Anagrams of imbrications
Word imbrications has
1348 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of imbrications.
- imbrication
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noun,
an overlapping, as of tiles or shingles.
- irisation
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noun,
the effect or quality of being iridescent; iridescence.
- narcotism
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noun,
habitual use of narcotics.
- mortician
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noun,
funeral director.
- Briticism
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noun,
a word, idiom, or phrase characteristic of or restricted to British English, especially as compared with American English, as lift compared with elevator or in hospital with in the hospital.
- cast-iron
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noun,
an alloy of iron, carbon, and other elements, cast as a soft and strong, or as a hard and brittle, iron, depending on the mixture and methods of molding.
- Scriabin
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noun,
Aleksandr Nikolaevich [al-ig-zan-der nik-uh-lahy-uh-vich,, -zahn-;; Russian uh-lyi-ksahn-dr nyi-kuh-lah-yi-vyich] /ˌæl ɪgˈzæn dər ˌnɪk əˈlaɪ ə vɪtʃ,, -ˈzɑn-;; Russian ʌ lyɪˈksɑn dr nyɪ kʌˈlɑ yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1872–1915, Russian composer and pianist.
- taborins
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noun,
a small tabor.
- martinis
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noun,
a cocktail made with gin or vodka and dry vermouth, usually served with a green olive or a twist of lemon peel.
- iotacism
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noun,
the conversion of other vowel sounds, especially in Modern Greek, into (ē), the sound of iota.
- actinism
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noun,
the property of radiation by which chemical effects are produced.
- ambition
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noun,
an earnest desire for some type of achievement or distinction, as power, honor, fame, or wealth, and the willingness to strive for its attainment:
- acrotism
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noun,
absence or weakness of the pulse.
- simoniac
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noun,
a person who practices simony.
- corbinas
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noun,
a game fish, Menticirrhus undulatus, of the croaker family, inhabiting Pacific coastal waters of North America.
- carotins
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noun,
carotene.
- minicars
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noun,
a very small car, especially a subcompact.
- scimitar
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noun,
a curved, single-edged sword of Asian, especially Eastern origin.
- Ratisbon
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noun,
Regensburg.
- minorcas
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noun,
Spanish Menorca. one of the Balearic Islands, in the W Mediterranean. 271 sq. mi. (700 sq. km).
- contrib.
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- monastic
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noun,
a member of a monastic community or order, especially a monk.
- trisomic
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adjective,
having one chromosome in addition to the usual diploid number.
- Iscariot
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noun,
the surname of Judas, the betrayer of Jesus. Mark 3:19; 14:10, 11.
- amniotic
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adjective,
of, relating to, or having an amnion.
- isobaric
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adjective,
Meteorology. having or showing equal barometric pressure.
- criminis
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noun,
cremini.
- isotimic
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adjective,
(of a line or surface in space) having an equal value of some quantity at a given time.
- tribasic
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adjective,
(of an acid) having three atoms of hydrogen replaceable by basic atoms or groups.
- cantoris
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adjective,
of or relating to the gospel or liturgical north side of a church (opposed to decani).
- aoristic
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adjective,
Grammar. pertaining to the aorist.
- minicabs
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noun,
a minicar that serves as a taxicab.
- romantic
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noun,
a romantic person.
- Romanist
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noun,
Disparaging. a member of the Roman Catholic Church.
- crimini
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noun,
cremini.
- 2,4,5-t
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noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- Marston
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noun,
John, c1575–1634, English dramatist and satirical poet.
- Martini
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noun,
a cocktail made with gin or vodka and dry vermouth, usually served with a green olive or a twist of lemon peel.
- iatrics
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- martins
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noun,
Peter, born 1946, U.S. choreographer and ballet master, born in Denmark.
- crimson
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noun,
a crimson color, pigment, or dye.
- Cabrini
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noun,
Saint Frances Xavier ("Mother Cabrini") 1850–1917, U.S. nun, born in Italy; founder of the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
- rations
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noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- camions
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noun,
a strongly built cart or wagon for transporting heavy loads; dray.
- matrons
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noun,
a married woman, especially one who is mature and staid or dignified and has an established social position.
- iambics
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noun,
Prosody.
an iamb.
Usually, iambics. a verse or poem consisting of iambs.
- Masonic
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adjective,
pertaining to or characteristic of Freemasons or Freemasonry.
- cambist
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noun,
a dealer in bills of exchange.
- aristo-
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- ciboria
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noun,
a permanent canopy placed over an altar; baldachin.
- Britain
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noun,
Great Britain.
- obtains
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verb (used with object),
to come into possession of; get, acquire, or procure, as through an effort or by a request:
- somatic
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adjective,
of the body; bodily; physical.
- bionics
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noun,
the study of how humans and animals perform certain tasks and solve certain problems, and of the application of the findings to the design of electronic devices and mechanical parts.
- ironist
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noun,
a person who uses irony habitually, especially a writer.
- isation
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- Sorbian
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noun,
Also called Lusatian, Wendish. a Slavic language spoken by an isolated group in E Germany.
- bastion
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noun,
Fortification. a projecting portion of a rampart or fortification that forms an irregular pentagon attached at the base to the main work.
- biotins
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noun,
a crystalline, water-soluble vitamin, C 10 H 16 O 3 N 2 S, of the vitamin B complex, that is present in all living cells and functions as a growth factor and as a catalyst in carboxylation reactions.
- iris-in
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noun,
the gradual appearance of an image or scene through an expanding circle.
- Sno-Cat
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- Iricism
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noun,
Irishism.
- osmatic
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adjective,
of or relating to the sense of smell.
- stamin-
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- bonacis
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noun,
any of several edible serranid fishes, as Mycteroperca bonaci.
- incisor
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noun,
any of the four anterior teeth in each jaw, used for cutting and gnawing.
- bonitas
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noun,
a female given name.
- macrons
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noun,
a horizontal line used as a diacritic over a vowel to indicate that it has a long sound or other specified pronunciation, as (ā) in fate (fāt).
- Sinitic
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noun,
a branch of Sino-Tibetan consisting of the various local languages and dialects whose speakers share literary Chinese as their standard language.
- simitar
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noun,
scimitar.
- intombs
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verb (used with object),
entomb.
- maniocs
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noun,
cassava.
- taborin
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noun,
a small tabor.
- atonics
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noun,
Grammar. an unaccented word, syllable, or sound.
- microns
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noun,
Also called micrometer. the millionth part of a meter. Symbol: μ, mu.
- atomics
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noun,
the branch of physics that deals with atoms, especially atomic energy.
- scrinia
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noun,
a cylindrical container used in ancient Rome to hold papyrus rolls.
- Marcion
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noun,
a.d. c100–c160, Christian Gnostic.
- Marconi
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noun,
Guglielmo [goo-lyel-maw] /guˈlyɛl mɔ/ (Show IPA), Marchese, 1874–1937, Italian electrical engineer and inventor, especially in the field of wireless telegraphy: Nobel Prize in physics 1909.
- cratons
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noun,
a relatively rigid and immobile region of continental portions of the earth's crust.
- cabrito
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noun,
the meat of a young goat.
- actino-
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- cations
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noun,
a positively charged ion that is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis.
- Nicosia
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noun,
a city on and the capital of Cyprus, in the central part.
- minicar
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noun,
a very small car, especially a subcompact.
- corbina
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noun,
a game fish, Menticirrhus undulatus, of the croaker family, inhabiting Pacific coastal waters of North America.
- tombacs
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noun,
an alloy, used to imitate gold, containing from 70 to 92 percent copper with zinc and sometimes tin and other materials forming the remainder.
- Comtian
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noun,
a follower of the philosophy of Auguste Comte.
- carotin
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noun,
carotene.
- constr.
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- comitia
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noun,
an assembly of the people convened to pass on laws, nominate magistrates, etc.
- Roscian
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adjective,
of, relating to, or involving acting.
- Minorca
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noun,
Spanish Menorca. one of the Balearic Islands, in the W Mediterranean. 271 sq. mi. (700 sq. km).
- cortina
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noun,
a weblike, often evanescent veil covering the gills or hanging from the cap edge of certain mushrooms, particularly those of genus Cortinarius, and sometimes persisting as a ring or remnant of fibrils around the mushroom stalk.
- transom
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noun,
a crosspiece separating a door or the like from a window or fanlight above it.
- citrins
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noun,
bioflavonoid.
- citrons
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noun,
a pale-yellow fruit resembling the lemon but larger and with thicker rind, borne by a small tree or large bush, Citrus medica, allied to the lemon and lime.
- abiotic
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adjective,
of or characterized by the absence of life or living organisms.
- miotics
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noun,
a miotic drug.
