Anagrams of imponderabilia
Word imponderabilia has
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- Adrianople
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noun,
Edirne.
- mineraloid
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noun,
a mineral substance that does not have a definite chemical formula or crystal form.
- Meridional
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noun,
an inhabitant of the south, especially the south of France.
- panelboard
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noun,
a compact pressboard for use in constructing sides of cabinets, paneling for walls, and in other nonstructural applications.
- bain-marie
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noun,
(in cooking) a receptacle containing hot or boiling water into which other containers are placed to warm or cook the food in them.
- Malipiero
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noun,
Gian Francesco [jahn frahn-che-skaw] /dʒɑn frɑnˈtʃɛ skɔ/ (Show IPA), 1882–1973, Italian composer.
- Pomerania
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noun,
a former province of NE Germany, now mostly in NW Poland.
- admirable
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adjective,
worthy of admiration; inspiring approval, reverence, or affection.
- Marienbad
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noun,
a spa and resort town in the Czech Republic.
- name-drop
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verb (used without object),
to indulge in name-dropping.
- nameboard
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noun,
a signboard that identifies a place or object.
- lamebrain
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noun,
a dunce; booby; fool.
- plein-air
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adjective,
pertaining to a manner or style of painting developed chiefly in France in the mid-19th century, characterized by the representation of the luminous effects of natural light and atmosphere as contrasted with the artificial light and absence of the sense of air or atmosphere associated with paintings produced in the studio.
- abdominal
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noun,
Usually, abdominals. Informal. the abdominal muscles.
- pan-broil
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verb (used with or without object),
to cook in an uncovered frying pan over direct heat using little or no fat.
- airmobile
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adjective,
transportable or transported to combat areas by helicopters:
- bromeliad
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noun,
any of numerous, usually epiphytic tropical American plants, having long, stiff leaves and showy flowers, and including the pineapple, Spanish moss, and many species grown as houseplants or ornamentals.
- mirabilia
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plural noun,
marvels; miracles.
- ealdorman
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noun,
alderman.
- Brodiaea
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noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Brodiaea, of the amaryllis family, native to western North America, having grasslike basal leaves and clusters of usually purplish flowers.
- Meridian
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noun,
Geography.
a great circle of the earth passing through the poles and any given point on the earth's surface.
the half of such a circle included between the poles.
- Lombardi
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noun,
Vince(nt Thomas) 1913–70, U.S. football coach.
- mineral.
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- amberina
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noun,
an American art glass having transparent colors ranging from pale amber to ruby.
- Malibran
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noun,
Maria Felicita [Spanish mah-ree-ah fe-lee-thee-tah] /Spanish mɑˈri ɑ ˌfɛ liˈθi tɑ/ (Show IPA), 1808–36, Spanish opera singer, born in France.
- biradial
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adjective,
having both bilateral and radial symmetry, as ctenophores.
- birdlime
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noun,
a sticky material prepared from holly, mistletoe, or other plants, and smeared on twigs to catch small birds that light on it.
- amberoid
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noun,
synthetic amber made by compressing pieces of various resins at a high temperature.
- Imperial
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noun,
a size of printing or drawing paper, 22 × 30 inches (56 × 76 cm) in England, 23 × 33 inches (58 × 84 cm) in America.
- binomial
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noun,
Algebra. an expression that is a sum or difference of two terms, as 3 x + 2 y and x 2 − 4 x.
- Bodleian
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noun,
the library of Oxford University, reestablished by Sir Thomas Bodley, 1545–1613, English diplomat and scholar.
- adorable
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adjective,
very attractive or delightful; charming:
- mandible
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noun,
the bone of the lower jaw.
- miliaria
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noun,
an inflammatory disease of the skin, located about the sweat glands, marked by the formation of vesicles or papules resembling millet seeds; prickly heat.
- Adlerian
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adjective,
of or relating to Alfred Adler or his doctrines, especially in respect to the belief that behavior is determined by compensation for feelings of inferiority.
- binormal
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noun,
the normal to a curve, lying perpendicular to the osculating plane at a given point on the curve.
- midbrain
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noun,
the middle of the three primary divisions of the brain in the embryo of a vertebrate or the part of the adult brain derived from this tissue; mesencephalon.
- balanoid
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adjective,
shaped like an acorn.
- airplane
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noun,
a heavier-than-air aircraft kept aloft by the upward thrust exerted by the passing air on its fixed wings and driven by propellers, jet propulsion, etc.
- prandial
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adjective,
of or relating to a meal, especially dinner.
- Alberoni
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noun,
Giulio [joo-lyaw] /ˈdʒu lyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1664–1752, Italian cardinal and statesman: prime minister of Spain 1715–19.
- praedial
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adjective,
of, relating to, or consisting of land or its products; real; landed.
- baronial
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adjective,
pertaining to a baron or barony or to the order of barons.
- Alderman
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noun,
a member of a municipal legislative body, especially of a municipal council.
- pomander
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noun,
a mixture of aromatic substances, often in the form of a ball, formerly carried on the person as a supposed guard against infection but now placed in closets, dressers, etc.
- lapboard
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noun,
a thin, flat board to be held on the lap for use as a table or writing surface.
- Leopardi
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noun,
Count Giacomo [jah-kuh-moh;; Italian jah-kaw-maw] /ˈdʒɑ kəˌmoʊ;; Italian ˈdʒɑ kɔ mɔ/ (Show IPA), 1798–1837, Italian poet.
- Raimondi
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noun,
Marcantonio [mahr-kan-toh-nee-oh;; Italian mahr-kahn-taw-nyaw] /ˌmɑr kænˈtoʊ niˌoʊ;; Italian ˌmɑr kɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), c1480–c1534, Italian engraver.
- impaired
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noun,
Archaic. impairment.
- air-line
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adjective,
straight; direct; traveling a direct route:
- prolamin
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noun,
any of the class of simple proteins, as gliadin, hordein, or zein, found in grains, soluble in dilute acids, alkalis, and alcohols, and insoluble in water, neutral salt solutions, and absolute alcohol.
- Belmopan
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noun,
a city in and the capital of Belize, in the central part.
- bilander
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noun,
a small two-masted merchant vessel, a type of hoy distinguished by the trapezoidal shape of the mainsail, used especially on canals and along coasts of the Low Countries.
- radioman
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noun,
a person who operates a radio.
- radiomen
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noun,
a person who operates a radio.
- bilinear
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adjective,
of, relating to, or having reference to two lines:
- Polabian
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noun,
a member of a Slavic people who once lived in the Elbe River basin and on the Baltic coast of northern Germany.
- dropline
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noun,
a headline or bank consisting of a top line set flush with the left margin, with each succeeding line indented on the left, and the final line flush with the right margin.
- Deianira
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noun,
a sister of Meleager and wife of Hercules, whom she killed unwittingly by giving him a shirt that had been dipped in the poisoned blood of Nessus.
- paranoid
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noun,
a person suffering from paranoia.
- open-air
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noun,
the outdoors.
- Oberland
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noun,
a mountain region in central Switzerland, mostly in S Bern canton.
- dopamine
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noun,
Biochemistry. a catecholamine neurotransmitter in the central nervous system, retina, and sympathetic ganglia, acting within the brain to help regulate movement and emotion: its depletion may cause Parkinson's disease.
Compare dopa.
- abnormal
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adjective,
not normal, average, typical, or usual; deviating from a standard:
- damnable
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adjective,
worthy of condemnation.
- marinade
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noun,
a seasoned liquid, usually of vinegar or wine with oil, herbs, spices, etc., in which meat, fish, vegetables, etc., are steeped before cooking.
- imbolden
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verb (used with object),
embolden.
- parlando
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adjective,
sung or played as though speaking or reciting (a musical direction).
- doberman
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noun,
Doberman pinscher.
- melanoid
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adjective,
of or characterized by melanosis.
- debonair
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adjective,
courteous, gracious, and having a sophisticated charm:
- palinode
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noun,
a poem in which the poet retracts something said in an earlier poem.
- Pearland
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noun,
a town in SE Texas.
- do-re-mi
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noun,
money.
- primine
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noun,
the outer integument of an ovule.
- leproma
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noun,
the swollen lesion of leprosy.
- leporid
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noun,
an animal of the family Leporidae, comprising the rabbits and hares.
- Monilia
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noun,
a fungus of the genus Monilia, of the class Fungi Imperfecti, having spherical or oval conidia in branched chains.
- proband
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noun,
a patient who is the initial member of a family to come under study.
- problem
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noun,
any question or matter involving doubt, uncertainty, or difficulty.
- donable
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adjective,
available free from government surpluses:
- proline
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noun,
an alcohol-soluble amino acid, C 4 H 9 NHCOOH, occurring in high concentration in collagen. Symbol: P. Abbreviation: Pro;
- lepido-
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- peloria
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noun,
regularity of structure occurring abnormally in flowers normally irregular.
- dominie
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noun,
Chiefly Scot. a schoolmaster.
- Morandi
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noun,
Giorgio [jawr-jaw] /ˈdʒɔr dʒɔ/ (Show IPA), 1890–1964, Italian painter.
- Morelia
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noun,
a city in and the capital of Michoacán, in central Mexico.
- praline
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noun,
a French confection consisting of a caramel-covered almond or, sometimes, a hazelnut.
- bandore
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noun,
an obsolete musical instrument resembling the guitar.
- lempira
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noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Honduras, equal to 100 centavos. Abbreviation: L.
- Palermo
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noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Sicily, in the NW part.
- embroil
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verb (used with object),
to bring into discord or conflict; involve in contention or strife.
- Balmain
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noun,
Pierre (Alexandre) [pyer a-lek-sahn-druh] /pyɛr a lɛkˈsɑ̃ drə/ (Show IPA), 1914–82, French fashion designer.
- leopard
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noun,
a large, spotted Asian or African carnivore, Panthera pardus, of the cat family, usually tawny with black markings; the Old World panther: all leopard populations are threatened or endangered.
- moraine
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noun,
a ridge, mound, or irregular mass of unstratified glacial drift, chiefly boulders, gravel, sand, and clay.
- predial
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adjective,
praedial.
- prelim.
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- palaeo-
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- Leonard
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noun,
Sugar Ray (Ray Charles Leonard) born 1956, U.S. boxer.
- Liberia
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noun,
a republic in W Africa: founded by freed American slaves 1822. About 43,000 sq. mi. (111,000 sq. km). Capital: Monrovia.
- paladin
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noun,
any one of the 12 legendary peers or knightly champions in attendance on Charlemagne.
- armband
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noun,
a fabric band worn around the upper arm as a badge or symbol; brassard.
- armload
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noun,
Chiefly Midland U.S. armful (def 1).
- padrino
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noun,
a godfather.
- AmerInd
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noun,
Indian (def 1).
- amiable
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adjective,
having or showing pleasant, good-natured personal qualities; affable:
- minable
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adjective,
capable of being mined, especially profitably.
- Loraine
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noun,
a female given name, form of Lorraine.
- amidine
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noun,
any of a group of compounds containing the CN 2 H 3 group, some of which have marked pharmacological action.
- Mineola
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noun,
a village on W Long Island, in SE New York.
- ordinal
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noun,
an ordinal number or numeral.
- earldom
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noun,
Also called earlship. the rank or title of an earl.
- operand
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noun,
a quantity upon which a mathematical operation is performed.
- Amon-Ra
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noun,
Amen-Ra.
- rampion
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noun,
a European bellflower, Campanula rapunculus, having an edible white tuberous root used in Europe for salad.
- Opaline
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adjective,
of or like opal; opalescent.
- Lombard
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Lombardy.
- Mirabel
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noun,
a town in S Quebec, in E Canada.
- Miranda
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noun,
Francisco de [frahn-sees-kaw th e] /frɑnˈsis kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), 1750–1816, Venezuelan revolutionist and patriot.
- Armenia
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noun,
an ancient country in W Asia: now divided between Armenia, Turkey, and Iran.
- aneroid
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noun,
aneroid barometer.
- anilide
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noun,
any compound containing the univalent group C 6 H 5 NH–, derived from aniline, as acetanilide, C 8 H 9 NO.
- lipread
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verb (used with object),
to understand spoken words by interpreting the movements of a speaker's lips without hearing the sounds made.
- lipemia
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noun,
excessive amounts of fat and fatty substances in the blood; hyperlipemia.
- padrone
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noun,
a master; boss.
- ape-man
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noun,
a hypothetical primate representing a transitional form between true humans and the anthropoid apes, considered by some as constituting the genus Australopithecus.
- apodema
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noun,
apodeme.
- Linaria
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noun,
any of various plants belonging to the genus Linaria, of the figwort family, especially of the cultivated species, as L. maroccana or L. aeruginea, having slender clusters of spurred flowers in a variety of colors.
- paid-in
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adjective,
having paid the dues, initiation fees, etc., required by an organization or association.
- araneid
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noun,
a member of the order Araneae (Araneida), comprising the spiders.
- Ariadne
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noun,
Classical Mythology. a daughter of Minos and Pasiphaë who gave Theseus the thread by which he escaped from the labyrinth: deserted by Theseus on Naxos, she became the bride of Dionysus.
- Monarda
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noun,
any aromatic, erect plant belonging to the genus Monarda, of the mint family, native to North America, including horsemint and Oswego tea.
- barmaid
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noun,
a woman who bartends; bartender.
- Mondale
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noun,
Walter Frederick ("Fritz") born 1928, U.S. politician: senator 1965–77; vice president 1977–81.
- lead-in
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noun,
something that leads in or introduces; introduction; opening.
- diorama
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noun,
a scene, often in miniature, reproduced in three dimensions by placing objects, figures, etc., in front of a painted background.
- poniard
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noun,
a small, slender dagger.
- implore
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verb (used with object),
to beg urgently or piteously, as for aid or mercy; beseech; entreat:
- nombril
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noun,
the point in an escutcheon between the middle of the base and the fess point.
- labored
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noun,
productive activity, especially for the sake of economic gain.
- blinder
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noun,
a person or thing that blinds.
- Blondie
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noun,
Informal. a blond person:
- Ireland
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noun,
John, 1838–1918, U.S. Roman Catholic clergyman and social reformer, born in Ireland: archbishop of St. Paul, Minn., 1888–1918.
- Bonaire
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noun,
an island in the E Netherlands Antilles, in the S West Indies. 95 sq. mi. (245 sq. km).
- dariole
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noun,
a small round mold.
- inradii
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noun,
the radius of the circle inscribed in a triangle.
- Pierian
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adjective,
of or relating to the Muses.
- piebald
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noun,
a piebald animal, especially a horse.
- Pianola
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noun,
(lowercase) Bridge. a hand, as a laydown, that is very easy to play.
- inboard
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noun,
an inboard motor.
- brained
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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.
- Permian
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noun,
Geology. the Permian Period or System.
- implode
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verb (used with object),
Phonetics. to pronounce by implosion.
- birdmen
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noun,
an ornithologist.
- Dampier
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noun,
William, 1652–1715, English navigator, explorer, buccaneer, and writer.
- implied
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adjective,
involved, indicated, or suggested without being directly or explicitly stated; tacitly understood:
- Perlman
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noun,
Itzhak [ee-tsahk,, it-zahk] /ˈi tsɑk,, ˈɪt zɑk/ (Show IPA), born 1945, U.S. violinist, born in Israel.
- implead
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verb (used with object),
to sue in a court of law.
- imperil
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verb (used with object),
to put in peril or danger; endanger.
- Brindle
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noun,
a brindled coloring.
- Imperia
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noun,
a seaport in NW Italy.
- broaden
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verb (used with or without object),
to become or make broad.
- impearl
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verb (used with object),
to form into drops resembling pearls.
- dalapon
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noun,
a selective herbicide, C 3 H 4 Cl 2 O 2 , used to eradicate certain grass weeds in sugarcane and other crops.
- bromide
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noun,
Chemistry.
a salt of hydrobromic acid consisting of two elements, one of which is bromine, as sodium bromide, NaBr.
a compound containing bromine, as methyl bromide.
- bromine
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noun,
an element that is a dark-reddish, fuming, toxic liquid and a member of the halogen family: obtained from natural brines and ocean water, and used chiefly in the manufacture of gasoline antiknock compounds, pharmaceuticals, and dyes. Symbol: Br; atomic weight: 79.909; atomic number: 35; specific gravity: 3.119 at 20°C.
- impanel
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verb (used with object),
to enter on a panel or list for jury duty.
- Pembina
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noun,
highbush cranberry.
- ladrone
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noun,
a thief.
- birdman
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noun,
an ornithologist.
- Palmira
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noun,
a city in W Colombia.
- lampion
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noun,
a small lamp, especially a small oil lamp with a tinted glass chimney, formerly very popular as a source of illumination on carriages.
- diploma
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noun,
a document given by an educational institution conferring a degree on a person or certifying that the person has satisfactorily completed a course of study.
- Empirin
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- Laramie
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noun,
a city in SE Wyoming.
- Daimler
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noun,
Gottlieb (Wilhelm) [got-leeb-wil-helm;; German gawt-leep-vil-helm] /ˈgɒt libˈwɪl hɛlm;; German ˈgɔt lipˈvɪl hɛlm/ (Show IPA), 1834–1900, German automotive engineer, inventor, and manufacturer.
- laparo-
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- Palomar
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noun,
Mount, a mountain in S California, NE of San Diego: site of observatory. 6126 feet (1867 meters) high.
- Emporia
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noun,
a city in E Kansas.
- bedlamp
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noun,
a lamp at the side or head of a bed.
- bedrail
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noun,
a board at the side of a bed connecting the footboard and headboard.
- Dionaea
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noun,
the Venus's-flytrap.
- oilbird
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noun,
guacharo.
- Belinda
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noun,
a female given name: from an Old Spanish word meaning “beautiful.”.
- Pandora
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noun,
bandore.
- laniard
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noun,
lanyard.
- Nairobi
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noun,
a city in and the capital of Kenya, in the SW part.
- Iberian
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noun,
one of the ancient inhabitants of Iberia in Europe, from whom the Basques are supposed to be descended.
- deliria
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noun,
Pathology. a more or less temporary disorder of the mental faculties, as in fevers, disturbances of consciousness, or intoxication, characterized by restlessness, excitement, delusions, hallucinations, etc.
- bipolar
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adjective,
having two poles, as the earth.
- ameboid
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adjective,
resembling or related to amebas.
- Namibia
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noun,
a republic in SW Africa: a former German protectorate; a mandate of South Africa 1920–66; gained independence 1990. 318,261 sq. mi. (824,296 sq. km). Capital: Windhoek.
- biplane
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noun,
an airplane with two sets of wings, one above and usually slightly forward of the other.
- bipedal
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adjective,
biped.
- parboil
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verb (used with object),
to boil partially or for a short time; precook.
- parable
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noun,
a short allegorical story designed to illustrate or teach some truth, religious principle, or moral lesson.
- laminar
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adjective,
composed of, or arranged in, laminae.
- namable
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adjective,
nameable.
- Oberlin
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noun,
Jean Frédéric [French zhahn frey-dey-reek] /French ʒɑ̃ freɪ deɪˈrik/ (Show IPA), 1740–1826, Alsatian clergyman.
