or as if from physical or mental suffering.
- 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.
- mogs
-
noun,
moggy.
- Maun
-
auxiliary verb,
must1 .
- migs
-
noun,
a playing marble, especially one that is not used as a shooter.
- Amir
-
noun,
emir.
- Amor
-
noun,
Cupid.
- Ainu
-
noun,
a member of an aboriginal population of northernmost Japan, having lighter skin and hairier bodies than other Japanese.
- MARS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman god of war and agriculture, identified with the Greek god Ares.
- Amis
-
noun,
Kingsley, 1922–95, English novelist.
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Mar.
-
- 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.
- Amon
-
noun,
Amen.
- Uri
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- Rs.
-
- RSA
-
- rug
-
noun,
a thick fabric for covering part of a floor, often woven of wool and often having an oblong shape with a border design.
Compare carpet.
- SUG
-
- aor
-
- GIN
-
noun,
an alcoholic liquor obtained by distilling grain mash with juniper berries.
- RUM
-
noun,
an alcoholic liquor or spirit distilled from molasses or some other fermented sugar-cane product.
- SUN
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the star that is the central body of the solar system, around which the planets revolve and from which they receive light and heat: its mean distance from the earth is about 93 million miles (150 million km), its diameter about 864,000 miles (1.4 million km), and its mass about 330,000 times that of the earth; its period of surface rotation is about 26 days at its equator but longer at higher latitudes.
- AGM
-
- AMI
-
noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- run
-
noun,
an act or instance, or a period of running:
- GAS
-
noun,
Physics. a substance possessing perfect molecular mobility and the property of indefinite expansion, as opposed to a solid or liquid.
- ago
-
adverb,
in past time; in the past:
- ur-
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- urs
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city on the Euphrates, in S Iraq: extensive excavations, especially of royal tombs.
- urn
-
noun,
a large or decorative vase, especially one with an ornamental foot or pedestal.
- SUM
-
noun,
the aggregate of two or more numbers, magnitudes, quantities, or particulars as determined by or as if by the mathematical process of addition:
- USO
-
- ROG
-
- ROI
-
- USN
-
- Gr.
-
- Gor
-
interjection,
(used as a mild oath.)
- Sui
-
noun,
a dynasty ruling in China a.d. 589–618.
- Am.
-
- GIs
-
noun,
a lightweight, two-piece, usually white garment worn by barefooted martial-arts participants, consisting of loose-fitting pants and a wraparound jacket with cloth belt.
- USM
-
- goi
-
noun,
goy.
- ag-
-
- Goa
-
noun,
a gazelle, Procapra picticaudata, of the Tibetan plateau.
- GNU
-
noun,
either of two stocky, oxlike antelopes of the genus Connochaetes, the silver-gray, white-bearded C. taurinus of the eastern African plain and the black, white-tailed C. gnou of central South Africa: recently near extinction, the South African gnu is now protected.
- an.
-
- SRO
-
- Ar.
-
- So.
-
- GAN
-
noun,
cotton gin.
- SAG
-
noun,
an act or instance of sagging.
- ARS
-
- ASN
-
- AGS
-
adjective, noun,
agriculture:
- ASM
-
- ung
-
- ASI
-
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- AIM
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- ARU
-
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- Una
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “one.”.
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- SMA
-
- UAM
-
- USA
-
- UAR
-
- SNU
-
- UNO
-
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- GAO
-
noun,
a city in E Mali.
- Sau
-
noun,
German name of Sava.
- AOU
-
- uns
-
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- gi.
-
- SAR
-
- GAR
-
noun,
Also called garfish, garpike. any predaceous freshwater fish of the genus Lepisosteus, of North America, covered with hard, diamond-shaped scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth.
- Ga.
-
- AMS
-
- Sr.
-
- ASR
-
- AMU
-
- AUM
-
noun,
Om.
- Sou
-
noun,
(formerly) either of two bronze coins of France, equal to 5 centimes and 10 centimes.
- 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.
- ANG
-
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- ASU
-
- ANU
-
noun,
a twining herb, Tropaeolum tuberosum, of the nasturtium family, found in the Andes, having edible tubers and large flowers with yellow petals and red spurs.
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- ROA
-
- NUS
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- NMU
-
- nog
-
noun,
any beverage made with beaten eggs, usually with alcoholic liquor; eggnog.
- 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.
- MS.
-
plural,
manuscript.
- Mo.
-
- MIA
-
plural,
missing in action.
- nr.
-
- NRA
-
- NSA
-
- NSU
-
- NUM
-
- IUS
-
- OSA
-
- NMI
-
- 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.