- cistron
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noun,
a segment of DNA that encodes for the formation of a specific polypeptide chain; a structural gene.
- Nairobi
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noun,
a city in and the capital of Kenya, in the SW part.
- craniom
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- Romains
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noun,
Jules [zhyl] /ʒül/ (Show IPA), (Louis Farigoule) 1885–1972, French novelist, poet, and dramatist.
- amorist
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noun,
a person who is devoted to love and lovemaking.
- contras
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noun,
(often initial capital letter) a member of a counterrevolutionary guerrilla group in Nicaragua.
- cranio-
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- combats
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noun,
Military. active, armed fighting with enemy forces.
- Romanic
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noun,
romance1 (def 9).
- contra-
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- Coimbra
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noun,
a city in central Portugal: noted university founded at Lisbon 1290, transferred here 1537.
- minicab
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noun,
a minicar that serves as a taxicab.
- corbans
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noun,
a sacrifice or offering made to God, especially among the ancient Hebrews in fulfillment of a vow.
- Costain
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noun,
Thomas Bertram, 1885–1965, U.S. novelist, historian, and editor, born in Canada.
- citrin
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noun,
bioflavonoid.
- racism
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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.
- Citron
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noun,
a pale-yellow fruit resembling the lemon but larger and with thicker rind, borne by a small tree or large bush, Citrus medica, allied to the lemon and lime.
- bonsai
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noun,
a tree or shrub that has been dwarfed, as by pruning the roots and pinching, and is grown in a pot or other container and trained to produce a desired shape or effect.
- simian
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noun,
an ape or monkey.
- Bonita
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noun,
a female given name.
- Bosnia
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noun,
a historic region in SE Europe: a former Turkish province; a part of Austria-Hungary (1879–1918) now part of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
- intro.
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- intomb
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verb (used with object),
entomb.
- Borman
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noun,
Frank, born 1928, U.S. astronaut.
- intros
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noun,
an introduction.
- intra-
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- intima
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noun,
the innermost membrane or lining of some organ or part, especially that of an artery, vein, or lymphatic.
- racist
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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.
- Rosita
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noun,
a female given name, Spanish form of Rose.
- carbon
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noun,
Chemistry. a widely distributed element that forms organic compounds in combination with hydrogen, oxygen, etc., and that occurs in a pure state as diamond and graphite, and in an impure state as charcoal. Symbol: C; atomic weight: 12.011; atomic number: 6; specific gravity: (of diamond) 3.51 at 20°C; (of graphite) 2.26 at 20°C.
- Rosina
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noun,
a female given name, Italian form of Rose.
- bistro
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noun,
a small, modest, European-style restaurant or café.
- combat
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noun,
Military. active, armed fighting with enemy forces.
- somat-
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- cobras
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noun,
any of several highly venomous, Old World elapid snakes of the genera Naja and Ophiophagus, characterized by the ability to flatten the neck into a hoodlike form when disturbed.
- ironic
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adjective,
using words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning; containing or exemplifying irony:
- biotas
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noun,
the animals, plants, fungi, etc., of a region or period.
- biotic
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adjective,
pertaining to life.
- biotin
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noun,
a crystalline, water-soluble vitamin, C 10 H 16 O 3 N 2 S, of the vitamin B complex, that is present in all living cells and functions as a growth factor and as a catalyst in carboxylation reactions.
- birota
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noun,
a two-wheeled cart, usually drawn by three mules, used for transporting commercial goods and one or two passengers.
- iritis
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noun,
inflammation of the iris of the eye.
- cobias
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noun,
a large, fusiform fish, Rachycentron canadum, found off the eastern coast of temperate and tropical America, in the East Indies, and in Japan.
- socman
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noun,
sokeman.
- bonaci
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noun,
any of several edible serranid fishes, as Mycteroperca bonaci.
- Romans
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noun,
an Epistle of the New Testament, written by Paul to the Christian community in Rome. Abbreviation: Rom.
- COMSAT
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noun,
(often lowercase) a communications satellite.
- coatis
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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.
- Smriti
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noun,
writings containing traditions concerning law, rituals, teachings of the sages, the epics, and the Puranas.
- boarts
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noun,
bort.
- bracts
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noun,
a specialized leaf or leaflike part, usually situated at the base of a flower or inflorescence.
- sitcom
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noun,
situation comedy.
- contr.
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- Bomarc
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noun,
a winged, surface-to-air interceptor missile.
- ionics
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noun,
Prosody. an Ionic foot, verse, or meter.
- sit-in
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noun,
any organized protest in which a group of people peacefully occupy and refuse to leave a premises:
- brants
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noun,
any of several species of small, dark-colored geese of the genus Branta, especially B. bernicla, breeding in high northern latitudes and migrating south in the autumn.
- brains
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noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. the part of the central nervous system enclosed in the cranium of humans and other vertebrates, consisting of a soft, convoluted mass of gray and white matter and serving to control and coordinate the mental and physical actions.
- carobs
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noun,
a Mediterranean tree, Ceratonia siliqua, of the legume family, bearing long, leathery pods containing hard seeds and sweet, edible pulp.
- Carson
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noun,
Christopher ("Kit") 1809–68, U.S. frontiersman and scout.
- Sarton
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noun,
May, 1912–95, U.S. poet, novelist, and playwright.
- iambic
-
noun,
Prosody.
an iamb.
Usually, iambics. a verse or poem consisting of iambs.
- Cabiri
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noun,
a group of gods, probably of Eastern origin, worshiped in mysteries in various parts of ancient Greece, the cult centers being at Samothrace and Thebes.
- cabots
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noun,
John (Giovanni Caboto) c1450–98? Italian navigator in the service of England: discoverer of North American mainland 1497.
- caroms
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noun,
Billiards, Pool. a shot in which the cue ball hits two balls in succession.
- oribis
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noun,
a small tan-colored antelope, Ourebia ourebi , of south and east Africa, with spikelike horns.
- sarco-
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- ricins
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noun,
a white, poisonous, protein powder from the bean of the castor-oil plant.
- Cairns
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noun,
a seaport in NE Australia.
- C-star
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noun,
carbon star.
- Rimini
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noun,
Francesca da, Francesca da Rimini.
- ration
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noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- cambio
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noun,
a currency exchange.
- camion
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noun,
a strongly built cart or wagon for transporting heavy loads; dray.
- COSTAR
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noun,
a performer, especially an actor or actress, who shares star billing with another.
- santir
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noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- Crista
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noun,
a crest or ridge.
- Carnot
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noun,
Lazare Nicolas Marguerite [la-zar nee-kaw-lah mar-guh-reet] /laˈzar ni kɔˈlɑ mar gəˈrit/ (Show IPA), 1753–1823, French general and statesman.
- crambo
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noun,
a game in which one person or side must find a rhyme to a word or a line of verse given by another.
- Caribs
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noun,
a member of a group of Indian peoples formerly dominant through the Lesser Antilles, now found in small numbers in a few areas of the West Indies and in parts of Central America and northeastern South America.
- Cantor
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noun,
the religious official of a synagogue who conducts the liturgical portion of a service and sings or chants the prayers and parts of prayers designed to be performed as solos.
- Cantos
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noun,
one of the main or larger divisions of a long poem.
- craton
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noun,
a relatively rigid and immobile region of continental portions of the earth's crust.
- carton
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noun,
a cardboard or plastic box used typically for storage or shipping.
- satori
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noun,
sudden enlightenment.
- instr.
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- raisin
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noun,
a grape of any of various sweet varieties dried in the sun or by artificial means, often used in cookery.
- corban
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noun,
a sacrifice or offering made to God, especially among the ancient Hebrews in fulfillment of a vow.
- instar
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noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- racons
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noun,
radar beacon.
- carbo-
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- scrota
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noun,
the pouch of skin that contains the testes.
- Corbin
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noun,
Margaret (Cochran) 1751–1800, American Revolutionary military heroine.
- Cimbri
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noun,
a Germanic or Celtic people, supposed to have originated in Jutland, who invaded Gaul and northern Italy, and were destroyed by the Romans in 101 b.c.
- inmost
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adjective,
situated farthest within:
- corita
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noun,
a boat resembling a large, woven basket, used by Indians of the southwestern U.S.
- C-bias
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noun,
grid bias.
- Briton
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Great Britain, especially of England.
- Scotia
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noun,
a deep concave molding between two fillets, as in the Attic base.
- iatric
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adjective,
of or relating to a physician or medicine; medical.
- bromic
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adjective,
containing pentavalent bromine.
- broncs
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noun,
bronco:
- cation
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noun,
a positively charged ion that is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis.
- scoria
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noun,
Metallurgy. the refuse, dross, or slag left after melting or smelting metal; scum.