- bimodal
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adjective,
having or providing two modes, methods, systems, etc.
- Oedipal
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adjective,
of, characterized by, or resulting from the Oedipus complex.
- diamine
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noun,
a compound containing two amino groups.
- dianoia
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noun,
the mental faculty used in discursive reasoning.
- Amen-Ra
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noun,
a god in whom Amen and Ra were combined: the god of the universe and the supreme Egyptian god during the period of Theban political supremacy.
- Deloria
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noun,
Vine, (Jr.) [vahyn] /vaɪn/ (Show IPA), 1933–2005, U.S. writer.
- Melinda
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noun,
a female given name.
- midiron
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noun,
a club with an iron head the face of which has more slope than a driving iron but less slope than a mid-mashie.
- alamode
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noun,
a lightweight, glossy silk fabric used in the manufacture of scarfs, hoods, etc.
- Aeolian
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noun,
a member of one of the four main divisions of the prehistoric Greeks.
Compare Achaean (def 5), Dorian1 (def 2), Ionian (def 3).
- abalone
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noun,
a large mollusk of the genus Haliotis, having a bowllike shell bearing a row of respiratory holes, the flesh of which is used for food and the shell for ornament and as a source of mother-of-pearl.
- meropia
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noun,
partial blindness.
- midline
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noun,
Zoology. the median plane of the body of an animal.
- Abelard
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noun,
Pierre [pee-air;; French pyer] /piˈɛər;; French pyɛr/ (Show IPA), (Peter Abelard) 1079–1142, French scholastic philosopher, teacher, and theologian. His love affair with Heloïse is one of the famous romances in history.
- alienor
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noun,
a person who transfers property.
- Aloidae
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plural noun,
Aloadae.
- manrope
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noun,
a rope placed at the side of a gangway, ladder, or the like, to serve as a rail.
- adenoma
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noun,
a benign tumor originating in a secretory gland.
- almoner
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noun,
a person whose function or duty is the distribution of alms on behalf of an institution, a royal personage, a monastery, etc.
- adrenal
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noun,
adrenal gland.
- Romania
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noun,
a republic in SE Europe, bordering on the Black Sea. 91,699 sq. mi. (237,500 sq. km). Capital: Bucharest.
- melodia
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noun,
an 8 feet (2.4 meters) wooden flue-pipe stop organ resembling the clarabella in tone.
- maniple
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noun,
(in ancient Rome) a subdivision of a legion, consisting of 60 or 120 men.
- aerobia
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noun,
aerobe.
- Alebion
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noun,
a son of Poseidon who, with his brother Dercynus, was killed by Hercules while attempting to steal the cattle that Hercules had taken from Geryon.
- Maderno
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noun,
Carlo [kahr-law] /ˈkɑr lɔ/ (Show IPA), 1556–1629, Italian architect.
- alerion
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noun,
an eagle displayed, usually represented without a beak or legs.
- Madeira
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noun,
a group of eight islands off the NW coast of Africa, part of Portugal. 308 sq. mi. (798 sq. km). Capital: Funchal.
- Admiral
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noun,
the commander in chief of a fleet.
- Almaden
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noun,
a town in Spain: mercury mines.
- melano-
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- Aleardi
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noun,
Count Aleardo [ah-le-ahr-daw] /ˌɑ lɛˈɑr dɔ/ (Show IPA), 1812–78, Italian poet and patriot.
- Almeria
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noun,
a seaport in S Spain, on the Mediterranean.
- mandola
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noun,
an early lute resembling a large mandolin.
- mandrel
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noun,
a shaft or bar the end of which is inserted into a workpiece to hold it during machining.
- Romaine
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noun,
Also called romaine lettuce, cos, cos lettuce. a variety of lettuce, Lactuca sativa longifolia, having a cylindrical head of long, relatively loose leaves.
- madrone
-
noun,
any of several evergreen trees belonging to the genus Arbutus, of the heath family, especially A. menziesii (Pacific madrone) of western North America, having red, flaky bark and bearing edible reddish berries.
- ridable
-
- Almeida
-
noun,
Francisco de [frahn-seesh-koo duh] /frɑ̃ˈsiʃ kʊ də/ (Show IPA), 1450?–1510, Portuguese military leader: first Portuguese viceroy in India.
- Malinda
-
noun,
a female given name.
- abdomen
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology.
the part of the body of a mammal between the thorax and the pelvis; belly.
the cavity of this part of the body containing the stomach, intestines, etc.
(in nonmammalian vertebrates) a region of the body corresponding to, but not coincident with, this part or cavity.
- ropable
-
adjective,
capable of being roped.
- Marline
-
noun,
small stuff of two-fiber strands, sometimes tarred, laid up left-handed.
- Alamein
-
noun,
El Alamein.
- airmail
-
noun,
the system, especially a government postal system, of sending mail by airplane.
- aileron
-
noun,
Aeronautics. a movable surface, usually near the trailing edge of a wing, that controls the roll of the airframe or effects maneuvers, as banks and the like.
- Amboina
-
noun,
Ambon.
- Abelian
-
adjective,
of or relating to Niels Henrik Abel or his theorems.
- re-laid
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of re-lay.
- Abinoam
-
noun,
the father of Barak. Judges 4:6; 12; 5:1.
- Rapidan
-
noun,
a river in N Virginia, flowing E from the Blue Ridge Mountains into the Rappahannock River: Civil War battle 1862.
- airline
-
noun,
Aeronautics.
a system furnishing air transport, usually scheduled, between specified points.
the airplanes, airports, etc., of such a system.
Often, airlines. a company that owns or operates such a system.
- ambroid
-
noun,
amberoid.
- ripieno
-
noun,
tutti (defs 3, 4).
- boiler
-
noun,
a closed vessel or arrangement of vessels and tubes, together with a furnace or other heat source, in which steam or other vapor is generated from water to drive turbines or engines, supply heat, process certain materials, etc.
Compare fire-tube boiler, water-tube boiler.
- boiled
-
noun,
the act or an instance of boiling.
- pandal
-
noun,
(in India) a temporary shed, especially one used for public meetings.
- Pindar
-
noun,
522?–443? b.c, Greek poet.
- diplo-
-
- pinard
-
noun,
wine.
- Manado
-
noun,
Menado.
- pleio-
-
- pinder
-
noun,
peanut.
- Marion
-
noun,
Francis ("the Swamp Fox") 1732?–95, American Revolutionary general.
- Merino
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) one of a breed of sheep, raised originally in Spain, valued for their fine wool.
- pineal
-
adjective,
resembling a pine cone in shape.
- Pinero
-
noun,
Sir Arthur Wing, 1855–1934, English playwright and actor.
- pimola
-
noun,
an olive stuffed with red sweet pepper; stuffed olive.
- Nemrod
-
noun,
Nimrod (def 1).
- diploe
-
noun,
the cancellate bony tissue between the hard inner and outer walls of the bones of the cranium.
- inroad
-
noun,
a damaging or serious encroachment:
- pierid
-
noun,
Also called pieridine [pahy-er-i-dahyn, -din] /paɪˈɛr ɪˌdaɪn, -dɪn/ (Show IPA). any member of the butterfly family Pieridae.
- Merlin
-
noun,
a small, bold falcon, Falco columbarius, of the Northern Hemisphere.
- inlaid
-
noun,
inlaid work.
- diaper
-
noun,
a piece of cloth or other absorbent material folded and worn as underpants by a baby not yet toilet-trained.
- inlier
-
noun,
an outcrop of a formation completely surrounded by rocks of younger age.
- Adonai
-
noun,
Hebrew. a title of reverence for God, serving also as a substitute pronunciation of the Tetragrammaton.
- lampad
-
noun,
lamp or candlestick.
- diapir
-
noun,
a dome, or anticline, the upper regions of which have been ruptured and penetrated by material squeezed up from below.
Compare plume (def 10), salt dome.
- iodine
-
noun,
a nonmetallic halogen element occurring at ordinary temperatures as a grayish-black crystalline solid that sublimes to a dense violet vapor when heated: used in medicine as an antiseptic. Symbol: I; atomic weight: 126.904; atomic number: 53; specific gravity: (solid) 4.93 at 20°C.
- pander
-
noun,
a person who furnishes clients for a prostitute or supplies persons for illicit sexual intercourse; procurer; pimp.
- dibrom
-
- bolide
-
noun,
a large, brilliant meteor, especially one that explodes; fireball.
- Malabo
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Equatorial Guinea, on N Bioko island.
- Nepali
-
noun,
Also, Nepalese. an Indic language spoken in Nepal.
- dipole
-
noun,
Physics, Electricity. a pair of electric point charges or magnetic poles of equal magnitude and opposite signs, separated by an infinitesimal distance.
- lamina
-
noun,
a thin plate, scale, or layer.
- bolden
-
noun,
Charles ("Buddy") 1868?–1931, U.S. cornet player: early pioneer in jazz.
- adren-
-
- Amelia
-
noun,
the congenital absence of one or more limbs.
- Marlon
-
noun,
a male given name.
- bimane
-
noun,
a bimanous animal.
- plani-
-
- aidman
-
noun,
a military medical corpsman trained to provide initial emergency treatment.
- Pamela
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Ladino
-
noun,
Also called Judeo-Spanish, Judezmo. a Romance language of Sephardic Jews, based on Old Spanish and written in the Hebrew script.
- oilman
-
noun,
a person who owns or operates oil wells or an executive in the petroleum industry.
- planar
-
adjective,
of or relating to a geometric plane.
- riband
-
noun,
a decorative ribbon.
- marled
-
noun,
Geology. a friable earthy deposit consisting of clay and calcium carbonate, used especially as a fertilizer for soils deficient in lime.
- planer
-
noun,
Carpentry. a power machine for removing the rough or excess surface from a board.
- ribald
-
noun,
a ribald person.
- Blaine
-
noun,
James Gillespie [gi-les-pee] /gɪˈlɛs pi/ (Show IPA), 1830–93, U.S. statesman.
- Merida
-
noun,
suntan (def 2).
- Aeolia
-
noun,
Aeolis.
- Birdie
-
noun,
a small bird.
- plano-
-
- Malone
-
noun,
Edmond, 1741–1812, Irish literary critic and Shakespearean scholar.
- repand
-
adjective,
Botany. having a wavy margin, as a leaf.
- maline
-
noun,
Also, maline. a delicate net resembling tulle, originally made by hand in the town of Mechlin, Belgium.
- Marlin
-
noun,
any large, saltwater game fish of the genera Makaira and Tetrapterus, having the upper jaw elongated into a spearlike structure.
- aerial
-
noun,
a radio or television antenna.
- aidmen
-
noun,
a military medical corpsman trained to provide initial emergency treatment.
- dinero
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Peru, the 10th part of a sol.
- Malden
-
noun,
a city in E Massachusetts, near Boston.
- Pamiri
-
noun,
a member of a Caucasian people inhabiting the Pamirs.
- Pleiad
-
noun,
any of the Pleiades.
- aeron.
-
- blonde
-
noun,
a woman or girl having this coloration.
- Paloma
-
noun,
a female given name.
- irido-
-
- Nebiim
-
noun,
Neviim.
- dimple
-
noun,
a small, natural hollow area or crease, permanent or transient, in some soft part of the human body, especially one formed in the cheek in smiling.
- adreno
-
- narial
-
adjective,
of or relating to the nares or nostrils.
- lambda
-
noun,
the 11th letter of the Greek alphabet (Λ, λ).
- Napoli
-
noun,
Italian name of Naples.
- Napier
-
noun,
neper.
- binder
-
noun,
a person or thing that binds.
- enamor
-
verb (used with object),
to fill or inflame with love (usually used in the passive and followed by of or sometimes with):
- labio-
-
- Adrian
-
noun,
Edgar Douglas, 1889–1977, English physiologist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1932.
- bindle
-
noun,
a bundle, usually of bedding and other possessions, carried by a hobo.
- blamed
-
noun,
an act of attributing fault; censure; reproof:
- napalm
-
noun,
a highly incendiary jellylike substance used in fire bombs, flamethrowers, etc.
- labrid
-
noun,
any of numerous fishes of the family Labridae, including the wrasses, the tautog, and the cunner, and characterized chiefly by well-developed teeth and, often, brilliant colors.
- Pinole
-
noun,
corn or wheat, dried, ground, and sweetened, usually with the flour of mesquite beans.
- Mandel
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Niobid
-
noun,
any of the children of Niobe.
- Abelia
-
noun,
any of several shrubs belonging to the genus Abelia, of the honeysuckle family, having clusters of small white or pink flowers.
- Ilorin
-
noun,
a town in W central Nigeria.
- Damien
-
noun,
Father (Jo·seph de Veu·ster) [French zhaw-zef--duh-vœ-ster] /French ʒɔˈzɛf də vœˈstɛr/ (Show IPA), 1840–89, Belgian Roman Catholic missionary to the lepers of Molokai.
- denial
-
noun,
an assertion that something said, believed, alleged, etc., is false:
- meloid
-
noun,
a beetle of the family Meloidae, comprising the blister beetles.
- denom.
-
- pedion
-
noun,
a crystal form having only a single face, without a symmetrical equivalent: unique to the triclinic system.
- pedlar
-
noun,
peddler.
- aboral
-
adjective,
opposite to or away from the mouth.
- Obelia
-
noun,
a colonial hydroid of the genus Obelia, common in temperate seas and appearing as a delicate, mosslike growth on rocks, pilings, etc.
- Dairen
-
noun,
former Japanese name of Dalian (def 2).
- dampen
-
verb (used with object),
to make damp; moisten:
- daimon
-
noun,
daemon.
- derail
-
noun,
a track device for derailing rolling stock in an emergency.
- daimen
-
adjective,
rare; occasional.
- daemon
-
noun,
Classical Mythology.
a god.
a subordinate deity, as the genius of a place or a person's attendant spirit.
- impair
-
noun,
Archaic. impairment.
- Pelion
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain near the E coast of Greece, in Thessaly. 5252 feet (1600 meters).
- peloid
-
noun,
mud used therapeutically.
- rimple
-
noun,
a wrinkle.
- abrade
-
verb (used with or without object),
to wear off or down by scraping or rubbing.
- Marble
-
noun,
metamorphosed limestone, consisting chiefly of recrystallized calcite or dolomite, capable of taking a high polish, occurring in a wide range of colors and variegations and used in sculpture and architecture.
- parade
-
noun,
a large public procession, usually including a marching band and often of a festive nature, held in honor of an anniversary, person, event, etc.
- damper
-
noun,
a person or thing that damps or depresses:
- impale
-
verb (used with object),
to fasten, stick, or fix upon a sharpened stake or the like.
- Darlan
-
noun,
Jean Louis Xavier François [zhahn lwee gza-vyey frahn-swa] /ʒɑ̃ lwi gzaˈvyeɪ frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), 1881–1942, French naval officer and politician.
- ibidem
-
adverb,
in the same book, chapter, page, etc.
- pardon
-
noun,
kind indulgence, as in forgiveness of an offense or discourtesy or in tolerance of a distraction or inconvenience:
- no-par
-
adjective,
without par or face value:
- Iberia
-
noun,
Also called Iberian Peninsula. a peninsula in SW Europe, comprising Spain and Portugal.
- Parian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Paros.
- Idaean
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, associated with, or inhabiting Mount Ida in Asia Minor or Crete.
- Mariel
-
noun,
a city and seaport of Cuba, on the W coast, SW of Havana.
- I-beam
-
noun,
a rolled or extruded metal beam having a cross section resembling an I.
Compare H-beam.
- darnel
-
noun,
any of several grasses of the genus Lolium, having simple stems, flat leaves, and terminal spikes.
- roadie
-
noun,
a member of a crew for a traveling group of musicians or other entertainers, whose work usually includes the setting up of equipment.
- Delano
-
noun,
a city in S California.
- aboard
-
Idioms,
all aboard!, (as a warning to passengers entering or planning to enter a train, bus, boat, etc., just before starting) Everyone get on!
- Marina
-
noun,
a boat basin offering dockage and other service for small craft.
- Darien
-
noun,
Gulf of, an arm of the Caribbean between NE Panama and NW Colombia.
- parole
-
noun,
Penology.
the conditional release of a person from prison prior to the end of the maximum sentence imposed.
such release or its duration.
an official document authorizing such a release.
- Ibadan
-
noun,
a city in SW Nigeria.
- Delian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Delos.
- paramo
-
noun,
a high, cold plateau of South America.
- Daniel
-
noun,
Bible.
a prophet living in Babylon during the Captivity.
the book of the Bible bearing his name. Abbreviation: Dan.
- Nobile
-
noun,
Umberto [oo m-ber-taw] /ʊmˈbɛr tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1885–1978, Italian aeronautical engineer and arctic explorer.
- Marian
-
noun,
a person who has a particular devotion to the Virgin Mary.
- normal
-
noun,
the average or mean:
- impala
-
noun,
an African antelope, Aepyceros melampus, the male of which has ringed, lyre-shaped horns.
- Rimini
-
noun,
Francesca da, Francesca da Rimini.
- borane
-
noun,
any of the compounds, both neutral and anionic, of boron and hydrogen with formulas ranging from B 2 H 6 to B 20 H 16 .
- dialer
-
noun,
a person or thing that dials.
- Brando
-
noun,
Marlon, 1924–2004, U.S. actor.
- Nimrod
-
noun,
the great-grandson of Noah: noted as a great hunter. Gen. 10:8–10.
- Pernod
-
- nimble
-
adjective,
quick and light in movement; moving with ease; agile; active; rapid:
- diable
-
adjective,
highly spiced; prepared with hot or piquant seasoning; deviled.
- Braila
-
noun,
a port in E Romania, on the Danube River. 203,983.
- inbred
-
adjective,
naturally inherent; innate; native:
- indaba
-
noun,
a conference or consultation between or with native peoples of South Africa.
- Diablo
-
noun,
Spanish for “devil.”.
- roband
-
noun,
a short piece of spun yarn or other material, used to secure a sail to a yard, gaff, or the like.
- oilmen
-
noun,
a person who owns or operates oil wells or an executive in the petroleum industry.
- pernio
-
noun,
chilblain.
- admire
-
Idioms,
be admiring of, Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. to admire:
- indole
-
noun,
a colorless to yellowish solid, C 8 H 7 N, having a low melting point and a fecal odor, found in the oil of jasmine and clove and as a putrefaction product from animals' intestines: used in perfumery and as a reagent.
- Indore
-
noun,
a former state in central India: now part of Madhya Pradesh.
- Marino
-
noun,
Daniel Constantine ("Dan") born 1961, U.S. football player.
- Borman
-
noun,
Frank, born 1928, U.S. astronaut.
- boride
-
noun,
a compound consisting of two elements of which boron is the more electronegative one.
- Boreal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the north wind.
- Pieria
-
noun,
a coastal region in NE Greece, W of the Gulf of Salonika.
- Borden
-
noun,
Gail, 1801–74, U.S. inventor: developed technique for condensing milk.
- bordel
-
noun,
a brothel.