- OAS
-
- OAU
-
- ium
-
- OIr
-
- Om.
-
- oma
-
plural,
a noun suffix used to form names of tumors, of the kind specified by the base:
- ism
-
noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- ISA
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- IRS
-
- 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.
- NMR
-
- Mao
-
- ONI
-
- MSN
-
- MOG
-
noun,
moggy.
- MOR
-
- MOA
-
noun,
any of several flightless birds of the family Dinornithidae, of New Zealand, related to the kiwis but resembling the ostrich: extinct since about the end of the 18th century.
- MNS
-
- MOS
-
noun,
moment (def 1).
- MNA
-
- Mr.
-
plural,
mister: a title of respect prefixed to a man's name or position:
- MRA
-
- MRI
-
- MSA
-
- MSG
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-soluble powder, C 5 H 8 NNaO 4 ⋅H 2 O, used to intensify the flavor of foods.
- MSI
-
- mug
-
noun,
a drinking cup, usually cylindrical in shape, having a handle, and often of a heavy substance, as earthenware.
- NIM
-
noun,
a game in which two players alternate in drawing counters, pennies, or the like, from a set of 12 arranged in three rows of 3, 4, and 5 counters, respectively, the object being to draw the last counter, or, sometimes, to avoid drawing it.
- MIR
-
noun,
a village commune of peasant farmers in prerevolutionary Russia.
- Mig
-
noun,
a playing marble, especially one that is not used as a shooter.
- Mur
-
noun,
a river in S central Austria, NE Slovenia, and N Croatia, flowing NE and SE to the Drava River. 300 miles (483 km) long.
- MI6
-
noun,
the government's secret intelligence service.
- MI5
-
noun,
the government's security and counterespionage service that works in liaison with Scotland Yard's Special Branch.
- mi.
-
- MGr
-
- NAG
-
noun,
Also, nagger. a person who nags, especially habitually.
- NAM
-
noun,
Vietnam.
- mas
-
noun,
mother1 .
- NGO
-
noun,
1901–1963, South Vietnamese statesman: president of the Republic of South Vietnam 1956–63.
- NIA
-
- NIG
-
verb (used with object),
nidge.
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- ISR
-
- IRO
-
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- RMS
-
plural,
ream.
- ONR
-
- rag
-
noun,
a worthless piece of cloth, especially one that is torn or worn.
- IAS
-
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- Ia.
-
- io-
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- GUS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Augustus or Gustave.
- Gur
-
noun,
a branch of the Niger-Congo subfamily of languages, including Mossi and other languages spoken in Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, Ivory Coast, and Mali.
- Gun
-
noun,
a weapon consisting of a metal tube, with mechanical attachments, from which projectiles are shot by the force of an explosive; a piece of ordnance.
- RAM
-
noun,
a male sheep.
- Gum
-
noun,
any of various viscid, amorphous exudations from plants, hardening on exposure to air and soluble in or forming a viscid mass with water.
- GUI
-
noun,
graphical user interface.
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- MOI
-
- rig
-
noun,
the arrangement of the masts, spars, sails, etc., on a boat or ship.
- GSR
-
- RIM
-
noun,
the outer edge, border, margin, or brink of something, especially of a circular object.
- GSA
-
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- rm.
-
plural,
ream.
- RNA
-
- RMA
-
- USR
-
- IGM
-
- oui
-
adverb, noun,
yes.
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ing
-
- ion
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- in.
-
- ior
-
- 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.
- IOU
-
- Ir.
-
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- imu
-
noun,
a usually large, covered cooking pit in which food is cooked by means of heated stones.
- ons
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- our
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noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- RU
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- SI
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noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- MU
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noun,
the 12th letter of the Greek alphabet (M, μ).
- RO
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- SN
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- GO
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noun,
the act of going:
- GN
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- rg
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- AO
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- i.
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- AU
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plural,
to the; at the; with the.
- MN
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- AI
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noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- A.
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noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- G.
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- N.
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- OA
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- NM
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- MA
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noun,
mother1 .
- RA
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noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- R.
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- SU
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- RI
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- GM
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- NU
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noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- No
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noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- RN
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- SM
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- SG
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- S.
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- OU
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noun,
a rare Hawaiian honeycreeper, Psittirostra psittacea, having an olive-green body, a parrotlike bill, and in the male a bright yellow head.
- M.
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- IG
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- U.
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- O.
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- MG
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- OG
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- NI
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- UI
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- NG
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- NA
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adverb,
no1 .
- GU
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- SA
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