- sacro-
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- scato-
-
- ramson
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noun,
a garlic, Allium ursinum, having broad leaves.
- Castro
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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.
- Ransom
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noun,
the redemption of a prisoner, slave, or kidnapped person, of captured goods, etc., for a price.
- Castor
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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.
- casino
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noun,
a building or large room used for meetings, entertainment, dancing, etc., especially such a place equipped with gambling devices, gambling tables, etc.
- iatro-
-
- somni-
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- bionic
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adjective,
utilizing electronic devices and mechanical parts to assist humans in performing difficult, dangerous, or intricate tasks, as by supplementing or duplicating parts of the body:
- Romaic
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noun,
demotic (def 5).
- astro-
-
- Taoism
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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.
- tombac
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noun,
an alloy, used to imitate gold, containing from 70 to 92 percent copper with zinc and sometimes tin and other materials forming the remainder.
- ambits
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noun,
circumference; circuit.
- Marist
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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.
- Marion
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noun,
Francis ("the Swamp Fox") 1732?–95, American Revolutionary general.
- tainos
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noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- Marino
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noun,
Daniel Constantine ("Dan") born 1961, U.S. football player.
- miotic
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noun,
a miotic drug.
- Marini
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noun,
Giambattista [jahm-baht-tees-tah] /ˌdʒɑm bɑtˈtis tɑ/ (Show IPA), Also, Marino [muh-ree-noh;; Italian mah-ree-naw] /məˈri noʊ;; Italian mɑˈri nɔ/ (Show IPA), ("il Cavalier Marino") 1569–1625, Italian poet.
- nitro-
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- astron
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- Tocsin
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noun,
a signal, especially of alarm, sounded on a bell or bells.
- nitric
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adjective,
containing nitrogen, usually in the pentavalent state.
- Marcos
-
noun,
Ferdinand E(dralin) [ed-ruh-lin] /ˈɛd rə lɪn/ (Show IPA), 1917–1989, Philippine political leader: president 1965–86.
- Maoris
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noun,
a member of the native Polynesian population of New Zealand.
- mantis
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noun,
any of several predaceous insects of the order Mantidae, having a long prothorax and typically holding the forelegs in an upraised position as if in prayer.
- McNair
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noun,
Lesley James, 1883–1944, U.S. army officer.
- atomic
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adjective,
of, pertaining to, resulting from, or using atoms, atomic energy, or atomic bombs:
- atonic
-
noun,
Grammar. an unaccented word, syllable, or sound.
- mantic
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adjective,
of or relating to divination.
- stroma
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noun,
Cell Biology. the supporting framework or matrix of a cell.
- Strain
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noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- Strabo
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noun,
63? b.c.–a.d. 21? Greek geographer and historian.
- amino-
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- amnios
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- niobic
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adjective,
of or relating to niobium; columbic.
- matins
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noun,
(often initial capital letter) matins, Also, especially British, mattins. (usually used with a singular verb) Ecclesiastical.
the first of the seven canonical hours.
the service for it, properly beginning at midnight, but sometimes beginning at daybreak.
Also called Morning Prayer. the service of public prayer, said in the morning, in the Anglican Church.
- aniso-
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- mbiras
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noun,
a musical instrument of Africa usually made out of a gourd that serves as a resonating box, to which vibrating metal or wooden strips are attached for plucking.
- Antrim
-
noun,
a county in NE Northern Ireland. 1098 sq. mi. (2844 sq. km). County seat: Belfast.
- matron
-
noun,
a married woman, especially one who is mature and staid or dignified and has an established social position.
- aorist
-
noun,
a verb tense, as in Classical Greek, expressing action or, in the indicative mood, past action, without further limitation or implication.
- matri-
-
- Ticino
-
noun,
a canton in S Switzerland. 1086 sq. mi. (2813 sq. km). Capital: Bellinzona.
- tibias
-
noun,
Anatomy. the inner of the two bones of the leg, that extend from the knee to the ankle and articulate with the femur and the talus; shinbone.
- micro-
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- micron
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noun,
Also called micrometer. the millionth part of a meter. Symbol: μ, mu.
- micros
-
noun,
anything extremely small in scope or capability.
- tobira
-
noun,
a shrub, Pittosporum tobira, of China and Japan, having leathery leaves, fragrant, greenish-white flower clusters, densely hairy fruit, and lemon-scented foliage.
- masto-
-
- Tobias
-
noun,
the son of Tobit.
- 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.
- tarso-
-
- aroint
-
verb (imperative),
begone:
- noctis
-
adjective,
(in prescriptions) of the night.
- arsino
-
adjective,
containing the arsino group.
- nocti-
-
- Mascot
-
noun,
an animal, person, or thing adopted by a group as its representative symbol and supposed to bring good luck:
- Artois
-
noun,
a former province in N France: artesian wells.
- mascon
-
noun,
a massive concentration of high-density material beneath the surface of the moon.
- manioc
-
noun,
cassava.
- tabors
-
noun,
a small drum formerly used to accompany oneself on a pipe or fife.
- norias
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- isotac
-
noun,
a line drawn on a map connecting all points where ice starts to melt at approximately the same period in spring.
- macro-
-
- triacs
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- obtain
-
verb (used with object),
to come into possession of; get, acquire, or procure, as through an effort or by a request:
- trans.
-
- bancos
-
noun,
a declaration made by a bettor in certain gambling games, as baccarat and chemin de fer, indicating a bet matching the full amount in the bank, to the exclusion of all previous lower bets: often used as an interjection.
- narcos
-
noun,
narc.
- isobar
-
noun,
Meteorology. a line drawn on a weather map or chart that connects points at which the barometric pressure is the same.
- Barton
-
noun,
Clara, 1821–1912, U.S. philanthropist who organized the American Red Cross in 1881.
- basion
-
noun,
the midpoint of the anterior margin of the foramen magnum.
- Morini
-
noun,
Erika, 1906–1995, U.S. violinist, born in Austria.
- narco-
-
- Istria
-
noun,
a peninsula at the N end of the Adriatic, in SW Slovenia and W Croatia.
- Octans
-
noun,
the Octant, a southern constellation that contains the south celestial pole.
- Nicias
-
noun,
died 413 b.c, Athenian statesman and general.
- tribo-
-
- barit.
-
- Monica
-
noun,
a female given name.
- macron
-
noun,
a horizontal line used as a diacritic over a vowel to indicate that it has a long sound or other specified pronunciation, as (ā) in fate (fāt).
- macons
-
noun,
Nathaniel, 1758–1837, U.S. politician: Speaker of the House 1801–07.
- aborts
-
noun,
a missile, rocket, etc., that has aborted.
- trains
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- action
-
noun,
the process or state of acting or of being active:
- Mosaic
-
noun,
a picture or decoration made of small, usually colored pieces of inlaid stone, glass, etc.
- bairns
-
noun,
a child; son or daughter.
- actin-
-
- actins
-
noun,
a globulin that is present in muscle plasma and that in connection with myosin plays an important role in muscle contraction.
- Bicorn
-
noun,
bicorne.
- Bianco
-
noun,
Mon·te [mawn-te] /ˈmɔn tɛ/ (Show IPA). Italian name of Mont Blanc.
- isatin
-
noun,
a yellowish-red or orange, crystalline, water-soluble solid, C 8 H 5 NO 2 , used chiefly in the synthesis of vat dyes.
- nastic
-
adjective,
of or showing sufficiently greater cellular force or growth on one side of an axis to change the form or position of the axis.
- bacons
-
noun,
the back and sides of the hog, salted and dried or smoked, usually sliced thin and fried for food.
- orbits
-
noun,
the curved path, usually elliptical, described by a planet, satellite, spaceship, etc., around a celestial body, as the sun.
- tronas
-
noun,
a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
- Mont.
-
- minas
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- Comr.
-
- crams
-
noun,
Informal. the act of cramming for an examination.
- crim.
-
- Naomi
-
noun,
the mother-in-law of Ruth and the great-grandmother of David. Ruth 1.
- noria
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- moras
-
noun,
the unit of time equivalent to the ordinary or normal short sound or syllable.
- Combs
-
noun,
a toothed strip of plastic, hard rubber, bone, wood, or metal, used for arranging the hair, untangling it, or holding it in place.
- morns
-
noun,
morning.
- 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.
- Nabis
-
- morts
-
noun,
Hunting. the note played on a hunting horn signifying that the animal hunted has been killed.
- micra
-
noun,
a plural of micron.
- nomas
-
noun,
a gangrenous ulceration of the mouth or genitalia, occurring mainly in debilitated children.
- Mitra
-
noun,
the mitriform pileus of certain fungi.