- branle
-
noun,
a lively 16th- and 17th-century round dance originating in France.
- impone
-
verb (used with object),
to wager; stake.
- Derain
-
noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1880–1954, French painter.
- panier
-
noun,
pannier.
- abroad
-
noun,
a foreign land or lands:
- bromal
-
noun,
an oily, colorless liquid, CBr 3 CHO, used in medicine chiefly as an anodyne and hypnotic.
- imparl
-
verb (used without object),
to confer with the opposing party in a lawsuit with a view to settling the dispute amicably, out of court.
- Menado
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Sulawesi, in NE Indonesia.
- Brodie
-
noun,
a suicidal or daredevil leap; wild dive:
- dermal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the skin.
- dermo-
-
- Peoria
-
noun,
a city in central Illinois, on the Illinois River.
- impend
-
verb (used without object),
to be imminent; be about to happen.
- imper.
-
- menial
-
noun,
a domestic servant.
- ad-lib
-
noun,
something improvised in speech, music, etc.:
- adeno-
-
- period
-
noun,
a rather large interval of time that is meaningful in the life of a person, in history, etc., because of its particular characteristics:
- bridle
-
noun,
part of the tack or harness of a horse, consisting usually of a headstall, bit, and reins.
- Bridie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Bridget.
- marine
-
noun,
a member of the U.S. Marine Corps.
- bridal
-
noun,
a wedding.
- Briand
-
noun,
Aristide [ar-uh-steed;; French a-ree-steed] /ˈær əˌstid;; French a riˈstid/ (Show IPA), 1862–1932, French statesman: minister of France 11 times; Nobel Peace Prize 1926.
- Brenda
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Germanic word meaning “flame” or “sword.”.
- Manila
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of the Philippines, on W central Luzon. Abbreviation: Man.
Compare Quezon City.
- Marini
-
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.
- Eolian
-
noun,
Aeolian2 (def 3).
- Landor
-
noun,
Walter Savage, 1775–1864, English poet and prose writer.
- Lander
-
noun,
a space probe designed to land on a planet or other solid celestial body.
- apodal
-
adjective,
having no distinct feet or footlike members.
- Arbela
-
noun,
an ancient city of Assyria, E of the Tigris, on the site of modern Erbil: headquarters of Darius III before his defeat by Alexander the Great at Gaugamela 331 b.c.
- limpid
-
adjective,
clear, transparent, or pellucid, as water, crystal, or air:
- aramid
-
noun,
any of a class of synthetic aromatic long-chain polyamides capable of extrusion into fibers having resistance to high temperatures and great strength.
- radio-
-
- arable
-
noun,
land that can be or is cultivated.
- Arabel
-
noun,
a female given name.
- paedo-
-
- Almond
-
noun,
the nutlike kernel of the fruit of either of two trees, Prunus dulcis (sweet almond) or P. dulcis amara (bitter almond) which grow in warm temperate regions.
- aporia
-
noun,
Rhetoric. the expression of a simulated or real doubt, as about where to begin or what to do or say.
- linear
-
adjective,
of, consisting of, or using lines:
- melan-
-
- aplomb
-
noun,
imperturbable self-possession, poise, or assurance.
- radome
-
noun,
a dome-shaped device used to house a radar antenna.
- Modern
-
noun,
a person of modern times.
- Modena
-
noun,
a city in N Italy, NW of Bologna.
- alodia
-
noun,
allodium.
- Oneida
-
noun,
a member of an Iroquois people formerly inhabiting the region east of Oneida Lake.
- Ronald
-
noun,
a male given name: from Scandinavian words meaning “counsel” and “rule.”.
- lipoid
-
noun,
a fat or fatlike substance, as lecithin or wax.
- anopia
-
noun,
absence of sight, especially when due to a structural defect in or absence of an eye.
- anomie
-
noun,
a state or condition of individuals or society characterized by a breakdown or absence of social norms and values, as in the case of uprooted people.
- radian
-
noun,
the measure of a central angle subtending an arc equal in length to the radius: equal to 57.2958°. Abbreviation: rad.
- limner
-
noun,
a person who paints or draws.
- lipoma
-
noun,
a benign tumor consisting of fat tissue.
- aliped
-
noun,
an aliped animal.
- Madera
-
noun,
a city in central California.
- dolman
-
noun,
a woman's mantle with capelike arm pieces instead of sleeves.
- libido
-
noun,
Psychoanalysis. all of the instinctual energies and desires that are derived from the id.
- dolmen
-
noun,
a structure usually regarded as a tomb, consisting of two or more large, upright stones set with a space between and capped by a horizontal stone.
- Arnold
-
noun,
Benedict, 1741–1801, American general in the Revolutionary War who became a traitor.
- DOMAIN
-
noun,
a field of action, thought, influence, etc.:
- elapid
-
noun,
any of numerous cosmopolitan snakes of the family Elapidae, having permanently erect fangs in the front of the upper jaw and including the New World coral snakes, the cobras, and most Australian snakes.
- armpad
-
noun,
a small cushion forming part of the arm of a chair, sofa, or the like.
- Berlin
-
noun,
a large, four-wheeled, closed carriage hung between two perches and having two interior seats.
- domine
-
noun,
lord; master (used as a title of address).
- radial
-
noun,
a radial section or construction.
- Midian
-
noun,
a son of Abraham and Keturah. Gen. 25:1–4.
- Armand
-
noun,
a male given name, French form of Herman.
- Moline
-
noun,
a city in NW Illinois, on the Mississippi.
- Molina
-
noun,
Luis [loo-ees] /luˈis/ (Show IPA), 1535–1600, Spanish Jesuit theologian.
- Ariane
-
noun,
Rocketry. a French-built, three-stage, liquid-propellant rocket for launching satellites into orbit around the earth.
- limbed
-
noun,
a part or member of an animal body distinct from the head and trunk, as a leg, arm, or wing:
- realia
-
plural noun,
Education. objects, as coins, tools, etc., used by a teacher to illustrate everyday living.
- Limber
-
noun,
a two-wheeled vehicle, originally pulled by four or six horses, behind which is towed a field gun or caisson.
- areola
-
noun,
a ring of color, as around the human nipple.
- molder
-
noun,
a person or thing that molds.
- Anomia
-
noun,
the inability to name objects or to recognize the written or spoken names of objects.
- Dorian
-
noun,
a member of a people who entered Greece about the 12th century b.c., conquered the Peloponnesus, and destroyed the Mycenaean culture: one of the four main divisions of the prehistoric Greeks.
Compare Achaean (def 5), Aeolian (def 2), Ionian (def 3).
- Monera
-
noun,
a taxonomic kingdom of prokaryotic organisms that typically reproduce by asexual budding or fission and have a nutritional mode of absorption, photosynthesis, or chemosynthesis, comprising the bacteria, blue-green algae, and various primitive pathogens.
- ordain
-
verb (used with object),
to invest with ministerial or sacerdotal functions; confer holy orders upon.
- rapine
-
noun,
the violent seizure and carrying off of another's property; plunder.
- rapido
-
noun,
an express train.
- amoral
-
adjective,
not involving questions of right or wrong; without moral quality; neither moral nor immoral.
- Oradea
-
noun,
a city in NW Romania.
- Median
-
noun,
Arithmetic, Statistics. the middle number in a given sequence of numbers, taken as the average of the two middle numbers when the sequence has an even number of numbers:
- amoeba
-
noun,
ameba.
- random
-
noun,
something that is random, or a random state or condition:
- amino-
-
- minder
-
noun,
Chiefly British. a person who looks after something (usually used in combination):
- Lorain
-
noun,
a port in N Ohio, on Lake Erie.
- anadem
-
noun,
a garland or wreath for the head.
- Amidol
-
noun,
a colorless, crystalline powder, C 6 H 8 N 2 O⋅2HCl, derived from phenol, used chiefly as a photographic developer.
- amido-
-
- Ambler
-
noun,
Eric, 1909–1998, English suspense novelist.
- amidin
-
noun,
the soluble matter of starch.
- Milner
-
noun,
Alfred, 1st Viscount, 1854–1925, British statesman and colonial administrator.
- ordeal
-
noun,
any extremely severe or trying test, experience, or trial.
- milord
-
noun,
an English nobleman or gentleman (usually used as a term of address).
- Medina
-
noun,
the old Arab quarter of a North African city.
- Lorena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- orenda
-
noun,
a supernatural force believed by the Iroquois Indians to be present, in varying degrees, in all objects or persons, and to be the spiritual force by which human accomplishment is attained or accounted for.
- Ramona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- earlap
-
noun,
earflap.
- medial
-
noun,
Phonetics.
a medial sound or letter.
media2 (def 1).
- midrib
-
noun,
the central or middle rib of a leaf.
- Mobile
-
noun,
a piece of sculpture having delicately balanced units constructed of rods and sheets of metal or other material suspended in midair by wire or twine so that the individual parts can move independently, as when stirred by a breeze.
Compare stabile (def 3).
- loader
-
noun,
a person or thing that loads.
- animal
-
noun,
any member of the kingdom Animalia, comprising multicellular organisms that have a well-defined shape and usually limited growth, can move voluntarily, actively acquire food and digest it internally, and have sensory and nervous systems that allow them to respond rapidly to stimuli: some classification schemes also include protozoa and certain other single-celled eukaryotes that have motility and animallike nutritional modes.
- M-line
-
noun,
one of a series of lines (M-series) in the x-ray spectrum of an atom corresponding to radiation (M-radiation) caused by the transition of an electron to the M-shell.
- loaner
-
noun,
a person or thing that loans.
- mid-on
-
noun,
the position of a fielder on the on side of the wicket.
- dormie
-
adjective,
(of a player or side in match play) being in the lead by as many holes as are still to be played.
- rambla
-
noun,
a dry ravine.
- ramble
-
noun,
a walk without a definite route, taken merely for pleasure.
- anemo-
-
- milden
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become mild or milder.
- Anemia
-
noun,
Pathology. a quantitative deficiency of the hemoglobin, often accompanied by a reduced number of red blood cells and causing pallor, weakness, and breathlessness.
- dormin
-
noun,
abscisic acid.
- Alpena
-
noun,
a city in NE Michigan, on Lake Huron.
- andro-
-
- Andria
-
noun,
a city in Apulia, S Italy.
- Andrea
-
noun,
a male or female given name, Latinized form of Andrew.
- Alpine
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Anthropology. a member of a Caucasoid people found in central Europe and characterized by heavy body build, medium complexion, and straight to wavy hair.
- orpine
-
noun,
a plant, Sedum telephium, of the stonecrop family, having purplish flowers.
- rondel
-
noun,
Prosody. a short poem of fixed form, consisting usually of 14 lines on two rhymes, of which four are made up of the initial couplet repeated in the middle and at the end, with the second line of the couplet sometimes being omitted at the end.
- Orinda
-
noun,
a town in W California.
- Libera
-
noun,
an ancient Italian goddess of wine, vineyards, and fertility and the wife of Liber, in later times identified with Persephone.
- A-line
-
noun,
(especially in women's clothing) a cut of garment consisting basically of two A -shaped panels for the front and back, designed to give increasing fullness toward the hemline.
- medlar
-
noun,
a small tree, Mespilus germanica, of the rose family, the fruit of which resembles a crab apple and is not edible until the early stages of decay.
- mailed
-
noun,
letters, packages, etc., that are sent or delivered by means of the postal system:
- Baroda
-
noun,
a former state in W India.
- paleon
-
- paleo-
-
- Barmen
-
noun,
a former city in W Germany, now incorporated into Wuppertal.
- barman
-
noun,
a man who bartends; bartender.
- rodmen
-
noun,
a person who works with rods, as in making reinforced concrete.
- L-dopa
-
noun,
Pharmacology. levodopa.
- Mailer
-
noun,
a person who mails or prepares material for mailing.
- Morini
-
noun,
Erika, 1906–1995, U.S. violinist, born in Austria.
- doable
-
adjective,
capable of being done.
- Larine
-
adjective,
characteristic of or resembling a gull.
- embiid
-
noun,
web spinner.
- Roland
-
noun,
Italian Orlando. the greatest of the paladins in the Charlemagne cycle of the chansons de geste, renowned for his prowess and the manner of his death in the battle of Roncesvalles (a.d. 778), also for his five days' combat with Oliver in which neither was the victor.
- morbid
-
adjective,
suggesting an unhealthy mental state or attitude; unwholesomely gloomy, sensitive, extreme, etc.:
- Leipoa
-
noun,
mallee fowl.
- albedo
-
noun,
Astronomy. the ratio of the light reflected by a planet or satellite to that received by it.
- maidan
-
noun,
an open area or space in or near a town, often used as a marketplace or parade ground.
- albino
-
noun,
a person with pale skin, light hair, pinkish eyes, and visual abnormalities resulting from a hereditary inability to produce the pigment melanin.
- morale
-
noun,
emotional or mental condition with respect to cheerfulness, confidence, zeal, etc., especially in the face of opposition, hardship, etc.:
- Lenard
-
noun,
Philipp [fee-lip] /ˈfi lɪp/ (Show IPA), 1862–1947, German physicist, born in Austria-Hungary: Nobel Prize 1905.
- Rodman
-
noun,
a person who works with rods, as in making reinforced concrete.
- ponder
-
verb (used with object),
to weigh carefully in the mind; consider thoughtfully:
- Albion
-
noun,
Alebion.
- nailer
-
noun,
a person or thing that drives nails, as a machine that drives nails automatically.
- Palmer
-
noun,
a pilgrim, especially of the Middle Ages, who had returned from the Holy Land bearing a palm branch as a token.
- ablare
-
adverb, adjective,
blaring:
- palmed
-
noun,
the part of the inner surface of the hand that extends from the wrist to the bases of the fingers.
- palmar
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or located in or on the palm of the hand or to the corresponding part of the forefoot of an animal.
- remind
-
verb (used with object),
to cause (a person) to remember; cause (a person) to think (of someone or something):
- bemoan
-
verb (used with object),
to express distress or grief over; lament:
- Lanier
-
noun,
Sidney, 1842–81, U.S. poet and literary scholar.
- remand
-
noun,
the act of remanding.
- beldam
-
noun,
an old woman, especially an ugly one; hag.
- Poland
-
noun,
a republic in E central Europe, on the Baltic Sea. About 121,000 sq. mi. (313,400 sq. km). Capital: Warsaw.
- Mainer
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of the state of Maine.
- airman
-
noun,
an aviator.
- bedpan
-
noun,
a shallow toilet pan for use by persons confined to bed.
- airmen
-
noun,
an aviator.
- bedlam
-
noun,
a scene or state of wild uproar and confusion.
- merlon
-
noun,
(in a battlement) the solid part between two crenels.
- remain
-
noun,
Usually, remains. something that remains or is left.
- polder
-
noun,
a tract of low land, especially in the Netherlands, reclaimed from the sea or other body of water and protected by dikes.
- lardon
-
noun,
a strip of fat used in larding, especially as drawn through the substance of meat, chicken, etc., with a kind of needle or pin.
- pomade
-
noun,
a scented ointment, especially one used for the scalp or for dressing the hair.
- Laredo
-
noun,
a city in S Texas, on the Rio Grande.
- Doblin
-
noun,
Alfred [ahl-freyt] /ˈɑl freɪt/ (Show IPA), 1878–1957, German physician and novelist.
- maiden
-
noun,
a girl or young unmarried woman; maid.
- redial
-
noun,
automatic redial.
- badmen
-
noun,
a bandit, outlaw, desperado, etc., especially in the early history of the western U.S.
- Aleman
-
noun,
Mateo [mah-te-aw] /mɑˈtɛ ɔ/ (Show IPA), 1547?–1610, Spanish novelist.
- pained
-
noun,
physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
- Lerida
-
noun,
a city in NE Spain.
- badman
-
noun,
a bandit, outlaw, desperado, etc., especially in the early history of the western U.S.
- Bairam
-
noun,
ʾId al-Adha.
- Aldine
-
noun,
an Aldine or other early edition.
- bailor
-
noun,
a person who delivers personal property in bailment.
- Moraea
-
noun,
any of various plants belonging to the genera Moraea and Dietes, of the iris family, native to tropical Africa.
- Bailie
-
noun,
(in Scotland) a municipal officer or magistrate, corresponding to an English alderman.
- Leonid
-
noun,
any of a shower of meteors occurring around November 15 and appearing to radiate from a point in the constellation Leo.
- Madian
-
noun,
Midian.
- Aldrin
-
noun,
a brown, water-insoluble, toxic solid consisting of more than 95 percent of the chlorinated hydrocarbon C 12 H 8 Cl 6 : used as an insecticide.
- primal
-
adjective,
first; original; primeval:
- pairle
-
noun,
a device representing the front of an ecclesiastical pallium, consisting of a broad Y -shaped form covered with crosses.
- maenad
-
noun,
bacchante.
- midair
-
noun,
any point in the air not contiguous with the earth or other solid surface:
- Lenoir
-
noun,
Jean Joseph Étienne [zhahn zhoh-zef ey-tyen] /ʒɑ̃ ʒoʊˈzɛf eɪˈtyɛn/ (Show IPA), 1822–1900, French inventor.
- monial
-
noun,
a mullion.
- Alboin
-
noun,
died a.d. 573? king of the Langobards 561?–573?
- Elinor
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- Elmira
-
noun,
a city in S central New York.
- Baldie
-
noun,
a bald person (sometimes used as a facetious term of address).
- pro-am
-
noun,
any sporting event in which professionals play with amateurs.
- Madero
-
noun,
Francisco Indalecio [frahn-sees-kaw een-dah-le-syaw] /frɑnˈsis kɔ ˌin dɑˈlɛ syɔ/ (Show IPA), 1873–1913, Mexican revolutionary and political leader: president 1911–13.
- Balder
-
noun,
a god, a son of Odin and Frigg and the twin brother of Hod, by whom he was killed.
- monied
-
adjective,
moneyed.
- Norma
-
noun,
the Rule, a small southern constellation between Lupus and Ara.
- oread
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. any of a group of nymphs who were the companions of Artemis.
- noria
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- ordn.
-
- Olean
-
noun,
a city in SW New York.
- NORAD
-
noun,
a joint U.S.-Canadian air force command responsible for detecting aircraft and space vehicles deemed a threat to the continental airspace.
- Ibada
-
noun,
any of the religious duties of a Muslim, including the recital of the creed, the five daily recitals of prayers, the Ramadan fast, almsgiving, and the pilgrimage to Mecca.
- opine
-
verb (used with or without object),
to hold or express an opinion.
- Mario
-
noun,
a male given name: from the Roman family name Marius.
- Marne
-
noun,
a river in NE France, flowing W to the Seine near Paris: battles 1914, 1918, 1944. 325 miles (525 km) long.
- orale
-
noun,
fanon (def 2).
- enorm
-
adjective,
enormous; huge; vast.
- enrol
-
verb (used with or without object),
enroll.
- Oland
-
noun,
an island in SE Sweden, separated from the mainland by Kalmar Sound. 26,750; 519 sq. mi. (1345 sq. km).