- monic
-
adjective,
(of a polynomial) having the coefficient of the term of highest degree equal to 1.
- nitr-
-
- Niort
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- Misti
-
noun,
El Misti.
- coria
-
noun,
plural of corium.
- miso-
-
- moans
-
noun,
a prolonged, low, inarticulate sound uttered from or as if from physical or mental suffering.
- Robin
-
noun,
any of several small Old World birds having a red or reddish breast, especially Erithacus rubecula, of Europe.
- naso-
-
- corms
-
noun,
an enlarged, fleshy, bulblike base of a stem, as in the crocus.
- narcs
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- 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.
- Moira
-
noun,
Classical Mythology.
the personification of fate.
Moirai, the Fates.
- misc.
-
- corns
-
noun,
Also called Indian corn; especially technical and British, maize. a tall cereal plant, Zea mays, cultivated in many varieties, having a jointed, solid stem and bearing the grain, seeds, or kernels on large ears.
- moist
-
adjective,
moderately or slightly wet; damp.
- mini-
-
- mints
-
noun,
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
Compare mint family.
- Minto
-
noun,
Gilbert John Elliot-Murray-Kynynmond [el-ee-uh t-mur-ee-ki-nin-muh nd,, -muhr-ee-,, el-yuh t-] /ˈɛl i ətˈmɜr i kɪˈnɪn mənd,, -ˈmʌr i-,, ˈɛl yət-/ (Show IPA), 4th Earl of, 1845–1914, British colonial administrator: governor general of Canada 1898–1904; viceroy of India 1905–10.
- roans
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- Minot
-
noun,
George Richards [rich-erdz] /ˈrɪtʃ ərdz/ (Show IPA), 1885–1950, U.S. physician: Nobel prize 1934.
- Corti
-
noun,
Alfonso [al-fon-soh;; Italian ahl-fawn-saw] /ælˈfɒn soʊ;; Italian ɑlˈfɔn sɔ/ (Show IPA), 1822–76, Italian anatomist.
- Minos
-
noun,
a king of Crete: he ordered Daedalus to build the Labyrinth.
- Minor
-
noun,
a person under the legal age of full responsibility.
- roams
-
noun,
an act or instance of roaming; a ramble.
- noct-
-
- minis
-
noun,
miniskirt.
- monas
-
noun,
monad.
- Const
-
- Costa
-
noun,
a rib or riblike part.
- Cons.
-
- cont.
-
- oribi
-
noun,
a small tan-colored antelope, Ourebia ourebi , of south and east Africa, with spikelike horns.
- crit.
-
- Rabin
-
noun,
Yitzhak [yits-khahk] /yɪtsˈxɑk/ (Show IPA), 1922–95, Israeli military and political leader: prime minister 1974–77 and 1992–95: Nobel Peace Prize 1994.
- octa-
-
- Ostia
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, SW of Rome: ruins from 4th century b.c.; site of ancient port of Rome.
- Macon
-
noun,
Nathaniel, 1758–1837, U.S. politician: Speaker of the House 1801–07.
- Ionic
-
noun,
Prosody. an Ionic foot, verse, or meter.
- OBrit
-
- Ionia
-
noun,
an ancient region on the W coast of Asia Minor and on adjacent islands in the Aegean: colonized by the ancient Greeks.
- obits
-
noun,
Informal. an obituary.
- rabot
-
noun,
a hardwood block used for rubbing marble before polishing.
- iotas
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- mains
-
noun,
the main or home farm of a manor, as where the ownerlives; manse.
- mairs
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- maist
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
most.
- obiit
-
- intr.
-
- manic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or affected by mania.
- manit
-
noun,
man-minute.
- manor
-
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.
- octan
-
noun,
an octan fever.
- osmic
-
adjective,
of or containing osmium in its higher valences, especially the tetravalent state.
- racon
-
noun,
radar beacon.
- istic
-
- Orcas
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- comb.
-
- Isiac
-
adjective,
of or relating to Isis or the worship of Isis.
- orbit
-
noun,
the curved path, usually elliptical, described by a planet, satellite, spaceship, etc., around a celestial body, as the sun.
- orant
-
noun,
a representation of a female figure, with outstretched arms and palms up in a gesture of prayer, in ancient and early Christian art.
- ornis
-
noun,
an avifauna.
- orans
-
noun,
orant.
- ontic
-
adjective,
possessing the character of real rather than phenomenal existence; noumenal.
- Omani
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Oman.
- Oscan
-
noun,
one of an ancient people of south-central Italy.
- ition
-
- Irina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- OSCAR
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter O.
- omni-
-
- Osman
-
noun,
1259–1326, Turkish emir 1299–1326: founder of the Ottoman dynasty.
- omits
-
verb (used with object),
to leave out; fail to include or mention:
- Iran.
-
- manos
-
noun,
the upper or handheld stone used when grinding maize or other grains on a metate.
- inst.
-
- Norma
-
noun,
the Rule, a small southern constellation between Lupus and Ara.
- mast-
-
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- rason
-
noun,
a long, loose, black gown with wide sleeves, worn by the clergy.
- marts
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- masc.
-
- ratio
-
noun,
the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:
- Irons
-
noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- iambs
-
noun,
a foot of two syllables, a short followed by a long in quantitative meter, or an unstressed followed by a stressed in accentual meter, as in Come live / with me / and be / my love.
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- matin
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) matins, Also, especially British, mattins. (usually used with a singular verb) Ecclesiastical.
the first of the seven canonical hours.
the service for it, properly beginning at midnight, but sometimes beginning at daybreak.
Also called Morning Prayer. the service of public prayer, said in the morning, in the Anglican Church.
- ribat
-
noun,
a building housing a community of Sufis.
- matr-
-
- ricin
-
noun,
a white, poisonous, protein powder from the bean of the castor-oil plant.
- Rimas
-
noun,
a female given name.
- 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.
- mbira
-
noun,
a musical instrument of Africa usually made out of a gourd that serves as a resonating box, to which vibrating metal or wooden strips are attached for plucking.
- Croat
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Croatia; Croatian.
- Marti
-
noun,
José [haw-se] /hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1853–1895, Cuban patriot and writer.
- Maros
-
noun,
Hungarian name of Mures.
- Maori
-
noun,
a member of the native Polynesian population of New Zealand.
- Inari
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in NE Finland. About 500 sq. mi. (1295 sq. km).
- Rains
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- init.
-
- marcs
-
noun,
the grapes contained in the wine press and the residue, as skins and pips, remaining after the juice is expressed.
- incr.
-
- incor
-
- Marin
-
noun,
John, 1870–1953, U.S. painter and etcher.
- incas
-
noun,
a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
- Rambo
-
noun,
a fanatically militant or violently aggressive person.
- Ramos
-
noun,
Fidel V. born 1928, Philippine political leader: president 1992–98.
- imit.
-
- Mario
-
noun,
a male given name: from the Roman family name Marius.
- imino
-
adjective,
containing the imino group.
- Ramon
-
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.
- Maris
-
noun,
Roger (Eugene) 1934–85, U.S. baseball player.
- icons
-
- ician
-
- Maroc
-
noun,
French name of Morocco.
- Mason
-
noun,
a person whose trade is building with units of various natural or artificial mineral products, as stones, bricks, cinder blocks, or tiles, usually with the use of mortar or cement as a bonding agent.
- cairn
-
noun,
a heap of stones set up as a landmark, monument, tombstone, etc.
- COMAS
-
noun,
a state of prolonged unconsciousness, including a lack of response to stimuli, from which it is impossible to rouse a person.
- Biota
-
noun,
the animals, plants, fungi, etc., of a region or period.
- Smart
-
noun,
a sharp local pain, usually superficial, as from a wound, blow, or sting.
- Ambon
-
noun,
ambo.
- ambos
-
noun,
(in an early Christian church) a raised desk, or either of two such desks, from which the Gospels or Epistles were read or chanted.
- snort
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- amin-
-
- toman
-
noun,
a coin of Iran, equal to 10 rials.
- bison
-
noun,
Also called American bison, American buffalo. a North American, oxlike ruminant, Bison bison, having a large head and high, humped shoulders: formerly common in North America, its small remaining population in isolated western areas of the U.S. and Canada is now protected.
- amirs
-
noun,
emir.
- Tobin
-
noun,
James, 1918–2002, U.S. economist: Nobel prize 1981.
- AMORC
-
- biont
-
- boart
-
noun,
bort.
- bints
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a woman or girl.
- SONAR
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- amort
-
adjective,
spiritless; lifeless.
- Sonia
-
noun,
a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.
- T-man
-
noun,
a special investigator of the Department of the Treasury.
- sonic
-
adjective,
of or relating to sound.
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- Baton
-
noun,
Music. a wand used by a conductor.
- anim.
-
- boars
-
noun,
the uncastrated male swine.
- sito-
-
- basin
-
noun,
a circular container with a greater width than depth, becoming smaller toward the bottom, used chiefly to hold water or other liquid, especially for washing.
- Simon
-
noun,
the original name of the apostle Peter.
Compare Peter.
- scrim
-
noun,
a cotton or linen fabric of open weave used for bunting, curtains, etc.
- Brian
-
noun,
a male given name.
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- Brant
-
noun,
any of several species of small, dark-colored geese of the genus Branta, especially B. bernicla, breeding in high northern latitudes and migrating south in the autumn.
- Brans
-
noun,
the partly ground husk of wheat or other grain, separated from flour meal by sifting.
- toran
-
noun,
(in Indian Buddhist and Hindu architecture) a gateway having two or three lintels between two posts.
- tonic
-
noun,
a medicine that invigorates or strengthens:
- brain
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. the part of the central nervous system enclosed in the cranium of humans and other vertebrates, consisting of a soft, convoluted mass of gray and white matter and serving to control and coordinate the mental and physical actions.
- bract
-
noun,
a specialized leaf or leaflike part, usually situated at the base of a flower or inflorescence.
- botas
-
noun,
Also called bota bag. a wine bag of Spain made of untanned goatskin and usually holding 1–2 liters (1.1–2.2 quarts).
- borts
-
noun,
low-quality diamond, in granular aggregate or small fragments, valuable only in crushed or powdered form, especially for industrial use as an abrasive.
- boast
-
noun,
a thing boasted of; a cause for pride:
- Sinai
-
noun,
Also called Sinai Peninsula. a peninsula in NE Egypt, at the N end of the Red Sea between the Gulfs of Suez and Aqaba. 230 miles (370 km) long.
- Boris
-
noun,
a male given name.
- boric
-
adjective,
of or containing boron; boracic.
- boras
-
noun,
a city in S Sweden, near Göteborg.
- Sino-
-
- tonia
-
- ambi-
-
- ambit
-
noun,
circumference; circuit.
- tomia
-
noun,
the cutting edge of a bird's bill.
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- boats
-
noun,
a vessel for transport by water, constructed to provide buoyancy by excluding water and shaped to give stability and permit propulsion.
- bason
-
noun,
a basin.
- BASIC
-
noun,
Military.
basic training.
a soldier or airman receiving basic training.
- brios
-
noun,
vigor; vivacity.
- tacos
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- 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.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- 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.
- arson
-
noun,
Law. the malicious burning of another's house or property, or in some statutes, the burning of one's own house or property, as to collect insurance.
- tabis
-
noun,
a covering for the foot, similar to a sock, having a separate pouchlike stall for the large toe, worn especially in Japan, often with zoris.
- Tabor
-
noun,
a small drum formerly used to accompany oneself on a pipe or fife.
- atmo-
-
- ation
-
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- Tarim
-
noun,
a river in NW China, in Xinjiang Uygur region. About 1300 miles (2090 km) long.
- ASCII
-
noun,
a standard code, consisting of 128 7-bit combinations, for characters stored in a computer or to be transmitted between computers.
- T-bar
-
noun,
a rolled metal bar or beam with a cross section resembling a T .
- Taino
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- asco-
-
- astr.
-
- Astor
-
noun,
John Jacob, 1763–1848, U.S. capitalist and fur merchant.
- Aston
-
noun,
Francis William, 1877–1945, English physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1922.
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- tambo
-
noun,
Mr. Tambo.
- Tamis
-
noun,
a worsted cloth mesh constructed in open weave and having a corded face, used as a sieve or strainer.
- ascon
-
noun,
a type of sponge having an oval shape and a thin body wall with pores leading directly into the spongocoel.
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- Bacon
-
noun,
the back and sides of the hog, salted and dried or smoked, usually sliced thin and fried for food.
- bact.
-
- Bart.
-
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- Baron
-
noun,
a member of the lowest grade of nobility.
- anis-
-
- baro-
-
- coirs
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- barms
-
noun,
yeast formed on malt liquors while fermenting.
- baris
-
noun,
a seaport in SE Italy, on the Adriatic.
- baric
-
adjective,
of or containing barium.
- Tinia
-
noun,
the chief god of the Etruscans, with powers similar to those of Zeus.
- Srta.
-
- 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).
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- 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.
- anti-
-
- antic
-
noun,
Usually, antics.
a playful trick or prank; caper.
a grotesque, fantastic, or ludicrous gesture, act, or posture.
- BANCS
-
noun,
the seat on which judges sit in court.
- Banco
-
noun,
a declaration made by a bettor in certain gambling games, as baccarat and chemin de fer, indicating a bet matching the full amount in the bank, to the exclusion of all previous lower bets: often used as an interjection.
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- Timon
-
noun,
c320–c230 b.c, Greek philosopher.
- tibia
-
noun,
Anatomy. the inner of the two bones of the leg, that extend from the knee to the ankle and articulate with the femur and the talus; shinbone.
- Arion
-
noun,
flourished 7th century b.c, Greek poet: inventor of the dithyramb.
- baits
-
noun,
food, or some substitute, used as a lure in fishing, trapping, etc.
- Stoic
-
noun,
a member or adherent of the Stoic school of philosophy.
- bairn
-
noun,
a child; son or daughter.
- brims
-
noun,
the upper edge of anything hollow; rim; brink:
- simar
-
noun,
Also, cymar. a loose, lightweight jacket or robe for women, fashionable in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- SCRAM
-
noun,
the rapid shutdown of a nuclear reactor in an emergency.
- abstr
-
- carob
-
noun,
a Mediterranean tree, Ceratonia siliqua, of the legume family, bearing long, leathery pods containing hard seeds and sweet, edible pulp.
- carns
-
noun,
cairn.
- abrin
-
noun,
a highly poisonous protein found in the seeds of the rosary pea: inhibits protein synthesis, causing symptoms such as internal bleeding, intestinal upset, and irritation of mucous membranes.
- Sambo
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a black person, especially a male.
- Carin
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Carib
-
noun,
a member of a group of Indian peoples formerly dominant through the Lesser Antilles, now found in small numbers in a few areas of the West Indies and in parts of Central America and northeastern South America.
- carbs
-
noun,
a carburetor.
- abris
-
noun,
a shelter, especially a dugout.
- carb-
-
- trams
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- triac
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- cants
-
noun,
insincere, especially conventional expressions of enthusiasm for high ideals, goodness, or piety.
- Brit.
-
- Cant.
-
- canst
-
noun,
a sealed container for food, beverages, etc., as of aluminum, sheet iron coated with tin, or other metal:
- Canso
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in SE Canada, the NE extremity of Nova Scotia.
- sanit
-
- camis
-
noun,
camisole (def 1).
- Santo
-
noun,
a carved figure of a saint, usually of wood, as from Puerto Rico, Mexico, or the southwestern U.S.
- acorn
-
noun,
the typically ovoid fruit or nut of an oak, enclosed at the base by a cupule.
- Camb.
-
- carom
-
noun,
Billiards, Pool. a shot in which the cue ball hits two balls in succession.
- abort
-
noun,
a missile, rocket, etc., that has aborted.
- acro-
-
- rosin
-
noun,
Chemistry. the yellowish to amber, translucent, hard, brittle, fragmented resin left after distilling the oil of turpentine from the crude oleoresin of the pine: used chiefly in making varnishes, varnish and paint driers, printing inks, and for rubbing on the bows of such string instruments as the violin.
- Roman
-
noun,
a metrical narrative, especially in medieval French literature.
- coins
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- Cobra
-
noun,
any of several highly venomous, Old World elapid snakes of the genera Naja and Ophiophagus, characterized by the ability to flatten the neck into a hoodlike form when disturbed.
- cobia
-
noun,
a large, fusiform fish, Rachycentron canadum, found off the eastern coast of temperate and tropical America, in the East Indies, and in Japan.
- 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:
- 30-30
-
- Trona
-
noun,
a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
- 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.
- carts
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- cions
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- Cimon
-
noun,
507–499 b.c, Athenian military leader, naval commander, and statesman (son of Miltiades).
- 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.
- Sabin
-
noun,
Physics. a unit of sound absorption, equal to one square foot (929 square centimeters) of a perfectly absorptive surface.
- Ciano
-
noun,
Count Galeazzo [gah-le-aht-tsaw] /ˌgɑ lɛˈɑt tsɔ/ (Show IPA), (Ciano di Cortellazzo) 1903–44, Italian Fascist statesman: minister of foreign affairs 1936–43.
- Sabir
-
noun,
lingua franca (def 2).