- 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.
- Elara
-
noun,
Astronomy. a small moon of the planet Jupiter.
- Enola
-
noun,
a female given name.
- olden
-
adjective,
of or relating to the distant past or bygone times; ancient.
- opera
-
noun,
an extended dramatic composition, in which all parts are sung to instrumental accompaniment, that usually includes arias, choruses, and recitatives, and that sometimes includes ballet.
Compare comic opera, grand opera.
- oldie
-
noun,
a popular song, joke, movie, etc., that was in vogue at a time in the past.
- Melba
-
noun,
(Dame) Nellie (Helen Porter Mitchell Armstrong) 1861–1931, Australian operatic soprano.
- Edina
-
noun,
a city in SE Minnesota, near Minneapolis.
- Medan
-
noun,
a city in NE Sumatra, in W Indonesia.
- oiled
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- onlap
-
noun,
the advance of a sea beyond its former shore.
- Media
-
noun,
a plural of medium.
- endo-
-
- Edman
-
noun,
Irwin, 1896–1954, U.S. philosopher and essayist.
- Erbil
-
noun,
a town in N Iraq: built on the site of ancient Arbela.
- oiler
-
noun,
a person or thing that oils.
- olein
-
noun,
Also called glyceryl trioleate, triolein. a colorless to yellowish, oily, water-insoluble liquid, C 57 H 104 O 6 , the triglyceride of oleic acid, present in many vegetable oils.
- EMAIL
-
noun,
a system for sending messages from one individual to another via telecommunications links between computers or terminals using dedicated software:
- embar
-
verb (used with object),
to stop or hinder, as by a bar.
- Melia
-
- oidia
-
noun,
one of the conidia that are borne in chains by certain fungi.
- Eland
-
noun,
either of two large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragus, having long, spirally twisted horns: now rare.
- omni-
-
- Embla
-
noun,
the first woman, made by the gods from a tree.
- Elman
-
noun,
Mischa [mee-shuh] /ˈmi ʃə/ (Show IPA), 1891–1967, U.S. violinist, born in Russia.
- EPROM
-
noun,
a memory chip whose contents can be erased by a mechanism using ultraviolet light and reprogrammed for other purposes.
- oidea
-
- omber
-
noun,
a card game popular in the 17th and 18th centuries and played, usually by three persons, with 40 cards.
- Obeid
-
noun,
El Obeid.
- Obama
-
noun,
Barack (Hussein), Jr [buh-rahk hoo-seyn] /bəˈrɑk huˈseɪn/ (Show IPA), born 1961, 44th president of the U.S. since 2009.
- Obad.
-
- medal
-
noun,
a flat piece of metal, often a disk but sometimes a cross, star, or other form, usually bearing an inscription or design, issued to commemorate a person, action, or event, or given as a reward for bravery, merit, or the like:
- Older
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) old persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- oared
-
noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- Omani
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Oman.
- Marin
-
noun,
John, 1870–1953, U.S. painter and etcher.
- Lorne
-
noun,
Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
- ibid.
-
- Liard
-
noun,
a former silver coin of France, the fourth part of a sol, issued from the 15th century to 1793 and made from copper after 1650.
- Leona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Leoni
-
noun,
Raúl [rah-ool] /rɑˈul/ (Show IPA), 1905–72, Venezuelan statesman: president 1964–69.
- moped
-
noun,
a motorized bicycle that has pedals in addition to a low-powered gasoline engine designed for low-speed operation.
- madre
-
noun,
mother1 .
- Lerna
-
noun,
a marshy region near Argos, Greece: the legendary abode of the Hydra slain by Hercules.
- Liana
-
noun,
any of various usually woody vines that may climb as high as the tree canopy in a tropical forest.
- Liber
-
noun,
phloem.
- moral
-
noun,
the moral teaching or practical lesson contained in a fable, tale, experience, etc.
- Libia
-
noun,
Libya.
- Libra
-
noun,
the ancient Roman pound (containing 5053 grains or 327.4 grams).
- libri
-
noun,
plural of liber2 .
- monde
-
noun,
the world; people; society.
- LIDAR
-
noun,
a device similar to radar in principle and operation but using infrared laser light instead of radio waves and capable of detecting particles, distant objects, and varying physical conditions in the atmosphere.
- Lidia
-
noun,
(in bullfighting) one section of a corrida, comprising the action that takes place from the entrance of the bull to the time it is killed and dragged from the arena by mules.
- Maera
-
noun,
Hecuba, after being changed into a dog for blinding Polymestor.
- Lemon
-
noun,
the yellowish, acid fruit of a subtropical citrus tree, Citrus limon.
- Liman
-
noun,
a muddy lagoon, marsh, or lake near the mouth of a river behind part of the delta and more or less protected from open water by a barrier or spit.
- Nader
-
noun,
Ralph, born 1934, U.S. lawyer, author, political reformer, and consumer advocate.
- Naima
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Arabic word meaning “benevolent.”.
- 2,4-d
-
noun,
a white to yellow, crystalline powder, C 8 H 6 O 3 Cl 2 , slightly soluble in water: used for killing weeds.
- Naida
-
noun,
a female given name.
- lapin
-
noun,
a rabbit.
- naiad
-
noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) Classical Mythology. any of a class of nymphs presiding over rivers and springs.
- drone
-
noun,
the male of the honeybee and other bees, stingless and making no honey.
- Nadab
-
noun,
a son of Aaron. Lev. 10.
- Leman
-
noun,
a sweetheart; lover; beloved.
- Maine
-
noun,
a state in the NE United States, on the Atlantic coast. 33,215 sq. mi. (86,027 sq. km). Capital: Augusta.
Abbreviation: ME (for use with zip code), Me.
- mero-
-
- Nabal
-
noun,
a wealthy Calebite, husband of Abigail, who refused rightful tribute to King David for protecting Nabal's flocks. I Sam. 25.
- Morel
-
noun,
any edible mushroom of the genus Morchella, especially M. esculenta.
- learn
-
verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- Morea
-
noun,
Peloponnesus.
- maile
-
noun,
a vine, Alyxia olivaeformis, of Hawaii, having small yellowish flowers and fragrant foliage: a traditional lei plant of Hawaii.
- monad
-
noun,
Biology.
any simple, single-celled organism.
any of various small, flagellate, colorless ameboids with one to three flagella, especially of the genus Monas.
- limba
-
noun,
an African tree, Terminalia superba, having yellowish-brown wood.
- Lanai
-
noun,
a veranda, especially a fully furnished one used as a living room.
- Milne
-
noun,
A(lan) A(lexander) 1882–1956, English novelist, playwright, and author of prose and verse for children.
- Minor
-
noun,
a person under the legal age of full responsibility.
- Loire
-
noun,
a river in France, flowing NW and W into the Atlantic: the longest river in France. 625 miles (1005 km) long.
- mini-
-
- miler
-
noun,
a participant in a one-mile race.
- Miner
-
noun,
Also called mineworker. a person who works in a mine, especially a commercial mine producing coal or metallic ores.
- milia
-
noun,
a small white or yellowish nodule resembling a millet seed, produced in the skin by the retention of sebaceous secretion.
- loner
-
noun,
a person who is or prefers to be alone, especially one who avoids the company of others:
- loden
-
noun,
a thick, heavily fulled, waterproof fabric, used in coats and jackets for cold climates.
- loper
-
noun,
a person or thing that lopes, as a horse with a loping gait.
- LORAN
-
noun,
a system of long-range navigation whereby the latitude and longitude of a ship or airplane are determined from the time displacement between radio signals from two or more fixed transmitters.
- Loren
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- milpa
-
noun,
(in certain tropical regions) a tract of land cleared from the jungle, usually by burning, farmed for a few seasons, and then abandoned.
- Lorin
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- Lorna
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Milan
-
noun,
an industrial city in central Lombardy, in N Italy: cathedral.
- lobed
-
adjective,
having a lobe or lobes; lobate.
- limbo
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) Roman Catholic Theology. a region on the border of hell or heaven, serving as the abode after death of unbaptized infants (limbo of infants) and of the righteous who died before the coming of Christ (limbo of the fathers or limbo of the patriarchs)
- Lindi
-
noun,
a seaport in SE Tanzania.
- limen
-
noun,
threshold (def 4).
- molar
-
noun,
Also called molar tooth. a tooth having a broad biting surface adapted for grinding, being one of twelve in humans, with three on each side of the upper and lower jaws.
- Limon
-
noun,
José [haw-se] /hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1908–72, Mexican dancer and choreographer in the U.S.
- moire
-
noun,
any moiré fabric.
- Moira
-
noun,
Classical Mythology.
the personification of fate.
Moirai, the Fates.
- Linda
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Spanish word meaning “pretty.”.
- liner
-
noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- lobar
-
adjective,
of or relating to a lobe, as of the lungs.
- model
-
noun,
a standard or example for imitation or comparison.
- Lipan
-
noun,
a member of a group of Apache Indians who lived in the U.S. east of the Rio Grande.
- Mabel
-
noun,
a female given name.
- lipid
-
noun,
any of a group of organic compounds that are greasy to the touch, insoluble in water, and soluble in alcohol and ether: lipids comprise the fats and other esters with analogous properties and constitute, with proteins and carbohydrates, the chief structural components of living cells.
- lipo-
-
- modal
-
noun,
modal auxiliary.
- moble
-
verb (used with object),
to wrap the head of, as in a hood.
- Lando
-
noun,
died a.d. 914, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 913–914.
- naira
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Nigeria, equal to 100 kobo: replaced the pound in 1973.
- nomad
-
noun,
a member of a people or tribe that has no permanent abode but moves about from place to place, usually seasonally and often following a traditional route or circuit according to the state of the pasturage or food supply.
- menad
-
noun,
maenad.
- imide
-
noun,
a compound derived from ammonia by replacement of two hydrogen atoms by acidic groups, characterized by the =NH group.
- imido
-
adjective,
containing the imido group.
- imine
-
noun,
a compound containing the =NH group united with a nonacid group.
- imino
-
adjective,
containing the imino group.
- melon
-
noun,
the fruit of any of various plants of the gourd family, as the muskmelon or watermelon.
- impar
-
adjective,
unpaired; azygous.
- maple
-
noun,
any of numerous trees or shrubs of the genus Acer, species of which are grown as shade or ornamental trees, for timber, or for sap.
Compare maple family.
- imbed
-
verb (used with object),
embed.
- Maori
-
noun,
a member of the native Polynesian population of New Zealand.
- impel
-
verb (used with object),
to drive or urge forward; press on; incite or constrain to action.
- 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.
- Niobe
-
noun,
the daughter of Tantalus and wife of Amphion of Thebes. She provoked Apollo and Artemis to vengeance by taunting their mother, Leto, with the number and beauty of her own children; Niobe's children were slain and Zeus turned her into stone, in which state she continued to weep over her loss.
- mania
-
noun,
excessive excitement or enthusiasm; craze:
- meno-
-
- Imena
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Arabic word meaning “faith.”.
- Maria
-
noun,
calaba.
- India
-
noun,
Hindi Bharat [buh-ruht] /ˈbʌ rʌt/ (Show IPA). a republic in S Asia: a union comprising 25 states and 7 union territories; formerly a British colony; gained independence Aug. 15, 1947; became a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations Jan. 26, 1950. 1,246,880 sq. mi. (3,229,419 sq. km). Capital: New Delhi.
- idion
-
- Nolde
-
noun,
Emil (Emil Hansen) 1867–1956, German painter.
- ideal
-
noun,
a conception of something in its perfection.
- ideo-
-
- Marie
-
noun,
(Marie Alexandra Victoria of Saxe-Coburg) 1875–1938, queen of Romania 1914–27.
- idio-
-
- idiom
-
noun,
an expression whose meaning is not predictable from the usual meanings of its constituent elements, as kick the bucket or hang one's head, or from the general grammatical rules of a language, as the table round for the round table, and that is not a constituent of a larger expression of like characteristics.
- Noemi
-
noun,
Naomi (def 1).
- Ilion
-
noun,
Greek name of ancient Troy.
- idler
-
noun,
a person who passes time in a lazy or unproductive way.
- nodal
-
adjective,
pertaining to or of the nature of a node.
- Noble
-
noun,
a person of noble birth or rank; nobleman or noblewoman. Synonyms: peer; aristocrat, blue blood, patrician.
Antonyms: commoner, serf, peasant.
- Nobel
-
noun,
Alfred Bernhard [ahl-fred ber-nahrd] /ˈɑl frɛd ˈbɛr nɑrd/ (Show IPA), 1833–96, Swedish engineer, manufacturer, and philanthropist.
- ileo-
-
- Iliad
-
noun,
(italics) a Greek epic poem describing the siege of Troy, ascribed to Homer.
- ilio-
-
- Inari
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in NE Finland. About 500 sq. mi. (1295 sq. km).
- indie
-
noun,
an independently or privately owned business, especially a film or music company that is not affiliated with a larger and more commercial company:
- Malan
-
noun,
Daniel François [frahn-swah] /frɑnˈswɑ/ (Show IPA), 1874–1959, South African editor and political leader: prime minister 1948–54.
- Naomi
-
noun,
the mother-in-law of Ruth and the great-grandmother of David. Ruth 1.
- Laban
-
noun,
the father of Leah and Rachel and the father-in-law of Jacob. Gen. 24:29; 29:16–30.
- labia
-
noun,
plural of labium.
- labor
-
noun,
productive activity, especially for the sake of economic gain.
- Laden
-
adjective,
burdened; loaded down.
- Ladin
-
noun,
a Rhaeto-Romanic dialect of the southern Tyrol.
- Ladon
-
noun,
a dragon having 100 heads and guarding the garden of the Hesperides: killed by Hercules.
- Nampa
-
noun,
a city in W Idaho.
- irone
-
noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- Laird
-
noun,
a landed proprietor.
- Lamar
-
noun,
Joseph R. 1857–1916, U.S. jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1911–16.
- naled
-
noun,
a synthetic insecticide and miticide, C 4 H 7 Br 2 Cl 2 O 4 , having relatively low toxicity to mammals.
- male-
-
- Malar
-
noun,
Also, malar bone. zygomatic bone.
- lamed
-
noun,
the 12th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- lamia
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of a class of fabulous monsters, commonly represented with the head and breast of a woman and the body of a serpent, said to allure youths and children in order to suck their blood.
- Ndola
-
noun,
a city in N Zambia.
- Irina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Indio
-
noun,
a town in S California.
- Mande
-
noun,
a branch of the Niger-Congo subfamily of languages, spoken in western Africa and including Mende, Malinke, Bambara, and Kpelle.
- Indo-
-
- Indra
-
noun,
Hinduism. the chief of the Vedic gods, the god of rain and thunder.
- Indre
-
noun,
a department in central France. 2667 sq. mi. (6910 sq. km). Capital: Châteauroux.
- indri
-
noun,
a short-tailed lemur, Indri indri, of Madagascar, about 2 feet (60 cm) in length: an endangered species.
- in-lb
-
- nerol
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid, unsaturated alcohol, C 10 H 18 O, an isomeric form of geraniol occurring in neroli oil, used in perfumery.
- Ionia
-
noun,
an ancient region on the W coast of Asia Minor and on adjacent islands in the Aegean: colonized by the ancient Greeks.
- irid-
-
- neral
-
noun,
citral b.
See under citral.
- Nepal
-
noun,
a constitutional monarchy in the Himalayas between N India and Tibet. About 56,830 sq. mi. (147,190 sq. km). Capital: Kathmandu.
- proem
-
noun,
an introductory discourse; introduction; preface; preamble.
- irade
-
noun,
a decree of a Muslim ruler.
- Iran.
-
- Irbid
-
noun,
a town in NW Jordan.
- Nebr.
-
- nadir
-
noun,
Astronomy. the point on the celestial sphere directly beneath a given position or observer and diametrically opposite the zenith.
- nopal
-
noun,
any of several cacti of the genus Nopalea, resembling the prickly pear.
- drome
-
noun,
a department in SE France. 2533 sq. mi. (6560 sq. km). Capital: Valence.
- Baiae
-
noun,
an ancient resort city in SW Italy, near Naples: villas of Caesar, Nero, and Pompey.
- prod.
-
- probe
-
noun,
the act of probing.
- prob.
-
- prion
-
noun,
any of several petrels of the genus Pachyptila, located in the oceans of the Southern Hemisphere and having serrated edges on the bill.
- Baden
-
noun,
a region in SW Germany, formerly a state, now incorporated in Baden-Württemberg.
- Primo
-
noun,
the part of a piano duet played on the upper half of the keyboard.
- Baeda
-
noun,
Saint, Bede, Saint.
- prime
-
noun,
the most flourishing stage or state.
- prim.
-
- bairn
-
noun,
a child; son or daughter.
- prom.
-
- Pride
-
noun,
a high or inordinate opinion of one's own dignity, importance, merit, or superiority, whether as cherished in the mind or as displayed in bearing, conduct, etc.
- Priam
-
noun,
a king of Troy, the son of Laomedon, husband of Hecuba, and father of Paris, Cassandra, Hector, Polyxena, and many others. He was killed during the capture of Troy.
- Balao
-
noun,
a halfbeak, Hemiramphus balao, of tropical western Atlantic seas.
- prem.
-
- pred.
-
- balon
-
noun,
ballon.
- banal
-
adjective,
devoid of freshness or originality; hackneyed; trite:
- Banda
-
noun,
a style of Mexican dance music featuring brass instruments and having a heavy beat.
- prand
-
- Prole
-
noun,
a member of the proletariat.
- Prome
-
noun,
a city in central Burma, on the Irrawaddy River: location of several noted pagodas.
- bania
-
noun,
banyan (def 2).
- arian
-
noun,
an adherent of Arianism.
- apron
-
noun,
a garment covering part of the front of the body and tied at the waist, for protecting the wearer's clothing:
- Arab.
-
- radii
-
noun,
a plural of radius.
- Arbil
-
noun,
Erbil.
- ardeb
-
noun,
a unit of capacity used for dry measure in Egypt and neighboring countries, officially equivalent in Egypt to 5.62 U.S. bushels, but varying greatly in different localities.
- Arden
-
noun,
Forest of, a forest district in central England, in N Warwickshire: scene of Shakespeare's As You Like It.
- ARENA
-
noun,
the oval space in the center of a Roman amphitheater for gladiatorial combats or other performances.
- areo-
-
- 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.
- rabid
-
adjective,
irrationally extreme in opinion or practice:
- pron.
-
- Ariel
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- Arion
-
noun,
flourished 7th century b.c, Greek poet: inventor of the dithyramb.
- Arlen
-
noun,
Harold (Hymen Arluck) 1905–1986, U.S. songwriter.
- rabal
-
noun,
the measurement and computation of the speed and direction of winds aloft by theodolitic tracking of a radiosonde.
- armed
-
noun,
Usually, arms. weapons, especially firearms.
- Armen
-
- Arnel
-
- aroid
-
noun,
any plant of the arum family.
- aroma
-
noun,
an odor arising from spices, plants, cooking, etc., especially an agreeable odor; fragrance.
- prone
-
noun,
a sermon or a brief hortatory introduction to a sermon, usually delivered at a service at which the Eucharist is celebrated.
- prana
-
noun,
Yoga, Jainism. the vital principle.
- prae-
-
- Radom
-
noun,
a city in E Poland.
- plain
-
noun,
an area of land not significantly higher than adjacent areas and with relatively minor differences in elevation, commonly less than 500 feet (150 meters), within the area.
- birne
-
noun,
boule1 (def 1).
- plane
-
noun,
a flat or level surface.
- blade
-
noun,
the flat cutting part of a sword, knife, etc.
- plan-
-
- Blain
-
noun,
an inflammatory swelling or sore.
- Blair
-
noun,
Anthony Charles Lynton [lin-tuh n] /ˈlɪn tən/ (Show IPA), ("Tony") born 1953, British political leader: prime minister 1997–2007.
- blame
-
noun,
an act of attributing fault; censure; reproof:
- Bland
-
noun,
James A(llen) 1854–1911, U.S. songwriter and minstrel performer.
- blare
-
noun,
a loud, raucous noise:
- plaid
-
noun,
any fabric woven of differently colored yarns in a crossbarred pattern.
- bipod
-
noun,
a two-legged support, as for an automatic rifle.
- blear
-
noun,
a blur; cloudiness; dimness:
- blend
-
noun,
an act or manner of blending:
- Blida
-
noun,
a city in N Algeria.
- Blimp
-
noun,
a small, nonrigid airship or dirigible, especially one used chiefly for observation.
- blind
-
noun,
something that obstructs vision, as a blinker for a horse.
- blini
-
plural noun,
pancakes made with yeast and either white or buckwheat flour and traditionally served during Shrovetide with caviar and sour cream.
- blond
-
noun,
a blond person.
- BMarE
-
- Pinel
-
noun,
Phillippe [fee-leep] /fiˈlip/ (Show IPA), 1745–1826, French physician: reformer in the treatment and care of the mentally ill.
- board
-
noun,
a piece of wood sawed thin, and of considerable length and breadth compared with the thickness.
- birle
-
verb (used with object),
to pour (a drink) or pour a drink for.
- biped
-
noun,
a two-footed animal.
- Barde
-
noun,
bard2 (def 1).
- podia
-
noun,
a small platform for the conductor of an orchestra, a public speaker, the recipient of a sports medal, etc.
- Bardo
-
noun,
(in Lamaism) the state of the soul between death and rebirth.
- Barea
-
noun,
Arturo [ahr-too r-oh;; Spanish ahr-too-raw] /ɑrˈtʊər oʊ;; Spanish ɑrˈtu rɔ/ (Show IPA), 1897–1957, Spanish author, critic, lecturer, and broadcaster: in England after 1939.
- baro-
-
- Baron
-
noun,
a member of the lowest grade of nobility.
- Poler
-
noun,
a person or thing that poles.
- beano
-
noun,
bingo.
- polar
-
adjective,
of or relating to the North or South Pole.
- bedim
-
verb (used with object),
to make dim; darken; obscure.
- Beira
-
noun,
a seaport in central Mozambique.
- Beria
-
noun,
Lavrenti Pavlovich [luh v-ren-tee pav-loh-vich;; Russian luh-vryen-tyee puh-vlaw-vyich] /ləvˈrɛn ti pævˈloʊ vɪtʃ;; Russian lʌˈvryɛn tyi pʌˈvlɔ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1899–1953, Soviet secret-police chief: executed for treason.
- biome
-
noun,
a complex biotic community characterized by distinctive plant and animal species and maintained under the climatic conditions of the region, especially such a community that has developed to climax.
- plomb
-
noun,
any inert material inserted into a body cavity for therapeutic purposes.
- ploid
-
- plio-
-
- plier
-
noun,
pliers, (sometimes used with a singular verb) small pincers with long jaws, for bending wire, holding small objects, etc. (usually used with pair of).
- pleon
-
noun,
the abdomen of a crustacean.
- pleo-
-
- bield
-
noun,
a shelter; refuge.
- binal
-
adjective,
double; twofold.
- plead
-
verb (used with object),
to allege or urge in defense, justification, or excuse:
- biol.
-
- April
-
noun,
the fourth month of the year, containing 30 days. Abbreviation: Apr.
- apnea
-
noun,
a temporary suspension of breathing, occurring in some newborns (infant apnea) and in some adults during sleep (sleep apnea)
- bolar
-
adjective,
of or relating to bole or clay.
- renal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the kidneys or the surrounding regions.
- adobe
-
noun,
sun-dried brick made of clay and straw, in common use in countries having little rainfall.
- Adore
-
verb (used with object),
to regard with the utmost esteem, love, and respect; honor.
- adorn
-
verb (used with object),
to decorate or add beauty to, as by ornaments:
- Aedon
-
noun,
a daughter of Pandareus who mistakenly killed her son. Zeus took pity on her and turned her into a nightingale.
- aemia
-
- aeri-
-
- Aeria
-
noun,
an area in the northern hemisphere of Mars.
- aero-
-
- reni-
-
- aioli
-
noun,
a garlic-flavored mayonnaise of Provence, served with fish and seafood and often with vegetables.
- admen
-
noun,
Also called advertising man. one whose profession is writing, designing, or selling advertisements.
- reman
-
verb (used with object),
to man again; furnish with a fresh supply of personnel.
- Alamo
-
noun,
a poplar.
- alani
-
plural noun,
a nomadic Iranian people who flourished in the 2nd–4th centuries a.d. and are ancestors of the present-day Ossets.
- alarm
-
noun,
a sudden fear or distressing suspense caused by an awareness of danger; apprehension; fright.
- Redon
-
noun,
Odilon [ohd-l-on;; French aw-dee-lawn] /ˈoʊd lˌɒn;; French ɔ diˈlɔ̃/ (Show IPA), 1840–1916, French painter and etcher.
- Alban
-
noun,
Saint, 3rd century a.d, first English martyr.
- redia
-
noun,
a cylindrical larval stage of some trematodes, produced by a sporocyst and giving rise to daughter rediae or to cercariae.
- Redan
-
noun,
a V -shaped work, usually projecting from a fortified line.
- Aldan
-
noun,
a river in the Russian Federation in Asia, flowing NE from the Yabloni Mountains to the Lena. about 1500 miles (2415 km) long.
- admin
-
noun,
administration; administrative work.
- adman
-
noun,
Also called advertising man. one whose profession is writing, designing, or selling advertisements.
- rebop
-
noun,
bop1 .
- abdom
-
- 30-30
-
- ronde
-
noun,
a typeface imitative of upright, somewhat angular, handwriting.
- Roman
-
noun,
a metrical narrative, especially in medieval French literature.
- Rodin
-
noun,
(François) Auguste (René) [frahn-swa oh-gyst ruh-ney] /frɑ̃ˈswa oʊˈgüst rəˈneɪ/ (Show IPA), 1840–1917, French sculptor.
- aalii
-
noun,
a bushy shrub, Dodonaea viscosa, of Australia, Hawaii, Africa, and tropical America, having sticky foliage.
- roble
-
noun,
a Californian white oak, Quercus lobata, having a short trunk and large, spreading branches.
- Aaron
-
noun,
the older brother of Moses, usually regarded as the first high priest of the Hebrews. Ex. 28; 40:13–16.
- Robin
-
noun,
any of several small Old World birds having a red or reddish breast, especially Erithacus rubecula, of Europe.
- abamp
-
noun,
Electricity. abampere.
- Abdon
-
noun,
one of the minor judges of Israel. Judges 12:13–15.
- Adler
-
noun,
Alfred, 1870–1937, Austrian psychiatrist and psychologist.
- abeam
-
adverb,
Nautical, Aeronautics. at right angles to the fore-and-aft line:
- abide
-
Verb phrases,
abide by,
to act in accord with.
to submit to; agree to:
to remain steadfast or faithful to; keep:
- ripen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become ripe.
- Abner
-
noun,
the commander of the Israelite army and a cousin of Saul. I Sam. 14:50; 26:5.
- abode
-
noun,
a place in which a person resides; residence; dwelling; habitation; home.
- aboil
-
adverb, adjective,
boiling:
- Abram
-
noun,
an earlier name of Abraham. Gen. 17:5.
- 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.
- aden-
-
- Adlai
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Alden
-
noun,
John, 1599?–1687, Pilgrim settler in Plymouth, Massachusetts, 1620.
- rebid
-
noun,
Bridge. a second bid:
- apian
-
adjective,
of or relating to bees.
- anear
-
adverb, preposition,
near.
- ample
-
adjective,
fully sufficient or more than adequate for the purpose or needs; plentiful; enough:
- anal.
-
- 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.
- ramie
-
noun,
an Asian shrub, Boehmeria nivea, of the nettle family, yielding a fiber used especially in making textiles.
- andor
-
conjunction,
(used to imply that either or both of the things mentioned may be affected or involved):
- Andie
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- andr-
-
- Andre
-
noun,
John, 1751–80, British major hanged as a spy by the Americans in the Revolutionary War: plotted the betrayal of West Point with Benedict Arnold.
- Rambo
-
noun,
a fanatically militant or violently aggressive person.
- anile
-
adjective,
of or like a foolish, doddering old woman.
- amole
-
noun,
the root of any of several plants, as Mexican species of agaves, used as a substitute for soap.
- anim.
-
- anima
-
noun,
soul; life.
- anime
-
noun,
a Japanese style of motion-picture animation, characterized by highly stylized, colorful art, futuristic settings, violence, and sexuality.
- Raman
-
noun,
Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata [chuhn-druh-shey-ker-uh veng-kuh-tuh] /ˈtʃʌn drəˈʃeɪ kər ə ˈvɛŋ kə tə/ (Show IPA), 1888–1970, Indian physicist: Nobel prize 1930.
- ramal
-
adjective,
of or relating to a ramus.
- anode
-
noun,
the electrode or terminal by which current enters an electrolytic cell, voltaic cell, battery, etc.
- anoia
-
noun,
extreme mental deficiency.
- anole
-
noun,
any of numerous chiefly insectivorous New World lizards of the genus Anolis, related to the iguana, that have the ability to change the color of their skin among a wide range of green and brown shades.
- A-one
-
adjective,
noting a vessel regarded by a shipping-classification society as being equipped to the highest standard and with equipment maintained in first-class condition.
- radon
-
noun,
a chemically inert, radioactive gaseous element produced by the decay of radium: emissions produced by outgassing of rock, brick, etc. are a health hazard. Symbol: Rn; atomic number: 86; atomic weight: 222.
- Amora
-
noun,
one of a group of Jewish scholars, active in the rabbinical academies of Palestine and Babylonia from the 3rd to the 6th centuries a.d., whose commentaries on and interpretations of the Mishnah comprise the Palestinian and Babylonian Gemaras.
- amine
-
noun,
any of a class of compounds derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms with organic groups.
- alibi
-
noun,
Law. the defense by an accused person of having been elsewhere at the time an alleged offense was committed.
- Amber
-
noun,
a pale yellow, sometimes reddish or brownish, fossil resin of vegetable origin, translucent, brittle, and capable of gaining a negative electrical charge by friction and of being an excellent insulator: used for making jewelry and other ornamental articles.
- alien
-
noun,
Often Disparaging and Offensive. a resident of one country who was born in or owes allegiance to another country and has not acquired citizenship by naturalization in the country of residence (distinguished from citizen).
See also resident alien, illegal alien.
- Aline
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- realm
-
noun,
a royal domain; kingdom:
- Almon
-
noun,
a Philippine, dipterocarpaceous tree, Shorea eximia.
- Aloin
-
noun,
an intensely bitter, crystalline, water-soluble powder composed of the active principles of and obtained from aloe, used chiefly as a purgative.
- alone
-
Idioms,
leave alone,
to allow (someone) to be by himself or herself:
to refrain from annoying or interfering with:
- Alope
-
noun,
a daughter of Cercyon who was raped by Poseidon and bore a son, Hippothous.
- Amado
-
noun,
Jorge [Portuguese zhawr-zhuh] /Portuguese ˈʒɔr ʒə/ (Show IPA), 1912–2001, Brazilian novelist.
- amain
-
adverb,
with full force.
- ambi-
-
- amin-
-
- Amble
-
noun,
an ambling gait.
- rapid
-
noun,
Usually, rapids. a part of a river where the current runs very swiftly.
- Ambon
-
noun,
ambo.
- ameba
-
noun,
any of numerous freshwater, marine, or parasitic one-celled protozoa of the order Amoebida, characterized by a granular nucleus surrounded by a jellylike mass of cytoplasm that forms temporary extensions, or pseudopodia, by which the organism moves, engulfs food particles, and forms food vacuoles.
- Amend
-
verb (used with object),
to alter, modify, rephrase, or add to or subtract from (a motion, bill, constitution, etc.) by formal procedure:
- Amer.
-
- ranid
-
noun,
frog1 (def 2).
- amid-
-
- Amida
-
noun,
a Buddha who rules over paradise, enjoying endless and infinite bliss.
- amide
-
noun,
a metallic derivative of ammonia in which the −NH 2 group is retained, as potassium amide, KNH 2 .
- Piman
-
noun,
any of various groupings of Uto-Aztecan languages, of varying degrees of inclusiveness, comprising Pima and its closest relatives.
- Beard
-
noun,
the growth of hair on the face of an adult man, often including a mustache.
- Nelda
-
noun,
a female given name.
- dolma
-
noun,
a dish of tomatoes, green peppers, vine leaves, or eggplants stuffed with a mixture of meat, rice, and spices.
- domal
-
noun,
Phonetics. a domal sound.
- Danae
-
noun,
a daughter of the king of Argos and mother, by Zeus disguised as a shower of gold, of Perseus.
- Danai
-
plural noun,
the Argives.
- Pearl
-
noun,
a smooth, rounded bead formed within the shells of certain mollusks and composed of the mineral aragonite or calcite in a matrix, deposited in concentric layers as a protective coating around an irritating foreign object: valued as a gem when lustrous and finely colored.
Compare cultured pearl.
- Dania
-
noun,
a town in S Florida.
- danio
-
noun,
any of several cyprinid fishes of the genera Danio and Brachydanio, of India and Sri Lanka, often kept in aquariums.
- Dolin
-
noun,
Sir Anton [an-ton] /ˈæn tɒn/ (Show IPA), (Patrick Healey-Kay) 1904–83, English ballet dancer.
- Damon
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Peano
-
noun,
Giuseppe [joo-zep-pe] /dʒuˈzɛp pɛ/ (Show IPA), 1858–1932, Italian mathematician.
- dolia
-
noun,
a large earthenware jar used by the ancient Romans.
- Dario
-
noun,
Rubén [roo-ven] /ruˈvɛn/ (Show IPA), (Félix Rubén García Sarmiento) 1867–1916, Nicaraguan poet and diplomat.
- parol
-
noun,
something stated or declared.
- Parma
-
noun,
a city in N Italy, SE of Milan.
- dobra
-
noun,
any of various former Portuguese coins, especially a gold coin of John V equal to two johannes.
- dobla
-
noun,
a former gold coin of Spain.
- Paine
-
noun,
Albert Bigelow [big-uh-loh] /ˈbɪg əˌloʊ/ (Show IPA), 1861–1937, U.S. author and editor.
- pedal
-
noun,
a foot-operated lever used to control certain mechanisms, as automobiles, or to play or modify the sounds of certain musical instruments, as pianos, organs, or harps.
- Dobie
-
noun,
Chiefly Southwestern U.S. adobe.
- penal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving punishment, as for crimes or offenses.
- dorab
-
noun,
wolf herring.
- doper
-
noun,
a drug addict.
- paean
-
noun,
any song of praise, joy, or triumph.
- Paeon
-
noun,
Classical Prosody. a foot of one long and three short syllables in any order.
- broil
-
noun,
the act or state of broiling; state of being broiled.
- brom-
-
- Donar
-
noun,
the god of thunder, corresponding to Thor.
- Pemba
-
noun,
an island near the E coast of equatorial Africa: formerly part of Zanzibar protectorate; now a part of Tanzania. 164,321; 380 sq. mi. (984 sq. km).
- Damia
-
noun,
a spirit of fertility.
- Pedro
-
noun,
any of several varieties of all fours in which the five of trumps counts at its face value.
- pedo-
-
- Dalen
-
noun,
Gustaf [goo s-tahf] /ˈgʊs tɑf/ (Show IPA), 1869–1937, Swedish inventor: Nobel Prize in Physics 1912.
- PEDir
-
- Daman
-
noun,
a hyrax, Procavia syriaca, of Syria, Palestine, etc.: the cony of the Bible.
- Damar
-
noun,
dammar.
- pedi-
-
- parle
-
noun, verb (used without object),
talk; parley.
- Parl.
-
- DORAN
-
noun,
an electronic device for determining range and assisting navigation, employing the principle of the Doppler effect.
- panda
-
noun,
Also called giant panda. a white-and-black, bearlike mammal, Ailuropoda melanoleuca, now rare and restricted to forest areas of central China containing stands of bamboo, on which it mainly subsists: formerly placed with the raccoon family but now classified as a bear subfamily, Ailuropodinae, or as the sole member of a separate family, Ailuropodidae, which diverged from an ancestral bear lineage.
- demob
-
noun,
demobilization.
- dimer
-
noun,
a molecule composed of two identical, simpler molecules.
- Demon
-
noun,
an evil spirit; devil or fiend.
- denar
-
noun,
the basic monetary unit of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
- denim
-
noun,
a heavy, Z-twist, twill cotton for jeans, overalls, and other work and leisure garments.
- para-
-
- Dibai
-
noun,
Dubai.
- dimin
-
- Paoli
-
noun,
Pasquale di, 1725–1807, Corsican military leader, statesman, and patriot.
- derm-
-
- derma
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. dermis.
- panel
-
noun,
a distinct portion, section, or division of a wall, wainscot, ceiling, door, shutter, fence, etc., especially of any surface sunk below or raised above the general level or enclosed by a frame or border.
- paned
-
adjective,
having panes (usually used in combination):
- Diana
-
noun,
(Princess of Wales; Lady Diana Spencer) 1961–97, former wife of Charles, Prince of Wales.
- diam.
-
- demo-
-
- dinar
-
noun,
any of various former coins of the Near East, especially gold coins issued by Islamic governments.
- pale-
-
- pardi
-
adverb, interjection,
verily; indeed.
- pari-
-
- palea
-
noun,
a chafflike scale or bract.
- paren
-
plural noun,
parentheses:
- Dnepr
-
noun,
Russian name of Dnieper.
- debar
-
verb (used with object),
to shut out or exclude from a place or condition:
- Debir
-
noun,
a royal city in the vicinity of Hebron, conquered by Othniel.
- Debra
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Deborah.
- Palma
-
noun,
Also called Palma de Mallorca [Spanish pahl-mah th e mah-lyawr-kah] /Spanish ˈpɑl mɑ ðɛ mɑˈlyɔr kɑ/ (Show IPA). a seaport in and the capital of the Balearic Islands, on W Majorca.