- sabot
-
noun,
a shoe made of a single block of wood hollowed out, worn especially by farmers and workers in the Netherlands, France, Belgium, etc.
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- sarc-
-
- canto
-
noun,
one of the main or larger divisions of a long poem.
- Cairo
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Egypt, in the N part on the E bank of the Nile.
- scion
-
noun,
a descendant.
- actos
-
- Tosca
-
noun,
an opera (1900) by Giacomo Puccini.
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- 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.
- scart
-
verb (used with or without object),
to scratch, scrape, mark, or scar.
- scat-
-
- 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.
- BSCom
-
- Actor
-
noun,
a person who acts in stage plays, motion pictures, television broadcasts, etc.
- scorn
-
noun,
open or unqualified contempt; disdain:
- bros.
-
noun,
a brother.
- bronc
-
noun,
bronco:
- brom-
-
- Broca
-
noun,
Paul [pawl] /pɔl/ (Show IPA), 1824–80, French surgeon and anthropologist.
- Scot.
-
- torcs
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- brits
-
noun,
the group of small marine animals forming the food of whalebone whales.
- satin
-
noun,
a fabric in a warp-effect or filling-effect satin weave, as acetate, rayon, nylon, or silk, often having a glossy face and a soft, slippery texture.
- scant
-
adverb,
Scot. and North England Dialect. scarcely; barely; hardly.
- Acton
-
noun,
a quilted garment worn under mail in the 13th and 14th centuries; gambeson.
- cabin
-
noun,
a small house or cottage, usually of simple design and construction:
- acron
-
noun,
the unsegmented, preoral portion of the body of an arthropod.
- ratos
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- cains
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- 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.
- Cabot
-
noun,
John (Giovanni Caboto) c1450–98? Italian navigator in the service of England: discoverer of North American mainland 1497.
- 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.
- 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.
- Norm
-
noun,
a standard, model, or pattern.
- nibs
-
noun,
his/her nibs, Informal: Often Facetious. a person in authority, especially one who is demanding and tyrannical:
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- tRNA
-
- nabs
-
verb (used with object),
to arrest or capture.
- 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.
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- tron
-
- tion
-
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- MSBC
-
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- MSBA
-
- tram
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- torc
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- 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.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- tics
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- narc
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- nos-
-
- tomb
-
noun,
an excavation in earth or rock for the burial of a corpse; grave.
- tri-
-
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- NIRA
-
- TOMS
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- Tob.
-
- torn
-
noun,
a drop of the saline, watery fluid continually secreted by the lacrimal glands between the surface of the eye and the eyelid, serving to moisten and lubricate these parts and keep them clear of foreign particles. Synonyms: teardrop.
- Tasm
-
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- TRIB
-
- TCBM
-
- Noma
-
noun,
a gangrenous ulceration of the mouth or genitalia, occurring mainly in debilitated children.
- nom.
-
- not-
-
- nisi
-
adjective,
not yet final or absolute (used, especially in law, to indicate that a judgment or decree will become final on a particular date unless set aside or invalidated by certain specified contingencies):
- NATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Washington, D.C. (1949), comprising the 12 nations of the Atlantic Pact together with Greece, Turkey, and the Federal Republic of Germany, for the purpose of collective defense against aggression.
- Nor.
-
- nobs
-
noun,
Slang. the head.
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- trim
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- SRAM
-
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- scam
-
noun,
a confidence game or other fraudulent scheme, especially for making a quick profit; swindle.
- 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.
- 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.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- MARS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman god of war and agriculture, identified with the Greek god Ares.
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- Sat.
-
- SATB
-
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- 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.
- SBIC
-
- scab
-
noun,
the incrustation that forms over a sore or wound during healing.
- SCAN
-
noun,
an act or instance of scanning; close examination.
- Riis
-
noun,
Jacob August, 1849–1914, U.S. journalist and social reformer, born in Denmark.
- raob
-
noun,
Meteorology. a radiosonde or rawinsonde observation.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- scar
-
noun,
a mark left by a healed wound, sore, or burn.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- sci.
-
- rami
-
noun,
plural of ramus.
- scr.
-
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- rain
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- SIAM
-
noun,
former name of Thailand (def 1).
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- RIIA
-
- Rima
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- mRNA
-
- Roma
-
noun,
Rome.
- Rom.
-
- roms
-
noun,
a Gypsy man or boy.
- RONA
-
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- 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.
- 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.
- rocs
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- Roca
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in W Portugal, near Lisbon: the western extremity of continental Europe.
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- robs
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Robert.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Sab.
-
- Saco
-
noun,
a city in SW Maine.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- Sam.
-
- roam
-
noun,
an act or instance of roaming; a ramble.
- RNAS
-
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- rit.
-
- Sami
-
noun,
Lapp.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- obit
-
noun,
Informal. an obituary.
- 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.
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- stab
-
noun,
the act of stabbing.
- Oct.
-
- ocas
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- obs.
-
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- stob
-
noun,
a post, stump, or stake.
- obis
-
noun,
a long, broad sash tied about the waist over a Japanese kimono.
- omit
-
verb (used with object),
to leave out; fail to include or mention:
- str.
-
- tab.
-
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- tabi
-
noun,
a covering for the foot, similar to a sock, having a separate pouchlike stall for the large toe, worn especially in Japan, often with zoris.
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- tabs
-
noun,
a small flap, strap, loop, or similar appendage, as on a garment, used for pulling, hanging, or decoration.
- NTSB
-
- NTIA
-
- taco
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- NRAB
-
- Tams
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- Omar
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Omri
-
noun,
a king of Israel and the father of Ahab. I Kings 16:16–28.
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- Soma
-
noun,
the body of an organism as contrasted with its germ cells.
- Rabi
-
noun,
Isidor Isaac, 1898–1988, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1944.
- RIBA
-
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- otic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ear; auricular.
- snib
-
noun,
a bolt, catch, lock, or fastening on a door or window.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- snob
-
noun,
a person who imitates, cultivates, or slavishly admires social superiors and is condescending or overbearing to others.
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- Soni
-
- SRBM
-
- orcs
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- Orca
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- orbs
-
noun,
a sphere or globe:
- Sorb
-
noun,
a European tree, Sorbus domestica.
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- Sra.
-
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- Ont.
-
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- Mrs.
-
plural,
a title of respect prefixed to the surname or full name of a married woman:
- 1080
-
- Cmon
-
- ISBN
-
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- ASTM
-
- atm.
-
- Cor.
-
- Cora
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. Kore.
- Bors
-
noun,
Sir Arthurian Romance.. Also, Sir Bors de Ganis [duh gan-is] /də ˈgæn ɪs/ (Show IPA). a knight of the Round Table, cousin of Lancelot.
- iso-
-
- atic
-
- 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:
- Isin
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city in S Iraq: archaeological site.
- isba
-
noun,
izba.
- COMS
-
noun,
Trademark. Comedy Central: a cable television channel.
- Aton
-
noun,
a solar deity declared by Amenhotep IV to be the only god, represented as a solar disk with rays ending in human hands.
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- Isai
-
noun,
Jesse.
- ator
-
- 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.
- BRCS
-
- 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.
- corm
-
noun,
an enlarged, fleshy, bulblike base of a stem, as in the crocus.
- Born
-
noun,
Max, 1882–1970, German physicist: Nobel Prize 1954.
- Irma
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Erma.
- Iris
-
noun,
Anatomy. the contractile, circular diaphragm forming the colored portion of the eye and containing a circular opening, the pupil, in its center.
- Con.
-
- coma
-
noun,
a state of prolonged unconsciousness, including a lack of response to stimuli, from which it is impossible to rouse a person.
- IRBM
-
- bota
-
noun,
Also called bota bag. a wine bag of Spain made of untanned goatskin and usually holding 1–2 liters (1.1–2.2 quarts).
- maco
-
noun,
an Egyptian cotton, used especially in the manufacture of hosiery and undergarments.
- Mac-
-
- cts.
-
- 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.
- bots
-
noun,
a disease affecting various mammals, especially horses, caused by the attachment of the parasitic larvae of botflies to the stomach of the host.
- Arm.
-
- 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.
- CMOS
-
noun,
complementary metal oxide semiconductor.
- arms
-
noun,
the upper limb of the human body, especially the part extending from the shoulder to the wrist.
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- art.
-
- Com.
-
- bot.
-
- asc-
-
- asci
-
noun,
plural of ascus.
- Bosc
-
noun,
a large, greenish-yellow variety of pear.
- coat
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- bort
-
noun,
low-quality diamond, in granular aggregate or small fragments, valuable only in crushed or powdered form, especially for industrial use as an abrasive.
- cobs
-
noun,
a corncob.