- demi-
-
- Dirae
-
plural noun,
the Furies. See fury (def 3).
- Delia
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cordelia.
- Medon
-
noun,
(in the Odyssey) a herald who warned Penelope that her suitors were conspiring against Telemachus.
- dipl.
-
- Dione
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a Titan and a consort of Zeus.
- diner
-
noun,
a person who dines.
- Pamir
-
noun,
the, a mountainous region in central Asia, largely in Tajikistan, where the Hindu Kush, Tien Shan, and Himalaya mountain ranges converge: highest peaks, about 25,000 feet (7600 meters).
- Broad
-
noun,
the broad part of anything.
- dalan
-
noun,
(in Persian and Indian architecture) a veranda or open hall for reception of visitors.
- dial.
-
- boned
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology.
one of the structures composing the skeleton of a vertebrate.
the hard connective tissue forming the substance of the skeleton of most vertebrates, composed of a collagen-rich organic matrix impregnated with calcium, phosphate, and other minerals.
- orial
-
- Bream
-
noun,
any of various freshwater fishes of the genus Abramis, as A. brama, of Europe, with a compressed, deep body and silvery scales.
- Borel
-
noun,
Félix Édouard Émile [fey-leeks ey-dwar ey-meel] /feɪˈliks eɪˈdwar eɪˈmil/ (Show IPA), 1871–1956, French mathematician.
- bread
-
noun,
a kind of food made of flour or meal that has been mixed with milk or water, made into a dough or batter, with or without yeast or other leavening agent, and baked.
- Brand
-
noun,
kind, grade, or make, as indicated by a stamp, trademark, or the like:
- Peron
-
noun,
Eva Duarte de [ee-vuh dwahr-tey duh;; Spanish e-vah dwahr-te th e] /ˈi və ˈdwɑr teɪ də;; Spanish ˈɛ vɑ ˈdwɑr tɛ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), 1919–52, Argentine political figure (wife of Juan Perón).
- Brale
-
- 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.
- Pilar
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or covered with hair.
- drama
-
noun,
a composition in prose or verse presenting in dialogue or pantomime a story involving conflict or contrast of character, especially one intended to be acted on the stage; a play.
- boner
-
noun,
a person or thing that bones.
- Breda
-
noun,
a city in the S Netherlands.
- Oriel
-
noun,
a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
- brail
-
noun,
Nautical. any of several horizontal lines fastened to the edge of a fore-and-aft sail or lateen sail, for gathering in the sail.
- braid
-
noun,
a braided length or plait, especially of hair.
- Bonpa
-
noun,
a member of the Bön sect.
- oribi
-
noun,
a small tan-colored antelope, Ourebia ourebi , of south and east Africa, with spikelike horns.
- drail
-
noun,
a hook with a lead-covered shank used in trolling.
- boral
-
noun,
a compound of an aluminum tartrate and borate, used chiefly as an astringent and antiseptic.
- piano
-
noun,
a musical instrument in which felt-covered hammers, operated from a keyboard, strike the metal strings.
- pibal
-
noun,
the measurement and computation of the speed and direction of winds by theodolitic tracking of a pilot balloon.
- piend
-
noun,
arris.
- borne
-
noun,
a circular sofa having a conical or cylindrical back piece at the center.
- Pilea
-
noun,
any of numerous plants belonging to the genus Pilea, of the nettle family, many species of which are cultivated for their ornamental foliage.
- Drape
-
noun,
a curtain or hanging of heavy fabric and usually considerable length, especially either of a pair for covering a window and drawn open and shut horizontally.
- Brian
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Dream
-
noun,
a succession of images, thoughts, or emotions passing through the mind during sleep.
- padre
-
noun,
father (used especially in addressing or referring to a priest or member of the clergy).
- peri-
-
- Drina
-
noun,
a river in S Europe, flowing N along the part of the border between Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina to the Sava River at Belgrade, Serbia. 285 miles (459 km) long.
- pilon
-
noun,
something extra; lagniappe.
- peril
-
noun,
exposure to injury, loss, or destruction; grave risk; jeopardy; danger:
- Brine
-
noun,
water saturated or strongly impregnated with salt.
- Pablo
-
noun,
a male given name, Spanish form of Paul.
- Bride
-
noun,
a newly married woman or a woman about to be married.
- piled
-
noun,
an assemblage of things laid or lying one upon the other:
- Drain
-
noun,
something, as a pipe or conduit, by which a liquid drains.
- Rodi
-
noun,
Italian name of Rhodes.
- oral
-
noun,
an oral examination in a school, college, or university, given especially to a candidate for an advanced degree.
- Mina
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- raob
-
noun,
Meteorology. a radiosonde or rawinsonde observation.
- midn
-
- Rape
-
noun,
unlawful sexual intercourse or any other sexual penetration of the vagina, anus, or mouth of another person, with or without force, by a sex organ, other body part, or foreign object, without the consent of the victim.
- robe
-
noun,
a long, loose or flowing gown or outer garment worn by men or women as ceremonial dress, an official vestment, or garb of office.
- MILR
-
- Palm
-
noun,
the part of the inner surface of the hand that extends from the wrist to the bases of the fingers.
- RONA
-
- min.
-
- real
-
noun,
real number.
- rope
-
noun,
a strong, thick line or cord, commonly one composed of twisted or braided strands of hemp, flax, or the like, or of wire or other material.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- role
-
noun,
a part or character played by an actor or actress.
- roil
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- Pali
-
noun,
(in Hawaii) a steep slope or cliff.
- Orem
-
noun,
a city in N Utah.
- romp
-
noun,
a lively or boisterous frolic.
- rode
-
noun,
a rope by which a boat is anchored.
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- ord.
-
- Roma
-
noun,
Rome.
- pam.
-
- Read
-
noun,
an act or instance of reading:
- Rom.
-
- Mile
-
noun,
Also called statute mile. a unit of distance on land in English-speaking countries equal to 5280 feet, or 1760 yards (1.609 kilometers).
- Mela
-
noun,
a religious fair, especially one held in connection with a festival.
- mien
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- mild
-
noun,
British. beer that has a blander taste than bitter.
- Pan.
-
- MELD
-
noun,
the act of melding.
- Milo
-
noun,
a grain sorghum having white, yellow, or pinkish seeds, grown chiefly in Africa, Asia, and the U.S.
- mil.
-
- Mind
-
noun,
(in a human or other conscious being) the element, part, substance, or process that reasons, thinks, feels, wills, perceives, judges, etc.:
- Rome
-
noun,
Harold (Jacob) 1908–1993, U.S. lyricist and composer.
- pane
-
noun,
one of the divisions of a window or the like, consisting of a single plate of glass in a frame.
- Opal
-
noun,
a mineral, an amorphous form of silica, SiO 2 with some water of hydration, found in many varieties and colors, including a form that is milky white.
- ream
-
noun,
a standard quantity of paper, consisting of 20 quires or 500 sheets (formerly 480 sheets), or 516 sheets (printer's ream or perfect ream)
- repl
-
- men-
-
- Pail
-
noun,
bucket.
- OPer
-
- rime
-
noun,
Also called rime ice. an opaque coating of tiny, white, granular ice particles, caused by the rapid freezing of supercooled water droplets on impact with an object.
Compare frost (def 3), glaze (def 17).
- Odin
-
noun,
the ruler of the Aesir and god of war, poetry, knowledge, and wisdom; Wotan: the chief god.
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- Rep.
-
- Rima
-
noun,
a female given name.
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- Mend
-
noun,
the act of mending; repair or improvement.
- RIIA
-
- rend
-
verb (used with object),
to separate into parts with force or violence:
- Omar
-
noun,
a male given name.
- omen
-
noun,
anything perceived or happening that is believed to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; portent.
- repo
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- rial
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- Omer
-
noun,
a Hebrew unit of dry measure, the tenth part of an ephah.
- Omri
-
noun,
a king of Israel and the father of Ahab. I Kings 16:16–28.
- ride
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- Rida
-
- open
-
noun,
an open or clear space.
- PABA
-
noun,
para-aminobenzoic acid.
- 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.
- orad
-
adverb,
toward the mouth or the oral region.
- RIPE
-
adjective,
having arrived at such a stage of growth or development as to be ready for reaping, gathering, eating, or use, as grain or fruit; completely matured.
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- reap
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- roam
-
noun,
an act or instance of roaming; a ramble.
- MEPA
-
- MIDI
-
noun,
a skirt, dress, or coat, of mid-calf length.
- Pal.
-
- pair
-
noun,
two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together:
- ole-
-
- Mid.
-
- 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.
- redo
-
noun,
the act or an instance of redoing.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- orle
-
noun,
Heraldry.
a charge in the form of a narrow band following the form of the escutcheon within the edge, so that the extreme outer edge of the escutcheon is of the field tincture.
an arrangement in orle of small charges:
- Rind
-
noun,
a thick and firm outer coat or covering, as of certain fruits, cheeses, and meats:
- opia
-
- Reid
-
noun,
Sir George Huston, 1845–1918, Australian statesman, born in Scotland: prime minister 1904–05.
- Olin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Rein
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- rel.
-
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- Pain
-
noun,
physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
- Olpe
-
noun,
a form of the oinochoe.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- road
-
noun,
a long, narrow stretch with a smoothed or paved surface, made for traveling by motor vehicle, carriage, etc., between two or more points; street or highway.
- neo-
-
- MiNE
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- NADP
-
- plod
-
noun,
the act or a course of plodding.
- Perm
-
noun,
permanent (def 4).
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- pnea
-
- poda
-
- poem
-
noun,
a composition in verse, especially one that is characterized by a highly developed artistic form and by the use of heightened language and rhythm to express an intensely imaginative interpretation of the subject.
- poil
-
noun,
a yarn or thread made from silk, used for ribbon, velvet, and as the core of gold, silver, and tinsel yarn.
- Pol.
-
- Pola
-
noun,
Pula.
- nail
-
noun,
a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
- PERL
-
- Orel
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, on the left bank of the Oka River, S of Moscow.
- pole
-
noun,
a long, cylindrical, often slender piece of wood, metal, etc.:
- pome
-
noun,
the characteristic fruit of the apple family, as an apple, pear, or quince, in which the edible flesh arises from the greatly swollen receptacle and not from the carpels.
- Nile
-
noun,
a river in E Africa, the longest in the world, flowing N from Lake Victoria to the Mediterranean. 3473 miles (5592 km) long; from the headwaters of the Kagera River, 4000 miles (6440 km) long.
- Pond
-
noun,
a body of water smaller than a lake, sometimes artificially formed, as by damming a stream.
- pone
-
noun,
Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.
- per.
-
- Nada
-
noun,
nothing; zero; none:
- pore
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- nabe
-
noun,
a neighborhood movie theater.
- Pori
-
noun,
a seaport in W Finland, on the Gulf of Bothnia.
- mRNA
-
- morn
-
noun,
morning.
- porn
-
noun,
Sometimes, porno [pawr-noh] /ˈpɔr noʊ/ (Show IPA). pornography; sexually explicit videos, photographs, writings, or the like, produced to elicit sexual arousal (often used attributively):
- peon
-
noun,
(in Spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer; day laborer.
- prad
-
noun,
Informal. horse.
- pend
-
verb (used without object),
to remain undecided or unsettled.
- more
-
noun,
an additional quantity, amount, or number:
- plie
-
noun,
a movement in which the knees are bent while the back is held straight.
- pled
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of plead.
- Pen.
-
- nard
-
noun,
an aromatic Himalayan plant, believed to be the spikenard, Nardostachys jatamansi, the source of an ointment used by the ancients.
- Pima
-
noun,
a member of an Indian people of southern Arizona and northern Mexico.
- pina
-
noun,
pineapple.
- PINE
-
noun,
any evergreen, coniferous tree of the genus Pinus, having long, needle-shaped leaves, certain species of which yield timber, turpentine, tar, pitch, etc.
Compare pine family.
- Neil
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- pili
-
noun,
a Philippine tree, Canarium ovatum, the edible seeds of which taste like a sweet almond.
- pion
-
noun,
the first meson to be discovered: it has spin 0 and may be positively or negatively charged or neutral; charged pions decay into a muon and a neutrino or antineutrino. Symbol: π.
- nerd
-
noun,
a person considered to be socially awkward, boring, unstylish, etc.
- Pire
-
noun,
Dominique Georges Henri [French daw-mee-neek zhawrzh ahn-ree] /French dɔ miˈnik ʒɔrʒ ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1910–69, Belgian priest: Nobel Peace Prize 1958.
- Nebo
-
noun,
Mt. See under Pisgah.
- pirn
-
noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- neap
-
noun,
neap tide.
- Neal
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- Piro
-
noun,
piroplasmosis.
- Nara
-
noun,
a city on S Honshu, in central Japan: chief Buddhist center of ancient Japan; first capital of Japan a.d. 710–84.
- pleb
-
noun,
a member of the plebs; a plebeian or commoner.
- Nero
-
noun,
(Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus) (“Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus”) a.d. 37–68, emperor of Rome 54–68, known for his cruelty and depravity.
- pile
-
noun,
an assemblage of things laid or lying one upon the other:
- nape
-
noun,
the back of the neck (usually used in the phrase nape of the neck).
- Nida
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Nydia.
- pil-
-
- nide
-
noun,
a nest or brood, especially of pheasants.
- Napa
-
noun,
Chinese cabbage.
- Pier
-
noun,
a structure built on posts extending from land out over water, used as a landing place for ships, an entertainment area, a strolling place, etc.; jetty.
- pian
-
noun,
yaws.
- pial
-
adjective,
of or relating to the pia mater.
- plea
-
noun,
an appeal or entreaty:
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- name
-
noun,
a word or a combination of words by which a person, place, or thing, a body or class, or any object of thought is designated, called, or known.
- Nama
-
noun,
a member of a Khoikhoi people of Namaqualand, in SW Africa.
- pram
-
noun,
perambulator.
- prao
-
noun,
proa.
- Oder
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing from the NE Czech Republic, N through SW Poland and along the border between Germany and Poland into the Baltic. 562 miles (905 km) long.
- mod.
-
- pard
-
noun,
a leopard or panther.
- moil
-
noun,
hard work or drudgery.
- nope
-
adverb,
no1 (def 1).
- Raia
-
noun,
rayah.
- RAID
-
noun,
a sudden assault or attack, as upon something to be seized or suppressed:
- Nemo
-
noun,
remote (def 10).
- rail
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- 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).
- Nor.
-
- rale
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- Rama
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) any of the three avatars of Vishnu: Balarama, Parashurama, or Ramachandra.
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- Nord
-
noun,
a department in N France. 2229 sq. mi. (5770 sq. km). Capital: Lille.
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- mol.
-
- moan
-
noun,
a prolonged, low, inarticulate sound uttered from or as if from physical or mental suffering.
- Moab
-
noun,
an ancient kingdom E of the Dead Sea, in what is now Jordan.
- Norm
-
noun,
a standard, model, or pattern.
- Miro
-
noun,
Gabriel [gah-vree-el] /ˌgɑ vriˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1879–1930, Spanish novelist, short-story writer, and essayist.
- NRAB
-
- mire
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- NRPB
-
- par.
-
- 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.
- rami
-
noun,
plural of ramus.
- Mino
-
noun,
Minho.
- RAMP
-
noun,
a sloping surface connecting two levels; incline.
- Obie
-
noun,
one of a group of awards given annually, beginning in 1956, by New York City's The Village Voice newspaper for achievement in the off-Broadway theater.
- RAND
-
noun,
(in shoemaking) a strip of leather set in a shoe at the heel before the lifts are attached.
- RADM
-
- MOLA
-
noun,
any of several thin, silvery fishes of the family Molidae, of tropical and temperate seas.
- pre-
-
- pear
-
noun,
the edible fruit, typically rounded but elongated and growing smaller toward the stem, of a tree, Pyrus communis, of the rose family.
- Mora
-
noun,
the unit of time equivalent to the ordinary or normal short sound or syllable.
- prie
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- nipa
-
noun,
a palm, Nypa fruticans, of India, the Philippines, etc., whose foliage is used for thatching, basketry, etc.
- NIRA
-
- ped.
-
- Peba
-
noun,
nine-banded armadillo.
- mope
-
noun,
a person who mopes or is given to moping.
- prin
-
- NLRB
-
- pro-
-
- proa
-
noun,
any of various types of Indonesian boats, especially a swift Malay sailing boat built with the lee side flat and balanced by a single outrigger.
- NOAA
-
- node
-
noun,
a knot, protuberance, or knob.
- Noel
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- RIBA
-
- Pare
-
noun,
Ambroise [ahn-brwaz] /ɑ̃ˈbrwaz/ (Show IPA), 1510–90, French surgeon.
- pean
-
noun,
paean.
- Raab
-
noun,
broccoli rabe.
- peal
-
noun,
a loud, prolonged ringing of bells.
- noil
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- Mona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Mon.
-
- Rabi
-
noun,
Isidor Isaac, 1898–1988, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1944.
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- Mole
-
noun,
any of various small insectivorous mammals, especially of the family Talpidae, living chiefly underground, and having velvety fur, very small eyes, and strong forefeet.
- nom.
-
- Noma
-
noun,
a gangrenous ulceration of the mouth or genitalia, occurring mainly in debilitated children.
- rad.
-
- mold
-
noun,
a hollow form or matrix for giving a particular shape to something in a molten or plastic state.
- Nome
-
noun,
one of the provinces of ancient Egypt.
- Mode
-
noun,
a manner of acting or doing; method; way:
- Lani
-
- Meir
-
noun,
Golda [gohl-duh] /ˈgoʊl də/ (Show IPA), (Goldie Mabovitch; Goldie Myerson) 1898–1978, Israeli political leader, born in Russia: prime minister 1969–74.
- Dean
-
noun,
Education.
the head of a faculty, school, or administrative division in a university or college:
an official in an American college or secondary school having charge of student personnel services, such as counseling or discipline:
the official in charge of undergraduate students at an English university.
- Dame
-
noun,
(initial capital letter)
the official title of a female member of the Order of the British Empire, equivalent to that of a knight.
the official title of the wife of a knight or baronet.
- damn
-
noun,
the utterance of “damn” in swearing or for emphasis.
- damp
-
noun,
moisture; humidity; moist air:
- Dan.
-
abbreviation,
Bible. Daniel (def 1).
- Dana
-
noun,
Danu.
- Dane
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Denmark.
- Danl
-
- Dare
-
noun,
an act of daring or defiance; challenge.
- Dari
-
noun,
a form of Persian, spoken in Afghanistan.
- Darn
-
noun,
a darned place, as in a garment:
- dbl.
-
- deal
-
noun,
a business transaction:
- DEAR
-
noun,
a person who is good, kind, or generous:
- Dale
-
noun,
a valley, especially a broad valley.
- deb.
-
- deil
-
noun,
devil.
- Del.
-
- deli
-
noun,
a delicatessen.
- Dem.
-
- Den.
-
- Deni
-
noun,
a monetary unit of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the 100th part of a denar.
- dep.
-
- depr
-
- der.
-
- dern
-
adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
darn2 .