- coin
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- coir
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- itis
-
- CORN
-
noun,
Also called Indian corn; especially technical and British, maize. a tall cereal plant, Zea mays, cultivated in many varieties, having a jointed, solid stem and bearing the grain, seeds, or kernels on large ears.
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Main
-
noun,
a principal pipe or duct in a system used to distribute water, gas, etc.
- Iban
-
noun,
Also called Sea Dayak. a member of any of several Dayak tribes of Sarawak.
- crib
-
noun,
a child's bed with enclosed sides.
- IMCO
-
- ICBM
-
- ICAO
-
- Boma
-
noun,
a city in the W Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the Zaire (Congo) River.
- BASc
-
- Ibos
-
noun,
a member of an indigenous black people of southeastern Nigeria, renowned as traders and for their art.
- Bast
-
noun,
Botany. phloem.
- boat
-
noun,
a vessel for transport by water, constructed to provide buoyancy by excluding water and shaped to give stability and permit propulsion.
- ibis
-
noun,
any of several large wading birds of the family Threskiornithidae, of warm temperate and tropical regions, related to the herons and storks, and characterized by a long, thin, downward-curved bill.
Compare sacred ibis.
- Boas
-
noun,
Franz [frahnts] /frɑnts/ (Show IPA), 1858–1942, U.S. anthropologist, born in Germany.
- Inc.
-
- Boar
-
noun,
the uncastrated male swine.
- Iasi
-
noun,
Romanian name of Jassy.
- Bias
-
noun,
a particular tendency, trend, inclination, feeling, or opinion, especially one that is preconceived or unreasoned:
- bin-
-
- iamb
-
noun,
a foot of two syllables, a short followed by a long in quantitative meter, or an unstressed followed by a stressed in accentual meter, as in Come live / with me / and be / my love.
- bint
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a woman or girl.
- bio-
-
- Bion
-
noun,
flourished c100 b.c, Greek pastoral poet.
- BIOS
-
noun,
computer firmware that directs many basic functions of the operating system, as booting and keyboard control.
- biri
-
noun,
bidi.
- BMOC
-
- crat
-
- Inca
-
noun,
a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
- Cort
-
- Crab
-
noun,
any decapod crustacean of the suborder Brachyura, having the eyes on short stalks and a short, broad, more or less flattened body, the abdomen being small and folded under the thorax.
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- Bais
-
noun,
a yellow mist occurring in eastern China and Japan during the spring and fall, caused by dust from the interior of China.
- bait
-
noun,
food, or some substitute, used as a lure in fishing, trapping, etc.
- Bora
-
noun,
(on the Adriatic coasts) a violent, dry, cold wind blowing from the north or northeast.
- Cost
-
noun,
the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
- bams
-
noun,
a loud thud, as that produced when two objects strike against each other with force.
- bor.
-
- bons
-
noun,
Cape, a cape on the NE coast of Tunisia: surrender of the German African forces, May 12, 1943.
- banc
-
noun,
the seat on which judges sit in court.
- bani
-
noun,
plural of ban4 .
- bant
-
verb (used without object),
to lose weight by practicing Bantingism.
- bar.
-
- INRI
-
- Bona
-
noun,
Bône, the former name of Annaba.
- Bari
-
noun,
a seaport in SE Italy, on the Adriatic.
- 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 = .
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- barm
-
noun,
yeast formed on malt liquors while fermenting.
- CRAM
-
noun,
Informal. the act of cramming for an examination.
- into
-
adjective,
Mathematics. pertaining to a function or map from one set to another set, the range of which is a proper subset of the second set, as the function f, from the set of all integers into the set of all perfect squares where f (x) = x 2 for every integer.
- int.
-
- ins.
-
- Barn
-
noun,
a building for storing hay, grain, etc., and often for housing livestock.
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- macs
-
noun,
fellow; bud (a familiar term of address to a man or boy whose name is not known to the speaker).
- cit.
-
- Mair
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- cast
-
noun,
act of casting or throwing.
- moat
-
noun,
a deep, wide trench, usually filled with water, surrounding the rampart of a fortified place, as a town or a castle.
- 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.
- moan
-
noun,
a prolonged, low, inarticulate sound uttered from or as if from physical or mental suffering.
- ACTS
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- Moab
-
noun,
an ancient kingdom E of the Dead Sea, in what is now Jordan.
- Carn
-
noun,
cairn.
- CART
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- AIMS
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- BSIR
-
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Can.
-
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- MNAS
-
- cat.
-
- 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.
- AISI
-
- Man.
-
- 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.
- mis-
-
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- Miro
-
noun,
Gabriel [gah-vree-el] /ˌgɑ vriˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1879–1930, Spanish novelist, short-story writer, and essayist.
- BSIT
-
- moit
-
noun,
a foreign particle found in wool, as a burr, twig, or seed.
- mint
-
noun,
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
Compare mint family.
- abr.
-
- mots
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- most
-
noun,
the greatest quantity, amount, or degree; the utmost:
- BSRT
-
- BSOT
-
- BSNA
-
- ARCS
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- ABCs
-
noun,
ABC's (defs 1, 3).
- Cain
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- BSMT
-
- abos
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to an Australian Aborigine.
- abri
-
noun,
a shelter, especially a dugout.
- Mon.
-
- abs-
-
- Cami
-
noun,
camisole (def 1).
- Acis
-
noun,
the lover of Galatea, killed by Polyphemus out of jealousy.
- Mort
-
noun,
Hunting. the note played on a hunting horn signifying that the animal hunted has been killed.
- morn
-
noun,
morning.
- Mora
-
noun,
the unit of time equivalent to the ordinary or normal short sound or syllable.
- acr-
-
- 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.
- Mons
-
noun,
an area of the body that is higher than neighboring areas.
- Mona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- 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.
- Mita
-
noun,
a colonial system in Peru by which the Spanish government required Indians to perform periodic forced labor, especially in the mines.
- ctr.
-
- Bran
-
noun,
the partly ground husk of wheat or other grain, separated from flour meal by sifting.
- brio
-
noun,
vigor; vivacity.
- Mart
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- amt.
-
- brim
-
noun,
the upper edge of anything hollow; rim; brink:
- BRCA
-
noun,
either of two genes (BRCA1 or BRCA2) that, if inherited in a mutated form, may predispose some carriers to develop breast or ovarian cancer.
- ano-
-
- BRAT
-
noun,
a child, especially an annoying, spoiled, or impolite child (usually used in contempt or irritation).
- MARC
-
noun,
the grapes contained in the wine press and the residue, as skins and pips, remaining after the juice is expressed.
- Mar.
-
- ANSI
-
- ant.
-
- Amri
-
noun,
Omri.
- Bram
-
noun,
a male given name.
- cion
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- arbs
-
noun,
an arbitrager.
- cir.
-
- cis-
-
- ARCO
-
adverb,
(of the performance of a passage for stringed instruments) with the bow.
- cist
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- Mano
-
noun,
the upper or handheld stone used when grinding maize or other grains on a metate.
- ARIS
-
- Mani
-
noun,
Manes.
- bris
-
noun,
Brith.
- 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.
- mibs
-
noun,
a playing marble, especially one that is not used as a shooter.
- Mino
-
noun,
Minho.
- ambo
-
noun,
(in an early Christian church) a raised desk, or either of two such desks, from which the Gospels or Epistles were read or chanted.
- min.
-
- 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.
- Mic.
-
- Amir
-
noun,
emir.
- Brno
-
noun,
a city in S Moravia, in the SE Czech Republic: former capital of Moravia.
- mias
-
plural,
missing in action.
- 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.
- Amis
-
noun,
Kingsley, 1922–95, English novelist.
- mins
-
noun,
a group of Chinese languages spoken in southeastern China, including Foochow and Fukienese.
- ciao
-
interjection,
(used as a word of greeting or parting): hello; goodbye; so long; see you later.
- Amon
-
noun,
Amen.
- amic
-
adjective,
of or relating to an amide or amine.
- Amor
-
noun,
Cupid.
- Amos
-
noun,
a Minor Prophet of the 8th century b.c.
- Mina
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- BST
-
- SMB
-
- Bon
-
noun,
Cape, a cape on the NE coast of Tunisia: surrender of the German African forces, May 12, 1943.
- Bt.
-
- Bro
-
noun,
a brother.
- boa
-
noun,
any of several nonvenomous, chiefly tropical constrictors of the family Boidae, having vestigial hind limbs at the base of the tail.
- BNS
-
- Bn.
-
- BMT
-
- sc.
-
- 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).
- SCB
-
- BSO
-
- Bra
-
noun,
brassiere.
- BSN
-
- SMA
-
- SCM
-
- BRM
-
- Sib
-
noun,
a kinsman; relative.