- DERP
-
noun,
a person or thing considered to be foolish or awkward.
- dia-
-
- Dali
-
noun,
Salvador [sal-vuh-dawr;; Spanish sahl-vah-th awr] /ˈsæl vəˌdɔr;; Spanish ˌsɑl vɑˈðɔr/ (Show IPA), 1904–89, Spanish painter and illustrator.
- Dom.
-
- Dili
-
noun,
a city on NE Timor, in S Indonesia.
- bor.
-
- Bode
-
verb,
a simple past tense of bide.
- Boer
-
noun,
a South African of Dutch extraction.
- boil
-
noun,
the act or an instance of boiling.
- Bol.
-
- bola
-
noun,
Also, bolas. a weapon consisting of two or more heavy balls secured to the ends of one or more strong cords, hurled by the Indians and gauchos of southern South America to entangle the legs of cattle and other animals.
- bold
-
Idioms,
be / make (so) bold, to presume or venture; dare:
- bole
-
noun,
the stem or trunk of a tree.
- Boma
-
noun,
a city in the W Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the Zaire (Congo) River.
- Bona
-
noun,
Bône, the former name of Annaba.
- Bond
-
noun,
something that binds, fastens, confines, or holds together.
- Bone
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology.
one of the structures composing the skeleton of a vertebrate.
the hard connective tissue forming the substance of the skeleton of most vertebrates, composed of a collagen-rich organic matrix impregnated with calcium, phosphate, and other minerals.
- 1080
-
- Bora
-
noun,
(on the Adriatic coasts) a violent, dry, cold wind blowing from the north or northeast.
- Brno
-
noun,
a city in S Moravia, in the SE Czech Republic: former capital of Moravia.
- Bore
-
noun,
a dull, tiresome, or uncongenial person.
- Born
-
noun,
Max, 1882–1970, German physicist: Nobel Prize 1954.
- BPOE
-
- Brad
-
noun,
a slender wire nail having either a small, deep head or a projection to one side of the head end.
- brae
-
noun,
a slope; declivity; hillside.
- Bram
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Bran
-
noun,
the partly ground husk of wheat or other grain, separated from flour meal by sifting.
- Brea
-
noun,
a town in S California.
- Bred
-
noun,
Genetics. a relatively homogenous group of animals within a species, developed and maintained by humans.
- brei
-
noun,
a suspension of finely divided tissue in an isotonic medium, used chiefly as a culture for certain viruses.
- Brie
-
noun,
a region in NE France, between the Seine and the Marne.
- brim
-
noun,
the upper edge of anything hollow; rim; brink:
- brio
-
noun,
vigor; vivacity.
- diel
-
adjective,
of or relating to a 24-hour period, especially a regular daily cycle, as of the physiology or behavior of an organism.
- dim.
-
- BMEd
-
- enl.
-
- Edna
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “rejuvenation, rebirth.”.
- Edom
-
noun,
Esau, the brother of Jacob.
- Elam
-
noun,
an ancient kingdom E of Babylonia and N of the Persian Gulf. Capital: Susa.
- elan
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- Elba
-
noun,
an Italian island in the Mediterranean, between Corsica and Italy: the scene of Napoleon's first exile 1814–15. 94 sq. mi. (243 sq. km).
- Elia
-
noun,
the pen name of Charles Lamb.
- emia
-
- Emil
-
noun,
a male given name: from Latin Aemilius, a family name.
- emir
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- Emp.
-
- end-
-
- Enid
-
noun,
a city in N Oklahoma.
- enol
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- Ebro
-
noun,
a river flowing SE from N Spain to the Mediterranean. About 470 miles (755 km) long.
- epi-
-
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- Erma
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- Ind.
-
- IADB
-
- IAEA
-
- 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.
- iana
-
- Iban
-
noun,
Also called Sea Dayak. a member of any of several Dayak tribes of Sarawak.
- ible
-
- idae
-
- IDEA
-
noun,
any conception existing in the mind as a result of mental understanding, awareness, or activity.
- Edam
-
noun,
a mild, hard, yellow cheese, produced in a round shape and coated with red wax.
- ebon
-
adjective,
ebony (def 6).
- dime
-
noun,
a cupronickel-clad coin of the U.S. and Canada, the 10th part of a dollar, equal to 10 cents.
- dome
-
noun,
Architecture.
a vault, having a circular plan and usually in the form of a portion of a sphere, so constructed as to exert an equal thrust in all directions.
a domical roof or ceiling.
a polygonal vault, ceiling, or roof.
- Din.
-
- Dine
-
noun,
Scot. dinner.
- Dino
-
- diol
-
noun,
glycol (def 2).
- Dior
-
noun,
Christian [kris-chuh n;; French krees-tyahn] /ˈkrɪs tʃən;; French krisˈtyɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1905–57, French fashion designer.
- dir.
-
- DIRE
-
adjective,
causing or involving great fear or suffering; dreadful; terrible:
- dirl
-
verb (used without object),
to vibrate; shake.
- dlr.
-
- dobe
-
noun,
Informal. adobe.
- doer
-
noun,
a person or thing that does something, especially a person who gets things done with vigor and efficiency.
- dol.
-
- Dole
-
noun,
a portion or allotment of money, food, etc., especially as given at regular intervals by a charity or for maintenance.
- Dona
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Madam; Lady: a Portuguese title prefixed to a woman's given name.
- Earp
-
noun,
Wyatt (Ber·ry Stapp) [wahy-uh t-ber-ee-stap] /ˈwaɪ ətˈbɛr i stæp/ (Show IPA), 1848–1929, U.S. frontiersman, law officer, and gunfighter.
- dopa
-
noun,
an amino acid, C 9 H 11 NO 4 , formed from tyrosine in the liver during melanin and epinephrine biosynthesis: the L-dopa isomer is converted in the brain to dopamine.
- dope
-
noun,
any thick liquid or pasty preparation, as a lubricant, used in preparing a surface.
- Dora
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Greek word meaning “gift.”.
- DORE
-
noun,
the walleye or pike perch of North America.
- dorm
-
noun,
dormitory.
- dorp
-
noun,
a village; hamlet.
- drab
-
noun,
dull gray; dull brownish or yellowish gray.
- DRAM
-
noun,
Measurements.
a unit of apothecaries' weight, equal to 60 grains, or 1/8 (0.125) ounce (3.89 grams).
1/16 (0.0625) ounce, avoirdupois weight (27.34 grains; 1.77 grams). Abbreviation: dr., dr.
- drib
-
noun,
a small or minute quantity; bit.
- Drin
-
noun,
a river in S Europe, flowing generally NW from SW Macedonia through N Albania into the Adriatic. 180 miles (290 km) long.
- drip
-
noun,
an act of dripping.
- Earl
-
noun,
a British nobleman of a rank below that of marquis and above that of viscount: called count for a time after the Norman conquest. The wife of an earl is a countess.
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- Boar
-
noun,
the uncastrated male swine.
- blip
-
noun,
Also called pip. Electronics.
a spot of light on a radar screen indicating the position of a plane, submarine, or other object.
(loosely) any small spot of light on a display screen.
- idle
-
noun,
the state or quality of being idle.
- Amon
-
noun,
Amen.
- Aldm
-
- Alea
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. an epithet of Athena referring to a sanctuary built in her honor by Aleus.
- Alma
-
noun,
a town in SE Quebec, in SE Canada.
- alme
-
noun,
almah.
- aloe
-
noun,
any chiefly African shrub belonging to the genus Aloe, of the lily family, certain species of which yield a fiber.
- Amal
-
- Aman
-
noun,
Haman.
- AMBA
-
noun,
anba.
- 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.
- Amen
-
noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- Amie
-
noun,
a female friend.
- Amir
-
noun,
emir.
- Amor
-
noun,
Cupid.
- Ald.
-
- amp.
-
- Amri
-
noun,
Omri.
- Anam
-
noun,
Annam.
- anba
-
noun,
father: a title of a clergyman or saint in the Coptic Church.
- Ande
-
plural noun,
a mountain range in W South America, extending about 4500 miles (7250 km) from N Colombia and Venezuela S to Cape Horn. Highest peak, Aconcagua, 22,834 feet (6960 meters).
- Anil
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- ano-
-
- anoa
-
noun,
a small forest buffalo, Bubalus (Anoa) depressicornis, of the island of Celebes, having a brown coat and straight, sharp-tipped horns: an endangered species.
- ANPA
-
- Apia
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Western Samoa, on N Upolu.
- apo-
-
- Apr.
-
- Arad
-
noun,
a city in W Romania, on the Mures River.
- Alda
-
noun,
Frances, 1885–1952, U.S. operatic singer.
- ALBM
-
- area
-
noun,
any particular extent of space or surface; part:
- aeon
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- AARP
-
- abed
-
adverb,
in bed:
- ABEL
-
noun,
the second son of Adam and Eve, slain by his brother, Cain. Gen. 4.
- Abie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Abraham.
- abl.
-
- able
-
noun,
(usually initial capital letter) a code word formerly used in communications to represent the letter A.
- abr.
-
- abri
-
noun,
a shelter, especially a dugout.
- Adam
-
noun,
the name of the first man: husband of Eve and progenitor of the human race. Gen. 2:7; 5:1–5.
- Adar
-
noun,
the sixth month of the Jewish calendar.
- Adie
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Adm.
-
- aer-
-
- Albi
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Tarn, in S France: center of the Albigenses.
- Aida
-
noun,
(italics) an opera (1871) by Giuseppe Verdi.
- aide
-
noun,
nurse's aide.
- Aiea
-
noun,
a town on S Oahu, in Hawaii.
- AIME
-
- AInd
-
- Aire
-
- Ala.
-
- alae
-
noun,
plural of ala.
- Alai
-
noun,
a mountain range in SW Kyrgyzstan, part of the Tien Shan. To 19,280 feet (5880 meters).
- Alan
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Celtic word meaning “harmony.”.
- Alar
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having wings; alary.
- Alb.
-
- Alba
-
noun,
a Provençal troubadour poem or love song, typically about the parting of lovers at dawn.
- Aram
-
noun,
Biblical name of ancient Syria.
- Aria
-
noun,
an air or melody.
- blin
-
noun,
singular of blini.
- bidi
-
noun,
(in India) an inexpensive cigarette, locally produced usually from cut tobacco rolled in leaf.
- Beal
-
noun,
a god of the ancient Celts, a personification of the sun.
- beam
-
noun,
any of various relatively long pieces of metal, wood, stone, etc., manufactured or shaped especially for use as rigid members or parts of structures or machines.
- Bean
-
noun,
the edible nutritious seed of various plants of the legume family, especially of the genus Phaseolus.
- Bear
-
noun,
any of the plantigrade, carnivorous or omnivorous mammals of the family Ursidae, having massive bodies, coarse heavy fur, relatively short limbs, and almost rudimentary tails.
- Bela
-
noun,
a male given name.
- beld
-
adjective,
bald; hairless.
- BEMA
-
noun,
Eastern Church. the enclosed space surrounding the altar; the sanctuary or chancel.
- Bend
-
noun,
the act of bending.
- Beni
-
noun,
a river flowing NE from W Bolivia to the Madeira River. About 600 miles (965 km) long.
- berm
-
noun,
Also, berme. Fortification. a horizontal surface between the exterior slope of a rampart and the moat.
- Bern
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Switzerland, in the W part: capital of Bern canton.
- bide
-
Idioms,
bide one's time, to wait for a favorable opportunity:
- Biel
-
noun,
Lake. Bienne, Lake of.
- bdrm
-
- bier
-
noun,
a frame or stand on which a corpse or the coffin containing it is laid before burial.
- bile
-
noun,
Physiology. a bitter, alkaline, yellow or greenish liquid, secreted by the liver, that aids in absorption and digestion, especially of fats.
- bin-
-
- BIND
-
noun,
the act or process of binding; the state or instance of being bound.
- bine
-
noun,
a twining plant stem, as of the hop.
- bio-
-
- Bion
-
noun,
flourished c100 b.c, Greek pastoral poet.
- Bird
-
noun,
any warm-blooded vertebrate of the class Aves, having a body covered with feathers, forelimbs modified into wings, scaly legs, a beak, and no teeth, and bearing young in a hard-shelled egg.
- biri
-
noun,
bidi.
- birl
-
noun,
British Informal. an attempt; a gamble.
- blad
-
noun,
a flier or other promotional material distributed by a company to sell a product.
- blae
-
adjective,
bluish-black; blue-gray.
- bldr
-
- bead
-
noun,
a small, usually round object of glass, wood, stone, or the like with a hole through it, often strung with others of its kind in necklaces, rosaries, etc.
- bdle
-
plural,
bundle.
- arid
-
adjective,
being without moisture; extremely dry; parched:
- Bala
-
noun,
Bilhah.
- aril
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- Arm.
-
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Baal
-
noun,
any of numerous local deities among the ancient Semitic peoples, typifying the productive forces of nature and worshiped with much sensuality.
- bade
-
noun,
an act or instance of bidding.
- Badr
-
noun,
Battle of, Islam. a decisive battle in the early days of Islam (a.d. 624), in which Muhammad with about 300 men overcame a force of about 1000 Meccans.
- BAEd
-
- Bael
-
noun,
a spiny citrus tree, Aegle marmelos, of India.
- Baer
-
noun,
Karl Ernst von [kahrl urnst von,, fuh n] /kɑrl ɜrnst vɒn,, fən/ (Show IPA), 1792–1876, Estonian zoologist and pioneer embryologist.
- Bail
-
noun,
property or money given as surety that a person released from custody will return at an appointed time.
- bal.
-
- Bald
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. a treeless mountaintop or area near the top: often used as part of a proper name.
- bdl.
-
plural,
bundle.
- Bale
-
noun,
a large bundle or package prepared for shipping, storage, or sale, especially one tightly compressed and secured by wires, hoops, cords, or the like, and sometimes having a wrapping or covering:
- Bali
-
noun,
an island in Indonesia, E of Java. 2147 sq. mi. (5561 sq. km). Capital: Singaraja.
- balm
-
noun,
any of various oily, fragrant, resinous substances, often of medicinal value, exuding from certain plants, especially tropical trees of the genus Commiphora.
- band
-
noun,
a company of persons or, sometimes, animals or things, joined, acting, or functioning together; aggregation; party; troop:
- bane
-
noun,
a person or thing that ruins or spoils:
- bani
-
noun,
plural of ban4 .
- bar.
-
- Bara
-
noun,
Theda [thee-duh] /ˈθi də/ (Show IPA), (Theodosia Goodman) 1890–1955, U.S. actress.
- Bard
-
noun,
(formerly) a person who composed and recited epic or heroic poems, often while playing the harp, lyre, or the like.
- Bare
-
noun,
any of the plantigrade, carnivorous or omnivorous mammals of the family Ursidae, having massive bodies, coarse heavy fur, relatively short limbs, and almost rudimentary tails.
- Bari
-
noun,
a seaport in SE Italy, on the Adriatic.
- barm
-
noun,
yeast formed on malt liquors while fermenting.
- Barn
-
noun,
a building for storing hay, grain, etc., and often for housing livestock.
- idem
-
noun,
another exactly the same.
- done
-
noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- Leon
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leo.
- Maia
-
noun,
the eldest of the Pleiades and the mother of Hermes by Zeus.
- Laon
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Aisne, in N France, E of Paris.
- M-14
-
noun,
a fully automatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber rifle developed from the M-1: replaced the M-1 as the standard U.S. Army combat rifle.
- M-16
-
noun,
a lightweight, fully automatic rifle shooting a small-caliber bullet at an extremely high velocity: a U.S. Army combat weapon for mobile units and jungle fighting.
- loam
-
noun,
a rich, friable soil containing a relatively equal mixture of sand and silt and a somewhat smaller proportion of clay.
- maar
-
noun,
a circular volcanic landform resulting from explosive ash eruptions.
- made
-
noun,
the style or manner in which something is made; form; build.
- lard
-
noun,
the rendered fat of hogs, especially the internal fat of the abdomen.
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- load
-
noun,
anything put in or on something for conveyance or transportation; freight; cargo:
- Lari
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- MAEd
-
- iod-
-
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- Mael
-
noun,
a son of Ronan, unjustly killed by him.
- maid
-
noun,
a female servant.
- med.
-
- Lira
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- lipa
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Croatia.
- mail
-
noun,
letters, packages, etc., that are sent or delivered by means of the postal system:
- Main
-
noun,
a principal pipe or duct in a system used to distribute water, gas, etc.
- INRI
-
- mal-
-
- MALD
-
- Mali
-
noun,
Republic of, a republic in W Africa: formerly a territory of France; gained independence 1960. 463,500 sq. mi. (120,000 sq. km). Capital: Bamako.
- lip-
-
- Man.
-
- Mana
-
noun,
a generalized, supernatural force or power, which may be concentrated in objects or persons.
- IndE
-
- mane
-
noun,
the long hair growing on the back of or around the neck and neighboring parts of some animals, as the horse or lion.
- Lion
-
noun,
a large, usually tawny-yellow cat, Panthera leo, native to Africa and southern Asia, having a tufted tail and, in the male, a large mane.
- Lane
-
noun,
a narrow way or passage between hedges, fences, walls, or houses.
- Land
-
noun,
any part of the earth's surface not covered by a body of water; the part of the earth's surface occupied by continents and islands:
- lino
-
noun,
linoleum.
- IRBM
-
- Lome
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Togo, on the Gulf of Guinea.
- lond
-
- Loma
-
noun,
a hill or ridge having a broad top.
- loin
-
noun,
Usually, loins. the part or parts of the human body or of a quadruped animal on either side of the spinal column, between the false ribs and hipbone.
- Loeb
-
noun,
Jacques [zhahk] /ʒɑk/ (Show IPA), 1859–1924, German physiologist and experimental biologist in the U.S.
- lone
-
adjective,
being alone; without company or accompaniment; solitary; unaccompanied:
- 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.
- Lab.
-
- Irma
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Erma.
- Lope
-
noun,
the act or the gait of loping.
- Lord
-
noun,
a person who has authority, control, or power over others; a master, chief, or ruler.
- Ire.
-
- Lore
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- Lorn
-
noun,
Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
- lade
-
verb (used with object),
to put (something) on or in, as a burden, load, or cargo; load.
- Lana
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- Lodi
-
noun,
a town in N Italy, SE of Milan: Napoleon's defeat of the Austrians 1796.
- lode
-
noun,
a veinlike deposit, usually metalliferous.
- lobi
-
noun,
plural of lobus.
- lobe
-
noun,
a roundish projection or division, as of an organ or a leaf.
- LRBM
-
- loan
-
noun,
the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something:
- laid
-
noun,
the way or position in which a thing is laid or lies:
- lain
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- lair
-
noun,
a den or resting place of a wild animal:
- Lam.
-
- LAMA
-
noun,
a priest or monk in Lamaism.
- Lamb
-
noun,
a young sheep.
- lame
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is out of touch with modern fads or trends, especially one who is unsophisticated.
- Lamp
-
noun,
any of various devices furnishing artificial light, as by electricity or gas.