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- BSA
-
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- BSM
-
- BRT
-
- BSC
-
- BMS
-
- ANC
-
- ton
-
noun,
a unit of weight, equivalent to 2000 pounds (0.907 metric ton) avoirdupois (short ton) in the U.S. and 2240 pounds (1.016 metric tons) avoirdupois (long ton) in Great Britain.
- Amb
-
- AMC
-
- AMI
-
noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- Tom
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- TNB
-
- TMO
-
- AMS
-
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- tin
-
noun,
Chemistry. a low-melting, malleable, ductile metallic element nearly approaching silver in color and luster: used in plating and in making alloys, tinfoil, and soft solders. Symbol: Sn; atomic weight: 118.69; atomic number: 50; specific gravity: 7.31 at 20°C.
- aor
-
- Tim
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Timothy.
- arb
-
noun,
an arbitrager.
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- TIA
-
- TCS
-
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- 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.
- TBO
-
- ABM
-
- TSI
-
- Am.
-
- ab-
-
- ac-
-
- Tro
-
- an.
-
- Ar.
-
- ABC
-
noun,
ABC's (defs 1, 3).
- abn
-
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Abo
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to an Australian Aborigine.
- abt
-
- ACS
-
- ACT
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- tra
-
- tr.
-
- AIC
-
- AIM
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- TCA
-
- Tbi
-
- BMR
-
- Sr.
-
- STB
-
- Ban
-
noun,
the act of prohibiting by law; interdiction.
- BAO
-
noun,
an African board game usually played by moving pebbles along two rows of holes.
- Sta
-
- St.
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- SRB
-
- BAS
-
noun,
an aspect of the soul, represented as a human-headed bird.
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- STM
-
- Bat
-
noun,
Sports.
the wooden club used in certain games, as baseball and cricket, to strike the ball.
a racket, especially one used in badminton or table tennis.
a whip used by a jockey.
the act of using a club or racket in a game.
the right or turn to use a club or racket.
- BCS
-
- bi-
-
- Bia
-
noun,
the ancient Greek personification of force: daughter of Pallas and Styx and sister of Cratus, Nike, and Zelos.
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- BIT
-
noun,
Machinery.
a removable drilling or boring tool for use in a brace, drill press, or the like.
a removable boring head used on certain kinds of drills, as a rock drill.
a device for drilling oil wells or the like, consisting of a horizontally rotating blade or an assembly of rotating toothed wheels.
- SOC
-
noun,
sociology or a class or course in sociology.
- SOB
-
noun,
the act of sobbing; a convulsive catching of the breath in weeping.
- BMI
-
- STI
-
- BAM
-
noun,
a loud thud, as that produced when two objects strike against each other with force.
- TBA
-
- ASR
-
- ARS
-
- asb
-
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- ASI
-
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- ASM
-
- ASN
-
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- ast
-
- Bai
-
noun,
a yellow mist occurring in eastern China and Japan during the spring and fall, caused by dust from the interior of China.
- TAM
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- at.
-
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- ATB
-
- ATC
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- SBA
-
- Br.
-
- Bac
-
- ca.
-
- MRA
-
- sb.
-
- Mab
-
noun,
Queen Mab.
- OIt
-
- OIr
-
- oic
-
- MS.
-
plural,
manuscript.
- MSC
-
- M-1
-
noun,
a semiautomatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber, clip-fed rifle, with a weight of 8.56 pounds (3.88 kg): the standard U.S. Army rifle in World War II and in the Korean War.
- OCS
-
- OCR
-
- Oca
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- obi
-
noun,
a long, broad sash tied about the waist over a Japanese kimono.
- Om.
-
- Oba
-
noun,
a hereditary tribal ruler among various peoples in the Benin region of western Africa.
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- Mao
-
- OAS
-
- 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.
- OTC
-
- OSB
-
- OSA
-
- Oc.
-
- ob.
-
- Mo.
-
- oma
-
plural,
a noun suffix used to form names of tumors, of the kind specified by the base:
- NSA
-
- ist
-
- IRC
-
- IRO
-
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- IRS
-
- ISA
-
- orc
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- ORB
-
noun,
a sphere or globe:
- ism
-
noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- ISR
-
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- MIA
-
plural,
missing in action.
- ITA
-
- ons
-
- ONR
-
- ONI
-
- ITC
-
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- 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.
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- OMB
-
- Mc-
-
- NSC
-
- NRC
-
- ot-
-
- NCO
-
- 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.
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- mob
-
noun,
a disorderly or riotous crowd of people.
- MOC
-
noun,
moccasin.
- MOI
-
- MOR
-
- NAM
-
noun,
Vietnam.
- MOS
-
noun,
moment (def 1).
- NAB
-
verb (used with object),
to arrest or capture.
- MTS
-
- NBC
-
- MTO
-
- mtn
-
- MTI
-
- Mt.
-
- MST
-
- MSN
-
- MSI
-
- MOT
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- MSA
-
- Mr.
-
plural,
mister: a title of respect prefixed to a man's name or position:
- NBA
-
- NBS
-
- NRA
-
- NOC
-
- nr.
-
- mas
-
noun,
mother1 .
- 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.
- MBO
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- MCI
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- MCR
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- mi.
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- MI5
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noun,
the government's security and counterespionage service that works in liaison with Scotland Yard's Special Branch.
- MI6
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noun,
the government's secret intelligence service.
- MIB
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noun,
a playing marble, especially one that is not used as a shooter.
- nob
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noun,
Slang. the head.
- NIA
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- NMR
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- NMI
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- MIR
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noun,
a village commune of peasant farmers in prerevolutionary Russia.
- nit
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noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- MIT
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- NIM
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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.
- MNA
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- NIC
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noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- MNS
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- nib
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noun,
the point of a pen, or either of its divisions.
- Ir.
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- Is.
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noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- OTA
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- RMC
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- CNO
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- CNS
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- COB
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noun,
a corncob.
- ROI
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- ROC
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noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- ROB
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noun,
a male given name, form of Robert.
- COS
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noun,
romaine.
- COT
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noun,
a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
- ROA
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- RNA
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- rm.
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plural,
ream.
- MRI
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- CRS
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- CRT
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- CSA
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- rin
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noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- CSO
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- CSR
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- OTB
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- CST
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- RIM
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noun,
the outer edge, border, margin, or brink of something, especially of a circular object.
- CTA
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- ctn
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plural,
carton.
- CNM
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- CMA
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- ics
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- CAR
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noun,
an automobile.
- CIO
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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.
- Co.
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- cr.
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- cs.
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- ct.
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- CAB
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noun,
a taxicab.
- CAI
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- CAM
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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.
- SAR
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- San
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noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- CAS
-
verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- ROT
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noun,
the process of rotting.
- SAC
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noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- CBS
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- CIA
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- CIB
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- SRO
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- So.
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- RTS
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- rt.
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- RSA
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- Rs.
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- CIM
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- rib
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noun,
one of a series of curved bones that are articulated with the vertebrae and occur in pairs, 12 in humans, on each side of the vertebrate body, certain pairs being connected with the sternum and forming the thoracic wall.
- TSR
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noun,
a computer program with any of several ancillary functions, usually held resident in RAM for instant activation while one is using another program.
- Rab
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noun,
a wooden beater for mixing plaster or mortar.
- Rai
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noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- IBN
-
- Ibo
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noun,
a member of an indigenous black people of southeastern Nigeria, renowned as traders and for their art.
- ICA
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noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- RAN
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noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- in.
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- ina
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noun,
a female given name.
- IOC
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- ib.
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- ion
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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 = .
- IRA
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noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- RMS
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plural,
ream.
- RMA
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- ior
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- RCS
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- RAS
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noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- RAM
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noun,
a male sheep.
- rat
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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.
- RBI
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- Ria
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noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- IOT
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- RCT
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- Ios
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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.
- OTS
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- RCA
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- RCN
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- RBC
-
- io-
-
- Ia.
-
- IAS
-
- ian
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noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- 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.
- B-
-
- R.
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- BA
-
noun,
an aspect of the soul, represented as a human-headed bird.
- NI
-
- BC
-
- NC
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- NB
-
- N.
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- NA
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adverb,
no1 .
- CM
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- t.
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- TA
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noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- BO
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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.
- T1
-
- CB
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- TB
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- AO
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- BM
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- TI
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noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- RA
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noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- MA
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noun,
mother1 .
- ic
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- i.
-
- OA
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- TC
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- SN
-
- TM
-
- TN
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- RO
-
- MB
-
- M.
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- RC
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- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- NM
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- MN
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- RN
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- IT
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noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- SI
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noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- RI
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- S.
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- SA
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- SM
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- O.
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