Compare fluorescent lamp, incandescent lamp.
- inae
-
- Mair
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- mean
-
noun,
Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
- limo
-
noun,
a limousine.
- lien
-
noun,
Law. the legal claim of one person upon the property of another person to secure the payment of a debt or the satisfaction of an obligation.
- Lena
-
noun,
a river in the Russian Federation in Asia, flowing NE from Lake Baikal through the Yakutsk Republic into the Laptev Sea. 2800 miles (4500 km) long.
- lea.
-
- Ilia
-
noun,
the broad, upper portion of either hipbone.
- lin.
-
- Lib.
-
- limp
-
noun,
a lame movement or gait:
- Leda
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the mother, by her husband Tyndareus, of Castor and Clytemnestra and, by Zeus in the form of a swan, of Pollux and Helen.
- ile-
-
- Lido
-
noun,
a fashionable beach resort.
- Lear
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- LEAP
-
noun,
a spring, jump, or bound; a light, springing movement.
- lend
-
Idioms,
lend a hand, to give help; aid:
- MDAP
-
- Lean
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- limn
-
verb (used with object),
to represent in drawing or painting.
- lime
-
noun,
Also called burnt lime, calcium oxide, caustic lime, calx, quicklime. a white or grayish-white, odorless, lumpy, very slightly water-soluble solid, CaO, that when combined with water forms calcium hydroxide (slaked lime) obtained from calcium carbonate, limestone, or oyster shells: used chiefly in mortars, plasters, and cements, in bleaching powder, and in the manufacture of steel, paper, glass, and various chemicals of calcium.
- Lead
-
noun,
the first or foremost place; position in advance of others:
- limb
-
noun,
a part or member of an animal body distinct from the head and trunk, as a leg, arm, or wing:
- Lima
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter L.
- mear
-
noun,
mere3 .
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- Mead
-
noun,
an alcoholic liquor made by fermenting honey and water.
- meal
-
noun,
the food served and eaten especially at one of the customary, regular occasions for taking food during the day, as breakfast, lunch, or supper.
- lied
-
noun,
a typically 19th-century German art song characterized by the setting of a poetic text in either strophic or through-composed style and the treatment of the piano and voice in equal artistic partnership:
- Marl
-
noun,
Geology. a friable earthy deposit consisting of clay and calcium carbonate, used especially as a fertilizer for soils deficient in lime.
- liar
-
noun,
a person who tells lies.
- 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.
- Mara
-
noun,
Hindu Mythology. the god of death, sometimes seen as one aspect of a god whose other aspect is Kama, or erotic desire.
- Mani
-
noun,
Manes.
- Mano
-
noun,
the upper or handheld stone used when grinding maize or other grains on a metate.
- idol
-
noun,
an image or other material object representing a deity to which religious worship is addressed.
- impi
-
noun,
(in South African history) a unit of Zulu warriors; regiment.
- Line
-
noun,
a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface:
- Mar.
-
- Imp.
-
- Leno
-
noun,
Also called leno weave, gauze weave. a weave structure in which paired warp yarns are intertwined in a series of figure eights and filling yarn is passed through each of the interstices so formed, producing a firm, open mesh.
- Lind
-
noun,
Jenny (Johanna Maria Lind Goldschmidt"The Swedish Nightingale") 1820–87, Swedish soprano.
- Liao
-
noun,
a river in NE China, flowing from Inner Mongolia to the Gulf of Liaodong. 900 miles (1448 km) long.
- Mare
-
noun,
a fully mature female horse or other equine animal.
- Lina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- pl.
-
- Bai
-
noun,
a yellow mist occurring in eastern China and Japan during the spring and fall, caused by dust from the interior of China.
- Br.
-
- MIR
-
noun,
a village commune of peasant farmers in prerevolutionary Russia.
- ble
-
- LON
-
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- bad
-
noun,
that which is bad:
- PLA
-
- MIP
-
- BLA
-
- LOE
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
love.
- PL1
-
noun,
Computers. a high-level programming language that is designed for solving problems in science and engineering as well as in business data processing.
- BAM
-
noun,
a loud thud, as that produced when two objects strike against each other with force.
- pir
-
noun,
a term of respect for the head of a religious group, especially in Pakistan and various areas of the Middle and Near East.
- BLM
-
- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- lid
-
noun,
a removable or hinged cover for closing the opening, usually at the top, of a pot, jar, trunk, etc.; a movable cover.
- poi
-
noun,
a Hawaiian dish made of the root of the taro baked, pounded, moistened, and fermented.
- MLD
-
- Ban
-
noun,
the act of prohibiting by law; interdiction.
- BOD
-
noun,
body:
- mob
-
noun,
a disorderly or riotous crowd of people.
- BEA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Beatrice.
- bi-
-
- POM
-
noun,
pommy.
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- PLR
-
- POA
-
- BDA
-
- POB
-
- BEP
-
- POE
-
noun,
Edgar Allan, 1809–49, U.S. poet, short-story writer, and critic.
- Bel
-
noun,
a unit of power ratio, equal to 10 decibels.
- MOI
-
- Moe
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Morris or Moses.
- Bde
-
- Bia
-
noun,
the ancient Greek personification of force: daughter of Pallas and Styx and sister of Cratus, Nike, and Zelos.
- ml.
-
- MLR
-
- LIM
-
- MLA
-
- Ben
-
noun,
the inner or back room of a two-room cottage, especially when used as a combined parlor and bedroom.
- BAO
-
noun,
an African board game usually played by moving pebbles along two rows of holes.
- Bap
-
noun,
a soft, flattish bread roll.
- BIE
-
- PRA
-
- PLO
-
- MNA
-
- MNE
-
- 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.
- pli
-
- POR
-
- BID
-
noun,
an act or instance of bidding.
- bp.
-
- ard
-
- bl.
-
- ade
-
noun,
George, 1866–1944, U.S. humorist.
- RLD
-
- ABM
-
- abn
-
- Abo
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to an Australian Aborigine.
- Abp
-
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- MBO
-
- mbd
-
- ADA
-
noun,
a programming language particularly suited to real-time applications: developed for use by the U.S. Department of Defense.
- RIM
-
noun,
the outer edge, border, margin, or brink of something, especially of a circular object.
- ADB
-
- ado
-
noun,
busy activity; bustle; fuss.
- RNA
-
- RID
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- ae.
-
- AEA
-
- rib
-
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.
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- MAP
-
noun,
a representation, usually on a flat surface, as of the features of an area of the earth or a portion of the heavens, showing them in their respective forms, sizes, and relationships according to some convention of representation:
- Mao
-
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- AIM
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- Meo
-
noun,
Miao (def 1).
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- MEP
-
- rm.
-
plural,
ream.
- rnd
-
- REM
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- AMA
-
noun,
a Japanese diver, usually a woman, who tends underwater oyster beds used in the cultivation of pearls.
- RPM
-
- ROP
-
- Am.
-
- ap-
-
- ab-
-
- ABA
-
noun,
a coarse, felted fabric woven of camel's or goat's hair.
- ad-
-
- AIA
-
- AID
-
noun,
help or support; assistance.
- al.
-
- ALP
-
noun,
a high mountain.
- an.
-
- ROA
-
- Ar.
-
- ROI
-
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- AAE
-
- AAM
-
- AAP
-
- Rod
-
noun,
a stick, wand, staff, or the like, of wood, metal, or other material.
- Aar
-
- abd
-
- Abe
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Abraham.
- ROB
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Robert.
- MEA
-
noun,
an acknowledgment of one's responsibility for a fault or error.
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- mi.
-
- BED
-
noun,
a piece of furniture upon which or within which a person sleeps, rests, or stays when not well.
- ARE
-
noun,
a measure of surface area; 1 are is equal to1/100 (0.01) of a hectare (100 square meters or 119.6 square yards). Abbreviation: a.
- APA
-
noun,
a tree, Eperua falcata, of tropical America, having reddish-brown wood used in the construction of houses.
- APB
-
- APE
-
noun,
any of a group of anthropoid primates characterized by long arms, a broad chest, and the absence of a tail, comprising the family Pongidae (great ape) which includes the chimpanzee, gorilla, and orangutan, and the family Hylobatidae (lesser ape) which includes the gibbon and siamang.
- API
-
abbreviation,
Also, A.P.I. American Petroleum Institute.
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- Apl
-
- ARA
-
noun,
the Altar, a southern constellation between Triangulum Australe and Scorpius.
- LPN
-
- arb
-
noun,
an arbitrager.
- PIO
-
- lpm
-
- AOA
-
- Rab
-
noun,
a wooden beater for mixing plaster or mortar.
- LOP
-
noun,
parts or a part lopped off.
- RMA
-
- RIP
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- Re.
-
- RAM
-
noun,
a male sheep.
- Rd.
-
- ARP
-
noun,
Bill, pen name of Smith, Charles Henry.
- BAA
-
noun,
the bleating cry of a sheep.
- bd.
-
plural,
board.
- be-
-
- BEM
-
- aor
-
- MBE
-
- MI5
-
noun,
the government's security and counterespionage service that works in liaison with Scotland Yard's Special Branch.
- MAD
-
noun,
an angry or ill-tempered period, mood, or spell:
- MI6
-
noun,
the government's secret intelligence service.
- red
-
noun,
any of various colors resembling the color of blood; the primary color at one extreme end of the visible spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 610 and 780 nanometers.
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- Reb
-
noun,
a Confederate soldier.
- MIB
-
noun,
a playing marble, especially one that is not used as a shooter.
- ALM
-
- MAE
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- REA
-
- RDA
-
- RBI
-
- Amb
-
- Mab
-
noun,
Queen Mab.
- Md.
-
- AME
-
- Rap
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- AMI
-
noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- MAA
-
- MIE
-
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- 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.
- Mo.
-
- MIA
-
plural,
missing in action.
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- Me.
-
- BME
-
- Ido
-
noun,
a revised and simplified form of Esperanto, introduced in 1907.
- MOP
-
noun,
a bundle of coarse yarn, a sponge, or other absorbent material, fastened at the end of a stick or handle for washing floors, dishes, etc.
- NIA
-
- ear
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- OPM
-
- ior
-
- ion
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- EbN
-
- ope
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- ed.
-
- EDA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- OPA
-
- ONR
-
- ONI
-
- EAM
-
- EdB
-
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- EdM
-
abbreviation,
electronic dance music: a range of genres of electronic music often played in nightclubs and characterized by a strong danceable beat:
- nib
-
noun,
the point of a pen, or either of its divisions.
- EDO
-
noun,
a member of an indigenous people of western Africa, in the Benin region of southern Nigeria.
- EDP
-
- OMB
-
- eir
-
- ine
-
- oma
-
plural,
a noun suffix used to form names of tumors, of the kind specified by the base:
- Om.
-
- ean
-
- ead
-
- eld
-
noun,
age.
- DPA
-
- IRL
-
- Dor
-
noun,
Also, dorbeetle [dawr-beet-l] /ˈdɔrˌbit l/ (Show IPA). a common European dung beetle, Geotrupes stercorarius.
- NED
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Edward.
- PAD
-
noun,
a cushionlike mass of soft material used for comfort, protection, or stuffing.
- Ir.
-
- ipr
-
- prn
-
- Pr.
-
- pm.
-
- BMI
-
- pd.
-
- Pa.
-
- DPI
-
- EAA
-
- DPM
-
- Dr.
-
- IPO
-
- IPM
-
- DRE
-
- NEP
-
noun,
New Economic Policy.
- IPA
-
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- eo-
-
- EOM
-
- ea.
-
- ORB
-
noun,
a sphere or globe:
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- Mel
-
noun,
honey.
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- OED
-
- ob.
-
- NMR
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- NRA
-
- nr.
-
- NPR
-
- io-
-
- Ia.
-
- ial
-
- nob
-
noun,
Slang. the head.
- ILA
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- OAP
-
- ib.
-
- il-
-
- ier
-
- Bop
-
noun,
Also called bebop. early modern jazz developed in the early 1940s and characterized by often dissonant triadic and chromatic chords, fast tempos and eccentric rhythms, intricate melodic lines punctuated by pop-tune phrases, and emphasizing the inventiveness of soloists.
Compare cool jazz, hard bop, modern jazz, progressive jazz.
- NOP
-
- IBN
-
- Ibo
-
noun,
a member of an indigenous black people of southeastern Nigeria, renowned as traders and for their art.
- IDA
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in W Turkey, in NW Asia Minor, SE of ancient Troy. 5810 feet (1771 meters).
Turkish Kazdaği [kahz-dah-gee; Turkish kahz-dah-uh] /ˌkɑz dɑˈgi; Turkish ˌkɑz dɑˈʌ/ (Show IPA).
- Nod
-
noun,
a short, quick downward bending forward of the head, as in assent, greeting, or command or because of drowsiness.
- IDB
-
- ide
-
- IDP
-
- op.
-
- 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.
- ELM
-
noun,
any tree of the genus Ulmus, as U. procera (English elm) characterized by the gradually spreading columnar manner of growth of its branches.
Compare American elm, elm family.
- oid
-
- NIM
-
noun,
a game in which two players alternate in drawing counters, pennies, or the like, from a set of 12 arranged in three rows of 3, 4, and 5 counters, respectively, the object being to draw the last counter, or, sometimes, to avoid drawing it.
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Old
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) old persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- in.
-
- Ola
-
- OIr
-
- EMR
-
- en-
-
- Nip
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- oil
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- ILP
-
- ILO
-
- OEM
-
- id.
-
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- Ep.
-
- EPA
-
- ode
-
noun,
a lyric poem typically of elaborate or irregular metrical form and expressive of exalted or enthusiastic emotion.
- ODA
-
noun,
a room within a harem.
- obl
-
- obi
-
noun,
a long, broad sash tied about the waist over a Japanese kimono.
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- NMI
-
- OBE
-
- ERP
-
- Oba
-
noun,
a hereditary tribal ruler among various peoples in the Benin region of western Africa.
- DOP
-
noun,
a tool for holding gemstones for cutting or polishing.
- PEI
-
noun,
I(eoh) M(ing) [yoh ming] /yoʊ mɪŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1917, U.S. architect, born in China.
- Don
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Mr.; Sir: a Spanish title prefixed to a man's given name.
- LDP
-
- BRM
-
- Bro
-
noun,
a brother.
- DBE
-
- do.
-
- DOA
-
- DAB
-
noun,
a quick or light blow; a pat, as with the hand or something soft.
- DAE
-
- Dal
-
noun,
a sauce made from lentils and spices, usually served with rice.
- NAA
-
- NAB
-
verb (used with object),
to arrest or capture.
- Dam
-
noun,
a barrier to obstruct the flow of water, especially one of earth, masonry, etc., built across a stream or river.
- NAD
-
- BRE
-
- Ld.
-
- LBO
-
- lb.
-
plural,
pound.
- DAP
-
noun,
Carpentry. a notch in a timber for receiving part of another timber.
- DAR
-
- pea
-
noun,
the round, edible seed of a widely cultivated plant, Pisum sativum, of the legume family.
- PDL
-
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- LAR
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- DBA
-
- LAP
-
noun,
the front part of the human body from the waist to the knees when in a sitting position.
- de-
-
- MRP
-
- MRI
-
- LAO
-
noun,
a member of a people of Laos and northern Thailand.
- Bon
-
noun,
Cape, a cape on the NE coast of Tunisia: surrender of the German African forces, May 12, 1943.
- BMR
-
- Bn.
-
- boa
-
noun,
any of several nonvenomous, chiefly tropical constrictors of the family Boidae, having vestigial hind limbs at the base of the tail.
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- lep
-
- MOR
-
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- PIN
-
noun,
a small, slender, often pointed piece of wood, metal, etc., used to fasten, support, or attach things.
- LEO
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- pim
-
plural,
personal information manager.
- Len
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- MRE
-
- LED
-
noun,
light-emitting diode: a semiconductor diode that emits light when conducting current and is used in electronic displays, indoor and outdoor lighting, etc.
- MPA
-
- BPA
-
- BPE
-
- pie
-
noun,
a baked food having a filling of fruit, meat, pudding, etc., prepared in a pastry-lined pan or dish and often topped with a pastry crust:
- PID
-
- BPI
-
- MPE
-
- Bra
-
noun,
brassiere.
- Mr.
-
plural,
mister: a title of respect prefixed to a man's name or position:
- MRA
-
- PIA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- DEA
-
- RPO
-
- DEI
-
adverb,
by the grace of God.
- Doi
-
- DOB
-
- ne-
-
- DLO
-
- NDE
-
- DML
-
- NbE
-
- NBA
-
- DNB
-
- NAM
-
noun,
Vietnam.
- DIP
-
noun,
the act of dipping.
- La.
-
- DOE
-
noun,
the female of the deer, antelope, goat, rabbit, and certain other animals.
- NEA
-
- DNA
-
- Die
-
noun,
Machinery.
any of various devices for cutting or forming material in a press or a stamping or forging machine.
a hollow device of steel, often composed of several pieces to be fitted into a stock, for cutting the threads of bolts or the like.
one of the separate pieces of such a device.
a steel block or plate with small conical holes through which wire, plastic rods, etc., are drawn.
- Lai
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- di.
-
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- DIB
-
verb (used without object),
to fish by letting the bait bob lightly on the water.
- NEB
-
noun,
a bill or beak, as of a bird.
- IRO
-
- DNR
-
- DMA
-
- Nap
-
noun,
a brief period of sleep, especially one taken during daytime:
- DIL
-
- Lad
-
noun,
a boy or youth.
- OD
-
noun,
a hypothetical force formerly held to pervade all nature and to manifest itself in magnetism, mesmerism, chemical action, etc.
- MB
-
- BA
-
noun,
an aspect of the soul, represented as a human-headed bird.
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- P.
-
noun,
Paul (Johann von) [poul yoh-hahn fuh n] /paʊl ˈyoʊ hɑn fən/ (Show IPA), 1830–1914, German playwright, novelist, poet, and short-story writer: Nobel Prize 1910.
- B-
-
- PB
-
- O.
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- LR
-
- AA
-
noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- AO
-
- PE
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- MA
-
noun,
mother1 .
- PI
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- M.
-
- PO
-
noun,
a chamber pot.
- R.
-
- AI
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- RI
-
- A.
-
noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- 3D
-
noun,
a three-dimensional form or appearance:
- 2D
-
noun,
a two-dimensional form or appearance:
- RP
-
- DN
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- RO
-
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- EI
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- ol
-
- le
-
- LM
-
- ln
-
- RN
-
- DP
-
- LP
-
plural,
a phonograph record played at 33 1/3 r.p.m.; long-playing record.
- L1
-
- L2
-
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- Eb
-
- MN
-
- DB
-
- dl
-
- NP
-
- OA
-
- NM
-
- DM
-
- BM
-
- N.
-
- i.
-
- NB
-
- ND
-
- BO
-
- L.
-
- NI
-
- NL
-
- IP
-
- D.
-
- DA
-
noun,
a male hairstyle, especially of the 1950s, in which the hair is slicked back on both sides to overlap at the back of the head.
- MP
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- LO
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products: